INHOFE, JAMES M. (a Senator from Oklahoma)
Amendments
Agriculture: continue certain programs (S. 1731), S431 [6FE], S620 [12FE]
Andean Trade Preference Act: extend and expand (H.R. 3009), S3901 [6MY]
Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks (H.R. 4775), S5079, S5091, S5098, S5103 [5JN]
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), S6586 [10JY]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2514), S5783 [19JN], S5884, S5885, S5913, S5914 [21JN], S5974 [25JN], S6057, S6078, S6117, S6138, S6143, S6159, S6168 [26JN]
———making appropriations (H.R. 5010), S7701, S7751, S7756 [31JY]
Dept. of Energy: enhance national laboratory mission areas through technology transfer and partnerships (S. 517), S1622, S1632, S1635, S1682, S1683, S1684 [7MR], S1734 [11MR], S1859 [13MR], S1946, S1947 [14MR], S2234, S2300 [21MR], S2899 [18AP]
Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (H.R. 5005), S8781, S8784 [18SE], S9117 [24SE], S9447, S9448 [26SE]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5093), S8622 [13SE]
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals (S. 812), S7233 [23JY], S7470 [29JY]
Oklahoma City, OK: authorize construction of a Native American Cultural Center and Museum (S. 1321), S2334, S2338 [22MR]
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], S143 [25JA], S176 [28JA], S212, S251 [29JA], S292 [4FE], S361, S379 [5FE]
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 4546, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction, S6225 [27JN], S7398 [26JY]
———H.R. 4628, intelligence services appropriations, S9353 [25SE]
Articles and editorials
Demagoguing September 11, Washington (DC) Times, S4655 [21MY]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Alfonse M. D'Amato U.S. Courthouse, Central Islip, NY: designate (see S. 2495), S4145 [9MY]
Armed Forces: provide for a Korea Defense Service Medal to be issued to members who participated in Korea after the Korean War (see S. 999), S3165 [23AP]
Aviation: establish a program for Federal flight deck officers (see S. 2554), S6650 [11JY]
Chicago, IL: expand aviation capacity (see S. 2039), S2579 [11AP]
Clear Creek County, CO: provide additional time to dispose of certain lands transferred to the county (see S. 2574), S7227 [23JY]
Community development: provide exceptions to empowerment zone eligibility criteria for certain central business districts (see S. 3065), S10040 [7OC]
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: constitutional amendment on protection of victims' rights (see S.J. Res. 35), S2675 [15AP]
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), S9033 [23SE]
Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (see S. 2794), S7902 [1AU]
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: repeal sunset on expansion of the adoption credit and adoption assistance programs (see S. 2643), S7902 [1AU]
Families and domestic relations: importance of prenatal care for women and children (see S. Res. 209), S732 [13FE]
Family History Month: designate (see S. Res. 330), S8981 [20SE]
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), S10118 [8OC]
Federal employees: ensure that those activated by the National Guard or Reserves shall receive pay equal to the basic pay such individual would otherwise be receiving (see S. 1818), S5205 [6JN]
Firearms: protect manufacturers and sellers in the firearms and ammunition industry from restrictions on interstate or foreign commerce (see S. 2268), S7104 [19JY]
Food: recognize significance of bread in American history, culture, and daily diet (see S. Con. Res. 148), S10224 [9OC]
Government: establish a commission to conduct a comprehensive review of Federal agencies and programs, and to recommend the elimination or realignment of duplicative, wasteful, or outdated functions (see S. 2488), S4145 [9MY]
Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: designate (see S. Res. 214), S1421 [4MR]
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), S7373 [25JY]
Immigration: provide refugee status to foreign nationals who assist in the return of POW/MIA (see S. 1339), S4623 [21MY]
Israel: express solidarity in the fight against terrorism (see S. Res. 247), S3626 [1MY]
Law enforcement officers: collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments (see S. 952), S4330 [14MY]
———exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see S. 2480), S6251 [27JN]
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 marriage and family therapist services (see S. 1760), S1783 [12MR]
———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug discount and security program (see S. 2736), S6867 [16JY]
———express importance of modernization, ensure solvency, and provide coverage options and prescription drug coverage (see S. Res. 269), S4330 [14MY]
———extend authorization for appropriations for certain rural grants (see S. 2135), S5042 [5JN]
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 Biotechnology Week: designate (see S. Res. 243), S2723 [16AP]
National Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 270), S5957 [24JN]
National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week: designate (see S. Res. 305), S8457 [10SE]
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 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]
Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act: reauthorizing (see S. 1210), S425 [6FE]
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]
———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), S5367 [11JN]
Public welfare programs: reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program and improve access to quality child care (see S. 2648), S5772 [19JN]
Roads and highways: identify a route as the Southwest Passage Initiative for Regional and Interstate Transportation Corridor (see S. 1986), S2369 [8AP]
Robert Wayne Jenkins Station, Tulsa, OK: designate (see S. 2828), S7744 [31JY]
Rural areas: authorize loan guarantees for health facilities to buy new, and repair existing, infrastructure and technology (see S. 2046), S3014 [22AP]
Science: prohibit the cloning of humans (see S. 1899), S175 [28JA]
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), S5367 [11JN]
Taxation: allow full deduction of costs incurred in the preparation of an individual tax return (see S. 2429), S3560 [30AP]
———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), S425 [6FE]
———clarify that the parsonage allowance exclusion is limited to the fair rental value of the property (see S. 2200), S3561 [30AP]
———treatment of beer, wine, and distilled spirits (see S. 808), S286 [4FE]
———treatment of certain medical savings accounts (see S. 1067), S235 [29JA]
Thomas, Rex D. (Dave): tribute (see S. Res. 199), S32 [23JA]
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: provide highway infrastructure investment at the guaranteed funding level (see S. 1917), S487 [7FE]
Veterans: permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see S. 2051), S2260 [21MR]
Water: improve financial and environmental sustainability of water programs (see S. 2813), S7469 [29JY]
Wellstone, Paul D.: tribute (see S. Res. 354), S10800 [28OC]
White House Commission on National Military Appreciation Month: establish (see S. 1785), S5632 [17JN]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Aviation: provide economic relief to general aviation entities that have suffered economic injury as a result of terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see S. 2007), S1782 [12MR]
Choctaw Code Talkers: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 2491), S4145 [9MY]
Comanche Code Talkers: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 2491), S4145 [9MY]
Elementary and Secondary Education Act: amend Impact Aid Program relative to delivery of payments to local educational agencies (see S. 3171), S11214 [15NO]
Foreign trade: extend Generalized System of Preferences (see S. 2105), S2577 [11AP]
National 4-H Youth Development Program Week: designate (see S. Con. Res. 143), S8918 [19SE]
National Youth Sports Program: reauthorize (see S. 1911), S348 [5FE]
Taxation: make the additional tax on early distributions from certain pension plans inapplicable for public safety employees (see S. 3072), S10117 [8OC]
Transportation: empower States with authority for most taxing and spending for highway programs and mass transit programs (see S. 2861), S7899 [1AU]
Cloture motions
Andean Trade Preference Act: extend and expand (H.R. 3009), S4125 [9MY]
Insurance: ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism (S. 2600), S5625 [17JN]
Letters
Dept. of Defense decision to reallocate appropriations from Crusader artillery system program to other indirect fire or future combat systems: Frank C. Carlucci and John M. Shalikashvili, S5740 [19JN]
———J. Binford Peay, Allied Research Corp., S5739 [19JN]
———John W. Foss, S5738 [19JN]
———Richard Neal, S5738 [19JN]
———several retired generals, S5739 [19JN]
Senator Inhofe's visit to Eisenhower Elementary School in Lawton, OK: several students, S3517 [30AP]
Study effects of hydraulic fracturing on underground drinking water sources: Carl M. Smith, Dept. of Energy, S1634 [7MR]
———Michel J. Paque, Ground Water Protection Council, S1637 [7MR]
Lists
Retired 4-star generals who support indirect fire programs, S5738 [19JN]
Privilege of the floor
Ward, Phil, S1867 [13MR]
Wason, John, S5788 [19JN]
Remarks
Agriculture: continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), S3516 [30AP]
———continue certain programs (S. 1731), S620 [12FE]
American Heart Month: observance, S851
Andean Trade Preference Act: extend and expand (H.R. 3009), S3811 [2MY]
Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks (H.R. 4775), S5188 [6JN]
———making supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks (H.R. 4775), conference report, S7281 [24JY]
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: oil and gas exploration, S3517 [30AP]
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (S.J. Res. 45), S10214 [9OC]
Army: allow reallocation of funding from Crusader artillery system program to other indirect fire or future combat systems and clarify decisionmaking process, S5732, S5738, S5740 [19JN]
Aviation: provide economic relief to general aviation entities that have suffered economic injury as a result of terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (S. 2007), S1785 [12MR]
Bush, President: response to media reports alleging prior knowledge of intelligence relative to terrorist attacks, S4654 [21MY]
Choctaw Code Talkers: award Congressional Gold Medal (S. 2491), S4153 [9MY]
Comanche Code Talkers: award Congressional Gold Medal (S. 2491), S4153 [9MY]
Dept. of Agriculture: delay implementation of marketing assistance loans and loan deficiency payments for peanuts, S620 [12FE]
Dept. of Commerce: assist States, tribal governments, and Native Hawaiian organizations with land use planning to promote improved quality of life, regionalism, sustainable economic development, and environmental stewardship (S. 975), S3517 [30AP]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4546), S8497 [11SE]
———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2514), S5732, S5738, S5740 [19JN], S5988 [25JN], S6209 [27JN]
Dept. of Energy: enhance national laboratory mission areas through technology transfer and partnerships (S. 517), S1530 [5MR], S1632, S1634, S1636, S1637, S1641, S1642 [7MR], S1823 [13MR], S3152 [23AP]
Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (H.R. 5005), S11437 [19NO]
———establish identity authentication system for non-citizens entering the U.S., S11437 [19NO]
Economy: national objectives priority assignments, S9782 [2OC]
Elementary and Secondary Education Act: amend Impact Aid Program relative to delivery of payments to local educational agencies (S. 3171), S11215 [15NO]
FAA: funding, S7281 [24JY]
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals (S. 812), S7216 [23JY]
Girl Scouts: anniversary, S1931 [14MR]
Hazardous substances: approve Yucca Mountain, NV, as nuclear waste disposal site (S.J. Res. 34), motion to proceed, S6483 [9JY]
Israel: express solidarity in the fight against terrorism, S3811 [2MY]
———historical and theological basis for territorial claims, S1427-S1430 [4MR]
Lawton, OK: visit to Eisenhower Elementary School, S3517 [30AP]
Medicare: establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug discount and security program, S7216 [23JY]
Middle East: hostilities between Israel and the Palestinians, S3811 [2MY]
———Israeli/Palestinian peace initiatives, S1427-S1430 [4MR]
Motor vehicles: increase corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards and encourage use of alternative fuels and advanced technology vehicles, S1823 [13MR]
National 4-H Youth Development Program Week: designate (S. Con. Res. 143), S9783, S9785 [2OC]
National security: national missile defense system, S5988 [25JN]
National Youth Sports Program: reauthorize (S. 1911), S349 [5FE]
Nuclear energy: renew Dept. of Energy and NRC indemnity authority for damages from nuclear incidents, S1632, S1641, S1642 [7MR], S6209 [27JN]
Oklahoma: Interstate 40 Arkansas River bridge repair and reconstruction funding, S5188 [6JN]
———settle certain claims of Cherokee, Choctaw, and Chickasaw Nations to the Arkansas Riverbed (H.R. 3534), S11725 [20NO]
Petroleum: dependence on foreign sources, S1530 [5MR]
Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 4), S3517 [30AP]
———national energy policy, S1530 [5MR], S1634, S1636, S1637, S1641, S1642 [7MR], S1823 [13MR], S3152 [23AP]
Safe Drinking Water Act: study effects of hydraulic fracturing on underground drinking water sources, S1634, S1636, S1637 [7MR]
Senate: executive session, unanimous-consent request, S3418 [25AP]
———legislative schedule, S3516 [30AP]
Smith, Michael: nomination to be Assistant Sec. of Energy for Fossil Energy, S151
Tahlequah, OK: tribute to Tahlequah High School for participation in We the People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution competition, S4699
Taxation: rates, S9782 [2OC]
———transfer all excise taxes imposed on alcohol fuels to the Highway Trust Fund, S3152 [23AP]
Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks, S8497 [11SE]
Transportation: empower States with authority for most taxing and spending for highway programs and mass transit programs (S. 2861), S7929 [1AU]
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: funding, S11718 [20NO]
Treaties and agreements: Antiballistic Missile Treaty, S3516 [30AP]
Reports filed
Nomination of Thomas F. Hall To Be Assistant Sec. of Defense for Reserve Affairs: Committee on Armed Services (Senate), S9713 [1OC]
Texts of
S. 1911, Keep Inspiration and Development Strong (KIDS) Act, S349 [5FE]
Tributes
Ferris, Whitney, S9783 [2OC]
Helms, Senator, S9783 [2OC]