REID, HARRY (a Senator from Nevada)

Amendments

Agriculture: continue certain programs (S. 1731), S533, S558, S567 [8FE], S608 [12FE]

Andean Trade Preference Act: extend and expand (H.R. 3009), S4504 [16MY], S4552 [20MY], S4625 [21MY]

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks (H.R. 4775), S4947, S4975 [4JN], S4996, S4997, S5063, S5070, S5079, S5103 [5JN]

Commission on Voting Rights and Procedures: establish (S. 565), S865, S869 [14FE], S994 [25FE], S1142 [26FE], S1373, S1375 [28FE]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2514), S5715 [18JN], S5746, S5783 [19JN], S5872 [20JN], S6077, S6088, S6138, S6155, S6156, S6158, S6162, S6164 [26JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 5010), S7689, S7751, S7755 [31JY]

Dept. of Energy: enhance national laboratory mission areas through technology transfer and partnerships (S. 517), S1615 [6MR], S1626, S1683 [7MR], S2370, S2371 [8AP], S2390 [9AP], S2893, S2901, S2952, S2978, S2980 [18AP], S3066 [22AP], S3148, S3185 [23AP], S3260, S3321 [24AP], S3361 [25AP]

Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (H.R. 5005), S8186, S8225, S8227 [4SE], S8386 [9SE], S8770, S8785 [18SE], S9105 [24SE], S9545 [26SE], S9772 [1OC], S11097 [14NO]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5093), S8144, S8145, S8221, S8222 [4SE], S8419, S8471 [10SE]

Taxation: treatment of adoption expenses (H.R. 622), S104, S105 [24JA], S212 [29JA], S263, S280, S289, S293 [4FE], S361, S377, S379 [5FE]

Voting: protect voting rights (S. 565), S865, S869 [14FE], S994 [25FE], S1142 [26FE], S1373, S1375 [28FE]

Appointments

Acting President pro tempore, S879 [15FE], S4245 [13MY], S5261 [10JN], S5721 [19JN], S10401 [15OC]

Committee To Escort the President, H98 [29JA]

Conferee: H.R. 4, Energy Policy Act, S3789 [1MY]

———H.R. 4775, supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks, S5194 [6JN]

———H.R. 5010, Dept. of Defense appropriations, S7807 [1AU]

Global Climate Change Observer Group, S7613 [30JY]

John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, S1376 [28FE]

Articles and editorials

Byrd, at 85, Fills the Forum With Romans and Wrath, John Tierney, New York (NY) Times, S11682 [20NO]

Felons and Voting Rights, Las Vegas (NV) Review-Journal, S802 [14FE]

Vote for Fairness—Disenfranchising Ex-Felons Was Unnecessary, Philadelphia (PA) Inquirer, S801 [14FE]

Voting Rights Too Long Denied, York (PA) Daily Record, S801 [14FE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: provide emergency agriculture assistance (see S. 2800), S7580 [30JY]

Alfonse M. D'Amato U.S. Courthouse, Central Islip, NY: designate (see S. 2495), S4145 [9MY]

Ambrose, Stephen E.: tribute (see S. Res. 342), S10571 [16OC]

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), S3626 [1MY]

Aviation: improve security (see S. 2949), S9033 [23SE]

———prohibit the unauthorized circumvention of airport security systems and procedures (see S. 1794), S6868 [16JY]

———recognize heroism and courage of airline flight attendants (see S. Con. Res. 110), S4281 [13MY]

Cannon, Howard W.: tribute (see S. Res. 217), S1599 [6MR]

Chicago, IL: expand aviation capacity (see S. 2039), S2262 [21MR]

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Awareness Month: designate (see S. Con. Res. 129), S8619 [13SE]

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), S6868 [16JY]

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: establish at least one Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team in each State (see S. 2908), S8300 [5SE]

Dept. of National Homeland Security: establish (see S. 2452), S3955 [7MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: provide guaranteed adequate level of funding for veterans health care (see S. 2903), S10888 [13NO]

———standardize copayment exemption levels for outpatient medications (see S. 1408), S2413 [9AP]

Diseases: combat cancer (see S. 1976), S1351 [28FE]

———improve quality of care for cancer patients (see S. 2965), S8754 [18SE]

Elections: constitutional amendment to regulate campaign expenditures and contribution limits (see S.J. Res. 33), S1421 [4MR]

Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act: provide benefits to Dept. of Energy contractors exposed to toxic substances, expand coverage to certain individuals, and reform claimant assistance (see S. 3058), S9983 [4OC]

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]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: amend relative to new animal drugs (see S. 1346), S2413 [9AP]

Feed America Thursday: designate (see S. Res. 341), S10443 [15OC]

Firearms: improve the national instant criminal background check system (see S. 2826), S9902 [3OC]

Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: designate (see S. Res. 214), S1421 [4MR]

Health: support research to more fully develop the field of health promotion and disease prevention and develop strategies to integrate health and lifestyle improvement programs into national policy (see S. Con. Res. 11), S8385 [9SE]

Height, Dorothy I.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 2569), S9984 [4OC]

Insurance: coverage of colorectal cancer screening (see S. 710), S2675 [15AP]

———ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism (see S. 2600), S5256 [7JN]

Law enforcement officers: exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see S. 2480), S8919 [19SE]

Medicare: consolidate and restate Federal laws relative to social health maintenance organization projects, make such projects permanent, and require a study on ways to expand such projects (see S. 2782), S7308 [24JY]

———coverage of additional hemodialysis treatments for certain patients and increased update in composite rate for dialysis services (see S. 1605), S136 [25JA]

———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (see S. 2625), S5584 [14JN]

———expand medical residency training programs in geriatric medicine and provide for reimbursement of care coordination and assessment services (see S. 2057), S2260 [21MR]

———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see S. 1394), S6127 [26JN]

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), S10678 [17OC]

National Airborne Day: designate (see S. Res. 242), S6809 [15JY]

National Alternative Fuel Vehicle Day: designate (see S. Res. 241), S2675 [15AP]

National Correctional Officers and Employees Week: designate (see S. Res. 255), S3560 [30AP]

National Donor Day: designate (see S. Res. 210), S853 [14FE]

National Epilepsy Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 322), S9033 [23SE]

National Mammography Day: designate (see S. Res. 326), S8565 [12SE]

National Office for Combating Terrorism: establish (see S. 2452), S3955 [7MY]

National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 325), S8565 [12SE]

National Tourism Week: designate (see S. Con. Res. 108), S3953 [7MY]

National Veterans Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 293), S6250 [27JN]

Nobel Prize: recognition of Jimmy Carter for peace (see S. Res. 360), S11574 [19NO]

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]

Public Health Service Act: establish Nationwide Health Tracking Network (see S. 2054), S2260 [21MR]

Railroads: establish a national rail passenger transportation system and reauthorize and improve service and security on Amtrak (see S. 1991), S1599 [6MR]

Rollan D. Melton Post Office Building, Fallon, NV: designate (see S. 2840), S7899 [1AU]

Russia: condition any bilateral trade agreements on the protection of religious freedoms and emigration, within the context of the Jackson-Vanik Amendment (see S. Res. 234), S2485 [10AP]

Science: prohibit the cloning of humans while protecting stem cell research (see S. 1893), S100 [24JA]

Senate Rules: prohibit employment discrimination based on sexual orientation (see S. Res. 294), S6250 [27JN]

Small business: provide emergency assistance to non-farm small business concerns that have suffered economic harm from the effects of drought (see S. 2734), S7227 [23JY]

Social Security: repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see S. 1523), S5286 [10JN]

Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act: ensure coverage of National Guard troops mobilized for support services in the aftermath of terrorist attacks (see S. 1680), S348 [5FE]

Taxation: allow a U.S. independent film and television production wage credit (see S. 1278), S3954 [7MY]

———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), S6573 [10JY]

———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), S5041 [5JN]

———extend financing of the Superfund program by reinstating certain excise taxes (see S. 2596), S9116 [24SE]

———transfer all excise taxes imposed on alcohol fuels to the Highway Trust Fund (see S. 2678), S6013 [25JN]

———treatment of deposits and similar amounts received by a tour operator for a tour arranged by such operator (see S. 1496), S488 [7FE]

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]

Trade Act: amend to consolidate and improve trade adjustment assistance programs and provide community-based economic development assistance for trade-affected communities (see S. 1209), S32 [23JA]

Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: provide highway infrastructure investment at the guaranteed funding level (see S. 1917), S487 [7FE]

Unemployment: provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (see S. 3009), S9426 [26SE]

Veterans: improve benefits for World War II Filipino veterans (see S. 1042), S6808 [15JY]

Wellstone, Paul D.: tribute (see S. Res. 354), S10800 [28OC]

Williams, Ted: tribute (see S. Res. 302), S6575 [10JY]

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

Army: terminate the Crusader artillery system program (see S. 2461), S3900 [6MY]

Clark County, NV: establish wilderness areas, promote conservation, improve public lands, and provide for high quality development (see S. 2612), S5366 [11JN]

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), S8384 [9SE]

Dept. of the Interior: implement final rule to phase out snowmobile use in Yellowstone National Park, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Memorial Parkway, and Grand Teton National Park, and snowplane use in Grand Teton National Park (see S. 2697), S6250 [27JN]

Dept. of the Treasury: authorize purchase of silver on the open market when the silver stockpile is depleted, to be used to mint coins (see S. 2594), S5205 [6JN]

Diseases: expand research on inflammatory bowel disease (see S. 2562), S4839 [23MY]

———increase public awareness of Scleroderma (see S. Con. Res. 126), S6250 [27JN]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (see S. 2784), S7308 [24JY]

Great Basin National Heritage Area: establish (see S. 1939), S732 [13FE]

National Health Corps Loan Repayment Program: count fellowship training in geriatric medicine or psychiatry as obligated service (see S. 1975), S1351 [28FE]

Petroleum: extend certain protections to franchised refiners or distributors of lubricating oil (see S. 2781), S7308 [24JY]

Senate Legal Counsel: authorize representation in Aaron Raiser v. Thomas A. Daschle, et al. (see S. Res. 240), S2675 [15AP]

Tariff: fine animal hair of Kashmir (cashmere) goats (see S. 2456, 2457), S3900 [6MY]

Terrorism: establish a terrorist identification classification system (see S. 2459), S3900 [6MY]

University of Nevada, Las Vegas: land conveyance for a research park and technology center (see S. 2333), S3435 [25AP]

Veterans: permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see S. 2051), S2260 [21MR]

Cloture motions

Andean Trade Preference Act: extend and expand (H.R. 3009), S4519 [17MY], S4558 [20MY], S4590, S4614 [21MY], S4668 [22MY]

———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]

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks (H.R. 4775), S4953 [4JN], S5104 [5JN], S5118 [6JN]

Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (S.J. Res. 45), S10107 [8OC], S10242 [10OC]

———authorize use against Iraq (S.J. Res. 45), motion to proceed, S9774 [1OC], S9894 [3OC]

Business and industry: improve financial reporting and independent audits and accounting services, create a Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, and improve SEC resources and oversight (S. 2673), S6559 [10JY], S6685 [12JY]

Carmona, Richard H.: nomination to be Surgeon General, S7019 [18JY], S7189 [23JY]

Clifton, Richard R.: nomination to be circuit judge, S6964 [17JY], S7016 [18JY]

Commission on Voting Rights and Procedures: establish (S. 565), S1241 [27FE], S1386 [1MR], S1417 [4MR]

Committee on Appropriations (Senate): encourage the reporting of fiscally responsible, bipartisan appropriations legislation (S. Res. 304), motion to proceed, S10398 [10OC]

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), S2352 [8AP], S2429 [10AP], S2714 [16AP], S2890, S2936 [18AP], S3121 [23AP]

Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (H.R. 5005), S8652 [17SE], S8889 [19SE], S9026 [23SE], S9186, S9207 [25SE], S9401, S9408, S9409 [26SE], S9676 [1OC], S10856 [13NO]

———establish (H.R. 5005), motion to proceed, S7766 [31JY], S8036 [3SE]

Dept. of Justice: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2215), conference report, S9697 [1OC], S9870 [3OC]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5093), S8245 [5SE], S8589 [13SE], S8662 [17SE], S9019, S9025 [23SE], S9185 [25SE]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals (S. 812), S7299 [24JY], S7462 [29JY], S7633 [31JY]

———provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals (S. 812), motion to proceed, S6798 [15JY], S6883 [17JY]

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 (H.R. 3210), conference report, S11525 [19NO]

———ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism (S. 2600), S5575 [14JN], S5646 [18JN]

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]

Public debt: ceiling (S. 2578), S5316 [10JN]

Smith, Lavenski R.: nomination to be circuit judge, S6592 [10JY], S6793 [15JY]

Taxation: treatment of adoption expenses (H.R. 622), S272 [4FE], S392 [6FE]

Voting: protect voting rights (S. 565), S1241 [27FE], S1386 [1MR], S1417 [4MR]

Colloquies

Permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits: by, S5751 [19JN]

Letters

Federal voting rights for certain qualified persons who have served their criminal sentences: Melvin D. Miner, Jr., S800 [14FE]

National Park Service snowmobile regulations: Max H. Dodson, EPA, S4055 [8MY]

Promote water conservation on agricultural land: Deb Callahan, League of Conservation Voters, S530 [8FE]

———several environmental and conservation organizations, S530, S531 [8FE]

Public Company Accounting Reform and Investor Protection Act: Dean Heller, Nevada Sec. of State, S6340 [8JY]

Refundable tax credit for recreational travel, and deductions for business meals and entertainment expenses, and travel expenses, of a spouse during business travel: Jonathan Tisch, Travel Business Roundtable (organization), S265 [4FE]

Terrorism Risk Protection Act: several Governors, S3454 [25AP]

Lists

Amendments to S. 565, Equal Protection of Voting Rights Act, S839 [14FE]

Travel Business Roundtable (organization), S265 [4FE]

Memorandums

Continuing Appropriations: Representative C.W. Bill Young, S10558 [16OC]

Effectively Defending Our Homeland at Stake! Republican National Committee, S9398 [26SE]

Messages

Convention on Supplementary Compensation for Nuclear Damage: President Bush, S11223 [15NO]

Double Taxation and Prevention of Fiscal Evasion Treaty With Australia: President Bush, S11057 [14NO]

Double Taxation and Prevention of Fiscal Evasion Treaty With the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: President Bush, S11057 [14NO]

Extradition Treaty With Lithuania: President Bush, S3904 [7MY]

Extradition Treaty With Peru: President Bush, S4083 [8MY]

Inter-American Convention Against Terrorism: President Bush, S10846 [12NO]

Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Treaty With Belize: President Bush, S6811 [15JY]

Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Treaty With India: President Bush, S2373 [8AP]

Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Treaty With Sweden: President Bush, S6810 [15JY]

Partial Revision of Radio Regulations: President Bush, S9649 [30SE]

Protocol Additional to the Agreement Between the U.S. and the International Atomic Energy Agency: President Bush, S4243 [10MY]

Protocol To Amend the Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules Relative to International Carriage by Air: President Bush, S7766 [31JY]

Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants: President Bush, S3904 [7MY]

Treaty With Honduras for Return of Stolen, Robbed, or Embezzled Vehicles and Aircraft: President Bush, S8138 [3SE]

Treaty With Russia on Strategic Offensive Reductions: President Bush, S5878 [20JN]

Motions

Andean Trade Preference Act: extend and expand (H.R. 3009), S3806 [2MY], S4309 [14MY]

———extend and expand (H.R. 3009), conference report, S7551 [30JY]

Clifton, Richard R.: nomination to be circuit judge, S6964 [17JY]

Dept. of Energy: enhance national laboratory mission areas through technology transfer and partnerships (S. 517), S2566 [11AP], S3364 [25AP]

Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (H.R. 5005), S10858 [13NO]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals (S. 812), S7534 [30JY]

Insurance: ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism (S. 2600), S5487, S5499 [13JN]

Senate: request attendance of absent Senators, S4591 [21MY]

Pledge of Allegiance

Senate, S879 [15FE], S1621 [7MR], S2993 [22AP], S4185 [10MY], S4245 [13MY], S5261 [10JN], S5721 [19JN], S8627 [17SE], S9003 [23SE]

Special Joint Meeting of Congress in New York, NY, To Commemorate Anniversary of Terrorist Attacks, H6102 [9SE]

Poems

``Day of Nine-One-One,'' Ira Somers, S5628 [17JN]

``Post Nine-One-One,'' Ira Somers, S5628 [17JN]

``Road Not Taken,'' Robert Frost, S6490 [9JY]

Privilege of the floor

Arends, Ross, S11618 [19NO]

Barnidge, Susan, S8325 [5SE]

Clausen, Ben, S877 [14FE]

Elbel, Brian, S6872 [16JY]

Green, Matthew, S5915 [21JN]

Kumperis, Drew, S7240 [23JY]

Lennon, Sarah, S1709 [8MR], S3886 [2MY], S3967 [7MY]

Mali, Peter, S8229 [4SE]

Michael, Bill, S6679 [11JY]

Morrison, Andrew, S10395 [10OC]

Morrow, Barbara, S5788 [19JN], S7762 [31JY]

Perry, Alaine, S6872 [16JY], S11327 [18NO]

Ransom, Elmer, S8576 [12SE]

Rhee, Jeannie, S673 [12FE]

Senator Thurmond's staff, S11797 [20NO]

Telega, Lee, S791 [13FE]

Vandecar, Kim, S5716 [18JN]

Verma, Rich, S10231 [9OC]

Wayland, Karen, S6513 [9JY]

Weaver, Jeri, S6872 [16JY]

Winokur, Peter, S1548 [5MR]

Regulations

Texas substantive rules applicable to electric service providers for renewable energy, S3277-S3280 [24AP]

Remarks

Abortion: condemn acts of violence against those providing services, S5468 [13JN]

———prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 4965), S7384 [25JY], S7438 [26JY]

Afghanistan: expansion of International Security Assistance Force, S5835 [20JN], S7185 [23JY]

———protect women's rights and health, S7185 [23JY]

African Americans: tribute to Charles Young and the Buffalo Soldiers (S. Res. 97), S7241 [23JY]

Africk, Lance M.: nomination to be district judge, S2757 [17AP]

Agricultural Adjustment Act: extend the farm reconstitution provision (S. 14), S11799 [20NO]

Agriculture: continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), printing, S877 [14FE]

———continue certain programs (S. 1731), S404, S417, S418 [6FE], S528, S531, S540 [8FE], S604, S608, S609, S610, S624, S626, S628, S638, S644 [12FE], S683 [13FE], S835 [14FE]

———continue certain programs (S. 1731), unanimous-consent agreement, S473 [7FE], S592 [11FE]

———impact of declining world coffee prices on developing nations (S. Res. 368), S11792 [20NO]

———provide emergency agriculture assistance, S81, S88 [24JA], S8240, S8241, S8244, S8245 [5SE]

———provide emergency agriculture assistance (S. 3099), S10396 [10OC], S11380 [19NO]

Agriculture, Conservation, and Rural Enhancement Act: timeliness of submission of managers' amendments, S683 [13FE]

———tribute to staff, S835 [14FE]

Air Force: use of specialty metals in the Multi-Year Aircraft Lease Pilot Program, S10517 [16OC]

Air pollution: greenhouse gas emissions reporting requirements, S3010 [22AP]

Air Transportation Stabilization Board: delay payments under the Airline Loan Guarantee Program, S4935 [4JN]

Alaska: conveyance of certain lands to the University of Alaska (S. 1816), S11647 [19NO]

———extend hydroelectric licenses (S. 1843), corrections in enrollment (S. Con. Res. 159), S11650 [19NO]

———prohibit issuance of permits to construct a natural gas pipeline offshore via the Beaufort Sea, S1556, S1560, S1583, S1584 [6MR]

———resolve certain conveyances and provide for alternative land selections relative to Cape Fox Corp. and Sealaska Corp. (S. 2222), S11643, S11645 [19NO]

Alphonse F. Auclair Post Office Building, Woonsocket, RI: designate (H.R. 669), S10748 [17OC]

Ambrose, Stephen E.: tribute (S. Res. 342), S10549 [16OC]

American Indian Higher Education Consortium: anniversary (S. Res. 321), S11799 [20NO]

American Legion: clarify eligibility requirements (H.R. 3988), S11147 [14NO]

———clarify eligibility requirements (S. 2934), S11147 [14NO]

American Society of Civil Engineers: anniversary (H. Con. Res. 387), S5719 [18JN]

———anniversary (S. Con. Res. 104), S5719 [18JN]

Amtrak: funding, S5939 [24JN]

AMVETS: amend charter (H.R. 3214), S9858 [2OC]

———amend charter (S. 1972), S9858 [2OC]

Anaheim Angels (baseball team): tribute (S. Res. 357), S11148, S11149 [14NO]

Andean Trade Preference Act: extend and expand (H.R. 3009), S3616 [1MY], S3801, S3807, S3827, S3832 [2MY], S4127 [9MY], S4309, S4317 [14MY], S4366, S4367 [15MY], S4442, S4443, S4446, S4447, S4449, S4471 [16MY], S4545 [17MY], S4554, S4555, S4556 [20MY], S4580, S4583, S4605 [21MY], S4676, S4678, S4682, S4688 [22MY], S4770, S4817 [23MY]

———extend and expand (H.R. 3009), motion to proceed, S3457 [25AP], S3481 [29AP], S3515, S3522 [30AP]

———extend and expand (H.R. 3009), unanimous-consent agreement, S4424 [15MY], S4519, S4520 [17MY], S4575 [20MY], S6700 [12JY]

———extend and expand (H.R. 3009), unanimous-consent request, S6229 [27JN], S6513 [9JY]

———extend and expand (S. 2485), S4083 [8MY], S4085 [9MY]

———extend and expand (S. 2485), unanimous-consent request, S4123 [9MY]

Anderson, Percy: nomination to be district judge, unanimous-consent agreement, S3334 [24AP]

Andersonville National Historic Site: addition of certain donated lands (H.R. 4692), S11800 [20NO]

Animals: tribute to dogs, S3592 [1MY]

Appalachian Regional Development Act: reauthorize (S. 1206), S569, S571 [8FE]

Appropriations: legislative process, S8638 [17SE], S9092, S9093, S9104 [24SE]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 111), unanimous-consent agreement, S9549 [26SE]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 112), S9894 [3OC]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 122), S10395 [10OC]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 123), S10557 [16OC]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 124), S11139 [14NO]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 124), unanimous-consent agreement, S11228 [15NO]

———making supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks (H.R. 4775), S4883 [3JN], S4933, S4935, S4942, S4947, S4950, S4951, S4952 [4JN], S4997, S5024, S5025, S5027, S5104 [5JN], S5108, S5118, S5119, S5121, S5124, S5133, S5135, S5136, S5137, S5138, S5142, S5146, S5155, S5160, S5172, S5173, S5174, S5178, S5179, S5180, S5181, S5194 [6JN]

———making supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks (H.R. 4775), conference report, S7220 [23JY]

———making supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks (H.R. 4775), conference report—unanimous-consent agreement, S7222 [23JY]

———making supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks (H.R. 4775), unanimous-consent request, S4942, S4943, S4944, S4946 [4JN]

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 (S. Res. 366), S11790 [20NO]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: oil and gas exploration, S528 [8FE], S2402 [9AP], S2426, S2458 [10AP], S2695, S2713, S2714, S2715 [16AP], S2874 [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, S2713, S2714, S2715 [16AP]

Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (S.J. Res. 45), S9549 [26SE], S9561 [30SE], S9861 [3OC], S10084, S10088, S10108 [8OC], S10145, S10146, S10147, S10161, S10179, S10185, S10189, S10194, S10195, S10196 [9OC], S10246, S10248, S10263, S10264, S10272, S10296, S10301, S10308, S10322 [10OC]

———authorize use against Iraq (S.J. Res. 45), motion to proceed, S9774 [1OC]

———authorize use against Iraq (S.J. Res. 45), unanimous-consent agreement, S9915 [3OC], S10028 [7OC]

———tribute to U.S. servicemen who died in the terrorist bombing of the Khobar Towers in Saudi Arabia (H. Con. Res. 161), S6727 [12JY]

———U.S. policy on use against Iraq, S8629, S8630 [17SE], S9394 [26SE]

Armstrong, Lance: tribute (S. Res. 315), S8329 [5SE]

Arts Education Month: designate (S. Res. 44), S975 [15FE]

Aviation: establish a program for Federal flight deck officers, S8278 [5SE]

———establish a program for Federal flight deck officers (H.R. 4635), S6680 [11JY], S6729 [15JY]

———establish a program for Federal flight deck officers (S. 2546), S4983 [4JN]

———improve security by allowing pilots to have guns in the cockpit, S8278 [5SE]

———improve security (S. 2949), unanimous-consent request, S10033 [7OC]

———recognize heroism and courage of airline flight attendants (H. Con. Res. 401), S9996 [4OC]

———recognize heroism and courage of airline flight attendants (S. Con. Res. 110), S5789 [19JN]

Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act: suspend certain provisions (S.J. Res. 31), S877 [14FE]

———suspend certain provisions (S.J. Res. 31), unanimous-consent agreement, S791 [13FE]

Bankruptcy: extend reenactment period for chapter 12 of the bankruptcy code relative to family farmers (H.R. 4167), S3225 [23AP]

———extend reenactment period for chapter 12 of the bankruptcy code relative to family farmers (H.R. 5472), S11792, S11793 [20NO]

Barthwell, Andrea G.: nomination to be Deputy Director for Demand Reduction at the Office of National Drug Control Policy, S151 [25JA]

Baylson, Michael M.: nomination to be district judge, unanimous-consent agreement, S3513 [29AP]

Benjamin Franklin Tercentenary Commission: establish (H.R. 2362), S48 [23JA], S6513 [9JY]

BIA: ensure certain administrative procedures are implemented prior to expending funds to recognize Indian tribes and tribal nations, S8587 [13SE]

Birth Defects Prevention Act: revise and extend (S. 2980), S9859, S9860 [2OC]

Black History Month: observance, S1417 [4MR]

Blues Friday: designate (S. Res. 367), S11791 [20NO]

Blues Heritage Appreciation Fortnight: designate (S. Res. 367), S11791 [20NO]

Boggs, Lindy: tribute (H. Con. Res. 439), S7321, S7322 [24JY]

Bosnia and Herzegovina: anniversary of U.S. recognition (S. Res. 309), S8473, S8474 [10SE]

Boston, MA: tribute to Sail Boston event (S.J. Res. 42), S11153 [14NO]

Brazil: elections (S. Res. 365), S11790 [20NO]

Bruce F. Cotta Post Office Building, Newport, RI: designate (H.R. 670), S10748 [17OC]

Budget: allocation of funds, S257 [4FE], S312 [5FE]

———comparison between congressional and Bush administration proposals, S8638 [17SE]

———extend budget discipline and enforcement procedures, S10529, S10530, S10553 [16OC]

———reduce preexisting pay-go balances (H.R. 5708), S11223 [15NO]

———treatment of any budget surpluses, S4556 [20MY], S9659 [1OC]

Bush, President: address issues of neighborhood crime prevention and community policing and support Federal participation in National Night Out (S. Res. 284), S6593 [10JY]

———evaluation of administration officials, S7134 [22JY]

———remarks relative to Democratic Party and national security, S9192 [25SE], S9393, S9394, S9398 [26SE]

———scheduling of political campaign events, S10629 [17OC]

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), S6340, S6341 [8JY], S6554, S6558, S6559 [10JY], S6604, S6607, S6609, S6610, S6615, S6625, S6632, S6633 [11JY], S6697 [12JY], S6736, S6741, S6755 [15JY]

———improve financial reporting and independent audits and accounting services, create a Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, and improve SEC resources and oversight (S. 2673), unanimous-consent agreement, S6173 [26JN]

———protect investors by improving the accuracy and reliability of corporate disclosures pursuant to securities laws (H.R. 3763), conference report, S10613 [17OC]

———require publicly traded companies to record and treat stock options as expenses in income statements, S6632, S6633 [11JY]

———review accounting treatment and adopt generally accepted accounting principles for the treatment of employee stock options, S6697 [12JY], S6741 [15JY]

California: prohibit oil and gas leasing activities on certain portions of the Outer Continental Shelf, S8416 [10SE]

Campbell, William H.: nomination to be Assistant Sec. of Veterans Affairs for Management, S11656 [19NO]

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]

———settlement of certain Pottawatomi Nation claims against the U.S. (S. 2127), S8862 [18SE]

Cannon, Howard W.: tribute (S. Res. 217), S1592, S1617 [6MR]

Capitol Building and Grounds: authorizing use of Grounds for Greater Washington Soap Box Derby (H. Con. Res. 356), S4881 [23MY]

———authorizing use of Grounds for National Peace Officers' Memorial Service (H. Con. Res. 347), S4083 [8MY]

———authorizing use of Grounds for the National Book Festival (H. Con. Res. 348), S8137, S8138 [3SE]

———permit use of rotunda for a ceremony to present the Congressional Gold Medal to Henry H. Shelton (H. Con. Res. 469), S8862 [18SE]

———permit use of rotunda for a ceremony to present the Congressional Gold Medal to Ronald and Nancy Reagan (H. Con. Res. 305), S1616 [6MR]

———tribute to District of Columbia National Guard, National Guard Bureau, and Dept. of Defense for assistance to Capitol Police and Congress after terrorist and anthrax attacks (H. Con. Res. 378), S6727 [12JY]

———use of the rotunda for a ceremony to honor victims of the Holocaust (H. Con. Res. 325), S791 [13FE]

Capitol Police: promote recruitment and retention of officers, S7340 [25JY]

Cassell, Paul G.: nomination to be district judge, unanimous-consent agreement, S4181 [9MY]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: authorize grants for mosquito control programs to prevent mosquito-borne diseases (H.R. 4793), S9860 [2OC]

———funding, S8193 [4SE]

Chatham County, GA: land conveyance (H.R. 2595), S309 [4FE], S11343 [18NO]

Chicago, IL: expand aviation capacity (S. 2039), unanimous-consent request, S6232, S6233 [27JN]

Children and youth: commend students who participated in the U.S. Senate Youth Program (S. Res. 208), S1376 [28FE]

———protect infants who are born alive (H.R. 2175), S1867 [13MR], S1871 [14MR], S7084 [18JY]

Children's Internet Safety Month: designate (S. Res. 338), S10778 [17OC]

China, People's Republic of: human rights violations in Tibet (S. Res. 252), S4982 [4JN]

China, Republic of: endorse and obtain observer status at the World Health Assembly summit in Switzerland (H.R. 2739), S2093 [19MR]

Cibola National Forest: establish the T'uf Shur Bein Preservation Trust to resolve a land claim on Sandia Mountain between the Sandia Pueblo and the Dept. of the Interior (S. 2018), S10396 [10OC]

———establish the T'uf Shur Bein Preservation Trust to resolve a land claim on Sandia Mountain between the Sandia Pueblo and the Dept. of the Interior (S. 2018), unanimous-consent agreement, S1953 [14MR]

Cibola National Wildlife Refuge: revoke a Public Land Order relative to certain erroneously included lands (H.R. 3937), S6176 [26JN], S6276 [27JN]

Civil liberties: constitutional amendment on recitation of Pledge of Allegiance and the national motto (S.J. Res. 43), S8020 [1AU], S8036 [3SE]

Clark County, NV: convey certain public land for use as a shooting range (H.R. 2937), S11654, S11655 [19NO]

———establish wilderness areas, promote conservation, improve public lands, and provide for high quality development (H.R. 5200), S10769-S10771 [17OC]

———establish wilderness areas, promote conservation, improve public lands, and provide for high quality development (S. 2612), S5375 [11JN]

Clarkson, Jamie and Mary Anne Moore: tribute to birth of child, S4085 [9MY]

Clergy: ensure that chaplains killed in the line of duty receive public safety officer death benefits (S. 2431), S3975, S3976 [7MY]

Coe, Jo-Anne: tribute (S. Res. 335), S10052 [7OC]

Colleges and universities: increase funding and decrease matching requirement for historically Black colleges and universities (H.R. 1606), S11800 [20NO]

———increase funding and decrease matching requirement for historically Black colleges and universities (H.R. 1606), unanimous-consent request, S10593 [16OC]

Colombia: elections (S. Res. 283), S5617 [14JN]

Commission on Voting Rights and Procedures: establish (S. 565), S726 [13FE], S797, S798, S799, S800, S802, S803, S805, S808, S839 [14FE], S880, S975 [15FE], S1328 [28FE], S1402, S1403 [1MR], S2465 [10AP]

———establish (S. 565), unanimous-consent agreement, S1402 [1MR], S2503 [10AP]

———establish (S. 565), vitiation of action, S2599 [11AP]

Committee on Aging (Senate, Special): minority party appointments (S. Res. 256), S3576 [30AP]

``Committee on Appropriations, U.S. Senate, 135th Anniversary, 1867-2002'': authorize printing (S. Res. 337), S10232 [9OC]

Committee on Appropriations (Senate): encourage the reporting of fiscally responsible, bipartisan appropriations legislation (S. Res. 304), S10529, S10530, S10553 [16OC]

Committee on Ethics (Senate, Select): majority party appointments (S. Res. 203), S309 [4FE]

Committee on Governmental Affairs (Senate): authorize production of records by the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (S. Res. 317), S8020 [1AU]

Committees of the Senate: minority party appointments (S. Res. 251), S3226 [23AP]

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 (H.R. 7), S10997 [14NO]

———provide incentives for communities and individuals to serve the poor and others in need and enhance ability of low-income individuals to build assets (H.R. 7), unanimous-consent request, S6230 [27JN], S9094 [24SE]

Computers: condemn, and call for the immediate removal of, video and pictures posted on the Internet of the murder of Daniel Pearl (S. Res. 351), S10779 [17OC]

———set a certain duration for the base contract of the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet (H.R. 5647), S10743 [17OC]

———suspend Library of Congress determination relative to rates and terms for webcasting (H.R. 5469), S11138, S11139 [14NO]

Congress: accomplishments of the 107th Congress, S4881 [23MY], S7787 [1AU]

———adjournment (S. Con. Res. 95), S206, S230 [29JA]

———adjournment (S. Con. Res. 97), S791 [13FE]

———adjournment (S. Con. Res. 118), S4878 [23MY]

———adjournment (S. Con. Res. 132), S7439 [26JY]

———adjournment (S. Con. Res. 160), S11801 [20NO]

———authorize appointment of committee to escort Australian Prime Minister John Howard into the House chamber for joint session, S5388 [11JN]

———authorize printing of a volume of transcripts from the special joint meeting in New York, NY, and a collection of Congressional Record statements relative to the terrorist attacks (H. Con. Res. 487), S11148 [14NO]

———commend the staffs of Members of Congress, the Capitol Police, the Office of the Attending Physician, and others for their response to the release of anthrax in Senator Daschle's office (S. Res. 187), S2504 [10AP]

———convene special joint meeting in New York, NY, to commemorate anniversary of terrorist attacks (H. Con. Res. 448), S7438 [26JY]

———joint session for the State of the Union Message (H. Con. Res. 299), S49 [23JA]

———legislative priorities, S8336 [9SE], S8629, S8630, S8631 [17SE]

———make arrangements for special joint meeting in New York, NY, to commemorate anniversary of terrorist attacks (H. Con. Res. 449), S7438 [26JY]

———set date for convening of 108th Congress, 1st session (S.J. Res. 53), S11148 [14NO]

———tribute to congressional baseball game participants, S5883, S5884 [21JN]

Conner, Christopher C.: nomination to be district judge, S7396 [26JY]

———nomination to be district judge, unanimous-consent agreement, S7365 [25JY]

Conservation Reserve Program: promote water conservation on agricultural land, S528, S531, S540 [8FE], S604, S608, S609 [12FE]

Consumer Product Safety Act: coverage of low-speed electric bicycles (H.R. 727), S11342 [18NO]

Contraceptives: require equitable coverage of drugs, devices, and services under health insurance plans, S7535 [30JY]

Corporations: economic impact of mismanagement, deception, and violations of public trust, S7132 [22JY]

Corrigan, Timothy J.: nomination to be district judge, S8514 [12SE]

Courts: technical amendments to U.S. Code relative to vacation of arbitration awards (H.R. 861), S2989 [18AP]

Crater Lake National Park: anniversary (S. Res. 273), S4651 [21MY]

Crime: eliminate sexual exploitation of children (S. 2520), S11150, S11153 [14NO]

———enhance penalties for fraud in connection with identification documents that facilitates an act of domestic terrorism (S. 1981), S2989 [18AP]

———establish a national center on volunteer screening to reduce sexual and other types of abuse against children, the elderly, and the disabled (S. 1868), S10773, S10777 [17OC]

———prevent identity theft and mitigate the harm to victimized individuals (S. 1742), S11052, S11056 [14NO]

———prohibit unauthorized placement of a writing on or inside a consumer product (H.R. 2621), S10593, S10594 [16OC]

———provide Federal assistance to States and local jurisdictions to prosecute hate crimes (S. 625), S4883 [3JN], S5246, S5247 [7JN], S5269 [10JN]

———provide Federal assistance to States and local jurisdictions to prosecute hate crimes (S. 625), unanimous-consent agreement, S5195 [6JN]

———provide Federal assistance to States and local jurisdictions to prosecute hate crimes (S. 625), unanimous-consent request, S3454 [25AP]

———provide penalties for the unauthorized placement of writing or other material inside a consumer product (S. 1233), S10594 [16OC]

Cuba: proposed referendum on political reform (S. Res. 272), unanimous-consent agreement, S5276 [10JN]

Cyprus: membership in European Union (S. Con. Res. 122), S11328, S11329 [18NO]

Dart, Justin W., Jr.: tribute (S. Res. 310), S7438 [26JY]

Democracy: strengthen democratic institutions and promote good governance overseas by contributing to the development of professional legislative staff (H.R. 4973), S9861 [3OC]

Democratic Party: national agenda, S4555 [20MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: carry out certain transfer of funds, S4947 [4JN]

———National Animal Disease Laboratory funding, S5135, S5136 [6JN]

———reallocate unused sugar quotas to make up shortfalls in the amount sugar supplying countries export to the U.S., S624, S628 [12FE]

———sell or exchange certain lands in the Ozark-St. Francis and Ouachita National Forests and use funds to acquire, construct, or improve administrative sites (S. 2063), S11799 [20NO]

———sudden oak death syndrome research, monitoring, and treatment funding (S. 997), S6593 [10JY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 2586), S5719 [18JN]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4546), S10014, S10015, S10016 [7OC], S10086, S10087 [8OC], S10484 [16OC]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4546), conference report, S10858, S10859, S10860 [13NO]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4546), insert S. 2514 language in lieu, S6225 [27JN]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2514), S5750, S5752, S5753, S5754, S5764, S5765 [19JN], S5807, S5828 [20JN], S5926 [24JN], S5974, S5991 [25JN], S6113, S6121 [26JN], S6198, S6204, S6207 [27JN]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2514), printing, S6295 [27JN]

———enforce civilian orders of protection on military installations (H.R. 5590), S11148 [14NO]

———epilepsy research funding, S7723 [31JY]

———making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 5011), S6635, S6636 [11JY], S6829 [16JY]

———making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 5011), conference report, S10396, S10397 [10OC]

———making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 5011), unanimous-consent agreement, S6906 [17JY]

———making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 5011), unanimous-consent request, S6633, S6634 [11JY], S6830 [16JY], S6877 [17JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 5010), S7655, S7656, S7683, S7691, S7694, S7695, S7723, S7726 [31JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 5010), conference report, S10517 [16OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 5010), unanimous-consent agreement, S7726, S7763 [31JY]

———prohibit certain expatriated corporations from being eligible for the award of Federal contracts, S7691, S7694, S7695 [31JY]

———require regular reports to Congress on the results of national missile defense system flight tests, S6198 [27JN]

Dept. of Energy: authorizing appropriations for defense activities (S. 2517), S6225 [27JN]

———enhance national laboratory mission areas through technology transfer and partnerships (S. 517), S1523 [5MR], S1556, S1560, S1575, S1583, S1584 [6MR], S1627, S1629, S1635, S1639, S1640, S1641, S1646 [7MR], S1740, S1743, S1767, S1768, S1770 [12MR], S1847, S1849 [13MR], S1882, S1890, S1908, S1909, S1911, S1917 [14MR], S2035, S2051, S2052, S2064 [19MR], S2162 [20MR], S2199, S2224 [21MR], S2345, S2347, S2351, S2352 [8AP], S2389, S2393, S2395, S2402 [9AP], S2427, S2454, S2458, S2459 [10AP], S2565, S2566 [11AP], S2695, S2713, S2714, S2715, S2716 [16AP], S2874, S2894, S2898 [18AP], S3002, S3004, S3010 [22AP], S3116, S3120, S3136, S3148, S3153 [23AP], S3260, S3276, S3280 [24AP], S3343, S3347, S3348, S3364, S3365, S3382, S3399, S3415, S3416 [25AP]

———enhance national laboratory mission areas through technology transfer and partnerships (S. 517), unanimous-consent agreement, S877 [14FE], S1262 [27FE], S1770 [12MR], S2308 [21MR], S2909, S2910 [18AP]

———establish an Office of Spent Nuclear Fuel Research, S1847 [13MR]

Dept. of HHS: certify safety and cost savings relative to commercial importation of prescription drugs from Canada, S6918 [17JY]

———revise performance standards and certification process for organ procurement organizations (H.R. 3504), S48 [23JA]

———support research on ovarian cancer screening tests and encourage coverage of effective techniques by health care programs and plans (S. Con. Res. 138), S8388 [9SE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: ensure management flexibility, S9364 [26SE], S10623, S10624 [17OC]

———establish (H.R. 5005), S8155, S8186, S8187, S8193 [4SE], S8255, S8256, S8262, S8274, S8275, S8278, S8280 [5SE], S8431 [10SE], S8541, S8551, S8553 [12SE], S8589 [13SE], S8644, S8663 [17SE], S8726 [18SE], S8885, S8906 [19SE], S9086, S9098, S9099, S9104 [24SE], S9192, S9200, S9215, S9216 [25SE], S9363, S9364, S9371, S9391, S9394, S9401, S9412 [26SE], S10857, S10874 [13NO], S11285, S11286 [18NO], S11368, S11440, S11456 [19NO]

———establish (H.R. 5005), motion to proceed, S7766 [31JY], S8036, S8052, S8075 [3SE]

———establish (H.R. 5005), unanimous-consent agreement, S7776 [1AU], S8137, S8138 [3SE], S8325 [5SE], S8862 [18SE], S10845 [12NO], S11219 [15NO]

———establish (H.R. 5005), unanimous-consent request, S10623, S10624 [17OC]

———prohibit certain expatriated corporations from being eligible for the award of Federal contracts, S8186, S8187 [4SE]

———require employee representation in planning, development, and implementation of any human resources management system, S9364 [26SE]

———rights of union employees transferring into department, S9364 [26SE]

Dept. of Justice: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2215), conference report, S9681, S9691 [1OC], S9811 [2OC], S9887 [3OC]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2215), conference report—corrections in enrollment (H. Con. Res. 503), S10771 [17OC]

———require a report on the effectiveness of State Justice Institute operations (H.R. 2048), S3976 [7MY]

Dept. of State: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1646), S3605 [1MY]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1646), conference report, S9401 [26SE]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1646), technical corrections (H. Con. Res. 483), S9401 [26SE]

Dept. of the Interior: authorize feasibility studies of water resource projects in Washington (H.R. 1937), S186 [28JA]

———conduct study to determine the national significance of the Miami Circle and the suitability and feasibility of inclusion in Biscayne National Park (S. 1894), S11634, S11636 [19NO]

———convey certain facilities to the Fremont-Madison Irrigation District (S. 2556), S11645, S11647 [19NO]

———establish the Ronald Reagan Boyhood Home National Historic Site (H.R. 400), S48 [23JA], S193, S194 [29JA]

———implement final rule to phase out snowmobile use in Yellowstone National Park, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Memorial Parkway, and Grand Teton National Park, and snowplane use in Grand Teton National Park (S. 2697), S6259 [27JN]

———planning, construction, operation, and maintenance of several water systems in Montana (S. 934), S4509 [16MY]

———provide assistance through States to eligible weed management entities to control or eradicate harmful, nonnative weeds (S. 198), S11639, S11641 [19NO]

———study the suitability and feasibility of designating Fort Gaines and Fort Morgan as units of the National Park System (H.R. 4695), unanimous-consent request, S9412 [26SE]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5093), S8240, S8241, S8243, S8244, S8245, S8246, S8247, S8248, S8249 [5SE], S8414, S8416, S8419 [10SE], S8587, S8590 [13SE], S8638 [17SE], S8885 [19SE], S9024 [23SE], S9185 [25SE], S9363 [26SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 5093), unanimous-consent agreement, S8013 [1AU], S8325 [5SE], S8576 [12SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 5093), unanimous-consent request, S8743 [18SE]

Dept. of the Treasury: authorize purchase of silver on the open market when the silver stockpile is depleted, to be used to mint coins (S. 2594), S5208 [6JN], S5915, S5916 [21JN]

Dept. of Transportation: authorize construction of a plaza adjacent to the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (H.R. 5012), S8328 [5SE]

———holds on the consideration of certain nominations pending passage of railroad security legislation, S1868 [13MR]

———realignment of policy responsibility (H.R. 3441), S48 [23JA]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (S. 2808), star print, S7766 [31JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish emergency medical preparedness centers (H.R. 3253), S8026 [1AU]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (S. 1536), indefinitely postponed, S49 [23JA]

Detroit Red Wings (hockey team): tribute (S. Res. 287), S5720 [18JN]

Developing countries: strengthen pathogen and infectious disease surveillance to help prevent biological weapons attacks and naturally occurring outbreaks (S. 2487), S8025 [1AU]

Dia de los Ninos—Celebrating Young Americans: designate (S. Res. 249), S3455 [25AP]

Disasters: establish investigative teams to assess building performance and emergency procedures in the wake of any building failure resulting in or having the potential for substantial loss of life (H.R. 4687), S7175 [22JY], S7179 [23JY], S8392 [9SE]

———relief funding, S6634, S6635, S6636 [11JY]

Diseases: collect data on benign brain-related tumors through the national program of cancer registries (S. 2558), S8022 [1AU]

———expand assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis, S5155, S5160 [6JN]

———expand research on inflammatory bowel disease (S. 2562), S4851 [23MY]

———improve access to HIV/AIDS-related treatments and services in sub-Saharan Africa and other developing countries (H.R. 2069), S6679 [11JY], S6700 [12JY]

District of Columbia: allow use of estimated amounts in determining the service longevity component of Federal benefits for police officers (H.R. 5205), S10742 [17OC]

———making appropriations (S. 1543), indefinitely postponed, S49 [23JA]

District of Columbia College Access Act: permit certain high school graduates who graduated prior to 1998 to participate in the tuition assistance program (H.R. 1499), S1953 [14MR]

District of Columbia Criminal Justice Coordinating Council: require participation of certain Federal officials with responsibility for the administration of the criminal justice system of the District of Columbia (H.R. 2305), S3976 [7MY]

Drugs: enhance competition for prescription drugs by increasing enforcement of existing antitrust laws relative to brand name and generic drugs (S. 754), S11339, S11341 [18NO]

Earth Day: observance, S2993 [22AP]

Ecology and environment: national objectives priority assignments, S2993 [22AP], S4429 [16MY]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make pension and individual retirement arrangement provisions permanent (H.R. 4931), S5966 [24JN], S5969 [25JN]

———make permanent the exclusion of reparations received by Holocaust survivors or their heirs or estates (H.R. 4823), S5243 [6JN], S5245 [7JN], S11797 [20NO]

———make permanent the exclusion of reparations received by Holocaust survivors or their heirs or estates (S. 2577), S11797 [20NO]

———repeal sunset on expansion of the adoption credit and adoption assistance programs (H.R. 4800), S5243 [6JN], S5245 [7JN]

Economy: establish certain road and highway safety programs to encourage economic growth (S. 3011), star print, S9859 [2OC]

———national objectives priority assignments, S9006, S9010 [23SE], S9659 [1OC], S10633 [17OC]

———role of Government in causing and remedying economic recession, S9659 [1OC]

Education: afterschool programs funding, S4555 [20MY]

———anniversary of Title IX prohibiting gender discrimination in educational and athletic programs, S5919 [24JN]

———close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), conference report, S5651 [18JN]

———designate a day to recognize the importance of teaching children about current events (S. Res. 268), S4544 [17MY]

———funding, S3484 [29AP]

———reduce dropout rate of Hispanic high school students, S5651 [18JN], S6051 [26JN]

———require use of variable interest rates to consolidate student loans to fund shortfall in Pell Grant Program, S3484 [29AP], S4105 [9MY]

Electric power: establish Federal renewable electric energy generation standards, S1890, S1908, S1909, S1911 [14MR]

———establish State renewable electric energy generation standards, S2051, S2052, S2064 [19MR]

———reduce cost of credits for not meeting Federal renewable electric energy generation standards, S3276, S3280 [24AP]

EPA: elevate to cabinet level position, S4054-S4056 [8MY]

———make grants for remediation of sediment contamination in areas of concern and authorize assistance for research and development of innovative technologies for such purposes (H.R. 1070), S10739, S10742 [17OC]

———provide additional authority to the Office of Ombudsman (S. 606), S11656, S11658 [19NO]

Ethnic groups: recognize the Ellis Island Medal of Honor (S. Res. 334), S10778 [17OC]

Eximbank: extend authority (H.R. 4782), S4733 [22MY]

———extend authority (S. 2019), S1954 [14MR]

———extend authority (S. 2248), S3335 [24AP]

———reauthorize (S. 1372), S1954, S1956 [14MR]

———reauthorize (S. 1372), conference report, S5129, S5132 [6JN]

Extradition Treaty With Canada: ratification, S11058 [14NO]

Extradition Treaty With Lithuania: ratification, S11058 [14NO]

Extradition Treaty With Peru: ratification, S11057 [14NO]

FAA: authorizing appropriations (S. 2951), S11342 [18NO]

Fair Labor Standards Act: ensure protection for child employees of traveling sales crews (S. 2549), S8022 [1AU]

Family History Month: designate (S. Res. 330), S8986 [20SE]

FCC: amend media ownership rules, S5470 [13JN]

———eliminate deadlines for spectrum auctions of spectrum previously allocated to television broadcasting (H.R. 4560), S4184 [9MY], S4544 [17MY]

———facilitate the ability of certain spectrum auction winners to pursue alternative measures to meet the public needs of wireless telecommunications consumers (S. 2869), S11153 [14NO]

———require parity in regulatory treatment of broadband services providers and broadband access services providers (S. 2430), star print, S4184 [9MY]

Federal aid programs: consolidate all black lung benefit responsibility under a single official (H.R. 5542), S10601 [16OC]

Federal employees: adjust certain Federal annuity computations relative to periods of receiving disability payments (S. 2936), S10751 [17OC]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: amend relative to the development of products for rare diseases (H.R. 4014), S10769 [17OC]

———improve regulation of medical devices (H.R. 5651), S10752 [17OC]

———provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals (S. 812), S6890, S6896, S6898, S6918 [17JY], S6977, S7007, S7008 [18JY], S7207 [23JY], S7289, S7295, S7299 [24JY], S7413 [26JY], S7527, S7535, S7544 [30JY]

———provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals (S. 812), motion to proceed, S6829, S6847, S6848, S6850, S6852, S6858 [16JY]

Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service: exert best efforts to avert Major League Baseball strike, lockout, or any coercive conduct that interferes with playing of games (S. Con. Res. 137), S8021 [1AU]

FEMA: extend the National Flood Insurance Program (S. 13), S11789 [20NO]

FERC: reinstate license and extend deadline for commencement of construction for the Carlyle Hydroelectric Project in Illinois (S. 2872), S11649 [19NO]

Financial institutions: repeal prohibition on payment of interest on demand deposits (H.R. 1009), S2634 [12AP]

———repeal prohibition on payment of interest on demand deposits (H.R. 1009), placed on the calendar, S2637 [15AP]

Firefighters: facilitate reciprocal agreements with foreign countries for the sharing of personnel to fight wildfires (H.R. 5017), S6680 [11JY], S6729 [15JY]

———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 (S. Con. Res. 142), S10777 [17OC]

Fish and fishing: reauthorize various fishery conservation management programs (H.R. 1989), S11793, S11795 [20NO]

Flags: require display of the POW/MIA flag at the World War II memorial, the Korean War Veterans Memorial, and the Vietnam Veterans Memorial (S. 1226), S9858 [2OC]

Food: recognize significance of bread in American history, culture, and daily diet (S. Con. Res. 148), S10778 [17OC]

Foreign aid: authorize economic and democratic development assistance for Afghanistan and military assistance for Afghanistan and certain other foreign countries (S. 2712), S11139, S11147 [14NO]

Forest Service: provide for an independent investigation of firefighter deaths caused by wildfire entrapment or burnover (H.R. 3971), S6046 [25JN], S6049 [26JN]

Forests: establish institutes to conduct research on the prevention of, and restoration from, wildfires in forest and woodland ecosystems (S. 2670), S11641, S11642 [19NO]

Francis Dayle `Chick' Hearn Post Office, Encino, CA: designate (H.R. 5340), S10747 [17OC]

French Heritage Month (Le Mois de L'Heritage Francais): designate (S. Res. 290), S5966, S5967 [24JN]

Friedman, Milton: tribute (S. Res. 319), S8021 [1AU]

Fuels: subject renewable fuels to the same liability standards placed on other fuels and fuel additives, S3348 [25AP]

Gila River Indian Community: provide for binding arbitration clauses in leases and contracts relative to reservation lands (H.R. 3985), S2307 [21MR]

Gila River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community: provide for use and distribution of funds awarded under certain U.S. Court of Federal Claims dockets (S. 2799), S11224 [15NO]

Golden Gate National Recreation Area: revise boundaries and extend advisory commission term (S. 941), S11633, S11634 [19NO]

Government: accountability of Federal agencies for violations of antidiscrimination and whistleblower protection laws (H.R. 169), S3226 [23AP]

———commend public servants for their dedication and continued service (S. Res. 261), S3973 [7MY]

———enhance citizen access to information and services through use of Internet-based information technology (H.R. 2458), S11227 [15NO]

———expand types of Federal agencies that are required to prepare audited financial statements (H.R. 4685), S10777 [17OC]

———extend and strengthen procedures to maintain fiscal accountability and responsibility, S5764, S5765 [19JN]

———reduce improper payments by Federal agencies (H.R. 4878), S10752 [17OC]

———revise, codify, and enact without substantive change certain general and permanent laws related to public buildings, property, and works (H.R. 2068), S8021 [1AU]

Granade, Callie V.: nomination to be district judge, S276 [4FE]

———nomination to be district judge, unanimous-consent agreement, S274 [4FE]

Grand Teton National Park: allow Wyoming to retrieve fair value for State lands placed in trust for school revenue purposes (S. 1105), S11649 [19NO]

Great Basin National Heritage Area: establish (S. 1939), S734 [13FE]

Hampton, Lionel: tribute (S. Con. Res. 101), S2687 [15AP]

Hazardous substances: approve Yucca Mountain, NV, as nuclear waste disposal site (S.J. Res. 34), S2787 [17AP], S5798 [20JN], S5883, S5893 [21JN], S6056 [26JN]

———approve Yucca Mountain, NV, as nuclear waste disposal site (S.J. Res. 34), motion to proceed, S6444, S6445, S6452, S6453, S6454, S6455, S6457, S6461, S6479, S6489 [9JY]

———designate Yucca Mountain, NV, as nuclear waste disposal site, S840 [14FE]

———reduce quantity of mercury in the environment by limiting use of mercury fever thermometers and improving collection, recycling and disposal of mercury (S. 351), S8329, S8333 [5SE]

———study risk and improve response to public health and safety associated with transportation of chemicals and radioactive materials, S2376 [9AP]

Health: expand applicability of laws preventing governmental discrimination against health care entities who refuse to perform or provide training in performing abortions (H.R. 4691), S9550 [26SE], S9561 [30SE]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R. 2563), unanimous-consent request, S8012, S8013 [1AU]

———provide for health care liability reform, S7413 [26JY], S7527 [30JY]

———provide grants for public access defibrillation programs and public access defibrillation demonstration projects (S. 1275), S436 [6FE]

———provide programs for the prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of stroke (S. 1274), S432 [6FE]

———reauthorize health centers program and National Health Service Corps and establish Healthy Communities Access Program to coordinate services for uninsured and underinsured (S. 1533), S2754 [16AP], S10755 [17OC]

Henry Bacon (S.S.): tribute to crew (H. Con. Res. 411), S10397 [10OC]

Higher Education Act: amend relative to the qualifications of foreign schools (S. 1998), S10771 [17OC]

History: recognize historical significance of the 100th anniversary of Korean immigration to the U.S. (S. Res. 185), S6296 [27JN]

Homeless: revise certain grants for continuum of care assistance (H.R. 3699), S986 [25FE]

Housing: simplify the downpayment requirements for FHA mortgage insurance for single family homebuyers (S. 2239), S10743 [17OC]

Howard, Jeffrey R.: nomination to be circuit judge, S3142 [23AP]

Huerta, Dolores: tribute for commitment to the improvement of working conditions for children, women, and farm worker families (S. Con. Res. 115), S4650 [21MY]

Hydrographic Services Improvement Act: reauthorize (H.R. 4883), S11797, S11799 [20NO]

Immigration: continue classification of certain aliens as children throughout the immigration process (H.R. 1209), S5557, S5560 [13JN]

———continue classification of certain aliens as children throughout the immigration process (S. 672), S5557, S5558, S5559 [13JN]

———establish nonimmigrant classes for border commuter students (H.R. 4967), S10598 [16OC]

———issue visas to certain scientists, engineers, and technicians who have worked in or provided information on Iraqi weapons of mass destruction programs (S. 3079), S11772, S11773 [20NO]

———provide refugee status to foreign nationals who assist in the return of POW/MIA (S. 1339), S7503 [29JY]

Indonesia: commemorate independence of East Timor and encourage establishment of diplomatic relations (S. Con. Res. 109), S4880 [23MY]

———condemn bombings in Bali, extend condolences to victims and their families, and stand in solidarity with Australia in war on terrorism (S. Res. 350), S10746 [17OC]

Insurance: ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism, S8052 [3SE]

———ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism (H.R. 3210), S2346 [8AP], S3454 [25AP], S3554 [30AP], S4250 [13MY], S6936 [17JY], S7335 [25JY], S9809 [2OC]

———ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism (H.R. 3210), conference report, S11162 [15NO]

———ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism (H.R. 3210), unanimous-consent request, S2347, S2348 [8AP], S3455 [25AP], S6877 [17JY], S7028 [18JY], S7175 [22JY], S7221 [23JY]

———ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism (S. 2600), S4932 [4JN], S5258 [7JN], S5262 [10JN], S5440 [12JN], S5472, S5487, S5491, S5499, S5501, S5507, S5508, S5512 [13JN], S5625 [17JN], S5643, S5649, S5652, S5669 [18JN], S10637 [17OC]

———ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism (S. 2600), unanimous-consent agreement, S5435 [12JN]

———extend mental health coverage parity (H.R. 5716), S11222 [15NO]

———restrict rate increases for terrorism risks, S5491, S5499 [13JN]

Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4628), conference report, S11198 [15NO]

International law: allow U.S. assistance to international efforts to bring to justice foreign nationals accused of genocide, war crimes, or crimes against humanity, S5142, S5146 [6JN]

———protect U.S. military personnel and other U.S. officials from criminal prosecution by an international court to which the U.S. is not a party, S5142, S5146 [6JN]

International Organizations Immunities Act: applicability to the European Central Bank (H.R. 3656), S10771 [17OC]

International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (INTELSAT): extend deadline for initial public offering (S. 2810), S7439 [26JY]

Irish Peace Process Cultural and Training Program: extend (H.R. 4558), S8863 [18SE]

Iron and steel industry: make certain steelworker retirees eligible for temporary health benefits under trade adjustment assistance programs, S4471 [16MY], S4583 [21MY]

———respond to the surge of steel imports, S1237 [27FE]

Israel: express solidarity in the fight against terrorism, S3807, S3827 [2MY]

Jacob K. Javits Senate Fellowship Program: modify funding (S. Res. 279), S4881 [23MY]

James, Bruce R.: nomination to be Public Printer, S11789 [20NO]

James, Daniel, III: nomination to be Air National Guard Director, unanimous-consent agreement, S4336 [14MY]

James R. Browning U.S. Courthouse, San Francisco, CA: designate (H.R. 2804), S2189 [20MR]

Joe Skeen Federal Building, Roswell, NM: designate (H.R. 5427), S10232 [9OC], S10395 [10OC]

Joseph Curseen, Jr., and Thomas Morris, Jr., Processing and Distribution Center, Washington, DC: designate (H.R. 3287), S8328 [5SE]

Kingman, Edward, Jr.: nomination to be Assistant Sec. of the Treasury and Chief Financial Officer of the Dept. of the Treasury, S151 [25JA]

Korea, Democratic People's Republic of: treatment of refugees detained in the People's Republic of China and returned to face torture, imprisonment, and execution (S. Con. Res. 114), S5788, S5789 [19JN]

Lapic, Trudy: Senate payment of benefits relative to death of Thomas Lapic (S. Res. 356), S11148 [14NO]

Las Vegas, NV: tribute to University Medical Center volunteers, S3498 [29AP]

Law enforcement: assess backlog in DNA analysis of rape kit samples and improve investigation and prosecution of sexual assault cases with DNA evidence (S. 2513), S8577, S8580 [12SE]

———establish police powers for certain Inspector General agents engaged in official duties and provide an oversight mechanism for the exercise of those powers (S. 2530), S10749, S10750 [17OC]

———improve security at U.S. borders (H.R. 3525), S2656 [15AP], S2689 [16AP]

———improve security at U.S. borders (H.R. 3525), corrections in enrollment (S. Con. Res. 106), S3904 [7MY]

Legislative branch of the Government: making appropriations (H.R. 5121), S7340 [25JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 5121), unanimous-consent agreement, S7302 [24JY]

Leidinger, William: nomination to be Assistant Sec. of Education for Management, S673 [12FE]

Lobbyists: monitoring of political party affiliation by the Republican Party, S5261 [10JN]

Los Angeles Lakers (basketball team): tribute (S. Res. 286), S5561 [13JN]

Los Angeles National Cemetery: designate the Bob Hope Veterans Chapel (H.R. 4592), S4733 [22MY]

Louisiana State University: tribute to men's outdoor track and field team (S. Res. 298), S6593 [10JY]

Louisville, KY: tribute to Valley Sports American Little League baseball team (S. Res. 320), S8229 [4SE]

Loy, James M.: nomination to be Under Sec. of Transportation for Security, S11328 [18NO]

Madrid Protocol on Agreement Concerning International Registration of Trademarks: ratification, S10640 [17OC]

Mahan, James C.: nomination to be district judge, S2319 [22MR]

Major Lyn McIntosh Post Office Building, Valdosta, GA: designate (H.R. 1432), S48 [23JA]

Makuch, Barbara: relief (H.R. 486), S8862, S8863 [18SE]

Makuch, Eugene: relief (H.R. 487), S8863 [18SE]

Martin, Jack: nomination to be Chief Financial Officer of the Dept. of Education, S151 [25JA]

Martinez, Philip R.: nomination to be district judge, unanimous-consent agreement, S309 [4FE]

McVerry, Terrence F.: nomination to be district judge, unanimous-consent agreement, S8041 [3SE]

Medicaid: increase Federal Medical Assistance Percentage to States, S7289, S7295 [24JY]

Medicare: coverage of outpatient prescription drugs, S5024 [5JN], S7535, S7544 [30JY], S10536, S10537, S10538 [16OC]

———enhance beneficiary access to quality health care services (S. 3018), S9776 [1OC], S10536, S10537, S10538 [16OC]

———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure, S6858 [16JY]

———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (H.R. 4954), S6594 [10JY], S6729 [15JY]

———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (S. 2), S6811 [15JY], S6873 [16JY]

———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (S. 2), unanimous-consent request, S10536 [16OC]

———reduce geographic disparities in payment rates, S8247, S8248, S8249 [5SE]

Melloy, Michael J.: nomination to be circuit judge, unanimous-consent agreement, S571, S572 [8FE]

Memorial Day: recognize the sacrifice and dedication of the Armed Forces and civilian national security agencies (S. Res. 278), S4881 [23MY]

Mental health: provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (H.R. 4066), S5129 [6JN]

Michael Lee Woodcock Post Office, Glennville, GA: designate (H.R. 5574), S10748 [17OC]

Middle East: hostilities between Israel and the Palestinians, S2997 [22AP], S3807, S3827 [2MY]

Minimum wage: level, S3889 [6MY], S4770 [23MY]

———level (S. 2538), S4733 [22MY], S4741 [23MY], S10618 [17OC]

———level (S. 2538), unanimous-consent request, S10610 [17OC]

Mining and mineral resources: exempt metals derivatives markets from unnecessary regulatory burdens, S2389, S2395 [9AP]

———make receipts from mineral leasing activities on certain naval oil shale reserves available to cover certain environmental costs (H.R. 2187), S11793 [20NO]

Mink, Patsy T.: honorary renaming of Title IX prohibiting gender discrimination in educational and athletic programs (H.J. Res. 113), S10395 [10OC]

———tribute (S. Res. 331), S9650 [30SE]

Moccasin Bend National Historic Site: establish (H.R. 980), S11636, S11637 [19NO]

Mok, Samuel T.: nomination to be Chief Financial Officer of the Dept. of Labor, S151 [25JA]

Montreal Protocol Amendment on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer: ratification, S10231 [9OC]

Monuments and memorials: prohibit desecration, provide for repairs, and permit guide signs on Federal highways for veterans' memorials (S. 1644), S3108 [22AP], S4733 [22MY]

Motor vehicles: improve safety of car restraints and booster seats for children (H.R. 5504), S11342 [18NO]

———improve safety of car restraints and booster seats for children (S. 980), S986 [25FE]

———prohibit States from requiring a license or fee relative to motor vehicles providing interstate pre-arranged ground transportation service (H.R. 2546), S10745, S10746 [17OC]

———provide for greater fairness in the motor vehicle franchise contract arbitration process (S. 1140), S7858 [1AU]

———provide for greater fairness in the motor vehicle franchise contract arbitration process (S. 1140), unanimous-consent request, S6230 [27JN], S9200 [25SE]

———renewable fuel content requirements, S2898 [18AP], S3136 [23AP], S3348 [25AP]

Mount Nebo Wilderness Area: adjust boundaries (H.R. 451), S11649 [19NO]

Mozambique: tribute to successful efforts to establish, build, and maintain peace (S. Res. 358), S11222 [15NO]

NAFTA: ensure transparency of investor protection dispute resolution tribunals, S3616 [1MY], S3801, S3807 [2MY]

National Airborne Day: designate (S. Res. 242), S7241 [23JY]

National Alternative Fuel Vehicle Day: designate (S. Res. 241), S2687 [15AP]

National Better Hearing and Speech Month: support goals and ideals (S. Con. Res. 103), S3578 [30AP], S3789 [1MY]

National Biotechnology Week: designate (S. Res. 243), S2989 [18AP]

National Charter Schools Week: designate (S. Res. 254), S3456 [25AP]

National Civilian Conservation Corps Day: designate (S. Res. 207), S1982 [15MR]

National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: establish, S9086 [24SE]

National Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Week: designate (S. Res. 270), S9931 [3OC]

National Dam Safety and Security Act: reauthorizing (H.R. 4727), S11154 [14NO]

National Day of Prayer and Fasting: designate (S. Con. Res. 155), S11147 [14NO]

National Donor Day: designate (S. Res. 210), S877 [14FE]

National Emergency Medical Services Week: designate (S. Con. Res. 112), S4544 [17MY]

National Farmers Union: anniversary (S. Res. 324), S8581 [12SE]

National forests: implement an emergency hazardous fuels reduction plan, S8414 [10SE], S8638 [17SE], S8743 [18SE], S9024 [23SE]

National Fraud Against Senior Citizens Awareness Week: designate (S. Res. 281), S6295 [27JN]

National Hansen's Disease Programs Center: designate (H.R. 2441), S8022 [1AU]

National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week: designate (S. Res. 305), S8580 [12SE]

National Hunger Awareness Day: designate (S. Res. 280), S4982, S4983 [4JN]

National Importance of Health Care Coverage Month: designate (S. Con. Res. 94), S11149 [14NO]

National Inhalants and Poison Prevention Awareness Week: designate (S. Res. 206), S1982 [15MR]

National Mammography Day: designate (S. Res. 326), S9177 [24SE]

National Minority Health and Health Disparities Month: establish (H. Con. Res. 388), S9930 [3OC]

———establish (S. Con. Res. 139), S9930 [3OC]

National Missing Adult Awareness Month: designate (S. Res. 318), S8020 [1AU]

National Park Service: funding, S8419 [10SE]

———snowmobile regulations, S4054-S4056 [8MY]

National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month: designate (S. Res. 325), S9650 [30SE]

National Runaway Prevention Month: designate (S. Res. 339), S11789 [20NO]

National Sea Grant College Program Act: reauthorize (H.R. 3389), S10397 [10OC]

National security: ensure greater security for U.S. seaports (S. 1214), conference report, S10983 [14NO]

National Tourism Week: designate (S. Con. Res. 108), S3977 [7MY]

National Trails System Act: update the feasibility and suitability studies of certain national historic trails and provide for possible additions (H.R. 37), S11637, S11639 [19NO]

National Veterans Awareness Week: designate (S. Res. 293), S7240 [23JY]

National Weather Service: conduct research and development, training, and outreach activities relative to tropical cyclone inland forecasting improvement (H.R. 2486), S10601 [16OC]

Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act: reauthorizing (S. 1210), S9997, S9998 [4OC]

Native Americans: authorize the integration and consolidation of alcohol and substance abuse programs and services provided by tribal governments (S. 210), S8696 [17SE]

———extend statute of limitations relative to the negotiated settlement of tribal claims (S. 1857), S1222 [26FE]

———improve effectiveness of the Indian Loan Guarantee and Insurance Program (S. 2017), S8694 [17SE]

———improve effectiveness of the Indian Loan Guarantee and Insurance Program (S. 2017), House amendment, S11773, S11783 [20NO]

———provide equitable compensation to the Yankton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota and the Santee Sioux Tribe of Nebraska for the loss of value of certain lands (S. 434), S7319, S7321 [24JY]

———provide for probate reform relative to trust or restricted lands (S. 1340), S11783, S11789 [20NO]

———provide training and technical assistance for commercial vehicle driving careers (S. 1344), S8693 [17SE]

———reauthorize and improve programs (S. 2711), S11793 [20NO]

———settle certain land claims of Bay Mills Indian Community (S. 2986), S11380 [19NO]

———tribute to Navajo Code Talkers for contributions to victory during World War II, S4931 [4JN]

NATO: endorse further enlargement (H.R. 3167), unanimous-consent agreement, S4450 [16MY]

New England Patriots (football team): tribute (S. Res. 202), S309 [4FE]

New Hampshire-Vermont Interstate School Compact: congressional consent to certain amendments (H.R. 3180), S11793 [20NO]

New Jersey: court case relative to appearance of Democratic Party Senate candidate on ballot, S9838 [2OC]

New Mexico: require the valuation of nontribal interest ownership of subsurface rights within the boundaries of the Acoma Indian Reservation (H.R. 1913), S186 [28JA]

New York, NY: provide a temporary waiver from certain transportation planning requirements for certain areas where the planning offices and resources have been destroyed by acts of terrorism (H.R. 3880), S8581 [12SE]

NIH: establish Office of Rare Diseases (H.R. 4013), S10769 [17OC]

NIST: authorize work with manufacturing industries on an initiative of standards development and implementation for electronic enterprise integration (H.R. 2733), S10771 [17OC]

NOAA: National Defense Center of Excellence for Research in Ocean Sciences funding, S5124 [6JN]

North American Wetlands Conservation Act: reauthorize (H.R. 3908), S11154, S11155 [14NO]

NSF: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4664), S11155, S11159 [14NO]

Nuclear energy: remediation of uranium and thorium processing sites (H.R. 3343), S48 [23JA]

———renew Dept. of Energy and NRC indemnity authority for damages from nuclear incidents, S1627, S1629, S1640, S1641 [7MR]

———transportation of spent nuclear fuel, S2993 [22AP]

O'Brien, Terrence L.: nomination to be circuit judge, unanimous-consent agreement, S2659 [15AP]

Oil Region National Heritage Area: establish (H.R. 695), S11623, S11633 [19NO]

Oklahoma: settle certain claims of Cherokee, Choctaw, and Chickasaw Nations to the Arkansas Riverbed (H.R. 3534), S9860 [2OC], S9861 [3OC]

Oklahoma City, OK: authorize construction of a Native American Cultural Center and Museum (H.R. 2742), S48 [23JA]

Older Americans Act: anniversary of elderly nutrition programs (S. Res. 200), S48 [23JA]

Olson, Pamela F.: nomination to be Assistant Sec. of the Treasury for Tax Policy, S8326 [5SE]

OMB: establish a Federal Chief Information Officer (H.R. 2458), S11227 [15NO]

———establish a Federal Chief Information Officer to enhance the management and promotion of electronic Government services and processes (S. 803), S6277, S6295 [27JN]

OPIC: provide health coverage to employees under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (S. 2527), S10767 [17OC]

Optional Protocol to the Convention on Rights of the Child on Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict: ratification, S5716 [18JN]

Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography: ratification, S5717 [18JN]

Paderewski, Ignacy J.: tribute and anniversary of the return of his remains to Poland (S. Res. 296), S7084 [18JY]

Pakistan: welcome President Pervez Musharraf upon U.S. visit and commend leadership and friendship (S. Con. Res. 96), S673 [12FE]

Parliamentary inquiry, S8021 [1AU], S9663 [1OC]

Patent and Trademark Office: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2047), S6174 [26JN]

———authorizing appropriations (S. 1754), S6175 [26JN]

Peace Corps: promote global acceptance of the principles of international peace and nonviolent coexistence among peoples of diverse cultures and systems of government (S. 12), S11771, S11772 [20NO]

———promote global acceptance of the principles of international peace and nonviolent coexistence among peoples of diverse cultures and systems of government (S. 2667), S10594, S10598 [16OC]

Peace Officers Memorial Day: designate (S. Res. 221), S1983 [15MR]

Pearl, Daniel: tribute (S. Res. 212), S1221 [26FE]

Pearson, Suzanne D.: tribute (S. Res. 257), S3578 [30AP]

Pellett, Nancy: nomination to the Farm Credit Administration, S10398 [10OC]

Peltz, Richard J.: nomination to be Appalachian Regional Commission Federal Co-Chairman, S11327 [18NO]

Pensions: reform, S5971 [25JN]

Petroleum: dependence on foreign sources, S2402 [9AP]

———extend certain protections to franchised refiners or distributors of lubricating oil (S. 2781), S7311 [24JY]

Pharmaceuticals: pediatric vaccine manufacturer liability protection, S11286 [18NO], S11368 [19NO]

———permit commercial importation of prescription drugs from Canada, S6918 [17JY]

Pickering, Charles: nomination to be circuit judge, S1967, S1968 [15MR]

Pipelines: extend criminal penalties to include destruction of intrastate pipelines that are used in interstate or foreign commerce, S1646 [7MR]

———improve safety, public awareness, and environmental protection of pipeline transportation, S1646 [7MR]

Pitt, Harvey L.: status as chairman of the SEC, S7133 [22JY]

Pledge of Allegiance: circuit court decision on inclusion of phrase ``under God'', S6090, S6104 [26JN], S6233 [27JN]

———reaffirm reference to ``one Nation under God'' (S. 2690), unanimous-consent agreement, S6224 [27JN]

Point of order, S5649 [18JN]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2356), S793, S797 [14FE], S1222 [26FE], S1260 [27FE], S2095, S2096, S2099, S2100 [20MR]

———ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2356), motion to proceed, S1840 [13MR]

———ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2356), unanimous-consent agreement, S2064 [19MR]

———ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2356), unanimous-consent request, S2038 [19MR]

Pope, Anne B.: nomination to be Appalachian Regional Commission Federal Co-Chairman, S11327 [18NO]

Power resources: encourage use of renewable energy, S3415 [25AP]

———enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 4), printing, S3480 [26AP]

———national energy policy, S1262 [27FE], S1390 [1MR], S1523 [5MR], S1556, S1560, S1575, S1583, S1584 [6MR], S1627, S1635, S1639, S1640, S1641, S1646 [7MR], S1740, S1743 [12MR], S1847, S1849 [13MR], S1882, S1890, S1908, S1909, S1911, S1917 [14MR], S2035, S2051, S2052, S2064 [19MR], S2162 [20MR], S2199, S2224 [21MR], S2345, S2347, S2351, S2352 [8AP], S2389, S2393, S2395, S2402 [9AP], S2426, S2454, S2458, S2459 [10AP], S2565, S2566 [11AP], S2695, S2713, S2714, S2715, S2716 [16AP], S2874, S2894, S2898 [18AP], S3002, S3004, S3010 [22AP], S3116, S3120, S3136, S3148, S3153 [23AP], S3260, S3276, S3280 [24AP], S3343, S3347, S3348, S3382, S3399, S3415, S3416 [25AP]

———national energy policy (S. 1766), S528 [8FE]

———provide regulatory oversight over energy and metals trading markets, S2395 [9AP]

———provide regulatory oversight over energy trading markets, S2035 [19MR]

Presidential appointments: nominations considered and confirmed en bloc, S150 [25JA], S186 [28JA], S309 [4FE], S571 [8FE], S791 [13FE], S841 [14FE], S1260 [27FE], S1427 [4MR], S1616 [6MR], S1869 [13MR], S1981 [15MR], S2015 [18MR], S2188 [20MR], S2306 [21MR], S2373 [8AP], S2599 [11AP], S2634 [12AP], S3108 [22AP], S3479 [26AP], S3513 [29AP], S3575 [30AP], S3973 [7MY], S4650 [21MY], S4878 [23MY], S5104 [5JN], S5243 [6JN], S6275 [27JN], S7383, S7384 [25JY], S7502 [29JY], S7763 [31JY], S8027 [1AU], S8506 [11SE], S8860 [18SE], S8986 [20SE], S9549 [26SE], S9650 [30SE], S9774 [1OC], S9857 [2OC], S10638 [17OC], S10845 [12NO], S11045-S11047, S11056 [14NO], S11216 [15NO], S11655, S11656 [19NO]

———nominations considered and confirmed en bloc, unanimous-consent request, S6231 [27JN]

———Senate process for confirmation of judcicial nominees, S10525 [16OC]

———Senate process for confirmation of judicial nominees, S1967, S1968 [15MR], S3547, S3548 [30AP], S3889 [6MY], S4110 [9MY], S6232 [27JN], S8028 [1AU]

Protocol Amending the Convention on the Establishment of an Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission: ratification, S8326 [5SE]

Protocol to the Maritime Environment of the Wider Caribbean Region Convention: ratification, S8326 [5SE]

Public debt: ceiling (S. 2578), S4983 [4JN], S4991 [5JN], S5194 [6JN]

———ceiling (S. 2578), unanimous-consent agreement, S5319 [11JN]

Public Health Service Act: amend relative to health professions programs regarding the field of nursing (H.R. 3487), S48 [23JA], S7127, S7132 [22JY]

———amend relative to pharmacy health professions programs (S. 1806), S9927, S9930 [3OC]

———amend relative to special diabetes programs for type I diabetes and Native Americans (H.R. 5738), S11658 [19NO]

Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor: award to officers killed, injured, or involved in rescue efforts in the aftermath of terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (H. Con. Res. 243), S2989, S2990 [18AP]

———award to officers killed, injured, or involved in rescue efforts in the aftermath of terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (S. Con. Res. 75), S2990 [18AP]

———award to public safety officers killed in the line of duty in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (S. Con. Res. 66), S2990, S2991 [18AP]

Public utilities: establish an organization to ensure the reliability of the electric power transmission system, S1882 [14MR]

Put the Brakes on Fatalities Day: designate (S. Res. 266), S10777 [17OC]

Queen Sirikit (Thailand): U.S. visit (S. Con. Res. 150), S10053 [7OC]

Quinault Indian Nation: distribution of land claim judgement funds (S. 1308), S8862 [18SE]

Radio Free Afghanistan: establish (H.R. 2998), insert S. 1779 language in lieu, S511 [7FE]

———establish (S. 1779), S511 [7FE], S5719 [18JN]

Railroads: establish a national rail passenger transportation system and reauthorize and improve service and security on Amtrak (S. 1991), unanimous-consent request, S6230 [27JN]

———provide for rail safety and security assistance (S. 1550), S1868 [13MR]

Read Across America Day: designate (S. Res. 211), S1260 [27FE]

Reagan, Ronald: tribute (H.J. Res. 82), S437 [6FE]

Red Ribbon Week: support goals (H. Con. Res. 84), S11339 [18NO]

Refugees: eliminate sexual exploitation (H. Con. Res. 349), S11791, S11792 [20NO]

———extend eligibility for refugee status of unmarried children of certain Vietnamese refugees (H.R. 1840), S4244 [10MY]

Republican Party: national agenda, S3257 [24AP]

Research: computer and network security research and development and research fellowship programs funding (H.R. 3394), insert S. 2182 language in lieu, S10601 [16OC]

———computer and network security research and development and research fellowship programs funding (S. 2182), S10599 [16OC]

Robert J. Dole Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Wichita, KS: designate (H.R. 4608), S4733 [22MY]

Robert Wayne Jenkins Station, Tulsa, OK: designate (H.R. 4851), S10747 [17OC]

Rufe, Cynthia M.: nomination to be district judge, unanimous-consent agreement, S3513 [29AP]

Russia: condemn human rights violations in Chechnya and urge a political solution to the conflict (S. Res. 213), S2190 [20MR]

Schools: establish a program for an information clearinghouse to increase public access to defibrillation (S. 1041), S6173, S6174 [26JN]

Schwab, Arthur J.: nomination to be district judge, S8588 [13SE]

Science: prohibit patents relative to the cloning of humans, S5625 [17JN]

———prohibit the cloning of humans, unanimous-consent request, S5435 [12JN]

Senate: authority of officials during adjournment, S8021 [1AU]

———authorize Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper to ascertain and settle claims relative to anthrax exposure in Senate complex (S. Res. 329), S8985 [20SE]

———executive calendar, unanimous-consent agreement, S92 [24JA], S1135 [25FE], S2931 [18AP], S7016 [18JY], S7442 [26JY], S10638 [17OC]

———executive session, unanimous-consent request, S4083 [8MY]

———legislative priorities, S9838 [2OC]

———legislative program, S49 [23JA], S51, S109 [24JA], S111, S151 [25JA], S153, S186 [28JA], S193 [29JA], S257, S309 [4FE], S311, S314, S381 [5FE], S383, S437 [6FE], S441, S511 [7FE], S513, S572 [8FE], S597, S621, S674 [12FE], S675, S791 [13FE], S793, S877 [14FE], S880, S976 [15FE], S1135 [25FE], S1137, S1222 [26FE], S1232, S1320 [27FE], S1327, S1337, S1377 [28FE], S1402 [1MR], S1407, S1427 [4MR], S1431 [5MR], S1617 [6MR], S1621, S1688 [7MR], S1737 [12MR], S1800, S1867 [13MR], S1871, S1957 [14MR], S1959, S1981, S1983 [15MR], S1985, S2016 [18MR], S2017, S2038, S2093 [19MR], S2095, S2191 [20MR], S2193, S2225, S2308 [21MR], S2311 [22MR], S2373 [8AP], S2375, S2420 [9AP], S2425, S2505 [10AP], S2507, S2566, S2601 [11AP], S2605, S2634, S2635 [12AP], S2688 [15AP], S2689, S2755 [16AP], S2758, S2820 [17AP], S2871, S2991 [18AP], S2993, S3108 [22AP], S3111, S3231 [23AP], S3335 [24AP], S3337, S3364, S3365, S3457 [25AP], S3464, S3480 [26AP], S3513 [29AP], S3515, S3578 [30AP], S3789 [1MY], S3791 [2MY], S3902 [6MY], S3977 [7MY], S4083 [8MY], S4085, S4122, S4184 [9MY], S4185, S4244 [10MY], S4245, S4290 [13MY], S4291, S4336 [14MY], S4339, S4424 [15MY], S4427, S4446, S4447, S4449, S4509 [16MY], S4511, S4547 [17MY], S4549, S4575 [20MY], S4577, S4592, S4650 [21MY], S4657, S4737 [22MY], S4741, S4786, S4787, S4881 [23MY], S4883, S4929 [3JN], S4931, S4983 [4JN], S4991, S4992, S5059 [5JN], S5107, S5244 [6JN], S5245, S5259 [7JN], S5319, S5338, S5388 [11JN], S5391, S5463 [12JN], S5465, S5561 [13JN], S5563, S5618 [14JN], S5623, S5641 [17JN], S5720 [18JN], S5790 [19JN], S5791, S5879 [20JN], S5881, S5916 [21JN], S5919, S5967 [24JN], S5969, S5972, S6048 [25JN], S6049, S6091, S6173 [26JN], S6200 [27JN], S6432 [8JY], S6433, S6513 [9JY], S6515, S6594 [10JY], S6597, S6679 [11JY], S6683, S6727 [12JY], S6811 [15JY], S6848, S6873 [16JY], S6877, S6965 [17JY], S6967, S7084 [18JY], S7127, S7175 [22JY], S7179, S7207, S7242 [23JY], S7243, S7303, S7322 [24JY], S7323, S7365, S7384 [25JY], S7391 [26JY], S7445, S7503 [29JY], S7546, S7613 [30JY], S7617, S7655, S7705, S7721 [31JY], S7767, S8019, S8029 [1AU], S8035, S8138 [3SE], S8230 [4SE], S8235, S8250, S8329 [5SE], S8335, S8392 [9SE], S8393, S8435, S8474 [10SE], S8475, S8507 [11SE], S8509, S8552, S8581 [12SE], S8627, S8699 [17SE], S8701, S8863 [18SE], S8871, S8906, S8955, S8956 [19SE], S8957, S8986 [20SE], S9003, S9011, S9050 [23SE], S9096, S9178 [24SE], S9179, S9207 [25SE], S9355, S9371, S9401, S9559 [26SE], S9561, S9650, S9651 [30SE], S9653, S9776 [1OC], S9813, S9860 [2OC], S9931 [3OC], S9998 [4OC], S10001, S10028, S10053 [7OC], S10055, S10133 [8OC], S10137, S10232 [9OC], S10233, S10399 [10OC], S10401 [15OC], S10483, S10601 [16OC], S10621, S10782 [17OC], S10847 [12NO], S10849 [13NO], S10974, S11000, S11148 [14NO], S11162, S11228 [15NO], S11232, S11240, S11244, S11352 [18NO], S11358, S11658 [19NO], S11662 [20NO]

———reading of George Washington's farewell address, S791 [13FE]

———tribute to Members and staff for efforts on S. 517, national energy policy legislation, S3459 [26AP]

———tribute to staff, S8956 [19SE], S10232 [9OC]

———tribute to women Senators, S5969 [25JN]

Senate Legal Counsel: authorize representation in Aaron Raiser v. Thomas A. Daschle, et al. (S. Res. 240), S2686 [15AP]

———authorize representation in Judicial Watch, Inc. v. William Jefferson Clinton, et al. (S. Res. 352), S10781 [17OC]

———authorize representation in Manshardt v. Federal Judicial Qualifications Committee, et al (S. Res. 344), S10599 [16OC]

———authorize representation in Newdow v. Eagen, et al (S. Res. 343), S10598 [16OC]

———authorize testimony, document production, and legal representation in City of Columbus v. Jacqueline Downing, et al and City of Columbus v. Vincent Ramos (S. Res. 299), S6432 [8JY]

———authorize testimony, document production, and legal representation in U.S. v. John Murtari (S. Res. 353), S10782 [17OC]

———authorize testimony, document production, and legal representation in U.S. v. Milton T. Black (S. Res. 291), S6047 [25JN]

———authorize testimony and representation in Senator Mitch McConnell, et. al. v. FEC, et al., and consolidation cases (S. Res. 323), S8327 [5SE]

``Senate Rules and Manual'': authorize printing (S. Res. 349), S10742 [17OC]

Shedd, Dennis W.: nomination to be circuit judge, S10162 [9OC]

———nomination to be circuit judge, unanimous-consent agreement, S11219 [15NO], S11244 [18NO]

———nomination to be circuit judge, unanimous-consent request, S11242 [18NO]

Slater, Eve: nomination to be Assistant Sec. of HHS, S151 [25JA]

Small business: facilitate compliance with certain Federal paperwork requirements and establish a task force to streamline certain requirements (H.R. 327), S4733, S4734 [22MY]

———improve calculation of the Federal subsidy rate with respect to certain small business loans (S. 3172), S11219 [15NO]

———improve small business advocacy (H.R. 4231), S6327 [8JY]

———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), S6432 [8JY]

Smithsonian Institution: animal specimens alcohol storage facility funding, S5121 [6JN]

———provide authority to use voluntary separation incentives for personnel flexibility (S. 3149), S10748 [17OC]

So Hyun Jun: relief (H.R. 3758), S11149 [14NO]

Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, S257 [4FE], S312 [5FE]

———extend availability of allotments under the State Children's Health Insurance Program (S. 3180), unanimous-consent request, S11664 [20NO]

———limit the misuse of Social Security numbers and establish criminal penalties for such misuse (S. 3100), S10396 [10OC]

———provide additional safeguards for certain beneficiaries with representative payees (H.R. 4070), S11343, S11351 [18NO]

———provide miscellaneous enhancements in benefits for women (H.R. 4069), unanimous-consent request, S9703 [1OC]

Somerset County, PA: authorize a national memorial to commemorate the heroism of the passengers and crew of United Airlines flight 93 (H.R. 3917), S8472 [10SE]

———authorize a national memorial to commemorate the heroism of the passengers and crew of United Airlines flight 93 (S. 2136), S8472 [10SE]

South Pacific Environment Programme Agreement: ratification, S8326 [5SE]

Sri Lanka: encourage peace process (S. Res. 300), S8025 [1AU]

St. George, UT: convey certain property in order to protect and preserve certain rare paleontological resources (H.R. 2385), S11650, S11651 [19NO], S11803, S11804 [16DE]

States: identify certain routes as part of the Ports-to-Plains High Priority Corridor (S. 1646), S6173 [26JN]

Stewart, Milton D.: tribute (S. Res. 216), S1548, S1549 [5MR]

Sudan: increase diplomatic efforts to encourage peace process in ongoing civil war and facilitate relief efforts (H.R. 5531), S10232 [9OC]

———increase diplomatic efforts to encourage peace process in ongoing civil war and facilitate relief efforts (S. 180), unanimous-consent request, S380 [5FE], S3972 [7MY]

Talmadge, Herman E.: tribute (S. Res. 231), S2307, S2308 [21MR]

Taxation: exclusion from gross income for foster care payments relative to certain nongovernmental placement agencies (H.R. 586), S432 [6FE]

———exempt State and local political committees from certain notification and reporting requirements applicable to political organizations (H.R. 5596), S10779 [17OC]

———expand areas designated as renewal communities based on new census data (H.R. 3100), S11800 [20NO]

———improve tax equity for military personnel, S9923 [3OC]

———make repeal of estate and gift taxes permanent, S328, S333, S334 [5FE], S638, S644 [12FE]

———make repeal of estate taxes permanent, S5349, S5350, S5357, S5358 [11JN]

———make repeal of estate taxes permanent (H.R. 2143), S5258 [7JN], S5262 [10JN]

———phase out estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), S5343, S5346, S5349, S5350, S5357, S5358 [11JN], S5408 [12JN]

———provide incentives for economic recovery, S55, S81, S83, S88 [24JA], S200, S204, S216 [29JA], S264, S273, S274 [4FE], S323, S328, S333, S334 [5FE], S383, S389 [6FE]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3529), S48 [23JA], S11060 [14NO]

———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, S264 [4FE]

———transfer all excise taxes imposed on alcohol fuels to the Highway Trust Fund, S3153 [23AP]

———treatment of adoption expenses (H.R. 622), S55, S81, S83, S88 [24JA], S200, S204, S210, S215, S216 [29JA], S264, S273, S274 [4FE], S323, S328, S333, S334 [5FE], S383, S389 [6FE]

———treatment of adoption expenses (H.R. 622), unanimous-consent agreement, S92 [24JA]

———treatment of adoption expenses (H.R. 622), unanimous-consent request, S80 [24JA]

———treatment of bonds issued to acquire renewable resources on land subject to conservation easement (S. 822), star print, S437 [6FE]

———treatment of the sale of a principal residence, and death gratuity payments, by a member of the uniformed services (H.R. 5063), S9923 [3OC]

———treatment of the sale of a principal residence by members of the uniformed services or Foreign Service and treatment of death gratuity payments to members of the uniformed services (H.R. 5557), S11159, S11160 [14NO]

Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks, S8475 [11SE]

———anniversary of terrorist attacks (H. Con. Res. 464), S8507 [11SE]

———condemn the involvement of women in suicide bombings (S. Res. 229), S2189 [20MR]

———establish a national emergency technology guard, a technology reliability advisory board, and a center for evaluating antiterrorism and disaster response technology (S. 2037), S7081, S7084 [18JY]

———establish procedures for civil actions and limit liability for punitive damages relative to acts of terrorism, S5487 [13JN]

———implement International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings and International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism to defend against terrorist acts, S5507 [13JN]

———improve the ability of the U.S. to prepare for and respond to a biological threat or attack (H.R. 3448), conference report—unanimous-consent agreement, S4761 [23MY]

———improve the ability of the U.S. to prepare for and respond to a biological threat or attack (H.R. 3448), conference report—unanimous-consent request, S4760 [23MY]

———improve the ability of the U.S. to prepare for and respond to a biological threat or attack (H.R. 3448), corrections in enrollment (S. Con. Res. 117), S4787 [23MY]

Thomas, Rex D. (Dave): tribute (S. Res. 199), S47, S48 [23JA]

Thomas E. Burnett, Jr. Post Office Building, Bloomington, MN: designate (H.R. 5207), S8328 [5SE]

Tick-Borne Disorders Advisory Committee: establish (S. 969), S10767 [17OC]

Trade Act: amend to consolidate and improve trade adjustment assistance programs and provide community-based economic development assistance for trade-affected communities, S4127 [9MY], S4471 [16MY], S4580, S4583 [21MY]

Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: funding, S11719 [20NO]

———provide highway infrastructure investment at the guaranteed funding level (H.R. 3694), S4424 [15MY], S4544 [17MY]

———provide highway infrastructure investment at the guaranteed funding level (H.R. 3694), unanimous-consent request, S7222 [23JY]

Treaties and agreements: clarify principal trade negotiating objectives relative to domestic labor standards and environmental protections, S4366 [15MY], S4447, S4449 [16MY]

———extend trade negotiating and trade agreement implementing authority, S3616 [1MY], S3801, S3807 [2MY], S4127 [9MY], S4317 [14MY], S4366, S4367 [15MY], S4442, S4443, S4446, S4447, S4449 [16MY], S4554, S4555, S4556 [20MY]

———limit application of trade authority procedures, S4317 [14MY]

———removal of injunction of secrecy, S2373 [8AP], S3904 [7MY], S4083 [8MY], S4243 [10MY], S5878 [20JN], S6679 [11JY], S6810 [15JY], S7766 [31JY], S8138 [3SE], S9649 [30SE], S10846 [12NO], S11057 [14NO], S11223 [15NO]

Treaty With Belize on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters: ratification, S11058 [14NO]

Treaty With Honduras for Return of Stolen, Robbed, and Embezzled Vehicles and Aircraft, With Annexes and Exchange of Notes: ratification, S11057 [14NO]

Treaty With India on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters: ratification, S11058 [14NO]

Treaty With Niue on the Delimitation of a Maritime Boundary: ratification, S8027 [1AU]

U.N. Population Fund: restore funding, S5971 [25JN], S7447 [29JY]

U.S. Congressional Philharmonic Society: tribute (H. Con. Res. 183), S8580 [12SE]

U.S. Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution: reauthorize (S. 2064), S9996 [4OC]

U.S. Military Academy: bicentennial (S.J. Res. 32), S1135 [25FE]

Ukraine: ensure a democratic, transparent, and fair parliamentary election process (S. Res. 205), S2189 [20MR]

Unemployment: extend period of availability of unemployment assistance in the case of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (H.R. 3986), S2189 [20MR]

———provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program, S200 [29JA], S333, S334 [5FE], S383 [6FE], S11060 [14NO]

———provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (S. 3009), S9549 [26SE], S9561 [30SE], S9867 [3OC]

———provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (S. 3009), unanimous-consent request, S9663 [1OC], S9867 [3OC], S10140 [9OC], S10342 [10OC], S10484, S10485, S10486 [16OC]

University of Hawaii: tribute to men's volleyball team (S. Res. 262), S3974 [7MY]

University of Maryland: tribute to men's basketball team (S. Res. 233), S2418, S2419 [9AP]

University of Miami: tribute to football team (S. Res. 201), S109 [24JA]

University of Minnesota: tribute to men's hockey team (S. Res. 237), S2600 [11AP]

———tribute to wrestling team (S. Res. 238), S2600 [11AP]

University of Minnesota Duluth: tribute to women's hockey team (S. Res. 236), S2600 [11AP]

University of Nevada, Las Vegas: land conveyance for a research park and technology center (S. 2333), S3442 [25AP]

Utah: exchange certain lands (H.R. 4968), S10395 [10OC]

Veterans: enhance compensation for veterans with hearing loss (S. 2237), S9550 [26SE]

———enhance compensation for veterans with hearing loss (S. 2237), House amendment, S11329 [18NO]

———honor and commend the Lao Veterans of America, Inc., Laotian and Hmong veterans of the Vietnam War, and their families, for their historic contributions to the U.S. (H. Con. Res. 406), S10777 [17OC]

———increase rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain disabled veterans (H.R. 4085), S9550 [26SE]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits, S5750, S5752, S5753, S5754 [19JN], S9703 [1OC], S10014, S10015, S10016 [7OC], S10086, S10087 [8OC], S10484 [16OC], S10859, S10860 [13NO]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (S. 2051), S2273 [21MR]

VFW: amend charter to make members of the Armed Forces who receive special pay for duty subject to hostile fire or imminent danger eligible for membership (H.R. 3838), S9858 [2OC]

Vicksburg National Military Park: modify boundary to include property known as Pemberton's Headquarters (S. 1175), S7321 [24JY]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: authorize design and construction of a temporary education center (S. 281), S11655 [19NO]

———authorize design and construction of a temporary education center (S. 281), unanimous-consent request, S4878 [23MY]

Violence Against Women Act: expand legal assistance to victims of dating violence (S. 410), S3975 [7MY]

Voting: establish a grant program to provide assistance to States for modernizing and enhancing voting procedures and administration (H.R. 3295), conference report, S10515 [16OC]

———establish a grant program to provide assistance to States for modernizing and enhancing voting procedures and administration (H.R. 3295), conference report—unanimous-consent agreement, S10232 [9OC], S10398 [10OC]

———permit the use of a signature, or personal mark, to verify the identity of voters who register by mail, S1328 [28FE]

———protect voting rights (S. 565), S726 [13FE], S797, S798, S799, S800, S802, S803, S805, S808, S839 [14FE], S880, S975 [15FE], S1328 [28FE], S1402, S1403 [1MR], S2465 [10AP]

———protect voting rights (S. 565), unanimous-consent agreement, S1402 [1MR], S2503 [10AP]

———protect voting rights (S. 565), vitiation of action, S2599 [11AP]

———secure Federal voting rights for certain qualified persons who have served their criminal sentences, S799, S800, S802, S803, S805, S808 [14FE]

Walter, John F.: nomination to be district judge, unanimous-consent agreement, S3334 [24AP]

Wellstone, Paul D.: authorize printing of a collection of memorial tributes, S10831 [12NO]

Western States: tribute to firefighters for efforts in fighting wildfires, S5919 [24JN]

Williams, Ted: tribute (S. Res. 302), S6513 [9JY], S6518 [10JY]

World Cup: tribute to soccer tournament and co-hosts, the Republic of Korea and Japan (S. Res. 274), S4880 [23MY]

World War II: preserve certain Federal court actions relative to Japanese companies compensating former prisoners of war used as slave labor (S. 1272), S5720 [18JN]

Yates, Mary Carlin: nomination to be Ambassador to Ghana, S11219 [15NO]

Year of the Blues: designate (S. Res. 316), S8580 [12SE]

Zainey, Jay C.: nomination to be district judge, unanimous-consent agreement, S571, S572 [8FE]

Remarks in Senate relative to

Tribute, S3117 [23AP], S11664 [20NO]

Reports filed

Energy and Water Development Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 2784) (S. Rept. 107-220), S7308 [24JY]

Resolutions of ratification

Extradition Treaty With Canada, S11058 [14NO]

Extradition Treaty With Lithuania, S11058 [14NO]

Extradition Treaty With Peru, S11057 [14NO]

Protocol Amending the Convention on the Establishment of an Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission, S8326 [5SE]

Protocol to the Maritime Environment of the Wider Caribbean Region Convention, S8326 [5SE]

South Pacific Environment Programme Agreement, S8326 [5SE]

Treaty With Belize on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters, S11058 [14NO]

Treaty With Honduras for Return of Stolen, Robbed, and Embezzled Vehicles and Aircraft, With Annexes and Exchange of Notes, S11057 [14NO]

Treaty With India on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters, S11058 [14NO]

Statements

Eulogy of the Dog: George G. Vest, S3592 [1MY]

Homeland Security Act: Mark Hall, S10624 [17OC]

Testimonies

Construction of Natural Gas Pipeline in Alaska: Tony Knowles, Governor of Alaska, S1557 [6MR]

Texts of

S. 803, E-Government Act, S6277-S6295 [27JN]

S. 2051, permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits, S2273 [21MR]

S. 2333, land conveyance to University of Nevada, Las Vegas, for a research park and technology center, S3443 [25AP]

S. 2562, Inflammatory Bowel Disease Act, S4852 [23MY]

S. 2612, Clark County Conservation of Public Land and Natural Resources Act, S5378-S5384 [11JN]

S. 2697, Yellowstone Protection Act, S6260 [27JN]

S. 2781, extend certain protections to franchised refiners or distributors of lubricating oil, S7311 [24JY]

S. Con. Res. 106, corrections in enrollment of H.R. 3525, Enhanced Border Security and Visa Entry Reform Act, S3904 [7MY]

S. Res. 185, recognize historical significance of the 100th anniversary of Korean immigration to the U.S., S6296 [27JN]

S. Res. 249, Dia de los Ninos—Celebrating Young Americans, S3455 [25AP]

S. Res. 315, tribute to Lance Armstrong, S8329 [5SE]

S.J. Res. 32, U.S. Military Academy bicentennial, S1135 [25FE]

Tributes

Adelstein, Jonathan S., S8028 [1AU]

Allen, Jesse W., S7736 [31JY]

Armstrong, Lance, S9867 [3OC]

Barkley, Senator, S11706 [20NO]

Bayer, A. Jason, S3834 [2MY]

Boxer, Senator, S4554 [20MY]

Bunning, Senator, S9207 [25SE]

Byrd, Senator, S10274 [10OC], S11682 [20NO]

Cannon, Howard W., S161 [28JA]

Carnahan, Senator, S11704 [20NO]

Carper, Senator, S3117 [23AP]

Cleland, Senator, S11244 [18NO], S11704 [20NO]

Commons, Matthew A., S1594 [6MR]

Coughlin, Daniel P., S3111 [23AP]

Daschle, Henry T., S5502 [13JN]

Dayton, Senator, S4737 [22MY]

Dodd, Grace, S838 [14FE]

Dodd, Senator, S10637 [17OC]

Feinstein, Senator, S6937 [17JY]

Graham, Senator, S4881 [23MY]

Gramm, Senator, S11705 [20NO]

Helms, Senator, S9787 [2OC], S11705 [20NO]

Hutchinson, Senator, S11664, S11706 [20NO]

Hutchison, Senator, S6937 [17JY]

Inouye, Senator, S2627 [12AP], S7683, S7726 [31JY]

Janicke, Russell, S4381 [15MY]

Jeffords, Senator, S4551 [20MY]

Keiran, Alan N., S383 [6FE]

Kennedy, Senator, S1155 [26FE], S4105 [9MY]

Leahy, Senator, S1967 [15MR]

Maddux, Greg, S9008 [23SE], S9207 [25SE]

McConnell, Senator, S11698 [20NO]

Mills, Becky, S5628 [17JN]

Mullis, Marie E., S1198 [26FE]

Murkowski, Senator, S11705 [20NO]

Nickles, Senator, S11698 [20NO]

Ogilvie, Lloyd J., S3791 [2MY], S6515 [10JY]

Ogilvie, Mary Jane, S3111 [23AP], S3791 [2MY]

Oglivie, Mary Jane, S10484 [16OC]

Russell, David F., S1799 [13MR]

Satcher, David, S480 [7FE]

Sedway, Marvin, S1929 [14MR]

Slepian, Barnett, S5468 [13JN]

Smith, Senator Bob, S11664, S11705 [20NO]

Somers, Ira, S5628 [17JN]

Stabenow, Senator, S4741 [23MY]

Stevens, Senator, S2627 [12AP], S7726 [31JY]

Thompson, Senator, S11706 [20NO]

Thurmond, Senator, S9082 [24SE], S11705 [20NO]

Torricelli, Senator, S9649 [30SE], S11705 [20NO]

Trebat, Joseph V., S11543 [19NO]

Wellstone, Paul D., S10814 [12NO]

Wellstone, Senator, S4472 [16MY]