WARNER, JOHN W. (a Senator from Virginia)

Addresses

Chrysler Museum Survivor's Talmud Exhibit Opening: Gaylord T. Gunhus, S6658 [22JN]

———Israel Zoberman, S6658 [22JN]

———Walter Segaloff, S6659 [22JN]

National D-Day Memorial Dedication: President Bush, S5881 [6JN]

Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medal in Law Presentation to Mortimer M. Caplin: Robert E. Scott, S7684 [16JY]

Amendments

Agriculture: continue certain programs (S. 1731), S13188, S13198 [13DE]

———respond to the continuing economic crisis adversely affecting agricultural producers (S. 1246), S8487 [31JY], S8978, S8979 [3AU]

Aviation: improve security (S. 1447), S10528, S10666 [11OC]

Budget: revising and setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2011 (H. Con. Res. 83), S3355 [3AP], S3406, S3457 [4AP], S3525, S3561, S3566, S3582, S3590, S3591 [5AP], S3709 [6AP], S3791 [23AP]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1438), S9565, S9656 [21SE], S9730, S9731, S9758, S9759 [24SE], S9769, S9812 [25SE], S9834, S9924, S9932 [26SE], S9956, S9960, S9961, S9965, S9966, S9967, S9973, S9985, S9991, S10010, S10019, S10020, S10021, S10022, S10023 [1OC], S10059 [2OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3338), S12562, S12567, S12568 [6DE], S12656, S12657, S12692, S12723, S12724 [7DE]

Dept. of State: authorizing appropriations for operations and international broadcasting activities (S. 1401), S11235 [30OC]

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

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2500), S8282 [26JY], S9275 [10SE]

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), S4428, S4437 [7MY], S4471, S4488, S4516 [8MY], S4645, S4697 [9MY], S5820 [5JN], S5987 [7JN]

Health: protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S. 1052), S7026, S7055, S7117 [28JN], S7155, S7162 [29JN]

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

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

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (S. 27), S3066 [28MR]

Taxation: provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), S11863 [14NO], S12056 [27NO], S12162 [29NO]

———rates (H.R. 1836), S5078, S5172, S5173 [17MY], S5497 [23MY]

Unemployment: authorize payment of emergency extended unemployment compensation (S. 1532), S10666 [11OC]

Appointments

Acting President pro tempore, S6835 [25JN]

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

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

James Madison Commemoration Commission, S1094 [6FE]

Senate National Security Working Group, S14 [3JA]

Articles and editorials

Consequence of War, James Webb, Wall Street Journal, S4092 [1MY]

Global Conspiracy on Construction Bids Defrauded U.S., Kurt Eichenwald, New York (NY) Times, S6384 [18JN]

J.A. Jones Reaffirms Long History of Supporting U.S. Military, S6383 [18JN]

Scales of Culpability, Georgie Anne Geyer, Washington (DC) Times, S4093 [1MY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

———prohibit import, export, sale, or possession of bear viscera (see S. 1125), S8065 [23JY]

Appalachian Regional Development Act: reauthorize (see S. 1206), S8204 [25JY]

Armed Forces: establish an education savings plan to encourage reenlistments and extensions of service by members in critical specialties (see S. 789), S3994 [26AP]

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

Army: anniversary (see S. Res. 112), S6318 [14JN]

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

Aviation: improve security (see S. 1447), S9973 [1OC]

———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), S9742 [24SE] (see S. 1454), S10155 [3OC]

Birds: prohibit interstate movement of live birds, for the purpose of fighting, to States in which animal fighting is lawful (see S. 345), S1462 [15FE]

Capital punishment: ensure that defendants in capital cases have adequate counsel and allow those convicted to have a reasonable opportunity to present new evidence of innocence (see S. 486), S8912 [3AU]

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

———promote cleanup and reuse of brownfields, provide financial assistance for brownfields revitalization, and enhance State response programs (see S. 350), S1462 [15FE]

Chesapeake Bay: provide assistance for nutrient removal technologies to States in the watershed (see S. 1044), S6318 [14JN]

Children and youth: provide for a national media campaign to reduce and prevent underage drinking (see S. 866), S4822 [10MY]

———provide greater access to child care services for Federal employees (see S. 1286), S8706 [2AU]

Children's Memorial Flag Day: designate (see S. Res. 109), S10289 [4OC]

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

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), S10155 [3OC]

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

Courts: convert certain temporary judgeships to permanent judgeships and extend a certain judgeship (see S. 1805), S12858 [11DE]

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: 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), S10458 [10OC]

———provide incentives for States to enact mandatory minimum sentences for certain firearms offenses (see S. 619), S2894 [26MR]

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

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (see S. 1155), S7193 [29JN]

Dept. of Education: provide grants for partnerships between States, institutions of higher education, and elementary and secondary schools to improve mathematics and science instruction (see S. 461), S2389 [15MR]

———provide specific waiver authority to respond to conditions in the national emergency declared by the President (see S. 1570), S10835 [18OC] (see S. 1793), S12772 [10DE]

Dept. of the Treasury: include certain parts of the Constitution in the redesign of the one dollar bill (see S. 1225), S8122 [24JY]

Diseases: expand research activities relative to various forms of muscular dystrophy (see S. 805), S9338 [12SE]

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

Education: improve and expand access to educational television programming (see S. 604), S2823 [23MR]

———provide for a rural education development initiative (see S. 334), S1394 [14FE]

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

English, James H.: tribute (see S. Res. 73), S3922 [25AP]

FAA: implement a sky marshal program on U.S.-based airlines (see S. 1421), S9395 [13SE]

———relax maximum age requirements for certain pilots (see S. 361), S3340 [3AP]

Families and domestic relations: recognize and enhance public awareness of the social problem of child abuse and neglect (see S. Con. Res. 14), S2163 [12MR] (see S. Res. 132), S7589 [12JY]

Federal employees: allow Federal employees, foreign and uniformed services members, and their dependents to retain for personal use promotional items received as a result of official Government travel (see S. 1498), S10154 [3OC]

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

Federal firefighters: make mandatory separation age match requirement for Federal law enforcement officers (see S. 271), S1121 [7FE]

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

Fish and fishing: establish a fisheries habitat protection, restoration, and enhancement program (see S. 678), S5968 [7JN]

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

———provide Capitol-flown flags to the families of deceased law enforcement officers and firefighters (see S. 441), S2389 [15MR]

Government: increase flexibility in the procurement of property and services to facilitate the defense against terrorism (see S. 1780), S12551 [6DE]

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

Health: provide grants for public access defibrillation programs and public access defibrillation demonstration projects (see S. 1275), S8913 [3AU]

———provide programs for the prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of stroke (see S. 1274), S8706 [2AU]

———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), S1465 [15FE]

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

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

History: recognize historical significance of the 100th anniversary of Korean immigration to the U.S. (see S. Res. 185), S12247 [30NO]

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

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

International law: protect U.S. military personnel and other U.S. officials from criminal prosecution by an international court to which the U.S. is not a party (see S. 857), S4590 [9MY]

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

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

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

Marine mammals: reaffirm opposition to commercial and lethal scientific whaling and provide protection for and conservation of the world's whale populations to prevent trade in whale meat (see S. Res. 121), S7807 [17JY]

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

Medicare: adjust wages and wage-related costs for certain items and services furnished in geographically reclassified hospitals (see S. 659), S3922 [25AP]

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

———coverage of screening pap smears and pelvic exams (see S. 258), S7879 [18JY]

———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]

———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), S8354 [27JY]

———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), S3274 [2AP]

———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), S2388 [15MR]

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

Moussaoui, Zacarias: permit closed circuit televising of criminal trial for victims of the terrorism attacks (see S. 1858), S13945 [20DE]

National Airborne Day: designate (see S. Res. 16), S2584 [20MR]

National Biotechnology Week: designate (see S. Res. 75), S4509 [8MY]

National Children's Memorial Day: designate (see S. Res. 109), S10289 [4OC]

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

National Civic Participation Week: designate (see S. Res. 140), S11612 [8NO]

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

National Environmental Education Act: redesignate in honor of John H. Chafee, establish honorary programs for John H. Chafee and Theodore Roosevelt, and extend programs (see S. 876), S4890 [14MY]

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

National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week: designate (see S. Res. 159), S9337 [12SE]

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

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 Museum of the U.S. Army: locate at Fort Belvoir, VA (see S. 571), S2582 [20MR]

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

National security: facilitate security of critical infrastructure (see S. 1456), S12772 [10DE]

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

National Writing Project: improve (see S. 403), S2220 [13MR]

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

NOAA: reauthorize Chesapeake Bay Office (see S. 1045), S6318 [14JN]

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

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

Pensions: application of catch-up contributions to the Federal Employees Thrift Savings Plan (see S. 1821, 1822), S13145 [13DE]

———reform (see S. 742), S4591 [9MY]

Prayer: constitutional amendment on voluntary school prayer (see S.J. Res. 1), S553 [24JA]

Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor: award to officers killed, injured, or involved in rescue efforts in the aftermath of terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see S. Con. Res. 75), S10287 [4OC]

———award to public safety officers killed in the line of duty in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see S. Con. Res. 66), S9557 [20SE]

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

SBA: authorize loans to small businesses and certain other businesses that suffered substantial economic injury as a result of terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see S. 1499), S10458 [10OC]

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

Solid waste: limit receipt of out-of-State municipal solid waste and authorize State and local control over the flow of municipal solid waste (see S. 1194), S7878 [18JY]

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

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

———allow deduction equal to fair market value for charitable contributions of literary, musical, artistic, or scholarly compositions created by the donor (see S. 694), S4940 [15MY]

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

———allow use of principal repayments to issue additional mortgages and modify price limitations under the mortgage revenue bond program and change income limit for housing credit program (see S. 677), S4509 [8MY]

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

———extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (see S. 1525), S10457 [10OC]

———extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce and encourage States to simplify their sales and use taxes (see S. 288), S3436 [4AP]

———full deduction of health insurance costs for self-employed individuals (see S. 29), S1088 [6FE]

———incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability (see S. 88), S1229 [8FE]

———increase deductibility of professional development expenses for teachers and allow credits for those who provide classroom materials (see S. 904), S5005 [16MY]

———make permanent the exclusion for employer-provided educational assistance programs (see S. 133), S4044 [30AP]

———make permanent the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (see S. 777), S4101 [1MY]

———permanently extend research credit and adjust the alternative incremental credit rates (see S. 41), S1088 [6FE]

———provide a uniform dollar limitation for transportation fringe benefits excludable from gross income (see S. 217), S707 [30JA]

———provide Federal reimbursement to State and local governments for a limited tax holiday (see S. 1643), S11612 [8NO]

———provide for a refundable education opportunity tax credit (see S. 488), S2070 [8MR]

———provide relief for victims of the terrorist attacks against the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see S. 1433), S9504 [19SE]

———reduce maximum capital gains rates and reduce holding period for long-term capital gains (see S. 1336), S8704 [2AU]

———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (see S. 237), S1012 [1FE]

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

———treat spaceports like airports under exempt facility bond rules (see S. 1243), S8203 [25JY]

———treatment of distributions from State prepaid tuition programs used to pay higher education expenses for the designated beneficiary (see S. 335), S1394 [14FE]

———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), S2388 [15MR]

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

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

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

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

———expedite payment of certain benefits for public safety officers killed or injured due to terrorist attacks on World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see S. 1422), S9395 [13SE]

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

———tribute to first responders injured or killed following attacks at the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, and recognize first responders to previous domestic attacks (see S. Con. Res. 73), S9621 [21SE]

———tribute to relief efforts surrounding the hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see S. Con. Res. 76), S10287 [4OC]

U.N.: adjust a condition on the payment of U.S. arrearages that sets the maximum share of peacekeeping operation's budget that may be assessed of any country (see S. 248), S1062 [6FE]

Unemployment: authorize payment of emergency extended unemployment compensation (see S. 1532), S10640 [11OC]

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

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see S. 170), S2071 [8MR]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: authorize design and construction of a temporary education center (see S. 281), S1587 [26FE]

Voting: maximize access of uniformed services voters and recently separated uniformed services voters to the polls and ensure that each vote cast by such a voter is duly counted (see S. 381), S1972 [7MR]

Wildlife: improve conservation and restoration programs (see S. 990), S9124 [5SE]

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

World War II: preserve certain Federal court actions relative to Japanese companies compensating former prisoners of war used as slave labor (see S. 1154), S7193 [29JN]

Zhan, Gao: relief (see S. 702), S3530 [5AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Arlington National Cemetery: allow interment of any former Reservist who died in the terrorist attacks and is ineligible due to age at time of death (see S. 1782), S12551 [6DE]

Army: require increases in National Guard full-time support personnel strengths to meet increasing mission requirements (see S. 1334), S8704 [2AU]

Booker T. Washington National Monument: revise boundaries (see S. 1051), S6318 [14JN]

Committee on Armed Services (Senate): authorizing expenditures (see S. Res. 38), S1699 [28FE]

Diseases: increase public awareness of tuberous sclerosis (see S. Con. Res. 69), S9621 [21SE]

Federal employees: allow receipt of frequent flyer miles and other promotional benefits received during Government travel (see S. 1369), S8911 [3AU]

———clarify the computation of certain civil service retirement system annuities based on part-time service (see S. 768), S3852 [24AP]

———increase pay rate for certain offices and positions within the executive and judicial branches of the Government (see S. 1129), S7083 [28JN]

Government: accountability of Federal agencies for violations of antidiscrimination and whistleblower protection laws (see S. 201), S636 [29JA]

Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de: confer honorary U.S. citizenship (see S.J. Res. 13), S3852 [24AP]

National Guard: tribute to members who were killed in the aircraft crash in south-central Georgia (see S. Con. Res. 22), S1972 [7MR]

National Teacher Day: designate (see S. Res. 85), S4590 [9MY]

National Wash America Campaign: tribute (see S. Con. Res. 70), S9621 [21SE]

Norman Sisisky Engineering and Management Building, Portsmouth, VA: designate (see S. 1101), S6920 [26JN]

Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance: expand applicability of the pending increase in automatic maximum amounts to certain servicemen who die before the effective date of the increase (see S. 546), S2388 [15MR]

Taxation: allow Federal civilian and military retirees to pay health insurance premiums on a pretax basis and allow a deduction for TRICARE supplemental premiums (see S. 1022), S6127 [12JN]

———provide a credit to public elementary and secondary school teachers for teaching expenses, professional development expenses, and student education loans (see S. 225), S914 [31JA]

Teacher Appreciation Week: designate (see S. Res. 85), S4590 [9MY]

Wolf Trap Farm Park for the Performing Arts: rename as Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts (see S. 202), S636 [29JA]

Eulogies

Dolan, Robert E.: by Lisa Dolan, S10379 [9OC]

Evans, Rowland: by Robert D. Novak, S3049 [28MR]

Letters

Chrysler Museum Survivor's Talmud Exhibit opening: by, S6660 [22JN]

Dept. of Defense funding: Senator Levin, Committee on Armed Services (Senate), S3408 [4AP]

Embryonic stem cell research funding: several Senators, S9118 [5SE]

Export Administration Act: Donald L. Evans, Sec. of Commerce, S9142 [6SE]

GSA selection of contractor for World War II memorial: Bob Dole, S6383 [18JN]

Increase deductibility of professional development expenses for teachers and allow credits for those who provide classroom materials: Mary Elizabeth Teasley, National Education Association, S5079 [17MY]

Military base closures and realignments: Donald H. Rumsfeld, Sec. of Defense, S9701 [24SE]

Nomination of Donald H. Rumsfeld to be Sec. of Defense: by, Committee on Armed Services (Senate), S62 [20JA]

Nomination of Roger L. Gregory to be circuit judge: by, S561 [25JA]

———L. Douglas Wilder, S7990 [20JY]

———Representative Scott, S7990 [20JY]

Revise requirements for procurement of products from Federal Prison Industries, Inc., to meet needs of Federal agencies: Dan Danner, National Federation of Independent Business, S9774 [25SE]

———R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, S9774 [25SE]

TEACHER Tax Credit Act: Jean H. Bankos, Virginia Education Association, S919 [31JA]

———Mary Elizabeth Teasley, National Education Association, S918 [31JA]

Motions

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1438), S9768, S9775 [25SE]

Pledge of Allegiance

Senate, S6835 [25JN]

Press releases

GSA Selection of Contractor for World War II Memorial: American Battle Monuments Commission, S6383 [18JN]

———GSA, S6383 [18JN]

Philipp Holzmann AG (business) Guilty Plea to Conspiracy To Rig Bids on an AID-Funded Construction Contract: AID, S6383 [18JN]

Privilege of the floor

Ivie, Ray, S9661 [21SE]

Keenan, Jimmie, S9661 [21SE]

Remarks

Abell, Charles S.: confirmation as Assistant Sec. of Defense for Force Management Policy, S4372 [3MY]

Agriculture: continue certain programs (S. 1731), S12434 [5DE], S13449 [18DE], S13652, S13653 [19DE]

———price supports for peanuts, S12434 [5DE], S13449 [18DE]

Arlington County, VA: anniversary, S2068 [8MR]

Arlington National Cemetery: allow interment of any former Reservist who died in the terrorist attacks and is ineligible due to age at time of death, S12614 [7DE]

———allow interment of any former Reservist who died in the terrorist attacks and is ineligible due to age at time of death (S. 1782), S12555 [6DE]

———Arlington House renovation and restoration funding, S7572 [12JY]

Armed Forces: authorize use against those responsible for hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (S.J. Res. 23), S9953 [1OC]

Army: require increases in National Guard full-time support personnel strengths to meet increasing mission requirements (S. 1334), S8755 [2AU]

Ashcroft, John: nomination to be Attorney General, S862, S863, S864 [31JA]

Aviation: improve security (S. 1447), S10529 [11OC]

———improve security (S. 1447), conference report, S11979 [16NO]

Baker, Howard H., Jr.: nomination to be Ambassador to Japan, S5563 [23MY]

Bedford, VA: dedication of the the National D-Day Memorial, S5881 [6JN]

Booker T. Washington National Monument: revise boundaries (S. 1051), S6330 [14JN]

Bristol, VA: Wellmont Bristol Regional Medical Center named to Solucient Leadership Institute Top 100 Intensive Care Unit list, S6121 [12JN]

Brownlee, John L.: nomination to be U.S. Attorney, S10668 [11OC]

Brownlee, R.L.: nomination to be Under Sec. of the Army, S11633, S11634 [8NO]

Budget: revising and setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2011 (H. Con. Res. 83), S3404, S3407, S3408, S3409, S3410, S3411, S3412, S3415, S3423 [4AP], S3649, S3672 [6AP]

———use of advance appropriations on capital projects, S3672 [6AP]

Capital punishment: ensure that defendants in capital cases have adequate counsel and allow those convicted to have a reasonable opportunity to present new evidence of innocence (S. 486), S8899 [3AU]

Chao, Elaine L.: nomination to be Sec. of Labor, S613 [29JA]

Chesapeake Bay: Corps of Engineers study of shoreline erosion and related sediment management measures funding, S7895 [19JY]

China, People's Republic of: support U.N. resolution condemning human rights violations (S. Res. 22), S2600 [20MR]

Committee on Homeland Security and Terrorism (Senate, Select): establish (S. Res. 165), S10037, S10038, S10039 [2OC]

Computers: improve Internet security and protect against cyberterrorism, S1912 [6MR]

Day of National Concern About Young People and Gun Violence: designate (S. Res. 161), S9559 [20SE]

Defense Intelligence Agency: tribute to memorial for victims of terrorist attack on Pentagon, S10450 [10OC]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1438), S9494 [19SE], S9565, S9568 [21SE], S9694, S9697, S9699, S9700, S9727, S9729, S9730 [24SE], S9764, S9769, S9773, S9774, S9775, S9781, S9791, S9794, S9795 [25SE], S9844 [26SE], S9953, S9954, S9957, S9958, S9959, S9960, S9968 [1OC], S10027, S10030, S10037, S10041, S10042, S10043, S10044, S10045, S10046, S10047, S10048, S10053, S10054 [2OC]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1438), conference report, S13119, S13120, S13121, S13122, S13125, S13126, S13127, S13129, S13131, S13132, S13133 [13DE]

———funding, S3404, S3407, S3408, S3409, S3410, S3411, S3412, S3415 [4AP]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3338), S12614 [7DE]

———postpone additional rounds of military base closures and realignments, S9700, S9727 [24SE], S9764 [25SE]

———repeal limitation on Pentagon renovation costs, S9730 [24SE]

Dept. of Labor: congressional disapproval of ergonomic regulations (S.J. Res. 6), S1859, S1860, S1861 [6MR]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2217), S7572 [12JY]

Dept. of the Treasury: include certain parts of the Constitution in the redesign of the one dollar bill (S. 1225), S8126 [24JY]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2299), S8527 [1AU]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2500), S9332 [12SE], S9388 [13SE]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3061), S11450 [6NO]

Diseases: increase public awareness of tuberous sclerosis (S. Con. Res. 69), S9632 [21SE]

Ecology and environment: national objectives priority assignments, S627 [29JA]

Education: close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), conference report, S13374 [18DE]

———increase Pell Grant Program awards to individuals that pursue a program of study in math, science, or engineering, S6301-S6303 [14JN]

———technology training education programs funding, S3649 [6AP]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: extend programs and activities (S. 1), S4469, S4470, S4487, S4488 [8MY], S6254, S6291, S6294, S6301 [14JN]

———extend programs and activities (S. 1), motion to proceed, S4091 [1MY]

Emergency services: firefighting and emergency medical services funding, S9957, S9958, S9959, S9960 [1OC]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2311), S7895 [19JY]

Federal employees: allow receipt of frequent flyer miles and other promotional benefits received during Government travel (S. 1369), S8942 [3AU]

———clarify the computation of certain civil service retirement system annuities based on part-time service (S. 768), S3861 [24AP]

———ensure parity between the compensation of members of the Armed Forces and civilian employees, S3423 [4AP]

———increase pay rate for certain offices and positions within the executive and judicial branches of the Government (S. 1129), S7095 [28JN]

Federal Prison Industries, Inc.: revise requirements for procurement of products to meet needs of Federal agencies, S9769, S9773, S9774, S9775 [25SE], S10041 [2OC]

Firefighters: authorize grants to States or communities to assist fire departments in meeting staffing standards (S. 1617), S11371 [1NO]

Foreign trade: export control policies relative to national security, S3964 [26AP], S9141 [6SE]

———provide export control authority (S. 149), S9141 [6SE]

———provide export control authority (S. 149), motion to proceed, S3964, S3966 [26AP]

Government: accountability of Federal agencies for violations of antidiscrimination and whistleblower protection laws (S. 201), S653 [29JA]

———increase flexibility in the procurement of property and services to facilitate the defense against terrorism (S. 1780), S12553 [6DE]

Gregory, Roger L.: nomination to be circuit judge, S561, S562 [25JA], S7989 [20JY]

Hazardous substances: investigation of anthrax bacteria outbreak, S10781 [17OC]

Health: clarify liability of employers relative to protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, S6839 [25JN]

———embryonic stem cell research funding, S9117 [5SE]

———limit attorneys' fees in lawsuits relative to protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, S7026, S7027 [28JN], S7155, S7156, S7159, S7160, S7162 [29JN]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S. 1052), S6839 [25JN], S7026, S7027 [28JN], S7146, S7155, S7156, S7159, S7160, S7162 [29JN]

Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2883), S13113 [13DE]

International law: protect U.S. military personnel and other U.S. officials from criminal prosecution by an international court to which the U.S. is not a party, S10043, S10044 [2OC]

J.A. Jones Construction Co.: selection as builder of World War II memorial, S6382 [18JN]

Kerrey, J. Robert: media reports relative to military service during the Vietnamese Conflict, S4091-S4094 [1MY]

Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de: confer honorary U.S. citizenship (S.J. Res. 13), S3864 [24AP]

Manassas, VA: Stonewall Jackson High School recipient of Time (publication) High School of the Year award, S5112 [17MY]

Mental health: provide assistance to individuals affected by terrorist attacks (S. 1729), S13077 [12DE]

Monuments and memorials: expedite construction of the World War II memorial in the District of Columbia (H.R. 1696), S5260, S5262 [21MY]

National Adoption Month: observance, S12434 [5DE]

National Guard: anniversary (S. Con. Res. 93), S13226 [13DE]

National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day: observance, S12584 [7DE]

National security: national missile defense system, S13127, S13131 [13DE]

———provide and revise conditions and requirements for the ballistic missile defense programs, S9953 [1OC]

———provide and revise conditions and requirements for the ballistic missile defense programs (S. 1439), S9494 [19SE]

National Teacher Day: designate (S. Res. 85), S4469 [8MY], S4613 [9MY]

National Wash America Campaign: tribute (S. Con. Res. 70), S9632 [21SE]

NATO: endorse further enlargement (H.R. 3167), S13680 [19DE]

Norfolk, VA: tribute to opening of Chrysler Museum Survivor's Talmud Exhibit, S6658 [22JN]

Norman Sisisky Engineering and Management Building, Portsmouth, VA: designate, S7414 [10JY]

———designate (S. 1101), S6923 [26JN]

Norton, Gale A.: nomination to be Sec. of the Interior, S627 [29JA]

Olson, Theodore B.: nomination to be Solicitor General, S5599 [24MY]

Point of order, S10044 [2OC]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (S. 27), S2479 [19MR], S2569 [20MR], S2939 [27MR], S3035, S3048 [28MR]

———increase contribution limits to make expenditures more competitive with those of opponents using personal funds and impose limitations on the repayment of personal loans to campaigns, S2479 [19MR]

———provide tax credits for certain political contributions made by citizens, S3048 [28MR]

———reduce cost of political advertising on television, S2569 [20MR]

Presidential appointments: nominations considered and confirmed en bloc, S2601 [20MR], S4123 [1MY]

Principi, Anthony J.: nomination to be Sec. of Veterans Affairs, S440 [23JA]

Public safety officers: collective bargaining rights for those employed by States or local governments, S11450 [6NO]

Puerto Rico: use of Vieques Island for military operations, S9729 [24SE], S9791 [25SE]

Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport: payment for losses resulting from limitations on use following terrorist attacks, S10529 [11OC]

Rumsfeld, Donald H.: nomination to be Sec. of Defense, S58 [20JA]

Senate: legislative program, S1912 [6MR], S2601 [20MR], S3494 [5AP], S4123, S4124 [1MY], S9580 [21SE], S13116 [13DE]

———tribute to Senators who are veterans of World War II, S12584 [7DE]

Senate Rules: establish committee membership ratios and legislative procedures (S. Res. 8), S40 [5JA]

Taxation: allow credit for elementary and secondary school teachers who provide classroom materials, S4488 [8MY]

———allow Federal civilian and military retirees to pay health insurance premiums on a pretax basis and allow a deduction for TRICARE supplemental premiums (S. 1022), S6139 [12JN]

———increase deductibility of professional development expenses for teachers and allow credits for those who provide classroom materials, S5079, S5080, S5081 [17MY], S5499 [23MY]

———increase deductibility of professional development expenses for teachers and allow credits for those who provide classroom materials (S. 904), S5018 [16MY]

———provide a credit to public elementary and secondary school teachers for teaching expenses, professional development expenses, and student education loans, S4470 [8MY], S6294 [14JN]

———provide a credit to public elementary and secondary school teachers for teaching expenses, professional development expenses, and student education loans (S. 225), S917 [31JA], S3649 [6AP]

———provide a uniform dollar limitation for transportation fringe benefits excludable from gross income (S. 217), S781 [30JA]

———rates (H.R. 1836), S5079, S5080, S5081 [17MY], S5495, S5496, S5499 [23MY]

Teacher Appreciation Week: designate (S. Res. 85), S4469 [8MY], S4613 [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), S9287 [12SE]

———tribute to relief efforts surrounding the hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, S9287 [12SE]

Treaties and agreements: Antiballistic Missile Treaty, S13119, S13120, S13121, S13127, S13131 [13DE]

U.N.: adjust a condition on the payment of U.S. arrearages that sets the maximum share of peacekeeping operation's budget that may be assessed of any country (S. 248), S1114 [7FE]

Veterans: permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits, S13132 [13DE]

Voting: maximize access of uniformed services voters and recently separated uniformed services voters to the polls and ensure that each vote cast by such a voter is duly counted, S10046, S10047 [2OC]

Whitman, Christine Todd: nomination to be EPA Administrator, S659 [30JA]

Wolf Trap Farm Park for the Performing Arts: rename as Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts (S. 202), S652 [29JA]

Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge: reconstruction funding, S8527 [1AU]

World War II: prohibit funding to oppose certain Federal court actions relative to Japanese companies compensating former prisoners of war used as slave labor, S9332 [12SE]

Remarks in Senate relative to

Tribute, S13126, S13132 [13DE]

Reports filed

Activities During the 106th Congress: Committee on Armed Services (Senate) (S. Rept. 107-32), S5830 [5JN]

Air Force Nominations: Committee on Armed Services (Senate), S1698 [28FE], S3150, S3151 [29MR], S4098, S4099 [1MY], S5269 [21MY], S8703 [2AU]

Army Nominations: Committee on Armed Services (Senate), S1698 [28FE], S3151 [29MR], S4099 [1MY]

Expenditures: Committee on Armed Services (Senate) (S. Res. 38), S1698 [28FE]

Marine Corps Nominations: Committee on Armed Services (Senate), S1698 [28FE], S3151 [29MR], S4099 [1MY]

Navy Nominations: Committee on Armed Services (Senate), S1698 [28FE], S3151 [29MR], S4099 [1MY]

Nomination of Alberto J. Mora To Be Dept. of the Navy General Counsel: Committee on Armed Services (Senate), S7494 [11JY]

Nomination of Alfred Rascon To Be Selective Service System Director: Committee on Armed Services (Senate), S5269 [21MY]

Nomination of Charles S. Abell To Be Assistant Sec. of Defense for Force Management Policy: Committee on Armed Services (Senate), S4098 [1MY]

Nomination of David S.C. Chu To Be Under Sec. of Defense for Personnel and Readiness: Committee on Armed Services (Senate), S5269 [21MY]

Nomination of Diane K. Morales To Be Deputy Under Sec. of Defense for Logistics and Material Readiness: Committee on Armed Services (Senate), S7494 [11JY]

Nomination of Edward C. Aldridge To Be Under Sec. of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics: Committee on Armed Services (Senate), S4098 [1MY]

Nomination of Gordon England To Be Sec. of the Navy: Committee on Armed Services (Senate), S5269 [21MY]

Nomination of James G. Roche To Be Sec. of the Air Force: Committee on Armed Services (Senate), S5269 [21MY]

Nomination of John J. Young, Jr., To Be Assistant Sec. of the Navy for Research Development and Acquisition: Committee on Armed Services (Senate), S7494 [11JY]

Nomination of Paul D. Wolfowitz To Be Deputy Sec. of Defense: Committee on Armed Services (Senate), S1698 [28FE]

Nomination of Peter W. Rodman To Be Assistant Sec. of Defense for International Security Affairs: Committee on Armed Services (Senate), S7494 [11JY]

Nomination of Powell A. Moore To Be Assistant Sec. of Defense for Legislative Affairs: Committee on Armed Services (Senate), S4098 [1MY]

Nomination of R.L. Brownlee To Be Under Sec. of the Army: Committee on Armed Services (Senate), S11611 [8NO]

Nomination of Reginald J. Brown To Be Assistant Sec. of the Army for Manpower and Reserve Affairs: Committee on Armed Services (Senate), S7494 [11JY]

Nomination of Stephen A. Cambone To Be Deputy Under Sec. of Defense for Policy: Committee on Armed Services (Senate), S7494 [11JY]

Nomination of Susan Morrisey Livingston To Be Under Sec. of the Navy: Committee on Armed Services (Senate), S7494 [11JY]

Nomination of Thomas E. White To Be Sec. of the Army: Committee on Armed Services (Senate), S5269 [21MY]

Nomination of Thomas P. Christie To Be Dept. of Defense Director of Operational Test and Evaluation: Committee on Armed Services (Senate), S7494 [11JY]

Nomination of Victoria Clarke To Be Assistant Sec. of Defense for Public Affairs: Committee on Armed Services (Senate), S4098 [1MY]

Nomination of William A. Navas, Jr., To Be Assistant Sec. of the Navy for Manpower and Reserve Affairs: Committee on Armed Services (Senate), S7494 [11JY]

Nomination of William J. Haynes II To Be Dept. of Defense General Counsel: Committee on Armed Services (Senate), S4098 [1MY]

Rules

Committee on Armed Services (Senate), S1737 [1MR]

Statements

Export Administration Act: Executive Office of the President, S9142 [6SE]

Texts of

S. 202, rename Wolf Trap Farm Park for the Performing Arts as Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts, S653 [29JA]

S. 225, TEACHER Tax Credit Act, S918 [31JA], S4470 [8MY]

S. 546, expand applicability of the pending increase in automatic maximum amounts of Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance to certain servicemen who die before the effective date of the increase, S2397 [15MR]

S. 768, clarify the computation of certain civil service retirement system annuities based on part-time service, S3862 [24AP]

S. 1022, allow Federal civilian and military retirees to pay health insurance premiums on a pretax basis and allow a deduction for TRICARE supplemental premiums, S6140 [12JN]

S. 1051, Booker T. Washington National Monument Boundary Adjustment Act, S6330 [14JN]

S. 1101, Norman Sisisky Engineering and Management Building, Portsmouth, VA, S6924 [26JN]

S. 1129, increase pay rate for certain offices and positions within the executive and judicial branches of the Federal Government, S7096 [28JN]

S. 1369, allow receipt by Federal employees of frequent flyer miles and other promotional benefits received during Government travel, S8942 [3AU]

S. 1782, allow interment in Arlington National Cemetery for any former Reservist who died in the terrorist attacks and is ineligible due to age at time of death, S12555 [6DE]

S. Res. 22, support U.N. resolution condemning human rights violations in the People's Republic of China, S2601 [20MR]

S. Res. 85, Teacher Appreciation Week and National Teacher Day, S4612 [9MY]

S.J. Res. 13, confer honorary U.S. citizenship to Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, S3864 [24AP]

Tributes

Allen, Senator, S561 [25JA]

Arcari, Paul W., S1391 [14FE]

Biden, Senator, S562 [25JA]

Byrd, Senator, S9951 [1OC]

Caplin, Mortimer M., S7684 [16JY]

Couric, Emily, S10815 [18OC]

Daschle, Senator, S10781 [17OC]

Dawson, J. Cutler, Jr., S2218 [13MR]

Dolan, Robert E., S10379 [9OC]

Dunne, Patrick W., S13357 [17DE]

Evans, Rowland, S3049 [28MR]

Landrieu, Senator, S9579 [21SE], S12434 [5DE]

Levin, Senator, S13133 [13DE]

Lott, Senator, S10781 [17OC]

Magill, Susan, S7991 [20JY]

Norton, Nancy T., S9390 [13SE]

Shelton, Henry H., S9969 [1OC]

Sisisky, Norman, S3141 [29MR]

Spielberg, Arnold M., S3700 [6AP]

Walsh, Richard F., S6861 [25JN]

Woods, Glen O., S2727 [22MR]

Yiahilos, Christian, S7991 [20JY]