KERRY, JOHN F. (a Senator from Massachusetts)
Amendments
Agriculture: continue certain programs (S. 1731), S419, S430 [6FE], S619, S670 [12FE]
Andean Trade Preference Act: extend and expand (H.R. 3009), S3574 [30AP], S3882 [2MY], S4080 [8MY], S4504 [16MY], S4529 [17MY], S4552, S4569 [20MY]
Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks (H.R. 4775), S5004, S5079, S5094, S5095, S5097 [5JN], S5177, S5207, S5215, S5216 [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), S6508 [9JY], S6578 [10JY], S6660 [11JY]
Commission on Voting Rights and Procedures: establish (S. 565), S786 [13FE], S1220 [26FE]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2514), S5783 [19JN], S5873 [20JN], S6075, S6086, S6118, S6142, S6156, S6158, S6161, S6170 [26JN]
Dept. of Energy: enhance national laboratory mission areas through technology transfer and partnerships (S. 517), S1859 [13MR], S1944 [14MR], S2015 [18MR], S2184 [20MR], S2462, S2496 [10AP], S2830 [17AP], S3054 [22AP], S3322, S3328 [24AP], S3396, S3436 [25AP]
Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (H.R. 5005), S9049 [23SE]
Diseases: improve access to HIV/AIDS-related treatments and services in sub-Saharan Africa and other developing countries (H.R. 2069), S6700, S6716, S6727 [12JY]
FCC: eliminate deadlines for spectrum auctions of spectrum previously allocated to television broadcasting (H.R. 4560), S5673, S5714 [18JN]
———facilitate the ability of certain spectrum auction winners to pursue alternative measures to meet the public needs of wireless telecommunications consumers (S. 2869), S10734 [17OC], S11126, S11153 [14NO]
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals (S. 812), S7284, S7316 [24JY]
Fish and fishing: reauthorize various fishery conservation management programs (H.R. 1989), S11766, S11795 [20NO]
National Sea Grant College Program Act: reauthorize (H.R. 3389), S10394, S10397 [10OC]
Petroleum: improve passenger automobile fuel economy and safety and reduce greenhouse gas emissions and dependence on foreign oil (S. 1926), S566 [8FE]
Public Health Service Act: amend relative to health professions programs regarding the field of nursing (H.R. 3487), S7172 [22JY]
SBA: authorize loans to small businesses and certain other businesses that suffered substantial economic injury as a result of terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (S. 1499), S2331 [22MR]
Small business: facilitate compliance with certain Federal paperwork requirements and establish a task force to streamline certain requirements (H.R. 327), S4730 [22MY]
Taxation: treatment of adoption expenses (H.R. 622), S104, S106 [24JA], S184 [28JA], S212 [29JA], S270, S292 [4FE], S352, S359, S361, S379 [5FE]
Voting: protect voting rights (S. 565), S786 [13FE], S1220 [26FE]
Appointments
Acting President pro tempore, S6967 [18JY]
Committee To Escort the President, H98 [29JA]
Conferee: H.R. 4, Energy Policy Act, S3789 [1MY]
———H.R. 1646, Dept. of State appropriations, S3605 [1MY]
———S. 1214, Port and Maritime Security Act, S5673 [18JN]
Articles and editorials
Debate on Fuel Economy Turns Emotional, Washington (DC) Post, S1756 [12MR]
Ford Aims To Sell a Gas-Electric SUV That Will Offer Sizable Fuel Efficiency, Norihiko Shirouzu, Wall Street Journal, S1759 [12MR]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Aviation: establish a program for Federal flight deck officers (see S. 2554), S7373 [25JY]
———expedite naturalization process and provide transitional employment eligibility for certain legal immigrants employed as security screening personnel (see S. 1829), S4840 [23MY]
———improve security (see S. 2949), S9033 [23SE]
———recognize heroism and courage of airline flight attendants (see S. Con. Res. 110), S4281 [13MY]
Bankruptcy: protect employees and retirees from corporate practices that deprive them of their earnings and retirement savings when a business files for bankruptcy (see S. 2798), S7903 [1AU]
Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor: authorizing appropriations (see S. 2033), S2076 [19MR]
Business and industry: require disclosure of insider sales of stock of publicly held companies be filed electronically (see S. 1897), S587 [11FE]
Capital punishment: temporary moratorium until a national commission reviews the justice, fairness, and due process of the administration of the death penalty (see S. 233), S7164 [22JY]
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: congressional disapproval of rule that lowers the Medicaid upper payment limit for non-State owned or operated hospitals (see S.J. Res. 37), S4969 [4JN]
Chicago, IL: expand aviation capacity (see S. 1786), S2008 [18MR] (see S. 2039), S2632 [12AP]
Children and youth: access of disadvantaged children to dental services (see S. 1626), S4703 [22MY]
———establish or expand and operate programs using a network of public and private community entities to provide mentoring for children in foster care (see S. 3057), S10360 [10OC]
———improve academic and social outcomes for students by providing productive activities during after-school hours (see S. 1258), S2413 [9AP]
Children's Internet Safety Month: designate (see S. Res. 338), S10360 [10OC]
Children's Memorial Flag Day: designate (see S. Res. 109), S1599 [6MR]
Coastal Zone Management Act: authorize the acquisition of coastal areas to ensure their protection from conversion or development (see S. 2608), S5366 [11JN]
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), S8092 [3SE]
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]
Consumers: protect from predatory mortgage lending practices (see S. 2438), S3625 [1MY]
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), S9427 [26SE]
Corporations: review, reform, and terminate unnecessary and inequitable Federal subsidies (see S. 2181), S5697 [18JN]
CPSC: promulgate fire safety standards for cigarettes (see S. 2317), S3435 [25AP]
Crime: 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), S6362 [8JY]
Cyprus: membership in European Union (see S. Con. Res. 122), S6363 [8JY]
De Laine, Joseph A.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 2622), S6319 [28JN]
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 Labor: establish a trade adjustment assistance program for truckers adversely affected by foreign competition (see S. 2606), S7745 [31JY]
———reissuance of a rule relative to ergonomics (see S. 2184), S3015 [22AP]
Dept. of the Interior: study the suitability and feasibility of designating certain historic buildings and areas in Taunton, MA, as a unit of the National Park System (see S. 3040), S9901 [3OC]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: provide guaranteed adequate level of funding for veterans health care (see S. 2903), S10844 [12NO]
———standardize copayment exemption levels for outpatient medications (see S. 1408), S2368 [8AP]
Developing countries: increase assistance for the poorest people in developing countries under microenterprise assistance programs (see S. 3032), S9846 [2OC]
Diseases: combat cancer (see S. 1976), S1351 [28FE]
———payments to individuals who contracted HIV from a contaminated blood transfusion (see S. 2219), S6809 [15JY]
Eddy, Mary Baker: tribute (see S. Con. Res. 145), S9230 [25SE]
Education: increase the technically trained workforce (see S. 1549), S5205 [6JN]
Enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative: reform (see S. 2210), S2950 [18AP]
ERISA: provide for improved disclosure, diversification, account access, and accountability under individual account plans (see S. 1992), S2951 [18AP]
Europe: condemn rise in anti-Semitism (see S. Res. 248), S4536 [17MY]
Family History Month: designate (see S. Res. 330), S8981 [20SE]
FCC: eliminate deadlines for spectrum auctions of spectrum previously allocated to television broadcasting (see S. 2454), S3843 [2MY]
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), S6499 [9JY]
———provide benefits to domestic partners (see S. 2874), S10888 [13NO]
Firefighters: authorize grants to States or communities to assist fire departments in meeting staffing standards (see S. 1617), S1252 [27FE]
———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), S9595 [30SE]
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]
Forests: ban clearcutting and logging on certain Federal lands to strengthen protection of native biodiversity (see S. 2871), S7900 [1AU]
Government: extend and strengthen procedures to maintain fiscal accountability and responsibility (see S. 2465), S4331 [14MY]
Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: designate (see S. Res. 214), S1421 [4MR]
Health: modify the rules for redistribution and extended availability of funding for the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see S. 2860), S8093 [3SE]
Height, Dorothy I.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 2569), S4839 [23MY]
Hispanic Americans: provide programs and activities to improve health (see S. 2990), S10118 [8OC]
History: recognize historical significance of the 100th anniversary of Korean immigration to the U.S. (see S. Res. 185), S2830 [17AP]
Insurance: coverage of colorectal cancer screening (see S. 710), S2675 [15AP]
International Women's Day: designate (see S. Res. 223), S1705 [8MR]
Iron and steel industry: remedy certain injurious effects of steel imports by protecting benefits of steelworkers and retirees and strengthening the U.S. steel industry (see S. 2189), S3166 [23AP]
Israel: express solidarity in the fight against terrorism (see S. Res. 247), S3844 [2MY]
Law enforcement officers: adjust percentage differentials payable to Federal law enforcement officers in certain high-cost areas (see S. 2770), S9595 [30SE]
———collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments (see S. 952), S1935 [14MR]
Mary Baker Eddy Library for the Betterment of Society, Inc.: tribute (see S. Con. Res. 145), S9230 [25SE]
Medicaid: extend certain modifications to disproportionate share hospital allotments (see S. 572), S2368 [8AP]
———increase Federal Medical Assistance Percentage to States (see S. 2221), S5042 [5JN]
Medicare: clarify definition of homebound relative to home health services (see S. 2085), S4624 [21MY] (see S. 2848), S7899 [1AU]
———coverage of inpatient hospital services in Puerto Rico (see S. 813), S5256 [7JN]
———coverage of medical nutrition therapy services for beneficiaries with cardiovascular diseases (see S. 960), S1857 [13MR]
———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), S5042 [5JN]
———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), S5455 [12JN]
———freeze the reduction in payments to hospitals for indirect costs of medical education (see S. 2447), S3843 [2MY]
———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see S. 1394), S6251 [27JN]
Medicare/Medicaid: establish a national abusive and criminal background check system for patient care workers (see S. 3091), S10359 [10OC]
Minimum wage: level (see S. 2538), S4702 [22MY]
Mink, Patsy T.: honorary renaming of Title IX prohibiting gender discrimination in educational and athletic programs (see S.J. Res. 49), S10118 [8OC]
National Biotechnology Week: designate (see S. Res. 243), S2723 [16AP]
National Child Care Worthy Wage Day: designate (see S. Res. 260), S3843 [2MY]
National Children's Memorial Day: designate (see S. Res. 109), S1599 [6MR]
National Civilian Conservation Corps Day: designate (see S. Res. 207), S1536 [5MR]
National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: establish (see S. 1867), S4703 [22MY]
National Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 270), S4387 [15MY]
National Donor Day: designate (see S. Res. 210), S853 [14FE]
National Health Center Week: designate (see S. Con. Res. 121), S7227 [23JY]
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 security: ensure greater security for U.S. seaports (see S. 2534), S4969 [4JN]
———provide for homeland security block grants (see S. 1737), S586 [11FE] (see S. 2038), S2183 [20MR]
National Veterans Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 293), S6250 [27JN]
New England Patriots (football team): tribute (see S. Res. 202), S286 [4FE]
Paul and Sheila Wellstone Center for Community Building, St. Paul, MN: authorize construction grant (see S. 3156), S11079 [14NO]
Peace Corps: promote global acceptance of the principles of international peace and nonviolent coexistence among peoples of diverse cultures and systems of government (see S. 2667), S5901 [21JN]
Pensions: 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]
Pledge of Allegiance: circuit court decision on inclusion of phrase ``under God'' (see S. Res. 292), S6127 [26JN]
Privacy: protect consumer privacy on the Internet (see S. 2201), S2950 [18AP]
Public welfare programs: exclude child care from the determining limits on assistance under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see S. 2070), S2326 [22MR]
Railroads: establish a national rail passenger transportation system and reauthorize and improve service and security on Amtrak (see S. 1991), S1599 [6MR]
Rural areas: promote and improve access to health care services (see S. 1030), S32 [23JA]
SBA: establish a pilot program to provide regulatory compliance assistance to small businesses (see S. 2483), S4064 [8MY]
———establish the Office of Native American Affairs and create the Native American Small Business Development Program (see S. 2335), S3435 [25AP]
Senate Rules: prohibit employment discrimination based on sexual orientation (see S. Res. 294), S6250 [27JN]
Small business: improve calculation of the Federal subsidy rate with respect to certain small business loans (see S. 3172), S11214 [15NO]
Social Security: repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see S. 1523), S7470 [29JY]
Taxation: allow a U.S. independent film and television production wage credit (see S. 1278), S1351 [28FE]
———allow use of principal repayments to issue additional mortgages and modify price limitations under the mortgage revenue bond program and change income limit for housing credit program (see S. 677), S3435 [25AP]
———clarify eligibility of certain expenses for low-income housing credit (see S. 2006), S1782 [12MR]
———extend research and development tax credit (see S. 515), S6573 [10JY]
———improve access to tax-exempt debt for small non-profit health care and educational institutions (see S. 1038), S5041 [5JN]
———improve tax equity for military personnel (see S. 2816), S7469 [29JY]
———modify renewable energy credit to include agricultural and animal waste sources as a renewable energy resource (see S. 1832), S176 [28JA]
———provide tax incentive for land sales for conservation purposes (see S. 1329), S1351 [28FE]
———treatment of amounts received under qualified group legal services plans (see S. 654), S7579 [30JY]
———treatment of flexible spending arrangements relative to long-term care insurance (see S. 627), S488 [7FE]
———treatment of individual retirement accounts relative to charitable contributions (see S. 1375), S1536 [5MR]
Telecommunications: facilitate the deployment of wireless telecommunications networks to further the availability of the Emergency Alert System (see S. 2922), S8456 [10SE]
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]
Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act: extend and expand (see S. 2714), S6809 [15JY]
Tick-Borne Disorders Advisory Committee: establish (see S. 969), S897 [15FE]
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: provide highway infrastructure investment at the guaranteed funding level (see S. 1917), S1422 [4MR]
U.S. Marshals Service: appointment of marshals by the Attorney General (see S. 1977), S2486 [10AP]
Unemployment: extend the period of availability of assistance under the Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act for victims of terrorist attacks (see S. 2715), S6809 [15JY]
———provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (see S. 3009), S9426 [26SE]
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), S2184 [20MR]
———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see S. 2051), S3166 [23AP]
Wellstone, Paul D.: tribute (see S. Res. 354), S10800 [28OC]
Whistleblowing: providing protections to certain employees at airports (see S. 2686), S6650 [11JY]
White House Commission on National Military Appreciation Month: establish (see S. 1785), S4568 [20MY]
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
Civil liberties: religious accommodations in the workplace (see S. 2572), S4839 [23MY]
Diseases: expand assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis (see S. 15), S11736 [20NO] (see S. 2525), S4387 [15MY]
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), S7900 [1AU]
Food industry: reliquidate certain entries of tomato sauce preparation (see S. 2379, 2380, 2381, 2382), S3505 [29AP]
Freedom's Way National Heritage Area: establish (see S. 1925), S545 [8FE]
Marine mammals: reaffirm opposition to commercial and lethal scientific whaling and provide protection for, and conservation of, the world's whale populations to prevent trade in whale meat (see S. Res. 267), S4330 [14MY]
Medal of Honor: provide for use of gold in metal content (see S. 2870), S7900 [1AU]
Medicare: ensure reimbursement for certain FDA-approved cancer drug therapies administered in hospital outpatient settings (see S. 2795), S7372 [25JY]
———improve outpatient vision services (see S. 1967), S1208 [26FE]
Motor vehicles: impose a mandatory fuel surcharge for transportation provided by certain motor carriers (see S. 1914), S487 [7FE]
National Sea Grant College Program Act: reauthorize (see S. 2428), S3560 [30AP]
Pensions: provide individual investment account participants with improved information on asset investments, new diversification rights, and new limitations on pension plan blackouts (see S. 2190), S2829 [17AP]
Petroleum: improve passenger automobile fuel economy and safety and reduce greenhouse gas emissions and dependence on foreign oil (see S. 1926), S545 [8FE]
Public welfare programs: improve access to adequate and affordable housing under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see S. 2116), S2578 [11AP]
SBA: establish a priority preference for firms that have both 8(a) Business Development and HUBZone Program certifications, and raise the sole-source thresholds in the awarding of Federal contracts (see S. 1994), S1599 [6MR]
———establish position of Small and Disadvantaged Business Ombudsman for Procurement (see S. 2753), S7033 [18JY]
———make nonprofit child care businesses eligible for certain loans (see S. 2891), S7900 [1AU]
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), S4064 [8MY]
Small Business Act: modify contract consolidation requirements (see S. 2466), S3953 [7MY]
Social Security: restrict application of windfall elimination provisions to certain individuals (see S. 2521), S4387 [15MY]
Stewart, Milton D.: tribute (see S. Res. 216), S1536 [5MR]
Tariff: filament yarns (see S. 2302, 2303), S3434 [25AP]
———high-performance loudspeakers (see S. 2304), S3434 [25AP]
———high-performance loudspeakers manufacturing equipment (see S. 2305), S3434 [25AP]
———industrial coatings formulation chemicals (see S. 2306, 2307, 2308, 2309, 2310, 2311), S3435 [25AP]
———liquidate or reliquidate certain entries (see S. 2378), S3505 [29AP]
Taxation: allow certain small businesses to defer tax payments (see S. 1903), S176 [28JA]
———curb tax abuses by disallowing tax benefits claimed to arise from transactions without substantial economic substance and limiting credits involving uncooperative tax havens (see S. 2339), S3466 [26AP]
———include high-speed Internet capability as a criteria for selecting a project for the low-income housing credit (see S. 2479), S4064 [8MY]
———provide a credit to promote homeownership and community development (see S. 3126), S10571 [16OC]
———treatment of single sum deferred compensation payments received by survivors of terrorist attack victims (see S. 2824), S7579 [30JY]
Williams, Ted: tribute (see S. Res. 302), S6498 [9JY]
World Summit on Sustainable Development: U.S. policy (see S. Res. 311), S7579 [30JY]
Cloture motions
Andean Trade Preference Act: extend and expand (H.R. 3009), S4519 [17MY], S4590 [21MY]
Dept. of Energy: enhance national laboratory mission areas through technology transfer and partnerships (S. 517), S2714 [16AP], S2890 [18AP]
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals (S. 812), S7299 [24JY]
Taxation: treatment of adoption expenses (H.R. 622), S272 [4FE], S392 [6FE]
Descriptions
Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor: National Park Service, S2082 [19MR]
Letters
Child Care Lending Pilot Act: Ardith Wieworka, Massachusetts Office of Child Care Services, S7956 [1AU]
———Christopher Sikes, Western Massachusetts Enterprise Fund Inc., S7956 [1AU]
———Edward P. Madaus, Guild of St. Agnes (nonprofit organization), S7957 [1AU]
———Eric Korsh, Neighborhood Business Builders (organization), S7956 [1AU]
———Erika Eurkus, ACCION, USA (nonprofit organization), S7957 [1AU]
———Heather Danton, South Eastern Economic Development Corp., S7957 [1AU]
———Julie A. Cripe, Omnibank N.A., S7956 [1AU]
Improve calculation of the Federal subsidy rate with respect to certain small business loans: Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr., OMB, S11221 [15NO]
———Small Business Access to Capital Coalition, S11220 [15NO]
———by, S11221 [15NO]
Small Business Drought Relief Act: Jim Hodges, Governor of South Carolina, S8900 [19SE], S11547 [19NO]
———Kenny C. Guinn, Governor of Nevada, S8900 [19SE]
———Michael F. Easley, Governor of North Carolina, S8900 [19SE]
———Paul E. Patton, Governor of Kentucky, S8900 [19SE]
———Southern Governors' Association, S8900 [19SE], S11546 [19NO]
Trade adjustment assistance for fishermen adversely impacted by trade agreements: Ann M. Veneman, Sec. of Agriculture, S7839 [1AU]
———Emily S. DeRocco, Dept. of Labor, S7838 [1AU]
Lists
Supporters of S. 1499, American Small Business Emergency Relief and Recovery Act, S2337
Pledge of Allegiance
Senate, S6967 [18JY]
Poems
``Eleventh of September,'' Roger J. Robicheau, S8196 [4SE]
``Memorium—Elegy for a Son,'' Eileen Moreno, S7306 [24JY]
Remarks
Agriculture: continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), conference report, S4044 [8MY]
———continue certain programs (S. 1731), S454 [7FE], S695 [13FE]
Amtrak: funding, S5889 [21JN]
Andean Trade Preference Act: extend and expand (H.R. 3009), S3826 [2MY], S4268
———extend and expand (H.R. 3009), conference report, S7819, S7837 [1AU]
Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks (H.R. 4775), S5011 [5JN], S5191 [6JN]
———status of legislation for unfunded agencies, S11560 [19NO]
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: oil and gas exploration, S2768 [17AP], S2879 [18AP]
———use oil and gas revenues to sustain and consolidate domestic steel producers, provide health insurance to retired steelworkers, and increase steel production to build natural gas pipeline, S2879 [18AP]
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (S.J. Res. 45), S10170 [9OC]
Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor: authorizing appropriations (S. 2033), S2082 [19MR]
Business and industry: protect investors by improving the accuracy and reliability of corporate disclosures pursuant to securities laws (H.R. 3763), conference report, S7360 [25JY]
Civil liberties: religious accommodations in the workplace (S. 2572), S4865 [23MY]
Coast Guard: funding, S10988 [14NO]
Community service: encourage, S8372
Congress: accomplishments of the 107th Congress, S11560 [19NO]
Dept. of Agriculture: provide emergency disaster assistance and revoke multispecies limited access fishing permits relative to Northeast commercial fisheries failure, S695 [13FE]
———strengthen limitations on commodity payments and benefits and use resulting savings to improve certain programs, S454 [7FE]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4546), conference report, S10880 [13NO]
———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2514), S6097 [26JN]
Dept. of Energy: enhance national laboratory mission areas through technology transfer and partnerships (S. 517), S1693 [8MR], S1753, S1756, S1757, S1758, S1759, S1760, S1764, S1765, S1766, S1767 [12MR], S1826, S1827, S1830, S1831 [13MR], S2462 [10AP], S2699 [16AP], S2768 [17AP], S2879, S2893, S2903 [18AP], S3155 [23AP], S3401, S3413 [25AP]
Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (H.R. 5005), S11448 [19NO]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: oppose enactment of any proposal establishing a health care deductible for veterans, S10880 [13NO]
———provide guaranteed adequate level of funding for veterans health care (S. 2903), S10880 [13NO]
———rescind memorandum in which directors of health service networks are directed to ensure that no marketing activities to enroll new veterans occur within their networks, S10880 [13NO]
Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (S. 2797), S10880 [13NO]
Diseases: expand assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis (S. 2525), S4402-S4404 [15MY]
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]
Education: require use of variable interest rates to consolidate student loans to fund shortfall in Pell Grant Program, S3582 [1MY]
FCC: facilitate the ability of certain spectrum auction winners to pursue alternative measures to meet the public needs of wireless telecommunications consumers (S. 2869), S7939 [1AU]
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals (S. 812), S7524 [30JY], S7646 [31JY]
Fish and fishing: reauthorize various fishery conservation management programs (H.R. 1989), S11796 [20NO]
Freedom's Way National Heritage Area: establish (S. 1925), S556
Government: extend and strengthen procedures to maintain fiscal accountability and responsibility, S5011 [5JN]
Hazardous substances: approve Yucca Mountain, NV, as nuclear waste disposal site (S.J. Res. 34), motion to proceed, S6467 [9JY]
Health: provide for health care liability reform, S7524 [30JY]
Hydrographic Services Improvement Act: reauthorize (H.R. 4883), S11798 [20NO]
Insurance: ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism (S. 2600), S5673
Israel: express solidarity in the fight against terrorism, S3826 [2MY]
Marine mammals: reaffirm opposition to commercial and lethal scientific whaling and provide protection for, and conservation of, the world's whale populations to prevent trade in whale meat (S. Res. 267), S4333 [14MY]
Massachusetts (U.S.S.): anniversary, S4141
Medal of Honor: provide for use of gold in metal content (S. 2870), S7939 [1AU]
Medicare: coverage of outpatient prescription drugs, S7646 [31JY]
———ensure reimbursement for certain FDA-approved cancer drug therapies administered in hospital outpatient settings (S. 2795), S7374 [25JY]
Middle East: hostilities between Israel and the Palestinians, S3826 [2MY]
Motor vehicles: impose a mandatory fuel surcharge for transportation provided by certain motor carriers (S. 1914), S489 [7FE]
———increase corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards, S1830, S1831 [13MR], S2768 [17AP]
———increase corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards and encourage use of alternative fuels and advanced technology vehicles, S1753, S1756, S1757, S1758, S1759, S1760, S1764, S1765, S1766, S1767 [12MR], S1826, S1827 [13MR]
National Sea Grant College Program Act: reauthorize (S. 2428), S3570 [30AP]
National security: ensure greater security for U.S. seaports (S. 1214), conference report, S10988 [14NO]
———national missile defense system, S6097 [26JN]
———war on terrorism and homeland security funding, S6097 [26JN]
New England Patriots (football team): tribute (S. Res. 202), S282
NOAA: provide emergency disaster assistance to certain Northeast commercial fisheries, S5191 [6JN]
———reauthorize the commissioned officer corps, S11798 [20NO]
Nuclear energy: renew Dept. of Energy and NRC indemnity authority for damages from nuclear incidents, S1693 [8MR]
Pensions: provide individual investment account participants with improved information on asset investments, new diversification rights, and new limitations on pension plan blackouts (S. 2190), S2847
Petroleum: dependence on foreign sources, S2879 [18AP]
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2356), S2149 [20MR]
Power resources: national energy policy, S1693 [8MR], S1753, S1756, S1757, S1758, S1759, S1760, S1764, S1765, S1766, S1767 [12MR], S1826, S1827, S1830, S1831 [13MR], S2462 [10AP], S2699 [16AP], S2768 [17AP], S2879, S2903 [18AP], S3155 [23AP], S3401, S3413 [25AP]
———promote Energy Star Program to small businesses, S2462 [10AP], S2903 [18AP]
Public Health Service Act: amend relative to health professions programs regarding the field of nursing (H.R. 3487), S7129 [22JY]
Public welfare programs: improve access to adequate and affordable housing under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (S. 2116), S2587 [11AP]
Sabelhaus, Melanie: nomination to be SBA Deputy Administrator, S2407 [9AP]
SBA: authorize loans to small businesses and certain other businesses that suffered substantial economic injury as a result of terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (S. 1499), S2335
———establish a pilot program to provide regulatory compliance assistance to small businesses (S. 2483), S4074 [8MY]
———establish a priority preference for firms that have both 8(a) Business Development and HUBZone Program certifications, and raise the sole-source thresholds in the awarding of Federal contracts (S. 1994), S1612 [6MR]
———establish position of Small and Disadvantaged Business Ombudsman for Procurement (S. 2753), S7036 [18JY]
———establish the Office of Native American Affairs and create the Native American Small Business Development Program (S. 2335), S3447
———make nonprofit child care businesses eligible for certain loans (S. 2891), S7954 [1AU]
Shedd, Dennis W.: nomination to be circuit judge, S11513 [19NO]
Small business: improve calculation of the Federal subsidy rate with respect to certain small business loans (S. 3172), S11219, S11221 [15NO]
———provide emergency assistance to non-farm small business concerns that have suffered economic harm from the effects of drought (S. 2734), S6871 [16JY], S11546 [19NO]
———provide emergency assistance to non-farm small business concerns that have suffered economic harm from the effects of drought (S. 2734), unanimous-consent request, S8899, S8901 [19SE]
———provide emergency relief to small businesses affected by significant increases in the prices of heating oil, natural gas, propane, and kerosene (S. 295), S21 [23JA]
———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 (S. Res. 264), S4078 [8MY]
Small Business Act: modify contract consolidation requirements (S. 2466), S3957 [7MY]
Smith, D. Brooks: nomination to be circuit judge, S7652 [31JY]
Social Security: repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (S. 1523), S7572 [30JY]
Stewart, Milton D.: tribute (S. Res. 216), S1549 [5MR]
Taxation: allow certain small businesses to defer tax payments (S. 1903), S181 [28JA]
———curb tax abuses by disallowing tax benefits claimed to arise from transactions without substantial economic substance and limiting credits involving uncooperative tax havens (S. 2339), S3467
———incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability, S3401 [25AP]
———include high-speed Internet capability as a criteria for selecting a project for the low-income housing credit (S. 2479), S4071-S4073 [8MY]
———make repeal of estate taxes permanent, S2893 [18AP]
———provide a credit to promote homeownership and community development (S. 3126), S10586 [16OC]
———treatment of interest on student loans, S3582 [1MY]
Terrorism: condemn and respond to hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, S8196 [4SE]
Trade Act: amend to consolidate and improve trade adjustment assistance programs and provide community-based economic development assistance for trade-affected communities, S7819, S7837 [1AU]
Treaties and agreements: clarify principal trade negotiating objectives relative to domestic labor standards and environmental protections, S4809 [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
———extend trade negotiating and trade agreement implementing authority, S4268
Veterans: health care funding, S7733 [31JY]
———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits, S10880 [13NO]
Veterans Day: observance, S10880 [13NO]
Votes: position on missed, S5673
Voting: establish a grant program to provide assistance to States for modernizing and enhancing voting procedures and administration (H.R. 3295), conference report, S10497 [16OC]
Williams, Ted: tribute (S. Res. 302), S6518 [10JY]
World Summit on Sustainable Development: U.S. policy (S. Res. 311), S7586 [30JY]
Remarks in Senate relative to
Tribute, S11690 [20NO]
Reports filed
Combined 8(a) and HUBZone Priority Preference Act: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (Senate) (S. 1994) (S. Rept. 107-294), S9713 [1OC]
National Small Business Regulatory Assistance Act: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (Senate) (S. 2483) (S. Rept. 107-308), S10222 [9OC]
Native American Small Business Development Act: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (Senate) (S. 2335) (S. Rept. 107-236), S7898 [1AU]
Nomination of Melanie Sabelhaus To Be SBA Deputy Administrator: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (Senate), S1782 [12MR]
Small and Disadvantaged Business Ombudsman Act: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (Senate) (S. 2753) (S. Rept. 107-251), S8091 [3SE]
Small Business Drought Relief Act: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (Senate) (S. 2734) (S. Rept. 107-230), S7742 [31JY]
Small Business Federal Contractor Safeguard Act: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (Senate) (S. 2466) (S. Rept. 107-306), S10114 [8OC]
Vocational and Technical Entrepreneurship Development Act: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (Senate) (H.R. 2666) (S. Rept. 107-307), S10222 [9OC]
White House Quadrennial Small Business Summit Act: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (Senate) (S. 396) (S. Rept. 107-136), S487 [7FE]
Statements
Tribute to Senator Kennedy: Representative Capuano, S1153 [26FE]
———Representative Delahunt, S1153 [26FE]
———Representative Frank, S1153 [26FE]
———Representative Lynch, S1153 [26FE]
———Representative Markey, S1152 [26FE]
———Representative McGovern, S1154 [26FE]
———Representative Meehan, S1154 [26FE]
———Representative Neal, S1154 [26FE]
———Representative Olver, S1155 [26FE]
———Representative Tierney, S1155 [26FE]
Summaries
Tax Haven and Abusive Tax Shelter Reform Act (S. 2339), S3471
Texts of
S. 1903, Business Retained Income During Growth and Expansion (BRIDGE) Act, S182 [28JA]
S. 2339, Tax Haven and Abusive Tax Shelter Reform Act, S3468
S. 2428, National Sea Grant College Program Act reauthorization, S3571 [30AP]
S. 2466, Small Business Federal Contractor Safeguard Act, S3958 [7MY]
S. 2734, Small Business Drought Relief Act, S6871 [16JY]
S. 2753, Small and Disadvantaged Business Ombudsman Act, S7037 [18JY]
S. 2891, Child Care Lending Pilot Act, S7955 [1AU]
Tributes
Honan, Brian, S7881
Kennedy, Senator, S1152, S1159, S1165 [26FE]
Menino, Tom, S3949
Moreno, Eileen, S7306 [24JY]
Moreno, John H., S7306 [24JY]
Ozawa, Seiji, S2939
Thurmond, Senator, S9081 [24SE]
Winship, Thomas, S1926 [14MR]