VOINOVICH, GEORGE (a Senator from Ohio)

Amendments

Agriculture: continue certain programs (S. 1731), S12834, S12970 [11DE]

———respond to the continuing economic crisis adversely affecting agricultural producers (S. 1246), S8451, S8493 [31JY]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2330), S11091, S11130 [25OC]

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations (S. 1077), S7316, S7334 [9JY]

Aviation: improve security (S. 1447), S10398 [9OC]

Budget: revising and setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2011 (H. Con. Res. 83), S3490, S3598, S3600 [5AP]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1438), S9750 [24SE], S9795, S9814 [25SE], S9837, S9931 [26SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3338), S12570 [6DE], S12659, S12691, S12724 [7DE]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2217), S7591 [12JY]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2299), S8238 [25JY]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: extend programs and activities (S. 1), S4369 [3MY], S4490, S4519 [8MY], S4636, S4711 [9MY], S4878 [14MY], S5856 [6JN], S5916 [7JN], S6056 [11JN], S6319 [14JN]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2311), S7739, S7826 [17JY]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2506), S10915, S10982 [24OC]

Health: protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S. 1052), S7004 [27JN]

Pensions: reform (H.R. 10), S12322 [3DE]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (S. 27), S2907 [26MR]

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

Small business: facilitate compliance with certain Federal paperwork requirements and establish a task force to streamline certain requirements (S. 1271), S13360, S13361 [17DE]

Taxation: extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (H.R. 1552), S11962 [15NO]

Appointments

Canada-U.S. Interparliamentary Group, S5023 [16MY]

Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, S1353 [13FE]

NATO Parliamentary Assembly, S5182 [17MY]

Articles and editorials

U.S. Agricultural Bill Will Go Against the Grain Worldwide—Proposals To Increase Subsidies for Farmers Could Violate WTO Rules, Edward Alden, Financial Times (publication), S13917 [20DE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Baltic States: independence anniversary of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania (see S. Con. Res. 34), S3994 [26AP]

Bush, President: commend upcoming trip to Mexico to meet with President Vicente Fox and encourage future cooperative efforts between the U.S. and Mexico (see S. Con. Res. 13), S1395 [14FE]

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

———provide greater access to child care services for Federal employees (see S. 1286), S9808 [25SE]

Children's Memorial Flag Day: designate (see S. Res. 109), S12312 [3DE]

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]

Citizens' Privacy Commission: establish (see S. 851), S4589 [9MY]

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), S1088 [6FE]

Courts: amend procedures that apply to consideration of interstate class actions to assure fairer outcomes for class members and defendants (see S. 1712), S13465 [18DE]

———convert certain temporary judgeships to permanent judgeships and extend a certain judgeship (see S. 1805), S12858 [11DE]

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]

Customs Service: prohibit use of racial and other discriminatory profiling in connection with searches and detentions of individuals (see S. 799), S4044 [30AP]

Dept. of Defense: authorize additional rounds of military base closures and realignments (see S. 397), S1616 [27FE]

Dept. of Transportation: provide financial assistance for local rail line relocation projects (see S. 948), S9254 [10SE]

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

Disasters: authorize the President to carry out a program for the protection of the health and safety of community members, volunteers, and workers in a disaster area (see S. 1621), S11612 [8NO]

Diseases: develop and provide information on bacterial meningitis and the availability and effectiveness of vaccinations (see S. 1009), S6054 [11JN]

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

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

Ecology and environment: 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), S8912 [3AU]

Education: extend student loan forgiveness to Head Start teachers (see S. 123), S100 [22JA]

———improve and expand access to educational television programming (see S. 604), S2895 [26MR]

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

Emergency Steel Loan Guarantee Act: revise eligibility and other requirements for loan guarantees (see S. 1884), S13943 [20DE]

EPA: redesignate as the Dept. of Environmental Protection Affairs and elevate to cabinet level position (see S. 159), S8353 [27JY]

Families and domestic relations: provide grants to States to encourage media campaigns to promote responsible fatherhood skills (see S. 653), S3152 [29MR]

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

Federal employees: allow credit under FERS for certain Government service performed abroad after a certain date (see S. 1138), S9808 [25SE]

———allow Federal employees, foreign and uniformed services members, and their dependents to retain for personal use promotional items received as a result of official Government travel (see S. 1498), S11719 [13NO]

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

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: anniversary (see S. Con. Res. 80), S11198 [30OC]

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

Great Lakes: prohibit vessels from discharging ballast water that contains nonindigenous aquatic species and treat such water, and its sediments, using the most effective and efficient methods available (see S. 1034), S6212 [13JN]

Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: designate (see S. Res. 20), S1587 [26FE]

Hazardous substances: reduce quantity of mercury in the environment by limiting use of mercury fever thermometers and improving collection, recycling and disposal of mercury (see S. 351), S9123 [5SE]

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), S9395 [13SE]

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

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

Korea, Republic of: remove trade barriers to U.S. automotive imports (see S. Con. Res. 43), S5616 [24MY]

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

Medicare: 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), S2163 [12MR]

———provide regulatory relief, appeals process reforms, contracting flexibility, and education improvements (see S. 1738), S12448 [5DE]

———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), S12312 [3DE]

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

National Children's Memorial Day: designate (see S. Res. 109), S12312 [3DE]

National Child's Day: designate (see S. Res. 90), S5005 [16MY]

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

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

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

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

National Rural Development Partnership: authorize (see S. 1111), S10389 [9OC]

National Safe Place Week: designate (see S. Res. 25), S2163 [12MR]

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

NATO: endorse further enlargement (see S. 1572), S10980 [24OC]

Northern Border States-Canada Trade Council: establish (see S. 226), S914 [31JA]

Nuclear energy: ensure continued contribution to the domestic energy supply (see S. 472), S1971 [7MR]

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

Pensions: reform (see S. 742), S3853 [24AP]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (see S. 22), S2472 [19MR]

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, 389), S1586 [26FE]

Presidential appointments: streamline the financial disclosure process for executive branch employees (see S. 1811), S13051 [12DE]

Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor: award to officers killed, injured, or involved in rescue efforts in the aftermath of terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see S. Con. Res. 75), S10287 [4OC]

———award to public safety officers killed in the line of duty in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see S. Con. Res. 66), S9557 [20SE]

Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (see S. 697), S12448 [5DE]

Science: prohibit the cloning of humans (see S. 790), S12055 [27NO]

Social Security: computation system for benefits relative to spouses' or surviving spouses' Government pensions (see S. 611), S4100 [1MY]

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

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), S6992 [27JN]

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

———extend the moratorium on taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce and assist States in simplifying their sales and use taxes (see S. 512), S2117 [9MR]

———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), S10835 [18OC]

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

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

———transfer all excise taxes imposed on alcohol fuels to the Highway Trust Fund (see S. 1306), S8704 [2AU]

———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]

Terrorism: assist States in preparing for an attack using biological or chemical weapons (see S. 1520), S10388 [9OC]

———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. 1715), S11940 [15NO] (see S. 1765), S12369 [4DE]

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

———provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (see S. 1541), S11612 [8NO]

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

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: authorize design and construction of a temporary education center (see S. 281), S1817 [5MR]

Wildlife: improve conservation and restoration programs (see S. 990), S9124 [5SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Appalachian Regional Development Act: reauthorize (see S. 1206), S7955 [19JY]

EPA: strengthen research activities (see S. 1176), S7589 [12JY]

Government: provide Federal managers with tools and flexibility in areas such as personnel, budgeting, and property management and disposal (see S. 1639), S11488 [6NO]

———reform Federal employment (see S. 1603), S11286 [31OC]

National Parents Week: designate (see S. Res. 150), S8911 [3AU]

Nuclear energy: renew Dept. of Energy and NRC indemnity authority for damages from nuclear incidents (see S. 1360), S8910 [3AU]

Pensions: reform (see S. 631), S2979 [27MR]

Power resources: improve environmental review process for construction, operation, or maintenance of energy facilities (see S. 1590), S11198 [30OC]

———promote safe and efficient supply of energy while maintaining strong environmental protections (see S. 1591), S11198 [30OC]

Rhodes, James A.: tribute (see S. Res. 56), S2117 [9MR]

Slovenia: independence anniversary (see S. Res. 116), S6862 [25JN]

Small business: facilitate compliance with certain Federal paperwork requirements and establish a task force to streamline certain requirements (see S. 1271), S8397 [30JY]

Taxation: provide student loan forgiveness tax parity (see S. 1817), S13145 [13DE]

———repeal the inclusion in gross income of unemployment compensation (see S. 1599), S11286 [31OC]

Water: authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (see S. 252), S1062 [6FE]

Cloture motions

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

Letters

Reasonable Search Standards Act: by, S4047 [30AP]

Motions

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations (S. 1077), S7376 [10JY]

Remarks

Agriculture: continue certain programs (S. 1731), S13915 [20DE]

———respond to the continuing economic crisis adversely affecting agricultural producers (S. 1246), S8448 [31JY]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2330), S11191 [30OC]

American Heart Month: observance, S1369 [14FE]

Appalachian Regional Development Act: reauthorize (S. 1206), S7963 [19JY]

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations (S. 1077), S7317 [9JY], S7364, S7371, S7375 [10JY]

Ashcroft, John: nomination to be Attorney General, S908 [31JA]

Aviation: improve security (S. 1447), S10546 [11OC]

———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, S10546 [11OC]

Bipartisan Patient Protection Act: clarify State compliance with new Federal regulations relative to existing State health insurance laws, S7014 [28JN]

Budget: allocation of funds, S3826-S3828 [24AP], S12533 [6DE]

———refine procedures in budget process relative to controlling spending, S3490, S3491, S3520 [5AP]

———revising and setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2011 (H. Con. Res. 83), S3490, S3491, S3520 [5AP], S3671 [6AP], S3826-S3828 [24AP]

———treatment of any budget surpluses, S9155 [6SE], S10546 [11OC]

CERCLA: promote cleanup and reuse of brownfields, provide financial assistance for brownfields revitalization, and enhance State response programs (S. 350), S3898, S3904, S3905 [25AP]

———provide mechanism for citizens to request State officials to assess potential brownfields, S3905 [25AP]

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

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1438), S9715, S9722 [24SE], S9778 [25SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3338), S12533 [6DE]

———postpone additional rounds of military base closures and realignments, S9715, S9722 [24SE]

———realignment of civilian workforce, S3671 [6AP], S9722-S9724 [24SE]

Dept. of Labor: congressional disapproval of ergonomic regulations (S.J. Res. 6), S1864 [6MR]

Dept. of the Interior: State Wildlife Conservation and Restoration Program funding, S7574 [12JY]

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

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2299), S8330 [27JY]

Discrimination: protect rights and condemn attacks on Arab Americans, American Muslims, and South Asian Americans relative to terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, S10381 [9OC]

Education: close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), S6443 [19JN]

———close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), conference report, S13382 [18DE]

———extend student loan forgiveness to Head Start teachers, S4879 [14MY], S5027 [17MY]

———extend student loan forgiveness to Head Start teachers (S. 123), S400 [22JA]

———provide grants for the renovation of schools, S4993 [16MY]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: clarify role of Governors and State education officials in developing State education plans sent to the Dept. of Education, S5856, S5858, S5875 [6JN]

———designate pupil services personnel as eligible recipients of certain professional development funds, S6119 [12JN]

———extend programs and activities (S. 1), S4490 [8MY], S4879 [14MY], S4993 [16MY], S5027 [17MY], S5856, S5858, S5875 [6JN], S6119 [12JN]

———require State education plans sent to the Dept. of Education be signed by both the Governor and the chief State education official, S4490 [8MY]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2311), S7843 [18JY]

EPA: strengthen research activities (S. 1176), S7688 [16JY]

FDA: educational activities for senior citizens relative to generic drugs funding, S11191 [30OC]

Federal Prison Industries, Inc.: revise requirements for procurement of products to meet needs of Federal agencies, S9778 [25SE]

Foreign countries: report on congressional delegation trips, S607-S609 [29JA]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2506), S10962, S10964 [24OC]

Graham, John D.: nomination to be OMB Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs Administrator, S7924 [19JY]

Health: protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S. 1052), S6574 [21JN], S7014 [28JN]

Insurance: ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism (H.R. 3210), S13917 [20DE]

Mexico: compliance of Mexico-domiciled trucks operating in the U.S. with certain safety and environmental regulations, S8330 [27JY]

NAFTA: prevent violations, S8330 [27JY]

Nuclear energy: renew Dept. of Energy and NRC indemnity authority for damages from nuclear incidents (S. 1360), S8931 [3AU]

Pensions: reform (H.R. 10), S12145 [29NO]

———reform (S. 631), S2999 [27MR]

Point of order, S3491 [5AP]

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply, S12145 [29NO]

———national energy policy, S608 [29JA], S10822, S10824 [18OC], S13917 [20DE]

———protect energy security and decrease dependence on foreign oil through use of renewable fuels, conservation, improved efficiency, increased domestic supplies, and environmental quality, S7843 [18JY]

Rhodes, James A.: tribute (S. Res. 56), S2136 [9MR]

Science: provide for a moratorium on the cloning of humans, S12145 [29NO]

Senate: legislative priorities, S10546 [11OC]

———legislative program, S3866 [24AP]

Slovenia: independence anniversary (S. Res. 116), S6866 [25JN]

Small business: facilitate compliance with certain Federal paperwork requirements and establish a task force to streamline certain requirements (S. 1271), S8398 [30JY], S13361 [17DE]

Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, S7317 [9JY], S7364, S7371, S7375 [10JY]

———protect Social Security and Medicare surpluses through strengthened budgetary enforcement mechanisms, S7364, S7371, S7375 [10JY], S8448 [31JY]

Taxation: extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (H.R. 1552), S11908 [15NO]

———extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce and assist States in simplifying their sales and use taxes, S11908 [15NO]

———full deduction of health insurance costs for self-employed individuals, S6574 [21JN]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), S11770 [14NO], S12145 [29NO]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3529), S13917, S14034 [20DE]

———transfer all excise taxes imposed on alcohol fuels to the Highway Trust Fund (S. 1306), S8715 [2AU]

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), S9329 [12SE]

———making emergency appropriations for disaster and antiterrorism initiatives surrounding the crashing of aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, S12533 [6DE]

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 [20DE]

Water: authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (S. 252), S1072 [6FE]

``Women in Congress, 1870-1989'': authorizing printing (H. Con. Res. 66), S3866 [24AP]

Yugoslavia: allocation of foreign aid, S10962, S10964 [24OC]

———arrest of Slobodan Milosevic, S3430 [4AP]

———foreign aid certification relative to human rights and democratic reforms, S3430 [4AP]

Statements

Observations on Visit to Southeastern Europe and the Middle East: by, S609-S612 [29JA]

Texts of

S. 1176, Environmental Research Enhancement Act, S7689 [16JY]

S. 1206, Appalachian Regional Development Act reauthorization, S7964 [19JY]

S. 1271, Small Business Paperwork Relief Act, S8399 [30JY]

Tributes

Douglass, Joan, S12679 [7DE]

Gillespie, Robert W., S11413 [2NO]

Johnson, Ed, S1460 [15FE]

Ogle, Jenny, S12677 [7DE]

Young, Steve, S9249 [10SE]