SMITH, GORDON (a Senator from Oregon)

Amendments

Agriculture: continue certain programs (S. 1731), S13020, S13032, S13066, S13069 [12DE], S13102, S13158, S13223 [13DE], S13465, S13471, S13499, S13503 [18DE]

———respond to the continuing economic crisis adversely affecting agricultural producers (S. 1246), S8492 [31JY]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2330), S11071, S11125, S11126 [25OC]

Aviation: improve security (S. 1447), S10469 [10OC]

Bankruptcy: amend laws (S. 420), S2199, S2233, S2265 [13MR]

Budget: revising and setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2011 (H. Con. Res. 83), S3354 [3AP], S3416 [4AP], S3475, S3479, S3565, S3576, S3578, S3582, S3591, S3599, S3600 [5AP], S3646, S3655, S3656, S3661, S3707, S3708 [6AP], S3789, S3790 [23AP]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1438), S10059 [2OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3338), S12659, S12689, S12721, S12725 [7DE]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2217), S7524 [11JY], S7555 [12JY]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2590), S9493, S9526 [19SE], S9558 [20SE]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2500), S9400 [13SE]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3061), S11495 [6NO]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: extend programs and activities (S. 1), S4640 [9MY], S5987 [7JN], S6172, S6173, S6213 [13JN]

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

FERC: impose cost-of-service based rates on sales by public utilities of electric energy at wholesale in the western energy market (S. 287), S1529 [15FE]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2506), S10924, S10961, S10984, S10987 [24OC]

Pipelines: improve safety, public awareness, and environmental protection of pipeline transportation (S. 235), S1229 [8FE]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (S. 27), S2561 [20MR], S2907 [26MR]

Taxation: provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), S11861 [14NO]

———rates (H.R. 1836), S5078, S5170, S5172 [17MY], S5195, S5285, S5354 [21MY], S5490 [23MY]

Appointments

Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, S1353 [13FE]

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

NATO Parliamentary Assembly, S8496 [31JY]

Articles and editorials

Timeout for the Uninsured, Washington (DC) Post, S4135 [2MY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Animals: prohibit import, export, sale, or possession of bear viscera (see S. 1125), S7083 [28JN]

Aviation: ensure general aviation aircraft access to Federal land and to the airspace over that land (see S. 681), S4509 [8MY]

———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), S10389 [9OC]

Babbitt, Dina: release of paintings by the Auschwitz-Birkenau state museum in Poland (see S. Con. Res. 49), 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]

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: improve academic and social outcomes for students by providing productive activities during after-school hours (see S. 1258), S12311 [3DE]

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

Contraceptives: require equitable coverage of drugs, devices, and services under health insurance plans (see S. 104), S553 [24JA]

Courts: divide the ninth judicial circuit into two circuits (see S. 346), S1462 [15FE]

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

Day of National Concern About Young People and Gun Violence: designate (see S. Res. 161), S10289 [4OC]

Dept. of Agriculture: agricultural trade programs funding (see S. 366), S1463 [15FE]

Dept. of the Interior: conduct a study on commemorating and interpreting the Cold War (see S. 1257), S9875 [26SE] (see S. 1257), S10155 [3OC]

———management of outfitter and guide services on Federal lands (see S. 978), S5695 [25MY]

———provide assistance through States to eligible weed management entities to control or eradicate harmful, nonnative weeds (see S. 198), S636 [29JA]

Dept. of Transportation: establish a grant program for the rehabilitation, preservation, or improvement of railroad track (see S. 1220), S8064 [23JY]

Diseases: authorizing appropriations for international HIV/AIDS control efforts (see S. 1120), S7083 [28JN]

———encourage and support international HIV/AIDS control efforts (see S. Res. 119), S7193 [29JN]

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

Drugs: extend and modify the Drug-Free Communities Support Program and authorize a National Community Antidrug Coalition Institute (see S. 1075), S6518 [20JN]

Education: improve and refocus civic education (see S. 413), S2895 [26MR]

———provide grants to expand public school choice and assist charter schools with start-up costs and incentives for States to provide per pupil facilities funding programs (see S. 669), S3215 [30MR]

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

Employment: prohibit discrimination on the basis of affectional or sexual orientation (see S. 1284), S8464 [31JY]

Families and domestic relations: recognize and enhance public awareness of the social problem of child abuse and neglect (see S. Con. Res. 14), S3532 [5AP] (see S. Res. 132), S7589 [12JY]

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

Federal firefighters: make mandatory separation age match requirement for Federal law enforcement officers (see S. 271), S1348 [13FE]

Federal-State relations: require Federal agencies to consult with State and local governments on environmental impact statements (see S. 301), S1348 [13FE]

FERC: impose just and reasonable load-differentiated demand rates or cost-of-service based rates on sales by public utilities of electric energy at wholesale in the western energy market (see S. 764), S3852 [24AP]

Fish and fishing: continue State management of the West Coast Dungeness Crab fishery (see S. 755), S3706 [6AP]

———efforts to rehabilitate salmon stocks in the Pacific Northwest (see S. 1825), S13145 [13DE]

Fishery Conservation and Management Act: expedite relief for commercial fishery failure in the Pacific Coast Ground Fishery and improve management and enforcement in that fishery (see S. 973), S5694 [25MY]

Food Security Act: establish the Conservation Security Program (see S. 932), S5438 [22MY]

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), S11719 [13NO]

Fort Clatsop National Memorial: expand (see S. 423), S1746 [1MR]

Gambling: protect amateur athletics and combat illegal sports gambling (see S. 338), S2979 [27MR]

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

Health: embryonic stem cell research funding (see S. 723), S3530 [5AP]

———improve access to health care services for uninsured and low-income individuals in medically under served areas (see S. Res. 57), S5120 [17MY]

———provide for a public response to the public health crisis of pain (see S. 1024), S6211 [13JN]

Health care professionals: alleviate nursing profession shortage by inproving educational programs and partnerships and supporting additional training (see S. 706, 721), S6602 [21JN]

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

———provide programs to improve nurse retention, the nursing workplace, and the quality of care (see S. 1594), S11198 [30OC]

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act: extend date for compliance by certain entities with administrative simplification standards for electronic transactions and code sets (see S. 1588), S11198 [30OC]

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

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

Law enforcement: community policing programs (see S. 924), S5695 [25MY]

Little Sandy River: protection of watershed as part of the Bull Run Watershed Management Unit (see S. 254), S1062 [6FE]

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

Medicaid: clarify that Native American women eligible for coverage under Indian health plans are eligible for optional breast and cervical cancer coverage (see S. 535), S6664 [22JN] (see S. 1741), S12100 [28NO]

———extend certain modifications to disproportionate share hospital allotments (see S. 572), S3532 [5AP]

———permit States the option to provide coverage for low-income individuals infected with HIV (see S. 987), S11198 [30OC]

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

Medicare: coverage of oral anticancer drugs (see S. 913), S5118 [17MY]

———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (see S. 1185), S7880 [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), S2895 [26MR]

———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), S9440 [14SE]

———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), S2662 [21MR]

———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]

Medicare/Medicaid: streamline regulatory processes for home health agencies (see S. 1169), S9441 [14SE]

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), S4175 [2MY]

National American Indian Heritage Month: designate (see S. Res. 118), S7193 [29JN]

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

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 Correctional Officers and Employees Week: designate (see S. Res. 92), S5833 [5JN]

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

National Foundation for the Study of Holocaust Assets: establish (see S. 1876), S13943 [20DE]

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

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

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

National Safe Place Week: designate (see S. Res. 25), S2307 [14MR]

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

National Trails System Act: update the feasibility and suitability studies of certain national historic trails and provide for possible additions (see S. 213), S8123 [24JY]

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

NIH: biomedical research funding (see S. Res. 19), S3995 [26AP]

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

Oregon: conduct a feasibility study on ways to improve water management in the Burnt, Malheur, Owyhee, and Powder River basins (see S. 238), S1012 [1FE]

Peace Officers Memorial Day: designate (see S. Res. 63), S4045 [30AP]

Pensions: reform (see S. 742), S4823 [10MY]

Pipelines: improve safety, public awareness, and environmental protection of pipeline transportation (see S. 235), S1012 [1FE]

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

Poverty: increase foreign assistance to combat global poverty (see S. Res. 182), S12001 [16NO]

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: tribute (see S. Con. Res. 92), S12859 [11DE]

Railroads: improve safety and security of rail transportation (see S. 1528), S10457 [10OC]

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

Renewable Energy Production Incentive Program: reauthorize and revise (see S. 1211), S8014 [20JY]

Russia: condition participation in the Group of Eight on voluntary acceptance of and adherence to the norms and standards of democracy (see S. Con. Res. 60), S7805 [17JY]

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), S11199 [30OC]

Science: prohibit the cloning of humans (see S. 790), S8912 [3AU] (see S. 790), S10693 [15OC]

Ships and vessels: stimulate increased domestic cruise ship opportunities by temporarily reducing barriers for entry into the domestic cruise ship trade (see S. 127), S4175 [2MY]

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

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

———phase out taxation of benefits (see S. 181), S4823 [10MY]

———provide for coordination of implementation of administrative simplification standard for health care information (see S. 836), S9504 [19SE]

Sprague River: conduct a study of the feasibility of providing adequate upstream and downstream passage for fish at the Chiloquin Dam in Oregon (see S. 1826), S13145 [13DE]

Tariff: impose tariff-rate quotas on certain casein and milk protein concentrates (see S. 847), S10769 [16OC]

Taxation: 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), S13944 [20DE]

———eligibility of veterans for mortgage revenue bond financing (see S. 615), S10288 [4OC]

———eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate brackets and standard deduction amounts (see S. 11), S4823 [10MY]

———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]

———extension of the credit for producing electricity from biomass (see S. 756), S7194 [29JN]

———extension of the credit for producing electricity from wind (see S. 530), S2306 [14MR]

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

———incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability (see S. 88), S1021 [1FE]

———make higher education more affordable (see S. 458), S1897 [6MR]

———modify and expand credit for producing electricity from certain renewable resources and waste products (see S. 1566), S10835 [18OC]

———modify credit for producing electricity from certain renewable resources (see S. 249), S9972 [1OC]

———permanently extend research credit and adjust the alternative incremental credit rates (see S. 41), S4890 [14MY]

———provide a credit for energy-efficient appliances (see S. 686), S8281 [26JY]

———provide income tax credit to long-term caregivers (see S. 464), S2163 [12MR]

———provide tax and other incentives to maintain a vibrant travel and tourism industry, to keep working people working, and to stimulate economic growth (see S. 1500), S12055 [27NO]

———repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (see S. 275), S8465 [31JY]

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see S. 234), S1012 [1FE]

———treatment of bonds issued to acquire renewable resources on land subject to conservation easement (see S. 822), S4245 [3MY]

———treatment of flexible spending arrangements relative to long-term care insurance (see S. 627), S10457 [10OC]

———treatment of forestry activities (see S. 567), S9395 [13SE] (see S. 1002), S5967 [7JN]

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

Terrorism: bioterrorism preparedness and response funding (see S. Res. 171), S11199 [30OC]

———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]

U.N.: U.S. participation in World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia, and Related Intolerance (see S. Res. 151), S8911 [3AU]

U.N. Human Rights Commission: restore U.S. membership (see S. Res. 88), S4890 [14MY]

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

Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act: make technical corrections to HAZMAT provisions (see S. 1750), S12247 [30NO]

Veterans: permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see S. 170), S3436 [4AP]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: authorize design and construction of a temporary education center (see S. 281), S1817 [5MR]

Water: authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (see S. 252), S5831 [5JN]

Wayne Lyman Morse U.S. Courthouse, Eugene, OR: designate (see S. 1270), S8397 [30JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Bureau of Reclamation: authorize participation in the rehabilitation of Wallowa Lake Dam in Oregon (see S. 1883), S13943 [20DE]

Consumer Product Safety Act: coverage of low-speed electric bicycles (see S. 1156), S7193 [29JN]

Crime: increase penalties for assaulting or threatening Federal judges, their family members, and other public servants (see S. 1099), S6920 [26JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: issue marketing orders for cranberries (see S. 1674), S11660 [9NO]

Dept. of Justice: establish office to monitor acts of international terrorism alleged to have been committed by Palestinian individuals or organizations (see S. 1377), S8911 [3AU]

Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act: include disasters caused by Federal actions within the meaning of the term ``major disaster'' (see S. 1384), S8911 [3AU]

Education: high school dropout prevention demonstration program (see S. 1470), S9874 [26SE]

Electric power: promote reliability of the bulk-power system (see S. 172), S527 [24JA]

Endangered Species Act: reauthorize and improve (see S. 911), S5118 [17MY]

Food Stamp Act: amend to improve food stamp informational activities in those States with the greatest rate of hunger (see S. 1098), S6920 [26JN]

Irrigation: authorize payments to certain Lama Project water distribution entities and funds to such entities of amounts collected by the Bureau of Reclamation for reserved works (see S. 1824), S13145 [13DE]

Oregon: use of the trust land and resources of the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation (see S. 266), S1063 [6FE]

Securities: issue U.S. Defense of Freedom Bonds to aid in funding the war against terrorism (see S. 1432), S9440 [14SE]

Small Reclamation Projects Act: amend (see S. 1882), S13943 [20DE]

Yugoslavia: condemn detention of Kosovar Albanians held in Serbia and call for their release (see S. Res. 60), S2306 [14MR]

Cloture motions

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

Letters

Chenowith School District, The Dalles, OR, energy crisis: James J. Kiefert, S1187 [8FE]

Russian restrictions on religious organizations: Mark B. Levin, National Conference on Soviet Jewry, S10925 [24OC]

———several Senators, S10926, S10927 [24OC]

U.S. participation in U.N. World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia, and Related Intolerance: by, S8341 [27JY]

Motions

Health: protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S. 1052), S7136, S7138 [29JN]

Privilege of the floor

Holmer, Scott, S8249 [25JY]

Remarks

Agriculture: continue certain programs (S. 1731), S13093, S13110 [13DE], S13247, S13268 [14DE]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2330), S11070, S11071 [25OC]

Allentown, PA: alleged hate crime incident, S4238 [3MY]

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations (S. 1077), S6945 [27JN]

Bankruptcy: amend laws (S. 420), S2199 [13MR], S2276 [14MR]

———nondischargeability of debts arising from the exchange of electric energy, S2199 [13MR], S2276 [14MR]

Boy Scouts: prohibit use of Federal funds by State or local educational agencies or schools that deny equal access to the Boy Scouts relative to policy on homosexuality, S6253, S6258, S6259, S6268 [14JN]

Budget: revising and setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2011 (H. Con. Res. 83), S3475, S3476, S3481 [5AP], S3646, S3655, S3656 [6AP], S4135 [2MY]

Bureau of Reclamation: construction funding, S3655 [6AP]

California: effects of deregulation on energy crisis, S1187 [8FE]

Capital punishment: ensure that defendants in capital cases have adequate counsel and allow those convicted to have a reasonable opportunity to present new evidence of innocence (S. 486), S2006 [7MR]

Conservation of natural resources: conservation assistance programs for farmers and ranchers funding, S3656 [6AP]

Consumer Product Safety Act: coverage of low-speed electric bicycles (S. 1156), S7247 [29JN]

Courts: Pacific Islands judges training funding, S7569 [12JY]

Crime: increase penalties for assaulting or threatening Federal judges, their family members, and other public servants (S. 1099), S6922 [26JN]

———provide Federal assistance to States and local jurisdictions to prosecute hate crimes (S. 625), S2993 [27MR], S3832 [24AP], S3914 [25AP], S3980 [26AP], S4036 [30AP], S4095 [1MY], S4168 [2MY], S4238 [3MY], S4397 [4MY], S4414 [7MY], S4500 [8MY], S4586 [9MY], S4816 [10MY], S4885 [14MY], S4936 [15MY], S5002 [16MY], S5112 [17MY], S5262 [21MY], S5430 [22MY], S5531 [23MY], S5606 [24MY], S5686 [25MY], S5826 [5JN], S5884 [6JN], S5959 [7JN], S6005 [8JN], S6052 [11JN], S6120 [12JN], S6209 [13JN], S6315 [14JN], S6373 [18JN], S6442 [19JN], S6515 [20JN], S6597 [21JN], S6660 [22JN], S6861 [25JN], S6919 [26JN], S6983 [27JN], S7079 [28JN], S7189 [29JN], S7327 [9JY], S7419 [10JY], S7491 [11JY], S7584 [12JY], S7683 [16JY], S7801 [17JY], S7875 [18JY], S7945 [19JY], S8010 [20JY], S8056 [23JY], S8115 [24JY], S8198 [25JY], S8278 [26JY], S8341 [27JY], S8393 [30JY], S8452 [31JY], S8567 [1AU], S8697 [2AU], S8907 [3AU], S9066 [4SE], S9118 [5SE], S9189 [6SE], S9247 [10SE], S9389 [13SE], S9434 [14SE], S9501 [19SE], S9614 [21SE], S9734 [24SE], S9802 [25SE], S9867 [26SE], S9970 [1OC], S10056 [2OC], S10146 [3OC], S10283 [4OC], S10382 [9OC], S10454 [10OC], S10636 [11OC], S10686 [15OC], S10766 [16OC], S10791 [17OC], S10835 [18OC], S10977 [24OC], S11099 [25OC], S11192 [30OC], S11281 [31OC], S11356 [1NO], S11412 [2NO], S11436 [5NO], S11486 [6NO], S11547 [7NO], S11657 [9NO], S11716 [13NO], S11784 [14NO], S11934 [15NO], S11997 [16NO], S12052 [27NO], S12099 [28NO], S12154 [29NO], S12242 [30NO], S12309 [3DE], S12364 [4DE], S12460 [5DE], S12533 [6DE], S12677 [7DE], S12769 [10DE], S12854 [11DE], S13043 [12DE], S13141 [13DE], S13291 [14DE], S13355 [17DE], S13460 [18DE], S13691 [19DE], S13932 [20DE]

Cuba: condition the financing of agricultural and medical exports on certification that convicted felons living as fugitives in Cuba are returned to the U.S., S13110 [13DE]

———condition the financing of agricultural and medical exports on certification that the Cuban government is not a sponsor of international terrorism, S13110 [13DE]

Dept. of Agriculture: issue marketing orders for cranberries (S. 1674), S11661 [9NO]

Dept. of Justice: establish office to monitor acts of international terrorism alleged to have been committed by Palestinian individuals or organizations (S. 1377), S8950 [3AU]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2217), S7555, S7558, S7569 [12JY]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2500), S9379 [13SE]

Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act: include disasters caused by Federal actions within the meaning of the term ``major disaster'' (S. 1384), S8958 [3AU]

Diseases: AIDS epidemic, S5824 [5JN]

———authorizing appropriations for international HIV/AIDS control efforts (S. 1120), S7089 [28JN]

———improve access to HIV/AIDS-related treatments and services in sub-Saharan Africa and other developing countries, S3481 [5AP]

Drugs: extend and modify the Drug-Free Communities Support Program and authorize a National Community Antidrug Coalition Institute (S. 1075), S6530 [20JN]

Education: allow States to use certain funds to retain and improve the quality of school principals, S6175 [13JN]

———expand alternative education options for certain disruptive students, S6175 [13JN]

———high school dropout prevention demonstration program (S. 1470), S9878 [26SE]

Egypt: allegation of anti-semitism by the media, S3432 [4AP]

Electric power: promote reliability of the bulk-power system (S. 172), S543 [24JA]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: extend programs and activities (S. 1), S6175 [13JN], S6253, S6258, S6259, S6268 [14JN]

———extend programs and activities (S. 1), motion to proceed, S4090 [1MY]

Employment: prohibit discrimination on the basis of affectional or sexual orientation (S. 1284), S8480 [31JY]

Endangered Species Act: reauthorize and improve (S. 911), S5123 [17MY]

EPA: wastewater infrastructure project grants funding, S3646 [6AP]

FDA: repeal ban on importation of certain fish and fish products not taxonomically from the catfish family, S13247 [14DE]

FERC: impose cost-of-service based rates on sales by public utilities of electric energy at wholesale in the western energy market (S. 287), S1529 [15FE]

Fish and fishing: efforts to rehabilitate salmon stocks in the Pacific Northwest, S9379 [13SE]

Food Stamp Act: amend to improve food stamp informational activities in those States with the greatest rate of hunger (S. 1098), S6921 [26JN]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2506), S10925 [24OC]

Foreign trade: cargo liability reform, S11716 [13NO]

Forest Service: fire management plan reassessment, S8904 [3AU]

———investigation of delays in combatting the Thirtymile Fire in the Cascade Mountains based on application of the Endangered Species Act, S8904 [3AU]

Health: improve access to health care for the uninsured, S3476 [5AP]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, S4135 [2MY]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S. 1052), motion to commit, S7136, S7138 [29JN]

———provide for a public response to the public health crisis of pain (S. 1024), S6217 [13JN]

Health care professionals: provide programs to improve nurse retention, the nursing workplace, and the quality of care (S. 1594), S11215 [30OC]

Hocking, Bryanna: George J. Mitchell Scholar honoree, S3149 [29MR]

Iran and Libya Sanctions Act: extend authorities (S. 1218), S8180 [25JY]

Klamath Basin: prohibit funding to divert water and take actions to protect certain fish species, S7555, S7558 [12JY]

———respond to economic disaster threatening certain farmers and communities resulting from denial of irrigation water for the Klamath Project, S11070, S11071 [25OC]

Mahwah, NJ: alleged hate crime incident, S4095 [1MY]

Medicare: coverage of oral anticancer drugs (S. 913), S5125 [17MY]

Members of Congress: prohibit acceptance of campaign contributions from lobbyists when Congress is in session, S2561, S2562, S2563, S2564, S2565, S2566 [20MR]

National Foundation for the Study of Holocaust Assets: establish (S. 1876), S13965 [20DE]

Oregon: water shortage in the Klamath Basin, S3696 [6AP], S6945 [27JN], S9379 [13SE]

Parliamentary inquiry, S3475 [5AP]

Pensions: reform (H.R. 10), S12393 [5DE]

Pipelines: improve safety, public awareness, and environmental protection of pipeline transportation (S. 235), S1187, S1198 [8FE]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (S. 27), S2562, S2563, S2564, S2565, S2566 [20MR]

Portland, OR: tribute to academic achievements of public schools, S6314 [14JN]

———tribute to Lincoln High School for participation in We the People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution competition, S6054 [11JN]

Public welfare programs: food stamp and food bank programs funding, S13268 [14DE]

Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries, S12393 [5DE]

Russia: restrictions on religious organizations, S10925 [24OC]

———tribute to the Russian Jewish Congress for construction of a community center in Moscow, S4816 [10MY]

Schools: clarify that only youth groups listed in the U.S. Code as patriotic societies be allowed equal access to public school facilities, S6268 [14JN]

Senate: legislative program, S555 [24JA]

Taxation: permanently extend research credit and adjust the alternative incremental credit rates, S7136, S7138 [29JN]

———rates (H.R. 3), insert S. 1052 language in lieu, S7136, S7138 [29JN]

———rates (H.R. 1836), S5413 [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), S9315 [12SE]

———deter and punish terrorist acts and enhance law enforcement investigatory tools (H.R. 3162), unanimous-consent agreement, S10970 [24OC]

———tribute to relief efforts surrounding the hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, S9315 [12SE], S10687 [15OC]

Veterans: increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses (S. 145), S555 [24JA]

Vietnam: normal trade relations status (H.J. Res. 51), S10124 [3OC]

Washington: tribute to firefighters who lost their lives fighting the Thirtymile Fire in the Cascade Mountains, S8904 [3AU]

Texts of

S. 172, Electric Reliability Act, S544-S548 [24JA]

S. 1377, Justice for American Victims of Terrorism Act, S8951 [3AU]

S. 1674, issue marketing orders for cranberries, S11661 [9NO]

Tributes

Godfrey, Margaret, S10454 [10OC]

Green, Alan (Punch), S3142 [29MR]

Hojnacke, Jeffrey, S11610 [8NO]

Selves, Michael L., S10978 [24OC]