BENTSEN, LLOYD (a Senator from Texas)

Addresses

Energy and Geopolitics in the 21st Century: James Schlesinger, 27701-27703 [7NO]

Securing American Prosperity: Senator Kerry, 4716-4719 [17MR]

Amendments offered by, to

Americans With Disabilities Act: enact (S. 933), 20078 [12SE]

Appropriations: emergency supplemental (H.R. 2072), 11002, 11004 [6JN]

Budget: reconciliation (H.R. 3299), 24481 [12OC]

———reconciliation (S. 1750), 24512 [12OC], 24623 [13OC]

Children: increase quality and availability of day care (S. 5), 13005, 13164, 13167 [22JN], 13296-13298, 13448 [23JN]

Congressional budget: setting forth for 1990-92 (S. Con. Res. 30), 8361, 8367 [4MY]

Dept. of Defense: appropriations (S. 1352), 16738 [27JY]

Dept. of State, USIA, and Board for International Broadcasting: appropriations (S. 1160), 15062 [18JY]

Dept. of Transportation: appropriations (H.R. 3015), 20079 [12SE]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: appropriations (H.R. 2991), 22573 [29SE]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, Education, and related agencies: appropriations (H.R. 2990), 21259, 21280, 21338, 21339 [21SE]

———appropriations (H.R. 3566), 29333, 29415 [16NO]

Drug abuse: implement national policy (S. 1711), 23603 [5OC]

Education and Training for a Competitive America Act: correction (H.R. 678), 7339 [19AP]

Federal employees: protection against prohibited personnel practices (S. 20), 4640 [16MR]

Iron and steel industry: implement the steel trade liberalization program (H.R. 3275), 31649, 31718 [21NO]

Medicare: catastrophic illness coverage (S. 1726), 23793, 23860, 23862, 23866 [6OC]

Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Repeal Act: enact (H.R. 3607), 27870, 27905 [8NO]

———enact (H.R. 3607), conference report, 31290, 31607 [21NO]

Poland: support freedom and democracy (S. 1582), 28371, 28383 [13NO]

Public debt limit: increase (H.J. Res. 280), 27657, 27675 [7NO]

Technology Administration Authorization Act: enact (S. 1191), 26177, 26189 [26OC]

U.S. Trade Representative: authorizing appropriations (S. 1164), 18445, 18521 [3AU]

Appointments

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation subcommittees, D28 [3FE]

Committee on Economics (Joint), 1621 [2FE], D90 [7MR]

Committee on Taxation (Joint), 1621 [2FE]

Committee to escort Salinas de Gortari, 23199 [4OC]

Conferee: H.R. 1278, Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act, 12694 [21JN]

———H.R. 3299, budget reconciliation, 25259 [19OC]

———H.R. 3607, Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Repeal Act, 27870 [8NO], 30203 [19NO]

Delegation to international conferences, 3030 [28FE]

Articles and editorials

Armor Intercom System ``Unreliable,'' Army (magazine), 17671 [2AU]

Bentsen Warns Tax Lobbyists, Paul Blustein, 12450 [20JN]

Let the Osprey Fly—It's Expensive and Worth Every Dollar It Costs—Here's Why, Dov S. Zackheim, Washington (DC) Post, 25375 [20OC]

Mexico, U.S. Envoy Cite Antidrug Gains as ``Certification'' Nears, William Branigin, Washington (DC) Post, 3343 [2MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Agriculture: amend Disaster Assistance Act (see S. 1583), 19613 [6SE]

American Canal: extension (see S. 426), 2392 [22FE]

Big Thicket National Preserve, TX: increase size (see S. 1302), 14319 [12JY]

Committee on Finance: authorizing expenditures (see S. Res. 34), 1474 [2FE]

Congressional Council on Education and Space Act: enact (see S. 1442), 16916 [31JY]

Customs Service: 200th anniversary observance (see S.J. Res. 151), 11118 [7JN]

De Keratry, Pedro: relief (see S. 1408), 16309 [26JY]

Equity for Rural Hospitals Act: enact (see S. 306), 1242 [31JA]

Goldy, Colette S.: relief (see S. 1773), 25278 [19OC]

Hallien, Christy C.: relief (see S. 883), 7804 [2MY]

Hispanic-Serving Institutions of Higher Education Act: enact (see S. 1669), 21697 [26SE]

Houston, TX: Mickey Leland Federal Building (see S. 1656), 21326 [21SE]

Lake Meredith: salinity control project (see S. 486), 3144 [1MR]

Leland, Mickey: tribute (see S. Res. 176), 20306 [13SE]

Maternal and Child Health Act: enact (see S. 1201), 12356 [19JN]

National Hospice Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 78), 4243 [15MR]

National Minority Cancer Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 34), 1118 [25JA]

Poland: eligibility for the generalized system of preferences (see S. 1262), 13402 [23JN]

Prisons: evaluate military-style boot camp program (see S. 1142), 11117 [7JN]

Public debt limit: increase (H.J. Res. 280), waiving printing of enrollment on parchment (see S.J. Res. 225), 27670 [7NO]

Refugees: resettlement assistance for certain Central Americans (see S. 372), 1793 [7FE]

River Publishers, Inc.: relief (see S. 826), 6971 [18AP]

Savings and Investment Incentive Act: enact (see S. 1682), 22152 [27SE]

SEC: clarify exemptive authority (see S. 965), 8779 [10MY]

Social Security: increase retirement test exempt amount (see S. 1192), 11902 [15JN]

———retirement test earnings exemption amount (see S. 1823), 26645 [31OC]

Special Needs Adoption Assistance Act: enact (see S. 1628), 20521 [14SE]

Tariff: brooms (see S. 1779), 25360 [20OC]

———cantaloupe (see S. 1538), 18928 [4AU]

———Caribbean-grown tobacco (see S. 806), 6704 [17AP]

———furniture and seats (see S. 1335), 14817 [17JY]

———specialty thermostat resin (see S. 1733), 23579 [5OC]

Taxation: corporate refunds on certain back net operating losses (see S. 1506), 18393 [3AU]

———credit for health insurance premium costs and make credit for dependent care refundable (see S. 1185), 11701 [14JN]

———notification of excess withholding (see S. 811), 6703 [17AP]

———simplify the antidiscrimination rules applicable to certain employee benefit plans (see S. 1129), 10966 [6JN]

———treatment of interest on loans to acquire certain employer securities (see S. 1303), 14319 [12JY]

Town Bluff, TX: Robert Douglas Willis hydropower project (see S. 757), 5998 [11AP]

U.S. Trade Representative: authorizing appropriations (see S. 1164), 11508 [13JN]

U.S.-Mexico Border Regional Development Act: enact (see S. 1870), 28110 [9NO]

Water: grants to States for water and waste facilities (see S. 1331), 14817 [17JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Aeronautics: safety impact of air carrier acquisitions (see S. 1277), 23856 [6OC]

Age Discrimination in Employment Act: clarify protection relative to employee benefit plans (see S. 1511), 29412 [16NO]

Agriculture: anniversary of the cooperative extension services (see S.J. Res. 47), 8793 [10MY]

———Great Plains conservation program (see S. 172), 15644 [20JY]

———modify restrictions on haying and grazing on idled wheat acreage (see S. 40), 1110 [25JA]

Aliens: funds for localities impacted by aliens seeking political asylum (see S. 441), 2646 [23FE]

Americans With Disabilities Act: enact (see S. 933), 14832 [17JY]

Animal Research Facilities Protection Act: enact (see S. 727), 19621 [6SE]

Baltic Freedom Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 63), 2392 [22FE]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see S.J. Res. 22), 1118 [25JA]

———2-year cycle (see S. 29), 1110 [25JA]

Bulgaria: discrimination against Turkish minority (see S. Con. Res. 46), 14356 [12JY]

Census: improve accuracy of data (see S. 264), 1117 [25JA]

Central America: bipartisan accord (see S. 760), 5998 [11AP]

Chemicals: study the classification of anhydrous ammonia as a poisonous gas (see S. 256), 1843 [7FE]

Children: health awareness (see S.J. Res. 104), 7699 [1MY]

———reauthorizing adolescent family life demonstration projects (see S. 120), 7697 [1MY]

Civil liberties: equal rights for men and women (see S.J. Res. 1), 1117 [25JA]

Coast Guard: bicentennial medals (see S. 1091), 21149 [20SE]

Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act: enact (see S. 1731), 23579 [5OC]

Coastweeks '89: designate (see S.J. Res. 166), 13060 [22JN]

Crime Victims Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 44), 2466 [22FE]

C-SPAN: anniversary (see S. Con. Res. 22), 4243 [15MR]

Decade of the Brain: designate (see S.J. Res. 173), 13403 [23JN]

Dept. of Industry and Technology: establish (see S. 1978), 31452 [21NO]

Disaster Assistance Act: amend (see S. 895, 1044), 9805, 9919 [18MY]

Disaster Assistance Extension Act: enact (see S. 1283), 14148 [11JY]

Disasters: avoid penalizing producers who planted a replacement crop on disaster-affected acreage (see S. 1792), 26019 [25OC]

Diseases: acquired immune deficiency syndrome treatment assistance program for low-income individuals (see S. 1782), 25432 [23OC]

Drugs: extend Public Health Service Act treatment programs (see S. 586), 4636 [16MR]

Earth Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 159), 20887 [19SE]

Elections: contributions and expenditures intended to affect congressional and Presidential races (see S.J. Res. 48), 16332 [26JY]

———voluntary system of spending limits and partial public financing of Senate campaigns (see S. 137), 2985 [28FE]

Emergency Chinese Immigration Relief Act: enact (see S. 1370), 15624 [20JY]

Emergency Medical Services Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 175), 17517 [1AU]

Essential Air Service Program: funding reductions (see S. Con. Res. 6), 1119 [25JA]

Fair Housing Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 41), 2465 [22FE]

Fairness in Broadcasting Act: enact (see S. 577), 4242 [15MR]

Farm Animal Facilities Protection Act: enact (see S. 1330), 24020 [11OC]

Federal employees: exempt certain provisions relative to offsets from pay for former employees assisting in the decennial census (see S. 1451), 18007 [2AU]

———participation in politics (see S. 135), 15933 [24JY]

———protection against prohibited personnel practices (see S. 20), 4634 [16MR]

Federal Fish Inspection Act: enact (see S. 1245), 21727 [26SE]

Fire Safety at Home—Change Your Clock, Change Your Battery Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 177), 20314 [13SE]

Freedom of Information Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 42), 4409 [15MR]

Gandhi, Mohandas K.: memorial (see S. 618), 9091 [12MY]

Gaucher's Disease Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 73), 10368 [31MY]

Geography Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 120), 11129 [7JN]

German-American Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 118), 7956 [3MY]

Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: designate (see S.J. Res. 64), 2701 [23FE]

Guard, Bailey: tribute (see S. Res. 27), 1243 [31JA]

Hate Crime Statistics Act: enact (see S. 419), 5759 [6AP]

Hazardous substances: transportation regulations relative to reclassifying anhydrous ammonia (see S. 357), 1792 [7FE]

Health: improve emergency medical services and trauma care (see S. 15), 8792 [10MY]

High School Reserve Officer Training Corps Recognition Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 58), 2466 [22FE]

Hugh O'Brian Youth Foundation: commemorate volunteers (see S. Con. Res. 55), 25666 [24OC]

Immigration: extend date of admission for certain adopted children (see S. 1260), 13402 [23JN]

Industry: relative competitiveness in the U.S. (see S. 1968), 31451 [21NO]

International Year of Bible Reading: designate (see S.J. Res. 164), 18434 [3AU]

Japan: agreement with U.S. on semiconductors (see S. Res. 119), 8570 [9MY]

Jewish Heritage Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 25), 1844 [7FE]

Law Day U.S.A.: designate (see S.J. Res. 52), 1793 [7FE]

Leland, Mickey: tribute (see S. Res. 172), 19613 [6SE]

Little League Baseball: anniversary (see S.J. Res. 182), 19932 [7SE]

Local government: extend application deadline for assistance under impact aid program (see S. 502), 4635 [16MR]

Mansfield, Mike: acknowledge distinguished service (see S. Res. 55), 1935 [8FE]

Marine Research Act: enact (see S. 587), 4242 [15MR]

Martin Luther King, Jr. Federal Holiday Commission: funding (see S. 431), 2392 [22FE]

Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 55), 1793 [7FE]

Municipal sewage treatment programs: future funding (see S. Res. 16), 1309 [31JA]

National Academies of Practice: charter (see S. 511), 3482 [3MR]

National Adoption Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 187), 18394 [3AU]

National Adult Immunization Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 152, 161), 11118 [7JN], 12701 [21JN]

National Alcohol and Drug Treatment Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 132), 13164 [22JN]

National Alzheimer's Disease Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 16), 10367 [31MY]

National Arbor Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 40), 1243 [31JA]

National Autism Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 220), 26042 [25OC]

National Burn Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 217), 26042 [25OC]

National Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 51), 1793 [7FE]

National Check-Up Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 95), 8570 [9MY]

National Child Care Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 50), 1793 [7FE]

National Children's Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 15), 10676 [1JN]

National Correctional Officers Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 72), 8356 [4MY]

National D.A.R.E. Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 121), 8322 [4MY]

National Day of Remembrance for the Victims of the U.S.S. Iowa: designate (see S.J. Res. 112), 8793 [10MY]

National Day of Remembrance of the 75th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide of 1915-23: designate (see S.J. Res. 212), 22566 [29SE]

National Digestive Disease Awareness Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 74), 9092 [12MY]

National Disability Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 134), 12716 [21JN]

National Down's Syndrome Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 122), 10677 [1JN]

National Drinking Water Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 60), 2083 [9FE]

National Drive for Life Weekend: designate (see S.J. Res. 127), 10677 [1JN]

National Drunk and Drugged Driving Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 143), 10327 [31MY]

National Endowment for Children's Educational Television: establish (see S. 797), 6550 [13AP]

National Environmental Education Act: enact (see S. 1076), 9806 [18MY]

National Family Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 117), 8793 [10MY]

National Former POW Recognition Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 43), 1243 [31JA]

National Foster Care Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 10), 2465 [22FE]

National Glaucoma Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 194), 19622 [6SE]

National Health Care Food Service Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 81), 9562 [17MY]

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Authorization Act: enact (see S. 673), 15933 [24JY]

National Historically Black Colleges Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 109), 10369 [31MY]

National Labor Relations Act: amend relative to employers and performers in the live performing arts (see S. 1216), 24998 [18OC]

National Literacy Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 96), 10368 [31MY]

National Military Families Recognition Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 215), 24683 [16OC]

National Neighborhood Crime Watch Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 136), 11000 [6JN]

National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 56), 1934 [8FE]

National Osteoporosis Prevention Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 37), 1242 [31JA]

National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 160), 12549 [20JN]

National Philanthropy Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 86), 8356 [4MY]

National Quarter Horse Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 186), 20563 [14SE]

National Silver Anniversary Year for the Autism Society of America: designate (see S.J. Res. 220), 26042 [25OC]

National Spina Bifida Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 210), 25666 [24OC]

National Student-Athlete Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 39), 2465 [22FE]

National Tap Dance Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 53), 2701 [23FE]

National Teacher Appreciation Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 108), 10368 [31MY]

National Tourism Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 153), 11118 [7JN]

National Visiting Nurse Association Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 103), 10676 [1JN]

National Voter Registration Act: enact (see S. 874), 18433 [3AU]

National Week of Commitment to Helping the Homeless: designate (see S.J. Res. 111), 11922 [15JN]

National Week of Outreach to the Rural Disabled: designate (see S.J. Res. 105), 10677 [1JN]

National Week of Recognition and Remembrance for Those Who Served in the Korean War: designate (see S.J. Res. 85), 10368 [31MY]

National Women and Girls in Sports Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 32), 1309 [31JA]

Natural Gas Wellhead Decontrol Act: enact (see S. 783), 7698 [1MY]

Older Americans Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 45), 1243 [31JA]

Pecan Promotion and Research Act: enact (see S. 962), 14182 [11JY]

Polish-American Heritage Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 93), 7325 [19AP]

Postal Service: treatment in the budget (see S. 302), 2701 [23FE]

Public Health Service Act: assistance programs (see S. 110), 1112 [25JA]

Religious Freedom Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 146), 10327 [31MY]

Research: effects of changes in Earth system on climate and humans (see S. 169), 1114 [25JA]

Retired Enlisted Association, Inc.: charter (see S. 670), 4787 [17MR]

Rural areas: access to and delivery of health services (see S. Con. Res. 37), 9239 [16MY]

Rural Electric Refinancing Act: permit prepayment and refinancing of Federal Financing Bank loans made to rural electrification and telephone systems (see S. 1115), 10620 [1JN]

Rural Partnerships Act: enact (see S. 1036), 9805 [18MY]

Senate: expression of hope for Members serving in third century (see S. Res. 94), 5732 [6AP]

Soviet Union: Presidential waiver of impediments to emigration (see S. Con. Res. 45), 12254 [16JN]

Soweto Remembrance Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 157), 11902 [15JN]

Space Exploration Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 170, 174), 13403 [23JN], 14148 [11JY]

Space sciences: amend provisions relative to the use of inventions in outer space (see S. 459), 2959 [28FE]

Technology Administration Authorization Act: enact (see S. 1191), 11902 [15JN]

Television to Cuba Broadcasting Act: enact (see S. 375), 3642 [7MR]

Tongass Timber Reform Act: enact (see S. 346), 25287 [19OC]

Tourism Policy and Export Promotion Act: enact (see S. 1791), 26019 [25OC]

Trade and Technology Promotion Act: enact (see S. 1978), 31452 [21NO]

Trauma Awareness Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 68), 2960 [28FE]

U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 155), 12716 [21JN]

U.S. flag: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see S.J. Res. 167, 180), 13060 [22JN], 15048 [18JY]

———Supreme Court ruling on desecration (see S. Res. 151), 13003, 13060 [22JN]

U.S. Forces in Korea Realignment Act: enact (see S. 1264), 13402 [23JN]

U.S. Jewish Appeal: anniversary (see S. Res. 116), 7805 [2MY]

Vocational-Technical Education Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 130), 10677 [1JN]

Water Resources Research Act: reauthorizing (see S. 714), 14600 [13JY]

Weather: tropical cyclone reconnaissance, surveillance, and research program (see S. 1385), 16061 [25JY]

World Population Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 158), 12249 [16JN]

Year of Clean Water: designate (see S.J. Res. 181), 15270 [19JY]

Broadcasts

Democrats on Tower, 3880 [9MR]

Certificates of election

Senate, 3 [3JA]

Cloture motions

Natural gas: eliminate wellhead price controls (H.R. 1722), 11405 [9JN]

Nicaragua: assist free and fair national elections (H.R. 3385), 24260 [12OC], 24606, 24608 [13OC]

Descriptions

Repeal of section 89 relative to employer-provided insurance benefits, 27656 [7NO]

Simplification of antidiscrimination rules applicable to certain employee benefit plans (S. 1129), 10980-10983 [6JN]

Tax treatment of interest on loans to acquire certain employer securities (S. 1303), 14348 [12JY]

Explanations

Corporate tax refunds for net operating losses (S. 1506), 18403 [3AU]

Factsheets

Increasing Social Security Retirement Test Exempt Amount (S. 1192), 11914 [15JN]

Social Security Retirement Test Earnings Exemption Amount (S. 1823), 26669 [31OC]

Taxation of Governmental Employees' Vacation and Sick Pay, 28703 [14NO]

Letters

Budget reconciliation: by, 24319 [12OC]

Coal miners' retiree health benefits: by, 31312 [21NO]

State Legalization Impact Assistance Grants: by, 21279 [21SE]

Steel Trade Liberalization Program: Robert D. Reischauer, 31720 [21NO]

Taxation of vacation and sick leave benefits: Gayle G. Morin, 28703 [14NO]

———Mary E. Oppenheimer, 28702 [14NO]

Memorials of legislature

Texas: private purpose municipal bonds, 10779 [2JN]

Oaths of office

Senate, 4 [3JA]

Remarks by, on

Agriculture: disaster assistance guidelines (S. 1583), 19614 [6SE]

———extend assistance for losses due to adverse weather conditions, 8292 [4MY]

American Canal: extension (S. 426), 2455 [22FE]

Americans With Disabilities Act: enact (S. 933), 19837, 19843, 19844, 19845 [7SE]

Appropriations: emergency supplemental (H.R. 2072), 10555, 10576 [1JN], 10891, 10896, 10909, 10914, 10948, 10949 [6JN], 11080, 11094, 11102 [7JN]

Baker, James A., III: nomination for Sec. of State, 437 [25JA]

Banks and banking: reform Federal deposit insurance system (H.R. 1278), conference report, 18347 [3AU], 18848 [4AU]

———reform Federal deposit insurance system (S. 774), 7169 [19AP]

Baucus, Senator: commend on handling of tax technical corrections bill, 1333 [31JA]

Big Thicket National Preserve, TX: increase size (S. 1302), 14346 [12JY]

Budget: reconciliation (H.R. 3299), 23487 [5OC], 24481, 24482 [12OC], 24588 [13OC]

———reconciliation (H.R. 3299), conference report, 31408, 31411, 31414, 31426, 31427 [21NO]

———reconciliation (S. 1750), unanimous-consent agreement, 24583 [13OC]

Bureau of Census: prohibit use of funds for counting illegal aliens, 22523 [29SE]

Central America: bipartisan accord (S. 760), 6507 [13AP]

Children: increase quality and availability of day care (S. 5), 12231 [16JN], 12525 [20JN], 12671 [21JN], 12962, 13000, 13005, 13007, 13011, 13012, 13015, 13017, 13053, 13056 [22JN], 13296, 13299, 13302, 13309, 13311, 13345, 13350, 13352, 13353, 13365, 13367 [23JN]

———reserve fund for day care, 8223 [4MY]

Committee on Finance: activities during 100th Congress, 4940 [17MR]

Congressional budget: setting forth for 1990-92 (S. Con. Res. 30), 7933, 7934 [3MY], 8223, 8273, 8292, 8298, 8300 [4MY]

Congressional Council on Education and Space Act: enact (S. 1442), 16927 [31JY]

Dept. of Defense: appropriations (S. 1352), 16645 [27JY], 17632, 17639, 17671 [2AU]

———appropriations (H.R. 3072), 22351, 22352, 22353, 22354, 22374 [28SE]

———funding of V-22 Osprey, 25375 [20OC]

Dept. of HHS: establish an office of Assistant Sec. for Family Support, 31681 [21NO]

Dept. of State, USIA, and Board for International Broadcasting: appropriations (S. 1160), 15215 [19JY], 15481, 15508, 15509 [20JY]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2991), 22523, 22536 [29SE]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, Education, and related agencies: appropriations (H.R. 2990), 21259, 21304 [21SE]

———appropriations (H.R. 2990), conference report, 25264, 25265 [19OC]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs, HUD, and related agencies: appropriations (H.R. 2916), 20877 [19SE]

———appropriations (H.R. 2916), conference report, 26395, 26397 [27OC]

Disaster Assistance Act: amend (S. 1044), 18242 [3AU]

Disasters: avoid penalizing producers who planted a replacement crop on disaster-affected acreage (S. 1792), 25937 [25OC]

District of Columbia: limit time of incarceration for civil contempt in child custody cases (S. 1163), 19911 [7SE]

Drug abuse: fund treatment programs by increasing taxes on cigarettes, beer and distilled spirits, 10576 [1JN]

———implement national policy (S. 1711), 23520 [5OC]

———law enforcement efforts in small towns and rural areas, 22536 [29SE]

El Paso, TX: expansion and renovation of the Job Corps Center, 21259 [21SE]

Energy and water development: appropriations (H.R. 2696), 16617, 16618, 16622, 16629, 16630, 16631, 16635 [27JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2696), conference report, 20456 [14SE]

Equity for Rural Hospitals Act: enact (S. 306), 1286 [31JA]

Fish and fisheries: protection of sea turtles, 15509 [20JY]

Foreign trade: most favored nation treatment, 15481 [20JY]

Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: observance, 4419 [15MR]

Handicapped: tax credit for small business complying with requirements for public accommodations, 19837, 19843, 19844, 19845 [7SE]

Hills, Carla A.: nomination as U.S. Trade Representative, 1222, 1224 [31JA]

Hispanic-Serving Institutions of Higher Education Act: enact (S. 1669), 21697-21699 [26SE]

Houston, TX: Mickey Leland Federal Building (H.R. 3318), 27152 [3NO]

Immigration: funding of State legalization impact assistance grants, 25264, 25265 [19OC]

———reform preference system and provide for administrative naturalization (S. 358), 14545, 14550 [13JY]

Iron and steel industry: implement the steel trade liberalization program (H.R. 3275), 31717, 31718 [21NO]

Japan: sale of F-16 aircraft technology, 7093 [19AP]

———sale of F-16 aircraft technology and codevelopment of FSX aircraft (S.J. Res. 113), 9173 [16MY]

Lake Meredith: salinity control project (S. 486), 3151 [1MR]

Maternal and Child Health Act: enact (S. 1201), 12357, 12358 [19JN]

Medicare: catastrophic illness coverage, 22351-22354 [28SE]

———catastrophic illness coverage (S. 1726), 23781, 23800 [6OC]

Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act: delay implementation, 16617, 16618, 16622 [27JY]

———delay provisions, 10914 [6JN], 11080, 11094, 11102 [7JN]

Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Repeal Act: enact (H.R. 3607), conference report, 31300, 31398 [21NO]

Mexico: efforts to control illegal narcotics-related activities, 15215 [19JY]

Minimum wage: increase (S. 4), 5982 [11AP], 6097, 6102, 6105, 6110, 6116, 6118, 6132 [12AP]

Mosbacher, Robert A.: nomination as Sec. of Commerce, 1232 [31JA]

Municipal bonds: tax-exemption status for certain, 10779 [2JN]

NASA: additional appropriations, 26397 [27OC]

National Hospice Month: designate (S.J. Res. 78), 4402 [15MR]

National Minority Cancer Awareness Week: designate (S.J. Res. 34), 1065 [25JA]

Natural gas: eliminate wellhead price controls (H.R. 1722), 11331 [8JN]

Nuclear warfare: strategic defense initiative, 16646 [27JY]

Oil Pollution Liability and Compensation Act: enact (S. 686), 18325, 18327 [3AU], 18730 [4AU]

Poland: eligibility for generalized system of preferences, 28371 [13NO]

———eligibility for the generalized system of preferences (S. 1262), 13402 [23JN]

———support freedom and democracy (S. 1582), 28371, 28383, 28384 [13NO]

Prisons: military-style boot camp program (S. 1142), 11121 [7JN]

Public debt limit: increase (H.J. Res. 280), 27655, 27657 [7NO]

———increase (H.J. Res. 280), waiving printing of enrollment on parchment (S.J. Res. 225), 27659 [7NO]

———increase statutory limit (H.R. 3024), 18875, 18876 [4AU]

Refugees: resettlement assistance for certain Central Americans (S. 372), 1837 [7FE]

Research: superconducting supercollider funding, 20456 [14SE]

River Publishers, Inc.: relief (S. 826), 7000 [18AP]

Rural areas: emergency medical care, 14998 [18JY]

Savings and Investment Incentive Act: enact (S. 1682), 22156-22159 [27SE]

Senate: legislative program, 22353, 22354 [28SE], 24583 [13OC], 25273 [19OC], 27644, 27645, 27648, 27655 [7NO]

Social Security: increase retirement test exemption amount (S. 1192), 11912 [15JN]

———retirement test, 13007, 13011, 13012 [22JN]

———retirement test earnings exemption amount (S. 1823), 26668 [31OC]

Special Needs Adoption Assistance Act: enact (S. 1628), 20532 [14SE]

Sullivan, Louis W.: nomination to be Sec. of HHS, 3112 [1MR]

Tariff: brooms (S. 1779), 25372 [20OC]

———cantaloupes (S. 1538), 18941 [4AU]

———Caribbean-grown tobacco (S. 806), 6710 [17AP]

———furniture and seats (S. 1335), 14830 [17JY]

———specialty thermostat resin (S. 1733), 23596 [5OC]

Taxation: benefits provided under certain employee benefit plans, 10891, 10896, 10909, 10948, 10949 [6JN]

———corporate refunds on certain back net operating losses (S. 1506), 18402 [3AU]

———deductibility of oil spill and hazardous substances cleanups, 10555 [1JN]

———nondiscrimination rules relative to employee benefit plans, 27655, 27657 [7NO]

———notification of excess withholding (S. 811), 6726 [17AP]

———simplify the antidiscrimination rules applicable to certain employee benefit plans (S. 1129), 10974 [6JN]

———temporarily reduce capital gains tax for noncorporate taxpayers (H.R. 3628), 28656, 28657 [14NO], 29105, 29107, 29109, 29112 [15NO]

———treatment of interest on loans to acquire certain employer securities (S. 1303), 14346 [12JY]

———vacation pay and sick leave benefits, 28702 [14NO]

Texas: admittance to the Union, 5689 [6AP]

Tower, John G.: nomination to be Sec. of Defense, 3721 [8MR]

Town Bluff, TX: Robert Douglas Willis Hydropower Project (S. 757), 6030 [11AP]

U.S. Trade Representative: authorizing appropriations (S. 1164), 18521, 18522 [3AU]

U.S.-Mexico Border Regional Development Act: enact (S. 1870), 28117 [9NO]

Water: grants to States for water and waste facilities (S. 1331), 14823 [17JY]

Weapons: vehicle intercom systems, 17671 [2AU]

Reports

Activities: Committee on Finance, 4940-4943 [17MR]

Foreign Travel Expenditures, 4646 [16MR], 6749 [17AP], 12580 [20JN], 22630 [2OC]

International Narcotics Control Strategy—Mexico: Dept. of State, 3339-3342 [2MR]

Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act: GAO, 6133 [12AP]

Nomination of Sidney L. Jones: Committee on Finance, 26436 [27OC]

Reports filed

Authorizing Committee Expenditures: Committee on Finance (S. Res. 34) (S. Rept. 101-3), 1472 [2FE]

Confirmation of nominees: Committee on Finance, 11117 [7JN]

Customs Service Anniversary: Committee on Finance (S.J. Res. 151), 11117 [7JN]

Japanese Semiconductor Market: Committee on Finance (S. Res. 119), 11117 [7JN]

Nomination of Carla A. Hills To Be U.S. Trade Representative: Committee on Finance, 1241 [31JA]

————of David W. Mullins, Jr. To Be Assistant Sec. of the Treasury: Committee on Finance, 4558 [16MR]

————of Edith E. Holiday To Be General Counsel for the Dept. of the Treasury: Committee on Finance, 4558 [16MR]

————of Louis W. Sullivan To Be Sec. of HHS: Committee on Finance, 2646 [23FE]

————of Sidney L. Williams To Be Deputy U.S. Trade Representative: Committee on Finance, 9803 [18MY]

Nominations: Committee on Finance, 8499 [9MY], 13058 [22JN], 29189 [15NO]

Poland Eligibility for the Generalized System of Preferences: Committee on Finance (S. 1262), 13402 [23JN]

Statutory Limit Increase on Public Debt: Committee on Finance (H.J. Res. 280), 16041 [25JY]

Steel Trade Liberalization: Committee on Finance (H.R. 3275) (S. Rept. 101-206), 29189 [15NO]

Sundry Nominations: Committee on Finance, 16041 [25JY]

Tax Credit for Health Insurance Premium Costs: Committee on Finance (S. 1185) (S. Rept. 101-51), 11701 [14JN]

U.S. Trade Representative Appropriations Authorization: Committee on Finance (S. 1164) (S. Rept. 101-48), 11507 [13JN]

Rules

Committee on Finance, 3005 [28FE]

Statements

Budget Reconciliation: Representative Rostenkowski, 24588 [13OC]

Catastrophic Illness Coverage: Ronald Reagan, 6132 [12AP]

Death Does Not Discriminate: Mark Twain, 11309 [8JN]

Summaries

Maternal and Child Health Act (S. 1201), 12364-12366 [19JN]

Simplification of Antidiscrimination Rules Applicable to Certain Employee Benefit Plans (S. 1129), 10979 [6JN]

Testimonies

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Big Thicket National Preserve, TX (S. 1302), D685 [24OC]

———Dept. of Energy Budget, D58 [27FE]

———Lake Meredith Salinity Control Project, Texas (S. 486), D560 [14SE]

Committee on Rules and Administration: Budget Requests, D40 [9FE]

Texts of

S. 372, refugees resettlement assistance for certain Central Americans, 1838 [7FE]

S. 757, Robert Douglas Willis Hydropower Project, Town Bluff, TX, 6030 [11AP]

S. 806, tariff treatment of Caribbean-grown tobacco, 6711 [17AP]

S. 811, IRS notification of excess tax withholding, 6726 [17AP]

S. 826, relief of River Publishers, Inc., 7000 [18AP]

S. 1129, simplify antidiscrimination rules applicable to certain employee health benefit plans, 10975-10979 [6JN]

S. 1192, Social Security earnings test modifications, 11913 [15JN]

S. 1201, Maternal and Child Health Act, 12358-12364 [19JN]

S. 1303, tax treatment of interest on loans to acquire certain employer securities, 14347 [12JY]

S. 1331, grants to States for water and waste facilities, 14824 [17JY]

S. 1335, tariff on certain furniture and seats, 14830 [17JY]

S. 1442, Congressional Council on Education and Space Act, 16928, 16929 [31JY]

S. 1538, tariff on cantaloupes, 18942 [4AU]

S. 1583, agriculture disaster assistance guidelines, 19614 [6SE]

S. 1628, Special Needs Adoption Assistance Act, 20533 [14SE]

S. 1682, Savings and Investment Incentive Act, 22157 [27SE]

S. 1733, tariff on specialty thermostat resin, 23597 [5OC]

S. 1779, tariff on certain brooms, 25372 [20OC]

S. 1823, Social Security retirement test earnings exemption amount, 26668 [31OC]

S. Res. 34, authorizing expenditures for Committee on Finance, 1564 [2FE]

S.J. Res. 34, National Minority Cancer Awareness Week, 1065 [25JA]

S.J. Res. 78, National Hospice Month, 4402 [15MR]

Tributes

Gibbs, Larry, 1915 [8FE]

Leland, Mickey, 21222 [21SE]

Magnuson, Warren G., 11309 [8JN]