BAYH, EVAN (a Senator from Indiana)
Amendments
Aviation: improve security (S. 1447), S10398 [9OC]
Bankruptcy: amend laws (S. 420), S2038, S2097 [8MR]
Budget: revising and setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2011 (H. Con. Res. 83), S3561, S3565, S3578, S3597, S3599, S3618 [5AP], S3639, S3707, S3708 [6AP], S3790 [23AP]
Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 3338), S12570 [6DE], S12695 [7DE]
Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2590), S9495, S9547 [19SE]
Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2299), S8112, S8137, S8139 [24JY], S8246 [25JY]
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3061), S11230 [30OC], S11269, S11295 [31OC], S11488 [6NO]
Elementary and Secondary Education Act: extend programs and activities (S. 1), S4490, S4519 [8MY], S4717 [9MY], S6098 [12JN]
Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2311), S7739, S7826 [17JY]
Health: protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S. 1052), S6964, S7003 [27JN]
Taxation: provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), S12162 [29NO]
———rates (H.R. 1836), S5061, S5086, S5170, S5178 [17MY], S5242, S5305 [21MY]
Appointments
Acting President pro tempore, S6869 [26JN], S7831 [18JY], S10805 [18OC]
Conferee: H.R. 1, Better Education for Students and Teachers Act, S7417 [10JY]
———H.R. 2883, intelligence services appropriations, S11592 [8NO]
Congressional-Executive Commission on the People's Republic of China, S8627 [1AU]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Animals: improve enforcement of the Animal Welfare Act as it applies to commercial dog breeders (see S. 1478), S13300 [14DE]
———prohibit import, export, sale, or possession of bear viscera (see S. 1125), S7083 [28JN]
Birds: prohibit interstate movement of live birds, for the purpose of fighting, to States in which animal fighting is lawful (see S. 345), S1462 [15FE]
Budget: use of a legislative trigger or safety mechanism to link long-term Federal budget surplus reductions with actual budgetary outcomes (see S. Con. Res. 21), S1972 [7MR]
CERCLA: promote cleanup and reuse of brownfields, provide financial assistance for brownfields revitalization, and enhance State response programs (see S. 350), S2389 [15MR]
China, People's Republic of: 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), S1347 [13FE]
Commission on the Comprehensive Study of Voting Procedures: establish (see S. 216), S1587 [26FE]
Commission on Voting Rights and Procedures: establish (see S. 565), S5118 [17MY]
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), S11488 [6NO]
Contraceptives: require equitable coverage of drugs, devices, and services under health insurance plans (see S. 104), S1021 [1FE]
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), S10156 [3OC]
———provide Federal assistance to States and local jurisdictions to prosecute hate crimes (see S. 625), S2979 [27MR]
Dept. of Energy: advanced scientific research computing programs funding (see S. 193), S2583 [20MR]
———nanoscale science and engineering research and development funding (see S. 90), S2662 [21MR]
Dept. of HUD: clarify authority relative to use of fees under the manufactured housing program (see S. 1029), S6212 [13JN]
Diseases: extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see S. 1256), S8280 [26JY]
Education: provide for a rural education development initiative (see S. 339), S1394 [14FE]
———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. 953), S5616 [24MY]
Elementary and Secondary Education Act: reauthorize and improve (see S. 303), S1270 [13FE]
Elwood Haynes `Bud' Hillis Post Office Building, Kokomo, IN: designate (see S. 1181), S7688 [16JY]
Emergency Steel Loan Guarantee Act: revise eligibility and other requirements for loan guarantees (see S. 1884), S13943 [20DE]
Employment: prohibit discrimination on the basis of affectional or sexual orientation (see S. 1284), S8464 [31JY]
Families and domestic relations: increase child support money to families leaving welfare (see S. 916), S5269 [21MY]
———increase child support money to families leaving welfare, improve assignment, distribution and collection of certain child support, and promote marriage (see S. 918), S5269 [21MY]
Family History Month: designate (see S. Res. 160), S9622 [21SE] (see S. Res. 160), S10154 [3OC]
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), S9395 [13SE]
Foreign trade: amend trade laws to address import crises (see S. 979), S8204 [25JY]
———provide export control authority (see S. 149), S1348 [13FE]
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]
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]
Hydrogen Research, Development, and Demonstration Act: reauthorize and amend (see S. 1053), S6318 [14JN]
Intelligence services: enhance intelligence and intelligence-related activities in the prevention of terrorism (see S. 1448), S9620 [21SE]
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]
Korea, Republic of: remove trade barriers to U.S. automotive imports (see S. Con. Res. 43), S596 [7JN]
Law enforcement: community policing programs (see S. 924), S5438 [22MY]
———improve security at U.S. borders (see S. 1749), S13146 [13DE]
Law enforcement officers: collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments (see S. 952), S5616 [24MY]
Lumber industry: promote open and competitive trade of softwood lumber between the U.S. and Canada (see S. Con. Res. 4), S6378 [18JN]
Mansfield, Mike: tribute (see S. Res. 169), S10388 [9OC]
Medicaid: provide families of disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see S. 321), S1270 [13FE]
Medicare: determination of payment amounts for new clinical diagnostic laboratory tests (see S. 1066), S6863 [25JN]
———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]
Mental health: provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see S. 543), S8575 [1AU]
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]
Minimum wage: level (see S. 277), S1426 [14FE] (see S. 964), S5833 [5JN]
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 Commission on the Modernization of Federal Elections: establish (see S. 379), S1587 [26FE]
National Emergency Medical Services Week: designate (see S. Con. Res. 40), S5118 [17MY]
National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week: designate (see S. Res. 159), S9337 [12SE]
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: authorize development of research centers focusing on environmental factors related to the etiology of breast cancer (see S. 830), S6992 [27JN]
National Mammography Day: designate (see S. Res. 164), S9972 [1OC]
National Office for Combatting Terrorism: establish (see S. 1449), S9620 [21SE]
National parks and recreation areas: provide mass transit services (see S. 1136), S7084 [28JN]
National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 138), S8064 [23JY]
National Safe Place Week: designate (see S. Res. 25), S1701 [28FE]
National Sexual Assault Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 72), S3852 [24AP]
National Veterans Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 143), S8464 [31JY]
Peace Officers Memorial Day: designate (see S. Res. 63), S2730 [22MR]
Pensions: reform (see S. 742), S3706 [6AP]
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]
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (see S. 27), S785 [30JA]
Postal Service: preservation of six day mail delivery (see S. Res. 71), S6519 [20JN]
Power resources: increase funding for low-income energy assistance, weatherization, and State energy conservation grant programs and expand the use of energy savings performance contracts (see S. 352), S1462 [15FE]
Public housing: reduce crime and fully fund the Public Housing Drug Elimination Program (see S. Con. Res. 52), S6602 [21JN]
Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (see S. 697), S3436 [4AP]
SEC: limit collection of certain fees and adjust compensation for employees (see S. 143), S1021 [1FE]
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]
Smithsonian Institution: establish National Museum of African American History and Culture (see S. 829), S7427 [10JY]
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]
———protect Social Security and Medicare surpluses through strengthened budgetary enforcement mechanisms (see S. 21), S3852 [24AP]
———provide for coordination of implementation of administrative simplification standard for health care information (see S. 836), S6921 [26JN]
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 credit to holders of qualified bonds issued by Amtrak (see S. 250), S2895 [26MR]
———allow a refundable tax credit for health insurance costs for COBRA continuation coverage (see S. 1502), S10287 [4OC]
———allow nonrefundable personal credits, standard deductions, and personal exemptions in computing alternative minimum tax liability and increase the individual exemption from such tax (see S. 268), S1063 [6FE]
———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), S7084 [28JN]
———encourage foundational and corporate charitable contributions (see S. 1300), S10794 [17OC]
———expand Federal tax refund intercept program for parents delinquent on child support to cover children who are not minors (see S. 850), S4824 [10MY]
———extend research and development tax credit (see S. 515), S2162 [12MR]
———extend the work opportunity credit and the welfare-to-work credit (see S. 626), S6518 [20JN]
———full deduction of health insurance costs for self-employed individuals (see S. 29), S498 [23JA]
———incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability (see S. 88), S99 [22JA]
———make higher education more affordable (see S. 458), S1897 [6MR]
———permanently extend research credit and adjust the alternative incremental credit rates (see S. 41), S1088 [6FE]
———provide a credit for energy-efficient appliances (see S. 686), S10155 [3OC]
———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain restaurant buildings (see S. 732), S6518 [20JN]
———repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (see S. 275), S1122 [7FE]
———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see S. 234), S1012 [1FE]
———treatment of beer, wine, and distilled spirits (see S. 808), S7806 [17JY]
———treatment of charitable donation of food by businesses and farmers (see S. 37), S98 [22JA]
———treatment of flexible spending arrangements relative to long-term care insurance (see S. 627), S4823 [10MY]
———treatment of information technology job training expenses (see S. 762), S8912 [3AU]
———treatment of State tuition programs (see S. 289), S2473 [19MR]
———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. 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]
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]
U.N. Human Rights Commission: restore U.S. membership (see S. Res. 88), S4890 [14MY]
Utah: designate certain lands as wilderness (see S. 786), S5439 [22MY]
Veterans: develop educational programs on veterans' contributions to the country (see S. Res. 143), S8464 [31JY]
Vietnam Veterans Memorial: authorize design and construction of a temporary education center (see S. 281), S5616 [24MY]
Wisconsin (U.S.S.): issue commemorative postage stamp to honor ship and crew (see S. Con. Res. 3), S527 [24JA]
Year of the Rose: designate (see S.J. Res. 8), S9875 [26SE]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Diseases: encourage and support international HIV/AIDS control efforts (see S. Res. 119), S7193 [29JN]
Employment: provide for private-sector-led Community Workforce Partnerships (see S. 1193), S7878 [18JY]
ERISA: require Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp., to notify plan participants and beneficiaries of commencement of proceedings to terminate any plan (see S. 1872), S13943 [20DE]
Families and domestic relations: provide grants to States to encourage media campaigns to promote responsible fatherhood skills (see S. 653), S3152 [29MR]
Indiana: establish temporary Federal judgeship for the southern district (see S. 412), S1699 [28FE]
Lee H. Hamilton Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, New Albany, IN: designate (see S. 774), S3921 [25AP]
National Responsible Father's Day: designate (see S. Res. 106), S5890 [6JN]
Public buildings: increase energy efficiency in Federal facilities (see S. 1358), S8910 [3AU]
Public service: facilitate participation in community and military service (see S. 1792), S12772 [10DE]
Social Security: strengthen working families by improving responsible fatherhood and child support programs and expanding certain tax credits, block grants, and child care programs (see S. 685), S3340 [3AP]
Taxation: expand work opportunity credit to adult food stamp recipients (see S. 1173), S7589 [12JY]
———provide a nonrefundable dual-earner credit and adjust the earned income credit (see S. 853), S4589 [9MY]
———provide income tax credit to long-term caregivers (see S. 464), S1897 [6MR]
———treatment of certain postsecondary educational benefits provided by an employer to children of employees (see S. 1059, 1060), S6448 [19JN]
Terrorism: assist States in preparing for an attack using biological or chemical weapons (see S. 1520), S10388 [9OC]
University of Notre Dame: tribute to women's basketball team (see S. Res. 69), S3706 [6AP]
Cloture motions
Agriculture: continue certain programs (S. 1731), motion to proceed, S12271 [30NO], S12406 [5DE]
Aviation: improve security (S. 1447), S10433 [10OC], S10507 [11OC]
Bankruptcy: amend laws (H.R. 333), motion to proceed, S7361 [9JY], S7553 [12JY]
Letters
Facilitate participation in community and military service: Colin L. Powell, America's Promise (organization), S12777 [10DE]
Messages
Convention on Safety of U.N. and Associated Personnel: President Clinton, S15 [3JA]
Motions
Taxation: rates (H.R. 1836), S5251 [21MY]
Pledge of Allegiance
Senate, S6869 [26JN], S7831 [18JY], S10805 [18OC]
Remarks
Ashcroft, John: nomination to be Attorney General, S959 [1FE]
Aviation: improve security (S. 1447), S10530 [11OC]
———require airlines to honor tickets issued by other airlines relative to service changes or discontinuation by the issuing carrier, S10530 [11OC]
Budget: use of a legislative trigger or safety mechanism to link long-term Federal budget surplus reductions with actual budgetary outcomes, S5089 [17MY], S5250 [21MY]
CERCLA: promote cleanup and reuse of brownfields, provide financial assistance for brownfields revitalization, and enhance State response programs (S. 350), S3869 [25AP]
Chicago, IL: increase commercial air service at the Gary-Chicago Airport and the Greater Rockford Airport, S8529 [1AU]
Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2299), S8529 [1AU]
Education: close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), conference report, S13330 [17DE]
———extend student loan forgiveness to Head Start teachers, S5027 [17MY]
———national policy to improve system, S3869 [25AP]
Elementary and Secondary Education Act: clarify role of Governors and State education officials in developing State education plans sent to the Dept. of Education, S5857, S5876 [6JN]
———extend programs and activities (S. 1), S5027 [17MY], S5857, S5876 [6JN], S6246 [14JN]
———reauthorize and improve (S. 303), S1311 [13FE]
Families and domestic relations: provide grants to States to encourage media campaigns to promote responsible fatherhood skills (S. 653), S3167 [29MR]
Health: clarify that independent reviewers are not empowered to order health plans to provide services that are specifically excluded or expressly limited by the plan's contract, S6964 [27JN]
———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S. 1052), S6964 [27JN]
Horn, Wade F.: nomination to be Assistant Sec. of HHS for Family Support, S8187 [25JY]
Indiana: establish temporary Federal judgeship for the southern district (S. 412), S1704 [28FE]
Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorize school personnel to discipline children with disabilities who engage in certain dangerous behavior, S6246 [14JN]
Lee H. Hamilton Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, New Albany, IN: designate (S. 774), S3924 [25AP]
Public buildings: increase energy efficiency in Federal facilities (S. 1358), S8923 [3AU]
Public service: facilitate participation in community and military service (S. 1792), S12776 [10DE]
Social Security: ensure entitled entities comply with certain regulations providing for the electronic exchange of health information (H.R. 3323), S13077 [12DE]
———strengthen working families by improving responsible fatherhood and child support programs and expanding certain tax credits, block grants, and child care programs (S. 685), S3351 [3AP]
Taxation: provide income tax credit to long-term caregivers (S. 464), S1904 [6MR]
———rates (H.R. 1836), S5059, S5087, S5089 [17MY], S5250 [21MY]
———treatment of certain postsecondary educational benefits provided by an employer to children of employees (S. 1059), S6452 [19JN]
———treatment of certain postsecondary educational benefits provided by an employer to children of employees (S. 1060), S6452 [19JN]
———treatment of higher education expenses and interest on student loans, S5059 [17MY]
Treaties and agreements: removal of injunction of secrecy, S15 [3JA]
University of Notre Dame: tribute to women's basketball team (S. Res. 69), S3765 [6AP]
Texts of
S. 1358, Federal Facility Energy Management Act, S8923-S8929 [3AU]
Tributes
Callaghan, James T., S2893