DODD, CHRISTOPHER J. (a Senator from Connecticut)
Addresses
Mexican Foreign Policy: Jorge Castaneda, Mexican Sec. of Foreign Relations, S1246-S1248 [27FE]
Amendments
Andean Trade Preference Act: extend and expand (H.R. 3009), S3882 [2MY], S4361, S4408 [15MY], S4443, S4504 [16MY], S4841 [23MY]
Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks (H.R. 4775), S4996, S4997, S5063, S5070, S5097 [5JN], S5138, S5207, S5221 [6JN]
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), S6687 [12JY]
Commission on Voting Rights and Procedures: establish (S. 565), S726, S789 [13FE], S989, S993, S1005, S1006 [25FE], S1218 [26FE], S1372, S1374 [28FE], S1425, S1426, S1427 [4MR], S2466, S2499 [10AP], S2598 [11AP]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2514), S5783 [19JN], S6118, S6149, S6170 [26JN]
———making appropriations (H.R. 5010), S7689, S7702, S7755, S7757 [31JY]
Dept. of Energy: enhance national laboratory mission areas through technology transfer and partnerships (S. 517), S2952 [18AP]
Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (H.R. 5005), S9544 [26SE], S9597 [30SE], S11024, S11102, S11119 [14NO]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5093), S8411, S8470 [10SE]
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals (S. 812), S7317 [24JY]
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]
Insurance: ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism (S. 2600), S5639, S5640, S5641 [17JN], S5665, S5666 [18JN]
Legislative branch of the Government: making appropriations (H.R. 5121), S7341, S7382 [25JY]
Public Health Service Act: amend relative to health professions programs regarding the field of nursing (H.R. 3487), S7172 [22JY]
Taxation: treatment of adoption expenses (H.R. 622), S104 [24JA], S212 [29JA], S361, S379 [5FE]
Tick-Borne Disorders Advisory Committee: establish (S. 969), S10737 [17OC]
Voting: establish a grant program to provide assistance to States for modernizing and enhancing voting procedures and administration (H.R. 3295), S2598 [11AP]
———protect voting rights (S. 565), S726, S789 [13FE], S989, S993, S1005, S1006 [25FE], S1218 [26FE], S1372, S1374 [28FE], S1425, S1426, S1427 [4MR], S2466, S2499 [10AP], S2598 [11AP]
Appointments
Acting President pro tempore, S10791 [28OC]
Conferee: H.R. 1646, Dept. of State appropriations, S3605 [1MY]
———H.R. 3210, Terrorism Risk Protection Act, S7332 [25JY]
———H.R. 3295, Equal Protection of Voting Rights Act, S3789 [1MY]
———H.R. 3763, Public Company Accounting Reform and Investor Protection Act, S6898 [17JY]
———S. 1372, Eximbank reauthorization, S4184 [9MY]
Articles and editorials
Cleaning Up Elections, Wall Street Journal, S10513 [16OC]
Death in the Senate—Paul Wellstone, 58, Icon of Liberalism in Senate, David E. Rosenbaum, New York (NY) Times, S10795 [28OC]
Drug Prices—Why They Keep Soaring, Wall Street Journal, S4273
Eight Years After Invasion, Haiti's Squalor Worsens, David Gonzalez, New York (NY) Times, S7731 [31JY]
Electoral Repair Work, New York (NY) Times, S990 [25FE]
Enact Balloting Reforms, but Only if Money's Attached, Melville (NY) Newsday, S10513 [16OC]
Federal Election Reform, Finally—Florida's Problems Helped Congress Resolve Differences, Sarasota (FL) Herald-Tribune, S10514 [16OC]
Firms Warned on Terrorism Insurance, Jackie Spinner, Washington (DC) Post, S5644 [18JN]
Fixing Democracy's Machinery, Washington (DC) Post, S10513 [16OC]
Getting Over It, Baltimore (MD) Sun, S10514 [16OC]
Janet Viggiani, Middletown (CT) Press, S11730
Nearly Two Years Later, Voting System Is Reformed, Greensboro (NC) News & Record, S10514 [16OC]
Salvator Altchek, ``The $5 Doctor'' of Brooklyn Dies at 92, Douglas Martin, New York (NY) Times, S10038 [7OC]
Score One for Sen. Dodd, Hartford (CT) Courant, S10512 [16OC]
Upgrading the Way We Vote, New York (NY) Times, S10513 [16OC]
Voting for Progress—Congressional Negotiators Agree on Election Reform, Pittsburgh (PA) Post-Gazette, S10514 [16OC]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Agriculture: impact of declining world coffee prices on developing nations (see S. Res. 368), S11736 [20NO]
Aviation: recognize heroism and courage of airline flight attendants (see S. Con. Res. 110), S4281 [13MY]
Birth Defects Prevention Act: revise and extend (see S. 2980), S8918 [19SE]
Brazil: elections (see S. Res. 365), S11736 [20NO]
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: authorize grants for mosquito control programs to prevent mosquito-borne diseases (see S. 3105), S10359 [10OC]
Children and youth: access of disadvantaged children to dental services (see S. 1626), S5042 [5JN]
———enhance operation of the AMBER Alert communications plan to expedite the recovery of abducted children (see S. 2896), S8092 [3SE]
———give more youth aging out of foster care the opportunity to participate in national service programs (see S. 2658), S5851 [20JN]
———improve academic and social outcomes for students by providing productive activities during after-school hours (see S. 1258), S4065 [8MY]
———improve child care quality for children with disabilities or other special needs (see S. 2671), S5956 [24JN]
———provide for opportunity passports, and other assistance, for youth in foster care and youth aging out of foster care (see S. 2657), S5851 [20JN]
———reduce impact and provide appropriate services for children experiencing or exposed to domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking (see S. 1483), S5285 [10JN]
Children's Internet Safety Month: designate (see S. Res. 338), S10360 [10OC]
Coastal Zone Management Act: authorize the acquisition of coastal areas to ensure their protection from conversion or development (see S. 2608), S5957 [24JN]
Colleges and universities: permit States to determine residency standards for higher education purposes and cancel removal and adjust status of certain long-term resident alien students (see S. 1291), S10844 [12NO]
Colombia: elections (see S. Res. 283), S5454 [12JN]
Consumers: protect from predatory mortgage lending practices (see S. 2438), S3625 [1MY]
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 S. 2055), S6948 [17JY]
Dept. of HHS: support research on ovarian cancer screening tests and encourage coverage of effective techniques by health care programs and plans (see S. Con. Res. 138), S10889 [13NO]
Dept. of Labor: reissuance of a rule relative to ergonomics (see S. 2184), S2828 [17AP]
Dept. of State: promote national security by expanding international educational and cultural exchange programs with the Islamic world (see S. 2505), S4199 [10MY]
Developing countries: increase assistance for the poorest people in developing countries under microenterprise assistance programs (see S. 3032), S9846 [2OC]
Disasters: establish investigative teams to assess building performance and emergency procedures in the wake of any building failure resulting in or having the potential for substantial loss of life (see S. 2496), S5536 [13JN]
Diseases: combat cancer (see S. 1976), S1351 [28FE]
———expand assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis (see S. 2525), S4387 [15MY]
———expand research on inflammatory bowel disease (see S. 2562), S10040 [7OC]
———improve quality of care for cancer patients (see S. 2965), S8754 [18SE]
———provide assistance to combat the HIV/AIDS pandemic in developing countries (see S. 2649), S6014 [25JN]
District of Columbia: provide full voting representation in Congress and exempt residents from paying Federal income taxes until such voting representation takes effect (see S. 603), S4387 [15MY]
Eddy, Mary Baker: tribute (see S. Con. Res. 145), S9230 [25SE]
Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act: provide benefits to Dept. of Energy contractors exposed to toxic substances, expand coverage to certain individuals, and reform claimant assistance (see S. 3058), S10678 [17OC]
Fair Labor Standards Act: reform provisions relative to child labor (see S. 869), S6499 [9JY]
Family History Month: designate (see S. Res. 330), S8981 [20SE]
FDA: include a notification period before discontinuing a biological product (see S. 2049), S2260 [21MR]
———require labeling containing information applicable to pediatric patients (see S. 2394), S3505 [29AP]
Federal employees: amend the definition of a law enforcement officer to include Federal prosecutors relative to retirement benefits (see S. 1828), S5257 [7JN]
Food: require foods containing known allergens to bear labeling that states that fact and the names of the allergens (see S. 3001), S9229 [25SE]
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]
Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: designate (see S. Res. 214), S1421 [4MR]
Health: establish grants to provide health services for improved nutrition, increased physical activity and obesity prevention (see S. 2821), S7579 [30JY]
Highlands Stewardship Area: establish (see S. 2749), S6947 [17JY]
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]
Housing: improve voucher rental assistance housing program (see S. 2721), S7034 [18JY]
———simplify the downpayment requirements for FHA mortgage insurance for single family homebuyers (see S. 2239), S5206 [6JN]
Human rights: condemn the use of torture, and other forms of cruel, inhumane, or degrading treatment or punishment in the U.S. and other countries, and express support for victims (see S. Con. Res. 124), S6127 [26JN]
Immigration: extend filing deadline for status adjustment of individuals who already legally qualify for permanent residency (see S. 2493), S4145 [9MY]
INS: replace with the Immigration Affairs Agency and establish the Office of Children's Services (see S. 2444), S4624 [21MY]
International Women's Day: designate (see S. Res. 223), S1705 [8MR]
Israel: express solidarity in the fight against terrorism (see S. Res. 247), S3626 [1MY]
Mammography Quality Standards Act: reauthorize (see S. 2591), S5041 [5JN]
Marine mammals: reaffirm opposition to commercial and lethal scientific whaling and provide protection for, and conservation of, the world's whale populations to prevent trade in whale meat (see S. Res. 267), S4493 [16MY]
Mary Baker Eddy Library for the Betterment of Society, Inc.: tribute (see S. Con. Res. 145), S9230 [25SE]
Medicare: coverage of marriage and family therapist services (see S. 1760), S661 [12FE]
———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (see S. 2625), S5584 [14JN]
———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), S733 [13FE]
Minimum wage: level (see S. 2538), S4702 [22MY]
Mink, Patsy T.: honorary renaming of Title IX prohibiting gender discrimination in educational and athletic programs (see S.J. Res. 49), S10118 [8OC]
Museum and Library Services Act: reauthorize (see S. 2611), S5633 [17JN]
National 4-H Youth Development Program Week: designate (see S. Con. Res. 143), S9427 [26SE]
National Airborne Day: designate (see S. Res. 242), S6868 [16JY]
National Biotechnology Week: designate (see S. Res. 243), S2723 [16AP]
National Child Care Worthy Wage Day: designate (see S. Res. 260), S3843 [2MY]
National Civilian Conservation Corps Day: designate (see S. Res. 207), S1677 [7MR]
National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: establish (see S. 1867), S5367 [11JN]
National Donor Day: designate (see S. Res. 210), S853 [14FE]
National Epilepsy Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 322), S10443 [15OC]
National Hunger Awareness Day: designate (see S. Res. 280), S4967 [4JN]
National Mammography Day: designate (see S. Res. 326), S8565 [12SE]
National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 325), S9427 [26SE]
National Runaway Prevention Month: designate (see S. Res. 339), S10678 [17OC]
National Veterans Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 293), S6250 [27JN]
NIH: establish Office of Rare Diseases (see S. 1379), S2007 [18MR]
———provide for Alzheimer's disease research and demonstration grants (see S. 2059), S2261 [21MR]
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]
Public Health Service: promote organ donation (see S. 1949), S852 [14FE]
———promote organ donation and facilitate interstate linkage and 24-hour access to State donor registries (see S. 1062), S1599 [6MR]
Public welfare programs: improve provision of education and job training under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see S. 2548), S5206 [6JN]
———promote secure and healthy families under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see S. 2876), S10572 [16OC]
Radio: ensure the availability of spectrum to amateur radio operators (see S. 549), S11315 [18NO]
Railroads: establish a national rail passenger transportation system and reauthorize and improve service and security on Amtrak (see S. 1991), S2632 [12AP]
Senate Rules: prohibit employment discrimination based on sexual orientation (see S. Res. 294), S6250 [27JN]
Small business: 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), S6362 [8JY]
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), S9033 [23SE]
Taxation: allow the use of completed contract method of accounting in the case of certain long-term naval vessel construction contracts (see S. 666), S136 [25JA]
———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), S2261 [21MR]
———expand incentives for construction and renovation of public schools (see S. 905), S5366 [11JN]
———extend financing of the Superfund program by reinstating certain excise taxes (see S. 2596), S5257 [7JN]
———treatment of inverted corporate entities and of transactions with such entities (see S. 2119), S4331 [14MY]
Telecommunications: facilitate the deployment of wireless telecommunications networks to further the availability of the Emergency Alert System (see S. 2922), S8456 [10SE]
———preserve State and local authority to regulate placement, construction, and modification of broadcast transmission facilities (see S. 3102), S10678 [17OC]
———preserve State and local authority to regulate placement, construction, and modification of personal wireless services facilities (see S. 3103), S10678 [17OC]
Television: provide grants to train court reporters and other individuals to become real-time writers to meet requirements for closed captioning of video programming (see S. 2512), S4330 [14MY]
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: provide highway infrastructure investment at the guaranteed funding level (see S. 1917), S733 [13FE]
Ukraine: ensure a democratic, transparent, and fair parliamentary election process (see S. Res. 205), S488 [7FE]
Unemployment: extend and improve unemployment benefits program and expand to include part-time and low-wage workers (see S. 2892), S8506 [11SE]
———provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (see S. 3009), S9426 [26SE]
Veterans: permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see S. 2051), S5535 [13JN]
Wellstone, Paul D.: tribute (see S. Res. 354), S10800 [28OC]
White House Commission on National Military Appreciation Month: establish (see S. 1785), S8385 [9SE]
Women: ensure safe pregnancies by increasing research and data collection on treatments and cures for pregnancy complications and providing information to women, practitioners, and the public (see S. 2328), S3435 [25AP]
———reduce health care costs and promote improved health by providing supplemental grants for preventive health services (see S. 208), S488 [7FE]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Aviation: develop technologies that will enable future aircraft with significantly lower noise, emissions, and fuel consumption and reinvigorate basic and applied research in aeronautics and aviation (see S. 2966), S8918 [19SE]
Business and industry: improve financial reporting and independent audits and accounting services, designate an Independent Public Accounting Board, and improve SEC resources and oversight (see S. 2004), S1705 [8MR]
Carrier, Willis H.: tribute to anniversary of invention of modern air-conditioning (see S. Con. Res. 128), S6947 [17JY]
Cemeteries and funerals: improve funeral home, cemetery, and crematory inspection systems and establish consumer protections for funeral service contracts (see S. 3168), S11079 [14NO]
Child Care and Development Block Grant Act: amend (see S. 2758), S7033 [18JY]
———reauthorize (see S. 2117), S2578 [11AP]
Children and youth: assist law enforcement in efforts to recover missing children and clarify standards for State sex offender registration programs (see S. 3140), S10676 [17OC]
———prevent child abuse, neglect, and abandonment and family violence (see S. 2998), S9116 [24SE]
Dept. of Education: make grants to educational organizations for Holocaust educational programs (see S. 2083), S2485 [10AP]
Dept. of HHS: establish grant programs for education and outreach on newborn screening and coordinated followup care once newborn screening has been conducted (see S. 2890), S7900 [1AU]
Dept. of the Interior: conduct study of Coltsville, CT, for potential inclusion in the National Park System (see S. 2519), S4387 [15MY]
Digital Opportunity Investment Trust: establish (see S. 2603), S5285 [10JN]
Education: designate a day to recognize the importance of teaching children about current events (see S. Res. 268), S4330 [14MY]
———improve access to printed instructional materials used by blind or other print-disabled persons in elementary and secondary schools (see S. 2246), S3303 [24AP]
———provide educational opportunities for all students in State public school systems (see S. 2912), S8300 [5SE]
Family and Medical Leave Act: expand (see S. 3141), S10676 [17OC]
Higher Education Act: establish a scholarship program to encourage and support students who have contributed substantial public services (see S. 3145), S10677 [17OC]
Insurance: ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism (see S. 2600), S5256 [7JN]
John J. McGuirk Dept. of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic, New London, CT: designate (see S. 2997), S9116 [24SE]
Law enforcement officers: adjust percentage differentials payable to Federal law enforcement officers in certain high-cost areas (see S. 2770), S7164 [22JY]
National Safe Kids Week: designate (see S. Con. Res. 102), S3165 [23AP]
Nobel Prize: recognition of Jimmy Carter for peace (see S. Res. 360), S11574 [19NO]
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. 12), S11736 [20NO] (see S. 2667), S5901 [21JN]
Safety: provide for safe equestrian helmets (see S. 2681), S6126 [26JN]
Senate: authorize Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper to ascertain and settle claims relative to anthrax exposure in Senate complex (see S. Res. 329), S8981 [20SE]
``Senate Rules and Manual'': authorize printing (see S. Res. 349), S10677 [17OC]
Taxation: exclude benefits from income, employment taxes, and wage withholding property tax rebates, provided to volunteer firefighters and emergency medical responders (see S. 3012), S9426 [26SE]
University of Connecticut: tribute to women's basketball team (see S. Res. 232), S2413 [9AP]
Cloture motions
Andean Trade Preference Act: extend and expand (H.R. 3009), S4519 [17MY], S4590 [21MY]
Commission on Voting Rights and Procedures: establish (S. 565), S1241 [27FE], S1386 [1MR], S1417 [4MR]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5093), S8589 [13SE], S8662 [17SE], S9025 [23SE]
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals (S. 812), S7462 [29JY]
Insurance: ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism (H.R. 3210), conference report, S11525 [19NO]
———ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism (S. 2600), S5575 [14JN], S5646 [18JN]
Voting: protect voting rights (S. 565), S1241 [27FE], S1386 [1MR], S1417 [4MR]
Letters
BIA implementation of certain administrative procedures prior to expending funds to recognize Indian tribes and tribal nations: Tex G. Hall, National Congress of American Indians, S9018 [23SE]
Equal Protection of Voting Rights Act: Andrew J. Imparato, American Association of People With Disabilities, S722 [13FE]
———Carolyn Jefferson-Jenkins, League of Women Voters, S724 [13FE]
———Cathy Cox, Georgia Sec. of State, S724 [13FE]
———Dean Heller, Nevada Sec. of State, S724 [13FE]
———Hilary O. Shelton, NAACP, S721 [13FE]
———James Gashel, National Federation of the Blind, S722 [13FE]
———Joan Claybrook and Frank Clemente, Public Citizen (organization), S723 [13FE]
———Kirsten A. Nyrop, United Cerebal Palsy Association, S722 [13FE]
———National Commission on Federal Election Reform, S723 [13FE]
———Ralph G. Neas and Stephanie Foster, People for the American Way (organization), S722 [13FE]
———Susan Bysiewicz, Connecticut Sec. of State, S724 [13FE]
———William Samuel, AFL-CIO, S721 [13FE]
Firefighters and law enforcement officers staffing grants to enhance the ability of first responders to respond to incidents of terrorism: Gary L. Briese, International Association of Fire Chiefs, S11023 [14NO]
———Harold A. Schaitberger, International Association of Fire Fighters, S11023 [14NO]
———Richard J. Gallo, Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association, S11024 [14NO]
Help America Vote Act: Angela Z. Monson and Martin R. Stephens, National Conference of State Legislatures, S10417 [15OC]
———Bernadette Franks-Ongoy, National Association of Protection & Advocacy Systems, S10416 [15OC]
———Brook Thompson, National Association of State Election Directors, S10417 [15OC]
———Christopher Hansen, AARP, S10416 [15OC]
———Dan Gwadosky, National Association of Secretaries of State, S10417 [15OC]
———Dorothy I. Height and Wade Henderson, Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, S10503 [16OC]
———Douglas K. Vollmer, Paralyzed Veterans of America (organization), S10415 [15OC]
———Hilary O. Shelton, NAACP, S10415 [15OC]
———James Gashel, National Federation of the Blind, S10415 [15OC]
———Larry E. Naake, National Association of Counties, S10417 [15OC]
———Laura W. Murphy and LaShawn Y. Warren, ACLU, S10502 [16OC]
———Patricia Sandusky, United Cerebral Palsy Association, S10416 [15OC]
———Paul W. Schroeder, American Foundation for the Blind, S10416 [15OC]
———Ralph G. Neas and Stephenie Foster, People for the American Way (organization), S10503 [16OC]
———Raul Yzaguirre, National Council of La Raza, S10501 [16OC]
———William Samuel, AFL-CIO, S10415 [15OC]
Restrict insurance rate increases for terrorism risks: Terri Vaughan, National Association of Insurance Commissioners, S5498 [13JN]
Terrorism Risk Insurance Act: several Governors, S5478 [13JN]
———several Senators, S5479 [13JN]
Tribute to Irving Guttenberg: Lisa Guttenberg Weiss, S10884
Lists
Congressional staff involved in H.R. 3295, Help America Vote Act, S9952 [4OC]
Organizations supporting H.R. 3295, Help America Vote Act, S10512 [16OC]
Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court participants, S2572 [11AP]
Pledge of Allegiance
Senate, S10791 [28OC]
Press releases
Election Reform Legislation in U.S. Congress—League Cautions—Legislation Is a Gamble, Implementation Key: League of Women Voters, S10501 [16OC]
Former Presidents Ford and Carter Welcome the Agreement Reached by Congress on Election Reform Legislation: National Commission on Federal Election Reform, S10415 [15OC]
Privilege of the floor
Byrnes, Jessica, S5558 [13JN]
Remarks
Advisory Committee on Electronic Voting and the Electoral Process: establish, S1169 [26FE]
Andean Trade Preference Act: extend and expand (H.R. 3009), S4249 [13MY], S4443, S4447, S4449, S4457 [16MY], S4812, S4824-S4827 [23MY]
Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks (H.R. 4775), S5138, S5140, S5141, S5142, S5143, S5144 [6JN]
———making supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks (H.R. 4775), conference report, S7267 [24JY]
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (S.J. Res. 45), S9953 [4OC], S10176, S10178, S10180 [9OC]
Aviation: develop technologies that will enable future aircraft with significantly lower noise, emissions, and fuel consumption and reinvigorate basic and applied research in aeronautics and aviation (S. 2966), S8920 [19SE]
BIA: ensure certain administrative procedures are implemented prior to expending funds to recognize Indian tribes and tribal nations, S8412, S8413, S8414 [10SE], S8584, S8587 [13SE], S9011, S9012, S9018 [23SE]
Bob Davis Post Office Building, St. Ignace, MI: designate (H.R. 2577), S2339 [22MR]
Bureau of the Census: anniversary (H. Con. Res. 339), S2339 [22MR]
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), S6342 [8JY], S6493, S6494 [9JY], S6688 [12JY], S6772 [15JY]
———protect investors by improving the accuracy and reliability of corporate disclosures pursuant to securities laws (H.R. 3763), conference report, S7362 [25JY]
———reform corporate auditing process, S8 [23JA]
———require that the disclosure of any insider selling of stock, of publicly held companies, be filed electronically, S6688 [12JY]
Carrier, Willis H.: tribute to anniversary of invention of modern air-conditioning (S. Con. Res. 128), S6959 [17JY]
Cemeteries and funerals: improve funeral home, cemetery, and crematory inspection systems and establish consumer protections for funeral service contracts (S. 3168), S11084 [14NO]
Child Care and Development Block Grant Act: amend (S. 2758), S7042 [18JY]
———reauthorize (S. 2117), S2587 [11AP]
Children and youth: assist law enforcement in efforts to recover missing children and clarify standards for State sex offender registration programs (S. 3140), S10709 [17OC]
———prevent child abuse, neglect, and abandonment and family violence (S. 2998), S9123 [24SE], S10635 [17OC]
Colombia: condemn continued attacks on democracy and the rule of law, including kidnapping of elected representatives, S1997 [18MR]
Commission on Voting Rights and Procedures: establish (S. 565), S710, S717, S718, S721, S725, S726, S728 [13FE], S798, S807, S809, S812, S813, S815, S816, S817, S819, S821, S822, S825, S826, S828, S829, S830, S834, S837, S838, S840 [14FE], S880 [15FE], S989, S990, S993, S994 [25FE], S1142, S1143, S1146, S1147, S1148, S1149, S1167, S1169, S1186, S1193, S1194 [26FE], S1226, S1228, S1229, S1232, S1236 [27FE], S1386, S1403, S1404 [1MR], S1416 [4MR], S2466, S2471, S2472, S2475, S2476, S2477 [10AP], S2517, S2518, S2519, S2520, S2521, S2528, S2542 [11AP]
———establish (S. 565), unanimous-consent agreement, S2318 [22MR]
Company of Fifers and Drummers (organization): tribute, S6645
Congress: accomplishments of the 107th Congress, S10423 [15OC]
———adjournment (H. Con. Res. 360), S2343 [22MR]
Cuba: proposed referendum on political reform (S. Res. 272), S5278 [10JN]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2514), S6099 [26JN]
———making appropriations (H.R. 5010), S7699, S7705 [31JY]
———Navy airborne radar technology funding, S6099 [26JN]
———prohibit certain expatriated corporations from being eligible for the award of Federal contracts, S7699 [31JY]
Dept. of Education: make grants to educational organizations for Holocaust educational programs (S. 2083), S2486 [10AP]
Dept. of HHS: establish grant programs for education and outreach on newborn screening and coordinated followup care once newborn screening has been conducted (S. 2890), S7954 [1AU]
Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (H.R. 5005), S8259 [5SE], S8424 [10SE], S11023 [14NO], S11395 [19NO]
———prohibit certain expatriated corporations from being eligible for the award of Federal contracts, S8259 [5SE]
Dept. of Justice: investigation of voting rights violations in the 2000 elections, S828, S829 [14FE]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5093), S8412, S8413, S8414 [10SE], S8584, S8587 [13SE], S9011, S9012, S9018, S9019 [23SE]
District of Columbia: provide full voting representation in Congress and exempt residents from paying Federal income taxes until such voting representation takes effect, S822 [14FE]
Drugs: pharmaceutical industry research and development costs, S4273 [13MY]
Education: provide educational opportunities for all students in State public school systems (S. 2912), S8307 [5SE]
Elections: permit use of Social Security numbers for voter registration and election administration, S830 [14FE]
Families and domestic relations: recognize and enhance public awareness of the social problem of child abuse and neglect (S. Res. 132), S2339 [22MR]
Family and Medical Leave Act: expand (S. 3141), S10709 [17OC]
FDA: require labeling containing information applicable to pediatric patients (S. 2394), S7861 [1AU]
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: improve regulation of medical devices (H.R. 5651), S10754 [17OC]
Foreign countries: report on congressional delegation trips, S1244 [27FE]
Foreign policy: use of Cooperative Threat Reduction Program funds for chemical weapons destruction, S7705 [31JY]
Francis Bardanouve U.S. Post Office Building, Harlem, MT: designate (H.R. 2876), S2339 [22MR]
Frank Sinatra Post Office Building, Hoboken, NJ: designate (S. 1222), S2339 [22MR]
Haiti: end embargo and certain restrictions on humanitarian and development assistance, S7731-S7733 [31JY]
Hazardous substances: approve Yucca Mountain, NV, as nuclear waste disposal site (S.J. Res. 34), motion to proceed, S6463 [9JY]
Herbert H. Bateman Post Office Building, Newport News, VA: designate (H.R. 1749), S2339 [22MR]
Higher Education Act: establish a scholarship program to encourage and support students who have contributed substantial public services (S. 3145), S10710 [17OC]
Insurance: ability of group life insurance providers to obtain reinsurance relative to coverage for risks from terrorism, S5527, S5528 [13JN]
———ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism (H.R. 3210), S4250 [13MY]
———ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism (H.R. 3210), conference report, S11397, S11402 [19NO]
———ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism (S. 2600), S5441 [12JN], S5472, S5473, S5475, S5478, S5479, S5488, S5494, S5495, S5496, S5497, S5498, S5499, S5500, S5508, S5512, S5513, S5527, S5528 [13JN], S5568 [14JN], S5644, S5646, S5648, S5650, S5665, S5666, S5667, S5668 [18JN], S10636 [17OC]
———permit States time to review terrorism insurance rates, S5667 [18JN]
———restrict rate increases for terrorism risks, S5488, S5494, S5495, S5496, S5497, S5498, S5499 [13JN]
International law: allow U.S. assistance to international efforts to bring to justice foreign nationals accused of genocide, war crimes, or crimes against humanity, S5138, S5140, S5142, S5143, S5144 [6JN]
———protect U.S. military personnel and other U.S. officials from criminal prosecution by an international court to which the U.S. is not a party, S5140, S5141, S5142, S5143, S5144 [6JN], S7267 [24JY]
Labor unions: require submission of financial reports, S6493, S6494 [9JY]
Law enforcement officers: adjust percentage differentials payable to Federal law enforcement officers in certain high-cost areas (S. 2770), S7170 [22JY]
Lights on After School! Day: observance, S10348 [10OC]
Maine: same day voter registration, S2519 [11AP]
Major Lyn McIntosh Post Office Building, Valdosta, GA: designate (H.R. 1432), S2339 [22MR]
Mexico: U.S. policy, S1246 [27FE]
News media: prohibit broadcast of false information relative to location or closing time of polling places and certain early results of Federal elections, S1192 [26FE]
Nobel Prize: recognition of Jimmy Carter for peace (S. Res. 360), S11537 [19NO]
Norman Sisisky Post Office Building, Petersburg, VA: designate (H.R. 2910), S2339 [22MR]
North Dakota: voting procedures, S840 [14FE]
Parliamentary inquiry, S8584 [13SE]
Peace Corps: promote global acceptance of the principles of international peace and nonviolent coexistence among peoples of diverse cultures and systems of government (S. 2667), S5902 [21JN], S10651 [17OC]
Point of order, S5665 [18JN]
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2356), S797 [14FE], S1995 [18MR], S2098, S2154 [20MR]
———ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2356), corrections in enrollment (H. Con. Res. 361), S2343 [22MR]
———reduce cost of political advertising on television, S797 [14FE]
Presidential appointments: nominations considered and confirmed en bloc, S2335 [22MR]
Privacy: ensure confidentiality of medical records and health care-related information, S2312 [22MR]
Public Health Service: promote organ donation (S. 1949), S858 [14FE]
Raymond M. Downey Post Office Building, Deer Park, NY: designate (H.R. 3379), S2339 [22MR]
Reagan, Ronald and Nancy: award Congressional Gold Medal, S4454 [16MY]
Ridgefield, CT: tribute, S3465
Safety: provide for safe equestrian helmets (S. 2681), S6128 [26JN], S6354 [8JY]
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), S2335, S2338 [22MR]
Senate: legislative priorities, S10423 [15OC]
———legislative program, S880 [15FE], S1194 [26FE], S2343 [22MR], S9011 [23SE]
Stratford, CT: anniversary of First Baptist Church, S2575
Supreme Court: decision relative to Family and Medical Leave Act notification requirements, S2313 [22MR]
Taxation: exclude benefits from income, employment taxes, and wage withholding property tax rebates, provided to volunteer firefighters and emergency medical responders (S. 3012), S9431 [26SE]
———make repeal of estate taxes permanent, S5415 [12JN]
———phase out estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), S5415 [12JN]
———provide incentives for economic recovery, S393 [6FE]
———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), S1694 [8MR]
———treatment of adoption expenses (H.R. 622), S393 [6FE]
Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks, S8435 [10SE]
———investigation into hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, S4454 [16MY]
———provide grants to enhance the ability of first responders to respond to incidents of terrorism, S11023, S11024 [14NO]
Tick-Borne Disorders Advisory Committee: establish (S. 969), S10767 [17OC]
Tom Bliley Post Office Building, Richmond, VA: designate (H.R. 1748), S2339 [22MR]
Treaties and agreements: clarify principal trade negotiating objectives relative to domestic labor standards and environmental protections, S4443, S4447, S4449, S4457 [16MY], S4824-S4827 [23MY]
———extend trade negotiating and trade agreement implementing authority, S4249 [13MY], S4443, S4447, S4449, S4457 [16MY], S4824 [23MY]
U.N.: rescind approving signature to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court on behalf of the U.S., S4249 [13MY]
———Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court ratification, S2572 [11AP]
Unemployment: provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program, S393 [6FE]
University of Connecticut: tribute to women's basketball team (S. Res. 232), S2380 [9AP]
Vermont: provisional and affidavit voting system, S2518 [11AP]
Vernon Tarlton Post Office Building, Forest City, NC: designate (H.R. 3072), S2339 [22MR]
Voting: application of existing criminal statutes to voting rights cases, S990 [25FE]
———authorize administrative leave for Federal employees to perform poll worker service during Federal elections, S825, S826 [14FE]
———clarify ability of election officials to remove registrants from official list of voters due to change of residence, S826, S834 [14FE]
———eliminate mail notification requirements for provisional ballots and replace with a free access system, S2472 [10AP], S2542 [11AP]
———eliminate special treatment of punch card voting systems under voting system standards, S815, S816, S817, S819 [14FE]
———ensure security and confidentiality of information on the free access system relative to determining final disposition of votes, S1147 [26FE]
———establish a grant program to provide assistance to States for modernizing and enhancing voting procedures and administration (H.R. 3295), S9951, S9953 [4OC]
———establish a grant program to provide assistance to States for modernizing and enhancing voting procedures and administration (H.R. 3295), conference report, S10412, S10417, S10420, S10421, S10423 [15OC], S10488, S10494, S10500, S10503, S10515 [16OC]
———establish a grant program to provide assistance to States for modernizing and enhancing voting procedures and administration (H.R. 3295), insert S. 565 language in lieu, S2543 [11AP]
———establish a grant program to provide assistance to States for modernizing and enhancing voting procedures and administration (H.R. 3295), unanimous-consent agreement, S2543 [11AP]
———establish a pilot program for postage-free absentee ballots, S837 [14FE]
———guarantee States a portion of grant program funds allocated for modernizing and enhancing voting procedures and administration, S989 [25FE]
———hold Federal elections over the first weekend in November, S10420 [15OC]
———implement significant election administration reforms, S8 [23JA]
———implementation of new election technologies and electronic voting systems, S2476, S2477 [10AP]
———permit the use of a signature, or personal mark, to verify the identity of voters who register by mail, S1186 [26FE], S1226, S1229, S1232, S1236 [27FE], S1386 [1MR], S1416 [4MR]
———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, S1232 [27FE]
———permit voter information contained in a written affirmation to be used to verify eligibility of voter under a provisional voting system, S2471 [10AP]
———protect voting rights of members of the Armed Forces, S717, S718 [13FE]
———protect voting rights (S. 565), S710, S717, S718, S721, S725, S726, S728 [13FE], S798, S807, S809, S812, S813, S815, S816, S817, S819, S821, S822, S825, S826, S828, S829, S830, S834, S837, S838, S840 [14FE], S880 [15FE], S989, S990, S993, S994 [25FE], S1142, S1143, S1146, S1147, S1148, S1149, S1167, S1169, S1186, S1193, S1194 [26FE], S1226, S1228, S1229, S1232, S1236 [27FE], S1386, S1403, S1404 [1MR], S1416 [4MR], S2466, S2471, S2472, S2475, S2476, S2477 [10AP], S2517, S2518, S2519, S2520, S2521, S2528, S2542 [11AP]
———protect voting rights (S. 565), unanimous-consent agreement, S2318 [22MR]
———provide construction grants to ensure access for disabled individuals, S2521 [11AP]
———provide funding for protection and advocacy agencies to focus on voting access for persons with disabilities, S1146, S1148 [26FE]
———provide sufficient funding to States to meet certain election technology and administration requirements, S1167 [26FE]
———require States and localities to mail voter registration form to individuals who cast provisional ballots that were not counted, S728 [13FE]
———secure Federal voting rights for certain qualified persons who have served their criminal sentences, S807 [14FE]
———specify how lever voting systems may meet the multilingual materials requirement, S728 [13FE]
———statewide interactive voter registration lists, S2520 [11AP]
———study elimination of postage on absentee ballots, S1148 [26FE]
———study feasibility of holding elections on Veterans Day, S812 [14FE]
———treatment of absentee and mail-in ballots, S726 [13FE]
Wellstone, Paul D.: tribute (S. Res. 354), S10794 [28OC]
Wilton, CT: anniversary, S4565
World Trade Organization: position on certain U.S. regulations governing intellectual property rights, S1533 [5MR]
Remarks in Senate relative to
Tribute, S10637 [17OC]
Statements
Equal Protection of Voting Rights Act: Rebekah Harriman, Common Cause in Connecticut (organization), S723 [13FE]
Help America Vote Act: Representative Conyers, S9953 [4OC]
———Representative Corrine Brown, S9953 [4OC]
———Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson, S9952 [4OC]
———Scott Harshbarger, Common Cause (organization), S10416 [15OC]
Summaries
Access to High Quality Child Care Act (S. 2758), S7043 [18JY]
Keeping Children and Families Safe Act (S. 2998), S9124 [24SE]
Tables
Increase in pay for Federal law enforcement officers in certain metropolitan areas under S. 2770, adjust percentage differentials payable to Federal law enforcement officers in certain high-cost areas, S7170 [22JY]
Texts of
S. 12, Peace Corps Charter for the 21st Century Act, S11736-S11738 [20NO]
S. 2667, Peace Corps Charter for the 21st Century Act, S5903-S5905 [21JN]
S. 2912, Student Bill of Rights, S8308-S8311 [5SE]
S. 2998, Keeping Children and Families Safe Act, S9125-S9134 [24SE]
S. Res. 132, recognize and enhance public awareness of the social problem of child abuse and neglect, S2339 [22MR]
Tributes
Altchek, Salvator, S10038 [7OC]
Byrd, Senator, S709 [13FE], S992 [25FE]
Carnahan, Senator, S11236 [18NO]
Carter, Jimmy, S4454 [16MY]
Cleland, Senator, S11235 [18NO]
Gramm, Senator, S7363 [25JY], S11236 [18NO]
Guttenberg, Irving, S10884
Helms, Senator, S11235 [18NO]
Hutchinson, Senator, S11237 [18NO]
Kennedy, Senator, S992 [25FE], S1162 [26FE]
Kranowitz, Alan, S8559
Murkowski, Senator, S11236 [18NO]
O'Connor, Elizabeth, S2380 [9AP]
Seichter, Marilyn, S1729
Smith, Senator Bob, S11237 [18NO]
Thompson, Senator, S11237 [18NO]
Thurmond, Senator, S9073 [24SE], S11235 [18NO]
Torricelli, Senator, S11236 [18NO]
Viggiani, Janet A., S11729