LINCOLN, BLANCHE (a Senator from Arkansas)

Amendments

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (S. 3), S3622 [12MR]

Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 2), S1245 [21JA], S1480 [23JA]

———making supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan (S. 1689), S12491, S12522, S12550, S12559, S12560 [14OC], S12577, S12624 [15OC], S12852 [17OC]

———making supplemental appropriations for the war in Iraq and homeland security (S. 762), S4803, S4826 [3AP]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2003-2013 (S. Con. Res. 23), S4189, S4196 [20MR], S4277 [21MR], S4335, S4368, S4394 [25MR], S4410, S4412, S4452 [26MR]

Computers: regulate the transmission of unsolicited commercial e-mail (S. 877), S13037 [22OC]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1588), S7407 [4JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2658), S9600 [17JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2660), S11078, S11119, S11120, S11121 [4SE], S11230, S11246, S11258 [9SE], S11322, S11359 [10SE]

Depts. of Transportation and the Treasury, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2989), S13169, S13173 [23OC]

FAA: reauthorize (S. 824), S7796, S7855 [12JN]

Fire prevention: improve capacity to plan and conduct hazardous fuels reduction projects and enhance efforts to protect watersheds and address threats to forest and rangeland health (H.R. 1904), S12547 [14OC]

Medicare: reform and provide prescription drug coverage (S. 1), S8162 [18JN], S8234 [19JN], S8283, S8284, S8285, S8310, S8311 [20JN], S8371 [23JN], S8390, S8415, S8446, S8460, S8463 [24JN], S8480, S8487, S8521, S8579, S8584, S8585 [25JN], S8644, S8779 [26JN]

National Epilepsy Awareness Month: support goals and ideals and urge funding for epilepsy research and service programs (S. Con. Res. 48), S7854, S7858 [12JN]

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (S. 14), S7260 [3JN]

Taxation: end certain abusive tax practices and provide tax relief and simplification (H.R. 1308), S7500, S7503 [5JN]

———make permanent the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (S. 150), S14157, S14185 [6NO]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (S. 1054), S6188, S6301, S6318, S6322 [14MY], S6455, S6518, S6532 [15MY]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 1308, Relief for Working Families Tax Act, S7509 [5JN]

Articles and editorials

Arkansas Town's Mayor, Police Chief, Librarian Called to Iraq, CNN.com (Internet site), S13429 [29OC]

Focus on White County—Called to Duty, Stephen Zeigler, Searcy (AR) Daily Citizen, S13429 [29OC]

Medic Who Died Torn by Duty, Doubts, Amy Goldstein, Washington (DC) Post, S4544 [31MR]

Town's Leaders Marching Off to War, Lee Hockstader, Washington (DC) Post, S13428 [29OC]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: provide emergency agriculture assistance (see S. 21), S35 [7JA]

Armed Forces: grant limited TRICARE program eligibility for members of the Ready Reserve and provide financial support for continuation of health insurance for mobilized members of Reserve components (see S. 852), S5860 [7MY]

———reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service (see S. 1035), S5995 [9MY]

———support members engaging in military action in Iraq and President Bush for his efforts as Commander in Chief (see S. Res. 95), S4166 [20MR]

Cash, Johnny: tribute (see S. Con. Res. 68), S11479 [15SE]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: authorize grants for mosquito control programs to prevent mosquito-borne diseases (see S. 1015), S5859 [7MY]

Children and youth: access of disadvantaged children to dental services (see S. 1142), S7134 [23MY]

———establish or expand and operate programs using a network of public and private community entities to provide mentoring for children in foster care (see S. 1419), S9794 [23JY]

———issue commemorative postage stamp to recognize U.S. efforts to reunite missing children with their families and to honor the victims of abduction and murder (see S. Con. Res. 74), S13053 [22OC]

———reauthorize adoption incentives payments (see S. 1686), S12192 [30SE]

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. 1545), S12534 [14OC]

Columbia (space shuttle): tribute to crew (see S. Res. 45), S1977 [5FE]

Consumers: require disclosure of terms of rental-purchase agreements (see S. 884), S5174 [10AP]

Contraceptives: require equitable coverage of drugs, devices, and services under health insurance plans (see S. 1396), S9303 [11JY]

Crime: constitutional amendment on protection of victims' rights (see S.J. Res. 1), S1669 [28JA]

———eliminate sexual exploitation of children (see S. 151), S2595 [24FE]

———provide Federal assistance to States and local jurisdictions to prosecute hate crimes (see S. 966), S5650 [1MY]

Cuba: lift trade embargo, grant normal trade relations status, and lift travel restrictions (see S. 403), S2457 [13FE]

———lift travel restrictions (see S. 950), S10907 [1AU]

Daniel Patrick Moynihan Global Affairs Institute: support (see S. 1302), S8232 [19JN]

De Laine, Joseph A.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 498), S4513 [27MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: organic food standards relative to livestock and dairy production (see S. 457), S3731 [13MR]

Dept. of Commerce: establish the Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance within the International Trade Administration (see S. 1120), S7137 [23MY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: establish a technology, equipment, and information transfer program with State and local law enforcement agencies (see S. 1612), S13711 [31OC]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve outreach programs to more fully inform veterans of available benefits (see S. 1199), S7476 [5JN]

Disabled: importance of recruiting and retaining direct support professionals to ensure the proper care of individuals with developmental disabilities (see S. Con. Res. 21), S3730 [13MR]

Diseases: establish a comprehensive Federal effort relating to early detection of, treatments for, and prevention of cancer (see S. 1101), S6853 [21MY]

District of Columbia: provide a site for the National Women's History Museum (see S. 1741), S12839 [17OC]

European Union: condemn moratorium on approval of new agricultural biotechnology products (see S. Res. 154), S7135 [23MY]

FAA: preserve Essential Air Service Program (see S. 1998), S16120 [9DE]

Families and domestic relations: increase child support money to families leaving welfare and improve assignment, distribution and collection of certain child support (see S. 669), S3993 [19MR]

———recognize and enhance public awareness of the social problem of child abuse and neglect (see S. Res. 52), S2188 [11FE]

FCC: disapprove ruling on media ownership rules (see S.J. Res. 17), S11350 [10SE]

———ruling on media ownership rules (see S. Res. 159), S7381 [4JN]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: amend relative to new animal drugs (see S. 741), S4512 [27MR]

Fire prevention: improve capacity to plan and conduct hazardous fuels reduction projects and enhance efforts to protect watersheds and address threats to forest and rangeland health (see S. 1449), S9793 [23JY]

Firearms: improve the national instant criminal background check system (see S. 1706), S12376 [2OC]

———prohibit certain lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (see S. 659), S3993 [19MR]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see S.J. Res. 4), S1069 [16JA]

Health: ensure safety and accuracy of medical imaging examinations and radiation therapy treatments (see S. 1197), S14965 [17NO]

———increase supply of pancreatic islet cells for research, coordinate efforts on transplantation, make transplantation a standard therapy, and provide Medicare coverage of certain transplantations (see S. 518), S3882 [18MR]

Height, Dorothy I.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 1266), S14452 [11NO]

Hispanic Americans: provide programs and activities to improve health (see S. 1159), S7135 [23MY]

Immigration: adjust status of certain foreign agricultural workers, reform H-2A worker program, provide a stable, legal agricultural workforce, and extend basic legal protections and better working conditions to more workers (see S. 1645), S12377 [2OC]

Iraq: require a report on reconstruction efforts (see S. 1594), S11245 [9SE]

James, Daniel, Jr. (Chappie): issue commemorative postage stamp (see S. Con. Res. 6), S3732 [13MR]

Law enforcement: community policing programs (see S. 679), S4166 [20MR]

———promote rural safety and improve rural law enforcement (see S. 1907), S16121 [9DE]

Law enforcement officers: adjust percentage differentials payable to Federal law enforcement officers in certain high-cost areas (see S. 985), S15062 [18NO]

———collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments (see S. 606), S4513 [27MR]

———exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see S. 253), S1812 [30JA]

Marine Corps: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see S. 894), S13660 [30OC]

Marshall, John: mint coins in commemoration (see S. 1531), S13054 [22OC]

Medicaid: clarify that inpatient drug prices charged to certain public hospitals are included in best price exemptions under the drug rebate program (see S. 1195), S7476 [5JN]

———extend Federal-State cost-sharing program to assist low-income Medicare beneficiaries with health care costs (see S. 1519), S10617 [31JY]

———increase Federal Medical Assistance Percentage to States (see S. 138), S1245 [21JA]

———provide families of disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see S. 622), S3730 [13MR]

———State funding for disproportionate share hospitals (see S. 204), S1368 [22JA]

Medicare: coverage of adult day care services (see S. 1227), S7619 [10JN]

———coverage of cholesterol and blood lipid screening (see S. 382), S2341 [12FE]

———coverage of marriage and family therapist services and mental health counselor services (see S. 310), S1977 [5FE]

———coverage of medical nutrition therapy services for beneficiaries with cardiovascular diseases (see S. 632), S4898 [7AP]

———coverage of oral anticancer drugs (see S. 1037), S5995 [9MY]

———coverage of screening and diagnostic mammography services (see S. 869), S5173 [10AP]

———coverage of screening pap smears and pelvic exams (see S. 416), S2522 [14FE]

———enhance access of beneficiaries who live in medically underserved areas to critical primary and preventive health care benefits and improve the Medicare+Choice program (see S. 654), S5542 [30AP]

———establish minimum geographic cost-of-practice index value for physicians' services (see S. 375), S2340 [12FE] (see S. 881), S5174 [10AP]

———establish uniform physician fee schedule payments (see S. 1135), S6978 [22MY]

———expand and improve coverage of mental health services (see S. 646), S4958 [8AP]

———expand coverage of certain self-injected biologicals (see S. 465), S3505 [11MR]

———improve Medicare Incentive Payment Program (see S. 379), S2458 [13FE]

———improve outpatient health care for beneficiaries in rural areas (see S. 1185), S7381 [4JN]

———improve outpatient vision services (see S. 1095), S6853 [21MY]

———modify definition of rehabilitation hospital and rehabilitation unit for reimbursement under prospective payment system (see S. 1222), S11118 [4SE]

———pay ambulance suppliers the full costs of providing such services (see S. 171), S4898 [7AP]

———protect and preserve access of beneficiaries to health care provided by hospitals in rural areas (see S. 816), S4957 [8AP]

———provide for expeditious coverage of new medical technology (see S. 823), S4957 [8AP]

———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see S. 569), S3253 [6MR]

———update renal dialysis composite rate (see S. 1098), S6853 [21MY]

———waive late enrollment penalty and provide a special Part B enrollment period for certain military retirees (see S. 1249), S7831 [12JN]

Medicare/Medicaid: establish a national abusive and criminal background check system for patient care workers (see S. 958), S5541 [30AP]

Mental health: provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see S. 486), S2920 [27FE]

Moynihan, Daniel Patrick: tribute (see S. Res. 99), S4434 [26MR]

Museum and Library Services Act: reauthorize (see S. 888), S8560 [25JN]

National Center for Missing and Exploited Children: funding (see S. 773), S4703 [2AP]

National Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Week: designate (see S. Res. 243), S12607 [15OC]

National Children's Memorial Day: designate (see S. Res. 196), S9496 [16JY]

National Civilian Conservation Corps Day: designate (see S. Res. 46), S2596 [24FE]

National Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 98), S11649 [17SE]

National Girl Scout Week: designate (see S. Res. 79), S3505 [11MR]

National Health Center Week: designate (see S. Res. 140), S5995 [9MY]

National Mammography Day: designate (see S. Res. 222), S11349 [10SE]

National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 201), S9959 [25JY]

National School Lunch Act: fruit and vegetable pilot program funding (see S. 1393), S11350 [10SE]

National security: provide for homeland security grant coordination and simplification (see S. 1245), S13711 [31OC]

National Veterans Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 204), S10140 [29JY]

NIH: provide for Alzheimer's disease research and demonstration grants (see S. 566), S3253 [6MR]

NSF: provide grants for digital and wireless network technology programs at historically Black colleges and universities, Hispanic-serving institutions, and tribal colleges and universities (see S. 196), S5542 [30AP]

Ogilvie, Mary Jane Jenkins: tribute (see S. Res. 110), S4957 [8AP]

Pesticides: provide for the enhanced review of covered products, authorize fees for certain products, and extend and improve collection of maintenance fees (see S. 1664), S13135 [23OC]

Postal Service: include postmasters and postmasters organizations in the process for the development and planning of certain policies, schedules, and programs (see S. 678), S7719 [11JN]

Public welfare programs: exclude child care from the determining limits on assistance under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see S. 261), S1813 [30JA]

———provide grants for transitional jobs programs under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see S. 786), S7620 [10JN]

Radio: ensure the availability of spectrum to amateur radio operators (see S. 537), S10266 [30JY]

Roads and highways: establish program to make allocations to States for projects to expand 2-lane highways in rural areas to 4-lane highways (see S. 365), S2340 [12FE]

Robinson, Jackie: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously and designate a national day of recognition (see S. 300), S8126 [18JN]

Rural areas: reward the hard work and risk of individuals who live in and help preserve small, rural towns (see S. 602), S9119 [9JY]

Senior citizens: promote elder justice (see S. 333), S2119 [10FE]

Smithsonian Institution: establish National Museum of African American History and Culture (see S. 1157), S7135 [23MY]

Social Security: computation system for benefits relative to spouses' or surviving spouses' Government pensions (see S. 363), S2341 [12FE]

———create a grant program to promote joint activities between Federal, State, and local child welfare and alcohol and drug abuse prevention and treatment agencies (see S. 614), S3730 [13MR]

———earnings test for blind individuals (see S. 750), S4629 [1AP]

———expand or add coverage of pregnant women under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (see S. 1033), S5950 [8MY]

———extend availability of allotments under the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see S. 312), S1977 [5FE]

———oppose reduction of annual cost-of-living adjustments (see S. Res. 155), S7135 [23MY]

———permit States the option of covering certain legal aliens under Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see S. 845), S5059 [9AP]

———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see S. 349), S5726 [5MY]

Sports: recognize evolution and importance of motorsports (see S. Res. 253), S14452 [11NO]

Syria: halt support for terrorism, end occupation of Lebanon, stop development of weapons of mass destruction, and cease illegal importation of Iraqi oil (see S. 982), S6980 [22MY]

Tariff: impose tariff-rate quotas on certain casein and milk protein concentrates (see S. 560), S3252 [6MR]

Tariff Act: clarify adjustments to be made in determining export price and constructed export price (see S. 219), S1668 [28JA]

Taxation: accelerate increase in refundability of the child tax credit (see S. 1434), S9638 [21JY]

———allow a deduction for premiums on mortgage insurance (see S. 846), S5059 [9AP]

———allow deduction equal to fair market value for charitable contributions of literary, musical, artistic, or scholarly compositions created by the donor (see S. 287), S1871 [4FE]

———allow expensing of broadband Internet access expenditures (see S. 160), S3163 [5MR]

———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. 623), S7477 [5JN]

———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. 595), S8126 [18JN]

———clarify the excise tax exemptions for aerial applicators of fertilizers or other substances (see S. 552), S3252 [6MR]

———clarify treatment of certain tax attributes for companies whose debt is cancelled in a bankruptcy proceeding (see S. 1331), S10266 [30JY]

———encourage investing of foreign earnings within the U.S. for productive business purposes (see S. 596), S6507 [15MY]

———end certain abusive tax practices and provide tax relief and simplification (H.R. 1308), agree to conference report that increases child tax credit refundability and include military pay in such credit (see S. Res. 200), S9959 [25JY]

———improve tax equity for military personnel (see S. 289), S1871 [4FE]

———incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability (see S. 905), S9905 [24JY]

———modify treatment of qualified small issue bonds (see S. 756), S12056 [26SE]

———permanently extend research credit and adjust the alternative incremental credit rates (see S. 664), S3993 [19MR]

———permit cooperatives to pay dividends on preferred stock without reducing patronage dividends (see S. 785), S4824 [3AP]

———promote simplification and fairness in the administration and collection of sales and use taxes (see S. 1736), S14806 [12NO]

———provide a credit to promote homeownership and community development (see S. 875), S8301 [20JN]

———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain leasehold improvements (see S. 576), S3369 [7MR]

———provide a uniform definition of a qualifying child (see S. 755), S4629 [1AP]

———provide incentives for production of renewable fuels and simplify administration of Highway Trust Fund fuel excise taxes (see S. 1548), S10618 [31JY]

———provide tax credit to teachers in rural or high unemployment areas or who achieve National Board for Professional Teaching Standards certification (see S. 857), S8358 [23JN]

———provide tax relief for farmers and fishermen (see S. 665), S3993 [19MR]

———repeal motor fuel excise taxes which remain in the general fund of the Treasury on railroads and inland waterway transportation (see S. 251), S3621 [12MR]

———treatment of amounts paid on behalf of Federal employees under Federal student loan repayment programs (see S. 512), S3086 [4MR]

———treatment of amounts received under qualified group legal services plans (see S. 1556), S10906 [1AU]

———treatment of bonds originally issued to finance governmental facilities used for essential governmental functions (see S. 271), S3164 [5MR]

———treatment of certain expenses of rural letter carriers relative to the business use of a personal vehicle (see S. 1333), S8559 [25JN]

———treatment of certain motor vehicle dealer transitional assistance (see S. 1305), S8300 [20JN]

———treatment of damages and back pay received on account of, and expenses incurred in asserting any claim of employment discrimination (see S. 557), S15976 [25NO]

———treatment of depreciation of wireless telecommunications equipment (see S. 895), S5342 [11AP]

———treatment of flexible spending arrangements relative to long-term care insurance (see S. 1335), S9593 [17JY]

———treatment of forestry activities (see S. 1381), S9119 [9JY]

———treatment of real estate investment trusts (see S. 1568), S16121 [9DE]

Television: preserve localism, promote diversity in programming, encourage competition, and prevent excessive concentration of ownership of broadcast stations (see S. 1046), S6626 [19MY]

———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. 480), S2920 [27FE]

Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks (see S. Res. 224), S11416 [11SE]

Thurmond, Strom: tribute (see S. Res. 191), S8862 [27JN]

Trade Act: amend to provide trade adjustment assistance for communities (see S. 1110), S6978 [22MY]

Veterans: allow certain veterans with service-connected disabilities to travel on military aircraft (see S. 59), S12888 [20OC]

———increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses (see S. 451), S7832 [12JN]

———mint coins in commemoration of veterans who became disabled for life while serving in the Armed Forces (see S. 1379), S14271 [7NO]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see S. 392), S2456 [13FE]

———provide that remarriage of the surviving spouse of a veteran after a certain age will not result in termination of dependency and indemnity compensation (see S. 249), S11032 [3SE]

Women: constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see S.J. Res. 11), S5773 [6MY]

YMCA: authorizing appropriations to implement program for teens providing productive activities during after-school hours (see S. 1201), S7476 [5JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Agriculture: provide emergency agriculture assistance (see S. 1309), S8300 [20JN]

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service: improve administration of bird collection and management activities (see S. 137), S133 [9JA]

Arkansas: convey certain land to the New Hope Cemetery Association for use as a cemetery (see S. 1537), S10618 [31JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: sell or exchange certain lands in the Ozark-St. Francis and Ouachita National Forests and use funds to acquire, construct, or improve administrative sites (see S. 33), S35 [7JA]

Dept. of Defense: prioritize transfer of excess personal property to the Forest Service Federal Excess Personal Property Program in order to be loaned to rural fire departments (see S. 641), S3881 [18MR]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: accelerate and make child tax credit provisions permanent (see S. 92), S37 [7JA]

———accelerate and make lowest tax bracket permanent (see S. 94), S37 [7JA]

———make pension and individual retirement arrangement provisions permanent (see S. 95), S37 [7JA]

Energy Policy Act: increase allowable credit for biodiesel use under the alternatively fueled vehicle purchase requirement (see S. 356), S2187 [11FE]

Federal Deposit Insurance Act: clarify applicable rates of interest and other charge limitations (see S. 904), S5342 [11AP]

First Tee (organization): tribute to programs that provide young people an opportunity to develop through golf and character education (see S. Res. 17), S203 [10JA]

Medicare: allow beneficiaries direct access to physical therapists without a physician referral (see S. 493), S2920 [27FE]

———coverage of diabetes laboratory diagnostic tests and other diabetes screening services (see S. 599), S3505 [11MR]

———coverage of kidney disease education services (see S. 1114), S6978 [22MY]

———eliminate cost-sharing for bone mass measurements (see S. 1113), S6978 [22MY]

———extend eligibility periods for geriatric graduate medical education, expand medical residency training programs in geriatric medicine, and provide reimbursement of care coordination and assessment services (see S. 387), S2456 [13FE]

National Epilepsy Awareness Month: support goals and ideals and urge funding for epilepsy research and service programs (see S. Con. Res. 48), S7381 [4JN]

National Missing Adult Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 213), S10619 [31JY]

Social Security: expand or add coverage of pregnant women under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (see S. 1734), S12607 [15OC]

———improve women's health care through expanded Medicaid, Medicare, and State Children's Health Insurance Program benefits (see S. 1238), S7718 [11JN]

———permit States to cover certain low-income youth with an enhanced matching rate under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (see S. 1889), S15187 [19NO]

SSI: clarify that the value of certain funeral and burial arrangements are not to be considered available resources (see S. 166), S848 [15JA]

Tariff Act: expedite antidumping investigations when imports increase materially from new suppliers after an antidumping order and amend provisions on export prices and constructed export prices (see S. 136), S133 [9JA]

Taxation: accelerate increase in refundability of the child tax credit (see S. 1162), S7188 [2JN]

———accelerate increase in the child tax credit and expand refundability of such credit (see S. 962), S5541 [30AP]

———allow a U.S. independent film and television production wage credit (see S. 1613), S11416 [11SE]

———extension of the credit for producing electricity from certain renewable resources to include landfill gas (see S. 358), S2187 [11FE]

———make alternative minimum tax exemption increase permanent (see S. 102), S37 [7JA]

———modify renewable energy credit to include agricultural and animal waste sources as a renewable energy resource (see S. 357), S2187 [11FE]

———modify renewable energy credit to include electricity produced from municipal solid waste (see S. 359), S2187 [11FE]

———permanent repeal of estate tax on family-owned businesses and farms (see S. 34), S35 [7JA]

———provide a credit for energy-efficient appliances (see S. 361), S2187 [11FE]

———provide a tax credit to promote the production of biodiesel (see S. 355), S2187 [11FE]

———treatment of natural gas distribution lines (see S. 360), S2187 [11FE]

Lists

Activated Arkansas National Guard and Reserve units, S4820 [3AP]

Activated Arkansas Reserve and National Guard units, S3246 [6MR]

Arkansas military units activated in support of war on terrorism and potential action against Iraq, S91 [9JA]

Organizations supporting S. 387, Geriatric Care Act, S2464 [13FE]

Motions

Taxation: provide incentives for economic recovery (S. 1054), S6411 [15MY]

Privilege of the floor

Buehrens, Erica, S8007 [17JN]

Linstroth, Matt, S9160 [9JY]

Wolf, Jason, S9160 [9JY]

Remarks

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (S. 3), S3476 [11MR]

Agriculture: provide emergency agriculture assistance (S. 1309), S8305 [20JN]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2673), S14017 [5NO], S14149 [6NO]

Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 2), S1442 [23JA]

———making omnibus consolidated appropriations, S1442 [23JA]

———making supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan (S. 1689), S12315 [2OC], S12582 [15OC], S12671 [16OC], S12807 [17OC]

Armed Forces: expand eligibility for participation by members of the Selected Reserve and their dependents in the TRICARE program, S4062, S4063 [20MR]

———support members engaging in military action in Iraq, S4422 [26MR], S4461, S4471, S4472 [27MR], S4543 [31MR], S4819 [3AP], S5260 [11AP], S10516 [31JY]

———tribute, S12315 [2OC], S13427 [29OC]

———tribute to Arkansas National Guard 39th Infantry Brigade, S13427, S13428 [29OC]

———tribute to members of the Reserve and National Guard, S3246 [6MR]

Armed Forces Relief Trust: tribute to radio and television fundraising drive for military families, S15961 [25NO]

Blytheville, AR: environmental restoration of former Eaker AFB site funding, S6922 [22MY]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2003-2013 (S. Con. Res. 23), S4062, S4063 [20MR], S4335 [25MR], S4412 [26MR]

Cash, Johnny: tribute (S. Con. Res. 68), S11484 [15SE]

Contraceptives: require equitable coverage of drugs, devices, and services under health insurance plans, S3476 [11MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: Agricultural Research Service funding, S14017 [5NO]

———Office of Civil Rights funding, S14149 [6NO]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1050), S6922 [22MY]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2691), S11820 [23SE]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2660), S11224 [9SE]

Ecology and environment: manage risk of potential climate change through reductions in emissions of greenhouse gases (S. 139), S13599 [30OC]

Education: disadvantaged student programs funding, S11224 [9SE]

Energy Policy Act: increase allowable credit for biodiesel use under the alternatively fueled vehicle purchase requirement (S. 356), S2213-S2216 [11FE]

Estrada, Miguel A.: nomination to be circuit judge, S2401 [13FE]

Fire prevention: improve capacity to plan and conduct hazardous fuels reduction projects and enhance efforts to protect watersheds and address threats to forest and rangeland health (H.R. 1904), S13478 [29OC], S13622 [30OC]

———improve capacity to plan and conduct hazardous fuels reduction projects and enhance efforts to protect watersheds and address threats to forest and rangeland health (S. 1449), S9801 [23JY]

First Tee (organization): tribute to programs that provide young people an opportunity to develop through golf and character education (S. Res. 17), S206 [10JA]

Government: prohibit awarding of Federal contracts to entities paying deferred compensation to certain senior U.S. officials, S12671 [16OC]

Health: provide health care for active duty National Guard and Reserve personnel and their families, S4335 [25MR]

Hospitals: provide emergency contraceptives to women who are survivors of sexual assault, S3476 [11MR]

Iraq: treatment of U.S. POW relative to violations of Geneva Convention, S5106 [10AP]

Little Rock, AR: Audubon Nature Center funding, S11820 [23SE]

Medicare: allow beneficiaries direct access to physical therapists without a physician referral (S. 493), S2977 [27FE]

———allow beneficiaries enrolled in fallback plans to remain in such plans for two years by regulating contracting cycles, S8285 [20JN], S8390, S8408 [24JN]

———coverage of diabetes laboratory diagnostic tests and other diabetes screening services (S. 599), S3548 [11MR]

———coverage of marriage and family therapist services and mental health counselor services (S. 310), S1988 [5FE]

———coverage of syringes and medical supplies necessary for the administration of insulin, S8283 [20JN]

———ensure beneficiaries have convenient access to retail pharmacies for prescription drug coverage and prohibit the tying of contracts by health plans, S8488 [25JN]

———establish a demonstration project for direct access to physical therapy services, S8284 [20JN]

———establish minimum geographic cost-of-practice index value for physicians' services (S. 375), S2361 [12FE]

———extend eligibility periods for geriatric graduate medical education, S8283 [20JN]

———extend eligibility periods for geriatric graduate medical education, expand medical residency training programs in geriatric medicine, and provide reimbursement of care coordination and assessment services (S. 387), S2464 [13FE]

———reform and provide prescription drug coverage (H.R. 1), S9295-S9298 [11JY], S15047-S15051 [18NO]

———reform and provide prescription drug coverage (H.R. 1), conference report, S15681 [24NO]

———reform and provide prescription drug coverage (S. 1), S8283, S8284, S8285 [20JN], S8389, S8408 [24JN], S8488 [25JN], S8687 [26JN]

———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps, S8687 [26JN]

National forests: ensure protection of old-growth forests, S13622 [30OC]

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), S10570 [31JY]

———enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), conference report, S15343 [21NO]

———enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (S. 14), S7216, S7223 [3JN]

Presidential appointments: Senate process for confirmation of judicial nominees, S2401 [13FE], S14575 [12NO]

Saline County, AK: tribute to veterans' memorial, S9116 [9JY]

Social Security: allow coverage of pregnancy-related assistance for targeted low-income pregnant women under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid, S3476 [11MR]

———expand or add coverage of pregnant women under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (S. 1734), S12612 [15OC]

———improve women's health care through expanded Medicaid, Medicare, and State Children's Health Insurance Program benefits (S. 1238), S7728 [11JN]

SSI: clarify that the value of certain funeral and burial arrangements are not to be considered available resources (S. 166), S851 [15JA]

Sutton, Jeffrey S.: nomination to be circuit judge, S5458 [29AP]

Taxation: accelerate increase in refundability of the child tax credit, S7216, S7217, S7222, S7223 [3JN]

———accelerate increase in refundability of the child tax credit (S. 1162), S7189 [2JN]

———accelerate increase in refundability of the child tax credit (S. 1162), motion to proceed, S9094 [9JY]

———end certain abusive tax practices and provide tax relief and simplification (H.R. 1308), S7449 [5JN], S7970 [17JN]

———end certain abusive tax practices and provide tax relief and simplification (H.R. 1308), unanimous-consent request, S7216, S7217 [3JN]

———expand refundability of child tax credit, S6188 [14MY], S6411 [15MY]

———extend child tax credit provisions of budget resolution, S4412 [26MR]

———extension of the credit for producing electricity from certain renewable resources to include landfill gas, S10570 [31JY]

———extension of the credit for producing electricity from certain renewable resources to include landfill gas (S. 358), S2213-S2216 [11FE]

———improve tax equity for military personnel, S12582 [15OC]

———increase refundability of child tax credit, clarify eligibility of Armed Forces pay for such credit, and accelerate marriage penalty relief in earned income tax credit, S7449 [5JN], S7970 [17JN]

———modify renewable energy credit to include agricultural and animal waste sources as a renewable energy resource (S. 357), S2213-S2216 [11FE]

———modify renewable energy credit to include electricity produced from municipal solid waste (S. 359), S2213-S2216 [11FE]

———provide a credit for energy-efficient appliances (S. 361), S2213 [11FE]

———provide a tax credit to promote the production of biodiesel (S. 355), S2213-S2216 [11FE]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (S. 1054), S6411 [15MY]

———treatment of natural gas distribution lines (S. 360), S2213-S2216 [11FE]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: State and Tribal Wildlife Grants Program funding, S1442 [23JA]

University of Arkansas: anniversary of Zeta Tau Alpha (fraternal organization) Epsilon chapter, S11906 [24SE]

———tribute to track and field team, S4163 [20MR]

Votes: position on missed, S5458 [29AP]

Remarks in Senate relative to

Tribute, S7447 [5JN], S14577 [12NO]

Texts of

S. 355, Biodiesel Promotion Act, S2216 [11FE]

S. 356, EPACT Alternative Fuel Flexibility Act, S2217 [11FE]

S. 357, modify renewable energy credit to include agricultural and animal waste sources as a renewable energy resource, S2217 [11FE]

S. 358, extension of the tax credit for producing electricity from certain renewable resources to include landfill gas, S2217 [11FE]

S. 359, Waste to Energy Utilization Act, S2218 [11FE]

S. 360, tax treatment of natural gas distribution lines, S2218 [11FE]

S. 361, Resource Efficient Appliance Incentives Act, S2218 [11FE]

S. 1537, Arkansas land conveyance to the New Hope Cemetery Association for use as a cemetery, S10668 [31JY]

S. 1734, Prevent Prematurity and Improve Child Health Act, S12612-S12615 [15OC]

Tributes

Baird, Victor, S2987 [27FE]

Johnson, Michael V., Jr., S4543 [31MR]

Kimbrough, Paul, S12529 [14OC]

McDonnell, John, S4163 [20MR]

McGaugh, Dustin K., S12447 [3OC]

Morehead, Kevin N., S12184 [30SE]

Nickol, Bonnie, S26 [7JA]

Rowe, Roy, S3877 [18MR]

Sides, James, S11184 [8SE]

Smedley, Jason C., S91 [9JA], S4543 [31MR], S5106 [10AP]