VOINOVICH, GEORGE (a Senator from Ohio)

Amendments

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

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005 (S. Con. Res. 101), S2120 [4AP], S2197, S2254, S2255 [5AP], S2355, S2367, S2371, S2377 [6AP], S2391, S2393, S2399, S2440, S2442 [7AP]

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

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2549), S4638, S4696 [7JN], S4753, S4867, S4881 [8JN], S5071, S5120 [14JN], S5367 [19JN], S5436, S5437, S5471, S5472 [20JN]

———making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (S. 2521), S4117 [17MY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4576), S4964 [12JN], S4984 [13JN]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4578), S6480 [11JY], S6514 [12JY]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4475), S5138 [14JN], S5169, S5177, S5275 [15JN]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), S5698 [22JN], S5915, S5933 [27JN], S5984, S5990 [28JN], S6053, S6151 [29JN]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: extend programs and activities (S. 2), S3333, S3447 [3MY], S3662, S3778 [9MY]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 4733), S8117, S8120 [6SE], S8168, S8169 [7SE]

Taxation: treatment of education individual retirement accounts relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (S. 1134), S1131 [2MR]

Water: provide for conservation and development of water resources and authorize Dept. of the Army construction and improvement projects for rivers and harbors (S. 2796), S8916, S8986 [21SE]

Appointments

Acting President pro tempore, S5823 [27JN]

Canada-U.S. Interparliamentary Group, S3927 [11MY]

Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate), S11660 [6DE]

Conferee: S. 2796, Water Resources Development Act, S10881 [23OC]

NATO Parliamentary Assembly, S4334 [23MY]

Articles and editorials

Heedless of the Deficits Ahead, David S. Broder, Washington (DC) Post, S10265 [11OC]

U.N. Chief in Kosovo Takes Stock of Tough Year, Steven Erlanger, New York (NY) Times, S7636 [26JY]

U.N. Official Warns of Losing the Peace in Kosovo, Steven Erlanger, New York (NY) Times, S7635 [26JY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Alcoholic beverages: enforcement of State laws in Federal court relative to interstate transportation of liquor (see S. 577), S2771 [13AP]

Aldrin, Edwin E. (Buzz): award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 2632), S4460 [25MY]

Armstrong, Neil A.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 2632), S4460 [25MY]

Arts Education Month: designate (see S. Res. 128), S292 [2FE]

Baltic States: recognize anniversary of U.S. nonrecognition policy of the Soviet takeover of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania and support democratic and economic reforms (see S. Con. Res. 122), S5107 [14JN]

Belarus: condemn human rights violations and undemocratic elections and provide for full accounting of the disappearance and release of opposition leaders (see S. Con. Res. 153), S11137 [26OC]

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

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

Clean Air Act: allow State Governors to waive oxygen content requirement and encourage voluntary standards to control release of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) from underground storage tanks (see S. 1886), S160 [31JA]

———allow State Governors to waive oxygen content requirement and encourage voluntary standards to control release of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) from underground storage tanks, cosponsorship withdrawn (see S. 1886), S3850 [10MY]

Cole (U.S.S.): terrorist attack on Navy destroyer in Yemen (see S. Res. 378), S10716 [18OC]

Collins, Michael: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 2632), S4460 [25MY]

Commission for the Comprehensive Study of Privacy Protection: establish (see S. 3040), S8501 [13SE]

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

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

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

Customs Service: prohibit use of racial and other discriminatory profiling in connection with searches and detentions of individuals (see S. 2393), S3736 [9MY]

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

Death and dying: promote pain management and palliative care without permitting assisted suicide and euthanasia (see S. 1272), S1185 [6MR]

Dept. of Energy: establish compensation programs for employees sustaining illnesses from exposure to beryllium and other hazardous substances and examine health effects of exposure to hazardous substances (see S. 1954), S1127 [2MR]

Diseases: extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see S. 2386), S2636 [12AP]

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

Employment: provide compensatory time opportunities, flexible workplaces, and clarify minimum wage and overtime requirements of private sector employees (see S. 1241), S746 [23FE]

EPA: reinstate transportation conformity regulations (see S. 1053), S1913 [29MR]

———revise regulatory requirements relative to pesticide tolerance reviews (see S. 1464), S1421 [9MR]

Everglades National Park: restoration plan (see S. 2797), S5884 [27JN]

Fair Labor Standards Act: clarify treatment of stock options (see S. 2323), S2636 [12AP]

FCC: allow the operation of low-power FM radio stations that do not interfere with the transmissions of full-power stations (see S. 3020), S11005 [25OC]

Financial institutions: give customers notice and choice about how institutions share or sell personally identifiable sensitive financial information (see S. 187), S11258 [27OC]

Foreign policy: reduce, suspend, or terminate certain assistance to countries engaged in oil price fixing to the detriment of the U.S. economy (see S. 2182), S1914 [29MR]

Frederick Douglass Gardens, Inc.: establish a memorial in the District of Columbia or its environs (see S. 3147), S11137 [26OC]

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

Government: strengthen information security practices throughout the Federal Government (see S. 1993), S1467 [20MR]

Health: issue special postage stamps to fund organ and tissue donation awareness (see S. 2062), S6144 [29JN]

Helsinki Final Act: anniversary (see S.J. Res. 48), S7077 [17JY]

Historic buildings and sites: establish a program to award grants to improve and maintain sites honoring Presidents of the U.S. (see S. 2082), S1128 [2MR]

Immigration: arrival and departure requirements for Canadian citizens relative to automated entry and exit control systems (see S. 2599), S4392 [24MY]

———increase number of temporary visas for skilled workers and expand education and training opportunities for U.S. students and workers (see S. 2045), S3948 [15MY]

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

International Visitors Program: anniversary (see S. Res. 87), S747 [23FE]

Italian Americans: prepare report detailing injustices suffered during World War II and require the President to formally acknowledge such injustices (see S. 1909), S92 [26JA]

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

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

———improve access to Medicare+Choice plans through an increase in annual capitation rates (see S. 2937), S8115 [6SE]

———make more competitive and efficient and provide for a prescription drug benefit (see S. 2807), S7922 [27JY]

———revise inflation update factor used in making payments to prospective payment system hospitals (see S. 2018), S7921 [27JY]

Middle East: prohibit U.S. assistance to the Palestinian Authority if a Palestinian State is declared unilaterally (see S. 2938), S8215 [7SE] (see S. 3250), S11131 [26OC]

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

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

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

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

National Military Appreciation Month: designate (see S. 1419), S2871 [25AP]

National Nuclear Security Administration: application of environmental protection, safety, and health regulations (see S. 2597), S4190 [18MY]

National Peace Officers Memorial Day: designate (see S. Res. 247), S2772 [13AP]

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

National Safe Place Week: designate (see S. Res. 258), S1422 [9MR]

NIST: establish a program to support research and training in methods of detecting the use of performance-enhancing substances by athletes (see S. 2340), S7554 [25JY]

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

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), S10091 [6OC]

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]

Petroleum: decrease dependence on foreign sources through use of renewable fuels, conservation, improving efficiency, and increasing domestic energy supplies (see S. 2557), S4013 [16MY]

Pope John Paul II: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 2453), S2728 [13AP]

Power resources: establish and implement competitive, environmentally sound, and job creating oil and gas leasing program for the Coastal Plain (see S. 2214), S1315 [8MR]

Presidential appointments: provide training of individuals a President-elect intends to nominate as department heads or appoint to key executive positions and improve financial disclosure process (see S. 2705), S4820 [8JN]

Reagan, Ronald and Nancy: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 2459), S3616 [8MY]

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

Russia: detention of journalist Andrei Babitsky and interference with freedom of the press (see S. Res. 303), S5468 [20JN]

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

Slovenia: commend partnership with the U.S. and NATO and endorse accession to NATO (see S. Con. Res. 117), S4379 [24MY]

Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds (see S. 1962), S1421 [9MR]

———eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (see S. 2074), S1186 [6MR]

Taxation: extend the moratorium on taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce and assist States in simplifying their sales and use taxes (see S. 2775), S5663 [22JN]

———provide relief for payment of asbestos-related claims (see S. 2955), S7839 [27JY]

———simplify the excise tax on heavy truck tires (see S. 2587), S4190 [18MY]

———simplify the method of determining a partner's share of items in a qualified investment club (see S. 1952), S1327 [8MR]

Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: improve implementation of environmental streamlining provisions (see S. 3173), S9945 [5OC]

Veterans: clarify and improve veterans' claims and appellate procedures (see S. 1810), S8343 [11SE]

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), S3332 [3MY]

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

Water Resources Research Act: reauthorize grants for water resources research and technology institutes (see S. 2297), S3332 [3MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

CERCLA: expand incentives for the environmental cleanup of certain brownfield sites (see S. 2590), S4190 [18MY]

Dept. of Defense: realignment of civilian workforce (see S. 2674), S4564 [6JN]

Dept. of Energy: establish compensation programs for employees sustaining beryllium and radiation-related injury, illness, or death (see S. 2519), S3691 [9MY]

District of Columbia: modify performance accountability plan filing date and goals (see S. 3062), S8657 [18SE]

EPA: consider risk assessments and cost-benefit analyses relative to establishment of new or revised clean air standards (see S. 2362), S2233 [5AP]

Serbia: elections (see S. Res. 365), S9702 [3OC]

———oppose regime of Slobodan Milosevic, support efforts of the democratic opposition, and promote peace, stability, and prosperity in Southeastern Europe (see S. Res. 272), S1392 [9MR]

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

Tariff: methyl esters (see S. 2168, 2169), S1118 [2MR]

Water: provide for conservation and development of water resources and authorize Dept. of the Army construction and improvement projects for rivers and harbors (see S. 2796), S5884 [27JN]

Cloture motions

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 4733), motion to proceed, S7522 [25JY], S7731 [27JY]

Immigration: increase number of temporary visas for skilled workers and expand education and training opportunities for U.S. students and workers (S. 2045), S9248 [26SE], S9440 [28SE]

Letters

Brownfields Revitalization Act: Kenny Guinn and Tom Vilsack, National Governors' Association, S4199 [18MY]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act funding: by, S1372 [9MR]

Lists

Violent acts against ethnic minorities in Kosovo, S7632 [26JY]

Messages

Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Treaty With Egypt: President Clinton, S301 [2FE]

Papers

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

Pledge of Allegiance

Senate, S167 [1FE], S1765 [28MR], S2053 [4AP], S2817 [25AP], S3957 [16MY], S4507 [6JN], S4973 [13JN], S5383 [20JN], S5823 [27JN], S6403 [11JY], S7083 [18JY], S7493 [25JY], S9215 [26SE], S10123 [10OC], S10605 [17OC], S10951 [25OC], S11617 [6DE]

Remarks

Akron, OH: National Inventors Hall of Fame inductees, S10707 [18OC]

American Automobile Association: anniversary of Ohio Motorist Association, S4375 [24MY]

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental appropriations, S6463 [11JY]

Budget: balance, S2185 [5AP]

———deficit, S10264 [11OC]

———ensure budget totals do not assume reduction or elimination of gasoline taxes to protect continued use of revenues for the Highway Trust Fund, S2204 [5AP]

———ensure on-budget surplus is used to reduce the public debt, S4943 [12JN], S4986 [13JN], S5177 [15JN]

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

———preserve portion of projected surplus to reduce the public debt, S2185 [5AP]

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

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

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005 (S. Con. Res. 101), S2185, S2204, S2226 [5AP], S2391, S2399 [7AP]

———treatment of any budget surpluses, S2185, S2226 [5AP], S7116 [18JY], S10264 [11OC], S11018 [25OC]

CERCLA: expand incentives for the environmental cleanup of certain brownfield sites (S. 2590), S4194 [18MY]

China, People's Republic of: permanent normal trade relations upon accession to the World Trade Organization (H.R. 4444), S8604 [14SE]

Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate): tribute to staff for efforts relative to Water Resources Development Act, S9151 [25SE]

Corporations: review, reform, and terminate unnecessary and inequitable Federal subsidies (S. 1977), sequential referral, S301 [2FE]

Dept. of Defense: authorize additional rounds of military base closures and realignments, S4646 [7JN]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4205), conference report, S10375 [12OC]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2549), S4646 [7JN], S4757 [8JN], S5439 [20JN]

———making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 4425), conference report, S6463 [11JY]

———making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (S. 2521), S4142 [18MY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4576), S4986 [13JN]

———realignment of civilian workforce, S5439 [20JN]

———realignment of civilian workforce (S. 2674), S4568 [6JN]

Dept. of Energy: establish compensation programs for employees sustaining beryllium and radiation-related injury, illness, or death, S4757 [8JN], S10375 [12OC]

———establish compensation programs for employees sustaining beryllium and radiation-related injury, illness, or death (S. 2519), S3692 [9MY]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations, S8789 [20SE]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4475), S5166, S5172, S5173, S5177 [15JN]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), S5984, S5985, S5986 [28JN], S11483 [1NO]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4577), conference report, S11881 [15DE]

———making appropriations (S. 2553), S6463 [11JY]

District of Columbia: modify performance accountability plan filing date and goals (S. 3062), S8658 [18SE]

Education: assist local educational agencies in enabling students to meet academic achievement standards, S3484 [4MY]

———direct funding and control to local educational agencies, S11483 [1NO]

———early learning programs funding, S3674 [9MY]

———funding, S11483 [1NO]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: extend programs and activities (S. 2), S3484 [4MY], S3674 [9MY], S11483 [1NO]

———portability demonstration program to allow school systems to use Title I funding to provide school choice or allow tutorial assistance, S3484 [4MY]

EPA: consider risk assessments and cost-benefit analyses relative to establishment of new or revised clean air standards (S. 2362), S2236 [5AP]

Everglades National Park: restoration plan, S8904 [21SE]

———restoration plan operation and maintenance cost sharing, S8918, S8919, S8924, S8926, S8928 [21SE]

Federal employees: staffing levels, S11322 [29OC]

Fishermen's Protective Act: extend reimbursement period for owners of U.S. fishing vessels for costs incurred from seizure and detention by a foreign country (H.R. 1651), S11019 [25OC]

Foreign countries: report on trip to Southeastern Europe, S2700-S2706 [13AP]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: funding, S1371 [9MR], S2399 [7AP], S5984, S5985, S5986 [28JN]

Kosovo: prohibit funding for deployment of U.S. Armed Forces after a set date unless authorized by law and condition current funding on certification that European countries live up to prior commitments, S4142 [18MY]

Legislative branch of the Government: making appropriations (H.R. 4516), conference report, S8789 [20SE]

Medicare: improve access to Medicare+Choice plans through an increase in annual capitation rates (S. 2937), S7687 [26JY]

Motor vehicles: recall and investigation of Firestone tires, S10068 [6OC]

———require reports relative to defects in foreign products (S. 3059), unanimous-consent request, S10068 [6OC]

NATO: status of U.S. forces and military operations in the Balkan region of Europe, S10964 [25OC]

Nuclear energy: storage of spent nuclear fuel pending completion of the nuclear waste repository (S. 1287), vitiation of cloture vote, S301 [2FE]

Petroleum: economic impact of increasing oil prices0, S1921, S1922 [29MR]

———impact of gasoline tax reduction on Highway Trust Fund, S2492 [11AP]

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

Senate: legislative program, S301 [2FE], S3957 [16MY], S4973 [13JN], S7083 [18JY], S7493 [25JY], S9215 [26SE], S11020 [25OC]

Serbia: elections, S9898 [5OC]

———elections (S. Res. 365), S9761 [3OC]

———oppose regime of Slobodan Milosevic, support efforts of the democratic opposition, and promote peace, stability, and prosperity in Southeastern Europe, S7630 [26JY]

———oppose regime of Slobodan Milosevic, support efforts of the democratic opposition, and promote peace, stability, and prosperity in Southeastern Europe (S. Res. 272), S2703 [13AP]

Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, S2185 [5AP], S4943 [12JN], S10264 [11OC]

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

Taxation: institute a Federal fuels tax holiday (S. 2285), S1921, S1922 [29MR], S2492 [11AP]

———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), S6621 [13JY]

———provide relief for payment of asbestos-related claims, S11881 [15DE]

———rates, S7116 [18JY]

———temporarily suspend motor fuel taxes (H.R. 4834), S6621 [13JY]

Transportation: make certain passenger rail projects eligible for funding under the Federal highway program, S5166, S5172 [15JN]

Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: improve implementation of environmental streamlining provisions (S. 3173), S9960 [5OC]

Votes: correction, S11322 [29OC]

Water: provide for conservation and development of water resources and authorize Dept. of the Army construction and improvement projects for rivers and harbors (S. 2796), S5887 [27JN], S8904, S8918, S8919, S8924, S8926, S8928 [21SE], S9151 [25SE]

Resolutions by organizations

Southeastern Europe: Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, S7637 [26JY]

Statements

Bulgaria's Perspective on Southeastern Europe: Nadezhda Mihailova, Foreign Minister of Bulgaria, S2704 [13AP]

Tables

U.S., European Union, and international financial institutions support to Southeastern Europe and Kosovo, S2704 [13AP]

Testimonies

Ethnic Minorities in Kosovo: Kyr Artemije, S7634 [26JY]

Texts of

S. 2362, Air Quality Standard Improvement Act, S2237 [5AP]

S. 2590, Brownfields Revitalization Act, S4195-S4199 [18MY]

S. 2674, Dept. of Defense Civilian Workforce Realignment Act, S4569 [6JN]

S. 2796, Water Resources Development Act, S5888-S5900 [27JN]

S. 3062, modify District of Columbia performance accountability plan filing date and goals, S8658 [18SE]

S. Res. 272, oppose Serbian regime of Slobodan Milosevic, support efforts of the democratic opposition, and promote peace, stability, and prosperity in Southeastern Europe, S2705 [13AP]

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

Tributes

Akers, Bruce, S1812 [28MR]

Carnahan, Mel, S10605, S10606 [17OC]

Collins, Jim, S5658 [22JN]

Coverdell, Paul, S7308 [20JY]

Dawson, Michael, S10710 [18OC]

Glazer, Craig, S10617 [17OC]

Pevec, Edward, S4373 [24MY]