CRAPO, MICHAEL D. (a Senator from Idaho)
Amendments
Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2744), S10296, S10309, S10310, S10312, S10316, S10317 [21SE]
Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, war on terror, and tsunami relief (H.R. 1268), S4110 [21AP]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1042), S8686 [21JY]
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3010), S11812, S11824 [25OC]
Depts. of Transportation, the Treasury, and HUD, the Judiciary, District of Columbia, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3058), S11489 [18OC], S11551, S11561 [19OC]
Pensions: reform funding rules (S. 1783), S10905 [3OC]
Transportation: Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs funding (H.R. 3), S4882 [10MY]
Appointments
Canada-U.S. Interparliamentary Group, S1693 [17FE]
Mexico-U.S. Interparliamentary Group, S6172 [7JN]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Abortion: ensure that women seeking an abortion are fully informed relative to pain experienced by the unborn child (see S. 51), S143 [24JA]
Amo Houghton Bypass: designate a segment of Interstate 86 near Corning, NY (see S. 490), S2149 [7MR]
Armed Forces: provide a traumatic injury protection rider to certain insured servicemembers (see S. 806), S4109 [21AP]
———tribute to members killed in military action in Iraq and Afghanistan (see S. Res. 338), S13787 [16DE]
Bankruptcy: amend laws (see S. 256), S1050 [7FE]
Birds: provide financial resources for the conservation programs of countries whose activities directly or indirectly affect cranes (see S. 943), S4546 [28AP]
Boy Scouts/Girl Scouts: support activities (see S. 642), S8302 [14JY]
Budget: establish a biennial budget process and a biennial appropriations process and enhance oversight and the performance of the Federal Government (see S. 877), S4108 [21AP]
———require the CBO and the Committee on Taxation (Joint) to use dynamic economic modeling in addition to static economic modeling in budgetary estimates of proposed changes in Federal revenue law (see S. 287), S979 [3FE]
Children and youth: improve programs to monitor, register, deter, and punish individuals who commit violent sexual crimes against children (see S. 1086), S7988 [11JY]
Coins: authorize the minting and issuance of a Presidential $1 coin series, improve circulation of the $1 coin, and create a new bullion coin (see S. 1047), S9159 [27JY]
Colleges and universities: permit States to determine residency standards for higher education purposes and cancel removal and adjust status of certain long-term resident alien students (see S. 2075), S13361 [18NO]
Commission on the Accountability and Review of Federal Agencies: establish (see S. 1155), S6022 [26MY]
Courts: appoint additional Federal circuit judges and divide the ninth judicial circuit into three circuits (see S. 1301), S7294 [23JN]
———appoint additional Federal circuit judges and divide the ninth judicial circuit into two circuits (see S. 1296), S7293 [23JN] (see S. 1845), S11212 [6OC]
———clarify jurisdiction of Federal courts over certain cases and controversies involving the Pledge of Allegiance (see S. 1046), S10378 [22SE]
Cuba: facilitate sale of U.S. agricultural products (see S. 328), S1198 [9FE]
Dept. of Justice: authorizing appropriations for the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (see S. 188), S574 [26JA]
———establish a national sex offender registration database (see S. 792), S9285 [28JY]
———provide funds to northern border States to reimburse county and municipal governments for costs associated with certain criminal activities (see S. 1958), S12353 [3NO]
Disasters: express sympathy and pledge support for victims of the earthquake and tsunami that struck areas of South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Africa (see S. Res. 4), S28 [4JA]
District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (see S. 1082), S5531 [19MY]
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make repeal of estate taxes permanent (see S. 420), S2005 [3MR]
Elementary and Secondary Education Act: amend relative to practicality and feasibility of transfer of students from certain schools (see S. 696), S10188 [19SE]
Endangered Species Day: designate (see S. Res. 219), S9285 [28JY]
Exon, J. James: tribute (see S. Res. 170), S6405 [13JN]
FAA: relax maximum age requirements for certain pilots (see S. 65), S2735 [15MR]
Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment relative to definition of marriage (see S.J. Res. 1), S145 [24JA]
Federal Water Pollution Control Act: clarify that the application of certain pesticides does not require a permit (see S. 1269), S6825 [20JN]
FERC: extension of time required for construction of a hydroelectric project in Idaho (see S. 2035), S13160 [17NO]
FHA: remove limitation on the number of reverse mortgages that may be insured (see S. 1710), S10119 [15SE]
Financial Literacy Month: designate (see S. Res. 88), S2995 [17MR]
Firearms: prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (see S. 397), S1513 [16FE]
Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see S.J. Res. 12), S3653 [14AP]
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]
Forest Service: anniversary (see S. Res. 181), S7294 [23JN]
Giugni, Henry K.: tribute (see S. Res. 300), S12353 [3NO]
Gold Star Mothers Day: support goals and ideals (see S.J. Res. 23), S10188 [19SE] (see S. Res. 250), S10378 [22SE]
Health: enhance adoption of health information technology and improve the quality and reduce the costs of healthcare (see S. 1355), S7820 [30JN]
Hispanic Heritage Month: observance (see S. Res. 238), S10037 [14SE]
History: apologize to lynching victims, and their descendants, for the Senate's failure to enact anti-lynching legislation (see S. Res. 39), S6660 [15JN]
Hurricanes: encourage the President to appoint an individual to oversee Federal funds for Hurricane Katrina recovery (see S. Res. 242), S10119 [15SE]
———express condolences to victims of Hurricane Katrina, commend resiliency of the people of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama, and commit to relief, recovery, and rebuilding efforts (see S. Res. 233), S9645 [6SE]
Iran: hold current regime accountable for its threatening behavior and support a transition to democracy (see S. 333), S3818 [18AP]
Iraq: commend for conducting free elections and encourage further steps toward establishment of a free, democratic, secure, and prosperous Iraq (see S. Res. 38), S1049 [7FE]
Israel: recognition of Jerusalem as capital before the U.S. recognizes a Palestinian state (see S.J. Res. 14), S3897 [19AP]
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]
Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design Program Act: reauthorize (see S. 1339), S7988 [11JY]
McCarthy, Eugene J.: tribute (see S. Res. 330), S13451 [12DE]
Medicare: reimbursement for certain midwife services (see S. 911), S9834 [8SE]
Motley, Constance Baker: tribute (see S. Res. 272), S11313 [7OC]
National Audubon Society, Inc.: anniversary (see S. Res. 301), S12526 [8NO]
National Day of the American Cowboy: designate (see S. Res. 85), S2995 [17MR] (see S. Res. 138), S5071 [12MY]
National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 282), S11918 [26OC]
National forests: provide a reliable method for compensating owners of non-Federal lands that have been damaged by wildfires spread from certain National Forest System or BLM lands (see S. 807), S3653 [14AP]
National Internet Safety Month: designate (see S. Res. 147), S5437 [18MY]
National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 218), S9285 [28JY] (see S. Res. 230), S9468 [29JY]
National Safe Place Week: designate (see S. Res. 71), S2149 [7MR]
National Veterans Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 155), S5922 [25MY]
Native Americans: acknowledge history of official depredations and ill-conceived policies by the U.S. regarding Indian Tribes and offer apology to all Native Peoples on behalf of the U.S. (see S.J. Res. 15), S6911 [21JN]
———provide for reporting and reduction of child abuse and family violence incidences on Indian reservations (see S. 1899), S11664 [20OC]
Nelson, Gaylord: tribute (see S. Res. 194), S7987 [11JY]
Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act: reauthorize (see S. 1410), S8302 [14JY]
Nuclear weapons: anniversary of the Trinity Test, detonation of the first nuclear device (see S. Res. 197), S8217 [13JY]
O'Connor, Sandra Day: tribute (see S. Res. 191), S7909 [1JY]
Poland: anniversary of workers' strike which led to the establishment of the Solidarity Trade Union (see S. Res. 198), S8419 [18JY]
Pope John Paul II: tribute (see S. Res. 95), S3201 [5AP]
Proxmire, William: tribute (see S. Res. 334), S13659 [15DE]
Railroads: enhance competition in order to improve service and rates (see S. 919), S7071 [22JN]
Real estate: protect private property rights by limiting the power of eminent domain (see S. 1313), S7822 [30JN]
Rehnquist, William H.: tribute (see S. Res. 234), S9727 [7SE]
Science: prohibit the cloning of humans (see S. 658), S2994 [17MR]
Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act: reauthorize (see S. 267), S1261 [10FE]
Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area: rename as the Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area (see S. 761), S3481 [12AP]
Social Security: dedicate surpluses to personal accounts that can only be used to pay Social Security benefits (see S. 1302), S7294 [23JN]
States: regulation of access to hunting and fishing for residents and nonresidents (see S. 339), S2846 [16MR]
Taxation: adjust capital gains treatment of art and collectibles and provide a deduction for charitable contributions of literary, musical, artistic, or scholarly compositions created by the donor (see S. 1186), S6827 [20JN]
———allow a credit for owning certain commercial power takeoff vehicles (see S. 181), S2148 [7MR]
———allow a tax credit for the purchase of hearing aids (see S. 1060), S6102 [6JN]
———allow certain modifications to be made to qualified mortgages held by a real estate mortgage investement company or a grantor trust (see S. 580), S2996 [17MR]
———allow deduction for qualified timber gains (see S. 1791), S12354 [3NO]
———exclude from gross income a portion of lifetime income payments from annuities and similiar payments of life insurance proceeds at dates later than death (see S. 381), S11130 [5OC]
———expand workplace health incentives by equalizing the tax consequences of employee athletic facility use (see S. 772), S9728 [7SE]
———make permanent the rate reductions for individual income taxes and capital gains and dividend taxes, and the repeal of estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (see S. 7), S9469 [29JY]
———permanently extend research credit, adjust the alternative incremental credit rates, and provide an alternative simplified credit for qualified research expenses (see S. 627), S4870 [10MY]
———permanently extend the subpart F exemption for active financing income (see S. 1159), S6022 [26MY]
———reduce depreciation recovery period for roof systems (see S. 1200), S11744 [21OC]
———repeal alternative minimum tax (see S. 1103), S5778 [23MY]
———repeal estate and generation-skipping transfer taxes (see S. 988), S4869 [10MY]
———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see S. 1321), S7520 [28JN]
———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (see S. 774), S4647 [9MY]
———treat certain farming business machinery and equipment as 5-year property for purposes of depreciation (see S. 1864), S11313 [7OC]
Telecommunications: equitably distribute universal service support throughout rural areas (see S. 284), S978 [3FE]
———establish market driven marketplace, eliminate government managed competition of existing communication service, and provide parity between functionally equivalent services (see S. 1504), S11744 [21OC]
Tuskegee Airmen: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 392), S10972 [4OC]
U.N.: reform (see S. 1383), S8559 [20JY]
———withhold funding if the U.N. abridges U.S. right to keep and bear arms (see S. 1488), S8948 [26JY]
———withhold U.S. contributions pending certification of U.N. cooperation in investigation of Oil-for-Food Program (see S. 291), S979 [3FE]
United Kingdom: condemn terrorist bombings in London and express condolences to the families of the victims (see S. Res. 193), S7986 [11JY]
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. 241), S3482 [12AP]
Veterans: expand eligibility for concurrent receipt of military retired pay or combat-related compensation with service-connected disability benefits and eliminate phase-in period for such benefits (see S. 558), S4870 [10MY]
———mint coins in commemoration of veterans who became disabled for life while serving in the Armed Forces (see S. 633), S4870 [10MY]
Veterans Day: observance (see S. Res. 305), S12682 [10NO]
Violence Against Women Act: reauthorize (see S. 1197), S6300 [9JN]
Water Resources Research Act: reauthorize grants from the water resources research and technology institutes (see S. 1017), S5071 [12MY]
Wildlife Restoration Act: extend the date after which surplus funds in the wildlife restoration fund become available for apportionment (see S. 1340), S8666 [21JY]
Bills and resolutions introduced
American Thoracic Society: anniversary (see S. Res. 114), S4021 [20AP]
Aviation: ensure general aviation aircraft access to Federal land and to the airspace over that land (see S. 2108), S13659 [15DE]
Birds: conduct a pilot program under which States may issue electronic Federal migratory bird hunting stamps (see S. 1496), S8948 [26JY]
Dept. of HHS: establish an Office of Men's Health (see S. 228), S738 [1FE]
Dept. of the Interior: convey certain land and improvements to the National Park Service for inclusion in the Minidoka Internment National Monument (see S. 2129), S13786 [16DE]
———extend certain water contracts in Idaho (see S. 1009), S5071 [12MY]
Endangered species: enhance the role of States in recovery, implement a species conservation recovery system, and provide assistance and incentives to promote recovery (see S. 2110), S13659 [15DE]
Medicaid: provide for health opportunity accounts (see S. 1833), S11212 [6OC]
Medicare: modernize payments for ambulatory surgical centers (see S. 1884), S11476 [18OC]
———provide coverage for cardiac rehabilitation and pulmonary rehabilitation services (see S. 1440), S8664 [21JY]
National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Week: designate (see S. Res. 275), S11477 [18OC]
Public lands: preserve the use and access of pack and saddle stock animals to public lands where there is a historical tradition of such use (see S. 781), S3652 [14AP]
Radiation Exposure Compensation Act: make residents of Idaho and Montana who were exposed to Nevada nuclear bomb testing fallout eligible to receive compensation (see S. 2132), S13786 [16DE]
———make residents of Idaho who were exposed to Nevada nuclear bomb testing fallout eligible to receive compensation (see S. 998), S4936 [11MY]
Radio: ensure the availability of spectrum to amateur radio operators (see S. 1236), S6481 [14JN]
Taxation: allow individuals to defer recognition of reinvested capital gains distributions from regulated investment companies (see S. 1740), S10294 [21SE]
———repeal sunset on reduction of capital gains rates for individuals and on taxation of dividends of individuals at capital gain rates (see S. 1524), S9284 [28JY]
———treat gold, silver, platinum, and palladium, in either coin or bar form, in the same manner as equities and mutual funds for purposes of the maximum capital gains rate for individuals (see S. 1157), S6022 [26MY]
Certificates of election
Senate, S2 [4JA]
Cloture motions
Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 2863), conference report, S14014 [19DE], S14233 [21DE]
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3010), S11814 [25OC], S11957 [27OC]
Dorr, Thomas C.: nomination to be Under Sec. of Agriculture for Rural Development, S8498 [19JY]
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make repeal of estate taxes permanent (H.R. 8), motion to proceed, S9558 [29JY]
Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), S6904 [21JN], S7209 [23JN]
Oaths of office
Senate, S4 [4JA]
Remarks
Ammon, ID: anniversary, S11418
Bankruptcy: amend laws (S. 256), S2332, S2333 [9MR]
———modify definition of disinterested person in the bankruptcy code relative to conflict-of-interest standards, S2332, S2333 [9MR]
Boise State University: tribute to debate and speech team, S3141
Brown, Janice Rogers: nomination to be circuit judge, S4894 [11MY]
Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 1932), S12327 [3NO]
Cottonwood (ID) Chronicle: anniversary, S13652
Cuba: report on congressional delegation trip, S7399 [27JN]
———treatment and condition of detainees held at Guantanamo Bay, S7399 [27JN]
Dept. of Energy: tribute to formation of the Idaho National Laboratory, S876 [2FE]
Dept. of HHS: establish an Office of Men's Health, S11992 [27OC]
Dept. of the Interior: convey certain land and improvements to the National Park Service for inclusion in the Minidoka Internment National Monument (S. 2129), S13793 [16DE]
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3010), S11992 [27OC]
Endangered species: enhance the role of States in recovery, implement a species conservation recovery system, and provide assistance and incentives to promote recovery (S. 2110), S13677 [15DE]
Idaho TechConnect: SBA Best Practices award recipient, S5216
Medicare: amend bad debt collection policy, S12327 [3NO], S12443 [7NO]
Moscow, ID: tribute to League of Women Voters chapter, S6296
Mountain Home AFB, ID: tribute to Gunfighters 366th fighter wing, S8213
NAFTA: dispute settlement panel decision ordering the ITC to reverse rulings on the impact of Canadian imports on the U.S. lumber industry, S136 [24JA]
National Guard: anniversary, S1194 [9FE]
National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Week: designate (S. Res. 275), S11482 [18OC]
Owen, Priscilla Richman: nomination to be circuit judge, S4894 [11MY]
Plummer, ID: Benewah Medical Center and Coeur d'Alene Tribal Wellness Center recipient of Johnson & Johnson Community Health Care Leadership Award, S4541
Point of order, S11891 [26OC]
Potlatch, ID: anniversary, S7611
Presidential appointments: Senate process for confirmation of judicial nominees, S4893 [11MY]
Pryor, William H., Jr.: nomination to be circuit judge, S4894 [11MY]
Radiation Exposure Compensation Act: make residents of Idaho and Montana who were exposed to Nevada nuclear bomb testing fallout eligible to receive compensation (S. 2132), S13797 [16DE]
———make residents of Idaho who were exposed to Nevada nuclear bomb testing fallout eligible to receive compensation (S. 998), S4940 [11MY], S11993 [27OC]
Rexberg, ID: tribute to Madison High School for participation in We the People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution competition, S5435
Senate Rules: amend relative to votes required to invoke cloture on Presidential appointments in order to prevent filibuster, S4893 [11MY]
St. Anthony, ID: anniversary of Free Fisherman's Breakfast, S5843
Taxation: allow individuals to defer recognition of reinvested capital gains distributions from regulated investment companies (S. 1740), S10299 [21SE]
Votes: position on missed, S3407 [11AP], S6643 [15JN]
Texts of
S. 1740, Generate Retirement Ownership Through Long-Term Holding Act, S10299 [21SE]
S. 2129, American Falls Reservoir District Number 2 Conveyance Act, S13794 [16DE]
S. 2132, make residents of Idaho and Montana who were exposed to Nevada nuclear bomb testing fallout eligible to receive compensation under the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act, S13798 [16DE]
Tributes
Berger, Barbara, S12053 [28OC]
Bershers, Robert, S12837
Chumbley, Gail, S5067
Colt, Richard S., S5067
Cotant, John O., S12764
Craig, Elvin O., S9150 [27JY]
Garmon, Sheri, S10372
Harpole, Dan, S11124
Iddings, Carolyn, S12941 [16NO]
Karkula, Kenneth, S4865 [10MY]
Lancaster, Arlen, S3197 [5AP]
Leseburg, Ralph, S13354
Rosenthal, Lynn, S13652
Sackett, John, S61
Sleight, T. Lamar, S4933
White, Randy, S4150