BREAUX, JOHN B. (a Senator from Louisiana)

Amendments

Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 2), S1263, S1269, S1289, S1295 [21JA], S1407, S1427, S1480 [23JA]

———making supplemental appropriations for the war in Iraq and homeland security (S. 762), S4718 [2AP], S4764, S4861 [3AP]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2003-2013 (S. Con. Res. 23), S4113, S4208 [20MR], S4243 [21MR], S4355, S4391 [25MR]

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), S13037 [22OC]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1050), S7062 [22MY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2658), S9316, S9354 [14JY], S9392, S9430 [15JY]

Dept. of State: authorizing appropriations (S. 925), S9163, S9253 [10JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2660), S11357 [10SE]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2861), S14836 [12NO]

District of Columbia: making appropriations (H.R. 2765), S11927 [24SE]

Medicare: reform and provide prescription drug coverage (S. 1), S8203, S8253 [19JN], S8561 [25JN]

Peace Corps: authorizing appropriations (S. 925), S9163, S9253 [10JY]

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (S. 14), S10339 [30JY]

Taxation: provide incentives for economic recovery (S. 1054), S6188, S6292, S6301 [14MY], S6434, S6518, S6552 [15MY]

Appointments

Committee To Escort the President, H211 [28JA]

Conferee: H.R. 1, Prescription Drug and Medicare Improvement Act, S8898 [7JY]

———H.R. 2, Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act, S6475 [15MY]

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

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

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

American Education Week: designate (see S. Res. 272), S15407 [21NO]

Aquaculture: unified approach to strengthen and promote national policy (see S. Res. 160), S9906 [24JY]

Armed Forces: exempt certain members from requirement to pay subsistence charges while hospitalized (see S. 1622), S11649 [17SE]

———improve benefits for members of the uniformed services and veterans (see S. 19), S35 [7JA]

———revise certain retired pay eligibility requirements, provide TRICARE eligibility to certain reservists, and allow reservists and their employers a tax credit (see S. 1000), S6508 [15MY]

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

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

Birds: provide financial resources for the conservation programs of countries whose activities directly or indirectly affect cranes (see S. 128), S3369 [7MR]

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]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: authorize grants for mosquito control programs to prevent mosquito-borne diseases (see S. 1015), S5859 [7MY]

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

Coastal Zone Management Act: authorize the acquisition of coastal areas to ensure their protection from conversion or development (see S. 861), S5173 [10AP]

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

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

Congress: tribute to staffs of the Offices of the Legislative Counsel of the Senate and the House of Representatives (see S. Res. 277), S15976 [25NO]

Consumers: require disclosure of terms of rental-purchase agreements (see S. 884), S6708 [20MY]

Corp. for National and Community Service: improve approval and obligation recording process for national service positions (see S. 1276), S8125 [18JN]

Courts: increase annual salaries of justices and judges (see S. 1023), S7136 [23MY]

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]

Daniel Patrick Moynihan Global Affairs Institute: support (see S. 1302), S8232 [19JN]

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

Dept. of Commerce: establish the Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance within the International Trade Administration (see S. 1120), S10619 [31JY]

Dept. of HHS: establish, promote, and support a comprehensive prevention, research, and medical management referral program for hepatitis C virus infection (see S. 1143), S7134 [23MY]

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

Dept. of Transportation: authorize grants to improve security on over-the-road bus operations (see S. 929), S5434 [28AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: reduce backlog of benefit claims (see S. 1186), S7981 [17JN]

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]

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]

Federal employees: amend the definition of a law enforcement officer to include Federal prosecutors relative to retirement benefits (see S. 640), S8358 [23JN]

———provide special pay for board certified Federal employees employed in health science positions (see S. 953), S8726 [26JN]

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

Financial Literacy for Youth Month: designate (see S. Res. 48), S3370 [7MR]

Fire prevention: establish comprehensive fire safety standards for upholstered furniture, mattresses, bedclothing, and candles (see S. 1798), S13660 [30OC]

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]

Gulf of Mexico Fisheries Management Council: restore balance to membership (see S. 781), S4823 [3AP]

Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Act: reauthorize (see S. 247), S1736 [29JA]

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

Health: establish a program to assist family caregivers in accessing affordable and high-quality respite care (see S. 538), S3163 [5MR]

———improve patient safety and reduce incidence of medical errors (see S. 720), S4434 [26MR]

———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), S3162 [5MR]

———provide for a public response to the public health crisis of pain (see S. 1278), S8125 [18JN]

Height, Dorothy I.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 1266), S14452 [11NO]

Housing: encourage Congress to participate in and support activities to provide decent homes for people in the U.S. (see S. Con. Res. 43), S6508 [15MY]

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

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]

ITC: take certain actions relative to temporary safeguards on imports of certain steel products (see S. Con. Res. 27), S4435 [26MR]

James, Daniel, Jr. (Chappie): issue commemorative postage stamp (see S. Con. Res. 6), S3732 [13MR]

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

———mint coins in commemoration (see S. 377), S2340 [12FE]

King, Martin Luther, Jr., and Coretta Scott: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 1368), S9050 [8JY]

Law enforcement: community policing programs (see S. 679), S4166 [20MR]

Law enforcement officers: exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see S. 253), S2341 [12FE]

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

Marine Corps: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see S. 894), S8896 [7JY]

Marshall, John: mint coins in commemoration (see S. 1531), S10618 [31JY]

Martin, Phillip: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 780), S8358 [23JN]

Medicaid: coverage of primary and secondary preventative medical strategies for children and adults with sickle cell disease (see S. 874), S5486 [29AP]

———establish a demonstration project to encourage the provision of community-based services to disabled individuals (see S. 1394), S12278 [1OC]

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

Medicare: establish demonstration programs to improve health care quality (see S. 1148), S7134 [23MY]

———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 access to Medicare+Choice plans for special needs beneficiaries by targeting enrollment (see S. 526), S3506 [11MR]

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), S5772 [6MY]

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

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

National Children's Memorial Day: designate (see S. Res. 196), S9496 [16JY]

National Civilian Conservation Corps Day: designate (see S. Res. 46), S2702 [25FE]

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

National Guard: authorize Federal funding assistance to States for the discharge of homeland security activities (see S. 215), S1479 [23JA]

National Guard Challenge Program: increase matching Federal share of the costs of State programs (see S. 990), S6072 [13MY]

National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week: designate (see S. Res. 30), S10266 [30JY]

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

National Oceans Week: designate (see S. Con. Res. 49), S7381 [4JN]

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

National Purple Heart Recognition Day: designate (see S. Con. Res. 40), S9639 [21JY]

National security: ensure greater security for U.S. seaports (see S. 1587), S11479 [15SE]

———establish strategy for dealing with the threat of proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (see S. Res. 77), S3254 [6MR]

National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month: support goals and ideals (see S.J. Res. 8), S3805 [17MR]

National Space Commission: establish (see S. 1821), S14031 [5NO]

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

Navy: declare a national policy for naval force structure (see S. 902), S9794 [23JY]

NIH: provide for Alzheimer's disease research and demonstration grants (see S. 566), S3253 [6MR]

Oceans: establish an interagency research program to improve understanding of the role of the oceans and human health and a similar program at NOAA (see S. 1218), S8301 [20JN]

———provide for ocean and coastal observations, enhance security at U.S. ports, and implement a data and information system required by all components of an ocean observing system (see S. 1400), S9328 [14JY]

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), S11989 [25SE]

Powers, Hiram: tribute (see S. Res. 209), S11417 [11SE]

Public welfare programs: provide grants for transitional jobs programs under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see S. 786), S4824 [3AP]

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

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), S8126 [18JN]

Rural areas: reward the hard work and risk of individuals who live in and help preserve small, rural towns (see S. 602), S9119 [9JY]

Senate Rules: 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]

Social Security: computation system for benefits relative to spouses' or surviving spouses' Government pensions (see S. 363), S2187 [11FE]

———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]

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

Sport Fish Restoration Act: reauthorize (see S. 1669), S12056 [26SE]

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), S7477 [5JN]

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

———accelerate increase in the child tax credit and expand refundability of such credit (see S. 962), S5541 [30AP]

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

———allow businesses to qualify as renewal community businesses if such businesses employ residents of certain other renewal communities (see S. 903), S5726 [5MY]

———allow distilled spirits wholesalers a credit for their cost of carrying Federal excise taxes prior to the sale of the product bearing the tax (see S. 1506), S10617 [31JY]

———allow individuals receiving unemployment compensation to be eligible for a refundable, advanceable credit for health insurance costs (see S. 1693), S12608 [15OC]

———allow the use of completed contract method of accounting in the case of certain long-term naval vessel construction contracts (see S. 774), S9119 [9JY]

———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), S3504 [11MR]

———apply look-thru rules for purposes of the foreign tax credit limitation to dividends from foreign corporations not controlled by a domestic corporation (see S. 914), S5343 [11AP]

———clarify the excise tax exemptions for aerial applicators of fertilizers or other substances (see S. 552), S3252 [6MR]

———clarify treatment of certain tax attributes for companies whose debt is cancelled in a bankruptcy proceeding (see S. 1331), S8559 [25JN]

———curtail use of tax shelters (see S. 1937), S16121 [9DE]

———exempt the natural aging process in the determination of the production period for distilled spirits (see S. 1681), S12534 [14OC]

———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]

———extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (see S. 1896), S15187 [19NO]

———extension of the credit for producing electricity from wind (see S. 395), S2457 [13FE] (see S. 488), S2920 [27FE]

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

———modify treatment of qualified small issue bonds (see S. 756), S5434 [28AP]

———permit a special amortization deduction for intangible assets acquired from eligible small businesses and encourage growth in industries for which intangible assets are an important source of revenue (see S. 1371), S9049 [8JY]

———promote simplification and fairness in the administration and collection of sales and use taxes (see S. 1736), S12607 [15OC]

———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), S12533 [14OC]

———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain leasehold improvements (see S. 576), S3369 [7MR]

———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain restaurant buildings (see S. 973), S5650 [1MY]

———provide excise tax reform and simplification (see S. 1962), S15975 [25NO]

———provide fairness in tax collection procedures, improve administrative efficiency and confidentiality, and reform penalty and interest provisions (see S. 882), S12533 [14OC]

———provide for a tax deferral on gain from the sale of certain telecommunications businesses or tax incentives to promote ownership diversity (see S. 267), S3028 [3MR]

———repeal foreign sales corporation/extraterritorial income (FSC/ETI) tax program and replace with corporate rate deduction for domestic manufacturers (see S. 1922), S15407 [21NO]

———repeal motor fuel excise taxes which remain in the general fund of the Treasury on railroads and inland waterway transportation (see S. 251), S1812 [30JA]

———treat distributions from publicly traded partnerships as qualifying income of regulated investment companies (see S. 752), S7832 [12JN]

———treatment of amounts received under qualified group legal services plans (see S. 1556), S10906 [1AU]

———treatment of certain expenses of rural letter carriers relative to the business use of a personal vehicle (see S. 1333), S8559 [25JN]

———treatment of certain motor vehicle dealer transitional assistance (see S. 1305), S8300 [20JN]

———treatment of flexible spending arrangements relative to long-term care insurance (see S. 1335), S8559 [25JN]

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

———treatment of real estate investment trusts (see S. 1568), S10906 [1AU]

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), S3369 [7MR]

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

———provide grants to enhance the ability of first responders to respond to incidents of terrorism, including incidents involving weapons of mass destruction (see S. 315), S2595 [24FE]

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

U.S. Fire Administration: reauthorize (see S. 1152), S7382 [4JN]

U.S. Tax Court: modernize (see S. 753), S4629 [1AP]

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: 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]

———increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses (see S. 451), S4958 [8AP]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see S. 392), S2456 [13FE]

Wildlife: prohibit interstate and foreign commerce of carnivorous wild cats for use as pets (see S. 269), S4824 [3AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Civil War—U.S.: establish a commission to commemorate sesquicentennial (see S. 1064), S6255 [14MY]

Courts: allow a period of open enrollment for certain individuals who are elevated to the position of chief judge of a district (see S. 998), S5771 [6MY]

———provide a period of open enrollment for annuity program for survivors of certain judicial officials (see S. 455), S2839 [26FE]

———provide for class action reform (see S. 1769), S12969 [21OC]

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

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

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

Senior citizens: improve and enhance access to mental health services (see S. 1456), S9959 [25JY]

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

Sports: reauthorize sport fishing and recreational boating safety programs (see S. 1804), S13660 [30OC]

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

Tariff: modify drawback claims provisions (see S. 422), S2522 [14FE]

Taxation: allow investment of certain coins in individual retirement accounts and other individually directed pension plan accounts (see S. 935), S5483 [29AP]

———modify small refiner exception to the oil depletion deduction (see S. 934), S5483 [29AP]

———treatment of certain commercial power takeoff vehicles (see S. 932), S5483 [29AP]

———treatment of corporate reorganization or division (see S. 933), S5483 [29AP]

———treatment of qualified rental office furniture (see S. 1578), S11032 [3SE]

Theodore Roosevelt-Tensas River National Wildlife Refuge: designate (see S. 1573), S10970 [2SE]

Letters

Air operations during World Series in Anaheim, CA: Roger A. Baker, Anaheim, CA, Chief of Police, S2539 [14FE]

Provide tax incentives for economic recovery: by, S5313 [11AP]

Study new source review program changes relative to preventing deterioration of clean air regulations and determine effects on air pollution and human health: by, S1212 [21JA]

Privilege of the floor

Engellant, Autumn, S8006 [17JN]

Laubach, Kathy, S8006 [17JN]

Porobic, Nadija, S8006 [17JN]

Straub, Patrick, S8006 [17JN]

Tujios, Constantine, S8006 [17JN]

Remarks

Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 2), S1443 [23JA]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 2), conference report, S2538 [14FE], S2591 [24FE]

———making omnibus consolidated appropriations, S1443 [23JA], S2591 [24FE]

———making supplemental appropriations for the war in Iraq and homeland security (S. 762), S4765, S4768, S4769 [3AP]

Armed Forces: support members engaging in military action in Iraq, S14391 [11NO]

Budget: reduce level of tax cuts and apply savings to deficit reduction, S4114 [20MR]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2003-2013 (S. Con. Res. 23), S4113, S4114 [20MR], S4243, S4244, S4246 [21MR], S4356 [25MR]

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, S12868 [20OC], S13002, S13003 [22OC]

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

District of Columbia: Potomac Southwest Waterfront improvement funding, S2591 [24FE]

FCC: disapprove ruling on media ownership rules (S.J. Res. 17), S11391, S11392 [11SE], S11502 [16SE]

Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Act: reauthorize (S. 247), S1752 [29JA]

Louisiana: flood control projects funding, S1443 [23JA]

Martin Luther King, Jr., Day: observance, S1129 [17JA]

Medicaid: extend the transitional medical assistance program (S. 883), S5232 [10AP]

Medicare: clarification of a hospital ``under development'' relative to exemption from the self-referral limitation, S15743 [24NO]

———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug discount and security program, S8673 [26JN]

———limit premium increases, S8200 [19JN]

———reform and provide prescription drug coverage (H.R. 1), conference report, S15684, S15695, S15709, S15743 [24NO], S15907 [25NO]

———reform and provide prescription drug coverage (S. 1), S7665 [11JN], S7951 [17JN], S8200 [19JN], S8635, S8651, S8673 [26JN]

National Burn Awareness Week: observance, S1967 [5FE]

National security: homeland security funding, S4765, S4768, S4769 [3AP]

Navy: shipbuilding funding, S6837 [21MY]

Petroleum: protection from liability of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) producers for groundwater contamination, S15225 [20NO]

Point of order, S6424, S6428 [15MY]

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), S10571 [31JY]

———enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), conference report, S15225 [20NO]

Presidential appointments: Senate process for confirmation of judicial nominees, S14757 [12NO]

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: tribute to Faith in Action Program, S7827 [12JN]

Senior citizens: improve and enhance access to mental health services (S. 1456), S9963 [25JY]

———promote elder justice (S. 333), S2120 [10FE]

Social Security: redirect proposed tax cut revenues into reserve fund to strengthen trust funds, S4356 [25MR]

Sports: reauthorize sport fishing and recreational boating safety programs (S. 1804), S13677 [30OC]

Taxation: encourage investing of foreign earnings within the U.S. for productive business purposes, S6428 [15MY]

———excise tax on excessive attorney fees for certain legal judgments, settlements, or agreements, S6424 [15MY]

———income forecast depreciation method, S6458 [15MY]

———provide incentives for economic recovery, S4243, S4244, S4246 [21MR]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (S. 1054), S6174 [14MY], S6424, S6428, S6434, S6458 [15MY]

———treatment of certain commercial power takeoff vehicles (S. 932), S5486 [29AP]

———treatment of income earned while working abroad, S6174 [14MY], S6434 [15MY]

———treatment of real estate investment trusts (S. 1568), S10918 [1AU]

Transportation Security Administration: allow certain airships to apply for an air restriction waiver at large venue events, S2538 [14FE]

U.S.-Chile Free Trade Agreement: implementation (H.R. 2738), S10586 [31JY]

U.S.-Singapore Free Trade Agreement: implementation (H.R. 2739), S10586 [31JY]

Veterans Day: observance, S14391 [11NO]

Walter, Sarah: tribute to birth of daughter, S8651 [26JN]

Water pollution: eliminate use of strict criminal liability statutes to determine penalties in oil spill incidents, S10571 [31JY]

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

Statements

Disapprove FCC Ruling on Media Ownership Rules: Executive Office of the President, S11392 [11SE]

Texts of

S. 883, Transitional Medical Assistance Improvement Act, S5232 [10AP]

S. 932, Fuel Tax Equalization Credit for Substantial Power Takeoff Vehicles Act, S5487 [29AP]

S. 1804, Sport Fishing and Recreational Boating Safety Act, S13678 [30OC]

Tributes

Coffey, William M., S7875 [13JN]

Long, Russell B., S6023 [12MY]

Pallas, Greg, S12966 [21OC]