COCHRAN, THAD (a Senator from Mississippi)

Amendments

Agriculture: continue certain programs (S. 1731), S13471, S13472, S13507 [18DE]

———respond to the continuing economic crisis adversely affecting agricultural producers (S. 1246), S8487 [31JY]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2330), S11065, S11090, S11091, S11116, S11125, S11128, S11129, S11130 [25OC], S11236, S11247 [30OC]

Budget: revising and setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2011 (H. Con. Res. 83), S3416 [4AP]

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]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1438), S9656, S9657 [21SE], S9699, S9747 [24SE], S9973, S10009 [1OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3338), S12566, S12567, S12568 [6DE], S12659, S12662, S12695, S12725, S12727 [7DE]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2500), S8576 [1AU], S9275 [10SE]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3061), S11230 [30OC], S11308, S11391 [1NO]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: extend programs and activities (S. 1), S4636, S4696, S4697 [9MY], S4878 [14MY], S5821 [5JN]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (S. 27), S2686, S2690, S2782 [22MR], S3010, S3019, S3065 [28MR], S3178 [29MR]

SEC: limit collection of certain fees and adjust compensation for employees (S. 143), S2784 [22MR]

Taxation: provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), S12101 [28NO]

———rates (H.R. 1836), S5078, S5172 [17MY]

Analyses

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

Appointments

British-American Interparliamentary Group, S8496 [31JY]

Conferee: H.R. 2216, supplemental appropriations, S7417 [10JY]

———H.R. 2311, energy and water development appropriations, S7905 [19JY]

———H.R. 2330, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations, S11095 [25OC]

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

———H.R. 2647, legislative branch of the Government appropriations, S8496 [31JY]

———H.R. 3061, Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies appropriations, S11475 [6NO]

———H.R. 3338, Dept. of Defense appropriations, S12676 [7DE]

Congressional Recognition for Excellence in Arts Education Board, S1164 [7FE]

Senate National Security Working Group, S14 [3JA]

U.S. Naval Academy Board of Visitors, S4522 [8MY]

Articles and editorials

Author Gone, but Words Live On, Eudora Welty Remembered, Billy Watkins, Jackson (MS) Clarion-Ledger, S8114 [24JY]

`Grand Lady' Admired for Pure Voice, Gary Petius, Jackson (MS) Clarion-Ledger, S8114 [24JY]

J. Wesley Watkins III, 65, Dies—Civil Liberties Lawyer, Activist, Bart Barnes, Washington (DC) Post, S5961 [7JN]

Solid Research, Solid Teaching, G. Reid Lyon, Community Update (Dept. of Education publication), S6195 [13JN]

Top Corruption Fighter Leaving Post, Jerry Mitchell, Jackson (MS) Clarion-Ledger, S13938 [20DE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: provide tax and regulatory relief for farmers and improve competitiveness of U.S. commodities and products in global markets (see S. 333), S4044 [30AP]

Animals: prohibit import, export, sale, or possession of bear viscera (see S. 1125), S7083 [28JN]

Appalachian Regional Development Act: reauthorize (see S. 1206), S8576 [1AU]

Armed Forces: authorize disability retirement to be granted posthumously for members who die in the line of duty (see S. 1037), S6603 [21JN]

———carry out study on the extent of coverage of members of the Selected Reserves under health benefits plans (see S. 1119), S7083 [28JN]

———provide health care coverage to National Guard and reserve components members following an extended deployment (see S. 1250), S8576 [1AU]

BIA: issue school construction funding bonds (see S. 243), S1012 [1FE]

Century of Equal Opportunity for Women: observance (see S. Res. 158), S9253 [10SE]

CERCLA: promote cleanup and reuse of brownfields, provide financial assistance for brownfields revitalization, and enhance State response programs (see S. 350), S2389 [15MR]

Children and youth: access of disadvantaged children to dental services (see S. 1626), S11362 [1NO]

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]

Colleges and universities: preservation and restoration of historic buildings at historically women's public colleges or universities (see S. 1614), S11362 [1NO]

Computers: encourage expansion of electronic commerce (see S. Con. Res. 37), S6863 [25JN]

Congress: commend the staffs of Members of Congress, the Capitol Police, the Office of the Attending Physician, and others for their response to the release of anthrax in Senator Daschle's office (see S. Res. 187), S12447 [5DE]

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), S10457 [10OC]

Court of International Trade: review certain determinations of binational panels under NAFTA (see S. 1584), S11105 [25OC]

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: mandatory minimum sentencing for online child molesters (see S. 1232), S9254 [10SE]

Day of National Concern About Young People and Gun Violence: designate (see S. Res. 161), S9557 [20SE]

Dept. of Agriculture: provide emergency crop loss assistance to respond to economic losses incurred by crop producers, livestock and poultry producers, and greenhouse operators as a result of the increase in energy prices (see S. 568), S2582 [20MR]

Dept. of Transportation: provide financial assistance for local rail line relocation projects (see S. 948), S9395 [13SE]

Diseases: blood cancer research, information, and education funding (see S. 1094), S8576 [1AU]

———expand research activities relative to various forms of muscular dystrophy (see S. 805), S4099 [1MY]

Education: extend student loan forgiveness to Head Start teachers (see S. 123), S1229 [8FE]

———give gifted and talented students the opportunity to develop their capabilities (see S. 421), S1746 [1MR]

———improve the quality and scope of science and mathematics education (see S. 1262), S10288 [4OC]

———provide for teacher technology training (see S. 164), S527 [24JA]

———provide grants to develop initiatives and disseminate information about character education (see S. 311), S1270 [13FE]

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

Elections: constitutional amendment to regulate campaign expenditures and contribution limits (see S.J. Res. 4), S2895 [26MR]

Families and domestic relations: recognize and enhance public awareness of the social problem of child abuse and neglect (see S. Con. Res. 14), S1701 [28FE] (see S. Res. 132), S7589 [12JY]

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

Federal firefighters: make mandatory separation age match requirement for Federal law enforcement officers (see S. 271), S1121 [7FE]

Fish and fishing: provide clarification regarding the market name for the fish Pangasius bocourti and compliance with the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (see S. 1494), S10154 [3OC]

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

Health: improve access to health care services for uninsured and low-income individuals in medically under served areas (see S. Res. 57), S2117 [9MR]

———support research to more fully develop the field of health promotion and disease prevention and develop strategies to integrate health and lifestyle improvement programs into national policy (see S. Con. Res. 11), S2072 [8MR]

Health care professionals: alleviate nursing profession shortage by inproving educational programs and partnerships and supporting additional training (see S. 721), S5832 [5JN]

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

Higgins, Andrew Jackson: posthumous awarding of Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 991), S6128 [12JN]

Higgins Industries: award Congressional Gold Medal to World War II-era employees (see S. 991), S6128 [12JN]

Immigration: streamline procedures for the admission, and extension of stay, for nonimmigrant agricultural workers and provide a system of one-time, earned adjustment to legal status for certain agricultural workers (see S. 1161), S7426 [10JY]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see S. 466), S2389 [15MR]

Insurance: coverage of colorectal cancer screening (see S. 710), S6212 [13JN]

———coverage of minimum hospital stays for mastectomies and lymph node removals relative to breast cancer and coverage for secondary consultations (see S. 255), S2389 [15MR]

Intermountain Dairy Compact: congressional consent (see S. 1157), S7193 [29JN]

Investments: establish individual development accounts for certain individuals and families (see S. 592), S5006 [16MY]

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

IRS: congressional review of regulations increasing Federal revenue (see S. 276), S1122 [7FE]

Judge Dan M. Russell, Jr. Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Gulfport, MS: designate (see S. 1287), S8574 [1AU]

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

Law enforcement officers: provide grants to agencies to ensure due process in cases which could lead to dismissal, demotion, suspension, or transfer (see S. 490), S8575 [1AU]

Libraries: provide up-to-date school library media resources and professionally certified school library media specialists for elementary and secondary schools (see S. 327), S1394 [14FE]

Lumber industry: promote open and competitive trade of softwood lumber between the U.S. and Canada (see S. Con. Res. 8), S1122 [7FE]

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

Medicaid: clarify that Native American women eligible for coverage under Indian health plans are eligible for optional breast and cervical cancer coverage (see S. 535), S10794 [17OC] (see S. 1741), S12100 [28NO]

———delay changes in regulations that modify upper payment limit for non-State government-owned or operated hospitals (see S. 1745), S12161 [29NO]

———provide families of disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see S. 321), S4176 [2MY]

———provide the disabled and elderly with equal access to community-based attendant services (see S. 1298), S9254 [10SE]

Medicare: adjust wages and wage-related costs for certain items and services furnished in geographically reclassified hospitals (see S. 659), S3152 [29MR]

———coverage of medical nutrition therapy services for beneficiaries with cardiovascular diseases (see S. 960), S5616 [24MY]

———coverage of pharmacist services (see S. 974), S6213 [13JN]

———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]

———expand coverage of certain self-injected biologicals (see S. 554), S2388 [15MR]

———extend availability of cost contracts (see S. 1224), S11198 [30OC]

———improve direct graduate medical education payments (see S. 135), S101 [22JA]

———increase the payment amount for inpatient hospital services and freeze the reduction in payments to hospitals for indirect costs of medical education (see S. 839), S5119 [17MY]

———limit reductions in Federal payments under the prospective payment system for rural or sole community hospital outpatient department services (see S. 270), S6664 [22JN]

———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), S2389 [15MR]

———specify the update for physician fee schedule payments and conduct a study on replacing the use of the sustainable growth rate as a factor in such update (see S. 1707), S12056 [27NO]

———standardize payment amounts for inpatient hospital services (see S. 885), S5968 [7JN]

Medicare/Medicaid: streamline regulatory processes for home health agencies (see S. 1169), S7956 [19JY]

Mental health: provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see S. 543), S2388 [15MR]

Motor vehicles: enhance the use of motor vehicle fuels from renewable sources (see S. 1006), S9254 [10SE]

———provide for greater fairness in the motor vehicle franchise contract arbitration process (see S. 1140), S8015 [20JY]

National 4-H Program Centennial Initiative: funding (see S. 657), S5439 [22MY]

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

National American Indian Heritage Month: designate (see S. Res. 118), S7193 [29JN]

National Character Counts Week: designate (see S. Con. Res. 78), S10457 [10OC]

National Community Health Center Week: establish (see S. Con. Res. 59), S8576 [1AU]

National Correctional Officers and Employees Week: designate (see S. Res. 92), S5269 [21MY]

National Guard: authorize the operation of counterdrug schools (see S. 374), S1463 [15FE]

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

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: authorize development of research centers focusing on environmental factors related to the etiology of breast cancer (see S. 830), S5119 [17MY]

National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day: add to the list of days on which the flag should be especially displayed (see S. 1663), S13359 [17DE]

National Mammography Day: designate (see S. Res. 164), S9972 [1OC]

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

National Safe Place Week: designate (see S. Res. 25), S1701 [28FE]

National security: assist Federal agencies in addressing deficiencies in specialized personnel through student loan repayment, graduate student fellowships, and establishing a National Security Service Corps (see S. 1800), S13465 [18DE]

———strengthen by encouraging and assisting in the expansion and improvement of educational programs to meet critical needs at the elementary, secondary, and higher education levels (see S. 1799), S13465 [18DE]

National Teacher Day: designate (see S. Res. 85), S4590 [9MY]

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

Native Americans: Federal funding for certain adoption and foster care programs (see S. 550), S2388 [15MR]

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

Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact: reauthorize (see S. 1157), S7193 [29JN]

Olympic games: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 99), S7084 [28JN]

Pacific Northwest Dairy Compact: congressional consent (see S. 1157), S7193 [29JN]

Peace Officers Memorial Day: designate (see S. Res. 63), S2730 [22MR]

Pensions: reform (see S. 742), S7495 [11JY]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (see S. 27), S98 [22JA]

Power resources: protect energy security and decrease dependence on foreign oil through use of renewable fuels, conservation, improved efficiency, increased domestic supplies, and environmental quality (see S. 388), S3707 [6AP] (see S. 388), S3789 [23AP] (see S. 389), S7806 [17JY]

Public Health Service Act: amend relative to pharmacy health professions programs (see S. 1806), S12859 [11DE]

Public utilities: revise regulatory policies governing public utility holding companies (see S. 206), S2163 [12MR]

Radio: ensure the availability of spectrum to amateur radio operators (see S. 549), S4509 [8MY]

Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (see S. 697), S4176 [2MY]

Reagan, Maureen: tribute (see S.J. Res. 24), S11612 [8NO]

Rural areas: promote and improve access to health care services (see S. 1030), S6212 [13JN]

Social Security: allow coverage of pregnancy-related assistance for targeted low-income pregnant women under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (see S. 724), S10641 [11OC]

———earnings test for blind individuals (see S. 682), S3340 [3AP]

———level of benefit payment in the month of the beneficiary's death (see S. 882), S5120 [17MY]

———permit States the option of coverage of legal immigrants under the Medicaid Program and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see S. 582), S6212 [13JN]

Southern Dairy Compact: congressional consent (see S. 1157), S7193 [29JN]

Taxation: adjust capital gains treatment of art and collectibles and provide a deduction for charitable contributions of literary, musical, artistic, or scholarly compositions created by the donor (see S. 638), S6128 [12JN]

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

———allow a deduction for State and local sales taxes in lieu of State and local income taxes and allow the State and local income tax deduction against the alternative minimum tax (see S. 291), S2823 [23MR]

———allow a tax credit for certain energy-efficient property (see S. 828), S5006 [16MY]

———allow deduction equal to fair market value for charitable contributions of literary, musical, artistic, or scholarly compositions created by the donor (see S. 694), S3436 [4AP]

———allow nonrefundable personal credits, standard deductions, and personal exemptions in computing alternative minimum tax liability and increase the individual exemption from such tax (see S. 268), S1063 [6FE]

———allow the use of completed contract method of accounting in the case of certain long-term naval vessel construction contracts (see S. 666), S3215 [30MR]

———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), S10457 [10OC]

———eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate brackets and standard deduction amounts (see S. 11), S928 [31JA]

———expand the expense treatment for small businesses and provide a shorter recovery period for depreciation of certain restaurant buildings (see S. 236), S2071 [8MR]

———extend benefits to services performed in a combat zone to services performed in the Republic of Korea (see S. 1819), S13145 [13DE]

———full deduction of health insurance costs for self-employed individuals (see S. 29), S1021 [1FE]

———incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability (see S. 88), S8203 [25JY]

———increase deductibility of professional development expenses for teachers and allow credits for those who provide classroom materials (see S. 203), S3153 [29MR] (see S. 904), S5005 [16MY]

———increase gift tax exclusion (see S. 85), S4044 [30AP]

———increase the unified estate and gift tax credit to exempt small businesses and farmers from inheritance taxes (see S. 84), S4044 [30AP]

———increase unified estate and gift tax credit and the qualified family-owned business interest deduction (see S. 867), S4822 [10MY]

———make permanent the exclusion for employer-provided educational assistance programs (see S. 133), S2662 [21MR]

———permanently extend research credit and adjust the alternative incremental credit rates (see S. 41), S1088 [6FE]

———phase-out and repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (see S. 83), S4044 [30AP]

———provide a credit to public elementary and secondary school teachers for teaching expenses, professional development expenses, and student education loans (see S. 225), S1157 [7FE]

———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain leasehold improvements (see S. 1087), S8204 [25JY]

———provide a tax credit for marginal oil and natural gas well production (see S. 1199), S7955 [19JY]

———provide for a payroll tax holiday (see S. 1717), S12772 [10DE]

———provide tax relief for farmers and fishermen (see S. 312), S8575 [1AU]

———repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (see S. 82), S4044 [30AP]

———repeal estate and gift taxes (see S. 31), S1156 [7FE]

———repeal motor fuel excise taxes which remain in the general fund of the Treasury on railroads and inland waterway transportation (see S. 661), S7084 [28JN]

———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (see S. 237), S1012 [1FE]

———treatment of adoption expenses (see S. 148), S588 [25JA]

———treatment of beer, wine, and distilled spirits (see S. 808), S10794 [17OC]

———treatment of certain expenses of rural letter carriers relative to the business use of a personal vehicle (see S. 860), S6319 [14JN]

———treatment of charitable contributions to public charities for use in medical research (see S. 393), S1972 [7MR]

———treatment of charitable donation of food by businesses and farmers (see S. 37), S1021 [1FE]

———treatment of depreciation of wireless telecommunications equipment (see S. 640), S9395 [13SE]

———treatment of distributions from State prepaid tuition programs used to pay higher education expenses for the designated beneficiary (see S. 335), S1617 [27FE]

———treatment of expenses of members of a military Reserve, businesses who employ members of the military Reserves, and self-employed military Reserve participants (see S. 540), S2388 [15MR]

———treatment of flexible spending arrangements relative to long-term care insurance (see S. 627), S6602 [21JN]

———treatment of forestry activities (see S. 567), S3153 [29MR] (see S. 1002), S7427 [10JY]

———treatment of individual retirement accounts relative to charitable contributions (see S. 205), S8280 [26JY]

———treatment of small businesses (see S. 189), S1021 [1FE]

———treatment of State tuition programs (see S. 289), S2071 [8MR]

Teacher Appreciation Week: designate (see S. Res. 85), S4590 [9MY]

Terrorism: 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]

———deter and punish terrorist acts and enhance law enforcement investigatory tools (see S. 1510), S10641 [11OC]

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

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), S8576 [1AU]

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]

———increase educational benefits under the Montgomery GI Bill (see S. 1114), S8576 [1AU]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see S. 170), S2662 [21MR]

Vicksburg National Military Park: modify boundary to include property known as Pemberton's Headquarters (see S. 1175), S7589 [12JY]

Voting: maximize access of uniformed services voters and recently separated uniformed services voters to the polls and ensure that each vote cast by such a voter is duly counted (see S. 381), S5118 [17MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Arts Education Month: designate (see S. Res. 44), S1897 [6MR]

d'Harnoncourt, Anne: appointment as citizen regent of Smithsonian Institution Board of Regents (see S.J. Res. 19), S7589 [12JY]

Education: improve and expand access to educational television programming (see S. 604), S2823 [23MR]

———improve and refocus civic education (see S. 413), S1699 [28FE]

———improve foreign language instruction (see S. 541), S2388 [15MR]

———improve student and teacher performance and access to education in the Lower Mississippi Delta region (see S. 617), S2894 [26MR]

Massey, Walter E.: appointment as citizen regent of Smithsonian Institution Board of Regents (see S.J. Res. 5), S1270 [13FE]

Medicare: remove inpatient limitation on the proportion of hospice care that certain rural hospice programs may provide (see S. 1840), S13465 [18DE]

National Endowment for the Humanities: rename the Regional Humanities Initiative in honor of Eudora Welty (see S. Res. 156), S8911 [3AU]

National Writing Project: improve (see S. 403), S1616 [27FE]

Public Health Service Act: establish scholarship and loan repayment programs in veterinarian shortage areas (see S. 1836), S13464 [18DE]

Sant, Roger W.: appointment as citizen regent of Smithsonian Institution Board of Regents (see S.J. Res. 20), S7589 [12JY]

Stonesifer, Patricia Q.: appointment as citizen regent of Smithsonian Institution Board of Regents (see S.J. Res. 26), S10794 [17OC]

Taxation: clarify excise tax exemptions for aerial applicators of fertilizers or other substances (see S. 1109), S6991 [27JN]

———clarify the excise tax exemptions for aerial applicators of fertilizers or other substances (see S. 1410), S9197 [6SE]

Biographies

d'Harnoncourt, Anne, S7680 [16JY]

Massey, Walter E., S1347 [13FE]

Sant, Roger W., S7681 [16JY]

Stonesifer, Patricia Q., S10797 [17OC]

Lists

Quotes from foreign heads of State and officials supporting U.S. missile defense system plans, S6306 [14JN]

Remarks

Agriculture: continue certain programs (S. 1731), S13256 [14DE], S13425, S13440, S13442 [18DE]

———funding, S3370 [4AP]

———provide market loss assistance for apple producers, S11070 [25OC]

———respond to the continuing economic crisis adversely affecting agricultural producers (S. 1246), S8417 [31JY]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2330), S11062, S11070, S11075, S11082, S11083, S11084, S11086, S11091 [25OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2330), conference report, S11873 [15NO]

Animals: research on the conversion of animal waste into renewable energy resources, S11084 [25OC]

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations (S. 1077), S7415 [10JY]

Arts Education Month: designate (S. Res. 44), S1911 [6MR]

Ashcroft, John: nomination to be Attorney General, S892 [31JA]

Budget: revising and setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2011 (H. Con. Res. 83), S3370 [4AP]

Committee on Appropriations (Senate): tribute to staff for efforts relative to H.R. 2330, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations, S11095 [25OC]

Dept. of Agriculture: Agricultural Research Station project funding, S11082 [25OC]

———Pacific Basin Agricultural Research Center tropical and subtropical agricultural research funding, S11086 [25OC]

———Rural Facilities Program purchase of fire engine for DeTour, MI, S11084 [25OC]

———vegetable production systems development funding, S11083 [25OC]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1438), conference report, S13129, S13131 [13DE]

Dept. of Justice: Choctaw Reservation detention facility funding, S11883 [15NO]

Dept. of Labor: Farmworker Housing Program funding, S11453 [6NO]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2217), S7567, S7574 [12JY]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2500), conference report, S11883 [15NO]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3061), S11303, S11311 [1NO], S11453 [6NO]

d'Harnoncourt, Anne: appointment as citizen regent of Smithsonian Institution Board of Regents (S.J. Res. 19), S7680 [16JY]

Diseases: expand research activities relative to various forms of muscular dystrophy (S. 805), S4168 [2MY]

Education: close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), conference report, S13383 [18DE]

———improve and expand access to educational television programming (S. 604), S2825 [23MR]

———improve and refocus civic education (S. 413), S1704 [28FE]

———improve foreign language instruction (S. 541), S2392 [15MR], S2723 [22MR]

———improve student and teacher performance and access to education in the Lower Mississippi Delta region (S. 617), S2901 [26MR]

———improve the reading skills of children by use of reading readiness screening, S6194 [13JN]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: extend programs and activities, S7415 [10JY]

———extend programs and activities (S. 1), S6194 [13JN], S6303 [14JN]

———increase Title I grants funding through reductions in school construction and infrastructure improvements funding, S11303 [1NO]

———Title I grants funding, S11311 [1NO]

FDA: repeal ban on importation of certain fish and fish products not taxonomically from the catfish family, S13440 [18DE]

———restrict importation of certain fish and fish products not taxonomically from the catfish family, S11091 [25OC]

FEC: posting of election-related reports on the Internet, S2686, S2687, S2688, S2690 [22MR]

Indian Health Service: funding, S7567 [12JY]

Massey, Walter E.: appointment as citizen regent of Smithsonian Institution Board of Regents (S.J. Res. 5), S1347 [13FE]

National Endowment for the Humanities: rename the Regional Humanities Initiative in honor of Eudora Welty (S. Res. 156), S8975 [3AU]

National security: national missile defense system, S1384-S1386 [14FE], S6305 [14JN], S8563 [1AU], S9187 [6SE], S13129, S13131 [13DE]

National Writing Project: funding, S6303 [14JN]

———improve (S. 403), S1633 [27FE]

Nuclear weapons: proliferation, S1384-S1386 [14FE]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (S. 27), S299 [22JA], S2443 [19MR], S2686, S2687, S2688, S2690 [22MR], S3012 [28MR], S3250 [2AP]

———increase hard money contribution limits applicable to candidates, parties, and political action committees, S3012 [28MR]

Sant, Roger W.: appointment as citizen regent of Smithsonian Institution Board of Regents (S.J. Res. 20), S7680 [16JY]

Stonesifer, Patricia Q.: appointment as citizen regent of Smithsonian Institution Board of Regents (S.J. Res. 26), S10797 [17OC]

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), S9298 [12SE]

Treaties and agreements: Antiballistic Missile Treaty, S8563 [1AU], S13129, S13131 [13DE]

Tunisia: independence anniversary, S2657 [21MR]

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

———normal trade relations status (H.J. Res. 51), S10124 [3OC]

Woodward, OK: Southern Plains Range Research Station conference center funding, S11083 [25OC]

Ziglar, James W.: nomination to be INS Commissioner, S8429 [31JY]

Remarks in Senate relative to

Senate: tribute to Senators who are veterans of World War II, S12584 [7DE]

Tribute, S1387 [14FE]

Reports

Federal Language Needs: National Security Education Program (organization), S2723-S2725 [22MR]

Texts of

S. 604, Ready To Learn, Ready To Teach Act, S2826-S2828 [23MR]

S. 617, Lower Mississippi Delta Education Access and Improvement Act, S2901 [26MR]

S. 1840, Rural Communities Hospice Care Access Improvement Act, S13467 [18DE]

S.J. Res. 5, appointment of Walter E. Massey as citizen regent of Smithsonian Institution Board of Regents, S1347 [13FE]

Tributes

Hood, Kenneth, S5609 [24MY]

Tucker, James, S13937 [20DE]

Watkins, J. Wesley, III, S5961 [7JN]

Welty, Eudora, S8114 [24JY]