GRASSLEY, CHARLES E. (a Senator from Iowa)
Amendments
Agriculture: continue certain programs (S. 1731), S498 [7FE], S522, S558 [8FE]
Andean Trade Preference Act: extend and expand (H.R. 3009), S3882 [2MY], S4166 [9MY], S4206 [10MY], S4267, S4289 [13MY], S4299, S4335 [14MY], S4455 [16MY], S4612, S4630, S4639, S4643 [21MY], S4679 [22MY]
Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks (H.R. 4775), S5099 [5JN], S5241 [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), S6510, S6511, S6512 [9JY], S6662, S6666 [11JY], S6714 [12JY]
Commission on Voting Rights and Procedures: establish (S. 565), S787 [13FE], S867 [14FE], S994 [25FE], S1397 [1MR], S2475, S2502 [10AP]
Crime: prevent identity theft and mitigate the harm to victimized individuals (S. 1742), S11120 [14NO]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2514), S5782, S5785 [19JN], S5838, S5876 [20JN], S5926, S5964 [24JN], S6136 [26JN]
———making appropriations (H.R. 5010), S7701, S7719, S7753, S7754, S7759 [31JY]
Dept. of Energy: enhance national laboratory mission areas through technology transfer and partnerships (S. 517), S1858, S1865 [13MR], S1882, S1942, S1946 [14MR], S2038 [19MR], S2296, S2297 [21MR], S2331 [22MR], S2370 [8AP], S2899 [18AP], S3032, S3082 [22AP], S3289, S3324, S3325 [24AP], S3363, S3450 [25AP]
Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (H.R. 5005), S8314 [5SE], S8391 [9SE], S8767, S8773, S8778, S8796, S8846, S8847 [18SE], S8935, S8938, S8939, S8940, S8943, S8947 [19SE], S9104, S9142 [24SE], S9443, S9447 [26SE], S9913, S9914 [3OC]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5093), S8408, S8468 [10SE]
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals (S. 812), S7048, S7060 [18JY]
Social Security: provide additional safeguards for certain beneficiaries with representative payees (H.R. 4070), S11316 [18NO]
Taxation: treatment of adoption expenses (H.R. 622), S106 [24JA], S254 [29JA], S279, S293, S294 [4FE]
Voting: protect voting rights (S. 565), S787 [13FE], S867 [14FE], S994 [25FE], S1397 [1MR], S2475, S2502 [10AP]
Analyses
Impact of Alternative and Replacement Fuel Use on Oil Prices: David L. Greene, Dept. of Energy, S3133 [23AP]
———Dept. of Energy, S3133 [23AP]
Announcements
Treasury to mail out 8.1 million checks on Friday July 26, 2001: Dept. of the Treasury, S7509 [30JY]
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 4, Energy Policy Act, S3789 [1MY]
———H.R. 3009, Trade Act, S6728 [12JY]
Articles and editorials
Campaign ``Reform'' Won't Work, Des Moines (IA) Register, S2113 [20MR]
Criticism Softens on ABM, S4680 [22MY]
Critics See Loopholes in Conservation Provisions, Blair Claflin, Des Moines (IA) Register, S4433 [16MY]
Daschle Blames Bush Tax Cut for Failure on Prescription Drug Reform, Polly Forster, Roll Call (publication), S7423 [26JY]
Farmers' Penalties Rarely Stick, John McCormick, Jerry Perkins, and Perry Beeman, Des Moines (IA) Register, S4432 [16MY]
For the People, Paul Krugman, New York (NY) Times, S11717 [20NO]
House Dems Make Plans To Circumvent Campaign Reform, Roll Call (publication), S2114 [20MR]
Not Much ``Reform'' in Campaign Finance Bill, Cedar Rapids (IA) Gazette, S2113 [20MR]
Springtime for Hitler, Paul Krugman, New York (NY) Times, S11718 [20NO]
Terrifying Insurance Deal—A Bonanza for the Trial Lawyers, an Entitlement for Insurers, Wall Street Journal, S11526 [19NO]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Agriculture: provide emergency livestock assistance (see S. 2834), S7899 [1AU]
———provide greater fairness in livestock and poultry contract arbitration process (see S. 2943), S8673 [17SE]
Bankruptcy: provide a right to be heard for participants and beneficiaries of an employee pension benefit plan of a debtor in order to protect pensions of those employees and retirees (see S. 3139), S10676 [17OC]
———provide for a creditors' committee of employee and retiree representatives of a debtor in order to protect pensions of those employees and retirees (see S. 3028), S9845 [2OC]
Capital punishment: allow post-conviction DNA testing, improve performance of lawyers and judges handling State capital criminal cases, and ensure quality of defense counsel in Federal capital cases (see S. 2739), S6947 [17JY]
Chicago, IL: expand aviation capacity (see S. 2039), S2183 [20MR]
Children and youth: access of disadvantaged children to dental services (see S. 1626), S4199 [10MY]
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), S8673 [17SE]
Colombia: elections (see S. Res. 283), S5454 [12JN]
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]
Crime: eliminate sexual exploitation of children (see S. 2520), S5367 [11JN]
———enhance national efforts to investigate, prosecute, and prevent crimes against children by increasing investigatory tools, criminal penalties, and resources and extending existing laws (see S. 2917), S8456 [10SE]
———establish penalties for aggravated identity theft and enhance existing identity theft penalties (see S. 2541), S4702 [22MY]
———foster local collaborations to ensure effective and efficient use of resources within the criminal and juvenile justice systems in dealing with mentally ill offenders (see S. 3147), S10677 [17OC]
———prevent identity theft and mitigate the harm to victimized individuals (see S. 1742), S4703 [22MY]
Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (see S. 2794), S7902 [1AU]
Drug abuse: reduce illegal drug use and trafficking and help provide appropriate drug education, prevention and treatment programs (see S. 304), S661 [12FE]
Drugs: enhance competition for prescription drugs by increasing enforcement of existing antitrust laws relative to brand name and generic drugs (see S. 754), S5901 [21JN]
———prohibit opening, maintaining, managing, controlling, renting, leasing, making available for use, or profiting from any place for the purpose of manufacturing, distributing, or using any controlled substance (see S. 2633), S5696 [18JN]
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make permanent the exclusion of reparations received by Holocaust survivors or their heirs or estates (see S. 2577), S11736 [20NO]
EPA: provide additional authority to the Office of Ombudsman (see S. 606), S2076 [19MR]
Family History Month: designate (see S. Res. 330), S8981 [20SE]
FBI: reform (see S. 1974), S1351 [28FE]
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), S8919 [19SE]
Firearms: protect manufacturers and sellers in the firearms and ammunition industry from restrictions on interstate or foreign commerce (see S. 2268), S7901 [1AU]
Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: designate (see S. Res. 214), S1421 [4MR]
Health: permit an individual to be treated by a health care practitioner with any method of medical treatment such individual requests (see S. 2207), S2950 [18AP]
———support research to more fully develop the field of health promotion and disease prevention and develop strategies to integrate health and lifestyle improvement programs into national policy (see S. Con. Res. 11), S6949 [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 (see S. 2674), S8457 [10SE]
Iran: human rights violations (see S. Res. 306), S7372 [25JY]
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), S10041 [7OC]
Law enforcement officers: adjust percentage differentials payable to Federal law enforcement officers in certain high-cost areas (see S. 2770), S7164 [22JY]
———exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see S. 2480), S6251 [27JN]
Medicaid: State funding for disproportionate share hospitals (see S. 776), S4199 [10MY]
Medicare: enhance beneficiary access to quality health care services (see S. 3018), S9714 [1OC]
———extend authorization for appropriations for certain rural grants (see S. 2135), S2723 [16AP]
———improve Medicare Incentive Payment Program (see S. 2529), S7902 [1AU]
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), S8919 [19SE]
National Airborne Day: designate (see S. Res. 242), S6868 [16JY]
National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: establish (see S. 1867), S3626 [1MY]
National Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 270), S6868 [16JY]
National Farmers Union: anniversary (see S. Res. 324), S8384 [9SE]
National 4-H Youth Development Program Week: designate (see S. Con. Res. 143), S8918 [19SE]
National Fraud Against Senior Citizens Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 281), S5207 [6JN]
National Importance of Health Care Coverage Month: designate (see S. Con. Res. 94), S8386 [9SE]
National Inhalants and Poison Prevention Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 206), S1936 [14MR]
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: authorize development of research centers focusing on environmental factors related to the etiology of breast cancer (see S. 830), S4146 [9MY]
National Mammography Day: designate (see S. Res. 326), S8565 [12SE]
National Medical Services Week: designate (see S. Con. Res. 112), S4568 [20MY]
National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 325), S8565 [12SE]
National Veterans Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 293), S6250 [27JN]
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]
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), S4704 [22MY]
Science: prohibit the cloning of humans (see S. 1899), S349 [5FE]
Social Security: deny benefits to fugitive felons and individuals fleeing prosecution (see S. 2387), S3505 [29AP]
———extend availability of allotments under the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see S. 3180), S11736 [20NO]
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), S10040 [7OC]
Tariff: provide duty-free benefits for certain products produced within qualifying industrial zones in Turkey and Israel (see S. 2663), S5851 [20JN]
Taxation: clarify that the parsonage allowance exclusion is limited to the fair rental value of the property (see S. 2200), S2950 [18AP]
———exclude from gross income loan payments received under the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program (see S. 2654), S6708 [12JY]
———improve tax equity for military personnel (see S. 2816), S7469 [29JY]
———make technical corrections to the Internal Revenue Code (see S. 3153), S10888 [13NO]
———modify unrelated business income limitation on investment in certain debt-financed properties (see S. 2022), S1974 [15MR]
———provide special rules for the charitable deduction for conservation contributions of land by eligible farmers and ranchers (see S. 701), S5366 [11JN]
———require adequate disclosure of transactions which have a potential for tax avoidance or evasion (see S. 2498), S4145 [9MY]
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]
Thomas, Rex D. (Dave): tribute (see S. Res. 199), S32 [23JA]
Uruguay: authorize the negotiation of a free trade agreement (see S. 2796), S7372 [25JY]
Veterans: permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see S. 170), S2007 [18MR]
Wellstone, Paul D.: tribute (see S. Res. 354), S10800 [28OC]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Agriculture: increase competition and transparency among packers required to report information on the price and quantity of livestock purchased (see S. 2867), S7900 [1AU]
Bankruptcy: include bonuses and other extraordinary or excessive compensation of corporate officers and violators of securities and accounting laws in bankruptcy estates (see S. 2901), S8092 [3SE]
———permanently reenact chapter 12 of the bankruptcy code relative to family farmers (see S. 3174), S11574 [19NO]
Business and industry: restrict ability of officers and employees of the U.S. to enter into contracts with corporations or partnerships that move outside the U.S. while retaining substantially the same ownership (see S. 3120), S10571 [16OC]
Colombia: condemn continued attacks on democracy and the rule of law, including kidnapping of elected representatives (see S. Res. 220), S1676 [7MR]
Health: improve the provision of health care in all areas (see S. 2873), S7900 [1AU]
———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see S. 2502), S4145 [9MY]
Medal of Honor: designate an official Medal of Honor flag and provide for presentation to recipients (see S.J. Res. 38), S6013 [25JN]
Medicare: establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (see S. 2, 2729), S6808 [15JY]
Medicare/Medicaid: improve availability of accurate nursing facility staffing information (see S. 2879), S7900 [1AU]
Pensions: allow workers flexibility in treatment of investments in individual account plans and require certain disclosures prior to transaction suspension periods (see S. 1971), S1251 [27FE]
———permit defined benefit plans to use adjusted interest rates for calculating contributions and make permanent certain rules for interstate bus lines with frozen pension plans (see S. 2563), S4839 [23MY]
Senate Rules: eliminate secret Senate holds (see S. Res. 244), S2829 [17AP]
Tariff: acephate (see S. 2959), S8753 [18SE]
———bispyribac sodium (see S. 2957), S8753 [18SE]
———fenpropathrin (see S. 2958), S8753 [18SE]
———filter media (see S. 2112), S2578 [11AP]
———flumioxazin (see S. 2962), S8754 [18SE]
———polymers (see S. 2267), S3434 [25AP]
———pyriproxyfen (see S. 2960), S8754 [18SE]
———saccharose (see S. 2111), S2577 [11AP]
———uniconazole-p (see S. 2961), S8754 [18SE]
Taxation: combat fuel excise tax fraud (see S. 3154), S10888 [13NO]
———provide that no organization providing support to terrorists shall be qualified for tax-exempt status (see S. 3082), S10118 [8OC]
———treatment of inverted corporate entities and of transactions with such entities (see S. 2119), S2578 [11AP]
Veterans: improve procedures for the determination of the inability of veterans to defray expenses of necessary medical care (see S. 2741), S6947 [17JY]
Whistleblowing: providing protections to certain employees at airports (see S. 2686), S6127 [26JN]
Cloture motions
Andean Trade Preference Act: extend and expand (H.R. 3009), S4125 [9MY], S4558 [20MY], S4614 [21MY], S4668 [22MY]
———extend and expand (H.R. 3009), conference report, S7551 [30JY], S7774 [1AU]
———extend and expand (H.R. 3009), motion to proceed, S3457 [25AP], S3495 [29AP]
Clifton, Richard R.: nomination to be circuit judge, S6964 [17JY], S7016 [18JY]
Gibbons, Julia Smith: nomination to be circuit judge, S7322 [24JY], S7391 [26JY]
Taxation: treatment of adoption expenses (H.R. 622), S280 [4FE], S392 [6FE]
Explanations
National Employee Savings and Trust Equity Guarantee Act (S. 1971), S1257 [27FE]
Reversing the Expatriation of Profits Offshore Act (S. 2119), S2593 [11AP]
Letters
Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act: Nicholas E. Calio, Executive Office of the President, S4667 [22MY]
Approve Yucca Mountain, NV, as nuclear waste disposal site: Thomas A. Vilsack, Governor of Iowa, S6474 [9JY]
Armed Forces Tax Fairness Act: J. Neil McFarland, S9922 [3OC]
———J.D. Griffith, S9922 [3OC]
———James A. Brooks, S9922 [3OC]
———Jay R. Hildebrand, S9922 [3OC]
———Thomas D. Heinold, S9922 [3OC]
———Thomas J. Hicks, S9922 [3OC]
Estate tax relief: by, S11717 [20NO]
Extend trade negotiating and trade agreement implementing authority: several agricultural economists, S3494 [29AP]
Investigation into firing of FBI whistleblower: by, Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S5844 [20JN]
Medicare coverage of outpatient prescription drugs: several health care organizations, S7545 [30JY]
National Employee Savings and Trust Equity Guarantee Act: several Senators, S10605 [17OC]
Nomination of Keith D. Flink for Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks (fraternal organization) and DEA Enrique Camarena Award: Jeana Boyd, Justin Flink, and Jory Flink, S543
Permit defined benefit pension plans to use adjusted interest rates for calculating contributions and make permanent certain rules for interstate bus lines with frozen pension plans: Jim LaSala, Amalgamated Transit Union, S4853 [23MY]
Tax rates: by, S11718 [20NO]
Motions
Andean Trade Preference Act: extend and expand (H.R. 3009), S4459 [16MY], S4680 [22MY], S4796, S4797 [23MY]
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals (S. 812), S7206 [23JY]
Press releases
TPA Coalition Commends Letter to Congressional Leaders From Prominent Agricultural Economists: Agricultural Coalition for Trade Promotion Authority, S3494 [29AP]
Privilege of the floor
Byers, Heather M., S8006 [1AU]
Griswold, Jeffrey, S309 [4FE]
Gronemeyer, Paul, S255 [29JA]
Langer, Elliott, S3453 [25AP], S3513 [29AP]
MacLean, Norman A., S8006 [1AU]
Marzec, Darius, S3453 [25AP]
Marzec, Dariusz, S309 [4FE]
McCullen, Tiffany, S3513 [29AP]
McFadden, Chuck, S108 [24JA]
Ransom, Elmer, S309 [4FE]
Seale, Stephen, S309 [4FE], S3453 [25AP]
Remarks
African Growth and Opportunity Act: duty-free treatment for certain apparel made from regional fabrics, S7818 [1AU]
Agriculture: continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), conference report, S3922 [7MY], S4018 [8MY]
———continue certain programs (S. 1731), S410, S411, S415 [6FE], S454, S457, S468 [7FE], S579 [11FE], S600, S601 [12FE], S7860 [1AU]
———impact of extension of trade negotiating and trade agreement implementing authority, S2666 [15AP]
———increase competition and transparency among packers required to report information on the price and quantity of livestock purchased (S. 2867), S7937 [1AU]
———provide emergency livestock assistance (S. 2834), S7860 [1AU]
———soil conservation programs, S4430-S4432 [16MY]
———treatment of livestock and meat products relative to trade negotiating and trade agreement implementing authority, S4800 [23MY]
Andean Trade Preference Act: extend and expand (H.R. 3009), S2239 [21MR], S3616 [1MY], S3802 [2MY], S4267 [13MY], S4298, S4299, S4305, S4324 [14MY], S4349, S4351, S4356, S4359 [15MY], S4436, S4457, S4458 [16MY], S4586, S4590, S4602, S4613 [21MY], S4680, S4682, S4692, S4693 [22MY], S4752, S4753, S4765, S4795, S4797, S4798, S4800, S4801, S4815 [23MY]
———extend and expand (H.R. 3009), conference report, S7771, S7818, S7819, S7827 [1AU]
———extend and expand (H.R. 3009), motion to proceed, S3492, S3494 [29AP]
Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act: extend and expand (H.R. 3009), S4667 [22MY]
Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks (H.R. 4775), S5187 [6JN]
———making supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks (H.R. 4775), conference report, S7277 [24JY]
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: oil and gas exploration, S2812 [17AP]
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (S.J. Res. 45), S10154 [9OC]
———combat zone tax exclusions for bomber support crews on the island of Diego Garcia, S11159 [14NO]
ATF: redesignate as Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and reform and reassign certain responsibilities, S11407, S11408 [19NO]
Bankruptcy: amend laws (H.R. 333), conference report, S10559 [16OC]
———extend reenactment period for chapter 12 of the bankruptcy code relative to family farmers (H.R. 5472), S10219 [9OC]
———include bonuses and other extraordinary or excessive compensation of corporate officers and violators of securities and accounting laws in bankruptcy estates (S. 2901), S8099 [3SE]
———permanently reenact chapter 12 of the bankruptcy code relative to family farmers, S468 [7FE]
Budget: allocation of funds, S312 [5FE], S2999 [22AP]
———deficit, S13 [23JA]
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), S6748, S6749, S6757 [15JY]
———restrict ability of officers and employees of the U.S. to enter into contracts with corporations or partnerships that move outside the U.S. while retaining substantially the same ownership (S. 3120), S10576 [16OC]
CERCLA: promote cleanup and reuse of brownfields, provide financial assistance for brownfields revitalization, and enhance State response programs (S. 350), S11557 [19NO]
Colombia: condemn continued attacks on democracy and the rule of law, including kidnapping of elected representatives (S. Res. 220), S1681 [7MR]
Commission on Voting Rights and Procedures: establish (S. 565), S1194 [26FE], S2475 [10AP], S2525 [11AP]
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 (S. 1924), S10604 [17OC]
Congressional Oversight Group: expand membership and ensure coordination with congressional trade policy advisers, S4692 [22MY]
Courts: appointment of additional bankruptcy judges (S. 3074), S10559 [16OC]
Crime: enhance national efforts to investigate, prosecute, and prevent crimes against children by increasing investigatory tools, criminal penalties, and resources and extending existing laws (S. 2917), S8461 [10SE]
———foster local collaborations to ensure effective and efficient use of resources within the criminal and juvenile justice systems in dealing with mentally ill offenders (S. 3147), S10715 [17OC]
Customs Service: commercial operations, S9686 [1OC], S10868 [13NO]
———use of revenue generated from user fees, S4457 [16MY]
Dept. of Agriculture: restrict use of Environmental Quality Incentive Program funds for confined livestock feeding operations, S415 [6FE]
———strengthen limitations on commodity payments and benefits and use resulting savings to improve certain programs, S454, S457 [7FE], S4018 [8MY]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4546), conference report, S10868 [13NO]
———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2514), S5838 [20JN], S5931 [24JN]
———clothing regulations imposed on female personnel stationed in Saudi Arabia, S5931 [24JN]
———combat waste, fraud, and abuse, S2350 [8AP]
———extend Arsenal Support Program initiatives, S5838 [20JN]
———funding, S2350 [8AP]
———investigation of credit card abuse, S1988-S1991 [18MR]
———limit number of credit card accounts, evaluate creditworthiness of cardholders, and establish disciplinary actions for improper use, S7720 [31JY]
———making appropriations (H.R. 5010), S7697, S7720 [31JY]
———prohibit certain expatriated corporations from being eligible for the award of Federal contracts, S7697 [31JY]
———Project Alpha funding to predict and assess threats to the U.S. food supply, S93 [24JA]
Dept. of Energy: enhance national laboratory mission areas through technology transfer and partnerships (S. 517), S1658 [7MR], S1820 [13MR], S1883 [14MR], S2428 [10AP], S2561 [11AP], S2812 [17AP], S3131, S3134, S3153 [23AP], S3291 [24AP], S3348, S3352, S3386, S3402 [25AP]
———revise air conditioner efficiency standards, S3291 [24AP]
Dept. of HHS: allow Federal health programs flexibility in providing health care services during emergencies, S4780 [23MY]
Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (H.R. 5005), S8911 [19SE], S9686 [1OC], S11407, S11408, S11435, S11451 [19NO]
———inclusion of Customs Service, S10868 [13NO]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5093), S8249
Dept. of the Treasury: anniversary of mailing of tax rebate checks to taxpayers, S7509 [30JY]
Drugs: prohibit opening, maintaining, managing, controlling, renting, leasing, making available for use, or profiting from any place for the purpose of manufacturing, distributing, or using any controlled substance (S. 2633), S5706 [18JN]
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: impact on economy, S317 [5FE]
Economy: national objectives priority assignments, S9655 [1OC]
———role of Government in causing and remedying economic recession, S9655 [1OC]
Employment: prohibit the establishment of wage insurance for workers adversely affected by foreign trade, S4436 [16MY]
FBI: reform (S. 1974), S1359 [28FE], S10055-S10057 [8OC]
Federal courts: improve operation and administration (H.R. 4125), S10648 [17OC]
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals (S. 812), S7001, S7025 [18JY], S7180, S7186, S7199, S7205 [23JY], S7260 [24JY], S7423, S7424 [26JY], S7544 [30JY], S7624, S7644 [31JY]
Flink, Keith D.: Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks (fraternal organization) and DEA Enrique Camarena Award recipient, S543
Foreign trade: eligibility of unemployed textile and apparel workers for trade adjustment assistance and health insurance benefits, S4752 [23MY]
———implement an importation requirement system for diamonds (H.R. 2722), S849 [14FE]
Fuels: subject renewable fuels to the same liability standards placed on other fuels and fuel additives, S3348 [25AP]
Girl Scouts: anniversary, S2352 [8AP]
Gritzner, James E.: nomination to be district judge, S896
Harty, Maura A.: nomination to be Assistant Sec. of State for Consular Affairs, S10220 [9OC]
Hazardous substances: approve Yucca Mountain, NV, as nuclear waste disposal site (S.J. Res. 34), motion to proceed, S6473 [9JY]
Insurance: ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism (H.R. 3210), conference report, S11525 [19NO]
Iowa: tribute to students participating in National History Day exhibition, S5898
Iron and steel industry: make certain steelworker retirees eligible for temporary health benefits under trade adjustment assistance programs, S4586, S4590 [21MY], S4801 [23MY]
———remedy certain injurious effects of steel imports by protecting benefits of steelworkers and retirees and strengthening the U.S. steel industry (S. 2189), S4586 [21MY]
ITC: anniversary, S3430
Medal of Honor: designate an official Medal of Honor flag and provide for presentation to recipients (S.J. Res. 38), S6028 [25JN]
Medicare: coverage of outpatient prescription drugs, S7025 [18JY], S7180, S7186, S7199, S7205 [23JY], S7423, S7424 [26JY], S7446 [29JY], S7544 [30JY], S7624 [31JY]
———enhance beneficiary access to quality health care services (S. 3018), S9717 [1OC], S9840 [2OC]
———establish a subvention demonstration project for veterans (S. 2233), S3172 [23AP]
———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure, S6856 [16JY], S7001-S7005, S7025 [18JY], S7180, S7186, S7199, S7205 [23JY], S7544 [30JY]
———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug discount and security program, S7260 [24JY]
———reduce geographic disparities in payment rates, S8249
———reform, S4781 [23MY]
———treatment of certain counties relative to reimbursement rates, S5187 [6JN]
Melloy, Michael J.: nomination to be circuit judge, S584 [11FE]
Mental health: provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (S. 543), S3484 [29AP]
Mexico: restrictions on U.S. exports of high fructose corn syrup, S573 [11FE]
Motor vehicles: establish Federal renewable fuels standards, S1820 [13MR]
———renewable fuel content requirements, S2561 [11AP], S3131, S3134 [23AP], S3348, S3352 [25AP]
———require Federal agencies to use ethanol-blended gasoline and biodiesel-blended diesel fuel where available, S1883 [14MR]
NAFTA: ensure transparency of investor protection dispute resolution tribunals, S3616 [1MY]
National Agriculture Week: observance, S2178
National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: establish, S8911 [19SE]
National Guard: restore the tax deductibility of Reserve component members' non-reimbursable training expenses, S9921 [3OC]
National Long-Term Care Ombudsman Resource Center: funding, S11710 [20NO]
Packers and Stockyards Act: prohibit packers from owning, feeding, or controlling livestock intended for slaughter, S579 [11FE], S600, S601 [12FE], S4018 [8MY]
Pensions: allow workers flexibility in treatment of investments in individual account plans and require certain disclosures prior to transaction suspension periods (S. 1971), S1253 [27FE], S10604-S10606 [17OC]
———permit defined benefit plans to use adjusted interest rates for calculating contributions and make permanent certain rules for interstate bus lines with frozen pension plans (S. 2563), S4852 [23MY]
Point of order, S215 [29JA], S7206 [23JY]
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2356), S2112 [20MR]
Power resources: national energy policy, S1658 [7MR], S1820 [13MR], S1883 [14MR], S2428 [10AP], S2561 [11AP], S2812 [17AP], S3131, S3134, S3153 [23AP], S3291 [24AP], S3348, S3352, S3386, S3402 [25AP]
———provide regulatory oversight over energy and metals trading markets, S2428 [10AP]
Presidential appointments: Senate process for confirmation of judicial nominees, S4098 [9MY]
Public Company Accounting Oversight Board: conduct oversight spot audits of public companies, S6748, S6749 [15JY]
Rees, Grover J.: nomination to be Ambassador to East Timor, S10218 [9OC]
Russia: support U.S.-Russian summit, S4613 [21MY], S4680 [22MY]
Scalia, Eugene: nomination to be Dept. of Labor Solicitor, motion to proceed, S11052 [14NO]
Senate Rules: eliminate secret Senate holds (S. Res. 244), S2850 [17AP]
Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, S312, S316 [5FE], S2999 [22AP]
South America: impact of free trade on drug interdiction efforts, S7819 [1AU]
Tariff: provide duty-free benefits for certain products produced within qualifying industrial zones in Turkey and Israel (S. 2663), S5860 [20JN]
Taxation: alternative vehicles and fuel incentives tax credit, S3386 [25AP]
———clarify the treatment of Dept. of Defense dependent care assistance programs for Armed Forces members, S9922 [3OC]
———expatriation of individuals or businesses to avoid income taxes, S8293 [5SE]
———extend timeframe for special depreciation allowance for certain property acquired after terrorist attacks, S91 [24JA]
———improve tax equity for military personnel, S9921, S9922 [3OC]
———incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability, S3402 [25AP]
———income forecast depreciation method, S1702 [8MR]
———make repeal of estate taxes permanent, S5424 [12JN], S7260 [24JY]
———phase out estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), S5424 [12JN]
———provide a special depreciation allowance for property acquired during a certain period, S1702 [8MR]
———provide incentives for economic recovery, S54, S69, S91 [24JA], S196 [29JA], S267, S273, S280 [4FE], S337 [5FE], S389, S390 [6FE]
———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), S1690, S1702 [8MR]
———rates, S7423, S7424 [26JY], S7509, S7512, S7514 [30JY], S11716 [20NO]
———require adequate disclosure of transactions which have a potential for tax avoidance or evasion (S. 2498), S4163 [9MY]
———transfer all excise taxes imposed on alcohol fuels to the Highway Trust Fund, S3153 [23AP]
———treatment of adoption expenses (H.R. 622), S54, S69, S91 [24JA], S196, S210 [29JA], S267, S273, S280 [4FE], S337 [5FE], S389, S390 [6FE]
———treatment of inverted corporate entities and of transactions with such entities (S. 2119), S2592 [11AP]
———treatment of inverted corporate entities and transactions with such entities, S11451 [19NO]
———treatment of the sale of a principal residence, and death gratuity payments, by a member of the uniformed services (H.R. 5063), S9921, S9922 [3OC]
———treatment of the sale of a principal residence by members of the uniformed services or Foreign Service and treatment of death gratuity payments to members of the uniformed services (H.R. 5557), S11159 [14NO]
Television: provide grants to train court reporters and other individuals to become real-time writers to meet requirements for closed captioning of video programming (S. 2512), S4391 [15MY]
Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks, S8503 [11SE]
———establish procedures for civil actions and limit liability for punitive damages relative to acts of terrorism, S11525 [19NO]
———improve the ability of the U.S. to prepare for and respond to a biological threat or attack (H.R. 3448), conference report, S4780, S4781 [23MY]
Textile industry and fabrics: authorize grants to community colleges to establish job training programs for workers adversely affected by trade agreements, S4356 [15MY]
———require certain imported apparel be dyed and finished in the U.S. to qualify for duty-free treatment, S7277 [24JY]
Trade Act: amend to consolidate and improve trade adjustment assistance programs and provide community-based economic development assistance for trade-affected communities, S4586, S4590 [21MY], S4667 [22MY], S4752, S4801 [23MY], S7819 [1AU]
Treaties and agreements: clarify principal trade negotiating objectives relative to domestic labor standards and environmental protections, S4458 [16MY]
———clarify procedures for congressional resolutions of disapproval on trade agreements, S4795 [23MY]
———ensure equitable treatment of foreign and domestic investors under investor-State dispute settlement processes relative to compliance with local, State, and Federal regulations, S4268 [13MY], S4298 [14MY], S4602 [21MY]
———ensure that trade agreements protect national security, Social Security, and other significant public services, S4797 [23MY]
———establish additional criteria for reviewing the impact of trade agreements on employment, S4349, S4351 [15MY]
———extend trade negotiating and trade agreement implementing authority, S3492, S3494 [29AP], S3616 [1MY], S3802 [2MY], S4268 [13MY], S4298, S4299, S4305, S4324 [14MY], S4349, S4351, S4356, S4359 [15MY], S4436 [16MY], S4602 [21MY], S4667, S4680, S4692 [22MY], S4753, S4765, S4797, S4798, S4800, S4801 [23MY], S7771, S7818, S7819, S7827 [1AU], S9107 [24SE]
———extend trade negotiating and trade agreement implementing authority (H.R. 3005), S2 [23JA], S1985, S1986, S1987 [18MR], S2666 [15AP]
———limit application of trade authority procedures, S4299, S4305 [14MY]
———make prevention of the worst forms of child labor a principal trade negotiating objective, S4765 [23MY]
———require participants in trade agreements to protect human rights and democracy, S4798 [23MY]
Unemployment: provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program, S196 [29JA]
———provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (S. 3009), unanimous-consent request, S9867 [3OC]
Veterans: improve procedures for the determination of the inability of veterans to defray expenses of necessary medical care (S. 2741), S6951 [17JY]
Voting: ensure regular collection and uniform treatment of absentee ballots from Armed Forces members, S1194 [26FE]
———permit States to coordinate computerized statewide voter registration list with Federal records relative to death and identity, S2475 [10AP]
———protect voting rights (S. 565), S1194 [26FE], S2475 [10AP], S2525 [11AP]
Whistleblowing: providing protections to certain employees at airports (S. 2686), S6130 [26JN]
World Trade Organization: establish U.S. negotiating objectives, S410, S411 [6FE]
———support the Declaration on the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) Agreement and Public Health to ensure access to medicine by countries impacted by public health crises, S4324 [14MY]
Statements
Strengthen Limitations on Dept. of Agriculture Commodity Payments and Benefits and Use Resulting Savings To Improve Certain Programs: by, H1376 [17AP]
Trade Adjustment Assistance for Workers, Farmers, Communities, and Firms Act (S. 1209): Several Senators, S7820-S7823 [1AU]
Tables
Bush 2001 tax reduction by State fiscal year 2001-2002, S7513 [30JY]
Comparison of President Bush, Democratic leadership, and Republican Senate passed budgets (2002-2011), S7423 [26JY]
Distribution of Federal individual income tax liability—2001, S7262 [24JY]
Distribution of Federal tax liability—2001, S7262 [24JY]
Distributional effects of conference agreement to H.R. 1836, Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act, S7261 [24JY], S7511 [30JY]
Revenue effects of H.R. 2143, Permanent Death Tax Repeal Act, S7261 [24JY]
Texts of
S. 1971, National Employee Savings and Trust Equity Guarantee Act, S1254-S1257 [27FE]
S. 2119, Reversing the Expatriation of Profits Offshore Act, S2592 [11AP]
S. 2563, permit defined benefit pension plans to use adjusted interest rates for calculating contributions and make permanent certain rules for interstate bus lines with frozen pension plans, S4853 [23MY]
S. 2741, improve procedures for the determination of the inability of veterans to defray expenses of necessary medical care, S6952 [17JY]
S. 2867, increase competition and transparency among packers required to report information on the price and quantity of livestock purchased, S7937 [1AU]
S. 2901, Corporate Accountability in Bankruptcy Act, S8100 [3SE]
S. 3120, Reclaiming Expatriated Contracts and Profits Act, S10577 [16OC]
S. 3154, combat fuel excise tax fraud, S10890 [13NO]
S.J. Res. 38, designate an official Medal of Honor flag and provide for presentation to recipients, S6029 [25JN]
Tributes
Dykstra, Kenneth, S3157 [23AP]
Hurst, Eric C., S10671
Jorgensen, Ann, S11564
Lawrence, Ed, S5256
Thurmond, Senator, S9074 [24SE]