COCHRAN, THAD (a Senator from Mississippi)

Amendments offered by, to

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2698), S11278, S11379 [30JY]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 972, power of Native American tribes to exercise criminal jurisdiction, S13749 [26SE]

———H.R. 2521, Dept. of Defense appropriations, S13827 [26SE]

———H.R. 2686, Dept. of the Interior appropriations, S13324 [19SE]

———H.R. 2698, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies appropriations, S11298 [30JY]

Articles and editorials

Christmas in July? Tupelo Public Schools Get $3.5 Million Gift, Lea Anne Brandon, Jackson (MS) Clarion-Ledger & News, S11357 [30JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

National Military Families Recognition Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 197, S13235 [18SE])

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Armed Forces: annuities for surviving spouses and dependent children of certain deceased Reserve members (see S. 1712, S13590 [24SE])

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see S.J. Res. 18, S13590 [24SE])

Business and industry: diversified skilled work force at management and decisionmaking levels (see S. 1711, S13056 [16SE])

China, People's Republic of: political prisoners (see S. Res. 178, S13427 [20SE])

Christopher Columbus Quincentenary Scholarship Foundation and Endowment Fund: establish (see S. 1725, S13327 [19SE])

Coins: mint in commemoration of the quincentenary of the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus (see S. 1725, S13327 [19SE])

Crime Prevention Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 202, S13578 [24SE])

Dutch-American Heritage Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 206, S13986 [30SE])

Gulf of Mexico: environmental preservation (see S. 1715, S13056 [16SE])

Kentucky Bicentennial Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 61, S14919 [17OC])

Korea, Republic of: proposed sale of F-16C/D aircraft and other specified defense articles (see S.J. Res. 178, S13426 [20SE])

National Accessible Housing Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 184, S13188 [17SE])

National Home Care Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 81, S13337 [19SE])

National Law Enforcement Training Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 100, S14843 [16OC])

National Parks Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 179, S11581 [31JY])

Raye, Martha: award the Presidential Medal of Freedom (see S. Con. Res. 62, S13235 [18SE])

Reclamation Reform Act: amend (see S. 1501, S11581 [31JY])

Small business: economic opportunities of startup and newly established concerns (see S. 1426, S13240 [18SE])

Taxation: charitable deduction for certain contributions of business equipment (see S. 1604, S11550 [31JY])

World Population Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 160, S13337 [19SE])

Year of the Gulf of Mexico: designate (see S.J. Res. 194, S13056 [16SE])

Letters

Marketing promotion program: Coalition To Promote U.S. Agricultural Exports, S11274 [30JY]

Remarks by, on

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2698), S11270, S11271, S11272, S11273, S11274, S11277, S11278, S11280, S11281, S11282, S11283, S11284, S11285, S11286, S11294, S11296, S11297, S11298 [30JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2698), conference report, S14760 [16OC]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 2521), S13680 [25SE]

Dept. of the Interior: making appropriations (H.R. 2686), S13314 [19SE]

Education: national policy to reduce illiteracy and improve mathematics and science skills, S11357 [30JY]

Farmers Home Administration: guaranteed loan interest assistance program funding, S11278, S11297 [30JY]

FDA: funding, S11277, S11278 [30JY]

Foreign trade: marketing promotion program for U.S. competition in international marketplace, S11274 [30JY]

Kansas State University: stored grain management project, S11286 [30JY]

National Military Families Recognition Day: designate (S.J. Res. 197), S13239 [18SE]

New York Botanical Garden: construction of new building, S11282 [30JY]

Nuclear weapons: strategic defense initiative, S13680 [25SE]

REA: eligibility criteria for loan applications, S11294 [30JY]

Research: Center for Russian Wheat Aphid Research funding, S11280 [30JY]

———global climate change and the impact of ultraviolet rays on crops funding, S11280 [30JY]

School Dropout Demonstration Assistance Act: extend authorization (H.R. 2313), S11387 [30JY]

Senate: legislative program, S13379, S13380 [20SE]

Technology: Piron-Peck process for making fertilizer, S11274 [30JY]

Thomas, Clarence: nomination to Supreme Court, S13880 [27SE]

Tobacco products: reporting regulations, S11281 [30JY]

Virginia Polytechnic Institute: recirculating aquaculture systems research funding, S11296, S11297 [30JY]

Wake Forest University: funding for Bowman Gray Nutrition Center, S11284, S11285 [30JY]

Water: Water Quality Incentives Program funding, S11281 [30JY]

Wetlands: duration of easements for landowners, S11271, S11272 [30JY]

Tributes

Hancock, L.D., S11357 [30JY]