CARPER, THOMAS R. (a Senator from Delaware)
Amendments
Agriculture: continue certain programs (S. 1731), S13224 [13DE]
———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), S3580, S3599 [5AP], S3639 [6AP]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1438), S9657 [21SE], S9746 [24SE], S9997 [1OC]
———making appropriations (H.R. 3338), S12607, S12683, S12691, S12722 [7DE]
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3061), S11230 [30OC]
Elementary and Secondary Education Act: extend programs and activities (S. 1), S4640, S4713 [9MY], S5969 [7JN], S6056 [11JN], S6091 [12JN], S6172, S6173, S6213 [13JN]
Health: protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S. 1052), S6964, S7003 [27JN], S7163, S7263 [29JN]
Taxation: extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (H.R. 1552), S11962 [15NO]
———rates (H.R. 1836), S5086, S5173, S5178 [17MY], S5355 [21MY]
Appointments
Acting President pro tempore, S1793 [5MR], S6387 [19JN]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Air pollution: reduce emissions from electric powerplants (see S. 556), S6992 [27JN]
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), S459 [9MY]
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]
Business and industry: expand the Manufacturing Extension Program to bring new technologies to small and medium-sized businesses (see S. 429), S3436 [4AP]
Carter, Jimmy and Rosalynn: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 126), S1157 [7FE]
CERCLA: promote cleanup and reuse of brownfields, provide financial assistance for brownfields revitalization, and enhance State response programs (see S. 350), S1462 [15FE]
China, People's Republic of: release of Navy reconnaissance plane crew members that made emergency landing (see S. Res. 66), S3707 [6AP] (see S. Res. 66), S3789 [23AP]
Commission on Voting Rights and Procedures: establish (see S. 565), S5439 [22MY]
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), S11940 [15NO]
Contraceptives: require equitable coverage of drugs, devices, and services under health insurance plans (see S. 104), S4890 [14MY]
Courts: amend procedures that apply to consideration of interstate class actions to assure fairer outcomes for class members and defendants (see S. 1712), S11940 [15NO]
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]
———provide Federal assistance to States and local jurisdictions to prosecute hate crimes (see S. 625), S2979 [27MR]
Dept. of HUD: increase mortgage loan limits for multifamily housing mortgage insurance (see S. 1163), S7494 [11JY]
Dept. of Justice: establish the Violence Against Women Office (see S. 570), S2582 [20MR]
Diseases: extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see S. 1256), S8280 [26JY]
Education: legal protection for teachers and other school professionals who take reasonable measures to maintain order and discipline in schools (see S. 316), S1270 [13FE]
Election Administration Commission: establish (see S. 953), S9198 [6SE]
Elementary and Secondary Education Act: reauthorize and improve (see S. 303), S1270 [13FE]
Employment: prohibit discrimination on the basis of affectional or sexual orientation (see S. 1284), S8464 [31JY]
EPA: strengthen research activities (see S. 1176), S7589 [12JY]
Families and domestic relations: provide grants to States to encourage media campaigns to promote responsible fatherhood skills (see S. 653), S3152 [29MR]
Firearms: regulation of transfers at gun shows (see S. 767), S3852 [24AP] (see S. 890), S4940 [15MY]
Foreign aid: international family planning programs restrictions relative to abortion (see S. 367), S7956 [19JY]
Gambling: protect amateur athletics and combat illegal sports gambling (see S. 338), S2979 [27MR]
Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: designate (see S. Res. 20), S1701 [28FE]
Health: protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (see S. 6), S97 [22JA] (see S. 283), S2473 [19MR]
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]
Intermountain Dairy Compact: congressional consent (see S. 1157), S7193 [29JN]
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]
Libya: U.S. policy relative to verdict in trial of the terrorist suspects in the crash of Pan Am flight 103 (see S. 244), S1012 [1FE]
Mansfield, Mike: tribute (see S. Res. 169), S10388 [9OC]
Medicaid: provide families of disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see S. 321), S13701 [19DE]
Medicare: coverage of oral anticancer drugs (see S. 913), S7084 [28JN]
———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), S12311 [3DE]
———make more competitive and efficient and provide for a prescription drug benefit (see S. 358), S7495 [11JY]
———provide regulatory relief, appeals process reforms, contracting flexibility, and education improvements (see S. 1738), S12100 [28NO]
———reform (see S. 1135), S7084 [28JN]
Mental health: provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see S. 543), S8353 [27JY]
Minimum wage: level (see S. 277), S3436 [4AP] (see S. 964), S5833 [5JN]
National Charter Schools Week: designate (see S. Con. Res. 33), S4045 [30AP]
National Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Week: designate (see S. Res. 166), S10154 [3OC]
National Children's Memorial Day: designate (see S. Res. 109), S7956 [19JY]
National Child's Day: designate (see S. Res. 90), S5005 [16MY]
National Environmental Education Act: redesignate in honor of John H. Chafee, establish honorary programs for John H. Chafee and Theodore Roosevelt, and extend programs (see S. 876), S5440 [22MY]
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 Mammography Day: designate (see S. Res. 164), S9972 [1OC]
National Veterans Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 143), S8464 [31JY]
Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact: reauthorize (see S. 1157), S7193 [29JN]
OMB: establish a Federal Chief Information Officer to enhance the management and promotion of electronic Government services and processes (see S. 803), S4099 [1MY]
Pacific Northwest Dairy Compact: congressional consent (see S. 1157), S7193 [29JN]
Peterson, Douglas ``Pete'': tribute (see S. Res. 167), S10154 [3OC]
Pharmaceuticals: improve safety and efficacy for children (see S. 838), S7495 [11JY]
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (see S. 27), S553 [24JA]
Public housing: reduce crime and fully fund the Public Housing Drug Elimination Program (see S. Con. Res. 52), S6602 [21JN]
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), S9504 [19SE]
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), S10641 [11OC]
Securities: issue Unity Bonds in response to the acts of terrorism perpetrated against the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see S. 1430), S10641 [11OC]
Small business: facilitate compliance with certain Federal paperwork requirements and establish a task force to streamline certain requirements (see S. 1271), S11789 [14NO]
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), S98 [22JA]
———provide for coordination of implementation of administrative simplification standard for health care information (see S. 836), S7495 [11JY]
———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]
Solid Waste Disposal Act: require compliance with leak detection and prevention standards for underground storage tanks and provide funding for cleanup of sites contaminated by methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) (see S. 1850), S13700 [19DE]
Southern Dairy Compact: congressional consent (see S. 1157), S7193 [29JN]
Taxation: allow a credit to holders of qualified bonds issued by Amtrak (see S. 250), S1062 [6FE]
———allow a refundable credit for health insurance costs of individuals not eligible for public programs and without access to employer-subsidized health coverage (see S. 590), S2662 [21MR]
———allow a tax credit for certain energy-efficient property (see S. 828), S4246 [3MY]
———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), S10457 [10OC]
———expand the exclusion for qualified small business stock and increase the annual limit for incentive stock options (see S. 455), S11612 [8NO]
———extension of the credit for producing electricity from biomass (see S. 756), S6319 [14JN]
———modify the exclusion for qualified small business stock (see S. 1823), S13145 [13DE]
———provide an income tax credit to holders of bonds financing new communications technologies (see S. 426), S3436 [4AP]
———provide for a payroll tax holiday (see S. 1717), S12312 [3DE]
———provide incentives to expand health care coverage (see S. 284), S1818 [5MR]
———provide tax credits for biodiesel blends in fuel (see S. 1058), S6603 [21JN]
Terrorism: assist States in preparing for an attack using biological or chemical weapons (see S. 1520), S10388 [9OC]
———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]
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), S8576 [1AU]
U.S. Consensus Council: establish (see S. 1651), S12056 [27NO]
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), S5831 [5JN]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Education: promote parental involvement and parental empowerment in public education through greater competition and choice (see S. 98), S100 [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]
Certificates of election
Senate, S3 [3JA]
Cloture motions
Agriculture: continue certain programs (S. 1731), S13040 [12DE], S13112 [13DE], S13349 [17DE], S13423 [18DE], S13658 [19DE]
———continue certain programs (S. 1731), motion to proceed, S12271 [30NO], S12406 [5DE]
Aviation: improve security (S. 1447), motion to proceed, S10128 [3OC], S10347 [9OC]
Bankruptcy: amend laws (H.R. 333), S7554 [12JY], S7734 [17JY]
Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2299), S8195 [25JY], S8259 [26JY], S8333 [27JY], S8505 [1AU]
Pensions: reform (H.R. 10), S12139 [29NO]
———reform (H.R. 10), motion to proceed, S12036 [27NO], S12119 [29NO]
Motions
Taxation: rates (H.R. 1836), S5413 [22MY]
Oaths of office
Senate, S5 [3JA]
Pledge of Allegiance
Senate, S1793 [5MR], S6387 [19JN]
Privilege of the floor
Jones, Pat, S12739 [7DE]
Rivera, Luis, S1830 [5MR]
Remarks
Ashcroft, John: nomination to be Attorney General, S878 [31JA]
Aviation: improve security (S. 1447), S10526 [11OC]
———improve security (S. 1447), motion to proceed, S10276 [4OC]
Bankruptcy: amend laws (S. 420), S1797 [5MR], S2346, S2349 [15MR]
———treatment of certain spousal income for purposes of means testing, S2346 [15MR]
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, S6274 [14JN]
Budget: revising and setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2011 (H. Con. Res. 83), S3479 [5AP], S3641 [6AP]
———revising and setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2011 (H. Con. Res. 83), conference report, S4563 [9MY]
CERCLA: promote cleanup and reuse of brownfields, provide financial assistance for brownfields revitalization, and enhance State response programs (S. 350), S3902 [25AP]
Constitution—U.S.: anniversary, S12532 [6DE]
Delaware: return of original copy of the Bill of Rights by the National Archives, S12532 [6DE]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1438), S9704 [24SE], S10032, S10033, S10047, S10048 [2OC]
———making appropriations (H.R. 3338), conference report, S13844, S13867 [20DE]
———postpone additional rounds of military base closures and realignments, S9704 [24SE]
———release decision on FTC investigation of possible antitrust issues relative to joint venture production of nitrocellulose, S10047 [2OC]
———smokeless nitrocellulose procurement funding, S13844 [20DE]
Dept. of HUD: increase mortgage loan limits for multifamily housing mortgage insurance (S. 1163), S7497 [11JY]
Earnhardt, Dale: tribute (S. Res. 29), S1720 [28FE]
Education: allow States to use certain funds to retain and improve the quality of school principals, S6175 [13JN]
———close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), conference report, S13335 [17DE]
———expand alternative education options for certain disruptive students, S6175 [13JN]
———improve quality and raise student achievement by strengthening accountability, S4079 [1MY]
———national policy to improve system, S5809-S5811 [5JN]
———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, S6094, S6097 [12JN]
———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 (S. 669), S3219 [30MR]
Elementary and Secondary Education Act: assist local educational agencies by increasing Title I funding to strengthen student achievement standards for schools with disadvantaged students, S4224 [3MY]
———extend programs and activities (S. 1), S4214, S4224 [3MY], S5809 [5JN], S5944 [7JN], S6042 [11JN], S6094, S6097 [12JN], S6175 [13JN], S6274 [14JN]
———extend programs and activities (S. 1), motion to proceed, S4079 [1MY]
———percentage of Title I funding targeted to strengthen student achievement standards for schools with disadvantaged students, S6042 [11JN]
———reauthorize and improve (S. 303), S1207 [8FE], S1313 [13FE]
Financial institutions: prohibit Federal examination fees for State chartered banks, S3641 [6AP]
Hazardous substances: investigation of anthrax bacteria outbreak, S10783 [17OC]
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, S6965 [27JN]
———disallow punitive damages in Federal courts relative to protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, S7163 [29JN]
———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S. 1052), S6965 [27JN], S7163 [29JN]
Horn, Wade F.: nomination to be Assistant Sec. of HHS for Family Support, S8188 [25JY]
Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: funding, S4214 [3MY]
National security: ensure greater security for U.S. seaports (S. 1214), S13867 [20DE]
OMB: prohibit directed budget scorekeeping of railroad retirement legislation, S12343, S12344 [4DE]
Pensions: reform (H.R. 10), S12343, S12344 [4DE], S12391 [5DE]
———reform (H.R. 10), motion to proceed, S12041 [27NO]
Power resources: national energy policy, S10421 [10OC]
———protect energy security and decrease dependence on foreign oil through use of renewable fuels, conservation, improved efficiency, increased domestic supplies, and environmental quality, S10032 [2OC]
Railroads: improve security, S10276 [4OC], S10526 [11OC]
———modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries, S12041 [27NO], S12391 [5DE]
———provide for rail safety and security assistance (S. 1550), S13867 [20DE]
Schools: allow same-gender public schools and classrooms as long as comparable educational opportunities are offered to both sexes, S5944 [7JN]
Senate Rules: establish committee membership ratios and legislative procedures (S. Res. 8), S40 [5JA]
Taxation: extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (H.R. 1552), S11910 [15NO]
———extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce and assist States in simplifying their sales and use taxes, S11910 [15NO]
———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), S11774 [14NO], S12041 [27NO]
———rates (H.R. 1836), S5239 [21MY], S5412 [22MY]
Terrorism: condemn and respond to hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, S9491 [19SE]
———tribute to relief efforts surrounding the hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, S9491 [19SE]
Thompson, Tommy G.: nomination to be Sec. of HHS, S444 [23JA]
Vietnam: normal trade relations status (H.J. Res. 51), S10121 [3OC]
Tributes
Calhoon, Sarah Mae Shoemaker, S8700
Daschle, Senator, S10783 [17OC]
Inouye, Senator, S12586 [7DE]
Lott, Senator, S10783 [17OC]
Trainor, James F., S560 [25JA]