BURNS, CONRAD R. (a Senator from Montana)

Amendments

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2673), S14009, S14062, S14068 [5NO], S14118, S14128, S14183, S14184 [6NO]

Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 2), S1092 [16JA], S1433 [23JA]

———making supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan (S. 1689), S12390 [2OC]

Burma: sanction the ruling military junta, strengthen democracy efforts, and support and recognize the National League of Democracy as legitimate representative of the Burmese people (S. 1215), S7736 [11JN]

Computers: regulate the transmission of unsolicited commercial e-mail (S. 877), S13024, S13037, S13057 [22OC], S16036 [25NO]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 2658), S9563, S9602 [17JY]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2691), S11687 [17SE], S11814, S11816, S11817, S11818, S11819, S11863, S11864, S11865, S11866 [23SE]

Depts. of Transportation and the Treasury, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2989), S13172 [23OC]

FAA: reauthorize (S. 824), S7810, S7811, S7853 [12JN]

Fire prevention: improve capacity to plan and conduct hazardous fuels reduction projects and enhance efforts to protect watersheds and address threats to forest and rangeland health (H.R. 1904), S12547 [14OC]

Medicare: reform and provide prescription drug coverage (S. 1), S8728, S8775 [26JN]

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (S. 14), S6072 [13MY], S10073 [28JY]

Taxation: make permanent the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (S. 150), S14157, S14185 [6NO]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (S. 2), S6031 [12MY]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (S. 1054), S6272, S6324 [14MY]

Appointments

Acting President pro tempore, S2371 [13FE]

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

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

———H.R. 2115, Aviation Investment and Revitalization Vision Act, S7820 [12JN]

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

———H.R. 2658, Dept. of Defense appropriations, S9572 [17JY]

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

———H.R. 2691, Dept. of the Interior and related agencies appropriations, S11826 [23SE]

———H.R. 2754, energy and water development appropriations, S11551 [16SE]

———H.R. 2861, Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies appropriations, S15021 [18NO]

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

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: permit the EPA to register Canadian pesticides (see S. 1406), S9414 [15JY]

Animals: encourage research on the causes of chronic wasting disease and methods to control its spread, monitor the incidence of the disease, and support State efforts to control the disease (see S. 1036), S5995 [9MY]

Armed Forces: 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), S5860 [7MY]

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

Aviation: allow the arming of pilots of cargo aircraft (see S. 516), S3162 [5MR]

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

Burma: sanction the ruling military junta, strengthen democracy efforts, and support and recognize the National League of Democracy as legitimate representative of the Burmese people (see S. 1215), S7833 [12JN]

Business and industry: require mandatory expensing of stock options granted to executive officers (see S. 1890), S15187 [19NO]

Citizenship: codify oath of allegiance (see S. 1628), S11648 [17SE]

Coal: develop and implement advanced clean coal technology programs and provide tax incentives to encourage the retrofitting, repowering, or replacement of coal-based electricity generating facilities (see S. 582), S3731 [13MR]

———develop and implement advanced clean coal technology programs and provide tax incentives to implement such programs at coal-based electricity generating facilities (see S. 727), S4512 [27MR]

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

Computers: criminalize sending of predatory and abusive e-mail (see S. 1293), S8440 [24JN]

Courts: divide the ninth judicial circuit into two circuits (see S. 562), S3253 [6MR]

Crime: exempt certain rocket propellants from being classified as explosive materials (see S. 724), S4512 [27MR]

Davis, Raymond G., Sr.: award Presidential Medal of Freedom (see S. Res. 131), S5651 [1MY]

———tribute (see S. Res. 232), S11832 [23SE]

De Laine, Joseph A.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 498), S4513 [27MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish the National Drought Council (see S. 1454), S9905 [24JY]

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

———prohibit use of certain conservation funding to provide technical assistance under the Conservation Reserve Program (see S. 1766), S12969 [21OC]

Dept. of the Interior: provide assistance through States to eligible weed management entities to control or eradicate harmful, nonnative weeds (see S. 144), S230 [13JA]

District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (see S. 1414), S9414 [15JY]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make marriage penalty relief provisions permanent (see S. 120), S132 [9JA]

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), S6256 [14MY]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: amend Impact Aid Program relative to delivery of payments to local educational agencies (see S. 777), S8726 [26JN]

Endangered Species Act: improve listing, recovery planning, and delisting processes (see S. 369), S4898 [7AP]

FAA: relax maximum age requirements for certain pilots (see S. 959), S5541 [30AP]

Federal Prison Industries, Inc.: allow private sector businesses to compete for Federal procurement contracts (see S. 346), S2702 [25FE]

Financial institutions: prohibit financial holding companies and national banks from engaging, directly or indirectly, in real estate brokerage or real estate management activities (see S. 98), S37 [7JA]

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

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see S.J. Res. 4), S1069 [16JA]

Freedom of religion: restore certain religious freedoms (see S. 1558), S12138 [29SE]

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

Government: 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]

Health: 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), S8559 [25JN]

Health care professionals: establish demonstration programs to encourage physicians to practice in rural settings (see S. 1868), S14964 [17NO]

Home Investment Partnerships Act: support certain housing proposals including the downpayment assistance initiative (see S. 811), S6071 [13MY]

Immigration: adjust status of certain foreign agricultural workers, reform H-2A worker program, provide a stable, legal agricultural workforce, and extend basic legal protections and better working conditions to more workers (see S. 1645), S12377 [2OC]

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

Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make marriage penalty relief provisions permanent (see S. 1196), S7476 [5JN]

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

King, Martin Luther, Jr.: mint coins in commemoration (see S. 377), S8862 [27JN]

Law enforcement officers: adjust percentage differentials payable to Federal law enforcement officers in certain high-cost areas (see S. 985), S6708 [20MY]

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

Marine Corps: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see S. 894), S5342 [11AP]

Marshall, John: mint coins in commemoration (see S. 1531), S12193 [30SE]

Martin, Phillip: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 780), S5772 [6MY]

Medicare: improve outpatient health care for beneficiaries in rural areas (see S. 1185), S7381 [4JN]

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

———protect and preserve access of beneficiaries to health care provided by hospitals in rural areas (see S. 816), S4957 [8AP]

———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see S. 569), S5485 [29AP]

———restore the full market basket percentage increase applied to payments to hospitals for inpatient hospital services furnished to beneficiaries (see S. 899), S5860 [7MY]

———standardize payment amounts for inpatient hospital services and make other rural health care improvements (see S. 987), S5725 [5MY]

Mental health: issue commemorative postage stamp to raise autism awareness (see S. Res. 205), S11033 [3SE]

———provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see S. 486), S14805 [12NO]

Monuments and memorials: prohibit desecration, provide for repairs, and permit guide signs on Federal highways for veterans' memorials (see S. 330), S2921 [27FE]

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

National Citizen Soldier Week: designate (see S. Res. 58), S4435 [26MR]

National Civilian Conservation Corps Day: designate (see S. Res. 46), S3164 [5MR]

National Funeral Service Education Week: observance (see S. Con. Res. 70), S11913 [24SE]

National Passenger Rail Office: establish (see S. 1505), S10265 [30JY]

National Purple Heart Recognition Day: designate (see S. Con. Res. 40), S9709 [22JY]

National security: authorize appropriations for border and transportation security personnel and technology (see S. 539), S3163 [5MR]

———provide for homeland security grant coordination and simplification (see S. 1245), S8727 [26JN]

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

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), S13054 [22OC]

Petroleum Marketing Practices Act: extend certain protections to franchised refiners or distributors of lubricating oil (see S. 1639), S11753 [22SE]

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

Postal Service: include postmasters and postmasters organizations in the process for the development and planning of certain policies, schedules, and programs (see S. 678), S7719 [11JN]

Powers, Hiram: tribute (see S. Res. 209), S11246 [9SE]

Public welfare programs: extend State waivers under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see S. 605), S3620 [12MR]

Radio: ensure the availability of spectrum to amateur radio operators (see S. 537), S4558 [31MR]

Railroads: establish a national rail passenger transportation system and reauthorize and improve service and security on Amtrak (see S. 104), S37 [7JA]

Robinson, Jackie: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously and designate a national day of recognition (see S. 300), S5484 [29AP] (see S. 300), S5651 [1MY]

———award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously and designate a national day of recognition, cosponsorship withdrawn (see S. 300), S5542 [30AP]

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), S7620 [10JN]

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

———reauthorize assistance programs for small business concerns owned and controlled by women (see S. 1154), S7135 [23MY]

SEC: require enhanced disclosures of employee stock options and require study on economic impact of broad-based employee stock option plans (see S. 979), S5650 [1MY]

Senior citizens: promote elder justice (see S. 333), S2119 [10FE]

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

Social Security: oppose reduction of annual cost-of-living adjustments (see S. Res. 155), S7135 [23MY]

States: limit acquisition by the U.S. of land located in States in which 25 percent or more of the land is already owned by the U.S. (see S. 1038), S5995 [9MY]

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), S8727 [26JN]

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

Taxation: 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), S9245 [10JY]

———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), S4824 [3AP]

———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), S4630 [1AP]

———expand rules for involuntary conversions of livestock sold due to weather-related conditions (see S. 252), S2921 [27FE]

———incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability (see S. 905), S5342 [11AP]

———make permanent the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (see S. 150), S2119 [10FE]

———permit cooperatives to pay dividends on preferred stock without reducing patronage dividends (see S. 785), S4824 [3AP]

———provide a credit for expenditures for the maintenance of railroad tracks of certain railroads (see S. 1703), S12534 [14OC]

———provide a credit to promote homeownership and community development (see S. 875), S6071 [13MY]

———provide incentives for production of renewable fuels and simplify administration of Highway Trust Fund fuel excise taxes (see S. 1548), S12534 [14OC]

———provide tax relief for farmers and fishermen (see S. 665), S3993 [19MR]

———repeal occupational taxes on manufacturers, distributors, and sellers of beer, wine, and distilled spirits (see S. 374), S2340 [12FE]

———treat payments under the Conservation Reserve Program as rentals from real estate (see S. 1316), S8439 [24JN]

———treatment of old-age, survivors, and disability insurance taxes paid by employees and self-employed individuals (see S. 397), S3254 [6MR]

Telecommunications: facilitate reallocation of spectrum from governmental to commercial users (see S. 865), S5726 [5MY]

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

Television: preserve localism, promote diversity in programming, encourage competition, and prevent excessive concentration of ownership of broadcast stations (see S. 1046), S6070 [13MY]

———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), S4630 [1AP]

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

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

Water: reaffirm policies and principles of the McCarran Amendment dealing with the adjudication of water rights and commend Western States that maintain water rights usage systems (see S. Res. 183), S8559 [25JN]

———State sovereignty over water within borders (see S. 561), S3253 [6MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Bureau of Reclamation: convey Lower Yellowstone Irrigation Project, Savage Unit of the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program, and Intake Irrigation Project to local control (see S. 900), S5342 [11AP]

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

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (see S. 1391), S9244 [10JY]

National Cowboy Poetry Week: designate (see S. Res. 108), S4957 [8AP]

National Good Neighbor Day: designate (see S. Res. 124), S5484 [29AP]

National security: improve and coordinate emergency communications systems through use of wireless enhanced 911 (E911) services and support construction and operation of ubiquitous and reliable citizen activated system (see S. 1250), S7831 [12JN]

Native Americans: authorize the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Reservation to lease tribally-owned land on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation for interstate gas pipelines (see S. 1823), S14031 [5NO]

Railroads: enhance competition by improving regulation of rates, service, and access to certain information (see S. 919), S5343 [11AP]

Ronald Reagan Post Office Building, Billings, MT: designate (see S. 867), S5173 [10AP]

Tariff: natural cork (see S. 1006), S5771 [6MY]

Taxation: allow expensing of broadband Internet access expenditures (see S. 160), S288 [14JA]

Trucking industry: hours of service requirements for commercial drivers transporting agricultural commodities and farm supplies (see S. 1325), S8439 [24JN]

Cloture motions

Brown, Janice Rogers: nomination to be circuit judge, S14532, S14783 [12NO]

Committees of the Senate: majority party appointments (S. Res. 18), S286 [14JA]

Dorr, Thomas C.: nomination to the CCC, S14859 [12NO], S14992 [18NO]

Estrada, Miguel A.: nomination to be circuit judge, S3070 [4MR], S3455 [11MR], S3693, S3698 [13MR], S3834 [18MR], S4553 [31MR], S4676 [2AP]

FAA: reauthorize programs (H.R. 2115), conference report, S14858 [12NO], S14951 [17NO]

Kuhl, Carolyn B.: nomination to be circuit judge, S10252 [30JY], S14532, S14777 [12NO]

Leavitt, Michael O.: nomination to be EPA Administrator, S13182 [23OC]

Owen, Priscilla Richman: nomination to be circuit judge, S10100 [29JY], S14532, S14777 [12NO]

Pickering, Charles W., Sr.: nomination to be circuit judge, S13420 [28OC], S13572 [30OC]

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), conference report, S15179 [19NO], S15334 [21NO]

Pryor, William H., Jr.: nomination to be circuit judge, S10133 [29JY], S10468 [31JY]

Lists

Carroll College football team, S1968 [5FE]

Clarification to Committee on Appropriations (Senate) report on H.R. 2691, Dept. of the Interior and related agencies appropriations, S11610 [17SE]

Participants in National Public Lands Day events, S11715 [18SE]

Pledge of Allegiance

Senate, S2371 [13FE], S4593 [1AP]

Privilege of the floor

Hajela, Prabhat, S14220 [6NO]

Hooper, Ron, S11706 [17SE]

Sommer, Larissa, S11706 [17SE]

Remarks

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (S. 3), S3654 [13MR]

Agriculture: permit the EPA to register Canadian pesticides (S. 1406), S9490 [16JY]

———provide emergency agriculture assistance, S1338 [22JA]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2673), S13960, S14012, S14013 [5NO], S14129 [6NO]

Appropriations: convert portion of supplemental appropriations for reconstruction efforts in Iraq into loan guarantees, S12699 [16OC]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 2), S1338 [22JA], S1440, S1441, S1442, S1444, S1452 [23JA]

———making omnibus consolidated appropriations, S1338 [22JA], S1440, S1441, S1442, S1444, S1452 [23JA]

———making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief (H.R. 2859), S9933 [25JY]

———making supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan (S. 1689), S12227, S12228 [1OC], S12699 [16OC]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: oil and gas exploration, S3918 [19MR]

Armed Forces: support members engaging in military action in Iraq, S4551 [31MR], S4594 [1AP], S4736 [3AP]

———support members engaging in military action in Iraq and President Bush for his efforts as Commander in Chief (S. Res. 95), S4081 [20MR]

Armed Forces Day: observance, S6614 [19MY]

Aviation: provide economic relief to general aviation entities that have suffered economic injury as a result of terrorist attacks, S7810 [12JN]

BIA: education funding, S1444 [23JA]

———Tribal School Construction Demonstration Program funding, S1444 [23JA]

———Wind River Irrigation Project funding, S11822, S11823 [23SE]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2003-2013 (S. Con. Res. 23), S3918 [19MR]

Bureau of Reclamation: convey Lower Yellowstone Irrigation Project, Savage Unit of the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program, and Intake Irrigation Project to local control (S. 900), S5354 [11AP]

Butte, MT: anniversary of American Legion Auxiliary Unit 70, S6027 [12MY]

Carroll College: tribute to football team, S1968 [5FE]

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (S. Res. 229), S11873 [23SE]

Committees of the Senate: establish committee membership and funding ratios, S320 [15JA]

Computers: criminalize sending of predatory and abusive e-mail, S13031 [22OC]

———protection from unsolicited and unwanted e-mail, S320 [15JA]

———regulate the transmission of unsolicited commercial e-mail (S. 877), S5204 [10AP], S13022, S13031, S13037 [22OC], S15938, S15943, S15945, S15947 [25NO]

———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]

Congressional Record: transfer to the Public Printer authority over the individuals responsible for preparing indexes of the Record (H.R. 3229), S12632 [15OC]

Courts: divide the ninth judicial circuit into two circuits (S. 562), S3499 [11MR]

Davis, Raymond G., Sr.: tribute (S. Res. 232), S11873 [23SE]

Dept. of Agriculture: Rural Utilities Service broadband loan program funding, S14129 [6NO]

———use of Rural Utilities Service unobligated funds to carry out 911 access loan program for emergency communications systems in rural areas, S14012, S14013 [5NO]

Dept. of Energy: E85 ethanol fuel development funding, S11822 [23SE]

———Ion Transport Membrane (ITM) Oxygen and Ion Transport Membrane (ITM) Syngas programs funding, S11821, S11822 [23SE]

———Next Generation Lighting Initiative funding, S1440, S1441, S1444 [23JA]

———Rebuild America Program funding, S11824 [23SE]

———Zero Energy Buildings Program funding, S11824 [23SE]

Dept. of the Interior: ban commercial advertising on the National Mall, S11805 [23SE]

———Private Landowner's Incentive Program funding, S11823, S11824 [23SE]

———prohibit new competitive outsourcing studies funding, S11803 [23SE]

———reform management of Indian trust funds and assets, S11735 [22SE]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2691), S11605, S11609, S11610 [17SE], S11715, S11718, S11719 [18SE], S11731, S11734, S11735 [22SE], S11780, S11781, S11803, S11805, S11808, S11812, S11813, S11816, S11819, S11820, S11821, S11822, S11823, S11824, S11826 [23SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2691), conference report, S13785 [3NO]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2691), unanimous-consent agreement, S11795 [23SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2691), unanimous-consent request, S11794 [23SE]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2861), S14524 [12NO]

Dorr, Thomas C.: nomination to be Under Sec. of Agriculture for Rural Development, S14976 [18NO]

———nomination to the CCC, S14976 [18NO]

Estrada, Miguel A.: nomination to be circuit judge, S2296 [12FE], S2752, S2754 [26FE]

FAA: Essential Air Service Program funding, S15388 [21NO]

———reauthorize programs (H.R. 2115), conference report, S15388 [21NO]

———reauthorize (S. 824), S7811 [12JN]

FCC: allocate additional spectrum for unlicensed use by wireless broadband devices and ensure interference protection for Dept. of Defense systems within that spectrum (S. 159), S320 [15JA]

———disapprove ruling on media ownership rules (S.J. Res. 17), S11515 [16SE]

FERC: limit land use fee for the Flint Creek Hydroelectric project, S10031 [28JY]

FHA: preserve ability to insure certain mortgages (S. 1636), S11727 [18SE]

Financial institutions: facilitate check truncation, foster innovation in the check collection system, and improve the overall efficiency of payment systems (H.R. 1474), conference report, S12632 [15OC]

Fire prevention: improve capacity to plan and conduct hazardous fuels reduction projects and enhance efforts to protect watersheds and address threats to forest and rangeland health (H.R. 1904), S13635, S13637 [30OC]

———wildfire prevention and management funding, S11558 [16SE], S11719 [18SE], S11816 [23SE]

Forest Service: hazardous fuels reduction activities funding, S9933 [25JY], S11731 [22SE]

Fort Drum, NY: tribute to Army 10th Mountain Division soldiers killed or injured in Black Hawk Helicopter crash, S3723 [13MR]

FTC: ratify authority for implementation and enforcement of a ``do-not-call'' registry relative to telemarketing firms (H.R. 3161), S11960, S11965 [25SE]

Hansen, Doris: American Trucking Association National Driver of the Year award recipient, S12187 [30SE]

Indian Health Service: funding, S11780, S11781, S11812, S11813 [23SE]

———funding through reductions in BIA and Dept. of the Interior Office of Special Trustee reorganization funding, S11718, S11719 [18SE]

Inmarsat Ltd.: dilution of ownership interest by former signatories to the Inmarsat Operating Agreement (H.R. 2312), S8297 [20JN]

Iraq: assessment of war and reconstruction efforts, S9829 [24JY], S12573 [15OC]

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

Library of Congress: tribute to Lewis and Clark exhibit, S9829 [24JY]

Little Rock, AR: Audubon Nature Center funding, S11820, S11821 [23SE]

Maine: Downeast Lakes Forestry Partnership funding, S11819 [23SE]

Medicare: standardize payment amounts for inpatient hospital services and make other rural health care improvements (S. 987), S5733 [5MY]

Mental health: issue commemorative postage stamp to raise autism awareness (S. Res. 205), S10296 [30JY]

Montana State University: tribute to TechLink technology transfer center, S15056 [18NO]

Motion pictures: Mickey Mouse anniversary, S15053 [18NO]

National Accounts Energy Alliance: applications integration funding, S1452 [23JA]

National Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Week: designate (S. Res. 243), S12632 [15OC]

National Cowboy Poetry Week: designate (S. Res. 108), S4974 [8AP]

National Good Neighbor Day: designate (S. Res. 124), S5496 [29AP]

National Park Service: Rivers and Trails Conservation Assistance Program funding, S1442 [23JA]

National Public Lands Day: observance, S11715 [18SE]

National Zoological Park: funding, S11820 [23SE]

Native Americans: authorize the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Reservation to lease tribally-owned land on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation for interstate gas pipelines (S. 1823), S14043 [5NO]

———fetal alcohol syndrome research funding, S11821 [23SE]

NSF: Experimental Program To Stimulate Competitive Research funding, S14524 [12NO]

Pledge of Allegiance: circuit court decision on inclusion of phrase ``under God'' (S. Res. 71), S3499 [11MR]

Point of order, S11781 [23SE]

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), conference report, S15333, S15341 [21NO]

———enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (S. 14), S10031 [28JY]

Presidential appointments: Senate process for confirmation of judicial nominees, S2297 [12FE], S14691 [12NO]

Rochester, MN: tribute to Rochester A's American Legion baseball team (S. Res. 233), S11874 [23SE]

Ronald Reagan Post Office Building, Billings, MT: designate (S. 867), S5193 [10AP]

Sawtooth National Recreation Area: funding, S1441 [23JA]

Senate: legislative program, S11727 [18SE], S11874 [23SE], S12633 [15OC]

Senate Rules: require greater public disclosures relative to Senate holds (S. Res. 216), unanimous-consent request, S15252 [20NO]

Small business: provide emergency assistance to certain small business concerns that have suffered economic harm from drought, S20 [7JA]

Tariff: encourage countries who are party to NAFTA to promote parity relative to the personal exemption allowance for merchandise purchased abroad by returning residents (S. Res. 119), S11727 [18SE]

Taxation: allow expensing of broadband Internet access expenditures, S6198 [14MY]

———allow expensing of broadband Internet access expenditures (S. 160), S302 [14JA]

———make permanent the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (S. 150), S14232 [7NO]

———make permanent the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (S. 150), unanimous-consent agreement, S11874 [23SE]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (S. 1054), S6198 [14MY]

———treatment of the sale of a principal residence, and death gratuity payments, by a member of the uniformed services (H.R. 1307), S4488 [27MR]

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

Treaty Between the U.S. and Russia on Strategic Offensive Reductions: ratification, S3239 [6MR]

Trucking industry: hours of service requirements for commercial drivers transporting agricultural commodities and farm supplies (S. 1325), S8444 [24JN]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: State and Tribal Wildlife Grants Program funding, S1442 [23JA]

U.S. Geological Survey: land remote sensing funding, S11819 [23SE]

———U.S.-Mexico binational groundwater study funding, S11821 [23SE]

U.S. Olympic Committee: reform governance structure (S. 1404), S11867 [23SE]

University of North Dakota: advanced housing research consortium funding, S1444 [23JA]

Reports filed

Dept. of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 1391) (S. Rept. 108-89), S9244 [10JY]

Texts of

S. 877, Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing (CAN-SPAM) Act, S5204-S5207 [10AP]

S. 900, Lower Yellowstone Reclamation Projects Conveyance Act, S5355 [11AP]

S. 1250, Enhanced 911 Emergency Communications Act, S7837 [12JN]

S. 1823, authorize the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Reservation to lease tribally-owned land on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation for interstate gas pipelines, S14043 [5NO]

S. Res. 243, National Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Week, S12632 [15OC]

Tributes

Abbey, Ruth, S8895 [7JY]

Barton, Katherine, S3989 [19MR]

Bean, Brad and Jacqueline, S9633 [21JY]

Benning, Monica C. and Bernard F., S10260 [30JY]

Burns, Pachy, S13262 [27OC]

Camacho, Felix, S26 [7JA]

Donovan, Charles, Jr., S4551 [31MR]

Holsapple, Penn, S5476 [29AP]

Moylan, Kaleo, S26 [7JA]

Moynihan, Daniel Patrick, S4504 [27MR]

Stevens, Senator, S15053 [18NO]