GORTON, SLADE (a Senator from Washington)

Amendments offered by, to

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4554), S9253 [19JY]

Appropriations: making supplemental (H.R. 3759), S1332, S1488, S1491 [10FE]

Bankruptcy: improve system (S. 540), S4741 [21AP]

Bosnia and Herzegovina: lift U.S. arms embargo (S. 2042), S5415, S5468 [10MY]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 1995-99 (S. Con. Res. 63), S3433, S3468 [22MR], S3553 [23MR]

Coast Guard: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4422), S13525 [27SE]

———authorizing appropriations (S. 2373), S13526 [27SE]

Consumers: fair credit reporting (S. 783), S5032, S5046, S5084 [3MY]

Courts: product liability law uniformity (S. 687), S7703 [27JN], S7753, S7792, S7793 [28JN]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 4650), S11123, S11174 [10AU]

Dept. of State, USIA, and related agencies: authorizing appropriations (S. 1281), S267, S294 [27JA], S347, S349, S381, S382 [28JA], S414, S416, S439 [31JA]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4602), S9606, S9645 [25JY]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4539), S7402, S7464 [22JN]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs, HUD, and sundry independent agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4624), conference report, S13354 [26SE]

Economy: promote productivity, trade, competitiveness, and technological leadership of the U.S. (S. 4), S2441, S2510 [8MR], S2646 [9MR]

Education: national framework for the development of School-to-Work Opportunities systems in all States (S. 1361), S1028, S1088 [7FE]

———national policy to improve system (S. 1150), S838, S916, S961, S981 [4FE]

———national policy to improve system (S. 1513), S9982, S10059 [28JY]

FAA: authorizing appropriations (S. 1491), S6664, S6757 [9JN], S7004, S7015, S7078 [16JN]

Financial institutions: assist community development institutions (S. 1275), S3089 [16MR], S3266 [17MR]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4426), S9023, S9045 [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), S11957, S11997 [17AU]

Lobbyists: restrict provision of gifts to legislative branch officials, and disclose certain expenditures (S. 1935), S5371 [6MY]

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), S7594, S7653 [24JN], S7719 [27JN], S8075, S8120 [30JN], S8405 [1JY]

Pipelines: mandatory one-call system to protect underground facilities from damage by any excavation (S. 2101), S13527 [27SE]

Trucking industry: State regulation of motor carriers (H.R. 5123), S14416, S14563 [6OC]

Water: reauthorize programs to ensure safe drinking water (S. 2019), S5654, S5695, S5696 [12MY], S5899, S5902, S5954, S5962 [18MY]

Analyses

Recreational Boating Safety Programs (S. 2052), S4892 [26AP]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 3759, making supplemental appropriations, S1418 [10FE]

———H.R. 4299, intelligence services appropriations, S11401 [12AU]

———H.R. 4554, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations, S9306 [20JY]

———H.R. 4606, Depts. of Labor, HHS, Education, and related agencies appropriations, S11080 [10AU]

Articles and editorials

Be Realistic About Russia, Henry A. Kissinger, Washington (DC) Post, S271 [27JA]

Better Life Lies Across ``Bridge,'' Michael Paulson, S1030 [7FE]

Bill Won't Do Much To Solve Problems of Crime, Experts Say, Angie Cannon, Seattle (WA) Times, S12588 [25AU]

Broken Promise—Family Still Waits, Bob Partlow, S11332 [11AU]

Business Training Program Deemed Successful, Bob Partlow, S11337 [11AU]

Clinton Administration Adds to Bureaucratic Jungle, Bob Partlow and Trask Tapperson, S11331 [11AU]

Clinton Administration on Timber Crisis—Just Wait for Results, Bob Partlow and Trask Tapperson, S11329 [11AU]

Communities See Hope as They Turn Away From Timber, Bob Partlow and Trask Tapperson, S11336 [11AU]

Conference Held for Timber Towns—It Was a Joke, Trask Tapperson, S11335 [11AU]

Course Funded by State Angers Displaced Worker, Trask Tapperson, S11335 [11AU]

Crime Bill Maintains `Pork' Tendencies, Kent (WA) Valley Daily News, S12587 [25AU]

Environmentalists, Loggers Decide To Work Together on Crisis, Bob Partlow, S11338 [11AU]

Ex-Millworker Must Choose Between School or Survival, Bob Partlow, S11333 [11AU]

Family Willing To Try Anything To Survive, Trask Tapperson, S11329 [11AU]

How the Crime Bill Became a Fiscal Felony, Seattle (WA) Times, S12586 [25AU]

I Have No Desire To Work and Be Poor, Trask Tapperson, S11332 [11AU]

I Made a Vow to Myself I Wouldn't Log, Trask Tapperson, S11337 [11AU]

Is Timber Money Being Wasted on Silly Games at Conferences, Bob Partlow, S11333 [11AU]

It Seemed Like They Promised You Everything at the Start, Bob Partlow, S11332 [11AU]

Loggers Left With Crumbs, Bob Partlow and Trask Tapperson, S11328 [11AU]

Loggers Say New Timber Plans Have No Magic Formula, Bob Partlow and Trask Tapperson, S11333 [11AU]

Nobody Can Explain Where the Money Has Gone, Bob Partlow and Trask Tapperson, S11328 [11AU]

Nonprofit Corporation's Aim Is To Help Create Jobs, Trask Tapperson, S11335 [11AU]

Opposite Views on One Issue, Bob Partlow and Trask Tapperson, S11338 [11AU]

Plan Shifts CIA Tasks to FBI Staff, Changes Intended To Speed Detection of Foreign Spies, R. Jeffrey Smith and Pierre Thomas, Washington (DC) Post, S5073 [3MY]

Pork Plus, Ted M. Natt, S12587 [25AU]

Retrained Timber Worker Once Again Without Work, Bob Partlow, S11334 [11AU]

Retraining Program Turned Out Useless, Bob Partlow, S11331 [11AU]

Safe Water, Superfund Wait for the Green Light, Seattle (WA) Times, S5891 [18MY]

Same Crime Bill, New Demagoguery, S12587 [25AU]

Senate Can Improve on Flawed Crime Bill, Seattle (WA) Times, S12586 [25AU]

Small-Time Logging Outfits Will Be Shut Out of Sales, Trask Tapperson, S11332 [11AU]

State Takes the Credit for Carver, Bob Partlow, S11334 [11AU]

State Timber Workers Last To Get Federal Aid, Bob Partlow and Trask Tapperson, S11330 [11AU]

Tate, Kreidler Cross Swords Again Over Revised Crime Bill, Christy True, Seattle (WA) Federal Way News, S12588 [25AU]

Timber Money Traced to Several Studies Done for Washington Cities, Bob Partlow, S11335 [11AU]

Timber Workers Offered New Change Program, Bob Partlow, S11334 [11AU]

Town Tied to Timber Industry Is Forced Into a New Way of Life, Bob Partlow and Trask Tapperson, S11336 [11AU]

View Crime Bill With Skepticism, Journal American (publication), S12588 [25AU]

Where Did $100 Million Come From? Bob Partlow and Trask Tapperson, S11330 [11AU]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Boats: funding mechanisms for recreational boating safety programs (see S. 2052), S4834 [26AP]

Budget: point of order against any legislation that directs revenues from an increased tax on Social Security benefits away from the Social Security trust fund (see S. 2255), S8100 [30JN]

Chelan County, WA: exchange lands with the Wenatachee National Forest (see S. 2248), S7962 [29JN]

Elwha River Ecosystem and Fisheries Restoration Act: amend (see S. 2349), S10357 [2AU]

FERC: authorize deadline extension for a hydroelectric license (see S. 2263), S8381 [1JY]

Fish and fishing: implement moratorium on the entry of new vessels into certain groundfish, crab and halibut fisheries in the North Pacific (see S. 2444), S13031 [20SE]

Housing: senior citizen housing development restrictions (see S. 2247), S7962 [29JN]

Intelligence services: improve counterintelligence and security, and enhance FBI authority in counterintelligence matters (see S. 2063), S5049 [3MY]

Law enforcement: Federal matching grant program for State and local agencies for firearms, training, and ammunition (see S. 2110), S5684 [12MY]

Pacific Salmon Treaty: negotiations (see S. Res. 226), S6938 [15JN]

Public lands: promote certain activities to address the adverse impact of wildfires (see S. 2456), S13283 [22SE]

States: establish registration, tracking, and community notification procedures relative to released convicted sex offenders (see S. 2363), S10631 [4AU]

Taxation: exemption for commercial aviation from the transportation fuels tax (see S. 2567), S15428 [1DE]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Arson Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 183), S4782 [25AP]

Bonneville Power Administration: debt refinancing agreement at prevailing interest rates and payment of refinancing fee to U.S. Treasury (see S. 2332), S10365 [2AU]

Bosnia and Herzegovina: lift U.S. arms embargo (see S. 2042), S4730 [21AP]

Bridges: seismic retrofitting program funding (see S. 1789), S961 [4FE]

Budget: discretionary spending limits (see S. 1875), S1943 [25FE]

China, Republic of: U.N. membership (see S. Con. Res. 45, 55; S. Res. 148), S4083 [11AP], S4270 [13AP], S4899 [26AP]

Coast Guard: authorizing appropriations (see S. 2373), S11045 [9AU]

Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation: settlement of claims relative to tribal lands used to construct the Grand Coulee Dam (see S. 2259), S8100 [30JN]

Corp. for Public Broadcasting: authorizing appropriations (see S. 2120), S5828 [17MY]

Crime Prevention Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 192), S8825 [12JY]

Dept. of HUD: discourage interference with the exercise of the rights of free speech, free association, and the petition of Government for redress of grievances (see S. Con. Res. 76), S13928 [3OC]

EEOC: inclusion of religion in guidelines (see S. Res. 219), S6607 [8JN]

Financial Accounting Standards Board: accounting treatment of stock option compensation of employees (see S. Con. Res. 34), S3081 [16MR]

Financial institutions: self-certification and paperwork reduction for certain rural banks (see S. 1698), S185 [26JA]

Fire prevention: encourage State and local fire safety and prevention education programs (see S. 2439), S12963 [19SE]

Firearms: assistance for State and local programs exchanging merchandise vouchers for firearms (see S. 1815), S527 [1FE]

Fish and fishing: reimbursement of U.S. fishermen for certain foreign navigation fees (see S. 2191, 2193, 2243), S6938 [15JN], S7638 [24JN]

Food industry: coordinate recommendations for improvements of meat and poultry inspection programs (see S. 2427), S13099 [21SE]

Government: prepare private property taking impact analyses (see S. 2006), S5692 [12MY]

Health: application of antitrust laws for certain activities of providers of health care services (see S. 1658), S10058 [28JY]

———designating obstetrician-gynecologists as primary care physicians in Federal health care laws (see S. Res. 170), S3467 [22MR]

Intelligence services: improve counterintelligence and security, and enhance FBI authority in counterintelligence matters (see S. 1948), S3208 [17MR]

Investments: prepayment of debentures issued by State and local development companies (see S. 2061), S5579 [11MY]

Jazz Centennial Year: designate (see S.J. Res. 182), S6136 [19MY]

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

Medicaid: technical corrections relative to osteopathic physician services (see S. 1889), S10149 [29JY]

Motor vehicles: bumper impact standards for automobiles and minivans (see S. 1848), S1745 [23FE]

NASA: establish technology investment policy (see S. 1881), S12820 [13SE]

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 Character Counts Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 178), S6536 [7JN]

National Children's Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 211), S12820 [13SE]

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

National Health Information Management Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 208), S13887 [30SE]

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

National Neighborhood Crime Watch Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 212), S9570 [22JY]

National Parkinson Disease Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 175), S6200 [23MY]

National Peace Officers Memorial Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 190), S5684 [12MY]

National U.S. Seafood Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 194), S6123 [19MY]

National Walking Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 146), S1876 [24FE]

National Women and Girls in Sports Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 186), S14115 [4OC]

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

Pediatric and Adolescent AIDS Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 166), S6410 [25MY]

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

Public welfare programs: reform (see S. 1795), S54 [25JA]

Real property: private property owner rights (see S. 1915), S2638 [9MR]

Regional Fishery Management Councils: ethics standards for industry representatives (see S. 2360), S10631 [4AU]

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

Securities: litigation reform relative to plaintiff control, fraud detection, proportionate liability, and auditing standards (see S. 1976), S5080 [3MY]

Senate Rules: amend relative to gifts to Members (see S. Res. 274), S14479 [6OC]

Special Olympics World Games: mint commemorative coins (see S. 1860), S2980 [15MR]

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

Taxation: allow homemakers to deduct individual retirement account contributions (see S. 1669), S960 [4FE]

———deductibility of expenses incurred from the business use of the home (see S. 1924), S6756 [9JN]

———reform rules relative to subchapter S corporations (see S. 1690), S2644 [9MR]

———treatment of recreational boat diesel fuel sales (see S. 2029), S4574 [20AP]

Telecommunications: development of infrastructure and protection of the public interest (see S. 1822), S769 [3FE]

U.N.: U.S. role in peacekeeping operations (see S. 1803), S177 [26JA]

U.S. Botanic Garden: mint coins in commemoration of 175th anniversary (see S. 1952), S3208 [17MR]

Veterans: eliminate disparity between civilian and military retiree cost-of-living adjustments (see S. 1805), S3553 [23MR]

Warren B. Rudman U.S. Courthouse, Concord, NH: designate (see S. 2073), S9943 [27JY]

Water: ensure safety of public drinking water systems (see S. 1920), S3467 [22MR]

World War II: mint commemorative coins upon 50th anniversary of peace accord signing (see S. 2183), S9470 [21JY]

Year of the Grandparent: designate (see S.J. Res. 198), S8910 [13JY]

Cloture motions

Courts: product liability law uniformity (S. 687), S7632 [24JN], S7698 [27JN], S7769 [28JN], S7855 [29JN]

Letters

Cranberry production relative to Clean Water Act compliance: several environmental organizations, S6890 [15JN]

Dept. of HUD enforcement of Fair Housing Act relative to speech: Henry G. Cisneros, Sec. of HUD, S13343 [26SE]

Disciplinary authority of educators in local schools: Albert Shanker, American Federation of Teachers, S9984 [28JY]

———Bruce Hunter, American Association of School Administrators, S9985 [28JY]

———Cara Lockett, Washington State Parent Teacher Association, S9986 [28JY]

———Dwayne Slate, Washington State School Directors' Association, S9986 [28JY]

———Edward R. Kealy, National School Boards Association, S9985 [28JY]

———Karen A. Forys, Clover Park School District, WA, S9986 [28JY]

———Paul M. Williams, Citizens Committee for the Right To Keep and Bear Arms, S9986 [28JY]

———Richard Foss, Wapato, WA, Public Schools, S9986 [28JY]

———several education organizations, S9984 [28JY]

———Timothy J. Dyer, National Association of Secondary School Principals, S9985 [28JY]

———Walter Ball and Brian Barker, Association of Washington School Principals, S9985 [28JY]

Edward Byrne Memorial State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Program: Charles (Bud) Meeks, National Sheriffs' Association, S3427 [22MR]

———Nolan E. Jones, National Governors' Association and Gwen A. Holden, National Criminal Justice Association, S3428 [22MR]

———Sylvester Daughtry, Jr., International Association of Chiefs of Police, S3428 [22MR]

Exemption for commercial aviation from the transportation fuels tax: AFL-CIO Transportation Trades Department, S15432 [1DE]

———Ann W. Richards, Governor of Texas, S15431 [1DE]

———Gerald L. Baliles, National Airline Commission, S15433 [1DE]

———Jim Guy Tucker, Governor of Arkansas, S15431 [1DE]

———John Waihee, Governor of Hawaii, S15432 [1DE]

———Representative Byrne, S15431 [1DE]

———Representative Kyl, S15430 [1DE]

———Representative McCurdy, S15431 [1DE]

———Representative Quinn, S15430 [1DE]

———Representative Santorum, S15430 [1DE]

———Representative Watt, S15430 [1DE]

———Representatives Shuster, Clinger, Mineta, and Oberstar, Committee on Public Works and Transportation (House), S15431 [1DE]

———Senator Hollings, S15429 [1DE]

———Senator Inhofe, S15430 [1DE]

———Senators Helms and Faircloth, S15429 [1DE]

———Thomas E. Greer, Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority, S15433 [1DE]

———several Senators, S15429 [1DE]

———several travel and tourism organizations, S15432 [1DE]

Federal matching grant program for State and local law enforcement agencies for firearms, training, and ammunition: Kenneth R. Jakobsen, Seattle Police Officers' Guild, S5686 [12MY]

Forest Health Act: James R. Lyons, Dept. of Agriculture, S13302 [22SE]

Local education agencies' control over discipline policies: Cara Lockett, Washington State PTA, S839 [4FE]

———Gene Sharratt, Washington North Central Educational Service District, S840 [4FE]

Product Liability Fairness Act: by, S7740, S7741 [28JN]

———Rebecca A. Brown, Mothers Against Drunk Driving, S7837 [29JN]

Safety of public drinking water systems: Mike Lowry, Governor of Washington, S4009 [25MR]

Social Security trust fund: Jake Hansen, Seniors Coalition, S8110 [30JN]

Summer Youth Employment and Training Program: F. Edwin Woodley, S1029 [7FE]

Taxation treatment of recreational boat diesel fuel sales: Bob Giesler, Marina Operators Association of America, S7403 [22JN]

———Hank Sitko, Northwest Marine Trade Association, S7404 [22JN]

———John J. Huber, Petroleum Marketers Association of America, S7403 [22JN]

———Margot J. Brown, National Boating Federation, S7403 [22JN]

———Michael Sciulla, Boat Owners Association of the United States, S7402, S7403 [22JN]

———Paul D. McTaggart, Recreational Boating Association of Washington, S7404 [22JN]

———Phil Keeter and Larry Innis, Marine Retailers Association of America, S7403 [22JN]

Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act: James C. Mattheis, Washington State Council of Police Officers, S12586 [25AU]

Lists

Airports supporting the exemption for commercial aviation from the transportation fuels tax, S15433 [1DE]

Edward Byrne Memorial State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Program State allocations, S3428 [22MR]

Memorandums

Local Education Agencies' Control Over Discipline Policies: Charles E. Talmage, Walter Ball, and John Richardson, Association of Washington School Principals, S840 [4FE]

———Dottee Rambo, Washington State School Directors' Association, S840 [4FE]

———Walter Ball, Association of Washington School Principals, S840 [4FE]

Timber Series Sprang From Logger Anger: Jack Keith, S11339 [11AU]

Motions offered by

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4539), S7409 [22JN]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs, HUD, and sundry independent agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4624), conference report, S13341 [26SE]

Remarks by, on

Agriculture: cranberry production relative to Clean Water Act compliance, S6889 [15JN]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4554), S9206, S9208 [19JY], S9281 [20JY]

Airline industry: in-flight gambling restrictions for foreign and domestic air carriers, S6664 [9JN]

———uniform standards of liability relative to general aviation accidents, S2992 [16MR]

Airport and Airway Improvement Act: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2739), S14770 [7OC]

Appropriations: making supplemental (H.R. 3759), S1245 [9FE]

Auburn, WA: Custer Elementary School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, S12388 [23AU]

———McAlder Elementary School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, S12388 [23AU]

———Washington Elementary School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, S12388 [23AU]

Bankruptcy: improve system (S. 540), S4537, S4539 [20AP], S4619 [21AP]

Bellevue, WA: tribute to Sammamish High School, S4190 [13AP]

Board for International Broadcasting: radio broadcasts to Asia, S74 [25JA]

Boats: funding mechanisms for recreational boating safety programs (S. 2052), S4891 [26AP]

Bosnia and Herzegovina: lift U.S. arms embargo, S4619 [21AP]

Breyer, Stephen G.: nomination to the Supreme Court, S10126 [29JY]

Brown, Sam W., Jr.: nomination to be a delegate to the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, S6227 [24MY]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (S.J. Res. 41), S1788 [23FE], S2077, S2143 [1MR]

———deficit, S1245 [9FE]

———point of order against any legislation that directs revenues from an increased tax on Social Security benefits away from the Social Security trust fund (S. 2255), S8109 [30JN]

———reallocation of agency furniture accounts to State and local law enforcement assistance programs, S3433, S3434, S3436 [22MR]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1995-99 (H. Con. Res. 218), conference report, S5550 [11MY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1995-99 (S. Con. Res. 63), S3427, S3428, S3429, S3430, S3432, S3433, S3434, S3436 [22MR], S3487 [23MR]

———transfer of strategic defense initiative funds to State and local law enforcement assistance programs, S3427, S3428, S3429, S3430, S3432, S3433 [22MR]

California: designate certain desert lands as wilderness (S. 21), S13256 [22SE]

———establish Death Valley and Joshua Tree National Parks and Mojave National Monument (S. 21), S13256 [22SE]

CERCLA: streamline the remedy selection process and improve cleanup standards (S. 1834), S13560 [28SE]

Chelan County, WA: exchange lands with the Wenatachee National Forest (S. 2248), S7963 [29JN]

China, People's Republic of: U.S. Trade Representative designation as ``Priority Foreign Country'' relative to copyright practices, S4917 [26AP]

Colleges and universities: disclosure of participation rates and expenditures in athletic programs, S10001, S10002 [28JY]

Consumers: fair credit reporting (S. 783), S5046 [3MY]

Contracts: revise and streamline Federal procurement and acquisition laws (S. 1587), S6519 [7JN]

Courts: criminal liability relative to consumer product defects, S7756, S7765, S7773 [28JN]

———establish time limitation on civil actions against aircraft manufacturers, S2441 [8MR]

———establish time limitation on civil actions against aircraft manufacturers (S. 1458), S2992 [16MR]

———prevent racially discriminatory capital sentencing, S9544 [22JY]

———product liability law uniformity (S. 687), S7693, S7696 [27JN], S7726, S7730, S7736, S7746, S7750, S7751, S7752, S7756, S7765, S7773, S7774 [28JN], S7837, S7843, S7844, S7869 [29JN]

———product liability relative to FDA and FAA approval, S7774 [28JN]

———reform habeas corpus procedures, S4327, S4328, S4329, S4330, S4331 [14AP]

———treatment of protective orders in civil liability actions, S7693, S7696 [27JN], S7726, S7730 [28JN]

Crime: capital punishment relative to racial discrimination, S5329, S5335 [6MY], S5523, S5525 [11MY]

———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures, S6378-S6380 [25MY]

———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 3355), conference report, S10710 [5AU], S11339 [11AU], S11889 [16AU], S12283 [22AU], S12423, S12425 [24AU], S12530, S12585 [25AU]

———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 3355), motion to instruct conferees, S6097 [19MY]

———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 4092), S4327, S4328, S4329, S4330, S4331 [14AP]

Dept. of Agriculture: repeal the Market Promotion Program, S9206, S9208 [19JY]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 4650), S11123 [10AU]

Dept. of HUD: discourage interference with the exercise of the rights of free speech, free association, and the petition of Government for redress of grievances, S13342, S13343 [26SE]

Dept. of State, USIA, and related agencies: authorizing appropriations (S. 1281), S263, S270, S271 [27JA]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4602), S9603 [25JY]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4539), S7402, S7404, S7408, S7409, S7421 [22JN]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4603), S9437, S9438, S9440 [21JY], S9544 [22JY]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4603), conference report, S12149, S12150 [19AU]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs, HUD, and sundry independent agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4624), S10592, S10598 [4AU]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4624), conference report—amendments in disagreement, S13342, S13343 [26SE]

Distributive Education Clubs of America: observance of Free Enterprise Month, S4012 [25MR]

Ecology and environment: attempt to climb Mt. Everest without oxygen and to remove trash, S2512 [8MR]

Economy: promote productivity, trade, competitiveness, and technological leadership of the U.S. (S. 4), S2441 [8MR], S2713 [10MR]

Education: authorizing appropriations for certain programs (H.R. 6), conference report, S13789 [30SE], S14149, S14197 [5OC]

———national framework for the development of School-to-Work Opportunities systems in all States (S. 1361), S1029, S1030, S1034 [7FE]

———national policy to improve system (H.R. 1804), conference report, S3867, S3869 [25MR]

———national policy to improve system (S. 1150), S838, S938 [4FE], S2433 [8MR]

———national policy to improve system (S. 1513), S9900 [27JY], S9982, S9986, S9995, S10001, S10002, S10003, S10004, S10011, S10012 [28JY], S10283 [2AU]

———STAR Schools Program for extending education to rural areas via satellite, S938 [4FE]

———student participation in reform, S938 [4FE]

Edward Byrne Memorial State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Program: funding, S3053-S3055 [16MR], S5551 [11MY]

Elections: campaign ethics reform and contribution limits (S. 3), S13171, S13172, S13174 [22SE]

Elwha River Ecosystem and Fisheries Restoration Act: amend (S. 2349), S10358 [2AU]

Endangered Species Act: reauthorization, S9972 [28JY]

FAA: authorizing appropriations (S. 1491), S6664 [9JN], S7012, S7077 [16JN]

Federal-State relations: increase payments to units of general local government for entitlement lands (S. 455), S4231 [13AP]

Financial Accounting Standards Board: accounting treatment of stock option compensation of employees (S. Con. Res. 34), S3279 [17MR]

Fire prevention: grants for arson research, prevention, and control (H.R. 1727), S5379 [6MY]

Fish and fishing: implement moratorium on the entry of new vessels into certain groundfish, crab and halibut fisheries in the North Pacific (S. 2444), S13034 [20SE]

Food stamps: ban on waivers that allow States to convert food stamps to cash benefits or wage subsidies, S9281 [20JY]

Forests: endangered species protection, S9972 [28JY], S11326 [11AU]

———President Clinton's policy toward timber harvesting, S1317 [10FE]

FTC: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2243), conference report, S11317 [11AU]

———consumer protection in telephone sales (H.R. 868), S10270 [2AU]

Gardner, William B.: confirmation as Deputy U.S. Trade Representative, S4748 [21AP]

GATT: ratification (H.R. 5110), S15093 [30NO]

Gun-Free School Zones Act: clarify scope, S13789 [30SE]

Haiti: presence of U.S. Armed Forces (S.J. Res. 229), S14319 [6OC]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 2351), S11774, S11778 [15AU]

Housing: senior citizen housing development restrictions, S10592, S10598 [4AU]

———senior citizen housing development restrictions (S. 2247), S7962 [29JN]

Insurance: impact of product liability laws on insurance rates, S7750, S7751, S7752 [28JN]

Intelligence services: improve counterintelligence and security, and enhance FBI authority in counterintelligence matters (S. 2063), S5072 [3MY], S5211 [5MY]

Investments: prepayment of debentures issued by State and local development companies (S. 2061), S5741 [13MY]

Kelso, Frank B., II: nomination to retire in grade from the Navy, S4439, S4440 [19AP]

Kelso, WA: tribute to Kelso High School for We the People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution competition, S13656 [29SE]

Korea, Republic of: preparedness of U.S. and South Korean forces, S7012 [16JN]

Law enforcement: Federal matching grant program for State and local agencies for firearms, training, and ammunition (S. 2110), S5686 [12MY]

Lobbyists: disclosure of activities to influence the Federal Government (S. 349), conference report, S14293 [6OC], S14615 [7OC]

———restrict provision of gifts to legislative branch officials, and disclose certain expenditures (S. 1935), S5329, S5335 [6MY], S5523, S5525 [11MY]

Marine Mammal Protection Act: authorizing appropriations (S. 1636), S3299 [21MR]

Merritt, John C.: tribute for election to presidency of the National Funeral Directors Association, S2349 [3MR]

Middle East: Israeli/Palestinian peace initiatives, S8433 [1JY]

Military construction: making appropriations (H.R. 4453), S9094, S9096, S9100, S9102, S9105 [15JY]

Mount Vernon, WA: Washington Elementary School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, S12388 [23AU]

National defense: authorizing appropriations for Dept. of Defense and Dept. of Energy defense activities (S. 2182), conference report, S12765 [13SE]

National Marine Fisheries Service: application of the Endangered Species Act relative to the Columbia and Snake Rivers, S128 [26JA], S1313 [10FE], S5437 [10MY]

Native Americans: reimbursement of funds to Muckleshoot Indian Tribe, S11123 [10AU]

NATO: membership criteria, S270, S271 [27JA]

Navy: investigation of improprieties at the Tailhook Association symposium, S4439, S4440 [19AP]

NOAA: funding, S9440 [21JY]

Nuclear energy: Hanford B-reactor anniversary, S3568 [23MR]

Pacific Salmon Treaty: negotiations (S. Res. 226), S6924 [15JN], S7084 [16JN]

Parliamentary inquiry, S10005 [28JY]

Prayer: voluntary school prayer, S9900 [27JY]

Public lands: promote certain activities to address the adverse impact of wildfires (S. 2456), S13301 [22SE]

Railroad Retirement Board: status, S1663 [22FE]

Railroads: authorizing appropriations for development of high-speed rail transportation (H.R. 4867), S15023 [8OC]

———facilitate development of high-speed rail transportation (S. 839), S12132 [18AU]

Regional Fishery Management Councils: ethics standards for industry representatives (S. 2360), S10633 [4AU]

Russia: withdrawal of Russian military forces from Baltic States, S9663 [26JY]

Schools: authority of educators in local schools relative to discipline, S9982, S9986, S10004, S10011, S10012 [28JY]

———ensure safety and freedom from drugs and violence, S2433 [8MR], S3867, S3869 [25MR], S10283 [2AU]

———local agencies' control over discipline policies, S838 [4FE]

Seattle, WA: relationship between North Sea-Tac Park and the Sea-Tac International Airport relative to funding, S6664 [9JN]

———tribute to Cascade Middle School for We the People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution competition, S13656 [29SE]

———tribute to Marvista Elementary School, S2044 [28FE]

SEC: closing of office in Seattle, WA, S5046 [3MY]

Shearer, Derek: nomination to be Ambassador to Finland, S6227 [24MY]

Social Security: taxation of benefits (S. 1408), S7949 [29JN]

Social Security Administration: establish as independent agency (S. 1560), S2209 [2MR]

Spokane, WA: tribute to Center for the Study and Teaching of At-Risk Students, S6419 [25MY]

States: establish registration, tracking, and community notification procedures relative to released convicted sex offenders, S11889 [16AU]

———establish registration, tracking, and community notification procedures relative to released convicted sex offenders (S. 2363), S10638 [4AU]

Summer Youth Employment and Training Program: placement of youths in private sector jobs, S1029, S1030 [7FE]

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

Taxation: exemption for commercial aviation from the transportation fuels tax (S. 2567), S15428 [1DE]

———treatment of recreational boat diesel fuel sales, S7402, S7404, S7408, S7409, S7421 [22JN]

———treatment of recreational boat diesel fuel sales (S. 2029), S4605 [21AP]

Toys: safety (H.R. 965), conference report, S6428 [25MY]

Trucking industry: State regulation of motor carriers (H.R. 5123), S14417, S14419 [6OC]

Water: ensure safety of public drinking water systems (S. 1920), S4007-S4009 [25MR]

———reauthorize programs to ensure safe drinking water (S. 1920), S5890 [18MY]

———reauthorize programs to ensure safe drinking water (S. 2019), S5890, S5920 [18MY]

Wildfires: disaster assistance to Western States, S10843 [5AU]

Yakima, WA: tribute to Zip Lock Services for children and family assistance, S7469 [22JN]

Yakima River: authorize certain elements of the basin water enhancement project (H.R. 1690), S14756 [7OC]

Yugoslavia: U.S. arms embargo against Bosnia and Herzegovina, S263 [27JA]

———U.S. military intervention in Bosnia and Herzegovina, S4275 [14AP]

Reports

Food Stamp Cashout Under Family Independence Program—Administrative Costs, Food Use, and Recipient Attitudes, S9282-S9284 [20JY]

Schedules

Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate): Subcommittee on Nutrition and Investigations: Better Nutrition and Health for Children Act, D652 [10JN]

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate): Subcommittee on Water and Power: water reclamation projects, D886 [27JY]

Statements

Court Treatment of Protective Orders in Civil Liability Actions: Victor Schwartz, S7697 [27JN]

Tables

State allocation of Byrne formula grants, S3055 [16MR]

Texts of

S. 2052, funding mechanisms for recreational boating safety programs, S4891 [26AP]

S. 2063, Counterintelligence and Security Enhancements Act, S5211 [5MY]

S. 2349, Elwha River Ecosystem and Fisheries Restoration Act amendments, S10358 [2AU]

S. 2363, Sexually Violent Predators Act, S10638 [4AU]

S. 2444, North Pacific Vessel Entry Moratorium Act, S13034 [20SE]

S. 2456, Forest Health Act, S13302 [22SE]

Tributes

Hendricks, Jerry, S1857 [24FE]

Judd, Walter H., S1686 [23FE]

Mueller, Bobby, S9586 [25JY]