KERREY, J. ROBERT(a Senator from Nebraska)
Amendments offered by, to
Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2493), S12454 [23SE]
———making appropriations (H.R. 2493), conference report, S12371, S12372 [23SE]
Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 1134), S7846, S8129 [24JN]
———setting forth the Federal budget for 1994-98 (S. Con. Res. 18), S3246, S3285 [19MR], S3663, S3674, S3675 [24MR]
Crime: national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (S. 1607), S15761, S15794 [16NO]
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2519), S9527, S9567 [27JY]
Floods: disaster assistance to Midwest States (H.R. 2667), S10446 [4AU]
Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2295), S12339 [23SE]
National defense: authorizing appropriations for Dept. of Defense and Dept. of Energy defense activities (S. 1298), S11391, S11452 [10SE]
Unemployment: extend emergency compensation (H.R. 3167), S14488, S14542 [27OC]
Analyses
Protection of New Varieties of Plants (S. 1406), S10870-S10872 [6AU]
Appointments
Acting President pro tempore, S5781 [12MY]
Committee on Intelligence (Senate, Select), S771 [27JA]
Conferee: H.R. 2330, intelligence services appropriations, S15571 [10NO]
———H.R. 2403, Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies appropriations, S10194 [3AU]
———H.R. 2445, energy and water development appropriations, S12826 [30SE]
———H.R. 2491, Depts. of Veterans Affairs, HUD, and certain independent agencies appropriations, S12206 [22SE]
———H.R. 2493, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations, S9477 [27JY]
———H.R. 2519, Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies appropriations, S9820 [29JY]
Articles and editorials
EPA Staff Call Senate Block on Drinking Water Rule Bad Precedent, Inside EPA (publication), S14231 [25OC]
German Farmers Are Paid To Keep the Countryside Attractive, Norman Dunn, Hoard's Dairyman (publication), S3174 [18MR]
U.S. Protests Detentions in Central Asian States, Fred Hiatt, Washington (DC) Post, S12339 [23SE]
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Agriculture: export of commodities and products (see S. 718), S4253 [1AP]
———farmer-owned reserve program (see S. 569), S2778 [11MR]
———protection of new varieties of plants (see S. 1406), S10840 [6AU]
———triple base acreage farming relative to erodible land and wetland conservation requirements (see S. 610), S3172 [18MR]
Libraries: establish system of State-based electronic libraries (see S. 626), S3362 [22MR]
Monuments and memorials: mint commemorative coins for the Vietnam Veterans' Memorial (see S. 1111), S7216 [15JN]
Tariff: tefluthrin (see S. 1316), S9870 [29JY]
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Abortion: pro choice versus right to life (see S. 25), S190 [21JA]
Arms control: moratorium on the sale, transfer, or export of anti-personnel landmines (see S. 1276), S9290 [22JY]
BATF: tribute to special agents killed in Waco, TX (see S. Con. Res. 12), S2209 [2MR]
Board for International Broadcasting: radio broadcasts to Asia (see S. 659), S3765 [25MR]
California: establish Death Valley and Joshua Tree National Parks and Mojave National Monument (see S. 21), S5541 [5MY]
Children and youth: establish care programs through public-private partnerships (see S. 495), S12523 [24SE]
Civic Education Program: reauthorize and make certain technical corrections (see S. 881), S5393 [4MY]
Coins: mint in commemoration of anniversary of Apollo 11 Moon landing (see S. 1695), S16432 [19NO]
Courts: establish time limitation on civil actions against aircraft manufacturers (see S. 1458), S11681 [14SE]
Crime: prevention and punishment of domestic and sexual violence (see S. 11), S190 [21JA]
Disasters: improve Federal preparedness and response (see S. 995), S6231 [20MY]
Distance Learning Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 49), S3282 [19MR]
District of Columbia: provide for the admission of the State of New Columbia into the Union (see S. 898), S5517 [5MY]
Economy: promote productivity, trade, competitiveness, and technological leadership of the U.S. (see S. 4), S3054 [17MR]
Education: establishment of new public schools (see S. 429), S1995 [24FE]
———integrate educational technology into school curriculum (see S. 1040), S7633 [22JN]
Employment: establish of a neighborhood reconstruction corps program to award grants for the employment of disadvantaged workers (see S. 866), S5280 [30AP]
Families and domestic relations: entitle family and medical leave under certain circumstances (see S. 5), S190 [21JA]
Federal aid programs: funding for WIC, Head Start, and Job Corps programs (see S. Con. Res. 27), S11691 [14SE]
Federal employees: voluntary participation in political processes (see S. 185), S2235 [2MR]
Financial institutions: demonstration projects of individual development accounts for home purchase, college education, small business startup, and retirement (see S. 863), S5280 [30AP]
———reduce recordkeeping and reporting requirements (see S. 265), S15616 [10NO]
Flowers: establish a fresh cut flowers and fresh cut greens promotion and consumer information program (see S. 994), S7633 [22JN]
Food Safety and Inspection Service: monthly financial obligation and employment level reports (see S. 296), S1148 [3FE]
Food stamps: quality control system (see S. 1135), S7610 [22JN]
———require domestic production of food stamp coupons (see S. 1359), S10361 [4AU]
Government: improve effectiveness and efficiency of programs, agencies, and services (see S. 432), S1995 [24FE]
Health: designating obstetrician-gynecologists as primary care physicians in Federal health care laws (see S. Res. 170), S16955 [22NO]
International Emergency Economic Powers Act: amend regarding payment of certain secured debts (see S. 1119), S7378 [16JN]
Labor unions: prevent discrimination based on participation in labor disputes (see S. 55), S191 [21JA]
Lyme Disease Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 43), S2842 [11MR]
Mining and mineral resources: locatable minerals on public domain lands (see S. 257), S4932 [27AP]
Myanmar: release of Aung San Suu Kyi and sanctions for human rights violations (see S. Res. 112), S6363 [24MY]
National Arbor Day: designate (see S. Res. 96), S5233 [29AP]
National Barrier Awareness Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 105), S13178 [6OC]
National Children's Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 139), S13357 [13OC]
National D.A.R.E. Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 99), S9299 [22JY]
National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 91), S12141 [21SE]
National Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 122), S13287 [7OC]
National Oregon Trail Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 97), S8634 [13JY]
National Radon Action Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 118), S14020 [20OC]
National Rehabilitation Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 50), S6368 [24MY]
National Trauma Awareness Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 60), S5040 [28AP]
Nonprofit organizations: tax treatment of certain gambling proceeds (see S. 877), S5393 [4MY]
North American Free Trade Agreement: effect on truck safety standards (see S. Con. Res. 36), S14769 [1NO]
Nuclear weapons: test ban (see S. Con. Res. 9), S1746 [17FE]
Pesticides: regulation of minor agricultural use (see S. 985), S9299 [22JY]
POW: minting of commemorative coins (see S. 483), S6282 [20MY]
Printing: use of vegetable-based inks for Federal lithographic printing (see S. 716), S4253 [1AP]
Religion: protect free exercise (see S. 578), S5465 [4MY]
Schaffert, Richard W.: relief (see S. 830), S15108 [4NO]
Schools: assistance for child-centered activities (see S. 1138), S7610 [22JN]
Securities: limited partnership rollups (see S. 424), S1995 [24FE]
Skelton, Richard (Red): award a Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 183), S3799 [25MR]
Small business: promote development by providing for entrepreneurship training courses and Federal loan guarantees (see S. 862), S5280 [30AP]
Sports: application of antitrust laws to professional baseball teams (see S. 500), S2416 [4MR]
Taxation: allow corporations to issue performance stock options to employees (see S. 1175), S14855 [2NO]
———capital gains (see S. 368), S1922 [18FE]
———encourage production of biodiesel and ethanol fuels (see S. 465), S2560 [9MR]
———low-income housing credit (see S. 487), S4330 [1AP]
———permit private foundations to use common investment funds (see S. 427), S8837 [15JY]
———repeal excise tax on luxury passenger vehicles (see S. 1443), S11152 [8SE]
———rollover of Armed Forces separation pay into individual retirement accounts (see S. 327), S15216 [5NO]
———sale of assets by farmer cooperatives (see S. 545), S6282 [20MY]
———special estate tax valuation relative to cash rentals of farmland (see S. 226), S6323 [21MY]
———treatment of qualified small issue bonds (see S. 348), S2841 [11MR]
Trucking industry: collection of certain undercharge payments for shipments by carriers of property and nonhousehold goods freight forwarders (see S. 412), S1888 [18FE]
U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child: ratification (see S. Res. 70), S9561 [27JY]
Urban areas: community policing assistance programs (see S. 864), S5280 [30AP]
———encourage community-development initiatives by businesses and financial institutions (see S. 861), S5280 [30AP]
———residential support service program for special high-risk populations of pregnant women and their children (see S. 1133), S7495 [17JN]
———transportation to suburban employment sites demonstration project (see S. 865), S5280 [30AP]
Veterans: benefits for exposure to dioxin or ionizing radiation (see S. 1094), S7089 [10JN]
———disability benefits for former POW (see S. 482), S15108 [4NO]
———permit certain reservists to be buried in National Cemetery System (see S. 1128), S13094 [5OC]
———rural health care clinics (see S. 452), S5464 [4MY]
Veterinarians: alternate uses of certain drugs for animals (see S. 340), S8633 [13JY]
World Population Awareness Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 135), S13357 [13OC]
Cloture motions
Appropriations: making emergency supplemental (H.R. 1335), S4346 [1AP], S4394 [2AP], S4542 [5AP], S4730 [21AP]
Blinken, Alan J.: nomination to be Ambassador to Belgium, S14623 [28OC]
Dept. of State: nomination of Ambassadors, S14899, S14900 [3NO]
Families and domestic relations: entitle family and medical leave under certain circumstances (S. 5), S1143 [3FE]
Federal employees: voluntary participation in political processes (S. 185), S8561, S8562 [1JY]
Firearms: waiting period before the purchase of a handgun (H.R. 1025), conference report, S17067 [23NO]
Gati, Tobi Trister: nomination to be Assistant Sec. of State, S14899, S14900 [3NO]
Gati, Toby Trister: nomination to be Assistant Sec. of State, S14623 [28OC]
Hunt, Swanee G.: nomination to be Ambassador to Austria, S14623 [28OC]
Loftus, Thomas A.: nomination to be Ambassador to Norway, S14623 [28OC]
Spiegel, Daniel L.: nomination to be U.S. Representative to the European Office of the U.N., S14624 [28OC]
Voting: establish national voter registration (S. 460), S2374 [3MR], S2457 [4MR], S2470, S2482 [5MR], S2528 [9MR], S2866, S2867 [15MR], S2915 [16MR]
Letters
Senator Kerrey's budget vote: Bill Spadea, College Republican National Committee, S13220 [7OC]
Messages
Removal of Injunction of Secrecy for the Tax Convention With the Netherlands: President Clinton (Doc. No. 103-19), S14233 [25OC]
Papers
Senate Deficit Reduction Bill—Myth vs. Fact, S9525 [27JY]
Poems
``To Fight Aloud,'' Emily Dickinson, S3940 [29MR]
Remarks by, on
Agriculture: export of commodities and products (S. 718), S4281
———extend Federal Grain Inspection Service authority to collect fees (S. 1490), S13180
———protection of new varieties of plants (S. 1406), S10867 [6AU]
———triple base acreage farming relative to erodible land and wetland conservation requirements (S. 610), S3173 [18MR]
Appropriations: making emergency supplemental (H.R. 1335), S3937 [29MR], S4069 [31MR], S4441
Armed Forces: policy regarding military service by homosexuals, S8749 [15JY]
Budget: allocation of funds, S1951 [24FE]
———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2264), S8541
———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2264), conference report, S10706 [6AU]
———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 1134), S7674 [23JN], S7847, S7849, S7852, S7853, S7854, S7855 [24JN]
———reduce spending, S16260
———setting forth the Federal budget for 1994-98 (S. Con. Res. 18), S3158 [18MR]
Business and industry: merger of Bell Atlantic Corp. and Telecommunications, Inc., S14460 [27OC]
Clinton, President: economic plan, S1951 [24FE]
Committee on POW/MIA Affairs (Senate, Select): report on Southeast Asia POW/MIA investigation findings, S130 [21JA]
Community Development Block Grant Program: funding, S4069 [31MR]
Corp. for National Service: establish (S. 919), S10117, S10226 [3AU]
Crime: national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (S. 1607), S15462 [9NO]
Davenport, Karen F.: privilege of the floor, S7685 [23JN]
Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 3116), S13893 [19OC]
Dept. of the Environment: establish (S. 171), S5345 [4MY]
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2519), S9524, S9525, S9526, S9527 [27JY]
Depts. of Labor, HHS, Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2518), S12660 [29SE]
Depts. of Veterans Affairs, HUD, and certain independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2491), S12099 [21SE]
Education: establishment of new public schools (S. 429), S2256-S2258 [3MR]
EPA: radon levels in drinking water, S14231, S14232 [25OC]
Espy, Mike: nomination to be Sec. of Agriculture, S115 [21JA]
Families and domestic relations: entitle family and medical leave under certain circumstances (S. 5), S1261 [4FE]
Financial institutions: funding for resolution of failed savings associations (S. 714), S6053
Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2295), S12339, S12340 [23SE]
Government: improve effectiveness and efficiency of programs, agencies, and services (S. 432), S2029, S2033 [24FE]
Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, S4070 [31MR], S9785 [29JY], S12501-S12505 [24SE]
———national trust fund, S6627-S6629 [27MY]
Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (S. 1301), S15569 [10NO]
Libraries: establish system of State-based electronic libraries (S. 626), S3363-S3365 [22MR]
Monuments and memorials: mint commemorative coins for the Vietnam Veterans' Memorial (S. 1111), S7241
National Health Care Trust Fund: establish, S7847, S7849, S7852, S7854, S7855 [24JN]
North American Free Trade Agreement: impact on employment issues, S12722, S12726, S12727 [29SE]
———ratification (H.R. 3450), S16384 [19NO]
Space policy: space station program funding, S12099 [21SE]
Taxation: energy tax, S3158 [18MR]
———temporary gasoline tax to offset Midwest disaster relief assistance, S9525, S9527 [27JY]
Telecommunications: agreement between U.S. West and Time Warner on the creation of information superhighways, S6606
———Ameritech Corp. proposal with the FCC to bring competition to the local telephone business, S6054
Treaties: removal of injunction of secrecy, S14233 [25OC]
U.N.: U.S. role in peacekeeping operations, S13893 [19OC]
Vietnam: U.S. policy, S12339, S12340 [23SE]
Remarks in Senate relative to
College Republican National Committee: letter relative to budget vote, S13219, S13223, S13230, S13237, S13243 [7OC], S13348 [13OC]
Schedules
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate): National Competitiveness Act (S. 4), D287 [25MR]
Committee on Finance (Senate): Subcommittee on Energy and Agricultural Taxation: benefits of transportation fuel additives, D1058 [29SE]
Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate): Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs: U.S. relationship with Vietnam, D818 [21JY]
Statements
Educational Technology: Neil Postman, S3365 [22MR]
Texts of
S. 718, Agricultural Export Credit Act, S4282
S. 1406, protection of new varieties of plants, S10868-S10870 [6AU]