CRANSTON, ALAN (a Senator from California)

Acknowledgments

Dept. of Veterans Affairs treatment of homeless, chronically mentally ill veterans (S. 405), 2098 [9FE]

Addresses

Award for Life Service to Veterans to Senator Thurmond: by, 12186 [15JN]

Hospice—Past, Present, Future: Sandol Stoddard, 1774-1779 [7FE]

Amendments offered by, to

Appropriations: further continuing (H.J. Res. 423), 26043 [25OC]

Children: increase quality and availability of day care (S. 5), 12254 [16JN]

CIA: appropriations for retirement and disability system (S. 1324), 27652, 27675 [7NO]

Congressional budget: setting forth for 1990-92 (S. Con. Res. 30), 8366 [4MY]

Dept. of Defense: appropriations (S. 1352), 16722 [27JY], 16933 [31JY]

———appropriations (H.R. 3072), 22443 [28SE]

———appropriations (H.R. 3072), conference report, 29726, 29816 [17NO]

Dept. of HUD Reform Act: enact (H.R. 1), 31359, 31618 [21NO]

Dept. of State, USIA, and Board for International Broadcasting: appropriations (S. 1160), 15291, 15293 [19JY]

Dept. of Transportation: appropriations (H.R. 3015), 22133, 22139, 22166, 22168 [27SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve programs for the recruitment and retention of health care personnel (H.R. 901), 23091 [3OC]

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), 21228, 21269, 21280, 21336, 21337, 21338, 21339 [21SE]

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

Depts. of Veterans Affairs, HUD, and related agencies: appropriations (H.R. 2916), 20680, 20696 [18SE], 20888 [19SE]

Drug abuse: implement national policy (S. 1711), 23501, 23604 [5OC]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: appropriations (H.R. 2939), 21074, 21103, 21155, 21156 [20SE]

———appropriations (H.R. 3743), 30500, 30572 [20NO]

Health: improve emergency medical services and trauma care (S. 15), 15658 [20JY]

Immigration: reform preference system and provide for administrative naturalization (S. 358), 14358 [12JY], 14601 [13JY]

Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (S. 1324), 27652, 27675 [7NO]

National Housing Trust: assistance to first-time homebuyers (H.R. 1), 31359, 31618 [21NO]

North American Wetlands Conservation Act: enact (S. 804), 29234 [15NO]

Oil Pollution Liability and Compensation Act: enact (S. 686), 18440, 18443 [3AU]

Public utilities: unintended licensing of federally nonjurisdictional pre-1935 unlicensed hydroelectric projects (S. 635), 29243 [15NO]

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

Veterans: increase disability and dependency and indemnity compensations and certain other benefits (S. 13), 10684 [1JN], 15935 [24JY], 19624 [6SE], 23031, 23033, 23066, 23067 [3OC]

Analyses

Certification of Dept. of Veterans Affairs Social Workers (S. 1818), 26660 [31OC]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs Appointment of Health Care Professionals, 26659 [31OC]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs Health Care Programs Extension Act (S. 748), 6021 [11AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs Health Care Quality Assistance and Cost Effectiveness Act (S. 1398), 16049 [25JY]

Disciplinary Proceedings for Dept. of Veterans Affairs Health Care Professionals (S. 1819), 26662 [31OC]

Employee Leave Sharing Plan at the Dept. of Veterans Affairs (S. 899), 7823 [2MY]

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.: Smith Barney, Inc., 3309 [2MR]

Improve Dept. of Veterans Affairs Administration of Health Care Benefits and Personnel Management (S. 1004), 9258 [16MY]

Increase Dept. of Veterans Affairs' Minor Construction Cost Limitation (S. 1305), 14351 [12JY]

National Policy for the Taking of Predatory or Scavenging Mammals and Birds (S.J. Res. 5), 1044 [25JA]

Parents as Partners in Learning Act (S. 12), 517 [25JA]

Performance of Probationary Dept. of Veterans Affairs Health Care Employees (S. 1820), 26663 [31OC]

VA Deletion of a Requirement of Specific Congressional Approval for Settlement of Certain Claims of Construction Contractors (S. 1195), 11920 [15JN]

Veterans' Educational Assistance Improvement Act (S. 1003), 9255 [16MY]

Veterans' Housing Act Amendments (S. 898), 7822 [2MY]

Appointments

Committee on Foreign Relations subcommittees, D63 [28FE]

Committee on Intelligence (Select), 1621 [2FE]

Committee to escort Lech Walesa, 28969 [15NO]

Committee to escort the President, 2061 [9FE]

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

———H.R. 2748, authorizing intelligence services appropriations, 27654 [7NO]

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

———H.R. 3550, Forfeiture Act amendments, 29265 [15NO]

———H.R. 3611, International Narcotics Control Act, 29265 [15NO]

———H.R. 3614, Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act amendments, 29265 [15NO]

———H.R. 3630, Emergency Drug Abuse Treatment and Expansion Act, 29265 [15NO]

Delegation hosting Members of Supreme Soviet, 25999 [25OC]

Articles and editorials

AIDS Drug Approval—A Shift in Responsibility? Michael Specter, Washington (DC) Post, 1466 [2FE]

AIDS Drug To Be Given at No Cost, Michael Specter, Washington (DC) Post, 15265 [19JY]

AIDS—Youngest Victims, Perri Klass, New York (NY) Times, 12954-12956 [22JN]

``Be a P.A.L.'' Winner Profile—Individual Gets 11,000 Animals Sterilized in Los Angeles, Goeffrey L. Handy, Shelter Sense (publication), 30567 [20NO]

Chinese Are Chief Panda Stewards, George B. Schaller, OMNI (magazine), 434 [25JA]

Civilization by the Bay, Mary McGrory, Washington (DC) Post, 25335 [20OC]

Comparable Worth—It's Already Happening—Companies Are Quietly Evening Up Pay Scales, Aaron Bernstein, Business Week, 556 [25JA]

Democratic Discipline, Democratic Lives, JoAnn Shaheen, Democracy and Education (publication), 8923 [11MY]

Do We Really Need the B-2? Los Angeles (CA) Times, 29729 [17NO]

GAO Finds No Evidence VA Medical Official Acted Improperly, Barbara Vobejda, Washington (DC) Post, 11664 [14JN]

Gay-Rights Bill Passes Massachusetts Legislature, Christopher B. Daly, Washington (DC) Post, 27592 [7NO]

Help! This Is an Emergency! Steven Findlay, U.S. News & World Report, 28049 [9NO]

Housing—For People With AIDS, Mervyn F. Silverman, Washington (DC) Post, 20863 [19SE]

INS Accused of Wrongfully Deporting Teenager, Edward W. Lempinen, San Francisco (CA) Chronicle, 14282 [12JY]

Murderous Mischief on AIDS, New York (NY) Times, 29327 [16NO]

National Strategy on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Issues in Science and Technology (publication), 9160-9161 [16MY]

Nine Is Enough—Let's Bag This $70-Billion Bird, Armed Forces Journal, 29730 [17NO]

U.S.-Japan Collaboration on Jet Draws Fire, Stuart Auerbach, Washington (DC) Post, 4218 [15MR]

Ugly Little International Incident, Randy Shilts, San Francisco (CA) Chronicle, 7110 [19AP]

Unnamed Sources, Richard Harwood, Washington (DC) Post, 11665 [14JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Agriculture: standards for imported kiwi fruit, peaches, pears, nectarines, and plums (see S. 992), 9238 [16MY]

California: prohibit exploration of oil and gas in certain coastal areas (see S. 49), 1110 [25JA]

———protection of public lands in the desert (see S. 11), 1109 [25JA]

Chief Justice Earl Warren Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 69), 3144 [1MR]

Children: assistance for and coordination of day-care services (see S. 44), 1110 [25JA]

———increase quality and availability of care (see S. 18), 1109 [25JA]

China, People's Republic of: deny most favored nation treatment (see S. 1242), 13060 [22JN]

Civil rights: prohibit discrimination on basis of sexual orientation (see S. 47), 1110 [25JA]

Commission on Veterans' Education Policy: implement recommendations (see S. 1092), 10619 [1JN]

Committee on Veterans' Affairs: authorizing expenditures (see S. Res. 51), 1793 [7FE]

Comprehensive Community Substance Abuse Prevention Act: enact (see S. 1233), 13059 [22JN]

Condor Range and Rivers Act: enact (see S. 1625), 20521 [14SE]

Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary: designate (see S.J. Res. 139), 9807 [18MY]

Court of Veterans Appeals Judges Retirement Act: enact (see S. 1243), 13060 [22JN]

CPSC: issuance of fire safety standards for cigarettes (see S. 17), 1109 [25JA]

Crime and criminals: domestic violence judiciary training grants (see S. 1482), 17959 [2AU]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: appointment of health care professionals (see S. 1817), 26645 [31OC]

———certification of social workers (see S. 1818), 26645 [31OC]

———conduct a program for treatment of homeless, chronically mentally ill veterans (see S. 405), 2082 [9FE]

———disciplinary proceedings for health care professionals (see S. 1819), 26645 [31OC]

———employee leave sharing plan (see S. 899), 7804 [2MY]

———extend certain home loan guaranty program provisions (see S. 404), 2082 [9FE]

———extend the preventive care pilot program (see S. 1306), 14319 [12JY]

———improve health care benefits and personnel management (see S. 1004), 9238 [16MY]

———increase minor construction cost limitation (see S. 1305), 14319 [12JY]

———mandatory disclosure of Social Security numbers in claims for disability and death benefits (see S. 1110), 10620 [1JN]

———maximum amount of special pay authorized for physicians and dentists (see S. 1211), 12548 [20JN]

———performance of probationary health care employees (see S. 1820), 26645 [31OC]

———use of IRS and Social Security Administration data for income verification (see S. 1633), 20626 [15SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs Health Care Programs Extension Act: enact (see S. 748), 5998 [11AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs Health Care Quality Assistance and Cost Effectiveness Act: enact (see S. 1398), 16043 [25JY]

Diseases: grant program to assist service for individuals with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (see S. 14), 1109 [25JA]

Drug abuse: designate certain high-intensity drug trafficking areas (see S. 1234), 13059 [22JN]

Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act: amend (see S. 629), 4559 [16MR]

Economic Equity Act: enact (see S. 1480), 17959 [2AU]

Equal Access to Voting Act: enact (see S. 675), 4787 [17MR]

FAA: promote safety and protect airline employees (see S. 48), 1110 [25JA]

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Act: amend (see S. 493), 3300 [2MR]

Foreign trade: maintain export assistance office in northern California (see S. 285), 1241 [31JA]

Freedom of Choice Act: enact (see S. 1912), 29741 [17NO]

Health: improve emergency medical services and trauma care (see S. 15), 1109 [25JA]

Hungary: promote democracy (see S. 1641), 20881 [19SE]

Income: eliminate discriminatory wage-setting practices relative to sex, race, or national origin (see S. 16), 1109 [25JA]

Indians: moratorium on relocation of Navajo and Hopi (see S. 481), 3144 [1MR]

Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail: designate (see S. 465), 2959 [28FE]

NASA: commemorate anniversary of Ames Research Center (see S.J. Res. 156), 11508 [13JN]

National Affordable Housing Act: enact (see S. 565, 566), 4241 [15MR]

National HIV and AIDS Awareness Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 197), 20522 [14SE]

National Prevent-A-Litter Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 229), 30532 [20NO]

National Week of Commitment to Helping the Homeless: designate (see S.J. Res. 111), 7263 [19AP]

National Women Veterans Recognition Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 221), 26645 [31OC]

Oakland, CA: Donald P. McCullum Memorial Plaza (see S. 1623), 20521 [14SE]

Pacific Basin Forum: establish (see S. Con. Res. 27), 6550 [13AP]

Parents as Partners in Learning: establish (see S. 12), 1109 [25JA]

Peace Corps Act: amend (see S. 683), 4787 [17MR]

Philip A. Hart Senate Office Building: use of atrium for the Congressional Chorus (see S. Res. 209), 29190 [15NO]

Poland: promote democracy (see S. 1641), 20881 [19SE]

President pro tempore: notify House of Representatives of election of Senator Byrd (see S. Res. 5), 28 [3JA]

Prisoner of War Medal: amend definition to expand eligibility (see S. 487), 3144 [1MR]

Public lands: national policy for the taking of predatory or scavenging mammals and birds (see S.J. Res. 5), 1117 [25JA]

Reproductive Health Equity Act: enact (see S. 1946), 30532 [20NO]

Rowe, James N.: condolences to family (see S. Res. 118), 7956 [3MY]

Saunders, Richard: relief (see S. 1128), 10966 [6JN]

Sec. of Commerce: designate as NSC member (see S. 499), 3300 [2MR]

Social Security: economic contributions of spouses (see S. 51), 1111 [25JA]

Tariff: reliquidation of certain extracorporeal shock wave lithotripter (see S. 1584), 19613 [6SE]

Taxation: capital gains differential (see S. 551), 3947 [9MR]

Transitional Housing Child Care Services Act: enact (see S. 1483), 17959 [2AU]

VA: delete requirement of specific congressional approval for settlement of certain claims of construction contractors (see S. 1195), 11902 [15JN]

Veterans: headstone allowance (see S. 1147), 11351 [8JN]

———improve mental health care (see S. 86), 1111 [25JA]

———increase disability and dependency and indemnity compensations and certain other benefits (see S. 13), 1109 [25JA]

Veterans' and Survivors' Compensation Indexing Act: enact (see S. 613), 4558 [16MR]

Veterans' Educational Assistance Improvement Act: enact (see S. 1003), 9238 [16MY]

Veterans Health-Care Personnel Act: enact (see S. 947), 8499 [9MY]

Veterans Home Loan Guaranty Restructuring and Solvency Act: enact (see S. 1158), 11420 [9JN]

Veterans' Housing Act: amend (see S. 898), 7804 [2MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Aeronautics: limitations on duty time for flight attendants (see S. 1170), 15934 [24JY]

AFDC: improve quality control standards and procedures (see S. 231), 9283 [16MY]

Age Discrimination in Employment Act: waiver of rights under (see S. 54), 2700 [23FE]

Agriculture: planting of supplemental and alternative income-producing crops (see S. 606), 8569 [9MY]

———promote low-input production systems (see S. 970), 8950 [11MY]

Air pollution: policy to reduce carbon dioxide (see S.J. Res. 88), 4559 [16MR]

Aliens: funds for localities impacted by aliens seeking political asylum (see S. 441), 3642 [7MR]

Alzheimer's disease: assistance for education, research, and treatment programs (see S. 1321), 31593 [21NO]

Alzheimer's Disease Research and Training Act: enact (see S. 1255), 29776 [17NO]

American Conservation Corps: establish (see S. 232), 1843 [7FE]

American Heritage Trust: establish (see S. 370), 1793 [7FE]

Americans With Disabilities Act: enact (see S. 933), 8499 [9MY]

Anne Frank Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 65), 2987 [28FE]

Antarctic regions: protection of ecological system (see S.J. Res. 206), 21697 [26SE]

Anti-Drug Act: supplemental appropriations (see S. 26), 1307 [31JA]

Arizona Veterans Memorial Cemetery: administration (see S. 1315, 1341), 14574 [13JY], 15048 [18JY]

Arlington National Cemetery: burial of cremated remains (see S. 1141), 11117 [7JN]

Assault Weapon Control Act: enact (see S. 386), 1934 [8FE]

Bankruptcy: exemption of certain housing loans from foreclosure provisions (see S. 1840), 27121 [3NO]

Business: enhance competition in the financial services sector (see S. 530), 3625 [7MR]

California: conveyance of certain lands in a naval petroleum reserve (see S. 669), 4787 [17MR]

———earthquake (see S. Con. Res. 77), 24994 [18OC]

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

Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner Day: designate (see S. Con. Res. 40), 9807 [18MY]

Children: health awareness (see S.J. Res. 104), 7989 [3MY]

———increase quality and availability of care (see S. 5), 1109 [25JA]

China, People's Republic of: populace efforts toward democracy (see S. Res. 142), 10966 [6JN]

———readjust immigration status of certain nationals (see S. 1218), 12701 [21JN]

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

Clean Air Restoration and Standards Attainment Act: enact (see S. 1630), 20521 [14SE]

Coast Guard: bicentennial (see S.J. Res. 126), 8779 [10MY]

Coastal zone: offshore oil and gas leasing (see S. 726), 5732 [6AP]

Coastweeks '89: designate (see S.J. Res. 166), 15061 [18JY]

Coins: minting $1 coins (see S. 814), 18007 [2AU]

———modernize U.S. designs (see S. 428), 2392 [22FE]

COLA Equity Act: enact (see S. 416), 21149 [20SE]

Colombia: commend courage of citizens (see S. Con. Res. 73), 28119 [9NO]

Community Foundation Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 216), 26042 [25OC]

Consumer Protection Against Price-Fixing Act: enact (see S. 865), 7263 [19AP]

Continental shelf: regulation of air pollution (see S. 782), 9284 [16MY]

Corbett, Mike: tribute (see S. Res. 158), 16310 [26JY]

Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary: designate (see S.J. Res. 141), 9807 [18MY]

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

Dept. of Environmental Protection: establish (see S. 276), 2126 [9FE]

Dept. of HUD Reform Act: enact (see S. 1841), 27122 [3NO]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: extend certain health programs (see S. 1709), 22566 [29SE]

———monitor and promote minority groups (see S. 564), 3948 [9MR]

Developing countries: eradication of poverty (see S. 369), 1793 [7FE]

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

Drug Dependent Offender Rehabilitation Act: enact (see S. 1193), 11902 [15JN]

Drugs: extend Public Health Service Act treatment programs (see S. 586), 4242 [15MR]

Earth Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 159), 21150 [20SE]

Earthquakes: reduce hazards (see S. 1062), 16719 [27JY]

Eating Disorders Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 188), 20315 [13SE]

Ecology: international framework convention on climate change (see S. Res. 200), 26645 [31OC]

Economic Policy Council: establish (see S. 149), 3325 [2MR]

Education: tax treatment of amounts paid for employee assistance programs (see S. 260), 9283 [16MY]

El Salvador: restrict military assistance (see S. 642), 4559 [16MR]

Elections: contributions and expenditures intended to affect congressional and Presidential races (see S.J. Res. 48), 1474 [2FE]

———Federal enforcement provisions (see S. 469), 3535 [6MR]

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

Employee Pension Protection Act: enact (see S. 685), 8987 [11MY]

Essential Air Service Preservation Act: enact (see S. 1412), 16310 [26JY]

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

Ethiopia: civil liberties of Jews (see S. Con. Res. 41), 10767 [2JN]

Everglades National Park Protection and Expansion Act: enact (see S. 724), 12254 [16JN]

Excellence in Teaching Act: enact (see S. 1675), 23185 [4OC]

Export Finance Expansion Act: enact (see S. 1217), 12701 [21JN]

Federal employees: participation in politics (see S. 135), 4407 [15MR]

Federal Nuclear Facilities Environmental Response Act: enact (see S. 1462), 17496 [1AU]

Federal Timber Export Restriction Act: enact (see S. 754), 5998 [11AP]

Flying Tigers: commend (see S. Con. Res. 39), 9807 [18MY]

Foreign trade: effect of international defense agreements on U.S. competitiveness (see S. 578), 8792 [10MY]

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

Fresh Mushroom Promotion, Research, and Consumer Information Act: enact (see S. 918), 9284 [16MY]

Gandhi, Mohandas K.: memorial (see S. 618), 6731 [17AP]

Gaucher's Disease Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 73), 3752 [8MR]

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

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

Hate Crime Statistics Act: enact (see S. 419), 2392 [22FE]

Health: grant program for research, treatment and public education with respect to Lyme disease (see S. 223), 8568 [9MY]

———national nutrition program (see S. 253), 1116 [25JA]

Healthy Birth Act: enact (see S. 708), 7827 [2MY]

High Risk Occupational Disease Notification and Prevention Act: enact (see S. 582), 4242 [15MR]

Hong Kong: commend Government on commitment to halting software piracy (see S. Res. 211), 30569 [20NO]

———treat as a separate foreign state for immigration purposes (see S. 1263), 13402 [23JN]

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

Immigration: change level and preference system for admission to U.S. (see S. 448), 2646 [23FE]

———reimburse States for temporary to permanent resident alien status adjustment (see S. 1573), 18930 [4AU]

Income: congressional, executive, and judicial salaries and pensions (see S.J. Res. 7), 1563 [2FE]

Indian Federal Acknowledgment Administrative Procedure Act: enact (see S. 611), 8355 [4MY]

Infant Mortality and Children's Health Act: enact (see S. 339), 4635 [16MR]

International Narcotics and Terrorism Control Act: enact (see S. 924), 8322 [4MY]

International Plutonium Control Act: enact (see S. 1047), 9805 [18MY]

International Space Year: observance (see S.J. Res. 75), 3948 [9MR]

Iran: religious persecution of Bahais (see S. Con. Res. 53), 13403 [23JN]

Japan: agreement with U.S. on semiconductors (see S. Res. 119), 7956 [3MY]

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

Job Training Partnership Act: broader range of training and job placement for women (see S. 975), 14832 [17JY]

King, Martin Luther, Jr.: memorial by Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity (see S. 619), 29775 [17NO]

Law Day U.S.A.: designate (see S.J. Res. 52), 2986 [28FE]

Local government: improve antinarcotics trafficking and money laundering operations (see S. 1312), 15290 [19JY]

Lyme Disease Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 142), 10327 [31MY]

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]

Medicaid Home and Community Care Options Act: enact (see S. 785, 1942), 19621 [6SE], 30532 [20NO]

Medicaid Home and Community Quality Services Act: enact (see S. 384), 1934 [8FE]

Medicare: coverage of adult day health care (see S. 524), 20562 [14SE]

———coverage of psychological services (see S. 100), 5861 [10AP]

Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 55), 5421 [4AP]

Municipal sewage treatment programs: future funding (see S. Res. 16), 1119 [25JA]

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

National Adoption Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 187), 24893 [17OC]

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), 11922 [15JN]

National Alzheimer's Disease Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 16), 3159 [1MR]

National American Indian Heritage Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 218), 25360 [20OC]

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

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

National Board for Professional Teaching Standards: Federal assistance (see S. 478), 12254 [16JN]

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

National Dairy Goat Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 66), 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 D-Day Remembrance Day: designate (see S. Res. 139), 10328 [31MY]

National Diabetes Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 131), 10370 [31MY]

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 Domestic Violence Awareness Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 133), 12368 [19JN]

National Drive for Life Weekend: designate (see S.J. Res. 127), 11130 [7JN]

National Energy Policy Act: enact (see S. 324), 1473 [2FE]

National Environmental Policy on International Financing Act: enact (see S. 1045), 15934 [24JY]

National Family Caregivers Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 140), 14184 [11JY]

National Family Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 117), 10774 [2JN]

National Former Prisoners of War Recognition Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 43, 190), 1243 [31JA], 18930 [4AU]

National Glaucoma Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 194), 21728 [26SE]

National Guard: treatment of inequities in crediting technician service relative to retirement (see S. 1890), 30569 [20NO]

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

National Hospice Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 78), 6047 [11AP]

National Intelligence Community Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 94), 5397 [4AP]

National Job Skills Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 148), 10767 [2JN]

National Labor Relations Act: amend relative to employers and performers in the live performing arts (see S. 1216), 17517 [1AU]

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

National Minority Cancer Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 34), 1309 [31JA]

National Morgan Horse Week: designate (see S. Res. 191), 23579 [5OC]

National Nursing Home Residents' Rights Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 115), 7805 [2MY]

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), 20078 [12SE]

National Plumbing Products Efficiency Act: enact (see S. 583), 4242 [15MR]

National POW/MIA Recognition Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 129), 11000 [6JN]

National Quality Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 124), 11000 [6JN]

National Recycling Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 61), 5603 [5AP]

National Red Ribbon Week for a Drug-Free America: designate (see S.J. Res. 213), 22639 [2OC]

National Scleroderma Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 147), 12571 [20JN]

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

National Skiing Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 59), 13164 [22JN]

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), 15644 [20JY]

National Teacher Act: enact (see S. 1676), 23598 [5OC]

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

National Visiting Nurse Associations Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 103), 13444 [23JN]

National Voluntary Reunion Registry: establish (see S. 1530), 18928 [4AU]

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

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]

National Women Veterans of World War II Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 204), 21728 [26SE]

Nobel Prizes: recognition for preservation of the world environment (see S.J. Res. 162), 13060 [22JN]

———recognize achievements in preservation of world environment (see S. Res. 190), 22988 [3OC]

Oil Pollution Liability and Compensation Act: enact (see S. 686), 12571 [20JN]

Oil Spill Cleanup and Enforcement Act: enact (see S. 1223), 13059 [22JN]

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

Outer Space Protection Act: enact (see S. 752), 5998 [11AP]

Philippines: naturalization of veterans through active-duty service during World War II (see S. 60), 4910 [17MR]

Poland: amend Foreign Assistance Act (see S. 1582), 19612 [6SE], 26674 [31OC]

———U.S. assistance in establishing parliamentary system (see S. Con. Res. 74), 22152 [27SE]

Polish American Heritage Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 93), 12572 [20JN]

Political campaigns: amend provisions relative to use of excess contributions (see S. 326), 3534 [6MR]

Pollution: marine and coastal waters (see S. 1179), 12572 [20JN]

Pollution Prevention Act: enact (see S. 585), 8987 [11MY]

Pony Express National Historic Trail: designate (see S. 374), 6589 [13AP]

Postal Service: treatment in the budget (see S. 302), 1242 [31JA]

Power resources: increase the effectiveness of State energy conservation programs (see S. 247), 12715 [21JN]

———research and development of renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies (see S. 488), 7989 [3MY]

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

Public lands: reinstate oil and gas lease No. LA 033164 (see S. 1805), 26436 [27OC]

Radiation Victims Fair Treatment Act: enact (see S. 982), 9086 [12MY]

Radon Mitigation Clarification Act: enact (see S. 894), 7804 [2MY]

Railroad Retirement Service: solvency of fund (see S. 1653), 21135 [20SE]

Raoul Wallenberg Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 110), 8793 [10MY]

Refugees: investigate and report on certain displaced Salvadorans and Nicaraguans (see S. 458), 7697 [1MY]

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]

Research and Experimental Credit Extension and Reform Act: enact (see S. 570), 4242 [15MR]

Retired Enlisted Association, Inc.: charter (see S. 670), 14182 [11JY]

Rogers, Sharon: reward for information relative to bombing of vehicle (see S. Res. 214), 30532 [20NO]

Route 66 Study Act: enact (see S. 963), 8778 [10MY]

Rural Housing Revitalization Act: enact (see S. 1371), 15624 [20JY]

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

Sec. of Veterans' Affairs: conduct of a comprehensive study of the psychological problems of Native Americans who are Vietnam veterans (see S. 192), 1114 [25JA]

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

———implement closed caption broadcasting of floor proceedings for hearing-impaired individuals (see S. Res. 13), 11524 [13JN]

———recycling program for disposed paper (see S. Res. 99), 8356 [4MY]

———use of polystyrene foam products in the food services (see S. Res. 113), 8570 [9MY]

Social Security: improve procedures for disability determinations and review (see S. 200), 1115 [25JA]

———improve services under medicare and medicaid programs to individuals with Alzheimer's disease and related disorders (see S. 1321), 31593 [21NO]

Social Security Preservation Act: enact (see S. 1795), 26019 [25OC]

Social Security Work Incentives Act: enact (see S. 1358), 15270 [19JY]

Solid Waste Disposal Act: require producers and importers of lubricating oil to recycle a certain percentage of used oil under EPA tracking system (see S. 1181), 30568 [20NO]

South Africa: ban loans and investments by U.S. corporations (see S. 507), 3482 [3MR]

———multilateral sanctions (see S. Con. Res. 47), 12716 [21JN]

Soviet Union: convening of Congress of Peoples' Deputies (see S. Res. 130), 9807 [18MY]

———Presidential waiver of impediments to emigration (see S. Con. Res. 45), 11902 [15JN]

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]

Statehood Centennial Commemorative Coin Act: enact (see S. 681), 4787 [17MR]

Stratospheric Ozone and Climate Protection Act: enact (see S. 491), 7697 [1MY]

Taxation: capital gains (see S. 411, 1938), 2083 [9FE], 30532 [20NO]

———exceptions on contributions in assistance to construction (see S. 435), 14355 [12JY]

———exclude certain employees from pension minimum coverage requirements (see S. 1383), 15897 [24JY]

———exclude from gross income the value of certain transportation costs furnished by an employer (see S. 1522), 18394 [3AU]

———extend issuance period for qualified mortgage bonds and mortgage credit certificates (see S. 355), 8568 [9MY]

———extend targeted jobs tax credit (see S. 720), 17516 [1AU]

———low-income housing credit (see S. 980), 8950 [11MY]

———simplified health arrangements meeting part-time employee requirements (see S. 654), 4786 [17MR]

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

———treatment of funding for research and experiments (see S. 1173), 11508 [13JN]

Tongass Timber Reform Act: enact (see S. 346), 24700 [16OC]

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

U.N.: support efforts relative to Cyprus (see S. Con. Res. 87), 31453 [21NO]

U.S. flag: protect physical integrity (see S. 1338), 15048 [18JY]

VA: extend respite care for certain chronically ill (see S. 900), 7805 [2MY]

Veterans: exclude agent orange settlement payments from countable income under Federal means-tested programs (see S. 892), 10999 [6JN]

Veterans' Agent Orange Exposure and Vietnam Service Benefits Act: enact (see S. 1153), 11351 [8JN]

Vietnam: release and emigration of political prisoners (see S. Con. Res. 16), 8570 [9MY]

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

Wallenberg, Raoul: release of prison records by Soviet Union (see S. Con. Res. 60), 20888 [19SE]

Water Resources Research Act: reauthorizing (see S. 714), 9284 [16MY]

Wellman, Mark: tribute (see S. Res. 158), 16310 [26JY]

Wilderness Act: anniversary (see S.J. Res. 67), 3780 [8MR]

Women's Vietnam War Memorial: location (see S.J. Res. 207), 26439 [27OC]

World Food Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 138), 9806 [18MY]

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

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

Bills and resolutions relative to

Senate Legal Counsel: representation in Rodney F. Stitch v. Cranston (see S. Res. 90), 5397 [4AP]

Biographies

Kenneth W. Starr, 9569 [17MY]

Chronologies

Senator Cranston's activities relative to Korean CIA disclosure issue, 3290 [2MR]

Cloture motions

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, and Executive Office of the President: making appropriations (H.R. 2989), 18831 [4AU]

Eastern Airlines: Presidential emergency board to investigate dispute with collective bargaining units (H.R. 1231), 4746 [17MR], 22555 [29SE], 25648 [24OC]

Government: ethics standards (H.R. 3660), 29678 [17NO]

Commentaries

Assessment of the VA methods of analyzing its hospital mortality rates: VA Chief Medical Director, 11665 [14JN]

Descriptions

Dept. of HUD Reform Act (H.R. 1), 31361-31367 [21NO]

Explanations

Agreement on Dept. of Veterans Affairs recruitment and retention of health care personnel (H.R. 904), 30628-30640 [20NO]

Currency fluctuations account for the Peace Corps, 21106 [20SE]

Financial statements

Personal, 7038-7043 [18AP]

Letters

Abortion: Michael Wong, 8760 [10MY]

Agent orange lawsuit: by, 10619 [1JN]

———Edward J. Derwinski, Sec. of Veterans Affairs, 10619 [1JN]

Agent orange study: Don M. Newman, Dept. of HHS, 12295 [19JN]

———John H. Gibbons, OTA, 12290 [19JN]

———Oliver H. Meadows, VA (sundry), 12293 [19JN]

———Robert M. Worth, 12320 [19JN]

Assessment of the VA methods of analyzing its hospital mortality rates: Edward J. Derwinski, Sec. of Veterans Affairs, 11665 [14JN]

———John Gibbons, 11665 [14JN]

———by, 11665 [14JN]

Budget reconciliation: by, 24477 [12OC]

California earthquake aftermath: by, 25944 [25OC]

Certification of Dept. of Veterans Affairs social workers: Edward J. Derwinski, Sec. of Veterans Affairs, 26660 [31OC]

Civil liberties on East Timor Island: by, 11380 [8JN]

Clubs and organizations having exclusionary membership practices: by, 9569 [17MY], 9570 [17MY]

———Frank Q. Nebeker, 9571 [17MY]

Construction of veterans facilities: Milton J. Socolar, 30627 [20NO]

Court of Veterans Appeals: by, 13130, 13131, 13132 [22JN]

———Frank Q. Nebeker, 20680, 20681 [18SE]

———George M. White, 13131 [22JN]

———GSA, 13131 [22JN]

———Senator Mikulski, 13130 [22JN]

Currency fluctuations account: Peace Corps, 21106 [20SE]

Deletion of a requirement of approval for certain VA construction settlements: Edward J. Derwinski, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, 11920 [15JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs appointment of health care professionals: Edward J. Derwinski, Sec. of Veterans Affairs, 26659 [31OC]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs health care funding: by, 10610, 10613, 10614 [1JN]

———Edward J. Derwinski, Sec. of Veterans Affairs, 10611 [1JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs health care professionals disciplinary proceedings: Edward J. Derwinski, Sec. of Veterans Affairs, 26661 [31OC]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs Health Care Programs Extension Act: Edward J. Derwinski, Sec. of Veterans Affairs, 6021 [11AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs Health Care Quality Assistance and Cost Effectiveness Act: Edward J. Derwinski, Sec. of Veterans Affairs, 16048 [25JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs health care system retention of third party reimbursements: American Legion, 23086 [3OC]

———Paralyzed Veterans of America, 23086 [3OC]

———Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc., 23086 [3OC]

———by, 23085 [3OC]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs home loan guaranty program, 31119 [21NO]

Designating high-intensity drug trafficking areas: by, 13114 [22JN]

———Hermosa Beach, CA, City Council, 13115 [22JN]

———Los Angeles County, CA, Board of Supervisors, 13115 [22JN]

———Robert T. Bartlett, 13115 [22JN]

Dwight D. Eisenhower Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Leavenworth, KS: AMVETS, 23087 [3OC]

———American Legion, 23086 [3OC]

———VFW, 23087 [3OC]

Effects of global warming: by, 14253 [12JY]

Emergency Medical Services and Trauma Care Improvement Act: Senators Leahy and Lugar, 554 [25JA]

———several health care organizations, 554 [25JA]

Employee leave sharing plan at the Dept. of Veterans Affairs: Edward J. Derwinski, Sec. of Veterans Affairs, 7822 [2MY]

Headstone allowance for veterans: Edward J. Derwinski, Sec. of Veterans Affairs, 11351 [8JN]

Human rights violations in Burma: by, 2920 [28FE]

Improve administration of health care benefits and personnel management: Edward J. Derwinski, Sec. of Veterans Affairs, 9259 [16MY]

Lincoln Savings and Loan Association of California: by, 29316 [16NO]

Low-income housing: M. Danny Wall and Lawrence J. White, 18862 [4AU]

Mandatory disclosure of Social Security numbers in claims for veterans' disability and death benefits: Edward J. Derwinski, Sec. of Veterans Affairs, 10646 [1JN]

Medical Followup Agency: by, 20872, 20873 [19SE]

———Dept. of Defense, 20873 [19SE]

———James B. Wyngaarden, Dept. of HHS, 20873 [19SE]

———John A. Gronvall, 20872 [19SE]

National Association of Radiation Survivors' claims: by, 2075 [9FE]

———David C. Williams, GAO, 2076 [9FE]

Nomination of Edward J. Derwinski as Sec. of Veterans Affairs: by, 3297 [2MR]

Nomination of Frank Q. Nebeker: by, 9572 [17MY]

Nomination of Paul Coverdell to be Director of the Peace Corps: by, 7381 [19AP]

Peace Corps foreign currency fluctuations account: Loret M. Ruppe, 4908 [17MR]

Peace Corps volunteer strength: Loret M. Ruppe, 4907 [17MR]

Performance of probationary Dept. of Veterans Affairs health care employees: Edward J. Derwinski, Sec. of Veterans Affairs, 26663 [31OC]

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: John A. Gronvall, 531 [25JA]

Rate of veterans' disability compensation: Thomas E. Harvey, 4581 [16MR]

Savings and loan legislation: Nicholas F. Brady, Sec. of the Treasury, 6937 [18AP]

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

U.S. policy in the eastern Mediterranean: by, 4946 [17MR]

VA Requests GAO Study of Key Management Activities press release: by, 14512 [13JY]

———Charles A. Bowsher, 14513 [13JY]

VA's security service: by, 535 [25JA]

———Thomas K. Turnage, 535 [25JA]

Veterans' Educational Assistance Improvement Act: Edward J. Derwinski, Sec. of Veterans Affairs, 9256 [16MY]

Veterans' Housing Act amendments: Edward J. Derwinski, Sec. of Veterans Affairs, 7819 [2MY]

Veterans' medical care programs funding: by, 20866 [19SE]

Lists

Dept. of Veterans Affairs' Readjustment Counseling Service staff, 31324 [21NO], 31730 [11DE]

Organizations endorsing the Economic Equity Act, 17998 [2AU]

Memorandums

Agent Orange Study: (sundry), 12293-12321 [19JN]

Lincoln Savings and Loan Association of California: Federal Home Loan Bank Board, 29317 [16NO]

Relations With Peace Corps: Dept. of State, 7381 [19AP]

Review of American Legion Study Papers on Health of Vietnam Veterans: Dept. of HHS, 12320 [19JN]

Review of Stellmans's Study of Vietnam Veterans: Dept. of HHS, 12320 [19JN]

Papers

Agent Orange—OTA Review of Columbia University-American Legion Vietnam Veterans Study, 12289-12293 [19JN]

Case Against the Stealth Bomber, 29731 [17NO]

Press releases

Services available to California earthquake victims: Dept. of Veterans Affairs (sundry), 25945 [25OC]

VA will not appeal agent orange decision, 10619 [1JN]

Qualifications

Edward J. Derwinski, to be Sec. of Veterans Affairs, 3287 [2MR]

Questions and answers

VA Dept. of Medicine and Surgery, VA police officer employment, 535 [25JA]

Remarks by, on

Abortion: pro choice versus right to life, 8760 [10MY]

Agriculture: promote low-input production systems (S. 970), 8954 [11MY]

———standards for imported kiwi fruit, peaches, pears, nectarines, and plums (S. 992), 9242 [16MY]

Aliens: fiscal impact of legalization program on State and local governments, 21279 [21SE]

Americans With Disabilities Act: enact (S. 933), 8519 [9MY], 19812 [7SE]

Apollo 11 (spacecraft): anniversary of lunar landing (S. Res. 156), 15567 [20JY]

Appropriations: emergency supplemental (H.R. 2072), 10609-10615 [1JN], 11114 [7JN]

———further continuing (H.J. Res. 423), 25942-25945, 25949 [25OC]

Banks and banking: reform Federal deposit insurance system (H.R. 1278), conference report, 18331 [3AU], 18858-18861, 18870 [4AU]

———reform Federal deposit insurance system (S. 774), 6937 [18AP], 7126, 7146, 7157 [19AP]

Budget: reconciliation (H.R. 3299), conference report, 31415, 31430 [21NO]

Bureau of Census: prohibit use of funds for counting illegal aliens, 22522 [29SE]

Business: enhance competition in the financial services sector (S. 530), 3696 [8MR]

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

———assistance for victims of earthquake without increasing the Federal deficit (S. Res. 197), instructions to budget reconciliation conferees, 25958 [25OC]

———conveyance of certain lands in a naval petroleum reserve (S. 669), 4870 [17MR]

———earthquake, 25241 [19OC], 25335 [20OC]

———emergency law enforcement appropriations, 25418 [23OC]

———prohibit exploration of oil and gas in certain coastal areas (S. 49), 630 [25JA]

———protection of public lands in the desert (S. 11), 386, 505-507 [25JA], 4211 [15MR]

Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner Day: designate (S. Con. Res. 40), 9921 [18MY]

Chief Justice Earl Warren Day: designate (S.J. Res. 69), 3157 [1MR]

Children: assistance for and coordination of day-care services (S. 44), 617 [25JA]

———increase quality and availability of care (S. 18), 558-562 [25JA]

———increase quality and availability of care (S. 5), 485 [25JA], 12215 [16JN], 12974 [22JN], 13355 [23JN]

China, People's Republic of: deny most favored nation treatment (S. 1242), 13126 [22JN]

CIA: authorizing appropriations for retirement and disability system (S. 1324), 27653 [7NO]

Civil rights: prohibit discrimination on basis of sexual orientation (S. 47), 628 [25JA], 27592 [7NO]

Coins and coinage: modernize U.S. designs (S. 428), 13482 [23JN]

Colorado: Dept. of the Interior land acquisition (S. 737), 29244 [15NO]

Commission on Civil Rights: extend (H.R. 3532), 29240 [15NO]

Commission on Veterans' Education Policy: implement recommendations (S. 1092), 10624-10626 [1JN]

Committee on Armed Services: meetings during sessions, 7993 [3MY]

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Technology: meetings during sessions, 7993 [3MY]

Committee on Environment and Public Works: meetings during sessions, 7993 [3MY]

Committee on Finance: meetings during sessions, 7993 [3MY]

Committee on Foreign Relations: meetings during sessions, 7993 [3MY]

Committee on Labor and Human Resources: notices of hearings, 20697 [18SE]

Committee on Rules and Administration: meetings during sessions, 7993 [3MY]

Committee on Veterans' Affairs: notices of hearings, 1576 [2FE], 2988 [28FE], 4415 [15MR], 8989 [11MY], 19935 [7SE], 20317 [13SE], 20697 [18SE], 22170 [27SE], 27208 [6NO], 27910 [8NO], 28126 [9NO]

Community Services Block Grant Program: transfer of funds from day care program, 21289 [21SE]

Comprehensive Community Substance Abuse Prevention Act: enact (S. 1233), 13111 [22JN]

Condor Range and Rivers Act: enact (S. 1625), 20524 [14SE]

Congressional budget: setting forth for 1990-92 (S. Con. Res. 30), 7922, 7931, 7942 [3MY], 8274, 8298, 8299, 8306 [4MY]

Consumer Protection Against Price-Fixing Act: enact (S. 865), 7317 [19AP]

Continental shelf: regulation of air pollution (S. 782), 7951 [3MY]

Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary: designate (S.J. Res. 139), 9917 [18MY]

Court of Veterans Appeals: nominations, 20578 [14SE]

Court of Veterans Appeals Judges Retirement Act: enact (S. 1243), 13126, 13130, 13132 [22JN], 18467 [3AU]

Coverdell, Paul: nomination, 7380-7382 [19AP]

CPSC: issuance of fire safety standards for cigarettes (S. 17), 557 [25JA]

Crime and criminals: detention of person convicted of violent offense pending sentence or appeal (S. 1259), 29265 [15NO]

———domestic violence judiciary training grants (S. 1482), 18000 [2AU]

Democratic Party: election of regional whips and deputy whips, 1240 [31JA]

Dept. of Defense: appropriations (S. 1352), 15894 [24JY], 16660 [27JY]

———appropriations (H.R. 3072), 22386, 22394, 22404 [28SE]

———appropriations (H.R. 3072), conference report, 29726, 29735 [17NO]

———B-2 stealth bomber development, 29726, 29735 [17NO]

Dept. of HUD Reform Act: enact (H.R. 1), 31359, 31373, 31379 [21NO]

Dept. of State, USIA, and Board for International Broadcasting: authorizing appropriations (S. 1160), 15178 [19JY], 15552, 15555, 15558 [20JY]

Dept. of the Interior: making appropriations (H.R. 2788), 16306 [26JY]

Dept. of Transportation: making appropriations (H.R. 3015), 20009 [12SE], 20298 [13SE], 20465 [14SE], 22111, 22112, 22130, 22132, 22133, 22139 [27SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3015), conference report, 28698 [14NO]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: appointment of health care professionals (S. 1817), 26658 [31OC]

———appointments to the positions of Chief Medical Director and Chief Benefits Director, 19624 [6SE]

———certification of social workers (S. 1818), 26660 [31OC]

———disciplinary proceedings for health care professionals (S. 1819), 26661 [31OC]

———employee leave sharing plan (S. 899), 7822 [2MY]

———extend certain health programs (S. 1709), 22590 [29SE]

———extend certain home loan guaranty program provisions (S. 404), 2096 [9FE]

———extend the preventive care pilot program (S. 1306), 14352-14353 [12JY]

———health care funding, 10609-10615 [1JN]

———improve health care benefits and personnel management (S. 1004), 9257 [16MY]

———increase minor construction cost limitation (S. 1305), 14351 [12JY]

———mandatory disclosure of Social Security numbers in claims for disability and death benefits (S. 1110), 10646 [1JN]

———maximum amount of special pay authorized for physicians and dentists (S. 1211), 12567 [20JN], 26119 [26OC]

———performance of probationary health care employees (S. 1820), 26662 [31OC]

———recruitment and retention of health care personnel (H.R. 901), 26119 [26OC], 30618, 30628 [20NO]

———retain certain amounts collected from third parties for health care costs (S. 1703), 31732 [11DE]

———supplemental appropriations (H.R. 2402), 13042 [22JN]

———treatment of homeless, chronically mentally ill veterans (S. 405), 2096, 2097 [9FE]

———VA Requests GAO Study of Key Management Activities press release, 14512 [13JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs Health Care Programs Extension Act: enact (S. 748), 6021 [11AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs Health Care Quality Assistance and Cost Effectiveness Act: enact (S. 1398), 16044 [25JY]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2991), 22509, 22522, 22536 [29SE]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2990), 21228, 21255, 21257, 21258, 21279, 21290 [21SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2990), conference report, 25262, 25263, 25268 [19OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3566), 29327 [16NO]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs, HUD, and related agencies: appropriations (H.R. 2916), 20680, 20681 [18SE], 20803, 20832, 20833, 20863, 20864, 20868, 20869, 20872, 20876 [19SE]

———appropriations (H.R. 2916), conference report, 26403 [27OC]

Derwinski, Edward J.: nomination to be Sec. of Veterans Affairs, 3287-3290, 3293, 3296, 3299 [2MR]

Disasters: emergency assistance for damages caused by Hurricane Hugo and the California earthquake, 25942-25945, 25949 [25OC]

Diseases: acquired immune deficiency syndrome education programs, 21228 [21SE]

———acquired immune deficiency syndrome epidemic, 12 [3JA], 1466 [2FE], 4211 [15MR], 9159 [16MY], 12953 [22JN], 15264 [19JY], 26640 [31OC], 31284 [21NO]

———grant program to assist in providing service for individuals with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (S. 14), 386, 541 [25JA]

———immigration laws relative to acquired immune deficiency syndrome victims, 7110 [19AP]

———notification of spouse of an acquired immune deficiency syndrome patient, 21255 [21SE]

District of Columbia: making appropriations (H.R. 3026), 20507 [14SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3026), veto, 26421 [27OC]

Drug abuse: designate certain high-intensity drug trafficking areas, 22133 [27SE]

———designate certain high-intensity drug trafficking areas (S. 1234), 13113 [22JN]

———funding for rehabilitation and enforcement programs, 22111, 22112 [27SE]

———implement national policy (S. 1711), 23459, 23501, 23502, 23509 [5OC]

———special forfeiture fund for assets seized by authorized agents, 22132 [27SE]

Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act: amend (S. 629), 4602-4604 [16MR]

Earthquakes: reduce hazards (S. 1062), 26082 [25OC]

Ecology: global warming trend, 14514 [13JY]

Economic Equity Act: enact (S. 1480), 17981-17982 [2AU]

El Salvador: condemnation of violence (S. Res. 217), 31258 [21NO]

———military assistance, 21048 [20SE]

———restrict military assistance (S. 642), 4622 [16MR]

Equal Access to Voting Act: enact (S. 675), 4886-4890 [17MR]

FAA: promote safety and protect airline employees (S. 48), 629 [25JA]

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Act: amend (S. 493), 3308 [2MR]

Federal Housing Administration: mortgage insurance program, 20832, 20833 [19SE]

FERC: staggered terms for members (S. 388), 29261 [15NO]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2939), 21048, 21075, 21105, 21106 [20SE]

Foreign trade: maintain export assistance office in northern California (S. 285), 1249 [31JA]

Freedom of Choice Act: enact (S. 1912), 29768 [17NO]

Golden Gate National Recreation Area, CA: land acquisition, 16306 [26JY]

Gregg, Donald P.: nomination to be Ambassador to the Republic of Korea, 20013, 20016, 20019, 20021, 20027, 20033, 20036, 20039 [12SE]

Hate Crime Statistics Act: enact (S. 419), 2446 [22FE]

Health: care for the dying, 1774 [7FE]

———improve emergency medical services and trauma care (S. 15), 386, 543-549 [25JA], 15658 [20JY], 28048 [9NO]

Homosexuality: education of children on certain views, 21257, 21258 [21SE]

Hoop Valley Indian Reservation, CA: settlement of land dispute, 7103 [19AP]

Hungary: importation of defense articles, 15178 [19JY]

———political and economic reform (H.R. 3402), 29392 [16NO]

———promote democracy (S. 1641), 20882 [19SE]

Immigration: change level and preference system for admission to U.S. (S. 448), 14251 [12JY]

———funding of State legalization impact assistance grants, 25262, 25263 [19OC]

———reform preference system and provide for administrative naturalization (S. 358), 14281, 14302 [12JY], 14564 [13JY]

Income: eliminate discriminatory wage-setting practices relative to sex, race, or national origin (S. 16), 555 [25JA]

Indians: funding for land and water settlements, 8298, 8299 [4MY]

———moratorium on relocation of Navajo and Hopi (S. 481), 3146-3148 [1MR]

Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (S. 1324), 27653 [7NO]

International Narcotics and Terrorism Control Act: enact (S. 924), 8374 [4MY]

Interstate compacts: Quad Cities Interstate Metropolitan Authority Compact (S. 1485), 29243, 29244 [15NO]

Japan: sale of F-16 aircraft technology and codevelopment of FSX aircraft (S.J. Res. 113), 9217 [16MY]

Japanese Americans: compensation for relocation during World War II, 22509 [29SE]

Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail: designate (S. 465), 2972 [28FE]

Kampuchea: economic assistance, 15552, 15555, 15558 [20JY]

Kemp, Jack: nomination as Sec. of HUD, 1421 [2FE]

Kirkendall, Donald E.: referral of nomination, 29240 [15NO]

Law enforcement officers: equity in compensation, 27653 [7NO]

Mansfield, Mike: acknowledge distinguished service (S. Res. 55), 1927, 1928 [8FE]

Martin Luther King, Jr., Federal Holiday Commission: funding (S. 431), 7793 [2MY]

Massachusetts: legislation prohibiting discrimination against homosexuals and lesbians, 27592 [7NO]

Medicaid Home and Community Quality Services Act: enact (S. 384), 1973 [8FE]

Military installations: proposed closings, 16 [3JA]

NASA: commemorate anniversary of Ames Research Center (S.J. Res. 156), 11522 [13JN]

National Affordable Housing Act: enact (S. 565), 4243 [15MR]

National Endowment for the Arts: funding guidelines, 22386, 22394 [28SE]

National Energy Policy Act: enact (S. 324), 1508 [2FE]

National HIV and AIDS Awareness Month: designate (S.J. Res. 197), 20562 [14SE]

National Housing Trust: assistance to first-time homebuyers (H.R. 1), 31359, 31373 [21NO]

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial: ground breaking, 26640 [31OC]

National Prevent-A-Litter Month: designate (S.J. Res. 229), 30566 [20NO]

National Week of Commitment to Helping the Homeless: designate (S.J. Res. 111), 7323 [19AP]

Nebeker, Frank Q.: nomination, 9567 [17MY]

Nehru, Jawaharlal: anniversary of birth (H. Con. Res. 217), 29265 [15NO]

North American Wetlands Conservation Act: enact (S. 804), 29245, 29252, 29255 [15NO]

Northern Pacific Railroad: acquisition of right-of-way, 22139 [27SE]

Nuclear warfare: strategic defense initiative, 16661 [27JY]

Oakland, CA: Donald P. McCullum Memorial Plaza (S. 1623), 20522 [14SE]

Oil Pollution Liability and Compensation Act: enact (S. 686), 18372 [3AU]

Pacific Basin Forum: establish (S. Con. Res. 27), 6590 [13AP]

Pakistan: democratic process, 26768 [1NO]

Panama: restore democracy, 23459 [5OC]

Pandas: survival, 434 [25JA]

Parents as Partners in Learning Act: establish (S. 12), 386 [25JA], 516 [25JA]

Peace Corps: increase appropriations, 21105, 21106 [20SE]

Peace Corps Act: amend (S. 683), 4907 [17MR]

Pesticides: food safety, 26389 [27OC]

Philip A. Hart Senate Office Building: use of atrium for the Congressional Chorus (S. Res. 209), 29243 [15NO]

Poland: importation of defense articles, 15178 [19JY]

———political and economic reform (H.R. 3402), 29392 [16NO]

———promote democracy (S. 1641), 20882 [19SE]

———support freedom and democracy (S. 1582), 25972, 25973, 25999 [25OC]

———U.S. assistance in establishing parliamentary system (S. Con. Res. 74), 22143 [27SE]

President pro tempore: notify House of Representatives of election of Senator Byrd (S. Res. 5), 6 [3JA]

Principi, Anthony J.: nomination, 4785 [17MR]

Prisoner of War Medal: amend definition to expand eligibility (S. 487), 3152 [1MR]

Public lands: national policy for the taking of predatory or scavenging mammals and birds (S.J. Res. 5), 1042 [25JA]

Public utilities: unintended licensing of federally nonjurisdictional pre-1935 unlicensed hydroelectric projects (S. 635), 29240, 29243 [15NO]

Refugees: funding for resettlement, 11114 [7JN]

Reproductive Health Equity Act: enact (S. 1946), 30563 [20NO]

Rowe, James N.: condolences to family (S. Res. 118), 7990 [3MY]

Ruppe, Loret M.: nomination to be Ambassador to Norway, 19056 [6SE]

San Francisco, CA: mass transit funding, 20298 [13SE]

San Francisco 49ers (football team): contributions to earthquake victims, 30422 [20NO]

San Pedro, CA: tribute to James Fenimore Cooper High School, 8923 [11MY]

Saunders, Richard: relief (S. 1128), 10974 [6JN]

Sec. of Commerce: designate as NSC member (S. 499), 3318 [2MR], 4217 [15MR]

SEC: authorizing appropriations (S. 1712), 29450, 29452 [16NO]

Senate: bipartisan compromise, 386 [25JA]

———legislative program, 8006 [3MY], 12215 [16JN], 21006 [20SE], 29266 [15NO]

———nominations considered and confirmed en bloc, 29187 [15NO]

———notify President of consent to nominations, 29187 [15NO]

Social Security: economic contributions of spouses (S. 51), 635 [25JA]

South Africa: ban loans and investments by U.S. corporations (S. 507), 3485 [3MR], 3645 [7MR]

Tariff: extracorporeal shock wave lithotripter (S. 1584), 19614 [6SE]

Taxation: capital gains differential (S. 551), 3958 [9MR]

———capital gains (S. 411), 2122 [9FE]

———capital gains (S. 1938), 30552 [20NO]

———temporarily reduce capital gains tax for noncorporate taxpayers (H.R. 3628), 28685 [14NO], 29112 [15NO]

Television: tribute to show Family Ties, 9524 [17MY]

Tower, John G.: nomination to be Sec. of Defense, 3286 [2MR], 3525 [6MR], 3704 [8MR]

Transitional Housing Child Care Services Act: enact (S. 1483), 18000 [2AU]

U.S. flag: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (S.J. Res. 180), 24834 [17OC], 25257 [19OC]

———protect physical integrity (S. 1338), 15013 [18JY]

VA: agent orange lawsuit, 10618 [1JN]

———delete requirement of specific congressional approval for settlement of certain claims of construction contractors (S. 1195), 11919 [15JN]

———extend respite care for certain chronically ill (S. 900), 7825 [2MY]

———GAO and OTA survey of hospital mortality rates, 11664, 11668 [14JN]

———GAO report on adjudication of veterans' claims, 2075 [9FE]

———recruitment and retention of health care personnel (H.R. 901), 26119 [26OC]

Veterans: headstone allowance (S. 1147), 11351 [8JN]

———improve mental health care (S. 86), 698 [25JA]

———increase disability and dependency and indemnity compensations and certain other benefits (S. 13), 386, 518-531 [25JA], 10685-10688 [1JN], 15935 [24JY], 23067, 23081, 23085 [3OC]

———study of health effects of agent orange, 12289 [19JN]

Veterans' Agent Orange Exposure and Vietnam Service Benefits Act: enact (S. 1153), 11365 [8JN], 17923, 17928, 17931, 17933, 17938, 17940 [2AU], 18274 [3AU]

Veterans' and Survivors' Compensation Indexing Act: enact (S. 613), 4580 [16MR]

Veterans Day: observance, 28107 [9NO]

Veterans' Educational Assistance Improvement Act: enact (S. 1003), 9254 [16MY]

Veterans Health-Care Personnel Act: enact (S. 947), 8533-8544 [9MY]

Veterans Home Loan Guaranty Restructuring and Solvency Act: enact (S. 1158), 11425 [9JN], 11501-11506 [13JN]

Veterans' Housing Act: amend (S. 898), 7818 [2MY]

Vietnam Veterans Outreach Centers: anniversary, 31323-31325 [21NO], 31728 [11DE]

Remarks in Senate relative to

Conferee: replacement on H.R. 1487, 26077 [25OC]

Japan: congressional delegation at funeral of Emperor Hirohito, 3645 [7MR]

Senate Legal Counsel: representation in Rodney F. Stitch v. Cranston (S. Res. 90), 5450 [4AP]

Reports

Allegations Concerning VA's Patient Mortality Study: GAO (excerpt), 11664 [14JN]

Assessment of the VA Method of Analyzing Its Hospital Mortality Rates: OTA (excerpt), 11664 [14JN]

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.: First Boston Co., 3310 [2MR]

Foreign Travel Expenditures, 12580 [20JN]

Improvements Needed in Processing Veterans Disability Claims: GAO, 15936 [24JY]

National Association of Radiation Survivors' Claims: GAO, 2076 [9FE]

Responding to Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome: Lori Heise, 4211-4217 [15MR]

VA Health Care—Allegations Concerning VA's Patient Mortality Study: David P. Baine, GAO, 11665 [14JN]

Veterans' Education Policy: Dept. of Veterans Affairs, 10629 [1JN]

Reports filed

Committee Activities During the 100th Congress: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (S. Rept. 101-16), 5821 [7AP]

Court of Veterans Appeals Judges Retirement Act: Committee on Veterans Affairs (S. 1243) (S. Rept. 101-86), 16041 [25JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs' Use of IRS and Social Security Administration Data for Income Verification: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (S. 1633) (S. Rept. 101-134), 20626 [15SE]

Depts. of Labor and Veterans Affairs Nominations: Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 23579 [5OC]

Nomination of Edward J. Derwinski to be Sec. of Veterans Affairs: Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 3300 [2MR]

Nomination of Frank Q. Nebeker To Be Chief Judge of the Court of Veterans Appeals: Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 9238 [16MY]

Nominations: Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 29189 [15NO]

Report of the Committee on Veterans' Affairs Pursuant to Section 302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (S. Rept. 101-102), 17958 [2AU]

Section 302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (S. Rept. 101-96), 17490 [1AU]

Veterans' Agent Orange Exposure and Vietnam Service Benefits Act: Committee enact (S. 1153) (S. Rept. 101-82), 15897 [24JY]

Veterans Benefits and Health Care Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (S. 13) (S. Rept. 101-126), 20306 [13SE]

Resolutions by organizations

Designating high-intensity drug trafficking areas: Compton, CA, City Council, 13116 [22JN]

———Cudahy, CA, City Council, 13115 [22JN]

———Gardena, CA, City Council, 13115 [22JN]

———Montebello, CA, City Council, 13116 [22JN]

———Paramount, CA, City Council, 13116 [22JN]

———Santa Clarita, CA, City Council, 13116 [22JN]

Dwight D. Eisenhower Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Leavenworth, KS: American Legion, 23087 [3OC]

———DAV, 23087 [3OC]

Resume

Professional activities: Kenneth W. Starr, 9569 [17MY]

Rules

Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 2385-2387 [22FE]

Statements

Illegal Aliens: John G. Kean, 22522 [29SE]

Lincoln Savings and Loan Association of California: by, 29319-29322 [16NO]

Savings and Loan Legislation: Nicholas F. Brady, Sec. of the Treasury, 6937 [18AP]

U.S.-Soviet Relations: by, 22074 [27SE]

Summaries

Budget Impact of National Affordable Housing Act, 4304 [15MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs' Program for Treatment of Homeless, Chronically Mentally Ill Veterans (S. 405), 2099 [9FE]

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Report: Research Triangle Institute, 534 [25JA]

Veterans Education Policy Improvements Act (S. 1992), 10628 [1JN]

Tables

Budget projections for Court of Veterans Appeals, 20681 [18SE]

Currency fluctuations account for the Peace Corps, 21106 [20SE]

National Affordable Housing Act authorization levels, 4304 [15MR]

VA health care facility mortality rates, 11668 [14JN]

VA percentage of cases reviewed in which ``likely'' quality of care problems identified for 10 primarily psychiatric facilities, 11668 [14JN]

Testimonies

Committee on Appropriations (Senate): Depts. of Energy and of the Interior Budgets, D227 [2MY]

———Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD Appropriations, D287 [18MY]

———Energy and Water Development Programs Appropriations, D153 [5AP]

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program Funding (S. 629), D166 [7AP]

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: California Desert Protection Act (S. 11), D618 [2OC]

———Recent Increases in Petroleum Prices as a Result of the Valdez Oil Spill, D192 [17AP]

Committee on Environment and Public Works: Air Quality Standards, Focusing on Ozone and Carbon Monoxide Nonattainment Issues, D601 [27SE]

Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Emergency Medical Services and Trauma Care (S. 15), D466 [25JY]

Committee on Rules and Administration: Budget, D36 [8FE]

Committee on the Judiciary (Senate): Equal Access to Voting Act (S. 675), D257 [10MY]

Iran-Contra Affair: Donald P. Gregg, 20036 [12SE]

Texts of

S. 11, California Desert Protection Act, 507-516 [25JA]

S. 12, Parents as Partners in Learning Act, 517 [25JA]

S. 13, Veterans Benefits and Health Care Act, 536-541 [25JA]

S. 14, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Health Services Act, 542 [25JA]

S. 15, Emergency Medical Services and Trauma Care Improvement Act, 550-554 [25JA]

S. 16, Pay Equity Technical Assistance Act, 556 [25JA]

S. 17, Fire Safe Cigarette Act, 557 [25JA]

S. 18, Child Care Standards Improvement Act, 562 [25JA]

S. 44, Child Care Assistance Act, 617 [25JA]

S. 47, prohibit discrimination on basis of sexual orientation, 628 [25JA]

S. 48, Aviation Safety Protection Act, 629 [25JA]

S. 49, California Ocean Sanctuary Act, 631 [25JA]

S. 51, Social Security Equity Act, 639 [25JA]

S. 86, improve mental health care for veterans, 699 [25JA]

S. 285, maintain export assistance office in northern California, 1251 [31JA]

S. 404, extend certain Dept. of Veterans Affairs' home loan guaranty program provisions, 2096 [9FE]

S. 405, Dept. of Veterans Affairs' program for treatment of homeless, chronically mentally ill veterans, 2098 [9FE]

S. 465, Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail, 2972 [28FE]

S. 481, moratorium on relocation of Navajo and Hopi Indians, 3148 [1MR]

S. 487, amend definition to expand eligibility of Prisoner of War Medal, 3152 [1MR]

S. 493, amend Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Act, 3308 [2MR]

S. 499, designate Sec. of Commerce as NSC member, 3318 [2MR]

S. 551, taxation of capital gains differential, 3960 [9MR]

S. 565, National Affordable Housing Act, 4245-4274 [15MR]

S. 566, National Affordable Housing Act, 4274-4304 [15MR]

S. 613, Veterans and Survivors' Compensation Indexing Act, 4580 [16MR]

S. 629, Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act amendment, 4604 [16MR]

S. 675, Equal Access to Voting Act, 4890-4892 [17MR]

S. 683, Peace Corps Act amendments, 4909 [17MR]

S. 748, Dept. of Veterans Affairs Health Care Programs Extension Act, 6021 [11AP]

S. 898, Veterans' Housing Act amendment, 7818, 7819 [2MY]

S. 899, employee leave sharing plan at the Dept. of Veterans Affairs, 7822 [2MY]

S. 947, Veterans Health-Care Personnel Act, 8544-8548 [9MY]

S. 992, standards for imported kiwi fruit, peaches, pears, nectarines, and plums, 9243 [16MY]

S. 1003, Veterans' Educational Assistance Improvement Act, 9254 [16MY]

S. 1004, improve health care benefits and personnel management in the Dept. of Veterans Affairs, 9257 [16MY]

S. 1092, Veterans Education Policy Improvements Act, 10626 [1JN]

S. 1110, mandatory disclosure of Social Security numbers in claims for veterans' disability and death benefits, 10646 [1JN]

S. 1128, relief of Richard Saunders, 10974 [6JN]

S. 1147, headstone allowance for veterans, 11351 [8JN]

S. 1153, Veterans' Agent Orange Exposure and Vietnam Service Benefits Act, 17923-17928 [2AU]

S. 1158, Veterans Home Loan Guaranty Restructuring and Solvency Act, 11426 [9JN]

S. 1195, delete requirement of specific congressional approval for settlement of certain claims of VA construction contractors, 11919 [15JN]

S. 1211, maximum amount of special pay authorized for Dept. of Veterans Affairs' physicians and dentists, 12568 [20JN]

S. 1233, Comprehensive Community Substance Abuse Prevention Act, 13112 [22JN]

S. 1234, designating high-intensity drug trafficking areas, 13114 [22JN]

S. 1243, Court of Veterans Appeals Judges Retirement Act, 13133-13136 [22JN]

S. 1305, increase Dept. of Veterans Affairs' minor construction cost limitation, 14351 [12JY]

S. 1306, extend Dept. of Veterans Affairs' preventive care pilot program, 14353 [12JY]

S. 1398, Dept. of Veterans Affairs Health Care Quality Assistance and Cost Effectiveness Act, 16045-16047 [25JY]

S. 1480, Economic Equity Act, 17983-17997 [2AU]

S. 1482, domestic violence judiciary training grants, 18000 [2AU]

S. 1483, Transitional Housing Child Care Services Act, 18001 [2AU]

S. 1584, tariff on extracorporeal shock wave lithotripter, 19615 [6SE]

S. 1623, designate the Donald P. McCullum Memorial Plaza in Oakland, CA, 20523 [14SE]

S. 1625, Condor Range and Rivers Act, 20524 [14SE]

S. 1817, appointment of health care professionals to Dept. of Veterans Affairs, 26658 [31OC]

S. 1818, certification of Dept. of Veterans Affairs social workers, 26660 [31OC]

S. 1819, disciplinary proceedings for Dept. of Veterans Affairs health care professionals, 26661 [31OC]

S. 1820, performance of probationary Dept. of Veterans Affairs health care employees, 26662 [31OC]

S. 1912, Freedom of Choice Act, 29769 [17NO]

S. 1946, Reproductive Health Equity Act, 30563 [20NO]

S. Res. 5, notify House of Representatives of election of Senator Byrd as President pro tempore, 6, 29 [3JA]

S. Res. 51, authorizing expenditures for Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 1845 [7FE]

S. Res. 90, Senate Legal Counsel representation in Rodney F. Stitch v. Cranston, 5423 [4AP]

S. Res. 118, condolences to family of James N. Rowe, 7990 [3MY]

S.J. Res. 5, national policy for the taking of predatory or scavenging mammals and birds, 1043 [25JA]

S.J. Res. 69, Chief Justice Earl Warren Day, 3158 [1MR]

S.J. Res. 111, National Week of Commitment to Helping the Homeless, 7323 [19AP]

S.J. Res. 156, commemorate anniversary of NASA's Ames Research Center, 11522 [13JN]

S.J. Res. 197, National HIV and AIDS Awareness Month, 20562 [14SE]

S.J. Res. 229, National Prevent-A-Litter Month, 30566 [20NO]

Tributes

Bechtel, Stephen D., 4542 [16MR]

Bundy, Reid, 23619 [5OC]

Chang, Michael, 12695 [21JN]

Hinkley, Jan N., 13398 [23JN]

Jackson, William E., 3698 [8MR]

Magnuson, Warren G., 11475 [13JN]

Miossi, Vera, 434 [25JA]

Pepper, Claude, 10879 [6JN]

Shaheen, JoAnn, 8923 [11MY]

Souza, Frank, 5388 [4AP]

Tsakopoulos, Angelo K., 23869 [6OC]