FRIST, BILL (a Senator from Tennessee)

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), S3320, S3354 [3AP], S3479, S3483, S3564, S3565 [5AP], S3709 [6AP], S3791 [23AP]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 3338), S12562 [6DE], S12692 [7DE]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2299), S8139 [24JY]

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), S4645, S4713 [9MY], S5820 [5JN], S6091 [12JN]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2506), S10952, S10985 [24OC]

Health: protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S. 1052), S7114 [28JN], S7263 [29JN]

Mental health: provide assistance to individuals affected by terrorist attacks (S. 1729), S13066, S13076 [12DE]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (S. 27), S3087, S3177 [29MR]

Terrorism: improve the ability of the U.S. to prepare for and respond to a biological threat or attack (H.R. 3448), S13997 [20DE]

Appointments

Acting President pro tempore, S4901 [15MY]

Center for Russian Leadership Development Board of Trustees, S3066 [28MR]

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

Committee To Escort the President, H431 [27FE]

Conferee: H.R. 1, Better Education for Students and Teachers Act, S7417 [10JY]

———H.R. 3448, Bioterrorism Preparedness Act, S13911 [20DE]

Smithsonian Institution Board of Regents, S654 [29JA]

Articles and editorials

Buying and Selling of Women's Eggs Raise Fears of Bidding Wars, Michelle Meyer, St. Louis (MO) Post-Dispatch, S12033 [27NO]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Animals: prohibit import, export, sale, or possession of bear viscera (see S. 1125), S7083 [28JN]

Appalachian Regional Development Act: reauthorize (see S. 1206), S7955 [19JY]

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

Children and youth: tribute to Clear Channel Communications, Inc., and the American Football Coaches Association for efforts to locate missing, kidnapped, and runaway children (see S. Con. Res. 31), S8466 [31JY]

Children's Memorial Flag Day: designate (see S. Res. 109), S12247 [30NO]

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]

Coal: develop and implement advanced clean coal technology programs and provide tax incentives to encourage the retrofitting, repowering, or replacement of coal-based electricity generating facilities (see S. 60), S8912 [3AU]

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]

Dept. of HHS: revise performance standards and certification process for organ procurement organizations (see S. 1833), S13300 [14DE]

d'Harnoncourt, Anne: appointment as citizen regent of Smithsonian Institution Board of Regents (see S.J. Res. 19), S7589 [12JY]

Diseases: extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see S. 1256), S8354 [27JY]

Education: increase the technically trained workforce (see S. 1549), S10693 [15OC]

———legal protection for teachers and other school professionals who take reasonable measures to maintain order and discipline in schools (see S. 316), S1270 [13FE]

———provide for a rural education development initiative (see S. 339), S1394 [14FE]

———provide grants to develop initiatives and disseminate information about character education (see S. 311), S1270 [13FE]

———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]

———provide incentives to encourage and assist individuals with demonstrable skills in high-need areas to become certified teachers (see S. 40), S98 [22JA]

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

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

Firearms: allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be valid in all States and exempt current and former law enforcement officers from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see S. 442), S4940 [15MY]

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

Foreign policy: authorize assistance to India and Pakistan (see S. 1465), S10288 [4OC]

Great Smoky Mountains National Park: issue right-of-way permits for natural gas pipelines (see S. 1097), S6862 [25JN]

Health: emphasize the importance of organ, tissue, bone marrow, and blood donation, and support National Donor Day (see S. Con. Res. 12), S1395 [14FE]

———provide programs for the prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of stroke (see S. 1274), S8464 [31JY]

———reauthorize health centers program and National Health Service Corps and establish Healthy Communities Access Program to coordinate services for uninsured and underinsured (see S. 1281), S8464 [31JY]

Health care professionals: alleviate nursing profession shortage by inproving educational programs and partnerships and supporting additional training (see S. 721), S3530 [5AP]

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

Higher Education Act: remove limits on Internet course offerings, modify treatment of non-standard term programs, and clarify incentive compensation requirements (see S. 1445), S9620 [21SE]

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]

Insurance: prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (see S. 382), S1463 [15FE]

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

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

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

Massey, Walter E.: appointment as citizen regent of Smithsonian Institution Board of Regents (see S.J. Res. 5), S1270 [13FE]

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

Medicare: coverage of additional hemodialysis treatments for certain patients and increased update in composite rate for dialysis services (see S. 1605), S11286 [31OC]

———make more competitive and efficient and provide for a prescription drug benefit (see S. 357, 358), S1463 [15FE]

———provide regulatory relief, appeals process reforms, contracting flexibility, and education improvements (see S. 1738), S13301 [14DE]

———reclassify certain counties for purposes of reimbursement (see S. 1736), S12100 [28NO]

———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), S11940 [15NO]

Mental health: provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see S. 543), S9741 [24SE]

National Biotechnology Week: designate (see S. Res. 75), S4591 [9MY]

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

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

National Children's Memorial Day: designate (see S. Res. 109), S12247 [30NO]

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 Mammography Day: designate (see S. Res. 164), S9972 [1OC]

National Safe Place Week: designate (see S. Res. 25), S2389 [15MR]

NATO: endorse further enlargement (see S. 1572), S10980 [24OC]

NIH: biomedical research funding (see S. Res. 19), S1271 [13FE]

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

Organ donors: tribute to Youth for Life—Remembering Walter Payton initiative for efforts to raise awareness about organ donation (see S. Con. Res. 63), S8465 [31JY]

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

Peace Officers Memorial Day: designate (see S. Res. 63), S2730 [22MR]

Pharmaceuticals: ensure prompt research, development, and distribution of new drugs, biologics, and medical devices that prevent or mitigate the consequences of a chemical or biological terrorist attack (see S. 1635), S12001 [16NO]

———improve safety and efficacy for children (see S. 838), S5119 [17MY]

Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor: award to public safety officers killed in the line of duty in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see S. Con. Res. 66), S9557 [20SE]

Public safety officers: establish a national medal for those who act with extraordinary valor above and beyond the call of duty (see S. 39), S1586 [26FE]

Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (see S. 697), S6602 [21JN]

Sant, Roger W.: appointment as citizen regent of Smithsonian Institution Board of Regents (see S.J. Res. 20), S7589 [12JY]

Schools: provide grants for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training in public schools (see S. 727), S10693 [15OC]

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]

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

Stonesifer, Patricia Q.: appointment as citizen regent of Smithsonian Institution Board of Regents (see S.J. Res. 26), S10794 [17OC]

Taxation: allow a deduction for State and local sales taxes in lieu of State and local income taxes and allow the State and local income tax deduction against the alternative minimum tax (see S. 291), S1218 [8FE]

———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 increased contributions to education savings accounts and expand applicability to elementary and secondary school expenses (see S. 306), S1270 [13FE]

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

———extend research and development tax credit (see S. 515), S2162 [12MR]

———full deduction of health insurance costs for self-employed individuals (see S. 29), S9076 [4SE]

———permit consolidation of life insurance companies with other companies (see S. 795), S3994 [26AP]

———provide credit for medical research relative to developing vaccines against widespread diseases and assure such vaccines are affordable and widely distributed (see S. 895), S5005 [16MY]

———provide for a payroll tax holiday (see S. 1717), S12001 [16NO]

———repeal motor fuel excise taxes which remain in the general fund of the Treasury on railroads and inland waterway transportation (see S. 661), S7806 [17JY]

———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (see S. 237), S1012 [1FE]

———S corporation reform (see S. 1201), S11789 [14NO]

———treatment of certain medical savings accounts (see S. 1067), S6921 [26JN]

———treatment of policyholder dividends of mutual life insurance companies and policyholder surplus accounts (see S. 992), S5889 [6JN]

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

———treatment of State tuition programs (see S. 289), S1218 [8FE]

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]

———deter and punish terrorist acts and enhance law enforcement investigatory tools (see S. 1510), S10641 [11OC]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Cemeteries and funerals: allow State placement of supplemental guide signs for veterans cemeteries on Federal-aid highways (see S. 1724), S12001 [16NO]

Dept. of Education: provide grants for partnerships between States, institutions of higher education, and elementary and secondary schools to improve mathematics and science instruction (see S. 461), S1897 [6MR]

Diseases: expand assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis (see S. 1032), S6212 [13JN] (see S. 1230), S8123 [24JY]

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

———establish programs to recruit, retain, and retrain teachers and provide loan forgiveness to entice students into teaching (see S. 195), S636 [29JA]

———provide for a rural education development initiative (see S. 334), S1394 [14FE]

FDA: grant authority to regulate tobacco (see S. 190), S568 [25JA]

Health: protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (see S. 889), S4940 [15MY]

———provide grants for public access defibrillation programs and public access defibrillation demonstration projects (see S. 1275), S8464 [31JY]

INS: establish a suboffice in Nashville, TN (see S. 439), S1747 [1MR]

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

Sudan: increase diplomatic efforts to encourage peace process in ongoing civil war and facilitate relief efforts (see S. 180), S568 [25JA]

Taxation: expand work opportunity credit to small business employees working or living in areas of poverty (see S. 545), S2388 [15MR]

———treatment of charitable contributions to public charities for use in medical research (see S. 393), S1616 [27FE]

———treatment of trusts established for the benefit of individuals with disabilities (see S. 519), S2218 [13MR]

Telephones: prohibit telemarketers from interfering with a consumer's caller identification service (see S. 722), S3530 [5AP]

Tennessee: authorize studies on water supply management and development (see S. 240), S1012 [1FE]

———include additional counties as part of Appalachian region (see S. 482), S1971 [7MR]

Tennessee Valley Authority Act: modify provisions relative to TVA Board of Directors (see S. 821), S4245 [3MY]

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

———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]

Women: reduce health care costs and promote improved health by providing supplemental grants for preventive health services (see S. 208), S706 [30JA]

Zimbabwe: support democratic transition and economic recovery (see S. 494), S2070 [8MR]

Certificates of election

Senate, S4 [3JA]

Cloture motions

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

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: extend programs and activities (S. 1), motion to proceed, S3975 [26AP], S4061 [1MY]

Letters

Bipartisan Patient Protection Act: Bill Merry, Jr., Herndon & Merry, Inc., S6651 [22JN]

———Billy G. Rogers, Jr., Billy Rogers Plumbing, Heating & Air Conditioning, Inc., S6651 [22JN]

———John W. Dillard, Jr., Dillard Door & Specialty Co., Inc., S6651 [22JN]

———Margaret LaMontagne, Executive Office of the President, S6652 [22JN]

Liability of employers relative to protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's: several business groups, S6649 [22JN]

Nomination of Jorge L. Arrizurieta to be Inter-American Development Bank Alternative Executive Director: by, S12855 [11DE]

WISEWOMAN Expansion Act: Phyliss Greenberger and Roberta Biegel, Society for Women's Health Research, S713 [30JA]

———Rose Marie Robertson, American Heart Association, S713 [30JA]

———Sandra C. Raymond, National Osteoporosis Foundation, S713 [30JA]

Motions

Health: protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S. 1052), S6634 [22JN]

Oaths of office

Senate, S5 [3JA]

Pledge of Allegiance

Senate, S4901 [15MY]

Privilege of the floor

Smith, Caroline, S6672 [22JN]

Remarks

Baker, Howard H., Jr.: nomination to be Ambassador to Japan, S5564 [23MY]

Bankruptcy: amend laws (S. 420), S2187 [13MR]

Baxter, William: nomination to the TVA Board of Directors, S12043 [27NO]

Biological weapons: enhance protections, S9943-S9945 [1OC]

Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act: make certain provisions nonseverable and provide for expedited judicial review, S3088, S3091, S3092, S3104 [29MR]

Budget: allocation of funds, S1667 [28FE]

———revising and setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2011 (H. Con. Res. 83), S3304, S3323, S3324 [3AP], S3479, S3517, S3520 [5AP]

———revising and setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2011 (H. Con. Res. 83), conference report, S4782 [10MY]

Coverdell, Paul: tribute through authorizing Paul Coverdell Health Care Corps, S7838 [18JY]

———tribute through authorizing Paul Coverdell Stroke Disease Registry, S7838 [18JY]

Dept. of Education: provide grants for partnerships between States, institutions of higher education, and elementary and secondary schools to improve mathematics and science instruction (S. 461), S1899 [6MR]

———State testing and assessment programs funding, S4228 [3MY], S5921 [7JN]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2299), S8532, S8533 [1AU]

Diseases: AIDS epidemic, S5821, S5824 [5JN]

———expand assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis (S. 1032), S6226 [13JN]

———expand assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis (S. 1230), S8132 [24JY]

———improve access to HIV/AIDS-related treatments and services in sub-Saharan Africa and other developing countries, S3479, S3520 [5AP]

Education: assist local educational agencies in enabling students to meet academic achievement standards, S4146, S4150 [2MY]

———assist local educational agencies in enabling students to meet academic achievement standards (S. 167), S537 [24JA]

———close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), conference report, S13397 [18DE]

———establish demonstration projects to determine the effectiveness of voucher programs to provide school choice, S6067 [12JN]

———establish programs to recruit, retain, and retrain teachers and provide loan forgiveness to entice students into teaching (S. 195), S643 [29JA]

———funding, S4782 [10MY]

———improve teacher quality, S4902 [15MY]

———increase the technically trained workforce (S. 1549), S10706 [15OC]

———national policy to improve system, S3934, S3935 [26AP]

———reductions in school class size, S4482 [8MY], S4539 [9MY], S4902, S4912 [15MY]

———remove 21st Century Community Learning Centers Program from pilot program establishing State performance agreements with school districts relative to flexibility in the use of Federal funds, S6159, S6179 [13JN]

———require States to equalize education funding throughout the State, S5913 [7JN]

———strengthen early childhood parent education programs, S6025 [11JN]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: assist local educational agencies by increasing Title I funding to strengthen student achievement standards for schools with disadvantaged students, S4220, S4223, S4224, S4228 [3MY]

———condition implementation of State testing and assessment programs on funding for Title I programs, S5929, S5930, S5932, S5933, S5934 [7JN]

———extend programs and activities (S. 1), S3934, S3935 [26AP], S4220, S4223, S4224, S4228 [3MY], S4482 [8MY], S4539 [9MY], S4912 [15MY], S5913, S5921, S5929, S5930, S5932, S5933, S5934 [7JN], S6025, S6031, S6045 [11JN], S6067 [12JN], S6159, S6179 [13JN]

———extend programs and activities (S. 1), motion to proceed, S4025 [30AP], S4056 [1MY], S4133, S4146, S4150 [2MY]

———extend programs and activities (S. 1), unanimous-consent agreement, S4802 [10MY]

———percentage of Title I funding targeted to strengthen student achievement standards for schools with disadvantaged students, S6031, S6045 [11JN]

EPA: establish a grant program to support research on critical infrastructure protection for water supply systems, S13903, S13910, S13911 [20DE]

———provide grants to drinking water and wastewater facilities to meet immediate security needs, S13903, S13910, S13911 [20DE]

FDA: ensure protection of the U.S. food supply, S13903 [20DE]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2506), S10952 [24OC]

Health: clarify liability of employers relative to protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, S6428 [19JN], S6480 [20JN], S6645, S6646, S6648, S6650, S6651, S6652 [22JN], S7031, S7032, S7033, S7035 [28JN]

———embryonic stem cell research funding, S7846, S7851 [18JY]

———establish guidelines on embryonic stem cell research, S7846, S7851 [18JY]

———limit attorneys' fees in lawsuits relative to protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, S7025 [28JN]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S. 889), S4951 [15MY]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S. 1052), S6588 [21JN], S6630, S6631, S6632, S6633, S6645, S6646, S6648, S6650, S6651, S6652 [22JN], S7025, S7031, S7032, S7033, S7035 [28JN], S7146, S7167 [29JN]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S. 1052), motion to proceed, S6428 [19JN], S6466, S6469, S6473, S6475, S6479, S6480, S6490, S6499 [20JN], S6534 [21JN]

———provide grants for public access defibrillation programs and public access defibrillation demonstration projects (S. 1275), S8469 [31JY]

———provide programs for the prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of stroke (S. 1274), S8469 [31JY]

Health care professionals: alleviate nursing profession shortage by inproving educational programs and partnerships and supporting additional training (S. 721), S3550 [5AP]

———establish a Nurse Corps and address the nursing shortage through recruitment and retention strategies (S. 1864), S13949 [20DE]

INS: establish a suboffice in Nashville, TN (S. 439), S1780 [1MR]

Insurance: prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (S. 382), S1524 [15FE]

———provide coverage for individuals participating in approved clinical trials, S6473 [20JN], S6588 [21JN], S6630, S6631, S6632, S6633 [22JN]

Medicare: coverage of outpatient prescription drugs, S3304, S3323, S3324 [3AP]

———make more competitive and efficient and provide for a prescription drug benefit (S. 357), S1500 [15FE]

———make more competitive and efficient and provide for a prescription drug benefit (S. 358), S1500 [15FE]

National Correctional Officers and Employees Week: designate (S. Res. 92), S5841 [5JN]

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

Pensions: reform (H.R. 10), S12300 [3DE]

Pharmaceuticals: improve safety and efficacy for children (S. 838), S10818 [18OC]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (S. 27), S2931 [27MR], S3087, S3088, S3091, S3092, S3104 [29MR]

Science: prohibit the cloning of humans (H.R. 2505), S12032 [27NO]

———provide for a moratorium on the cloning of humans, S12300 [3DE]

Senate: legislative program, S1830 [5MR], S5841 [5JN]

Social Security: protect Social Security and Medicare surpluses through strengthened budgetary enforcement mechanisms, S2187 [13MR]

Sudan: increase diplomatic efforts to encourage peace process in ongoing civil war and facilitate relief efforts, S10952 [24OC]

———increase diplomatic efforts to encourage peace process in ongoing civil war and facilitate relief efforts (S. 180), S569 [25JA]

Taxation: allow a refundable credit for health insurance costs of individuals not eligible for public programs and without access to employer-subsidized health coverage (S. 590), S2672 [21MR]

———provide credit for medical research relative to developing vaccines against widespread diseases and assure such vaccines are affordable and widely distributed (S. 895), S5009 [16MY]

———rates, S1667 [28FE]

———rates (H.R. 1836), S5500 [23MY]

———treatment of charitable contributions to public charities for use in medical research (S. 393), S1619 [27FE]

———treatment of trusts established for the benefit of individuals with disabilities, S5500 [23MY]

———treatment of trusts established for the benefit of individuals with disabilities (S. 519), S2220 [13MR]

Telecommunications Act: impact, S6515 [20JN]

Tennessee: authorize studies on water supply management and development (S. 240), S1015 [1FE]

———public transit systems projects funding, S8532, S8533 [1AU]

Tennessee Valley Authority Act: modify provisions relative to TVA Board of Directors (S. 821), S4254 [3MY]

Terrorism: bioterrorism preparedness and response funding (S. Res. 171), S10654 [11OC]

———condemn and respond to hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (S.J. Res. 22), S9323 [12SE]

———improve the ability of the U.S. to prepare for and respond to a biological threat or attack (H.R. 3448), S13903, S13905, S13910, S13911 [20DE]

———improve the ability of the U.S. to prepare for and respond to a biological threat or attack (S. 1715), S11951 [15NO], S12034-S12036 [27NO]

———improve the ability of the U.S. to prepare for and respond to a biological threat or attack (S. 1765), S12386 [4DE]

Women: reduce health care costs and promote improved health by providing supplemental grants for preventive health services (S. 208), S712 [30JA]

Remarks in Senate relative to

U.N.: nomination to be U.S. Representative to the General Assembly, S1719 [28FE]

Summaries

Bioterrorism Preparedness Act (S. 1715), S11952 [15NO]

Bipartisan Patients' Bill of Rights Act (S. 889), S4952 [15MY]

Vaccines for the New Millennium Act (S. 895), S5010 [16MY]

Texts of

S. 167, Academic Achievement for All Act (Straight A's Act), S537-S540 [24JA]

S. 180, Sudan Peace Act, S569 [25JA]

S. 240, Water Resource Study Act, S1015 [1FE]

S. 393, Medical Research Investment Act, S1619 [27FE]

S. 439, Nashville INS Suboffice Act, S1780 [1MR]

S. 461, Mathematics and Science Education Partnership and Teacher Recruitment Act, S1900 [6MR]

S. 519, Tax Fairness for Support of the Permanently Disabled Act, S2221 [13MR]

S. 545, expand work opportunity tax credit to small business employees working or living in areas of poverty, S2397 [15MR]

S. 722, Telemarketer Identification Act, S3552 [5AP]

S. 821, modify Tennessee Valley Authority Act provisions relative to TVA Board of Directors, S4255 [3MY]

Tributes

Chapman, John C., S1743 [1MR]

Coverdell, Paul, S7838 [18JY]

Earnhardt, Dale, S1666 [28FE]

Hooks, Benjamin and Frances, S2386 [15MR]

Jennings, Richard and Virginia, S8117 [24JY]