CHAFEE, LINCOLN D. (a Senator from Rhode Island)

Addresses

Historic Preservation in the Aftermath of Terrorist Attacks: Richard Moe, National Trust for Historic Preservation, S11606 [8NO]

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), S3561 [5AP], S3708 [6AP], S3790 [23AP]

CERCLA: promote cleanup and reuse of brownfields, provide financial assistance for brownfields revitalization, and enhance State response programs (S. 350), S3896, S3929 [25AP]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1438), S10155 [3OC]

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, S11233 [30OC], S11363 [1NO]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: extend programs and activities (S. 1), S4541, S4627, S4697 [9MY]

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

Health: protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S. 1052), S7117 [28JN]

Taxation: rates (H.R. 1836), S5086, S5173, S5178 [17MY], S5354 [21MY], S5490 [23MY]

Appointments

Acting President pro tempore, S1027 [6FE], S1241 [13FE], S1363 [14FE], S2681 [22MR], S2923 [27MR], S3797 [24AP], S4055 [1MY], S4449 [8MY], S4969 [16MY], S5405 [22MY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: continue certain programs (see S. 1571), S11941 [15NO]

———reward stewards of farms, ranches, public and private lands, wildlife, and water quality and supply that reduce the risk of specialty crop production (see S. 1727), S12001 [16NO]

AID: congressional disapproval of rule restoring international family planning programs restrictions relative to abortion (see S.J. Res. 9), S2583 [20MR]

Air pollution: reduce emissions from electric powerplants (see S. 556), S12001 [16NO]

Animals: prohibit import, export, sale, or possession of bear viscera (see S. 1125), S9505 [19SE]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (see S. 411), S1898 [6MR]

Armed Forces: extend the deadline for granting posthumous citizenship to members who die while on active-duty service (see S. 1859), S13701 [19DE]

Arts Education Month: designate (see S. Res. 44), S3275 [2AP]

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]

Bush, President: commend upcoming trip to Mexico to meet with President Vicente Fox and encourage future cooperative efforts between the U.S. and Mexico (see S. Con. Res. 13), S1395 [14FE]

Capital punishment: ensure that defendants in capital cases have adequate counsel and allow those convicted to have a reasonable opportunity to present new evidence of innocence (see S. 486), S1971 [7MR]

CERCLA: exempt small businesses from certain liability (see S. 1064), S6448 [19JN]

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]

Clean Air Act: allow State Governors to waive oxygen content requirement for reformulated gasoline, assist States in cleaning up leaking underground storage tanks, and phase out methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) (see S. 950), S9622 [21SE]

Commission on the Comprehensive Study of Voting Procedures: establish (see S. 216), S707 [30JA]

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]

Contraceptives: require equitable coverage of drugs, devices, and services under health insurance plans (see S. 104), S498 [23JA]

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]

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: provide Federal assistance to States and local jurisdictions to prosecute hate crimes (see S. 625), S2979 [27MR]

Cuba: make exception to trade embargo for food, medicines, and goods and services intended for children, lift travel restrictions, and provide scholarships for certain Cuban nationals (see S. 1017), S6127 [12JN]

Dept. of Defense: field current weapons that provide alternatives to landmines, join the Convention on the Prohibition of Anti-Personnel Mines, and expand support for mine victims (see S. 497), S3853 [24AP]

Dept. of HUD: grants to States to supplement assistance for the preservation of affordable housing for low-income families (see S. 1365), S12055 [27NO]

Dept. of Justice: establish an Office of Children's Services (see S. 121), S4044 [30AP]

———establish the Violence Against Women Office (see S. 570), S6992 [27JN]

Dept. of Labor: reissuance of a rule relative to ergonomics (see S. 598), S2895 [26MR]

Diseases: expand assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis (see S. 1032), S6212 [13JN]

———expand research activities relative to various forms of muscular dystrophy (see S. 805), S5006 [16MY]

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

Education: improve and expand access to educational television programming (see S. 604), S3437 [4AP]

———qualify public defenders for student loan forgiveness under the Federal Perkins Loan Program (see S. 1112), S6991 [27JN]

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

Employment: prohibit discrimination on the basis of affectional or sexual orientation (see S. 1284), S8464 [31JY]

FDA: grant authority to regulate tobacco (see S. 247), S1062 [6FE]

Firearms: regulation of transfers at gun shows (see S. 767), S3852 [24AP]

———require provision of a child safety lock in connection with the transfer of a handgun (see S. 436), S1747 [1MR]

Food Stamp Act: improve nutrition assistance for working families and the elderly (see S. 583), S2662 [21MR]

Foreign aid: evaluate success of international military education and training programs in instilling democracy and respect for human rights in foreign military and civilian personnel (see S. 647), S3152 [29MR]

———international family planning programs restrictions relative to abortion (see S. 367), S1463 [15FE]

———suspend drug certification procedures of the Foreign Assistance Act in order to foster greater multilateral cooperation in international counternarcotics programs (see S. 219), S1229 [8FE]

Foreign trade: prohibit importation of diamonds unless the countries exporting the diamonds have in place certain controls to verify the source of the diamonds (see S. 787), S8705 [2AU] (see S. 1084), S11549 [7NO]

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

Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: designate (see S. Res. 20), S1587 [26FE]

Hazardous substances: reduce quantity of mercury in the environment by limiting use of mercury fever thermometers and improving collection, recycling and disposal of mercury (see S. 351), S7194 [29JN]

Health: assure coverage of emergency services under group health plans and health insurance (see S. 823), S4246 [3MY]

———embryonic stem cell research funding (see S. 723), S3530 [5AP]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (see S. 283), S1122 [7FE]

———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), S6055 [11JN]

Health care professionals: alleviate nursing profession shortage by inproving educational programs and partnerships and supporting additional training (see S. 706), S5006 [16MY]

———establish a Nurse Corps and address the nursing shortage through recruitment and retention strategies (see S. 1864), S13943 [20DE]

Immigration: expand class of beneficiaries who may apply for adjustment of status by extending the deadline for a classification petition and a labor certification filing (see S. 778), S4101 [1MY]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see S. 466), S3216 [30MR]

Indonesia: provide assistance for democracy efforts in East Timor (see S. 375), S1463 [15FE]

Intermountain Dairy Compact: congressional consent (see S. 1157), S7193 [29JN]

International Emergency Management Assistance Memorandum of Understanding: congressional consent (see S.J. Res. 12), S7880 [18JY]

King, Martin Luther, Jr.: mint coins in commemoration (see S. 355), S1462 [15FE]

Law enforcement: improve security at U.S. borders (see S. 1618), S12001 [16NO]

Liberia: adjust immigration status of certain nationals (see S. 656), S3922 [25AP]

Libraries: provide up-to-date school library media resources and professionally certified school library media specialists for elementary and secondary schools (see S. 327), S1394 [14FE]

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

Medicaid: permit children covered under the State Children's Health Insurance Program to be eligible for the Federal Vaccines for Children Program (see S. 573), S2582 [20MR]

———provide families of disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see S. 321), S1270 [13FE]

———revise and simplify the transitional medical assistance program (see S. 1269), S8397 [30JY]

Medicare: coverage of oral anticancer drugs (see S. 913), S7496 [11JY]

———coverage of screening pap smears and pelvic exams (see S. 258), S2823 [23MR]

———eliminate reduction in payment rates under the prospective payment system for home health services and increase payments for such services in rural areas (see S. 326), S1394 [14FE]

———exclude clinical social worker services from coverage under the skilled nursing facility prospective payment system (see S. 1083), S8354 [27JY]

———expand coverage of certain self-injected biologicals (see S. 554), S2388 [15MR]

———improve direct graduate medical education payments (see S. 135), S2662 [21MR]

———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]

———promote research for health promotion and disease prevention and add preventive benefits (see S. 982), S5830 [5JN]

———provide for continuous open enrollment and disenrollment in Medicare+Choice plans (see S. 1851), S13700 [19DE]

———provide guidance to health care providers attempting to properly submit claims and target truly fraudulent activity for enforcement of billing regulations rather than inadvertent errors (see S. 452), S5006 [16MY]

———reform (see S. 1135), S7084 [28JN]

———specify the update for physician fee schedule payments and conduct a study on replacing the use of the sustainable growth rate as a factor in such update (see S. 1707), S12101 [28NO]

Medicare/Medicaid: streamline regulatory processes for home health agencies (see S. 1169), S8204 [25JY]

Mental health: provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see S. 543), S2388 [15MR]

Motor vehicles: increase fuel economy standards for light trucks, sport utility vehicles (SUVs), and the Federal fleet, and increase weight limit of vehicles subject to fuel economy standards (see S. 804), S7331 [9JY]

National Affordable Housing Trust Fund: establish to provide decent, safe, and affordable housing for low-income families (see S. 1248), S8203 [25JY]

National Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Week: designate (see S. Res. 166), S10154 [3OC]

National Emergency Medical Services Week: designate (see S. Con. Res. 40), S5118 [17MY]

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), S4890 [14MY]

National Rural Development Partnership: authorize (see S. 1111), S10693 [15OC]

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

Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact: reauthorize (see S. 1157), S7193 [29JN]

Pacific Northwest Dairy Compact: congressional consent (see S. 1157), S7193 [29JN]

Peace Corps: tribute (see S. Con. Res. 18), S1617 [27FE]

Peace Officers Memorial Day: designate (see S. Res. 63), S4101 [1MY]

Pensions: reform (see S. 742), S3706 [6AP]

Peru: elections (see S. Res. 107), S6008 [8JN]

Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see S. 177), S2731 [22MR]

Public Health Service Act: amend relative to pharmacy health professions programs (see S. 1806), S12859 [11DE]

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), S9808 [25SE]

Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (see S. 697), S3707 [6AP] (see S. 697), S3789 [23AP]

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), S12101 [28NO]

Schools: provide loans to enable State or local governments to make interest payments on qualified school construction bonds (see S. 119), S100 [22JA]

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), S7806 [17JY]

Social Security: earnings test for blind individuals (see S. 682), S12100 [28NO]

———expand Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program to include parents of low-income families (see S. 1244), S8203 [25JY]

———extend Promoting Safe and Stable Families and Foster Care Independent Living programs, support mentoring programs for children of incarcerated parents, and assist youths aging out of foster care (see S. 1503), S10458 [10OC]

———improve health benefits coverage of infants and children under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (see S. 1016), S6665 [22JN]

———permit States the option of coverage of legal immigrants under the Medicaid Program and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see S. 582), S2662 [21MR]

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 refundable tax credit for health insurance costs for COBRA continuation coverage (see S. 1502), S10287 [4OC]

———allow a tax credit for certain energy-efficient property (see S. 828), S4892 [14MY]

———allow deduction equal to fair market value for charitable contributions of literary, musical, artistic, or scholarly compositions created by the donor (see S. 694), S9198 [6SE]

———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), S4891 [14MY]

———credit for rehabilitating historic homes or purchasing newly rehabilitated historic homes for use as principal residence (see S. 920), S5269 [21MY]

———encourage and accelerate the nationwide production, retail sale, and consumer use of new motor vehicles that are powered by alternative fuels or other advanced motor vehicle technologies (see S. 760), S3851 [24AP]

———expand the exclusion for qualified small business stock and increase the annual limit for incentive stock options (see S. 455), S1817 [5MR]

———extend the moratorium on taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce and assist States in simplifying their sales and use taxes (see S. 512), S2117 [9MR]

———extension of the credit for producing electricity from wind (see S. 530), S6449 [19JN]

———full deduction of health insurance costs for self-employed individuals (see S. 29), S1748 [1MR]

———improve access to tax-exempt debt for small non-profit health care and educational institutions (see S. 1038), S8705 [2AU]

———permanently extend research credit and adjust the alternative incremental credit rates (see S. 41), S2162 [12MR]

———provide a tax credit for marginal oil and natural gas well production (see S. 1199), S7955 [19JY]

———provide a uniform dollar limitation for transportation fringe benefits excludable from gross income (see S. 217), S707 [30JA]

———provide incentives to expand health care coverage (see S. 284), S1122 [7FE]

———provide incentives to reduce energy consumption (see S. 207), S1617 [27FE]

———provide tax incentive for land sales for conservation purposes (see S. 1329), S8704 [2AU]

———repeal motor fuel excise taxes which remain in the general fund of the Treasury on railroads and inland waterway transportation (see S. 661), S5890 [6JN]

———treatment of flexible spending arrangements relative to long-term care insurance (see S. 627), S6319 [14JN]

Terrorism: bioterrorism preparedness and response funding (see S. Res. 171), S10640 [11OC]

———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]

———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]

Treaties and agreements: establish U.S. negotiating objectives, and procedures for, implementing certain trade agreements (see S. 1104), S6920 [26JN]

Tropical Forest Conservation Act: reauthorize (see S. 1021), S6127 [12JN]

U.N. Human Rights Commission: restore U.S. membership (see S. Res. 88), S4890 [14MY]

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

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see S. 170), S6008 [8JN]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: authorize design and construction of a temporary education center (see S. 281), S5616 [24MY]

Wildlife: improve conservation and restoration programs (see S. 990), S9557 [20SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

AID: establish a Clean Water for the Americas Partnership (see S. 1168), S7589 [12JY]

CERCLA: promote cleanup and reuse of brownfields, provide financial assistance for brownfields revitalization, and enhance State response programs (see S. 350), S1462 [15FE]

Dept. of Commerce: assist States, tribal governments, and Native Hawaiian organizations with land use planning to promote improved quality of life, regionalism, sustainable economic development, and environmental stewardship (see S. 975), S5695 [25MY]

Medicaid: allow States to expand family planning coverage to certain women (see S. 1343), S8705 [2AU]

———extend certain modifications to disproportionate share hospital allotments (see S. 572), S2582 [20MR]

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), S4246 [3MY]

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]

Taxation: expand Federal tax refund intercept program for parents delinquent on child support to cover children who are not minors (see S. 850), S4589 [9MY]

Washington, George: commemorate significance of the letter sent to the Touro Synagogue in Newport, RI (see S. Con. Res. 16), S1464 [15FE]

Certificates of election

Senate, S3 [3JA]

Cloture motions

Bankruptcy: amend laws (S. 420), S2146 [12MR], S2297 [14MR]

Letters

Brownfields Revitalization and Environmental Restoration Act: Alan Front, Trust for Public Land (organization), S1488 [15FE]

———Anne E. Estabrook and Thomas J. Bisacquino, National Association of Industrial and Office Properties, S1487 [15FE]

———by, Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate), S3896 [25AP]

———H. Brent Coles, U.S. Conference of Mayors, S1486 [15FE]

———Jeffrey D. DeBoer, Real Estate Roundtable (organization), S1487 [15FE]

———Jeremiah D. Jackson, Environmental Business Action Coalition, S1488 [15FE]

———John G. Arlington, American Insurance Association, S1487 [15FE]

———Richard Mendenhall, National Association of Realtors, S1486 [15FE]

———Robin K. Wiener, Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries, Inc., S1488 [15FE]

———several environmental organizations, S1488, S1489 [15FE]

———William H. Hoffman III, International Council of Shopping Centers, S1487 [15FE]

Community Character Act: Alan Front, Trust for Public Land, S5710 [25MY]

———Bruce McClendon, American Planning Association, S5709 [25MY]

———Don Chen, Smart Growth America (organization), S5710 [25MY]

———Lee L. Verstandig, National Association of Realtors, S5709 [25MY]

Oaths of office

Senate, S5 [3JA]

Pledge of Allegiance

Senate, S1027 [6FE], S1167 [8FE], S1241 [13FE], S1363 [14FE], S2681 [22MR], S2923 [27MR], S3797 [24AP], S4055 [1MY], S4449 [8MY], S4969 [16MY], S5405 [22MY]

Proclamations

World Population Awareness Week: Lincoln Almond, Governor of Rhode Island, S10979 [24OC]

Remarks

Breast and Cervical Cancer Prevention and Treatment Act: anniversary, S10977 [24OC]

Budget: revising and setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2011 (H. Con. Res. 83), S3683 [6AP]

Central Falls, RI: tribute to Central Falls High School for participation in We the People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution competition, S3918 [25AP]

CERCLA: promote cleanup and reuse of brownfields, provide financial assistance for brownfields revitalization, and enhance State response programs (S. 350), S1481 [15FE], S3890, S3905 [25AP]

———purchase of environmental insurance for brownfield site characterization, assessment, and cleanup, S3905 [25AP]

Dept. of Commerce: assist States, tribal governments, and Native Hawaiian organizations with land use planning to promote improved quality of life, regionalism, sustainable economic development, and environmental stewardship (S. 975), S5707 [25MY]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2311), S7899 [19JY]

Medicaid: allow States to expand family planning coverage to certain women (S. 1343), S8764 [2AU]

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: authorize development of research centers focusing on environmental factors related to the etiology of breast cancer (S. 830), S4265 [3MY]

National Sportsmanship Day: observance, S1895 [6MR]

National Trust for Historic Preservation: tribute, S11605 [8NO]

New England Storm (women's football team): tribute, S1217 [8FE]

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) (S. 1850), S13704 [19DE]

Taxation: allow a refundable tax credit for health insurance costs for COBRA continuation coverage (S. 1502), S10296 [4OC]

———expand Federal tax refund intercept program for parents delinquent on child support to cover children who are not minors (S. 850), S4603 [9MY]

———rates, S3683 [6AP]

———rates (H.R. 1836), S5240 [21MY], S5413 [22MY]

Terrorism: condemn and respond to hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (S.J. Res. 22), S9352 [13SE]

Water pollution: restore estuary habitats through more efficient financing of projects and the enhanced coordination of Federal and non-Federal programs funding, S7899 [19JY]

World Population Awareness Week: observance, S10979 [24OC]

Rosters

New England Storm (women's football team), S1217 [8FE]

Summaries

Community Character Act (S. 975), S5709 [25MY]

Texts of

S. 350, Brownfields Revitalization and Environmental Restoration Act, S1481-S1486 [15FE]

S. 830, Breast Cancer and Environmental Research Act, S4266 [3MY]

S. 850, Child Support Fairness and Tax Refund Interception Act, S4603 [9MY]

S. 975, Community Character Act, S5707 [25MY]

S. 1343, Family Planning State Empowerment Act, S8765 [2AU]

S. 1850, Underground Storage Tank Compliance Act, S13705-S13707 [19DE]

Tributes

David, Michael, S2974 [27MR]

Hook, Steven A., S1743 [1MR]