PRYOR, DAVID (a Senator from Arkansas)
Amendments offered by, to
Appropriations: technical and enrollment error corrections in acts (H.J. Res. 157), S17612, S17706 [22NO]
Crime: national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (S. 1241), S9087, S9197 [28JN]
Dept. of Defense: making supplemental appropriations for personnel expenditures relative to Operation Desert Shield and other urgent domestic programs (H.R. 1281), S3500, S3600 [19MR]
Eastern European nations: termination of application of certain provisions of the Trade Act to the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic and Hungary (H.R. 1724), S16837, S16856 [15NO]
Financial institutions: reform deposit insurance system (S. 543), S16702, S16768 [14NO]
Older Americans Act: revise and extend (S. 243), S16461 [12NO]
Resolution Trust Corp.: funding (S. 419), S2727, S2847 [6MR]
Surface Transportation Efficiency Act: enact (S. 1204), S7505, S7507 [11JN], S7563, S7567 [12JN], S8035 [18JN]
Announcements
National Public Service Awards: American Society for Public Administration, S3302
———National Academy of Public Administration, S3302
Appointments
Committee To Escort the President, H776 [29JA]
Congressional adviser on trade policy and negotiations, S2498 [28FE]
Task Force on Aging Research, S14217 [2OC]
Articles and editorials
At Tokyo Fair, U.S. Booth Sparks Rift Over Rice, Paul Blustein, Washington (DC) Post, S3896 [21MR]
Drugmakers Under Attack, Brian O'Reilly, Fortune (publication), S12619-S12622 [10SE]
Economy—18-Month Forecast—Winners and Losers, Alison Sprout and Jessica S. von Brachel, Fortune (publication), S12618 [10SE]
FDA Will Probe SmithKline on Pitch for Unlicensed Drugs, David Brown, Washington (DC) Post, S12622 [10SE]
Great Tokyo Food Fight, Washington (DC) Post, S3895 [21MR]
Heart Attack! by, Little Rock (AR) Arkansas Times, S11701-S11703, S11721-S11723 [1AU], S12650, S12652 [10SE]
In Land-Of-Opportunity Arkansas Ohlendorf Has Brought Industry Knocking, Helen W. Norman, Rhodes College (publication), S18849
Japan Bids U.S. Remove Rice From Trade Display, Journal of Commerce, S3897 [21MR]
Japan Makes Federal Case of U.S. Rice Display, Little Rock (AR) Arkansas Democrat, S3896 [21MR]
Japan Move Angers Rice Council Member—U.S. Forced To Pull Entry From Food Exhibition, Lisa Pevtzow, Little Rock (AR) Arkansas Gazette, S3895 [21MR]
Japan Objects to U.S. Rice, New York (NY) Times, S3897 [21MR]
Japan Shuts U.S. Rice Exhibition, David E. Sanger, New York (NY) Times, S3896 [21MR]
Medicine Cheaper Can Be Better, Andrew Purvis, Time (publication), S12619 [10SE]
Silent Harvest, Wall Street Journal, S18402
Truman Scholarship Rewards Brown's Public Service Goals, Shirley A. Marc, University Reflections (University of Arkansas publication), S5808
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Committee on Aging (Special): authorizing expenditures (see S. Res. 31, S1369 [31JA])
Pesticides: regulation of use (see S. 2085, S18335 [26NO])
Pharmaceuticals: containment of prescription drug prices (see S. 2000, S17433 [21NO])
Senate: print additional copies of the report entitled Developments in Aging—1990 (see S. Res. 79, S3191 [13MR])
Social Security: long-term care insurance policies (see S. 846, S4612 [17AP])
Taxation: exclude small transactions from broker reporting requirements (see S. 200, S439 [14JA])
———treatment of church pension benefit plans (see S. 747, S3929 [21MR])
———treatment of interest paid relative to certain life insurance contracts (see S. 632, S3021 [12MR])
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Agriculture: disaster assistance to producers (see S. 1441, S9490 [10JY])
———limitation on Export Enhancement Program bonus awards (see S. Res. 57, S1907 [19FE])
———price supports for milk (see S. 1527, S10675 [23JY])
Amtrak: anniversary (see S.J. Res. 98, S3712 [20MR])
Armed Forces: treatment of farmers and ranchers serving in the Persian Gulf (see S. 393, S1920 [19FE])
Boy Scouts of America: anniversary (see S.J. Res. 111, S4640 [17AP])
Braille Literacy Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 226, S17467 [21NO])
Buffalo Soldiers Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 92, S3021 [12MR])
Census: ensure accuracy by statistical correction methodology (see S.J. Res. 21, S576 [15JA])
Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act: waive application to certain farm vehicles (see S. 715, S3712 [20MR])
Country Music Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 189, S12676 [10SE])
Deaf Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 56, S1743 [6FE])
Democratic Party: establish a commission to commemorate the bicentennial establishment (see S. 2047, S18086 [25NO])
Ecology and environment: carbon dioxide emissions reductions (see S. Res. 53, S1790 [7FE])
Education: authorize grant to the national writing project (see S. 264, S4063 [21MR])
———encourage States to establish a Parents as Teachers Program (see S. 551, S4249 [9AP])
———improve counseling services for elementary school students (see S. 810, S5036 [24AP])
Elections: campaign ethics reform and contribution limits (see S. 3, S1242 [29JA])
Employment: establish youth apprenticeship demonstration programs (see S. 2059, S18334 [26NO])
Endangered species: protection of the African elephant (see S. Con. Res. 70, S15016 [22OC])
Executive departments: compliance with hazardous waste control laws (see S. 596, S12924 [12SE])
———ensure use of appropriate Government procedures when taking private property (see S. 50, S435 [14JA])
Fair Labor Standards Act: amend relative to exemption for small businesses from Federal minimum wage coverage (see S. 349, S1505 [5FE])
Families and domestic relations: facilitate the reunion on a voluntary basis of birth and adoptive families (see S. 1863, S15072 [23OC])
Federal Advisory Committee Act: amend (see S. 2039, S18085 [25NO])
Federal employees: honoraria (see S. 242, S1007 [22JA])
———voluntary participation in the political process (see S. 914, S4983 [24AP])
Federal Employees Recognition Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 51, S1609 [5FE])
FERC: extend time limitations in certain licenses issued (see S. 1283, S7628 [12JN])
Foreign trade: reciprocal responses to foreign practices that deny national treatment to U.S. investment (see S. 650, S3191 [13MR])
———U.S. Trade Representative review of compliance with trade agreements (see S. 388, S1789 [7FE])
Gandhi, Rajiv: assassination (see S. Res. 131, S6210 [21MY])
GATT: enforcement of oilseeds panel ruling against EEC (see S. Res. 201, S14976 [22OC])
Geological Survey: production of geologic-map information (see S. 1179, S11854 [1AU])
Girl Scouts of the United States of America 80th Anniversary Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 210, S16855 [15NO])
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, S4489 [16AP])
Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see S. 1872, S15158 [24OC])
———reauthorize and expand to area education centers (see S. 1648, S14433 [4OC])
Heinz, John: tribute (see S. Res. 92, S4230 [9AP])
Historic sites: preservation of heritage and resources (see S. 684, S15974 [5NO])
Hunger: ensure adequate diet for all Americans (see S. 757, S3929 [21MR])
Hunting and trapping: protect rights within national forests (see S. 1294, S14083 [1OC])
International Red Cross: access to POW in Iraq (see S. Con. Res. 8, S1369 [31JA])
IRS: time extension for certain acts for individuals performing services under Operation Desert Shield (see S. 8, S434 [14JA])
Local government: increase Federal payments in lieu of taxes (see S. 140, S11853 [1AU])
Martin Luther King, Jr., Federal Holiday Commission: increase appropriations, personnel, and pay rates (see S. 1505, S14364 [3OC])
Medicaid: determinations of denial of payment to States (see S. 1240, S7290 [6JN])
Medicare: purchase of medical equipment and supplies (see S. 1736, S16854 [15NO])
———standards to prevent abuse in the acquisition of durable medical equipment, devices, and supplies (see S. 1988, S17044 [19NO])
Middle East: congressional approval of military action to enforce U.N. Security Council resolution against Iraq pending failure of economic sanctions (see S.J. Res. 1, S178 [10JA])
———success of multinational military action against Iraq (see S. Con. Res. 13, S2508 [28FE])
Mining: disposition of certain minerals on public lands (see S. 433, S2005 [20FE])
Motion pictures: observe anniversary of moviemaking and the contributions of the American Film Institute (see S. Con. Res. 44, S6922 [3JN])
Narcotics: emergency Federal assistance to drug emergency areas (see S. 16, S434 [14JA])
NASA: authorizing appropriations (see S. 98, S8811 [26JN])
National Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Awareness Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 174, S9266 [8JY])
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 Crime Victims' Rights Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 16, S4064 [21MR])
National Family Caregivers Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 99, S17467 [21NO])
National Family Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 8, S4373 [11AP])
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 Invent America! Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 140, S10154 [16JY])
National Job Skills Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 164, S15015 [22OC])
National Law Enforcement Training Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 100, S16623 [13NO])
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, S5428 [7MY])
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, S14602 [8OC])
National Red Ribbon Week for a Drug-Free America: designate (see S.J. Res. 212, S14426 [4OC])
National Senior Nutrition Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 108, S6068 [16MY])
National Tourism Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 102, S4373 [11AP])
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, S10299 [17JY])
Older Americans Act: improve programs (see S. 974, S5137 [25AP])
Pledge of Allegiance: mint coins to commemorate anniversary (see S. 1087, S9512 [10JY])
Polish American Heritage Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 125, S7503 [11JN])
Postal Rate Commission: information availability (see S. 948, S5136 [25AP])
———provide judicial standing (see S. 947, S5136 [25AP])
Postal Service: classes and rates for mail and postal services (see S. 949, S5136 [25AP])
———consideration of postal rate changes (see S. 946, S5136 [25AP])
———establish Stamp Selection Committee (see S. 901, S4837 [23AP])
———procedures that impact nationwide service (see S. 1868, S15158 [24OC])
Recycling: degradable plastics (see S. 603, S2926 [7MR])
Research: protection of animal research facilities from criminal acts (see S. 544, S3293 [13MR])
Resolution Trust Corp.: restructure Oversight Board and Board of Directors into a single governing entity (see S. 389, S1789 [7FE])
Rural areas: crime and drug control (see S. 1313, S8014 [18JN])
———provide incentives to health care providers and establish State health service corps demonstration projects (see S. 1125, S6355 [22MY])
Securities Exchange Act: statute of limitations for private rights of action arising from a violation (see S. 1533, S14711 [15OC])
Senior citizens: improve nutrition services (see S. 1477, S10135 [16JY])
———provide nutrition services and intergenerational activities in elementary school facilities (see S. 973, S5137 [25AP])
Social Security: family support systems (see S. 4, S434 [14JA])
———State matching payments through voluntary contributions (see S. 833, S4612 [17AP])
Social Security Administration: budget (see S. 2117, S18336 [26NO])
———establish as an independent agency (see S. 33, S435 [14JA])
Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act: improve and clarify protections (see S. 330, S1742 [6FE])
Sports: prohibit State-sanctioned gambling (see S. 474, S16282 [7NO])
Surplus Government property: availability of certain property for humanitarian relief (see S. 1333, S8136 [19JN])
Tariff: footwear (see S. 405, S1790 [7FE])
Taxation: allocation of deductions of State and local income and franchise taxes (see S. 1647, S12181 [2AU])
———capital gains tax differential for investments in start-up and other small enterprises (see S. 1932, S16213 [7NO])
———charitable contributions relative to appreciated property (see S. 359, S1505 [5FE])
———clarify that customer based, market share, and any similar intangible items are amortizable (see S. 1245, S10508 [19JY])
———deductions for decommissioning costs of nuclear powerplants (see S. 1641, S12181 [2AU])
———employee benefit plans (see S. 1364, S8592 [25JN])
———exclude imposition of employer Social Security taxes on cash tips (see S. 765, S16082 [6NO])
———exclusion for employee educational assistance (see S. 24, S2031 [20FE])
———exempt from luxury tax passenger vehicle parts or accessories for disabled individuals (see S. 401, S12798 [11SE])
———exemption for contributions in aid of construction (see S. 1398, S12924 [12SE])
———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, S436 [14JA]; S. 89, S436 [14JA]
———increase prices to farmers while assisting in feeding the hungry (see S. 1826, S14588 [8OC])
———increase research activity tax credits (see S. 416, S1790 [7FE])
———individual retirement accounts (see S. 612, S3020 [12MR])
———permanent extension of the targeted jobs credit (see S. 581, S2771 [6MR])
———prohibit the retroactive application of Dept. of the Treasury regulations and rulings (see S. 532, S2507 [28FE])
———repeal recreational vessel fee (see S. 843, S4612 [17AP])
———tax credit for children and expand the use of individual retirement accounts (see S. 1921, S16060 [6NO])
———treatment gains or losses from sale of assets by farmer cooperatives (see S. 1522, S10554 [22JY])
———treatment of certain bonds (see S. 150, S438 [14JA])
———treatment of certain real estate activities under passive loss rules (see S. 1257, S14433 [4OC])
———treatment of long-term care insurance and benefits (see S. 1693, S12183 [2AU])
———treatment of travel on company aircraft (see S. 1346, S15711 [31OC])
Tax-exempt organizations: treatment of certain amateur athletic events relative to unrelated trade or business of such organization (see S. 866, S4737 [18AP])
Transportation: authorize funding for highway construction, mass transit, and safety programs (see S. 1121, S6419 [22MY])
Walesa, Lech: U.S. visit (see S. Res. 90, S3930 [21MR])
Whistle blowing: protection of Government corporation personnel (see S. 392, S1789 [7FE])
Women's History Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 62, S1506 [5FE])
World Food Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 147, S14225 [2OC])
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 Ethics (Select): appointment (see S. Res. 174, S12663 [10SE])
Illness (see S. Res. 108, S4737 [18AP])
Books
Carpenter Family—Farming Vegetables and Fruit Keeps Their Dream Alive, Dept. of Agriculture Yearbook of Agriculture (excerpt), S5810
Certificates of election
Senate, S3 [3JA]
Cloture motions
Education: improve system (S. 2), S18803 [27NO]
Explanations
How the EEC harms U.S. agriculture, S15019 [22OC]
Factsheets
Facts Countering Drug Industry Fiction Regarding Research and Development, S17299 [21NO]
Letters
Dept. of the Treasury rulings on stock requirements: by, S1852
Enforcement of GATT oilseeds panel ruling against EEC: by, S15018 [22OC]
———Frane Andriessen and Ray MacSharry, S15018 [22OC]
———several Senators, S15018 [22OC]
Long-term health care: by, S12311 [2AU]
Older Americans Act reauthorization: by, S5260 [25AP]
Rural Crime and Drug Control Act: by, S8015 [18JN]
Rural Primary Care Act: by, S6366 [22MY]
Senior Nutrition Act: by, S10137 [16JY]
Unauthorized disclosure of confidential wire tap information: by, S9088 [28JN]
Lists
Coalition for Sensible Pesticide Policy, S18402
Organizations endorsing the Prescription Drug Cost Containment Act, S17298 [21NO]
Meetings
Subcommittee assignments, D344 [20MR]
Oaths of office
Senate, S5 [3JA]
Profile
Carmen Jorgensen—Goodwill Ambassador for U.S. Agriculture, Denice A.G. Gray, Dept. of Agriculture yearbook, S2550
Remarks by, on
Agriculture: budget proposal, S1853
———rice producer regulations, S3499 [19MR]
American Society for Public Administration: National Public Service Award recipients, S3302
Appropriations: technical and enrollment error corrections in acts (H.J. Res. 157), S17612 [22NO]
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, AK: oil and gas leasing, S15759 [1NO]
Arkansas: Poultry and Egg Week, S2237
Brandon, William H.: American Bankers Association election, S5808
Brown, Earnest: Harry S. Truman Scholarship recipient, S5808
Civil Rights Act: restore and strengthen laws that ban discrimination in employment (S. 1745), S15381 [29OC]
Committee on Aging (Special): notices of hearings, S3112 [12MR]
Committee on Governmental Affairs: notices of hearings, S1626 [5FE]
Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 2521), conference report, S17811, S17813 [23NO]
———making supplemental appropriations for personnel expenditures relative to Operation Desert Shield and other urgent domestic programs (H.R. 1281), S3499 [19MR]
Dept. of the Treasury: proposed regulations on stock requirements, S1852
Ecology and environment: carbon dioxide emissions reductions (S. Res. 53), S1760 [7FE]
Expression of appreciation: by, S12616 [10SE]
Fair Labor Standards Act: amend relative to exemption for small businesses from Federal minimum wage coverage (S. 349), S1585 [5FE]
Federal employees: performance management and recognition system (H.R. 1316), S3623 [19MR]
Financial institutions: interbank liabilities, S17378 [21NO]
———reform deposit insurance system (S. 543), S16715 [14NO], S17378 [21NO]
Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act: agricultural program amendments (H.R. 3029), S17776, S17777 [22NO]
GATT: enforcement of oilseeds panel ruling against EEC (S. Res. 201), S15017 [22OC]
Government: consulting services, S3891 [21MR]
Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, S15122 [24OC]
———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 1872), S15193 [24OC]
———prescription drug prices, S2711 [6MR]
International Red Cross: access to POW in Iraq (S. Con. Res. 8), S1364 [31JA]
Japan: treatment of U.S. rice, S3895 [21MR]
Lever, Loretta: SBA's National Minority Advocate of the Year, S5809
Medicare: standards to prevent abuse in the acquisition of durable medical equipment, devices, and supplies (S. 1988), S17061
Middle East: congressional approval of military action to enforce U.N. Security Council resolution against Iraq pending failure of economic sanctions (S.J. Res. 1), S331 [12JA]
National Academy of Public Administration: National Public Service Award recipients, S3302
National objectives: priorities, S12617 [10SE]
National Youth Sports Program: tribute, S2982
Older Americans Act: revise and extend (S. 243), S16440 [12NO]
Pesticides: regulation of use (S. 2085), S18401
Pharmaceuticals: containment of prescription drug prices (S. 2000), S17291, S17296, S17298, S17300 [21NO]
———pricing policies, S12617 [10SE]
Power resources: comprehensive energy security policy (S. 1220), S15759 [1NO]
Quick, H. Edward, Jr.: nomination to the Postal Rate Commission, S17781 [22NO]
Resolution Trust Corp.: funding (S. 419), S2757 [6MR]
Rural areas: encourage investments and development, S17776 [22NO]
Senator John Heinz Accomplishments in the Field of Elderly Legislation: Senate Special Committee on Aging, S4158 [9AP]
Senior citizens: elderly nutrition pilot projects, S17777 [22NO]
Social Security: long-term care insurance policies (S. 846), S4630
Taxation: application of laws to employee benefit plans (S. 1364), S8597
———exclude small transactions from broker reporting requirements (S. 200), S2595 [5MR]
———prohibit the retroactive application of Dept. of the Treasury regulations and rulings (S. 532), S2522
———taxpayer bill of rights, S16015 [6NO]
———treatment of church pension benefit plans (S. 747), S4004
———treatment of interest paid relative to certain life insurance contracts (S. 632), S3096
Thomas, Clarence: nomination to Supreme Court, S14696 [15OC]
Unemployment: emergency compensation, S14385 [4OC]
———emergency compensation (H.R. 3575), S16720 [14NO]
Veterans: disability compensation for service-connected disabilities (H.R. 3), S1132 [24JA]
Whistle blowing: protection of Government corporation personnel (S. 392), S1807
Remarks in Senate relative to
Committee on Ethics (Select): appointment (S. Res. 174), S12606 [10SE]
Illness (S. Res. 108), S4724, S4725 [18AP]
Tribute, S11701, S11721 [1AU], S12579, S12581, S12582, S12585, S12591, S12616, S12650 [10SE]
Reports
Budget Scorekeeping: CBO, S5810
Year-End Report of the Federal Judiciary: William H. Rehnquist, S1331
Reports filed
Committee Expenditures: Committee on Aging (Special) (S. 31), S1367 [31JA]
Developments in Aging—1990: Committee on Aging (Special) (S. Rept. 102-28), S4116 [22MR]
Statements
Confirmation of Clarence Thomas to the D.C. Circuit Court: by, S14695 [15OC]
———Senator Danforth, S14696 [15OC]
———Senator Kohl, S14697 [15OC]
———Senator Metzenbaum, S14697 [15OC]
Medicare Fraud: John Heinz, S4158 [9AP]
Nomination of H. Edward Quick, Jr., to the Postal Rate Commission: H. Edward Quick, S17782 [22NO]
Summaries
Employee Benefits Simplification and Expansion Act (S. 1364), S8604
Prescription Drug Cost Containment Act (S. 2000), S17298 [21NO]
Taxpayer Bill of Rights 2 (T2), S16015-S16017 [6NO]
Testimonies
Committee on Appropriations (Senate): Energy and Water Development Programs, D329 [19MR]
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Pharmaceutical Pricing by Manufacturers for Drugs Purchased by Certain Entities (S. 1729), D1258 [16OC]
Texts of
S. 200, exclude small transactions from broker reporting requirements, S2595 [5MR]
S. 632, tax treatment of interest paid relative to certain life insurance contracts, S3097
S. 747, Church Retirement Benefits Simplification Act, S4005
S. 1313, Rural Crime and Drug Control Act, S8015 [18JN]
S. 1364, Employee Benefits Simplification and Expansion Act, S8597
S. 2000, Prescription Drug Cost Containment Act, S17292-S17295 [21NO]
S. Res. 108, personal illness, S4786 [18AP]
S. Res. 174, appointment to the Committee on Ethics (Select), S12606, S12676 [10SE]
Tributes
Boren, Senator, S1364 [31JA]
Bowen, William H., S5809
Brown, Drew T., III, S12363
Harris, Oren, S1246
Heinz, John, S4157-S4159 [9AP]
Jorgensen, Carmen and Wayne, S2550
Ohlendorf, Harold, S18849
Yager, Claude, S2716 [6MR]