LANDRIEU, MARY L. (a Senator from Louisiana)

Amendments

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (S. 3), S3481, S3555 [11MR]

Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 2), S1165 [17JA], S1246, S1258, S1263, S1264, S1266, S1268, S1269, S1287, S1289, S1295 [21JA], S1347, S1370 [22JA], S1407, S1408, S1417, S1427, S1435, S1480 [23JA], S1510 [28JA]

———making supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan (S. 1689), S12427, S12473 [3OC], S12491, S12559 [14OC], S12585, S12599, S12627, S12631 [15OC], S12779, S12850 [17OC]

———making supplemental appropriations for the war in Iraq and homeland security (S. 762), S4687, S4719, S4720 [2AP], S4747, S4775, S4777, S4825, S4863 [3AP]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2003-2013 (S. Con. Res. 23), S4027, S4030 [19MR], S4168, S4185, S4189, S4196, S4212, S4216 [20MR], S4296, S4308 [21MR], S4335 [25MR], S4410, S4452 [26MR]

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

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1050), S6708, S6723, S6724, S6729 [20MY], S6885 [21MY], S6900, S6901, S7062 [22MY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2658), S9392, S9430 [15JY], S9506 [16JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 2555), S9807 [23JY], S9870, S9872, S9918, S9919 [24JY]

Dept. of State: authorizing appropriations (S. 925), S9159 [9JY], S9259, S9261, S9264 [10JY], S9309 [11JY]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2691), S11624, S11704, S11705 [17SE], S11814 [23SE]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2660), S11004, S11039, S11040 [3SE], S11120 [4SE], S11228, S11246, S11258 [9SE], S11282, S11292, S11321, S11351, S11356, S11357 [10SE]

Depts. of Transportation and the Treasury, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2989), S13092, S13121, S13170, S13174 [23OC]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2861), S14520, S14834, S14844 [12NO]

District of Columbia: making appropriations (H.R. 2765), S11917 [24SE]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2800), S13358, S13367, S13412 [28OC], S13517 [29OC]

Foreign trade: implement importation requirement system for conflict diamonds (H.R. 1584), S5251 [10AP]

Legislative branch of the Government: making appropriations (H.R. 2657), S9219, S9266 [10JY], S9270 [11JY]

Medicare: reform and provide prescription drug coverage (S. 1), S8561, S8589 [25JN], S8728 [26JN]

Peace Corps: authorizing appropriations (S. 925), S9159 [9JY], S9259, S9261, S9264 [10JY], S9309 [11JY]

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (S. 14), S7567, S7644 [10JN], S7682, S7732 [11JN], S9943, S9980 [25JY], S10155 [29JY], S10704, S10715, S10733 [31JY]

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

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 2), S6738 [20MY]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (S. 1054), S6239, S6301, S6316, S6388, S6403 [14MY], S6442, S6451, S6455, S6508, S6509, S6532, S6562 [15MY]

Appointments

Conferee: H.J. Res. 2, continuing appropriations, S1457 [23JA]

———H.R. 1559, war in Iraq and homeland security supplemental appropriations, S4917 [7AP]

———H.R. 2559, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure, S9283 [11JY]

———H.R. 2660, Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies appropriations, S11341 [10SE]

———H.R. 2673, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations, S14155 [6NO]

———H.R. 2800, foreign operations, export financing, and related programs appropriations, S13651 [30OC]

———H.R. 3289, supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, S12822 [17OC]

Articles and editorials

Bill Would Close Pay Gap for Active Duty Feds, Government Executive (publication), S14515 [12NO]

Called-Up Reservist Take Big Hit in Wallet—Families Struggle on Military Salary, Washington (DC) Post, S4476 [27MR]

Dogged Engineer's Effort To Assess Shuttle Damage, James Glanz and John Schwartz, New York (NY) Times, S12029 [26SE]

Long Brought Wisdom, Joy to D.C. Politics, Joan McKinney, Baton Rouge (LA) Advocate, S6704 [20MY]

Military Widows Lose Chunk of Benefits at 62, Dennis Camire, Shreveport (LA) Times, S2475 [13FE]

Russell B. Long, Legacy to Power, Baton Rouge (LA) Advocate, S6703 [20MY]

Taming the Oil Beast, John Carey, Business Week (publication), S7569-S7571 [10JN]

Vouchers No Way Out of a Failing Society, Jarvis DeBerry, New Orleans (LA) Times-Picayune, S12118 [29SE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

Anacostia River: restore, protect, and enhance the environmental integrity and social and economic benefits of the Anacostia Watershed in Maryland and the District of Columbia (see S. 1959), S15975 [25NO]

Armed Forces: exempt certain members from requirement to pay subsistence charges while hospitalized (see S. 1622), S11989 [25SE]

———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), S6071 [13MY]

———improve benefits for members of the uniformed services and veterans (see S. 19), S1737 [29JA]

———increase the rate of imminent danger special pay and the amount of the family separation allowance (see S. 737), S4558 [31MR]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see S. 56), S2119 [10FE]

———revise certain retired pay eligibility requirements, provide TRICARE eligibility to certain reservists, and allow reservists and their employers a tax credit (see S. 1000), S5771 [6MY]

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

Birds: provide financial resources for the conservation programs of countries whose activities directly or indirectly affect cranes (see S. 128), S1368 [22JA]

Birth Defects Prevention Act: revise and extend (see S. 286), S2188 [11FE]

Blair, Tony: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 709), S4513 [27MR]

Brumidi, Constantino: tribute (see S. Con. Res. 61), S10907 [1AU]

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: enhance operation of the AMBER Alert communications plan to expedite the recovery of abducted children (see S. 121), S132 [9JA]

———increase the availability, affordability, and quality of child care (see S. 668), S8233 [19JN]

———provide opportunities to improve the lives of all children and enable them to reach their fullest potential (see S. 448), S14451 [11NO]

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

Citizenship: codify oath of allegiance (see S. 1628), S12970 [21OC]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see S. 76), S36 [7JA]

———protect (see S. 16), S35 [7JA]

Civil War—U.S.: establish a commission to commemorate sesquicentennial (see S. 1064), S6508 [15MY]

Coastal Zone Management Act: authorize the acquisition of coastal areas to ensure their protection from conversion or development (see S. 861), S6853 [21MY]

Colleges and universities: improve quality, affordability, diversity, and accessibility to qualified students (see S. 1793), S14965 [17NO]

———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), S11119 [4SE]

———recognize contributions of historically Black colleges and universities (see S. Res. 221), S11649 [17SE]

Columbia (space shuttle): tribute to crew (see S. Res. 41), S1870 [4FE] (see S. Res. 45), S1977 [5FE]

Community service: provide incentives for communities and individuals to serve those in need, improve public disclosure by certain organizations, and enhance ability of low-income individuals to build assets (see S. 272), S1813 [30JA]

Computers: regulate the transmission of unsolicited commercial e-mail (see S. 877), S5173 [10AP]

Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide: reaffirm support and commemorate anniversary of Genocide Convention Implementation Act (see S. Res. 164), S7619 [10JN]

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

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

De Laine, Joseph A.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 498), S3027 [3MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: organic food standards relative to livestock and dairy production (see S. 457), S2921 [27FE]

Dept. of HHS: provide grants to establish summer health career introductory programs for middle and high school students (see S. 1008), S7236 [3JN]

———take action to remove dietary supplements containing ephedrine alkaloids from the market (see S. Res. 260), S14807 [12NO]

Dept. of Justice: ensure that U.S. victims of terrorism overseas receive equal treatment regardless of terrorists' country of origin or residence and these terrorists are pursued with equal vigor (see S. 684), S15976 [25NO]

Dept. of State: establish an Office of Intercountry Adoptions and reform U.S. laws governing intercountry adoptions (see S. 1934), S15646 [23NO]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: provide guaranteed adequate level of funding for veterans health care (see S. 50), S1977 [5FE]

Diseases: address the international HIV/AIDS pandemic (see S. 250), S2051 [6FE]

———eliminate tuberculosis (see S. 1559), S10906 [1AU]

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

———expand research on inflammatory bowel disease (see S. 491), S2920 [27FE]

District of Columbia: provide a site for the National Women's History Museum (see S. 1741), S12737 [16OC]

———provide budget autonomy (see S. 1267), S7926 [16JN]

———provide full voting representation in Congress (see S. 617), S3730 [13MR]

Education: establish academies for teachers and students of American history and civics and a national alliance of teachers of American history and civics (see S. 504), S8233 [19JN]

———extend student loan forgiveness to Head Start teachers (see S. 140), S848 [15JA]

———oppose any changes to Title IX prohibiting gender discrimination in educational and athletic programs (see S. Res. 153), S7478 [5JN]

———reaffirm support for Title IX prohibiting gender discrimination in educational and athletic programs and its critical role in guaranteeing equal educational opportunities for women and girls (see S. Res. 40), S1872 [4FE]

Electric power: protect customers by ensuring States maintain jurisdiction over electric utilities and prohibiting FERC implementation of a standard market design (see S. 954), S5541 [30AP]

Employment: prohibit discrimination on the basis of affectional or sexual orientation (see S. 1705), S12376 [2OC]

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]

———promote adoption of children with special needs (see S. 862), S5173 [10AP]

———provide grants to States to encourage media campaigns to promote responsible fatherhood skills (see S. 604), S4167 [20MR]

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

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

Federal employees: ensure parity between the compensation of members of the Armed Forces and civilian employees (see S. Con. Res. 1), S231 [13JA]

———ensure those activated by National Guard or Reserves receive pay equal to basic pay they would otherwise be receiving (see S. 593), S3504 [11MR]

Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: coverage of bone mass measurements (see S. 417), S2522 [14FE]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: amend relative to new animal drugs (see S. 741), S10141 [29JY]

———preserve effectiveness of medically important antibiotics used in treatment of human and animal diseases (see S. 1460), S14806 [12NO]

———provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals (see S. 54), S1245 [21JA]

Financial institutions: merge bank and savings association deposit insurance funds and reform the Federal deposit insurance system (see S. 229), S1813 [30JA]

———prohibit financial holding companies and national banks from engaging, directly or indirectly, in real estate brokerage or real estate management activities (see S. 98), S7718 [11JN]

Financial Literacy for Youth Month: designate (see S. Res. 48), S3621 [12MR]

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

Firefighters: establish the SAFER Firefighter Grant Program (see S. 544), S3163 [5MR]

Foreign aid: make protection of women and children who are affected by a complex humanitarian emergency a priority (see S. 1001), S5951 [8MY]

Foreign trade: implement importation requirement system for conflict diamonds (see S. 760), S5175 [10AP]

FTC: ratify authority for implementation and enforcement of a ``do-not-call'' registry relative to telemarketing firms (see S. 1655), S11988 [25SE]

Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: designate (see S. Res. 78), S3411 [10MR]

Hazardous substances: provide assistance for poison prevention and stabilize funding of regional poison control centers (see S. 686), S4275 [21MR]

———strengthen capabilities to safely and securely dispose of certain low-level radioactive waste (see S. 1045), S9906 [24JY]

Health: establish grants to improve nutrition, increase physical activity, and prevent obesity (see S. 1172), S7234 [3JN]

———expand access to affordable health care, strengthen health care safety net, and make services more available in rural and underserved areas (see S. 100), S37 [7JA]

———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), S9049 [8JY]

———provide State grants for developing trauma care systems (see S. 239), S3028 [3MR]

Health care professionals: implement an education loan repayment program for pharmacists (see S. 648), S3881 [18MR]

———provide immediate relief from increased medical malpractice insurance costs and deal with root causes of the current medical malpractice insurance crisis (see S. 1374), S9120 [9JY]

Health Workforce Advisory Commission: establish (see S. 1498), S10265 [30JY]

Height, Dorothy I.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 1266), S7876 [13JN]

Higher Education Act: amend relative to the Federal Pell Grant maximum amount (see S. 184), S1069 [16JA]

———extend loan forgiveness for certain loans to certified or licensed teachers and provide grants that promote teacher certification and licensing (see S. 227), S2595 [24FE]

Homeland Security Act: repeal certain provisions relative to pediatric vaccine manufacturer liability (see S. 105), S37 [7JA]

Housing: encourage Congress to participate in and support activities to provide decent homes for people in the U.S. (see S. Con. Res. 43), S5771 [6MY]

Immigration: treatment of unaccompanied alien children (see S. 1129), S8234 [19JN]

Insurance: guarantee comprehensive health care coverage for all children (see S. 588), S3504 [11MR]

———prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (see S. 1053), S12533 [14OC]

———require health plans to cover treatment of a minor child's congenital or developmental deformity or disorder due to trauma, infection, tumor, or disease (see S. 977), S7189 [2JN]

Iraq: treatment of U.S. POW relative to violations of Geneva Convention (see S. Con. Res. 31), S4825 [3AP]

Italy: express condolences regarding the deaths of 19 Italian citizens in Iraq (see S. Res. 268), S15061 [18NO]

ITC: take certain actions relative to temporary safeguards on imports of certain steel products (see S. Con. Res. 27), S4166 [20MR]

Jamestown, VA: mint coins in commemoration of settlement anniversary (see S. 976), S9303 [11JY]

King, Martin Luther, Jr.: extend authority for construction of a memorial in the District of Columbia (see S. 470), S5772 [6MY]

King, Martin Luther, Jr., and Coretta Scott: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 1368), S8862 [27JN]

Law enforcement: assess backlog in DNA analysis of rape kit samples and improve investigation and prosecution of sexual assault cases with DNA evidence (see S. 152), S288 [14JA]

———community policing programs (see S. 679), S4166 [20MR]

———eliminate backlog of DNA samples collected from crime scenes and offenders and expand and improve the use of DNA collection and analysis in criminal investigations (see S. 1700), S12277 [1OC]

Law enforcement officers: adjust percentage differentials payable to Federal law enforcement officers in certain high-cost areas (see S. 985), S5727 [5MY]

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

Long, Russell B.: tribute (see S. Res. 142), S6070 [13MY]

Mammography Quality Standards Act: reauthorize (see S. 1879), S15813 [24NO]

Marine Corps: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see S. 894), S8726 [26JN]

Marshall, John: mint coins in commemoration (see S. 1531), S11350 [10SE]

Martin, Phillip: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 780), S9245 [10JY]

Medicaid: establish a demonstration project to encourage the provision of community-based services to disabled individuals (see S. 1394), S9329 [14JY]

———extend certain modifications to disproportionate share hospital allotments (see S. 652), S3881 [18MR]

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

———extend the transitional medical assistance program (see S. 883), S5174 [10AP]

———increase Federal Medical Assistance Percentage to States (see S. 138), S1813 [30JA]

———permit States the option to provide coverage for low-income individuals infected with HIV (see S. 847), S5059 [9AP]

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

———provide the disabled and elderly with equal access to community-based attendant services (see S. 971), S5650 [1MY]

Medicare: accelerate reduction on the amount of beneficiary copayment liability for outpatient services (see S. 1017), S5859 [7MY]

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

———coverage of bone mass measurements for all individuals at clinical risk for osteoporosis (see S. 419), S2522 [14FE]

———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]

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

———expand and improve coverage of mental health services (see S. 646), S4825 [3AP]

———expand coverage of certain self-injected biologicals (see S. 465), S2919 [27FE]

———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]

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

———improve patient access to, and utilization of, the colorectal cancer screening benefit (see S. 740), S4512 [27MR]

———modify definition of rehabilitation hospital and rehabilitation unit for reimbursement under prospective payment system (see S. 1222), S11913 [24SE]

———pay ambulance suppliers the full costs of providing such services (see S. 171), S1368 [22JA]

———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see S. 569), S3506 [11MR]

———standardize payment amounts for inpatient hospital services and make other rural health care improvements (see S. 987), S7236 [3JN]

———update renal dialysis composite rate (see S. 1098), S13053 [22OC]

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), S3370 [7MR]

Minimum wage: level (see S. 20), S35 [7JA] (see S. 224), S1668 [28JA]

Minorities: improve health of minority individuals (see S. 1833), S14335 [10NO]

Monuments and memorials: prohibit desecration, provide for repairs, and permit guide signs on Federal highways for veterans' memorials (see S. 330), S2595 [24FE]

Morganza, LA: authorize a project for hurricane and storm damage reduction (see S. 699), S4375 [25MR]

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

Museum and Library Services Act: reauthorize (see S. 238), S1736 [29JA]

National Cancer Institute: increase involvement of advocates in breast cancer research (see S. 415), S2522 [14FE]

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

National Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 98), S4434 [26MR]

National Day To Prevent Teen Pregnancy: designate (see S. Con. Res. 18), S4899 [7AP]

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 Guard: authorize Federal funding assistance to States for the discharge of homeland security activities (see S. 215), S9119 [9JY]

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

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: authorize development of research centers focusing on environmental factors related to the etiology of breast cancer (see S. 983), S6854 [21MY]

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

National Mentoring Month: designate (see S. Res. 25), S1479 [23JA]

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

National Purple Heart Recognition Day: designate (see S. Con. Res. 40), S9415 [15JY]

National Safe Place Week: designate (see S. Res. 70), S3506 [11MR]

National security: establish strategy for dealing with the threat of proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (see S. Res. 77), S3163 [5MR]

National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month: support goals and ideals (see S.J. Res. 8), S4377 [25MR]

National Stalking Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Con. Res. 58), S13054 [22OC]

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

National Work and Family Month: designate (see S. Res. 210), S11033 [3SE]

National Youth Service Day: designate (see S. Res. 112), S5059 [9AP]

NIH: provide for Alzheimer's disease research and demonstration grants (see S. 566), S3621 [12MR]

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

Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe: encourage action against escalation of anti-Semitic violence and manifestations of xenophobia and discrimination against ethnic and religious minorities (see S. Con. Res. 7), S3732 [13MR]

Peace Officers Memorial Day: designate (see S. Res. 75), S3163 [5MR]

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), S11989 [25SE]

Pledge of Allegiance: circuit court decision on inclusion of phrase ``under God'' (see S. Res. 71), S3086 [4MR]

Public safety officers: ensure that officers who suffer a fatal heart attack or stroke while on duty shall be presumed to have died in the line of duty for purposes of survivor benefits (see S. 459), S2839 [26FE]

Public welfare programs: address barriers to employment as a work activity under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see S. 316), S8126 [18JN]

———ensure fair treatment and due process protections for enhanced data collection and reporting requirements under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see S. 770), S4702 [2AP]

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

———improve provision of education and job training under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see S. 262), S3731 [13MR]

Roads and highways: increase minimum State allocations provided for use in carrying out certain highway programs (see S. 1090), S6852 [21MY]

Robinson, Jackie: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously and designate a national day of recognition (see S. 300), S5484 [29AP]

Romania: welcome President Ion Iliescu upon U.S. visit, commend economic and democratic reform efforts and support in campaign against terrorism, and reaffirm cooperation with U.S. (see S. Res. 250), S13134 [23OC]

Rural areas: reward the hard work and risk of individuals who live in and help preserve small, rural towns (see S. 602), S3620 [12MR]

SBA: ensure independence and nonpartisan operation of the Office of Advocacy (see S. 818), S5345 [11AP]

———establish a pilot program to provide regulatory compliance assistance to small businesses (see S. 1255), S7831 [12JN]

———increase amount to be reserved for women's business center programs sustainability grants (see S. 1247), S7831 [12JN]

———make nonprofit child care businesses eligible for certain loans (see S. 822), S4957 [8AP]

Science: authorize appropriations for nanoscience, nanoengineering, and nanotechnology research (see S. 189), S1069 [16JA]

———prohibit the cloning of humans (see S. 245), S1736 [29JA]

Senate Rules: eliminate secret Senate holds (see S. Res. 151), S6853 [21MY]

———prohibit employment discrimination based on sexual orientation (see S. Res. 74), S3163 [5MR]

Senior citizens: modify the eligibility criteria for supplemental foods provided under the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (see S. 468), S2919 [27FE]

———promote elder justice (see S. 333), S2119 [10FE]

Shinseki, Eric K.: tribute (see S. Res. 190), S8726 [26JN]

Small business: improve calculation of the Federal subsidy rate with respect to certain small business loans (see S. 141), S203 [10JA]

———provide emergency assistance to non-farm small business concerns that have suffered economic harm from the effects of drought (see S. 318), S1977 [5FE]

Small Business Act: modify contract consolidation requirements (see S. 633), S3803 [17MR]

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), S2187 [11FE]

———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]

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

———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), S2187 [11FE]

St. Tammany Day: support goals and ideals (see S. Con. Res. 39), S5484 [29AP]

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), S7382 [4JN]

Tariff: impose tariff-rate quotas on certain casein and milk protein concentrates (see S. 560), S3994 [19MR]

Taxation: accelerate increase in refundability of the child tax credit (see S. 1162), S7188 [2JN] (see S. 1434), S10620 [31JY]

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

———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), S3805 [17MR]

———allow the use of completed contract method of accounting in the case of certain long-term naval vessel construction contracts (see S. 774), S5344 [11AP]

———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), S13134 [23OC]

———clarify treatment of certain tax attributes for companies whose debt is cancelled in a bankruptcy proceeding (see S. 1331), S11033 [3SE]

———exclude from gross income loan payments received under the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program (see S. 529), S3621 [12MR]

———expand combat zone tax exclusion for members of the Armed Forces to include transit period to such zones and to include commissioned officers (see S. 721), S4958 [8AP]

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

———increase deduction for teacher classroom supplies and expand to include qualified professional development expenses (see S. 695), S4325 [24MR]

———permanently extend research credit and adjust the alternative incremental credit rates (see S. 664), S13134 [23OC]

———provide a credit for marginal oil and natural gas well production and allow for expensing of geological and geophysical expenditures and delay rental payments (see S. 696), S4325 [24MR]

———provide a partially refundable tax credit to family caregivers (see S. 1214), S7540 [9JN]

———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain restaurant buildings (see S. 973), S11754 [22SE]

———provide collegiate housing and infrastructure grants (see S. 1246), S13661 [30OC]

———provide for a tax deferral on gain from the sale of certain telecommunications businesses or tax incentives to promote ownership diversity (see S. 267), S2458 [13FE]

———provide tax credit to teachers in rural or high unemployment areas or who achieve National Board for Professional Teaching Standards certification (see S. 857), S5173 [10AP]

———repeal reduction in deductible portion of business meal and entertainment expenses (see S. 1482), S13378 [28OC]

———treatment of businesses who employ military reservists, and self-employed military reservists (see S. 1595), S13263 [27OC]

———treatment of charitable donation of food by businesses and farmers (see S. 85), S2701 [25FE]

———treatment of expenses of members of a military Reserve, businesses who employ members of the military Reserves, and self-employed military Reserve participants (see S. 202), S1368 [22JA]

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

Telephones: facilitate nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone service for information and referral on human services (see S. 1630), S11648 [17SE]

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), S11417 [11SE]

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

Theodore Roosevelt-Tensas River National Wildlife Refuge: designate (see S. 1573), S12738 [16OC]

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

Ukraine: remember treatment by the former Soviet Union on anniversary of Ukrainian Famine (see S. Res. 202), S15977 [25NO]

United Mine Workers of America: protect health benefits of retired miners and provide additional sources of revenue to the Combined Benefit Fund and Benefit Plan (see S. 1756), S12838 [17OC]

Veterans: allow certain veterans with service-connected disabilities to travel on military aircraft (see S. 59), S14451 [11NO]

———clarify prohibition on assignment of veterans benefits to agreements regarding future receipt of compensation and educate veterans on available legitimate financial services (see S. 257), S1812 [30JA]

———improve benefits for World War II Filipino veterans (see S. 68), S4325 [24MR]

———increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses (see S. 585), S14177 [6NO]

———mint coins in commemoration of veterans who became disabled for life while serving in the Armed Forces (see S. 1379), S13053 [22OC]

———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), S9708 [22JY]

Votes for Women History Trail: establish (see S. 749), S4629 [1AP]

Wildlife: prohibit interstate and foreign commerce of carnivorous wild cats for use as pets (see S. 269), S12533 [14OC]

Women: constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see S.J. Res. 11), S3881 [18MR]

———protect breastfeeding by new mothers (see S. 418), S2522 [14FE]

Years of Foreign Language Study: designate (see S. Res. 170), S8234 [19JN]

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

Bills and resolutions introduced

American Battle Monuments Commission: establish a memorial to the Buffalo Soldiers in Louisiana (see S. 499), S3027 [3MR]

Armed Forces: combat zone tax exclusions for bomber support crews on the island of Diego Garcia (see S. 234), S1736 [29JA]

———provide pay protection for members of the Reserve and National Guard (see S. 442), S2701 [25FE]

———require colleges and universities to preserve educational status and financial aid of military personnel called to active duty (see S. 447), S2701 [25FE]

———revise age and service requirements for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service (see S. 445), S2701 [25FE]

Atchafalaya National Heritage Area: establish (see S. 323), S1977 [5FE]

Children and youth: 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), S9496 [16JY]

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

CPSC: promulgate a product safety standard that requires certain manufacturers to establish and maintain a system for providing notification of recalls to consumers (see S. 584), S3410 [10MR]

Dept. of Defense: promote the creation of military charter schools in partnership with local public school systems (see S. 1078), S6624 [19MY]

Dept. of Energy: carry out a program to evaluate and demonstrate the operation of radiation detection systems for use at seaports (see S. 193), S1144 [17JA]

Dept. of HUD: establish intergenerational family programs (see S. 381), S2341 [12FE]

Education: provide student loan borrowers with a choice of lender for loan consolidation and provide notice regarding loan consolidation (see S. 835), S5059 [9AP]

ERISA: prevent preemption of State community property law as it relates to nonforfeitable accrued retirement benefits (see S. 1616), S11479 [15SE]

Federal employees: provide special pay for board certified Federal employees employed in health science positions (see S. 953), S5541 [30AP]

Francis, Norman C.: tribute (see S. Con. Res. 57), S8726 [26JN]

Goudeau, Tanya A.: relief (see S. 834), S5059 [9AP]

Human rights: condemn the practice of execution by stoning (see S. Con. Res. 26), S4166 [20MR]

Insurance: coverage of minimum hospital stays for mastectomies and lymph node removals relative to breast cancer (see S. 1684), S12192 [30SE]

James, Daniel, Jr. (Chappie): issue commemorative postage stamp (see S. Con. Res. 6), S2457 [13FE]

Kazakhstan: independence anniversary (see S. Con. Res. 86), S15976 [25NO]

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

Kuwait: express appreciation for medical assistance provided to Ali Ismaeel Abbas and other children of Iraq and for additional humanitarian aid provided by the government and people of Kuwait (see S. Con. Res. 45), S6624 [19MY]

NASA: provide eligibility for astronauts for Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance (see S. 334), S2119 [10FE]

National Archives and Records Administration: establish a servitude and emancipation archival research clearinghouse (see S. 1292), S8232 [19JN]

National Guard Challenge Program: revise matching funds requirements for participating States (see S. 990), S5725 [5MY]

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: develop research centers focusing on women's health and disease prevention, and conduct and coordinate a research program on hormone disruption (see S. 1588), S11161 [5SE]

National Women's Business Council: insure that vacancies are filled in a timely and equitable manner (see S. 1442), S9708 [22JY]

Navy: declare a national policy for naval force structure (see S. 902), S5342 [11AP]

Public utilities: improve electricity transmission system (see S. 716), S4434 [26MR]

Religion: constitutional amendment relative to the reference to God in the Pledge of Allegiance and on U.S. currency (see S.J. Res. 7), S3028 [3MR]

Silva do Nascimento, Marcela: relief (see S. 1777), S13134 [23OC]

Taxation: allow businesses to qualify as renewal community businesses if such businesses employ residents of certain other renewal communities (see S. 903), S5342 [11AP]

———clarify the treatment of Dept. of Defense dependent care assistance programs for Armed Forces members (see S. 235), S1736 [29JA]

———provide a rebate to individuals for payroll taxes and provide employers with an income tax credit for payroll taxes paid during the payroll tax holiday period (see S. 911), S5343 [11AP]

———provide tax relief for military personnel and their employers and offset such relief by preventing tax avoidance through renouncing U.S. citizenship (see S. Res. 257), S13802 [3NO]

Telecommunications: facilitate the deployment of wireless telecommunications networks to further the availability of the Emergency Alert System (see S. 564), S3253 [6MR]

Veterans: increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses (see S. 401), S2457 [13FE]

———increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses and provide for an open season under that plan (see S. 1916), S15406 [21NO]

Biographies

Rugg, Phillip R., II, S9896 [24JY]

Certificates of election

Senate, S3 [7JA]

Eulogies

Long, Russell B.: J. Bennett Johnston, S6703 [20MY]

Explanations

National Guard and Reserve Readiness Needs: Roger C. Schultz, National Guard, S4134 [20MR]

Factsheets

Louisiana Data on Adoption, Foster Care, Reuniting With Birth Families, and Awaiting Adoption Placement, S12272 [1OC]

Letters

Dept. of Defense unfunded priority list: James G. Roche, Sec. of the Air Force, S4134 [20MR]

Foster Care Mentoring Act: Richard K. Armey, S9499 [16JY]

Louisiana public safety communications system: Mike Foster, Governor of Louisiana, S4773 [3AP]

———Terry C. Landry, Louisiana Dept. of Public Safety and Corrections, S4773 [3AP]

Navy and Marine Corps unfunded programs: Vern Clark and Michael W. Hagee, Dept. of Defense, S4134 [20MR]

Scholarship vouchers to provide school choice in the District of Columbia: Delegate Norton, S12118 [29SE]

———Iris J. Toyer and Darlene T. Allen, Parents United for the D.C. Public Schools (organization), S12119 [29SE]

———Kathy Patterson, S12119 [29SE]

———Paul Strauss, S12176 [30SE]

Lists

Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute Angels in Adoption Award recipients, S12272 [1OC]

National Guard and Reserve strategic equipment, weapons, and technology needs, S4410 [26MR]

Statements relative to young women and children in complex humanitarian emergencies, S13359 [28OC]

Strategic equipment, weapons, and technology needs of the National Guard and Reserve serving in Afghanistan and Iraq, S4135 [20MR]

Motions

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2660), S11295 [10SE]

Taxation: provide incentives for economic recovery (S. 1054), S6425 [15MY]

Oaths of office

Senate, S5 [7JA]

Obituaries

Long, Russell B., S6704 [20MY]

Privilege of the floor

Avery, Kevin, S4312 [21MR], S4452 [26MR]

Johnson, Tanner, S7648 [10JN]

Matthews, Jason, S4870 [3AP]

Naraine, Neil, S7648 [10JN], S15479 [21NO]

Strottman, Kathleen, S11361 [10SE]

Remarks

Abortion: prohibit late-term abortions except to avert serious long-term physical health consequences for the mother, S3575 [12MR]

———prohibit partial-birth abortions (S. 3), S3575 [12MR]

Afghanistan: protect women's rights and health, S1454 [23JA]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2673), S14019 [5NO], S14146 [6NO]

American Battle Monuments Commission: establish a memorial to the Buffalo Soldiers in Louisiana (S. 499), S3030 [3MR]

Appropriations: convert portion of supplemental appropriations for reconstruction efforts in Iraq into loan guarantees, S12700 [16OC]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 2), S1032 [16JA], S1121 [17JA], S1417, S1443, S1454 [23JA]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 2), conference report, S2591 [24FE]

———making omnibus consolidated appropriations, S1032 [16JA], S1121 [17JA], S1417, S1443, S1454 [23JA], S2591 [24FE]

———making supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan (S. 1689), S12570, S12599 [15OC], S12700, S12716 [16OC], S12771 [17OC]

———making supplemental appropriations for the war in Iraq and homeland security (S. 762), S4687, S4689, S4690 [2AP], S4773, S4774, S4775, S4776, S4777, S4797, S4798, S4808 [3AP]

Armed Forces: combat zone tax exclusions for bomber support crews on the island of Diego Garcia (S. 234), S1739 [29JA]

———increase death gratuity and exclude from gross income for tax purposes (H.R. 3365), S13833 [3NO]

———modernization of National Guard and Reserves equipment, weapons, and technology funding, S4687, S4689, S4690 [2AP], S9398 [15JY]

———provide additional pay and benefits for active duty, National Guard and Reserve forces and funding for modernization of equipment, weapons, and technology of the National Guard and Reserves, S4134, S4135, S4136 [20MR]

———provide additional pay and benefits for active duty, National Guard and Reserve forces and modernization of National Guard and Reserves equipment, weapons, and technology funding, S4405, S4406, S4410, S4411 [26MR]

———provide financial assistance to State and local governments that continue to pay employees who serve on active duty in a reserve component of the uniformed services, S14514, S14515 [12NO]

———provide pay protection for members of the Reserve and National Guard, S6425 [15MY]

———provide pay protection for members of the Reserve and National Guard (S. 442), S2708 [25FE], S4477 [27MR]

———require colleges and universities to preserve educational status and financial aid of military personnel called to active duty, S6927 [22MY]

———require colleges and universities to preserve educational status and financial aid of military personnel called to active duty (S. 447), S2711 [25FE]

———revise age and service requirements for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service (S. 445), S2710 [25FE]

———support members engaging in military action in Iraq, S10517 [31JY]

———support members engaging in military action in Iraq and President Bush for his efforts as Commander in Chief (S. Res. 95), S4102 [20MR]

———tribute to women, S4775 [3AP]

Atchafalaya National Heritage Area: establish (S. 323), S2010-S2012 [5FE]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2003-2013 (S. Con. Res. 23), S4134 [20MR], S4406, S4410, S4411 [26MR]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: authorize grants for mosquito control programs to prevent mosquito-borne diseases, S11292, S11308 [10SE]

Children and youth: establish or expand and operate programs using a network of public and private community entities to provide mentoring for children in foster care (S. 1419), S9499 [16JY]

Close Up Foundation: funding, S11331 [10SE]

Colleges and universities: increase funding and decrease matching requirement for historically Black colleges and universities, S1417 [23JA]

Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute: tribute to Angels in Adoption Award recipients, S12271, S12272 [1OC]

Consumers: require disclosure of terms of rental-purchase agreements (S. 884), S5233 [10AP]

Corps of Engineers: emergency assistance funding, S9218, S9219, S9220 [10JY]

Courts: expand Federal diversity jurisdiction to allow consideration of certain interstate class actions and provide additional protections to plaintiff class members (S. 1751), motion to proceed, S13009 [22OC]

CPSC: promulgate a product safety standard that requires certain manufacturers to establish and maintain a system for providing notification of recalls to consumers (S. 584), S3418 [10MR]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1050), S6837 [21MY], S6902, S6926, S6927 [22MY]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1588), conference report, S14514, S14515 [12NO]

———Landing Platform Dock (LPD) class of ships funding, S9398 [15JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2658), S9398 [15JY]

Dept. of Energy: require report on natural gas supplies and demand, S7683 [11JN]

Dept. of HHS: Promoting Safe and Stable Families Program funding, S11282, S11284, S11294 [10SE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: Office of Domestic Preparedness funding, S4797, S4798 [3AP]

Dept. of Labor: prohibit funding to implement regulations that negate Fair Labor Standards Act overtime requirements, S11182 [8SE]

Dept. of State: authorizing appropriations (S. 925), S9214 [10JY]

———establish an Office of Intercountry Adoptions and reform U.S. laws governing intercountry adoptions (S. 1934), S15651 [23NO]

———scaling back of antiterrorism training programs at Louisiana State University and New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, S4808 [3AP]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2660), S11180 [8SE], S11282, S11284, S11292, S11294, S11308, S11331 [10SE]

Depts. of Transportation and the Treasury, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2989), S13105 [23OC]

Diseases: expand assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis (H.R. 1298), S6488 [15MY]

———require a certain percentage of assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS be expended for HIV/AIDS orphans and vulnerable children, S6488 [15MY]

District of Columbia: education funding, S11887, S11889 [24SE], S12108 [29SE]

———funding, S1121 [17JA]

———improve foster care system, S12108 [29SE]

———infrastructure funding, S11887 [24SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2765), S11887, S11889 [24SE], S11971, S11972, S11975, S11976, S11990 [25SE], S12029, S12031, S12033, S12042, S12044 [26SE], S12108, S12116, S12118, S12119, S12125 [29SE], S12176 [30SE], S15021 [18NO]

———Potomac Southwest Waterfront improvement funding, S2591 [24FE]

———scholarship vouchers to provide school choice, S11181 [8SE], S11887, S11889 [24SE], S11971, S11972, S11975, S11976 [25SE], S12028, S12031, S12033, S12042, S12044 [26SE], S12108, S12116, S12118, S12119, S12125 [29SE], S12176 [30SE], S15021 [18NO]

Education: disadvantaged student programs funding, S11180 [8SE]

———funding, S1032 [16JA]

———provide student loan borrowers with a choice of lender for loan consolidation and provide notice regarding loan consolidation (S. 835), S5069 [9AP]

ERISA: prevent preemption of State community property law as it relates to nonforfeitable accrued retirement benefits (S. 1616), S11481 [15SE]

FERC: enhance protection of electricity consumers under the Federal Power Act, S10183 [30JY]

Foreign aid: ensure that women and children have access to basic protection and assistance services in complex humanitarian emergencies, S13358-S13360 [28OC]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2800), S13358 [28OC]

Forest Service: hazardous fuels reduction activities funding, S9217 [10JY]

Francis, Norman C.: tribute (S. Con. Res. 57), S8765 [26JN]

Goudeau, Tanya A.: relief (S. 834), S5069 [9AP]

Government: requirements for an annual report on competitive sourcing activities, S13105 [23OC]

Human rights: condemn the practice of execution by stoning (S. Con. Res. 26), S4181 [20MR]

Intelligence services: assess validity of pre-war analysis concerning rationale for use of Armed Forces in Iraq, S9291 [11JY]

Iraq: assessment of war and reconstruction efforts, S12055 [26SE]

———establish a permanent trust fund from oil and gas revenues to help strengthen Iraqi economy, S5158 [10AP]

———reconstruction, S5158 [10AP]

———trip findings of several Senators relative to assessment of war and reconstruction efforts, S12573 [15OC]

———use of oil revenues to finance reconstruction, S12570, S12573 [15OC], S12771 [17OC]

Iraq Reconstruction Finance Authority: establish to finance future Iraqi reconstruction from oil revenues, S12599 [15OC], S12716-S12718 [16OC]

James, Daniel, Jr. (Chappie): issue commemorative postage stamp (S. Con. Res. 6), S2497 [13FE]

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

Legislative branch of the Government: making appropriations (H.R. 2657), S9217, S9218, S9219, S9220 [10JY]

Louisiana: agricultural research programs funding, S14019 [5NO], S14146 [6NO]

———flood control projects funding, S1443 [23JA]

Medicare: increase payments to rural health care providers and facilities, S4351 [25MR]

———reform and provide prescription drug coverage (H.R. 1), conference report, S15888 [25NO]

Memorial Day: observance, S7123 [23MY]

Merchant marine industry: apply laws requiring the use of privately owned U.S.-flag commercial vessels for the transport of U.S. aid and materials relative to the war in Iraq, S4776 [3AP]

Metairie, LA: tribute to Grace King High School for participation in We the People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution competition, S5056 [9AP]

NASA: provide eligibility for astronauts for Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance (S. 334), S2121 [10FE]

National Archives and Records Administration: establish a servitude and emancipation archival research clearinghouse (S. 1292), S8237 [19JN]

National Guard Challenge Program: revise matching funds requirements for participating States, S6902 [22MY]

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: develop research centers focusing on women's health and disease prevention, and conduct and coordinate a research program on hormone disruption (S. 1588), S11167 [5SE]

National security: interoperable communications system between first responder agencies funding, S4773, S4774 [3AP]

National Women's Business Council: insure that vacancies are filled in a timely and equitable manner (S. 1442), S9717 [22JY]

National Work and Family Month: designate (S. Res. 210), S11182 [8SE]

NATO: endorse further enlargement, S4555 [31MR]

Navy: declare a national policy for naval force structure (S. 902), S5357 [11AP]

———shipbuilding funding, S6837 [21MY]

New Orleans, LA: National D-Day Museum funding, S9398 [15JY]

———refer to the National D-Day Museum as ``America's National World War II Museum'', S6926 [22MY]

Nuclear energy: loan guarantees for commercial nuclear powerplant construction, S7584, S7585 [10JN]

Outer Continental Shelf: prohibit additional inventory of oil and gas resources on certain portions, S7746 [12JN]

Peace Corps: authorizing appropriations (S. 925), S9214 [10JY]

Petroleum: decrease dependence on foreign sources, S7567, S7575, S7576 [10JN]

Pickering, Charles W., Sr.: nomination to be circuit judge, S14613 [12NO]

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), conference report, S15165 [19NO], S15327 [21NO]

———enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (S. 14), S5764 [6MY], S7567, S7575, S7576, S7584, S7585 [10JN], S7683 [11JN], S7746 [12JN], S9291-S9295 [11JY], S10183 [30JY], S10474, S10517 [31JY]

Presidential appointments: Senate process for confirmation of judicial nominees, S14610, S14612, S14704, S14705 [12NO]

Protocols to the North Atlantic Treaty on the Accession of Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia: ratification, S6024 [12MY]

Pryor, William H., Jr.: nomination to be circuit judge, S14613 [12NO]

Public utilities: create more efficient electric grid, increase investment in utility infrastructure, and enhance consumer protections, S10183 [30JY], S10474 [31JY]

———improve electricity transmission system (S. 716), S4442 [26MR]

Religion: constitutional amendment relative to the reference to God in the Pledge of Allegiance and on U.S. currency (S.J. Res. 7), S3035 [3MR]

SBA: HUBZone Program price preferences for food aid contracts, S12092 [26SE]

———reauthorize loan programs (S. 1375), S12092 [26SE]

Scholarship vouchers to provide school choice in the District of Columbia: Peter M. Branch, S11181 [8SE]

Senate: appreciation of opportunity to serve, S23 [7JA]

———legislative program, S12028 [26SE]

Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day: observance, S5942 [8MY]

Taxation: allow businesses to qualify as renewal community businesses if such businesses employ residents of certain other renewal communities, S6426 [15MY]

———allow businesses to qualify as renewal community businesses if such businesses employ residents of certain other renewal communities (S. 903), S5357 [11AP]

———allow tax credit to businesses who employ members of the National Guard or Ready Reserve, S13833 [3NO]

———clarify the treatment of Dept. of Defense dependent care assistance programs for Armed Forces members (S. 235), S1739 [29JA]

———improve tax equity for military personnel, S13833 [3NO]

———provide a rebate to individuals for payroll taxes and provide employers with an income tax credit for payroll taxes paid during the payroll tax holiday period (S. 911), S5374 [11AP]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (S. 1054), S6233, S6238 [14MY], S6424, S6425, S6426, S6445 [15MY]

———provide tax relief for military personnel and their employers and offset such relief by preventing tax avoidance through renouncing U.S. citizenship (S. Res. 257), S13833 [3NO]

———treatment of the sale of a principal residence, and death gratuity payments, by a member of the uniformed services (H.R. 1307), S4476, S4477, S4481 [27MR]

Telecommunications: facilitate the deployment of wireless telecommunications networks to further the availability of the Emergency Alert System (S. 564), S3321 [6MR]

Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act: extend (S. 23), S23 [7JA]

Veterans: benefits funding, S14514 [12NO]

———increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses (S. 401), S2474 [13FE]

Statements

District of Columbia Appropriations: Executive Office of the President, S11971 [25SE]

Promoting Safe and Stable Families Program Funding: Several Students, S11284 [10SE]

Scholarship Vouchers To Provide School Choice in the District of Columbia: President Bush, S12033 [26SE]

———Representative Tom Davis, S12034 [26SE]

———Roderick R. Paige, Sec. of Education, S12042-S12044 [26SE]

Tables

Promoting Safe and Stable Families Program estimated allotments, S11294 [10SE]

West Nile virus case count, S11308 [10SE]

Texts of

S. 323, Atchafalaya National Heritage Area Act, S2012 [5FE]

S. 401, SBP Benefits Improvement Act, S2475 [13FE]

S. 442, Reservists and Guardsmen Pay Protection Act, S2709 [25FE]

S. 445, Reservists Retirement and Retention Act, S2711 [25FE]

S. 447, Reservist Opportunities and Protection of Education Act, S2711 [25FE]

S. 499, Buffalo Soldier Commemoration Act, S3031 [3MR]

S. 564, Emergency Communications and Competition Act, S3322 [6MR]

S. 584, Product Safety Notification and Recall Effectiveness Act, S3419 [10MR]

S. 884, Consumer Rental-Purchase Agreement Act, S5233-S5237 [10AP]

S. 902, National Naval Force Structure Policy Act, S5357 [11AP]

S. 903, Renewal Community Employment Credit Improvement Act, S5357 [11AP]

S. 1078, Stable Transitions in Education for Armed Services' Dependent Youth Act, S6628-S6631 [19MY]

S. 1292, Servitude and Emancipation Archival Research ClearingHouse (SEARCH) Act, S8238 [19JN]

S. 1442, National Women's Business Council Independence Preservation Act, S9718 [22JY]

S. 1588, Environmental Health Research Act, S11167-S11169 [5SE]

S. 1616, prevent preemption of State community property law as it relates to nonforfeitable accrued retirement benefits, S11482 [15SE]

S.J. Res. 7, constitutional amendment relative to the reference to God in the Pledge of Allegiance and on U.S. currency, S3035 [3MR]

Transcripts

Reservist's Reward—Bankruptcy: CBS Evening News (television program), S14514 [12NO]

Tributes

Coates, Guy, S226 [13JA]

Cobb, Gerald W., S8717 [26JN]

Long, Russell B., S6702 [20MY]

Rugg, Phillip R., II, S9896 [24JY]