BUMPERS, DALE (a Senator from Arkansas)

Amendments offered by, to

Appropriations: technical and enrollment error corrections in acts (H.J. Res. 157), S17612, S17706 [22NO]

Arms control: transfer of certain artillery and weapons to NATO countries (H.R. 3807), S18112 [25NO]

Dept. of Defense: making supplemental appropriations for personnel expenditures relative to Operation Desert Shield (S. 578), S3341, S3450 [14MR]

———making supplemental appropriations for personnel expenditures relative to Operation Desert Shield and other urgent domestic programs (H.R. 1281), S3602 [19MR]

Dept. of the Interior: making appropriations (H.R. 2686), S12954, S12956, S12989 [13SE]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2707), S12927 [12SE]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs, HUD, and independent agencies, commissions, corporations, and offices: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2519), S10230, S10301 [17JY]

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]

Financial institutions: reform deposit insurance system (S. 543), S16702, S16768 [14NO]

Foreign aid: authorizing appropriations (S. 1435), S10925, S10974 [25JY]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2621), S14227 [2OC]

Merced County, CA: authorize additional use of public lands (S. 545), S5131, S5316 [25AP]

National defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and personnel of the Depts. of Defense and Energy (S. 1507), S11632, S11644, S11776, S11855, S11860, S11915 [1AU], S12077, S12081, S12324, S12325 [2AU]

Nez Perce National Historical Park: protection of battlefield sites (H.R. 2032), S18739, S18781 [27NO]

Power resources: making appropriations for energy and water development (H.R. 2427), S9430, S9632 [10JY]

Resolution Trust Corp.: funding (S. 419), S2727, S2847 [6MR]

Small business: financial development assistance to military reservists' businesses (S. 360), S2548 [28FE]

Women: assist development of small businesses (H.R. 2629), S17262, S17273 [20NO]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 1281, supplemental appropriations for Dept. of Defense personnel expenditures relative to Operation Desert Shield and other urgent domestic programs, S3497 [19MR]

———H.R. 2251, making appropriations for humanitarian assistance and peacekeeping activities in Iraq, S5881 [15MY]

Articles and editorials

Answer to the Credit Crunch? Scott Davis and Kent Moon, ABA Banking Journal (publication), S15535 [30OC]

Father of the Plebiscite, Harry Turner, San Juan (PR) Star, S3604 [19MR]

German Help for Korea's Bomb, Der Spiegel (German publication), S18746 [27NO]

Heart Attack! Senator Pryor, Little Rock (AR) Arkansas Times, S11701-S11703 [1AU]

Military Service Term To Be Cut by 2 to 5 Months, Korea Newsreview (publication), S18746 [27NO]

Public Land Sales Raising Questions Again, Associated Press, S12955 [13SE]

Small-Business Owners Feel They've Been Betrayed, Jeanne Saddler, Wall Street Journal (publication), S18162 [26NO]

Wright Disciple Now Rivals the Master Himself, Mimi Read, New York (NY) Times, S16857 [15NO]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Agriculture: crop acreage base shifting between farms in the case of natural disasters (see S. 1180, S6857 [24MY])

Ballistic Missile, Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Weapons Nonproliferation Support Act: enact (see S. 2124, S18689 [27NO])

Committee on Small Business: authorizing expenditures (see S. Res. 52, S1700 [6FE])

Education: discharge or repayment of student loans in exchange for service in certain professions (see S. 837, S4612 [17AP])

Elections: definition of independent expenditures (see S. 294, S1293 [30JA])

Fair Labor Standards Act: amend relative to exemption for small businesses from Federal minimum wage coverage (see S. 349, S1505 [5FE])

FERC: extend time limitations in certain licenses issued (see S. 1283, S7628 [12JN])

Hedges, Harold and Margaret: terminate reservation and refund certain fees on lands added to the Buffalo National River (see S. 996, S5406 [7MY])

Humanities: improve quality of instruction in schools (see S. 1326, S8136 [19JN])

Mining: disposition of certain minerals on public lands (see S. 433, S2005 [20FE])

Pryor, Senator: illness (see S. Res. 108, S4737 [18AP])

Small business: economic opportunities of startup and newly established concerns (see S. 1426, S9116 [28JN])

———financial development assistance to military reservists' businesses (see S. 360, S1699 [6FE])

Student loans: partial cancellation relative to community service work (see S. 527, S2507 [28FE])

Taxation: capital gains tax differential for investments in start-up and other small enterprises (see S. 1932, S16213 [7NO])

———health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see S. 934, S5136 [25AP])

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Africa: protection of human rights and economic development in the Horn of Africa (see S. 985, S8214 [19JN])

Agriculture: disaster assistance to producers (see S. 1441, S9490 [10JY])

Angola: encourage peace talks (see S. Con. Res. 9, S1919 [19FE])

Armed Forces: increase rate of special pay for duty subject to hostile fire or imminent danger (see S. 237, S2436 [27FE])

———saving program for members participating in Operation Desert Shield (see S. 221, S2681 [5MR])

Birds: conservation of exotic wild species (see S. 1219, S11854 [1AU])

Boy Scouts of America: anniversary (see S.J. Res. 111, S4640 [17AP])

Braille Literacy Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 226, S17467 [21NO])

Census: ensure accuracy by statistical correction methodology (see S.J. Res. 21, S1920 [19FE])

Centers for Disease Control: rename to Centers for Disease Prevention and Control (see S. 505, S5942 [15MY])

Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act: revise and extend programs (see S. 838, S7662 [12JN])

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, S3809 [20MR])

Colleges and universities: improve manufacturing engineering education programs (see S. 1331, S8136 [19JN])

Committee on the Organization of Congress (Joint): establish (see S. Con. Res. 57, S16083 [6NO])

Country Music Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 189, S12676 [10SE])

Democratic Party: establish a commission to commemorate the bicentennial establishment (see S. 2047, S18086 [25NO])

Dept. of the Environment: establish (see S. 533, S6249 [21MY])

Diseases: provide health education on the medical problems associated with tobacco use (see S. 555, S4893 [23AP])

Earth Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 116, S4337 [11AP]; S.J. Res. 119, S4337 [11AP]

Ecology: protect the natural and cultural resources of the Grand Canyon and Glen Canyon (see S. 144, S3809 [20MR])

Ecology and environment: carbon dioxide emissions reductions (see S. Res. 53, S1790 [7FE])

Education: encourage States to establish a Parents as Teachers Program (see S. 551, S12674 [10SE])

———improve counseling services for elementary school students (see S. 810, S5036 [24AP])

———improve system (see S. 2, S433 [14JA])

———strengthen the teaching profession (see S. 329, S1368 [31JA])

Elections: definition of independent expenditures (see S. 294, S1742 [6FE])

Environment: recommendations of the National Academy of Sciences on global warming (see S. Res. 141, S8499 [24JN])

ERISA: require an independent audit of certain statements relative to assets of employee benefit plans (see S. 269, S1159 [24JA])

Executive departments: compliance with hazardous waste control laws (see S. 596, S2926 [7MR])

———ensure use of appropriate Government procedures when taking private property (see S. 50, S5036 [24AP])

Family and domestic relations: availability of family planning services and counseling on pregnancy (see S. 1197, S9008 [27JN])

Federal Employees Recognition Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 51, S1221 [29JA])

FERC: jurisdiction over distribution of natural gas used as motor vehicle fuel (see S. 402, S1790 [7FE])

Financial institutions: recapitalize the Federal deposit insurance fund and reform the regulatory and service systems (see S. 280, S7043 [4JN])

Fishing: enforcement of international driftnet moratorium (see S. 884, S7222 [5JN])

Foreign relations: anniversary of U.S.-Portuguese diplomatic relations (see S.J. Res. 55, S1919 [19FE])

Foreign trade: reciprocal responses to foreign practices that deny national treatment to U.S. investment (see S. 650, S3191 [13MR])

Gandhi, Rajiv: assassination (see S. Res. 131, S6210 [21MY])

GATT: enforcement of oilseeds panel ruling against EEC (see S. Res. 201, S15086 [23OC])

Girl Scouts of the United States of America 80th Anniversary Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 210, S16855 [15NO])

Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: designate (see S.J. Res. 59, S1743 [6FE])

Hazardous substances: expand scope of educational efforts relative to lead poisoning prevention (see S. 507, S5942 [15MY])

———phase out the production of ozone destroying substances (see S. Res. 217, S16213 [7NO])

Heinz, John: tribute (see S. Res. 92, S4230 [9AP])

Hire a Veteran Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 157, S7291 [6JN])

Hunger: ensure adequate diet for all Americans (see S. 757, S9007 [27JN])

Income tax: prohibit State imposition on the pension of individuals who are not residents of that State (see S. 267, S1742 [6FE])

IRS: time extension for certain acts for individuals performing services under Operation Desert Shield (see S. 8, S1099 [23JA])

Johns Hopkins School of Public Health: anniversary (see S.J. Res. 49, S6153 [20MY])

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, S7388 [6JN])

Korean War Veterans Remembrance Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 141, S10154 [16JY])

Kuwait: involvement of U.S. small businesses in rebuilding (see S. Res. 72, S2845 [6MR])

Local Rail Freight Assistance Program: authorizing appropriations (see S. 1060, S6068 [16MY])

Lyme Disease Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 74, S8472 [21JN])

Magna Carta Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 150, S6655 [23MY])

Medicare: coverage of screening mammography (see S. 508, S5942 [15MY])

———require certain medical education hospitals to incorporate training in disease prevention and health promotion (see S. 506, S5942 [15MY])

Middle East: congressional approval of military action to enforce U.N. Security Council resolution against Iraq pending failure of economic sanctions (see S.J. Res. 1, S178 [10JA])

———success of multinational military action against Iraq (see S. Con. Res. 13, S2508 [28FE])

Motion pictures: observe anniversary of moviemaking and the contributions of the American Film Institute (see S. Con. Res. 44, S11228 [29JY])

Motor vehicles: require new standards for corporate average fuel economy (see S. 279, S1221 [29JA])

NASA: authorizing appropriations (see S. 98, S9266 [8JY])

National Adoption Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 207, S15865 [4NO])

National American Indian Heritage Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 172, S10508 [19JY])

National Arbor Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 64, S1506 [5FE])

National Board for Professional Teaching Standards: establish (see S. 457, S3293 [13MR])

National Campus Crime and Security Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 183, S12676 [10SE])

National Cancer Act: anniversary (see S.J. Res. 133, S5673 [9MY])

National Child Abuse Prevention Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 52, S1609 [5FE])

National Children's Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 126, S6419 [22MY])

National Correctional Officers Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 69, S3105 [12MR])

National Crime Victims' Rights Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 16, S4895 [23AP])

National Desert Storm Reservists Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 134, S5428 [7MY])

National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 73, S2218 [21FE])

National Down's Syndrome Awareness Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 131, S11228 [29JY])

National energy policy: establish (see S. 324, S1368 [31JA])

National Firefighters Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 148, S12800 [11SE])

National Forest System Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 159, S7464 [11JN])

National Historically Black Colleges Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 40, S8812 [26JN])

National Hospice Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 78, S8472 [21JN])

National Huntington's Disease Awareness Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 127, S4837 [23AP])

National Invent America! Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 140, S10508 [19JY])

National Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 142, S7827 [13JN])

National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 86, S4373 [11AP])

National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 117, S4337 [11AP])

National Philanthropy Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 96, S10584 [22JY])

National Police Officer and Firefighter Recognition Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 225, S16060 [6NO])

National Pornography Victims Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 200, S15086 [23OC])

National POW/MIA Recognition Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 170, S10584 [22JY])

National Radon Action Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 132, S5137 [25AP])

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, S15086 [23OC])

National Trauma Awareness Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 229, S16760 [14NO])

National Visiting Nurse Associations Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 124, S9268 [8JY])

National Women in Agriculture Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 176, S15409 [29OC])

National Women Veterans Recognition Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 145, S6250 [21MY])

Older Americans Act: improve programs (see S. 974, S9512 [10JY])

Paperwork Reduction Act: reduce burden of Federal paperwork on the public (see S. 1139, S6355 [22MY])

Pediatric AIDS Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 115, S7503 [11JN])

Pledge of Allegiance: mint coins to commemorate anniversary (see S. 1087, S10055 [15JY])

Public lands: authorize programs to study certain lands (see S. 929, S4984 [24AP])

Public welfare: food stamp and nutrition programs (see S. 602, S4778 [18AP])

Recycling: degradable plastics (see S. 603, S2926 [7MR])

Resolution Trust Corp.: restructure Oversight Board and Board of Directors into a single governing entity (see S. 389, S1789 [7FE])

Retired Enlisted Association, Inc.: grant charter (see S. 447, S15014 [22OC])

Rural areas: crime and drug control (see S. 1313, S8014 [18JN])

———provide incentives to health care providers and establish State health service corps demonstration projects (see S. 1125, S6355 [22MY])

Senate: implementation of foreign trade bills (see S. Res. 109, S17467 [21NO])

Silvio Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge: establish (see S. 821, S6115 [17MY])

Social Security: assistance to States to support informal caregivers of individuals with functional limitations (see S. 972, S17694 [22NO])

———long-term care insurance policies (see S. 846, S17694 [22NO])

Social Security Administration: establish as an independent agency (see S. 33, S1918 [19FE])

Special days: establish a commission to advise the President on proposals for national commemorative events (see S. 1112, S7502 [11JN])

Sports: prohibit State-sanctioned gambling (see S. 474, S16282 [7NO])

Tariff: footwear (see S. 405, S1790 [7FE])

Taxation: charitable contributions relative to appreciated property (see S. 359, S17694 [22NO])

———clarify that customer based, market share, and any similar intangible items are amortizable (see S. 1245, S10508 [19JY])

———electric utilities' subsidization of energy conservation services (see S. 922, S7502 [11JN])

———employee benefit plans (see S. 1364, S8592 [25JN])

———establish a special valuation of sensitive environmental areas for estate tax purposes (see S. 887, S4836 [23AP])

———exclude imposition of employer Social Security taxes on cash tips (see S. 765, S16622 [13NO])

———exclude small transactions from broker reporting requirements (see S. 200, S439 [14JA])

———exclusion for employee educational assistance (see S. 24, S1099 [23JA])

———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, S1100 [23JA])

———increase prices to farmers while assisting in feeding the hungry (see S. 1826, S15409 [29OC])

———permanent extension of the targeted jobs credit (see S. 581, S10153 [16JY])

———provide for employees of small employers a private retirement incentive matched by employers (see S. 318, S1367 [31JA])

———treatment by cooperatives of gains or losses from sale of assets (see S. 1522, S10693 [23JY])

———treatment of compensation received by members of the Armed Forces for active service in a dangerous foreign area (see S. 199, S2681 [5MR])

———treatment of telephone cooperatives (see S. 879, S5305 [25AP])

———withdrawals without penalty from individual retirement accounts to pay for certain necessary expenses (see S. 1566, S14225 [2OC])

Television: local regulation of cable programming and rates (see S. 12, S3434 [14MR])

Tobacco products: cigarette labeling (see S. 556, S4893 [23AP])

Transportation: authorize funding for highway construction, mass transit, and safety programs (see S. 1121, S7389 [6JN])

U.N.: repeal General Assembly Resolution 3379 (see S.J. Res. 110, S14225 [2OC])

Unemployment: equalize treatment of members of Armed Forces and former Federal employees for compensation eligibility (see S. 205, S2681 [5MR])

United Arab Emirates: proposed sale of AH-64 Apache attack helicopters (see S.J. Res. 165, S8813 [26JN])

Vermont Bicentennial Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 58, S1368 [31JA])

Veterans: access to tobacco products by individuals receiving care at Dept. of Veterans Affairs medical facilities (see S. 1627, S16282 [7NO])

———concurrent receipt of disability and retirement benefits (see S. 190, S7221 [5JN])

———disability compensation for service-connected disabilities (see S. 127, S2843 [6MR])

———furnish outpatient medical services for disabilities of former POW (see S. 327, S7388 [6JN])

———receipt of military retired pay concurrently with disability compensation for those with service-connected disabilities (see S. 1381, S16622 [13NO])

———suspend certain bars to the furnishing of benefits (see S. 659, S7662 [12JN])

Walesa, Lech: U.S. visit (see S. Res. 90, S3930 [21MR])

White House: mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial (see S. 1827, S16083 [6NO])

Wood: labeling of tropical wood and tropical wood products (see S. 1159, S6654 [23MY])

World Population Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 160, S7809 [13JN])

World War II: award the bronze star to personnel who served in defense of Corregidor Island, the Philippines (see S. 2015, S17433 [21NO])

Year of Public Health: designate (see S.J. Res. 49, S6153 [20MY])

Year of the American Indian: designate (see S.J. Res. 217, S15533 [30OC])

Cloture motions

Medicaid: Federal payments relative to State expenditures made from revenues derived from provider-specific taxes (H.R. 3595), S17997 [23NO]

Documents

U.S. Troop Levels in the Republic of Korea, S18745 [27NO]

Explanations

Ballistic Missile, Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Weapons Nonproliferation Support Act (S. 2124), S18700 [27NO]

Letters

Employee health insurance for small business: Jeremy D. Thorton, S9405 [9JY]

Paperwork Reduction Act: by, and several other Senators, S6408 [22MY]

Phase out the production of ozone destroying substances, S4254 [9AP]

Sale of AH-64 Apache attack helicopters to the United Arab Emirates: by, S9982 [15JY]

SBA participation in the purchase of certain eligible securities issued by certain financial institutions: G. Thomas Cator, National Small Business United, S17339 [21NO]

———Patricia Saiki, SBA, S17338 [21NO]

Space station development: Maxine F. Singer, S10248 [17JY]

Meetings

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: subcommittee appointments, D145 [7FE]

Memorandums

Capital Gains Tax Differential for Investments in Start-Up and Other Small Enterprises (S. 1932), S16219-S16223 [7NO]

Remarks by, on

Agriculture: crop acreage base shifting between farms in the case of natural disasters (S. 1180), S6858 [24MY]

———disaster assistance to producers (S. 1441), S9497 [10JY]

Appropriations: technical and enrollment error corrections in acts (H.J. Res. 157), S17609 [22NO], S18570 [27NO]

Armed Forces: business development assistance to reservists' small businesses, S3342, S3344 [14MR]

———economic hardships of families during Middle East service, S1003 [22JA]

Arms control: sale of weaponry to developing countries, S3317 [14MR]

———transfer of certain artillery and weapons to NATO countries (H.R. 3807), S18041, S18060 [25NO]

Arms sales: exportation of weapons, S11183 [29JY]

Ballistic Missile, Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Weapons Nonproliferation Support Act: enact (S. 2124), S18700 [27NO]

China, People's Republic of: most-favored-nation status (H.R. 2212), S10636 [23JY]

Civil Rights Act: restore and strengthen laws that ban discrimination in employment (S. 1745), S15374, S15387 [29OC], S15478 [30OC]

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: notices of hearings, S1626 [5FE], S2848 [6MR], S5430 [7MY], S5956 [15MY], S7048, S7049 [4JN], S7225 [5JN], S9905 [11JY], S12332 [2AU], S12807 [11SE], S14093 [1OC], S14365 [3OC], S15264 [25OC], S15534 [30OC], S16296 [7NO], S16648 [13NO]

Committee on Environment and Public Works: notices of hearings, S12990 [13SE]

Committee on Labor and Human Resources: meetings during sessions, S178 [10JA]

Committee on Small Business: notices of hearings, S79 [4JA], S577 [15JA], S1923 [19FE], S2690 [5MR], S3297 [13MR], S5316 [25AP], S5678 [9MY], S6927 [3JN], S7677 [12JN], S8217 [19JN], S8510 [24JN], S9403 [9JY], S10057 [15JY], S12678 [10SE], S12991 [13SE], S15263 [25OC], S15865, S15866 [4NO], S16771 [14NO]

Congressional employees: fair employment practices, S15374, S15387 [29OC]

Crime: national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (S. 1241), S8689, S8716 [26JN], S8942 [27JN], S9288, S9289 [9JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: stabilization and conservation service appeals process, S3688 [20MR]

Dept. of Defense: conveyance of closed military bases to neighboring communities, S11787 [1AU]

———making supplemental appropriations for personnel expenditures relative to Operation Desert Shield (S. 578), S3341, S3342, S3344, S3350 [14MR]

———making supplemental appropriations for personnel expenditures relative to Operation Desert Shield and other urgent domestic programs (H.R. 1281), S3559 [19MR], S3688 [20MR]

Dept. of State: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1415), S11183 [29JY]

Dept. of the Interior: making appropriations (H.R. 2686), S12950, S12952, S12953, S12954, S12955, S12956, S12958, S12966 [13SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2686), conference report—amendments in disagreement, S15665 [31OC]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2608), conference report, S14336 [3OC]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2707), S12855, S12888, S12889 [12SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2707), conference report, S16120 [7NO]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs, HUD, and independent agencies, commissions, corporations, and offices: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2519), S10219, S10230, S10247, S10249 [17JY]

Education: discharge or repayment of student loans in exchange for service in certain professions (S. 837), S4616 [17AP]

———prisoner literacy programs, S9288, S9289 [9JY]

EEOC: Daniel Lamp Co. minority hiring case, S8716 [26JN]

Elections: campaign ethics reform and contribution limits (S. 3), S6277 [22MY]

———definition of independent expenditures (S. 294), S1310 [30JA]

———disclosure of taxpayer-funded advertising, S6277 [22MY]

———limit Senate terms, S6277 [22MY]

Electronics: multichip module technology program, S12104 [2AU]

Fair Labor Standards Act: amend relative to exemption for small businesses from Federal minimum wage coverage (S. 349), S1584 [5FE]

FERC: extend time limitations in certain licenses issued (S. 1283), S7661 [12JN]

Financial institutions: reform deposit insurance system (S. 543), S16702, S16703, S16715 [14NO], S17337, S17338, S17339, S17340, S17386 [21NO]

———SBA participation in the purchase of certain eligible securities, S17337, S17338, S17339 [21NO]

Firearms: establish national background check on prospective handgun buyers, S8942 [27JN]

Foreign aid: authorizing appropriations (S. 1435), S10926 [25JY]

Gates, Robert M.: nomination to be Director of CIA, S15926 [5NO]

Health: Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, S3559 [19MR]

Hedges, Harold and Margaret: terminate reservation and refund certain fees on lands added to the Buffalo National River (S. 996), S5418 [7MY]

Humanities: improve quality of instruction in schools (S. 1326), S8171 [19JN]

Interstate commerce: branching for banks, S16702, S16703 [14NO]

Iraq: humanitarian assistance for the Kurds (H.R. 2122), S5598 [9MY]

———prohibit use of U.S. tax dollars to rebuild, S3350 [14MR]

Japan: U.S. trade relations, S3863 [21MR]

Korea, Republic of: U.S. troop levels, S18744 [27NO]

———U.S. troop presence, S12077 [2AU]

Lithuania: independence anniversary, S2358 [26FE]

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), S148, S150, S151 [10JA]

———limit transfer of weapons by international arms suppliers (S. 1046), S5723 [14MY]

———military action to enforce U.N. Security Council resolution against Iraq (S.J. Res. 2), S414 [12JA]

Military bases: convey closed bases to neighboring communities, S11939 [2AU]

Mining: application for patents for oil shale mining claims, S12952, S12953, S12954, S12955, S12956 [13SE]

———disposition of certain minerals on public lands (S. 433), S2015-S2018 [20FE]

———patenting of mining claims under general mining laws, S12956, S12958, S12966 [13SE]

National defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and personnel of the Depts. of Defense and Energy (S. 1507), S11644, S11646, S11657, S11658, S11776, S11787 [1AU], S11939, S12062, S12077, S12104 [2AU]

National Endowment for the Arts: prohibit use of Federal funding to promote, produce, disseminate, or distribute obscene materials, S15665 [31OC]

Nuclear weapons: strategic defense initiative, S11644, S11646, S11657, S11658 [1AU]

O'Connell, Carol: privilege of the floor, S9433 [10JY]

Older Americans Act: revise and extend (S. 243), S16434, S16435 [12NO]

Older Workers Benefit Protection Act: uniform compliance for certain benefits, S16434, S16435 [12NO]

Paperwork Reduction Act: reduce burden of Federal paperwork on the public (S. 1139), S6408 [22MY]

Power resources: making appropriations for energy and water development (H.R. 2427), S9357, S9358 [9JY], S9417, S9418, S9419, S9430, S9437, S9442 [10JY]

Pryor, Senator: illness (S. Res. 108), S4724, S4725 [18AP]

Public buildings: display requirements of the POW/MIA flag, S12062 [2AU]

Red River Army Depot: construction of logistics facilities, S11776 [1AU]

Research: superconducting supercollider funding, S9430, S9437, S9442 [10JY]

Resolution Trust Corp.: funding and restructuring of Oversight Board (H.R. 3435), conference report, S18637 [27NO]

———funding (S. 419), S2731 [6MR]

———restructure Oversight Board and Board of Directors into a single entity, S2731 [6MR]

Saiki, Patricia: nomination to be Administrator of the SBA, S3921 [21MR]

SBA: nomination of chief counsel for advocacy, S18161 [26NO]

Senate: legislative program, S1935 [20FE], S3863 [21MR], S7879 [17JN], S18059 [25NO]

Small business: access to credit, S15535 [30OC]

———cost of health insurance for employees, S9405 [9JY]

———economic opportunities of startup and newly established concerns (S. 1426), S9127 [28JN]

———financial development assistance to military reservists' businesses (S. 360), S1700 [6FE]

Soviet Union: agricultural export credit guarantees from the U.S. (S. Res. 117), S5380 [7MY]

———economic assistance, S18060 [25NO]

Space policy: development of space station, S10219, S10230, S10247, S10249 [17JY]

States: allocation of highway funds, S7745, S7746 [13JN]

———apportionment of highway and bridge funds, S7983 [18JN]

———rate of total unemployment compensation, S16800, S16801 [15NO]

Student loans: partial cancellation relative to community service work (S. 527), S2517 [28FE]

Surface Transportation Efficiency Act: enact (S. 1204), S7745, S7746, S7747, S7776 [13JN], S7983 [18JN]

Taxation: capital gains tax differential for investments in start-up and other small enterprises (S. 1932), S16217 [7NO]

———health insurance for self-employed individuals (S. 934), S5139 [25AP]

Textile industry: practices concerning clothing articles made at home by employees, S12888, S12889 [12SE]

Thomas, Clarence: nomination to Supreme Court, S14533 [8OC]

Transportation: authorizing highway and mass transit program funding, and develop a national intermodal surface transportation system (H.R. 3566), S16811, S16812 [15NO]

———establish a national comprehensive surface transportation system (H.R. 2950), conference report, S18614 [27NO]

Uganda: human rights violations, S10926 [25JY]

Unemployment: emergency compensation (H.R. 3575), S16724, S16725, S16726 [14NO], S16800, S16801, S16839 [15NO]

Women: assist development of small businesses (H.R. 2629), S17273 [20NO]

Reports filed

Committee Expenditures: Committee on Small Business (S. Res. 52), S1699 [6FE]

Financial Development Assistance to Military Reservists' Businesses: Committee on Small Business (S. 360), S2507 [28FE]

Legislative Activities of the Committee on Small Business During 101st Congress: Committee on Small Business (S. Rept. 102-35), S4229 [9AP]

Nomination of James F. Hoobler to SBA: Committee on Small Business, S4116 [22MR]

Nomination of Patricia Saiki To Be SBA Administrator: Committee on Small Business, S3928 [21MR]

Nomination of Paul H. Cooksey To Be Deputy Administrator of the SBA: Committe on Small Business, S16746 [14NO]

Rules

Committee on Small Business, S4258 [9AP]

Statements

Role of History Studies: Thomas Jefferson, S8172 [19JN]

Role of Humanities Studies: Robert Reich, S8172 [19JN]

Space Station Development, S10248 [17JY]

———Allan Bromley, S10248 [17JY]

———Jerry Gray, S10221 [17JY]

———Nicholos Bloembergen, American Physical Society, S10248 [17JY]

———U.S. Council on Competitiveness, S10248 [17JY]

Summaries

Mining Law Reform Act (S. 433), S2023 [20FE]

Tables

Extension of time on certain FERC licenses, S7661 [12JN]

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 Labor and Human Resources: Public Health Safety Standards for Poultry (S. 1324), D852 [28JN]

Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee Budget Request (S. Res. 52), D146 [7FE]

———Definition of Independent Campaign Expenditures (S. 294), D250 [7MR]

Space Station Development: Arno Penzias, S10249 [17JY]

Texts of

S. 349, amend Fair Labor Standards Act relative to exemption for small businesses from Federal minimum wage coverage, S1585 [5FE]

S. 360, Military Reservists Small Business Relief Act, S1701 [6FE]

S. 433, Mining Law Reform Act, S2018-S2023 [20FE]

S. 527, National and Community Service Incentive Act, S2517 [28FE]

S. 996, terminate reservation and refund certain fees to Harold and Margaret Hedges for lands added to the Buffalo National River, S5418 [7MY]

S. 1326, Humanities Excellence and Teacher Training Act, S8172 [19JN]

S. 2124, Ballistic Missile, Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Weapons Nonproliferation Support Act, S18700 [27NO]

S. Res. 108, Senator Pryor's illness, S4786 [18AP]

Tributes

Heinz, John, S4167 [9AP]

Johnston, Senator, S3603 [19MR]

Jones, E. Fay, S16856 [15NO]

Pryor, Senator, S11701 [1AU]