DOMENICI, PETE V. (a Senator from New Mexico)
Amendments
Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4461), S7369, S7406 [20JY], S7484 [24JY]
Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005 (S. Con. Res. 101), S2178, S2179, S2197, S2252, S2254 [5AP], S2354, S2358, S2369, S2370, S2371, S2378 [6AP], S2385, S2389, S2402, S2417, S2439, S2442 [7AP]
Colorado Ute Indian Tribes: final settlement of water rights claims (S. 2508), S10261 [11OC]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2549), S4753, S4867, S4874, S4875, S4876, S4893 [8JN], S6271, S6275, S6278, S6282, S6289 [30JN], S6350 [10JY], S6451, S6454, S6455 [11JY]
———making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (S. 2521), S4164, S4208 [18MY]
———making appropriations (H.R. 4576), S4958 [12JN], S5008 [13JN]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4578), S6479, S6480 [11JY], S6507, S6509, S6579 [12JY], S7055 [17JY], S7166 [18JY]
Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4475), S5138 [14JN], S5184 [15JN]
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), S5698 [22JN], S5916 [27JN], S6029, S6032 [28JN], S6200, S6269 [30JN]
Elementary and Secondary Education Act: extend programs and activities (S. 2), S3662, S3778, S3781 [9MY]
Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 4733), S7988, S8027 [5SE], S8119, S8121 [6SE], S8168, S8169, S8172, S8178, S8215 [7SE]
Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (S. 2522), S5520, S5568, S5569, S5573, S5578 [21JN]
Pipelines: improve safety and environmental protection (S. 2438), S8222 [7SE]
Santa Fe, NM: authorize expansion of the Palace of the Governors Hispanic and Native American history museum (S. 1727), S2784 [13AP]
Appointments
Conferee: H. Con. Res. 290, setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005, S2481 [10AP]
———H.R. 4475, Dept. of Transportation and related agencies appropriations, S5214 [15JN]
———H.R. 4576, Dept. of Defense appropriations, S5020 [13JN]
———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]
Articles and editorials
Cabinet Opens Up on Bush—Treasury Secretary Says Social Security Math Doesn't Add Up, Glenn Kessler, Washington (DC) Post, S11049 [26OC]
Dirty Water Rider, Washington (DC) Post, S6222 [30JN]
Ex-Fireman Saves Home From Scott Able Blaze—Retiree Prevails Over Fire—One-Man Battle Saves Weed Home, Rene Romo, Albuquerque (NM) Journal, S3980 [16MY]
Experts Urge Immediate Action To Ease Fire Threat in Watershed, Ben Neary, Sante Fe (NM) New Mexican, S6222 [30JN]
Moscow Takes Step To Ease U.S. Fears on Plutonium Use, Judith Miller, New York (NY) Times, S487 [8FE]
Need for Nuclear Power, Richard Rhodes and Denis Beller, Foreign Affairs (publication), S155-S158 [31JA]
Town Full of Stories After Fire, Chaka Ferguson, Associated Press (news service), S3981 [16MY]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Agriculture: promote sustainable groundwater management of the southern Ogallala Aquifer (see S. 2755), S5460 [20JN]
Arts Education Month: designate (see S. Res. 128), S1030 [1MR]
Children's Internet Safety Month: designate (see S. Res. 294), S7484 [24JY]
Clark, Wesley K.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 2824), S6121 [29JN]
Colorado Ute Indian Tribes: final settlement of water rights claims (see S. 2508), S5118 [14JN]
Courts: appointment of additional Federal district judges (see S. 2730), S5106 [14JN]
———appointment of Federal district judges (see S. 3071), S8759 [19SE]
———establish legal standards and procedures for the fair, prompt, inexpensive, and efficient resolution of asbestos exposure personal injury claims (see S. 758), S492 [8FE]
Coverdell, Paul: tribute (see S. Res. 338), S7160 [18JY]
Curtis, Carl T.: tribute (see S. Res. 246), S86 [26JA]
Death and dying: promote pain management and palliative care without permitting assisted suicide and euthanasia (see S. 1272), S1185 [6MR]
Dept. of Defense: equitable retirement for military reserve technicians covered under FERS or CSRS (see S. 1883), S3923 [11MY]
Diseases: extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see S. 2386), S3851 [10MY]
———international tuberculosis control (see S. 2643), S6577 [12JY]
Education: early learning programs funding (see S. 2866), S6677 [13JY]
———provide grants to local educational agencies to initiate and improve physical education programs (see S. 1159), S4576 [6JN]
Electric power: promote reliability of the bulk-power system (see S. 2071), S3332 [3MY]
Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: designate (see S. Res. 251), S382 [7FE]
Health Care Financing Administration: revise performance standards and certification process for organ procurement organizations (see S. 2235), S1467 [20MR]
Health care professionals: establish a demonstration program to address physician shortage, recruitment, and retention problems in rural areas (see S. 3176), S10083 [6OC]
International Visitors Program: anniversary (see S. Res. 87), S1128 [2MR]
James Madison Commemoration Commission: establish (see S. 3137), S9466 [28SE]
Korean War: anniversary (see S.J. Res. 39), S1030 [1MR]
Materials Corridor Partnership Initiative: establish multiagency program to promote energy efficient and environmentally sound economic development along the Mexican border (see S. 397), S634 [10FE]
Medicaid: provide families and disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see S. 2274), S5912 [27JN]
Medicare: coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (see S. 3016), S8197 [7SE] (see S. 3017), S8344 [11SE]
———make improvements to the prospective payment system for skilled nursing facility services (see S. 3050), S8585 [14SE]
Memorial Day: proclaim a nationwide moment of remembrance (see S. Con. Res. 100), S4393 [24MY]
Mexico: elections (see S. Res. 335), S6678 [13JY]
———grant a temporary waiver of requirements relative to foreign aid certification of drug enforcement efforts (see S. 3021), S8197 [7SE] (see S. Res. 366), S9861 [4OC]
Motor vehicles: require arbitration for franchise contract disputes be voluntary (see S. 1020), S8421 [12SE]
National Airborne Day: designate (see S. Res. 301), S7690 [26JY]
National Children's Memorial Day: designate (see S. Res. 340), S10425 [12OC]
National Child's Day: designate (see S. Res. 296), S4323 [23MY]
National Girl Scout Week: designate (see S. Res. 273), S1392 [9MR]
National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week: designate (see S. Res. 342), S8215 [7SE]
National Mammography Day: designate (see S. Res. 353), S8413 [12SE]
National Peace Officers Memorial Day: designate (see S. Res. 247), S2872 [25AP]
National Responsible Father's Day: designate (see S. Res. 322), S5027 [13JN]
National Safe Place Week: designate (see S. Res. 258), S613 [10FE]
National Survivors of Suicide Day: designate (see S. Res. 339), S10425 [12OC]
Native Americans: anniversary of Indian self-determination policy (see S. Res. 277), S5118 [14JN]
———authorize tribes to coordinate and integrate Federal funding dedicated to the development of communities (see S. 2052), S9395 [27SE]
———establish a streamlined process to enable the Navajo Nation to lease certain trust lands (see S. 2665), S4460 [25MY]
———improve the cause of action for misrepresentation of Indian arts and crafts (see S. 2872), S7690 [26JY]
Navajo Code Talkers: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 2408), S4577 [6JN]
O'Connor, John Cardinal: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 2076), S1030 [1MR]
Olympic games: mint commemorative coins to support the 2002 Salt Lake Olympic Winter Games and U.S. Olympic Committee programs (see S. 2266), S1596 [22MR]
———tribute to Sydney, Australia, and U.S. participants (see S. Res. 364), S9702 [3OC]
Pipelines: improve safety and environmental protection (see S. 2438), S8214 [7SE] (see S. 3002), S8019 [5SE]
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]
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), S2946 [26AP]
Small business: protect from litigation excesses and limit product liability of non-manufacturer product sellers (see S. 1185), S1913 [29MR]
Smithsonian Institution: mint coins in commemoration of the National Museum of the American Indian (see S. 2217), S6576 [12JY]
Social Security: eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (see S. 2074), S953 [29FE]
———extend availability of State Children's Health Insurance Program allotments (see S. 2434), S3851 [10MY]
Taxation: increase State cap on private activity bonds (see S. 459), S2636 [12AP]
———provide a tax credit for marginal oil and natural gas well production (see S. 2265), S1612 [22MR]
———repeal modification of capital gains tax payments relative to small businesses sold on the installment sales method (see S. 2005), S691 [22FE]
———treat payments under the Conservation Reserve Program as rentals from real estate (see S. 2344), S2946 [26AP]
———treatment of Indian tribal governments as State, local governments or nonprofit organizations relative to unemployment compensation (see S. 1726), S9863 [4OC]
Technology: promote development of technology clusters to enable national laboratories to meet Dept. of Energy missions (see S. 1756), S382 [7FE]
Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo: develop remedies to resolve unmet community land grant claims in New Mexico involving descendants of persons who were Mexican citizens (see S. 2022), S285 [2FE]
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), S1241 [7MR]
Volunteer workers: extend appropriations for programs under the National and Community Service Act and the Domestic Volunteer Service Act (see S. 2764), S9202 [25SE]
Women: reauthorize Federal programs to prevent violence against women (see S. 2787), S8215 [7SE]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Arms control: expand and enhance U.S. efforts in the Russian nuclear complex to expedite containment of nuclear expertise that presents a proliferation threat (see S. 2492), S3192 [1MY]
Budget: avoid a pay-go sequestration (see S. 3240), S10999 [25OC]
———setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005 (see S. Con. Res. 101), S2040 [3AP]
Cannon AFB, NM: convey excess hospital equipment to Roosevelt General Hospital in Portales, NM (see S. 3153), S9702 [3OC]
Dept. of Defense: coordinate and facilitate the development of directed energy technologies, systems, and weapons (see S. 2573), S4103 [17MY]
Dept. of Energy: establish term of office for the first person appointed to the position of Under Sec. of Energy for Nuclear Security (see S. 2179), S1118 [2MR]
———guarantee loans to facilitate nuclear nonproliferation programs and activities in Russia (see S. 3275), S11739 [7DE]
Dept. of the Interior: authorize compensation for damages arising from the prescribed burn on the Bandelier National Monument (see S. 2736), S5240 [15JN]
———participation in design, planning, and construction of the Santa Fe Regional Water Management and River Restoration Project (see S. 3078), S8823 [20SE]
———transfer or other disposition of certain lands at Melrose Air Force Range, NM, and Yakima Training Center, WA (see S. 2757), S5460 [20JN]
Health: provide programs for the treatment of mental illness (see S. 2639), S4460 [25MY]
Medicare: establish a physician recruitment and retention project (see S. 3167), S9944 [5OC]
———improve access to Medicare+Choice plans through an increase in annual capitation rates (see S. 2937), S7656 [26JY]
Native Americans: ensure full obligation authority for the Indian reservation roads program (see S. 2093), S799 [24FE]
———Santa Domingo Pueblo land claims settlement (see S. 2917), S7542 [25JY]
NRC: authorizing appropriations and improving operations (see S. 2016), S149 [31JA]
Cloture motions
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4578), conference report, S9820 [4OC]
Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 4733), motion to proceed, S7522 [25JY], S7731 [27JY]
Taxation: phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), S6296 [30JN]
———treatment of education individual retirement accounts relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (S. 1134), S775 [24FE]
Letters
Budget treatment of Social Security trust funds: by, Committee on the Budget (Senate), S11050 [26OC]
———Dan L. Crippen, CBO, S11051 [26OC]
Cerro Grande Fire Assistance Act: Jacob J. Lew, OMB, S5262 [15JN]
Subsistence allowance for certain members of the uniformed services who are eligible to receive food stamp assistance: Edwin Dorn, Dept. of Defense, S2290 [6AP]
———William S. Cohen, Sec. of Defense, S2290 [6AP]
———by, Committee on the Budget (Senate), S2289, S2290 [6AP]
Treatment of any budget surpluses: Paul Coverdell, S7189 [19JY]
Tribute to New Mexico Air National Guard 150th Security Forces Squadron and 150th Civil Engineering Squadron: Anthony C. Zinni, Dept. of Defense, S640
Lists
Committee on the Budget (Senate) staff, S2131 [4AP]
Memorandums
Budget Treatment of Social Security Trust Funds: Stephen C. Goss, SSA, S11050 [26OC]
Messages
Consular Convention Between the U.S. and Ireland on Taxation of Embassy Purchases: President Clinton, S8031 [5SE]
Encouragement and Reciprocal Protection of Investment Treaty With Lithuania: President Clinton, S8030 [5SE]
Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks: President Clinton, S8030 [5SE]
Treaty Between the U.S. and Costa Rica for the Return of Stolen, Embezzled, or Appropriated Vehicles and Aircraft: President Clinton, S8030 [5SE]
Treaty Between the U.S. and Panama for the Return of Stolen, Robbed, or Converted Vehicles and Aircraft: President Clinton, S8031 [5SE]
Motions
Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005 (S. Con. Res. 101), S2195, S2196 [5AP], S2294, S2332 [6AP], S2412 [7AP]
Privilege of the floor
Capretta, Jim, S2131 [4AP]
Carney, Dave, S2264 [5AP]
Committee on the Budget (Senate) staff, S2131 [4AP]
Denneny, Douglas J., S2381 [6AP]
Hearn, Jim, S2131 [4AP]
Hunter, Dave, S8028 [5SE]
Lyons, Pete, S8028 [5SE]
Nelson, Sue, S2131 [4AP]
Tomasulo, Gary, S2382 [6AP]
Warren, Mitch, S2131 [4AP]
Proposals
Fuel reduction programs in wildland-urban interface areas to reduce the risk of wildfires: by, S6223 [30JN]
Remarks
Agriculture: grass seed producers emergency assistance funding, S2425 [7AP]
———strengthen safety net for agricultural producers and improve efficiency and integrity of the Federal crop insurance program (H.R. 2559), conference report, S4440, S4442 [25MY]
Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4461), S7343, S7347, S7348, S7356, S7372, S7376 [20JY]
Agriculture Research Service: establish Bioinformatics Institute for Model Plant Species, S7372 [20JY]
Air Force Memorial Foundation: establish a memorial in the District of Columbia or its environs (H.R. 4583), S9688 [3OC]
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: strike assumed revenue based on oil and gas exploration from budget resolution, S2217, S2218 [5AP]
Armed Forces: allow members to participate in the Thrift Savings Plan, S2336 [6AP], S2408 [7AP]
———establish a special subsistence allowance for certain members of the uniformed services who are eligible to receive food stamp assistance, S2289, S2290, S2295 [6AP]
Arms control: expand and enhance U.S. efforts in the Russian nuclear complex to expedite containment of nuclear expertise that presents a proliferation threat (S. 2492), S3194 [1MY]
Baca, Sylvia V.: nomination to be Assistant Sec. of the Interior for Land and Minerals Management, S972
Bankruptcy: amend laws (H.R. 2415), conference report, S11730 [7DE]
Berzon, Marsha L.: nomination to be circuit judge, S1222 [7MR]
BIA: health care, education, economic development, and infrastructure funding, S6504, S6505 [12JY]
BLM: wildland fire management funding, S7971 [5SE]
Bonneville Power Administration: protect rights and benefits of employees relative to participation in a regional transmission organization, S8182, S8184 [7SE]
Budget: allocation of funds, S782, S784 [24FE]
———balance, S2186, S2189 [5AP]
———deficit, S8650 [18SE], S11048 [26OC]
———ensure budget totals do not assume reduction or elimination of gasoline taxes to protect continued use of revenues for the Highway Trust Fund, S2201, S2205 [5AP]
———ensure Medicare coverage of prescription drugs prior to consideration of any tax cuts, S2090 [4AP], S2155 [5AP], S2678 [13AP]
———increase the amount for public debt reduction contained in the Federal budget for 2001-2005, S2191, S2192, S2193, S2196 [5AP]
———preserve portion of projected surplus to reduce the public debt, S2186, S2189 [5AP]
———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and elimination of the marriage tax penalty (H.R. 4810), S7106 [18JY]
———revisions to aggregate spending levels, S5451 [20JN], S7149 [18JY], S7384 [20JY], S7470 [24JY], S7997 [5SE], S8652 [18SE], S9687 [3OC], S10233 [11OC]
———setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005 (H. Con. Res. 290), conference report, S2675, S2678, S2683, S2687, S2694 [13AP], S3496 [4MY]
———setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005 (H. Con. Res. 290), conference report—unanimous-consent agreement, S2694 [13AP]
———setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005 (H. Con. Res. 290), insert S. Con. Res. 101 language in lieu, S2429 [7AP]
———setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005 (S. Con. Res. 101), S2053, S2057, S2061, S2063, S2065, S2071, S2075, S2078, S2084, S2085, S2090 [4AP], S2155, S2176, S2178, S2179, S2186, S2189, S2190, S2191, S2192, S2193, S2194, S2195, S2196, S2197, S2201, S2205, S2217, S2218 [5AP], S2272, S2273, S2279, S2284, S2286, S2289, S2290, S2291, S2294, S2295, S2309, S2322, S2325, S2328, S2332, S2336 [6AP], S2385, S2389, S2390, S2391, S2393, S2395, S2399, S2400, S2402, S2405, S2406, S2408, S2410, S2411, S2412, S2414, S2415, S2417, S2418, S2425, S2431 [7AP]
———status report, S221
———strike certain provisions on emergency spending designation points of order, S2322, S2325, S2332 [6AP]
———treatment of any budget surpluses, S782, S784 [24FE], S2065, S2075 [4AP], S2186, S2189 [5AP], S2410 [7AP], S7429-S7431 [21JY], S8650 [18SE], S9918 [5OC]
Bush, George W.: economic plan, S9918 [5OC]
Cannon AFB, NM: convey excess hospital equipment to Roosevelt General Hospital in Portales, NM (S. 3153), S9746 [3OC]
Children and youth: improve academic and social outcomes for students by providing productive activities during after-school hours, S2414 [7AP]
———use of State Children's Health Insurance Program funds, S11052 [26OC]
China, People's Republic of: permanent normal trade relations upon accession to the World Trade Organization (H.R. 4444), S8481, S8482, S8483 [13SE]
Clean Air Act: allow State Governors to waive oxygen content requirement, encourage voluntary standards to control release of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) from underground storage tanks, and phase out use of MTBE (S. 2962), S9242 [26SE]
Cloudcraft, NM: designation by Fodor's Travel Publications as one of the 10 overlooked and underrated winter destinations, S11786
Colorado Ute Indian Tribes: final settlement of water rights claims (S. 2508), S10780 [19OC]
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate): adjustment of budget authority and outlays, S4440 [25MY]
Committee on Agriculture (Senate): adjustment of budget authority and outlays, S1587 [22MR]
Committee on Appropriations (Senate): adjustment of budget authority and outlays, S10787 [19OC], S11120 [26OC]
Committee on Armed Services (Senate): adjustment of budget authority and outlays, S8750 [19SE]
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate): adjustment of budget authority and outlays, S8652 [18SE]
Computers: provide for digital empowerment by ensuring computer literacy for all children, S2389 [7AP]
Creedon, Madelyn R.: nomination to be National Nuclear Security Administration Deputy Administrator for Defense Programs, S6335, S6336, S6337 [10JY]
Crime: promote accountability for violent and repeat juvenile offenders (H.R. 1501), submit conference report and include Senate gun safety language, S2309 [6AP]
deLeon, Rudy: nomination to be Deputy Sec. of Defense, S1924 [29MR]
Dept. of Agriculture: emergency disaster assistance funding for farmers, S7343, S7347 [20JY]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4205), conference report, S10361, S10369, S10370 [12OC]
———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2549), S6596 [13JY]
———coordinate and facilitate the development of directed energy technologies, systems, and weapons, S10361 [12OC]
———coordinate and facilitate the development of directed energy technologies, systems, and weapons (S. 2573), S4103
———making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (S. 2521), S4165, S4168 [18MY]
———making appropriations (H.R. 4576), S5016 [13JN]
———making appropriations (H.R. 4576), conference report—unanimous-consent agreement, S7630 [26JY]
Dept. of Education: Troops-to-Teachers Program funding, S2417 [7AP]
Dept. of Energy: draw down of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, S9129-S9131 [25SE], S9242 [26SE]
———Fernald Environmental Management Project funding, S8182 [7SE]
———guarantee loans to facilitate nuclear nonproliferation programs and activities in Russia (S. 3275), S11739 [7DE]
———Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory funding for participation in the International Centers for Environmental Safety, S9454 [28SE]
———investigation of missing nuclear missile technology from Los Alamos National Laboratory, S9131 [25SE]
———National Ignition Facility funding, S9455 [28SE]
———renewable energy research and development funding, S7987 [5SE], S8282 [8SE]
———use of laboratory directed research and development in national laboratories, S9454 [28SE]
Dept. of HHS: mental health research programs funding, S6217 [30JN]
Dept. of Labor: job training programs funding, S6209 [30JN]
Dept. of the Interior: Animas-La Plata Federal reclamation project authorization, S10780 [19OC]
———authorize compensation for damages arising from the prescribed burn on the Bandelier National Monument (S. 2736), S5255, S5257, S5259 [15JN]
———dispute with New Mexico over diversion of water from San Acacia Dam in the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District to protect endangered silvery minnow, S6492 [12JY], S8186 [7SE]
———participation in design, planning, and construction of the Santa Fe Regional Water Management and River Restoration Project (S. 3078), S8857 [20SE]
———require study on methods to commemorate the national significance of the Lincoln Highway (H.R. 2570), S11822 [15DE]
———transfer or other disposition of certain lands at Melrose Air Force Range, NM, and Yakima Training Center, WA (S. 2757), S5464 [20JN]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4578), S6504, S6505, S6508, S6509, S6511, S6518, S6524, S6528, S6538 [12JY], S7036 [17JY], S7095, S7096, S7099 [18JY]
———making appropriations (H.R. 4578), conference report, S9798 [4OC], S9910 [5OC]
Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations, S8799 [20SE]
Dept. of Transportation: Small Communities Air Service Development Pilot Program funding, S5185 [15JN]
Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4475), S5185, S5191 [15JN]
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), S5645 [22JN], S5870 [27JN], S6062, S6063, S6075 [29JN], S6209, S6217, S6220, S6223 [30JN]
Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4635), conference report, S10754 [19OC]
Disasters: fuel reduction programs in wildland-urban interface areas to reduce the risk of wildfires, S6220, S6223 [30JN], S6508, S6509, S6511, S6518 [12JY], S7036 [17JY], S9798 [4OC]
Economy: national objectives priority assignments, S11360, S11362, S11364 [30OC]
Education: early learning and parent support programs funding, S2405 [7AP]
———funding, S2176, S2194, S2195 [5AP], S2335, S2336 [6AP]
———Impact Aid Program funding, S2063 [4AP]
———Pell Grant Program funding, S2393 [7AP]
———Title I programs for disadvantaged children funding, S2412 [7AP]
Elementary and Secondary Education Act: extend programs and activities (S. 2), S3243, S3246 [2MY], S7523 [25JY]
———funding, S2390 [7AP]
Energy and water development: making appropriations, S10754 [19OC]
———making appropriations (H.R. 4733), S7523, S7526 [25JY], S7764, S7765 [27JY], S7985, S7987, S7988, S7990, S8033 [5SE], S8075 [6SE], S8163, S8164, S8166, S8167, S8171, S8173, S8175, S8177, S8180, S8182, S8183, S8184, S8186 [7SE], S8282, S8283 [8SE]
———making appropriations (H.R. 4733), conference report, S9453, S9454, S9455 [28SE], S9573, S9575, S9576 [2OC]
———making appropriations (H.R. 4733), unanimous-consent agreement, S7985 [5SE]
EPA: statutory authority to set radioactive release standards relative to public health and the environment, S533 [9FE]
FAA: budget treatment of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund and general revenue fund contributions, S1259 [8MR]
———reauthorizing programs (H.R. 1000), conference report, S1259 [8MR]
Fair Labor Standards Act: clarify treatment of stock options (S. 2323), S1924 [29MR]
FDA: grant authority to regulate tobacco, S2411 [7AP]
Federal employees: staffing levels, S11052 [26OC]
Firearms: gun control, S2309 [6AP]
Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (S. 2522), S5542 [21JN]
Forest Service: proposed road management and transportation system rules relative to roadless areas protection, S6508, S6509, S6511 [12JY]
Gonzalez-Brotons, Elian: custody and immigration status, S2712 [13AP]
Gore, Vice President: economic plan, S9918 [5OC], S10066 [6OC]
Great Lakes: tributary transport models construction funding, S8283 [8SE]
Hazardous substances: designate Yucca Mountain, NV, as nuclear waste disposal site, S533 [9FE]
Health: human genome research, S5776 [26JN]
———prohibit health insurance and employment discrimination on the basis of genetic information, S6075 [29JN]
———provide programs for the treatment of mental illness, S9107 [22SE]
———provide programs for the treatment of mental illness (S. 2639), S4466
Hurricanes: disaster assistance to Atlantic Coast States, S2400 [7AP]
Immigration: improve and permanently authorize the Visa Waiver Pilot Program (H.R. 3767), S9451 [28SE]
Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: funding, S2399 [7AP]
Inouye, Senator: Medal of Honor recipient, S6105 [29JN]
Iran: impose sanctions on foreign persons who transfer items contributing to efforts to acquire, develop, or produce ballistic missiles (H.R. 1883), S671 [22FE]
Legislative branch of the Government: making appropriations (H.R. 4516), conference report, S8799 [20SE]
———making appropriations (S. 2603), S4357 [24MY]
Medicare: coverage of outpatient prescription drugs, S2063, S2084 [4AP], S2390 [7AP], S2675, S2683 [13AP], S5645 [22JN], S6636, S6643 [13JY]
———establish a physician recruitment and retention project (S. 3167), S9949 [5OC]
———improve access to Medicare+Choice plans through an increase in annual capitation rates (S. 2937), S7679 [26JY]
———make improvements to the prospective payment system for skilled nursing facility services (S. 3050), S8589 [14SE]
Mexico: grant a temporary waiver of requirements relative to foreign aid certification of drug enforcement efforts (S. 3021), S8212 [7SE]
Minimum wage: level, S11218 [27OC]
Mississippi River: Delta Regional Authority funding, S8183 [7SE]
Missouri River: Corps of Engineers river management funding, S7526 [25JY], S8177 [7SE], S9575 [2OC]
Motor vehicles: recall and investigation of Firestone tires, S10068 [6OC]
———require reports relative to defects in foreign products (S. 3059), unanimous-consent request, S10068 [6OC]
National Marine Fisheries Service: restrictions on Alaskan fisheries due to decline in Stellar sea lion population, S11773 [14DE]
Native Americans: ensure full obligation authority for the Indian reservation roads program (S. 2093), S805
———establish a streamlined process to enable the Navajo Nation to lease certain trust lands (S. 2665), S4479 [25MY]
———Santa Domingo Pueblo land claims settlement (S. 2917), S7545 [25JY]
New Mexico: provide incentives for collaborative forest restoration projects on National Forest System and other public lands, S7096 [18JY]
———tribute to Air National Guard 150th Security Forces Squadron and 150th Civil Engineering Squadron, S640
NIH: funding, S2402 [7AP], S2694 [13AP]
NRC: authorizing appropriations and improving operations (S. 2016), S152 [31JA]
Nuclear energy: storage of spent nuclear fuel pending completion of the nuclear waste repository (S. 1287), S533 [9FE], S596 [10FE]
———storage of spent nuclear fuel pending completion of the nuclear waste repository (S. 1287), veto, S3216 [2MY]
Nuclear weapons: disposal of excess Russian weapons-derived plutonium, S486 [8FE]
Paez, Richard A.: nomination to be circuit judge, S1222 [7MR]
Parliamentary inquiry, S2285, S2332 [6AP], S9573 [2OC]
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), S5775 [26JN]
———economic impact of increasing oil prices, S9128 [25SE]
———economic impact of increasing oil prices0, S1922, S1923 [29MR]
Pipelines: improve safety and environmental protection (S. 2438), S8231 [7SE]
Point of order, S2155 [5AP], S2385, S2390, S2395 [7AP], S6636 [13JY], S6768 [14JY], S7348 [20JY]
Power resources: national energy policy, S5775 [26JN], S7764 [27JY], S9128 [25SE], S9242 [26SE], S11773 [14DE]
Presidential appointments: Senate process for confirmation of judicial nominees, S7526 [25JY]
Public debt: use of budget surplus to repay the debt, S2391 [7AP]
Public Health Service Act: provide certain children's health services (H.R. 4365), S9107 [22SE], S9242 [26SE]
Public lands: acquire Valles Caldera lands in New Mexico, establish a trust to manage such lands, and reform the Federal land management process (S. 1892), S7099 [18JY]
———livestock grazing permits renewal process, S6524, S6528 [12JY]
Research: plant biotechnology research and development funding, S8182, S8183 [7SE]
Rockbridge, VA: Goshen Dam/Spillway system repair funding, S8183 [7SE]
Sandia National Laboratory: anniversary of International Arms Control Conference, S2523
Santa Fe, NM: authorize expansion of the Palace of the Governors Hispanic and Native American history museum (S. 1727), S2809 [13AP]
SBA: improve the certified development company program (H.R. 2614), conference report, S11218, S11221, S11223, S11224 [27OC]
Senate: legislative priorities, S7984 [5SE]
———legislative program, S1924 [29MR], S2053 [4AP], S2270 [6AP], S2383 [7AP], S7766 [27JY], S8031 [5SE], S11207 [27OC]
Sequoia National Park: expand boundaries to include Dillonwood Giant Sequoia Grove (H.R. 4020), S11822 [15DE]
Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, S2063, S2078 [4AP], S2186, S2189 [5AP], S2279 [6AP], S2410 [7AP], S6062, S6063 [29JN], S11048-S11052 [26OC], S11360 [30OC]
———budget treatment of trust funds (H.R. 1259), S8161 [7SE]
———expand Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program to include parents of low-income families, S2412 [7AP]
———make corrections in Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program relative to the Balanced Budget Act, S11218, S11221, S11224 [27OC]
———protect Social Security and Medicare surpluses through strengthened budgetary enforcement mechanisms, S2385, S2395 [7AP]
St. Paul, MN: Mississippi Place Project funding, S8184 [7SE]
Stevens, Senator: Alaskan of the Year Committee Alaskan of the Century Award recipient, S1923 [29MR]
Taxation: eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate brackets and standard deduction amounts, S2155, S2195 [5AP]
———eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate brackets and standard deduction amounts (H.R. 6), S2670 [13AP]
———institute a Federal fuels tax holiday (S. 2285), S1922, S1923 [29MR]
———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), S6636, S6643 [13JY], S6768 [14JY]
———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), motion to proceed, S6491 [12JY]
———rates, S2063, S2065 [4AP], S2272, S2273, S2284, S2294 [6AP], S7429-S7431 [21JY], S9918 [5OC]
———relief, S11218, S11223 [27OC]
Telecommunications: acquisition of U.S. companies by foreign firms, S7429 [21JY]
Treaties and agreements: removal of injunction of secrecy, S8030 [5SE]
Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo: develop remedies to resolve unmet community land grant claims in New Mexico (S. 2022), S286
Western States: impact of wildfires, S7971 [5SE]
Wildfires: disaster assistance to Los Alamos, NM, S3975, S3978, S3980 [16MY], S4165 [18MY]
Remarks in Senate relative to
Tribute, S2055, S2058 [4AP], S10754 [19OC]
Reports
Budget Scorekeeping: CBO, S221
Reports filed
Energy and Water Development Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (H.R. 4733), S7160 [18JY]
———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (H.R. 4733) (S. Rept. 106-395), S8019 [5SE]
Setting Forth the Federal Budget for 2001-2005: Committee on the Budget (Senate) (S. Con. Res. 101) (S. Rept. 106-251), S2040 [3AP]
Summaries
Cerro Grande Fire Assistance Act (S. 2736), S5261 [15JN]
Mental Health Early Intervention, Treatment, and Prevention Act (S. 2639), S4473 [25MY]
State Children's Health Insurance Program, S11052 [26OC]
Tables
Average Medicare+Choice payment rates in metropolitan and primary metropolitan statistical areas, S7680-S7685 [26JY]
Budget authority and outlays in H.R. 4475, Dept. of Transportation appropriations, S5191 [15JN]
Clinton Administration Medicare funding, S2063 [4AP]
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate) adjustment of budget authority and outlays, S4440 [25MY]
Committee on Agriculture (Senate) adjustment of budget authority and outlays, S1587 [22MR]
Committee on Appropriations (Senate) adjustment of budget authority and outlays, S10787 [19OC]
Committee on Armed Services (Senate) adjustment of budget authority and outlays, S8750 [19SE]
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) adjustment of budget authority and outlays, S8652 [18SE]
Committee on the Budget (Senate) scoring of H. Con. Res. 290, setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005, S3496 [4MY]
Committee on the Budget (Senate) scoring of H.R. 4461, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations, S7376 [20JY]
Committee on the Budget (Senate) scoring of H.R. 4577, Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies appropriations, S5870 [27JN]
Committee on the Budget (Senate) scoring of H.R. 4578, Dept. of the Interior and related agencies appropriations, S6538 [12JY]
Committee on the Budget (Senate) scoring of H.R. 4578, Dept. of the Interior and related agencies appropriations conference report, S9910 [5OC]
Committee on the Budget (Senate) scoring of S. 2521, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure, S4169 [18MY]
Committee on the Budget (Senate) scoring of S. 2522, foreign operations, export financing, and related programs appropriations, S5542 [21JN]
Committee on the Budget (Senate) scoring of S. 2603, legislative branch of the Government appropriations, S4358 [24MY]
Dept. of Education funding levels in the Federal budget for 2001-2005, S2194 [5AP]
Effects of proposed transfers from the general fund to the Social Security trust funds on cumulative interest payments, S11052 [26OC]
Executive branch civilian full-time equivalent empoyees—1993-2000, S11053 [26OC]
Legislative branch appropriations spending comparisons, S8800 [20SE]
Revisions to aggregate spending levels, S5451 [20JN], S7149 [18JY], S7384 [20JY], S7470 [24JY], S7997 [5SE], S8652 [18SE], S9687 [3OC], S10233 [11OC]
Texts of
S. 2016, NRC appropriations and operations improvement, S153-S155 [31JA]
S. 2573, Directed Energy Coordination and Consolidation Act, S4104
S. 2639, Mental Health Early Intervention, Treatment, and Prevention Act, S4467-S4473 [25MY]
S. 2736, Cerro Grande Fire Assistance Act, S5259-S5261 [15JN]
S. 2757, transfer or other disposition of certain lands at Melrose Air Force Range, NM, and Yakima Training Center, WA, S5464 [20JN]
S. 2937, Medicare Geographic Fair Payment Act, S7679 [26JY]
S. 3153, convey excess Cannon AFB, NM, hospital equipment to Roosevelt General Hospital in Portales, NM, S9746 [3OC]
S. 3167, Physician Recruitment and Retention Act, S9949 [5OC]
Tributes
Ahrens, Larry, S1115 [2MR]
Benczkowski, Brian, S11347
Coverdell, Paul, S7189 [19JY]
Gorton, Senator, S11670 [7DE]
Kerrey, Senator, S10754 [19OC]
Lautenberg, Senator, S2055 [4AP]
Mansfield, Mike, S10065 [6OC]
Moynihan, Senator, S11303 [28OC]
Tobias, Samuel J., S4187
Weart, Wendell, S9603