FITZGERALD, PETER (a Senator from Illinois)

Amendments

Agriculture: continue certain programs (S. 1731), S13158 [13DE], S13498, S13503 [18DE]

———respond to the continuing economic crisis adversely affecting agricultural producers (S. 1246), S8492, S8493 [31JY]

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations (S. 1077), S7428 [10JY]

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

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: making appropriations (H.R. 3338), S12634 [7DE]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2299), S8112, S8137, S8138, S8139 [24JY], S8239 [25JY], S8296 [26JY]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2620), S8635, S8776 [2AU]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: extend programs and activities (S. 1), S4367 [3MY]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2311), S7739, S7826 [17JY]

National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day: observance (S. Con. Res. 44), S11923, S11963 [15NO]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (S. 27), S2803, S2831 [23MR]

Taxation: provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), S12162 [29NO], S13146 [13DE]

———rates (H.R. 1836), S5061, S5170 [17MY]

Appointments

Acting President pro tempore, S3233 [2AP]

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

U.S. Coast Guard Academy Board of Visitors, S3180 [29MR]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

Aviation: 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), S9973 [1OC]

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]

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: infant crib safety (see S. 538), S8064 [23JY]

———protect infants who are born alive (see S. 1050), S6318 [14JN]

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

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

Congressional Gold Medal: award posthumously to passengers and crew of United Airlines flight 93 in the aftermath of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see S. 1434), S12055 [27NO]

Courts: convert certain temporary judgeships to permanent judgeships and extend a certain judgeship (see S. 1805), S12858 [11DE]

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: condemn violence directed at Sikhs in the aftermath of hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see S. Con. Res. 74), S10058 [2OC]

———protect unborn victims of violence (see S. 480), S2163 [12MR]

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 Transportation: require consideration of sulfur or carbon emissions reductions and make renewable fuel projects eligible under the Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program (see S. 1071), S10693 [15OC]

Diseases: extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see S. 1256), S8576 [1AU]

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

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

Great Lakes: prohibit oil and gas drilling and conduct a study on the environmental impact of potential future drilling (see S. 1033), S6212 [13JN]

———prohibit vessels from discharging ballast water that contains nonindigenous aquatic species and treat such water, and its sediments, using the most effective and efficient methods available (see S. 1034), S6212 [13JN]

———protect resources by banning bulk water diversions and restoring historic lighthouses (see S. 1035), S6212 [13JN]

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

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

Illinois: provide for equitable settlement of certain Indian land disputes (see S. 533), S2306 [14MR]

Immigration: expand class of beneficiaries who may apply for adjustment of status by extending the deadline for a classification petition and a labor certification filing (see S. 778), S4509 [8MY]

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

Lumber industry: promote open and competitive trade of softwood lumber between the U.S. and Canada (see S. Con. Res. 4), S636 [29JA]

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

Medicare: coverage of oral anticancer drugs (see S. 913), S10288 [4OC]

———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), S12448 [5DE]

Mental health: provide for research on, and services for individuals with, postpartum depression and psychosis (see S. 1535), S10640 [11OC]

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]

Motor vehicles: enhance the use of motor vehicle fuels from renewable sources (see S. 1006), S7427 [10JY]

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

National Airborne Day: designate (see S. Res. 16), S3054 [28MR]

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

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

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 Safe Place Week: designate (see S. Res. 25), S1973 [7MR]

Olympic games: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 99), S7084 [28JN]

OMB: establish a Federal Chief Information Officer to enhance the management and promotion of electronic Government services and processes (see S. 803), S4099 [1MY]

Pakistan: reduce or suspend duties on textiles (see S. 1675), S12682 [7DE]

Paul Simon Chicago Job Corps Center, Chicago, IL: designate (see S. 378), S1463 [15FE]

Pensions: reform (see S. 742), S4101 [1MY]

Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor: award to public safety officers killed in the line of duty in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see S. Con. Res. 66), S9557 [20SE]

Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (see S. 697), S9621 [21SE]

Small business: protect from litigation excesses and limit product liability of non-manufacturer product sellers (see S. 865), S8123 [24JY]

Smithsonian Institution: establish National Museum of African American History and Culture (see S. 829), S9123 [5SE]

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

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), S3853 [24AP]

Taxation: allow Federal civilian and military retirees to pay health insurance premiums on a pretax basis and allow a deduction for TRICARE supplemental premiums (see S. 1022), S8204 [25JY]

———constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority on the passage of legislation increasing taxes (see S.J. Res. 11), S3053 [28MR]

———eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate brackets and standard deduction amounts (see S. 11), S552 [24JA]

———exclusion from gross income for foster care payments relative to certain nongovernmental placement agencies (see S. 938), S5542 [23MY]

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

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

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

———provide a uniform dollar limitation for transportation fringe benefits excludable from gross income (see S. 217), S4940 [15MY]

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

———provide relief for victims of the terrorist attacks against the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see S. 1433), S9742 [24SE]

———provide tax relief for farmers and fishermen (see S. 312), S4416 [7MY]

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

———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (see S. 237), S1426 [14FE]

———treatment of certain expenses of rural letter carriers relative to the business use of a personal vehicle (see S. 860), S6319 [14JN]

———treatment of charitable contributions to public charities for use in medical research (see S. 393), S3922 [25AP]

———treatment of charitable donation of food by businesses and farmers (see S. 37), S98 [22JA]

———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), S10457 [10OC]

———treatment of individual retirement accounts relative to charitable contributions (see S. 205), S1972 [7MR]

———treatment of the sale of a principal residence by a member of the uniformed services or Foreign Service (see S. 1678), S12162 [29NO]

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]

———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]

Treaties and agreements: establish U.S. negotiating objectives, and procedures for, implementing certain trade agreements (see S. 1104), S8466 [31JY]

———extend trade negotiating and trade agreement implementing authority (see S. 599), S2980 [27MR]

Utah: designate certain lands as wilderness (see S. 786), S5832 [5JN]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: authorize design and construction of a temporary education center (see S. 281), S2219 [13MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Army: authorize arsenals to undertake orders or contracts for articles or services in advance of the receipt of payment under certain circumstances (see S. 581), S2582 [20MR]

Food: extend and improve the emergency food assistance program (see S. 1540), S10640 [11OC]

Humane Methods of Slaughter Act: ensure enforcement to prevent needless suffering of animals (see S. Con. Res. 45), S5831 [5JN]

Motor vehicles: improve safety of car restraints and booster seats for children (see S. 980), S5798 [26MY]

National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day: observance (see S. Con. Res. 44), S5695 [25MY]

Petroleum: prohibit the use of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) in reformulated gasoline and provide research on remediation of contaminated groundwater (see S. 265), S1063 [6FE]

Taxation: classify qualified rental office furniture as 5-year property for depreciation purposes (see S. 1322), S8704 [2AU]

———enhance use of small ethanol producer tax credit (see S. 613), S2894 [26MR]

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

Letters

Construction of new runways at O'Hare International Airport, Chicago, IL: Craig Burzych, National Air Traffic Controllers Association, S12643 [7DE]

Ensure enforcement of Humane Methods of Slaughter Act to prevent needless suffering of animals: Wayne Pacelle, Humane Society of the U.S., S5840 [5JN]

Pledge of Allegiance

Senate, S3233 [2AP]

Remarks

Army: authorize arsenals to undertake orders or contracts for articles or services in advance of the receipt of payment under certain circumstances (S. 581), S2593 [20MR]

Ashcroft, John: nomination to be Attorney General, S897 [31JA]

Aviation: improve security (S. 1447), S10475 [10OC]

———preserve the continued viability of the U.S. air transportation system (S. 1450), S9590, S9591 [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, S9590 [21SE], S10475 [10OC]

Chicago, IL: construction of new runways at O'Hare International Airport, S8097-S8099 [24JY]

———expand aviation capacity, S12634, S12635, S12636, S12637, S12639, S12640, S12643, S12644, S12645, S12646 [7DE]

———increase commercial air service at the Gary-Chicago Airport and the Greater Rockford Airport, S8094, S8097 [24JY]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 3338), S12634, S12635, S12636, S12637, S12639, S12640, S12643, S12644, S12645, S12646 [7DE]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2299), S8094, S8097 [24JY]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2620), S8654 [2AU]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2311), S7741 [17JY]

EPA: wastewater infrastructure project grants allocation formula, S8654 [2AU]

Food: extend and improve the emergency food assistance program (S. 1540), S10652 [11OC]

Great Lakes: prohibit oil and gas drilling and conduct a study on the environmental impact of potential future drilling, S7741 [17JY]

Health: protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S. 1052), S7052 [28JN]

———require claims relative to protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's to be heard in Federal court, S7052 [28JN]

Humane Methods of Slaughter Act: ensure enforcement to prevent needless suffering of animals (S. Con. Res. 45), S5840 [5JN]

Motor vehicles: improve safety of car restraints and booster seats for children (S. 980), S5800 [26MY]

National D.O. Day: observance, S3433 [4AP]

National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day: observance (S. Con. Res. 44), S5714 [25MY]

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

Petroleum: prohibit the use of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) in reformulated gasoline and provide research on remediation of contaminated groundwater (S. 265), S1086 [6FE]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (S. 27), S2803, S2804 [23MR], S2884, S2885 [26MR]

———provide that contribution limits be applied on an election cycle rather than election basis, S2803, S2804 [23MR]

Railroad Retirement Board of Trustees: commuter rail representation, S12363 [4DE]

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

Senate: legislative program, S12646 [7DE]

Taxation: enhance use of small ethanol producer tax credit (S. 613), S2898 [26MR]

———exclude reparations received by Holocaust survivors, S5062 [17MY], S5517 [23MY]

———exclude reparations received by Holocaust survivors (S. 749), S3759 [6AP]

———rates (H.R. 1836), S5062 [17MY], S5517 [23MY]

Texts of

S. 265, MTBE Elimination Act, S1086 [6FE]

S. 581, authorize Army arsenals to undertake orders or contracts for articles or services in advance of the receipt of payment under certain circumstances, S2594 [20MR]

S. 613, enhance use of small ethanol producer tax credit, S2898 [26MR]

S. 980, Child Passenger Protection Act, S5801 [26MY]