ECONOMY related term(s) Credit; Domestic policy; Homeless; Income

Addresses

Economic Expansion in Gombe State, Nigeria: Alhaji Abubakar Habu Hashidu, Governor of Gombe State, E1030 [6JN]

Amendments

Agriculture: respond to the continuing economic crisis adversely affecting agricultural producers (S. 1246), S8299 [26JY], S8400 [30JY], S8404, S8433, S8447, S8451, S8486, S8487, S8492, S8493 [31JY], S8776, S8778, S8779, S8780, S8781, S8783, S8784, S8785, S8786, S8788, S8789, S8790, S8793, S8794, S8795, S8796, S8798, S8799, S8800, S8801, S8803, S8804, S8805, S8806, S8807, S8808, S8809, S8812, S8814, S8815, S8816, S8817, S8818, S8819, S8820, S8826, S8827, S8828, S8829, S8830, S8831, S8832, S8833, S8834 [2AU], S8977, S8978, S8979 [3AU]

CERCLA: promote cleanup and reuse of brownfields, provide financial assistance for brownfields revitalization, and enhance State response programs (S. 350), S3879, S3896, S3929 [25AP]

SBA: authorize loans to small businesses and certain other businesses that suffered substantial economic injury as a result of terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (S. 1499), S11731 [13NO]

Taxation: provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), S11678, S11729, S11730 [13NO], S11795, S11796, S11833, S11855, S11856, S11860, S11861, S11862, S11863, S11864 [14NO], S11891, S11893, S11960, S11961, S11963 [15NO], S12013 [16NO], S12058 [27NO], H6920 [16OC], H7260 [24OC]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), consideration (H. Res. 270), H7234 [24OC]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3529), H10867 [19DE]

Analyses

Dissipation of the Budget Surplus, H10061 [13DE]

Emergency Agricultural Assistance Act (S. 1246): Lugar Substitute Amendment, S8418 [31JY]

Homestead Preservation Act (S. 1848), S13704 [19DE]

Articles and editorials

All Trucks Need Standards, S8510 [1AU]

Ban on Mexican Trucks Called `Isolationist' Sign—White House Turns Tables on Critics, S8507 [1AU]

Bill Gains To Cut State-Controlled Highway Funds, S12336 [4DE]

By Resisting Layoffs, Small Manufacturers Help Protect Economy, E1310 [11JY]

Bye, Bye Miss American Pic, E1498-E1501 [2AU]

California's Ruinous Deregulation Caper, E1049-E1051 [7JN]

Calming Down Frenzy for a Big Federal Tax Cut, S1108 [7FE]

Can the U.S. Live With a Sounder, Saner Stock Market?, E418 [21MR]

Canada Urges Against Hasty U.S. Move on Arctic Oil, S9847 [26SE]

Coming Energy Wars, E1014 [5JN]

Congress Fact-Finding Committee Visits U.S.-Mexico Border Inspection Stations, S8088 [24JY]

Credit Crunch Imperils the Economy, S13927 [20DE]

Divers Ruminations, S8511 [1AU]

Drilling for Oil on Gwich'in Land, S9847-S9849 [26SE]

Economics of Campaign Finance Reform, S3244 [2AP]

Economy Puts Schools in Tough Position, H8398 [27NO]

Falling Behind—As Officials Lost Faith in the Minimum Wage, Pat Williams Lived It, S8057-S8061 [23JY]

Falling Energy Prices Could Spark the Economy, S8695 [2AU]

Fat of the Land—Movement's Prosperity Comes at a High Price, S4404-S4406 [4MY]

Fed Finds Slowdown Is Widespread in U.S., S4382 [4MY]

Fed's Legwork Led to Quick Rate Cut—Firms Surveyed Before April Surprise, S4381 [4MY]

FERC Likely To Put New Limits on California Energy Prices, H3183 [14JN]

Fight for Free Trade, S8507 [1AU]

Fiscal Souffle, S1109 [7FE]

Free Trade and Safe Highways, S8511 [1AU]

``Freedom'' Not in Farm Law, E139 [7FE]

Hard Times, Bad Laws, S10414 [10OC]

Honk if You Smell Cheap Politics, S8306 [27JY]

House GOP Ponders Scaled-Back Version of Stimulus Package, S12829 [11DE]

How Does Upstate Keep Best and Brightest?, S1767 [1MR]

If Only Myths Were Megawatts . . ., S1185 [8FE]

Iffy Long-Term Numbers Are Poor Excuse for Huge Tax Cuts and Wild Spending, S1109 [7FE]

Impose U.S. Safety Standards on Mexican Trucks, S8509 [1AU]

In Praise of an Economic Revolutionary, E1453 [26JY]

It's About Safety—No Ifs, Ands or Trucks—Unless They Pass Tests, S8518 [1AU]

Kyl Accused of Blocking Aid Bill, S13928 [20DE]

Masssive Herd Remains Soul of Native Band—Debate Rages Over the Environmental Costs of Drilling in Refuge, S9849 [26SE]

Meet Patriotic Pork, S11778 [14NO]

Mexican Trucks Senate Proposal Allows Free Trade While Ensuring Safer Roads, S8510 [1AU]

Mexico's Trucks on Horizon—Long-Distance Haulers Are Headed Into U.S. Once Bush Opens Borders, S7296-S7298 [9JY], S8090-S8092 [24JY]

NAFTA in Trouble, S8507 [1AU]

NASDAQ Companies' Losses Erase 5 Years of Profit, S13886 [20DE]

National Energy Policy Needs Farmers' Support, E2207 [5DE]

NCGA Optimistic About Senate Agriculture Committee $7.5 Billion Emergency Aid Package, S8415 [31JY]

New Dance of the Crackpots, S11778 [14NO]

New York's Job Growth Again Tops U.S. Rate, S1767 [1MR]

No Immediate Relief Is Promised, E1024 [6JN]

No Substitute for Safety Trade Pact Doesn't Preclude High Standards for Trucks, S8510 [1AU]

Open U.S. Roads to Mexican Trucks, S8506 [1AU]

Our Economy Needs a Golden Anchor, S7678 [16JY]

Paying Debt Should Have Highest Priority, S1119 [7FE]

Paying Off National Debt Will Yield Great Results, S1118 [7FE]

Power of Advertising Fights Electricity Rate Caps—Worried GOP, White House Give Blessing to Utilities' California Campaign, H3121 [13JN]

President Daschle, S13889 [20DE]

Price Caps Make It Worse, E1058 [7JN]

Protectionism in High Gear, S8508 [1AU]

Require Mexican Trucks To Meet the Safety Test, S8510 [1AU]

Ripples of Sept. 11 Widen in Retailing, S12822 [11DE]

Schools Lack Funds, Study Warns, H8398 [27NO]

Selling the Energy Policy, S4408 [7MY]

Senator Who Has Met a Payroll, S10978 [24OC]

Shame in the House, E1959 [30OC]

Sharp Adjustment, S447 [23JA]

Silver Lining, S11777 [14NO]

Slowdown in Lending Activity, S13927 [20DE]

Sometimes the Economy Needs a Setback, E1618 [10SE]

State Needs Open Markets To Prosper, E1704 [21SE]

Tax-Cut Mania, S446 [23JA]

Teamsters May Stall Bush Goals for Mexican Trucks and Trade, S8508 [1AU]

Toledo's Plea to Bush, Fox—Don't Let Trade Cost Jobs, H5378 [5SE]

Tom Daschle Isn't the Problem, S12827 [11DE]

Travel Downturn Spreads More Woes, S13042 [12DE]

Unemployment Rate Rises to 4.5% in April, S4382 [4MY]

Wall Street Feels Labor Pain, S4382 [4MY]

War and the Polar Bear, S12087 [28NO]

Where Do We Put the Surplus?, S1099 [7FE]

Bills and resolutions

Agriculture: promote sustainable groundwater management of the southern Ogallala Aquifer (see S. 1538), S10640 [11OC] (see H.R. 3121), H6780 [12OC]

———respond to the continuing economic crisis adversely affecting agricultural producers (see S. 1246), S8203 [25JY] (see H.R. 2213), H3258 [19JN]

Ann Arbor, MI: tribute (see S. Con. Res. 50), S6318 [14JN] (see H. Con. Res. 158), H3067 [12JN]

Aviation: preserve the continued viability of the U.S. air transportation system (see S. 1450), S9620 [21SE] (see H.R. 2926), H5926 [21SE] (see H.R. 3055), H6421 [5OC]

———preserve the continued viability of the U.S. air transportation system (H.R. 2926), consideration (H. Res. 244), same-day consideration (see H. Res. 242), H5924 [21SE]

———provide economic relief to general aviation entities that have suffered economic injury as a result of terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H.R. 3347), H8420 [27NO]

———provide economic relief to general aviation small businesses that have suffered economic injury as a result of terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H.R. 3007), H6259 [3OC]

Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act: suspend certain provisions (see S.J. Res. 28), S11413 [2NO]

BLS: develop methodology for measuring the cost of living in each State and require GAO study to determine effect on Federal benefits (see H.R. 715), H398 [14FE]

Budget: encourage fiscal responsibility by using agreed-upon surplus, tax, and spending figures (see H. Con. Res. 19), H166 [31JA]

———provide new discretionary spending limits (see S. 1575), S11105 [25OC]

———require sequestration of certain discretionary non-defense spending equal to the size of any on-budget deficit (see H.R. 2865), H5455 [6SE]

———sequestration of Federal spending relative to gross domestic product (see H.R. 1521), H1498 [4AP]

———use budget surpluses attributable to the Dept. of Defense Military Retirement Fund for military retirement and survivor benefit programs (see H. Res. 23), H111 [30JA]

———use of a legislative trigger or safety mechanism to link long-term Federal budget surplus reductions with actual budgetary outcomes (see S. Con. Res. 21), S1972 [7MR] (see H. Con. Res. 55), H741 [7MR]

CERCLA: promote cleanup and reuse of brownfields, provide financial assistance for brownfields revitalization, and enhance State response programs (see S. 350), S1462 [15FE]

———reauthorize and reform Superfund program and promote brownfields redevelopment (see H.R. 324), H162 [31JA]

Chile: authorize negotiation for accession to NAFTA (see S. 138), S101 [22JA] (see S. 586), S2662 [21MR]

Community development: provide and assure continuation of grant funding for additional empowerment zones and enterprise communities and correct certain inequities in the program (see H.R. 2637), H4634 [25JY]

———provide grant funding for additional enterprise communities (see S. 634), S2979 [27MR]

Constitutional amendments: right to full employment and balanced growth (see H.J. Res. 28), H649 [6MR]

Consumer Energy Commission: establish (see S. 900), S5005 [16MY] (see H.R. 2204), H3202 [14JN]

Credit: adjust statutory exemptions and civil penalties to reflect inflation and eliminate certain rules in accounting for interest rebates in consumer credit transactions (see H.R. 1054), H953 [15MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: ensure that agricultural producers that suffer or are likely to suffer substantial economic injury as the result of a sharp and significant increase in certain costs are eligible to receive emergency loans (see S. 380), S1463 [15FE]

———require review of agribusiness mergers and acquisitions and allow imposition of conditions relative to anticompetitive practices (see S. 1076), S6601 [21JN]

Dept. of Commerce: make grants to States for advertising that promotes travel and tourism (see H.R. 3321), H8337 [16NO]

Dept. of HUD: facilitate the cleanup and economic redevelopment of brownfields (see H.R. 2941), H5926 [21SE]

Dept. of Justice: establish in the Antitrust Division a position with responsibility for agricultural antitrust matters (see S. 282), S1122 [7FE]

Dept. of Labor: provide temporary mortgage assistance to workers displaced due to international competition (see S. 1848), S13700 [19DE]

Dept. of the Treasury: instruct the IMF to oppose loans to countries restricting oil production to the detriment of the U.S. economy (see H.R. 1688), H1860 [2MY]

District of Columbia: reduce traffic congestion, promote economic development, and improve the quality of life in Washington metropolitan region (see H.R. 3366), H8564 [28NO]

Drucker, Peter F.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1879), H2280 [16MY]

Ecology and environment: assessment, cleanup, and redevelopment of brownfield sites (see H.R. 2064), H2888 [5JN]

———promote brownfields redevelopment in urban and rural areas and spur community revitalization in low- and moderate-income areas (see S. 1078), S6601 [21JN]

———provide assistance to communities for redevelopment of brownfield sites (see S. 1079), S6601 [21JN]

———stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations at levels that would prevent dangerous interference with the climate system while minimizing adverse economic and social impacts (see S. 1008), S6008 [8JN]

Education: establish international education policy (see H. Con. Res. 201), H4724 [26JY]

———increase the technically trained workforce (see S. 1549), S10693 [15OC] (see H.R. 3130), H6918 [16OC]

Federal aid programs: increase assistance made available under certain economic development programs (see H.R. 3003), H6136 [2OC]

FERC: impose just and reasonable load-differentiated demand rates or cost-of-service based rates on sales by public utilities of electric energy at wholesale in the western energy market (see S. 764), S3852 [24AP]

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 H.R. 115), H59 [6JA]

Foreign policy: make oil-producing and exporting cartels illegal (see S. 665), S3215 [30MR]

Government: promote freedom, fairness, and economic opportunities for families (see H.R. 1040), H952 [15MR]

———require wages paid to Federal employees and Federal contract workers be above the local poverty line (see H.R. 917), H740 [7MR] (see H.R. 1457), H1485 (see H.R. 1457), H1494 [4AP]

High Plains Aquifer: conduct hydrogeologic mapping, modeling, and monitoring program and establish High Plains Aquifer Coordination Council to facilitate groundwater conservation (see S. 1537), S10640 [11OC]

Income: increase minimum wage and provide tax benefits for small businesses (see H.R. 546), H253 [8FE] (see H.R. 2111), H2997 [7JN]

Infrastructure: invest funds to restore the economy and to enhance security of transportation and environmental facilities (see H.R. 3166), H7308 [24OC]

Insurance: encourage financial institutions to continue to support economic development through the provision of affordable insurance coverage against acts of terrorism (see S. 1748, 1751), S12247 [30NO]

Iron and steel industry: encourage use of domestic steel in rebuilding and military efforts following attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H. Con. Res. 234), H5927 [21SE]

———respond to the surge of steel imports resulting from the financial crises in Asia, Russia, and other regions (see H. Res. 16), H28 [3JA]

Klamath Basin: authorize refunds of amounts collected from Klamath Project irrigation and drainage districts for operation and maintenance of transferred and reserved water works (see H.R. 2828), H5338 [2AU]

———compensation of persons who were economically harmed as a result of the implementation of the Endangered Species Act (see H.R. 2389), H3803 [28JN]

———respond to economic disaster threatening certain farmers and communities resulting from denial of irrigation water for the Klamath Project (see H.R. 2827), H5338 [2AU]

LIHEAP: encourage the release of funds to individuals affected by the terrorist attacks (see H. Res. 300), H8732 [29NO]

Mexico: compliance of Mexico-domiciled trucks operating in the U.S. with certain safety and environmental regulations (see S. 965), S5694 [25MY] (see H. Res. 152), H2711 [24MY]

———require safety inspections on trucks crossing into the U.S. (see H.R. 677), H396 [14FE]

Minimum wage: level (see S. 277), S1122 [7FE] (see S. 964), S5694 [25MY] (see H.R. 222), H63 [6JA] (see H.R. 665), H396 [14FE] (see H.R. 2241), H3259 [19JN] (see H.R. 2424), H3805 [28JN] (see H.R. 2812), H5337 [2AU]

———provide an exemption to States which adopt certain minimum wage laws (see H.R. 1441), H1484 (see H.R. 1441), H1494 [4AP]

Motor vehicles: prohibit certain discriminatory pricing policies in wholesale motor fuel sales (see H.R. 2039), H2848 [25MY]

NAFTA: impact on employment and the environment (see H.R. 473), H221 [7FE]

National Commission on Budget Concepts: establish (see H.R. 2307), H3518 [25JN]

National objectives: provide a short-term safety net for individuals losing their jobs and an economic boost (see S. 1759), S12311 [3DE] (see H.R. 3341), H8342 [19NO]

———provide incentives for economic recovery and relief for victims of terrorism (see S. 1732), S12055 [27NO]

Native Americans: authorize tribes to coordinate and integrate Federal funding dedicated to the development of communities (see S. 343), S1462 [15FE]

Power resources: allow any business or individual in any State experiencing a power emergency to operate any type of power generation available to ensure their economic stability (see H.R. 1075), H954 [15MR] (see H.R. 1874), H2280 [16MY]

———ensure the energy self-sufficiency of the U.S. (see S. 883), S4940 [15MY] (see H.R. 1830), H2182 [15MY]

———national energy policy (see S. 597), S2730 [22MR] (see S. 1766), S12447 [5DE]

Public works: State and local capital projects funding (see H.R. 1564), H1555 [24AP]

Russia: expand democracy, good governance, and anti-corruption programs to promote and strengthen democratic government and civil society and to support independent media (see H.R. 2121), H3066 [12JN]

SBA: authorize loans to small businesses and certain other businesses that suffered substantial economic injury as a result of terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see S. 1499), S10287 [4OC] (see H.R. 2961), H6055 [25SE] (see H.R. 3011), H6259 [3OC] (see H.R. 3073), H6504 [10OC] (see H.R. 3085), H6700 [11OC] (see H.R. 3230), H7851 [6NO] (see H.R. 3308), H8248 [15NO]

———make grants for losses suffered by general aviation small business concerns in the aftermath of terrorist attacks (see S. 1552), S10769 [16OC]

———tribute (see S. Res. 86), S4590 [9MY]

Senior citizens: establish a consumer price index for elderly consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security and Medicare benefits (see H.R. 390), H166 [31JA] (see H.R. 2035), H2847 [25MY]

Sioux Nation Economic Development Council: establish (see S. 493), S2070 [8MR]

Small business: forgive interest payments on certain disaster loans and provide tax relief for concerns in the aftermath of terrorist attacks (see S. 1493), S10154 [3OC]

———provide for public access to information on the availability of insurance for small businesses (see H.R. 3339), H8342 [19NO]

Social Security: guarantee the right of individuals to receive certain benefits in full with an accurate annual cost-of-living adjustment (see S. 806), S4099 [1MY] (see S. 1558), S10769 [16OC] (see H.R. 832), H622 [1MR] (see H.R. 3135), H6918 [16OC]

Taxation: adjust for inflation the amount of agricultural labor wages that can be paid without being subject to Federal unemployment taxes (see H.R. 1003), H876 [13MR]

———allow a bonus deduction for depreciable business assets (see S. 1553), S10769 [16OC]

———allow a deduction for Federal, State, and local fuel taxes (see H.R. 2025), H2847 [25MY]

———designate lower Manhattan as an empowerment zone authorized by the Community Renewal Tax Relief Act (see H.R. 3168), H7308 [24OC]

———extend research and development tax credit (see S. 515), S2162 [12MR] (see H.R. 1137), H1012 [20MR]

———income tax rates reduction, marriage tax penalty relief, and estate tax repeal (see S. 35), S98 [22JA]

———increase limitation on capital losses any individual may deduct against ordinary income and allow a 3-year capital loss carryback and unlimited carryovers (see S. 784), S3994 [26AP]

———increase unified estate and gift tax credit (see H.R. 88), H27 [3JA]

———increase unified estate and gift tax credit and provide for inflation adjustment (see H.R. 1442), H1484 (see H.R. 1442), H1494 [4AP]

———inflation adjustment of the dollar limitation on the exclusion of gain on the sale of a principal residence (see H.R. 165), H61 [6JA] (see H.R. 411), H218 [7FE]

———permit advanced refunding of private activity bonds with general obligation bonds if the governmental issuer takes over the private activity bond (see H.R. 884), H648 [6MR]

———promote fair, efficient, and simple cross-border tax collection regimes that maintain market neutrality and promote free trade on all sales distribution channels within a globally networked economy (see H. Res. 151), H2711 [24MY]

———provide a rebate of a portion of the Federal budget surplus (see S. 628), S2979 [27MR]

———provide Federal reimbursement to State and local governments for a limited tax holiday (see S. 1643), S11549 [7NO] (see H.R. 3301), H8248 [15NO] (see H.R. 3398), H8842 [4DE]

———provide for a payroll tax holiday (see S. 1717), S12001 [16NO]

———provide for tax reduction in the case of low economic growth (see H.R. 927), H740 [7MR]

———provide incentives and job training grants for communities affected by migration of businesses and jobs to Canada or Mexico as a result of NAFTA (see H.R. 1819), H2141 [10MY]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (see S. 1791), S12772 [10DE] (see H.R. 3090), H6701 [11OC] (see H.R. 3501), H10066 [13DE] (see H.R. 3529), H10908 [19DE]

———provide incentives for economic recovery and provide for the payment of emergency extended unemployment compensation (see S. 1804), S12858 [11DE]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), consideration (see H. Res. 270), H7217 [23OC]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3529), consideration (see H. Res. 320), H10401 (see H. Res. 320), H10908 [19DE]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3529), consideration (H. Res. 320)—same-day consideration (see H. Res. 317), H10173 [17DE] (see H. Res. 319), H10354 [18DE]

———provide incentives for the recovery of businesses in New York, NY, which were impacted by terrorist attacks (see H.R. 3402), H8842 [4DE]

———provide incentives to businesses that rebuild and invest in lower Manhattan (see H.R. 3373), H8731 [29NO]

———provide tax and other incentives to maintain a vibrant travel and tourism industry (see H.R. 3550), H10909 [19DE]

———provide tax and other incentives to maintain a vibrant travel and tourism industry, to keep working people working, and to stimulate economic growth (see S. 1500), S10287 [4OC] (see H.R. 3041), H6379 [4OC] (see H.R. 3140), H6919 [16OC]

———rates (see S. 481), S1971 [7MR]

———reduce estate and gift tax rates, increase unified estate and gift tax credit, and provide for inflation adjustment (see H.R. 1277), H1294 [28MR]

———reduce holding period for certain capital gains rates (see H.R. 1235), H1188 [27MR]

———restore partial deduction for personal interest to encourage economic recovery and avoid the need to borrow against home equity (see H.R. 2969), H6056 [25SE]

———spur job growth by reducing capital gains rates and making the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Act permanent (see H.R. 2599), H4428 [23JY]

———treatment of small businesses (see S. 1676), S11719 [13NO]

Trade Act: amend to consolidate and improve trade adjustment assistance programs and provide community-based economic development assistance for trade-affected communities (see S. 1209), S7955 [19JY] (see H.R. 3359), H8564 [28NO]

Unemployment: expand coverage options for unemployed workers to receive and pay for COBRA health insurance benefits and provide for a program of enhanced unemployment coverage (see H.R. 3471), H10054 [12DE]

United Kingdom: authorize negotiation for accession to NAFTA (see S. 140), S101 [22JA]

Urban areas: promote an urban agenda (see S. 23), S98 [22JA]

Women: promote economic security and safety of domestic and sexual violence victims (see S. 1249), S8203 [25JY] (see H.R. 2670), H4779 [27JY]

Biographies

District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority Members, E2384 [20DE]

Chronologies

GAO investigation of National Energy Policy Development Group, S10447 [10OC]

Cloture motions

Agriculture: respond to the continuing economic crisis adversely affecting agricultural producers (S. 1246), S8499 [1AU], S8849 [3AU]

———respond to the continuing economic crisis adversely affecting agricultural producers (S. 1246), motion to proceed, S8334 [27JY], S8391 [30JY]

Cost Estimates

Brownfields Revitalization and Environmental Restoration Act (S. 350): CBO, S3895 [25AP]

Descriptions

Small Business Leads to Economic Recovery Act (S. 1493), S10163-S10165 [3OC]

Excerpts

NAFTA administrative and institutional provisions, S8311-S8315 [27JY]

Factsheets

Principles for Economic Stimulus, S11318 [1NO]

Letters

American Small Business Emergency Relief and Recovery Act: Anthony R. Wilkinson, National Association of Government Guaranteed Lenders, Inc., S12046 [27NO], S13928 [20DE]

———Donald J. Borut, National League of Cities, S12046 [27NO]

———R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, S12046 [27NO]

———Senator Kerry, S13044 [12DE]

———Steven C. Anderson and Lee Culpepper, National Restaurant Association, S12046 [27NO]

Brownfields Revitalization and Environmental Restoration Act: Alan Front, Trust for Public Land (organization), S1488 [15FE], S3888 [25AP]

———Anne E. Estabrook and Thomas J. Bisacquino, National Association of Industrial and Office Properties, S1487 [15FE]

———Gordon H. Chong, American Institute of Architects, S3888 [25AP]

———H. Brent Coles, U.S. Conference of Mayors, S1486 [15FE], S3887 [25AP]

———Jeffrey D. DeBoer, Real Estate Roundtable (organization), S1487 [15FE]

———Jeremiah D. Jackson, Environmental Business Action Coalition, S1488 [15FE]

———Joe Hackney, National Conference of State Legislatures, S3886 [25AP]

———John G. Arlington, American Insurance Association, S1487 [15FE]

———Richard D. Baier, Building Owners and Managers Association International, S3889 [25AP]

———Richard Mendenhall, National Association of Realtors, S1486 [15FE], S3889 [25AP]

———Robert D. Evans, ABA, S3887 [25AP]

———Robert W. Bein, American Society of Civil Engineers, S3888 [25AP]

———Robin K. Wiener, Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries, Inc., S1488 [15FE], S3889 [25AP]

———Senators Bob Smith, Chafee, Reid, and Boxer, Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate), S3896 [25AP]

———several environmental organizations, S1488, S1489 [15FE], S3887 [25AP]

———William H. Hoffman III, International Council of Shopping Centers, S1487 [15FE]

Chenowith School District, The Dalles, OR, energy crisis: James J. Kiefert, S1187 [8FE]

Compliance of Mexico-domiciled trucks operating in the U.S. with certain safety and environmental regulations: Lee Klein, National Corn Growers Association, and Charles F. Conner, Corn Refiners Association, Inc., S8255 [26JY]

———Luis E. Derbez Bautista, Mexican Sec. of the Economy, S8266 [26JY], S8525 [1AU]

———NAFTA Coalition for Safe Trucks, S8264 [26JY]

———Representative Wolf, H3555 [26JN]

———Robert B. Zoellick, U.S. Trade Representative, S12336 [4DE]

———several Representatives, S8505 [1AU]

Economic Recovery and Homeland Defense Act: John Engler and Paul E. Patton, National Governors' Association, S11739 [14NO]

Economic revival plan: several economists and public policy advocates, E1739 [25SE]

Effects of air quality regulations on California energy crisis: Winston H. Hickox, California Environmental Protection Agency, S3872 [25AP]

Emergency health coverage assistance: John Engler and Paul E. Patton, National Governors' Association, H10859 [19DE]

Emergency unemployment compensation program and emergency health coverage assistance for economic recovery: several economists, E2102 [15NO]

GAO investigation of National Energy Policy Development Group: Vice President Cheney, S10447 [10OC]

Impact of NAFTA on employment and the economy: Representative Kaptur, H5379 [5SE]

Impact of rising energy costs on small businesses: Sandra Hanlon Bloom, National Alliance of Sales Representatives Associations, E1601 [6SE]

Incentives to assist communities with brownfields revitalization: Aliceann Wohlbruck, National Association of Development Organizations, S6610 [21JN]

———Coalition for Economic Development, S6610 [21JN]

———Don Chen, Smart Growth America (organization), S6610 [21JN]

———F. Barton Harvey III, Enterprise Foundation, S6610 [21JN]

———Larry E. Naake, National Association of Counties, S6610 [21JN]

Increase the technically trained workforce: Anneila Sargent, American Astronomical Society, S10705 [15OC]

———Carl E. Locke, Jr. and David N. Wormley, American Society for Engineering Education, S10706 [15OC]

———Edward M. Elmendorf, American Association of State Colleges and Universities, S10706 [15OC]

———George Scalise, Semiconductor Industry Association, S10705 [15OC]

———K-12 Science, Mathematics, Engineering & Technology Education Coalition, S10705 [15OC]

———Paul M. Romer, S10704 [15OC]

———Scott C. Donnelly, General Electric Co., S10705 [15OC]

———several businesses, S10704, S10705 [15OC]

Loans to small businesses and certain other businesses that suffered substantial economic injury as a result of terrorist attacks: John Taylor, National Community Reinvestment Coalition, S10291 [4OC]

National energy policy: Helge H. Wehmeier, Bayer Corp., S4067 [1MY]

———Mortimer B. Zuckerman and Malcolm Hoenlein, Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, S12143 [29NO]

Provide for a payroll tax holiday: John J. Castellani, Business Roundtable (organization), S12240 [30NO]

Response to the continuing economic crisis adversely affecting agricultural producers: American Soybean Association, National Corn Growers Association, National Association of Wheat Growers, and National Cotton Council of America, S8859 [3AU]

———Bart Ruth, American Soybean Association, Lloyd Klein, National Sunflower Association, and Steve Dahl, U.S. Canola Association, S8427 [31JY], S8858 [3AU]

———Bob Stallman, American Farm Bureau Federation, S8415 [31JY], S8858 [3AU]

———Dusty Tallman, National Association of Wheat Growers, S8414 [31JY], S8858 [3AU]

———James D. Weill, Food Research & Action Center, S8416 [31JY]

———James E. Echols, National Cotton Council of America, S8427 [31JY]

———Lee Klein, National Corn Growers Association, S8415 [31JY], S8858 [3AU]

———Marcia L. Smith, American School Food Service Association, S8416 [31JY]

———Representative Clayton, S8414 [31JY]

———Representatives Kind and Gilchrest, S8413 [31JY]

———Representatives Stenholm, Boehner, and Dooley, S8406 [31JY]

———several Senators, S8412 [31JY], S8860 [3AU]

———Zy Weinberg, National Association of Farmers' Market Nutrition Programs, S8416 [31JY]

Travel America Now Act: William S. Norman, Travel Industry Recovery Coalition, S11605 [8NO]

Lists

Components to amend H.R. 3090, Economic Security and Recovery Act, S12040 [27NO]

Cosponsors of S. 1499, American Small Business Emergency Relief and Recovery Act, S12046 [27NO]

Important issues from the first 100 days of the George W. Bush Administration, H2075-H2077 [9MY]

Supporters of S. 1499, American Small Business Emergency Relief and Recovery Act, S13927 [20DE]

Travel Industry Recovery Coalition, S11605 [8NO]

Memorandums

Economic Impact of Hijacking and Crashing of Commercial Aircraft Into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA: John Haycock, Haycock Petroleum Co., S9467 [19SE]

National Energy Policy: Senator Bingaman, Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate), S12399 [5DE]

Politics After the Attack—A Report on Democracy Corps' New National Survey and Focus Groups: Democracy Corps (organization), S13890 [20DE]

Recent Economic Conditions' Impact on the 10-Year Projection of the Federal Budget Surplus: Alan Blinder, Gene Sperling, and Jason Furman, S3513 [5AP]

Messages

Budget of the U.S. Government for Fiscal Year 2001: President Clinton, H65-H67 [20JA]

National Energy Policy: President Bush, S7081 [28JN], H3789 [28JN]

Motions

Agriculture: respond to the continuing economic crisis adversely affecting agricultural producers (S. 1246), S8334 [27JY]

Aviation: preserve the continued viability of the U.S. air transportation system (H.R. 2926), H5915 [21SE]

Taxation: provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), H7280 [24OC]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3529), H10867 [19DE]

Petitions and memorials

Idaho Republican Party: national energy policy, E1761 [2OC]

Press releases

Farm Bureau Disappointed in House Funding for Farmers: American Farm Bureau Federation, S8414 [31JY], S8857 [3AU]

Farmers Union Commends Senate on Emergency Assistance Package: National Farmers Union, S8415 [31JY]

Truck Safety Inspections Must Drive Plan To Open Border—AAA Texas Calls on Congress To Put Motorist Safety First: AAA Texas, LLC, S8511 [1AU]

Proposals

Protections for Vulnerable Americans: National Governors' Association, S11739 [14NO]

Remarks in House

Addy, WA: closing of Alcoa Inc., Northwest Alloys magnesium smelting plant, H6043 [25SE]

Agriculture: economic impact of increasing oil prices, H261 [13FE]

———respond to the continuing economic crisis adversely affecting agricultural producers (H.R. 2213), H3505 [25JN], H3526, H3533-H3539 [26JN]

Andean Trade Preference Act: prohibit duty free and quota free import of textiles and apparel, H8254-H8256, H8258, H8260, H8289, H8292, H8293, H8299 [16NO], E2127 [19NO]

Armenia: blockade by Azerbaijan, H10453 [19DE]

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum: participation of the Republic of China, E1834 [9OC], E1838 [10OC]

Aviation: preserve the continued viability of the U.S. air transportation system (H.R. 2926), H5894-H5918, H5922 [21SE], H5978 [25SE], H7312 [25OC], H7413 [30OC], E1709 [24SE], E1715, E1716, E1740, E1741 [25SE], E1745 [26SE], E1764, E1778 [2OC], E1823 [5OC]

———preserve the continued viability of the U.S. air transportation system (H.R. 2926), consideration (H. Res. 244), H5884-H5893 [21SE]

———preserve the continued viability of the U.S. air transportation system (H.R. 2926), consideration (H. Res. 244), same-day consideration (H. Res. 242), H5875-H5884 [21SE]

———preserve the continued viability of the U.S. air transportation system (H.R. 2926), motion to recommit, H5915 [21SE]

———provide economic relief to general aviation entities that have suffered economic injury as a result of terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (H.R. 3347), E2139 [27NO]

———require airlines to honor tickets issued by other airlines and refund tickets for flights canceled or rescheduled due to impact of terrorist hijackings, H5899 [21SE]

Azerbaijan: prohibit allocation of foreign aid relative to blockade of Armenia and Nagorno-Karabagh, H4475 [24JY]

Budget: allocation of funds, H722-H738 [7MR], H744, H745, H748-H758, H763-H793, H799-H804, H807, H811, H812, H813, H815-H821 [8MR], H834, H837, H838, H857 [13MR], H1153 [27MR], H2391 [22MY]

———deficit, H359-H365 [14FE], H474-H479 [28FE], H630 [6MR], H2837, H2838 [25MY], H3869 [11JY], H8886 [5DE], H10060 [13DE]

———impact of surplus on the value of the dollar and the competitiveness of U.S. manufacturing, H5492 [11SE]

———treatment of any budget surpluses, H208, H210-H212 [7FE], H307-H309 [13FE], H359-H365 [14FE], H414 [27FE], H630 [6MR], H834 [13MR], H1158, H1160, H1161, H1166, H1169, H1170 [27MR], H1389 [3AP], H1512, H1513 [24AP], H2961 [7JN], H5380-H5387 [5SE], H5492 [11SE], E1061 [8JN], E2355 [20DE]

———treatment of public debt, H753 [8MR], H1204, H1221, H1261 [28MR]

———use of real-world forecasts in assessing tax policy and spending habits, H2983 [7JN]

Bureau of Public Debt: report on public debt relative to foreign ownership and detailed cost data, H4559 [25JY]

Bush, President: evaluation of administration, H1594-H1602 [25AP], H1655 [26AP], H4379 [23JY]

California: effects of deregulation on energy crisis, H964 [20MR]

———energy crisis, H1707, H1709-H1713 [1MY], H2154 [15MY], H2366, H2367, H2374, H2378-H2385 [21MY], H2548, H2549 [22MY], H2576, H2665-H2670 [23MY], H2682-H2685, H2695-H2700 [24MY], H2839 [25MY], H2930, H2933, H2936-H2943 [6JN], H3078, H3079, H3121, H3141-H3144 [13JN], H3154, H3155 [14JN], H3232 [19JN], H3438 [21JN], H3524, H3525 [26JN], H3622, H3623, H3626, H3627, H3691-H3698 [27JN], H3810, H3829, H3832 [10JY], H3939-H3945, H3951-H3955 [11JY], H4029 [17JY], H4785 [30JY], E1049 [7JN]

Colombia: economic impact of flower imports, H8293 [16NO]

Committee on Financial Services (House): establish, H9, H12-H15 [3JA]

Community development: provide and assure continuation of grant funding for additional empowerment zones and enterprise communities and correct certain inequities in the program (H.R. 2637), E1427 [25JY], E1447 [26JY]

Congress: accomplishments of the 107th Congress, H9319 [12DE], H10143 [13DE], H10952 [20DE]

———legislative priorities, H9319 [12DE]

Consumer Energy Commission: establish (H.R. 2204), E1113 [14JN]

Credit: adjust statutory exemptions and civil penalties to reflect inflation and eliminate certain rules in accounting for interest rebates in consumer credit transactions (H.R. 1054), E379 [15MR]

Curry, David: Missouri Economic Development Council District 4 Volunteer of the Year award recipient, E1361 [18JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: biofuels, such as ethanol and biodiesel and other forms of biomass-derived fuels, research and development funding, H3917, H3918 [11JY]

———biotechnology risk assessment funding, H6371, H6372 [4OC]

Dept. of Energy: Energy Star Program funding, H5110 [1AU]

Dept. of HUD: facilitate the cleanup and economic redevelopment of brownfields (H.R. 2941), E1719 [25SE]

———Office of Rural Housing and Economic Development funding, H4759 [27JY]

Detroit, MI: tribute to Arab American economic summit, E2048 [8NO]

District of Columbia: encourage tourism, H7856 [7NO]

———reduce traffic congestion, promote economic development, and improve the quality of life in Washington metropolitan region (H.R. 3366), E2153 [28NO]

———tribute to Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority board members, E2384 [20DE]

Domestic policy: effect of political party objectives on the economy, H212-H216 [7FE]

Durand, MI: tribute to Durand Middle School Invest in America Project, E2325 [19DE]

Ecology and environment: assessment, cleanup, and redevelopment of brownfield sites (H.R. 2064), E1253 [29JN]

Economic Development Administration: economic assistance programs funding through reductions in prison construction programs, H4092-H4094 [17JY]

Education: funding, H8397 [27NO]

———increase the technically trained workforce (H.R. 3130), E1913 [17OC]

Employment: stimulate through infrastructure project funding, H8912 [5DE]

Federal aid programs: provide emergency health coverage assistance, H10821-H10826, H10846-H10848, H10850-H10852, H10858-H10862 [19DE]

———provide for emergency unemployment compensation program and emergency health coverage assistance, H7220, H7227-H7232, H7234, H7250-H7260, H7268-H7280, H7297 [24OC], H7359 [30OC], H7889 [7NO], H8408-H8412 [27NO], H8577, H8581 [29NO], H10060 [13DE], E1929 [25OC], E2102 [15NO]

FERC: price regulations relative to national energy crisis, H2684 [24MY], H2930, H2933, H2936-H2942 [6JN], H2982 [7JN], H3078, H3079 [13JN], H3155 [14JN], H3234 [19JN]

Food: educate the public on the use of biotechnology in producing food for human consumption, H6269, H6270 [4OC]

Foreign trade: national objectives priority assignments, E1704 [21SE]

———U.S. deficit, H204 [7FE], H882 [14MR], H1389 [3AP], H1470 [4AP], H2565 [22MY], H2682 [24MY]

———U.S. policy on imports, H1744 [2MY]

FRS: impact of interest rates on economic conditions, H279 [13FE], H989 [20MR], H8411, H8412 [27NO]

———impact of money supply on economic conditions, H1102 [22MR], H5442-H5445 [6SE], H7563 [31OC]

Government: impact of intervention policies and actions relative to domestic and foreign affairs, H232-H236 [8FE], E632 [25AP]

———require wages paid to Federal employees and Federal contract workers be above the local poverty line (H.R. 1457), clarification of status, E681 [1MY]

———require wages paid to Federal employees and Federal contract workers be above the local poverty line (H.R. 917), E554 [5AP], E681 [1MY]

Guam: impact of President Bush's tax proposal, H260 [13FE]

Hazardous substances: assist States with funding for certain contaminated sites not eligible under the Superfund program, E1510 [2AU]

Hungary: tribute to Nonprofit Enterprise and Self-Sustainability Team International Venture Philanthropy Forum in Budapest, E1762 [2OC]

Immigration: costs of legal and illegal immigrants entering the U.S., H857 [13MR]

———economic difficulties at border crossing areas, H6783 [16OC], H7337 [29OC], E1886 [12OC]

———impact of population growth, H2990-H2994 [7JN], H3079 [13JN], H3197-H3199 [14JN], H3705 [27JN]

———national objectives priority assignments, H5387-H5391 [5SE]

———national policy, H6248-H6252 [3OC]

Inflation: impact on economic conditions, E732 [4MY]

Infrastructure: invest funds to restore the economy and to enhance security of transportation and environmental facilities, H7233 [24OC]

———invest funds to restore the economy and to enhance security of transportation and environmental facilities (H.R. 3166), E2524 [3JA]

International relations: impact of international organizations' management of world trade, finance, and monetary systems, H854 [13MR]

International trade: impact of widening disparities between economic classes on the world trade system, H7879 [7NO]

Internet Appreciation Day: observance, E457 [27MR]

Iron and steel industry: increase domestic steel production, H7231 [24OC]

———respond to the surge of steel imports, H1654 [26AP], H1744 [2MY], E1421 [25JY]

———respond to the surge of steel imports resulting from the financial crises in Asia, Russia, and other regions (H. Res. 16), H79 [30JA]

IRS: taxpayer refund, H3869 [11JY], H4545 [25JY]

Klamath Basin: authorize refunds of amounts collected from Klamath Project irrigation and drainage districts for operation and maintenance of transferred and reserved water works (H.R. 2828), H8060, H8061 [13NO], E2099 [15NO], E2131 [27NO]

———compensation of persons who were economically harmed as a result of the implementation of the Endangered Species Act, H3929 [11JY], H3964 [12JY], H4119, H4149-H4151 [18JY], H4366 [20JY]

———compensation of persons who were economically harmed as a result of the implementation of the Endangered Species Act (H.R. 2389), E1279 [29JN]

———respond to economic disaster threatening certain farmers and communities resulting from denial of irrigation water for the Klamath Project, E1820 [5OC]

Lansing, MI: National Commission on Entrepreneurship designation as a top city for high-growth companies, E1304 [11JY]

LIHEAP: encourage the release of funds to individuals affected by the terrorist attacks (H. Res. 300), E2165 [29NO]

Mexico: compliance of Mexico-domiciled trucks operating in the U.S. with certain safety and environmental regulations, H3544, H3552, H3554, H3564, H3586-H3593 [26JN], H8735 [30NO]

———require safety inspections on trucks crossing into the U.S. (H.R. 677), E189 [14FE]

Mining and mineral resources: economic impact of Federal regulations on mining industry, H1126 [27MR]

Minorities: impact of economy on minority communities, H8908-H8914 [5DE]

NAFTA: impact on employment and the economy, H1533 [24AP], H2256 [16MY], H5378 [5SE], H8827-H8834 [4DE]

National objectives: priority assignments, H279 [13FE], H771 [8MR], H1153 [27MR], H1540-H1542 [24AP], H2565 [22MY], H5380-H5387 [5SE], H5478, H5482-H5484 [10SE], H6440 [9OC], H8636-H8643 [29NO], E1739 [25SE]

———provide a short-term safety net for individuals losing their jobs and an economic boost (H.R. 3341), H8556 [28NO]

National Small Business Week: observance, H2066-H2071 [9MY]

New England Council: anniversary, E1732 [25SE]

New York: provide for temporary emergency unemployment assistance, H8529-H8536 [28NO]

New York, NY: allocation of funds relative to terrorist attacks, H7912 [8NO], H8188 [15NO], H8433, H8437-H8440, H8473, H8540-H8547 [28NO], E2174 [29NO]

———economic impact of terrorist attacks, H8540-H8547 [28NO]

———provide tax incentives for economic recovery, H7226 [24OC]

Nigeria: U.S. policy, E1030 [6JN]

NLRB: decision relative to allowing cooperative efforts between management and labor to improve economic competitiveness, E1448 [26JY]

North Carolina Credit Union League: tribute for assistance to military and civilian customers since terrorist attacks, E2392 [20DE]

Petroleum: economic impact of increasing oil prices, H2563, H2564 [22MY]

———gasoline price levels, H1937 [8MY], H2176-H2181 [15MY], H2265-H2271 [16MY], H2929 [6JN], H3212 [19JN]

Power resources: impact of environmentalists on the development of a national energy policy, H2058 [9MY]

———increases in oil and gas production, H3233 [19JN]

———national energy policy, H261 [13FE], H964 [20MR], H1039, H1043-H1050 [21MR], H1394 [3AP], H1475-H1478 [4AP], H1503, H1542-H1544 [24AP], H1599-H1602 [25AP], H2006-H2012 [8MY], H2065 [9MY], H2150, H2154, H2176-H2181 [15MY], H2188, H2204, H2205, H2219, H2256, H2259-H2278 [16MY], H2324-H2330 [17MY], H2366, H2367, H2372-H2385 [21MY], H2390, H2391, H2548-H2557, H2562, H2563, H2567 [22MY], H2575, H2576, H2645, H2646, H2647, H2652, H2653, H2662-H2670 [23MY], H2682-H2685 [24MY], H2716-H2718 [25MY], H2864 [5JN], H2929, H2930, H2933, H2936-H2942 [6JN], H2960, H2961, H2982 [7JN], H3141-H3147 [13JN], H3154, H3155, H3183 [14JN], H3233, H3250 [19JN], H3264, H3265, H3284, H3349-H3354 [20JN], H3438, H3440, H3441, H3447 [21JN], H3496-H3502 [25JN], H3525, H3526, H3602-H3608 [26JN], H3621, H3622, H3623, H3624, H3625, H3626, H3627, H3691-H3698, H3705 [27JN], H3789 [28JN], H3810, H3811, H3832 [10JY], H3869, H3872, H3933-H3945, H3951-H3955 [11JY], H3964 [12JY], H4118, H4119 [18JY], H4368 [20JY], H4437 [24JY], H4548, H4577-H4586 [25JY], H4762 [27JY], H4865, H4870, H4969-H4976 [31JY], H7286 [24OC], H8429 [28NO], H9755, H9756 [12DE], E413 [21MR], E427 [22MR], E831, E851 [17MY], E903 [23MY], E994 [26MY], E1024, E1037 [6JN], E1111 [14JN], E1209 [26JN], E1347 [17JY], E1761 [2OC], E2207 [5DE]

Puerto Rico: use of tax incentives to promote economic development and business investment, H834 [13MR]

Real property: economic impact of governmental acquisition of private lands, H1037 [21MR]

Republican Party: national agenda, H23 [3JA], H79 [30JA], H365 [14FE], H1016 [21MR], H9086 [11DE], H9754-H9758 [12DE]

Russia: expand democracy, good governance, and anti-corruption programs to promote and strengthen democratic government and civil society and to support independent media (H.R. 2121), H9108-H9112 [11DE], E1072 [12JN], E2381 [20DE]

SBA: authorize loans to small businesses and certain other businesses that suffered substantial economic injury as a result of terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, H8523, H8524 [28NO]

———authorize loans to small businesses and certain other businesses that suffered substantial economic injury as a result of terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (H.R. 2961), E1737 [25SE]

———authorize loans to small businesses and certain other businesses that suffered substantial economic injury as a result of terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (H.R. 3230), E2005 [6NO]

———tribute to Fresno, CA, District Office, E2072 [14NO]

Ships and vessels: facilitate private and public sector investments for establishing coastal corridor operations, E1541 [3AU]

Small business: provide for public access to information on the availability of insurance for small businesses (H.R. 3339), E2128 [19NO]

Social Security: guarantee the right of individuals to receive certain benefits in full with an accurate annual cost-of-living adjustment (H.R. 832), E264 [1MR]

South Dakota: impact of energy crisis on tourism and agriculture, H3447 [21JN]

Taxation: allow a deduction for Federal, State, and local fuel taxes (H.R. 2025), E989 [26MY]

———provide an income tax rebate to individuals and families, H3077, H3078 [13JN], H3622 [27JN]

———provide Federal reimbursement to State and local governments for a limited sales tax holiday, E2185 [30NO]

———provide for the payment of emergency extended unemployment compensation, H9332 [12DE]

———provide incentives and job training grants for communities affected by migration of businesses and jobs to Canada or Mexico as a result of NAFTA (H.R. 1819), H2931 [6JN]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), H6784, H6785 [16OC], H6923 [17OC], H7208 [23OC], H7220, H7221, H7222, H7223, H7236-H7282, H7284, H7285, H7294-H7301, H7307 [24OC], H7311, H7312 [25OC], H7359 [30OC], H7857, H7858, H7888 [7NO], H7913, H7914 [8NO], H8121-H8126 [13NO], H8136, H8137, H8168-H8174 [14NO], H8184, H8185 [15NO], H8408-H8413 [27NO], H8424, H8425, H8426, H8427, H8429, H8535 [28NO], H8636-H8643 [29NO], H8742 [30NO], H8845, H8847, H8890, H8908-H8914 [5DE], H9056 [6DE], H9244, H9246, H9324, H9328, H9332 [12DE], H10057, H10060, H10144-H10148 [13DE], H10177, H10178, H10208, H10226-H10235 [18DE], E1916 [17OC], E1925, E1926, E1929 [25OC], E1942, E1959 [30OC], E2017 [6NO], E2039 [8NO], E2102 [15NO]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), consideration (H. Res. 270), H7225-H7236 [24OC]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), motion to recommit, H7256, H7280, H7281 [24OC]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3529), H10827-H10887 [19DE], E2325 [19DE], E2349, E2355, E2400 [20DE]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3529), consideration (H. Res. 320), H10820-H10827 [19DE]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3529), consideration (H. Res. 320)—same-day consideration (H. Res. 319), H10495-H10503 [19DE]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3529), motion to recommit, H10867, H10885 [19DE]

———provide incentives for the recovery of businesses in New York, NY, which were impacted by terrorist attacks, H10115-H10141 [13DE]

———provide incentives for the recovery of businesses in New York, NY, which were impacted by terrorist attacks (H.R. 3402), E2197 [4DE]

———provide incentives to businesses that rebuild and invest in lower Manhattan (H.R. 3373), E2175 [29NO]

———provide tax and other incentives to maintain a vibrant travel and tourism industry, to keep working people working, and to stimulate economic growth, H7120 [17OC]

———provide tax and other incentives to maintain a vibrant travel and tourism industry, to keep working people working, and to stimulate economic growth (H.R. 3041), H7857 [7NO]

———rates, H1165-H1167, H1169, H1171, H1174, H1176 [27MR]

———restore partial deduction for personal interest to encourage economic recovery and avoid the need to borrow against home equity (H.R. 2969), E1740 [25SE]

Territories: economic assistance relative to unemployment, Medicaid, and other Federal programs, H7259 [24OC], H10178 [18DE]

Terrorism: economic impact of hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, H5884-H5894, H5898, H5899, H5909-H5915 [21SE], H6243-H6248 [3OC], H6683, H6694 [11OC], E1704 [21SE]

———economic impact of terrorist attacks on working families, H7900-H7907 [7NO]

Tourist trade: revitalize, H6070 [2OC]

Trade Act: amend to consolidate and improve trade adjustment assistance programs and provide community-based economic development assistance for trade-affected communities (H.R. 3359), H8959 [6DE], E2156 [28NO]

Unemployment: prohibit use of community development funds for any purpose other than wage supplements and health insurance assistance, H8540-H8547 [28NO]

Veterans: prioritization of veterans programs funding relative to war on terrorism and economic recovery, H7834 [6NO]

Vietnam: impact of fish imports on American producers, H5429, H5432-H5436 [6SE]

West Virginia: energy crisis, E841 [17MY]

Women: promote economic security and safety of domestic and sexual violence victims (H.R. 2670), E1972 [31OC]

Remarks in Senate

Agriculture: promote sustainable groundwater management of the southern Ogallala Aquifer (S. 1538), S10649 [11OC]

———relief for agricultural producers adversely affected by weather, S11072 [25OC]

———respond to the continuing economic crisis adversely affecting agricultural producers (H.R. 2213), S8852-S8873, S8875 [3AU]

———respond to the continuing economic crisis adversely affecting agricultural producers (H.R. 2213), unanimous-consent agreement, S8857 [3AU]

———respond to the continuing economic crisis adversely affecting agricultural producers (S. 1246), S8403-S8429, S8431-S8451 [31JY], S8499-S8504, S8628 [1AU], S8845-S8847 [2AU], S8849-S8852 [3AU]

———respond to the continuing economic crisis adversely affecting agricultural producers (S. 1246), motion to proceed, S8334, S8337 [27JY], S8379-S8391 [30JY]

———respond to the continuing economic crisis adversely affecting agricultural producers (S. 1246), unanimous-consent agreement, S8391 [30JY], S8845 [2AU]

Amtrak: financial assistance relative to viability of the U.S. air transportation system, S9592 [21SE]

Ann Arbor, MI: tribute (S. Con. Res. 50), S6350, S6351 [14JN]

Aviation: preserve the continued viability of the U.S. air transportation system (H.R. 2926), S9673 [21SE], S12532 [6DE]

———preserve the continued viability of the U.S. air transportation system (S. 1450), S9589-S9608, S9673 [21SE], S10144, S10146 [3OC], S10352 [9OC]

———preserve the continued viability of the U.S. air transportation system (S. 1450), unanimous-consent agreement, S9588 [21SE]

———preserve the continued viability of the U.S. air transportation system (S. 1450), unanimous-consent request, S9584 [21SE]

———provide assistance for employees who are separated from employment due to reductions in service by air carriers and airport closures caused by terrorist actions or security measures, S9588-S9608 [21SE]

———require airlines to honor tickets issued by other airlines and refund tickets for flights canceled or rescheduled due to impact of terrorist hijackings, S11981 [16NO]

Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act: suspend certain provisions (S.J. Res. 28), S11665-S11675, S11711 [13NO]

———suspend certain provisions (S.J. Res. 28), unanimous-consent agreement, S11647 [9NO]

Budget: allocation of funds, S1660-S1669 [28FE], S1732-S1734 [1MR], S1923-S1925 [7MR], S2106-S2112 [9MR], S2141 [12MR], S2180-S2184 [13MR], S8147-S8152 [25JY]

———deficit, S19-S22 [4JA], S1098-S1110 [7FE], S1593-S1602 [27FE], S2577 [20MR], S2659 [21MR], S2726 [22MR], S2815, S2822 [23MR], S2892 [26MR], S2974 [27MR], S3051 [28MR], S3148 [29MR], S3212 [30MR], S3270 [2AP], S3336 [3AP], S3433 [4AP], S3526 [5AP], S3698 [6AP], S3784 [23AP], S3834 [24AP], S3918 [25AP], S3987 [26AP], S4036 [30AP], S4097 [1MY], S4168 [2MY], S4240 [3MY], S4415 [7MY], S4504 [8MY], S4587 [9MY], S4818 [10MY], S4886 [14MY], S4937 [15MY], S5002 [16MY], S5112 [17MY], S5263 [21MY], S5434 [22MY], S5608 [24MY], S5688 [25MY], S5827 [5JN], S5884 [6JN], S5961 [7JN], S6054 [11JN], S6121 [12JN], S6209 [13JN], S6316 [14JN], S6372 [18JN], S6444 [19JN], S6515 [20JN], S6597 [21JN], S7079 [28JN], S7190 [29JN], S7329 [9JY], S7420 [10JY], S7491 [11JY], S7585 [12JY], S7683 [16JY], S7802 [17JY], S7875 [18JY], S7946 [19JY], S8057 [23JY], S8115 [24JY], S8200 [25JY], S8279 [26JY], S8343 [27JY], S8393 [30JY], S8459 [31JY], S8568 [1AU], S8697 [2AU], S8907 [3AU], S9118 [5SE], S9190 [6SE], S9248 [10SE], S10446 [10OC]

———increase tax cuts if budget surpluses are higher than projected, S3493-S3495, S3522 [5AP], S5251 [21MY]

———provide new discretionary spending limits (S. 1575), S11111 [25OC]

———treatment of any budget surpluses, S19-S22 [4JA], S692, S693 [30JA], S836-S839 [31JA], S1028 [6FE], S1098-S1110 [7FE], S1167-S1176 [8FE], S1262-S1264 [13FE], S1440 [15FE], S1923-S1925 [7MR], S3265, S3270 [2AP], S3802 [24AP], S4411 [7MY], S4579 [9MY], S5511, S5513, S5522-S5524 [23MY], S5666, S5674 [25MY], S7313-S7316 [9JY], S9013, S9016, S9017 [4SE], S9155 [6SE], S9208 [10SE], S10546 [11OC], S11673 [13NO]

———treatment of public debt, S446-S449 [23JA], S2173-S2176 [13MR], S2838 [26MR], S3295, S3308-S3312, S3318 [3AP], S4158 [2MY]

———use of a legislative trigger or safety mechanism to link long-term Federal budget surplus reductions with actual budgetary outcomes, S5087-S5093 [17MY], S5250-S5252 [21MY], S5491 [23MY]

Bush, President: evaluation of administration, S3802-S3805 [24AP]

California: effects of deregulation on energy crisis, S1184-S1187 [8FE], S3870-S3874 [25AP]

———energy crisis, S4408 [7MY], S6507 [20JN]

Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: results of study on Bush Administration tax cut proposal, S1206 [8FE]

CERCLA: eco-industrial parks development projects, S3901 [25AP]

———Economic Development Administration and Dept. of HUD brownfield redevelopment programs funding, S3906, S3907 [25AP]

———eligibility of certain petroleum contaminated sites for brownfield cleanup funding, S3904 [25AP]

———eligibility of sites contaminated by cattle dipping vats for brownfield cleanup funding, S3906 [25AP]

———eligiblity of Alaska native corporations for brownfields redevelopment funding, S3906 [25AP]

———eligiblity of Indian Tribes for brownfield redevelopment in cases where contamination migrates across State lines, S3907 [25AP]

———promote cleanup and reuse of brownfields, provide financial assistance for brownfields revitalization, and enhance State response programs (S. 350), S1481-S1491 [15FE], S2379 [15MR], S3773 [23AP], S3797, S3798 [24AP], S3868, S3869, S3879-S3912 [25AP], S3980 [26AP], S4019 [30AP], S14064 [20DE]

———promote cleanup and reuse of brownfields, provide financial assistance for brownfields revitalization, and enhance State response programs (S. 350), unanimous-consent agreement, S3877 [25AP]

———require consultation with States prior to enforcement actions based on new information relative to cleanup and reuse of brownfields, S3904, S3906 [25AP]

Chile: authorize negotiation for accession to NAFTA (S. 138), S411 [22JA]

———authorize negotiation for accession to NAFTA (S. 586), S2668 [21MR]

Community development: provide grant funding for additional enterprise communities (S. 634), S3001 [27MR]

Computers: importance of technological developments in the international marketplace, S1912 [6MR]

Congress: legislative priorities, S12348-S12350 [4DE], S14033 [20DE]

Contracts: provide Federal contract opportunities for small businesses in economically distressed communities, S12655 [7DE]

Democratic Party: national agenda, S5577 [24MY], S5844 [6JN], S8371-S8373 [30JY], S9182 [6SE], S10865, S10866 [23OC]

Dept. of Agriculture: bio-based energy development funding, S11085 [25OC]

———require review of agribusiness mergers and acquisitions and allow imposition of conditions relative to anticompetitive practices (S. 1076), S6603 [21JN]

Dept. of Justice: establish in the Antitrust Division a position with responsibility for agricultural antitrust matters (S. 282), S1136 [7FE]

Dept. of Labor: job training program for dislocated workers funding, S7407, S7410, S7416 [10JY]

———provide temporary mortgage assistance to workers displaced due to international competition (S. 1848), S13701-S13704 [19DE]

Dept. of the Treasury: impact of tax cuts on public debt, S8870 [3AU]

Durand, MI: tribute to Durand Middle School Invest in America Project, S13461 [18DE]

Ecology and environment: promote brownfields redevelopment in urban and rural areas and spur community revitalization in low- and moderate-income areas (S. 1078), S6607-S6611 [21JN]

———provide assistance to communities for redevelopment of brownfield sites (S. 1079), S6607-S6611 [21JN]

———stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations at levels that would prevent dangerous interference with the climate system while minimizing adverse economic and social impacts (S. 1008), S6000-S6004, S6009 [8JN], S6019 [11JN]

Economic Recovery and Homeland Defense Act: emergency designation relative to enforcement of budget caps, S11748, S11752, S11757-S11762, S11768, S11782 [14NO]

Education: increase the technically trained workforce (S. 1549), S10703-S10707 [15OC], S10766 [16OC]

———provide for excellence in economic education, S4984, S4985 [16MY]

Federal aid programs: provide for emergency unemployment compensation program and emergency health coverage assistance, S11645-S11651 [9NO], S11701-S11707, S11713, S11715 [13NO], S11757-S11762, S11771, S11778-S11781 [14NO], S12023 [27NO], S12071, S12072, S12073 [28NO], S12121, S12122 [29NO], S13836, S14038-S14040 [20DE]

FERC: impose just and reasonable load-differentiated demand rates or cost-of-service based rates on sales by public utilities of electric energy at wholesale in the western energy market (S. 764), S3859 [24AP], S4412 [7MY]

Foreign policy: make oil-producing and exporting cartels illegal (S. 665), S3216 [30MR]

Foreign trade: U.S. deficit, S2815 [23MR], S3798-S3800 [24AP], S4395-S4397 [4MY], S4857 [14MY], S5664-S5666 [25MY]

FRS: impact of interest rates on economic conditions, S31 [5JA], S2814 [23MR]

High Plains Aquifer: conduct hydrogeologic mapping, modeling, and monitoring program and establish High Plains Aquifer Coordination Council to facilitate groundwater conservation (S. 1537), S10649 [11OC]

Immigration: national objectives priority assignments, S9184-S9187 [6SE]

Insurance: encourage financial institutions to continue to support economic development through the provision of affordable insurance coverage against acts of terrorism (S. 1748), S12273 [30NO], S12276 [3DE]

———encourage financial institutions to continue to support economic development through the provision of affordable insurance coverage against acts of terrorism (S. 1751), S12255-S12259 [30NO]

Iron and steel industry: limit steel imports, S1050, S1053 [6FE]

IRS: taxpayer refund, S8147-S8152 [25JY]

Klamath Basin: compensation of persons who were economically harmed as a result of the implementation of the Endangered Species Act, S7413, S7415 [10JY], S8850 [3AU]

———respond to economic disaster threatening certain farmers and communities resulting from denial of irrigation water for the Klamath Project, S11070, S11071 [25OC]

Lumber industry: economic impact of release of sebacic acid by Defense National Stockpile, S10147 [3OC]

Mexico: compliance of Mexico-domiciled trucks operating in the U.S. with certain safety and environmental regulations, S7294-S7298 [9JY], S7995-S7998 [20JY], S8044, S8046, S8055 [23JY], S8080-S8096, S8099-S8102, S8105-S8108, S8110-S8112 [24JY], S8153, S8155, S8165, S8167, S8169-S8171 [25JY], S8254-S8273 [26JY], S8301-S8324, S8326-S8333 [27JY], S8500, S8504, S8515-S8527, S8536 [1AU], S11097 [25OC], S12332, S12334-S12336, S12339 [4DE]

———compliance of Mexico-domiciled trucks operating in the U.S. with certain safety and environmental regulations (S. 965), S5664-S5666 [25MY]

———restrictions on U.S. exports of high fructose corn syrup, S8254, S8266, S8268 [26JY]

Minimum wage: level, S4880-S4882 [14MY], S5999 [8JN], S8057 [23JY]

———level (S. 277), S1132-S1135 [7FE], S1215 [8FE]

———level (S. 964), S5765 [25MY], S5802 [26MY]

Montana: status of timber and agricultural industries, S11486 [6NO]

Mooresville, NC: use of Economic Development Initiative funds for library project, S8670 [2AU]

NAFTA: application of safety and environmental regulations to all trucks operating in the U.S., S8160-S8171 [25JY]

———impact on employment and the economy, S9159 [6SE]

———prevent violations, S8260-S8273 [26JY], S8301-S8316, S8326-S8333 [27JY], S8500, S8506, S8515-S8527 [1AU]

National Academy of Sciences: study increase in natural gas prices and feasibility of Federal natural gas reserve, S1182-S1184 [8FE], S1264 [13FE]

National objectives: priority assignments, S1244-S1246 [13FE], S2813-S2817 [23MR], S2918-S2921 [26MR], S4379-S4381 [4MY], S5683 [25MY], S8884-S8886 [3AU], S9488 [19SE], S11404-S11407 [2NO]

———provide incentives for economic recovery and relief for victims of terrorism (S. 1732), S12059 [27NO], S12065 [28NO]

Native Americans: authorize tribes to coordinate and integrate Federal funding dedicated to the development of communities (S. 343), S1471 [15FE]

Natural gas: economic impact of increasing prices, S1264 [13FE], S1441 [15FE]

New Hampshire: economic assistance to Gorham, NH, and Berlin, NH, relative to American Tissue, Inc., hydro plants, S9378, S9379 [13SE]

New York: economic importance of agriculture, S8863 [3AU]

New York, NY: allocation of funds relative to terrorist attacks, S12047-S12049 [27NO], S12096-S12098 [28NO], S12130 [29NO], S12298 [3DE], S12437 [5DE], S12513 [6DE]

———economic impact of terrorist attacks, S12047-S12049 [27NO], S12096-S12098 [28NO], S12130 [29NO]

———provide tax incentives for economic recovery, S11768, S11772 [14NO]

———viability of software and information technology industries, S11752 [14NO]

Power resources: impact of environmentalists on the development of a national energy policy, S4403 [4MY]

———national energy policy, S71 [22JA], S608, S618-S631 [29JA], S1178, S1188, S1195 [8FE], S1441, S1537-S1542 [15FE], S1561 [26FE], S1598 [27FE], S1728 [1MR], S1922 [7MR], S2043 [8MR], S3804 [24AP], S4235-S4237 [3MY], S4403 [4MY], S4407-S4410 [7MY], S4851 [14MY], S4932 [15MY], S4999-S5001 [16MY], S5199 [21MY], S5572-S5574 [24MY], S5667, S5668-S5671, S5679 [25MY], S5805-S5808 [5JN], S6507 [20JN], S6657 [22JN], S7298-S7300 [9JY], S7476 [11JY], S7793-S7796 [17JY], S7839, S7851 [18JY], S8150 [25JY], S8373-S8378 [30JY], S9013 [4SE], S9156-S9159 [6SE], S9480 [19SE], S9571 [21SE], S9843, S9846-S9851 [26SE], S9945, S9946 [1OC], S10029-S10031 [2OC], S10404-S10407, S10413-S10417, S10420-S10423, S10430 [10OC], S10526, S10636 [11OC], S10674-S10676 [15OC], S10806, S10822-S10824 [18OC], S11161, S11162 [30OC], S11275-S11280 [31OC], S11355 [1NO], S11401 [2NO], S11584-S11587 [8NO], S12019 [27NO], S12083-S12091, S12094 [28NO], S13917, S14042-S14045 [20DE]

———national energy policy (S. 597), S2697, S2735-S2772 [22MR], S2814, S2817-S2820 [23MR]

———national energy policy (S. 1766), S12398-S12400, S12426-S12432, S12448, S12449, S12463 [5DE], S12465, S12466 [6DE], S13352-S13354 [17DE]

Republican Party: national agenda, S5679 [25MY], S5845 [6JN], S8376 [30JY], S9012 [4SE], S9207 [10SE], S10922-S10924 [24OC], S11421 [5NO]

SBA: authorize loans to small businesses and certain other businesses that suffered substantial economic injury as a result of terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (S. 1499), S10289-S10293, S10340 [4OC], S10345, S10379 [9OC], S11717 [13NO], S12045-S12047 [27NO], S12821-S12826 [11DE], S13044 [12DE], S13423 [18DE], S13691 [19DE], S13925-S13929 [20DE]

———make grants for losses suffered by general aviation small business concerns in the aftermath of terrorist attacks (S. 1552), S10770 [16OC]

———tribute (S. Res. 86), S4582-S4584 [9MY], S4936 [15MY]

Senate: legislative priorities, S10755 [16OC], S12070-S12073 [28NO], S12135-S12138 [29NO], S12240 [30NO]

Sioux Nation Economic Development Council: establish (S. 493), S2076 [8MR]

Small business: forgive interest payments on certain disaster loans and provide tax relief for concerns in the aftermath of terrorist attacks (S. 1493), S10131, S10159-S10161 [3OC]

Social Security: guarantee the right of individuals to receive certain benefits in full with an accurate annual cost-of-living adjustment (S. 1558), S10773 [16OC]

Sports: economic impact of elimination or relocation of Major League Baseball franchises, S12228 [30NO]

Taxation: airline depreciation allowance on the sale of new and refurbished aircraft, S11930 [15NO]

———allow a bonus deduction for depreciable business assets (S. 1553), S10770 [16OC]

———extend research and development tax credit, S5195-S5198, S5253 [21MY]

———extend research and development tax credit (S. 515), S2164 [12MR]

———income tax rates reduction, marriage tax penalty relief, and estate tax repeal (S. 35), S312 [22JA]

———increase limitation on capital losses any individual may deduct against ordinary income and allow a 3-year capital loss carryback and unlimited carryovers (S. 784), S4004 [26AP]

———provide an income tax rebate to individuals and families, S5236 [21MY], S5410 [22MY]

———provide Federal reimbursement to State and local governments for a limited tax holiday (S. 1643), S11550-S11552 [7NO]

———provide for a payroll tax holiday, S12121, S12122, S12126, S12136 [29NO], S12239 [30NO]

———provide for a payroll tax holiday (S. 1717), S12002-S12004 [16NO]

———provide incentives for economic recovery, S10748 [16OC], S10908-S10911, S10917-S10919 [24OC], S11095 [25OC], S11164 [30OC], S11262, S11266-S11268 [31OC], S11318-S11320, S11351-S11354 [1NO], S11404-S11407, S11408-S11411 [2NO], S11423 [5NO]

———provide incentives for economic recovery and provide for the payment of emergency extended unemployment compensation (S. 1804), S12861-S12863 [11DE], S14044 [20DE]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), S11641-S11644, S11645-S11651 [9NO], S11667, S11670-S11672, S11674, S11678-S11708, S11713, S11714 [13NO], S11737-S11783 [14NO], S11890, S11899, S11920, S11927-S11932 [15NO], S12019-S12024, S12039-S12042 [27NO], S12071-S12073, S12091-S12096 [28NO], S12121-S12131, S12132, S12136, S12145 [29NO], S12227, S12239, S12240 [30NO], S12280 [3DE], S12471 [6DE], S12604 [7DE], S12756-S12762 [10DE], S12826, S12829-S12833 [11DE], S12997, S13009 [12DE]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), unanimous-consent agreement, S11678 [13NO], S12140 [29NO]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), unanimous-consent request, S12079, S12080, S12093 [28NO], S12116 [29NO]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3529), S13673, S13676-S13678 [19DE], S13774, S13791, S13831, S13835-S13837, S13884-S13893, S13917, S14029, S14030, S14034-S14040, S14044, S14083 [20DE]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3529), unanimous-consent request, S13865 [20DE]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (S. 1791), S12772 [10DE]

———provide tax and other incentives to maintain a vibrant travel and tourism industry, to keep working people working, and to stimulate economic growth (S. 1500), S10293 [4OC], S11605 [8NO], S13042 [12DE]

———rates, S2180-S2184 [13MR]

———rates (S. 481), S1988-S1992 [7MR]

———reduce tax cuts and replace estate tax repeal with unified estate and gift tax credit and family-owned business interest deduction increases, and use savings for debt reduction and infrastructure improvements, S5208-S5214, S5254 [21MY], S5428 [22MY]

———review of economic conditions relative to pending tax rate and debt reductions, S5238, S5239 [21MY]

———treatment of cleanup costs for redevelopment of brownfield sites, S3900 [25AP]

———treatment of small businesses (S. 1676), S11720 [13NO]

Terrorism: economic impact of hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, S9467, S9480 [19SE], S9596 [21SE], S9846-S9851 [26SE], S10496 [11OC], S11673 [13NO]

Trade Act: amend to consolidate and improve trade adjustment assistance programs and provide community-based economic development assistance for trade-affected communities (S. 1209), S7967-S7969 [19JY], S8056 [23JY]

Treaties and agreements: U.S. priorities and objectives in trade negotiations, S4237 [3MY]

Unemployment: expand coverage options for unemployed workers to receive and pay for COBRA health insurance benefits and provide for a program of enhanced unemployment coverage, S14034-S14037 [20DE]

United Kingdom: authorize negotiation for accession to NAFTA (S. 140), S411 [22JA]

Urban areas: promote an urban agenda (S. 23), S261-S264 [22JA]

Vietnam: impact of fish imports on American producers, S10111, S10113, S10118, S10124 [3OC]

Women: promote economic security and safety of domestic and sexual violence victims (S. 1249), S8154, S8235, S8236 [25JY]

Reports

Delegation of Ecumenical Church Leaders' Trip to Mexico, H2257-H2259 [16MY]

Estimated 12 Million Low- and Moderate-Income Families, With 24 Million Children, Would Not Benefit From Bush Tax Plan: Isaac Shapiro, Allen Dupree, and James Sly, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, S1206 [8FE]

Reports filed

Brownfields Revitalization and Environmental Restoration Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 350) (S. Rept. 107-2), S2162 [12MR]

Climate Change Strategy and Technology Innovation Act: Committee on Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 1008) (S. Rept. 107-99), S11939 [15NO]

Consideration of H.R. 2926, Air Transportation Safety and System Stabilization Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 244) (H. Rept. 107-214), H5924 [21SE]

Consideration of H.R. 3090, Economic Security and Recovery Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 270) (H. Rept. 107-252), H7217 [23OC]

Consideration of H.R. 3529, Economic Security and Worker Assistance Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 320) (H. Rept. 107-348), H10401, H10908 [19DE]

Economic Recovery and Assistance for American Workers Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (H.R. 3090), S11660 [9NO]

Economic Report to the President: Committee on Economics (Joint) (H. Rept. 107-347), H10401, H10908 [19DE]

Emergency Agricultural Assistance Act: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate) (S. 1246), S8203 [25JY]

Klamath Basin Emergency Operation and Maintenance Refund Act: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 2828) (H. Rept. 107-284), H8132 [13NO]

Nomination of Robert G. Hubbard to the Council of Economic Advisers: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate), S4822 [10MY]

Respond to the Continuing Economic Crisis Adversely Affecting Agricultural Producers: Committee on Agriculture (House) (H.R. 2213) (H. Rept. 107-111), H3617 [26JN]

Same-Day Consideration of H. Res. 244, Consideration of H.R. 2926, Air Transportation Safety and System Stabilization Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 242) (H. Rept. 107-209), H5924 [21SE]

Same-Day Consideration of H. Res. 320, Consideration of H.R. 3529, Economic Security and Worker Assistance Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 317) (H. Rept. 107-340), H10173 [17DE]

———Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 319) (H. Rept. 107-344), H10354 [18DE]

Suspend Certain Provisions of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act: Committee on the Budget (Senate) (S.J. Res. 28), S11611 [8NO]

Rulings of the Chair

Taxation: provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3529), H10848 [19DE]

Statements

Air Transportation Safety and System Stabilization Act: John J. Sweeney, AFL-CIO, H5879 [21SE]

Demand for Documents Relative to GAO Investigation of National Energy Policy Development Group: Office of the Vice President, S10448 [10OC]

Economic Recovery and Homeland Defense Act: Executive Office of the President, S11775 [14NO]

Economic Security and Recovery Act: Executive Office of the President, H7248 [24OC]

Market Financing Estimates: Dept. of the Treasury, S8871 [3AU]

National Energy Policy: Several Organizations and Bush Administration Officials, S12085 [28NO]

Response of Committee on Agriculture (House) to the Continuing Economic Crisis Adversely Affecting Agricultural Producers: Representatives Combest and Stenholm, Committee on Agriculture (House), S8865 [3AU]

Response to the Continuing Economic Crisis Adversely Affecting Agricultural Producers: National Barley Growers Association, S8427 [31JY], S8858 [3AU]

Rich Man's Return on Bush's Tax Cut: Angela DeBlasio and Lynne Clough, E1830 [9OC]

Wealth of Nations—U.S. Manufacturing in Serious Trouble: Roger Milliken, S10261 [4OC]

Studies

Administration's Budget Reserve—Do the Numbers Add Up? Robert Greenstein, Richard Kogan, and Joel Friedman, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, H776 [8MR]

Administration's Budget—Gaps Between Rhetoric and Reality: Robert Greenstein, Richard Kogan, and Joel Friedman, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, H777 [8MR]

In Bush Budget, Tax Cuts for Top One Percent Are Larger Than Health, Education, and All Other Initiatives Combined: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, H778 [8MR]

In Many States, One-Third To One-Half of Families Would Not Benefit From Bush Tax Plan: Nick Johnson, Allen Dupree, and Isaac Shapiro, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, H779-H781 [8MR]

Is a Large Tax Cut Needed To Forestall an Explosion in Spending? Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, H776 [8MR]

Is the House Tax Bill Needed To Avert a Recession? Peter R. Orszag, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, H778 [8MR]

New Joint Tax Committee Estimates Raise Cost of Bush Tax Plan: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, H775 [8MR]

Summaries

Chile-NAFTA Accession Act (S. 138), S413 [22JA]

Economic Security and Recovery Act (H.R. 3090): Borski Proposal To Invest Funds in Infrastructure To Restore the Economy and To Enhance Security of Transportation and Environmental Facilities, H7233 [24OC]

Provide New Discretionary Spending Limits (S. 1575), S11111 [25OC]

Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (S. 1751), S12258 [30NO]

United Kingdom-NAFTA Accession Act (S. 140), S414 [22JA]

Surveys

Citizens for Real Energy Solutions: Ipsos-Reid Group, S12399 [5DE]

Tables

Budget realities, S11404 [2NO]

California power plants coming online, S3871 [25AP]

Distribution of national emergency grant funds, H8545 [28NO]

Economic Security and Recovery Act (S. 1791), S12775 [10DE]

Federal budget deficits, trust funds, national debt, and interest costs (1946-2001), S20 [4JA]

Federal Government financing and debt, S2176 [13MR]

Federal trust funds used to balance the budget, S21 [4JA]

Impact of Senate Democratic Caucus permanent stimulus proposals on surplus, S11319 [1NO]

Means of financing the deficit or disposition of surplus by the U.S. Government, S2174 [13MR], S11405 [2NO]

Median income for 4-person families by State, S13893 [20DE]

Public debt to the penny, S446 [23JA], S2175 [13MR], S11406 [2NO], S13887 [20DE]

Who holds the public debt?, S448 [23JA], S2175 [13MR], S13887 [20DE]

Testimonies

Airline Industry Finances: Harry Pinson, S9581 [21SE]

Effects of Air Quality Regulations on California Energy Crisis: Alan C. Lloyd, California Air Resources Board, S3872-S3874 [25AP]

National Energy Policy Relative to Hydrogen and Nuclear Energy Research and Development: Arthur T. Katsaros, Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., E1112 [14JN]

Texts of

H. Res. 242, same-day consideration of H. Res. 244, consideration of H.R. 2926, Air Transportation Safety and System Stabilization Act, H5875 [21SE]

H. Res. 244, consideration of H.R. 2926, Air Transportation Safety and System Stabilization Act, H5884 [21SE]

H. Res. 270, consideration of H.R. 3090, Economic Security and Recovery Act, H7225 [24OC]

H. Res. 319, same-day consideration of H. Res. 320, consideration of H.R. 3529, Economic Security and Worker Assistance Act, H10495 [19DE]

H. Res. 320, consideration of H.R. 3529, Economic Security and Worker Assistance Act, H10820 [19DE]

H.R. 917, Federal Living Wage Responsibility Act, E554 [5AP]

H.R. 2121, Russian Democracy Act, H9109 [11DE]

H.R. 2213, respond to the continuing economic crisis adversely affecting agricultural producers, H3533 [26JN]

H.R. 2828, Klamath Basin Emergency Operation and Maintenance Refund Act, H8060 [13NO]

H.R. 2926, Air Transportation Safety and System Stabilization Act, H5894-H5897 [21SE]

H.R. 3090, Economic Recovery and Assistance for American Workers Act, S11678-S11696 [13NO]

H.R. 3090, Economic Security and Recovery Act, H7236, H7242-H7247 [24OC]

H.R. 3529, Economic Security and Worker Assistance Act, H10827-H10845 [19DE]

S. 23, New Urban Agenda Act, S264-S269 [22JA]

S. 138, Chile-NAFTA Accession Act, S412 [22JA]

S. 140, United Kingdom-NAFTA Accession Act, S413 [22JA]

S. 277, Fair Minimum Wage Act, S1134 [7FE]

S. 282, establish in the Dept. of Justice Antitrust Division a position with responsibility for agricultural antitrust matters, S1136 [7FE]

S. 343, Indian Tribal Development Consolidated Funding Act, S1472-S1474 [15FE]

S. 350, Brownfields Revitalization and Environmental Restoration Act, S1481-S1486 [15FE], S3907-S3912 [25AP]

S. 481, Economic Insurance Tax Cut, S1991 [7MR]

S. 493, Sioux Nation Economic Development Council, S2077 [8MR]

S. 597, Comprehensive and Balanced Energy Policy Act, S2752-S2771 [22MR]

S. 665, No Oil Producing and Exporting Cartels Act, S3217 [30MR]

S. 784, increase tax limitation on capital losses any individual may deduct against ordinary income and allow a 3-year capital loss carryback and unlimited carryovers, S4004 [26AP]

S. 806, Full Social Security Benefits Guarantee Act, S4116 [1MY]

S. 883, Energy Independence Act, S4944 [15MY]

S. 1008, Climate Change Strategy and Technology Innovation Act, S6009-S6015 [8JN]

S. 1076, Agriculture Competition Enhancement Act, S6604-S6607 [21JN]

S. 1078, Brownfields Economic Development Act, S6608 [21JN]

S. 1079, Brownfield Site Redevelopment Assistance Act, S6608-S6610 [21JN]

S. 1450, Air Transportation Safety and System Stabilization Act, S9605-S9608, S9627-S9630 [21SE]

S. 1493, Small Business Leads to Economic Recovery Act, S10161-S10163 [3OC]

S. 1500, Travel America Now Act, S10294 [4OC]

S. 1553, Economic Stimulus Through Bonus Depreciation Act, S10771 [16OC]

S. 1558, Social Security Benefits Guarantee Act, S10774 [16OC]

S. 1575, provide new discretionary spending limits, S11111 [25OC]

S. 1643, Sales Tax Holiday Act, S11550 [7NO]

S. 1751, Terrorism Risk Insurance Act, S12256-S12258 [30NO]

S. 1791, Economic Security and Recovery Act, S12773-S12775 [10DE]

S. 1848, Homestead Preservation Act, S13704 [19DE]

S. Con. Res. 21, use of a legislative trigger or safety mechanism to link long-term Federal budget surplus reductions with actual budgetary outcomes, S2013 [7MR]

S. Con. Res. 50, tribute to Ann Arbor, MI, S6350 [14JN]

S. Res. 86, tribute to SBA, S4613 [9MY]

S.J. Res. 28, suspend certain Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act provisions, S11417 [2NO]

Tributes

Corzine, Senator, S10978 [24OC]