EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

Addresses

Presidential Farewell Address: Ronald Reagan, S6615-S6617 [8JN]

Amendments

Depts. of Transportation and the Treasury, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5025), H7073, H7074 [13SE], H7134, H7135, H7138, H7149, H7155, H7177, H7179 [14SE], H7196, H7199, H7200, H7203, H7207, H7235 [15SE], H7269, H7274, H7277, H7280, H7282 [21SE], H7336, H7337, H7339, H7340, H7348 [22SE]

Appointments

White House Conference on Aging Policy Committee, S1401 [12FE], S4850 [4MY], H1325 [22MR], H3259 [19MY]

Articles and editorials

Blame Game . . . With Misfires, S3057 [24MR]

FDA's Indecision on `Morning After' Pill Stirs Concern, S3443 [31MR]

Halliburton Tells the Pentagon Workers Took Iraq-Deal Kickbacks, S206 [23JA]

How the White House Embraced Disputed Arms Intelligence, S10302-S10308 [4OC]

Mr. Wilson's Defense, S8505 [21JY]

New CIA Chief Tells Workers To Back Administration Policies, S11486 [18NO]

Bills and resolutions

Classified information: request Executive Office of the President and other executive departments to transmit documents relative to disclosure of identity and employment of Valerie Plame (see H. Res. 499), H89 [21JA]

Dept. of Homeland Security: establish Office of Tribal Government Homeland Security (see H.R. 4526), H3820 [8JN]

Depts. of Transportation and the Treasury, and independent agencies: making appropriations (see S. 2806), S9286 [15SE] (see H.R. 5025), H6898 [8SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 5025), consideration (see H. Res. 770), H7137 [14SE]

House Rules: provide greater legislative input from the minority, allow more time to read legislation prior to consideration, enhance oversight of the executive branch, and improve lobbying disclosure (see H.R. 5101), H7234 [15SE]

Intelligence services: establish Director of National Intelligence as a cabinet level position to oversee budget, operations, and personnel of the entire intelligence community (see H.R. 5050), H6996 [9SE]

Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives: establish (see H.R. 4909), H6701 [22JY]

OMB: require designation of a senior official as the Chief Privacy Officer (see H.R. 4414), H3437 (see H.R. 4414), H3537 [20MY]

President's Council of Advisors on Manufacturing: establish (see H.R. 4145), H2152 [2AP]

Presidents of the U.S.: amend rules governing succession (see S. 2073), S1285 [12FE] (see H.R. 5390), H9999 [18NO]

———require submission and confirmation of nominees in the Presidential line of succession of an incoming President-elect prior to inauguration (see S. Con. Res. 89), S1286 [12FE] (see S. Res. 419), S8689 [22JY] (see H. Res. 775), H7138 [14SE]

Excerpts

Statement of Bush Administration policy on National Intelligence Reform Act relative to preservation of certain authorities and accountability in the implementation of intelligence reform, S10242 [1OC], S10540 [6OC]

U.S. Code provisions dealing with Joint Chiefs of Staff members' authority to make recommendations, S9915 [29SE]

U.S. Code Title 50—War and National Defense: National Security, Protection of Certain National Security Information, S8438 [20JY]

Letters

Deportation of foreign nationals to countries that practice torture, H8681 [7OC]

Modify authority of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board relative to terrorism protection: Senators Leahy, Kennedy and Feingold, S10483 [6OC]

Require submission and confirmation of nominees in the Presidential line of succession of an incoming President-elect prior to inauguration: Cass R. Sunstein, S8772 [22JY]

———Howard M. Wassermann, S8773 [22JY]

———Laurence H. Tribe, S8772 [22JY]

———Michael J. Gerhardt, S8773 [22JY]

———Walter E. Dellinger, S8772 [22JY]

Transfer Nebraska Avenue Naval Complex to serve as headquarters for the Dept. of Homeland Security and facilitate acquisition by the Navy of suitable replacement facilities, S7115 [21JN]

Motions

Depts. of Transportation and the Treasury, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5025), H7349 [22SE]

Remarks in House

Berger, Samuel R. (Sandy): investigation of removal of classified documents from the National Archives, H6559, H6560 [22JY]

Budget: combat waste, fraud, and abuse, H1205 [17MR], H2624 [5MY], H2882, H2883 [12MY]

Bush, President: criticisms of the administration by former Bush administration officials, H2496 [4MY]

———statements by former administration officials on foreign policy decisions, E114 [4FE]

Cheney, Vice President: relationship with Halliburton Co., H284 [3FE], H609-H615 [25FE], H1476-H1478 [24MR], H2477, H2478 [28AP], H5200 [7JY], H5636-H5642 [13JY], H5957 [19JY]

Clarke, Richard A.: statements by former counterterrorism coordinator on the war in Iraq and the war on terrorism, H1329, H1347, H1365, H1366 [23MR], H1375 [24MR], H1619 [29MR], H1650 [30MR], H1772-H1774 [31MR]

Classified information: request Executive Office of the President and other executive departments to transmit documents relative to disclosure of identity and employment of Valerie Plame (H. Res. 499), E21 [21JA]

Council of Economic Advisers: prohibit use of funds to produce the President's economic report that includes employment at a retail fast food restaurant in the definition of manufacturing employment, H7208 [15SE]

Delaware, OH: ``Preserve America'' community designation, E295 [3MR]

Depts. of Transportation and the Treasury, and independent agencies: across-the-board funding reduction, H7199, H7200 [15SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 5025), H7126, H7139-H7184 [14SE], H7195-H7211 [15SE], H7253, H7269-H7293 [21SE], H7336-H7351 [22SE], E1641, E1645 [15SE], E1652 [17SE], E1711 [24SE], E1754 [30SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 5025), consideration (H. Res. 770), H7121-H7126 [14SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 5025), motion to recommit, H7349, H7350 [22SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 5025), unanimous-consent agreement, H7183 [14SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 5025), unanimous-consent request, H7154 [14SE]

———points of order against inclusion of unauthorized projects and programs in appropriations legislation, H7131, H7135, H7140, H7141, H7143, H7145 [14SE], H7198 [15SE]

———prohibit corporations incorporated in certain foreign countries from being eligible for the award of Federal contracts, H7178, H7179 [14SE]

Gorelick, Jamie E.: resignation from, and testimony before, the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S., H2168 [20AP], H2383 [27AP]

Halliburton Co.: business dealings with Iran, H1729 [30MR]

———business practices relative to awarding of contracts dealing with reconstruction efforts in Iraq, H7428 [22SE]

———investigation of alleged misuse and abuse of funds and resources provided under contracts dealing with reconstruction efforts in Iraq, H7044, H7045 [13SE]

Intelligence services: appointment of special counsel to investigate alleged release of identity of CIA operative by Bush administration officials, H226 [28JA]

Iraq: Bush administration public statements used to justify decision on war, H1103, H1109 [16MR], H1774-H1779 [31MR]

———investigation into awarding of reconstruction contracts, H284, H289-H291 [3FE], H609-H615 [25FE], H1476-H1478 [24MR], H2477, H2478 [28AP], H4763 [22JN]

———limit conflicts of interest by prohibiting certain senior U.S. officials from participating in negotiations of Federal contracts related to the war or reconstruction of Iraq, H284 [3FE]

Koroluck, Dale: Dept. of Education President's Award for Educational Excellence recipient, E1363 [14JY]

Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act: investigation into allegations of the withholding of information relative to disclosure of cost of implementation, H7822 [29SE]

Office of National Drug Control Policy: High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Program funding, H7176 [14SE]

Pilot Point, TX: ``Preserve America'' community designation, E1561 [8SE], E1682 [22SE]

Political ethics: characterization of former Bush administration officials relative to their criticisms of the administration, H1347, H1366 [23MR], H1374 [24MR], H1731 [30MR], H1778 [31MR]

Presidents of the U.S.: allow the President to choose between possible successors in the event there is neither a President nor Vice President to discharge the powers and duties of the office (H.R. 2749), H1718-H1723 [30MR]

Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board: modify authority relative to terrorism protection, H8687, H8689 [7OC], H11013 [7DE]

Putnam County, NY: ``Preserve America'' community designation, E254 [26FE]

Republican Party: relationship with lobbyists, H1008 [10MR]

Rice, Condoleezza: testimony before the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S., H1597, H1613 [29MR], H1762, H1772 [31MR]

Tennessee: Franklin County and Williamson County recipients of White House Advisory Council on Preservation Preserve America Community Distinction Award, H1613 [29MR]

U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy: release of report, E1665 [21SE]

White House Commission on Remembrance: tribute to the Commission and the Sands of Remembrance Memorial in Normandy, France, E1330 [8JY]

Remarks in Senate

Ashland, KY: ``Preserve America'' community designation, S4294 [22AP]

Cheney, Vice President: relationship with Halliburton Co., S206 [23JA], S7944 [13JY], S8606-S8608 [22JY], S10404 [5OC]

Clarke, Richard A.: statements by former counterterrorism coordinator on the war in Iraq and the war on terrorism, S2850 [22MR], S2955-S2957 [23MR], S3049-S3051, S3055-S3057 [24MR], S3119, S3122 [25MR], S3202, S3203, S3207-S3210 [26MR], S3269-S3273, S3279 [29MR], S3315-S3319, S3350 [30MR], S3962, S3963 [8AP]

Custer Battles, LLC: investigation of alleged profiteering and fraud relative to contracts dealing with airport security in Iraq, S11871 [7DE]

Depts. of Transportation and the Treasury, and independent agencies: making appropriations, technical corrections, S1883, S1884 [27FE]

Executive Privilege: use, S3391 [31MR]

FDA: approval of postcoital emergency contraception for over-the-counter sales, S3442 [31MR]

Foreign trade: selection process for free trade agreements, S786 [10FE]

Gorelick, Jamie E.: resignation from, and testimony before, the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S., S4449, S4450, S4482 [28AP]

Halliburton Co.: investigation of alleged misuse and abuse of funds and resources provided under contracts dealing with reconstruction efforts in Iraq, S7118 [22JN]

Intelligence services: alleged release of identity of CIA operative by Bush administration officials, S7690, S7691 [7JY], S7779 [8JY], S7946 [13JY], S8059, S8060 [14JY], S8148 [15JY], S8271-S8273 [16JY], S8437 [20JY], S8499, S8503 [21JY]

———establish a National Intelligence Coordinator to oversee existing intelligence community, S10033 [30SE]

———investigate parties responsible for authorizing chartered airplane flights for certain Saudi nationals after terrorist attacks upon the U.S., S8463-S8465 [20JY], S8519 [21JY]

———modify certain requirements relative to information sharing, S10232 [1OC], S10519 [6OC], S11972, S11973 [8DE]

———reform, S8501 [21JY], S9241 [15SE], S9428-S9432 [21SE], S9500 [22SE], S9868 [29SE], S11485 [18NO]

Iraq: investigation into awarding of reconstruction contracts, S206-S208 [23JA]

———investigation to identify waste and abuse in contract funds including task order violations, the absense of cost controls, and inconsistent oversight, S7418 [24JN]

Joint Intelligence Community Council: modify requirements and authority, S9914, S9915 [29SE], S10041-S10044 [30SE]

Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act: investigation into allegations of the withholding of information relative to disclosure of cost of implementation, S7118 [22JN], S9541 [23SE]

National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: implement Presidential administration transition recommendations, S10008, S10009 [30SE]

National Security Council: prevent merger with Homeland Security Council, S9913 [29SE]

Political ethics: characterization of former Bush administration officials relative to their criticisms of the administration, S2948, S2955-S2957 [23MR], S3049-S3051, S3055-S3057 [24MR], S3119 [25MR], S3202 [26MR], S3267, S3269-S3273 [29MR], S3315, S3318, S3319 [30MR]

Presidential appointments: bipartisan tradition in naming and approving candidates to Government boards and commissions, S3200-S3202, S3203 [26MR], S3525 [1AP]

———nominations considered and confirmed en bloc, S2752 [11MR], S11824-S11827 [20NO]

Presidents of the U.S.: amend rules governing succession (S. 2073), S8770 [22JY]

———require submission and confirmation of nominees in the Presidential line of succession of an incoming President-elect prior to inauguration (S. Res. 419), S8770-S8772 [22JY]

Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board: modify authority relative to terrorism protection, S10005-S10007, S10021 [30SE], S10215, S10222-S10224 [1OC], S10323 [4OC], S10481-S10485 [6OC], S10678 [7OC], S10826 [8OC], S11949, S11957, S11974 [8DE]

———modify function relative to reporting to Congress, S10487 [6OC]

———require the reporting of findings of intelligence-gathering proposals that infringe on civil liberties, S10677 [7OC]

Rice, Condoleezza: testimony before the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S., S3315-S3319 [30MR], S3391 [31MR], S3974 [8AP]

Reports

Iraq on the Record—The Bush Administration's Public Statements on Iraq: Committee on Government Reform (House), H1103-H1109 [16MR]

Reports filed

Consideration of H.R. 5025, Depts. of Transportation and the Treasury, and Independent Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 770) (H. Rept. 108-686), H7137 [14SE]

Depts. of Transportation and the Treasury, and Independent Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 5025) (H. Rept. 108-671), H6898 [8SE]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 2806) (S. Rept. 108-342), S9286 [15SE]

Executive Office of the President and Other Executive Departments' Documents Relative To Disclosure of Identity and Employment of Valerie Plame: Committee on Armed Services (House) (H. Res. 499) (H. Rept. 108-413), H706 [1MR]

———Committee on Intelligence (House, Select) (H. Res. 499) (H. Rept. 108-413), H303 [3FE]

———Committee on International Relations (House) (H. Res. 499) (H. Rept. 108-413), H706 [1MR]

———Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H. Res. 499) (H. Rept. 108-413), H706 [1MR]

Nomination of David H. Safavian To Be Federal Procurement Policy Administrator: Committee on Governmental Affairs (Senate), S6348 [2JN]

U.S. Intelligence Community's Pre-War Intelligence Assessments on Iraq: Committee on Intelligence (Senate, Select) (S. Rept. 108-301), S7896 [9JY]

Rulings of the Chair

Depts. of Transportation and the Treasury, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5025), H7133, H7134, H7139, H7141, H7142, H7143, H7144, H7148, H7149, H7150, H7151, H7175, H7176, H7177 [14SE]

Statements

Adoption Tax Relief Guarantee Act, H7380 [22SE]

American Jobs Creation Act, H4403 [17JN]

Broadcast Decency Enforcement Act, H1019 [11MR]

Energy and Water Development Appropriations, H5098 [25JN]

Foreign and Defense Policy Decisions by President Bush: Diplomats and Military Commanders for Change (organization), H4860 [23JN]

Guiding Principles for Intelligence Reform: Several Former Government Officials, S9428 [21SE]

Intelligence Services Appropriations, H4825 [23JN]

National Intelligence Reform Act, S9798 [28SE]

9/11 Recommendations Implementation Act, H8985 [8OC]

Pension Funding Equity Act, S233 [26JA]

Safe, Accountable, Flexible, and Efficient Transportation Equity Act, S997, S999-S1001 [11FE]

Texts of

H. Res. 770, consideration of H.R. 5025, Depts. of Transportation and the Treasury, and independent agencies appropriations, H7121 [14SE]

S. Con. Res. 89, require submission and confirmation of nominees in the Presidential line of succession of an incoming President-elect prior to inauguration, S1312 [12FE]

S. Res. 419, require submission and confirmation of nominees in the Presidential line of succession of an incoming President-elect prior to inauguration, S8770 [22JY]

Transcripts

Bush Administration Counterterrorism Policies: Richard A. Clarke, S3209 [26MR]