DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Amendments

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2799), S14365 [10NO], S15845 [24NO], H7226, H7227 [21JY], H7247, H7248, H7274, H7275, H7276, H7278, H7288, H7289, H7293, H7295, H7300, H7301, H7302, H7311, H7313, H7315, H7316, H7330 [22JY], H7353, H7354, H7355 [23JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2799), consideration (H. Res. 326), H7246 [22JY]

———making appropriations (S. 1585), S12388 [2OC], S13924 [4NO]

Public Works and Economic Development Act: reauthorize and improve programs (H.R. 2535), H9707 [20OC], H9762 [21OC]

Analyses

Small Manufacturers Assistance, Recovery, and Trade (SMART) Act (S. 1977), S16029 [25NO]

Articles and editorials

Colorado Science Jobs on the Line, H7357 [23JY]

Bills and resolutions

Archivist of the U.S.: establish the Holocaust Insurance Registry and require certain disclosures by insurers (see H.R. 1210), H1745 [11MR]

Assistant Sec. of Commerce for Manufacturing: establish position (see S. 1326), S8559 [25JN]

Bureau of the Census: establish a term limit for the Director of the Census and require that such Director report directly to the Sec. of Commerce (see H.R. 1571), H2703 [2AP]

Business and industry: establish an Assistant Sec. for Manufacturing within the Dept. of Commerce, an Interagency Manufacturing Task Force, and a Small Business Manufacturing Task Force (see S. 1977), S15975 [25NO]

———establish position of Under Sec. of Commerce for Manufacturing and Technology and manufacturing research and implementation program, and promote manufacturing education (see H.R. 2908), H7781 [25JY]

———extend and expand certain trade adjustment assistance programs and reauthorize certain Dept. of Commerce partnership programs (see S. 1884), S15061 [18NO]

Climate: develop and coordinate a research program to assist understanding, assessment, and prediction of abrupt climate change (see S. 1164), S7188 [2JN]

Columbia River: ensure salmon and steelhead preservation, maintain reasonably priced and reliable power, and conduct studies on the impact of dams on salmon and steelhead on the endangered species list (see H.R. 1097), H1640 [5MR]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (see S. 1585), S11161 [5SE] (see H.R. 247), H135 [8JA] (see H.R. 2799), H7224 [21JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2799), consideration (see H. Res. 326), H7224 [21JY]

Disasters: require the Depts. of Homeland Security and Commerce to develop and coordinate a national emergency warning system (see S. 118), S132 [9JA] (see H.R. 2537), H5662 [19JN]

Ecology and environment: provide assistance to communities for redevelopment of brownfield sites (see S. 645), S3881 [18MR] (see H.R. 1334), H1954 [18MR]

Economic Development Administration: reauthorize and improve (see S. 1134), S6978 [22MY]

EPA: establish greenhouse gas inventory, registry, and information system (see S. 194), S1144 [17JA] (see H.R. 1245), H1811 [12MR]

Fish and fishing: efforts to rehabilitate salmon stocks in the Pacific Northwest (see H.R. 1945), H3636 [1MY]

———establish individual fishery quota systems (see S. 1106), S6977 [22MY]

———establish requirements for fishing quota systems (see H.R. 2621), H6262 [26JN]

Fishery Conservation and Management Act: reauthorize and amend (see S. 482), S2920 [27FE]

Foreign trade: impose countervailing duties on dynamic random access memory (DRAM) semiconductors produced by Hynix Semiconductor Inc. (see S. 492), S2920 [27FE] (see H.R. 1494), H2471 [27MR]

Grants Pass Irrigation District: authorize Federal implementation of activities dealing with the future take of threatened salmon species resulting from water diversion (see S. 1308), S8300 [20JN]

Insurance: protect consumers by regulating interstate sale of insurance (see S. 1373), S9049 [8JY]

International Trade Administration: establish the Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance (see S. 1120), S6978 [22MY]

Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council: include Rhode Island as a member (see S. 1624), S11648 [17SE]

National Weather Service: provide overtime pay for forecasters performing essential services during severe weather events and limit Sunday premium pay to hours of service actually performed (see S. 1339), S8725 [26JN] (see H.R. 1764), H3303 [10AP]

New England Fishery Management Council: include New York as a member (see S. 1463), S9959 [25JY] (see H.R. 2679), H6464 [9JY]

NIST: abolish the Advanced Technology Program (see H.R. 175), H57 [7JA]

NOAA: study fishery observer data to map migratory patterns and delineate winter areas and feeding grounds of Atlantic striped bass in the mid-Atlantic exclusive economic zone (see H.R. 2889), H7616 [24JY]

Office of Manufacturing: establish (see S. 592), S3504 [11MR]

Patent and Trademark Office: adjust fees so that fees collected in any fiscal year equals the amount of funding received for that fiscal year (see H.R. 909), H1333 [25FE]

Public Works and Economic Development Act: reauthorize and improve programs (see H.R. 2454), H5365 [12JN] (see H.R. 2535), H5662 [19JN]

Ronald H. Brown U.S. Mission to the U.N. Building, New York, NY: designate (see H.R. 1702), H3052 [9AP]

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]

Tariff Act: clarify adjustments to be made in determining export price and constructed export price (see S. 219), S1668 [28JA] (see H.R. 491), H244 [29JA]

Technology Administration: authorizing appropriations (see S. 1395), S9303 [11JY]

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. 480), S2920 [27FE] (see H.R. 970), H1461 [27FE]

Trade Act: amend to provide trade readjustment and development enhancement for communities (see S. 1299), S8232 [19JN]

Under Sec. of Commerce for Manufacturing: establish position (see H.R. 2172), H4367 [20MY]

Letters

Brownfields Redevelopment Assistance Act: Carol Wayman, National Congress for Community Economic Development, S3892 [18MR]

———Don Chen, Smart Growth America (organization), S3892 [18MR]

———Donald J. Borut, National League of Cities, S3893 [18MR]

———F. Barton Harvey III, Enterprise Foundation, S3892 [18MR]

———Larry Naake, National Association of Counties, S3892 [18MR]

———Thomas L. Jackson, American Society of Civil Engineers, S3893 [18MR]

Climate Stewardship Act, S13495 [29OC], S13596 [30OC]

Prohibit additional inventory of oil and gas resources on certain portions of the Outer Continental Shelf and impose time limits on considering appeals on consistency determinations for Federal projects: several Members of Congress, H9341 [8OC]

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

Motions

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2799), H7265, H7268 [22JY], H7338 [23JY]

Press releases

Depts. of HUD and Commerce Grants to the Virgin Islands: Delegate Christensen, H9165 [2OC]

Remarks in House

Archivist of the U.S.: establish the Holocaust Insurance Registry and require certain disclosures by insurers (H.R. 1210), E815 [30AP]

Bureau of the Census: establish a term limit for the Director of the Census and require that such Director report directly to the Sec. of Commerce (H.R. 1571), E653 [2AP]

Business and industry: establish position of Under Sec. of Commerce for Manufacturing and Technology and manufacturing research and implementation program, and promote manufacturing education (H.R. 2908), E1626 [25JY]

Coastal Zone Management Act: impose time limits on Dept. of Commerce for considering appeals on consistency determinations for Federal projects that may violate State management plans, H9336-H9341, H9344, H9345 [8OC]

Consolidated Wood Products (business): Dept. of Commerce Export Achievement Certificate recipient, E2255 [6NO]

Contracts: oversee interagency team that works with foreign countries to mitigate effects of foreign offset contracts on U.S. businesses, H9417 [15OC]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations, E2551 [15DE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2799), H7248-H7319 [22JY], H7337-H7339, H7352-H7369 [23JY], E1572 [23JY], E1608, E1611 [25JY], E2234 [5NO], E2417 [22NO]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2799), consideration (H. Res. 326), H7241-H7247 [22JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2799), unanimous-consent agreement, H7247 [22JY]

Disasters: require the Depts. of Homeland Security and Commerce to develop and coordinate a national emergency warning system (H.R. 2537), E1313 [20JN]

Evans, Donald L.: visit to Iraq by Sec. of Commerce, H9288 [8OC]

Fish and fishing: establish requirements for fishing quota systems (H.R. 2621), E1385 [27JN]

Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program: funding, H7369 [23JY]

NIST: funding, H7251, H7265 [22JY]

Public Works and Economic Development Act: reauthorize and improve programs (H.R. 2535), H9759-H9770 [21OC]

———reauthorize and improve programs (H.R. 2535), unanimous-consent agreement, H9707 [20OC]

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

Spencer Veneer, LLC: Dept. of Commerce Export Achievement Certificate recipient, E2230 [5NO]

Tariff Act: clarify adjustments to be made in determining export price and constructed export price (H.R. 491), E108 [29JA]

Telecommunications: Public Telecommunication Facilities Planning and Construction Program funding, H7270 [22JY]

Television: provide grants to train court reporters and other individuals to become real-time writers to meet requirements for closed captioning of video programming (H.R. 970), E318 [27FE]

Viking Pools, Inc.: Dept. of Commerce Export Achievement Certificate recipient, E2249 [6NO]

Walker Machinery Co.: Dept. of Commerce Export Achievement Certificate recipient, E2233 [5NO]

Remarks in Senate

Anniversary, S2439 [13FE], S2519 [14FE]

Appropriations: status of legislation for unfunded agencies, S12860, S12871, S12879 [20OC]

Assistant Sec. of Commerce for Manufacturing: establish position (S. 1326), S8551-S8553 [25JN]

Business and industry: establish an Assistant Sec. for Manufacturing within the Dept. of Commerce, an Interagency Manufacturing Task Force, and a Small Business Manufacturing Task Force (S. 1977), S16025-S16027 [25NO]

———extend and expand certain trade adjustment assistance programs and reauthorize certain Dept. of Commerce partnership programs (S. 1884), S15068-S15072 [18NO]

Computers: study the business practices, procedures, accountability, and administration of the Internet Corp. for Assigned Names and Numbers and of the Internet domain name system, S11982 [25SE]

Contracts: oversee interagency team that works with foreign countries to mitigate effects of foreign offset contracts on U.S. businesses, S12181-S12183 [30SE]

Dept. of Agriculture: decision to ban beef imports from Canada due to bovine spongiform encephalopathy (mad cow disease), S6846 [21MY]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2799), S10134 [29JY], S10931 [1AU], S10987 [2SE], S11636 [17SE], S14287-S14334 [10NO]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2799), unanimous-consent agreement, S14244 [7NO]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2799), unanimous-consent request, S14227 [7NO]

———making appropriations (S. 1585), S13756-S13762 [3NO]

Disasters: require the Depts. of Homeland Security and Commerce to develop and coordinate a national emergency warning system (S. 118), S153 [9JA]

Ecology and environment: provide assistance to communities for redevelopment of brownfield sites (S. 645), S3891-S3894 [18MR]

Economic Development Administration: reauthorize and improve (S. 1134), S7038-S7040 [22MY]

EPA: establish greenhouse gas inventory, registry, and information system (S. 194), S1145 [17JA]

Fish and fishing: establish individual fishery quota systems (S. 1106), S6985-S6988 [22MY]

———introduction of non-native oysters in the Chesapeake Bay, S11543 [16SE]

———promote domestic seafood production, S2439 [13FE]

Fishery Conservation and Management Act: reauthorize and amend (S. 482), S2940 [27FE]

Foreign trade: impose countervailing duties on dynamic random access memory (DRAM) semiconductors produced by Hynix Semiconductor Inc. (S. 492), S2992, S2993 [3MR]

Grants Pass Irrigation District: authorize Federal implementation of activities dealing with the future take of threatened salmon species resulting from water diversion (S. 1308), S8304 [20JN]

International Trade Administration: establish the Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance (S. 1120), S7004 [22MY]

Keenum, Rhonda Newman: nomination to be Assistant Sec. of Commerce and Director General of the U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service, unanimous-consent agreement, S16158 [9DE]

Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council: include Rhode Island as a member (S. 1624), S11649 [17SE]

New England Fishery Management Council: adoption of new regulations, S14445 [11NO]

NOAA: All Hazards Emergency Warning Network funding, S4806 [3AP], S9785 [23JY]

———Chesapeake Bay oyster restoration funding, S2433, S2434 [13FE]

Office of Manufacturing: establish (S. 592), S3516 [11MR]

Presidential appointments: nominations considered and confirmed en bloc, S10931 [1AU], S12855 [17OC]

Science: prohibit funding for patent applications for human organisms, 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]

Tariff Act: clarify adjustments to be made in determining export price and constructed export price (S. 219), S1669-S1673 [28JA]

Technology Administration: authorizing appropriations (S. 1395), S9306 [11JY]

Television: provide grants to train court reporters and other individuals to become real-time writers to meet requirements for closed captioning of video programming, S13038, S13039 [22OC]

———provide grants to train court reporters and other individuals to become real-time writers to meet requirements for closed captioning of video programming (S. 480), S2938-S2940 [27FE]

Trade Act: amend to provide trade readjustment and development enhancement for communities (S. 1299), S8243 [19JN]

Reports filed

Consideration of H.R. 2799, Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 326) (H. Rept. 108-226), H7224 [21JY]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 2799) (H. Rept. 108-221), H7224 [21JY]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 1585) (S. Rept. 108-144), S11161 [5SE]

Nomination of James J. Jochum To Be Assistant Sec. of Commerce for Import Administration: Committee on Finance (Senate), S10616 [31JY]

Nomination of Julie L. Myers To Be Assistant Sec. of Commerce for Export Enforcement: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate), S12607 [15OC]

Nomination of Michael D. Gallagher To Be Assistant Sec. of Commerce for Communications and Information: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate), S15061 [18NO]

Nomination of Peter Lichtenbaum To Be Assistant Sec. of Commerce for Export Administration: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate), S12607 [15OC]

Pacific Salmon Recovery Act: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 1945) (H. Rept. 108-272), H8282 [16SE]

Public Works and Economic Development Act Programs Reauthorization and Improvement: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 2535) (H. Rept. 108-242), H7790 [29JY]

Ronald H. Brown U.S. Mission to the U.N. Building, New York, NY: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 1702) (H. Rept. 108-315), H9477 [15OC]

Technology Administration Appropriations: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 1395) (S. Rept. 108-181), S13659 [30OC]

Rulings of the Chair

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2799), H7263, H7268 [22JY], H7338 [23JY]

Summaries

Continuing Appropriations (H.J. Res. 2), S341-S345 [15JA]

Fiscal Year 2003 Appropriations Reductions, S347 [15JA]

Tables

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies appropriations (H.R. 2799), H7359-H7368 [23JY]

Texts of

H.R. 2535, Public Works and Economic Development Act programs reauthorization and improvement, H9759-H9762 [21OC]

S. 194, National Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory and Registry Act, S1146-S1148 [17JA]

S. 480, Training for Realtime Writers Act, S2938 [27FE]

S. 645, Brownfields Redevelopment Assistance Act, S3893 [18MR]

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

S. 1106, Fishing Quota Act, S6985-S6987 [22MY]

S. 1120, Trade Adjustment Assistance for Firms Reorganization Act, S7004 [22MY]

S. 1134, Economic Development Administration reauthorization and improvement, S7038-S7040 [22MY]

S. 1308, Federal implementation of activities dealing with the future take of threatened salmon species resulting from water diversion from the Grants Pass Irrigation District, S8305 [20JN]

S. 1326, establish position of Assistant Sec. of Commerce for Manufacturing, S8562 [25JN]

S. 1395, Dept. of Commerce Technology Administration appropriations, S9306 [11JY]

S. 1624, include Rhode Island as a Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council member, S11649 [17SE]

S. 1884, Enhance Domestic Manufacturing and Worker Assistance Act, S15072-S15074 [18NO]

S. 1977, Small Manufacturers Assistance, Recovery, and Trade (SMART) Act, S16027-S16029 [25NO]