JOHNSON, TIM (a Senator from South Dakota)
Amendments
Agriculture: continue certain programs (S. 1731), S498, S504 [7FE], S533 [8FE]
Andean Trade Preference Act: extend and expand (H.R. 3009), S3807, S3844, S3882 [2MY], S4080 [8MY], S4520, S4539 [17MY]
Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 124), S11216 [15NO]
———making supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks (H.R. 4775), S6128 [26JN]
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (S.J. Res. 45), S10067, S10131 [8OC]
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), S6578 [10JY]
Commission on Voting Rights and Procedures: establish (S. 565), S988, S1005 [25FE]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2514), S5783, S5785 [19JN], S5874 [20JN]
———making appropriations (H.R. 5010), S7751 [31JY]
Dept. of Energy: enhance national laboratory mission areas through technology transfer and partnerships (S. 517), S1936, S1946 [14MR], S2038 [19MR], S2633 [12AP], S3032 [22AP], S3397 [25AP]
Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (H.R. 5005), S8302 [5SE], S8846, S8847 [18SE], S8938, S8939, S8940 [19SE], S9142 [24SE], S9913, S9914 [3OC]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5093), S8145, S8222 [4SE], S8566 [12SE]
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals (S. 812), S6960, S6961 [17JY], S6978, S7035 [18JY], S7284, S7316 [24JY], S7589 [30JY]
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), S105 [24JA], S184 [28JA], S236 [29JA], S349 [5FE]
Voting: protect voting rights (S. 565), S988, S1005 [25FE]
Appointments
Acting President pro tempore, S8475 [11SE]
Conferee: H.R. 3763, Public Company Accounting Reform and Investor Protection Act, S6898 [17JY]
———H.R. 4775, supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks, S5194 [6JN]
———S. 1372, Eximbank reauthorization, S4184 [9MY]
President's Export Council, S8013 [1AU]
Articles and editorials
Tribes Capable of Managing Own Trust Funds—Government Needs Cooperation, Sioux Falls (SD) Argus Leader, S230 [29JA]
We Need Action, Not Another Study, Huron (SD) Plainsman, S848 [14FE]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Agriculture: clarify rates applicable to marketing assistance loans and loan deficiency payments for certain oilseeds (see S. 2814), S7469 [29JY]
———clarify rates applicable to marketing assistance loans and loan deficiency payments for certain oilseeds, dry peas, lentils, and small chickpeas (see S. 3094), S10359 [10OC]
———provide emergency agriculture assistance (see S. 2800), S7372 [25JY]
———provide greater fairness in livestock and poultry contract arbitration process (see S. 2943), S10040 [7OC]
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), S5455 [12JN]
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (see S.J. Res. 46), S10040 [7OC]
———increase rates of educational assistance for members of the Selected Reserve to match scheduled increases in rates for assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill (see S. 2462), S3953 [7MY]
———provide for a Korea Defense Service Medal to be issued to members who participated in Korea after the Korean War (see S. 999), S2413 [9AP]
———reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service (see S. 2250), S5633 [17JN]
Aviation: establish a program for Federal flight deck officers (see S. 2554), S6868 [16JY]
———recognize heroism and courage of airline flight attendants (see S. Con. Res. 110), S4281 [13MY]
BLM: provide permanent funding for the payment in lieu of taxes program (see S. 454), S4146 [9MY]
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]
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: authorize grants for mosquito control programs to prevent mosquito-borne diseases (see S. 2935), S10443 [15OC]
Chicago, IL: expand aviation capacity (see S. 2039), S2262 [21MR]
Child Care and Development Block Grant Act: reauthorize (see S. 2117), S4891 [3JN]
Children and youth: access of disadvantaged children to dental services (see S. 1626), S3014 [22AP]
———enhance operation of the AMBER Alert communications plan to expedite the recovery of abducted children (see S. 2896), S8202 [4SE]
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Awareness Month: designate (see S. Con. Res. 129), S8566 [12SE]
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), S3014 [22AP]
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 River Stewardship Independent Investigation and Review Commission: establish (see S. 3036), S9901 [3OC]
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), S4282 [13MY]
———prosecute persons who alter or destroy evidence in certain investigations or who defraud investors, prohibit certain debts from being discharged in bankruptcy, and protect whistleblowers from retaliation (see S. 2010), S6573 [10JY]
Cyprus: membership in European Union (see S. Con. Res. 122), S6809 [15JY]
Dept. of Agriculture: establish research, extension, and educational programs to implement biobased energy technologies, products, and economic diversification in rural areas (see S. 3016), S9902 [3OC]
Dept. of HHS: establish an Office on Women's Health (see S. 946), S2485 [10AP]
———support research on ovarian cancer screening tests and encourage coverage of effective techniques by health care programs and plans (see S. Con. Res. 138), S8920 [19SE]
Dept. of Labor: reissuance of a rule relative to ergonomics (see S. 2184), S2828 [17AP]
Dept. of the Interior: establish the Office of Trust Reform Implementation and Oversight to manage and reform Indian trust funds and assets (see S. 2212), S2951 [18AP]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: standardize copayment exemption levels for outpatient medications (see S. 1408), S2413 [9AP]
Diseases: combat cancer (see S. 1976), S1351 [28FE]
———expand research on inflammatory bowel disease (see S. 2562), S8202 [4SE]
Education: improve access to printed instructional materials used by blind or other print-disabled persons in elementary and secondary schools (see S. 2246), S5536 [13JN]
FCC: facilitate availability of electromagnetic spectrum for the deployment of wireless based services in rural areas (see S. 2075), S2579 [11AP]
———facilitate the ability of certain spectrum auction winners to pursue alternative measures to meet the public needs of wireless telecommunications consumers (see S. 2869), S8619 [13SE]
FDA: grant authority to regulate tobacco (see S. 2626), S9426 [26SE]
FHA: adjust the indexing of multifamily mortgage limits (see S. 2841), S8301 [5SE]
Financial institutions: permit the payment of interest on business checking accounts in certain circumstances (see S. 229), S2951 [18AP]
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), S7309 [24JY]
Firearms: improve the national instant criminal background check system (see S. 2826), S7903 [1AU]
———protect manufacturers and sellers in the firearms and ammunition industry from restrictions on interstate or foreign commerce (see S. 2268), S4969 [4JN]
Firefighters: authorize grants to States or communities to assist fire departments in meeting staffing standards (see S. 1617), S1935 [14MR]
———support goals and ideas of a day of tribute to all who have died in the line of duty and recognize importance of National Fallen Firefighters Foundation in assisting family members (see S. Con. Res. 142), S9984 [4OC]
Foreign policy: prohibit U.S. assistance and commercial arms exports to countries and entities supporting international terrorism (see S. 2425), S6809 [15JY]
Foreign trade: implement an importation requirement system for diamonds (see S. 2027), S7034 [18JY]
Health: authorize formulation of State and regional emergency telehealth network testbeds and a telehealth task force within the Dept. of Defense (see S. 2748), S10677 [17OC]
Health care professionals: improve training in prevention, recognition, and treatment of substance abuse and addiction (see S. 1966), S10223 [9OC]
Homeless: direct Federal aid to projects and programs that will prevent, and end, homelessness and ensure accountability through performance evaluations (see S. 2573), S10844 [12NO]
Housing: improve voucher rental assistance housing program (see S. 2721), S8093 [3SE]
———simplify the downpayment requirements for FHA mortgage insurance for single family homebuyers (see S. 2239), S4969 [4JN]
Insurance: coverage of infertility treatment (see S. 874), S8384 [9SE]
Israel: express solidarity in the fight against terrorism (see S. Res. 247), S3626 [1MY]
Joseph Curseen, Jr., and Thomas Morris, Jr., Processing and Distribution Center, Washington, DC: designate (see S. 2907), S8300 [5SE]
Law enforcement: assess backlog in DNA analysis of rape kit samples and improve investigation and prosecution of sexual assault cases with DNA evidence (see S. 2513), S7745 [31JY]
———improve security at U.S. borders (see S. 1749), S101 [24JA]
Law enforcement officers: exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see S. 2480), S5042 [5JN]
Medicaid: allow States to enter into drug rebate agreements to make prescription drugs available to individuals who are not otherwise eligible for medical assistance (see S. 2536), S4623 [21MY]
———increase Federal Medical Assistance Percentage to States (see S. 2221), S7309 [24JY] (see S. 2570), S7431 [26JY]
———permit States the option to provide coverage for low-income individuals infected with HIV (see S. 987), S6868 [16JY]
———State funding for disproportionate share hospitals (see S. 776), S6948 [17JY]
Medicare: adjust wages and wage-related costs for certain items and services furnished in geographically reclassified hospitals (see S. 659), S732 [13FE]
———coverage of additional hemodialysis treatments for certain patients and increased update in composite rate for dialysis services (see S. 1605), S8385 [9SE]
———coverage of cholesterol and blood lipid screening (see S. 1761), S1705 [8MR]
———coverage of marriage and family therapist services (see S. 1760), S1783 [12MR]
———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (see S. 2625), S5584 [14JN]
———eliminate reduction in payment rates under the prospective payment system for home health services and increase payments for such services in rural areas (see S. 326), S1421 [4MR]
———enhance access of beneficiaries who live in medically underserved areas to critical primary and preventive health care benefits and improve the Medicare+Choice program (see S. 2067), S6319 [28JN]
———enhance beneficiary access to quality health care services (see S. 3018), S9984 [4OC]
———ensure the quality of, and access to, skilled nursing facility services (see S. 2490), S5633 [17JN]
———establish a subvention demonstration project for veterans (see S. 2233), S4065 [8MY]
———expand and improve coverage of mental health services (see S. 690), S853 [14FE]
———extend authorization for appropriations for certain rural grants (see S. 2135), S2723 [16AP]
———improve fee-for-services reimbursement rates in rural States (see S. 1020), S10443 [15OC]
———improve Medicare Incentive Payment Program (see S. 2529), S4492 [16MY]
———improve outpatient vision services (see S. 1967), S4703 [22MY]
———increase the payment amount for inpatient hospital services and freeze the reduction in payments to hospitals for indirect costs of medical education (see S. 839), S5535 [13JN]
———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see S. 1394), S1599 [6MR]
———standardize payment amounts for inpatient hospital services (see S. 885), S2413 [9AP]
Monuments and memorials: prohibit desecration, provide for repairs, and permit guide signs on Federal highways for veterans' memorials (see S. 1644), S1732 [11MR]
Museum and Library Services Act: reauthorize (see S. 2611), S5455 [12JN]
National Better Hearing and Speech Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Con. Res. 103), S3560 [30AP]
National Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 270), S5698 [18JN]
National Donor Day: designate (see S. Res. 210), S853 [14FE]
National Drought Council: establish (see S. 2528), S7165 [22JY]
National 4-H Youth Development Program Week: designate (see S. Con. Res. 143), S8918 [19SE]
National Good Neighbor Day: designate (see S. Con. Res. 134), S7901 [1AU]
National Health Center Week: designate (see S. Con. Res. 121), S5902 [21JN]
National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week: designate (see S. Res. 305), S8457 [10SE]
National Importance of Health Care Coverage Month: designate (see S. Con. Res. 94), S8920 [19SE]
National Inhalants and Poison Prevention Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 206), S1858 [13MR]
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. 218), S1676 [7MR]
National Veterans Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 293), S6250 [27JN]
Native Americans: improve effectiveness of the Indian Loan Guarantee and Insurance Program (see S. 2017), S4624 [21MY]
NIH: establish Office of Rare Diseases (see S. 1379), S8092 [3SE]
Paul and Sheila Wellstone Center for Community Building, St. Paul, MN: authorize construction grant (see S. 3156), S11079 [14NO]
Pharmaceuticals: permit commercial importation of prescription drugs from Canada (see S. 2244), S3436 [25AP]
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), S3015 [22AP]
Postal Service: guidelines for renovation, relocation, closing, or consolidation of post offices (see S. 897), S3014 [22AP]
Power resources: encourage production of biobased energy products (see S. 1960), S897 [15FE]
Public Health Service Act: add requirements regarding trauma care (see S. 3048), S9901 [3OC]
———establish scholarship and loan repayment programs in veterinarian shortage areas (see S. 1836), S2723 [16AP]
Public service: facilitate participation in community and military service (see S. 1792), S4146 [9MY]
Public welfare programs: exclude child care from the determining limits on assistance under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see S. 2070), S5206 [6JN]
———permit States to create a program that allows individuals to obtain post-secondary or vocational education under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see S. 2552), S6128 [26JN]
———reauthorize and improve the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Programs operated by Indian tribes (see S. 2484), S4064 [8MY]
Railroads: enhance competition between and among rail carriers and expedite alternative dispute resolution of disputes involving rail rates, rail service, or other matters of rail operations through arbitration (see S. 2245), S8919 [19SE]
———enhance competition by improving regulation of rates, service, and access to certain information (see S. 1103), S8618 [13SE]
———establish a national rail passenger transportation system and reauthorize and improve service and security on Amtrak (see S. 1991), S7901 [1AU]
Read Across America Day: designate (see S. Res. 211), S1252 [27FE]
Roads and highways: establish program to make allocations to States for projects to expand 2-lane highways in rural areas to 4-lane highways (see S. 2906), S8674 [17SE]
Rural areas: reward the hard work and risk of individuals who live in and help preserve small, rural towns (see S. 1860), S1706 [8MR]
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]
SBA: establish a pilot program to provide regulatory compliance assistance to small businesses (see S. 2483), S4064 [8MY]
Science: prohibit the cloning of humans (see S. 2076), S2633 [12AP]
———prohibit the cloning of humans, cosponsorship withdrawn (see S. 2076), S7104 [19JY]
Senior citizens: modify the eligibility criteria for supplemental foods provided under the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (see S. 2108), S6127 [26JN]
———prevent and increase penalties for crimes such as health care, pension, and telemarketing fraud, and nursing home abuse and fraud (see S. 2240), S3303 [24AP]
Small business: provide emergency assistance to non-farm small business concerns that have suffered economic harm from the effects of drought (see S. 2734), S6867 [16JY]
———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), S5773 [19JN]
Social Security: allow coverage of pregnancy-related assistance for targeted low-income pregnant women under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (see S. 724), S4282 [13MY]
———level of benefit payment in the month of the beneficiary's death (see S. 882), S7309 [24JY]
———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see S. 1523), S1676 [7MR]
———restrict application of windfall elimination provisions to certain individuals (see S. 2521), S7902 [1AU]
Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act: ensure coverage of National Guard troops mobilized for support services in the aftermath of terrorist attacks (see S. 1680), S348 [5FE]
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: clarify eligibility of certain expenses for low-income housing credit (see S. 2006), S5042 [5JN]
———clarify that the parsonage allowance exclusion is limited to the fair rental value of the property (see S. 2200), S3561 [30AP]
———clarify the exemption from tax for small property and casualty insurance companies (see S. 2084), S8674 [17SE]
———exclude from gross income loan payments received under the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program (see S. 2654), S5851 [20JN]
———improve access to tax-exempt debt for small non-profit health care and educational institutions (see S. 1038), S10118 [8OC]
———improve tax equity for military personnel (see S. 2816), S7469 [29JY]
———modify and expand credit for producing electricity from certain renewable resources and waste products (see S. 1566), S235 [29JA]
———modify credit for holders of qualified zone academy bonds (see S. 2882), S7900 [1AU]
———provide a tax credit to promote the production of biodiesel (see S. 1942), S732 [13FE]
———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), S7902 [1AU]
———require adequate disclosure of transactions which have a potential for tax avoidance or evasion (see S. 2498), S6650 [11JY]
———transfer all excise taxes imposed on alcohol fuels to the Highway Trust Fund (see S. 2678), S6013 [25JN]
———treatment of inverted corporate entities and of transactions with such entities (see S. 2119), S7034 [18JY]
———treatment of natural gas distribution lines (see S. 1915), S1676 [7MR]
———treatment of the sale of a principal residence by a member of the uniformed services or Foreign Service (see S. 1678), S6808 [15JY]
Telecommunications: facilitate the deployment of wireless telecommunications networks to further the availability of the Emergency Alert System (see S. 2922), S8506 [11SE]
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), S8457 [10SE]
Terrorism: liquidate certain blocked assets of terrorists and terrorist organizations for the compensation of terrorism victims (see S. 2134), S4388 [15MY]
Thomas, Rex D. (Dave): tribute (see S. Res. 199), S32 [23JA]
Trade Act: amend to consolidate and improve trade adjustment assistance programs and provide community-based economic development assistance for trade-affected communities (see S. 1209), S32 [23JA]
Transportation: improve transit service in rural areas, small urban areas, and for the elderly and disabled (see S. 2884), S7900 [1AU]
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: provide highway infrastructure investment at the guaranteed funding level (see S. 1917), S546 [8FE]
Turkey: end restrictions on freedoms and human rights of the enclaved people of Cyprus (see S. Con. Res. 28), S4493 [16MY]
U.S. Consensus Council: establish (see S. 1651), S32 [23JA]
Veterans: clarify the applicability of the prohibition on assignment of veterans benefits to agreements regarding future receipt of compensation and educate veterans on available legitimate financial services (see S. 2003), S1705 [8MR]
———facilitate and enhance judicial review of certain matters regarding veterans' benefits (see S. 2079), S4146 [9MY]
———increase burial benefits for veterans and provide for inflation adjustment (see S. 912), S6013 [25JN]
———increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses (see S. 1506), S4840 [23MY]
———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see S. 2051), S2676 [15AP]
Vietnam Veterans Memorial: authorize design and construction of a temporary education center (see S. 281), S4623 [21MY]
Wellstone, Paul D.: tribute (see S. Res. 354), S10800 [28OC]
White House Commission on National Military Appreciation Month: establish (see S. 1785), S5454 [12JN]
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), S8565 [12SE]
Bills and resolutions introduced
American Legion: clarify eligibility requirements (see S. 2934), S8618 [13SE]
Armed Forces: provide a tax filing delay for members serving in a contingency operation (see S. 2785), S7308 [24JY]
Computers: prohibit gambling on the Internet (see S. 3006), S9229 [25SE]
Corps of Engineers: reform (see S. 2963), S8754 [18SE]
Dept. of the Interior: establish the Missouri River Monitoring and Research Program and the Missouri River Basin Stakeholder Committee (see S. 2853), S7899 [1AU]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: provide guaranteed adequate level of funding for veterans health care (see S. 2903), S8300 [5SE]
Elementary and Secondary Education Act: adjust method of determining eligibility for Impact Aid Program funds for heavily impacted local educational agencies (see S. 3087), S10223 [9OC]
Financial institutions: facilitate check truncation, foster innovation in the check collection system, and improve the overall efficiency of payment systems (see S. 3034), S9846 [2OC]
———merge bank and savings association deposit insurance funds and reform the Federal deposit insurance system (see S. 1945), S852 [14FE]
Medicaid: reimbursement of nursing facilities located on an Indian reservation in South Dakota and owned or operated by an Indian tribe or tribal organization (see S. 2738), S6947 [17JY]
National Crazy Horse Day: designate (see S. Res. 224), S1705 [8MR]
National Farmers Union: anniversary (see S. Res. 324), S8384 [9SE]
SBA: establish the Office of Native American Affairs and create the Native American Small Business Development Program (see S. 2335), S3435 [25AP]
South Dakota: reauthorize the Mni Wiconi Rural Water Supply Project (see S. 1999), S1675 [7MR]
South Dakota (U.S.S.): anniversary of commissioning and tribute to crew (see S. Res. 228), S2183 [20MR]
Taxation: provide that no organization providing support to terrorists shall be qualified for tax-exempt status (see S. 3081), S10118 [8OC]
Cloture motions
Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks (H.R. 4775), S4953 [4JN], S5104 [5JN], S5118 [6JN]
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (S.J. Res. 45), motion to proceed, S9774 [1OC], S9894 [3OC]
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), S6559 [10JY], S6685 [12JY]
Dept. of Energy: enhance national laboratory mission areas through technology transfer and partnerships (S. 517), S2714 [16AP], S2890, S2936 [18AP], S3121 [23AP]
Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (H.R. 5005), S9207 [25SE], S9408, S9409 [26SE], S9676 [1OC], S10856 [13NO]
———establish (H.R. 5005), motion to proceed, S7766 [31JY], S8036 [3SE]
Dept. of Justice: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2215), conference report, S9697 [1OC], S9870 [3OC]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5093), S8245 [5SE]
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals (S. 812), S7462 [29JY]
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2356), S2002 [18MR], S2111 [20MR]
———ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2356), motion to proceed, S1840 [13MR]
Taxation: treatment of adoption expenses (H.R. 622), S272 [4FE], S392 [6FE]
Letters
Beneficiary Access to Care and Medicare Equity Act: Senate Rural Health Caucus, S10662 [17OC]
Missouri River Enhancement and Monitoring Act: John L. Cooper, South Dakota Dept. of Game, Fish, and Parks, S7915 [1AU]
Packers and Stockyards Act prohibition on the use of certain anti-competitive forward contracts: Joseph W. Luter III, Smithfield Foods, Inc., S1977 [15MR]
Require labeling of country of origin on imported perishable agricultural commodities: David J. Frederickson, National Farmers Union, S3999 [8MY]
Pledge of Allegiance
Senate, S8475 [11SE]
Remarks
Agriculture: continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), S848 [14FE]
———continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), conference report, S3998, S4000, S4024 [8MY]
———continue certain programs (S. 1731), S450 [7FE], S517 [8FE], S599 [12FE]
———permit States to purchase certain pesticides sold in Canada (S. 532), S7030 [18JY]
———provide emergency agriculture assistance, S8149 [4SE]
———provide emergency agriculture assistance (S. 3099), S11377 [19NO]
———require labeling of country of origin on imported perishable agricultural commodities, S3998, S4024 [8MY]
American Legion: clarify eligibility requirements (S. 2934), S8619 [13SE]
Americans With Disabilities Act: anniversary, S7307
Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks (H.R. 4775), S4951, S4952 [4JN]
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (S.J. Res. 45), S10337 [10OC]
———provide a tax filing delay for members serving in a contingency operation (S. 2785), S7314 [24JY]
———U.S. policy on use against Iraq, S9361 [26SE]
Armenia: anniversary of genocide, S3164
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), S6698 [12JY]
———protect investors by improving the accuracy and reliability of corporate disclosures pursuant to securities laws (H.R. 3763), conference report, S7358 [25JY]
Computers: improve access to broadband services in rural and under-served areas, S5768 [19JN], S9707 [1OC]
Custer, SD: tribute to Custer High School boys' basketball team, S2259
Dept. of Agriculture: strengthen limitations on commodity payments and benefits and use resulting savings to improve certain programs, S450 [7FE]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2514), S5762 [19JN]
———B-1 bomber funding, S7724 [31JY]
———Center for Chronic Pain and Fatigue Research war-related illnesses funding, S7723 [31JY]
———making appropriations (H.R. 5010), S7723, S7724 [31JY]
Dept. of Energy: enhance national laboratory mission areas through technology transfer and partnerships (S. 517), S1814 [13MR], S2565 [11AP], S3138 [23AP], S3402 [25AP]
Dept. of the Interior: establish the Missouri River Monitoring and Research Program and the Missouri River Basin Stakeholder Committee (S. 2853), S7915 [1AU]
———establish the Office of Trust Reform Implementation and Oversight to manage and reform Indian trust funds and assets (S. 2212), S2974 [18AP]
———proposed changes to Indian trust asset management, S229 [29JA]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5093), S8149 [4SE]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: provide guaranteed adequate level of funding for veterans health care (S. 2903), S8302 [5SE]
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals (S. 812), S7145 [22JY]
Financial institutions: facilitate check truncation, foster innovation in the check collection system, and improve the overall efficiency of payment systems (S. 3034), S9852 [2OC]
———merge bank and savings association deposit insurance funds and reform the Federal deposit insurance system (S. 1945), S854 [14FE]
Insurance: ability of group life insurance providers to obtain reinsurance relative to coverage for risks from terrorism, S5528 [13JN]
———ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism (S. 2600), S5528 [13JN]
Iraq: U.N. mandated monitoring of weapons development, S9361 [26SE]
Medicaid: reimbursement of nursing facilities located on an Indian reservation in South Dakota and owned or operated by an Indian tribe or tribal organization (S. 2738), S6949 [17JY]
Medicare: coverage of outpatient prescription drugs, S7145 [22JY]
———enhance beneficiary access to quality health care services (S. 3018), S10661 [17OC]
———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure, S7145 [22JY]
Monuments and memorials: prohibit desecration, provide for repairs, and permit guide signs on Federal highways for veterans' memorials (S. 1644), S2250 [21MR]
Motor vehicles: enhance the use of motor vehicle fuels from renewable sources (S. 1006), S9415 [26SE]
———establish Federal renewable fuels standards, S1814 [13MR]
———renewable fuel content requirements, S2565 [11AP], S3138 [23AP]
National Crazy Horse Day: designate (S. Res. 224), S1709 [8MR]
National Crime Victims Rights Week: observance, S3160
National 4-H Youth Development Program Week: designate (S. Con. Res. 143), S9784 [2OC]
National Health Center Week: observance, S7881
Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act: reauthorizing (S. 1210), S9998 [4OC]
Packers and Stockyards Act: prohibit packers from owning, feeding, or controlling livestock intended for slaughter, S517 [8FE], S599 [12FE], S848 [14FE]
———study proposal to prohibit packers from owning, feeding, or controlling livestock intended for slaughter, S517 [8FE]
Pledge of Allegiance: circuit court decision on inclusion of phrase ``under God'', S6089 [26JN]
Power resources: national energy policy, S1814 [13MR], S2565 [11AP], S3138 [23AP], S3402 [25AP]
SBA: establish the Office of Native American Affairs and create the Native American Small Business Development Program (S. 2335), S3443
Schramm, Walter J.: Experience Works (organization) South Dakota Outstanding Older Worker of the Year award recipient, S8617
Short Bull, Vanessa: Miss South Dakota pageant winner, S8559
South Dakota: status of Native American treaty tribes, S9591
———tribute to National Guard and Reserve forces, S1597
———tribute to Wildland Fire Suppression Division and community fire departments efforts, S7890
South Dakota Developmental Center: anniversary, S8080
South Dakota (U.S.S.): anniversary of commissioning and tribute to crew (S. Res. 228), S2187 [20MR]
Spearfish, SD: tribute to Spearfish High School boys' basketball team, S2256
———tribute to Spearfish High School for participation in We the People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution competition, S4963
Sports: tribute to Super Bowl participants from South Dakota, S281 [4FE]
Taxation: incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability, S3402 [25AP]
———incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability (S. 88), S5768 [19JN]
Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks, S8489 [11SE]
Thomas, Rex D. (Dave): tribute (S. Res. 199), S48 [23JA]
Veterans: clarify the applicability of the prohibition on assignment of veterans benefits to agreements regarding future receipt of compensation and educate veterans on available legitimate financial services (S. 2003), S2250 [21MR]
———health care and education programs funding, S2250 [21MR]
———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits, S5762 [19JN]
Votes: position on missed, S3502
World War II: anniversary of D-Day, S5200 [6JN]
Wyatt, Russell: Experience Works (organization) South Dakota Outstanding Older Worker of the Year award recipient, S8617
Summaries
Beneficiary Access to Care and Medicare Equity Act (S. 3018), S10663 [17OC]
Texts of
S. 2335, Native American Small Business Development Act, S3444-S3447 [25AP]
S. 2853, Missouri River Enhancement and Monitoring Act, S7915 [1AU]
S. 2934, clarify American Legion eligibility requirements, S8620 [13SE]
S. 2963, Corps of Engineers Reform Act, S8758-S8760 [18SE]
S. Res. 224, National Crazy Horse Day, S1709 [8MR]
Tributes
Authier, Philip D., S2254
Brewer, John E., S7889
Church, Jack, S3301
Firman, Tony, S5284
Frederickson, Dave, S1535
Hagen, Richard, S9843
Hunking, Loila, S2630
Jones, Harold, S11729
Killey, Philip G., S1597
Lafferty, Beverly, S1420
LaRue, Maurice, S4274
Leber, Ben, S3299
Pore, Robert, S10567
Rice, Edward A., Jr., S231
Swenson, Leland, S343 [5FE]
Taylor, N. Jack, Jr., S11311
Vinatieri, Adam, S281 [4FE]