LINCOLN, BLANCHE (a Senator from Arkansas)

Addresses

Middlebury College Graduation Ceremonies: Blake Rutherford, S5305 [16JN]

Amendments

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4461), S7367, S7405 [20JY]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005 (S. Con. Res. 101), S2251, S2254, S2262 [5AP], S2355, S2368, S2370, S2374 [6AP], S2390, S2415 [7AP]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2549), S4753, S4867 [8JN], S5081, S5118, S5127 [14JN], S6480 [11JY]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4578), S7166 [18JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), S5698, S5706 [22JN], S5715, S5738 [23JN], S5916 [27JN], S6029 [28JN], S6197, S6199, S6200, S6267, S6268, S6269 [30JN]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: extend programs and activities (S. 2), S3738 [9MY]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (S. 2522), S5566 [21JN]

Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption: implementation (H.R. 2909), S7932 [27JY]

Taxation: phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), S6694 [13JY]

———treatment of education individual retirement accounts relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (S. 1134), S1128 [2MR]

Television: authorize loan guarantees to facilitate access to local television broadcast signals in unserved and underserved areas (S. 2097), S2003 [30MR]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: authorize emergency loans to poultry producers to rebuild chicken houses destroyed by disasters (see S. 2039), S1914 [29MR]

Alcoholic beverages: enforcement of State laws in Federal court relative to interstate transportation of liquor (see S. 577), S5685 [22JN]

Animals: increase the availability of drugs for minor species and rare diseases in all animals (see S. 3169), S9944 [5OC]

Armed Forces: improve TRICARE program and extend and improve certain demonstration programs under the Defense Health Program (see S. 2087), S741 [23FE]

Army: coverage of overhead costs of unused arsenal capacity when not producing Army supplies (see S. 1396), S216 [1FE]

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), S6574 [12JY]

Carter, Jimmy and Rosalyn: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 2641), S6027 [28JN]

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

Century of Women in the U.S.: observance (see S. Res. 292), S2728 [13AP]

CERCLA: promote cleanup and reuse of brownfields, provide financial assistance for brownfields revitalization, and enhance State response programs (see S. 2700), S6846 [14JY]

Children and youth: improve efficiency and effectiveness of abuse and neglect courts (see S. 708), S216 [1FE] (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]

China, People's Republic of: permanent normal trade relations upon accession to the World Trade Organization (see S. 2277), S1750 [27MR]

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

Commission for the Comprehensive Study of Privacy Protection: establish (see S. 3040), S8501 [13SE]

Community development: provide grant funding for additional empowerment zones, enterprise communities, and strategic planning communities (see S. 1473), S6576 [12JY]

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

Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act: make communities with high levels of out-migration or population loss eligible for community facilities grants (see S. 2811), S6144 [29JN]

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]

Coverdell, Paul: tribute (see S. Res. 338), S7160 [18JY]

Crime: constitutional amendment on protection of victims' rights (see S.J. Res. 3), S1914 [29MR]

Cuba: lift trade embargo (see S. 2617), S4378 [24MY] (see S. 2896), S7393 [20JY]

Curtis, Carl T.: tribute (see S. Res. 246), S86 [26JA]

Dept. of Defense: equitable retirement for military reserve technicians covered under FERS or CSRS (see S. 1883), S2771 [13AP]

Dept. of HUD: establish consensus committee for development, revision, and interpretation of safety standards for manufactured home construction (see S. 1452), S2439 [7AP]

Diseases: extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see S. 2386), S6477 [11JY]

Economy: provide for excellence in economic education (see S. 1487), S4854 [8JN]

Education: improve and refocus civic education (see S. 1642), S2545 [11AP]

———provide for a rural education development initiative (see S. 2009), S86 [26JA]

———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]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: reauthorize and improve (see S. 2254), S1512 [21MR]

EPA: repeal rule on water quality standards total maximum daily load program (see S.J. Res. 50), S7922 [27JY]

Fair Labor Standards Act: clarify treatment of stock options (see S. 2323), S2636 [12AP]

FCC: allow the operation of low-power FM radio stations that do not interfere with the transmissions of full-power stations (see S. 3020), S8292 [8SE]

———prohibit from establishing rules authorizing the operation of new, low power FM radio stations (see S. 2068), S1241 [7MR]

FDA: uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see S. 1155), S1683 [23MR]

Federal aid programs: provide housing assistance to domestic violence victims (see S. 2112), S1683 [23MR]

Federal employees: allow agencies to reimburse for certain adoption expenses (see S. 2227), S1391 [9MR]

Financial institutions: allow payment of Financing Corporation interest obligations from excess deposit insurance fund reserves (see S. 2293), S4691 [7JN]

Fish and fishing: establish a fisheries habitat protection, restoration, and enhancement program (see S. 2441), S2728 [13AP]

Gambling: establish panel to investigate illegal gambling on college sports and to recommend effective countermeasures (see S. 2050), S4854 [8JN]

Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption: implementation (see S. 682), S6576 [12JY]

Health: improve access to health care services for uninsured and low-income individuals in medically under served areas (see S. Res. 260), S799 [24FE]

———increase State immunization programs funding (see S. 2443), S3851 [10MY]

International Visitors Program: anniversary (see S. Res. 87), S42 [24JA]

King, Martin Luther, Jr.: mint coins in commemoration (see S. 3183), S10628 [17OC]

Korean War: anniversary (see S.J. Res. 39), S1030 [1MR]

Lexington (U.S.S.): naming of the last vessel of the Nimitz class of aircraft carriers (see S. Con. Res. 84), S1827 [28MR]

Libraries: provide up-to-date school library media resources and professionally certified school library media specialists for elementary and secondary schools (see S. 1262), S159 [31JA]

Medicaid: provide families and disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see S. 2274), S4488 [25MY]

———State funding for disproportionate share hospitals (see S. 2299), S4488 [25MY]

Medicare: coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (see S. 2758), S5460 [20JN]

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

———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs for low-income beneficiaries (see S. 1837), S1241 [7MR]

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

———ensure reimbursement for certain ambulance services, apply reasonable standard to determination of medical necessity for ambulance services, and recognize additional costs of ambulance services in rural areas (see S. 2858), S8025 [5SE]

———expand medical residency training programs in geriatric medicine (see S. 2910), S7656 [26JY]

———graduate medical education payments (see S. 2394), S7921 [27JY]

———revise inflation update factor used in making payments to prospective payment system hospitals (see S. 2018), S1467 [20MR]

———revise payment system for certain physician pathology services (see S. 3055), S8769 [19SE]

Middle East: oppose unilateral declaration of a Palestinian State (see S. 3007), S9478 [28SE]

———prohibit U.S. assistance to the Palestinian Authority if a Palestinian State is declared unilaterally (see S. 2938), S9478 [28SE] (see S. 3250), S11131 [26OC]

Motor vehicles: improve safety of car seats for children (see S. 2070), S613 [10FE]

———require arbitration for franchise contract disputes be voluntary (see S. 1020), S2438 [7AP]

National Center for Rural Law Enforcement: funding (see S. 3009), S9864 [4OC]

National Children's Memorial Day: designate (see S. Res. 340), S7448 [21JY]

National Child's Day: designate (see S. Res. 296), S2865 [25AP]

National Fragile X Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 268), S2637 [12AP]

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

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

National Military Appreciation Month: designate (see S. 1419), S4024 [16MY]

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

National Safe Place Week: designate (see S. Res. 258), S1242 [7MR]

National Veterans Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 304), S8769 [19SE]

Navajo Code Talkers: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 2408), S7245 [19JY]

Northern Mariana Islands: prohibit use of the ``Made in USA'' label on products and deny such products duty-free and quota-free treatment (see S. 922), S9394 [27SE]

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), S9758 [3OC]

Pensions: reform (see S. 741), S3948 [15MY]

Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see S. 2703), S6691 [13JY]

Public Health Service Act: provide certain children's health services (see S. 2868), S8292 [8SE]

Radio: ensure the availability of spectrum to amateur radio operators (see S. 2183), S1173 [6MR]

Reagan, Ronald and Nancy: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 2459), S6026 [28JN]

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

Rural areas: promote and improve access to health care services (see S. 2735), S5240 [15JN]

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), S7656 [26JY]

Social Security: create a grant program to promote joint activities between Federal, State, and local child welfare and alcohol and drug abuse prevention and treatment agencies (see S. 2435), S8025 [5SE]

———extend availability of State Children's Health Insurance Program allotments (see S. 2434), S8343 [11SE]

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

———provide additional safeguards for certain beneficiaries with representative payees (see S. 2477), S3332 [3MY]

———restore Social Services Block Grant funding and the ability of States to transfer Temporary Assistance for Needy Families funds to such block grant (see S. 2585), S5031 [13JN]

Taxation: allow a credit to holders of qualified bonds issued by Amtrak (see S. 1900), S8958 [21SE]

———allow deduction equal to fair market value for charitable contributions of literary, musical, artistic, or scholarly compositions created by the donor (see S. 2781), S8594 [14SE]

———change basis for determination of refinery limitation on oil depletion deduction (see S. 162), S7482 [24JY]

———clarify the child credit allowance, the personal exemptions deduction, and the earned income credit for missing children (see S. 3105), S9612 [2OC]

———credit for health insurance costs (see S. 2320), S1884 [29MR]

———credit for rehabilitating historic homes or purchasing newly rehabilitated historic homes for use as principal residence (see S. 664), S2465 [10AP]

———exclude reparations received by Holocaust survivors (see S. 779), S5813 [26JN]

———expand Federal tax refund intercept program for parents delinquent on child support to cover children who are not minors (see S. 2747), S5308 [16JN]

———extend the moratorium on taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce and assist States in simplifying their sales and use taxes (see S. 2775), S5663 [22JN]

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

———provide a credit for energy efficient appliances (see S. 2939), S7656 [26JY]

———provide incentives for renewal of distressed communities and empowerment zone development, increase the number of empowerment zones, and encourage investment in new markets (see S. 3152), S9964 [5OC]

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see S. 2330), S3332 [3MY]

———repeal modification of capital gains tax payments relative to small businesses sold on the installment sales method (see S. 2005), S4487 [25MY]

Telecommunications: prohibit regulatory impediments to fulfilling the support mandates of the statutory policy of universal service (see S. 2476), S7399 [20JY]

———promote deployment of advanced services and competition by relieving unnecessary burdens on the two percent local exchange carriers (see S. 2572), S4014 [16MY]

Veterans: clarify and improve veterans' claims and appellate procedures (see S. 1810), S952 [29FE]

———develop educational programs on veterans' contributions to the country (see S. Res. 304), S8769 [19SE]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see S. 1237), S292 [2FE]

Wisconsin (U.S.S.): issue commemorative postage stamp to honor ship and crew (see S. Con. Res. 60), S7246 [19JY]

Women: reauthorize Federal programs to prevent violence against women (see S. 2787), S6577 [12JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service: improve administration of bird collection and management activities (see S. 2329), S1986 [30MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: sell or exchange certain lands in the Ozark-St. Francis and Ouachita National Forests and use funds to acquire, construct, or improve administrative sites (see S. 3256), S11252 [27OC]

Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design Program Act: reauthorize (see S. 2278), S1671 [23MR]

Lakes: require Federal agencies to enhance recreational experiences for the public (see S. 3179), S10083 [6OC]

Tariff: pendimethalin (see S. 2535), S3831 [10MY]

———pigment orange 73 (see S. 2529), S3831 [10MY]

———pigment red 255 (see S. 2531), S3831 [10MY]

———pigment red 264 (see S. 2533), S3831 [10MY]

———pigment yellow 168 (see S. 2534), S3831 [10MY]

———pigment yellow 184 (see S. 2530), S3831 [10MY]

———solvent yellow 145 (see S. 2532), S3831 [10MY]

Taxation: use of median family income to determine purchase price limitation for mortgage subsidy bonds (see S. 2714), S5027 [13JN]

Water pollution: exempt discharges from certain silviculture activities from permit requirements of the national pollutant discharge elimination system (see S. 2041), S489 [8FE]

Bills and resolutions relative to

Religion: reaffirm proclamation calling for day of national humility, fasting, and prayer (see H. Res. 597), H8406 [27SE]

Excerpts

Arkansas Code relative to Federal excise tax on motor fuels, S2497 [11AP]

Letters

Impact of low oil prices and increasing oil imports on U.S. national security: by, S1545 [22MR]

Remarks

Agriculture: improve crop insurance coverage and assist producers in managing risk (S. 2251), S1576 [22MR]

———strengthen safety net for agricultural producers and improve efficiency and integrity of the Federal crop insurance program (H.R. 2559), conference report, S4437 [25MY]

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service: improve administration of bird collection and management activities (S. 2329), S1988 [30MR]

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental appropriations, S6233 [30JN]

Bankruptcy: amend laws (S. 625), S253 [2FE]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005 (S. Con. Res. 101), S2314 [6AP]

Causey, Rhode B., Sr.: Green Thumb, Inc., Outstanding Older Worker award recipient for Arkansas, S11565 [5DE]

China, People's Republic of: permanent normal trade relations upon accession to the World Trade Organization, S4933 [9JN], S9937 [5OC]

———permanent normal trade relations upon accession to the World Trade Organization (H.R. 4444), S8050 [6SE], S8562 [14SE]

Coastal zones: use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund State and local conservation programs of coastal States, S10075 [6OC]

Cuba: lift trade embargo, S4933-S4935 [9JN]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 4425), conference report, S6233 [30JN]

Dept. of Energy: black liquor gasification program funding, S7094 [18JY]

Dept. of the Interior: prohibit funds for application of dangerous pesticides in areas used by children, S7089 [18JY]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4578), S7089, S7094 [18JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4578), conference report, S10075 [6OC]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), S5638 [22JN], S5987 [28JN]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: extend programs and activities (S. 2), S3175 [1MY], S3646 [9MY]

———reauthorize and improve (S. 2254), S1505 [21MR]

———Title I grants funding, S5987 [28JN]

EPA: water quality standards total maximum daily load program funding, S6233 [30JN]

Fish and fishing: establish a fisheries habitat protection, restoration, and enhancement program (S. 2441), S2761 [13AP]

Foreign policy: authorize trade and investment policy relative to sub-Saharan Africa (H.R. 434), conference report, S3873 [11MY]

Human rights: combat trafficking in human beings and provide assistance to victims (H.R. 3244), conference report, S10215 [11OC]

Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design Program Act: reauthorize (S. 2278), S1673 [23MR]

Lakes: require Federal agencies to enhance recreational experiences for the public (S. 3179), S10088 [6OC]

Louisiana: Ten and Fifteen Mile Bayou flood control project funding, S11406 [31OC]

Medicaid: coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment for certain women and research on relationship between cervical cancer and human papillomavirus (H.R. 4386), S10215 [11OC]

Medicare: coverage of outpatient prescription drugs, S5638 [22JN], S8048 [6SE]

Mountain Home, AR: tribute to Mountain Home Junior High School for participation in We the People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution competition, S3604 [8MY]

Older Americans Act: reauthorize, S5318, S5319 [19JN]

Panda Energy International: problems with approval of power plant constructed in the People's Republic of China, S9937 [5OC]

SBA: improve the certified development company program (H.R. 2614), conference report, S11222 [27OC]

Schools: establish a partnership to rebuild and modernize school facilities, S2314 [6AP]

Social Security: make corrections in Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program relative to the Balanced Budget Act, S11222 [27OC]

———Social Services Block Grant funding, S5318, S5319 [19JN]

Taxation: eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate brackets and standard deduction amounts (H.R. 6), S2665 [13AP]

———institute a Federal fuels tax holiday (S. 2285), S1944 [30MR], S2497 [11AP]

———relief, S11222 [27OC]

———use of median family income to determine purchase price limitation for mortgage subsidy bonds (S. 2714), S5027 [13JN]

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), conference report, S11406 [31OC]

Water pollution: exempt discharges from certain silviculture activities from permit requirements of the national pollutant discharge elimination system (S. 2041), S607 [10FE]

Women: reauthorize Federal programs to prevent violence against women, S10215 [11OC]

Yasargil, M. Gazi: Neurosurgery (publication) Man of the Century award recipient, S163 [31JA]

Remarks in House relative to

Dept. of the Interior: require study on methods to commemorate the national significance of the Lincoln Highway (H.R. 2570), H9961, H9962 [17OC]

Reports filed

Lincoln Highway Study Act: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 2570) (H. Rept. 106-912), H8468 [28SE]

Texts of

H.R. 2570, Lincoln Highway Study Act, H9961 [17OC]

S. 2714, use of median family income to determine purchase price limitation for mortgage subsidy bonds, S5028 [13JN]

Tributes

Coverdell, Paul, S7727 [27JY]

Rutherford, Blake, S5305 [16JN]

Starr, John R., S2231 [5AP]