BOND, CHRISTOPHER S. (a Senator from Missouri)
Amendments
Andean Trade Preference Act: extend and expand (H.R. 3009), S3882 [2MY]
Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks (H.R. 4775), S5064, S5073 [5JN]
Business and industry: improve financial reporting and independent audits and accounting services, create a Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, and improve SEC resources and oversight (S. 2673), S6661 [11JY]
Commission on Voting Rights and Procedures: establish (S. 565), S1229, S1258 [27FE], S1373, S1374 [28FE]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2514), S5783 [19JN], S5872 [20JN], S5965 [24JN], S6086, S6142, S6161 [26JN], S6178 [27JN]
Dept. of Energy: enhance national laboratory mission areas through technology transfer and partnerships (S. 517), S1622, S1632, S1635, S1682, S1683, S1684 [7MR], S1795 [12MR], S1946 [14MR], S2038 [19MR], S2291 [21MR], S2418 [9AP], S3322, S3326 [24AP], S3396 [25AP]
Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (H.R. 5005), S8818 [18SE]
Health: reauthorize health centers program and National Health Service Corps and establish Healthy Communities Access Program to coordinate services for uninsured and underinsured (S. 1533), S2741 [16AP]
Public Health Service Act: amend relative to health professions programs regarding the field of nursing (H.R. 3487), S7172 [22JY]
SBA: authorize loans to small businesses and certain other businesses that suffered substantial economic injury as a result of terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (S. 1499), S2331 [22MR]
Small business: facilitate compliance with certain Federal paperwork requirements and establish a task force to streamline certain requirements (H.R. 327), S4730 [22MY]
Taxation: treatment of adoption expenses (H.R. 622), S106 [24JA], S128, S144 [25JA], S236 [29JA], S366, S380 [5FE], S426, S427 [6FE]
Voting: protect voting rights (S. 565), S1229, S1258 [27FE], S1373, S1374 [28FE]
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 3295, Equal Protection of Voting Rights Act, S3789 [1MY]
———H.R. 4775, supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks, S5194 [6JN]
———H.R. 5010, Dept. of Defense appropriations, S7807 [1AU]
Articles and editorials
Daschle's Burning Senators, Wall Street Journal, S9184 [25SE]
Decision 2000/America Waits—A Modern Democracy That Can't Count Votes, Los Angeles (CA) Times, S1183-S1185 [26FE]
Double Take in Ballot Probe—Voters With Same Name and Birthday Expose N.Y. System, Bob Port and Greg B. Smith, New York (NY) Daily News, S1384 [1MR]
Fixing the Vote, Washington (DC) Post, S1383 [1MR]
Neglected to Death—Preventable Deaths in Nursing Homes (Special Report Series Summary), Phillip O'Connor and Andrew Schneider, St. Louis (MO) Post-Dispatch, S10607 [17OC]
Should Dogs Vote? Wall Street Journal, S1384 [1MR]
Spaniel Makes Senate Appearance in Support of Bond's Reform Efforts, Deirdre Shesgreen, St. Louis (MO) Post-Dispatch, S1385 [1MR]
Vote for Voting Reforms, New York (NY) Times, S1384 [1MR]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Airports: modify terminal buildings to accommodate explosive detection systems for screening checked baggage (see S. 2735), S8385 [9SE]
Alfonse M. D'Amato U.S. Courthouse, Central Islip, NY: designate (see S. 2495), S4145 [9MY]
Armed Forces: provide for a Korea Defense Service Medal to be issued to members who participated in Korea after the Korean War (see S. 999), S5205 [6JN]
Aviation: recognize heroism and courage of airline flight attendants (see S. Con. Res. 110), S4281 [13MY]
Children's Internet Safety Month: designate (see S. Res. 338), S10572 [16OC]
Community service: provide incentives for communities and individuals to serve the poor and others in need and enhance ability of low-income individuals to build assets (see S. 1924), S4536 [17MY]
Congressional Gold Medal: award posthumously to passengers and crew of United Airlines flight 93 in the aftermath of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see S. 2924), S8506 [11SE]
Courts: divide the ninth judicial circuit into two circuits (see S. 346), S6250 [27JN]
Dept. of Defense: specify additional selection criteria for upcoming rounds of military base closures and realignments (see S. 2509), S4389 [15MY]
Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (see S. 2794), S7902 [1AU]
Dept. of Justice: establish office to monitor acts of international terrorism alleged to have been committed by Palestinian individuals or organizations (see S. 1377), S8919 [19SE]
Dept. of Transportation: provide financial assistance for local rail line relocation projects (see S. 948), S2261 [21MR]
Diseases: improve quality of care for cancer patients (see S. 2965), S8754 [18SE]
Education: improve early learning opportunities and promote school preparedness (see S. 2566), S4839 [23MY]
FCC: facilitate the ability of certain spectrum auction winners to pursue alternative measures to meet the public needs of wireless telecommunications consumers (see S. 2869), S10888 [13NO]
FEMA: extend the National Flood Insurance Program (see S. 13), S11736 [20NO]
Firearms: protect manufacturers and sellers in the firearms and ammunition industry from restrictions on interstate or foreign commerce (see S. 2268), S7901 [1AU]
Food: recognize significance of bread in American history, culture, and daily diet (see S. Con. Res. 148), S10224 [9OC]
Health: reduce the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (see S. 2793), S10118 [8OC]
Iran: human rights violations (see S. Res. 306), S7431 [26JY]
Israel: express solidarity in the fight against terrorism (see S. Res. 247), S3844 [2MY]
Labor unions: encourage mediation to resolve dispute between the Pacific Maritime Association and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (see S. Res. 333), S9983 [4OC]
Medicare: clarify definition of homebound relative to home health services (see S. 2085), S2485 [10AP]
———enhance access of beneficiaries who live in medically underserved areas to critical primary and preventive health care benefits and improve the Medicare+Choice program (see S. 2067), S2326 [22MR]
———increase the payment amount for inpatient hospital services and freeze the reduction in payments to hospitals for indirect costs of medical education (see S. 839), S661 [12FE]
Memorial Day: recognize the sacrifice and dedication of the Armed Forces and civilian national security agencies (see S. Res. 278), S4840 [23MY]
Motor vehicles: impose a mandatory fuel surcharge for transportation provided by certain motor carriers (see S. 1914), S487 [7FE]
National Biotechnology Week: designate (see S. Res. 243), S2723 [16AP]
National Civilian Conservation Corps Day: designate (see S. Res. 207), S660 [12FE]
National 4-H Youth Development Program Week: designate (see S. Con. Res. 143), S8918 [19SE]
National Health Center Week: designate (see S. Con. Res. 121), S5535 [13JN]
National Medical Services Week: designate (see S. Con. Res. 112), S4568 [20MY]
National Veterans Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 293), S6708 [12JY]
NATO: endorse further enlargement (see S. 1572), S3303 [24AP]
NSF: authorizing appropriations (see S. 2817), S7469 [29JY]
Paul and Sheila Wellstone Center for Community Building, St. Paul, MN: authorize construction grant (see S. 3156), S11079 [14NO]
Pensions: promote the provision of retirement investment advice to workers managing their retirement income assets (see S. 1978), S2008 [18MR]
Pledge of Allegiance: circuit court decision on inclusion of phrase ``under God'' (see S. Res. 292), S6127 [26JN]
———reaffirm reference to ``one Nation under God'' (see S. 2690), S6250 [27JN]
SBA: establish a priority preference for firms that have both 8(a) Business Development and HUBZone Program certifications, and raise the sole-source thresholds in the awarding of Federal contracts (see S. 1994), S1599 [6MR]
———establish position of Small and Disadvantaged Business Ombudsman for Procurement (see S. 2753), S7033 [18JY]
Science: prohibit the cloning of humans (see S. 1899), S175 [28JA]
Senior citizens: promote elder justice (see S. 2933), S8565 [12SE]
Small business: provide emergency assistance to non-farm small business concerns that have suffered economic harm from the effects of drought (see S. 2734), S7227 [23JY]
———recognize role in national defense and encourage government purchase of innovative technologies and services from small businesses to help in homeland defense and the fight against terrorism (see S. Res. 264), S4064 [8MY]
Small Business Act: modify contract consolidation requirements (see S. 2466), S3953 [7MY]
Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act: ensure coverage of National Guard troops mobilized for support services in the aftermath of terrorist attacks (see S. 1680), S348 [5FE]
Stewart, Milton D.: tribute (see S. Res. 216), S1536 [5MR]
Syria: halt support for terrorism, end occupation of Lebanon, stop development of weapons of mass destruction, and cease illegal importation of Iraqi oil (see S. 2215), S8919 [19SE]
Taxation: allow distilled spirits wholesalers a credit for their cost of carrying Federal excise taxes prior to the sale of the product bearing the tax (see S. 2047), S2260 [21MR]
———allow use of principal repayments to issue additional mortgages and modify price limitations under the mortgage revenue bond program and change income limit for housing credit program (see S. 677), S10888 [13NO]
———increase expensing limits of small businesses for new business investment and equipment (see S. 2023), S1974 [15MR]
———provide involuntary conversion tax relief for producers forced to sell livestock due to weather-related conditions or Federal land management agency policy or action (see S. 2762), S7470 [29JY]
———transfer all excise taxes imposed on alcohol fuels to the Highway Trust Fund (see S. 2678), S6013 [25JN]
———treatment of damages and back pay received on account of, and expenses incurred in asserting any claim of employment discrimination (see S. 917), S9846 [2OC]
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: provide highway infrastructure investment at the guaranteed funding level (see S. 1917), S487 [7FE]
Veterans: permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see S. 2051), S3843 [2MY]
Wellstone, Paul D.: tribute (see S. Res. 354), S10800 [28OC]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Armed Forces: establish a unified combatant command for homeland security (see S. 1909), S286 [4FE]
Birth Defects Prevention Act: revise and extend (see S. 2980), S8918 [19SE]
Clean Air Act: limit access to chemical facility offsite consequence analysis information (see S. 2579), S5041 [5JN]
Housing: promote the production of affordable low-income housing (see S. 2967), S8918 [19SE]
National Work Safe Week: designate (see S. Res. 276), S4840 [23MY]
Queen Sirikit (Thailand): U.S. visit (see S. Con. Res. 150), S10040 [7OC]
Small business: improve calculation of the Federal subsidy rate with respect to certain small business loans (see S. 3172), S11214 [15NO]
Tariff: liquidate or reliquidate certain entries (see S. 2451), S3843 [2MY]
Taxation: clarify the exemption from tax for small property and casualty insurance companies (see S. 2084), S2485 [10AP]
———modify unrelated business income limitation on investment in certain debt-financed properties (see S. 2022), S1974 [15MR]
Terrorism: establish a national response policy and a national urban search and rescue task force program (see S. 2061), S2261 [21MR]
Cloture motions
Andean Trade Preference Act: extend and expand (H.R. 3009), S4558 [20MY], S4614 [21MY], S4668 [22MY]
Clifton, Richard R.: nomination to be circuit judge, S6964 [17JY], S7016 [18JY]
Letters
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge oil and gas exploration: Mary J. Hutzler, Dept. of Energy, S2783 [17AP]
Improve calculation of the Federal subsidy rate with respect to certain small business loans: by, S11221 [15NO]
Permit the use of a signature, or personal mark, to verify the identity of voters who register by mail: Daniel J. Bryant, Dept. of Justice, S1180 [26FE]
Safety consequences of reducing vehicle weights to improve fuel economy: Brian O'Neill, Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, S1769 [12MR]
Motions
Commission on Voting Rights and Procedures: establish (S. 565), S1228 [27FE]
Voting: protect voting rights (S. 565), S1228 [27FE]
Press releases
Circuit Attorney Announces Charges Against Vote Fraud Offenders: Jennifer M. Joyce, Office of the St. Louis, MO, Circuit Attorney, S2473 [10AP]
Privilege of the floor
Stapleton, Tom, S432 [6FE]
Stoody, John, S5104 [5JN]
Remarks
Agriculture: continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), conference report, S4013 [8MY]
Air Transportation Stabilization Board: delay payments under the Airline Loan Guarantee Program, S4939 [4JN]
Andean Trade Preference Act: extend and expand (H.R. 3009), S4187 [10MY], S4437 [16MY], S4957 [4JN]
Appropriations: legislative process, S9183 [25SE], S9814 [2OC]
———making supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks (H.R. 4775), S4939 [4JN]
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: oil and gas exploration, S2783 [17AP]
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (S.J. Res. 45), S9682 [1OC], S10141 [9OC]
Autrey, Henry E.: nomination to be district judge, S7807 [1AU]
Birth Defects Prevention Act: revise and extend (S. 2980), S8931 [19SE]
Budget: allocation of funds, S9814 [2OC]
Business and industry: improve financial reporting and independent audits and accounting services, create a Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, and improve SEC resources and oversight (S. 2673), S6346 [8JY]
———protect investors by improving the accuracy and reliability of corporate disclosures pursuant to securities laws (H.R. 3763), conference report, S7361 [25JY]
Chen Wu Sue-jen: visit to U.S., S9225 [25SE]
China, People's Republic of: persecution of Falun Gong practitioners, S9226 [25SE]
Clean Air Act: limit access to chemical facility offsite consequence Analysis information (S. 2579), S5043 [5JN]
Commission on Voting Rights and Procedures: establish (S. 565), S718 [13FE], S818, S820, S825, S826, S828 [14FE], S1175, S1180, S1182, S1185 [26FE], S1224, S1225, S1229, S1230, S1231 [27FE], S1329, S1331, S1332 [28FE], S1383 [1MR], S2472, S2473 [10AP], S2517, S2522 [11AP], S9684 [1OC]
Cox, Mary: Experience Works (organization) Missouri Outstanding Older Worker of the Year award recipient, S10671
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2514), S5981 [25JN]
———promote public-private competition for contracts and procurement, S5981 [25JN]
Dept. of Energy: enhance national laboratory mission areas through technology transfer and partnerships (S. 517), S1745, S1768 [12MR], S1826 [13MR], S2040 [19MR], S2562 [11AP], S2783 [17AP], S3379, S3391 [25AP]
———enhance national laboratory mission areas through technology transfer and partnerships (S. 517), unanimous-consent agreement, S1770 [12MR]
Dept. of Homeland Security: ensure management flexibility, S9681 [1OC]
———establish (H.R. 5005), S9681 [1OC]
———require employee representation in planning, development, and implementation of any human resources management system, S9681 [1OC]
———rights of union employees transferring into department, S9681 [1OC]
Dept. of Justice: investigation of voting rights violations in the 2000 elections, S828 [14FE]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5093), S8515 [12SE], S9183 [25SE], S9814 [2OC]
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (S. 2766), unanimous-consent request, S9814 [2OC]
Dorr, Richard E.: nomination to be district judge, S7812 [1AU]
Economy: national objectives priority assignments, S9183 [25SE]
Employment: prohibit the establishment of wage insurance for workers adversely affected by foreign trade, S4437 [16MY]
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals (S. 812), S6976 [18JY]
Health care facilities: abuse and neglect in nursing homes, S10606 [17OC]
Housing: promote the production of affordable low-income housing (S. 2967), S8920 [19SE]
Insurance: ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism (S. 2600), S5507 [13JN]
Kansas City, MO: tribute to American Indian Heritage Celebration, S10670
Medicare: coverage of outpatient prescription drugs, S6976 [18JY]
Missouri River: water resource management, S6346 [8JY]
Motor vehicles: increase corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards and encourage use of alternative fuels and advanced technology vehicles, S1745, S1768 [12MR], S1826 [13MR], S3379 [25AP]
———renewable fuel content requirements, S2562 [11AP], S3391 [25AP]
National Committee for Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve: anniversary, S2407
National forests: implement an emergency hazardous fuels reduction plan, S8515 [12SE], S9183 [25SE], S9678, S9679 [1OC]
National Osteopathic Medicine Week: observance, S9843
National Work Safe Week: designate (S. Res. 276), S4874 [23MY]
NSF: authorizing appropriations (S. 2817), S7501 [29JY]
Osage Beach, MO: tribute to Lee Mace's Ozark Opry, S9842
Pensions: promote the provision of retirement investment advice to workers managing their retirement income assets (S. 1978), S1929 [14MR]
Petroleum: dependence on foreign sources, S3379 [25AP]
Philippines: effect on tuna industry in Mindanao of duty free treatment of U.S. canned tuna imports from certain Andean countries, S4957 [4JN]
Power resources: national energy policy, S1745, S1768 [12MR], S1826 [13MR], S2040 [19MR], S2562 [11AP], S2783 [17AP], S3379, S3391 [25AP]
Queen Sirikit (Thailand): U.S. visit, S9677 [1OC]
SBA: authorize loans to small businesses and certain other businesses that suffered substantial economic injury as a result of terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (S. 1499), S2337
———establish a priority preference for firms that have both 8(a) Business Development and HUBZone Program certifications, and raise the sole-source thresholds in the awarding of Federal contracts (S. 1994), S1613 [6MR]
Senate: legislative priorities, S9678, S9679 [1OC]
———legislative program, S2038 [19MR], S9813 [2OC]
Shipping industry: lockout of workers in labor dispute at West Coast ports, S9879 [3OC]
Small business: analyze potential impacts of rules proposed by certain agencies (S. 849), S4190 [10MY]
———forgive interest payments on certain disaster loans and provide tax relief for concerns in the aftermath of terrorist attacks (S. 1493), S4189 [10MY]
———improve access and choice relative to employee health care (S. 858), S4188 [10MY], S9683 [1OC]
———improve calculation of the Federal subsidy rate with respect to certain small business loans (S. 3172), S11221 [15NO]
———recognize role in national defense and encourage government purchase of innovative technologies and services from small businesses to help in homeland defense and the fight against terrorism (S. Res. 264), S4191 [10MY]
———treatment relative to taxation and health care, S4188-S4191 [10MY]
Small Business Act: modify contract consolidation requirements (S. 2466), S3959 [7MY]
Small Business Investment Act: amend (S. 1196), S4189 [10MY]
Social Security: allow coverage of pregnancy-related assistance for targeted low-income pregnant women under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (S. 724), S9826 [2OC]
———allow coverage of pregnancy-related assistance for targeted low-income pregnant women under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (S. 724), unanimous-consent request, S10062 [8OC]
St. Louis, MO: anniversary of Vashon High School, S11209
———tribute to Westminster Christian Academy for participation in We the People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution competition, S6863
———voting irregularities, S718-S721 [13FE]
Taxation: clarify the exemption from tax for small property and casualty insurance companies (S. 2084), S2487 [10AP]
———expand tax credits for biodiesel fuel and conduct study on alternative fuels and fueled vehicles, S2040 [19MR]
———increase deduction for expensing of certain depreciable assets by small businesses, S90 [24JA], S201, S202 [29JA]
———increase expensing limits of small businesses for new business investment and equipment (S. 2023), S1980 [15MR]
———increase unified estate tax credit, S5406 [12JN]
———modify unrelated business income limitation on investment in certain debt-financed properties, S386 [6FE]
———modify unrelated business income limitation on investment in certain debt-financed properties (S. 2022), S1978 [15MR]
———phase out estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), S5406 [12JN]
———provide incentives for economic recovery, S90 [24JA], S201, S202 [29JA], S386 [6FE]
———treat military service during peacekeeping mission in Somalia in the same manner as if such services were performed in a combat zone, S386 [6FE]
———treatment of adoption expenses (H.R. 622), S90 [24JA], S201, S202 [29JA], S386 [6FE]
Terrorism: establish a national response policy and a national urban search and rescue task force program (S. 2061), S2285 [21MR]
Trade Act: amend to consolidate and improve trade adjustment assistance programs and provide community-based economic development assistance for trade-affected communities, S4187 [10MY]
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: funding, S11719 [20NO]
Treaties and agreements: extend trade negotiating and trade agreement implementing authority, S4187 [10MY], S4437 [16MY]
Voting: authorize administrative leave for Federal employees to perform poll worker service during Federal elections, S825 [14FE]
———clarify ability of election officials to remove registrants from official list of voters due to change of residence, S826 [14FE]
———eliminate special treatment of punch card voting systems under voting system standards, S818, S820 [14FE]
———establish a grant program to provide assistance to States for modernizing and enhancing voting procedures and administration (H.R. 3295), conference report, S10488, S10492, S10493, S10495 [16OC], S10606 [17OC]
———establish a residual ballot performance benchmark, S2472, S2473 [10AP]
———implement significant election administration reforms, S10 [23JA]
———permit the use of a signature, or personal mark, to verify the identity of voters who register by mail, S1175, S1180, S1182, S1185 [26FE], S1224, S1225, S1229, S1230, S1231 [27FE], S1331, S1332 [28FE], S1383 [1MR]
———permit the use of a signature, or personal mark, to verify the identity of voters who register by mail in States with federally-certified low levels of voter fraud, S1229, S1230, S1231 [27FE], S1329 [28FE]
———protect voting rights (S. 565), S718 [13FE], S818, S820, S825, S826, S828 [14FE], S1175, S1180, S1182, S1185 [26FE], S1224, S1225, S1229, S1230, S1231 [27FE], S1329, S1331, S1332 [28FE], S1383 [1MR], S2472, S2473 [10AP], S2517, S2522 [11AP], S9684 [1OC]
———treatment of absentee and mail-in ballots, S2522 [11AP]
———voter fraud, S2472 [10AP]
Summaries
Affordable Housing Expansion Act (S. 2967), S8921 [19SE]
National Response to Terrorism and Consequence Management Act (S. 2061), S2285 [21MR]
Texts of
S. 2022, Small Business Investment Company Capital Access Act, S1979 [15MR]
S. 2084, clarify the exemption from tax for small property and casualty insurance companies, S2487 [10AP]
S. 2967, Affordable Housing Expansion Act, S8922-S8926 [19SE]
S. Res. 276, National Work Safe Week, S4874 [23MY]
Tributes
Ellsworth, John K., S6010
Evans, Raymond D., S5583 [14JN]
Helms, Senator, S9797 [2OC]
Lamar, Anthony, S10671
McGee, Charles E., S2255
Myrick, Charlie, S9842
Stapleton, Thomas J., S11565
Thurmond, Senator, S9069 [24SE]
Wright, John, S10671