HAGEL, CHUCK (a Senator from Nebraska)
Addresses
Prospects for Progress—America and Iran After 9-11: Senator Biden, S2245-S2247 [21MR]
Amendments
Agriculture: continue certain programs (S. 1731), S498 [7FE]
Andean Trade Preference Act: extend and expand (H.R. 3009), S4520, S4539 [17MY]
Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks (H.R. 4775), S5065, S5099 [5JN], S5144, S5241 [6JN]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2514), S5785 [19JN], S6057, S6138, S6139 [26JN]
———making appropriations (H.R. 5010), S7702, S7752, S7757 [31JY]
Dept. of Energy: enhance national laboratory mission areas through technology transfer and partnerships (S. 517), S1622, S1682, S1683 [7MR], S2292 [21MR], S2978 [18AP], S3023, S3054, S3082 [22AP], S3322, S3329 [24AP], S3357, S3396 [25AP]
Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (H.R. 5005), S9241 [25SE], S10451 [15OC]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5093), S8408, S8468 [10SE], S8619 [13SE]
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals (S. 812), S7233 [23JY]
Foreign aid: authorize economic and democratic development assistance for Afghanistan and military assistance for Afghanistan and certain other foreign countries (S. 2712), S11124 [14NO]
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]
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 1646, Dept. of State appropriations, S3605 [1MY]
———S. 1372, Eximbank reauthorization, S4184 [9MY]
Articles and editorials
To Too Few, Too Much—Government Needs To Limit Farm Subsidies, North Platte (NE) Telegraph, S449 [7FE]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Agriculture: provide emergency livestock assistance (see S. 2834), S7899 [1AU]
Alfonse M. D'Amato U.S. Courthouse, Central Islip, NY: designate (see S. 2495), S4145 [9MY]
Animals: encourage research regarding the causes of chronic wasting disease and methods to control its spread, monitor the incidence of the disease, and support State efforts to control the disease (see S. 2560), S5536 [13JN]
Children and youth: commend students who participated in the U.S. Senate Youth Program (see S. Res. 208), S1352 [28FE]
Children's Memorial Flag Day: designate (see S. Res. 109), S176 [28JA]
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 (see S. 1924), S2008 [18MR]
Courts: amend procedures that apply to consideration of interstate class actions to assure fairer outcomes for class members and defendants (see S. 1712), S9595 [30SE]
Crime: constitutional amendment on protection of victims' rights (see S.J. Res. 35), S2675 [15AP]
Dept. of Agriculture: consolidate and revise authority on animal health protection (see S. 1482), S1209 [26FE]
Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (see S. 2794), S7902 [1AU]
Dept. of State: promote national security by expanding international educational and cultural exchange programs with the Islamic world (see S. 2505), S4199 [10MY]
Dept. of the Interior: provide assistance through States to eligible weed management entities to control or eradicate harmful, nonnative weeds (see S. 198), S5632 [17JN]
Diseases: expand assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis (see S. 2525), S4387 [15MY]
Family History Month: designate (see S. Res. 330), S8981 [20SE]
Federal employees: amend the definition of a law enforcement officer to include Federal prosecutors relative to retirement benefits (see S. 1828), S1732 [11MR]
Financial institutions: merge bank and savings association deposit insurance funds and reform the Federal deposit insurance system (see S. 1945), S852 [14FE]
Firearms: protect manufacturers and sellers in the firearms and ammunition industry from restrictions on interstate or foreign commerce (see S. 2268), S8457 [10SE]
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]
———use of Cooperative Threat Reduction Program funds for projects and activities to address proliferation threats outside the states of the former Soviet Union (see S. 2026), S2184 [20MR]
Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: designate (see S. Res. 214), S1421 [4MR]
Health: prohibit health insurance and employment discrimination on the basis of genetic information (see S. 1995), S1599 [6MR]
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), S7227 [23JY]
Homeless: direct Federal aid to projects and programs that will prevent, and end, homelessness and ensure accountability through performance evaluations (see S. 2573), S9230 [25SE]
Immigration: extend filing deadline for status adjustment of individuals who already legally qualify for permanent residency (see S. 2493), S4388 [15MY]
Indonesia: condemn bombings in Bali, extend condolences to victims and their families, and stand in solidarity with Australia in war on terrorism (see S. Res. 345), S10677 [17OC]
INS: replace with the Immigration Affairs Agency and establish the Office of Children's Services (see S. 2444), S3842 [2MY]
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]
Lumber industry: promote open and competitive trade of softwood lumber between the U.S. and Canada (see S. Con. Res. 135), S7901 [1AU]
Medicare: coverage of oral anticancer drugs (see S. 913), S897 [15FE]
———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see S. 1394), S7579 [30JY]
Memorial Day: recognize the sacrifice and dedication of the Armed Forces and civilian national security agencies (see S. Res. 278), S4840 [23MY]
National Airborne Day: designate (see S. Res. 242), S7165 [22JY]
National Children's Memorial Day: designate (see S. Res. 109), S176 [28JA]
National Civilian Conservation Corps Day: designate (see S. Res. 207), S1599 [6MR]
National Drought Council: establish (see S. 2528), S4492 [16MY]
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), S5041 [5JN]
National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week: designate (see S. Res. 305), S8457 [10SE]
National Inhalants and Poison Prevention Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 206), S1936 [14MR]
National Mammography Day: designate (see S. Res. 326), S8565 [12SE]
National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 325), S8565 [12SE]
National Purple Heart Recognition Day: designate (see S. Con. Res. 152), S10360 [10OC]
National Safe Place Week: designate (see S. Res. 215), S1421 [4MR] (see S. Res. 218), S1676 [7MR]
National Veterans Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 293), S6250 [27JN]
Pakistan: reduce or suspend duties on textiles (see S. 1675), S348 [5FE]
Paul and Sheila Wellstone Center for Community Building, St. Paul, MN: authorize construction grant (see S. 3156), S11079 [14NO]
Philippines: authorize the negotiation of a free trade agreement and provide for expedited congressional consideration of such agreement (see S. 2005), S3901 [6MY]
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]
Put the Brakes on Fatalities Day: designate (see S. Res. 266), S6500 [9JY]
Russia: condition any bilateral trade agreements on the protection of religious freedoms and emigration, within the context of the Jackson-Vanik Amendment (see S. Res. 234), S2485 [10AP]
Science: prohibit the cloning of humans (see S. 1899), S175 [28JA]
Social Security: strengthen and permanently preserve through the power of investment and compound interest without benefit reductions or tax increases (see S. 5), S11574 [19NO]
States: identify certain routes as part of the Heartland Expressway High Priority Corridor (see S. 2979), S8918 [19SE]
Tariff: provide duty-free benefits for certain products produced within qualifying industrial zones in Turkey and Israel (see S. 2663), S6809 [15JY]
Taxation: allow distilled spirits wholesalers a credit for their cost of carrying Federal excise taxes prior to the sale of the product bearing the tax (see S. 2047), S7227 [23JY]
———allow full deduction of costs incurred in the preparation of an individual tax return (see S. 2429), S3560 [30AP]
———exclude from gross income loan payments received under the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program (see S. 2654), S5851 [20JN]
———provide involuntary conversion tax relief for producers forced to sell livestock due to weather-related conditions or Federal land management agency policy or action (see S. 2762), S7104 [19JY]
Thomas, Rex D. (Dave): tribute (see S. Res. 199), S32 [23JA]
Transportation: improve transit service in rural areas, small urban areas, and for the elderly and disabled (see S. 2884), S8202 [4SE]
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: provide highway infrastructure investment at the guaranteed funding level (see S. 1917), S1422 [4MR]
U.S. Military Academy: bicentennial (see S.J. Res. 32), S1004 [25FE]
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. 2051), S2829 [17AP]
Weapons: promote enhanced non-proliferation cooperation between the U.S. and Russia (see S. 2545), S4702 [22MY]
Wellstone, Paul D.: tribute (see S. Res. 354), S10800 [28OC]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Agriculture: provide emergency livestock assistance and assistance for control of grasshoppers and Mormon crickets (see S. 2768), S7164 [22JY]
Armed Forces: exclude certain housing allowances of uniformed services members from the determination of eligibility for free and reduced price meals for children of the individual (see S. 1973), S1351 [28FE]
Dept. of Agriculture: enter into cooperative agreements with the Nebraska State Forester to carry out watershed restoration and protection activities on National Forest System lands in Nebraska (see S. 2518), S4387 [15MY]
Foreign aid: authorize economic and democratic development assistance for Afghanistan and military assistance for Afghanistan and certain other foreign countries (see S. 2712), S6498 [9JY]
Medicare: establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug discount and security program (see S. 2736), S6867 [16JY]
Paderewski, Ignacy J.: tribute and anniversary of the return of his remains to Poland (see S. Res. 296), S6319 [28JN]
Cloture motions
Andean Trade Preference Act: extend and expand (H.R. 3009), S4125 [9MY], S4558 [20MY], S4614 [21MY], S4668 [22MY]
Insurance: ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism (S. 2600), S5625 [17JN]
Letters
Greenhouse gas emissions reporting requirements: several business associations, S3394 [25AP]
Motions
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals (S. 812), S7283 [24JY]
Remarks
Agriculture: continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), conference report, S3997 [8MY]
———continue certain programs (S. 1731), S448, S474 [7FE]
———provide emergency agriculture assistance, S6433 [9JY]
Air pollution: greenhouse gas emissions reporting requirements, S3394 [25AP]
Andean Trade Preference Act: extend and expand (H.R. 3009), S4601 [21MY]
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (S.J. Res. 45), S10175 [9OC]
———tribute to those members killed during Operation Enduring Freedom military operations in Afghanistan, S5582 [14JN]
Army: anniversary, S5582 [14JN]
Conservation Reserve Program: strike water conservation program, S474 [7FE]
Dept. of Agriculture: strengthen limitations on commodity payments and benefits and use resulting savings to improve certain programs, S448 [7FE]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2514), S6002 [25JN]
Dept. of Energy: enhance national laboratory mission areas through technology transfer and partnerships (S. 517), S1807 [13MR], S2560 [11AP], S3155 [23AP], S3293 [24AP], S3348, S3394 [25AP]
Ecology and environment: stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations at levels that would prevent dangerous interference with the climate system while minimizing adverse economic and social impacts, S3155 [23AP], S3293 [24AP]
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals (S. 812), S7207 [23JY], S7253, S7263, S7283 [24JY]
Foreign aid: authorize economic and democratic development assistance for Afghanistan and military assistance for Afghanistan and certain other foreign countries (H.R. 3994), S7865 [1AU]
———authorize economic and democratic development assistance for Afghanistan and military assistance for Afghanistan and certain other foreign countries (S. 2712), S6599 [11JY]
Fuels: subject renewable fuels to the same liability standards placed on other fuels and fuel additives, S3348 [25AP]
Girl Scouts: anniversary, S2004 [18MR]
Hadassah, The Women's Zionist Organization of America, Inc.: anniversary, S1201
Hazardous substances: approve Yucca Mountain, NV, as nuclear waste disposal site (S.J. Res. 34), S6054 [26JN]
Iran: U.S. policy, S2245 [21MR]
Medicare: establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug discount and security program, S7207 [23JY], S7253, S7263, S7283 [24JY]
Middle East: hostilities between Israel and the Palestinians, S2608 [12AP], S5577 [14JN]
Motor vehicles: EPA treatment of State petitions to waive renewable fuel content requirements, S2560 [11AP]
———establish Federal renewable fuels standards, S1807 [13MR]
———renewable fuel content requirements, S3348 [25AP]
National security: national missile defense system, S6002 [25JN]
NATO: endorse further enlargement (H.R. 3167), S4482 [16MY]
Paderewski, Ignacy J.: tribute and anniversary of the return of his remains to Poland (S. Res. 296), S6321 [28JN]
Petroleum: dependence on foreign sources, S2560 [11AP]
Power resources: national energy policy, S1807 [13MR], S2560 [11AP], S3155 [23AP], S3293 [24AP], S3348, S3394 [25AP]
Reagan, Ronald: Great World Peace Award recipient, S9593
Rural areas: reward the hard work and risk of individuals who live in and help preserve small, rural towns (S. 1860), S795 [14FE]
Social Security: strengthen and permanently preserve through the power of investment and compound interest without benefit reductions or tax increases (S. 5), S11577 [19NO]
Treaties and agreements: ensure equitable treatment of foreign and domestic investors under investor-State dispute settlement processes relative to compliance with local, State, and Federal regulations, S4601 [21MY]
———extend trade negotiating and trade agreement implementing authority, S4601 [21MY]
Remarks in Senate relative to
Tribute, S11690 [20NO]
Statements
Great World Peace Award to Ronald Reagan: Joseph V. Reed, S9593
U.S. Policy on Iraq: by, S7864 [1AU]
Texts of
S. 1973, exclude certain housing allowances of uniformed services members from the determination of eligibility for free and reduced price meals for children of the individual, S1352 [28FE]
S. 2712, Afghanistan Freedom Support Act, S6500-S6503 [9JY]
S. 2768, Emergency Livestock Assistance Act, S7169 [22JY]
Tributes
Cleland, Senator, S11238 [18NO]
Helms, Senator, S9790 [2OC]
Limprecht, Joseph, S4616
Thompson, Senator, S11237 [18NO]
Thurmond, Senator, S9079 [24SE]