MIKULSKI, BARBARA A. (a Senator from Maryland)

Amendments

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005 (S. Con. Res. 101), S2222, S2250, S2253, S2254, S2257, S2263 [5AP], S2301, S2334, S2355, S2359, S2360, S2362, S2367 [6AP], S2386, S2389 [7AP]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2549), S4753, S4867, S4882 [8JN], S5406, S5469 [20JN], S6277, S6290 [30JN]

———making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (S. 2521), S4025 [16MY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), S6029 [28JN], S6078, S6155 [29JN]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4635), S10428 [12OC]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: extend programs and activities (S. 2), S3662, S3778, S3781 [9MY]

Health: minority health programs (S. 1880), S11151 [26OC]

Immigration: increase number of temporary visas for skilled workers and expand education and training opportunities for U.S. students and workers (S. 2045), S9502 [28SE]

Legislative branch of the Government: making appropriations (S. 2603), S4343, S4393 [24MY]

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: institute a Federal fuels tax holiday (S. 2285), S2002 [30MR]

Appointments

Committee To Escort the President, H29 [27JA]

Conferee: H.R. 4475, Dept. of Transportation and related agencies appropriations, S5214 [15JN]

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

NATO Parliamentary Assembly, S10266 [11OC]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: provide a pool credit under Federal milk marketing orders for handlers of certified organic milk used for Class I purposes (see S. 3198), S10931 [24OC]

Animals: prohibit import, export, sale, or possession of bear viscera (see S. 1109), S871 [28FE]

Architect of the Capitol: establish the position of Director of Fire Safety and Protection (see S. 2502), S3328 [3MY]

Army: close School of the Americas (see S. 873), S1749 [27MR]

Aviation: allow families of international airline disaster victims a fair jury trial to receive just compensation for their loss (see S. 2035), S381 [7FE]

Birds: prohibit interstate movement of live birds, for the purpose of fighting, to States in which animal fighting is lawful (see S. 345), S870 [28FE]

Burma: recognize anniversary of free and fair elections and improve democratic and human rights (see S. Con. Res. 113), S4578 [6JN]

Business and industry: encourage the formation of industry-led training consortia (see S. 2261), S1512 [21MR]

Capital punishment: ensure that defendants in capital cases have adequate counsel and allow those convicted to have a reasonable opportunity to present new evidence of innocence (see S. 2690), S5468 [20JN]

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), S10723 [18OC]

Carter, Jimmy and Rosalyn: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 2641), S5310 [16JN] (see S. 2641), S5364 [19JN]

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

Century of Women in the U.S.: observance (see S. Res. 292), 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]

Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historic Park Commission: reauthorize (see S. 3115), S9267 [26SE]

Children and youth: improve academic and social outcomes for students by providing productive activities during after-school hours (see S. 1874), S1827 [28MR]

Clark, Wesley K.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 2824), S6121 [29JN]

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

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]

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]

Courts: appointment of Federal judges (see S. 1145), S3264 [2MY]

Crime: promote accountability for violent and repeat juvenile offenders (H.R. 1501), submit conference report and include Senate gun safety language (see S. Res. 276), S1612 [22MR]

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), S2772 [13AP]

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

Dept. of HHS: establish an Office on Women's Health (see S. 2675), S4564 [6JN]

Diseases: extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see S. 2386), S2526 [11AP]

Education: provide grants to local educational agencies to initiate and improve physical education programs (see S. 1159), S4576 [6JN]

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

Fair Labor Standards Act: prohibit issuance of a certificate for subminimum wages for individuals with impaired vision (see S. 2031), S3850 [10MY]

Federal employees: establish program under which current and former employees may obtain long-term care insurance (see S. 2218), S1315 [8MR] (see S. 2420), S2727 [13AP]

———expand commuting options and reduce traffic congestion resulting from current commuting patterns (see S. 2075), S680 [22FE]

FEMA: make grants to fire departments to improve public safety against fire and fire-related hazards (see S. 1941), S1421 [9MR]

FHA: clarify authority to terminate mortgagee origination approval for poorly performing mortgagees (see S. 2806), S6015 [28JN]

Financial institutions: ensure personal financial privacy and give customers notice and choice about how institutions share or sell personally identifiable sensitive financial information (see S. 1924), S690 [22FE]

Firearms: enhance the enforcement of gun violence laws (see S. 2338), S4322 [23MY]

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

Frederick Douglass Gardens, Inc.: establish a memorial in the District of Columbia or its environs (see S. 3147), S9606 [2OC]

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

Health: enhance the Nation's capacity to address public health threats and emergencies (see S. 2731), S5273 [15JN]

———minority health programs (see S. 1880), S2771 [13AP]

———prohibit health insurance and employment discrimination on the basis of genetic information (see S. 1322), S10153 [10OC]

———provide programs for the treatment of mental illness (see S. 2639), S5685 [22JN]

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

Immigration: remove certain limitations on the eligibility of aliens residing in the U.S. to obtain lawful permanent residency status (see S. 2912), S9395 [27SE]

INS: reduce backlog in processing of benefit applications and improve infrastructure necessary for effective provision of immigration services (see S. 2586), S4190 [18MY]

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

Law enforcement: provide for the collection of data on traffic stops (see S. 821), S4391 [24MY]

Libraries: provide up-to-date school library media resources and professionally certified school library media specialists for elementary and secondary schools (see S. 1262), S871 [28FE]

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), S8116 [6SE]

Medicaid: provide families and disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see S. 2274), S3265 [2MY]

———provide State options to allow eligibility for legal immigrant pregnant women, children, and certain disabled individuals (see S. 792), S870 [28FE]

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

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

———eliminate time limitation on benefits for immunosuppressive drugs (see S. 2399), S8421 [12SE]

———expand coverage of certain self-injected biologicals (see S. 2644), S4460 [25MY]

———graduate medical education payments (see S. 2394), S2526 [11AP]

———improve health of senior citizens and disabled individuals (see S. 2727), S5106 [14JN]

———promote research for health promotion and disease prevention and add preventive benefits (see S. 2232), S2871 [25AP]

———revise inflation update factor used in making payments to prospective payment system hospitals (see S. 2018), S4923 [9JN]

Middle East: oppose unilateral declaration of a Palestinian State (see S. 3007), S8506 [13SE]

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

Minimum wage: level (see S. 2284), S1750 [27MR]

Motor vehicles: impose criminal and civil penalties for false statements and failure to file reports relative to defects in foreign products (see S. 3012), S9612 [2OC]

National Amputee Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 330), S8865 [20SE]

National Correctional Officers and Employees Week: designate (see S. Res. 248), S692 [22FE]

National Girl Scout Week: designate (see S. Res. 273), S1392 [9MR]

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

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

National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 347), S8019 [5SE]

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

National Safe Place Week: designate (see S. Res. 258), S1328 [8MR]

National Survivors of Suicide Day: designate (see S. Res. 339), S9395 [27SE]

National Teach for America Week: designate (see S. Res. 359), S9396 [27SE]

National Women's Business Council: funding (see S. 2243), S1392 [9MR]

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

NOAA: reauthorize Chesapeake Bay Office and enhance management and restoration programs (see S. 2777), S5663 [22JN]

Northern Ireland: peace efforts (see S.J. Res. 54), S9466 [28SE]

———urge implementation of the Good Friday Agreement and support police reforms (see S. Res. 332), S8659 [18SE]

Northern Mariana Islands: prohibit use of the ``Made in USA'' label on products and deny such products duty-free and quota-free treatment (see S. 922), S8593 [14SE]

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), S8024 [5SE]

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]

Pesticides: implement integrated pest management systems to minimize use in schools and provide parents and employees with notices of pesticide use (see S. 1716), S11607 [5DE]

Pipelines: improve safety and environmental protection (see S. 2409), S2772 [13AP]

Poland: commemorate anniversary of the execution of Polish captives by Soviet authorities in Katyn, Miednoye, and Kharkiv (see S. Con. Res. 118), S4460 [25MY]

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

Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see S. 2703), S4820 [8JN]

Public welfare programs: repeal certain restrictions on food stamp eligibility and increase Federal support for emergency food assistance programs (see S. 1805), S4854 [8JN]

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

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

Ships and vessels: revitalize international competitiveness of U.S.-flag merchant marine (see S. 1858), S6026 [28JN]

———stimulate increased domestic cruise ship opportunities by temporarily reducing barriers for entry into the domestic cruise ship trade (see S. 1510), S8768 [19SE]

Social Security: make corrections in Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program relative to the Balanced Budget Act (see S. 3077), S8823 [20SE]

Taxation: credit for rehabilitating historic homes or purchasing newly rehabilitated historic homes for use as principal residence (see S. 664), S3030 [27AP]

———incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability (see S. 2698), S4820 [8JN]

———provide a uniform dollar limitation for transportation fringe benefits excludable from gross income (see S. 2083), S680 [22FE]

———provide income tax credit to long-term caregivers (see S. 2096), S8115 [6SE]

———temporary moratorium on certain diesel fuel excise taxes and replacement of lost revenues with budget surplus funds (see S. 2161), S1683 [23MR]

———treatment of damages and back pay received on account of, and expenses incurred in, asserting any claim of employment discrimination (see S. 2887), S10807 [19OC]

———treatment of flexible spending arrangements relative to long-term care insurance (see S. 2225), S1683 [23MR]

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

Women: 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]

World War II: support Day of Honor 2000 to honor and recognize the service of minority veterans (see S.J. Res. 44), S3851 [10MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Computers: provide for digital empowerment by ensuring computer literacy for all children (see S. 2229), S1391 [9MR]

Food: improve safety of imported foods (see S. 2692), S4669 [7JN]

Letters

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

Senior Community Service Employment Program: Raymond J. Uhalde, Dept. of Labor, S11059 [26OC]

Privilege of the floor

Mitrakos, Alex, S10483 [12OC]

Remarks

AID: Child Survival and Disease Programs Fund micronutrient programs funding, S10980 [25OC]

Architect of the Capitol: establish position of employee advocate, S4343 [24MY]

Armed Forces: performance of abortions at overseas military medical facilities, S5417 [20JN]

Budget: ensure Medicare coverage of prescription drugs prior to consideration of any tax cuts, S2153 [5AP]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005 (S. Con. Res. 101), S2153, S2226 [5AP], S2301, S2302 [6AP], S2389 [7AP]

China, People's Republic of: permanent normal trade relations upon accession to the World Trade Organization (H.R. 4444), S8559 [14SE]

Cole (U.S.S.): terrorist attack on Navy destroyer in Yemen, S10394 [12OC]

Colombia: authorize urgent support to secure peace and the rule of law, and to enhance the effectiveness of anti-drug efforts, S5543 [21JN]

Computers: provide for digital empowerment by ensuring computer literacy for all children, S2301, S2302 [6AP], S2389 [7AP], S9370 [27SE]

———provide for digital empowerment by ensuring computer literacy for all children (S. 2229), S1397 [9MR]

Crime: promote accountability for violent and repeat juvenile offenders (H.R. 1501), submit conference report and include Senate gun safety language, S3984 [16MY], S4057 [17MY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2549), S4792 [8JN], S5417 [20JN]

———making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (S. 2521), S3984 [16MY], S4057 [17MY]

Dept. of HHS: establish an Office on Women's Health (S. 2675), S4571 [6JN]

———Huntington's Disease research funding, S6205 [30JN]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4475), S5092 [14JN]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), S6002 [28JN], S6205 [30JN]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4635), S10291, S10294, S10298, S10303, S10306, S10308, S10309, S10311, S10312, S10317 [12OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4635), conference report, S10759 [19OC]

Education: reduce revenue cuts for school modernization projects, S2301, S2302 [6AP]

EPA: clean up of river and ocean sites contaminated with hazardous materials, S10303, S10306, S10309 [12OC]

———dredging or other invasive sediment remediation technologies funding limitations, S10311, S10312 [12OC]

———enforce drinking water standards for arsenic, S10298 [12OC]

———postpone implementation of air quality standards until issuance of Supreme Court decision, S10312 [12OC]

———prohibit designation of nonattainment areas relative to air quality standards under the Clean Air Act, S10298 [12OC]

Federal employees: establish program under which current and former employees may obtain long-term care insurance (S. 2218), S1322 [8MR]

Firearms: gun control, S8570 [14SE], S10792 [19OC]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (S.J. Res. 14), S1871 [29MR]

———protect, S1871 [29MR]

Food: improve safety of imported foods (S. 2692), S4685 [7JN]

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

———making appropriations (S. 2522), S5543 [21JN]

Foreign policy: authorize trade and investment policy relative to sub-Saharan Africa (H.R. 434), conference report, S3872 [11MY]

Health: protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, S4792 [8JN]

Human rights: combat trafficking in human beings and provide assistance to victims (H.R. 3244), conference report, S10175 [11OC]

Immigration: increase number of temporary visas for skilled workers and expand education and training opportunities for U.S. students and workers (S. 2045), S9238 [26SE], S9370 [27SE]

Inouye, Senator: Medal of Honor recipient, S5481 [21JN]

Iran: impose sanctions on foreign persons who transfer items contributing to efforts to acquire, develop, or produce ballistic missiles (H.R. 1883), S756 [24FE]

Legislative branch of the Government: commend Capitol Police and legislative branch employees for their commitment and professionalism and ensure adequate funding, S4343 [24MY], S4405 [25MY]

———making appropriations (S. 2603), S4343 [24MY], S4405 [25MY]

Medicaid: coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment for certain women and research on relationship between cervical cancer and human papillomavirus (H.R. 4386), S9822 [4OC]

———coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment services for certain women screened under federally funded programs, S2226 [5AP]

Medicare: expand coverage of certain self-injected biologicals (S. 2644), S4557 [6JN]

Middle East: condemn current level of violence between Israelis and Palestinians, S10394 [12OC]

Million Mom March: tribute to event supporting gun control legislation, S3984 [16MY], S4057 [17MY]

National Biotechnology Month: observance, S144 [31JA]

Older Americans Act: National Family Caregiver Support Program funding, S6002 [28JN], S11034, S11092 [26OC]

———reauthorize (H.R. 782), S11034, S11055, S11058, S11059, S11092 [26OC]

———require the Dept. of Labor to assess accountability of grantees, S11058, S11059, S11092 [26OC]

———Senior Community Service Employment Program funding, S11034, S11058, S11059, S11092 [26OC]

Rogers, Thomasina V. (Tommy): selection as Chairman of the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission, S297 [2FE]

Russia: proliferation of nuclear missile technology to Iran, S756 [24FE]

Senate: legislative program, S11053 [26OC]

Telecommunications: promote competition and privatization in satellite communications (S. 376), conference report, S2710 [13AP]

Women: reauthorize Federal programs to prevent violence against women, S10175 [11OC]

Remarks in Senate relative to

Northern Ireland: trip relative to peace efforts, S1811 [28MR]

Statements

Senior Community Service Employment Program: Dept. of Labor, S11059 [26OC]

Summaries

Imported Products Safety Improvement and Disease Prevention Act (S. 2692), S4689 [7JN]

Texts of

S. 2692, Imported Products Safety Improvement and Disease Prevention Act, S4686-S4689 [7JN]

Tributes

Costin, George T., S488 [8FE]

Lautenberg, Senator, S5092 [14JN]

Lenard, Myra, S3509 [4MY]