SHELBY, RICHARD C. (a Senator from Alabama)

Amendments offered by, to

Appropriations: technical and enrollment error corrections in acts (H.J. Res. 157), S17575, S17703 [22NO]

Dept. of Defense: making supplemental appropriations for personnel expenditures relative to Operation Desert Shield (S. 578), S3176, S3297 [13MR], S3341, S3445, S3450 [14MR]

Elections: campaign ethics reform and contribution limits (S. 3), S6182, S6253 [21MY]

Foreign aid: authorizing appropriations (S. 1435), S11013, 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), S11698, S11759, S11768, S11912, S11914 [1AU], S12059, S12083, S12322, S12326 [2AU]

Surface Transportation Efficiency Act: enact (S. 1204), S7663 [12JN], S8035 [18JN]

Telecommunications: research, design, and manufacturing of equipment (S. 173), S7069, S7224 [5JN]

Appointments

Acting President pro tempore, S5443 [8MY]

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

Conferee: H.R. 1175, authorizing supplemental appropriations for operational expenditures relative to Operation Desert Shield, S3560 [19MR]

———H.R. 2100, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military functions and to prescribe military personnel levels, S12115 [2AU]

Articles and editorials

Streets of Shame, Overdrive (publication), S15023 [22OC]

Truckers—Thumbs Down on U.S. Roads, Equipment World (publication), S15024 [22OC]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Armed Forces: penalty-free withdrawals from retirement plans by members called to active duty during Operation Desert Shield (see S. 82, S436 [14JA])

Budget: constitutional amendment relative to expenditures versus revenue (see S.J. Res. 128, S4984 [24AP])

Family and domestic relations: criminal penalties for flight to avoid payment of child support (see S. 1002, S5501 [8MY])

Languages: recognize English as official U.S. language (see S. 434, S2005 [20FE])

Medicaid: State use of provider-specific taxes for expenditures (see S. Con. Res. 67, S14220 [2OC])

Mowa Band of Choctaw Indians: recognition (see S. 362, S1699 [6FE])

National Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 142, S5615 [9MY])

Real property: licensure requirements for appraisers (see S. 998, S5406 [7MY])

Solid waste: State regulation of interstate disposal of hazardous waste (see S. 592, S2926 [7MR])

Veterans: payment of certain interim benefits (see S. 1107, S6210 [21MY])

World War II: Federal retirement credit for Cadet Nurse Corps service (see S. 827, S4456 [16AP])

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Advisory Council on Allied Health: establish (see S. 694, S6115 [17MY])

Aeronautics: age restrictions on aircraft pilots (see S. 859, S6890 [24MY])

Agriculture: disaster assistance to producers (see S. 1441, S9490 [10JY])

———price supports for milk (see S. 470, S3293 [13MR])

Angola: encourage peace talks (see S. Con. Res. 9, S1369 [31JA])

Armed Forces: appointment of chiropractors as commissioned officers (see S. 68, S436 [14JA])

Arms sales: delay approval until memorandum of understanding, before entry into force, has been transmitted to the Congress (see S. 1378, S8735 [26JN])

Boy Scouts of America: anniversary (see S.J. Res. 111, S5428 [7MY])

Braille Literacy Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 226, S17467 [21NO])

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see S.J. Res. 18, S1453 [31JA])

Buffalo Soldiers Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 92, S4373 [11AP])

Census: ensure accuracy by statistical correction methodology (see S.J. Res. 21, S5037 [24AP])

China, People's Republic of: prohibit importation of goods made with forced labor (see S. 1366, S8592 [25JN])

Coins: mint in commemoration of Operation Desert Shield (see S. 559, S2618 [5MR])

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

Colleges and universities: improve manufacturing engineering education programs (see S. 1331, S8136 [19JN])

Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act: waive application to certain farm vehicles (see S. 715, S3712 [20MR])

Committee on POW/MIA Affairs (Senate, Select): establish (see S. Res. 82, S8813 [26JN])

Committee on the Organization of Congress (Joint): establish (see S. Con. Res. 57, S16855 [15NO])

Conservation of energy: energy management plan for Federal agencies (see S. 1040, S18464 [26NO])

Country Music Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 189, S12676 [10SE])

Courts: establish a corps of administrative law judges (see S. 826, S4456 [16AP])

———judicial immunity (see S. 653, S3191 [13MR])

Crime: capital punishment for illegal drug and narcotic kingpins (see S. 105, S2217 [21FE])

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

———registration of all convicted child abusers with the National Crime Information Center (see S. 1008, S8034 [18JN])

Crime Prevention Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 202, S14226 [2OC])

Deaf Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 56, S1294 [30JA])

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])

Dept. of Education: establish an Office of Community Colleges (see S. 463, S7501 [11JN])

Diseases: provide health education on the medical problems associated with tobacco use (see S. 555, S4639 [17AP])

———research associated with exposure to dioxin and other chemicals in herbicides (see S. 238, S1013 [22JA])

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

Education: authorize grant to the national writing project (see S. 264, S1607 [5FE])

———encourage States to establish a Parents as Teachers Program (see S. 551, S2618 [5MR])

———higher education opportunities (see S. 1845, S17074 [19NO])

———improve counseling services for elementary school students (see S. 810, S4337 [11AP])

———improve foreign instruction and promote equal access to opportunities to study abroad (see S. 511, S2682 [5MR])

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

———lengthen special program grant cycles for disadvantaged students (see S. 882, S5427 [7MY])

———reauthorization of Star Schools Program Assistance Act (see S. 890, S5427 [7MY])

Elections: constitutional amendment relative to contributions and expenditures affecting congressional and Presidential elections (see S.J. Res. 35, S440 [14JA])

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

Executive departments: ensure use of appropriate Government procedures when taking private property (see S. 50, S4638 [17AP])

———performance standards (see S. 1449, S9839 [11JY])

Export Administration Act: reauthorizing (see S. 320, S1742 [6FE])

Fair Labor Standards Act: amend relative to exemption for small businesses from Federal minimum wage coverage (see S. 349, S1505 [5FE])

FDIC: improve administration (see S. 651, S3597 [19MR])

Federal Employees Recognition Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 51, S1609 [5FE])

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

Financial institutions: paperwork and reporting requirements (see S. 1129, S6355 [22MY])

———recapitalize the Federal deposit insurance fund and reform the regulatory and service systems (see S. 280, S3292 [13MR])

Flag-Wavers Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 123, S4456 [16AP])

Floods: national insurance program (see S. 1650, S15533 [30OC])

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

Foreign countries: prohibit importation of goods made with forced labor (see S. 1365, S8592 [25JN])

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

Foreign trade: procedures for implementing trade agreements (see S. Res. 78, S3191 [13MR])

Forests: protection and management in Washington, Oregon, and California (see S. 1156, S6654 [23MY])

Freedoms Foundation: Bill of Responsibilities (see S.J. Res. 38, S5806 [14MY])

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

Geological Survey: production of geologic-map information (see S. 1179, S10508 [19JY])

German-American Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 151, S6655 [23MY])

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])

Health: improve services for pregnant women, infants, and children (see S. 493, S4372 [11AP])

———provide a refundable tax credit for qualified cancer screening tests (see S. 891, S16282 [7NO])

———use of black lung benefit trusts for medical care costs of retired miners (see S. 541, S2618 [5MR])

Health care professionals: training of medical rehabilitation health personnel (see S. 694, S6115 [17MY])

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, S10057 [15JY])

Historic sites: preservation of heritage and resources (see S. 684, S3563 [19MR])

Hunting and trapping: protect rights within national forests (see S. 1294, S18464 [26NO])

Income: treatment of Federal pay relative to garnishment and similar legal fees (see S. 316, S9512 [10JY])

Income tax: increase personal exemption to $4,000 (see S. 152, S2031 [20FE])

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

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

International Parental Child Abduction Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 143, S11078 [26JY])

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, S4138 [22MR])

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

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, S7221 [5JN])

Korea, Republic of: Congressional review of F-16 aircraft coproduction (see S. 1397, S8736 [26JN])

———proposed sale of F-16C/D aircraft and other specified defense articles (see S.J. Res. 177, S10043 [15JY]; S.J. Res. 178, S10043 [15JY]

Korean War Memorial Act: amend (see S. 855, S10583 [22JY])

Korean War Veterans Remembrance Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 141, S5406 [7MY])

Kuwait: involvement of U.S. small businesses in rebuilding (see S. Res. 72, S5355 [6MY])

Library Services and Construction Act: increase grant amounts (see S. 420, S3596 [19MR])

Lyme Disease Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 74, S6068 [16MY])

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

Martin Luther King, Jr., Federal Holiday Commission: increase appropriations, personnel, and pay rates (see S. 1505, S10495 [19JY])

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

Medicare: benefits for low-income elderly and disabled beneficiaries (see S. 1482, S12314 [2AU])

———coverage of certain chiropractic services (see S. 614, S15711 [31OC])

———exclude rural areas from payment reductions (see S. 717, S7388 [6JN])

———extended care services relative to hospitalization requirements (see S. 1572, S12924 [12SE])

———relief to physicians relative to excessive regulations (see S. 1332, S8136 [19JN])

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

Middle East: contributions of defense industries to Operation Desert Shield (see S. Res. 103, S4456 [16AP])

———military action to enforce U.N. Security Council resolution against Iraq (see S.J. Res. 2, S321 [11JA])

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

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

Military Order of the World Wars: grant charter (see S. 1578, S12924 [12SE])

Monopolies: consumer protection from price-fixing (see S. 429, S2005 [20FE])

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

NASA: authorizing appropriations (see S. 98, S6924 [3JN])

National African-American Memorial Museum: establish (see S. 523, S9136 [28JN])

National Alzheimer's Disease Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 36, S1243 [29JA]; 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 Breast Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 95, S5806 [14MY])

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

National Child Abuse Prevention Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 52, S3105 [12MR])

National Children's Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 126, S6419 [22MY])

National Crime Victims' Rights Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 16, S2682 [5MR])

National D.A.R.E. Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 121, S5673 [9MY])

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

National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 73, S2218 [21FE])

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

National Family Caregivers Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 99, S7503 [11JN])

National Family Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 8, S4895 [23AP])

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, S2683 [5MR])

National Guard: Federal support of State defense forces (see S. 958, S6068 [16MY])

National Gymnastics Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 163, S10791 [24JY])

National Hero Remembrance Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 144, S7045 [4JN])

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

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

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

National Invent America! Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 140, S10154 [16JY])

National Job Skills Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 164, S10057 [15JY])

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

National Literacy Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 146, S7223 [5JN])

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

National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 86, S4779 [18AP])

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

National Philanthropy Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 96, S5306 [25AP])

National Police Athletic League Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 82, S4640 [17AP])

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, S2218 [21FE]; S. Res. 41, S2218 [21FE]

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 Rehabilitation Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 72, S4895 [23AP])

National Scleroderma Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 130, S6744 [23MY])

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

National Student-Athlete Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 50, S1743 [6FE])

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

National Women in Agriculture Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 176, S14433 [4OC])

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

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

Older Americans Act: improve programs (see S. 974, S5137 [25AP])

———revise and extend (see S. 243, S16282 [7NO])

Pediatric AIDS Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 115, S7503 [11JN])

Pensions: provide nonforfeitable benefits to participants of certain terminated plans (see S. 351, S1505 [5FE])

Pesticides: regulation of use (see S. 2085, S18335 [26NO])

Pledge of Allegiance: mint coins to commemorate anniversary (see S. 1087, S16082 [6NO])

Polish American Heritage Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 125, S7390 [6JN])

Poverty: training youth in education and employment skills and expand housing opportunities (see S. 1100, S17258 [20NO])

Powell, Colin L.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 565, S2844 [6MR])

———request President Bush to appoint as General of the Army (see S.J. Res. 85, S2845 [6MR])

Power resources: development of hydrogen as an alternative energy system (see S. 1269, S9137 [28JN])

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

———partnerships between the Dept. of Energy laboratories and other laboratories (see S. 1351, S10791 [24JY])

POW/MIA: disclosure of information on certain U.S. personnel (see S. 1270, S9268 [8JY])

———display flag at public buildings (see S.J. Res. 45, S1324 [30JA])

———display of flag at national cemeteries (see S.J. Res. 136, S7390 [6JN])

President's Committee on Mental Retardation: anniversary (see S.J. Res. 173, S16855 [15NO])

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

Public welfare: food stamp and nutrition programs (see S. 602, S4778 [18AP])

Raye, Martha: award the Presidential Medal of Freedom (see S. Con. Res. 62, S15016 [22OC])

Reclamation Reform Act: amend (see S. 1501, S10442 [18JY])

Retired Enlisted Association, Inc.: grant charter (see S. 447, S3596 [19MR])

Rural areas: provide incentives to health care providers and establish State health service corps demonstration projects (see S. 1125, S6355 [22MY])

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

Schwarzkopf, H. Norman, Jr.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 534, S3105 [12MR])

———request President Bush to appoint as General of the Army (see S.J. Res. 85, S2845 [6MR])

Securities: regulation of Government auctions (see S. 1699, S12663 [10SE])

Securities Exchange Act: statute of limitations for private rights of action arising from a violation (see S. 1533, S10675 [23JY])

Shepherd's Centers of America, Inc.: grant charter (see S. 1476, S10135 [16JY])

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

Small business: financial development assistance to military reservists' businesses (see S. 360, S2437 [27FE])

Social Security: assistance to States to support informal caregivers of individuals with functional limitations (see S. 972, S14711 [15OC])

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

———earnings test for retirement age individuals (see S. 194, S439 [14JA])

———long-term care insurance policies (see S. 846, S7502 [11JN])

———State matching payments through voluntary contributions (see S. 833, S4612 [17AP])

Social Security Administration: notice and procedures before closing or recategorizing certain offices (see S. 278, S2217 [21FE])

Sports: prohibit State-sanctioned gambling (see S. 474, S10055 [15JY])

Student loans: deferral during professional internships (see S. 102, S437 [14JA])

Tariff: footwear (see S. 405, S1790 [7FE])

Taxation: allow deduction for adult home care relative to Alzheimer's disease (see S. 895, S7222 [5JN])

———capital gains (see S. 656, S3191 [13MR])

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

———credit for the purchase of a principal residence by a first-time home buyer (see S. 2078, S18335 [26NO])

———deductions for adoption expenses (see S. 709, S3712 [20MR])

———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, S3930 [21MR])

———exclusion for employee educational assistance (see S. 24, S993 [17JA])

———exempt from luxury tax passenger vehicle parts or accessories for disabled individuals (see S. 401, S1920 [19FE])

———extend low-income housing credit (see S. 1447, S9839 [11JY])

———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])

———increase exemption for dependent children under age 18 (see S. 701, S4639 [17AP])

———increase personal exemption for taxpayer dependents (see S. 642, S4639 [17AP])

———increase personal exemption for young dependent children (see S. 643, S4639 [17AP])

———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, S12313 [2AU])

———relief to utilities installing acid rain reduction equipment (see S. 1234, S7503 [11JN])

———repeal excise tax on luxury items (see S. 1261, S14225 [2OC])

———repeal luxury tax on purchase of boats (see S. 649, S4249 [9AP])

———repeal recreational vessel fee (see S. 843, S12674 [10SE])

———restore deduction for interest on educational loans (see S. 542, S2618 [5MR])

———rollover of gain from sale of farm assets into individual retirement account (see S. 1130, S6355 [22MY])

———small issue bonds (see S. 1357, S14225 [2OC])

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

———treatment of certain deductions of members of the National Guard or Armed Forces Reserve units (see S. 246, S2843 [6MR])

———treatment of church pension benefit plans (see S. 747, S3929 [21MR])

———treatment of compensation received by members of the Armed Forces for active service in a dangerous foreign area (see S. 199, S1741 [6FE])

———treatment of forestry activities (see S. 2009, S17433 [21NO])

———treatment of telephone cooperatives (see S. 879, S5518 [8MY])

———use of individual retirement account or annuity to purchase first home (see S. 307, S1918 [19FE])

Tax-exempt organizations: treatment of certain amateur athletic events relative to unrelated trade or business of such organization (see S. 866, S8214 [19JN])

Technology: research and development of critical technologies (see S. 979, S8136 [19JN]; S. 1327, S8136 [19JN]; S. 1329, S9268 [8JY])

———research and development of manufacturing technologies (see S. 1328, S8136 [19JN]; S. 1330, S8136 [19JN]

Telecommunications: research, design, and manufacturing of equipment (see S. 173, S3104 [12MR])

Trees: designate the oak as the national arboreal emblem (see S.J. Res. 113, S8353 [20JN])

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

Ukraine: recognize independence (see S. Con. Res. 65, S18709 [27NO])

Veterans: access to tobacco products by individuals receiving care at Dept. of Veterans Affairs medical facilities (see S. 1627, S15974 [5NO])

———concurrent receipt of disability and retirement benefits (see S. 190, S7501 [11JN])

———cost-of-living increases in disability compensation (see S. 78, S960 [16JA])

———disability compensation for service-connected disabilities (see S. 1, S433 [14JA]; S. 41, S435 [14JA]; S. 107, S437 [14JA])

———establish silver medal for service in a combat zone during the Persian Gulf Conflict (see S. 1774, S17695 [22NO])

———furnish outpatient medical services for disabilities of former POW (see S. 327, S1368 [31JA])

———increase rates of compensation for service-connected disabilities (see S. 775, S12987 [13SE])

———mobile health care clinic program for individuals in rural areas (see S. 1424, S17074 [19NO])

———suspend certain bars to the furnishing of benefits (see S. 659, S4249 [9AP])

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

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

Wetlands: conservation and management (see S. 1463, S9839 [11JY])

Women: counseling and information to pregnant women receiving certain public health assistance (see S. 323, S7388 [6JN])

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

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

World War II: award the bronze star to personnel who served in defense of Corregidor Island, the Philippines (see S. 2015, S17433 [21NO])

———contributions of Federal civilian employees during the attack on Pearl Harbor (see S.J. Res. 198, S14712 [15OC])

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

Year of the Wetlands: designate (see S.J. Res. 6, S3105 [12MR])

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 (H.R. 3371), conference report, S18615 [27NO]

Power resources: comprehensive energy security policy (S. 1220), S15542 [30OC], S15754 [1NO]

Transportation: establish a national comprehensive surface transportation system (H.R. 2950), conference report, S18580 [27NO]

Letters

Dept. of Defense appropriations conference report: by, S17797 [23NO]

Meetings

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: subcommittee appointments, D145 [7FE]

Remarks by, on

Agriculture: price supports for milk, S17570 [22NO]

Appropriations: technical and enrollment error corrections in acts (H.J. Res. 157), S17570, S17577 [22NO]

Armed Forces: penalty-free withdrawals from retirement plans by members called to active duty during Operation Desert Shield (S. 82), S726 [14JA]

Association of Transportation Practitioners: tribute, S12368 [2AU]

Budget: constitutional amendment relative to expenditures versus revenue (S.J. Res. 128), S5034 [24AP]

Columbia (space shuttle): tribute to STS-40 crew, S8376 [20JN]

Courts: habeas corpus reform, S8696 [26JN]

Crime: national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (S. 1241), S8696 [26JN]

Dept. of Defense: B-2 stealth bomber development, S11673 [1AU]

———environmental restoration at Fort McClellan, AL, S12084 [2AU]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2521), conference report, S17830 [23NO]

———making supplemental appropriations for personnel expenditures relative to Operation Desert Shield (S. 578), S3188 [13MR]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2707), S12783 [11SE]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs, HUD, and independent agencies, commissions, corporations, and offices: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2519), S10247 [17JY]

Family and domestic relations: criminal penalties for flight to avoid payment of child support (S. 1002), S5502 [8MY]

Financial institutions: paperwork and reporting requirements (S. 1129), S6374 [22MY]

Gadsden, AL: tribute, S10588 [22JY]

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

Health care facilities: establishment of head injury centers, S12783 [11SE]

Infant Mortality Awareness Day: designate (H.J. Res. 194), S5440 [7MY]

Languages: recognize English as official U.S. language (S. 434), S2023 [20FE], S15811 [1NO]

Marion, AL: tribute to Francis Marion High School basketball team, S3814 [20MR]

Medicaid: State use of provider-specific taxes for expenditures (S. Con. Res. 67), S14226 [2OC]

Middle East: arms sales to Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, S17577 [22NO]

———military action to enforce U.N. Security Council resolution against Iraq (S.J. Res. 2), S377 [12JA]

———U.S. military presence (S. Con. Res. 2), S967 [17JA]

Mobile, AL: tribute to Blue Gill Restaurant, S4259 [9AP]

Monopolies: consumer protection from price-fixing (S. 429), S5377 [7MY], S5487 [8MY]

Mowa Band of Choctaw Indians: recognition (S. 362), S1702 [6FE]

National defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and personnel of the Depts. of Defense and Energy (S. 1507), S11673 [1AU], S12084 [2AU]

———development and testing of ballistic missile systems, S3188 [13MR]

National Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Week: designate (S.J. Res. 142), S5669 [9MY]

Natural gas: role in domestic energy policy, S10512 [22JY]

Power resources: comprehensive energy security policy (S. 1220), S10060 [15JY], S10512 [22JY], S10933 [25JY]

Real property: licensure requirements for appraisers (S. 998), S5419 [7MY]

Solid waste: State regulation of interstate disposal of hazardous waste (S. 592), S2935 [7MR]

Space policy: development of space station, S10247 [17JY]

Surface Transportation Efficiency Act: enact (S. 1204), S15023 [22OC]

Telecommunications: research, design, and manufacturing of equipment (S. 173), S7072 [5JN]

Thomas, Clarence: nomination to Supreme Court, S13993 [1OC], S14667 [15OC]

Unemployment: emergency compensation (H.R. 3575), S16818, S16819 [15NO]

University of Alabama: tribute to women's gymnastics team, S5317 [25AP]

Veterans: expand services for post-traumatic stress disorder patients (S. 869), S17144 [20NO]

———increase rates of compensation for service-connected disabilities (S. 775), S17144 [20NO]

———payment of certain interim benefits (S. 1107), S6254 [21MY]

World War II: treatment of service in the Cadet Nurse Corps relative to civil service retirement benefits (S. 827), S4478 [16AP]

Testimonies

Committee on Finance: Tax Benefits for Persian Gulf Troops (S. 82, 199, 246, 252, 254, 342, 354, 355), D195 [27FE]

Committee on Indian Affairs (Select): Recognition of Mowa Band of Choctaw Indians (S. 362), D832 [26JN]

Committee on the Judiciary (Senate): Nomination of William H. Albritton III To Be District Judge, D476 [24AP]

Texts of

S. 362, Mowa Band of Choctaw Indians Recognition Act, S1703 [6FE]

S. 592, Hazardous and Solid Waste Management Act, S2936 [7MR]

S. 1002, criminal penalties for flight to avoid payment of child support, S5502 [8MY]

S.J. Res. 142, National Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Week, S5670 [9MY]

Tributes

Amos, John B., S4448 [16AP]

Brooks, Dennis Matthew, S18315 [26NO]

Greene, Louis, S3013 [12MR]

Harwood, Robert B., S16339 [12NO]

Hembree, Robert L. (Bob), S2590 [5MR]

Jackson, William P., Jr., S12368 [2AU]

Newman, Max, S12368 [2AU]

Poole, Victor, S2231 [21FE]

Rains, Albert, S4257 [9AP]

Rose, Frank A., S1889 [19FE]