LINCOLN, BLANCHE (a Senator from Arkansas)

Amendments

Agriculture: continue certain programs (S. 1731), S12870 [11DE], S13182, S13204 [13DE]

———respond to the continuing economic crisis adversely affecting agricultural producers (S. 1246), S8487 [31JY], S8820 [2AU]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2330), S11089, S11090, S11128, S11129 [25OC]

Aviation: improve security (S. 1447), S10469 [10OC]

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

Budget: revising and setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2011 (H. Con. Res. 83), S3333, S3355 [3AP], S3456 [4AP], S3561, S3571, S3581, S3606 [5AP], S3659, S3662, S3668 [6AP]

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), S9748, S9753 [24SE], S9812, S9814 [25SE], S9836, S9876, S9930 [26SE], S9983 [1OC], S10059 [2OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3338), S12656, S12723 [7DE]

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

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3061), S11230 [30OC]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: extend programs and activities (S. 1), S4639, S4760 [9MY], S4798 [10MY], S5821 [5JN]

Health: protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S. 1052), S7117 [28JN]

Taxation: provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), S11856, S11860, S11861, S11862 [14NO]

———rates (H.R. 1836), S5093, S5179 [17MY], S5231, S5288, S5354 [21MY], S5490 [23MY]

Appointments

Acting President pro tempore, S11637 [9NO]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Afghanistan: provide educational and health care assistance to women and children (see S. 1573), S11105 [25OC]

Agriculture: provide farm credit assistance for activated reservists (see S. 1519), S10388 [9OC]

———provide trade adjustment assistance to farmers (see S. 1100), S6920 [26JN]

Armed Forces: annual determination of the basic benefit rate for educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill (see S. 131), S5967 [7JN]

———provide health care coverage to National Guard and reserve components members following an extended deployment (see S. 1250), S9622 [21SE]

Aviation: improve security (see S. 1447), S10694 [15OC]

———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), S9973 [1OC]

Capitol Building and Grounds: design and construct monument to commemorate contributions of minority women to women's suffrage and the participation of women in public life (see S. Con. Res. 64), S9124 [5SE]

CERCLA: promote cleanup and reuse of brownfields, provide financial assistance for brownfields revitalization, and enhance State response programs (see S. 350), S1700 [28FE]

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

———establish an international infant and child nutrition and education program (see S. 1036), S8398 [30JY]

———establish national policy on youth development (see S. 1005), S7807 [17JY]

———provide for a national media campaign to reduce and prevent underage drinking (see S. 866), S7194 [29JN]

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]

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

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), S11940 [15NO]

Contraceptives: require equitable coverage of drugs, devices, and services under health insurance plans (see S. 104), S928 [31JA]

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

———provide incentives for States to enact mandatory minimum sentences for certain firearms offenses (see S. 619), S2980 [27MR]

Cuba: lift trade embargo (see S. 400), S1616 [27FE]

———lift travel restrictions and certain trade sanctions (see S. 171), S786 [30JA]

———make exception to trade embargo for food, medicines and medical supplies, instruments, or equipment, lift travel restrictions, and allow cash remittances to Cuban citizens (see S. 402), S1616 [27FE]

———normal trade relations status (see S. 401), S1616 [27FE]

Dept. of Agriculture: consolidate and revise authority on animal health protection (see S. 1482), S10058 [2OC]

———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 Defense: equitable retirement for military Reserve technicians covered under FERS or CSRS (see S. 155), S7084 [28JN]

Dept. of HHS: make grants to promote innovative outreach and enrollment efforts under State Children's Health Insurance Program (see S. 1390), S9808 [25SE]

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

Dept. of the Interior: conduct a study on commemorating and interpreting the Cold War (see S. 1257), S9808 [25SE]

Dept. of Transportation: establish a grant program for the rehabilitation, preservation, or improvement of railroad track (see S. 1220), S13359 [17DE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: furnish headstones or markers for the marked graves of certain individuals (see S. 662), S6377 [18JN]

———improve outreach programs to more fully inform veterans of available benefits (see S. 612), S12311 [3DE]

———standardize copayment exemption levels for outpatient medications (see S. 1408), S10694 [15OC]

Diseases: expand research activities relative to various forms of muscular dystrophy (see S. 805), S5270 [21MY]

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

Education: establish a mental health community education program (see S. 859), S6921 [26JN]

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

FAA: implement a sky marshal program on U.S.-based airlines (see S. 1421), S9441 [14SE]

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]

———recognize and enhance public awareness of the social problem of child abuse and neglect (see S. Con. Res. 14), S1818 [5MR] (see S. Res. 132), S7589 [12JY]

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), S2071 [8MR]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: amend relative to new animal drugs (see S. 1346), S13944 [20DE]

Fish and fishing: establish a fisheries habitat protection, restoration, and enhancement program (see S. 678), S6319 [14JN]

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

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

Food Stamp Act: amend to improve food stamp informational activities in those States with the greatest rate of hunger (see S. 1098), S7496 [11JY]

———improve nutrition assistance for working families and the elderly (see S. 583), S11198 [30OC]

Foreign policy: impose sanctions on the PLO, or the Palestinian Authority, if the President determines that these entities have not complied with certain commitments (see S. 1409), S9505 [19SE]

Gambling: protect amateur athletics and combat illegal sports gambling (see S. 338), S4100 [1MY]

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. 283), S1122 [7FE]

———sustain access to vital emergency medical services in rural areas (see S. 587), S3995 [26AP]

Health care facilities: establish an informatics grant program for hospitals and skilled nursing facilities (see S. 824), S7427 [10JY]

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

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

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act: extend date for compliance by certain entities with administrative simplification standards for electronic transactions and code sets (see S. 1588), S11198 [30OC]

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), S7806 [17JY]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see S. 466), S6991 [27JN]

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

Iran and Libya Sanctions Act: extend authorities (see S. 994), S6055 [11JN]

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

Law enforcement officers: collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments (see S. 952), S9254 [10SE]

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

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

Medicaid: extend certain modifications to disproportionate share hospital allotments (see S. 572), S2582 [20MR]

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

———State funding for disproportionate share hospitals (see S. 776), S5617 [24MY]

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

———coverage of adult day care services (see S. 1619), S11362 [1NO]

———coverage of marriage and family therapist services (see S. 1760), S12368 [4DE]

———coverage of oral anticancer drugs (see S. 913), S8065 [23JY]

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

———coverage of screening pap smears and pelvic exams (see S. 258), S1062 [6FE]

———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), S1465 [15FE]

———expand coverage of certain self-injected biologicals (see S. 554), S9621 [21SE]

———increase reimbursement for screening mammography services and funding for additional radiology residents and radiologic technologists (see S. 548), S8912 [3AU]

———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), S4823 [10MY]

———limit reductions in Federal payments under the prospective payment system for rural or sole community hospital outpatient department services (see S. 270), S8281 [26JY]

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

———provide adequate coverage of immunosuppressive drugs for certain kidney transplant patients (see S. 880), S4939 [15MY]

———provide guidance to health care providers attempting to properly submit claims and target truly fraudulent activity for enforcement of billing regulations rather than inadvertent errors (see S. 452), S1817 [5MR]

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

———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. 1707), S12247 [30NO]

———standardize payment amounts for inpatient hospital services (see S. 885), S9254 [10SE]

———treatment of certain physician pathology services (see S. 730), S3705 [6AP]

Mental health: provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see S. 543), S6449 [19JN]

Motor vehicles: provide for greater fairness in the motor vehicle franchise contract arbitration process (see S. 1140), S9077 [4SE]

National 4-H Program Centennial Initiative: funding (see S. 657), S6449 [19JN]

National Airborne Day: designate (see S. Res. 16), S6129 [12JN]

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

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 Community Health Center Week: establish (see S. Con. Res. 59), S8706 [2AU]

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

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

National Girl Scout Week: designate (see S. Res. 59), S2219 [13MR]

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

National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 163), S9621 [21SE]

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

National Safe Place Week: designate (see S. Res. 25), S1618 [27FE]

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

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

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

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

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

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (see S. 27), S587 [25JA]

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), S7807 [17JY]

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), S2731 [22MR]

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

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

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]

———make grants for losses suffered by general aviation small business concerns in the aftermath of terrorist attacks (see S. 1552), S11549 [7NO]

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

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), S6008 [8JN]

———computation system for benefits relative to spouses' or surviving spouses' Government pensions (see S. 611), S7194 [29JN]

———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 date for compliance by entitled entities with certain regulations providing for the electronic exchange of health information (see S. 1684), S11789 [14NO]

———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), S12552 [6DE]

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

———permit States the option of coverage of legal immigrants under the Medicaid Program and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see S. 582), S7427 [10JY]

———protect Social Security and Medicare surpluses through strengthened budgetary enforcement mechanisms (see S. 21), S98 [22JA]

———provide for coordination of implementation of administrative simplification standard for health care information (see S. 836), S8353 [27JY]

———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]

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

Sudan: increase diplomatic efforts to encourage peace process in ongoing civil war and facilitate relief efforts (see S. 180), S7806 [17JY]

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), S10287 [4OC]

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

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

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

———employer credits for expenses of providing child care services to employees (see S. 99), S3706 [6AP] (see S. 99), S3788 [23AP]

———exclusion of gain from the sale of a principal residence and the sale of farmland (see S. 362), S1463 [15FE]

———expand Federal tax refund intercept program for parents delinquent on child support to cover children who are not minors (see S. 850), S4589 [9MY]

———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]

———facilitate electric cooperative participation in a competitive electric power industry (see S. 794), S3994 [26AP]

———full deduction of health insurance costs for self-employed individuals (see S. 29), S98 [22JA] (see S. 363), S1463 [15FE]

———incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability (see S. 88), S99 [22JA]

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

———permit consolidation of life insurance companies with other companies (see S. 795), S3994 [26AP]

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

———provide incentives to expand health care coverage (see S. 284), S1122 [7FE]

———provide tax incentive for land sales for conservation purposes (see S. 1329), S13944 [20DE]

———provide tax relief for farmers and fishermen (see S. 312), S1270 [13FE]

———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), S1157 [7FE]

———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]

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

———treatment of adoption expenses (see S. 148), S1817 [5MR]

———treatment of amounts received under qualified group legal services plans (see S. 654), S7495 [11JY]

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

———treatment of charitable donation of food by businesses and farmers (see S. 810), S4099 [1MY]

———treatment of damages and back pay received on account of, and expenses incurred in asserting any claim of employment discrimination (see S. 917), S9742 [24SE]

———treatment of depreciation of wireless telecommunications equipment (see S. 640), S3052 [28MR]

———treatment of flexible spending arrangements relative to long-term care insurance (see S. 627), S4045 [30AP]

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

———treatment of the sale of a principal residence by a member of the uniformed services or Foreign Service (see S. 1755), S12311 [3DE]

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

———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]

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

Trade Act: amend to consolidate and improve trade adjustment assistance programs and provide community-based economic development assistance for trade-affected communities (see S. 1209), S7955 [19JY]

Veterans: allow certain veterans with service-connected disabilities to travel on military aircraft (see S. 38), S10457 [10OC]

———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), S9253 [10SE]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see S. 170), S1586 [26FE]

———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), S6377 [18JN]

Wildlife: improve conservation and restoration programs (see S. 990), S12369 [4DE]

Wisconsin (U.S.S.): issue commemorative postage stamp to honor ship and crew (see S. Con. Res. 3), S6603 [21JN]

Year of the Rose: designate (see S.J. Res. 8), S9875 [26SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

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

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service: improve administration of bird collection and management activities (see S. 909), S5118 [17MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: pilot program to make grants to local units of government or local nonprofit organizations in Arkansas to employ non-Federal resource conservation and development coordinators (see S. 1815), S13145 [13DE]

Dept. of Energy: establish a decommissioning pilot program to decommission and decontaminate the sodium-cooled fast breeder experimental test-site reactor located in northwest Arkansas (see S. 499), S2070 [8MR] (see S. 636), S3052 [28MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: seek SSA assistance in providing outreach to veterans, their dependants, and their survivors (see S. Res. 152), S8911 [3AU]

Federal Deposit Insurance Act: clarify which lending entities are subject to provisions governing State limitation of interest rates and other charges relative to interstate bank mergers (see S. 1835), S13464 [18DE]

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]

Lakes: require Federal agencies to enhance recreational experiences for the public (see S. 531), S2306 [14MR]

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

Medicare: eliminate cost-sharing for bone mass measurements (see S. 826), S4246 [3MY]

———expand medical residency training programs in geriatric medicine and provide for reimbursement of care coordination and assessment services (see S. 775), S3921 [25AP]

———phase in the fee schedule for ambulance services to provide for equitable treatment of suppliers of such services that are required to equip all ambulances to provide advanced life support services (see S. 1866), S13943 [20DE]

Senate: use of content labeling for Internet web sites of Senators (see S. Res. 184), S12100 [28NO]

Social Security: include any veterans' or survivors' compensation or pension in the determination of SSI benefits (see S. 1647), S11549 [7NO]

Tariff Act: expedite antidumping investigations when imports increase materially from new suppliers after an antidumping order and amend provisions on export prices and constructed export prices (see S. 1869), S13943 [20DE]

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

———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]

———modify renewable energy credit to include agricultural and animal waste sources as a renewable energy resource (see S. 1832), S13300 [14DE]

———provide a credit for energy-efficient appliances (see S. 686), S3435 [4AP]

Veterans: increase pension rates for surviving spouses of veterans of a period of war (see S. 1648), S11549 [7NO]

Cloture motions

Agriculture: continue certain programs (S. 1731), S13040 [12DE], S13112 [13DE], S13349 [17DE], S13423 [18DE], S13658 [19DE]

———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), motion to proceed, S10128 [3OC], S10347 [9OC]

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), S12138, S12139 [29NO], S12306 [3DE]

———reform (H.R. 10), motion to proceed, S12036 [27NO], S12119 [29NO]

Letters

Agriculture funding, S3370 [4AP]

———Bob Stallman, American Farm Bureau Federation, S3371 [4AP]

———several agricultural organizations, S3371 [4AP]

Geriatric Care Act: Howard Bedlin, National Council on the Aging, S3926 [25AP]

———Stephen Bartels, American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry, S3926 [25AP]

———William L. Minnix, Jr., American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging, S3926 [25AP]

Lists

Supporters of S. 775, Geriatric Care Act, S3926 [25AP]

Pledge of Allegiance

Senate, S11637 [9NO]

Privilege of the floor

Fryar, Matt, S8835 [2AU]

Remarks

Agriculture: continue certain programs (S. 1673), S11676 [13NO], S11783 [14NO]

———continue certain programs (S. 1731), S12030 [27NO], S12435 [5DE], S13430 [18DE], S13654, S13655 [19DE]

———Federal farm policies, S1920 [7MR]

———funding, S3370 [4AP]

———respond to the continuing economic crisis adversely affecting agricultural producers (H.R. 2213), S8866, S8867 [3AU]

———respond to the continuing economic crisis adversely affecting agricultural producers (S. 1246), S8845 [2AU]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2330), S11081 [25OC]

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations (S. 1077), S7385 [10JY]

Ashcroft, John: nomination to be Attorney General, S992 [1FE]

Aviation: preserve the continued viability of the U.S. air transportation system (S. 1450), S10146 [3OC]

———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 (S. 1454), S9956 [1OC]

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

Bipartisan Patient Protection Act: application of individual market rules to health insurance coverage consisting of excepted benefits, S7173 [29JN]

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

Dept. of Agriculture: clarify legal authority to enforce pathogen reduction standards for meat and poultry products, S11081 [25OC]

———payment of disaster assistance to farmers, S1920 [7MR]

Dept. of Education: TRIO Programs funding, S11346 [1NO]

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

———congressional disapproval of ergonomic regulations (S.J. Res. 6), S1877 [6MR]

Dept. of Transportation: Essential Air Service Program funding, S10146 [3OC]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: seek SSA assistance in providing outreach to veterans, their dependants, and their survivors (S. Res. 152), S8974 [3AU]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3061), S11346 [1NO]

Education: close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), conference report, S13388, S13396 [18DE]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: extend programs and activities (S. 1), S4798, S4803 [10MY]

FDA: repeal ban on importation of certain fish and fish products not taxonomically from the catfish family, S13430 [18DE]

Fish and fishing: establish a fisheries habitat protection, restoration, and enhancement program (S. 678), S3342 [3AP]

Government: require Congress and the President to fulfill their constitutional duty to take personal responsibility for Federal laws (S. 908), S5122 [17MY]

Health: clarify liability of employers relative to protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, S7036 [28JN]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S. 1052), S7036 [28JN], S7173 [29JN]

Ice storms: disaster assistance funding for Arkansas and Oklahoma, S7385 [10JY]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: funding, S13388, S13396 [18DE]

Lakes: require Federal agencies to enhance recreational experiences for the public (S. 531), S2309 [14MR]

Languages: enhance limited English proficiency programs, S4798, S4803 [10MY], S13388, S13396 [18DE]

Medicare: coverage of marriage and family therapist services (S. 1760), S12374 [4DE]

———expand medical residency training programs in geriatric medicine and provide for reimbursement of care coordination and assessment services (S. 775), S3925 [25AP]

Memorial Day: observance, S5607 [24MY]

Monuments and memorials: expedite construction of the World War II memorial in the District of Columbia, S5607 [24MY]

Morrilton, AR: anniversary of Southern Christian Home, S4241 [3MY]

National Adoption Month: observance, S12435 [5DE]

Nuclear energy: ensure continued contribution to the domestic energy supply (S. 472), S1982 [7MR]

Pensions: reform (H.R. 10), S12030 [27NO]

Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries, S12030 [27NO]

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: tribute to Arkansas ``Faith in Action'' program to assist the chronically ill, S5434 [22MY]

Taxation: agreement with U.S. territories to relieve financial burden relative to earned income tax credit, S5500 [23MY]

———allow a U.S. independent film and television production wage credit (S. 1278), S8476 [31JY], S12030 [27NO]

———allow nonrefundable personal credits, standard deductions, and personal exemptions in computing alternative minimum tax liability and increase the individual exemption from such tax (S. 268), S1205 [8FE]

———rates, S3833 [24AP]

———rates (H.R. 1836), S5231 [21MY], S5408 [22MY], S5500 [23MY]

———rates (H.R. 1836), conference report, S5789 [26MY]

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

———treatment of education individual retirement accounts relative to elementary and secondary school expenses, S5231 [21MY], S5408 [22MY]

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), S9345 [13SE]

Vietnam: impact of fish imports on American producers, S10118 [3OC]

———normal trade relations status (H.J. Res. 51), S10118, S10120 [3OC]

Volunteer workers: tribute, S5434 [22MY]

Votes: position on missed, S7993 [20JY]

Women's History Month: observance, S3142 [29MR]

Texts of

S. 531, National Recreation Lakes Act, S2310-S2313 [14MR]

Tributes

Anderson, Lawson, S6869 [26JN]

Cutler, Herschel, S1009 [1FE]

Landrieu, Senator, S12435 [5DE]

Low, Sara, S9345 [13SE]

Matthews, Chick, S12679 [7DE]