ADAMS, BROCK (a Senator from Washington)
Addresses
Persian Gulf Policy After War With Iraq: by, S1887 [19FE]
Amendments offered by, to
Arms control: transfer of certain artillery and weapons to NATO countries (H.R. 3807), S18063 [25NO]
Civil Rights Act: restore and strengthen laws that ban discrimination in employment (S. 1745), S15417 [29OC], S15458, S15534 [30OC]
Dept. of Defense: making supplemental appropriations for personnel expenditures relative to Operation Desert Shield (S. 578), S3445 [14MR]
Dept. of the Interior: making appropriations (H.R. 2686), S12974, S12990 [13SE]
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2707), S12623, S12646, S12677 [10SE], S12801 [11SE], S12872, S12927 [12SE]
District of Columbia: making appropriations (H.R. 2699), S10401, S10461 [18JY]
Elections: campaign ethics reform and contribution limits (S. 3), S6250 [21MY], S6295, S6424 [22MY]
Financial institutions: reform deposit insurance system (S. 543), S16702, S16768 [14NO], S16918, S16922, S16958 [18NO]
Fishing: international moratorium on large-scale driftnets (S. 884), S11795, S11917 [1AU]
Foreign aid: authorizing appropriations (S. 1435), S11082 [26JY]
Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2621), S14227 [2OC]
National defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and personnel of the Depts. of Defense and Energy (S. 1507), S11776, S11915 [1AU], S11946, S12320 [2AU]
Resolution Trust Corp.: funding (S. 419), S2845 [6MR]
Surface Transportation Efficiency Act: enact (S. 1204), S7504, S7507 [11JN], S7586, S7677 [12JN], S7774, S7832, S7842 [13JN]
Analyses
Breast Cancer Screening Safety Act (S. 1777), S14047 [1OC]
Appointments
Acting President pro tempore, S16785 [15NO]
Conferee: H.R. 2251, making appropriations for humanitarian assistance and peacekeeping activities in Iraq, S5881 [15MY]
———H.R. 2506, legislative branch appropriations, S10280, S10281 [17JY]
———H.R. 2699, District of Columbia appropriations, S10401 [18JY]
———H.R. 2967, authorizing appropriations for the Older Americans Act and the Native Americans Programs Act and authorizing the National Conference on Aging, S16898 [18NO]
World Climate Convention Observer Group, S8633 [25JN]
Articles and editorials
Owl and the Law, Washington (DC) Post, S8699 [26JN]
Owls, Trees, and Loggers, Washington (DC) Post, S8700 [26JN]
Reject Prudery—Teen Sex Survey Needed, USA Today, S12869 [12SE]
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Armed Forces: rescission of ban on gay, lesbian, and bisexual Americans (see S. Res. 236, S18336 [26NO])
Arms sales: prohibit sales to any country that is participating in or cooperating with the economic boycott of Israel (see S. 1196, S6858 [24MY])
Civil Rights Act: exemption of Wards Cove Packing Co. employees (see S. 1962, S16611 [13NO])
Education: student financial assistance relative to computation of homeowners equity (see S. 1119, S6210 [21MY])
El Salvador: withhold military assistance (see S. 601, S2926 [7MR])
Foreign trade: enforce rights of U.S. beer exporters against unfair treatment by Canadian provincial liquor control boards (see S. Con. Res. 14, S2619 [5MR])
Forests: ecosystem conservation of Pacific Northwest Federal lands (see S. 1536, S10769 [24JY])
Health: regulation of mammography services and radiological equipment (see S. 1777, S14042 [1OC])
Health care professionals: collection of data on nursing home aides, nurse aides, and home health care aides (see S. 1091, S6034 [16MY])
Middle East: military action to enforce U.N. Security Council resolution against Iraq (see S.J. Res. 20, S440 [14JA])
National Cancer Institute: additional funding for research on breast cancer (see S. 512, S2404 [27FE])
National Senior Nutrition Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 108, S3930 [21MR])
Older Americans Act: improve programs (see S. 974, S5137 [25AP])
———revise and extend (see S. 243, S1052 [23JA])
Older Americans Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 149, S6355 [22MY])
Public health: clinical research on issues concerning women and certain minorities (see S. 513, S2404 [27FE])
Refuse disposal: nuclear waste management at Dept. of Energy weapons facilities (see S. 1402, S8952 [27JN])
Research: review of practices involving the transplantation of human fetal tissue for therapeutic purposes (see S. 1902, S15697 [31OC])
Research Reactor User Complex: establish (see S. 395, S1789 [7FE])
Roads and highways: improve high occupancy vehicle facilities (see S. 1118, S6210 [21MY])
Senior citizens: establish an Elder Rights Program (see S. 1471, S9840 [11JY])
———provide nutrition services and intergenerational activities in elementary school facilities (see S. 973, S5137 [25AP])
Taxation: treatment of conservation expenditures relative to electric utilities (see S. 2110, S18336 [26NO])
Warren G. Magnuson Memorial Park: transfer of property (see S. 806, S4337 [11AP])
Washington Outer Coast National Marine Sanctuary: designate (see S. 1041, S5615 [9MY])
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Abortion: reproductive health services (see S. 548, S2618 [5MR])
Advisory Council on Allied Health: establish (see S. 694, S3564 [19MR])
Aeronautics: limitations on the duty time for flight attendants (see S. 1010, S5502 [8MY])
———McDonnell Douglas sale of commercial aircraft division to the Taiwan Aerospace Corp. (see S. Res. 234, S18336 [26NO])
———treatment of airline employees in connection with route transfers (see S. 1565, S11854 [1AU])
Africa: protection of human rights and economic development in the Horn of Africa (see S. 985, S8214 [19JN])
Agriculture: disaster assistance for fruit and vegetable producers (see S. 1555, S11078 [26JY])
———disaster assistance to producers (see S. 1441, S9490 [10JY])
American Discovery Trail: designate (see S. 1537, S12675 [10SE])
Amtrak: anniversary (see S.J. Res. 98, S3712 [20MR])
Armed Forces: child care and health benefits for Persian Gulf service (see S. 334, S1368 [31JA])
———education and family support services and group health plan coverage for families of members serving in the Persian Gulf (see S. 281, S1221 [29JA])
———reform international military education and training programs (see S. 156, S2681 [5MR])
———student loan and health care shortage assistance for Persian Gulf operation (see S. 335, S2218 [21FE])
Arts: amend labor laws relative to performing artists' right to organize and engage in collective bargaining (see S. 492, S2309 [26FE])
Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 120, S5354 [6MY])
Baltic Freedom Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 63, S1506 [5FE])
Baltic States: most-favored-nation status for Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania (see S. 1599, S14711 [15OC])
Birds: conservation of exotic wild species (see S. 1219, S14490 [7OC])
Budget: balance (see S. 101, S437 [14JA])
Buffalo Soldiers Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 92, S3021 [12MR])
Business and industry: limited partnership rollups (see S. 1423, S16622 [13NO])
Capital punishment: prevent racially discriminatory sentencing (see S. 1249, S7291 [6JN])
Central America: U.S. policy and economic assistance (see S. 100, S437 [14JA])
CHAMPUS: delay effective date of reductions in mental health benefits (see S. 384, S3104 [12MR])
Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act: revise and extend programs (see S. 838, S4612 [17AP])
Children and youth: grant program for education, training, health and social services to at-risk individuals (see S. 1133, S6355 [22MY])
———grants to States for mental health services (see S. 924, S4984 [24AP])
Children of Alcoholics Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 71, S1790 [7FE])
Civil Rights Act: restore and strengthen laws that ban discrimination in employment (see S. 2062, S18334 [26NO])
Coins: mint and circulate $1 coin (see S. 844, S4612 [17AP])
———mint in commemoration of Operation Desert Shield (see S. 559, S3809 [20MR])
Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act: waive application to certain farm vehicles (see S. 715, S6890 [24MY])
Committee on POW/MIA Affairs (Senate, Select): establish (see S. Res. 82, S8353 [20JN])
Computers: coordinated Federal research program to ensure U.S. leadership in high-performance computing (see S. 272, S3595 [19MR])
Country Music Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 189, S12676 [10SE])
Crime: combat violence against women (see S. 15, S434 [14JA])
Democratic Party: establish a commission to commemorate the bicentennial establishment (see S. 2047, S18086 [25NO])
———establish bicentennial commission (see S.J. Res. 193, S12922 [12SE])
Dept. of the Environment: establish (see S. 533, S2507 [28FE])
Developing countries: promote development of microenterprises (see S. 971, S7222 [5JN])
Disabled: establish a public health program for prevention (see S. 509, S2310 [26FE])
———reauthorize programs for mentally ill individuals (see S. 1475, S10043 [15JY])
———strengthen education programs (see S. 1106, S6210 [21MY])
Disasters: loan eligibility for greenhouses and nurseries suffering damages (see S. 584, S2771 [6MR])
Diseases: reauthorizing research programs on Alzheimer's disease (see S. 1577, S15808 [1NO])
———research associated with exposure to dioxin and other chemicals in herbicides (see S. 238, S979 [17JA])
———research programs for osteoporosis and related bone disorders (see S. 488, S2978 [7MR])
Drug abuse: housing and education of addicted mothers in treatment facilities with their children (see S. 874, S4737 [18AP])
Earth Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 116, S4337 [11AP]; S.J. Res. 119, S4337 [11AP]
Ecology and environment: carbon dioxide emissions reductions (see S. Res. 53, S1790 [7FE])
Education: financial assistance to local agencies (see S. 1135, S10056 [15JY])
———financial assistance to urban areas (see S. 720, S12798 [11SE])
———improve counseling services for elementary school students (see S. 810, S4337 [11AP])
———improve system (see S. 2, S433 [14JA])
———reauthorization of Star Schools Program Assistance Act (see S. 890, S4836 [23AP])
———repeal of certain student loan requirements (see S. 2094, S18335 [26NO])
EEC: encourage ban on large-scale driftnet fishing (see S. Res. 144, S8593 [25JN])
Elections: campaign ethics reform and contribution limits (see S. 3, S434 [14JA])
———national voter registration (see S. 250, S1242 [29JA])
Employment: entitle family leave involving a birth, adoption, or serious health condition with protection of benefits (see S. 5, S434 [14JA])
Endangered species: protection of the African elephant (see S. Con. Res. 70, S15259 [25OC])
Equal rights: constitutional amendment to ensure (see S.J. Res. 3, S440 [14JA])
Executive departments: compliance with hazardous waste control laws (see S. 596, S2926 [7MR])
Export Administration Act: reauthorizing (see S. 320, S1742 [6FE])
Families and domestic relations: availability of family planning services and counseling on pregnancy (see S. 1197, S6922 [3JN])
———primary and preventative care for pregnant women, infants, and children (see S. 911, S5673 [9MY])
Family and domestic relations: protection of rights of persons in guardianship proceedings (see S. 352, S1505 [5FE])
———treatment of parents who are substance abusers and children of substance abusers (see S. 597, S2926 [7MR])
Federal Aviation Act: amend relative to bankruptcy transportation plans (see S. 240, S6890 [24MY])
Federal employees: extend certain civil service retirement benefits to certain INS, Customs Service, and IRS employees (see S. 456, S2356 [26FE])
———tribute for contributions to Persian Gulf war (see S. Con. Res. 36, S5615 [9MY])
———voluntary participation in the political process (see S. 914, S4983 [24AP])
Federal Employees Recognition Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 51, S1221 [29JA])
Federal Prison Industries: govern participation in Federal procurement (see S. 1691, S12182 [2AU])
Fishing: enforcement of international driftnet moratorium (see S. 884, S5518 [8MY])
Food: prohibit import of meat products from European Community until certain trade barriers are removed (see S. 1738, S15015 [22OC])
Gandhi, Rajiv: assassination (see S. Res. 131, S6210 [21MY])
German-American Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 151, S7390 [6JN])
Go For Broke National Veterans Association: authorization to construct a memorial to Japanese-American war veterans (see S.J. Res. 161, S10299 [17JY])
Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: designate (see S.J. Res. 59, S1743 [6FE])
Guatemala: restrict assistance (see S. 1243, S7291 [6JN])
Haiti: restoration of democratic government and treatment of certain immigrants (see S. 2091, S18335 [26NO])
Hazardous substances: phase out the production of ozone destroying substances (see S. Res. 217, S16213 [7NO])
Health: affordable care (see S. 1669, S12182 [2AU])
———improve services for pregnant women, infants, and children (see S. 493, S2309 [26FE])
Health care facilities: establish criminal penalties for interfering with access to and egress from medical establishments (see S. 798, S4337 [11AP])
Health care professionals: training of medical rehabilitation health personnel (see S. 694, S3564 [19MR])
Heinz, John: tribute (see S. Res. 92, S4230 [9AP])
Helsinki Human Rights Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 154, S6997 [4JN])
Higher Education Act: simplify needs analysis (see S. 1137, S6355 [22MY])
High-Speed Surface Transportation Development Corp.: establish (see S. 1493, S10442 [18JY])
Homosexuality: prohibit discrimination based on affectional or sexual orientation (see S. 574, S4063 [21MR])
Human rights: international protection (see S. 313, S1367 [31JA])
Immigration: admission of certain nonimmigrants who are performing artists or athletes (see S. 1776, S15711 [31OC])
Income: congressional honoraria (see S. 469, S2146 [21FE])
Income tax: prohibit State imposition on the pension of individuals who are not residents of that State (see S. 267, S4248 [9AP])
Insurance: life insurance contracts of terminally ill individuals (see S. 284, S1293 [30JA])
Iran: emancipation of the Bahai community (see S. Con. Res. 43, S8034 [18JN])
Israel: recognition by Arab countries (see S. Con. Res. 16, S3597 [19MR])
———repeal U.N. condemnation of preemptive strike against Iraqi nuclear reactor in 1981 (see S. Con. Res. 53, S10135 [16JY])
Japanese Americans: study of nationally significant historical sites (see S. 1344, S8310 [20JN])
Johns Hopkins School of Public Health: anniversary (see S.J. Res. 49, S5427 [7MY])
Kentucky Bicentennial Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 61, S7663 [12JN])
King, Martin Luther, Jr.: establish a memorial in the District of Columbia (see S. 239, S14710 [15OC])
Labor: prevent discrimination based on participation in disputes (see S. 55, S435 [14JA])
Local government: increase Federal payments in lieu of taxes (see S. 140, S5427 [7MY])
Magna Carta Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 150, S6655 [23MY])
Marine mammals: protect (see S. Con. Res. 37, S9137 [28JN])
Mass transit: tax-exempt treatment for high-speed intercity rail bonds (see S. 1492, S10442 [18JY])
Medicare: coverage of bone mass measurements (see S. 487, S2309 [26FE])
———coverage of certain chiropractic services (see S. 614, S12987 [13SE])
———coverage of screening mammography (see S. 508, S2310 [26FE])
———extended care services relative to hospitalization requirements (see S. 1572, S11056 [26JY])
———recoupment of certain payments to Uniformed Services Treatment Facilities (see S. 1803, S14348 [3OC])
Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 88, S2927 [7MR]; S.J. Res. 156, S7291 [6JN])
Middle East: congressional approval of military action to enforce U.N. Security Council resolution against Iraq (see S. Res. 8, S77 [4JA])
———discussion of the Syrian connection to terrorism at the upcoming peace conference (see S. Res. 204, S15158 [24OC])
———military action by Iraq against Israel (see S. Con. Res. 4, S1206 [24JA])
———success of multinational military action against Iraq (see S. Con. Res. 13, S2508 [28FE])
Monopolies: consumer protection from price-fixing (see S. 429, S2005 [20FE])
Motion pictures: observe anniversary of moviemaking and the contributions of the American Film Institute (see S. Con. Res. 44, S11228 [29JY])
Motor vehicles: airbag requirements (see S. 591, S2926 [7MR])
———require new standards for corporate average fuel economy (see S. 279, S1221 [29JA])
Narcotics: emergency Federal assistance to drug emergency areas (see S. 16, S434 [14JA])
National Alzheimer's Disease Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 36, S1243 [29JA]; S.J. Res. 158, S7464 [11JN])
National American Indian Heritage Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 172, S8953 [27JN])
National Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Awareness Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 174, S9266 [8JY])
National Arbor Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 64, S1506 [5FE])
National Breast Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 95, S3387 [14MR])
National Cancer Act: anniversary (see S.J. Res. 133, S5137 [25AP])
National Child Abuse Prevention Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 52, S1609 [5FE])
National Children's Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 126, S5673 [9MY])
National Crime Victims' Rights Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 16, S4895 [23AP])
National D.A.R.E. Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 121, S6744 [23MY])
National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 73, S2218 [21FE])
National Employ the Older Worker Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 79, S2845 [6MR])
National energy policy: establish (see S. 324, S1368 [31JA])
National Family Caregivers Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 99, S4488 [16AP])
National Forest System Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 159, S7828 [13JN])
National Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 53, S1919 [19FE])
National Huntington's Disease Awareness Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 127, S5355 [6MY])
National Job Skills Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 164, S8813 [26JN])
National Law Enforcement Memorial Dedication Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 107, S7045 [4JN])
National Law Enforcement Training Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 100, S16623 [13NO])
National Literacy Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 146, S7223 [5JN])
National Lock-In-Safety Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 139, S12314 [2AU])
National Neighborhood Crime Watch Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 138, S7223 [5JN])
National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 86, S4779 [18AP])
National Police Athletic League Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 82, S5354 [6MY])
National Police Officer and Firefighter Recognition Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 225, S16060 [6NO])
National Recycling Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 70, S1506 [5FE]; S. Res. 41, S1790 [7FE])
National Red Ribbon Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 188, S15015 [22OC])
National Rehabilitation Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 72, S7045 [4JN])
National Scleroderma Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 130, S5806 [14MY])
National Tourism Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 102, S4251 [9AP])
National Trauma Awareness Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 229, S16449 [12NO])
National Visiting Nurse Associations Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 124, S17075 [19NO])
National Wildlife Refuge Administration Act: amend (see S. 39, S9895 [11JY])
New Columbia: admission as a State into the Union (see S. 2023, S17667 [22NO])
Nez Perce National Historical Park: designate (see S. 550, S2618 [5MR])
NIH: reauthorize certain institutes (see S. 1523, S10554 [22JY])
Nuclear weapons: moratorium on testing (see S. 2064, S18334 [26NO])
———underground nuclear explosions (see S. Con. Res. 1, S2218 [21FE])
Office of Construction Safety, Health, and Education: establish (see S. 673, S3386 [14MR])
OSHA: enforcement of criminal violation of standards (see S. 445, S2005 [20FE])
———improve health and safety of employees (see S. 1622, S17694 [22NO])
Pediatric AIDS Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 115, S6069 [16MY])
Pensions: provide nonforfeitable benefits to participants of certain terminated plans (see S. 351, S1505 [5FE])
Pesticides: safety of exports (see S. 898, S4837 [23AP])
Population: increased funding for international assistance (see S. 1028, S5614 [9MY])
———stabilization through worldwide expansion of reproductive choice (see S. 1192, S6858 [24MY])
Powell, Colin L.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 565, S3293 [13MR])
———request President Bush to appoint as General of the Army (see S.J. Res. 85, S3435 [14MR])
Power resources: promote energy efficiency (see S. 741, S3929 [21MR])
President's Committee on Mental Retardation: anniversary (see S.J. Res. 173, S9373 [9JY])
Pryor, Senator: illness (see S. Res. 108, S4737 [18AP])
Public Health Service: health promotion and disease prevention (see S. 1944, S18108 [25NO])
———reauthorize and extend programs (see S. 1933, S16213 [7NO])
Public welfare: food stamp and nutrition programs (see S. 602, S5305 [25AP])
Recycling: purchase of recycled paper products by Congress (see S. 255, S1607 [5FE])
Roads and highways: gross vehicle weights on the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways (see S. 1072, S5753 [14MY])
Rural areas: crime and drug control (see S. 1313, S8215 [19JN])
Schwarzkopf, H. Norman, Jr.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 534, S3105 [12MR])
———request President Bush to appoint as General of the Army (see S.J. Res. 85, S3435 [14MR])
Senate: implementation of foreign trade bills (see S. Res. 109, S12315 [2AU])
Senior citizens: disease prevention and health promotion services (see S. 510, S2310 [26FE])
———improve nutrition services (see S. 1477, S10135 [16JY])
Shepherd's Centers of America, Inc.: grant charter (see S. 1476, S10135 [16JY])
Social Security: computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (see S. 567, S12674 [10SE])
———family support systems (see S. 4, S434 [14JA])
———mental health care coverage (see S. 1102, S8214 [19JN])
Social Security Administration: budget (see S. 2117, S18336 [26NO])
Soviet Union: agricultural assistance in exchange for fissile materials (see S. 2011, S18108 [25NO])
———withdrawal of troops from Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia (see S. Res. 196, S16459 [12NO])
Sports: prohibit State-sanctioned gambling (see S. 474, S16854 [15NO])
Surplus Government property: availability of certain property for humanitarian relief (see S. 1333, S15014 [22OC])
Taxation: capital gains tax differential for investments in start-up and other small enterprises (see S. 1932, S16213 [7NO])
———exclude price of certain transit passes from income (see S. 26, S9895 [11JY])
———exclusion for employee educational assistance (see S. 24, S5305 [25AP])
———extend the low-income housing credit (see S. 308, S1367 [31JA])
———extension of the mortgage revenue bond provisions and the low-income housing credit (see S. 167, S1323 [30JA])
———individual retirement accounts (see S. 612, S3020 [12MR])
———repeal luxury tax on purchase of boats (see S. 649, S18464 [26NO])
———repeal recreational vessel fee (see S. 843, S12674 [10SE])
———tax credit for children and expand the use of individual retirement accounts (see S. 1921, S16060 [6NO])
———treatment gains or losses from sale of assets by farmer cooperatives (see S. 1522, S10554 [22JY])
Telecommunications: research, design, and manufacturing of equipment (see S. 173, S438 [14JA])
Transportation: grants to nonprofit organizations for expenses relative to services for senior citizens and the disabled (see S. 1067, S6250 [21MY])
U.N.: repeal General Assembly Resolution 3379 (see S.J. Res. 110, S4116 [22MR])
Ukraine: recognize independence (see S. Con. Res. 65, S18709 [27NO])
Unemployment: emergency benefits to certain railroad employees (see S. 1828, S14588 [8OC])
———emergency compensation (see S. 1945, S16213 [7NO])
———optional program for supplemental compensation (see S. 1296, S7809 [13JN])
United Arab Emirates: proposed sale of AH-64 Apache attack helicopters (see S.J. Res. 165, S8621 [25JN])
Up With People Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 208, S14043 [1OC])
Vermont Bicentennial Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 58, S1368 [31JA])
Veterans: disability compensation for service-connected disabilities (see S. 1, S576 [15JA]; S. 127, S4371 [11AP])
———establish silver medal for service in a combat zone during the Persian Gulf Conflict (see S. 1774, S16760 [14NO])
———mobile health care clinic program for individuals in rural areas (see S. 1424, S18464 [26NO])
Walesa, Lech: U.S. visit (see S. Res. 90, S3930 [21MR])
Women: counseling and information to pregnant women receiving certain public health assistance (see S. 323, S1367 [31JA])
———encourage a broader range of job training and placement (see S. 367, S1699 [6FE])
———equity in health care services (see S. 514, S2404 [27FE])
———reproduction rights (see S. 25, S434 [14JA])
Women's History Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 62, S1506 [5FE])
Wood: labeling of tropical wood and tropical wood products (see S. 1159, S6654 [23MY])
World Food Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 147, S7390 [6JN])
World Population Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 160, S7809 [13JN])
World Summit for Children: implement plan to improve lives (see S. 878, S8620 [25JN])
World War II: contributions of Federal civilian employees during the attack on Pearl Harbor (see S.J. Res. 198, S15974 [5NO])
Year of Public Health: designate (see S.J. Res. 49, S5427 [7MY])
Year of Reconciliation Between American Indians and Non-Indians: designate (see S.J. Res. 222, S17695 [22NO])
Year of the American Craft—A Celebration of the Creative Work of the Hand: designate (see S.J. Res. 218, S15158 [24OC])
Year of the American Indian: designate (see S.J. Res. 217, S14976 [22OC])
Year of the Wetlands: designate (see S.J. Res. 6, S4894 [23AP])
Yugoslavia: cease use of force and engage in good faith negotiations relative to civil conflict (see S. Res. 213, S16459 [12NO])
Booklets
Science—The End to the Frontier?, S5356
Cloture motions
Crime: national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (S. 1241), S9074 [28JN], S9263 [8JY]
Elections: national voter registration (S. 250), S10130 [16JY], S10282 [17JY], S10322, S10429 [18JY]
Explanations
Older Americans Act program improvements (S. 974), S5260 [25AP]
Letters
Agent orange: William D. Hurd, S1276 [30JA]
Dept. of Labor administration of apprenticeship programs: Joseph A. Dear, S3550 [19MR]
Extension of Presidential fast-track negotiating authority: Henry Michael, National Potato Council, S6635 [23MY]
———Karen Marchioro, Washington State Democratic Central Committee, S6634 [23MY]
———Michael S. Clark, Friends of the Earth, S6634 [23MY]
———Rick D. Bender, King County, WA, Labor Council, S6634 [23MY]
———several Senators, S6635 [23MY]
Human rights in Guatemala: by, S5064 [25AP]
Military action to enforce U.N. Security Council resolution against Iraq: Margaret Lueders, S372 [12JA]
———Norman B. Rice, S371 [12JA]
———Richard T. Fria, S372 [12JA]
Multinational diplomatic solution to conflict with Iraq: by, S39, S40 [4JA]
———Senator Mitchell, S40 [4JA]
Older Americans Act: John Rother, American Association of Retired Persons, S16389 [12NO]
———Lawrence T. Smedley, National Council of Senior Citizens, S16389, S16390 [12NO]
Older Americans Act reauthorization: Senator Pryor, S5260 [25AP]
Phase out the production of ozone destroying substances, S4254 [9AP]
Pregnancy counseling: American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, S10109 [16JY]
Sale of AH-64 Apache attack helicopters to the United Arab Emirates: by, S9982 [15JY]
Senate legislation designed to overturn Supreme Court decision in Wards Cove Packing Co. v. Antonio: Abraham A. Arditi, Northwest Labor and Employment Law Office, S15470 [30OC]
———Frank Antonio, S15469 [30OC]
Meetings
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: subcommittee assignments, D159 [20FE]
Poems
``Dream Deferred,'' Langston Hughes, S16620 [13NO], S16675 [14NO]
``Our Nation's Pledge,'' Doyle F. Wheeler, S4507
Remarks by, on
Aberdeen, WA: flood control project funding, S9426 [10JY]
Abortion: availability to minors in health care facilities receiving public health assistance, S10123 [16JY]
———funding relative to performing abortions on children under 18 years old, S12770, S12774 [11SE]
———pro choice versus right to life, S16116 [7NO]
Americans With Disabilities Act: anniversary, S11091
Appropriations: technical and enrollment error corrections in acts (H.J. Res. 157), S17624
Armed Forces: family support services for active duty families, S3165 [13MR]
———reproductive health services for members in certain facilities outside the U.S., S11951 [2AU]
———rescission of ban on gay, lesbian, and bisexual Americans (S. Res. 236), S18483
Arms sales: prohibit sales to any country that is participating in or cooperating with the economic boycott of Israel (S. 1196), S6889 [24MY]
Budget: defense versus social programs, S12636, S12637, S12638 [10SE]
Capital punishment: prevent racially discriminatory sentencing, S8290 [20JN]
China, People's Republic of: most-favored-nation status (S. 1367), S10625 [23JY]
Civil Rights Act: exemption of Wards Cove Packing Co. employees (S. 1962), S16620 [13NO], S16675 [14NO]
———restore and strengthen laws that ban discrimination in employment (S. 1745), S15468, S15469 [30OC]
———restore and strengthen laws that ban discrimination in employment (S. 1745), correct engrossment (S. Res. 214), S15950, S15964, S15965 [5NO]
Construction industries: Dept. of Labor administration of apprenticeship programs, S3548-S3551 [19MR], S3628 [20MR]
Convention for the Prohibition of Fishing with Long Driftnets in the South Pacific: ratification, S18227 [26NO]
Credit cards: interest rates, S16598 [13NO]
Crime: national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (S. 1241), S8290 [20JN]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military functions and to prescribe military personnel levels (H.R. 2100), conference report, S17535 [22NO]
———B-2 stealth bomber development, S11699 [1AU]
———making supplemental appropriations for personnel expenditures relative to Operation Desert Shield (S. 578), S3165 [13MR]
———making supplemental appropriations for personnel expenditures relative to Operation Desert Shield and other urgent domestic programs (H.R. 1281), S3548, S3551 [19MR], S3628, S3690, S3695 [20MR]
Dept. of Energy: transfer funds from weapons activities to environmental restoration and waste management programs, S9353, S9354 [9JY]
Dept. of the Environment: establish (S. 533), S14027 [1OC]
Dept. of the Interior: making appropriations (H.R. 2686), conference report, S15517 [30OC]
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2707), S12636, S12637, S12638, S12648 [10SE], S12718, S12751, S12770, S12774 [11SE], S12868, S12869, S12871, S12872 [12SE]
———making appropriations (H.R. 2707), conference report, S16116 [7NO], S16778
Depts. of Veterans Affairs, HUD, and independent agencies, commissions, corporations, and offices: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2519), S10416 [18JY]
Disabled: orthotic and prosthetic services, S12872 [12SE]
Disasters: making supplemental appropriations for relief (H.R. 3543), S16864
Diseases: research associated with exposure to dioxin and other chemicals in herbicides (S. 238), S1276 [30JA]
District of Columbia: bicentennial of selection as site of the Nation's Capital, S1207
———Challenger Center for Space Science Education, S3690 [20MR]
———making appropriations (H.R. 2699), S10398, S10400, S10401 [18JY]
———making appropriations (H.R. 2699), conference report, S12030, S12032 [2AU]
Ecology and environment: protection of forests and rural communities in the Pacific Northwest, S18168 [26NO]
Education: improve (S. 1141), S6649 [23MY]
———improve system (S. 2), S464 [14JA]
———national policy to reduce illiteracy and improve mathematics and science skills, S13993 [1OC], S18131
———student financial assistance relative to computation of homeowners equity (S. 1119), S6225
El Salvador: withhold military assistance, S10889 [25JY]
———withhold military assistance (S. 601), S2958
Elections: campaign ethics reform and contribution limits (S. 3), S6299 [22MY]
———voluntary public funding of campaigns, S6299 [22MY]
Employment: entitle family leave involving a birth, adoption, or serious health condition with protection of benefits (S. 5), S14150, S14151 [2OC]
Export Administration Act: reauthorizing (S. 320), S1697 [6FE]
Federal aid programs: Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program funding, S12718 [11SE]
Ferries: establish routes, S7774 [13JN]
Financial institutions: impact on costs relating to Government imposition of consumer legislation, S17029 [19NO]
———reform deposit insurance system (S. 543), S16598 [13NO], S16918, S16920, S16921, S16922 [18NO], S17029 [19NO], S17379, S17380 [21NO], S17723
———reform deposit insurance system (S. 543), cloture vote, S16608 [13NO]
———reform deposit insurance system (S. 543), unanimous-consent agreement, S16916 [18NO]
Fishing: international moratorium on large-scale driftnets (S. 884), S11797 [1AU]
Foreign aid: authorizing appropriations (S. 1435), S10855, S10889 [25JY]
Foreign trade: enforce rights of U.S. beer exporters against unfair treatment by Canadi`n provincial liquor control boards (S. Con. Res. 14), S2683 [5MR]
———procedures for implementing trade agreements (S. Res. 78), S6632 [23MY]
Forests: ecosystem conservation of Pacific Northwest Federal lands (S. 1536), S10773 [24JY]
Gates, Robert M.: nomination to be Director of CIA, S15912 [5NO]
Government: require certain sums be used for a training for professional and service providers program, S16434 [12NO]
———require regulatory authorities to consider effects on the workforce of any mergers or acquisitions prior to approval, S16918, S16920, S16921, S16922 [18NO]
Health: affordable care (S. 1669), S12253 [2AU]
———childhood immunizations funding, S12718 [11SE]
———regulation of mammography services and radiological equipment (S. 1777), S14043 [1OC]
Health care facilities: recoupment of funds relative to services billed to inappropriate government agencies, S3695 [20MR]
Health care professionals: collection of data on nursing home aides, nurse aides, and home health care aides (S. 1091), S6055
———information to patients on legal option concerning pregnancy, S10106, S10109, S10110 [16JY]
———occupational exposures to bloodborne pathogens, S12751 [11SE]
Income: pension plan benefits guarantees, S16411, S16416, S16422 [12NO]
Iraq: elimination of chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons capability, S11969 [2AU]
Israel: loan guarantees, S14117 [2OC]
Jews: efforts to emigrate from Soviet Union, S16307
Labor: prevent discrimination based on participation in disputes (S. 55), S702 [14JA]
Legislative branch: making appropriations (H.R. 2506), conference report, S11988 [2AU]
Martinez, Bob: nomination to be Director of National Drug Control Policy, S3858 [21MR]
Mass transit: improve services, S7752 [13JN]
Medicare: extended care services relative to hospitalization requirements (S. 1572), S11249
———telephone access services for senior citizens, S16431 [12NO]
Middle East: community support for troops in the Persian Gulf, S4507
———congressional approval of military action to enforce U.N. Security Council resolution against Iraq pending failure of economic sanctions (S.J. Res. 1), S138 [10JA]
———military action by Iraq against Israel, S1288 [30JA]
———military action by Iraq against Israel (S. Con. Res. 4), S1107 [24JA]
———military action to enforce U.N. Security Council resolution against Iraq (S.J. Res. 2), S371 [12JA]
———multinational military action against Iraq, S1887 [19FE]
———postwar U.S. policy, S1887 [19FE]
———support U.S. participation in multilateral efforts against Iraq and restoration of sovereignty to Kuwait (S.J. Res. 20), S929 [14JA]
———U.S. military presence, S39, S40, S42 [4JA]
Motor vehicles: airbag requirements (S. 591), S2934 [7MR]
National Cancer Institute: additional funding for research on breast cancer (S. 512), S2406, S2407 [27FE]
———breast cancer research, S12648 [10SE]
National defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and personnel of the Depts. of Defense and Energy (S. 1507), S11638, S11641, S11643, S11655, S11699 [1AU], S11951, S11969, S12111 [2AU]
National forests: management in the Pacific Northwest, S8699, S8701 [26JN]
National Senior Nutrition Week: designate (S.J. Res. 108), S4062
Native Americans: grant program for elder rights protection activities, S16432, S16433, S16436 [12NO]
NIH: funding for sex education programs for children, S12868, S12869 [12SE]
———reauthorize certain institutes (S. 1523), S10582 [22JY]
Nuclear weapons: strategic defense initiative, S11638, S11655 [1AU]
Older Americans Act: improve programs (S. 974), S5256 [25AP]
———revise and extend (S. 243), S1053
———revise and extend (S. 243), indefinitely postponed, S16465 [12NO]
Older Americans Month: designate (S.J. Res. 149), S6418
Older Workers Benefit Protection Act: uniform compliance for certain benefits, S16434 [12NO]
Parliamentary inquiry, S16399 [12NO]
Population: increased funding for international assistance (S. 1028), S5634 [9MY]
Power resources: making appropriations for energy and water development (H.R. 2427), S9353, S9354 [9JY], S9426 [10JY]
———promote energy efficiency (S. 741), S4003 [21MR]
Public health: clinical research on issues concerning women and certain minorities (S. 513), S2406, S2407 [27FE]
Puget Sound: water quality treatment plan, S10416 [18JY]
Refuse disposal: nuclear waste management at Dept. of Energy weapons facilities (S. 1402), S8961
Research: Federal funding for basic science, S5356
———review of practices involving the transplantation of human fetal tissue for therapeutic purposes (S. 1902), S15708
Research Reactor User Complex: establish (S. 395), S1813 [7FE]
Resolution Trust Corp.: funding and restructuring of Oversight Board (H.R. 3435), conference report, S18638 [27NO]
———funding (S. 419), S2746 [6MR]
Roads and highways: emergency relief funding, S7585 [12JN]
———improve high occupancy vehicle facilities (S. 1118), S6223
Seattle, WA: tribute to Bravo! V Senior Volunteer Celebration honorees, S5579 [8MY]
Senate: Members' income, S11988 [2AU]
———procedures, unanimous-consent agreement, S9, S10, S11 [3JA]
Senior citizens: establish an Elder Rights Program (S. 1471), S9884 [11JY]
———promote financial management services for individuals at risk of conservatorship, S16436 [12NO]
———provide nutrition services and intergenerational activities in elementary school facilities (S. 973), S5255 [25AP]
Social Security: earnings test, S16425, S16427 [12NO]
States: determination of parental notice or consent requirements applicable to minors requesting abortion services, S10191 [17JY]
Surface Transportation Efficiency Act: enact (S. 1204), S7579, S7584, S7585, S7586 [12JN], S7752, S7764, S7765, S7774 [13JN]
Taxation: individual retirement accounts (S. 612), S3033 [12MR]
———tax credit for children and expand the use of individual retirement accounts (S. 1921), S16080 [6NO]
———treatment of conservation expenditures relative to electric utilities (S. 2110), S18434
Telecommunications: research, design, and manufacturing of equipment (S. 173), S7071, S7098 [5JN]
Thomas, Clarence: nomination to Supreme Court, S14688 [15OC]
Transportation: public ferry systems, S7586 [12JN]
Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe: ratify, S18033 [25NO]
U.N. Population Fund: authorize funding, S10855 [25JY]
Unemployment: emergency compensation (S. 1945), S16315 [7NO]
———optional program for supplemental compensation (S. 1296), S10814 [25JY]
Veterans: clarify protections relative to reemployment and reinstatement of health insurance (H.R. 555), S2275
———disability compensation for service-connected disabilities (H.R. 3), S1132 [24JA]
———expand services for post-traumatic stress disorder patients (S. 869), S17217 [20NO]
———increase rates of compensation for service-connected disabilities (S. 775), S17217 [20NO]
War Powers Act: Presidential policy restrictions, S39, S40, S42 [4JA]
Warren G. Magnuson Memorial Park: transfer of property (S. 806), S4350 [11AP]
Washington: expand Yakima Firing Range, S12111 [2AU]
Washington Outer Coast National Marine Sanctuary: designate (S. 1041), S5661
Women: counseling and information to pregnant women receiving certain public health assistance (S. 323), S10074, S10081, S10082, S10083, S10106, S10109, S10110, S10123 [16JY], S10191 [17JY]
World War II: anniversary of attack on Pearl Harbor, S18132
Reports filed
District of Columbia Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (H.R. 2699) (S. Rept. 102-105), S9839 [11JY]
Resolutions by organizations
Extension of Presidential fast-track negotiating authority: Washington State Democratic Central Committee, S6634 [23MY]
Statements
Congressional Approval of Military Action: by, S174 [10JA]
Extension of Presidential Fast-Track Negotiating Authority: Friends of the Earth, S6634 [23MY]
———John A. McGill, Jr., National Dry Bean Council, S6636 [23MY]
———U.S. Fruit and Vegetable Growers, S6635 [23MY]
Military Action To Enforce U.N. Security Council Resolution Against Iraq: by, S39 [4JA]
Tables
Ownership source for timber exported from Washington, S10774 [24JY]
Washington log exports, S10774 [24JY]
Testimonies
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Urban Mass Transportation Act, D436 [18AP]
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Dept. of Energy's Research Reactor User Complex, D559 [9MY]
Committee on the Judiciary (Senate): Nomination of Frederick L. Van Sickle To Be District Judge, D476 [24AP]
———Nomination of William F. Nielsen To Be District Judge, D476 [24AP]
Pregnancy Counseling: Nita Nelson, S10081 [16JY]
Texts of
S. 601, withhold military assistance to El Salvador, S2959
S. 973, provide nutrition services and intergenerational activities in elementary school facilities for senior citizens, S5255 [25AP]
S. 974, improve Older Americans Act programs, S5257-S5260 [25AP]
S. 1041, Washington Outer Coast National Marine Sanctuary, S5661
S. 1118, HOV Facility Improvement Act, S6224
S. 1119, Homeowners Higher Education Student Assistance Relief Act, S6225
S. 1196, prohibit arms sales to any country that is participating in or cooperating with the economic boycott of Israel, S6889 [24MY]
S. 1471, establish an Elder Rights Program, S9885-S9894 [11JY]
S. 1777, Breast Cancer Screening Safety Act, S14044-S14047 [1OC]
S. 1902, Research Freedom Act, S15708
S. 1962, Justice for Wards Cove Workers Act, S16621 [13NO]
S. 2110, tax treatment of conservation expenditures relative to electric utilities, S18435
Tributes
Conte, Silvio O., S1888 [19FE]