THOMPSON, FRED (a Senator from Tennessee)

Amendments

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

Aviation: improve security (S. 1447), S10167 [3OC], S10517, S10661 [11OC]

Bankruptcy: amend laws (S. 420), S2234 [13MR], S2351 [15MR]

Budget: revising and setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2011 (H. Con. Res. 83), S3590 [5AP]

Courts: permanently extend authority to redact financial disclosure statements of judicial employees and officers (H.R. 2336), S12984, S12985 [11DE]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 3338), S12576 [6DE], S12660, S12725 [7DE]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2500), S9372, S9401 [13SE]

District of Columbia: designate Family Court of the Superior Court, recruit and retain quality judges, and promote consistency and efficiency in assignment of judges and in proceedings in Family Court (H.R. 2657), S13309 [14DE]

Foreign trade: provide export control authority (S. 149), S9049, S9080 [4SE], S9132, S9202 [6SE]

Health: protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S. 1052), S6961, S7003 [27JN], S7132, S7160, S7263 [29JN]

Monuments and memorials: expedite construction of the World War II memorial in the District of Columbia (H.R. 1696), S5261, S5355 [21MY]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (S. 27), S2596 [20MR], S2958, S3003 [27MR], S3127, S3178 [29MR]

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

Analyses

Presidential Appointments Improvement Act (S. 1811), S13054-S13057 [12DE]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 2883, intelligence services appropriations, S11592 [8NO]

Senate National Security Working Group, S14 [3JA]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

CERCLA: promote cleanup and reuse of brownfields, provide financial assistance for brownfields revitalization, and enhance State response programs (see S. 350), S3531 [5AP]

Coal: develop and implement advanced clean coal technology programs and provide tax incentives to encourage the retrofitting, repowering, or replacement of coal-based electricity generating facilities (see S. 60), S1586 [26FE]

Congressional Gold Medal: award posthumously to passengers and crew of United Airlines flight 93 in the aftermath of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see S. 1434), S11940 [15NO]

Coverdell, Paul: tribute through honorary naming of Peace Corps headquarters, World Wise Schools Program, and the Institute of the Biomedical and Health Sciences at the University of Georgia (see S. 360), S1463 [15FE]

Crime: condemn violence directed at Sikhs in the aftermath of hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see S. Con. Res. 74), S10156 [3OC]

Dept. of Labor: congressional disapproval of ergonomic regulations (see S.J. Res. 6), S1818 [5MR]

Dept. of the Treasury: Franchise Fund Pilot Programs reauthorization (see S. 1198), S7955 [19JY]

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

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

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

Federal employees: allow Federal employees, foreign and uniformed services members, and their dependents to retain for personal use promotional items received as a result of official Government travel (see S. 1498), S10154 [3OC]

Government: provide Federal managers with tools and flexibility in areas such as personnel, budgeting, and property management and disposal (see S. 1639), S11488 [6NO]

———reform Federal employment (see S. 1603), S11286 [31OC]

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

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

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

Israel: express solidarity in the fight against terrorism (see S. Con. Res. 88), S12447 [5DE]

Judiciary: provide for automatic annual increases in judicial salaries (see S. 1162), S7494 [11JY]

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

Medicare: provide regulatory relief, appeals process reforms, contracting flexibility, and education improvements (see S. 1738), S12100 [28NO]

———specify the update for physician fee schedule payments and conduct a study on replacing the use of the sustainable growth rate as a factor in such update (see S. 1707), S13465 [18DE]

National Biotechnology Week: designate (see S. Res. 75), S4509 [8MY]

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

National Inhalants and Poisons Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 43), S2307 [14MR]

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

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

National security: assist Federal agencies in addressing deficiencies in specialized personnel through student loan repayment, graduate student fellowships, and establishing a National Security Service Corps (see S. 1800), S12858 [11DE]

———strengthen by encouraging and assisting in the expansion and improvement of educational programs to meet critical needs at the elementary, secondary, and higher education levels (see S. 1799), S12858 [11DE]

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

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

Office of Government Ethics: authorizing appropriations (see S. 1202), S7955 [19JY]

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

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

Public welfare programs: reauthorize supplemental grant for population increases in certain States under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see S. 942), S5542 [23MY]

Small business: facilitate compliance with certain Federal paperwork requirements and establish a task force to streamline certain requirements (see S. 1271), S12001 [16NO]

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

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

Tariff: steam or other vapor generating boilers used in nuclear facilities (see S. 834), S7495 [11JY]

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

———improve electric reliability, enhance transmission infrastructure, and facilitate access to the electric transmission grid (see S. 972), S5694 [25MY]

———permanently extend research credit and adjust the alternative incremental credit rates (see S. 41), S1699 [28FE]

———provide student loan forgiveness tax parity (see S. 1817), S13145 [13DE]

———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (see S. 237), S3995 [26AP]

———S corporation reform (see S. 1201), S7955 [19JY]

———treatment of beer, wine, and distilled spirits (see S. 808), S4099 [1MY]

———treatment of deposits and similar amounts received by a tour operator for a tour arranged by such operator (see S. 1496), S10694 [15OC]

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

———treatment of State tuition programs (see S. 289), S1587 [26FE]

Tennessee: include additional counties as part of Appalachian region (see S. 482), S4590 [9MY]

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

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

———condemn and respond to hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see S.J. Res. 22), S9337 [12SE]

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

Treaties and agreements: establish U.S. negotiating objectives, and procedures for, implementing certain trade agreements (see S. 1104), S6920 [26JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Children and youth: tribute to Clear Channel Communications, Inc., and the American Football Coaches Association for efforts to locate missing, kidnapped, and runaway children (see S. Con. Res. 31), S3436 [4AP]

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

Committee on Governmental Affairs (Senate): authorizing expenditures (see S. Res. 51), S2071 [8MR]

Customs Service: establish user fee to cover inspection costs at express courier facilities (see S. 1124), S7083 [28JN]

Elections: enhance criminal penalties for election law violations and clarify current laws regarding donations from foreign nationals (see S. 600), S2730 [22MR]

Government: increase flexibility in the procurement of property and services to facilitate the defense against terrorism (see S. 1780), S12551 [6DE]

———provide Federal managers with tools and flexibility in areas such as personnel, budgeting, and property management and disposal (see S. 1612), S11362 [1NO]

———provide for expedited congressional consideration of legislative proposals transmitted by the President to eliminate or reduce barriers to efficient Government operations (see S. 1613), S11362 [1NO]

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

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

Presidential appointments: streamline the financial disclosure process for executive branch employees (see S. 1811), S13051 [12DE]

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

———facilitate electric cooperative participation in a competitive electric power industry (see S. 794), S3994 [26AP]

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

———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain restaurant buildings (see S. 732), S3705 [6AP]

———repeal alternative minimum tax (see S. 492), S2070 [8MR]

———repeal motor fuel excise taxes which remain in the general fund of the Treasury on railroads and inland waterway transportation (see S. 661), S3152 [29MR]

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

Veterans: restore promised educational benefits under the Montgomery GI Bill to Vietnam-era veterans (see S. 1095), S6862 [25JN]

Letters

Congressional disapproval of Dept. of Labor ergonomic regulations: Charles F. Farmer, Mayor of Jackson, TN, S1846 [6MR]

———Don Sundquist, Governor of Tennessee, S1832 [6MR]

———Victor Ashe, Mayor of Knoxville, TN, S1846 [6MR]

Role of soft money in political campaigns: Fred Wertheimer, Common Cause (organization), S3255 [2AP]

Tribute to Harold Burson: by, S3213 [30MR]

———President Bush, S3213 [30MR]

———Rudolph W. Giuliani, Mayor of New York, NY, S3213 [30MR]

Petitions and memorials

Tennessee: OSHA proposed rule on ergonomic regulations, S1845 [6MR]

Privilege of the floor

Stump, Jeremy, S12779 [10DE]

Remarks

Aviation: improve security (S. 1447), S10518 [11OC]

———improve security (S. 1447), motion to proceed, S10139 [3OC]

———set performance standards for passenger and property screeners, S10518 [11OC]

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

Bankruptcy: amend laws (S. 420), S2354 [15MR]

———U.S. enforcement of certain civil judgments rendered in foreign courts, S2354 [15MR]

Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act: make certain provisions nonseverable and provide for expedited judicial review, S3090, S3091, S3102 [29MR]

Bipartisan Patient Protection Act: require a cause of action brought by claimants be governed by the law of the State in which the plaintiff resides, S7156, S7160, S7162 [29JN]

Budget: revising and setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2011 (H. Con. Res. 83), S3672, S3673 [6AP]

Children and youth: tribute to Clear Channel Communications, Inc., and the American Football Coaches Association for efforts to locate missing, kidnapped, and runaway children (S. Con. Res. 31), S3453 [4AP]

China, People's Republic of: nuclear weapons proliferation, S9101 [5SE]

———U.S. policy, S3943 [26AP]

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

Committee on Governmental Affairs (Senate): report on investigation of Federal election campaign fundraising and expenditure practices, S3138 [29MR]

Coverdell, Paul: rename education individual retirement accounts as Coverdell education savings accounts within the Internal Revenue Code (S. 1190), S7839 [18JY]

———tribute through honorary naming of Peace Corps headquarters, World Wise Schools Program, and the Institute of the Biomedical and Health Sciences at the University of Georgia (S. 360), S7839 [18JY]

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

———making appropriations (H.R. 3338), S12667 [7DE]

Dept. of Labor: congressional disapproval of ergonomic regulations (S.J. Res. 6), S1844 [6MR]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2299), S8317, S8319, S8320, S8321 [27JY], S8533 [1AU]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3061), S11448 [5NO]

Ecuador: Hacia la Seguridad project funding, S10959 [24OC]

Elections: enhance criminal penalties for election law violations and clarify current laws regarding donations from foreign nationals (S. 600), S2773 [22MR]

Federal Election Campaign Act: strengthen the enforcement of criminal penalties for election law violations, S3127 [29MR]

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

Foreign trade: develop new regulations that ensure understanding of and compliance with the control of deemed exports, S9132 [6SE]

———export control policies relative to national security, S3943, S3945, S3946, S3948, S3961, S3962, S3963 [26AP], S9042, S9043, S9050, S9064 [4SE], S9092, S9101, S9106 [5SE], S9132, S9135 [6SE]

———extend review period for processing certain export licensing applications, S9050, S9061, S9064 [4SE]

———provide export control authority (S. 149), S9042, S9043, S9048, S9049, S9050, S9060, S9061, S9064 [4SE], S9092, S9094, S9101, S9102, S9106, S9116 [5SE], S9130, S9132, S9135, S9146, S9162 [6SE]

———provide export control authority (S. 149), motion to proceed, S3943, S3945, S3946, S3948, S3961, S3962, S3963 [26AP]

———provide export control authority (S. 149), unanimous-consent agreement, S8535 [1AU], S9138 [6SE]

———reform foreign availability standards to ensure items of comparable quality are available before decontrolling U.S. items, S9132 [6SE]

Government: increase flexibility in the procurement of property and services to facilitate the defense against terrorism (S. 1780), S12553 [6DE]

———provide Federal managers with tools and flexibility in areas such as personnel, budgeting, and property management and disposal (S. 1612), S11368 [1NO]

———provide for expedited congressional consideration of legislative proposals transmitted by the President to eliminate or reduce barriers to efficient Government operations (S. 1613), S11368 [1NO]

Graham, John D.: nomination to be OMB Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs Administrator, S7906, S7929, S7934, S7937 [19JY]

Health: clarify liability of employers relative to protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, S6639 [22JN], S6848 [25JN], S6874, S6876 [26JN]

———dedicate certain civil monetary penalties to a trust fund to provide assistance to individuals without health insurance, S7153 [29JN]

———independent review and arbitration of coverage determinations by managed care plans and HMO's, S6856 [25JN]

———limit attorneys' fees in lawsuits relative to protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, S7159 [29JN]

———permit health plans to offer participants coverage which ties premium costs to a specified level of benefits, S7166 [29JN]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S. 1052), S6639 [22JN], S6848, S6856 [25JN], S6959, S6961 [27JN], S7133, S7153, S7154, S7156, S7159, S7160, S7162, S7166, S7171 [29JN]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S. 1052), motion to commit, S6853 [25JN], S6874, S6876 [26JN]

———require claimants who are denied health care benefits by managed care plans and HMO's exhaust all administrative processes prior to litigation, S6959, S6961 [27JN], S7133 [29JN]

Members of Congress: prohibit acceptance of campaign contributions from lobbyists when Congress is in session, S2564, S2565 [20MR]

Mexico: compliance of Mexico-domiciled trucks operating in the U.S. with certain safety and environmental regulations, S8317, S8319, S8320, S8321 [27JY]

National security: national objectives priority assignments, S9146 [6SE]

Political campaigns: disclosure requirements for advertisements run close to an election that clearly identify candidates and prohibition on use of labor or corporate funds for such advertisements, S2709, S2710, S2711, S2712 [22MR]

———ethics reform and contribution limits (S. 27), S2453, S2454 [19MR], S2564, S2565 [20MR], S2709, S2710, S2711, S2712, S2713 [22MR], S2954, S2958, S2966, S2967, S2968, S2969, S2970 [27MR], S3005, S3006, S3009, S3010, S3017, S3018, S3026, S3028 [28MR], S3090, S3091, S3100, S3102, S3127, S3138 [29MR], S3250, S3251 [2AP]

———expand express advocacy regulations to cover certain advertisements previously defined as issue advocacy advertisements if such advertisements clearly infer support or opposition to a specific candidate, S2709, S2710, S2711, S2712, S2713 [22MR]

———increase contribution limits to make expenditures more competitive with those of opponents using personal funds and impose limitations on the repayment of personal loans to campaigns, S2453, S2454 [19MR]

———increase hard money contribution limits applicable to candidates, parties, and political action committees, S2958, S2966, S2967, S2968, S2969, S2970 [27MR], S3005, S3006, S3009, S3010, S3017, S3018, S3026 [28MR]

———provide partial public financing for Senate candidates who abide by voluntary spending limits, S2954 [27MR]

Presidential appointments: streamline the financial disclosure process for executive branch employees (S. 1811), S13053 [12DE]

Public safety officers: collective bargaining rights for those employed by States or local governments, S11448 [5NO]

Senate: legislative program, S3004 [27MR]

Taxation: allow a deduction for State and local sales taxes in lieu of State and local income taxes, S3672 [6AP]

———allow a deduction for State and local sales taxes in lieu of State and local income taxes and allow the State and local income tax deduction against the alternative minimum tax (S. 291), S1222 [8FE], S3672 [6AP]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), S12123, S12125 [29NO]

———repeal motor fuel excise taxes which remain in the general fund of the Treasury on railroads and inland waterway transportation (S. 661), S3170 [29MR]

Tennessee: public transit systems projects funding, S8533 [1AU]

Terrorism: condemn and respond to hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (S.J. Res. 22), S9300 [12SE]

Reports

Origins and Growth of Party Soft Money Finance: Anthony Corrado, S3252-S3255 [2AP]

Reports filed

Activities During the 105th Congress: Committee on Governmental Affairs (Senate), S636 [29JA]

Activities During the 106th Congress: Committee on Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. Rept. 107-20), S5830 [5JN]

Expenditures: Committee on Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. Res. 51), S2070 [8MR]

Nomination of Angela Styles To Be OMB Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy: Committee on Governmental Affairs (Senate), S5542 [23MY]

Nomination of Erik P. Christian To Be District of Columbia Superior Court Associate Judge: Committee on Governmental Affairs (Senate), S5542 [23MY]

Nomination of John D. Graham To Be OMB Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs: Committee on Governmental Affairs (Senate), S5542 [23MY]

Nomination of Maurice A. Ross To Be District of Columbia Superior Court Associate Judge: Committee on Governmental Affairs (Senate), S5542 [23MY]

Nomination of Stephen A. Perry To Be GSA Administrator: Committee on Governmental Affairs (Senate), S5542 [23MY]

Rules

Committee on Governmental Affairs (Senate), S2059-S2064 [8MR]

Summaries

Freedom To Manage Act (S. 1613), S11369 [1NO]

Managerial Flexibility Act (S. 1612), S11369 [1NO]

Texts of

S. 600, enhance criminal penalties for election law violations and clarify current laws regarding donations from foreign nationals, S2774 [22MR]

S. 851, Citizens' Privacy Commission Act, S4605 [9MY]

S. 1097, issue right-of-way permits for natural gas pipelines in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, S6864 [25JN]

Tributes

Burson, Harold, S3212 [30MR]

Coverdell, Paul, S7839 [18JY]

Earnhardt, Dale, S1741 [1MR]

Gramm, Senator, S9060 [4SE]