BEREUTER, DOUG (a Representative from Nebraska)

Addresses

NATO Parliamentary Assembly: by, E1873 [12OC]

———Representative Hastert, E1871 [12OC]

Amendments

Agriculture: continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), H6138, H6139 [2OC], H6272, H6276 [4OC]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 2586), H5488 [10SE], H5731 [19SE], H5851 [20SE]

Appointments

British-American Interparliamentary Group, H7950 [8NO]

Committee on Intelligence (House, Select), H77 [30JA]

Conferee: H.R. 2883, intelligence services appropriations, H8849 [5DE]

Congressional-Executive Commission on the People's Republic of China, H3212 [19JN]

North Atlantic Assembly, H77 [30JA]

Articles and editorials

Americans All, Omaha (NE) World-Herald, E1327 [12JY]

Are Production Controls Desirable for Agriculture? Roy Frederick, E1222 [27JN]

Attacks Mark Bloody End to Complacency, Lincoln (NE) Journal Star, H5575 [11SE]

Change in Estate Tax Would Hurt Many, Gary L. Maydew, Omaha (NE) World-Herald, E1360 [18JY]

Foes of Globalism Don't Use Their Heads, Paul Krugman, New York (NY) Times, E775 [10MY]

``Freedom'' Not in Farm Law, Omaha (NE) World-Hearld, E139 [7FE]

Get Tougher on Mad Cow Disease Rules, Lincoln (NE) Journal Star, E95 [1FE]

Importance of Peacekeeping Is Now Clearer, Lincoln (NE) Journal-Star, E2124 [16NO]

Lenders Share the Blame, Omaha (NE) World-Herald, E1393 [23JY]

Loosey-Goosey Borders, Omaha (NE) World-Herald, E1791 [3OC]

Loosey-Goosey Borders—II, Omaha (NE) World-Herald, E1791 [3OC]

National Energy Policy Needs Farmers' Support, Bryce Neidig, New York (NY) Times, E2207 [5DE]

New Defense Posture, Omaha (NE) World-Herald, E749 [8MY]

No Immediate Relief Is Promised, Norfolk (NE) Daily News, E1024 [6JN]

No to a World Court, Omaha (NE) World-Herald, E14 [3JA]

Nuclear Security Particularly Urgent, Omaha (NE) World-Herald, E364 [14MR]

Of Arsenic, and Art of Governing, Lincoln (NE) Journal Star, E1522 [3AU]

One Nation, 3 Lessons, Thomas L. Friedman, New York (NY) Times, E1041 [6JN]

Peltier Pardon Would Be Wrong—Pine Ridge Murderer of Two FBI Agents Not Deserving of Clemency, Norfolk (NE) Daily News, E51 [30JA]

President Needs Trade Authority—Former Secretaries of Agriculture of One Mind Regarding ``Fast Track'' Issue, Norfolk (NE) Daily News, E1732 [25SE]

Price Caps Make It Worse, Omaha (NE) World-Herald, E1058 [7JN]

Purge That Wasn't, Omaha (NE) World-Herald, E1057 [7JN]

Regarding China, Is It Getting Personal? Jim Hoagland, Washington (DC) Post, E585 [5AP]

Spies Needed To Stop Terrorism, Norfolk (NE) Daily News, E1760 [2OC]

Taliban Atrocities, John Cottschalk, Omaha (NE) World-Herald, E2031 [7NO]

Tax Break's Unfortunate Legacy, William H. Gates, Sr., Washington (DC) Post, H2842 [25MY]

Terrorist Hijacking and Crashing of Commercial Aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, Omaha (NE) World Herald, H5575 [11SE]

U.N. Entity Courts Irrelevance, Omaha (NE) World-Herald, E997 [26MY]

Unanimity Not Same as Right—Senate, House Have Important Differences About Federal Role, E2080 [14NO]

Why America Says No, Omaha (NE) World-Herald, E1416 [24JY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Africa: efforts to reduce hunger in sub-Saharan Africa (see H. Con. Res. 102), H2023 [8MY]

Agriculture: grants to assist value-added agricultural businesses (see H.R. 1093), H1661 [26AP]

Animals: prohibit import, export, sale, or possession of bear viscera (see H.R. 397), H218 [7FE]

Aviation: improve security (see H.R. 3150), H7127 [17OC]

———permit carriers to meet and discuss their schedules in order to reduce flight delays (see H.R. 1407), H1605 [25AP]

———require background checks for pilot and flight service training applicants (see H.R. 2957), H6380 [4OC]

Bankruptcy: amend laws (see H.R. 333), H163 [31JA]

———extend reenactment period for chapter 12 of the bankruptcy code relative to family farmers (see H.R. 1914), H2956 [6JN]

———permanently reenact chapter 12 of the bankruptcy code relative to family farmers (see H.R. 188), H325 [13FE]

Budget: establish 2-year cycle (see H.R. 981), H4428 [23JY]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: design, construct, and equip new facilities and renovate existing facilities to improve response to bioterrorism (see H.R. 3219), H8843 [4DE]

Children and youth: establish an international infant and child nutrition and education program (see H.R. 1700), H2680 [23MY]

Clean Air Act: eliminate the phase-in period for the reduction of sulfur content in diesel fuel (see H.R. 1891), H3519 [25JN]

Computers: encourage broadband technology deployment to rural areas (see H.R. 2847), H8949 [5DE]

Congress: specify source of constitutional authority for the enactment of legislation (see H.R. 175), H827 [8MR]

Congressional Gold Medal: award posthumously to officers, emergency personnel, and governmental employees who responded to the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center (see H.R. 3054), H8949 [5DE]

———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 H.R. 2917), H8843 [4DE]

Consumers: require disclosure of terms of rental-purchase agreements (see H.R. 1701), H2281 [16MY]

Credit unions: clarify definition of a member business loan relative to religious organization based credit unions (see H.R. 164), H3358 [20JN]

———limitations on certain member business loans (see H.R. 760), H624 [1MR]

Crime: combat the financing of terrorism and other financial crimes (see H.R. 3004), H6259 [3OC]

———increase penalties for bringing in and harboring certain aliens (see H.R. 993), H6260 [3OC]

———provide incentives for States to enact mandatory minimum sentences for certain firearms offenses (see H.R. 534), H4634 [25JY]

Davis-Bacon Act: waive requirements relative to contracts for school and library construction and repair (see H.R. 331), H2571 [22MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: agricultural trade programs funding (see H.R. 98), H1660 [26AP]

———support exchange programs whereby African-American farmers and other agricultural specialists share technical knowledge with African and Caribbean farmers to improve farming in Africa (see H.R. 1894), H2333 [17MY]

Dept. of Education: establish national mentoring program (see H.R. 1501), H1558 [24AP]

Dept. of State: increase rewards program payments in connection with the hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H.R. 2894), H5703 [14SE]

Dept. of the Interior: establish the Ronald Reagan Boyhood Home National Historic Site (see H.R. 400), H1116 [22MR]

Dept. of Transportation: establish a grant program for the rehabilitation, preservation, or improvement of railroad track (see H.R. 1020), H2334 [17MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: dispense medications to veterans for prescriptions written by private practitioners (see H.R. 1136), H5339 [2AU]

Diseases: collect data on benign brain-related tumors through the national program of cancer registries (see H.R. 239), H1717 [1MY]

———increase public awareness of tuberous sclerosis (see H. Con. Res. 25), H2849 [25MY]

———increase research, treatment, and public education of Lyme disease (see H.R. 1254), H4634 [25JY]

District of Columbia: retrocession to Maryland (see H.R. 810), H4541 [24JY]

Ecuador: condemn kidnapping and murder of individuals by terrorists and support U.S. efforts to combat such terrorism (see H. Con. Res. 89), H4541 [24JY]

Education: establish and expand programs relating to science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (see H.R. 100, 101), H224 [7FE]

———improve and refocus civic education (see H.R. 611), H2022 [8MY]

———provide student loan forgiveness to teachers who work in tribal colleges or universities (see H.R. 1180), H1661 [26AP]

———reauthorize and improve the rural education development initiative (see H.R. 692), H828 [8MR]

Employment: reform calculation formula for overtime compensation (see H.R. 1602), H5488 [10SE]

EPA: increase communication and cooperation with small communities relative to environmental regulations (see H.R. 187), H1556 [24AP]

FDA: grant authority to regulate tobacco (see H.R. 1097), H1010 [20MR]

———uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see H.R. 2649), H5340 [2AU]

FDIC: provide coverage for municipal deposits (see H.R. 1899), H2333 [17MY]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals (see H.R. 1862), H6137 [2OC]

Financial institutions: repeal prohibition on payment of interest on demand deposits (see H.R. 1009), H959 [19MR]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 36), H876 [13MR]

———encourage displaying of the flag in response to hijacking and crashing of aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H. Con. Res. 225), H5616 [13SE]

Food: improve cooperation and eliminate duplication between the Depts. of Agriculture and HHS in the area of food safety inspection (see H. Con. Res. 258), H7718 [1NO]

———permit States to use administrative funds to pay costs relating to the processing, transporting, and distributing of donated wild game to eligible food distribution agencies (see H.R. 3466), H10910 [19DE]

Food Security Act: authorize enrollment of land in the Wetlands Reserve Program (see H.R. 1506), H1497 [4AP]

———establish the Conservation Security Program (see H.R. 1949), H2570 [22MY]

———expand conservation reserve (see H.R. 1082), H954 [15MR]

Foreign policy: recognize important relationship between the U.S. and Australia (see H. Con. Res. 217), H6920 [16OC]

———recognize important relationship between the U.S. and Mexico (see H. Con. Res. 206), H5126 [1AU]

Foreign trade: extend trade authorities procedures with respect to reciprocal trade agreements (see H.R. 2149), H3149 [13JN]

Fort Clatsop National Memorial: expand (see H.R. 2643), H8564 [28NO]

Freedom of religion: constitutional amendment on protection (see H.J. Res. 81), H10966 [20DE]

Gambling: expand and modernize the prohibition against interstate gambling (see H.R. 3215), H8564 [28NO]

Gwynn, Tony: tribute (see H. Res. 198), H6138 [2OC]

Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction: urge all contracting States to recommend the production of practice guides (see H. Con. Res. 69), H1117 [22MR]

Health: reauthorize health centers program and National Health Service Corps (see H.R. 3450), H10910 [19DE]

———sustain access to vital emergency medical services in rural areas (see H.R. 1353), H5125 [1AU]

House of Representatives: constitutional amendment on appointment and election of new Members if a significant number of Members can no longer serve due to a national emergency (see H.J. Res. 67), H6920 [16OC]

Housing: provide affordability and ensure a competitive North American market for softwood lumber (see H. Con. Res. 45), H828 [8MR]

Immigration: allow the Dept. of State and INS electronic access to certain FBI criminal records to determine whether or not a visa applicant or applicant for admission has a criminal record (see H.R. 2965), H8732 [29NO]

———improve procedures relative to the admission to, and departure from the U.S. (see H.R. 3077), H8732 [29NO]

Indian Health Service: elevate position of Director to Assistant Sec. of HHS for Indian Health (see H.R. 293), H443 [27FE]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 737), H441 [27FE] (see H.R. 835), H622 [1MR]

Insurance: coverage of long-term care services (see H. Con. Res. 37), H1558 [24AP]

———ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism (see H.R. 3210), H8133 [13NO]

Intermountain Dairy Compact: congressional consent (see H.R. 1827), H4541 [24JY]

Kazakhstan: normal trade relations status (see H.R. 1318), H2281 [16MY]

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 1109), H1717 [1MY]

Law enforcement officers: tribute for efforts in battling the use and production of methamphetamine (see H. Res. 114), H1487 (see H. Res. 114), H1499 [4AP]

Medicaid: clarify that Native American women eligible for coverage under Indian health plans are eligible for optional breast and cervical cancer coverage (see H.R. 1383), H6260 [3OC]

Medicare: increase the payment amount for inpatient hospital services and freeze the reduction in payments to hospitals for indirect costs of medical education (see H.R. 1556), H6260 [3OC]

———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 H.R. 868), H2712 [24MY]

———provide regulatory relief, appeals process reforms, contracting flexibility, and education improvements (see H.R. 3046), H8732 [29NO]

———reimbursement for services provided to eligible veterans by certain Dept. of Veterans Affairs facilities (see H.R. 1911), H6780 [12OC]

———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 H.R. 3351), H8420 [27NO]

———standardize payment amounts for inpatient hospital services (see H.R. 1609), H6137 [2OC]

Medicare/Medicaid: waive certain nurse aide training requirements (see H.R. 1510), H2571 [22MY]

Motor vehicles: provide for greater fairness in the motor vehicle franchise contract arbitration process (see H.R. 1296), H4724 [26JY]

National Apprenticeship Act: ensure that apprenticeship program applications are processed in a fair and timely manner (see H.R. 1950), H2956 [6JN]

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: authorize development of research centers focusing on environmental factors related to the etiology of breast cancer (see H.R. 1723), H5125 [1AU]

National Trails System Act: clarify Federal authority relative to land acquisition from willing sellers for the majority of trails (see H.R. 834), H622 [1MR]

National Writing Project: improve (see H.R. 1192), H1661 [26AP]

NATO: recommend the integration of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania (see H. Con. Res. 116), H2713 [24MY]

Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact: reauthorize (see H.R. 1827), H4541 [24JY]

Pacific Northwest Dairy Compact: congressional consent (see H.R. 1827), H4541 [24JY]

Pensions: reform (see H.R. 10), H927 [14MR]

Peru: tribute to individuals injured or killed in missionary aircraft mistakenly shot down by a Peruvian fighter jet (see H. Con. Res. 117), H1716 [1MY]

Petroleum: prohibit use of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE), provide flexibility within the EPA's oxygenate requirements, and promote the use of renewable ethanol (see H.R. 608), H393 [14FE]

———require a more uniform formula for gasoline and diesel fuel so that fuels manufactured in one region may be transported and sold in other regions (see H.R. 2249), H3357 [20JN]

Political campaigns: limit contributions by nondistrict or out-of-State residents and entities other than individuals in congressional elections (see H.R. 2122), H4634 [25JY]

———require certain disclosures and reports relative to polling by telephone (see H.R. 365), H624 [1MR]

Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see H.R. 250), H325 [13FE]

———guidelines for renovation, relocation, closing, or consolidation of post offices (see H.R. 1861), H4541 [24JY]

———prohibit awarding of bonuses for managerial personnel in any year in which operational deficits are anticipated or postal rate increases are requested (see H. Res. 144), H4541 [24JY]

———protection of post offices (see H. Con. Res. 181), H3805 [28JN]

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 H. Con. Res. 243), H6702 [11OC]

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 242), H7719 [1NO]

Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (see H.R. 1140), H1191 [27MR]

Reagan, Ronald: tribute (see H.J. Res. 7), H166 [31JA]

Ripken, Cal, Jr.: tribute (see H. Res. 247), H6137 [2OC]

Rural areas: promote and improve access to health care services (see H.R. 2157), H3149 [13JN]

Russia: expand democracy, good governance, and anti-corruption programs to promote and strengthen democratic government and civil society and to support independent media (see H.R. 2121), H7718 [1NO]

Social Security: computation system for benefits relative to spouses' or surviving spouses' Government pensions (see H.R. 664), H1861 [2MY]

———earnings test for blind individuals (see H.R. 498), H400 [14FE]

———restrict application of windfall elimination provisions to certain individuals (see H.R. 1073), H1605 [25AP]

Southern Dairy Compact: congressional consent (see H.R. 1827), H4541 [24JY]

Sports: encourage more revenue sharing among Major League Baseball teams as an alternative to team eliminations (see H. Res. 326), H10966 [20DE]

Taxation: allow an investment credit by farmers for value-added agricultural property (see H.R. 1094), H1661 [26AP]

———allow credit for dry and wet cleaning equipment that uses non-hazardous primary process solvents (see H.R. 978), H2849 [25MY]

———allow deduction for charitable contributions to individuals who do not itemize other deductions (see H.R. 777), H1925 [3MY]

———allow disclosure of taxpayer identity information through mass communications to notify persons entitled to tax refunds (see H.R. 1443), H1605 [25AP]

———allow expanded penalty-free withdrawals from certain retirement plans for unemployed employees of air carriers or manufacturers of aircrafts or aircraft parts or components (see H.R. 2968), H6380 [4OC]

———allow Farm and Ranch Risk Management Accounts (see H.R. 662), H4541 [24JY]

———allow farmer-owned cooperatives access to small ethanol producer tax credit (see H.R. 1636), H3466 [21JN]

———allow tax credit to businesses who employ members of the military Reserves and a comparable credit to self-employed military Reserve participants (see H.R. 394), H6380 [4OC]

———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 H.R. 951), H1410 [3AP]

———applications for an exclusion of gain on certain sales of a principal residence by a surviving spouse (see H.R. 161), H112 [30JA]

———credit for rehabilitating historic homes or purchasing newly rehabilitated historic homes for use as principal residence (see H.R. 1172), H3806 [28JN]

———encourage stronger mathematics and science programs at elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 102), H224 [7FE]

———exclude from self-employment earnings certain payments under the Conservation Reserve Program (see H.R. 923), H740 [7MR]

———exclusion from gross income for foster care payments relative to certain nongovernmental placement agencies (see H.R. 586), H2022 [8MY]

———exclusion of gain from the sale of farmland (see H.R. 294), H110 [30JA]

———exempt deduction for charitable contributions from the phase-out of itemized deductions (see H.R. 776), H1925 [3MY]

———expand the Hope Scholarship credit for certain expenses and exempt certain Federal education grants when taking expenses into account (see H.R. 2219), H4541 [24JY]

———extend combat zone-related benefits to services performed by Multinational Force and Observers in the Sinai (see H.R. 2066), H4949 [31JY]

———extend the transportation fringe benefit to bicycle commuters (see H.R. 1265), H2142 [10MY]

———extension of the credit for producing electricity from wind (see H.R. 876), H2680 [23MY]

———improve electric reliability, enhance transmission infrastructure, and facilitate access to the electric transmission grid (see H.R. 1459), H3961 [11JY]

———incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability (see H.R. 267), H507 [28FE]

———increase limitation on contributions to individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 12), H111 [30JA]

———issuance of tax-exempt private activity bonds to assist States in the construction and rehabilitation of public schools (see H.R. 379), H1488 [4AP]

———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain leasehold improvements (see H.R. 1030), H3466 [21JN]

———provide credits for the installation of certain wind energy property (see H.R. 2322), H4949 [31JY]

———reduce marriage tax penalty by adjusting the income tax rate brackets, standard deduction amounts, and earned income tax credit and allow nonrefundable credits against certain tax liability (see H.R. 6), H952 [15MR]

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 236), H650 [6MR]

———restore partial deduction for personal interest to encourage economic recovery and avoid the need to borrow against home equity (see H.R. 2969), H6138 [2OC]

———treatment of adoption expenses (see H.R. 622), H393 [14FE]

———treatment of beer (see H.R. 1305), H1344 [29MR]

———treatment of employer-provided educational assistance (see H.R. 1483), H1486 (see H.R. 1483), H1496 [4AP]

———treatment of income from land sold to a government agency or a nonprofit organization for conservation purposes (see H.R. 2290), H6380 [4OC]

Telecommunications: promote deployment of advanced services and competition by relieving unnecessary burdens on the two percent local exchange carriers (see H.R. 496), H877 [13MR]

Terrorism: improve Federal efforts to prepare for, and respond to, terrorist attacks (see H.R. 525), H6066 [28SE] (see H. Res. 52), H399 [14FE]

———issue commemorative postage stamp to assist families of victims of attacks at the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H.R. 2907), H6422 [5OC]

———tribute to first responders injured or killed following attacks at the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, and recognize first responders to previous domestic attacks (see H. Con. Res. 233), H5926 [21SE]

———tribute 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 H. Con. Res. 232), H6260 [3OC]

Tropical Forest Conservation Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 2131), H3066 [12JN]

Ukraine: independence anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 203), H5126 [1AU]

Veterans: increase burial benefits paid for plot allowances and pay States for plot allowances for veterans eligible for burial in a national cemetery who are buried in cemeteries of such States (see H.R. 2123), H4217 [18JY]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H929 [14MR]

Volunteer firefighters: remove civil liability barriers surrounding donating fire equipment to volunteer fire companies (see H.R. 1919), H5406 [5SE]

Voting: guarantee the right of military personnel to vote when serving away from home and extend voter registration and absentee ballot protections for such personnel to State and local elections (see H.R. 1377), H4724 [26JY]

———prohibit States from determining that a ballot submitted by an absent uniformed services voter was improperly or fraudulently cast unless the State finds clear and convincing evidence of fraud (see H.R. 159), H112 [30JA]

Yugoslavia: commend transfer of Slobodan Milosevic and other alleged war criminals to the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and provide aid to support economic and democratic reforms (see H. Res. 200), H4780 [27JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Agriculture: encourage producers to rest and rehabilitate croplands while enhancing soil and water conservation and wildlife habitat (see H.R. 33), H25 [3JA]

———establish a flexible fallow program under which farmers can devote a portion of acreage to conservation use and receive a higher loan rate on their remaining crop production (see H.R. 32), H25 [3JA]

———payment of special loan deficiency payments to eligible producers who have suffered yield losses due to damaging weather or disasters (see H.R. 34), H25 [3JA]

American Discovery Trail: designate (see H.R. 36), H25 [3JA]

Corps of Engineers: reimburse non-Federal interests for managing recreation facilities and natural resources at water resource development projects (see H.R. 1706), H1923 [3MY]

Dept. of the Interior: monitor health of the Missouri River and measure certain responses to changes in river management and other significant variables (see H.R. 3570), H10964 [20DE]

Diseases: increase funding and expand focus of the multilateral World Bank AIDS Trust Fund (see H.R. 2209), H3207 [18JN]

Eximbank: reauthorize (see H.R. 2517), H4111 [17JY] (see H.R. 2871), H5487 [10SE]

Foreign aid: authorize U.S. participation in and replenishment of certain international development funds and set forth additional policies toward certain international development banks and funds (see H.R. 2604), H4539 [24JY]

———provide assistance to address long-term food production and rural development needs in Afghanistan and the Central Asian Republics (see H.R. 3568), H10964 [20DE]

Homestead National Monument of America: expand boundaries (see H.R. 38), H25 [3JA]

Housing: exempt small public housing agencies from the requirement of preparing annual public housing agency plans (see H.R. 1960), H2678 [23MY]

International Bank for Reconstruction and Development: establish a trust fund to address long-term food production and rural development needs in Afghanistan and the Central Asian Republics (see H.R. 3566), H10964 [20DE]

Medicare: establish minimum geographic cost-of-practice index value for physicians' services (see H.R. 3569), H10964 [20DE]

National discovery trails: establish (see H.R. 36), H25 [3JA]

National Flood Insurance Program: improve predisaster mitigation and facilitate voluntary buyouts of repetitively flooded properties (see H.R. 1428), H1483 (see H.R. 1428), H1493 [4AP]

National Guard: authorize small arms competitions and athletic competitions (see H.R. 1705), H1923 [3MY]

National Trails System Act: update the feasibility and suitability studies of certain national historic trails and provide for possible additions (see H.R. 37), H25 [3JA]

NATO: endorse further enlargement (see H.R. 3167), H7308 [24OC]

Political campaigns: prohibit contributions from individuals that are not U.S. citizens (see H.R. 35), H25 [3JA]

Schaffert, Richard W.: relief (see H.R. 2432), H3805 [28JN]

Taxation: provide a higher purchase price limitation applicable to mortgage subsidy bonds based on median family income (see H.R. 43), H26 [3JA]

———reduce estate and gift tax rates (see H.R. 42), H26 [3JA]

Yugoslavia: prohibit assistance to Kosovo pending certification that its citizens are not assisting ethnically-motivated violence in southern Serbia or Macedonia (see H.R. 982), H875 [13MR]

Cost Estimates

Freedom Consolidation Act (H.R. 3167): CBO, H7867 [7NO]

Letters

National Academy of Sciences review of drinking water standards for arsenic: by, E866 [21MY]

Messages

NATO Parliamentary Assembly: President Bush, E1873 [12OC]

Remarks

Afghanistan: Taliban regime claim of U.S. genocide relative to civilian casualties caused by war against terrorism, E2031 [7NO]

Africa: efforts to reduce hunger in sub-Saharan Africa (H. Con. Res. 102), H8757 [4DE]

Agriculture: continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), H6186 [3OC], H6272, H6273, H6277, H6278 [4OC]

———establish a flexible fallow program under which farmers can devote a portion of acreage to conservation use and receive a higher loan rate on their remaining crop production, H6277, H6278 [4OC]

———establish interagency task force on agricultural competition, H6272 [4OC]

———Federal farm policies, E1222 [27JN]

———grants to assist value-added agricultural businesses, H6273 [4OC]

———require GAO study to determine how producer income would be affected by updating yield bases, H6272 [4OC]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2330), H3759 [28JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2330), conference report, H8079 [13NO]

Armed Forces: authorize use against those responsible for hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (H.J. Res. 64), H5658 [14SE]

Arts and humanities: National Endowment for the Arts, National Endowment for the Humanities, and Institute of Museum and Library Services funding through reductions in Dept. of the Interior and Forest Service funding, H3394 [21JN]

Asia Pacific Parliamentary Forum: support (S. Con. Res. 58), H9106, H9107 [11DE]

Aviation: Federal versus private employment status for aviation security personnel, H8313 [16NO], E2080 [14NO]

———improve security (S. 1447), E2080 [14NO]

———improve security (S. 1447), conference report, H8313 [16NO]

Bankruptcy: amend laws (H.R. 333), H528 [1MR]

———extend reenactment period for chapter 12 of the bankruptcy code relative to family farmers (H.R. 1914), H2904 [6JN]

———extend reenactment period for chapter 12 of the bankruptcy code relative to family farmers (H.R. 256), H449 [28FE]

Budget: revising and setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2011 (H. Con. Res. 83), conference report, H2048 [9MY]

China, People's Republic of: release of Navy reconnaissance plane crew members that made emergency landing, E584 [5AP]

———U.S. policy, E1040 [6JN]

Clean Air Act: phase out the use of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) in fuels or fuel additives and promote the use of ethnanol, H3039 [12JN]

Congressional-Executive Commission on the People's Republic of China: funding, H4084 [17JY]

Crime: combat the financing of terrorism and other financial crimes (H.R. 3004), H6941 [17OC]

Crouch, Eric: Heisman Trophy recipient, E2269 [13DE]

Dept. of Agriculture: clarify eligibility for inclusion of land in the Conservation Reserve Program, H6273 [4OC]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 2586), H5855 [20SE], H6018 [25SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3338), H8454 [28NO]

Dept. of Energy: address security standards at national weapons laboratories, E364 [14MR]

Dept. of HUD: housing programs funding, H4677 [26JY]

Dept. of the Interior: monitor health of the Missouri River and measure certain responses to changes in river management and other significant variables (H.R. 3570), H10948 [20DE]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2217), H3373, H3394 [21JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2217), conference report, H7107 [17OC]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2299), H3564 [26JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2299), conference report, E2197 [4DE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: Veterans Equitable Resource Allocation System funding, H4843 [30JY]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2500), H4084 [17JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3061), H6636 [11OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3061), conference report, H10440 [19DE]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2620), H4677 [26JY], H4745 [27JY], H4843 [30JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2620), conference report, H7940 [8NO]

Diseases: improve access to HIV/AIDS-related treatments and services in sub-Saharan Africa and other developing countries (H.R. 2069), H9095 [11DE]

———increase public awareness of tuberous sclerosis (H. Con. Res. 25), H8768 [4DE]

Education: close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), conference report, H10110 [13DE]

El Salvador: express sympathy for victims of earthquake and support ongoing aid efforts (H. Con. Res. 41), H971 [20MR]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2311), H3656 [27JN]

EPA: prohibit use of funds to delay implementation of revised drinking water standards for arsenic, H4745 [27JY]

———rejection of waiver request on oxygenate requirements for gasoline in California, H3039 [12JN]

———revise drinking water standards for arsenic, E1522 [3AU]

European Court of Justice: ruling relative to firing of Bernard Connolly by the European Commission, E326 [8MR]

Eximbank: funding, H4447, H4448 [24JY]

———funding relative to loan guarantees made to the Iron Business Corp. of Benxi Iron & Steel (Group) Co., Ltd., H4442, H4443, H4444, H4522 [24JY]

———prohibit funding for development of oil and gas fields, thermal powerplants, or petrochemical plants and refineries, H4523, H4524 [24JY]

———reauthorize (H.R. 2871), H10459 [19DE]

Farmable Wetlands Pilot Program: expand to all States, H6272 [4OC]

Financial institutions: increase interaccount transfers from business accounts and require the FRS to pay interest on certain reserves (H.R. 974), H1379 [3AP]

Foreign aid: authorize U.S. participation in and replenishment of certain international development funds and set forth additional policies toward certain international development banks and funds (H.R. 2604), H10459 [19DE]

———provide assistance to address long-term food production and rural development needs in Afghanistan and the Central Asian Republics (H.R. 3568), H10948 [20DE]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2506), H4442, H4443, H4444, H4447, H4448, H4522, H4523, H4524 [24JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2506), conference report, H10459 [19DE]

Foreign policy: authorize assistance to India and Pakistan (S. 1465), H6798 [16OC]

———divergence with Europe on certain issues, E1416 [24JY]

———recognize important relationship between the U.S. and Australia (H. Con. Res. 217), H6794 [16OC]

Grain Inspection, Packers, and Stockyards Administration: additional staff and funding, H6273 [4OC]

Immigration: expand class of beneficiaries who may apply for adjustment of status by extending the deadline for a classification petition and a labor certification filing (H.R. 1885), H2363 [21MY]

———improve policies relative to national security, E1791 [3OC]

Independence Day: observance, E1327 [12JY]

India: express sympathy for victims of earthquake and support ongoing aid efforts (H. Con. Res. 15), H127 [31JA]

INS: extend Basic Pilot employment verification system (H.R. 3030), E2276 [13DE]

Insurance: ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism (H.R. 3210), H8608 [29NO]

Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2883), H6387 [5OC]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2883), conference report, H9250 [12DE]

———enhance intelligence and intelligence-related activities in the prevention of terrorism, H6387 [5OC], E1760 [2OC]

International Bank for Reconstruction and Development: establish a trust fund to address long-term food production and rural development needs in Afghanistan and the Central Asian Republics (H.R. 3566), H10948 [20DE]

Korea, Democratic People's Republic of: U.S. policy, H3006 [12JN]

Lee H. Hamilton Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, New Albany, IN: designate (H.R. 1583), H5947 [24SE]

Medicare: establish minimum geographic cost-of-practice index value for physicians' services (H.R. 3569), H10939, H10948 [20DE]

Midwest Advanced Food Manufacturing Alliance: funding, H8079 [13NO]

Monuments and memorials: expedite construction of the World War II memorial in the District of Columbia (H.R. 1696), E820 [17MY]

National Endowment for the Humanities: funding, H3373 [21JN]

National Guard: Air National Guard Project ALERT funding, H8454 [28NO]

———authorize small arms competitions and athletic competitions, H5855 [20SE]

———authorize small arms competitions and athletic competitions (H.R. 1705), E778 [10MY]

———tribute to continued commitment of combat units deployed in support of Army operations in Bosnia and Herzegovina (H. Con. Res. 154), H3223 [19JN]

National Reconnaissance Office: contracting of satellite launch services, H6018 [25SE]

National security: national missile defense system, E749 [8MY]

National Trails System Act: clarify Federal authority relative to land acquisition from willing sellers for the majority of trails (H.R. 834), H846 [13MR]

———update the feasibility and suitability studies of certain national historic trails and provide for possible additions (H.R. 37), H2898 [6JN]

NATO: endorse further enlargement (H.R. 3167), H7865, H7866, H7868, H7873 [7NO], E2026 [7NO]

———endorse further enlargement (H.R. 3167), consideration (H. Res. 277), H7864 [7NO]

———integration of Bulgaria and Lithuania, H3130, H3131, H3132, H3133, H3134, H3135, H3136, H3137 [13JN]

NATO Parliamentary Assembly: meeting report, E1871 [12OC]

Norman Sisisky Post Office Building, Petersburg, VA: designate (H.R. 2910), H7378 [30OC]

Pensions: reform (H.R. 10), H1794 [2MY]

Pharmaceuticals: improve safety and efficacy for children (H.R. 2887), E2103 [15NO]

Power resources: national energy policy, E1024 [6JN], E2207 [5DE]

Ripken, Cal, Jr.: tribute (H. Res. 247), H6082 [2OC]

Russia: expand democracy, good governance, and anti-corruption programs to promote and strengthen democratic government and civil society and to support independent media (H.R. 2121), H9109 [11DE]

Social Security: honor commitments (H. Con. Res. 282), H9179 [11DE]

Spence, Floyd: tribute (H. Res. 234), H5369 [5SE]

Taxation: constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority on the passage of legislation increasing taxes (H.J. Res. 41), H1581 [25AP]

———phase out estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), H1442 [4AP]

———preserve estate and gift taxes, H2842 [25MY]

———rates (H.R. 3), H789 [8MR]

———rates (H.R. 1836), H2216 [16MY]

———rates (H.R. 1836), conference report, H2842 [25MY]

———reduce marriage tax penalty by adjusting rate brackets, standard deductions, and the earned income tax credit and increase child credits (H.R. 6), H1317 [29MR]

———treatment of adoption expenses (H.R. 622), H2296 [17MY]

Telecommunications: promote deployment of advanced services and competition by relieving unnecessary burdens on the two percent local exchange carriers (H.R. 496), H1034 [21MR]

Terrorism: condemn and respond to hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (H.J. Res. 61), H5564, H5575 [11SE]

Thomas, Ian: posting of caribou migration pattern map on U.S. Geological Survey website, E1057 [7JN]

Treaties and agreements: extend trade negotiating and trade agreement implementing authority, E1732 [25SE]

———extend trade negotiating and trade agreement implementing authority (H.R. 3005), H9026 [6DE]

———implement the agreement establishing a U.S.-Jordan free trade area (H.R. 2603), H4880 [31JY]

Tropical Forest Conservation Act: reauthorize (H.R. 2131), H3822 [10JY]

U.N. Human Rights Commission: U.S. removal, E996 [26MY]

Vietnam: human rights violations, H4648 [26JY]

———make normal trade relations status contingent upon free emigration policies (H.J. Res. 55), H4648 [26JY]

Votes: position on missed, H1416 [4AP], H7224 [24OC], H10427 [19DE], E930 [24MY], E1708 [24SE], E1842 [10OC]

Water: National Academy of Sciences review of drinking water standards for arsenic, E866 [21MY]

———terminate the effectiveness of certain drinking water regulations on arsenic levels, H1934 [8MY]

Winnebago, NE: construction of Indian Health Service hospital, H3373 [21JN], H7107 [17OC]

Yugoslavia: outbreaks of violence in southern Serbia, Macedonia, and Kosovo, H712 [7MR]

———prohibit assistance to Kosovo pending certification that its citizens are not assisting ethnically-motivated violence in southern Serbia or Macedonia (H.R. 982), H838 [13MR]

Zimbabwe: support democratic transition and economic recovery (S. 494), H8761 [4DE]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H5923 [21SE], H6456 [9OC]

Special order: granted, H738 [7MR], H10959 [20DE]

Tributes

Bonior, Representative, H10941 [20DE]

Marsh, Frank, E360 [14MR]

Solomon, Gerald B.H., H7702 [1NO], H7866 [7NO]