TECHNOLOGY related term(s) Electronics; Research
Addresses
Joint Meeting of Congress: Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Prime Minister of India, H7580 [14SE]
Technology and the New Economy: Alan Greenspan, FRS, S272-S275 [2FE]
Witness to Life—Catholic Church and the Death Penalty: Roger Mahony, S7826-S7828 [27JY]
Agreements
Digital empowerment by ensuring computer literacy for all children: Consortium for Outstanding Achievement in Teaching With Technology, S1398 [9MR]
Amendments
Computers: networking and information technology research and development funding (H.R. 2086), H219 [7FE], H255 [8FE], H343 [10FE], H373, H374 [14FE], H398, H400, H401, H402, H403, H404, H405, H406, H407, H455 [15FE]
Courts: reporting requirements for eavesdropping and surveillance activities of Federal and State law enforcement agencies (S. 1769), S2813 [13AP]
Dept. of Agriculture: establish an electronic filing and retrieval system to improve public access to certain information (S. 777), S4209, S4215, S4216 [18MY], H3892 [6JN]
Federal agencies and departments: improve ability to license federally owned inventions (H.R. 209), S9975, S10027 [5OC], H9947 [17OC]
Immigration: increase number of temporary visas for skilled workers and expand education and training opportunities for U.S. students and workers (S. 2045), S9026, S9037, S9039, S9042, S9045 [22SE], S9202, S9205 [25SE], S9220, S9272, S9273, S9276, S9279, S9281, S9284, S9287, S9289, S9290, S9293, S9297, S9299, S9302, S9305, S9308, S9310, S9313 [26SE], S9481, S9484, S9502, S9504, S9505, S9507, S9508, S9509, S9510, S9511, S9512, S9513, S9514, S9515, S9517, S9519, S9526 [28SE]
Law enforcement: facilitate exchange and collection of DNA identification information from violent offenders (H.R. 4640), S11643, S11645 [6DE], H12031 [7DE]
———improve the quality and credibility of forensic science services for criminal justice purposes (S. 3045), S11148, S11185 [26OC]
Materials Corridor Partnership Initiative: establish multiagency program to promote energy efficient and environmentally sound economic development along the Mexican border (S. 397), S2791 [13AP]
Natural gas: promote research and development of methane hydrate resources (H.R. 1753), S2805 [13AP]
Next Generation Internet Act: reauthorize (S. 2046), S8992, S9009 [21SE]
Power resources: authorize research to promote the conversion of biomass into biobased industrial products (S. 935), S962, S972 [29FE]
Taxation: extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (H.R. 3709), S4925 [9JN], H2779 [9MY], H2801, H2803, H2807, H2815 [10MY]
Telephones: prohibit telemarketers from interfering with a consumers caller identification service (H.R. 3100), H8273 [27SE]
Television: authorize loan guarantees to facilitate access to local television broadcast signals in unserved and underserved areas (S. 2097), S1915 [29MR], S1927, S1934, S1935, S1940, S1951, S1955, S1957, S1963, S1964, S1965, S2000, S2001, S2002, S2003 [30MR]
———ensure local service to small, rural markets by satellite providers (H.R. 3615), H2283, H2292 [13AP]
Analyses
Agricultural Risk Protection Act (H.R. 2559): Biomass Research and Development Provisions, E888 [6JN]
Federal Workforce Digital Access Act (H.R. 4232), E533 [11AP]
Appointments
National Commission for the Review of the National Reconnaissance Office, S102 [26JA]
Articles and editorials
Amid Race Profiling Claims, Asian-Americans Avoid Labs, H6074-H6076 [17JY]
Biosafety Assessment of Aquatic GMOs—The Case of Transgenic Fish, H4449 [14JN]
Bush Averse to More College Grant Funding—Let Students Get Loans, Candidate Says in Eau Claire, H2247 [13AP]
Castagnoli's Discovery May Protect Against Parkinson's Disease, H5558 [29JN]
China, Trade and Missiles, S8617 [15SE]
Commercial Scale Cultivation of Pharmaceutical-Producing Tobacco Possible, Virginia Tech Scientists Find, H5559 [29JN]
Death Edict for the Guilty Only, S4682 [7JN]
Demagogic Bill, H2793 [10MY]
Discrimination Goes High-Tech, S6077 [29JN]
DNA Dilemma—Gene Tests Can Cost You, S6076 [29JN]
DoubleClick Exec Says Privacy Legislation Needn't Crimp Results, S794 [24FE]
Dr. Truth, S62 [26JA]
FBI Agent Recants Testimony Against Los Alamos Scientist Lee, H9893 [12OC]
For Unmanned Systems, the Time Has Come, S6829 [14JY]
Ford Offers Home PC to Every Employee, S386 [7FE]
Free PCs Give Ford Web Edge—Computers, Internet Access Put Workers in High-Tech Age, S386 [7FE]
Gene Privacy, S6076 [29JN]
Gene Secrets—Clinton Right To Oppose Genetic Discrimination, S6077 [29JN]
Genetic Research—Foes of Biotechnology Ignore Global Hunger, S61 [26JA]
Government Wants Control of MS, S3554 [4MY]
Government's Flawed Pursuit of Microsoft, S4572 [6JN]
Ground Rules for DNA Sampling, S6077 [29JN]
How To Create a Skilled-Labor Shortage, S9371 [27SE]
IBM Assembling Explosive New Supercomputer Processors To Mimic Nuclear Detonations at Livermore Lab, E1188 [10JY]
In This Case, Tobacco Could Be a Lifesaver, H5560 [29JN]
India's Unwired Villages Mired in the Distant Past, S2463 [10AP]
Innocent on Death Row, S4681, S4682 [7JN]
Into the Sunshine, H9892 [12OC]
Laudable Gift of Life and Sight, E1540 [20SE]
New Looks at the Death Penalty, S4683 [7JN]
New Ventures Aim To Put Farms in Vanguard of Drug Production—Altering Gene Structure To ``Grow'' Medicines in Common Crops, H5561 [29JN]
On Virginia's Death Row, S4683 [7JN]
Patients' Voices—The Powerful Sound in the Stem Cell Debate, E201 [29FE]
Perverse Use of Antitrust Law, S8565 [14SE]
``Pooch'' May Be the Father of Net, E1826 [19OC]
Possible Ecological Risks of Transgenic Organism Release When Transgenes Affect Mating Success—Sexual Selection and the Trojan Gene Hypothesis, H4449-H4451 [14JN]
Qualcomm Chief Named Scientist of the Year by Women's Group, E531 [11AP]
Questioning the Labor Shortage, E1454 [13SE]
Raising the Technology Curtain—China's Burgeoning High-Tech Sector Is Squeezing Out U.S. Imports, S8397 [12SE]
Remote Sensing Center Establishment, H5560 [29JN]
Require Certainty Before Executing, S7820 [27JY]
Staffing Science Policy-Making, S11911 [15DE]
Teachers Online but Disconnected, S2110 [4AP]
Thoughts on Executions, S4681 [7JN]
Times and Wen Ho Lee, H9883 [12OC]
Unmaking of Americans, S3813 [10MY]
Virginia Tech Begins Field Trials of Genetically Engineered Tobacco Plants Producing Pharmaceuticals, H5559 [29JN]
Wavering Senator Feeling Pressure on China Trade Bill, S8467 [13SE]
Wen Ho Lee's Problematic Polygraph, H9884 [12OC]
Who's Afraid of Genetic Engineering?, S60 [26JA]
Without Biotechnology, We'll Starve—Agricultural Genetic Engineering Is Subject to More Safeguards Than Many Unaltered Foods We Eat, S61 [26JA]
Your PC Is Watching, E1950 [26OC]
Bills and resolutions
Agriculture: authorize the issuance of electronic warehouse receipts for all commodities to increase efficiency (see S. 2734), S5240 [15JN] (see S. 3001), S8105 [6SE]
———require licensing and inspection of warehouses and authorize the issuance of electronic warehouse receipts for all commodities to increase efficiency (see H.R. 5169), H7577 [13SE]
Air Force: establish an Office of Air Force Research and enhance research functions (see H.R. 5490), H10256 [18OC]
Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation: funding (see S. 2545), S3916 [11MY]
Business and industry: encourage the formation of industry-led training consortia (see S. 2261), S1512 [21MR]
———increase fees charged to employers who are petitioners for the employment of H-1B non-immigrant workers (see H.R. 5362), H8735 [3OC]
———restrict use of mandatory minimum personnel experience and educational requirements in procurement of information technology goods or services unless sufficiently justified (see H.R. 3582), H253 [8FE]
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]
———reduce the risk that innocent persons may be executed (see H.R. 4078), H1405 [23MR] (see H.R. 4167), H1762 [4AP]
———temporary moratorium to ensure that defendants have adequate counsel and to allow those convicted to have a reasonable opportunity to present new evidence of innocence (see H.R. 3623), H340 [10FE] (see H.R. 4162), H1762 [4AP]
———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] (see S. 3048), S8585 [14SE] (see H.R. 5236, 5237), H7990 [21SE]
Children's Internet Safety Month: designate (see S. Res. 294), S2865 [25AP]
China, People's Republic of: apply certain measures in response to the illegal sale, transfer, or misuse of certain controlled goods, services, or technology (see S. 2645), S4460 [25MY] (see H.R. 4829), H5954 (see H.R. 4836), H5955 [12JY]
Commission for the Comprehensive Study of Privacy Protection: establish (see S. 3040), S8501 [13SE] (see H.R. 4049), H1163 [21MR]
Committee on the Year 2000 Technology Problem (Senate, Special): tribute (see S. Res. 264), S930 [29FE]
Community development: provide for community renewal and new markets initiatives (see H.R. 5663), H12094 [14DE]
Computers: allow issuance of single order to trace computer crime in multiple jurisdictions and modify damage requirements, sentencing guidelines, and treatment of juveniles in computer crimes (see S. 2092), S799 [24FE]
———apply certain disclosure requirements to operators of Internet web sites (see H.R. 3770), H630 [1MR]
———combat hacking through enhanced law enforcement and protect privacy of computer users (see S. 2430), S2727 [13AP]
———encourage broadband technology deployment to rural areas (see S. 2307), S1815 [28MR] (see H.R. 4122), H1588 [29MR] (see H.R. 5069), H7208 [27JY]
———encourage disclosure and exchange of information relative to cyber security of critical infrastructure (see S. 3188), S10252 [11OC] (see H.R. 4246), H2238 [12AP]
———establish a system for businesses to comply with recognized principles concerning personal information obtained through electronic commerce (see H.R. 4059), H1284 [22MR]
———improve Internet security and protect against cyberterrorism (see S. 2448), S2728 [13AP] (see H. Con. Res. 285), H1077 [15MR]
———networking and information technology research and development funding (H.R. 2086), consideration (see H. Res. 422), H339 [10FE]
———prevent the use of certain bank instruments for Internet gambling (see H.R. 4419), H2905 [10MY]
———prohibit gambling on the Internet (see H.R. 5020), H7207 [27JY]
———prohibit the imposition of access charges and other unfair fees on the provision of Internet services (see H.R. 4202), H1956 [6AP]
———protection from unsolicited and unwanted e-mail (see S. 2542), S3916 [11MY]
———provide Federal employees with a home computer and Internet access (see H.R. 4232), H2121 [11AP]
———provide for digital empowerment by ensuring computer literacy for all children (see S. 2229), S1391 [9MR] (see H.R. 3897), H921 [9MR]
———require providers of electronic mailboxes to provide forwarding addresses (see H.R. 4455), H3049 [15MY]
———support Internet safety awareness (see H. Res. 575), H7502 [12SE]
———tribute to Federal workforce for successfully preparing for year 2000 computer problem (see H. Con. Res. 300), H1957 [6AP]
Consumers: prohibit operators of automatic teller machines that display paid advertising from imposing any fee (see H.R. 4812), H5736 [10JY]
Copyrights: reform laws relative to personal interactive performances of recorded musical works (see H.R. 5275), H8061 [25SE]
Courts: assist States in reducing backlog of cases awaiting DNA analysis and make DNA testing available to certain convicted Federal and State offenders (see S. 2859), S6677 [13JY]
Crime: abolish Federal statute of limitations for sex offenses and assist States in reducing backlog of cases awaiting DNA analysis (see S. 3168), S9944 [5OC]
———allow use of DNA testing by Federal prisoners (see H.R. 4980), H7128 [26JY]
———establish a Federal Internet Crimes Against Children Computer Training Facility (see H.R. 3871), H920 [9MR]
———modify authority relative to the use of pen registers, trap and trace devices, and computer fraud activities (see H.R. 4347), H2410 [2MY]
———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (see S. 2783), S5790 [26JN]
———treatment of the interception of electronic communications (see H.R. 5018), H7206 [27JY]
Dept. of Commerce: establish certain procedures for exports of satellites and related items to the People's Republic of China (see H.R. 4417), H2905 [10MY]
Dept. of Defense: adjustment of composite theoretical performance levels of high performance computers (see H.R. 3680), H509 [16FE]
———coordinate and facilitate the development of directed energy technologies, systems, and weapons (see S. 2573), S4103 [17MY]
Dept. of Education: provide grants to develop technologies to eliminate functional barriers to full independence for disabled individuals (see S. 3211), S10619 [17OC]
Dept. of Energy: assess effectiveness of policy and site performance in the areas of safeguards and security and cyber security (see H.R. 3906), H996 [14MR]
———investigation of missing nuclear missile technology from Los Alamos National Laboratory, addressing of agency security issues, and determination of accountability for security lapses (see H. Res. 534), H5240 [27JN]
———networking and information technology research and development funding (see S. 2336), S1986 [30MR]
———require an inventory of documents and devices containing restricted data at national security laboratories and improve security procedures for access to vaults containing such data (see H.R. 4737), H5084 [23JN]
Dept. of Justice: establish an Office of Science and Technology in the Office of Justice Programs (see H.R. 4403), H2770 [9MY]
———make grants to the Boys and Girls Clubs of America to establish after-school technology programs (see S. 2061), S613 [10FE] (see H.R. 4178), H1763 [4AP]
Dept. of the Air Force: offer voluntary separation incentives and early retirement to civilian employees and implement experimental hiring practices to maintain a skilled and adaptive workforce (see H.R. 4382), H2605 [4MY]
Digital Bridge Trust Fund: establish (see H.R. 4477), H3308 [17MY]
Disasters: reduce impacts of hurricanes, tornadoes, and other windstorms through a program of research and development and technology transfer (see H.R. 5499), H10472 [19OC]
Drugs: enhance consumer protection in the purchase of prescription drugs from Internet pharmacies (see S. 3208), S10619 [17OC] (see H.R. 5476), H10036 [17OC]
Economy: provide certain benefits and assistance to workers displaced by trade or technology and assist communities experiencing economic distress in restructuring their economies (see H.R. 5473), H9907 [16OC]
Education: distribute funds to State educational agencies to advance the use of technology to effectively teach our students computer skills and improve the general educational performance of students (see H.R. 4473), H3172 [16MY]
———establish a program for next-generation technology grants to improve teaching and learning in schools (see H.R. 4183), H1851 [5AP]
———establish and expand programs relating to science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (see S. 2623, 2624), S4379 [24MY] (see H.R. 4271, 4272), H2336 [13AP]
———establish grants to develop a high-technology infrastructure of educational and cultural resources and a systemic link between such resources and local educational and cultural partnerships (see S. 2762), S5555 [21JN]
———establish program that improves achievement through the integration of technology into curriculum (see H.R. 4081), H1405 [23MR]
———modernize public schools, reduce class size, increase access to technology, enhance school safety, improve teacher quality, and strengthen accountability for academic results (see H.R. 4346), H2409 [2MY]
———provide for teacher technology training (see S. 2119), S929 [29FE]
———provide grants to local agencies to assist schools in obtaining computer software for bilingual education (see H.R. 4349), H2410 [2MY]
———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] (see H.R. 4176), H1763 [4AP]
———provide greater access to high quality distance education programs (see H.R. 3542), H49 [27JA]
———strengthen math and science training to prepare students to enter the information technology workforce (see S. 2067), S613 [10FE]
Electronic commerce: require disclosure of ownership and management information on Internet websites (see H.R. 5620), H11781 [1NO]
Elementary and Secondary Education Act: assist States and local educational agencies with expenses of Federal infrastructure, technology, and equipment requirements (see H.R. 4766), H5240 [27JN]
EPA: establish position of Deputy Administrator for Science and Technology (see H.R. 5195), H7722 [18SE]
Executive Office of the President: establish a Federal Chief Information Officer and an Office of Information Policy (see H.R. 5024), H7207 [27JY]
Families and domestic relations: enable domestic violence hotline operators to access an Internet site to immediately direct callers to an available shelter (see S. 3110), S9267 [26SE]
FCC: establish minimum quality standards, and monitor complaints, on wireless telephone service (see H.R. 4742), H5084 [23JN]
Firearms: require ballistics testing of all firearms that are most commonly used in crime and provide for compilation and use of ballistics information to curb the use of firearms in crime (see S. 2715), S5027 [13JN] (see H.R. 4150), H1674 [3AP]
Food: educate the public on the use of biotechnology in producing food and support additional scientific research into potential economic and environmental risks and benefits (see S. 2838), S6257 [30JN]
———educate the public on the use of biotechnology in producing food and support additional scientific research into the potential economic and environmental risks and benefits of using biotechnology (see H.R. 4627), H4173 [9JN]
Foreign trade: export controls on certain high-performance computers (see S. 2539), S3831 [10MY]
Government: provide individual Federal agencies and the executive branch with increased incentives to use the share-in-savings program for information technology contracting (see S. 3166), S9944 [5OC]
———report on progress in developing infrastructure assurance strategies and Dept. of Defense role in implementing such strategies and detecting information warfare programs (see S. 2702), S4820 [8JN]
Health: prohibit health insurance and employment discrimination on the basis of genetic information (H.R. 2457), consideration (see H. Res. 520), H4174 [9JN]
Immigration: improve use of amounts deposited into the H-1B nonimmigrant petitioner account for demonstration programs to provide technical skills training for certain high demand occupations (see H.R. 4402), H2770 [9MY]
———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] (see H.R. 3814), H631 [1MR]
———promote a fairer and more efficient means for using highly skilled workers and improve collection and use of H-1B nonimmigrant fees (see H.R. 3983), H1076 [15MR]
———provide H-1B nonimmigrant status to aliens without regard to certain limits if the U.S. employer seeking the alien's entry makes a scholarship contribution to an institution of higher education (see H.R. 5625), H11842 [3NO]
Internet: exempt certain telecommunications traffic from reciprocal compensation requirements (see H.R. 4445), H3049 [15MY]
Katie Poirier Abduction Emergency Fund: establish (see S. 2055), S612 [10FE]
Law enforcement: allow post-conviction DNA tests, make grants to States to include samples in FBI Combined DNA Index System, and collect and analyze samples from certain offenders for FBI system (see H.R. 5000), H7206 [27JY]
———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]
———establish national integrated ballistics information network (see H.R. 5148), H7501 [12SE]
———facilitate exchange and collection of DNA identification information from violent offenders (see H.R. 4640), H4220 [12JN]
———improve the quality and credibility of forensic science services for criminal justice purposes (see S. 3045), S8585 [14SE]
Medicare: coverage of augmentative communication devices (see H.R. 4479), H3308 [17MY]
———improve the manner in which new medical technologies are made available to beneficiaries (see S. 3082), S8823 [20SE] (see H.R. 4395), H2654 [8MY]
———increase access to health care for beneficiaries through telehealth services (see H.R. 4841), H5955 [12JY]
———increase access to health care for beneficiaries through telemedicine (see S. 2505), S3513 [4MY] (see H.R. 4771), H5240 [27JN]
———provide for moratorium on mandatory delay of payment of claims and establish advanced informational infrastructure for administration of Federal health benefit programs (see S. 2312), S1883 [29MR] (see H.R. 4401), H2769 [9MY]
NASA: authorize the lease, joint-development, or use of a commercially provided inflatable habitation module for the international space station (see H.R. 5183), H7651 [14SE]
National Centers for Distance Working: establish (see S. 2447), S2728 [13AP]
National Commission on Space: establish (see S. 2988), S7840 [27JY]
Native Americans: provide loans for the improvement of telecommunications services on Indian reservations (see S. 3114), S9267 [26SE]
Natural gas: promote research and development of methane hydrate resources (H.R. 1753), Senate amendments (see H. Res. 453), H1674 [3AP]
———promote research and development of methane hydrate resources (H.R. 1753), consideration (see H. Res. 424), H573 [29FE]
Next Generation Internet Act: reauthorize (see S. 2046), S538 [9FE]
NIH: biomedical research funding (see S. Res. 253), S381 [7FE] (see H. Res. 437), H921 [9MR]
———experimental program to stimulate competitive research (see S. 2358), S2233 [5AP] (see H.R. 4280), H2337 [13AP]
———support modernization and construction of biomedical and behavioral research facilities and laboratory instrumentation (see H.R. 4431), H2966 [11MY]
NIST: authorize work with manufacturing industries on an initiative of standards development and implementation for electronic enterprise integration (see H.R. 4906), H6717 [20JY]
———establish electronic commerce extension program to ensure that small businesses participate fully in the electronic commerce revolution (see H.R. 4429), H2966 [11MY]
NSF: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 4485), H3308 [17MY] (see H.R. 4491), H3412 [18MY] (see H.R. 4500), H3474 [19MY] (see H.R. 4901), H6717 [20JY]
Office of Information Technology: establish (see H.R. 4670), H4590 [15JN]
Pharmaceuticals: availability of HIV/AIDS pharmaceuticals and medical technologies in sub-Saharan Africa and other developing countries (see H.R. 5101), H7210 [27JY]
Privacy: disclose the collection of information through computer software (see S. 3180), S10083 [6OC] (see H.R. 5571), H11206 [26OC]
———enhance and protect privacy of computer users (see S. 3083), S8823 [20SE]
———prohibit use of electronic measurement units to scan car radios (see S. 2057), S612 [10FE]
———protect consumer privacy (see S. 2606), S4297 [23MY]
———protect consumer privacy on the Internet (see S. 2928), S7656 [26JY] (see H.R. 5430), H9634 [10OC]
———regulate use of personal information obtained by interactive computer services (see S. 2063), S613 [10FE] (see H.R. 3560), H90 [31JA]
———strengthen and clarify prohibitions on electronic eavesdropping (see S. 2326), S1884 [29MR] (see H.R. 4987), H7205 [27JY]
Product safety: promote new and revised toxicological tests that protect human, animal, and environmental health while reducing need for animal testing (see H.R. 4281), H2337 [13AP]
Research: increase the international exchange and availability of biotechnology information and coordinate a Federal strategy to advance the benefits of biotechnology (see S. 2106), S799 [24FE]
SBA: establish a vocational and technical entrepreneurship development demonstration program (see H.R. 5249), H7990 [21SE]
Smithsonian Institution: construct a base facility structure for the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Submillimeter Array located in Hilo, HI (see S. 2498), S3258 [2MY] (see H.R. 4729), H5083 [23JN]
Tariff: digital versatile discs (DVDs) manufacturing equipment (see S. 2646, 2647, 2648, 2649, 2650, 2651, 2652, 2653, 2654, 2655, 2656, 2657, 2658, 2659, 2660, 2661, 2662, 2663, 2664), S4460 [25MY] (see H.R. 3778, 3779, 3780, 3781, 3782, 3783, 3784, 3785, 3786, 3787, 3788, 3789, 3790, 3791, 3792, 3793, 3794, 3795), H630 [1MR]
Taxation: allow a refundable credit for the purchase of computer software that filters child pornography and material that is violent, obscene, or harmful to minors (see H.R. 5181), H7651 [14SE]
———allow credit for the cost of certain equipment used to convert public television broadcasting from analog to digital transmission (see S. 3229), S10926 [24OC]
———credit for development costs of telecommunications facilities in rural areas (see S. 2321), S1884 [29MR]
———establish nexus requirements for State and local taxation of mobile telecommunication services (see H.R. 4391), H2654 [8MY]
———expand the enhanced deduction for corporate donations of computer technology to public libraries and community centers (see S. 2302), S1815 [28MR]
———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]
———extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (see S. 2255), S1512 [21MR] (see H.R. 4460), H3171 [16MY]
———extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (H.R. 3709), consideration (see H. Res. 496), H2769 [9MY]
———make permanent the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (see S. 2028), S328 [3FE] (see S. 2036), S381 [7FE] (see H.R. 3709), H572 [29FE]
———provide incentives for production, sale, and use of highly fuel-efficient, advanced-technology motor vehicles (see S. 2685), S4669 [7JN] (see H.R. 4270), H2336 [13AP]
———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]
———provide incentives to reduce energy consumption (see S. 2718), S5027 [13JN] (see H.R. 5176), H7651 [14SE] (see H.R. 5345), H8551 [29SE]
———provide jurisdictional standards for imposition of State and local business activity, sales, and use tax obligations on interstate commerce (see S. 2401), S2527 [11AP]
———treatment of certain profits of businesses operated in connection with a public-private partnership with Centers of Industrial and Technical Excellence (see S. 3056), S8635 [15SE]
———treatment of computer contributions (see S. 2424), S2727 [13AP] (see H.R. 4061), H1284 [22MR]
———treatment of computer software (see H.R. 4184), H1851 [5AP]
———treatment of computers and computer equipment (see H.R. 4279), H2337 [13AP]
———treatment of computers provided to employees for personal use (see S. 2601), S4237 [22MY] (see H.R. 4274), H2336 [13AP]
———treatment of depreciation of wireless telecommunications equipment (see H.R. 5486), H10256 [18OC]
———treatment of information technology internships and fellowships (see H.R. 5597), H11445 [27OC]
———treatment of information technology job training expenses (see H.R. 5004), H7206 [27JY]
———treatment of qualified security devices (see H.R. 5616), H11781 [1NO]
Telecommunications: limit FCC authority to review and impose conditions on certain mergers and transactions (see H.R. 4019), H1118 [16MR]
———promote competition and privatization in satellite communications (S. 376), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 432), H755 [8MR]
———revise the definition of advanced service relative to wireless communications (see S. 2902), S7393 [20JY]
Telephones: prohibit telemarketers from interfering with a consumer's caller identification service (see S. 2029), S328 [3FE]
———prohibit use of text, graphic, or image messaging systems of wireless telephone systems to transmit unsolicited commercial messages (see H.R. 5300), H8199 [26SE]
Television: authorize loan guarantees to facilitate access to local television broadcast signals in unserved and underserved areas (see S. 2097), S799 [24FE]
———ensure local service to small, rural markets by satellite providers (see H.R. 3615), H339 [10FE]
———ensure local service to small, rural markets by satellite providers (H.R. 3615), consideration (see H. Res. 475), H2238 [12AP]
U.S. Grain Standards Act: extend authority to collect fees, authorize appropriations, and improve administration (see S. 3001), S8105 [6SE]
Vietnam: carry out fellowship program to enable Vietnamese nationals to pursue advanced studies in science, mathematics, and technology and enable U.S. citizens to teach in those fields in Vietnam (see S. 3241), S10999 [25OC] (see H.R. 5581), H11206 [26OC]
Water: promote innovation and technology transfer in wastewater discharge reduction and water conservation (see H.R. 5310), H8200 [26SE]
Water Resources Research Act: reauthorize grants for water resources research and technology institutes (see S. 2297), S1747 [27MR] (see H.R. 4132), H1628 [30MR]
Cloture motions
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]
Conference reports
Open-Market Reorganization for the Betterment of International Telecommunications (ORBIT) Act (S. 376), H636-H639 [2MR]
Cost Estimates
Promote new and revised toxicological tests that protect human, animal, and environmental health while reducing need for animal testing (S. 1495): CBO, S10893 [23OC]
Declarations
Treatment of Wen Ho Lee relative to Dept. of Justice investigation into missing nuclear missile technology from Los Alamos National Laboratory: Robert S. Vrooman, H9890 [12OC]
Descriptions
Air Force Work Force Renewal Act (H.R. 4382), E649 [4MY]
Excerpts
News stories on negative impact of gambling, H11232-H11235 [26OC]
Explanations
Community Renewal and New Markets Act (S. 3152), S9729-S9746 [3OC]
Histories
Dept. of Energy Savannah River Site: James M. Gaver, S11478-S11480 [1NO]
Invitations
Treatment of diabetic patients: Bristol-Myers Squibb, Inc., E11 [27JA]
Letters
Allow post-conviction DNA tests and facilitate the exchange by law enforcement agencies of DNA identification information on felony offenders: Gilbert G. Gallegos, Fraternal Order of Police, S9468 [28SE]
———Michael D. Robinson, International Association of Chiefs of Police, S9468 [28SE]
———Robert M.A. Johnson, National District Attorneys Association, S9468 [28SE]
American Competitiveness in the Twenty-First Century Act: Essential Worker Immigrant Coalition, S8801 [20SE], S9124 [25SE]
———R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, S9374 [27SE]
———Vice President Gore, S7820 [27JY]
Biotechnology research: several scientists, S63 [26JA]
Clean Water Act Total Maximum Daily Load Program: Ken Kirk, Association of Metropolitan Sewerage Agencies, H4880 [21JN], E1120 [26JN]
———several environmental organizations, H4879 [21JN], E1119 [26JN]
Climate Change Energy Policy Response Act: Senator Craig, S5295 [16JN]
Dept. of Defense adjustment of composite theoretical performance levels of high performance computers: R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, S6458 [11JY]
———Rhett B. Dawson, Information Technology Industry Council, S6459 [11JY]
Distribution of Intelligent Transportation System Program funding: Senator Graham, S10126 [10OC]
Export controls on certain high-performance computers: Rhett B. Dawson, Information Technology Industry Council, S4981 [13JN]
Federal Contractor Flexibility Act: Harris N. Miller, Information Technology Association of America, H2355 [2MY]
Federal technology research and development funding: Council on Competitiveness, S3503 [4MY]
Information Technology Act: Consortium for Outstanding Achievement in Teaching With Technology, S2112 [4AP]
Information Technology Share-in-Savings Program Improvement Act: Patricia McGinnis, Council for Excellence in Government, S9948 [5OC]
Internet Nondiscrimination Act: Don Siegelman, Governor of Alabama, H2795 [10MY]
———Edward T. Schafer, Governor of North Dakota, H2794 [10MY]
———Frank Keating, Governor of Oklahoma, H2795 [10MY]
———Gary E. Johnson, Governor of New Mexico, H2795 [10MY]
———James S. Gilmore III, Governor of Virginia, H2790 [10MY]
———Joan Bowman, Mayor of Lenexa, KS, H2798 [10MY]
———several Governors, H2794 [10MY]
———Tom Ridge, Governor of Pennsylvania, H2794 [10MY]
Internet Prescription Drug Consumer Protection Act: Carla J. Stovall, National Association of Attorneys General, S10621 [17OC]
———Henri R. Manasse, Jr., American Society of Health-Systems Pharmacists, S10622 [17OC]
———John A. Gans, American Pharmaceutical Association, S10621 [17OC]
———Linda F. Golodner, National Consumers League, S10622 [17OC]
———Peter M. Neupert, drugstore.com, Inc., S10622 [17OC]
Medicare coverage of augmentative communication devices: Kirsten A. Nyrop, United Cerebral Palsy Association, E753 [17MY]
———Steven A. Jaye, Sunrise Medical (business), E753 [17MY]
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Engineering Establishment Act: Donna E. Shalala, Sec. of HHS, H8268 [27SE]
NIH biomedical research funding: Anna D. Barker and Margaret Foti, American Association for Cancer Research, Inc., H7074 [26JY]
———Corrina P. Smith, PolyCystic Ovarian Syndrome Association, Inc., H7084 [26JY]
———Cynthia Clay, H7084 [26JY]
———Darwin J. Prockop, MCP Hahnemann University, H7074 [26JY]
———David B. Moore, Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research Funding, H7074 [26JY]
———David G. Kaufman, Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, H7073 [26JY]
———Eric S. Lander, Joint Steering Committee for Public Policy, H7073 [26JY]
———Gerald Litwack, Jefferson Medical College, H7074 [26JY]
———Lawrence S.B. Goldstein, University of California, San Diego, H7084 [26JY]
———Lynn Smaha, American Heart Association, H7073 [26JY]
———Rajen Dalal, Chiron Corp., H7084 [26JY]
———several Representatives, H7073 [26JY]
NIH computational techniques and software tools research funding relative to biomedical and behavioral research: Marc Smolonsky, NIH, E166 [16FE]
Open-Market Reorganization for the Betterment of International Telecommunications (ORBIT) Act: Charlene Barshefsky, U.S. Trade Representative, H903 [9MR]
———Matthew J. Flanigan, Telecommunications Industry Association, H903 [9MR]
———Robert W. Ross, New Skies Satellites, N.V., H903 [9MR]
———W. Allen Moore, Chambers Associates Inc., H903 [9MR]
———several satellite companies, H903 [9MR]
Polygraph test taken by Wen Ho Lee relative to Dept. of Justice investigation into missing nuclear missile technology from Los Alamos National Laboratory: Phyllis I. Hedges, H9885 [12OC]
Prohibit health insurance and employment discrimination on the basis of genetic information: Fran Visco, National Breast Cancer Coalition, S6071 [29JN]
———several health care organizations, S6070 [29JN]
Research and development tax credit extension: several Massachusetts businesses, S6613 [13JY]
Research on medical, biotechnological, food, and industrial uses of tobacco funding: Charles W. Steger, Virginia Tech, H5557 [29JN]
———Kenneth L. Dretchen, Georgetown University Medical Center, H5557 [29JN]
———Larry B. Wooten, North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation, H5558 [29JN]
———Mary Anne Fox, North Carolina State University, H5557 [29JN]
Treatment of Wen Ho Lee relative to Dept. of Justice investigation into missing nuclear missile technology from Los Alamos National Laboratory: Bruce Alberts, William A. Wulf, and Kenneth I. Shine, H9887, H9888 [12OC]
———Cecilia Chang, WenHoLee.org (Internet site), H9885 [12OC]
———Irving A. Lerch, American Association for the Advancement of Science, H9886 [12OC]
———John J. Dion, Dept. of Justice, H9891 [12OC]
———Joseph L. Birman, New York Academy of Sciences, H9886 [12OC]
———National Asian Pacific American Bar Association, H9889 [12OC]
———Organization of Chinese Americans, Inc., H9890 [12OC]
———Robert S. Vrooman, H9891 [12OC]
———several Asian-American organizations, H9888 [12OC]
Tribute to ``Building Skills for America'' signature campaign participants: several Members of Congress, E1805 [17OC]
———several Senators, S9190 [25SE]
Use of H-1B program nonimmigrant workers in the high technology industry: several African American business and educational organizations, H1845, H1846 [5AP]
Workforce investment programs funding: J. Thomas Cochran, U.S. Conference of Mayors, S5967 [28JN]
———Larry E. Naake, National Association of Counties, S5968 [28JN]
———Massachusetts Municipal Association, S5969 [28JN]
———Thomas M. Menino, Mayor of Boston, MA, S5968 [28JN]
———U.S. Conference of Mayors, S5966 [28JN]
Lists
Biomedical Research Caucus events, H7078 [26JY]
Cosponsors of H. Res. 437, NIH biomedical research funding, H7073 [26JY]
Newswire stories on gambling, H6064 [17JY]
Supporters of H. Res. 437, NIH biomedical research funding, H7074 [26JY]
Supporters of S. 2718, Energy Efficient Buildings Incentives Act, E1634 [29SE]
Memorandums
Treatment of Wen Ho Lee Relative to Dept. of Justice Investigation Into Missing Nuclear Missile Technology From Los Alamos National Laboratory: Karen Narasaki, National Asian Pacific American Legal Consortium, H9888 [12OC]
Messages
NSF Report: President Clinton, S1591 [22MR], H1246 [22MR]
Science and Engineering Indicators: President Clinton, S4818 [8JN], H4054 [8JN]
Motions
Immigration: increase number of temporary visas for skilled workers and expand education and training opportunities for U.S. students and workers (S. 2045), S9028 [22SE], S9338, S9375 [27SE]
Taxation: extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (H.R. 3709), H2819 [10MY]
Petitions
Treatment of Wen Ho Lee relative to Dept. of Justice investigation into missing nuclear missile technology from Los Alamos National Laboratory: WenHoLee.org (Internet site), H9886 [12OC]
———several citizens, H9885 [12OC]
Petitions and memorials
Lenexa, KS: Internet Nondiscrimination Act, H2798 [10MY]
Press releases
MIT, Caltech Join Forces To Develop Reliable, Uniform U.S. Voting Machine, E2227 [15DE]
Proclamations
National Biotechnology Month: President Clinton, S60 [26JA]
Remarks in House
Agricultural Research Service: peanut quality and postharvest processing research funding, H5785 [11JY]
Agriculture: National Plant Genome Initiative funding, H7897 [20SE]
Air Force: establish an Office of Air Force Research and enhance research functions (H.R. 5490), E1828-E1830 [19OC]
America Online, Inc.: anniversary, E839 [25MY]
Antitrust policy: modify accounting system used in reviewing certain mergers and acquisitions, E343 [16MR]
Ashdown, David: Time Warner Cable National Teacher Award recipient, E914 [8JN]
Burt, Charles M.: California Irrigation Institute Irrigation Person of the Year award recipient, E56 [2FE]
Business and industry: increase fees charged to employers who are petitioners for the employment of H-1B non-immigrant workers (H.R. 5362), H9048-H9052 [6OC], E1674 [4OC]
———restrict use of mandatory minimum personnel experience and educational requirements in procurement of information technology goods or services unless sufficiently justified (H.R. 3582), H2353-H2357 [2MY], H9660 [11OC]
Buy American Act: compliance, H407 [15FE]
Cape Canaveral, FL: anniversary of first space launch, E404 [23MR]
Capital punishment: reduce the risk that innocent persons may be executed (H.R. 4167), H6797 [25JY]
China, People's Republic of: purchase of missiles and warships from Russia, H5848 [12JY], H7284 [7SE], H8000 [25SE]
———transfer of strategic nuclear missile technology, H1854 [6AP], H2019 [11AP], H5080 [23JN]
CIA: investigate the effects of foreign espionage on U.S. trade secrets, patents, technology developments, and industrial competitiveness, H3507 [22MY]
Cincinnati, OH: tribute to Anderson High School National Energy Education Development project team, E1144 [29JN]
Clinton, MA: tribute to Clinton High School, and NYPRO, Inc., participants at the For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) competition, E690 [10MY]
Colorado Coalition for New Energy Technologies: tribute, E1628 [28SE]
Commission for the Comprehensive Study of Privacy Protection: establish (H.R. 4049), H1288 [23MR], H8561-H8570 [2OC], E1652 [3OC]
Committee on Science (House): release of report on plant genome science, H2016 [11AP]
———tribute to Subcommittee on Basic Research, H9454 [6OC], E1723 [6OC]
Community development: provide for community renewal and new markets initiatives, E2246 [2JA]
Computers: development of ASCI White supercomputer to enable the Dept. of Energy to conduct simulated nuclear explosions, E1188 [10JY]
———encourage broadband technology deployment to rural areas (H.R. 4122), E448 [30MR]
———encourage broadband technology deployment to rural areas (H.R. 5069), E1388 [27JY]
———encourage disclosure and exchange of information relative to cyber security of critical infrastructure (H.R. 4246), E545 [12AP]
———establish a system for businesses to comply with recognized principles concerning personal information obtained through electronic commerce (H.R. 4059), H3534 [23MY], E494 [5AP]
———extend the moratorium on Internet access taxes, encourage States to develop a streamlined sales and use tax system, and authorize an Interstate Sales and Use Tax Compact, H2802 [10MY]
———make computer security and telemedicine priorities in research and development funding, H405 [15FE]
———networking and information technology research and development funding, H4907 [21JN]
———networking and information technology research and development funding (H.R. 2086), H392-H409 [15FE], E166 [16FE]
———networking and information technology research and development funding (H.R. 2086), consideration (H. Res. 422), H389-H392 [15FE]
———prohibit gambling on the Internet, H11232 [26OC]
———prohibit gambling on the Internet (H.R. 3125), H6057-H6068 [17JY], E1269 [19JY], E1304 [24JY]
———protection from unsolicited and unwanted e-mail, H3057 [16MY]
———protection of databases, E1759 [12OC], E1974 [28OC]
———provide Federal employees with a home computer and Internet access (H.R. 4232), E528, E532 [11AP]
———provide for digital empowerment by ensuring computer literacy for all children, H2639 [8MY], H2970 [15MY]
———support Internet safety awareness (H. Res. 575), H9537-H9539 [10OC], E1782 [13OC]
———tribute to Federal workforce for successfully preparing for year 2000 computer problem (H. Con. Res. 300), H2350-H2353 [2MY]
———use, sale, and export of encryption products for privacy and security, H3288 [17MY]
Congressional Internet Caucus: analysis of survey results on electronic Government services, E1869 [19OC]
Copyrights: reform laws relative to personal interactive performances of recorded musical works (H.R. 5275), E1583 [25SE]
Crime: allow use of DNA testing by Federal prisoners (H.R. 4980), E1336 [27JY]
Customs Service: authorizing appropriations for U.S. Customs Cybersmuggling Center (H.R. 640), H8628 [3OC]
———computer system modernization funding, H6626, H6631 [20JY]
Dept. of Agriculture: establish an electronic filing and retrieval system to improve public access to certain information (S. 777), H1973-H1975 [10AP], H3892 [6JN]
———research on medical, biotechnological, food, and industrial uses of tobacco funding, H5556, H5557 [29JN]
———use of biofuels such as ethanol and biodiesel, H5709, H5711, H5712 [10JY]
Dept. of Defense: research and development programs funding, H3195, H3197 [17MY]
Dept. of Education: accomplishments, H10877 [25OC]
Dept. of Energy: Clean Coal Technology Program funding, H4524, H4526, H4533, H4541-H4544 [15JN], E1037 [19JN]
———investigation of missing nuclear missile technology from Los Alamos National Laboratory, H4342, H4345 [14JN], H4595, H4596 [19JN], H4680, H4682 [20JN], H4911 [21JN], H5033 [22JN], H5080 [23JN], H5172, H5175 [27JN]
———investigation of missing nuclear missile technology from Los Alamos National Laboratory, addressing of agency security issues, and determination of accountability for security lapses (H. Res. 534), H6072-H6077 [17JY]
———solar and renewable energy technology programs funding, H5250-H5254 [27JN]
———Spallation Neutron Source funding, H5219 [27JN]
———Windows and Glazing Program funding, E1220 [13JY]
———withhold salary from Los Alamos National Laboratory employees who fail to undergo polygraph examinations, H5262, H5278 [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, H8306-H8310, H8312 [27SE], H8611-H8615 [2OC], H8744 [4OC], H9880-H9894 [12OC]
———make grants to the Boys and Girls Clubs of America to establish after-school technology programs, H11291 [26OC]
———make grants to the Boys and Girls Clubs of America to establish after-school technology programs (H.R. 4178), H8781 [4OC]
———provide assistance to State and local forensic laboratories in analyzing DNA samples from convicted offenders, H5046, H5047 [23JN]
Dept. of Labor: creation of high technology jobs, H4227 [13JN]
Dept. of the Air Force: offer voluntary separation incentives and early retirement to civilian employees and implement experimental hiring practices to maintain a skilled and adaptive workforce, H3287 [17MY]
———offer voluntary separation incentives and early retirement to civilian employees and implement experimental hiring practices to maintain a skilled and adaptive workforce (H.R. 4382), E647 [4MY]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: medical research funding through reductions in NASA programs, H4730, H4732, H4733, H4734 [20JN]
———State Extended Care Facilities Construction Grant Program funding through reductions in NASA programs, H4729 [20JN]
Dinsmore, William: University of California, Santa Barbara Alumni Association Lifetime Achievement Award recipient, E1024 [15JN]
Drugs: enhance consumer protection in the purchase of prescription drugs from Internet pharmacies (H.R. 5476), E1808 [17OC]
———pharmaceutical industry research and development costs, E10 [27JA], E531 [11AP]
Duca, Reece: University of California, Santa Barbara Alumni Association Lifetime Achievement Award recipient, E973 [12JN]
DuPage County, IL: tribute to Teachers on an Agriscience Bus Program, E917 [8JN]
Eastman Kodak Co.: anniversary of the ``Brownie'' box camera, E444 [29MR]
Economy: impact, H2637-H2641 [8MY]
———impact of computers and technology, H4223 [13JN]
Education: development and recruitment of teachers in mathematics and science, H10230 [18OC]
———encourage students to pursue careers and higher education degrees in science, computers, and technology, H11611 [30OC]
———encourage use of technology to effectively teach students computer skills and improve the general educational performance of students, H6032, H6033 [13JY]
———encourage young women to pursue careers and higher education degrees in mathematics, science, engineering, and technology (H.R. 2387), H7974 [21SE]
———establish and expand programs relating to science, mathematics, engineering, and technology, H7971, H7972 [21SE]
———establish and expand programs relating to science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (H.R. 4271), H5848 [12JY], H10610-H10622 [24OC], E1919 [25OC]
———establish and expand programs relating to science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (H.R. 4271), permission to file report, H7188 [27JY]
———establish and expand programs relating to science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (H.R. 4272), H5848 [12JY]
———establish program that improves achievement through the integration of technology into curriculum (H.R. 4081), H1658 [3AP], H7971 [21SE]
———modernize public schools, reduce class size, increase access to technology, enhance school safety, improve teacher quality, and strengthen accountability for academic results (H.R. 4346), H2554 [4MY], E613 [2MY]
———national policy to improve system, H21, H22 [27JA], H96 [1FE], H533-H538 [29FE], H615 [1MR], H747-H751 [8MR], H1001 [15MR], H1392 [23MR], H1739-H1746 [4AP], H1828-H1834, H1840-H1847 [5AP], H1854, H1948 [6AP], H1982 [10AP], H2109 [11AP], H2166 [12AP], H2256, H2332 [13AP], H2416 [3MY], H2553, H2555 [4MY], H3164 [16MY], H3629-H3632 [23MY], H3933 [7JN], H5827-H5831 [11JY], H6026, H6031-H6038 [13JY], H6474 [19JY], H6764-H6770 [24JY], H7220, H7221 [6SE], H7284 [7SE], H7545, H7566 [13SE], H7701-H7707 [18SE], H7874, H7899 [20SE], H7939, H7971-H7977 [21SE], H8206, H8285, H8296, H8297 [27SE], H8410, H8412, H8440-H8444 [28SE], H8606-H8610 [2OC], H8767-H8773 [4OC], H9806, H9807, H9809-H9816 [11OC], H9818 [12OC], H10225, H10227-H10233 [18OC], H10397, H10400, H10410 [19OC], H10875, H10877, H10878, H10880, H10884 [25OC], H11362-H11368 [27OC], H11509 [29OC], H89010 [5OC], E775 [19MY]
———provide for teacher technology training, H6032 [13JY]
Edwards AFB, CA: Air Force Research Laboratory Rocket Site recipient of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics aerospace site designation, E1893 [24OC]
Edwards Life Sciences (business): tribute, E493 [5AP]
Electronic commerce: require disclosure of ownership and management information on Internet websites (H.R. 5620), E2060 [1NO]
Elementary and Secondary Education Act: assist States and local educational agencies with expenses of Federal infrastructure, technology, and equipment requirements (H.R. 4766), H11612 [30OC], E1129, E1132 [28JN]
EPA: dredging or other invasive sediment remediation technologies funding limitations, H4877-H4881 [21JN], H10384, H10390, H10392 [19OC], E1119 [26JN]
Executive Office of the President: establish a Federal Chief Information Officer and an Office of Information Policy (H.R. 5024), E1355-E1357 [27JY]
Federal agencies and departments: improve ability to license federally owned inventions (H.R. 209), H9947-H9949 [17OC], E1835 [19OC]
Foreign aid: plant biotechnology research and development funding, H5945, H5946 [12JY]
Foreign trade: export controls on certain high-performance computers, H3268-H3272 [17MY]
Forest Service: recreation programs funding through reductions in Dept. of Energy petroleum technology programs, H4462-H4466 [14JN]
FTC: prescribe regulations to protect the privacy of personal information collected from, and about, children on the Internet, E616 [2MY]
GAO: study impact of networking and information technology research and development on lower income families, minorities, and women, H405, H406 [15FE]
Geological Survey: participation in the Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Program, H401, H402 [15FE]
George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL: anniversary, E1438 [11SE]
Government: impact of technology on the size and nature of the Federal Government, H82 [31JA]
———strengthen information security practices throughout the Federal Government, H6367, H6368 [18JY]
GSA: conversion of Federal Telecommunications Service contracts, E2025 [30OC]
Health: human genome research, H3854 [25MY], E1118 [26JN]
———limitations on disclosure and use of genetic information, H3912 [6JN], E1272 [19JY]
———prohibit health insurance and employment discrimination on the basis of genetic information (H.R. 2457), H6605, H6606 [20JY]
IBM Corp.: tribute to Technology Camp for Young Women, E1862 [19OC]
Immigration: increase number of temporary visas for skilled workers and expand education and training opportunities for U.S. students and workers, H6033, H6034 [13JY]
———increase number of temporary visas for skilled workers and expand education and training opportunities for U.S. students and workers (S. 2045), H8699-H8706 [3OC], H8781, H8782 [4OC], H9004 [5OC], E1674, E1675 [4OC]
———promote a fairer and more efficient means for using highly skilled workers and improve collection and use of H-1B nonimmigrant fees (H.R. 3983), H1052, H1055 [15MR]
———use of H-1B program nonimmigrant workers in the high technology industry, H1845 [5AP]
India: importance to U.S. high technology industries, E356 [21MR]
Insurance: prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (H.R. 306), H3828 [25MY]
International Conference on Ethnomedicine and Drug Discovery: tribute, E161 [16FE]
Internet Nondiscrimination Act: impact of unfunded Federal mandates on States and local governments, H2785, H2786 [10MY]
Jacobs, Irwin: Achievement Reward for College Scientists (organization) Scientist of the Year award recipient, E530 [11AP]
Kentucky: tribute to telecommunications companies for providing high-speed Internet access to local communities, H1001 [15MR]
Law enforcement: community policing crime identification technology program funding through reductions in truth-in-sentencing prison construction grants, H5012-H5015 [22JN]
———facilitate exchange and collection of DNA identification information from violent offenders (H.R. 3375), H5047 [23JN]
———facilitate exchange and collection of DNA identification information from violent offenders (H.R. 4640), H8572-H8578 [2OC], H12031, H12032 [7DE]
———improve the quality and credibility of forensic science services for criminal justice purposes (S. 3045), H12028-H12031 [7DE]
Louisville, KY: anniversary of first successful hand transplant at Jewish Hospital, E213 [1MR]
Maricopa County, AZ: tribute to Election Dept. Vote-By-Mail Technology Program, E473 [3AP]
Medicare: coverage of augmentative communication devices (H.R. 4479), E752, E755 [17MY]
———improve the manner in which new medical technologies are made available to beneficiaries (H.R. 4395), H7900 [20SE], H8817 [5OC], E1573 [22SE]
———increase access to health care for beneficiaries through telehealth services (H.R. 4841), H7543 [13SE]
———provide for moratorium on mandatory delay of payment of claims and establish advanced informational infrastructure for administration of Federal health benefit programs (H.R. 4401), H2748 [9MY]
Microsoft Corp.: appeals court process relative to application of antitrust laws, H8747 [4OC]
———application of antitrust laws, H1660 [3AP], H2094 [11AP], E478 [3AP]
Monsanto Co.: development of golden rice, E1540 [20SE]
Murnane, Margaret: MacArthur Fellows Program honoree, E1030 [15JN]
NASA: research and analysis programs funding, H10387 [19OC]
———transfer of certain Jet Propulsion Laboratory functions, H4846, H4847 [21JN]
———tribute to Advanced Communications Technology Satellite project, E680 [9MY]
———tribute to Goddard Space Flight Center, E452 [30MR]
National Advisory Commission on Federal Election Standards: establish, E2227 [15DE]
National Biotechnology Month: observance, E20 [27JA], E30, E31, E36 [31JA], E49 [1FE]
National Eye Institute: funding, H7283 [7SE]
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Engineering: establish (H.R. 1795), H8266-H8269 [27SE]
National Reconnaissance Office: anniversary, H7967 [21SE]
———contracting of satellite launch services, H9853, H9855 [12OC], H12070-H12072 [11DE]
National Research Council: require study on accessibility to information technologies by the elderly and disabled, H404 [15FE]
National security: threat of cyberterrorism against military and civilian infrastructures and systems, H974-H979 [14MR]
National Western Stock Show: forum on biotechnology, international trade, and Federal farm policies, E464 [30MR]
Natural gas: promote research and development of methane hydrate resources (H.R. 1753), Senate amendments (H. Res. 453), H1634-H1636 [3AP]
Naughton, Gail: Intellectual Property Owners Association Inventor of the Year award recipient, E1146 [29JN]
Navy: tactical viability of shipboard electronic warfare systems, E1277 [19JY]
New Hampshire: tribute to Internet Award recipients, E665 [8MY]
New Orleans, LA: Navy Information Technology Center funding, H3284 [17MY]
NIH: biomedical research funding (H. Res. 437), H7072-H7085 [26JY]
———computational techniques and software tools research funding relative to biomedical and behavioral research, H402, H403 [15FE], E166 [16FE]
———report on efforts to enhance competitiveness of biomedical and behavioral research grants, H4237, H4238 [13JN]
———support modernization and construction of biomedical and behavioral research facilities and laboratory instrumentation, H11313 [26OC]
NIST: authorize work with manufacturing industries on an initiative of standards development and implementation for electronic enterprise integration, H8080 [26SE]
———authorize work with manufacturing industries on an initiative of standards development and implementation for electronic enterprise integration (H.R. 4906), E1285 [21JY]
———establish electronic commerce extension program to ensure that small businesses participate fully in the electronic commerce revolution (H.R. 4429), H8079-H8081 [26SE], E720 [11MY]
———fire safety research and technology funding, H5007, H5008 [22JN]
———funding, H12492 [15DE], E1133 [28JN]
———Global Standards Program funding, H5151 [26JN]
Northeast-Midwest Congressional Coalition: report on the future of the U.S. steel industry and the role of technology, E1482 [14SE]
NSF: funding, H4618, H4619 [19JN], H4857-H4861 [21JN], H10390 [19OC], E1893 [24OC]
———increase research and development funding through offsets in Dept. of Energy funding, H406, H408 [15FE]
Oakland, CA: tribute to Museum of African American Technology (MAAT) Science Village, E1234 [14JY]
Otis AFB, MA: tribute to EC-121H radar aircraft crews, E2215 [15DE]
Paladin Data Systems Corp.: tribute, E1839 [19OC]
Palo Alto, CA: tribute to the VA Western Blind Rehabilitation Center Orientation and Mobility Section for receipt of the Olin E. Teague Award, E1654 [3OC]
Peirce College: support proposal to obtain a Dept. of Agriculture distant learning grant, E1972 [28OC]
Political campaigns: investigate campaign fundraising practices relative to the transfer of strategic nuclear missile technology to the People's Republic of China, H7505 [13SE]
Postal Service: improve the ZIP Code to Representative database, H6631 [20JY]
Power resources: authorize research to promote the conversion of biomass into biobased industrial products, H5248 [27JN], E888 [6JN]
———fuel cell power system development funding, H4451 [14JN]
———incorporation of biofuels such as ethanol and biodiesel into strategic fuel reserves, H4475-H4477 [14JN]
Privacy: disclose the collection of information through computer software (H.R. 5571), E1949 [26OC]
———protect consumer privacy on the Internet, H11450 [28OC]
———protect consumer privacy on the Internet (H.R. 5430), E1934 [25OC]
———regulate use of personal information obtained by interactive computer services (H.R. 3560), E111 [10FE]
Product safety: promote new and revised toxicological tests that protect human, animal, and environmental health while reducing need for animal testing (H.R. 4281), H10007-H10011 [17OC], E1967 [28OC]
Reflexite Corp.: anniversary of founding and Employee Stock Ownership Plan, E1447 [13SE]
Research: continuation of Federal research and development programs funding in a fiscally sustainable way (H.R. 3161), E1246 [14JY]
Richmond, VA: tribute to Mills Godwin High School for accomplishments in the JumpStart 2000 science and technology contest, E569 [13AP]
Ridgecrest, CA: dedication of Naval Armament and Technology Museum for China Lake, E1326 [26JY]
Roach, George: Smithsonian Institution Computerworld Permanent Research Collection honoree, E440 [29MR]
Rural areas: improve access to technological advancements, H8605 [2OC]
———national policy to improve education and economy, H1827 [5AP]
Science: biotechnology research and development funding, H7939 [21SE]
———increase Federal technology research and development funding, H9454 [6OC]
Science Coalition: observance of Science Day, E1246 [14JY]
Skills USA-VICA, Inc.: tribute to ``Building Skills for America'' signature campaign, E1805 [17OC]
Smithsonian Institution: construct a base facility structure for the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Submillimeter Array located in Hilo, HI (S. 2498), H10014, H10015 [17OC]
Space policy: importance of space program, H1624 [30MR], H2619 [8MY]
Stark (U.S.S.): effectiveness of radar and defensive weapons systems during missile attack by Iraqi aircraft during the Iran-Iraq war, E1277 [19JY]
Tariff: digital versatile discs (DVDs) manufacturing equipment (H.R. 3778-3795), E213 [1MR]
Taxation: establish nexus requirements for State and local taxation of mobile telecommunication services (H.R. 4391), H5741-H5744 [11JY], E1208 [11JY]
———extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (H.R. 3709), H2785-H2821 [10MY], H3477 [22MY], E712, E720 [11MY], E742 [17MY]
———extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (H.R. 3709), consideration (H. Res. 496), H2783-H2785 [10MY]
———extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (H.R. 3709), motion to recommit, H2819 [10MY]
———extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (H.R. 4460), E741 [17MY]
———provide incentives for production, sale, and use of highly fuel-efficient, advanced-technology motor vehicles (H.R. 4270), E567 [13AP]
———provide incentives to reduce energy consumption (H.R. 5345), E1633, E1636 [29SE]
———State tax treatment of Internet and interactive computer service commerce, H2815, H2816 [10MY]
———treatment of computer contributions (H.R. 4061), H1248 [22MR]
———treatment of computers and computer equipment (H.R. 4279), H2640 [8MY], E573 [13AP]
———treatment of computers provided to employees for personal use, H2970 [15MY], H7875 [20SE]
———treatment of computers provided to employees for personal use (H.R. 4274), H2333 [13AP], H2640 [8MY], H3477 [22MY], H4223 [13JN], H7741 [19SE], H7937 [21SE], E577 [13AP]
———treatment of depreciation of wireless telecommunications equipment (H.R. 5486), E1867 [19OC]
———treatment of information technology job training expenses (H.R. 5004), E1389 [27JY]
———treatment of qualified security devices (H.R. 5616), E2049 [1NO]
Telecommunications: assure competition in markets, E114 [10FE]
———promote competition and privatization in satellite communications (S. 376), conference report, H902-H906 [9MR], E274 [9MR], E295 [14MR], E343 [16MR], E355 [21MR]
Telephones: prohibit telemarketers from interfering with a consumers caller identification service (H.R. 3100), H8272-H8275 [27SE]
Television: authorize loan guarantees to facilitate access to local television broadcast signals in unserved and underserved areas, H11283, H11287-H11289, H11291, H11293 [26OC]
———ensure local service to small, rural markets by satellite providers, E2014 [28OC]
———ensure local service to small, rural markets by satellite providers (H.R. 3615), H2283-H2302 [13AP], E109 [10FE], E165 [16FE], E782 [19MY]
———ensure local service to small, rural markets by satellite providers (H.R. 3615), consideration (H. Res. 475), H2258 [13AP]
Trimble, Charles R.: American Electronics Association Medal of Achievement award recipient, E1592 [26SE]
———American Electronics Association Medal of Achievement recipient, E1647 [2OC]
Turkey: cooperative efforts with the U.S. relative to earthquake prediction and dangers, E1147 [29JN]
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: require a report on genetically engineered fish, H4448-H4451 [14JN]
Voting: cooperative initiative between the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the California Institute of Technology to develop a new voting machine, E2227 [15DE]
Washington: tribute to biotechnology industry, E43 [1FE]
Water Resources Research Act: reauthorize grants for water resources research and technology institutes (H.R. 4132), H5671 [10JY]
Web-Based Education Commission: funding, H1575 [29MR]
Wireless Safety Week: observance, E890 [6JN]
Yuma, AZ: testing of the Crusader tank artillery system developed at the Picatinny Arsenal, E942 [9JN]
Remarks in Senate
Agriculture: authorize the issuance of electronic warehouse receipts for all commodities to increase efficiency (S. 2734), S5251 [15JN]
Agriculture Research Service: postharvest handling and mechanization research relative to damaged fruit funding, S7370 [20JY]
Aiken, SC: anniversary of Dept. of Energy Savannah River Site, S11478 [1NO]
Akron, OH: National Inventors Hall of Fame inductees, S10707 [18OC]
Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation: funding (S. 2545), S3918 [11MY]
Business and industry: encourage the formation of industry-led training consortia (S. 2261), S1519 [21MR]
———increase fees charged to employers who are petitioners for the employment of H-1B non-immigrant workers (H.R. 5362), S10155 [10OC]
———merger of Qwest Communications International Inc., and U.S. WEST, Inc., S6346 [10JY]
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, S198-S200 [1FE]
———ensure that defendants in capital cases have adequate counsel and allow those convicted to have a reasonable opportunity to present new evidence of innocence (S. 2073), S4508-S4510 [6JN], S7819 [27JY], S10793-S10795 [19OC]
———ensure that defendants in capital cases have adequate counsel and allow those convicted to have a reasonable opportunity to present new evidence of innocence (S. 2690), S4673-S4676, S4683, S4684 [7JN], S10648-S10650 [18OC], S11810 [15DE]
———Supreme Court reconsideration of execution of Johnny Paul Penry relative to mental retardation, S11810 [15DE]
———temporary moratorium to ensure that defendants have adequate counsel and to allow those convicted to have a reasonable opportunity to present new evidence of innocence, S5656, S5657 [22JN]
———temporary moratorium until a national commission reviews the justice, fairness, and due process of the administration of the death penalty, S7826 [27JY], S8408 [12SE], S11736 [7DE]
———temporary moratorium until a national commission reviews the justice, fairness, and due process of the administration of the death penalty (S. 2463), S2940 [26AP], S4177 [18MY], S4508-S4510 [6JN], S11323 [29OC]
———temporary moratorium until a national commission reviews the justice, fairness, and due process of the administration of the death penalty (S. 3048), S8587 [14SE], S11323 [29OC]
Children's Internet Safety Month: designate (S. Res. 294), S2873 [25AP]
China, People's Republic of: apply certain measures in response to the illegal sale, transfer, or misuse of certain controlled goods, services, or technology, S8254-S8256 [8SE], S8300-S8310, S8314-S8337 [11SE], S8354-S8357, S8366-S8369, S8384-S8396, S8398-S8406 [12SE], S8442, S8444, S8450-S8469 [13SE], S8644-S8647 [18SE], S8667-S8669, S8682, S8703-S8705, S8707 [19SE], S10129 [10OC]
———apply certain measures in response to the illegal sale, transfer, or misuse of certain controlled goods, services, or technology (S. 2645), S4495 [25MY], S4507 [6JN], S6224, S6225 [30JN], S7511-S7514 [25JY]
———authorize President to report to Congress on balance of trade for advanced technology products, S8558 [14SE]
———commitments to reduce or eliminate trade deficit with U.S. in advanced technology products, S8396 [12SE], S8548-S8550 [14SE]
Climate: stabilize and reduce greenhouse gas concentrations and establish an Office of Global Climate Change within the Dept. of Energy (S. 882), S5291, S5293 [16JN]
Commission for the Comprehensive Study of Privacy Protection: establish (S. 3040), S8501-S8504 [13SE]
Committee on the Judiciary (Senate): Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts proposed issuance of a subpoena to Sec. of Energy Richardson relative to the investigation and prosecution of Wen Ho Lee, S10921-S10923 [24OC]
Committee on the Year 2000 Technology Problem (Senate, Special): tribute, S844, S845 [28FE]
———tribute (S. Res. 264), S979, S980 [29FE]
Computers: allow issuance of single order to trace computer crime in multiple jurisdictions and modify damage requirements, sentencing guidelines, and treatment of juveniles in computer crimes (S. 2092), S804 [24FE]
———combat hacking through enhanced law enforcement and protect privacy of computer users (S. 2430), S2738-S2741 [13AP]
———encourage broadband technology deployment to rural areas, S1949-S1951, S1963 [30MR]
———encourage broadband technology deployment to rural areas (S. 2307), S1822 [28MR], S9599 [2OC]
———encourage disclosure and exchange of information relative to cyber security of critical infrastructure (S. 3188), S10256 [11OC]
———improve Internet security and protect against cyberterrorism, S10914-S10918 [24OC], S11886-S11890 [15DE]
———provide for digital empowerment by ensuring computer literacy for all children, S2301-S2305 [6AP], S2389 [7AP], S5304 [16JN], S9370 [27SE]
———provide for digital empowerment by ensuring computer literacy for all children (S. 2229), S1397 [9MR]
———require operators of Internet web sites to obtain a user's consent before sending health information to another entity, S5320 [19JN]
Congress: accomplishments of the 106th Congress, S4402-S4405 [25MY]
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, S8161, S8162 [7SE], S8445-S8449, S8493 [13SE], S8544-S8547 [14SE]
———technical changes relative to report recommendations, S8484-S8487, S8491, S8492 [13SE]
Construction industries: support development of technologies and materials to enhance protections from natural disasters, S11881 [15DE]
Courts: reporting requirements for eavesdropping and surveillance activities of Federal and State law enforcement agencies (S. 1769), House amendment, S2813, S2814 [13AP]
———waive time limits for introduction of motions for forensic DNA testing in certain Federal trials (S. 1700), S4510 [6JN]
Crime: abolish Federal statute of limitations for sex offenses and assist States in reducing backlog of cases awaiting DNA analysis (S. 3168), S9949 [5OC]
———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (S. 2783), S5790 [26JN]
Democratic Privacy Task Force (Senate): status of legislative proposals on consumer privacy issues, S11777-S11779 [14DE]
Dept. of Agriculture: establish an electronic filing and retrieval system to improve public access to certain information (S. 777), S4215, S4216 [18MY]
———Rural Utilities Service Distance Learning and Telemedicine Program funding, S7440 [21JY], S10679 [18OC]
Dept. of Defense: adjustment of composite theoretical performance levels of high performance computers, S6457-S6460 [11JY]
———Air Force Institute of Technology funding, S5075 [14JN]
———Configuration Management Information System funding, S5012 [13JN]
———coordinate and facilitate the development of directed energy technologies, systems, and weapons, S10361 [12OC]
———coordinate and facilitate the development of directed energy technologies, systems, and weapons (S. 2573), S4103 [17MY]
———development of network centric warfare information technologies, S5441-S5443 [20JN], S10382 [12OC]
———establish scholarships for training to improve Internet security and protect against cyberthreats, S4535 [6JN]
———Integrated Defensive Electronic Countermeasure Program funding, S7741 [27JY]
———Manufacturing Technical Assistance Pilot Program funding, S7740 [27JY]
———Naval Undersea Warfare Center and Bryant College Executive MBA Program funding, S11881, S11882 [15DE]
———refine and advance Federal acquisition regulations relative to the Cost Accounting Standards Board, solutions-based contracting, procurement of information technology services, and service contract payments, S5074 [14JN]
———require testing of high mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicles and trailers prior to purchase, S4997 [13JN]
———require that reports on the transfer of militarily sensitive technology to certain countries include updates on previous Inspector General recommendations, S6450 [11JY]
———Synthetic Aperture Radar facility funding, S7739 [27JY]
———unmanned combat vehicle initiative funding, S6829 [14JY]
Dept. of Education: Interagency Education Research Initiative funding, S6001 [28JN], S6047, S6048 [29JN]
———provide grants to develop technologies to eliminate functional barriers to full independence for disabled individuals (S. 3211), S10627 [17OC]
Dept. of Energy: anniversary of Nevada Operations Office of the National Laboratories Underground Nuclear Weapons Testing Orientation Program, S1590 [22MR]
———black liquor gasification program funding, S7094 [18JY]
———Clean Coal Technology Program funding, S7037, S7038, S7042, S7043 [17JY], S9798, S9799 [4OC]
———electro-catalytic oxidation technology funding, S7041, S7042 [17JY]
———establish an ombudsman at national laboratories to help resolve disputes relative to technology partnerships, S10027 [5OC]
———Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle System funding for the Ion Transport Membranes Oxygen Project, S6567 [12JY]
———investigation of missing nuclear missile technology from Los Alamos National Laboratory, S4980 [13JN], S5083, S5085, S5086 [14JN], S5321-S5323 [19JN], S9131 [25SE]
———National Energy Technology Laboratory computational services funding, S6501 [12JY]
———networking and information technology research and development funding (S. 2336), S1994 [30MR]
———phase out administrative fees on Federal agencies for use of research facilities, S11507 [2NO]
———promote development of technology clusters to enable national laboratories to meet missions, S6453 [11JY]
———promote development of technology clusters to enable national laboratories to meet missions (S. 1756), S9993 [5OC], S10107 [6OC]
———use of laboratory directed research and development in national laboratories, S9454 [28SE]
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, S8306 [11SE], S8567-S8569 [14SE], S8625 [15SE], S8641 [18SE]
———make grants to the Boys and Girls Clubs of America to establish after-school technology programs (S. 2061), S619 [10FE]
Dept. of Labor: workforce investment programs funding, S5963-S5971, S5979 [28JN]
Drugs: enhance consumer protection in the purchase of prescription drugs from Internet pharmacies (S. 3208), S10620-S10623 [17OC]
———pharmaceutical industry research and development costs, S1862 [29MR]
Duffy, Heidi Kirk: Germany's Order of Merit recipient, S7828 [27JY]
Ecology and environment: revise energy policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, advance global climate science, promote technology development, and increase citizen awareness (S. 1776), S5292-S5296 [16JN]
Education: establish and expand programs relating to science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (S. 2623), S4382 [24MY]
———establish and expand programs relating to science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (S. 2624), S4382 [24MY]
———establish grants to develop a high-technology infrastructure of educational and cultural resources and a systemic link between such resources and local educational and cultural partnerships (S. 2762), S5558 [21JN]
———establish program for increasing U.S. scientific, technology, and mathematical resources (S. 1804), S9645 [3OC]
———national policy to improve system, S348 [7FE], S505-S507 [8FE], S579-S582 [10FE], S848-S851 [28FE], S976-S979 [29FE], S1625 [23MR], S2709 [13AP], S4978 [13JN], S5818-S5821 [26JN], S6103 [29JN], S8910, S8912 [21SE], S9358 [27SE], S9565 [2OC], S10744-S10746, S10748-S10753 [19OC], S10884 [23OC], S10954, S10957, S10965-S10967, S10970-S10972, S10974 [25OC], S11067-S11069, S11074-S11076, S11078-S11080, S11111 [26OC], S11337, S11340 [29OC]
———national policy to improve system (S. 824), star print, S835 [24FE]
———promote student loan repayment programs to encourage employment with the Federal Government, S11488 [1NO]
———provide for teacher technology training (S. 2119), S935 [29FE]
———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), S2108-S2112 [4AP], S9647 [3OC]
———strengthen math and science training to prepare students to enter the information technology workforce (S. 2067), S625 [10FE]
———training and development of technology skills in rural communities, S9241 [26SE], S9362 [27SE]
Elementary and Secondary Education Act: Technology Literacy Challenge Fund funding, S5955-S5957, S5978 [28JN]
Ellsworth AFB, SD: deployment of Global Hawk aircraft system, S5648 [22JN]
EPA: dredging or other invasive sediment remediation technologies funding limitations, S10311, S10312 [12OC], S10760, S10761, S10765 [19OC]
FAA: improve communications and radar systems in the Gulf of Mexico airspace, S1587 [22MR]
———Wide Area Augmentation System funding, S5190 [15JN]
Families and domestic relations: enable domestic violence hotline operators to access an Internet site to immediately direct callers to an available shelter (S. 3110), S9268 [26SE], S10074 [6OC]
———enable domestic violence hotline operators to access an Internet site to immediately direct callers to available shelters, S10179 [11OC]
Federal agencies and departments: improve ability to license federally owned inventions (H.R. 209), S10027 [5OC]
Financial institutions: authorize loan guarantees to cooperative lending entities to facilitate access to local television broadcast signals in unserved and underserved areas, S1934-S1939, S1965 [30MR]
Firearms: require ballistics testing of all firearms that are most commonly used in crime and provide for compilation and use of ballistics information to curb the use of firearms in crime (S. 2715), S5028 [13JN]
Ford Motor Co.: provision of home computers, printers, and Internet access to employees, S385 [7FE]
Foreign trade: export controls on certain high-performance computers, S4980-S4982 [13JN]
———export controls on certain high-performance computers (S. 2539), S3836 [10MY]
———export controls on certain high-speed computers, S1271, S1272, S1277 [8MR]
———promote safety of genetically engineered foods, S3178-S3180 [1MY]
Fort Leavenworth, KS: Command & General Staff College replacement instructional facility funding, S4661 [7JN]
George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL: anniversary, S8778, S8814-S8816 [20SE]
Georgia Research Alliance: tribute, S4292-S4294 [23MY]
Global Disaster Information Network: tribute, S9690 [3OC]
Government: provide individual Federal agencies and the executive branch with increased incentives to use the share-in-savings program for information technology contracting (S. 3166), S9948 [5OC]
———report on progress in developing infrastructure assurance strategies and Dept. of Defense role in implementing such strategies and detecting information warfare programs (S. 2702), S4845 [8JN]
———strengthen information security practices throughout the Federal Government, S5330-S5332 [19JN], S11244 [27OC]
Health: human genome research, S5776, S5784-S5786 [26JN]
———prohibit health insurance and employment discrimination on the basis of genetic information, S6048-S6053, S6067-S6078, S6091 [29JN], S6219 [30JN]
Immigration: establish pilot program to allow certain aliens who complete a postsecondary degree in math or science to change their immigrant status to remain in U.S. and work in one of those fields (S. 1645), S9647 [3OC]
———increase number of temporary visas for skilled workers and expand education and training opportunities for U.S. students and workers (S. 2045), S542-S545 [9FE], S6341 [10JY], S6408-S6411, S6445 [11JY], S7608 [26JY], S7820, S7822 [27JY], S8907-S8916 [21SE], S9026-S9029 [22SE], S9124-S9127 [25SE], S9215-S9229, S9235, S9242, S9244-S9248 [26SE], S9337-S9350, S9353-S9359, S9362-S9376 [27SE], S9443, S9449-S9451 [28SE], S9600 [2OC], S9643-S9657 [3OC]
———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, S8620, S8626 [15SE], S8800-S8807 [20SE], S9026 [22SE]
———increase number of temporary visas for skilled workers and expand education and training opportunities for U.S. students and workers (S. 2045), unanimous-consent agreement, S9445 [28SE]
———increase number of temporary visas for skilled workers and expand education and training opportunities for U.S. students and workers (S. 2045), unanimous-consent request, S6338-S6340 [10JY]
Intel Corp.: tribute to ``Teach to the Future'' technology education partnership program, S336 [3FE], S385 [7FE]
Katie Poirier Abduction Emergency Fund: establish (S. 2055), S616 [10FE]
Launching Our Communities' Access to Local Television Act: application of Administrative Procedure Act, S1967 [30MR]
———application of copyright and communications laws, S1967 [30MR]
Law enforcement: allow post-conviction DNA tests and facilitate the exchange by law enforcement agencies of DNA identification information on felony offenders (S. 3130), S9466-S9469 [28SE]
———establish national integrated ballistics information network, S7615 [26JY]
———facilitate exchange and collection of DNA identification information from violent offenders (H.R. 4640), S11645-S11648 [6DE]
———improve the quality and credibility of forensic science services for criminal justice purposes (S. 3045), S8585, S8586, S8605 [14SE], S11184-S11187 [26OC]
Materials Corridor Partnership Initiative: establish multiagency program to promote energy efficient and environmentally sound economic development along the Mexican border (S. 397), S2791, S2792 [13AP]
Medicare: improve coverage determination process relative to new advances in medical technology (S. 1626), S78 [26JA]
———improve the manner in which new medical technologies are made available to beneficiaries, S11861-S11863 [15DE]
———improve the manner in which new medical technologies are made available to beneficiaries (S. 3082), S8858 [20SE]
———increase access to health care for beneficiaries through telemedicine (S. 2505), S3519, S3520 [4MY]
———provide for moratorium on mandatory delay of payment of claims and establish advanced informational infrastructure for administration of Federal health benefit programs (S. 2312), S1893 [29MR]
Microsoft Corp.: appeals court process relative to application of antitrust laws, S9255 [26SE]
———application of antitrust laws, S325 [3FE], S605 [10FE]
———impact of Dept. of Justice antitrust suit on consumers and the economy, S6247 [30JN], S8565 [14SE]
———proposed remedies submitted by the Dept. of Justice and several States relative to antitrust suit, S3553-S3555 [4MY]
National Biotechnology Month: observance, S58-S63, S95 [26JA], S144-S146 [31JA]
National Centers for Distance Working: establish (S. 2447), S2765 [13AP], S7440 [21JY]
National Commission on Space: establish (S. 2988), S7905 [27JY]
National Engineers Week: observance, S751 [23FE]
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Engineering: establish (H.R. 1795), S11850, S11852 [15DE]
National Science and Technology Week: observance, S3185 [1MY]
National security: commercial use of satellite imaging, S3908 [11MY]
National Security Agency: technology acquisition programs, S6461 [11JY]
Native Americans: provide loans for the improvement of telecommunications services on Indian reservations (S. 3114), S9270 [26SE]
Natural gas: promote research and development of methane hydrate resources (H.R. 1753), Senate amendments, S2805-S2807 [13AP]
New Hampshire: legislative action to abolish the death penalty, S4177 [18MY]
New Orleans, LA: Navy Information Technology Center funding, S5013 [13JN]
Next Generation Internet Act: reauthorize (S. 2046), S545 [9FE], S9009-S9013 [21SE]
NIH: biomedical research funding (S. Res. 253), S383 [7FE], S488 [8FE]
———experimental program to stimulate competitive research (S. 2358), S2234 [5AP]
———support modernization and construction of biomedical and behavioral research facilities and laboratory instrumentation, S11307 [28OC]
NSF: anniversary, S3828 [10MY]
Nuclear weapons: disposal of excess Russian weapons-derived plutonium, S486-S488 [8FE]
Paladin Data Systems Corp.: Innovation in Education Award recipient, S1590 [22MR], S1742 [27MR]
Power resources: authorize research to promote the conversion of biomass into biobased industrial products, S7368 [20JY]
———authorize research to promote the conversion of biomass into biobased industrial products (S. 935), S972-S975 [29FE], S5875 [27JN]
———elimination of internal combustion engine, S2279, S2280, S2284, S2295 [6AP]
Privacy: disclose the collection of information through computer software (S. 3180), S10089 [6OC]
———enhance and protect privacy of computer users (S. 3083), S8858 [20SE]
———enhance protections for electronic information, ensure uniform protections for purchase or rental of certain media, and promote use of encryption technology while balancing law enforcement needs (S. 854), S11778 [14DE]
———prohibit use of electronic measurement units to scan car radios (S. 2057), S617 [10FE]
———protect consumer privacy on the Internet, S10963 [25OC]
———protect consumer privacy on the Internet (S. 2928), S7668-S7672 [26JY]
———protect consumer privacy (S. 2606), S4299-S4311 [23MY]
———regulate use of personal information obtained by interactive computer services, S794 [24FE], S4254 [23MY]
———regulate use of personal information obtained by interactive computer services (S. 2063), S713 [23FE]
———strengthen and clarify prohibitions on electronic eavesdropping (S. 2326), S1911 [29MR]
Product safety: promote new and revised toxicological tests that protect human, animal, and environmental health while reducing need for animal testing (H.R. 4281), S11648, S11649 [6DE]
———promote new and revised toxicological tests that protect human, animal, and environmental health while reducing need for animal testing (S. 1495), S10893 [23OC]
Railroads: high speed rail projects funding, S5192 [15JN], S9401-S9403 [27SE]
Research: benefits of biotechnology research relative to agriculture, medicine, and environmental protection, S58-S63 [26JA]
———plant biotechnology research and development funding, S8182, S8183 [7SE]
SBA: Federal and State Technology Partnership program funding, S11230, S11231 [27OC]
———Small Business Innovation Research Rural Outreach Program funding, S11121 [26OC], S11230, S11231 [27OC]
Science: increase Federal technology research and development funding, S3502-S3506 [4MY]
———tribute to scientists working with the Federal Government, S11911 [15DE]
Skills USA-VICA, Inc.: tribute to ``Building Skills for America'' signature campaign, S9190 [25SE]
Small Business Innovation Research Program: extend authorization (H.R. 2392), S7285-S7293 [19JY]
Smithsonian Institution: construct a base facility structure for the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Submillimeter Array located in Hilo, HI (S. 2498), S3262, S3263 [2MY], S5159 [14JN]
Space policy: maintain leadership in both Government-sponsored and commercial space industry and exploration, S11488 [1NO]
Stevens Institute of Technology: nonlinear acoustic landmine detection research and development funding, S5013, S5014 [13JN]
Tariff: digital versatile discs (DVDs) manufacturing equipment (S. 2664), S4477, S4478 [25MY]
Taxation: allow credit for the cost of certain equipment used to convert public television broadcasting from analog to digital transmission (S. 3229), S10929 [24OC]
———credit for development costs of telecommunications facilities in rural areas (S. 2321), S1904 [29MR]
———establish nexus requirements for State and local taxation of mobile telecommunication services (H.R. 4391), S6812, S6813 [14JY]
———expand the enhanced deduction for corporate donations of computer technology to public libraries and community centers, S7050 [17JY]
———expand the enhanced deduction for corporate donations of computer technology to public libraries and community centers (S. 2302), S1816 [28MR]
———extend research and development tax credit, S6610-S6613 [13JY]
———extend the moratorium on taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce and assist States in simplifying their sales and use taxes (S. 2775), S5676-S5679 [22JN], S5732, S5733 [23JN]
———extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (H.R. 3709), S4118 [17MY], S4122 [18MY], S4937 [12JN]
———extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (S. 2255), S1516 [21MR]
———make permanent the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (S. 2028), S329 [3FE]
———make permanent the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (S. 2036), S453 [7FE], S457 [8FE]
———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, S9704, S9773 [3OC]
———provide incentives for voluntary reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and advance global climate science and technology development (S. 1777), S5293 [16JN]
———provide jurisdictional standards for imposition of State and local business activity, sales, and use tax obligations on interstate commerce (S. 2401), S2542-S2544 [11AP]
———treatment of computers provided to employees for personal use (S. 2601), S4238 [22MY]
———treatment of contributions of computer technology and equipment to elementary or secondary schools, S993-S996, S1005 [1MR]
———treatment of contributions of computer technology and equipment to elementary or secondary schools (S. 542), S385 [7FE]
Telecommunications: national policy to improve rural areas, S10242 [11OC]
———promote competition and privatization in satellite communications (S. 376), S1228 [7MR]
———promote competition and privatization in satellite communications (S. 376), conference report, S1155 [2MR], S1504 [21MR], S2710 [13AP]
———promote competition and privatization in satellite communications (S. 376), unanimous-consent agreement, S11 [24JA]
Telephones: prohibit telemarketers from interfering with a consumer's caller identification service (S. 2029), S330 [3FE]
Television: authorize loan guarantees for broadcast satellite launch vehicles relative to access to local broadcast signals in unserved and underserved areas, S1952 [30MR]
———authorize loan guarantees to facilitate access to local television broadcast signals in unserved and underserved areas, S4937 [12JN], S10074 [6OC], S11233, S11234 [27OC]
———authorize loan guarantees to facilitate access to local television broadcast signals in unserved and underserved areas (S. 2097), S1926-S1941, S1946-S1958, S1961-S1968 [30MR], S10242 [11OC]
———ensure local service to small, rural markets by satellite providers, S603-S605 [10FE]
———ensure local service to small, rural markets by satellite providers (H.R. 3615), S8271 [8SE]
———ensure local service to small, rural markets by satellite providers (H.R. 3615), unanimous-consent request, S8293 [8SE]
———require any entity receiving full amount of loan guarantees to provide all local broadcast signals of that State, S1940 [30MR]
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: distribution of Intelligent Transportation System Program funding, S10124-S10127 [10OC]
U.S. Telecommunications Training Institute: tribute, S2463 [10AP]
University of Connecticut: Advanced Technologies Institute funding, S8282 [8SE]
Vermont: tribute to Vermont Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, S1454 [20MR]
Virginia Tech: bioinformatics human and plant genome analysis funding, S7369 [20JY]
Walla Walla, WA: tribute to Walla Walla High School Career and Technical Education Program, S5552 [21JN]
Water Resources Research Act: reauthorize grants for water resources research and technology institutes (H.R. 4132), S10735 [18OC]
Reports
Interim Assessment of Research and Data Analysis in NASA Office of Space Science: Space Studies Board, H10387-H10389 [19OC]
NIH Biomedical Research Funding: Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research Funding, H7075-H7077 [26JY]
Reports filed
American Competitiveness in the Twenty-First Century Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 2045) (S. Rept. 106-260), S2526 [11AP]
Consideration of Conference Report on S. 376, Open-Market Reorganization for the Betterment of International Telecommunications (ORBIT) Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H.R. 432) (H. Rept. 106-514), H755 [8MR]
Consideration of H.R. 2086, Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 422) (H. Rept. 106-496), H339 [10FE]
Consideration of H.R. 3615, Rural Local Broadcast Signal Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 475) (H. Rept. 106-579), H2238 [12AP]
Consideration of H.R. 3709, Internet Nondiscrimination Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 496) (H. Rept. 106-611), H2769 [9MY]
Dept. of Energy Assessment of the Effectiveness of Policies and Site Performance in the Areas of Security, Safeguards, and Cyber Security: Committee on Armed Services (House) (H.R. 3906) (H. Rept. 106-696), H5954 [12JY]
———Committee on Commerce (House) (H.R. 3906) (H. Rept. 106-696), H5083 [23JN]
Dept. of Energy Investigation of Missing Nuclear Missile Technology From Los Alamos National Laboratory and Agency Security Issues: Committee on Armed Services (House) (H. Res. 534) (H. Rept. 106-730), H5954 [12JY]
DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 4640) (H. Rept. 106-900), H8199 [26SE]
Electronic Commerce Enhancement Act: Committee on Science (House) (H.R. 4429) (H. Rept. 106-877), H7990 [21SE]
Electronic Communications Privacy Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 5018) (H. Rept. 106-932), H8799 [4OC]
EPA Office of Air and Radiation Appropriations: Committee on Science (House) (H.R. 1743) (H. Rept. 106-511), H646 [6MR]
EPA Office of Research and Development and Science Advisory Board Appropriations: Committee on Science (House) (H.R. 1742) (H. Rept. 106-512), H646 [6MR]
Freedom To E-File Act: Committee on Agriculture (House) (H.R. 852) (H. Rept. 106-565), H2012 [10AP]
Government Information Security Act: Committee on Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 1993) (S. Rept. 106-259), S2465 [10AP]
Grain Standards and Warehouse Improvement Act: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate) (S. 3001) (S. Rept. 106-391), S8019 [5SE]
Internet Gambling Funding Prohibition Act: Committee on Banking and Financial Services (House) (H.R. 4419) (H. Rept. 106-771), H6717 [20JY]
Internet Gambling Prohibition Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 3125) (H. Rept. 106-655), H4035 [7JN]
Internet Integrity and Critical Infrastructure Protection Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 2448), S9941 [5OC]
Internet Nondiscrimination Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 3709) (H. Rept. 106-609), H2654 [8MY]
Know Your Caller Act: Committee on Commerce (House) (H.R. 3100) (H. Rept. 106-872), H7931 [20SE]
Launching Our Communities' Access to Local Television Act: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate) (S. 2097) (S. Rept. 106-243), S1461 [20MR]
Mobile Telecommunications Sourcing Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 1755) (S. Rept. 106-326), S6256 [30JN]
———Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 4391) (H. Rept. 106-719), H5736 [10JY]
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Engineering Establishment Act: Committee on Commerce (House) (H.R. 1795) (H. Rept. 106-889), H8199 [26SE]
National Laboratories Partnership Improvement Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 1756) (S. Rept. 106-487), S9855 [4OC]
National Materials Corridor Partnership Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 397) (S. Rept. 106-232), S1390 [9MR]
National Science Education Act: Committee on Science (House) (H.R. 4271) (H. Rept. 106-821), H7279 [6SE]
Next Generation Internet Act Reauthorization: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 2046) (S. Rept. 106-310), S5308 [16JN]
Nuclear Secrets Safety Act: Committee on Armed Services (House) (H.R. 4737) (H. Rept. 106-1035), H12534 [2JA]
Open-Market Reorganization for the Betterment of International Telecommunications (ORBIT) Act: Committee of Conference (S. 376) (H. Rept. 106-509), H641 [2MR]
Privacy Commission Act: Committee on Government Reform (House) (H.R. 4049) (H. Rept. 106-919), H8551 [29SE]
Promote New and Revised Toxicological Tests That Protect Human, Animal, and Environmental Health While Reducing Need for Animal Testing: Committee on Commerce (House) (H.R. 4281) (H. Rept. 106-908), H9907 [16OC]
———Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 1495) (S. Rept. 106-496), S10252 [11OC]
Rural Local Broadcast Signal Act: Committee on Agriculture (House) (H.R. 3615) (H. Rept. 106-508), H630 [1MR]
———Committee on Commerce (House) (H.R. 3615) (H. Rept. 106-508), H1956 [6AP]
Support Internet Safety Awareness: Committee on Commerce (House) (H. Res. 575) (H. Rept. 106-949), H9634 [10OC]
Technology Administration Appropriations: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 1407) (S. Rept. 106-382), S8019 [5SE]
Training and Education for American Workers Act: Committee on Education and the Workforce (House) (H.R. 4402) (H. Rept. 106-642), H3866 [25MY]
Water Resources Research Act Grants Reauthorization for Water Resources Research and Technology Institutes: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 2297) (S. Rept. 106-369), S8018 [5SE]
Water Resources Research Act Reauthorization of Water Resources Research and Technology Institutes Grants: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 4132) (H. Rept. 106-714), H5735 [10JY]
Wireless Telecommunications Sourcing and Privacy Act: Committee on Commerce (House) (H.R. 3489) (H. Rept. 106-725), H5842 [11JY]
———Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 3489) (H. Rept. 106-726), H5842 [11JY]
Resolutions by organizations
Treatment of Wen Ho Lee relative to Dept. of Justice investigation into missing nuclear missile technology from Los Alamos National Laboratory: Episcopal Church USA (organization), H9887 [12OC]
———Unitarian Church of Los Alamos, NM, H9891 [12OC]
Rulings of the Chair
Television: authorize loan guarantees to facilitate access to local television broadcast signals in unserved and underserved areas (S. 2097), S1956 [30MR]
Statements
Agriculture and International Trade: Larry Palser, Colorado Wheat Administrative Committee, E465 [30MR]
Augmentative Communication Devices: Stephen Hawking, E753 [17MY]
Bioengineering: Thalia Sparling and Kate Early, E1518 [18SE]
Biotechnology Research: National Research Council, S63 [26JA]
———President Clinton, S63 [26JA]
Dept. of Defense Federal Acquisition Revisions: Senators Thompson, Lieberman, Warner and Levin, S5075 [14JN]
Federal Farm Policy: Dusty Tallman, Colorado Association of Wheat Growers, E467 [30MR]
———Lynn Shook, E466 [30MR]
National Call to Action To Close the Digital Divide: Executive Office of the President, H1844 [5AP]
NIH Biomedical Research Funding: Biomedical Research Caucus, H7077 [26JY]
Open-Market Reorganization for the Betterment of International Telecommunications (ORBIT) Act: Representatives Bliley and Markey, Committee on Commerce (House), H902 [9MR]
Research on Medical, Biotechnological, Food, and Industrial Uses of Tobacco Funding: Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids (organization), H5558 [29JN]
Summaries
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations (H.R. 4577): Community Renewal and New Markets Initiatives Development, E2247-E2249 [2JA]
Innocence Protection Act (S. 2690), S4680 [7JN]
Internet Prescription Drug Consumer Protection Act (S. 3208), S10621 [17OC]
Safe and Successful Schools Act (H.R. 4346), E613 [2MY]
Tables
Economic costs of major illnesses, H7075 [26JY]
U.S. advanced technology trade losses with the People's Republic of China, S8549 [14SE]
U.S. trade in advanced technology products, S3812 [10MY]
Texts of
H. Con. Res. 300, tribute to Federal workforce for successfully preparing for year 2000 computer problem, H2350 [2MY]
H. Res. 422, consideration of H.R. 2086, Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Act, H389 [15FE]
H. Res. 437, NIH biomedical research funding, H7072 [26JY]
H. Res. 453, Senate amendments to H.R. 1753, Methane Hydrate Research and Development Act, H1634 [3AP]
H. Res. 496, consideration of H.R. 3709, Internet Nondiscrimination Act, H2783 [10MY]
H. Res. 534, Dept. of Energy investigation of missing nuclear missile technology from Los Alamos National Laboratory, addressing of agency security issues, and determination of accountability for security lapses, H6072 [17JY]
H. Res. 575, support Internet safety awareness, H9537 [10OC]
H.R. 1753, Methane Hydrate Research and Development Act, S2805 [13AP]
H.R. 1795, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Engineering Establishment Act, H8266 [27SE]
H.R. 2086, Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Act, H398-H400 [15FE]
H.R. 2393, Small Business Innovation Research Program authorization extension, S7285-S7287 [19JY]
H.R. 3100, Know Your Caller Act, H8272 [27SE]
H.R. 3125, Internet Gambling Prohibition Act, H6057-H6061 [17JY]
H.R. 3582, Federal Contractor Flexibility Act, H2353 [2MY]
H.R. 3615, Rural Local Broadcast Signal Act, H2285-H2289 [13AP]
H.R. 3709, Internet Nondiscrimination Act, H2801 [10MY]
H.R. 4049, Privacy Commission Act, H8561-H8563 [2OC]
H.R. 4132, water resources research and technology institutes grants reauthorization under the Water Resources Research Act, H5671 [10JY]
H.R. 4271, National Science Education Act, H10610-H10615 [24OC]
H.R. 4281, promote new and revised toxicological tests that protect human, animal, and environmental health while reducing need for animal testing, H10007 [17OC]
H.R. 4382, Air Force Work Force Renewal Act, E648 [4MY]
H.R. 4391, Mobile Telecommunications Sourcing Act, H5741-H5743 [11JY]
H.R. 4401, Health Care Infrastructure Investment Act, H2749 [9MY]
H.R. 4429, Electronic Commerce Enhancement Act, H8079 [26SE]
H.R. 4640, DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act, H8573-H8575 [2OC]
H.R. 5362, increase fees charged to employers who are petitioners for the employment of H-1B non-immigrant workers, H9052 [6OC]
H.R. 5486, tax treatment of depreciation of wireless telecommunications equipment, E1868 [19OC]
H.R. 5490, Air Force Science and Technology for the 21st Century Act, E1830 [19OC]
S. 397, National Materials Corridor and U.S.-Mexico Border Technology Partnership Act, S2791 [13AP]
S. 777, Freedom To E-File Act, S4216 [18MY], H1973 [10AP], H3892 [6JN]
S. 935, National Sustainable Fuels and Chemicals Act, S972-S974 [29FE], S1039-S1042 [1MR]
S. 1756, National Laboratories Partnership Improvement Act, S9993-S9995 [5OC], S10107-S10110 [6OC]
S. 1769, reporting requirements for eavesdropping and surveillance activities of Federal and State law enforcement agencies, S2813 [13AP]
S. 2028, Internet Nondiscrimination Act, S329 [3FE]
S. 2045, American Competitiveness in the Twenty-First Century Act, S543 [9FE], S9026-S9028 [22SE], S9651-S9655 [3OC], H8699 [3OC], H9004-H9008 [5OC]
S. 2046, Federal Research Investment Act, S9009-S9013 [21SE], S9088-S9094 [22SE]
S. 2057, Motorists Privacy Act, S617 [10FE]
S. 2061, Kids 2000 Act, S620 [10FE]
S. 2255, extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce, S1517 [21MR]
S. 2261, Industry Training Consortia Act, S1521 [21MR]
S. 2302, Community Technology Assistance Act, S1816 [28MR]
S. 2321, Rural Telecommunications Modernization Act, S1905 [29MR]
S. 2326, Wireless Eavesdropping Protection Act, S1911 [29MR]
S. 2336, Networking and Information Technology Research and Development for Department of Energy Missions Act, S1994 [30MR]
S. 2347, Information Technology Act, S2109 [4AP]
S. 2401, New Economy Tax Simplification Act (NETSA), S2542 [11AP]
S. 2430, Internet Security Act, S2740 [13AP]
S. 2447, Rural Telework Act, S2766 [13AP]
S. 2498, construct a base facility structure for the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Submillimeter Array located in Hilo, HI, S3263 [2MY], S5159 [14JN], H10014 [17OC]
S. 2545, Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation funding, S3918 [11MY]
S. 2573, Directed Energy Coordination and Consolidation Act, S4104 [17MY]
S. 2606, Consumer Privacy Protection Act, S4302-S4309 [23MY]
S. 2623, National Science Education Enhancement Act, S4384-S4387 [24MY]
S. 2624, National Science Education Act, S4387-S4389 [24MY]
S. 2690, Innocence Protection Act, S4676-S4680 [7JN]
S. 2702, report on progress in developing infrastructure assurance strategies and Dept. of Defense role in implementing such strategies and detecting information warfare programs, S4846 [8JN]
S. 2715, Ballistic Fingerprints Act, S5028 [13JN]
S. 2734, Warehouse Improvement Act, S5251-S5254 [15JN]
S. 2928, Consumer Internet Privacy Enhancement Act, S7669 [26JY]
S. 3040, Privacy Commission Act, S8502 [13SE]
S. 3045, National Forensic Sciences Improvement Act, S11185-S11187 [26OC], H12029-H12031 [7DE]
S. 3083, Enhancement of Privacy and Public Safety in Cyberspace Act, S8859-S8862 [20SE]
S. 3152, Community Renewal and New Markets Act, S9704-S9729 [3OC]
S. 3166, Information Technology Share-in-Savings Program Improvement Act, S9948 [5OC]
S. 3168, Sexual Assault Prosecution Act, S9950 [5OC]
S. 3180, Spyware Control and Privacy Protection Act, S10090 [6OC]
S. Res. 253, Biomedical Revitalization Resolution, S383 [7FE]
S. Res. 264, tribute to Committee on the Year 2000 Technology Problem (Senate, Special), S955, S980 [29FE]
S. Res. 294, Children's Internet Safety Month, S2873 [25AP], S8637 [15SE]