CONRAD, KENT (a Senator from North Dakota)

Amendments offered by, to

Animals: prohibit selling of stolen dogs and cats for experimental purposes (S. 2353), 21651, 21680 [10AU]

Appropriations: emergency supplemental (H.R. 5026), 20559, 20594 [4AU]

Congress: minting of bicentennial coins (H.R. 3251), 15316, 15392 [21JN]

Congressional budget: setting forth for 1989-91 (S. Con. Res. 113), 6472 [12AP], 6595 [13AP]

Dept. of Agriculture: appropriations (H.R. 4784), 19598, 19648 [29JY], 20147 [3AU]

———improve child nutrition and food stamp programs (S. 2560), 18677, 18783 [26JY]

Dept. of Defense: appropriations (S. 2355), 10983, 10987, 11043, 11045, 11046 [13MY], 11252 [17MY]

———appropriations (H.R. 4781), 20861 [8AU], 21835, 21955 [11AU]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and certain independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4775), 15542, 15573 [22JN]

Drought Assistance Act: enact (S. 2631), 19309, 19312, 19422 [28JY]

Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty: ratify, 12377 [25MY]

Minimum Wage Restoration Act: enact (S. 837), 24836, 24844 [22SE]

Omnibus Taxpayer Bill of Rights: definitions (S. 2223), 5537 [29MR]

SBA: reauthorization (S. 2619), 18377, 18401 [14JY]

Tax Reform Act: technical corrections (S. 2238), 29393 [7OC], 29756, 29812 [11OC]

Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act: enact (S. 2011), 30407 [13OC]

Analyses

North Dakota Drought, 19295 [28JY]

Appointments

Acting President pro tempore, 328 [28JA], 1358 [16FE], 2568 [26FE], 4371 [18MR], 5250 [25MR], 25172 [23SE]

Articles and editorials

Boron—An Overlooked Element of Potential Nutritional Importance, Forrest H. Nielson, Nutrition Today (publication), 19864 [2AU]

Crops Endangered as Drought Sweeps Across Much of Nation, Bill Peterson, Washington (DC) Post, 14121 [10JN]

Dust Bowl on Horizon? Patrick Springer, 15345 [21JN]

Miscarriages of Justice in Potentially Capital Cases, Hugh Bedau, Stanford Law Review, 14114 [10JN]

N.D. Could Lose a Quarter of Its Farmers, 19296 [28JY]

N.D. Drought Toll $2.7 Billion to Date, Stephen J. Lee, Grand Forks (ND) Herald, 15345 [21JN]

New Drought Tally $3 Billion, Mikkel Pates, 19295 [28JY]

Only Rain They See Is the Reign of the Adolescent Grasshopper, Ed Vulliamy, Washington (DC) Post, 20772 [8AU]

Row Crops Stressed by Hot Weather, David Maack, 20773 [8AU]

Saying Goodbye to a Class Act—Serge Gambucci Retires, Leaving His Mark as a Teacher, Friend, and Coach, Virg Foss, Grand Forks (ND) Herald, 14605 [15JN]

Scientist Warns of U.S. Reliance on Foreigners—Ex-Foundation Chief Calls Dependence on Imported Talent Ominous, Malcolm Gladwell, Washington (DC) Post, 23730 [14SE]

U.S. Deficits Downplayed By Brady—Senate Panel Approves Nominee for Treasury, Paul Blustein and Hobart Rowen, Washington (DC) Post, 23729 [14SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Agricultural Research Commercialization Act: enact (see S. 2413), 11648 [19MY]

Farmers: tax relief for capital gain on transfer of property to pay a debt (see S. 2873), 29365 [7OC]

National Grasslands Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 386), 25686 [27SE]

Taxation: permit farmers to purchase tax-free certain fuels for farm use (see S. 2067), 1514 [17FE]

Weber, Merlina: relief (see S. 2308), 8502 [22AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome: program of education, prevention, care, and research (see S. 1220), 4335 [17MR]

Aeronautics: regulations on altitude reporting (Mode C) transponders (see S. Con. Res. 112), 8387 [21AP]

———support establishment of national aviation policy (see S.J. Res. 382), 25934 [28SE]

Age Discrimination Claims Assistance Act: enact (see S. 2117), 3179 [3MR]

Agricultural Commodity-Based Plastics Development Act: enact (see S. 2298), 10265 [10MY]

Agriculture: commission to review the Federal crop insurance program (see S. 2830), 25325 [26SE]

———drought relief (see S. 2603), 16360 [29JN]

———planting of alternative crops on acreage planted to a program crop (see S. 2495), 14125 [10JN]

America Loves Its Kids Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 324), 14272 [13JN]

Animals: prohibit selling of stolen dogs and cats (see S. 2703), 21243 [9AU]

Armed Forces: suits for damage for improper medical care (see S. 2490), 14592 [15JN]

Bay St. Louis, MS: John C. Stennis Space Center (see S. 2216), 6946 [14AP]

Biden, Senator: return (see S. Res. 465), 21913 [11AU]

Brandon, Richard: tribute (see S. Res. 499), 30867 [14OC]

Business: enhance competitiveness of U.S. industry (see S. 2558), 15806 [23JN]

Byrd, Senator: commend for exemplary service to the Senate (see S. Res. 485), 27464 [3OC]

Canoe World Sprints Week: designate (see S. Res. 433), 17258 [7JY]

Civil liberties: video tapes or similar materials and use of library materials (see S. 2361), 16727 [6JY]

Coins and coinage: modernize designs with one side having bicentennial of Constitution theme (see S. 1776), 1384 [16FE]

Colorado River: storage project (see S. 1737), 5315 [25MR]

Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act: amend relative to operation of certain farm and firefighting vehicles (see S. 2116), 4577 [21MR]

Committee for Purchase From the Blind and Other Severely Handicapped: anniversary of establishment (see S. Con. Res. 121), 12396 [25MY]

Community Services Block Grant Act: allotments to States (see S. 2725), 21589 [10AU]

Constitution: participation of delegates from both Houses of Congress in bicentennial ceremonies (see S. Con. Res. 55), 25935 [28SE]

Decade of the Brain: designate (see S.J. Res. 307), 28366 [5OC]

Dept. of Agriculture: improve child nutrition and food stamp programs (see S. 2560), 18772 [26JY]

Department of Commerce Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 251), 1786 [18FE]

Developing countries: integration of women in the development process (see S. 2330), 15813 [23JN]

Drought Assistance Act: enact (see S. 2631), 17703 [12JY]

Drug-Free America Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 329), 12717 [26MY]

Emergency Hunger Relief Act: enact (see S. 2123), 2867 [2MR]

Ethiopia: commend certain U.S. officials for assistance (see S. Con. Res. 97), 3941 [15MR]

Federal aid programs: improvement of child care (see S. 1885), 2367 [23FE]

Food Science and Technology Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 149), 12415 [25MY]

Food Security Act: amend (see S. 2143), 3414 [4MR]

Genocide Convention Implementation Act: enact (see S. 1851), 16153 [28JN]

German-American Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 273), 4050 [16MR]

Global Poverty Reduction Act: enact (see S. 2454), 27060 [30SE]

Government contractors: protection of employees for disclosure of misconduct to Government officials (see S. 2758), 22464 [7SE]

Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: designate (see S.J. Res. 346), 18629 [25JY]

Haiti: defined as a major drug-transit country (see S.J. Res. 285), 7266 [19AP]

Hazardous substances: extending deadlines for asbestos management plans and implementation of such to local educational agencies (see S. 2329), 4966 [27AP]

Helsinki Human Rights Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 338), 14460 [14JN]

Industry: enhance competitiveness (see S. 2613), 16725 [6JY]

Institute of Peace: authorizing appropriations (see S. 2827), 25235 [23SE]

International Emergency Economic Act: use against Manuel A. Noriega in Panama (see S. Res. 403), 6064 [31MR]

Iraq: condemn use of chemical weapons (see S. Res. 408), 11031 [13MY]

John Muir Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 245), 409 [28JA]

Johnson, Claudia Taylor (Lady Bird): tribute (see S. Res. 422), 9357 [28AP]

Just Say No to Drugs Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 300), 7264 [19AP]

Lindelof, Jim: Presidential Medal of Freedom (see S. Con. Res. 103), 16728 [6JY]

Lyme Disease Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 326), 13604 [7JN]

Motor vehicles: requirements for operating commercial will not apply to certain agricultural and firefighting vehicles (see S. 2258), 6063 [31MR]

National Adoption Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 372), 23546 [13SE]

National Adult Immunization Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 335), 13754 [8JN]

National Agricultural Library: consolidate and expand statutory authority in Dept. of Agriculture (see S. 2138), 3414 [4MR]

National Agriculture Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 265), 2315 [23FE]

National American Indian Heritage Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 322), 11648 [19MY]

National Arbor Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 247), 523 [1FE]

National Asparagus Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 309), 19773 [1AU]

National Book Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 342), 16154 [28JN]

National Burn Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 348), 28879 [6OC]

National Challenger Center Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 365), 21589 [10AU]

National Child Abuse Prevention Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 246), 539 [1FE]

National Child Care Awareness Week: enact (see S.J. Res. 260), 1871 [19FE]

National Child Passenger Safety Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 214), 167 [26JA]

National Commissioned Corps of the Public Health Service Centennial Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 395), 32554 [21OC]

National Day of Outreach to the Rural Disabled: designate (see S.J. Res. 345), 16360 [29JN]

National Diabetes Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 272), 7266 [19AP]

National Disabled Americans Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 319), 13602 [7JN]

National Down's Syndrome Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 302), 8640 [25AP]

National Drive for Life Weekend: designate (see S.J. Res. 350), 19095 [27JY]

National Family Caregivers Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 278), 19773 [1AU]

National Family Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 344), 30325 [13OC]

National Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 253), 1931 [22FE]

National Home Care Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 280), 22469 [7SE]

National Hospice Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 289), 7652 [20AP]

National Job Skills Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 333), 14272 [13JN]

National Know Your Cholesterol Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 244), 409 [28JA]

National Library Card Sign-Up Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 298), 8522 [22AP]

National Literacy Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 304), 11893 [20MY]

National Medical Research Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 328), 13772 [8JN]

National Military Families Recognition Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 337), 18629 [25JY]

National Neighborhood Crime Watch Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 294), 14469 [14JN]

National Organ Transplant Trust Fund: mechanism for taxpayers to donate overpayment of income tax (see S. 2409), 14028 [9JN]

National Osteoporosis Prevention Week of 1988: designate (see S.J. Res. 250), 760 [3FE]

National POW/MIA Recognition Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 330), 12983 [27MY]

National Recognition of the Accomplishments of Women in the Workforce Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 331), 14028 [9JN]

National Rural Health Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 254), 1787 [18FE]

National Safe Kids Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 240), 1385 [16FE]

National School Dropout Prevention Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 224), 167 [26JA]

National School Lunch Act: amend (see S. 2156), 6946 [14AP]

National Sewing Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 291), 13772 [8JN]

National Skiing Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 301), 23170 [9SE]

National Soccer Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 226), 1127 [4FE]

National Teacher Appreciation Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 355), 22469 [7SE]

National Voluntary Reunion Registry: establish demonstration program (see S. 2010), 151 [26JA]

National Week of Recognition and Remembrance for Those Who Served in the Korean War: designate (see S.J. Res. 318), 13469 [6JN]

National Women Veterans Recognition Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 357), 22469 [7SE]

Older Americans Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 287), 11892 [20MY]

Omnibus Antidrug Abuse Act: enact (see S. 2205), 7069 [15AP]

Omnibus Anti-Substance Abuse Act: enact (see S. 2852), 27464 [3OC]

Performing artists: collective bargaining rights (see S. 1346), 24449 [19SE]

Pornography Victims Protection Act: enact (see S. 703), 9390 [28AP]

Postal Service: budgetary treatment (see S. 2449), 14468 [14JN]

Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 314), 13469 [6JN]

Public Service Recognition Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 242), 422 [28JA]

Radio: support for amateur radio and amateur radio frequency allocations (see S. Con. Res. 127), 25331 [26SE]

Religious Freedom Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 361), 20842 [8AU]

Run to Daylight Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 229), 539 [1FE]

Rural areas: establish an interdisciplinary training grant program (see S. 2597), 16359 [29JN]

SBA: drought disaster loans (see S. 2623), 17364 [8JY]

Shapiro, Lee: Presidential Medal of Freedom (see S. Con. Res. 103), 16728 [6JY]

Soviet Union: agricultural trade agreement (see S. Res. 377), 2735 [1MR]

Soweto Remembrance Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 339), 14583 [15JN]

Space Exploration Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 334), 13585 [7JN]

State Mining and Mineral Resources Research Institute Program: reauthoring (see S. 2240), 7652 [20AP]

Statehood Centennial Commemorative Coin Act: enact (see S. 2283), 6936 [14AP]

States: collecting sales taxes on interstate mail-order sales (see S. 2368), 10462 [11MY]

Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act: funding for Federal-aid highway and mass transit programs (see S. Res. 394), 11893 [20MY]

Taxation: accounting of loan losses by production credit associations and banks for cooperatives (see S. 1640), 11892 [20MY]

———issuance of mortgage bonds and credit certificates (see S. 1522), 5315 [25MR]

———repealing the uniform capitalization rules relative to farm animals (see S. 2129), 3165 [3MR]

———special estate tax valuation of property (see S. 1761), 17543 [11JY]

———treatment of providers of technical services through third-party arrangements (see S. 2626), 22468 [7SE]

Thornton, Charles E.: Presidential Medal of Freedom (see S. Con. Res. 103), 16728 [6JY]

Tongass National Forest, AK: timber management and resource conservation (see S. 708), 8522 [22AP]

Toxic Substances Control Act: amend (see S. 2025), 763 [3FE]

U.S. Grain Standards Act: amend (see S. 2337), 14271 [13JN]

Uncle Sam Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 376), 25934 [28SE]

Veterans' Agent Orange and Vietnam Service Disabilities Act: enact (see S. 2675), 23959 [15SE]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: erect a statue honoring women (see S. 2042), 1083 [4FE]

Vocational-Technical Education Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 363), 22469 [7SE]

World Food Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 336), 14125 [10JN]

World Marriage Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 360), 28094 [4OC]

Year of the Young Reader: designate (see S.J. Res. 315), 10257 [10MY]

Young Americans Act: enact (see S. 476), 4701 [22MR]

Cloture motions

Intelligence Oversight Act: enact (S. 1721), 3371 [4MR], 3875 [15MR]

Letters

Classification of anhydrous ammonia as poisonous gas: by, 17606 [12JY]

Ethanol industry: by, 20053 [3AU]

Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan: by, 12963 [27MY]

U.S. visas for Soviet emigrants: by, 20552 [4AU]

VA Adjudication Procedure and Judicial Review Act: by, 32061 [20OC]

Remarks by, on

Agricultural Research Commercialization Act: enact (S. 2413), 11648 [19MY]

Agriculture: drought relief for farmers, 15344 [21JN], 16314 [29JN]

———repayment of advance deficiency payments for wheat, feed grains, upland cotton, and rice, 19312 [28JY]

Alaska: Nome to Siberia freedom flight, 14120 [10JN]

Appropriations: emergency supplemental (H.R. 5026), unanimous-consent agreement, 20559 [4AU]

Brady, Nicholas F.: nomination to be Sec. of the Treasury, 23728 [14SE]

Central America: appropriations (H.J. Res. 395), consideration (S.J. Res. 243), 1063 [4FE]

———support peace, democracy, and reconciliation (H.J. Res. 523), 6042 [31MR]

Civil liberties: clarify antidiscrimination provisions (S. 557), 390 [28JA]

———clarify antidiscrimination provisions (S. 557), veto, 4642 [22MR]

Community Services Block Grant Act: allotments to States (S. 2725), 21623 [10AU]

Congressional budget: setting forth for 1989-91 (H. Con. Res. 268), conference report, 13425 [6JN]

———setting forth for 1989-91 (S. Con. Res. 113), 6411, 6412, 6413 [12AP]

Crime and criminals: penalties for those convicted of drug-related murders (S. 2455), 14114 [10JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: appropriations (H.R. 4784), 19384 [28JY], 21837, 21859 [11AU]

———appropriations (S. 2355), 10985 [13MY]

———improve child nutrition and food stamp programs (S. 2560), 18677 [26JY]

Dept. of Defense: appropriations (H.R. 4264), conference report, 18328 [14JY]

———closing and realigning of certain military installations (H.R. 4481), conference report, 25923 [28SE]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and certain independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4775), 15542 [22JN], 15945 [24JN]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4783), 18996 [27JY]

Diseases: acquired immune deficiency syndrome programs funding, 18996 [27JY]

Drought Assistance Act: enact (H.R. 5015), conference report, 20771 [8AU]

———enact (S. 2631), 19295, 19300, 19302, 19309, 19311, 19320 [28JY]

Drugs: manufacturing, distribution, and use of illegal (H.R. 5210), 30796 [14OC]

Family Security Act: enact (S. 1511), 14936, 14942 [16JN]

Farmers: tax relief for capital gain on transfer of property to pay a debt (S. 2873), 29365 [7OC]

Federal Election Campaign Act: amend (S. 2), 2225, 2226 [23FE]

Great Plains gasification plant: review of sale, 20559 [4AU]

Hazardous substances: extending deadlines for asbestos management plans and implementation of such to local educational agencies (S. 2329), 4970 [27AP]

Historic Sites and Antiquities Act: amend (S. 1690), 13481 [6JN]

Housing: revise procedures for enforcement of civil rights (H.R. 1158), 19898 [2AU]

Industry: enhance competitiveness (H.R. 3), conference report, 8631 [25AP]

———notification of plant closings and mass layoffs (S. 2527), 15784 [23JN]

Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty: ratification, 12693 [26MY]

Jews: efforts to emigrate from Soviet Union, 25187 [23SE]

Kennedy, Anthony M.: Supreme Court nomination, 727 [3FE]

Medicare Catastrophic Protection Act: enact (H.R. 2470), conference report, 13726 [8JN]

National Grasslands Week: designate (S.J. Res. 386), 25698 [27SE]

North Dakota: drought, 14121, 14122 [10JN]

Protopopov, Dimitri: efforts to emigrate from Soviet Union, 25187 [23SE]

Raiz, Vladimir: efforts to emigrate from Soviet Union, 25187 [23SE]

Senate: election campaign funding (S. 2), 2225, 2226 [23FE]

Sewall-Belmont House National Historic Site: increase authority (H.R. 2203), 13488 [6JN]

Social Security: exclude surplus from definition of the Federal budget deficit, 6411, 6412, 6413 [12AP]

States: collecting sales taxes on interstate mail-order sales (S. 2368), 10468 [11MY]

Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act: extending programs providing urgently needed assistance for the homeless (H.R. 4352), 25993 [28SE]

Tax Reform Act: technical corrections (S. 2238), 28854 [6OC]

Taxation: permit farmers to purchase tax-free certain fuels for farm use (S. 2067), 1526 [17FE]

Trade and International Economic Policy Reform Act: enact (H.R. 3), conference report, 8631 [25AP]

U.S. Grain Standards Act: amend (S. 2337), 25892 [28SE]

U.S.-Canada Free Trade Agreement: implement (H.R. 5090), 24387, 24388 [19SE]

VA: establish as executive department (H.R. 3471), 17587 [12JY]

Summaries

Agricultural Research Commercialization Act (S. 2413), 11654 [19MY]

Tables

Canadian provincial livestock subsidies, 24387 [19SE]

Deficit targets and projected Federal budget deficit with and without retirement trust funds, 23731 [14SE]

Drought relief options (sundry), 19296-19300 [28JY]

Effect of drought relief legislation on farmer growing wheat and corn: Federal Crop Insurance Corp., 20774 [8AU]

Federal Crop Insurance Corp. coverage, by States, 20774 [8AU]

Federal Government outlays and receipts as a percent of gross national product, 23731 [14SE]

Wheat export index, U.S. and competitors, 24388 [19SE]

Testimonies

Committee on Agriculture: Agricultural Research Act (H.R. 5056), D577 [10AU]

———Biotechnology and the Human Genome (S. 1966), D577 [10AU]

Committee on Appropriations (Senate): Dept. of Agriculture Budget, D245 [26AP]

Texts of

S. 2413, Agricultural Research Commercialization Act, 11650 [19MY]

S. 2873, tax relief for farmers who realize capital gain on transfer of property to pay a debt, 29366 [7OC]

S.J. Res. 386, National Grasslands Week, 25698 [27SE]

Tributes

Byrd, Senator, 16340 [29JN]

Chien, Frederick F., 20761 [8AU]

Chiles, Senator, 29915 [12OC]

Evans, Senator, 31713 [19OC]

Gambucci, Sergio, 14605 [15JN]

Nielson, Forrest H., 19864 [2AU]

Proxmire, Senator, 31661 [19OC]

Reid, Senator, 25186 [23SE]

Stafford, Senator, 31714 [19OC]

Stennis, Senator, 30847 [14OC]

Trible, Senator, 31714 [19OC]