ROCKEFELLER, JOHN D., IV(a Senator from West Virginia)
Amendments offered by, to
Appropriations: making emergency supplemental (H.R. 1335), S4662, S4690 [20AP]
Armed Forces: improve benefits of certain members and reemployment rights and benefits of veterans (S. 843), S14857, S14873 [2NO]
Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 1134), S7888, S8138 [24JN]
———setting forth the Federal budget for 1994-98 (S. Con. Res. 18), S3675 [24MR]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: authorize medical facility projects, enhanced-use leases, and disposal of Pershing Hall, France (S. 1079), S8727 [14JY]
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2519), S9676, S9768 [28JY]
National defense: authorizing appropriations for Dept. of Defense and Dept. of Energy defense activities (S. 1298), S11391, S11402, S11452 [10SE]
Persian Gulf Conflict: veterans' health care (H.R. 2535), S16510, S16584 [19NO]
Veterans: disability compensation rates and housing program technical corrections (S. 970), S9769, S9771 [28JY]
Analyses
Inclusion of Veterans Health Administration Personnel in the Office of the Under Sec. of Veterans Affairs for Health (S. 1107), S7236
Veterans' Appeals Improvement Act (S. 1445), S11316
Appointments
Committee on Japan-U.S. Friendship, S70 [20JA]
Committee on Veterans' Affairs (Senate), S185 [21JA]
Conferee: H.R. 2264, reconciliation of the concurrent budget resolution, S8070 [24JN]
Congressional advisers on trade policy and international meetings relative to trade agreements, S2249 [2MR]
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Armed Forces: improve benefits of certain members and reemployment rights and benefits of veterans (see S. 843), S5178 [29AP]
Children and youth: improve child welfare services (see S. 596), S2917 [16MR]
Committee on Veterans' Affairs (Senate): authorizing expenditures (see S. Res. 59), S1029 [2FE]
Courts: product liability law uniformity (see S. 687), S4112 [31MR]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: authorize medical facility projects, enhanced-use leases, and disposal of Pershing Hall, France (see S. 1079), S6955 [8JN]
———establish mental illness research, education, and clinical centers (see S. 1512), S12850 [30SE]
———improve and clarify adjudication and appeal procedures for benefit claims (see S. 1445), S11313 [9SE]
———inclusion of Veterans Health Administration personnel in the Office of the Under Sec. for Health (see S. 1107), S7216 [15JN]
———repeal requirement that the Under Secretary for Health be a doctor of medicine (see S. 1534), S13262 [7OC]
Families and domestic relations: child and earned income tax credits, child support insurance, and parental employment programs (see S. 663), S3862 [26MR]
Foreign trade: improve the antidumping and countervailing duty provisions (see S. 502), S2416 [4MR]
———unfair import practices affecting intellectual property (see S. 148), S193 [21JA]
Health care professionals: national policy regarding medical residency training programs and the health care work force (see S. 1315), S9870 [29JY]
Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission: authorize appropriations, broaden investment authority, and strengthen membership criteria (see S. 768), S4400 [2AP]
Medicaid: case-management services for individuals with traumatic brain injuries (see S. 1098), S7216 [15JN]
———coverage of certified nurse-midwife services performed outside the maternity cycle (see S. 1064), S6839 [28MY]
Medicare: coverage of anticancer drugs (see S. 821), S4825 [22AP]
NASA: authorizing appropriations (see S. 1742), S16718 [20NO]
National Women Veterans Recognition Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 142), S13352 [13OC]
Patents: protection for U.S. nationals in foreign countries (see S. 149), S193 [21JA]
Tariff: anthraquinone (see S. 1000), S6231 [20MY]
———carbodiimides (see S. 753, 756), S4400 [2AP]
———iron and steel pipe and tube products (see S. 757), S4400 [2AP]
———octadecyl isocyanate (see S. 754), S4400 [2AP]
———1,5-naphthalene diisocyanate (see S. 755), S4400 [2AP]
Taxation: treatment of veterans' allowances and benefits relative to gross income (see S. 1083), S6955 [8JN]
Technology: improve Federal technology policy (see S. 1537), S13262 [7OC]
———provide technology implementation through employment training (see S. 879), S5393 [4MY]
U.S. Court of Veterans Appeals: revise administrative provisions (see S. 1546), S13489 [14OC]
Veterans: adjust service-connected disability compensation rates (see S. 616), S3173 [18MR]
———compensation rate for veterans with service-connected disabilities and survivors' dependency and indemnity compensation (see S. 883), S5393 [4MY]
———disability compensation rates and housing program technical corrections (see S. 970), S6017 [18MY]
———hospice care pilot program for terminally ill veterans (see S. 1141), S7611 [22JN]
———increase amount of loan guaranty for purchase or construction of homes (see S. 1510), S12850 [30SE]
———permit certain reservists to be buried in National Cemetery System (see S. 1620), S15089 [4NO]
———revise certain authorities relative to Pershing Hall, France (see S. 1621), S15089 [4NO]
———revise the home loan program (see S. 1626), S15089 [4NO]
———sexual trauma counseling programs (see S. 1030), S6585 [26MY]
Veterans Advisory Committee on Education: extend authority (see S. 1177), S8233 [29JN]
Veterans Health Care Act: technical corrections (see S. 662), S3765 [25MR]
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Abortion: pro choice versus right to life (see S. 25), S1636 [16FE]
Airline industry: coordinate Federal and commercial aeronautical technology research (see S. 419), S1995 [24FE]
Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith: anniversary (see S. Con. Res. 30), S7090 [10JN]
Arms control: moratorium on the sale, transfer, or export of anti-personnel landmines (see S. 1276), S9290 [22JY]
Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Organization: encourage U.S. leadership (see S. Con. Res. 29), S7021 [9JN]
Black Lung Benefits Act: amend (see S. 1773, 1781), S16935 [22NO], S17055 [23NO]
Black Revolutionary War Patriots Foundation: reauthorization of memorial project (see S. 1552), S15789 [16NO]
California: designate certain desert lands as wilderness (see S. 21), S190 [21JA]
———establish Death Valley and Joshua Tree National Parks and Mojave National Monument (see S. 21), S190 [21JA]
Childhood Cancer Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 125), S10841 [6AU]
Children and youth: foster care program requirements (see S. 620), S3282 [19MR]
———programs for the prevention of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (see S. 923), S6323 [21MY]
———prohibit importation of foreign products made with child labor (see S. 613), S3173 [18MR]
———promote good nutrition and healthy eating habits (see S. 1614), S14838 [2NO]
Civic Education Program: reauthorize and make certain technical corrections (see S. 881), S6965 [8JN]
Civil War History Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 42), S1385 [4FE]
Competitiveness Policy Council: rename and reauthorize (see S. 1399), S10840 [6AU]
Corp. for National Service: establish (see S. 919), S5647 [6MY]
Country Music Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 102), S8634 [13JY]
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]
Customs Service: modernize (see S. 106), S193 [21JA]
Cyprus: investigation of missing U.S. citizens (see S. 1329), S15945 [17NO]
Dept. of Commerce: establish the Office of Economic Conversion Information (see S. 850), S5178 [29AP]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: application of Whistleblower Protection Act (see S. 623), S4330 [1AP]
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), S190 [21JA]
Education: establish National Mentor Corps program in public schools (see S. 1007), S6317 [21MY]
———grants for parents as teachers programs (see S. 715), S4253 [1AP]
———national framework for the development of School-to-Work Opportunities systems in all States (see S. 1361), S16954 [22NO]
———require organizations to disclose certain information relative to educational programs (see S. 996), S7274 [15JN]
Employment: equalize the remedies available to victims of intentional employment discrimination (see S. 17), S190 [21JA]
———establish of a neighborhood reconstruction corps program to award grants for the employment of disadvantaged workers (see S. 866), S5280 [30AP]
Equal rights: constitutional amendment to ensure (see S.J. Res. 40), S1148 [3FE]
ERISA: litigation rules relative to retiree health benefits (see S. 1268), S10932 [6AU]
Families and domestic relations: entitle family and medical leave under certain circumstances (see S. 5), S190 [21JA]
Federal employees: voluntary participation in political processes (see S. 185), S1047 [2FE]
Financial institutions: demonstration projects of individual development accounts for home purchase, college education, small business startup, and retirement (see S. 863), S5280 [30AP]
Foreign aid: promote sustainable development relative to global hunger and poverty (see S. Con. Res. 26), S9087 [20JY]
Foreign trade: extension of Presidential fast-track negotiating authority (see S. 1003), S6231 [20MY]
———identification of trade liberalization priorities (see S. Res. 126), S8352 [30JN]
———review of a foreign countries compliance with trade agreements (see S. 269), S1028 [2FE]
GATT: protection of U.S. copyright-based industries (see S. Res. 128), S12634 [28SE]
Geography Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 131), S13178 [6OC]
Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: designate (see S.J. Res. 22), S1048 [2FE]
Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see S. 1757; S. Res. 81), S3275 [19MR], S16718 [20NO]
———studies and programs relative to traumatic brain injuries (see S. 725), S14855 [2NO]
Health care facilities: access to clinic entrances (see S. 636), S11152 [8SE]
Helsinki Human Rights Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 111), S8618 [13JY]
Iran: human rights violations of Bahais (see S. Con. Res. 31), S7496 [17JN]
Italian-American Heritage and Culture Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 113), S9300 [22JY]
Jefferson, Thomas: minting of coins in commemoration of the 250th birthday anniversary (see S. 50), S4688 [20AP]
Jewish Heritage Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 30), S1048 [2FE]
King, Martin Luther, Jr.: authorize the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternal organization to establish a memorial (see S. 27), S1047 [2FE]
Labor: treatment of live performing arts employees (see S. 481), S2209 [2MR]
Labor unions: prevent discrimination based on participation in labor disputes (see S. 55), S935 [28JA]
Lyme Disease Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 43), S1922 [18FE]
Medicaid: coverage of alcoholism and drug dependency treatment services for pregnant women and certain family members (see S. 484), S6323 [21MY]
Medicare: improve procedures relative to extra-billing limits (see S. 514), S2483 [5MR]
———operating costs assistance for certain small, rural hospitals (see S. 243), S774 [27JA]
Mike Mansfield Fellowship Program: intensive training in Japanese language, Government, politics, and economy (see S. 587), S2917 [16MR]
Monuments and memorials: mint commemorative coins for the Vietnam Veterans' Memorial (see S. 1111), S11040 [7SE]
———mint commemorative coins for the Vietnam Women's Memorial (see S. 469), S8362 [30JN]
National Adoption Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 145), S14768 [1NO]
National Alzheimer's Disease Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 35), S8634 [13JY]
National Breast Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 95), S7105 [10JN]
National Commission to Ensure a Strong and Competitive U.S. Maritime Industry: establish (see S. 1432), S13024 [4OC]
National Correctional Officers Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 58), S4547 [5AP]
National Crime Victims' Rights Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 62), S3662 [24MR]
National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 91), S6368 [24MY]
National Down Syndrome Awareness Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 92), S8838 [15JY]
National Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 122), S13094 [5OC]
National Family Caregivers Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 153), S16215 [18NO]
National Family Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 47), S15474 [9NO]
National Firefighters Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 141), S13924 [19OC]
National Former POW Recognition Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 54), S3282 [19MR]
National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 21), S1048 [2FE]
National Home Care Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 55), S5040 [28AP]
National Hospice Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 52), S15616 [10NO]
National Incest and Sexual Abuse Healing Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 117), S10002 [30JY]
National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 66), S4432 [2AP]
National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 140), S13357 [13OC]
National Quilting Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 38), S1746 [17FE]
National Red Ribbon Week for a Drug-Free America: designate (see S.J. Res. 147), S14529 [27OC]
National Rehabilitation Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 50), S8363 [30JN]
National Trails Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 71), S7105 [10JN]
National Trauma Awareness Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 60), S4031 [30MR]
National Writing Project: reauthorize (see S. 70), S6965 [8JN]
National Youth Sports Program Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 88), S5647 [6MY]
NIH: revise and extend programs (see S. 1), S1046 [2FE]
North American Free Trade Agreement: effect on truck safety standards (see S. Con. Res. 36), S10841 [6AU]
Nuclear weapons: test ban (see S. Con. Res. 9), S1385 [4FE]
OSHA: regulations (see S. Con. Res. 35), S14021 [20OC]
POW: minting of commemorative coins (see S. 483), S15616 [10NO]
Public Service Recognition Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 11, 150), S1048 [2FE], S14704 [29OC]
Religion: protect free exercise (see S. 578), S8725 [14JY]
Rural areas: emergency supplemental appropriations for job creation (see S. 309), S1383 [4FE]
Schools: assistance for child-centered activities (see S. 1138), S7610 [22JN]
Ships and vessels: promote fair trade in shipbuilding and repair industry (see S. 990), S6121 [19MY]
Small business: promote development by providing for entrepreneurship training courses and Federal loan guarantees (see S. 862), S5280 [30AP]
Social Security: misuse of symbols, emblems, or names relative to programs or agencies (see S. 1011), S8256 [29JN]
———simplified collection of employment taxes on domestic services (see S. 1231), S9371 [23JY]
Social Security Administration: establish as independent agency (see S. 1560), S13833 [18OC]
Tariff: footwear (see S. 530), S2546 [9MR]
Taxation: low-income housing credit (see S. 487), S6912 [7JN]
———permit private foundations to use common investment funds (see S. 427), S7273 [15JN]
———targeted jobs credit (see S. 600), S5306 [30AP]
———taxpayers' rights (see S. 542), S2610 [10MR]
———treatment of qualified small issue bonds (see S. 348), S6912 [7JN]
Toys: safety (see S. 680), S4112 [31MR]
U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child: ratification (see S. Res. 70), S2043 [24FE]
U.S. Trade Representative: identification of trade liberalization priorities (see S. 268), S1028 [2FE]
Unemployment: extend emergency compensation (see S. 382), S1734 [17FE]
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]
Voting: establish national voter registration (see S. 2), S739 [26JA]
Women: mint coins in commemoration of service in the Armed Forces (see S. 1159), S8085 [24JN]
World Population Awareness Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 135), S11916 [15SE]
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]
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]
Napolitano, Janet A.: nomination to be U.S. attorney for Arizona, S16333, S16351 [19NO]
Spiegel, Daniel L.: nomination to be U.S. Representative to the European Office of the U.N., S14624 [28OC]
Unemployment: extend emergency compensation (H.R. 3167), S14164 [21OC]
Factsheets
National Competitiveness Act (S. 4), S256
Letters
Economic stimulus plan for veterans: Jesse Brown, Sec. of Veterans Affairs, S4224 [1AP]
Inclusion of Veterans Health Administration personnel in the Office of the Under Sec. of Veterans Affairs for Health: Jesse Brown, Sec. of Veterans Affairs, S7235
Intellectual Property Protection Act: Thomas V. Heyman, ITC Trial Lawyers Association, S579
———William T. Archey, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, S580
Repeal requirement that the Dept. of Veterans Affairs Under Secretary for Health be a doctor of medicine: Jesse Brown, Sec. of Veterans Affairs, S13254 [7OC]
Smoking in Federal buildings: by, S10168 [3AU]
Sony Corp. Student Project Abroad program: Tina Dunigan, S9456
Tax treatment of veterans benefits: Alan Cranston and Senator Specter, S6959
———Edward J. Derwinski, Dept. of Veterans Affairs, S6960
———Fred T. Goldberg, Jr., Dept. of the Treasury, S6960
———John F. Sommer, Jr., American Legion, Larry W. Rivers, VFW, and Jesse Brown, DAV (1992), S6960
———Lloyd Bentsen, Sec. of the Treasury, S6961
Technology Commercialization Act: Copyright Office, S13285
Veterans' Appeals Improvement Act: Jesse Brown, Sec. of Veterans Affairs, S11315
Veterans benefits and services: Committee on Veterans' Affairs, S3647-S3649 [24MR]
Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act: Jesse Brown, Sec. of Veterans Affairs, S5458
Veterans' disability compensation rates and housing program technical corrections: Alan Cranston, Senator Specter, and Representatives Montgomery and Stump, S6020 [18MY]
Poems
``They Die For a Good Cause,'' Henry Ward Beecher, S6605
``West Virginia,'' Louise McNeill Pease, S8225 [29JN]
Remarks by, on
Appropriations: making emergency supplemental (H.R. 1335), S4220, S4222, S4223, S4224, S4225 [1AP], S4538 [5AP], S4683 [20AP]
Armed Forces: improve benefits of certain members and reemployment rights and benefits of veterans (S. 843), S5182
Black Lung Benefits Act: amend (S. 1773), S16947
Brickhouse, Eugene A.: nomination to be Assistant Sec. of Veterans Affairs for Human Resources and Administration, S15319 [8NO]
Brown, Jesse: nomination to be Sec. of Veterans Affairs, S103 [21JA]
Brown, Ronald H.: nomination to be Sec. of Commerce, S162 [21JA]
Budget: growth cap on all non-Social Security entitlement programs, S3613, S3616 [24MR]
———public assistance funding, S3698 [25MR]
———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2264), S8532
———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2264), conference report, S10742, S10758 [6AU]
———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 1134), S7843, S7848, S7854, S7888, S7906, S7917, S7936, S7939, S7950 [24JN]
———setting forth the Federal budget for 1994-98 (S. Con. Res. 18), S3451 [23MR], S3607, S3608, S3613, S3616, S3646 [24MR], S3698 [25MR]
Children and youth: improve child welfare services (S. 596), S2935
———promote good nutrition and healthy eating habits (S. 1614), S14974 [4NO]
Clinton, President: economic plan, S1879 [18FE]
———State of the Union Message, S1879 [18FE]
Corp. for National Service: establish (H.R. 2010), conference report, S11330
———establish (S. 919), S9137, S9157 [21JY]
———limitation on national service educational awards, S9944 [30JY]
———veteran eligibility for educational awards, S9157 [21JY]
Courts: product liability law uniformity (S. 687), S4145
Crime: prevention and punishment of domestic and sexual violence (S. 11), S10944
———prevention and punishment of sexual and domestic violence (S. 11), S744
Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 3116), S13463 [14OC]
Dept. of the Environment: establish (S. 171), S4900, S4901, S4902 [27AP], S5001, S5002, S5005 [28AP]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: authorize medical facility projects, enhanced-use leases, and disposal of Pershing Hall, France (S. 1079), S8733 [14JY]
———construction funding authority, S12179, S12180, S12181, S12184 [22SE]
———establish mental illness research, education, and clinical centers (S. 1512), S12863
———improve and clarify adjudication and appeal procedures for benefit claims (S. 1445), S11314
———inclusion of Veterans Health Administration personnel in the Office of the Under Sec. for Health (S. 1107), S7235
———repeal requirement that the Under Secretary for Health be a doctor of medicine (S. 1534), S13253 [7OC]
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2519), S9677 [28JY]
Depts. of Veterans Affairs, HUD, and certain independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2491), S12020, S12026 [20SE], S12154, S12179, S12180, S12181, S12184 [22SE]
———making appropriations (H.R. 2491), conference report, S14146 [21OC]
Economic Development Administration: Trade Adjustment Assistance Program funding, S9677 [28JY]
Economy: promote productivity, trade, competitiveness, and technological leadership of the U.S. (S. 4), S255
Education: grants for parents as teachers programs (S. 715), S4277 [1AP]
———tribute to Sony Corp. Student Project Abroad program, S9456
Elections: campaign ethics reform and contribution limits (S. 3), S7370 [16JN]
Families and domestic relations: child and earned income tax credits, child support insurance, and parental employment programs (S. 663), S3862 [26MR]
———entitle family and medical leave under certain circumstances (S. 5), S1345 [4FE]
Foreign policy: Group of Seven (G-7) summit meeting in Tokyo, S9100-S9102 [21JY]
Foreign Service: authority to hire Americans residing abroad, S7647
Foreign trade: extension of Presidential fast-track negotiating authority (H.R. 1876), S8327 [30JN]
———improve the antidumping and countervailing duty provisions (S. 502), S2424
———unfair import practices affecting intellectual property (S. 148), S576
Gibbons, John H.: nomination to be Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, S887 [28JA]
Gober, Hershel W.: nomination to be Deputy Sec. of Veterans Affairs, S1143 [3FE]
Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, S3607, S3608 [24MR], S4900, S4901, S4902 [27AP], S5001, S5002 [28AP], S14559 [28OC]
———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 1757), S16810 [20NO]
Health care professionals: national policy regarding medical residency training programs and the health care work force (S. 1315), S9875
Iran: human rights violations of Bahais, S10267
Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission: authorize appropriations, broaden investment authority, and strengthen membership criteria (S. 768), S4424 [2AP]
Jurado, Kathy Elena: nomination to be Assistant Sec. of Veterans Affairs for Public and Intergovernmental Affairs, S15319 [8NO]
Lee, Philip R.: nomination to be Assistant Sec. of HHS for Health, S8399, S8402 [1JY]
Medicaid: case-management services for individuals with traumatic brain injuries (S. 1098), S7217
———coverage of certified nurse-midwife services performed outside the maternity cycle (S. 1064), S6854
———reduction of certain payments, S7906 [24JN]
Medicare: coverage of anticancer drugs (S. 821), S4857
———funding for certain programs, S7888 [24JN]
Memorial Day: observance, S6605
Murray, Senator: welcome back to Senate, S8400 [1JY]
NASA: authorizing appropriations (S. 1742), S16727
National Health Care Trust Fund: establish, S7848, S7854 [24JN]
National Women Veterans Recognition Week: designate (S.J. Res. 142), S13355
National Youth Sports Program Day: designate (S.J. Res. 88), S5666 [6MY]
Nominations: considered and confirmed en bloc, S6227 [20MY]
North American Free Trade Agreement: ratification (H.R. 3450), S16411 [19NO], S16926 [22NO]
Parliamentary inquiry, S3451 [23MR]
Patents: protection for U.S. nationals in foreign countries (S. 149), S580
Persian Gulf Conflict: veterans' health care (H.R. 2535), S16585 [19NO]
Point of order, S7921 [24JN]
Pratt, WV: anniversary of Old Kanawha Baptist Church, S7813
———Old Kanawha Baptist Church anniversary, S4702
Raymond, Victor P.: confirmation as Assistant Sec. of Veterans Affairs for Policy and Planning, S9090
Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, S7917 [24JN]
———taxation of benefits, S7843 [24JN]
———taxation of recipient benefits, S3451 [23MR]
Somalia: presence of U.S. Armed Forces, S13463 [14OC]
Space policy: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) Program funding, S12154 [22SE]
———space station program funding, S12020 [20SE]
Taxation: treatment of veterans' allowances and benefits relative to gross income (S. 1083), S6958
Taylor, Preston M., Jr.: nomination to be Assistant Sec. of Labor, S16599 [19NO]
Technology: improve Federal technology policy (S. 1537), S13282
———provide technology implementation through employment training (S. 879), S5454
Toys: safety (S. 680), S4114
U.S. Court of Veterans Appeals: revise administrative provisions (S. 1546), S13493
Veterans: adjust service-connected disability compensation rates (S. 616), S3185
———benefits and services, S3646 [24MR]
———compensation rate for veterans with service-connected disabilities and survivors' dependency and indemnity compensation (S. 883), S5458
———disability compensation rates and housing program technical corrections (S. 970), S6018
———employment programs, S4220, S4222, S4223, S4224, S4225 [1AP]
———funding for programs, S7939 [24JN]
———health programs (H.R. 2034), S8733 [14JY], S10826 [6AU]
———hospice care pilot program for terminally ill veterans (S. 1141), S7621
———increase amount of loan guaranty for purchase or construction of homes (S. 1510), S12862
———medical care programs, S4683 [20AP]
———revise the home loan program (S. 1626), S15106 [4NO]
———sexual trauma counseling programs (S. 1030), S6590
Veterans Advisory Committee on Education: extend authority (S. 1177), S8253
Veterans Health Care Act: technical corrections (S. 662), S3762 [25MR]
Voting: establish national voter registration (S. 460), S2997 [17MR]
West Virginia: anniversary, S7546 [22JN]
———Centers for Disease Control agreement to establish a National Training and Demonstration Center for Comprehensive School Health Programs, S5470
———tribute to Dwight D. Eisenhower Mathematics and Science Education Program, S10009
West Virginia Housing Development Fund: tribute, S13359
West Virginia University: tribute to football team, S16710 [20NO]
WIC: funding, S8532
Reports filed
Activities: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (Senate) (S. Rept. 103-34), S4111 [31MR]
———Committee on Veterans' Affairs (Senate) (S. Rept. 103-35), S4111 [31MR]
Authorizing Expenditures: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (Senate) (S. Res. 59), S1028 [2FE]
Disability Compensation Rates for Veterans, Dependency and Indemnity Compensation Rates for Survivors and Housing Program Technical Corrections: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (Senate) (S. 970) (S. Rept. 103-81), S8351 [30JN]
Medical Facility Projects for Dept. of Veterans Affairs, Enhanced-Use Leases, and Disposal of Pershing Hall, France: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (Senate) (S. 1079) (S. Rept. 103-53), S6955 [8JN]
Nomination of D. Mark Catlett To Be Assistant Sec. of Veterans Affairs for Finance and Information Resources Management: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (Senate), S6119 [19MY]
Nomination of Edward P. Scott To Be Assistant Sec. of Veterans Affairs for Congressional Affairs: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (Senate), S6119 [19MY]
Nomination of Eugene A. Brickhouse To Be Assistant Sec. of Veterans Affairs: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (Senate), S14957 [3NO]
Nomination of Hershel W. Gober To Be Deputy Sec. of Veterans' Affairs: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (Senate), S1147 [3FE]
Nomination of Jerry W. Bowen To Be Director of the National Cemetery System, Dept. of Veterans Affairs: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (Senate), S6119 [19MY]
Nomination of Kathy Elena Jurado To Be Assistant Sec. of Veterans Affairs: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (Senate), S14957 [3NO]
Nomination of Mary Lou Keener To Be General Counsel, Dept. of Veterans Affairs: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (Senate), S6119 [19MY]
Nomination of Preston M. Taylor, Jr., To Be Assistant Sec. of Labor for Veterans' Employment and Training: Committee on Veteran's Affairs (Senate), S16431 [19NO]
Nomination of Victor P. Raymond To Be Assistant Sec. of Veterans Affairs for Policy and Planning: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (Senate), S8821 [15JY]
Permission for Burial of Certain Veteran Reservists in National Cemetery System: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (Senate) (S. 1620), S15088 [4NO]
Placement of Memorial Cairn in Arlington National Cemetery to Honor Victims of Pan Am Flight 103 Bombing: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (Senate) (S.J. Res. 129), S15088 [4NO]
Revising Certain Authorities Relative to Pershing Hall, France: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (Senate) (S. 1621), S15088 [4NO]
Sexual Trauma Counseling for Veterans: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (Senate) (S. 1030) (S. Rept. 103-136), S11152 [8SE]
Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (Senate) (S. 843) (S. Rept. 103-158), S13832 [18OC]
Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (Senate) (S. 616) (S. Rept. 103-55), S7216 [15JN]
Veteran's Loan Guaranty Increase for Purchase or Construction of Homes: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (Senate) (S. 1510), S15088 [4NO]
Rules
Committee on Veterans' Affairs (Senate), S2243
Schedules
Committee on Rules and Administration (Senate): committee budget requests, D93 [3FE]
Committee on the Organization of Congress (Joint): reorganization of congressional procedure relative to committee structure, D409 [27AP]
Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House): Subcommittee on Hospitals and Health Care: impact of national health care reform on VA health care, D421 [28AP]
Committee on Ways and Means (House): health benefits of retired coal miners, D955 [9SE]
Statements
Service Members Occupational Conversion Training Program: President Clinton, S4220 [1AP]
Twelve Million Children Hungry in U.S.: Tufts University, S8532
Veterans Health Programs (H.R. 2034), S10827 [6AU]
Summaries
Family Preservation and Child Protection Reform Act (S. 596), S2952
Medicare Cancer Coverage Improvement Act (S. 821), S4859
Primary Care Workforce Act (S. 1315), S9879
Tables
Estimated number of hungry children in each State, S8532
Texts of
S. 148, Intellectual Property Protection Act, S578
S. 149, International Protection of Patent Rights Act, S582
S. 596, Family Preservation and Child Protection Reform Act, S2936
S. 616, Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act, S3185
S. 663, Family Income Security Act, S3863-S3867 [26MR]
S. 687, Product Liability Fairness Act, S4147
S. 768, authorize appropriations, broaden investment authority, and strengthen membership criteria of the Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission, S4425
S. 821, Medicare Cancer Coverage Improvement Act, S4859
S. 843, Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act, S5183
S. 879, Work Force Enhancement for Technology Transfer Act, S5454
S. 883, Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act, S5458
S. 970, veterans' disability compensation rates and housing program technical corrections, S6019
S. 1030, sexual trauma counseling programs, S6591
S. 1064, medicaid coverage of certified nurse-midwife services performed outside the maternity cycle, S6855 [28MY]
S. 1083, Veterans' Tax Fairness Act, S6959
S. 1098, Brain Injury Rehabilitation Quality Act, S7218
S. 1107, inclusion of Veterans Health Administration personnel in the Office of the Under Sec. of Veterans Affairs for Health, S7235
S. 1141, Veterans' Hospice Services Act, S7622
S. 1315, Primary Care Workforce Act, S9876
S. 1445, Veterans' Appeals Improvement Act, S11314
S. 1510, increase amount of loan guaranty to veterans for purchase or construction of homes, S12862
S. 1512, establish in the Dept. of Veterans Affairs mental illness research, education, and clinical centers, S12864 [30SE]
S. 1537, Technology Commercialization Act, S13284
S. 1546, Court of Veterans Appeals Improvement Act, S13495
S. 1626, revise home loan program for veterans, S15106 [4NO]
S.J. Res. 142, National Women Veterans Recognition Week, S13355
Tributes
Dodson, Browning, S1642
Pease, Louise McNeill, S8225 [29JN]