TREATIES AND AGREEMENTS

Addresses

Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA): Enrique Bolanos, President of Nicaragua, E986 [16MY]

———Representative Kucinich, E1131 [26MY]

United Nations Day: Joseph V. Reed, U.N., E2239 [1NO]

Amendments

Foreign trade: enhance resources to enforce U.S. trade rights (H.R. 3283), consideration (H. Res. 387), H6666 [27JY]

Native Americans: modify a certain date in law extending statute of limitations relative to the negotiated settlement of tribal claims (S. 1892), S13930, S13943 [16DE]

U.N.: reform (H.R. 2745), H4618, H4630, H4632, H4633, H4634, H4636, H4638, H4639, H4640 [16JN], H4661, H4662, H4665, H4667, H4669, H4671, H4672, H4674, H4675, H4678, H4679, H4681, H4682, H4683, H4684 [17JN]

Analyses

Convention Against Torture Implementation Act (S. 654), S3008 [17MR]

U.S. State Dept. and International Labor Organization Reports Confirm Deficiencies in CAFTA Labor Laws, H4348-H4350 [9JN], H4397 [13JN]

Appointments

Congressional advisers on trade policy and negotiations, S829 [1FE], H1374 [14MR]

Articles and editorials

America's Anti-Torture Tradition, S14427 [30DE]

Belize—Small Country, Big Progress, E1568 [21JY]

Bigger Than the Social Security Crisis—Wasteful Spending on Prescription Drugs, E1162 [8JN]

CAFTA Still Critical, S7657 [30JN]

CAFTA Worth Our Support, S7657 [30JN]

CIA Holds Terror Suspects in Secret Prisons, H9536-H9538 [2NO]

Financing Drug Research—What Are the Issues?, E1159 [8JN]

Free Trade Pact Faces Trouble in Congress, H3180 [11MY]

Misguided Morality, H12212 [18DE]

Rebellion Against Abuse, H9563 [3NO]

Revealed—How Oil Giant Influenced Bush—White House Sought Advice From Exxon on Kyoto Stance, H4274 [8JN]

Stakes in CAFTA, E1611 [27JY]

Trade Deficit Hits Record, Threatening U.S. Growth, H11873 [15DE]

U.S. Blocks Drugs Sent From Canada, H1329 [10MR]

Warming Climate, S1449 [16FE]

Where's the Outrage on Torture?, E529 [5AP]

Why Not Torture Terrorists?, E530 [5AP]

Bills and resolutions

Agreement Between the U.S. and Russia on the Conservation and Management of the Alaska-Chukotka Polar Bear Population: implement (see S. 2013), S12839 [15NO]

Armed Forces: ensure compliance with treaties and laws prohibiting torture and cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment of enemy POW (see H.R. 3541), H7557 [28JY]

Arms control: promote the nonproliferation of nuclear weapons (see H. Res. 373), H6205 [20JY]

———reduction of nuclear weapons and application of savings to certain domestic initiatives (see H.R. 1348), H1621 [16MR]

Bank for International Settlements (organization): establish committee to develop uniform U.S. positions on issues before the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision and review capital standards accord (see H.R. 1226), H1368 [10MR]

Bosnia and Herzegovina: anniversary of peace agreement between Serbian, Croatian, and Muslim forces (see H. Res. 590), H11220 [7DE]

Buy American Act: increase requirement for American-made content and tighten waiver provisions (see S. 395), S1513 [16FE]

Civil liberties: ensure that U.S. citizens in another country during time of war are not detained by the U.S. unless fundamental rights to information, counsel, and communication are protected (see H.R. 2219), H3112 [10MY]

Climate: address global climate change through the negotiation of fair and effective international commitments (see S. Res. 312), S12839 [15NO]

Compact of Free Association: amend (see S. 1830), S11212 [6OC]

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: ratification (see H. Res. 67), H353 [2FE]

Courts: base decisions on U.S. Constitution and laws, not laws of any foreign country, international law, or agreement not made under U.S. authority (see H.R. 1658), H2101 [14AP]

———restore to the judiciary the power to decide all trademark and trade name cases arising under the laws and treaties of the U.S. (see S. 1604), S9468 [29JY]

Crime: increase penalty on persons who are convicted of killing peace officers and who flee the country and call for renegotiation of extradition treaty with Mexico (see H.R. 3900), H8386 [27SE]

Croatia: recognize progress in strengthening democratic institutions, respect for human rights, and the rule of law and recommend integration into NATO (see S. Res. 342), S14317 [21DE]

———recommend integration into NATO (see H. Res. 529), H9555 [2NO]

Dept. of Defense: establish techniques used in U.S. Army Field Manual on Intelligence Interrogation as the standard for interrogation of detainees and prohibit torture or cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment of enemy POW (see H.R. 3985), H8733 [6OC]

Dept. of the Interior: study feasibility of designating the route followed by Isaac Stevens and Joel Palmer when they negotiated treaties with certain Indian tribes as a national historic trail (see H.R. 3615), H7561 [28JY]

Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA): implementation (see S. 1307), S7294 [23JN] (see H.R. 3045), H5100 [23JN]

———implementation (H.R. 3045), consideration (see H. Res. 386), H6649 [26JY]

———protect the U.S. sugar market only to the extent that such protections do not undermine market access for other agricultural products (see S. Res. 169), S6405 [13JN]

———withdrawal (see H.R. 3480), H6933 [27JY]

Dominican Republic-Central American Free Trade Agreement (DR-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 H. Res. 98), H630 [15FE]

Drugs: avoid inclusion in future free trade agreements provisions that would restrict access of U.S. consumers to imported prescription drugs (see S. 1551), S9285 [28JY] (see H.R. 3583), H7559 [28JY]

Ecology and environment: make permanent the authorization for watershed restoration and enhancement agreements (see S. 2003), S12766 [14NO]

Employment: protect employees from outsourcing of jobs to foreign countries for performance of Federal and State services contracts (see S. 1185), S6154 [7JN] (see H.R. 3406), H6380 [22JY]

Endangered species: authorize species recovery agreements under which the Federal Government is obligated to make annual payments or provide other compensation for activities that improve recovery of one or more species (see H.R. 3300), H5913 [14JY]

EPA: enforcement of Agreement Concerning the Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Waste Between the U.S. and Canada relative to importation of municipal solid waste (see H.R. 2109), H2977 [4MY]

European Union: negotiation of a free trade agreement (see H. Con. Res. 131), H1969 [13AP]

———reject Airbus Industries request for launch aid and comply with agreement prohibiting governmental support of the civil aircraft industry (see S. Con. Res. 25), S3358 [7AP]

———suspend unilateral altering of certain wood product importation standards and call for an International Plant Protection Convention assessment of the justification for such alterations (see H. Con. Res. 310), H11035 [18NO]

Farm Security and Rural Investment Act: extend appropriations and spending programs and provide an additional extension if implementing legislation is not submitted for World Trade Organization Doha Development Agenda Round (see H.R. 4332), H10226 [15NO]

Federal aid programs: extend eligibility for certain Federal benefits to citizens of the Freely Associated States (see S. 2051), S13161 [17NO]

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act: implement pesticide-related obligations of the U.S. under certain international conventions or protocols (see S. 2042), S13161 [17NO] (see H.R. 3849), H8247 [21SE]

Foreign countries: improve and promote compliance with international intellectual property obligations and defend U.S. intellectual property interests from suspension of benefits abroad (see H.R. 3372), H6326 [21JY]

Foreign policy: clarify conditions for U.S. to become a signatory to any multilateral trade agreement resulting from World Trade Organization Doha Development Agenda Round (see S. Con. Res. 55), S10724 [29SE] (see H. Res. 577), H11035 [18NO]

Foreign trade: adhere to moral and ethical principles of economic justice and fairness in developing and advancing U.S. international trade treaties, agreements, and investment policies (see H. Res. 115), H719 [16FE]

———application of countervailing duties to nonmarket economy countries (see S. 593), S2482 [10MR] (see H.R. 1216), H1368 [10MR]

———enhance resources to enforce U.S. trade rights (see S. 1421), S8487 [19JY] (see H.R. 3283), H5912 [14JY]

———enhance resources to enforce U.S. trade rights (H.R. 3283), consideration (see H. Res. 387), H6649 [26JY]

———prohibit entry or negotiations to enter into any bilateral or regional trade agreement for two years (see H.R. 4407), H11033 [18NO]

———require additional tariffs on products of any nonmarket economy country until certified as a market economy country, and deposit amounts generated from such tariffs into the Social Security trust funds (see H.R. 1450), H1694 [17MR]

———require President to take necessary steps to create a more balanced trade relationship with countries with whom the trade deficit exceeds a certain amount for three consecutive years (see H.R. 4405), H11033 [18NO]

———require that trade and investment agreements that are negotiated by the executive branch with other countries must comply with certain minimum standards (see S. Con. Res. 12), S1414 [15FE] (see H. Con. Res. 295), H10156 [10NO]

———require the President to submit the implementing legislation, statement of administrative action, and supporting information to Congress upon entering into a trade agreement (see H.R. 2691), H4140 [26MY]

Hazardous substances: implement certain conventions dealing with organic pollutants, chemicals, and pesticides (see H.R. 4591), H12048 [16DE]

———prepare comprehensive strategy for international negotiations to reduce global mercury use to levels sufficient to protect public health and the environment (see S. Res. 64), S1624 [17FE]

Human rights: prohibit expulsion, return, or extradition of persons by the U.S. to countries engaging in torture (see S. 654), S2994 [17MR]

———request the Executive Office of the President and direct the Dept. of State to provide documents relative to U.S. policies under the U.N. Convention Against Torture and the Geneva Conventions (see H. Res. 624), H12049 [16DE]

———support the drafting and adoption of a thematic convention on the human rights and dignity of persons with disabilities by the U.N. General Assembly (see H. Con. Res. 134), H2150 [19AP]

Indonesia: support the memorandum of understanding signed by the Indonesian Government and the Free Aceh Movement to end the conflict in Aceh Province (see H. Res. 456), H8247 [21SE]

International Organizations Immunities Act: apply to the Bank for International Settlements (organization) (see H.R. 3269), H5800 [13JY]

International trade: improve enforcement of international trade agreements (see H.R. 3271), H5800 [13JY]

Iraq: declare U.S. policy to not maintain a long-term or permanent military presence (see H. Con. Res. 197), H5603 [30JN]

Japan: impose retaliatory economic measures if U.S. beef imports do not resume immediately (see S. 1922), S11917 [26OC] (see S. Res. 87), S2995 [17MR] (see H.R. 4179), H9425 [28OC] (see H. Res. 137), H984 [3MR]

———urge honoring of commitments under the Market-Oriented Sector-Selective (MOSS) Agreement on Medical Equipment and Pharmaceuticals (see S. Con. Res. 67), S13362 [18NO] (see H. Con. Res. 311), H11220 [7DE]

Mexico: disapprove U.S.-Mexico Social Security totalization agreement (see H. Con. Res. 50), H523 [9FE] (see H. Res. 20), H79 [4JA]

Mongolia: expand trade opportunities by initiating negotiations to enter into a free trade agreement (see H. Con. Res. 244), H8088 [15SE]

NAFTA: encourage participating countries to promote parity relative to the personal exemption allowance for merchandise purchased abroad by returning residents (see H. Res. 433), H7814 [8SE]

———withdrawal (see H. Con. Res. 186), H4984 [22JN]

Native Americans: further encourage negotiated settlement of tribal claims (see H.R. 4292), H10156 [10NO]

———modify a certain date in law extending statute of limitations relative to the negotiated settlement of tribal claims (see S. 1892), S11559 [19OC]

———tribute to tribes of the Pacific Northwest and the Treaties of 1855 between these tribes and the U.S. (see H. Con. Res. 189), H5100 [23JN]

———uphold Makah Tribe treaty rights (see H. Con. Res. 267), H8846 [17OC]

Northern Ireland: reaffirm support for continued implementation of the Good Friday Agreement as the framework for peaceful settlement of the conflict (see S. Res. 173), S6741 [16JN] (see H. Res. 555), H10226 [15NO]

Nuclear energy: ensure that certain countries sign, ratify, and implement the certain protocols and provide access by International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors to their nuclear-related facilities (see H.R. 3184), H5602 [30JN]

———express concern regarding nuclear proliferation with respect to proposed full civilian nuclear cooperation with India (see H. Con. Res. 318), H11879 [15DE]

Nuclear weapons: establish U.S. policy on size of land-based intercontinental ballistic missile force (see S. 1931), S12006 [27OC] (see H.R. 4051), H8808 [7OC]

Office of the U.S. Trade Representative: establish Chief Trade Prosecutor to ensure compliance with trade agreements and to protect U.S. manufacturers against unfair trade practices (see S. 1542), S9285 [28JY] (see H.R. 4186), H9472 [1NO]

———establish Special Trade Prosecutor to ensure compliance with trade agreements and to protect U.S. manufacturers against unfair trade practices (see S. 817), S3735 [15AP]

———pursue a complaint of anti-competitive practices against certain oil exporting countries (see S. 752), S3413 [11AP]

Proliferation Security Initiative: anniversary (see S. Con. Res. 40), S6022 [26MY]

Russia: protect intellectual property rights (see H. Con. Res. 230), H7561 [28JY]

Sensible, Multilateral American Response to Terrorism (SMART) Security Platform for the 21st Century: call for adoption (see H. Con. Res. 158), H3556 [18MY]

Social Security: provide congressional oversight and approval of totalization agreements (see H.R. 2339), H3260 [12MY]

Solid waste: authorize States to restrict receipt of foreign municipal solid waste and implement the Agreement Concerning the Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Waste Between the U.S. and Canada (see S. 1198), S6225 [8JN] (see H.R. 2491), H3693 [19MY]

Taxation: provide incentives and job training grants for communities affected by migration of businesses and jobs to Canada or Mexico as a result of NAFTA (see H.R. 614), H410 [8FE]

Territories: give products imported from U.S. insular possessions the same tariff treatment as products imported from countries that have entered into free trade agreements with the U.S. (see S. 1954), S12238 [2NO]

Textile industry and fabrics: prohibit application of foreign affairs exemption to certain rule making requirements relative to actions of the Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (see H.R. 3416), H6431 [25JY]

Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons: policy concerning supportive actions on the occasion of the Seventh NPT Review Conference (see S. Con. Res. 36), S5778 [23MY] (see H. Con. Res. 133), H2102 [14AP]

Turkey: reject claim of sovereignty over islands and islets in the Aegean Sea (see H. Con. Res. 137), H2471 [21AP]

U.N.: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 192), H5176 [24JN]

———reform (see S. 1383), S8134 [12JY] (see S. 1394), S8217 [13JY] (see S. Res. 185), S7820 [30JN] (see H.R. 2745), H4186 [7JN]

———reform (H.R. 2745), consideration (see H. Res. 319), H4559 [15JN]

U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea: ratification (see H. Con. Res. 56), H584 [10FE]

U.S.-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement: implementation (see S. 2027), S12949 [16NO] (see H.R. 4340), H10501 [16NO]

———implementation (H.R. 4340), consideration (see H. Res. 583), H11108 [6DE]

United Kingdom: authorize the negotiation of a free trade agreement (see H. Con. Res. 217), H6381 [22JY]

Uzbekistan: urge protection of rights, observance of treaty obligations, and clarification of charges relative to arrest and detention of Sanjar Umarov (see S. Res. 295), S12238 [2NO] (see H. Res. 545), H10156 [10NO]

World Trade Organization: expand membership in Agreement on Government Procurement and urge the People's Republic of China to enter into immediate negotiations to join that agreement (see H. Con. Res. 203), H5603 [30JN]

———withdraw U.S. approval from the agreement establishing the World Trade Organization (see H.J. Res. 27), H941 [2MR]

———withdraw U.S. approval from the agreement establishing the World Trade Organization (H.J. Res. 27), consideration (see H. Res. 304), H4186 [7JN]

Factsheets

Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA) Impact on Enforcement and Implementation of Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act: Office of U.S. Trade Representative, H6922 [27JY]

New Poll Sends a Clear Message to Washington—Americans Oppose CAFTA: AmericansForFairTrade.org (Internet site), H820 [1MR]

Trade Agreement Impediments to Availability of Patented and Generic Drugs in Developing Countries, S1499 [16FE]

Letters

Arab League boycott of Israel: Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Kalifa, H11168 [7DE]

Committee on Ways and Means (House) recommendations for certain positions: Representative Thomas, Committee on Ways and Means (House), H1374 [14MR]

Conversion of sugar into ethanol: Charles F. Connor, Dept. of Agriculture, S7715 [30JN]

———Senator Bill Nelson, S7716 [30JN]

Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA): Committee on Ways and Means (House), H4348 [9JN], H4396 [13JN]

———E.R. Goodkind and Bruce M. Ramer, American Jewish Committee, H6914 [27JY]

———Jimmy Carter, S7709 [30JN], H4315 [9JN], H6914, H6922 [27JY]

———Joel S. Kaplan and Daniel S. Mariaschin, B'nai B'rith, H6914 [27JY]

———Larry B. Wooten, North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation, S7707 [30JN]

———Rob Portman, U.S. Trade Representative, S7695, S7733 [30JN]

———several Central American legislators, H6411 [25JY]

———several former Secs. of Agriculture, S7649 [30JN]

———several textile and apparel business organizations, S7706 [30JN]

Dominican Republic-Central America-U.S. Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA) impact on sugar program: Kevin Price, American Crystal Sugar Co., S7751 [30JN]

———Mike Johanns, Sec. of Agriculture, S7701 [30JN]

Efforts to seek transparency of UNESCO World Heritage Committee proceedings: Representative Pombo, Committee on Resources (House), E1674 [29JY]

Extend eligibility for certain Federal benefits to citizens of the Freely Associated States: Lillian B. Koller, Hawaii Dept. of Human Services, S13183 [17NO]

Global warming: R. Glenn Hubbard and Joseph E. Stiglitz, Columbia University, S1450 [16FE]

Implement pesticide-related obligations of the U.S. under certain international conventions or protocols: Michael O. Leavitt, EPA, S13170 [17NO]

———Senator Harkin, Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate), S13170 [17NO]

———T.J. Halstead, Congressional Research Service, S13171 [17NO]

———William E. Moschella, Dept. of Justice, S13170 [17NO]

Police brutality against Salvadoran Government officials: Rene A. Leon Rodriguez, Salvadoran Ambassador to the U.S., E1046 [20MY]

———Representatives Kucinich and Grijalva, E1046 [20MY]

Prohibit torture or cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment of enemy POW: Abe Sofaer, Hoover Institution, S12382 [4NO]

———Gerry Serotta and Brian Walt, Rabbis for Human Rights North America (organization), E2380 [17NO]

Recommend integration of Croatia into NATO: Edward A. Andrus, National Federation of Croatian Americans, E2528 [14DE]

U.N. Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime and Inter-American Convention Against Terrorism: Senator Sessions, Senate Steering Committee, S11336 [7OC]

———William E. Moschella, Dept. of Justice, S11335 [7OC]

U.S. participation in international negotiations addressing global climate change under the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change: several Senators, S14172 [20DE]

U.S. policy relative to direct travel into an airport in Turkish-occupied Northern Cyprus: Matthew A. Reynolds, Dept. of State, S9436 [29JY]

Use of U.S. Army Field Manual on Intelligence Interrogation as standard for interrogation of detainees and prohibit torture or cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment of enemy POW: Colin L. Powell, S11094 [5OC]

———several retired military officers, S11063 [5OC]

Lists

Central American groups opposing the Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA), H6898 [27JY]

Rabbis for Human Rights North America (organization) signatories to letter on prohibiting torture or cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment of enemy POW, E2381-E2384 [17NO]

Religious organizations opposing the Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA), H6923 [27JY]

Messages

Convention for the Strengthening of the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission: President Bush, S5246 [16MY]

Convention on the Conservation and Management of Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean: President Bush, S5246 [16MY]

Fisheries Agreement Between the U.S. and Russia: President Bush, S62 [6JA], H130 [6JA]

Free Trade Agreement Between the U.S. and Oman: President Bush, S11419 [17OC], H8820 [17OC]

Free Trade Agreement Relative to Tariff Treatment of Multi-Chip Integrated Circuits: President Bush, S12837 [15NO], H10187 [15NO]

Protocol Amending Extradition Convention With Israel: President Bush, S9995 [13SE]

Protocol Amending Tax Convention With France: President Bush, S10624 [28SE]

Protocol Amending Tax Convention With Sweden: President Bush, S12703 [10NO]

Tax Convention With Bangladesh: President Bush, S12026 [27OC]

U.N. Convention Against Corruption: President Bush, S12026 [27OC]

U.S.-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement: President Bush, S12946 [16NO], H10496 [16NO]

Motions

Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA): implementation (S. 1307), S7597 [29JN]

Foreign trade: enhance resources to enforce U.S. trade rights (H.R. 3283), H6856 [27JY]

Papers

U.N. Charter: Herbert W. Titus (excerpt), E381-E383 [8MR]

U.S.-Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement Is a Win-Win: Republican Policy Committee, S7723-S7727 [30JN]

Press releases

Americans Oppose CAFTA Trade Agreement: AmericansForFairTrade.org (Internet site), H821 [1MR]

Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA) Impact on Sugar Program: American Sugar Alliance, S7751 [30JN]

———Minnesota Sugar Industry, S7751 [30JN]

LULAC Opposes CAFTA: League of United Latin American Citizens, H822 [1MR]

Questions and answers

International Monitoring System funding relative to Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty compliance monitoring: Senator Biden and Condoleezza Rice, Sec. of State, S8532 [20JY]

Remarks in House

Africa: Ethiopian and Eritrean compliance with agreement to end hostilities and provide for a demarcation of the border between the two countries, E2152 [20OC]

Agriculture: impact of trade agreements on the agricultural industry, H8376 [27SE], H8959 [19OC], H9448 [1NO]

Andean Free Trade Agreement (AFTA): potential impact on illegal drug imports into the U.S., H9073 [25OC]

Armed Forces: ensure compliance with treaties and laws prohibiting torture and cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment of enemy POW, H9536 [2NO], H10115 [9NO], H10190 [15NO], H10507 [17NO], E2315 [9NO]

———ensure compliance with treaties and laws prohibiting torture and cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment of enemy POW (H.R. 3541), E1669 [29JY]

———prohibit funding for torture or cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment of enemy POW, H3020, H3024 [5MY]

———prohibit torture or cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment of enemy POW, H9476 [2NO], H9995, H9996 [8NO], H10051, H10052 [9NO], E2260 [3NO], E2380 [17NO]

Arms control: promote the nonproliferation of nuclear weapons (H. Res. 373), H6177 [20JY]

———reduction of nuclear weapons and application of savings to certain domestic initiatives (H.R. 1348), E472 [17MR]

Aviation: status of negotiations with the European Union on ending unfair European trade practices within the aerospace industry, E1265 [17JN]

Bosnia and Herzegovina: anniversary of peace agreement between Serbian, Croatian, and Muslim forces, E2460 [6DE]

Chemicals: eliminate use of methyl bromide for fumigation purposes, E1357 [27JN]

China, Republic of: Agricultural Trade Goodwill Mission visit to Capitol Hill, E1792 [8SE]

Congress: accomplishments of the 109th Congress, H5595 [30JN]

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: funding, H4612 [16JN], E1317 [23JN]

Courts: base decisions on U.S. Constitution and laws, not laws of any foreign country, international law, or agreement not made under U.S. authority, H3105-H3110 [10MY], H4391-H4394 [13JN]

———base decisions on U.S. Constitution and laws, not laws of any foreign country, international law, or agreement not made under U.S. authority (H.R. 1658), E653 [14AP]

Crime: increase penalty on persons who are convicted of killing peace officers and who flee the country and call for renegotiation of extradition treaty with Mexico, H10055 [9NO]

———increase penalty on persons who are convicted of killing peace officers and who flee the country and call for renegotiation of extradition treaty with Mexico (H.R. 3900), H8359 [27SE], E1954 [27SE]

Croatia: recommend integration into NATO (H. Res. 529), H11618-H11621 [14DE]

Dept. of Defense: establish techniques used in U.S. Army Field Manual on Intelligence Interrogation as the standard for interrogation of detainees and prohibit torture or cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment of enemy POW, H11337 [13DE], H11580-H11583 [14DE], H11859 [15DE], H12204, H12205, H12210, H12225, H12226 [18DE], E2563 [17DE], E2636 [22DE]

Dominican American National Roundtable (organization): tribute, E1709 [29JY]

Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA): impact on enforcement and implementation of Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act, H6922 [27JY]

———impact on immigration, H6207 [21JY]

———impact on sugar program, H6910, H6912, H6922, H6923 [27JY]

———impact on the ability of developing nations to acquire generic medications, H6926 [27JY]

———implementation (H.R. 3045), H5615, H5619-H5625 [11JY], H5639, H5710, H5712, H5713 [12JY], H5806 [14JY], H5918, H5934, H5936, H5937, H5938 [18JY], H6075, H6076, H6077, H6079 [19JY], H6112, H6113, H6114, H6173, H6174, H6175, H6181, H6183-H6190 [20JY], H6207, H6310, H6311 [21JY], H6371, H6373-H6376 [22JY], H6384, H6385, H6386, H6410, H6413, H6417-H6427 [25JY], H6433, H6436, H6437, H6438, H6439, H6440, H6550, H6552, H6553, H6554, H6556 [26JY], H6654, H6655, H6656, H6657, H6664, H6665, H6884-H6928 [27JY], H6940 [28JY], E1657, E1659, E1660, E1662, E1665, E1668, E1672, E1674, E1680, E1681, E1689, E1700, E1734, E1737, E1740 [29JY]

———implementation (H.R. 3045), consideration (H. Res. 386), H6869-H6878 [27JY]

———ratification, H820-H822, H832-H836 [1MR], H919 [2MR], H1332 [10MR], H1406 [14MR], H1871, H1872 [12AP], H2109, H2128, H2131 [19AP], H2156, H2381 [20AP], H2457 [21AP], H2527 [26AP], H2789 [3MY], H2939, H2956-H2963 [4MY], H3090 [10MY], H3177-H3184 [11MY], H3250-H3252 [12MY], H3291 [16MY], H3335, H3406, H3428-H3432 [17MY], H3441, H3549 [18MY], H3678, H3685-H3688 [19MY], H3747 [23MY], H3882 [24MY], H3900, H4053, H4055 [25MY], H4146, H4165 [7JN], H4199, H4200 [8JN], H4308, H4314, H4345-H4348 [9JN], H4358, H4374-H4384, H4394-H4396 [13JN], H4554, H4555 [15JN], H4650, H4651 [16JN], H4707, H4710 [17JN], H4784, H4786, H4787, H4789 [20JN], H4806, H4863, H4867 [21JN], H4970-H4977 [22JN], H5222 [27JN], H5256, H5260 [28JN], H5471, H5472 [29JN], E722 [21AP], E986 [16MY], E1243 [15JN], E1353 [24JN]

———upgrade and enforcement of child labor laws of participating countries, H6909 [27JY]

Drugs: discrepancy in prescription drug prices between U.S. and foreign countries, H606 [15FE], H1328 [10MR], H1754 [5AP], H3406 [17MY], H4159 [7JN], H4373 [13JN], H4784 [20JN], H4861 [21JN], H5219 [27JN], E1159, E1162 [8JN]

Employment: impact of the outsourcing of jobs to foreign countries on the economy, H4200 [8JN], H6874 [27JY], H9351, H9354, H9355 [27OC], H9682 [4NO]

Endangered species: authorize species recovery agreements under which the Federal Government is obligated to make annual payments or provide other compensation for activities that improve recovery of one or more species, H8546 [29SE]

European Union: negotiation of a free trade agreement (H. Con. Res. 131), H1951 [13AP], H2467 [21AP]

Foreign aid: prohibit assistance to countries refusing to extradite criminal suspects to the U.S. for trial or sentencing, H5339, H5340 [28JN]

———prohibit use of international military education and training program funding in contravention of child soldiers protocol to Convention on the Rights of the Child, H5349, H5350 [28JN]

Foreign countries: improve and promote compliance with international intellectual property obligations and defend U.S. intellectual property interests abroad, H9351 [27OC]

Foreign policy: clarify conditions for U.S. to become a signatory to any multilateral trade agreement resulting from World Trade Organization Doha Development Agenda Round (H. Res. 577), H11270 [8DE]

Foreign trade: enhance resources to enforce U.S. trade rights (H.R. 3283), H6425 [25JY], H6440-H6452 [26JY], H6842-H6858 [27JY], E1683 [29JY], E1769 [7SE]

———enhance resources to enforce U.S. trade rights (H.R. 3283), consideration (H. Res. 387), H6658-H6668 [27JY]

———enhance resources to enforce U.S. trade rights (H.R. 3283), motion to recommit, H6856 [27JY]

———importance of free trade agreements, H9684 [4NO]

———prohibit entry or negotiations to enter into any bilateral or regional trade agreement for two years (H.R. 4407), H11176 [7DE]

———require President to take necessary steps to create a more balanced trade relationship with countries with whom the trade deficit exceeds a certain amount for three consecutive years (H.R. 4405), H11872 [15DE]

———U.S. deficit, H610 [15FE], H10004 [8NO]

Health care professionals: uphold State licensing standards for persons practicing dentistry in the U.S., E2044 [6OC]

House of Representatives: legislative priorities, H4145 [7JN]

Human rights: condemn use of torture on POW, H4709 [17JN], E529 [5AP]

Immigration: prohibit inclusion of provisions increasing limit on number of certain aliens permitted to enter the U.S. into trade agreements, H4587-H4589 [16JN]

Indonesia: support the memorandum of understanding signed by the Indonesian Government and the Free Aceh Movement to end the conflict in Aceh Province (H. Res. 456), H12185 [18DE], E2624 [19DE], E2653 [30DE]

International Atomic Energy Agency: make Iran ineligible to receive any nuclear material, technology, equipment, or assistance until they are in full compliance with agency, H4638, H4639, H4640 [16JN]

———require member States which violate or withdraw from Nonproliferation Treaty to return any nuclear materials or technology acquired for peaceful purposes, H4640, H4641 [16JN]

———rescind the Small Quantities Protocol, H4639, H4640 [16JN]

———strengthen safeguards and inspection system, compliance, nuclear security, and counterproliferation, H4637, H4638 [16JN]

International Organizations Immunities Act: apply to the Bank for International Settlements (organization) (H.R. 3269), H11055 [6DE]

Japan: impose retaliatory economic measures if U.S. beef imports do not resume immediately, H9448 [1NO], H11473 [13DE]

———impose retaliatory economic measures if U.S. beef imports do not resume immediately (H. Res. 137), H8954 [19OC]

———impose retaliatory economic measures if U.S. beef imports do not resume immediately (H.R. 4179), H9365 [28OC], E2267 [3NO]

Kyoto Protocol: role of ExxonMobil Corp., in decision not to ratify treaty on greenhouse gas emissions, H4274 [8JN]

Mexico: extradition policy with U.S., H5987 [19JY]

NAFTA: implementation, H2789 [3MY], H3335 [17MY]

National security: call for cooperation with Russia on missile defense, H4041 [25MY]

———national missile defense system funding, H947 [3MR]

Native Americans: anniversary of treaty between Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation and the U.S., E1129 [26MY]

———modify a certain date in law extending statute of limitations relative to the negotiated settlement of tribal claims (S. 1892), H12218 [18DE]

———tribute to tribes of the Pacific Northwest and the Treaties of 1855 between these tribes and the U.S. (H. Con. Res. 189), H4988 [23JN], E1341, E1342 [24JN]

Pharmaceuticals: impact of trade agreements on the pharmaceutical industry, H4312 [9JN]

Russia: protect intellectual property rights (H. Con. Res. 230), H10326-H10329 [16NO]

Sensible, Multilateral American Response to Terrorism (SMART) Security Platform for the 21st Century: call for adoption (H. Con. Res. 158), H3545 [18MY], H3681 [19MY], H3881 [24MY], H4056 [25MY], H4120 [26MY], H4164 [7JN], H4275 [8JN], H4326 [9JN], H4372 [13JN], H4475 [14JN], H4556 [15JN], H4709 [17JN], H4785 [20JN], H4865 [21JN], H5078 [23JN], H5168 [24JN], H5221 [27JN], H5469 [29JN], H5618 [11JY], H5712 [12JY], H5886 [14JY], H6077 [19JY], H6177 [20JY], H6413 [25JY], H6556 [26JY], H7702 [7SE], H7792 [8SE], H7836 [13SE], H7925 [14SE]

Social Security: provide congressional oversight and approval of totalization agreements (H.R. 2339), E963 [13MY]

Space policy: pursue international treaty banning space-based weapons and the use of weapons to destroy orbiting objects in space, H6123, H6124 [20JY]

SSA: prohibit use of funding to pay salaries of employees to administer Social Security benefits under a totalization agreement with Mexico, H5143, H5144 [24JN]

Supreme Court: base decisions on U.S. Constitution and laws, not laws of any foreign country, international law, or agreement not made under U.S. authority, H1336 [10MR]

Taxation: repeal foreign sales corporation/extraterritorial income (FSC/ETI) tax program and replace with corporate rate deduction for domestic manufacturers, H1272 [10MR], H1626 [17MR]

Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons: policy concerning supportive actions on the occasion of the Seventh NPT Review Conference, H4275 [8JN], H4327 [9JN]

U.N.: anniversary, E2161 [25OC], E2239 [1NO]

———anniversary (H. Con. Res. 192), E1346 [24JN]

———lift restrictions on allowing voluntary military personnel to serve at Dept. of Peacekeeping Operations headquarters, H4635 [16JN]

———protect U.S. Armed Forces and officials involved in U.N. peacekeeping operations from surrender to a foreign country, international tribunal, or International Criminal Court for prosecutions, H4636, H4637 [16JN]

———reform, H6037-H6039 [19JY], E1470 [12JY], E1572 [21JY], E1580 [22JY], E1715 [29JY]

———reform (H.R. 2745), H4194 [8JN], H4329-H4336 [9JN], H4357, H4358, H4376 [13JN], H4407, H4408, H4409 [14JN], H4491, H4492, H4493, H4557 [15JN], H4564, H4566, H4615-H4643 [16JN], H4658-H4706, H4711 [17JN], E1284, E1292 [20JN], E1306 [21JN], E1317 [23JN], E1502 [15JY]

———reform (H.R. 2745), amendment process, H4321 [9JN]

———reform (H.R. 2745), consideration (H. Res. 319), H4607-H4615 [16JN]

———reform (H.R. 2745), unanimous-consent agreement, H4667 [17JN]

———veto any new or expansion of any existing peacekeeping operation, H4633-H4635 [16JN]

U.N. Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment: prohibit funding in contravention of laws or regulations enacted to implement, H4583, H4584 [16JN], H4773, H4777 [20JN]

U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea: ratification (H. Con. Res. 56), E211 [10FE]

U.S.-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement: implementation (H.R. 4340), H11118, H11163-H11179 [7DE], E2487, E2493 [8DE], E2650 [22DE]

———implementation (H.R. 4340), consideration (H. Res. 583), H11117 [7DE]

UNESCO: efforts to seek transparency of World Heritage Committee proceedings, E1673 [29JY]

Uzbekistan: urge protection of rights, observance of treaty obligations, and clarification of charges relative to arrest and detention of Sanjar Umarov (H. Res. 545), H12178, H12179 [18DE]

World Trade Organization: expand membership in Agreement on Government Procurement and urge the People's Republic of China to enter into immediate negotiations to join that agreement (H. Con. Res. 203), E1439 [1JY]

———ruling on Utah ban on Internet gambling, H1739 [5AP]

———withdraw U.S. approval from the agreement establishing the World Trade Organization (H.J. Res. 27), H4302-H4318 [9JN], E1208 [14JN]

———withdraw U.S. approval from the agreement establishing the World Trade Organization (H.J. Res. 27), consideration (H. Res. 304), H4197-H4201 [8JN]

Remarks in Senate

Agreement Between the U.S. and Russia on the Conservation and Management of the Alaska-Chukotka Polar Bear Population: implement (S. 2013), S12851 [15NO]

Armed Forces: ensure compliance with treaties and laws prohibiting torture and cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment of enemy POW, S405 [25JA]

———prohibit funding for torture or cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment of enemy POW, S3976 [20AP]

———prohibit torture or cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment of enemy POW, S8790, S8798 [25JY], S9148 [27JY], S9419, S9423, S9451 [29JY], S11062-S11072, S11091, S11092, S11094, S11102-S11104, S11114 [5OC], S12380-S12386 [4NO], S12478 [8NO]

———restate policy on use of riot control agents, S12495-S12497 [8NO], S12569, S12577 [9NO]

Arms control: promote the nonproliferation of nuclear weapons, S9896 [12SE]

———support nonproliferation programs, S380 [25JA], S5862-S5864 [25MY]

Aviation: status of negotiations with the European Union on ending unfair European trade practices within the aerospace industry, S2970 [17MR]

Bipartisan Trade Promotion Authority Act: prohibit funding for negotiations that weaken any trade remedy laws, S10061-S10065 [15SE]

Bush, President: evaluation of administration, S14010 [19DE]

Buy American Act: increase requirement for American-made content and tighten waiver provisions (S. 395), S1526-S1528 [16FE], S1607 [17FE]

China, People's Republic of: U.S. trade policy, S8442-S8445 [19JY]

China, Republic of: tribute to Taiwan-U.S. Agricultural Agreement, S10033 [14SE]

Climate: address global climate change through participation in international negotiations under the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, S7042-S7046 [22JN], S7280 [23JN], S13650 [15DE], S14172 [20DE]

———global warming, S1448 [16FE], S3346-S3349 [7AP], S3475-S3478 [12AP], S14024 [19DE]

Columbia River: ensure salmon and steelhead preservation, maintain reasonably priced and reliable power, and conduct studies on the impact of dams on salmon and steelhead on the endangered species list, S12744 [14NO]

Compact of Free Association: amend (S. 1830), S11222-S11224 [6OC]

Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty: International Monitoring System funding relative to compliance monitoring, S8531 [20JY]

Congress: accomplishments of the 109th Congress, S7880 [1JY], S8375-S8377 [15JY], S9249 [28JY], S9418 [29JY], S13408 [18NO]

Cyprus: U.S. policy relative to direct travel into an airport in Turkish-occupied Northern Cyprus, S9434-S9436 [29JY]

Dept. of Defense: establish techniques used in U.S. Army Field Manual on Intelligence Interrogation as the standard for interrogation of detainees and prohibit torture or cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment of enemy POW, S13739 [16DE], S13956, S13958 [17DE], S14010 [19DE], S14134 [20DE], S14251, S14261-S14263, S14268, S14269, S14273, S14274, S14309 [21DE], S14427 [30DE]

Dept. of the Treasury: trade agreement enforcement funding, S11603, S11645 [20OC]

Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA): implementation (H.R. 3045), S9110 [27JY], S9244, S9253-S9255 [28JY]

———implementation (S. 1307), S7598-S7604 [29JN], S7647-S7695, S7697-S7739, S7750-S7766 [30JN], S7904 [1JY], S8414 [18JY]

———implementation (S. 1307), unanimous-consent request, S7597 [29JN], S7739 [30JN]

Drugs: discrepancy in prescription drug prices between U.S. and foreign countries, S8397-S8399 [18JY]

———trade agreement impediments to availability of patented and generic drugs in developing countries, S1498 [16FE]

Ecology and environment: make permanent the authorization for watershed restoration and enhancement agreements (S. 2003), S12770 [14NO]

Employment: impact of the outsourcing of jobs to foreign countries on the economy, S9110 [27JY], S12046-S12048 [28OC], S13984-S13986 [19DE]

Europe: treatment of Romani people, S2081 [4MR]

European Union: reject Airbus Industries request for launch aid and comply with agreement prohibiting governmental support of the civil aircraft industry (S. Con. Res. 25), S3363 [7AP], S3401-S3406 [11AP]

———reject Airbus Industries request for launch aid and comply with agreement prohibiting governmental support of the civil aircraft industry (S. Con. Res. 25), unanimous-consent agreement, S3366 [11AP]

Federal aid programs: extend eligibility for certain Federal benefits to citizens of the Freely Associated States (S. 2051), S13181 [17NO]

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act: implement pesticide-related obligations of the U.S. under certain international conventions or protocols (S. 2042), S13168-S13170 [17NO]

Foreign aid: prohibit assistance to countries refusing to extradite criminal suspects to the U.S. for trial or sentencing, S8454 [19JY], S8529, S8530 [20JY], S12399 [4NO]

Foreign countries: improve and promote compliance with international intellectual property obligations and defend U.S. intellectual property interests abroad, S12724 [14NO]

Foreign policy: importance of agricultural negotiations in World Trade Organization Doha Development Agenda Round, S13336 [18NO]

Foreign trade: application of countervailing duties to nonmarket economy countries, S4373-S4376, S4380, S4381 [27AP]

———application of countervailing duties to nonmarket economy countries (S. 593), S2486 [10MR]

———enhance resources to enforce U.S. trade rights, S12825 [15NO]

———prohibit funding authorizing trade representatives to enter into any agreement that would weaken U.S. trade laws, S9796 [8SE], S10012-S10014, S10031 [14SE]

———prohibit funding for negotiations that weaken any law that provides safeguards from unfair trade practices, S9949, S9965-S9968 [13SE], S10062-S10065 [15SE]

———report on congressional trip to New Zealand and Australia, S735 [1FE]

———require that trade and investment agreements that are negotiated by the executive branch with other countries must comply with certain minimum standards (S. Con. Res. 12), S1434 [15FE], S1607 [17FE]

———U.S. deficit, S6359 [13JN], S11737-S11741 [21OC]

Human rights: prohibit expulsion, return, or extradition of persons by the U.S. to countries engaging in torture (S. 654), S3007-S3010 [17MR], S12520 [8NO]

Injunction of secrecy: removal, S5246 [16MY], S9995 [13SE], S10624 [28SE], S12026 [27OC], S12460 [7NO], S12703 [10NO]

Inter-American Convention Against Terrorism: ratification, S11334 [7OC]

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: credibility of findings relative to assessment of the state of global warming science, S12815-S12817 [15NO]

International Labor Organization: funding, S7602 [29JN]

Japan: impose retaliatory economic measures if U.S. beef imports do not resume immediately, S11658 [20OC]

———impose retaliatory economic measures if U.S. beef imports do not resume immediately (S. 1922), S12043, S12050 [28OC]

———urge honoring of commitments under the Market-Oriented Sector-Selective (MOSS) Agreement on Medical Equipment and Pharmaceuticals (S. Con. Res. 67), S13402 [18NO]

Kyoto Protocol: decision not to ratify treaty on greenhouse gas emissions, S18-S21 [4JA], S1498 [16FE]

NAFTA: dispute settlement panel decision ordering the ITC to reverse rulings on the impact of Canadian imports on the U.S. lumber industry, S136, S137 [24JA]

Native Americans: modify a certain date in law extending statute of limitations relative to the negotiated settlement of tribal claims (S. 1892), S11567 [19OC], S13943 [16DE]

Northern Ireland: reaffirm support for continued implementation of the Good Friday Agreement as the framework for peaceful settlement of the conflict (S. Res. 173), S6767 [16JN], S8244, S8245 [13JY]

Office of the U.S. Trade Representative: establish Special Trade Prosecutor to ensure compliance with trade agreements and to protect U.S. manufacturers against unfair trade practices, S3265 [6AP]

———establish Special Trade Prosecutor to ensure compliance with trade agreements and to protect U.S. manufacturers against unfair trade practices (S. 817), S3748 [15AP]

———pursue a complaint of anti-competitive practices against certain oil exporting countries, S3350 [7AP]

Office of the U.S. Trade Representatives: prevent negotiation of trade agreements that prevent the U.S. from changing patent laws to allow the importation of pharmaceutical product, S10077, S10078 [15SE]

Protocol of Amendment to International Convention on Simplification and Harmonization of Customs Procedures: ratification, unanimous-consent agreement, S10414 [26SE]

Resolutions of ratification: considered and confirmed en bloc, S13282 [17NO]

Russia: disposal of excess weapons-grade plutonium, S8478 [19JY]

Solid waste: authorize States to restrict receipt of foreign municipal solid waste and implement the Agreement Concerning the Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Waste Between the U.S. and Canada (S. 1198), S6232-S6234 [8JN]

Southeast Asia: U.S. policy, S14138-S14140 [20DE]

Taxation: repeal foreign sales corporation/extraterritorial income (FSC/ETI) tax program and replace with corporate rate deduction for domestic manufacturers, S13984-S13986 [19DE]

Treaties and agreements: resolutions of ratification considered and confirmed en bloc, S13282 [17NO]

Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons: policy concerning supportive actions on the occasion of the Seventh NPT Review Conference (S. Con. Res. 36), S5806 [23MY]

U.N.: anniversary, S10511 [27SE], S11816 [25OC]

———reform, S7883-S7886 [1JY]

———reform (H.R. 2745), S6869 [20JN], S6978 [21JN]

———reform (S. 1383), S8138 [12JY], S8210 [13JY]

———reform (S. 1394), S8243 [13JY], S8328 [14JY]

U.N. Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime: ratification, S11334 [7OC]

U.S.-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement: implementation (H.R. 4340), S13507 [13DE]

———implementation (H.R. 4340), unanimous-consent agreement, S13456 [12DE]

———implementation (S. 2027), S13484, S13485, S13488-S13490 [13DE], S13563 [14DE]

Uzbekistan: urge protection of rights, observance of treaty obligations, and clarification of charges relative to arrest and detention of Sanjar Umarov (S. Res. 295), S12279 [2NO]

Reports

Ending the Energy Stalemate—Reducing Risks From Climate Change: National Commission on Energy Policy, S1452 [16FE]

NAFTA at Ten—Journey to Mexico: Congressional Delegation (108th Congress), H2790 [3MY]

Potential Climate Changes Impact, S14025 [19DE]

Reports filed

Agreement With Canada on Pacific Hake/Whiting: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (Exec. Rept. 109-5), S12526 [8NO]

Consideration of H.J. Res. 27, Withdraw U.S. Approval From the Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 304) (H. Rept. 109-106), H4186 [7JN]

Consideration of H.R. 2745, U.N. Reform Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 319) (H. Rept. 109-132), H4559 [15JN]

Consideration of H.R. 3045, Dominican Republic-Central America-U.S. Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 386) (H. Rept. 109-186), H6649 [26JY]

Consideration of H.R. 3283, U.S. Trade Rights Enforcement Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 387) (H. Rept. 109-187), H6649 [26JY]

Consideration of H.R. 4340, U.S.-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 583) (H. Rept. 109-328), H11108 [6DE]

Convention for the Strengthening of the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (Exec. Rept. 109-7), S12766 [14NO]

Convention on the Conservation and Management of the Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (Exec. Rept. 109-8), S12949 [16NO]

Council of Europe Convention on Cybercrime: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (Exec. Rept. 109-6), S12606 [9NO]

Date Modification in Law Extending Statute of Limitations Relative to the Negotiated Settlement of Tribal Claims: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 1892) (S. Rept. 109-201), S13450 [12DE]

Dominican Republic-Central America-U.S. Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 1307), S7613 [29JN]

———Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 1307) (S. Rept. 109-128), S9599 [1SE]

———Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 3045) (H. Rept. 109-182), H6431 [25JY]

Further Encourage Negotiated Settlement of Native American Tribal Claims: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 4292) (H. Rept. 109-324), H11108 [6DE]

Inter-American Convention Against Terrorism: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (Exec. Rept. 109-3), S9466 [29JY]

International Solid Waste Importation and Management Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 2491) (H. Rept. 109-235), H8386 [27SE]

Protocol of Amendment to International Convention on Simplication and Harmonization of Customs Procedures: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (Exec. Rept. 109-2), S9282 [28JY]

U.N. Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (Exec. Rept. 109-4), S9644 [6SE]

U.N. Reform Act: Committee on International Relations (House) (H.R. 2745) (H. Rept. 109-120), H4400 [13JN]

U.S.-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 2027) (S. Rept. 109-199), S13450 [12DE]

———Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 4340) (H. Rept. 109-318), H11108 [6DE]

Uphold Makah Tribe Treaty Rights: Committee on Resources (House) (H. Con. Res. 267) (H. Rept. 109-283), H10155 [10NO]

Withdraw U.S. Approval From the Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.J. Res. 27) (H. Rept. 109-100), H4138 [26MY]

Resolutions of ratification

Agreement With Canada on Pacific Hake/Whiting, S12526 [8NO], S13282 [17NO]

Convention for the Strengthening of the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission, S12766 [14NO], S13282 [17NO]

Convention on the Conservation and Management of the Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean, S12949 [16NO], S13282 [17NO]

Council of Europe Convention on Cybercrime, S12606 [9NO]

Inter-American Convention Against Terrorism, S9466 [29JY], S11334 [7OC]

Protocol of Amendment to International Convention on Simplication and Harmonization of Customs Procedures, S9282 [28JY], S10415 [26SE]

U.N. Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime, S9644 [6SE]

Statements

Clear Science Demands Prompt Action on Climate Change: Science Academies of the G8 Nations, S7043 [22JN]

Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA): Harley Shaiken, E1378 [28JN]

———Representative Kucinich, E1243 [15JN]

Policy Recommendations: Dominican American National Roundtable (organization), E1710 [29JY]

Summaries

Air Issues—Report to Stakeholders: Cinergy Corp., S1450-S1452 [16FE]

Trade Agreements and Access to Medications Under the Bush Administration: Committee on Government Reform (House), H6926 [27JY]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 230, protect intellectual property rights in Russia, H10326 [16NO]

H. Res. 304, consideration of H.J. Res. 27, withdraw U.S. approval from the agreement establishing the World Trade Organization, H4197 [8JN]

H. Res. 319, consideration of H.R. 2745, U.N. Reform Act, H4607 [16JN]

H. Res. 386, consideration of H.R. 3045, Dominican Republic-Central America-U.S. Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act, H6870 [27JY]

H. Res. 387, consideration of H.R. 3283, U.S. Trade Rights Enforcement Act, H6658 [27JY]

H. Res. 456, support the memorandum of understanding signed by the Government of the Republic of Indonesia and the Free Aceh Movement to end the conflict in Aceh Province, H12185 [18DE]

H. Res. 529, recommend integration of Croatia into NATO, H11618 [14DE]

H. Res. 545, urge protection of rights, observance of treaty obligations, and clarification of charges relative to arrest and detention of Sanjar Umarov in Uzbekistan, H12178 [18DE]

H. Res. 583, consideration of H.R. 4340, U.S.-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act, H11117 [7DE]

H.J. Res. 27, withdraw U.S. approval from the agreement establishing the World Trade Organization, H4302 [9JN]

H.R. 2745, U.N. Reform Act, H4618-H4625 [16JN]

H.R. 3045, Dominican Republic-Central America-U.S. Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act, H6884-H6894 [27JY]

H.R. 3269, apply International Organizations Immunities Act to the Bank for International Settlements (organization), H11055 [6DE]

H.R. 3283, U.S. Trade Rights Enforcement Act, H6440-H6444 [26JY], H6842, H6845-H6848 [27JY]

H.R. 4340, U.S.-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act, H11163-H11168 [7DE]

S. 395, Buy American Improvement Act, S1528 [16FE]

S. 654, Convention Against Torture Implementation Act, S3008 [17MR]

S. 752, OPEC Accountability Act, S3424 [11AP]

S. 817, establish Office of the U.S. Trade Representative Special Trade Prosecutor to ensure compliance with trade agreements and to protect U.S. manufacturers against unfair trade practices, S3749 [15AP]

S. 1198, International Solid Waste Importation and Management Act, S6232-S6234 [8JN]

S. 1307, Dominican Republic-Central America-U.S. Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act, S7755-S7765 [30JN]

S. 1830, Compact of Free Association amendments, S11222 [6OC]

S. 1892, date modification in law extending statute of limitations relative to the negotiated settlement of tribal claims, H12218 [18DE]

S. 2003, Watershed Restoration and Enhancement Agreements Act, S12770 [14NO]

S. 2051, extend eligibility for certain Federal benefits to citizens of the Freely Associated States, S13182 [17NO]

S. Con. Res. 12, require that trade and investment agreements that are negotiated by the executive branch with other countries must comply with certain minimum standards, S1432-S1434 [15FE]

S. Con. Res. 25, European Union rejection of Airbus Industries request for launch aid and compliance with agreement prohibiting governmental support of the civil aircraft industry, S3362 [7AP], S3401 [11AP]

S. Con. Res. 36, Reinforce the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Act, S5805 [23MY]

S. Con. Res. 40, Proliferation Security Initiative anniversary, S6058 [26MY]

S. Con. Res. 55, clarify conditions for U.S. to become a signatory to any multilateral trade agreement resulting from World Trade Organization Doha Development Agenda Round, S10761 [29SE]

S. Con. Res. 67, urge Japan to honor commitments under the Market-Oriented Sector-Selective (MOSS) Agreement on Medical Equipment and Pharmaceuticals, S13401, S13403 [18NO]

S. Res. 64, prepare comprehensive strategy for international negotiations to reduce global mercury use to levels sufficient to protect public health and the environment, S1683 [17FE]

S. Res. 87, impose retaliatory economic measures against Japan if U.S. beef imports do not resume immediately, S3069 [17MR]

S. Res. 169, protect the U.S. sugar market only to the extent that such protections do not undermine market access for other agricultural products under the Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA), S6419 [13JN]

S. Res. 173, reaffirm support for continued implementation of the Good Friday Agreement as the framework for peaceful settlement of the conflict in Northern Ireland, S6767 [16JN], S8245 [13JY]

S. Res. 185, U.N. reform, S7867 [30JN]

S. Res. 295, urge protection of rights, observance of treaty obligations, and clarification of charges relative to arrest and detention of Sanjar Umarov in Uzbekistan, S12252, S12280 [2NO]

S. Res. 312, address global climate change through the negotiation of fair and effective international commitments, S12851 [15NO]

S. Res. 342, recognize progress of Croatia in strengthening democratic institutions, respect for human rights, and the rule of law and recommend integration into NATO, S14334 [21DE]

Transcripts

European Firms Display Wares in Iran: Lisa Myers, ``NBC Nightly News'' (television program), S3405 [11AP]