LEVIN, CARL (a Senator from Michigan)
Addresses
State of the City of Grand Rapids, MI: John Logie, S1978
Agreements
Digital empowerment by ensuring computer literacy for all children: Consortium for Outstanding Achievement in Teaching With Technology, S1398 [9MR]
Amendments
Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4461), S7193, S7248 [19JY], S7342, S7351, S7355, S7401, S7403 [20JY]
———making appropriations (S. 2536), S5364 [19JN]
Bankruptcy: amend laws (S. 625), S178 [1FE], S238 [2FE]
Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005 (S. Con. Res. 101), S2254, S2263 [5AP], S2301, S2334, S2365, S2367 [6AP], S2408 [7AP]
Coast Guard: authorizing appropriations (S. 1089), S1186 [6MR]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2549), S4543, S4554, S4582 [6JN], S4638, S4696, S4715 [7JN], S4737, S4759, S4857, S4859, S4861, S4874, S4880 [8JN], S5073, S5121 [14JN], S5370 [19JN], S5436, S5471 [20JN], S6275, S6278, S6281, S6289 [30JN], S6449, S6455, S6480 [11JY], S6553, S6581 [12JY]
———making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (S. 2521), S4072, S4117 [17MY]
Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4475), S5184, S5276, S5277, S5278 [15JN]
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), S5706 [22JN], S5715 [23JN], S5913 [27JN], S6029, S6032 [28JN]
Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4635), S10302 [12OC]
Diseases: extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (S. 2386), S7945 [27JY]
Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 4733), S8028 [5SE], S8117 [6SE], S8172 [7SE]
Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (S. 2522), S5686 [22JN]
GAO: require report to Congress on agency regulatory actions (S. 1198), S3781, S3783 [9MY]
Iran: impose sanctions on foreign persons who transfer items contributing to efforts to acquire, develop, or produce ballistic missiles (H.R. 1883), S658, S692 [22FE]
Petroleum: decrease dependence on foreign sources through use of renewable fuels, conservation, improving efficiency, and increasing domestic energy supplies (S. 2557), S9484 [28SE]
Taxation: reduce the marriage tax penalty by adjusting the income tax rate brackets, standard deduction amounts, and the earned income tax credit (S. 2346), S11426 [31OC]
———treatment of education individual retirement accounts relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (S. 1134), S1062, S1146 [2MR]
Telecommunications: State and local government regulation of citizens band radio equipment (H.R. 2346), S11427 [31OC]
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 4392, intelligence services appropriations, S9592 [2OC]
———S. 2549, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction, S6598 [13JY]
Articles and editorials
Apple Growers Getting Burned—Epidemic of Fire Blight Devastates Local Crop, Ed Finnerty, Kalamazoo (MI) Gazette, S7352 [20JY]
Bad Apples—Fire Blight Is Taking Bite Out of Area Crops—Farmers Seek Federal Financial Assistance for Acres of Dying Trees, Michael Eliasohn, St. Joseph-Benton Harbor (MI) Herald-Palladium, S7351 [20JY]
Biography of a Gun, Jayson Blair and Sarah Weissman, New York (NY) Times, S6106 [29JN]
Counsel Report on Whitewater Expected Soon, Neil A. Lewis, New York (NY) Times, S8276 [8SE]
Felon's Gun Charges Show Net Loophole—Police Say Suspect Was Able To Buy Parts On-Line, L.L. Brasier and Ruby L. Bailey, Detroit (MI) Free Press, S748
Get Judges Out of Limbo, Detroit (MI) News, S9664 [3OC]
Independent Counsel Overkill, Richard Cohen, Washington (DC) Post, S2789 [13AP]
Is the GOP Playing Politics With Judicial Appointments? Phil Power, Michigan Press (publication), S9663 [3OC]
Judges on Hold—Senate Hurts Justice by Delaying Confirmations, Detroit (MI) Free Press, S9663 [3OC]
Losses of Life That Have Resulted From Smaller Vehicles, USA Today, S5206 [15JN]
Mourners Praise Beckham's Vision—2,000 at Funeral for Revered Detroit Civic Leader, Ben Schmitt, Detroit (MI) Free Press, S6839
Nationally—Why Hate Crimes Are Different, Senator Gordon Smith, Washington (DC) Post, S5335 [19JN]
Reining in Robert Ray, New York (NY) Times, S2789 [13AP]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Agriculture: enhance competition and protect family farms, ranches, and rural communities from unfair or deceptive agribusiness practices (see S. 2411), S2616 [12AP]
Animals: provide for a system of sanctuaries for chimpanzees that are no longer needed in research conducted by the Public Health Service (see S. 2725), S8768 [19SE]
Armed Forces: improve Montgomery GI Bill benefits by improving and expanding educational assistance programs (see S. 2402), S2527 [11AP]
———improve TRICARE program and extend and improve certain demonstration programs under the Defense Health Program (see S. 2087), S741 [23FE] (see S. 2486), S3192 [1MY]
———tribute to Marines who lost their lives in V-22 Osprey aircraft accident in Marana, AZ (see S. Res. 310), S4297 [23MY]
Arts Education Month: designate (see S. Res. 128), S493 [8FE]
Aviation: allow families of international airline disaster victims a fair jury trial to receive just compensation for their loss (see S. 2035), S1128 [2MR]
Beaches: improve quality of coastal recreation waters (see S. 522), S8024 [5SE]
Capital punishment: abolish under Federal law (see S. 1917), S492 [8FE]
———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. 2073), S613 [10FE] (see S. 2690), S4669 [7JN]
———temporary moratorium until a national commission reviews the justice, fairness, and due process of the administration of the death penalty (see S. 2463), S2940 [26AP]
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), S8026 [5SE]
Census: award grants to Indian tribes and organizations to increase awareness and participation in the decennial census (see S. 1588), S1421 [9MR]
Century of Women in the U.S.: observance (see S. Res. 292), S9613 [2OC]
CERCLA: promote cleanup and reuse of brownfields, provide financial assistance for brownfields revitalization, and enhance State response programs (see S. 2700), S6027 [28JN]
Children and youth: improve academic and social outcomes for students by providing productive activities during after-school hours (see S. 1874), S4321 [23MY]
———improve efficiency and effectiveness of abuse and neglect courts (see S. 2272), S1596 [22MR]
———improve the quality and availability of training for judges, attorneys, and volunteers working in abuse and neglect courts (see S. 2271), S1596 [22MR]
Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see S. 74), S7554 [25JY]
Clark, Wesley K.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 2824), S6121 [29JN]
Coastal zones: use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund State and local conservation programs of coastal States (see S. 2123), S4207 [18MY]
Cole (U.S.S.): terrorist attack on Navy destroyer in Yemen (see S. Res. 378, 379), S10716 [18OC]
Commission for the Comprehensive Study of Privacy Protection: establish (see S. 3040), S8501 [13SE]
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), S4955 [12JN]
Computers: provide for digital empowerment by ensuring computer literacy for all children (see S. 2229), S1391 [9MR]
Congress: establish a day of peace and sharing at the beginning of each year (see S. Con. Res. 138), S10931 [24OC]
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 district judges (see S. 3071), S8959 [21SE]
Coverdell, Paul: tribute (see S. Res. 338), S7160 [18JY]
Crime: combat international money laundering and protect the U.S. financial system (see S. 2972), S7839 [27JY]
———promote accountability for violent and repeat juvenile offenders (H.R. 1501), submit conference report and include Senate gun safety language (see S. Res. 276), S1512 [21MR]
Curtis, Carl T.: tribute (see S. Res. 246), S86 [26JA]
Daniel Patrick Moynihan U.S. Courthouse, New York, NY: designate (see S. 2370), S2347 [6AP]
Day of National Concern About Young People and Gun Violence: designate (see S. Res. 345), S7840 [27JY]
Dept. of Agriculture: extend authority to provide grants for State agricultural mediation programs (see S. 2741), S5240 [15JN]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (see S. 2481), S3023 [27AP]
Dept. of Energy: treatment of Strategic Petroleum Reserve relative to anticompetitive activities (see S. Con. Res. 88), S1118 [2MR]
Discrimination: condemn all prejudice against Asian and Pacific Islander Americans and support political and civic participation by these persons (see S. Con. Res. 53), S4323 [23MY]
Diseases: address the issue of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Africa, Asia, and Latin America (see S. 2032), S382 [7FE]
———authorizing appropriations for international HIV/AIDS control efforts (see S. 2026), S492 [8FE]
Education: provide grants to partnerships to establish and carry out information technology training programs and to provide incentives for educators to obtain information technology certification (see S. 2347), S2107 [4AP]
FDA: facilitate the importation into the U.S. of certain approved drugs (see S. 1191), S746 [23FE]
Federal employees: clarify disclosures of information protected from prohibited personnel practices and require a statement of nondisclosure policies (see S. 3190), S10411 [12OC]
———establish program under which current and former employees may obtain long-term care insurance (see S. 2218), S2946 [26AP]
Firearms: enhance the enforcement of gun violence laws (see S. 2338), S1986 [30MR]
———prevent children from having access to firearms (see S. 936), S1029 [1MR]
Food Security Act: expand conservation reserve (see S. 1961), S2771 [13AP]
Foreign policy: provide bilateral debt relief to heavily indebted poor countries and strengthen similar international relief efforts (see S. 1690), S1611 [22MR]
Frederick Douglass Gardens, Inc.: establish a memorial in the District of Columbia or its environs (see S. 3147), S9606 [2OC]
Freeman, Ed W.: award Medal of Honor (see S. 2722), S5027 [13JN]
Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: designate (see S. Res. 251), S285 [2FE]
Health: issue special postage stamps to fund organ and tissue donation awareness (see S. 2062), S613 [10FE] (see S. 2062), S747 [23FE]
Helsinki Final Act: anniversary (see S.J. Res. 48), S7453 [21JY]
Housing: encourage Senate participation in and support of activities to provide decent homes for U.S. citizens (see S. Res. 319), S4922 [9JN]
Immigration: arrival and departure requirements for Canadian citizens relative to automated entry and exit control systems (see S. 2599), S4190 [18MY]
Iran: condemn arrest and detention of Iranian Jews accused of espionage (see S. Con. Res. 109), S3616 [8MY]
Land use: assist States with planning to promote improved quality of life, regionalism, sustainable economic development, and environmental stewardship (see S. 2995), S7840 [27JY]
Lighthouses: establish a national historic lighthouse preservation program (see S. 2343), S2106 [4AP]
Medicaid: assure preservation of safety net hospitals through maintenance of Disproportionate Share Hospital Program (see S. 2308), S3923 [11MY]
———make drug pricing information available to the public (see S. 2963), S9202 [25SE]
———provide families and disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see S. 2274), S7483 [24JY]
———State funding for disproportionate share hospitals (see S. 2299), S4025 [16MY]
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), S2466 [10AP]
———eliminate time limitation on benefits for immunosuppressive drugs (see S. 2399), S2527 [11AP]
———graduate medical education payments (see S. 2394), S2526 [11AP]
———limit reductions in Federal payments under the prospective payment system for hospital outpatient department services (see S. 3028), S8412 [12SE]
Memorial Day: proclaim a nationwide moment of remembrance (see S. Con. Res. 100), S4116 [17MY]
Mental health: provide equitable health insurance coverage for certain biologically-based mental illnesses and prohibit limits on hospital stays and outpatient visits (see S. 796), S690 [22FE]
Michigan State University: tribute to men's basketball team (see S. Res. 281), S2233 [5AP]
Middle East: prohibit U.S. assistance to the Palestinian Authority if a Palestinian State is declared unilaterally (see S. 3250), S11131 [26OC]
National Children's Memorial Day: designate (see S. Res. 340), S9396 [27SE]
National Child's Day: designate (see S. Res. 296), S3924 [11MY]
National Correctional Officers and Employees Week: designate (see S. Res. 248), S2872 [25AP]
National Eat-Dinner-With-Your-Children Day: designate (see S. Res. 323), S5106 [14JN]
National Fragile X Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 268), S6260 [30JN]
National Mammography Day: designate (see S. Res. 353), S8413 [12SE]
National Peace Officers Memorial Day: designate (see S. Res. 247), S86 [26JA]
National Survivors of Suicide Day: designate (see S. Res. 339), S9395 [27SE]
National Trails System Act: clarify Federal authority relative to land acquisition from willing sellers for the majority of trails (see S. 1729), S92 [26JA]
National Veterans Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 304), S8026 [5SE]
Navajo Code Talkers: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 2408), S7245 [19JY]
Navy: anniversary (see S. Res. 373), S10723 [18OC]
O'Connor, John Cardinal: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 2076), S1030 [1MR]
Okubo, James K.: award Medal of Honor (see S. 2722), S5027 [13JN]
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), S9271 [26SE]
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]
Pope John Paul II: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 2453), S2728 [13AP]
Postage and stamps: modify rates relative to reduced-rate mail matter (see S. 2686), S8115 [6SE]
Presidential appointments: provide training of individuals a President-elect intends to nominate as department heads or appoint to key executive positions and improve financial disclosure process (see S. 2705), S4820 [8JN]
Public welfare programs: repeal certain restrictions on food stamp eligibility and increase Federal support for emergency food assistance programs (see S. 1805), S2118 [4AP]
Riddick, Floyd M.: tribute (see S. Res. 245), S86 [26JA]
Schulz, Charles M.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 2060), S2040 [3AP]
Small business: establish the New Markets Venture Capital Program, America's Private Investment Company Program, and a new markets tax credit (see S. 2936), S8026 [5SE]
Smith, Andrew J.: award Medal of Honor (see S. 2722), S5027 [13JN]
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: exclude reparations received by Holocaust survivors (see S. 779), S3923 [11MY]
———extend expensing of environmental remediation costs and include contaminated sites located outside of targeted areas (see S. 2334), S3616 [8MY]
———incentives to encourage production and use of efficient energy sources (see S. 2904), S7448 [21JY]
———incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability (see S. 2698), S8958 [21SE]
———provide a credit for holders of community open space bonds issued to generate funds for qualified environmental infrastructure projects (see S. 1558), S1749 [27MR]
———reduce the marriage tax penalty by providing a nonrefundable marriage credit and adjustment to the earned income tax credit (see S. 2403), S4488 [25MY]
———require certain political organizations to report additional information to the IRS (see S. 2583), S4103 [17MY]
———revise definition of the term political organization relative to tax-exempt status (see S. 2582), S4103 [17MY]
———treat payments under the Conservation Reserve Program as rentals from real estate (see S. 2344), S2772 [13AP]
———treatment of charitable donation of food by businesses and farmers (see S. 2084), S4577 [6JN]
Telecommunications: State and local government regulation of citizens band radio equipment (see S. 2767), S5662 [22JN]
Thresher (U.S.S.): tribute to crew and recognize contributions of the Naval Submarine Service and the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (see S. Res. 318), S4669 [7JN]
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum: authorizing appropriations (see S. 2598), S4190 [18MY]
Veterans: develop educational programs on veterans' contributions to the country (see S. Res. 304), S8026 [5SE]
Vietnam Veterans Memorial: authorize design and construction of a temporary education center (see S. 3089), S10893 [23OC]
White House Commission on the National Moment of Remembrance: establish (see S. 3181), S10893 [23OC]
Women: reauthorize Federal programs to prevent violence against women (see S. 2787), S5790 [26JN]
World War II: require disclosure of classified information on chemical and biological experiments carried out by Japan (see S. 1902), S2118 [4AP]
———support Day of Honor 2000 to honor and recognize the service of minority veterans (see S.J. Res. 44), S2347 [6AP]
Ziolkowski, Korczak: issue commemorative postage stamp (see S. Res. 371), S10412 [12OC]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Foreign trade: provide trade adjustment assistance for workers performing environmental remediation necessary for closure of Copper Range Co. (see S. 2611), S4297 [23MY]
Medicaid: implement regulations clarifying allowable costs for school-based health services provided to children with disabilities (see S. 3088), S8941 [21SE]
Native Americans: tribute to veterans (see S. Con. Res. 137), S8759 [19SE]
Tariff: vacuum cleaners (see S. 3064), S8759 [19SE]
Taxation: impose a discriminatory profits tax on pharmaceutical companies that charge higher prices to domestic wholesale distributors than to foreign wholesale distributors (see S. 3103), S9195 [25SE]
———provide incentives for production, sale, and use of highly fuel-efficient, advanced-technology motor vehicles (see S. 2685), S4669 [7JN]
Excerpts
Nuclear Posture Review: Quadrennial Defense Review, S4618 [7JN]
Explanations
Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee: Postal Service, S7604 [26JY]
Letters
Buprenorphine use in treating drug addiction: Donna E. Shalala, Sec. of HHS, S9112 [22SE]
Disaster assistance to fruit producers: John Engler, Governor of Michigan, S7357 [20JY]
Ensure debts incurred by firearms manufacturers or distributors as a result of firearms lawsuits are nondischargeable: Clarence E. Anthony, National League of Cities, S179 [1FE]
———Sarah Brady, Handgun Control (organization), S180 [1FE]
———Wellington E. Webb, U.S. Conference of Mayors, S179 [1FE]
Independent counsel authority to release report on investigation into Whitewater and White House related activities: by, S8275 [8SE]
Information Technology Act: Consortium for Outstanding Achievement in Teaching With Technology, S2112
Issuance of concealed handgun licenses in Michigan: by, S11895 [15DE]
Nomination of Madelyn R. Creedon to be National Nuclear Security Administration Deputy Administrator for Defense Programs: Senator Lugar, S6335 [10JY]
School violence studies: Ron A. Astor, University of Michigan, S4444 [25MY]
Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals judicial vacancies and nominations: Gilbert S. Merritt, Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, S9662 [3OC]
———several former and current Ohio State Bar presidents, S9663 [3OC]
Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals vacancies: Gilbert S. Merritt, S4368 [24MY]
U.S. Armed Forces in Kosovo deployment funding: by, Committee on Armed Services (Senate), S3899 [11MY]
———George Robertson, NATO, S4090 [17MY]
———Wesley K. Clark, S3899 [11MY], S4072 [17MY]
———William S. Cohen, Sec. of Defense, S4156 [18MY]
Lists
Calvin College men's basketball team, S1667
Pending tax cuts in the 106th Congress, S7607 [26JY]
Victims of gun violence, S4938 [12JN], S6342 [10JY], S7150 [18JY], S8936 [21SE]
William J. Beckham, Jr., Memorial Committee, S6673
Press releases
Governor Requests Disaster Designation for Fruit Growers in South and Southwest Michigan: John Engler, Governor of Michigan, S7357 [20JY]
Privilege of the floor
Jennings, John, S4717 [7JN]
Krupa, Dana, S4717 [7JN]
Lowenthal, Bennett, S6482 [11JY]
Nicholson, Pam, S4717 [7JN]
Remarks
Agriculture: disaster assistance to apple and potato producers, S7351, S7353, S7357 [20JY]
———disaster assistance to fruit producers, S7357 [20JY]
Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4461), S7211 [19JY], S7351, S7353, S7357, S7370, S7373 [20JY]
———making appropriations (H.R. 4461), conference report, S10678, S10679 [18OC]
Agriculture Research Service: postharvest handling and mechanization research relative to damaged fruit funding, S7370 [20JY]
American Heritage Rivers Initiative: funding, S7096 [18JY]
Appropriations: making emergency supplemental appropriations, S6233 [30JN]
Armed Forces: establish a special subsistence allowance for certain members of the uniformed services who are eligible to receive food stamp assistance, S2295 [6AP], S4540 [6JN]
———improve Montgomery GI Bill benefits by improving and expanding educational assistance programs, S4732, S4734, S4735 [8JN]
———performance of abortions at overseas military medical facilities, S5418 [20JN]
———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services, S4624, S4626, S4627 [7JN], S10342 [12OC]
Armenia: anniversary of genocide, S2852 [25AP]
Arms control: expand and enhance U.S. efforts in the Russian nuclear complex to expedite containment of nuclear expertise that presents a proliferation threat, S6594 [13JY]
Army: close School of the Americas and replace with Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation, S10348 [12OC]
Bankruptcy: amend laws (H.R. 2415), conference report, S11728 [7DE]
———amend laws (S. 625), S178, S179 [1FE], S238, S248, S249, S252 [2FE]
———ensure debts incurred as a result of abortion clinic violence are nondischargeable, S11728 [7DE]
———ensure debts incurred by firearms manufacturers or distributors as a result of firearms lawsuits are nondischargeable, S178, S179 [1FE], S238, S248, S249 [2FE]
Battani, Marianne O.: nomination to be district judge, S4368 [24MY]
Black History Month: observance, S892
Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and elimination of the marriage tax penalty (H.R. 4810), S7103, S7107 [18JY]
———setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005 (S. Con. Res. 101), S2295 [6AP], S2421, S2427 [7AP]
———treatment of any budget surpluses, S2421 [7AP], S7103 [18JY], S7607 [26JY]
Calvin College: tribute to men's basketball team, S1667
China, People's Republic of: permanent normal trade relations upon accession to the World Trade Organization (H.R. 4444), S8449 [13SE], S8709 [19SE]
Classified information: establish new criminal offense for unauthorized disclosure of properly classified information, S10334 [12OC]
Clinton, Hillary Rodham: independent counsel authority to release report on investigation into Whitewater and White House related activities, S8274 [8SE]
Clinton, President: continuation of independent counsel investigation, S2788 [13AP]
Clinton River: spillway project funding, S8181 [7SE]
Cole (U.S.S.): terrorist attack on Navy destroyer in Yemen, S10341, S10342 [12OC]
Computers: provide for digital empowerment by ensuring computer literacy for all children (S. 2229), S1397 [9MR]
Congressional-Executive Commission on the People's Republic of China: monitoring of POW/MIA cooperation, commercial activities between U.S. companies and Chinese Army, space capabilities, the environment, orphans, and organ harvesting, S8449 [13SE]
Convention for the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labor: deny certain foreign aid relative to compliance, S3867 [11MY]
Credit cards: consumer protections, S11728 [7DE]
Creedon, Madelyn R.: nomination to be National Nuclear Security Administration Deputy Administrator for Defense Programs, S6329, S6334, S6336, S6337 [10JY]
Crime: constitutional amendment on protection of victims' rights (S.J. Res. 3), S3009 [27AP]
———enhance Federal enforcement of hate crimes, S5334 [19JN], S10347, S10348 [12OC]
———promote accountability for violent and repeat juvenile offenders (H.R. 1501), S4938 [12JN], S8287
———promote accountability for violent and repeat juvenile offenders (H.R. 1501), submit conference report and include Senate gun safety language, S4056 [17MY]
Day of National Concern About Young People and Gun Violence: observance, S10792 [19OC]
Dept. of Agriculture: declare bovine tuberculosis as an emergency, S7373 [20JY]
———payment of disaster assistance to potato and apple farmers, S5364
———resolution of certain civil rights discrimination cases, S10678, S10679 [18OC]
Dept. of Defense: authorize additional rounds of military base closures and realignments, S4641 [7JN]
———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4205), conference report, S10341, S10342, S10347, S10348, S10355, S10358, S10364, S10365, S10369, S10370, S10373, S10376, S10391 [12OC]
———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2549), S4529, S4540, S4542, S4550, S4552, S4553, S4554, S4555 [6JN], S4608, S4612, S4613, S4619, S4624, S4626, S4627, S4637, S4638, S4641 [7JN], S4722, S4732, S4733, S4734, S4735, S4738, S4739, S4744, S4748, S4760, S4767, S4768, S4782 [8JN], S4949 [12JN], S5065, S5066, S5083 [14JN], S5325, S5328, S5334 [19JN], S5418 [20JN], S6287, S6291, S6297 [30JN], S6341 [10JY], S6450 [11JY], S6555, S6558, S6559, S6565 [12JY], S6594, S6597 [13JY]
———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2549), unanimous-consent agreement, S6297 [30JN]
———B-52 bomber electronic jamming equipment funding, S6233 [30JN]
———Health Care Management Demonstration Program funding, S4949 [12JN]
———limitation on retirement or dismantlement of strategic nuclear weapons delivery systems, S4550, S4552, S4553 [6JN], S4612, S4613, S4619 [7JN]
———making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 4425), conference report, S6233 [30JN], S7441 [21JY]
———making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (S. 2521), S3899, S3900 [11MY], S4056, S4064, S4072, S4087, S4088, S4089, S4090 [17MY], S4122, S4124, S4131, S4133, S4139, S4142, S4144, S4153, S4156 [18MY]
———restrict the sale or other transfer of armor piercing ammunition, S7441 [21JY]
Dept. of Energy: establish compensation programs for employees sustaining beryllium and radiation-related injury, illness, or death, S10355, S10376 [12OC]
———investigation of missing nuclear missile technology from Los Alamos National Laboratory, S5083 [14JN]
———treatment of Strategic Petroleum Reserve relative to anticompetitive activities, S5175 [15JN]
Dept. of HHS: report to Congress on extent and severity of child poverty, S4767 [8JN]
Dept. of HUD: prohibit the use of Federal funds for the construction or operation of discount tobacco stores, S2427 [7AP]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4578), S6536 [12JY], S7093, S7094, S7096 [18JY]
Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4871), S7604, S7607 [26JY]
Dept. of Transportation: distribution of funding for buses and bus facilites in Michigan, S5190, S5191 [15JN]
Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4475), S5175, S5190, S5191 [15JN]
———making appropriations (H.R. 4475), motion to instruct conferees, S5205, S5207, S5208, S5213, S5214 [15JN]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: Rehabilitation Research Office programs and demonstration projects funding, S10310 [12OC]
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), S6094, S6098 [29JN]
Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4635), S10310, S10311, S10314 [12OC]
Detroit, MI: anniversary of Temple Beth El, S3015
———waterfront project funding, S10314 [12OC]
Diseases: extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research, S7604 [26JY]
———extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (S. 2386), S7802 [27JY]
Drugs: allow importation of prescription drugs into the U.S. by pharmacists and wholesalers for resale, S7211 [19JY]
———registration requirements for practitioners who dispense narcotic drugs for maintenance or detoxification treatment, S9111 [22SE], S11892, S11893 [15DE]
———use of counter-drug military assistance for Colombia to fund domestic substance abuse and mental health services, S5503 [21JN]
Easter Seals (organization): anniversary of Southeastern Michigan chapter, S7999
Education: provide grants to partnerships to establish and carry out information technology training programs and to provide incentives for educators to obtain information technology certification (S. 2347), S2111
Elementary and Secondary Education Act: extend programs and activities (S. 2), S4443 [25MY]
Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 4733), S8181 [7SE], S8283 [8SE]
EPA: dredging or other invasive sediment remediation technologies funding limitations, S10311 [12OC]
———enforce drinking water standards for arsenic, S10314 [12OC]
———Great Lakes Program toxic contaminants monitoring funding, S10311 [12OC]
———prohibit designation of nonattainment areas relative to air quality standards under the Clean Air Act, S10314 [12OC]
Fair Labor Standards Act: clarify treatment of stock options (S. 2323), S2585 [12AP]
Families and domestic relations: issue special postage stamps to fund domestic violence programs, S7604 [26JY]
Firearms: gun control, S606 [10FE], S748
———prevent children from having access to firearms, S1018 [1MR], S3014 [27AP], S3502 [4MY]
———reduce violence in schools, S1383 [9MR], S10586 [13OC]
———regulation of dealers (S. 1306), S78 [26JA]
———regulation of transfers at gun shows, S4056 [17MY], S4813 [8JN], S6670 [13JY]
———retain local decisionmaking authority relative to concealed weapon permits, S10075 [6OC]
Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (S.J. Res. 14), S1868 [29MR]
Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (S. 2522), S5503 [21JN]
Foreign policy: authorize trade and investment policy relative to sub-Saharan Africa (H.R. 434), conference report, S3867 [11MY]
———national objectives priority assignments, S3904 [11MY]
———U.S. role in multilateral organizations, S3904 [11MY]
Foreign trade: provide additional trade benefits to certain beneficiary countries in the Caribbean, S3867 [11MY]
———provide trade adjustment assistance for workers performing environmental remediation necessary for closure of Copper Range Co. (S. 2611), S4316
———temporarily modify certain rates of duty and make other technical amendments to the trade laws (H.R. 4868), S10583 [13OC]
GAO: require report to Congress on agency regulatory actions (S. 1198), S3783, S3784 [9MY]
Georgia, Republic of: permanent normal trade relations status, S10583 [13OC]
Gordon, John A.: nomination to be Under Sec. of Energy for Nuclear Security, S5056 [13JN], S5068 [14JN]
———nomination to be Under Sec. of Energy for Nuclear Security, unanimous-consent agreement, S5064 [14JN]
Government regulations: reform regulatory process (S. 746), S3783 [9MY]
Great Lakes: fish and wildlife restoration projects funding, S7093 [18JY]
———moratorium on export of bulk fresh water until certain conditions are met, S9151 [25SE], S11406 [31OC]
———tributary transport models construction funding, S8283 [8SE]
Hermelin, David and Doreen: Hillel Day School of Farmington Hills, MI, Dream Maker Award and Rabbi Jacob Segal Award recipients, S2100
Hispanic Heritage Month: observance, S10585 [13OC]
Human rights: combat trafficking in human beings and provide assistance to victims (H.R. 3244), conference report, S10224 [11OC]
Immigration: ensure no alien is removed, denied benefits, or otherwise deprived of liberty, based on evidence that is kept secret from the alien, S125 [31JA]
———increase number of temporary visas for skilled workers and expand education and training opportunities for U.S. students and workers (S. 2045), S9656 [3OC]
Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4392), S10334 [12OC]
Iran: impose sanctions on foreign persons who transfer items contributing to efforts to acquire, develop, or produce ballistic missiles (H.R. 1883), S667 [22FE]
Jonesboro, AR: anniversary of shooting of students and teacher outside Westside Middle School, S1586 [22MR]
Juneteenth Independence Day: observance, S5357 [19JN]
Kimmel, Husband E.: advance on the retired list of the Navy to the highest grade held as Commander in Chief, U.S. Fleet, during World War II, S4744 [8JN]
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, S3899, S3900 [11MY], S4064, S4072, S4087, S4088, S4089, S4090 [17MY], S4124, S4131, S4133, S4139, S4142, S4144, S4153, S4156 [18MY]
Lawson, David M.: nomination to be district judge, S4368 [24MY]
Levine, Peter: American Lung Association of the Michigan-Genesee Valley Region Individual Health Advocate of the Year award recipient, S2342
Lighthouses: establish a national historic lighthouse preservation program (S. 2343), S2108 [4AP]
Littleton, CO: anniversary of shootings at Columbine High School, S2789 [13AP]
Los Angeles AFB, CA: authorize land conveyance, S5328 [19JN]
Medicaid: implement regulations clarifying allowable costs for school-based health services provided to children with disabilities (S. 3088), S8952 [21SE]
Medicare: coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (S. 1480), S125 [31JA]
Meijer Stores, Ltd.: tribute to gun safety campaign, S5653 [22JN]
Michigan: Houghton Lake water management study funding, S8181 [7SE]
———issuance of concealed handgun licenses, S11895 [15DE]
———national parks operations funding, S7093 [18JY]
———tribute to Meijer Stores, Ltd., and law enforcement officials on the ``Project Homesafe'' firearms buyback program, S11752 [8DE]
———tribute to participants in ``All Kids First'' campaign initiative, S11738
Michigan State University: tribute to men's basketball team (S. Res. 281), S2157 [5AP]
Middle East: condemn current level of violence between Israelis and Palestinians, S10342 [12OC]
Million Mom March: tribute to event supporting gun control legislation, S3885 [11MY], S4056 [17MY]
Motor vehicles: average fuel economy standards for automobiles, S5205, S5207, S5208, S5213, S5214 [15JN]
———average fuel economy standards for sport utility vehicles and other light trucks, S5205, S5207, S5208, S5213, S5214 [15JN]
Mott Community College: American Lung Association of the Michigan-Genesee Valley Region Corporate Health Advocate of the Year award recipient, S2342
Mount Morris Township, MI: shooting of student at Buell Elementary School, S1018 [1MR]
National Bipartisan Commission on Cuba: establish, S4768 [8JN]
National Guard: Youth ChalleNGe Program funding, S6565 [12JY]
National security: require operationally realistic testing of any national missile defense system against countermeasures, S6555, S6558, S6559 [12JY]
Native Americans: tribute to veterans (S. Con. Res. 137), S8770 [19SE]
Navajo Code Talkers: award Congressional Gold Medal, S4739 [8JN]
New Orleans, LA: condemn shooting at Carter C. Woodson Middle School, S9458 [28SE]
NRA: comments by executive vice president Wayne LaPierre on President Clinton's stance on gun control legislation, S1586 [22MR]
Nuclear energy: storage of spent nuclear fuel pending completion of the nuclear waste repository (S. 1287), S568 [10FE]
Parliamentary inquiry, S4129, S4162 [18MY], S4530 [6JN]
Pharmaceuticals: reinstate reasonable pricing requirements for drugs developed with Federal funding or research, S6098 [29JN]
Postal Service: grant authority to issue semipostals, S7604-S7607 [26JY]
Presidential appointments: nominations considered and confirmed en bloc, S9661 [3OC]
———Senate process for confirmation of judicial nominees, S9661 [3OC]
Public Health Service Act: provide certain children's health services (H.R. 4365), S9111 [22SE], S11892, S11893 [15DE]
Rouge River: emergency streambank and shoreline protection funding, S8181 [7SE]
SBA: improve the certified development company program (H.R. 2614), S5157 [14JN]
Schools: provide a safer educational environment by implementing policies to reduce threat of gun violence, S1063 [2MR], S4443 [25MY]
Senate: legislative program, S7120 [18JY]
Short, Walter C.: advance on the retired list of the Army to the highest grade held as Commanding General, Hawaiian Department, during World War II, S4744 [8JN]
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore: land acquisition funding, S7094 [18JY]
Small Business Innovation Research Program: extend authorization (H.R. 2392), S7290 [19JY]
Smith, Bradley A.: nomination to the FEC, S4359 [24MY]
Smith & Wesson (business): agreement on enhanced safety of handguns and pistols, S2340 [6AP]
Social Security Act: anniversary, S7821 [27JY]
Solid waste: State control over disposal of out-of-State solid waste, S10991 [25OC]
Strategic materials: require sale of titanium from the National Defense Stockpile and allocate funds to the establishment of the World War II Memorial, S4554, S4555 [6JN], S4608 [7JN]
Taxation: impose a discriminatory profits tax on pharmaceutical companies that charge higher prices to domestic wholesale distributors than to foreign wholesale distributors (S. 3103), S9199 [25SE]
———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), S6817 [14JY]
———rates, S7607 [26JY]
———require certain political organizations to report additional information to the IRS (S. 2583), S4113 [17MY]
———require certain political organizations to report information to the IRS, S4782 [8JN]
———require certain political organizations to report information to the IRS (H.R. 4762), S5997 [28JN], S6044 [29JN]
———require certain political organizations to report information to the IRS (H.R. 4762), unanimous-consent agreement, S5994 [28JN]
———revise definition of the term political organization relative to tax-exempt status (S. 2582), S4113 [17MY]
———treatment of education individual retirement accounts relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (S. 1134), S1063, S1102 [2MR]
Telecommunications: State and local government regulation of citizens band radio equipment (S. 2767), S5665
Ukraine: independence anniversary, S8651 [18SE]
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), S9151 [25SE]
———provide for conservation and development of water resources and authorize Dept. of the Army construction and improvement projects for rivers and harbors (S. 2796), conference report, S11406 [31OC]
Women: reauthorize Federal programs to prevent violence against women, S10224 [11OC]
Remarks in Senate relative to
Tribute, S6297 [30JN], S6832 [14JY]
Resolutions by organizations
City lawsuits against firearm industry: National League of Cities, S180 [1FE]
Statements
Buprenorphine Use in Treating Drug Addiction: Charles O'Brien, S9113 [22SE]
Dept. of Defense Federal Acquisition Revisions: by, S5075 [14JN]
Don't Let Gun Manufacturers ``Take Advantage of the System'': Violence Policy Center, S180 [1FE]
Testimonies
Maintaining START I Treaty Levels for Strategic Nuclear Weapons Delivery Systems: Henry H. Shelton, Joint Chiefs of Staff, S4613 [7JN]
———William S. Cohen, Sec. of Defense, S4613 [7JN]
Texts of
S. 2611, provide trade adjustment assistance for workers performing environmental remediation necessary for closure of Copper Range Co., S4317
Tributes
Abraham, Senator, S11779 [14DE]
Anderson, Moses B., S697
Ashcroft, Senator, S11849 [15DE]
Avveduti, Joseph P., S5455
Beckham, William J., Jr., S6673
Bloomfield, Michael, S11909
Boyum, Burton H., S2343
Bryan, Senator, S11776
Byrd, Senator, S6297 [30JN]
Cleland, Senator, S3904 [11MY]
Coverdell, Paul, S7217 [19JY]
Daschle, Senator, S3904 [11MY]
Dettmer, Michael H., S11906
Gordon, Jan, S9462
Gorospe, Fred, S11910
Gorton, Senator, S11844 [15DE]
Grams, Senator, S11849 [15DE]
Gribbs, Roman S., S10248
Hall, Nick, Jr., S7225
Hermelin, David B., S10616
Hutson, John D., S4456
Johnson, Ben, S10407
Kerr, Gordon C., S3911
Kerrey, Senator, S11843 [15DE]
Lautenberg, Senator, S11780 [14DE]
Mack, Senator, S11846 [15DE]
Markel, Bess R., S4661 [7JN]
Moynihan, Senator, S11841 [15DE]
Robb, Senator, S11781 [14DE]
Roth, Senator, S11846 [15DE]
Scribner, Edgar A., S2521 [11AP]
Siegel, Boaz, S10797
Staebler, Neil, S11894 [15DE]
Vaughn, Jackie, III, S7539
Woody, Woodrow W., S11531