ENSIGN, JOHN (a Senator from Nevada)

Amendments

Agriculture: continue certain programs (S. 1731), S13102, S13223 [13DE], S13465 [18DE], S13701 [19DE]

Aviation: improve security (S. 1447), S10398, S10399 [9OC], S10440, S10471 [10OC]

Bankruptcy: amend laws (S. 420), S2360, S2415 [15MR]

China, Republic of: participation in WHO (H.R. 428), S4584 [9MY]

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]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2590), S9623 [21SE]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3061), S11308, S11391 [1NO]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2620), S8614 [1AU]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: extend programs and activities (S. 1), S4520, S4521 [8MY], S4640, S4697, S4744, S4745, S4746 [9MY], S4972, S5007 [16MY], S5819 [5JN], S6056 [11JN], S6091, S6129 [12JN]

Health: protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S. 1052), S7064, S7073, S7122, S7123 [28JN], S7161, S7281 [29JN]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (S. 27), S2450, S2479 [19MR], S2595 [20MR], S3124, S3178 [29MR]

Taxation: provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), S12162 [29NO]

———rates (H.R. 1836), S5072, S5167, S5170 [17MY]

Appointments

Acting President pro tempore, S2017 [8MR]

Committee on Aging (Special, Senate), S8115 [24JY]

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

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: ensure availability of the mail to transmit shipments of day-old poultry (see S. 1397), S9875 [26SE]

Animals: improve enforcement of the Animal Welfare Act as it applies to commercial dog breeders (see S. 1478), S12369 [4DE]

Armed Forces: restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see S. 278), S12551 [6DE]

Army: appoint a Chief of the Veterinary Corps in the grade of brigadier general (see S. 736), S3706 [6AP]

Birds: prohibit interstate movement of live birds, for the purpose of fighting, to States in which animal fighting is lawful (see S. 345), S2306 [14MR]

BLM: provide permanent funding for the payment in lieu of taxes program (see S. 454), S7806 [17JY]

CERCLA: exempt small businesses from certain liability (see S. 1064), S6448 [19JN]

Clark County, NV: convey certain public land for use as a shooting range (see S. 1451), S9620 [21SE]

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), S9504 [19SE]

Coverdell, Paul: tribute through honorary naming of Peace Corps headquarters, World Wise Schools Program, and the Institute of the Biomedical and Health Sciences at the University of Georgia (see S. 360), S1463 [15FE]

Crime: protect unborn victims of violence (see S. 480), S1971 [7MR]

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

Cuba: assist internal opposition and further help the Cuban people to regain their freedom (see S. 894), S5005 [16MY]

———human rights violations (see S. Res. 62), S2730 [22MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: convey certain land in the Lake Tahoe Basin to be held in trust for the Washoe Indian Tribe of Nevada and California (see S. 691), S3436 [4AP]

Dept. of Education: provide specific waiver authority to respond to conditions in the national emergency declared by the President (see S. 1793), S12859 [11DE]

Dept. of HUD: increase mortgage loan limits for multifamily housing mortgage insurance (see S. 1163), S11940 [15NO]

Dept. of Justice: create a record of lawful admission for permanent residence for certain aliens (see S. 562), S7194 [29JN]

Dept. of the Interior: conduct a study on commemorating and interpreting the Cold War (see S. 1257), S8353 [27JY]

———provide assistance through States to eligible weed management entities to control or eradicate harmful, nonnative weeds (see S. 198), S11789 [14NO]

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

Education: legal protection for teachers and other school professionals who take reasonable measures to maintain order and discipline in schools (see S. 316), S2662 [21MR]

———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. 953), S5616 [24MY]

Families and domestic relations: recognize and enhance public awareness of the social problem of child abuse and neglect (see S. Con. Res. 14), S2220 [13MR] (see S. Res. 132), S7589 [12JY]

Firearms: protect gun owner privacy and ownership rights (see S. 906), S11940 [15NO]

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

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), S9197 [6SE]

Health: 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: establish grant and scholarship programs to enable hospitals to retain and further educate their nursing staffs (see S. 1585), S11198 [30OC]

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: establish a new nonimmigrant category for chefs and individuals in related occupations (see S. 1149), S7193 [29JN]

———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), S4177 [2MY]

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

Joseph E. Dini, Jr., Post Office, Yerington, NV: designate (see S. 737), S3706 [6AP]

Kingston, NV: sale and conveyance of certain lands for use as an emergency medical air evacuation site (see S. 809), S4099 [1MY]

Law enforcement: improve security at U.S. borders (see S. 1618), S11362 [1NO]

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

Medicaid: provide families of disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see S. 321), S12447 [5DE]

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

———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug discount and security program (see S. 1239), S8203 [25JY]

———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), S9123 [5SE]

———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), S12162 [29NO]

———study anesthesia services and expand service arrangements for certified registered nurse anesthetists (see S. 332), S2071 [8MR]

Motor vehicles: provide for greater fairness in the motor vehicle franchise contract arbitration process (see S. 1140), S10059 [2OC]

National Airborne Day: designate (see S. Res. 16), S3995 [26AP]

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

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

National Day of Reconciliation: designate (see S. Con. Res. 15), S4941 [15MY]

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

National Inhalants and Poisons Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 43), S2307 [14MR]

National Parks Air Tour Management Act: amend the method for achieving quiet technology (see S. 1151), S7193 [29JN]

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

National security: facilitate security of critical infrastructure (see S. 1456), S10457 [10OC]

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

Pensions: reform (see S. 742), S5006 [16MY]

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), S7879 [18JY]

Refugees: authorizing appropriations for domestic centers and programs for the treatment of victims of torture (see S. 887), S6319 [14JN]

Safety: provide grants to small public drinking water system (see S. 503), S2117 [9MR]

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), S11286 [31OC]

———tribute (see S. Res. 86), S4590 [9MY]

Science: prohibit the cloning of humans (see S. 790), S5006 [16MY]

SEC: limit collection of certain fees and adjust compensation for employees (see S. 143), S1426 [14FE]

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

Smithsonian Institution: establish National Museum of African American History and Culture (see S. 829), S5832 [5JN]

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

———provide for coordination of implementation of administrative simplification standard for health care information (see S. 836), S9972 [1OC]

Taxation: allow a deduction for State and local sales taxes in lieu of State and local income taxes and allow the State and local income tax deduction against the alternative minimum tax (see S. 291), S4940 [15MY]

———eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate brackets and standard deduction amounts (see S. 11), S97 [22JA]

———encourage and accelerate the nationwide production, retail sale, and consumer use of new motor vehicles that are powered by alternative fuels or other advanced motor vehicle technologies (see S. 760), S4591 [9MY]

———incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability (see S. 88), S6377 [18JN]

———make permanent the exclusion for employer-provided educational assistance programs (see S. 133), S4176 [2MY]

———make permanent the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (see S. 777), S5890 [6JN]

———provide a credit to public elementary and secondary school teachers for teaching expenses, professional development expenses, and student education loans (see S. 225), S4246 [3MY]

———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (see S. 237), S3531 [5AP]

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

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

———treatment of certain medical savings accounts (see S. 1067), S12448 [5DE]

———treatment of charitable contributions to public charities for use in medical research (see S. 393), S9504 [19SE]

———treatment of charitable donation of food by businesses and farmers (see S. 37), S4246 [3MY]

———treatment of gold, silver, and platinum in the same manner as stocks and bonds for purposes of maximum capital gains rates (see S. 1007), S6008 [8JN]

———treatment of interest on student loans (see S. 152), S2472 [19MR]

———treatment of State tuition programs (see S. 289), S2219 [13MR]

———treatment of the sale of a principal residence by a member of the uniformed services or Foreign Service (see S. 1678), S12162 [29NO]

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. 1765), S13465 [18DE]

Veterans: allow certain veterans with service-connected disabilities to travel on military aircraft (see S. 38), S8465 [31JY]

———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), S6920 [26JN]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see S. 170), S3854 [24AP]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: authorize design and construction of a temporary education center (see S. 281), S4416 [7MY]

Western Shoshone Tribe: distribution of land claim judgement funds (see S. 958), S5616 [24MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

BLM: convey administrative site to Carson City, NV, for use as a senior center (see S. 230), S915 [31JA]

Gambling: protect amateur athletics and combat illegal sports gambling (see S. 338), S1394 [14FE]

Medicare: make a technical correction in the definition of outpatient speech-language pathology services (see S. 1395), S9122 [5SE]

———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see S. 1394), S9122 [5SE]

National Stem Cell Donor Bank: establish to preserve donation of qualifying human stem cells and to conduct and support research using such cells (see S. 1349), S8910 [3AU]

Certificates of election

Senate, S3 [3JA]

Oaths of office

Senate, S5 [3JA]

Pledge of Allegiance

Senate, S507 [24JA], S2017 [8MR]

Remarks

Bankruptcy: amend laws (S. 420), S2361 [15MR]

Bipartisan Patient Protection Act: application of effective date to collective bargaining agreement plans, S7065 [28JN], S7130 [29JN]

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, S6265 [14JN]

Capitol Building and Grounds: authorizing use of Grounds for National Peace Officers' Memorial Service (H. Con. Res. 74), S4581 [9MY]

Children and youth: improve academic and social outcomes for students by providing productive activities during after-school hours, S4973 [16MY]

China, People's Republic of: tribute to U.S. mission staff and other officials for efforts to gain release of Navy reconnaissance plane crew members that made emergency landing (S. Res. 81), S4584 [9MY]

China, Republic of: participation in WHO (H.R. 428), S4584, S4585 [9MY]

Congress: adjournment (H. Con. Res. 146), S5802 [26MY]

Courts: appointment of additional bankruptcy judge for Nevada, S2361 [15MR]

Education: establish demonstration projects to determine the effectiveness of voucher programs to provide school choice, S6077 [12JN]

———national policy to improve system, S1725-S1727 [1MR]

Elections: allow State parties to use non-Federal funding for getting out the vote, voter registration, and voter identification, S3125 [29MR]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: extend programs and activities (S. 1), S4973 [16MY], S6077 [12JN], S6265 [14JN]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2311), S7852 [18JY]

Hazardous substances: designate Yucca Mountain, NV, as nuclear waste disposal site, S7852 [18JY]

Health: protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S. 1052), S6578 [21JN], S7065, S7072, S7073, S7074 [28JN], S7130, S7131, S7135, S7162 [29JN]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S. 1052), unanimous-consent request, S7170 [29JN]

Health care professionals: immunity from liability for physicians providing free medical care to medically underserved or indigent patients, S7073, S7074 [28JN], S7131, S7135 [29JN]

Hicks, Larry R.: nomination to be district judge, S11430 [5NO]

Insurance: prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums, S7072 [28JN], S7131, S7162 [29JN]

———provide coverage for individuals participating in approved clinical trials, S7130 [29JN]

Joseph E. Dini, Jr., Post Office, Yerington, NV: designate (S. 737), S3718 [6AP]

Minimum wage: level (S. 964), S5802 [26MY]

National Teacher Day: designate (S. Res. 85), S4581 [9MY]

Navy: tribute to crew of reconnaissance plane that made emergency landing in the People's Republic of China (S. Res. 80), S4582 [9MY]

NSF: anniversary (H. Con. Res. 108), S4581 [9MY]

Nuclear energy: investigation of possible conflict of interests by law firm representing the Dept. of Energy and nuclear power industry relative to Yucca Mountain nuclear waste disposal site, S11870 [15NO]

———nuclear waste recycling technology funding, S7852 [18JY]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (S. 27), S2568, S2569 [20MR], S2615, S2616 [21MR], S3125 [29MR]

———reduce cost of political advertising on television, S2568, S2569 [20MR], S2615, S2616 [21MR]

Presidential appointments: nominations considered and confirmed en bloc, S4581 [9MY], S5802 [26MY]

SBA: tribute (S. Res. 86), S4582, S4584 [9MY]

Senate: authority of officials during adjournment, S5802 [26MY]

———legislative program, S507 [24JA], S4772 [9MY], S4901 [15MY], S5802 [26MY]

Taxation: capital gains rates, S5073 [17MY]

———full deduction of health insurance costs for self-employed individuals, S6578 [21JN]

———rates (H.R. 1836), S5073 [17MY]

Teacher Appreciation Week: designate (S. Res. 85), S4581 [9MY]

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), S9327 [12SE]

Votes: position on missed, S8115 [24JY]

Remarks in Senate relative to

Presidential appointments: recommendations for judicial nominees submitted to President Bush, S4233 [3MY]

Tribute, S694 [30JA], S1727 [1MR]

Tributes

Reid, Senator, S1727 [1MR]