MIKULSKI, BARBARA A. (a Senator from Maryland)

Amendments

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

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

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

Budget: revising and setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2011 (H. Con. Res. 83), S3353 [3AP], S3382, S3400, S3416, S3455, S3456 [4AP], S3483, S3495, S3564, S3566, S3575, S3582, S3591, S3608 [5AP], S3647, S3707 [6AP], S3790 [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. 1438), S9750 [24SE], S9794, S9814 [25SE]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2299), S8046, S8053, S8070 [23JY]

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

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2620), S8543, S8601, S8614 [1AU], S8825 [2AU]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: extend programs and activities (S. 1), S4217, S4366, S4369 [3MY], S4427, S4436 [7MY], S4941 [15MY], S5007 [16MY], S6047 [11JN]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2506), S10924, S10984 [24OC]

Pipelines: improve safety, public awareness, and environmental protection of pipeline transportation (S. 235), S1182, S1230 [8FE]

Taxation: rates (H.R. 1836), S5078, S5172, S5173 [17MY], S5543 [23MY]

Appointments

Committee To Escort the President, H431 [27FE]

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

———H.R. 2590, Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies appropriations, S9497 [19SE]

———H.R. 2620, Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies appropriations, S8676 [2AU]

———H.R. 2883, intelligence services appropriations, S11592 [8NO]

———H.R. 3448, Bioterrorism Preparedness Act, S13911 [20DE]

NATO Parliamentary Assembly, S5182 [17MY]

U.S. Naval Academy Board of Visitors, S4123 [1MY]

Articles and editorials

Dream Epitomized, Salisbury (MD) Times, S2067 [8MR]

Janet L. Hoffman Dies—Lobbyist, Adviser to City—Finance Expert Steered State Aid to Baltimore, C. Fraser Smith, Baltimore (MD) Sun, S12 [3JA]

Rifle and the Veil, Jan Goodwin and Jessica Neuwirth, New York (NY) Times, S11106 [25OC]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Afghanistan: ensure participation of women from all ethnic groups in the economic and political reconstruction (see S. Con. Res. 86), S12100 [28NO]

———ensure participation of women from all ethnic groups in the economic and political reconstruction and commend participants in the Afghan Women's Summit for Democracy (see S. Res. 191), S13145 [13DE]

———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), S6992 [27JN]

Animals: prohibit import, export, sale, or possession of bear viscera (see S. 1125), S7428 [10JY]

———prohibit interstate commerce relative to exotic animals (see S. 1655), S13945 [20DE]

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

———provide assistance for employees who are separated from employment due to reductions in service by air carriers and airport closures caused by terrorist actions or security measures (see S. 1454), S10059 [2OC]

Baltimore Ravens (football team): tribute (see S. Res. 15), S707 [30JA]

Birds: prohibit interstate movement of live birds, for the purpose of fighting, to States in which animal fighting is lawful (see S. 345), S7427 [10JY]

Burma: prohibit importation of any textile or apparel article that is produced, manufactured, or grown in Burma (see S. 926), S8912 [3AU]

Business and industry: expand the Manufacturing Extension Program to bring new technologies to small and medium-sized businesses (see S. 429), S1747 [1MR]

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), S1971 [7MR]

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]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: award a grant to create and maintain a website with information on bioterrorism (see S. 1548), S11549 [7NO]

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

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

Children and youth: ensure health coverage, promote parental support and family stability, improve early education and child care, reduce poverty, create youth development programs, and provide a safe environment (see S. 940), S8575 [1AU]

———provide greater access to child care services for Federal employees (see S. 1286), S8574 [1AU]

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

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

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

———protect (see S. 19), S97 [22JA]

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

Computers: encourage broadband technology deployment to rural areas (see S. 428, 430), S1747 [1MR]

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), S10389 [9OC]

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]

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

Customs Service: prohibit use of racial and other discriminatory profiling in connection with searches and detentions of individuals (see S. 799), S4044 [30AP]

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

Dept. of Agriculture: require a report on coordinated actions to prevent bovine spongiform encephalopathy (mad cow disease) and foot-and-mouth disease (see S. 708), S3530 [5AP]

Dept. of Commerce: provide grants for digital network technology programs at historically Black colleges and universities, Hispanic-serving institutions, and tribal colleges and universities (see S. 414), S3153 [29MR]

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 Education: provide specific waiver authority to respond to conditions in the national emergency declared by the President (see S. 1570), S11549 [7NO]

Dept. of HHS: establish an Office on Women's Health (see S. 946), S5615 [24MY]

Dept. of HUD: clarify authority relative to use of fees under the manufactured housing program (see S. 1029), S6212 [13JN]

Dept. of Justice: establish the Violence Against Women Office (see S. 161), S2071 [8MR]

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

———develop and provide information on bacterial meningitis and the availability and effectiveness of vaccinations (see S. 1009), S11437 [5NO]

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

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

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

———increase the technically trained workforce (see S. 1549), S10693 [15OC]

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

———provide grants to develop initiatives and disseminate information about character education (see S. 311), S3852 [24AP]

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

Emergency Steel Loan Guarantee Act: revise eligibility and other requirements for loan guarantees (see S. 1884), S13943 [20DE]

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]

———provide for regional skills training alliances (see S. 431), S1747 [1MR]

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

———ensure that those activated by the National Guard or Reserves shall receive pay equal to the basic pay such individual would otherwise be receiving (see S. 1818), S13145 [13DE]

FHA: clarify authority to terminate mortgagee origination approval for poorly performing mortgagees (see S. 1195), S7878 [18JY]

Firearms: regulation of transfers at gun shows (see S. 767), S3852 [24AP]

Food Safety Administration: establish as independent agency to consolidate food safety, labeling, and inspection functions (see S. 1501), S10287 [4OC]

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

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]

Foreign trade: amend trade laws to address import crises (see S. 979), S5798 [26MY]

———prohibit importation of diamonds unless the countries exporting the diamonds have in place certain controls to verify the source of the diamonds (see S. 1084), S9198 [6SE]

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

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

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (see S. 6), S97 [22JA] (see S. 283), S5439 [22MY]

———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), S2731 [22MR]

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, 721), S3530 [5AP]

Housing: provide for one percent FHA mortgage loan downpayments for teachers and public safety officers to purchase homes within employing jurisdictions (see S. 417), S1699 [28FE]

Immigration: expand class of beneficiaries who may apply for adjustment of status by extending the deadline for a classification petition and a labor certification filing (see S. 778), S5832 [5JN]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see S. 466), S2389 [15MR]

Insurance: coverage of minimum hospital stays for mastectomies and lymph node removals relative to breast cancer and coverage for secondary consultations (see S. 255), S2583 [20MR]

———establish grants for States to establish health insurance consumer assistance programs (see S. 651), S3152 [29MR]

———prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (see S. 318), S1270 [13FE]

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

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

Iron and steel industry: provide certain safeguards relative to the domestic steel industry (see S. 910), S5968 [7JN] (see S. 957), S5833 [5JN]

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

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]

———improve security at U.S. borders (see S. 1749), S13359 [17DE]

———prohibit racial profiling (see S. 989), S7194 [29JN]

Liberia: adjust immigration status of certain nationals (see S. 656), S7590 [12JY]

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]

Libya: U.S. policy relative to verdict in trial of the terrorist suspects in the crash of Pan Am flight 103 (see S. 244), S2306 (see S. Con. Res. 23), S2307 [14MR]

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

Masaryk, Tomas G.: authorize the American Friends of the Czech Republic (organization) to establish a memorial in the District of Columbia (see S. 621), S8465 [31JY]

Mays, Benjamin E.: award Presidential Medal of Freedom (see S. Res. 23), S1618 [27FE]

Medicaid: clarify that Native American women eligible for coverage under Indian health plans are eligible for optional breast and cervical cancer coverage (see S. 1741), S12100 [28NO]

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

Medicare: coverage of bone mass measurements for all individuals at clinical risk for osteoporosis (see S. 264), S2583 [20MR]

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

———coverage of screening pap smears and pelvic exams (see S. 258), S2583 [20MR]

———determination of payment amounts for new clinical diagnostic laboratory tests (see S. 1066), S9077 [4SE]

———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]

———expand and improve coverage of mental health services (see S. 690), S5832 [5JN]

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

———expand medical residency training programs in geriatric medicine and provide for reimbursement of care coordination and assessment services (see S. 775), S6212 [13JN]

———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), S6055 [11JN]

———protect patients by limiting the number of mandatory overtime hours a nurse may be required to work by certain service providers (see S. 1686), S12682 [7DE]

———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), S12312 [3DE]

Mental health: provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see S. 543), S5831 [5JN]

Middle East: encourage Lebanon, Syria, and Iran to call upon Hezbollah to allow representatives of the International Red Cross to visit four abducted Israelis presently held in Lebanon (see S. Con. Res. 35), S5833 [5JN]

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

National Affordable Housing Trust Fund: establish to provide decent, safe, and affordable housing for low-income families (see S. 1248), S11940 [15NO]

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

National Center for Social Work Research: establish (see S. 70), S785 [30JA]

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

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

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

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

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

National Fallen Firefighters Memorial: commemorate fallen firefighters by lowering the U.S. flag to half-staff during the memorial service in Emmitsburg, MD (see S.J. Res. 18), S7426 [10JY]

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

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 Office for Combatting Terrorism: establish (see S. 1449), S9620 [21SE]

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

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

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

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

National security: ensure greater security for U.S. seaports (see S. 1214), S11719 [13NO]

———provide for homeland security block grants (see S. 1737), S12100 [28NO]

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

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

National Words Can Heal Day: designate (see S. Res. 183), S12001 [16NO]

NATO: endorse further enlargement (see S. 1572), S10980 [24OC]

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

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

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

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

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

Peace Officers Memorial Day: designate (see S. Res. 63), S2824 [23MR]

Pensions: reform (see S. 742), S4591 [9MY]

Pharmaceuticals: improve safety and efficacy for children (see S. 838), S5119 [17MY]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (see S. 17), S97 [22JA] (see S. 27), S553 [24JA]

Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see S. 177), S568 [25JA]

———preservation of six day mail delivery (see S. Res. 71), S6519 [20JN]

Power resources: increase funding for low-income energy assistance, weatherization, and State energy conservation grant programs and expand the use of energy savings performance contracts (see S. 352), S1462 [15FE]

Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor: award to public safety officers killed in the line of duty in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see S. Con. Res. 66), S9623 [21SE]

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

Ripken, Cal, Jr.: tribute (see S. Res. 168), S10287 [4OC]

Safe Drinking Water Act: assist small communities with achieving or maintaining compliance with drinking water standards (see S. 1299), S8575 [1AU]

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]

———make grants for losses suffered by general aviation small business concerns in the aftermath of terrorist attacks (see S. 1552), S12682 [7DE]

Science: prohibit the cloning of humans while preserving important areas of medical research that could provide treatments for diseases (see S. 1758), S12552 [6DE]

Ships and vessels: stimulate increased domestic cruise ship opportunities by temporarily reducing barriers for entry into the domestic cruise ship trade (see S. 127), S653 [29JA]

Small businesses: promote business incubator activities (see S. 432), S1747 [1MR]

Smithsonian Institution: establish National Museum of African American History and Culture (see S. 829), S12055 [27NO]

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

———permit States the option of coverage of legal immigrants under the Medicaid Program and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see S. 582), S5968 [7JN]

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

———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), S8203 [25JY]

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

State Criminal Alien Assistance Program: authorizing appropriations (see S. 862), S5439 [22MY]

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

———allow a tax credit for certain energy-efficient property (see S. 828), S4246 [3MY]

———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), S9124 [5SE]

———expand incentives for construction and renovation of public schools (see S. 905), S9621 [21SE]

———expand work opportunity credit for small business jobs creation (see S. 427), S1747 [1MR]

———extend the work opportunity credit and the welfare-to-work credit (see S. 626), S6664 [22JN]

———extension of the credit for producing electricity from biomass (see S. 756), S5798 [26MY]

———impose civil monetary penalties against health plans that do not provide coverage of reconstructive breast surgery resulting from mastectomies (see S. 331), S1394 [14FE]

———incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability (see S. 88), S653 [29JA]

———provide a credit to public elementary and secondary school teachers for teaching expenses, professional development expenses, and student education loans (see S. 225), S2071 [8MR]

———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain leasehold improvements (see S. 1087), S8576 [1AU]

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

———provide an income tax credit to holders of bonds financing new communications technologies (see S. 426), S1746 [1MR]

———provide Federal reimbursement to State and local governments for a limited tax holiday (see S. 1643), S11660 [9NO]

———provide incentives to expand health care coverage (see S. 284), S5006 [16MY]

———provide relief for victims of terrorist attacks involving anthrax (see S. 1720), S12001 [16NO]

———treatment of damages and back pay received on account of, and expenses incurred in asserting any claim of employment discrimination (see S. 917), S9198 [6SE]

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

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

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

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

———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]

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

Treaties and agreements: implement the agreement establishing a U.S.-Jordan free trade area (see S. 643), S3707 [6AP] (see S. 643), S3789 [23AP]

Turkey: end restrictions on freedoms and human rights of the enclaved people of Cyprus (see S. Con. Res. 28), S2894 [26MR]

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

White House Commission on National Military Appreciation Month: establish (see S. 1785), S12681 [7DE]

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

———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

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (see S. 1216), S8014 [20JY]

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

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

Social Security: computation system for benefits relative to spouses' or surviving spouses' Government pensions (see S. 611), S2894 [26MR]

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

Veterans: increase burial benefits for veterans and provide for inflation adjustment (see S. 912), S5118 [17MY]

Cloture motions

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

Aviation: improve security (S. 1447), S10433 [10OC], S10507 [11OC]

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]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2311), S7870 [18JY]

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

Pensions: reform (H.R. 10), S12138 [29NO], S12306 [3DE]

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

Letters

Community technology centers funding: George R. Boggs, American Association of Community Colleges, S4495 [8MY]

———Hilary O. Shelton, NAACP, S4495 [8MY]

———Jason M. Mahler, Computer and Communications Industry Association, S4496 [8MY]

———Nancy C. Kranich, American Library Association, S4495 [8MY]

———Raul Yzaguirre, National Council of La Raza, S4495 [8MY]

Veterans Burial Benefits Improvement Act: several veterans organizations, S5124 [17MY]

Women's Health Office Act: several health organizations, S5620 [24MY]

Motions

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2620), S8665, S8676 [2AU]

Poems

``Turn Back to God,'' Ethel A. Smith, S10284 [4OC]

Privilege of the floor

Widder, Joel, S8617 [1AU], S11632 [8NO]

Remarks

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

Ashcroft, John: nomination to be Attorney General, S855 [31JA]

Atlanta, GA: Community Redevelopment Initiative funding, S8671 [2AU]

Aviation: improve security by allowing pilots to have guns in the cockpit, S10512 [11OC]

———improve security (S. 1447), S10494, S10512, S10535 [11OC]

———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, S10494 [11OC]

Baltimore, MD: CSX train accident in tunnel, S8052 [23JY]

———tribute to emergency personnel for response to CSX train accident in tunnel, S8052 [23JY]

Baltimore Ravens (football team): tribute (S. Res. 15), S833 [30JA]

Budget: revising and setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2011 (H. Con. Res. 83), S3308 [3AP], S3484, S3519 [5AP], S3648, S3649 [6AP]

Capitol Building and Grounds: tribute to John M. Gibson and Jacob J. Chestnut of the Capitol Police for acts of heroism, S8104 [24JY]

Cove Point, MD: FERC decision to reactivate and expand liquefied natural gas terminal, S11545 [7NO]

Dept. of HHS: establish an Office on Women's Health (S. 946), S5619 [24MY]

Dept. of HUD: prohibit use of Federal funds to assist State-developed low-income housing in New York and Massachusetts, S8673 [2AU]

———Public Housing Drug Elimination Program gun buyback initiatives funding, S8644, S8649, S8655 [2AU]

Dept. of Labor: congressional disapproval of ergonomic regulations (S.J. Res. 6), S1875 [6MR]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2299), S8052 [23JY], S8527, S8528 [1AU]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: provide benefits to children of Vietnam-era veterans for diseases associated with parental exposure to a herbicide agent, S8671, S8672 [2AU]

———veterans claims adjudication funding through reductions in Dept. of HUD Community Development Fund projects funding, S8659 [2AU]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2620), S8537, S8543, S8544, S8546, S8548, S8559 [1AU], S8630, S8631, S8632, S8633, S8639, S8640, S8643, S8644, S8645, S8649, S8654, S8655, S8659, S8663, S8664, S8665, S8666, S8667, S8668, S8669, S8670, S8671, S8672, S8673 [2AU]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2620), conference report, S11594, S11601, S11602 [8NO]

Diseases: establish a national registry and improve the treatment for persons affected by Spina Bifida, S8671 [2AU]

District of Columbia: making appropriations (H.R. 2944), S11532 [7NO]

Education: close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), conference report, S13370 [18DE]

———establish community technology centers, S4494-S4496 [8MY], S4525 [9MY]

———provide for teacher technology training, S6111 [12JN]

———technology training education programs funding, S3648, S3649 [6AP]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: extend programs and activities (S. 1), S4205 [3MY], S4494 [8MY], S4525 [9MY], S6111 [12JN]

———extend programs and activities (S. 1), motion to proceed, S4139 [2MY]

EPA: establish a national primary drinking water standard for arsenic and restore requirement to notify the public of risks posed by arsenic in drinking water, S8559 [1AU]

———Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management funding, S8667 [2AU]

———pesticide registration and assessment funding, S8666, S8667 [2AU]

———wastewater infrastructure project grants allocation formula, S8639, S8640, S8643, S8654, S8655 [2AU]

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

Federal employees: ensure that those activated by the National Guard or Reserves shall receive pay equal to the basic pay such individual would otherwise be receiving (S. 1818), S13294 [14DE]

FEMA: disaster relief funding for current fiscal year, S8543, S8544 [1AU]

Food & Friends (organization): food for victims of AIDS project funding, S11532 [7NO]

Hazardous substances: study risk and improve response to public health and safety associated with transportation of chemicals and radioactive materials, S8052 [23JY]

Health: protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S. 1052), motion to proceed, S6487 [20JN]

Health care professionals: alleviate nursing profession shortage by inproving educational programs and partnerships and supporting additional training (S. 721), S3551 [5AP]

———establish a Nurse Corps and address the nursing shortage through recruitment and retention strategies (S. 1864), S13946 [20DE]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: funding, S4205 [3MY], S13370 [18DE]

Lake Tahoe: Environmental Improvement Program funding, S8670 [2AU]

Las Vegas, NV: Las Vegas Wash wetland project funding, S8670 [2AU]

Medicare: coverage of outpatient prescription drugs, S3308 [3AP]

———exclude clinical social worker services from coverage under the skilled nursing facility prospective payment system (S. 1083), S6616 [21JN]

———increase reimbursement for screening mammography services and funding for additional radiology residents and radiologic technologists (S. 548), S2401 [15MR]

Michigan: sewer infrastructure project funding, S8670 [2AU]

Mooresville, NC: use of Economic Development Initiative funds for library project, S8670 [2AU]

NASA: funding, S8664 [2AU], S11601 [8NO]

———National Space Biomedical Research Institute funding, S8668 [2AU]

Norton, Gale A.: nomination to be Sec. of the Interior, S680 [30JA]

Pensions: reform (H.R. 10), S12363 [4DE]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (S. 27), S2691 [22MR]

Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries, S12363 [4DE]

Ripken, Cal, Jr.: tribute (S. Res. 168), S10338 [4OC]

Science: research programs funding, S3484, S3519 [5AP]

Social Security: computation system for benefits relative to spouses' or surviving spouses' Government pensions (S. 611), S2897 [26MR]

———level of benefit payment in the month of the beneficiary's death (S. 882), S4944 [15MY]

Space policy: space station program funding, S8668, S8669 [2AU]

Taxation: provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), S11929 [15NO]

———rates (H.R. 1836), S5502 [23MY]

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), S9330 [12SE]

———making emergency appropriations for disaster and antiterrorism initiatives surrounding the crashing of aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (S. 1426), S9414 [14SE]

———tribute to relief efforts surrounding the hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, S9330 [12SE]

Turkey: end restrictions on freedoms and human rights of the enclaved people of Cyprus (S. Con. Res. 28), S2906 [26MR]

Veterans: health care funding, S8546, S8548 [1AU], S8669 [2AU]

———increase burial benefits for veterans and provide for inflation adjustment (S. 912), S5124 [17MY]

Wood: encourage EPA to accelerate study on safety of arsenic-treated wood, S8631, S8632, S8633 [2AU]

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

Remarks in Senate relative to

Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland Commanders Cross With Star: recipient, S13080 [13DE]

Reports filed

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and Sundry Independent Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 1216) (S. Rept. 107-43), S8014 [20JY]

Texts of

S. 912, Veterans Burial Benefits Improvement Act, S5124 [17MY]

Tributes

Allen, Senator, S11545 [7NO]

Gaddy, Bea, S10454 [10OC]

Graham, Katharine M., S7893 [19JY]

Groton, Page, S4506 [8MY]

Hoffman, Janet L., S12 [3JA]

Sarbanes, Matina, S2067 [8MR]

Smith, Ethel A., S10284 [4OC]