MORALITY AND ETHICS

Agenda

Strategic Planning Workshop: Center for Reproductive Rights, E2542 [8DE]

Amendments

Science: prohibit the cloning of humans (H.R. 534), H1423 [27FE]

Analyses

Communications Strategic Planning: Center for Reproductive Rights, E2542 [8DE]

Articles and editorials

Center for Public Ignorance, H2511 [31MR]

DNA That Freed Man Leads to New Suspect; Killing—Kirk Bloodsworth, Convicted and Then Cleared in the Rape-Murder of a Child, Learns a Man He Knew in Prison Is Charged With the Crimes, S11751 [22SE]

Mr. Rehnquist's Pleas, S4840 [3AP]

Not Ready for Human Cloning, H1427 [27FE]

Perle's Vindication, E2420 [22NO]

Review of DNA Clears Man Convicted of Rape, S3719 [13MR]

Tex. Execution Stayed at Last Minute—Supreme Court Considers Review, S3720 [13MR]

Tex. Lawmakers Probe Lab Over Reports of Tainted DNA Evidence, S3719 [13MR]

Washington-Style Politics, E2420 [22NO]

Bills and resolutions

Armed Forces: provide that consensual sexual activity between adults shall not be a violation of the Uniform Code of Military Justice (see H.R. 2676), H6463 [9JY]

Capital punishment: abolish under Federal law (see S. 402), S2457 [13FE] (see H.R. 2574), H5813 [24JN]

———temporary moratorium until a national commission reviews the justice, fairness, and due process of the administration of the death penalty (see S. 132), S133 [9JA]

Children's Internet Protection Act: constitutionality of application to public libraries (see H. Con. Res. 88), H1745 [11MR]

Contracts: require Federal contractors to possess a satisfactory record of integrity and business ethics (see H.R. 1218), H1745 [11MR]

Courts: restore cost-of-living adjustments from previous years and improve benefits system for the Federal judiciary, and implement procedures to instill public confidence in Federal courts (see S. 787), S4824 [3AP] (see S. 1100), S6853 [21MY]

Crime: prohibit the sale or rental of adult video games to minors (see H.R. 669), H390 [11FE]

Defense of Marriage Act: affirm (see S. Res. 275), S15976 [25NO]

Education: require medically accurate factual information in any course material or instruction on human development and sexuality (see H.R. 802), H701 [13FE]

Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment relative to definition of marriage (see S.J. Res. 26), S15976 [25NO] (see H.J. Res. 56), H4528 [21MY]

FCC: protect children from indecent programming through enforcement of laws, investigation of complaints, and sanctioning of broadcast violators (see S. Res. 283), S16120 [9DE]

———ruling in response to complaints regarding broadcast of program material containing indecent language (see H. Res. 482), H12920 [8DE]

FDA: conduct oversight of any entity engaged in the recovery, testing, or handling of human tissue or human tissue-based products (see S. 1063), S6255 [14MY]

Financial institutions: prohibit offer of credit to a financial institution examiner (see S. 1947), S15812 [24NO]

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]

Inspector General Act: enhance independence of Inspectors General and create a Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency (see H.R. 3457), H10977 [6NO]

Law enforcement officers: ensure accountability, guarantee due process, and establish standards for internal investigations, interrogations, and hearings (see S. 1277), S8125 [18JN]

———ensure accountability, guarantee due process, establish standards for internal investigations and hearings, and require enactment of relevant State laws (see H.R. 2967), H7784 [25JY]

National Character Counts Week: designate (see S. Res. 245), S12737 [16OC]

National Day To Prevent Teen Pregnancy: designate (see S. Con. Res. 18), S3505 [11MR]

National Week of Reflection and Tolerance: support (see H. Res. 162), H2311 [25MR]

Pornography: support vigorous enforcement of Federal obscenity laws (see S. Con. Res. 77), S13377 [28OC] (see H. Con. Res. 298), H9376 [8OC]

Schools: prohibit funding to any State or local educational agency that distributes or provides postcoital emergency contraception (see H.R. 926), H1394 [26FE]

Science: prohibit Federal funding for human cloning research (see H.R. 938), H1395 [26FE]

———prohibit Federal funding for human cloning research and encourage equivalent restrictions by other countries (see H.R. 916), H1333 [25FE]

———prohibit the cloning of humans (see S. 245), S1736 [29JA] (see H.R. 234), H134 [8JA] (see H.R. 534), H318 [5FE] (see H.R. 801), H701 [13FE]

———prohibit the cloning of humans (H.R. 534), consideration (see H. Res. 105), H1396 [26FE]

———prohibit the cloning of humans while protecting stem cell research (see S. 303), S1976 [5FE]

Sports: prohibit gambling on high school and college sports and the Olympics and establish NIST grant program to fund detection and prevention of the use of performance-enhancing drugs (see S. 1002), S5771 [6MY]

Taxation: increase transparency of corporate tax accounting, liability and strategies, facilitate analysis of financial statements, discourage abusive tax sheltering activities, and restore investor confidence (see H.R. 1556), H2702 [2AP]

Factsheets

Human Cloning Prohibition Act: National Right to Life Committee, Inc., H1418-H1420 [27FE]

Letters

Conflict of interest allegations of Richard Perle relative to membership on Defense Policy Board: Representative Conyers, Committee on the Judiciary (House), H2673 [2AP]

FBI awarding of contracts to certain former senior officials: Senator Grassley, S9702 [22JY]

Federal capital cases decision-making process: Senator Feingold, S3876 [18MR]

Gambling on college sports in Nevada: several University of Nevada, Las Vegas William S. Boyd School of Law students, S5941 [8MY]

Human Cloning Prohibition Act: Douglas Johnson, National Right to Life Committee, Inc., H1410 [27FE]

———Kathryn C. Zoon, FDA, H1407 [27FE]

———Representative Pitts, H1418 [27FE]

———several religious leaders, H1411 [27FE]

Prohibit funding for patent applications for human organisms: James E. Rogan, Patent and Trademark Office, E2417 [22NO]

Religious organizations' campaign opposing drug reimportation reform legislation due to increased accessibility to abortion drug known as RU-486: Representatives Pitts and Chris Smith, H6997 [16JY]

———Tom Coburn, H6593 [10JY], H6997 [16JY]

Request for Defense Policy Board minutes from meetings and financial records: Representative Conyers, Committee on the Judiciary (House), H2673 [2AP]

Lists

Groups supporting Greenwood amendment on protecting stem cell research to H.R. 534, Human Cloning Prohibition Act, H1428 [27FE]

Motions

Science: prohibit the cloning of humans (H.R. 534), H1436 [27FE]

Remarks in House

Blair, Jayson: controversy relative to sourcing and accuracy of reporting while employed by the New York (NY) Times, H4241 [19MY]

Center for Reproductive Rights: release of documents on abortion legalization strategies, E2534 [8DE]

Cheney, Vice President: relationship with Halliburton Co., H10112, H10116, H10122-H10128 [29OC]

———relationship with Halliburton (company), H2510 [31MR]

Children and youth: impact of cultural changes and influences, H5167-H5171 [10JN]

Crime: prohibit the sale or rental of adult video games to minors (H.R. 669), H9735 [20OC]

Diseases: ensure that organizations providing assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS are not disqualified from prevention programs due to a moral or religious objection to certain approaches, H3583, H3609-H3612 [1MY]

———ensure that organizations providing assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS are not providing abortion services or counseling, H3583, H3585 [1MY]

———require a certain percentage of assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS be expended for abstinence education programs, H3574, H3583, H3586, H3612-H3617 [1MY]

Drugs: investigate alleged pharmaceutical industry support of religious organizations' campaign opposing drug reimportation reform legislation due to increased accessibility to abortion drug known as RU-486, H6593 [10JY], H6682-H6685 [14JY], H6873, H6996 [16JY]

EPA: continue ban on human testing of pesticides, H7694 [25JY]

Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment relative to definition of marriage (H.J. Res. 56), H9689 [20OC], E2044 [15OC]

Financial institutions: prohibit offer of credit to a financial institution examiner (S. 1947), H12866, H12867 [8DE]

GAO: study and report on medical technology developments relative to the cloning of humans, H1423 [27FE]

Government: distinction between a democracy and a true republic relative to their effect on personal liberties, social policies, and international relations, H232-H239 [29JA]

House of Representatives: bribery allegations relative to Representative Nick Smith's vote on Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act, H12750, H12905 [8DE]

National Nanotechnology Research and Development Program: establish Center for Societal, Ethical, Educational, Legal, and Workforce Issues Related to Nanotechnology, H3728-H3732 [7MY]

National objectives: impact of social ills on society, H9732-H9737 [20OC]

Novak, Robert: condemn use of name of CIA operative in newspaper column, H7232 [22JY]

Perle, Richard: conflict of interest allegations relative to membership on Defense Policy Board, H2509-H2511 [31MR], H2673, H2674 [2AP], E2420 [22NO]

Polanski, Roman: nomination for Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences award, H1358 [26FE]

Religion: order of Federal judge to cover the plaque of the Ten Commandments in the Chester County, PA, courthouse, H3055 [10AP]

Rockstar Games: condemn racist and stereotyped images used in ``Grand Theft Auto: Vice City'' video game, H12752 [8DE], E2524 [8DE]

Science: prohibit funding for patent applications for human organisms, H7274 [22JY], H12830, H12840 [8DE], E2234 [5NO], E2417 [22NO]

———prohibit the cloning of humans, H332 [11FE], H6469 [10JY]

———prohibit the cloning of humans (H.R. 234), H65 [8JA]

———prohibit the cloning of humans (H.R. 534), H1277, H1307-H1311 [25FE], H1358 [26FE], H1407-H1438 [27FE], E351, E355 [4MR], E380 [6MR]

———prohibit the cloning of humans (H.R. 534), consideration (H. Res. 105), H1397-H1407 [27FE]

———prohibit the cloning of humans (H.R. 534), motion to recommit, H1437 [27FE]

———prohibit the cloning of humans while protecting stem cell research, H1397-H1407, H1410, H1412, H1413, H1414, H1415, H1417, H1421, H1422, H1424-H1436, H1437 [27FE], E380 [6MR]

U.N.: ban on therapeutic cloning research, E2531 [8DE]

WorldCom, Inc.: GSA prohibition on receipt of new Federal contracts, H7858 [4SE]

———investigation of unethical activities, H5063, H5064 [9JN]

Remarks in Senate

Capital punishment: abolish under Federal law (S. 402), S2475-S2477 [13FE]

———ensure that defendants in capital cases have adequate counsel and allow those convicted to have a reasonable opportunity to present new evidence of innocence, S3717-S3719 [13MR], S3874 [18MR]

———exonerations based on postconviction DNA testing, S11751 [22SE]

———temporary moratorium until a national commission reviews the justice, fairness, and due process of the administration of the death penalty (S. 132), S160 [9JA], S843 [15JA], S3875 [18MR]

Cheney, Vice President: relationship with Halliburton Co., S11557 [16SE]

Courts: restore cost-of-living adjustments from previous years and improve benefits system for the Federal judiciary, and implement procedures to instill public confidence in Federal courts (S. 1100), S6864 [21MY]

———restore cost-of-living adjustments from previous years and improve benefits system for the Federal judiciary, and implement procedures to instill public confidence in Federal courts (S. 787), S4840 [3AP]

Defense of Marriage Act: affirm (S. Res. 275), S15925 [25NO]

Dept. of Defense: condemn Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency proposal to create futures trading market on the likelihood of terrorist attacks, S10033 [28JY], S10082, S10083 [29JY]

Diseases: ensure that organizations providing assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS are not disqualified from prevention programs due to a moral or religious objection to certain approaches, S6489 [15MY]

———require a certain percentage of assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS be expended for abstinence education programs, S6476-S6478 [15MY]

Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment relative to definition of marriage (S.J. Res. 26), S16030 [25NO]

FBI: awarding of contracts to certain former senior officials, S9701 [22JY]

FCC: protect children from indecent programming through enforcement of laws, investigation of complaints, and sanctioning of broadcast violators (S. Res. 283), S16213 [9DE]

Financial institutions: prohibit offer of credit to a financial institution examiner (S. 1947), S15873 [24NO]

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

Foreign aid: clarify definition of HIV/AIDS prevention relative to sexual transmission prevention and abstinence education programs funding, S13341-S13343 [28OC], S13644, S13645 [30OC]

Law enforcement officers: ensure accountability, guarantee due process, and establish standards for internal investigations, interrogations, and hearings (S. 1277), S8127 [18JN]

Marriage: define and protect institution, S10882 [1AU]

National Character Counts Week: designate (S. Res. 245), S12755, S12756 [16OC]

Pornography: support vigorous enforcement of Federal obscenity laws (S. Con. Res. 77), S15570 [22NO]

Science: prohibit funding for patent applications for human organisms, S15918 [25NO]

———prohibit the cloning of humans, S15918 [25NO]

Sports: prohibit gambling on high school and college sports and the Olympics and establish NIST grant program to fund detection and prevention of the use of performance-enhancing drugs (S. 1002), S5784 [6MY], S5941 [8MY]

WorldCom, Inc.: investigation of unethical activities, S7128 [23MY]

Reports

Investigations of Misconduct in Energy-Related Markets: CFTC, S7659-S7661 [11JN]

Reports filed

Consideration of H.R. 534, Human Cloning Prohibition Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 105) (H. Rept. 108-21), H1394 [26FE]

Human Cloning Prohibition Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 534) (H. Rept. 108-18), H1331 [25FE]

Support Vigorous Enforcement of Federal Obscenity Laws: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. Con. Res. 77), S14176 [6NO]

Statements

Conflict of Interest Allegations Relative to Membership on Defense Policy Board: Richard Perle, H2511 [31MR]

Human Cloning Prohibition Act: National Right to Life Committee, Inc., H1400-H1402 [27FE]

Prohibit the Cloning of Humans: Representative Paul, H1420 [27FE]

White House Behind Christmas Attack on Stem Cell Research? Don Reed, E2531 [8DE]

Summaries

Center for Reproductive Rights Board of Directors, Funders, and Colleagues Interviews: Nancy Raybin and Elizabeth Lowell, Raybin Associates, E2543-E2547 [8DE]

Domestic Legal Program Strategic Planning: Center for Reproductive Rights, E2539-E2542 [8DE]

International Legal Program Strategic Planning: Center for Reproductive Rights, E2535-E2539 [8DE]

Tables

Recombinant DNA products approved by FDA, H14334 [27FE]

Texts of

H. Res. 105, consideration of H.R. 534, Human Cloning Prohibition Act, H1397 [27FE]

H.R. 534, Human Cloning Prohibition Act, H1422 [27FE]

S. 132, National Death Penalty Moratorium Act, S161-S164 [9JA]

S. 402, Federal Death Penalty Abolition Act, S2477 [13FE]

S. 787, Fair and Independent Federal Judiciary Act, S4840 [3AP]

S. 1002, Amateur Sports Integrity Act, S5785 [6MY]

S. 1100, Securing Judicial Independence Act, S6864 [21MY]

S. 1277, State and Local Law Enforcement Discipline, Accountability, and Due Process Act, S8128-S8131 [18JN]

S. 1947, Preserving Independence of Financial Institution Examinations Act, S15873 [24NO], H12866 [8DE]

S. Con. Res. 18, National Day To Prevent Teen Pregnancy, S3551 [11MR]

S. Con. Res. 77, support vigorous enforcement of Federal obscenity laws, S13409 [28OC], S15570 [22NO]

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

S. Res. 245, National Character Counts Week, S12748, S12756 [16OC]

S. Res. 275, affirm Defense of Marriage Act, S15925, S16031 [25NO]

S. Res. 283, protect children from indecent programming through enforcement of laws, investigation of complaints, and sanctioning of broadcast violators, S16141, S16213 [9DE]

S.J. Res. 26, constitutional amendment relative to definition of marriage, S16030 [25NO]

Transcripts

Prohibit the Cloning of Humans: Representative Gephardt and Tim Russert, ``Meet the Press'' (television program), H1418 [27FE]