ROCKEFELLER, JOHN D., IV (a Senator from West Virginia)

Amendments

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2005-2009 (S. Con. Res. 95), S2311 [8MR], S2453 [9MR], S2563, S2565, S2566, S2568, S2570 [10MR], S2606, S2656, S2678, S2730, S2732, S2733, S2734, S2746 [11MR]

Committee on Intelligence (Senate, Select): eliminate certain restrictions on service of Senators (S. Res. 445), S10661, S10756 [7OC]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2400), S7197 [22JN], S7271, S7312 [23JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 4567), S9040, S9041 [9SE], S9209 [14SE]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: reauthorize (S. 1248), S5327, S5377 [12MY]

Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (S. 2386), S8267 [15JY], S11271, S11316 [11OC]

———reform the intelligence community and the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the U.S. Government (S. 2845), S9813, S9822 [28SE], S10039, S10088, S10113 [30SE], S10384, S10387 [5OC]

Public welfare programs: reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4), S2454 [9MR], S3260, S3300 [29MR], S3464, S3471, S3489, S3490 [31MR], S3591 [1AP]

Taxation: make permanent the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (S. 150), S4605, S4607 [28AP]

———repeal foreign sales corporation/extraterritorial income (FSC/ETI) tax program and replace with corporate rate deduction for domestic manufacturers (S. 1637), S2211, S2224, S2248 [4MR], S3097 [24MR], S4770, S4771 [3MY], S4806 [4MY]

———waive early withdrawal penalty for distributions from qualified retirement plans to individuals called to active duty for an extended period (H.R. 1779), S11317 [11OC]

Transportation: Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs funding (S. 1072), S1031, S1114 [11FE], S1324, S1342 [12FE]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 4520, Jumpstart Our Business Strength (JOBS) Act, S8221 [15JY]

———H.R. 4548, intelligence services appropriations, S11332 [11OC]

———S. 2845, National Intelligence Reform Act, S11333 [11OC]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Advertising: ensure that advertising campaigns paid for by the Federal Government are unbiased (see S. 2416), S7829 [8JY]

Armed Forces: establish separate campaign medals to recognize service by members in Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom (see S. 2262), S3792 [6AP]

———reimburse members who participated in the Rest and Recuperation Leave program for travel expenses incurred before the program was expanded to include domestic travel (see S. 2057), S1683 [26FE]

Business and industry: require mandatory expensing of stock options granted to executive officers (see S. 1890), S10846 [8OC]

Capitol Building and Grounds: establish a memorial to commemorate the heroism of the passengers and crew of United Airlines flight 93 (see S. Con. Res. 136), S9723 [27SE]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: provide direct congressional access to the Office of the Chief Actuary (see S. 2076), S2000 [2MR]

Civil rights: restore, reaffirm, and reconcile legal rights under civil rights statutes (see S. 2088), S7518 [25JN]

Death and dying: improve access to information about end of life care options and legal rights, promote advance care planning and decisionmaking, and engage health care providers in preparation of advance directives (see S. 2545), S6997 [17JN]

Dept. of HHS: clarify and ensure that certain authority is used solely to promote the objectives of the Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Programs (see S. 2222), S2859 [22MR]

Dept. of Homeland Security: authorize use of certain grants to pay costs associated with participation of part-time or volunteer first responders in terrorism response training courses (see S. 3005), S11496 [18NO]

Dept. of the Treasury: establish a commemorative quarter dollar coin program for the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, Northern Mariana Islands, and the Virgin Islands (see S. 2602), S10704 [7OC]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: carry out a demonstration project on priorities in scheduling of appointments of veterans for health care (see S. 2063), S792 [10FE]

Diseases: fund breakthroughs in Alzheimer's disease research while providing more help to caregivers and increasing public education about prevention (see S. 2533), S6881 [16JN]

Employment: extend trade adjustment assistance to service workers (see S. 2157), S1999 [2MR]

———protect employees from outsourcing of jobs to foreign countries (see S. 2090), S1588 [25FE]

FAA: preserve Essential Air Service Program (see S. 1998), S793 [10FE]

Federal employees: amend the definition of a law enforcement officer to include Federal prosecutors relative to retirement benefits (see S. 640), S1457 [23FE]

Firefighters: provide financial assistance to improve the health and safety of firefighters, promote use of life saving technologies, and achieve greater equity for departments serving large jurisdictions (see S. 2411), S5227 [11MY]

Franklin, Benjamin: mint coins in commemoration of tercentenary of birth (see S. 2568), S11640 [19NO]

Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: designate (see S. Res. 308), S2105 [3MR]

Green Chemistry Research and Development Program: implement (see S. 2967), S10846 [8OC]

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), S4767 [3MY]

Iraq: condemn abuse of enemy POW by U.S. military personnel, investigate and take corrective action against those involved, and reaffirm support for those serving honorably in Iraq (see S. Res. 356), S5078 [10MY]

Iron and steel industry: maintain and expand the steel import licensing and monitoring program (see S. 2722), S9723 [27SE]

King, Martin Luther, Jr., and Coretta Scott: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 1368), S7104 [21JN]

Medicare: reduce part B premium through elimination of certain overpayments to Medicare Advantage organizations (see S. 2906), S10568 [6OC]

———stabilize amount of part B premium (see S. 2780), S8963 [8SE]

Minimum wage: level (see S. 2370), S4692 [29AP]

National Character Counts Week: designate (see S. Res. 461), S11090 [10OC]

National Guard Challenge Program: rename and revise matching funds requirements for participating States (see S. 2321), S4158 [20AP]

National Veterans Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 401), S7828 [8JY]

National World War II Memorial: celebrate completion and recognize veterans who served during World War II (see S. Res. 362), S5472 [13MY]

No Child Left Behind Act: ensure appropriate balance between resources and accountability (see S. 1189), S1287 [12FE]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: expand coverage, increase protections for whistleblowers, and increase penalties for violators (see S. 2371), S4692 [29AP]

Office of the Director of National Intelligence: establish position as head of entire intelligence community (see S. 190), S6735 [14JN]

Petroleum: challenge OPEC to increase oil production, direct the FTC to protect consumers from gasoline price gouging and unfair practices, and release oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (see S. Res. 364), S5607 [18MY]

Public utilities: improve reliability of electric transmission system (see S. 2236), S4025 [8AP]

Railroads: increase rail transportation security (see S. 2273), S3567 [1AP]

Remembrance of World War II Veterans Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 34), S4494 [28AP]

Roosevelt, Theodore: mint coins in commemoration of the centenary of receiving the Nobel Peace Prize (see S. 2395), S11378 [16NO]

Roth, William V., Jr.: tribute (see S. Res. 284), S52 [20JA]

SBA: establish a pilot program to provide regulatory compliance assistance to small businesses (see S. 1255), S2000 [2MR]

———make nonprofit child care businesses eligible for certain loans (see S. 822), S2000 [2MR]

Small Business Act: modify contract consolidation requirements (see S. 633), S1999 [2MR]

Social Security: expand Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program to include parents of low-income families (see S. 1843), S793 [10FE]

Spain: condemn terrorist bombing in Madrid and express condolences to the families of the victims (see S. Res. 319), S2717 [11MR]

Tariff Act: amend to allow for improved administration of new shipper administrative reviews (see S. 2425), S6275 [1JN]

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), S53 [20JA]

———extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (see S. 2084), S1286 [12FE]

———provide additional relief for members of the Armed Forces and their families (see S. 2419), S6882 [16JN]

———treatment of automatic fire sprinkler systems (see S. 2860), S9936 [29SE]

———treatment of businesses who employ military reservists, and self-employed military reservists (see S. 1595), S2000 [2MR]

———treatment of combat pay relative to earned income tax credit (see S. 2942), S10703 [7OC]

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), S2223 [4MR]

U.S.-Thailand Free Trade Agreement: limit Thailand's access to U.S. automobile market to prevent backdoor access by third-country automobile producers to the U.S. market (see S. Con. Res. 90), S4694 [29AP]

Unemployment: provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (see S. 2006), S287 [27JA]

Universal Service Administration Co.: exempt from Antideficiency Act accounting rules to improve administration of, and prevent increases in, contributions to the Universal Service Fund (see S. 2994), S11429 [17NO]

World War II: anniversary of Allied landing at Normandy on D-Day (see S.J. Res. 28), S1934 [1MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Aviation: improve security (see S. 2393), S4997 [6MY]

Coal: clarify that certain coal industry health benefits may not be modified or terminated (see S. 3004), S11496 [18NO]

Dept. of HHS: conduct research on indicators of child well-being (see S. 2213), S2778 [12MR]

Dept. of Homeland Security: award research and equipment grants, provide tax credit for employers hiring workers to replace employees receiving first responder training, and provide school-based mental health training (see S. 2459), S5949 [20MY]

Medicaid: extend State fiscal relief (see S. 2671), S8229 [15JY]

Medicare: extend minimum deadlines for filing claims relative to adjustments from secondary payor status to primary payor status (see S. 2929), S10703 [7OC]

Mining and mineral resources: reduce amounts of reclamation fees and modify requirements relating to transfers from the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund (see S. 2208), S2777 [12MR]

Social Security: modify the rules on availability and method of redistribution of unexpended State Children's Health Insurance Program allotments (see S. 2759), S8688 [22JY]

Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act: reauthorize and reform the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Program (see S. 2211), S2778 [12MR]

Taxation: improve the health coverage tax credit (see S. 2935), S10703 [7OC]

———treatment of gross income gain from the sale of a principal residence by certain employees of the intelligence community (see S. 2985), S11377 [16NO]

Cloture motions

Taxation: make permanent the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (S. 150), S4406 [27AP], S4641 [29AP]

Motions

Pensions: change the 30-year treasury bond rate to a composite corporate rate (H.R. 3108), S271 [27JA]

Remarks

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2673), conference report, S156 [22JA]

Appropriations: making omnibus consolidated appropriations, S156 [22JA]

Aviation: improve security, S10322 [4OC]

———improve security (S. 2393), S5000 [6MY]

Budget: reduce level of tax cuts and apply savings to promote job creation, discourage outsourcing of jobs to foreign countries, and provide adjustment assistance for dislocated workers, S2599 [11MR]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2005-2009 (S. Con. Res. 95), S2599, S2623, S2695 [11MR]

Byrd, Senator: tribute for casting 17,000th vote, S3540 [1AP]

Coal: clarify that certain coal industry health benefits may not be modified or terminated (S. 3004), S11499 [18NO]

Committee on Intelligence (Senate, Select): clarify jurisdictional authority with the Committee on Armed Services (Senate), S10662 [7OC]

———eliminate certain restrictions on service of Senators (S. Res. 445), S10654, S10662, S10668 [7OC]

———make Chairman and Ranking Member of the Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) ex officio members, S10668 [7OC]

———parity in staffing and budget, S10654 [7OC]

Dept. of Defense: treatment of programs, projects, and activities within the Joint Military Intelligence Program and the Tactical Intelligence and Related Activities Program, S10484 [6OC]

Dept. of HHS: clarify and ensure that certain authority is used solely to promote the objectives of the Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Programs (S. 2222), S2865 [22MR]

———conduct research on indicators of child well-being (S. 2213), S2791 [12MR]

Dept. of Homeland Security: award research and equipment grants, provide tax credit for employers hiring workers to replace employees receiving first responder training, and provide school-based mental health training (S. 2459), S5956-S5958 [20MY]

———border and transportation security funding, S8995 [9SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4567), S8995 [9SE], S9278 [15SE]

Employment: impact of the outsourcing of jobs to foreign countries on the economy, S1007 [11FE]

ERISA: provide for security of multiemployer pension plans, S3984 [8AP]

Firefighters: provide financial assistance to improve the health and safety of firefighters, promote use of life saving technologies, and achieve greater equity for departments serving large jurisdictions (S. 2411), S5366 [12MY]

Goss, Representative: nomination to be Director of Central Intelligence, S9491, S9517 [22SE]

Hampshire County, WV: anniversary, S6446 [3JN]

Hersman, Deborah A. Plummer: nomination to the NTSB, S6266 [1JN]

Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4548), conference report, S11957 [8DE]

———funding of a certain highly classified acquisition program, S11957 [8DE]

———improve and provide for the review of intelligence estimates and products, S10039 [30SE]

———public disclosure of expenditures, S10324 [4OC]

———reform the intelligence community and the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the U.S. Government (S. 2845), S9707 [27SE], S9784, S9793 [28SE], S10039 [30SE], S10322, S10324 [4OC], S10484 [6OC]

———reform the intelligence community and the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the U.S. Government (S. 2845), conference report, S11958 [8DE]

Lacefield, Pam and Morgan: Congressional Coalition on Adoption Angels in Adoption Award recipients, S9437 [21SE]

Medicaid: extend State fiscal relief (S. 2671), S8233 [15JY]

———increase Federal Medical Assistance Percentage to States, S2623 [11MR]

Memorial Day: observance, S6074 [21MY]

National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: implement aviation security recommendations, S9784 [28SE]

National Intelligence Authority: provide National Intelligence Director with authority to supervise, direct, and control all elements of the intelligence community, S9793 [28SE]

National World War II Memorial: celebrate completion and recognize veterans who served during World War II and persons who supported the war effort on the homefront, S6074 [21MY]

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.: limit liability relative to special funding requirements for certain maintained pension plans, S270 [27JA]

Pensions: change the 30-year treasury bond rate to a composite corporate rate (H.R. 3108), S270 [27JA], S303 [28JA]

———change the 30-year treasury bond rate to a composite corporate rate (H.R. 3108), conference report, S3984 [8AP]

Petroleum: challenge OPEC to increase oil production, direct the FTC to protect consumers from gasoline price gouging and unfair practices, and release oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (S. Res. 364), S5612 [18MY]

Social Security: modify the rules on availability and method of redistribution of unexpended State Children's Health Insurance Program allotments (S. 2759), S8749 [22JY], S10259 [1OC]

Taxation: end certain abusive tax practices and provide tax relief and simplification (H.R. 1308), conference report, S9571 [23SE]

———extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (S. 2084), S1295 [12FE]

———improve the health coverage tax credit (S. 2935), S10733 [7OC]

———new markets tax credit and economic substance doctrine, S5205 [11MY]

———remove impediments to make manufacturing, service, and high-technology businesses more competitive and productive (H.R. 4520), conference report, S11214 [11OC]

———repeal foreign sales corporation/extraterritorial income (FSC/ETI) tax program and replace with corporate rate deduction for domestic manufacturers (S. 1637), S5205, S5210 [11MY]

———treatment of automatic fire sprinkler systems (S. 2860), S9940 [29SE]

Transportation: Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs funding (S. 1072), S1007 [11FE]

Unemployment: provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program, S1007 [11FE]

West Virginia Day: observance, S7101 [21JN]

Wyoming County, WV: dedication of Hatfield-McCoy Recreational Trail, S6086 [21MY]

Texts of

S. 2393, Aviation Security Advancement Act, S5001 [6MY]

S. 2459, Community Security Act, S5958-S5961 [20MY]

S. 2759, Children's Health Protection and Improvement Act, S8750 [22JY]

S. 2935, TAA Health Coverage Improvement Act, S10735-S10738 [7OC]

Tributes

Burke, Vee, S11489 [18NO]

Chen, C.J., S7420 [24JN]