FITZGERALD, PETER (a Senator from Illinois)

Amendments

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4461), S7314, S7400 [20JY]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005 (S. Con. Res. 101), S2261, S2262 [5AP], S2410 [7AP]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish an electronic filing and retrieval system to improve public access to certain information (S. 777), S4209, S4216 [18MY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2549), S4753, S4867 [8JN], S5081, S5127 [14JN]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4578), S7024, S7079 [17JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), S5698 [22JN], S6191, S6266 [30JN]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: extend programs and activities (S. 2), S3547 [4MY]

Taxation: phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), S6699 [13JY]

———treatment of education individual retirement accounts relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (S. 1134), S1031 [1MR]

Appointments

Acting President pro tempore, S11755 [11DE]

Articles and editorials

Cellini—State Capital's Quiet Captain of Clout; Dealmaker Built Empire Working in Background, Tim Novak, Chuck Neubauer, and Dave McKinney, Chicago (IL) Sun-Times, S9815, S9818-S9820 [4OC]

Developer Hits Riverboat Jackpot—Stock Sale Windfall ``Steams'' Treasurer, Ray Long, Chicago (IL) Sun-Times, S9872 [4OC]

Helping Their Cronies Is the Lease Politicians Can Do, Ray Gibson and Hanke Gratteau, Chicago (IL) Tribune, S9804-S9807 [4OC]

Illinois Capital Development Board Awarding of Southern Illinois Prison Construction Project, Peoria (IL) Journal Star, S9803 [4OC]

New Prison Benefits Ryan Pal—$33,000 Payday Seen in Land Deal, Ray Gibson, Chicago (IL) Tribune, S9803 [4OC]

Riverboat Deal Is Plum for Insiders, Dennis Byrne, Chicago (IL) Sun-Times, S9872 [4OC]

Taxpayers Face a Big Loss on Hotel Loans; GOP Insider Denies Political Deal, Rick Pearson, Chicago (IL) Tribune, S9808 [4OC]

Taxpayers Stuck With $30 Million Hotel Tab, Tim Novak, Chicago (IL) Sun-Times, S9807 [4OC]

William Cellini Heads Private Fundraising Drive, Springfield (IL) State Journal-Register, S9873 [4OC]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: provide tax and regulatory relief for farmers and improve competitiveness of U.S. commodities and products in global markets (see S. 2894), S8506 [13SE]

Brooks, Gwendolyn: tribute (see S. Res. 393), S11918 [15DE]

CERCLA: promote cleanup and reuse of brownfields, provide financial assistance for brownfields revitalization, and enhance State response programs (see S. 2700), S6349 [10JY]

Children and youth: protect infants who are born alive (see S. 3127), S9381 [27SE]

Chile: participation in NAFTA (see S. 111), S6691 [13JY]

Collins, Bob: tribute (see S. Res. 255), S538 [9FE]

Commodity Exchange Act: reauthorize and amend to promote legal certainty, enhance competition, and reduce systemic risk in markets for futures and over-the-counter derivatives (see S. 2697), S4820 [8JN] (see S. 3283), S11917 [15DE]

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

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

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

Dept. of Agriculture: encourage research and agricultural best practices to supplement the natural carbon cycle in soil (see S. 1066), S6259 [30JN]

Dept. of Justice: establish in the Antitrust Division a position with responsibility for agricultural antitrust matters (see S. 1984), S217 [1FE]

Dept. of Transportation: Congestion Mitigation Air Quality Improvement Program emission standards (see S. 1945), S4322 [23MY]

Electric power: promote reliability of the bulk-power system (see S. 2071), S3923 [11MY]

Evans, Clay: tribute (see S. Res. 385), S11739 [7DE]

FCC: prohibit from establishing rules authorizing the operation of new, low power FM radio stations (see S. 2068), S3948 [15MY]

FDA: uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see S. 1155), S4321 [23MY]

Food: reform the State inspection of meat and poultry (see S. 1988), S2249 [5AP]

Gambling: prohibit gambling on high school and college sports and the Olympic games (see S. 2021), S691 [22FE]

Government: require use of recovery audits by Federal agencies to improve the economy and efficiency of operations (see S. 3030), S8865 [20SE]

Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: designate (see S. Res. 251), S285 [2FE]

King, Martin Luther, Jr.: placement of a plaque commemorating the ``I Have a Dream'' speech at the Lincoln Memorial (see S. 2231), S1526 [21MR]

Law enforcement: allow post-conviction DNA tests and facilitate the exchange by law enforcement agencies of DNA identification information on felony offenders (see S. 3130), S9466 [28SE]

Lithuania: independence anniversary (see S. Con. Res. 91), S1118 [2MR]

Medicaid: coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment services for certain women screened under federally funded programs (see S. 662), S9611 [2OC]

Memorial Day: proclaim a nationwide moment of remembrance (see S. Con. Res. 100), S4239 [22MY]

Middle East: oppose unilateral declaration of a Palestinian State (see S. 3007), S8104 [6SE]

———prohibit U.S. assistance to the Palestinian Authority if a Palestinian State is declared unilaterally (see S. 3250), S11131 [26OC]

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

National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week: designate (see S. Res. 342), S8215 [7SE]

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

National Peace Officers Memorial Day: designate (see S. Res. 247), S2872 [25AP]

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

National Veterans Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 304), S7400 [20JY]

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

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]

Pensions: reform (see S. 741), S8214 [7SE]

Petroleum: prohibit use of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE), provide flexibility within the EPA's oxygenate requirements, and promote the use of renewable ethanol (see S. 2546), S3916 [11MY]

Poland: commemorate anniversary of the execution of Polish captives by Soviet authorities in Katyn, Miednoye, and Kharkiv (see S. Con. Res. 118), S4578 [6JN]

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

Postal Service: issue a semipostal in order to afford the public a convenient way to contribute to funding for the establishment of the World War II Memorial (see S. 2739), S5912 [27JN]

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

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

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

Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds (see S. 1962), S1327 [8MR]

———eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (see S. 2074), S1241 [7MR]

St. Louis Rams (football team): tribute (see S. Res. 250), S213 [1FE]

Taxation: clarify that certain small businesses that use merchandise or inventory are permitted to use the cash method of accounting (see S. 2246), S5813 [26JN]

———exclusion from gross income for foster care payments relative to certain nongovernmental placement agencies (see S. 670), S9611 [2OC]

———exclusion of gain from the sale of a principal residence and the sale of farmland (see S. 317), S5813 [26JN]

———expand child tax credit (see S. 2903), S8025 [5SE]

———institute a Federal fuels tax holiday (see S. 2808), S6015 [28JN]

———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain leasehold improvements (see S. 879), S5031 [13JN]

———reduce the per dose tax on vaccines (see S. 85), S7076 [17JY]

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see S. 2330), S4955 [12JN]

———repeal modification of capital gains tax payments relative to small businesses sold on the installment sales method (see S. 2005), S2118 [4AP]

———treat payments under the Conservation Reserve Program as rentals from real estate (see S. 2344), S6477 [11JY]

———treatment of charitable donation of food by businesses and farmers (see S. 2084), S1327 [8MR]

———treatment of individual retirement accounts relative to charitable contributions (see S. 1086), S382 [7FE]

Veterans: develop educational programs on veterans' contributions to the country (see S. Res. 304), S7400 [20JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Agriculture: authorize the issuance of electronic warehouse receipts for all commodities to increase efficiency (see S. 2734), S5240 [15JN]

———increase maximum amount of marketing loan gains and loan deficiency payments that an agricultural producer may receive during the crop year (see S. 3049), S8585 [14SE]

Greece: return of the Parthenon Marbles (see S. Con. Res. 127), S6257 [30JN]

Health: revise and extend organ procurement and transplantation programs (see S. 2398), S2527 [11AP]

Magen David Adom Society: membership and recognition of the Red Shield of David by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (see S. Res. 343), S7656 [26JY]

Motor vehicles: improve safety of car seats for children (see S. 2070), S613 [10FE]

Native Americans: permit landowners to assert otherwise-available State law defenses against property claims by Indian tribes (see S. 2909), S7477 [24JY]

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

Taxation: institute a Federal fuels tax holiday (see S. 2790), S5790 [26JN]

Cloture motions

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (S.J. Res. 14), S1737 [27MR], S1839 [29MR]

Foreign policy: authorize trade and investment policy relative to sub-Saharan Africa (H.R. 434), conference report, S3788 [10MY], S3860 [11MY]

Letters

Organ procurement and transplantation programs revision and extension: by, S2228 [5AP]

Pledge of Allegiance

Senate, S1473 [21MR], S6991 [17JY]

Regulations

Illinois Procurement Code on eligibility for certain Federal aid funding, S9870 [4OC]

Remarks

Agriculture: authorize the issuance of electronic warehouse receipts for all commodities to increase efficiency (S. 2734), S5251 [15JN]

———increase maximum amount of marketing loan gains and loan deficiency payments that an agricultural producer may receive during the crop year (S. 3049), S8588 [14SE]

Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 110), S9829 [4OC]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005 (S. Con. Res. 101), S2410 [7AP]

Carl Elliott Federal Building, Jasper, AL: designate (H.R. 4806), S9867 [4OC]

Catholic Schools Week: observance, S339 [3FE]

China, People's Republic of: permanent normal trade relations upon accession to the World Trade Organization (H.R. 4444), S8613 [15SE]

Commodity Exchange Act: reauthorize and amend to promote legal certainty, enhance competition, and reduce systemic risk in markets for futures and over-the-counter derivatives, S11878 [15DE]

Dept. of Defense: direct funding of unused and underutilized plant-capacity costs at U.S. arsenals, S5081 [14JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4576), S5087 [14JN]

———reform procurement rules for purchasing military equipment to allow more equitable treatment of U.S. military arsenals, S5087 [14JN]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4578), S7095 [18JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4578), conference report, S9800, S9804, S9808, S9812, S9814, S9818, S9869-S9873 [4OC], S9896-S9898 [5OC]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations, S8746 [19SE]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), conference report, S11878 [15DE]

Education for All Handicapped Children Act: anniversary (H. Con. Res. 399), S9867 [4OC]

Foreign aid: improve famine prevention and freedom from hunger programs (H.R. 4002), S9867, S9869 [4OC]

GAO: authorize certain personnel actions (H.R. 4642), S9867 [4OC]

Health: revise and extend organ procurement and transplantation programs (S. 2398), S2535-S2537 [11AP]

Judge J. Smith Henley Federal Building, Harrison, AR: designate (H.R. 1605), S9867 [4OC]

Legislative branch of the Government: making appropriations (H.R. 4516), conference report, S8746 [19SE]

Magen David Adom Society: membership and recognition of the Red Shield of David by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (S. Res. 343), S7691 [26JY]

Motor vehicles: improve safety of car seats for children (S. 2070), S626 [10FE], S10614 [17OC]

———require reports relative to defects in foreign products (H.R. 5164), S10614 [17OC]

Native Americans: Santa Domingo Pueblo land claims settlement (S. 2917), S9867 [4OC]

Nuclear energy: storage of spent nuclear fuel pending completion of the nuclear waste repository (S. 1287), veto, S3226 [2MY]

Office of National Drug Control Policy: High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas funding, S8746 [19SE]

Owen B. Pickett U.S. Customhouse, Norfolk, VA: designate (H.R. 5284), S9867 [4OC]

Petroleum: prohibit the use of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) in reformulated gasoline and provide research on remediation of contaminated groundwater (S. 2233), S1402, S1403 [9MR]

Red River National Wildlife Refuge: establish (H.R. 4318), S9867 [4OC]

Senate: adjournment (S. Con. Res. 94), S1371 [9MR]

———legislative program, S9869 [4OC]

Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, S2410 [7AP]

Springfield, IL: Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library funding, S7095 [18JY]

———require application of Federal competitive bid laws for construction of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library, S9800, S9804, S9808, S9812, S9814, S9818, S9829, S9869-S9873 [4OC], S9896-S9898 [5OC]

St. Louis Rams (football team): tribute, S146 [31JA]

———tribute (S. Res. 250), S300 [2FE]

Taxation: eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate brackets and standard deduction amounts (H.R. 6), S2520 [11AP]

———institute a Federal fuels tax holiday (S. 2790), S5809-S5811 [26JN]

———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), S6611, S6618 [13JY]

———temporarily suspend motor fuel taxes (H.R. 4834), S6618 [13JY]

William H. Natcher Bridge: designate (H.R. 1162), S9867 [4OC]

Remarks in Senate relative to

Senate: Golden Gavel Award recipient, S6461 [11JY]

Texts of

S. 2070, Child Passenger Protection Act, S627 [10FE]

S. 2233, MTBE Elimination Act, S1404 [9MR]

S. 2398, Organ Transplantation Fairness Act, S2537-S2541 [11AP]

S. 2734, Warehouse Improvement Act, S5251-S5254 [15JN]

S. 2790, Federal Fuel Tax Relief Act, S5811 [26JN]

S. 2909, permit landowners to assert otherwise-available State law defenses against property claims by Indian tribes, S7482 [24JY]

Tributes

Collins, Bob, S521 [9FE]

Coverdell, Paul, S7216 [19JY]

Kaffer, Roger L., S1473 [21MR]

MacNelly, Jeff, S5024 [13JN]

Vermeil, Dick, S146 [31JA]

Warner, Kurt, S146 [31JA]