BUNNING, JIM (a Senator from Kentucky)

Amendments

Agriculture: continue certain programs (S. 1731), S13222 [13DE]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2330), S11091, S11125, S11130 [25OC]

Budget: revising and setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2011 (H. Con. Res. 83), S3599 [5AP], S3639 [6AP]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1438), S9656 [21SE], S9699, S9747, S9751 [24SE], S9812 [25SE], S9835, S9925 [26SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3338), S12661, S12663, S12689, S12695, S12726, S12728 [7DE]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2311), S7828 [17JY]

Health: protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S. 1052), S6921 [26JN]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (S. 27), S2584 [20MR], S2981 [27MR]

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

———rates (H.R. 1836), S5072, S5167, S5171 [17MY]

Appointments

Conferee: S. 1438, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction, S10786 [17OC]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: protect lives of born and unborn persons (see S. 1373), S12369 [4DE]

Appalachian Regional Development Act: reauthorize (see S. 1206), S8398 [30JY]

Armed Forces: tribute to U.S. servicemen who died in the terrorist bombing of the Khobar Towers in Saudi Arabia (see S. Con. Res. 55), S12552 [6DE]

Army: anniversary (see S. Res. 112), S6318 [14JN]

CERCLA: promote cleanup and reuse of brownfields, provide financial assistance for brownfields revitalization, and enhance State response programs (see S. 350), S1898 [6MR]

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), S4590 [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), S9504 [19SE]

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: mandatory minimum sentencing for online child molesters (see S. 1232), S9077 [4SE]

Dept. of Labor: congressional disapproval of ergonomic regulations (see S.J. Res. 6), S1898 [6MR]

Diseases: expand research activities relative to various forms of muscular dystrophy (see S. 805), S4099 [1MY]

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

Drug abuse: combat trafficking, distribution, and abuse of ``Ecstasy'' and other club drugs (see S. 1208), S8706 [2AU]

Education: assist local educational agencies in enabling students to meet academic achievement standards (see S. 167), S1817 [5MR]

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

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

Family Day—A Day To Eat Dinner With Your Children: designate (see S. Res. 139), S9078 [4SE]

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

FCC: fulfill support requirements for universal service for high cost areas (see S. 500), S3274 [2AP]

Flags: require display of the POW/MIA flag at the World War II memorial, the Korean War Veterans Memorial, and the Vietnam Veterans Memorial (see S. 1226), S8466 [31JY]

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

Foreign trade: provide export control authority (see S. 149), S2219 [13MR]

Immigration: provide refugee status to foreign nationals who assist in the return of POW/MIA (see S. 1339), S10155 [3OC]

———streamline procedures for the admission, and extension of stay, for nonimmigrant agricultural workers and provide a system of one-time, earned adjustment to legal status for certain agricultural workers (see S. 1161), S8913 [3AU]

Insurance: encourage financial institutions to continue to support economic development through the provision of affordable insurance coverage against acts of terrorism (see S. 1748, 1751), S12247 [30NO]

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

Law enforcement: improve security at U.S. borders (see S. 1749), S12859 [11DE]

Lumber industry: promote open and competitive trade of softwood lumber between the U.S. and Canada (see S. Con. Res. 4), S5969 [7JN]

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

Medicaid: provide families of disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see S. 321), S10794 [17OC]

Medicare: improve fee-for-services reimbursement rates in rural States (see S. 1020), S11789 [14NO]

———standardize payment amounts for inpatient hospital services (see S. 885), S10794 [17OC]

National 4-H Program Centennial Initiative: funding (see S. 657), S7331 [9JY]

National Airborne Day: designate (see S. Res. 16), S2389 [15MR]

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

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), S9557 [20SE]

National Guard: anniversary (see S. Con. Res. 93), S13145 [13DE]

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

National Inhalants and Poisons Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 43), S2307 [14MR]

National Museum of the U.S. Army: locate at Fort Belvoir, VA (see S. 571), S8353 [27JY]

National Safe Place Week: designate (see S. Res. 25), S1818 [5MR]

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

National Writing Project: improve (see S. 403), S2583 [20MR]

Pensions: reform (see S. 742), S4177 [2MY]

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]

Public utilities: revise regulatory policies governing public utility holding companies (see S. 206), S3854 [24AP]

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), S12055 [27NO]

Science: prohibit the cloning of humans (see S. 790), S9621 [21SE]

SEC: limit collection of certain fees and adjust compensation for employees (see S. 143), S101 [22JA]

Securities: issue War Bonds in response to the acts of terrorism perpetrated against the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see S. 1431), S9505 [19SE]

Small business: facilitate compliance with certain Federal paperwork requirements and establish a task force to streamline certain requirements (see S. 1271), S11789 [14NO]

Sudan: increase diplomatic efforts to encourage peace process in ongoing civil war and facilitate relief efforts (see S. 180), S7806 [17JY]

Taxation: allow use of principal repayments to issue additional mortgages and modify price limitations under the mortgage revenue bond program and change income limit for housing credit program (see S. 677), S9197 [6SE]

———eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate brackets and standard deduction amounts (see S. 11), S97 [22JA]

———incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability (see S. 88), S1897 [6MR]

———income tax rates reduction, marriage tax penalty relief, and estate tax repeal (see S. 35), S498 [23JA]

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

———provide tax incentive for land sales for conservation purposes (see S. 1329), S9622 [21SE]

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

———repeal motor fuel excise taxes which remain in the general fund of the Treasury on railroads and inland waterway transportation (see S. 661), S4400 [4MY]

———treatment of distributions from State prepaid tuition programs used to pay higher education expenses for the designated beneficiary (see S. 335), S1394 [14FE]

———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), S9504 [19SE]

———treatment of prepayments for natural gas (see S. 726), S3705 [6AP]

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

Tennessee Valley Authority Act: modify provisions relative to TVA Board of Directors (see S. 1331), S8704 [2AU]

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]

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

———increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses (see S. 145), S10794 [17OC]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: authorize design and construction of a temporary education center (see S. 281), S10794 [17OC]

Voting: ensure uniform treatment by States of Federal overseas absentee ballots and allow buildings on military installations and reserve component facilities to be used as polling places (see S. 154), S10794 [17OC]

———guarantee the right of all active duty military personnel, merchant mariners, and their dependents to vote in Federal, State, and local elections (see S. 28), S10794 [17OC]

———prohibit States from determining that a ballot submitted by an absent uniformed services voter was improperly or fraudulently cast unless the State finds clear and convincing evidence of fraud (see S. 122, 470), S10794 [17OC]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of Energy: management of environmental matters at the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant in Kentucky (see S. 1187), S7805 [17JY]

Social Security: enhance privacy protections for individuals and prevent fraudulent misuse of account numbers (see S. 1014), S6127 [12JN]

Taxation: exclusion from gross income for foster care payments relative to certain nongovernmental placement agencies (see S. 844), S4508 [8MY]

———provide relief for U.S. military or civilian employees who are victims of terrorist attacks (see S. 1423), S9395 [13SE]

———reduce the per dose tax on vaccines (see S. 459), S1897 [6MR]

TVA: increase ownership of electric power generation assets by municipal and rural electric cooperative utilities that provide retail electric service in the Tennessee Valley region (see S. 608), S2894 [26MR]

Remarks

Ashcroft, John: nomination to be Attorney General, S690 [30JA]

Caldwell, Karen K.: nomination to be district judge, S10870 [23OC]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1438), S9699 [24SE], S9768 [25SE], S9842 [26SE]

———Improved Materials and Powertrain Architectures for 21st Century Trucks (IMPACT) Program funding, S9842 [26SE]

———postpone additional rounds of military base closures and realignments, S9699 [24SE], S9768 [25SE]

Dept. of Labor: congressional disapproval of ergonomic regulations (S.J. Res. 6), S1856 [6MR]

Education: close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), conference report, S13366 [18DE]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: extend programs and activities (S. 1), motion to proceed, S4134 [2MY]

Ferguson, Roger W., Jr.: nomination to the FRS Board of Governors, S7938 [19JY]

First Federal Savings & Loan Association: tribute to fundraising efforts for Hazard Community College, S12680 [7DE]

Health: clarify liability of employers relative to protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, S6873 [26JN]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S. 1052), S6559 [21JN]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S. 1052), motion to commit, S6873 [26JN]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: funding, S13366 [18DE]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (S. 27), S2879 [26MR]

Reeves, Danny C.: nomination to be district judge, S12476 [6DE]

Social Security: enhance privacy protections for individuals and prevent fraudulent misuse of account numbers (S. 1014), S6129 [12JN]

Taxation: full deduction of health insurance costs for self-employed individuals, S6559 [21JN]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), S11741 [14NO]

———provide relief for U.S. military or civilian employees who are victims of terrorist attacks (S. 1423), S9397 [13SE]

———rates (H.R. 1836), S5220 [21MY]

Remarks in Senate relative to

Tribute, S3528 [5AP]

Texts of

S. 1423, provide tax relief for U.S. military or civilian employees who are victims of terrorist attacks, S9397 [13SE]