BURNS, CONRAD R. (a Senator from Montana)
Amendments
Argentina: condemn terrorist attack on Jewish Cultural Center in Buenos Aires and urge Argentine Government to punish those responsible (S. Res. 329), S7280 [19JY]
Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and elimination of the marriage tax penalty (H.R. 4810), S6811, S6865 [14JY]
———setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005 (S. Con. Res. 101), S2364, S2365 [6AP]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2549), S4753, S4867 [8JN], S6277, S6290 [30JN]
———making appropriations (H.R. 4576), S5032 [13JN]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4578), S6502, S6578, S6579 [12JY]
Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4475), S5185, S5274, S5278 [15JN]
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), S5698, S5706 [22JN], S5715 [23JN]
Taxation: institute a Federal fuels tax holiday (S. 2285), S2467 [10AP]
———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), S6636, S6703 [13JY]
———treatment of education individual retirement accounts relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (S. 1134), S953 [29FE]
Television: authorize loan guarantees to facilitate access to local television broadcast signals in unserved and underserved areas (S. 2097), S1963, S1965, S2003 [30MR]
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 2614, Certified Development Company Program Improvements Act, S7575 [25JY]
———H.R. 4425, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure, S4170 [18MY]
———H.R. 4578, Dept. of the Interior and related agencies appropriations, S7102 [18JY]
———H.R. 4635, Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies appropriations, S10332 [12OC]
———S. 761, Millennium Digital Commerce Act, S1846 [29MR]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Agriculture: provide compensation to wheat producers and elevator operators who sold wheat when the Federal Grain Inspection Service maintained erroneous standards for official inspections of wheat protein content (see S. 3133), S9466 [28SE]
———provide tax and regulatory relief for farmers and improve competitiveness of U.S. commodities and products in global markets (see S. 2894), S7229 [19JY]
Armed Forces: restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see S. 2003), S1611 [22MR]
Aviation: ensure general aviation aircraft access to Federal land and to the airspace over that land (see S. 2707), S4820 [8JN]
China, People's Republic of: apply certain measures in response to the illegal sale, transfer, or misuse of certain controlled goods, services, or technology (see S. 2645), S5685 [22JN]
Clark, Wesley K.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 2824), S6121 [29JN]
Climate: stabilize and reduce greenhouse gas concentrations and establish an Office of Global Climate Change within the Dept. of Energy (see S. 882), S3736 [9MY]
Coverdell, Paul: tribute (see S. Res. 338), S7160 [18JY]
Curtis, Carl T.: tribute (see S. Res. 246), S86 [26JA]
Dept. of the Interior: provide assistance through States to eligible weed management entities to control or eradicate harmful, nonnative weeds (see S. 3222), S10801 [19OC]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: dispense medications to veterans for prescriptions written by private practitioners (see S. 2640), S8594 [14SE]
Diseases: extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see S. 2386), S2946 [26AP]
Ecology and environment: revise energy policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, advance global climate science, promote technology development, and increase citizen awareness (see S. 1776), S3544 [4MY]
Education: provide grants to local educational agencies to initiate and improve physical education programs (see S. 1159), S5911 [27JN]
Election Administration Commission: establish (see S. 1), S11917 [15DE]
FCC: prohibit from establishing rules authorizing the operation of new, low power FM radio stations (see S. 2068), S2439 [7AP]
FEMA: make grants to fire departments to improve public safety against fire and fire-related hazards (see S. 1941), S4577 [6JN]
Foreign trade: eliminate disincentives to fair trade conditions (see S. 61), S9271 [26SE]
Korean War: anniversary (see S.J. Res. 39), S1030 [1MR]
Medicaid: coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment services for certain women screened under federally funded programs (see S. 662), S9611 [2OC]
Medicare: coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (see S. 2836), S6257 [30JN]
———eliminate reduction in payment rates to home health agencies for home health services (see S. 2365), S2872 [25AP]
———require wage adjustment of actual, rather than estimated proportion of a hospital's costs that are attributable to wages and wage-related costs (see S. 2828), S6577 [12JY]
———revise inflation update factor used in making payments to prospective payment system hospitals (see S. 2018), S4488 [25MY]
Miles City, MT: convey VA Medical Complex land to Custer County, MT (see S. 2637), S4460 [25MY]
National Correctional Officers and Employees Week: designate (see S. Res. 248), S3545 [4MY]
National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week: designate (see S. Res. 342), S8215 [7SE]
National Peace Officers Memorial Day: designate (see S. Res. 247), S86 [26JA]
National Rural Development Partnership: authorize (see S. 3175), S9945 [5OC]
National Survivors of Suicide Day: designate (see S. Res. 339), S10425 [12OC]
Navajo Code Talkers: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 2408), S7453 [21JY]
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), S8593 [14SE]
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]
Pope John Paul II: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 2453), S2728 [13AP]
Power resources: establish and implement competitive, environmentally sound, and job creating oil and gas leasing program for the Coastal Plain (see S. 2214), S1315 [8MR]
Privacy: strengthen and clarify prohibitions on electronic eavesdropping (see S. 2326), S1884 [29MR]
Public lands: restore stability to payments made to States and counties containing certain Federal lands used for the benefit of public schools, roads, and Federal land managements projects (see S. 1608), S1997 [30MR]
Radio: ensure the availability of spectrum to amateur radio operators (see S. 2183), S5467 [20JN]
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]
Smithsonian Institution: mint coins in commemoration of the National Museum of the American Indian (see S. 2217), S3736 [9MY]
Social Security: eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (see S. 2074), S1186 [6MR]
———extend availability of State Children's Health Insurance Program allotments (see S. 2434), S2728 [13AP]
———provide additional safeguards for certain beneficiaries with representative payees (see S. 2477), S3332 [3MY]
Social Security Protection, Preservation, and Reform Commission: establish (see S. 2510), S5310 [16JN] (see S. 2510), S5364 [19JN]
States: increase funding for nonpoint source pollution control programs (see S. 2417), S4323 [23MY]
Tariff: prevent circumvention of the sugar tariff-rate quotas (see S. 3116), S9267 [26SE]
Taxation: allow a credit to holders of qualified bonds issued by Amtrak (see S. 1900), S9963 [5OC]
———credit for health insurance costs (see S. 2320), S3332 [3MY]
———extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (see S. 2255), S2946 [26AP]
———incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability (see S. 2698), S4820 [8JN]
———provide for a tax deferral on gain from the sale of certain telecommunications businesses or tax incentives to promote ownership diversity (see S. 3235), S10999 [25OC]
———provide incentives for voluntary reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and advance global climate science and technology development (see S. 1777), S3544 [4MY]
———provide incentives to reduce energy consumption (see S. 2718), S11930 [15DE]
———repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (see S. 1128), S5467 [20JN]
———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see S. 2330), S5118 [14JN]
———require certain political organizations to report information to the IRS (see S. 2742), S5240 [15JN]
———treat payments under the Conservation Reserve Program as rentals from real estate (see S. 2344), S4392 [24MY]
———treatment of flexible spending arrangements relative to long-term care insurance (see S. 2225), S8593 [14SE]
Telecommunications: strengthen limitation on transfer of telecommunications licenses to foreign companies with government ownership (see S. 2793), S6027 [28JN]
Telephones: regulate interstate commerce in the use of mobile telephones (see S. 1755), S1421 [9MR]
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: eliminate administrative waste, fraud, and abuse in fish and wildlife restoration projects funded by excise taxes on hunting and fishing equipment (see S. 2609), S7077 [17JY]
Veterans: clarify and improve veterans' claims and appellate procedures (see S. 1810), S2439 [7AP]
Vietnam Veterans Memorial: place a plaque to honor those veterans who died after their service, but as a direct result of that service (see S. 1921), S821 [24FE]
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: Federal procurement opportunities for women-owned small businesses (see S. Res. 311), S4297 [23MY]
———reauthorize Federal programs to prevent violence against women (see S. 2787), S7483 [24JY]
World War II: support Day of Honor 2000 to honor and recognize the service of minority veterans (see S.J. Res. 44), S2347 [6AP]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Computers: protection from unsolicited and unwanted e-mail (see S. 2542), S3916 [11MY]
Dept. of Agriculture: resolution of certain civil rights discrimination cases (see S. 2079), S680 [22FE]
Dept. of Defense: making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (see S. 2521), S3691 [9MY]
FCC: authorize low-power television stations to provide digital data services to subscribers (see S. 2454), S2728 [13AP]
Glacier National Park: Going-to-the-Sun Road rehabilitation funding (see S. 2627), S4379 [24MY]
Montana: design and construct a warm water fish hatchery at Fort Peck Lake (see S. 2027), S328 [3FE]
Taxation: repeal modification of capital gains tax payments relative to small businesses sold on the installment sales method (see S. 2005), S86 [26JA]
Telecommunications: prohibit regulatory impediments to fulfilling the support mandates of the statutory policy of universal service (see S. 2476), S3023 [27AP]
———promote deployment of advanced services and competition by relieving unnecessary burdens on the two percent local exchange carriers (see S. 2572), S4014 [16MY]
Television: authorize loan guarantees to facilitate access to local television broadcast signals in unserved and underserved areas (see S. 2097), S799 [24FE]
Cloture motions
Berzon, Marsha L.: nomination to be circuit judge, S1225 [7MR], S1301 [8MR]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4578), conference report, S9820 [4OC]
Immigration: increase number of temporary visas for skilled workers and expand education and training opportunities for U.S. students and workers (S. 2045), S9248 [26SE], S9440 [28SE]
Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (S. 2507), motion to proceed, S7469 [24JY], S7629 [26JY]
Nuclear energy: storage of spent nuclear fuel pending completion of the nuclear waste repository (S. 1287), S463, S469 [8FE]
Paez, Richard A.: nomination to be circuit judge, S1225 [7MR], S1301 [8MR]
Taxation: institute a Federal fuels tax holiday (S. 2285), motion to proceed, S1831 [28MR], S1970 [30MR]
———treatment of education individual retirement accounts relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (S. 1134), S775 [24FE]
Essays
Katherine Maxwell—A Montana Immigrant: Adrienne Maxwell, S4097
Letters
Death Tax Elimination Act: Ayron Pickerill, S6424 [11JY]
Impact of low oil prices and increasing oil imports on U.S. national security: by, S1545 [22MR]
Pledge of Allegiance
Senate, S47 [25JA], S3787 [10MY]
Privilege of the floor
Daly, Michael, S3927 [11MY]
Kalan, Lesley, S3927 [11MY]
Morgan, Bob, S5054 [13JN]
Wilson, Brian, S3927 [11MY]
Remarks
Agriculture: improve crop insurance coverage and assist producers in managing risk (S. 2251), S1628 [23MR]
———provide compensation to wheat producers and elevator operators who sold wheat when the Federal Grain Inspection Service maintained erroneous standards for official inspections of wheat protein content (S. 3133), S9473 [28SE]
———provide tax and regulatory relief for farmers and improve competitiveness of U.S. commodities and products in global markets (S. 2894), S7822 [27JY]
———strengthen safety net for agricultural producers and improve efficiency and integrity of the Federal crop insurance program (H.R. 2559), S1628 [23MR]
———strengthen safety net for agricultural producers and improve efficiency and integrity of the Federal crop insurance program (H.R. 2559), conference report, S4428, S4429 [25MY]
———terminate price support programs for sugar beets and sugarcane, S7321 [20JY]
Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4461), S7321, S7372 [20JY]
———making appropriations (H.R. 4461), conference report, S10680 [18OC]
Appropriations: making emergency supplemental appropriations, S6227 [30JN]
Argentina: condemn terrorist attack on Jewish Cultural Center in Buenos Aires and urge Argentine Government to punish those responsible (S. Res. 329), S7279, S7280 [19JY]
Armed Forces: restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (S. 2003), S1665 [23MR]
Baltic States: recognize anniversary of U.S. nonrecognition policy of the Soviet takeover of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania and support democratic and economic reforms (S. Con. Res. 122), S7282 [19JY]
Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and elimination of the marriage tax penalty (H.R. 4810), S6811 [14JY], S7103 [18JY]
———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and elimination of the marriage tax penalty (H.R. 4810), conference report, S7223 [19JY]
Burma: recognize anniversary of free and fair elections and improve democratic and human rights (S. Con. Res. 113), S7282, S7283 [19JY]
Coastal zones: use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund State and local conservation programs of coastal States (H.R. 701), S6992 [17JY]
Computers: encourage expansion of electronic commerce (S. 761), conference report, S5281 [16JN]
Crime: penalties for harming Federal law enforcement animals (H.R. 1791), S7298 [19JY]
———promote accountability for violent and repeat juvenile offenders (H.R. 1501), submit conference report and include Senate gun safety language, S4042, S4071 [17MY]
Dept. of Agriculture: resolution of certain civil rights discrimination cases (S. 2079), S683
Dept. of Commerce: transfer authoritative root server to the Internet Corp. for Assigned Names and Numbers, S11880 [15DE]
Dept. of Defense: making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 4425), conference report, S6227 [30JN]
———making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 4425), insert S. 2521 language in lieu, S4168 [18MY]
———making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (S. 2521), S3880 [11MY], S3940 [15MY], S4042 [17MY], S4133, S4168 [18MY]
Dept. of the Interior: National Park Service snowmobile use study funding, S7020 [17JY]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4578), S6523 [12JY], S7020 [17JY], S7087 [18JY], S7279 [19JY]
Dept. of Transportation: prohibit action to finalize, implement, or enforce a rule relative to the hours of service of drivers for motor carriers, S7824
Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4475), conference report, S10054 [6OC]
———making appropriations (H.R. 4475), motion to instruct conferees, S5212 [15JN]
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations, S11230, S11231, S11234
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), S6211 [30JN]
———making appropriations (H.R. 4577), conference report, S11880 [15DE]
Disasters: authorize predisaster mitigation programs, streamline the administration of disaster relief, and control the costs of disaster assistance (H.R. 707), S7298, S7301 [19JY]
District of Columbia: making appropriations (H.R. 4942), conference report, S11230, S11231, S11234
Ecology and environment: encourage cross-border cooperation and environmental cleanup in Northern Europe (H.R. 4249), S7282 [19JY]
———maintain health and stability of coral reef ecosystems (H.R. 2903), S11754 [8DE]
Ellerd, Robert A.: Gallatin Valley, MT, Marine of the Year recipient, S11125
FCC: authorize low-power television stations to provide digital data services to subscribers (S. 2454), S2769 [13AP]
———regulation of pay phones, S7650 [26JY]
FEMA: make grants to fire departments to improve public safety against fire and fire-related hazards (S. 1941), S5452 [20JN]
Forest Service: wildland fire management funding through reductions in Timber Sales Management Program, S7087 [18JY]
Foster, Jean: tribute for participation in Olympic games, S9694
Glacier National Park: Going-to-the-Sun Road rehabilitation funding (S. 2627), S4390
Government: authorize the consolidation of certain financial and performance management reports required of Federal agencies (S. 2712), S7297 [19JY]
Haiti: support free and fair elections and respect democracy (S. Con. Res. 126), S7283, S7284 [19JY]
Iran: human rights violations of Bahais (S. Con. Res. 57), S7281 [19JY]
Iraq: failure to release prisoners of war from Kuwait and nine other nations in violation of international agreements (S. Con. Res. 124), S7284 [19JY]
Kosovo: prohibit funding for deployment of U.S. Armed Forces after a set date unless authorized by law and condition current funding on certification that European countries live up to prior commitments, S4133 [18MY]
Laos: support democracy and human rights (S. Res. 309), S7280 [19JY]
Maxwell, Adrienne: American Association of University Women—Montana essay contest winner, S4097
Medicare: coverage of outpatient prescription drugs, S6635 [13JY]
Miles City, MT: convey VA Medical Complex land to Custer County, MT (S. 2637), S4466 [25MY]
Million Mom March: tribute to event supporting gun control legislation, S4042, S4071 [17MY]
Missoula, MT: Smurfit-Stone Container Corp., plant recipient of Jefferson Smurfit Group Worldwide Plant of the Year Award, S4562
Montana: continue food stamp program standard utility allowance waiver, S7372 [20JY]
———design and construct a warm water fish hatchery at Fort Peck Lake, S9148 [25SE]
———design and construct a warm water fish hatchery at Fort Peck Lake (S. 2027), S328
———Federal Highway Administration's Intelligent Transportation Systems programs funding, S10054 [6OC]
———sugar beet growers disaster assistance funding, S10247 [11OC]
———tribute to long haul truckers for rescue effort, S7824
Motor vehicles: average fuel economy standards for automobiles, S5212 [15JN]
———average fuel economy standards for sport utility vehicles and other light trucks, S5212 [15JN]
National Bible Week: observance, S8938
National Peace Officers Memorial Day: designate (S. Res. 247), S3950 [15MY]
National POW/MIA Recognition Day: observance, S8574
National Rural Development Partnership: funding, S10680 [18OC]
National Telecommunicator's Week: observance, S2523
Native Americans: provide a permanent land base to the Timbisha Shoshone Tribe (S. 2102), S7293, S7294 [19JY]
Petroleum: dependence on foreign sources, S670 [22FE]
———gasoline price levels, S670 [22FE]
Public lands: livestock grazing permits renewal process, S6523 [12JY]
Rural areas: promote and improve access to health care services, S6211 [30JN]
Saudi Arabia: return of Nadia Dabbagh to U.S. (S. Res. 239), S7280 [19JY]
SBA: Federal and State Technology Partnership program funding, S11230, S11231 [27OC]
———Small Business Innovation Research Rural Outreach Program funding, S11230, S11231 [27OC]
Senate: legislative program, S3951 [15MY], S3974, S3975 [16MY], S7301 [19JY], S11754 [8DE]
———procedural constraints on amendment process, S4071 [17MY]
Small Business Innovation Research Program: extend authorization (H.R. 2392), S7293 [19JY]
Social Security: eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (H.R. 5), S1539 [22MR]
Taxation: eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate brackets and standard deduction amounts (H.R. 6), S2668 [13AP]
———incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability (S. 2698), S5099 [14JN]
———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), S6633, S6635 [13JY]
———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), motion to proceed, S6423 [11JY]
———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services, S6633 [13JY]
———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (S. 2330), S5102 [14JN]
———repeal modification of capital gains tax payments relative to small businesses sold on the installment sales method, S6811 [14JY], S7103 [18JY]
———repeal modification of capital gains tax payments relative to small businesses sold on the installment sales method (S. 2005), S88 [26JA]
Telecommunications: prohibit regulatory impediments to fulfilling the support mandates of the statutory policy of universal service (S. 2476), S3023 [27AP]
———promote competition and privatization in satellite communications (S. 376), conference report, S1155 [2MR]
Television: authorize loan guarantees to facilitate access to local television broadcast signals in unserved and underserved areas, S11234
———authorize loan guarantees to facilitate access to local television broadcast signals in unserved and underserved areas (S. 2097), S1933, S1965 [30MR]
Teston, Raymond S.: Purple Heart award recipient, S8099 [6SE]
Tranel-Michini, Monica J.: tribute for participation in Olympic games, S9694
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: eliminate administrative waste, fraud, and abuse in fish and wildlife restoration projects funded by excise taxes on hunting and fishing equipment (S. 2609), S7066 [17JY]
Veterans: clarify and improve veterans' claims and appellate procedures (S. 1810), S2434 [7AP]
Votes: position on missed, S11450
Water: provide for conservation and development of water resources and authorize Dept. of the Army construction and improvement projects for rivers and harbors (S. 2796), S9148 [25SE]
Women: Federal procurement opportunities for women-owned small businesses (S. Res. 311), S4333 [23MY]
Reports filed
Dept. of Defense Appropriations for Military Construction, Family Housing, and Base Realignment and Closure: Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 2521) (S. Rept. 106-290), S3691 [9MY], S3915 [11MY]
Tables
Marriage tax penalty example, S2669 [13AP]
Texts of
S. 2454, authorize low-power television stations to provide digital data services to subscribers, S2769 [13AP]
Tributes
Carey Family, S6114
Coverdell, Paul, S7223 [19JY]
Daniels, Frank, S9698
Gorton, Senator, S11672 [7DE]
Kuntz, Edwin J., S9850
Stanghelle, Brent, S339