BINGAMAN, JEFF (a Senator from New Mexico)

Amendments

Agriculture: continue certain programs (S. 1731), S12458 [5DE], S12834, S12970 [11DE], S13032 [12DE], S13198, S13201 [13DE]

Aviation: improve security (S. 1447), S10641 [11OC]

Bankruptcy: amend laws (S. 420), S2038, S2054, S2097 [8MR]

Budget: revising and setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2011 (H. Con. Res. 83), S3382, S3455 [4AP], S3495, S3566, S3574, S3579, S3582, S3591, S3596, S3599, S3603, S3604, S3605, S3606, S3612, S3614, S3618, S3619 [5AP], S3641, S3647, S3653, S3654, S3657, S3667, S3668, S3669, S3707, S3708, S3709 [6AP], S3790, S3791 [23AP], S3829 [24AP]

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. 1416), S9560 [20SE]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1438), S9659 [21SE], S9699, S9747, S9753, S9754, S9755, S9761 [24SE], S9781, S9811, S9812, S9815 [25SE], S9929 [26SE], S9956, S9961, S9965, S9986, S9991, S10005, S10018, S10021 [1OC], S10059, S10100, S10101, S10102 [2OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3338), S12566, S12569 [6DE], S12659, S12662, S12689, S12725, S12727 [7DE], S13359 [17DE]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2217), S7525, S7526 [11JY]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2590), S9491, S9527 [19SE], S9558 [20SE]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2299), S8243 [25JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3061), S11230, S11233 [30OC], S11324, S11394, S11396 [1NO]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: extend programs and activities (S. 1), S4217, S4369 [3MY], S4509 [8MY], S4541, S4627, S4628, S4635, S4667, S4668, S4669, S4670, S4713, S4716, S4769 [9MY], S4824 [10MY], S5859, S5863, S5905 [6JN], S5916, S5925, S5951 [7JN], S6033 [11JN], S6091, S6119 [12JN], S6201, S6202 [13JN]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2506), S10958, S10986 [24OC]

Great Smoky Mountains National Park: issue right-of-way permits for natural gas pipelines (S. 1097), S10797 [17OC]

Monuments and memorials: expedite construction of the World War II memorial in the District of Columbia (H.R. 1696), S5261, S5355 [21MY]

Pipelines: improve safety, public awareness, and environmental protection of pipeline transportation (S. 235), S1233 [8FE]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (S. 27), S2692, S2782 [22MR], S3110, S3111, S3177 [29MR]

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

———rates (H.R. 1836), S5271, S5290 [21MY]

Appointments

Acting President pro tempore, S11153 [30OC], S12275 [3DE]

Conferee: H.R. 1, Better Education for Students and Teachers Act, S7417 [10JY]

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

Articles and editorials

Pipeline Bottleneck To Pinch Gas Supplies for New England IPPs, Jeff Beattie, Energy Daily News (publication), S1195 [8FE]

States Rediscover Energy Policies—Looming Power Crises Spur a Return to Strategies Fostering Conservation, Robert Gavin, Wall Street Journal, S2771 [22MR]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: require labeling of country of origin of imported perishable agricultural commodities (see S. 280), S5831 [5JN]

Animals: improve enforcement of the Animal Welfare Act as it applies to commercial dog breeders (see S. 1478), S12162 [29NO]

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

Arlington National Cemetery: allow interment of any former Reservist who died in the terrorist attacks and is ineligible due to age at time of death (see S. 1782), S12682 [7DE]

Armed Forces: annual determination of the basic benefit rate for educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill (see S. 131), S1347 [13FE]

———permit the transfer of entitlement to educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill (see S. 937), S5542 [23MY]

———provide health care coverage to National Guard and reserve components members following an extended deployment (see S. 1250), S9557 [20SE]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see S. 278), S1122 [7FE]

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

Burma: prohibit importation of any textile or apparel article that is produced, manufactured, or grown in Burma (see S. 926), S12682 [7DE]

Business and industry: expand the Manufacturing Extension Program to bring new technologies to small and medium-sized businesses (see S. 429), S1747 [1MR]

Capital punishment: ensure that defendants in capital cases have adequate counsel and allow those convicted to have a reasonable opportunity to present new evidence of innocence (see S. 486), S3922 [25AP]

Carter, Jimmy and Rosalynn: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 126), S100 [22JA]

CERCLA: promote cleanup and reuse of brownfields, provide financial assistance for brownfields revitalization, and enhance State response programs (see S. 350), S3531 [5AP]

Cerro Grande Fire Assistance Act: clarify tax treatment of payments made (see S. 557), S2388 [15MR]

Children and youth: acquisition, construction, and improvement of child care facilities or equipment (see S. 1217), S8014 [20JY]

———provide for a national media campaign to reduce and prevent underage drinking (see S. 866), S5832 [5JN]

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), S587 [25JA]

Commission on Voting Rights and Procedures: establish (see S. 565), S5118 [17MY]

Community development: provide grant funding for additional enterprise communities (see S. 634), S9395 [13SE]

Computers: encourage broadband technology deployment to rural areas (see S. 428), S1747 [1MR]

Contraceptives: require equitable coverage of drugs, devices, and services under health insurance plans (see S. 104), S5967 [7JN]

Courts: appointment of additional Federal district judges (see S. 147), S456 [23JA]

Crime: condemn violence directed at Sikhs in the aftermath of hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see S. Con. Res. 74), S10058 [2OC]

———provide Federal assistance to States and local jurisdictions to prosecute hate crimes (see S. 625), S2979 [27MR]

Cuba: make exception to trade embargo for food, medicines, and goods and services intended for children, lift travel restrictions, and provide scholarships for certain Cuban nationals (see S. 1017), S6127 [12JN]

Customs Service: authorizing appropriations for personnel and technology to reduce delays at border crossings and strengthen drug enforcement (see S. 92), S100 [22JA]

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

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

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

Dept. of Defense: field current weapons that provide alternatives to landmines, join the Convention on the Prohibition of Anti-Personnel Mines, and expand support for mine victims (see S. 497), S2070 [8MR]

Dept. of Education: provide specific waiver authority to respond to conditions in the national emergency declared by the President (see S. 1570), S13052 [12DE] (see S. 1793), S13146 [13DE]

Dept. of Energy: establish a new counterintelligence polygraph program (see S. 1276), S8464 [31JY]

Dept. of HHS: address health care needs of residents of U.S.-Mexico border area (see S. 1878), S13943 [20DE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish a national cemetery for veterans in the Albuquerque, NM, area (see S. 1207), S8123 [24JY]

———furnish headstones or markers for the marked graves of certain individuals (see S. 662), S5832 [5JN]

———make permanent the Native American Veteran Housing Loan Program (see S. 228), S5542 [23MY]

Diseases: eliminate tuberculosis (see S. 1115), S7590 [12JY]

———encourage and support international HIV/AIDS control efforts (see S. Res. 119), S7193 [29JN]

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

Education: establish a program to assist States in including at least one year of early education preceding kindergarten (see S. 157), S653 [29JA]

———establish and expand programs relating to science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (see S. 478), S1971 [7MR]

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

———national policy to improve system (see S. 7), S97 [22JA]

———provide grants for the renovation of schools (see S. 471), S1897 [6MR]

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

———provide student loan forgiveness to teachers who work in tribal colleges or universities (see S. 340), S1462 [15FE]

———qualify public defenders for student loan forgiveness under the Federal Perkins Loan Program (see S. 1112), S6991 [27JN]

———support business incubation in academic settings (see S. 1335), S8704 [2AU]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: establish scholarships for inviting new scholars to participate in renewing education and mentor teacher programs (see S. 323), S9741 [24SE]

Employment: prohibit discrimination on the basis of affectional or sexual orientation (see S. 1284), S8464 [31JY]

EPA: establish a grant program to support research on critical infrastructure protection for water supply systems (see S. 1593), S11941 [15NO]

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

FCC: fulfill support requirements for universal service for high cost areas (see S. 500), S3340 [3AP]

FDA: grant authority to regulate tobacco (see S. 247), S1062 [6FE]

Federal aid programs: support community-based group homes for young mothers and their children (see S. 1522), S11549 [7NO]

Federal Deposit Insurance Act: require periodic cost-of-living adjustments to the maximum amount of deposit insurance available (see S. 128), S101 [22JA]

Federal employees: ensure parity between the compensation of members of the Armed Forces and civilian employees (see S. Con. Res. 17), S1617 [27FE]

Federal firefighters: make mandatory separation age match requirement for Federal law enforcement officers (see S. 271), S3053 [28MR]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: amend relative to new animal drugs (see S. 1346), S8705 [2AU]

FERC: impose just and reasonable load-differentiated demand rates or cost-of-service based rates on sales by public utilities of electric energy at wholesale in the western energy market (see S. 764), S3852 [24AP]

Food Stamp Act: amend to improve food stamp informational activities in those States with the greatest rate of hunger (see S. 1098), S6920 [26JN]

Foreign trade: prohibit importation of diamonds unless the countries exporting the diamonds have in place certain controls to verify the source of the diamonds (see S. 1084), S8354 [27JY]

———provide export control authority (see S. 149), S4044 [30AP]

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

Health: embryonic stem cell research funding (see S. 723), S5270 [21MY]

———improve access to health care services for uninsured and low-income individuals in medically under served areas (see S. Res. 57), S3275 [2AP]

———improve access to oral health care by strengthening the dental workforce in rural and underserved communities (see S. 998), S9198 [6SE]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (see S. 6), S97 [22JA] (see S. 283), S1464 [15FE]

———provide grants for public access defibrillation programs and public access defibrillation demonstration projects (see S. 1275), S8464 [31JY]

———provide programs for the prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of stroke (see S. 1274), S8464 [31JY]

———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), S1394 [14FE]

Health care professionals: alleviate nursing profession shortage by inproving educational programs and partnerships and supporting additional training (see S. 706, 721), S3530 [5AP]

———increase the grade provided for the heads of the nurse corps of the Armed Forces (see S. 44), S2219 [13MR]

Higgins, Andrew Jackson: posthumous awarding of Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 991), S5889 [6JN]

Higgins Industries: award Congressional Gold Medal to World War II-era employees (see S. 991), S5889 [6JN]

Homeless: improve programs for veterans (see S. 739), S3922 [25AP]

Hydrogen Research, Development, and Demonstration Act: reauthorize and amend (see S. 1053), S6318 [14JN]

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 (see S. 778), S4400 [4MY]

———extend deadline for aliens to present a border crossing card that contains a biometric identifier (see S. 1400), S9875 [26SE]

———increase State Criminal Alien Assistance Program funding and provide Federal reimbursement for treatment of illegal aliens (see S. 169), S527 [24JA]

Indian Health Service: elevate position of Director to Assistant Sec. of HHS for Indian Health (see S. 214), S8705 [2AU]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see S. 466), S2307 [14MR]

Insurance: prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (see S. 318), S1270 [13FE]

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

Korea, Republic of: remove trade barriers to U.S. automotive imports (see S. Con. Res. 43), S5891 [6JN]

Labor unions: prevent discrimination based on participation in labor disputes (see S. 1107), S6991 [27JN]

Law enforcement: community policing programs (see S. 924), S5438 [22MY]

———improve security at U.S. borders (see S. 1749), S12370 [4DE]

Law enforcement officers: increase amount paid to families of public safety officers killed in the line of duty (see S. 899), S9124 [5SE]

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. 4), S636 [29JA]

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

Masaryk, Tomas G.: authorize the American Friends of the Czech Republic (organization) to establish a memorial in the District of Columbia (see S. 621), S2979 [27MR]

Medicaid: allow States to expand family planning coverage to certain women (see S. 1343), S8705 [2AU]

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

———revise and simplify the transitional medical assistance program (see S. 1269), S10288 [4OC]

Medicare: coverage of cholesterol and blood lipid screening (see S. 1761), S12368 [4DE]

———coverage of immunosuppressive drugs for beneficiaries who receive an organ transplant (see S. 1204), S9808 [25SE]

———coverage of oral anticancer drugs (see S. 913), S9338 [12SE]

———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (see S. 10), S97 [22JA]

———coverage of screening pap smears and pelvic exams (see S. 258), S6862 [25JN]

———eliminate cost-sharing for bone mass measurements (see S. 826), S9972 [1OC]

———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), S10155 [3OC]

———exclude clinical social worker services from coverage under the skilled nursing facility prospective payment system (see S. 1083), S6601 [21JN]

———expand and improve coverage of mental health services (see S. 690), S9504 [19SE]

———expand medical residency training programs in geriatric medicine and provide for reimbursement of care coordination and assessment services (see S. 775), S5119 [17MY]

———improve direct graduate medical education payments (see S. 135), S1089 [6FE]

———improve fee-for-services reimbursement rates in rural States (see S. 1020), S6127 [12JN]

———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), S9123 [5SE]

———promote research for health promotion and disease prevention and add preventive benefits (see S. 982), S5830 [5JN]

———provide regulatory relief, appeals process reforms, contracting flexibility, and education improvements (see S. 1738), S12100 [28NO]

———reductions in prescription drug prices (see S. 125), S100 [22JA]

———reform (see S. 1135), S7084 [28JN]

———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. 1660), S11720 [13NO] (see S. 1707), S11940 [15NO]

Medicare/Medicaid: establish a national abusive and criminal background check system for patient care workers (see S. 1054), S9557 [20SE]

Mental health: provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see S. 543), S7330 [9JY]

Mexico: grant a temporary waiver of requirements relative to foreign aid certification of drug enforcement efforts (see S. 353), S1462 [15FE]

Minimum wage: level (see S. 277), S1122 [7FE] (see S. 964), S5694 [25MY]

Motor vehicles: provide for greater fairness in the motor vehicle franchise contract arbitration process (see S. 1140), S9505 [19SE]

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 Biotechnology Week: designate (see S. Res. 75), S4591 [9MY]

National Center for Rural Law Enforcement: funding (see S. 349), S1462 [15FE]

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

National Community Health Center Week: establish (see S. Con. Res. 59), S8913 [3AU]

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

National Crazy Horse Day: designate (see S. Res. 68), S5891 [6JN]

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

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

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), S7808 [17JY]

National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day: add to the list of days on which the flag should be especially displayed (see S. 1663), S12448 [5DE]

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

National Rural Development Partnership: authorize (see S. 1111), S6991 [27JN]

National Sexual Assault Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 72), S3852 [24AP]

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

Native Americans: administrative procedures for extension of Federal recognition to certain Indian groups (see S. 504), S2117 [9MR]

———ensure that funds will be available to satisfy Federal responsibilities relative to negotiated settlements of disputes over Indian water rights and land claims (see S. 1186), S7805 [17JY]

———Federal funding for certain adoption and foster care programs (see S. 550), S5270 [21MY]

———provide loans for the improvement of telecommunications services on Indian reservations (see S. 761), S3852 [24AP]

———provide periodic Indian needs assessments and Federal Indian program evaluations (see S. 502), S2117 [9MR]

NIH: establish Office of Rare Diseases (see S. 1379), S9557 [20SE]

Northern Mariana Islands: modify covenant relative to immigration laws (see S. 507), S2117 [9MR]

Old Spanish Trail: designate as a national historic trail (see S. 817), S4175 [2MY]

OMB: establish a Federal Chief Information Officer to enhance the management and promotion of electronic Government services and processes (see S. 803), S4099 [1MY]

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

Pensions: reform (see S. 742), S4823 [10MY]

Pharmaceuticals: improve safety and efficacy for children (see S. 838), S8204 [25JY]

Pipelines: improve safety, public awareness, and environmental protection of pipeline transportation (see S. 235), S1012 [1FE]

———improve safety and environmental protection (see S. 141), S101 [22JA]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (see S. 27), S785 [30JA]

Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see S. 177), S568 [25JA]

———preservation of six day mail delivery (see S. Res. 71), S5006 [16MY]

POW: authorize certain disabled former POW to use Dept. of Defense commissary stores and post and base exchanges (see S. 43), S2219 [13MR]

———issue a POW medal to civilian Federal employees who are forcibly detained by enemy forces under wartime conditions (see S. 45), S2219 [13MR]

Power resources: national energy policy (see S. 1766), S12447 [5DE]

Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor: 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]

Public safety officers: establish a national medal for those who act with extraordinary valor above and beyond the call of duty (see S. 39), S1347 [13FE]

Public welfare programs: reauthorize supplemental grant for population increases in certain States under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see S. 942), S5542 [23MY]

Radiation Exposure Compensation Act: ensure timely payment of benefits to eligible individuals (see S. 449), S3340 [3AP]

———provide permanent appropriations for claims made by certain individuals exposed to radiation in uranium mines and mills and through fallout from nuclear weapons testing (see S. 448), S3340 [3AP]

Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (see S. 697), S3436 [4AP]

Refugees: authorizing appropriations for domestic centers and programs for the treatment of victims of torture (see S. 887), S5968 [7JN]

Ripken, Cal, Jr.: tribute (see S. Res. 168), S10287 [4OC]

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

Safe Drinking Water Act: assist small communities with achieving or maintaining compliance with drinking water standards (see S. 1299), S8575 [1AU]

Safety: provide grants to small public drinking water system (see S. 503), S8705 [2AU]

SBA: authorize loans to small businesses and certain other businesses that suffered substantial economic injury as a result of terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see S. 1499), S10287 [4OC]

———improve Microloan Program (see S. 174), S527 [24JA]

———reauthorize Small Business Technology Transfer Program (see S. 856), S4590 [9MY]

Schools: prohibit the sale of foods with minimal nutritional value in schools participating in Federal meal programs (see S. 745), S3706 [6AP]

———provide parents, taxpayers, and educators with useful, understandable reports on schools (see S. 695), S3436 [4AP]

Small business: provide emergency relief to small businesses affected by significant increases in the prices of heating oil, natural gas, propane, and kerosene (see S. 295), S1218 [8FE]

Small businesses: promote business incubator activities (see S. 432), S1747 [1MR]

Social Security: computation system for benefits relative to spouses' or surviving spouses' Government pensions (see S. 611), S2894 [26MR]

———create a grant program to promote joint activities between Federal, State, and local child welfare and alcohol and drug abuse prevention and treatment agencies (see S. 484), S9338 [12SE]

———expand Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program to include parents of low-income families (see S. 1244), S8203 [25JY]

———extend Promoting Safe and Stable Families and Foster Care Independent Living programs, support mentoring programs for children of incarcerated parents, and assist youths aging out of foster care (see S. 1503), S11789 [14NO]

———permit States the option of coverage of legal immigrants under the Medicaid Program and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see S. 582), S3437 [4AP]

———promote smoking cessation under Medicare, Medicaid, and the Maternal and Child Health Program (see S. 622), S2979 [27MR] (see S. 854), S4590 [9MY]

———strengthen working families by improving responsible fatherhood and child support programs and expanding certain tax credits, block grants, and child care programs (see S. 685), S9875 [26SE]

State Criminal Alien Assistance Program: authorizing appropriations (see S. 862), S4822 [10MY]

Tariff: impose tariff-rate quotas on certain casein and milk protein concentrates (see S. 847), S5832 [5JN]

———steam or other vapor generating boilers used in nuclear facilities (see S. 834), S4400 [4MY]

Taxation: allow deduction equal to fair market value for charitable contributions of literary, musical, artistic, or scholarly compositions created by the donor (see S. 694), S4101 [1MY]

———exclude reparations received by Holocaust survivors (see S. 749), S3706 [6AP]

———expand child tax credit (see S. 833), S4246 [3MY]

———expand incentives for construction and renovation of public schools (see S. 905), S9440 [14SE]

———extend research and development tax credit (see S. 515), S2162 [12MR]

———full deduction of health insurance costs for self-employed individuals (see S. 29), S98 [22JA]

———permanently extend research credit and adjust the alternative incremental credit rates (see S. 41), S98 [22JA]

———provide incentives to expand health care coverage (see S. 284), S1465 [15FE]

———provide tax incentive for land sales for conservation purposes (see S. 1329), S8704 [2AU]

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see S. 234), S1972 [7MR]

———treat payments under the Conservation Reserve Program as rentals from real estate (see S. 315), S1270 [13FE]

———treat spaceports like airports under exempt facility bond rules (see S. 1243), S9808 [25SE]

———treatment of certain expenses of rural letter carriers relative to the business use of a personal vehicle (see S. 860), S4822 [10MY]

———treatment of damages and back pay received on account of, and expenses incurred in asserting any claim of employment discrimination (see S. 917), S5269 [21MY]

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

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]

———ensure that the U.S. is prepared for an attack using biological or chemical weapons (see S. 1486), S10694 [15OC]

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

———protect children (see S. 1539), S10640 [11OC]

Treaties and agreements: implement the agreement establishing a U.S.-Jordan free trade area (see S. 643), S3052 [28MR]

U.N. Human Rights Commission: restore U.S. membership (see S. Res. 88), S4890 [14MY]

Veterans: allow certain veterans with service-connected disabilities to travel on military aircraft (see S. 38), S2219 [13MR]

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

———increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses (see S. 145), S8465 [31JY]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see S. 170), S527 [24JA]

———presumption of service connection for hepatitis C in certain veterans (see S. 457), S1898 [6MR]

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

White House Commission on National Military Appreciation Month: establish (see S. 1785), S12681 [7DE]

Wisconsin (U.S.S.): issue commemorative postage stamp to honor ship and crew (see S. Con. Res. 3), S527 [24JA]

Women: protect breastfeeding by new mothers (see S. 256), S5967 [7JN]

———reduce health care costs and promote improved health by providing supplemental grants for preventive health services (see S. 208), S706 [30JA]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Agriculture: promote sustainable groundwater management of the southern Ogallala Aquifer (see S. 1538), S10640 [11OC]

Armed Forces: provide for a Korea Defense Service Medal to be issued to members who participated in Korea after the Korean War (see S. 999), S5967 [7JN]

BLM: provide permanent funding for the payment in lieu of taxes program (see S. 454), S1817 [5MR]

Bureau of Reclamation: provide security for dams, facilities, and resources (see S. 1480), S9972 [1OC]

Capitol Building and Grounds: authorize use of the rotunda for a ceremony to present Congressional Gold Medals to the original Navajo Code Talkers (see S. Con. Res. 26), S2472 [19MR] (see S. Con. Res. 54), S6664 [22JN]

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

Courts: provide for an election of an annuity for certain qualified magistrate judges (see S. 1477), S9971 [1OC]

Dept. of Defense: equitable retirement for military reserve technicians covered under FERS or CSRS (see S. 155), S456 [23JA]

Dept. of Energy: advanced scientific research computing programs funding (see S. 193), S636 [29JA]

———enhance national laboratory mission areas through technology transfer and partnerships (see S. 259), S1062 [6FE] (see S. 517), S2162 [12MR]

———establish Next Generation Lighting Initiative (see S. 1166), S7495 [11JY]

———nanoscale science and engineering research and development funding (see S. 90), S100 [22JA]

———University Nuclear Science and Engineering Programs funding (see S. 242), S1012 [1FE]

Dept. of HHS: make grants to promote innovative outreach and enrollment efforts under State Children's Health Insurance Program (see S. 1390), S8911 [3AU]

Education: development of high school dropout prevention programs (see S. 102), S100 [22JA]

———improve teacher quality (see S. 101), S100 [22JA]

———increase participation in advanced placement courses (see S. 103), S100 [22JA]

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

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: strengthen student achievement standards for schools with disadvantaged students (see S. 158), S456 [23JA]

Federal Transit Administration: authorize a pilot program for purchasing buses by public transit authorities that are recipients of assistance or grants (see S. 1844), S13465 [18DE]

Health care professionals: establish a demonstration program to address physician shortage, recruitment, and retention problems in rural areas (see S. 1387), S8911 [3AU]

High Plains Aquifer: conduct hydrogeologic mapping, modeling, and monitoring program and establish High Plains Aquifer Coordination Council to facilitate groundwater conservation (see S. 1537), S10640 [11OC]

Medicaid: allow States to use their allotment under the State Children's Health Insurance Program to increase the enrollment of children eligible for medical assistance (see S. 1625), S11362 [1NO]

———clarify that Native American women eligible for coverage under Indian health plans are eligible for optional breast and cervical cancer coverage (see S. 535), S2306 [14MR] (see S. 1741), S12100 [28NO]

———extend the higher Federal medical assistance payment percentage for Indian Health Service facilities to urban Indian health programs (see S. 1753), S12247 [30NO]

———State funding for disproportionate share hospitals (see S. 776), S3921 [25AP]

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

———limit reductions in Federal payments under the prospective payment system for rural or sole community hospital outpatient department services (see S. 270), S1121 [7FE]

———provide for continuous open enrollment and disenrollment in Medicare+Choice plans (see S. 1851), S13700 [19DE]

National Energy Conservation Policy Act: enhance and extend authority relating to energy savings performance contracts of the Government (S. 3277) (see S. 72), S99 [22JA]

New Mexico: identify certain routes as part of the Ports-to-Plains High Priority Corridor (see S. 1118), S7083 [28JN]

Pensions: provide retirement investment advice to workers managing their retirement income assets (see S. 1677), S11719 [13NO]

Power resources: increase funding for low-income energy assistance, weatherization, and State energy conservation grant programs and expand the use of energy savings performance contracts (see S. 352), S1462 [15FE]

———national energy policy (see S. 597), S2730 [22MR]

Safe Drinking Water Act: study effects of hydraulic fracturing on underground drinking water sources (see S. 1374), S8911 [3AU]

Social Security: improve health benefits coverage of infants and children under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (see S. 1016), S6127 [12JN]

States: identify certain routes as part of the Ports-to-Plains High Priority Corridor (see S. 1646), S11549 [7NO]

Taxation: assist low-income taxpayers in preparing and filing tax returns and increase protections against certain refund anticipation loan providers (see S. 802), S4044 [30AP]

———incentives to encourage production and use of efficient energy sources (see S. 596), S2730 [22MR]

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), S7955 [19JY]

World War II: provide additional compensation to Armed Forces members and U.S. civilian employees who performed slave labor for Japan (see S. 1302), S8703 [2AU]

Certificates of election

Senate, S2 [3JA]

Cloture motions

Agriculture: respond to the continuing economic crisis adversely affecting agricultural producers (S. 1246), S8499 [1AU], S8849 [3AU]

———respond to the continuing economic crisis adversely affecting agricultural producers (S. 1246), motion to proceed, S8334 [27JY], S8391 [30JY]

Aviation: improve security (S. 1447), S10433 [10OC], S10507 [11OC]

———improve security (S. 1447), motion to proceed, S10128 [3OC], S10347 [9OC]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2311), S7870 [18JY]

Pensions: reform (H.R. 10), S12139 [29NO]

Factsheets

Children's Dental Health Improvement Act (S. 1626), S11384 [1NO]

Medicare+Choice Consumer Protection Act (S. 1851), S13709 [19DE]

Native American Breast and Cervical Cancer Treatment Technical Amendment Act (S. 1741), S12109 [28NO]

Start Healthy, Stay Healthy Act (S. 1016), S6134 [12JN]

Letters

Clarify role of Governors and State education officials in developing State education plans sent to the Dept. of Education: several educational organizations, S5855 [6JN]

Dept. of Energy air conditioner efficiency standards regulations: Linda J. Fisher, EPA, S11254 [31OC]

National dairy policy study: Jerry Kozak, National Milk Producers Federation, S12838 [11DE]

Pilot program for purchasing buses by public transit authorities that are recipients of Federal Transit Administration assistance or grants: William W. Millar, American Public Transportation Association, S12856 [11DE], S13468 [18DE]

Ports-to-Plains High Priority Corridor: several State Depts. of Transportation, S11557 [7NO]

Tribute to Robert M. McKinney: by, S6987 [27JN]

Memorandums

National Energy Policy, S12399 [5DE]

Motions

Taxation: rates (H.R. 1836), S5255 [21MY]

Oaths of office

Senate, S5 [3JA]

Pledge of Allegiance

Senate, S11153 [30OC], S12275 [3DE]

Remarks

Agriculture: continue certain programs (S. 1731), S12837, S12838 [11DE], S13033 [12DE]

———price supports for dairy products, S12837, S12838 [11DE]

———promote sustainable groundwater management of the southern Ogallala Aquifer (S. 1538), S10649 [11OC]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2330), S11085, S11086 [25OC]

Allbaugh, Joe M.: nomination to be FEMA Director, S1448 [15FE]

Armed Forces: provide for a Korea Defense Service Medal to be issued to members who participated in Korea after the Korean War (S. 999), S5979 [7JN]

Ashcroft, John: nomination to be Attorney General, S872 [31JA]

Bankruptcy: amend laws (S. 420), S2038, S2043, S2053, S2054 [8MR], S2272 [14MR]

———nondischargeability of debts arising from the exchange of electric energy, S2272 [14MR]

BIA: education funding, S6289 [14JN]

BLM: provide permanent funding for the payment in lieu of taxes program, S3667 [6AP]

———provide permanent funding for the payment in lieu of taxes program (S. 454), S1823 [5MR]

Bolton, John R.: nomination to be Under Sec. of State for Arms Control and International Security, S4453 [8MY]

Budget: revising and setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2011 (H. Con. Res. 83), S3483, S3485 [5AP], S3667, S3668 [6AP]

Bush, President: address at National Defense University relative to deployment of a national missile defense system, S4586 [9MY]

CERCLA: eligiblity of Indian Tribes for brownfield redevelopment in cases where contamination migrates across State lines, S3907 [25AP]

———promote cleanup and reuse of brownfields, provide financial assistance for brownfields revitalization, and enhance State response programs (S. 350), S3907 [25AP]

Children and youth: access of disadvantaged children to dental services (S. 1626), S11380 [1NO]

Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty: ratification, S46 [5JA]

Congress: technology assessment pilot program funding, S8008, S8009 [20JY]

Congressional Record: correction, S11255 [31OC]

Conservation Reserve Program: require State consent prior to implementation of water conservation program, S13033 [12DE]

Crime: condemn violence directed at Sikhs in the aftermath of hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (S. Con. Res. 74), S10451 [10OC]

Cuba: make exception to trade embargo for food, medicines, and goods and services intended for children, lift travel restrictions, and provide scholarships for certain Cuban nationals (S. 1017), S6136 [12JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: conduct a study on national dairy policy, S12837, S12838 [11DE]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1438), S9706 [24SE], S9782 [25SE], S9843 [26SE], S9967 [1OC]

———defense systems evaluation programs funding, S9843 [26SE], S9967 [1OC]

———equitable retirement for military reserve technicians covered under FERS or CSRS (S. 155), S482 [23JA]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3338), S12856 [11DE]

———postpone additional rounds of military base closures and realignments, S9706 [24SE]

Dept. of Education: Hispanic educational programs funding, S11348, S11349 [1NO]

———Hispanic-serving institutions education grants program funding, S11345, S11348 [1NO]

Dept. of Energy: advanced scientific research computing programs funding (S. 193), S636-S638 [29JA]

———enhance national laboratory mission areas through technology transfer and partnerships (S. 259), S1079 [6FE]

———establish a new counterintelligence polygraph program (S. 1276), S8475 [31JY]

———establish Next Generation Lighting Initiative (S. 1166), S7516 [11JY]

———nanoscale science and engineering research and development funding (S. 90), S355 [22JA]

———regulations relative to air conditioner efficiency standards, S11253, S11254 [31OC]

———report on nonproliferation programs with Russia, S565 [25JA]

———University Nuclear Science and Engineering Programs funding (S. 242), S1016 [1FE]

Dept. of HHS: make grants to promote innovative outreach and enrollment efforts under State Children's Health Insurance Program (S. 1390), S8966 [3AU]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2590), S9491 [19SE]

Dept. of Transportation: National Transportation Network Analysis Capability Program funding, S8528, S8529 [1AU]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2299), S8165 [25JY], S8528, S8529 [1AU]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3061), S11345, S11348, S11349 [1NO]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2620), S8560 [1AU]

Ecology and environment: environmental, natural resources, and energy conservation programs funding, S3483 [5AP]

———national objectives priority assignments, S621 [29JA]

Education: close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), conference report, S13328 [17DE]

———improve teacher quality (S. 101), S369 [22JA]

———include smaller learning community programs as an educational option, S6287 [14JN]

———make funding increases contingent on improvement of student achievement, S4479 [8MY]

———national policy to improve system, S433 [23JA]

———provide for teacher technology training, S5863 [6JN]

———provide for teacher technology training (S. 164), S531 [24JA]

———reductions in school class size, S4479 [8MY]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: clarify role of Governors and State education officials in developing State education plans sent to the Dept. of Education, S5854, S5855, S5875, S5876 [6JN]

———extend programs and activities (S. 1), S4479 [8MY], S5854, S5855, S5863, S5875, S5876 [6JN], S6036 [11JN], S6287, S6289 [14JN]

———strengthen student achievement standards for schools with disadvantaged students (S. 158), S433, S483-S485 [23JA]

EPA: establish a national primary drinking water standard for arsenic and restore requirement to notify the public of risks posed by arsenic in drinking water, S8560 [1AU]

FDA: New Mexico State University Physical Science Laboratory food inspection systems funding, S11085, S11086 [25OC]

Federal Transit Administration: authorize a pilot program for purchasing buses by public transit authorities that are recipients of assistance or grants, S12856 [11DE]

———authorize a pilot program for purchasing buses by public transit authorities that are recipients of assistance or grants (S. 1844), S13467 [18DE]

FERC: impose cost-of-service based rates on sales by public utilities of electric energy at wholesale in the western energy market (S. 287), S1220 [8FE]

Food Stamp Act: amend to improve food stamp informational activities in those States with the greatest rate of hunger (S. 1098), S6922 [26JN]

Foreign trade: export control policies relative to national security, S9138 [6SE]

———export promotion programs funding, S4504 [8MY]

———provide export control authority (S. 149), S9138 [6SE]

Health care professionals: establish a demonstration program to address physician shortage, recruitment, and retention problems in rural areas (S. 1387), S8961 [3AU]

High Plains Aquifer: conduct hydrogeologic mapping, modeling, and monitoring program and establish High Plains Aquifer Coordination Council to facilitate groundwater conservation (S. 1537), S10649 [11OC]

Legislative branch of the Government: making appropriations (S. 1172), S8008, S8009 [20JY]

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

Medicaid: allow States to use their allotment under the State Children's Health Insurance Program to increase the enrollment of children eligible for medical assistance (S. 1625), S11378 [1NO]

———clarify that Native American women eligible for coverage under Indian health plans are eligible for optional breast and cervical cancer coverage (S. 1741), S12109 [28NO], S12153 [29NO]

———clarify that Native American women eligible for coverage under Indian health plans are eligible for optional breast and cervical cancer coverage (S. 535), S2318 [14MR]

———extend the higher Federal medical assistance payment percentage for Indian Health Service facilities to urban Indian health programs (S. 1753), S12261 [30NO]

———State funding for disproportionate share hospitals (S. 776), S3926 [25AP]

Medicare: coverage of medical nutrition therapy services for beneficiaries with cardiovascular diseases (S. 960), S5636 [24MY]

———limit reductions in Federal payments under the prospective payment system for rural or sole community hospital outpatient department services (S. 270), S1125 [7FE]

———provide for continuous open enrollment and disenrollment in Medicare+Choice plans (S. 1851), S13707 [19DE]

NAFTA: application of safety and environmental regulations to all trucks operating in the U.S., S8165 [25JY]

National Energy Conservation Policy Act: enhance and extend authority relating to energy savings performance contracts of the Government (S. 72), S331 [22JA]

Native Americans: Tribally Controlled Postsecondary Vocational and Technical Institutions funding, S3982 [26AP]

New Mexico: identify certain routes as part of the Ports-to-Plains High Priority Corridor (S. 1118), S7085 [28JN]

———Road Lifecycle Innovative Financing and Evaluation (RoadLIFE) Program funding, S8528 [1AU]

———tribute to National Dance Institute, S4587 [9MY]

Norton, Gale A.: nomination to be Sec. of the Interior, S621 [29JA]

Nuclear weapons: proliferation, S4453 [8MY]

Pensions: provide retirement investment advice to workers managing their retirement income assets (S. 1677), S11721 [13NO]

———reform (H.R. 10), S12282 [3DE]

Pipelines: frequency of inspections, S1195 [8FE]

———improve safety, public awareness, and environmental protection of pipeline transportation (S. 235), S1194, S1195 [8FE]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (S. 27), S3110, S3111, S3114, S3115, S3116 [29MR]

———require television or radio stations to provide free air time to candidates to respond to certain advertisements that oppose or attack such candidates, S3111, S3114, S3115, S3116 [29MR]

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply, S12282 [3DE]

———increase funding for low-income energy assistance, weatherization, and State energy conservation grant programs and expand the use of energy savings performance contracts, S2038, S2043, S2054 [8MR]

———increase funding for low-income energy assistance, weatherization, and State energy conservation grant programs and expand the use of energy savings performance contracts (S. 352), S1493 [15FE]

———national energy policy, S621 [29JA], S1195 [8FE], S1561 [26FE], S4235-S4237 [3MY], S8377, S8378 [30JY], S9156-S9159 [6SE], S10430 [10OC]

———national energy policy (S. 597), S2735, S2737 [22MR]

———national energy policy (S. 1766), S12426, S12428, S12431, S12432 [5DE]

———protect energy security and decrease dependence on foreign oil through use of renewable fuels, conservation, improved efficiency, increased domestic supplies, and environmental quality (S. 388), S1561 [26FE]

———protect energy security and decrease dependence on foreign oil through use of renewable fuels, conservation, improved efficiency, increased domestic supplies, and environmental quality (S. 389), S1561 [26FE]

Presidents of the U.S.: disclosure of contributions to inaugural committees and ban on foreign contributors, S3110 [29MR]

Radiation Exposure Compensation Act: provide permanent appropriations for claims made by certain individuals exposed to radiation in uranium mines and mills and through fallout from nuclear weapons testing, S9782 [25SE]

Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries, S12282 [3DE]

Safe Drinking Water Act: study effects of hydraulic fracturing on underground drinking water sources (S. 1374), S8949 [3AU]

SBA: authorize loans to small businesses and certain other businesses that suffered substantial economic injury as a result of terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (S. 1499), S10292 [4OC]

Science: provide for a moratorium on the cloning of humans, S12282 [3DE]

———research programs funding, S3485 [5AP]

Senate: legislative program, S2053 [8MR]

Senior citizens: ensure the opportunity to serve as mentors, tutors, and volunteers for certain educational programs, S6036 [11JN]

Shalikashvili, John M.: report on findings and recommendations on the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, S46 [5JA]

Social Security: ensure entitled entities comply with certain regulations providing for the electronic exchange of health information (H.R. 3323), S13690 [19DE]

———expand State Children's Health Insurance Program to include parents of low-income families, S3668 [6AP]

———improve health benefits coverage of infants and children under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (S. 1016), S6130-S6132 [12JN]

States: identify certain routes as part of the Ports-to-Plains High Priority Corridor (S. 1646), S11556 [7NO]

Taxation: allow tax credit for contributions to charitable organizations which provide scholarships for children to attend elementary and secondary schools, S5216 [21MY]

———assist low-income taxpayers in preparing and filing tax returns and increase protections against certain refund anticipation loan providers (S. 802), S4049 [30AP]

———incentives to encourage production and use of efficient energy sources, S5222 [21MY]

———incentives to encourage production and use of efficient energy sources (S. 596), S2735, S2737 [22MR]

———provide tax incentive for land sales for conservation purposes (S. 1329), S8750 [2AU]

———rates, S1243 [13FE]

———rates (H.R. 1836), S5216, S5222, S5255 [21MY]

———rates (H.R. 1836), conference report, S5785 [26MY]

———treatment of certain expenses of rural letter carriers relative to the business use of a personal vehicle (S. 860), S4828 [10MY]

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]

Trade Act: amend to consolidate and improve trade adjustment assistance programs and provide community-based economic development assistance for trade-affected communities (S. 1209), S7967-S7969 [19JY]

Transportation: allow purchase of heavy-duty transit buses through the GSA by State, regional, or local authorities that receive Federal Transit Administration assistance or grants, S9491 [19SE]

Treaties and agreements: implement the agreement establishing a U.S.-Jordan free trade area (H.R. 2603), S9689 [24SE]

Vietnam: normal trade relations status (H.J. Res. 51), S10122 [3OC]

White, Ronnie L.: nomination to be district judge, S872 [31JA]

Wildfires: National Fire Plan and base fire programs funding, S3483 [5AP]

World War II: provide additional compensation to Armed Forces members and U.S. civilian employees who performed slave labor for Japan (S. 1302), S8709 [2AU]

Reports

State Responses to LIHEAP Survey: National Energy Assistance Directors Association, S2040-S2043 [8MR]

Reports filed

Adams Memorial Foundation Establishment of a Commemorative Work in the District of Columbia to Honor John Adams and Family: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (H.R. 1668) (S. Rept. 107-77), S9971 [1OC]

Eight Mile River Wild and Scenic River Study Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (H.R. 182) (S. Rept. 107-75), S9971 [1OC]

Fort Clatsop National Memorial Expansion Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 423) (S. Rept. 107-69), S9971 [1OC]

Grand Teton National Park Land Exchange Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 1105) (S. Rept. 107-73), S9971 [1OC]

Great Falls Historic District Study Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (H.R. 146) (S. Rept. 107-74), S9971 [1OC]

Great Smoky Mountains National Park Right-of-Way Permits for Natural Gas Pipelines: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 1097) (S. Rept. 107-72), S9971 [1OC]

Nomination of Bennett W. Raley To Be Assistant Sec. of the Interior for Water and Science: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate), S7588 [12JY]

Nomination of Beverly Cook To Be Assistant Sec. of Energy for Environment, Safety, and Health: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate), S13049 [12DE]

Nomination of Dan R. Brouillette To Be Assistant Sec. of Energy for Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, S8203 [25JY]

Nomination of Frances P. Mainella To Be National Park Service Director: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate), S7588 [12JY]

Nomination of Harold C. Manson To Be Assistant Sec. of the Interior for Fish and Wildlife and Parks: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate), S13049 [12DE]

Nomination of Jeffrey D. Jarrett To Be Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Director: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate), S13049 [12DE]

Nomination of John W. Keys III To Be Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate), S7588 [12JY]

Nomination of Kathleen Burton Clarke To Be BLM Director: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate), S13049 [12DE]

Nomination of Margaret S.Y. Chu To Be Dept. of Energy Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management Director: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate), S13049 [12DE]

Nomination of Michael Smith To Be Assistant Sec. of Energy for Fossil Energy: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate), S13049 [12DE]

Nomination of Patricia L. Scarlett To Be Assistant Sec. of the Interior for Policy Management and Budget: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate), S7588 [12JY]

Nomination of Rebecca W. Watson To Be Assistant Sec. of the Interior for Land and Mineral Management: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate), S13049 [12DE]

Nomination of Theresa Alvillar-Speake To Be Dept. of Energy Office of Minority Economic Impact Director: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate), S8703 [2AU]

Nomination of Vicky A. Bailey To Be Assistant Sec. of Energy for International Affairs and Domestic Policy: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate), S7588 [12JY]

Nomination of William G. Meyers III To Be Dept. of the Interior Solicitor: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate), S7588 [12JY]

Pu'uhonua O Honaunau National Historical Park Addition Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 1057) (S. Rept. 107-71), S9971 [1OC]

Rancho Corral de Tierra Golden Gate National Recreation Boundary Adjustment Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 941) (S. Rept. 107-70), S9971 [1OC]

William Howard Taft National Historic Site Boundary Adjustment Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (H.R. 1000) (S. Rept. 107-76), S9971 [1OC]

Resolutions by organizations

Identify certain routes in New Mexico as part of the Ports-to-Plains High Priority Corridor: New Mexico State Highway Commission, S7086 [28JN]

Statements

Nomination of Harris L. Hartz To Be Circuit Judge: by, S12472 [6DE]

Tables

Federal payment per hundred pounds of milk produced in each State, S12838 [11DE]

Texts of

S. 72, Energy Efficient Cost Savings Improvement Act, S332 [22JA]

S. 101, Quality Teachers for All Act, S370-S372 [22JA]

S. 102, development of high school dropout prevention programs, S372 [22JA]

S. 103, increase participation in advanced placement courses, S374 [22JA]

S. 155, equitable retirement for military reserve technicians covered under FERS or CSRS, S482 [23JA]

S. 158, School Improvement Accountability Act, S485-S494 [23JA]

S. 164, Technology for Teachers Act, S531 [24JA]

S. 242, Dept. of Energy University Nuclear Science and Engineering Act, S1017 [1FE]

S. 259, National Laboratories Partnership Improvement Act, S1080-S1082 [6FE]

S. 270, Rural Hospital and Health Network Preservation Act, S1126 [7FE]

S. 352, Energy Emergency Response Act, S1494 [15FE]

S. 454, PILT and Refuge Revenue Sharing Permanent Funding Act, S1824 [5MR]

S. 535, Native American Breast and Cervical Cancer Treatment Technical Amendment Act, S2319 [14MR]

S. 596, Energy Security and Tax Incentive Policy Act, S2738-S2752 [22MR]

S. 597, Comprehensive and Balanced Energy Policy Act, S2752-S2771 [22MR]

S. 776, Medicaid Safety Net Improvement Act, S3927 [25AP]

S. 802, Low Income Taxpayer Protection Act, S4049 [30AP]

S. 960, Medicare coverage of medical nutrition therapy services for beneficiaries with cardiovascular diseases, S5758 [25MY]

S. 1016, Start Healthy, Stay Healthy Act, S6132-S6134 [12JN]

S. 1118, identify certain routes in New Mexico as part of the Ports-to-Plains High Priority Corridor, S7086 [28JN]

S. 1166, Next Generation Lighting Initiative Act, S7517 [11JY]

S. 1374, Hydraulic Fracturing Act, S8950 [3AU]

S. 1387, Rural States Physician Recruitment and Retention Demonstration Act, S8962 [3AU]

S. 1390, Children's Health Coverage Improvement Act, S8967 [3AU]

S. 1625, Children's Health Equity Act, S11379 [1NO]

S. 1626, Children's Dental Health Improvement Act, S11382-S11384 [1NO]

S. 1646, identify certain routes as part of the Ports-to-Plains High Priority Corridor, S11556 [7NO]

S. 1741, Native American Breast and Cervical Cancer Treatment Technical Amendment Act, S12109 [28NO]

S. 1753, extend the higher Federal medical assistance payment percentage for Indian Health Service facilities to urban Indian health programs under Medicaid, S12261 [30NO]

S. 1844, pilot program for purchasing buses by public transit authorities that are recipients of Federal Transit Administration assistance or grants, S13468 [18DE]

S. 1851, Medicare+Choice Consumer Protection Act, S13708 [19DE]

Tributes

Boatwright, James, S6051 [11JN]

Clinton, Senator, S1242 [13FE]

Cranston, Alan, S520 [24JA]

Diker, Val, S4587 [9MY]

Dombeck, Michael, S3434 [4AP]

Galvin, Denis P., S13938 [20DE]

Harvey, D. Michael, S10145 [3OC]

Lewis, Charles, II, S4095 [1MY]

McKernan, Patrick, S8116 [24JY]

McKinney, Robert M., S6987 [27JN]

Sisisky, Norman, S3142 [29MR]

Walters, Mary, S3702 [6AP]