BIDEN, JOSEPH R., JR. (a Senator from Delaware)
Addresses
From Tragedy to Opportunity—Acting Wisely in a Time of Uncertainty: by, S10971-S10973 [24OC]
Amendments
Agriculture: respond to the continuing economic crisis adversely affecting agricultural producers (S. 1246), S8487 [31JY]
Budget: revising and setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2011 (H. Con. Res. 83), S3455 [4AP], S3465, S3491, S3562, S3567, S3577, S3579, S3590, S3597, S3619 [5AP], S3641 [6AP]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1438), S9809, S9815 [25SE], S9956, S9991, S9997 [1OC], S10033, S10101 [2OC]
———making appropriations (H.R. 3338), S12566 [6DE], S12607, S12658, S12659, S12660, S12666, S12689, S12691, S12722, S12724, S12725, S12726, S12731 [7DE]
Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2590), S9495, S9547 [19SE]
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3061), S11230, S11234 [30OC]
Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2620), S8552 [1AU]
Elementary and Secondary Education Act: extend programs and activities (S. 1), S4484, S4509, S4518 [8MY], S4627, S4642, S4667, S4672, S4713, S4718, S4724, S4741, S4761 [9MY], S5866, S5867 [6JN], S6091 [12JN], S6286 [14JN]
Foreign policy: authorize appropriations under the Arms Export Control Act and the Foreign Assistance Act for security assistance (S. 1803), S14009 [20DE]
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (S. 27), S2619, S2675 [21MR], S3002 [27MR], S3175 [29MR]
Taxation: provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), S12448 [5DE]
———rates (H.R. 1836), S5061, S5170, S5173 [17MY], S5271 [21MY]
Appointments
Committee To Escort President Vicente Fox of Mexico Into the House Chamber, H5410 [6SE]
Conferee: H.R. 333, Bankruptcy Reform Act, S7796 [17JY]
NATO Parliamentary Assembly, S8075 [23JY]
North Atlantic Assembly, S833 [30JA]
Senate National Security Working Group, S554 [24JA]
Articles and editorials
Global Arc of Stability—The Way Russia and the Caspian Can Make the World Stable, Akezhan Kazhegeldin, Vremya Novostei (Russian publication), S13695
Unplayable Lies, Michael Bamberger, Sports Ilustrated (publication), S9864 [26SE]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Africa: efforts to reduce hunger in sub-Saharan Africa (see S. Con. Res. 53), S7331 [9JY]
Air pollution: reduce emissions from electric powerplants (see S. 556), S11286 [31OC]
American Discovery Trail: designate (see S. 498), S8123 [24JY]
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (see S. 411), S1699 [28FE]
Armed Forces: annual determination of the basic benefit rate for educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill (see S. 131), S1617 [27FE]
———carry out study on the extent of coverage of members of the Selected Reserves under health benefits plans (see S. 1119), S12448 [5DE]
———designate a special day for recognizing members who have been killed in hostile action since the end of the Vietnamese Conflict (see S. Res. 94), S5616 [24MY]
Arts Education Month: designate (see S. Res. 44), S3153 [29MR]
Baltic States: independence anniversary of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania (see S. Con. Res. 34), S5891 [6JN]
Bankruptcy: amend laws (see S. 220), S1700 [28FE] (see S. 420), S1746 [1MR]
Birds: prohibit interstate movement of live birds, for the purpose of fighting, to States in which animal fighting is lawful (see S. 345), S10288 [4OC]
CERCLA: promote cleanup and reuse of brownfields, provide financial assistance for brownfields revitalization, and enhance State response programs (see S. 350), S1700 [28FE]
China, People's Republic of: release of Navy reconnaissance plane crew members that made emergency landing (see S. Res. 66), S3531 [5AP]
———tribute to U.S. mission staff and other officials for efforts to gain release of Navy reconnaissance plane crew members that made emergency landing (see S. Res. 81), S4246 [3MY]
Chisholm, Shirley: tribute (see S. Res. 153), S8911 [3AU]
Civil rights: protect (see S. 19), S97 [22JA]
Commission on the Comprehensive Study of Voting Procedures: establish (see S. 216), S707 [30JA]
Commission on Voting Rights and Procedures: establish (see S. 565), S5118 [17MY]
Committee on Nonproliferation Assistance to the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union: establish (see S. 673), S3274 [2AP]
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), S10694 [15OC]
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]
———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (see S. 16), S97 [22JA]
———provide Federal assistance to States and local jurisdictions to prosecute hate crimes (see S. 625), S2979 [27MR]
Dept. of Defense: review military service records to determine if certain Jewish war veterans should be awarded the Medal of Honor (see S. 1200), S8706 [2AU]
Dept. of Justice: provide administrative subpoena authority to apprehend fugitives (see S. 1351), S8910 [3AU]
Diseases: 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]
Drug abuse: reduce illegal drug use and trafficking and help provide appropriate drug education, prevention and treatment programs (see S. 304), S1270 [13FE]
Drugs: extend and modify the Drug-Free Communities Support Program and authorize a National Community Antidrug Coalition Institute (see S. 1075), S6518 [20JN]
Education: establish a National Teacher Corps and a National Principal Corps (see S. 476), S3274 [2AP]
———national policy to improve system (see S. 7), S97 [22JA]
———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]
Elections: constitutional amendment to regulate campaign expenditures and contribution limits (see S.J. Res. 4), S2389 [15MR]
Employment: prohibit discrimination on the basis of affectional or sexual orientation (see S. 1284), S8464 [31JY]
FAA: implement a sky marshal program on U.S.-based airlines (see S. 1421), S9505 [19SE]
Families and domestic relations: recognize and enhance public awareness of the social problem of child abuse and neglect (see S. Res. 132), S9808 [25SE]
Family History Month: designate (see S. Res. 160), S9622 [21SE] (see S. Res. 160), S10154 [3OC]
Firearms: regulation of transfers at gun shows (see S. 767), S3995 [26AP]
Flag—U.S.: provide Capitol-flown flags to the families of deceased law enforcement officers and firefighters (see S. 441), S3922 [25AP]
Foreign aid: international family planning programs restrictions relative to abortion (see S. 367), S1463 [15FE]
Foreign policy: authorize assistance to India and Pakistan (see S. 1465), S10288 [4OC]
Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: designate (see S. Res. 20), S1394 [14FE]
Health: emphasize the importance of organ, tissue, bone marrow, and blood donation, and support National Donor Day (see S. Con. Res. 12), S1395 [14FE]
———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (see S. 6), S97 [22JA]
———support research to more fully develop the field of health promotion and disease prevention and develop strategies to integrate health and lifestyle improvement programs into national policy (see S. Con. Res. 11), S1587 [26FE]
History: recognize historical significance of the 100th anniversary of Korean immigration to the U.S. (see S. Res. 185), S12247 [30NO]
India: express sympathy for victims of earthquake and support ongoing aid efforts (see S. Con. Res. 6), S929 [31JA]
Insurance: prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (see S. 318), S1270 [13FE]
Intermountain Dairy Compact: congressional consent (see S. 1157), S7193 [29JN]
Iran and Libya Sanctions Act: extend authorities (see S. 994), S5967 [7JN]
Korean War Veterans Association, Inc.: grant Federal charter (see S. 392), S6449 [19JN]
Law enforcement: provide for the sharing of certain foreign intelligence information with local law enforcement personnel (see S. 1615), S11612 [8NO]
Macedonia: encourage lasting cease fire and commend parties for seeking a political solution to conflicts (see S. Res. 115), S6664 [22JN]
Mansfield, Mike: tribute (see S. Res. 169), S10388 [9OC]
Marine mammals: reaffirm opposition to commercial and lethal scientific whaling and provide protection for and conservation of the world's whale populations to prevent trade in whale meat (see S. Res. 121), S7193 [29JN]
Medicaid: provide families of disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see S. 321), S1270 [13FE]
———provide the disabled and elderly with equal access to community-based attendant services (see S. 1298), S8575 [1AU]
Medicare: coverage of immunosuppressive drugs for beneficiaries who receive an organ transplant (see S. 1204), S7955 [19JY]
———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (see S. 10), S97 [22JA]
———increase reimbursement for screening mammography services and funding for additional radiology residents and radiologic technologists (see S. 548), S3532 [5AP]
———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), S3531 [5AP]
Motor vehicles: provide for greater fairness in the motor vehicle franchise contract arbitration process (see S. 1140), S9077 [4SE]
National Airborne Day: designate (see S. Res. 16), S4417 [7MY]
National Biotechnology Week: designate (see S. Res. 75), S3922 [25AP]
National Character Counts Week: designate (see S. Con. Res. 78), S10457 [10OC]
National Children's Memorial Day: designate (see S. Res. 109), S7195 [29JN]
National Correctional Officers and Employees Week: designate (see S. Res. 92), S5269 [21MY]
National discovery trails: establish (see S. 498), S8123 [24JY]
National Fallen Firefighters Memorial: commemorate fallen firefighters by lowering the U.S. flag to half-staff during the memorial service in Emmitsburg, MD (see S.J. Res. 18), S7426 [10JY]
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), S4591 [9MY]
National Sexual Assault Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 72), S3852 [24AP]
National Writing Project: improve (see S. 403), S4590 [9MY]
New York, NY: tribute to firefighters killed in the line of duty during hardware store fire (see S. Res. 117), S6992 [27JN]
Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact: reauthorize (see S. 1157), S7193 [29JN]
Pacific Northwest Dairy Compact: congressional consent (see S. 1157), S7193 [29JN]
Peace Officers Memorial Day: designate (see S. Res. 63), S2730 [22MR]
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (see S. 17), S97 [22JA]
Postal Service: preservation of six day mail delivery (see S. Res. 71), S6921 [26JN]
Presidents of the U.S.: require disclosure of lobbying activities relative to pardons and reporting of any gifts or pledges towards establishing a Presidential library (see S. 645), S3151 [29MR]
Public Health Service: promote organ donation and facilitate interstate linkage and 24-hour access to State donor registries (see S. 1062), S6448 [19JN]
Public safety officers: establish a national medal for those who act with extraordinary valor above and beyond the call of duty (see S. 39), S1347 [13FE]
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: tribute (see S. Con. Res. 92), S12859 [11DE]
Railroads: improve safety and security measures for rail transportation and improved passenger rail service (see S. 1530), S10640 [11OC]
———modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (see S. 697), S3436 [4AP]
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), S10287 [4OC]
Schools: establish a program for an information clearinghouse to increase public access to defibrillation (see S. 1041), S9077 [4SE]
Slovenia: independence anniversary (see S. Res. 116), S6862 [25JN]
Social Security: computation system for benefits relative to spouses' or surviving spouses' Government pensions (see S. 611), S5831 [5JN]
———protect Social Security and Medicare surpluses through strengthened budgetary enforcement mechanisms (see S. 21), S98 [22JA]
South America: expand trade benefits to certain Andean countries (see S. 525), S2219 [13MR]
Southern Dairy Compact: congressional consent (see S. 1157), S7193 [29JN]
Taxation: extension of the credit for producing electricity from biomass (see S. 756), S6862 [25JN]
———full deduction of health insurance costs for self-employed individuals (see S. 29), S1699 [28FE]
———make higher education more affordable (see S. 458), S1897 [6MR]
———provide consistent treatment of survivor benefits for public safety officers killed in the line of duty (see S. 881), S4939 [15MY]
———treatment of the sale of a principal residence by a member of the uniformed services or Foreign Service (see S. 1678), S12448 [5DE]
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]
———deter and punish terrorist acts and enhance law enforcement investigatory tools (see S. 1510), S10641 [11OC]
———expedite payment of certain benefits for public safety officers killed or injured due to terrorist attacks on World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see S. 1422), S9395 [13SE]
———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]
Tropical Forest Conservation Act: reauthorize (see S. 1021), S6127 [12JN]
Truth in Lending Act: prohibit finance charges for on-time payments (see S. 539), S2388 [15MR]
Turkey: end restrictions on freedoms and human rights of the enclaved people of Cyprus (see S. Con. Res. 28), S5969 [7JN]
U.N.: adjust a condition on the payment of U.S. arrearages that sets the maximum share of peacekeeping operation's budget that may be assessed of any country (see S. 248), S1062 [6FE]
U.N. Human Rights Commission: restore U.S. membership (see S. Res. 88), S4890 [14MY]
Ukraine: independence anniversary (see S. Con. Res. 62), S8465 [31JY]
Veterans: permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see S. 170), S1617 [27FE]
———presumption of service connection for hepatitis C in certain veterans (see S. 457), S1898 [6MR]
Vietnam Veterans Memorial: authorize design and construction of a temporary education center (see S. 281), S5269 [21MY]
Violence Against Women Act: expand legal assistance to victims of dating violence (see S. 410), S5617 [24MY]
White House Commission on National Military Appreciation Month: establish (see S. 1785), S12681 [7DE]
Wisconsin (U.S.S.): issue commemorative postage stamp to honor ship and crew (see S. Con. Res. 3), S8466 [31JY]
Women: constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see S.J. Res. 10), S2730 [22MR]
Zimbabwe: support democratic transition and economic recovery (see S. 494), S7589 [12JY]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Animals: prohibit interstate commerce relative to exotic animals (see S. 1655), S11611 [8NO]
Correctional institutions: authorize funding for successful reentry of criminal offenders into local communities (see S. 194), S636 [29JA]
Crime: establish a national center on volunteer screening to reduce sexual and other types of abuse against children, the elderly, and the disabled (see S. 1868), S13943 [20DE]
———establish criminal penalties and civil remedies for commission of a terrorist hoax (see S. 1665), S11612 [8NO]
———prevent juvenile crime, promote accountability, rehabilitate juvenile offenders, and punish and deter violent gang crime (see S. 1165), S7494 [11JY]
Dept. of Justice: establish the Violence Against Women Office (see S. 570), S2582 [20MR]
Dept. of State: authorizing appropriations for operations and international broadcasting activities (see S. 1401), S9122 [5SE]
———establish nonprofit entities for international educational, cultural, and arts programs (see S. 579), S2582 [20MR]
Family Day—A Day To Eat Dinner With Your Children: designate (see S. Res. 139), S8280 [26JY]
Foreign policy: authorize appropriations under the Arms Export Control Act and the Foreign Assistance Act for security assistance (see S. 1803), S12858 [11DE]
India: welcome Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee upon U.S. visit and affirm support in campaign against international terrorism (see S. Con. Res. 81), S11612 [8NO]
Israel: express solidarity in the fight against terrorism (see S. Con. Res. 88), S12447 [5DE]
Law enforcement: community policing programs (see S. 924), S5438 [22MY]
Law enforcement officers: ensure accountability, guarantee due process, establish standards for internal investigations and hearings, and require enactment of relevant State laws (see S. 840), S4508 [8MY]
———increase amount paid to families of public safety officers killed in the line of duty (see S. 899), S5005 [16MY]
National Commission on Threats to the Homeland and U.S. National Security: establish (see S. 1735), S12055 [27NO]
National Mammography Day: designate (see S. Res. 164), S9972 [1OC]
National Veterans Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 143), S8464 [31JY]
National Weatherization Day: designate (see S. Res. 148), S8705 [2AU]
Nobel Prize: recognition of Eric R. Kandel, Paul Greengard, and Arvid Carlsson for physiology or medicine (see S. Res. 135), S7805 [17JY]
Radio Free Afghanistan: establish (see S. 1779), S12551 [6DE]
Taxation: allow a credit to holders of qualified bonds issued by Amtrak (see S. 250), S1062 [6FE]
———extend benefits to services performed in a combat zone to services performed in the Republic of Korea (see S. 1819), S13145 [13DE]
———impose civil monetary penalties against health plans that do not provide coverage of reconstructive breast surgery resulting from mastectomies (see S. 331), S1394 [14FE]
———provide the same tax treatment for danger pay allowance as for combat pay (see S. 750), S3706 [6AP]
Veterans: develop educational programs on veterans' contributions to the country (see S. Res. 143), S8464 [31JY]
———increase burial benefits paid for plot allowances and pay States for plot allowances for veterans eligible for burial in a national cemetery who are buried in cemeteries of such States (see S. 1013), S6127 [12JN]
Cloture motions
Bankruptcy: amend laws (H.R. 333), S7554 [12JY], S7734 [17JY]
———amend laws (H.R. 333), motion to proceed, S7361 [9JY], S7553 [12JY]
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3061), S11411 [2NO], S11452 [6NO]
Cost Estimates
Sudan Peace Act (S. 180): CBO, S7873 [18JY]
Tropical Forest Conservation Act reauthorization (S. 1021): CBO, S7873 [18JY]
Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Recovery Act (S. 494): CBO, S7874 [18JY]
Letters
Adjust a condition on the payment of U.S. arrearages to the U.N. that sets the maximum share of peacekeeping operation's budget that may be assessed of any country: Colin L. Powell, Sec. of State, S1114 [7FE]
Army National Guard helicopters funding: National Guard Association of the U.S., S7410 [10JY]
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty ratification: John M. Shalikashvili, S45 [5JA]
Developing countries disease monitoring and surveillance programs funding: Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr., OMB, S13910 [20DE]
Providing Reliable Officers, Technology, Education, Community Prosecutors, and Training in Our Neighborhoods (PROTECTION) Act: Chuck Wexler, Police Executive Research Forum, S5443 [22MY]
———Jerry Gaines, National Sheriffs' Association, S5444 [22MY]
———Kenneth T. Lyons, International Brotherhood of Police Officers, S5444 [22MY]
———Robert T. Scully, National Association of Police Organizations, Inc., S5443 [22MY]
Questions and answers
Use of force against those responsible for hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA: Council on Foreign Relations, S10973-S10976 [24OC]
Remarks
Afghanistan: U.S. policy, S10141-S10144 [3OC]
Africa: efforts to reduce hunger in sub-Saharan Africa (S. Con. Res. 53), S7887 [18JY]
American College of Neuropsychopharmacology: recognition of members who have won the Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine, S7326 [9JY]
Animals: prohibit interstate commerce relative to exotic animals (S. 1655), S11612 [8NO]
Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations (S. 1077), S7410, S7411 [10JY]
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: oil and gas exploration, S12302 [3DE]
Armed Forces: annual determination of the basic benefit rate for educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill (S. 131), S2575 [20MR]
———authorize use against those responsible for hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (S.J. Res. 23), S9422 [14SE]
———characterization of remarks relative to use of force against those responsible for hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, S10971, S10976 [24OC]
Army: National Guard helicopters funding, S7410, S7411 [10JY], S13850 [20DE]
Aviation: improve security (S. 1447), S10526, S10527 [11OC]
———improve security (S. 1447), motion to proceed, S10130 [3OC]
Baker, Howard H., Jr.: nomination to be Ambassador to Japan, S5568 [23MY]
Bankruptcy: amend laws (S. 420), S1951, S1953, S1955, S1957, S1958, S1959 [7MR], S2287 [14MR], S2338, S2339, S2354, S2416-S2418 [15MR]
———amend laws (S. 420), unanimous-consent agreement, S2296 [14MR]
———create an exemption for certain debtors demonstrating medical expenses as the reason for filing, S1957, S1958, S1959 [7MR]
———discourage predatory lending practices, S1951 [7MR]
———effects of laws on women and children, S2416-S2418 [15MR]
———provide priority in distributions to small business creditors, S1953, S1955 [7MR]
———treatment and definition of luxury goods, S2338, S2339 [15MR]
———U.S. enforcement of certain civil judgments rendered in foreign courts, S2354 [15MR]
Bolton, John R.: nomination to be Under Sec. of State for Arms Control and International Security, S4457 [8MY]
Bosnia and Herzegovina: political and democratic reforms, S2102
———U.S. policy, S13678 [19DE]
Boy Scouts: require State or local educational agencies or schools to allow equal access to school facilities to the Boy Scouts relative to policy on homosexuality, S6270, S6273 [14JN]
Budget: allocation of funds, S4785 [10MY]
———revising and setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2011 (H. Con. Res. 83), S3466 [5AP], S3669 [6AP]
———revising and setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2011 (H. Con. Res. 83), conference report, S4785 [10MY]
———treatment of any budget surpluses, S5513 [23MY]
China, Republic of: U.S. policy, S3981 [26AP]
Correctional institutions: authorize funding for successful reentry of criminal offenders into local communities (S. 194), S638 [29JA]
Crime: establish a national center on volunteer screening to reduce sexual and other types of abuse against children, the elderly, and the disabled (S. 1868), S13953 [20DE]
———establish criminal penalties and civil remedies for commission of a terrorist hoax (S. 1665), S11616 [8NO]
———prevent juvenile crime, promote accountability, rehabilitate juvenile offenders, and punish and deter violent gang crime (S. 1165), S7499 [11JY]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1438), conference report, S13137 [13DE]
———C-5 Airlifter Program funding, S4585 [9MY], S13850 [20DE]
———making appropriations (H.R. 3338), S12609, S12614 [7DE]
———making appropriations (H.R. 3338), conference report, S13844, S13850 [20DE]
———smokeless nitrocellulose procurement funding, S13844 [20DE]
Dept. of Energy: Material Protection, Control, and Accounting Program funding, S7903 [19JY]
Dept. of Justice: establish the Violence Against Women Office (S. 570), S2585 [20MR]
———provide administrative subpoena authority to apprehend fugitives (S. 1351), S8916 [3AU]
Dept. of Labor: congressional disapproval of ergonomic regulations (S.J. Res. 6), S1885 [6MR]
Dept. of State: establish nonprofit entities for international educational, cultural, and arts programs (S. 579), S2592 [20MR]
Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2620), S8554 [1AU]
Developing countries: disease monitoring and surveillance programs funding, S13908 [20DE]
District of Columbia: tribute to Comcast Corp. volunteer work at Anacostia Senior High School, S13045
Dover AFB, DE: anniversary, S12857 [11DE]
Drug abuse: reduce illegal drug use and trafficking and help provide appropriate drug education, prevention and treatment programs (S. 304), S1320 [13FE]
Drugs: extend and modify the Drug-Free Communities Support Program and authorize a National Community Antidrug Coalition Institute (S. 1075), S6529 [20JN]
Education: reductions in school class size, S4480 [8MY]
———require States to equalize education funding throughout the State, S5872, S5873, S5874 [6JN]
———school resources officer program funding, S6288 [14JN]
Elections: constitutional amendment to regulate campaign expenditures and contribution limits (S.J. Res. 4), S2876 [26MR]
Elementary and Secondary Education Act: extend programs and activities (S. 1), S4480, S4484, S4485 [8MY], S5872, S5873, S5874 [6JN], S6270, S6273, S6288, S6290 [14JN]
Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2311), S7903 [19JY]
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]
Family Day—A Day To Eat Dinner With Your Children: designate (S. Res. 139), S8293 [26JY]
Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2506), conference report, S13897 [20DE]
Foreign policy: authorize appropriations under the Arms Export Control Act and the Foreign Assistance Act for security assistance (S. 1803), S14060 [20DE]
———authorize assistance to India and Pakistan (S. 1465), S10339 [4OC]
Foreign trade: export control policies relative to national security, S9140 [6SE]
———provide export control authority (S. 149), S9140 [6SE]
Gall, Mary S.: nomination to be CPSC Chair, S8452 [31JY]
Gregory, Roger L.: nomination to be circuit judge, S561 [25JA]
Health: limit attorneys' fees in lawsuits relative to protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, S7158 [29JN]
———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S. 1052), S7158 [29JN]
Howard, John: visit to Senate by the Prime Minister of Australia, S9289 [12SE]
ILC Dover, Inc.: tribute, S1895
India: express sympathy for victims of earthquake and support ongoing aid efforts (S. Con. Res. 6), S1234 [8FE]
International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings: ratification, S12462 [5DE]
International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism: ratification, S12462 [5DE]
International law: protect U.S. military personnel and other U.S. officials from criminal prosecution by an international court to which the U.S. is not a party, S12614 [7DE]
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of: U.S. policy, S1916-S1918 [7MR]
Law enforcement: community policing programs (S. 924), S5441 [22MY]
Law enforcement officers: increase amount paid to families of public safety officers killed in the line of duty (S. 899), S5015, S5016 [16MY]
Milford, DE: anniversary of Carlisle Fire Co., S12445
Milton, DE: anniversary of Milton Fire Dept., S10979
National Business Women's Week: observance, S10690
National Collegiate Athletic Association: tribute to Division I-AA football programs, S13675, S13676 [19DE]
National Commission on Threats to the Homeland and U.S. National Security: establish (S. 1735), S12056 [27NO]
National Mammography Day: designate (S. Res. 164), S9981 [1OC]
National security: ensure greater security for U.S. seaports, S10527 [11OC]
———national missile defense system, S588 [25JA], S12998-S13000 [12DE]
National Veterans Awareness Week: designate (S. Res. 143), S8483 [31JY]
National Weatherization Day: designate (S. Res. 148), S8771 [2AU]
NATO: recommend the integration of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, S6594 [21JN]
———status of U.S. forces and military operations in the Balkans region of Europe, S5529-S5531 [23MY]
New Castle, DE: anniversary, S9870
Norton, Gale A.: nomination to be Sec. of the Interior, S684 [30JA]
Nuclear weapons: negotiation of nuclear arms reduction and nonproliferation agreement with Russia, S11896, S11899 [15NO]
———proliferation, S4457 [8MY]
Parliamentary inquiry, S2296 [14MR]
Pensions: reform (H.R. 10), S12302 [3DE]
Petroleum: dependence on foreign sources, S13694
Political campaigns: allow States to enact voluntary public financing systems for congressional candidates who agree to contribution and spending limits, S2627 [21MR]
———disclosure requirements for advertisements run close to an election that clearly identify candidates and prohibition on use of labor or corporate funds for such advertisements, S2711, S2712 [22MR]
———ethics reform and contribution limits, S3983 [26AP]
———ethics reform and contribution limits (S. 27), S2627 [21MR], S2711, S2712 [22MR], S2946, S2947 [27MR], S3085 [29MR]
———expand express advocacy regulations to cover certain advertisements previously defined as issue advocacy advertisements if such advertisements clearly infer support or opposition to a specific candidate, S2711, S2712 [22MR]
———provide partial public financing for Senate candidates who abide by voluntary spending limits, S2946, S2947 [27MR]
———voluntary spending limits for Senate campaigns and public financing for candidates whose opponent exceeds such limits, S3085 [29MR]
Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply, S12302 [3DE]
Presidential appointments: Senate process for confirmation of judicial nominees, S13918 [20DE]
Railroads: improve security, S10130 [3OC], S10526 [11OC]
Seaford, DE: anniversary of Seaford Volunteer Fire Dept., S10689
Senate: legislative program, S4970 [16MY]
Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act: ensure coverage of National Guard troops mobilized for support services in the aftermath of terrorist attacks, S12609 [7DE]
Sudan: increase diplomatic efforts to encourage peace process in ongoing civil war and facilitate relief efforts (S. 180), S7873 [18JY]
Taxation: allow a credit to holders of qualified bonds issued by Amtrak, S5500 [23MY]
———allow a credit to holders of qualified bonds issued by Amtrak (S. 250), S1068 [6FE], S3669 [6AP]
———allow tax credit for use of hybrid vehicles, S5001 [16MY]
———extend benefits to services performed in a combat zone to services performed in the Republic of Korea (S. 1819), S13148 [13DE]
———phase out estate and gift taxes, S5067 [17MY]
———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3529), S13678 [19DE]
———provide the same tax treatment for danger pay allowance as for combat pay (S. 750), S3759 [6AP]
———rates, S3466 [5AP], S4785 [10MY]
———rates (H.R. 1836), S5067 [17MY], S5485, S5486 [22MY], S5500, S5513 [23MY]
———treatment of higher education expenses and interest on student loans, S5067 [17MY]
Terrorism: condemn and respond to hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, S9864 [26SE], S10141-S10144 [3OC]
———condemn and respond to hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (S.J. Res. 22), S9289 [12SE]
———deter and punish terrorist acts and enhance law enforcement investigatory tools (H.R. 3162), S11048 [25OC]
———deter and punish terrorist acts and enhance law enforcement investigatory tools (S. 1510), S10685 [15OC]
———improve the ability of the U.S. to prepare for and respond to a biological threat or attack (H.R. 3448), S13908 [20DE]
———improve the ability of the U.S. to prepare for and respond to a biological threat or attack (S. 1715), S11954 [15NO]
———tribute to relief efforts surrounding the hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, S9289 [12SE]
Treaties and agreements: Antiballistic Missile Treaty, S12998-S13000 [12DE]
Tropical Forest Conservation Act: reauthorize (S. 1021), S6139 [12JN], S7873 [18JY]
U.N.: adjust a condition on the payment of U.S. arrearages that sets the maximum share of peacekeeping operation's budget that may be assessed of any country (S. 248), S1111, S1113, S1114 [7FE]
Veterans: develop educational programs on veterans' contributions to the country (S. Res. 143), S8483 [31JY]
———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits, S13137 [13DE]
———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (S. 170), S2471 [19MR]
Votes: correction, S2296 [14MR], S5409 [22MY]
———missed, S9801
———position on missed, S6181 [13JN]
Wilmington, DE: tribute to breast cancer fundraiser, S3431 [4AP]
———tribute to Wilmington Rotary Club for contributions to Rotary International Centers for International Studies in Peace and Conflict Resolution, S12310
Yugoslavia: NATO allowance of limited Yugoslavian forces in the Ground Safety Zone of southern Serbia, S2419 [15MR]
———outbreaks of violence in southern Serbia, Macedonia, and Kosovo, S2419 [15MR]
———U.S. policy, S2419 [15MR]
Zimbabwe: support democratic transition and economic recovery (S. 494), S7874 [18JY], S13041 [12DE]
Remarks in Senate relative to
Tribute, S562 [25JA]
Reports
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Ratification: John M. Shalikashvili, S45 [5JA]
Political Contributions of Executive Nominees, S7423, S7424, S7425, S7426 [10JY], S7588 [12JY], S8348, S8349, S8350, S8351, S8352, S8353 [27JY], S8570-S8574 [1AU], S9394 [13SE], S9805-S9807 [25SE], S10153 [3OC], S11102-S11104 [25OC], S11785-S11788 [14NO], S13049-S13051 [12DE]
Reports filed
Arms Export Control Act and Foreign Assistance Act Security Assistance Appropriations: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. 1803) (S. Rept. 107-122), S12858 [11DE]
Asia Pacific Parliamentary Forum Support: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. Con. Res. 58), S8570 [1AU]
Assistance to India and Pakistan: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. 1465), S10286 [4OC]
Aung San Suu Kyi Anniversary of Receipt of Nobel Peace Prize and U.S. Policy on Burma: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (H. Con. Res. 211), S13300 [14DE]
Commend Transfer of Slobodan Milosevic to the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and Provide Aid To Support Economic and Democratic Reforms: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. Res. 122), S7588 [12JY]
Condemn People's Republic of China for Detention of U.S. Scholars of Chinese Ancestry and Call for Immediate Release: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. Res. 128), S7588 [12JY]
Dept. of State and International Broadcasting Activities Appropriations: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. 1401) (S. Rept. 107-60), S9074 [4SE]
End Turkish Restrictions on Freedoms and Human Rights of the Enclaved People of Cyprus: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. Con. Res. 28), S7588 [12JY]
Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania Independence Anniversary: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. Con. Res. 34), S7588 [12JY]
Foreign Service Nominations: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S11788 [14NO], S13051 [12DE]
Freedom Consolidation Act: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (H.R. 3167), S13049 [12DE]
Global Democracy Promotion Act: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. 367), S8570 [1AU]
Hunger to Harvest Resolution—Decade of Support for Africa: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. Con. Res. 53), S7588 [12JY]
International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings, Subject to a Reservation, Understandings, and Conditions Relating to the Madrid Agreement: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (Exec. Rept. 107-2), S12054 [27NO]
Nomination of Adolfo A. Franco To Be AID Assistant Administrator for the Bureau of Latin America and the Caribbean: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S13051 [12DE]
Nomination of Alexander R. Vershbow To Be Ambassador to Russia: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S7425 [10JY]
Nomination of Anthony H. Gioia To Be Ambassador to Malta: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S7424 [10JY]
Nomination of Arlene Render To Be Ambassador to Cote d'Ivoire: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S9806 [25SE]
Nomination of Arthur E. Dewey To Be Assistant Sec. of State for Population, Refugees, and Migration Affairs: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S13051 [12DE]
Nomination of Aubrey Hooks To Be Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S7588 [12JY]
Nomination of Bonnie McElveen-Hunter To Be Ambassador to Finland: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S11103 [25OC]
Nomination of C. David Welch To Be Ambassador to Egypt: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S7426 [10JY]
Nomination of Cameron R. Hume To Be Ambassador to South Africa: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S11104 [25OC]
Nomination of Carole Brookins To Be International Bank for Reconstruction and Development U.S. Executive Director: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S8572 [1AU]
Nomination of Charles A. Heimbold, Jr., To Be Ambassador to Sweden: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S8351 [27JY]
Nomination of Charles J. Swindells To Be Ambassador to New Zealand: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S7423 [10JY]
Nomination of Charles L. Greenwood To Be Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Coordinator: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S11788 [14NO]
Nomination of Charles L. Pritchard To Be Special Envoy for Negotiations with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and U.S. Representative to Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S11788 [14NO]
Nomination of Charles S. Shapiro To Be Ambassador to Venezuela: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S13049 [12DE]
Nomination of Charlotte L. Beers To Be Under Sec. of State for Public Diplomacy: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S9805 [25SE]
Nomination of Christopher B. Burnham To Be Assistant Sec. of State for Resource Management: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S11788 [14NO]
Nomination of Christopher B. Burnham To Be Dept. of State Chief Financial Officer: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S11788 [14NO]
Nomination of Christopher W. Dell To Be Ambassador to Angola: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S8574 [1AU]
Nomination of Clark K. Ervin To Be Dept. of State Inspector General: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S7426 [10JY]
Nomination of Clark T. Randt, Jr., To Be Ambassador to the People's Republic of China: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S7426 [10JY]
Nomination of Clifford G. Bond To Be Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S9807 [25SE]
Nomination of Clifford M. Sobel To Be Ambassador to the Netherlands: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S11103 [25OC]
Nomination of Constance B. Newman To Be AID Assistant Administrator for the Bureau of Africa: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S11788 [14NO]
Nomination of Craig R. Stapleton To Be Ambassador to the Czech Republic: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S8572 [1AU]
Nomination of Cynthia S. Perry To Be African Development Bank Director: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S11788 [14NO]
Nomination of Dan Coats To Be Ambassador to Germany: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S8573 [1AU]
Nomination of Daniel C. Kurtzer To Be Ambassador to Israel: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S7426 [10JY]
Nomination of Darryl N. Johnson To Be Ambassador to Thailand: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S11787 [14NO]
Nomination of Dennis L. Schornack to the International Joint Commission, U.S. and Canada: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S9805 [25SE]
Nomination of Donald J. McConnell To Be Ambassador to Eritrea: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S7588 [12JY]
Nomination of Donna J. Hrinak To Be Ambassador to Brazil: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S13051 [12DE]
Nomination of Douglas A. Hartwick To Be Ambassador to Laos: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S7426 [10JY]
Nomination of E. Anne Peterson To Be AID Assistant Administrator for Global Health: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S11103 [25OC]
Nomination of Earl N. Phillips, Jr., To Be Ambassador to Barbados, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S13049 [12DE]
Nomination of Edmund J. Hull To Be Ambassador to Yemen: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S8574 [1AU]
Nomination of Edward W. Gnehm, Jr., To Be Ambassador to Jordan: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S8574 [1AU]
Nomination of Eric M. Javits to the Conference on Disarmament: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S11611 [8NO]
Nomination of Ernest L. Johnson To Be U.S. Alternate Representative to the U.N. General Assembly: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S11788 [14NO]
Nomination of Francis J. Ricciardone, Jr., To Be Ambassador to the Philippines and Palau: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S13051 [12DE]
Nomination of Francis X. Taylor To Be Dept. of State Coordinator for Counterterrorism: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S7424 [10JY]
Nomination of Franklin L. Lavin To Be Ambassador to Singapore: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S8352 [27JY]
Nomination of Franklin P. Huddle, Jr., To Be Ambassador to Tajikistan: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S9805 [25SE]
Nomination of Frederick W. Schieck To Be AID Deputy Administrator: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S13051 [12DE]
Nomination of Gaddi H. Vasquez To Be Peace Corps Director: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S13049 [12DE]
Nomination of George L. Argyros To Be Ambassador to Spain: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S11786 [14NO]
Nomination of George M. Staples To Be Ambassador to Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S7588 [12JY]
Nomination of Hans H. Hertell To Be Ambassador to the Dominican Republic: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S9805 [25SE]
Nomination of Howard H. Leach To Be Ambassador to France: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S7424 [10JY]
Nomination of J. Edward Fox To Be AID Assistant Administrator for Legislative and Public Affairs: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S11103 [25OC]
Nomination of J. Richard Blankenship To Be Ambassador to the Bahamas: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S11785 [14NO]
Nomination of Jackson McDonald To Be Ambassador to Gambia: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S9806 [25SE]
Nomination of James D. McGee To Be Ambassador to Swaziland: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S13049 [12DE]
Nomination of Jeanne L. Phillips to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S8572 [1AU]
Nomination of Jim Nicholson To Be Ambassador to the Holy See: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S8351 [27JY]
Nomination of John D. Negroponte To Be U.N. Ambassador: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S9394 [13SE]
Nomination of John D. Ong To Be Ambassador to Norway: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S13050 [12DE]
Nomination of John F. Turner To Be Assistant Sec. of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S11102 [25OC]
Nomination of John J. Danilovich To Be Ambassador to Costa Rica: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S9805 [25SE]
Nomination of John M. Ordway To Be Ambassador to Armenia: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S11103 [25OC]
Nomination of John Marshall To Be AID Assistant Administrator for Management: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S11788 [14NO]
Nomination of John N. Palmer To Be Ambassador to Portugal: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S11102 [25OC]
Nomination of John Price To Be Ambassador to Mauritius, the Comoros, and the Seychelles: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S13049 [12DE]
Nomination of John S. Wolf To Be Assistant Sec. of State for Non-Proliferation: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S9806 [25SE]
Nomination of John T. Schieffer To Be Ambassador to Australia: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S8352 [27JY]
Nomination of John V. Hanford III To Be International Religious Freedom Ambassador at Large: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S13050 [12DE]
Nomination of Johnny Young To Be Ambassador to Slovenia: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S8573 [1AU]
Nomination of Jorge L. Arrizurieta To Be Inter-American Development Bank Alternate Executive Director: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S13049 [12DE]
Nomination of Jose A. Fourquet To Be Inter-American Development Bank Executive Director: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S11788 [14NO]
Nomination of Joseph G. Sullivan To Be Ambassador to Zimbabwe: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S8573 [1AU]
Nomination of Joseph M. DeThomas To Be Ambassador to Estonia: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S11102 [25OC]
Nomination of Josephine K. Olsen To Be Peace Corps Deputy Director: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S13050 [12DE]
Nomination of Kenneth C. Brill To Be U.S. Representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency and the U.N. Vienna Office: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S9807 [25SE]
Nomination of Kenneth P. Moorefield To Be Ambassador to Gabon: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S13050 [12DE]
Nomination of Kent R. Hill To Be AID Assistant Administrator for Europe and Eurasia: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S11102 [25OC]
Nomination of Kevin E. Moley To Be U.S. Representative to the U.N. European Office: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S9806 [25SE]
Nomination of Kevin J. McGuire To Be Ambassador to Namibia: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S9805 [25SE]
Nomination of Larry C. Napper To Be Ambassador to Kazakhstan: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S8352 [27JY]
Nomination of Larry M. Dinger To Be Ambassador to Micronesia: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S11786 [14NO]
Nomination of Laura E. Kennedy To Be Ambassador to Turkmenistan: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S9394 [13SE]
Nomination of Lori A. Forman To Be AID Assistant Administrator: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S7588 [12JY]
Nomination of Lyons Brown, Jr., To Be Ambassador to Austria: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S11787 [14NO]
Nomination of Marcelle M. Wahba To Be Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S9394 [13SE]
Nomination of Margaret DeBardeleben Tutwiler To Be Ambassador to Morocco: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S7423 [10JY]
Nomination of Margaret K. McMillion To Be Ambassador to Rwanda: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S11103 [25OC]
Nomination of Marie T. Huhtala To Be Ambassador to Malaysia: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S8352 [27JY]
Nomination of Mattie R. Sharpless To Be Ambassador to the Central African Republic: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S9806 [25SE]
Nomination of Maureen Quinn To Be Ambassador to Qatar: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S8573 [1AU]
Nomination of Melvin F. Sembler To Be Ambassador to Italy: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S11787 [14NO]
Nomination of Mercer Reynolds To Be Ambassador to Switzerland: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S8349 [27JY]
Nomination of Michael E. Guest To Be Ambassador to Romania: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S8350 [27JY]
Nomination of Michael E. Malinowski To Be Ambassador to Nepal: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S9805 [25SE]
Nomination of Nancy C. Marcus To Be U.S. Alternate Representative to the U.N. General Assembly: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S11788 [14NO]
Nomination of Nancy Goodman Brinker To Be Ambassador to Hungary: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S8574 [1AU]
Nomination of Nancy J. Powell To Be Ambassador to Ghana: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S7588 [12JY]
Nomination of Pamela Hyde Smith To Be Ambassador to Moldova: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S9805 [25SE]
Nomination of Patricia de Stacy Harrison To Be Assistant Sec. of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S9805 [25SE]
Nomination of Patrick F. Kennedy To Be Alternative U.S. Representative to the U.N. General Assembly: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S10287 [4OC]
Nomination of Patrick F. Kennedy To Be U.N. Representative for U.N. Management and Reform: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S9394 [13SE]
Nomination of Patrick M. Cronin To Be AID Assistant Administrator: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S8574 [1AU]
Nomination of Peter R. Chaveas To Be Ambassador to Sierra Leone: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S7588 [12JY]
Nomination of Pierre-Richard Prosper To Be Ambassador at Large for War Crimes Issues: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S7423 [10JY]
Nomination of R. Barrie Walkley To Be Ambassador to Guinea: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S9806 [25SE]
Nomination of R. Nicholas Burns To Be Ambassador to NATO: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S8574 [1AU]
Nomination of Ralph L. Boyce, Jr., To Be Ambassador to Indonesia: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S9806 [25SE]
Nomination of Randal Quarles To Be IMF U.S. Executive Director: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S8572 [1AU]
Nomination of Raymond F. Burghardt To Be Ambassador to Vietnam: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S11785 [14NO]
Nomination of Richard H. Jones To Be Ambassador to Kuwait: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S8572 [1AU]
Nomination of Richard J. Egan To Be Ambassador to Ireland: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S8570 [1AU]
Nomination of Richard S. Williamson To Be Alternative U.S. Representative to the U.N. General Assembly: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S11611 [8NO]
Nomination of Richard S. Williamson To Be U.S. Representative to the U.N. for Special Political Affairs: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S11611 [8NO]
Nomination of Robert D. Blackwill To Be Ambassador to India: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S7424 [10JY]
Nomination of Robert G. Loftis To Be Ambassador to Lesotho: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S8573 [1AU]
Nomination of Robert M. Beecroft To Be Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Head of Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S11788 [14NO]
Nomination of Robert V. Royall To Be Ambassador to Tanzania: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S11103 [25OC]
Nomination of Robert W. Jordan To Be Ambassador to Saudi Arabia: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S10153 [3OC]
Nomination of Rockwell A. Schnabel To Be U.S. Representative to the European Union: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S9806 [25SE]
Nomination of Roger F. Noriega To Be Ambassador to the OAS: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S8353 [27JY]
Nomination of Roger P. Winter To Be AID Assistant Administrator for the Bureau of Humanitarian Response: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S13051 [12DE]
Nomination of Ronald E. Neumann To Be Ambassador to Bahrain: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S9394 [13SE]
Nomination of Ross J. Connelly To Be OPIC Executive Vice President: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S8572 [1AU]
Nomination of Roy L. Austin To Be Ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S9805 [25SE]
Nomination of Russell F. Freeman To Be Ambassador to Belize: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S8349 [27JY]
Nomination of Sichan Siv To Be Alternative U.S. Representative to the U.N. General Assembly: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S11611 [8NO]
Nomination of Sichan Siv to the U.N. Economic and Social Council: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S11611 [8NO]
Nomination of Stephan M. Minikes To Be U.S. Representative to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S11788 [14NO]
Nomination of Sue McCourt Cobb To Be Ambassador to Jamaica: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S8348 [27JY]
Nomination of Theodore H. Kattouf To Be Ambassador to Syria: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S8573 [1AU]
Nomination of Thomas C. Hubbard To Be Ambassador to the Republic of Korea: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S8352 [27JY]
Nomination of Thomas J. Miller To Be Ambassador to Greece: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S8352 [27JY]
Nomination of Vincent M. Battle To Be Ambassador to Lebanon: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S8570 [1AU]
Nomination of Wanda L. Nesbitt To Be Ambassador to Madagascar: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S11103 [25OC]
Nomination of Wendy J. Chamberlin To Be Ambassador to Pakistan: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S7423 [10JY]
Nomination of William A. Eaton To Be Assistant Sec. of State for Administration: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S7425 [10JY]
Nomination of William D. Montgomery To Be Ambassador to Yugoslavia: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S11787 [14NO]
Nomination of William J. Hybl To Be U.S. Representative to the U.N. General Assembly: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S11788 [14NO]
Nomination of William R. Brownfield To Be Ambassador to Chile: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S13049 [12DE]
Nomination of William S. Farish III To Be Ambassador to the United Kingdom: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S7423 [10JY]
Olympic Truce Observance: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. Res. 126), S8570 [1AU]
Participation of Women From All Ethnic Groups in the Economic and Political Reconstruction of Afghanistan: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. Con. Res. 86), S13049 [12DE]
Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (Exec. Rept. 107-1), S11939 [15NO]
Radio Free Afghanistan Act: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. 1779) (S. Rept. 107-125), S13300 [14DE]
Recognize Important Relationship Between the U.S. and the United Kingdom: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. Res. 174), S11785 [14NO]
Reunification of Korean Americans With Family Members in North Korea: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. Con. Res. 90), S13049 [12DE]
Sudan Peace Act: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. 180), S7688 [16JY]
Treaty With Russia on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (Exec. Rept. 107-3), S13300 [14DE]
Tribute to Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. Con. Res. 92), S13049 [12DE]
Tropical Forest Conservation Act Reauthorization: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. 1021), S7588 [12JY]
Ukraine Independence Anniversary: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. Con. Res. 62), S8570 [1AU]
Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Recovery Act: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. 494), S7688 [16JY]
Resolutions of ratification
International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings, Subject to a Reservation, Understandings, and Conditions Relating to the Madrid Agreement, S12054 [27NO]
Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement, S11939 [15NO]
Treaty With Russia on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters, S13300 [14DE]
Texts of
S. 194, Offender Reentry and Community Safety Act, S639-S643 [29JA]
S. 250, High-Speed Rail Investment Act, S1068-S1071 [6FE]
S. 570, Violence Against Women Office Act, S2586 [20MR]
S. 579, establish nonprofit entities for Dept. of State international educational, cultural, and arts programs, S2592 [20MR]
S. 750, provide the same tax treatment for danger pay allowance as for combat pay, S3759 [6AP]
S. 924, Providing Reliable Officers, Technology, Education, Community Prosecutors, and Training in Our Neighborhoods (PROTECTION) Act, S5442 [22MY]
S. 1165, Juvenile Crime Prevention and Control Act, S7500-S7515 [11JY]
S. 1735, National Commission on Threats to the Homeland and U.S. National Security establishment, S12057 [27NO]
S. 1868, National Child Protection Improvement Act, S13954 [20DE]
Transcripts
Memorial Service for Alan Cranston, S1209-S1213 [8FE]
Tributes
Allen, Senator, S561 [25JA]
Cranston, Alan, S1208 [8FE]
Faulkner, Keith, S2116
Flocco, Matthew M., S9801 [25SE]
Raymond, Harold R. (Tubby), S12154
Sezna, Davis G., Jr. (Deeg), S9864 [26SE]
Timoney, John F., S13936 [20DE]
Trainor, James F., S557 [25JA]