DOMESTIC POLICY

Addresses

State of the Union: President Clinton, S107-S113 [27JA], H29-H35 [27JA]

Amendments

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: extend programs and activities (S. 2), S3051, S3197 [1MY], S3265, S3266 [2MY], S3284, S3333, S3334, S3447, S3448, S3449 [3MY], S3460, S3547, S3548, S3549, S3550, S3552 [4MY], S3594, S3616 [8MY], S3638, S3662, S3738, S3772, S3773, S3774, S3775, S3778, S3781 [9MY], S3851 [10MY], S4026 [16MY], S5579 [21JN]

Analyses

Violent and Repeat Juvenile Offender Accountability and Rehabilitation Act (S. 254): Council of State Governments, H5751 [11JY]

Articles and editorials

America's Largest Polluter—Guess Who, E2012 [28OC]

Are the Rich Cleaning Up?, S8056-S8058 [6SE]

Bush Averse to More College Grant Funding—Let Students Get Loans, Candidate Says in Eau Claire, H2247 [13AP]

Bush Plan Grades Students Poverty Levels, S2307 [6AP]

Don't Be Down on the Farm—What We Can Do To Preserve a National Treasure, S483-S485 [8FE]

Fair Deal for the Poor, S3638 [9MY]

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

Florida's Drug War—Looking Back—And Ahead, S7862 [27JY]

Former Teacher Tells Why He Left, H2729 [9MY]

Full Hospitals Make Canadians Wait and Look South, H94 [1FE]

Issue No. 1—Health-Care System Wanted, E1910 [25OC]

Lack of Resources Hampers Students in Poorer Districts, S3586-S3588 [8MY]

Live a Little, E1226 [13JY]

Occidental Deal Benefits Gores—Sale of Federal Oil Field Boosts Family Fortune, S5874 [27JN]

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

Secretary Riley Reignites the Math Wars, E117 [10FE]

Special Interest Defense, E954 [9JN]

Why the Public Schools Are Being Federalized, E611 [2MY]

Bills and resolutions

Children and youth: establish national policy on youth development (see S. 3085), S8823 [20SE] (see H.R. 5250), H7990 [21SE]

Crime: national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (see S. 2783), S5790 [26JN]

———provide incentives for States to enact mandatory minimum sentences for certain firearms offenses (see S. 2390), S2526 [11AP] (see H.R. 4051), H1283 [22MR]

DEA: funding to assist State and local efforts to clean up methamphetamine laboratories (see S. Res. 291), S2728 [13AP] (see H.R. 4468), H3172 [16MY]

Dept. of Defense: establish grant program to assist States and local governments in improving their ability to prevent and respond to domestic terrorism (see H.R. 3553), H89 [31JA]

Dept. of Justice: pilot program to establish methamphetamine incident response and training teams for drug emergency areas (see H.R. 3675), H509 [16FE]

Ecology and environment: ensure recovery of biological diversity, strengthen protection of wildlife, and provide certain assurances to local governments and individuals relative to economic development efforts (see S. 3156), S9702 [3OC]

Education: apply research findings to all students learning to read English, promote family literacy projects, and reauthorize the inexpensive book distribution program (see S. 2452), S2728 [13AP] (see H.R. 4307), H2338 [13AP]

———direct funding and control to local educational agencies (see H.R. 3867), H756 [8MR]

———establish Children's Classroom Trust Fund to direct funding and control to local educational agencies (see S. 3263), S11374 [30OC]

———provide for community learning and successful schools (see S. 2219), S1315 [8MR]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: extend programs and activities (see H.R. 4508), H3474 [19MY]

ERISA: improve the retirement security of American families (see H.R. 5549), H11194 [25OC]

Executive Office of the President: express disapproval regarding Presidential circumvention of congressional legislative authority to set public policy (see H. Res. 463), H1852 [5AP]

Firearms: prevent children from having access to firearms (see H.R. 3987), H1077 [15MR]

———prevent possession of firearms by certain violent juvenile offenders (see H.R. 5194), H7722 [18SE]

Health: establish demonstration projects for States to provide universal, comprehensive, and cost-effective health care coverage with simplified administration (see H.R. 4412), H2770 [9MY]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see S. 2888), S7229 [19JY] (see S. 3172), S9945 [5OC] (see H.R. 4992), H7205 [27JY] (see H.R. 5551), H11194 [25OC]

Law enforcement: create national accreditation standards for law enforcement agencies relative to police misconduct and treatment of minorities (see H.R. 3981), H1076 [15MR]

Medicare: provide comprehensive and coordinated care for individuals with serious and disabling chronic illnesses (see H.R. 4981), H7128 [26JY]

Social Security: prevent conflicts of interest in the use of administrative vendors in the administration of State children's health insurance plans (see H.R. 3600), H254 [8FE]

Taxation: provide tax relief for health insurance and medical care expenses and establish more options for obtaining quality health care (see H.R. 4925), H6776 [24JY]

Descriptions

Chronic Illness Care Improvement Act (H.R. 4981), E1335 [27JY]

Histories

House Republican Efforts Relative to Education (1994-2000), H8608-H8610 [2OC]

Letters

U.S. entertainment industry impact on the Ukraine: Ukrainian religious leader, H7570 [13SE]

Use of counter-drug military assistance for Colombia to fund domestic substance abuse and mental health services: several religious leaders, S5491 [21JN]

———several substance abuse organizations, S5489 [21JN]

Messages

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

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

National Money Laundering Strategy: President Clinton, S1314 [8MR], H753 [8MR]

Science and Engineering Indicators: President Clinton, S4818 [8JN], H4054 [8JN]

Motions

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 2990), H67 [31JA], H129 [1FE]

Opinion polls

Prescription drug plan for stronger Medicare: Glen Bolger, Public Opinion Strategies (business), S4975 [13JN]

Press releases

Rising Math Scores Suggest Education Reforms Are Working: Rand Corp., S10975 [25OC]

RK HO

Gore, Vice President: economic plan, H8293 [27SE]

Remarks in House

Agriculture: Federal farm policies, H8606 [2OC]

Atlanta, GA: tribute to livable communities initiatives, H936 [14MR]

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]

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

———treatment of any budget surpluses, H259 [9FE], H1251-H1264 [22MR]

Bush, George W.: economic plan, H8746 [4OC], H9874 [12OC], H10230 [18OC], H10903-H10905 [25OC], H11474 [28OC], H11507, H11508 [29OC], H11749 [1NO], H11789 [2NO]

Canada: national health care system, H93 [1FE]

Children and youth: establish national policy on youth development (H.R. 5250), E1556 [21SE]

Clinton, President: State of the Union Message, H23-H28 [27JA]

Community development: promote livable communities initiatives, H221 [8FE], H258 [9FE], H346 [14FE], H375 [15FE], H513 [29FE], H936 [14MR], H2015 [11AP], H2346 [2MY], H2618 [8MY], H3528 [23MY], H5172 [27JN], H5739 [11JY], H6056 [17JY], H7375 [12SE], H7923 [20SE], H8777, H8779 [4OC], H9871 [12OC]

Congress: accomplishments of the 106th Congress, H10755 [24OC]

Congressional Rural Caucus: reestablishment to address issues impacting rural areas, H954, H955, H956, H957, H959 [14MR], E306, E307, E309 [14MR]

Courts: minimum mandatory sentencing, H150 [1FE]

Crime: national policy to control crime and reform court procedures, E1097 [23JN]

———provide incentives for States to enact mandatory minimum sentences for certain firearms offenses (H.R. 4051), H2018, H2019, H2026-H2036, H2097-H2099 [11AP], H2183 [12AP], E597 [2MY]

DEA: funding to assist State and local efforts to clean up methamphetamine laboratories, H5046, H5071 [23JN], H11291 [26OC], E474 [3AP]

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

Dept. of Defense: impact of spending reductions on social and domestic programs, H3965 [7JN], E391 [22MR]

Dept. of Education: accomplishments, H10877 [25OC]

———funding, H7889-H7897 [20SE]

Dept. of Energy: report on all possible means to increase domestic oil production without harming the environment, H1235, H1236 [22MR]

Dept. of HUD: housing assistance programs funding, H4629 [19JN], H10390, H10391 [19OC]

Diseases: impact of cancer, H6039-H6041 [13JY]

Drug abuse: combat methamphetamine production and abuse, H1482, H1540, H1541 [29MR], E461, E464, E468 [30MR], E2221 [15DE]

———national drug control policy, H158-H163 [1FE], H437-H442 [15FE], H610, H614 [1MR], H979-H983 [14MR], H1062 [15MR], H1080 [16MR], H1468-H1473 [28MR], H1746-H1751 [4AP], H2115-H2120 [11AP], H2763-H2768 [9MY], H3165-H3169 [16MY], H3642-H3646 [23MY], H3913-H3918 [6JN], H4333 [13JN], H4776-H4779 [20JN], H5741, H5836-H5841 [11JY], H6042-H6047 [13JY], H6461-H6466 [18JY], H7248-H7253 [6SE], H7864-H7868 [19SE], H8192-H8195 [26SE], H8909-H8914 [5OC], H9897 [12OC], H9910 [17OC], H11777-H11779 [1NO]

Ecology and environment: national objectives priority assignments, H1678 [4AP], H2321 [13AP], H4906 [21JN], H7923-H7929 [20SE], H8774-H8781 [4OC], H9868-H9874 [12OC], E2012 [28OC]

Economy: national objectives priority assignments, H97 [1FE], H2501 [3MY], H7565 [13SE]

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

Education: apply research findings to all students learning to read English, promote family literacy projects, and reauthorize the inexpensive book distribution program (H.R. 4307), H7507 [13SE], E588 [13AP]

———direct funding and control to local educational agencies, H10814, H10815, H10850-H10853 [25OC], H11199, H11200, H11201, H11202 [26OC], H11466, H11469, H11472 [28OC], H11506 [29OC]

———effectiveness of core knowledge and charter schools, E1991 [28OC]

———funding, H4021, H4022 [7JN], H4199 [12JN], H4345 [14JN], H12069 [11DE], H12483, H12491, H12496, H12499, H12500 [15DE]

———national policy to improve system, H21, H22 [27JA], H96 [1FE], H533-H538 [29FE], H615 [1MR], H747-H751 [8MR], H923 [13MR], H966-H970 [14MR], H1001, H1067 [15MR], H1269, H1271 [22MR], H1342, H1392 [23MR], H1739-H1746 [4AP], H1828-H1834, H1840-H1847 [5AP], H1854, H1948 [6AP], H1982 [10AP], H2109 [11AP], H2166, H2205 [12AP], H2256, H2332 [13AP], H2416 [3MY], H2553, H2555 [4MY], H3164 [16MY], H3629-H3632 [23MY], H3901-H3909 [6JN], H3933 [7JN], H4227 [13JN], H4905 [21JN], H5827-H5831 [11JY], H6026, H6031-H6038 [13JY], H6474 [19JY], H6764-H6770 [24JY], H7220, H7221 [6SE], H7284 [7SE], H7545, H7566 [13SE], H7701-H7707 [18SE], H7874, H7899 [20SE], H7939, H7971-H7977 [21SE], H8116, H8122 [26SE], H8206, H8285, H8296, H8297 [27SE], H8410, H8412, H8440-H8444 [28SE], H8606-H8610 [2OC], H8767-H8773 [4OC], H8816 [5OC], H9806, H9807, H9809-H9816 [11OC], H9818 [12OC], H10225, H10227-H10233 [18OC], H10397, H10400, H10410 [19OC], H10815, H10817, H10875, H10877, H10878, H10880, H10884 [25OC], H11202 [26OC], H11362-H11368 [27OC], H11475, H11476 [28OC], H11506, H11509 [29OC], H89010 [5OC], E775 [19MY], E966 [9JN], E2079 [3NO]

———promote family literacy projects (H.R. 3222), H7459-H7470 [12SE], E1467, E1476 [13SE], E1486 [14SE]

———return control to local educational agencies, H8412 [28SE]

———social and economic impact of illiteracy, H5827-H5831 [11JY]

Families and domestic relations: recognize and enhance public awareness of the social problem of child abuse and neglect (H. Con. Res. 76), H356-H358 [14FE], E143, E144, E147 [15FE]

Firearms: prevent children from having access to firearms, H578, H579 [1MR], H1080 [16MR], H2502 [3MY], E179 [29FE]

———prevent children from having access to firearms (H.R. 3987), H1115 [16MR]

———prevent possession of firearms by certain violent juvenile offenders (H.R. 5194), E1517 [18SE]

FRS: promote accountability, H6450 [18JY]

FTC: report on marketing of violence to children by entertainment industry, H7569 [13SE]

Gore, Vice President: economic plan-H8300 [27SE], H8442 [28SE], H8746 [4OC], H11508 [29OC]

———receipt of campaign contributions from entertainment industry, H7741 [19SE]

Health: consequences of escalating health care costs, E1226 [13JY]

———managed care system reform proposal, E200 [29FE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, H79 [31JA], H93 [1FE], H7563 [13SE], H7713-H7715 [18SE], H7875 [20SE], H7939 [21SE], H10238-H10242 [18OC], H11201 [26OC], H11516-H11520 [29OC], H11595-H11601 [30OC], E490 [4AP], E1910 [25OC]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 2990), H67 [31JA], H139-H143 [1FE], H367-H370 [14FE], H1465-H1468 [28MR], H2110-H2114 [11AP]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 2990), motion to instruct conferees, H129-H137 [1FE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 5551), E1908 [25OC]

House of Representatives: Cancer Awareness Working Group hearings, E1995 [28OC]

———legislative priorities, H7874 [20SE], H8909-H8914 [5OC], H9458-H9461 [6OC], H10450-H10452 [19OC], H10803-H10805 [24OC], H11594 [30OC], H11786, H11787, H11788 [2NO]

Income: protect retirement security of individuals (H.R. 1590), E278 [9MR]

Law enforcement: create national accreditation standards for law enforcement agencies relative to police misconduct and treatment of minorities (H.R. 3981), H624-H627 [1MR], H1266 [22MR], E321 [15MR]

McCollum, Representative: assessment of legislation and activities during tenure, H7916-H7923 [20SE]

Medicare: provide comprehensive and coordinated care for individuals with serious and disabling chronic illnesses (H.R. 4981), E1335 [27JY]

National Reading Panel: report on phonics, E621 [3MY]

National Social Work Month: observance, E211 [1MR]

Northeast-Midwest Congressional Coalition: report on the future of the U.S. steel industry and the role of technology, E1482 [14SE]

Political parties: effect of political party objectives on the economy, H11866 [13NO]

Republican Party: national agenda, H52 [31JA], H96, H139 [1FE], H260 [9FE], H460 [16FE], H533-H538 [29FE], 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], H11846 [13NO], H11957, H11958 [5DE], H12053 [8DE]

Rural areas: national policy to improve education and economy, H1827 [5AP]

Senate: legislative cooperation, H11594 [30OC]

Social Security: prevent conflicts of interest in the use of administrative vendors in the administration of State children's health insurance plans (H.R. 3600), E88 [8FE]

Taxation: allow tax credits for public and nonpublic elementary and secondary education expenses (H.R. 935), E117 [10FE], E271 [9MR], E1919 [25OC]

Transportation: funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs, H1320 [23MR], H2243 [13AP]

Remarks in Senate

Agriculture: Federal farm policies, S312-S314 [3FE], S346-S348 [7FE], S483 [8FE], S1626 [23MR], S1807-S1809 [28MR], S4219 [22MY], S10608-S10611 [17OC]

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]

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

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

Bush, George W.: economic plan, S9918-S9920, S9923-S9927 [5OC], S10646-S10648 [18OC], S10957 [25OC], S11080-S11082, S11101-S11103, S11104, S11111-S11113 [26OC], S11263, S11264, S11279, S11282 [27OC], S11331 [29OC]

Children and youth: establish national policy on youth development (S. 3085), S8862-S8864 [20SE]

———prohibit transfer to and possession of semiautomatic assault weapons by individuals under 18, S1478 [21MR]

Clinton, President: visit to Owensboro, KY, school system, S3648 [9MY]

Committee on the Budget (Senate): report on Vice President Gore's economic plan, S11087 [26OC]

Crime: national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (S. 2783), S5790 [26JN]

———provide incentives for States to enact mandatory minimum sentences for certain firearms offenses (H.R. 4051), S4396 [24MY], S4496 [25MY]

———provide incentives for States to enact mandatory minimum sentences for certain firearms offenses (S. 2390), S2532 [11AP], S2609, S2611 [12AP], S6570 [12JY]

DEA: funding to assist State and local efforts to clean up methamphetamine laboratories, S5542 [21JN], S6465 [11JY], S7439 [21JY], S7459 [24JY]

———funding to assist State and local efforts to clean up methamphetamine laboratories (S. Res. 291), S2713, S2775, S2776 [13AP]

Democratic Party: national agenda, S3-S5 [24JA], S122-S124 [31JA], S7494-S7498, S7503-S7507 [25JY], S8045-S8048 [6SE], S8250 [8SE], S8359 [12SE], S8785-S8787 [20SE], S8907 [21SE], S9420 [28SE], S9793-S9795 [4OC], S10048 [6OC], S10962 [25OC], S11343, S11344 [29OC], S11350 [30OC], S11401-S11404 [31OC]

Dept. of Defense: National Women's Law Center's report on child care in the military relative to improving civilian child care, S4184 [18MY]

Dept. of Education: abolish, S10748, S10750 [19OC]

Drug abuse: combat methamphetamine abuse, S74-S76 [26JA]

———combat methamphetamine production and abuse, S11530 [14NO]

———national drug control policy, S789 [24FE], S2648 [13AP], S2893 [26AP], S5313-S5315 [19JN], S9562-S9564 [2OC], S11236 [27OC]

Drugs: tribute to drug courts, S4294 [23MY]

———use of counter-drug military assistance for Colombia to fund domestic substance abuse and mental health services, S5487-S5508 [21JN]

Ecology and environment: ensure recovery of biological diversity, strengthen protection of wildlife, and provide certain assurances to local governments and individuals relative to economic development efforts (S. 3156), S9750 [3OC]

———hardrock mining regulations, S7358-S7361 [20JY]

———national objectives priority assignments, S528 [9FE], S3220, S3222 [2MY], S6837 [14JY]

Economy: impact of Government on current economic prosperity, S11053 [26OC]

———national objectives priority assignments, S2030 [3AP], S2265 [5AP], S4977 [13JN], S8054-S8060 [6SE], S8620-S8623 [15SE], S10646-S10648 [18OC], S10957, S10977 [25OC], S11304 [28OC], S11352, S11360-S11365 [30OC]

———review of accomplishments during Reagan administration, S9928-S9931 [5OC]

Education: allow States and local school districts choice in conducting student assessments, S3238 [2MY]

———apply research findings to all students learning to read English, promote family literacy projects, and reauthorize the inexpensive book distribution program (S. 2452), S2768 [13AP]

———assist local educational agencies in enabling students to meet academic achievement standards, S3284-S3292 [3MY]

———direct funding and control to local educational agencies, S11078-S11080 [26OC], S11483 [1NO]

———funding, S2159-S2161, S2163-S2178, S2194-S2196 [5AP], S2335, S2336, S2337 [6AP], S11816, S11875 [15DE]

———increase student involvement (S. 1773), S505-S507 [8FE]

———issue a nationally standardized school report card to students, S1055 [2MR]

———national policy to improve system, S348 [7FE], S505-S507 [8FE], S579-S582 [10FE], S848-S851 [28FE], S976-S979 [29FE], S1625 [23MR], S2709 [13AP], S4978 [13JN], S5604 [22JN], S5726-S5729 [23JN], S5818-S5821 [26JN], S6103 [29JN], S8910, S8912 [21SE], S9358 [27SE], S9565 [2OC], S10744-S10746, S10748-S10753 [19OC], S10884 [23OC], S10954, S10957, S10965-S10967, S10970-S10972, S10974 [25OC], S11067-S11069, S11074-S11076, S11078-S11080, S11111 [26OC], S11195 [27OC], S11335, S11337, S11340 [29OC], S11358 [30OC], S11401 [31OC]

———national policy to improve system (S. 824), star print, S835 [24FE]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: Comprehensive School Reform Program funding, S3600 [8MY], S6207 [30JN]

———consider State fiscal commitment and equitable distribution of funds in the allocation of Title I funding, S3584-S3591 [8MY], S3676 [9MY]

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

———extend programs and activities (S. 2), S1588 [22MR], S2895-S2897 [26AP], S2950-S2953, S2964 [27AP], S3045-S3178 [1MY], S3230-S3248, S3272 [2MY], S3280-S3322 [3MY], S3453-S3496 [4MY], S3569-S3576, S3578-S3601 [8MY], S3629-S3662, S3665-S3679 [9MY], S3906 [11MY], S3952 [15MY], S4027 [16MY], S4253 [23MY], S4443, S4497 [25MY], S5818-S5821 [26JN], S5850-S5853 [27JN], S6338, S6341 [10JY], S7522, S7523 [25JY], S8357-S8359 [12SE], S8440, S8441 [13SE], S9017-S9019 [22SE], S9245, S9246 [26SE], S9358 [27SE], S10748 [19OC], S10965 [25OC], S11067 [26OC], S11481, S11483 [1NO]

———extend programs and activities (S. 2), unanimous-consent agreement, S3037 [27AP], S3311 [3MY], S3480 [4MY]

———extend programs and activities (S. 2), unanimous-consent request, S3479, S3480 [4MY], S4496, S4497 [25MY], S5851 [27JN]

———Migrant Education Program funding, S3597 [8MY]

———remove vocational education funding, S3594, S3595 [8MY]

Firearms: prevent children from having access to firearms, S925 [29FE], S1018 [1MR], S3014 [27AP], S3502 [4MY]

———study marketing practices of the firearms industry relative to children, S1478 [21MR]

FTC: report on marketing of violence to children by entertainment industry, S8528 [13SE], S8606-S8608 [14SE], S10611-S10613 [17OC]

Gore, Vice President: economic plan, S9918-S9920, S9923-S9927 [5OC], S10066 [6OC], S10646-S10648 [18OC], S11070, S11076-S11078, S11080-S11082 [26OC], S11263, S11264, S11282 [27OC]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, S4513, S4514 [6JN], S4977 [13JN], S5821 [26JN], S7504, S7508 [25JY], S8045-S8048 [6SE], S9565 [2OC], S10967-S10972 [25OC], S11064-S11067, S11074-S11076, S11111 [26OC], S11340-S11342 [29OC]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 2990), S1698 [27MR], S6412 [11JY]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 2888), S7229-S7232 [19JY]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 3172), S9957 [5OC]

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

Schools: establish a partnership to rebuild and modernize school facilities, S2307-S2310, S2313-S2317 [6AP]

Senate: legislative cooperation, S1335 [9MR], S4067-S4071 [17MY], S4172-S4181 [18MY], S4372 [24MY], S11104, S11106, S11110 [26OC]

———legislative priorities, S7514-S7520 [25JY], S7587-S7589, S7595, S7614-S7619, S7624, S7629 [26JY], S8041 [6SE], S8879-S8881, S8882-S8885 [21SE], S9132-S9142 [25SE], S11082 [26OC]

Teen Pregnancy Prevention Awareness Month: observance, S3509 [4MY]

Telecommunications: national policy to improve rural areas, S10242 [11OC]

Reports

Country Reports on Human Rights Practices—Colombia: Dept. of State, S5490 [21JN]

Education at a Crossroads—What Works and What's Wasted in Education Today: Committee on Education and Labor (House) (excerpt), S3676 [9MY]

House Republican Efforts To Attack Education—1994 Through 2000, H10397-H10399 [19OC]

Public Charter Schools and the Core Knowledge Movement: Lexington Institute, E1991 [28OC]

Reports filed

Children's Protection From Violent Programming Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 876) (S. Rept. 106-509), S11131 [26OC]

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

Literacy Involves Families Together Act: Committee on Education and the Workforce (House) (H.R. 3222) (H. Rept. 106-503), H572 [29FE]

Statements

Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA, and Related Agencies Programs Appropriations: OMB, S7363 [20JY]

Colombia Answers Plan Colombia—A Plan for Peace or a Plan for War? Several Human Rights Organizations, S5491 [21JN]

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

Summaries

Basic Access to Secure Health Insurance Coverage Health Plan (BASIC Health Plan) Act (H.R. 5551), E1908 [25OC]

Basic Access To Secure Health Insurance Coverage Health Plan (BASIC Health Plan) Act (S. 3172), S9958 [5OC]

Be All That We Can Be—Lessons From the Military for Improving Our Nation's Child Care System: National Women's Law Center, S4185 [18MY]

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

Tables

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

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

Growth in the number of uninsured Americans (1988-98), S7238 [19JY]

Most important reasons for not having health insurance (2000), S7238 [19JY]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 76, recognize and enhance public awareness of the social problem of child abuse and neglect, H356 [14FE]

H.R. 3222, Literacy Involves Families Together Act, H7459-H7461 [12SE]

H.R. 4051, Project Exile—The Safe Streets and Neighborhoods Act, H2026 [11AP]

H.R. 5194, No Guns for Violent Perpetrators Act, E1517 [18SE]

S. 2, Educational Opportunities Act, S3051-S3142 [1MY]

S. 2888, Health Security for All Americans Act, S7232-S7238 [19JY]

S. 3156, Endangered Species Recovery Act, S9751-S9758 [3OC]

S. Res. 291, DEA funding to assist State and local efforts to clean up methamphetamine laboratories, S2775 [13AP]