JEFFORDS, JAMES M. (a Senator from Vermont)

Amendments offered by, to

Appropriations: technical and enrollment error corrections in acts (H.J. Res. 157), S17547, S17697 [22NO]

Arms control: transfer of certain artillery and weapons to NATO countries (H.R. 3807), S18109 [25NO]

Civil Rights Act: restore and strengthen laws that ban discrimination in employment (S. 1745), S15260, S15273 [25OC], S15471, S15534 [30OC]

Crime: national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (S. 1241), S9391 [9JY]

Dept. of Defense: making supplemental appropriations for personnel expenditures relative to Operation Desert Shield and other urgent domestic programs (H.R. 1281), S3497, S3499, S3600 [19MR], S3685, S3813 [20MR]

Dept. of the Interior: making appropriations (H.R. 2686), S12990 [13SE]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2707), S12721, S12801 [11SE]

Disabled: strengthen education programs (S. 1106), S8510, S8518 [24JN]

Executive departments: compliance with hazardous waste control laws (S. 596), S15016 [22OC], S15122, S15203 [24OC]

National defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and personnel of the Depts. of Defense and Energy (S. 1507), S11640, S11759, S11768, S11855, S11912, S11914 [1AU], S12076, S12324 [2AU]

Older Americans Act: revise and extend (S. 243), S16430, S16460, S16461 [12NO]

Power resources: making appropriations for energy and water development (H.R. 2427), S9653 [10JY]

Surface Transportation Efficiency Act: enact (S. 1204), S7505 [11JN], S7563 [12JN]

Articles and editorials

Pearl Harbor Veterans From Vermont Receive Commemorative Medals, Maura Griffin, Barre-Montpelier (VT) Times-Argus and Rutland (VT) Herald, S18117 [25NO]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Agriculture: price supports for milk (see S. 1098, S6107 [17MY])

Ecology and environment: establish a small community environmental compliance planning program (see S. 1226, S7169 [5JN])

Education: incentive and support programs to enable certain students to stay in school (see S. 585, S2926 [7MR])

EPA: regulations concerning compliance assurance activities (see S. 1153, S6654 [23MY])

Hazardous substances: study the contamination of workers' homes with substances transported from the workplace (see S. 353, S1505 [5FE])

Marsh-Billings National Historical Park: establish (see S. 2079, S18335 [26NO])

Motion pictures: observe anniversary of moviemaking and the contributions of the American Film Institute (see S. Con. Res. 44, S6922 [3JN])

Power resources: establish a replacement fuels and alternative fuels program (see S. 716, S3712 [20MR])

Soviet Union: sell agricultural commodities to promote local food distribution and production (see S. 2081, S18335 [26NO])

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

Water: State regulation of resources (see S. 812, S4337 [11AP])

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: export of nonfat dry milk and butter (see S. 1011, S5502 [8MY])

———milk inventory management programs (see S. 782, S4229 [9AP])

———price supports for milk (see S. 520, S2682 [5MR]; S. 1527, S10675 [23JY])

Air pollution: health threats posed by exposure to contaminants in the air indoors (see S. 455, S16082 [6NO])

Amtrak: anniversary (see S.J. Res. 98, S3712 [20MR])

Antarctic regions: environmental protection treaty (see S. Con. Res. 26, S4338 [11AP])

Armed Forces: child care and health benefits for Persian Gulf service (see S. 334, S1368 [31JA])

———education and family support services and group health plan coverage for families of members serving in the Persian Gulf (see S. 281, S1221 [29JA])

———educational assistance for members of the Selected Reserve (see S. 256, S8503 [24JN])

———tribute to Reserve components for serving during the Persian Gulf conflict (see S.J. Res. 97, S4137 [22MR])

Baltic States: most-favored-nation status for Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania (see S. 1833, S17258 [20NO])

Bennington County, VT: eligibility of certain forest lands for public purchase (see S. 483, S2309 [26FE])

Boy Scouts of America: anniversary (see S.J. Res. 111, S6068 [16MY])

Braille Literacy Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 226, S16855 [15NO])

Buffalo Soldiers Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 92, S3021 [12MR])

California National Historic Trail: designate as a component of the National Trails System (see S. 801, S4337 [11AP])

Capital punishment: prevent racially discriminatory sentencing (see S. 1249, S7291 [6JN])

Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act: revise and extend programs (see S. 838, S6249 [21MY])

Children and youth: grants to States for mental health services (see S. 924, S4984 [24AP])

Children of Alcoholics Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 71, S1790 [7FE])

China, People's Republic of: human rights violations (see S. Con. Res. 19, S15016 [22OC])

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: 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])

Communications: development of broadband infrastructure and availability of emergency technologies (see S. 1200, S10457 [18JY])

Community development: economic assistance (see S. 1866, S15158 [24OC])

Computers: coordinated Federal research program to ensure U.S. leadership in high-performance computing (see S. 272, S1159 [24JA])

Deaf Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 56, S1743 [6FE])

Dept. of the Environment: establish (see S. 533, S2507 [28FE])

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: recruitment and retention of health care personnel (see S. 675, S3386 [14MR])

Disabled: reauthorize programs for mentally ill individuals (see S. 1475, S10043 [15JY])

———strengthen education programs (see S. 1106, S6210 [21MY])

Diseases: reauthorizing research programs on Alzheimer's disease (see S. 1577, S15808 [1NO])

———research associated with exposure to dioxin and other chemicals in herbicides (see S. 238, S979 [17JA])

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

Ecology and environment: assist small communities in construction of ecological facilities (see S. 729, S3929 [21MR])

———carbon dioxide emissions reductions (see S. Res. 53, S1790 [7FE])

Education: improve (see S. 1141, S6653 [23MY])

———improve foreign instruction and promote equal access to opportunities to study abroad (see S. 511, S2404 [27FE])

———provide Soviet graduate students with scholarships to study in the U.S. (see S. 1399, S10584 [22JY])

———reauthorization of Star Schools Program Assistance Act (see S. 890, S5306 [25AP])

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

Elections: campaign ethics reform and contribution limits (see S. 143, S1607 [5FE])

Emergency Medical Services Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 65, S1506 [5FE])

Employment: entitle family leave involving a birth, adoption, or serious health condition with protection of benefits (see S. 5, S434 [14JA])

EPA: establish standards for environmental marketing claims (see S. 615, S3810 [20MR])

Equal rights: constitutional amendment to ensure (see S.J. Res. 3, S440 [14JA])

ERISA: protect single-employer plan termination insurance program (see S. 2014, S17433 [21NO])

Executive departments: compliance with hazardous waste control laws (see S. 596, S6924 [3JN])

———study discriminatory wage practices (see S. 1856, S14976 [22OC])

Families and domestic relations: availability of family planning services and counseling on pregnancy (see S. 1197, S6922 [3JN])

———facilitate the reunion on a voluntary basis of birth and adoptive families (see S. 1863, S15072 [23OC])

———primary and preventative care for pregnant women, infants, and children (see S. 911, S12674 [10SE])

Federal employees: honoraria (see S. 242, S1607 [5FE])

———voluntary participation in the political process (see S. 914, S10055 [15JY])

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

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: amend (see S. 733, S3929 [21MR])

Foreign relations: anniversary of U.S.-Portuguese diplomatic relations (see S.J. Res. 55, S2218 [21FE])

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

Geological Survey: production of geologic-map information (see S. 1179, S10056 [15JY])

German-American Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 151, S7390 [6JN])

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: reduce lead in the environment (see S. 391, S1789 [7FE])

———reduction of metals in packaging (see S. 730, S3929 [21MR])

Health: improve State systems for compensating individuals injured in the course of provision of health care services (see S. 489, S3434 [14MR])

———regulation of mammography services and radiological equipment (see S. 1777, S14712 [15OC])

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, S7291 [6JN])

Human rights: international protection (see S. 313, S8353 [20JN])

Immigration: admission requirements of disabled veterans (see S. 1037, S5615 [9MY])

Income: treatment of Federal pay relative to garnishment and similar legal fees (see S. 316, S16458 [12NO])

INS: centennial anniversary (see S.J. Res. 67, S1919 [19FE])

Insurance: life insurance contracts of terminally ill individuals (see S. 284, S2436 [27FE])

Iran: emancipation of the Bahai community (see S. Con. Res. 43, S6355 [22MY])

Iraq: humanitarian assistance for the Kurds (see S. 786, S4373 [11AP])

———medical and humanitarian assistance to families and children (see S. Con. Res. 54, S10135 [16JY])

Ireland, Northern: prevent discrimination in the workplace of U.S. companies (see S. 449, S5427 [7MY])

IRS: time extension for certain acts for individuals performing services under Operation Desert Shield (see S. 8, S434 [14JA])

Israel: recognition by Arab countries (see S. Con. Res. 16, S4374 [11AP])

Jewish Heritage Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 105, S4374 [11AP])

Johns Hopkins School of Public Health: anniversary (see S.J. Res. 49, S1842 [7FE])

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, S8503 [24JN])

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

Lakes: quality assessment and protection (see S. 1069, S5753 [14MY])

Local government: increase Federal payments in lieu of taxes (see S. 140, S2681 [5MR])

Lyme Disease Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 74, S4250 [9AP])

Machine tool industry: voluntary restraint agreements (see S. Res. 230, S17668 [22NO])

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

Medicaid: issuance of regulations relative to State contributions' impact on availability of Federal funds (see S. 1886, S16948 [18NO])

Medicare: reform of payments to physicians (see S. 1810, S15298 [28OC])

Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 88, S2927 [7MR]; S.J. Res. 156, S7291 [6JN])

Middle East: financial costs of military operations in the Persian Gulf region (see S. 270, S2436 [27FE])

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

Motor vehicles: require new standards for corporate average fuel economy (see S. 279, S6249 [21MY])

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

National Alzheimer's Disease Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 36, S2218 [21FE]; 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 Month for Children with Cancer: designate (see S.J. Res. 39, S7663 [12JN])

National Breast Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 95, S3387 [14MR])

National Cancer Act: anniversary (see S.J. Res. 133, S5137 [25AP])

National Child Abuse Prevention Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 52, 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, S3597 [19MR])

National Customer Service Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 166, S14602 [8OC])

National D.A.R.E. Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 121, S7045 [4JN])

National Day of Prayer and Thanksgiving: designate (see S.J. Res. 83, S2507 [28FE])

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

National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 73, S5943 [15MY])

National Down Syndrome Awareness Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 131, S7223 [5JN])

National Employ the Older Worker Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 79, S3106 [12MR])

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

National Family Caregivers Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 99, S3712 [20MR])

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

National Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 53, S1294 [30JA])

National Foster Care Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 57, S4250 [9AP])

National Hospice Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 78, S4373 [11AP])

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

National Job Skills Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 164, S10457 [18JY])

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

National Law Enforcement Training Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 100, S16623 [13NO])

National Neighborhood Crime Watch Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 138, S7223 [5JN])

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

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

National Philanthropy Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 96, S8504 [24JN])

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, S14490 [7OC])

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, S5943 [15MY])

National Scleroderma Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 130, S4984 [24AP])

National Student-Athlete Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 50, S1609 [5FE])

National Tourism Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 102, S4251 [9AP])

National Trauma Awareness Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 229, S16449 [12NO])

National Visiting Nurse Associations Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 124, S4779 [18AP])

National Wildlife Refuge Administration Act: amend (see S. 39, S6248 [21MY])

National Women and Girls in Sports Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 66, S1700 [6FE])

National Women in Agriculture Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 176, S12925 [12SE])

National Women Veterans Recognition Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 145, S5753 [14MY])

Native Americans: recognize Lumbee Tribe (see S. 1036, S5615 [9MY])

Neurofibromatosis Awareness Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 114, S4337 [11AP])

Nuclear weapons: moratorium on testing (see S. 2064, S18334 [26NO])

———sanctions regarding assisting foreign countries in acquiring a nuclear explosive device (see S. 1128, S17466 [21NO])

———underground nuclear explosions (see S. Con. Res. 1, S2218 [21FE])

OSHA: enforcement of criminal violation of standards (see S. 445, S2005 [20FE])

Pediatric AIDS Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 115, S4489 [16AP])

Pesticides: safety of exports (see S. 898, S4837 [23AP])

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, S7390 [6JN])

Pony Express National Historic Trail: designate as a component of the National Trails System (see S. 801, S4337 [11AP])

Population: increased funding for international assistance (see S. 1028, S7827 [13JN])

Power resources: promote energy efficiency (see S. 741, S3929 [21MR])

POW/MIA: disclosure of information on certain U.S. personnel (see S. 1270, S11228 [29JY])

Prices: computation of class I milk prices (see S. 671, S3386 [14MR])

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

Radio: prevent the loss of existing spectrum to amateur radio service (see S. 1372, S14364 [3OC])

Recycling: beverage containers (see S. 1318, S8014 [18JN])

———treatment of spent lead-acid batteries (see S. 398, S3434 [14MR])

Research: review of practices involving the transplantation of human fetal tissue for therapeutic purposes (see S. 1902, S18465 [26NO])

———stimulate trade, competitiveness, and technological leadership of the U.S. (see S. 479, S2256 [22FE])

Retired Enlisted Association, Inc.: grant charter (see S. 447, S5804 [14MY])

Roads and highways: gross vehicle weights on the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways (see S. 1072, S6115 [17MY])

———limit advertising adjacent to Interstate and Federal-aid highways (see S. 593, S2926 [7MR])

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

Senior citizens: music therapy services (see S. 1723, S14433 [4OC])

Silvio Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge: establish (see S. 821, S4455 [16AP])

Social Security: earnings test for retirement age individuals (see S. 10, S434 [14JA]; S. 194, S439 [14JA])

Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act: improve and clarify protections (see S. 330, S1368 [31JA])

Solid waste: require executive departments and agencies to separate waste for recycling (see S. 486, S2309 [26FE])

Sound recording and reproducing: protections regarding digital audio recording (see S. 1623, S16458 [12NO])

Soviet Union: agricultural export credit guarantees from the U.S. (see S. Res. 117, S5943 [15MY])

———expertise of U.S. businesses to the Republics (see S. 1851, S18108 [25NO])

Sports: prohibit State-sanctioned gambling (see S. 474, S15808 [1NO])

Syria: freedom of emigration and travel for Jews (see S. Con. Res. 69, S14588 [8OC])

Taxation: charitable contributions relative to appreciated property (see S. 359, S2531 [28FE])

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

———exclusion for employee educational assistance (see S. 24, S1242 [29JA])

———exempt from luxury tax passenger vehicle parts or accessories for disabled individuals (see S. 401, S2355 [26FE])

———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, S1013 [22JA])

———increase research activity tax credits (see S. 416, S1790 [7FE])

———indexing certain assets (see S. 1917, S15970 [5NO])

———treatment gains or losses from sale of assets by farmer cooperatives (see S. 1522, S10554 [22JY])

———treatment of certain cooperative service organizations of private and community foundations (see S. 588, S4249 [9AP])

———treatment of insurance companies not meeting certain requirements relative to health insurance for small employers (see S. 700, S3712 [20MR])

———treatment of payments made by public utilities to customers to subsidize the cost of conservation (see S. 83, S2977 [7MR])

Telephones: regulation of certain providers of 900 services (see S. 471, S5305 [25AP])

———regulation of pay-per-call technology (see S. 1579, S11216 [29JY])

Tibet: recognize as occupied country under international law (see S. Con. Res. 41, S6211 [21MY])

Tower, John: tribute (see S. Res. 97, S4489 [16AP])

Trademarks: protection (see S. 894, S4837 [23AP])

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

U.S. Savings Bond Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 135, S5137 [25AP])

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

Up With People Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 208, S14043 [1OC])

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

Veterans: concurrent receipt of disability and retirement benefits (see S. 190, S5305 [25AP])

———cost-of-living increases in disability compensation (see S. 23, S434 [14JA])

———define the period of the Persian Gulf war for determining benefit eligibility (see S. 386, S2355 [26FE])

———disability compensation for service-connected disabilities (see S. 41, S435 [14JA])

———increase rates of compensation for service-connected disabilities (see S. 775, S4116 [22MR])

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

Water: authorize research in desalting and reuse (see S. 481, S2309 [26FE])

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

WIC: competitive pricing of infant formula for the special supplemental food program (see S. 657, S9267 [8JY])

———special supplemental food program (see S. 1540, S10769 [24JY])

Women: counseling and information to pregnant women receiving certain public health assistance (see S. 323, S1367 [31JA])

———reproduction rights (see S. 25, S1323 [30JA])

Women's History Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 62, S1506 [5FE])

World Food Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 147, S7390 [6JN])

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

World Summit for Children: implement plan to improve lives (see S. 878, S10055 [15JY])

World War II: contributions of Federal civilian employees during the attack on Pearl Harbor (see S.J. Res. 198, S17075 [19NO])

———Federal retirement credit for Cadet Nurse Corps service (see S. 827, S8033 [18JN])

Year of Public Health: designate (see S.J. Res. 49, S1842 [7FE])

Year of the American Craft—A Celebration of the Creative Work of the Hand: designate (see S.J. Res. 218, S15158 [24OC])

Year of the American Indian: designate (see S.J. Res. 217, S14976 [22OC])

Bills and resolutions relative to

Committee on Foreign Relations: appointment (see S. Res. 152, S9363 [9JY])

Letters

Civil rights legislation: William T. Coleman, Jr., O'Melveny & Myers (law firm), S15382 [29OC]

Commendation to Eugene M. Lang for the ``I Have a Dream'' Program, S7518 [11JN]

Human rights in Guatemala: by, S5064 [25AP]

Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program: Committee on Appropriations (Senate), S9748 [11JY]

Low-Income Energy Assistance Program funding: several Senators, S14940 [22OC]

Pearl Harbor Commemorative Medal: Vermont recipients, S18117 [25NO]

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

Vermont survivors of the World War II Pearl Harbor attack tribute: by, S18117 [25NO]

Lists

Pearl Harbor survivors from Vermont, S18118 [25NO]

Meetings

Committee on Labor and Human Resources: subcommittee assignments, D159 [20FE]

Memorandums

From Griggs to Wards Cove—Job Performance, a Uniformly Applied Standard in Title VII Cases: Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson (law firm), S12126-S12129 [2AU]

Messages

Veto of Civil Rights Act Amendments: President Bush, S15383 [29OC]

Proposals

Fair employment practices: Boyden Gray, Executive Office of the President, S15382 [29OC]

———John Sununu, Executive Office of the President, S15381 [29OC]

———John Sununu and Boyden Gray, Executive Office of the President, S15382 [29OC]

Remarks by, on

Advertising: regulation of outdoor billboards, S7531 [12JN]

Agriculture: price support programs (S. 1527), S10678 [23JY]

———price supports for milk, S3500, S3509, S3511, S3512 [19MR], S17556, S17563, S17571, S17580, S17632 [22NO]

———price supports for milk (S. 1098), S6108 [17MY]

Appropriations: technical and enrollment error corrections in acts (H.J. Res. 157), S17556, S17563, S17571, S17580, S17632 [22NO]

Armenians: anniversary of genocide, S4982 [24AP]

Bennington County, VT: eligibility of certain forest lands for public purchase (S. 483), S2313 [26FE]

Chief Executives Organization: annual convention in Washington, DC, S2041 [20FE]

China, People's Republic of: most-favored-nation status (S. 1367), S10654 [23JY]

Civil Rights Act: prohibition of preferential treatment on basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin, S12777 [11SE]

———restore and strengthen laws that ban discrimination in employment, S12125 [2AU]

———restore and strengthen laws that ban discrimination in employment (S. 1745), S15242 [25OC], S15374, S15381, S15382, S15383 [29OC], S15462, S15471 [30OC]

Computers: coordinated Federal research program to ensure U.S. leadership in high-performance computing (S. 272), S1203 [24JA]

Congressional employees: fair employment practices, S15374, S15381, S15382, S15383 [29OC]

Connecticut River National Fish and Wildlife Refuge: establish (H.R. 794), S17907 [23NO]

Construction industries: Dept. of Labor administration of apprenticeship programs, S3630 [20MR]

Courts: arbitration procedures, S14170 [2OC]

Crime: national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (S. 1241), S8687 [26JN]

Dept. of Defense: B-2 stealth bomber development, S11700 [1AU]

———making supplemental appropriations for personnel expenditures relative to Operation Desert Shield and other urgent domestic programs (H.R. 1281), S3500, S3509, S3511, S3512 [19MR], S3630 [20MR]

Dept. of the Interior: making appropriations (H.R. 2686), conference report—amendments in disagreement, S15656 [31OC]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2707), S12777 [11SE]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs, HUD, and independent agencies, commissions, corporations, and offices: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2519), S10411, S10412 [18JY]

Disabled: strengthen education programs (S. 1106), S8517 [24JN]

Diseases: research associated with exposure to dioxin and other chemicals in herbicides (S. 238), S1281 [30JA]

Ecology and environment: establish a small community environmental compliance planning program (S. 1226), S7172, S7174 [5JN]

Education: improve (S. 1141), S6469 [23MY]

———incentive and support programs to enable certain students to stay in school (S. 585), S2927 [7MR]

———strengthen the teaching profession (S. 329), S1432 [31JA]

Employment: entitle family leave involving a birth, adoption, or serious health condition with protection of benefits (S. 5), S14170 [2OC]

———preferential hiring practices on basis of race, S8687 [26JN]

Energy and Environment Study Institute: global economic development, S12374 [2AU]

EPA: regulations concerning compliance assurance activities (S. 1153), S6664 [23MY]

Families and domestic relations: primary and preventative care for pregnant women, infants, and children (S. 911), S8639 [26JN]

Federal aid programs: drought assistance (H.R. 355), S15725 [31OC]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: reauthorizing (S. 1081), S5933 [15MY]

Gates, Robert M.: nomination to be Director of CIA, S15936 [5NO]

Hazardous substances: Dept. of HUD and EPA jurisdictions over lead abatement programs, S10411, S10412 [18JY]

———reduce lead in environment (S. 391), S1806 [7FE]

———reduce lead in the environment (S. 391), S5814 [14MY]

———study the contamination of workers' homes with substances transported from the workplace (S. 353), S1594 [5FE]

Health: improve State systems for compensating individuals injured in the course of provision of health care services (S. 489), S2331 [26FE]

Health care professionals: education programs (H.R. 3508), S18238 [26NO]

INS: anniversary, S9908 [11JY]

Iran: investigation of delayed release of hostages until after 1980 elections (S. Res. 198), S17636 [22NO]

Lakes: quality assessment and protection (S. 1069), S5790 [14MY]

Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program: funding, S9747 [11JY]

Low-Income Energy Assistance Program: funding, S14940 [22OC]

Marsh-Billings National Historical Park: establish (S. 2079), S18395, S18396 [26NO]

Middle East: community support for troops in the Persian Gulf, S3456 [14MR]

———congressional approval of military action to enforce U.N. Security Council resolution against Iraq pending failure of economic sanctions (S.J. Res. 1), S326 [12JA]

———role of military assistance on stabilization of region, S3687 [20MR]

Music: education, S2452 [28FE]

National defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and personnel of the Depts. of Defense and Energy (S. 1507), S11700 [1AU]

National Endowment for the Arts: prohibit use of Federal funding to promote, produce, disseminate, or distribute obscene materials, S15656 [31OC]

National objectives: energy independence, S8640 [26JN]

North Carolina: designate wilderness areas (H.R. 35), S15718 [31OC]

Nummy, David M.: nomination to be Assistant Sec. of the Treasury, S15718 [31OC]

Older Americans Act: revise and extend (S. 243), S16407 [12NO]

OSHA: enforcement of criminal violation of standards (S. 445), S2239 [21FE]

Power resources: comprehensive energy security policy, S8385, S8476 [21JN]

———comprehensive energy security policy (S. 1220), S15639, S15725 [31OC]

———establish a replacement fuels and alternative fuels program (S. 716), S3803 [20MR]

———making appropriations for energy and water development (H.R. 2427), S9444 [10JY]

———renewable energy technologies, S9444 [10JY]

Senate: executive calendar, S15718 [31OC]

———legislative program, S6106 [17MY]

Soviet Union: agricultural export credit guarantees from the U.S. (S. Res. 117), S5845 [15MY]

———review economic benefits in light of the crisis in the Baltic States (S. Con. Res. 6), S1123 [24JA]

———sell agricultural commodities to promote local food distribution and production (S. 2081), S18398 [26NO]

Surface Transportation Efficiency Act: enact (S. 1204), S7531 [12JN], S8064, S8116, S8117, S8121 [19JN]

Taxation: establish a special valuation of sensitive environmental areas for estate tax purposes (S. 887), S4848 [23AP]

Thomas, Clarence: nomination to Supreme Court, S14512 [8OC]

Transportation: establish a national comprehensive surface transportation system (H.R. 2950), S18331 [26NO]

Treaties: Antiballistic Missile Treaty interpretation, S17869, S17870 [23NO]

Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe: ratify, S17869, S17870 [23NO]

Vermont: community support for troops in the Persian Gulf, S3456 [14MR]

———tribute to residents who served in Operation Desert Shield, S3013 [12MR]

Vermont Bicentennial Day: designate (S.J. Res. 58), S1450 [31JA]

Veterans: disability compensation for service-connected disabilities (H.R. 3), S1134 [24JA]

———expand services for post-traumatic stress disorder patients (S. 869), S17213 [20NO]

Water: State regulation of resources (S. 812), S4361 [11AP]

Women: counseling and information to pregnant women receiving certain public health assistance (S. 323), S10083 [16JY]

Remarks in Senate relative to

Committee on Foreign Relations: appointment (S. Res. 152), S9314 [9JY]

Tribute, S15542 [30OC]

Summaries

Replacement and Alternative Fuels Act (S. 716), S3806 [20MR]

Tables

Comparison of Low-Income Energy Assistance Program allocations and households served, S14941 [22OC]

Holstein Association—Dairy Cattle Export Incentive Program, S6110 [17MY]

Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program funding, S9749 [11JY]

Supreme Court Justices' ages and years on Court, S14513 [8OC]

Testimonies

Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Agriculturally-Derived Renewable Fuels, D793 [20JN]

———Long-Term Milk Inventory Management Program, D780 [19JN]

———Price Supports for Milk (S. 1098), D641 [22MY]

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Comprehensive Energy Security Policy (S. 570), D343 [20MR]

———U.S. Dependence on Imported Oil (S. 341), D343 [20MR]

Committee on Government Operations: Comparison of U.S. and Canadian Health Care Systems, D728 [11JN]

Committee on Ways and Means: Pension Access and Simplification Issues, D978 [25JY]

Texts of

S. 585, incentive and support programs to enable certain students to stay in school, S2928 [7MR]

S. 716, Replacement and Alternative Fuels Act, S3805 [20MR]

S. 812, State regulation of water resources, S4362 [11AP]

S. 1098, price supports for milk, S6109 [17MY]

S. 1153, EPA regulations concerning compliance assurance activities, S6665 [23MY]

S. 1226, Small Town Environmental Planning Act, S7172-S7174 [5JN]

S. 2079, establish Marsh-Billings National Historical Park, S18396 [26NO]

S. 2081, sell Soviet Union agricultural commodities to promote local food distribution and production, S18399 [26NO]

S. Con. Res. 44, observe anniversary of moviemaking and the contributions of the American Film Institute, S6926 [3JN]

S. Res. 152, appointment to the Committee on Foreign Relations, S9314, S9373 [9JY]

Tributes

Howe, Nancy, S8379 [20JN]