DEATH AND DYING

Amendments

Flag—U.S.: ensure that rules of etiquette for flying the flag do not preclude the flying of flags at half mast when ordered by city and local officials (H.R. 1022), H9192 [11DE]

Articles and editorials

Change in Estate Tax Would Hurt Many, E1360 [18JY]

Succumbing to Alzheimer's—In the Hands of the VA, a Declining Father Got Genuine Care, S3914 [25AP]

Terrorist Attack Can't Destroy Spirit, Faith of Our Family, E1744 [26SE]

Bills and resolutions

Arlington National Cemetery: allow interment of any former Reservist who died in the terrorist attacks and is ineligible due to age at time of death (see S. 1782), S12551 [6DE]

———reform burial eligibility requirements for certain veterans and their dependents (see S. 1855), S13701 [19DE] (see H.R. 3423), H9076 [6DE]

Armed Forces: authorize disability retirement to be granted posthumously for members who die in the line of duty (see S. 1037), S6318 [14JN] (see S. 1427), S9440 [14SE] (see H.R. 2203), H3202 [14JN]

———extend the deadline for granting posthumous citizenship to members who die while on active-duty service (see S. 1859), S13701 [19DE] (see H.R. 2623), H4633 [25JY]

———payment of a monthly stipend to the surviving parents of members who die during a period of war (see S. 129), S101 [22JA] (see H.R. 1917), H2386 [21MY]

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] (see H.R. 912), H739 [7MR]

———temporary moratorium on carrying out the death penalty to allow those convicted to have a reasonable opportunity to present new evidence of innocence (see H.R. 321), H162 [31JA]

———temporary moratorium until a national commission reviews the justice, fairness, and due process of the administration of the death penalty (see S. 233), S915 [31JA] (see H.R. 1038), H952 [15MR]

Clergy: ensure that chaplains killed in the line of duty receive public safety officer death benefits (see H.R. 3297), H8247 [15NO]

Dept. of HHS: require recreational camps to report information concerning deaths and certain injuries and illnesses (see H.R. 2451), H3861 [10JY]

Dept. of the Treasury: report on tax incentives to encourage non-Armed Forces members to participate in an honor guard for veterans' funerals (see H.R. 208), H62 [6JA]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: extend payment of certain benefits through the date of the beneficiary's death (see H.R. 2223), H3258 [19JN]

Family and Medical Leave Act: permit leave after the death of a spouse for widows and widowers with minor children (see H.R. 1312), H1344 [29MR]

Flag—U.S.: ensure that rules of etiquette for flying the flag do not preclude the flying of flags at half mast when ordered by city and local officials (see H.R. 1022), H928 [14MR]

———provide Capitol-flown flags to surviving victims and families of deceased victims of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H. Res. 239), H5704 [14SE]

———provide Capitol-flown flags to the families of deceased law enforcement officers (see H.R. 94), H27 [3JA]

———provide Capitol-flown flags to the families of deceased law enforcement officers and firefighters (see S. 441), S1747 [1MR]

Health: provide for a public response to the public health crisis of pain (see S. 1024), S6211 [13JN] (see H.R. 2156), H3149 [13JN]

Immigration: requirements for aliens seeking nonimmigrant status in order to enter the U.S. for a temporary stay due to certain family obligations (see H.R. 2791), H5336 [2AU]

Medicare: establish a hospice demonstration and grant program for beneficiaries (see S. 1425), S9395 [13SE] (see H.R. 3492), H10066 [13DE]

———remove inpatient limitation on the proportion of hospice care that certain rural hospice programs may provide (see S. 1840), S13465 [18DE] (see H.R. 3270), H7959 [8NO]

Monuments and memorials: provide grants for construction of memorials to honor men and women killed or disabled while serving as law enforcement or public safety officers (see H.R. 2450), H3861 [10JY] (see H.R. 2624), H4633 [25JY]

National Children's Memorial Day: designate (see S. Res. 109), S6127 [12JN]

National Children's Memorial Flag Day: observance (see H. Con. Res. 110), H1660 [26AP]

Native Americans: provide for probate reform relative to trust or restricted lands (see S. 1340), S8704 [2AU]

Organ donors: establish congressional commemorative medal (see S. 325), S1394 [14FE] (see H.R. 708), H398 [14FE]

Persian Gulf Conflict: tribute to soldiers killed by Iraqi missile attack during Operation Desert Storm and support for effective theater missile defense programs (see S. Con. Res. 19), S1699 [28FE] (see H. Con. Res. 39), H442 [27FE]

President's Advisory Council on Recreational Camps: establish (see H.R. 2451), H3861 [10JY]

Public safety officers: provide benefits to those who die or become disabled as a result of certain injuries (see H.R. 3063), H6458 [9OC]

Schindler, Michael and Julie: relief (see H.R. 806), H507 [28FE]

Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance: expand applicability of the pending increase in automatic maximum amounts to certain servicemen who die before the effective date of the increase (see S. 546), S2388 [15MR]

———make certain improvements (see H.R. 2222), H3258 [19JN]

Ships and vessels: establish an assistance program for families of maritime disaster victims (see H.R. 2228), H3259 [19JN]

Social Security: authorize waivers of certain waiting periods for benefits based on disability in cases in which such waiting period would cause undue hardship to terminally ill beneficiaries (see H.R. 3133), H6918 [16OC]

———increase lump-sum death benefit and allow payment of such benefit to legal representative of the deceased's estate in the absence of a surviving spouse or child (see H.R. 2378), H3803 [28JN] (see H.R. 3119), H6780 [12OC]

———level of benefit payment in the month of the beneficiary's death (see S. 882), S4940 [15MY] (see H.R. 210), H62 [6JA] (see H.R. 1091), H959 [19MR] (see H.R. 1464), H1485 (see H.R. 1464), H1495 [4AP] (see H.R. 2845), H5454 [6SE]

———provide an exception to certain marriage requirements for widows and widowers relative to State restrictions on divorce from a prior spouse institutionalized due to mental incompetence (see H.R. 319), H162 [31JA]

———provide lump-sum death payments to surviving spouses (see H.R. 266), H109 [30JA]

Taxation: allow a refundable credit to individuals who donate their organs at death (see H.R. 1872), H2280 [16MY]

———exclude from estate taxes certain works of artistic property created by the decedent (see H.R. 467), H220 [7FE]

———increase unified estate and gift tax credit (see H.R. 88), H27 [3JA]

———increase unified estate and gift tax credit and provide for inflation adjustment (see H.R. 1442), H1484 (see H.R. 1442), H1494 [4AP]

———increase unified estate and gift tax credit and the qualified family-owned business interest deduction (see S. 867), S4822 [10MY]

———provide consistent treatment of survivor benefits for public safety officers killed in the line of duty (see S. 881), S4939 [15MY] (see H.R. 710), H398 [14FE] (see H.R. 1727), H1924 [3MY]

———provide individual income tax rate reductions, relief to families with children, marriage penalty relief, and eliminate the estate tax for certain decedents (see H.R. 1264), H1294 [28MR] (see H.R. 1398), H1482 (see H.R. 1398), H1491 [4AP]

———reduce and simplify estate tax rates (see H.R. 1285), H1295 [28MR]

———reduce estate and gift tax rates (see H.R. 42), H26 [3JA]

———reduce estate and gift tax rates, increase the exclusion equivalent of the unified credit, and increase the annual gift tax exclusion (see H.R. 543), H253 [8FE]

———reduce estate and gift tax rates, increase unified estate and gift tax credit, and provide for inflation adjustment (see H.R. 1277), H1294 [28MR]

———reduce estate and gift tax rates, replace the unified credit with a unified exemption, and increase the annual gift tax exclusion (see H.R. 1437), H1484 (see H.R. 1437), H1493 [4AP]

———treatment of certain survivor benefits (see S. 433), S1747 [1MR]

———treatment of contributions to funeral trusts (see H.R. 985), H875 [13MR]

———treatment of estate and gift tax rates (see H.R. 2936), H5926 [21SE]

Terrorism: tribute to first responders injured or killed following attacks at the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, and recognize first responders to previous domestic attacks (see S. Con. Res. 73), S9621 [21SE] (see H. Con. Res. 233), H5926 [21SE]

Veterans: increase burial benefits for veterans and provide for inflation adjustment (see S. 912), S5118 [17MY]

———increase burial benefits paid for plot allowances and pay States for plot allowances for veterans eligible for burial in a national cemetery who are buried in cemeteries of such States (see S. 1013), S6127 [12JN] (see H.R. 2123), H3066 [12JN]

———recognize and honor the volunteers that participate in honor guards for veterans' funerals (see H. Con. Res. 247), H6701 [11OC]

Letters

Veterans Burial Benefits Improvement Act: several veterans organizations, S5124 [17MY]

Lists

People killed in attacks at the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, H7953-H7957 [8NO], H8163, H8165 [14NO], H8228, H8233 [15NO], H8328 [16NO], H8884 [5DE], H9054 [6DE], H10141 [13DE]

Memorandums

Arlington National Cemetery Burial Eligibility Requirements for Certain Veterans and Their Dependents: Lawrence Kapp, Dept. of Defense, H10478 [19DE]

Poems

``Death of an Innocent'', E1934 [29OC]

``So This Is How It Feels'', S11400 [2NO]

``When I Remember All'', S10343 [9OC]

Press releases

VA Initiates Pain Management Program: Dept. of Veterans Affairs, S1390 [14FE]

VA Sponsors New Program for End-of-Life Care: Dept. of Veterans Affairs, S3915 [25AP]

Remarks in House

Arlington National Cemetery: reform burial eligibility requirements for certain veterans and their dependents (H.R. 3423), H10476-H10480 [19DE], H10936 [20DE], E2231 [7DE], E2351, E2410 [20DE]

Armed Forces: payment of a monthly stipend to the surviving parents of members who die during a period of war (H.R. 1917), E874 [21MY]

Brookwood, AL: tribute to coal miners killed in attempt to rescue trapped colleagues, E1743 [26SE]

Capital punishment: abolish, H3265 [20JN]

DEA: enforcement of Controlled Substances Act relative to assisted suicide and euthanasia, H7786 [6NO]

Dept. of Defense: supply appropriate civilian uniform for certain veterans participating in honor guard details at funerals, H6037 [25SE]

Drunken driving: alcohol-related accidents awareness, E1934 [29OC]

Flag—U.S.: ensure that rules of etiquette for flying the flag do not preclude the flying of flags at half mast when ordered by city and local officials (H.R. 1022), H9192, H9193 [11DE]

———provide Capitol-flown flags to surviving victims and families of deceased victims of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (H. Res. 239), H5699, H5700 [14SE]

———provide Capitol-flown flags to the families of deceased law enforcement officers (H.R. 94), H2658 [23MY], E806 [15MY]

Ford, James David: explanation of circumstances surrounding death, H5413 [6SE]

Harris County, TX: tribute to law enforcement officers killed or injured in the line of duty, H2658 [23MY]

House of Representatives: moment of silence for Postal Service employees, H7157 [23OC]

Hudson County Funeral Directors Association: anniversary, E731 [4MY]

Law enforcement officers: honor and recognize officers killed in the line of duty and daily risks and sacrifices of officers (H. Res. 116), H2161-H2164 [15MY], E814, E815 [16MY], E838 [17MY]

National Children's Memorial Flag Day: observance (H. Con. Res. 110), H1651, H1652 [26AP]

National Peace Officers Memorial Day: observance, E803, E806 [15MY]

Organ donors: establish congressional commemorative medal (H.R. 708), E190 [14FE]

Persian Gulf Conflict: tribute to soldiers killed by Iraqi missile attack during Operation Desert Storm and support for effective theater missile defense programs (H. Con. Res. 39), H426-H430 [27FE], E236 [28FE], E330 [8MR]

Poland: commemorate anniversary of the execution of Polish captives by Soviet authorities in Katyn, Miednoye, and Kharkiv, E560 [5AP], E1645 [13SE]

Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance: improve, H4903 [31JY]

Social Security: increase lump-sum death benefit and allow payment of such benefit to legal representative of the deceased's estate in the absence of a surviving spouse or child (H.R. 3119), E1886 [12OC]

———level of benefit payment in the month of the beneficiary's death (H.R. 1091), E389 [19MR]

———provide lump-sum death payments to surviving spouses (H.R. 266), E46 [30JA]

Stewart Funeral Home (business): anniversary, E543 [5AP]

Taxation: provide consistent treatment of survivor benefits for public safety officers killed in the line of duty (H.R. 1727), H2164-H2166 [15MY], E819, E837 [17MY]

———reduce estate and gift tax rates, replace the unified credit with a unified exemption, and increase the annual gift tax exclusion (H.R. 1437), E561 [5AP]

———tribute to first responders injured or killed following attacks at the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, and recognize first responders to previous domestic attacks (H. Con. Res. 233), H7383-H7387 [30OC], E1989 [2NO]

———tribute to those killed in attacks at the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, H7914, H7953 [8NO], H8137, H8163, H8165 [14NO], H8228, H8233 [15NO], H8328 [16NO], H8556-H8562 [28NO], H8884 [5DE], H9054 [6DE], H10141 [13DE]

Remarks in Senate

Afghanistan: U.S. policy, S11402-S11404 [2NO]

Arlington National Cemetery: allow interment of any former Reservist who died in the terrorist attacks and is ineligible due to age at time of death, S12614 [7DE]

———allow interment of any former Reservist who died in the terrorist attacks and is ineligible due to age at time of death (S. 1782), S12555 [6DE]

Armed Forces: authorize disability retirement to be granted posthumously for members who die in the line of duty (S. 1037), S6319 [14JN]

———authorize survivors retirement benefits to be granted posthumously for members who die in the line of duty, S9552 [20SE], S9573 [21SE]

———military response to terrorist attacks, S11402-S11404 [2NO]

———payment of a monthly stipend to the surviving parents of members who die during a period of war (S. 129), S404 [22JA]

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, S1374-S1376 [14FE]

———ensure that defendants in capital cases have adequate counsel and allow those convicted to have a reasonable opportunity to present new evidence of innocence (S. 486), S1999, S2006 [7MR], S7418 [10JY], S8899 [3AU]

———temporary moratorium until a national commission reviews the justice, fairness, and due process of the administration of the death penalty, S5001 [16MY], S5954-S5956 [7JN], S6052 [11JN]

———temporary moratorium until a national commission reviews the justice, fairness, and due process of the administration of the death penalty (S. 233), S923-S925 [31JA]

Children and youth: suicide prevention activities funding, S5953 [7JN]

DEA: enforcement of Controlled Substances Act relative to assisted suicide and euthanasia, S11564 [7NO]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: tribute to efforts in pain management and end-of-life care, S1389 [14FE]

———tribute to pain management and end-of-life care programs, S3914 [25AP]

Flag—U.S.: provide Capitol-flown flags to the families of deceased law enforcement officers and firefighters (S. 441), S1782 [1MR]

Foreign policy: condemn suicide bombings as an act of terrorism, S10921 [24OC]

Garza, Juan R.: execution in Federal capital case, S6440, S6441 [19JN]

Health: provide for a public response to the public health crisis of pain (S. 1024), S6213-S6217 [13JN]

Medicaid: eliminate the Medicaid Estate Recovery Program, S5229 [21MY], S5406 [22MY]

Medicare: establish a hospice demonstration and grant program for beneficiaries (S. 1425), S9397 [13SE]

National Children's Memorial Day: designate (S. Res. 109), S6140 [12JN]

Native Americans: provide for probate reform relative to trust or restricted lands (S. 1340), S8760 [2AU]

Organ donors: establish congressional commemorative medal (S. 325), S1396 [14FE]

Peace Officers Memorial Day: designate (S. Res. 63), S4898, S4899 [14MY]

Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance: expand applicability of the pending increase in automatic maximum amounts to certain servicemen who die before the effective date of the increase, S5574 [24MY]

Social Security: level of benefit payment in the month of the beneficiary's death (S. 882), S4944 [15MY]

Taxation: increase the unified estate and gift tax credit to exempt small businesses and farmers from inheritance taxes, S5217, S5218, S5220, S5221, S5255 [21MY]

———provide consistent treatment of survivor benefits for public safety officers killed in the line of duty (H.R. 1727), S5484 [22MY]

———provide consistent treatment of survivor benefits for public safety officers killed in the line of duty (S. 881), S4943 [15MY]

———reduce tax cuts and replace estate tax repeal with unified estate and gift tax credit and family-owned business interest deduction increases, and use savings for debt reduction and infrastructure improvements, S5208-S5214, S5254 [21MY], S5428 [22MY]

———treatment of certain survivor benefits, S5227, S5228, S5258 [21MY]

Veterans: increase burial benefits for veterans and provide for inflation adjustment (S. 912), S5124 [17MY]

Reports filed

Arlington National Cemetery Burial Eligibility Requirements for Certain Veterans and Their Dependents: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R. 3423) (H. Rept. 107-346), H10401, H10908 [19DE]

Community Recognition Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 1022) (H. Rept. 107-305), H8654, H8731 [29NO]

Fallen Hero Survivor Benefit Fairness Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 1727) (H. Rept. 107-65), H2182 [15MY]

Peace Officers Memorial Day: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. Res. 63), S4822 [10MY]

Sermons

``Proud To Be an American!'' Jeffrey E. Frantz, S10253 [3OC]

Summaries

Innocence Protection Act (S. 486), S2006 [7MR]

Tables

U.S. active duty military deaths, 1980-2000, S5641-S5657 [24MY]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 39, tribute to soldiers killed by Iraqi missile attack during Operation Desert Storm and support for effective theater missile defense programs, H426 [27FE]

H. Con. Res. 110, National Children's Memorial Flag Day, H1652 [26AP]

H. Con. Res. 233, tribute to first responders injured or killed following attacks at the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, and recognize first responders to previous domestic attacks, H7383 [30OC]

H. Res. 116, honor and recognize law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty and daily risks and sacrifices of officers, H2161 [15MY]

H. Res. 239, Terrorist Victims Flag Memorial Resolution, H5700 [14SE]

H.R. 1022, Community Recognition Act, H9192 [11DE]

H.R. 1727, Fallen Hero Survivor Benefit Fairness Act, H2164 [15MY]

H.R. 1917, Gold Star Parents Annuity Act, E874 [21MY]

H.R. 3423, Arlington National Cemetery burial eligibility requirements for certain veterans and their dependents, H10476 [19DE]

S. 129, Gold Star Parents Annuity Act, S405 [22JA]

S. 233, National Death Penalty Moratorium Act, S925-S927 [31JA]

S. 441, Fallen Law Enforcement Officers and Firefighters Flag Memorial Act, S1782 [1MR]

S. 486, Innocence Protection Act, S2000-S2006 [7MR]

S. 546, expand applicability of the pending increase in automatic maximum amounts of Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance to certain servicemen who die before the effective date of the increase, S2397 [15MR]

S. 881, Fallen Hero Survivor Benefit Fairness Act, S4944 [15MY]

S. 912, Veterans Burial Benefits Improvement Act, S5124 [17MY]

S. 1024, Conquering Pain Act, S6214-S6217 [13JN]

S. 1037, authorize disability retirement to be granted posthumously for Armed Forces members who die in the line of duty, S6320 [14JN]

S. 1340, Indian Probate Reform Act, S8761 [2AU]

S. 1427, authorize disability retirement to be granted posthumously for Armed Forces members who die in the line of duty, S9441 [14SE]

S. 1782, allow interment in Arlington National Cemetery for any former Reservist who died in the terrorist attacks and is ineligible due to age at time of death, S12555 [6DE]

S. 1840, Rural Communities Hospice Care Access Improvement Act, S13467 [18DE]

S. Con. Res. 19, tribute to soldiers killed by Iraqi missile attack during Operation Desert Storm and support for effective theater missile defense programs, S1717 [28FE]

S. Con. Res. 73, tribute to first responders injured or killed following attacks at the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, and recognize first responders to previous domestic attacks, S12813 [10DE]

S. Con. Res. 73, tribute to first responders injured or killed following terrorist attacks at the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, and recognize first responders to previous domestic attacks, S9633 [21SE]

S. Res. 63, Peace Officers Memorial Day, S4899 [14MY]

S. Res. 109, National Children's Memorial Day, S6140 [12JN]