CRAIG, LARRY E. (a Senator from Idaho)

Amendments

Agriculture: continue certain programs (S. 1731), S12458 [5DE], S12834, S12970 [11DE], S13020, S13032, S13038, S13066, S13069 [12DE], S13172, S13175, S13183 [13DE], S13502, S13503 [18DE], S13757, S13758 [19DE]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2330), S11089, S11090, S11128, S11129 [25OC]

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations (S. 1077), S7313, S7321, S7336 [9JY]

Budget: revising and setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2011 (H. Con. Res. 83), S3437 [4AP], S3590, S3600 [5AP], S3709 [6AP], S3791 [23AP]

Dept. of Agriculture: require a report on coordinated actions to prevent bovine spongiform encephalopathy (mad cow disease) and foot-and-mouth disease (S. 700), S3623 [5AP]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1438), S9699, S9747, S9750 [24SE], S9936 [26SE], S9998 [1OC], S10076, S10078 [2OC]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2217), S7521, S7526 [11JY], S7560 [12JY]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2299), S8239 [25JY], S8295 [26JY]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2500), S9215, S9274, S9275 [10SE]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: extend programs and activities (S. 1), S4376, S4401 [4MY]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2311), S7884 [18JY]

Foreign trade: provide export control authority (S. 149), S9202 [6SE]

Health: protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S. 1052), S7138, S7146, S7195, S7262 [29JN]

Pensions: reform (H.R. 10), S12323 [3DE]

Taxation: provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), S11796 [14NO]

———rates (H.R. 1836), S5093, S5161, S5179 [17MY], S5195, S5285 [21MY]

Analyses

Climate Change Risk Management Act (S. 1294), S8590 [1AU]

Hydroelectric Licensing Process Improvement Act (S. 71), S330 [22JA]

Provide Tax Incentives for Voluntary Reduction of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Advance Global Climate Science and Technology Development (S. 1293), S8585 [1AU]

Appointments

Committee on Aging (Special, Senate), S8115 [24JY]

Committee To Escort President Vicente Fox of Mexico Into the House Chamber, H5410 [6SE]

Conferee: H.R. 2311, energy and water development appropriations, S7905 [19JY]

———H.R. 2330, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations, S11095 [25OC]

———H.R. 2620, Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies appropriations, S8676 [2AU]

———H.R. 2904, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure, S9833 [26SE]

———H.R. 3061, Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies appropriations, S11475 [6NO]

U.S. Air Force Academy Board of Visitors, S4522 [8MY]

Articles and editorials

Add Gun Buybacks to the Public Wish List, Erik Eckholm, New York (NY) Times, S8651 [2AU]

Gun Buy-Back Backfires When Officers Cash In, Mike Claffey, New York (NY) Daily News, S8652 [2AU]

International Criminal Court—Undemocratic and Unconstitutional, Lee A. Casey, S9216 [10SE]

Madness of Gun Buybacks—Andrew Cuomo's Policy Is Full of Holes, Dave Kopel, National Review (publication), S8652 [2AU]

Specialists Cool on Calls To Revive Gun Buybacks, Francie Latour, Boston (MA) Globe, S8651 [2AU]

Under the U.N. Gavel, by, Washington (DC) Post, S9215 [10SE]

Unsign That Treaty, John R. Bolton, Washington (DC) Post, S9215 [10SE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: ensure availability of the mail to transmit shipments of day-old poultry (see S. 1397), S9254 [10SE]

Armed Forces: authorize disability retirement to be granted posthumously for members who die in the line of duty (see S. 1037), S6450 [19JN]

———facilitate use of educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill for education leading to employment in high technology industry (see S. 1088), S8576 [1AU]

Aviation: ensure general aviation aircraft access to Federal land and to the airspace over that land (see S. 681), S3340 [3AP]

———increase the Government's share of development project costs at certain qualifying airports (see S. 1847), S13465 [18DE]

Children's Memorial Flag Day: designate (see S. Res. 109), S9808 [25SE]

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]

Coeur d'Alene River Basin: environmental and natural resource restoration funding (see S. 585), S2662 [21MR]

Correctional institutions: eliminate good time credits for prisoners serving violent crime sentences (see S. 184), S568 [25JA]

Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims: improve administration (see S. 1063), S8576 [1AU]

———temporarily expand membership to facilitate staggered terms for judges and terminate the Notice of Disagreement as jurisdictional requirement for review (see S. 1089), S8576 [1AU]

Courts: divide the ninth judicial circuit into two circuits (see S. 346), S1462 [15FE]

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: truth-in-sentencing requirements relative to violent offenders (see S. 185), S568 [25JA]

Cuba: assist internal opposition and further help the Cuban people to regain their freedom (see S. 894), S5005 [16MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: agricultural trade programs funding (see S. 366), S1463 [15FE]

———consolidate and revise authority on animal health protection (see S. 1482), S10058 [2OC]

———extend and expand conservation programs (see S. 1267), S8398 [30JY]

———prohibit the issuance of quality grade labels on imported meat products (see S. 544), S2388 [15MR]

———require a report on coordinated actions to prevent bovine spongiform encephalopathy (mad cow disease) and foot-and-mouth disease (see S. 708), S3530 [5AP]

Dept. of Energy: advanced scientific research computing programs funding (see S. 193), S636 [29JA]

———University Nuclear Science and Engineering Programs funding (see S. 242), S1348 [13FE]

Dept. of the Treasury: include certain parts of the Constitution in the redesign of the one dollar bill (see S. 1225), S9124 [5SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: furnish headstones or markers for the marked graves of certain individuals (see S. 662), S8575 [1AU]

———make permanent the Native American Veteran Housing Loan Program (see S. 228), S8575 [1AU]

———modify authority to provide dog-guides to blind veterans and authorize provision of service dogs to hearing-impaired veterans and veterans with spinal cord injuries (see S. 1160), S8576 [1AU]

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

Ecology and environment: establish new national policy designed to manage risk of potential climate change, ensure long-term energy security, and strengthen laws relative to potential climate change (see S. 1294), S8575 [1AU]

Education: assist local educational agencies in enabling students to meet academic achievement standards (see S. 167), S527 [24JA]

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

Endangered Species Act: improve listing, recovery planning, and delisting processes (see S. 347), S6449 [19JN]

EPA: authorize Project SEARCH (special environmental assistance for the regulation of communities and habitat) to provide grants to assist small communities in meeting certain regulations (see S. 707), S3853 [24AP] (see S. 1466), S9874 [26SE]

———provide additional authority to the Office of Ombudsman (see S. 606), S2823 [23MR]

Family History Month: designate (see S. Res. 160), S9337 [12SE]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: amend relative to new animal drugs (see S. 1346), S9505 [19SE]

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act: extend and improve collection of maintenance fees (see S. 1474), S10389 [9OC]

Federal-State relations: require Federal agencies to consult with State and local governments on environmental impact statements (see S. 301), S1218 [8FE]

Firearms: permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents (see S. 514), S2162 [12MR]

———protect gun owner privacy and ownership rights (see S. 906), S5618 [24MY]

Fish and fishing: efforts to rehabilitate salmon stocks in the Pacific Northwest (see S. 1825), S13145 [13DE]

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), S8913 [3AU]

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

Food industry: ensure that all persons who benefit from the dairy promotion and research program contribute to the cost of the program (see S. 1123), S7083 [28JN]

Foreign policy: impose sanctions on the PLO, or the Palestinian Authority, if the President determines that these entities have not complied with certain commitments (see S. 1409), S10389 [9OC]

Forests: increase carbon storage in national forests and facilitate the reporting of forest projects which reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations (see S. 820), S4245 [3MY]

Health: 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), S1394 [14FE]

Health care professionals: expand medical residency training programs in geriatrics (see S. 1362), S8910 [3AU]

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 (see S. 1610), S11362 [1NO]

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

James A. McClure Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Boise, ID: designate (see S. 1459), S9807 [25SE]

Korean War Veterans Association, Inc.: grant Federal charter (see S. 392), S6602 [21JN]

Lumber industry: promote open and competitive trade of softwood lumber between the U.S. and Canada (see S. Con. Res. 8), S1122 [7FE]

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

Medicare: adjust wages and wage-related costs for certain items and services furnished in geographically reclassified hospitals (see S. 659), S3152 [29MR]

———coverage of medical nutrition therapy services for beneficiaries with cardiovascular diseases (see S. 960), S5616 [24MY]

———improve fee-for-services reimbursement rates in rural States (see S. 1020), S6127 [12JN]

———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), S3274 [2AP]

———provide regulatory relief, appeals process reforms, contracting flexibility, and education improvements (see S. 1738), S12100 [28NO]

Motor vehicles: provide for greater fairness in the motor vehicle franchise contract arbitration process (see S. 1140), S7193 [29JN]

National 4-H Program Centennial Initiative: funding (see S. 657), S5439 [22MY]

National American Indian Heritage Month: designate (see S. Res. 118), S7193 [29JN]

National Biotechnology Week: designate (see S. Res. 75), S3922 [25AP]

National Charter Schools Week: designate (see S. Con. Res. 33), S3995 [26AP]

National Children's Memorial Day: designate (see S. Res. 109), S9808 [25SE]

National Child's Day: designate (see S. Res. 90), S5005 [16MY]

National Community Health Center Week: establish (see S. Con. Res. 59), S8913 [3AU]

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

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

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

National Murder Awareness Day: designate (see S. Res. 41), S2389 [15MR]

National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day: observance (see S. Con. Res. 44), S9078 [4SE]

National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 138), S8064 [23JY]

National School Lunch Act: ensure an adequate level of commodity purchases under the school lunch program (see S. 1179), S7688 [16JY]

National Teacher Day: designate (see S. Res. 85), S4590 [9MY]

Nuclear energy: ensure continued contribution to the domestic energy supply (see S. 472), S1971 [7MR]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (see S. 22), S2583 [20MR]

Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see S. 177), S1700 [28FE]

Power resources: protect energy security and decrease dependence on foreign oil through use of renewable fuels, conservation, improved efficiency, increased domestic supplies, and environmental quality (see S. 388, 389), S1586 [26FE]

Public utilities: revise regulatory policies governing public utility holding companies (see S. 206), S706 [30JA]

Radio: ensure the availability of spectrum to amateur radio operators (see S. 549), S3053 [28MR]

Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (see S. 697), S3436 [4AP]

Securities: issue U.S. Defense of Freedom Bonds to aid in funding the war against terrorism (see S. 1432), S9622 [21SE]

Senior citizens: ensure the opportunity to serve as mentors, tutors, and volunteers for certain educational programs (see S. 231), S1089 [6FE]

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]

———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), S10287 [4OC]

States: limit acquisition by the U.S. of land located in States in which 25 percent or more of the land is already owned by the U.S. (see S. 322), S1818 [5MR]

Tariff: impose tariff-rate quotas on certain casein and milk protein concentrates (see S. 847), S6449 [19JN]

———prevent circumvention of the sugar tariff-rate quotas (see S. 753), S3706 [6AP]

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), S5832 [5JN]

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

———extension of the credit for producing electricity from biomass (see S. 756), S5119 [17MY]

———extension of the credit for producing electricity from wind (see S. 530), S2306 [14MR]

———improve access to tax-exempt debt for small non-profit health care and educational institutions (see S. 1038), S7084 [28JN]

———incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability (see S. 88), S99 [22JA]

———permanently extend research credit and adjust the alternative incremental credit rates (see S. 41), S5118 [17MY]

———provide Federal reimbursement to State and local governments for a limited tax holiday (see S. 1643), S11549 [7NO]

———provide for a refundable education opportunity tax credit (see S. 488), S2070 [8MR]

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

———provide relief for victims of the terrorist attacks against the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see S. 1433), S9504 [19SE]

———provide tax relief for farmers and fishermen (see S. 312), S1270 [13FE]

———repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (see S. 275), S8465 [31JY]

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

———repeal Internal Revenue Code and replace with a flat tax (see S. 1040), S8204 [25JY]

———repeal motor fuel excise taxes which remain in the general fund of the Treasury on railroads and inland waterway transportation (see S. 661), S5617 [24MY]

———treat payments under the Conservation Reserve Program as rentals from real estate (see S. 315), S1270 [13FE]

———treatment of beer, wine, and distilled spirits (see S. 808), S4099 [1MY]

———treatment of bonds issued to acquire renewable resources on land subject to conservation easement (see S. 822), S4245 [3MY]

———treatment of certain medical savings accounts (see S. 1067), S6518 [20JN]

———treatment of charitable donation of food by businesses and farmers (see S. 37), S5118 [17MY]

———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), S3153 [29MR]

———treatment of forestry activities (see S. 567), S3340 [3AP] (see S. 1002), S5967 [7JN]

Teacher Appreciation Week: designate (see S. Res. 85), S4590 [9MY]

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]

———improve the ability of the U.S. to prepare for and respond to a biological threat or attack (see S. 1765), S12369 [4DE]

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

Unemployment: authorize payment of emergency extended unemployment compensation (see S. 1532), S10640 [11OC]

Veterans: extend eligibility of former members of the Selected Reserve for veterans housing loans (see S. 781), S8575 [1AU]

———increase rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain disabled veterans (see S. 1090), S8576 [1AU]

———provide housing loan benefits for the purchase of residential cooperative apartment units (see S. 1203), S10693 [15OC]

———treatment of pension income, benefits for fugitive or incarcerated veterans, home loan guaranty amounts, and certain benefit authorities (see S. 1093), S8913 [3AU]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: authorize design and construction of a temporary education center (see S. 281), S4590 [9MY]

Violence Against Women Act: expand legal assistance to victims of dating violence (see S. 410), S2583 [20MR]

Water: Federal payment of fees and costs in proceedings relative to State water rights adjudications (see S. 447), S1747 [1MR]

———State sovereignty over water within borders (see S. 446), S1747 [1MR]

———terminate the effectiveness of certain drinking water regulations on arsenic levels (see S. 223), S1464 [15FE]

Wisconsin (U.S.S.): issue commemorative postage stamp to honor ship and crew (see S. Con. Res. 3), S5270 [21MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Agriculture: increase loan rates for marketing assistance loans for certain crops and make nonrecourse marketing assistance loans and loan deficiency payments available to producers of certain crops (see S. 977), S5695 [25MY]

Banfro, Benjamin M.: relief (see S. 204), S706 [30JA]

Committee on Aging (Senate, Special): authorizing expenditures (see S. Res. 33), S1699 [28FE]

Court of International Trade: review certain determinations of binational panels under NAFTA (see S. 1584), S11105 [25OC]

Dept. of Energy: develop plan for magnetic fusion burning plasma experiment to accelerate scientific understanding and development of fusion as a long term energy source (see S. 1130), S7083 [28JN]

Dept. of the Interior: management of outfitter and guide services on Federal lands (see S. 978), S5695 [25MY]

———provide assistance through States to eligible weed management entities to control or eradicate harmful, nonnative weeds (see S. 198), S636 [29JA]

Ecology and environment: establish a grassland reserve restoration and conservation program (see S. 1153), S7193 [29JN]

Education: provide funding to States to establish and administer periodic teacher testing and merit pay programs for elementary and secondary school teachers (see S. 1414), S9253 [10SE]

FERC: hydroelectric projects licensing reform (see S. 71), S99 [22JA]

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]

Idaho: establish an additional permanent Federal judgeship (see S. 1757), S12311 [3DE]

Immigration: 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), S7426 [10JY]

Korea, Republic of: call to end unlawful bailout of Hyundai Electronics Industries Co., Ltd. (see S. Con. Res. 10), S1271 [13FE]

National Rural Development Partnership: authorize (see S. 1111), S6991 [27JN]

National Safe Place Week: designate (see S. Res. 25), S1464 [15FE]

Older Americans Month: designate (see S. Res. 78), S4100 [1MY]

Social Security: provide for coordination of implementation of administrative simplification standard for health care information (see S. 836), S4416 [7MY]

Taxation: provide incentives for voluntary reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and advance global climate science and technology development (see S. 1293), S8575 [1AU]

———provide relief for victims of the terrorist attacks against the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see S. 1440), S9504 [19SE]

———treatment of adoption expenses (see S. 148), S456 [23JA]

Cloture motions

Pensions: reform (H.R. 10), S12138 [29NO], S12306 [3DE]

Explanations

Victims of Terrorism Relief Act (S. 1440), S9513 [19SE]

Letters

Drinking water standards for arsenic: by, S8555 [1AU]

Securing America's Future Energy (SAFE) Act: Joseph W. Lipowski, AMVETS (organization), S11161 [30OC]

———Richard J. Santos, American Legion, S11162 [30OC]

———Robert E. Wallace, VFW, S11162 [30OC]

Motions

Health: protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S. 1052), S7136 [29JN]

Remarks

Agriculture: continue certain programs (S. 1731), S13000, S13003, S13018, S13030, S13031, S13033 [12DE], S13258 [14DE], S13660 [19DE]

———increase loan rates for marketing assistance loans for certain crops and make nonrecourse marketing assistance loans and loan deficiency payments available to producers of certain crops (S. 977), S5711 [25MY]

———phase out price supports for sugar and use savings to improve Food Stamp Program, S13003, S13018 [12DE]

———respond to the continuing economic crisis adversely affecting agricultural producers (S. 1246), S8417 [31JY], S8501, S8502 [1AU]

———respond to the continuing economic crisis adversely affecting agricultural producers (S. 1246), motion to proceed, S8334, S8335 [27JY]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2330), S11082, S11084, S11085 [25OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2330), conference report, S11873 [15NO]

Air Force: B-1B Lancer bombers drawdown funding, S7313 [9JY], S7406 [10JY]

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations (S. 1077), S7313 [9JY], S7402, S7406, S7413, S7414 [10JY]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: oil and gas exploration, S12228 [30NO]

Ashcroft, John: nomination to be Attorney General, S903 [31JA]

Aviation: improve security (S. 1447), motion to proceed, S10280 [4OC], S10408, S10410 [10OC]

———provision of advanced electronic information on passengers and cargo entering the U.S., S11161 [30OC]

Budget: revising and setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2011 (H. Con. Res. 83), S3682 [6AP]

———revising and setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2011 (H. Con. Res. 83), conference report, S4855 [14MY]

California: effects of deregulation on energy crisis, S1186 [8FE]

Conservation Reserve Program: require State consent prior to implementation of water conservation program, S13033 [12DE]

———strike water conservation program, S13030, S13031 [12DE]

Court of International Trade: review certain determinations of binational panels under NAFTA (S. 1584), S11114 [25OC]

Cuba: assist internal opposition and further help the Cuban people to regain their freedom (S. 894), S5112 [17MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: conduct a potato objective yield, size, and grade survey, S11085 [25OC]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1438), S9855 [26SE], S9946 [1OC], S10043, S10050 [2OC]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1438), conference report, S13137 [13DE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3338), S12471 [6DE], S12616, S12617 [7DE]

———private possession of demilitarized military equipment, S10050 [2OC]

Dept. of Energy: develop plan for magnetic fusion burning plasma experiment to accelerate scientific understanding and development of fusion as a long term energy source (S. 1130), S7097 [28JN]

———improve nuclear infrastructure, S13137 [13DE]

Dept. of HUD: Public Housing Drug Elimination Program gun buyback initiatives funding, S8647, S8649, S8650, S8651, S8653, S8655 [2AU]

Dept. of the Interior: management of Federal lands relative to multiple use and wilderness area designations, S625 [29JA]

———management of outfitter and guide services on Federal lands (S. 978), S5711 [25MY]

———provide assistance through States to eligible weed management entities to control or eradicate harmful, nonnative weeds (S. 198), S646 [29JA]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2217), S7464 [11JY], S7568 [12JY]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2500), S9215, S9217 [10SE], S9370, S9384 [13SE]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3061), S11161 [30OC]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2620), S8555 [1AU], S8647, S8649, S8650, S8651, S8653, S8655, S8666, S8667 [2AU]

Ecology and environment: establish a grassland reserve restoration and conservation program (S. 1153), S7204 [29JN]

———establish new national policy designed to manage risk of potential climate change, ensure long-term energy security, and strengthen laws relative to potential climate change (S. 1294), S8583 [1AU]

Education: close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), conference report, S13337 [17DE]

———make funding increases contingent on improvement of student achievement, S4376 [4MY], S4461 [8MY]

———national policy to improve system, S436 [23JA]

———provide funding to States to establish and administer periodic teacher testing and merit pay programs for elementary and secondary school teachers (S. 1414), S9256 [10SE]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: extend programs and activities (S. 1), S4376 [4MY], S4461 [8MY]

———extend programs and activities (S. 1), motion to proceed, S4128 [2MY]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2311), S7898 [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, S8555 [1AU]

———pesticide registration and assessment funding, S8666, S8667 [2AU]

FEC: posting of election-related reports on the Internet, S2687, S2688 [22MR]

FERC: hydroelectric projects licensing reform (S. 71), S328 [22JA]

Fish and fishing: efforts to rehabilitate salmon stocks in the Pacific Northwest (S. 1825), S13356 [17DE]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2506), S10968 [24OC]

Griles, J. Steven: nomination to be Deputy Sec. of the Interior, S7578 [12JY]

———nomination to be Deputy Sec. of the Interior, unanimous-consent agreement, S7566 [12JY]

Health: permit health plans to offer participants coverage which ties premium costs to a specified level of benefits, S7172 [29JN]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S. 1052), S7146, S7148, S7172 [29JN]

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act: extend date for compliance by certain entities with administrative simplification standards for electronic transactions and code sets (S. 1588), S11206 [30OC]

Homeless: improve programs for veterans (H.R. 2716), unanimous-consent request, S12351, S12352 [4DE]

———improve programs for veterans (S. 739), unanimous-consent request, S11594 [8NO]

Idaho: establish an additional permanent Federal judgeship (S. 1757), S12313 [3DE]

Immigration: 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 (S. 1161), S7430 [10JY]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: funding, S13337 [17DE]

Intermountain Dairy Compact: congressional consent, S8502 [1AU]

International Criminal Court: Preparatory Commission funding relative to protection of due process rights of U.S. citizens, S9370 [13SE]

International law: protect due process rights of U.S. citizens before foreign tribunals and the International Criminal Court, S9217-S9219 [10SE]

———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, S9855 [26SE], S10043 [2OC], S12616, S12617 [7DE]

IRS: taxpayer refund, S8149 [25JY]

———taxpayer refund notification funding, S7402 [10JY]

Israel: cash transfer assistance relative to purchases of U.S. grain, S7313 [9JY], S7413, S7414 [10JY]

Korea, Republic of: call to end unlawful bailout of Hynix Semiconductor Inc., S8901 [3AU], S9384 [13SE]

———call to end unlawful bailout of Hyundai Electronics Industries Co., Ltd. (S. Con. Res. 10), S1350 [13FE]

Lansing, Danette: Disney American Teacher of the Year award recipient, S12858 [11DE]

Medicare: provide regulatory relief, appeals process reforms, contracting flexibility, and education improvements (S. 1738), S12107 [28NO]

National monuments: prohibit new oil, gas, and coal leasing, S7464 [11JY]

National Public Lands Day: observance, S9947 [1OC]

National Rural Development Partnership: authorize (S. 1111), S6997 [27JN], S11082 [25OC]

National Safe Place Week: designate (S. Res. 25), S2792 [22MR]

National security: ensure greater security for U.S. seaports (S. 1214), unanimous-consent request, S12583 [7DE]

Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact: reauthorize, S8502 [1AU]

Norton, Gale A.: nomination to be Sec. of the Interior, S625 [29JA]

Nuclear energy: ensure continued contribution to the domestic energy supply (S. 472), S1983 [7MR]

Older Americans Month: designate (S. Res. 78), S4120 [1MY], S4167 [2MY]

Pacific Northwest Dairy Compact: congressional consent, S8502 [1AU]

Pensions: reform (H.R. 10), S12228 [30NO]

———reform (H.R. 10), motion to proceed, S12116 [29NO]

Pipelines: improve safety, public awareness, and environmental protection of pipeline transportation (S. 235), S1186 [8FE]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (S. 27), S2687, S2688 [22MR], S2935 [27MR]

Potomac River: impact of sediment discharges from Washington Aqueduct, S9205-S9207 [10SE]

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply, S12228 [30NO]

———enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 4), S11161, S11162 [30OC]

———national energy policy, S625 [29JA], S5667 [25MY], S9480 [19SE], S9946 [1OC], S10405 [10OC], S10806 [18OC], S11161, S11162 [30OC]

———protect energy security and decrease dependence on foreign oil through use of renewable fuels, conservation, improved efficiency, increased domestic supplies, and environmental quality (S. 388), S1558 [26FE]

———protect energy security and decrease dependence on foreign oil through use of renewable fuels, conservation, improved efficiency, increased domestic supplies, and environmental quality (S. 389), S1558 [26FE]

Presidential appointments: consideration of nominations, S8035, S8036, S8037, S8038, S8039 [23JY], S8324, S8325 [27JY]

———Senate process for confirmation of judicial nominees, S8535 [1AU]

Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries, S12116 [29NO]

Schieffer, John T.: nomination to be Ambassador to Australia, S8324, S8325 [27JY]

Senate: legislative priorities, S10280 [4OC], S12135 [29NO]

———legislative program, S4446 [7MY]

Senate Rules: establish committee membership ratios and legislative procedures (S. Res. 8), S34 [5JA]

Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, S8502 [1AU]

———ensure entitled entities comply with certain regulations providing for the electronic exchange of health information (H.R. 3323), S13077 [12DE]

———provide for coordination of implementation of administrative simplification standard for health care information (S. 836), S4417 [7MY]

Southern Dairy Compact: congressional consent, S8502 [1AU]

Sports: tribute to Simplot Games, S2578 [20MR]

Taxation: provide incentives for voluntary reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and advance global climate science and technology development (S. 1293), S8583 [1AU]

———provide relief for victims of the terrorist attacks against the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (S. 1440), S9512 [19SE]

———rates, S3682 [6AP], S4855, S4856 [14MY]

———rates (H.R. 1836), S5094 [17MY], S5496 [23MY]

———rates (H.R. 1836), conference report, S5784 [26MY]

———treatment of adoption expenses, S5094 [17MY], S5496 [23MY]

———treatment of adoption expenses (S. 148), S459 [23JA]

———treatment of certain medical savings accounts, S7146, S7148 [29JN]

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), S9310 [12SE]

———economic impact of hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, S9480 [19SE]

———making emergency appropriations for disaster and antiterrorism initiatives surrounding the crashing of aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, S12471 [6DE]

———U.S. policy, S9310 [12SE]

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), unanimous-consent request, S1054 [6FE]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: Central Idaho Wolf Recovery Program funding, S7568 [12JY]

———report on the biological conditions in the Kootenai River relative to the Kootenai sturgeon, S7898 [19JY]

Yugoslavia: commend transfer of Slobodan Milosevic to the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and provide aid to support economic and democratic reforms (S. Res. 122), S7886 [18JY]

Reports filed

Expenditures: Committee on Aging (Senate, Special) (S. Res. 33), S1698 [28FE]

Rules

Committee on Aging (Senate, Special), S1688-S1690 [28FE]

Statements

Assist Small Communities With Achieving or Maintaining Compliance With Drinking Water Standards: National Rural Water Association, S8555 [1AU]

Securing America's Future Energy (SAFE) Act: J. Eldon Yates, Vietnam Veterans Institute, and Joseph Satriano, Catholic War Veterans (organization), S11162 [30OC]

Summaries

Agricultural Job Opportunity, Benefits, and Security Act (S. 1161), S7431 [10JY]

Texts of

S. 71, Hydroelectric Licensing Process Improvement Act, S329 [22JA]

S. 148, Hope for Children Act, S460 [23JA]

S. 198, Harmful Nonnative Weed Control Act, S647 [29JA]

S. 836, provide for coordination of implementation of a Social Security administrative simplification standard for health care information, S4418 [7MY]

S. 1130, Fusion Energy Sciences Act, S7097 [28JN]

S. 1293, provide tax incentives for voluntary reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and advance global climate science and technology development, S8584 [1AU]

S. 1294, Climate Change Risk Management Act, S8586-S8590 [1AU]

S. 1414, Parent and Teacher Achievement Act, S9257 [10SE]

S. 1440, Victims of Terrorism Relief Act, S9512 [19SE]

Tributes

Amesbury, Harry A., Jr., S5608 [24MY]

Andrews, Evander, S10790 [17OC]

Coverdell, Paul, S7835 [18JY]

Lake, James, S7802 [17JY]

Symms, Loretta F., S1091 [6FE]

Vauk, Ronald J., S10150 [3OC]