MACK, CONNIE (a Senator from Florida)
Amendments
Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4461), S7353, S7354, S7402 [20JY]
Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005 (S. Con. Res. 101), S2355, S2373 [6AP]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2549), S4753, S4867 [8JN], S5437, S5472 [20JN], S6578 [12JY]
———making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (S. 2521), S4117 [17MY]
———making appropriations (H.R. 4576), S4962, S4964 [12JN], S5009 [13JN]
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), S6152 [29JN]
Elementary and Secondary Education Act: extend programs and activities (S. 2), S3547 [4MY]
Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (S. 2522), S5571, S5572 [21JN]
Taxation: treatment of education individual retirement accounts relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (S. 1134), S872, S873 [28FE], S1018 [1MR]
Terrorism: modify enforcement of certain anti-terrorism judgements (S. 1796), S7925 [27JY]
Tibetan National Day: designate (S. Res. 60), S1428, S1436 [9MR]
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 4392, intelligence services appropriations, S9592 [2OC]
Articles and editorials
Afraid of the Truth, Natan Sharansky, Washington (DC) Post, S10396 [12OC]
Betrayal at the U.N., Jerusalem Post News and Feature Service (publication), S10396 [12OC]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Armed Forces: improve TRICARE program and extend and improve certain demonstration programs under the Defense Health Program (see S. 2087), S2946 [26AP] (see S. 2486), S3192 [1MY]
CERCLA: promote cleanup and reuse of brownfields, provide financial assistance for brownfields revitalization, and enhance State response programs (see S. 2700), S6027 [28JN]
China, People's Republic of: support U.N. resolution condemning human rights violations (see S. Res. 271), S1612 [22MR]
Clark, Wesley K.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 2824), S6121 [29JN]
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), S4025 [16MY]
Courts: appointment of Federal district judges (see S. 3071), S9395 [27SE]
Coverdell, Paul: tribute (see S. Res. 338), S7160 [18JY]
Cuba: human rights violations (see S. Res. 289), S2617 [12AP]
Curtis, Carl T.: tribute (see S. Res. 246), S86 [26JA]
Diseases: extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see S. 2386), S2526 [11AP]
Drug abuse: combat ``Ecstasy'' production, abuse, and imports, and increase education and awareness on dangers (see S. 2612), S5563 [21JN]
EPA: authorize grants to the Florida Keys Aqueduct Authority and other agencies to improve water quality throughout the Florida Keys (see S. 2711), S4953 [12JN]
———revise regulatory requirements relative to pesticide tolerance reviews (see S. 1464), S4487 [25MY]
Everglades National Park: restoration plan (see S. 2797), S5884 [27JN]
Fair Labor Standards Act: clarify treatment of stock options (see S. 2323), S2546 [11AP]
FCC: prohibit from establishing rules authorizing the operation of new, low power FM radio stations (see S. 2068), S4690 [7JN]
Fish and fishing: conserve Atlantic highly migratory species of fish (see S. 1911), S7690 [26JY]
Frederick Douglass Gardens, Inc.: establish a memorial in the District of Columbia or its environs (see S. 3147), S10425 [12OC]
Gonzalez-Brotons, Elian: grant permanent residency status for himself and family members in Cuba (see S. 2314), S1884 [29MR]
Immigration: extend status adjustment filing deadlines for certain Cuban, Nicaraguan, and Haitian nationals (see S. 2058), S612 [10FE]
———increase number of temporary visas for skilled workers and expand education and training opportunities for U.S. students and workers (see S. 2045), S538 [9FE]
Iran: condemn arrest and detention of Iranian Jews accused of espionage (see S. Con. Res. 109), S3924 [11MY]
James Madison Commemoration Commission: establish (see S. 3137), S9466 [28SE]
Law enforcement: allow post-conviction DNA tests and facilitate the exchange by law enforcement agencies of DNA identification information on felony offenders (see S. 3130), S9466 [28SE]
———improve the quality and credibility of forensic science services for criminal justice purposes (see S. 3045), S8585 [14SE]
Libya: U.S. policy (see S. Res. 287), S2872 [25AP]
Medicaid: State funding for disproportionate share hospitals (see S. 2299), S2439 [7AP]
Medicare: coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (see S. 3016), S8506 [13SE]
———ensure adequacy of digital mammography payments (see S. 3112), S9267 [26SE]
Motor vehicles: require arbitration for franchise contract disputes be voluntary (see S. 1020), S9394 [27SE]
NASA: encourage commercial development of space through the lease of real and personal property (see S. 2316), S2946 [26AP]
National Child's Day: designate (see S. Res. 296), S2865 [25AP]
National Correctional Officers and Employees Week: designate (see S. Res. 248), S3545 [4MY]
National Heart Failure Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 256), S613 [10FE]
National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week: designate (see S. Res. 342), S8215 [7SE]
National Instant Criminal Background Check System: authorize Dept. of Justice to reimburse States for serving as points of contact (see S. 2769), S5912 [27JN]
National Mammography Day: designate (see S. Res. 353), S8413 [12SE]
National Peace Officers Memorial Day: designate (see S. Res. 247), S3031 [27AP]
National Safe Place Week: designate (see S. Res. 258), S1422 [9MR]
NIH: biomedical research funding (see S. Res. 253), S381 [7FE]
Northern Ireland: urge implementation of the Good Friday Agreement and support police reforms (see S. Res. 332), S6257 [30JN]
O'Connor, John Cardinal: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 2076), S1030 [1MR]
Older Americans Act: extend authorization, establish National Family Caregiver Support Program, modernize aging programs and services, and address need to engage in life course planning (see S. 1536), S9394 [27SE]
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]
Peace Corps: designate a fellowship program promoting the work of returning volunteers in underserved American communities as the Paul D. Coverdell Fellows Program (see S. 2998), S7840 [27JY]
Pope John Paul II: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 2453), S2728 [13AP]
Reagan, Ronald and Nancy: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 2459), S2865 [25AP]
Riddick, Floyd M.: tribute (see S. Res. 245), S86 [26JA]
Schulz, Charles M.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 2060), S2040 [3AP]
SEC: limit collection of certain fees and adjust compensation for employees (see S. 2107), S867 [28FE]
Small business: facilitate compliance with certain Federal paperwork requirements and establish a task force to streamline certain requirements (see S. 1378), S7164 [18JY]
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. 279), S745 (see S. 2074), S747 [23FE]
Tariff: prevent circumvention of the sugar tariff-rate quotas (see S. 3116), S9267 [26SE]
———steam or other vapor generating boilers used in nuclear facilities (see S. 2158), S2871 [25AP]
Taxation: allow deduction for charitable contributions to individuals who do not itemize other deductions (see S. 2077), S4392 [24MY]
———clarify status of professional employer organizations in order to assist small businesses in providing employee benefits and collecting employment taxes (see S. 2979), S7840 [27JY]
———prevent evasion of excise taxes on cigarettes (see S. 2696), S7246 [19JY]
———prohibit certain allocations of S corporation stock held by an employee stock ownership plan (see S. 1732), S7689 [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), S9701 [3OC]
———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see S. 2330), S1986 [30MR]
———repeal modification of capital gains tax payments relative to small businesses sold on the installment sales method (see S. 2005), S292 [2FE]
———require certain political organizations to report information to the IRS (see S. 2742), S5240 [15JN]
———restore deductions for expenses relative to services performed by military reservists (see S. 3101), S9864 [4OC]
———treatment of policyholder dividends of mutual life insurance companies and policyholder surplus accounts (see S. 2874), S6841 [14JY]
United Mine Workers of America: restore stability and equity to the financing of the Combined Benefit Fund (see S. 2729), S7399 [20JY]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Egypt: provide a timely and open judicial appeal for Shaiboub William Arsel and complete an independent investigation of police brutality in Al-Kosheh (see S. Res. 367), S9945 [5OC]
Florida State University: tribute to football team (see S. Res. 265), S1118 [2MR]
Foreign trade: provide for the liquidation or reliquidation of certain entries in accordance with a Dept. of Commerce decision under the Tariff Act (see S. 2213), S1233 [7MR]
Gonzalez-Brotons, Elian: grant U.S. citizenship (see S. 1999), S37 [24JA]
Human rights: combat trafficking in human beings and provide assistance to victims (H.R. 3244), corrections in enrollment (see S. Con. Res. 149), S10252 [11OC]
International economic relations: promote international monetary stability and share seigniorage with officially dollarized countries (see S. 2101), S799 [24FE]
Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Balanced Budget Refinement Act: implementation of a prospective payment system for psychiatric hospitals (see S. 2556), S3946 [15MY]
Pilot, Sandra J.: relief (see S. 2054), S612 [10FE]
Russia: prohibit the rescheduling or forgiveness of any debt owed to the U.S. until the intelligence facility at Lourdes, Cuba, is permanently closed (see S. 2748), S5308 [16JN]
Tariff: R115777 (see S. 2628), S4379 [24MY]
Taxation: limit tax rates for District of Columbia residents on income from sources within the District of Columbia (see S. 3217), S10716 [18OC]
Cloture motions
Bankruptcy: amend laws (H.R. 2415), conference report, S11378 [30OC], S11450 [1NO], S11553 [5DE]
China, People's Republic of: permanent normal trade relations upon accession to the World Trade Organization (H.R. 4444), motion to proceed, S7590 [26JY], S7768 [27JY]
Crime: constitutional amendment on protection of victims' rights (S.J. Res. 3), S2696 [13AP]
———constitutional amendment on protection of victims' rights (S.J. Res. 3), motion to proceed, S2835 [25AP]
Immigration: increase number of temporary visas for skilled workers and expand education and training opportunities for U.S. students and workers (S. 2045), S8730 [19SE], S9028 [22SE], S9219, S9248 [26SE], S9440 [28SE]
———increase number of temporary visas for skilled workers and expand education and training opportunities for U.S. students and workers (S. 2045), motion to proceed, S8619 [15SE]
Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (S. 2507), motion to proceed, S7469 [24JY], S7629 [26JY]
Taxation: eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate brackets and standard deduction amounts (H.R. 6), S2514 [11AP], S2673, S2674 [13AP]
———institute a Federal fuels tax holiday (S. 2285), S2432 [7AP], S2506 [11AP]
Court documents
Marlene Alejandre, et al., v. Cuba: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, S781 [24FE]
Factsheets
Downing of Civilian Aircraft by Cuban Fighter Jets: Executive Office of the President, S781 [24FE]
Letters
Everglades National Park restoration plan: Jeb Bush, Governor of Florida, S8923 [21SE]
Graduate medical education payments: several Members of Congress, S6208 [30JN]
Lists
Florida State University football players, coaches, and staff, S1153 [2MR]
Staff members, S9264 [26SE]
Polls
Final Associated Press (news service) College Football Poll, S1154 [2MR]
Final ESPN/USA Today College Football Poll, S1154 [2MR]
Remarks
Agriculture: improve crop insurance coverage and assist producers in managing risk (S. 2251), S1579 [22MR]
———promote the development and use of affordable crop insurance policies for specialty crop producers, S1579 [22MR]
AID: Cuban Transition Project funding, S10980 [25OC]
Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge: land acquisition, S7041 [17JY]
Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and elimination of the marriage tax penalty (H.R. 4810), S6825 [14JY]
Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge: establish (H.R. 4286), S10010 [5OC]
Cat Island National Wildlife Refuge: establish (H.R. 3292), S10009 [5OC]
Children and youth: protect infants who are born alive (H.R. 4292), S10027 [5OC]
China, People's Republic of: permanent normal trade relations upon accession to the World Trade Organization (H.R. 4444), S8711 [19SE]
Coastal Barrier Resources System: technical corrections to map system (H.R. 34), S10010 [5OC]
———technical corrections to map system (H.R. 4435), S10011 [5OC]
Congress: anniversary of first meeting in Washington, DC (S. Con. Res. 144), S10011 [5OC]
Cuba: anniversary of downing of civilian aircraft by Cuban fighter jets, S779, S780 [24FE]
———U.S. policy, S779, S780 [24FE]
Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park: clarify boundaries and authorize appropriations (H.R. 5036), S10003 [5OC]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2549), S5394, S5406, S5434 [20JN]
———making appropriations (H.R. 4576), conference report, S7739 [27JY]
———Synthetic Aperture Radar facility funding, S7739 [27JY]
Dept. of Energy: establish an ombudsman at national laboratories to help resolve disputes relative to technology partnerships, S10027 [5OC]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4578), S7041 [17JY]
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations, S11231 [27OC]
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), S6002 [28JN], S6208 [30JN]
Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4635), conference report, S10761 [19OC]
Disasters: authorize predisaster mitigation programs, streamline the administration of disaster relief, and control the costs of disaster assistance (H.R. 707), S10011, S10019 [5OC]
Diseases: provide additional assistance for international malaria control programs and coordinate assistance relative to malaria, HIV, and tuberculosis (S. 2940), S7723 [27JY]
District of Columbia: making appropriations (H.R. 4942), conference report, S11231 [27OC]
Economy: review of accomplishments during Reagan administration, S9928 [5OC]
Egypt: provide a timely and open judicial appeal for Shaiboub William Arsel and complete an independent investigation of police brutality in Al-Kosheh (S. Res. 367), S9965 [5OC]
Elementary and Secondary Education Act: allow State and local agencies to use professional development funding for teacher testing, merit-based pay, and tenure reform programs, S3456, S3457, S3459, S3460 [4MY]
———extend programs and activities (S. 2), S3456, S3457, S3459, S3460 [4MY]
Energy Policy Act: cleanup of uranium and thorium mill sites (H.R. 2641), S10003 [5OC]
EPA: authorize grants to the Florida Keys Aqueduct Authority and other agencies to improve water quality throughout the Florida Keys (S. 2711), S4954 [12JN]
Everglades National Park: restoration plan, S9147, S9150 [25SE]
———restoration plan adaptive assessment and monitoring, S8931 [21SE]
———restoration plan operation and maintenance cost sharing, S8921, S8924, S8925 [21SE]
———restoration plan (S. 2797), S5904 [27JN]
Federal agencies and departments: improve ability to license federally owned inventions (H.R. 209), S10027 [5OC]
FERC: extension of deadline for commencement of construction of the Arrowrock Dam Hydroelectric Project in Idaho (S. 1236), unanimous-consent agreement, S10003 [5OC]
Florida State University: tribute to football team (S. Res. 265), S1153 [2MR]
Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4811), conference report, S10980 [25OC]
Gonzalez-Brotons, Elian: allow court hearing relative to custody and immigration status, S1871 [29MR]
———custody and immigration status, S2710, S2712 [13AP]
———grant U.S. citizenship (S. 1999), S2, S3 [24JA]
———INS operation to reunite with father, S2932 [26AP]
Homestead AFB, FL: conveyance process for surplus military property, S9148 [25SE]
Human rights: combat trafficking in human beings and provide assistance to victims (H.R. 3244), conference report, S10240, S10241 [11OC]
Jacksonville, FL: classification as ``urban county'' relative to eligibility for Community Development Block Grant Program, S10761 [19OC]
Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design Program Act: reauthorize (H.R. 2496), S10009 [5OC]
Libya: U.S. policy (S. Res. 287), S2856 [25AP]
Medicare: graduate medical education payments, S6208 [30JN]
Mental health: expansion of the Southern Florida Medical Corrections Options Program to include a demonstration project in Hawaii, S11231 [27OC]
Middle East: U.S. policy on U.N. Security Council resolution condemning current level of violence between the Israelis and Palestinians, S10396 [12OC]
National Bipartisan Commission on Cuba: establish, S5394, S5434 [20JN]
Native Americans: improve the cause of action for misrepresentation of Indian arts and crafts (S. 2872), S10009 [5OC]
NIH: funding, S6002 [28JN]
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (S. 2941), S7723 [27JY]
Rosie the Riveter-World War II Home Front National Historical Park: establish (H.R. 4063), S10008 [5OC]
Russia: prohibit the rescheduling or forgiveness of any debt owed to the U.S. until the intelligence facility at Lourdes, Cuba, is permanently closed (S. 2748), S5309
Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument: establish (H.R. 3676), corrections in enrollment (S. Con. Res. 143), S10009 [5OC]
Senate: legislative program, S453 [7FE], S2948 [26AP], S7723 [27JY], S9931 [5OC]
Senate Legal Counsel: authorize testimony and representation of Laura Cahill in Martin A. Lopow v. William J. Henderson (S. Res. 297), S2947, S2948 [26AP]
Social Security: eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (H.R. 5), S1540 [22MR]
———make corrections in Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program relative to the Balanced Budget Act (S. 3165), S10027 [5OC]
Tariff: R115777 (S. 2628), S4391
Taxation: eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate brackets and standard deduction amounts (H.R. 6), S2672 [13AP]
———eliminate marriage tax penalty by increasing income phaseout thresholds for education savings accounts, S1046, S1048 [2MR]
———make permanent the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (S. 2036), S453 [7FE]
———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), S6667 [13JY]
———provide incentives for renewal of distressed communities and empowerment zone development, increase the number of empowerment zones, and encourage investment in new markets (S. 3152), S9704 [3OC]
———treatment of education individual retirement accounts relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (S. 1134), S1046, S1048 [2MR]
Terrorism: modify enforcement of certain anti-terrorism judgements, S10240, S10241 [11OC]
Tibetan National Day: designate (S. Res. 60), S1434 [9MR]
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: improve implementation of environmental streamlining provisions (S. 3173), S10027 [5OC]
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), S8921, S8924, S8925, S8931 [21SE], S9147, S9148, S9150 [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, S11407 [31OC]
Water pollution: restore estuary habitats through more efficient financing of projects and the enhanced coordination of Federal and non-Federal programs (S. 835), S10019, S10027 [5OC]
White Clay Creek: designate segments and tributaries in Delaware and Pennsylvania as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System (S. 1849), unanimous-consent agreement, S10003 [5OC]
Remarks in Senate relative to
Tribute, S9264 [26SE], S10071 [6OC], S10584 [13OC], S11121 [26OC], S11243 [27OC], S11418 [31OC], S11475 [1NO], S11548 [5DE], S11678 [7DE], S11846, S11847 [15DE]
Reports filed
International Monetary Stability Act: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate) (S. 2101) (S. Rept. 106-354), S7477 [24JY]
Joint Economic Report: Committee on Economics (Joint) (S. Rept. 106-225), S2233 [5AP]
Schedules
Florida State University football games and results, S1154 [2MR]
Statements
Downing of Civilian Aircraft by Cuban Fighter Jets: President Clinton, S780 [24FE]
Tibetan National Uprising: Dalai Lama, S1435 [9MR]
Texts of
S. 2556, implementation of a prospective payment system for psychiatric hospitals under the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Balanced Budget Refinement Act, S3947
S. 2628, tariff on R115777, S4391 [24MY]
S. 2748, Russian-American Trust and Cooperation Act, S5309
Tributes
Coverdell, Paul, S7724 [27JY]