HARKIN, TOM (a Senator from Iowa)

Amendments

Agriculture: improve crop insurance coverage and assist producers in managing risk (S. 2251), S1573, S1612 [22MR]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4461), S7218, S7250 [19JY], S7325, S7344, S7354, S7358, S7367, S7370, S7400, S7401, S7402, S7404, S7405, S7407 [20JY]

Bankruptcy: amend laws (S. 625), S232 [2FE]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and elimination of the marriage tax penalty (H.R. 4810), S6849 [14JY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005 (S. Con. Res. 101), S2191, S2222, S2250, S2251, S2252, S2253, S2254, S2256, S2263 [5AP], S2301, S2334, S2358, S2360, S2362, S2363, S2367, S2373, S2374, S2380 [6AP], S2386, S2391, S2396, S2410, S2414, S2439 [7AP]

Crime: enhance rights and protections of victims (S. 934), S2777 [13AP]

Dept. of Agriculture: provide assistance for the rehabilitation of watershed dams built for flood protection and water resource projects (S. 1762), S10934, S10943 [24OC]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2549), S4543, S4582 [6JN], S4713 [7JN], S4867, S4882 [8JN], S5071, S5081, S5120, S5127 [14JN], S5370 [19JN], S6269, S6278, S6280 [30JN], S6547, S6549, S6551 [12JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4576), S4957, S4966 [12JN], S4994, S4997, S5032 [13JN]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4578), S7086, S7167 [18JY]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4475), S5098, S5138 [14JN], S5274 [15JN]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), S5687 [22JN], S5933 [27JN], S6030 [28JN], S6048, S6078, S6099, S6146, S6155, S6179 [29JN], S6197, S6267 [30JN]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: extend programs and activities (S. 2), S3334 [3MY]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 4733), S8123 [6SE], S8164 [7SE]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (S. 2522), S5474 [20JN], S5484, S5564 [21JN]

Pensions: reform (H.R. 1102), S10807 [19OC]

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

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

Taxation: phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), S6656, S6703, S6739 [13JY]

———treatment of education individual retirement accounts relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (S. 1134), S957 [29FE]

Television: authorize loan guarantees to facilitate access to local television broadcast signals in unserved and underserved areas (S. 2097), S1915 [29MR], S1935 [30MR]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 2559, Risk Management for the 21st Century Act, S1642 [23MR]

———H.R. 4576, Dept. of Defense appropriations, S5020 [13JN]

———H.R. 4635, Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies appropriations, S10332 [12OC]

———H.R. 4811, foreign operations, export financing, and related programs appropriations, S7142 [18JY]

Articles and editorials

Campbell Issue Aids Democrats' Politics, Jane Norman, Des Moines (IA) Register, S9666 [3OC]

E. Timor Panel Blamed Army for Atrocities, Keith B. Richburg, Washington (DC) Post, S194 [1FE]

Justice for Timor, Washington (DC) Post, S194 [1FE]

Stop Stalling on Judicial Candidate, Cedar Rapids (IA) Gazette, S9667 [3OC]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

Carter, Jimmy and Rosalyn: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 2641), S8215 [7SE]

Census: encourage all U.S. residents to complete their census forms (see S. Res. 293), S2728 [13AP]

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

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see S. 74), S3615 [8MY]

Commission on the Comprehensive Study of Voting Procedures: establish (see S. 3269), S11537 [14NO]

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. 3283), S11917 [15DE]

Comprehensive AIDS Resources Act: revise and extend programs to provide access to health care and support services to individuals and families with HIV and AIDS (see S. 2311), S1883 [29MR]

Computers: encourage broadband technology deployment to rural areas (see S. 2307), S1815 [28MR]

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: encourage the Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) to hold hearings (see S. Res. 279), S1987 [30MR] (see S. Res. 286), S2616 [12AP]

Correctional institutions: substance abuse prevention and treatment programs in prisons funding (see S. 2619), S5467 [20JN]

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), S5467 [20JN]

———extend authority to provide grants for State agricultural mediation programs (see S. 2741), S5240 [15JN]

———provide assistance for the rehabilitation of watershed dams built for flood protection and water resource projects (see S. 1762), S1997 [30MR]

———reauthorize authority to pay costs associated with removal of commodities that pose a health or safety risk and adjust certain child nutrition programs (see S. 3230), S10926 [24OC]

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

———treatment of Strategic Petroleum Reserve relative to anticompetitive activities (see S. Con. Res. 88), S1467 [20MR]

Dept. of HHS: establish an Office on Women's Health (see S. 2675), S10627 [17OC]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: make pay adjustments for nurses and certain other health-care professionals in the same manner as Federal employees and allow locality pay adjustments for those employees (see S. 1399), S8768 [19SE]

Disabled Veterans' LIFE Memorial Foundation: establish a memorial in the District of Columbia or its environs to honor veterans who became disabled while serving in the Armed Forces (see S. 311), S2117 [4AP]

Diseases: expand research activities relative to lupus (see S. 1163), S10424 [12OC]

———extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see S. 2386), S3851 [10MY]

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

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

ERISA: ensure employees are not improperly disqualified from benefits under pension and welfare plans based on a miscategorization of employee status (see S. 2946), S7839 [27JY]

Federal Deposit Insurance Act: require periodic cost-of-living adjustments to the maximum amount of deposit insurance available (see S. 2589), S7921 [27JY]

FEMA: make grants to fire departments to improve public safety against fire and fire-related hazards (see S. 1941), S5468 [20JN]

Financial institutions: strengthen consumer control over use and disclosure of personal financial and health information (see S. 2513), S3514 [4MY]

Firearms: prohibit possession in places of worship or educational and scholastic settings (see S. Res. 295), S2865 [25AP]

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

Health: embryonic stem cell research funding (see S. 2015), S149 [31JA]

———improve access to health insurance and Medicare benefits for individuals aged 55 to 65 and allow tax credits for payment of such premiums and COBRA coverage premiums (see S. 2918), S7542 [25JY]

———reduce accidental injury and death resulting from medical mistakes and reduce medication-related errors (see S. 2038), S489 [8FE]

Immigration: remove certain limitations on the eligibility of aliens residing in the U.S. to obtain lawful permanent residency status (see S. 2912), S8769 [19SE] (see S. 3095), S9759 [3OC]

Indonesia: prohibit military assistance relative to prosecution of those responsible for violence, return of displaced refugees, and human rights conditions in East Timor (see S. 2621), S4378 [24MY]

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

Israel: commend redeployment from southern Lebanon (see S. Con. Res. 116), S4297 [23MY]

King, Martin Luther, Jr.: mint coins in commemoration (see S. 3183), S10628 [17OC]

Law enforcement: improve the quality and credibility of forensic science services for criminal justice purposes (see S. 1196), S1327 [8MR] (see S. 3045), S8585 [14SE]

Law enforcement officers: collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments (see S. 1016), S7554 [25JY]

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

Medicare: coverage of medical nutrition therapy services (see S. 660), S2636 [12AP]

———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs and enhanced preventative benefits (see S. 2541), S3832 [10MY] (see S. 2753), S5360 [19JN]

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

———revise regulations on participating hospitals relative to nurse anesthetists' services (see S. 866), S4690 [7JN]

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

National School Lunch Act: improve management of the child and adult care food program (see S. 2356), S2107 [4AP]

———use of pilot projects to increase number of children participating in summer food service programs (see S. 3054), S8585 [14SE]

National Writing Project: improve (see S. 514), S2870 [25AP]

Native Americans: mint coins in commemoration of history and culture (see S. 398), S40 [24JA]

Navajo Code Talkers: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 2408), S7554 [25JY]

NIH: biomedical research funding (see S. Res. 253), S381 [7FE]

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), S8505 [13SE]

Petroleum: phase-out use of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) in reformulated gasoline (see S. 1037), S821 [24FE]

Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see S. 2703), S7165 [18JY]

Poverty: enhance flexibility in individual development account programs to encourage savings for poor working families (see S. 3214), S10716 [18OC]

Presidents' Day: redesignate Washington's Birthday in honor of George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and the institution of the Presidency (see S. 429), S4321 [23MY]

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

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

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), S7555 [25JY]

Small business: establish the New Markets Venture Capital Program, America's Private Investment Company Program, and a new markets tax credit (see S. 2936), S7656 [26JY]

Tariff: prevent circumvention of the sugar tariff-rate quotas (see S. 3116), S9759 [3OC]

Taxation: allow a credit to holders of qualified bonds issued by Amtrak (see S. 1900), S4577 [6JN]

———full deduction of health insurance costs for self-employed individuals (see S. 546), S1524 [21MR]

———incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability (see S. 2698), S8768 [19SE]

———provide a credit for energy efficient appliances (see S. 2939), S8026 [5SE]

———treat payments under the Conservation Reserve Program as rentals from real estate (see S. 2344), S2354 [6AP]

———treatment of charitable donation of food by businesses and farmers (see S. 2084), S4239 [22MY]

———treatment of self-employment tax relative to certain farm rental income (see S. 569), S4239 [22MY]

Telephones: prohibit telemarketers from interfering with a consumer's caller identification service (see S. 2029), S9478 [28SE]

Tobacco products: impose restrictions on the sale of cigars (see S. 1421), S92 [26JA]

U.S. Grain Standards Act: extend authority to collect fees, authorize appropriations, and improve administration (see S. 2737), S5240 [15JN]

Veterans: clarify and improve veterans' claims and appellate procedures (see S. 1810), S2118 [4AP]

Volunteer workers: extend appropriations for programs under the National and Community Service Act and the Domestic Volunteer Service Act (see S. 2764), S9863 [4OC]

Women: Federal procurement opportunities for women-owned small businesses (see S. Res. 311), S4297 [23MY]

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

———reauthorize Federal programs to prevent violence against women (see S. 2787), S5790 [26JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Agriculture: enhance competition and protect family farms, ranches, and rural communities from unfair or deceptive agribusiness practices (see S. 3243), S11131 [26OC]

———promote conservation of farm and ranch lands (see S. 3223), S10801 [19OC]

Burma: prohibit importation of any textile or apparel article that is produced, manufactured, or grown in Burma (see S. 3246), S11131 [26OC]

Clean Air Act: phase out the use of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) in fuels or fuel additives and promote the use of renewable fuels (see S. 2971), S7839 [27JY]

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

Contracts: end taxpayer support of Federal contractors against whom repeated civil judgments or criminal convictions have been entered (see S. 3185), S10252 [11OC]

Dept. of Agriculture: clarify authority to establish performance standards for the reduction of microbiological pathogens in meat and poultry (see S. 2760), S5555 [21JN]

Dept. of Education: provide grants to develop technologies to eliminate functional barriers to full independence for disabled individuals (see S. 3211), S10619 [17OC]

Dept. of Labor: establish Office of Pension Participant Advocacy (see S. 2849), S6474 [11JY]

Education: school construction and infrastructure improvements funding (see S. 2124), S930 [29FE]

Fair Labor Standards Act: reform provisions relative to child labor (see S. 3100), S9195 [25SE]

FDA: grant authority to regulate tobacco (see S. 2379), S2347 [6AP]

Food Security Act: establish the Conservation Security Program (see S. 3260), S11252 [27OC]

Labor unions: prevent discrimination based on participation in labor disputes (see S. 3249), S11131 [26OC] (see S. 3258), S11252 [27OC]

Medicare: improve fee-for-services reimbursement rates in rural States (see S. 2610), S4297 [23MY]

NIH: reauthorize women's health research award programs (see S. 3215), S10716 [18OC]

Office of the U.S. Trade Representative: establish a Chief Labor Negotiator (see S. 3247), S11131 [26OC] (see S. 3257), S11252 [27OC]

Eulogies

Rinard, Park: by John C. Culver, S11556 [5DE]

Letters

Commodity Exchange Act reauthorization and amendments: Lawrence H. Summers, Arthur Levitt, Alan Greenspan, and William J. Rainer, President's Working Group on Financial Markets, S11897 [15DE]

People's Republic of China understanding with the U.S. on prohibiting the import and export of prison labor products: David J. Brenner, U.S. Embassy in the People's Republic of China, S8365 [12SE]

Prohibit importation of any textile or apparel article that is produced, manufactured, or grown in Burma: by, S11134 [26OC]

Lists

Americans With Disabilities Act success stories, S7638-S7640 [26JY]

Memorandums

People's Republic of China Understanding With the U.S. on Prohibiting the Import and Export of Prison Labor Products: Arnold Kanter, Dept. of State, and Liu Huoqiu, People's Republic of China, S8364 [12SE]

Motions

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and elimination of the marriage tax penalty (H.R. 4810), S7047 [17JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), S5993 [28JN], S6187 [30JN]

Privilege of the floor

Cascino, Cary, S6583 [12JY]

Dunn, James, S7408 [20JY]

Gann, Ben, S11155 [26OC]

Howell, Ryan, S5816 [26JN]

Kinzer, Lynn, S3268 [2MY]

Mark, Valerie, S11155 [26OC]

Pannullo, Jerry, S11155 [26OC]

Phillips, Sally, S504 [8FE], S10727 [18OC]

Smith, Jay, S7408 [20JY]

Sparrow, John, S11155 [26OC]

Underriner, John, S3927 [11MY]

Remarks

Abortion: pro choice versus right to life, S2832, S2834 [25AP]

———prohibit partial-birth abortions, S2832, S2834 [25AP]

Agriculture: enhance competition and protect family farms, ranches, and rural communities from unfair or deceptive agribusiness practices (S. 3243), S11132 [26OC]

———Federal farm policies, S312, S313, S314 [3FE], S1626 [23MR]

———improve crop insurance coverage and assist producers in managing risk (S. 2251), S1558, S1572 [22MR], S1626, S1642 [23MR]

———promote conservation of farm and ranch lands (S. 3223), S10805 [19OC]

———strengthen safety net for agricultural producers and improve efficiency and integrity of the Federal crop insurance program (H.R. 2559), S1642 [23MR]

———strengthen safety net for agricultural producers and improve efficiency and integrity of the Federal crop insurance program (H.R. 2559), conference report, S4425, S4429, S4441 [25MY]

———tribute to Rally for Rural America and response to agricultural crisis, S1626 [23MR]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4461), S7303, S7306, S7331, S7332, S7333, S7334, S7365, S7371, S7372 [20JY], S7439 [21JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4461), conference report, S10673, S10678, S10681, S10682 [18OC]

Agriculture Research Service: establish Bioinformatics Institute for Model Plant Species, S7372 [20JY]

AID: polio eradication funding, S10980 [25OC]

Americans With Disabilities Act: anniversary, S6492 [12JY], S7085 [18JY], S7637-S7641 [26JY]

Appropriations: legislative process, S9412, S9413, S9414 [28SE], S11358 [30OC]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 109), S9412, S9413, S9414, S9415, S9416, S9417 [28SE]

———making emergency supplemental appropriations, S6465 [11JY]

Armed Forces: extend food stamp eligibility requirements to members stationed overseas, S5071 [14JN]

Aviation: eliminate high-density rule for slot-controlled airports, S1261 [8MR]

———improve quality of airline service, S11022-S11024 [25OC]

Bankruptcy: amend laws (H.R. 833), S3968 [16MY]

———amend laws (S. 625), S193, S194 [1FE]

Budget: enforcement of spending caps on appropriations legislation, S5981, S5982, S5984 [28JN]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and elimination of the marriage tax penalty (H.R. 4810), S6789 [14JY], S7047 [17JY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005 (H. Con. Res. 290), conference report, S2689 [13AP]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005 (S. Con. Res. 101), S2141 [4AP], S2224 [5AP], S2297, S2299 [6AP], S2397, S2402, S2415 [7AP]

———treatment of any budget surpluses, S7084 [18JY]

Burma: prohibit importation of any textile or apparel article that is produced, manufactured, or grown in Burma (S. 3246), S11133 [26OC]

Bush, George W.: economic plan, S11101, S11102, S11104 [26OC]

Campbell, Bonnie J.: nomination to be circuit judge, S8339 [11SE], S8881 [21SE], S9253, S9254 [26SE], S9333 [27SE], S9595 [2OC], S9664, S9667, S9677, S9681 [3OC], S9838, S9839 [4OC], S9927, S9928 [5OC], S10059, S10060 [6OC], S10188, S10189, S10190 [11OC], S10678 [18OC], S10885 [23OC], S10908, S10909 [24OC]

China, People's Republic of: compliance with memorandums of understanding prohibiting the import and export to the U.S. of prison labor products, S8364 [12SE]

———permanent normal trade relations upon accession to the World Trade Organization (H.R. 4444), S8364 [12SE], S8727 [19SE]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex, S6789 [14JY], S7047 [17JY]

Clean Air Act: phase out the use of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) in fuels or fuel additives and promote the use of renewable fuels (S. 2971), S7884 [27JY]

Coal: National Academy of Sciences study on coal waste impoundments funding, S11879 [15DE]

Colombia: authorize urgent support to secure peace and the rule of law, and to enhance the effectiveness of anti-drug efforts, S5542 [21JN]

Commission on the Comprehensive Study of Voting Procedures: establish (S. 3269), S11514, S11517 [14NO]

Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate): tribute to staff for efforts on Agricultural Risk Protection Act, S4441 [25MY]

Committee on Appropriations (Senate): tribute to staff for efforts relative to Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, related agencies appropriations, S6218 [30JN]

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, S11896 [15DE]

Congress: accomplishments of the 106th Congress, S8879, S8880, S8881 [21SE], S11403 [31OC]

———legislative priorities of 106th Congress, 2d session, S8881 [21SE]

Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act: encourage equity investment in rural cooperatives and other rural businesses (S. 3242), S11005 [25OC]

Contracts: end taxpayer support of Federal contractors against whom repeated civil judgments or criminal convictions have been entered (S. 3185), S10400 [12OC]

Convention for the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labor: deny certain foreign aid relative to compliance, S3864 [11MY]

Crime: enhance Federal enforcement of hate crimes, S5430 [20JN]

———promote accountability for violent and repeat juvenile offenders (H.R. 1501), submit conference report and include Senate gun safety language, S4060 [17MY]

DEA: funding to assist State and local efforts to clean up methamphetamine laboratories, S5542 [21JN], S6465 [11JY], S7439 [21JY]

Democratic Party: national agenda, S11403 [31OC]

Dept. of Agriculture: clarify authority to establish performance standards for the reduction of microbiological pathogens in meat and poultry, S7303, S7306, S7331, S7332, S7333, S7334 [20JY]

———clarify authority to establish performance standards for the reduction of microbiological pathogens in meat and poultry (S. 2760), S5556 [21JN]

———Initiative for Future Agriculture and Food Systems grants eligibility, S10681 [18OC]

———reauthorize authority to pay costs associated with removal of commodities that pose a health or safety risk and adjust certain child nutrition programs (S. 3230), S10946 [24OC]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4205), conference report, S10354, S10376 [12OC]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2549), S4802 [8JN], S5071 [14JN], S5430 [20JN], S6552 [12JY]

———cancel operational support aircraft leasing authority, S5001, S5002, S5003 [13JN]

———making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 4425), conference report, S6465 [11JY]

———making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (S. 2521), S4060 [17MY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4576), S4997, S5001, S5002, S5003 [13JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4576), conference report, S7741 [27JY]

———Peer-Reviewed Alcoholism Research Program funding, S7741 [27JY]

———require testing of high mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicles and trailers prior to purchase, S4997 [13JN]

———review of secrecy oaths and policies at nuclear weapons facilities where workers may have had their health compromised by radioactive or other hazardous substances, S6552 [12JY]

Dept. of Education: Advanced Placement Incentive Program funding, S6211 [30JN]

———Leveraging Educational Assistance Partnership Program funding, S6212 [30JN]

———prohibit funds for application of dangerous pesticides in areas used by children, S6209 [30JN]

———provide grants to develop technologies to eliminate functional barriers to full independence for disabled individuals (S. 3211), S10627 [17OC]

———Smaller Learning Communities Program funding, S6211 [30JN]

———technology and media services funding, S6196 [30JN]

Dept. of Energy: establish compensation programs for employees sustaining beryllium and radiation-related injury, illness, or death, S10354, S10376 [12OC]

———National Ignition Facility funding, S8164, S8166, S8167 [7SE], S9454 [28SE], S9574 [2OC]

Dept. of HHS: Consolidated Health Centers Program funding, S5719 [23JN]

———Medicare Integrity Program funding, S6204 [30JN]

———Office of Civil Rights funding, S6196 [30JN]

Dept. of Labor: establish Office of Pension Participant Advocacy (S. 2849), S6474 [11JY]

———Vocational Rehabilitation State Grants Program funding, S6210 [30JN]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), S5589, S5591, S5641 [22JN], S5719, S5726 [23JN], S5784, S5786 [26JN], S5835, S5842, S5845, S5850 [27JN], S5981, S5982, S5984, S5991, S5992, S5994 [28JN], S6048, S6060, S6073, S6099, S6101 [29JN], S6187, S6196, S6204, S6207, S6209, S6210, S6211, S6212, S6218 [30JN], S11358, S11359 [30OC], S11549, S11554 [5DE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4577), conference report, S11868, S11879, S11880 [15DE]

Drake University: tribute to women's basketball team, S1876 [29MR]

Drugs: allow importation of prescription drugs into the U.S. by pharmacists and wholesalers for resale and by U.S. citizens for personal use, S10675 [18OC]

Education: Impact Aid Program funding through reductions in Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education administrative costs, S5835 [27JN]

———national policy to improve system, S10884 [23OC], S11358 [30OC]

———reduce revenue cuts for school modernization projects, S2224 [5AP], S2297, S2299 [6AP]

———reductions in school class size, S3490, S3493 [4MY]

———school construction and infrastructure improvements funding, S3318 [3MY]

———school construction and infrastructure improvements funding (S. 2124), S950 [29FE]

Elections: Presidential election results, S11514, S11516, S11517, S11518 [14NO]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: Comprehensive School Reform Program funding, S6207 [30JN]

———extend programs and activities, S9415 [28SE]

———extend programs and activities (S. 2), S3239, S3242, S3243 [2MY], S3318 [3MY], S3490, S3493 [4MY], S5851, S5852, S5853 [27JN]

———Title I grants funding, S5850 [27JN]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 4733), S8164, S8166, S8167 [7SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4733), conference report, S9454 [28SE], S9574 [2OC]

FAA: reauthorizing programs (H.R. 1000), conference report, S1261 [8MR]

Fair Labor Standards Act: reform provisions relative to child labor (S. 3100), S9196 [25SE], S11903 [15DE]

FDA: adverse event monitoring system for dietary supplements funding, S7371 [20JY]

———grant authority to regulate tobacco (S. 2379), S2350 [6AP]

Firearms: enhance enforcement and increase prosecutions relative to current laws and regulations, S4060 [17MY]

———gun control, S5730 [23JN], S5852 [27JN], S11421 [31OC]

———protect right to keep and bear arms, S4060 [17MY]

Florida: disputed results in Presidential election, S11514, S11516, S11517, S11518 [14NO]

Food Security Act: establish the Conservation Security Program (S. 3260), S11257 [27OC]

Food stamps: raise cap on excess shelter cost and adjust for inflation, S10682 [18OC]

Foreign countries: exempt agricultural products, medicines, and medical products from U.S. economic sanctions, S10675 [18OC]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4811), conference report, S10980 [25OC]

———making appropriations (S. 2522), S5542 [21JN]

Foreign policy: authorize trade and investment policy relative to sub-Saharan Africa (H.R. 434), conference report, S3864 [11MY]

Foreign trade: provide additional trade benefits to certain beneficiary countries in the Caribbean, S3864 [11MY]

FRS: impact of interest rates on economic conditions, S3964 [16MY]

Greenspan, Alan: nomination to be FRS Board of Governors Chairman, S264, S265, S267 [2FE]

Health: embryonic stem cell research funding (S. 2015), S151 [31JA]

———human genome research, S5784, S5786 [26JN]

———prohibit health insurance and employment discrimination on the basis of genetic information, S6048, S6073 [29JN]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, S4802 [8JN]

———reduce accidental injury and death resulting from medical mistakes and reduce medication-related errors (S. 2038), S490 [8FE]

Human rights: combat trafficking in human beings and provide assistance to victims (H.R. 3244), conference report, S10188 [11OC]

———condemn use of children as soldiers, S5542 [21JN]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: funding, S2397 [7AP], S5991, S5992 [28JN], S6099, S6101 [29JN], S6187 [30JN], S7084 [18JY]

Indonesia: prohibit economic assistance until the results of the referendum in East Timor have been fully implemented, S193, S194 [1FE]

International Labor Organization: anniversary of ratification of the Convention on the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labor, S11903 [15DE]

Iowa Disability Mentoring Day: observance, S10996 [25OC]

Iowa State University: tribute to men's basketball team, S1876 [29MR]

Labor unions: prevent discrimination based on participation in labor disputes (S. 3249), S11135 [26OC]

LIHEAP: funding, S6210 [30JN], S11880 [15DE]

Medicaid: coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment services for certain women screened under federally funded programs (S. 662), S5784 [26JN]

———coverage of community-based attendant services (S. 1935), S7640 [26JY]

———provide families and disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (S. 2274), S1608 [22MR]

Medicare: coverage of outpatient prescription drugs, S5641 [22JN], S5726 [23JN], S9334, S9335 [27SE], S9415, S9416, S9417 [28SE], S9838 [4OC], S9927 [5OC]

———improve fee-for-services reimbursement rates in rural States (S. 2610), S4315 [23MY]

———reductions in prescription drug prices, S9839 [4OC]

Million Mom March: tribute to event supporting gun control legislation, S4060 [17MY]

National Biotechnology Month: observance, S145 [31JA]

National School Lunch Act: improve management of the child and adult care food program (S. 2356), S2117 [4AP]

NIH: biomedical research funding (S. Res. 253), S488 [8FE]

———funding, S2402 [7AP], S2689 [13AP]

———reauthorize women's health research award programs (S. 3215), S10719 [18OC]

Office of the U.S. Trade Representative: establish a Chief Labor Negotiator (S. 3247), S11134 [26OC]

Older Americans Act: reauthorize (H.R. 782), S11089 [26OC]

———Senior Community Service Employment Program funding, S11089 [26OC]

OSHA: implementation of ergonomic regulations, S5591 [22JN], S11549 [5DE]

Parliamentary inquiry, S5993, S5994 [28JN], S7331 [20JY], S9334 [27SE]

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

Petroleum: decrease dependence on foreign sources through use of renewable fuels, conservation, improving efficiency, and increasing domestic energy supplies (S. 2557), S10885 [23OC]

———economic impact of increasing oil prices, S5725 [23JN]

Political campaigns: assessment of Presidential candidates, S11022 [25OC]

Power resources: national energy policy, S5725 [23JN]

Presidential appointments: nominations considered and confirmed en bloc, S9664, S9667, S9681 [3OC]

———Senate process for confirmation of judicial nominees, S8339 [11SE], S8881 [21SE], S9253, S9254 [26SE], S9333 [27SE], S9595 [2OC], S9664, S9667, S9677, S9681 [3OC], S9927, S9928 [5OC], S10059, S10060 [6OC], S10188, S10189, S10190 [11OC], S10678 [18OC], S10909 [24OC]

Public welfare programs: repeal certain restrictions on food stamp eligibility and increase Federal support for emergency food assistance programs (S. 1805), S1572 [22MR]

———repeal certain restrictions on food stamp eligibility relative to ownership of motor vehicles, S10682 [18OC]

Rural areas: promote and improve access to health care services, S6211, S6212 [30JN]

Schools: postcoital emergency contraception distribution funding, S6187 [30JN]

Senate: legislative priorities, S8879, S8880 [21SE], S10884, S10885, S10886 [23OC]

———procedural constraints on amendment process, S10886 [23OC]

———tribute to interns, S7538 [25JY]

Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, S6060 [29JN], S10906 [24OC]

———eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (H.R. 5), S1538 [22MR]

———ensure solvency of trust funds, S6656, S6659 [13JY]

———increase spousal survivors' benefit and allow women taking leave to care for a child or relative to exempt those years from benefit calculations, S6656, S6659 [13JY]

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

———Social Services Block Grant funding, S5842 [27JN]

SSI: funding, S5981, S5982, S5984 [28JN]

Taxation: eliminate use of education individual retirement accounts for elementary and secondary school expenses and expand school construction and renovation incentives, S983 [1MR]

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

———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), S6656, S6659 [13JY]

———rates, S2141 [4AP], S7084 [18JY], S11101, S11102, S11103 [26OC]

———treatment of education individual retirement accounts relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (S. 1134), S983 [1MR]

Television: authorize loan guarantees to facilitate access to local television broadcast signals in unserved and underserved areas (S. 2097), S1940 [30MR]

———require any entity receiving full amount of loan guarantees to provide all local broadcast signals of that State, S1940 [30MR]

Texas: Rand Corp. study on education, S10906, S10907 [24OC]

Women: improve health and reduce health care costs for low-income and uninsured women by expanding existing screening and preventive health programs (S. 2635), S4465 [25MY]

———reauthorize Federal programs to prevent violence against women, S8751 [19SE], S9252, S9253, S9254 [26SE], S9333 [27SE], S10188 [11OC]

Remarks in House relative to

Sports: trap shooting competition between the House and Senate, H3289 [17MY]

Remarks in Senate relative to

Tribute, S11359 [30OC]

Statements

Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title I Funds for Educationally and Economically Disadvantaged Schools and Students: by, S3588-S3590 [8MY]

People's Republic of China Understanding With the U.S. on Prohibiting the Import and Export of Prison Labor Products: Dept. of State, S8365 [12SE]

Studies

What Do Test Scores in Texas Tell Us? Rand Corp., S10908 [24OC]

Summaries

Clean and Renewable Fuels Act (S. 2971), S7884-S7886 [27JY]

Tables

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

Texts of

S. 2610, Medicare Fairness in Reimbursement Act, S4316 [23MY]

S. 2849, establish the Office of Pension Participant Advocacy in the Dept. of Labor, S6475 [11JY]

S. 3215, Women's Health Research Career Enhancement Act, S10720 [18OC]

Tributes

Bryan, Senator, S11557 [5DE]

Carnahan, Mel, S10703 [18OC]

Coverdell, Paul, S7188 [19JY]

Epstein, Mike, S3277 [3MY]

Kerrey, Senator, S11103 [26OC]

Lautenberg, Senator, S11024 [25OC]

Moynihan, Senator, S11558 [5DE]

Rinard, Park, S11555 [5DE]

Stevens, Senator, S11359 [30OC]

Sygall, Susan, S5238 [15JN]

Timmerman, Adam, S221 [1FE]

Warner, Kurt, S221 [1FE]