BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY related term(s) Corporations; Industrial Arbitration

Addresses

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

China—The Emerging Economic Colossus: Barbara Hackman Franklin, E491-E493 [21MR]

Employment Non-Discrimination Act: Coretta Scott King, S7583 [23JN]

———Justin Dart, S7583 [23JN]

Financial Accounting Standards Board's Treatment of Employee Stock Options and Purchase Plans: Walter Schuetze, S5038 [3MY]

Lopsided Trade Policy: Robert E. Allen, E2110 [6OC]

Organization for the Protection and Advancement of Small Telephone Companies Speech: A.C. Partoll, AT&T, E2252 [8OC]

Paradise Restructured—A Cautionary Tale: Denis B.G. McLean, S4479-S4481 [19AP]

Russian-American Enterprise Fund: A. Robert Towbin, E1276-E1278 [22JN]

Telecommunications Infrastructure: Robert E. Allen, S13825 [30SE]

Advertisements

Antitrust and Communications Reform Act: Bell Telephone Cos., E1387 [30JN]

Remember These Fellas When You Vote on GATT, S15147 [30NO]

Amendments

Bankruptcy: improve system (S. 540), S3777 [24MR], S3987 [25MR], S4511, S4522, S4524, S4525, S4527, S4530, S4541, S4545, S4575, S4576, S4578 [20AP], S4607, S4608, S4621, S4644, S4646, S4647, S4648, S4649, S4650, S4651, S4657, S4658, S4663, S4740, S4741, S4742, S4743, S4744 [21AP]

Consumers: fair credit reporting (S. 783), S4965 [2MY], S5026, S5032, S5039, S5046, S5083, S5084 [3MY], S5129, S5133, S5134, S5195, S5197 [4MY]

Courts: product liability law uniformity (S. 687), S7686, S7702, S7703, S7704, S7705, S7706, S7707, S7708, S7709, S7710, S7711, S7719 [27JN], S7741, S7748, S7752, S7753, S7754, S7773, S7790, S7791, S7792, S7793, S7794, S7795, S7796, S7797, S7811, S7816, S7817, S7818, S7819, S7820, S7821, S7822 [28JN]

Ecology and environment: environmental technology programs (S. 978), S5347, S5359, S5371, S5375 [6MY], S5389 [9MY]

Economy: promote productivity, trade, competitiveness, and technological leadership of the U.S. (S. 4), S686 [2FE], S2380 [7MR], S2441, S2510, S2511 [8MR], S2573, S2589, S2600, S2604, S2611, S2644, S2645, S2646 [9MR], S2709, S2721, S2726, S2731, S2738, S2745, S2746, S2751, S2753, S2755, S2813, S2818, S2822 [10MR], S2855, S2864, S2881, S2882 [11MR], S2933, S2939, S2981, S2983, S2984, S2985, S2986, S2987 [15MR]

Education: national framework for the development of School-to-Work Opportunities systems in all States (S. 1361), S1006, S1008, S1013, S1017, S1028, S1031, S1032, S1033, S1034, S1035, S1087, S1088, S1089 [7FE], S1094, S1102, S1103, S1165 [8FE]

Financial institutions: treatment of U.S. banks by foreign countries (H.R. 4926), H10413, H10414 [30SE]

Labor unions: prevent discrimination based on participation in labor disputes (S. 55), S8826 [12JY]

Patent and Trademark Office: reexamination procedures (S. 2341), S14073 [4OC]

Patents: defense to patent infringement relative to prior use (S. 2272), S15029, S15039 [8OC]

Public Works and Economic Development Act: reauthorizing appropriations (H.R. 2442), H3252, H3259, H3263, H3268 [11MY], H3292, H3293, H3296, H3300, H3301 [12MY]

Small Business Act: amend (H.R. 4801), H9365, H9366, H9367 [21SE]

Telecommunications: development of infrastructure and protection of the public interest (S. 1822), S9745 [26JY], S12943 [14SE]

Toys: safety (H.R. 965), S3442 [22MR], H1134 [9MR]

Analyses

Business Development Opportunity Act (S. 2478), S13722-S13728 [29SE]

Davis-Bacon Wages Boost Rebuilding Cost: W. Snow Hume, E928 [13MY]

Insurance Policy Transfer Act (S. 1989), S3960 [25MR]

School-to-Work Opportunities Act (S. 1361): Application to Individuals With Disabilities, S1037-S1040 [7FE]

Tax Treatment of Foreign Source Income of Multi-National Insurance Agents (H.R. 4626), E1291 [22JN]

Trade Adjustment Assistance Centers' Investment Returns, S9511 [22JY]

Why Employer Mandates Hurt Workers: National Center for Policy Analysis, S8463 [11JY]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 820, National Competitiveness Act, H5814 [19JY], H6178 [25JY]

———H.R. 965, Child Safety Protection Act, H2247 [13AP]

———H.R. 2884, School-to-Work Opportunities Act, S1116 [8FE], H1352 [16MR]

———H.R. 3474, Community Development, Credit Enhancement, and Regulatory Improvement Act, S3442 [22MR], S6295 [24MY], H2614 [21AP], H3880 [23MY]

———H.R. 4950, Jobs Through Trade Expansion Act, S13962 [3OC], H10732 [4OC]

———S. 2060, amend Small Business Act, H9383 [21SE]

National Women's Business Council, H16 [25JA]

Review Panel of the Office of Fair Employment Practices, H2176 [12AP]

Articles and editorials

Advantages of Employer Health Plans Are Disappearing, E1349 [28JN]

Agency Demands Restrictions on SBIC Bankruptcies—Quick Chapter 11 Filings Now Force Government To Swallow Big Debts, S4538 [20AP]

Arab Boycott Should Be Like the Berlin Wall—History, S2958 [15MR]

Arch Support, E441 [16MR]

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

Big U.S. Contracts Won in Pakistan Help Mend Fences, E2161 [6OC]

Bloodstained Flowers, E2071-E2073 [5OC]

Capital Gains Tax Cuts Lead to Prosperity, E852 [4MY]

``Clinton Recovery'' Is a Study in Self-Contradictions, H7974 [11AU]

Clinton Tax Hoax, S4364 [14AP]

Closing Loophole on Telephone Dirty Talk, S9747 [26JY]

Clouds Over Health Reform, E1432 [12JY]

Countdown With Japan, E1953 [27SE]

CPSC's Ann Brown Is Pragmatic, Persistent on Product Safety, S14143 [5OC], E2082 [6OC]

Don't Let Taxpayers Steal Briggs Jobs, S11342 [11AU]

Economic Opportunity Needs a Moral Dimension, H4384 [13JN]

800-Number Maneuver Evades Phone-Sex Rules, S9746 [26JY]

Endangered Species—Original Golden Arches, E440 [16MR]

Ending Airborne Ambulance Chasing, S2468 [8MR]

Enraging Species Act, S8469 [11JY]

Entergy Cuts Foreign Deals, E2161 [6OC]

Expanding Universe of Glenn Jones, E2101 [6OC]

Falling From the Sky—Unlimited Liability Claims Destroy an American Industry, S2467 [8MR]

Family Struggles To Make Do After Fall From Middle Class, H1283 [11MR]

Fannie Mae To Open Twin Cities Office as Part of Plan To Boost Home Buying, E2093 [6OC]

Fannie Mae—A $1 Trillion Promise To House 10 Million, E2093 [6OC]

Fat Cat Freeloaders—When American Big Business Bellys Up to the Public Trough, H2170 [24MR]

Fined for Heroism, S2698 [10MR]

Firm Fined for Selling Faulty Surgical Devices, S2459 [8MR]

Fishing Decline in New England, E2063 [4OC]

Forging a Growth Policy for America, S2685 [10MR]

Frivolous Lawsuits Hurt Shareholders, E826 [3MY]

G.A. Manufactures Propose New Inspection's—Owners Should Not Be Unnecessarily Burdened, Says AOPA's Baker, S2447 [8MR]

Get Out of the Way, E1333 [27JN]

Getting From School to Work, S1004 [7FE]

Getting Help To Fight Back, S9511 [22JY]

Government as Venture Capitalist, S2409 [7MR]

Health Bills May Have No Substitute for Bureaucracy, S11260 [11AU]

Hemispheric Summit—What Counts Is the Follow-Through, S3078 [16MR]

Here's Health-Care Reform That Works, S9761 [27JY]

Holiday Rush on Firearms—Legislation Spurs Sales, E52 [1FE]

Hosiery Industry Still Important in Unifour, S10966 [9AU]

How To Lose Federal Millions and Owe Nothing, S4538 [20AP]

Implant Makers Facing Loss of Raw Materials—Chemical Firms Say Lawsuits Forcing Hand, S7589 [23JN]

Industrial Espionage—What You Don't Know Can Hurt You, S2735-S2737 [10MR]

Info Superhighway Veers Into Pornographic Ditch, S9746 [26JY]

Info-Highway To Nowhere, E1221 [15JN]

Job Itself Is the Prime Benefit, E1434 [12JY]

Keeping U.S. Patent Protections, E1293 [22JN]

Kiwis Can Fly—Reforming New Zealand's Economy, S4482 [19AP]

Labor Department Puts Harsh Burden on Teens, E780 [26AP]

Last Year's Budget Deal Was a Success, S10714 [5AU]

Let's Rebuild Our Flood Protection, S189 [26JA]

Life Gets Better for Women at Work—Three Companies Win 1994 Catalyst Award, E569 [24MR]

Litigation Crisis Imperils Accounting Profession, E1510 [20JY]

Look Who's Dominating the Arms Trade, S12644 [25AU]

Looking for Oil, S9668 [26JY]

Low Pay and Closed Doors Greet Young in Job Market, H1282 [11MR]

Making a Meal of Mergers, S15255 [30NO]

Mandates Would Hurt the Middle Class, S11462 [12AU]

Matter of Exchange Rates, E1407 [1JY]

Mediation of Civil Rights Complaints—Win/Win, S3678 [24MR]

Medical & Biological Technology, S2762 [10MR]

Medical Costs Are Increasing at a Low Rate, S8930 [14JY]

Mesa Airlines Flying Too High?, E1145 [9JN]

Metrics—Mismeasuring Consumer Demand, S4501 [20AP]

National Steel Rolls USX, E1300 [23JN]

New Gold Rush, E1930 [23SE]

Nibbled to Death, E60 [1FE]

NIH Delays Full-Scale Testing of Potential AIDS Vaccine, S7739 [28JN]

No-Penalty Strike, S8522 [12JY]

Oil Slick—Profits Abroad and Poison at Home, S10486 [3AU]

One Man's View, S12237 [19AU]

Our Economy Needs Global Attention, S13943 [3OC]

Our Forgetful Electorate, E1661 [5AU]

Pakistan Prepares for Next Round of Energy Projects, E2161 [6OC]

Perils of Perry and Co.—Are They Soft on Nuclear Proliferation for the Sake of the Arms Industry?, S1089 [7FE]

Phony Litigation Crisis, S7753 [28JN]

Politician's Dream Is a Businessman's Nightmare, S11665 [13AU]

Preparing for the Jobs Summit—Five Principles of Job Creation, S8459-S8463 [11JY]

Right To File Suit for Bias at Work—Arbitration Is Required, S4267 [13AP]

Rule That Stunts Growth, S5042 [3MY]

SBA, Commerce Square Off on High Tech Financing, S2409 [7MR]

Securities Arbiters Mostly White Men, S4268 [13AP]

Self-Insured Health Coverage Works, There's No Need To Change It, S12205 [19AU]

Should Business Be Afraid of Juries? The Stereotype of Out-of-Control Robin Hoods May Be Outdated, S2460 [8MR]

Six Big Airlines Settle U.S. Suit on Price Fixing—Scheme Using Data System May Have Cost Public $2 Billion in 4 Years, H4974 [24JN]

So You Want To Get Your Roof Fixed, H9534 [22SE]

So You Want To Get Your Roof Fixed?, E1621 [2AU]

Strike Bill Could Destroy Critical Workplace Balance, S8459 [11JY]

Striker Replacement Bill, S8508, S8537 [12JY], E1431 [12JY]

Striking a Balance—Workers Who Strike Should Not Risk Losing Their Jobs, S8515 [12JY]

Taking and `Takings', E1879 [20SE]

There is Nothing That Kills Like Tobacco, E1841 [13SE]

30 Years of Mismanagement and Betrayal in Washington Have Eroded America's Global Edge, S12969 [19SE]

This Land Is My Land—Environmentalism Is Colliding With the Rights of Property Owners, S2689 [10MR]

Three Cheers for Capitalism, E1695-E1697 [10AU]

Tobacco Products and the Myth of ``Underregulation'', E2184-E2186 [8OC]

Trouble With Mergers, S15255 [30NO]

U.S. Callers Pay for Europe's Monopolies, S13824 [30SE]

U.S. Corporations Expanding Abroad at a Quicker Pace, S15146 [30NO]

United States Firms Face a Wave of Foreign Espionage, S2734 [10MR]

United States Trade Deficit With Japan—Made in America, E1412 [1JY]

When EPA Exaggerates Risks, S14769 [7OC]

When Friends Become Moles—American Companies Wake Up to a New Spy Threat—U.S. Allies, S2737 [10MR]

Where's the Economic Boom?, E828 [3MY]

Why America Needs Unions, S8472-S8474 [11JY]

Why U.S. Is Indeed Productive, S2717 [10MR]

Why Your Wages Keep Falling, E190-E192 [11FE]

You Can't Kill a Good Givaway—For Years Taxpayers Have Been Taken for a Ride in Appalachia—On What Might Be the ``Longest Gravy Train in History'', H3299 [12MY]

Bills and resolutions

Agriculture: authorize the use of commodities to promote market development (see H.R. 5234), H11200 [6OC]

———development of programs to encourage source-separated composting at homes, schools, and businesses (see H.R. 5267), H11427 [7OC]

———establish a reserve fund to reimburse milk producers for certain losses (see H.R. 4134), H1995 [24MR]

———milk production and prices relative to flood disasters (see H.R. 5184), H11000 [5OC]

———tribute to U.S. rice industry (see S.J. Res. 219; H.J. Res. 405), S12467 [24AU], H8770 [20AU]

Air pollution: repeal certain Clean Air Act stratospheric ozone protection provisions (see H.R. 5216), H11199 [6OC]

———repeal certain Clean Air Act toxic air emission provisions (see H.R. 5214), H11199 [6OC]

Airline industry: collective bargaining agreements relative to international air service (see H.R. 4957), H8052 [12AU]

———time limitation on certain civil actions against aircraft manufacturers (see H. Res. 370), H865 [24FE]

Animals: promotion of the thoroughbred horse industry (see S. 2512), S14478 [6OC]

———provide for nonanimal acute toxicity testing (see H.R. 5222), H11199 [6OC]

———require humane transport of horses enroute to slaughtering facilities (see S. 2522), S14478 [6OC]

Bankruptcy: eligibility of small business investment companies to file bankruptcy (see H.R. 4140), H1995 [24MR]

———improve system (see H.R. 5116), H10006 [28SE]

Belleville, NJ: recognize as birthplace of industrial revolution (see S. Con. Res. 79), S14242 [5OC]

California: provide flexibility to depository institutions and regulators to facilitate recovery from earthquake damages (see H.R. 3799), H287 [3FE]

CERCLA: streamline the remedy selection process and improve cleanup standards (see S. 1834; H.R. 3800), S1047 [7FE], H287 [3FE]

Check cashing services: State regulation (see H.R. 3998), H1253 [10MR]

Children and youth: child labor laws relative to operation of motor vehicles (see H.R. 4303), H2838 [26AP]

Clean Air Act: area redesignation and motor vehicle inspection and maintenance programs (see S. 2564; H.R. 5304), S15235 [30NO], H11564 [29NO]

———selective inspection and maintenance programs as part of State implementation plans (see H. Con. Res. 309), H11200 [6OC]

Commission on Integration of Workers' Compensation Medical Benefits: establish (see H.R. 4609), H4779 [21JN]

Consumers: notification of consumers on lists compiled for sale to businesses (see H.R. 4353), H3155 [5MY]

———rent-to-own transactions (see S. 1956), S3446 [22MR]

———require disclosure of service and other charges on tickets (see H.R. 4995), H8754 [19AU]

Contracts: defense contractor consolidation savings relative to job training and creation (see H.R. 5012), H9008 [21AU]

———require local hiring preference on certain defense contracts near labor surplus areas or closing military bases (see H.R. 4309), H2913 [28AP]

———waive Davis-Bacon Act requirements relative to volunteer laborers (see S. 2077), S5179 [4MY]

Courts: repeal authority to award punitive damages for civil and disabled rights violations (see H.R. 5145), H10445 [30SE]

Credit: availability of credit to businesses in areas of economic distress (see H.R. 4766), H5760 [14JY]

———civil penalties for unlawful billing under a consumer credit plan (see H.R. 4629), H4883 [22JN]

Crime: availability of information to employers relative to child-related sex offenses (see H. Con. Res. 203), H357 [8FE]

Defense industries: transition of industries, communities, and workers affected by reduced defense spending (see H.R. 4240, 5121), H2397 [18AP], H10006 [28SE]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish a Sustainable Ecosystems and Economies Demonstration Program (see S. 2385), S11478 [12AU]

———repeal the Market Promotion Program (see H.R. 3772), H204 [2FE]

Dept. of Commerce: establish U.S. Design Council (see H.R. 4673), H5349 [29JN]

Dept. of Labor: exempt employers from citation relative to rescues by employees of individuals in life-threatening accidents (see S. 1793), S54 [25JA]

Developing countries: credit programs and development of microenterprises (see H.R. 4511), H4164 [26MY]

Ecology and environment: audit of facilities (see S. 2371), S10941 [8AU]

———authorize EPA loan program to States for voluntary environmental cleanup programs (see H.R. 3844), H500 [10FE]

———promote the use of soybean and other vegetable oils in industrial products (see H.R. 4817), H6155 [22JY]

Economic Development Administration: assistance to communities affected by closure, realignment, or downsizing of military installations (see H.R. 4644), H4958 [23JN]

Economy: community development block grant program (see H.R. 4084), H1540 [17MR]

———impact of Federal legislation and regulations on business and local government (see H.R. 4006), H1253 [10MR]

Education: improve quality of technical education in manufacturing and other vocational technologies (see H.R. 5040), H9157 [13SE]

Employment: consolidate and restructure Federal training programs (see S. 1943, 2516), S3208 [17MR], S14478 [6OC]

———dissemination of information relative to sexual harassment (see S. 1979), S3684 [24MR]

———establish a system of reemployment, job training, and income support services (see S. 1951, 1964; H.R. 4040, 4050, 5166), S3208 [17MR], S3550 [23MR], H1438, H1439 [16MR], H10727 [4OC]

———establish a workforce skills and development loan program for upgrading skills of non-managerial employees (see H.R. 4222), H2367 [14AP]

———establish workforce preparation and development system (see H.R. 4407), H3344 [12MY]

———grants to encourage work force diversity and improve working conditions (see H.R. 4461), H3755 [19MY]

———mandatory use of binding arbitration in job discrimination cases (see S. 2405; H.R. 4981), S12099 [18AU], H8595 [17AU]

———prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation (see S. 2238; H.R. 4636), S7560 [23JN], H4958 [23JN]

———promote performance-based reward plans and employee decisionmaking participation programs (see H.R. 5204), H11199 [6OC]

———provide employment and training assistance for individuals working at or residing near a facility or plant scheduled for significant layoffs (see H.R. 3826), H410 [9FE]

———provide incentives for job apprenticeship programs and study the consolidation of Federal dislocated worker programs (see H.R. 3736), H82 [26JA]

———submission of employee discrimination claims to mandatory and binding arbitration (see S. 2012), S4266 [13AP]

———use of community development block grant funds for employment relocation activities (see S. 2379), S11341 [11AU]

Endangered species: conservation of threatened and endangered species (see H.R. 3978), H1087 [8MR]

EPA: assemble information on environmental risks (see S. 2472), S13580 [28SE]

———cooperative research and development agreements for environmental protection (see H.R. 3857), H500 [10FE]

———designation of certain localities as ozone nonattainment areas relative to the source of the ozone-causing emissions (see S. 2358), S10538 [3AU]

Fair Trade in Auto Parts Act: extend authorities (see H.R. 3749), H83 [26JA]

Federal Power Marketing Administration: transfer of property and equipment to public and private entities (see H.R. 3780), H204 [2FE]

Financial institutions: administrative requirements of insured depository institutions (H.R. 3474), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 506), H6762 [3AU]

———encourage competitive and innovative services for consumers, business, and governments (see H.R. 4956), H8052 [12AU]

———Federal regulation of depository institution service corporations (see H.R. 4097), H1780 [21MR]

———treatment of U.S. banks by foreign countries (see H.R. 4926), H7299 [9AU]

———treatment of U.S. banks by foreign countries (H.R. 4926), consideration (see H. Res. 543), H9599 [23SE]

Firearms: assistance for State and local programs exchanging merchandise vouchers for firearms (see S. 1840, 1973; H.R. 3771), S1284 [9FE], S3684 [24MR], H204 [2FE]

Fishermen's Protective Act: amend (see H.R. 3817), H357 [8FE]

Floods: disaster assistance to the Midwest States from the wetlands reserve program, and non-Federal levee assistance (see S. 1813), S527 [1FE]

Florida: oil and gas leasing of the Continental Shelf (see H.R. 4613), H4779 [21JN]

———restrictions and requirements on leasing of the Continental Shelf (see H.R. 4312), H2913 [28AP]

Food industry: protect school districts and the Dept. of Agriculture from anticompetitive activities of suppliers for certain school food service programs (see H.R. 4220), H2367 [14AP]

Foreign countries: establish guidelines for socially responsible business practices for U.S. businesses operating in foreign countries (see H.R. 5261), H11427 [7OC]

Foreign trade: access of U.S. business to markets (see S. 1858), S1618 [22FE]

———establish free-trade area in the Western Hemisphere (see S. 1939), S3067 [16MR]

———export control (see H.R. 4663), H5315 [28JN]

———export controls on computers (see S. 1820), S659 [2FE]

———export controls on telecommunications equipment and technologies (see S. 1838), S1284 [9FE]

———export of Alaskan North Slope oil (see S. 1993), S3954 [25MR]

———exports of medical devices (see H.R. 5188), H11000 [5OC]

———negotiating objectives for future trade agreements (see S. 2293; H.R. 4737), S9171 [18JY], H5655 [13JY]

———prohibit import of goods produced by child labor (see H.R. 4693), H5461 [30JN]

———promote the export of environmental technologies, goods and services (see S. 2097; H.R. 3813), S5449 [10MY], H357 [8FE]

———promote U.S. industry and technology in competition with Japan (see H.R. 4458), H3754 [19MY]

———regulation of commercial exports (see S. 1846), S1456 [10FE]

———relief from antidumping and countervailing duty orders (see H.R. 4664), H5315 [28JN]

———requirements for export promotion assistance (see H.R. 4935), H7506 [10AU]

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

FTC: issue trade regulation rule to release the prescription of contact lenses (see H.R. 5195), H11000 [5OC]

GATT: intellectual property rights (see S. 2368), S10878 [5AU]

———trade-related worker rights and labor standards (see S. 2268), S8381 [1JY]

Government regulations: require regulatory impact analysis on rules (see H.R. 4949), H8052 [12AU]

Health: liability of raw material and component suppliers to medical device manufacturers (see S. 2215; H.R. 5092), S7149 [20JN], H9600 [23SE]

———provide financial incentives for worksite health promotion programs (see H. Res. 372), H912 [1MR]

———worksite health promotion program (see H.R. 4755), H5760 [14JY]

Income: prohibit wage discrimination based on sex, race, or nationality (see H.R. 4803), H5950 [20JY]

Insurance: fair trade in foreign markets (see H.R. 3974), H1087 [8MR]

———policyholder consent prior to the transfer of a policy (see S. 1989), S3954 [25MR]

———public access to information relative to availability of insurance (see S. 1917, 2402), S2779 [10MR], S12099 [18AU]

———regulation of rental car business policies on liability imposition and collision damage waivers (see H.R. 3741), H82 [26JA]

Interagency Trade Organization: designate the SBA Administrator as a member (see H.R. 4252), H2506 [19AP]

Japan: access of U.S. business to markets (see S. 1872; S. Con. Res. 61; H.R. 3900), S1860 [24FE], H864 [24FE]

Labor: application of overtime exemptions for inside sales personnel (see H.R. 4150), H1995 [24MR]

———exclude shipboard supervisory personnel from selection as employer representatives (see S. 1851), S1456 [10FE]

———treatment of cooperative efforts between management and labor (see S. 2499), S14112 [4OC]

Major League Baseball: apply arbitration for strikes (see H.R. 5095), H9600 [23SE]

Motor vehicles: allow emission reductions caused by fleet turnover to be credited under the Clean Air Act (see H.R. 5212), H11199 [6OC]

National defense: nuclear disarmament and economic conversion (see H.R. 3750), H83 [26JA]

National Hispanic Business Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 216; H.J. Res. 397), S11478 [12AU], H6698 [2AU]

National Manufacturing Week: designate (see S. Res. 252; H.J. Res. 402), S12381 [23AU], H8052 [12AU]

National Park Service: consideration of Native American businesses for concessions contracts (see H.R. 4389), H3278 [11MY]

Native Americans: home ownership financing and economic development near reservations (see H.R. 5277), H11428 [7OC]

OPIC: extend authority (see S. 2438; H.R. 4950), S12963 [19SE], H8052 [12AU]

OSHA: assist small business with compliance to laws and policies (see H.R. 5266), H11427 [7OC]

———reform agency goals and activities and promote cooperation and education with employers (see H.R. 5146), H10445 [30SE]

———revise regulations and programs (see S. 1950), S3208 [17MR]

Patent and Trademark Office: reexamination procedures (see S. 2341), S10141 [29JY]

Patents: compulsory licensing for certain products which have not been commercially licensed or used (see H.R. 4151), H1995 [24MR]

———defense to patent infringement relative to prior use (see S. 2272), S8381 [1JY]

———provide for the publication of patent applications (see S. 2488), S13852 [30SE]

Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corp.: authorizing appropriations and development of plan for orderly dissolution (see H.R. 5096), H9600 [23SE]

Postal Service: repeal prohibition on private-industry competition for the delivery of first-class mail (see H.R. 5080), H9569 [22SE]

———treatment of change-of-address orders received from commercial mail receiving agencies (see H.R. 4762), H5760 [14JY]

Power resources: pilot powerplant project regenerating solid waste into electricity for energy intensive industries in depressed communities (see H.R. 4061), H1439 [16MR]

Public works: private usage and contracting requirements of water or wastewater facilities funded through tax-exempt municipal bonds (see H.R. 3904), H865 [24FE]

Public Works and Economic Development Act: reauthorizing appropriations (H.R. 2442), consideration (see H. Res. 420), H3154 [5MY]

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

Rural areas: credit and financial services to residents, public services, and businesses (see H.R. 4129), H1995 [24MR]

———establish rural development strategy (see H.R. 5086), H9600 [23SE]

Saudi Arabia: resolution of commercial disputes with U.S. firms (see H.R. 4096), H1780 [21MR]

SBA: authorize prepayment of certain high interest rate loans (see H.R. 4686), H5461 [30JN]

———establish accredited lenders program for qualified State and local development companies (see H.R. 4723), H5546 [12JY]

———establish premier lenders program under the certified development company program (see H.R. 4685), H5461 [30JN]

———funding for the small business defense conversion program (see S. 1830), S951 [4FE]

———modify the minority small business and capital ownership development program (see S. 2478; H.R. 5271), S13707 [29SE], H11427 [7OC]

Securities: litigation reform relative to plaintiff control, fraud detection, proportionate liability, and auditing standards (see S. 1976), S3684 [24MR]

———promote capital formation for small businesses through exempted offerings (see H.R. 4858), H6482 [29JY]

———unlisted trading privileges for corporate securities (see H.R. 4535), H4165 [26MY]

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

Ships and vessels: construction of vessels suitable for commercial and national defense purposes (see H.R. 3769), H204 [2FE]

———promote the construction and operation of passenger vessels (see S. 2479; H.R. 3821), S13707 [29SE], H410 [9FE]

Small business: authorization for programs (see H.R. 4172), H2217 [12AP]

———authorize appropriations for loans to concerns detrimentally affected by defense reductions (see H.R. 4026), H1323 [11MR]

———employee access to health insurance (see H.R. 4519), H4164 [26MY]

———encourage small and minority-owned businesses to participate in Federal procurement and Government contracts (see H.R. 4263), H2582 [20AP]

———financial assistance and capital gains exclusion for businesses operating in urban empowerment and enterprise zones (see H.R. 4175), H2217 [12AP]

———increase authorization for the development company program (see H.R. 4322), H2937 [2MY]

———loans for businesses affected by defense reductions (see H.R. 4174), H2217 [12AP]

———microloan demonstration program (see H.R. 4173), H2217 [12AP]

———participation in Federal health benefits program (see H.R. 4857), H6482 [29JY]

Small Business Act: amend (see H.R. 4801), H5950 [20JY]

———amend (H.R. 4801), consideration (see H. Res. 494), H6453 [28JY]

Social Security: penalty for employer failure to file medicare and medicaid data bank reports (see H.R. 4515), H4164 [26MY]

States: programs to encourage employee ownership and participation (see S. 1870), S1860 [24FE]

Taxation: allow credit for businesses that provide work experiences for high school students (see H.R. 4207), H2251 [13AP]

———allow targeted jobs credit for employment of individuals receiving or eligible for unemployment compensation (see H.R. 3828), H410 [9FE]

———application of State and local taxes on the sale of certain tangible property relative to the mail order industry (see S. 1825), S770 [3FE]

———capital gains (see H.R. 4099, 4269, 5259), H1780 [21MR], H2582 [20AP], H11427 [7OC]

———compliance with certain pension requirements (see H.R. 4534), H4165 [26MY]

———credit for employers who hire AFDC recipients (see H.R. 4512), H4164 [26MY]

———deductibility of expenses incurred from the business use of the home (see S. 1924; H.R. 4258), S2779 [10MR], H2506 [19AP]

———deduction of business meal expenses subject to Federal hours of limitation (see S. 2070; H.R. 4986), S5179 [4MY], H8695 [18AU]

———disregard certain capital expenditures for qualified small issue bonds (see H.R. 4881), H6549 [1AU]

———estate tax treatment of family-owned business interests (see H.R. 5032), H9157 [13SE]

———incentives for employers to hire displaced workers relative to closure, realignment, or downsizing of military installations (see H.R. 4639), H4958 [23JN]

———incentives to encourage small investors (see H.R. 4792), H5870 [19JY]

———individual income rates (see H.R. 5306), H11564 [29NO]

———promote the construction and operation of passenger vessels (see H.R. 3822), H410 [9FE]

———provide incentives for job creation and business opportunities (see H.R. 4201), H2251 [13AP]

———provide relief for low economic growth (see H.R. 5091), H9600 [23SE]

———reform rules relative to subchapter S corporations (see H.R. 3832, 4056), H410 [9FE], H1439 [16MR]

———restructure and simplify tax code (see S. 2160), S6522 [7JN]

———small business investment (see S. 1829), S951 [4FE]

———tax credits for businesses with telecommuting centers or employees working in home offices (see H.R. 3923), H911 [1MR]

———transition rule for publicly traded partnerships (see S. 2179), S6857 [14JN]

———treatment of cash payments of legal fees relative to the reporting requirements of a trade or business (see H.R. 4321), H2937 [2MY]

———treatment of controlled foreign corporation distributions relative to investment of the distributions in the U.S. (see H.R. 3933), H912 [1MR]

———treatment of foreign source income of multi-national insurance agents (see H.R. 4626), H4883 [22JN]

———treatment of interest and dividends relative to deductions allowed corporations (see H.R. 5124), H10007 [28SE]

———treatment of life insurance company policy holder dividends and certain policy acquisition expenses (see H.R. 5064), H9351 [20SE]

———treatment of limitations on deductible portion of meal expenses (see S. 2557), S15036 [8OC]

———treatment of revenue loss due to State and local taxes (see H.R. 5280), H11428 [7OC]

———treatment of small businesses (see S. 2030), S4464 [19AP]

———treatment of small publishing businesses as subchapter S corporations or partnerships (see H.R. 3952), H1057 [3MR]

———treatment of U.S. citizens moving business production abroad and foreign persons doing business in the U.S. (see S. 2342; H.R. 4860), S10141 [29JY], H6482 [29JY]

———use of individual retirement accounts as security for certain business loans (see H.R. 3761), H203 [2FE]

Telecommunications: development of infrastructure and protection of the public interest (see S. 1822, 2111), S769 [3FE], S5684 [12MY]

———participation of small businesses, rural telephone companies and minority-owned businesses in spectrum auctions (see H.R. 4682), H5349 [29JN]

———rates and charges for operator services (see H.R. 4969), H8505 [16AU]

Telephones: require long distance services resellers to disclose relationships to carriers from which services are acquired (see H.R. 5112), H9902 [27SE]

Tobacco products: award Congressional Medal of Appreciation for Public Spirit to person who made public concealed documents relative to health hazards of smoking (see H.J. Res. 367), H3681 [18MY]

———labeling, advertising, and promoting requirements (see H.R. 4658), H5170 [27JN]

———treatment of overtime exemptions for employees relative to the sale and processing of green and cigar leaf tobacco (see H.R. 5187), H11000 [5OC]

U.S. Labor Attache Corps: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 257), H4883 [22JN]

Unemployment: emergency unemployment compensation program (see H.R. 4517), H4164 [26MY]

Urban areas: use of census block group data in the designation of empowerment zones (see H. Con. Res. 205), H500 [10FE]

Veterans: employment programs (see H.R. 4776), H5768 [18JY]

Water pollution: repeal certain Clean Air Act acid rain provisions (see H.R. 5215), H11199 [6OC]

Cloture motions

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

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

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

Descriptions

Bankruptcy Reform Act (H.R. 5116), E2204 [8OC]

FDA—Federal Report Requirements on Drugs and Medical Devices, S7772 [28JN]

Improve bankruptcy system (S. 540), S4510 [20AP]

Documents

Chapter 13 Bankruptcy Refiling, S4535 [20AP]

Davis-Bacon Act—Action During the 103rd Congress: William G. Whittaker, H1270 [11MR]

Gaining New Ground—Technology Priorities for America's Future: John Young and George Fisher, U.S. Council on Competitiveness, S2861-S2863 [11MR]

National Policy To Control Crime and Reform Court Procedures (H.R. 3355): Amendment Relative to Product Labeling, H6210 [26JY]

Explanations

Comprehensive Tax Restructuring and Simplification Act (S. 2160), S6552-S6561 [8JN]

Dept. of Agriculture reorganization (H.R. 3171): proposed amendment, H9959 [28SE]

Factsheets

National Competitiveness Act (S. 4), S2691 [10MR]

Letters

Anti-Redlining in Insurance Disclosure Act: several organizations, S2788 [10MR]

Antitrust and Communications Reform Act: Michael Kantor, U.S. Trade Representative, H5208 [28JN]

———National Association of Attorneys General, H5211 [28JN]

Automotive Parts Advisory Committee reauthorization: President Clinton, S350 [28JA]

Bankruptcy Reform Act: Sheila F. Anthony, Dept. of Justice, S14463 [6OC]

Bankruptcy system improvements: Robert D. Reischauer, CBO, S4543 [20AP]

Better Nutrition and Health for Children Act: Bonnie J. Pruett, Coca-Cola Co., S4521 [20AP]

Child labor laws relative to operation of motor vehicles: Maria Echaveste, Dept. of Labor, E780 [26AP]

Commercial Law League of America anniversary: Senator Heflin, S8942 [14JY]

Communications Act: Don Lee, South Dakota Association of Telephone Cooperatives, Inc., S14754 [7OC]

Consumer Reporting Reform Act: D. Barry Connelly, Associated Credit Bureaus, Inc., S5029 [3MY]

Contract Agreement Between Fellows Corp. and United Electrical Workers: Representative Sanders, E427 [11MR]

Cosmetic, Toiletry, and Fragrance Association anniversary: President Clinton, E747 [21AP]

Court treatment of protective orders in civil liability actions: Patrick E. Higginbotham, Judicial Conference of the U.S., S7689 [27JN]

———Sheila F. Anthony, Dept. of Justice, S7690 [27JN]

Dept. of Agriculture Market Promotion Program funding: Coalition To Promote U.S. Agriculture Exports, S9157 [18JY]

Economic espionage: Dept. of Justice, S11375 [12AU]

Economic impact of Federal legislation and regulations on business and local government: Robert D. Reischauer, CBO, S2631 [9MR], S2869 [11MR]

Effect of Clinton tax plan on small business: Beth Muehlhausen, S8330 [1JY]

Environmental Audit Protection Act: Bert P. Krages II, Louisiana-Pacific Corp., S10945 [8AU]

———Clint Ayer, Georgia-Pacific Corp., S10946 [8AU]

———Corey L. Unfried, Willamette Industries, Inc., S10947 [8AU]

———David Wilson, PacifiCorp., S10947 [8AU]

———Donald A. Haagensen, S10946 [8AU]

———Frank L. Deaver, Tektronix, Inc., S10945 [8AU]

———Fred D. Miller, Portland General Electric Co., S10945 [8AU]

———Fred Hansen, Oregon Dept. of Environmental Quality, S10944 [8AU]

———Heather M. Bartlett, Simpson Paper Co., S10946 [8AU]

———J. Mark Morford, S10947 [8AU]

———James W. Whitty, Associated Oregon Industries, S10944 [8AU]

———Jerry O. Richartz, Oregon Steel Mills, S10945 [8AU]

———Richard D. Bach, S10946 [8AU]

———Robert Komoto, Ontario Produce, S10945 [8AU]

———Thomas C. McCue, Wacker Siltronic Corp., S10945 [8AU]

———William O. Dameworth, Pope & Talbot, Inc., S10945 [8AU]

Environmental Export Promotion Act: Representative Dingell, H2389 [18AP], H9188 [19SE]

———Representative Hamilton, H2389 [18AP], H9188 [19SE]

EPA's cluster rule for the pulp and paper industry: P.M. Henson, International Paper Corp., S10512 [3AU]

Export controls on weapons and dual-use technologies: President Clinton, S1849 [24FE]

———Senator D'Amato, S1848 [24FE]

———several Senators, S1849 [24FE]

FCC video programming in closed caption: Angela J. Campbell and Steven H. Shiffrin, H5232-H5234 [28JN]

Federal loan guarantee programs for high risk businesses: Allen Neece, National Venture Capital Association, S2943 [15MR]

Federal regulations on roofing: Charles E. Bechtel, National Roofing Contractors Association, E1621 [2AU]

Financial Accounting Standards Board's protection of accounting principles: Robert M. McGlotten, AFL-CIO, S5041 [3MY]

———Warren E. Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., S5039 [3MY]

Flood disaster assistance to Southern States: Alice M. Rivlin, OMB, S9298 [20JY]

Foreign sales corporations regulations: California congressional delegation, H3428 [17MY]

———Lloyd Bentsen, Sec. of the Treasury, H3428 [17MY]

———Representative Lantos, H3429 [17MY]

GAO study of Federal assistance to businesses and industries in dealing with changes in economic structure: Allan I. Mendelowitz, GAO, S15438 [1DE]

GATT agreement: John H. Gibbons, S2405 [7MR], S2854 [11MR]

GATT ratification: several agricultural and business organizations, H11463, H11517 [29NO]

Government disclosure of civil liability settlements: Sheila F. Anthony, Dept. of Justice, S7690 [27JN]

Health care reform: Barbara J. Davis and Kevin C. Nortness, E1468 [14JY]

———Santa Fe Springs, CA, Chamber of Commerce and Industrial League, E1049 [24MY]

———several Senators, S12395 [24AU]

Home Office Deduction Act: Harvey L. Coustan, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, S2811 [10MR]

———John J. Motley III, National Federation of Independent Business, S2811 [10MR]

———several organizations, S2811 [10MR]

Jobs Through Trade Expansion Act: Representative Dingell, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H11273-H11275 [7OC]

———Representative Gibbons, Committee on Ways and Means (House), H11272 [7OC]

———Representative Hamilton, Committee on Foreign Affairs (House), H11272 [7OC]

———Ronald H. Brown, Sec. of Commerce, H11275 [7OC]

Life insurance company policy holder dividends and certain policy acquisition expenses: Representative Filner, E2154 [6OC]

———Representative Stark, E2154 [6OC]

Minimum wage increase: James L. Blum, CBO, H7030 [5AU]

National communications infrastructure: Representative Markey, H5240 [28JN]

———several Representatives, H5240 [28JN]

National Competitiveness Act: Advanced Technology Coalition, S2587 [9MR], S2692 [10MR], S2922, S2952 [15MR]

———Bennie L. Thayer, National Association for the Self-Employed, H5809 [19JY]

———Carl L. Vignali, Honeywell Inc., S2953 [15MR]

———Charles Alexander, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, S2953 [15MR]

———Committee on Small Business (Senate), S2409 [7MR]

———Curtis E. Plott, American Society for Training and Development, S2588 [9MR], S2693 [10MR], S2953 [15MR]

———David H. Swanson, American Industrial Extension Alliance, S2588 [9MR], S2693 [10MR], S2953 [15MR]

———David W. Cheney, Optoelectronics Industry Development Association, S2954 [15MR]

———Janet Reno, Attorney General, S2688 [10MR]

———Jeffrey H. Schiff, National Association of Towns and Townships, H5810 [19JY]

———John Parker, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, S2588 [9MR], S2693 [10MR], S2953 [15MR]

———Leo Reddy, National Coalition for Advanced Manufacturing, S2587 [9MR], S2692 [10MR], S2922, S2927, S2952 [15MR]

———Leon E. Panetta, OMB, S2698 [10MR]

———Lewis E. Platt, Computer Systems Policy Project, S2588 [9MR], S2693 [10MR], S2952 [15MR]

———M. Jack Ohanian, American Association of Engineering Societies, S2922 [15MR]

———Paul Allaire, Council on Competitiveness, S2587 [9MR], S2922, S2952 [15MR]

———Paul R. Huard, National Association of Manufacturers, S2921 [15MR]

———R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, H5809 [19JY]

———several Representatives, H5810 [19JY]

———Thomas Murrin, S2927 [15MR]

———Tyrus W. Cobb, Business Executives for National Security, Inc., S2953 [15MR]

National Environmental Technology Act: Aliza Gravitz, Co-Op America, S5359 [6MY]

———Craig I. Fields, Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corp., S5356 [6MY]

———Donald L. Connors, Environmental Business Council of the U.S., Inc., S5355 [6MY]

———Eleanor J. Lewis, Government Purchasing Project, S5358 [6MY]

———Frances H. Irwin, World Wildlife Fund, S5355 [6MY]

———Frank S. Waller, Hazardous Waste Action Coalition, S5355 [6MY]

———Fred Krupp, Environmental Defense Fund, S5355 [6MY]

———Hank Habicht, Safety-Kleen Corp., S5356 [6MY]

———James F. Mattil, Ozone Safe Cooling Association, S5359 [6MY]

———Jeffrey C. Smith, Institute of Clean Air Companies, S5356 [6MY]

———John Lounsbury, National Roundtable of State Pollution Prevention Programs, S5356 [6MY]

———President Clinton, S2938 [15MR], S5355 [6MY]

———Randall D. Olson, Minnesota Project Innovation, Inc., S5359 [6MY]

———Robert P. Bringer, 3M Corp., S5357 [6MY]

———Ron Van Mynen, Union Carbide Corp., S5357 [6MY]

———William A. Sonntag, Jr., National Association of Metal Finishers, S5356 [6MY]

Nevada Export Award: James K. Hellwig, Nevada District Export Council, E1376 [30JN]

OPIC Authority: Representative Gibbons, E1928 [23SE]

———Representative Hamilton, E1928 [23SE]

OPIC funding: Frank A. Kelleher, Foster Wheeler Corp., S9088 [15JY]

Prevent discrimination based on participation in labor disputes: Arthur G. Potthoff, Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers International Union, S8498 [12JY]

———Blair Maddock, Lockheed Aeronautical Systems Co., S8489 [11JY]

———D.L. Whitford, Winn Dixie, S8490 [11JY]

———David B. Parker, NLRB, S8836 [13JY]

———Dixie-Narco (business), S8488 [11JY]

———Ernest R. Allen, Pepperidge Farm, Inc., S8490 [11JY]

———George E. Payton, International Paper Co., S8489 [11JY]

———James R. Carlson, PYA/Monarch, Inc., S8490 [11JY]

———Jim McDonald, S8488 [11JY]

———John Calhoun Wells, Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, S8512 [12JY]

———Joseph G. Gerard, American Furniture Manufacturers Association, S8489 [11JY]

———National Council of Agricultural Employers, S8489 [11JY]

———Nils W. Lindbloom III, Tool Shed, Inc., S8488 [11JY]

———President Clinton, S8839 [13JY]

———R.G. Rocamora, Cooper Industries, S8489 [11JY]

———Shawn M. Hart, Teamsters Local 542, S8516 [12JY]

———William R. Hill, Burlington Menswear, Inc., S8490 [11JY]

Product Liability Fairness Act: Martin Delaney, Project Inform (organization), S7680 [27JN], S7739 [28JN], S7851 [29JN]

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

———Senators Rockefeller, Gorton, and Lieberman, S7740 [28JN]

———several Senators, S7741 [28JN]

Reemployment Act: Marc Racicot, Governor of Montana, S7164-S7166 [21JN]

———Senator Baucus, S7164 [21JN]

Resolution of commercial disputes of U.S. firms against Saudi Arabia: Karl S. Reiner, Dept. of Commerce, E1857 [16SE]

School-to-work transition programs: Dale J. Jorgenson, Minneapolis Technology, Inc., S1156 [8FE]

———Robert P. Casey, Governor of Pennsylvania, S1023 [7FE]

Secondary transmissions of superstations and network stations for private home viewing: several Representatives, E1770 [19AU]

Small Business Investment and Growth Act: John J. Motley III, National Federation of Independent Business, S4475 [19AP]

Streamline CERCLA remedy selection process and improve cleanup standards: Carol M. Browner, EPA, H284 [3FE]

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

Tax Fairness for Main Street Business Act: Debbie White, White Furniture Co., S806 [3FE]

———Louie L. Raven, Boat Town (business), S805 [3FE]

———Ray Jones, Long Beach Yacht Sales (business), S806 [3FE]

Texaco efforts to comply with U.N. sanctions against Haiti: Timothy J. Hauser, Dept. of Commerce, E2027 [30SE]

Trade and Development Agency funding: J. Joseph Grandmaison, Trade and Development Agency, S9089 [15JY]

Treatment of insurance benefits relative to bankruptcy proceedings: John F. McLaughlin, United Carolina Bank, S4653 [21AP]

———John G. Medlin, Jr., Wachovia Corporation, S4652 [21AP]

Urban university business research and assistance: James B. Appleberry and C. Peter Magrath, S2750 [10MR]

———Jim Craven, American Electronics Association, S2750 [10MR]

———Judith A. Ramaley, S2750 [10MR]

USAIR Group, Inc., code sharing agreement with British Airways: Robert P. Casey, Governor of Pennsylvania, E450 [16MR]

Lists

Academic community members endorsing stock option accounting reform, S5040 [3MY]

Business groups meeting with Senators on the Dole/Packwood health care plan, S8051 [30JN]

Coalition To Reform the Davis-Bacon Act, S10236 [2AU]

Committee on Rules (House) rollcall votes on amendments to H. Res. 494, consideration of H.R. 4801, Small Business Act amendments, H6469 [29JY], E1614 [1AU]

Consumers for civil justice, S7767 [28JN], S7869 [29JN]

Cosponsors of S. 1458, time limitation on civil actions against aircraft manufacturers, S2465 [8MR]

Critical Technologies Subcouncil, S2682 [10MR]

Dayton Business Reporter (publication) Small Business Awards Program judges and award nominees, E872 [5MY]

Employer plan sponsor responsibilities under the Health Security Act, S11944 [17AU]

Federal loan guarantee programs, S2941 [15MR]

MacBride Principles of Northern Ireland, H11277 [7OC]

Minnesota leaders who gave input to the School-to-Work-Opportunities Act, S1011 [7FE]

National Commission To Ensure a Strong Competitive Airline Industry, S2442 [8MR]

Organizations and individuals opposed to Federal product liability legislation, S7767 [28JN], S7870 [29JN]

Organizations supporting S. 1834, Superfund Reform Act, S12605 [25AU]

Organizations which oppose GATT, S15137-S15140 [30NO]

Organizations which support strengthening the Regulatory Flexibility Act, S2727 [10MR]

Regulations and restaurants from A to Z, H5749 [14JY]

States and cities that support the MacBride Principles of Northern Ireland, H11277 [7OC]

Supporters of S. 1825, Tax Fairness for Main Street Business Act, S806 [3FE]

Supporters of the Economic and Employment Impact Act, S2616 [9MR]

U.S. aluminum smelter companies, locations, capacity in tons per year, S319 [28JA]

Memorandums

Better Nutrition and Health for Children Act: Bryan D. Anderson, Coca-Cola Co., S4521 [20AP]

Fatalities Associated With Crash-Induced Fuel Leakage and Fires: E.S. Grush and C.S. Saunby, Ford Motor Co., S7756 [28JN]

Federal Loan Guarantee Programs for High Risk Businesses: William A. Sahlman, S2943 [15MR]

GATT and Development Subsidies: Dept. of Commerce, S2398 [7MR]

Pharmaceutical Research and Development: Gary Guenther, Congressional Research Service, E1670 [8AU]

Messages

Export Control Regulations: President Clinton, S8380 [1JY], H5469 [12JY]

State of Small Business: President Clinton, S525 [1FE], H95 [1FE]

Motions

Bankruptcy: improve system (S. 540), S4547 [20AP]

Economy: promote productivity, trade, competitiveness, and technological leadership of the U.S. (S. 4), S2727 [10MR]

Small Business Act: amend (H.R. 4801), H9369 [21SE]

———amend (S. 2060), H9377 [21SE]

Technology: enhance manufacturing technology (H.R. 820), H5807 [19JY], H9879 [27SE], H9994 [28SE]

Outline

Tax Fairness for Main Street Business Act (S. 1825), S805 [3FE]

Outlines

U.S. proposal on Multilateral Trade Organization, S15154 [30NO]

Papers

Economic Espionage—The Threat to U.S. Industry: Milton J. Socolar, GAO, S2733 [10MR]

Press releases

Antitrust and Communications Reform Act, E1387 [30JN]

Exon breaks ground on information superhighway, S785 [3FE]

Health care reform: Tom Redder, SBA, S12395 [24AU]

Lilly Rushes Antibiotic Aid to More Than One Million Rwandan Refugees, E1596 [28JY]

National Competitiveness Act: National Association of Manufacturers, S2407 [7MR]

Wind Tunnel Status, S10341 [2AU]

Questions and answers

Taxpayer uniform treatment, S4362 [14AP]

Remarks in House

ADT Security System, Inc.: National Crime Prevention Council Carl M. Loeb, Jr., Award recipient, E2087 [6OC]

Airline industry: collective bargaining agreements relative to international air service (H.R. 4957), E1718 [12AU]

———time limitation on certain civil actions against aircraft manufacturers (H. Res. 370), H1069 [8MR]

American Society for Industrial Security: tribute, E444 [16MR]

Animals: provide for nonanimal acute toxicity testing (H.R. 5222), E2210 [8OC]

Antitrust policy: supersede modification of final judgment of U.S. v. Western Electric and regulate the manufacturing of Bell operating companies (H.R. 3626), H5189-H5216, H5248 [28JN], E753 [21AP], E1332 [27JN], E1387, E1389, E1390 [30JN], E1435, E1439 [12JY]

———supersede modification of final judgment of U.S. v. Western Electric and regulate the manufacturing of Bell operating companies (H.R. 3626), permission to file reports, H4990, H4991 [24JN]

Appalachian Regional Commission: task force to study the commission's characteristics and apply to other regional commissions, H3296-H3300 [12MY]

Ballesteros, Frank T.: SBA Minority Small Business Advocate of the Year recipient, E899 [11MY]

Baltimore, MD: anniversary of Service Corps of Retired Executives, E1826 [12SE]

Bankruptcy: eligibility of small business investment companies to file bankruptcy (H.R. 4140), E558 [24MR]

———improve system (H.R. 5116), H10752-H10773 [4OC], H10917 [5OC], E2101 [6OC], E2204 [8OC]

Belleville, NJ: recognize as birthplace of industrial revolution (H. Con. Res. 35), H11345 [7OC]

Bennett X-Ray Technologies, Inc.: Advancement for Commerce and Industry Leadership Award recipient, E2257 [8OC]

Boeing Co.: sale of jet parts to the People's Republic of China, H7203 [9AU]

Boswell Engineering: tribute, E202 [22FE]

Bridgeton, NJ: tribute to Cumberland Mutual Fire Insurance Co., E779 [26AP]

Buikema, Jay: election as president of the National Retail Hardware Association, E478 [17MR]

Burry, John, Jr.: Franklin D. Roosevelt Service Award for Excellence recipient, E1982 [29SE]

Business Development Commercialization Corp.: establish, H3255-H3263 [11MY]

Buy American Act: compliance, H245 [3FE], H2543 [20AP], H3292, H3293 [12MY], H3463 [17MY], H4132 [26MY], H4616 [16JN], H5322, H5383 [29JN], H5588, H5589, H5605 [13JY], H5842 [19JY], H6409, H6427 [28JY], H6584, H6585 [2AU], H8660 [18AU], H9514 [22SE], H10893 [5OC]

CERCLA: streamline the remedy selection process and improve cleanup standards (H.R. 3800), H282 [3FE], H3669 [18MY], H5457 [30JN], H7021 [5AU], H7169 [8AU], E1792 [21AU]

———streamline the remedy selection process and improve cleanup standards (S. 1834), E2104 [6OC]

CH2M HILL (business): American Consulting Engineers Council Honor Award recipient, E1994 [29SE], E2015 [30SE], E2217 [8OC]

———EPA Outstanding Prime Contractor Achievement Award recipient, E2224 [8OC]

Chicago, IL: tribute to Entrepreneurship Hall of Fame inductees, E1991 [29SE]

Children and youth: child labor laws relative to operation of motor vehicles (H.R. 4303), E779 [26AP]

———enforcement of child support obligations, H9367, H9368 [21SE]

———prohibit importation of foreign products made with child labor (H.R. 1397), E1420 [1JY]

Cicero, IL: anniversary of Premium Marketing Systems, E1764 [18AU]

Cincinnati, OH: tribute to the International Action Commission for St. Petersburg, Russia, E1875 [19SE]

Clean Air Act: area redesignation and motor vehicle inspection and maintenance programs (H.R. 5304), E2351 [30NO]

Clinton, President: evaluation of administration, H5956, H5957 [21JY]

———State of the Union Message, H50 [26JA]

Colton, CA: anniversary of Matich Corp., E1433 [12JY]

Communications: promote a national infrastructure to encourage deployment of advanced services through competition (H.R. 3636), H5204, H5209, H5216-H5248 [28JN], H6561 [2AU], E112 [3FE], E753 [21AP], E1332 [27JN], E1368 [29JN], E1398 [30JN], E1435, E1439 [12JY], E1450 [13JY]

———promote a national infrastructure to encourage deployment of advanced services through competition (H.R. 3636), permission to file reports, H4990 [24JN]

Construction industries: Federal regulations on roofing, E1621 [2AU]

Consumers: fair credit reporting (S. 783), H9797-H9815, H9842 [27SE]

———notification of consumers on lists compiled for sale to businesses (H.R. 4353), E860 [5MY]

———require disclosure of service and other charges on tickets (H.R. 4995), H8728 [19AU]

Contracts: conduct GAO study of salaries of executives of businesses that are primarily defense contractors, H4201 [8JN]

———repeal of Federal construction procurement and prevailing wage protection for construction workers, H1269 [11MR]

———simplification of Federal construction procurement and prevailing wage protection for construction workers, H271 [3FE], E928 [13MY]

Cosmetic, Toiletry, and Fragrance Association: anniversary, E747 [21AP]

Courts: reform of liability laws, E1956-E1958 [27SE]

———repeal authority to award punitive damages for civil and disabled rights violations (H.R. 5145), E2015 [30SE]

CPSC: revitalization, E2082 [6OC]

Credit: availability of credit to businesses in areas of economic distress (H.R. 4766), E1479 [15JY]

Crime: penalties for fraudulent labeling of products as domestically produced, H6209, H6210 [26JY]

Cullen, John: Long Island Association Medal of Honor recipient, E693 [18AP]

Dayton Business Reporter (publication): tribute to Small Business Awards Program, E872 [5MY]

Defense industries: assistance to workers affected by reduced arms sales abroad, H4188 [8JN]

Delstar Group of Phoenix (organization): Dun & Bradstreet Corp. Best of America Award recipient, E1919 [22SE]

Dept. of Agriculture: prohibit participation of foreign-owned grain traders from Federal export programs, H9959, H9966 [28SE]

Dept. of Commerce: establish toll free number to assist consumers in determining if products are American made (H.R. 3342), H7130-H7133 [8AU]

———establish U.S. Design Council (H.R. 4673), E1366 [29JN]

———refusal to allow U.S. private firms to participate in the Paris Air Show, H4933 [23JN]

Dept. of Defense: allow industrial facilities to sell their goods and services to non-Dept. of Defense customers, H4172, H4188 [8JN]

———awarding of contracts to companies in communities affected by base closures, H4189 [8JN]

———conversion of military bases to commercial endeavors, H5321 [29JN]

Dept. of HUD: community development grants funding relative to employment, H5374 [29JN]

Developing countries: credit programs and development of microenterprises (H.R. 4511), E1109 [26MY]

Disabilities: tribute to Avis Rent-A-Car for its efforts to make cars more accessible, E2218 [8OC]

Domestic policy: national objectives priority assignments, E1911 [22SE]

Downey, CA: future of oldest original standing McDonald's restaurant, E440 [16MR]

Dublin, OH: relocation of Pharmacia Diagnostics (business), E2141 [6OC]

Eastman Kodak Co.: layoffs, E222 [23FE]

Ecology and environment: authorize EPA loan program to States for voluntary environmental cleanup programs (H.R. 3844), E160 [10FE]

Economic Development Administration: abolish, H3286-H3292 [12MY]

———funding, H3293-H3296 [12MY], H5097, H5108-H5111 [27JN]

Economy: company layoffs, H208 [3FE]

———impact of environmental, employer, and consumer government regulations and subsidies, H550 [22FE]

———impact of Federal legislation and regulations on business and local government, H5748-H5751 [14JY], H9094 [13SE]

———impact of political process, H478 [10FE]

———national objectives priority assignments, H46 [26JA], H1446 [17MR], H2163 [24MR], H2975-H2980 [3MY], H4224 [9JN], H4295, H4296 [10JN], H4556, H4557, H4558, H4559, H4560 [16JN], H5661, H5662, H5664, H5665, H5666, H5667 [14JY], H6107, H6111, H6146 [22JY], H6244-H6246 [26JY], H7970, H7977, H7978 [11AU], H9445 [22SE], H11208, H11210 [7OC], E828 [3MY], E1661 [5AU]

———promote productivity, trade, competitiveness, and technological leadership of the U.S. (S. 4), H9094 [13SE]

———value of dollar relative to foreign currency, E1406 [1JY]

Education: national framework for the development of School-to-Work Opportunities systems in all States (H.R. 2884), conference report, H2450 [19AP], H2514-H2517 [20AP], E1273 [21JN]

EEOC: guidelines relative to use of English language in the workplace, E1274 [21JN]

Eli Lilly and Co.: tribute to donation of medication for Rwanda relief effort, E1596 [28JY]

Elizabeth, NJ: tribute to CAMACOL (Hispanic business organization), E477 [17MR]

Employment: classification of employees relative to health care benefits, E150 [9FE]

———establish a system of reemployment, job training, and income support services, H4225, H4226 [9JN]

———establish a system of reemployment, job training, and income support services (H.R. 4050), H6596 [2AU], E442, E444, E449 [16MR], E2050 [4OC], E2091 [6OC]

———establish a system of reemployment, job training, and income support services (H.R. 5166), E2049, E2050 [4OC]

———establish a system of reemployment, job training, and income support services (S. 1951), H3694, H3695, H3696 [19MY], H4098, H4099 [26MY], H4298 [10JN], H4888, H4889 [23JN], H6551, H6556 [2AU]

———establish a workforce skills and development loan program for upgrading skills of non-managerial employees (H.R. 4222), E668 [15AP]

———establish workforce preparation and development system (H.R. 4407), E924 [13MY]

———grants to encourage work force diversity and improve working conditions (H.R. 4461), E995 [19MY]

———loss of domestic jobs to foreign markets, H5319 [29JN]

———mandatory use of binding arbitration in job discrimination cases (H.R. 4981), E1753 [17AU]

———prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation (H.R. 4636), E1311 [23JN]

———promote performance-based reward plans and employee decisionmaking participation programs (H.R. 5204), E2137-E2139 [6OC]

———provide employment and training assistance for individuals working at or residing near a facility or plant scheduled for significant layoffs (H.R. 3826), E147 [9FE]

———provide incentives for job apprenticeship programs and study the consolidation of Federal dislocated worker programs (H.R. 3736), E53 [1FE]

Energy BioSystems Corp.: tribute, E1047 [24MY]

EPA: awarding of Green Tech grants, H6227, H6228 [26JY]

Farmington, NM: tribute to Mesa Airlines, E1144 [9JN]

Financial institutions: administrative requirements of insured depository institutions (H.R. 3474), E1672 [8AU]

———administrative requirements of insured depository institutions (H.R. 3474), conference report, H6782-H6797 [4AU]

———administrative requirements of insured depository institutions (H.R. 3474), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 506), H6773, H6774 [4AU]

———encourage competitive and innovative services for consumers, business, and governments (H.R. 4956), H8042 [12AU]

———treatment of U.S. banks by foreign countries (H.R. 4926), H10409-H10415 [30SE], E2037 [3OC]

———treatment of U.S. banks by foreign countries (H.R. 4926), consideration (H. Res. 543), H10320-H10323 [29SE]

Fish and fishing: restrictions in New England, E2062 [4OC]

Fishermen's Protective Act: amend (H.R. 3817), H5476, H5477 [12JY]

Floods: disaster assistance to Midwest States, E97 [3FE], E2241 [8OC]

Food industry: protect school districts and the Dept. of Agriculture from anticompetitive activities of suppliers for certain school food service programs (H.R. 4220), E672 [15AP]

Food Lion, Inc.: tribute, E991 [19MY]

Foreign countries: access of foreign business to U.S. markets, E1300 [23JN]

———establish guidelines for socially responsible business practices for U.S. businesses operating in foreign countries (H.R. 5261), E2201 [8OC]

———purchase of U.S. equipment and products with economic assistance, H4075 [25MY]

Foreign trade: agreement with Japan to reduce life term of a patent, H9879 [27SE]

———deficit, H165 [2FE], H415, H419 [10FE], H4774 [21JN], E1412 [1JY], E1953 [27SE]

———export controls relative to encryption devices, E1218 [15JN]

———exports of medical devices (H.R. 5188), E2074 [5OC]

———implementation of GATT trade pact relative to U.S. antidumping and subsidy laws, H1077 [8MR]

———negotiations with Japan, H293 [7FE], E174 [10FE]

———piracy of intellectual property, H9533 [22SE]

———promote the export of environmental technologies, goods and services (H.R. 3813), H2387-H2392 [18AP]

———tribute to Conference on Women and Trade at the University of Texas at San Antonio, E2156 [6OC]

———U.S. policy, H4784 [22JN]

Fort Howard Corp.: anniversary, E169 [10FE]

FRS: disclosure of certain Federal Open Market Committee decisions (H.R. 587), H294 [7FE], H1314-H1318 [11MR]

———Federal Open Market Committee disclosure of certain decisions, H1344 [15MR]

FTC: issue trade regulation rule to release the prescription of contact lenses (H.R. 5195), E2082 [6OC]

GATT: intellectual property rights, H6991 [5AU]

———ratification, H2258 [14AP]

———subsidization of certain foreign industries, H91 [1FE]

Government: protection of whistleblowers (H.R. 1817), H3337 [12MY]

———subsidies for natural resource industries, E1879 [20SE]

Government regulations: effect on economic development, H3301, H3302 [12MY]

———impact on economic conditions of businesses and employees, H4702 [17JN]

———require regulatory impact analysis on rules (H.R. 4949), E1716 [12AU]

Grayboyes, Terry: Philadelphia Chamber Association of Small Enterprises Person of the Year Award recipient, E521 [23MR]

Greensboro, NC: tribute to Industry-Education Alliance, E2248 [8OC]

Hasan, Malik M.: University of Southern Colorado School of Business Excellence in Leadership Award recipient, E1792 [21AU]

Health: economic impact of insomnia, E2140 [6OC]

———effect on small business of mandated benefits coverage, H481 [10FE], H567 [23FE], H1962 [24MR], H2490-H2496 [19AP], H2920, H2921 [2MY], H3017, H3019 [4MY], H3058, H3059, H3060, H3061, H3063 [5MY], H3225 [11MY], H3282 [12MY], H3379 [17MY], H3527, H3529, H3672-H3677 [18MY], H3692, H3694 [19MY], H3895 [24MY], H4345, H4347 [13JN], H4450 [15JN], H4726, H4730, H4731, H4732, H4757 [21JN], H4783, H4784, H4786 [22JN], H4886, H4887, H4889 [23JN], H4962 [24JN], H5176, H5182 [28JN], H5470, H5471 [12JY], H5555 [13JY], H5663, H5664, H5666, H5745 [14JY], H5773 [19JY], H5877 [20JY], H6256, H6257, H6333-H6339 [27JY], H6706, H6743 [3AU], H7305 [10AU], H8703 [19AU], H9092 [13SE], E696 [18AP], E859, E865 [5MY], E1019 [23MY], E1049 [24MY], E1268, E1272 [21JN], E1333 [27JN], E1468 [14JY], E1492 [19JY]

———insurance practices of Pizza Hut's overseas operations, E1610 [29JY]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, H417 [10FE], H6986 [5AU], H8678-H8686 [18AU]

Henry, James D.: St. Charles, MO, Chamber of Commerce Small Business Person of the Year award recipient, E1309 [23JN]

Hilliard, Wally: Wisconsin Entrepreneur of the Year Award recipient, E1535 [22JY]

Hoffman-LaRoche, Inc.: tribute, E1 [25JA]

Honda Power Equipment (manufacturing company): tribute to lawnmower production, E522 [23MR]

Hungary: tribute to Center for International Private Enterprise for work in legal and regulatory reform projects, E1574 [27JY]

Indiana: tribute to Northwest Indiana Hispanic Coordinating Council award recipients, E611 [12AP]

Information services: improvement in access of information through computer networks, E1221 [15JN]

INROADS (organization): tribute, E1537 [22JY]

Insurance: fair trade in foreign markets (H.R. 3974), E373 [8MR]

———Federal penalties for fraud against insurance companies (H.R. 665), E748 [21AP]

Interagency Trade Organization: designate the SBA Administrator as a member (H.R. 4252), E712 [19AP]

Iraq: payment to U.S. exporters, H2852, H2863 [28AP]

Ireland, Northern: adherence with the MacBride Principles by U.S. persons doing business (H.R. 672), E468 [17MR]

Japan: access of U.S. business to markets, H365 [9FE], H1308 [11MR], H2945 [3MY], H4170 [8JN], H5958 [21JY], H6500 [1AU], H10379 [30SE], E457 [16MR], E842 [4MY], E1983 [29SE]

———access of U.S. business to supercomputer market, E2361 [30NO]

———flat glass agreement with U.S., E2173 [7OC]

Johnson Wax Co.: World Environment Center Gold Medal recipient, E1048 [24MY]

Joliet, IL: anniversary of J.D. Brown & Co., E2347 [30NO]

Kantus Corp.: anniversary, E861 [5MY]

Kennedy, Bernard: Long Island Association Medal of Honor recipient, E693 [18AP]

Kennesaw State College: tribute to marketing department students, E2287 [29NO]

Labor: application of overtime exemptions for inside sales personnel (H.R. 4150), E560, E564 [24MR]

Labor unions: prevent discrimination based on participation in labor disputes (S. 55), E1431 [12JY]

Little Rapids Corp.: anniversary of the Shawano Mill, E1537 [22JY]

Los Angeles, CA: anniversary of Textile Association of Los Angeles, E728 [20AP]

Management Week in America: observance, E696 [18AP]

Marcus, George M.: Santa Clara County Junior Achievement Business Hall of Fame inductee, E713 [19AP]

McDonald's Corp.: Catalyst Award recipient for Partnership With Women program, E568 [24MR]

MCT Custom Truck Bodies, Inc.: workmanship of products, E1710 [11AU]

Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.: marketing of insurance plans as retirement savings plans, H2922 [2MY]

Microsoft Corp.: Information Technology Association of America Quality Award recipient, H397 [9FE]

Mining: sale of Nevada gold mine to foreign business interests, E1930 [23SE]

Motor vehicles: industry economic conditions, H1446 [17MR]

National Association of Insurance Women Week: observance, E844 [4MY]

National Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve Day: observance, E2288 [29NO]

National Hispanic Business Week: observance, E2017 [30SE]

National Institute of Standards and Technology: cost share requirements relative to businesses applying for funding, H1201 [10MR]

National Manufacturing Week: designate (H.J. Res. 402), E1718 [12AU]

National objectives: policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, E1434 [12JY]

National Park Service: consideration of Native American businesses for concessions contracts (H.R. 4389), E897 [11MY]

National Tourism Week: observance, E739 [21AP], E861, E868 [5MY]

Native Americans: home ownership financing and economic development near reservations (H.R. 5277), E2187 [8OC]

OPIC: extend authority (H.R. 4950), H9180-H9190 [19SE], E1723 [12AU], E1925, E1928 [23SE]

———extend authority (H.R. 4950), conference report, H10731, H10732 [4OC], H11272-H11277 [7OC]

Oregon: tribute to Mentor Graphics, Nike, Inc., and Hanna Anderson (business), H9575 [23SE]

OSHA: assist small business with compliance to laws and policies (H.R. 5266), E2163 [7OC]

———reform agency goals and activities and promote cooperation and education with employers (H.R. 5146), H10447 [3OC], E2005 [30SE]

Peebles, OH: tribute to Cedar Works Corp., E2296 [29NO]

Pennsylvania: tribute to H.J. Heinz Co., E1904 [21SE]

Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corp.: authorizing appropriations and development of plan for orderly dissolution (H.R. 5096), E1932 [23SE]

Perkins, Thomas J.: Santa Clara County Junior Achievement Business Hall of Fame inductee, E715 [19AP]

PolyPhaser Corp.: Nevada Export Award recipient, E1376 [30JN]

Postal Service: treatment of change-of-address orders received from commercial mail receiving agencies (H.R. 4762), E1469 [15JY]

Public works: private usage and contracting requirements of water or wastewater facilities funded through tax-exempt municipal bonds (H.R. 3904), E248 [24FE]

Public Works and Economic Development Act: reauthorizing appropriations (H.R. 2442), H3234-H3269 [11MY], H3286-H3305 [12MY]

———reauthorizing appropriations (H.R. 2442), consideration (H. Res. 420), H3211-H3220 [10MY]

Racine, WI: tribute to J.I. Case Corp., E1572 [27JY]

Railroads: Railtex Corp. purchase of Central Vermont Railway, H11210 [7OC]

Richmond, VA: tribute to Industry-Education Alliance, E1829 [12SE]

RIGOR (organization): tribute on health care resolution, E1972 [28SE]

Robert C. Failing, Inc.: Ford Motor Co. Chairman's Award recipient, E163 [10FE]

Rolling Meadows, IL: tribute to Chamber of Commerce business award recipients, E1509 [20JY]

Rural areas: credit and financial services to residents, public services, and businesses (H.R. 4129), H2159 [24MR]

Russian-American Enterprise Fund: goals and objectives, E1276 [22JN]

Saginaw, MI: tribute to local Eaton Corp., plant on receiving the Eaton Quality Award, E167 [10FE]

Santa Fe Springs, CA: tribute to Armando Mora and Larry Sandoval Memorial Scholarship Programs, E1702 [10AU]

Sante Fe Business (publication): tribute, E1 [25JA]

Saudi Arabia: resolution of commercial disputes with U.S. firms, E1857 [16SE]

———resolution of commercial disputes with U.S. firms (H.R. 4096), H2562 [20AP], H3227 [11MY]

SBA: establish accredited lenders program for qualified State and local development companies (H.R. 4723), E1440 [12JY]

———establish premier lenders program under the certified development company program (H.R. 4685), E1390 [30JN]

———promotion of employer mandates, H6598 [2AU]

Securities: litigation reform relative to plaintiff control, fraud detection, proportionate liability, and auditing standards (S. 1976), E1510 [20JY]

———reform private enforcement of Federal securities laws (H.R. 417), E826 [3MY], E1510 [20JY]

———unlisted trading privileges for corporate securities (H.R. 4535), H6507-H6509 [1AU], E1702 [10AU]

Shipping industry: trade negotiations with foreign shipbuilding competitors, H1966 [24MR]

Small business: employee access to health insurance (H.R. 4519), E1103 [26MY]

———encourage small and minority-owned businesses to participate in Federal procurement and Government contracts (H.R. 4263), H4298 [10JN]

———impact of environmental, employer, and consumer government regulations, H2974 [3MY]

———impact of environmental, employer, and consumer regulations, H9533-H9536 [22SE]

———impact of Federal regulations, E60 [1FE]

———increase authorization for the development company program (H.R. 4322), H5784, H5785 [19JY], E1388 [30JN]

———procurement opportunities, E32 [26JA]

Small Business Act: amend (H.R. 4801), H6144 [22JY], H6598 [2AU], H6706, H6743 [3AU], H9355-H9371 [21SE]

———amend (H.R. 4801), consideration (H. Res. 494), H6467-H6475 [29JY]

———amend (S. 2060), insert language of H.R. 4801 in lieu, H9377 [21SE]

Small Business Association of Michigan: anniversary, E1494 [19JY]

Small Business Investment Co.: funding, H9365 [21SE]

Small Business Week: observance, H2943 [3MY], E963 [18MY]

Smith County, TN: tribute to Chamber of Commerce, E781 [26AP]

Smith Home Furnishings, Inc.: Child Help USA Award recipient, H4785 [22JN]

Smyrna, TN: tribute to Nissan Motor Manufacturing Corp., E1493 [19JY]

Social Security: penalty for employer failure to file medicare and medicaid data bank reports (H.R. 4515), E1117 [26MY]

Springfield, VT: contract agreement between Fellows Corp. and United Electrical Workers, E427 [11MR]

Taxation: allow credit for businesses that provide work experiences for high school students (H.R. 4207), H2229 [13AP]

———capital gains, E851 [4MY]

———computation of the deduction for depreciation (H.R. 539), H6460 [29JY]

———credit for employers who hire AFDC recipients (H.R. 4512), E1112 [26MY]

———deductibility of expenses incurred from the business use of the home (H.R. 4258), E715 [19AP]

———deduction of business meal expenses subject to Federal hours of limitation (H.R. 4986), H8603 [18AU]

———estate tax treatment of family-owned business interests (H.R. 5032), E1849 [13SE]

———incentives to encourage small investors (H.R. 4792), E1501 [19JY]

———rates, H48 [26JA], H550 [22FE], H915, H917 [2MR], H1789 [22MR], H2180, H2181 [12AP], H2223, H2224, H2230 [13AP], H2260, H2361 [14AP], H2921 [2MY], H3226, H3233 [11MY], H3285 [12MY], H4383 [13JN], H7206 [9AU], H7908 [11AU]

———restructure and simplify tax code, H5185 [28JN]

———tax credits for businesses with telecommuting centers or employees working in home offices (H.R. 3923), E285 [1MR]

———treatment of foreign source income of multi-national insurance agents (H.R. 4626), E1290 [22JN]

———treatment of interest and dividends-paid deductions allowed corporations (H.R. 5124), E1982 [29SE]

———treatment of life insurance company policy holder dividends and certain policy acquisition expenses (H.R. 5064), E1926 [23SE], E2154 [6OC]

———treatment of small business, E1492 [19JY]

———treatment of small publishing businesses as subchapter S corporations or partnerships (H.R. 3952), E351 [3MR]

———treatment of U.S. citizens moving business production abroad and foreign persons doing business in the U.S. (H.R. 4860), E1608 [29JY]

Technology: enhance manufacturing technology (H.R. 820), motion to instruct conferees, H5807-H5814 [19JY], H9869, H9879 [27SE], H9994 [28SE]

Telecommunications: participation of small businesses, rural telephone companies and minority-owned businesses in spectrum auctions (H.R. 4682), E1377, E1379 [30JN]

———tribute to COMSAT Corp., E2295 [29NO]

———use in rural areas, E753 [21AP]

Telephones: investments by foreign companies into U.S. long distance companies, E2109 [6OC]

———require long distance services resellers to disclose relationships to carriers from which services are acquired (H.R. 5112), E1947 [26SE]

Television: cable rates and service, E1230 [16JN]

———secondary transmissions of superstations and network stations for private home viewing (H.R. 1103), H8418-H8421 [16AU], E1770 [19AU], E2083 [6OC]

Terre Haute, IN: tribute to birthplace of the Coca-Cola bottle, E705 [19AP]

Texaco, Inc.: efforts to comply with U.N. sanctions against Haiti, E2026 [30SE]

Times Mirror Magazines Conservation Council: tribute to Partnership for Environmental Education Program, E777 [26AP]

Timken Co.: recipient of the Shingo Prize for Excellence in Manufacturing, H5447 [30JN]

Tobacco products: advertising campaign by R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., E1841 [13SE]

———award Congressional Medal of Appreciation for Public Spirit to person who made public concealed documents relative to health hazards of smoking (H.J. Res. 367), E967 [18MY]

———influence of cigarette advertising on children and youth, H895 [1MR]

———regulation, E2184 [8OC]

Toys: safety (H.R. 965), H1134-H1139 [9MR], E967 [18MY]

———safety (H.R. 965), appointment of conferees, H2247 [13AP]

———safety (H.R. 965), conference report, H3809 [23MY], E1043 [24MY]

U.S. Bancorp: Child Help USA Award recipient, H4785 [22JN]

U.S. Labor Attache Corps: tribute (H. Con. Res. 257), H10588-H10590 [3OC], E1284 [22JN], E1569 [26JY]

Umpqua Research Co.: NASA Government Invention of the Year and Commercial Invention of the Year awards recipient, E715 [19AP]

USAIR Group, Inc.: code sharing agreement with British Airways, E450 [16MR]

Valdez, Robert: Employee Stock Ownership Plan Association's Employee Owner of the Year award recipient, E1184 [10JN]

Veterans: employment programs (H.R. 4776), H6502, H6503 [1AU], E2299 [29NO]

Vietnam: settlement of claims of U.S. nationals relative to lifting of U.S. trade embargo, E204 [22FE]

Walt Disney Co.: tribute to business practices relative to minority firms, E1742 [16AU]

Weyers, Ron: Wisconsin Entrepreneur of the Year Award recipient, E1535 [22JY]

Whirlpool Corp.: Partners in Progress Award recipient, E1117 [26MY]

Whitman, Christine Todd: inaugural address, H208 [3FE]

Winzeler Stamping Co.: anniversary, E1658 [5AU]

Workers Memorial Day: observance, E779 [26AP]

Yardley, Ella: Coalition of Labor Union Women Award recipient, E2151 [6OC]

Remarks in Senate

Agriculture: support for wool industry, S11163 [10AU]

———tribute to U.S. rice industry (S.J. Res. 219), S14801 [7OC]

AID: guidelines for International Executive Service Corps assistance relative to size of businesses, S9088 [15JY]

Airline industry: coordinate Federal and commercial aeronautical technology research (S. 419), S2929-S2933 [15MR]

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

Airports: revenue sharing relative to economic activity at airport facilities, S7024 [16JN]

———slot allocation process relative to airline access to certain airports, S6658, S6665, S6672 [9JN], S6997 [16JN]

American Lawn Mower-Great States Corp.: anniversary, S5200 [4MY]

Animals: promotion of the thoroughbred horse industry (S. 2512), S14488 [6OC]

———require humane transport of horses enroute to slaughtering facilities (S. 2522), S14505 [6OC]

Arab countries: economic boycott of Israel, S277 [27JA], S2958 [15MR], S4921 [26AP], S9002 [14JY]

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

Atencio, Ted: tribute to service for the Nevada's U.S. Senate Productivity Award Program, S6836 [14JN]

Automotive Parts Advisory Committee: extend authority, S350, S351 [28JA]

Bank of Montreal: Catalyst Award recipient, S3787 [24MR]

Bankruptcy: exclusion of production payments of oil and gas leases, S4648 [21AP]

———improve system (H.R. 5116), S14461-S14465 [6OC], S14739, S14750, S14948 [7OC]

———improve system (S. 540), S4504-S4519, S4521-S4539-S4549 [20AP], S4606, S4629-S4631, S4635, S4636, S4650-S4683 [21AP], S14597 [7OC]

———improve system (S. 540), unanimous-consent agreement, S4403 [19AP], S4664, S4665, S4666 [21AP]

———provide payment of insurance benefits to retired employees, S4651, S4652 [21AP]

———treatment of rent-to-own contracts, S4649, S4650 [21AP]

BLS: Consumer Price Index revision, S10927 [8AU]

Cable: local regulation of programming and rates, S6770 [10JN]

CERCLA: streamline the remedy selection process and improve cleanup standards, S14222 [5OC]

———streamline the remedy selection process and improve cleanup standards (S. 1834), S1058, S1085 [7FE], S12604 [25AU], S13560, S13562 [28SE], S14736 [7OC]

———streamline the remedy selection process and improve cleanup standards (S. 1834), unanimous-consent agreement, S1092 [7FE]

Children and youth: prohibit importation of foreign products made with child labor (S. 613), S15315 [1DE]

Coca-Cola Co.: impact of nutritional classification of soft drinks, S4520 [20AP]

Colleges and universities: promote business research and assistance, S2749 [10MR]

Commercial Law League of America: anniversary, S8942 [14JY]

Commission for the Future of Worker/Management Relations: hearings relative to labor law reform, S3678 [24MR]

Computers: network security, S946 [4FE]

Consoer Townsend (engineering firm): anniversary, S14043 [4OC], S14388 [6OC]

Consumers: fair credit reporting (S. 783), S4799-S4801, S4923 [26AP], S4965-S4977, S4982, S4983 [2MY], S5026-S5047 [3MY], S5129-S5146 [4MY], S14040 [4OC]

———rent-to-own transactions (S. 1956), S3453 [22MR]

Contracts: simplification of Federal construction procurement and prevailing wage protection for construction workers, S5900, S5901, S5903, S5910 [18MY]

———waive Davis-Bacon Act requirements relative to volunteer laborers (S. 2077), S5193 [4MY]

Coors Brewing Co.: Golden Door Program for ex-criminal offenders to return to the workplace, S14934 [7OC]

Cortez, Richard: SBA Minority Business Advocate award recipient, S5674 [12MY]

Courts: criminal liability relative to consumer product defects, S7754-S7769, S7772, S7773 [28JN]

———establish time limitation on civil actions against aircraft manufacturers, S2441-S2471 [8MR]

———imposition of sanctions for filing frivolous lawsuits, S2855-S2863, S2865 [11MR]

———product liability law uniformity (S. 687), S542 [1FE], S2187 [1MR], S7671-S7698 [27JN], S7723-S7744, S7746-S7776 [28JN], S7837, S7842-S7855, S7869, S7870, S7949, S7950, S7951 [29JN]

———product liability law uniformity (S. 687), cloture motion, S7632 [24JN]

———product liability law uniformity (S. 687), unanimous-consent agreement, S7631 [24JN]

———product liability relative to FDA and FAA approval, S7773-S7776 [28JN], S7846-S7848, S7854 [29JN]

———revise process by which additional bankruptcy judges are appointed, S4646 [21AP]

———treatment of protective orders in civil liability actions, S7685-S7698 [27JN], S7724-S7731, S7770 [28JN]

Crime: prevention initiatives relative to the private sector, S14594 [7OC]

Danbury, CT: anniversary of Sonics and Materials, Inc., S4483 [19AP]

Defense industries: job transition assistance for workers affected by reduced export of defense articles and services, S8237 [1JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish a Sustainable Ecosystems and Economies Demonstration Program (S. 2385), S11479 [12AU]

———funding of the Market Promotion Program, S9154-S9160 [18JY]

———repeal the Market Promotion Program, S9200, S9205-S9212 [19JY]

Dept. of Commerce: funding for Trade Adjustment Assistance Centers, S9510-S9512 [22JY]

Dept. of Defense: authority of industrial facilities to sell manufactured articles and services to outside sources, S8235-S8237 [1JY]

———financial management, S5021-S5024 [3MY]

———notice requirements for termination of defense contracts, S8238 [1JY]

———sale of used machine tools, S11288 [11AU]

Dept. of Energy: Advanced Computational Technology Initiative funding, S9665-S9673 [26JY]

———cooperation of laboratories with private sector to enhance economic and technological competitiveness (S. 473), S2555 [8MR]

Dept. of Transportation: Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Airport Concession Program implementation, S6666 [9JN]

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

Ecology and environment: audit of facilities (S. 2371), S10942 [8AU]

———environmental technology programs, S2938 [15MR]

———environmental technology programs (S. 978), S5347-S5363 [6MY], S5389-S5394 [9MY], S5410 [10MY], S5536-S5539 [11MY]

Economy: impact of Federal legislation and regulations on business and local government, S2612-S2616, S2629, S2630 [9MR], S2869 [11MR]

———impact of mergers, S15254 [30NO]

———national objectives priority assignments, S7107 [20JN], S8918 [13JY], S10714 [5AU], S12969 [19SE], S13567-S13570 [28SE], S14770-S14773 [7OC], S15382 [1DE]

———promote productivity, trade, competitiveness, and technological leadership of the U.S. (S. 4), S2366-S2414 [7MR], S2438-S2471 [8MR], S2572-S2593, S2597-S2609, S2611-S2633 [9MR], S2671, S2673, S2675-S2700, S2704-S2729, S2731-S2756-S2770 [10MR], S2844-S2867, S2869 [11MR], S2917-S2924, S2926-S2934, S2936-S2956 [15MR], S2994, S3000-S3006 [16MR]

———promote productivity, trade, competitiveness, and technological leadership of the U.S. (S. 4), cloture motion, S2770, S2771 [10MR]

———promote productivity, trade, competitiveness, and technological leadership of the U.S. (S. 4), unanimous-consent agreement, S2763, S2765 [10MR], S2870, S2877 [11MR], S2935, S2936 [15MR]

Education: improve tech-prep programs (S. 1723), S1530 [11FE]

———national framework for the development of School-to-Work Opportunities systems in all States, S932 [4FE], S1097-S1099 [8FE]

———national framework for the development of School-to-Work Opportunities systems in all States (H.R. 2884), S1107-S1116, S1156 [8FE], S1530 [11FE]

———national framework for the development of School-to-Work Opportunities systems in all States (H.R. 2884), conference report, S4596-S4601, S4683-S4691 [21AP]

———national framework for the development of School-to-Work Opportunities systems in all States (H.R. 2884), unanimous-consent agreement, S1091 [7FE]

———national framework for the development of School-to-Work Opportunities systems in all States (S. 1361), S987-S1011, S1013-S1017, S1020-S1024, S1027-S1041 [7FE], S1094, S1095, S1101-S1116 [8FE], S1271, S1305 [9FE]

———national framework for the development of School-to-Work Opportunities systems in all States (S. 1361), insert language of H.R. 2884 in lieu, S1107 [8FE]

———national framework for the development of School-to-Work Opportunities systems in all States (S. 1361), unanimous-consent agreement, S1091, S1092 [7FE]

———private administration of public schools demonstration projects, S9987, S9988 [28JY]

Eli Lilly and Co.: relief efforts in Rwanda, S11476 [12AU]

Employment: consolidate and restructure Federal training programs, S7388-S7393 [22JN]

———consolidate and restructure Federal training programs (S. 1943), S3209-S3217 [17MR]

———consolidate and restructure Federal training programs (S. 2516), S14491 [6OC]

———dissemination of information relative to sexual harassment (S. 1979), S3723 [24MR]

———establish a system of reemployment, job training, and income support services, S10708 [5AU]

———establish a system of reemployment, job training, and income support services (S. 1951), S3239-S3254, S3282 [17MR], S7164 [21JN]

———establish a system of reemployment, job training, and income support services (S. 1964), S3550, S3551, S3569 [23MR]

———establish reemployment services and job training programs, S2633 [9MR]

———mandatory use of binding arbitration in job discrimination cases (S. 2405), S12101 [18AU]

———plant relocation data collection, S10925 [8AU]

———prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation (S. 2238), S7581-S7585 [23JN]

———submission of employee discrimination claims to mandatory and binding arbitration (S. 2012), S4266 [13AP]

———use of community development block grant funds for employment relocation activities (S. 2379), S11341 [11AU]

———wages and benefits of the contingent work force, S455-S457 [1FE]

Endangered species: economic impact analyses relative to certain protective actions, S3918 [25MR]

Engineering: provide for engineering students to work as interns with small manufacturers, S3002-S3004 [16MR]

EPA: assemble information on environmental risks (S. 2472), S13585 [28SE]

———cluster rule for the pulp and paper industry, S10508, S10509, S10511, S10512 [3AU]

———designation of certain localities as ozone nonattainment areas relative to the source of the ozone-causing emissions (S. 2358), S10539 [3AU]

———risk and cost-benefit analysis of environmental legislation, S14769 [7OC]

———use of non-Federal entities to develop guidelines for environmental technology programs, S5538, S5539 [11MY]

FDA: user fees, S9163, S9164, S9167 [18JY]

Federal aid programs: initiate strategy for assistance in dealing with changes in economic structure, S15438 [1DE]

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

———maintain current accounting treatment of employee stock options and purchase plans, S5030-S5039 [3MY]

———protection of accounting principles, S5039-S5046 [3MY]

Financial institutions: administrative requirements of insured depository institutions (H.R. 3474), conference report, S11039-S11043 [9AU], S11166 [10AU], S11802 [15AU]

Firearms: assistance for State and local programs exchanging merchandise vouchers for firearms (S. 1840), S1285 [9FE]

———assistance for State and local programs exchanging merchandise vouchers for firearms (S. 1973), S3690 [24MR]

Fish and fishing: U.S. and Canadian fishing rights, S6773 [10JN]

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

———disaster assistance to Southern States, S9165, S9166 [18JY], S9298-S9300 [20JY], S9431-S9433 [21JY], S9721 [26JY], S11078 [10AU], S12614-S12616 [25AU]

———disaster assistance to the Midwest States from the wetlands reserve program, and non-Federal levee assistance (S. 1813), S527 [1FE]

Florence, AL: anniversary of Rogers Department Store, S11914 [17AU]

Food industry: tribute to food service personnel, S10527 [3AU]

Foreign trade: countervailing duty investigation relative to commercial aircraft produced by Airbus Industrie, S2851-S2855 [11MR]

———deficit, S1533 [11FE], S2997-S3000 [16MR], S7617-S7619 [24JN]

———establish free-trade area in the Western Hemisphere (S. 1939), S3077 [16MR]

———export controls on computers, S948 [4FE]

———export controls on computers (S. 1820), S664 [2FE]

———export controls on telecommunications equipment and technologies (S. 1838), S1284 [9FE]

———export controls on weapons or dual-use technologies, S1089 [7FE], S1848 [24FE]

———export of Alaskan North Slope oil (S. 1993), S3963, S3964 [25MR]

———negotiating objectives for future trade agreements (S. 2293), S9181 [18JY]

———promote the export of environmental technologies, goods and services (S. 2097), S5459 [10MY]

———regulation of commercial exports (S. 1846), S1472 [10FE]

———responses to piracy of intellectual property, S4747 [21AP]

———U.S.-Canada free trade agreement assessment, S2924-S2926 [15MR]

FRS: disclosure of certain Federal Open Market Committee decisions, S1350 [10FE]

———impact of interest rates on economic conditions, S13379 [27SE]

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

FTC: prescreening status of third party data processors, S5046 [3MY]

Gainesville, FL: sale of property near airport, S7023 [16JN]

GATT: intellectual property rights (S. 2368), S10883 [5AU]

———ratification, S4798 [26AP]

———trade-related worker rights and labor standards (S. 2268), S8389 [1JY]

General Electric Co.: General Electric Elfun Society and General Electric Foundation recipients of President's Volunteer Action Award, S5470 [10MY]

Government regulations: require flexibility analysis of regulations relative to small business, S2721-S2729 [10MR]

Grant, J. Robert: tribute to service for the Nevada's U.S. Senate Productivity Award Program, S6836 [14JN]

Hasbro, Inc.: CPSC commendation recipient, S10213 [1AU]

Health: effect on small business of mandated benefits coverage, S11459-S11464, S11467-S11469 [12AU], S12246, S12247 [22AU], S13814 [30SE], S14733, S14734 [7OC]

———enforcement of employer insurance requirements, S11953-S11963, S11967-S11972 [17AU]

———insurance practices of Pizza Hut's overseas operations, S9482 [22JY]

———liability of raw material and component suppliers to medical device manufacturers (S. 2215), S7153 [20JN], S7383 [21JN], S7589 [23JN]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, S9482 [22JY], S9760 [27JY]

———self-insurance for certain small businesses, S12205 [19AU]

Hudson-Mohawk Urban Cultural Park: funding, S9718, S9719 [26JY]

Insurance: impact of product liability laws on insurance rates, S7748-S7752 [28JN]

———negotiations with Japan relative to insurance industry, S1127 [8FE]

———policyholder consent prior to the transfer of a policy (S. 1989), S3179 [17MR], S3959 [25MR]

———public access to information relative to availability of insurance (S. 1917), S2779-S2781 [10MR], S2867-S2869 [11MR]

———public access to information relative to availability of insurance (S. 2402), S12099, S12100 [18AU], S12227 [19AU]

Intelligence services: improve counterintelligence and security, and enhance FBI authority in counterintelligence matters, S11368-S11376 [12AU]

International Jute Organization: U.S. membership, S239, S240 [27JA]

Investments: Financial Accounting Standards Board proposals on amortization of stock options and earnings statement deductions, S2772 [10MR]

Japan: access of U.S. business to markets, S2324, S2335 [3MR], S13311 [22SE], S13618 [28SE], S14735 [7OC]

———access of U.S. business to markets (S. 1872), S1871-S1874 [24FE]

———U.S. trade policy, S14913 [7OC]

Kelly-Springfield Corp.: anniversary, S1501 [10FE]

Labor: treatment of cooperative efforts between management and labor (S. 2499), S14113 [4OC]

Labor unions: prevent discrimination based on participation in labor disputes (S. 55), S8380 [1JY], S8447-S8458, S8469-S8484, S8486-S8490 [11JY], S8495-S8516, S8518-S8530, S8532-S8534, S8537-S8541, S8543-S8545 [12JY], S8833-S8847 [13JY], S12237 [19AU]

Lindahl, John: Nashville, TN, International Commerce Award recipient, S3015 [16MR]

Louisville Gas & Electric Co.: Dept. of Energy Award for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy recipient, S4995 [2MY]

Major League Baseball: repeal antitrust exemption, S13425-S13428 [27SE]

Maritime Administration: authorizing appropriations (S. 1945), S3219 [17MR]

Marketplace (radio news program): tribute, S446 [31JA]

McDonald's Corp.: Catalyst Award recipient, S3787 [24MR]

Medicare: clinical laboratory cost containment, S10927 [8AU]

Metric system: usage by U.S. businesses and Government, S4500 [20AP]

Minneapolis, MN: Twin Cities Opportunities Industrialization Center funding, S13345 [26SE]

National Center for Manufacturing Sciences: funding, S3843, S3844 [25MR]

National Commission on Financial Services: establish, S4808-S4810 [26AP]

National Federation of Independent Business: positions on health care reform, S13799 [30SE]

National Hispanic Business Week: designate (S.J. Res. 216), S12207 [19AU]

National Hosiery Week: observance, S10966 [9AU]

National Institute of Standards and Technology: cost share requirements relative to businesses applying for funding, S2753, S2754 [10MR], S2917-S2924, S2929-S2934, S2936 [15MR], S2994 [16MR]

National Manufacturing Week: designate (S. Res. 252), S12387, S12388 [23AU]

National objective: promote employment of persons with disabilities, S14736 [7OC]

New York Advertising Day: observance, S5585 [11MY]

New Zealand: tribute relative to economic growth, S4479 [19AP]

OPIC: extend authority (H.R. 4950), S13841 [30SE]

———extend authority (H.R. 4950), conference report, S14397-S14399 [6OC]

———extend authority (S. 2438), S13841 [30SE]

———extend authority (S. 2438), indefinitely postponed, S13842 [30SE]

OSHA: revise regulations and programs (S. 1950), S3234-S3238 [17MR]

Patent and Trademark Office: reexamination procedures (S. 2341), S10145 [29JY], S14073 [4OC]

Patents: defense to patent infringement relative to prior use (S. 2272), S8399 [1JY], S14776 [7OC], S15029 [8OC]

———provide for the publication of patent applications (S. 2488), S13863 [30SE]

Petroleum: dyeing requirements on diesel fuel, S3653 [24MR]

Pharmaceuticals: prices, S10546, S10547 [4AU]

Pitney Bowes, Inc.: Catalyst Award recipient, S3787 [24MR]

Portland General Electric Co.: tribute, S6831 [14JN]

Postal Service: prohibit penalization of companies for use of private express services (S. 1541), S4009 [25MR]

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

Rainer, William J.: confirmation as Chairman of the Board of U.S. Enrichment Corp., S1952 [25FE]

Real property: secondary market for commercial mortgages, S3172-S3176 [17MR]

Regional Fishery Management Councils: ethics standards for industry representatives (S. 2360), S10632-S10634 [4AU]

Roseville, CA: tribute to PRIDE Industries, S15397 [1DE]

Rural areas: national framework for the development of School-to-Work Opportunities systems, S1305 [9FE]

SBA: funding for the small business defense conversion program (S. 1830), S959 [4FE]

———modify the minority small business and capital ownership development program (S. 2478), S13713-S13729 [29SE], S14670 [7OC]

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

Securities: litigation reform relative to plaintiff control, fraud detection, proportionate liability, and auditing standards (S. 1976), S3695-S3707 [24MR], S14733 [7OC]

———unlisted trading privileges for corporate securities (H.R. 4535), S14409 [6OC]

Sexual harassment: application of laws to certain businesses (S. 1864), S1860, S1862 [24FE]

Ships and vessels: promote the construction and operation of passenger vessels (S. 2479), S13729 [29SE]

Small business: increase authorization for the development company program (H.R. 4322), S9332 [20JY]

———loan guarantee program for high risk businesses, S2939-S2956 [15MR]

Small Business Capital Enhancement Program: funding, S3062 [16MR]

Small Business Week: observance, S5317 [5MY], S5325 [6MY]

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

Summer Youth Employment and Training Program: placement of youths in private sector jobs, S1029-S1031 [7FE]

Syracuse University: anniversary of the School of Management, S15444 [1DE]

Taxation: application of State and local taxes on the sale of certain tangible property relative to the mail order industry (S. 1825), S802-S807, S821 [3FE]

———deductibility of expenses incurred from the business use of the home (S. 1924), S2810-S2812 [10MR]

———deduction of business meal expenses subject to Federal hours of limitation (S. 2070), S5180 [4MY]

———rates, S4362, S4363, S4369-S4372 [14AP], S5268 [5MY], S12396 [24AU]

———research and development tax credits, S2599-S2602, S2621-S2628 [9MR]

———restructure and simplify tax code (S. 2160), S6523-S6531 [7JN], S6552 [8JN]

———small business investment (S. 1829), S953-S956 [4FE]

———treatment of foreign companies operating in the U.S., S3525-S3528 [23MR]

———treatment of limitations on deductible portion of meal expenses (S. 2557), S15036 [8OC]

———treatment of small business, S8330 [1JY]

———treatment of small businesses (S. 2030), S4473-S4476 [19AP]

———treatment of U.S. citizens moving business production abroad and foreign persons doing business in the U.S. (S. 2342), S10147 [29JY]

Technology: enhance manufacturing technology (H.R. 820), insert language of S. 4 in lieu, S3006 [16MR]

———enhance manufacturing technology (H.R. 820), printing, S3282 [17MR]

———require reports on foreign industrial espionage, S2731-S2738 [10MR]

Telecommunications: development of infrastructure and protection of the public interest, S8430 [1JY], S9138, S9168 [18JY]

———development of infrastructure and protection of the public interest (S. 1822), S771, S783-S788 [3FE], S5934 [18MY], S9746 [26JY], S13265 [22SE], S13823 [30SE], S14754 [7OC]

———development of infrastructure and protection of the public interest (S. 2111), S5687-S5688 [12MY]

Television: rate regulations for cable television, S2185 [1MR], S2516 [8MR]

Tobacco products: collect assessments from producers to offset any costs associated with tobacco import limitations, S9273-S9281 [20JY]

Toyota Motor Manufacturing, U.S.A., Inc.: J.D. Power & Associates Gold Plant Quality Award recipient, S7720 [27JN]

Toys: safety (H.R. 965), S3442, S3443 [22MR]

———safety (H.R. 965), conference report, S6426-S6429 [25MY]

———safety (S. 680), indefinitely postponed, S7267 [21JN]

Trucking industry: intrastate rate regulations, S7030 [16JN]

Truth in Lending Act: clarify contract definitions and charges to recipients of mortgage loans, S15450 [1DE]

U.N.: U.S. role in peacekeeping operations relative to U.S. business opportunities, S7898 [29JN]

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

United Parcel Service: tribute, S545 [1FE]

Urban areas: assistance relative to abandoned factories and hazardous waste sites (S. 773), S12604 [25AU], S14952 [7OC], S15060 [8OC]

———encourage community-development initiatives by businesses and financial institutions, S10597 [4AU]

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

Reports

Adjusting the Defense Base: Senate Republican Task Force, S2602, S2617 [9MR]

Community Development, Credit Enhancement, and Regulatory Improvement Act (H.R. 3474), H6796 [4AU]

Competitive Strength of U.S. Industrial Science and Technology—Strategic Issues: National Science Board, S2928 [15MR]

Cost Estimate of S. 540, Bankruptcy System Improvements: CBO, S4543 [20AP]

FAA's Certification Process: GAO, S7852 [29JN]

Learning To Change—Opportunities To Improve the Performance of Smaller Manufacturers, S2950 [15MR]

Promote Productivity, Trade, Competitiveness, and Technological Leadership: Critical Technologies Subcouncil, S2681 [10MR]

Why American Businesses Should Support Managed Competition: Senator Durenberger, S817 [3FE]

Reports by conference committees

Child Safety Protection Act (H.R. 965), H3227-H3230 [11MY]

Community Development, Credit Enhancement, and Regulatory Improvement Act (H.R. 3474), H6642-H6697 [2AU]

Jobs Through Trade Expansion Act (H.R. 4950), H10707-H10710 [4OC]

School-to-Work Opportunities Act (H.R. 2884), H2454-H2470 [19AP]

Reports filed

Antitrust Exemption Applicable to the Insurance Industry: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 9) (H. Rept. 103-853), H11426 [7OC]

Antitrust Reform Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 3626) (H. Rept. 103-559), H4995 [24JN]

———Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 3626) (H. Rept. 103-559), H4995 [24JN]

Bankruptcy Reform Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 5116) (H. Rept. 103-835), H10726 [4OC]

Child Safety Protection Act: committee of conference (H.R. 965) (H. Rept. 103-500), H3278 [11MY]

Clarify Standards Governing Activities of Motor Fuel-Related Franchises: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 338) (S. Rept. 103-387), S13705 [29SE]

Community Development, Credit Enhancement, and Regulatory Improvement Act: committee of conference (H.R. 3474) (H. Rept. 103-652), H6698 [2AU]

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 3474, Community Development, Credit Enhancement, and Regulatory Improvement Act: Committee on Rules (H. Res. 506) (H. Rept. 103-659), H6762 [3AU]

Consideration of H.R. 2442, Public Works and Economic Development Act Reauthorization: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 420) (H. Rept. 103-495), H3154 [5MY]

Consideration of H.R. 4801, Small Business Act Amendments: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 494) (H. Rept. 103-627), H6453 [28JY]

Consideration of H.R. 4926, Treatment of U.S. Banks by Foreign Countries: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 543) (H. Rept. 103-743), H9599 [23SE]

Consumer Reporting Reform Act: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate) (S. 783) (S. Rept. 103-209), S54 [25JA]

Cooperation of Dept. of Energy Laboratories With Private Sector To Enhance Economic and Technological Competitiveness: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (S. 473) (H. Rept. 103-611), H5870 [19JY]

Encourage Small and Minority-Owned Businesses To Participate in Federal Procurement and Government Contracts: Committee on Small Business (House) (H.R. 4263) (H. Rept. 103-608), H5768 [18JY]

Establish Toll Free Dept. of Commerce Number To Assist Consumers in Determining if Products Are Domestically Produced: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 3342) (H. Rept. 103-660), H6762 [3AU]

Federal Construction Procurement and Prevailing Wage Protection for Construction Workers: Committee on Education and Labor (House) (H.R. 1231) (H. Rept. 103-856), H11426 [7OC]

Federal Penalties for Fraud Against Insurance Companies: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 665) (H. Rept. 103-468), H2217 [12AP]

Fishermen's Protective Act: Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries (House) (H.R. 3817) (H. Rept. 103-585), H5546 [12JY]

Foreign Country Treatment of U.S. Banks: Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs (H.R. 4926) (H. Rept. 103-727), H9223 [19SE]

Fresh Cut Flowers and Fresh Cut Greens Promotion and Information Act: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate) (S. 994) (S. Rept. 103-229), S1739 [23FE]

Jobs Through Trade Expansion Act: committee of conference (H.R. 4950) (H. Rept. 103-834), H10726 [4OC]

———Committee on Foreign Affairs (House) (H.R. 4950) (H. Rept. 103-726), H9223 [19SE]

National Shipbuilding Initiative: Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries (House) (H.R. 2547) (H. Rept. 103-420), H409 [9FE]

OPIC Authority: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. 2438), S13281 [22SE]

Patent Prior User Rights Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 2272) (S. Rept. 103-405), S13580 [28SE], S14830 [7OC]

Patent Reexamination Reform Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 2341), S13580 [28SE]

Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corp. Appropriations and Development of Plan for Orderly Dissolution: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 5096) (H. Rept. 103-794), H10537 [3OC]

Problems Facing Minority and Women-Owned Small Businesses: Committee on Government Operations (House) (H. Rept. 103-870), H11564 [29NO]

Promote a National Infrastructure to Encourage Deployment of Advanced Services Through Competition: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 3636) (H. Rept. 103-560), H4995 [24JN]

Promote the Export of Environmental Technologies, Goods and Services: Committee on Foreign Affairs (House) (H.R. 3813) (H. Rept. 103-478), H2397 [18AP]

Public Works and Economic Development Act Appropriations: Committee on Public Works and Transportation (House) (H.R. 2442) (H. Rept. 103-423), H499 [10FE]

Public Works and Economic Development Act Reauthorization: Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs (House) (H.R. 2442) (H. Rept. 103-423), H2838 [26AP]

School-to-Work Opportunities Act: committee of conference (H.R. 2884) (H. Rept. 103-480), H2506 [19AP]

Secondary Transmissions of Superstations and Network Stations for Private Home Viewing: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 1103) (H. Rept. 103-703), H8504 [16AU]

Small Business Act Amendments: Committee on Small Business (House) (H.R. 4801) (H. Rept. 103-616), H6104 [21JY]

Small Business Defense Conversion Guaranteed Loan Act: Committee on Small Business (Senate) (S. 1830), S6857 [14JN]

Small Business Development Company Program Appropriations: Committee on Small Business (House) (H.R. 4322) (H. Rept. 103-572), H5461 [30JN]

Streamline and Improve Cleanup Standards of CERCLA: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 3800) (H. Rept. 103-582), H5545 [12JY]

Streamline the CERCLA Remedy Selection Process and Improve Cleanup Standards: Committee on Public Works and Transportation (House) (H.R. 3800) (H. Rept. 103-582), H7194 [8AU]

Streamline the Remedy Selection Process and Improve Cleanup Standards of CERCLA: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 3800) (H. Rept. 103-582), H9030 [26AU]

Superfund Reform Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 1834) (S. Rept. 103-349), S12217 [19AU]

———Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 1834) (S. Rept. 103-389), S13852 [30SE]

Supersede Modification of Final Judgment in U.S. v. Western Electric and Regulate the Manufacturing of Bell Operating Companies: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (H.R. 3626), S12962 [19SE]

Telecommunications Infrastructure Development: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 1822) (S. Rept. 103-367), S12940 [14SE]

U.S. Shipbuilding and Repair Industry: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 1402) (H. Rept. 103-589), H5546 [12JY]

Unlisted Trading Privileges for Corporate Securities: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 4535) (H. Rept. 103-626), H6453 [28JY]

Veterans' Employment Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R. 4776) (H. Rept. 103-630), H6453 [28JY]

Worker Involvement and Information Dissemination of the Development of Advanced Workplace Technologies and Practices: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (Senate) (S. 1020) (S. Rept. 103-401), S14240 [5OC]

Reports to constituents

Hamilton, Lee H.: Improving the Industrial Policy Debate, E143 [9FE]

Resolutions by organizations

Communications Act: South Dakota Association of Telephone Cooperatives, Inc., S14754 [7OC]

Health care reform: RIGOR (organization), E1972 [28SE]

Rulings of the Chair

Public Works and Economic Development Act: reauthorizing appropriations (H.R. 2442), H3301 [12MY]

Statements

Classification of Employees Relative to Health Care Benefits: Representative Lantos, E150 [9FE]

Concerns of Disabled Persons: Humphrey Taylor, Louis Harris and Associates (business), S14737-S14739 [7OC]

Consolidate and Restructure Federal Training Programs: Senators Kennedy and Kassebaum, S7390 [22JN]

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

Economic Impact of Federal Legislation and Regulations on Business and Local Government: GAO, S2630 [9MR]

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

Job Training Consolidation Act: Senator Kassebaum, S3214 [17MR]

Myth of Smoot-Hawley: John Heinz, Congressional Record (1983), S15147 [30NO]

National Competitiveness Act, H5810 [19JY]

Pizza Hut's Human Resource Policies: Allan S. Huston, E1610 [29JY]

Secondary Transmissions of Superstations and Network Stations for Private Home Viewing: several broadcast networks, E2083 [6OC]

Studies

Building the Information Superhighway—Getting the Competition Right: Ray Marshall, H5214-H5216 [28JN]

Jobs Impact of Health Care Reforms: Peter J. Ferrara, Heritage Foundation, S8463-S8465 [11JY]

Long Distance—Public Benefits From Increased Competition: Robert E. Hall, H5206 [28JN]

Made in America—Regaining the Productive Edge: MIT Commission on Industrial Productivity, S2683 [10MR]

Nowhere To Run, No Place To Hide—State Data on the Family Impact of Employer-Mandated Health Care: Family Research Council, S11461 [12AU]

Tariffs Miscast as Villain in Bearing Blame for Great Depression—Smoot/Hawley Exonerated: Donald W. Bedell, Bedell Associates, S15148-S15150 [30NO]

Summaries

Bankruptcy Reform Act (H.R. 5116), H10764-H10771 [4OC]

Business Development Opportunity Act (S. 2478), S13721 [29SE]

Communications Act (S. 1822), S783 [3FE]

Computer Equipment and Technology Export Control Reform Act (S. 1820), S666 [2FE]

Consumer Reporting Reform Act (S. 783), S5027 [3MY]

Economic Effects of the Appalachian Regional Commission, H3240 [11MY]

Essex Technical Center—Cooperative Education Program, S4601 [21AP]

Extend Authority of OPIC (H.R. 4950), E1723 [12AU]

Fair Market Access Act (S. 1872), S1875 [24FE]

Financial Services Competitiveness Act (H.R. 4956), H8042-H8044 [12AU]

Investigation of Bucheit International, Inc.: J.P. Morgan Suisse (business), E2143 [6OC]

Job Training Consolidation and Reform Act (S. 2516), S14503 [6OC]

Native American Home Ownership Financing and Economic Development Near Reservations (H.R. 5277), E2187 [8OC]

New World Trade Organization Under the GATT, S4798 [26AP]

Private Securities Litigation Reform Act (S. 1976), S3704-S3706 [24MR]

Reemployment, Job Training and Income Support Services System (H.R. 5166), E2049 [4OC]

SBA Premier Lenders Program (H.R. 4685), E1390 [30JN]

Small Business Investment and Growth Act (S. 2030), S4474 [19AP]

Small Investors Tax Relief Act (S. 1829), S958 [4FE]

Streamline CERCLA Remedy Selection Process and Improve Cleanup Standards (H.R. 3800), H283 [3FE]

Superfund Reform Act (S. 1834), S1077-S1085 [7FE]

Telecommunications and Its Impact on Rural America: National Association of Development Organizations, E753 [21AP]

Western Hemisphere Free-Trade Area Act (S. 1939), S3078 [16MR]

Surveys

Effect of Mandated Benefits Package: Committee on Economics (Joint) minority staff, E1273 [21JN]

Tables

Comparing industries—how minimum wage industries compared to other industries, E636 [13AP]

Federal employment and training program funding levels, S4686 [21AP]

Federally sponsored programs offering management and technical assistance to business, S15439 [1DE]

IRS seizure rate taxpayer delinquent accounts, S4362 [14AP]

National Competitiveness Act summary of authorizations, S2591 [9MR]

Percentage of industry shipments that are exports, H11447 [29NO]

SBA reauthorization funding levels, S12123 [18AU]

SBA reauthorization funding levels (S. 2060), S14229 [5OC]

Small Business Investment Co. funding, H9366 [21SE]

Tax rates on retained business profits, S4475 [19AP]

Tobacco restriction options, S9279 [20JY]

Testimonies

Davis-Bacon Act: Cindy Athey, Precision Wall Tech, Inc., S10239 [2AU]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 35, recognize Belleville, NJ, as the birthplace of industrial revolution, H11346 [7OC]

H. Con. Res. 257, tribute to U.S. Labor Attache Corps, H10588 [3OC]

H. Res. 420, consideration of H.R. 2442, Public Works and Economic Development Act appropriations, H3211 [10MY]

H. Res. 494, consideration of H.R. 4801, Small Business Act amendments, H6467 [29JY]

H. Res. 506, consideration of conference report on H.R. 3474, Community Development, Credit Enhancement, and Regulatory Improvement Act, H6773 [4AU]

H. Res. 543, consideration of H.R. 4926, treatment of U.S. banks by foreign countries, H10320 [29SE]

H.J. Res. 367, award Congressional Medal of Appreciation for Public Spirit to person who made public concealed documents relative to health hazards of smoking, E967 [18MY]

H.R. 1103, secondary transmissions of superstations and network stations for private home viewing, H8418 [16AU]

H.R. 2442, Public Works and Economic Development Act appropriations, H3245-H3252 [11MY]

H.R. 2884, School-to-Work Opportunities Act, S1108-S1116 [8FE]

H.R. 3342, establish a toll free number in the Dept. of Commerce to assist consumers in determining if products are American made, H7130 [8AU]

H.R. 3474, Community Development, Credit Enhancement, and Regulatory Improvement Act, S3328-S3362 [21MR]

H.R. 3626, Antitrust and Communications Reform Act, H5189-H5199 [28JN]

H.R. 3636, National Communications Competition and Information Infrastructure Act, H5216-H5228 [28JN]

H.R. 3813, Environmental Export Promotion Act, H2387 [18AP]

H.R. 3817, amend Fishermen's Protective Act, H5476 [12JY]

H.R. 4252, designate the SBA Administrator as a member of the Interagency Trade Organization, E713 [19AP]

H.R. 4322, increase authorization for the small business development company program, H5784 [19JY]

H.R. 4461, Workforce Diversity Partnership Act, E995 [19MY]

H.R. 4535, Unlisted Trading Privileges Act, H6507 [1AU]

H.R. 4762, treatment of change-of-address orders received from commercial mail receiving agencies, E1469 [15JY]

H.R. 4776, Veterans' Employment Act, H6502 [1AU]

H.R. 4801, amend Small Business Act, H9359-H9365 [21SE]

H.R. 4950, Jobs Through Trade Expansion Act, H9180-H9187 [19SE]

H.R. 5116, Bankruptcy Reform Act, H10752-H10763 [4OC]

H.R. 5188, Medical Device Export Promotion Act, E2075 [5OC]

H.R. 5195, Contact Lens Prescription Release Act, E2083 [6OC]

S. 4, National Competitiveness Act, S2366-S2380 [7MR]

S. 419, Aeronautical Technology Consortium Act, S2930-S2932 [15MR]

S. 473, cooperation between private sector laboratories and the Dept. of Energy to enhance economic and technological competitiveness, S1276-S1280 [9FE]

S. 473, cooperation of Dept. of Energy laboratories with private sector to enhance economic and technological competitiveness, S2555-S2559 [8MR]

S. 540, improve bankruptcy system, S4405-S4420 [19AP], S4666-S4683 [21AP]

S. 783, Consumer Reporting Reform Act, S5136-S5145 [4MY], H9797-H9809 [27SE]

S. 978, National Environmental Technology Act, S5539-S5543 [11MY]

S. 1361, School-to-Work Opportunities Act, S987-S1002 [7FE]

S. 1820, Computer Equipment and Technology Export Control Reform Act, S665 [2FE]

S. 1822, Communications Act, S772-S783 [3FE]

S. 1825, Tax Fairness for Main Street Business Act, S804 [3FE]

S. 1829, Small Investors Tax Relief Act, S956-S958 [4FE]

S. 1830, Small Business Defense Conversion Guaranteed Loan Act, S959 [4FE]

S. 1834, Superfund Reform Act, S1059-S1077 [7FE]

S. 1840, Gun Exchange Tax Incentive Act, S1286 [9FE]

S. 1864, Harassment-Free Workplace Act, S1861 [24FE]

S. 1872, Fair Market Access Act, S1874 [24FE]

S. 1917, Anti-Redlining in Insurance Disclosure Act, S2781-S2788 [10MR]

S. 1924, Home Office Deduction Act, S2811 [10MR]

S. 1943, Job Training Consolidation Act, S3210-S3214 [17MR]

S. 1945, Maritime Administration appropriations, S3220 [17MR]

S. 1950, Occupational Safety and Health Reform Act, S3235-S3238 [17MR]

S. 1956, Rental-Purchase Reform Act, S3453-S3455 [22MR]

S. 1973, assistance for State and local programs exchanging merchandise vouchers for firearms, S3690 [24MR]

S. 1976, Private Securities Litigation Reform Act, S3696-S3704 [24MR]

S. 1979, Sexual Harassment Prevention Act, S3724 [24MR]

S. 1993, export of Alaskan North Slope oil, S3964 [25MR]

S. 2012, Protection From Coercive Employment Agreements Act, S4267 [13AP]

S. 2030, Small Business Investment and Growth Act, S4474 [19AP]

S. 2060, amend Small Business Act, H9371-H9377 [21SE]

S. 2070, deduction of business meal expenses subject to Federal hours of limitation, S5180 [4MY]

S. 2097, Environmental Export Promotion Act, S5459 [10MY]

S. 2112, postpone implementation of Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission recommendations, S5689 [12MY]

S. 2160, Comprehensive Tax Restructuring and Simplification Act, S6524-S6530 [7JN]

S. 2215, Biomaterials Access Assurance Act, S7154-S7156 [20JN]

S. 2238, Employment Non-Discrimination Act, S7582 [23JN]

S. 2268, Workers Rights and Labor Standards Trade Act, S8390 [1JY]

S. 2272, Patent Prior User Rights Act, S8400 [1JY], S15222 [30NO]

S. 2293, negotiating objectives for future foreign trade agreements, S9181 [18JY]

S. 2341, Patent Reexamination Reform Act, S10146 [29JY], S14074 [4OC]

S. 2342, Foreign Tax Compliance Act, S10148 [29JY]

S. 2358, EPA designation of certain localities as ozone nonattainment areas relative to the source of the ozone-causing emissions, S10540 [3AU]

S. 2368, Intellectual Property Rights, Trade-Related Aspects of Implementation Act, S10884-S10888 [5AU]

S. 2371, Environmental Audit Protection Act, S10943 [8AU]

S. 2379, Prohibition of Incentives for Relocation Act, S11342 [11AU]

S. 2385, Sustainable Ecosystems and Economies Demonstration Act, S11480-S11482 [12AU]

S. 2402, Homeowners Insurance Disclosure Act, S12227-S12233 [19AU]

S. 2405, Civil Rights Procedures Protection Act, S12101 [18AU]

S. 2478, Business Development Opportunity Act, S13713-S13721 [29SE], S15180-S15188 [30NO]

S. 2479, U.S. Cruise Vessel Development Act, S13729-S13731 [29SE]

S. 2488, Patent Application Publication Act, S13863 [30SE]

S. 2499, Worker-Management Relations for the 21st Century Act, S14114 [4OC]

S. 2516, Job Training Consolidation and Reform Act, S14492-S14503 [6OC]

S. Con. Res. 61, access of U.S. business to Japanese markets, S1876 [24FE]

S. Con. Res. 79, recognize Belleville, NJ, as the birthplace of industrial revolution, S14262 [5OC]

S. Res. 252, National Manufacturing Week, S12387 [23AU]

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

S.J. Res. 216, National Hispanic Business Week, S12207 [19AU]

S.J. Res. 219, tribute to U.S. rice industry, S15176 [30NO]