MIKULSKI, BARBARA A. (a Senator from Maryland)

Amendments offered by, to

Appropriations: technical and enrollment error corrections in acts (H.J. Res. 157), S17704 [22NO]

China, People's Republic of: most-favored-nation status (S. 1084), S7395 [6JN]

———most-favored-nation status (S. 1367), S10610, S10693 [23JY]

Civil Rights Act: restore and strengthen laws that ban discrimination in employment (S. 1745), S15414, S15417 [29OC], S15458, S15534 [30OC]

Dept. of Defense: making supplemental appropriations for personnel expenditures relative to Operation Desert Shield (S. 578), S3341, S3445, S3450 [14MR]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2622), S9900, S9901 [11JY]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs, HUD, and independent agencies, commissions, corporations, and offices: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2519), S10368, S10389, S10459, S10460, S10461 [18JY]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2519), conference report, S14214, S14230 [2OC]

Financial institutions: reform deposit insurance system (S. 543), S17468 [21NO]

Foreign aid: authorizing appropriations (S. 1435), S10870, S10871, S10970, S10971 [25JY], S11013, S11082, S11085 [26JY]

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

National defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and personnel of the Depts. of Defense and Energy (S. 1507), S11759 [1AU]

Analyses

Federal Employees' Reemployment After Reductions in Force (S. 1580), S11223 [29JY]

Appointments

Board of Visitors of the U.S. Naval Academy, S5371 [7MY]

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

———H.R. 2506, legislative branch appropriations, S10280, S10281 [17JY]

———H.R. 2519, Depts. of Veterans Affairs, HUD, and independent agencies, commissions, corporations, and offices appropriations, S10428 [18JY]

———H.R. 2622, Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies appropriations, S10366 [18JY]

Articles and editorials

Archi-Angel, Iris Krasnow, Museum & Arts (publication), S5435-S5437 [7MY]

Electronics Giant Finally Beats a Woman Named Sony, Cindy Harper-Evans, Baltimore (MD) Sun, S4093 [22MR]

Family Planning, U.S. Policy and the Deaths in Bangladesh, Hobart Rowen, Washington (DC) Post, S5634 [9MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

American Visionary Art Museum: support as national repository and educational center for visionary art (see S. Con. Res. 81, S18336 [26NO])

Armed Forces: compensate decrease in pay of Federal employees in Reserve during Middle East service (see S. 605, S2927 [7MR])

Commission on the Consolidation and Conversion of Defense Research and Development Laboratories: report on facility closures (see S. 1000, S5406 [7MY])

Common carriers: construction of a magnetic levitation transportation system between Baltimore, MD and Washington, DC (see S. 797, S4336 [11AP])

Education: establish a national advanced technician training program (see S. 1146, S6654 [23MY])

Federal employees: extend certain civil service retirement benefits to certain INS, Customs Service, and IRS employees (see S. 456, S2146 [21FE])

———rate of pay for Washington, D.C. metropolitan area employment (see S. 604, S2926 [7MR])

———reemployment of certain workers after reductions in force (see S. 1580, S11216 [29JY])

NSF: establish programs to enhance the Nation's literacy and skill base in science and technology (see S. 1131, S6355 [22MY])

Population: increased funding for international assistance (see S. 1028, S5614 [9MY])

Ships and vessels: remedy injury to shipbuilding and repair industry (see S. 1361, S8592 [25JN])

Small business: assist development of businesses owned by women (see S. 1959, S16611 [13NO])

Taxation: exclude certain pay of merchant marines serving in combat zones (see S. 531, S2507 [28FE])

Veterans: payment on an interim basis of compensation for unresolved claims (see S. 1158, S6654 [23MY])

Women: equity in health care services (see S. 514, S2404 [27FE])

———integration in the development process in developing countries (see S. 1001, S5406 [7MY])

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Abortion: reproductive health services (see S. 548, S2844 [6MR])

Aeronautics: limitations on the duty time for flight attendants (see S. 1010, S5502 [8MY])

Africa: protection of human rights and economic development in the Horn of Africa (see S. 985, S9136 [28JN])

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

Arab countries: secondary and tertiary boycotts of businesses dealing with Israel (see S. 1147, S6654 [23MY])

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])

———increase rate of special pay for duty subject to hostile fire or imminent danger (see S. 237, S1742 [6FE])

———recall of certain retired members to active duty (see S. 204, S1607 [5FE])

———reemployment rights and benefits (see S. 336, S1742 [6FE])

———saving program for members participating in Operation Desert Shield (see S. 221, S1607 [5FE])

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

Arms sales: delay approval until memorandum of understanding, before entry into force, has been transmitted to the Congress (see S. 1378, S9896 [11JY])

Arts: amend labor laws relative to performing artists' right to organize and engage in collective bargaining (see S. 492, S3596 [19MR])

Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 120, S5354 [6MY])

Assateague Island National Seashore: increase acreage limitation (see S. 1254, S7464 [11JN])

Baltic States: most-favored-nation status for Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania (see S. 1599, S14711 [15OC])

———support independence of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia (see S.J. Res. 42, S1608 [5FE])

Brunner, Alois: extradition from Syria for Nazi war crimes (see S. Res. 150, S9116 [28JN])

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

Business and industry: limited partnership rollups (see S. 1423, S9115 [28JN])

California: protection of public lands in the desert (see S. 21, S4371 [11AP])

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

Census: ensure accuracy by statistical correction methodology (see S.J. Res. 21, S576 [15JA])

Chesapeake Bay: restore (see S. 14, S434 [14JA])

Children and youth: grant program for education, training, health and social services to at-risk individuals (see S. 1133, S6355 [22MY])

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

China, People's Republic of: most-favored-nation status (see S. 1084, S6034 [16MY])

Civil Rights Act: exemption of Wards Cove Packing Co. employees (see S. 1962, S17695 [22NO])

———restore and strengthen laws that ban discrimination in employment (see S. 2062, S18334 [26NO])

Coastal zones: study environmental quality (see S. 737, S5672 [9MY])

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])

———mint to commemorate 1994 U.S. World Cup games (see S. 1455, S17258 [20NO])

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

Common carriers: alcohol and drug testing for operators (see S. 676, S3386 [14MR])

———development of magnetic levitation transportation technology (see S. 811, S4337 [11AP])

Congress: require members to pay for medical services provided by the Office of the Attending Physician (see S. 1830, S15259 [25OC])

Congressional Medal of Honor: pension for recipients (see S. 32, S4248 [9AP])

Courts: appointment of two bankruptcy judges in Arizona (see S. 646, S3191 [13MR])

Crime: combat violence against women (see S. 15, S434 [14JA])

———Federal authority to eliminate violence by outlaw gangs (see S. 1303, S7898 [17JN])

———Federal control of violent crime by outlaw street and motorcycle gangs (see S. 339, S5671 [9MY])

Crime Prevention Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 202, S14084 [1OC])

Day care: tax credit for on-site facilities (see S. 576, S4894 [23AP])

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

Democracy: support self-determination in Baltic States and Soviet republics (see S. 860, S5354 [6MY])

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

———establish bicentennial commission (see S.J. Res. 193, S12922 [12SE])

Department of the Treasury Forfeiture Fund: establish (see S. 2118, S18336 [26NO])

Dept. of Education: establish an Office of Community Colleges (see S. 463, S5804 [14MY])

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

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])

———research programs for osteoporosis and related bone disorders (see S. 488, S2309 [26FE])

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, S2681 [5MR])

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

———establish degradable plastics standards (see S. 554, S4639 [17AP])

Education: allow parents to select which public school child attends (see S. 1136, S6925 [3JN])

———dissemination of information on sources of financial aid for prospective college students (see S. 501, S6249 [21MY])

———encourage disadvantaged students to obtain a college education (see S. 1134, S6355 [22MY])

———financial assistance to local agencies (see S. 1135, S6355 [22MY])

———improve counseling services for elementary school students (see S. 810, S6067 [16MY])

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

———lengthen special program grant cycles for disadvantaged students (see S. 882, S7222 [5JN])

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

El Salvador: withhold military assistance (see S. 601, S2926 [7MR]; S. 1352, S10692 [23JY])

Elections: national voter registration (see S. 250, S2978 [7MR])

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, S5804 [14MY])

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

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

———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])

———primary and preventative care for pregnant women, infants, and children (see S. 911, S7044 [4JN])

Family and domestic relations: treatment of parents who are substance abusers and children of substance abusers (see S. 597, S9136 [28JN])

FDIC: improve administration (see S. 651, S4779 [18AP])

Federal Aviation Act: amend relative to bankruptcy transportation plans (see S. 240, S2977 [7MR])

Federal employees: honoraria (see S. 242, S1007 [22JA])

———tribute for contributions to Persian Gulf war (see S. Con. Res. 36, S5615 [9MY])

———voluntary participation in the political process (see S. 914, S5673 [9MY])

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

Federal Prison Industries: govern participation in Federal procurement (see S. 1691, S12182 [2AU])

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: amend (see S. 733, S5672 [9MY])

Firearms: waiting period before the purchase of a handgun (see S. 257, S1053 [23JA])

Florida: prohibit exploratory activities on outer continental shelf (see S. 734, S5672 [9MY])

Foreign Agents Restoration Act: disclosure of foreign lobbying activities (see S. 346, S1505 [5FE])

Foreign relations: grant full diplomatic recognition to Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia (see S. Res. 22, S2218 [21FE])

Gandhi, Mohandas K.: authorize the Indian American Forum for Political Education to establish a memorial (see S. 781, S8214 [19JN])

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

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

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, S14349 [3OC])

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

Guatemala: restrict assistance (see S. 1243, S7291 [6JN])

Hazardous substances: phase out the production of ozone destroying substances (see S. Res. 95, S4230 [9AP]; S. Res. 217, S16213 [7NO])

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

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

Health: contraception and infertility research centers (see S. 966, S5136 [25AP])

———regulation of mammography services and radiological equipment (see S. 1777, S14042 [1OC])

Health care facilities: establish criminal penalties for interfering with access to and egress from medical establishments (see S. 798, S4488 [16AP])

Health care professionals: nondiscrimination medical licensure and medical reciprocity standards (see S. 475, S4249 [9AP])

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

Helsinki Human Rights Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 154, S6997 [4JN])

Higher Education Act: simplify needs analysis (see S. 1137, S6355 [22MY])

Homosexuality: prohibit discrimination based on affectional or sexual orientation (see S. 574, S7221 [5JN])

Immigration: application deadline for special temporary protected status for Salvadorans (see S. 1071, S7872 [14JN])

Income: wage adjustments for prevailing rate employees (see S. 310, S2682 [5MR])

Income tax: increase personal exemption to $4,000 (see S. 152, S5305 [25AP])

Insurance: life insurance contracts of terminally ill individuals (see S. 284, S1293 [30JA])

International Red Cross: access to POW in Iraq (see S. Con. Res. 8, S1369 [31JA])

Iran: emancipation of the Bahai community (see S. Con. Res. 43, S12315 [2AU])

Irish-American Heritage Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 224, S18466 [26NO])

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, S3106 [12MR])

———repeal U.N. condemnation of preemptive strike against Iraqi nuclear reactor in 1981 (see S. Con. Res. 53, S10135 [16JY])

Johns Hopkins School of Public Health: anniversary (see S.J. Res. 49, S1324 [30JA])

King, Martin Luther, Jr.: establish a memorial in the District of Columbia (see S. 239, S1205 [24JA])

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

Kuwait: awarding of reconstruction contracts based on U.S. military and economic support (see S. Con. Res. 35, S8472 [21JN])

———involvement of U.S. small businesses in rebuilding (see S. Res. 72, S2619 [5MR])

Labor: prevent discrimination based on participation in disputes (see S. 55, S435 [14JA])

Library Services and Construction Act: increase grant amounts (see S. 420, S4372 [11AP])

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

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

Mass transit: improve programs (see S. Res. 77, S3021 [12MR])

———tax-exempt treatment for high-speed intercity rail bonds (see S. 1492, S10442 [18JY])

Medicare: coverage for colerectal screening examinations and certain immunizations (see S. 1231, S10457 [18JY])

———recoupment of certain payments to Uniformed Services Treatment Facilities (see S. 1803, S14348 [3OC])

———reform of payments to physicians (see S. 1810, S16282 [7NO])

Members of Congress: repeal exemptions from civil rights and labor laws (see S. 2089, S18335 [26NO])

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

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])

———discussion of the Syrian connection to terrorism at the upcoming peace conference (see S. Res. 204, S15158 [24OC])

———limit transfer of weapons by international arms suppliers (see S. 1046, S5942 [15MY])

———military action by Iraq against Israel (see S. Con. Res. 4, S1053 [23JA])

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

———U.S. military presence (see S. Con. Res. 2, S979 [17JA])

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

Monocacy National Battlefield: authorizing appropriations for land acquisition (see S. 1230, S7290 [6JN])

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

NASA: authorizing appropriations (see S. 98, S11853 [1AU])

National Alzheimer's Disease Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 36, S6744 [23MY]; S.J. Res. 158, S7464 [11JN])

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

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

National Cancer Institute: additional funding for research on breast cancer (see S. 512, S2404 [27FE])

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

National Crime Victims' Rights Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 16, S4064 [21MR])

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, S1907 [19FE])

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

National Family Caregivers Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 99, S17695 [22NO])

National Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 53, S1609 [5FE])

National Historically Black Colleges Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 40, S3597 [19MR])

National Huntington's Disease Awareness Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 127, S5355 [6MY])

National Job Skills Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 164, S12314 [2AU])

National Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 142, S8812 [26JN])

National Military Families Recognition Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 197, S14364 [3OC])

National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 117, S5428 [7MY])

National Police Athletic League Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 82, S11078 [26JY])

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 Senior Nutrition Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 108, S6068 [16MY])

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

National System of Interstate and Defense Highways: reduce traffic congestion in urban areas (see S. 369, S3809 [20MR])

National Trauma Awareness Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 229, S18466 [26NO])

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

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

New Columbia: admission as a State into the Union (see S. 2023, S17667 [22NO])

Nuclear Safety Board: establish (see S. 732, S3929 [21MR])

Office of Construction Safety, Health, and Education: establish (see S. 673, S5354 [6MY])

Older Americans Act: revise and extend (see S. 243, S1052 [23JA])

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

Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act: amend (see S. 736, S5672 [9MY])

Pesticides: safety of exports (see S. 898, S5673 [9MY])

Poland: social and political reform (see S. Res. 84, S3564 [19MR])

Polish American Heritage Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 125, S4612 [17AP])

POW: treatment relative to violations of Geneva Convention (see S. Con. Res. 5, S1053 [23JA])

Power resources: extend solar and geothermal energy tax credits (see S. 141, S10456 [18JY])

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

Public health: clinical research on issues concerning women and certain minorities (see S. 513, S2404 [27FE])

Public Health Service: reauthorize and extend programs (see S. 1933, S16213 [7NO])

Railroads: alcohol and drug testing for operators (see S. 677, S3386 [14MR])

Recycling: treatment of newsprint (see S. 397, S4639 [17AP])

———treatment of scrap tires (see S. 396, S4638 [17AP])

———treatment of spent lead-acid batteries (see S. 398, S4639 [17AP])

———treatment of used oil (see S. 399, S4639 [17AP])

Rural areas: air transport of victims of medical emergencies (see S. 480, S8214 [19JN])

Schools: radon testing (see S. 575, S2771 [6MR])

Senate: implementation of foreign trade bills (see S. Res. 109, S18466 [26NO])

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

Smithsonian Institution: establish the National Air and Space Museum Expansion Site Advisory Panel (see S. 1788, S14042 [1OC])

Social Security: assistance to States to support informal caregivers of individuals with functional limitations (see S. 972, S11854 [1AU])

———computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (see S. 567, S2771 [6MR])

Social Security Administration: budget (see S. 2117, S18336 [26NO])

———establish as an independent agency (see S. 33, S2843 [6MR])

———notice and procedures before closing or recategorizing certain offices (see S. 278, S1221 [29JA])

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

Soviet Union: military action against Lithuania (see S. Res. 12, S321 [11JA])

———review economic assistance due to situation in Baltic States (see S. Res. 14, S951 [16JA])

———review economic benefits in light of the crisis in the Baltic States (see S. Con. Res. 6, S1206 [24JA])

Sports: prohibit State-sanctioned gambling (see S. 474, S12798 [11SE])

Student loans: Guaranteed Student Loan Program reforms (see S. 1503, S10791 [24JY])

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

———electric utilities' subsidization of energy conservation services (see S. 922, S14490 [7OC])

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

———exclude imposition of employer Social Security taxes on cash tips (see S. 765, S14490 [7OC])

———exclude price of certain transit passes from income (see S. 26, S1099 [23JA])

———exclusion for employee educational assistance (see S. 24, S434 [14JA])

———exempt from luxury tax passenger vehicle parts or accessories for disabled individuals (see S. 401, S10790 [24JY])

———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, S1323 [30JA])

———health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see S. 88, S1323 [30JA])

———increase amount of the exemption for minors (see S. 1009, S6115 [17MY])

———increase exemption for dependent children under age 18 (see S. 701, S6115 [17MY])

———increase research activity tax credits (see S. 416, S4893 [23AP])

———individual retirement accounts (see S. 612, S3020 [12MR])

———permanent extension of the targeted jobs credit (see S. 581, S6115 [17MY])

———provide for employees of small employers a private retirement incentive matched by employers (see S. 318, S4487 [16AP])

———repeal luxury tax on purchase of boats (see S. 649, S5942 [15MY])

———repeal recreational vessel fee (see S. 843, S9512 [10JY])

———small issue bonds (see S. 913, S9268 [8JY])

———tax credit for children and expand the use of individual retirement accounts (see S. 1921, S16060 [6NO])

———treatment of church pension benefit plans (see S. 747, S15532 [30OC])

———treatment of compensation received by members of the Armed Forces for active service in a dangerous foreign area (see S. 199, S1607 [5FE])

Tax-exempt organizations: establish cash and deferred pension arrangements for their employees (see S. 448, S8214 [19JN])

Technology: research and development of critical technologies (see S. 1327, S8136 [19JN])

———research and development of manufacturing technologies (see S. 1328, S8136 [19JN])

Telecommunications: research, design, and manufacturing of equipment (see S. 173, S1918 [19FE])

Telephones: regulation of certain providers of 900 services (see S. 471, S4893 [23AP])

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

Television: local regulation of cable programming and rates (see S. 12, S12313 [2AU])

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

Transportation: establish a national electric vehicle research, demonstration, and commercialization program (see S. 768, S4488 [16AP])

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

Ukraine: recognize independence (see S. Con. Res. 65, S15200 [24OC])

Unemployment: emergency benefits to certain railroad employees (see S. 1828, S14588 [8OC])

———emergency compensation (see S. 1554, S10769 [24JY])

———equalize treatment of members of Armed Forces and former Federal employees for compensation eligibility (see S. 205, S1607 [5FE])

United Arab Emirates: proposed sale of AH-64 Apache attack helicopters (see S.J. Res. 165, S9137 [28JN])

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, S4248 [9AP])

———define the period of the Persian Gulf war for determining benefit eligibility (see S. 386, S1700 [6FE])

———disability compensation for service-connected disabilities (see S. 107, S437 [14JA]; S. 127, S437 [14JA]

———family counseling for Persian Gulf Conflict personnel (see S. 1553, S10769 [24JY])

———increase the Servicemen's Group Life Insurance and pay a death gratuity to survivors of certain members of the Armed Forces (see S. 232, S2977 [7MR])

———suspend certain bars to the furnishing of benefits (see S. 659, S3597 [19MR])

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

Water: planning and management of Corps of Engineers' civil works projects (see S. 735, S5672 [9MY])

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

———encourage a broader range of job training and placement (see S. 367, S1699 [6FE])

———reproduction rights (see S. 25, S434 [14JA])

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

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

Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge: prohibit opening except during certain hours (see S. 368, S1699 [6FE])

World Food Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 147, S14225 [2OC])

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

World Summit for Children: implement plan to improve lives (see S. 878, S5518 [8MY])

World War II: contributions of Federal civilian employees during the attack on Pearl Harbor (see S.J. Res. 198, S16855 [15NO])

Year of Public Health: designate (see S.J. Res. 49, S1324 [30JA])

Year of the American Indian: designate (see S.J. Res. 217, S15298 [28OC])

Cloture motions

Appropriations: technical and enrollment error corrections in acts (H.J. Res. 157), S17284 [20NO]

Crime: national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (S. 1241), S9074 [28JN], S9263 [8JY], S9330 [9JY], S9439, S9489 [10JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2707), S12178 [2AU]

Employment: entitle family leave involving a birth, adoption, or serious health condition with protection of benefits (S. 5), S14010 [1OC]

Letters

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

Housing programs: John Rother, American Association of Retired Persons, S3527 [19MR]

———several organizations, S3527, S3528 [19MR]

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

Reduction in pay of Federal employees in Reserve status in the Middle East: CBO, S3166 [13MR]

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

Sony lawsuit against Baltimore restaurant owner: by, S4093 [22MR]

Soviet military action against Lithuania: by, S410 [12JA]

Space station development: several Senators, S10223 [17JY]

Lists

Successes in 1990 Women's Health Equity Act, S2428 [27FE]

Meetings

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

Proclamations

Military action to enforce U.N. Security Council resolution against Iraq: Maryland State Senate, S2359 [26FE]

Remarks by, on

Abortion: funding relative to performing abortions on children under 18 years old, S12767 [11SE]

———Supreme Court ruling on counseling at federally funded family planning clinics, S6757 [23MY]

Appropriations: technical and enrollment error corrections in acts (H.J. Res. 157), S17629 [22NO]

———technical and enrollment error corrections in acts (H.J. Res. 157), conference report, S18664 [27NO]

Armed Forces: compensate decrease in pay of Federal employees in Reserve during Middle East service, S3166 [13MR]

———compensate decrease in pay of Federal employees in Reserve during Middle East service (S. 605), S2969 [7MR]

Avondale, AZ: wastewater treatment program, S10415 [18JY]

Boats: excise tax, S17333 [21NO]

Brubaker, Paul: privilege of the floor, S10212 [17JY]

Bryant, Paul: privilege of the floor, S10212 [17JY]

China, People's Republic of: coercive abortion and sterilization policy, S10610 [23JY]

———forced abortions and sterilization, S7394 [6JN]

———most-favored-nation status (S. 1084), S7394 [6JN]

———most-favored-nation status (S. 1367), S10610, S10624 [23JY]

Civil Rights Act: restore and strengthen laws that ban discrimination in employment (H.R. 1), S15154, S15156 [24OC]

———restore and strengthen laws that ban discrimination in employment (S. 1745), S15366, S15367 [29OC], S15460 [30OC]

Commission on the Consolidation and Conversion of Defense Research and Development Laboratories: report on facility closures (S. 1000), S5423 [7MY]

Common carriers: alcohol and drug testing for operators (S. 676), S3427 [14MR]

———alcohol and drug testing for operators (S. 678), S3427 [14MR]

———construction of a magnetic levitation transportation system between Baltimore, MD and Washington, DC (S. 797), S4339 [11AP]

Congressional employees: fair employment practices, S15460 [30OC]

Congressional Record: correction, S14209 [2OC]

Courts: arbitration procedures, S14171 [2OC]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 2521), conference report, S17840 [23NO]

———making supplemental appropriations for personnel expenditures relative to Operation Desert Shield (S. 578), S3166 [13MR]

———making supplemental appropriations for personnel expenditures relative to Operation Desert Shield and other urgent domestic programs (H.R. 1281), S3526, S3528, S3529, S3533, S3537, S3540, S3541, S3553 [19MR], S3691 [20MR]

Dept. of HUD: Advanced Building Technology Council funding, S10412 [18JY]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2622), S9976 [15JY], S10362 [18JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clinical laboratory standards, S14214 [2OC]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2707), S12767 [11SE], S12894 [12SE]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs, HUD, and independent agencies, commissions, corporations, and offices: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2519), S10212, S10214, S10222, S10227, S10243, S10244, S10247, S10249 [17JY], S10367, S10378, S10384, S10389, S10411, S10412, S10413, S10415, S10416, S10417, S10423, S10424, S10425, S10428 [18JY]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2519), conference report, S14203, S14204, S14209, S14210, S14214 [2OC]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2519), unanimous-consent agreement, S10213 [17JY]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2519), unanimous-consent request, S10243 [17JY]

Disasters: making supplemental appropriations for relief (H.R. 3543), S17629 [22NO], S18664 [27NO]

District of Columbia: Challenger Center for Space Science Education, S3691 [20MR]

Employment: entitle family leave involving a birth, adoption, or serious health condition with protection of benefits (S. 5), S14171 [2OC]

EPA: Clean Air Small Business Technical Compliance Assistance Program, S10415 [18JY]

———Office of Pollution Prevention, S10416, S10424 [18JY]

———Smuggler Mountain, CO, Superfund site, S10413 [18JY]

———Tijuana River water treatment facilities, S10411 [18JY]

Federal employees: extend certain civil service retirement benefits to certain INS, Customs Service, and IRS employees (S. 456), S2165 [21FE]

———rate of pay for Washington, D.C. metropolitan area employment (S. 604), S2967 [7MR]

———reemployment of certain workers after reductions in force (S. 1580), S11222 [29JY]

Financial institutions: disclosure of information relative to the resolution of a failed depository institution by use of public funds, S10378, S10384 [18JY]

———reform deposit insurance system (S. 543), S16507 [13NO], S17333 [21NO]

Foreign aid: authorizing appropriations (S. 1435), S10752 [24JY], S10848 [25JY]

Foreign trade: economic support fund cash transfers and cargo preference, S10752 [24JY]

———procedures for implementing trade agreements (S. Res. 78), S6561 [23MY]

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

Health: regulation of mammography services and radiological equipment (S. 1777), S14047 [1OC]

Health care professionals: disclosure of HIV virus infection, S10362 [18JY]

———information to patients on legal option concerning pregnancy, S10108 [16JY]

Housing: grants program funding, S3526, S3528, S3529, S3533, S3537, S3540, S3541 [19MR]

———low-income programs, S10417 [18JY]

———replacement of public housing that has been sold, S10425 [18JY]

Iraq: humanitarian assistance for the Kurds, S4383 [11AP]

Israel: loan guarantees, S12765 [11SE], S14111 [2OC]

Johns Hopkins School of Public Health: anniversary (S.J. Res. 49), S6750 [23MY]

Legislative branch: making appropriations (H.R. 2506), S10273 [17JY]

Linstead, Sarah: privilege of the floor, S10212 [17JY]

Lithuania: political reform, S1923 [19FE]

Maryland: Baltimore-Washington Parkway funding, S7994, S7995 [18JN]

Medicaid: prescription drug prices for veterans, S10424, S10425 [18JY]

Middle East: military action to enforce U.N. Security Council resolution against Iraq (S.J. Res. 2), S249, S259 [11JA]

———U.S. military presence (S. Con. Res. 2), S970 [17JA]

NASA: alternate turbopump development program, S14209 [2OC]

———budget, S10411 [18JY]

———Comet Rendezvous Asteroid Flyby mission, S10413 [18JY]

National and Community Service Act: technical amendments (S. 379), S1752 [6FE]

National defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and personnel of the Depts. of Defense and Energy (S. 1507), S12098 [2AU]

New York, NY: sewage treatment facilities, S10416 [18JY]

NSF: establish programs to enhance the Nation's literacy and skill base in science and technology (S. 1131), S6375 [22MY]

Older Americans Act: revise and extend (S. 243), S16444 [12NO]

Palo Alto, CA: veterans medical center funding, S10423 [18JY]

Population: increased funding for international assistance (S. 1028), S5633 [9MY]

Puget Sound: water quality treatment plan, S10416 [18JY]

Railroads: alcohol and drug testing for operators (S. 677), S3427 [14MR]

Senate: income, S10273 [17JY]

Ships and vessels: remedy injury to shipbuilding and repair industry (S. 1361), S8525, S8593 [25JN]

Small business: assist development of businesses owned by women (S. 1959), S16618 [13NO]

Social Security Administration: funding, S12894 [12SE]

Sony Corp.: lawsuit against Resurrection Robles-Florendo, S4092 [22MR]

Soviet Union: military action against Baltic States, S427 [14JA]

Space policy: development of space station, S10222, S10243, S10244, S10247, S10249 [17JY]

Spence, Tom: privilege of the floor, S10212 [17JY]

Surface Transportation Efficiency Act: enact (S. 1204), S7451 [11JN], S7994, S7995 [18JN]

Taxation: exclude certain pay of merchant marines serving in combat zones (S. 531), S2521 [28FE]

Telecommunications: research, design, and manufacturing of equipment (S. 173), S6986 [4JN]

Thomas, Clarence: nomination to Supreme Court, S14508, S14509 [8OC], S14651 [15OC]

Turkey: economic assistance, S3553 [19MR]

U.N. Population Fund: authorize funding, S10848 [25JY]

Ukraine: independence anniversary, S1024 [22JA]

Veterans: disability compensation for service-connected disabilities (S. 1), S447 [14JA]

———medical claims, care, and benefits, S10227 [17JY]

———payment on an interim basis of compensation for unresolved claims (S. 1158), S6683 [23MY]

Votes: change of, S15460 [30OC]

Women: counseling and information to pregnant women receiving certain public health assistance (S. 323), S10108 [16JY]

———equity in the delivery of health care services (S. 514), S2408 [27FE]

———integration in the development process in developing countries (S. 1001), S5423 [7MY]

Year of Public Health: designate (S.J. Res. 49), S6750 [23MY]

Reports filed

Depts. of Veterans Affairs, HUD, and Independent Agencies, Commissions, Corporations, and Offices Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (H.R. 2519) (S. Rept. 102-107), S9839 [11JY]

Summaries

Women's Health Equity Act (S. 514), S2428 [27FE]

Testimonies

Committee on Finance: Middle-Income Tax Relief and Stimulate Economic Growth (S. 11, 955, 1009, 1013, 1014, 1411, 1846, 1875, 1921), D1525 [26NO]

Texts of

S. 456, extend certain civil service retirement benefits to certain INS, Customs Service, and IRS employees, S2165 [21FE]

S. 514, Women's Health Equity Act, S2408-S2428 [27FE]

S. 531, exclude certain pay of merchant marines serving in combat zones from income tax, S2522 [28FE]

S. 604, rate of pay for Washington, D.C. metropolitan area Federal employees, S2968 [7MR]

S. 605, compensate decrease in pay of Federal employees in Armed Forces Reserve during Middle East service, S2969 [7MR]

S. 1001, Women in Development Act, S5424 [7MY]

S. 1028, International Voluntary Family Planning Assistance Act, S5633 [9MY]

S. 1131, establish programs to enhance the Nation's literacy and skill base in science and technology, S6376-S6378 [22MY]

S. 1580, reemployment of certain Federal employees after reductions in force, S11222 [29JY]

S. 1959, Women's Business Procurement Assistance Act, S16618 [13NO]

Tributes

Heinz, John, S4167 [9AP]