CHAFEE, JOHN H. (a Senator from Rhode Island)
Amendments offered by, to
Appropriations: technical and enrollment error corrections in acts (H.J. Res. 157), S17705 [22NO]
Arms control: transfer of certain artillery and weapons to NATO countries (H.R. 3807), S18003, S18046, S18110 [25NO]
Civil Rights Act: restore and strengthen laws that ban discrimination in employment (S. 1745), S15260, S15273 [25OC]
Committees of the Senate: biennial expenditures (S. Res. 62), S2482, S2548 [28FE]
Connecticut River National Fish and Wildlife Refuge: establish (H.R. 794), S17908, S17993 [23NO]
Crime: national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (S. 1241), S8899, S9021 [27JN]
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2707), S12800 [11SE]
Executive departments: compliance with hazardous waste control laws (S. 596), S15021 [22OC]
Export Administration Act: reauthorizing (S. 320), S2032 [20FE]
Financial institutions: reform deposit insurance system (S. 543), S16769 [14NO], S17330, S17335, S17474 [21NO]
Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary: designate (H.R. 3866), S18730, S18759 [27NO]
Foreign aid: authorizing appropriations (S. 1435), S11082 [26JY]
L. Douglas Abram Federal Building, St. Louis, MO: designate (S. 276), S9314, S9402 [9JY]
National defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and personnel of the Depts. of Defense and Energy (S. 1507), S11620, S11855 [1AU], S11959, S12320 [2AU], S12800 [11SE]
Power resources: making appropriations for energy and water development (H.R. 2427), S9416, S9543 [10JY]
Resolution Trust Corp.: funding and restructuring of Oversight Board (H.R. 3435), S18710 [27NO]
———funding (S. 419), S2723, S2846 [6MR]
Surface Transportation Efficiency Act: enact (S. 1204), S7774, S7790, S7828, S7832, S7842, S7843 [13JN]
Women: counseling and information to pregnant women receiving certain public health assistance (S. 323), S10071, S10114, S10121, S10163, S10164, S10165 [16JY]
Analyses
Hazardous and Additional Waste Export and Import Act (S. 1082), S5939
Health Care Services to Medically Underserved Areas (S. 773), S4127 [22MR]
Visual Pollution Control Act (S. 593), S2940 [7MR]
Appointments
Committee on Intelligence (Select), S1646 [5FE]
Conferee: H.R. 2194, Federal Facility Compliance Act, S15138 [24OC]
———H.R. 2950, Surface Transportation Efficiency Act, S15600 [31OC]
———S. 543, Comprehensive Deposit Insurance Reform and Taxpayer Protection Act, S18016 [25NO]
———S. 1325, authorizing appropriations for certain intelligence activities, staff, and benefit systems, S9214 [28JN]
Congressional adviser on trade policy and negotiations, S2498 [28FE]
World Climate Convention Observer Group, S8633 [25JN]
Articles and editorials
Corporate Chiefs Promote Infant Care, Washington (DC) Post, S2903 [7MR]
Fraud, Bribery Hinted in Fall of RISDIC, Mike Stanton, Providence (RI) Journal-Bulletin, S8900 [27JN]
Green Mountain Muddle, Providence (RI) Journal, S17570 [22NO]
Hungry Children and the CEO's, Washington (DC) Post, S2902 [7MR]
Milking Poor Families, New York (NY) Times, S17569 [22NO]
Nature Can Live With Free Trade, Jay D. Hair, New York (NY) Times, S6573 [23MY]
New Luxury Tax May Cost More Than It Can Bring In, Philip Shabecoff, New York (NY) Times, S3275 [13MR]
New Luxury Tax on Boats May Cost the Rich Some Money, but It Costs Workers Their Jobs, Joe Meglen, Los Angeles (CA) Times, S3276 [13MR]
Pearson Yachts Files for Chapter 11—Portsmouth Firm Says Restructuring Vital for Survival, Peyton Fleming, S3276 [13MR]
Senate Page Who Sets an Unusual Example, S7051
Senate—Wrong on Milk, Washington (DC) Post, S17569 [22NO]
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Budget: research and experimental expenditures (see S. 752, S3929 [21MR])
Financial institutions: financial assistance to States having a large number of failures (see S. 372, S1699 [6FE])
———strengthen prohibitions against individuals convicted of certain crimes (see S. 783, S4229 [9AP])
Hazardous substances: regulation of waste recycling (see S. 982, S5137 [25AP])
Health: access to care (see S. 1936, S16213 [7NO])
Medicaid: determinations of denial of payment to States (see S. 1240, S7290 [6JN])
———provide health care services to medically underserved areas (see S. 773, S4116 [22MR])
Medicare: payment cap on outpatient physical and occupational therapy services (see S. 2027, S17667 [22NO])
———payment limitations relative to psychiatric services in nursing facilities (see S. 1978, S16848 [15NO])
Public buildings: improve energy conservation and efficiency (see S. 961, S5136 [25AP])
Public Health Service: establish a Substance Abuse Treatment Corps (see S. 1186, S6858 [24MY])
Radioactive substances: availability of information on radon relative to certain real estate transactions (see S. 791, S4230 [9AP])
Recycling: treatment of scrap tires (see S. 1038, S5615 [9MY])
Roads and highways: authorizing funds (see S. 610, S2927 [7MR])
———limit advertising adjacent to Interstate and Federal-aid highways (see S. 593, S2926 [7MR])
Solid waste: regulation of export and import into the U.S. of hazardous waste (see S. 1082, S5899 [15MY])
Tariff: 1-chloro-5-hexanone (see S. 1548, S10769 [24JY])
———4-chloro-2-nitroaniline (see S. 1545, S10769 [24JY])
———2,5-dimethoxyacetanilide (see S. 1541, S10769 [24JY])
———3,4-diaminophenetole dihydrogen sulfate (see S. 1543, S10769 [24JY])
———amino sulfone BR (see S. 1546, S10769 [24JY])
———chloramino base (see S. 1544, S10769 [24JY])
———lasamid (see S. 1550, S10769 [24JY])
———N-acetylsulfanilyl chloride (see S. 1547, S10769 [24JY])
———nitro sulfon B (see S. 1542, S10769 [24JY])
———theobromine (see S. 1549, S10769 [24JY])
Taxation: extend time for payment of certain taxes in States having certain closures of financial institutions (see S. 371, S1699 [6FE])
———issuance of depositor protection tax-exempt bonds (see S. 373, S1699 [6FE])
———rollover period on sale of principal residences for taxpayers whose assets are frozen in financial institutions (see S. 2111, S18336 [26NO])
———tires (see S. 1039, S5615 [9MY])
Women: counseling and information to pregnant women receiving certain public health assistance (see S. 323, S1367 [31JA])
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Aeronautics: accident liability standards (see S. 645, S3190 [13MR])
Africa: protection of human rights and economic development in the Horn of Africa (see S. 985, S8214 [19JN])
Air pollution: greenhouse gas emissions (see S. 1323, S8136 [19JN])
———health threats posed by exposure to contaminants in the air indoors (see S. 455, S2146 [21FE])
Armed Forces: appointment of chiropractors as commissioned officers (see S. 68, S14489 [7OC])
———increase rate of special pay for duty subject to hostile fire or imminent danger (see S. 237, S978 [17JA]), S991 [17JA]
———telephone rates and procedures for Operation Desert Shield personnel (see S.J. Res. 77, S2146 [21FE])
———tribute to Reserve components for serving during the Persian Gulf conflict (see S.J. Res. 97, S4064 [21MR])
Baltic Freedom Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 63, S1506 [5FE])
Birds: conservation of exotic wild species (see S. 1218, S6997 [4JN]; S. 1219, S6997 [4JN]
Boy Scouts of America: anniversary (see S.J. Res. 111, S6068 [16MY])
Brayman, Harold H. (Hal): tribute (see S. Res. 67, S2507 [28FE])
Budget: Presidential power to reduce authority (see S. 196, S439 [14JA])
Buffalo Soldiers Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 92, S3021 [12MR])
Central America: U.S. policy and economic assistance (see S. 100, S4892 [23AP])
Children and youth: establish security trust fund for Federal programs (see S. 903, S4837 [23AP])
———vaccine initiative (see S. 904, S9267 [8JY])
Civil Rights Act: restore and strengthen laws that ban discrimination in employment (see S. 1207, S6997 [4JN]; S. 1208, S6997 [4JN]; S. 1209, S6997 [4JN]
Coins: mint and circulate $1 coin (see S. 844, S5354 [6MY])
Committee on the Organization of Congress (Joint): establish (see S. Con. Res. 57, S14602 [8OC])
Common carriers: alcohol and drug testing for operators (see S. 676, S3386 [14MR])
Crime Prevention Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 202, S14084 [1OC])
Deaf Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 56, S1743 [6FE])
Diseases: provide health education on the medical problems associated with tobacco use (see S. 555, S2618 [5MR])
———research associated with exposure to dioxin and other chemicals in herbicides (see S. 238, S979 [17JA])
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: authorize grant to the national writing project (see S. 264, S1607 [5FE])
———encourage States to establish a Parents as Teachers Program (see S. 551, S2618 [5MR])
Elections: campaign ethics reform and contribution limits (see S. 6, S434 [14JA]; S. 143, S1100 [23JA])
Emergency Medical Services Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 65, S1506 [5FE])
Equal rights: constitutional amendment to ensure (see S.J. Res. 3, S440 [14JA])
Families and domestic relations: availability of family planning services and counseling on pregnancy (see S. 1197, S6922 [3JN])
Federal Employees Recognition Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 51, S1221 [29JA])
Federal Water Pollution Control Act: reauthorizing (see S. 1081, S5899 [15MY])
Firearms: waiting period before the purchase of a handgun (see S. 257, S1053 [23JA])
Foreign relations: anniversary of U.S.-Portuguese diplomatic relations (see S.J. Res. 55, S1294 [30JA])
Gandhi, Mahatma: authorize the Indian American Forum for Political Education to establish a memorial (see S. 781, S4373 [11AP])
Gandhi, Rajiv: assassination (see S. Res. 131, S6210 [21MY])
German-American Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 151, S7390 [6JN])
Government: review of Federal department and agency procedures (see S. 1942, S16213 [7NO])
Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: designate (see S.J. Res. 59, S1743 [6FE])
Hazardous substances: phase out the production of ozone destroying substances (see S. Res. 95, S4230 [9AP]; S. Res. 217, S16213 [7NO])
———reduction of metals in packaging (see S. 730, S3929 [21MR])
———study the contamination of workers' homes with substances transported from the workplace (see S. 353, S1505 [5FE])
Heinz, John: tribute (see S. Res. 92, S4230 [9AP])
Helsinki Human Rights Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 154, S6997 [4JN])
Hire a Veteran Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 157, S7503 [11JN])
Homosexuality: prohibit discrimination based on affectional or sexual orientation (see S. 574, S2771 [6MR])
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, S1606 [5FE])
Israel: recognition by Arab countries (see S. Con. Res. 16, S4374 [11AP])
Johns Hopkins School of Public Health: anniversary (see S.J. Res. 49, S5806 [14MY])
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, S1100 [23JA])
Korean War Veterans Remembrance Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 141, S10154 [16JY])
Lyme Disease Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 74, S7045 [4JN])
Magna Carta Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 150, S6655 [23MY])
Mass transit: improve programs (see S. Res. 77, S3021 [12MR])
Medicaid: coverage for certain low-income medicare beneficiaries (see S. 1574, S11056 [26JY])
———coverage of children's vaccines (see S. 905, S4837 [23AP])
———pregnant women and infants' coverage (see S. 902, S4837 [23AP])
Medicare: reform of payments to physicians (see S. 1810, S15086 [23OC])
———relief to physicians relative to excessive regulations (see S. 1332, S8136 [19JN])
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. 88, S2927 [7MR]; S.J. Res. 156, S7291 [6JN])
Middle East: military action to enforce U.N. Security Council resolution against Iraq (see S.J. Res. 2, S321 [11JA])
———success of multinational military action against Iraq (see S. Con. Res. 13, S2508 [28FE])
Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental Policy Foundation: establish (see S. 1176, S6655 [23MY])
Motion pictures: observe anniversary of moviemaking and the contributions of the American Film Institute (see S. Con. Res. 44, S6922 [3JN])
Motor vehicles: require new standards for corporate average fuel economy (see S. 279, S1221 [29JA])
National Alzheimer's Disease Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 36, S1920 [19FE]; 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 Awareness Week for Life-Saving Techniques: designate (see S.J. Res. 214, S14588 [8OC])
National Breast Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 95, S4250 [9AP])
National Child Abuse Prevention Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 52, S1453 [31JA])
National Children's Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 126, S6115 [17MY])
National Crime Victims' Rights Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 16, S4250 [9AP])
National D.A.R.E. Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 121, S7045 [4JN])
National Desert Storm Reservists Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 134, S5806 [14MY])
National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 73, S2356 [26FE])
National Down Syndrome Awareness Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 131, S9268 [8JY])
National energy policy: establish (see S. 324, S1368 [31JA])
National Family Caregivers Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 99, S17695 [22NO])
National Family Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 8, S11078 [26JY])
National Forest System Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 159, S7464 [11JN])
National Gymnastics Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 163, S10791 [24JY])
National Historically Black Colleges Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 40, S6419 [22MY])
National Hospice Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 78, S7222 [5JN])
National Huntington's Disease Awareness Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 127, S4837 [23AP])
National Job Skills Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 164, S10057 [15JY])
National Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 142, S7827 [13JN])
National Law Enforcement Memorial Dedication Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 107, S4640 [17AP])
National Literacy Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 146, S7223 [5JN])
National Neighborhood Crime Watch Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 138, S7223 [5JN])
National Philanthropy Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 96, S3564 [19MR])
National Police Athletic League Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 82, S4640 [17AP])
National Police Officer and Firefighter Recognition Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 225, S16060 [6NO])
National POW/MIA Recognition Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 170, S12988 [13SE])
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, S14084 [1OC])
National Red Ribbon Week for a Drug-Free America: designate (see S.J. Res. 212, S14426 [4OC])
National Rehabilitation Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 72, S2356 [26FE])
National Scleroderma Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 130, S6891 [24MY])
National Senior Nutrition Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 108, S6068 [16MY])
National Student-Athlete Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 50, S1609 [5FE])
National Trauma Awareness Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 229, S16449 [12NO])
National Visiting Nurse Associations Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 124, S6926 [3JN])
National Wildlife Refuge Administration Act: amend (see S. 39, S435 [14JA])
National Women and Girls in Sports Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 66, S1700 [6FE])
Natural resources: recovery and conservation (see S. 976, S5137 [25AP])
Office of Environmental Quality: authorizing appropriations (see S. 1278, S7628 [12JN])
Peace Corps: anniversary (see S.J. Res. 76, S2265 [22FE])
Pediatric AIDS Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 115, S5354 [6MY])
Petroleum: fees on or in-kind storage diversion requirement for imported oil and petroleum products (see S. Res. 98, S4337 [11AP])
Polish American Heritage Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 125, S4612 [17AP])
Population: increased funding for international assistance (see S. 1028, S7827 [13JN])
Powell, Colin L.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 565, S3293 [13MR])
President's Committee on Mental Retardation: anniversary (see S.J. Res. 173, S16855 [15NO])
Product safety: establish uniform product liability laws (see S. 640, S3190 [13MR])
Pryor, Senator: illness (see S. Res. 108, S4737 [18AP])
Radioactive substances: reduce public exposure to radon gas (see S. 792, S4230 [9AP])
Recycling: purchase of recycled paper products by Congress (see S. 255, S1607 [5FE])
Resolution Trust Corp.: identification of property with certain values of special significance (see S. 917, S4984 [24AP])
Rhode Island: emergency assistance to stabilize the banking industry (see S. 1347, S8310 [20JN])
Roads and highways: authorization of Federal-aid highway program (see S. 965, S5136 [25AP])
———gross vehicle weights on the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways (see S. 1072, S5753 [14MY])
Schools: radon testing (see S. 575, S2771 [6MR])
Silvio Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge: establish (see S. 821, S4455 [16AP])
Small business: disaster loan assistance in States having certain closures of financial institutions (see S. 345, S1505 [5FE])
Social Security: computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (see S. 567, S2771 [6MR])
———long-term care assistance program for functionally impaired elderly individuals (see S. 1668, S12182 [2AU])
———medical injury compensation reform for health care (see S. 1232, S7290 [6JN])
Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act: improve and clarify protections (see S. 330, S2218 [21FE])
Special days: establish a commission to advise the President on proposals for national commemorative events (see S. 1112, S6210 [21MY])
Sports: prohibit State-sanctioned gambling (see S. 474, S16622 [13NO])
Student aid programs: restriction of family assets relative to financial institution failures (see S. 1651, S12181 [2AU])
Taxation: allocation of deductions of State and local income and franchise taxes (see S. 1647, S12181 [2AU])
———amend section 9508 of chapter 98 of the Internal Revenue Code (see S. 975, S5137 [25AP])
———charitable contributions relative to appreciated property (see S. 359, S1505 [5FE])
———disallow deductions for advertising expenses for tobacco products (see S. 557, S2618 [5MR])
———exclude price of certain transit passes from income (see S. 26, S434 [14JA])
———exclude small transactions from broker reporting requirements (see S. 200, S5036 [24AP])
———exempt from luxury tax passenger vehicle parts or accessories for disabled individuals (see S. 401, S10153 [16JY])
———extend certain expiring tax provisions (see S. 1950, S16449 [12NO])
———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, S438 [14JA])
———health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see S. 88, S3292 [13MR])
———increase research activity tax credits (see S. 416, S1790 [7FE])
———provide for employees of small employers a private retirement incentive matched by employers (see S. 318, S1367 [31JA])
———repeal luxury tax on purchase of boats (see S. 649, S3191 [13MR])
———treatment of certain bonds (see S. 150, S438 [14JA])
———treatment of church pension benefit plans (see S. 747, S3929 [21MR])
———treatment of expenses from adopting a special needs child (see S. 268, S1159 [24JA])
———treatment of long-term care insurance and benefits (see S. 1693, S12183 [2AU])
Tax-exempt organizations: establish cash and deferred pension arrangements for their employees (see S. 448, S2006 [20FE])
Tobacco products: cigarette labeling (see S. 556, S2618 [5MR])
———increase excise tax on cigarettes (see S. 558, S2618 [5MR])
Tower, John: tribute (see S. Res. 97, S4489 [16AP])
U.N.: repeal General Assembly Resolution 3379 (see S.J. Res. 110, S14225 [2OC])
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: conservation of fish and wildlife species (see S. 1491, S10287 [17JY])
U.S. Savings Bond Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 135, S5137 [25AP])
Unemployment: emergency compensation (see S. 1554, S10769 [24JY])
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. 41, S1099 [23JA])
Walesa, Lech: U.S. visit (see S. Res. 90, S3930 [21MR])
Water: ground water protection (see S. 939, S5136 [25AP])
White House: mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial (see S. 1827, S16083 [6NO])
Women: reproduction rights (see S. 25, S434 [14JA])
Women's History Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 62, S1843 [7FE])
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 Summit for Children: implement plan to improve lives (see S. 878, S11854 [1AU])
Year of Public Health: designate (see S.J. Res. 49, S5806 [14MY])
Year of the American Indian: designate (see S.J. Res. 217, S15533 [30OC])
Bills and resolutions relative to
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: appointment (see S. Res. 137, S6997 [4JN])
Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs: continue membership (see S. Res. 226, S17245 [20NO])
Colloquies
Applicability of unfair employment practices legislation to the Senate: by, and several other Senators, S15458 [30OC]
Documents
Primer on 861—Research and Development, S4034 [21MR]
Guidelines
Pregnancy counseling: Dept. of HHS, S10072 [16JY]
———Merck Manual, S10120 [16JY]
Letters
Billboard amortization case law: GAO, S2941-S2943 [7MR]
Luxury tax on purchase of certain boats: David Walters, S3275 [13MR]
Multinational diplomatic solution to conflict with Iraq: William H. Webster, Director of CIA, S275 [11JA]
National Energy Security Act: by and Senators Durenberger, Burdick, Baucus, Lautenberg, and Graham, S15612 [31OC]
———Senators Johnson and Wallop, S15612 [31OC]
Phase out the production of ozone destroying substances, S4254 [9AP]
Pregnancy counseling: James S. Todd, AMA, S10073 [16JY]
Strengthen prohibitions against individuals convicted of financial institution criminal activity: Robert M. Fenner, National Credit Union Administration, S2725 [6MR]
Substance Abuse Treatment Corps Act: Antoinelle P. Eaton, American Academy of Pediatrics, S6862
———Daniel R. Hawkins, Jr., National Association of Community Health Centers, Inc., S6862
———Mark R. Ginsberg, American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, S6862
———Sherry R. Arnstein, American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine, S6862
Lists
Medical and nursing organizations opposed to the gag rule on pregnancy counseling, S10073 [16JY]
Organizations supporting the Visual Pollution Control Act (S. 593), S2940 [7MR]
Rhode Island Boy and Girl Scout awards, S524 [14JA]
Memorandums
Abortion Counseling at Federally Funded Family Planning Clinics: Louis W. Sullivan, Sec. of HHS, S17894 [23NO]
———President Bush, S17893 [23NO]
Opinions
Constitutionality of allowing States to permit nonconforming sign removal by amortization rather than monetary compensation: Dept. of Transportation, S2943-S2945 [7MR]
Press conference
Abortion counseling at federally funded family planning clinics, with President Bush, S17893 [23NO]
Remarks by, on
Abortion: counseling at federally funded family planning clinics, S17892 [23NO]
———pro choice versus right to life, S16108 [7NO]
Advertising: regulation of outdoor billboards, S7530, S7532, S7537 [12JN]
Aeronautics: accident liability standards (S. 645), S3270 [13MR]
Agriculture: price supports for honey, S5098 [25AP]
———price supports for milk, S3512 [19MR], S17569 [22NO]
Air pollution: clean air standards, S5325
———health threats posed by exposure to contaminants in the air indoors (S. 455), S2163 [21FE], S16030, S16039, S16042 [6NO]
Albert Einstein Congressional Fellowship Program: reauthorizing (S. Res. 239), S18756 [27NO]
Appropriations: technical and enrollment error corrections in acts (H.J. Res. 157), S17569, S17601, S17604 [22NO]
———technical and enrollment error corrections in acts (H.J. Res. 157), order of procedure, S17575 [22NO]
Armed Forces: increase rate of special pay for duty subject to hostile fire or imminent danger (S. 237), S991 [17JA]
———telephone rates and procedures for Operation Desert Shield personnel (S.J. Res. 77), S2250 [21FE]
———troop levels in Europe, S12059 [2AU]
Arms control: transfer of certain artillery and weapons to NATO countries (H.R. 3807), S18042 [25NO]
Arms sales: report to Congress relative to sales to Middle East countries, S11031 [26JY]
Benway, E. Raymond: Newport, RI Elks Lodge #104 Veteran of the Year Award recipient, S17272
Birds: conservation of exotic wild species (S. 1218), S7041
———conservation of exotic wild species (S. 1219), S7041
Boy Scouts: Eagle Scout Award recipient, S7051
Budget: research and experimental expenditures (S. 752), S4033
———setting forth the Federal budget for 1992-96 (S. Con. Res. 29), S4949 [24AP], S5098, S5104 [25AP]
Children and youth: funding of programs targeting infant mortality, S3650 [20MR]
China, People's Republic of: most-favored-nation status (S. 1367), S10538, S10539, S10540 [22JY], S10667, S10668 [23JY]
———most-favored-nation status (S. 1367), unanimous-consent agreement, S10664 [23JY]
Civil Rights Act: attorney contingency fees, S15347 [29OC]
———restore and strengthen laws that ban discrimination in employment (S. 1207), S7027 [4JN]
———restore and strengthen laws that ban discrimination in employment (S. 1208), S7027 [4JN]
———restore and strengthen laws that ban discrimination in employment (S. 1209), S7027 [4JN]
———restore and strengthen laws that ban discrimination in employment (S. 1745), S14962 [22OC], S15347, S15361, S15377, S15381, S15386, S15387 [29OC], S15448, S15450, S15470 [30OC]
———restore and strengthen laws that ban discrimination in employment (S. 1745), unanimous-consent agreement, S15389 [29OC]
Committees of the Senate: biennial expenditures (S. Res. 62), S2482, S2483, S2485, S2486, S2487 [28FE]
Congress: energy management requirements for congressional buildings, S14962 [22OC]
Congressional employees: fair employment practices, S15361, S15377, S15386, S15387 [29OC], S15448, S15450 [30OC]
———limit committee staff, S2482, S2483, S2485, S2486, S2487 [28FE]
Connecticut River National Fish and Wildlife Refuge: establish (H.R. 794), S17908 [23NO]
Construction industries: Dept. of Labor administration of apprenticeship programs, S3632 [20MR]
Conte, Silvio O.: tribute (S. Res. 59), S2245 [21FE]
Credit cards: interest rates, S16596 [13NO]
Crime: financial institution fraud prosecutions, S8899, S8900, S8901 [27JN]
———gun control, S15102 [24OC]
———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (S. 1241), S8899, S8900, S8901, S8941 [27JN], S9079 [28JN], S9816 [11JY]
———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (S. 1241), conference report, S18675 [27NO]
———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (S. 1241), debate procedure, S8931 [27JN]
Dept. of Defense: B-2 stealth bomber development, S11699 [1AU]
———limit use of funds for carrying out policy that prohibits certain abortions overseas, S17601 [22NO]
———making supplemental appropriations for operational expenditures relative to Operation Desert Shield (H.R. 1282), S3637 [20MR]
———making supplemental appropriations for personnel expenditures relative to Operation Desert Shield and other urgent domestic programs (H.R. 1281), S3512, S3536, S3554 [19MR], S3632, S3637, S3638, S3640, S3650, S3673, S3687, S3697 [20MR]
———making supplemental appropriations for personnel expenditures relative to Operation Desert Shield and other urgent domestic programs (H.R. 1281), conference report, amendments in disagreement, S4115 [22MR]
———Seawolf submarine program, S3839 [21MR]
———SSN-21 Seawolf-class submarine development, S12038 [2AU]
Dept. of the Interior: making appropriations (H.R. 2686), conference report—amendments in disagreement, S15661 [31OC]
Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2622), S9799 [11JY], S10361, S10364 [18JY]
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2707), S12771, S12780 [11SE], S12999
———making appropriations (H.R. 2707), conference report, S16108 [7NO]
———making appropriations (H.R. 3839), S17892 [23NO]
Depts. of Veterans Affairs, HUD, and independent agencies, commissions, corporations, and offices: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2519), S10416 [18JY]
Ecology and environment: carbon dioxide emissions reductions (S. Res. 53), S1757 [7FE]
Education: encourage States to establish a Parents as Teachers Program (S. 551), S2659
El Salvador: withhold military assistance, S10888 [25JY]
Elections: campaign ethics reform and contribution limits (S. 3), S6526 [23MY]
Employment: entitle family leave involving a birth, adoption, or serious health condition with protection of benefits (S. 5), S14189 [2OC]
———establish a youth jobs highway beautification program, S7794, S7795 [13JN]
Endangered species: classify certain salmon, S3554 [19MR]
EPA: Office of Pollution Prevention, S10416 [18JY]
Executive departments: compliance with hazardous waste control laws (S. 596), S15137 [24OC]
———ensure use of appropriate Government procedures when taking private property, S7556 [12JN]
Export Administration Act: reauthorizing (S. 320), S1948 [20FE]
Families and domestic relations: availability of family planning services and counseling on pregnancy (S. 1197), S6923 [3JN]
Federal Water Pollution Control Act: reauthorizing (S. 1081), S5928
Financial institutions: reform deposit insurance system (S. 543), S16596, S16601 [13NO], S16738 [14NO], S17034 [19NO], S17340 [21NO]
———SBA participation in the purchase of certain eligible securities, S17340 [21NO]
———strengthen prohibitions against individuals convicted of certain crimes (S. 783), S4234
Firearms: establish national background check on prospective handgun buyers, S8941 [27JN], S9079 [28JN]
———waiting period before the purchase of a handgun (S. 257), S1335
Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary: designate (H.R. 3866), S18759 [27NO]
Foreign aid: authorizing appropriations (S. 1435), S10888 [25JY], S11004, S11031 [26JY]
———improve and authorize appropriations for military assistance programs (H.R. 2508), conference report, S14553 [8OC]
Foreign trade: procedures for implementing trade agreements (S. Res. 78), S6571, S6573 [23MY]
Gates, Robert M.: nomination to be Director of CIA, S15903 [5NO]
Germany: funding contribution to Operation Desert Shield, S3637 [20MR]
Government: review of Federal department and agency procedures (S. 1942), S16258 [7NO]
Hazardous substances: regulation of waste recycling (S. 982), S5296
Health: access to care (S. 1936), S16145, S16149 [7NO]
———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, S7087 [5JN]
Health care professionals: disclosure of HIV virus infection, S10361 [18JY]
———information to patients on legal option concerning pregnancy, S10106, S10107, S10113 [16JY]
Housing: grants program funding, S3536 [19MR]
Hussein, Saddam: prosecution for war crimes (S. Res. 76), S3347 [14MR]
Iraq: elimination of chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons capability, S11968 [2AU]
IRS: establish toll-free call answering service in Rhode Island, S10364 [18JY]
Israel: loan guarantees, S12884 [12SE]
———reopening of Palestinian schools and universities in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, S11004 [26JY]
Jordan: obligation or expenditure of certain assistance funds, S3637, S3638, S3640 [20MR]
Kennoy, William H.: nomination to TVA Board of Directors, S4439 [16AP]
Killeen, TX: gunman attack on citizens, S15102 [24OC]
Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program: funding, S12780 [11SE]
Martinez, Bob: nomination to be Director of National Drug Control Policy, S3860 [21MR]
Medicaid: coverage for certain low-income medicare beneficiaries (S. 1574), S11109
———coverage of children's vaccines (S. 905), S5050
———determinations of denial of payment to States (S. 1240), S7320
———Federal payments relative to State expenditures made from revenues derived from provider-specific taxes (H.R. 3595), S18194 [26NO]
———pregnant women and infants' coverage (S. 902), S5050
———provide health care services to medically underserved areas (S. 773), S4125, S4128 [22MR]
Medicare: payment cap on outpatient physical and occupational therapy services (S. 2027), S17687
———payment limitations relative to psychiatric services in nursing facilities (S. 1978), S16851
Middle East: congressional approval of military action to enforce U.N. Security Council resolution against Iraq, S531 [15JA]
———military action to enforce U.N. Security Council resolution against Iraq (S.J. Res. 2), S274 [11JA], S390 [12JA]
———military action to enforce U.N. Security Council resolution against Iraq (S.J. Res. 2), unanimous-consent agreement, S274 [11JA]
———postwar U.S. policy, S1288 [30JA]
Monopolies: consumer protection from price-fixing (S. 429), S5604 [9MY]
Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer: ratification, S18232 [26NO]
Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental Policy Foundation: establish (S. 1176), S17507 [21NO]
Motor vehicles: require new standards for corporate average fuel economy (S. 279), S1233
National Awareness Week for Life-Saving Techniques: designate (S.J. Res. 214), S14600
National Correctional Officers Week: designate (S.J. Res. 69), S1839
National defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and personnel of the Depts. of Defense and Energy (S. 1507), S11622, S11699 [1AU], S11968, S12038, S12059 [2AU]
National Endowment for the Arts: prohibit use of Federal funding to promote, produce, disseminate, or distribute obscene materials, S15661 [31OC]
National Recycling Day: designate (S. Res. 41), S1623
National Wildlife Refuge Administration Act: amend (S. 39), S676
Natural resources: recovery and conservation (S. 976), S5282
Older Americans Act: revise and extend (S. 243), S16446 [12NO]
Peace Corps: anniversary (S.J. Res. 76), S2245 [21FE]
Power resources: comprehensive energy security policy (S. 1220), S15611, S15613 [31OC]
———making appropriations for energy and water development (H.R. 2427), S9345 [9JY], S9416 [10JY]
Product safety: establish uniform product liability laws (S. 640), S3263 [13MR]
Public buildings: improve energy conservation and efficiency (S. 961), S5222 [25AP]
Public Health Service: establish a Substance Abuse Treatment Corps (S. 1186), S6860
Radioactive substances: availability of information on radon relative to certain real estate transactions (S. 791), S4243
Reagan, Ronald: birthday observance, S1678 [6FE]
Recycling: treatment of scrap tires (S. 1038), S5651
———uses of scrap tires, S18591 [27NO]
Resolution Trust Corp.: funding (S. 419), S2723, S2724, S2725, S2726 [6MR], S2901, S2906 [7MR]
———funding (S. 419), unanimous-consent request, S2723 [6MR]
Rhode Island: tribute to Boy and Girl Scouts, S524 [14JA]
Roads and highways: authorization of Federal-aid highway program (S. 965), S5246
———bonus State apportionments, S7941, S7942, S7943 [18JN]
———gross vehicle weights on the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways (S. 1072), S5795
———limit advertising adjacent to Interstate and Federal-aid highways (S. 593), S2938 [7MR], S3305
Safety: encourage mandatory seatbelt and motorcycle helmet laws, S7801, S7802 [13JN]
Savings and loan associations: strengthen prohibitions against individuals convicted of criminal activity, S2723, S2724, S2725, S2726 [6MR]
Schools: radon testing (S. 575), S2824
Selin, Ivan: nomination to the NRC, S8456 [21JN]
Senate: legislative program, S7534, S7535 [12JN], S8123 [19JN], S14964, S14965 [22OC], S15901 [5NO]
Senate Rules: investigation of violation relative to Clarence Thomas nomination to Supreme Court, S14692 [15OC]
Small business: procurement of credit, S16738 [14NO]
Social Security: computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982, S5104 [25AP]
———computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (S. 567), S2775 [6MR]
———pay-as-you-go financing, S4949 [24AP]
Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act: improve and clarify protections (S. 330), S2140, S2141 [21FE]
Solid waste: regulation of export and import into the U.S. of hazardous waste (S. 1082), S5934
Soviet Union: economic assistance, S18042 [25NO]
States: determination of parental notice or consent requirements applicable to minors requesting abortion services, S10191 [17JY]
Student aid programs: restriction of family assets relative to financial institution failures (S. 1651), S12217 [2AU]
Surface Transportation Efficiency Act: enact (S. 1204), S7415 [11JN], S7530, S7532, S7537, S7556 [12JN], S7724, S7761, S7791, S7794, S7795, S7798, S7801, S7802 [13JN], S7941, S7942, S7943 [18JN], S14943 [22OC]
Tariff: 1-chloro-5-hexanone (S. 1548), S10775
———4-chloro-2-nitroaniline (S. 1545), S10775
———2,5-dimethoxyacetanilide (S. 1541), S10775
———3,4-diaminophenetole dihydrogen sulfate (S. 1543), S10775
———amino sulfone BR (S. 1546), S10775
———chloramino base (S. 1544), S10775
———lasamid (S. 1550), S10776
———N-acetylsulfanilyl chloride (S. 1547), S10775
———nitro sulfon B (S. 1542), S10775
———theobromine (S. 1549), S10775
Tate, Herbert: nomination to be Assistant Administrator of the EPA, S17896 [23NO]
Taxation: extend certain expiring tax provisions (S. 1950), S16453
———extend the low-income housing credit (S. 308), S1370 [31JA]
———extend time for payment of certain taxes in States having certain closures of financial institutions (S. 371), S1713
———extension of the mortgage revenue bond provisions and the low-income housing credit (S. 167), S860
———income tax, individual retirement accounts, and incremental investment tax rates (S. 1865), S15171 [24OC]
———repeal luxury tax on purchase of boats (S. 649), S3273 [13MR]
———rollover period on sale of principal residences for taxpayers whose assets are frozen in financial institutions (S. 2111), S18435
———waive penalty on certain individual retirement accounts and pension plan withdrawals for purchase of consumer goods and other items, S17604 [22NO]
Terrorism: constitutional procedures for the imposition of life imprisonment for certain murders, S1948 [20FE]
Thomas, Clarence: nomination to Supreme Court, S14692 [15OC]
Transportation: establish a national comprehensive surface transportation system (H.R. 2950), S18211 [26NO]
———establish a national comprehensive surface transportation system (H.R. 2950), conference report, S18580, S18591 [27NO]
———establish a national comprehensive surface transportation system (H.R. 2950), correct enrollment (S. Con. Res. 86), S18798 [27NO]
Treaties: Antiballistic Missile Treaty compliance, S11622 [1AU]
Unemployment: emergency compensation (H.R. 3575), S16692, S16693 [14NO], S16830 [15NO]
———emergency compensation (S. 1554), S10785
University of Massachusetts: fish and wildlife conservation and natural resources policy scholarship, S17908 [23NO]
Veterans: disability compensation for service-connected disabilities (H.R. 3), S1131 [24JA]
Wetlands: regulatory program, S9345 [9JY]
———State control of loss due to highway construction, S7724 [13JN]
WIC: effect of dairy prices on program, S3673 [20MR]
———safeguard benefits under special Supplemental Food Program, S3687 [20MR]
———support, S2902 [7MR]
Women: counseling and information to pregnant women receiving certain public health assistance (S. 323), S1407
———physician recommended options in federally funded family planning clinics, S16020 [6NO]
———reproduction rights (S. 25), S643
Remarks in Senate relative to
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: appointment (S. Res. 137), S6992 [4JN]
Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs: continue membership (S. Res. 226), S17283 [20NO]
Eastern European countries: visit by Senate delegation, S4504 [16AP]
Tribute, S8108 [19JN]
Reports
Billboards Along Interstate and Federal Primary Highways—Why No Reliable Estimates of Their Number Exist: Library of Congress, S2940 [7MR]
Gaining New Ground—Technology Priorities for America's Future: Council on Competitiveness, S4036-S4039 [21MR]
Outdoor Advertising Control Program Needs To Be Reassessed: GAO, S2945 [7MR]
Summaries
Visual Pollution Control Act (S. 593), S2940 [7MR]
Waste Tire Recycling, Abatement and Disposal Act (S. 1038), S5655
Testimonies
Committee on Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs: Resolution Trust Corp. Reform, D371 [9AP]
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Medicaid, D930 [18JY]
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Reduction of U.S. Dependence on Imported Oil (S. 341), Focusing on Payment of Oil Security Premium To Maintain Strategic Petroleum Reserve and Oil and Gas Development, D272 [11MR]
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Health Implications for Poor Women, D605 [16MY]
Texts of
S. 593, Visual Pollution Control Act, S2939 [7MR]
S. 752, research and experimental budget, S4034
S. 773, health care services to medically underserved areas, S4126 [22MR]
S. 982, Hazardous Waste Recycling Act, S5297
S. 1038, Waste Tire Recycling, Abatement and Disposal Act, S5651
S. 1082, Hazardous and Additional Waste Export and Import Act, S5934
S. 1186, Substance Abuse Treatment Corps Act, S6861
S. 1240, determinations of denial of medicaid payments to States, S7320
S. 1541, 2,5-dimethoxyacetanilide, S10775
S. 1542, tariff on nitro sulfon B, S10775
S. 1543, tariff on 3,4-diaminophenetole dihydrogen sulfate, S10775
S. 1544, tariff on chloramino base, S10775
S. 1545, tariff on 4-chloro-2-nitroaniline, S10775
S. 1546, tariff on amino sulfone BR, S10775
S. 1547, tariff on N-acetylsulfanilyl chloride, S10775
S. 1548, tariff on 1-chloro-5-hexanone, S10776
S. 1549, tariff on theobromine, S10776
S. 1550, tariff on lasamid, S10776
S. 1936, Health Equity and Access Improvement Act, S16163-S16181 [7NO]
S. 1978, medicare payment limitations relative to psychiatric services in nursing facilities, S16852
S. Res. 137, appointment to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, S6992, S7047 [4JN]
S. Res. 226, continue membership on the Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, S17260, S17283 [20NO]
Tributes
Benson, Frederick, S3699 [20MR]
Connors, Joseph P., S7051
Flynn, Alan F., S4079
Stewart, Leon, S14449 [7OC]
Travato, Tony, S11919 [1AU]
Trovato, Antonio C., S17271