CONRAD, KENT (a Senator from North Dakota)

Amendments

Agriculture: continue certain programs (S. 1731), S442 [7FE], S533, S557 [8FE], S645, S672 [12FE]

Andean Trade Preference Act: extend and expand (H.R. 3009), S4631 [21MY]

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks (H.R. 4775), S5103 [5JN]

Committee on Appropriations (Senate): encourage the reporting of fiscally responsible, bipartisan appropriations legislation (S. Res. 304), S10528, S10588 [16OC]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2514), S5763, S5786 [19JN], S5808 [20JN], S6114, S6150, S6166 [26JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 5010), S7687, S7752 [31JY]

Dept. of Energy: enhance national laboratory mission areas through technology transfer and partnerships (S. 517), S1632, S1635, S1684 [7MR], S1947 [14MR], S2451, S2462, S2492, S2496, S2497 [10AP], S2982 [18AP], S3325 [24AP], S3359, S3395 [25AP]

Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (H.R. 5005), S8846 [18SE]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5093), S8145, S8222 [4SE]

Small business: facilitate compliance with certain Federal paperwork requirements and establish a task force to streamline certain requirements (H.R. 327), S4730 [22MY]

Taxation: phase out estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), S5346, S5386 [11JN]

———treatment of adoption expenses (H.R. 622), S105 [24JA], S377 [5FE]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 2646, Agriculture, Conservation, and Rural Enhancement Act, S976 [15FE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: clarify rates applicable to marketing assistance loans and loan deficiency payments for certain oilseeds (see S. 2814), S7469 [29JY]

———clarify rates applicable to marketing assistance loans and loan deficiency payments for certain oilseeds, dry peas, lentils, and small chickpeas (see S. 3094), S10359 [10OC]

———provide emergency agriculture assistance (see S. 2800), S7431 [26JY]

American Indian Higher Education Consortium: anniversary (see S. Res. 321), S8201 [4SE]

Aviation: establish a program for Federal flight deck officers (see S. 2554), S8093 [3SE]

Chicago, IL: expand aviation capacity (see S. 1786), S1783 [12MR] (see S. 2039), S2579 [11AP]

Children and youth: provide for a national media campaign to reduce and prevent underage drinking (see S. 866), S348 [5FE]

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]

Consumers: require disclosure of terms of rental-purchase agreements (see S. 2947), S8673 [17SE]

Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide: reaffirm support and commemorate anniversary of Genocide Convention Implementation Act (see S. Res. 307), S10443 [15OC]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: standardize copayment exemption levels for outpatient medications (see S. 1408), S2368 [8AP]

Education: improve access to printed instructional materials used by blind or other print-disabled persons in elementary and secondary schools (see S. 2246), S6868 [16JY]

Family History Month: designate (see S. Res. 330), S8981 [20SE]

Financial institutions: merge bank and savings association deposit insurance funds and reform the Federal deposit insurance system (see S. 1945), S4388 [15MY]

Food industry: improve public health and food safety through enhanced enforcement (see S. 2803), S7430 [26JY]

Foreign aid: authorize assistance for individuals with disabilities in foreign countries, including victims of landmines, civil strife, and warfare (see S. 1777), S7309 [24JY]

Health: improve access to oral health care by strengthening the dental workforce in rural and underserved communities (see S. 998), S5772 [19JN]

Health care professionals: improve access to physicians in medically underserved areas by extending and increasing foreign country residency requirement waivers for foreign medical graduates (see S. 2674), S6013 [25JN]

Iran: human rights violations (see S. Res. 306), S7372 [25JY]

Law enforcement: prevent and punish counterfeiting and copyright piracy of intellectual property (see S. 2395), S6499 [9JY]

Law enforcement officers: exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see S. 2480), S6499 [9JY]

Medicare: coverage of medical nutrition therapy services for beneficiaries with cardiovascular diseases (see S. 960), S1857 [13MR]

———coverage of remote monitoring services (see S. 1607), S176 [28JA]

———establish a subvention demonstration project for veterans (see S. 2233), S5455 [12JN]

———extend authorization for appropriations for certain rural grants (see S. 2135), S2723 [16AP]

———improve the telemedicine program and provide grants for the development of telehealth networks (see S. 2750), S7033 [18JY]

Monuments and memorials: prohibit desecration, provide for repairs, and permit guide signs on Federal highways for veterans' memorials (see S. 1644), S235 [29JA]

National Crazy Horse Day: designate (see S. Res. 224), S1705 [8MR]

National Drought Council: establish (see S. 2528), S7431 [26JY]

National Farmers Union: anniversary (see S. Res. 324), S8384 [9SE]

National Inhalants and Poison Prevention Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 206), S1936 [14MR]

National Veterans Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 293), S6250 [27JN]

National Youth Sports Program: reauthorize (see S. 1911), S1209 [26FE]

Paul and Sheila Wellstone Center for Community Building, St. Paul, MN: authorize construction grant (see S. 3156), S11079 [14NO]

Pledge of Allegiance: circuit court decision on inclusion of phrase ``under God'' (see S. Res. 292), S6127 [26JN]

Read Across America Day: designate (see S. Res. 211), S1252 [27FE]

Rural areas: reward the hard work and risk of individuals who live in and help preserve small, rural towns (see S. 1860), S1706 [8MR]

Russia: condition any bilateral trade agreements on the protection of religious freedoms and emigration, within the context of the Jackson-Vanik Amendment (see S. Res. 234), S2485 [10AP]

Small business: improve calculation of the Federal subsidy rate with respect to certain small business loans (see S. 3172), S11214 [15NO]

Social Security: computation system for benefits relative to spouses' or surviving spouses' Government pensions (see S. 611), S5956 [24JN]

———modify attorney fee assessment system and extend attorney fee direct payment system to improve representation of disabled claimants (see S. 2700), S8566 [12SE]

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), S4841 [23MY]

Tariff: impose tariff-rate quotas on certain casein and milk protein concentrates (see S. 847), S7469 [29JY]

Taxation: 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), S5041 [5JN]

———exclude from gross income loan payments received under the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program (see S. 2654), S5851 [20JN]

———treat certain motor vehicle dealer transitional assistance as an involuntary conversion (see S. 2726), S6707 [12JY]

Transportation: improve transit service in rural areas, small urban areas, and for the elderly and disabled (see S. 2884), S7900 [1AU]

Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: provide highway infrastructure investment at the guaranteed funding level (see S. 1917), S1599 [6MR]

Veterans: clarify the applicability of the prohibition on assignment of veterans benefits to agreements regarding future receipt of compensation and educate veterans on available legitimate financial services (see S. 2003), S1705 [8MR]

———facilitate and enhance judicial review of certain matters regarding veterans' benefits (see S. 2079), S3506 [29AP]

———improve procedures for the determination of the inability of veterans to defray expenses of necessary medical care (see S. 2741), S8506 [11SE]

Wellstone, Paul D.: tribute (see S. Res. 354), S10800 [28OC]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2003-2012 (see S. Con. Res. 100), S2326 [22MR]

Electric power: promote the production of energy from wind (see S. 1930), S586 [11FE]

Health: authorize formulation of State and regional emergency telehealth network testbeds and a telehealth task force within the Dept. of Defense (see S. 2748), S6947 [17JY]

Law enforcement: establish a Community Oriented Policing Services anti-methamphetamine grant program (see S. 2030), S2076 [19MR]

Taxation: modify credit for holders of qualified zone academy bonds (see S. 2882), S7900 [1AU]

United Mine Workers of America: provide additional sources of revenue to the Combined Benefit Fund and Benefit Plan (see S. 2637), S5696 [18JN]

Cloture motions

Carmona, Richard H.: nomination to be Surgeon General, S7019 [18JY], S7189 [23JY]

Committee on Appropriations (Senate): encourage the reporting of fiscally responsible, bipartisan appropriations legislation (S. Res. 304), motion to proceed, S10398 [10OC]

Dept. of Energy: enhance national laboratory mission areas through technology transfer and partnerships (S. 517), S2714 [16AP], S2890 [18AP]

Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (H.R. 5005), S8652 [17SE], S8889 [19SE]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5093), S8245 [5SE], S8589 [13SE], S8662 [17SE], S9025 [23SE]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals (S. 812), S7462 [29JY], S7633 [31JY]

———provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals (S. 812), motion to proceed, S6798 [15JY], S6883 [17JY]

Insurance: ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism (S. 2600), S5575 [14JN], S5646 [18JN]

Smith, Lavenski R.: nomination to be circuit judge, S6592 [10JY], S6793 [15JY]

Letters

Improve calculation of the Federal subsidy rate with respect to certain small business loans: by, S11221 [15NO]

Motions

Taxation: phase out estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), S5433 [12JN]

Remarks

Agriculture: conservation programs funding, S3927 [7MY]

———continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), S882, S883 [15FE]

———continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), conference report, S3926, S3929 [7MY]

———continue certain programs (S. 1731), S513, S514, S534 [8FE], S618, S639 [12FE], S676, S677 [13FE]

———increase the rate of compensation for peanut quota holders, S618 [12FE]

———limit price support payments to producers, S3926 [7MY]

———provide emergency agriculture assistance, S534 [8FE], S8241, S8243 [5SE], S8406 [10SE], S10620 [17OC]

———provide emergency agriculture assistance (S. 3099), S11378 [19NO]

———require labeling of country of origin on imported perishable agricultural commodities, S3927 [7MY]

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks (H.R. 4775), S4954 [4JN], S5007, S5010, S5011, S5013, S5014, S5015, S5017, S5018, S5019, S5020, S5021, S5022 [5JN], S5117, S5118 [6JN]

———making supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks (H.R. 4775), conference report, S7279 [24JY]

Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (S.J. Res. 45), S10319 [10OC]

Budget: allocation of funds, S3926 [7MY], S8892-S8894 [19SE]

———extend budget discipline and enforcement procedures, S10527, S10528, S10530 [16OC]

———extend discretionary spending caps and the pay-as-you-go requirement, S5015, S5017, S5018 [5JN], S5337 [11JN], S5809 [20JN]

———revisions to aggregate spending levels, S3621 [1MY], S4269 [13MY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2003-2012, S5019, S5020 [5JN]

———status report, S4955 [4JN], S8747 [18SE]

Commission on Voting Rights and Procedures: establish (S. 565), S840 [14FE]

Committee on Appropriations (Senate): appropriations allocation revisions to Dept. of Defense and emergency appropriations legislation, S653 [12FE]

———appropriations allocation revisions to H.R. 4775, supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks legislation, S8446 [10SE]

———appropriations allocation revisions to supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks legislation, S7221 [23JY]

———encourage the reporting of fiscally responsible, bipartisan appropriations legislation (S. Res. 304), S10527, S10528, S10530 [16OC]

Dept. of Agriculture: modify beet sugar allotment formula to ensure equity among beet sugar processors, S514 [8FE]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2514), S5764, S5765, S5766 [19JN], S5809, S5814, S5819, S5821 [20JN]

———making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 5011), S6933 [17JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 5010), S7803 [1AU]

Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (H.R. 5005), S11436 [19NO]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5093), S8241, S8243, S8249 [5SE], S8406 [10SE], S8658 [17SE]

Economy: impact of tax cuts, S8892-S8894 [19SE]

———national objectives priority assignments, S8892-S8894 [19SE]

Electric power: promote the production of energy from wind (S. 1930), S589 [11FE]

Government: extend and strengthen procedures to maintain fiscal accountability and responsibility, S5007, S5010, S5011, S5013, S5014 [5JN], S5764, S5765, S5766 [19JN], S5809, S5814, S5819, S5821 [20JN]

Health: authorize formulation of State and regional emergency telehealth network testbeds and a telehealth task force within the Dept. of Defense (S. 2748), S6957 [17JY]

Health care professionals: improve access to physicians in medically underserved areas by extending and increasing foreign country residency requirement waivers for foreign medical graduates (S. 2674), S6015 [25JN]

Law enforcement: establish a Community Oriented Policing Services anti-methamphetamine grant program (S. 2030), S2078 [19MR]

Legislative branch of the Government: making appropriations (H.R. 5121), S7338 [25JY]

Medicaid: increase Federal matching contributions to State programs, S218 [29JA]

National forests: implement an emergency hazardous fuels reduction plan, S8658 [17SE]

North Dakota: voting procedures, S840 [14FE]

Point of order, S114 [25JA], S215 [29JA], S5014 [5JN], S5434 [12JN]

Public debt: ceiling (S. 2578), S5337 [11JN]

Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, S8892-S8894 [19SE]

Taxation: extend timeframe for special depreciation allowance for certain property acquired after terrorist attacks, S113 [25JA], S218 [29JA]

———extension of credit for producing electricity from wind, S882 [15FE]

———increase unified estate tax credit, S5346 [11JN], S5433 [12JN]

———make repeal of estate and gift taxes permanent, S639 [12FE], S676, S677 [13FE]

———make repeal of estate taxes permanent, S5348, S5349, S5350, S5356, S5357, S5358 [11JN], S5430, S5433 [12JN]

———phase out estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), S5343, S5344, S5346, S5348, S5349, S5350, S5356, S5357, S5358 [11JN], S5430, S5433 [12JN]

———prohibit use of Social Security trust funds to make permanent certain scheduled tax cuts, S639 [12FE], S676, S677 [13FE]

———provide incentives for economic recovery, S113 [25JA], S218 [29JA]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), S1690, S1692 [8MR]

———rates, S883 [15FE]

———treatment of adoption expenses (H.R. 622), S113 [25JA], S218 [29JA]

Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks, S8502 [11SE]

Veneman, Sec. of Agriculture: reported conversations with Canadian Agriculture Minister relative to agriculture legislation, S882, S883 [15FE]

Votes: position on missed, S5574, S5575 [14JN]

Voting: protect voting rights (S. 565), S840 [14FE]

Reports

Budget Scorekeeping: CBO, S4955 [4JN], S8747 [18SE]

Reports filed

Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act Provisions Suspension: Committee on the Budget (Senate) (S.J. Res. 31), S732 [13FE]

Setting Forth the Federal Budget for 2003-2012: Committee on the Budget (Senate) (S. Con. Res. 100), S2325 [22MR]

———Committee on the Budget (Senate) (S. Con. Res. 100) (S. Rept. 107-141), S2577 [11AP]

Tables

CBO revisions in baseline surplus and deficit totals, S8893 [19SE]

Committee on Appropriations (Senate) appropriations allocation revisions to Dept. of Defense and emergency appropriations legislation, S653 [12FE]

Committee on Appropriations (Senate) appropriations allocation revisions to H.R. 4775, supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks legislation, S8446 [10SE]

Committee on Appropriations (Senate) appropriations allocation revisions to supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks legislation, S7221 [23JY]

Committee on the Budget (Senate) scoring of conference report on H.R. 4775, supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks, S7280 [24JY]

Committee on the Budget (Senate) scoring of H.R. 5010, Dept. of Defense appropriations, S7803 [1AU]

Committee on the Budget (Senate) scoring of H.R. 5011, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure, S6934 [17JY]

Committee on the Budget (Senate) scoring of S. 2551, supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks, S4954 [4JN]

Committee on the Budget (Senate) scoring of S. 2708, Dept. of the Interior and related agencies appropriations, S8249 [5SE]

Committee on the Budget (Senate) scoring of S. 2720, legislative branch of the Government appropriations, S7338 [25JY]

Revisions to aggregate spending levels, S3622 [1MY], S4269 [13MY]

Texts of

S. 2030, COPS Anti-Methamphetamine Act, S2078 [19MR]

Tributes

Brown, Jesse, S8078 [3SE]

Carnahan, Senator, S11198 [15NO]

Cleland, Senator, S11061 [14NO]

Helms, Senator, S10877 [13NO]

Smith, Senator Bob, S11062 [14NO]

Thompson, Senator, S11208 [15NO]

Thurmond, Senator, S9078 [24SE]

Wellstone, Paul D., S10853 [13NO]