BREAUX, JOHN B. (a Senator from Louisiana)

Amendments offered by, to

Bankruptcy: improve system (S. 540), S4644, S4648, S4741, S4742 [21AP]

California: designate certain desert lands as wilderness (S. 21), S4150, S4174 [12AP]

———establish Death Valley and Joshua Tree National Parks and Mojave National Monument (S. 21), S4150, S4174 [12AP]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 4650), S10986, S11063 [9AU], S11145, S11182 [10AU]

John Minor Wisdom U.S. Courthouse, New Orleans, LA: designate (H.R. 2868), S525, S538 [1FE]

National defense: authorizing appropriations for Dept. of Defense and Dept. of Energy defense activities (S. 2182), S7500, S7586 [23JN]

Appointments

Acting President pro tempore, S9955 [28JY], S13039 [21SE]

Committee To Escort the President (Joint), H28 [25JA]

Articles and editorials

Rule Pumps Dollars Into Decayed Housing, Adam Nossiter, New York (NY) Times, S11897 [16AU]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Housing: management and reform of public housing programs (see S. 2392), S11895 [16AU]

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

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

Ships and vessels: transfer of tuna fishing vessels to foreign registry (see S. 2271), S8381 [1JY]

Taxation: tax-free rollover of certain payments made by employers to separated employees (see S. 1968), S3684 [24MR]

———treatment of low-income housing (see S. 1986), S3954 [25MR]

———treatment of recreational boat diesel fuel sales (see S. 2029), S4464 [19AP]

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

U.S. Merchant Marine Academy: prohibit additional charges or fees for attendance (see S. 2119), S5828 [17MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Agriculture: establish national sweet potato program (see S. 1910), S2638 [9MR]

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

Air pollution: promote clean air and prevent the import of dirty gasoline into the U.S. (see S. Res. 197), S3954 [25MR]

Armed Forces: treatment of certain tax deductions for National Guard and reserve units (see S. 1026), S2034 [28FE]

Arson Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 183), S4730 [21AP]

California: establish Death Valley and Joshua Tree National Parks and Mojave National Monument (see S. 21), S3552 [23MR]

Cane River Creole National Historic Park and National Heritage Area: establish (see S. 1980), S6535 [7JN]

Civil War History Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 161), S2303 [2MR]

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

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

Copyrights: modify recordation and registration requirements, and establish copyright arbitration royalty panels (see S. 373), S8118 [30JN]

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

Dept. of Agriculture: implementation of forest management plans (see S. Res. 285), S15036 [8OC]

Employment: establish a system of reemployment, job training, and income support services (see S. 1951), S3208 [17MR]

———relationship between workers' compensation benefits and certain migrant and seasonal workers' benefits (see S. 1450), S4992 [2MY]

Federal firefighters: hourly and overtime pay rates and pay equity with public sector firefighters (see S. 2091), S9644 [25JY]

Food industry: extend time limit for compliance with certain nutrition labeling requirements (see S. 2087), S5843 [17MY]

———inspection standards for meat and poultry products (see S. 2062), S8404 [1JY]

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

Insurance: public access to information relative to availability of insurance (see S. 1917, 2402), S12099, S12102 [18AU]

Japan: purchase of rice from U.S. (see S. Con. Res. 73), S9933 [27JY]

Jazz Centennial Year: designate (see S.J. Res. 182), S4554 [20AP]

Maritime Administration: authorizing appropriations (see S. 1945), S6200 [23MY]

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

National Apollo Anniversary Observance: designate (see S.J. Res. 187), S5557 [11MY]

National Center for Sickle Cell Disease Research: establish (see S. 1724), S3986 [25MR]

National Character Counts Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 178), S6410 [25MY]

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

National Decorative Painting Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 189), S13887 [30SE]

National Family Literacy Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 224), S14879 [7OC]

National Health Information Management Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 208), S12478 [24AU]

National Native American Heritage Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 210), S12968 [19SE]

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

National Silver Haired Congress: convene (see S. Con. Res. 66), S8118 [30JN]

National Slovak American Heritage Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 158), S12478 [24AU]

National Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Awareness Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 160), S62 [25JA]

National Walking Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 146), S4351 [14AP]

Older Americans Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 176), S4478 [19AP]

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

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

Persian Gulf Conflict: compensation for veterans and increased research relative to illnesses attributed to service during conflict (see S. 2178), S10058 [28JY]

Public welfare programs: exclusion of certain programs from Federal payment availability by electronic funds transfer (see S. 2511), S14879 [7OC]

———reform (see S. 2224), S7242 [21JN]

Religious Freedom Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 218), S13310 [22SE]

Smithsonian Institution: mint coins in commemoration of 150th anniversary (see S. 2347), S13099 [21SE]

Taxation: allow homemakers to deduct individual retirement account contributions (see S. 1669), S4899 [26AP]

———estate tax exemption (see S. Res. 64), S432 [31JA]

———imposition of taxes on, and refund guidelines for tax-exempt use of certain motor fuels (see S. 1693), S5080 [3MY]

———reform rules relative to subchapter S corporations (see S. 1690), S530 [1FE]

———treatment of benefits for prearranged funeral expenses (see S. 2130), S5940 [18MY]

———treatment of crop insurance proceeds and disaster payments (see S. 1814), S527 [1FE]

———treatment of generation-skipping transfer tax (see S. 2445), S13095 [21SE]

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

Time for the National Observance of the Fiftieth Anniversary of World War II: designate (see S.J. Res. 172), S4574 [20AP]

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

United Negro College Fund Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 181), S6607 [8JN]

Veterans: eliminate disparity between civilian and military retiree cost-of-living adjustments (see S. 1805), S3745 [24MR]

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

Cloture motions

California: designate certain desert lands as wilderness (S. 21), S13029 [20SE], S13257 [22SE]

———establish Death Valley and Joshua Tree National Parks and Mojave National Monument (S. 21), S13029 [20SE], S13257 [22SE]

Elections: campaign ethics reform and contribution limits (S. 3), S13257 [22SE]

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

Remarks by, on

Antitrust policy: obtaining of antitrust evidence from foreign countries (S. 2297), S14672 [7OC]

Capitol Preservation Commission: appointment of an executive secretary (S. Res. 283), S14680 [7OC]

Coast Guard: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2150), S1847 [24FE]

Coastal Barrier Resources System: technical corrections to map system (H.R. 4598), S14660 [7OC]

Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation: settlement of claims relative to tribal lands used to construct the Grand Coulee Dam (H.R. 4757), S14676 [7OC]

Constitution Day: designate (H.J. Res. 390), S14680 [7OC]

Crow Indian Reservation: boundary resolution (H.R. 5200), S14667 [7OC]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 4650), S10986 [9AU], S11145 [10AU]

———revise overseas teacher pay and personnel practices (H.R. 3499), S14681 [7OC]

Dept. of State: technical amendments to the State Department Basic Authorities Act and the United States Information and Educational Exchange Act (H.R. 5034), S14666 [7OC]

Disasters: prevent duplication of disaster benefits and payments (S. 2551), S14681 [7OC]

District of Columbia: making appropriations (H.R. 4649), S9336 [21JY]

Federal employees: authorize use of sick leave to attend to family member, and modify leave transfer program between employees who are family members (H.R. 4361), S14675 [7OC]

Foreign aid: drug control activities (H.R. 5030), S14666 [7OC]

GATT: ratification (H.R. 5110), S15303, S15304 [1DE]

Gulf of Mexico: production of oil and gas resources, S5928 [18MY]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, S10959-S10961 [9AU]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 2351), S11458 [12AU]

———provide for home community-based services for individuals with disabilities (S. 2545), S14660 [7OC]

Health care professionals: exemption from liability for negligence for services provided free of charge to low-income individuals (S. 2536), S14660 [7OC]

``Hispanic Americans in Congress'': authorize printing (H. Con. Res. 299), S14667 [7OC]

``History of the United States House of Representatives'': authorize printing (H. Con. Res. 293), S14667 [7OC]

Housing: management and reform of public housing programs (S. 2392), S11895 [16AU]

Indian Trust Funds: management reform (H.R. 4833), S14677 [7OC]

Insurance: payment of group life benefits to terminally ill individuals (H.R. 512), S14671 [7OC]

Jazz Centennial Year: designate (S.J. Res. 182), S4573 [20AP]

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

Law enforcement: wiretap capability relative to digital transmissions and other emerging telecommunication technologies (H.R. 4922), S14660 [7OC]

———wiretap capability relative to digital transmissions and other emerging telecommunication technologies (S. 2375), S14663 [7OC]

Lobbyists: disclosure of activities to influence the Federal Government (S. 349), conference report, S14623 [7OC]

Mental health: reauthorize Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (S. 2352), S14697 [7OC]

Merchant marine industry: Dept. of Defense financing of shipbuilding loan guarantees, S10986 [9AU]

Mississippi River Corridor Study Commission: extend (S. 2234), S7579 [23JN]

NAFTA: implementation, S14708 [7OC]

National Burn Awareness Week: designate (S.J. Res. 225), S14680 [7OC]

National Good Teen Day: designate (H.J. Res. 326), S14680 [7OC]

National Women and Girls in Sports Day: designate (S.J. Res. 186), S14680 [7OC]

Native Americans: promote and expand Federal assistance for Indian institutions of higher learning (S. Res. 264), S14672 [7OC]

———recognition status of Indian tribes and Alaska Native groups (H.R. 4180), S14676 [7OC]

———specify certain contract terms between the U.S. and tribal governments (H.R. 4842), S14677 [7OC]

Navy: authorize transfer of vessels to foreign countries (H.R. 5155), S14676 [7OC]

———procurement of AN/USH-42 mission recorders modified for use in S-3B aircraft, S11145 [10AU]

Nonprofit organizations: transfer to States certain surplus property for donation to impoverished individuals (H.R. 2461), S14681 [7OC]

Office of Special Counsel: reauthorize (H.R. 2970), S14668 [7OC]

O'Neill, Thomas P., Jr.: authorize printing of collection of eulogies and encomiums (H. Con. Res. 292), S14667 [7OC]

Parliamentary inquiry, S15317 [1DE]

Persian Gulf Conflict: compensation for veterans and increased research relative to illnesses attributed to service during conflict (H.R. 4386), S14681 [7OC]

Power resources: national energy policy, S6992 [16JN]

Public welfare programs: reform, S6808-S6810 [14JN]

———reform (S. 2224), S7265 [21JN]

Regional Fishery Management Councils: ethics standards for industry representatives (S. 2360), S10632 [4AU]

Religious Freedom Day: designate (S.J. Res. 218), S14680 [7OC]

SBA: modify the minority small business and capital ownership development program (S. 2478), S14670 [7OC]

Senate: legislative program, S14623 [7OC]

Senate Arms Control Observer Group: reauthorizing (S. Res. 149), extend provisions (S. Res. 280), S14672 [7OC]

Senate Legal Counsel: authorizing representation for Alan Edelman (S. Res. 281), S14680 [7OC]

———authorizing representation for the Office of Senate Fair Employment Practices in Rhonda Farmer v. Office of Senate Fair Employment Practices (S. Res. 282), S14680 [7OC]

Southern University: establish A.Z. Young Memorial Scholarship Fund, S2435 [8MR]

Taxation: tax-free rollover of certain payments made by employers to separated employees (S. 1968), S3687 [24MR]

———treatment of individual retirement accounts (S. 2301), S9450 [21JY]

———treatment of low-income housing (S. 1986), S3955 [25MR]

———treatment of recreational boat diesel fuel sales (S. 2029), S4472 [19AP]

Telecommunications: development of infrastructure and protection of the public interest (S. 2111), S5687 [12MY]

Theodore Levin Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Detroit, MI: designate (H.R. 4967), S14681 [7OC]

Transportation: amend laws (H.R. 4778), S14672 [7OC]

U.S. Merchant Marine Academy: prohibit additional charges or fees for attendance (S. 2119), S5830 [17MY]

University of Arkansas: provide for the sale of certain lands (S. 2550), S14666 [7OC]

Water: reauthorize programs to ensure safe drinking water (S. 2019), S5928 [18MY]

Wetlands: expand eligibility for the Wetlands Reserve Program to lands covered by certain expiring agreements (H.R. 5053), S14672 [7OC]

Texts of

S. 2119, prohibit additional charges or fees for U.S. Merchant Marine Academy attendance, S5830 [17MY]

S. 2392, management and reform of public housing programs, S11895-S11897 [16AU]

Tributes

Howard, Alice, S10526 [3AU]

Kluge, John W., S12826 [13SE]

Stroud, Ansel, S14135 [5OC]

Young, A.Z., S2435 [8MR], S3675 [24MR]