SYMMS, STEVEN D. (a Senator from Idaho)
Addresses
Defender of the National Interest Award: John P. Cregan, S9413 [10JY]
Domestic Policy: President Bush, S7625-S7627 [12JN]
Environmental Issues and the Military Officers: William P. Pendley, S7230
Expanding Frontiers of World Freedom: Ronald Reagan, S10966
Responsibility and the College Graduate: Spencer F. Eccles, S7588 [12JN]
Amendments offered by, to
Appropriations: technical and enrollment error corrections in acts (H.J. Res. 157), S17708 [22NO]
Central America: U.S. policy and economic assistance (S. 100), S5734, S5807 [14MY]
Committees of the Senate: biennial expenditures (S. Res. 62), S2487, S2548 [28FE]
Crime: national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (S. 1241), S8559, S8623 [25JN], S9096 [28JN], S9398, S9399 [9JY]
Dept. of Defense: making supplemental appropriations for personnel expenditures relative to Operation Desert Shield and other urgent domestic programs (H.R. 1281), S3538, S3544, S3601, S3602, S3603 [19MR]
Dept. of the Interior: making appropriations (H.R. 2686), S9137 [28JN]
Executive departments: compliance with hazardous waste control laws (S. 596), S15016 [22OC], S15122, S15203 [24OC]
Foreign aid: authorizing appropriations (S. 1435), S10746, S10802 [24JY], S11082 [26JY]
Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations for certain Government activities, staff, benefit systems (S. 1325), S9199 [28JN]
National defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and personnel of the Depts. of Defense and Energy (S. 1507), S11959, S12320 [2AU]
Resolution Trust Corp.: funding and restructuring of Oversight Board (H.R. 3435), S18710 [27NO]
Surface Transportation Efficiency Act: enact (S. 1204), S7456, S7506, S7507 [11JN], S7542, S7564, S7567, S7569, S7663, S7676, S7677 [12JN], S7764, S7773, S7774, S7778, S7792, S7828, S7842, S7843 [13JN], S8062, S8082, S8215, S8216 [19JN]
Analyses
Fairplay for Taxpayers Act (S. 1617), S11817 [1AU]
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 2950, Surface Transportation Efficiency Act, S15600 [31OC]
Congressional adviser on trade policy and negotiations, S2498 [28FE]
Articles and editorials
Art of Statistics—Fish and Wildlife's Report to Congress on the Endangered and Threatened Species Recovery Program, Robert E. Gordon, Jr., National Wilderness Institute Resource (publication), S18540
Awards Program of the Opening General Session—AASHTO 91 Wisconsin, S15798 [1NO]
Case for Limiting Congressional Terms, Mark B. Liedl, S923
Clean Air Act Overkill, Warren Brookes, Washington (DC) Times, S16891 [18NO]
Crest House, a Place To Refresh and Reflect, William P. Pendley, Evergreen (CO) Canyon Courier, S7229
Dealing With Goliath—Can David Use a Slingshot?, William P. Pendley, Wyoming Stockman Farmer (publication), S7227
Endangered Species Act Coming Up for Reauthorization, Fresh Tracks (newsletter), S18541
Endangered Species Turf Game, Warren T. Brookes, Washington (DC) Times, S18542
Guy Behind the Tree, William P. Pendley, Miner's News (publication), S7226
High Cost of Going California, Warren Brookes, Washington (DC) Times, S16890 [18NO]
How the Sandinistas Still Rule Nicaragua, Wall Street Journal, S7865 [14JN]
Killing HOPE, Wall Street Journal, S3533 [19MR]
Man of the Year—Jack K. Lemley, Peter Green and Peter Reina, Engineering News-Record (publication), S3130-S3132 [13MR]
Moral Equivalent of Surrender, William P. Pendley, Boise (ID) Miner's News, S3618
Namibia's First Democratic Government May Be Its Last, Margaret Calhoun, Wall Street Journal (publication), S3841 [21MR]
Resource, Robert E. Gordon, Jr., National Wilderness Institute Resource (publication), S18539
Small Town Triumph, Arnold Q. Collins, S17503
Soviets Need Honest Money, Not Aid, Steven H. Hanke, Wall Street Journal, S8386 [21JN]
Taking a Stand on Property Rights, Kathie Durbin, Portland (OR) Oregonian, S3619
To the Rescue of Payroll Tax Cuts, Senator Kasten, Washington (DC) Times, S3829 [21MR]
Wrong Prescription for the Uninsured, John C. Goodman, Wall Street Journal, S10586
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Appropriations: constitutional amendment on line-item veto (see S.J. Res. 11, S440 [14JA])
Coins: mint in commemoration of Operation Desert Shield (see S. 559, S2618 [5MR])
Developing countries: encourage acceleration of economic growth relative to creation of new U.S. export markets (see S. Con. Res. 15, S2619 [5MR])
Executive departments: ensure use of appropriate Government procedures when taking private property (see S. 50, S435 [14JA])
Firearms: clarification of limitations on control (see S. 634, S3190 [13MR])
International Memorial to the Victims of Communism: construction (see S. Con. Res. 55, S10951 [25JY])
Judicial Improvements Act: technical corrections (see S. 1284, S7628 [12JN])
Medicare: exclude rural areas from payment reductions (see S. 717, S3928 [21MR])
Operation Homefront: support program supporting families of members of the Armed Forces (see S. Res. 17, S1053 [23JA])
Student aid programs: impact of the value of a farm family's principal residence and farm on eligibility (see S. 712, S3712 [20MR])
Taxation: capital gains for small and high-risk business stock (see S. 697, S3712 [20MR])
———deposition of all highway-related taxes in the highway trust fund (see S. 978, S5137 [25AP])
———establish affordable health care incentives (see S. 2095, S18335 [26NO])
———protection for taxpayers (see S. 1617, S11807 [1AU])
———substantiation requirements for reimbursement arrangements (see S. 1612, S11807 [1AU])
———treatment of payments made by public utilities to customers to subsidize the cost of conservation (see S. 83, S436 [14JA])
———treatment of travel on company aircraft (see S. 1346, S8310 [20JN])
Tax-exempt organizations: establish cash and deferred pension arrangements for their employees (see S. 448, S2006 [20FE])
Trails: maintain and improve (see S. 400, S1790 [7FE])
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Aeronautics: accident liability standards (see S. 645, S3190 [13MR])
———age restrictions on aircraft pilots (see S. 859, S6890 [24MY])
Appropriations: line-item veto (see S. Res. 126, S9008 [27JN])
Armed Forces: tribute to Reserve components for serving during the Persian Gulf conflict (see S.J. Res. 97, S4250 [9AP])
Baltic Freedom Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 63, S1506 [5FE])
Brayman, Harold H. (Hal): tribute (see S. Res. 67, S2507 [28FE])
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see S.J. Res. 9, S440 [14JA]; S.J. Res. 182, S10769 [24JY])
———evaluation of expenditures (see S. 20, S6067 [16MY])
———limit spending increases (see S. 847, S4736 [18AP])
———Presidential power to reduce authority (see S. 196, S439 [14JA])
———research and experimental expenditures (see S. 752, S3929 [21MR])
Capital punishment: constitutional procedures for imposition (see S. 147, S438 [14JA])
China, Republic of: GATT membership (see S. Res. 116, S5137 [25AP])
Coast Guard: user fees (see S. 403, S2531 [28FE])
Coins: importation of gold coins from Soviet Union (see S. 1816, S14588 [8OC])
———mint and circulate $1 coin (see S. 844, S4612 [17AP])
———mint to commemorate 1994 U.S. World Cup games (see S. 1455, S9839 [11JY])
Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act: waive application to certain farm vehicles (see S. 715, S3712 [20MR])
Committee on Ethics (Select): abolish and replace with independent counsels (see S. Res. 221, S17468 [21NO])
Committee on POW/MIA Affairs (Senate, Select): establish (see S. Res. 82, S10508 [19JY])
Country Music Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 189, S12676 [10SE])
Courts: division of the ninth judicial circuit (see S. 1686, S12182 [2AU])
Crime: national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (see S. 635, S3190 [13MR]; S. 1151, S6654 [23MY])
———redefine extortion (see S. 142, S438 [14JA])
———reform procedures for collateral review of criminal judgments (see S. 148, S438 [14JA])
Cuba: human rights violations (see S. Res. 63, S2310 [26FE]; S. Res. 65, S2310 [26FE]
Day care: tax credit for on-site facilities (see S. 576, S3596 [19MR])
Deaf Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 56, S1294 [30JA])
Ecology and environment: assist small communities in construction of ecological facilities (see S. 729, S3929 [21MR])
———establish a small community environmental compliance planning program (see S. 1226, S8812 [26JN])
Economic Recovery Tax Act: anniversary (see S.J. Res. 185, S11216 [29JY])
Elections: campaign ethics reform and contribution limits (see S. 143, S1205 [24JA])
Elementary and Secondary Education Act: amend grant amounts (see S. 755, S5804 [14MY])
Emergency Medical Services Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 65, S2531 [28FE])
Ending Hunger Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 196, S15016 [22OC])
FDIC: improve administration (see S. 651, S9267 [8JY])
Federal employees: availability of long-term care insurance for civilians (see S. 311, S10457 [18JY])
Federal Employees Recognition Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 51, S2032 [20FE])
Federal Power Act: amend (see S. 106, S437 [14JA])
Firearms: restore Second Amendment rights of all Americans (see S. 2113, S18336 [26NO])
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])
Forests: protection and management in Washington, Oregon, and California (see S. 1156, S6925 [3JN])
Freedoms Foundation: Bill of Responsibilities (see S.J. Res. 38, S2032 [20FE])
Gandhi, Rajiv: assassination (see S. Res. 131, S6210 [21MY])
GAO: reform (see S. 1400, S8952 [27JN])
Geological Survey: production of geologic-map information (see S. 1179, S14083 [1OC])
Health care professionals: tax treatment of student loan interest relative to practice of medicine in rural areas (see S. 1401, S8952 [27JN]; S. 1419, S8952 [27JN]
Heinz, John: tribute (see S. Res. 92, S4230 [9AP])
Hunting and trapping: protect rights within national forests (see S. 1253, S7464 [11JN])
Immigration: payment of Federal benefits to illegal aliens (see S. 1379, S8736 [26JN])
Income: treatment of Federal pay relative to garnishment and similar legal fees (see S. 316, S1367 [31JA])
Income tax: prohibit State imposition on the pension of individuals who are not residents of that State (see S. 267, S6890 [24MY])
Insurance: life insurance contracts of terminally ill individuals (see S. 284, S1293 [30JA])
IRS: time extension for certain acts for individuals performing services under Operation Desert Shield (see S. 8, S1012 [22JA])
Israel: recognition by Arab countries (see S. Con. Res. 16, S3597 [19MR])
———repeal U.N. condemnation of preemptive strike against Iraqi nuclear reactor in 1981 (see S. Con. Res. 53, S10135 [16JY])
Kaniksu National Forest: land exchange (see S. 1893, S15522 [30OC])
Kentucky Bicentennial Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 61, S7663 [12JN])
Korean War Veterans Remembrance Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 141, S10508 [19JY])
Local government: increase Federal payments in lieu of taxes (see S. 140, S1242 [29JA])
Lower Salmon River: designate as a component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System (see S. 2101, S18335 [26NO])
Lyme Disease Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 74, S4895 [23AP])
Magna Carta Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 150, S6655 [23MY])
Mass transit: tax-exempt treatment for high-speed intercity rail bonds (see S. 1492, S10442 [18JY])
Medicare: minimum payment levels for rural referral centers (see S. 2084, S18335 [26NO])
———relief to physicians relative to excessive regulations (see S. 1332, S8136 [19JN])
Members of Congress: constitutional amendment on terms of office (see S.J. Res. 12, S440 [14JA])
Middle East: Iraqi environmental terrorism in the Persian Gulf (see S. Con. Res. 23, S6069 [16MY])
———success of multinational military action against Iraq (see S. Con. Res. 13, S2508 [28FE])
Mining: establish a commission to study laws and procedures (see S. 785, S4229 [9AP])
———lease of public lands within North Slope of Alaska for oil and gas exploration (see S. 109, S437 [14JA])
National Arbor Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 64, S1743 [6FE])
National Breast Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 95, S5806 [14MY])
National Crime Victims' Rights Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 16, S4895 [23AP])
National D.A.R.E. Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 121, S8034 [18JN])
National Desert Storm Reservists Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 134, S5806 [14MY])
National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 73, S7222 [5JN])
National Family Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 8, S7044 [4JN])
National Forest System Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 159, S7828 [13JN])
National Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 53, S1609 [5FE])
National Hospice Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 78, S7222 [5JN])
National Invent America! Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 140, S10508 [19JY])
National Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 142, S7827 [13JN])
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 Police Officer and Firefighter Recognition Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 225, S16060 [6NO])
National Recycling Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 70, S1506 [5FE]; S. Res. 41, S1790 [7FE])
National Red Ribbon Week for a Drug-Free America: designate (see S.J. Res. 212, S14426 [4OC])
National Scleroderma Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 130, S4984 [24AP])
National Senior Nutrition Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 108, S6068 [16MY])
National Tourism Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 102, S4373 [11AP])
National Trauma Awareness Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 229, S16449 [12NO])
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, S15015 [22OC])
National Women Veterans Recognition Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 145, S8504 [24JN])
Neurofibromatosis Awareness Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 114, S5673 [9MY])
Nez Perce National Historical Park: designate (see S. 550, S2618 [5MR])
Panama: encourage negotiations toward a military base rights agreement (see S. Con. Res. 24, S3930 [21MR])
Pediatric AIDS Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 115, S7503 [11JN])
Pledge of Allegiance: mint coins to commemorate anniversary (see S. 1087, S12313 [2AU])
Pocatello, ID: use of certain lands for a correctional facility for women (see S. 663, S3386 [14MR])
Power resources: partnerships between the Dept. of Energy laboratories and other laboratories (see S. 1351, S8458 [21JN])
Prayer: constitutional amendment on voluntary school prayer (see S.J. Res. 15, S440 [14JA])
Product safety: establish uniform product liability laws (see S. 640, S3190 [13MR])
Pryor, Senator: illness (see S. Res. 108, S4737 [18AP])
Public lands: change in status of certain lands within a national forest (see S. 1185, S6857 [24MY])
Reclamation Reform Act: amend (see S. 1501, S10442 [18JY])
Research: protection of animal research facilities from criminal acts (see S. 544, S3293 [13MR])
Roads and highways: authorization of Federal-aid highway program (see S. 965, S5136 [25AP])
———authorizing funds (see S. 610, S2927 [7MR])
Rural areas: extension of regional referral center classifications (see S. 2083, S18335 [26NO])
Social Security: earnings test for retirement age individuals (see S. 10, S434 [14JA]; S. 81, S439 [14JA]; S. 194, S1205 [24JA])
———pay-as-you-go financing (see S. 11, S434 [14JA])
Solid waste: require executive departments and agencies to separate waste for recycling (see S. 486, S2309 [26FE])
Sports: prohibit State-sanctioned gambling (see S. 474, S15808 [1NO])
Targhee National Forest: adjust boundaries (see S. 1893, S15522 [30OC])
Taxation: amend code to meet infrastructure needs (see S. 90, S436 [14JA])
———application of laws to employee benefit plans (see S. 1364, S9008 [27JN])
———capital gain on transfer of farm property (see S. 900, S4837 [23AP])
———capital gains (see S. 656, S3191 [13MR]; S. 698, S3712 [20MR])
———capital gains tax differential for investments in start-up and other small enterprises (see S. 1932, S16213 [7NO])
———clarify that customer based, market share, and any similar intangible items are amortizable (see S. 1245, S7291 [6JN])
———deduction to employer providing family leave involving a birth, adoption, or serious health condition (see S. 841, S4612 [17AP])
———deductions for adoption expenses (see S. 709, S3712 [20MR])
———deductions for decommissioning costs of nuclear powerplants (see S. 1641, S12181 [2AU])
———depreciable life of semiconductor manufacturing equipment (see S. 1786, S14042 [1OC])
———establish a special valuation of sensitive environmental areas for estate tax purposes (see S. 887, S4836 [23AP])
———exclude price of certain transit passes from income (see S. 26, S9895 [11JY])
———exclude small transactions from broker reporting requirements (see S. 200, S5804 [14MY])
———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, S2032 [20FE])
———exemption for contributions in aid of construction (see S. 1398, S10457 [18JY])
———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])
———firearms excise tax (see S. 918, S4984 [24AP])
———health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see S. 88, S436 [14JA]; S. 89, S436 [14JA]
———income tax, individual retirement accounts, and incremental investment tax rates (see S. 1865, S15711 [31OC])
———increase research activity tax credits (see S. 416, S1790 [7FE])
———individual retirement accounts (see S. 612, S3020 [12MR])
———nonrefundable tax credit for children and tax incentives for economic growth (see S. 1920, S16060 [6NO])
———permanent extension of the targeted jobs credit (see S. 581, S2771 [6MR])
———promote economic growth and jobs creation by reducing certain taxes (see S. 381, S2844 [6MR])
———provide for employees of small employers a private retirement incentive matched by employers (see S. 318, S1367 [31JA])
———repeal excise tax on luxury items (see S. 1261, S7464 [11JN])
———require a 60-vote Senate supermajority to pass any revenue enhancing legislation (see S. 809, S4337 [11AP])
———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, S7464 [11JN])
———treatment of church pension benefit plans (see S. 747, S9007 [27JN])
———treatment of forestry activities (see S. 2009, S17433 [21NO])
———treatment of student loans of health care professionals relative to practicing in a rural community (see S. 1419, S9115 [28JN])
———use of individual retirement account or annuity to purchase first home (see S. 307, S2531 [28FE])
Telecommunications: research, design, and manufacturing of equipment (see S. 173, S3595 [19MR])
Timor: massacre of East Timorese civilians by the Indonesian military (see S. Con. Res. 77, S17259 [20NO])
Tourist trade: establish a rural tourism development foundation (see S. 1233, S7290 [6JN])
Tower, John: tribute (see S. Res. 97, S4489 [16AP])
U.N.: repeal General Assembly Resolution 3379 (see S.J. Res. 110, S14225 [2OC])
U.S. Savings Bond Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 135, S5137 [25AP])
Vermont Bicentennial Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 58, S1368 [31JA])
Veterans: disability compensation for service-connected disabilities (see S. 41, S435 [14JA])
———furnish outpatient medical services for disabilities of former POW (see S. 327, S6153 [20MY])
Walesa, Lech: U.S. visit (see S. Res. 90, S3930 [21MR])
Wetlands: conservation and management (see S. 1463, S9839 [11JY])
White House: mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial (see S. 1827, S16083 [6NO])
Women's History Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 62, S1506 [5FE])
Year of the Gulf of Mexico: designate (see S.J. Res. 194, S15086 [23OC])
Yugoslavia: restrict U.S. assistance to Serbia until conditions are met (see S. 1793, S15409 [29OC])
———social and political reform (see S. Res. 106, S4737 [18AP])
Cloture motions
Power resources: comprehensive energy security policy (S. 1220), S15542 [30OC], S15754 [1NO]
Letters
B-1B aircraft structural problems: Donald B. Rice, Sec. of the Air Force, S11687 [1AU]
Construction of a four-lane highway connecting St. Louis, MO to St. Paul, MN: C.I. MacGillivray, Iowa Dept. of Transportation, S7789 [13JN]
———Samuel K. Skinner, Sec. of Transportation, S7789 [13JN]
Government procedures for taking private property: Richard B. Stewart, Dept. of Justice, S7543 [12JN]
———Vice President Quayle, S7543 [12JN]
Gun control: Neal Knox, Firearms Coalition, S9487 [10JY]
———Patrick J. Raffanielle, National Rifle Association, S9486 [10JY]
Gun control legislation: James J. Baker, National Rifle Association, S3192 [13MR]
National comprehensive surface transportation system: President Bush, S12009 [2AU]
National Defense Stockpile: Colin McMillan, Dept. of Defense, S11789 [1AU]
Private property owners' rights: Douglas E. Ericson, S9733 [11JY]
Private property protection rights: Vice President Quayle, S3843 [21MR]
Regulatory infringement on private property: Jimmie A. Abner, S688 [14JA]
———Margaret A. Reigle, Fairness to Land Owners Committee, S688 [14JA]
———Richard B. Stewart, Dept. of Justice, S685 [14JA]
———S.T.O.P. (organization), S688 [14JA]
———several organizations, S688 [14JA]
Use of sodium nitrate to cure buffalo meat: by, S10765 [24JY]
Lists
Supporters of Private Property Rights Act, S7544 [12JN]
Papers
Saddam Hussein and the Crisis in the Persian Gulf: James A. Phillips, Heritage Foundation, S380-S384 [12JA]
Proclamations
Captive Nations Week: Carroll I. Campbell, Governor of South Carolina, S10967
———James D. Griffin, S10966
———William F. Weld, Governor of Massachusetts, S10965
Support the Troops in the Mid-East Day: Cecil D. Andrus, Governor of Idaho, S423 [14JA]
———mayors of cities in Minidoka and Cassia Counties, ID, S423 [14JA]
Programs
Heinz memorial service, S4728 [18AP]
Public opinion polls
What the new generation of Russians really want, S3843 [21MR]
Remarks by, on
Advertising: regulation of outdoor billboards, S7536 [12JN]
Agriculture: price supports for milk, S3510, S3511, S3512 [19MR]
———prices supports for milk, S3511 [19MR]
Air pollution: health threats posed by exposure to contaminants in the air indoors (S. 455), S16041, S16042 [6NO]
Alaska: toll road facilities, S7573 [12JN]
Appropriations: constitutional amendment on line-item veto (S.J. Res. 11), S920 [14JA]
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, AK: oil and gas leasing, S15760 [1NO]
Arizona: preservation of Grand Canyon and Glen Canyon, S12943 [13SE]
Baltic Freedom Day: designate (H.J. Res. 167), S7862 [14JN]
Bridges: allow States to transfer funds to highway projects, S7745 [13JN]
Budget: scorekeeping process, S70 [4JA]
———setting forth the Federal budget for 1992-96 (S. Con. Res. 29), S4818, S4831, S4832 [23AP], S5109 [25AP]
Canada: memorandum of understanding on exports, S2551
Captive Nations Week: observance, S10965
Census: use most current data in laws relative to environment and public works laws, S8060, S8061 [19JN]
Central America: economic reforms by governments, S5734, S5736, S5738, S5739, S5742, S5743 [14MY]
———U.S. policy and economic assistance (S. 100), S5732, S5734, S5736, S5738, S5739, S5742, S5743 [14MY]
China, People's Republic of: most-favored-nation status (H.R. 2212), S10635, S10643 [23JY]
———most-favored-nation status (S. 1367), S10662 [23JY]
China, Republic of: anniversary of Lee Teng-Hui's inauguration, S6154
Civil Rights Act: prohibition of preferential treatment on basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin, S12777 [11SE]
———restore and strengthen laws that ban discrimination in employment (S. 1745), S15467 [30OC]
Clean Air Act: suspend implementation, S16889 [18NO]
Coins: importation of gold coins from Soviet Union (S. 1816), S14589
———mint in commemoration of Operation Desert Shield (S. 559), S2670 [5MR]
Construction industries: Dept. of Labor administration of apprenticeship programs, S3629 [20MR]
Crime: gun control, S16889 [18NO]
———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures, S7261 [6JN]
———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (S. 1241), S8558, S8559 [25JN], S8730 [26JN], S8936 [27JN], S9042, S9045, S9069, S9070, S9096 [28JN], S9486 [10JY]
———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (S. 1241), debate procedure, S9097 [28JN]
Dept. of Defense: B-2 stealth bomber development, S11687, S11688 [1AU]
———making supplemental appropriations for personnel expenditures relative to Operation Desert Shield and other urgent domestic programs (H.R. 1281), S3510, S3511, S3512, S3532 [19MR], S3629 [20MR]
Dept. of the Interior: making appropriations (H.R. 2686), S12943, S12963 [13SE]
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2707), S12777 [11SE]
Developing countries: encourage acceleration of economic growth relative to creation of new U.S. export markets (S. Con. Res. 15), S2684 [5MR]
———encourage growth to create new markets for U.S. products and services, S11004 [26JY]
District of Columbia: capital punishment for drug-related homicides, S8559 [25JN]
Ecology and environment: assist small communities in construction of ecological facilities (S. 729), S3954
Education: College of Idaho commencement address, S7588 [12JN]
Employment: entitle family leave involving a birth, adoption, or serious health condition with protection of benefits (S. 5), S14179 [2OC]
———establish a youth jobs highway beautification program, S7794 [13JN]
———preferential hiring practices on basis of race, S8730 [26JN]
Endangered species: methods of management and recovery, S18539
———northern spotted owl of the Pacific Northwest, S7226
Ethnic groups: study bias in criminal justice system, S9096 [28JN]
Executive departments: ensure use of appropriate Government procedures when taking private property, S7542, S7552 [12JN]
———ensure use of appropriate Government procedures when taking private property (S. 50), S684 [14JA], S3842 [21MR], S9733 [11JY]
Federal Power Act: amend (S. 106), S756 [14JA]
Ferries: establish routes, S7774 [13JN]
Financial institutions: impact on costs relating to Government imposition of consumer legislation, S16985, S16989 [19NO]
———reform deposit insurance system (S. 543), S16985, S16989 [19NO]
Firearms: clarification of limitations on control (S. 634), S3191 [13MR]
———establish national background check on prospective handgun buyers, S8936 [27JN], S9042, S9045 [28JN]
———gun control, S9486 [10JY]
Foreign aid: authorizing appropriations (S. 1435), S11004 [26JY]
Foreign trade: reciprocal responses to foreign practices that deny national treatment to U.S. investment, S3828 [21MR]
———restrictions against imports produced by forced labor, S10643 [23JY]
———U.S. Trade Representative review of compliance with trade agreements (S. 388), S1849
Gates, Robert M.: nomination to be Director of CIA, S15944 [5NO]
Hanson, Daniel J., Sr.: American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials' George S. Bartlett Award recipient, S15797 [1NO]
Hayden, Mike: nomination as Assistant Sec. of the Interior, S7867 [14JN]
Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 1227), S10586
Health care professionals: tax treatment of student loan interest relative to practice of medicine in rural areas (S. 1401), S8961 [27JN]
———tax treatment of student loan interest relative to practice of medicine in rural areas (S. 1419), S9006 [27JN]
Helms, Senator: recipient of the Defender of the National Interest Award from the U.S. Industrial Council Educational Foundation, S9413 [10JY]
———television editorial on John F. Kennedy, S1041 [23JA]
Highway Trust Fund: budgetary treatment, S7574, S7575 [12JN]
Housing: grants program funding, S3532 [19MR]
Infrastructure: Federal matching ratios for interstate maintenance and bridges, S8058, S8059 [19JN]
International Memorial to the Victims of Communism: construction (S. Con. Res. 55), S10965
Interstate highways: redesignation of routes, S7729 [13JN]
IRS: time extension for certain acts for individuals performing services under Operation Desert Shield (H.R. 4), S1142 [24JA]
Judicial Improvements Act: technical corrections (S. 1284), S7624 [12JN]
Land use: Government's Land Acquistion Program, S7227
Lindsey, Lawrence B.: nomination to FRS Board of Governors, S17779 [22NO]
Massachusetts: infrastructure construction and project funding, S8072, S8075 [19JN]
Medicare: exclude rural areas from payment reductions (S. 717), S3930 [21MR]
Members of Congress: constitutional amendment on terms of office (S.J. Res. 12), S922
Middle East: military action to enforce U.N. Security Council resolution against Iraq, S422 [14JA]
———military action to enforce U.N. Security Council resolution against Iraq (S.J. Res. 2), S378 [12JA]
———success of multinational military action against Iraq, S2871 [7MR]
———Support Our Troop movement in Idaho, S422 [14JA]
———U.S. military presence, S59, S60 [4JA]
———U.S. military presence (S. Con. Res. 2), S966 [17JA]
Minimum wage: increase, S8474
Mining: development, S7230
———patenting of mining claims under general mining laws, S12963 [13SE]
Motor vehicles: intelligent vehicle-highway systems technology, S7585 [12JN]
———use of alternative fuel school buses, S7800 [13JN]
Namibia: independence anniversary, S3841 [21MR]
National defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and personnel of the Depts. of Defense and Energy (S. 1507), S11687, S11688, S11789 [1AU]
National defense highways: funding, S7764 [13JN]
National Forests: multiple use and sustained yield supervision, S7229
National Highway System: establish, S7730, S7761 [13JN]
National objectives: partisan comparison, S2073 [21FE]
National parks and recreation areas: alternative futuristic modes of transportation in Yellowstone, Yosemite, and Denali, S7778 [13JN]
National Trails Act: refundability of gasoline taxes of off-road vehicles, S7773 [13JN]
Native Americans: road sealing projects, S7575 [12JN]
New Production Reactor Program: funding, S9429 [10JY]
Nicaragua: political change, S7865 [14JN]
Operation Homefront: support program supporting families of members of the Armed Forces (S. Res. 17), S1101, S1102 [23JA], S2248 [21FE]
Petroleum: impose on refiners a clear gasoline requirement, S7764 [13JN]
Power resources: comprehensive energy security policy (S. 1220), S15760 [1NO]
———making appropriations for energy and water development (H.R. 2427), S9429, S9443 [10JY]
Price, Connie: dilemma of small business people, S8474
Public lands: grazing fees, S10820 [25JY]
Races: study bias in criminal justice system, S9096 [28JN]
Reagan, Ronald: birthday observance, S1667 [6FE]
Research: superconducting supercollider funding, S9443 [10JY]
———use of scrap tire rubber in construction of federally assisted highway projects, S7774 [13JN]
Resolution Trust Corp.: funding (S. 419), S2899 [7MR]
Roads and highways: apportionment formula for allocation of Federal-aid highway funds, S7777 [13JN], S8087, S8088 [19JN]
———authorization of Federal-aid highway program (S. 965), S5245
———bonus State apportionments, S7943, S7946, S7969, S7971 [18JN]
———construction of a four-lane highway connecting St. Louis, MO to St. Paul, MN, S7788, S7789 [13JN]
———construction of the Avenue of Saints, linking St. Louis, MO, to St. Paul, MN, S18590 [27NO]
———emergency relief funding, S7586 [12JN]
———erosion control guidelines, S7590 [12JN]
———funding of the Interstate Highway System in Massachusetts, S18818
———highway trust fund, S2549
———improve Indian reservation roads, S7787 [13JN]
Rural areas: electric and telephone cooperatives, S8081 [19JN]
Social Security: earnings test for retirement age individuals (S. 194), S897 [14JA]
———pay-as-you-go financing (S. 11), S3829 [21MR]
South Africa: U.S. policy toward apartheid, S9458 [10JY]
Soviet Union: economic assistance, S8386-S8388 [21JN]
———self-determination for the Republic of Moldavia and northern Bucovina (S. Res. 148), S9113 [28JN]
States: apportionment of highway and bridge funds, S7978, S7979, S7985 [18JN]
———gasoline tax revenue relative to ability to finance total effort for highways, S8082 [19JN]
Steel products: Federal Highway Administration's use of U.S.-source products and coatings, S7757 [13JN]
Strategic materials: stockpile, S11789 [1AU]
Student aid programs: impact of the value of a farm family's principal residence and farm on eligibility (S. 712), S3737
Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act: reauthorize, S2549
Surface Transportation Efficiency Act: enact (S. 1204), S7413, S7414, S7418, S7419, S7420, S7426, S7456, S7459 [11JN], S7536, S7539, S7542, S7552, S7568, S7569, S7570, S7572, S7573, S7574, S7575, S7579, S7585, S7586, S7587, S7590 [12JN], S7724, S7729, S7730, S7736, S7737, S7738, S7740, S7745, S7756, S7757, S7758, S7761, S7764, S7773, S7774, S7777, S7778, S7780, S7783, S7784, S7787, S7788, S7789, S7790, S7791, S7792, S7794, S7795, S7796, S7798, S7800 [13JN], S7861 [14JN], S7887 [17JN], S7943, S7946, S7957, S7967, S7968, S7969, S7971, S7978, S7979, S7985, S7996 [18JN], S8058, S8059, S8060, S8061, S8065, S8066, S8068, S8069, S8070, S8071, S8072, S8075, S8080, S8081, S8082, S8085, S8086, S8087, S8088, S8089, S8090, S8094, S8095, S8096, S8106, S8110 [19JN], S14247 [3OC]
Taxation: capital gains, S3128 [13MR], S9730 [11JY]
———capital gains for small and high-risk business stock (S. 697), S3714 [20MR]
———clarify that customer based, market share, and any similar intangible items are amortizable (S. 1245), S7328
———deposition of all highway-related taxes in the highway trust fund (S. 978), S5286
———establish affordable health care incentives (S. 2095), S18412 [26NO]
———protection for taxpayers (S. 1617), S11814 [1AU]
———rates, S9725, S9727, S9730 [11JY], S15105 [24OC]
———repeal excise tax on luxury items (S. 1261), S7473 [11JN]
———substantiation requirements for reimbursement arrangements (S. 1612), S11810
———treatment of certain real estate activities under passive loss rules (S. 1257), S7468
———treatment of forestry activities (S. 2009), S17446
———treatment of luxury items, S9725 [11JY]
———treatment of payments made by public utilities to customers to subsidize the cost of conservation (S. 83), S726 [14JA]
———treatment of student loans of health care professionals relative to practicing in a rural community (S. 1419), S9006 [27JN]
———treatment of travel on company aircraft (S. 1346), S8349
Tax-exempt organizations: establish cash and deferred pension arrangements for their employees (S. 448), S2026
Thomas, Clarence: nomination to Supreme Court, S14563 [8OC], S14689 [15OC]
———nomination to Supreme Court, delay consideration, S14689 [15OC]
Tourist trade: assist development of public lands for travel and recreational purposes (S. 540), S7565 [12JN]
Trails: maintain and improve (S. 400), S1818 [7FE]
Transportation: establish a national comprehensive surface transportation system (H.R. 2950), S12008 [2AU], S18206, S18208, S18212 [26NO], S18818
———establish a national comprehensive surface transportation system (H.R. 2950), conference report, S18213, S18215, S18218, S18219 [26NO], S18563, S18564, S18571, S18574, S18577, S18580, S18590, S18599 [27NO]
———provide for a National Highway System, S7780 [13JN]
———public ferry systems, S7586 [12JN]
Trucking: limit length of longer combination vehicles, S7736, S7737, S7738 [13JN]
Unemployment: emergency compensation (H.R. 3575), S16727 [14NO]
Veterans: disability compensation for service-connected disabilities (H.R. 3), S1133 [24JA]
Veterans Day: observance, S16465
Weiser, ID: solution to rural health care problem, S17503
Wetlands: conservation and management (S. 1463), S9878 [11JY], S10820 [25JY]
Remarks in Senate relative to
Tribute, S8108, S8227 [19JN]
Reports
John Tower, Patriot: Brad O'Leary, S9095 [28JN]
National Recreational Trails Fund: by, S18214 [26NO]
Resolutions by organizations
Private Property Rights Act: Greater Yellowstone Association of Conservation Districts, S688 [14JA]
Restoration of Transportation User Fees for Transportation Needs: American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, S2550
Surface Transportation Reauthorization Legislation: American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, S2549
Therapeutic Substitution for Prescription Drugs: World Medical Association, S2991
Statements
Besiegement of the Alamo: William B. Travis, S4730 [18AP]
Budget Deficit: Ed Yardeni, S4818 [23AP]
Citizens' Purchasing Power: Winston S. Churchill, S3828 [21MR]
Indoor Air Quality Act: OMB, S16041 [6NO]
National Recreational Trails Fund: several outdoor recreation groups, S18215 [26NO]
National Recreational Trails Fund Act): Charles A. Flink II, S1820 [7FE]
Regulatory Infringement on Private Property: Mark Pollot, S684 [14JA]
Studies
Impact of Environmental Legislation on U.S. Economic Growth, Investment, and Capital Costs: Dale W. Jorgenson and Peter J. Wilcoxen, S16891-S16898 [18NO]
Why Gun Waiting Periods Threaten Public Safety: David B. Kopel, Independence Institute, S9046-S9061 [28JN]
Tables
Substantiation requirements for reimbursement arrangements tax differential, S11810
Testimonies
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Appropriations for BLM and Provision for Certain Fees for Grazing of Livestock (H.R. 481, 944, 1096, 1292), D282 [12MR]
———Recreational Trails in the U.S., D1354 [31OC]
Committee on the Judiciary (Senate): Nomination of Frederick L. Van Sickle To Be District Judge, D476 [24AP]
Federal-Aid Highways: several State highway officials, S7979 [18JN]
Texts of
S. 50, Private Property Rights Act, S685 [14JA]
S. 83, tax treatment of payments made by public utilities to customers to subsidize the cost of conservation, S726 [14JA]
S. 400, National Recreational Trails Fund Act, S1819 [7FE]
S. 448, cash and deferred pension arrangements for employees of tax-exempt organizations, S2026
S. 559, Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm Commemorative Coin Act, S2670 [5MR]
S. 634, clarification of limitations on gun control, S3192 [13MR]
S. 697, tax treatment of capital gains for small and high-risk business stock, S3715-S3717 [20MR]
S. 712, impact of the value of a farm family's principal residence and farm on eligibility, S3738
S. 717, exclude rural areas from medicare payment reductions, S3931 [21MR]
S. 978, deposition of all highway-related taxes in the highway trust fund, S5286
S. 1612, substantiation requirements for reimbursement arrangements, S11811
S. 1617, Fairplay for Taxpayers Act, S11816 [1AU]
S. 1816, importation of gold coins from the Soviet Union, S14589
S. Con. Res. 55, construction of an International Memorial to the Victims of Communism, S10965 [25JY]
Transcripts
Assassination of John F. Kennedy: Senator Helms, S1041 [23JA]
Tributes
Craig, Senator, S9728 [11JY]
Craycraft, Charlene B., S2395 [27FE]
Gray, Alfred M., S8906 [27JN]
Heinz, John, S4727 [18AP]
Helms, Senator, S9413 [10JY]
Lemley, Jack K., S3130 [13MR]
Martin, Boyd, S3130 [13MR]
McClure, Senator, S9728 [11JY]
Merrill, William K., S8133 [19JN]
Rice, Bill, S422 [14JA]
Tower, John, S4729 [18AP], S9094, S9096 [28JN]
Yuan, Jason C., S2905 [7MR]