DOMESTIC POLICY

Addresses

Jumping a Stalled Economy: Frederick W. Smith, FedEx Corp., H153-H155 [27JA]

State of the Union: President Bush, S1663-S1667 [28JA], H212-H215 [28JA]

———President Bush (2001) (excerpt), S1698 [29JA]

Women and Ending Hunger—The Inextricable Link: Joan Holmes, Hunger Project (organization), E1804 [16SE]

Articles and editorials

`But' Economy, E2199 [31OC]

Federal Funding Helps Defray Local Cost of ESL Programs, S3962 [19MR]

GOP Survey Avoids Immigration, H4200 [15MY]

Irrelevant Proposal, H35 [7JA]

Mothers at Sea, E1227 [11JN]

Mothers at War, E1227 [11JN]

N.M. Gets Shock at Pump, S3769 [17MR]

New Kind of Job Loss, E2153 [28OC]

No More GI Orphans, E1227 [11JN]

Our View—Make Federal Testing Fit With Curriculum, S15278 [20NO]

Secrecy—The Bush Byword, S4548 [31MR]

Set Aside Religion in Public Debate, E1903 [25SE]

Take a Test, Get a Prize, S15277 [20NO]

There Is a Catch—Jobs, S14294 [10NO]

What Happens When GI Jane Is Captured?, E1227-E1229 [11JN]

Bills and resolutions

Aquaculture: develop a unified approach to strengthen and promote national policy (see H. Res. 301), H6263 [26JN] (see H. Res. 308), H6348 [8JY]

———unified approach to strengthen and promote national policy (see S. Res. 160), S7476 [5JN]

Arms control: reduction of nuclear weapons and application of savings to certain domestic initiatives (see H.R. 2647), H6263 [26JN]

Business and industry: aid dislocated workers and rebuild communities devastated by international trade (see S. 1541), S10618 [31JY]

Chemicals: require licenses for the sale, purchase, and distribution of certain chemicals that are precursors to chemical weapons (see H.R. 726), H460 [12FE]

Children and youth: provide opportunities to improve the lives of all children and enable them to reach their fullest potential (see S. 448), S2838 [26FE] (see H.R. 936), H1395 [26FE]

Citizens Health Care Working Group: establish (see S. 581), S3410 [10MR]

Crime: provide incentives for States to enact mandatory minimum sentences for certain firearms offenses (see H.R. 54), H53 [7JA]

Dept. of HHS: establish grants to promote the well-being and educational achievement of children through school-based health programs (see H.R. 811), H701 [13FE]

Economy: establish a commission to study employment and economic insecurity in the U.S. workforce (see H.R. 3435), H10339 [4NO]

Education: encourage lifelong learning by investing in public schools and improving access to and affordability of higher education and job training (see S. 8), S34 [7JA]

———national policy to improve system (see S. 4), S2522 [14FE]

Employment: establish a living wage, and a policy providing jobs for everyone in the U.S. and its territories (see H.R. 1040), H1464 [27FE]

Families and domestic relations: recognize and enhance public awareness of the social problem of child abuse and neglect (see S. Res. 52), S2188 [11FE] (see H. Res. 113), H1466 [27FE]

Federal aid programs: provide a comprehensive regional approach to economic and infrastructure development in the most severely distressed regions in the U.S. (see H.R. 3196), H8954 [29SE]

Firearms: prevent children from having access to firearms (see H.R. 76), H54 [7JA]

Government: adopt fiscal and economic policies to finance and manage Federal liabilities, commitments, and critical governmental responsibilities (see S. 1915), S15406 [21NO]

———establish a commission to conduct a comprehensive review of Federal agencies and programs, and to recommend the elimination or realignment of duplicative, wasteful, or outdated functions (see S. 1668), S12056 [26SE] (see H.R. 3213), H9129 [1OC]

Health: declare adequate pain care research, education, and treatment as national health priorities (see H.R. 1863), H3452 [29AP]

———establish demonstration projects for States to provide universal, comprehensive, and cost-effective health care coverage with simplified administration (see H.R. 2979), H7784 [25JY]

———establish standards to improve children's health quality in managed care plans and other health plans (see S. 1710), S12448 [3OC]

———establish system of health insurance certificates to increase the number of Americans with health insurance coverage (see H.R. 2698), H6602 [10JY]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see S. 1030), S5950 [8MY] (see S. Con. Res. 41), S5541 [30AP] (see H.R. 15), H52 [7JA] (see H.R. 676), H390 [11FE] (see H.R. 1200), H1744 [11MR] (see H.R. 1287), H1901 [13MR] (see H.R. 2196), H4528 [21MY] (see H.R. 2402), H5173 [10JN] (see H.R. 2544), H5662 [19JN] (see H. Con. Res. 99), H1954 [18MR]

———protect consumers in managed care and other health coverage plans, provide parity for mental health coverage, reduce medical errors, and increase access to quality health care (see S. 10), S35 [7JA]

Medicare: expand benefits, establish payment incentives for furnishing quality services, and develop an effective national policy to care for individuals with chronic conditions (see S. 1179), S7381 [4JN] (see H.R. 2342), H4977 [4JN]

National objectives: improve homeland security, prevent tax increases, support education and health care, and strengthen the economy (see H.R. 1593), H2819 [3AP]

No Child Left Behind Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 1564), H2702 [2AP]

———implementation (see S. Res. 22), S1069 [16JA]

———suspend certain amendments that are not fully funded (see H.R. 2366), H5043 [5JN]

Rural areas: reward the hard work and risk of individuals who live in and help preserve small, rural towns (see S. 602), S3620 [12MR] (see H.R. 1686), H3051 [9AP] (see H.R. 2194), H4528 [21MY]

Taxation: rebuild America through job creation (see H.R. 2046), H3973 [9MY]

Television: prohibit broadcast of violent programming during designated time period in which children are likely to be watching unless it is rated for content or blockable by electronic means (see S. 161), S288 [14JA]

Trade Act: amend to provide trade adjustment assistance for communities (see S. 1110), S6978 [22MY] (see H.R. 2308), H4875 [3JN]

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

———amend trade adjustment assistance program to establish a demonstration project to provide self-employment training and assistance to eligible adversely affected workers (see H.R. 1807), H3353 [11AP]

Letters

Education funding: Roderick Paige, Sec. of Education, S96 [9JA]

Health Coverage, Affordability, Responsibility, and Equity (HealthCARE) Act: E. Stephen Edwards, American Academy of Pediatrics, S5955 [8MY]

———Jerry Johnson, American Geriatrics Society, S5955 [8MY]

———Munsey S. Wheby, American College of Physicians, S5955 [8MY]

———Ronald F. Pollack, Families USA (organization), S5955 [8MY]

———Warren A. Jones, American Academy of Family Physicians, S5955 [8MY]

White House conference on hunger: Senator Dole, S7420 [5JN]

Lists

Yakima, WA, summit on Hispanic issues participants, S11326 [10SE]

Messages

Budget of the U.S. Government for Fiscal Year 2004: President Bush, S1867 [4FE], H270 [4FE]

Economic Report: President Bush, S2117 [10FE], H334 [11FE]

National Drug Control Strategy: President Bush, S2338 [12FE], H435 [12FE]

National Emergency Relative to Persons Who Commit, Threaten To Commit, or Support Terrorism: President Bush, S4274 [21MR], S11345 [10SE], S11721 [18SE], H2273 [24MR], H8192 [10SE], H8402 [22SE]

National Money Laundering Strategy: President Bush, S15057 [18NO], H11503 [18NO]

Poems

``Crowd the Children In,'' Representative Owens, E130 [5FE]

Questionnaires

Transportation project evaluation criteria: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), E216 [13FE]

Remarks in House

Appropriations: require matching of funds spent for Iraq reconstruction efforts be spent for domestic priorities, H2670 [2AP], H3019-H3021 [9AP]

Armed Forces: role of women members in combat situations, E1223 [11JN]

Arms control: reduction of nuclear weapons and application of savings to certain domestic initiatives (H.R. 2647), E1393 [27JN]

Budget: allocation of funds, H374-H381 [11FE], H429-H432 [12FE], H1370-H1377 [26FE], H1733-H1735 [11MR], H1753, H1754 [12MR], H3026-H3031 [9AP], H6282 [8JY], H6515 [10JY], H7334 [23JY]

Children and youth: provide opportunities to improve the lives of all children and enable them to reach their fullest potential (H.R. 936), E304 [27FE]

Congress: accomplishments of the 108th Congress, H12880 [8DE]

Courts: national policy to reform court procedures, H65 [8JA]

Dept. of Agriculture: decision to revise verification process used to determine eligibility for free or reduced school meals, H9488 [16OC]

Dept. of Defense: impact of spending priorities on social and domestic programs, H162 [27JA]

Dept. of Energy: Gasoline Availability Stabilization Reserve Program funding, H3261-H3263 [10AP]

Dept. of the Interior: require oil industry pay fair market value for oil and gas removed from public lands, H3082 [10AP]

Drug abuse: national drug control policy, H435 [12FE], H3627-H3632 [1MY]

Ecology and environment: evaluation of Bush administration policies, H6842 [15JY]

———national objectives priority assignments, H163 [27JA], H2922-H2928 [8AP], H4776-H4781 [2JN], H8484-H8487 [23SE]

Economy: address loss of manufacturing base, H10114-H10117 [29OC]

———establish a commission to study employment and economic insecurity in the U.S. workforce (H.R. 3435), E2220 [4NO]

———impact of unemployment, H12753 [8DE], E2153 [28OC]

———impact of unregulated free trade on division between economic classes, H9795-H9798 [21OC], H10554-H10557 [6NO]

———national objectives priority assignments, H33-H40 [7JA], H65, H66, H127-H132 [8JA], H153, H156, H160-H165 [27JA], H173 [28JA], H1284, H1311-H1318 [25FE], H1370-H1377 [26FE], H1797-H1802 [12MR], H1938-H1944 [18MR], H2145 [20MR], H2563-H2567 [1AP], H2867, H2915 [8AP], H5069-H5076 [9JN], H6352 [9JY], H7024 [17JY], H7814 [3SE], H7843 [4SE], H7952 [5SE], H8270-H8276 [16SE], H8406 [23SE], H8998, H9025 [30SE], H9037, H9038 [1OC], H9259 [7OC], H9691, H9711 [20OC], H9795-H9800 [21OC], H9821, H9969 [28OC], H9986, H9987 [29OC], H10241, H10324-H10330 [4NO], H10553-H10558 [6NO], H10981, H10982 [7NO], H11194 [17NO], H11519 [19NO], E111 [29JA], E1982 [7OC], E2198 [31OC]

———status, H9488 [16OC]

Education: funding, H173 [28JA], H225-H228 [29JA], H663 [13FE], H1657 [6MR], H1800 [12MR], H2198 [20MR], H2314 [26MR], H2457-H2460 [27MR], H3295 [10AP], H4881 [4JN], H5655 [19JN], H6385-H6390 [9JY], H6470 [10JY], H10331 [4NO], E76 [28JA], E130 [5FE]

———national policy to improve system, H1801 [12MR], H10334 [4NO]

Ethnic groups: negative influence of Arab and Muslim terrorists on perception of Arab Americans, H1694 [11MR]

Families and domestic relations: recognize and enhance public awareness of the social problem of child abuse and neglect (H. Res. 113), H2316-H2319 [26MR], E594 [27MR], E619 [31MR]

Federal aid programs: provide a comprehensive regional approach to economic and infrastructure development in the most severely distressed regions in the U.S. (H.R. 3196), E1909 [29SE]

FEMA: executive order giving authority to impose martial law, H1724 [11MR]

FRS: impact of money supply on economic conditions, H8003-H8009 [5SE]

Government: growth in size and spending, H6595-H6600 [10JY]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, H162 [27JA], H1798 [12MR], H1853 [13MR], H2207, H2208, H2210 [20MR], H3410 [29AP], H7952 [5SE], H8961, H8999, H9001, H9025 [30SE], H9798 [21OC], H10331 [4NO]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 1200), H1727 [11MR]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 1287), E467 [13MR]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 2544), H5808-H5811 [24JN]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 676), H1520 [5MR], H4974 [4JN], E1163 [5JN]

———provide health care for active duty National Guard and Reserve personnel and their families, H2729 [3AP]

House of Representatives: legislative priorities, H5536 [18JN], H5717 [24JN]

Hunger: efforts to reduce hunger, H6624 [14JY], H9488 [16OC], E1804 [16SE]

Immigration: establish temporary foreign worker program, H6438 [9JY], H6990 [16JY], H7206 [21JY]

———impact of costs of illegal and legal immigration on U.S. health and social services systems, H2463-H2467 [27MR], H4870 [3JN], H9204 [2OC]

———national policy, H126 [8JA], H1390-H1393 [26FE], H1507-H1512 [4MR], H2695-H2701 [2AP], H2838 [7AP], H2918-H2922 [8AP], H3442-H3447 [29AP], H3668-H3674 [6MY], H4195-H4201 [15MY], H4355-H4360 [20MY], H4513-H4518 [21MY], H4868-H4874 [3JN], H5076-H5081 [9JN], H5537-H5541 [18JN], H6438, H6461 [9JY], H6701-H6704 [14JY], H6990, H7001-H7007 [16JY], H7206 [21JY], H8068-H8071 [9SE], H8266-H8270 [16SE], H8895-H8898 [24SE], H9203-H9208 [2OC]

Local government: impact of national policies on localities and communities, H5654-H5660 [19JN]

Medicare: expand benefits, establish payment incentives for furnishing quality services, and develop an effective national policy to care for individuals with chronic conditions (H.R. 2342), E1122 [4JN]

Mining and mineral resources: cooperative research and development and special demonstration projects for the uranium mining industry funding, H3263-H3266 [10AP]

National objectives: priority assignments, H198-H204 [28JA]

News media: objective reporting, H9987 [29OC]

No Child Left Behind Act: funding, H6369 [9JY], H10083-H10090 [29OC]

———implementation, H8940 [25SE], E2152 [28OC]

———suspend certain amendments that are not fully funded (H.R. 2366), H5179 [11JN], H5474 [18JN], H5821 [25JN], H6469 [10JY], H7333 [23JY], E1170 [5JN]

———suspend certain penalties against schools that are not fully funded, H6564-H6568 [10JY]

Republican Party: impact of neoconservative movement, H6595-H6600 [10JY]

———impact of privatization of certain Government functions, H10321 [4NO]

———national agenda, H395 [12FE], H3745 [7MY], H4790 [3JN], H4967 [4JN], H5412 [17JN], H6353 [9JY], H10321 [4NO], H10377 [5NO]

Taxation: rebuild America through job creation (H.R. 2046), H4562 [22MY]

Transportation: develop and implement an intermodal transportation system, E533 [20MR]

———infrastructure funding, H3745 [7MY], H5448 [17JN]

Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: reauthorization, E215 [13FE], E1334 [24JN]

Remarks in Senate

Aquaculture: unified approach to strengthen and promote national policy (S. Res. 160), S7497 [5JN]

Budget: allocation of funds, S1658 [28JA], S2881, S2982 [27FE]

———eliminate tax cuts, S4232 [21MR]

Children and youth: provide opportunities to improve the lives of all children and enable them to reach their fullest potential (S. 448), S2840 [26FE]

Congress: accomplishments of the 108th Congress, S15922-S15926, S15957, S16077 [25NO]

———declassification of report from the joint inquiry into intelligence community before and after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, S4547 [31MR]

Democratic Party: national agenda, S90 [9JA], S210-S212 [13JA], S253 [14JA], S14638, S14705 [12NO]

Dept. of Education: Hispanic education programs funding, S10992-S11003 [3SE], S11149 [5SE], S11299, S11324-S11327 [10SE]

———Rural Education Achievement Program funding, S11078-S11081, S11086 [4SE]

Dept. of State: appeal to Committee on Appropriations (Senate) Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and the Judiciary on allocation of budget funds, S13756-S13762 [3NO]

District of Columbia: infrastructure funding, S11887 [24SE]

Ecology and environment: environmental protection and natural resource conservation funding, S4360 [25MR], S4415 [26MR]

———national objectives priority assignments, S1647-S1649 [28JA], S1788 [30JA], S2377 [13FE], S9946-S9948 [25JY]

———use of science in developing environmental policy, S10012-S10023 [28JY]

Economy: address loss of manufacturing base, S14693, S14750 [12NO]

———impact of productivity, S15937 [25NO]

———impact of unemployment, S9313 [14JY], S10960 [2SE], S11193 [9SE], S14287-S14298, S14304-S14310 [10NO], S14633, S14715 [12NO]

———national objectives priority assignments, S21-S23 [7JA], S101, S106-S112 [9JA], S182-S192 [10JA], S215-S220 [13JA], S308-S319, S321-S329, S334-S336 [15JA], S1043, S1044 [16JA], S1658 [28JA], S2271, S2276 [12FE], S2377 [13FE], S2760-S2765 [26FE], S2876-S2883, S2901 [27FE], S3110, S3121 [5MR], S3208 [6MR], S3390 [10MR], S3585 [12MR], S3708-S3710 [13MR], S3768, S3774-S3798, S3811-S3813 [17MR], S4317-S4323 [24MR], S8354-S8356 [23JN], S10890-S10892 [1AU], S11021 [3SE], S11182 [8SE], S12488 [14OC], S12908, S12912-S12914, S12965 [21OC], S13070-S13072 [23OC], S13703 [31OC], S14580, S14583, S14586, S14646, S14653, S14655, S14660, S14738, S14740 [12NO], S14952-S14960 [17NO]

Education: encourage lifelong learning by investing in public schools and improving access to and affordability of higher education and job training (S. 8), S38 [7JA], S134-S136 [9JA]

———funding, S91-S96, S100, S101 [9JA], S193-S195 [10JA], S214 [13JA], S256 [14JA], S330, S345-S347 [15JA], S1024-S1048 [16JA], S1643, S1646, S1658 [28JA], S2282 [12FE], S2881 [27FE], S3121 [5MR], S3787 [17MR], S3940, S3956-S3964 [19MR], S4358 [25MR], S8355, S8356 [23JN], S8856 [27JN], S10959, S10962 [2SE], S11021 [3SE], S11072 [4SE]

———national policy to improve system, S2282 [12FE], S9946 [25JY]

Families and domestic relations: recognize and enhance public awareness of the social problem of child abuse and neglect (S. Res. 52), S2223 [11FE], S4453 [26MR]

Firearms: prevent children from having access to firearms, S1462 [23JA], S4508 [27MR]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, S214 [13JA], S1651 [28JA], S2450 [13FE], S3115, S3116 [5MR], S4145 [20MR], S4361 [25MR], S5754, S5755 [6MY], S6049 [13MY], S11613 [17SE], S12488, S12490 [14OC], S14715 [12NO]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 1030), S5954 [8MY]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. Con. Res. 41), S5614 [30AP]

———protect consumers in managed care and other health coverage plans, provide parity for mental health coverage, reduce medical errors, and increase access to quality health care (S. 10), S38 [7JA], S134-S136 [9JA]

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

Hunger: efforts to reduce hunger, S7418-S7420 [5JN]

Immigration: establish guest worker program, S7922 [16JN]

Medicare: expand benefits, establish payment incentives for furnishing quality services, and develop an effective national policy to care for individuals with chronic conditions (S. 1179), S7383 [4JN]

National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: establish, S13010 [22OC]

National objectives: provide emergency relief for veterans health care, school construction, health care and transportation needs, and for job creation, S12510-S12514 [14OC]

No Child Left Behind Act: implementation, S10952-S10957 [2SE], S11006-S11009, S11018-S11020 [3SE], S11055 [4SE]

———implementation relative to Wisconsin Knowledge and Concepts Examinations administration, S15275-S15277 [20NO]

———implementation (S. Res. 22), S1085 [16JA]

———suspend certain penalties against schools that are not fully funded, S11285-S11289, S11295 [10SE]

Republican Party: national agenda, S252, S256 [14JA], S12879 [20OC], S12913 [21OC]

Rural areas: provide incentives to individuals who live in and help preserve small, rural towns, S114-S116 [9JA]

———reward the hard work and risk of individuals who live in and help preserve small, rural towns (S. 602), S3664-S3666 [13MR]

Senate: legislative cooperation, S10474 [31JY], S14286, S14319 [10NO]

———legislative priorities, S2660, S2662 [25FE], S2763 [26FE], S8889, S8890 [7JY], S10889 [1AU], S11151-S11154 [5SE], S13061 [22OC], S13957 [5NO]

Telecommunications: national objectives priority assignments, S320 [15JA]

Television: prohibit broadcast of violent programming during designated time period in which children are likely to be watching unless it is rated for content or blockable by electronic means (S. 161), S304 [14JA]

Trade Act: amend to consolidate and improve trade adjustment assistance programs and provide community-based economic development assistance for trade-affected communities, S2044 [6FE], S2115 [10FE]

———amend to provide trade adjustment assistance for communities (S. 1110), S6991-S6994 [22MY]

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

Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: provide highway infrastructure investment at the guaranteed funding level, S1361 [22JA]

Treaties and agreements: impact of free-trade agreements, S13840 [4NO]

Yakima, WA: summit on Hispanic issues, S11326 [10SE]

Reports

Recommendations From the Joint Inquiry Into Intelligence Community Before and After the Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 2001, S4548-S4551 [31MR]

Reports filed

Joint Inquiry Into Intelligence Community Before and After the Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 2001: Committee on Intelligence (House, Select) (H. Rept. 107-792), H51 [7JA]

———Committee on Intelligence (Senate, Select) (S. Rept. 107-351), S34 [7JA]

Recognize and Enhance Public Awareness of the Social Problem of Child Abuse and Neglect: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. Res. 52), S4165 [20MR]

Statements

No Child Left Behind Act Implementation: Gail Cohen, E2152 [28OC]

———Representative Andrews, E2152 [28OC]

Summaries

Army Gender-Integrated Basic Training Report, E1224-E1226 [11JN]

Leave No Child Behind Act (S. 448), S2841 [26FE]

Medicare Chronic Care Improvement Act (H.R. 2342), E1122 [4JN]

Mid-Session Budget Review for FY 2004: OMB, S9386 [15JY]

Regional Economic and Infrastructure Development Act (H.R. 3196), E1910 [29SE]

Tables

Debt to the penny, S1699 [29JA], S3006 [3MR], S9387 [15JY]

Dept. of Education fiscal year 2004 President's budget, S3960 [19MR]

Federal Government financing and debt, S9387 [15JY]

Manufacturing jobs lost by State, H10117 [29OC]

Texts of

H. Res. 113, recognize and enhance public awareness of the social problem of child abuse and neglect, H2316 [26MR]

S. 161, Children's Protection From Violent Programming Act, S1070 [16JA]

S. 1030, Health Coverage, Affordability, Responsibility, and Equity (HealthCARE) Act, S5956-S5964 [8MY]

S. 1179, Medicare Chronic Care Improvement Act, S7383-S7387 [4JN]

S. Con. Res. 41, national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, S5613 [30AP]

S. Res. 22, No Child Left Behind Act implementation, S1085 [16JA]

S. Res. 52, recognize and enhance public awareness of the social problem of child abuse and neglect, S2223 [11FE], S4453 [26MR]

S. Res. 160, unified approach to strengthen and promote national aquaculture policy, S7496 [5JN]