SAFETY
Amendments
Bicycles: promote the use of helmets by children (S. 3096), S15122, S15272 [25SE]
Children and youth: use of bicycle helmets (S. 2952), S18157, S18195 [8OC]
Consumer Products Safety Act: extend authorization appropriations (H.R. 4706), H8149 [12AU], H8221 [9SE], H8266, H8268, H8269, H8271, H8272 [10SE]
FAA: publish flight charts for visual flight routes (H.R. 3243), H7051 [30JY]
Federal Railroad Safety Act: authorizing activities (H.R. 2607), S12688 [12AU], H8109 [12AU]
Hazardous substances: study the contamination of workers' homes with substances transported from the workplace (S. 353), S1700, S1717 [19FE]
National Awareness Week for Life-Saving Techniques: designate (H.J. Res. 442), H4314 [5JN]
OSHA: regulations (S. Con. Res. 17), S17867, S18189 [8OC]
Pipelines: improve safety programs (S. 1583), S16628, S16635, S17053 [5OC], H11811 [5OC]
Product safety: establish uniform product liability laws (S. 640), S12714 [12AU], S13115 [9SE]
Railroads: safety (S. 1571), S3868, S3869, S3884, S3885 [18MR]
Analyses
Composition and Labeling of Dietary Supplements (H.R. 5746), E2323 [31JY]
Improve and Expand Airports and Runways (S. 2573), S5274 [9AP]
Articles and editorials
Alarming Look at Your Tax Dollars at Work, S6462 [12MY]
Boy Held in Assault on Pizza Deliverer, S12224 [11AU]
Bucket-Related Drownings in the United States, 1984-1990, S12867-S12869 [8SE]
Bush's Logic Behind Plan To Cut Job Safety Rules Is Absurd, S13307 [10SE]
Chernobyl's Shameless Lies—Ex-Engineer Denounces Official History, S6689 [14MY]
Consumers Are Liable for Product Liability Law, S6464 [12MY]
Crowning Moment—Assembly Votes for Helmet Law, S2351 [26FE]
D.C. Man Charged in Teenager's Slaying, S12225 [11AU]
Decrepit Nuclear Plant Puts Bulgaria in Bind, S6688 [14MY]
Defective Nuclear Shells Discovered in Europe—U.S. Secretly Repairing Faulty Weapons, S11191-S11193 [3AU]
DOE Aims To Cut Costs of Nuke Dump, S17578 [8OC]
Expanding Waste Line Along Mexico's Border, S1534 [18FE]
15-Year-Old Fatally Shot in His Yard, S12225 [11AU]
Finding a Cure for Gunfire, S8436 [18JN]
Firearm Accidents, E1057 [10AP]
For-Profit New Zealand Air Traffic Control System Cuts Costs and Increases Efficiency, E1947 [23JN]
40 Chernobyls Waiting to Happen, S9698 [2JY]
G-7 Eyes Aid For Ex-Soviet Nuclear Plants—Effort Seen Costing Billions of Dollars, S7340 [2JN]
G-7 To Consider Plan on Reducing A-Plant Risks, S9698 [2JY]
Germany Calls For G7 Aid For East, S7340 [2JN]
Girl Shot for 35 Cents, S12224 [11AU]
Handguns Kill More Than They Protect, S18204 [8OC]
Industry Must Stop ``Downer Cow'' Abuse, S3723 [13MR]
Litigation Liberalism, S6441 [12MY]
Man Allegedly Kills Neighbor Because Dog Wet on Newspaper, S12224 [11AU]
Myth of Japan as a Land Without Lawyers, S6463 [12MY]
New Chance for Nuclear Industry, S7339 [2JN]
No More Court Secrecy on Dangerous Products, E845 [26MR]
Nuclear Danger in Republics, S6690 [14MY]
OSHA Inspects a Congressional Office, Finds Workplace Safety Violations Galore, S15990 [1OC]
Parasite Economy, S6450-S6453 [12MY]
Plan Aims for Safety of Nuclear Reactors, S7339 [2JN]
Pro-Active Activism, S3723 [13MR]
Reform Product Liability, S6464 [12MY]
Russia Gets a Scare at St. Petersburg, S6691 [14MY]
Safer Drivers, E1244 [5MY]
Save the Brady Bill, H2077 [31MR]
Secrecy Versus Safety—Restoring the Balance, E120 [29JA]
Seven Major Livestock Yards Stop Accepting Disabled Hogs, S3724 [13MR]
Soviet Heirs, U.S. OK Nuclear Cuts, S7338 [2JN]
Stockyard Conditions Criticized, S3723 [13MR]
Suspect Tells of Urge To Kill NW Teenager, S12224 [11AU]
Take Steps To Avoid Downed Hogs, S3724 [13MR]
Tampering With the Evidence—the Liability and Competitiveness Myth, S6439 [12MY]
This Concern Is Legitimate, S3723 [13MR]
Tort Tax, S6445 [12MY]
U.S. Plans To Cut Russian Reactor Risk—$20 Million Proposal Involves Safety Training for Nuclear Workers, S7340 [2JN]
Weicker—Control Firearms, S8436 [18JN]
Bills and resolutions
Aeronautics: aviation accidents (see H.R. 5362), H4588 [10JN]
———aviation safety in adverse weather conditions (see S. 2645), S5899 [30AP]
———increase preinspection of foreign airports and provide for expedited airport immigration processing (see H.R. 5555), H5979 [2JY]
Bicycles: promote the use of helmets by children (see S. 3096), S10804 [29JY]
———promoting the use of helmets by children (see H.R. 5971), H8734 [17SE]
Boats: recreational vessel safety and law enforcement coordination (see H.R. 4697), H2019 [30MR]
Chemical weapons: moratorium on the construction of incinerators relative to munitions demilitarization (see H.R. 4975), H2672 [9AP]
Children and youth: promote education, safety, and welfare programs within a family environment (see S. 3243; H.R. 5973), S13879 [17SE], H8734 [17SE]
———use of bicycle helmets (see S. 2952), S9776 [2JY]
Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act: application to farm vehicles operating more than 150 miles from owner's farm (see H.R. 6071), H10014 [30SE]
Commonwealth of Independent States: nuclear safety (see H.R. 5296), H3916 [28MY]
Consumer Products Safety Act: extend authorization appropriations (see H.R. 4706), H2201 [31MR]
———extend authorization appropriations (H.R. 4706), consideration (see H. Res. 555), H8143 [12AU]
Consumers: prohibit sale of certain pyrotechnic devices without warning labels or to children (see S. 2234), S1703 [19FE]
CPSC: require labeling of certain toys and games (see S. 2863), S8389 [17JN]
Dept. of Energy: employee protection at nuclear facilities (see S. 2506), S4636 [1AP]
District of Columbia: enforcement of laws relative to the possession of mace (see S. 3020), S10218 [23JY]
Eastern European countries: nuclear safety (see H.R. 5296), H3916 [28MY]
Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act: Federal facilities compliance (see H.R. 4986), H2672 [9AP]
FAA: administrative assessment of civil penalties (see H.R. 5481), H5183 [24JN]
———increase safety of air transportation (see H.R. 4557), H1691 [24MR]
Federal Railroad Safety Act: authorizing activities (H.R. 2607), consideration of Senate amendment (see H. Res. 516), H6348 [21JY]
Firearms: prohibit the manufacture, importation, sale, purchase, transfer, or possession of handguns and ammunition (see S. 2913; H.R. 5890), S9280 [30JN], H8146 [12AU]
———waiting period before the purchase of a handgun (see S. 3282), S15473 [28SE]
Fish: fishing safety, conservation, and productivity (see H.R. 6148), H11627 [5OC]
———safety of products intended for human consumption (see S. 2538, 2884), S4932 [7AP], S8659 [23JN]
Food: composition and labeling of dietary supplements (see H.R. 5746), H7151 [31JY]
———prohibit sale or transfer of nonambulatory livestock (see S. 2296), S2522 [27FE]
Foreign trade: relation of agreements to health, safety, labor, and environmental laws of the U.S. (H. Con. Res. 246), consideration (see H. Res. 542), H7532 [5AU]
Hazardous substances: consideration of community interests affected by corrective actions at hazardous waste sites (see H.R. 4571), H1777 [25MR]
———management of waste facilities (see H.R. 4465, 4466), H1267 [12MR]
Health: germicide regulations (see H.R. 5762), H7385 [4AU]
———regulation of mammography services and radiological equipment (see H.R. 6182), H12590 [5OC]
Housing: require manufactured housing to be equipped with water heater shutoff valve (see H.R. 6169), H11628 [5OC]
Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act: restore obligation authority (see S. 2370), S3872 [18MR]
Law enforcement: security service quality and competence of security officer personnel (see H.R. 5931), H8304 [10SE]
Motor vehicles: licensing requirements to operate a public works vehicle (see H.R. 4152), H287 [4FE]
———noncompliance by States with safety belt and motorcycle helmet requirements (see H.R. 4445), H1180 [11MR]
———State motorcycle helmet laws (see H.R. 4226), H417 [14FE]
National Awareness Week for Life-Saving Techniques: designate (see H.J. Res. 442), H1321 [17MR]
National Firefighters Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 523), H5979 [2JY]
National Radon Action Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 550), H8575 [15SE]
National School Bus Safety Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 260), S2192 [25FE]
National Shellfish Safety Program: establish (see H.R. 5904), H8146 [12AU]
Native Americans: maintenance of dams on Indian lands in New Mexico (see S. 2617), S5501 [10AP]
Nuclear weapons: establish advisory boards and conduct public health assessments at Dept. of Energy facilities (see H.R. 5121), H3087 [7MY]
Occupational safety and health: provide uniform warnings on personal protective equipment (see H.R. 6101), H10778 [2OC]
———standards at workplaces owned by, operated by, or under contract with the U.S. (see H.R. 5586), H6244 [9JY]
Pipelines: improve safety of hazardous liquid pipelines (see S. 2375), S4031 [20MR]
Postal Service: occupational safety and health of employees (see H.R. 4775), H2406 [7AP]
———recommendations of FAA mail and cargo security study (see H. Con. Res. 346), H5980 [2JY]
Public safety officers: death and disability benefits to retired officers (see S. 2662), S6099 [6MY]
———ensure equitable distribution of benefits (see H.R. 5862), H8145 [12AU]
Railroads: installation of certain lights on trains for safety purposes (see S. 2644), S5898 [30AP]
———require passenger and freight trains to install and use certain safety lights (see H.R. 5684), H6582 [23JY]
Roads and highways: national maximum speed limit (see H.R. 5606), H6245 [9JY]
———State grants relative to safety belt and motorcycle helmet traffic safety programs (see S. 2204), S1248 [6FE]
Schools: increase safety (see H.R. 4356), H872 [2MR]
States: safety belt and motorcycle helmet programs (see H.R. 4207), H397 [7FE]
Taxation: issuance of tax-exempt bonds to emergency medical service organizations (see H.R. 5776), H7532 [5AU]
———treatment of certain costs of private foundations in removing hazardous substances (see H.R. 5644), H6449 [22JY]
Transportation: prohibit the sale of motor vehicles and rail cars without seat belts (see H.R. 4336), H846 [27FE]
Unemployment: projects to provide employment opportunities to repair certain community facilities (see H.R. 4340), H846 [27FE]
Cloture motions
Product safety: establish uniform product liability laws (S. 640), S12928 [8SE], S13154 [10SE]
Court documents
OSHA rulemaking relative to exposure cadmium, S4777-S4779 [2AP]
Descriptions
Pipeline Safety Act (H.R. 1489), H8432 [15SE]
Letters
Army's problems with chemical warfare munitions: Newport Army Ammunition Depot Study Group, E1535 [27MY]
Children's Bicycle Helmet Safety Act: National SAFE KIDS Campaign, S9799 [2JY]
Creation of an independent safety investigation board for the NRC: NRC, S1667 [19FE]
Hazardous Materials Transportation Uniform Safety Act: Dept. of Transportation, S85 [21JA]
Improve and expand airports and runways: Andrew H. Card, Jr., Sec. of Transportation, S5274 [9AP]
Manufacturer product liability: Andrew F. Popper, S6447 [12MY]
———Barbara H. Franklin, Sec. of Commerce, S6463 [12MY]
Nuclear plant safety in former Soviet Republics: several Senators, S6691 [14MY]
Nuclear reactor licensing: James D. Watkins, Sec. of Energy, S1146 [6FE], E905 [31MR], E942 [2AP]
———NRC, S1144, S1146, S1156 [6FE]
Nuclear waste disposal: Dept. of Energy, S17558 [8OC]
———EPA, S17559, S17566, S17567 [8OC]
———Mike Sullivan, Governor of Wyoming, S17589 [8OC]
———NRC, S17578, S17589 [8OC]
———Representative Dingell, S17578 [8OC]
———Representative Sharp, S17559, S17566, S17567 [8OC]
OSHA seat belt, motorcycle helmet, and driver safety awareness programs regulations: National Federation of Independent Business, S13702 [17SE]
———Representative Livingston, S13702 [17SE]
Product Liability Fairness Act: Command Trust Network and Breast Implant Information Network, S12872 [8SE]
———J.I. Case Co., S13146 [10SE]
———National Federation of Independent Business, S13146 [10SE]
———National Small Business United, S13147 [10SE]
———National Women's Health Network, S12872 [8SE]
———Northland Pines Schools, S13146 [10SE]
———Petersen Automotive Corp., S13146 [10SE]
———Roundy's, Inc., S13146 [10SE]
———St. Joseph's Community Hospital of West Bend, WI, S13146 [10SE]
———Therma-Tron-X, Inc., S13147 [10SE]
———U.S. Industrial Sales Co., Inc., S13146 [10SE]
———Wisconsin Counties Association, S13147 [10SE]
———Wisconsin Restaurant Association, S13147 [10SE]
———Women's Law Center, Inc., S12872 [8SE]
Use of automatic sprinklers or equivalent level of fire safety: Representative Brown, H7800 [10AU]
———Representative Gonzalez, H7800 [10AU]
Waiting period before the purchase of a handgun: Presidents Reagan, Ford, Carter, and Nixon, S16552 [5OC]
———several former Attorneys General, S16552, S16554 [5OC]
———several law enforcement agencies, S16573 [5OC]
Lists
Academic opponents to the Product Liability Fairness Act, S6447 [12MY]
Maryland Motorcycle Helmet Coalition, S2352 [26FE]
Meetings between U.S. Trade Representative office and Members of Congress, H7701-H7703 [6AU]
Murder victims in the District of Columbia in 1992, H9416-H9418 [24SE]
Organizations and individuals opposed to Federal product liability legislation, S12857 [8SE]
Strategic weapons needing safety tests, S11185 [3AU]
Memorandums
Guidance on Risk Assessment of Nuclear Waste Sites: EPA, S17560-S17565 [8OC]
Handling of Downed and Distressed Livestock: Minnesota Livestock Marketing Association, S3725 [13MR]
———National Pork Producers Council, S3725 [13MR]
Nuclear Reactor Licensing: Dept. of Energy, S1146-S1148 [6FE]
Memorials of legislature
Alaska, S5893 [30AP]
California, S524 [28JA], S10500 [28JY], S18268 [29OC], H3240 [13MY], H10100 [1OC]
Colorado, H3643 [20MY]
Hawaii, S8383 [17JN]
Minnesota, S9060 [26JN], H3240 [13MY]
New Jersey, H288 [4FE]
Pennsylvania, S10506 [28JY]
Messages
Administration of the Radiation Control for Health and Safety Act: President Bush, S12342 [11AU], H7933 [11AU]
Hazardous Materials Transportation: President Bush, H879 [3MR]
Motions
Pipelines: increase safety to humans and environment (H.R. 1489), H8437 [15SE]
Product safety: establish uniform product liability laws (S. 640), S12842, S12851 [8SE], S13154 [10SE]
Press releases
DeLonghi voluntarily to replace control panels on oil-filled electric heaters: CPSC, S12865 [8SE]
General Electric voluntarily recalls certain drip coffeemakers that may pose a fire hazard: CPSC, S12865 [8SE]
Gerry strollers recalled for potential brake safety: CPSC, S12865 [8SE]
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announcements of child safety seat recalls, S12866 [8SE]
Petrus umbrella stroller modification program: CPSC, S12866 [8SE]
Power lawnmower injuries decline: CPSC, S12869 [8SE]
Stanley garage door openers recalled due to entrapment hazard: CPSC, S12865 [8SE]
Remarks in House
Aeronautics: criminal background checks on airline and airport employees, H6187-H6191 [9JY]
———increase preinspection of foreign airports and provide for expedited airport immigration processing (H.R. 5555), H9759-H9761 [29SE], E2078 [2JY], E2852, E2858 [30SE]
———limitations on duty time of flight attendants, H6193-H6195 [9JY]
———privatize air traffic control system, E1947 [23JN]
Agriculture: farm safety and health, E1372 [13MY]
Airports: deicing equipment, H3420-H3422 [19MY]
Boats: recreational vessel safety and law enforcement coordination (H.R. 4697), E873 [30MR]
Business and industry: safety regulations reform, H2682 [28AP]
———treatment under government regulations, H3175 [13MY]
Butler, Bernie G., Jr.: U.S. Marshal's Association America's Star Award for Firearm Safety recipient, E869 [27MR]
Chemical weapons: destruction, E1535 [27MY]
Children and youth: education in safety, E223 [6FE]
———promote education, safety, and welfare programs within a family environment (H.R. 5973), E2727 [21SE]
Commonwealth of Independent States: nuclear safety (H.R. 5296), H3746, H3820 [27MY]
Consumer Federation of America: report on playground safety, E155 [30JA]
Consumer Products Safety Act: extend authorization appropriations (H.R. 4706), H2024 [31MR], H8264-H8273 [10SE]
———extend authorization appropriations (H.R. 4706), consideration (H. Res. 555), H8160 [9SE]
———extend authorization appropriations (H.R. 4706), debate procedure, H7710 [6AU]
Dane County, WI: tribute to driving while intoxicated prevention program, E1947 [23JN]
Dept. of Energy: monitor radiation hazard to employees, H4255, H4256 [4JN]
Dodge drunk driving simulator: demonstration, H2683 [28AP]
Eastern European countries: nuclear safety (H.R. 5296), H3746, H3820 [27MY]
Ecology and environment: management and improvement of the Federal Superfund program, E2998 [3OC]
Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act: Federal facilities compliance (H.R. 4986), E1083 [10AP]
Employment: workplace safety, E1111 [28AP]
FAA: administrative assessment of civil penalties (H.R. 5481), H7235-H7238 [3AU]
———publish flight charts for visual flight routes (H.R. 3243), H7049 [30JY]
FDA: approval process of new drugs, H1291 [17MR]
Federal Railroad Safety Act: authorizing activities (H.R. 2607), H8109 [12AU]
———authorizing activities (H.R. 2607), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 516), H6257-H6265 [21JY], E2234 [23JY]
Fire prevention: use of automatic sprinklers or equivalent level of fire safety (H.R. 3360), H7797-H7802 [10AU], E2581 [10SE]
Firearms: waiting period before the purchase of a handgun (H.R. 7), H2077 [31MR], H8225 [10SE], H8739 [18SE], H10939 [3OC]
Fireman of the Year: award recipients, E1112 [28AP]
Food: composition and labeling of dietary supplements (H.R. 5746), E2323 [31JY]
Foreign trade: relation of agreements to health, safety, labor, and environmental laws of the U.S. (H. Con. Res. 246), H7389 [5AU], H7700-H7708, H7719-H7721 [6AU], E2326 [31JY], E2359 [4AU], E2459 [12AU]
———relation of agreements to health, safety, labor, and environmental laws of the U.S. (H. Con. Res. 246), consideration (H. Res. 542), H7698, H7699 [6AU]
Hazardous substances: authority to determine transportation of toxic wastes through local communities, H3098 [12MY]
———consideration of community interests affected by corrective actions at hazardous waste sites (H.R. 4571), E809 [25MR]
———disclosure of certain information relating to public hazards (H.R. 2017), E120 [29JA], E845 [26MR]
———improve accuracy of radon testing products and services (H.R. 3258), H9700-H9702 [29SE]
———management of waste facilities (H.R. 4465), E748 [19MR]
———management of waste facilities (H.R. 4466), E748 [19MR]
———transportation of materials, H7 [3JA]
Health: regulation of mammography services and radiological equipment (H.R. 6182), H11851, H11855 [5OC]
Health care facilities: OSHA regulation of dental industry, H5049 [23JN]
House of Representatives: safety audit on the use of space in the House office buildings, H5129 [24JN]
Housing: require manufactured housing to be equipped with water heater shutoff valve (H.R. 6169), E3156 [9OC]
Hunting and trapping: deer season deaths, E912 [1AP]
INS: Border Patrol hot pursuit policy revisions, H7054 [30JY]
Labeling: modify requirements relative to warning labels and safety standards of 5-gallon buckets, H8270, H8271 [10SE]
Lafayette, LA: tribute to driving while intoxicated prevention program, E1959 [23JN]
Law enforcement: security service quality and competence of security officer personnel (H.R. 5931), E2589 [11SE]
Louisville, KY: fire prevention efforts of the Louisville Division of Fire and Highland Middle School, E2559 [9SE]
Mason Neck National Wildlife Refuge: deer hunts, H6430-H6434 [22JY]
Medford, MA: tribute to driving while intoxicated prevention program, E1989 [25JN]
Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 5352), E1726 [9JN]
Motor vehicles: licensing requirements to operate a public works vehicle (H.R. 4152), E193 [4FE]
National Awareness Week for Life-Saving Techniques: designate (H.J. Res. 442), H4314 [5JN], E700 [17MR]
National Center for Lead-Safe Housing: establish, E2765 [23SE]
National Farm Safety Week: observance, E2832 [29SE]
National Firefighters Day: designate (H.J. Res. 523), H9954 [30SE], E2077 [2JY]
National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial: tribute to those who have died in the line of duty, E905 [31MR]
National Propane Safety Week: observance, E1214 [1MY]
National Radon Action Week: designate (H.J. Res. 550), E2643 [15SE]
National Shellfish Safety Program: establish (H.R. 5904), E2554 [12AU]
National Victims Week: observance, H2682, H2683 [28AP]
New Jersey: emergency corrective action to repair highway, H6800-H6802 [28JY]
Nuclear energy: standardize plant designs and improve the licensing and regulatory process (H.R. 1184), E905 [31MR]
Occupational safety and health: provide uniform warnings on personal protective equipment (H.R. 6101), E2944 [3OC]
———standards at workplaces owned by, operated by, or under contract with the U.S. (H.R. 5586), E2134 [9JY]
Occupational Safety and Health Act: revise (H.R. 3160), E1122, E1129 [28AP]
Ohio Utilities Protection Service: anniversary, E2211 [22JY]
OSHA: cadmium exposure standards, E707 [18MR]
———motor vehicle occupant protection regulations, H6746 [28JY]
Pipelines: improve safety programs (S. 1583), H11811-H11813 [5OC]
———increase safety to humans and environment (H.R. 1489), H8423-H8437 [15SE], E2121 [8JY]
Play-It-Safe International (organization): tribute, E903 [31MR]
Postal Service: occupational safety and health of employees (H.R. 4775), E990 [7AP]
———recommendations of FAA mail and cargo security study (H. Con. Res. 346), E2064 [2JY]
Public safety officers: ensure equitable distribution of benefits (H.R. 5862), H11136 [3OC], E3097 [9OC]
Radioactive substances: requirements governing the disposal of low-level radioactive waste, E1569 [28MY]
Railroads: require passenger and freight trains to install and use certain safety lights (H.R. 5684), E2246 [24JY]
Rutherford County, TN: tribute to emergency 911 program, E2580 [10SE]
Safe Boating Week: observance, E1725 [9JN]
Salt Lake City, UT: tribute to C.R. England & Sons for receiving the Interstate Truckload Carriers Conference safety award, E965 [3AP]
Santa Rosa, CA: tribute to driving while intoxicated prevention program, E1951 [23JN]
Snyder County, PA: tribute to Pennsylvania Dept. of Transportation employees, E609 [10MR]
Taxation: treatment of certain costs of private foundations in removing hazardous substances (H.R. 5644), H7167-H7171 [3AU], E2718 [21SE]
Toys: hazardous warning labeling of certain (H.R. 3809), H826 [27FE]
Trucking: safety guidelines, E1244 [5MY]
Unemployment: projects to provide employment opportunities to repair certain community facilities (H.R. 4340), E472 [27FE]
Workers Memorial Day: observance, E1111, E1128, E1129 [28AP]
Remarks in Senate
Aeronautics: aviation safety in adverse weather conditions (S. 2645), S5908, S5909 [30AP]
———improve and expand airports and runways (S. 2573), S5271, S5275 [9AP]
———installation of long-range radar system for the Northern Maine region, S16077, S16078 [1OC]
———random drug and alcohol testing of airline pilots, S9590 [2JY]
Bicycles: promote the use of helmets by children (S. 3096), S10807 [29JY], S15122, S15123 [25SE]
Business and industry: regulations to minimize damage to the environment, S819 [3FE]
Children and youth: child neglect issues, S1745 [20FE]
———issues affecting the well-being of U.S. children, S4075-S4077 [24MR]
———promote education, safety, and welfare programs within a family environment (S. 3243), S13884, S13900, S13901 [17SE]
———use of bicycle helmets (S. 2952), S9799 [2JY], S18157 [8OC]
Commonwealth of Independent States: nuclear plant safety improvements, S6687, S6688 [14MY]
———nuclear safety, S7338 [2JN]
———nuclear safety (H.R. 5296), S7538 [4JN]
Consumers: prohibit sale of certain pyrotechnic devices without warning labels or to children (S. 2234), S1711 [19FE]
Courts: jurisdiction of cases under the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act, S1321, S1322 [7FE]
CPSC: require labeling of certain toys and games (S. 2863), S8391 [17JN]
Cuba: safety of nuclear powerplants, S17752-S17758 [8OC]
Dept. of Energy: employee protection at nuclear facilities (S. 2506), S4638, S4642, S4644, S4675 [1AP]
Dept. of Transportation: Federal Railroad Administration's regulations relative to tank car safety, S11453-S11456, S11461 [4AU]
District of Columbia: enforcement of laws relative to the possession of mace (S. 3020), S10226 [23JY]
Drunken driving: State enactment of prevention laws, S11433 [4AU]
Eckhoff, Steve: tribute, S84 [21JA]
FAA: administrative assessment of civil penalties (H.R. 5481), S12770 [12AU]
Federal Railroad Safety Act: authorizing activities (H.R. 2607), House amendment, S12438, S12447 [12AU]
———authorizing activities (H.R. 2607), language of S. 1571 inserted in lieu, S3869 [18MR]
Firefighters: tribute to those who died in the line of duty, S17331 [7OC], S17809 [8OC]
Firearms: handgun control, S18203 [8OC]
———national policy to control handgun sales and possession, S8435 [18JN]
———prohibit the manufacture, importation, sale, purchase, transfer, or possession of handguns and ammunition (S. 2913), S9286 [30JN], S12224-S12226 [11AU], S16589 [5OC]
———waiting period before the purchase of a handgun (H.R. 7), S16824, S16842 [5OC]
———waiting period before the purchase of a handgun (S. 3282), S15472 [28SE], S15635 [29SE], S16551-S16577 [5OC]
Fish: safety of products intended for human consumption (S. 2538), S4944-S4956 [7AP]
———safety of products intended for human consumption (S. 2884), S8673 [23JN]
Food: prohibit sale or transfer of nonambulatory livestock (S. 2296), S3722 [13MR]
Government regulations: deregulation policy, S7269-S7271 [2JN]
Hazardous Materials Transportation Uniform Safety Act: enact, S85 [21JA]
Hazardous substances: assessing liability for unauthorized discharge, S8768-S8771 [24JN]
———study the contamination of workers' homes with substances transported from the workplace, S4715, S4765 [2AP], S13488 [15SE]
———study the contamination of workers' homes with substances transported from the workplace (S. 353), S1699-S1701 [19FE]
Health: regulation of mammography services and radiological equipment (H.R. 6182), S17240-S17245 [7OC], S17832 [8OC]
Highway trust funds: authorize use to create jobs, ease burden on State and local governments, and provide sound transportation infrastructure, S3605-S3613 [13MR]
INS: Border Patrol hot pursuit policy revisions, S10351 [27JY]
Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act: restore obligation authority (S. 2370), S3877 [18MR]
International Maritime Organization: observance of World Maritime Day, S13928 [17SE]
Law enforcement officers: hand-held radar guns, S7299 [2JN]
Maryland: universal motorcycle helmet law, S2351 [26FE]
Motor vehicles: motorcycle safety, S5335 [9AP]
National Association of Women Highway Safety Leaders: anniversary, S15285 [25SE]
National Awareness Week for Life-Saving Techniques: designate (H.J. Res. 442), S7689 [9JN]
National Firefighters Day: designate (H.J. Res. 523), S18150 [8OC]
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health: study of the contamination of workers' homes with hazardous substances transported from their workplace, S15641 [29SE]
National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week: designate (H.J. Res. 284), S3764 [17MR]
National School Bus Safety Week: designate (S.J. Res. 260), S2228 [25FE]
Native Americans: compensation for former uranium miners overlooked by the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act, S1322-S1324 [7FE]
———maintenance of dams on Indian lands in New Mexico (S. 2617), S5509 [10AP]
NRC: establish an independent safety investigation board, S1665-S1670 [19FE]
Nuclear energy: reactor licensing, S1141-S1155, S1156-S1160, S1166-S1173 [6FE], S1504 [7FE]
Nuclear weapons: protection of workers at production plants, S17829 [8OC]
Occupational safety and health: impact of deregulation, S13307 [10SE]
OMB: cost-benefit analysis of OSHA's standard to protect certain industrial workers from toxic chemicals, S3858 [18MR]
OSHA: improve health and safety of employees (S. 1622), S5712 [28AP]
———regulations relative to exposure to cadmium, S4777 [2AP]
———regulations (S. Con. Res. 17), S17867 [8OC]
———seat belt, motorcycle helmet, and driver safety awareness programs regulations, S13701-S13703, S13734 [17SE]
———targeted training grants, S13721 [17SE]
Pipelines: improve safety of hazardous liquid pipelines, S10778-S10780 [29JY], S11642 [6AU]
———improve safety of hazardous liquid pipelines (S. 2375), S4031 [20MR]
———improve safety programs (S. 1583), S16628-S16638 [5OC]
Pitkin County, CO: modify FAA safety regulations relative to visual flight rules at mountain airports, S17848 [8OC]
Power resources: low-level radioactive waste disposal, S10982-S10985 [31JY]
Product safety: establish uniform product liability laws, S6335 [7MY], S6433-S6472 [12MY], S6707 [14MY]
———establish uniform product liability laws (S. 640), S4684 [2AP], S6659 [14MY], S12499 [12AU], S12800, S12852-S12874, S12928 [8SE], S13119 [9SE], S13139-S13157, S13245, S13246 [10SE]
———establish uniform product liability laws (S. 640), unanimous-consent agreement, S9056 [26JN]
Public safety officers: death and disability benefits to retired officers (S. 2662), S6103 [6MY]
———ensure equitable distribution of benefits (H.R. 5862), S17278 [7OC], S18254 [8OC]
Railroads: installation of certain lights on trains for safety purposes (S. 2644), S5908 [30AP], S12510 [12AU]
———safety (S. 1571), S3863-S3869 [18MR], S3926 [19MR]
———safety (S. 1571), indefinitely postponed, S13645 [16SE]
Roads and highways: State grants relative to safety belt and motorcycle helmet traffic safety programs (S. 2204), S1251, S1252 [6FE]
South Carolina: tribute to American Textile Manufacturers Institute's First in Safety contest winners, S3892 [18MR]
St. Louis, MO: approve construction of Page Avenue extension, S16635 [5OC]
Transportation: establish a national comprehensive surface transportation system (H.R. 2950), S111-S113 [22JA], S4186 [25MR]
Workers Memorial Day: observance, S5715 [28AP]
Reports
Governor's Forum on Environmental Management—Working Paper on Drinking Water: EPA, S13026 [9SE]
Hazardous Materials Transportation Uniform Safety Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, S85 [21JA]
Hazardous Waste Disposal Facilities: NRC, S17588 [8OC]
Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal: National Governors' Association, S10984 [31JY]
Narrative Summaries of Accidents Involving U.S. Nuclear Weapons: Dept. of Defense, S11172-S11175 [3AU]
Nuclear Safety—Concerns About the Nuclear Power Reactors in Cuba: GAO, S17755-S17758 [8OC]
Soviet Nuclear Power Plant Designs: U.S. Council for Energy Awareness, S9698-S9700 [2JY]
Reports filed
Breast Cancer Screening Safety Act: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (S. 1777) (S. Rept. 102-448), S16142 [1OC]
Comprehensive Occupational Safety and Health Reform Act: Committee on Education and Labor (H.R. 3160) (H. Rept. 102-663), H6244 [9JY]
Consideration of H. Con. Res. 246, Relation of Foreign Trade Agreements to Health, Safety, Labor, and Environmental Laws of the U.S.: Committee on Rules (H. Res. 542) (H. Rept. 102-786), H7516, H7532 [5AU]
Consideration of H.R. 4706, Consumer Product Safety Act Appropriations: Committee on Rules (H. Res. 555) (H. Rept. 102-840), H8143 [12AU]
Consumer Products Safety Act Appropriations: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 4706) (H. Rept. 102-649), H5978 [2JY]
Equitable Distribution of Benefits to Public Safety Officers: Committee on the Judiciary (H.R. 5862) (H. Rept. 102-994), H11196 [3OC]
Establishment of an Office of Construction Safety, Health, and Education by OSHA: Committee on Education and Labor (H.R. 1063) (H. Rept. 102-662), H6244 [9JY]
FAA Civil Penalty Administrative Assessment Act: Committee on Public Works and Transportation (H.R. 5481) (H. Rept. 102-671), H6348 [21JY]
Federal Fire Safety Act: Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (H.R. 3360) (H. Rept. 102-509), H2883 [30AP]
Improved Accuracy of Products and Services for Radon Testing: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 3258) (H. Rept. 102-923), H9641 [28SE]
Improvement of Health and Safety of Employees: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (S. 1622) (S. Rept. 102-453), S16530 [3OC]
Increase Safety of Air Transportation: Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (H.R. 4557) (H. Rept. 102-511), H2897 [4MY]
Increased Preinspection of Foreign Airports and Provision for Expedited Airport Immigration Processing: Committee on the Judiciary (S. 5555) (H. Rept. 102-910), H9536 [25SE]
Indian Dams Safety Act: Committee on Indian Affairs (Select) (S. 2617) (S. Rept 102-457), S16977 [5OC]
Issues in Aircraft Cabin Safety and Crash Survivability—The USAir-Skywest Incident: Committee on Government Operations (H. Rept. 102-501), H2711 [28AP]
Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program Appropriations: Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries (H.R. 5352) (H. Rept. 102-742), H6860 [28JY]
National Awareness Week for Life-Saving Techniques: Committee on the Judiciary (S.J. Res. 214), S2521 [27FE]
National Lock-In-Safety Month: Committee on the Judiciary (S.J. Res. 139), S2520 [27FE]
National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week: Committee on the Judiciary (S.J. Res. 233), S2521 [27FE]
Pipeline Safety Act: Committee on Public Works and Transportation (H.R. 1489) (H. Rept. 102-247), H6704 [27JY]
Publishing Flight Charts for Visual Flight Routes: Committee on Public Works and Transportation (H.R. 3243) (H. Rept. 102-712), H6626 [24JY]
Reduce Product Liability for Joint Business Ventures: Committee on the Judiciary (H.R. 1604) (H. Rept. 102-972), H10099 [1OC]
Relation of Trade Agreements to Health, Safety, Labor, and Environmental Laws of the U.S.: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H. Con. Res. 246) (H. Rept. 102-635), H5622 [30JN]
———Committee on Ways and Means (H. Con. Res. 246) (H. Rept. 102-635), H7150 [31JY]
Tax Treatment of Certain Costs of Private Foundations in Removing Hazardous Substances: Committee on Ways and Means (H.R. 5644) (H. Rept. 102-717), H6626 [24JY]
Use of Automatic Sprinklers or Equivalent Exchange for Fire Safety: Committee on Public Works and Transportation (H.R. 3360) (H. Rept. 102-509), H7883 [10AU]
Use of Bicycle Helmets by Children: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (H.R. 3096) (S. Rept. 102-406), S13647 [16SE]
Results
National poll of law enforcement agency heads relative to the waiting period before the purchase of a handgun: National Association of Chiefs of Police, S16573 [5OC]
Statements
Action Plan To Improve Russian Nuclear Reactor Safety, S9693-S9698 [2JY]
Children: James Hughes, S1745 [20FE]
Fire Prevention and Protection: Allison Grant, E2560 [9SE]
———Representative Mazzoli, E2559 [9SE]
———Russell E. Sanders, E2559 [9SE]
Installation of Certain Lights on Trains for Safety Purposes (S. 2644): Senator Dole, S12507 [12AU]
Lead Poisoning Prevention: Don Ryan, E2765 [23SE]
Nuclear Reactor Licensing: James D. Watkins, Sec. of Energy, and NRC, S1148 [6FE]
Regulation of Hazardous Waste Facilities: Representative Spratt, E748 [19MR]
World Maritime Day—Marine Environment and Development—the International Maritime Organization: William A. O'Neill, S13928 [17SE], E2682 [17SE]
Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Storage Facility (excerpts), S17559, S17566 [8OC]
Studies
Rethinking High-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal—Radioactive Waste Management: National Research Council, S17578-S17588 [8OC]
Use and Care of Protective Clothing by Certified Private Pesticide Applicators—A South Dakota Study: Janet K. Dickerson, S16551 [5OC]
Why Gun Waiting Periods Threaten Public Safety: David B. Kopel, S16556-S16572 [5OC]
Summaries
Consideration of Community Interests Affected by Corrective Actions at Hazardous Waste Sites (H.R. 4571), E810 [25MR]
Consumer Seafood Safety Act (S. 2538), S4953 [7AP]
Dept. of Energy Nuclear Workers' Bill (S. 2506), S4641 [1AP]
Family Investment Act (S. 3243), S13900 [17SE]
Liability Reform for General Aviation—A Need at the Point of Crisis: General Aviation Manufacturers Association, S13245 [10SE]
Mammography Quality Standards Act (H.R. 6182), S17240 [7OC]
Product Liability Fairness Act Substitute Amendment (S. 640), S13119 [9SE]
Provide Employment Opportunities to the Unemployed by Repairing Certain Community Facilities (H.R. 4340), E472 [27FE]
Testimonies
Nuclear Reactor Licensing: NRC, S1149 [6FE]
Texts of
H. Con. Res. 246, relation of foreign trade agreements to health, safety, labor, and environmental laws of the U.S., H7699 [6AU]
H. Res. 516, consideration of Senate amendment to H.R. 2607, Rail Safety Enforcement and Review Act, H6257-H6261 [21JY]
H. Res. 542, consideration of H. Con. Res. 246, relation of foreign trade agreements to health, safety, labor, and environmental laws of the U.S., H7698 [6AU]
H. Res. 555, consideration of H.R. 4706, Consumer Products Safety Act extension of authorization of appropriations, H8160 [9SE]
H.J. Res. 442, National Awareness Week for Life-Saving Techniques, H4314 [5JN], E700 [17MR]
H.J. Res. 523, National Firefighters Day, S18150 [8OC], H9954 [30SE]
H.R. 1489, Pipeline Safety Improvement Act, H8423-H8430 [15SE]
H.R. 3258, Radon Awareness and Disclosure Act, H9698-H9700 [29SE]
H.R. 3360, Federal Fire Safety Act, H7797-H7799 [10AU]
H.R. 5481, Federal Aviation Administration Civil Penalty Administrative Assessment Act, H7235 [3AU]
H.R. 5555, increase preinspection of foreign airports and provide for expedited airport immigration processing, H9759 [29SE]
H.R. 5644, tax treatment of certain costs of private foundations in removing hazardous substances, H7167 [3AU]
H.R. 5862, ensure equitable distribution of benefits to public safety officers, H11136 [3OC]
H.R. 6182, Mammography Quality Standards Act, H11851-H11855 [5OC]
S. 353, Workers' Family Protection Act, S1699, S1700 [19FE]
S. 1571, railroad safety, S3863-S3865 [18MR]
S. 1583, Pipeline Safety Improvement Act, H8435-H8437 [15SE]
S. 2204, State grants relative to safety belt and motorcycle helmet traffic safety programs, S1252 [6FE]
S. 2234, Signal Flare Safety Act, S1711 [19FE]
S. 2375, improve safety of hazardous liquid pipelines, S4032 [20MR]
S. 2506, employee protection at Dept. of Energy nuclear facilities, S4640 [1AP]
S. 2538, Consumer Seafood Safety Act, S4945-S4953 [7AP]
S. 2573, improve and expand airports and runways, S5272-S5274 [9AP]
S. 2617, Indian Dams Safety Act, S5510 [10AP]
S. 2645, aviation safety in adverse weather conditions, S5909 [30AP]
S. 2662, Retired Safety Officers Benefits Act, S6103 [6MY]
S. 2863, Toy Injury Reduction Act, S8392 [17JN]
S. 2952, Children's Bicycle Helmet Safety Act, S9799 [2JY]
S. 3096, promote the use of bicycle helmets by children, S15122 [25SE], S15378 [26SE]
S. 3243, Family Investment Act, S13885-S13900 [17SE]
S.J. Res. 139, National Lock-In-Safety Month, S2613 [27FE]
S.J. Res. 214, National Awareness Week for Life-Saving Techniques, S2611 [27FE]
S.J. Res. 233, National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week, S2611 [27FE]