DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Amendments

Depts. of Transportation and the Treasury, and independent agencies: making appropriations, H7619 [24JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2989), S13079, S13087, S13089, S13092, S13101, S13106, S13113, S13116, S13117, S13118, S13119, S13120, S13121, S13122, S13124, S13150, S13168, S13169, S13170, S13171, S13172, S13173, S13174, S13175 [23OC], S13230 [24OC], H7840, H7841, H7842 [3SE], H7868, H7869, H7870, H7878, H7879, H7882, H7883, H7885, H7887, H7888, H7894, H7913, H7919, H7920, H7950 [4SE], H8024, H8025, H8027, H8036, H8037, H8039, H8044, H8047, H8048, H8050 [9SE]

Public debt: ceiling (H.J. Res. 51), S7094, S7096, S7098, S7101, S7106, S7112, S7113, S7114, S7161, S7162 [23MY]

Appointments

Citizen's Coinage Advisory Committee, S5843 [7MY]

Conferees: H.R. 2989, Depts. of Transportation and the Treasury, and independent agencies appropriations, S13123 [23OC], H9989 [29OC]

Articles and editorials

Bondland Botch, S9899 [24JY]

Congress' Message on Cuba, S13657 [30OC]

Congressional Resolve on Cuba, S13657 [30OC]

Havana Club, S13657 [30OC]

Lift Ban on Cuba Travel, S13657 [30OC]

Panic Is Near if ``The Gold Is Gone'', E1511 [18JY]

San Francisco $3 Would Sell Better Than $5, E388 [7MR]

Sept. 11 Deserves Commemoration on Coin, E987 [15MY]

Tax Lunacy, S7108 [23MY]

Washington's Weak Dollar Policy, S7108 [23MY]

Bills and resolutions

Budget: establish a deficit reduction account in the U.S. Treasury (see H.R. 3302), H9477 [15OC]

Business and industry: allow a grace period for payment of bills by consumers whose mail service has been disrupted due to a national emergency (see H.R. 2549), H5662 [19JN]

China, People's Republic of: initiate expedited negotiations on establishing a market-based currency valuation and fulfilling international trade agreement commitments (see S. Res. 262), S14177 [6NO]

———require Dept. of the Treasury report on exchange rate policies and impose additional tariffs on products based on the rate of currency exchange manipulation (see S. 1758), S12888 [20OC] (see H.R. 3058), H8174 [10SE]

Coins: ensure continuity for the design of the 5-cent coin (see S. 471, 474), S2920 [27FE] (see H.R. 258), H135 [8JA]

———establish a commemorative quarter dollar coin program for the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, Northern Mariana Islands, and the Virgin Islands (see H.R. 2993), H7838 [3SE]

Congressional Medal of Honor: mint coins in commemoration of recipients (see H.R. 3477), H11133 [7NO]

Crime: combat money laundering and terrorist financing (see S. 1837), S14176 [6NO]

———prevent terrorists and money launderers from establishing accounts for illegal money transfers using false Social Security or taxpayer identification numbers (see H.R. 1037), H1464 [27FE]

Crockett, David: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 3526), H11650 [19NO]

Cruz, Celia: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 3109), H8380 [17SE]

Depts. of Transportation and the Treasury, and independent agencies: making appropriations (see S. 1589), S11186 [8SE] (see H.R. 2989), H7837 [3SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2989) consideration (see H. Res. 351), H7838 [3SE]

Education: establish a pilot national public service multimedia campaign to enhance the state of financial literacy in the U.S. (see H.R. 3294), H9477 [15OC]

Exchange Stabilization Fund: limit use to buy or sell gold without congressional approval (see H.R. 2782), H7085 [17JY]

Financial institutions: provide for direct and accurate compensation to financial institutions for providing various critical depositary and financial agency services for or on behalf of the U.S. (see H.R. 3183), H8949 [25SE]

Financial Literacy and Education Coordinating Committee: establish (see S. 1470), S10045 [28JY]

Financial Markets Oversight Commission: establish (see H.R. 1109), H1678 [6MR]

Franklin, Benjamin: mint coins in commemoration of tercentenary of birth (see H.R. 3204), H9032 [30SE]

Government regulations: congressional disapproval of rule allowing financial institutions to accept foreign consular-issued identification cards (see H.J. Res. 58), H4737 [22MY]

Haiti: direct the U.S. Executive Director at the Inter-American Development Bank to urge the immediate resumption of lending to Haiti (see H.R. 1108), H1641 [5MR]

Housing: enhance regulation of secondary mortgage market enterprises (see S. 1508), S10617 [31JY] (see S. 1656), S11988 [25SE]

———prohibit Federal funding for housing-related Government-sponsored enterprises and remove certain advantages granted to such enterprises (see H.R. 3071), H8175 [10SE]

———remove certain advantages for housing-related Government-sponsored enterprises relative to other secondary mortgage market enterprises (see H.R. 2117), H4203 [15MY]

Inspectors General: consolidate (see H.R. 3625), H12308 [21NO]

Iraq: adjudication of certain claims against Iraq (see H.R. 3603), H12307 [21NO]

Jamestown, VA: mint coins in commemoration of settlement anniversary (see S. 976), S5650 [1MY] (see H.R. 1914), H3635 [1MY]

King, Martin Luther, Jr.: mint coins in commemoration (see S. 377), S2340 [12FE] (see H.R. 589), H320 [5FE]

———redesign the $1 coin in commemoration (see H.R. 1016), H1463 [27FE]

Korean Americans: mint coins in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of Korean immigration to the U.S. (see H.R. 1958), H3682 [6MY]

Marine Corps: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see S. 894), S5342 [11AP] (see H.R. 3277), H9376 [8OC]

Marshall, John: mint coins in commemoration (see S. 1531), S10618 [31JY] (see H.R. 2768), H7085 [17JY]

Marshall, Thurgood: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 1015), H1463 [27FE]

Money: prohibit inclusion of any information storage capability on U.S. currency or the imposition of any fee or penalty on any person for the holding of currency (see H.R. 2777), H7085 [17JY]

———repeal statute designating U.S. coins, currency, and Federal reserve notes as legal tender (see H.R. 2779), H7085 [17JY]

National Affordable Housing Trust Fund: establish to provide decent, safe, and affordable housing for low-income families (see S. 1411), S9414 [15JY] (see H.R. 1102), H1640 [5MR]

New Hampshire: mint coins in commemoration of the Old Man of the Mountain rock formation (see H.R. 2093), H4130 [14MY]

Office of Housing Finance Oversight: establish to ensure the financial safety and soundness of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and the Federal home loan banks (see H.R. 2803), H7225 [21JY]

One dollar bill: include certain parts of the Constitution in the redesign (see S. 244), S1736 [29JA] (see H.R. 1785), H3351 [11AP]

Pensions: protect employee benefits in defined benefit plans and enforce age discrimination requirements that apply to conversion of pension plans to cash balance plans (see S. 825), S4957 [8AP] (see H.R. 1677), H2938 [8AP]

Public debt: ceiling (see H.R. 2156), H4367 [20MY] (see H.J. Res. 51), H3354 [11AP]

Reagan, Ronald: provide for dime coins to bear likeness (see H.R. 3633), H12309 [21NO]

Roosevelt, Theodore: mint coins in commemoration of the centenary of receiving the Nobel Peace Prize (see H.R. 2404), H5173 [10JN]

San Francisco, CA: mint coins in commemoration of the San Francisco Old Mint (see S. 168), S848 [15JA]

Securities: prohibit use of surplus funds to make any investment in securities, other than Government and municipal securities (see H.R. 165), H57 [7JA]

Taxation: allow disclosure of taxpayer identity information through mass communications to notify persons entitled to tax refunds (see H.R. 1557), H2702 [2AP]

———increase standard mileage rate for charitable purposes to equal the rate for business purposes (see H.R. 492), H244 [29JA]

———repeal motor fuel excise taxes which remain in the general fund of the Treasury on railroads and inland waterway transportation (see S. 251), S1812 [30JA] (see H.R. 578), H319 [5FE]

———study tax depreciation recovery periods (see H.R. 46), H53 [7JA]

———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 278), H136 [8JA]

Terrorism: liquidate certain blocked assets of terrorists and terrorist organizations for the compensation of terrorism victims (see H.R. 922), H1394 [26FE]

Veterans: mint coins in commemoration of veterans who became disabled for life while serving in the Armed Forces (see S. 1379), S9118 [9JY] (see H.R. 2823), H7453 [23JY]

Letters

Cash balance pension conversion: several Members of Congress, S1792 [30JA]

Dept. of the Treasury Office of Intelligence and Analysis establishment: John W. Snow, Sec. of the Treasury, S15357 [21NO]

———Senators Shelby and Sarbanes, Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate), S15357 [21NO]

Financial Literacy and Education Coordinating Act: H. Patrick Swygert, Howard University, S10061 [28JY]

———Michael W. Naylor, AARP, S10061 [28JY]

———Robert F. Duvall, National Council on Economic Education, S10061 [28JY]

———Travis B. Plunkett, Consumer Federation of America, S10060 [28JY]

Prohibit funding for implementing IRS regulations allowing the conversion of defined benefit pension plans into cash balance plans: Michael W. Naylor, AARP, S13091 [23OC]

Regulatory oversight over energy trading markets: several Government officials, S13969 [5NO]

Messages

Statutory Authority To Confiscate and Vest Certain Property of the Government of Iraq: President Bush, S4163 [20MR], H2264 [20MR]

Telecommunications Services Payments to Cuba: President Bush, S3160 [5MR], H1603 [5MR]

Motions

Depts. of Transportation and the Treasury, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2989), S13087, S13089, S13111 [23OC], H7853, H7855, H7856 [4SE], H9988 [29OC], H11598 [19NO], H11853 [20NO]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2989) consideration (H. Res. 351), H7850 [4SE]

Public debt: ceiling (H.J. Res. 51), S7110 [23MY]

Proposals

Depts. of Transportation and the Treasury, and independent agencies appropriations (H.R. 2989): compromise language to ensure fair treatment of Federal employees in competition with private companies for Federal contracts, S15916 [25NO]

Remarks in House

Amtrak: funding through reductions in Dept. of the Treasury funding, H7883, H7884 [4SE]

Bonneville Power Administration: accounting practices, H11402 [18NO]

Budget: combat waste, fraud, and abuse, H9712 [20OC]

Buy American Act: compliance, H8024 [9SE]

Center for Rural Health Development: Dept. of the Treasury designation as a Community Development Financial Institution, E829 [1MY]

Coins: ensure continuity for the design of the 5-cent coin (H.R. 258), H1351-H1354 [26FE]

Contracts: prohibit funding to implement revisions to OMB rules relative to competitive sourcing for Federal contracts, H8044-H8047 [9SE]

Corporations: prohibit certain expatriated corporations from being eligible for the award of Federal contracts, H7858, H7918, H7919 [4SE]

Courts: prohibit funding to assist in overturning district court ruling on IBM Corp., cash balance pension conversion, H8040-H8043 [9SE], E1774 [11SE]

Cuba: lift certain restrictions on remittances to Cuban nationals, H8037-H8039 [9SE]

Depts. of Transportation and the Treasury, and independent agencies: across-the-board funding reductions, H8024 [9SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2989), H7851-H7922 [4SE], H8023-H8060 [9SE], H9988 [29OC], H10462 [6NO], E1723, E1725, E1729 [5SE], E1742 [9SE], E1753, E1754 [10SE], E1774 [11SE], E1803 [16SE], E1847 [22SE], E1855 [23SE], E1925 [30SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2989) consideration (H. Res. 351), H7845-H7851 [4SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2989), motion to instruct conferees, H9988, H9989 [29OC], H11853-H11856 [20NO]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2989), unanimous-consent agreement, H7899 [4SE]

District of Columbia: reductions in Social Security annuities for certain public safety officers, H7989, H7990 [5SE]

Economy: effects of gold standard, H8003-H8009 [5SE]

Exchange Stabilization Fund: limit use to buy or sell gold without congressional approval (H.R. 2782), E1511 [18JY]

FBI: definition of ``financial institution'' relative to authority to subpoena financial records in terrorism or espionage investigations, E2399 [22NO], E2491 [8DE]

Financial institutions: prohibit financial holding companies and national banks from engaging, directly or indirectly, in real estate brokerage or real estate management activities, E1729 [5SE]

Foreign aid: report on the Enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative, H6823, H6824 [15JY]

Franklin, Benjamin: mint coins in commemoration of tercentenary of birth (H.R. 3204), E1919 [30SE]

Haiti: direct the U.S. Executive Director at the Inter-American Development Bank to urge the immediate resumption of lending to Haiti, H2793, H2794 [3AP]

———direct the U.S. Executive Director at the Inter-American Development Bank to urge the immediate resumption of lending to Haiti (H.R. 1108), H3558, H3562-H3564 [30AP]

Housing: prohibit Federal funding for housing-related Government-sponsored enterprises and remove certain advantages granted to such enterprises (H.R. 3071), E1767 [11SE]

———remove certain advantages for housing-related Government-sponsored enterprises relative to other secondary mortgage market enterprises (H.R. 2117), E972 [15MY]

Inspectors General: consolidate (H.R. 3625), E2395 [22NO]

IRS: corporate audit funding through reductions in earned income tax credit precertification compliance funding, H7913-H7918 [4SE], E1723 [5SE]

King, Martin Luther, Jr.: redesign the $1 coin in commemoration (H.R. 1016), E341 [27FE]

Marshall, Thurgood: mint commemorative coins (H.R. 1015), E341 [27FE]

Money: prohibit inclusion of any information storage capability on U.S. currency or the imposition of any fee or penalty on any person for the holding of currency (H.R. 2777), E1509 [18JY]

———repeal statute designating U.S. coins, currency, and Federal reserve notes as legal tender (H.R. 2779), E1516 [18JY]

Pensions: protect employee benefits in defined benefit plans and enforce age discrimination requirements that apply to conversion of pension plans to cash balance plans, H4038, H4085 [14MY], H12838 [8DE]

———protect employee benefits in defined benefit plans and enforce age discrimination requirements that apply to conversion of pension plans to cash balance plans (H.R. 1677), E699, E708 [8AP]

———protection of workers whose employers convert from defined benefits to cash balance pension plans, H4090 [14MY]

Public debt: ceiling, H3283, H3284 [10AP], H3646 [6MY], H6999 [16JY]

———ceiling (H.J. Res. 51), H4226 [19MY], H4337-H4342 [20MY], H4532, H4533 [22MY]

———ceiling (H.R. 2156), H4533, H4714 [22MY]

———status, H9286 [8OC], H9685 [17OC]

San Francisco, CA: mint coins in commemoration of the San Francisco Old Mint (S. 168), E387 [7MR]

Scott, Dortha: tribute to sketch selected by U.S. Mint for the Arkansas Quarter, E2170 [30OC]

Secret Service: authorize to provide forensic and investigative support to local law enforcement and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, H2427, H2428 [27MR], H3062 [10AP]

Taxation: repeal motor fuel excise taxes on railroads and inland waterway transportation, H3100 [10AP]

Terrorism: liquidate certain blocked assets of terrorists and terrorist organizations for the compensation of terrorism victims (H.R. 922), E302 [27FE]

———mint coins to commemorate events related to the attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, E987 [15MY]

Remarks in Senate

Armed Forces: GAO study of tax treatment of military personnel, S4478-S4480 [27MR]

China, People's Republic of: initiate expedited negotiations on establishing a market-based currency valuation and fulfilling international trade agreement commitments (S. Res. 262), S14181 [6NO]

———require Dept. of the Treasury report on exchange rate policies and impose additional tariffs on products based on the rate of currency exchange manipulation (S. 1758), S12889 [20OC]

Coins: ensure continuity for the design of the 5-cent coin (H.R. 258), S5391 [11AP]

Committee on Finance (Senate): bipartisan tradition in approving Sec. of the Treasury nominees, S1841 [30JA]

Crime: combat money laundering and terrorist financing (S. 1837), S14179 [6NO]

Cuba: lift travel restrictions, S11433 [15SE], S12493 [14OC], S12909 [21OC], S13079-S13087 [23OC], S13656 [30OC]

Dept. of Agriculture: provide borrowing authority for fire suppression and conduct hazardous fuels reduction and burned area restoration on non-Federal lands, S13601-S13605 [30OC]

Dept. of Homeland Security: require report on expenses incurred by State and local police complying with Secret Service requirements for transporting foreign and domestic officials, S9751-S9753, S9755 [23JY]

Depts. of Transportation and the Treasury, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2989), S13076-S13124 [23OC], S13205, S13206 [24OC], S13656 [30OC], S15915-S15917 [25NO]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2989), unanimous-consent agreement, S13064 [22OC]

———making appropriations (S. 1589), S14470-S14472 [12NO]

Financial Literacy and Education Coordinating Committee: establish (S. 1470), S10058-S10060 [28JY]

FRS: impact of bond market prices on economic conditions, S9899 [24JY]

Housing: enhance regulation of secondary mortgage market enterprises (S. 1508), S10623 [31JY]

———enhance regulation of secondary mortgage market enterprises (S. 1656), S11990 [25SE]

IRS: prohibit funding for implementing regulations allowing the conversion of defined benefit pension plans into cash balance plans, S13089-S13091 [23OC]

Jamestown, VA: mint coins in commemoration of settlement anniversary (S. 976), S5667 [1MY]

King, Martin Luther, Jr.: mint coins in commemoration (S. 377), S2361 [12FE]

Marshall, John: mint coins in commemoration (S. 1531), S10656 [31JY], S15500, S15501 [21NO]

National Affordable Housing Trust Fund: establish to provide decent, safe, and affordable housing for low-income families (S. 1411), S9423 [15JY]

Office of Foreign Assets Control: fining of Joan Slote for bicycle travel through Cuba, S11433 [15SE], S12493 [14OC]

Office of Intelligence and Analysis: establish, S15357 [21NO]

OMB: prohibit funding to implement revisions to rules relative to competitive sourcing for Federal contracts, S13092-S13101, S13105, S13106 [23OC]

Pensions: protect employee benefits in defined benefit plans and enforce age discrimination requirements that apply to conversion of pension plans to cash balance plans (S. 825), S4973 [8AP]

———protection of workers whose employers convert from defined benefits to cash balance pension plans, S1790-S1793 [30JA]

Presidential appointments: nominations considered and confirmed en bloc, S1839-S1841 [30JA], S4881 [3AP], S5683 [1MY], S10905, S10931 [1AU], S16151 [9DE]

Public debt: ceiling, S4664 [2AP], S4808 [3AP]

———ceiling (H.J. Res. 51), S5616 [30AP], S5619, S5640 [1MY], S5697 [5MY], S6055-S6061 [13MY], S7089-S7115 [23MY]

———ceiling (H.J. Res. 51), unanimous-consent agreement, S5838 [7MY], S6964 [22MY]

———ceiling (H.J. Res. 51), unanimous-consent request, S5838 [7MY], S6022 [12MY]

———reduce proposed ceiling increase, S7094, S7095 [23MY]

San Francisco, CA: mint coins in commemoration of the San Francisco Old Mint (S. 168), S853 [15JA]

Snow, John W.: nomination to be Sec. of the Treasury, S1770, S1789-S1793, S1841, S1842 [30JA]

Social Security: ensure that trust fund surpluses are not reduced to fund tax cuts on corporate dividends, S6164-S6166, S6171-S6174 [14MY]

Taxation: allow pension plans to replace Treasury bonds with conservative long-term corporate bonds and establish Commission on Defined Benefit Pension Plans, S6436 [15MY]

Terrorism: liquidate certain blocked assets of terrorists and terrorist organizations for the compensation of terrorism victims, S9171-S9173 [10JY]

Veterans: mint coins in commemoration of veterans who became disabled for life while serving in the Armed Forces (S. 1379), S9120 [9JY]

Reports filed

American 5-Cent Coin Design Continuity Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 258) (H. Rept. 108-20), H1394 [26FE]

Consideration of H.R. 2989, Depts. of Transportation and the Treasury, and Independent Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 351) (H. Rept. 108-258), H7838 [3SE]

Depts. of Transportation and the Treasury, and Independent Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 2989) (H. Rept. 108-243), H7837 [3SE]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 1589) (S. Rept. 108-146), S11186 [8SE]

Nomination of Arnold I. Havens To Be Dept. of the Treasury General Counsel: Committee on Finance (Senate), S16119 [9DE]

Nomination of John W. Snow To Be Sec. of the Treasury: Committee on Finance (Senate), S1811 [30JA]

Nomination of John W. Snow to International Monetary Organizations: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S5058 [9AP]

Nomination of Robert S. Nichols To Be Assistant Sec. of the Treasury for Public Affairs: Committee on Finance (Senate), S10616 [31JY]

Rulings of the Chair

Depts. of Transportation and the Treasury, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2989), H7867, H7868, H7879, H7891, H7913 [4SE], H8037, H8053 [9SE]

Statements

Cash Balance Pension Conversion: Larry Cutrone, S1791 [30JA]

Customs Revenue Functions and Homeland Security: Senators Baucus and Grassley, S6701 [20MY]

Summaries

Financial Literacy and Education Coordinating Act (S. 1470), S10060 [28JY]

Tables

Committee on the Budget (Senate) scoring of S. 1589, Depts. of Transportation and the Treasury, and independent agencies appropriations, S13205 [24OC]

Daily history of debt results, S7106 [23MY]

Debt to the penny, S1699 [29JA], S3006 [3MR]

Testimonies

Maintain Current Level of Deposit Insurance Amounts, H2621 [2AP]

Texts of

H. Res. 351, consideration of H.R. 2989, Depts. of Transportation and the Treasury, and independent agencies appropriations, H7845 [4SE]

H.R. 258, American 5-Cent Coin Design Continuity Act, H1351 [26FE]

H.R. 2156, public debt ceiling, H4715 [22MY]

H.R. 2989, Depts. of Transportation and the Treasury, and independent agencies appropriations, S13298-S13317 [27OC]

S. 976, Jamestown 400th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act, S5667 [1MY]

S. 1379, American Veterans Disabled for Life Commemorative Coin Act, S9120 [9JY]

S. 1470, Financial Literacy and Education Coordinating Act, S10062 [28JY]

S. 1508, Federal Enterprise Regulatory Reform Act, S10623-S10631 [31JY]

S. 1531, Chief Justice John Marshall Commemorative Coin Act, S10657 [31JY], S15501 [21NO]

S. 1656, Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight Modernization Act, S11991-S11999 [25SE]

S. Res. 262, Dept. of the Treasury initiation of expedited negotiations with the People's Republic of China on establishing a market-based currency valuation and fulfilling international trade agreement commitments, S14181 [6NO]