MURRAY, PATTY (a Senator from Washington)

Amendments

Agriculture: continue certain programs (S. 1731), S13063, S13064, S13065 [12DE], S13172, S13175 [13DE], S13247, S13307 [14DE], S13471, S13499 [18DE]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2330), S11065, S11125 [25OC]

Aviation: improve security (S. 1447), S10469 [10OC], S10520, S10663 [11OC]

Bankruptcy: amend laws (S. 420), S2097 [8MR], S2196, S2233, S2242 [13MR]

Budget: revising and setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2011 (H. Con. Res. 83), S3353 [3AP], S3382, S3400, S3455, S3456 [4AP], S3495, S3524, S3566, S3571, S3580, S3582, S3591, S3600, S3604, S3614, S3618, S3619 [5AP], S3654, S3659, S3667, S3669, S3708, S3709 [6AP], S3790, 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), S9812 [25SE], S9836, S9930 [26SE], S9986 [1OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3338), S12664, S12729 [7DE]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2217), S7459, S7521 [11JY]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2299), S7973 [19JY], S7997, S8023 [20JY], S8321 [27JY], S8600 [1AU]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2500), S9400 [13SE]

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

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: extend programs and activities (S. 1), S4217, S4369 [3MY], S4425 [7MY], S4541, S4627, S4628, S4636, S4768, S4769 [9MY], S4878 [14MY], S5916, S5926 [7JN]

Mental health: provide assistance to individuals affected by terrorist attacks (S. 1729), S13066, S13076 [12DE]

Pipelines: improve safety, public awareness, and environmental protection of pipeline transportation (S. 235), S1193, S1233 [8FE]

Taxation: provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), S12056 [27NO]

———rates (H.R. 1836), S5173 [17MY], S5354 [21MY], S5477 [22MY]

Appointments

Acting President pro tempore, S11665 [13NO]

Canada-U.S. Interparliamentary Group, S833 [30JA]

Committee To Escort President Vicente Fox of Mexico Into the House Chamber, H5410 [6SE]

Committee To Escort the President, H431 [27FE]

Conferee: H. Con. Res. 83, revising and setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2011, S3782 [23AP]

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

———H.R. 2299, Dept. of Transportation and related agencies appropriations, S11149 [25OC]

———H.R. 2311, energy and water development appropriations, S7905 [19JY]

———H.R. 2330, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations, S11095 [25OC]

———H.R. 2500, Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies appropriations, S9387 [13SE], S9674 [21SE]

———H.R. 3061, Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies appropriations, S11475 [6NO]

U.S. Coast Guard Academy Board of Visitors, S4122 [1MY]

Articles and editorials

All Trucks Need Standards, Salt Lake City (UT) Deseret News, S8510 [1AU]

Divers Ruminations, Providence (RI) Journal, S8511 [1AU]

Free Trade and Safe Highways, Seattle (WA) Times, S8511 [1AU]

Impose U.S. Safety Standards on Mexican Trucks, Seattle (WA) Post-Intelligencer, S8509 [1AU]

Justices Back Bible Group—Access to School Facilities Widened, Charles Lane, Washington (DC) Post, S6252 [14JN]

Mexican Trucks Senate Proposal Allows Free Trade While Ensuring Safer Roads, Santa Rosa (CA) Press Democrat, S8510 [1AU]

No Substitute for Safety Trade Pact Doesn't Preclude High Standards for Trucks, Sarasota (FL) Herald-Tribune, S8510 [1AU]

Prince George's Test Scores Show Best Gains Ever—34% of County Schools Meet U.S. Benchmark, Tracey A. Reeves, Washington (DC) Post, S4464 [8MY]

Require Mexican Trucks To Meet the Safety Test, Roanoke (VA) Times & World News, S8510, S8511 [1AU]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

Africa: efforts to reduce hunger in sub-Saharan Africa (see S. Con. Res. 53), S7808 [17JY]

Agriculture: increase loan rates for marketing assistance loans for certain crops and make nonrecourse marketing assistance loans and loan deficiency payments available to producers of certain crops (see S. 977), S5695 [25MY]

———provide market loss assistance for apple producers (see S. 1018), S6127 [12JN]

Animals: prohibit import, export, sale, or possession of bear viscera (see S. 1125), S9077 [4SE]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (see S. 411), S1699 [28FE]

Armed Forces: designate a special day for recognizing members who have been killed in hostile action since the end of the Vietnamese Conflict (see S. Res. 94), S5616 [24MY]

Arts Education Month: designate (see S. Res. 44), S3153 [29MR]

Aviation: 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), S9621 [21SE]

Birds: prohibit interstate movement of live birds, for the purpose of fighting, to States in which animal fighting is lawful (see S. 345), S9076 [4SE]

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), S8911 [3AU]

Century of Equal Opportunity for Women: observance (see S. Res. 158), S9253 [10SE]

CERCLA: promote cleanup and reuse of brownfields, provide financial assistance for brownfields revitalization, and enhance State response programs (see S. 350), S1898 [6MR]

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

———improve academic and social outcomes for students by providing productive activities during after-school hours (see S. 1258), S10769 [16OC]

———increase the availability, affordability, and quality of child care (see S. 1000), S5967 [7JN]

———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]

———provide for a national media campaign to reduce and prevent underage drinking (see S. 866), S4941 [15MY]

———reduce impact and provide appropriate services for children experiencing or exposed to domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking (see S. 1483), S10058 [2OC]

China, People's Republic of: release of Navy reconnaissance plane crew members that made emergency landing (see S. Res. 66), S3531 [5AP]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see S. 77), S1347 [13FE]

———prohibit discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex, race, or national origin (see S. 684), S3340 [3AP]

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

Computers: encourage broadband technology deployment to rural areas (see S. 966), S5694 [25MY]

Congress: establish joint committee to investigate causes of, and solutions for, increasing energy prices (see S. Res. 87), S4822 [10MY]

Contraceptives: require equitable coverage of drugs, devices, and services under health insurance plans (see S. 104), S100 [22JA]

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]

———enhance rights and protections of victims (see S. 783), S3994 [26AP]

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

Cuba: lift trade embargo (see S. 400), S7807 [17JY]

———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), S7808 [17JY]

———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), S7807 [17JY]

———normal trade relations status (see S. 401), S7807 [17JY]

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 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]

Dept. of HHS: establish an Office on Women's Health (see S. 946), S9505 [19SE]

Dept. of HUD: grants to States to supplement assistance for the preservation of affordable housing for low-income families (see S. 1365), S12055 [27NO]

Dept. of Justice: establish the Violence Against Women Office (see S. 161), S1700 [28FE] (see S. 570), S3275 [2AP]

Dept. of the Interior: participation in design, planning, and construction of a project to reclaim and reuse wastewater in the Lakehaven Utility District (see S. 1385), S8911 [3AU]

Diseases: blood cancer research, information, and education funding (see S. 1094), S6664 [22JN]

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

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

Education: establish a National Teacher Corps and a National Principal Corps (see S. 476), S1971 [7MR]

———extend student loan forgiveness to Head Start teachers (see S. 123), S1347 [13FE]

———improve and refocus civic education (see S. 413), S2473 [19MR]

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

———strengthen involvement of parents in the education of their children (see S. 372), S1463 [15FE]

Election Administration Commission: establish (see S. 953), S5832 [5JN]

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

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

EPA: reinstate revised drinking water standards for arsenic (see S. 632), S4400 [4MY] (see S. 635), S3053 [28MR]

Family Day—A Day To Eat Dinner With Your Children: designate (see S. Res. 139), S9396 [13SE]

Family History Month: designate (see S. Res. 160), S10155 [3OC]

Federal contracts: ensure public accountability, efficient delivery of services, reasonable cost savings, and prevention of unwarranted expenses (see S. 1152), S7193 [29JN]

Federal employees: clarify computation of annuities for air traffic controllers relative to law enforcement officers and firefighters (see S. 871), S6055 [11JN]

———ensure parity between the compensation of members of the Armed Forces and civilian employees (see S. Con. Res. 17), S1701 [28FE]

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]

Firefighters: authorize grants to States or communities to assist fire departments in meeting staffing standards (see S. 1617), S11362 [1NO]

Food Stamp Act: improve nutrition assistance for working families and the elderly (see S. 583), S6518 [20JN]

Foreign aid: international family planning programs restrictions relative to abortion (see S. 367), S1463 [15FE]

Foreign policy: support aspirations of the Tibetan people to safeguard their distinct identity (see S. 852), S4589 [9MY]

Fort Clatsop National Memorial: expand (see S. 423), S1746 [1MR]

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

Health: development of microbicides to prevent the transmission of HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases (see S. 1752), S12247 [30NO]

———embryonic stem cell research funding (see S. 723), S3530 [5AP]

———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. 6), S97 [22JA] (see S. 283), S6008 [8JN] (see S. 1052), S7808 [17JY]

———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), S1587 [26FE]

Health care professionals: alleviate nursing profession shortage by improving educational programs and partnerships and supporting additional training (see S. 1597), S11286 [31OC]

———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]

———provide programs to improve nurse retention, the nursing workplace, and the quality of care (see S. 1594), S11198 [30OC]

———training of students relative to identification and referral of victims of domestic violence (see S. 518), S10640 [11OC]

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]

Homeless: improve programs for veterans (see S. 739), S3706 [6AP]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see S. 466), S1897 [6MR]

Insurance: coverage of colorectal cancer screening (see S. 710), S6055 [11JN]

———coverage of minimum hospital stays for mastectomies and lymph node removals relative to breast cancer and coverage for secondary consultations (see S. 255), S1062 [6FE]

———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]

Israel: express solidarity in the fight against terrorism (see S. Con. Res. 88), S12447 [5DE]

Korean War Veterans Association, Inc.: grant Federal charter (see S. 392), S1616 [27FE]

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]

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. 8), S3153 [29MR]

Major League Baseball: tribute to All-Star Game (see S. Res. 125), S7426 [10JY]

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

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]

———delay changes in regulations that modify upper payment limit for non-State government-owned or operated hospitals (see S. 1745), S12369 [4DE]

———permit children covered under the State Children's Health Insurance Program to be eligible for the Federal Vaccines for Children Program (see S. 573), S2582 [20MR]

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

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

———coverage of more frequent hemodialysis treatments (see S. 1303), S11286 [31OC]

———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (see S. 10), S97 [22JA] (see S. Res. 74), S4417 [7MY]

———coverage of screening pap smears and pelvic exams (see S. 258), S2473 [19MR]

———eliminate cost-sharing for bone mass measurements (see S. 826), S7956 [19JY]

———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), S1394 [14FE]

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

———expand medical residency training programs in geriatric medicine and provide for reimbursement of care coordination and assessment services (see S. 775), S11363 [1NO]

———improve direct graduate medical education payments (see S. 135), S1229 [8FE]

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

———increase reimbursement for screening mammography services and funding for additional radiology residents and radiologic technologists (see S. 548), S2388 [15MR]

———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), S8398 [30JY]

———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]

———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), S11940 [15NO]

Mental health: provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see S. 543), S7427 [10JY]

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

Motor vehicles: increase fuel economy standards for light trucks, sport utility vehicles (SUVs), and the Federal fleet, and increase weight limit of vehicles subject to fuel economy standards (see S. 804), S6921 [26JN]

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

National Biotechnology Week: designate (see S. Res. 75), S3922 [25AP]

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

National Child Care Worthy Wage Day: designate (see S. Res. 79), S4100 [1MY]

National Children's Memorial Day: designate (see S. Res. 109), S6127 [12JN]

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

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

National Correctional Officers and Employees Week: designate (see S. Res. 92), S5833 [5JN]

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 Inhalants and Poisons Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 43), S2163 [12MR]

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), S4246 [3MY]

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

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

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

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

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

National Shaken Baby Syndrome Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 55), S3216 [30MR]

National Writing Project: improve (see S. 403), S3053 [28MR]

Native Americans: Federal funding for certain adoption and foster care programs (see S. 550), S13944 [20DE]

NIH: biomedical research funding (see S. Res. 19), S1271 [13FE]

Organ donors: establish congressional commemorative medal (see S. 325), S1394 [14FE]

Pharmaceuticals: improve safety and efficacy for children (see S. 838), S8065 [23JY]

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]

Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see S. 177), S9076 [4SE]

———preservation of six day mail delivery (see S. Res. 71), S6921 [26JN]

Power resources: national energy policy (see S. 597), S2730 [22MR]

Public safety officers: establish a national medal for those who act with extraordinary valor above and beyond the call of duty (see S. 39), S1464 [15FE]

Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (see S. 697), S3707 [6AP] (see S. 697), S3789 [23AP]

Rural areas: promote and improve access to health care services (see S. 1030), S6665 [22JN]

Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act: revise and extend (see S. 437), S1747 [1MR]

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]

Seattle Mariners (baseball team): tribute (see S. Res. 125), S7426 [10JY]

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), S1700 [28FE]

Social Security: computation system for benefits relative to spouses' or surviving spouses' Government pensions (see S. 611), S3437 [4AP]

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

———enhance privacy protections for individuals and prevent fraudulent misuse of account numbers (see S. 1014), S9198 [6SE]

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

———level of benefit payment in the month of the beneficiary's death (see S. 882), S4940 [15MY]

———permit States the option of coverage of legal immigrants under the Medicaid Program and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see S. 582), S2662 [21MR]

———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), S7879 [18JY]

———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]

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

———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), S12055 [27NO]

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

———extend credits to assist in the purchase of fishing safety equipment (see S. 162), S13944 [20DE]

———extend expensing of environmental remediation costs (see S. 1082), S13944 [20DE]

———extension of the credit for producing electricity from biomass (see S. 756), S8281 [26JY]

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

———full deduction of health insurance costs for self-employed individuals (see S. 29), S498 [23JA]

———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), S99 [22JA]

———make permanent the exclusion for employer-provided educational assistance programs (see S. 133), S3852 [24AP]

———permanently extend research credit and adjust the alternative incremental credit rates (see S. 41), S928 [31JA]

———provide a uniform dollar limitation for transportation fringe benefits excludable from gross income (see S. 217), S4590 [9MY]

———provide credit for medical research relative to developing vaccines against widespread diseases and assure such vaccines are affordable and widely distributed (see S. 895), S11437 [5NO]

———treatment of expenses of members of a military Reserve, businesses who employ members of the military Reserves, and self-employed military Reserve participants (see S. 540), S12055 [27NO]

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]

———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]

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

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), S11720 [13NO]

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), S12772 [10DE]

Vancouver Barracks: restoration funding (see S. 1649), S11549 [7NO]

Vancouver National Historic Reserve: funding (see S. 1649), S11549 [7NO]

Veterans: improve benefits for World War II Filipino veterans (see S. 1042), S9077 [4SE]

———increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses (see S. 145), S4416 [7MY]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see S. 170), S2473 [19MR]

Women: constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see S.J. Res. 10), S2730 [22MR]

———promote economic security and safety of domestic and sexual violence victims (see S. 1249), S8203 [25JY]

———protect breastfeeding by new mothers (see S. 256), S2583 [20MR]

———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

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

Dept. of Agriculture: agricultural trade programs funding (see S. 366), S1463 [15FE]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (see S. 1178), S7688 [16JY] (see S. 1178), S7805 [17JY]

Fish and fishing: continue State management of the West Coast Dungeness Crab fishery (see S. 755), S3706 [6AP]

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]

Medicare: expand coverage of certain self-injected biologicals (see S. 554), S2388 [15MR]

Navy: tribute to crew of reconnaissance plane that made emergency landing in the People's Republic of China (see S. Res. 80), S4175 [2MY]

Pipelines: improve safety, public awareness, and environmental protection of pipeline transportation (see S. 299), S1218 [8FE]

Quinault Indian Nation: distribution of land claim judgement funds (see S. 1308), S8704 [2AU]

Taxation: provide Federal reimbursement to State and local governments for a limited tax holiday (see S. 1643), S11549 [7NO]

———treatment of bonds issued to acquire renewable resources on land subject to conservation easement (see S. 822), S4245 [3MY]

Telecommunications: authorize grants for community telecommunications infrastructure planning (see S. 1056), S6318 [14JN]

Cloture motions

Agriculture: continue certain programs (S. 1731), motion to proceed, S12271 [30NO], S12406 [5DE]

———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]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1438), S9937 [26SE], S10031 [2OC]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2299), S8195 [25JY], S8259 [26JY], S8333 [27JY], S8505 [1AU]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3061), S11411 [2NO], S11452 [6NO]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2506), motion to proceed, S10667 [11OC], S10685 [15OC], S10856 [23OC]

Letters

American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists anniversary: several Members of Congress, S2217 [13MR]

Compliance of Mexico-domiciled trucks operating in the U.S. with certain safety and environmental regulations: several Representatives, S8505 [1AU]

School class size reduction: Kristi Rennebohm Franz, S4465 [8MY]

Motions

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2299), S8321 [27JY]

Pledge of Allegiance

Senate, S11665 [13NO]

Press releases

Truck Safety Inspections Must Drive Plan To Open Border—AAA Texas Calls on Congress To Put Motorist Safety First: AAA Texas, LLC, S8511 [1AU]

Remarks

Afghanistan: provide educational and health care assistance to women and children (S. 1573), S11109 [25OC]

Agriculture: provide market loss assistance for apple producers, S11069 [25OC]

———provide market loss assistance for apple producers (S. 1018), S6137 [12JN]

———respond to the continuing economic crisis adversely affecting agricultural producers (H.R. 2213), S8853 [3AU]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2330), S11069 [25OC]

Air Force: tanker aircraft lease program funding, S12603 [7DE], S13845, S13850 [20DE]

American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists: anniversary, S2216 [13MR]

Arctic Rose (vessel): sinking off the coast of Alaska, S3697 [6AP]

Aroostook County, ME: highway infrastructure projects funding, S8530 [1AU]

Ashcroft, John: nomination to be Attorney General, S696 [30JA]

Aviation: improve security (S. 1447), S10436 [10OC]

———preserve the continued viability of the U.S. air transportation system (S. 1450), S9598 [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, S9598 [21SE], S10436 [10OC]

Bankruptcy: amend laws (S. 420), S2374 [15MR]

Behnke, Sally Skinner: YWCA of Seattle-King County-Snohomish County, WA, Isabel Colman Award for Excellence in Community Service recipient, S11193 [30OC]

Bellingham, WA: anniversary of pipeline accident, S5959 [7JN]

Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act: make certain provisions nonseverable and provide for expedited judicial review, S3138 [29MR]

Boy Scouts: prohibit use of Federal funds by State or local educational agencies or schools that deny equal access to the Boy Scouts relative to policy on homosexuality, S6251, S6259 [14JN]

Budget: revising and setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2011 (H. Con. Res. 83), S3378 [4AP], S3660, S3686 [6AP]

———revising and setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2011 (H. Con. Res. 83), conference report, S4576, S4578 [9MY]

Chicago, IL: increase commercial air service at the Gary-Chicago Airport and the Greater Rockford Airport, S8112 [24JY], S8530 [1AU]

Colorado: Ports-to-Plains Corridor Project funding, S8532 [1AU]

Day of National Concern About Young People and Gun Violence: designate (S. Res. 161), S9558 [20SE]

Dept. of Agriculture: agricultural trade programs funding (S. 366), S1505 [15FE]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1438), S9579 [21SE]

———cleanup of former defense sites funding, S4578 [9MY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3338), S12603 [7DE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3338), conference report, S13845, S13850 [20DE]

———reduce appropriations for unrequested, low-priority, unnecessary, and wasteful spending programs, S12603 [7DE]

Dept. of Education: national testing standards, S4127 [2MY]

Dept. of Labor: congressional disapproval of ergonomic regulations (S.J. Res. 6), S1857 [6MR]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2217), S7461 [11JY]

Dept. of Transportation: Essential Air Service Program funding, S8533 [1AU]

———Intelligent Transportation System Program funding distribution, S8158 [25JY]

———National Transportation Network Analysis Capability Program funding, S8528, S8529 [1AU]

———Research and Development Program funding, S8528 [1AU]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2299), S7995, S7997 [20JY], S8053, S8054, S8055 [23JY], S8080, S8096, S8112 [24JY], S8155, S8158, S8159, S8163, S8169, S8171 [25JY], S8255 [26JY], S8301, S8304, S8305, S8310, S8330 [27JY], S8504, S8505, S8506, S8509, S8512, S8525, S8526, S8528, S8529, S8530, S8531, S8532, S8533, S8536 [1AU]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2299), conference report, S12332, S12334, S12339 [4DE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2299), conference report—unanimous-consent agreement, S12339 [4DE]

———tribute to Senate staff for efforts on appropriations bill, S8536 [1AU]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2500), S9380, S9381 [13SE]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3061), S11453 [6NO]

Detroit, MI: Ambassador Bridge Gateway Project funding, S8055 [23JY], S8330 [27JY]

Drugs: combat manufacture, traffic, import, and export of methamphetamine, S9380 [13SE]

Education: close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), conference report, S13391 [18DE]

———early childhood educator professional development programs funding, S6184 [13JN]

———establish demonstration projects to determine the effectiveness of voucher programs to provide school choice, S6071, S6072, S6073 [12JN]

———funding, S3378 [4AP]

———reductions in school class size, S4463, S4469, S4476, S4486, S4487 [8MY], S4903, S4912, S4913 [15MY]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: condition implementation of State testing and assessment programs on funding for Title I programs, S5942 [7JN]

———extend programs and activities (S. 1), S3824 [24AP], S4211 [3MY], S4463, S4469, S4476, S4486, S4487 [8MY], S4903, S4912, S4913 [15MY], S5942 [7JN], S6071, S6072, S6073 [12JN], S6184 [13JN], S6251, S6259 [14JN]

———extend programs and activities (S. 1), motion to proceed, S4127 [2MY]

FAA: Air Traffic Instructional Services Program funding, S8532 [1AU]

———airport radar service life extension program funding, S8528 [1AU]

———Approach Lighting System Improvement Program funding, S8529 [1AU]

Federal Highway Administration: regulations relative to Adopt-a-Highway signs, S8531 [1AU]

FEMA: Project Impact funding, S3660 [6AP]

Fish and fishing: efforts to rehabilitate salmon stocks in the Pacific Northwest, S9381 [13SE]

Florida: transportation projects funding, S8528 [1AU]

FTC: protect consumers through investigation of unfair and deceptive practices by airlines, S8529 [1AU]

Health: protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S. 1052), motion to proceed, S6500 [20JN]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: funding, S4211 [3MY]

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 (S. Con. Res. 47), S5986 [7JN]

Iowa: use of bus replacement funding, S12334 [4DE]

Medicare: expand coverage of certain self-injected biologicals (S. 554), S2409 [15MR]

Mexico: compliance of Mexico-domiciled trucks operating in the U.S. with certain safety and environmental regulations, S7995, S7997 [20JY], S8080, S8096 [24JY], S8155, S8171 [25JY], S8255 [26JY], S8301, S8305, S8310 [27JY], S8504, S8505, S8506, S8509, S8512, S8525, S8526 [1AU], S12339 [4DE]

Michigan: Incremental Train Control System funding, S8531 [1AU]

Middle East Radio Network: establish, S9437 [14SE]

Minnesota: Northstar Corridor Commuter Rail Project funding, S8531 [1AU]

NAFTA: application of safety and environmental regulations to all trucks operating in the U.S., S8163, S8169, S8171 [25JY]

———prevent violations, S8301, S8305, S8310 [27JY], S8509, S8512, S8525, S8526 [1AU]

National monuments: prohibit new oil, gas, and coal leasing, S7461 [11JY]

Navy: tribute to crew of reconnaissance plane that made emergency landing in the People's Republic of China (S. Res. 80), S4183 [2MY]

New Mexico: identify certain routes as part of the Ports-to-Plains High Priority Corridor, S8532 [1AU]

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

Nobel Prize: recognition of Lee Hartwell for physiology and medicine, S11655 [9NO]

Norton, Gale A.: nomination to be Sec. of the Interior, S682 [30JA]

Pipelines: improve safety, S5959 [7JN]

———improve safety, public awareness, and environmental protection of pipeline transportation (S. 235), S1178, S1192 [8FE]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (S. 27), S2890 [26MR], S3138 [29MR], S3236 [2AP]

Power resources: national energy policy, S1178 [8FE]

San Bernardino County, CA: Metrolink commuter rail system funding, S8530 [1AU]

Senate: legislative program, S8112 [24JY]

Taxation: provide Federal reimbursement to State and local governments for a limited tax holiday (S. 1643), S11550 [7NO]

———rates, S3686 [6AP]

———treatment of bonds issued to acquire renewable resources on land subject to conservation easement (S. 822), S4256 [3MY]

Telecommunications: authorize grants for community telecommunications infrastructure planning (S. 1056), S6347 [14JN]

Tennessee: public transit systems projects funding, S8533 [1AU]

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), S9328 [12SE]

———tribute to relief efforts surrounding the hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, S9328 [12SE]

Votes: position on missed, S2890 [26MR]

Washington: transfer the Mukilteo Tank Farm to the Port of Everett, S9579 [21SE]

———Washington State Methamphetamine Program funding, S9380 [13SE]

Winthrop, WA: tribute to firefighters killed in the line of duty during Wenatchee National Forest fire, S7535 [11JY]

Women: promote economic security and safety of domestic and sexual violence victims (S. 1249), S8236 [25JY]

Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge: reconstruction funding, S8528 [1AU]

Remarks in Senate relative to

Tribute, S4578 [9MY], S8257 [26JY]

Reports filed

Dept. of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 1178) (S. Rept. 107-38), S7688 [16JY]

Texts of

S. 822, Community Forestry and Agriculture Conservation Act, S4256 [3MY]

S. 1643, Sales Tax Holiday Act, S11550 [7NO]

Tributes

Bianco, Anthony, S8699 [2AU]

Bianco, James, S8699 [2AU]

Cole, Grace, S2577 [20MR], S2890 [26MR]

Walters, William C., S13143 [13DE]