TECHNOLOGY related term(s) Electronics; Research

Addresses

Antonio Meucci, Inventor of the Telephone—Unearthing the Legal and Scientific Proofs: Basillio Catania, E1580-E1582 [5SE]

NIST Anniversary: Representative Boehlert, E294 [7MR]

Amendments

Armed Forces: facilitate use of educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill for education leading to employment in high technology industry (S. 1088), S12734, S12746 [7DE]

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

Copyrights: exempt certain performances or displays used for distance learning from copyright infringement provisions and allow the making of a single copy of such performances or displays (S. 487), S5987, S5988, S5995 [7JN]

Higher Education Act: remove limits on Internet course offerings, modify treatment of non-standard term programs, and clarify incentive compensation requirements (H.R. 1992), H6456 [9OC], H6469, H6480 [10OC]

SBA: reauthorize Small Business Technology Transfer Program (S. 856), S9403, S9406 [13SE]

Science: prohibit the cloning of humans (H.R. 2505), H4930, H4931 [31JY]

Taxation: extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (H.R. 1552), S11962 [15NO], S12058 [27NO]

Terrorism: deter and punish terrorist acts and enhance law enforcement investigatory tools (H.R. 2975), H6739 [12OC]

———deter and punish terrorist acts and enhance law enforcement investigatory tools (H.R. 2975), consideration (H. Res. 264), H6718 [12OC]

———deter and punish terrorist acts and enhance law enforcement investigatory tools (S. 1510), S10570, S10575, S10583, S10666 [11OC]

Analyses

Provide Tax Incentives for Voluntary Reduction of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Advance Global Climate Science and Technology Development (S. 1293), S8585 [1AU]

Technology, Education and Copyright Harmonization Act (S. 487), S2009 [7MR], S5992-S5994 [7JN]

Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act (H.R. 3162), S11000-S11014, S11054-S11056 [25OC], H7197-H7200 [23OC]

Articles and editorials

Amazing Vanishing Embryo Trick, H4936 [31JY]

Bryan Wary of Internet Gambling, H6941 [17OC]

Buying and Selling of Women's Eggs Raise Fears of Bidding Wars, S12033 [27NO]

Choose Life Over Liberty—Red-Light Cameras in Dick Armey's Sights, S9015 [4SE]

Cloning Overkill, H4940 [31JY]

Cloning's Big Test, E1509 [2AU]

Cypriot Researcher Sees Human Clone in Four Months, S11322 [1NO]

Despite Legal Victory, South Africa Hesitates on AIDS Drugs, H1528 [24AP]

Do-It-Yourself Supercomputer, S9104-S9106 [5SE]

Emissions Impossible?, S8896 [3AU]

First Primate Embryos Cloned, S11323 [1NO]

Global AIDS Strategy May Prove Elusive—More Funds Available, but Consensus Lacking, H1529 [24AP]

Homeland Security and the ``Three C's''—Coordination, Communication, and Cooperation, S11053 [25OC]

Human Cloning—Brave New Mistake, S12223 [30NO]

If High Schools Can Change, Then Why Not Colleges? Higher Education Largely the Same, Despite Technology Advances, S3432 [4AP]

Jim Goodmon—Mayberry Values Collide With Harsh DTV Reality, S1589 [26FE]

Know Your Customer, E172 [13FE]

Learn From Haiti, H9105 [11DE]

Living in a New Era of Insecurity, S9862 [26SE]

Man Reborn, S10945-S10947 [24OC]

Monkey Test Breakthrough Brings Human Clones Closer, S11322 [1NO]

Monkey Tests Raise Human Clone Fears, S11322 [1NO]

My View—Bush's Inane Accusations Won't Improve Our Schools, E687 [1MY]

Nevada Approves Online Gambling, H6940 [17OC]

New Tools May Make Heart-Bypass Surgery Quicker and Less Risky, E995 [26MY]

Nightmare of a Bill, H4927 [31JY]

Nuclear Security Particularly Urgent, E364 [14MR]

Research Is Newest `Cure-All' Craze, H4940 [31JY]

Reviving Steel, E362 [14MR]

Scaling Back Research Is a Mistake, H1941 [8MY]

Scientist Says First Human Clone Is Near, S11322 [1NO]

Scientists Say ``Therapeutic Cloning'' Creates a Human Embryo, H4936 [31JY]

Seizing Dictatorial Power, E2101 [15NO]

Sometimes the Economy Needs a Setback, E1618 [10SE]

Spies Needed To Stop Terrorism, E1760 [2OC]

Stem Cell Injection Helps Mice To Walk Again as Scientists Fight for Funding, H4912-H4914 [31JY]

Surprise in the Heavens as Energy Is Detected in a Brown Dwarf, S1814 [5MR]

Team Uses Primate's Own Cells To Repair Spinal Cord Injury, H4912 [31JY]

When Care Beats Haste, S10585 [11OC]

Wired Schools—A Technology Revolution Is About To Sweep America's Classrooms, S6111 [12JN]

Bills and resolutions

Abortion: eliminate prohibitions on the transmission of abortion related material (see H.R. 1346), H1407 [3AP]

Agriculture: support research and development programs in agricultural biotechnology and genetic engineering to address the food and economic needs of developing countries (see H.R. 2343), H3712 [27JN]

Air Force: enhance science and technology planning and budgeting (see H.R. 2659), H4724 [26JY]

Armed Forces: facilitate use of educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill for education leading to employment in high technology industry (see S. 1088), S6664 [22JN]

———oppose retirement of B-1 Lancer aircraft (see H. Con. Res. 200), H4634 [25JY]

Aviation: direct NIST to develop standards for effective aviation security technologies and direct the FAA to evaluate such technologies (see H.R. 3101), H6701 [11OC]

———improve security (see H.R. 3056), H6421 [5OC]

Business and industry: expand the Manufacturing Extension Program to bring new technologies to small and medium-sized businesses (see S. 429), S1747 [1MR] (see H.R. 1417), H1483 (see H.R. 1417), H1492 [4AP]

Capital punishment: ensure that defendants in capital cases have adequate counsel and allow those convicted to have a reasonable opportunity to present new evidence of innocence (see S. 486), S1971 [7MR] (see H.R. 912), H739 [7MR]

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

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

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: award a grant to create and maintain a website with information on bioterrorism (see S. 1548), S10693 [15OC]

———design, construct, and equip new facilities and renovate existing facilities to improve response to bioterrorism (see H.R. 3219), H7717 [1NO]

Chesapeake Bay: provide assistance for nutrient removal technologies to States in the watershed (see S. 1044), S6318 [14JN]

Citizens' Privacy Commission: establish (see S. 851), S4589 [9MY]

Coal: authorize research, development, demonstration, and commercial application activities for clean coal technologies (see H.R. 2626), H4633 [25JY]

Commission for the Comprehensive Study of Privacy Protection: establish (see H.R. 583), H323 [13FE]

Commission on Voting Rights and Procedures: establish (see S. 565), S2472 [19MR]

Computers: encourage broadband technology deployment to rural areas (see S. 428, 430), S1747 [1MR] (see S. 966), S5694 [25MY] (see S. 1126, 1127), S7083 [28JN] (see H.R. 2038), H2848 [25MY] (see H.R. 2847), H5454 [6SE]

———encourage disclosure and exchange of information relative to cyber security of critical infrastructure (see H.R. 2435), H3861 [10JY]

———establish Internet domain for children that will promote positive experiences, provide safe online environment, and prevent exposure to harmful material (see H.R. 2417), H3804 [28JN]

———expand computer and telecommunications advancements in rural areas (see H.R. 2401), H3804 [28JN]

———importance of the Platform for Privacy Preferences Project (P3P) specification in protecting the privacy of Internet users (see H. Res. 159), H2998 [7JN]

———improve Internet security and protect against cyberterrorism (see H. Con. Res. 22), H221 [7FE]

———networking and information technology research and development funding (see H.R. 3400), H8842 [4DE]

———prevent the use of certain bank instruments for Internet gambling (see H.R. 556), H258 [12FE] (see H.R. 2579), H4377 [20JY]

———protect children from unsolicited e-mail containing sexually oriented advertisements (see H.R. 2472), H3960 [11JY]

———protection from unsolicited and unwanted e-mail (see S. 630), S2979 [27MR] (see H.R. 3146), H6919 [16OC]

———provide for digital empowerment by ensuring computer literacy for all children (see H.R. 1323), H1345 [29MR]

———provide greater cybersecurity (see H.R. 3482), H10066 [13DE]

———provide unexpended universal service funds to low-income schools for updating of computer hardware (see H.R. 346), H164 [31JA]

———require operators of electronic marketplaces to disclose the ownership and financial arrangements of such marketplaces (see H.R. 3590), H10965 [20DE]

Consumers: prohibit operators of automatic teller machines that display paid advertising from imposing any fee (see H.R. 1047), H953 [15MR]

Courts: amend the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure to expand the use of video teleconferencing in criminal court matters (see S. 791), S3994 [26AP]

Crime: make grants to train sexual assault nurse examiners and other personnel handling sexual assault cases, establish minimum standards for forensic evidence collection, and carry out crime scene DNA analysis (see H.R. 2874), H5487 [10SE]

———treatment of the interception of electronic communications (see H.R. 2915), H5925 [21SE]

Customs Service: authorizing appropriations for personnel and technology to reduce delays at border crossings and strengthen drug enforcement (see S. 92), S100 [22JA] (see S. 1031), S6212 [13JN] (see H.R. 2512), H4111 [17JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: encourage use of agricultural products in producing renewable energy (see H.R. 2000), H2710 [24MY]

———provide loans to develop broadband services in rural areas (see H.R. 2139), H3067 [12JN]

Dept. of Commerce: establish a voluntary national registry system for greenhouse gases trading among industry and make changes to the U.S. Global Change Research Program (see S. 1781), S12551 [6DE]

———establish certain procedures for exports of commercial satellites and related items (see H.R. 1707), H1923 [3MY]

———provide grants for digital network technology programs at historically Black colleges and universities, Hispanic-serving institutions, and tribal colleges and universities (see S. 414), S1699 [28FE] (see H.R. 1034), H928 [14MR]

Dept. of Defense: field current weapons that provide alternatives to landmines, join the Convention on the Prohibition of Anti-Personnel Mines, and expand support for mine victims (see S. 497), S2070 [8MR] (see H.R. 948), H826 [8MR]

———increase assistance furnished to carry out certain procurement technical assistance programs which operate on a Statewide basis (see H.R. 2689), H4948 [31JY]

Dept. of Education: establish the Healthy and High Performance Schools Program (see S. 968), S5694 [25MY]

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

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

———authorize appropriations for environmental research and development, scientific and energy research, development, and demonstration, and commercial application of energy technology bioenergy programs (see H.R. 2358), H3802 [28JN]

———develop and implement a strategy for research, development, demonstration, and commercial application of distributed power hybrid energy systems (see H.R. 2496), H4009 [12JY]

———develop plan for magnetic fusion burning plasma experiment to accelerate scientific understanding and development of fusion as a long term energy source (see S. 1130), S7083 [28JN] (see H.R. 1781), H2081 [9MY]

———enhance national laboratory mission areas through technology transfer and partnerships (see S. 259), S1062 [6FE] (see S. 517), S2162 [12MR]

———establish a pilot program to provide grants to facilitate the use of natural gas buses at public airports (see H.R. 3537), H10909 [19DE]

———establish Next Generation Lighting Initiative (see S. 1166), S7495 [11JY]

———establish the High Performance Schools Program (see H.R. 1129), H1012 [20MR]

———nanoscale science and engineering research and development funding (see S. 90), S100 [22JA]

Dept. of Labor: establish grant program to train law enforcement officers (see H.R. 2491), H4008 [12JY]

Developing countries: prohibit export assistance to any company challenging an intellectual property law or policy of a country that regulates HIV/AIDS pharmaceuticals or medical technologies (see H.R. 1690), H1860 [2MY]

———prohibit revocation or revision of any intellectual property or competition law or policy in any country that regulates HIV/AIDS pharmaceuticals or medical technologies (see H.R. 1185), H1113 [22MR]

Disasters: reduce impacts of hurricanes, tornadoes, and related natural hazards through a program of research and development and technology transfer (see H.R. 3592), H10965 [20DE]

Diseases: improve access to HIV/AIDS-related treatments and services in sub-Saharan Africa and other developing countries (see S. 463), S1897 [6MR] (see H.R. 933), H740 [7MR] (see H.R. 2069), H2955 [6JN]

Domestic Volunteer Service Act: establish National Education Technology Corps (see H.R. 1149), H1059 [21MR]

Ecology and environment: stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations at levels that would prevent dangerous interference with the climate system while minimizing adverse economic and social impacts (see S. 1008), S6008 [8JN]

Education: encourage use of technology in the classroom (see H.R. 1188), H1113 [22MR]

———encourage young women to pursue careers and higher education degrees in mathematics, science, engineering, and technology (see H.R. 1536), H1499 [4AP]

———establish and expand programs relating to science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (see S. 478), S1971 [7MR] (see H.R. 100, 101), H27 [3JA] (see H.R. 1693), H1922 [3MY]

———establishment of a commission on technology and education (see H. Res. 295), H8421 [27NO]

———improve and expand access to educational television programming (see S. 604), S2823 [23MR]

———increase the technically trained workforce (see S. 1549), S10693 [15OC] (see H.R. 3130), H6918 [16OC]

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

———provide for digital education partnerships by improving and expanding access to educational television programming and interactive computer services (see H.R. 1365), H1408 [3AP]

———provide for teacher technology training (see S. 164), S527 [24JA] (see S. 307), S1270 [13FE] (see S. 473), S1971 [7MR] (see H.R. 573), H322 [13FE] (see H.R. 1703), H1923 [3MY]

———provide grants to local agencies to assist schools in obtaining computer software for multilingual education (see H.R. 1217), H1187 [27MR]

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

———provide scholarships for scientists and engineers to become certified as science, mathematics, and technology teachers in elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 932), H740 [7MR]

Electric power: promote energy independence and self-sufficiency through net metering by certain small electric energy generation systems (see S. 1403), S9123 [5SE] (see H.R. 954), H826 [8MR]

———promote energy security, environmental protection, price stability, and reliability through net metering by certain small electric energy generation systems (see H.R. 3089), H6700 [11OC]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: permit use of professional development funds to provide incentives to educators who achieve relevant information technology certifications (see H.R. 2793), H5336 [2AU]

Entertainment industry: prohibit deceptive, targeted marketing of adult-rated media to minors (see S. 792), S3994 [26AP] (see H.R. 2246), H3356 [20JN]

EPA: establish position of Deputy Administrator for Science and Technology (see H.R. 64), H26 [3JA]

———make grants for remediation of sediment contamination in areas of concern and authorize assistance for research and development of innovative technologies for such purposes (see H.R. 1070), H954 [15MR]

FBI: permit access to National Instant Criminal Background Check System records in law enforcement investigations (see S. 1788), S12682 [7DE] (see H.R. 3494), H10066 [13DE]

FCC: monitor complaints relative to the quality of wireless telephone service (see H.R. 1531), H1499 [4AP]

———prohibit the application of current spectrum aggregation limits to new spectrum auctions (see S. 696), S3436 [4AP]

Federal employees: establish an exchange program between the Government and the private sector to improve information technology management (see H.R. 2678), H4948 [31JY]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: improve regulation of medical devices (see H.R. 3580), H10964 [20DE]

FEMA: conduct a study to determine the resources that are needed for development of an effective nationwide communications system for emergency response personnel (see S. 1631), S11437 [5NO]

———make grants to fire departments for the acquisition of thermal imaging cameras (see H.R. 827), H622 [1MR]

Firearms: require ballistics testing of all firearms that are most commonly used in crime and provide for compilation and use of ballistics information to curb the use of firearms in crime (see H.R. 422), H219 [7FE]

Food: educate the public on the use of biotechnology in producing food and support additional scientific research into potential economic and environmental risks and benefits (see H.R. 115), H59 [6JA]

Foreign trade: export controls on certain high-speed computers (see S. 591), S2662 [21MR] (see H.R. 1553), H1555 [24AP]

———improve port-of-entry infrastructure along the Southwest border of the U.S., establish grants to improve facilities, and designate a port technology demonstration site (see S. 884), S4940 [15MY]

Gambling: expand and modernize the prohibition against interstate gambling (see H.R. 3215), H7717 [1NO]

Global Science and Technology Week: observance (see H. Con. Res. 111), H1660 [26AP]

Government: enhance citizen access to information and services through use of Internet-based information technology (see H.R. 2458), H3959 [11JY]

———require purchase of hybrid electric or high-efficiency vehicles by Federal agencies (see H.R. 2263), H3463 [21JN]

Health: establish compulsory licensing of certain patented medical inventions (see H.R. 3235), H7852 [6NO]

Health care facilities: establish a health information technology grant program and a Medical Information Technology Advisory Board (see H.R. 3292), H8181 [14NO]

———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]

Higher Education Act: remove limits on Internet course offerings, modify treatment of non-standard term programs, and clarify incentive compensation requirements (see S. 1445), S9620 [21SE] (see H.R. 1992), H2710 [24MY]

———remove limits on Internet course offerings, modify treatment of non-standard term programs, and clarify incentive compensation requirements (H.R. 1992), consideration (see H. Res. 256), H6458 [9OC]

Hunting and trapping: authorize electronic issuance and recognition of migratory bird hunting and conservation stamps (see H.R. 3520), H10355 [18DE]

Immigration: develop and implement an electronic data system to enhance access to information on whether to issue a visa or admit an alien (see S. 1733), S12055 [27NO]

———ensure aliens provided with H-1B nonimmigrant status are counted in a fair and accurate manner that takes in account only those aliens who commence employment as a nonimmigrant (see H.R. 2984), H6135 [2OC]

———extend deadline for aliens to present a border crossing card that contains a biometric identifier (see S. 1400), S9122 [5SE]

———extend deadline for aliens to present a border crossing card that contains a biometric indentifier (see H.R. 2276), H3464 [21JN]

———prohibit issuance of visa to any physician from the People's Republic of China who seeks to train in organ or bodily tissue transplantation (see H.R. 2030), H2847 [25MY]

Information services: deregulate Internet and high speed data services (see H.R. 1542), H1554 [24AP]

Insurance: prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (see S. 318), S1270 [13FE] (see S. 382), S1463 [15FE] (see H.R. 602), H324 [13FE]

Intelligence services: enhance intelligence and intelligence-related activities in the prevention of terrorism (see S. 1448), S9620 [21SE]

Interstate commerce: clarify jurisdiction over digital transactions of goods and services on the Internet (see H.R. 2421), H3804 [28JN]

Iron and steel industry: provide certain safeguards relative to the domestic steel industry (see S. 910), S5118 [17MY] (see S. 957), S5616 [24MY] (see H.R. 808), H621 [1MR]

———provide certain safeguards relative to the domestic steel industry (H.R. 808), consideration (see H. Res. 304), H8949 [5DE]

Katie Poirier Abduction Emergency Fund: establish (see S. 886), S4940 [15MY]

Law enforcement: allow post-conviction DNA tests and establish standards to ensure competent legal representation in capital cases (see S. 800), S4044 [30AP]

———authorize a grant program to eliminate the nationwide backlog of DNA analyses and obtain a DNA sample from every person convicted of a qualifying offense (see H.R. 2680), H4948 [31JY]

———conduct study on effectiveness of ballistic imaging technology and evaluate its effectiveness as a law enforcement tool (see H.R. 3491), H10066 [13DE]

———establish a grant program to enable rural police departments to gain access to various crime-fighting, investigatory, and information-sharing resources (see S. 1509), S10287 [4OC]

———establish a national database of firearms ballistics information and require firearms manufacturers to provide ballistics information about new firearms (see H.R. 408), H218 [7FE]

———promote rural safety and improve rural law enforcement (see S. 1763), S12369 [4DE] (see S. 1787), S12682 [7DE]

Medicare: determination of payment amounts for new clinical diagnostic laboratory tests (see S. 1066), S6518 [20JN] (see H.R. 1798), H2140 [10MY] (see H.R. 3388), H8746 [30NO]

———improve the telemedicine program and provide grants for the development of telehealth networks (see H.R. 2706), H5125 [1AU]

———provide for expeditious coverage of new medical technology and establish an Office of Technology and Innovation within the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (see H.R. 2973), H6135 [2OC]

Mental health: establish a program for the delivery of services by telehealth (see S. 1283), S8464 [31JY]

National Biotechnology Week: designate (see S. Res. 75), S3922 [25AP]

National Gambling Impact Study Commission: implement recommendations relative to availability of cash through automatic teller machines in gambling establishments (see H.R. 2572), H4352 [19JY]

National Parks Air Tour Management Act: amend the method for achieving quiet technology (see S. 1151), S7193 [29JN]

National security: establish a national competence for critical physical and information infrastructure protection (see S. 1407), S9123 [5SE]

———facilitate security of critical infrastructure (see S. 1456), S9741 [24SE]

Native Americans: provide loans for the improvement of telecommunications services on Indian reservations (see S. 761), S3852 [24AP]

NIH: biomedical research funding (see S. Res. 19), S1271 [13FE] (see H. Res. 72), H507 [28FE]

———experimental program to stimulate competitive research (see H.R. 973), H874 [13MR]

NIST: abolish the Advanced Technology Program (see H.R. 895), H649 [6MR]

———anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 27), H324 [13FE]

———authorize work with manufacturing industries on an initiative of standards development and implementation for electronic enterprise integration (see H.R. 2733), H5334 [2AU]

———establish electronic commerce extension program to ensure that small businesses participate fully in the electronic commerce revolution (see H.R. 524), H252 [8FE]

———establish research programs to improve the nation's computer security (see H.R. 3316), H8337 [16NO]

NSF: anniversary (see S. Con. Res. 36), S4246 [3MY] (see H. Con. Res. 108), H1605 [25AP]

———authorize grants to support research projects in science and technology at secondary schools (see H.R. 2045), H2848 [25MY]

———authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 1472), H1486 (see H.R. 1472), H1495 [4AP]

———demonstration project to encourage interest in the fields of mathematics, science, and information technology (see H.R. 1660), H1715 [1MY]

———identify opportunities to collaborate with other Federal agencies on increasing the utilization of existing technologies and developing new research areas to detect, prevent, and respond to terrorism (see H.R. 3344), H8343 [19NO]

Nuclear Waste Fund: redirect into research, development, and utilization of risk-decreasing technologies for onsite storage and reduction of radiation levels of nuclear waste (see H.R. 2072), H2955 [6JN]

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] (see H.R. 2351), H3712 [27JN]

Office of Technology Assessment: reestablish (see H.R. 2148), H3149 [13JN]

OMB: establish a Federal Chief Information Officer (see H.R. 2458), H3959 [11JY]

———establish a Federal Chief Information Officer to enhance the management and promotion of electronic Government services and processes (see S. 803), S4099 [1MY]

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

Power resources: authorizing appropriations for environmental research and development and Dept. of Energy and EPA Office of Air and Radiation energy technology programs, projects, and activities (see H.R. 2460), H3959 [11JY]

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

———research and development funding for ultra-deep water and unconventional natural gas and petroleum exploration and production technologies (see H.R. 2756), H5335 [2AU]

Privacy: disclose the collection of information through computer software (see S. 197), S636 [29JA]

———prohibit making, trading, selling, installing, or using of information collection devices without proper labeling or notice and consent (see H.R. 112), H59 [6JA]

———prohibit the establishment of any uniform national health care identifying number or health information database (see H.R. 2615), H4540 [24JY]

———protect consumer privacy (see H.R. 2135), H3066 [12JN]

———protect consumer privacy on the Internet (see H.R. 237), H76 [20JA] (see H.R. 347), H164 [31JA]

———protect the integrity and confidentiality of Social Security numbers and prohibit the establishment of any uniform national identifying number (see H.R. 220), H63 [6JA]

———protection of Social Security numbers and other personal information (see H.R. 91), H27 [3JA] (see H.R. 1478), H1486 (see H.R. 1478), H1496 [4AP]

———regulate use of personal information obtained by interactive computer services (see H.R. 89), H27 [3JA]

Project Apollo: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 631), H394 [14FE]

Research: computer and network security research and development and research fellowship programs funding (see H.R. 3394), H8842 [4DE]

Roads and highways: use of high occupancy vehicle lanes by hybrid electric vehicles (see H.R. 2369), H3802 [28JN]

Rural areas: improve access to telecommunications and Internet services (see H.R. 2669), H4779 [27JY]

Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act: provide comprehensive technical assistance and implement highly effective prevention programs (see H.R. 970), H827 [8MR]

SBA: conduct a pilot program to raise awareness about telecommuting among small business employers (see S. 522), S2219 [13MR] (see H.R. 1035), H928 [14MR]

———establish pilot program to underwrite costs of initial foreign patent applications by participants in Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer programs (see S. 1323), S8704 [2AU]

———establish vocational and technical entrepreneurship development demonstration program (see H.R. 2666), H4779 [27JY]

———reauthorize Small Business Technology Transfer Program (see S. 856), S4590 [9MY] (see H.R. 1860), H2279 [16MY]

Schools: create educational technology extension services to improve the utilization of educational technologies (see H.R. 1889), H2333 [17MY]

———provide for national digital school districts (see S. 1337), S8704 [2AU]

Science: prohibit Federal funding for human cloning research (see H.R. 3495), H10066 [13DE]

———prohibit Federal funding for human cloning research and encourage equivalent restrictions by other countries (see H.R. 1372), H1409 [3AP]

———prohibit the cloning of humans (see S. 704), S3530 [5AP] (see S. 790), S3994 [26AP] (see H.R. 1260), H1294 [28MR] (see H.R. 1608), H1658 (see H.R. 1644), H1659 [26AP] (see H.R. 2172), H3201 [14JN] (see H.R. 2505), H4013 [16JY] (see H.R. 2608), H4539 [24JY]

———prohibit the cloning of humans (H.R. 2505), consideration (see H. Res. 214), H4862 [30JY]

———prohibit the cloning of humans while preserving important areas of medical research that could provide treatments for diseases (see S. 1758), S12311 [3DE]

Small businesses: promote business incubator activities (see S. 432), S1747 [1MR] (see H.R. 1418), H1483 (see H.R. 1418), H1492 [4AP]

Social Security: ensure entitled entities comply with certain regulations providing for the electronic exchange of health information (see H.R. 3323), H8337 [16NO]

———extend date for compliance by entitled entities with certain regulations providing for the electronic exchange of health information (see S. 1684), S11789 [14NO]

———modify the deadline for compliance with certain regulations providing for the electronic exchange of health information (see H.R. 1975), H2679 [23MY]

———provide for coordination of implementation of administrative simplification standard for health care information (see S. 836), S4416 [7MY]

Space policy: declaration of space leadership (see H. Con. Res. 107), H1605 [25AP]

Taxation: accurately codify the depreciable life of semiconductor manufacturing equipment (see H.R. 1848), H2183 [15MY]

———allow a business deduction for the purchase and installation of qualifying security enhancement property (see S. 1581), S11105 [25OC]

———allow advanced applied technology equipment to be expensed and reduce the depreciation recovery periods for certain other property (see H.R. 2485), H4008 [12JY]

———allow designation of income tax refunds for use in NIH biomedical research programs (see H.R. 1340), H1407 [3AP]

———allow qualified technological equipment and computer software to be expensed (see H.R. 1411), H1482 (see H.R. 1411), H1492 [4AP]

———allow tax credit for contributions for scholarships to attend elementary and secondary schools, upgrading school facilities, and certain technology expenses (see H.R. 1681), H1860 [2MY]

———allow tax credits for donations of computers to community and senior centers (see S. 292), S1218 [8FE]

———designate overpayments and contributions to the U.S. Textbook and Technology Trust Fund (see H.R. 501), H222 [7FE]

———encourage the development and deployment of innovative and efficient energy technologies (see S. 933), S5438 [22MY] (see H.R. 1945), H2570 [22MY]

———expand the enhanced deduction for corporate donations of computer technology to senior centers and community centers (see H.R. 2259), H3357 [20JN]

———extend and expand the enhanced deduction for charitable contributions of computers to provide public access to computers (see H.R. 2281), H3464 [21JN]

———extend research and development tax credit (see S. 515), S2162 [12MR] (see H.R. 1137), H1012 [20MR]

———extend tax credit for production of fuel from a nonconventional source to facilities that produce environmentally beneficial qualified fuels from coal (see S. 1718), S12001 [16NO]

———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), S2117 [9MR]

———extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (see S. 246), S1062 [6FE] (see S. 1525), S10457 [10OC] (see H.R. 1552), H1555 [24AP]

———extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce and assist States in simplifying their sales and use taxes (see S. 1542), S10640 [11OC] (see S. 1567), S10835 [18OC]

———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. 288), S1218 [8FE] (see S. 1481), S10058 [2OC] (see S. 1504), S10287 [4OC]

———extension of the credit for producing electricity from biomass (see S. 756), S3788 [23AP] (see H.R. 1657), H1715 [1MY]

———extension of the credit for producing electricity from wind (see S. 94), S100 [22JA] (see H.R. 269), H109 [30JA] (see H.R. 876), H648 [6MR]

———foster innovation and technological advancement in the development of the Internet and electronic commerce, and assist States in simplifying their sales and use taxes (see H.R. 1410), H1482 (see H.R. 1410), H1492 [4AP]

———incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability (see S. 88), S99 [22JA] (see H.R. 267), H109 [30JA]

———make permanent the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (see S. 245), S1062 [6FE] (see S. 589), S2662 [21MR] (see S. 777), S3921 [25AP] (see H.R. 1675), H1860 [2MY] (see H.R. 2526), H4112 [17JY]

———modify renewable energy credit to include agricultural and animal waste sources as a renewable energy resource (see S. 845), S4508 [8MY] (see S. 1832), S13300 [14DE]

———permanently extend research credit (see H.R. 1329), H1351 [30MR]

———permanently extend research credit and adjust the alternative incremental credit rates (see S. 41), S98 [22JA] (see H.R. 41), H25 [3JA]

———provide an income tax credit to holders of bonds financing new communications technologies (see S. 426), S1746 [1MR] (see H.R. 1415), H1483 (see H.R. 1415), H1492 [4AP]

———provide credits for the installation of certain wind energy property (see S. 1810), S13051 [12DE] (see H.R. 2322), H3618 [26JN]

———provide incentives for investing in companies involved in space-related activities (see H.R. 2504), H4013 [16JY]

———provide incentives for voluntary reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and advance global climate science and technology development (see S. 1293), S8575 [1AU]

———provide incentives to reduce energy consumption (see S. 207), S706 [30JA] (see S. 1709), S11940 [15NO] (see H.R. 778), H506 [28FE] (see H.R. 3455), H9239 [11DE]

———provide jurisdictional standards for imposition of State and local business activity, sales, and use tax obligations on interstate commerce (see S. 664), S3152 [29MR]

———reduce depreciation recovery period for qualified technological equipment (see H.R. 3057), H6421 [5OC]

———treatment of computers and Internet access provided to employees for personal use (see H.R. 1835), H2183 [15MY]

———treatment of depreciation of computer equipment (see S. 752), S3706 [6AP] (see H.R. 1895), H2333 [17MY]

———treatment of depreciation of computers and other technological equipment, software, and certain auction-acquired telecommunications licenses (see H.R. 2981), H6135 [2OC]

———treatment of depreciation of wireless telecommunications equipment (see S. 640), S3052 [28MR] (see H.R. 1268), H1294 [28MR]

———treatment of information technology job training expenses (see S. 762), S3852 [24AP] (see H.R. 1769), H2081 [9MY]

———treatment of printed wiring boards and printed wiring assembly equipment (see H.R. 1934), H2570 [22MY]

———treatment of small businesses relative to remedial education for employees, information technology investment, capital gains rates on investments, and depreciation of computer hardware (see S. 798), S4044 [30AP]

Telecommunications: assure competition in markets (see S. 1364), S8910 [3AU]

———establish a separate process for State commission evaluation of rural telephone company exemptions, suspensions, and modifications, relative to advanced capabilities (see H.R. 3142), H6919 [16OC]

———promote new communications technologies through grants and other incentives (see H.R. 1416), H1483 (see H.R. 1416), H1492 [4AP]

———resolve administrative disputes regarding certain spectrum licenses (see H.R. 3484), H10066 [13DE]

Telecommunications Development Fund (investment corporation): improve operations (see H.R. 1735), H1924 [3MY]

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

———prohibit telemarketers from interfering with a consumers caller identification service (see H.R. 90), H27 [3JA]

———prohibit the use of text, graphic, or image messaging systems of wireless telephones to transmit unsolicited commercial messages (see H.R. 113), H59 [6JA]

Terrorism: bioterrorism preparedness and response funding (see S. 1560), S10794 [17OC] (see S. 1747), S12161 [29NO] (see S. Res. 171), S10640 [11OC] (see H.R. 3174), H7333 [25OC] (see H.R. 3255), H7959 [8NO]

———deter and punish terrorist acts and enhance law enforcement investigatory tools (see S. 1510), S10287 [4OC] (see H.R. 2975), H6135 [2OC] (see H.R. 3091), H6701 [11OC] (see H.R. 3108), H6779 [12OC] (see H.R. 3162), H7217 [23OC]

———deter and punish terrorist acts and enhance law enforcement investigatory tools (H.R. 2975), consideration (see H. Res. 264), H6779 [12OC]

———deter and punish terrorist acts and enhance law enforcement investigatory tools (H.R. 2975), consideration (H. Res. 264), same-day consideration (see H. Res. 263), H6779 [12OC]

———prevent cyberterrorism (see S. 1568), S10835 [18OC]

———strengthen the preparedness of health care providers within the Dept. of Veterans Affairs and community hospitals to respond to bioterrorism (see S. 1561), S10794 [17OC]

University of Nevada, Las Vegas: land conveyance for a research park and technology center (see S. 1564), S10835 [18OC]

Urban areas: encourage development and integrated use by public and private sectors of remote sensing and other geospatial information to assist in management of community growth (see H.R. 2426), H3805 [28JN]

Voting: establish a program to provide funds to State and local governments to replace punch card voting systems (see H.R. 775), H505 [28FE]

———provide State grants to expand the opportunity for citizens to vote over the Internet (see S. 729), S3705 [6AP]

Washington: terminate funding for the Fast Flux Test Facility at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation (see H.R. 2499), H4009 [12JY]

Citations

Electronic Technology for Space Rocket Launches, 1950-1969: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, E862 [21MY]

Descriptions

E-Government Act (S. 803), S4112-S4114 [1MY]

Documents

Talking Points on High Performance Computers, S9114-S9116 [5SE]

Excerpts

Dependent Nation—How Federal Oil and Natural Gas Policy Is Eroding America's Economic Independence: Oil and Gas Compact Commission, E1231 [27JN]

Power of the Internet for Learning: Web-Based Education Commission, H6474 [10OC]

Explanations

Broadband Internet Access Act (H.R. 267), E47 [30JA]

Broadband Internet Access Act (S. 88), S345 [22JA]

Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act (H.R. 3162): Title IV on Border Protection and Immigration, S11046-S11048 [25OC]

Factsheets

AIDS Epidemic Update: WHO, H9098-H9104 [11DE]

Letters

Allow the cloning of certain human tissues for research purposes: Douglas Johnson, National Right to Life Committee, Inc., H4936 [31JY]

———Jordan J. Cohen, Association of American Medical Colleges, H4938 [31JY]

Anti-terrorism legislation: Senator Leahy, Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S10569 [11OC]

———Senator Specter, S10568 [11OC]

Chesapeake Bay Watershed Nutrient Removal Assistance Act: Brian E. Frosh, Robert S. Bloxom, and Russ Fairchild, Chesapeake Bay Commission, S6327 [14JN]

———Jane Nishida, Maryland Dept. of the Environment, S6327 [14JN]

———William C. Baker, Chesapeake Bay Foundation, S6327 [14JN]

Community technology centers funding: George R. Boggs, American Association of Community Colleges, S4495 [8MY]

———Hilary O. Shelton, NAACP, S4495 [8MY]

———Jason M. Mahler, Computer and Communications Industry Association, S4496 [8MY]

———Nancy C. Kranich, American Library Association, S4495 [8MY]

———Raul Yzaguirre, National Council of La Raza, S4495 [8MY]

Encourage disclosure and exchange of information relative to cyber security of critical infrastructure: several technology businesses and associations, E1293 [10JY]

Increase the technically trained workforce: Anneila Sargent, American Astronomical Society, S10705 [15OC]

———Carl E. Locke, Jr. and David N. Wormley, American Society for Engineering Education, S10706 [15OC]

———Edward M. Elmendorf, American Association of State Colleges and Universities, S10706 [15OC]

———George Scalise, Semiconductor Industry Association, S10705 [15OC]

———K-12 Science, Mathematics, Engineering & Technology Education Coalition, S10705 [15OC]

———Paul M. Romer, S10704 [15OC]

———Scott C. Donnelly, General Electric Co., S10705 [15OC]

———several businesses, S10704, S10705 [15OC]

Internet Equity and Education Act: Arthur F. Kirk, Jr., St. Leo University, H6472 [10OC]

———Charlotte J. Fraas, American Federation of Teachers, H6467 [10OC]

———Dallas Martin, National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators, H6466 [10OC]

———David Sheridan, H6482 [10OC]

———Mary Burgan, American Association of University Professors, H6467 [10OC]

———Mary Elizabeth Teasley, National Education Association, H6467 [10OC]

———Roderick R. Paige, Sec. of Education, H6465, H6468 [10OC]

Internet Tax Moratorium and Equity Act: e-Fairness Coalition, S2133 [9MR]

———several State and local government organizations, S2133 [9MR]

Internet Tax Nondiscrimination Act: several State and local government organizations, S11913 [15NO]

NIST construction and maintenance funding: Linda Capuano, National Research Council Board of Assessment of NIST Programs, H4199 [18JY]

NTIA Digital Network Technology Program Act: Antonio Flores, Gerald Gipp, and Henry Ponder, Alliance for Equity in Higher Education, S1707 [28FE]

———Henry Ponder, National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education, S1707 [28FE]

———James Shanley, American Indian Higher Education Consortium, S1707 [28FE]

———John W. Cheek, National Indian Education Association, S1707 [28FE]

Promote competition and privatization in satellite communications: Senator Breaux and Representative Markey, H8145 [14NO]

Provide Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (PATRIOT) Act: Laura W. Murphy and Gregory T. Nojeim, ACLU, H6772 [12OC]

Teacher technology training: E.J. Black, Computer & Communications Industry Association, S6177 [13JN]

———Edward D. Lazowska and Patricia M. Wasley, University of Washington, S6178 [13JN]

———Irene K. Spero, SchoolTone Alliance, S6178 [13JN]

———Jack Krumholtz, Microsoft Corp., S6178 [13JN]

———Jill A. Lesser, AOL Time Warner Inc., S6177 [13JN]

———Kim Jones, Sun Microsystems, Inc., S6178 [13JN]

———Robert W. Holleyman, Business Software Alliance, S6177 [13JN]

———Terry Bergeson, Washington State Superintendent of Public Instruction, S6177 [13JN]

Transfer of strategic nuclear missile technology to the People's Republic of China: Representative Curt Weldon, H2255 [16MY]

Veterans' Benefits Improvement Act: Robert E. Wallace, VFW, S12677 [7DE]

Lists

Supporters of H.R. 778, Energy Efficient Buildings Incentives Act, E240 [28FE]

Messages

Aeronautics and Space Achievements: President Bush, S13698 [19DE], H10494 [19DE]

Motions

Science: prohibit the cloning of humans (H.R. 2505), H4943 [31JY]

Taxation: extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (H.R. 1552), S11914 [15NO]

Terrorism: deter and punish terrorist acts and enhance law enforcement investigatory tools (H.R. 2975), H6773 [12OC]

———deter and punish terrorist acts and enhance law enforcement investigatory tools (S. 1510), S10575, S10577, S10586 [11OC]

Press releases

Americans Oppose Cloning Human Embryos for Research: National Right to Life Committee, Inc., H4930 [31JY]

Scientists Say ``Therapeutic Cloning'' Creates a Human Embryo: National Right to Life Committee, Inc., H4929 [31JY]

Technology Education and Training Act: American Society for Training and Development, S3859 [24AP]

———Information Technology Association of America, S3858 [24AP]

———Technology Workforce Coalition, S3858 [24AP]

Questions and answers

Why information sharing is essential for critical infrastructure protection, E1294 [10JY]

Remarks in House

———support research and development programs in agricultural biotechnology and genetic engineering to address the food and economic needs of developing countries (H.R. 2343), E1232 [27JN]

Air Force: enhance science and technology planning and budgeting, H5850 [20SE]

American Chemical Society: tribute, E382 [15MR]

Armenian Technology Group: development of rural private enterprise in the Caucasus and Central Asian regions of the former Soviet Union, E1404 [24JY]

Aviation: implementation of voluntary Sky ID airline security program, H8847 [5DE]

Billet, Shira: Siemens Foundation Westinghouse Science and Technology Competition award recipient, E2282 [13DE]

Business and industry: protection of data and computer systems through system redundancy, E1921 [24OC]

China, People's Republic of: transfer of strategic nuclear missile technology, H2255 [16MY]

Cleveland, OH: NASA Glenn Research Center funding, H4669 [26JY], H4760 [27JY], E1447 [26JY]

Commission for the Comprehensive Study of Privacy Protection: establish, H78 [30JA]

Commission on Voting Rights and Procedures: establish (H.R. 1170), H9293, H9295, H9297, H9299 [12DE], E2300 [14DE]

Community development: provide for community renewal and new markets initiatives, H1016 [21MR]

Computers: encourage broadband technology deployment to rural areas, H8080 [13NO]

———encourage broadband technology deployment to rural areas (H.R. 2847), H5445 [6SE]

———encourage disclosure and exchange of information relative to cyber security of critical infrastructure (H.R. 2435), E1292 [10JY]

———expand computer and telecommunications advancements in rural areas (H.R. 2401), E1251-E1253 [29JN]

———networking and information technology research and development funding (H.R. 3400), H8847 [5DE]

———prevent the use of certain bank instruments for Internet gambling, H6937-H6941 [17OC]

———prevent the use of certain bank instruments for Internet gambling (H.R. 2579), E1390 [20JY]

———provide unexpended universal service funds to low-income schools for updating of computer hardware (H.R. 346), E78 [31JA]

———require operators of electronic marketplaces to disclose the ownership and financial arrangements of such marketplaces (H.R. 3590), E2383 [20DE]

———tribute to Intel Corp. and American Cancer Society launch of Intel.com/cure website to assist in leukemia research, E561 [5AP]

Dallas, TX: tribute to Inner-City Games program, E1412 [24JY]

Defense Science Board: release of report encouraging the use of energy efficient technologies by the Dept. of Defense, H4782 [30JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: biofuels, such as ethanol and biodiesel and other forms of biomass-derived fuels, research and development funding, H3917, H3918 [11JY]

———biotechnology risk assessment funding, H6371, H6372 [4OC]

———competitive research grant funding, H6344-H6346 [4OC]

Dept. of Defense: advanced anti-radiation guided missile program funding, H8497 [28NO]

———encourage the use of energy efficient technologies, H5848 [20SE]

———field current weapons that provide alternatives to landmines, join the Convention on the Prohibition of Anti-Personnel Mines, and expand support for mine victims (H.R. 948), E323 [8MR]

———increase assistance furnished to carry out certain procurement technical assistance programs which operate on a Statewide basis (H.R. 2689), E1487 [1AU]

———increase assistance furnished to carry out certain procurement technical assistance programs which operate on a statewide basis, H5850 [20SE]

Dept. of Education: Education Technology State Grants funding, E1877 [12OC]

———Magnet School Assistance Program funding, H3328, H3329 [20JN], E1189 [25JN]

Dept. of Energy: address security standards at national weapons laboratories, E364 [14MR]

———conversion of municipal waste and sewage into ethanol study funding, H5109 [1AU]

———develop and implement a strategy for research, development, demonstration, and commercial application of distributed power hybrid energy systems (H.R. 2496), E1328 [12JY]

———electrochromic technology research and development program funding, H3373 [21JN]

———Energy Star Program funding, H5110 [1AU]

———Energy Sun Partnership Program funding, H5111-H5113 [1AU]

———establish the High Performance Schools Program (H.R. 1129), E404 [20MR]

———oil and natural gas research and development funding, H5043 [1AU], E1231 [27JN]

———Spallation Neutron Source funding, H1233, H1234 [28MR]

Dept. of Labor: establish grant program to train law enforcement officers (H.R. 2491), E1324 [12JY]

Developing countries: prohibit revocation or revision of any intellectual property or competition law or policy in any country that regulates HIV/AIDS pharmaceuticals or medical technologies, H8979 [6DE]

Disabled: accessibility improvements funding, H3831 [10JY]

———State-assistive technology programs funding, H10433 [19DE]

Diseases: improve access to HIV/AIDS-related treatments and services in sub-Saharan Africa and other developing countries, H813 [8MR], H904 [14MR], H995-H1003 [20MR], H1528-H1530 [24AP], H1562 [25AP], H1848-H1855 [2MY], H2255 [16MY], H3688 [27JN]

———improve access to HIV/AIDS-related treatments and services in sub-Saharan Africa and other developing countries (H.R. 2069), H9089-H9106 [11DE], E1026 [6JN], E2273 [13DE], E2327 [19DE]

———improve access to HIV/AIDS-related treatments and services in sub-Saharan Africa and other developing countries (H.R. 933), H997 [20MR], E400 [20MR]

———improve access to HIV/AIDS-related treatments and services in the Caribbean nations, E1261 [29JN], E1403 [24JY]

———improve diagnosis and treatment of HIV/AIDS in women and children, H908 [14MR]

Domestic Volunteer Service Act: establish National Education Technology Corps (H.R. 1149), H1272 [28MR], E409 [21MR]

Education: encourage school personnel to participate in technology education, H2623 [23MY]

———encourage young women to pursue careers and higher education degrees in mathematics, science, engineering, and technology, H2399 [22MY]

———encourage young women to pursue careers and higher education degrees in mathematics, science, engineering, and technology (H.R. 1536), E547 [5AP]

———establish and expand programs relating to science, mathematics, engineering, and technology, H2407, H2408 [22MY]

———establish and expand programs relating to science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (H.R. 100), H2852 [5JN], H4802-H4807 [30JY]

———establish and expand programs relating to science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (H.R. 1693), E717 [3MY]

———establishment of a commission on technology and education (H. Res. 295), H8742 [30NO]

———increase the technically trained workforce (H.R. 3130), E1913 [17OC]

———national policy to improve system, H4 [3JA], H114, H138-H144 [31JA], H493-H499 [28FE], H642-H646 [6MR], H857-H863 [13MR], H1103-H1105, H1107-H1110 [22MR], H3137-H3141 [13JN], H3945-H3951 [11JY], E138 [7FE], E645 [26AP], E687 [1MY]

———provide scholarships for scientists and engineers to become certified as science, mathematics, and technology teachers in elementary and secondary schools (H.R. 932), E302 [7MR]

Electric power: promote energy independence and self-sufficiency through net metering by certain small electric energy generation systems (H.R. 954), H911 [14MR]

Entertainment industry: prohibit deceptive, targeted marketing of adult-rated media to minors (H.R. 2246), H4408 [23JY]

Exel (business): LaPorte-Bayshore Chamber of Commerce Industry of the Year Award recipient, E1702 [21SE]

FAA: improve Gulf of Mexico airspace communications and radar systems, H3570 [26JN]

FDA: delay approval of transgenic or genetically engineered fish, H3897-H3901 [11JY]

FEMA: make grants to fire departments for the acquisition of thermal imaging cameras (H.R. 827), H979 [20MR]

Food: educate the public on the use of biotechnology in producing food for human consumption, H6269, H6270 [4OC]

Gambling: expand and modernize the prohibition against interstate gambling (H.R. 3215), E1988 [2NO], E2060 [13NO]

———national objectives priority assignments, H4372-H4374 [20JY]

GAO: study changes in technology and potential for medical advances relative to the cloning of humans, H4930 [31JY]

Government: require purchase of hybrid electric or high-efficiency vehicles by Federal agencies (H.R. 2263), E1180 [21JN], E1366 [18JY]

Gwinnett County, GA: tribute to opening of high-tech college campus, E2379 [20DE]

Harris County, TX: Greater Harris County 911 Emergency Network funding, H3565 [26JN]

Houston, TX: traffic monitoring control center funding, H3571, H3572 [26JN]

Information services: deregulate Internet and high speed data services (H.R. 1542), H9264 [12DE], E1096 [13JN], E1730 [25SE]

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers: dedication of Milestone plaque honoring the nation's space program, E862 [21MY]

Insurance: prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (H.R. 602), H7290 [24OC], E164 [13FE]

Intelligence services: enhance intelligence and intelligence-related activities in the prevention of terrorism, H6253-H6256 [3OC], H6384-H6395 [5OC], E1721 [25SE], E1760 [2OC], E1932 [25OC]

Internet Appreciation Day: observance, E457 [27MR]

Iron and steel industry: increase domestic steel production, H7231 [24OC]

———provide certain safeguards relative to the domestic steel industry (H.R. 808), H511 [1MR], E304 [7MR], E741 [7MY], E1272 [29JN]

———provide relief to the domestic steel industry, H8519-H8523 [28NO], H8748 [4DE], H8912, H8913 [5DE], H9245 [12DE], E2163 [28NO], E2179 [29NO], E2185 [30NO]

Medicare: determination of payment amounts for new clinical diagnostic laboratory tests (H.R. 3388), E2184 [30NO]

Microsoft Corp.: settlement of antitrust suit with the Dept. of Justice, E2000 [5NO]

NASA: funding, H7922, H7935 [8NO]

———increase opportunities for minorities, H4822 [30JY]

National Biotechnology Week: observance, E848 [17MY]

National Gambling Impact Study Commission: implement recommendations relative to availability of cash through automatic teller machines in gambling establishments (H.R. 2572), E1376 [20JY]

National Reconnaissance Office: contracting of satellite launch services, H6018 [25SE]

National security: ensure adequate personnel and technology to protect borders, H7709-H7715 [1NO]

———ensure adequate personnel and technology to protect the Northern border, H6765 [12OC], H7542 [31OC], H8400 [27NO], H8439 [28NO], H8632 [29NO], E2118 [16NO]

NCR Corp.: tribute to involvement in U.S. Naval Computing Machine Laboratory code-breaking efforts during World War II, E1914 [17OC]

NIH: biomedical research funding, E449 [27MR]

NIST: Advanced Technology Program funding, E1377 [20JY]

———anniversary (H. Con. Res. 27), H453-H456 [28FE], E294 [7MR]

———construction and maintenance funding, H4199 [18JY]

———establish electronic commerce extension program to ensure that small businesses participate fully in the electronic commerce revolution (H.R. 524), H343 [14FE], E141 [8FE]

———establish electronic commerce extension program to ensure that small businesses participate fully in the electronic commerce revolution (H.R. 524), unanimous-consent agreement, H278 [13FE]

———establish research programs to improve the nation's computer security (H.R. 3316), H8331 [16NO], E2113 [16NO]

———funding, H4085 [17JY], E2118 [16NO]

NOAA: Great Lakes Science Center underwater simulator funding, H8158 [14NO]

NSF: anniversary, E770 [10MY]

———anniversary (H. Con. Res. 108), H1938-H1943 [8MY], E789 [14MY]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1472), H1943 [8MY], E580 [5AP]

———demonstration project to encourage interest in the fields of mathematics, science, and information technology (H.R. 1660), E689 [1MY]

———establish project management procedures and accounting systems, H4707 [26JY]

———funding, H4689 [26JY], H4822 [30JY]

———minority colleges and universities education grants funding, H4693 [26JY], H4823 [30JY]

Office of Technology Assessment: reestablish (H.R. 2148), E2212 [5DE]

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

Portable Practical Educational Preparation, Inc.: tribute, E556 [5AP]

Postal Service: bioterrorism preparedness and response funding, H8892 [5DE]

Power resources: bioenergy marketing training and education for disadvantaged farmers and ranchers, H5146-H5148 [1AU]

———fuel cell power system development funding, H2551, H2552 [22MY], H3789 [28JN]

———impact of environmentalists on the development of a national energy policy, H1389 [3AP], H1609 [26AP], H2058 [9MY]

———national energy policy, H3264, H3265, H3284, H3349-H3354 [20JN], H3438, H3440, H3441, H3447 [21JN], H3496-H3502 [25JN], H3525, H3526, H3602-H3608 [26JN], H3621, H3622, H3623, H3624, H3625, H3626, H3627 [27JN], H3810, H3811 [10JY], H3933-H3945 [11JY], E1209 [26JN]

Privacy: prohibit the establishment of any uniform national health care identifying number or health information database (H.R. 2615), E1417 [24JY]

———protect consumer privacy on Government websites, H4562 [25JY]

———protect consumer privacy on the Internet (H.R. 347), H137 [31JA], E76 [31JA]

———protect the integrity and confidentiality of Social Security numbers and prohibit the establishment of any uniform national identifying number (H.R. 220), E8 [3JA], E172 [13FE]

———protection of personal information on Government websites, H2961 [7JN]

———protection of Social Security numbers and other personal information (H.R. 1478), E564 [5AP]

———regulate use of personal information obtained by interactive computer services, H78 [30JA]

———regulate use of personal information obtained by interactive computer services (H.R. 89), E29 [20JA]

Puerto Rico: use of tax incentives to promote economic development and business investment, H834 [13MR]

Quantico Marine Corps Base, VA: investigate purchase of calculators made in the People's Republic of China and distributed to base visitors as token gifts, H3154 [14JN]

Research & Development (publication): tribute to R&D 100 Award recipients, E1618 [10SE]

Rocky Mountain Institute: tribute to energy and environmental research, E2097 [15NO]

Russia: strategic plan to facilitate nuclear nonproliferation programs and activities, H5774, H5854 [20SE]

SBA: conduct a pilot program to raise awareness about telecommuting among small business employers (H.R. 1035), E359 [14MR]

———establish vocational and technical entrepreneurship development demonstration program (H.R. 2666), H6090-H6093 [2OC]

———reauthorize Small Business Technology Transfer Program (H.R. 1860), H5936-H5941 [24SE], E1720 [25SE]

Science: allow the cloning of certain human tissues for research purposes, H4906-H4915, H4917-H4945 [31JY], E1574 [5SE]

———prohibit Federal funding for human cloning research (H.R. 3495), E2303 [14DE]

———prohibit the cloning of humans, H8552 [28NO], H8846 [5DE]

———prohibit the cloning of humans (H.R. 1644), H1653 [26AP]

———prohibit the cloning of humans (H.R. 2505), H4766-H4770 [27JY], H4869, H4916-H4945 [31JY], H7856, H7857, H7858 [7NO], H8186 [15NO], H8425, H8426, H8427, H8428 [28NO], H8741 [30NO], E1496 [2AU], E1527-E1529 [3AU], E1574 [5SE], E1613 [10SE], E2157 [28NO], E2194 [4DE]

———prohibit the cloning of humans (H.R. 2505), consideration (H. Res. 214), H4906-H4916 [31JY]

———prohibit the cloning of humans (H.R. 2505), motion to recommit, H4943, H4944 [31JY]

———research programs funding, H1173 [27MR]

Science and Technology Education Partnership (organization): tribute to ``STEP One—The Congressional Conference on Science and Technology Education'', E22 [6JA]

Social Security: ensure entitled entities comply with certain regulations providing for the electronic exchange of health information (H.R. 3323), H8772-H8778 [4DE], E2272 [13DE], E2525 [3JA]

———modify the deadline for compliance with certain regulations providing for the electronic exchange of health information (H.R. 1975), H8777 [4DE]

Sosnowik, Dora: Siemens Foundation Westinghouse Science and Technology Competition award recipient, E2282 [13DE]

St. Jude Medical Inc.: tribute on invention of sutureless bypass surgery device, E994 [26MY]

Syracuse, NY: anniversary of Milton J. Rubenstein Museum of Science and Technology, E1926 [25OC]

Taxation: allow qualified technological equipment and computer software to be expensed (H.R. 1411), E569 [5AP]

———extend and expand the enhanced deduction for charitable contributions of computers to provide public access to computers (H.R. 2281), H3698 [27JN]

———extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (H.R. 1552), H6803-H6808 [16OC], E1966 [31OC]

———extension of the credit for producing electricity from wind, E1568 [3AU]

———extension of the credit for producing electricity from wind (H.R. 876), E314 [8MR]

———incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability (H.R. 267), E47 [30JA]

———make permanent the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (H.R. 2526), E1349 [18JY]

———provide incentives to reduce energy consumption (H.R. 778), E230, E240 [28FE]

———treatment of depreciation of computer equipment (H.R. 1895), E843 [17MY]

———treatment of depreciation of wireless telecommunications equipment (H.R. 1268), E465 [28MR]

———treatment of printed wiring boards and printed wiring assembly equipment (H.R. 1934), E887 [22MY]

Teen Outreach Through Technology (nonprofit organization): tribute, E1199 [26JN]

Telecommunications: establish a separate process for State commission evaluation of rural telephone company exemptions, suspensions, and modifications, relative to advanced capabilities (H.R. 3142), E1900 [16OC]

———resolve administrative disputes regarding certain spectrum licenses (H.R. 3484), E2309, E2312, E2318 [14DE]

Telephones: prohibit telemarketers from interfering with a consumers caller identification service (H.R. 90), H8763-H8765 [4DE]

Television: Kaiser Family Foundation v-chip technology study, H4547 [25JY]

———tribute to Hallmark Channel and Jim Henson Co., for donation of certain licenses for FCC informational materials on v-chip technology and ratings systems, E1622 [10SE]

Terrorism: bioterrorism preparedness and response, H7283 [24OC]

———bioterrorism preparedness and response funding, E1982 [2NO]

———bioterrorism preparedness and response funding (H.R. 3255), H7913 [8NO]

———deter and punish terrorist acts and enhance law enforcement investigatory tools (H.R. 2975), H6691, H6702 [11OC], H6705, H6726-H6776 [12OC], H6784 [16OC], E1893, E1896, E1897, E1901, E1904 [16OC], E1916 [17OC]

———deter and punish terrorist acts and enhance law enforcement investigatory tools (H.R. 2975), consideration (H. Res. 264), H6712-H6726 [12OC], E2067 [13NO]

———deter and punish terrorist acts and enhance law enforcement investigatory tools (H.R. 2975), consideration (H. Res. 264), same-day consideration (H. Res. 263), H6706-H6712 [12OC]

———deter and punish terrorist acts and enhance law enforcement investigatory tools (H.R. 2975), corrections in engrossment, H6776 [12OC]

———deter and punish terrorist acts and enhance law enforcement investigatory tools (H.R. 2975), motion to recommit, H6774 [12OC]

———deter and punish terrorist acts and enhance law enforcement investigatory tools (H.R. 2975), unanimous-consent agreement, H6773 [12OC]

———deter and punish terrorist acts and enhance law enforcement investigatory tools (H.R. 3162), H7159-H7207 [23OC], H7220 [24OC], E1921, E1922 [24OC], E1929 [25OC], E1936 [29OC], E1968 [31OC], E2064 [13NO]

———deter and punish terrorist acts and enhance law enforcement investigatory tools (H.R. 3162), corrections in engrossment, H7225 [24OC]

———impact on civil liberties of implementing new law enforcement and surveillance authorities directed toward combating terrorism, H8036 [13NO], E1929 [25OC], E2064 [13NO], E2100 [15NO]

———interception and disclosure of certain electronic communications by cable companies that provide telecommunications services, E1968 [31OC]

———interception of electronic communications, H6710 [12OC]

Texas: tribute to Texas Legislative Black Caucus, E2300 [14DE]

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: tribute to National Center for Supercomputing Applications for role in building the Distributed Terascale Facility, E1575 [5SE]

Vann, Albert: Alliance for Public Technology Susan G. Hadden Pioneer Award recipient, E177 [14FE]

Vietnam: carry out fellowship program to enable Vietnamese nationals to pursue advanced studies in science, mathematics, and technology and enable U.S. citizens to teach in those fields in Vietnam, H4645 [26JY]

Visa International Service Association: tribute to Practical Money Skills for Life financial literacy program, E1495 [2AU]

Voting: establish a program to provide funds to State and local governments to replace punch card voting systems (H.R. 775), H483, H493 [28FE], H2317, H2320 [17MY], H4612 [25JY], E241 [28FE]

———provide funds to State and local governments to replace punch card voting systems, H1171, H1172 [27MR]

Washington: terminate funding for the Fast Flux Test Facility at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, E2370 [20DE]

West Virginia: tribute to the energy technology agreement with industry and academia, E320 [8MR]

Western Environmental Technology Office: funding, H3653 [27JN]

Ybarra, Corine: SBA medal recipient for efforts relative to the President's Council on the Year 2000 Conversion, E698 [2MY]

Remarks in Senate

Agricultural Research Service: Northern Crops Research Laboratory small grains and sunflower research funding, S11083 [25OC]

Animals: research on the conversion of animal waste into renewable energy resources, S11083, S11084 [25OC]

Armed Forces: facilitate use of educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill for education leading to employment in high technology industry (S. 1088), S6666 [22JN], S12677, S12746-S12752 [7DE]

———facilitate use of educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill for education leading to employment in high technology industry (S. 1088), unanimous-consent request, S12394-S12396 [5DE]

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

———transformation technology funding for improving force and weapons capability, S12668 [7DE]

Aviation: expand use of current security technologies and establish short-term assessment and deployment of emergency security technologies, S10519 [11OC]

Bolton, Claude M., Jr.: nomination to be Assistant Sec. of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology, S12460 [5DE]

Business and industry: expand the Manufacturing Extension Program to bring new technologies to small and medium-sized businesses (S. 429), S1761, S1767 [1MR]

California Anti-Terrorism Information Center: funding, S12670 [7DE]

Capital punishment: ensure that defendants in capital cases have adequate counsel and allow those convicted to have a reasonable opportunity to present new evidence of innocence, S1374-S1376 [14FE]

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

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

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

Chesapeake Bay: Corps of Engineers study of shoreline erosion and related sediment management measures funding, S7895 [19JY]

———provide assistance for nutrient removal technologies to States in the watershed (S. 1044), S6323-S6325 [14JN]

China, People's Republic of: assessment of efforts to acquire certain military-related technologies and development of military strategies, S10050 [2OC]

Citizens' Privacy Commission: establish (S. 851), S4604-S4607 [9MY]

Coast Guard: establish Maritime Security Teams and make changes in personnel to prevent terrorism, work in drug interdiction, and improve marine safety, S13883 [20DE]

Commission on Voting Rights and Procedures: establish, S9962-S9965 [1OC]

———establish (S. 565), S2475 [19MR], S5604 [24MY], S8044 [23JY], S8876-S8878, S8882 [3AU], S11545 [7NO], S12134, S12135 [29NO], S13290 [14DE], S13681-S13686 [19DE], S13931 [20DE]

Computers: combat hacking through enhanced law enforcement and protect privacy of computer users, S10551 [11OC]

———encourage broadband technology deployment to rural areas, S1449 [15FE]

———encourage broadband technology deployment to rural areas (S. 428), S1761, S1767 [1MR]

———encourage broadband technology deployment to rural areas (S. 430), S1761, S1767 [1MR]

———encourage broadband technology deployment to rural areas (S. 966), S5695 [25MY]

———encourage broadband technology deployment to rural areas (S. 1127), S7093-S7095 [28JN]

———importance of technological developments in the international marketplace, S1912 [6MR]

———improve Internet security and protect against cyberterrorism, S1912 [6MR]

———protection from unsolicited and unwanted e-mail (S. 630), S2995-S2999 [27MR]

Congress: technology assessment pilot program funding, S8008, S8009 [20JY]

Courts: amend the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure to expand the use of video teleconferencing in criminal court matters (S. 791), S4007 [26AP]

Customs Service: authorizing appropriations for personnel and technology to reduce delays at border crossings and strengthen drug enforcement (S. 92), S356 [22JA]

———develop pilot program to examine technologies used to verify contents of containers and prevent tampering during transportation, S13880 [20DE]

Dept. of Agriculture: Agricultural Research Station project funding, S11082 [25OC]

———Pacific Basin Agricultural Research Center tropical and subtropical agricultural research funding, S11086 [25OC]

Dept. of Commerce: establish a voluntary national registry system for greenhouse gases trading among industry and make changes to the U.S. Global Change Research Program (S. 1781), S12554 [6DE]

Dept. of Defense: Defense Personnel Records Imaging System funding, S12667 [7DE]

———defense systems evaluation programs funding, S9843 [26SE], S9967 [1OC]

———field current weapons that provide alternatives to landmines, join the Convention on the Prohibition of Anti-Personnel Mines, and expand support for mine victims (S. 497), S2080 [8MR]

———Improved Materials and Powertrain Architectures for 21st Century Trucks (IMPACT) Program funding, S9842 [26SE]

———Joint Non-Lethal Weapons Program Office directed energy technologies research, S2571 [20MR]

———medical technology and research funding, S9792 [25SE]

———university research and development programs funding, S3652 [6AP]

Dept. of Education: establish the Healthy and High Performance Schools Program (S. 968), S5699 [25MY]

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

Dept. of Energy: advanced scientific research computing programs funding (S. 193), S636-S638 [29JA]

———develop plan for magnetic fusion burning plasma experiment to accelerate scientific understanding and development of fusion as a long term energy source (S. 1130), S7097-S7099 [28JN]

———enhance national laboratory mission areas through technology transfer and partnerships (S. 259), S1079 [6FE]

———establish Next Generation Lighting Initiative (S. 1166), S7516 [11JY]

———nanoscale science and engineering research and development funding (S. 90), S355 [22JA]

Dept. of Justice: Office of Justice Programs Justice Assistance Account funding, S13845 [20DE]

Dept. of Transportation: Intelligent Transportation System Program funding distribution, S8156-S8158 [25JY]

Disasters: establish national emergency technology guard to recreate and repair compromised communications and technology infrastructure in response to emergency situations, S9825 [26SE]

Diseases: develop simple HIV/AIDS testing for developing countries, S10959 [24OC]

———improve access to HIV/AIDS-related treatments and services in sub-Saharan Africa and other developing countries, S3479-S3481, S3520 [5AP], S6886 [26JN]

———improve access to HIV/AIDS-related treatments and services in sub-Saharan Africa and other developing countries (S. 463), S1902 [6MR]

Ecology and environment: develop cap-and-trade emission reduction compromises between businesses to meet greenhouse gas emission standards, S8894-S8896 [3AU]

———greenhouse gas emissions reduction programs and energy resources and efficiency programs funding, S3642-S3644 [6AP]

———stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations at levels that would prevent dangerous interference with the climate system while minimizing adverse economic and social impacts (S. 1008), S6000-S6004, S6009 [8JN], S6019 [11JN]

Education: establish and expand programs relating to science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (S. 478), S1986 [7MR]

———establish community technology centers, S4437 [7MY], S4494-S4496, S4497 [8MY], S4525, S4526 [9MY]

———establish technology academies in public schools, S6021 [11JN]

———improve and expand access to educational television programming (S. 604), S2825-S2829 [23MR]

———increase the technically trained workforce (S. 1549), S10703-S10707 [15OC], S10766 [16OC]

———math and science partnerships funding, S5850-S5854 [6JN], S13785 [20DE]

———national policy to improve system, S70 [22JA], S430-S436 [23JA], S1028 [6FE], S1167 [8FE], S1593-S1606 [27FE], S1725-S1727 [1MR], S3803 [24AP], S3934, S3935 [26AP], S4502 [8MY], S5809-S5811 [5JN], S6363-S6367 [14JN], S7735 [17JY], S8150 [25JY], S11349 [1NO]

———national policy to improve system (S. 7), S1205 [8FE]

———provide for teacher technology training, S5863 [6JN], S6111, S6112 [12JN], S6177-S6179 [13JN]

———provide for teacher technology training (S. 164), S531 [24JA]

———provide for teacher technology training (S. 307), S1324 [13FE]

———provide for teacher technology training (S. 473), S1984 [7MR]

———provide incentives to encourage and assist individuals with demonstrable skills in high-need areas to become certified teachers, S4145 [2MY], S4803-S4807 [10MY]

———provide incentives to encourage and assist individuals with demonstrable skills in high-need areas to become certified teachers (S. 40), S315 [22JA]

———technology training education programs funding, S3648, S3649 [6AP]

Entertainment industry: prohibit deceptive, targeted marketing of adult-rated media to minors (S. 792), S4008-S4011 [26AP]

FAA: airport radar service life extension program funding, S8528 [1AU]

FBI: permit access to National Instant Criminal Background Check System records in law enforcement investigations (S. 1788), S13286, S13291 [14DE], S13929 [20DE]

FCC: prohibit the application of current spectrum aggregation limits to new spectrum auctions (S. 696), S3447 [4AP]

FDA: New Mexico State University Physical Science Laboratory food inspection systems funding, S11085, S11086 [25OC]

Federal employees: use of remote sensing data and technology by Federal non-military agencies, S13043 [12DE]

Foreign trade: export controls on certain high-speed computers, S9114 [5SE]

———improve port-of-entry infrastructure along the Southwest border of the U.S., establish grants to improve facilities, and designate a port technology demonstration site (S. 884), S4945 [15MY]

Gagnon, David: New Hampshire High Technology Council Entrepreneur of the Year award recipient, S6210 [13JN]

Gerling, Michael J.: New Hampshire High Technology Council Entrepreneur of the Year award recipient, S6210 [13JN]

Goulder, Morton E.: New Hampshire High Technology Council Lifetime Achievement Award recipient, S6210 [13JN]

Higher Education Act: remove limits on Internet course offerings, modify treatment of non-standard term programs, and clarify incentive compensation requirements (S. 1445), S9624 [21SE]

Immigration: extend deadline for aliens to present a border crossing card that contains a biometric identifier (S. 1400), S14082 [20DE]

Insurance: prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums, S7072 [28JN], S7131, S7135, S7162 [29JN]

———prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (S. 318), S1340-S1344 [13FE]

———prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (S. 318), star print, S5658 [24MY]

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

Intelligence services: enhance intelligence and intelligence-related activities in the prevention of terrorism, S9845, S9851-S9854 [26SE], S10144 [3OC], S10268 [4OC], S10423, S10427-S10429 [10OC]

———enhance intelligence and intelligence-related activities in the prevention of terrorism (S. 1448), S9625-S9627 [21SE]

Iron and steel industry: provide certain safeguards relative to the domestic steel industry (H.R. 808), S5663 [25MY]

———provide certain safeguards relative to the domestic steel industry (S. 910), S5122 [17MY]

———provide certain safeguards relative to the domestic steel industry (S. 957), S5633-S5635 [24MY], S7575 [12JY]

Katie Poirier Abduction Emergency Fund: establish (S. 886), S4947 [15MY]

Korea, Democratic People's Republic of: sale of missiles and weapons technology to Egypt, S12309 [3DE]

Law enforcement: allow post-conviction DNA tests and establish standards to ensure competent legal representation in capital cases (S. 800), S4047 [30AP]

———establish a grant program to enable rural police departments to gain access to various crime-fighting, investigatory, and information-sharing resources (S. 1509), S10307 [4OC]

———improve the quality and credibility of forensic science services for criminal justice purposes, S1451 [15FE]

———photo enforcement of traffic signals, S9014 [4SE]

———promote rural safety and improve rural law enforcement (S. 1763), S12375 [4DE]

———promote rural safety and improve rural law enforcement (S. 1787), S12684 [7DE]

———surveillance of computer services in places of employment, libraries, and schools, S10570-S10575 [11OC]

Medicare: determination of payment amounts for new clinical diagnostic laboratory tests (S. 1066), S6519 [20JN]

Michigan: water quality detection device funding, S13844 [20DE]

National Biotechnology Week: designate (S. Res. 75), S3928 [25AP], S4848 [10MY]

National Guard: Consolidated Interactive Virtual Information Center funding, S12669 [7DE]

National Parks Air Tour Management Act: amend the method for achieving quiet technology (S. 1151), S7203 [29JN]

National security: allow exceptions to procurement laws during national emergencies to acquire necessary technology in a timely manner, S10268 [4OC]

———ensure adequate personnel and technology to protect the Northern border, S10586, S10587 [11OC], S11771 [14NO], S12670 [7DE]

———establish a national competence for critical physical and information infrastructure protection (S. 1407), S9125 [5SE]

———facilitate security of critical infrastructure, S12140 [29NO]

———facilitate security of critical infrastructure (S. 1456), S9801 [25SE]

———military readiness of U.S. forces, S1254, S1257 [13FE]

———provide grants for technological development programs to prevent terrorism, S13883 [20DE]

National Technology Transfer Act: allow Federal employees to participate in technical standards development activities, S9732 [24SE]

New Mexico: tribute to detection of energy from a brown dwarf star by the Very Large Array telescopes at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory, S1814 [5MR]

NIH: biomedical research funding, S3392 [4AP], S6565 [21JN]

———biomedical research funding (S. Res. 19), S1352 [13FE]

NIST: anniversary, S1608 [27FE], S1694 [28FE]

———anniversary (H. Con. Res. 27), S1791 [1MR]

NSF: anniversary (H. Con. Res. 108), S4581 [9MY]

———anniversary (S. Con. Res. 36), S4271, S4272 [3MY]

———research programs funding, S8672 [2AU]

Nuclear energy: nuclear waste recycling technology funding, S7852 [18JY]

OMB: establish a Federal Chief Information Officer to enhance the management and promotion of electronic Government services and processes (S. 803), S4101-S4115 [1MY]

PC Connection, Inc.: Merrimack, NH, Chamber of Commerce Business of the Year award recipient, S1266 [13FE]

Political campaigns: 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: fuel cell power system development funding, S7568 [12JY]

———national energy policy, S6507 [20JN]

———national energy policy (S. 597), S2697, S2735-S2772 [22MR], S2814, S2817-S2820 [23MR]

Privacy: disclose the collection of information through computer software (S. 197), S644 [29JA]

Purdue University: Fine Hardwoods Tree Improvement and Regeneration Center funding, S7570 [12JY]

Russia: tribute to U.S. cooperative efforts to prevent weapons proliferation by converting former Soviet Union defense industries into commercial ventures, S2573 [20MR]

SAS Institute: anniversary, S8898 [3AU]

SBA: conduct a pilot program to raise awareness about telecommuting among small business employers (S. 522), S2223 [13MR]

———reauthorize Small Business Technology Transfer Program (H.R. 1860), S9856 [26SE]

———reauthorize Small Business Technology Transfer Program (S. 856), S4582, S4609-S4612 [9MY], S9407-S9409 [13SE]

Schools: provide for national digital school districts (S. 1337), S8757 [2AU]

Science: prohibit the cloning of humans, S11321-S11323 [1NO]

———prohibit the cloning of humans (H.R. 2505), S8848 [2AU], S12032 [27NO]

———prohibit the cloning of humans (H.R. 2505), unanimous-consent request, S12025-S12027 [27NO], S12080, S12081 [28NO]

———prohibit the cloning of humans (S. 704), S3533 [5AP]

———prohibit the cloning of humans while preserving important areas of medical research that could provide treatments for diseases (S. 1758), S12314 [3DE]

———provide for a moratorium on the cloning of humans, S12144, S12145 [29NO], S12222 [30NO], S12277, S12282, S12296, S12297, S12299-S12306 [3DE]

———research programs funding, S3483-S3486, S3489, S3519 [5AP]

Small businesses: promote business incubator activities (S. 432), S1761, S1767 [1MR]

Social Security: ensure entitled entities comply with certain regulations providing for the electronic exchange of health information (H.R. 3323), S13077, S13078 [12DE], S13690 [19DE]

———extend date for compliance by entitled entities with certain regulations providing for the electronic exchange of health information (S. 1684), S12059 [27NO], S12096 [28NO]

———provide for coordination of implementation of administrative simplification standard for health care information (S. 836), S4417 [7MY]

Statistical Analysis System Institute Inc.: anniversary, S9118 [5SE]

Taxation: allow a business deduction for the purchase and installation of qualifying security enhancement property (S. 1581), S11114 [25OC]

———allow tax credit for use of hybrid vehicles, S5001 [16MY]

———allow tax credits for donations of computers to community and senior centers (S. 292), S1223 [8FE]

———encourage the development and deployment of innovative and efficient energy technologies (S. 933), S5467 [22MY]

———extend research and development tax credit, S5195-S5198, S5253 [21MY]

———extend research and development tax credit (S. 515), S2164 [12MR]

———extend tax credit for production of fuel from a nonconventional source to facilities that produce environmentally beneficial qualified fuels from coal (S. 1718), S12004 [16NO]

———extend the moratorium on taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce and assist States in simplifying their sales and use taxes (S. 512), S2131-S2135 [9MR], S2159 [12MR]

———extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (H.R. 1552), S11149 [25OC], S11153 [30OC], S11902-S11915 [15NO], S11995 [16NO]

———extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (H.R. 1552), unanimous-consent agreement, S11902 [15NO]

———extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (H.R. 1552), unanimous-consent request, S10874 [23OC]

———extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (S. 1525), S10459, S10460 [10OC]

———extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce and assist States in simplifying their sales and use taxes, S11906-S11914 [15NO]

———extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce and assist States in simplifying their sales and use taxes (S. 1542), S10652 [11OC]

———extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce and encourage States to simplify their sales and use taxes (S. 1481), S10056, S10059 [2OC], S10811 [18OC]

———extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce and encourage States to simplify their sales and use taxes (S. 1504), S10302, S10303 [4OC], S10810-S10814 [18OC]

———extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce and encourage States to simplify their sales and use taxes (S. 1504), unanimous-consent request, S10811 [18OC], S10874-S10876 [23OC]

———extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce and encourage States to simplify their sales and use taxes (S. 288), S1216 [8FE], S2470 [19MR]

———extension of the credit for producing electricity from biomass (S. 756), S3791 [23AP]

———extension of the credit for producing electricity from wind (S. 94), S358 [22JA], S2112 [9MR]

———incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability (S. 88), S345, S346 [22JA]

———make permanent the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce, S5227, S5228, S5257 [21MY]

———modify renewable energy credit to include agricultural and animal waste sources as a renewable energy resource (S. 845), S4515 [8MY]

———permanently extend research credit and adjust the alternative incremental credit rates, S7136-S7138 [29JN]

———permanently extend research credit and adjust the alternative incremental credit rates (S. 41), S315-S318 [22JA]

———provide an income tax credit to holders of bonds financing new communications technologies (S. 426), S1761, S1767 [1MR]

———provide credits for the installation of certain wind energy property (S. 1810), S13053 [12DE]

———provide incentives for voluntary reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and advance global climate science and technology development (S. 1293), S8583-S8591 [1AU]

———provide jurisdictional standards for imposition of State and local business activity, sales, and use tax obligations on interstate commerce (S. 664), S3172-S3174 [29MR]

———State administration of State and local sales and use taxes relative to out-of-State remote sales, S11905 [15NO]

———treatment of depreciation of computer equipment (S. 752), S3760 [6AP]

———treatment of information technology job training expenses (S. 762), S3856 [24AP]

Telecommunications: assure competition in markets (S. 1364), S8933-S8936 [3AU]

Telecommunications Act: anniversary, S1455 [15FE]

———impact, S6515 [20JN]

Television: reform laws relative to satellite retransmissions of broadcast signals to enhance competition with cable television, S9378 [13SE]

Terrorism: bioterrorism preparedness and response funding, S11671 [13NO], S11747 [14NO], S11931 [15NO], S12675 [7DE]

———bioterrorism preparedness and response funding (S. 1560), S10795 [17OC], S12676 [7DE]

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

———deter and punish terrorist acts and enhance law enforcement investigatory tools, S11164 [30OC]

———deter and punish terrorist acts and enhance law enforcement investigatory tools (H.R. 2975), S10791 [17OC], S11771 [14NO]

———deter and punish terrorist acts and enhance law enforcement investigatory tools (H.R. 3162), S10990-S11060 [25OC], S13044 [12DE]

———deter and punish terrorist acts and enhance law enforcement investigatory tools (H.R. 3162), unanimous-consent agreement, S10969, S10970 [24OC]

———deter and punish terrorist acts and enhance law enforcement investigatory tools (S. 1510), S10345, S10365-S10377 [9OC], S10427 [10OC], S10537, S10547-S10630 [11OC], S10676-S10679, S10685 [15OC], S11247 [30OC]

———deter and punish terrorist acts and enhance law enforcement investigatory tools (S. 1510), unanimous-consent agreement, S10432 [10OC]

———deter and punish terrorist acts and enhance law enforcement investigatory tools (S. 1510), unanimous-consent request, S10363-S10365 [9OC], S10604 [11OC]

———interception of electronic communications, S10592-S10594 [11OC]

———prevent cyberterrorism (S. 1568), S10841 [18OC]

———strengthen the preparedness of health care providers within the Dept. of Veterans Affairs and community hospitals to respond to bioterrorism (S. 1561), S10795 [17OC]

———use of technology to track the origin and movement of chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear weapons and to protect critical infrastructure, S13919 [20DE]

University of Buffalo: Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics funding, S12668, S12669 [7DE]

University of Nevada, Las Vegas: land conveyance for a research park and technology center (S. 1564), S10850 [18OC], S10853 [23OC]

University of Southern California: National Center for Neurogenetic Research and Computational Genomics funding clarification, S11339 [1NO]

Weapons: establish policy for reducing and securing chemical, biological, and nuclear weapon stockpiles in Russian arsenals, S9862-S9864 [26SE]

Woodward, OK: Southern Plains Range Research Station conference center funding, S11083 [25OC]

Reports

Consideration of H.R. 1992, Internet Equity and Education Act (H. Res. 256): Committee on Rules (House), H6455 [9OC]

New Study Shows Sales Tax Revenue Losses From E-Commerce 41 Percent Higher Than Previous Estimates: Institute for State Studies, S10302 [4OC]

Reports filed

Climate Change Strategy and Technology Innovation Act: Committee on Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 1008) (S. Rept. 107-99), S11939 [15NO]

Comprehensive Energy Research and Technology Act: Committee on Science (House) (H.R. 2460) (H. Rept. 107-177), H4948 [31JY]

Consideration of H.R. 1992, Internet Equity and Education Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 256) (H. Rept. 107-232), H6458 [9OC]

Consideration of H.R. 2505, Human Cloning Prohibition Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 214) (H. Rept. 107-172), H4862 [30JY]

Consideration of H.R. 2975, Provide Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (PATRIOT) Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 264) (H. Rept. 107-238), H6779 [12OC]

EPA Deputy Administrator for Science and Technology Position Establishment: Committee on Science (House) (H.R. 64) (H. Rept. 107-311), H8745 [30NO]

Equal Protection of Voting Rights Act: Committee on Rules and Administration (Senate) (S. 565), S12100 [28NO]

FEMA Study To Determine Resources Needed for Development of an Effective Nationwide Communications System for Emergency Response Personnel: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 1631) (S. Rept. 107-127), S13359 [17DE]

Global Access to HIV/AIDS Prevention, Awareness, Education, and Treatment Act: Committee on International Relations (House) (H.R. 2069) (H. Rept. 107-137), H4008 [12JY]

Human Cloning Prohibition Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 2505) (H. Rept. 107-170), H4779 [27JY]

Internet Equity and Education Act: Committee on Education and the Workforce (House) (H.R. 1992) (H. Rept. 107-225), H6135 [2OC]

Internet Freedom and Broadband Deployment Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 1542) (H. Rept. 107-83), H2709 [24MY]

———Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 1542) (H. Rept. 107-83), H3207 [18JN]

Internet Tax Nondiscrimination Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 1552) (H. Rept. 107-240), H6918 [16OC]

Know Your Caller Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 90) (H. Rept. 107-13), H831 [12MR]

National Laboratories Partnership Improvement Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 517) (S. Rept. 107-30), S5830 [5JN]

National Science Education Act: Committee on Science (House) (H.R. 100) (H. Rept. 107-133), H3959 [11JY]

Nomination of Claude M. Bolton, Jr., To Be Assistant Sec. of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology: Committee on Armed Services (Senate), S12551 [6DE]

Provide Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (PATRIOT) Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 2975) (H. Rept. 107-236), H6696, H6700 [11OC]

Same-Day Consideration of H. Res. 264, Consideration of H.R. 2975, Provide Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (PATRIOT) Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 263) (H. Rept. 107-237), H6779 [12OC]

SBA Small Business Technology Transfer Program Reauthorization: Committee on Small Business (House) (H.R. 1860) (H. Rept. 107-213), H5924 [21SE]

———Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (Senate) (S. 856) (S. Rept. 107-54), S9074 [4SE]

Technology, Education and Copyright Harmonization Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 487) (S. Rept. 107-31), S5830 [5JN]

Unlawful Internet Gambling Funding Prohibition Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 556) (H. Rept. 107-339), H10169, H10173 [17DE]

Veterans' Benefits Improvement Act: Committee on Veterans Affairs (Senate) (S. 1088) (S. Rept. 107-86), S10692 [15OC]

Vocational and Technical Entrepreneurship Development Act: Committee on Small Business (House) (H.R. 2666) (H. Rept. 107-212), H5924 [21SE]

Rulings of the Chair

Terrorism: deter and punish terrorist acts and enhance law enforcement investigatory tools (H.R. 2975), H6768 [12OC]

Statements

Internet Tax Nondiscrimination Act: Executive Office of the President, S11902 [15NO]

Napster: Hydie Buchanan, E1721 [25SE]

Uniting and Strengthening America (USA) Act: Executive Office of the President, S10577 [11OC]

Summaries

Broadband Expansion Grant Initiative (S. 428), S1766 [1MR]

Broadband Rural Research Investment Act (S. 430), S1766 [1MR]

Entrepreneurial Incubators Development Act (S. 432), S1766 [1MR]

Equal Protection of Voting Rights Act (S. 565), S2476 [19MR]

High Performance Schools Act (H.R. 1129), E405 [20MR]

Home and Farm Wind Energy Systems Act (S. 1810), S13053 [12DE]

Human Cloning Prohibition Act (S. 1758), S12314 [3DE]

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

Science Education for the 21st Century Act (H.R. 1693), E718 [3MY]

Science Teacher Scholarships for Scientists and Engineers Act (H.R. 932), E303 [7MR]

Steel Revitalization Act (S. 957), S5634 [24MY]

Technology Bond Initiative (S. 426), S1766 [1MR]

Technology Education and Training Act (S. 762), S3858 [24AP]

Technology Extension Act (S. 429), S1766 [1MR]

Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act (H.R. 3162), S11056-S11058 [25OC]

Uniting and Strengthening America (USA) Act (S. 1510): Title III—International Money Laundering Abatement and Anti-Terrorist Financing, S10564 [11OC]

Veterans' Benefits Improvement Act (S. 1088), S11872 [15NO]

———Rockefeller Substitute Amendment, S12752 [7DE]

Tables

HIV/AIDS statistics, H1000 [20MR]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 27, anniversary of NIST, H453 [28FE]

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

H. Con. Res. 108, anniversary of NSF, H1938 [8MY]

H. Res. 214, consideration of H.R. 2505, Human Cloning Prohibition Act, H4906 [31JY]

H. Res. 256, consideration of H.R. 1992, Internet Equity and Education Act, H6456 [9OC], H6463 [10OC]

H. Res. 263, same-day consideration of H. Res. 264, consideration of H.R. 2975, Provide Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (PATRIOT) Act, H6706 [12OC]

H. Res. 264, consideration of H.R. 2975, Provide Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (PATRIOT) Act, H6712 [12OC]

H.R. 90, Know Your Caller Act, H8763 [4DE]

H.R. 100, National Science Education Act, H4802-H4804 [30JY]

H.R. 524, Electronic Commerce Enhancement Act, H343 [14FE]

H.R. 1552, Internet Tax Nondiscrimination Act, H6803 [16OC]

H.R. 1860, SBA Small Business Technology Transfer Program reauthorization, H5936 [24SE]

H.R. 1992, Internet Equity and Education Act, H6469 [10OC]

H.R. 2069, Global Access to HIV/AIDS Prevention, Awareness, Education, and Treatment Act, H9089-H9093 [11DE]

H.R. 2263, require purchase of hybrid electric or high-efficiency vehicles by Federal agencies, E1181 [21JN]

H.R. 2505, Human Cloning Prohibition Act, H4917 [31JY]

H.R. 2666, Vocational and Technical Entrepreneurship Development Act, H6090 [2OC]

H.R. 2975, Provide Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (PATRIOT) Act, H6726-H6739 [12OC]

H.R. 3162, Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act, H7159-H7196 [23OC]

H.R. 3323, Administrative Simplification Compliance Act, H8772-H8774 [4DE]

S. 7, Educational Excellence for All Learners Act, S113-S145 [22JA]

S. 41, permanently extend research tax credit and adjust the alternative incremental tax credit rates, S317 [22JA]

S. 164, Technology for Teachers Act, S531 [24JA]

S. 197, Spyware Control and Privacy Protection Act, S645 [29JA]

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

S. 259, National Laboratories Partnership Improvement Act, S1080-S1082 [6FE]

S. 292, Community Technology Assistance Act, S1223 [8FE]

S. 414, NTIA Digital Network Technology Program Act, S1706 [28FE]

S. 426, Technology Bond Initiative, S1762 [1MR]

S. 428, Broadband Expansion Grant Initiative, S1764 [1MR]

S. 429, Technology Extension Act, S1764 [1MR]

S. 430, Broadband Rural Research Investment Act, S1765 [1MR]

S. 432, Entrepreneurial Incubators Development Act, S1766 [1MR]

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

S. 463, Global Access to AIDS Treatment Act, S1903 [6MR]

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

S. 487, Technology, Education and Copyright Harmonization Act, S2008 [7MR], S5988 [7JN]

S. 497, Landmine Elimination and Victim Assistance Act, S2081 [8MR]

S. 522, Small Business Telecommuting Act, S2223 [13MR]

S. 597, Comprehensive and Balanced Energy Policy Act, S2752-S2771 [22MR]

S. 604, Ready To Learn, Ready To Teach Act, S2826-S2828 [23MR]

S. 630, Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing (CAN SPAM) Act, S2995-S2998 [27MR]

S. 664, New Economy Tax Fairness (NET FAIR) Act, S3173 [29MR]

S. 696, Third-Generation Wireless Internet Act, S3448 [4AP]

S. 704, Human Cloning Prohibition Act, S3533 [5AP]

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

S. 756, Growing Renewable Energy for Emerging Needs (GREEN) Act, S3792 [23AP]

S. 762, Technology Education and Training Act, S3857 [24AP]

S. 791, Video Teleconferencing Improvements Act, S4008 [26AP]

S. 792, Media Marketing Accountability Act, S4009 [26AP]

S. 803, E-Government Act, S4102-S4112 [1MY]

S. 836, provide for coordination of implementation of a Social Security administrative simplification standard for health care information, S4418 [7MY]

S. 845, modify renewable energy credit to include agricultural and animal waste sources as a renewable energy resource, S4515 [8MY]

S. 851, Citizens' Privacy Commission Act, S4605 [9MY]

S. 856, Small Business Technology Transfer Program reauthorization, S4611 [9MY]

S. 886, Katie Poirier Abduction Emergency Fund establishment, S4948 [15MY]

S. 933, Combined Heat and Power Advancement Act, S5467 [22MY]

S. 968, Healthy and High Performance Schools Act, S5700 [25MY]

S. 1008, Climate Change Strategy and Technology Innovation Act, S6009-S6015 [8JN]

S. 1044, Chesapeake Bay Watershed Nutrient Removal Assistance Act, S6325 [14JN]

S. 1066, Medicare Patient Access to Preventive and Diagnostic Tests Act, S6519-S6521 [20JN]

S. 1088, facilitate use of educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill for education leading to employment in high technology industry, S6667 [22JN]

S. 1088, Veterans' Benefits Improvement Act, S12746-S12750 [7DE]

S. 1130, Fusion Energy Sciences Act, S7097 [28JN]

S. 1151, Grand Canyon Quiet Technology Implementation Act, S7204 [29JN]

S. 1166, Next Generation Lighting Initiative Act, S7517 [11JY]

S. 1293, provide tax incentives for voluntary reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and advance global climate science and technology development, S8584 [1AU]

S. 1323, SBIR and STTR Foreign Patent Protection Act, S8739 [2AU]

S. 1364, Telecommunications Fair Competition Enforcement Act, S8936-S8939 [3AU]

S. 1400, extend deadline for aliens to present a border crossing card that contains a biometric identifier, S14082 [20DE]

S. 1407, Critical Infrastructure Protection Act, S9126 [5SE]

S. 1456, Critical Infrastructure Information Security Act, S9742-S9744 [24SE]

S. 1504, Internet Tax Moratorium Extension Act, S10303 [4OC]

S. 1510, Uniting and Strengthening America (USA) Act, S10307-S10333 [4OC], S10604-S10630 [11OC], S10717-S10743 [15OC]

S. 1564, land conveyance for a research park and technology center at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, S10836 [18OC]

S. 1567, Internet Tax Moratorium and Equity Act, S10839 [18OC]

S. 1581, American Security Enhancement Investment Act, S11114 [25OC]

S. 1684, compliance date extension by entitled entities with certain Social Security regulations providing for the electronic exchange of health information, S12059 [27NO]

S. 1787, Rural Safety Act, S12684 [7DE]

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

S. Con. Res. 36, NSF anniversary, S4271 [3MY]

S. Res. 19, NIH biomedical research funding, S1351 [13FE]

S. Res. 75, National Biotechnology Week, S3928 [25AP], S4848 [10MY]

S. Res. 171, bioterrorism preparedness and response funding, S10653 [11OC]