DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Amendments

Dept. of Agriculture: require a report on coordinated actions to prevent bovine spongiform encephalopathy (mad cow disease) and foot-and-mouth disease (S. 700), S3623 [5AP]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2500), S8248 [25JY], S9203 [6SE], S9214, S9215, S9219, S9235, S9238, S9260, S9274, S9275, S9276 [10SE], S9341 [12SE], S9367, S9368, S9372, S9384, S9388, S9398, S9399, S9400, S9401, S9402, S9403 [13SE], S9661, S9673 [21SE], H4019 [16JY], H4087, H4091, H4092, H4094, H4114, H4115 [17JY], H4132, H4133, H4136, H4137, H4142, H4147, H4149, H4152, H4153, H4155, H4158, H4159, H4161, H4162, H4163, H4168, H4172, H4175, H4177, H4178, H4179, H4181, H4184, H4187, H4190, H4193, H4194 [18JY]

Fish and fishing: efforts to rehabilitate salmon stocks in the Pacific Northwest (H.R. 1157), H3073, H3075 [12JN], H3088, H3089, H3090 [13JN]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 2500, Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies appropriations, S9387 [13SE], S9674 [21SE], H5959 [24SE]

Articles and editorials

Cannibals to Cows—The Path of a Deadly Disease, S2317 [14MR]

Could Mad Cow Reach America?, S2316 [14MR]

LTV Seems on the Verge of a Shutdown, S13664 [19DE]

Meat From Europe Is Banned by U.S. as Illness Spreads, S2318 [14MR]

Northeast Seen Getting Balmier, S13959 [20DE]

U.S. Adds to Ban on European Meats—Foot-and-Mouth Epidemic Is Cited, S2317 [14MR]

Bills and resolutions

Abolish (see H.R. 375), H165 [31JA]

Animals: establish a Federal task force to coordinate actions to prevent bovine spongiform encephalopathy (mad cow disease) and foot-and-mouth disease (see S. 534), S2306 [14MR]

Archivist of the U.S.: establish the Holocaust Insurance Registry and require certain disclosures by insurers (see H.R. 2693), H5124 [1AU]

Bureau of the Census: establish a term limit for the Director of the Census and require that such Director report directly to the Sec. of Commerce (see H.R. 681), H396 [14FE]

Census: include U.S. citizens living abroad in future decennial censuses for purposes of congressional apportionment (see S. 1784), S12681 [7DE] (see H.R. 1745), H2021 [8MY]

Columbia River: ensure salmon and steelhead preservation, maintain reasonably priced and reliable power, and conduct studies on the impact of dams on salmon and steelhead on the endangered species list (see H.R. 2573), H4352 [19JY]

Computers: encourage expansion of electronic commerce (see S. Con. Res. 37), S4823 [10MY] (see H. Con. Res. 132), H2142 [10MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: require a report on coordinated actions to prevent bovine spongiform encephalopathy (mad cow disease) and foot-and-mouth disease (see S. 700), S3436 [4AP] (see S. 708), S3530 [5AP]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (see S. 1215), S8014 [20JY] (see H.R. 2500), H4013 [16JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2500), consideration (see H. Res. 192), H4013 [16JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2500), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 286), H8132 [13NO]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2500), return to Senate (see H. Res. 240), H5926 [21SE]

Ecology and environment: establish a carbon sequestration program and implementation panel to enhance international conservation and to slow greenhouse gas buildup in the atmosphere (see S. 769), S3852 [24AP]

———establish a voluntary national registry system for greenhouse gases trading among industry and make changes to the U.S. Global Change Research Program (see S. 1781), S12551 [6DE]

———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]

Education: provide grants for digital network technology programs at historically Black colleges and universities, Hispanic-serving institutions, and tribal colleges and universities (see S. 414), S1699 [28FE] (see H.R. 1034), H928 [14MR]

EPA: establish greenhouse gas inventory, registry, and information system (see S. 1870), S13943 [20DE]

Firearms: protect manufacturers and sellers in the firearms and ammunition industry from restrictions on interstate or foreign commerce (see H.R. 2037), H2847 [25MY]

Fish and fishing: efforts to rehabilitate salmon stocks in the Pacific Northwest (see S. 1825), S13145 [13DE] (see H.R. 1157), H1060 [21MR]

———efforts to rehabilitate salmon stocks in the Pacific Northwest (H.R. 1157), consideration (see H. Res. 163), H3066 [12JN]

Fishery Conservation and Management Act: expedite relief for commercial fishery failure in the Pacific Coast Ground Fishery and improve management and enforcement in that fishery (see S. 973), S5694 [25MY] (see H.R. 2376), H3803 [28JN]

International Whaling Commission: maintain efforts of U.S. representatives to protect the ability of certain Native Americans to continue to legally harvest whales (see H. Con. Res. 193), H4428 [23JY]

Land use: assist States, tribal governments, and Native Hawaiian organizations with land use planning to promote improved quality of life, regionalism, sustainable economic development, and environmental stewardship (see S. 975), S5695 [25MY]

Marine mammals: coordinate and expand U.S. and international programs for the conservation and protection of North Atlantic whales (see S. 1380), S8911 [3AU] (see H.R. 3095), H6701 [11OC]

Montgomery County, MD: convey certain Federal property to Gaithersburg, MD, for use as a public park (see H.R. 3355), H8421 [27NO]

National Weather Service: provide overtime pay for forecasters performing essential services during severe weather events and limit Sunday premium pay to hours of service actually performed (see H.R. 2868), H5487 [10SE]

NIST: abolish the Advanced Technology Program (see H.R. 895), H649 [6MR]

———establish electronic commerce extension program to ensure that small businesses participate fully in the electronic commerce revolution (see H.R. 524), H252 [8FE]

NOAA: reauthorize Chesapeake Bay Office (see S. 1045), S6318 [14JN] (see H.R. 642), H395 [14FE]

Patent and Trademark Office: adjust fees so that fees collected in any fiscal year equals the amount of funding received for that fiscal year (see H.R. 2415), H3804 [28JN]

———authorizing appropriations (see S. 1754), S12247 [30NO] (see H.R. 2047), H2887 [5JN]

———consideration of funding (see H. Res. 110), H1409 [3AP]

———reauthorize (see H.R. 740), H441 [27FE]

Patents: amend patent reexamination proceedings (see H.R. 2231), H3259 [19JN]

———clarify the basis for granting reexamination requests (see H.R. 1866), H2280 [16MY]

———provide for appeals by third parties in certain patent reexamination proceedings (see H.R. 1886), H2333 [17MY]

Ronald H. Brown Federal Building, New York, NY: designate (see H.R. 1125), H1011 [20MR]

Small business: establish a program to make no-interest loans to eligible small businesses to address economic harm resulting from shortages or price increases in electricity or natural gas (see S. 286), S1218 [8FE]

Space policy: establish certain procedures for exports of commercial satellites and related items (see H.R. 1707), H1923 [3MY]

Sports: prohibit gambling on high school and college sports and the Olympics and establish NIST grant program to fund detection and prevention of the use of performance-enhancing drugs (see S. 718), S3530 [5AP]

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

Travel and Tourism Promotion Bureau: establish (see S. 1505), S10287 [4OC] (see H.R. 3157), H7127 [17OC]

Voting: direct NIST to develop standards to ensure accuracy and validation of the voting process and provide grants to States to improve voting methods and voter education campaigns (see S. 368), S1463 [15FE] (see H.R. 752), H441 [27FE] (see H.R. 2275), H3464 [21JN]

Conference reports

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations (H.R. 2500), H7986-H8033 [9NO]

Letters

Community Character Act: Alan Front, Trust for Public Land, S5710 [25MY]

———Bruce McClendon, American Planning Association, S5709 [25MY]

———Don Chen, Smart Growth America (organization), S5710 [25MY]

———Lee L. Verstandig, National Association of Realtors, S5709 [25MY]

Export Administration Act: Colin L. Powell, Sec. of State, Donald H. Rumsfeld, Sec. of Defense, and Donald L. Evans, Sec. of Commerce, S9037 [4SE]

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]

International Trade Administration trade agreement compliance funding: several Senators, S1741 [1MR]

Korean Asset Management Corp. relationship with Dongkuk Steel Mill Co., Ltd: Donald L. Evans, Sec. of Commerce, E1760 [2OC]

———Representative LaTourette, E1760 [2OC]

NIST construction and maintenance funding: Linda Capuano, National Research Council Board of Assessment of NIST Programs, H4199 [18JY]

NTIA Digital Network Technology Program Act: Antonio Flores, Gerald Gipp, and Henry Ponder, Alliance for Equity in Higher Education, S1707 [28FE]

———Henry Ponder, National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education, S1707 [28FE]

———James Shanley, American Indian Higher Education Consortium, S1707 [28FE]

———John W. Cheek, National Indian Education Association, S1707 [28FE]

Lists

Amendments to H.R. 2500, Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies appropriations, S9363 [13SE]

Managers' amendments to H.R. 2500, Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies appropriations, S9214 [10SE]

Motions

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2500), S9240 [10SE], H7894 [7NO], H7945 [8NO]

Petitions and memorials

National League of Cities: respond to surge in steel imports, E2409 [20DE]

Remarks in House

Archivist of the U.S.: establish the Holocaust Insurance Registry and require certain disclosures by insurers (H.R. 2693), E1507 [2AU]

ATL, Inc.: Minority Business Development Agency National Minority Service Firm of the Year Award recipient, E1870 [12OC]

Buy American Act: compliance, H3088 [13JN], H3344 [20JN], H3585, H3586 [26JN], H4155 [18JY]

Census: funding for the planning of the inclusion of U.S. citizens living abroad in future decennial censuses, H4132, H4133 [18JY]

———importance of decennial census to rural areas and minority communities, H466 [28FE]

———include U.S. citizens living abroad in future decennial censuses for purposes of congressional apportionment (H.R. 1745), E758 [8MY]

Columbia River: ensure salmon and steelhead preservation, maintain reasonably priced and reliable power, and conduct studies on the impact of dams on salmon and steelhead on the endangered species list (H.R. 2573), E1393 [23JY]

Committee on Appropriations (House): tribute to Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and Judiciary staff, H8145, H8155 [14NO]

Dept. of Agriculture: require a report on coordinated actions to prevent bovine spongiform encephalopathy (mad cow disease) and foot-and-mouth disease (S. 700), H2051-H2053 [9MY]

Dept. of Commerce: require report on effect of timber harvesting in British Columbia on Pacific salmon stocks, H3090 [13JN]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2500), H4071-H4100 [17JY], H4130-H4202 [18JY], H7894 [7NO], E1359 [18JY], E1373 [19JY], E1377 [20JY], E1417, E1418 [24JY], E1420, E1433 [25JY], E1826 [5OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2500), conference report, H8144-H8159 [14NO], E2094 [15NO], E2112, E2118 [16NO]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2500), consideration (H. Res. 192), H4069, H4070 [17JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2500), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 286), H8142-H8144 [14NO]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2500), motion to instruct conferees, H7945-H7950 [8NO]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2500), permission to file conference report, H7918 [8NO]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2500), permission to file report, H3991 [12JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2500), return to Senate (H. Res. 240), H5857-H5859 [20SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2500), unanimous-consent agreement, H4097 [17JY], H4167 [18JY]

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

Emergency Steel Loan Guarantee Board: guaranteeing of emergency loan to LTV Corp., E2408 [20DE]

Fish and fishing: efforts to rehabilitate salmon stocks in the Pacific Northwest, H3362 [21JN], H4083 [17JY]

———efforts to rehabilitate salmon stocks in the Pacific Northwest (H.R. 1157), H3082 [13JN], E1122 [14JN]

———efforts to rehabilitate salmon stocks in the Pacific Northwest (H.R. 1157), consideration (H. Res. 163), H3081, H3082-H3092 [13JN]

———ensure that efforts to rehabilitate salmon stocks in the Pacific Northwest do not include genetically engineered fish, H3089, H3090 [13JN]

———require report on effect of timber harvesting in British Columbia on Pacific salmon stocks, H3090 [13JN]

———support goals, objectives, and recommendations of Governors of Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington relative to efforts to rehabilitate salmon stocks in the Pacific Northwest, H3089 [13JN]

Iron and steel industry: Korean Asset Management Corp. relationship with Dongkuk Steel Mill Co., Ltd., E1760 [2OC]

———respond to the surge of steel imports, H1654 [26AP]

Marine mammals: coordinate and expand U.S. and international programs for the conservation and protection of North Atlantic whales (H.R. 3095), E1860 [12OC]

Maritime Administration: State maritime academies funding, H4172 [18JY]

Montgomery County, MD: convey certain Federal property to Gaithersburg, MD, for use as a public park (H.R. 3355), H8741 [30NO]

National Textile Center: inclusion of Cornell University, H4168 [18JY]

———inclusion of University of California, Davis, H4168 [18JY], E1366 [18JY]

National Weather Service: provide overtime pay for forecasters performing essential services during severe weather events and limit Sunday premium pay to hours of service actually performed (H.R. 2868), E1610 [10SE]

NIST: Advanced Technology Program funding, E1377 [20JY]

———anniversary (H. Con. Res. 27), H453-H456 [28FE]

———construction and maintenance funding, H4199 [18JY]

———establish electronic commerce extension program to ensure that small businesses participate fully in the electronic commerce revolution (H.R. 524), H343 [14FE], E141 [8FE]

———establish electronic commerce extension program to ensure that small businesses participate fully in the electronic commerce revolution (H.R. 524), unanimous-consent agreement, H278 [13FE]

———funding, H4085 [17JY], E2118 [16NO]

NOAA: funding, H4085 [17JY], E2118 [16NO]

———reauthorize Chesapeake Bay Office (H.R. 642), H1357-H1360 [3AP], E575 [5AP]

Operations Management International, Inc.: Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award recipient, E85 [31JA], E621 [24AP]

Patent and Trademark Office: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2047), H7728-H7730 [6NO], E1002 [5JN]

———consideration of funding (H. Res. 110), E518 [3AP]

———reauthorize (H.R. 740), E214 [27FE]

Patents: amend patent reexamination proceedings (H.R. 2231), E1191 [25JN]

———clarify the basis for granting reexamination requests (H.R. 1866), H5358, H5359 [5SE], E1597 [6SE]

———provide for appeals by third parties in certain patent reexamination proceedings (H.R. 1886), H5359-H5362 [5SE], E846 [17MY], E1598 [6SE]

SBA: loan and technical assistance programs funding through reductions in Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State administrative accounts, H4142-H4147, H4201 [18JY]

Telecommunications: prevent the reallocation of portions of the radio frequency spectrum from the military to the commercial sector, H6876 [16OC]

Voting: direct NIST to develop standards to ensure accuracy and validation of the voting process and provide grants to States to improve voting methods and voter education campaigns, H9290, H9297 [12DE]

———direct NIST to develop standards to ensure accuracy and validation of the voting process and provide grants to States to improve voting methods and voter education campaigns (H.R. 2275), H4561 [25JY], E1183 [21JN]

Remarks in Senate

Animals: establish a Federal task force to coordinate actions to prevent bovine spongiform encephalopathy (mad cow disease) and foot-and-mouth disease (S. 534), S2316 [14MR]

Census: include U.S. citizens living abroad in future decennial censuses for purposes of congressional apportionment (S. 1784), S12683 [7DE]

———release of raw data without adjustment for the undercount, S2115 [9MR]

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

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate): tribute to staff for efforts relative to H.R. 2500, Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies programs appropriations, S11881, S11884 [15NO]

Congress: legislative priorities, S11315, S11320 [1NO]

Dept. of Agriculture: require a report on coordinated actions to prevent bovine spongiform encephalopathy (mad cow disease) and foot-and-mouth disease (S. 700), S3452, S3459 [4AP], S3634 [5AP]

———require a report on coordinated actions to prevent bovine spongiform encephalopathy (mad cow disease) and foot-and-mouth disease (S. 708), S3699, S3709-S3711 [6AP]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2500), S9205, S9209-S9246 [10SE], S9332 [12SE], S9354-S9359, S9361-S9388 [13SE], S9434-S9437 [14SE], S9673 [21SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2500), conference report, S11878-S11886 [15NO]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2500), conference report—unanimous-consent agreement, S11878 [15NO]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2500), unanimous-consent agreement, S9192 [6SE]

———making appropriations (S. 1215), indefinitely postponed, S12216 [29NO]

Ecology and environment: establish a voluntary national registry system for greenhouse gases trading among industry and make changes to the U.S. Global Change Research Program (S. 1781), S12554 [6DE]

———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]

Education: provide grants for digital network technology programs at historically Black colleges and universities, Hispanic-serving institutions, and tribal colleges and universities (S. 414), S1705 [28FE]

Emergency Steel Loan Guarantee Board: guaranteeing of emergency loan to LTV Corp., S13665 [19DE]

EPA: establish greenhouse gas inventory, registry, and information system (S. 1870), S13955-S13959 [20DE]

Evans, Donald L.: confirmation as Sec. of Commerce, S452 [23JA]

———nomination to be Sec. of Commerce, S60 [20JA]

Fish and fishing: efforts relative to conservation and restoration of Atlantic salmon, S7567 [12JY]

———efforts to rehabilitate salmon and steelhead stocks in the Pacific Northwest, S4239 [3MY]

———efforts to rehabilitate salmon stocks in the Pacific Northwest, S9379, S9381 [13SE]

———efforts to rehabilitate salmon stocks in the Pacific Northwest (S. 1825), S13150 [13DE], S13356 [17DE]

Fishery Conservation and Management Act: expedite relief for commercial fishery failure in the Pacific Coast Ground Fishery and improve management and enforcement in that fishery (S. 973), S5704 [25MY]

Foreign trade: extend review period for processing certain export licensing applications, S9050-S9052, S9057, S9059-S9065 [4SE]

International Trade Administration: trade agreement compliance funding, S1741 [1MR]

———trade agreement compliance funding through reductions in TV Marti funding, S9234-S9237 [10SE], S9359 [13SE]

Lafayette, LA: NOAA research facility funding, S9386 [13SE]

Land use: assist States, tribal governments, and Native Hawaiian organizations with land use planning to promote improved quality of life, regionalism, sustainable economic development, and environmental stewardship (S. 975), S5707 [25MY]

Los Alamos National Bank: Malcolm Baldridge National Quality Award recipient, S3701 [6AP]

Marine mammals: coordinate and expand U.S. and international programs for the conservation and protection of North Atlantic whales (S. 1380), S8952 [3AU]

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

———Mountain View House project funding, S9244, S9245 [10SE]

NIST: anniversary, S1608 [27FE], S1694 [28FE]

NOAA: reauthorize Chesapeake Bay Office (S. 1045), S6323-S6325 [14JN]

———West Coast groundfish cooperative research funding, S9381 [13SE]

Patent and Trademark Office: authorizing appropriations (S. 1754), S12261-S12263 [30NO]

Presidential appointments: nominations considered and confirmed en bloc, S58 [20JA], S4123 [1MY], S4372 [3MY], S4849 [10MY], S5023 [16MY], S5763 [25MY], S7984 [19JY], S8891 [3AU], S10904 [23OC], S12271 [30NO]

Small business: establish a program to make no-interest loans to eligible small businesses to address economic harm resulting from shortages or price increases in electricity or natural gas (S. 286), S1219 [8FE]

Sports: prohibit gambling on high school and college sports and the Olympics and establish NIST grant program to fund detection and prevention of the use of performance-enhancing drugs (S. 718), S3543, S3544 [5AP]

Trade Adjustment Assistance Program: funding, S9385 [13SE]

Travel and Tourism Promotion Bureau: establish (S. 1505), S10303 [4OC]

Voting: direct NIST to develop standards to ensure accuracy and validation of the voting process and provide grants to States to improve voting methods and voter education campaigns (S. 368), S1507, S1508 [15FE]

Washington: transfer the Mukilteo Tank Farm to the Port of Everett, S9579 [21SE]

Reports filed

Amateur Sports Integrity Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 718) (S. Rept. 107-16), S4890 [14MY]

Appeals by Third Parties in Certain Patent Reexamination Proceedings: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 1886) (H. Rept. 107-121), H3801 [28JN]

Clarify the Basis for Granting Patent Reexamination Requests: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 1866) (H. Rept. 107-120), H3801 [28JN]

Consideration of H.R. 1157, Pacific Salmon Recovery Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 163) (H. Rept. 107-99), H3066 [12JN]

Consideration of H.R. 2500, Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 192) (H. Rept. 107-141), H4013 [16JY]

———Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 286) (H. Rept. 107-287), H8132 [13NO]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee of Conference (H.R. 2500) (H. Rept. 107-278), H8034 [9NO]

———Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 2500) (H. Rept. 107-139), H4013 [16JY]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 1215) (S. Rept. 107-42), S8014 [20JY]

NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office Reauthorization: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 642) (H. Rept. 107-33), H1406 [3AP]

Nomination of Brenda L. Becker To Be Assistant Sec. of Commerce for Congressional and Legislative Affairs: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate), S4245 [3MY]

Nomination of Bruce P. Mehlman To Be Assistant Sec. of Commerce for Technology Policy: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate), S5614 [24MY]

Nomination of Conrad Lautenbacher, Jr., To Be Under Sec. of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate), S12161 [29NO]

Nomination of David A. Sampson To Be Assistant Sec. of Commerce for Economic Development: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate), S8570 [1AU]

Nomination of Faryar Shirzad To Be Assistant Sec. of Commerce for Import Administration: Committee on Finance (Senate), S4099 [1MY]

Nomination of Grant D. Aldonas To Be Under Sec. of Commerce for International Trade: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate), S4822 [10MY]

———Committee on Finance (Senate), S4099 [1MY]

Nomination of James E. Rogan To Be Under Sec. of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Patent and Trademark Office Director: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S12161 [29NO]

Nomination of James J. Jochum To Be Assistant Sec. of Commerce for Export Administration: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate), S4939 [15MY]

Nomination of Kathleen M. Cooper To Be Under Sec. of Commerce for Economic Affairs: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate), S5615 [24MY]

Nomination of Kenneth I. Juster To Be Under Sec. of Commerce for Export Administration: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate), S4822 [10MY]

Nomination of Linda Mysliwy Conlin To Be Assistant Sec. of Commerce for Trade Development: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate), S8570 [1AU]

Nomination of Maria Cino To Be Assistant Sec. of Commerce and U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service Director General: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate), S4822 [10MY]

———Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate), S5614 [24MY]

Nomination of Michael J. Garcia To Be Assistant Sec. of Commerce for Export Enforcement: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate), S8570 [1AU]

Nomination of Nancy Victory To Be Assistant Sec. of Commerce for Communications and Information: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate), S8703 [2AU]

Nomination of Otto Wolff To Be Assistant Sec. of Commerce for Administration and Chief Financial Officer: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate), S8703 [2AU]

Nomination of Philip Bond To Be Under Sec. of Commerce for Technology: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate), S10793 [17OC]

Nomination of Samuel W. Bodman To Be Deputy Sec. of Commerce: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate), S7805 [17JY]

Nomination of Theodore W. Kassinger To Be Dept. of Commerce General Counsel: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate), S4245 [3MY]

Nomination of William H. Lash III To Be Assistant Sec. of Commerce for Market Access Compliance: Committee on Finance (Senate), S7805 [17JY]

Pacific Salmon Recovery Act: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 1157) (H. Rept. 107-95), H3066 [12JN]

Patent and Trademark Office Appropriations: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 2047) (H. Rept. 107-190), H5332 [2AU]

Voting Technology Standards Act: Committee on Science (House) (H.R. 2275) (H. Rept. 107-263), H7591 [31OC]

Rulings of the Chair

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2500), H4151, H4155, H4162, H4170, H4179, H4181, H4189 [18JY]

Summaries

Community Character Act (S. 975), S5709 [25MY]

Tables

Committee on the Budget (Senate) scoring of conference report on H.R. 2500, Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies appropriations, S11883 [15NO]

Committee on the Budget (Senate) scoring of H.R. 2500, Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies appropriations, S9244 [10SE]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies appropriations (H.R. 2500), H4074-H4080 [17JY]

———conference report, H8147-H8154 [14NO]

Testimonies

Emergency Steel Loan Guarantee Board Guaranteeing of Emergency Loan to LTV Corp.: Bob Rankin, E2408 [20DE]

———Bruce Simon, E2409 [20DE]

———Richard Dowdell, E2408 [20DE]

———Roosevelt Coats, E2409 [20DE]

———Tony Panza, E2408 [20DE]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 27, anniversary of NIST, H453 [28FE]

H. Res. 163, consideration of H.R. 1157, Pacific Salmon Recovery Act, H3081 [13JN]

H. Res. 192, consideration of H.R. 2500, Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies appropriations, H4069 [17JY]

H. Res. 240, return H.R. 2500, Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies appropriations, to Senate, H5857 [20SE]

H. Res. 286, consideration of conference report on H.R. 2500, Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies appropriations, H8142 [14NO]

H.R. 524, Electronic Commerce Enhancement Act, H343 [14FE]

H.R. 642, NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office reauthorization, H1357 [3AP]

H.R. 1745, Full Equity for Americans Abroad Act, E759 [8MY]

H.R. 1866, clarify the basis for granting patent reexamination requests, H5358 [5SE]

H.R. 1886, provide for appeals by third parties in certain patent reexamination proceedings, H5359 [5SE]

H.R. 2047, Patent and Trademark Office appropriations, H7728 [6NO]

H.R. 2500, Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies appropriations, S9443-S9459 [14SE]

S. 414, NTIA Digital Network Technology Program Act, S1706 [28FE]

S. 534, Mad Cow Prevention Act, S2316 [14MR]

S. 700, Animal Disease Risk Assessment, Prevention, and Control Act, H2051-H2053 [9MY]

S. 700, require a report on coordinated actions to prevent bovine spongiform encephalopathy (mad cow disease) and foot-and-mouth disease, S3453 [4AP], S3634-S3636 [5AP]

S. 769, International Carbon Conservation Act, S3862 [24AP]

S. 973, Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Preservation Act, S5705 [25MY]

S. 975, Community Character Act, S5707 [25MY]

S. 1045, NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office reauthorization, S6325-S6327 [14JN]

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

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

S. 1825, Pacific Salmon Recovery Act, S13150-S13152 [13DE]

S. 1870, National Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory and Registry Act, S13956-S13958 [20DE]

S. Con. Res. 37, encourage expansion of electronic commerce, S4847 [10MY]