SANTORUM, RICK (a Senator from Pennsylvania)

Amendments

Agriculture: continue certain programs (S. 1731), S13064, S13065 [12DE], S13177 [13DE], S13477 [18DE]

Budget: revising and setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2011 (H. Con. Res. 83), S3416, S3455 [4AP], S3475, S3576, S3578, S3600 [5AP], S3652 [6AP]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1438), S9659, S9660 [21SE], S9731, S9732, S9746, S9749, S9760 [24SE], S9794, S9814 [25SE], S9838, S9932 [26SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3338), S12569, S12570 [6DE], S12662, S12695, S12727, S12728 [7DE]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2500), S9215, S9274 [10SE]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: extend programs and activities (S. 1), S4626 [9MY], S6113, S6141 [12JN]

Health: protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S. 1052), S6909, S6931, S6933 [26JN], S7062, S7121 [28JN], S7149 [29JN]

Taxation: provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), S11862 [14NO]

———rates (H.R. 1836), S5163 [17MY]

Appointments

Committee on Aging (Special, Senate), S8115 [24JY]

Committee To Escort the President, H431 [27FE]

Conferee: S. 1438, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction, S10786 [17OC]

U.S. Military Academy Board of Visitors, S1590 [26FE]

Articles and editorials

Timeout for the Uninsured, Washington (DC) Post, S4169 [2MY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Afghanistan: condemn the Taliban for their discriminatory policies (see S. Con. Res. 42), S6009 [8JN]

Animals: improve enforcement of the Animal Welfare Act as it applies to commercial dog breeders (see S. 1478), S13300 [14DE]

Army: anniversary (see S. Res. 112), S6318 [14JN]

Baltic States: independence anniversary of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania (see S. Con. Res. 34), S6992 [27JN]

CERCLA: promote cleanup and reuse of brownfields, provide financial assistance for brownfields revitalization, and enhance State response programs (see S. 350), S1898 [6MR]

Chesapeake Bay: provide assistance for nutrient removal technologies to States in the watershed (see S. 1044), S8354 [27JY]

China, People's Republic of: release of Navy reconnaissance plane crew members that made emergency landing (see S. Res. 66), S3707 [6AP] (see S. Res. 66), S3789 [23AP]

———support U.N. resolution condemning human rights violations (see S. Res. 22), S1394 [14FE]

Coal: develop and implement advanced clean coal technology programs and provide tax incentives to encourage the retrofitting, repowering, or replacement of coal-based electricity generating facilities (see S. 60), S1347 [13FE]

Congressional Gold Medal: award posthumously to passengers and crew of United Airlines flight 93 in the aftermath of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see S. 1434), S11940 [15NO]

Coverdell, Paul: tribute through honorary naming of Peace Corps headquarters, World Wise Schools Program, and the Institute of the Biomedical and Health Sciences at the University of Georgia (see S. 360), S1463 [15FE]

Crime: protect unborn victims of violence (see S. 480), S1971 [7MR]

———provide incentives for States to enact mandatory minimum sentences for certain firearms offenses (see S. 619), S2894 [26MR]

Cuba: assist internal opposition and further help the Cuban people to regain their freedom (see S. 894), S5005 [16MY]

———human rights violations (see S. Res. 62), S2730 [22MR]

Dept. of HUD: increase mortgage loan limits for multifamily housing mortgage insurance (see S. 1163), S9077 [4SE]

Dept. of Justice: establish office to monitor acts of international terrorism alleged to have been committed by Palestinian individuals or organizations (see S. 1377), S11660 [9NO]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: furnish headstones or markers for the marked graves of certain individuals (see S. 662), S3152 [29MR]

Diseases: extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see S. 1256), S8280 [26JY]

Education: provide grants to expand public school choice and assist charter schools with start-up costs and incentives for States to provide per pupil facilities funding programs (see S. 669), S3215 [30MR]

Election Administration Commission: establish (see S. 218), S707 [30JA] (see S. 953), S5616 [24MY]

EPA: provide additional authority to the Office of Ombudsman (see S. 606), S4891 [14MY]

Family History Month: designate (see S. Res. 160), S9622 [21SE] (see S. Res. 160), S10154 [3OC]

Flags: require display of the POW/MIA flag at the World War II memorial, the Korean War Veterans Memorial, and the Vietnam Veterans Memorial (see S. 1226), S9077 [4SE]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see S.J. Res. 7), S2219 [13MR]

Foreign policy: impose sanctions on the PLO, or the Palestinian Authority, if the President determines that these entities have not complied with certain commitments (see S. 1409), S11549 [7NO]

Foreign trade: prohibit importation of diamonds unless the countries exporting the diamonds have in place certain controls to verify the source of the diamonds (see S. 1084), S9198 [6SE]

Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: designate (see S. Res. 20), S1394 [14FE]

Health: emphasize the importance of organ, tissue, bone marrow, and blood donation, and support National Donor Day (see S. Con. Res. 12), S1395 [14FE]

Health care professionals: alleviate nursing profession shortage by inproving educational programs and partnerships and supporting additional training (see S. 721), S4891 [14MY]

———establish a Nurse Corps and address the nursing shortage through recruitment and retention strategies (see S. 1864), S13943 [20DE]

Investments: establish individual development accounts for certain individuals and families (see S. 1025), S7331 [9JY]

Iran and Libya Sanctions Act: extend authorities (see S. 994), S5967 [7JN]

James A. Byrne U.S. Courthouse, Philadelphia, PA: designate the Edward R. Becker Lobby (see S. 1790), S12682 [7DE]

King, Martin Luther, Jr.: mint coins in commemoration (see S. 355), S1462 [15FE]

Mansfield, Mike: tribute (see S. Res. 169), S10388 [9OC]

Medicaid: provide families of disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see S. 321), S1270 [13FE]

Medicare: eliminate reduction in payment rates under the prospective payment system for home health services and increase payments for such services in rural areas (see S. 326), S1394 [14FE]

———provide for equitable reimbursement rates to Medicare+Choice organizations (see S. 1317), S8704 [2AU]

———provide guidance to health care providers attempting to properly submit claims and target truly fraudulent activity for enforcement of billing regulations rather than inadvertent errors (see S. 452), S2220 [13MR]

———standardize payment amounts for inpatient hospital services (see S. 885), S5695 [25MY]

Middle East: encourage Lebanon, Syria, and Iran to call upon Hezbollah to allow representatives of the International Red Cross to visit four abducted Israelis presently held in Lebanon (see S. Con. Res. 35), S4175 [2MY]

National Airborne Day: designate (see S. Res. 16), S2731 [22MR]

National Emergency Medical Services Week: designate (see S. Con. Res. 40), S5118 [17MY]

National Guard: anniversary (see S. Con. Res. 93), S13145 [13DE]

National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week: designate (see S. Res. 159), S9337 [12SE]

National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 138), S8064 [23JY]

National Safe Place Week: designate (see S. Res. 25), S2389 [15MR]

National Stem Cell Donor Bank: establish to preserve donation of qualifying human stem cells and to conduct and support research using such cells (see S. 1349), S9198 [6SE]

National Veterans Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 143), S8464 [31JY]

NATO: endorse further enlargement (see S. 1572), S12312 [3DE]

NIH: biomedical research funding (see S. Res. 19), S1271 [13FE]

Pensions: reform (see S. 742), S4417 [7MY]

SEC: limit collection of certain fees and adjust compensation for employees (see S. 143), S1617 [27FE]

Smithsonian Institution: establish National Museum of African American History and Culture (see S. 829), S4246 [3MY]

Solid waste: limit receipt of out-of-State municipal solid waste and authorize State and local control over the flow of municipal solid waste (see S. 1194), S9875 [26SE]

Sudan: increase diplomatic efforts to encourage peace process in ongoing civil war and facilitate relief efforts (see S. 180), S568 [25JA]

Taxation: allow a credit to holders of qualified bonds issued by Amtrak (see S. 250), S1062 [6FE]

———allow a U.S. independent film and television production wage credit (see S. 1278), S8576 [1AU]

———allow increased contributions to education savings accounts and expand applicability to elementary and secondary school expenses (see S. 306), S1270 [13FE]

———allow use of principal repayments to issue additional mortgages and modify price limitations under the mortgage revenue bond program and change income limit for housing credit program (see S. 677), S6319 [14JN]

———extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce and assist States in simplifying their sales and use taxes (see S. 1567), S11199 [30OC]

———full deduction of health insurance costs for self-employed individuals (see S. 29), S1156 [7FE]

———incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability (see S. 88), S1157 [7FE]

———provide a uniform dollar limitation for transportation fringe benefits excludable from gross income (see S. 217), S707 [30JA]

———provide Federal reimbursement to State and local governments for a limited tax holiday (see S. 1643), S11549 [7NO]

———provide for Farm, Fishing, and Ranch Risk Management Accounts (see S. 313), S3153 [29MR]

———provide relief for payment of asbestos-related claims (see S. 1048), S6318 [14JN]

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see S. 234), S1012 [1FE]

———treatment of adoption expenses (see S. 148), S929 [31JA]

———treatment of beer, wine, and distilled spirits (see S. 808), S5695 [25MY]

———treatment of certain medical savings accounts (see S. 1067), S6665 [22JN]

———treatment of charitable donation of food by businesses and farmers (see S. 37), S98 [22JA]

———treatment of State tuition programs (see S. 289), S1218 [8FE]

Terrorism: bioterrorism preparedness and response funding (see S. Res. 171), S10640 [11OC]

———condemn and respond to hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see S.J. Res. 22), S9337 [12SE]

———improve the ability of the U.S. to prepare for and respond to a biological threat or attack (see S. 1765), S12369 [4DE]

Tick-Borne Disorders Advisory Committee: establish (see S. 969), S5694 [25MY]

U.N.: U.S. participation in World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia, and Related Intolerance (see S. Res. 151), S8911 [3AU]

Unemployment: authorize payment of emergency extended unemployment compensation (see S. 1532), S10640 [11OC]

Veterans: develop educational programs on veterans' contributions to the country (see S. Res. 143), S8464 [31JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Agriculture: establish a program to provide dairy farmers a price safety net for small- and medium-sized dairy producers (see S. 294), S1218 [8FE]

Animals: improve enforcement of the Animal Welfare Act as it applies to commercial dog breeders (see S. 1478), S9971 [1OC]

Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act: provide trade benefits for certain textile covers (see S. 510), S2117 [9MR]

Children and youth: protect infants who are born alive (see S. 1050), S6318 [14JN]

Corp. for National and Community Service: carry out as a voucher program that assists charities serving low-income individuals (see S. 1352), S8910 [3AU]

Dept. of Agriculture: make grants to assist low and moderate income individuals to finance construction, refurbishing, and servicing of household water well systems in rural areas (see S. 716), S3530 [5AP]

———regulate loans to certain processors of sugarcane and sugar beets (see S. 1652), S11549 [7NO]

Education: tribute to Catholic schools (see S. Res. 24), S1394 [14FE]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see S. 496), S2070 [8MR]

Investments: establish individual development accounts for certain individuals and families (see S. 592), S2662 [21MR]

Medicare: coverage of adult day care services (see S. 1619), S11362 [1NO]

———coverage of inpatient hospital services in Puerto Rico (see S. 813), S4100 [1MY]

Oil Region National Heritage Area: establish (see S. 1441), S9557 [20SE]

Paterno, Joe: tribute (see S. Res. 175), S11362 [1NO]

Persian Gulf Conflict: tribute to soldiers killed by Iraqi missile attack during Operation Desert Storm and support for effective theater missile defense programs (see S. Con. Res. 19), S1699 [28FE]

Postal Service: treatment of cooperative mailings by nonprofit organizations (see S. 1562), S10794 [17OC]

Social Security: guarantee the right of individuals to receive certain benefits in full with an accurate annual cost-of-living adjustment (see S. 1558), S10769 [16OC]

SSA: require publications to include additional information on Social Security's current and future solvency and require an annual report on the Social Security Program (see S. 563), S2472 [19MR]

Taxation: allow a refundable credit for the purchase of private health insurance and establish State health insurance safety-net programs (see S. 683), S3340 [3AP]

———encourage foundational and corporate charitable contributions (see S. 1300), S8575 [1AU]

———expand the tip tax credit to employers of cosmetologists and promote tax compliance in the cosmetology sector (see S. 879), S4939 [15MY]

———treatment of employee welfare benefit plans (see S. 1386), S8911 [3AU]

———treatment of telecommuting (see S. 521), S2218 [13MR]

Volunteer firefighters: remove civil liability barriers surrounding donating fire equipment to volunteer fire companies (see S. 1516), S10388 [9OC]

Certificates of election

Senate, S5 [3JA]

Cloture motions

Bankruptcy: amend laws (S. 420), S2146 [12MR], S2297 [14MR]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: extend programs and activities (S. 1), motion to proceed, S3975 [26AP], S4061 [1MY]

Lists

Supporters of S. 1478, Puppy Protection Act, S9974-S9980 [1OC]

Oaths of office

Senate, S5 [3JA]

Remarks

Afghanistan: condemn the Taliban for their discriminatory policies (S. Con. Res. 42), S6441 [19JN]

Agriculture: continue certain programs (S. 1731), S12420 [5DE]

———establish a program to provide dairy farmers a price safety net for small- and medium-sized dairy producers (S. 294), S1225 [8FE]

———price supports for peanuts, S12420 [5DE]

———respond to the continuing economic crisis adversely affecting agricultural producers (S. 1246), motion to proceed, S8389, S8390 [30JY]

Animals: improve enforcement of the Animal Welfare Act as it applies to commercial dog breeders (S. 1478), S9974 [1OC]

Armed Forces: tribute to 14th Quartermaster Detachment personnel killed during the Persian Gulf Conflict, S1390 [14FE]

Bipartisan Patient Protection Act: repeal liability provisions if the number of uninsured individuals reaches a certain level, S6898 [26JN]

Buckingham, PA: tribute to Central Bucks East High School choirs, S3337 [3AP]

Budget: allocation of funds, S2182, S2183 [13MR]

———revising and setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2011 (H. Con. Res. 83), S3652 [6AP]

Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act: provide trade benefits for certain textile covers (S. 510), S2131 [9MR]

Children and youth: protect infants who are born alive, S7062, S7064 [28JN], S7128 [29JN]

———protect infants who are born alive (S. 1050), S6329 [14JN]

Congress: legislative priorities, S71 [22JA]

Corp. for National and Community Service: carry out as a voucher program that assists charities serving low-income individuals (S. 1352), S8917 [3AU]

Dept. of Agriculture: make grants to assist low and moderate income individuals to finance construction, refurbishing, and servicing of household water well systems in rural areas (S. 716), S3541 [5AP]

———regulate loans to certain processors of sugarcane and sugar beets (S. 1652), S11561 [7NO]

Dept. of Defense: university research and development programs funding, S3652 [6AP]

Dept. of Energy: Clean Coal Power Initiative project eligibility limitations, S11097 [25OC]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2217), conference report, S11097 [25OC]

Diseases: develop simple HIV/AIDS testing for developing countries, S10959 [24OC]

———increase research, treatment, and public education of Lyme disease, S5607 [24MY]

Education: allow freedom in science education relative to teaching of evolution and creationism, S6147, S6151 [13JN]

———close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), conference report, S13377 [18DE]

———establish demonstration projects to determine the effectiveness of voucher programs to provide school choice, S6086 [12JN]

———improve quality and raise student achievement by strengthening accountability, S6086 [12JN]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: extend programs and activities (S. 1), S6086, S6112 [12JN], S6147, S6151 [13JN]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2506), S10959 [24OC]

Gates, Alexander: Prudential Insurance Co., of America Spirit of Community Award recipient for Pennsylvania, S1896 [6MR]

Hazleton, PA: anniversary of Community Area New Development Organization, Inc., S5115 [17MY]

Health: dedicate certain civil monetary penalties to a trust fund to provide assistance to individuals without health insurance, S7149, S7151, S7152, S7153 [29JN]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S. 1052), S6898 [26JN], S7062, S7064 [28JN], S7128, S7149, S7151, S7152, S7153 [29JN]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S. 1052), motion to proceed, S6473 [20JN]

Huenerfauth, Matthew: George J. Mitchell Scholar honoree, S1267 [13FE]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (S. 496), S2079 [8MR]

Investments: establish individual development accounts for certain individuals and families (S. 1025), S6217 [13JN]

———establish individual development accounts for certain individuals and families (S. 592), S2672-S2674 [21MR], S5533 [23MY]

IRS: taxpayer refund, S8150 [25JY]

Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia: anniversary, S2217 [13MR]

Macungie, PA: tribute to Shoemaker Elementary School Community Service Club Walk-a-Thon for Paralyzed Veterans, S1609 [27FE]

Medicare: coverage of adult day care services (S. 1619), S11374 [1NO]

———reclassify certain Pennsylvania metropolitan statistical areas for purposes of reimbursement, S11932 [15NO]

National Stem Cell Donor Bank: establish to preserve donation of qualifying human stem cells and to conduct and support research using such cells (S. 1349), S8914 [3AU]

Oil Region National Heritage Area: establish (S. 1441), S9558 [20SE]

Paterno, Joe: tribute (S. Res. 175), S11309 [1NO]

Peck, Thea I.: Naval Sea Cadet Corps Willis E. Reed Cadet of the Year recipient, S3988 [26AP]

Postal Service: treatment of cooperative mailings by nonprofit organizations (S. 1562), S10796 [17OC]

Power resources: national energy policy, S8150 [25JY]

Senate: legislative program, S1363 [14FE], S2169 [13MR], S5569 [23MY]

Social Security: establish and maintain individual investment accounts, S1365 [14FE]

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

Stewart, Lindsay: Prudential Insurance Co., of America Spirit of Community Award recipient for Pennsylvania, S1896 [6MR]

Taxation: allow a refundable credit for the purchase of private health insurance and establish State health insurance safety-net programs (S. 683), S3346 [3AP]

———rates, S1363-S1365 [14FE], S2182, S2183 [13MR], S8150 [25JY]

———treatment of telecommuting (S. 521), S2222 [13MR]

Terrorism: condemn and respond to hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (S.J. Res. 22), S9290 [12SE]

———tribute to relief efforts surrounding the hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, S10789 [17OC]

Thompson, Tommy G.: nomination to be Sec. of HHS, S518 [24JA]

Volunteer firefighters: remove civil liability barriers surrounding donating fire equipment to volunteer fire companies (S. 1516), S10392 [9OC]

Texts of

S. 294, National Dairy Farmers Fairness Act, S1225 [8FE]

S. 510, provide trade benefits for certain textile covers under the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act, S2131 [9MR]

S. 683, Fair Care for the Uninsured Act, S3347-S3350 [3AP]

S. 879, Cosmetology Tax Fairness and Compliance Act, S4941 [15MY]

S. 1050, Born-Alive Infants Protection Act, S6330 [14JN]

S. 1386, Employee Welfare Benefit Equity Act, S8959-S8961 [3AU]

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

S. 1619, Medicare Adult Day Services Alternative Act, S11375 [1NO]

S. 1652, Sugar Program Reform Act, S11562 [7NO]

Tributes

Bunning, Senator, S3528 [5AP]

Casner, Ronald C., S4506 [8MY]

Christman, Daniel W., S4887 [14MY]

Como, Pierino R. (Perry), S4937 [15MY]

Gunder, Austin, S4415 [7MY]

Leopold, A. Reid, Jr., S4506 [8MY]

Miller, George W., S2216 [13MR]

Plundo, Gary P., S2659 [21MR]

Starzl, Thomas E., S3434 [4AP]

Sullivan, Leon H., S5884 [6JN]