ENSIGN, JOHN (a Senator from Nevada)

Amendments

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2005-2009 (S. Con. Res. 95), S2673, S2734, S2744, S2748 [11MR]

Courts: amend procedures that apply to consideration of interstate class actions to assure fairer outcomes for class members and defendants (S. 2062), S7843 [8JY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2400), S6522, S6580, S6590 [7JN], S6717 [14JN], S6972, S6981, S7025 [17JN], S7106 [21JN], S7127, S7134, S7157, S7197 [22JN], S7268, S7312 [23JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 4567), S9008, S9040, S9041 [9SE], S9183 [14SE]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4818), S9590, S9645, S9651 [23SE]

Intelligence services: reform the intelligence community and the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the U.S. Government (S. 2845), S10038, S10063, S10089, S10120 [30SE], S10240 [1OC], S10449 [5OC], S10542 [6OC]

Lincoln County, NV: establish wilderness areas, promote conservation, improve public land, and provide for high quality development (H.R. 4593), S11111 [10OC]

Public welfare programs: reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4), S3492 [31MR]

Appointments

Acting President pro tempore, S3315 [30MR], S9471 [22SE], S9539 [23SE]

Conferee: H.R. 1350, Individuals With Disabilities Education Improvement Act, S11232 [11OC]

———H.R. 4200, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths, S7503 [24JN]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: ensure that women seeking an abortion are fully informed relative to pain experienced by the unborn child (see S. 2466), S5949 [20MY]

Armed Forces: enhance the Montgomery GI Bill benefits for certain individuals who have served after September 11, 2001 (see S. 2849), S11379 [16NO]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see S. 2065), S3295 [29MR]

Birds: mint coins celebrating recovery and restoration of the American bald eagle and noting the importance of the designation of the American bald eagle as an endangered species (see S. 2889), S10847 [8OC]

Boy Scouts/Girl Scouts: support activities (see S. 3026), S11799 [20NO]

Boys & Girls Clubs of America: revise and extend Federal charter (see S. 2363), S6275 [1JN]

Brown, Oliver L.: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see S. 2179), S2861 [22MR]

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), S9442 [21SE]

Children and youth: protect from exploitive child modeling (see S. 404), S8963 [8SE]

Clark County, NV: convey certain public land for use as a heliport (see S. 2378), S4837 [4MY]

Coins: authorize the minting and issuance of a Presidential $1 coin series (see S. 2744), S10366 [4OC]

Courts: modify the prohibition on recognition of certain rights relative to certain marks, trade names, or commercial names (see S. 2373), S4692 [29AP]

Crime: strengthen prohibitions against animal fighting (see S. 2908), S10568 [6OC]

Death Valley National Park: provide for acquisition of land for administrative and visitor facilities (see S. 2716), S8687 [22JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: provide for recruiting, training, and deputizing persons for the Federal Flight Desk Officer Program (see S. 2268), S8689 [22JY]

Dept. of State: encourage active engagement of Americans in world affairs and create online database of international exchange programs and related opportunities (see S. Res. 313), S6998 [17JN]

Dept. of the Interior: convey certain Federal land to Henderson, NV (see S. 3003), S11496 [18NO]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: increase maximum amount of available home loan guaranty (see S. 2522), S7436 [24JN]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: extend marriage penalty relief provisions (see S. 2093), S1520 [24FE]

Families and domestic relations: recognize the importance of mothers to a healthy society (see S. Res. 348), S4767 [3MY]

Health: expand applicability of laws preventing governmental discrimination against health care entities who refuse to perform or provide training in performing abortions (see S. 1397), S9442 [21SE]

———improve access to health care services by reducing the burden the liability system places in the delivery of emergency, trauma, and obstetrical services (see S. 2207), S2777 [12MR]

———increase supply of pancreatic islet cells for research and coordinate efforts and information on transplantation (see S. 2158), S1999 [2MR]

Health care professionals: improve access to physicians in medically underserved areas by extending and increasing foreign country residency requirement waivers for foreign medical graduates (see S. 2302), S6673 [9JN] (see S. 2302), S6734 [14JN]

Hong Kong: support freedom (see S.J. Res. 33), S6883 [16JN]

Iran: urge compliance with International Atomic Energy Agency resolutions on nuclear weapons program and call for international cooperation with such compliance (see S. Con. Res. 81), S2861 [22MR]

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]

Israel: support construction of security fence, condemn U.N. General Assembly for requesting the International Court of Justice to rule on legality of the security fence, and oppose efforts to prevent construction (see S. Res. 408), S8691 [22JY]

Italy: urge resolution of claims related to the confiscation of certain property by Italy (see S. Res. 341), S4158 [20AP]

Jamestown, VA: mint coins in commemoration of settlement anniversary (see S. 976), S3367 [30MR]

Medicaid: include podiatrists as physicians for purposes of covering physicians services (see S. 2174), S5043 [7MY]

Medicare: improve access to diabetes self-management training by designated certified diabetes educators (see S. 2431), S9937 [29SE]

Mexico: convey sympathy to families of young women murdered in the State of Chihuahua, Mexico, and encourage increased U.S. involvement in bringing an end to these crimes (see S. Res. 392), S10704 [7OC]

National Geologic Mapping Act: reauthorize and amend (see S. 2353), S5079 [10MY]

National Institute of Child Health and Human Development: establish a program on children and the media to study the role and impact of electronic media in the development of children (see S. 2447), S10846 [8OC]

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

Native Americans: award Congressional Gold Medal to Code Talkers who served the U.S. during 20th Century foreign conflicts (see S. 540), S10061 [30SE]

Nevada: conveyance of certain public lands in and around historic mining townsites (see S. 2458), S5949 [20MY]

Nguyen Van Ly, Thaddeus: call for release by Vietnam (see S. Res. 311), S6998 [17JN]

Nye County, NV: convey certain land to the University and Community College System of Nevada (see S. 2846), S9673 [24SE]

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

SBA: improve loan programs (see S. 2193), S3632 [5AP]

Social Security: improve the administration of unemployment taxes and benefits (see S. 2662), S8229 [15JY]

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

States: regulation of access to hunting and fishing (see S. 2978), S11305 [11OC]

Taxation: allow seniors with Social Security and pension income to file income tax form 1040S without regard to amount of interest or taxable income (see S. 2502), S7518 [25JN]

———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), S1933 [1MR]

———repeal reduction in deductible portion of business meal and entertainment expenses (see S. 1482), S9287 [15SE]

———restore deduction for travel expenses of a taxpayer's spouse who accompanies the taxpayer on business travel (see S. 1408), S11378 [16NO]

Telecommunications: increase penalties for violations by television and radio broadcasters of the prohibitions against transmission of obscene, indecent, and profane language (see S. 2056), S1519 [24FE]

U.N.: dissuade members from supporting resolutions that unfairly castigate Israel and promote more balanced and constructive approaches to resolving conflict in the Middle East (see S. Res. 271), S10437 [5OC]

University of Nevada, Las Vegas: modify requirements of land conveyance to the University of Nevada at Las Vegas Research Foundation (see S. 2085), S1286 [12FE]

Women: improve access to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the delivery of obstetrical and gynecological services (see S. 2061), S792 [10FE]

World War II: anniversary of Allied landing at Normandy on D-Day (see S.J. Res. 28), S1586 [25FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Clark County, NV: transfer administrative jurisdiction over certain land from the Dept. of the Interior to the Dept. of Veterans Affairs (see S. 2848), S9722 [27SE]

Courts: appoint additional Federal circuit judges and divide the ninth judicial circuit into three circuits (see S. 2278), S3567 [1AP]

Guardians of Freedom Memorial Post Office Building, Reno, NV: designate (see S. 2640), S8029 [13JY]

Help America Vote Act: require a voter-verified permanent record or hardcopy (see S. 2437), S5607 [18MY]

Interstate commerce: prohibit transport of horses for the purpose of slaughter or horse flesh for human consumption (see S. 2352), S4428 [27AP]

Lincoln County, NV: establish wilderness areas, promote conservation, improve public land, and provide for high quality development (see S. 2532), S6881 [16JN]

Taxation: restore deduction for travel expenses of a taxpayer's spouse who accompanies the taxpayer on business travel (see S. 2920), S10702 [7OC]

Television: ensure carriage of direct broadcast satellite television signals by satellite carriers to consumers in rural areas (see S. 2644), S8030 [13JY]

U.N.: withhold U.S. contributions pending certification of U.N. cooperation in investigation of Oil-for-Food Program (see S. 2389), S4911 [5MY]

Bills and resolutions relative to

Senate Legal Counsel: authorize representation in U.S. v. Parviz Karim-Panahi (see S. Res. 286), S108 [21JA]

Cloture motions

Cooke, Marcia G.: nomination to be district judge, S5500 [14MY]

Courts: provide fair and efficient judicial consideration of personal injury and wrongful death claims due to asbestos exposure and ensure fair compensation for harm caused by asbestos exposure (S. 2290), motion to proceed, S4144 [20AP], S4257 [22AP]

Crime: constitutional amendment on protection of victims' rights (S.J. Res. 1), motion to proceed, S4150 [20AP]

Firearms: prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (S. 1805), motion to proceed, S1448 [23FE], S1538 [25FE]

Foreign trade: temporarily modify certain rates of duty and make other technical amendments to the trade laws (H.R. 1047), conference report, S11435 [17NO], S11520 [19NO]

Griffin, Richard A.: nomination to be circuit judge, S8536 [21JY], S8593 [22JY]

Health: improve access to health care services by reducing the burden the liability system places in the delivery of emergency, trauma, and obstetrical services (S. 2207), motion to proceed, S3599 [2AP], S3894 [7AP]

McKeague, David W.: nomination to be circuit judge, S8536 [21JY], S8595 [22JY]

Public welfare programs: reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4), S3359 [30MR], S3538 [1AP]

Saad, Henry W.: nomination to be circuit judge, S8468 [20JY], S8592 [22JY]

Taxation: make permanent the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (S. 150), S4422 [27AP], S4642 [29AP]

———make permanent the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (S. 150), motion to proceed, S4333 [22AP], S4361 [26AP]

———repeal foreign sales corporation/extraterritorial income (FSC/ETI) tax program and replace with corporate rate deduction for domestic manufacturers (S. 1637), S5045 [7MY], S5184 [11MY]

———repeal foreign sales corporation/extraterritorial income (FSC/ETI) tax program and replace with corporate rate deduction for domestic manufacturers (S. 1637), motion to recommit, S2853 [22MR], S3066 [24MR], S3628 [5AP], S3894 [7AP]

Women: improve access to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the delivery of obstetrical and gynecological services (S. 2061), S1401 [12FE]

———improve access to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the delivery of obstetrical and gynecological services (S. 2061), motion to proceed, S1506 [24FE]

Letters

Deployment to Iraq: Jon Carpenter, S5783 [19MY]

U.S. request for documents relative to the U.N. Oil for Food Program: Dileep Nair, U.N., S7222 [23JN]

———Patrick F. Kennedy, U.S. Representative for U.N. Management and Reform, S7222 [23JN]

———several Senators, S7221 [23JN]

Pledge of Allegiance

Senate, S3315 [30MR], S9471 [22SE], S9539 [23SE]

Privilege of the floor

Klutz, Margaret, S9651 [23SE]

Redberg, Rita, S1529 [24FE]

Remarks

Appropriations: making omnibus consolidated appropriations, S11766 [20NO]

Armed Forces: support members engaging in military action in Iraq and Afghanistan, S5782 [19MY]

Budget: allocation of funds, S2468 [10MR]

———reduce level of tax cuts and apply savings to establish a Social Security reserve fund, S2535, S2536 [10MR]

———reduce level of tax cuts and apply savings to law enforcement programs, S2643 [11MR]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2005-2009 (S. Con. Res. 95), S2290 [8MR], S2468, S2535, S2536 [10MR], S2643 [11MR]

Bush, President: evaluation of administration, S3054 [24MR]

Business and industry: require mandatory expensing of stock options granted to executive officers (S. 1890), S3562 [1AP]

CIA: release of report on the investigation of the U.N. Oil-for-Food Program, S10790 [8OC]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 4567), S9183 [14SE]

Economy: importance of job creation, S3054 [24MR]

———national objectives priority assignments, S3054 [24MR]

Employment: impact of the outsourcing of jobs to foreign countries on the economy, S3054 [24MR], S3526 [1AP]

European Union: tariffs on U.S. exports of agricultural, manufacturing, and timber products, S3075 [24MR]

Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment relative to definition of marriage (S.J. Res. 40), motion to proceed, S7968 [13JY]

Firearms: prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (S. 1805), S1643, S1645, S1648, S1649 [26FE]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4818), S9593 [23SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4818), conference report, S11766 [20NO]

Foreign policy: assess status of the war on terrorism, S9545 [23SE]

Health: improve access to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system, S3526 [1AP]

———improve access to health care services by reducing the burden the liability system places in the delivery of emergency, trauma, and obstetrical services (S. 2207), motion to proceed, S3878 [7AP]

Help America Vote Act: require a voter-verified permanent record or hardcopy (S. 2437), S5611 [18MY]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: reauthorize (S. 1248), S5399 [13MY]

Intelligence services: ensure availability of electromagnetic spectrum for public safety entities, S9903 [29SE]

———reform the intelligence community and the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the U.S. Government (S. 2845), S9903 [29SE], S10038 [30SE], S10531 [6OC]

Interstate commerce: prohibit transport of horses for the purpose of slaughter or horse flesh for human consumption (S. 2352), S4433 [27AP]

Iraq: assessment of war and reconstruction efforts, S9545 [23SE]

———demolish Abu Ghraib prison to underscore U.S. abhorrence of the mistreatment of prisoners (S. Res. 354), S4984 [6MY]

———response to remarks by Kofi A. Annan on the legality of war in Iraq, S9474 [22SE]

———status of U.S. request for documents relative to the U.N. Oil for Food Program, S7221 [23JN]

National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: implement terrorist travel and screening recommendations, S10531 [6OC]

Opportunity Village (nonprofit organization): anniversary, S7746 [7JY]

Senate Republican High Tech Task Force: accomplishments, S9281 [15SE]

Syria: end occupation of Lebanon, S9593 [23SE]

Taxation: encourage investing of foreign earnings within the U.S. for productive business purposes, S3321 [30MR], S4883 [5MY]

———encourage investing of foreign earnings within the U.S. for productive business purposes (S. 596), S3054 [24MR]

———extend and modify research credit, S2080 [3MR]

———limit amount of deferred foreign sales corporation income that can be repatriated at a lower rate, S4865, S4866, S4883 [5MY]

———repeal foreign sales corporation/extraterritorial income (FSC/ETI) tax program and replace with corporate rate deduction for domestic manufacturers (S. 1637), S2080 [3MR], S3054, S3075 [24MR], S3321 [30MR], S3526 [1AP], S4865, S4866, S4883 [5MY], S5185 [11MY]

———repeal foreign sales corporation/extraterritorial income (FSC/ETI) tax program and replace with corporate rate deduction for domestic manufacturers (S. 1637), cloture motion, S5179 [11MY]

Television: extend statutory license for secondary transmissions of superstations and networks, S11766 [20NO]

Transportation: Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs funding (S. 1072), S1210 [12FE]

Transportation Security Administration: baggage screening systems installation funding, S9183 [14SE]

U.N.: withhold U.S. contributions pending certification of U.N. cooperation in investigation of Oil-for-Food Program (S. 2389), S4916 [5MY]

Unemployment: level, S3054 [24MR]

———provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program, S1643, S1645, S1648, S1649 [26FE], S4984 [6MY], S5179, S5185 [11MY]

University of Nevada: tribute to men's basketball team, S3348 [30MR]

Women: improve access to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the delivery of obstetrical and gynecological services (S. 2061), motion to proceed, S1446 [23FE], S1467, S1501, S1505 [24FE]

World War II: honor service of men and women who served in the Armed Forces (S. Res. 369), S6332 [2JN]

Remarks in Senate relative to

Senate Legal Counsel: authorize representation in U.S. v. Parviz Karim-Panahi (S. Res. 286), S122 [21JA]

Texts of

S. Res. 286, Senate Legal Counsel representation in U.S. v. Parviz Karim-Panahi, S121, S122 [21JA]

Tributes

Allawi, Iyad, S9545 [23SE]

Busch, Kurt, S12059 [8DE]

Reagan, Ronald, S6724 [14JN]

Sorenson, Richard K., S12059 [8DE]