LANDRIEU, MARY L. (a Senator from Louisiana)

Amendments

Agriculture: continue certain programs (S. 1731), S13168, S13203, S13204 [13DE]

———respond to the continuing economic crisis adversely affecting agricultural producers (S. 1246), S8487 [31JY]

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

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations (S. 1077), S7335 [9JY]

Bankruptcy: amend laws (S. 420), S2038, S2097 [8MR], S2208, S2265 [13MR]

Budget: revising and setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2011 (H. Con. Res. 83), S3382, S3400, S3455, S3456, S3457 [4AP], S3495, S3561, S3562, S3566, S3574, S3575, S3579, S3580, S3581, S3591, S3597, S3599, S3608, S3614, S3622 [5AP], S3641, S3657, S3662, S3669, S3708, S3709 [6AP], S3790, S3791 [23AP], S3829 [24AP]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1416), S9560 [20SE]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1438), S9750 [24SE], S9792, S9809, S9812, S9813, S9815 [25SE], S9929 [26SE], S9997 [1OC], S10059, S10101 [2OC], S10155 [3OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3338), S12567, S12569, S12571 [6DE], S12660, S12661, S12689, S12695, S12696, S12725, S12726 [7DE], S13359 [17DE]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2217), S7522, S7525 [11JY]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2500), S9398 [13SE]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3061), S11230 [30OC], S11308, S11391, S11396 [1NO], S11495 [6NO]

District of Columbia: making appropriations (H.R. 2944), S11507, S11532, S11562, S11564 [7NO]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: extend programs and activities (S. 1), S4217, S4369 [3MY], S4636, S4638, S4646, S4696, S4760, S4764 [9MY], S4824 [10MY], S4878 [14MY], S5820, S5821 [5JN], S6027, S6034, S6047 [11JN], S6091, S6129 [12JN], S6155 [13JN]

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

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2506), S10959, S10987 [24OC]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (S. 27), S2675 [21MR], S2703, S2714 [22MR], S2907 [26MR]

Taxation: provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), S11729 [13NO], S11963 [15NO]

———rates (H.R. 1836), S5078, S5086, S5093, S5161, S5172, S5178, S5179 [17MY], S5271 [21MY], S5440, S5441 [22MY]

Appointments

Acting President pro tempore, S9939 [28SE]

Conferee: H.R. 2590, Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies appropriations, S9497 [19SE]

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

———H.R. 2944, District of Columbia appropriations, S11544 [7NO]

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

———S. 1438, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction, S10786 [17OC]

U.S. Military Academy Board of Visitors, S4122 [1MY]

Articles and editorials

How the U.S. Tax Code Worsens the Education Gap, Richard Rothstein, New York (NY) Times, S6028 [11JN]

Living in a New Era of Insecurity, Sam Nunn, Atlanta (GA) Journal-Constitution, S9862 [26SE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Afghanistan: provide educational and health care assistance to women and children (see S. 1573), S11105 [25OC]

Agriculture: continue certain programs (see S. 1673), S11660 [9NO]

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), S12682 [7DE]

Armed Forces: annual determination of the basic benefit rate for educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill (see S. 131), S1088 [6FE]

———designate a special day for recognizing members who have been killed in hostile action since the end of the Vietnamese Conflict (see S. Res. 94), S5616 [24MY]

———eliminate requirement that covered beneficiaries obtain nonavailability-of-health-care statements relative to obstetrics and gynecological care for pregnancies (see S. 1096), S6862 [25JN]

———permit the transfer of entitlement to educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill (see S. 937), S5542 [23MY]

———provide for a Korea Defense Service Medal to be issued to members who participated in Korea after the Korean War (see S. 999), S6319 [14JN]

———provide health care coverage to National Guard and reserve components members following an extended deployment (see S. 1250), S8280 [26JY]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see S. 278), S2662 [21MR]

Army: anniversary (see S. Res. 112), S6318 [14JN]

Aviation: provide assistance for employees who are separated from employment due to reductions in service by air carriers and airport closures caused by terrorist actions or security measures (see S. 1454), S9742 [24SE] (see S. 1454), S10155 [3OC]

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]

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

———promote cleanup and reuse of brownfields, provide financial assistance for brownfields revitalization, and enhance State response programs (see S. 350), S1700 [28FE]

Children and youth: establish an international infant and child nutrition and education program (see S. 1036), S6212 [13JN]

———improve academic and social outcomes for students by providing productive activities during after-school hours (see S. 1258), S8353 [27JY]

———provide for a national media campaign to reduce and prevent underage drinking (see S. 866), S7808 [17JY]

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]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see S. 77), S99 [22JA]

———protect (see S. 19), S5890 [6JN]

Commission on Voting Rights and Procedures: establish (see S. 565), S5118 [17MY]

Computers: protection from unsolicited and unwanted e-mail (see S. 630), S2979 [27MR]

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), S786 [30JA]

Crime: condemn violence directed at Sikhs in the aftermath of hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see S. Con. Res. 74), S10058 [2OC]

———prevent juvenile crime, promote accountability, rehabilitate juvenile offenders, and punish and deter violent gang crime (see S. 1165), S9972 [1OC]

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

Dept. of Commerce: provide grants for digital network technology programs at historically Black colleges and universities, Hispanic-serving institutions, and tribal colleges and universities (see S. 414), S11198 [30OC]

Dept. of Defense: equitable retirement for military Reserve technicians covered under FERS or CSRS (see S. 155), S2388 [15MR]

———making urgent supplemental appropriations for the Defense Health Program (see S. 394), S5118 [17MY]

Dept. of Justice: establish the Violence Against Women Office (see S. 570), S3216 [30MR]

Dept. of Labor: reissuance of a rule relative to ergonomics (see S. 598), S2730 [22MR]

Disasters: ensure continuity of medical care following a major disaster by making private for-profit medical facilities eligible for Federal disaster assistance (see S. 1708), S11940 [15NO]

Diseases: encourage and support international HIV/AIDS control efforts (see S. Res. 119), S7807 [17JY]

———expand research activities relative to various forms of muscular dystrophy (see S. 805), S5890 [6JN]

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

District of Columbia: designate Family Court of the Superior Court, recruit and retain quality judges, and promote consistency and efficiency in assignment of judges and in proceedings in Family Court (see S. 1382), S8911 [3AU]

Drug abuse: combat trafficking, distribution, and abuse of ``Ecstasy'' and other club drugs (see S. 1208), S7955 [19JY]

Education: extend student loan forgiveness to Head Start teachers (see S. 123), S1817 [5MR]

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

———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]

———support business incubation in academic settings (see S. 1335), S8704 [2AU]

———tribute to Catholic schools (see S. Res. 24), S2307 [14MR]

Election Administration Commission: establish (see S. 218), S707 [30JA] (see S. 953), S5616 [24MY]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: reauthorize and improve (see S. 303), S1270 [13FE]

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

FAA: implement a sky marshal program on U.S.-based airlines (see S. 1421), S9505 [19SE]

Families and domestic relations: increase child support money to families leaving welfare, improve assignment, distribution and collection of certain child support, and promote marriage (see S. 918), S8705 [2AU]

———provide grants to States to encourage media campaigns to promote responsible fatherhood skills (see S. 653), S3152 [29MR]

———recognize and enhance public awareness of the social problem of child abuse and neglect (see S. Con. Res. 14), S2731 [22MR] (see S. Res. 132), S7589 [12JY]

Family Day—A Day To Eat Dinner With Your Children: designate (see S. Res. 139), S9506 [19SE]

Federal contracts: ensure public accountability, efficient delivery of services, reasonable cost savings, and prevention of unwarranted expenses (see S. 1152), S7193 [29JN]

Federal employees: ensure parity between the compensation of members of the Armed Forces and civilian employees (see S. Con. Res. 17), S5270 [21MY]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: amend relative to new animal drugs (see S. 1346), S13944 [20DE]

Fish and fishing: provide clarification regarding the market name for the fish Pangasius bocourti and compliance with the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (see S. 1494), S10154 [3OC]

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), S9338 [12SE]

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

———improve access to health care services for uninsured and low-income individuals in medically under served areas (see S. Res. 57), S5120 [17MY]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (see S. 6), S97 [22JA]

———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), S3855 [24AP]

Health care professionals: alleviate nursing profession shortage by inproving educational programs and partnerships and supporting additional training (see S. 706), S10641 [11OC] (see S. 721), S11198 [30OC]

Homeless: improve programs for veterans (see S. 739), S3706 [6AP]

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), S6921 [26JN]

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

Investments: establish individual development accounts for certain individuals and families (see S. 592), S2662 [21MR]

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

Law enforcement: community policing programs (see S. 924), S5438 [22MY]

Liberia: adjust immigration status of certain nationals (see S. 656), S3707 [6AP] (see S. 656), S3789 [23AP]

Louis Armstrong Day: designate (see S. Res. 146), S8706 [2AU]

Lumber industry: promote open and competitive trade of softwood lumber between the U.S. and Canada (see S. Con. Res. 8), S2220 [13MR]

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

Medicaid: clarify that Native American women eligible for coverage under Indian health plans are eligible for optional breast and cervical cancer coverage (see S. 535), S10794 [17OC] (see S. 1741), S12100 [28NO]

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

———provide the disabled and elderly with equal access to community-based attendant services (see S. 1298), S9505 [19SE]

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

Medicare: coverage of immunosuppressive drugs for beneficiaries who receive an organ transplant (see S. 1204), S8065 [23JY]

———coverage of screening pap smears and pelvic exams (see S. 258), S8203 [25JY]

———expand coverage of certain self-injected biologicals (see S. 554), S9253 [10SE]

———expand medical residency training programs in geriatric medicine and provide for reimbursement of care coordination and assessment services (see S. 775), S8204 [25JY]

———improve direct graduate medical education payments (see S. 135), S101 [22JA]

———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), S8705 [2AU]

———make more competitive and efficient and provide for a prescription drug benefit (see S. 358), S7807 [17JY]

Mental health: provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see S. 543), S9972 [1OC]

Minimum wage: level (see S. 277), S1122 [7FE] (see S. 964), S5694 [25MY]

Motor vehicles: improve safety of car restraints and booster seats for children (see S. 980), S9124 [5SE]

———provide for greater fairness in the motor vehicle franchise contract arbitration process (see S. 1140), S11286 [31OC]

National Airborne Day: designate (see S. Res. 16), S5543 [23MY]

National Center for Social Work Research: establish (see S. 70), S1748 [1MR]

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

National Commission on the Modernization of Federal Elections: establish (see S. 379), S1463 [15FE]

National Day of Remembrance: designate (see S.J. Res. 25), S10640 [11OC]

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

National Girl Scout Week: designate (see S. Res. 59), S2219 [13MR]

National Guard: anniversary (see S. Con. Res. 93), S13145 [13DE]

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

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

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

National Safe Place Week: designate (see S. Res. 25), S1818 [5MR]

National security: ensure greater security for U.S. seaports (see S. 1214), S11612 [8NO]

———facilitate security of critical infrastructure (see S. 1456), S10457 [10OC]

National Sexual Assault Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 72), S3852 [24AP]

National Shaken Baby Syndrome Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 55), S3275 [2AP]

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

Navy: tribute to crew of reconnaissance plane that made emergency landing in the People's Republic of China (see S. Res. 80), S4417 [7MY]

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

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

Olympic games: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 99), S6055 [11JN]

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

Pharmaceuticals: improve safety and efficacy for children (see S. 838), S6862 [25JN]

Pipelines: improve safety, public awareness, and environmental protection of pipeline transportation (see S. 235), S1089 [6FE]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (see S. 22), S98 [22JA] (see S. 27), S2306 [14MR]

Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see S. 177), S1897 [6MR]

———preservation of six day mail delivery (see S. Res. 71), S5543 [23MY]

Power resources: improve environmental review process for construction, operation, or maintenance of energy facilities (see S. 1590), S11198 [30OC]

———increase funding for low-income energy assistance, weatherization, and State energy conservation grant programs and expand the use of energy savings performance contracts (see S. 352), S1462 [15FE]

———promote safe and efficient supply of energy while maintaining strong environmental protections (see S. 1591), S11198 [30OC]

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

Public lands: encourage development of natural gas and oil resources (see S. 1808), S13051 [12DE]

Public welfare programs: reauthorize supplemental grant for population increases in certain States under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see S. 942), S9395 [13SE]

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

Rural areas: promote and improve access to health care services (see S. 1030), S6450 [19JN]

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), S10287 [4OC]

———improve Microloan Program (see S. 174), S527 [24JA]

———reauthorize Small Business Technology Transfer Program (see S. 856), S4590 [9MY]

———tribute (see S. Res. 86), S4590 [9MY]

Securities: issue Unity Bonds in response to the acts of terrorism perpetrated against the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see S. 1430), S9505 [19SE]

Senate: use of content labeling for Internet web sites of Senators (see S. Res. 184), S12100 [28NO]

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), S10389 [9OC]

Social Security: allow coverage of pregnancy-related assistance for targeted low-income pregnant women under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (see S. 724), S5119 [17MY]

———computation system for benefits relative to spouses' or surviving spouses' Government pensions (see S. 611), S6449 [19JN]

———create a grant program to promote joint activities between Federal, State, and local child welfare and alcohol and drug abuse prevention and treatment agencies (see S. 484), S2473 [19MR]

———earnings test for blind individuals (see S. 682), S3340 [3AP]

———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]

———restore Social Services Block Grant funding and the ability of States to transfer Temporary Assistance for Needy Families funds to such block grant (see S. 501), S2071 [8MR]

———strengthen working families by improving responsible fatherhood and child support programs and expanding certain tax credits, block grants, and child care programs (see S. 685), S3340 [3AP]

South America: expand trade benefits to certain Andean countries (see S. 525), S4590 [9MY]

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

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

Taxation: allow a credit to holders of qualified bonds issued by Amtrak (see S. 250), S1062 [6FE]

———allow a U.S. independent film and television production wage credit (see S. 1278), S8464 [31JY]

———allow nonrefundable personal credits, standard deductions, and personal exemptions in computing alternative minimum tax liability and increase the individual exemption from such tax (see S. 268), S1063 [6FE]

———allow small employers a tax credit for costs paid or incurred for employee health insurance expenses (see S. 674), S3274 [2AP]

———allow the use of completed contract method of accounting in the case of certain long-term naval vessel construction contracts (see S. 666), S3215 [30MR]

———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), S3341 [3AP]

———clarify the excise tax exemptions for aerial applicators of fertilizers or other substances (see S. 1410), S10641 [11OC]

———employer credits for expenses of providing child care services to employees (see S. 99), S1586 [26FE]

———exclude U.S. savings bond income from gross income if used to pay long-term care expenses (see S. 232), S915 [31JA]

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

———extend benefits to services performed in a combat zone to services performed in the Republic of Korea (see S. 1819), S13945 [20DE]

———extension of the credit for producing electricity from wind (see S. 530), S6318 [14JN]

———full deduction of health insurance costs for self-employed individuals (see S. 29), S498 [23JA]

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

———increase deductibility of professional development expenses for teachers and allow credits for those who provide classroom materials (see S. 203), S706 [30JA] (see S. 904), S5005 [16MY]

———make higher education more affordable (see S. 458), S2980 [27MR]

———permanently extend research credit and adjust the alternative incremental credit rates (see S. 41), S928 [31JA]

———provide a nonrefundable dual-earner credit and adjust the earned income credit (see S. 853), S4589 [9MY]

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

———provide relief for payment of asbestos-related claims (see S. 1048), S6318 [14JN]

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

———repeal motor fuel excise taxes which remain in the general fund of the Treasury on railroads and inland waterway transportation (see S. 661), S3854 [24AP]

———transfer all excise taxes imposed on alcohol fuels to the Highway Trust Fund (see S. 1306), S8704 [2AU]

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

———treatment of certain expenses of rural letter carriers relative to the business use of a personal vehicle (see S. 860), S5695 [25MY]

———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), S2388 [15MR]

———treatment of flexible spending arrangements relative to long-term care insurance (see S. 627), S8281 [26JY]

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

———treatment of individual retirement accounts relative to charitable contributions (see S. 205), S1157 [7FE]

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

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

———treatment of the sale of a principal residence by a member of the uniformed services or Foreign Service (see S. 1678), S11719 [13NO]

Teachers: encourage national board certification by increasing subsidies to pay fee, heightening awareness of process, and providing tax incentives (see S. 262), S1063 [6FE]

Telecommunications: authorize grants for community telecommunications infrastructure planning (see S. 1056), S6318 [14JN]

Terrorism: bioterrorism preparedness and response funding (see S. Res. 171), S11199 [30OC]

———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]

Treaties and agreements: implement the agreement establishing a U.S.-Jordan free trade area (see S. 643), S3052 [28MR]

Unemployment: provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (see S. 1541), S10640 [11OC]

Veterans: allow certain veterans with service-connected disabilities to travel on military aircraft (see S. 38), S3053 [28MR]

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

———increase the Medal of Honor Roll special pension and provide an annual cost-of-living adjustment (see S. 1113), S8705 [2AU]

———increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses (see S. 145), S2823 [23MR]

———issue commemorative postage stamp honoring Purple Heart recipients (see S. Con. Res. 56), S8706 [2AU]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see S. 170), S527 [24JA]

———presumption of service connection for hepatitis C in certain veterans (see S. 457), S1898 [6MR]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: authorize design and construction of a temporary education center (see S. 281), S3531 [5AP]

White House Commission on National Military Appreciation Month: establish (see S. 1785), S13146 [13DE]

Wildlife: improve conservation and restoration programs (see S. 990), S13300 [14DE]

Wisconsin (U.S.S.): issue commemorative postage stamp to honor ship and crew (see S. Con. Res. 3), S929 [31JA]

Women: protect breastfeeding by new mothers (see S. 256), S9123 [5SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Coastal zones: use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund State and local conservation programs of coastal States (see S. 1328), S8704 [2AU]

District of Columbia: making appropriations (see S. 1543), S10693 [15OC]

Dyspraxia: increase public awareness (see S. Con. Res. 65), S8912 [3AU]

El Salvador: authorize disaster assistance for construction or reconstruction of permanent single family housing for those made homeless by the earthquake (see S. 260), S1063 [6FE]

———express sympathy for victims of earthquake and support ongoing aid efforts (see S. Res. 18), S1063 [6FE]

Harper, Martha Matilda: issue commemorative postage stamp (see S. Con. Res. 72), S9621 [21SE]

Higgins, Andrew Jackson: posthumous awarding of Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 991), S5889 [6JN]

Higgins Industries: award Congressional Gold Medal to World War II-era employees (see S. 991), S5889 [6JN]

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

National Commission on the Bicentennial of the Louisiana Purchase: establish (see S. 356), S1463 [15FE]

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: authorize development of research centers focusing on environmental factors related to women's health and disease prevention (see S. 720), S3530 [5AP]

National Mental Health Awareness Week: designate (see S. Con. Res. 71), S9621 [21SE]

National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 163), S9621 [21SE]

Nuclear weapons: establish policy for reducing warheads in U.S. and Russian arsenals and weapons on high alert, and preventing proliferation of Russian nuclear weapons, fissile materials, and expertise (see S. 1117), S6991 [27JN]

Office of Homeland Security: establish a National Energy Infrastructure Security Program (see S. 1529), S10457 [10OC]

Postage and stamps: provide for a permanent postal rate for certain educational bound printed matter (see S. 1801), S12858 [11DE]

Taxation: accelerate the effective date for the expansion of adoption tax credit and adoption assistance programs (see S. 1802), S12858 [11DE]

Voting: establish election day as a legal public holiday (see S. 1388), S8911 [3AU]

Year of the Rose: designate (see S.J. Res. 8), S2582 [20MR]

Cloture motions

Pensions: reform (H.R. 10), motion to proceed, S12036 [27NO], S12119 [29NO]

Letters

District of Columbia needle exchange programs: A. Cornelius Baker, Whitman-Walker Clinic, Inc., S11513 [7NO]

———Michael Kelly, District of Columbia Housing Authority, S11513 [7NO]

———Mohammad N. Akhter, American Public Health Association, S11513 [7NO]

———Paola Barahona, Prevention Works (organization), S11514 [7NO]

U.S. enforcement of certain civil judgments relative to Lloyd's of London (insurance company) lawsuits: Barbara Lyons, S2354 [15MR]

———Beverly Hudson, S2353 [15MR]

———Edith Anthoine, S2353 [15MR]

———Joan B. Wilson, S2353, S2354 [15MR]

———Ruth G. Tufts, S2353 [15MR]

———Shirley M. Cook, S2353 [15MR]

———Thomas O. Lind, S2354 [15MR]

———by, S2355 [15MR]

Lists

DC Appleseed Center Board of Directors and staff, S8002 [20JY]

Guests of Senator Landrieu on Take Your Daughter to Work Day, S3970 [26AP]

Motions

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2217), S7554 [12JY]

District of Columbia: making appropriations (H.R. 2944), S11514 [7NO]

Poems

``Pretty Good,'' Charles Osgood, S11312 [1NO]

Privilege of the floor

Avery, Kevin, S11503 [6NO]

Purdy, Maria, S6059 [11JN]

Remarks

Afghanistan: provide educational and health care assistance to women and children (S. 1573), S11108 [25OC]

Agriculture: continue certain programs (S. 1731), S12841 [11DE], S13006 [12DE], S13441 [18DE]

———Federal farm policies, S8881 [3AU]

———phase out price supports for sugar and use savings to improve Food Stamp Program, S13006 [12DE]

———price supports for dairy products, S12841 [11DE]

———respond to the continuing economic crisis adversely affecting agricultural producers (S. 1246), S8435, S8437 [31JY]

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

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: oil and gas exploration, S12142 [29NO]

Armed Forces: anniversary of Naval Reserve, S1583 [26FE]

———eliminate requirement that covered beneficiaries obtain nonavailability-of-health-care statements relative to obstetrics and gynecological care for pregnancies (S. 1096), S6864 [25JN]

———improve pay, health care, and family housing for active duty personnel, S3413 [4AP]

Bankruptcy: amend laws (S. 420), S2353 [15MR]

———U.S. enforcement of certain civil judgments rendered in foreign courts, S2353 [15MR]

Budget: revising and setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2011 (H. Con. Res. 83), S3402, S3404, S3410, S3411, S3413, S3415 [4AP], S3666 [6AP]

———revising and setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2011 (H. Con. Res. 83), unanimous-consent agreement, S3405 [4AP]

———use of a legislative trigger or safety mechanism to link long-term Federal budget surplus reductions with actual budgetary outcomes, S5093 [17MY]

Children and youth: establish an international infant and child nutrition and education program (S. 1036), S6120 [12JN]

Coast Guard: tribute to helicopter crew for oil rig fire rescue in the Gulf of Mexico, S1266 [13FE]

Coastal zones: use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund State and local conservation programs of coastal States (S. 1328), S8749 [2AU]

Commission on Voting Rights and Procedures: establish (S. 565), S8882 [3AU]

Dept. of Agriculture: conduct a study on national dairy policy, S12841 [11DE]

———relocation of Audubon Sugar Institute from Louisiana State University to the St. Gabriel Sugar Research Station, S11084 [25OC]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1438), S9577 [21SE]

———Cooperative Threat Reduction Program funding, S12626 [7DE]

———funding, S3402, S3404, S3410, S3411, S3413, S3415 [4AP]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3338), S12591, S12626, S12672 [7DE]

Dept. of the Interior: Cane River Creole National Historical Park and Heritage Area funding, S7570, S7571 [12JY]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2217), S7481, S7482 [11JY], S7554, S7570, S7571 [12JY]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2500), S9381 [13SE]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3061), S11301, S11308, S11310, S11311, S11313 [1NO]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3061), conference report, S13789 [20DE]

Disasters: ensure continuity of medical care following a major disaster by making private for-profit medical facilities eligible for Federal disaster assistance, S13902, S14030 [20DE]

District of Columbia: adoption services funding, S11479 [6NO]

———cap on attorneys' fees in special education placement lawsuits, S11519 [7NO]

———designate Family Court of the Superior Court, recruit and retain quality judges, and promote consistency and efficiency in assignment of judges and in proceedings in Family Court, S12856 [11DE]

———GAO report on awards in excess of cap on attorneys' fees in special education placement lawsuits, S11530, S11532 [7NO]

———improve education system, S11480 [6NO]

———making appropriations, S8002-S8004 [20JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2944), S11476, S11479, S11480 [6NO], S11506, S11507, S11512, S11513, S11519, S11530, S11532, S11533, S11534 [7NO]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2944), conference report, S12582 [7DE], S12856 [11DE]

———prohibit needle exchange programs funding, S11512, S11513 [7NO]

———recreational sports facilities funding, S11479 [6NO]

———replacement of taxicab zone fares with meters, S11533 [7NO]

Dyspraxia: increase public awareness (S. Con. Res. 65), S8977 [3AU]

Education: close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), S3968 [26AP]

———close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), conference report, S13370, S13372 [18DE]

———funding, S13789 [20DE]

El Salvador: express sympathy for victims of earthquake and support ongoing aid efforts (S. Res. 18), S1090 [6FE]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: assist local educational agencies by increasing Title I funding to strengthen student achievement standards for schools with disadvantaged students, S4221 [3MY]

———extend programs and activities (S. 1), S3813 [24AP], S4221 [3MY], S6028, S6038, S6039, S6045, S6046 [11JN], S6155-S6157 [13JN]

———improve allocation of funds to boost teacher quality in schools with disadvantaged students, S6155-S6157 [13JN]

———increase Title I grants funding through reductions in school construction and infrastructure improvements funding, S11301 [1NO]

———percentage of Title I funding targeted to strengthen student achievement standards for schools with disadvantaged students, S6027, S6028, S6038, S6039, S6045, S6046 [11JN]

———Title I grants funding, S11308, S11310, S11311, S11313 [1NO]

FDA: repeal ban on importation of certain fish and fish products not taxonomically from the catfish family, S13441 [18DE]

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

Food & Friends (organization): food for victims of AIDS project funding, S11532 [7NO]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2506), motion to proceed, S10857 [23OC]

Gulf of Mexico: prohibit oil and gas leasing activities in certain areas, S7481, S7482 [11JY], S7554 [12JY]

Health: emphasize the importance of organ, tissue, bone marrow, and blood donation, and support National Donor Day (S. Con. Res. 12), S1427 [14FE]

Higgins, Andrew Jackson: posthumous awarding of Congressional Gold Medal (S. 991), S5902 [6JN]

Higgins Industries: award Congressional Gold Medal to World War II-era employees (S. 991), S5902 [6JN]

INS: denial of visas to certain adopted children from Cambodia, S14031, S14032 [20DE]

Intermountain Dairy Compact: congressional consent, S8435, S8437 [31JY]

———congressional consent (S. 1157), S7252 [29JN]

Kazakhstan: normal trade relations status (S. 168), S9609 [21SE]

———tribute to response relative to terrorist hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, S9609 [21SE]

King, Martin Luther, Jr.: mint coins in commemoration (S. 355), S1497 [15FE]

Legislative Branch Emergency Preparedness Task Force: tribute, S13692 [19DE]

National Adoption Month: observance, S12432 [5DE]

National Bible Week: observance, S11999 [16NO]

National Commission on the Bicentennial of the Louisiana Purchase: establish (S. 356), S1498 [15FE], S9004 [3AU]

National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day: observance, S12585, S12672 [7DE]

National security: facilitate security of critical infrastructure, S12140 [29NO]

———national missile defense system, S12626 [7DE]

New Orleans, LA: Canal Street Streetcar extension opening, S8344 [27JY]

NOAA: coastal protection and restorations projects funding, S9381 [13SE]

Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact: reauthorize, S8435, S8437 [31JY]

———reauthorize (S. 1157), S7252 [29JN]

Norton, Gale A.: nomination to be Sec. of the Interior, S670 [30JA]

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

Nuclear weapons: establish policy for reducing warheads in U.S. and Russian arsenals and weapons on high alert, and preventing proliferation of Russian nuclear weapons, fissile materials, and expertise (S. 1117), S7001 [27JN]

Office of Homeland Security: establish a National Energy Infrastructure Security Program (S. 1529), S10462 [10OC]

Pacific Northwest Dairy Compact: congressional consent, S8435, S8437 [31JY]

———congressional consent (S. 1157), S7252 [29JN]

Pensions: reform (H.R. 10), S12140, S12142 [29NO]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (S. 27), S2688, S2704, S2713, S2714 [22MR]

———require the FEC to develop standardized software that Federal candidates would be required to use to file reports and contributions and make such information publicly accessible on the Internet, S2704, S2714 [22MR]

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply, S12140, S12142 [29NO]

———national energy policy (S. 1766), S12431 [5DE]

SBA: improve Microloan Program (S. 174), S549 [24JA]

Senate: appreciation for tributes, S9579 [21SE]

———legislative program, S12140 [29NO]

Southern Dairy Compact: congressional consent, S8435, S8437 [31JY]

———congressional consent (S. 1157), S7252 [29JN]

Take Your Daughter to Work Day: observance, S3969 [26AP]

Taxation: increase deductibility of professional development expenses for teachers and allow credits for those who provide classroom materials (S. 203), S709 [30JA]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), S11773 [14NO]

———rates (H.R. 1836), S5091, S5093 [17MY], S5515 [23MY]

———treatment of adoption expenses, S3666 [6AP], S5093 [17MY]

———treatment of adoption expenses (S. 148), S5606 [24MY]

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), S9305 [12SE]

———improve the ability of the U.S. to prepare for and respond to a biological threat or attack (H.R. 3448), S13902, S14030 [20DE]

———making emergency appropriations for disaster and antiterrorism initiatives surrounding the crashing of aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, S12591 [7DE]

———U.S. policy, S9577 [21SE]

Veterans: permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (S. 170), S567 [25JA]

Votes: position on missed, S11095 [25OC]

Weapons: establish policy for reducing and securing chemical, biological, and nuclear weapon stockpiles in Russian arsenals, S9862, S9863 [26SE]

World War II: opening of museum in Pearl Harbor, HI, to commemorate the Pacific war, S12585 [7DE]

Year of the Rose: designate (S.J. Res. 8), S2594 [20MR]

Remarks in Senate relative to

Tribute, S9579 [21SE], S11480 [6NO], S12434, S12435 [5DE]

Reports filed

District of Columbia Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 1543) (S. Rept. 107-85), S10692 [15OC]

Statements

Denial of Visas to Certain Adopted Children From Cambodia: by, S14031 [20DE]

Tables

Cases receiving notices of intent to deny citizenship to certain adopted children from Cambodia, S14031 [20DE]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title I grants State distribution, S11314 [1NO]

Texts of

S. 355, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Commemorative Coin Act, S1497 [15FE]

S. 356, Louisiana Purchase Bicentennial Commission Act, S1499 [15FE]

S. 991, Andrew Jackson Higgins Gold Medal Act, S5903 [6JN]

S. 1388, establish election day as a legal public holiday, S8963 [3AU]

S.J. Res. 8, Year of the Rose, S2594 [20MR]

Tributes

DiBattiste, Carol, S1061 [6FE]

Gallagher, Lillie Petit, S4169 [2MY]

Graham, Katharine M., S7875 [18JY]

Inouye, Senator, S12585 [7DE]

Jackson, Marjorie A., S525 [24JA]

Peters, F. Whitten, S1061 [6FE]