SCHUMER, CHARLES (a Senator from New York)

Amendments

Agriculture: respond to the continuing economic crisis adversely affecting agricultural producers (S. 1246), S8487, S8493 [31JY], S8819, S8820, S8834 [2AU]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2330), S11065, S11125 [25OC]

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations (S. 1077), S7312, S7333 [9JY]

Aviation: improve security (S. 1447), S10663 [11OC]

Bankruptcy: amend laws (S. 420), S2031, S2038, S2097 [8MR], S2191, S2233, S2236, S2237, S2242, S2244 [13MR], S2359 [15MR], S2531 [19MR]

Budget: revising and setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2011 (H. Con. Res. 83), S3455 [4AP], S3582, S3597, S3598, S3599, S3606, S3618, S3619 [5AP], S3639, S3668, S3669, S3707, S3708 [6AP], S3789, S3791 [23AP], S3829 [24AP]

Commission on Voting Rights and Procedures: establish (S. 565), S13764 [19DE]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1438), S10010 [1OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3338), S12691 [7DE]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2590), S9495, S9547 [19SE]

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

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3061), S11230 [30OC]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2620), S8643, S8776 [2AU]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: extend programs and activities (S. 1), S4645, S4723, S4724, S4761 [9MY], S4824 [10MY], S4941 [15MY], S5007 [16MY], S5820 [5JN], S5850 [6JN], S6185, S6234 [13JN]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2311), S7739, S7826 [17JY]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (S. 27), S2679 [21MR], S3010, S3019, S3029, S3065 [28MR]

SEC: limit collection of certain fees and adjust compensation for employees (S. 143), S2784 [22MR]

Taxation: provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), S12101 [28NO]

———rates (H.R. 1836), S5061, S5169, S5170, S5173 [17MY], S5475, S5476, S5477 [22MY], S5494 [23MY]

Voting: protect voting rights (S. 565), S13764 [19DE]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 333, Bankruptcy Reform Act, S7796 [17JY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: prohibit products containing dry ultra-filtered milk or casein from being labeled domestic natural cheese (see S. 117), S4940 [15MY]

———prohibit transfer or marketing of nonambulatory livestock (see S. 267), S1063 [6FE]

———provide market loss assistance for apple producers (see S. 1018), S6127 [12JN]

———reward stewards of farms, ranches, public and private lands, wildlife, and water quality and supply that reduce the risk of specialty crop production (see S. 1727), S12001 [16NO]

Air pollution: reduce emissions from electric powerplants (see S. 556), S2388 [15MR]

Animals: establish a Federal task force to coordinate actions to prevent bovine spongiform encephalopathy (mad cow disease) and foot-and-mouth disease (see S. 534), S3437 [4AP]

———improve enforcement of the Animal Welfare Act as it applies to commercial dog breeders (see S. 1478), S10794 [17OC]

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

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (see S. 411), S1748 [1MR]

Armed Forces: provide for a Korea Defense Service Medal to be issued to members who participated in Korea after the Korean War (see S. 999), S7956 [19JY]

Army: authorize arsenals to undertake orders or contracts for articles or services in advance of the receipt of payment under certain circumstances (see S. 581), S2731 [22MR]

Aviation: ensure fair resolution of labor integration issues relative to airline mergers (see S. 1479), S11660 [9NO]

———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), S10156 [3OC]

Birds: prohibit interstate movement of live birds, for the purpose of fighting, to States in which animal fighting is lawful (see S. 345), S1462 [15FE]

Burma: prohibit importation of any textile or apparel article that is produced, manufactured, or grown in Burma (see S. 926), S5438 [22MY]

Business and industry: expand the Manufacturing Extension Program to bring new technologies to small and medium-sized businesses (see S. 429), S1747 [1MR]

Capitol Building and Grounds: design and construct monument to commemorate contributions of minority women to women's suffrage and the participation of women in public life (see S. Con. Res. 64), S8911 [3AU]

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

Chicago, IL: expand aviation capacity (see S. 1786), S13945 [20DE]

Children and youth: ensure health coverage, promote parental support and family stability, improve early education and child care, reduce poverty, create youth development programs, and provide a safe environment (see S. 940), S7808 [17JY]

———increase the availability and affordability of quality child care and early learning services, and amend the Family and Medical Leave Act (see S. 18), S97 [22JA]

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]

Chisholm, Shirley: tribute (see S. Res. 153), S8911 [3AU]

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

———protect (see S. 19), S97 [22JA]

Clean Air Act: allow State Governors to waive oxygen content requirement for reformulated gasoline, assist States in cleaning up leaking underground storage tanks, and phase out methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) (see S. 950), S6519 [20JN]

Commission on Voting Rights and Procedures: establish (see S. 565), S5439 [22MY]

Computers: encourage broadband technology deployment to rural areas (see S. 428, 430), S1747 [1MR]

Congress: enactment of farm legislation (see S. Res. 13), S101 [22JA]

———establish joint committee to investigate causes of, and solutions for, increasing energy prices (see S. Res. 87), S4822 [10MY]

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]

Consumer Energy Commission: establish (see S. 900), S5005 [16MY]

Contraceptives: require equitable coverage of drugs, devices, and services under health insurance plans (see S. 104), S100 [22JA]

Courts: allow media coverage of court proceedings (see S. 986), S5831 [5JN]

———convert certain temporary judgeships to permanent judgeships and extend a certain judgeship (see S. 1805), S12858 [11DE]

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]

———enhance rights and protections of victims (see S. 783), S3994 [26AP]

———establish that certain sexual crimes against children are predicate crimes for the interception of communications (see S. 1234), S8203 [25JY]

———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (see S. 16), S97 [22JA]

———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. 700), S5890 [6JN]

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

Dept. of HUD: clarify authority relative to use of fees under the manufactured housing program (see S. 1029), S6212 [13JN]

———grants to States to supplement assistance for the preservation of affordable housing for low-income families (see S. 1365), S8910 [3AU]

———increase mortgage loan limits for multifamily housing mortgage insurance (see S. 1163), S7494 [11JY]

Dept. of Justice: create a record of lawful admission for permanent residence for certain aliens (see S. 562), S2472 [19MR]

———establish the Violence Against Women Office (see S. 161, 570), S3854 [24AP]

Dept. of Transportation: establish a grant program for the rehabilitation, preservation, or improvement of railroad track (see S. 1220), S8064 [23JY]

Disasters: authorize the President to carry out a program for the protection of the health and safety of community members, volunteers, and workers in a disaster area (see S. 1621), S11362 [1NO]

———direct the President to appoint Children's Coordinating Officers for disaster areas in which children have lost a custodial parent (see S. 1623), S11362 [1NO]

Diseases: expand research activities relative to various forms of muscular dystrophy (see S. 805), S4099 [1MY]

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

———improve access to HIV/AIDS-related treatments and services in sub-Saharan Africa and other developing countries (see S. 463), S3437 [4AP]

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

———combat trafficking, distribution, and abuse of ``Ecstasy'' and other club drugs, cosponsorship withdrawn (see S. 1208), S9198 [6SE]

Drugs: enhance competition for prescription drugs by increasing enforcement of existing antitrust laws relative to brand name and generic drugs (see S. 754), S3706 [6AP]

Ecology and environment: promote brownfields redevelopment in urban and rural areas and spur community revitalization in low- and moderate-income areas (see S. 1078), S6601 [21JN]

———provide assistance to communities for redevelopment of brownfield sites (see S. 1079), S6601 [21JN]

Education: establish a National Teacher Corps and a National Principal Corps (see S. 476), S1971 [7MR]

———national policy to improve system (see S. 7), S97 [22JA]

———support teacher corps programs (see S. 444), S1747 [1MR]

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

Employment: improve economic security of workers (see S. 8), S97 [22JA]

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

———provide for regional skills training alliances (see S. 431), S1747 [1MR]

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

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

FHA: clarify authority to terminate mortgagee origination approval for poorly performing mortgagees (see S. 1195), S7878 [18JY]

Firearms: implement a system of licensing purchasers and a record of sale system (see S. 25), S98 [22JA]

———prevent children from having access to firearms (see S. 1355), S8910 [3AU]

———regulation of transfers at gun shows (see S. 767), S3852 [24AP] (see S. 890), S4940 [15MY]

———require provision of a child safety lock in connection with the transfer of a handgun (see S. 436), S1747 [1MR]

Firefighters: authorize grants to States or communities to assist fire departments in meeting staffing standards (see S. 1617), S11362 [1NO]

Food Security Act: establish the Conservation Security Program (see S. 932), S5438 [22MY]

Foreign aid: international family planning programs restrictions relative to abortion (see S. 367), S2895 [26MR]

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), S9197 [6SE]

———make oil-producing and exporting cartels illegal (see S. 665), S3215 [30MR]

———support aspirations of the Tibetan people to safeguard their distinct identity (see S. 852), S5270 [21MY]

Great Lakes: prohibit oil and gas drilling and conduct a study on the environmental impact of potential future drilling (see S. 1033), S7428 [10JY]

———prohibit vessels from discharging ballast water that contains nonindigenous aquatic species and treat such water, and its sediments, using the most effective and efficient methods available (see S. 1034), S6212 [13JN]

———protect resources by banning bulk water diversions and restoring historic lighthouses (see S. 1035), S6212 [13JN]

Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: designate (see S. Res. 20), S1394 [14FE]

Harper, Martha Matilda: issue commemorative postage stamp (see S. Con. Res. 72), S13465 [18DE]

Health: protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (see S. 6), S97 [22JA] (see S. 283), S1122 [7FE]

Health care professionals: alleviate nursing profession shortage by inproving educational programs and partnerships and supporting additional training (see S. 706), S3530 [5AP]

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

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), S3994 [26AP]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see S. 466), S3216 [30MR]

Insurance: prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (see S. 318), S1270 [13FE]

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

James L. Watson U.S. Court of International Trade Building, New York, NY: designate (see S. 1721), S12001 [16NO]

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

———improve security at U.S. borders (see S. 1749), S12370 [4DE]

———prohibit racial profiling (see S. 989), S5889 [6JN]

Libraries: provide up-to-date school library media resources and professionally certified school library media specialists for elementary and secondary schools (see S. 327), S4891 [14MY]

Louis Armstrong Day: designate (see S. Res. 146), S8575 [1AU]

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

Medicaid: allow States to expand family planning coverage to certain women (see S. 1343), S8705 [2AU]

———delay changes in regulations that modify upper payment limit for non-State government-owned or operated hospitals (see S. 1745), S12369 [4DE]

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

Medical Education Trust Fund: establish (see S. 743), S3706 [6AP]

Medicare: coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (see S. 10), S97 [22JA]

———eliminate reduction in payment rates under the prospective payment system for home health services and increase payments for such services in rural areas (see S. 326), S1465 [15FE]

———increase reimbursement for screening mammography services and funding for additional radiology residents and radiologic technologists (see S. 548), S2388 [15MR]

———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), S4416 [7MY]

———pay ambulance suppliers the full costs of providing such services (see S. 1350), S12055 [27NO]

———provide adequate coverage of immunosuppressive drugs for certain kidney transplant patients (see S. 880), S6128 [12JN]

———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), S12859 [11DE]

———standardize payment amounts for inpatient hospital services (see S. 885), S7808 [17JY]

Mental health: provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see S. 543), S2663 [21MR]

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

Motor vehicles: increase fuel economy standards for light trucks, sport utility vehicles (SUVs), and the Federal fleet, and increase weight limit of vehicles subject to fuel economy standards (see S. 804), S4099 [1MY]

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

National Affordable Housing Trust Fund: establish to provide decent, safe, and affordable housing for low-income families (see S. 1248), S8203 [25JY]

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

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 Correctional Officers and Employees Week: designate (see S. Res. 92), S5269 [21MY]

National Foundation for the Study of Holocaust Assets: establish (see S. 1876), S13943 [20DE]

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 parks and recreation areas: provide mass transit services (see S. 1136), S7084 [28JN]

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

National security: ensure greater security for U.S. seaports (see S. 1214), S12682 [7DE]

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

———provide for homeland security block grants (see S. 1737), S12100 [28NO]

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

National Trails System Act: clarify Federal authority relative to land acquisition from willing sellers for the majority of trails (see S. 1069), S6518 [20JN]

National Words Can Heal Day: designate (see S. Res. 183), S12001 [16NO]

New York, NY: tribute to firefighters killed in the line of duty during hardware store fire (see S. Res. 117), S6920 [26JN]

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

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

Office of World Trade Center Attack Claims: establish to pay claims for injury to businesses and property suffered as a result of the attack on the World Trade Center (see S. 1624), S11362 [1NO]

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

Patriot Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 29), S11789 [14NO]

Peace Officers Memorial Day: designate (see S. Res. 63), S3153 [29MR]

Pensions: reform (see S. 742), S3706 [6AP]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (see S. 17), S97 (see S. 27), S98 [22JA]

Power resources: increase funding for low-income energy assistance, weatherization, and State energy conservation grant programs (see S. Res. 26), S1464 [15FE]

———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]

———national energy policy (see S. 597), S2730 [22MR]

Public housing: reduce crime and fully fund the Public Housing Drug Elimination Program (see S. Con. Res. 52), S6602 [21JN]

Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor: award to officers killed, injured, or involved in rescue efforts in the aftermath of terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see S. Con. Res. 75), S10287 [4OC]

Public utilities: establish programs for electric energy conservation and efficiency, renewable energy, and universal and affordable service (see S. 1333), S8704 [2AU]

Railroads: improve safety and security measures for rail transportation and improved passenger rail service (see S. 1530), S10640 [11OC]

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

Robert F. Kennedy Dept. of Justice Building, Washington, DC: designate (see S. 1348), S8910 [3AU]

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]

SEC: limit collection of certain fees and adjust compensation for employees (see S. 143), S101 [22JA]

Ships and vessels: stimulate increased domestic cruise ship opportunities by temporarily reducing barriers for entry into the domestic cruise ship trade (see S. 127), S6448 [19JN]

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]

Small businesses: promote business incubator activities (see S. 432), S1747 [1MR]

Smithsonian Institution: establish National Museum of African American History and Culture (see S. 829), S5832 [5JN]

Social Security: computation system for benefits relative to spouses' or surviving spouses' Government pensions (see S. 611), S2894 [26MR]

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

———expand State Children's Health Insurance Program to include certain children (see S. 1266), S8353 [27JY]

———permit States the option of coverage of legal immigrants under the Medicaid Program and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see S. 582), S2662 [21MR]

———protect Social Security and Medicare surpluses through strengthened budgetary enforcement mechanisms (see S. 21), S98 [22JA]

———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]

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

Tariff: impose tariff-rate quotas on certain casein and milk protein concentrates (see S. 847), S5119 [17MY]

Taxation: adjust capital gains treatment of art and collectibles and provide a deduction for charitable contributions of literary, musical, artistic, or scholarly compositions created by the donor (see S. 638), S6377 [18JN]

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

———allow a tax credit for certain energy-efficient property (see S. 828), S4246 [3MY]

———encourage the development and deployment of innovative and efficient energy technologies (see S. 933), S5438 [22MY]

———exclude reparations received by Holocaust survivors (see S. 749), S3706 [6AP]

———expand incentives for construction and renovation of public schools (see S. 905), S10794 [17OC]

———expand work opportunity credit for small business jobs creation (see S. 427), S1747 [1MR]

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

———full deduction of health insurance costs for self-employed individuals (see S. 29), S1088 [6FE]

———incentives to encourage production and use of efficient energy sources (see S. 596), S2730 [22MR]

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

———make permanent the exclusion for employer-provided educational assistance programs (see S. 133), S2662 [21MR]

———permanently extend research credit and adjust the alternative incremental credit rates (see S. 41), S1088 [6FE]

———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain leasehold improvements (see S. 1087), S6664 [22JN]

———provide an income tax credit to holders of bonds financing new communications technologies (see S. 426), S1746 [1MR]

———provide credits for modifications to inter-city buses required under the Americans With Disabilities Act (see S. 1192), S7878 [18JY]

———provide Federal reimbursement to State and local governments for a limited tax holiday (see S. 1643), S12162 [29NO]

———provide incentives to expand health care coverage (see S. 284), S1122 [7FE]

———provide incentives to reduce energy consumption (see S. 207), S11286 [31OC]

———relief for families (see S. 9), S97 [22JA]

———repeal limitation on the use of foreign tax credits under the alternative minimum tax (see S. 801), S5968 [7JN]

———S corporation reform (see S. 1201), S10641 [11OC]

———treatment of active financing income earned overseas by financial services firms (see S. 676), S3274 [2AP]

———treatment of certain sniper weapons (see S. 505), S2117 [9MR]

———treatment of charitable donation of food by businesses and farmers (see S. 37), S4823 [10MY]

———treatment of policyholder dividends of mutual life insurance companies and policyholder surplus accounts (see S. 992), S6128 [12JN]

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

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]

———establish a program to name national and community service projects in honor of victims of terrorist attacks (see S. 1556), S10769 [16OC]

———expedite payment of certain benefits for public safety officers killed or injured due to terrorist attacks on World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see S. 1422), S9395 [13SE]

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

———protect children (see S. 1539), S10640 [11OC]

———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]

———tribute to relief efforts surrounding the hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see S. Con. Res. 76), S10287 [4OC]

———waive certain limitations in the use of emergency highway funds to pay for projects in response to the attack on the World Trade Center (see S. 1637), S11488 [6NO]

Thurgood Marshall U.S. Courthouse, New York, NY: designate (see S. 584), S8065 [23JY]

Tick-Borne Disorders Advisory Committee: establish (see S. 969), S9505 [19SE]

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), S8466 [31JY]

U.N.: U.S. participation in World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia, and Related Intolerance (see S. Res. 151), S8911 [3AU]

Unemployment: extend period of availability of unemployment assistance in the case of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see S. 1622), S11362 [1NO]

Utah: designate certain lands as wilderness (see S. 786), S3994 [26AP]

Veterans: permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see S. 170), S5616 [24MY]

Wisconsin (U.S.S.): issue commemorative postage stamp to honor ship and crew (see S. Con. Res. 3), S7591 [12JY]

Women: constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see S.J. Res. 10), S2730 [22MR]

———promote economic security and safety of domestic and sexual violence victims (see S. 1249), S8203 [25JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

American Airlines, Inc.: tribute to victims of flight 587 air disaster (see S. Con. Res. 87), S12247 [30NO]

Armed Forces: extend the deadline for granting posthumous citizenship to members who die while on active-duty service (see S. 1859), S13701 [19DE]

Aviation: amend regulations relative to the airport noise and access review program (see S. 688), S3435 [4AP]

Clean Air Act: reduce acid deposition (see S. 588), S2662 [21MR]

Congress: hold joint session in New York, NY (see S. Con. Res. 84), S11940 [15NO]

Congressional Gold Medal: award posthumously to officers, emergency personnel, and governmental employees who responded to the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center (see S. 1841), S13465 [18DE]

Crime: establish criminal penalties and civil remedies for commission of a terrorist hoax (see S. 1658), S11611 [8NO]

Drugs: establish grants for drug treatment alternatives to prison programs administered by State or local prosecutors (see S. 317), S1270 [13FE]

Education: increase amount of loan forgiveness for teachers (see S. 300), S1218 [8FE]

———provide grants for master teacher programs (see S. 297), S1218 [8FE]

———provide signing and mastery bonuses and mentoring programs for math and science teachers (see S. 648), S3152 [29MR]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: establish scholarships for inviting new scholars to participate in renewing education and mentor teacher programs (see S. 323), S1394 [14FE]

Fair Credit Reporting Act: provide for disclosure of credit-scoring information by creditors and consumer reporting agencies (see S. 1242), S8203 [25JY]

FBI: establish a review commission (see S. 1074), S6518 [20JN]

———permit access to National Instant Criminal Background Check System records in law enforcement investigations (see S. 1788), S12682 [7DE]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals (see S. 812), S4100 [1MY]

Financial institutions: increase interaccount transfers from business accounts and require the FRS to pay interest on certain reserves (see S. 524), S2219 [13MR]

———provide loan forgiveness to surviving spouses of the victims of terrorist attacks (see S. 1653), S11611 [8NO]

Finger Lakes National Forest: prohibit oil and natural gas drilling (see S. 1846), S13465 [18DE]

Gerald B.H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery, Saratoga, NY: designate (see S. 1814), S13051 [12DE]

Health care facilities: establish a health information technology grant program and a methodology under Medicare to provide reimbursement to hospitals for implementing information technology systems (see S. 705), S3530 [5AP]

Henry, Joseph: tribute (see S. Con. Res. 89), S12682 [7DE]

Housing: provide for one percent FHA mortgage loan downpayments for teachers and public safety officers to purchase homes within employing jurisdictions (see S. 417), S1699 [28FE]

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

Law enforcement: ensure ability to effectively investigate and prosecute illegal gun sales and protect the privacy of the American people (see S. 1253), S8280 [26JY]

———provide for the sharing of certain foreign intelligence information with local law enforcement personnel (see S. 1615), S11362 [1NO]

Libraries: provide public library construction and technology enhancement (see S. 671), S3274 [2AP]

LIHEAP: make available royalties received from domestic Federal oil and gas production (see S. 922), S5269 [21MY]

Medicare: provide for equitable reimbursement rates to Medicare+Choice organizations (see S. 1317), S8704 [2AU]

Middle East: encourage Lebanon, Syria, and Iran to call upon Hezbollah to allow representatives of the International Red Cross to visit four abducted Israelis presently held in Lebanon (see S. Con. Res. 35), S4175 [2MY]

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

National Organ and Tissue Donor Registry: establish to work in conjunction with State registries and to create a partnership to launch an outreach and education campaign on organ and tissue donation (see S. 788), S3994 [26AP]

New York: conveyance of Governors Island (see S. 689), S3435 [4AP]

Niagara River National Heritage Area: feasibility study (see S. 1227), S8122 [24JY]

Public welfare programs: expand the purpose of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program to include poverty reduction (see S. 1027), S6211 [13JN]

Sansone, Thomas J., Jr.: relief (see S. 1849), S13700 [19DE]

Taxation: allow disclosure of taxpayer identity information through mass communications to notify persons entitled to tax refunds (see S. 915), S5269 [21MY]

———encourage patronage of the hospitality, restaurant, and entertainment industries of New York, NY (see S. 1487), S10154 [3OC]

———expand areas designated as renewal communities based on new census data (see S. 1740), S12100 [28NO]

———make higher education more affordable (see S. 458), S1897 [6MR]

———provide a uniform dollar limitation for transportation fringe benefits excludable from gross income (see S. 217), S707 [30JA]

Veterans: provide housing loan benefits for the purchase of residential cooperative apartment units (see S. 1203), S7955 [19JY]

Women: provide grants for Sexual Assault Forensic Examiners programs (see S. 1391), S8911 [3AU]

Cloture motions

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1438), S9937 [26SE], S10031 [2OC]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2299), S8195 [25JY], S8259 [26JY], S8505 [1AU]

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

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

Eulogies

Carey, Paul R.: by Hugh L. Carey, S8897 [3AU]

Letters

Application of antitrust laws to OPEC: by, S7943 [19JY]

U.S. participation in U.N. World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia, and Related Intolerance: by, S8341 [27JY]

Motions

Taxation: rates (H.R. 1836), S5495 [23MY]

Privilege of the floor

Larew, Hiram, S8980 [3AU]

Remarks

Agriculture: respond to the continuing economic crisis adversely affecting agricultural producers (H.R. 2213), S8867 [3AU]

———respond to the continuing economic crisis adversely affecting agricultural producers (S. 1246), S8439 [31JY]

Amtrak: financial assistance relative to viability of the U.S. air transportation system, S9592 [21SE]

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations (S. 1077), S7400, S7403, S7408 [10JY]

Army: High Mobility Artillery Rocket System conversion to Hybrid Electric Vehicles funding, S12669 [7DE]

Ashcroft, John: nomination to be Attorney General, S866 [31JA], S954, S955 [1FE]

Aviation: preserve the continued viability of the U.S. air transportation system (S. 1450), S9592 [21SE]

———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, S9592 [21SE]

Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act: suspend certain provisions (S.J. Res. 28), S11711 [13NO]

Bankruptcy: amend laws (S. 420), S2031 [8MR], S2188, S2189, S2190, S2192 [13MR]

———prevent predatory lenders from using bankruptcy laws to shield themselves from liability in consumer claims, S2031 [8MR], S2192 [13MR]

Baumel, Zachary: locate and secure return along with other Israeli soldiers missing in action, S6314 [14JN]

Better Education for Students and Teachers Act: appropriation of funds authorized for elementary and secondary education, S6186, S6189, S6190, S6192, S6194 [13JN]

Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act: make certain provisions nonseverable and provide for expedited judicial review, S3103 [29MR]

Commission on Voting Rights and Procedures: establish (S. 565), S12135 [29NO], S13686 [19DE]

Corps of Engineers: New York and New Jersey channel deepening projects funding, S7901 [19JY]

Courts: allow media coverage of court proceedings (S. 986), S5838 [5JN]

Crime: combat international money laundering, thwart the financing of terrorism, and protect the U.S. financial system, S10587 [11OC]

———establish criminal penalties and civil remedies for commission of a terrorist hoax (S. 1658), S11613 [8NO]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1438), S9715 [24SE]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1438), conference report, S13134 [13DE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3338), S12505, S12522 [6DE], S12669, S12670 [7DE]

———postpone additional rounds of military base closures and realignments, S9715 [24SE]

Dept. of HUD: Public Housing Drug Elimination Program gun buyback initiatives funding, S8643, S8644, S8648, S8649, S8650, S8656 [2AU]

Dept. of Labor: congressional disapproval of ergonomic regulations (S.J. Res. 6), S1872 [6MR]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2217), S7569 [12JY]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2299), S8531 [1AU]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3061), S11451 [6NO]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2620), S8644, S8648, S8649, S8650, S8656 [2AU]

Economic Recovery and Homeland Defense Act: emergency designation relative to enforcement of budget caps, S11768 [14NO]

Education: math and science partnerships funding, S5853 [6JN]

———provide incentives to encourage and assist individuals with demonstrable skills in high-need areas to become certified teachers, S4805, S4807 [10MY]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: extend programs and activities (S. 1), S4805, S4807 [10MY], S5853 [6JN], S6185, S6186, S6189, S6190, S6192, S6194 [13JN]

———extend programs and activities (S. 1), motion to proceed, S4165 [2MY]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2311), S7901 [19JY]

Federal Highway Administration: regulations relative to Adopt-a-Highway signs, S8531 [1AU]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2506), motion to proceed, S10762 [16OC]

Health: protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S. 1052), motion to proceed, S6415, S6417 [19JN]

Insurance: ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism, S13687 [19DE]

Intermountain Dairy Compact: congressional consent, S8439 [31JY]

Iran and Libya Sanctions Act: extend authorities (S. 994), S5969 [7JN]

———extend authorities (S. 1218), S8173 [25JY]

IRS: taxpayer refund notification funding, S7400, S7403, S7408 [10JY]

Medicaid: allow States to expand family planning coverage to certain women (S. 1343), S8765 [2AU]

National security: ensure greater security for U.S. seaports (S. 1214), S13882 [20DE]

New York, NY: allocation of funds relative to terrorist attacks, S12130 [29NO]

———economic impact of terrorist attacks, S12130 [29NO]

———Jacob Riis Park natatorium complex funding, S7569 [12JY]

———metropolitan area transit authorities funding, S12669, S12670 [7DE]

———provide tax incentives for economic recovery, S11768 [14NO]

Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact: reauthorize, S8439 [31JY]

Norton, Gale A.: nomination to be Sec. of the Interior, S663 [30JA]

Pacific Northwest Dairy Compact: congressional consent, S8439 [31JY]

Parliamentary inquiry, S12519 [6DE]

Political campaigns: condition the availability of low television media rates for national political parties on adherence to existing spending limits, S3030, S3032 [28MR]

———ethics reform and contribution limits (S. 27), S2554 [20MR], S2648 [21MR], S2805, S2806 [23MR], S2927, S2968, S2969 [27MR], S3015, S3017, S3018, S3030, S3032 [28MR], S3103 [29MR], S3250 [2AP]

———increase hard money contribution limits applicable to candidates, parties, and political action committees, S2805, S2806 [23MR], S2968, S2969 [27MR], S3015, S3017, S3018 [28MR]

———require worker or shareholder approval for use of labor organization dues and fees or corporate funds for political activities, S2648 [21MR]

Presidential appointments: Senate process for confirmation of judicial nominees, S10762 [16OC], S13671 [19DE]

Public safety officers: collective bargaining rights for those employed by States or local governments, S11451 [6NO]

Puerto Rico: use of Vieques Island for military operations, S13134 [13DE]

SEC: limit collection of certain fees and adjust compensation for employees (H.R. 1088), S8893 [3AU]

Southern Dairy Compact: congressional consent, S8439 [31JY]

Taxation: eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate brackets and standard deduction amounts, S5056 [17MY]

———exclude reparations received by Holocaust survivors, S5062 [17MY]

———phase out estate and gift taxes, S5066, S5067, S5068, S5070, S5075 [17MY]

———provide a uniform dollar limitation for transportation fringe benefits excludable from gross income (S. 217), S780 [30JA]

———provide alternative minimum tax relief, extend certain provisions, and provide an offset for revenue loss, S5495 [23MY]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), S11768 [14NO], S12130 [29NO], S12832 [11DE]

———provide relief for victims of the terrorist attacks against the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (H.R. 2884), unanimous-consent agreement, S13857 [20DE]

———rates (H.R. 1836), S5056, S5059, S5062, S5064, S5066, S5067, S5068, S5070, S5075 [17MY], S5422 [22MY], S5494, S5495 [23MY]

———rates (H.R. 1836), conference report, S5772 [26MY]

———treatment of higher education expenses and interest on student loans, S5059, S5062, S5064, S5066, S5067, S5068, S5070, S5075 [17MY], S5422 [22MY]

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), S9285 [12SE]

———deter and punish terrorist acts and enhance law enforcement investigatory tools (H.R. 3162), S11032 [25OC]

———deter and punish terrorist acts and enhance law enforcement investigatory tools (S. 1510), S10587 [11OC]

———making emergency appropriations for disaster and antiterrorism initiatives surrounding the crashing of aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, S12522 [6DE]

———tribute to relief efforts surrounding the hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, S9285 [12SE], S9361 [13SE]

Voting: protect voting rights (S. 565), S13686 [19DE]

Women: provide grants for Sexual Assault Forensic Examiners programs (S. 1391), S8967 [3AU]

Texts of

S. 217, Commuter Benefits Equity Act, S780 [30JA]

Tributes

Carey, Paul R., S8897 [3AU]

Vinci, Benjamin, S8343 [27JY]