HUTCHINSON, Y. TIM (a Senator from Arkansas)

Amendments

Agriculture: continue certain programs (S. 1731), S12870, S12871 [11DE], S13308 [14DE], S13499, S13500, S13592 [18DE], S13649, S13713 [19DE]

———respond to the continuing economic crisis adversely affecting agricultural producers (S. 1246), S8776 [2AU]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2330), S11090, S11129 [25OC]

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations (S. 1077), S7321, S7336 [9JY], S7432 [10JY]

Budget: revising and setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2011 (H. Con. Res. 83), S3354, S3355 [3AP], S3406, S3416, S3457 [4AP], S3525, S3566, S3582, S3591, S3599 [5AP], S3639, S3709 [6AP], S3791 [23AP]

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), S9656, S9659 [21SE], S9699, S9747, S9753 [24SE], S9791, S9795, S9812, S9814 [25SE], S9836, S9930 [26SE], S9997 [1OC], S10033 [2OC]

———making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 2904), S9923 [26SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3338), S12663, S12692, S12728 [7DE]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2590), S9526 [19SE]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3061), S11326, S11395 [1NO]

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

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: extend programs and activities (S. 1), S4519 [8MY], S4713, S4716, S4727, S4730, S4733, S4735, S4736, S4748 [9MY], S4919 [15MY], S4971 [16MY], S5833 [5JN], S5951, S5952 [7JN], S6033 [11JN], S6181, S6204 [13JN], S6281, S6319 [14JN]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2311), S7826 [17JY]

Health: protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S. 1052), S6548, S6622 [21JN], S7004 [27JN]

National Community Health Center Week: establish (S. Con. Res. 59), S8979, S9000 [3AU]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (S. 27), S2799 [23MR], S2907 [26MR], S3024, S3065 [28MR]

Taxation: extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (H.R. 1552), S11962 [15NO]

———rates (H.R. 1836), S5078, S5172 [17MY], S5270, S5288 [21MY]

Appointments

Acting President pro tempore, S4525 [9MY]

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

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

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

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

Congressional-Executive Commission on the People's Republic of China, S4968 [15MY]

Articles and editorials

Ted Kennedy's America—The New McCarthyism, Little Rock (AR) Democrat-Gazette, S990 [1FE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: continue certain programs (see S. 1673), S11660 [9NO]

———provide farm credit assistance for activated reservists (see S. 1519), S10388 [9OC]

Americans With Disabilities Act: require that any civil action against a place of public accommodation or commercial facility allow an opportunity for alleged violations to be corrected (see S. 782), S5006 [16MY]

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service: improve administration of bird collection and management activities (see S. 909), S5118 [17MY]

Armed Forces: annual determination of the basic benefit rate for educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill (see S. 131), S1157 [7FE]

———authorize disability retirement to be granted posthumously for members who die in the line of duty (see S. 1037), S6318 [14JN]

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

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

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

———provide for a national media campaign to reduce and prevent underage drinking (see S. 866), S6992 [27JN]

China, People's Republic of: improve human rights situation before Olympic games are held in Beijing (see S. Con. Res. 27), S2662 [21MR]

———release of Navy reconnaissance plane crew members that made emergency landing (see S. Res. 66), S3531 [5AP]

Coal: develop and implement advanced clean coal technology programs and provide tax incentives to encourage the retrofitting, repowering, or replacement of coal-based electricity generating facilities (see S. 60), S4590 [9MY]

Computers: encourage broadband technology deployment to rural areas (see S. 1126), S8065 [23JY]

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), S11940 [15NO]

Courts: awarding of attorneys' fees to private parties who prevail in litigation against the Federal Government (see S. 106), 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: protect unborn victims of violence (see S. 480), S1971 [7MR]

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

Dept. of Agriculture: extend and expand conservation programs (see S. 1267), S8353 [27JY]

———provide emergency crop loss assistance to respond to economic losses incurred by crop producers, livestock and poultry producers, and greenhouse operators as a result of the increase in energy prices (see S. 568), S2582 [20MR]

Dept. of Education: provide specific waiver authority to respond to conditions in the national emergency declared by the President (see S. 1570), S11549 [7NO] (see S. 1793), S12772 [10DE]

Dept. of Energy: establish a decommissioning pilot program to decommission and decontaminate the sodium-cooled fast breeder experimental test-site reactor located in northwest Arkansas (see S. 636), S3052 [28MR]

Dept. of Labor: congressional disapproval of ergonomic regulations (see S.J. Res. 6), S1747 [1MR]

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]

Earnhardt, Dale: tribute (see S. Res. 29), S1701 [28FE]

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

———legal protection for teachers and other school professionals who take reasonable measures to maintain order and discipline in schools (see S. 316), S1270 [13FE]

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

———tribute to Catholic schools (see S. Res. 24), S1394 [14FE]

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

Employment: provide compensatory time opportunities, flexible workplaces, and clarify minimum wage and overtime requirements of private sector employees (see S. 624), S7194 [29JN]

Family and Medical Leave Act: improve implementation and clarify definition of ``serious medical condition'' (see S. 489), S7194 [29JN]

Family History Month: designate (see S. Res. 160), S9337 [12SE]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: amend relative to new animal drugs (see S. 1346), S9395 [13SE]

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act: extend and improve collection of maintenance fees (see S. 1474), S10389 [9OC]

Fish and fishing: provide clarification regarding the market name for the fish Pangasius bocourti and compliance with the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (see S. 1494), S10154 [3OC]

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), S8466 [31JY]

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), S3853 [24AP]

Government: require Congress and the President to fulfill their constitutional duty to take personal responsibility for Federal laws (see S. 908), S5118 [17MY]

Health: 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]

Health care professionals: 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: remove limits on Internet course offerings, modify treatment of non-standard term programs, and clarify incentive compensation requirements (see S. 1445), S9620 [21SE]

Immigration: streamline procedures for the admission, and extension of stay, for nonimmigrant agricultural workers and provide a system of one-time, earned adjustment to legal status for certain agricultural workers (see S. 1161), S7426 [10JY]

Investments: establish individual development accounts for certain individuals and families (see S. 592), S2662 [21MR]

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

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

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see S. 873), S4890 [14MY]

Law enforcement officers: establish a matching grant program to assist local governments in purchasing bullet resistant equipment (see S. 440), S3853 [24AP]

Lumber industry: promote open and competitive trade of softwood lumber between the U.S. and Canada (see S. Con. Res. 8), S1122 [7FE]

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

Medicaid: provide families of disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see S. 321), S1617 [27FE]

———State funding for disproportionate share hospitals (see S. 776), S8281 [26JY]

Medicare: adjust wages and wage-related costs for certain items and services furnished in geographically reclassified hospitals (see S. 659), S3152 [29MR]

———coverage of oral anticancer drugs (see S. 913), S5832 [5JN]

———coverage of screening pap smears and pelvic exams (see S. 258), S9123 [5SE]

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

———establish a floor on area wage adjustment factors used under the prospective payment system for hospital services (see S. 1001), S5967 [7JN]

———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), S4416 [7MY]

———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), S4508 [8MY]

———provide regulatory relief, appeals process reforms, contracting flexibility, and education improvements (see S. 1738), S12100 [28NO]

———specify the update for physician fee schedule payments and conduct a study on replacing the use of the sustainable growth rate as a factor in such update (see S. 1707), S12056 [27NO]

———treatment of certain physician pathology services (see S. 730), S3705 [6AP]

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

National 4-H Program Centennial Initiative: funding (see S. 657), S6449 [19JN]

National Airborne Day: designate (see S. Res. 16), S2389 [15MR]

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

National Center for Social Work Research: establish (see S. 70), S10058 [2OC]

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

National Commission on the Bicentennial of the Louisiana Purchase: establish (see S. 356), S7495 [11JY]

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

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

———tribute to members who were killed in the aircraft crash in south-central Georgia (see S. Res. 45), S2117 [9MR]

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

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

National Veterans Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 143), S8576 [1AU]

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

Nuclear energy: ensure continued contribution to the domestic energy supply (see S. 472), S2980 [27MR]

Peace Officers Memorial Day: designate (see S. Res. 63), S2730 [22MR]

Pensions: reform (see S. 742), S3706 [6AP]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (see S. 22), S587 [25JA]

Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see S. 177), S3274 [2AP]

Power resources: protect energy security and decrease dependence on foreign oil through use of renewable fuels, conservation, improved efficiency, increased domestic supplies, and environmental quality (see S. 388, 389), S1586 [26FE]

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

Public welfare programs: reauthorize supplemental grant for population increases in certain States under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see S. 942), S5542 [23MY]

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

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

Rural areas: promote and improve access to health care services (see S. 1030), S6212 [13JN]

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), S12055 [27NO]

Science: prohibit the cloning of humans (see S. 790), S4823 [10MY]

Small business: protect from litigation excesses and limit product liability of non-manufacturer product sellers (see S. 865), S5270 [21MY]

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

———provide for coordination of implementation of administrative simplification standard for health care information (see S. 836), S9741 [24SE]

———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), S5968 [7JN]

Sports: prohibit gambling on high school and college sports and the Olympics and establish NIST grant program to fund detection and prevention of the use of performance-enhancing drugs (see S. 718), S6128 [12JN]

SSA: require publications to include additional information on Social Security's current and future solvency and require an annual report on the Social Security Program (see S. 563), S2980 [27MR]

Tariff Act: expedite antidumping investigations when imports increase materially from new suppliers after an antidumping order and amend provisions on export prices and constructed export prices (see S. 1869), S13943 [20DE]

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

———allow increased contributions to education savings accounts and expand applicability to elementary and secondary school expenses (see S. 306), S1270 [13FE]

———allow tax credit for contributions to charitable organizations which provide scholarships for children to attend elementary and secondary schools (see S. 462), S3531 [5AP]

———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), S6992 [27JN]

———eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate brackets and standard deduction amounts (see S. 11), S1747 [1MR]

———exempt State and local political committees from certain notification and reporting requirements applicable to political organizations (see S. 527, 744), S7495 [11JY]

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

———extend the moratorium on taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce and assist States in simplifying their sales and use taxes (see S. 512), S2583 [20MR]

———extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce and assist States in simplifying their sales and use taxes (see S. 1567), S10835 [18OC]

———facilitate electric cooperative participation in a competitive electric power industry (see S. 794), S5832 [5JN]

———first-time homebuyers tax credit (see S. 1396), S9122 [5SE]

———full deduction of health insurance costs for self-employed individuals (see S. 29), S1586 [26FE]

———incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability (see S. 88), S928 [31JA]

———make marriage tax penalty relief effective immediately for certain tax brackets and the standard deduction (see S. 1513), S10388 [9OC]

———modify renewable energy credit to include agricultural and animal waste sources as a renewable energy resource (see S. 845), S4508 [8MY]

———permanently extend research credit and adjust the alternative incremental credit rates (see S. 41), S2071 [8MR]

———provide a credit for energy-efficient appliances (see S. 686), S5617 [24MY]

———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain leasehold improvements (see S. 1087), S6664 [22JN]

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

———provide for a refundable education opportunity tax credit (see S. 488), S4509 [8MY]

———provide for Farm, Fishing, and Ranch Risk Management Accounts (see S. 313), S3153 [29MR]

———provide incentives for economic recovery and provide for the payment of emergency extended unemployment compensation (see S. 1804), S12858 [11DE]

———provide relief for victims of the terrorist attacks against the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see S. 1433), S9622 [21SE]

———provide tax credits with respect to nuclear facilities (see S. 741), S4177 [2MY]

———provide tax relief for farmers and fishermen (see S. 312), S3053 [28MR]

———repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (see S. 275), S1700 [28FE]

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see S. 234), S3153 [29MR]

———standards for determining employment status of independent contractors (see S. 837), S4591 [9MY]

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

———treatment of adoption expenses (see S. 148), S3053 [28MR]

———treatment of certain expenses of rural letter carriers relative to the business use of a personal vehicle (see S. 860), S5832 [5JN]

———treatment of certain medical savings accounts (see S. 1067), S13051 [12DE]

———treatment of certain survivor benefits (see S. 433), S2473 [19MR]

———treatment of charitable contributions to public charities for use in medical research (see S. 393), S1700 [28FE]

———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), S9123 [5SE]

———treatment of forestry activities (see S. 567), S2980 [27MR] (see S. 1002), S5967 [7JN]

———treatment of individual retirement accounts relative to charitable contributions (see S. 205), S1748 [1MR]

———treatment of interest on student loans (see S. 152), S1229 [8FE]

———treatment of policyholder dividends of mutual life insurance companies and policyholder surplus accounts (see S. 992), S5969 [7JN]

———treatment of small businesses (see S. 189), S654 [29JA]

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

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]

———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]

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), S8576 [1AU]

———increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses (see S. 145), S1464 [15FE]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see S. 170), S527 [24JA]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: authorize design and construction of a temporary education center (see S. 281), S1700 [28FE]

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), S6991 [27JN]

Women: reduce health care costs and promote improved health by providing supplemental grants for preventive health services (see S. 208), S706 [30JA]

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

Bills and resolutions introduced

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

China, People's Republic of: support U.N. resolution condemning human rights violations (see S. Res. 22), S1394 [14FE]

Crime: establish criminal penalties and civil remedies for commission of a terrorist hoax (see S. 1659), S11612 [8NO]

———prevent plant enterprise terrorism (see S. 1775), S12447 [5DE]

Dept. of Defense: impose notification and reporting requirements to certain Buy American Act provisions (see S. 766), S3852 [24AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: recognize for purposes of employing physicians, board certifications from the American Association of Physician Specialists, Inc. (see S. Res. 61), S2662 [21MR]

FDA: establish restrictions relative to the qualifications of physicians prescribing the abortion drug known as RU-486 (see S. 251), S1062 [6FE]

Food Security Act: authorize enrollment of land in the Wetlands Reserve Program (see S. 758), S3851 [24AP]

Government: preserve open competition and neutrality towards the labor relations of Federal Government contractors on Federal and federally funded construction projects (see S. 740), S3706 [6AP] (see S. 962), S5616 [24MY]

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

———expand medical residency training programs in geriatrics (see S. 1362), S8910 [3AU]

INS: establish a suboffice in Fort Smith, AR (see S. 644), S3151 [29MR]

Medicare: standardize payment amounts for inpatient hospital services (see S. 885), S4940 [15MY]

Monuments and memorials: expedite construction of the World War II memorial in the District of Columbia (see S. 580), S2582 [20MR]

National Center for Rural Law Enforcement: funding (see S. 349), S1462 [15FE]

National Community Health Center Week: establish (see S. Con. Res. 59), S7330 [9JY]

National Labor Relations Act: exempt retailers which permit charitable organizations access to its premises but denies access to labor unions to organize (see S. 929), S5438 [22MY]

Pharmaceuticals: ensure prompt research, development, and distribution of new drugs, biologics, and medical devices that prevent or mitigate the consequences of a chemical or biological terrorist attack (see S. 1635), S11488 [6NO]

SBA: extend authorization of the Drug-Free Workplace Program (see S. 348), S1462 [15FE]

Small business: improve access and choice relative to employee health care (see S. 858), S4590 [9MY]

Social Security: guarantee the right of individuals to receive certain benefits in full with an accurate annual cost-of-living adjustment (see S. 806), S4099 [1MY]

Taxation: allow Coverdell education savings accounts to be used for homeschooling (see S. 1662), S11612 [8NO]

———expand the expense treatment for small businesses and provide a shorter recovery period for depreciation of certain restaurant buildings (see S. 236), S1012 [1FE]

———provide tax credits for biodiesel blends in fuel (see S. 1058), S6448 [19JN]

———repeal alternative minimum tax on individuals and raise the exemption for small businesses from such tax (see S. 616), S2894 [26MR]

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

Tornadoes: authorize use of community development block grant funds for construction of tornado-safe shelters in manufactured home parks (see S. 680), S3340 [3AP]

Cloture motions

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

Entry forms

Lutheran Brotherhood (organization) RespecTeen Speak for Yourself Contest: Heather Eagleston, S4416 [7MY]

Letters

Charitable solicitations at retail stores: Thomas D. Hyde, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., S11327 [1NO]

Discrimination against the disabled: Heather Eagleston, S4416 [7MY]

Liability of employers relative to protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's: Jack McKee, McKee Foods Corp., S6476 [20JN], S6574 [21JN]

———John W. Hayes, S6476 [20JN], S6574 [21JN]

Motions

Health: protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S. 1052), S7136 [29JN]

Pledge of Allegiance

Senate, S1831 [6MR], S4525 [9MY]

Press releases

Senate Presented With Path to Speedy Farm Bill Conclusion—Arkansas Senator Tim Hutchinson Moves for Vote on House-Based Bill: Committee on Agriculture (House), S13651 [19DE]

Privilege of the floor

Aldridge, Brittni, S6141 [12JN]

McIllwain, Jonathan, S6141 [12JN]

Remarks

Agriculture: continue certain programs (S. 1731), S12414 [5DE], S13428, S13439, S13457, S13644 [18DE], S13649, S13650, S13651, S13652, S13653, S13654, S13655, S13656 [19DE]

———funding, S3366 [4AP]

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations (S. 1077), S7383 [10JY]

Armed Forces: establish an education savings plan to encourage reenlistments and extensions of service by members in critical specialties (S. 789), S4006 [26AP]

Ashcroft, John: nomination to be Attorney General, S695 [30JA], S990 [1FE]

Bankruptcy: amend laws (S. 420), S2373 [15MR]

Bono, AR: flood control projects funding, S7796 [17JY]

Budget: revising and setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2011 (H. Con. Res. 83), S3366 [4AP], S3665 [6AP]

———treatment of any budget surpluses, S1171 [8FE]

Bush, President: proposal to expand the participation of faith-based organizations in the provision of social services, S701 [30JA]

China, People's Republic of: support U.N. resolution condemning human rights violations (S. Res. 22), S1434 [14FE]

Courts: awarding of attorneys' fees to private parties who prevail in litigation against the Federal Government (S. 106), S380 [22JA]

Crime: provide incentives for States to enact mandatory minimum sentences for certain firearms offenses (S. 619), S2904 [26MR]

DEA: nomination to be Administrator, S8549 [1AU]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1438), S10039 [2OC]

Dept. of Education: support access to secondary school students for military recruiting purposes, S4919 [15MY]

Dept. of Labor: congressional disapproval of ergonomic regulations (S.J. Res. 6), S1847 [6MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: recognize for purposes of employing physicians, board certifications from the American Association of Physician Specialists, Inc. (S. Res. 61), S2674 [21MR]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2500), S9382 [13SE]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3061), S11326, S11328 [1NO]

Eagleston, Heather: Lutheran Brotherhood (organization) RespecTeen Speak for Yourself Award recipient, S4415 [7MY]

Education: assist local educational agencies in enabling students to meet academic achievement standards, S4143 [2MY]

———campaign to promote access of armed services recruiters to students and student directories, S6181 [13JN]

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

———establish demonstration projects to determine the effectiveness of voucher programs to provide school choice, S6064 [12JN]

———improve quality and raise student achievement by strengthening accountability, S4142 [2MY]

———provide grants for the renovation of schools, S4995 [16MY]

———reductions in school class size, S4466 [8MY]

———remove 21st Century Community Learning Centers Program from pilot program establishing State performance agreements with school districts relative to flexibility in the use of Federal funds, S6163 [13JN]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: condition implementation of State testing and assessment programs on funding for Title I programs, S5939, S5941 [7JN]

———extend programs and activities (S. 1), S4466 [8MY], S4919 [15MY], S4971, S4995 [16MY], S5939, S5941 [7JN], S6064 [12JN], S6163, S6181 [13JN]

———extend programs and activities (S. 1), motion to proceed, S4028 [30AP], S4142 [2MY]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2311), S7796 [17JY]

Executive Office of the President: establishment of White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, S701 [30JA]

FDA: repeal ban on importation of certain fish and fish products not taxonomically from the catfish family, S13428, S13439 [18DE]

Federal aid programs: provide for emergency unemployment compensation program and emergency health coverage assistance, S14039 [20DE]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (S.J. Res. 7), S2230 [13MR]

Fort Fairfield, ME: flood control projects funding, S7896 [19JY]

Fort Smith, AR: INS office sub-office designation, S9382 [13SE]

Government: preserve open competition and neutrality towards the labor relations of Federal Government contractors on Federal and federally funded construction projects (S. 962), S5636 [24MY]

Health: clarify liability of employers relative to protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, S6475 [20JN]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S. 1052), S6548, S6552, S6555, S6556, S6563, S6564, S6571, S6572, S6579, S6581 [21JN]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S. 1052), motion to proceed, S6475 [20JN]

Health care professionals: alleviate nursing profession shortage by inproving educational programs and partnerships and supporting additional training (S. 721), S3546 [5AP]

———establish a Nurse Corps and address the nursing shortage through recruitment and retention strategies (S. 1864), S13947 [20DE]

———expand medical residency training programs in geriatrics (S. 1362), S8931 [3AU]

Ice storms: disaster assistance funding for Arkansas and Oklahoma, S7384 [10JY]

Jonesboro, AR: anniversary of shooting of students at Westside Middle School, S2822 [23MR]

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

Medicare: standardize payment amounts for inpatient hospital services (S. 885), S4946 [15MY]

Monuments and memorials: expedite construction of the World War II memorial in the District of Columbia (S. 580), S2593 [20MR]

National Biotechnology Week: designate (S. Res. 75), S3928 [25AP]

National Center for Rural Law Enforcement: funding (S. 349), S1479 [15FE]

National Correctional Officers and Employees Week: designate (S. Res. 92), S5959 [7JN]

National Labor Relations Act: exempt retailers which permit charitable organizations access to its premises but denies access to labor unions to organize, S11327, S11328 [1NO]

———exempt retailers which permit charitable organizations access to its premises but denies access to labor unions to organize (S. 929), S5460 [22MY]

Peace Officers Memorial Day: designate (S. Res. 63), S2781 [22MR]

Public welfare programs: Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program funding, S3665 [6AP]

SBA: extend authorization of the Drug-Free Workplace Program (S. 348), S1479 [15FE]

Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM): tribute, S2579 [20MR]

Spear, Chris: nomination to be Assistant Sec. of Labor for Policy, S3772 [6AP]

Taxation: allow increased contributions to education savings accounts and expand applicability to elementary and secondary school expenses, S1171 [8FE]

———expand the expense treatment for small businesses and provide a shorter recovery period for depreciation of certain restaurant buildings (S. 236), S1216 [8FE]

———full deduction of health insurance costs for self-employed individuals, S6548, S6552, S6555, S6556, S6563, S6564, S6571, S6572, S6579, S6581 [21JN]

———issuance of tax-exempt private activity bonds to assist States in the construction and rehabilitation of public schools, S4971, S4995 [16MY]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3529), S14039 [20DE]

———provide tax credits for biodiesel blends in fuel (S. 1058), S6450 [19JN]

———rates, S1038 [6FE], S1171 [8FE], S1445 [15FE]

———rates (H.R. 1836), S5408 [22MY]

———rates (H.R. 1836), conference report, S5675-S5677 [25MY]

———repeal alternative minimum tax on individuals and raise the exemption for small businesses from such tax (S. 616), S2899 [26MR]

———repeal estate and gift taxes, S1445 [15FE]

———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (S. 237), S1215 [8FE]

———treatment of education individual retirement accounts relative to elementary and secondary school expenses, S5408 [22MY]

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), S9307 [12SE]

Veterans: permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits, S10039 [2OC]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (S. 170), S542 [24JA]

Vietnam: impact of fish imports on American producers, S10111 [3OC]

———normal trade relations status (H.J. Res. 51), S10111 [3OC]

Statements

Bipartisan Patient Protection Act: Executive Office of the President, S6552, S6555 [21JN]

Summaries

Advancement of Geriatric Education Act (S. 1362), S8932 [3AU]

Texts of

S. 348, Drug-Free Workplace Program Extension Act, S1479 [15FE]

S. 349, Rural Law Enforcement Assistance Act, S1480 [15FE]

S. 580, expedite construction of the World War II memorial in the District of Columbia, S2593 [20MR]

S. 616, Real AMT Relief Act, S2899 [26MR]

S. 644, Fort Smith INS Suboffice Act, S3154 [29MR]

S. 680, Tornado Shelters Act, S3344 [3AP]

S. 721, Nursing Employment and Education Development (NEED) Act, S3547-S3550 [5AP]

S. 758, enrollment of land in the Wetlands Reserve Program under the Food Security Act, S3855 [24AP]

S. 766, impose Buy American Act notification and reporting requirements on the Dept. of Defense, S3860 [24AP]

S. 789, establish an education savings plan to encourage reenlistments and extensions of service by members of the Armed Forces in critical specialties, S4007 [26AP]

S. 806, Full Social Security Benefits Guarantee Act, S4116 [1MY]

S. 885, Area Wage and Base Payment Improvement Act, S4947 [15MY]

S. 929, Preserve Charitable Giving Act, S5460 [22MY]

S. 962, Government Neutrality in Contracting Act, S5758 [25MY]

S. 1058, Biodiesel Renewable Fuels Act, S6451 [19JN]

S. 1362, Advancement of Geriatric Education Act, S8932 [3AU]

S. 1635, Pathogen Research, Emergency Preparedness and Response Efforts (PREPARE) Act, S11489-S11491 [6NO]

S. 1659, Terrorist Hoax Costs Recovery Act, S11614 [8NO]

Tributes

Chandler, David B., S11718 [13NO]

Freligh, Phillip, S2572 [20MR]

Hensley, Sue, S4097 [1MY]

McWilliams, Robert C., S1694 [28FE]

Peters, F. Whitten, S1039 [6FE]