COLLINS, SUSAN M. (a Senator from Maine)

Amendments

Agriculture: continue certain programs (S. 1731), S13224 [13DE]

———respond to the continuing economic crisis adversely affecting agricultural producers (S. 1246), S8487 [31JY], S8809 [2AU]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2330), S11065, S11091, S11125, S11130 [25OC]

Bankruptcy: amend laws (S. 420), S2014 [7MR], S2097 [8MR], S2154 [12MR], S2198, S2220 [13MR], S2357 [15MR]

Budget: revising and setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2011 (H. Con. Res. 83), S3320, S3354, S3355 [3AP], S3400, S3406, S3416, S3455, S3456, S3457 [4AP], S3523, S3525, S3565, S3566, S3576, S3578, S3582, S3591, S3599, S3623 [5AP], S3639, S3646, S3650, S3669, S3707, S3708 [6AP], S3789, S3790, S3791 [23AP], S3829 [24AP]

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), S9699, S9742, S9747, S9750 [24SE], S9792, S9812, S9813, S9815 [25SE], S9836, S9929 [26SE], S9956, S9967, S9985, S9986, S9991, S9997, S10024 [1OC], S10033 [2OC], S10155 [3OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3338), S12570, S12571 [6DE], S12659, S12660, S12661, S12691, S12692, S12725, S12726 [7DE], S13359 [17DE]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2217), S7522, S7526 [11JY]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2299), S8069 [23JY], S8243 [25JY], S8296 [26JY]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2500), S9276 [10SE], S9341 [12SE], S9388, S9398, S9402 [13SE]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3061), S11230, S11232, S11233 [30OC], S11269, S11294 [31OC]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: extend programs and activities (S. 1), S4217, S4365, S4366, S4369 [3MY], S4516 [8MY], S4675, S4695, S4696, S4769 [9MY], S5007 [16MY], S5820, S5833 [5JN], S5849, S5863 [6JN], S5916, S5969 [7JN]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2311), S7884 [18JY], S7969 [19JY]

Health: protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S. 1052), S6622 [21JN], S7004 [27JN], S7138, S7195 [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), S2595 [20MR], S2692, S2696, S2782 [22MR], S3127, S3178 [29MR]

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

———rates (H.R. 1836), S5078, S5086, S5172, S5178 [17MY], S5271, S5353, S5354 [21MY], S5490, S5497 [23MY]

Appointments

Acting President pro tempore, S1097 [7FE], S2835 [26MR]

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

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]

U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council, S1164 [7FE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

AID: congressional disapproval of rule restoring international family planning programs restrictions relative to abortion (see S.J. Res. 9), S2583 [20MR]

Air pollution: reduce emissions from electric powerplants (see S. 556), S2388 [15MR]

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), S12682 [7DE]

Armed Forces: annual determination of the basic benefit rate for educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill (see S. 131), S101 [22JA]

———carry out study on the extent of coverage of members of the Selected Reserves under health benefits plans (see S. 1119), S7808 [17JY]

———provide for a Korea Defense Service Medal to be issued to members who participated in Korea after the Korean War (see S. 999), S7496 [11JY]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see S. 278), S1587 [26FE]

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

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]

Budget: use of a legislative trigger or safety mechanism to link long-term Federal budget surplus reductions with actual budgetary outcomes (see S. Con. Res. 21), S1972 [7MR]

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]

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

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

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

———provide greater access to child care services for Federal employees (see S. 1286), S10389 [9OC]

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

———support U.N. resolution condemning human rights violations (see S. Res. 22), S1394 [14FE]

Citizens' Privacy Commission: establish (see S. 851), S4589 [9MY]

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]

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

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

Cuba: make exception to trade embargo for food, medicines, and goods and services intended for children, lift travel restrictions, and provide scholarships for certain Cuban nationals (see S. 1017), S6602 [21JN]

Cutler, ME: modify land conveyance authority relative to Naval Computer and Telecommunications Station (see S. 1023), S6127 [12JN]

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 Justice: establish the Violence Against Women Office (see S. 570), S2582 [20MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify compensation standards for Persian Gulf Conflict veterans suffering from certain undiagnosed illnesses (see S. 409), S2980 [27MR]

———treat certain service in the American Field Service ambulance corps as active duty (see S. 1767), S13945 [20DE]

Diseases: 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]

Ecology and environment: stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations at levels that would prevent dangerous interference with the climate system while minimizing adverse economic and social impacts (see S. 1008), S7879 [18JY]

Education: assist local educational agencies in enabling students to meet academic achievement standards (see S. 167), S527 [24JA]

———increase participation in advanced placement courses (see S. 103), S100 [22JA]

———provide grants to develop initiatives and disseminate information about character education (see S. 311), S3340 [3AP]

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

Elections: enhance criminal penalties for election law violations and clarify current laws regarding donations from foreign nationals (see S. 600), S2730 [22MR]

EPA: redesignate as the Dept. of Environmental Protection Affairs and elevate to cabinet level position (see S. 159), S7879 [18JY]

Family History Month: designate (see S. Res. 160), S9622 [21SE] (see S. Res. 160), S10154 [3OC]

FBI: establish a review commission (see S. 1074), S8465 [31JY]

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

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

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: amend relative to new animal drugs (see S. 1346), S8705 [2AU]

FEMA: Emergency Food and Shelter Program reauthorization (see S. 1144), S7193 [29JN]

Flags: require display of the POW/MIA flag at the World War II memorial, the Korean War Veterans Memorial, and the Vietnam Veterans Memorial (see S. 1226), S9622 [21SE]

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

Food Stamp Act: improve nutrition assistance for working families and the elderly (see S. 583), S6319 [14JN]

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

Fort Fairfield, ME: modify flood control project pump station intake structure and discharge line (see S. 1183), S7688 [16JY]

Harper, Martha Matilda: issue commemorative postage stamp (see S. Con. Res. 72), S9621 [21SE]

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

———ensure that children at highest risk for asthma, vision, hearing, and other health problems are identified and treated (see S. 1012), S6055 [11JN]

———improve access to health care services for uninsured and low-income individuals in medically under served areas (see S. Res. 57), S2117 [9MR]

———provide grants for public access defibrillation programs and public access defibrillation demonstration projects (see S. 1275), S8464 [31JY]

———provide programs for the prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of stroke (see S. 1274), S8464 [31JY]

———sustain access to vital emergency medical services in rural areas (see S. 587), S4940 [15MY]

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]

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]

Higher Education Act: establish fixed interest rates for student and parent borrowers and extend current law relative to special allowances for lenders (see S. 1762), S13146 [13DE]

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

Insurance: 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. 382), S1463 [15FE]

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

International Emergency Management Assistance Memorandum of Understanding: congressional consent (see S.J. Res. 12), S11488 [6NO]

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

King, Martin Luther, Jr.: mint coins in commemoration (see S. 355), S1462 [15FE]

Korean War Veterans Association, Inc.: grant Federal charter (see S. 392), S6449 [19JN]

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

———improve security at U.S. borders (see S. 1618), S11362 [1NO] (see S. 1749), S13146 [13DE]

Lumber industry: promote open and competitive trade of softwood lumber between the U.S. and Canada (see S. Con. Res. 8), S1349 [13FE]

Maine: establish a commercial truck safety pilot program (see S. 1345), S8705 [2AU]

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), S7590 [12JY]

Medicaid: allow States to expand family planning coverage to certain women (see S. 1343), S8705 [2AU]

———clarify Dept. of HHS authority to treat certain State prescription drug discount demonstration projects as medical assistance for purposes of rebate agreements (see S. 1177), S7589 [12JY]

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

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

———coverage of oral anticancer drugs (see S. 913), S7084 [28JN]

———coverage of screening pap smears and pelvic exams (see S. 258), S5967 [7JN]

———eliminate discriminatory copayment rates for outpatient psychiatric services (see S. 841), S4823 [10MY]

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

———increase reimbursement for screening mammography services and funding for additional radiology residents and radiologic technologists (see S. 548), S2584 [20MR]

———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), S4591 [9MY]

———provide adequate coverage of immunosuppressive drugs for certain kidney transplant patients (see S. 880), S5119 [17MY]

———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), S4045 [30AP]

———provide regulatory relief, appeals process reforms, contracting flexibility, and education improvements (see S. 1738), S12448 [5DE]

———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]

———standardize payment amounts for inpatient hospital services (see S. 885), S5120 [17MY]

Medicare/Medicaid: streamline regulatory processes for home health agencies (see S. 1169), S7589 [12JY]

Mental health: provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see S. 543), S7806 [17JY]

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), S6450 [19JN]

Motor vehicles: increase fuel economy standards for light trucks, sport utility vehicles (SUVs), and the Federal fleet, and increase weight limit of vehicles subject to fuel economy standards (see S. 804), S4099 [1MY]

———provide for greater fairness in the motor vehicle franchise contract arbitration process (see S. 1140), S9338 [12SE]

National Airborne Day: designate (see S. Res. 16), S4892 [14MY]

National Biotechnology Week: designate (see S. Res. 75), S4247 [3MY]

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), S5120 [17MY]

National Commission on the Modernization of Federal Elections: establish (see S. 379), S1463 [15FE]

National Community Health Center Week: establish (see S. Con. Res. 59), S7957 [19JY]

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

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

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

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), S4400 [4MY]

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 security: assist Federal agencies in addressing deficiencies in specialized personnel through student loan repayment, graduate student fellowships, and establishing a National Security Service Corps (see S. 1800), S12858 [11DE]

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

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

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

———establish Office of Rare Diseases (see S. 1379), S10389 [9OC]

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

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

Pensions: provide retirement investment advice to workers managing their retirement income assets (see S. 1677), S11719 [13NO]

———reform (see S. 742), S4177 [2MY]

Pharmaceuticals: improve safety and efficacy for children (see S. 838), S6008 [8JN]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (see S. 27), S98 [22JA]

Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see S. 177), S2895 [26MR]

———preservation of six day mail delivery (see S. Res. 71), S5120 [17MY]

Public Health Service: promote organ donation and facilitate interstate linkage and 24-hour access to State donor registries (see S. 1062), S6448 [19JN]

Public Health Service Act: amend relative to pharmacy health professions programs (see S. 1806), S12859 [11DE]

Public housing: reduce crime and fully fund the Public Housing Drug Elimination Program (see S. Con. Res. 52), S6602 [21JN]

Radio: ensure the availability of spectrum to amateur radio operators (see S. 549), S2731 [22MR]

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

Refugees: reaffirm U.S. commitment to protecting refugees who are fleeing prosecution or torture (see S. 1311), S8704 [2AU]

SBA: authorize loans to small businesses and certain other businesses that suffered substantial economic injury as a result of terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see S. 1499), S10287 [4OC]

Schools: establish a program for an information clearinghouse to increase public access to defibrillation (see S. 1041), S6450 [19JN]

Small business: facilitate compliance with certain Federal paperwork requirements and establish a task force to streamline certain requirements (see S. 1271), S12055 [27NO]

———provide emergency relief to small businesses affected by significant increases in the prices of heating oil, natural gas, propane, and kerosene (see S. 295), S1218 [8FE]

Social Security: allow coverage of pregnancy-related assistance for targeted low-income pregnant women under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (see S. 724), S6055 [11JN]

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

———create a grant program to promote joint activities between Federal, State, and local child welfare and alcohol and drug abuse prevention and treatment agencies (see S. 484), S1971 [7MR]

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

———expand Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program to include parents of low-income families (see S. 1244), S8203 [25JY]

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

———extend Promoting Safe and Stable Families and Foster Care Independent Living programs, support mentoring programs for children of incarcerated parents, and assist youths aging out of foster care (see S. 1503), S13052 [12DE]

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

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

———provide for coordination of implementation of administrative simplification standard for health care information (see S. 836), S8123 [24JY]

———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see S. 1523), S11549 [7NO]

———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), S2163 [12MR]

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

Sudan: increase diplomatic efforts to encourage peace process in ongoing civil war and facilitate relief efforts (see S. 180), S8575 [1AU]

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

———allow a U.S. independent film and television production wage credit (see S. 1278), S9077 [4SE]

———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), S8912 [3AU]

———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), S5617 [24MY]

———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), S3851 [24AP]

———exclude reparations received by Holocaust survivors (see S. 749), S3706 [6AP]

———expand child tax credit (see S. 833), S4246 [3MY]

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

———incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability (see S. 88), S9076 [4SE]

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

———provide a credit for energy-efficient appliances (see S. 686), S8123 [24JY]

———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain restaurant buildings (see S. 732), S6518 [20JN]

———provide a tax credit for marginal oil and natural gas well production (see S. 1199), S7955 [19JY]

———provide incentives to reduce energy consumption (see S. 207), S706 [30JA]

———repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (see S. 275), S2306 [14MR]

———treatment of certain expenses of rural letter carriers relative to the business use of a personal vehicle (see S. 860), S6449 [19JN]

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

———treatment of forestry activities (see S. 567), S9197 [6SE] (see S. 1002), S5967 [7JN]

———treatment of interest on student loans (see S. 152), S3152 [29MR]

———treatment of State tuition programs (see S. 289), S1218 [8FE]

———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]

———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. 1685), S11789 [14NO]

———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]

Thresher (U.S.S.): erect a memorial in Arlington National Cemetery to honor the crew (see S. Con. Res. 46), S5831 [5JN]

Trade Act: amend to consolidate and improve trade adjustment assistance programs and provide community-based economic development assistance for trade-affected communities (see S. 1209), S12311 [3DE]

U.N. Human Rights Commission: restore U.S. membership (see S. Res. 88), S4941 [15MY]

Veterans: allow certain veterans with service-connected disabilities to travel on military aircraft (see S. 38), S1699 [28FE]

———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), S3152 [29MR]

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

———presumption of service connection for hepatitis C in certain veterans (see S. 457), S1898 [6MR]

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), S4508 [8MY]

Wilson, Nancy B.: relief (see S. 1251), S8280 [26JY]

Winter Harbor, ME: authorize transfer and conveyance of real property at the Naval Security Group Activity (see S. 1108), S6991 [27JN]

Wisconsin (U.S.S.): issue commemorative postage stamp to honor ship and crew (see S. Con. Res. 3), S929 [31JA]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Armed Forces: eliminate requirement that covered beneficiaries obtain nonavailability-of-health-care statements relative to obstetrics and gynecological care for pregnancies (see S. 1096), S6862 [25JN]

Community development: provide grant funding for additional enterprise communities (see S. 634), S2979 [27MR]

Corps of Engineers: repair and expand a wave attenuation system for Lubec, ME (see S. 1159), S7426 [10JY]

Dept. of Education: 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 HHS: revise performance standards and certification process for organ procurement organizations (see S. 1833), S13300 [14DE]

Education: reauthorize and improve the rural education development initiative (see S. 253), S1062 [6FE]

———strengthen the role of the Federal Government in helping to identify children with reading deficiencies and provide grants to State and local governments to implement early reading intervention programs (see S. 377), S1463 [15FE]

FDA: improve safety of imported foods (see S. 1634), S11437 [5NO]

Hazardous substances: reduce quantity of mercury in the environment by limiting use of mercury fever thermometers and improving collection, recycling and disposal of mercury (see S. 351), S1462 [15FE]

Health: improve access to oral health care by strengthening the dental workforce in rural and underserved communities (see S. 971), S5694 [25MY] (see S. 998), S5967 [7JN]

Horatio King Post Office Building, Paris Hill, ME: designate (see S. 970), S5694 [25MY]

Insurance: make the same health insurance options afforded to Federal employees available to Federal annuitants and Armed Forces members and retirees (see S. 561), S2472 [19MR]

Law enforcement: reimburse State and local law enforcement organizations for expenses incurred in providing assistance to the Secret Service in the protection of the President (see S. 772), S3921 [25AP]

Maine: conveyance of a segment of the Loring Petroleum Pipeline and related easements (see S. 296), S1218 [8FE]

Medicare: 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 payments for ambulance services in rural areas (see S. 1367), S8910 [3AU]

Schools: provide grants for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training in public schools (see S. 727), S3705 [6AP]

Searsport, ME: conveyance of petroleum tank farm (see S. 1264), S8353 [27JY]

Small business: provide for growth and worker assistance (see S. 1507), S10287 [4OC]

Suburban areas: provide assistance to States and nonprofit organizations to preserve suburban open space and contain suburban sprawl (see S. 1633), S11437 [5NO]

Taxation: allow small employers a tax credit for costs paid or incurred for employee health insurance expenses (see S. 674), S3274 [2AP]

———expand the exclusion for qualified small business stock and increase the annual limit for incentive stock options (see S. 455), S1817 [5MR]

———extend credits to assist in the purchase of fishing safety equipment (see S. 162), S527 [24JA]

———increase deductibility of professional development expenses for teachers and allow credits for those who provide classroom materials (see S. 203), S706 [30JA] (see S. 904), S5005 [16MY]

———modify credit for producing electricity from certain renewable resources (see S. 188), S568 [25JA]

———modify the exclusion for qualified small business stock (see S. 1823), S13145 [13DE]

———treatment of damages and back pay received on account of, and expenses incurred in asserting any claim of employment discrimination (see S. 917), S5269 [21MY]

Unemployment: provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (see S. 1541), S10640 [11OC]

Cloture motions

Bankruptcy: amend laws (S. 420), S2146 [12MR], S2297 [14MR]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: extend programs and activities (S. 1), motion to proceed, S3975 [26AP], S4061 [1MY]

Eulogies

Gerwin, Mary Berry: by William S. Cohen, S9824 [26SE]

Letters

Bipartisan Patient Protection Act: Kathleen Sebelius, National Association of Insurance Commissioners, S6493 [20JN]

Improve access to oral health care by strengthening the dental workforce in rural and underserved communities: Richard W. Valachovic, American Dental Education Association, S5703 [25MY], S5978 [7JN]

———Robert M. Anderton, American Dental Association, S5702 [25MY], S5978 [7JN]

Increase deductibility of professional development expenses for teachers and allow credits for those who provide classroom materials: Betty Castor, National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, S5498 [23MY]

———David Griffith, National Association of State Boards of Education, S5498 [23MY]

———Jordan Cross, American Association of School Administrators, S5499 [23MY]

———Mary Elizabeth Teasley, National Education Association, S5498 [23MY]

Rural education development initiative reauthorization and improvement: Bruce Hunter, Association of Educational Service Agencies, S1074, S1076 [6FE]

———Jordan Cross, American Association of School Administrators, S1074, S1075 [6FE]

———Mary Conk, National Rural Education Association, S1073, S1075 [6FE]

Pledge of Allegiance

Senate, S1097 [7FE], S2835 [26MR]

Privilege of the floor

Lyons, Pete, S9761 [24SE]

Simpson, Virginia R., S9761 [24SE]

Remarks

Afghanistan: provide educational and health care assistance to women and children (S. 1573), S11107 [25OC]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: oil and gas exploration, S9843 [26SE]

Armed Forces: annual determination of the basic benefit rate for educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill, S3651 [6AP]

———annual determination of the basic benefit rate for educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill (S. 131), S406 [22JA]

———eliminate requirement that covered beneficiaries obtain nonavailability-of-health-care statements relative to obstetrics and gynecological care for pregnancies (S. 1096), S6863 [25JN]

———improve pay, health care, and family housing for active duty personnel, S1447 [15FE]

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

Bankruptcy: amend laws (S. 420), S2155, S2158 [12MR]

———make chapter 12 of bankruptcy code permanent and extend protections to family fishermen, S2155, S2158 [12MR]

Bipartisan Patient Protection Act: clarify State compliance with new Federal regulations relative to existing State health insurance laws, S6968, S6970, S6971, S6978, S6980 [27JN], S7015 [28JN]

Budget: revising and setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2011 (H. Con. Res. 83), S3413, S3416, S3417, S3419, S3420, S3421 [4AP], S3462, S3523 [5AP], S3651, S3672 [6AP]

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

Community development: provide grant funding for additional enterprise communities (S. 634), S3001 [27MR]

Corps of Engineers: repair and expand a wave attenuation system for Lubec, ME (S. 1159), S7429 [10JY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1438), S9701, S9712 [24SE], S9792 [25SE], S9843 [26SE]

———funding, S3413 [4AP]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3338), S12666, S12667 [7DE]

———medical technology and research funding, S9792 [25SE]

———postpone additional rounds of military base closures and realignments, S9701, S9712 [24SE]

Dept. of Education: provide specific waiver authority to respond to conditions in the national emergency declared by the President (S. 1570), S10841 [18OC]

———State testing and assessment programs funding, S4216 [3MY]

———TRIO Programs funding, S11346 [1NO]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2217), S7573 [12JY]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2590), S9492 [19SE]

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

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2299), S8530, S8533 [1AU]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2500), S9361 [13SE]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3061), S11346, S11347 [1NO], S11412 [2NO]

Education: close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), conference report, S13389 [18DE]

———improve quality and raise student achievement by strengthening accountability, S4088 [1MY]

———improve the reading and literacy skills of children, S4194, S4196 [3MY], S4983 [16MY]

———national policy to improve system, S430 [23JA]

———reauthorize and improve the rural education development initiative (S. 253), S1073 [6FE]

———require States to equalize education funding throughout the State, S5913 [7JN]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: assist local educational agencies by increasing Title I funding to strengthen student achievement standards for schools with disadvantaged students, S4219 [3MY]

———extend programs and activities (S. 1), S4194, S4196, S4216, S4219 [3MY], S4488 [8MY], S4983 [16MY], S5849, S5856 [6JN], S5913, S5944 [7JN]

———extend programs and activities (S. 1), motion to proceed, S4088 [1MY]

FDA: improve safety of imported foods (S. 1634), S11443 [5NO], S11592-S11594 [8NO]

GAO: study of State education testing and assessment programs costs, S5849, S5856 [6JN]

Graham, John D.: nomination to be OMB Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs Administrator, S7932 [19JY]

Hazardous substances: investigation of anthrax bacteria outbreak, S10830 [18OC]

———reduce quantity of mercury in the environment by limiting use of mercury fever thermometers and improving collection, recycling and disposal of mercury (S. 351), S1491 [15FE]

Health: clarify liability of employers relative to protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, S6492 [20JN]

———improve access to oral health care by strengthening the dental workforce in rural and underserved communities (S. 971), S5701, S5703 [25MY]

———improve access to oral health care by strengthening the dental workforce in rural and underserved communities (S. 998), S5977 [7JN]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S. 1052), S6563 [21JN], S6968, S6970, S6971, S6978, S6980 [27JN], S7015 [28JN]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S. 1052), motion to proceed, S6490, S6492, S6493 [20JN]

Homeless: substance abuse prevention and treatment services funding, S11347 [1NO]

Horatio King Post Office Building, Paris Hill, ME: designate (S. 970), S5701 [25MY]

INS: increase number of border inspectors, S9361 [13SE], S9492 [19SE]

Insurance: make the same health insurance options afforded to Federal employees available to Federal annuitants and Armed Forces members and retirees (S. 561), S2474 [19MR]

Intermountain Dairy Compact: congressional consent (S. 1157), S7253 [29JN]

Law enforcement: reimburse State and local law enforcement organizations for expenses incurred in providing assistance to the Secret Service in the protection of the President (S. 772), S3923 [25AP]

Libraries: provide up-to-date school library media resources and professionally certified school library media specialists for elementary and secondary schools, S4983 [16MY]

LIHEAP: funding, S11412 [2NO]

Lumber industry: economic impact of release of sebacic acid by Defense National Stockpile, S10147 [3OC]

Maine: conveyance of a segment of the Loring Petroleum Pipeline and related easements (S. 296), S1227 [8FE]

———establish a commercial truck safety pilot program (S. 1345), S8767 [2AU]

———Forest Legacy Program funding, S7573 [12JY]

Medicaid: clarify Dept. of HHS authority to treat certain State prescription drug discount demonstration projects as medical assistance for purposes of rebate agreements (S. 1177), S7595 [12JY]

Medicare: eliminate reduction in payment rates to home health agencies for home health services, S3417, S3419, S3420, S3421 [4AP], S3462 [5AP]

———eliminate reduction in payment rates under the prospective payment system for home health services and increase payments for such services in rural areas (S. 326), S1396 [14FE]

———funding, S3462 [5AP]

———increase payments for ambulance services in rural areas (S. 1367), S8939 [3AU]

Navy: shipbuilding funding, S12666, S12667 [7DE]

Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact: reauthorize (S. 1157), S7253 [29JN]

Pacific Northwest Dairy Compact: congressional consent (S. 1157), S7253 [29JN]

Pharmaceuticals: improve safety and efficacy for children (S. 838), S10830 [18OC]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (S. 27), S300 [22JA], S2449, S2469 [19MR], S2693, S2695, S2697 [22MR]

———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, S2469 [19MR]

———require candidates to personally appear in television and radio advertisements that mention their opponent to qualify for advertising discounts, S2693, S2695, S2697 [22MR]

Power resources: national energy policy, S9843 [26SE]

Presidential appointments: nominations considered and confirmed en bloc, S5023 [16MY]

Revell, Rita Mirembe: relief (S. 560), S4050 [30AP]

Schools: allow same-gender public schools and classrooms as long as comparable educational opportunities are offered to both sexes, S5944 [7JN]

———provide grants for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training in public schools (S. 727), S3713 [6AP]

Searsport, ME: conveyance of petroleum tank farm (S. 1264), S8363 [27JY]

Senate: legislative program, S2835 [26MR], S3462 [5AP], S4050 [30AP], S5024 [16MY]

Social Security: computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982, S5417 [22MY]

Southern Dairy Compact: congressional consent (S. 1157), S7253 [29JN]

Suburban areas: provide assistance to States and nonprofit organizations to preserve suburban open space and contain suburban sprawl (S. 1633), S11442 [5NO]

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

———allow small employers a tax credit for costs paid or incurred for employee health insurance expenses, S3523 [5AP]

———allow small employers a tax credit for costs paid or incurred for employee health insurance expenses (S. 674), S3277 [2AP]

———expand the exclusion for qualified small business stock and increase the annual limit for incentive stock options (S. 455), S1824 [5MR]

———extend credits to assist in the purchase of fishing safety equipment (S. 162), S528 [24JA]

———full deduction of health insurance costs for self-employed individuals, S6563 [21JN]

———increase deductibility of professional development expenses for teachers and allow credits for those who provide classroom materials, S5078, S5080, S5082 [17MY], S5498 [23MY]

———increase deductibility of professional development expenses for teachers and allow credits for those who provide classroom materials (S. 203), S707 [30JA]

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

———modify credit for producing electricity from certain renewable resources (S. 188), S575 [25JA]

———rates (H.R. 1836), S5078, S5080, S5082 [17MY], S5417 [22MY], S5495, S5497 [23MY]

———treatment of damages and back pay received on account of, and expenses incurred in asserting any claim of employment discrimination (S. 917), S5273 [21MY]

Terrorism: condemn and respond to hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (S.J. Res. 22), S9328 [12SE], S9351 [13SE]

———protect children (S. 1685), S11793 [14NO]

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

Wilson, Nancy B.: relief (S. 1251), S8283 [26JY]

Winter Harbor, ME: authorize transfer and conveyance of real property at the Naval Security Group Activity (S. 1108), S6996 [27JN]

Statements

Rural Education Development Initiative Reauthorization and Improvement: National Education Association, S1074 [6FE]

Summaries

Encouraging Investment in Small Business Act (S. 455), S1825 [5MR]

Texts of

S. 203, Teacher Support Act, S708 [30JA]

S. 351, Mercury Reduction and Disposal Act, S1492 [15FE]

S. 1096, Military Spouse Physician Choice Act, S6864 [25JN]

Tributes

Adams, Steve, S11436 [5NO]

Daschle, Senator, S10830 [18OC]

Gerwin, Mary Berry, S9824 [26SE]

Levitt, Arthur M., S1097 [7FE]

Nadeau, James L., S2681 [22MR]