CHAFEE, LINCOLN D. (a Senator from Rhode Island)
Addresses
Dwight D. Eisenhower Executive Office Building Dedication Ceremony: Colin L. Powell, Sec. of State, S4272
———Paul D. Wolfowitz, Dept. of Defense, S4270
———President Bush, S4271
———Stephen A. Perry, GSA, S4270
———Susan Eisenhower, Eisenhower Institute, S4271
Amendments
Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks (H.R. 4775), S5004 [5JN]
Commission on Voting Rights and Procedures: establish (S. 565), S835, S874 [14FE]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2514), S5852 [20JN]
Dept. of Energy: enhance national laboratory mission areas through technology transfer and partnerships (S. 517), S1859 [13MR], S2633 [12AP], S3066 [22AP], S3148, S3219 [23AP]
Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (H.R. 5005), S9272, S9303 [25SE]
Public Health Service Act: amend relative to health professions programs regarding the field of nursing (H.R. 3487), S7172 [22JY]
Voting: protect voting rights (S. 565), S835, S874 [14FE]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Air pollution: establish a national uniform multiple air pollutant regulatory program for the electric generating sector (see S. 3135), S10676 [17OC]
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), S4840 [23MY]
Aviation: recognize heroism and courage of airline flight attendants (see S. Con. Res. 110), S5536 [13JN]
Colombia: elections (see S. Res. 283), S5454 [12JN]
———eligibility of nationals for temporary protected status (see S. 2856), S7899 [1AU]
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]
Dept. of State: promote national security by expanding international educational and cultural exchange programs with the Islamic world (see S. 2505), S4199 [10MY]
Dept. of the Interior: implement final rule to phase out snowmobile use in Yellowstone National Park, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Memorial Parkway, and Grand Teton National Park, and snowplane use in Grand Teton National Park (see S. 2697), S6650 [11JY]
Diseases: combat cancer (see S. 1976), S1351 [28FE]
Education: improve access to printed instructional materials used by blind or other print-disabled persons in elementary and secondary schools (see S. 2246), S5367 [11JN]
Enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative: reform (see S. 2210), S2950 [18AP]
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]
FDA: grant authority to regulate tobacco (see S. 2626), S5633 [17JN]
Firearms: improve the national instant criminal background check system (see S. 2826), S10844 [12NO]
Fish and fishing: review fisheries data collection techniques, implement a national cooperative research program to facilitate industry involvement in data collection, and improve fishery management (see S. 2972), S10360 [10OC]
Foreign aid: authorize assistance for individuals with disabilities in foreign countries, including victims of landmines, civil strife, and warfare (see S. 1777), S2578 [11AP]
Foreign policy: recognize diplomatic importance of U.S. foreign assistance programs in fighting global terrorism and promoting national security (see S. Res. 204), S348 [5FE]
Forest Service: protection of certain roadless areas (see S. 2790), S7372 [25JY]
Government: extend and strengthen procedures to maintain fiscal accountability and responsibility (see S. 2465), S4065 [8MY]
Health: modify the rules for redistribution and extended availability of funding for the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see S. 2860), S7899 [1AU]
Homeless: direct Federal aid to projects and programs that will prevent, and end, homelessness and ensure accountability through performance evaluations (see S. 2573), S4839 [23MY]
Medicare: 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), S9846 [2OC]
Memorial Day: recognize the sacrifice and dedication of the Armed Forces and civilian national security agencies (see S. Res. 278), S4840 [23MY]
Motor vehicles: provide for greater fairness in the motor vehicle franchise contract arbitration process (see S. 1140), S100 [24JA]
Museum and Library Services Act: reauthorize (see S. 2611), S5366 [11JN]
National Medical Services Week: designate (see S. Con. Res. 112), S4568 [20MY]
National Sea Grant College Program Act: reauthorize (see S. 2428), S3954 [7MY]
Paul and Sheila Wellstone Center for Community Building, St. Paul, MN: authorize construction grant (see S. 3156), S11079 [14NO]
Peace Corps: promote global acceptance of the principles of international peace and nonviolent coexistence among peoples of diverse cultures and systems of government (see S. 2667), S10118 [8OC]
Pensions: provide individual investment account participants with improved information on asset investments, new diversification rights, and new limitations on pension plan blackouts (see S. 2190), S2829 [17AP]
Pledge of Allegiance: circuit court decision on inclusion of phrase ``under God'' (see S. Res. 292), S6127 [26JN]
Railroads: establish a national rail passenger transportation system and reauthorize and improve service and security on Amtrak (see S. 1991), S2632 [12AP]
Read Across America Day: designate (see S. Res. 211), S1252 [27FE]
Refugees: reaffirm U.S. commitment to protecting refugees who are fleeing persecution or torture (see S. 1311), S6014 [25JN]
Safety: provide for safe equestrian helmets (see S. 2681), S6126 [26JN]
Senate Rules: prohibit employment discrimination based on sexual orientation (see S. Res. 294), S6250 [27JN]
Social Security: extend availability of allotments under the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see S. 3180), S11736 [20NO]
Tariff: benzoic acid, 2-amino-4-[[(2,5-dichlorophenyl)amino]carbonyl]-, methyl ester (see S. 2289), S3434 [25AP]
———4-amino-2,5-dimethoxy-N-phenylbenzene sulfonamide (see S. 2296), S3434 [25AP]
———p-amino benzamide (see S. 2294), S3434 [25AP]
———pigment red 176 (see S. 2299), S3434 [25AP]
———pigment red 185 (see S. 2293), S3434 [25AP]
———pigment red 187 (see S. 2292), S3434 [25AP]
———pigment red 208 (see S. 2543), S4702 [22MY]
———pigment yellow 154 (see S. 2298), S3434 [25AP]
———pigment yellow 175 (see S. 2290, 2291), S3434 [25AP]
———pigment yellow 180 (see S. 2301), S3434 [25AP]
———pigment yellow 214 (see S. 2300), S3434 [25AP]
———provide duty-free benefits for certain products produced within qualifying industrial zones in Turkey and Israel (see S. 2663), S8674 [17SE]
———solvent blue 104 (see S. 2297), S3434 [25AP]
———solvent blue 124 (see S. 2295), S3434 [25AP]
Taxation: clarify eligibility of certain expenses for low-income housing credit (see S. 2006), S10360 [10OC]
———extend financing of the Superfund program by reinstating certain excise taxes (see S. 2596), S5205 [6JN]
———treatment of damages and back pay received on account of, and expenses incurred in asserting any claim of employment discrimination (see S. 917), S8300 [5SE]
Thomas, Rex D. (Dave): tribute (see S. Res. 199), S32 [23JA]
Tick-Borne Disorders Advisory Committee: establish (see S. 969), S8919 [19SE]
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: provide highway infrastructure investment at the guaranteed funding level (see S. 1917), S487 [7FE]
Uruguay: authorize the negotiation of a free trade agreement (see S. 2796), S7372 [25JY]
Wellstone, Paul D.: tribute (see S. Res. 354), S10800 [28OC]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor: authorizing appropriations (see S. 2033), S2076 [19MR]
Brazil: elections (see S. Res. 365), S11736 [20NO]
Indonesia: commemorate independence of East Timor and encourage establishment of diplomatic relations (see S. Con. Res. 109), S4145 [9MY]
Remarks
Air pollution: establish a national uniform multiple air pollutant regulatory program for the electric generating sector (S. 3135), S10705 [17OC]
Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks (H.R. 4775), S5006 [5JN]
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: use oil and gas revenues to sustain and consolidate domestic steel producers, provide health insurance to retired steelworkers, and increase steel production to build natural gas pipeline, S3160 [23AP]
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (S.J. Res. 45), S10200 [9OC]
Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor: authorizing appropriations (S. 2033), S2082 [19MR]
Brown University: induction of 1976 football team into Brown Hall of Fame, S3428
Dept. of Energy: enhance national laboratory mission areas through technology transfer and partnerships (S. 517), S3160 [23AP]
Dept. of Homeland Security: ensure management flexibility, S9202 [25SE]
———establish (H.R. 5005), S9202 [25SE], S11405 [19NO]
———require employee representation in planning, development, and implementation of any human resources management system, S9202 [25SE]
———rights of union employees transferring into department, S9202 [25SE]
Dwight D. Eisenhower Executive Office Building, Washington, DC: dedication and renaming ceremony, S4270
Government: extend and strengthen procedures to maintain fiscal accountability and responsibility, S5006 [5JN]
Health: modify the rules for redistribution and extended availability of funding for the State Children's Health Insurance Program (S. 2860), S7927 [1AU]
Power resources: national energy policy, S3160 [23AP]
Taxation: extend financing of the Superfund program by reinstating certain excise taxes (S. 2596), S5209 [6JN]
Terrorism: liability protections to companies that sell anti-terrorism technology and services to Federal, State, and local governments, S11405 [19NO]
Texts of
S. 2033, Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor appropriations, S2082 [19MR]
Tributes
Wellstone, Paul D., S11061 [14NO]
Wirth, Joe, S3428
Zecchino, Vincent and Julia, S11209