NELSON, BEN (a Senator from Nebraska)

Amendments

Agriculture: continue certain programs (S. 1731), S13168, S13199 [13DE], S13639 [18DE]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2330), S11080, S11127 [25OC]

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), S3561, S3599, S3612 [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), S9812 [25SE]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2299), S8243 [25JY]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: extend programs and activities (S. 1), S4490, S4518, S4519 [8MY], S4723 [9MY], S5917 [7JN], S6169 [13JN]

Health: protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S. 1052), S6902, S6934 [26JN], S7004 [27JN], S7117 [28JN]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (S. 27), S2907 [26MR], S3124, S3178 [29MR]

Taxation: provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), S12312 [3DE]

———rates (H.R. 1836), S5285 [21MY], S5474 [22MY], S5491 [23MY]

Appointments

Acting President pro tempore, S7127 [29JN], S7363 [10JY], S9129 [6SE], S10779 [17OC], S10907 [24OC], S11567 [8NO], S13365 [18DE], S13773 [20DE]

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

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Africa: efforts to reduce hunger in sub-Saharan Africa (see S. Con. Res. 53), S7195 [29JN]

Agricultural Market Transition Act: extend the expansion of producers eligible for loan deficiency payments (see S. 923), S5269 [21MY]

Agriculture: provide farm credit assistance for activated reservists (see S. 1519), S10388 [9OC]

Animals: prohibit import, export, sale, or possession of bear viscera (see S. 1125), S8065 [23JY]

Armed Forces: 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]

Bankruptcy: amend laws (see S. 420), S1898 [6MR]

Birds: prohibit interstate movement of live birds, for the purpose of fighting, to States in which animal fighting is lawful (see S. 345), S8123 [24JY]

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), S3853 [24AP]

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

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]

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

Day of National Concern About Young People and Gun Violence: designate (see S. Res. 161), S9557 [20SE]

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

Diseases: expand research activities relative to various forms of muscular dystrophy (see S. 805), S9198 [6SE]

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

Education: establish a mental health community education program (see S. 859), S4822 [10MY]

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

EPA: strengthen research activities (see S. 1176), S10457 [10OC]

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

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

Federal Deposit Insurance Act: require periodic cost-of-living adjustments to the maximum amount of deposit insurance available (see S. 128), S2388 [15MR]

Federal employees: ensure parity between the compensation of members of the Armed Forces and civilian employees (see S. Con. Res. 17), S4824 [10MY]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see S.J. Res. 7), S5833 [5JN]

Immigration: allow acceptance of an affidavit of support from another eligible sponsor if the original sponsor has died (see S. 1167), S8576 [1AU]

———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), S5832 [5JN]

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

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

Law enforcement officers: collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments (see S. 952), S5891 [6JN]

Libya: U.S. policy relative to verdict in trial of the terrorist suspects in the crash of Pan Am flight 103 (see S. 244), S1012 [1FE]

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

Medicare: 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), S4891 [14MY]

———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), S13465 [18DE]

Mental health: provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see S. 543), S11437 [5NO]

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

National Center for Rural Law Enforcement: funding (see S. 349), S5968 [7JN]

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

National Crazy Horse Day: designate (see S. Res. 68), S3995 [26AP]

National Fallen Firefighters Memorial: commemorate fallen firefighters by lowering the U.S. flag to half-staff during the memorial service in Emmitsburg, MD (see S.J. Res. 18), S9557 [20SE]

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

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

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

Native Americans: Federal funding for certain adoption and foster care programs (see S. 550), S7427 [10JY]

———provide equitable compensation to the Yankton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota and the Santee Sioux Tribe of Nebraska for the loss of value of certain lands (see S. 434), S6128 [12JN]

Navy: tribute to crew of reconnaissance plane that made emergency landing in the People's Republic of China (see S. Res. 80), S4175 [2MY]

Pensions: reform (see S. 742), S4101 [1MY]

Petroleum: phase out use of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) and encourage production and use of renewable ethanol (see S. 670), S6319 [14JN]

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

Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see S. 177), S3153 [29MR]

———preservation of six day mail delivery (see S. Res. 71), S4045 [30AP]

Power resources: 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]

Public safety officers: establish a national medal for those who act with extraordinary valor above and beyond the call of duty (see S. 39), S3994 [26AP]

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

Safety: improve security at airports and seaports (see S. 1429), S9622 [21SE]

———provide grants to small public drinking water system (see S. 503), S3531 [5AP]

SBA: authorize loans to small businesses and certain other businesses that suffered substantial economic injury as a result of terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see S. 1499), S12101 [28NO]

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]

Smithsonian Institution: establish National Museum of African American History and Culture (see S. 829), S9123 [5SE]

Social Security: provide for coordination of implementation of administrative simplification standard for health care information (see S. 836), S10059 [2OC]

South America: expand trade benefits to certain Andean countries (see S. 525), S2219 [13MR]

Sudan: increase diplomatic efforts to encourage peace process in ongoing civil war and facilitate relief efforts (see S. 180), S6920 [26JN]

Tariff: 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), S5617 [24MY]

———extend the moratorium on taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce and assist States in simplifying their sales and use taxes (see S. 512), S5695 [25MY]

———extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce and encourage States to simplify their sales and use taxes (see S. 1504), S10835 [18OC]

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

———treatment of flexible spending arrangements relative to long-term care insurance (see S. 627), S8912 [3AU]

———treatment of the sale of a principal residence by a member of the uniformed services or Foreign Service (see S. 1678), S12312 [3DE]

Terrorism: assist States in preparing for an attack using biological or chemical weapons (see S. 1520), S10388 [9OC]

———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]

———establish a board of inquiry to review the activities of U.S. intelligence, law enforcement, and other agencies leading up to the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see S. 1837), S13464 [18DE]

Trade Act: amend to consolidate and improve trade adjustment assistance programs and provide community-based economic development assistance for trade-affected communities (see S. 1209), S9622 [21SE]

Veterans: permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see S. 170), S6518 [20JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced

National emblems: designate the oak tree as the national tree (see S. 811), S4099 [1MY]

Certificates of election

Senate, S4 [3JA]

Cloture motions

Agriculture: continue certain programs (S. 1731), S13112 [13DE], S13349 [17DE], S13423 [18DE], S13658 [19DE]

———continue certain programs (S. 1731), motion to proceed, S12271 [30NO], S12406 [5DE]

———respond to the continuing economic crisis adversely affecting agricultural producers (S. 1246), S8499 [1AU], S8849 [3AU]

———respond to the continuing economic crisis adversely affecting agricultural producers (S. 1246), motion to proceed, S8334 [27JY], S8391 [30JY]

Aviation: improve security (S. 1447), S10433 [10OC], S10507 [11OC]

Bankruptcy: amend laws (H.R. 333), S7554 [12JY], S7734 [17JY]

———amend laws (H.R. 333), motion to proceed, S7361 [9JY], S7553 [12JY]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2506), motion to proceed, S10685 [15OC], S10856 [23OC]

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

Oaths of office

Senate, S5 [3JA]

Pledge of Allegiance

Senate, S7127 [29JN], S7363 [10JY], S7539 [12JY], S9129 [6SE], S10779 [17OC], S10907 [24OC], S11567 [8NO], S13365 [18DE], S13773 [20DE]

Remarks

Agriculture: continue certain programs (S. 1731), S13659 [19DE]

———respond to the continuing economic crisis adversely affecting agricultural producers (S. 1246), S8421 [31JY]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2330), S11080 [25OC]

Ashcroft, John: nomination to be Attorney General, S988 [1FE]

Aviation: preserve the continued viability of the U.S. air transportation system (S. 1450), S9593 [21SE]

Bipartisan Patient Protection Act: clarify State compliance with new Federal regulations relative to existing State health insurance laws, S6969, S6971 [27JN], S7013 [28JN]

Budget: revising and setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2011 (H. Con. Res. 83), S3487 [5AP]

———revising and setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2011 (H. Con. Res. 83), conference report, S4790 [10MY]

———use of a legislative trigger or safety mechanism to link long-term Federal budget surplus reductions with actual budgetary outcomes, S5491 [23MY]

Congress: encourage the continuation of debate on issues of national concern, S10147 [3OC]

Dept. of Agriculture: clarify legal authority to enforce pathogen reduction standards for meat and poultry products, S11080 [25OC]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1438), S9725 [24SE]

———postpone additional rounds of military base closures and realignments, S9725 [24SE]

Dept. of Education: establish national mentoring program, S6170 [13JN]

———State testing and assessment programs funding, S5919 [7JN]

Dept. of Labor: congressional disapproval of ergonomic regulations (S.J. Res. 6), S1878 [6MR]

Dept. of Transportation: Essential Air Service Program funding, S9593 [21SE]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: extend programs and activities (S. 1), S5919 [7JN], S6170 [13JN], S6301 [14JN]

Health: clarify liability of employers relative to protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, S7035 [28JN]

———establish a clear definition of medical necessity and other standards for independent reviewers to use in the arbitration of coverage determinations by managed care plans and HMO's, S6904 [26JN], S6948, S6951, S6954 [27JN]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S. 1052), S6904 [26JN], S6948, S6951, S6954, S6969, S6971 [27JN], S7013, S7035 [28JN]

Insurance: create a temporary reinsurance mechanism to enhance the availability of terrorism insurance, S13836 [20DE]

National emblems: designate the oak tree as the national tree (S. 811), S4120 [1MY]

Pensions: reform (H.R. 10), S12131 [29NO]

———reform (H.R. 10), motion to proceed, S12041 [27NO]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (S. 27), S2929 [27MR], S3240 [2AP]

Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries, S12041 [27NO], S12131 [29NO]

Riley, William J.: nomination to be circuit judge, S8678 [2AU]

Taxation: provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3529), S13836 [20DE]

———rates, S3487 [5AP], S4790 [10MY]

———rates (H.R. 1836), S5491, S5514 [23MY]

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), S9326 [12SE]

University of Nebraska: tribute to baseball team, S5263 [21MY]

Remarks in Senate relative to

Tribute, S13774 [20DE]