CONRAD, KENT (a Senator from North Dakota)
Amendments offered by, to
Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4554), S9237, S9254 [19JY]
Appropriations: making supplemental (H.R. 3759), S1256, S1301 [9FE]
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (S.J. Res. 41), S2035 [28FE]
Contracts: revise and streamline Federal procurement and acquisition laws (S. 1587), S6576, S6608 [8JN]
Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 4650), S10966, S10988, S11062, S11063 [9AU]
Dept. of State, USIA, and related agencies: authorizing appropriations (see S. 1281), S670 [2FE]
———authorizing appropriations (S. 1281), S96, S186 [26JA]
District of Columbia: making appropriations (H.R. 4649), conference report, S13888 [30SE]
Education: national policy to improve system (S. 1150), S642, S687 [2FE]
Immigration: change laws relative to nationality and naturalization (H.R. 783), S14404, S14557 [6OC]
Labor unions: prevent discrimination based on participation in labor disputes (S. 55), S8826 [12JY]
National defense: authorizing appropriations for Dept. of Defense and Dept. of Energy defense activities (S. 2182), S7537, S7538, S7587 [23JN]
Water: reauthorize programs to ensure safe drinking water (S. 2019), S5649, S5695 [12MY]
Appointments
Acting President pro tempore, S1505 [11FE], S8929 [14JY]
Articles and editorials
Ideas and Trends—Building a Better Brain for Baby, George Johnson, New York (NY) Times, S4789 [26AP]
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Agriculture: extend and improve the Conservation Reserve Program (see S. 2437), S12940 [14SE]
———mediation program administration (see S. 2145), S6288 [24MY]
FmHA: shift unused funds to farm ownership, operating, or emergency loan programs (see S. 2468), S13449 [27SE]
Health care professionals: waive immigration requirements with respect to foreign medical graduates (see S. 2171), S6746 [9JN]
Lobbyists: require disclosure of Federal campaign contributions by lobbyists who represent foreign nationals (see S. 2422), S12619 [25AU]
Medicare: coverage of anesthesia services provided by certified registered nurse anesthetists (see S. 2310), S9446 [21JY]
Railroads: extension of certain Railway Labor Act provisions relative to the Soo Line Railroad Co. labor dispute (see S.J. Res. 226), S13853 [30SE]
States: limit out-of-State solid waste disposal (see S. 1808), S374 [28JA]
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Agriculture: ability of banks for cooperatives to finance exports (see S. 2298), S10058 [28JY]
———cooperative grain marketing with Canada (see S. 2169), S6746 [9JN]
———enable producers, feeders, and importers of sheep to develop a nationally coordinated sheep information, research, and promotion (see S. 2500), S14112 [4OC]
———grain shipments from Canada (see S. 1827), S951 [4FE]
———tribute to U.S. rice industry (see S.J. Res. 219), S14115 [4OC]
———viability and competitiveness of industry (see S. 2312), S11062 [9AU]
Aquaculture: develop national policy (see S. 1288), S13586 [28SE]
Armed Forces: procedures for determining status of certain missing members (see S. 2411), S12968 [19SE]
Budget: deficit (see S. 1826), S770 [3FE]
Civil War History Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 161), S2303 [2MR]
Coins: mint in commemoration of George C. Marshall's World War II service (see S. 2007), S6535 [7JN]
Consumers: rent-to-own transactions (see S. 1956), S3446 [22MR]
Courts: mandatory life imprisonment for second offense of kidnapping a minor (see S. 1791), S2183 [1MR]
Federal-State relations: reduce State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates (see S. 1592), S7156 [20JN]
Financial institutions: Federal regulation of derivatives activities (see S. 2123), S6606 [8JN]
FmHA: improve the administration of claims and obligations (see S. 1930), S2963 [15MR]
Food stamps: require domestic production of food stamp coupons (see S. 1359), S432 [31JA]
Government: public confidence in elected officials and Federal employees (see S. 79), S5079 [3MY]
Health: designating obstetrician-gynecologists as primary care physicians in Federal health care laws (see S. Res. 170), S3746 [24MR]
Health care facilities: assistance for AIDS patients treatment (see S. 2489), S14115 [4OC]
———cooperative agreements between hospitals to share costs of expensive equipment or services (see S. 493), S6784 [10JN]
Helsinki Human Rights Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 195), S6123 [19MY]
Japan: access of U.S. business to markets (see S. Con. Res. 61), S4351 [14AP]
Medicare: extend issuance period for select policies (see S. 2460), S13934 [3OC]
Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 177), S3684 [24MR]
Milstar II Communications Satellite Program: terminate (see S. 1941), S3067 [16MR]
National Agricultural Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 163), S1457 [10FE]
National Breast Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 185), S6410 [25MY]
National Character Counts Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 178), S3684 [24MR]
National Children's Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 211), S12820 [13SE]
National Crime Victims' Rights Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 174), S4167 [12AP]
National Highway System: designate (see S. 1887), S10948 [8AU]
National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 169), S4270 [13AP]
National League of Families POW/MIA: display of flag (see S.J. Res. 196), S7377 [21JN]
National Military Families Recognition Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 209), S10642 [4AU]
National Native American Heritage Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 210), S9171 [18JY]
National Neighborhood Crime Watch Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 212), S10228 [1AU]
National Sewing Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 165), S10228 [1AU]
National U.S. Seafood Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 194), S6123 [19MY]
National Women and Girls in Sports Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 186), S6536 [7JN]
Native Americans: management of Indian resources (see S. 1936), S7074 [16JN]
Northern Great Plains Rural Development Commission: establish (see S. 2099), S5449 [10MY]
Pediatric and Adolescent AIDS Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 166), S3745 [24MR]
Public Service Recognition Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 150), S1164 [8FE]
Railroads: sale of short line railroads (see S. 2264), S8381 [1JY]
Real property: secondary market for commercial mortgages (see S. 1728), S6535 [7JN]
Roosevelt, Franklin D.: mint coins in commemoration of 50th anniversary of death (see S. 1539), S3986 [25MR]
Securities: litigation reform relative to plaintiff control, fraud detection, proportionate liability, and auditing standards (see S. 1976), S11062 [9AU]
Smokey Bear's 50th Anniversary: designate (see S.J. Res. 214), S11996 [17AU]
Social Security: simplified collection of employment taxes on domestic services (see S. 1231), S3467 [22MR]
Sports: tribute to U.S. World Cup Team (see S. Res. 240), S8825 [12JY]
Taxation: application of State and local taxes on the sale of certain tangible property relative to the mail order industry (see S. 1825), S770 [3FE]
———treatment of crop insurance proceeds and disaster payments (see S. 1814), S527 [1FE]
———treatment of U.S. citizens moving business production abroad and foreign persons doing business in the U.S. (see S. 2342), S10141 [29JY]
Time for the National Observance of the Fiftieth Anniversary of World War II: designate (see S.J. Res. 172), S3467 [22MR]
U.S. Botanic Garden: mint coins in commemoration of 175th anniversary (see S. 1952), S3208 [17MR]
U.S. Military Academy: mint commemorative coins recognizing the bicentennial (see S. 1651), S1948 [25FE]
Veterans: compensation for undiagnosed illnesses (see S. 2330), S14261 [5OC]
———payments to States for national cemetery plot allowances for certain eligible veterans (see S. 2114), S6136 [19MY]
Weapons: moratorium on production of anti-personnel landmines (see S. 2216), S7241 [21JN]
Cloture motions
Brown, Sam W., Jr.: nomination to be a delegate to the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, S6193 [23MY], S6251 [24MY], S6329 [25MY]
Sarokin, H. Lee: nomination to be circuit judge, S13832 [30SE], S13985 [4OC]
Shearer, Derek: nomination to be Ambassador to Finland, S6117 [19MY], S6193 [23MY], S6244 [24MY]
Letters
Garrison Diversion Unit, ND, construction funding: by, H4419 [14JN]
Protection of new varieties of plants: Rick Rominger, Dept. of Agriculture, S13092 [21SE]
Treatment of entertainment costs under covered Government contracts: Robert P. Murphy, GAO, S6578 [8JN]
———Tom Schatz, Council for Citizens Against Government Waste, S6578 [8JN]
Messages
Treaty on Reciprocal Encouragement of Protection of Investments With Jamaica: President Clinton, S13087 [21SE]
Motions offered by
Crime: national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 3355), S6075 [19MY]
District of Columbia: making appropriations (H.R. 4649), conference report, S13796 [30SE]
Remarks by, on
Agriculture: extend and improve the Conservation Reserve Program (S. 2437), S12941 [14SE]
———mediation program administration (S. 2145), S6288
———protection of new varieties of plants (S. 1406), S13090 [21SE]
Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4554), S9215, S9219, S9222, S9223, S9237, S9238 [19JY], S9299 [20JY]
Alaska: settlement of claims arising from the contamination of transferred lands (S. 1686), S13088 [21SE]
Appropriations: making supplemental (H.R. 3759), S1256 [9FE]
BIA: establish therapeutic model demonstration projects at off-reservation boarding schools, S10210 [1AU]
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (S.J. Res. 41), S1714, S1715, S1716, S1717, S1719, S1721, S1722 [23FE], S1921, S1922, S1923, S1924, S1925 [25FE]
———deficit, S1717, S1719, S1721, S1722 [23FE]
———deficit (S. 1826), S820
———setting forth the Federal budget for 1995-99 (S. Con. Res. 63), S3579, S3580 [24MR]
Business and industry: provide for engineering students to work as interns with small manufacturers, S3002-S3004 [16MR]
Children and youth: revise Head Start Program and early childhood development programs, S4789 [26AP]
CIA: construction of National Reconnaissance Office headquarters, S11397, S11398 [12AU]
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate): authorize available funds for consultant fees (S. Res. 256), S13092 [21SE]
Contracts: revise and streamline Federal procurement and acquisition laws (S. 1587), S6576, S6578 [8JN]
———treatment of entertainment costs under covered Government contracts, S6576, S6578 [8JN]
Crime: national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 3355), motion to instruct conferees, S6075, S6078 [19MY]
———State sentencing practices and funding for additional space in State prison programs, S6075, S6078 [19MY]
Crime Prevention Month: designate (H.J. Res. 363), S13092 [21SE]
Dept. of Agriculture: Agricultural Research Service location closures, S9215, S9219, S9222, S9223 [19JY]
Dept. of Defense: B-2 stealth bomber development, S8148 [1JY]
———making appropriations (H.R. 4650), S10975 [9AU]
Dept. of State, USIA, and related agencies: authorizing appropriations (S. 1281), S114 [26JA]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish mental illness research, education, and clinical centers (S. 1512), S3809 [24MR]
Depts. of Labor, HHS, Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4606), S11078 [10AU]
Depts. of Veterans Affairs, HUD, and sundry independent agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4624), S10479 [3AU]
Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act: expand programs (S. 1284), conference report, S3802 [24MR]
Economy: promote productivity, trade, competitiveness, and technological leadership of the U.S. (S. 4), S3002 [16MR]
Education: national policy to improve system (S. 1513), S10210 [1AU]
Education and Sharing Day, U.S.A.: designate (H.J. Res. 329), S3801 [24MR]
Elections: campaign ethics reform and contribution limits (S. 3), S13093 [21SE]
Employment: consolidate and restructure Federal training programs, S7392 [22JN]
———minimize the adverse effects of employment dislocation (S. 1969), S3796 [24MR]
Federal aid programs: use of national electronic benefits system to reduce waste and fraud in nutritional programs, S693
Federal-State relations: increase payments to units of general local government for entitlement lands (S. 455), S4229 [13AP]
Fish and Wildlife Service: authorize appropriations for the Junior Duck Stamp Conservation Program (H.R. 3679), S13088 [21SE]
Floods: disaster assistance to Southern States, S9299 [20JY]
FmHA: improve the administration of claims and obligations, S9238 [19JY]
———improve the administration of claims and obligations (S. 1930), S3815 [24MR]
———repayment of delinquent loans, S326 [28JA]
———shift unused funds to farm ownership, operating, or emergency loan programs (S. 2468), S13443 [27SE]
Food industry: extend time limit for compliance with certain nutrition labeling requirements (S. 2087), corrections in engrossment, S6078 [19MY]
Foreign trade: U.S.-Canada free trade agreement assessment, S2924-S2926 [15MR]
GATT: ratification (H.R. 5110), S15155 [30NO]
Great Plains Conservation Program: funding, S9237 [19JY]
Guam: land transfers (H.R. 2144), S13087 [21SE]
Health: studies and programs relative to traumatic brain injuries (S. 725), corrections in engrossment of House amendment (H. Res. 534), S13087 [21SE]
Health care professionals: waive immigration requirements with respect to foreign medical graduates (S. 2171), S6747
Hultberg, Douglas D.: National Distinguished Principal award recipient, S13347 [26SE]
Imperial Beach, CA: convey land from the Tijuana Slough National Wildlife Refuge (H.R. 4647), S13088 [21SE]
Indian Health Service: elevate Director position to level of Assistant Sec. of HHS, and provide for organizational independence (S. 2067), S13088 [21SE]
Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (S. 2082), S11397, S11398 [12AU]
Jerry L. Litton U.S. Post Office Building, Chillicothe, MO: designate (H.R. 1779), S13087 [21SE]
Labor unions: prevent discrimination based on participation in labor disputes (S. 55), S8540 [12JY]
Lobbyists: require disclosure of Federal campaign contributions by lobbyists who represent foreign nationals (S. 2422), S12620
Medicare: coverage of anesthesia services provided by certified registered nurse anesthetists (S. 2310), S9469 [21JY]
Middle East: anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Peace between Egypt and Israel (S. Res. 194), S3815 [24MR]
Milstar II Communications Satellite Program: terminate (S. 1941), S3115 [17MR]
Minnesota: convey the New London National Fish Hatchery production facility (H.R. 3664), S13088 [21SE]
National defense: authorizing appropriations for Dept. of Defense and Dept. of Energy defense activities (S. 2182), S8148, S8278 [1JY]
———authorizing appropriations for Dept. of Defense and Dept. of Energy defense activities (S. 2182), technical corrections in enrollment (H. Con. Res. 285), S13087 [21SE]
National security: funding for the Milstar communications satellite system, S10975 [9AU]
Native Americans: telecommunications-telemedicine infrastructure linking tribally controlled community colleges, S11078 [10AU]
Pesticides: safety training programs and labeling requirements (S. 1913), S3804 [24MR]
Petroleum: oxygenate standards and percentage requirements for reformulated gasoline, S10479 [3AU]
Piscataway National Park: expand boundaries (S. 1703), S13088 [21SE]
Public Health Service: bone marrow and organ transplant programs (H.R. 2659), S3805 [24MR]
Public lands: repeal land return provisions relative to certain tribal lands, S1256 [9FE]
Railroads: extension of certain Railway Labor Act provisions relative to the Soo Line Railroad Co. labor dispute (S.J. Res. 226), S13657 [29SE]
Refuse disposal: State control of municipal solid waste transportation and disposal (S. 2345), S13804 [30SE]
Richard Bolling Federal Building, Kansas City, MO: designate (H.R. 2559), S3802 [24MR]
Senate: legislative program, S13111 [21SE]
States: limit out-of-State solid waste disposal (S. 1808), S374 [28JA]
———water monitoring requirements, S5657 [12MY]
Taxation: application of State and local taxes on the sale of certain tangible property relative to the mail order industry (S. 1825), S821
U.N.: management and budget reform, S114 [26JA]
Urban areas: economic development in distressed communities (S. 1937), S3809 [24MR]
Veterans: organization and administration of the Readjustment Counseling Service (S. 1226), S3810, S3812 [24MR]
Water: reauthorize programs to ensure safe drinking water (S. 2019), S5657 [12MY], S5751 [16MY], S5928 [18MY]
Schedules
Committee on Appropriations (Senate): Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development: energy and water development programs budget, D354 [12AP]
Texts of
S. 1808, limit out-of-State solid waste disposal, S374 [28JA]
S. 2145, Agricultural Mediation Act, S6289
S. 2422, Foreign Agent and Interest Reporting Act, S12620
S. 2437, Conservation Reserve Program Extension Act, S12942 [14SE]
Tributes
Boren, Senator, S15408 [1DE]
Danforth, Senator, S15408 [1DE]
DeConcini, Senator, S15407 [1DE]
Durenberger, Senator, S15409 [1DE]
Mathews, Senator, S15409 [1DE]
Metzenbaum, Senator, S15408 [1DE]
Mitchell, Senator, S15406 [1DE]
Riegle, Senator, S15406 [1DE]
Sasser, Senator, S15407 [1DE]
Wofford, Senator, S15409 [1DE]