BAUCUS, MAX (a Senator from Montana)

Agreements

U.S.-Jordan Free Trade Area establishment: Article 5 on the environment, S9681 [24SE]

Amendments

Agriculture: continue certain programs (S. 1731), S12458 [5DE], S13064, S13065 [12DE], S13222 [13DE], S13359 [17DE]

Bankruptcy: amend laws (S. 420), S2014 [7MR], S2196, S2233, S2242 [13MR], S2357 [15MR]

Budget: revising and setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2011 (H. Con. Res. 83), S3353 [3AP], S3437 [4AP], S3475, S3576, S3614 [5AP], S3654, S3667, S3708 [6AP], S3790 [23AP]

Dept. of Agriculture: require a report on coordinated actions to prevent bovine spongiform encephalopathy (mad cow disease) and foot-and-mouth disease (S. 700), S3623 [5AP]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1438), S9699, S9747 [24SE], S9965, S10022 [1OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3338), S12569 [6DE], S12649 [7DE]

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

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

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: extend programs and activities (S. 1), S4369 [3MY], S4509, S4518 [8MY], S4541, S4627, S4636, S4732 [9MY], S4878 [14MY], S5969 [7JN], S6129 [12JN]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2311), S7827 [17JY]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2506), S10336 [4OC], S10943, S10984 [24OC]

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

Pensions: reform (H.R. 10), S12169 [29NO]

Taxation: provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), S11833 [14NO]

———provide relief for victims of the terrorist attacks against the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (H.R. 2884), S12008 [16NO]

———rates (H.R. 1836), S5129, S5173 [17MY], S5554 [23MY]

Appointments

Committee on Taxation (Joint), S1719 [28FE]

Conferee: H.R. 1836, Restore Earnings To Lift Individuals and Empower Families (RELIEF) Act, S5522 [23MY]

Congressional advisers on trade policy and negotiations, S1912 [6MR]

Congressional-Executive Commission on the People's Republic of China, S2321 [14MR]

———Chairman, S8627 [1AU]

Articles and editorials

Let Yankee Tourists Shower Dollars on Cuba's Poor, Philip Peters, Wall Street Journal, S1633 [27FE]

Sonny O'Day (Charles A. George), 1913-2001, S1608 [27FE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: enhance fair and open competition in the production and sale of agricultural commodities (see S. 20), S98 [22JA]

———increase loan rates for marketing assistance loans for certain crops and make nonrecourse marketing assistance loans and loan deficiency payments available to producers of certain crops (see S. 977), S5695 [25MY]

———permit States to purchase certain pesticides sold in Canada (see S. 532), S2306 [14MR]

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

———provide trade adjustment assistance to farmers (see S. 1100), S6920 [26JN]

———require labeling of country of origin of imported meat and perishable agricultural commodities (see S. 280), S1122 [7FE]

Animals: establish a Federal task force to coordinate actions to prevent bovine spongiform encephalopathy (mad cow disease) and foot-and-mouth disease (see S. 534), S3340 [3AP]

Aviation: ensure general aviation aircraft access to Federal land and to the airspace over that land (see S. 681), S3340 [3AP]

BIA: clarify administration of Indian Reservation Road and Bridge Program (see S. 344), S1462 [15FE]

———issue school construction funding bonds (see S. 243), S1012 [1FE]

Birds: prohibit interstate movement of live birds, for the purpose of fighting, to States in which animal fighting is lawful (see S. 345), S1617 [27FE]

BLM: provide permanent funding for the payment in lieu of taxes program (see S. 454), S4590 [9MY]

Burma: prohibit importation of any textile or apparel article that is produced, manufactured, or grown in Burma (see S. 926), S12682 [7DE]

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

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

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

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

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

Congress: enactment of farm legislation (see S. Res. 13), S101 [22JA]

Contraceptives: require equitable coverage of drugs, devices, and services under health insurance plans (see S. 104), S4890 [14MY]

Court of International Trade: review certain determinations of binational panels under NAFTA (see S. 1584), S11105 [25OC]

Cuba: lift travel restrictions and certain trade sanctions (see S. 171), S527 [24JA] (see S. 239), S1348 [13FE]

———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), S6127 [12JN]

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

Dept. of Defense: equitable retirement for military Reserve technicians covered under FERS or CSRS (see S. 155), S4891 [14MY]

Dept. of Education: provide grants for partnerships between States, institutions of higher education, and elementary and secondary schools to improve mathematics and science instruction (see S. 461), S3853 [24AP]

Dept. of Labor: provide permanent authorization for the Bureau of International Labor to continue to work to alleviate child labor and improve worker rights and labor standards (see S. 1827), S13145 [13DE]

———reissuance of a rule relative to ergonomics (see S. 598), S5543 [23MY]

Dept. of the Interior: planning, construction, operation, and maintenance of several water systems in Montana (see S. 934), S5438 [22MY]

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

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

Ecology and environment: promote brownfields redevelopment in urban and rural areas and spur community revitalization in low- and moderate-income areas (see S. 1078), S6601 [21JN]

———provide assistance to communities for redevelopment of brownfield sites (see S. 1079), S6601 [21JN]

Education: expand access to counseling and mental health services for elementary and secondary school students (see S. 620), S7956 [19JY]

———extend student loan forgiveness to Head Start teachers (see S. 123), S1347 [13FE]

———give gifted and talented students the opportunity to develop their capabilities (see S. 421), S1746 [1MR]

———improve and refocus civic education (see S. 413), S3854 [24AP]

———provide student loan forgiveness to teachers who work in tribal colleges or universities (see S. 340), S1462 [15FE]

———support business incubation in academic settings (see S. 1335), S8704 [2AU]

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

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

Endangered Species Act: reauthorize and improve (see S. 911), S5118 [17MY] (see S. 911), S12100 [28NO]

FAA: implement a sky marshal program on U.S.-based airlines (see S. 1421), S9505 [19SE]

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

FCC: fulfill support requirements for universal service for high cost areas (see S. 500), S2071 [8MR]

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

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

Gambling: protect amateur athletics and combat illegal sports gambling (see S. 338), S2071 [8MR]

Health: protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (see S. 283), S1122 [7FE]

Health care professionals: alleviate nursing profession shortage by inproving educational programs and partnerships and supporting additional training (see S. 706), S4591 [9MY]

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]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see S. 466), S2307 [14MR]

James R. Browning U.S. Courthouse, San Francisco, CA: designate (see S. 914), S5118 [17MY]

Korea, Republic of: remove trade barriers to U.S. automotive imports (see S. Con. Res. 43), S5833 [5JN]

Labor unions: prevent discrimination based on participation in labor disputes (see S. 1107), S6991 [27JN]

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

Libraries: provide up-to-date school library media resources and professionally certified school library media specialists for elementary and secondary schools (see S. 327), S1394 [14FE]

Libya: U.S. policy relative to verdict in trial of the terrorist suspects in the crash of Pan Am flight 103 (see S. 244), S1012 [1FE] (see S. Con. Res. 23), S2219 [13MR]

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

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), S2306 [14MR] (see S. 1741), S12100 [28NO]

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

———State funding for disproportionate share hospitals (see S. 776), S3921 [25AP]

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

———expand benefits, establish payment incentives for furnishing quality services, and develop an effective national policy to care for individuals with chronic conditions (see S. 1589), S11198 [30OC]

———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), S12682 [7DE]

Mental health: provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see S. 543), S7589 [12JY]

Minimum wage: level (see S. 277), S2219 [13MR] (see S. 964), S5833 [5JN]

Motor vehicles: provide for greater fairness in the motor vehicle franchise contract arbitration process (see S. 1140), S11363 [1NO]

National 4-H Program Centennial Initiative: funding (see S. 657), S6212 [13JN]

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

National Commission on the Bicentennial of the Louisiana Purchase: establish (see S. 356), S8575 [1AU]

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

National Crazy Horse Day: designate (see S. Res. 68), S5891 [6JN]

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

National parks and recreation areas: provide mass transit services (see S. 1136), S7084 [28JN]

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

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

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

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

National Writing Project: improve (see S. 403), S3854 [24AP]

Native Americans: ensure that funds will be available to satisfy Federal responsibilities relative to negotiated settlements of disputes over Indian water rights and land claims (see S. 1186), S7805 [17JY]

———Federal funding for certain adoption and foster care programs (see S. 550), S2388 [15MR]

Olympic games: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 99), S6055 [11JN]

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

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

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

Power resources: national energy policy (see S. 597), S2730 [22MR]

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]

Safety: provide grants to small public drinking water system (see S. 503), S4590 [9MY]

SBA: improve Microloan Program (see S. 174), S4176 [2MY]

———make grants for losses suffered by general aviation small business concerns in the aftermath of terrorist attacks (see S. 1552), S10769 [16OC]

Schools: prohibit the sale of foods with minimal nutritional value in schools participating in Federal meal programs (see S. 745), S10389 [9OC]

———prohibit the sale of foods with minimal nutritional value in schools participating in Federal meal programs, cosponsorship withdrawn (see S. 745), S10457 [10OC]

Securities: issue Unity Bonds in response to the acts of terrorism perpetrated against the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see S. 1430), S13146 [13DE]

Senior citizens: ensure the opportunity to serve as mentors, tutors, and volunteers for certain educational programs (see S. 231), S1348 [13FE]

Small business: 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]

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

Social Security: 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]

Tariff: prevent circumvention of the sugar tariff-rate quotas (see S. 753), S3706 [6AP]

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

———allow a credit to holders of qualified bonds issued by Amtrak, cosponsorship withdrawn (see S. 250), S2117 [9MR]

———enhance charitable contribution deductions for book donations and literacy (see S. 1415), S9253 [10SE]

———exempt income derived from natural resources-related activities by a member of an Indian tribe (see S. 655), S3853 [24AP]

———extend the work opportunity credit and the welfare-to-work credit (see S. 626), S2979 [27MR]

———facilitate electric cooperative participation in a competitive electric power industry (see S. 794), S3994 [26AP]

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

———incentives to encourage production and use of efficient energy sources (see S. 596), S2730 [22MR]

———incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability (see S. 88), S99 [22JA]

———issuance of tax-exempt bonds by Indian tribal governments (see S. 660), S3853 [24AP]

———permanently extend research credit and adjust the alternative incremental credit rates (see S. 41), S98 [22JA]

———promote employer and employee participation in telework arrangements (see S. 1856), S13701 [19DE]

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

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

———provide for Farm, Fishing, and Ranch Risk Management Accounts (see S. 313), S1270 [13FE]

———provide incentives to expand health care coverage (see S. 284), S1122 [7FE]

———provide tax credits for Indian reservation economic development (see S. 558), S2388 [15MR]

———provide tax relief for farmers and fishermen (see S. 312), S1270 [13FE]

———relief for families (see S. 9), S97 [22JA]

———treat payments under the Conservation Reserve Program as rentals from real estate (see S. 315), S1270 [13FE]

———treatment of active financing income earned overseas by financial services firms (see S. 676), S3274 [2AP]

———treatment of certain expenses of rural letter carriers relative to the business use of a personal vehicle (see S. 860), S4822 [10MY]

———treatment of flexible spending arrangements relative to long-term care insurance (see S. 627), S3275 [2AP]

———treatment of interest on student loans (see S. 152), S456 [23JA]

———treatment of Native American housing assistance programs (see S. 132), S101 [22JA]

Teachers: encourage national board certification by increasing subsidies to pay fee, heightening awareness of process, and providing tax incentives (see S. 262), S2163 [12MR]

Terrorism: 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]

———deter and punish terrorist acts and enhance law enforcement investigatory tools (see S. 1510), S10641 [11OC]

———improve the ability of the U.S. to prepare for and respond to a biological threat or attack (see S. 1765), S12369 [4DE]

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), S7955 [19JY]

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

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see S. 170), S3852 [24AP]

Wildlife: improve conservation and restoration programs (see S. 990), S11940 [15NO]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Australia: authorize the negotiation of a free trade agreement and provide for expedited congressional consideration of such an agreement (see S. 935), S5542 [23MY]

China, Republic of: authorize the negotiation of a free trade agreement and provide for expedited congressional consideration of such agreement (see S. 1636), S11488 [6NO]

Congressional Trade Office: establish (see S. 274), S1122 [7FE] (see S. 1347), S8705 [2AU]

Cuba: lift trade embargo (see S. 400), S1616 [27FE]

———make exception to trade embargo for food, medicines and medical supplies, instruments, or equipment, lift travel restrictions, and allow cash remittances to Cuban citizens (see S. 402), S1616 [27FE]

———normal trade relations status (see S. 401), S1616 [27FE]

Korea, Republic of: authorize the negotiation of a free trade agreement and provide for expedited congressional consideration of such an agreement (see S. 944), S5542 [23MY]

Montana: designate certain counties as High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas and authorize funding for drug control activities in those areas (see S. 715), S3530 [5AP]

———establish aviation regulatory distinctions consistent with those applied to Alaska based on severe weather conditions (see S. 959), S5616 [24MY]

Native Americans: provide loans for the improvement of telecommunications services on Indian reservations (see S. 761), S3852 [24AP]

New Zealand: authorize the negotiation of a free trade agreement and provide for expedited congressional consideration of such an agreement (see S. 943), S5542 [23MY]

Postal Service: guidelines for renovation, relocation, closing, or consolidation of post offices (see S. 897), S5005 [16MY]

Tariff: hand-knotted or hand-woven carpets and leather gloves (see S. 1671), S11660 [9NO]

Taxation: clarify application of the excise tax imposed on bows and arrows (see S. 1722), S12001 [16NO]

———make permanent the exclusion for employer-provided educational assistance programs (see S. 133), S101 [22JA]

———provide special rules for the charitable deduction for conservation contributions of land by eligible farmers and ranchers (see S. 701), S3530 [5AP]

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

———treatment of beer, wine, and distilled spirits (see S. 808), S4099 [1MY]

Treaties and agreements: implement the agreement establishing a U.S.-Jordan free trade area (see S. 643), S3052 [28MR]

Cloture motions

Agriculture: continue certain programs (S. 1731), S13040 [12DE], S13112 [13DE], S13349 [17DE], S13423 [18DE], S13658 [19DE]

———respond to the continuing economic crisis adversely affecting agricultural producers (S. 1246), S8499 [1AU], S8849 [3AU]

———respond to the continuing economic crisis adversely affecting agricultural producers (S. 1246), motion to proceed, S8334 [27JY], S8391 [30JY]

Bankruptcy: amend laws (H.R. 333), S7554 [12JY], S7734 [17JY]

———amend laws (H.R. 333), motion to proceed, S7361 [9JY], S7553 [12JY]

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

Cost Estimates

Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act (H.R. 3009): CBO, S13354 [17DE]

Forewords

Cutting Subsidies, or Subsidized Cutting? Michael M'Gonigle, BC Coalition for Sustainable Forestry Solutions, S9149 [6SE]

Letters

CBO analysis of proposal to improve GSA SmartPay program: by, S12667 [7DE]

International Trade Administration trade agreement compliance funding: several Senators, S1741 [1MR]

U.S.-Jordan Free Trade Area Implementation Act: Marwan Muasher, S9681 [24SE]

———Robert B. Zoellick, U.S. Trade Representative, S9681 [24SE]

Motions

Health: protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S. 1052), S7148 [29JN]

Pensions: reform (H.R. 10), S12390 [5DE]

Privilege of the floor

Smith, Todd, S5399 [21MY]

Remarks

Agriculture: continue certain programs (S. 1731), S12839 [11DE], S13006 [12DE], S13915 [20DE]

———phase out price supports for sugar and use savings to improve Food Stamp Program, S13006 [12DE]

Appropriations: ensure funding for defense and education programs by repealing tax cuts, S7377 [10JY]

———making supplemental appropriations (S. 1077), S7377, S7395 [10JY]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: oil and gas exploration, S11098 [25OC]

Asian Americans: condemn racial stereotyping and discrimination, S7583 [12JY]

Australia: authorize the negotiation of a free trade agreement and provide for expedited congressional consideration of such an agreement (S. 935), S5544 [23MY]

Aviation: improve security (S. 1447), S10530 [11OC]

———improve security (S. 1447), conference report, S11984 [16NO]

Bankruptcy: amend laws (S. 420), S2186 [13MR], S2285 [14MR]

Bonner, Robert C.: nomination to be Commissioner of Customs, S9490 [19SE]

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, S6264 [14JN]

Budget: reconciliation process, S3512 [5AP]

———revising and setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2011 (H. Con. Res. 83), S3298, S3310, S3316, S3321, S3323, S3326 [3AP], S3391 [4AP], S3512 [5AP]

———use of a legislative trigger or safety mechanism to link long-term Federal budget surplus reductions with actual budgetary outcomes, S5090, S5093 [17MY], S5250 [21MY]

Business and industry: expand the Manufacturing Extension Program to bring new technologies to small and medium-sized businesses (S. 429), S1767 [1MR]

Cebull, Richard F.: nomination to be district judge, S7994 [20JY]

CERCLA: promote cleanup and reuse of brownfields, provide financial assistance for brownfields revitalization, and enhance State response programs (S. 350), S3894 [25AP]

China, People's Republic of: U.S. policy, S4096 [1MY]

China, Republic of: accession to the World Trade Organization, S11354 [1NO]

———authorize the negotiation of a free trade agreement and provide for expedited congressional consideration of such agreement (S. 1636), S11491 [6NO]

———U.S. policy, S4096 [1MY], S5428 [22MY]

Committee on Finance (Senate): tribute to staff for efforts relative to H.R. 10, Comprehensive Retirement Security and Pension Reform Act, S12394 [5DE]

Computers: encourage broadband technology deployment to rural areas (S. 428), S1767 [1MR]

———encourage broadband technology deployment to rural areas (S. 430), S1767 [1MR]

Congressional Trade Office: establish (S. 274), S1130 [7FE]

———establish (S. 1347), S8768 [2AU]

Cuba: lift trade embargo (S. 400), S1632 [27FE]

———lift travel restrictions and certain trade sanctions (S. 171), S552 [24JA]

———make exception to trade embargo for food, medicines and medical supplies, instruments, or equipment, lift travel restrictions, and allow cash remittances to Cuban citizens (S. 402), S1632 [27FE]

———normal trade relations status (S. 401), S1632 [27FE]

Dept. of Agriculture: payment of disaster assistance to farmers, S13857 [20DE]

Dept. of Commerce: Trade Adjustment Assistance Program funding, S9385 [13SE]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1438), S9724 [24SE]

———funding, S7395 [10JY]

———postpone additional rounds of military base closures and realignments, S9724 [24SE]

Dept. of Labor: congressional disapproval of ergonomic regulations (S.J. Res. 6), S1876 [6MR]

Dept. of the Interior: planning, construction, operation, and maintenance of several water systems in Montana (S. 934), S5533 [23MY]

Dept. of Transportation: distribution of transportation revenue aligned budget authority to Federal-aid highway programs, S12333 [4DE]

———imposition of airline user fees to fund aviation security, S11984 [16NO]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2299), S8165 [25JY], S8254 [26JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2299), conference report, S12333 [4DE]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2500), S9385 [13SE]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2620), S8554 [1AU], S8646 [2AU]

Ecology and environment: promote brownfields redevelopment in urban and rural areas and spur community revitalization in low- and moderate-income areas (S. 1078), S6611 [21JN]

———provide assistance to communities for redevelopment of brownfield sites (S. 1079), S6611 [21JN]

Education: authorize recruitment and retention incentive programs, student loan forgiveness, and professional development programs for teachers in rural areas, S6289 [14JN]

———close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), conference report, S13375 [18DE]

———funding, S3391 [4AP], S5193, S5194, S5195 [21MY]

———strengthen early childhood parent education programs, S6045 [11JN]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: extend programs and activities (S. 1), S6045 [11JN], S6264, S6289 [14JN]

Employment: provide for regional skills training alliances (S. 431), S1767 [1MR]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2311), S7860 [18JY]

EPA: establish a national primary drinking water standard for arsenic and restore requirement to notify the public of risks posed by arsenic in drinking water, S8554 [1AU]

———wastewater infrastructure project grants allocation formula, S8646 [2AU]

Federal aid programs: provide for emergency unemployment compensation program and emergency health coverage assistance, S11715 [13NO], S11781 [14NO]

Firearms: regulation of transfers at gun shows (S. 767), S12238 [30NO]

Foreign trade: prohibit importation of diamonds unless the countries exporting the diamonds have in place certain controls to verify the source of the diamonds, S9385 [13SE]

———renegotiation of World Trade Organization rules, S11354 [1NO]

Haddon, Sam E.: nomination to be district judge, S7994 [20JY]

Health: clarify liability of employers relative to protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, S6872 [26JN], S7053 [28JN]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S. 1052), S6581, S6582 [21JN], S7053 [28JN], S7147, S7148 [29JN]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S. 1052), motion to commit, S6872 [26JN], S7137, S7138 [29JN]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S. 1052), unanimous-consent request, S6580 [21JN]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: funding, S13375 [18DE]

International Trade Administration: trade agreement compliance funding, S1741 [1MR]

Iron and steel industry: treat semifinished or slab steel as being in direct competition with taconite pellets for trade remedy purposes and provide assistance for impacted workers, S2285 [14MR]

Korea, Republic of: authorize the negotiation of a free trade agreement and provide for expedited congressional consideration of such an agreement (S. 944), S5544 [23MY]

Lumber industry: importation of unfairly traded Canadian lumber, S9148 [6SE]

———promote open and competitive trade of softwood lumber between the U.S. and Canada, S13675 [19DE]

Malmstrom AFB, MT: tribute, S1267 [13FE]

Medicaid: eliminate the Medicaid Estate Recovery Program, S5406 [22MY]

Medicare: coverage of outpatient prescription drugs, S3298, S3310, S3316, S3321, S3323, S3326 [3AP], S5086 [17MY]

———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (S. 10), S155 [22JA]

———provide regulatory relief, appeals process reforms, contracting flexibility, and education improvements (S. 1738), S12106 [28NO]

Mexico: compliance of Mexico-domiciled trucks operating in the U.S. with certain safety and environmental regulations, S8165 [25JY], S8254 [26JY]

Missouri River: Corps of Engineers authority to propose alternative species recovery methods to those prescribed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service that increase water releases from dams, S7860 [18JY]

Montana: designate certain counties as High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas and authorize funding for drug control activities in those areas (S. 715), S3541 [5AP]

———establish aviation regulatory distinctions consistent with those applied to Alaska based on severe weather conditions (S. 959), S5635 [24MY]

———status of timber and agricultural industries, S11486 [6NO]

———tribute to firefighters killed battling wildfires, S9151 [6SE]

NAFTA: application of safety and environmental regulations to all trucks operating in the U.S., S8165 [25JY]

National Collegiate Athletic Association: tribute to Division I-AA football programs, S13676 [19DE]

National security: develop and implement a strategy for homeland security, S12073 [28NO]

Native Americans: Federal funding for certain adoption and foster care programs (S. 550), S2404 [15MR]

New Zealand: authorize the negotiation of a free trade agreement and provide for expedited congressional consideration of such an agreement (S. 943), S5544 [23MY]

Norton, Gale A.: nomination to be Sec. of the Interior, S671 [30JA]

Nuclear weapons: negotiation of nuclear arms reduction and nonproliferation agreement with Russia, S11899 [15NO]

OMB: prohibit directed budget scorekeeping of railroad retirement legislation, S12350, S12351 [4DE]

O'Neill, Paul H.: nomination to be Sec. of the Treasury, S65 [20JA]

Pensions: reform, S5074 [17MY]

———reform (H.R. 10), S12301 [3DE], S12350, S12351, S12354, S12358, S12359, S12360, S12362 [4DE], S12390, S12392, S12393 [5DE]

———reform (H.R. 10), motion to proceed, S12075, S12081, S12082 [28NO]

———reform (S. 742), S3746 [6AP]

Point of order, S5247, S5255 [21MY], S5406 [22MY], S6582 [21JN], S7138 [29JN]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (S. 27), S2972 [27MR], S3239 [2AP]

Polson, MT: tribute to Polson High School for participation in We the People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution competition, S5961 [7JN]

Postal Service: guidelines for renovation, relocation, closing, or consolidation of post offices (S. 897), S5010 [16MY]

Public lands: public participation in oil and gas exploration decisions, S11098 [25OC]

Public welfare programs: reauthorize supplemental grant for population increases in certain States under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (S. 942), S5553 [23MY]

Racial relations: survey on attitudes toward Chinese Americans, S7583 [12JY]

Railroads: calculation of average account benefits ratio relative to financing of railroad retirement system, S12358, S12359, S12360, S12362 [4DE]

———ensure that returns on investments from retirement trust funds are earned prior to reduction in taxes or increase in benefits, S12354, S12362 [4DE]

———modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries, S12075, S12081, S12082 [28NO], S12350, S12351, S12354, S12358, S12359, S12360, S12362 [4DE], S12390, S12392, S12393 [5DE]

———modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (S. 697), S3450 [4AP]

Science: provide for a moratorium on the cloning of humans, S12301 [3DE]

Senate: legislative priorities, S12073 [28NO]

———legislative program, S5259 [21MY]

Small businesses: promote business incubator activities (S. 432), S1767 [1MR]

Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, S5201 [21MY]

———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 (H.R. 2873), S13226 [13DE]

———protect Social Security and Medicare surpluses through strengthened budgetary enforcement mechanisms, S2186 [13MR]

Taxation: allow a credit to holders of qualified bonds issued by Amtrak, S5246 [21MY], S5501 [23MY]

———allow disclosure of taxpayer information to States to facilitate combined employment reporting, S5499 [23MY]

———allow tax credit for contributions to charitable organizations which provide scholarships for children to attend elementary and secondary schools, S5255 [21MY]

———capital gains rates, S5186, S5188, S5190, S5247 [21MY]

———clarify application of the excise tax imposed on bows and arrows (S. 1722), S12005 [16NO]

———eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate brackets and standard deduction amounts, S5042, S5048, S5053, S5057 [17MY]

———expand work opportunity credit for small business jobs creation (S. 427), S1767 [1MR]

———extend research and development tax credit, S5198 [21MY]

———extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (H.R. 1552), S11904 [15NO]

———extend the work opportunity credit and the welfare-to-work credit (S. 626), S3148 [29MR]

———full deduction of health insurance costs for self-employed individuals, S6581, S6582 [21JN]

———full deduction of health insurance costs for self-employed individuals (S. 29), S303 [22JA]

———increase deductibility of professional development expenses for teachers and allow credits for those who provide classroom materials, S5081, S5082 [17MY]

———increase the unified estate and gift tax credit to exempt small businesses and farmers from inheritance taxes, S5220 [21MY]

———make certain rate cuts conditional on funding being available for certain amendments to S. 1, Better Education for Students and Teachers Act, S5228 [21MY]

———make permanent the exclusion for employer-provided educational assistance programs (S. 133), S407 [22JA]

———permanently extend research credit and adjust the alternative incremental credit rates, S7137, S7138 [29JN]

———permanently extend research credit and adjust the alternative incremental credit rates (S. 41), S317 [22JA]

———phase out estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), S14029, S14030 [20DE]

———provide an income tax credit to holders of bonds financing new communications technologies (S. 426), S1767 [1MR]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), S11696, S11714 [13NO], S11742, S11745, S11753, S11768, S11781 [14NO], S12073 [28NO]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3529), S14029, S14030 [20DE]

———provide relief for victims of the terrorist attacks against the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (H.R. 2884), S11992 [16NO]

———provide relief for victims of the terrorist attacks against the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (H.R. 2884), unanimous-consent agreement, S13857 [20DE]

———rates, S3298 [3AP], S14029, S14030 [20DE]

———rates (H.R. 3), insert S. 1052 language in lieu, S7137, S7138 [29JN]

———rates (H.R. 1836), S5033, S5042, S5048, S5053, S5057, S5064, S5074, S5081, S5082, S5086, S5090, S5091, S5093, S5095, S5099 [17MY], S5186, S5188, S5190, S5198, S5201, S5212, S5213, S5220, S5226, S5228, S5229, S5240, S5246, S5247, S5250, S5252, S5255, S5259 [21MY], S5406 [22MY], S5499, S5500, S5501, S5526 [23MY]

———rates (H.R. 1836), conference report, S5772 [26MY]

———rates (H.R. 1836), motion to commit, S5193, S5194, S5195 [21MY]

———reduce tax cuts and replace estate tax repeal with unified estate and gift tax credit and family-owned business interest deduction increases, and use savings for debt reduction and infrastructure improvements, S5212, S5213 [21MY]

———reduction in State estate tax revenues in proportion to the reduction in Federal estate tax revenues, S5099 [17MY]

———transfer all excise taxes imposed on alcohol fuels to the Highway Trust Fund (S. 1306), S8714 [2AU]

———treatment of adoption expenses, S5095 [17MY], S5252 [21MY]

———treatment of beer, wine, and distilled spirits (S. 808), S4117 [1MY]

———treatment of certain medical savings accounts, S7147, S7148 [29JN]

———treatment of certain survivor benefits, S5228 [21MY]

———treatment of higher education expenses and interest on student loans, S5064 [17MY]

———treatment of interest on student loans (S. 152), S480 [23JA]

———treatment of trusts established for the benefit of individuals with disabilities, S5500 [23MY]

Terrorism: condemn and respond to hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (S.J. Res. 22), S9327 [12SE]

Thompson, Tommy G.: nomination to be Sec. of HHS, S442, S445, S446 [23JA]

Treaties and agreements: extend trade negotiating and trade agreement implementing authority (H.R. 3005), S13932 [20DE]

———extend trade negotiating and trade agreement implementing authority (S. 136), S10126 [3OC]

———implement the agreement establishing a U.S.-Jordan free trade area (H.R. 2603), S9680, S9681, S9682, S9683, S9684, S9692 [24SE]

———implement the agreement establishing a U.S.-Jordan free trade area (S. 643), S3059 [28MR], S4237 [3MY], S9151 [6SE]

———labor and environmental provisions included in the agreement establishing a U.S.-Jordan free trade area, S9681 [24SE]

———U.S. priorities and objectives in trade negotiations, S4237 [3MY]

University of Montana: tribute to football team, S13674 [19DE]

Vietnam: normal trade relations status (H.J. Res. 51), S10107, S10110, S10126 [3OC]

Votes: position on missed, S2972 [27MR], S11486 [6NO]

Workforce Investment Act: funding, S7395 [10JY]

World Trade Organization: decision on U.S. import relief programs for the lamb industry, S4884 [14MY]

———renegotiation of international trade agreements, S11899, S11901 [15NO]

Zoellick, Robert B.: nomination to be U.S. Trade Representative, S1043 [6FE]

Reports filed

Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (H.R. 3009) (S. Rept. 107-126), S13300 [14DE]

Economic Recovery and Assistance for American Workers Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (H.R. 3090), S11660 [9NO]

Nomination of Allen F. Johnson To Be Office of the U.S. Trade Representative Chief Agricultural Negotiator: Committee on Finance (Senate), S7805 [17JY]

Nomination of B. John Williams, Jr., To Be IRS Chief Counsel and Dept. of the Treasury Assistant General Counsel: Committee on Finance (Senate), S13464 [18DE]

Nomination of Brian C. Roseboro To Be Assistant Sec. of the Treasury for Financial Markets: Committee on Finance (Senate), S7805 [17JY]

Nomination of Harold Daub to the Social Security Advisory Board: Committee on Finance (Senate), S13464 [18DE]

Nomination of James B. Lockhart III To Be SSA Deputy Commissioner: Committee on Finance (Senate), S13464 [18DE]

Nomination of Janet Hale To Be Assistant Sec. of HHS for Management and Budget: Committee on Finance (Senate), S13464 [18DE]

Nomination of Jo Anne Barnhart To Be Social Security Commissioner: Committee on Finance (Senate), S11361 [1NO]

Nomination of Joan E. Ohl To Be Dept. of HHS Commissioner on Children, Youth, and Families: Committee on Finance (Senate), S13464 [18DE]

Nomination of Kenneth Lawson To Be Assistant Sec. of the Treasury for Enforcement: Committee on Finance (Senate), S13464 [18DE]

Nomination of Kevin Keane To Be Assistant Sec. of HHS for Public Affairs: Committee on Finance (Senate), S7805 [17JY]

Nomination of Richard Clarida To Be Assistant Sec. of the Treasury for Economic Policy: Committee on Finance (Senate), S13464 [18DE]

Nomination of Wade F. Horn To Be Assistant Sec. of HHS for Family Support: Committee on Finance (Senate), S7805 [17JY]

Nomination of William H. Lash III To Be Assistant Sec. of Commerce for Market Access Compliance: Committee on Finance (Senate), S7805 [17JY]

Normal Trade Relations Status With Vietnam: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S.J. Res. 16) (S. Rept. 107-49), S8348 [27JY]

TANF Supplemental Grants Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 942) (S. Rept. 107-94), S11548 [7NO]

U.S.-Jordan Free Trade Area Implementation Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 643) (S. Rept. 107-59), S9074 [4SE]

Summaries

Cutting Subsidies, or Subsidized Cutting? BC Coalition for Sustainable Forestry Solutions, S9150 [6SE]

Texts of

S. 10, Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage Act, S155-S163 [22JA]

S. 643, U.S.-Jordan Free Trade Area Implementation Act, S3060-S3063 [28MR]

S. 897, Post Office Community Partnership Act, S5011 [16MY]

S. 959, Montana Rural Aviation Improvement Act, S5758 [25MY]

S. 1306, Highway Trust Fund Recovery Act, S8715 [2AU]

Tributes

Aldonas, Grant, S1051 [6FE]

George, Charles A. (Sonny O'Day), S1608 [27FE]

Gibson, Curtis, S5114 [17MY]

Gilliard, Fred, S8907 [3AU]

Mansfield, Mike, S10347 [9OC]