NELSON, BEN (a Senator from Nebraska)
Amendments
Agriculture: continue certain programs (S. 1731), S498 [7FE]
Andean Trade Preference Act: extend and expand (H.R. 3009), S4287 [13MY], S4540 [17MY]
Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 124), S11216 [15NO]
———making supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks (H.R. 4775), S5070 [5JN], S5162 [6JN]
Commission on Voting Rights and Procedures: establish (S. 565), S876 [14FE], S988 [25FE]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2514), S5872 [20JN], S6178 [27JN]
Dept. of Energy: enhance national laboratory mission areas through technology transfer and partnerships (S. 517), S2292 [21MR], S2856 [17AP], S3066 [22AP], S3251, S3322 [24AP], S3396 [25AP]
Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (H.R. 5005), S8771, S8772 [18SE], S9272, S9303 [25SE], S10948 [13NO]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5093), S8145, S8222 [4SE]
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals (S. 812), S7284, S7316 [24JY]
Insurance: ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism (S. 2600), S5546 [13JN]
Taxation: treatment of adoption expenses (H.R. 622), S104 [24JA], S212 [29JA], S361, S379 [5FE]
Voting: protect voting rights (S. 565), S876 [14FE], S988 [25FE]
Appointments
Acting President pro tempore, S193 [29JA], S1553 [6MR], S1715 [11MR], S2095 [20MR], S2637 [15AP], S3515 [30AP], S4577 [21MY], S7243 [24JY], S8141 [4SE], S9561 [30SE], S10603 [17OC]
Conferee: H.R. 4546, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction, S6225 [27JN], S7398 [26JY]
Articles and editorials
States' Budgetary Shortfalls Deepen, Judith Graham, Chicago (IL) Tribune, S7331 [25JY]
Why We Can't Drill Our Way to Energy Independence, William R. Freudenburg, Washington (DC) Post, S3411 [25AP]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Agriculture: provide emergency agriculture assistance (see S. 2800), S7580 [30JY]
Armed Forces: provide for a Korea Defense Service Medal to be issued to members who participated in Korea after the Korean War (see S. 999), S3505 [29AP]
———reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service (see S. 2250), S5206 [6JN]
Chicago, IL: expand aviation capacity (see S. 1786), S488 [7FE] (see S. 2039), S2183 [20MR]
Colombia: elections (see S. Res. 283), S5454 [12JN]
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]
Dept. of Defense: specify additional selection criteria for upcoming rounds of military base closures and realignments (see S. 2509), S5852 [20JN]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: standardize copayment exemption levels for outpatient medications (see S. 1408), S3436 [25AP]
Diseases: combat cancer (see S. 1976), S1351 [28FE]
Family History Month: designate (see S. Res. 330), S8981 [20SE]
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), S7034 [18JY]
Firearms: protect manufacturers and sellers in the firearms and ammunition industry from restrictions on interstate or foreign commerce (see S. 2268), S7579 [30JY]
Food: recognize significance of bread in American history, culture, and daily diet (see S. Con. Res. 148), S9426 [26SE]
Health: prohibit health insurance and employment discrimination on the basis of genetic information (see S. 1995), S1974 [15MR]
International Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies: anniversary (see S. Con. Res. 136), S10118 [8OC]
Law enforcement: improve security at U.S. borders (see S. 1749), S853 [14FE]
———prevent and punish counterfeiting and copyright piracy of intellectual property (see S. 2395), S3559 [30AP]
Law enforcement officers: exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see S. 2480), S7579 [30JY]
Medicaid: increase Federal Medical Assistance Percentage to States (see S. 2110), S2577 [11AP] (see S. 2570), S4839 [23MY]
———State funding for disproportionate share hospitals (see S. 776), S11574 [19NO]
Medicare: coverage of oral anticancer drugs (see S. 913), S10223 [9OC]
———enhance beneficiary access to quality health care services (see S. 3018), S10888 [13NO]
———ensure the quality of, and access to, skilled nursing facility services (see S. 2490), S6251 [27JN]
———establish a subvention demonstration project for veterans (see S. 2233), S3506 [29AP]
———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see S. 1394), S8754 [18SE]
National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: establish (see S. 1867), S8385 [9SE]
National Crazy Horse Day: designate (see S. Res. 224), S1705 [8MR]
National Farmers Union: anniversary (see S. Res. 324), S8384 [9SE]
National 4-H Youth Development Program Week: designate (see S. Con. Res. 143), S8918 [19SE]
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), S7744 [31JY]
National Mammography Day: designate (see S. Res. 326), S8565 [12SE]
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]
Power resources: provide regulatory oversight over energy and metals trading markets (see S. 2724), S6649 [11JY]
Public welfare programs: reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see S. 2524), S4387 [15MY]
Railroads: establish a national rail passenger transportation system and reauthorize and improve service and security on Amtrak (see S. 1991), S2632 [12AP]
Saudi Arabia: urge end to financial assistance to suicide bombers and their families and support of terrorism in any way (see S. Res. 258), S3625 [1MY]
Senior citizens: promote elder justice (see S. 2933), S8565 [12SE]
———promote elder justice, cosponsorship withdrawn (see S. 2933), S9902 [3OC]
Social Security: computation system for benefits relative to spouses' or surviving spouses' Government pensions (see S. 611), S5956 [24JN]
———restrict application of windfall elimination provisions to certain individuals (see S. 2521), S5852 [20JN]
States: identify certain routes as part of the Heartland Expressway High Priority Corridor (see S. 2979), S8918 [19SE]
Taxation: allow distilled spirits wholesalers a credit for their cost of carrying Federal excise taxes prior to the sale of the product bearing the tax (see S. 2047), S7104 [19JY]
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: provide highway infrastructure investment at the guaranteed funding level (see S. 1917), S1422 [4MR]
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), S5206 [6JN]
———improve procedures for the determination of the inability of veterans to defray expenses of necessary medical care (see S. 2741), S6947 [17JY]
———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), S7431 [26JY]
Wellstone, Paul D.: tribute (see S. Res. 354), S10800 [28OC]
White House Commission on National Military Appreciation Month: establish (see S. 1785), S7470 [29JY]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Agriculture: provide emergency agriculture assistance (see S. 3160), S11079 [14NO]
Cloture motions
Andean Trade Preference Act: extend and expand (H.R. 3009), S4558 [20MY], S4668 [22MY]
———extend and expand (H.R. 3009), motion to proceed, S3457 [25AP], S3495 [29AP]
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (S.J. Res. 45), motion to proceed, S9774 [1OC], S9894 [3OC]
Crime: provide Federal assistance to States and local jurisdictions to prosecute hate crimes (S. 625), S5246 [7JN], S5335 [11JN]
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), S2714 [16AP], S2890 [18AP]
Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (H.R. 5005), S9207 [25SE], S9408, S9409 [26SE], S9676 [1OC], S10856, S10875 [13NO], S11169 [15NO], S11373 [19NO]
Dept. of Justice: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2215), conference report, S9697 [1OC], S9870 [3OC]
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals (S. 812), S7299 [24JY]
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2356), S2002 [18MR], S2111 [20MR]
———ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2356), motion to proceed, S1840 [13MR]
Letters
Dept. of Homeland Security management flexibility: Tom Ridge, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security, S9390 [26SE]
Medicaid reimbursements to States: Paul E. Patton, Governor of Kentucky and Dirk Kempthorne, Governor of Idaho, National Governors Association, S7296 [24JY]
Motions
Dept. of Energy: enhance national laboratory mission areas through technology transfer and partnerships (S. 517), S3255 [24AP]
Pledge of Allegiance
House of Representatives, S7243 [24JY]
Senate, S193 [29JA], S1553 [6MR], S1715 [11MR], S2095 [20MR], S2637 [15AP], S3515 [30AP], S4577 [21MY], S8141 [4SE], S9561 [30SE], S10603 [17OC]
Privilege of the floor
Holmberg, Bill, S1867 [13MR]
Remarks
Agriculture: continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), conference report, S4012 [8MY]
———continue certain programs (S. 1731), S688 [13FE]
———provide emergency agriculture assistance, S7244 [24JY], S8150 [4SE], S8396 [10SE]
———provide emergency agriculture assistance (S. 3099), S11379, S11380 [19NO]
Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks (H.R. 4775), S5111, S5112, S5113 [6JN]
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (S.J. Res. 45), S10027 [7OC]
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), S6861 [16JY]
Dept. of Energy: enhance national laboratory mission areas through technology transfer and partnerships (S. 517), S1805, S1807, S1808, S1814, S1815 [13MR], S2558, S2559 [11AP], S2908 [18AP], S3112, S3124 [23AP], S3253, S3255 [24AP], S3354, S3410 [25AP]
Dept. of Homeland Security: ensure management flexibility, S9200, S9209 [25SE], S9374, S9390 [26SE], S9587-S9589 [30SE]
———establish (H.R. 5005), S9200, S9209 [25SE], S9374, S9377, S9385, S9390, S9404 [26SE], S9587-S9589 [30SE]
———require employee representation in planning, development, and implementation of any human resources management system, S9200, S9209 [25SE], S9374, S9377, S9385, S9390 [26SE]
———rights of union employees transferring into department, S9200, S9209 [25SE], S9390, S9404 [26SE], S9587-S9589 [30SE]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5093), S8396 [10SE]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish a national cemetery for veterans in the Jacksonville, FL, metropolitan area (S. 2069), S2328 [22MR]
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals (S. 812), S7287, S7295, S7296, S7298 [24JY], S7329, S7330, S7334 [25JY]
FERC: hydroelectric power projects licensing reform, S3253, S3255 [24AP]
Food industry: anniversary of Kool-Aid drink mix, S5953
Holmberg, William C.: Dept. of Energy Biomass Energy Program Distinguished Service Award recipient, S9980
Insurance: ability of group life insurance providers to obtain reinsurance relative to coverage for risks from terrorism, S5527 [13JN]
———ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism (H.R. 3210), conference report, S11400 [19NO]
———ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism (S. 2600), S5499, S5527 [13JN]
———restrict rate increases for terrorism risks, S5499 [13JN]
Medicaid: increase Federal Medical Assistance Percentage to States, S5111, S5112, S5113 [6JN], S7287, S7295, S7296, S7298 [24JY], S7329, S7330, S7334 [25JY]
———increase Federal Medical Assistance Percentage to States (S. 2110), S2583 [11AP]
———increase Federal Medical Assistance Percentage to States (S. 2570), S4864 [23MY]
Medicare: coverage of outpatient prescription drugs, S10545 [16OC]
———enhance beneficiary access to quality health care services (S. 3018), S10545 [16OC], S10884
Motor vehicles: EPA treatment of State petitions to waive renewable fuel content requirements, S2558, S2559 [11AP]
———establish Federal renewable fuels standards, S1805, S1808, S1814, S1815 [13MR]
———renewable fuel content requirements, S2908 [18AP], S3112, S3124 [23AP], S3354, S3410 [25AP]
Nebraska: Order of the Silver Rose recipients, S8505 [11SE]
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2356), S2151 [20MR]
Power resources: national energy policy, S1805, S1807, S1808, S1814, S1815 [13MR], S2558, S2559 [11AP], S2908 [18AP], S3112, S3124 [23AP], S3253, S3255 [24AP], S3354, S3410 [25AP]
Taxation: provide incentives for economic recovery, S220 [29JA]
———treatment of adoption expenses (H.R. 622), S220 [29JA]
Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks, S8502 [11SE]
University of Nebraska: tribute to baseball team, S5951
Texts of
S. 2069, establish a national cemetery for veterans in the Jacksonville, FL, metropolitan area, S2329 [22MR]
Tributes
Albertson, William E., S4060
Johnson, Loral, S2409
Svitak, Philip J., S1671 [7MR]
Wellstone, Paul D., S10853 [13NO]