SIMON, PAUL (a Senator from Illinois)

Addresses

Action for Children's Television—Lecture on Media and Children: Reed Hundt, FCC, S5769-S5772 [16MY]

American Creative Community—Best in the World—Must Take Responsibility for What It Offers to Television Audiences: Jack Valenti, S1611 [22FE]

American Economy and the Rest of the World—Two Sides of the Same Coin: Felix G. Rohatyn, S8918-S8921 [13JY]

Cable Industry's `Voices Against Violence' Initiative: Winston H. Cox, Showtime Networks, Inc., S6142 [19MY]

Illinois Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Keynote Address: Nancy Chen, S6611 [8JN]

International Human Rights Law Group: John W. Douglas, S8435 [1JY]

Receipt of Paul H. Douglas Ethics in Government Award: Mike Mansfield, S4785 [25AP]

Salute to State Administrators of Vocational Rehabilitation: Senator Harkin, S8439 [1JY]

Ten Considerations on Violence: Hector L. Acevedo, S6139-S6141 [19MY]

Turkish Occupation of Cyprus: Glafcos Clerides, President of Cyprus, S8925 [13JY]

Violence in America: Herbert Bronstein, S193-S195 [26JA]

Amendments offered by, to

Black Lung Benefits Act: amend (S. 1773), S1499 [10FE]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 1995-99 (S. Con. Res. 63), S3778 [24MR], S3823, S3825, S3989 [25MR]

Commission on Civil Rights: reauthorize (S. 2372), S13850, S13896 [30SE], S14558 [6OC]

Consumers: fair credit reporting (S. 783), S5129, S5195 [4MY]

Contracts: revise and streamline Federal procurement and acquisition laws (S. 1587), S6520, S6539 [7JN]

Courts: product liability law uniformity (S. 687), S7704 [27JN], S7791 [28JN]

Cyprus: investigation of missing U.S. citizens (S. 1329), S13937, S13957 [3OC]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 4650), S10966, S11062 [9AU], S11117, S11118, S11173, S11178 [10AU], S11249 [11AU]

Dept. of State, USIA, and related agencies: authorizing appropriations (S. 1281), S66 [25JA], S189 [26JA], S267, S294 [27JA], S348, S382 [28JA], S434 [31JA], S464, S465, S508, S531, S535 [1FE]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4602), S9682, S9747 [26JY]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4603), S9555, S9570, S9572 [22JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4606), S10683, S10890 [5AU], S10909, S10949 [8AU]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs, HUD, and sundry independent agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4624), S10331, S10384 [2AU]

Economy: promote productivity, trade, competitiveness, and technological leadership of the U.S. (S. 4), S2981 [15MR]

Education: national framework for the development of School-to-Work Opportunities systems in all States (S. 1361), S1032, S1088 [7FE]

———national policy to improve system (S. 1150), S628, S652, S687, S688 [2FE], S711, S713, S812 [3FE]

———national policy to improve system (S. 1513), S9995, S9999, S10061 [28JY]

FAA: authorizing appropriations (S. 1491), S6669, S6757 [9JN]

Federal-State relations: reduce State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates (S. 993), S14552 [6OC]

FERC: hydroelectric license extension (S. 2384), S14238, S14269 [5OC]

Foreign aid: drug control activities (H.R. 5030), S14883 [7OC]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4426), S8886, S8887, S8888, S8913, S8914 [13JY], S9047 [14JY]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 1757), S7377 [21JN]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 1775), S7378 [21JN]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 1779), S7377 [21JN]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 2351), S11449, S11646 [12AU]

Immigration: change laws relative to nationality and naturalization (H.R. 783), S14404, S14557 [6OC]

Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act: technical corrections (H.R. 3160), S14675, S14889 [7OC]

Marine Mammal Protection Act: authorizing appropriations (S. 1636), S3301, S3371 [21MR]

National defense: authorizing appropriations for Dept. of Defense and Dept. of Energy defense activities (S. 2182), S7513, S7586 [23JN], S8176, S8195, S8293, S8408, S8410, S8422 [1JY]

Public Health Service: improve health of disadvantaged individuals (S. 1569), S4004, S4043 [25MR]

U.S.-Mexico Border Health Commission: establish (S. 1225), S13847, S13895 [30SE]

Analyses

Federal Acquisition Labor Law Improvement Act (S. 2328), S9938-S9940 [27JY]

Appointments

Committee to escort Nelson Mandela into the House Chamber, H11006 [6OC]

Conferee: H.R. 6, education programs appropriations, S10317 [2AU]

———H.R. 1804, Goals 2000—Educate America Act, S1160 [8FE], S2287 [2MR]

———H.R. 2333, Dept. of State, USIA, and related agencies appropriations, S1311 [9FE]

———H.R. 2884, School-to-Work Opportunities Act, S1116 [8FE]

———S. 636, Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act, S4183 [12AP]

———S. 1569, Minority Health Improvement Act, S6855 [14JN]

Articles and editorials

Africa—Bloodied, Torn at Its Ethnic Seams, Jennifer Parmelee, Washington (DC) Post, S10389-S10391 [2AU]

African Giant Falls Under Its Own Weight—Years of Greed Make Zaire Chaotic State, Keith B. Richburg, Washington (DC) Post, S10391-S10393 [2AU]

African Gothic, Christopher Hitchens, Vanity Fair (publication), S15243-S15249 [30NO]

Amendment the Nation Needs, Chicago (IL) Tribune, S1702 [23FE]

Amendment Would Bring Discipline, Accountability, Atlanta (GA) Journal-Constitution, S1703 [23FE]

Ancient Water Woes Loom in the Mideast, Holger Jensen, Washington (DC) Times, S11183 [10AU]

Arguments Out of Balance, George F. Will, Washington (DC) Post, S1819 [24FE]

Armenians of Ethopia, David Zenian, S12823 [13SE]

Asians Feel Bias Built on Perceptions, Melita M. Garza, Chicago (IL) Tribune, S11647 [12AU]

At the Fed, Dousing Unlit Fires, Hobart Rowen, Washington (DC) Post, S12226 [19AU]

Behind the Paula Jones Story, Mortimer B. Zuckerman, U.S. News & World Report (publication), S6787 [10JN]

Big-Science Cut That Could Drown Us in Nuclear Waste, Business Week (publication), S7990 [30JN]

Billions for New Prisons? Wait a Minute, Philip B. Heymann, New York (NY) Times, S9126 [15JY]

Bob Michel's Freedom Medal, Peoria (IL) Journal Star, S12829 [13SE]

Breaking Point, Kathleen Kennedy Manzo, S15447 [1DE]

Brentwood Slayings Awaken Nation to Domestic Violence, by, S8432 [1JY]

Budget Deficits Could Threaten Benefits' Value, Robert Myers, Moline (IL) Valley News Dispatch, S10065 [28JY]

Career of Note, Sandy Wells, Charleston (WV) Gazette, S764 [3FE]

CBS Rethinks Telepix, Brian Lowry, Variety Television (publication), S12946 [14SE]

Chapter 1 Still Misses the Mark, Chicago (IL) Tribune, S14160 [5OC]

Clinton's Credit—The 72-Hour Student Loan, Rolling Stone (publication), S12485 [24AU]

Clinton's Kissingerian Taiwan Policy—Henry Clinton, James Mann, New Republic (publication), S198 [26JA]

Combating Television Violence, Ronald G. Slaby, Chronicle of Higher Education (publication), S2824 [10MR]

Congress Can Help End Puerto Rico's Status Stalemate, Resident Commissioner Carlos Romero-Barcelo, Roll Call (publication), S71 [25JA]

Congress Is Stealing Our College Education, John M. Taylor, New York (NY) Times, S12746 [12SE]

Contest of Two Lobbies, A.M. Rosenthal, New York (NY) Times, S5403 [9MY]

Continental Shift—Time for NATO To Admit Trio From E. Europe, R.C. Longworth, Chicago (IL) Tribune, S15258 [30NO]

Counsel for the Poor—The Death Sentence Not for the Worst Crime But for the Worst Lawyer, Stephen B. Bright, Yale Law Journal (publication), S12326-S12340 [23AU]

Cuba Policy Driven by Sadistic Zeal, Alexander Cockburn, Los Angeles (CA) Times, S15252 [30NO]

Cuban Conundrum, Bruce Stokes, National Journal (publication), S15458-S15461 [1DE]

Decline and Fall of U.S. Antisemitism, Matt Nesvisky, Jerusalem (Israel) Post, S11066 [9AU]

Desalting the Seas, Waukegan (IL) News-Sun, S10891 [5AU]

Don't Panic About Egypt, Leslie Susser, Jerusalem Report (publication), S6785 [10JN]

Downsizing Armies Is Difficult, Costly—World Powers That Aided Cold War Buildup Offer Little for Demobilization, Jennifer Parmelee, Washington (DC) Post, S10388 [2AU]

Drop the Chop! Indian Nicknames Just Aren't Right, Tim Giago, New York (NY) Times, S4086 [11AP]

Drug Buyers Stay at Home—Marchers Take Message to Suburbs, John W. Fountain, Chicago (IL) Tribune, S15269 [30NO]

Economic Security in the Balance, by and Senator Craig, Washington (DC) Times, S934 [4FE]

Eliminate Entire Nuclear Arsenal, Senior Air Force General Urges, Chicago (IL) Tribune, S9750 [26JY]

Embargo Must Go, Senator Pell and Representative Hamilton, Washington (DC) Post, S12971 [19SE], S15251 [30NO]

Failure, by the Numbers, Paul Spector, New York (NY) Times, S13938 [3OC]

False Science Often Sways Juries, Judges, Laura Frank and John Hanchette, USA Today, S10394 [2AU]

15 Years for a 17-Year-Old's First Drug Sale, Nat Hentoff, Washington (DC) Post, S14585 [6OC]

For Humanity's Sake We Must Oppose Anti-Semitism, Walter Lee Lowe, Chicago (IL) Chicago Defender, S1747 [23FE]

Gambling Is Bad Bet for City, Howard G. Buffet, Decatur (IL) Herald, S14118 [4OC]

Getting From School to Work, Alan L. Wurtzel, Washington (DC) Post, S1004 [7FE]

Getting Rwanda Wrong, Herman Cohen, Washington (DC) Post, S6786 [10JN]

Going to the Roots of Violence, Charles Storch, Chicago (IL) Tribune, S6616 [8JN]

Gridlock, Greedlock or Democracy? Charles McC. Mathias, Washington (DC) Post, S12828 [13SE]

Harvest of Tears, Stephen M. Wolf, Hemispheres (publication), S71 [25JA]

He Stared Blankly at Me, Then Fired, Thomas F. McDermott, New York (NY) Times, S199 [26JA]

How To Make the Deficit Vanish as an Issue—And a Reality, James K. Glassman, Washington (DC) Post, S5200 [4MY]

Illinois Congressional Leaders, 1945-1984, Phillip A. Grant, Jr., Illinois History (publication), S13536 [27SE]

Immigration Facts and Fiction, Ben Wattenberg, Washington (DC) Times, S5009 [3MY]

Iowa's Way To End Welfare as We Know It, Senator Harkin, Roll Call (publication), S204 [26JA]

Is Gambling Expansion Never-Ending? Makanda (IL) Southern Illinoisan, S12826 [13SE]

Islam Engages the World, Christian Century (publication), S14924 [7OC]

It Ought To Be a Crime, George F. Will, Washington (DC) Post, S1595 [22FE]

It's OK To Be Different—Stop Making Fun of My Disability, Angie Erickson, Newsweek (publication), S15479 [20DE]

It's Up to Us To Defuse the Rwandan Time Bomb, S. Frederick Starr, Washington (DC) Post, S12822 [13SE]

Justice by the Dollar, Colman McCarthy, Washington (DC) Post, S12325 [23AU]

Khartoum Character—A Visit With Sudan's Despot, Joshua Hammer, New Republic (publication), S1749 [23FE]

Let's Get Soft on Criminals!—Put the Nonviolent to Work, Charles W. Colson, Washington (DC) Post, S9575 [22JY]

Let's Rebuild Our Flood Protection, Senator Bond, St. Louis (MO) Post-Dispatch, S189 [26JA]

Liberal Case for a Budget Amendment, Michael Kinsley, Washington (DC) Post, S1596 [22FE]

Longer School Days Would Boost U.S. Standard of Living, by, S14160 [5OC]

Look Again at Taiwan, New York (NY) Times, S9330 [20JY]

Look Who's Dominating the Arms Trade, New York (NY) Times, S12644 [25AU]

Looking Back to Colonial Past for Clues to Future, Keith B. Richburg, Washington (DC) Post, S10393 [2AU]

Loud Silence on Racism, Roger Wilkins, New York (NY) Times, S191 [26JA]

Love and Rage, Elizabeth Bettendorf, Springfield (IL) State Journal-Register, S8431 [1JY]

Love of Neighbor Falls by the Wayside—Public Life Dominated by a Mean-Spirited Selfishness, Senator Danforth, St. Louis (MO) Post-Dispatch, S15242 [30NO]

Making a Meal of Mergers, Economist (publication), S15255 [30NO]

Man and His Plug-In Car and Their American Odyssey, Matthew L. Wald, New York (NY) Times, S15445 [1DE]

Mandatory Drug Sentences Lead to Inequities, Nancy E. Roman, Washington (DC) Times, S12478-S12480 [24AU]

Military Rulers Drained Nigeria, Enriched Selves, Steve Coll and Cindy Shiner, Washington (DC) Post, S10387 [2AU]

Mozambique at Peace as Angola Fights On—Ex-Portuguese Colonies Take Different Roads, Paul Taylor, Washington (DC) Post, S10386 [2AU]

NATO and Absurdities—Why Even Have It if It's Afraid To Protect the European Democracies, Peoria (IL) Journal Star, S269 [27JA]

Neighbors Take Back Their Streets, Chicago (Il) Tribune, S15269 [30NO]

New Hong Kong Proposal Brings a Warning by China, Patrick E. Tyler, New York (NY) Times, S201 [26JA]

No One Can Say We Treated Jerusalem's Arabs Badly, Teddy Kollek, Jerusalem (Israel) Post, S7968 [29JN]

No-Win Road to Cuba, Cynthia McClintock, Philip Brenner, and Wayne Smith, Washington (DC) Post, S15250 [30NO]

Oakland Market, Deli Recognized—SCORE Honors Adamses, Gary Minich, S693 [2FE]

On the Matter of Race, Law, and the American Way, A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr. and B. Denise Hawkins, Black Issues in Higher Education (publication), S9647-S9649 [25JY]

One Teen's View, Miguel Sanchez, S4272 [13AP]

Other China, Dick Kirschten, National Journal (publication), S15267 [30NO]

Our Economy Needs Global Attention, Pamela Harriman, Chicago (IL) Tribune, S13943 [3OC]

Our National Responsibility—U.S. Should Work To Prevent Tragedy, by, St. Louis (MO) Post-Dispatch, S12822 [13SE]

Perspective on North Korea—Creating a Nuclear Straw Man, Eugene J. Carroll, Jr., Los Angeles (CA) Times, S4579 [20AP]

Perspective on the Middle East—Peacemaking Now a Public Process, Shimon Peres, Los Angeles (CA) Times, S8436 [1JY]

Playing Violence Just for Laughs, USA Today, S15265 [30NO]

Politics of Prisons Is a Crime, Daniel Ruth, Tampa (FL) Tribune, S75 [25JA]

Prison Cells and Teenage Funerals, Thomas Eagleton, St. Louis (MO) Post-Dispatch, S201 [26JA]

Race and Personal Standards—Skills and Virtue Transcend Infuriating Stereotypes, Rachel L. Jones, Makanda (IL) Southern Illinoisan, S12827 [13SE]

Rwanda's Very Long Haul, New York (NY) Times, S10942 [8AU]

Senate Crime-Busters Got It Wrong, Representatives Conyers and Washington, Washington (DC) Post, S205 [26JA]

Senate Inaction Threatens Biodiversity Treaty, Howard G. Buffet, St. Louis (MO) Post-Dispatch, S12825 [13SE]

Senate's Mainstream Out of Touch, St. Louis (MO) Post-Dispatch, S12643 [25AU]

Seventh Commandment—The Social Teachings of the Church Are Most Completely Expressed, John O'Connor, Catholic New York (publication), S13108-S13110 [21SE]

Should Social Security Benefits Be Means-Tested? Robert Myers, S9749 [26JY]

Sinking Into the Mud, Anne Roiphe, Jerusalem Report (publication), S6613 [8JN]

Smaller Lines Perform Service Others Won't, S15456 [1DE]

Starving the Poor, New York (NY) Times, S15480 [20DE]

Stately Debate—Danforth and Eagleton Don't Act Like Politicians—Or Do They? Jo Mannies, St. Louis (MO) Post-Dispatch, S5121 [4MY]

Student Loans Get Simpler—New System Reduces Paper, Middlemen, Frank James, Chicago (IL) Tribune, S12484 [24AU]

Study Here to Measure Influence on Youths, Neil Steinberg, Chicago (IL) Sun-Times, S6616 [8JN]

Study Looks at Dynamics of Prevention of Crime, Marian Moore, Chicago (IL) Defender, S6616 [8JN]

Study of Longer Terms, Mary Maushard, Baltimore (MD) Sun, S15253 [30NO]

Surging Rwandan Rebels Vow To Share Power—Pledge Designed To Forestall Further Tribal Bloodshed, Tutsi-Led Insurgents Declare, Jonathan C. Randall, Washington (DC) Post, S10389 [2AU]

System Doesn't Work—This Might, Howard Gleckman and Paul Magnusson, Business Week (publication), S13941 [3OC]

Take Back the Street—West Garfield Park-Neighborhood Safety Zone, Neighborhood Partnership (newsletter), S15270 [30NO]

Tale of Two Faces, Sahan Arzruni, S14587 [6OC]

Tale of Two Nations, Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch, S14585 [6OC]

30 Years of Mismanagement and Betrayal in Washington Have Eroded America's Global Edge, Hobart Rowen, Washington (DC) Post, S12969 [19SE]

Tip Sheet for Scriptwriters—Fight Less, Talk More, Yi-Hsin Chang, Wall Street Journal, S12945 [14SE]

Top Quark, Last Piece in Puzzle of Matter, Appears To Be in Place, William J. Broad, New York (NY) Times, S5010 [3MY]

``Tougher'' Is Dumber, Todd R. Clear, New York (NY) Times, S200 [26JA]

Tragic Holes in Pro-Gun Logic, Steve Twomey, Washington (DC) Post, S5585 [11MY]

Trouble With Mergers, Economist (publication), S15255 [30NO]

Turkey's Confident Leader, Lally Weymouth, Washington (DC) Post, S15480 [20DE]

TV Menace Eats Away at Children, Families, Jack Mabley, Cook County (IL) Herald, S10892 [5AU]

TV Violence Is Harmful—But Can We Stop It? William Raspberry, Annapolis (MD) Capital, S1748 [23FE]

12 Commandments on Mixing Faith and Politics, Andrew Hermann, Chicago (IL) Sun-Times, S12830 [13SE]

U.S. Must Lead Global Fight Against Drugs, Timothy E. Wirth, St. Louis (MI) Post-Dispatch, S5766 [16MY]

Up, Up and Out of Poverty, Tamara Henry, USA Today, S10964 [9AU]

Upgrade for Amtrak, Huntington (WV) Herald-Dispatch, S191 [26JA]

Videodrome, Economist (British publication), S12829 [13SE]

VISTA at 30—Quietly Thriving, Colman McCarthy, Washington (DC) Post, S5584 [11MY]

Want to Really Honor Indians? Drop the Nicknames, Barry Temkin, Chicago (IL) Tribune, S6788 [10JN]

War Without End—Vietnam—America's Most Decorated Living Veteran Makes Personal Peace, David H. Hackworth, Newsweek (publication), S202 [26JA]

We All Lose on This Roll of the Dice, Tom Hayden, Los Angeles (CA) Times, S12969 [19SE]

We Aren't Doing Much To Keep the Peace, Ivo H. Daalder, St. Louis (MO) Post-Dispatch, S12821 [13SE]

West Garfield Park Swiping at Drugs, Gangs, Chicago (IL) Sun-Times, S15270 [30NO]

When a Citizenry Loses Trust, Peoria (IL) Journal Star, S13942 [3OC]

When Currencies Collapse, C. Boyden Gray, New York (NY) Times, S196 [26JA]

Where We Stand—Bridging the Gap, Albert Shanker, New York (NY) Times, S12831 [13SE]

Why Are Blacks the Media's Most Infamous Bigots? Jeff Cohen and Norman Solomon, Media Beat (publication), S5762 [16MY]

Why Punish the Cuban People? New York (NY) Times, S12743 [12SE]

Why We Hate Government, Charles L. Klotzer, St. Louis (MO) Journalism Review, S15481 [20DE]

With Mischievous Outsiders Gone, Angola Creates Its Own Suffering—Devastating Civil War Follows Years as Colony and Cold War Pawn, Paul Taylor, Washington (DC) Post, S10386 [2AU]

Wolf and the Lamb, Wei Jingsheng, New York (NY) Times, S74 [25JA]

Women, Minorities Outpace White Men for Judgeships, David Savage and Ronald J. Ostrow, Los Angeles (CA) Times, S2426 [7MR]

World Without Power, Anthony Lewis, New York (NY) Times, S10064 [28JY]

Wrongheaded Amendment, New York (NY) Times, S1983 [28FE]

X Marks the Shame of Illiteracy, E. Annie Proulx, Chicago (IL) Tribune, S1752 [23FE]

You Thought the Cold War Was Dead? Robert Scheer, Los Angeles (CA) Times, S12645 [25AU]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Armed Forces: contribution of volunteer military personnel to international peace operations (see S. 2370), S10941 [8AU]

Armenia: conflict with Azerbaijan relative to the Nagorno Karabagh area (see S. Res. 218), S6392 [25MY]

Central Midwest Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact: congressional consent (see S. 2369), S10878 [5AU]

Commission on Civil Rights: reauthorize (see S. 2372), S11045 [9AU]

Consumers: regulation of fastener quality (see S. 2517), S14478 [6OC]

Contracts: simplify labor laws applicable to Federal contracts (see S. 2328), S9933 [27JY]

ERISA: auditing of employee benefit plans (see S. 2547), S14830 [7OC]

Federal employees: employment recommendations (see S. 2348), S10357 [2AU]

———political recommendations (see S. 2391), S11798 [15AU]

Federal Power Act: extend deadlines for certain hydroelectric power acts (see S. 1954), S3445 [22MR]

Firearms: increase application fees for licenses, and suspend license upon certain violations (see S. 1916), S2638 [9MR]

FRS: impact of interest rates on economic conditions (see S. Res. 253), S12619 [25AU]

Illinois and Michigan Canal Heritage Corridor: modify boundaries (see S. 2425), S12619 [25AU]

Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 177), S3684 [24MR]

Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie: establish (see S. 2398), S11895 [16AU]

National Family Literacy Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 224), S13449 [27SE]

National Gang Violence Prevention Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 167), S2638 [9MR]

Postal Service: claims on certain Postal Savings System certificates of deposit (see S. 1914), S2638 [9MR]

———employment recommendations (see S. 2348), S10357 [2AU]

Presidents of the United States: clarify laws of succession (see S. 2562), S15036 [8OC]

Puerto Rico: plebiscite on political status (see S. Con. Res. 75), S13853 [30SE]

Rwanda: U.S. policy on humanitarian and political plight (see S. Res. 207), S4834 [26AP]

Territories: application of tariff provisions to the Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa (see S. 2278), S8821 [12JY]

United Negro College Fund Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 181), S4334 [14AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

African Americans: mint coins in commemoration of black revolutionary war patriots (see S. 2465), S13448 [27SE]

Agriculture: viability and competitiveness of industry (see S. 2312), S11062 [9AU]

Antitrust policy: obtaining of antitrust evidence from foreign countries (see S. 2297), S9242 [19JY]

Burma: imprisonment of Aung San Suu Kyi (see S. Res. 234), S7784 [28JN]

Child abuse: education and prevention (see S. 1460), S5080 [3MY]

Children and youth: promote good nutrition and healthy eating habits (see S. 1614), S2980 [15MR]

China, Republic of: U.S. policy (see S. Res. 270), S13580 [28SE]

Civil War History Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 161), S1290 [9FE]

Classified information: enhanced security measures (see S. 1866), S1860 [24FE]

Coins: mint in commemoration of George C. Marshall's World War II service (see S. 2007), S13309 [22SE]

Colleges and universities: extend the cohort default rate exemption for historically Black and Native American colleges (see S. 2004), S3954 [25MR]

Courts: treatment of protective orders, sealing cases, disclosures of discovery information in civil actions (see S. 1404), S7702 [27JN]

Crime: provide compensation for victims from individuals who unlawfully provide firearms to juveniles or felons (see S. 2443), S13031 [20SE]

Crime Prevention Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 192), S7964 [29JN]

Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission: improve the base closure process (see S. 2534), S14479 [6OC]

Dept. of Defense: CVN-76 aircraft carrier program (see S. 2148), S6391 [25MY]

Disabled: assistance to families of children with disabilities (see S. 2144), S6196 [23MY]

———authorize small business development programs for individuals with disabilities (see S. 2503), S14242 [5OC]

Diseases: research of Parkinson's disease and related disorders (see S. 2294), S13586 [28SE]

Education: extend assistance programs for educational television programming (see S. 1853), S1457 [10FE]

———reauthorization of Head Start Program (see S. 1852), S1456 [10FE]

Employment: establish a system of reemployment, job training, and income support services (see S. 1964), S3550 [23MR]

———extend protection of Federal labor and civil rights laws to part-time, temporary, and leased employees, independent contractors, and other contingent workers (see S. 2504), S14242 [5OC]

———minimize the adverse effects of employment dislocation (see S. 1969), S3684 [24MR]

———prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation (see S. 2238), S7560 [23JN]

Firearms: acquisition by persons who have committed domestic abuse (see S. 1570), S8403 [1JY]

Foreign aid: prohibit to countries that restrict the delivery of U.S. humanitarian assistance to other countries (see S. 2378), S11169 [10AU]

Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: designate (see S.J. Res. 162), S1284 [9FE]

Haiti: restoration of democracy (see S. 2027), S4739 [21AP]

Health: access to alternative medical treatments (see S. 2140), S13887 [30SE]

———funding for WIC food programs in any national health care plan (see S. Con. Res. 65), S6756 [9JN]

Health care facilities: assistance for AIDS patient treatments (see S. 2489), S13852 [30SE]

Hunting and trapping: prohibit steel jaw leghold traps (see S. 1343), S12942 [14SE]

Insurance: public access to information relative to availability of insurance (see S. 1917, 2402), S5692 [12MY], S12099 [18AU]

Irish-American Heritage Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 223), S13449 [27SE]

Jazz Centennial Year: designate (see S.J. Res. 182), S9252 [19JY]

Jewish War Veterans: issue commemorative postage stamp honoring anniversary (see S. Con. Res. 60), S6410 [25MY]

Martin Luther King, Jr., Federal Holiday Commission: authorizing appropriations and establishing Martin Luther King, Jr., Day as day of national community service (see S. 774), S4992 [2MY]

Medals: establish a congressional commemorative medal for organ and tissue donors and their families (see S. 2495), S13928 [3OC]

Medicaid: improve Federal medical assistance percentage (see S. 1266), S6868 [14JN]

Medicare: extend issuance period for select policies (see S. 2460), S14261 [5OC]

Milstar II Communications Satellite Program: terminate (see S. 1941), S3067 [16MR]

Mississippi River Corridor Study Commission: extend (see S. 2234), S7560 [23JN]

Mou-shih Ding: tribute to service as Representative of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representatives Office (see S. Res. 261), S13031 [20SE]

Multiple Sclerosis Association of America Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 193), S6756 [9JN]

National Agricultural Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 163), S2035 [28FE]

National Apollo Anniversary Observance: designate (see S.J. Res. 187), S6200 [23MY]

National Breast Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 185), S6756 [9JN]

National Children's Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 211), S9322 [20JY]

National Crime Victims' Rights Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 174), S4167 [12AP]

National Health Information Management Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 208), S13310 [22SE]

National Highway System: designate (see S. 1887), S10948 [8AU]

National Hispanic Business Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 216), S11478 [12AU]

National Institute for the Environment: establish (see S. 2242), S11801 [15AU]

National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 169), S2878 [11MR]

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial: minting of commemorative coins (see S. 359), S8403 [1JY]

National Mammography Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 220), S13095 [21SE]

National Native American Heritage Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 210), S9171 [18JY]

National Neighborhood Crime Watch Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 212), S9644 [25JY]

National Parkinson Disease Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 175), S5951 [18MY]

National Red Ribbon Week for a Drug-Free America: designate (see S.J. Res. 232), S14479 [6OC]

National Sewing Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 165), S4574 [20AP]

National Slovak American Heritage Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 158), S1876 [24FE]

National Walking Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 146), S1661 [22FE]

National Women and Girls in Sports Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 186), S5761 [16MY]

Native Americans: promote and expand Federal assistance for Indian institutions of higher learning (see S. Res. 264), S13095 [21SE]

———relief of Pottawatomi Nation in Canada relative to share of tribal funds (see S. 2188), S6857 [14JN]

———relief of Pottawatomi Nation in Canada relative to share of tribal funds (S. 2188), refer to the Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims for a report (see S. Res. 223), S6858 [14JN]

Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy: authorize printing of tribute statements (see S. Res. 235), S7962 [29JN]

OSHA: regulations (see S. Con. Res. 35), S1488 [10FE]

Pediatric and Adolescent AIDS Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 166), S6536 [7JN]

Pharmaceuticals: development of pediatric drugs (see S. 2010), S4165 [12AP]

———reauthorize and redefine the Orphan Drug Program (see S. 1981), S6756 [9JN]

Philadelphia, PA: minting of commemorative coins honoring certain historic buildings relative to the writing of the Constitution (see S. 1208), S4166 [12AP]

Poison control centers: ensure support in health care reform (see S. Con. Res. 69), S13309 [22SE]

Public Service Recognition Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 150), S1661 [22FE]

Railroads: extension of certain Railway Labor Act provisions relative to the Soo Line Railroad Co. labor dispute (see S.J. Res. 226), S13853 [30SE]

———sale of short line railroads (see S. 2264), S8381 [1JY]

REALTORS Land Institute: commemorate anniversary (see S. Res. 243), S12632 [25AU]

Roosevelt, Franklin D.: mint coins in commemoration of 50th anniversary of death (see S. 1539), S3986 [25MR]

Schindler Project (nonprofit organization): tribute to efforts to educate high school students about the Holocaust (see S. Res. 277), S14831 [7OC]

Securities: unlisted trading privileges for corporate securities (see S. 2192), S6938 [15JN]

Sexual harassment: application of laws to certain businesses (see S. 1864), S1860 [24FE]

South Africa: elections (see S. Res. 210), S5179 [4MY]

Special Olympics World Games: mint commemorative coins (see S. 1860), S1739 [23FE]

Sports: tribute to U.S. World Cup Team (see S. Res. 240), S8825 [12JY]

SSI: amend eligibility regulations for the disabled relative to self-support, education, housing, and marriage (see S. 2161), S9327 [20JY]

Taxation: allow homemakers to deduct individual retirement account contributions (see S. 1669), S5692 [12MY]

———deduction of business meal expenses subject to Federal hours of limitation (see S. 2070), S7964 [29JN]

———treatment of individual retirement accounts (see S. 2301), S9446 [21JY]

———treatment of low-income housing (see S. 1986), S5371 [6MY]

———treatment of medical savings accounts for certain individuals covered by high deductible health plans (see S. 2532), S14479 [6OC]

———treatment of U.S. citizens moving business production abroad and foreign persons doing business in the U.S. (see S. 2342), S10141 [29JY]

Telephones: prohibit auxiliary charges on calls to 800 extensions (see S. 2526), S14479 [6OC]

Time for the National Observance of the Fiftieth Anniversary of World War II: designate (see S.J. Res. 172), S3987 [25MR]

U.S. Botanic Garden: mint coins in commemoration of 175th anniversary (see S. 1952), S3986 [25MR]

Veterans: compensation for undiagnosed illnesses (see S. 2330), S13353 [26SE]

———educational assistance for flight training programs (see S. 2094), S5449 [10MY]

———study health consequences of individuals exposed to ionizing radiation (see S. 2365), S10878 [5AU]

Warren B. Rudman U.S. Courthouse, Concord, NH: designate (see S. 2073), S5843 [17MY]

Weapons: moratorium on production of anti-personnel landmines (see S. 2216), S7241 [21JN]

World War II: mint commemorative coins upon 50th anniversary of peace accord signing (see S. 2183), S8485 [11JY]

Year of Gospel Music: designate (see S.J. Res. 157), S7585 [23JN]

Year of the Girl Child: designate (see S.J. Res. 188), S5684 [12MY]

Year of the Grandparent: designate (see S.J. Res. 198), S7074 [16JN]

Yugoslavia: war-crime rape in Bosnia and Herzegovina (see S. Res. 35), S1745 [23FE]

Cloture motions

Barkett, Rosemary: nomination to be circuit judge, S4184 [12AP]

Barry, Edward P., Jr.: nomination to retire in grade from the Air Force, S14622 [7OC]

Bolton, Claude M., Jr.: nomination to retire in grade from the Air Force, S14622 [7OC]

Brown, Sam W., Jr.: nomination to be a delegate to the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, S6118 [19MY]

———nomination to be Ambassador to the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, S4184 [12AP]

California: designate certain desert lands as wilderness (S. 21), S4036 [25MR]

———designate certain desert lands as wilderness (S. 21), conference report, S14621 [7OC], S14967 [8OC]

———establish Death Valley and Joshua Tree National Parks and Mojave National Monument (S. 21), S4036 [25MR]

———establish Death Valley and Joshua Tree National Parks and Mojave National Monument (S. 21), conference report, S14621 [7OC], S14967 [8OC]

Economy: promote productivity, trade, competitiveness, and technological leadership of the U.S. (S. 4), S2770 [10MR], S2903 [11MR], S2924 [15MR]

Education: national policy to improve system (H.R. 1804), conference report, S3535 [23MR], S4029 [25MR]

Elections: campaign ethics reform and contribution limits (S. 3), S13016 [20SE], S13093 [21SE], S13128, S13257 [22SE], S13400 [27SE]

Federal employees: employee training restrictions, and temporary voluntary separation incentive (H.R. 3345), conference report, S3536 [23MR], S3618 [24MR]

Labor unions: prevent discrimination based on participation in labor disputes (S. 55), S8380 [1JY], S8484 [11JY], S8524 [12JY], S8844 [13JY]

Lawrence, M. Larry: nomination to be Ambassador to Switzerland, S1091 [7FE]

Lobbyists: disclosure of activities to influence the Federal Government (S. 349), conference report, S13945 [3OC], S14119 [4OC], S14296 [6OC], S14617 [7OC]

Sarokin, H. Lee: nomination to be circuit judge, S13832 [30SE], S13985 [4OC]

Documents

Audit of Anti-Semitic Incidents: B'nai B'rith, S2662 [9MR]

Constitutional Amendment To Require Balanced Budget: Congressional Record, S2108 [1MR]

Demagogy and Debt: Alexander Hamilton, S1593 [22FE]

Zero Deficit Plan: Concord Coalition, S1596-S1598 [22FE]

Financial statements

Personal, S6206 [23MY]

Interviews

Race relations: Sheldon Hackney with Martha Minow, S14581-S14584 [6OC]

Ronald Takaki with Teaching Tolerance (publication), S6613 [8JN]

Letters

Constitutional amendment to require balanced budget: Griffin B. Bell, S1719 [23FE]

———Johnny H. Killian, Congressional Research Service, S2101 [1MR]

———Robert J. Myers, S1598 [22FE]

———several educators, S1719 [23FE]

Egyptian socio-economic conditions: Ahmed Maher El Sayed, Ambassador of Egypt, S5850 [17MY]

Ensure that the President of the Republic of China can enter the U.S. on certain occasions: by, S10684 [5AU]

Federal Acquisition Labor Law Improvement Act: Alice M. Rivlin, OMB, S9940 [27JY]

Job Corps: Robert B. Reich, Sec. of Labor, S9048 [14JY]

———several Senators, S9049 [14JY]

Most-favored-nation trade status for People's Republic of China: by, S6014 [19MY]

National African American Museum Act: Constance B. Newman, Smithsonian Institution, S14394-S14396 [6OC]

National security consultations between the Executive and Legislative Branches of Government: Samuel R. Berger, Executive Office of the President, S14276 [5OC]

NATO membership: Senator Byrd, S270 [27JA]

Oxygenate standards and percentage requirements for reformulated gasoline: Edwin S. Rothschild, Citizen Action (organization), S10452 [3AU]

———Glen Keppy, National Pork Producers Council, S10452 [3AU]

Sale of short line railroads: James T. Mular, Transportation Communication International Union, S9331 [20JY]

Terminate program using liquid metal reactors for the disposal of radioactive waste: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, S8009 [30JN]

U.S. policy relative to Rwanda: by, Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S6787 [10JN]

Vocational education program regulations: several Members of Congress, S10252 [2AU]

Lists

Education agenda of the 103d Congress, S14161 [5OC]

Organizations committed to Job Corps, S10932 [8AU]

Participants in Naperville North High School cultural awareness and training program, S5767 [16MY]

Proclamations

National Gang Violence Prevention Week: President Clinton, S13110 [21SE]

Remarks by, on

ABA: tribute to the Young Lawyers Division for the national Tolerance Education Handbook pilot project, S15265 [30NO]

ACDA: strengthen, S33 [25JA]

Africa: economic conditions, S15243 [30NO]

———visit of Senate delegation to Liberia, Angola and Tunisia, S15443 [1DE]

American Bar Association: efforts on controlling gun violence, S3472 [22MR]

Amtrak: Government investment to upgrade system, S191 [26JA]

Armed Forces: contribution of volunteer military personnel to international peace operations (S. 2370), S10941, S10942 [8AU], S11064 [9AU]

———determinations relative to use of force and intervention in international situations, S10064 [28JY]

Armenians: anniversary of genocide, S4387 [19AP], S4917 [26AP]

Arms control: reduction of nuclear weapons, S9750 [26JY]

Arms sales: statistics on U.S. arms exports, S12644 [25AU]

Bankruptcy: improve system (S. 540), S4661, S4662 [21AP]

Barkett, Rosemary: nomination to be circuit judge, S4297 [14AP]

Belafonte, Harry: Institute for Policy Studies' Letelier-Moffitt Human Rights Award recipient, S15256 [30NO]

Belarus: independence anniversary, S3795 [24MR]

Black Lung Benefits Act: amend (S. 1773), S1499 [10FE]

B'nai B'rith: incidence of hate crimes, S2662 [9MR]

Bosnia and Herzegovina: lift U.S. arms embargo, S10697 [5AU]

———lift U.S. arms embargo (S. 2042), S5611 [12MY]

Breyer, Stephen G.: nomination to the Supreme Court, S10094 [29JY]

Brown, Sam W., Jr.: nomination to be a delegate to the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, S6216, S6235 [24MY], S6323 [25MY]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (S.J. Res. 41), S1590, S1592, S1593, S1596, S1598, S1607 [22FE], S1695, S1696, S1697, S1702, S1703, S1707, S1708, S1709, S1710, S1711, S1717, S1719, S1720, S1721, S1722, S1724, S1725, S1726 [23FE], S1819, S1832, S1833 [24FE], S1888, S1889, S1890, S1914, S1916, S1917, S1918, S1922, S1923, S1924, S1925, S1928, S1932 [25FE], S1982, S1983, S1995, S1997, S2001, S2003, S2006, S2008, S2010, S2011 [28FE], S2048, S2052, S2056, S2059, S2067, S2073, S2082, S2088, S2089, S2100, S2101, S2137, S2149, S2150, S2154, S2158 [1MR]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced (S.J. Res. 41), unanimous-consent agreement, S1824 [24FE]

———deficit, S1697, S1702, S1707, S1708, S1709, S1710, S1717, S1719, S1720, S1721, S1722, S1724, S1725, S1726 [23FE], S5200 [4MY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1995-99 (S. Con. Res. 63), S3823, S3824, S3826 [25MR]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1995-99 (S. Con. Res. 63), unanimous-consent agreement, S3824 [25MR]

Business and industry: economic impact of mergers, S15254 [30NO]

Central Midwest Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact: consent (S. 2369), S10888 [5AU]

Chicago, IL: anniversary of Child Abuse Prevention Services, S4273 [13AP]

———recognition of Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods study, S6615 [8JN]

———tribute to Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. Second City Project, S6615 [8JN]

———tribute to Off the Street Club, S12482 [24AU]

———tribute to Produce People Share (project), S3789 [24MR]

———tribute to residents of West Garfield section for their Take Back the Streets campaign, S15269 [30NO]

———tribute to Voices of Cabrini (publication), S5203 [4MY]

Children's Home and Aid Society of Illinois: tribute, S4914 [26AP]

China, People's Republic of: AID funding for parliamentary training and democracy, S8994, S8996 [14JY]

———most-favored-nation status, S5403 [9MY], S6014 [19MY]

———U.S. policy, S74 [25JA], S14585 [6OC]

———U.S. policy relative to nuclear weapons testing, S6874 [14JN]

China, Republic of: U.N. membership (S. Res. 148), S198 [26JA], S6872 [14JN], S9330 [20JY]

———U.S. policy, S14953 [7OC], S15267 [30NO]

Classified information: enhanced security measures (S. 1866), S1869 [24FE]

Clinton, President: allegations of sexual misconduct as Governor of Arkansas, S6787 [10JN]

———evaluation of foreign policy objectives, S6372 [25MY]

Clinton, President and Hillary Rodham: investigation of involvement in Whitewater Estates development and Madison Guaranty, S1027 [7FE]

Commission on Civil Rights: reauthorize (S. 2372), S11045 [9AU]

Consoer Townsend (engineering firm): anniversary, S14388 [6OC]

Consumers: fair credit reporting (S. 783), S5131, S5132, S5133 [4MY]

Contracts: revise and streamline Federal procurement and acquisition laws (S. 1587), S6520 [7JN]

———simplify labor laws applicable to Federal contracts (S. 2328), S9936 [27JY]

Convention on Biodiversity: U.S. participation, S12825 [13SE]

Correctional institutions: education grants for prisoners, S12746 [12SE]

Courts: false convictions relative to the death penalty, S10394 [2AU]

———judicial nominations, S2426 [7MR]

———minimum mandatory sentencing, S191 [26JA], S6080, S6081 [19MY], S8921 [13JY], S10281 [2AU], S12478 [24AU], S14585 [6OC]

———prevent racially discriminatory capital sentencing, S9535 [22JY]

———product liability law uniformity (S. 687), S7687 [27JN]

———treatment of protective orders, sealing cases, disclosures of discovery information in civil actions (S. 1404), S5315 [5MY]

———treatment of protective orders in civil liability actions, S7687 [27JN]

Crime: allow search of public housing units provided residents give uncoerced consent, S4661, S4662 [21AP]

———gang violence with automatic and semiautomatic weapons, S15270 [30NO]

———international drug trafficking control efforts, S5765 [16MY]

———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures, S71, S75 [25JA], S192, S200, S204 [26JA], S4272 [13AP], S9126 [15JY], S9575 [22JY]

———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 3355), conference report, S12324, S12325 [23AU]

———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 3355), motion to instruct conferees, S6080, S6081 [19MY]

———prevention and punishment of domestic and sexual violence, S7395 [22JN], S8431 [1JY]

———publication of FBI statistics on hate crimes, S2866 [11MR]

Cuba: U.S. policy, S12420 [24AU], S12645 [25AU], S12743 [12SE], S12970 [19SE], S15249, S15251 [30NO], S15458 [1DE]

Cyprus: investigation of missing U.S. citizens (S. 1329), S13958 [3OC]

———Turkish occupation, S8925 [13JY]

Day of the African Child: observance, S7115 [20JN]

Dept. of Defense: F/A-18 aircraft program, S10940 [8AU]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4650), S10940 [8AU], S11150, S11151 [10AU]

Dept. of Labor: tribute to Job Corps, S9048 [14JY]

Dept. of State, USIA, and related agencies: authorizing appropriations (S. 1281), S33 [25JA], S269, S270 [27JA], S348 [28JA], S467, S470 [1FE]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4539), S7205 [21JN]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4603), S9535 [22JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4606), S10697 [5AU], S10926 [8AU], S10964 [9AU]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs, HUD, and sundry independent agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4624), S10342 [2AU], S10452, S10453 [3AU]

District of Columbia: construction of new stadium relative to use by any person or organization using certain racial or ethnic designations (S. 1207), S4086 [11AP]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4649), conference report, S13667 [29SE]

Douglas, John W.: International Human Rights Law Group Goler Butcher Award recipient, S8435 [1JY]

Driscoll, Jean: tribute to Boston Marathon women's wheelchair winner, S4915 [26AP]

Eastern European countries: U.S. assistance to stabilize currencies, S196 [26JA]

Economy: national objectives priority assignments, S8918 [13JY], S12969 [19SE]

———promote productivity, trade, competitiveness, and technological leadership of the U.S. (S. 4), S3004 [16MR]

Education: authorizing appropriations for certain programs (H.R. 6), conference report, S13901 [3OC], S14159, S14160, S14161 [5OC]

———funding for special education programs, S3826 [25MR]

———length of school year, S15253 [30NO]

———lengthen school year, S9996, S10020 [28JY]

———national framework for the development of School-to-Work Opportunities systems in all States (H.R. 2884), S1116 [8FE]

———national framework for the development of School-to-Work Opportunities systems in all States (H.R. 2884), conference report, S4598, S4688, S4691 [21AP]

———national framework for the development of School-to-Work Opportunities systems in all States (S. 1361), S1003, S1004, S1007, S1008, S1009, S1011, S1013, S1015, S1016, S1017, S1023, S1028, S1031, S1032, S1033, S1034, S1035, S1036, S1037, S1041 [7FE]

———national policy to improve system, S1752 [23FE]

———national policy to improve system (S. 1150), S613, S628, S629 [2FE], S729 [3FE]

———national policy to improve system (S. 1513), S9894 [27JY], S9996, S9999, S10000, S10019, S10020, S10031 [28JY], S10252, S10253, S10281, S10297 [2AU]

Egypt: socio-economic conditions, S5850 [17MY]

El Valor Corp.: tribute, S11802 [15AU]

Elections: campaign ethics reform and contribution limits, S10930 [8AU]

Employment: consolidate and restructure Federal training programs, S7392 [22JN]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 4506), S7990, S8001, S8008, S8009 [30JN]

ERISA: auditing of employee benefit plans (S. 2547), S14855 [7OC]

Ethopia: tribute to Armenian community, S12823 [13SE]

Federal aid programs: funding relative to youth training, S10963 [9AU]

Federal employees: employment recommendations (S. 2348), S10358 [2AU]

Federal-State relations: reduce State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates, S1013 [7FE]

———reduce State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates (S. 993), S14350, S14351, S14355, S14365 [6OC]

Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory: tribute, S5010 [3MY]

Firearms: increase application fees for licenses, and suspend license upon certain violations (S. 1916), S2641 [9MR]

Floods: disaster assistance to Midwest States, S189 [26JA]

Foreign aid: poverty reduction emphasis for development assistance, S8886 [13JY]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4426), S7917, S7935 [29JN], S8886 [13JY], S8994, S8996 [14JY]

Foreign policy: communications between President Clinton and Congress, S14275 [5OC]

Foreign Service: foreign language proficiency requirements, S348 [28JA]

Fox Television Network: tribute for anti-gun message, S1752 [23FE]

FRS: Consumer Price Index formula, S12226 [19AU]

———impact of interest rates on economic conditions (S. Res. 253), S12632 [25AU]

Gambling: local government use as source for funds, S12969 [19SE]

———use of legalized forms to create revenues, S14118 [4OC]

GATT: ratification (H.R. 5110), S15371 [1DE]

Grant, Bob: views on race relations, S5762 [16MY]

Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: observance, S3790 [24MR]

Haiti: presence of U.S. Armed Forces, S7917 [29JN]

———restoration of democracy (S. 2027), S4751 [21AP]

———U.S. policy, S14585 [6OC]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, S9268 [20JY], S10605, S10606, S10607 [4AU], S10897, S10898, S10899, S10930 [8AU], S13370 [26SE], S13938 [3OC]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 1807), S1667 [22FE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 2351), S11193 [11AU], S11753 [15AU]

———voluntary long-term care insurance program (S. 1833), S1667 [22FE]

Hong Kong: self-determination, S201 [26JA]

Illinois: drunken driving prevention programs, S3470 [22MR]

———tribute to former congressional leaders, S13536 [27SE]

———tribute to Maine South High School for We the People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution competition, S4749 [21AP]

Illinois Hazardous Waste Information Center: EPA's pollution prevention incentives grant recipient, S2427 [7MR]

Illinois State University: tribute to University High School's project FIRST, S10063 [28JY]

Immigration: change laws relative to nationality and naturalization (H.R. 783), S14709 [7OC]

———granting of refugee status to historically persecuted groups, S467, S470 [1FE]

———negative effects of California proposition 187, S15443 [1DE]

———policy and management, S5009 [3MY]

Indonesia: sale of defense articles, S7935 [29JN]

Intelligence services: monitoring of agents for protection of sensitive information and intelligence, S1917 [25FE]

IRS: funding for new agents specializing in compliance enforcement and taxpayers' rights, S3823, S3824 [25MR]

———safeguard taxpayer rights, S7205 [21JN]

———tax compliance initiative appropriations, S7205 [21JN]

Jefferson National Expansion Memorial: competition to select architectural plans for construction of museum on East St. Louis, IL, portion (S. 1726), S14952 [7OC]

Jews: U.S. decline of anti-Semitic attitudes, S11066 [9AU]

Job Corps: anniversary, S14709 [7OC]

———funding, S10932 [8AU]

Kantorei (musical group): anniversary, S5089 [3MY]

Korea, Democratic People's Republic of: nuclear proliferation, S4579 [20AP]

Labor unions: prevent discrimination based on participation in labor disputes (S. 55), S8455 [11JY]

Lawrence, M. Larry: nomination to be Ambassador to Switzerland, S1141 [8FE]

Legislative Branch of the Government: improve operation and administration, S13667 [29SE]

Lu, Benjamin C.: tribute to incoming Representative of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representatives Office, S14959 [7OC]

Mandela, Nelson: election as President of South Africa, S5772 [16MY]

Mansfield, Mike: Paul H. Douglas Ethics in Government Award recipient, S4785 [25AP]

Marion, IL: tribute to Crab Orchard and Egyptian Railroad, S15456 [1DE]

Martin Luther King, Jr., Federal Holiday Commission: authorizing appropriations and establishing Martin Luther King, Jr., Day as day of national community service (H.R. 1933), S6172, S6173 [23MY]

Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (S.J. Res. 177), S3793 [24MR]

Michel, Representative: Presidential Medal of Honor recipient, S12829 [13SE]

Middle East: Israeli/Palestinian peace initiatives, S6785 [10JN]

Montana: hate crime statistics, S9749 [26JY]

Motor vehicles: electric car development, S15445 [1DE]

Mou-Shih Ding: tribute to service as Representative of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representatives Office, S14959 [7OC]

Naperville, IL: tribute to Naperville North High School cultural awareness and training program, S5767 [16MY]

National defense: authorizing appropriations for Dept. of Defense and Dept. of Energy defense activities (S. 2182), S8177, S8294 [1JY]

National Family Literacy Day: designate (S.J. Res. 224), S13524 [27SE]

National Gang Violence Prevention Week: designate (S.J. Res. 167), S2643 [9MR]

———observance, S13110 [21SE]

National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Policy Institute: tribute for efforts to combat anti-gay violence, S4007 [25MR]

National Park Service: reform concessions policies (S. 208), S3791 [24MR]

National security: constitutional right to international travel, S15462 [1DE]

Native Americans: accomplishment record of tribal colleges, S15447 [1DE]

———nicknames for athletic teams, S6788 [10JN]

NATO: admittance of Poland, Hungary and Czech Republic, S15258 [30NO]

———assist transition of certain countries to NATO membership, S8177 [1JY]

———membership criteria, S269, S270 [27JA]

Nuclear energy: terminate program using liquid metal reactors for the disposal of radioactive waste, S7990, S8001, S8008, S8009 [30JN]

Ogata, Sadako: Jane Addams Conference's International Women's Leadership Award recipient, S14709 [7OC]

Petroleum: oxygenate standards and percentage requirements for reformulated gasoline, S10452, S10453 [3AU]

Pfeifer, Thomas R.: recipient of the President's Environmental Youth Award, S1751 [23FE]

Poland: anniversary of constitution, S5317 [5MY]

Postal Service: claims on certain Postal Savings System certificates of deposit (S. 1914), S2639 [9MR]

———employment recommendations (S. 2348), S10358 [2AU]

Prayer: voluntary school prayer, S729 [3FE], S9894 [27JY]

Presidential appointments: nominations considered and confirmed en bloc, S1666 [22FE]

Presidents of the United States: clarify laws of succession (S. 2562), S15038 [8OC]

Printing: use of vegetable-based inks for Federal lithographic printing (S. 716), S13535 [27SE]

Privacy Protection Commission: establish, S5131, S5132, S5133 [4MY]

Public welfare programs: reform, S203 [26JA], S13940 [3OC]

Puerto Rico: plebiscite on political status (S. Con. Res. 75), S13888 [30SE]

———self-determination, S71 [25JA]

Racial relations: treatment of Asian Americans, S11647 [12AU]

Railroads: extension of certain Railway Labor Act provisions relative to the Soo Line Railroad Co. labor dispute (S.J. Res. 226), S13657 [29SE]

———facilitate development of high-speed rail transportation (S. 839), S12234 [19AU]

Refuse disposal: State control of transportation and disposal of municipal solid waste (H.R. 4859), S14992 [8OC]

Religion: condemn speech by a senior representative of the Nation of Islam, S1747 [23FE]

———promotion of gretaer understanding of the Islam faith, S14924 [7OC]

Rwanda: acts of genocide, S8294 [1JY]

———U.S. policy on humanitarian and political plight, S10163 [1AU], S10385 [2AU], S12821 [13SE]

———U.S. policy on humanitarian and political plight (S. Res. 207), S4922 [26AP]

———U.S. policy on humanitarian and political situation, S6786 [10JN]

Ryklin, Daniel: biotechnology scholarship award recipient, S6874 [14JN]

Schering-Plough Corp.: EPA Environmental Achievement Recognition Certificate recipient, S9332 [20JY]

Senate: legislative program, S1609, S1667 [22FE]

Service Corps of Retired Executives Association: tribute to work with small business owners, S692 [2FE]

Servicemen's Readjustment Act: commemorate 50th anniversary, S7395 [22JN]

Sexual harassment: application of laws to certain businesses (S. 1864), S1862 [24FE]

Smithsonian Institution: establish the National African American Museum (H.R. 877), S14394, S14396 [6OC], S14748 [7OC], S14992 [8OC]

Social conditions: prejudice relative to race and religion, S191 [26JA], S6613 [8JN]

Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, S10065 [28JY]

———earnings test for retirement age individuals, S9749 [26JY]

Somalia: presence of U.S. Armed Forces, S11150, S11151 [10AU]

South Africa: elections, S5772 [16MY]

Space policy: space station program funding, S10342 [2AU]

Stern, Louis W.: American Marketing Association/Erwin Distinguished Marketing Educator Award recipient, S11802 [15AU]

Streator, IL: All-American City Award finalist, S5584 [11MY]

Student loans: replace Guaranteed Student Loan Program with a direct loan program, S12484 [24AU]

Sudan: human rights violations, S1748 [23FE]

Summer Youth Employment and Training Program: placement of youths in private sector jobs, S1031 [7FE]

Talbott, Strobe: nomination to be Deputy Sec. of State, S1562 [22FE]

Television: violent programming, S195 [26JA], S1611 [22FE], S1748 [23FE], S2427 [7MR], S2823 [10MR], S5199 [4MY], S5769 [16MY], S6142 [19MY], S10891 [5AU], S12829 [13SE], S12945 [14SE]

Territories: application of tariff provisions to the Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa (S. 2278), S8824 [12JY]

Turkey: international relations relative to Armenian genocide, S14587 [6OC]

———tribute to Prime Minister Tansu Ciller, S15479 [20DE]

U.N.: strengthen authority to move U.N. forces in international crisis situations, S7395 [22JN]

———UNICEF/WHO Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative program, S4750 [21AP]

Ukrainian National Association: anniversary, S1612 [22FE]

Union Camp Corp.: tribute to commitment to environmental concerns, S1089 [7FE]

United Negro College Fund Week: designate (S.J. Res. 181), S4350 [14AP]

Upward Bound Program: funding, S10964 [9AU]

Veterans: study health consequences of individuals exposed to ionizing radiation (S. 2365), S10879 [5AU]

Vietnam: normalization of relations, S201 [26JA]

VISTA: anniversary, S5584 [11MY]

Vocational education: program regulations, S10252, S10253 [2AU]

Water: desalinization research and development (H.R. 4944), S14992 [8OC]

———desalinization research and development (S. 617), S10891 [5AU], S11183 [10AU]

Women Employed (organization): Exemplary Public Interest Contribution Award recipient, S13615 [28SE]

Women's Educational Equity Program: funding, S9999 [28JY]

Remarks in Senate relative to

Tribute, S118 [26JA]

Reports

Constitutional Right to International Travel: Kate Martin, ACLU, S15463-S15466 [1DE]

Hate Crimes: FBI, S2866 [11MR]

Introduction and Summary Response to the Investigation Report on the Policies, Procedures, and Practices of the ACTION Agency, S6237 [24MY]

Visit of Senate Delegation to Liberia, Angola, Tunisia, and Recommendations to the Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate): several Senators, S15444 [1DE]

Schedules

Committee on Appropriations (Senate): constitutional amendment to require balanced budget, D131 [22FE]

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate): Subcommittee on Public Lands, National Parks and Forests: public lands legislation, D921 [2AU]

Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate): Army Corps of Engineers civil works program relative to repair of Federal levees, D619 [26MY]

Committee on Governmental Affairs (Senate): District of Columbia voting representation in Congress, D938 [4AU]

Statements

Exemplary Public Interest Contribution Award: Women Employed (organization), S13615 [28SE]

Minimum Mandatory Sentencing: Norman A. Carlson, S8921 [13JY]

———Robert W. Sweet, S192 [26JA]

Time for a Balanced-Budget Amendment: Richard L. Thornburgh, S1997 [28FE]

Tribute to Off the Street Club: Arnett Morris, S12483 [24AU]

———Ricky Rogers, S12482 [24AU]

———Tamika Boyles, S12482 [24AU]

U.S. Policy Relative to Cuba: Senator Pell, S15251 [30NO]

Violent Programming on Television: Paul Weyrich, S195 [26JA]

Summaries

Proliferation Aspects of the Integral Fast Reactor, S7656 [24JN]

Tables

Lifetime net tax rates under alternative policies, S1984, S2001 [28FE]

Texts of

S. 1914, claims on certain Postal Savings System certificates of deposit, S2639 [9MR]

S. 1916, increase application fees for firearms licenses, and suspend license upon certain violations, S2642 [9MR]

S. 2328, Federal Acquisition Labor Law Improvement Act, S9936-S9938 [27JY]

S. 2370, International Peacekeeping Support Act, S11064 [9AU]

S. 2372, Commission on Civil Rights reauthorization, S11045 [9AU]

S. 2547, auditing of ERISA benefit plans, S14856 [7OC]

S. Con. Res. 75, plebiscite on political status in Puerto Rico, S13887 [30SE]

S. Res. 148, U.N. membership for the Republic of China, S198 [26JA]

S. Res. 207, U.S. policy on humanitarian and political plight in Rwanda, S4900 [26AP]

S.J. Res. 167, National Gang Violence Prevention Week, S2643 [9MR]

S.J. Res. 181, United Negro College Fund Week, S4350 [14AP]

S.J. Res. 209, National Military Families Recognition Day, S8824 [12JY]

Tributes

Acevedo, Hector L., S6139 [19MY]

Boyd, Bruce W., S6205 [23MY]

Bronstein, Herbert, S192 [26JA]

Chen, Nancy, S6611 [8JN]

Crane, Hugh, S15456 [1DE]

Daalder, Ivo H., S12821 [13SE]

Danforth, Senator, S5121 [4MY], S15242 [30NO]

Douglas, Emily Taft, S1612 [22FE]

Eagleton, Thomas F., S5121 [4MY]

Erickson, Angie, S15479 [20DE]

Gara, Martin R., S15449 [1DE]

Guthrie, Ned H., S764 [3FE]

Higginbotham, A. Leon, Jr., S9647 [25JY]

Johnsen, Ray, S6344 [25MY]

Kollek, Teddy, S7968 [29JN]

Lee Teng-hui, S6615 [8JN]

McDermott, Thomas F., S199 [26JA]

Minow, Martha, S14581 [6OC]

Mubarak, Hosni (President, Egypt), S6785 [10JN]

Myers, Robert, S9749 [26JY]

O'Connor, John, S13108 [21SE]

Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy, S7387 [22JN]

Peres, Shimon, S8436 [1JY]

Reyes, Guadalupe, S11802 [15AU]

Riegle, Senator, S15057 [8OC]

Sakowicz, Sigmund, S205 [26JA]

Sanchez, Miguel, S4272 [13AP]

Shanker, Albert, S12830 [13SE]

Takaki, Ronald, S6613 [8JN]

Thurmond, Senator, S1696 [23FE]

Vaughn, Jacqueline, S391 [31JA]

Wilkins, Roger, S191 [26JA]