LANDRIEU, MARY L. (a Senator from Louisiana)
Amendments
Agriculture: continue certain programs (S. 1731), S533 [8FE]
Andean Trade Preference Act: extend and expand (H.R. 3009), S3639 [1MY], S3807, S3882 [2MY], S4581, S4629 [21MY]
Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks (H.R. 4775), S4974, S4975, S4976, S4977 [4JN], S5063, S5072, S5076, S5096, S5097, S5100, S5102 [5JN], S5207 [6JN]
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (S.J. Res. 45), S10067, S10131 [8OC]
Commission on Voting Rights and Procedures: establish (S. 565), S788 [13FE], S873 [14FE], S1147, S1217 [26FE], S1252 [27FE]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2514), S5783, S5785 [19JN], S5838, S5873, S5874, S5876 [20JN], S5926, S5964 [24JN], S6039 [25JN], S6078, S6114, S6116, S6137, S6139, S6145, S6153, S6157, S6159, S6163, S6165, S6167 [26JN], S6190 [27JN]
———making appropriations (H.R. 5010), S7611 [30JY], S7702, S7751, S7752, S7757 [31JY]
Dept. of Energy: enhance national laboratory mission areas through technology transfer and partnerships (S. 517), S1622, S1632, S1635, S1682, S1683, S1684 [7MR], S1706 [8MR], S1792 [12MR], S1848, S1866 [13MR], S1946, S1947 [14MR], S2224, S2296 [21MR], S2369 [8AP], S2462, S2496 [10AP], S2596 [11AP], S2851 [17AP], S2899, S2902, S2981 [18AP], S3031, S3032, S3076, S3077 [22AP], S3241, S3257, S3283, S3289 [24AP]
Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (H.R. 5005), S8845, S8847 [18SE], S8938, S8939, S8940 [19SE], S9142 [24SE], S9913, S9914 [3OC]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5093), S8302 [5SE], S8470 [10SE]
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals (S. 812), S7060 [18JY], S7284, S7316 [24JY]
Legislative branch of the Government: making appropriations (H.R. 5121), S7339, S7381 [25JY]
Taxation: exclusion from gross income for foster care payments relative to certain nongovernmental placement agencies (H.R. 586), S431, S432 [6FE]
———treatment of adoption expenses (H.R. 622), S104, S105 [24JA], S141 [25JA], S212, S254 [29JA], S290 [4FE], S361, S375, S379 [5FE]
Voting: protect voting rights (S. 565), S788 [13FE], S873 [14FE], S1147, S1217 [26FE], S1252 [27FE]
Appointments
Acting President pro tempore, S1137 [26FE], S1737 [12MR], S5969 [25JN]
Conferee: H.R. 4546, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction, S6225 [27JN], S7398 [26JY]
———H.R. 4775, supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks, S5194 [6JN]
U.S. Military Academy Board of Visitors, S5719 [18JN]
Articles and editorials
Nightmare of a Bill, Charles Krauthammer, Washington (DC) Post, S5661 [18JN]
Research Cloning? No, Charles Krauthammer, Washington (DC) Post, S5661 [18JN]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Afghanistan: require U.S. activities support basic human rights of, and participation in leadership by women relative to governance, reconstruction and development, and refugee relief and assistance (see S. 2647), S6868 [16JY]
American Battlefield Protection Act: establish a battlefield acquisition grant program (see S. 2968), S9902 [3OC]
Arab countries: urge Egypt and other Arab governments not to allow their government-controlled television stations to broadcast any program that lends legitimacy to the Protocols of the Elders of Zion (see S. Res. 366), S11736 [20NO]
Arlington National Cemetery: establish a monument to U.S. Marines killed in action while participating in the World War II raid on Makin Atoll in the Gilbert Islands (see S. Con. Res. 119), S6252 [27JN]
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (see S.J. Res. 46), S9846 [2OC]
———establish a unified combatant command for homeland security (see S. 1909), S661 [12FE]
Aviation: recognize heroism and courage of airline flight attendants (see S. Con. Res. 110), S4281 [13MY]
Bankruptcy: permanently reenact chapter 12 of the bankruptcy code relative to family farmers (see S. 3174), S11574 [19NO]
Birds: provide financial resources for the conservation programs of countries whose activities directly or indirectly affect cranes (see S. 2847), S9230 [25SE]
California: provide companies with oil, gas, and mineral leases, on the Outer Continental Shelf, with credits of equal value for energy production in the Gulf of Mexico (see S. 1952), S853 [14FE]
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), S7745 [31JY]
Children and youth: enhance operation of the AMBER Alert communications plan to expedite the recovery of abducted children (see S. 2896), S8092 [3SE]
———ensure health coverage, promote parental support and family stability, improve early education and child care, reduce poverty, create youth development programs, and provide a safe environment (see S. 940), S9230 [25SE]
———establish national policy on youth development (see S. 1005), S5772 [19JN]
———give more youth aging out of foster care the opportunity to participate in national service programs (see S. 2658), S5851 [20JN]
———increase the availability, affordability, and quality of child care (see S. 1000), S4890 [3JN]
———infant crib safety (see S. 538), S4968 [4JN]
———provide for opportunity passports, and other assistance, for youth in foster care and youth aging out of foster care (see S. 2657), S5851 [20JN]
———reduce impact and provide appropriate services for children experiencing or exposed to domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking (see S. 1483), S5256 [7JN]
Children's Memorial Flag Day: designate (see S. Res. 109), S287 [4FE]
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Awareness Month: designate (see S. Con. Res. 129), S10845 [12NO]
Civil War—U.S.: establish a commission to commemorate sesquicentennial (see S. 2198), S2950 [18AP]
Coastal Zone Management Act: authorize the acquisition of coastal areas to ensure their protection from conversion or development (see S. 2608), S5366 [11JN]
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), S6649 [11JY]
Congress: hold joint session in New York, NY (see S. Con. Res. 84), S1936 [14MR]
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]
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act: ensure that the interest rate for direct loans paid by low income, limited resource borrowers is less than the interest rate for direct loans paid by certain other borrowers (see S. 3181), S11736 [20NO]
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), S9847 [2OC]
Correctional institutions: provide for safe incarceration of juvenile offenders (see S. 1174), S2829 [17AP]
Crime: constitutional amendment on protection of victims' rights (see S.J. Res. 35), S2675 [15AP]
———enhance national efforts to investigate, prosecute, and prevent crimes against children by increasing investigatory tools, criminal penalties, and resources and extending existing laws (see S. 2917), S8456 [10SE]
———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), S3626 [1MY]
De Laine, Joseph A.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 2622), S6574 [10JY]
Dept. of HHS: make grants to nonprofit tax-exempt organizations for the purchase of ultrasound equipment to provide free examinations to pregnant women needing such services (see S. 1984), S4968 [4JN]
———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 Justice: establish an Office of Children's Services (see S. 121), S7308 [24JY]
Dept. of Labor: reissuance of a rule relative to ergonomics (see S. 2184), S2828 [17AP]
Dept. of State: promote national security by expanding international educational and cultural exchange programs with the Islamic world (see S. 2505), S4624 [21MY]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: authorize construction projects for the purpose of improving, renovating, and updating VA patient care facilities (see S. 1280), S136 [25JA]
———enhance the assurance of efficiency, quality, and patient satisfaction in the furnishing of health care to veterans (see S. 456), S32 [23JA]
———provide guaranteed adequate level of funding for veterans health care (see S. 2903), S9595 [30SE]
———standardize copayment exemption levels for outpatient medications (see S. 1408), S2723 [16AP]
Diseases: collect data on benign brain-related tumors through the national program of cancer registries (see S. 2558), S6499 [9JY]
———combat cancer (see S. 1976), S1351 [28FE]
———eliminate tuberculosis (see S. 1115), S6362 [8JY]
———expand research on inflammatory bowel disease (see S. 2562), S6319 [28JN]
———improve quality of care for cancer patients (see S. 2965), S8754 [18SE]
———payments to individuals who contracted HIV from a contaminated blood transfusion (see S. 2219), S6809 [15JY]
District of Columbia: provide full voting representation in Congress (see S. 3054), S10360 [10OC]
Drugs: distribution chain of prescription drugs (see S. 1132), S6127 [26JN]
Education: improve access to printed instructional materials used by blind or other print-disabled persons in elementary and secondary schools (see S. 2246), S4146 [9MY]
———increase the technically trained workforce (see S. 1549), S2369 [8AP]
Europe: condemn rise in anti-Semitism (see S. Res. 248), S4891 [3JN]
Families and domestic relations: increase U.S. commitment to the health of the world's mothers and children (see S. Res. 275), S4840 [23MY]
Family History Month: designate (see S. Res. 330), S8981 [20SE]
FCC: facilitate the ability of certain spectrum auction winners to pursue alternative measures to meet the public needs of wireless telecommunications consumers (see S. 2869), S8674 [17SE]
———require parity in regulatory treatment of broadband services providers and broadband access services providers (see S. 2430), S7902 [1AU]
FDA: grant authority to regulate tobacco (see S. 2626), S7431 [26JY]
———require labeling containing information applicable to pediatric patients (see S. 2394), S6499 [9JY]
Federal employees: amend the definition of a law enforcement officer to include Federal prosecutors relative to retirement benefits (see S. 1828), S2413 [9AP]
———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), S1732 [11MR]
Feed America Thursday: designate (see S. Res. 341), S10443 [15OC]
Financial institutions: merge bank and savings association deposit insurance funds and reform the Federal deposit insurance system (see S. 1945), S6573 [10JY]
———prohibit financial holding companies and national banks from engaging, directly or indirectly, in real estate brokerage or real estate management activities (see S. 1839), S733 [13FE]
Firearms: protect manufacturers and sellers in the firearms and ammunition industry from restrictions on interstate or foreign commerce (see S. 2268), S8457 [10SE]
Firefighters: authorize grants to States or communities to assist fire departments in meeting staffing standards (see S. 1617), S2077 [19MR]
———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), S9847 [2OC]
Foreign aid: authorize economic and democratic development assistance for Afghanistan and military assistance for Afghanistan and certain other foreign countries (see S. 2712), S10443 [15OC]
Foreign trade: implement an importation requirement system for diamonds (see S. 2027), S7470 [29JY]
Health: establish a grant program regarding eating disorders (see S. 2249), S4841 [23MY]
———establish a program to assist family caregivers in accessing affordable and high-quality respite care (see S. 2489), S10844 [12NO]
———establish grants to provide health services for improved nutrition, increased physical activity and obesity prevention (see S. 2821), S9714 [1OC]
———establish health plan purchasing alliances (see S. 2035), S11080 [14NO]
———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see S. 2042), S2260 [21MR]
Health care facilities: establish an informatics grant program for hospitals and skilled nursing facilities (see S. 824), S5772 [19JN]
Health care professionals: improve access to physicians in medically underserved areas by extending and increasing foreign country residency requirement waivers for foreign medical graduates (see S. 2674), S6574 [10JY]
Height, Dorothy I.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 2569), S4839 [23MY]
Homeless: direct Federal aid to projects and programs that will prevent, and end, homelessness and ensure accountability through performance evaluations (see S. 2573), S11214 [15NO]
Housing: improve voucher rental assistance housing program (see S. 2721), S11315 [18NO]
Immigration: provide refugee status to foreign nationals who assist in the return of POW/MIA (see S. 1339), S5957 [24JN]
Insurance: coverage of certain reconstructive surgery (see S. 576), S5772 [19JN]
———coverage of colorectal cancer screening (see S. 710), S3901 [6MY]
———coverage of infertility treatment (see S. 874), S10040 [7OC]
———require group and individual health insurance plans to provide coverage of cancer screening (see S. 868), S9116 [24SE]
International Women's Day: designate (see S. Res. 223), S1705 [8MR]
Israel: express solidarity in the fight against terrorism (see S. Res. 247), S3166 [23AP]
Law enforcement: improve security at U.S. borders (see S. 1749), S1783 [12MR]
Law enforcement officers: exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see S. 2480), S8506 [11SE]
Louisiana: provide economic disaster assistance to rice producers (see S. 2976), S8918 [19SE]
Mammography Quality Standards Act: reauthorize (see S. 2591), S5041 [5JN]
Medal of Honor: increase rate of special pension for recipients, authorize recipients to be furnished an additional medal for display purposes, and increase criminal penalties associated with misuse or fraud (see S. 2025), S5632 [17JN]
Medicaid: extend certain modifications to disproportionate share hospital allotments (see S. 572), S1351 [28FE]
———increase Federal Medical Assistance Percentage to States (see S. 2570), S6868 [16JY]
———permit States the option to provide coverage for low-income individuals infected with HIV (see S. 987), S6499 [9JY]
———provide States with the option of covering intensive community mental health treatment (see S. 2072), S9846 [2OC]
Medical Education Trust Fund: establish (see S. 743), S1208 [26FE]
Medicare: accelerate reduction on the amount of beneficiary copayment liability for outpatient services (see S. 1679), S5042 [5JN]
———allow beneficiaries direct access to physical therapists without a physician referral (see S. 2386), S10443 [15OC]
———clarify definition of homebound relative to home health services (see S. 2085), S10844 [12NO]
———coverage of additional hemodialysis treatments for certain patients and increased update in composite rate for dialysis services (see S. 1605), S426 [6FE]
———coverage of cholesterol and blood lipid screening (see S. 1761), S426 [6FE]
———coverage of inpatient hospital services in Puerto Rico (see S. 813), S3505 [29AP]
———coverage of marriage and family therapist services (see S. 1760), S6573 [10JY]
———coverage of medical nutrition therapy services for beneficiaries with cardiovascular diseases (see S. 960), S1857 [13MR]
———coverage of oral anticancer drugs (see S. 913), S5285 [10JN]
———determination of payment amounts for new clinical diagnostic laboratory tests (see S. 1066), S5851 [20JN]
———ensure the quality of, and access to, skilled nursing facility services (see S. 2490), S5773 [19JN]
———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (see S. 2, 2729), S6808 [15JY]
———expand medical residency training programs in geriatric medicine and provide for reimbursement of care coordination and assessment services (see S. 2057), S2260 [21MR]
———extend authorization for appropriations for certain rural grants (see S. 2135), S5286 [10JN]
———freeze the reduction in payments to hospitals for indirect costs of medical education (see S. 2447), S3843 [2MY]
———improve outpatient vision services (see S. 1967), S1676 [7MR]
———improve patient access to, and utilization of, the colorectal cancer screening benefit (see S. 1931), S1783 [12MR]
———increase reimbursement for screening mammography services and funding for additional radiology residents and radiologic technologists (see S. 548), S5772 [19JN]
———make a technical correction in the definition of outpatient speech-language pathology services (see S. 1395), S5366 [11JN]
———pay ambulance suppliers the full costs of providing such services (see S. 1350), S4703 [22MY]
———provide for continuous open enrollment and disenrollment in Medicare+Choice plans (see S. 1851), S5042 [5JN]
———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see S. 1394), S1599 [6MR]
———specify the update for physician fee schedule payments and conduct a study on replacing the use of the sustainable growth rate as a factor in such update (see S. 1707), S101 [24JA]
———standardize payment amounts for inpatient hospital services (see S. 885), S1676 [7MR]
Medicare/Medicaid: establish a national abusive and criminal background check system for patient care workers (see S. 1054), S5772 [19JN] (see S. 3091), S10359 [10OC]
———streamline regulatory processes for home health agencies (see S. 1169), S1004 [25FE]
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), S10223 [9OC]
Monuments and memorials: prohibit desecration, provide for repairs, and permit guide signs on Federal highways for veterans' memorials (see S. 1644), S286 [4FE]
Morganza, LA: authorize a project for hurricane and storm damage reduction (see S. 2975), S8918 [19SE]
Museum and Library Services Act: reauthorize (see S. 2611), S5366 [11JN]
National Affordable Housing Trust Fund: establish to provide decent, safe, and affordable housing for low-income families (see S. 1248), S1209 [26FE]
National Airborne Day: designate (see S. Res. 242), S7165 [22JY]
National Better Hearing and Speech Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Con. Res. 103), S3560 [30AP]
National Children's Memorial Day: designate (see S. Res. 109), S287 [4FE]
National Civilian Conservation Corps Day: designate (see S. Res. 207), S1858 [13MR]
National Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 270), S4493 [16MY]
National Donor Day: designate (see S. Res. 210), S853 [14FE]
National Drought Council: establish (see S. 2528), S9846 [2OC]
National Epilepsy Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 322), S8300 [5SE]
National 4-H Youth Development Program Week: designate (see S. Con. Res. 143), S8918 [19SE]
National Fraud Against Senior Citizens Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 281), S5041 [5JN]
National Girl Scout Week: designate (see S. Res. 225), S1732 [11MR]
National Good Neighbor Day: designate (see S. Con. Res. 134), S7901 [1AU]
National Health Center Week: designate (see S. Con. Res. 121), S6500 [9JY]
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), S9715 [1OC]
National Inhalants and Poison Prevention Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 206), S1352 [28FE]
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: authorize development of research centers focusing on environmental factors related to the etiology of breast cancer (see S. 830), S4968 [4JN]
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 Runaway Prevention Month: designate (see S. Res. 339), S10572 [16OC]
National Safe Place Week: designate (see S. Res. 215), S1421 [4MR] (see S. Res. 218), S1676 [7MR]
National Sea Grant College Program Act: reauthorize (see S. 2428), S4282 [13MY]
National Veterans Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 293), S6250 [27JN]
NATO: endorse further enlargement (see S. 1572), S3954 [7MY]
NIH: establish Office of Rare Diseases (see S. 1379), S1252 [27FE]
———provide for Alzheimer's disease research and demonstration grants (see S. 2059), S6649 [11JY]
———uterine fibroid research funding (see S. 2122), S8674 [17SE]
Paul and Sheila Wellstone Center for Community Building, St. Paul, MN: authorize construction grant (see S. 3156), S11079 [14NO]
Pledge of Allegiance: circuit court decision on inclusion of phrase ``under God'' (see S. Res. 292), S6127 [26JN]
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), S3506 [29AP]
Public Health Service Act: establish scholarship and loan repayment programs in veterinarian shortage areas (see S. 1836), S3303 [24AP]
Public housing: reduce crime and fully fund the Public Housing Drug Elimination Program (see S. Con. Res. 52), S11080 [14NO]
Public safety officers: ensure that officers who suffer a fatal heart attack or stroke while on duty shall be presumed to have died in the line of duty for purposes of survivor benefits (see S. 3114), S10844 [12NO]
Public welfare programs: exclude child care from the determining limits on assistance under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see S. 2070), S5697 [18JN]
Pueblo (U.S.S.): demand return to U.S. by Democratic People's Republic of Korea (see S. Res. 246), S3166 [23AP]
Put the Brakes on Fatalities Day: designate (see S. Res. 266), S6868 [16JY]
Read Across America Day: designate (see S. Res. 211), S1252 [27FE]
Rural areas: authorize loan guarantees for health facilities to buy new, and repair existing, infrastructure and technology (see S. 2046), S3014 [22AP]
———reward the hard work and risk of individuals who live in and help preserve small, rural towns (see S. 1860), S11575 [19NO]
Saudi Arabia: urge end to financial assistance to suicide bombers and their families and support of terrorism in any way (see S. Res. 258), S6500 [9JY]
SBA: establish a pilot program to provide regulatory compliance assistance to small businesses (see S. 2483), S4064 [8MY]
———establish position of Small and Disadvantaged Business Ombudsman for Procurement (see S. 2753), S7309 [24JY]
———make nonprofit child care businesses eligible for certain loans (see S. 2891), S7900 [1AU]
Science: authorize appropriations for nanoscience, nanoengineering, and nanotechnology research (see S. 2945), S8673 [17SE]
———prohibit the cloning of humans (see S. 1899), S349 [5FE]
Senate Rules: eliminate secret Senate holds (see S. Res. 244), S4536 [17MY]
———prohibit employment discrimination based on sexual orientation (see S. Res. 294), S6250 [27JN]
Senior citizens: modify the eligibility criteria for supplemental foods provided under the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (see S. 2108), S5286 [10JN]
Small business: improve calculation of the Federal subsidy rate with respect to certain small business loans (see S. 3172), S11214 [15NO]
———provide emergency assistance to non-farm small business concerns that have suffered economic harm from the effects of drought (see S. 2734), S6867 [16JY]
Small Business Act: modify contract consolidation requirements (see S. 2466), S7309 [24JY]
Social Security: improve coverage of certain pregnant women, infants, and children under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (see S. 1016), S5041 [5JN]
———permit qualifying States to use unspent State Children's Health Insurance Program allotments to expand health coverage under that program or for Medicaid expenditures (see S. 2819), S7903 [1AU]
———permit States the option of coverage of legal immigrants under the Medicaid Program and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see S. 582), S5772 [19JN]
———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see S. 1523), S1004 [25FE]
Stewart, Milton D.: tribute (see S. Res. 216), S1536 [5MR]
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), S3561 [30AP]
Tariff: modify drawback claims provisions (see S. 2120), S2632 [12AP]
———simplify and clarify certain drawback provisions (see S. 2121), S2632 [12AP]
Taxation: allow Federal civilian and military retirees to pay health insurance premiums on a pretax basis and allow a deduction for TRICARE supplemental premiums (see S. 1022), S286 [4FE]
———exclude from gross income loan payments received under the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program (see S. 2654), S5851 [20JN]
———improve tax equity for military personnel (see S. 2816), S7469 [29JY]
———increase deduction for teacher classroom supplies and expand to include qualified professional development expenses (see S. 2662), S5851 [20JN]
———provide that no organization providing support to terrorists shall be qualified for tax-exempt status (see S. 3081), S11080 [14NO]
———treat certain motor vehicle dealer transitional assistance as an involuntary conversion (see S. 2726), S9595 [30SE]
———treatment of certain overseas pay of members of the Armed Forces (see S. 2213), S3901 [6MY]
———treatment of damages and back pay received on account of, and expenses incurred in asserting any claim of employment discrimination (see S. 917), S1857 [13MR]
Terrorism: condemn the involvement of women in suicide bombings (see S. Res. 229), S2183 [20MR]
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), S286 [4FE]
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: provide highway infrastructure investment at the guaranteed funding level (see S. 1917), S1209 [26FE]
U.S. Military Academy: bicentennial (see S.J. Res. 32), S1004 [25FE]
Unemployment: 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), S1705 [8MR]
———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see S. 2051), S2260 [21MR]
———provide that remarriage of the surviving spouse of a veteran after a certain age will not result in termination of dependency and indemnity compensation (see S. 2602), S7165 [22JY]
Weapons: promote enhanced non-proliferation cooperation between the U.S. and Russia (see S. 2545), S4702 [22MY]
Wellstone, Paul D.: tribute (see S. Res. 354), S10800 [28OC]
Women: constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see S.J. Res. 10), S5043 [5JN]
———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]
———expand research for women in trauma (see S. 2559), S6809 [15JY]
———improve treatment for mental health and substance abuse needs of women with histories of trauma, including domestic and sexual violence (see S. 2204), S6809 [15JY]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Acadians: issue postage stamp in commemoration of anniversary of arrival in the U.S. (see S. Res. 303), S6707 [12JY]
Ambrose, Stephen E.: tribute (see S. Res. 342), S10571 [16OC]
American Battle Monuments Commission: establish a memorial to the Buffalo Soldiers in Louisiana (see S. 1988), S1536 [5MR]
Armed Forces: combat zone tax exclusions for bomber support crews on the island of Diego Garcia (see S. 2806), S7430 [26JY]
———provide pay protection for members of the Reserve and National Guard (see S. 3088), S10223 [9OC]
———require colleges and universities to preserve educational status and financial aid of military personnel called to active duty (see S. 2993), S9116 [24SE]
———require quadrennial review of quality of life (see S. 2436), S3625 [1MY]
———revise age and service requirements for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service (see S. 2751), S7033 [18JY]
Atchafalaya National Heritage Area: establish (see S. 2899), S8092 [3SE]
Canada: condolences relative to military personnel killed by U.S. friendly fire while participating in military training exercises in Afghanistan (see S. Res. 250), S3165 [23AP]
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: authorize grants for mosquito control programs to prevent mosquito-borne diseases (see S. 2935), S8618 [13SE]
Children and youth: 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), S9983 [4OC]
Colleges and universities: preservation and restoration of historic buildings at historically Black colleges or universities (see S. 3002), S9229 [25SE]
Consumers: require disclosure of terms of rental-purchase agreements (see S. 2947), S8673 [17SE]
CPSC: promulgate a product safety standard that requires certain manufacturers to establish and maintain a system for providing notification of recalls to consumers (see S. 2843), S7899 [1AU]
Crime: make video voyeurism a Federal crime and protect minors using the Internet from exposure to harmful material (see S. 2137), S2723 [16AP]
Dept. of Defense: promote the creation of military charter schools in partnership with local public school systems (see S. 3169), S11079 [14NO]
District of Columbia: make technical and conforming changes to local legislation on the establishment of an Office of the Chief Financial Officer and subordinate offices (see S. 2316), S3435 [25AP]
———making appropriations (see S. 2809), S7430 [26JY]
Dyspraxia: increase public awareness (see S. Con. Res. 116), S4703 [22MY]
Education: provide student loan borrowers with a choice of lender for loan consolidation (see S. 2650), S5851 [20JN]
Housing: provide affordable housing for families that are headed by grandparents and other relatives of children (see S. 2592), S5041 [5JN]
Louisiana Purchase: issue postage stamp in commemoration of bicentennial (see S. Res. 289), S5956 [24JN]
Louisiana State University: tribute to men's outdoor track and field team (see S. Res. 298), S6319 [28JN]
Religion: constitutional amendment relative to the reference to God in the Pledge of Allegiance and on U.S. currency (see S.J. Res. 39), S6127 [26JN]
Taxation: allow businesses to qualify as renewal community businesses if such businesses employ residents of certain other renewal communities (see S. 2837), S7899 [1AU] (see S. 3176), S11574 [19NO]
———clarify the treatment of Dept. of Defense dependent care assistance programs for Armed Forces members (see S. 2807), S7430 [26JY]
Telecommunications: facilitate the deployment of wireless telecommunications networks to further the availability of the Emergency Alert System (see S. 2922), S8456 [10SE]
Weapons: promote enhanced non-proliferation cooperation between the U.S. and Russia (see S. 2478), S4064 [8MY]
Cloture motions
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (S.J. Res. 45), motion to proceed, S9774 [1OC], S9894 [3OC]
Committee on Appropriations (Senate): encourage the reporting of fiscally responsible, bipartisan appropriations legislation (S. Res. 304), motion to proceed, S10398 [10OC]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2514), S6001 [25JN], S6182 [27JN]
Dept. of Energy: enhance national laboratory mission areas through technology transfer and partnerships (S. 517), S2936 [18AP], S3121 [23AP]
Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (H.R. 5005), S8652 [17SE], S8889 [19SE], S9026 [23SE], S9186, S9207 [25SE], S9401, S9408 [26SE], S10856 [13NO]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5093), S9019 [23SE], S9185 [25SE]
Essays
What I Would Do if I Were a U.S. Senator: Annie Ballard, S3432
———Ashley Bageant, S3432
———Kathleen Warner, S3432
Factsheets
EIA Study—National Renewable Energy Standard of 20% Is Easily Affordable: Union of Concerned Scientists, S2167 [20MR]
Letters
Emergency Communications and Competition Act: Chris Murray and Gene Kimmelman, Consumers Union, S8465 [10SE]
———Kermit W. Richardson, National Grange (organization), S8465 [10SE]
———Nancie G. Marzulla, Marzulla & Marzulla (law firm), S8467 [10SE]
———Raul Yzaguirre, National Council of La Raza, S8466 [10SE]
———Romes Antoine, Avoyel-Taensa Tribe/Nation of Louisiana, S8467 [10SE]
———Wade J. Henderson, Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, S8466 [10SE]
———Wilma Mankiller, S8467 [10SE]
Motions
Andean Trade Preference Act: extend and expand (H.R. 3009), S4797 [23MY]
Pledge of Allegiance
Senate, S1137 [26FE], S1737 [12MR], S5969 [25JN]
Poems
``American Pride,'' James D. Hughes, S8916
Privilege of the floor
Haverstock, Cathy, S6275 [27JN]
Naraine, Neil, S2188 [20MR]
Remarks
Africk, Lance M.: nomination to be district judge, S2760 [17AP]
Agriculture: continue certain programs (S. 1731), S455 [7FE]
Ambrose, Stephen E.: tribute (S. Res. 342), S10549 [16OC]
American Battle Monuments Commission: establish a memorial to the Buffalo Soldiers in Louisiana (S. 1988), S1541 [5MR]
Andean Trade Preference Act: extend and expand (H.R. 3009), S4754, S4797 [23MY]
Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks (H.R. 4775), S5022 [5JN], S5173, S5174, S5183, S5185 [6JN]
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: oil and gas exploration, S2397 [9AP], S2606 [12AP], S2794 [17AP]
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (S.J. Res. 45), S10329 [10OC]
———authorize use against Iraq (S.J. Res. 46), S9834 [2OC]
———combat zone tax exclusions for bomber support crews on the island of Diego Garcia (S. 2806), S7432 [26JY]
———provide pay protection for members of the Reserve and National Guard (S. 3088), S10548
———require colleges and universities to preserve educational status and financial aid of military personnel called to active duty (S. 2993), S9118 [24SE]
Army: Field Pack-Up Program funding, S7802 [1AU]
———Food Nutrition Program funding, S7802 [1AU]
Atchafalaya National Heritage Area: establish (S. 2899), S8096-S8098 [3SE]
Barksdale AFB, LA: 8th Air Force headquarters rebuilding funding, S5185 [6JN]
Birds: provide financial resources for the conservation programs of countries whose activities directly or indirectly affect cranes (S. 2847), S9226 [25SE]
Boggs, Lindy: tribute (H. Con. Res. 439), S7321 [24JY]
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), S6699 [12JY]
California: provide companies with oil, gas, and mineral leases, on the Outer Continental Shelf, with credits of equal value for energy production in the Gulf of Mexico (S. 1952), S896
Canada: condolences relative to military personnel killed by U.S. friendly fire while participating in military training exercises in Afghanistan (S. Res. 250), S3225 [23AP]
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: authorize grants for mosquito control programs to prevent mosquito-borne diseases (H.R. 4793), S9681 [1OC]
———authorize grants for mosquito control programs to prevent mosquito-borne diseases (S. 2935), S8620 [13SE]
Chen Wu Sue-jen: visit to U.S., S9225 [25SE]
Children and youth: establish or expand and operate programs using a network of public and private community entities to provide mentoring for children in foster care (S. 3057), S9985 [4OC]
Colleges and universities: preservation and restoration of historic buildings at historically Black colleges or universities (S. 3002), S9233 [25SE]
Commission on Voting Rights and Procedures: establish (S. 565), S1227 [27FE]
CPSC: promulgate a product safety standard that requires certain manufacturers to establish and maintain a system for providing notification of recalls to consumers (S. 2843), S7910 [1AU]
Crime: make video voyeurism a Federal crime and protect minors using the Internet from exposure to harmful material (S. 2137), S2729
Dept. of Agriculture: strengthen limitations on commodity payments and benefits and use resulting savings to improve certain programs, S455 [7FE]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4546), S10547 [16OC]
———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2514), S5754 [19JN], S5834 [20JN], S5931 [24JN], S6003, S6008 [25JN], S6099 [26JN], S6187, S6189, S6193 [27JN]
———clothing regulations imposed on female personnel stationed in Saudi Arabia, S5931 [24JN]
———designate Louisiana Highway 28 as a Defense Access Road to the Joint Readiness Training Center at Fort Polk, LA, S5834 [20JN]
———digital satellite radio technology funding, S7804 [1AU]
———establish partnerships between the military and local school districts to enhance the quality of education available to military dependents, S6193 [27JN]
———historically black colleges and universities defense research projects funding, S7804 [1AU]
———making appropriations (H.R. 5010), S7801, S7802, S7804 [1AU]
———Navy airborne radar technology funding, S6099 [26JN]
———Picket Fence Initiative funding, S7802 [1AU]
———preservation of blood products, human organs, and other wound-repairing tissues research funding, S6008 [25JN]
———promote the creation of military charter schools in partnership with local public school systems (S. 3169), S11085 [14NO]
Dept. of Energy: enhance national laboratory mission areas through technology transfer and partnerships (S. 517), S1655 [7MR], S1843, S1845 [13MR], S1885, S1889 [14MR], S2162, S2167, S2168 [20MR], S2223, S2224 [21MR], S2396, S2397 [9AP], S2463 [10AP], S2606-S2608 [12AP], S2716, S2717 [16AP], S2794 [17AP], S2903 [18AP], S3284, S3285 [24AP]
———Nuclear Power 2010 Program funding, S1843, S1845 [13MR]
Dept. of HHS: State developmental disabilities councils funding, S5183 [6JN]
Dept. of Justice: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2215), conference report, S9681 [1OC]
———waive Federal-local funding match requirements for COPS interoperable communication funds, S5022 [5JN]
District of Columbia: make technical and conforming changes to local legislation on the establishment of an Office of the Chief Financial Officer and subordinate offices (S. 2316), S3439
Education: provide student loan borrowers with a choice of lender for loan consolidation (S. 2650), S5852 [20JN]
Electric power: establish State renewable electric energy generation standards, S2162, S2167, S2168 [20MR]
Floods: disaster assistance to Louisiana, S9561-S9563 [30SE], S9834 [2OC]
Foreign trade: provide trade adjustment assistance to certain maritime workers, S4754-S4756, S4797 [23MY]
Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 2042), S2321
Housing: provide affordable housing for families that are headed by grandparents and other relatives of children (S. 2592), S5054 [5JN]
Insurance: ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism (S. 2600), S5659 [18JN]
LIHEAP: funding, S2716, S2717 [16AP]
Louisiana: flood control projects funding, S9561-S9563 [30SE], S9834 [2OC]
———impact of floods, S9561-S9563 [30SE]
Marine Corps: tribute to Bravo Company, First Batallion, Twenty-Third Marines, for service at the U.S. Naval Base, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, S1199 [26FE]
Melloy, Michael J.: nomination to be circuit judge, S583 [11FE]
National security: national missile defense system, S6003 [25JN]
Navy: Configuration Management Information System funding, S7801 [1AU]
———shipbuilding funding, S5834 [20JN], S6187, S6189 [27JN]
Petroleum: dependence on foreign sources, S2396, S2397 [9AP], S2606 [12AP]
Pledge of Allegiance: circuit court decision on inclusion of phrase ``under God'' (S. Res. 292), S6107 [26JN]
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2356), S2161 [20MR]
Power resources: Federal compensation for coastal States impacted by the production of energy, S1888, S1889 [14MR], S2607 [12AP]
———increase transfer capability of electric energy transmission systems through participant-funded investment, S2224 [21MR], S2607 [12AP], S3284, S3285 [24AP]
———national energy policy, S1655 [7MR], S1843, S1845 [13MR], S1885, S1889 [14MR], S2162, S2167, S2168 [20MR], S2223, S2224 [21MR], S2396, S2397 [9AP], S2463 [10AP], S2606-S2608 [12AP], S2716, S2717 [16AP], S2794 [17AP], S2903 [18AP], S3284, S3285 [24AP]
———promote Energy Star Program to small businesses, S2463 [10AP], S2903 [18AP]
Religion: constitutional amendment relative to the reference to God in the Pledge of Allegiance and on U.S. currency (S.J. Res. 39), S6107 [26JN]
Science: provide for a moratorium on the cloning of humans, S5659, S5662 [18JN]
Social Security: allow coverage of pregnancy-related assistance for targeted low-income pregnant women under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (S. 724), unanimous-consent request, S10061 [8OC]
States: submission of energy self-sufficiency plans, S1885, S1889 [14MR]
Take Our Daughters to Work Day: observance, S3427
Taxation: allow businesses to qualify as renewal community businesses if such businesses employ residents of certain other renewal communities (S. 2837), S7904 [1AU]
———allow businesses to qualify as renewal community businesses if such businesses employ residents of certain other renewal communities (S. 3176), S11579 [19NO]
———clarify the treatment of Dept. of Defense dependent care assistance programs for Armed Forces members, S9978 [4OC]
———clarify the treatment of Dept. of Defense dependent care assistance programs for Armed Forces members (S. 2807), S7432 [26JY]
———improve tax equity for military personnel, S9978 [4OC]
———provide incentives for economic recovery, S197 [29JA]
———treatment of adoption expenses (H.R. 622), S197 [29JA]
———treatment of the sale of a principal residence, and death gratuity payments, by a member of the uniformed services (H.R. 5063), S9978 [4OC]
Telecommunications: facilitate the deployment of wireless telecommunications networks to further the availability of the Emergency Alert System (S. 2922), S8463 [10SE]
Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks, S8499 [11SE], S8916
———improve the ability of the U.S. to prepare for and respond to a biological threat or attack (H.R. 3448), conference report, S4785 [23MY]
Theodore Roosevelt (U.S.S): tribute to holiday banner signed by U.S. citizens and sent to the crew in appreciation for their service, S1199 [26FE]
Trade Act: amend to consolidate and improve trade adjustment assistance programs and provide community-based economic development assistance for trade-affected communities, S4754, S4797 [23MY]
Unemployment: provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program, S197 [29JA]
Veterans: permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits, S5754 [19JN], S10547 [16OC]
Voting: permit the use of a signature, or personal mark, to verify the identity of voters who register by mail, S1227 [27FE]
———protect voting rights (S. 565), S1227 [27FE]
Weapons: promote enhanced non-proliferation cooperation between the U.S. and Russia (S. 2478), S4069 [8MY]
Zainey, Jay C.: nomination to be district judge, S583 [11FE]
Remarks in Senate relative to
Tribute, S5759 [19JN]
Reports filed
District of Columbia Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 2809) (S. Rept. 107-225), S7430 [26JY]
Tables
State energy production and consumption, S1888 [14MR]
Texts of
S. 2478, Nuclear and Terrorism Threat Reduction Act, S4070 [8MY]
S. 2843, Product Safety Notification and Recall Effectiveness Act, S7910 [1AU]
S. 2899, Atchafalaya National Heritage Area Act, S8098 [3SE]
S. 2922, Emergency Communications and Competition Act, S8464 [10SE]
S. 2935, Mosquito Abatement for Safety and Health Act, S8620 [13SE]
Tributes
Breaux, Senator, S10548 [16OC]
Clouatre, Roger C., S7737 [31JY]
Downer, Hunt, S9900
Feldman, Larry, Jr., S5952
Helms, Senator, S9801 [2OC]
Hughes, James D., S8916
Keck, Thomas J., S4384