BREAUX, JOHN B. (a Senator from Louisiana)
Addresses
New Covenant—Responsibility and Rebuilding the American Community: Bill Clinton, Governor of Arkansas, S15090
Amendments offered by, to
Appropriations: technical and enrollment error corrections in acts (H.J. Res. 157), S17580, S17704 [22NO]
Coast Guard: authorizing appropriations (S. 1297), S17500, S17522 [21NO]
Dept. of Defense: making supplemental appropriations for personnel expenditures relative to Operation Desert Shield and other urgent domestic programs (H.R. 1281), S3541, S3602 [19MR]
Eastern European nations: termination of application of certain provisions of the Trade Act to the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic and Hungary (H.R. 1724), S16837, S16856 [15NO]
Elections: campaign ethics reform and contribution limits (S. 3), S6184, S6253 [21MY]
Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary: designate (H.R. 3866), S18729, S18759 [27NO]
Housing: revise Federal assistance programs (H.R. 3576), S17902, S17993 [23NO]
National defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and personnel of the Depts. of Defense and Energy (S. 1507), S11778, S11790, S11915 [1AU]
Resolution Trust Corp.: funding (S. 419), S2739, S2847 [6MR]
Surface Transportation Efficiency Act: enact (S. 1204), S7567 [12JN], S7778, S7842 [13JN]
Appointments
Acting President pro tempore, S6157 [21MY], S7859 [14JN]
Congressional adviser on trade policy and negotiations, S2498 [28FE]
Merchant Marine Academy Board of Visitors, S9340 [9JY]
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Airports: prohibit local government restriction of competition (see S. 842, S4612 [17AP])
Clean Air Act: technical corrections (see S.J. Res. 187, S11807 [1AU])
Disasters: assistance to producers of all crops affected by damaging weather (see S. 1251, S7291 [6JN])
FAA: publish flight charts for visual flight routes (see S. 1895, S15522 [30OC])
Federal Maritime Commission: authorizing appropriations (see S. 1489, S10287 [17JY])
Gambling: regulation of greyhound racing industry (see S. 22, S434 [14JA])
John Richard Haydel Post Office, Vacherie, LA: designate (see S. 1373, S8592 [25JN])
Maritime Administration: authorizing appropriations (see S. 2073, S18335 [26NO])
Medicare: extended care services relative to hospitalization requirements (see S. 1572, S11056 [26JY])
Members of Congress: identification of mobile offices of Senators (see S. 589, S2926 [7MR])
Public Health Service: employment of officials at Gillis W. Long Hansen's Disease Center (see S. 1152, S6654 [23MY])
Refuse disposal: State regulation and management of solid waste (see S. 774, S4116 [22MR])
Social Security: rules relative to termination of disabled adult child's benefits upon marriage (see S. 1342, S8310 [20JN])
Taxation: capital gains (see S. 1857, S14976 [22OC])
———deductions for decommissioning costs of nuclear powerplants (see S. 1641, S12181 [2AU])
———exclude imposition of employer Social Security taxes on cash tips (see S. 765, S3930 [21MR])
———incentives for establishment of businesses at closed military bases (see S. 1498, S10442 [18JY])
———purchase of real property held by Resolution Trust Corp. (see S. 1787, S14042 [1OC])
———repeal luxury tax on purchase of boats (see S. 649, S3191 [13MR])
———repeal recreational vessel fee (see S. 843, S4612 [17AP])
———small issue bonds (see S. 1357, S8499 [24JN])
Tax-exempt organizations: treatment of certain amateur athletic events relative to unrelated trade or business of such organization (see S. 866, S4737 [18AP])
Wetlands: conservation and management (see S. 1463, S9839 [11JY])
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Agriculture: crop acreage base shifting between farms in the case of natural disasters (see S. 1180, S6857 [24MY])
———disaster assistance to producers (see S. 1441, S9490 [10JY])
Arab Americans: discrimination due to Persian Gulf conflict (see S. Con. Res. 12, S2437 [27FE])
Armed Forces: telephone rates and procedures for Operation Desert Shield personnel (see S.J. Res. 77, S2146 [21FE])
Bankruptcy: exclude from the estate of the debtor certain interests in liquid and gaseous hydrocarbons (see S. 580, S2771 [6MR])
Boy Scouts of America: anniversary (see S.J. Res. 111, S4640 [17AP])
Braille Literacy Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 226, S18466 [26NO])
Broadcasting: fairness (see S. 217, S545 [15JA])
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see S.J. Res. 18, S12924 [12SE])
———evaluation of expenditures (see S. 20, S15199 [24OC])
Buffalo Soldiers Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 92, S3021 [12MR])
Coast Guard: authorizing appropriations (see S. 1297, S7868 [14JN])
Coins: commemoration of James Madison and the Bill of Rights (see S. 1672, S12182 [2AU])
———mint in commemoration of Operation Desert Shield (see S. 559, S12313 [2AU])
Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act: waive application to certain farm vehicles (see S. 715, S5036 [24AP])
Common carriers: alcohol and drug testing for operators (see S. 676, S3386 [14MR])
———development of magnetic levitation transportation technology (see S. 811, S4337 [11AP])
Computers: coordinated Federal research program to ensure U.S. leadership in high-performance computing (see S. 272, S1159 [24JA])
Crime: combat violence against women (see S. 15, S5036 [24AP])
Deaf Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 56, S1743 [6FE])
Democratic Party: establish a commission to commemorate the bicentennial establishment (see S. 2047, S18086 [25NO])
Ecology and environment: establish a small community environmental compliance planning program (see S. 1226, S12987 [13SE])
Elections: national voter registration (see S. 250, S9511 [10JY])
Employment: establish youth apprenticeship demonstration programs (see S. 2059, S18334 [26NO])
Executive departments: use of appropriate Government procedures when taking private property (see S. 50, S1452 [31JA])
Fair Labor Standards Act: amend relative to exemption for small businesses from Federal minimum wage coverage (see S. 349, S1505 [5FE])
Federal Prison Industries: govern participation in Federal procurement (see S. 1691, S12182 [2AU])
Fishing: enforcement of international driftnet moratorium (see S. 884, S7044 [4JN])
Foreign trade: reciprocal responses to foreign practices that deny national treatment to U.S. investment (see S. 650, S3191 [13MR])
———U.S. Trade Representative review of compliance with trade agreements (see S. 388, S1789 [7FE])
Forests: protection and management in Washington, Oregon, and California (see S. 1156, S6654 [23MY])
Gandhi, Rajiv: assassination (see S. Res. 131, S6210 [21MY])
Girl Scouts of the United States of America 80th Anniversary Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 210, S15259 [25OC])
Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see S. 1872, S15158 [24OC])
———provide a refundable tax credit for qualified cancer screening tests (see S. 891, S4836 [23AP])
———reauthorize and expand to area education centers (see S. 1648, S15408 [29OC])
Heinz, John: tribute (see S. Res. 92, S4230 [9AP])
Helsinki Human Rights Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 154, S6997 [4JN])
Hunting and trapping: protect rights within national forests (see S. 1253, S7464 [11JN]; S. 1294, S18464 [26NO])
Indians: recognition of Jena band of Choctows (see S. 45, S435 [14JA])
Industry: enhance domestic by applying the results of Federal research and development (see S. 1034, S5614 [9MY])
INS: centennial anniversary (see S.J. Res. 67, S3597 [19MR])
Insurance: life insurance contracts of terminally ill individuals (see S. 284, S1293 [30JA])
IRS: time extension for certain acts for individuals performing services under Operation Desert Shield (see S. 8, S1012 [22JA])
Israel: repeal U.N. condemnation of preemptive strike against Iraqi nuclear reactor in 1981 (see S. Con. Res. 53, S10135 [16JY])
Korean War Veterans Remembrance Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 141, S6069 [16MY])
Lindy Claiborne Boggs Lock: designate on the Red River Waterway in Louisiana (see S. 627, S3020 [12MR])
Local government: increase Federal payments in lieu of taxes (see S. 140, S1607 [5FE])
Magna Carta Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 150, S6655 [23MY])
Medicaid: coverage for certain low-income medicare beneficiaries (see S. 1574, S11056 [26JY])
———determinations of denial of payment to States (see S. 1240, S7290 [6JN])
Medicare: coverage of certain chiropractic services (see S. 614, S7044 [4JN])
———reform of payments to physicians (see S. 1810, S14426 [4OC])
Medicare/medicaid: extended care, home health services, and adult day care programs (see S. 1520, S10554 [22JY])
Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 156, S7291 [6JN])
Middle East: military action by Iraq against Israel (see S. Con. Res. 4, S1053 [23JA])
———success of multinational military action against Iraq (see S. Con. Res. 13, S2508 [28FE])
———U.S. military presence (see S. Con. Res. 2, S979 [17JA])
Military bases: minimize impact of closures on local communities (see S. 1300, S8812 [26JN])
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 Desert Storm Reservists Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 134, S5806 [14MY])
National Down's Syndrome Awareness Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 131, S12676 [10SE])
National energy policy: establish (see S. 324, S1368 [31JA])
National Foster Care Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 57, S7389 [6JN])
National Hospice Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 78, S7222 [5JN])
National Invent America! Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 140, S10791 [24JY])
National Law Enforcement Training Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 100, S6250 [21MY])
National Philanthropy Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 96, S8034 [18JN])
National Police Athletic League Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 82, S11078 [26JY])
National Police Officer and Firefighter Recognition Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 225, S17259 [20NO])
National Recycling Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 70, S1506 [5FE]; S. Res. 41, S1790 [7FE])
National Red Ribbon Week for a Drug-Free America: designate (see S.J. Res. 212, S14426 [4OC])
National Tourism Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 102, S4251 [9AP])
Older Americans Act: improve programs (see S. 974, S5137 [25AP])
POW: treatment relative to violations of Geneva Convention (see S. Con. Res. 5, S1053 [23JA])
Pryor, Senator: illness (see S. Res. 108, S4737 [18AP])
Public broadcasting: authorizing appropriations (see S. 1504, S12314 [2AU])
Radio: prevent the loss of existing spectrum to amateur radio service (see S. 1372, S12675 [10SE])
Rural areas: provide incentives to health care providers and establish State health service corps demonstration projects (see S. 1125, S6355 [22MY])
Shepherd's Centers of America, Inc.: grant charter (see S. 1476, S10135 [16JY])
Ships and vessels: remedy injury to shipbuilding and repair industry (see S. 1361, S8592 [25JN])
Social Security: computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (see S. 567, S8503 [24JN])
———family support systems (see S. 4, S1606 [5FE])
Sound recording and reproducing: protections regarding digital audio recording (see S. 1623, S11807 [1AU])
Soviet Union: review economic assistance due to situation in Baltic States (see S. Res. 14, S951 [16JA])
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])
———employee benefit plans (see S. 1364, S8592 [25JN])
———employment tax status of certain fishermen (see S. 1683, S12182 [2AU])
———exclude small transactions from broker reporting requirements (see S. 200, S5353 [6MY])
———extend certain expiring tax provisions (see S. 1950, S16449 [12NO])
———extend the low-income housing credit (see S. 308, S16458 [12NO])
———extension of the mortgage revenue bond provisions and the low-income housing credit (see S. 167, S1607 [5FE])
———firearms excise tax (see S. 918, S4984 [24AP])
———individual retirement accounts (see S. 612, S3020 [12MR])
———prohibit the retroactive application of Dept. of the Treasury regulations and rulings (see S. 532, S3435 [14MR])
———provide for employees of small employers a private retirement incentive matched by employers (see S. 318, S1367 [31JA])
———repeal excise tax on luxury items (see S. 1261, S18708 [27NO])
———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])
———treatment of certain real estate activities under passive loss rules (see S. 1257, S7464 [11JN])
———treatment of church pension benefit plans (see S. 747, S3929 [21MR])
———treatment of forestry activities (see S. 2009, S17433 [21NO])
Telecommunications: research, design, and manufacturing of equipment (see S. 173, S438 [14JA])
Tourist trade: promote (see S. 680, S3386 [14MR])
U.N.: repeal General Assembly Resolution 3379 (see S.J. Res. 110, S14225 [2OC])
Unemployment: emergency compensation (see S. 1554, S10769 [24JY])
Veterans: establish silver medal for service in a combat zone during the Persian Gulf Conflict (see S. 1774, S17695 [22NO])
Walesa, Lech: U.S. visit (see S. Res. 90, S3930 [21MR])
White House: mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial (see S. 1827, S16083 [6NO])
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, S16949 [18NO])
———restrict U.S. assistance to Serbia until conditions are met (see S. 1793, S15409 [29OC])
Cloture motions
Foreign aid: authorizing appropriations (S. 1435), S10552 [22JY], S10714 [24JY]
Power resources: comprehensive energy security policy (S. 1220), S15542 [30OC], S15754 [1NO]
Letters
Economic support fund cash transfers and cargo preference: Richard L. Trumka, United Mine Workers of America, S10748 [24JY]
Phase out the production of ozone destroying substances, S4254 [9AP]
Lists
Tortures and ill-treatments of Kuwaitis by Iraqi military: Amnesty International, S234 [11JA]
Remarks by, on
Advertising: regulation of outdoor billboards, S7534, S7535 [12JN]
Airports: prohibit local government restriction of competition (S. 842), S4625
Appropriations: technical and enrollment error corrections in acts (H.J. Res. 157), S17580, S17581 [22NO]
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, AK: oil and gas leasing, S15750 [1NO]
Boats: excise tax, S17332 [21NO]
Children and youth: funding of programs targeting infant mortality, S3654 [20MR]
Civil Rights Act: restore and strengthen laws that ban discrimination in employment (S. 1745), S15391 [29OC]
Clean Air Act: technical corrections (S.J. Res. 187), S11799 [1AU]
Coast Guard: authorizing appropriations (S. 1297), S17502
Commission on National and Community Service: en bloc nominations to Board of Directors, S11791 [1AU]
Committee on Aging (Special): meetings during sessions, S11918 [1AU]
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: meetings during sessions, S11918 [1AU]
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: meetings during sessions, S11918 [1AU]
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: meetings during sessions, S11918 [1AU]
Committee on Environment and Public Works: meetings during sessions, S11918 [1AU]
Committee on Foreign Relations: meetings during sessions, S11918 [1AU]
Committee on Governmental Affairs: meetings during sessions, S11918 [1AU]
Committee on Indian Affairs (Select): meetings during sessions, S11918 [1AU]
Committee on Intelligence (Select): meetings during sessions, S11918 [1AU]
Committee on the Judiciary: meetings during sessions, S11918 [1AU]
Crime: national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (S. 1241), S8684 [26JN]
———sentencing of child pornographers, S10331 [18JY]
Dept. of Defense: conveyance of closed military bases to neighboring communities, S11779, S11781, S11786, S11787, S11790 [1AU]
———making supplemental appropriations for personnel expenditures relative to Operation Desert Shield and other urgent domestic programs (H.R. 1281), S3654 [20MR]
Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2622), S10331 [18JY]
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2608), conference report, S14714
Disasters: assistance to producers of all crops affected by damaging weather (S. 1251), S7383
Duke, David: Louisiana gubernatorial candidacy and political affiliation, S16997 [19NO]
Elections: campaign ethics reform and contribution limits (S. 3), S6184, S6185 [21MY]
———prohibit certain election-related activities by foreign nationals, S6184, S6185 [21MY]
Employment: preferential hiring practices on basis of race, S8684 [26JN]
FAA: publish flight charts for visual flight routes (S. 1895), S15524
Federal Maritime Commission: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1006), S11793, S11794 [1AU]
———authorizing appropriations (S. 1489), S10290
Financial institutions: reform deposit insurance system (S. 543), S17332 [21NO]
Fishing: international moratorium on large-scale driftnets (H. Con. Res. 113), S11794 [1AU]
———international moratorium on large-scale driftnets (S. 884), S11795 [1AU]
Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary: designate (H.R. 3866), S18759 [27NO]
Foreign aid: authorizing appropriations (S. 1435), S10748, S10749, S10750, S10752 [24JY]
Foreign trade: economic support fund cash transfers and cargo preference, S10748, S10749, S10750, S10752 [24JY]
———procedures for implementing trade agreements (S. Res. 78), S6828 [24MY]
———reciprocal responses to foreign practices that deny national treatment to U.S. investment (S. 650), S12119, S12333
Gambling: regulation of greyhound racing industry (S. 22), S637
Goldstein, Irving: selection as U.S. candidate for Director General of the International Telecommunications Satellite Organization, S15092
Health: provide a refundable tax credit for qualified cancer screening tests (S. 891), S4853
Housing: revise Federal assistance programs (H.R. 3576), S17902 [23NO]
Immigration Act: technical corrections (S. 1620), S11799 [1AU]
Insurance: payment of self-employment tax after retirement, S12119 [2AU]
John Richard Haydel Post Office, Vacherie, LA: designate (S. 1373), S8618
Lindy Claiborne Boggs Lock: designate on the Red River Waterway in Louisiana (S. 627), S3087
Louisiana: highway construction projects, S8076 [19JN]
Maritime Administration: authorizing appropriations (S. 2073), S18384
Medicare: extended care services relative to hospitalization requirements (S. 1572), S11065
Middle East: congressional approval of military action to enforce U.N. Security Council resolution against Iraq pending failure of economic sanctions (S.J. Res. 1), S234 [11JA]
Military bases: convey closed bases to neighboring communities, S11936, S11939 [2AU]
National defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and personnel of the Depts. of Defense and Energy (S. 1507), S11777, S11778, S11779, S11781, S11786, S11787, S11790 [1AU], S11936, S11939 [2AU]
National Maritime Enhancement Institutes: change the aggregate annual amount of the Federal share of awards, S17522 [21NO]
New Orleans, LA: tribute to the Academy of the Sacred Heart, S8379
NOAA: transfer certain programs to the Dept. of the Interior (S. 230), S11805 [1AU]
Philippines: volcanic disaster (S. Res. 146), S11793 [1AU]
Power resources: comprehensive energy security policy (S. 1220), S10474 [19JY], S15750 [1NO]
Presidential appointments: nominations considered and confirmed en bloc, S11791 [1AU]
Public Health Service: employment of officials at Gillis W. Long Hansen's Disease Center (S. 1152), S6663 [23MY]
Refuse disposal: State regulation and management of solid waste (S. 774), S4129
Resolution Trust Corp.: funding (S. 419), S2391 [27FE], S2739, S2740, S2742, S2743 [6MR]
Senate: legislative program, S6182 [21MY], S11786 [1AU]
Ships and vessels: fishing vessel loan guarantees, S17580, S17581 [22NO]
Social Security: rules relative to termination of disabled adult child's benefits upon marriage (S. 1342), S8344
St. Charles Parish, LA: FEMA flood elevation determination, S17902 [23NO]
States: rate of total unemployment compensation, S16794, S16796, S16797, S16799 [15NO]
Surface Transportation Efficiency Act: enact (S. 1204), S7534, S7535 [12JN], S7743, S7757, S7781 [13JN], S8076 [19JN]
Taxation: authorize studies of possible tax credits to stimulate sales of property owned by the FDIC and Resolution Trust Corp., S2739, S2740, S2742, S2743 [6MR]
———capital gains (S. 1857), S14942 [22OC]
———deductions for decommissioning costs of nuclear powerplants (S. 1641), S12192
———exclude imposition of employer Social Security taxes on cash tips (S. 765), S4057
———incentives for establishment of businesses at closed military bases (S. 1498), S10474-S10476 [19JY]
———purchase of real property held by Resolution Trust Corp. (S. 1787), S14052
———repeal luxury tax on purchase of boats (S. 649), S3273 [13MR]
———repeal recreational vessel fee (S. 843), S4626
———small issue bonds (S. 1357), S8500
Tax-exempt organizations: treatment of certain amateur athletic events relative to unrelated trade or business of such organization (S. 866), S4752
Telecommunications: research, design, and manufacturing of equipment (S. 173), S6977 [4JN]
Thomas, Clarence: nomination to Supreme Court, S14463, S14464 [7OC], S14669 [15OC]
Transportation: provide for a National Highway System, S7781 [13JN]
Treaties: removal of injunction of secrecy, S11792 [1AU]
Unemployment: emergency compensation (H.R. 3575), S16721, S16728 [14NO], S16794, S16796, S16797, S16799, S16828 [15NO]
Wetlands: conservation and management (S. 1463), S9875 [11JY]
Statements
We Cannot Live Alone at Peace: Franklin D. Roosevelt, S234 [11JA]
Testimonies
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Agricultural Disaster Assistance (S. 1141, 1251, 1422), D949 [23JY]
Committee on Appropriations (Senate): Energy and Water Development Programs, D329 [19MR]
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Interstate Transportation of Solid Waste, D771 [18JN]
———Wetlands Protection Program, D795 [20JN]
Committee on Small Business (Senate): Impact of the Ten Percent Luxury Tax on Small Businesses, D1107 [17SE]
Texts of
S. 1152, employment of Public Health Service officials at Gillis W. Long Hansen's Disease Center, S6664 [23MY]
S. 1342, Social Security rules relative to termination of disabled adult child's benefits upon marriage, S8344
S. 1489, authorizing Federal Maritime Commission appropriations, S10291
S. 1498, Base Community Recovery Act, S10476 [19JY]
S. 1572, Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility and Home Health Benefit Act, S11065 [26JY]
S. 1641, Nuclear Decommissioning Reserve Fund Act, S12192
S. 2073, authorizing Maritime Administration appropriations, S18384
Tributes
Johnson, Drew M., S8380
Seaton, Bruce, S18544