KYL, JON (a Senator from Arizona)
Addresses
Emerging Threats to United States National Security: Senator Helms, S95 [24JA]
Amendments
Agriculture: continue certain programs (S. 1731), S546 [8FE], S616, S621, S629, S669, S671 [12FE]
Andean Trade Preference Act: extend and expand (H.R. 3009), S3807, S3882 [2MY], S4455, S4504 [16MY], S4631 [21MY], S4841 [23MY]
Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks (H.R. 4775), S5065, S5076, S5079 [5JN], S5144, S5176 [6JN]
Commission on Voting Rights and Procedures: establish (S. 565), S809, S869 [14FE], S1375 [28FE]
Crime: provide Federal assistance to States and local jurisdictions to prosecute hate crimes (S. 625), S5386 [11JN]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2514), S5872 [20JN], S5974 [25JN], S6057, S6086, S6138, S6161 [26JN], S6266 [27JN]
———making appropriations (H.R. 5010), S7688, S7752 [31JY]
Dept. of Energy: enhance national laboratory mission areas through technology transfer and partnerships (S. 517), S1622, S1682, S1683 [7MR], S2043, S2091 [19MR], S2224, S2231, S2296, S2297 [21MR], S2890, S2977, S2978 [18AP], S3022, S3023 [22AP], S3320 [24AP], S3354 [25AP]
Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (H.R. 5005), S9137, S9176 [24SE]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5093), S8144, S8221 [4SE], S8237, S8313 [5SE]
Law enforcement: improve security at U.S. borders (H.R. 3525), S2983 [18AP]
Taxation: phase out estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), S5412, S5462 [12JN]
———treatment of adoption expenses (H.R. 622), S107 [24JA], S220, S251, S252, S254 [29JA], S263, S289 [4FE], S323, S377 [5FE]
Voting: protect voting rights (S. 565), S809, S869 [14FE], S1375 [28FE]
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 4628, intelligence services appropriations, S9353 [25SE]
Articles and editorials
Arizona's Experience With Alternative Fuels and Tax Credits, S3384 [25AP]
China—Arms, David Lague, Far Eastern Economic Review (publication), S228 [29JA]
CIA Rejects Request for Report on Preparations for War in Iraq, James Risen, New York (NY) Times, S9886 [3OC]
Death Tax Senators, Wall Street Journal, S5422 [12JN]
Don't Go Wobbly, Margaret Thatcher, Wall Street Journal, S5944 [24JN]
Fire This Time, Wall Street Journal, S5947 [24JN]
Forest Plan Has Merits, Phoenix (AZ) Arizona Republic, S9021 [23SE]
Give 'Em Hearings, Washington (DC) Post, S3546 [30AP]
Is This the Way To Decide on Iraq? Charles Krauthammer, S9030 [23SE]
Tax on Virtue, Wall Street Journal, S5423 [12JN]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Alfonse M. D'Amato U.S. Courthouse, Central Islip, NY: designate (see S. 2495), S4145 [9MY]
Aviation: recognize heroism and courage of airline flight attendants (see S. Con. Res. 110), S5536 [13JN]
———require background checks of alien flight school applicants regardless of weight of the aircraft for which they seek training and require report on the effectiveness of the requirement (see S. 2642), S6708 [12JY]
Capital punishment: allow post-conviction DNA testing, improve performance of lawyers and judges handling State capital criminal cases, and ensure quality of defense counsel in Federal capital cases (see S. 2739), S6947 [17JY]
Children and youth: enhance operation of the AMBER Alert communications plan to expedite the recovery of abducted children (see S. 2896), S8092 [3SE]
Colombia: support democratically elected Government and efforts to counter threats from terrorist organizations (see S. Res. 219), S2184 [20MR]
Computers: develop and deploy technologies to defeat Internet jamming and censorship (see S. 3093), S10359 [10OC]
Crime: constitutional amendment on protection of victims' rights (see S.J. Res. 35), S2675 [15AP]
———establish penalties for aggravated identity theft and enhance existing identity theft penalties (see S. 2541), S4702 [22MY]
Dept. of Energy: establish a Water Supply Technologies Program within the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (see S. 2599), S5205 [6JN]
Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (see S. 2794), S7902 [1AU]
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: repeal sunset relative to modifications to education individual retirement accounts (see S. 2911), S8300 [5SE]
Firearms: protect manufacturers and sellers in the firearms and ammunition industry from restrictions on interstate or foreign commerce (see S. 2268), S10844 [12NO]
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: exclude U.S. persons from the definition of ``foreign power'' relative to international terrorism (see S. 2586), S5041 [5JN]
Health: provide for health care liability reform (see S. 1370), S586 [11FE]
Israel: express solidarity in the fight against terrorism (see S. Res. 247), S3166 [23AP]
Law enforcement: improve security at U.S. borders (H.R. 3525), corrections in enrollment (see S. Con. Res. 106), S3953 [7MY]
Law enforcement officers: exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see S. 2480), S7227 [23JY]
Lumber industry: promote open and competitive trade of softwood lumber between the U.S. and Canada (see S. Con. Res. 135), S7901 [1AU]
Medicare: enhance beneficiary access to quality health care services (see S. 3018), S9847 [2OC]
Memorial Day: recognize the sacrifice and dedication of the Armed Forces and civilian national security agencies (see S. Res. 278), S4840 [23MY]
National Drought Council: establish (see S. 2528), S4492 [16MY]
Paul and Sheila Wellstone Center for Community Building, St. Paul, MN: authorize construction grant (see S. 3156), S11079 [14NO]
Petrified Forest National Park: revise boundaries (see S. 2494), S4282 [13MY]
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), S4536 [17MY]
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]
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), S5633 [17JN]
Taxation: treatment of the sale of a principal residence by a member of the uniformed services or Foreign Service (see S. 1678), S4890 [3JN]
U.S. Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution: reauthorize (see S. 2064), S2723 [16AP]
Wellstone, Paul D.: tribute (see S. Res. 354), S10800 [28OC]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Apache County, AZ: approve settlement of water rights claims of the Zuni Indian Tribe (see S. 2743), S6947 [17JY]
Arizona: adjust Central Arizona Project, ratify Gila River Indian Community water rights settlement, and reauthorize and amend Southern Arizona Water Rights Settlement Act (see S. 2992), S9116 [24SE]
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make tax benefits permanent (see S. 3), S11574 [19NO]
Forests: establish institutes to conduct research on the prevention of, and restoration from, wildfires in forest and woodland ecosystems (see S. 2670), S5956 [24JN]
Immigration: extend and modify reimbursement of State and local funds expended for emergency health services furnished to undocumented aliens (see S. 3013), S9426 [26SE]
Tariff: nylon MXD6 (see S. 2180), S2828 [17AP]
Brochures
FPL Energy Places Order for 175 Vestas Wind Turbines, With Option for 650 Additional Units, S3387 [25AP]
New Corporate Players Could Power Stronger Growth in Wind Energy, S3387 [25AP]
What Are the Factors in the Cost of Electricity From Wind Turbines?, S3387 [25AP]
Cloture motions
Andean Trade Preference Act: extend and expand (H.R. 3009), S4125 [9MY]
———extend and expand (H.R. 3009), conference report, S7551 [30JY], S7774 [1AU]
———extend and expand (H.R. 3009), motion to proceed, S3457 [25AP], S3495 [29AP]
Clifton, Richard R.: nomination to be circuit judge, S6964 [17JY], S7016 [18JY]
Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (H.R. 5005), S10875 [13NO], S11169 [15NO], S11373 [19NO]
Gibbons, Julia Smith: nomination to be circuit judge, S7322 [24JY], S7391 [26JY]
Insurance: ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism (S. 2600), S5625 [17JN]
Taxation: treatment of adoption expenses (H.R. 622), S280 [4FE], S392 [6FE]
Explanations
Qualified Family-Owned Business Interest Deduction, S5409 [12JN]
Letters
Alternative vehicles and fuel incentives tax credit: by, S3383 [25AP]
———Mark A. Weinberger, Dept. of the Treasury, S3384 [25AP]
Constitutional amendment on protection of victims' rights: Laurence H. Tribe, Harvard University Law School, S2682 [15AP]
Exclude U.S. persons from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act definition of ``foreign power'' relative to international terrorism: Daniel J. Bryant, Dept. of Justice, S10429 [15OC]
———by, S10428 [15OC]
National Law Center for Inter-American Free Trade anniversary: by, S4833
Renewable electric energy generation standards: Alan H. Richardson, American Public Power Association, S2046 [19MR]
———Lila A. Jaber, Florida Public Service Commission, S2059, S2060 [19MR]
———Michael E. Baroody, National Association of Manufacturers, S2046 [19MR]
———Paul Oakley, Coalition for Affordable and Reliable Energy, S2195 [21MR]
———Robert K. Johnson, Electric Consumers' Alliance, S2195 [21MR]
———several businesses and trade associations, S2046, S2047 [19MR]
Lists
Family Business Estate Tax Coalition, S326 [5FE], S647 [12FE]
Small Business Legislative Council, S327 [5FE], S647 [12FE]
Privilege of the floor
Pead, Dustin, S2634 [12AP]
Remarks
Agriculture: continue certain programs (S. 1731), S607, S608, S637, S638, S641, S644, S645, S647 [12FE], S676, S691 [13FE]
———provide emergency agriculture assistance, S607 [12FE]
Andean Trade Preference Act: extend and expand (H.R. 3009), S3809 [2MY], S3948 [7MY], S4440, S4455, S4457 [16MY], S4805 [23MY]
———extend and expand (H.R. 3009), conference report, S7833 [1AU]
Apache County, AZ: approve settlement of water rights claims of the Zuni Indian Tribe (S. 2743), S6953 [17JY]
Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks (H.R. 4775), S5012 [5JN], S5189 [6JN]
———making supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks (H.R. 4775), conference report, S7265 [24JY]
Arizona: adjust Central Arizona Project, ratify Gila River Indian Community water rights settlement, and reauthorize and amend Southern Arizona Water Rights Settlement Act (S. 2992), S9117 [24SE]
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (S.J. Res. 45), S9882, S9884 [3OC], S10016, S10019 [7OC], S10268 [10OC]
———U.S. policy on use against Iraq, S9005, S9030 [23SE]
Arms control: effectiveness of international treaties and agreements, S7457-S7460 [29JY]
Army: Oregon National Guard search and rescue and medical evacuation helicopters and personnel funding, S6205 [27JN]
Bush, President: remarks relative to Democratic Party and national security, S9210, S9211 [25SE]
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), S6642 [11JY]
Carmona, Richard H.: nomination to be Surgeon General, S7193 [23JY]
Cassell, Paul G.: nomination to be district judge, S4251 [13MY]
China, People's Republic of: assessment of efforts to acquire certain military-related technologies and development of military strategies, S227 [29JA]
———nuclear weapons proliferation, S8337-S8339 [9SE]
———U.S. policy, S8337-S8339 [9SE]
Commission on Voting Rights and Procedures: establish (S. 565), S809, S810, S811, S829, S830 [14FE]
Computers: develop and deploy technologies to defeat Internet jamming and censorship (S. 3093), S10370 [10OC]
Crime: constitutional amendment on protection of victims' rights (S.J. Res. 35), S2681 [15AP]
———provide Federal assistance to States and local jurisdictions to prosecute hate crimes (S. 625), S5269 [10JN]
Customs Service: use of revenue generated from user fees, S4455, S4457 [16MY]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2514), S5834 [20JN], S5942-S5945 [24JN], S6205 [27JN]
———making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 5011), unanimous-consent request, S6634 [11JY], S6830 [16JY]
———making appropriations (H.R. 3338), conference report, S22 [23JA]
———making appropriations (H.R. 5010), S9692 [1OC]
Dept. of Energy: enhance national laboratory mission areas through technology transfer and partnerships (S. 517), S1591 [6MR], S1909 [14MR], S2043, S2046, S2047, S2049, S2059, S2060 [19MR], S2169 [20MR], S2194, S2195, S2211, S2229, S2231, S2232 [21MR], S2891 [18AP], S3119 [23AP], S3273 [24AP], S3382, S3384, S3385, S3388, S3391, S3406, S3409 [25AP]
Dept. of Homeland Security: ensure management flexibility, S9686 [1OC]
———establish (H.R. 5005), S8737 [18SE], S9084 [24SE], S9210, S9211 [25SE], S9686, S9692 [1OC], S11295 [18NO]
Dept. of Justice: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2215), conference report, S9692 [1OC], S9891 [3OC]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5093), S8635 [17SE], S9004, S9021, S9022, S9023 [23SE]
Disasters: relief funding, S6634 [11JY]
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make tax benefits permanent (S. 3), S11575 [19NO]
Elections: permit use of Social Security numbers for voter registration and election administration, S809, S810, S811, S829, S830 [14FE]
Electric power: establish Federal renewable electric energy generation standards, S1909 [14MR]
———establish State renewable electric energy generation standards, S2043, S2046, S2047, S2049, S2059, S2060 [19MR], S2169 [20MR], S2194, S2195 [21MR]
———exempt retail electric suppliers in States that have or initiate renewable energy programs from renewable electric energy generation standards, S2229 [21MR]
———reduce cost of credits for not meeting Federal renewable electric energy generation standards, S3273 [24AP]
Employment: prohibit the establishment of wage insurance for workers adversely affected by foreign trade, S4440 [16MY]
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals (S. 812), S7096 [19JY], S7288 [24JY], S7532 [30JY]
FERC: ensure that public utilities meet service obligations during periods of market transition, S3409 [25AP]
Fire prevention: encourage Federal land management agencies to reduce forest fuels that place national resources at high risk of catastrophic wildfire, S5945 [24JN]
Firearms: protect manufacturers and sellers in the firearms and ammunition industry from restrictions on interstate or foreign commerce (S. 2268), S10652 [17OC]
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: exclude U.S. persons from the definition of ``foreign power'' relative to international terrorism (S. 2586), S10425 [15OC]
Foreign trade: provide export control authority (S. 149), S227 [29JA]
Government: extend and strengthen procedures to maintain fiscal accountability and responsibility, S5012 [5JN]
Harlem Globetrotters (basketball team): Arizona chapter of the National Conference for Community and Justice (organization) Humanitarian Award recipient, S5037
Hazardous substances: approve Yucca Mountain, NV, as nuclear waste disposal site (S.J. Res. 34), S5396 [12JN]
———approve Yucca Mountain, NV, as nuclear waste disposal site (S.J. Res. 34), motion to proceed, S6462 [9JY]
Health: provide for health care liability reform, S7532 [30JY]
Immigration: change date of compliance for requirements for machine-readable and tamper-resistant entry and exit documents, S2922 [18AP]
———record keeping and reporting requirements relative to nonimmigrant students and exchange visitors, S2919 [18AP]
———treatment of unaccompanied alien children during immigration process, S11295 [18NO]
Insurance: ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism (H.R. 3210), conference report, S11527 [19NO]
Israel: express solidarity in the fight against terrorism, S3809 [2MY]
Law enforcement: improve security at U.S. borders, S4805 [23MY], S8737 [18SE]
———improve security at U.S. borders (H.R. 3525), S2619 [12AP], S2642, S2657, S2658, S2659 [15AP], S2919, S2922, S2927 [18AP]
Lumber industry: promote open and competitive trade of softwood lumber between the U.S. and Canada, S1970 [15MR]
Medicaid: increase Federal Medical Assistance Percentage to States, S7288 [24JY]
Medicare: coverage of outpatient prescription drugs, S10543 [16OC]
———enhance beneficiary access to quality health care services (S. 3018), S10543 [16OC]
———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure, S7096 [19JY]
Mesa, AZ: tribute to Dobson High School for participation in We the People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution competition, S4617
Middle East: hostilities between Israel and the Palestinians, S3809 [2MY]
Motor vehicles: provide for greater fairness in the motor vehicle franchise contract arbitration process, S9694 [1OC]
National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: establish, S9084 [24SE]
National forests: implement an emergency hazardous fuels reduction plan, S8635 [17SE], S9004, S9021, S9022, S9023 [23SE]
National Law Center for Inter-American Free Trade: anniversary, S4833
National security: national missile defense system, S165-S168 [28JA], S1407-S1411 [4MR], S5942-S5945 [24JN], S7457-S7460 [29JY]
———national objectives priority assignments, S95 [24JA]
NATO: endorse further enlargement (H.R. 3167), S4485 [16MY]
Owen, Priscilla Richman: nomination to be circuit judge, S8253 [5SE]
Pickering, Charles: nomination to be circuit judge, S1923 [14MR]
Power resources: allow State Governors to waive certain Federal renewable energy requirements if they would adversely impact electric power customers, S2231, S2232 [21MR]
———national energy policy, S1591 [6MR], S1909 [14MR], S2043, S2046, S2047, S2049, S2059, S2060 [19MR], S2169 [20MR], S2194, S2195, S2211, S2229, S2231, S2232 [21MR], S3119 [23AP], S3273 [24AP], S3382, S3384, S3385, S3388, S3391, S3406, S3409 [25AP]
Presidential appointments: Senate process for confirmation of judicial nominees, S1923 [14MR], S2211 [21MR], S3545, S3546, S3547, S3548 [30AP], S4129 [9MY], S8253 [5SE]
Public utilities: clarify regulations relative to private activity bonds and equity allocation, S3406 [25AP]
Quartzite, AZ: transfer of surplus military equipment to the Women's Air Force Service Pilots Museum, S5834 [20JN]
Tariff: duty-free treatment of steam generators used in nuclear facilities, S7833 [1AU]
———nylon MXD6 (S. 2180), S2832
Taxation: alternative vehicles and fuel incentives tax credit, S3382, S3384, S3385, S3391 [25AP]
———expand credit for producing electricity from wind, S3386, S3388 [25AP]
———increase unified estate tax credit, S5348 [11JN], S5400, S5407, S5408, S5410 [12JN]
———make repeal of estate and gift taxes permanent, S220 [29JA], S315, S324, S326, S327, S328, S331 [5FE], S608, S637, S638, S641, S644, S645, S647 [12FE], S676, S691 [13FE]
———make repeal of estate taxes permanent, S2891 [18AP], S5353, S5356, S5357, S5358 [11JN], S5397, S5417, S5422, S5432 [12JN]
———phase out estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), S5344, S5345, S5348, S5353, S5356, S5357, S5358 [11JN], S5397, S5400, S5407, S5408, S5410, S5417, S5422, S5432 [12JN]
———prohibit use of Social Security trust funds to make permanent certain scheduled tax cuts, S645 [12FE], S676, S691 [13FE]
———provide incentives for economic recovery, S56 [24JA], S220 [29JA], S324, S326, S327, S328, S331 [5FE]
———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3529), S19-S21 [23JA]
———provide refundable credit for recreational travel, increase deduction for business meals and entertainment expenses, and restore deduction for travel expenses of a spouse during business travel, S324 [5FE]
———treatment of adoption expenses (H.R. 622), S56 [24JA], S220 [29JA], S324, S326, S327, S328, S331 [5FE]
———treatment of adoption expenses (H.R. 622), unanimous-consent request, S58 [24JA]
Terrorism: establish procedures for civil actions and limit liability for punitive damages relative to acts of terrorism, S11527 [19NO]
———investigation into hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, S4452 [16MY]
———liquidate certain blocked assets of terrorists and terrorist organizations for the compensation of terrorism victims, S11527 [19NO]
Tourist trade: provide loan guarantees to travel agencies, car rental companies, and businesses in the ancillary airline industry that have been affected by terrorist attacks, S324 [5FE]
Trade Act: amend to consolidate and improve trade adjustment assistance programs and provide community-based economic development assistance for trade-affected communities, S7833 [1AU]
Treaties and agreements: Antiballistic Missile Treaty, S165-S168 [28JA], S2640-S2642 [15AP], S7457-S7460 [29JY]
———extend trade negotiating and trade agreement implementing authority, S3948 [7MY], S4440, S4455 [16MY], S4805 [23MY], S7833 [1AU]
———limit application of trade authority procedures, S7833 [1AU]
Voting: protect voting rights (S. 565), S809, S810, S811, S829, S830 [14FE]
Reports
Qualified Family-Owned Business Interests Deductions: Sirote & Permutt, P.C., S5410 [12JN]
Tables
Budget estimates from President Bush's budget submission relative to use of Social Security trust funds to make permanent certain scheduled tax cuts, S676 [13FE]
Retail sales, revenue, and potential cost of purchasing credits for not meeting Federal renewable electric energy generation standards, S3275 [24AP]
Testimonies
Exclude U.S. Persons From the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Definition of ``Foreign Power'' Relative to International Terrorism: Marion E. (Spike) Bowman, FBI, S10430-S10432 [15OC]
Texts of
S. 3013, Local Emergency Health Services Reimbursement Act, S9432 [26SE]
Tributes
Alexander, Tom, S2620 [12AP]
Helms, Senator, S9799 [2OC]
Maier, Elizabeth, S2620 [12AP]
Thurmond, Senator, S9080 [24SE]