MOYNIHAN, DANIEL PATRICK (a Senator from New York)

Addresses

George Washington's Farewell Address: read by, S649-S654 [22FE]

Harvard University Law School Class Day: Timothy J. Russert, S5456 [20JN]

Technology and the New Economy: Alan Greenspan, FRS, S272-S275 [2FE]

U.S. Courthouse Dedication in Islip, NY: Robert A. Peck, GSA, S11126 [26OC]

Amendments

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4461), S7337, S7351, S7400 [20JY]

———making appropriations (S. 2536), S5364 [19JN]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and elimination of the marriage tax penalty (H.R. 4810), S6800, S6861 [14JY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005 (S. Con. Res. 101), S2254 [5AP], S2365 [6AP]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2549), S4554 [6JN], S5081, S5127 [14JN], S6277, S6290 [30JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4576), S4960 [12JN], S4991, S5008 [13JN]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4475), S5169, S5275 [15JN]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4635), S10302, S10457 [12OC]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: extend programs and activities (S. 2), S3197 [1MY]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 4733), S8116, S8117, S8124 [6SE], S8179 [7SE]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (S. 2522), S5686 [22JN]

Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (S. 2507), S9616 [2OC]

Social Security: eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (H.R. 5), S1492, S1527 [21MR]

Taxation: phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), S6586, S6692 [13JY]

———treatment of tax-exempt financing for professional sports facilities (S. 224), S9257 [26SE]

Appointments

Committee To Escort Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee of India Into the House Chamber, H7580 [14SE]

Conferee: H.R. 4810, Marriage Tax Penalty Relief Reconciliation Act, S7109 [18JY]

Reading of George Washington's farewell address, S102 [26JA]

Articles and editorials

Acid Rain Bottom Line—New EPA Study Shows Just How Affordable It Is To Fight Pollution, Albany (NY) Times Union, S9935 [5OC]

Bush-League Aside Vaults an Onlooker Into the Campaign's Glare, Adam Clymer, New York (NY) Times, S8341 [11SE]

China Trade Boosts Farmers, Washington (DC) Times, S8480 [13SE]

David Mahoney, a Business Executive and Neuroscience Advocate, Dies at 76, Eric Nagourney, New York (NY) Times, S7446 [21JY]

Despite Benefits, Democrats' Estate Tax Plan Gets Little Notice, David C. Johnson, New York (NY) Times, S6587 [13JY]

Farewell, Mr. Moynihan, S11842 [15DE]

Farmer's Instinct, Kimber Williams, Eugene (OR) Register-Guard, S4187 [18MY]

He Was the Most Admirable Man I've Ever Known, James Brady, Parade (publication), S6003 [28JN]

Marriage Tax on the Poor, David Riemer, New York (NY) Times, S7410 [21JY]

Moynihan Applauds as Medicare ``Backs Off'' Payment Reductions, E1588 [25SE]

Moynihan—Profile in Rare Courage, S8099 [6SE]

Moynihan's Legacy Is Written in Stone, S11842 [15DE]

Payment Change May Spell End of Outpatient Chemotherapy, E1588 [25SE]

Quiet Man in a Noisy Trade, Howell Raines, New York (NY) Times, S7309 [20JY]

Release Study on Acid Rain, Poughkeepsie (NY) Journal, S9934 [5OC]

Remembering David, Max Cowan, Dana Alliance Member News (publication), S7446 [21JY]

State Dept. Unfreezes Hundreds of Promotions After Delay for Security Review, Jane Perlez, S11839 [15DE]

Tinkering Again, George F. Will, Washington (DC) Post, S2851 [25AP]

Was It Worth It? Senator Kerrey, S3186 [1MY]

William Maxwell, 91, Author and Legendary Editor Dies, Wilborn Hampton, New York (NY) Times, S7999 [5SE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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), S10091 [6OC]

Aviation: allow families of international airline disaster victims a fair jury trial to receive just compensation for their loss (see S. 2035), S381 [7FE]

Beaches: improve quality of coastal recreation waters (see S. 522), S40 [24JA]

Bronx, NY: authorize Dept. of Veterans Affairs medical center renovation project (see S. 2631), S4459 [25MY]

Burgess, Ernest M.: tribute (see S. Res. 278), S7555 [25JY]

Capital punishment: 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]

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: 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), 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]

China, People's Republic of: permanent normal trade relations upon accession to the World Trade Organization (see S. 2277), S1671 [23MR]

Commission on Ocean Policy: establish (see S. 2327), S1884 [29MR]

Committee on the Year 2000 Technology Problem (Senate, Special): tribute (see S. Res. 264), S930 [29FE]

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), S3736 [9MY]

Congress: establish a day of peace and sharing at the beginning of each year (see S. Con. Res. 138), S8941 [21SE]

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), S10154 [10OC]

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

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

Day of National Concern About Young People and Gun Violence: designate (see S. Res. 345), S7840 [27JY]

Death and dying: promote pain management and palliative care without permitting assisted suicide and euthanasia (see S. 1272), S216 [1FE]

Dept. of Education: make grants to educational organizations for Holocaust educational programs (see S. 2137), S1025 [1MR]

Dept. of Energy: treatment of Strategic Petroleum Reserve relative to anticompetitive activities (see S. Con. Res. 88), S1118 [2MR]

Dept. of Justice: make grants to the Boys and Girls Clubs of America to establish after-school technology programs (see S. 2061), S1611 [22MR]

Dept. of State: provide rewards for information relative to serious violations of international law in Rwanda (see S. 2460), S3851 [10MY]

Dept. of the Interior: conduct special resource study of the route used by George Washington and General Rochambeau during the American Revolution (see S. 3209), S10619 [17OC]

———conduct special resource study on the preservation and public use of sites in Auburn, NY, associated with Harriet Ross Tubman (see S. 2345), S2106 [4AP]

———weatherization assistance grants funding (see S. 2429), S2727 [13AP]

Diseases: extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see S. 2386), S2526 [11AP]

Ecology and environment: ensure recovery of biological diversity, strengthen protection of wildlife, and provide certain assurances to local governments and individuals relative to economic development efforts (see S. 3156), S9702 [3OC]

Education: improve and refocus civic education (see S. 1642), S1127 [2MR]

———promote child literacy by making books available through early learning and other child care programs (see S. 2615), S7453 [21JY]

Families and domestic relations: increase child support money to families leaving welfare, improve assignment, distribution and collection of certain child support, and promote marriage (see S. 3189), S10252 [11OC]

———increase public awareness of the benefits of marriage and provide greater flexibility in the Welfare-to-Work grant program (see S. 1364), S2438 [7AP]

Federal employees: payment of compensation to the families of those killed in the crash of an Air Force CT-43A aircraft on April 3, 1996, near Dubrovnik, Croatia (see S. 1957), S2249 [5AP]

FEMA: make grants to fire departments to improve public safety against fire and fire-related hazards (see S. 1941), S2353 [6AP]

Firearms: enhance the enforcement of gun violence laws (see S. 2338), S1986 [30MR]

———prohibit possession in places of worship or educational and scholastic settings (see S. Res. 295), S2865 [25AP]

Floyd H. Flake Federal Building, Queens, NY: designate (see S. 2892), S7229 [19JY]

Frederick Douglass Gardens, Inc.: establish a memorial in the District of Columbia or its environs (see S. 3147), S10092 [6OC]

Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: designate (see S. Res. 251), S285 [2FE]

Harry S Truman Federal Building, Washington, DC: designate (see S. 2416), S2727 [13AP]

Health Care Financing Administration: revise performance standards and certification process for organ procurement organizations (see S. 2235), S2040 [3AP] (see S. 2625), S4379 [24MY]

Helsinki Final Act: anniversary (see S.J. Res. 48), S7077 [17JY]

Ibanez, Manuel L.: appointment as citizen regent of Smithsonian Institution Board of Regents (see S.J. Res. 42), S930 [29FE]

Immigration: arrival and departure requirements for Canadian citizens relative to automated entry and exit control systems (see S. 2599), S4323 [23MY]

INS: reduce backlog in processing of benefit applications and improve infrastructure necessary for effective provision of immigration services (see S. 2586), S4190 [18MY]

International House: anniversary (see S. Res. 308), S4190 [18MY]

Italian Americans: prepare report detailing injustices suffered during World War II and require the President to formally acknowledge such injustices (see S. 1909), S4239 [22MY]

James Madison Commemoration Commission: establish (see S. 3137), S9466 [28SE]

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), S1186 [6MR]

Magen David Adom Society: membership and recognition of the Red Shield of David by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (see S. Res. 343), S8659 [18SE]

Matthew F. McHugh Post Office, Ithaca, NY: designate (see S. 2893), S7229 [19JY]

Medicaid: apply the disproportionate share hospital payment transition rule to public hospitals (see S. 3255), S11252 [27OC]

———provide families and disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see S. 2274), S1596 [22MR]

Medicare: coverage of glaucoma detection services (see S. 3024), S8342 [11SE]

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

———promote research for health promotion and disease prevention and add preventive benefits (see S. 2232), S1392 [9MR]

———require Dept. of HHS study on mortality and adverse outcome rates of patients receiving anesthesia services (see S. 818), S3263 [2MY]

———revise inflation update factor used in making payments to prospective payment system hospitals (see S. 2018), S6143 [29JN]

Mexico: adopt measures to support a peaceful resolution of the conflict and to protect human rights in Chiapas (see S. Con. Res. 76), S1328 [8MR]

Middle East: oppose unilateral declaration of a Palestinian State (see S. 3007), S8104 [6SE]

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

Middlebury College: bicentennial (see S. Res. 355), S8506 [13SE]

NAFTA: parity among participating countries relative to the personal allowance for duty-free merchandise purchased abroad (see S. Res. 285), S2527 [11AP] (see S. Res. 333), S6474 [11JY]

National Airborne Day: designate (see S. Res. 301), S7165 [18JY]

National Child's Day: designate (see S. Res. 296), S3924 [11MY]

National Correctional Officers and Employees Week: designate (see S. Res. 248), S871 [28FE]

National Eat-Dinner-With-Your-Children Day: designate (see S. Res. 323), S5106 [14JN]

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

National Peace Officers Memorial Day: designate (see S. Res. 247), S86 [26JA]

National Trails System Act: clarify Federal authority relative to land acquisition from willing sellers for the majority of trails (see S. 1729), S1525 [21MR]

National Veterans Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 304), S7922 [27JY]

Natural resources: use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund conservation programs (see S. 2181), S2465 [10AP]

Navajo Code Talkers: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 2408), S7483 [24JY]

Navy: anniversary (see S. Res. 373), S10412 [12OC]

O'Connor, John Cardinal: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 2076), S680 [22FE]

Pope John Paul II: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 2453), S2728 [13AP]

Postal Service: issue a semipostal in order to afford the public a convenient way to contribute to funding for the establishment of the World War II Memorial (see S. 2739), S5240 [15JN]

Public welfare programs: allow States to pass child support directly through to families and disregard child support in determining eligibility for the temporary assistance to needy families program (see S. 1036), S2438 [7AP]

———repeal certain restrictions on food stamp eligibility and increase Federal support for emergency food assistance programs (see S. 1805), S821 [24FE]

Reagan, Ronald and Nancy: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 2459), S3737 [9MY]

Remy, France: tribute to citizens for burial of Houston Braly (see S. Con. Res. 102), S6478 [11JY]

———tribute to fundraising efforts of 364th Fighter Group for restoration of stained glass windows (see S. Con. Res. 102), S6478 [11JY]

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

Schulz, Charles M.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 2060), S2040 [3AP]

Serbia: elections (see S. Res. 365), S9964 [5OC]

Smithsonian Institution: mint coins in commemoration of the National Museum of the American Indian (see S. 2217), S6576 [12JY]

———rename the National Museum of American Art (see S. 3201), S10412 [12OC]

Social Security: expand Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program to include parents of low-income families (see S. 2923), S7656 [26JY]

———make corrections in Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program relative to the Balanced Budget Act (see S. 3165), S9944 [5OC]

———open KidSave accounts for every child at birth and invest such accounts to build retirement savings (see S. 3200), S10412 [12OC]

———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), S4578 [6JN]

Social Security Protection, Preservation, and Reform Commission: establish (see S. 2510), S3514 [4MY]

South America: grant trade benefits to certain Andean Trade Pact nations relative to textiles and apparel (see S. 2823), S6121 [29JN]

Spoon, Alan G.: appointment as citizen regent of Smithsonian Institution Board of Regents (see S.J. Res. 40), S930 [29FE]

Taxation: prevent the duplication of losses through the assumption of liabilities giving rise to a deduction (see S. 2354), S2107 [4AP]

———provide a uniform dollar limitation for transportation fringe benefits excludable from gross income (see S. 2083), S680 [22FE]

———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]

Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: improve implementation of environmental streamlining provisions (see S. 3173), S9945 [5OC]

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), S7922 [27JY]

Volunteer workers: extend appropriations for programs under the National and Community Service Act and the Domestic Volunteer Service Act (see S. 2764), S9863 [4OC]

White House Commission on the National Moment of Remembrance: establish (see S. 3181), S10723 [18OC]

Widnall, Sheila E.: appointment as citizen regent of Smithsonian Institution Board of Regents (see S.J. Res. 41), S930 [29FE]

Wisconsin (U.S.S.): issue commemorative postage stamp to honor ship and crew (see S. Con. Res. 60), S1030 [1MR]

Women: reauthorize Federal programs to prevent violence against women (see S. 2787), S6691 [13JY]

World War II: support Day of Honor 2000 to honor and recognize the service of minority veterans (see S.J. Res. 44), S2347 [6AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Barry, John: recognize as first flag officer of the U.S. Navy (see S.J. Res. 49), S6474 [11JY]

Burma: recognize anniversary of free and fair elections and improve democratic and human rights (see S. Con. Res. 113), S4014 [16MY]

Diseases: address the issue of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Africa, Asia, and Latin America (see S. 2032), S328 [3FE]

Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor: establish (see S. 3154), S9702 [3OC]

Food industry: safety of genetically engineered foods (see S. 2315), S1884 [29MR]

Foreign policy: promote economic development and stability in Southeastern Europe by providing countries in that region with additional trade benefits (see S. 2395), S2526 [11AP]

Medicaid: assure preservation of safety net hospitals through maintenance of Disproportionate Share Hospital Program (see S. 2308), S1815 [28MR]

Medicare: graduate medical education payments (see S. 2394), S2526 [11AP]

———make more competitive and efficient and provide for a prescription drug benefit (see S. 2342), S2106 [4AP]

New York: conveyance of Governors Island (see S. 2512), S3514 [4MY] (see S. 3113), S9267 [26SE]

New York, NY: relocate the Hamilton Grange to St. Nicholas Park (see S. Res. 368), S10083 [6OC]

Smithsonian Institution: construct a base facility structure for the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Submillimeter Array located in Hilo, HI (see S. 2498), S3258 [2MY]

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]

Tariff: canned tomatoes (see S. 2196, 2197, 2201, 2202), S1233 [7MR]

———N-cyclopropyl-N'-(1, 1-dimethylethyl)-6-(methylthio)-1, 3, 5-triazine-2, 4-diamine (see S. 2200), S1233 [7MR]

———synthetic quartz or synthetic fused silica (see S. 2199), S1233 [7MR]

———vanadium carbides and vanadium carbonitride (see S. 2198), S1233 [7MR]

Taxation: 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 certain expenditures to rehabilitate historic performing arts facilities (see S. 3259), S11252 [27OC]

———treatment of policyholder dividends of mutual life insurance companies and policyholder surplus accounts (see S. 2874), S6841 [14JY]

U.S. Open Society Commission: establish (see S. 3195), S10411 [12OC]

Bills and resolutions relative to

Daniel Patrick Moynihan U.S. Courthouse, New York, NY: designate (see S. 2370), S2347 [6AP]

Biographies

Peck, Robert A., S11127 [26OC]

Personal, H7726-H7734 [19SE]

Homilies

Jubilee Red Mass: Paul S. Loverde, S11247 [27OC]

Letters

Broadband Internet Access Act: Catherine R. Sloan, WorldCom, Inc., S4830 [8JN]

———David Gabel, Queens College, S4832 [8JN]

———Dukwoo Ro and Seong K. Mun, Georgetown University, S4831 [8JN]

———John G. Flores, U.S. Distance Learning Association, S4832 [8JN]

———John Windhausen, Jr., Association for Local Telecommunications Services, S4832 [8JN]

———Robert J. Clark, Bristol Bay Area Health Corp., S4831 [8JN]

———Roger Ackerman, Corning, Inc., S4832 [8JN]

———Shirley Bloomfield, North Texas Colorguard Association, S4831 [8JN]

———Thomas J. Tauke, Bell Atlantic Corp., S4831 [8JN]

Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Balanced Budget Refinement Act: Deborah F. Dietrich, Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs, S8853 [20SE]

———Howard Bedlin, National Council on the Aging, S8853 [20SE]

———Kenneth E. Raske, Greater New York Hospital Association, S8854 [20SE]

———Larry S. Gage, National Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems, S8852 [20SE]

———National Immigration Law Center, S8852 [20SE]

———Robert Greenstein, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, S8853 [20SE]

———Ronald F. Pollack, Families USA (organization), S8853 [20SE]

———Thomas J. Van Coverden, National Association of Community Health Centers, Inc., S8853 [20SE]

National missile defense system: several Nobel Prize laureates, S6592 [13JY]

People's Republic of China permanent normal trade relations upon accession to the World Trade Organization: President Clinton, S8723 [19SE]

Obituaries

Alan Emory, Longtime Washington Correspondent for Watertown Times, Dies, Associated Press (news service), S11904 [15DE]

Papers

Graduate Physician Training Positions: Dept. of Veterans Affairs, S7785 [27JY]

On the Commodification of Medicine: by, S7207-S7210 [19JY]

Privilege of the floor

Pannullo, Jerry, S3852 [10MY]

Sparrow, John, S3852 [10MY]

Remarks

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4461), S7207 [19JY]

Alessandro, Thomas: Dept. of Justice Crime Victim Service Award recipient, S4010 [16MY]

Appropriations: legislative process, S9436 [28SE]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 109), S9436 [28SE]

Architect of the Capitol: eliminate and modify certain parking areas to improve the Capitol Grounds (S. 160), S5451 [20JN]

Bankruptcy: amend laws (S. 625), S74 [26JA], S249 [2FE]

Barry, John: recognize as first flag officer of the U.S. Navy (S.J. Res. 49), S6476 [11JY]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and elimination of the marriage tax penalty (H.R. 4810), S6801 [14JY], S7045 [17JY], S7109 [18JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and elimination of the marriage tax penalty (H.R. 4810), conference report, S7410, S7413, S7416 [21JY]

Burma: recognize anniversary of free and fair elections and improve democratic and human rights (S. Con. Res. 113), S4026 [16MY]

Bush, George W.: remarks on New York (NY) Times reporter Adam Clymer, S8340 [11SE]

Callahan, John J.: St. Bonaventure University Gaudete Medal recipient, S1508 [21MR]

Capitol Building and Grounds: construction of the Capitol Visitor Center, S5451 [20JN]

Catholic Charities USA (organization): anniversary, S9189 [25SE]

China, People's Republic of: certification of certain human rights conditions prior to granting permanent normal trade relations, S8378, S8380 [12SE]

———permanent normal trade relations upon accession and the Republic of China's accession to the World Trade Organization, S8722 [19SE]

———permanent normal trade relations upon accession to the World Trade Organization (H.R. 4444), S7770 [27JY], S8065 [6SE], S8146, S8159 [7SE], S8252, S8254, S8257, S8258, S8259 [8SE], S8378, S8380 [12SE], S8466, S8480, S8482, S8483, S8493 [13SE], S8543 [14SE], S8722, S8723 [19SE]

———permanent normal trade relations upon accession to the World Trade Organization (H.R. 4444), motion to proceed, S7974-S7978 [5SE]

———permanent normal trade relations upon accession to the World Trade Organization (S. 2277), S1672 [23MR]

———require annual report on normal trade relations status, S8159 [7SE]

———support transfer of U.S. clean energy technology as part of U.S. foreign assistance program, S8146 [7SE]

Clean Air Act: reduce acid deposition (S. 172), S9934 [5OC]

Committee on Finance (Senate): discharge of committee and confirmation of nominations, S10884 [23OC]

———tribute to Members and staff for efforts on Trade and Development Act, S3787 [10MY]

Committee on the Year 2000 Technology Problem (Senate, Special): tribute (S. Res. 264), S979 [29FE]

Coverdell, Paul: tribute (S. Res. 338), S7168 [18JY]

Crime: constitutional amendment on protection of victims' rights (S.J. Res. 3), motion to proceed, S2844, S2845, S2850 [25AP]

Daniel Patrick Moynihan U.S. Courthouse, New York, NY: designate (S. 2370), S3556 [4MY]

Daniels, George B.: nomination to be district judge, S758 [24FE]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2549), S6592 [13JY]

———making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (S. 2521), unanimous-consent agreement, S3862 [11MY]

Dept. of HHS: State Children's Health Insurance Program funding, S5828 [27JN]

Dept. of Justice: handling of investigation of missing nuclear missile technology from Los Alamos National Laboratory, addressing of agency security issues, and determination of accountability for security lapses, S8568 [14SE]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), S5828 [27JN], S6213 [30JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4577), conference report, S11877 [15DE]

Diseases: address the issue of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Africa, Asia, and Latin America (S. 2032), S330 [3FE], S8283 [8SE]

———establish an international trust fund to combat the AIDS epidemic (H.R. 3519), S8283 [8SE]

Drugs: allow importation of prescription drugs into the U.S. by pharmacists and wholesalers for resale, S7207 [19JY]

———registration requirements for practitioners who dispense narcotic drugs for maintenance or detoxification treatment, S9113 [22SE]

Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor: establish (S. 3154), S9746 [3OC]

European Union: World Trade Organization ruling on export subsidies, S11457, S11458 [1NO]

Fillmore, NY: anniversary, S967 [29FE]

Firearms: gun control, S6105 [29JN]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (S.J. Res. 14), S1807 [28MR]

Food industry: safety of genetically engineered foods (S. 2315), S1894 [29MR]

Foreign policy: authorize trade and investment policy relative to sub-Saharan Africa (H.R. 434), conference report, S3790 [10MY], S3858, S3859, S3863, S3867, S3874 [11MY]

Foreign trade: authorizing appropriations for technical assistance to promote trade anti-corruption measures (S. 2382), S3858 [11MY]

———improve procedures for restricting imports of archaeological and ethnological material, S11877 [15DE]

———provide additional trade benefits to certain beneficiary countries in the Caribbean, S3790 [10MY], S3859 [11MY]

———temporarily modify certain rates of duty and make other technical amendments to the trade laws (H.R. 4868), S10582, S10583 [13OC]

———tobacco export subsidies, S11458 [1NO]

Garaufis, Nicholas G.: nomination as district judge, S4450 [25MY]

Georgia, Republic of: permanent normal trade relations status, S10583 [13OC]

Greenspan, Alan: nomination to be FRS Board of Governors Chairman, S272 [2FE]

Harry S Truman Federal Building, Washington, DC: designate (H.R. 3639), S4908 [8JN]

———designate (S. 2416), S2729 [13AP]

Islip, NY: dedication of U.S. Couthouse, S11126 [26OC]

Library of Congress: bicentennial, S4291 [23MY]

Lynch, Gerard E.: nomination to be district judge, S4273 [23MY]

Medicaid: assure preservation of safety net hospitals through maintenance of Disproportionate Share Hospital Program (S. 2308), S1822 [28MR]

———coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment for certain women and research on relationship between cervical cancer and human papillomavirus (H.R. 4386), S9822 [4OC]

Medicare: graduate medical education payments, S7785 [27JY]

———graduate medical education payments (S. 2394), S2534 [11AP]

———use of additional projected surplus funds to supplement funding previously reduced under the Balanced Budget Act, S7785 [27JY]

Middle East: condemn current level of violence between Israelis and Palestinians, S10395 [12OC]

Million Mom March: tribute to event supporting gun control legislation (S. Res. 305), S3862 [11MY]

Minimum wage: level (S. 2284), S1660 [23MR]

National security: national objectives priority assignments, S11837-S11841 [15DE]

———require operationally realistic testing of any national missile defense system against countermeasures, S6592 [13JY]

New York: conveyance of Governors Island (S. 2512), S3530 [4MY]

New York, NY: relocate the Hamilton Grange to St. Nicholas Park (S. Res. 368), S10095 [6OC]

New York Historical Society: funding, S6213 [30JN]

New York Mets (baseball team): tribute, S9848 [4OC]

New York Yankees (baseball team): tribute, S9848 [4OC]

Point of order, S7045 [17JY]

Professional Boxing Safety Act: standardize physical examinations for boxers and require periodic brain CAT scans to obtain a boxing license (S. 143), S2342 [6AP]

Public Health Service Act: provide certain children's health services (H.R. 4365), S9113 [22SE]

Qualliotine, Russell J.: nomination to be U.S. Marshal, S6462 [11JY]

SBA: improve the certified development company program (H.R. 2614), conference report, S11303 [28OC]

SEC: require corporations to disclose foreign investment information, S8543 [14SE]

Senate: appreciation of opportunity to serve, S9561 [2OC], S11304 [28OC], S11460 [1NO], S11837 [15DE]

———legislative program, S9824 [4OC]

Senate Commission on Art: procure the paintings of former Senators Arthur H. Vandenberg and Robert F. Wagner to be placed in unfilled spaces in the Senate reception room (S. Res. 380), S11303 [28OC]

Smithsonian Institution: construct a base facility structure for the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Submillimeter Array located in Hilo, HI (S. 2498), S3262 [2MY]

Social Security: age eligibility for full unreduced old-age benefits, S1490, S1491 [21MR]

———budget treatment of trust funds, S1533 [22MR]

———eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (H.R. 5), S1484, S1485, S1490, S1491, S1493 [21MR], S1533, S1540 [22MR]

———make corrections in Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program relative to the Balanced Budget Act (S. 3077), S8825 [20SE]

———make corrections in Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program relative to the Balanced Budget Act (S. 3165), S9947 [5OC]

———open KidSave accounts for every child at birth and invest such accounts to build retirement savings, S6638 [13JY]

———require report to Congress on solvency, S1484 [21MR]

Tariff: canned tomatoes (S. 2196), S1236 [7MR]

———canned tomatoes (S. 2197), S1236 [7MR]

———canned tomatoes (S. 2201), S1236 [7MR]

———canned tomatoes (S. 2202), S1236 [7MR]

———N-cyclopropyl-N'-(1, 1-dimethylethyl)-6-(methylthio)-1, 3, 5-triazine-2, 4-diamine (S. 2200), S1236 [7MR]

———synthetic quartz or synthetic fused silica (S. 2199), S1236 [7MR]

———vanadium carbides and vanadium carbonitride (S. 2198), S1236 [7MR]

Taxation: allow a credit to holders of qualified bonds issued by Amtrak, S11830 [15DE]

———extend research and development tax credit, S6611 [13JY]

———incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability (S. 2698), S4827 [8JN]

———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), S6586, S6605, S6608, S6611, S6622, S6623, S6638, S6642, S6644, S6664 [13JY]

———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), motion to proceed, S6407, S6408 [11JY]

———provide a credit for certain expenditures to rehabilitate historic performing arts facilities (S. 3259), S11256 [27OC]

———provide a uniform dollar limitation for transportation fringe benefits excludable from gross income (S. 2083), S687 [22FE]

———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), S9703 [3OC]

———relief, S11303 [28OC]

———repeal the exclusion of certain income of foreign sales corporations (H.R. 4986), S11457, S11458 [1NO]

———require certain political organizations to report information to the IRS (H.R. 4762), S6044, S6046 [29JN]

———temporarily suspend motor fuel taxes (H.R. 4834), S6622, S6623 [13JY]

———treatment of adoption expenses relative to special needs children, S11303 [28OC]

———treatment of certain qualified personal service provider income, S3867 [11MY]

———treatment of employer-provided transit benefits, S74 [26JA]

———treatment of policyholder dividends of mutual life insurance companies and policyholder surplus accounts (S. 2874), S6843 [14JY]

———treatment of Social Security benefits, S6642, S6644 [13JY]

———treatment of tax-exempt financing for professional sports facilities (S. 224), S9257 [26SE]

Vietnamese Conflict: anniversary of fall of South Vietnam to communism, S3186 [1MY]

Western States: impact of wildfires, S7974 [5SE]

Remarks in House relative to

Daniel Patrick Moynihan U.S. Courthouse, New York, NY: designate (S. 2370), H2975-H2978 [15MY]

Tribute, H7725-H7740 [19SE], E1541 [20SE], E1587 [25SE], E1599 [27SE]

Remarks in Senate relative to

Daniel Patrick Moynihan U.S. Courthouse, New York, NY: designate (S. 2370), S2348, S2349 [6AP], S3555-S3557 [4MY]

Tribute, S1540 [22MR], S3555-S3557 [4MY], S6802 [14JY], S8099 [6SE], S9559 [2OC], S10238 [11OC], S11120 [26OC], S11243, S11245 [27OC], S11296, S11303, S11304 [28OC], S11384, S11418 [31OC], S11459, S11476, S11477 [1NO], S11558 [5DE], S11822, S11841-S11843 [15DE]

Reports filed

Daniel Patrick Moynihan U.S. Courthouse, New York, NY: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 2370), S2726 [13AP]

Summaries

Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Balanced Budget Refinement Act (S. 3077), S8851 [20SE]

Tables

Proposed steps to eliminating Social Security long-term deficit, S1534 [22MR]

Texts of

S. 2308, Medicaid Safety Net Hospital Act, S1822 [28MR]

S. 2315, Genetically Engineered Food Safety Act, S1894-S1897 [29MR]

S. 2370, Daniel Patrick Moynihan U.S. Courthouse, New York, NY, S2349 [6AP], S3557 [4MY], H2975 [15MY]

S. 2394, Teaching Hospital Preservation Act, S2534 [11AP]

S. 2498, construct a base facility structure for the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Submillimeter Array located in Hilo, HI, S3263 [2MY]

S. 2698, Broadband Internet Access Act, S4829 [8JN]

S. 2874, Life Insurance Tax Simplification Act, S6843 [14JY]

S. 3077, Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Balanced Budget Refinement Act, S8826-S8851 [20SE]

S. 3154, Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor Act, S9746-S9749 [3OC]

S.J. Res. 49, recognize John Barry as first flag officer of the U.S. Navy, S6476 [11JY]

Tributes

Canby, Vincent, S11737 [7DE]

Chafee, John H., S6003 [28JN]

Coverdell, Paul, S7309 [20JY]

Emory, Alan, S11904 [15DE]

Fuller, Alice, S4187 [18MY]

Halberstam, Aaron, S1978 [30MR]

Kerrey, Senator, S3186 [1MY]

Lamb, Debbie, S8722 [19SE]

Loverde, Paul S., S11247 [27OC]

Mahoney, David, S7445 [21JY]

Maxwell, William, S7998 [5SE]

Mohr, Charles J., S2342 [6AP]

O'Connor, John Cardinal, S3469 [4MY]

Peck, Robert A., S11126 [26OC]

Russert, Timothy J., S5456 [20JN]

Shanin Family, S6671 [13JY]

Specter, Senator, S6671 [13JY]

Stephenson, Alphonse, S97 [26JA]

Vaghi, Peter J., S6585 [13JY]