VOINOVICH, GEORGE (a Senator from Ohio)
Amendments
Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4461), S7367, S7400, S7405 [20JY]
Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005 (S. Con. Res. 101), S2120 [4AP], S2197, S2254, S2255 [5AP], S2355, S2367, S2371, S2377 [6AP], S2391, S2393, S2399, S2440, S2442 [7AP]
Coast Guard: authorizing appropriations (S. 1089), S1186 [6MR]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2549), S4638, S4696 [7JN], S4753, S4867, S4881 [8JN], S5071, S5120 [14JN], S5367 [19JN], S5436, S5437, S5471, S5472 [20JN]
———making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (S. 2521), S4117 [17MY]
———making appropriations (H.R. 4576), S4964 [12JN], S4984 [13JN]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4578), S6480 [11JY], S6514 [12JY]
Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4475), S5138 [14JN], S5169, S5177, S5275 [15JN]
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), S5698 [22JN], S5915, S5933 [27JN], S5984, S5990 [28JN], S6053, S6151 [29JN]
Elementary and Secondary Education Act: extend programs and activities (S. 2), S3333, S3447 [3MY], S3662, S3778 [9MY]
Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 4733), S8117, S8120 [6SE], S8168, S8169 [7SE]
Taxation: treatment of education individual retirement accounts relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (S. 1134), S1131 [2MR]
Water: provide for conservation and development of water resources and authorize Dept. of the Army construction and improvement projects for rivers and harbors (S. 2796), S8916, S8986 [21SE]
Appointments
Acting President pro tempore, S5823 [27JN]
Canada-U.S. Interparliamentary Group, S3927 [11MY]
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate), S11660 [6DE]
Conferee: S. 2796, Water Resources Development Act, S10881 [23OC]
NATO Parliamentary Assembly, S4334 [23MY]
Articles and editorials
Heedless of the Deficits Ahead, David S. Broder, Washington (DC) Post, S10265 [11OC]
U.N. Chief in Kosovo Takes Stock of Tough Year, Steven Erlanger, New York (NY) Times, S7636 [26JY]
U.N. Official Warns of Losing the Peace in Kosovo, Steven Erlanger, New York (NY) Times, S7635 [26JY]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Alcoholic beverages: enforcement of State laws in Federal court relative to interstate transportation of liquor (see S. 577), S2771 [13AP]
Aldrin, Edwin E. (Buzz): award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 2632), S4460 [25MY]
Armstrong, Neil A.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 2632), S4460 [25MY]
Arts Education Month: designate (see S. Res. 128), S292 [2FE]
Baltic States: recognize anniversary of U.S. nonrecognition policy of the Soviet takeover of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania and support democratic and economic reforms (see S. Con. Res. 122), S5107 [14JN]
Belarus: condemn human rights violations and undemocratic elections and provide for full accounting of the disappearance and release of opposition leaders (see S. Con. Res. 153), S11137 [26OC]
Capitol Building and Grounds: establish a task force to recommend an appropriate recognition for the slave laborers who worked on the construction of the U.S. Capitol (see S. Con. Res. 130), S7922 [27JY]
Children's Internet Safety Month: designate (see S. Res. 294), S6349 [10JY]
Clean Air Act: allow State Governors to waive oxygen content requirement and encourage voluntary standards to control release of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) from underground storage tanks (see S. 1886), S160 [31JA]
———allow State Governors to waive oxygen content requirement and encourage voluntary standards to control release of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) from underground storage tanks, cosponsorship withdrawn (see S. 1886), S3850 [10MY]
Cole (U.S.S.): terrorist attack on Navy destroyer in Yemen (see S. Res. 378), S10716 [18OC]
Collins, Michael: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 2632), S4460 [25MY]
Commission for the Comprehensive Study of Privacy Protection: establish (see S. 3040), S8501 [13SE]
Commission on Government Restructuring and Reform: establish (see S. 2306), S1815 [28MR]
Coverdell, Paul: tribute (see S. Res. 338), S7160 [18JY]
Curtis, Carl T.: tribute (see S. Res. 246), S86 [26JA]
Customs Service: prohibit use of racial and other discriminatory profiling in connection with searches and detentions of individuals (see S. 2393), S3736 [9MY]
Daniel Patrick Moynihan U.S. Courthouse, New York, NY: designate (see S. 2370), S2347 [6AP]
Death and dying: promote pain management and palliative care without permitting assisted suicide and euthanasia (see S. 1272), S1185 [6MR]
Dept. of Energy: establish compensation programs for employees sustaining illnesses from exposure to beryllium and other hazardous substances and examine health effects of exposure to hazardous substances (see S. 1954), S1127 [2MR]
Diseases: extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see S. 2386), S2636 [12AP]
Education: early learning programs funding (see S. 2866), S6677 [13JY]
Employment: provide compensatory time opportunities, flexible workplaces, and clarify minimum wage and overtime requirements of private sector employees (see S. 1241), S746 [23FE]
EPA: reinstate transportation conformity regulations (see S. 1053), S1913 [29MR]
———revise regulatory requirements relative to pesticide tolerance reviews (see S. 1464), S1421 [9MR]
Everglades National Park: restoration plan (see S. 2797), S5884 [27JN]
Fair Labor Standards Act: clarify treatment of stock options (see S. 2323), S2636 [12AP]
FCC: allow the operation of low-power FM radio stations that do not interfere with the transmissions of full-power stations (see S. 3020), S11005 [25OC]
Financial institutions: give customers notice and choice about how institutions share or sell personally identifiable sensitive financial information (see S. 187), S11258 [27OC]
Foreign policy: reduce, suspend, or terminate certain assistance to countries engaged in oil price fixing to the detriment of the U.S. economy (see S. 2182), S1914 [29MR]
Frederick Douglass Gardens, Inc.: establish a memorial in the District of Columbia or its environs (see S. 3147), S11137 [26OC]
Gambling: prohibit gambling on high school and college sports and the Olympic games (see S. 2021), S213 [1FE]
Government: strengthen information security practices throughout the Federal Government (see S. 1993), S1467 [20MR]
Health: issue special postage stamps to fund organ and tissue donation awareness (see S. 2062), S6144 [29JN]
Helsinki Final Act: anniversary (see S.J. Res. 48), S7077 [17JY]
Historic buildings and sites: establish a program to award grants to improve and maintain sites honoring Presidents of the U.S. (see S. 2082), S1128 [2MR]
Immigration: arrival and departure requirements for Canadian citizens relative to automated entry and exit control systems (see S. 2599), S4392 [24MY]
———increase number of temporary visas for skilled workers and expand education and training opportunities for U.S. students and workers (see S. 2045), S3948 [15MY]
Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see S. 2341), S2106 [4AP]
International Visitors Program: anniversary (see S. Res. 87), S747 [23FE]
Italian Americans: prepare report detailing injustices suffered during World War II and require the President to formally acknowledge such injustices (see S. 1909), S92 [26JA]
James Madison Commemoration Commission: establish (see S. 3137), S9466 [28SE]
Medicare: eliminate reduction in payment rates to home health agencies for home health services (see S. 2365), S2233 [5AP]
———improve access to Medicare+Choice plans through an increase in annual capitation rates (see S. 2937), S8115 [6SE]
———make more competitive and efficient and provide for a prescription drug benefit (see S. 2807), S7922 [27JY]
———revise inflation update factor used in making payments to prospective payment system hospitals (see S. 2018), S7921 [27JY]
Middle East: prohibit U.S. assistance to the Palestinian Authority if a Palestinian State is declared unilaterally (see S. 2938), S8215 [7SE] (see S. 3250), S11131 [26OC]
National Children's Memorial Day: designate (see S. Res. 340), S7448 [21JY]
National Child's Day: designate (see S. Res. 296), S2865 [25AP]
National Heart Failure Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 256), S613 [10FE]
National Mammography Day: designate (see S. Res. 353), S8413 [12SE]
National Military Appreciation Month: designate (see S. 1419), S2871 [25AP]
National Nuclear Security Administration: application of environmental protection, safety, and health regulations (see S. 2597), S4190 [18MY]
National Peace Officers Memorial Day: designate (see S. Res. 247), S2772 [13AP]
National Responsible Father's Day: designate (see S. Res. 322), S5027 [13JN]
National Safe Place Week: designate (see S. Res. 258), S1422 [9MR]
NIST: establish a program to support research and training in methods of detecting the use of performance-enhancing substances by athletes (see S. 2340), S7554 [25JY]
O'Connor, John Cardinal: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 2076), S1030 [1MR]
Older Americans Act: extend authorization, establish National Family Caregiver Support Program, modernize aging programs and services, and address need to engage in life course planning (see S. 1536), S10091 [6OC]
Olympic games: mint commemorative coins to support the 2002 Salt Lake Olympic Winter Games and U.S. Olympic Committee programs (see S. 2266), S1596 [22MR]
Petroleum: decrease dependence on foreign sources through use of renewable fuels, conservation, improving efficiency, and increasing domestic energy supplies (see S. 2557), S4013 [16MY]
Pope John Paul II: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 2453), S2728 [13AP]
Power resources: establish and implement competitive, environmentally sound, and job creating oil and gas leasing program for the Coastal Plain (see S. 2214), S1315 [8MR]
Presidential appointments: provide training of individuals a President-elect intends to nominate as department heads or appoint to key executive positions and improve financial disclosure process (see S. 2705), S4820 [8JN]
Reagan, Ronald and Nancy: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 2459), S3616 [8MY]
Riddick, Floyd M.: tribute (see S. Res. 245), S86 [26JA]
Russia: detention of journalist Andrei Babitsky and interference with freedom of the press (see S. Res. 303), S5468 [20JN]
Schulz, Charles M.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 2060), S2040 [3AP]
Slovenia: commend partnership with the U.S. and NATO and endorse accession to NATO (see S. Con. Res. 117), S4379 [24MY]
Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds (see S. 1962), S1421 [9MR]
———eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (see S. 2074), S1186 [6MR]
Taxation: 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]
———provide relief for payment of asbestos-related claims (see S. 2955), S7839 [27JY]
———simplify the excise tax on heavy truck tires (see S. 2587), S4190 [18MY]
———simplify the method of determining a partner's share of items in a qualified investment club (see S. 1952), S1327 [8MR]
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: improve implementation of environmental streamlining provisions (see S. 3173), S9945 [5OC]
Veterans: clarify and improve veterans' claims and appellate procedures (see S. 1810), S8343 [11SE]
Vietnam Veterans Memorial: place a plaque to honor those veterans who died after their service, but as a direct result of that service (see S. 1921), S3332 [3MY]
Volunteer workers: extend appropriations for programs under the National and Community Service Act and the Domestic Volunteer Service Act (see S. 2764), S5555 [21JN]
Water Resources Research Act: reauthorize grants for water resources research and technology institutes (see S. 2297), S3332 [3MY]
Bills and resolutions introduced
CERCLA: expand incentives for the environmental cleanup of certain brownfield sites (see S. 2590), S4190 [18MY]
Dept. of Defense: realignment of civilian workforce (see S. 2674), S4564 [6JN]
Dept. of Energy: establish compensation programs for employees sustaining beryllium and radiation-related injury, illness, or death (see S. 2519), S3691 [9MY]
District of Columbia: modify performance accountability plan filing date and goals (see S. 3062), S8657 [18SE]
EPA: consider risk assessments and cost-benefit analyses relative to establishment of new or revised clean air standards (see S. 2362), S2233 [5AP]
Serbia: elections (see S. Res. 365), S9702 [3OC]
———oppose regime of Slobodan Milosevic, support efforts of the democratic opposition, and promote peace, stability, and prosperity in Southeastern Europe (see S. Res. 272), S1392 [9MR]
Social Security: treatment under balanced budget constitutional amendment (see S.J. Res. 38), S285 [2FE]
Tariff: methyl esters (see S. 2168, 2169), S1118 [2MR]
Water: provide for conservation and development of water resources and authorize Dept. of the Army construction and improvement projects for rivers and harbors (see S. 2796), S5884 [27JN]
Cloture motions
Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 4733), motion to proceed, S7522 [25JY], S7731 [27JY]
Immigration: increase number of temporary visas for skilled workers and expand education and training opportunities for U.S. students and workers (S. 2045), S9248 [26SE], S9440 [28SE]
Letters
Brownfields Revitalization Act: Kenny Guinn and Tom Vilsack, National Governors' Association, S4199
Individuals With Disabilities Education Act funding: by, S1372 [9MR]
Lists
Violent acts against ethnic minorities in Kosovo, S7632 [26JY]
Messages
Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Treaty With Egypt: President Clinton, S301 [2FE]
Papers
How To Protect the Surplus From Wasteful Spending, Peter B. Sperry, Heritage Foundation, S7117-S7119 [18JY]
Pledge of Allegiance
Senate, S167 [1FE], S1765 [28MR], S2053 [4AP], S2817 [25AP], S3957 [16MY], S4507 [6JN], S4973 [13JN], S5383 [20JN], S5823 [27JN], S6403 [11JY], S7083 [18JY], S7493 [25JY], S9215 [26SE], S10123 [10OC], S10605 [17OC], S10951 [25OC], S11617 [6DE]
Remarks
Akron, OH: National Inventors Hall of Fame inductees, S10707
American Automobile Association: anniversary of Ohio Motorist Association, S4375
Appropriations: making emergency supplemental appropriations, S6463 [11JY]
Budget: balance, S2185 [5AP]
———deficit, S10264 [11OC]
———ensure budget totals do not assume reduction or elimination of gasoline taxes to protect continued use of revenues for the Highway Trust Fund, S2204 [5AP]
———ensure on-budget surplus is used to reduce the public debt, S4943 [12JN], S4986 [13JN], S5177 [15JN]
———establish 2-year cycle (S. 92), S655 [22FE]
———preserve portion of projected surplus to reduce the public debt, S2185 [5AP]
———provide for reconciliation of the concurrent resolution to reduce the public debt and to decrease the statutory debt limit (H.R. 4601), S7117 [18JY]
———provide for reconciliation of the concurrent resolution to reduce the public debt and to decrease the statutory debt limit (H.R. 5173), S8789 [20SE], S10264 [11OC]
———setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005 (S. Con. Res. 101), S2185, S2204, S2226 [5AP], S2391, S2399 [7AP]
———treatment of any budget surpluses, S2185, S2226 [5AP], S7116 [18JY], S10264 [11OC], S11018 [25OC]
CERCLA: expand incentives for the environmental cleanup of certain brownfield sites (S. 2590), S4194
China, People's Republic of: permanent normal trade relations upon accession to the World Trade Organization (H.R. 4444), S8604 [14SE]
Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate): tribute to staff for efforts relative to Water Resources Development Act, S9151 [25SE]
Corporations: review, reform, and terminate unnecessary and inequitable Federal subsidies (S. 1977), sequential referral, S301 [2FE]
Dept. of Defense: authorize additional rounds of military base closures and realignments, S4646 [7JN]
———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4205), conference report, S10375 [12OC]
———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2549), S4646 [7JN], S4757 [8JN], S5439 [20JN]
———making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 4425), conference report, S6463 [11JY]
———making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (S. 2521), S4142 [18MY]
———making appropriations (H.R. 4576), S4986 [13JN]
———realignment of civilian workforce, S5439 [20JN]
———realignment of civilian workforce (S. 2674), S4568
Dept. of Energy: establish compensation programs for employees sustaining beryllium and radiation-related injury, illness, or death, S4757 [8JN], S10375 [12OC]
———establish compensation programs for employees sustaining beryllium and radiation-related injury, illness, or death (S. 2519), S3692 [9MY]
Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations, S8789 [20SE]
Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4475), S5166, S5172, S5173, S5177 [15JN]
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), S5984, S5985, S5986 [28JN], S11483 [1NO]
———making appropriations (H.R. 4577), conference report, S11881 [15DE]
———making appropriations (S. 2553), S6463 [11JY]
District of Columbia: modify performance accountability plan filing date and goals (S. 3062), S8658 [18SE]
Education: assist local educational agencies in enabling students to meet academic achievement standards, S3484 [4MY]
———direct funding and control to local educational agencies, S11483 [1NO]
———early learning programs funding, S3674 [9MY]
———funding, S11483 [1NO]
Elementary and Secondary Education Act: extend programs and activities (S. 2), S3484 [4MY], S3674 [9MY], S11483 [1NO]
———portability demonstration program to allow school systems to use Title I funding to provide school choice or allow tutorial assistance, S3484 [4MY]
EPA: consider risk assessments and cost-benefit analyses relative to establishment of new or revised clean air standards (S. 2362), S2236
Everglades National Park: restoration plan, S8904 [21SE]
———restoration plan operation and maintenance cost sharing, S8918, S8919, S8924, S8926, S8928 [21SE]
Federal employees: staffing levels, S11322 [29OC]
Fishermen's Protective Act: extend reimbursement period for owners of U.S. fishing vessels for costs incurred from seizure and detention by a foreign country (H.R. 1651), S11019 [25OC]
Foreign countries: report on trip to Southeastern Europe, S2700-S2706 [13AP]
Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: funding, S1371 [9MR], S2399 [7AP], S5984, S5985, S5986 [28JN]
Kosovo: prohibit funding for deployment of U.S. Armed Forces after a set date unless authorized by law and condition current funding on certification that European countries live up to prior commitments, S4142 [18MY]
Legislative branch of the Government: making appropriations (H.R. 4516), conference report, S8789 [20SE]
Medicare: improve access to Medicare+Choice plans through an increase in annual capitation rates (S. 2937), S7687 [26JY]
Motor vehicles: recall and investigation of Firestone tires, S10068 [6OC]
———require reports relative to defects in foreign products (S. 3059), unanimous-consent request, S10068 [6OC]
NATO: status of U.S. forces and military operations in the Balkan region of Europe, S10964 [25OC]
Nuclear energy: storage of spent nuclear fuel pending completion of the nuclear waste repository (S. 1287), vitiation of cloture vote, S301 [2FE]
Petroleum: economic impact of increasing oil prices0, S1921, S1922 [29MR]
———impact of gasoline tax reduction on Highway Trust Fund, S2492 [11AP]
Public debt: use of budget surplus to repay the debt, S2226 [5AP], S2391 [7AP]
Senate: legislative program, S301 [2FE], S3957 [16MY], S4973 [13JN], S7083 [18JY], S7493 [25JY], S9215 [26SE], S11020 [25OC]
Serbia: elections, S9898 [5OC]
———elections (S. Res. 365), S9761 [3OC]
———oppose regime of Slobodan Milosevic, support efforts of the democratic opposition, and promote peace, stability, and prosperity in Southeastern Europe, S7630 [26JY]
———oppose regime of Slobodan Milosevic, support efforts of the democratic opposition, and promote peace, stability, and prosperity in Southeastern Europe (S. Res. 272), S2703 [13AP]
Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, S2185 [5AP], S4943 [12JN], S10264 [11OC]
———treatment under balanced budget constitutional amendment (S.J. Res. 38), S290 [2FE]
Taxation: institute a Federal fuels tax holiday (S. 2285), S1921, S1922 [29MR], S2492 [11AP]
———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), S6621 [13JY]
———provide relief for payment of asbestos-related claims, S11881 [15DE]
———rates, S7116 [18JY]
———temporarily suspend motor fuel taxes (H.R. 4834), S6621 [13JY]
Transportation: make certain passenger rail projects eligible for funding under the Federal highway program, S5166, S5172 [15JN]
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: improve implementation of environmental streamlining provisions (S. 3173), S9960 [5OC]
Votes: correction, S11322 [29OC]
Water: provide for conservation and development of water resources and authorize Dept. of the Army construction and improvement projects for rivers and harbors (S. 2796), S5887 [27JN], S8904, S8918, S8919, S8924, S8926, S8928 [21SE], S9151 [25SE]
Resolutions by organizations
Southeastern Europe: Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, S7637 [26JY]
Statements
Bulgaria's Perspective on Southeastern Europe: Nadezhda Mihailova, Foreign Minister of Bulgaria, S2704 [13AP]
Tables
U.S., European Union, and international financial institutions support to Southeastern Europe and Kosovo, S2704 [13AP]
Testimonies
Ethnic Minorities in Kosovo: Kyr Artemije, S7634 [26JY]
Texts of
S. 2362, Air Quality Standard Improvement Act, S2237
S. 2590, Brownfields Revitalization Act, S4195
S. 2674, Dept. of Defense Civilian Workforce Realignment Act, S4569
S. 2796, Water Resources Development Act, S5888-S5900 [27JN]
S. 3062, modify District of Columbia performance accountability plan filing date and goals, S8658 [18SE]
S. Res. 272, oppose Serbian regime of Slobodan Milosevic, support efforts of the democratic opposition, and promote peace, stability, and prosperity in Southeastern Europe, S2705 [13AP]
S.J. Res. 38, treatment of Social Security under balanced budget constitutional amendment, S291 [2FE]
Tributes
Akers, Bruce, S1812
Carnahan, Mel, S10605, S10606 [17OC]
Collins, Jim, S5658
Coverdell, Paul, S7308 [20JY]
Dawson, Michael, S10710
Glazer, Craig, S10617
Pevec, Edward, S4373