BREAUX, JOHN B. (a Senator from Louisiana)

Amendments

Agriculture: continue certain programs (S. 1731), S13203, S13204 [13DE]

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

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

Aviation: improve security (S. 1447), S10490, S10655 [11OC]

Bankruptcy: amend laws (S. 420), S2038, S2097 [8MR], S2208, S2243, S2265 [13MR]

Budget: revising and setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2011 (H. Con. Res. 83), S3457 [4AP], S3523, S3561, S3575, S3608, S3623 [5AP], S3709 [6AP], S3791 [23AP]

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), S9808, S9812 [25SE], S9997 [1OC], S10033 [2OC], S10155 [3OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3338), S12628, S12695 [7DE]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2217), S7522, S7525 [11JY]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2590), S9495, S9547 [19SE]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2299), S8296 [26JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3061), S11230 [30OC], S11392 [1NO]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: extend programs and activities (S. 1), S4366 [3MY], S4638 [9MY], S6047 [11JN], S6091, S6129 [12JN]

Health: protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S. 1052), S7007 [27JN], S7114 [28JN], S7263 [29JN]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (S. 27), S2907 [26MR], S3087, S3100, S3177 [29MR]

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

Appointments

Committee To Escort the President, H431 [27FE]

Conferee: H.R. 1836, Restore Earnings To Lift Individuals and Empower Families (RELIEF) Act, S5522 [23MY]

———S. 1447, Aviation Security Act, S11510 [7NO]

U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Board of Visitors, S4122 [1MY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: continue certain programs (see S. 1673), S11660 [9NO]

Amtrak: require Dept. of Transportation study on implementing a program for screening passengers, baggage, and cargo on trains (see S. 1726), S12001 [16NO]

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

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

Arts Education Month: designate (see S. Res. 44), S2474 [19MR]

Aviation: improve security (see S. 1447), S9620 [21SE]

———provide assistance for employees who are separated from employment due to reductions in service by air carriers and airport closures caused by terrorist actions or security measures (see S. 1454), S9875 [26SE]

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

CERCLA: promote cleanup and reuse of brownfields, provide financial assistance for brownfields revitalization, and enhance State response programs (see S. 350), S2163 [12MR]

Chicago, IL: expand aviation capacity (see S. 1786), S12681 [7DE]

Children and youth: increase the availability and affordability of quality child care and early learning services, and amend the Family and Medical Leave Act (see S. 18), S97 [22JA]

Children's Memorial Flag Day: designate (see S. Res. 109), S12056 [27NO]

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

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see S. 77), S99 [22JA]

———protect (see S. 19), S97 [22JA]

Coast Guard: authorizing appropriations (see S. 951), S5616 [24MY]

Coastal Zone Management Act: amend (see S. 328), S1394 [14FE]

Commission on Voting Rights and Procedures: establish (see S. 565), S5439 [22MY]

Computers: protection from unsolicited and unwanted e-mail (see S. 630), S2979 [27MR]

Congressional Gold Medal: award posthumously to passengers and crew of United Airlines flight 93 in the aftermath of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see S. 1434), S9742 [24SE]

Crime: national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (see S. 16), S97 [22JA]

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

Dept. of Commerce: provide grants for digital network technology programs at historically Black colleges and universities, Hispanic-serving institutions, and tribal colleges and universities (see S. 414), S1699 [28FE]

Dept. of HUD: grants to States to supplement assistance for the preservation of affordable housing for low-income families (see S. 1365), S9124 [5SE]

———increase mortgage loan limits for multifamily housing mortgage insurance (see S. 1163), S10693 [15OC]

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

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

Dyspraxia: increase public awareness (see S. Con. Res. 65), S8912 [3AU]

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

———provide for a rural education development initiative (see S. 339), S1394 [14FE]

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

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

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: reauthorize and improve (see S. 303), S1270 [13FE]

Employment: improve economic security of workers (see S. 8), S97 [22JA]

———prohibit discrimination on the basis of affectional or sexual orientation (see S. 1284), S10389 [9OC]

Fair Credit Reporting Act: ensure that the statute of limitations for actions on identity theft doesn't start until the consumer discovers the problem (see S. 1723), S12056 [27NO]

Families and domestic relations: increase child support money to families leaving welfare (see S. 916), S5269 [21MY]

———increase child support money to families leaving welfare, improve assignment, distribution and collection of certain child support, and promote marriage (see S. 918), S5269 [21MY]

———provide grants to States to encourage media campaigns to promote responsible fatherhood skills (see S. 653), S3152 [29MR]

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

Federal Deposit Insurance Act: require periodic cost-of-living adjustments to the maximum amount of deposit insurance available (see S. 128), S9197 [6SE]

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

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see S.J. Res. 7), S4892 [14MY]

Food Security Act: authorize enrollment of land in the Wetlands Reserve Program (see S. 758), S3851 [24AP]

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

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

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

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (see S. 889), S4940 [15MY]

———provide for a public response to the public health crisis of pain (see S. 1024), S6211 [13JN]

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]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see S. 466), S2980 [27MR]

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

International Olympic Committee: commend efforts to bring about understanding between cultures, protection of civil rights, intolerance of discrimination, and promotion of world peace through sports (see S. Con. Res. 47), S5967 [7JN]

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

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

Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de: confer honorary U.S. citizenship (see S.J. Res. 13), S4101 [1MY]

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

Louis Armstrong Day: designate (see S. Res. 146), S8575 [1AU]

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

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

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

———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), S11612 [8NO] (see S. 1707), S11940 [15NO]

Mental health: provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see S. 543), S9504 [19SE]

Motor vehicles: provide for greater fairness in the motor vehicle franchise contract arbitration process (see S. 1140), S7193 [29JN]

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

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

National Biotechnology Week: designate (see S. Res. 75), S4247 [3MY]

National Center for Social Work Research: establish (see S. 70), S1748 [1MR]

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

National Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Week: designate (see S. Res. 166), S10154 [3OC]

National Children's Memorial Day: designate (see S. Res. 109), S12056 [27NO]

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

National Commission on the Bicentennial of the Louisiana Purchase: establish (see S. 356), S1463 [15FE]

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

National Fallen Firefighters Memorial: commemorate fallen firefighters by lowering the U.S. flag to half-staff during the memorial service in Emmitsburg, MD (see S.J. Res. 18), S9505 [19SE]

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

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

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

National security: ensure greater security for U.S. seaports (see S. 1214), S9505 [19SE]

———improve port and maritime security (see S. 1587), S11198 [30OC]

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

NIH: biomedical research funding (see S. Res. 19), S1587 [26FE]

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

NSF: anniversary (see S. Con. Res. 36), S4246 [3MY]

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

Pensions: reform (see S. 742), S3706 [6AP]

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. 22), S98 [22JA]

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]

———protect energy security and decrease dependence on foreign oil through use of renewable fuels, conservation, improved efficiency, increased domestic supplies, and environmental quality (see S. 388, 389), S1586 [26FE]

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

Railroads: improve safety and security measures for rail transportation and improved passenger rail service (see S. 1530), S10640 [11OC]

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

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), S12772 [10DE]

Ships and vessels: stimulate increased domestic cruise ship opportunities by temporarily reducing barriers for entry into the domestic cruise ship trade (see S. 127), S3531 [5AP]

Smithsonian Institution: establish National Museum of African American History and Culture (see S. 829), S5119 [17MY]

Social Security: allow coverage of pregnancy-related assistance for targeted low-income pregnant women under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (see S. 724), S3705 [6AP]

———computation system for benefits relative to spouses' or surviving spouses' Government pensions (see S. 611), S3053 [28MR]

———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), S1971 [7MR]

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

———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), S10287 [4OC]

———provide additional safeguards for certain beneficiaries with representative payees (see S. 693), S3436 [4AP]

———restore Social Services Block Grant funding and the ability of States to transfer Temporary Assistance for Needy Families funds to such block grant (see S. 501), S2071 [8MR]

———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), S3340 [3AP]

South America: expand trade benefits to certain Andean countries (see S. 525), S2219 [13MR]

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

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

———allow a refundable credit for health insurance costs of individuals not eligible for public programs and without access to employer-subsidized health coverage (see S. 590), S2662 [21MR]

———allow a refundable tax credit for health insurance costs for COBRA continuation coverage (see S. 1502), S11105 [25OC]

———allow a U.S. independent film and television production wage credit (see S. 1278), S8464 [31JY]

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

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

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

———allow use of principal repayments to issue additional mortgages and modify price limitations under the mortgage revenue bond program and change income limit for housing credit program (see S. 677), S3274 [2AP]

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

———classify qualified rental office furniture as 5-year property for depreciation purposes (see S. 1322), S12001 [16NO]

———expand the exclusion for qualified small business stock and increase the annual limit for incentive stock options (see S. 455), S1817 [5MR]

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

———extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce and encourage States to simplify their sales and use taxes (see S. 1504), S10287 [4OC]

———extension of the credit for producing electricity from wind (see S. 530), S2306 [14MR]

———improve electric reliability, enhance transmission infrastructure, and facilitate access to the electric transmission grid (see S. 972), S5694 [25MY]

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

———incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability (see S. 88), S12055 [27NO]

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

———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain leasehold improvements (see S. 1087), S6664 [22JN]

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

———provide for Farm, Fishing, and Ranch Risk Management Accounts (see S. 313), S1270 [13FE]

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

———reduce the per dose tax on vaccines (see S. 459), S1897 [6MR]

———repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (see S. 275), S1122 [7FE]

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

———repeal limitation on the use of foreign tax credits under the alternative minimum tax (see S. 801), S4044 [30AP]

———repeal motor fuel excise taxes which remain in the general fund of the Treasury on railroads and inland waterway transportation (see S. 661), S3152 [29MR]

———S corporation reform (see S. 1201), S7955 [19JY]

———treatment of active financing income earned overseas by financial services firms (see S. 676), S3274 [2AP]

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

———treatment of flexible spending arrangements relative to long-term care insurance (see S. 627), S3341 [3AP]

———treatment of forestry activities (see S. 1002), S5967 [7JN]

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

Telecommunications: promote deployment of advanced services and competition by relieving unnecessary burdens on the two percent local exchange carriers (see S. 1359), S8910 [3AU]

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

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

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

———establish a program to name national and community service projects in honor of victims of terrorist attacks (see S. 1556), S10769 [16OC]

———improve the ability of the U.S. to prepare for and respond to a biological threat or attack (see S. 1715), S11940 [15NO] (see S. 1765), S12369 [4DE]

———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 S. Con. Res. 73), S9621 [21SE]

Tourist trade: provide loan guarantees to travel agencies, car rental companies, and businesses in the ancillary airline industry that have been affected by the terrorist attacks (see S. 1578), S12312 [3DE]

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]

Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act: make technical corrections to HAZMAT provisions (see S. 1750), S12247 [30NO]

Veterans: 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), S3706 [6AP] (see S. 145), S3789 [23AP]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see S. 170), S929 [31JA]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: authorize design and construction of a temporary education center (see S. 281), S2219 [13MR]

Wisconsin (U.S.S.): issue commemorative postage stamp to honor ship and crew (see S. Con. Res. 3), S5270 [21MY]

Year of the Rose: designate (see S.J. Res. 8), S9808 [25SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of Labor: reissuance of a rule relative to ergonomics (see S. 598), S2730 [22MR]

Dept. of Transportation: establish a grant program for the rehabilitation, preservation, or improvement of railroad track (see S. 1220), S8064 [23JY]

Fish and fishing: protect the public's ability to fish for sport (see S. 1314), S8704 [2AU]

Medicaid: revise and simplify the transitional medical assistance program (see S. 1269), S8397 [30JY]

Medicare: make more competitive and efficient and provide for a prescription drug benefit (see S. 357, 358), S1463 [15FE]

National Court Reporting and Captioning Day: designate (see S. Res. 95), S5695 [25MY]

Tariff: prevent circumvention of the sugar tariff-rate quotas (see S. 753), S3706 [6AP]

———stainless steel rail car body shells (see S. 1795, 1796, 1797, 1798), S12858 [11DE]

Taxation: allow investment of certain coins in individual retirement accounts and other individually directed pension plan accounts (see S. 816), S4175 [2MY] (see S. 1405), S9123 [5SE]

———credit for rehabilitating historic homes or purchasing newly rehabilitated historic homes for use as principal residence (see S. 920), S5269 [21MY]

———modify small refiner exception to the oil depletion deduction (see S. 1404), S9123 [5SE]

———treatment of certain commercial power takeoff vehicles (see S. 875), S4890 [14MY]

———treatment of corporate reorganization or division (see S. 1158), S7426 [10JY] (see S. 1279), S8464 [31JY]

———treatment of investments in Puerto Rico (see S. 1475), S9875 [26SE]

———treatment of prepayments for natural gas (see S. 726), S3705 [6AP]

Cloture motions

Bankruptcy: amend laws (H.R. 333), S7554 [12JY], S7734 [17JY]

———amend laws (H.R. 333), motion to proceed, S7361 [9JY], S7553 [12JY]

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

Letters

Promote competition and privatization in satellite communications: by, H8145 [14NO]

Remarks

Agriculture: continue certain programs (S. 1731), S13004 [12DE]

———phase out price supports for sugar and use savings to improve Food Stamp Program, S13004 [12DE]

Aviation: improve security (S. 1447), S10490 [11OC]

———use of non-lethal weapons by airline crews, S10490 [11OC]

Bankruptcy: amend laws (S. 420), S2276, S2277, S2278 [14MR]

Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act: make certain provisions nonseverable and provide for expedited judicial review, S3096, S3099 [29MR]

Bipartisan Patient Protection Act: clarify State compliance with new Federal regulations relative to existing State health insurance laws, S6972 [27JN], S7012 [28JN]

Budget: revising and setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2011 (H. Con. Res. 83), S3486, S3523 [5AP]

———revising and setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2011 (H. Con. Res. 83), conference report, S4780 [10MY]

Dept. of Labor: congressional disapproval of ergonomic regulations, S2276, S2277, S2278 [14MR]

———congressional disapproval of ergonomic regulations (S.J. Res. 6), S1863 [6MR]

Dept. of the Interior: management of Federal lands relative to multiple use and wilderness area designations, S625 [29JA]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2217), S7476, S7478, S7479 [11JY], S7554 [12JY]

Dept. of Transportation: establish a grant program for the rehabilitation, preservation, or improvement of railroad track (S. 1220), S8066 [23JY]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2500), S9437 [14SE]

Education: funding, S4780 [10MY]

Gulf of Mexico: prohibit oil and gas leasing activities in certain areas, S7476, S7478, S7479 [11JY], S7554 [12JY]

Health: clarify liability of employers relative to protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, S7032, S7033 [28JN]

———dedicate certain civil monetary penalties to a trust fund to provide assistance to individuals without health insurance, S7151 [29JN]

———independent review and arbitration of coverage determinations by managed care plans and HMO's, S6470, S6471 [20JN]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S. 1052), S6972 [27JN], S7012, S7032, S7033 [28JN], S7151, S7168 [29JN]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S. 1052), motion to proceed, S6467, S6470, S6471 [20JN]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: funding, S3523 [5AP]

International Maritime Satellite Organization: initial public offering deadline, S9437 [14SE]

National Academy of Sciences: study increase in natural gas prices and feasibility of Federal natural gas reserve, S1183 [8FE]

National security: ensure greater security for U.S. seaports (S. 1214), S13877 [20DE]

———improve port and maritime security (S. 1587), S11202 [30OC]

Norton, Gale A.: nomination to be Sec. of the Interior, S625 [29JA]

Parliamentary inquiry, S3100 [29MR], S7476 [11JY]

Pipelines: frequency of inspections, S1193, S1194 [8FE]

———improve safety, public awareness, and environmental protection of pipeline transportation (S. 235), S1181, S1183, S1193, S1194 [8FE]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (S. 27), S2883, S2885 [26MR], S2934 [27MR], S3096, S3099, S3100 [29MR]

———inclusion of certain tax-exempt special interest groups under the disclosure and funding requirements for advertisements run close to an election that clearly identify candidates, S2883 [26MR]

Power resources: national energy policy, S7476 [11JY]

Tariff: prevent circumvention of the sugar tariff-rate quotas (S. 753), S3760 [6AP]

Taxation: allow investment of certain coins in individual retirement accounts and other individually directed pension plan accounts (S. 1405), S9124 [5SE]

———allow investment of certain coins in individual retirement accounts and other individually directed pension plan accounts (S. 816), S4181 [2MY]

———allow small employers a tax credit for costs paid or incurred for employee health insurance expenses, S3523 [5AP]

———credit for rehabilitating historic homes or purchasing newly rehabilitated historic homes for use as principal residence (S. 920), S5275 [21MY]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3529), S13831 [20DE]

———rates, S3486 [5AP], S4780 [10MY]

———S corporation reform (S. 1201), S7962 [19JY]

———treatment of certain commercial power takeoff vehicles (S. 875), S4894 [14MY]

———treatment of corporate reorganization or division (S. 1158), S7428 [10JY]

———treatment of corporate reorganization or division (S. 1279), S8477 [31JY]

———treatment of investments in Puerto Rico (S. 1475), S9881 [26SE]

———treatment of prepayments for natural gas (S. 726), S3712 [6AP]

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), S9324 [12SE]

Texts of

S. 726, Municipal Utility Natural Gas Supply Act, S3713 [6AP]

S. 816, allow investment of certain coins in individual retirement accounts and other individually directed pension plan accounts, S4181 [2MY]

S. 875, Fuel Tax Equalization Credit for Substantial Power Takeoff Vehicles Act, S4895 [14MY]

S. 920, Historic Homeownership Assistance Act, S5276 [21MY]

S. 1158, tax treatment of corporate reorganization or division, S7429 [10JY]

S. 1220, Railroad Track Modernization Act, S8067 [23JY]

S. 1279, tax treatment of corporate reorganization or division, S8477 [31JY]

S. 1405, allow investment of certain coins in individual retirement accounts and other individually directed pension plan accounts, S9125 [5SE]

Tributes

Moller, Maersk M., S5264 [21MY]

Rhein, Timothy J., S6986 [27JN]

Richey, Thomas K., S5434 [22MY]