ENSIGN, JOHN (a Senator from Nevada)

Amendments

Agriculture: continue certain programs (S. 1731), S498 [7FE]

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks (H.R. 4775), S5065 [5JN], S5144 [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), S6583 [10JY], S6810 [15JY]

Commission on Voting Rights and Procedures: establish (S. 565), S869, S872, S874 [14FE], S994 [25FE], S1218 [26FE]

Computers: establish Internet domain for children that will promote positive experiences, provide safe online environment, and prevent exposure to harmful material (H.R. 3833), S10949 [13NO]

Crime: provide Federal assistance to States and local jurisdictions to prosecute hate crimes (S. 625), S5289 [10JN]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2514), S5783 [19JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 5010), S7688, S7752 [31JY]

Dept. of Energy: enhance national laboratory mission areas through technology transfer and partnerships (S. 517), S2830 [17AP]

Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (H.R. 5005), S8302 [5SE]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5093), S8619 [13SE]

FCC: eliminate deadlines for spectrum auctions of spectrum previously allocated to television broadcasting (H.R. 4560), S5673, S5714 [18JN]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals (S. 812), S7233 [23JY]

Higher Education Act: amend relative to the qualifications of foreign schools (S. 1998), S10738, S10771 [17OC]

Insurance: ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism (S. 2600), S5516, S5556 [13JN]

Taxation: treatment of adoption expenses (H.R. 622), S104 [24JA], S212, S220, S254 [29JA], S279, S293 [4FE], S349, S361, S379 [5FE], S426 [6FE]

Voting: protect voting rights (S. 565), S869, S872, S874 [14FE], S994 [25FE], S1218 [26FE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Alfonse M. D'Amato U.S. Courthouse, Central Islip, NY: designate (see S. 2495), S4145 [9MY]

Aviation: establish a program for Federal flight deck officers (see S. 2554), S7227 [23JY]

———recognize heroism and courage of airline flight attendants (see S. Con. Res. 110), S4281 [13MY]

Business and industry: review accounting treatment and adopt generally accepted accounting principles for the treatment of employee stock options (see S. 2760), S7103 [19JY]

Cannon, Howard W.: tribute (see S. Res. 217), S1599 [6MR]

Children and youth: enhance operation of the AMBER Alert communications plan to expedite the recovery of abducted children (see S. 2896), S8202 [4SE]

Civil liberties: religious accommodations in the workplace (see S. 2572), S5773 [19JN]

Clark County, NV: establish wilderness areas, promote conservation, improve public lands, and provide for high quality development (see S. 2612), S5366 [11JN]

Computers: establish Internet domain for children that will promote positive experiences, provide safe online environment, and prevent exposure to harmful material (see S. 2537), S4623 [21MY]

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]

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), S8202 [4SE]

Corps of Engineers: reform (see S. 1987), S5773 [19JN]

CPSC: promulgate fire safety standards for cigarettes (see S. 2317), S6127 [26JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: conduct a study on the effectiveness of silver-based biocides as an alternative treatment to preserve wood (see S. 3062), S10118 [8OC]

Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (see S. 2794), S7902 [1AU]

Dept. of the Treasury: authorize purchase of silver on the open market when the silver stockpile is depleted, to be used to mint coins (see S. 2594), S5205 [6JN]

Families and domestic relations: importance of prenatal care for women and children (see S. Res. 209), S732 [13FE]

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), S8301 [5SE]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: amend relative to new animal drugs (see S. 1346), S2578 [11AP]

FHA: adjust the indexing of multifamily mortgage limits (see S. 2841), S7899 [1AU]

Fire prevention: encourage Federal land management agencies to reduce forest fuels that place national resources at high risk of catastrophic wildfire, and prepare a National Prescribed Fire Strategy (see S. Con. Res. 107), S8619 [13SE]

Firearms: permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents (see S. 514), S1536 [5MR]

———protect manufacturers and sellers in the firearms and ammunition industry from restrictions on interstate or foreign commerce (see S. 2268), S4331 [14MY]

Great Basin National Heritage Area: establish (see S. 1939), S732 [13FE]

Health: provide for health care liability reform (see S. 1370), S3505 [29AP]

Housing: simplify the downpayment requirements for FHA mortgage insurance for single family homebuyers (see S. 2239), S3303 [24AP]

International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (INTELSAT): extend deadline for initial public offering (see S. 2810), S7430 [26JY]

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: allow beneficiaries direct access to physical therapists without a physician referral (see S. 2386), S10443 [15OC]

———consolidate and restate Federal laws relative to social health maintenance organization projects, make such projects permanent, and require a study on ways to expand such projects (see S. 2782), S7308 [24JY]

———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug discount and security program (see S. 2736), S6867 [16JY]

Memorial Day: recognize the sacrifice and dedication of the Armed Forces and civilian national security agencies (see S. Res. 278), S4840 [23MY]

Mental health: provide for research on, and services for individuals with, post-abortion depression and psychosis (see S. 2271), S3434 [25AP]

National Importance of Health Care Coverage Month: designate (see S. Con. Res. 94), S4331 [14MY]

National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 325), S8565 [12SE]

Nevada: sale of certain real property in the Newlands Project to the city of Fallon, NV (see S. 1310), S2578 [11AP]

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

Petroleum: extend certain protections to franchised refiners or distributors of lubricating oil (see S. 2781), S7308 [24JY]

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]

PLO: impose certain travel and diplomatic sanctions on officials in the U.S., seize assets in the U.S., and require a report on any acts of terrorism until a peace plan is implemented (see S. 2194), S3626 [1MY]

Science: prohibit the cloning of humans (see S. 1899), S175 [28JA]

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]

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), S3626 [1MY]

Taxation: allow a U.S. independent film and television production wage credit (see S. 1278), S2368 [8AP]

———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), S3435 [25AP]

———clarify eligibility of certain expenses for low-income housing credit (see S. 2006), S5367 [11JN]

Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: provide highway infrastructure investment at the guaranteed funding level (see S. 1917), S2675 [15AP]

Veterans: permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see S. 2051), S6014 [25JN]

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

White House Commission on National Military Appreciation Month: establish (see S. 1785), S7034 [18JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Airports: modify terminal buildings to accommodate explosive detection systems for screening checked baggage (see S. 2735), S6867 [16JY]

———require reports to Congress relative to airports that will not deploy explosive detection systems by a certain date (see S. 3071), S10117 [8OC]

Animal Welfare Act: strengthen enforcement of animal fighting provisions (see S. 3118), S10571 [16OC]

FCC: eliminate deadlines for spectrum auctions of spectrum previously allocated to television broadcasting (see S. 2454), S3843 [2MY]

Health: reduce the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (see S. 2793), S7372 [25JY]

Higher Education Act: amend relative to the qualifications of foreign schools (see S. 1998), S1675 [7MR]

Medicare: waive late enrollment penalty and provide a special Part B enrollment period for certain military retirees (see S. 2688), S6249 [27JN]

Rollan D. Melton Post Office Building, Fallon, NV: designate (see S. 2840), S7899 [1AU]

SBA: establish a pilot program to provide regulatory compliance assistance to small businesses (see S. 2455), S3843 [2MY]

Taxation: treatment of unused nontaxable benefits under cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements (see S. 3113), S10442 [15OC]

Cloture motions

Gibbons, Julia Smith: nomination to be circuit judge, S7322 [24JY], S7391 [26JY]

Insurance: ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism (S. 2600), S5625 [17JN]

Taxation: treatment of adoption expenses (H.R. 622), S280 [4FE], S392 [6FE]

Remarks

Animal Welfare Act: strengthen enforcement of animal fighting provisions (S. 3118), S10575 [16OC]

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks (H.R. 4775), S5192 [6JN]

Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (S.J. Res. 45), S10312 [10OC]

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), S6688 [12JY], S6757 [15JY]

Clark County, NV: establish wilderness areas, promote conservation, improve public lands, and provide for high quality development (S. 2612), S5384 [11JN]

Computers: establish Internet domain for children that will promote positive experiences, provide safe online environment, and prevent exposure to harmful material (H.R. 3833), S10965 [13NO]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5093), S8875 [19SE]

Education: emergency summer school funding, S5192 [6JN]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals (S. 812), S6924 [17JY], S7140, S7141 [22JY], S7210 [23JY], S7251, S7252, S7254, S7258, S7260, S7283 [24JY], S7525, S7526, S7549 [30JY]

FHA: adjust the indexing of multifamily mortgage limits (S. 2841), S7908 [1AU]

Hazardous substances: approve Yucca Mountain, NV, as nuclear waste disposal site (S.J. Res. 34), S5528 [13JN], S5986 [25JN], S6055 [26JN]

———approve Yucca Mountain, NV, as nuclear waste disposal site (S.J. Res. 34), motion to proceed, S6445, S6448, S6449, S6461, S6479, S6481 [9JY]

Health: provide for health care liability reform, S7525, S7526 [30JY]

Housing: simplify the downpayment requirements for FHA mortgage insurance for single family homebuyers (S. 2239), S3309 [24AP]

Insurance: ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism (S. 2600), S5516 [13JN]

———ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism (S. 2600), unanimous-consent request, S5574 [14JN]

Mahan, James C.: nomination to be district judge, S128 [25JA]

Medicare: coverage of outpatient prescription drugs, S6924 [17JY], S7140, S7141 [22JY], S7549 [30JY]

———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure, S7140, S7141 [22JY]

———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug discount and security program, S6753 [15JY], S6924 [17JY], S7210 [23JY], S7251, S7252, S7254, S7258, S7260, S7283 [24JY]

National forests: implement an emergency hazardous fuels reduction plan, S8875 [19SE]

Pledge of Allegiance: circuit court decision on inclusion of phrase ``under God'', S6101 [26JN]

Point of order, S6687 [12JY]

Science: prohibit patents relative to the cloning of humans, S5516 [13JN]

Senate Republican High Tech Task Force: recommendations, S1803 [13MR]

Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks, S9706 [1OC]

Tributes

Agassi, Andre, S11384 [19NO]

Bayer, A. Jason, S3834 [2MY]

Commons, Matthew A., S1594 [6MR]