CONRAD, KENT (a Senator from North Dakota)

Amendments

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2005-2009 (S. Con. Res. 95), S2384, S2452 [9MR], S2565, S2567 [10MR], S2656, S2657, S2734, S2745 [11MR]

Capitol Building and Grounds: establish a memorial to commemorate the heroism of the passengers and crew of United Airlines flight 93 (S. Con. Res. 136), S11319, S11324 [11OC]

Committee on Intelligence (Senate, Select): eliminate certain restrictions on service of Senators (S. Res. 445), S10755, S10756, S10757 [7OC], S10900 [9OC]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2400), S5613 [18MY], S6804 [15JN], S7055 [18JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4613), S7381, S7493 [24JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 4567), S9033 [9SE], S9052 [10SE], S9184, S9233 [14SE]

Intelligence services: reform the intelligence community and the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the U.S. Government (S. 2845), S10097 [30SE], S10541 [6OC]

Taxation: repeal foreign sales corporation/extraterritorial income (FSC/ETI) tax program and replace with corporate rate deduction for domestic manufacturers (S. 1637), S2251 [4MR], S2851, S2869, S2875 [22MR], S4058 [8AP]

Transportation: Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs funding (S. 1072), S1121 [11FE], S1287, S1322 [12FE]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 3550, Safe, Accountable, Flexible, and Efficient Transportation Equity Act, S6047 [20MY]

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

———S. Con. Res. 95, setting forth the Federal budget for 2005-2009, S3407 [31MR]

Articles and editorials

Snookering the Taxpayers, New York (NY) Times, S11849 [24NO]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act: anniversary of food aid programs (see S. Res. 402), S7896 [9JY]

Agriculture: restore the application date for country of origin labeling (see S. 2451), S5949 [20MY]

Armed Forces: establish separate campaign medals to recognize service by members in Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom (see S. 2262), S4159 [20AP]

———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), S1934 [1MR]

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), S11497 [18NO]

Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA): renegotiate provisions on access to U.S. sugar markets and prevent inclusion of sugar as an element of negotiations in free trade agreements (see S. Res. 289), S217 [23JA]

Dept. of HHS: establish, promote, and support a comprehensive prevention, research, and medical management referral program for hepatitis C virus infection (see S. 1143), S2000 [2MR]

Dept. of Justice: establish a national sex offender registration database (see S. 2154), S1999 [2MR]

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), S11378 [16NO]

Flag—U.S.: protect (see S. 2259), S3367 [30MR]

Health: ensure safety and accuracy of medical imaging examinations and radiation therapy treatments (see S. 1197), S5608 [18MY]

———establish a Federal Interagency Committee on Emergency Medical Services and an advisory council made up of non-Federal representatives of the emergency medical services community (see S. 2351), S5228 [11MY]

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]

King, Martin Luther, Jr., and Coretta Scott: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 1368), S8549 [21JY]

Labor unions: establish efficient system to enable employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations and provide for mandatory injunctions for unfair labor practices during organizing efforts (see S. 1925), S1934 [1MR]

Medicaid: include podiatrists as physicians for purposes of covering physicians services (see S. 2174), S4911 [5MY]

———provide families of disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see S. 622), S3456 [31MR]

Medicare: clarify payment for clinical laboratory tests furnished by critical access hospitals (see S. 2426), S6629 [8JN]

———coverage of marriage and family therapist services and mental health counselor services (see S. 310), S7435 [24JN]

———extend increase in payment rates for home health services in rural areas (see S. 2659), S8228 [15JY]

National Affordable Housing Act: raise minimum State allocation (see S. 1851), S54 [20JA]

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

National Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Week: designate (see S. Res. 457), S11090 [10OC]

National Commission on Digestive Diseases: establish (see S. 1902), S5473 [13MY]

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: authorize development of research centers focusing on environmental factors related to the etiology of breast cancer (see S. 983), S5472 [13MY]

National Museum of the American Indian: opening (see S.J. Res. 41), S7750 [7JY]

National security: strengthen by increasing quantity, diversity, and quality of teaching and learning in science, mathematics, and foreign languages (see S. 2299), S8689 [22JY]

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]

National Youth Service Day: designate (see S. Res. 338), S4024 [8AP]

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

———regulate Indian tribal governments under the same rules and procedures that apply to Federal, State, and local governments relative to establishment and maintenance of employee benefit plans (see S. 2831), S9525 [22SE]

Pensions: clarify the status of certain retirement plans and the organizations which maintain the plans (see S. 2589), S7435 [24JN]

Pharmaceuticals: importation of prescription drugs (see S. 2328), S7581 [6JY]

Power resources: encourage use of indigenous feedstock from the Caribbean Basin region with respect to ethyl alcohol for fuel use (see S. 2762), S8964 [8SE]

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

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: exclude from gross income discharges of indebtedness attributable to certain forgiven residential mortgage obligations (see S. 2955), S10846 [8OC]

———exempt containers used primarily in potato farming from the excise tax on heavy trucks and trailers (see S. 2807), S9813 [28SE]

———provide tax relief for farmers, ranchers, and fishermen (see S. 2761), S8688 [22JY]

———treatment of certain qualified mortgages held by a real estate mortgage investment company or a grantor trust (see S. 2422), S5472 [13MY]

———treatment of lifetime income payments from annuities and similiar payments of life insurance proceeds at dates later than death (see S. 3029), S11897 [7DE]

———treatment of real estate investment trusts (see S. 1568), S1934 [1MR]

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), S4375 [26AP]

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), S12068 [8DE]

World War II: anniversary of Allied landing at Normandy on D-Day (see S.J. Res. 28), S2718 [11MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Agriculture: provide crop and livestock disaster assistance to agricultural producers (see S. 2592), S7435 [24JN]

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), S9130 [13SE]

Corps of Engineers: provide assistance to design and construct a project to provide a continued safe and reliable municipal water supply system for Devils Lake, ND (see S. 2387), S4911 [5MY]

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]

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), S3919 [7AP]

Medicare: improve benefits for beneficiaries with kidney disease (see S. 2614), S7750 [7JY]

———reimbursement for certain midwife services (see S. 2492), S6348 [2JN]

———simplify prescription drug discount card program (see S. 2512), S6628 [8JN]

Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act: improve (see S. 2343), S4300 [22AP]

North Dakota: provide environmental assistance to communities for water supply and treatment projects (see S. 2552), S7104 [21JN]

Remembrance of World War II Veterans Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 34), S4373 [26AP]

Roosevelt, Theodore: mint coins in commemoration of the centenary of receiving the Nobel Peace Prize (see S. 2395), S5078 [10MY]

Cloture motions

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

Letters

Dept. of Veterans Affairs demonstration project on priorities in scheduling of appointments of veterans for health care: Alan W. Bowers, DAV, S808 [10FE]

———Richard A. Jones, AMVETS, S809 [10FE]

Privilege of the floor

Hagigh, Sara, S2584 [10MR]

Remarks

Agriculture: evaluation of Bush administration, S8144 [15JY]

———provide crop and livestock disaster assistance to agricultural producers, S9186 [14SE]

———provide crop and livestock disaster assistance to agricultural producers (S. 2592), S7453 [24JN]

Amtrak: funding, S2684 [11MR]

Appropriations: making omnibus consolidated appropriations, S11715, S11716, S11717, S11722, S11729, S11730, S11731, S11733, S11740, S11759 [20NO], S11849 [24NO]

Armed Forces: addition of armor plating on Humvees, S2468 [10MR]

———tribute to members serving in Afghanistan and Iraq, S1279 [12FE]

Baltimore Orioles (baseball team): tribute to visit to servicemen at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, S1279 [12FE]

Budget: allocation of funds, S1875 [27FE], S2410 [9MR]

———allow point of order against direct spending or revenue legislation that increases on-budget deficits in any fiscal year until the budget is balanced without Social Security, S2384, S2387, S2388, S2389, S2393, S2405, S2406 [9MR], S2527, S2528, S2529 [10MR]

———deficit, S231 [26JA], S2267, S2268, S2274, S2275 [8MR], S2380, S2383, S2384, S2410, S2462 [9MR], S2617 [11MR], S3397, S3399, S3400, S3401, S3403, S3405, S3406 [31MR], S4790 [4MY], S8828 [7SE], S9483, S9485, S9486 [22SE]

———eliminate reconciliation instructions in budget resolution directing Committee on Finance (Senate) to produce mandatory savings, S2524, S2525 [10MR]

———eliminate Social Security survivor benefit plan offset through reducing the levels of tax cuts and closing certain tax loopholes, S2659 [11MR]

———evaluation of Bush administration proposals, S1875 [27FE]

———reduce level of tax cuts and apply savings to firefighters grant programs, S2272 [8MR], S2611 [11MR]

———reduce level of tax cuts and apply savings to law enforcement programs, S2613, S2614 [11MR]

———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, S2600, S2601 [11MR]

———reinstate pay-as-you-go requirement, S2511, S2513 [10MR]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2005-2009 (S. Con. Res. 95), S2256, S2261, S2267, S2268, S2269, S2270, S2271, S2272, S2274, S2275, S2281, S2289, S2290, S2291 [8MR], S2379, S2380, S2383, S2384, S2387, S2388, S2389, S2393, S2405, S2406, S2410, S2413, S2417, S2418, S2429 [9MR], S2468, S2470, S2475, S2489, S2491, S2498, S2501, S2504, S2508, S2509, S2511, S2513, S2517, S2524, S2525, S2527, S2528, S2529 [10MR], S2599, S2600, S2601, S2611, S2613, S2614, S2617, S2623, S2624, S2628, S2630, S2636, S2639, S2640, S2644, S2649, S2652, S2655, S2656, S2657, S2658, S2659, S2673, S2675, S2680, S2681, S2682, S2683, S2684 [11MR], S3397, S3399, S3400, S3401, S3403, S3405, S3406 [31MR]

Budget Enforcement Act: establish spending levels for highways and mass transit, S1009 [11FE]

Bush, President: evaluation of administration, S10213-S10215 [1OC]

Capitol Building and Grounds: establish a memorial to commemorate the heroism of the passengers and crew of United Airlines flight 93 (S. Con. Res. 136), S9141 [13SE]

Cheney, Vice President: content of Presidential campaign speeches, S9407 [21SE]

Clarke, Richard A.: statements by former counterterrorism coordinator on the war in Iraq and the war on terrorism, S3269 [29MR]

Committee on Intelligence (Senate, Select): eliminate certain restrictions on service of Senators (S. Res. 445), S10907, S10908 [9OC]

Committee on the Budget (Senate): vest with sole jurisdiction over the Federal budget process and shared jurisdiction with the Committee on Govermental Affairs (Senate) for OMB nominations requiring confirmation, S10907, S10908 [9OC]

Congress: access to IRS facilities and tax returns by certain Members or their designees, S11715, S11716, S11717, S11722, S11729, S11730, S11731, S11733, S11759 [20NO], S11849 [24NO]

Corps of Engineers: provide assistance to design and construct a project to provide a continued safe and reliable municipal water supply system for Devils Lake, ND (S. 2387), S4916 [5MY]

Dept. of Defense: funding, S2504, S2508, S2509, S2517 [10MR]

———issuance of safety equipment and body armor for soldiers in Iraq, S2468 [10MR]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4613), conference report, S8619 [22JY]

Dept. of Energy: Energy Savings Performance Contract Program scoring, S2655 [11MR]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 4567), S9186 [14SE]

Dept. of Labor: prohibit funding to implement regulations that negate Fair Labor Standards Act overtime requirements, S3269 [29MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: carry out a demonstration project on priorities in scheduling of appointments of veterans for health care (S. 2063), S807 [10FE]

Devils Lake, ND: emergency road repair and reconstruction project funding, S1702 [26FE]

Disasters: provide funds to make disaster assistance available for all customarily eligible agricultural producers as emergency spending and not funded by cuts in certain other agricultural legislation (S. Res. 454), S10902 [9OC]

Diseases: expand assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS, S2673 [11MR]

Economy: evaluation of Bush administration, S11399 [17NO]

———importance of job creation, S2379, S2384, S2462 [9MR]

———national objectives priority assignments, S2289, S2290 [8MR], S9483, S9485, S9486 [22SE]

Education: funding, S2271 [8MR]

———increase maximum amount of Pell Grants through offsets in other non-education Government programs, S2649 [11MR]

Executive Office of the President: characterization of former Bush administration officials relative to their criticisms of the administration, S3269 [29MR]

Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment relative to definition of marriage (S.J. Res. 40), motion to proceed, S8080 [14JY]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4818), conference report, S11715, S11716, S11717, S11722, S11729, S11730, S11731, S11733, S11740, S11759 [20NO], S11849 [24NO]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4818), corrections in enrollment (H. Con. Res. 528), S11740 [20NO]

Foreign policy: assess status of the war on terrorism, S9408 [21SE], S10213-S10215 [1OC]

———international affairs programs funding, S2673 [11MR]

George Washington University: anniversary, S10057 [30SE]

———anniversary of Graduate School of Education and Human Development, S10057 [30SE]

Health care professionals: improve access to physicians in medically underserved areas by extending and increasing foreign country residency requirement waivers for foreign medical graduates (S. 2302), S3944 [7AP]

Indian Health Service: funding, S2652 [11MR]

Intelligence services: assess validity of pre-war analysis concerning rationale for use of Armed Forces in Iraq, S10213-S10215 [1OC]

———reform the intelligence community and the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the U.S. Government (S. 2845), S10026, S10028, S10029 [30SE]

———reform the intelligence community and the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the U.S. Government (S. 2845), conference report, S11977 [8DE]

Iraq: alleged maltreatment and abuse of enemy POW by U.S. military personnel, S5033-S5035 [7MY]

———assessment of war and reconstruction efforts, S3269 [29MR], S5033-S5035 [7MY]

Medicare: improve benefits for beneficiaries with kidney disease (S. 2614), S7752 [7JY]

———reimbursement for certain midwife services (S. 2492), S6362 [2JN]

———simplify prescription drug discount card program (S. 2512), S6631 [8JN]

Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act: improve (S. 2343), S4329 [22AP]

Minimum wage: level, S3269 [29MR]

National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: testimony of Clinton and Bush administration officials, S3269 [29MR]

National security: port security funding, S2649 [11MR]

———war on terrorism and homeland security funding, S8619 [22JY]

No Child Left Behind Act: increase funding through closing of certain tax loopholes, S2470, S2475, S2489, S2491 [10MR]

North Dakota: provide environmental assistance to communities for water supply and treatment projects (S. 2552), S7110 [21JN]

Political campaigns: comparison of President Bush and Senator Kerry relative to war on terror, S9407 [21SE]

Project BioShield: correct budget scoring, S2675 [11MR]

Public debt: ceiling (S. 2986), S11399 [17NO]

Public welfare programs: reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4), S3269 [29MR]

Remembrance of World War II Veterans Day: designate (S.J. Res. 34), S4378 [26AP]

Roosevelt, Theodore: mint coins in commemoration of the centenary of receiving the Nobel Peace Prize (S. 2395), S5079 [10MY]

Safe, Accountable, Flexible, and Efficient Transportation Equity Act: inclusion of certain tax provisions, S1242 [12FE]

Senate: legislative program, S2375 [8MR]

Social Security: solvency, S1875 [27FE], S2269 [8MR]

Spain: condemn terrorist bombing in Madrid and express condolences to the families of the victims, S2634 [11MR]

Taxation: establish point of order against any legislation that increases individuals affected by alternative minimum tax, S2630 [11MR]

———provide incentives for economic recovery, S2281 [8MR]

———rates, S1875 [27FE], S2268, S2269, S2270, S2271, S2272, S2276, S2289, S2290, S2291 [8MR], S2380, S2384, S2462 [9MR], S2501, S2504 [10MR], S3406 [31MR]

———repeal foreign sales corporation/extraterritorial income (FSC/ETI) tax program and replace with corporate rate deduction for domestic manufacturers (S. 1637), S3269 [29MR]

———treatment of certain qualified mortgages held by a real estate mortgage investment company or a grantor trust (S. 2422), S5481 [13MY]

———treatment of lifetime income payments from annuities and similiar payments of life insurance proceeds at dates later than death (S. 3029), S11899 [7DE]

Transportation: Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs funding (S. 1072), S1009 [11FE], S1219, S1242 [12FE], S1702 [26FE]

U.S.-Australia Free Trade Agreement: effect on U.S. beef and wheat markets, S8192 [15JY]

———implementation (H.R. 4759), S8191, S8192 [15JY]

Veterans: health care funding, S2673 [11MR]

———health care funding through reductions in certain tax cuts for upper-income individuals, S2413, S2417, S2418 [9MR]

———health care funding through reductions in excess profits and assessment of penalties against certain contractors doing business in Iraq, S2680 [11MR]

———health care funding through reductions in lawyers' fees relative to the tobacco settlement, S2680 [11MR]

Tables

Floor amendments offered to the 2005 Federal budget resolution, S3407 [31MR]

Projected deficit reductions due to Democratic Party amendments to Federal budget for 2003-2013, S2275 [8MR]

Texts of

S. 2063, Dept. of Veterans Affairs demonstration project on priorities in scheduling of appointments of veterans for health care, S808 [10FE]

S.J. Res. 34, Remembrance of World War II Veterans Day, S4379 [26AP]

Tributes

Breaux, Senator, S11599 [19NO]

Byrd, Senator, S1875 [27FE]

Campbell, Senator, S11600 [19NO]

Daschle, Senator, S11473 [18NO]

Edwards, Senator, S11359 [16NO]

Fitzgerald, Senator, S11360 [16NO]

Flowers, Robert B., S7824 [8JY]

Graham, Senator Bob, S11474 [18NO]

Hollings, Senator, S11599 [19NO]

Nickles, Senator, S11359 [16NO]

Reagan, Ronald, S6667 [9JN]