BENTSEN, LLOYD (a Senator from Texas)

Amendments offered by, to

Coast Guard: authorizing appropriations (S. 1297), S17499, S17521 [21NO]

Crime: national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (S. 1241), S9143 [28JN]

Dept. of the Interior: making appropriations (H.R. 2686), S12974, S12989 [13SE]

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]

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

Foreign aid: authorizing appropriations (S. 1435), S10858, S10970 [25JY]

Medicaid: Federal payments relative to State expenditures made from revenues derived from provider-specific taxes (H.R. 3595), S17988 [23NO]

National defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and personnel of the Depts. of Defense and Energy (S. 1507), S11768, S11776, S11914, S11915 [1AU], S12086 [2AU]

Surface Transportation Efficiency Act: enact (S. 1204), S7567 [12JN], S7777, S7842 [13JN]

Unemployment: emergency compensation (S. 1554), S11729 [1AU]

Analyses

Medicare Preventive Benefits Act (S. 1231), S7307 [6JN]

Appointments

Committee on Taxation (Joint), S2499 [28FE]

Conferee: H.R. 1724, termination of application of certain provisions of the Trade Act to the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic and Hungary, S17281 [20NO]

———H.R. 2212, most-favored-nation status for the People's Republic of China, S15306 [28OC]

———H.R. 2950, Surface Transportation Efficiency Act, S15600 [31OC]

———H.R. 2967, authorizing appropriations for the Older Americans Act and the Native Americans Programs Act and authorizing the National Conference on Aging, S16898 [18NO]

Congressional adviser on trade policy and negotiations, S2498 [28FE]

Joint Committee To Escort Carlos Saul Menem Into the Chamber, H10201 [14NO]

Articles and editorials

Don't Cut That Social Security Tax, by, Wall Street Journal (publication), S4936 [24AP]

IRA's Mean Savings and Productivity, by, Washington (DC) Post, E1191 [10AP]

Meanwhile, the Meltdown in Motor City—This Time, America's Big Three Automakers May Be Headed for the Scrap Heap, Kevin L. Kearns, Washington (DC) Post, S8045 [18JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Bankruptcy: exclude from the estate of the debtor certain interests in liquid and gaseous hydrocarbons (see S. 580, S2771 [6MR])

Big Thicket National Preserve: boundaries (see S. 1105, S6149 [20MY])

Center for the Study of Western Hemispheric Trade: establish (see S. 423, S1907 [19FE])

Civil Tiltrotor Development Advisory Committee: establish (see S. 2105, S18335 [26NO])

Clear Creek, TX: modify the flood control project by removing a railroad bridge (see S. 1221, S7169 [5JN])

Committee on Finance: authorizing expenditures (see S. Res. 24, S1368 [31JA])

Hallien, Christy C.: relief (see S. 1181, S6857 [24MY])

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see S. 1872, S15158 [24OC])

IRS: time extension for certain acts for individuals performing services under Operation Desert Shield (see S. 251, S1053 [23JA])

ITC: procedures for the appointment of the Chairman (see S. 1881, S15252 [25OC])

Lake Meredith Salinity Control Project: construct and test (see S. 1382, S8736 [26JN])

Medicare: coverage for colerectal screening examinations and certain immunizations (see S. 1231, S7290 [6JN])

Medicare/medicaid: extended care, home health services, and adult day care programs (see S. 1520, S10554 [22JY])

National Desert Storm Reservists Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 134, S5137 [25AP])

National Hospice Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 78, S2405 [27FE])

Palo Alto Battlefield National Historic Site: establish (see S. 1360, S8499 [24JN])

Revenue Reconciliation Act: technical corrections (see S. 750, S3929 [21MR])

Social Security: earnings test for retirement age individuals (see S. 2038, S18085 [25NO])

Social Security Administration: establish as an independent agency (see S. 2038, S18085 [25NO])

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

———extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (see S. 2042, S18086 [25NO])

———extend certain Internal Revenue Code provisions (see S. 2122, S18689 [27NO])

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

———simplify certain provisions (see S. 1394, S8736 [26JN])

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

———treatment of long-term care insurance and benefits (see S. 1693, S12183 [2AU])

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

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])

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

Armed Forces: tribute to Reserve components for serving during the Persian Gulf conflict (see S.J. Res. 97, S4250 [9AP])

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

Budget: constitutional amendment relative to procedures (see S.J. Res. 47, S1159 [24JA])

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

China, People's Republic of: most-favored-nation status (see S. 1367, S8592 [25JN])

Coins: commemoration of James Madison and the Bill of Rights (see S. 1672, S12182 [2AU])

———mint to commemorate 1994 U.S. World Cup games (see S. 1455, S11228 [29JY])

Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act: waive application to certain farm vehicles (see S. 715, S5518 [8MY])

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

Cuba: human rights violations (see S. Res. 63, S2310 [26FE]; S. Res. 65, S2310 [26FE]

Deaf Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 56, S1843 [7FE])

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

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: research grants to medical schools (see S. 222, S950 [16JA])

Diseases: research associated with exposure to dioxin and other chemicals in herbicides (see S. 238, S1324 [30JA])

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

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

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

Elections: national voter registration (see S. 250, S2681 [5MR])

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

Fair Labor Standards Act: amend relative to exemption for small businesses from Federal minimum wage coverage (see S. 349, S3104 [12MR])

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

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

Foreign aid: reform programs to promote the purchase of U.S. goods and services and democracy in Eastern Europe (see S. 571, S2771 [6MR])

Forests: protection and management in Washington, Oregon, and California (see S. 1156, S11077 [26JY])

Freedoms Foundation: Bill of Responsibilities (see S.J. Res. 38, S2683 [5MR])

Gandhi, Mohandas K.: authorize the Indian American Forum for Political Education to establish a memorial (see S. 781, S9007 [27JN])

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

Geological Survey: production of geologic-map information (see S. 1179, S10298 [17JY])

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

Health: reauthorize and expand to area education centers (see S. 1648, S12181 [2AU])

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

Hire a Veteran Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 157, S7291 [6JN])

Industry: enhance domestic by applying the results of Federal research and development (see S. 1034, S5614 [9MY])

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])

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

Kuwait: awarding of reconstruction contracts based on U.S. military and economic support (see S. Con. Res. 35, S6745 [23MY])

Local government: increase Federal payments in lieu of taxes (see S. 140, S10153 [16JY])

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

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

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

Middle East: congressional approval of military action to enforce U.N. Security Council resolution against Iraq pending failure of economic sanctions (see S.J. Res. 1, S178 [10JA])

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

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])

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

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

National Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Awareness Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 174, S9266 [8JY])

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

National Awareness Month for Children with Cancer: designate (see S.J. Res. 39, S12314 [2AU])

National Crime Victims' Rights Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 16, S2531 [28FE])

National Customer Service Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 166, S12676 [10SE])

National D.A.R.E. Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 121, S7919 [17JN])

National Down's Syndrome Awareness Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 131, S8621 [25JN])

National Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 53, S1919 [19FE])

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

National Guard: Federal support of State defense forces (see S. 958, S5136 [25AP])

National Historically Black Colleges Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 40, S1608 [5FE])

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

National Infrastructure Council: establish (see S. 317, S1367 [31JA])

National Invent America! Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 140, S10964 [25JY])

National Job Skills Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 164, S15298 [28OC])

National Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 142, S8215 [19JN])

National Lock-In-Safety Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 139, S14225 [2OC])

National Philanthropy Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 96, S5518 [8MY])

National Physical Fitness and Sports Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 43, S4250 [9AP])

National Recycling Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 70, S4373 [11AP]; S. Res. 41, S4374 [11AP])

National Rehabilitation Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 72, S7045 [4JN])

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

National Tourism Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 102, S4373 [11AP])

National Trauma Awareness Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 229, S16760 [14NO])

National Visiting Nurse Associations Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 124, S17075 [19NO])

National Women Veterans Recognition Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 145, S7919 [17JN])

Peace Corps: anniversary (see S.J. Res. 76, S2146 [21FE])

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

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

Public broadcasting: authorizing appropriations (see S. 1504, S10494 [19JY])

Research: protection of animal research facilities from criminal acts (see S. 544, S3293 [13MR])

Roads and highways: limit advertising adjacent to Interstate and Federal-aid highways (see S. 593, S3105 [12MR])

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

Small business: financial development assistance to military reservists' businesses (see S. 360, S4249 [9AP])

Social Security: family support systems (see S. 4, S434 [14JA])

Social Security Administration: establish as an independent agency (see S. 33, S435 [14JA])

Southwest Stars and Stripes Salute: recognize as national event (see S. Con. Res. 42, S6355 [22MY])

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

Surplus Government property: availability of certain property for humanitarian relief (see S. 1333, S15014 [22OC])

Tariff: footwear (see S. 405, S2682 [5MR])

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

———provide for employees of small employers a private retirement incentive matched by employers (see S. 318, S1367 [31JA])

———treatment of expenses from adopting a special needs child (see S. 268, S1159 [24JA])

Technology: research and development of critical technologies (see S. 1327, S8353 [20JN]; S. 1329, S9372 [9JY])

Telecommunications: fairness in broadcasting (see S. 217, S1013 [22JA])

———research, design, and manufacturing of equipment (see S. 173, S1013 [22JA])

Telephones: consumer rights relative to telephone advertising (see S. 1462, S9839 [11JY])

Tourist trade: promote (see S. 680, S3386 [14MR])

Tower, John: tribute (see S. Res. 97, S4337 [11AP])

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

Unemployment: emergency compensation (see S. 1945, S16213 [7NO])

Veterans: disability compensation for service-connected disabilities (see S. 1, S576 [15JA]; S. 107, S1099 [23JA])

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

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

Wetlands: conservation and management (see S. 1463, S10584 [22JY])

White House: mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial (see S. 1827, S17074 [19NO])

Women: counseling and information to pregnant women receiving certain public health assistance (see S. 323, S1742 [6FE])

Women's History Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 62, S2032 [20FE])

World Population Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 160, S14490 [7OC])

World War II: contributions of Federal civilian employees during the attack on Pearl Harbor (see S.J. Res. 198, S16760 [14NO])

Year of the American Indian: designate (see S.J. Res. 217, S15533 [30OC])

Year of the Wetlands: designate (see S.J. Res. 6, S6744 [23MY])

Cloture motions

Crime: national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 3371), conference report, S18615 [27NO]

Medicaid: Federal payments relative to State expenditures made from revenues derived from provider-specific taxes (H.R. 3595), S17997 [23NO]

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]

Descriptions

Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act (S. 1554), S11733-S11735 [1AU]

Social Security amendments (S. 2038), S18088 [25NO]

Explanations

Private Long-Term Care Insurance Act (S. 1693), S12307-S12311 [2AU]

Revenue Reconciliation Act technical corrections (S. 750), S4026-S4032 [21MR]

Tax Extension Act (S. 2042), S18081-S18085 [25NO]

Tax Simplification Act (S. 1394), S8781-S8808 [26JN]

Letters

Federal payments relative to State medicaid expenditures made from revenues derived from provider-specific taxes: Senator Wallop, S18195 [26NO]

Free trade area with Canada and Mexico: President Bush, S1935 [20FE]

General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade for the Environment Act: by, S708 [14JA]

Long-term health care: Senator Pryor, S12311 [2AU]

Political campaign contributions by foreign nationals: Robert S. Mueller III, Dept. of Justice, S6182 [21MY]

Unemployment emergency compensation: C.A. McKinney, Noncommissioned Officers Association, S14000 [1OC]

———Jack N. Merritt, Association of the U.S. Army, S14000 [1OC]

———James D. Staton, Air Force Sergeants Association, S14000 [1OC]

———James N. Magill, VFW, S13999 [1OC]

———John M. Adams, Retired Enlisted Association, S14000 [1OC]

———Retired Officer Association, S14000 [1OC]

———Robert Jones, AMVETS, S14000 [1OC]

Remarks by, on

AID: funding for capital projects, S10863 [25JY]

Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration: revise and extend certain programs (S. 1306), S12168 [2AU]

Appropriations: technical and enrollment error corrections in acts (H.J. Res. 157), S17590, S17591, S17602, S17603, S17605, S17606 [22NO]

Arms control: transfer of certain artillery and weapons to NATO countries (S. 1987), indefinitely postponed, S18179 [26NO]

Baltic States: most-favored-nation status for Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania (S.J. Res. 191), S14723 [15OC]

Bankruptcy: exclude from the estate of the debtor certain interests in liquid and gaseous hydrocarbons (S. 580), S2837 [6MR]

Big Thicket National Preserve: boundaries (S. 1105), S6152 [20MY]

Boats: excise tax, S17331 [21NO]

Boys & Girls Clubs of America: grant charter (H.R. 525), S18178 [26NO]

Brownsville, TX: railroad relocation project, S7762, S7763 [13JN]

Budget: revising 1991 and setting forth the Federal budget for 1992-96 (H. Con. Res. 121), conference report, S6329 [22MY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1992-96 (S. Con. Res. 29), S4934, S4952 [24AP]

Bulgaria: most-favored-nation status (H.J. Res. 282), S15720, S15721 [31OC]

Center for the Study of Western Hemispheric Trade: establish (S. 423), S1912 [19FE]

China, People's Republic of: coercive abortion and sterilization policy, S10613 [23JY]

———most-favored-nation status (H.R. 2212), S10630, S10633, S10642 [23JY]

———most-favored-nation status (S. 1367), S10525, S10530, S10541, S10546 [22JY], S10610, S10613, S10667, S10670 [23JY]

———Presidential efforts to influence GATT to enforce trade restrictions if the U.S. revokes most-favored-nation status, S10630, S10633 [23JY]

———require improved human rights, arms, and trade policies before extending most-favored-nation status, S10546 [22JY]

———trade with Cuba, S10610 [23JY]

Civil rights: Business Roundtable negotiations of legislation, S5056 [25AP]

Civil Tiltrotor Development Advisory Committee: establish (S. 2105), S18427 [26NO]

Clear Creek, TX: modify the flood control project by removing a railroad bridge (S. 1221), S7169 [5JN]

Coast Guard: authorizing appropriations (S. 1297), S17522 [21NO]

Committee on Armed Services: meetings during sessions, S6116 [17MY]

Committee on Environment and Public Works: meetings during sessions, S6116 [17MY]

Committee on Foreign Relations: meetings during sessions, S6116 [17MY]

Committee on Governmental Affairs: meetings during sessions, S6116 [17MY]

Committee on Labor and Human Resources: meetings during sessions, S6117 [17MY]

Committees of the Senate: authority to report, S6119 [17MY]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 2521), conference report, S17830 [23NO]

———making supplemental appropriations for personnel expenditures relative to Operation Desert Shield and other urgent domestic programs (H.R. 1281), S3695 [20MR]

Dept. of HHS: establish an Office of Adolescent Health, S12891 [12SE]

Dept. of the Interior: making appropriations (H.R. 2686), S12974 [13SE]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2707), S12891, S12893, S12896 [12SE]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs, HUD, and independent agencies, commissions, corporations, and offices: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2519), S10241 [17JY], S10424, S10425 [18JY]

District of Columbia: congressional review for certain acts and enactment of certain laws relative to attorneys (H.R. 3709), S18179 [26NO]

Eastern European countries: termination of application of certain provisions of the Trade Act to the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic and Hungary (H.R. 1724), conference report, S18180, S18181 [26NO]

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 [15NO]

Elections: campaign ethics reform and contribution limits (S. 3), S6182, S6183, S6184, S6185, S6186 [21MY], S6507 [23MY]

———contributions by foreign nationals, S6182, S6183, S6184 [21MY]

———deny tax status to certain organizations participating in campaigns, S6507 [23MY]

———prohibit certain election-related activities by foreign nationals, S6185, S6186 [21MY]

Financial institutions: reform deposit insurance system (S. 543), S17331 [21NO]

Follow Through Act: technical and conforming amendments (H.R. 2312), S12134 [2AU]

Foreign aid: authorizing appropriations (S. 1435), S10863 [25JY]

Foreign trade: deficit, S16976 [19NO]

———free trade area with Canada and Mexico, S1935 [20FE]

———procedures for implementing trade agreements (S. Res. 78), S5751 [14MY], S6550, S6554, S6596 [23MY], S6803, S6807 [24MY]

———restrictions against imports produced by forced labor, S10642 [23JY]

Gates, Robert M.: nomination to be Director of CIA, S15854 [4NO]

Geography Awareness Week: designate (H.J. Res. 201), S18179 [26NO]

Government publications: authorize printing of ``The Dome of the United States Capitol—An Architectural History'' (S. Con. Res. 39), S6118 [17MY]

Gwen B. Giles Post Office Building, St. Louis, MO: designate (H.R. 3322), S18179 [26NO]

Head Start Transition Project Act: technical and conforming amendments (H.R. 2312), S12134 [2AU]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, S16008 [6NO]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 1872), S15180 [24OC]

Health care facilities: recoupment of funds relative to services billed to inappropriate government agencies, S3695 [20MR]

———survey and certification of those serving medicaid and medicare beneficiaries, S12893 [12SE]

Human rights: recovery of damages from individuals engaging in torture or extrajudicial killing (H.R. 2092), S18180 [26NO]

IRS: time extension for certain acts for individuals performing services under Operation Desert Shield (H.R. 4), S1135, S1139, S1141 [24JA]

ITC: procedures for the appointment of the Chairman (H.R. 3624), S17239 [20NO]

———procedures for the appointment of the Chairman (S. 1881), S15256 [25OC], S17239 [20NO]

Lake Meredith Salinity Control Project: construct and test (S. 1382), S8744 [26JN]

Medicaid: drug rebates, S4260 [9AP]

———Federal payments relative to State expenditures made from revenues derived from provider-specific taxes (H.R. 3595), S17988 [23NO], S18014, S18015 [25NO], S18188, S18189, S18190, S18192, S18194, S18195, S18197 [26NO]

———Federal payments relative to State expenditures made from revenues derived from provider-specific taxes (H.R. 3595), conference report, S18652 [27NO]

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

———States' voluntary contribution or provider-paid tax programs, S12896 [12SE]

Medicare: coverage for colerectal screening examinations and certain immunizations (S. 1231), S7305 [6JN]

———geographic adjustment of physicians' fees, S18195 [26NO]

Medicare/medicaid: extended care, home health services, and adult day care programs (S. 1520), S10565 [22JY]

Middle East: commend peace conference participants (H. Con. Res. 226), S18179 [26NO]

———congressional approval of military action to enforce U.N. Security Council resolution against Iraq pending failure of economic sanctions (S.J. Res. 1), S223, S224 [11JA]

———U.S. military presence (S. Con. Res. 2), S965 [17JA]

Mongolia: most-favored-nation status (H.J. Res. 281), S15720, S15721 [31OC]

Motor vehicles: condition of U.S. auto makers, S8045 [18JN]

Myrtle Foester Whitmire National Wildlife Refuge: designate (H.R. 2105), S18248 [26NO]

National Desert Storm Reservists Day: designate (S.J. Res. 134), S5303 [25AP], S5817 [14MY]

National Hospice Month: designate (S.J. Res. 78), S2435 [27FE]

National Senior Nutrition Week: designate (H.J. Res. 141), S6120 [17MY]

National Trauma Awareness Month: designate (H.J. Res. 300), S18179 [26NO]

———designate (S.J. Res. 229), S18179 [26NO]

National Visiting Nurse Associations Week: designate (H.J. Res. 212), S18179 [26NO]

Native Americans: tax exemption for income derived from trust or restricted lands (S. 754), S18180 [26NO]

Palo Alto Battlefield National Historic Site: establish (S. 1360), S8503 [24JN]

Pelican Island, TX: declare certain portions nonnavigable, S17522 [21NO]

Power resources: comprehensive energy security policy, S2055-S2057 [21FE]

———making appropriations for energy and water development (H.R. 2427), S9425, S9435 [10JY]

Real property: residential and commercial market, S1496 [5FE]

Red River: chloride control project funding, S9425 [10JY]

Research: superconducting supercollider funding, S9435 [10JY]

Resolution Trust Corp.: funding (S. 419), S2741, S2742 [6MR]

Revenue Reconciliation Act: technical corrections (S. 750), S4015 [21MR]

Roads and highways: apportionment formula for allocation of Federal-aid highway funds, S7777 [13JN]

———bonus State apportionments, S7948, S7949, S7950 [18JN]

Senate: legislative program, S4921 [24AP], S6119, S6120 [17MY], S6596 [23MY]

Social Security: earnings test for retirement age individuals (S. 2038), S18086 [25NO]

———family support systems (S. 4), S541 [15JA]

———pay-as-you-go financing, S4934, S4952 [24AP]

Social Security Administration: establish as an independent agency (S. 2038), S18086 [25NO]

Soviet Union: military action against Armenians (S. Res. 128), S6118 [17MY]

———most-favored-nation status (H.J. Res. 346), S18067, S18069 [25NO]

Space policy: development of space station, S10241 [17JY]

States: rate of total unemployment compensation, S16786 [15NO]

Surface Transportation Efficiency Act: enact (S. 1204), S7539, S7541 [12JN], S7729, S7761, S7762, S7773, S7776, S7777 [13JN], S7948, S7949, S7950 [18JN]

Tariff: classification of certain motor vehicles, S17591 [22NO]

Taxation: application of laws to employee benefit plans (S. 1364), S8596 [25JN]

———authorize studies of possible tax credits to stimulate sales of property owned by the FDIC and Resolution Trust Corp., S2741, S2742 [6MR]

———extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (S. 2042), S18079 [25NO], S18291 [26NO]

———individual retirement accounts (S. 612), S3027 [12MR]

———provide for employees of small employers a private retirement incentive matched by employers (S. 318), S1392 [31JA]

———simplify certain provisions (S. 1394), S8753 [26JN]

———tax credit for children and expand the use of individual retirement accounts (S. 1921), S16075 [6NO]

———treatment of long-term care insurance and benefits (S. 1693), S12303 [2AU]

———waive penalty on certain individual retirement accounts and pension plan withdrawals for purchase of consumer goods and other items, S17605, S17606 [22NO]

Telephones: consumer rights relative to telephone advertising (S. 1462), S16208 [7NO]

Tower, John: tribute (S. Res. 97), S4291 [11AP]

Unemployment: emergency compensation, S18180 [26NO]

———emergency compensation (H.R. 3575), S16718, S16719, S16721, S16722, S16723, S16725, S16726, S16727, S16729, S16733, S16743 [14NO], S16786, S16827, S16829 [15NO]

———emergency compensation (S. 1554), S10781 [24JY], S11731, S11735, S11749, S11752 [1AU]

———emergency compensation (S. 1554), motion to proceed to consideration, S11192 [29JY]

———emergency compensation (S. 1722), conference report, S13999, S14001 [1OC]

———optional program for supplemental compensation (S. 1296), S10810 [25JY]

Weapons: prevent biological and chemical weapon proliferation, S18180 [26NO]

Reports filed

Committee Expenditures: Committee on Finance (S. Res. 24), S1367 [31JA]

Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act: Committee on Finance (S. 1554), S11056 [26JY]

Extension of Most-Favored-Nation Status to Bulgaria: Committee on Finance (S.J. Res. 169) (S. Rept. 102-187), S14707 [15OC]

Extension of Most-Favored-Nation Status to Mongolia: Committee on Finance (S.J. Res. 168) (S. Rept. 102-186), S14707 [15OC]

Extension of Most-Favored-Nation Status to the People's Republic of China: Committee on Finance (S. 1367) (S. Rept. 102-101), S9362 [9JY]

———Committee on Finance (S.J. Res. 153) (S. Rept. 102-102), S9362 [9JY]

Extension of Most-Favored-Nation Status to the Soviet Union: Committee on Finance (S.J. Res. 215) (S. Rept. 102-228), S17665 [22NO]

Fast-Track Procedures for Implementing Trade Agreements: Committee on Finance (S. Res. 78), S5750 [14MY]

Federal Medicaid Payments Relative to State Expenditures Made From Revenues Derived From Provider-Specific Taxes and Medicaid Aggregate Payment Adjustments: Committee on Finance (S. 2037), S18079 [25NO]

Federal Medicaid Payments Relative to State Expenditures Made From Revenues Derived From Provider-Specific Taxes: Committee on Finance (H.R. 3595), S17988 [23NO]

Legislative Activities of the Committee on Finance During 101st Congress: Committee on Finance (S. Rept. 102-32), S4229 [9AP]

Nomination of Alixe R. Glen To Be an Assistant Sec. of HHS: Committee on Finance, S7809 [13JN]

Nomination of Carol T. Crawford to the ITC: Committee on Finance, S15251 [25OC]

Nomination of David M. Nummy To Be an Assistant Sec. of the Treasury: Committee on Finance, S15400 [29OC]

Nomination of Desiree Tocker-Sorini To Be Assistant Sec. of the Treasury: Committee on Finance, S8950 [27JN]

Nomination of Janet A. Nazum to the ITC: Committee on Finance, S15251 [25OC]

Nomination of Mary C. Sophos To Be Under Sec. of the Treasury: Committee on Finance, S8458 [21JN]

Nomination of Michael H. Moskow To Be a Deputy U.S. Trade Representative: Committee on Finance, S15400 [29OC]

Nomination of Olin L. Wethington To Be Deputy Under Sec. of the Treasury: Committee on Finance, S10951 [25JY]

Nomination of Peter S. Watson to the ITC: Committee on Finance, S17245 [20NO]

Nomination of Renato Beghe to the U.S. Tax Court: Committee on Finance, S3928 [21MR]

Tax Extension Act: Committee on Finance (S. 2042), S18079 [25NO]

Resolutions by organizations

Tribute to John Heinz: ITC, S5716 [14MY]

Unemployment emergency compensation: AMVETS, S14000 [1OC]

———Charles R. Jackson, Noncommissioned Officers Association, S14001 [1OC]

———VFW, S13999 [1OC]

Rules

Committee on Finance, S1328 [30JA]

Summaries

Better Access to Affordable Health Care Act (S. 1872), S15191 [24OC]

Committee Amendment to H.R. 3595, Federal Payments Relative to State Expenditures Made From Revenues Derived From Provider-Specific Taxes Under Medicaid, S17989 [23NO]

Medicare and Medicaid Chronic Care Programs (S. 1520), S10568 [22JY]

Savings and Investment Incentive Act (S. 612), S3030 [12MR]

U.S.-Bulgarian Trade Agreement, S15721 [31OC]

U.S.-Mongolian Trade Agreement, S15720 [31OC]

Tables

Donor State bonus apportionments under Bentsen revision to Byrd amendment to Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (S. 1204), S7948 [18JN]

Geographic practice cost indices by medicare carrier locality, S18195 [26NO]

Testimonies

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Nomination of Preston Moore to the Dept. of Commerce, D475 [24AP]

Texts of

S. 580, exclude from the estate of the debtor certain interests in liquid and gaseous hydrocarbons, S2838 [6MR]

S. 612, Savings and Investment Incentive Act, S3028-S3030 [12MR]

S. 750, Revenue Reconciliation Act technical corrections, S4015-S4026 [21MR]

S. 1231, Medicare Preventive Benefits Act, S7305-S7307 [6JN]

S. 1394, Tax Simplification Act, S8753-S8781 [26JN]

S. 1520, medicare and medicaid chronic care programs, S10566 [22JY]

S. 1554, Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act, S10782-S10784 [24JY]

S. 1693, Private Long-Term Care Insurance Act, S12304-S12307 [2AU]

S. 1872, Better Access to Affordable Health Care Act, S15182-S15191 [24OC]

S. 1921, Tax Fairness and Savings Incentive Act, S16076 [6NO]

S. 2042, extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, S18080 [25NO]

S. 2105, Civil Tiltrotor Development Advisory Committee Act, S18428 [26NO]

S.J. Res. 78, National Hospice Month, S2436 [27FE]

Tributes

Heinz, John, S4164 [9AP]

Tower, John, S4164 [9AP]

Welch, Mike, S1103 [23JA]