FAIRCLOTH, LAUCH (a Senator from North Carolina)

Amendments offered by, to

Appropriations: line-item veto (S. 4), S4188, S4203 [20MR]

Budget: making supplemental appropriations and rescissions (H.R. 1158), S4846, S4934 [30MR]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 1357), S16119 [27OC]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1996-2002 (S. Con. Res. 13), S7248 [23MY]

CERCLA: amend (S. 1285), S14760 [29SE]

Courts: product liability reform (H.R. 956), S5729 [26AP], S5914 [1MY]

Cuba: strengthen international economic sanctions and support transition to democratically elected government (H.R. 927), S15055 [11OC], S16106 [27OC]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations (S. 1026), S11331 [3AU]

———making supplemental appropriations and rescissions to enhance military readiness (H.R. 889), S3597, S3632 [7MR]

Dept. of State: consolidate foreign affairs agencies (S. 908), S10980, S10996 [31JY]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2020), S11531, S11629 [5AU]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State and the Judiciary: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2076), S14554 [28SE]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2099), S14386, S14423 [27SE]

Government: reform disclosure of lobbying activities to influence the Federal Government (S. 1060), S10574 [24JY]

Government regulations: reform regulatory process (S. 343), S10042 [14JY], S10245 [18JY]

National Highway System: designate (S. 440), S8677, S8715 [20JN], S8792, S8828 [21JN]

Public welfare programs: reform (H.R. 4), S12897, S12939, S12940, S12941, S12986, S13056, S13057, S13058, S13060 [8SE]

Solid waste: State control over transportation of municipal solid waste (S. 534), S6482, S6540 [11MY]

Appointments

Acting President pro tempore, S2985 [23FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Dept. of HUD: abolish (see S. 435, 1145), S2822 [16FE], S12214 [10AU]

———discourage interference with the exercise of the rights of free speech, free association, and the petition of Government for redress of grievances (see S. 1132), S12079 [9AU]

Government: status of Federal contractors that hire permanent replacements for striking employees (see S. 603), S4491 [23MR]

IMF: prevent creation of an international bailout fund (see S. 1222), S12831 [7SE]

Labor unions: repeal certain provisions of law requiring employees to pay union dues or fees as a condition of employment (see S. 581), S4262 [21MR]

Mexico: economic assistance relative to instability of economy and currency (see S. Res. 185), S15338 [19OC]

Public welfare programs: reform (see S. 834), S7014 [19MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Armed Forces: procedures for determining status of certain missing members (see S. 256), S6537 [11MY]

———prohibit uniform requirements involving the display of U.N. insignia (see S. 1370), S16421 [31OC]

Aviation: repeal increase in transportation fuels tax applicable to commercial aviation (see S. 304), S12614 [5SE]

Bosnia and Herzegovina: U.S. military intervention (see S. Con. Res. 35), S18559 [13DE]

Budget: establish 2-year cycle (see S. 1434), S17775 [29NO]

Byrd, Senator: tribute for casting 14,000 votes (see S. Res. 157), S10821 [27JY]

CERCLA: amend (see S. 1285), S14710 [29SE]

———clarify liability for certain recycling transactions (see S. 607), S5676 [25AP]

Charities: clarify exemptions from securities and antitrust laws relative to charitable gift annuities (see S. 978), S17782 [29NO]

China, Republic of: U.N. membership (see S. Con. Res. 3), S3539 [6MR]

———visit of President Lee Teng-hui (see S. Con. Res. 9), S3904 [14MR]

Civil rights: affirmative action policies (see S. 497), S3466 [3MR]

Contracts: simplify labor laws applicable to Federal contracts (see S. 141), S13865 [19SE]

Correctional institutions: require inmate work and education duties in States receiving construction grants (see S. 930), S8493 [15JN]

Courts: product liability reform (see S. 565), S5729 [26AP]

———settlement of claims of Swain County, NC, against the Federal Government (see S. 987), S9421 [29JN]

Credit: expand availability by lifting growth cap on limited service financial institutions (see S. 445), S2823 [16FE]

Crime: penalties and restitution procedures for false statements on SBA loan applications (see S. 276), S7787 [6JN]

Cuba: strengthen international economic sanctions and support transition to democratically elected government (see S. 381), S2399 [9FE]

Dept. of Commerce: abolish (see S. 929), S8493 [15JN]

Dept. of HUD: include equity skimming as a money laundering offense and deter obstruction of Federal audits relative to the operation of federally assisted housing (see S. 1057), S10490 [21JY]

Endangered Species Act: reauthorize (see S. 1364), S15849 [26OC]

English language: declare as official language of U.S. (see S. 356), S10427 [20JY]

Families and domestic relations: protect parental rights (see S. 984), S15357 [19OC]

———repeal regulations restraining interracial adoptions (see S. 637), S6011 [2MY]

Federal-State relations: reduce State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates (see S. 1), S47 [4JA]

Financial institutions: reform regulatory process and paperwork requirements (see S. 650), S4924 [30MR]

———treatment of certain claims against depository institutions under receivership by Federal banking agencies (see S. 648), S4924 [30MR]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see S.J. Res. 31), S4262 [21MR]

Foreign trade: impose sanctions on foreign persons exporting petroleum products, natural gas, or related technology to Iran (see S. 1228), S12959 [8SE]

Forest Service: phasing-in of changes to forest management plans (see S. 647), S4924 [30MR]

Forests: improve the health of forests on public lands (see S. 391), S3426 [2MR]

FRS: implement monetary policy using price stability to ensure stable currency (see S. 1266), S14132 [22SE]

Government: establish uniform accounting systems, standards, and reporting systems (see S. 1130), S14206 [25SE]

———status of Federal contractors that hire permanent replacements for striking employees (see S. 989), S11110 [1AU]

Government regulations: moratorium on regulatory rulemaking actions (see S. 219), S901 [12JA]

———reform regulatory process (see S. 343), S4386 [22MR]

Halverson, Richard C.: tribute (see S. Res. 196), S17776 [29NO]

Hazardous substances: improve management of remediation waste (see S. 1274), S16428 [31OC]

———nuclear waste disposal (see S. 1271), S14203 [25SE]

Health care professionals: facilitate the dissemination to physicians of scientific information on drug therapies and medical devices (see S. 1197), S12370 [11AU]

Housing: State authority to set rental occupancy standards (see S. 1397), S16753 [7NO]

Immigration: moratorium on aliens except for relatives of U.S. citizens, certain highly skilled workers, and refugees (see S. 160), S480 [5JA]

Iran: trade embargo (see S. 277), S2764 [15FE]

Israel: relocate U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem (see S. 1322, 1323), S15166 [13OC]

———relocate U.S. embassy to Jerusalem (see S. 770), S6337 [9MY]

Lakes: treatment of the withdrawal of water from lakes situated between two States (see S. 1413), S17090 [15NO]

Law enforcement officers: exemption from State laws prohibiting carrying of concealed handguns (see S. 960), S14553 [28SE]

Lobbyists: prohibit certain organizations from receiving Federal funding (see S. 1056), S10490 [21JY]

Medicare: clarify use of private contracts (see S. 1289), S14710 [29SE]

Members of Congress: constitutional amendment to limit terms (see S.J. Res. 19, 21), S1097 [18JA], S1207 [19JA]

Mexico: reporting requirements on economic assistance relative to instability of economy and currency (see S. Con. Res. 6), S2648 [14FE]

Music: licensing (see S. 1137), S13667 [15SE]

National American Indian Heritage Month: designate (see S. Res. 191), S16495 [1NO]

National Credit Union Administration: provide State credit union representation on Board of Directors (see S. 711), S7787 [6JN]

National Education Standards and Improvement Council: abolish (see S. 469), S6357 [9MY]

National Highway System: designate (see S. 440), S2823 [16FE]

National Women and Girls in Sports Day: designate (see S. Res. 37), S1631 [26JA]

Oklahoma City, OK: bombing of Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building (see S. Res. 110), S5603 [24AP]

Pesticides: definition and regulation of the minor use of pesticides (see S. 794), S13545 [13SE]

———improve registration, provide minor use crop protection, and improve pesticide tolerance safeguards (see S. 1166), S15580 [24OC]

Prayer: constitutional amendment on voluntary school prayer (see S.J. Res. 6), S51 [4JA]

Public utilities: revision of the regulatory policies governing public utility holding companies (see S. 1317), S15118 [12OC]

Rabin, Yitzhak: tribute (see S. Con. Res. 31), S16699 [6NO]

Recycling: phase out the use of mercury in batteries and remove Federal barriers to the recycling of rechargeable batteries (see S. 619), S4573 [24MR]

Roads and highways: maximum speed limit (see S. 476), S6108 [3MY]

Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, Washington, DC: designate (see S. 1315), S15118 [12OC]

Safe Drinking Water Act: amend (see S. 1316), S15118 [12OC]

Saffold, C. Abbott: express gratitude for service as Sec. for the Minority of the Senate (see S. Res. 143), S9422 [29JN]

Securities: litigation reform relative to plaintiff control, fraud detection, proportionate liability, and auditing standards (see S. 240), S1070 [18JA]

Small business: increase deductions for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see S. 262), S1543 [25JA]

Surgeon General: terminate the Office of Surgeon General of the Public Health Service (see S. 957), S11893 [8AU]

Taxation: business meal and entertainment expense deductions (see S. 216), S901 [12JA]

———capital gains rates (see S. 959), S8945 [22JN]

———deductions for business use of the home (see S. 327), S17348 [17NO]

———depreciation rules for the alternative minimum tax (see S. 1000), S11330 [3AU]

———exclusion of gross estate taxes of a decedent relative to certain land subject to qualified conservation easements (see S. 1366), S15849 [26OC]

———incentives for endangered species conservation (see S. 1365), S15849 [26OC]

———provide credits for families (see S. 1134), S12079 [9AU]

———provide tax credits for families and encourage savings and investment (see S. 568), S5231 [5AP]

———repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (see S. 628), S7702 [5JN]

———treatment of family-owned businesses relative to estate tax (see S. 1086), S11455 [4AU]

———treatment of homemakers' individual retirement accounts (see S. 287), S1618 [26JA]

———treatment of individual retirement accounts (see S. 12), S6278 [8MY]

Television: broadcast of violent programming (see S. 772), S11110 [1AU]

Tobacco products: prohibit regulation of tobacco-sponsored advertising used by professional motor sports associations (see S. 1295), S14710 [29SE]

Transportation: provide off-budget treatment of certain Federal trust funds (see S. 729), S11793 [7AU]

U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child: ratification (see S. Res. 133), S8380 [14JN]

Vietnamese Conflict: recognize with military decorations the meritorious and valorous acts and services of Army personnel in the Pleiku campaign in the Ia Drang Valley (see S. 967), S9097 [26JN]

Wetlands: reform regulatory program (see S. 851), S7497 [25MY]

World War II: tribute to veterans and their families (see S. Res. 115), S6276 [8MY]

Cloture motions

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 1), S2592 [14FE], S2754 [15FE], S2777 [16FE]

Dept. of Defense: making supplemental appropriations and rescissions to enhance military readiness (H.R. 889), S3731 [9MR], S3918 [15MR]

Dept. of State: consolidate foreign affairs agencies (S. 908), S10966 [31JY], S11067 [1AU]

National Highway System: designate (S. 440), S8488 [15JN]

Taxation: extend deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals and repeal nonrecognition of gain on sales and exchanges effectuating policies of the FCC (H.R. 831), conference report, S5029 [3AP]

Letters

GATT implementation relative to generic drugs: C. Everett Koop, S18104 [6DE]

Lists

Studies on welfare and illegitimacy, S13527 [13SE]

Papers

Background on the Impact of GATT Patent Extensions on the Potential Availability of Generic Zantac, S18826 [18DE]

Remarks by, on

Agriculture: deficiency payments relative to weather or certain other conditions, S13913 [20SE]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1976), S13762 [19SE], S13913 [20SE]

Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 115), S17030 [14NO]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 122), S17124 [16NO]

Bosnia and Herzegovina: U.S. military intervention (S. Con. Res. 35), S18502 [13DE]

Budget: balance, S15319 [19OC]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 1), S2387 [9FE]

———deficit, S1490, S1491 [25JA]

———making supplemental appropriations and rescissions (H.R. 1158), S4852, S4854 [30MR], S5055 [3AP]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution, S18927 [19DE]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2491), S17030 [14NO]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1996-2002 (S. Con. Res. 13), S7228 [23MY]

———treatment of Social Security under a constitutional amendment to require balanced, S2387 [9FE]

Committee to Investigate Whitewater Development Corp. and Related Matters (Senate, Special): establish (S. Res. 120), S6774 [17MY]

Corps of Engineers: continued operation and maintenance of Government-owned hopper dredges, S12419 [11AU]

Cuba: strengthen international economic sanctions and support transition to democratically elected government (H.R. 927), S14998 [11OC]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations (S. 1026), S11428 [4AU]

———making supplemental appropriations and rescissions to enhance military readiness (H.R. 889), S3598 [7MR], S3781 [10MR]

———restrictions on military exchange stores, S11428 [4AU]

Dept. of HUD: abolish (S. 435), S2828 [16FE]

———abolish (S. 1145), S12228 [10AU]

———discourage interference with the exercise of the rights of free speech, free association, and the petition of Government for redress of grievances (S. 1132), S12079 [9AU]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State and the Judiciary: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2076), S14603 [29SE]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2099), S14302 [26SE]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2099), conference report, S18642 [14DE]

Drugs: availability of generic Zantac, S18826 [18DE]

Endangered Species Act: application at Fort Bragg, NC, S3598 [7MR]

EPA: implementation of Clean Air Act permits program, S14302 [26SE]

FDA: transportation and categorization of poultry, S13762 [19SE]

Federal-State relations: reduce State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates (S. 1), S1490, S1491 [25JA]

Foster, Henry, Jr.: nomination to be Surgeon General, S8870 [22JN]

Glaxo Wellcome, Inc.: tribute, S18034 [5DE]

Glickman, Dan: nomination to be Sec. of Agriculture, S4840 [30MR]

Government: shutdown relative to budget process, S17030 [14NO], S19270 [22DE]

———status of Federal contractors that hire permanent replacements for striking employees, S3781 [10MR]

———status of Federal contractors that hire permanent replacements for striking employees (S. 603), S5287 [6AP]

Government regulations: reform regulatory process (S. 343), S10137 [17JY]

Greensboro, NC: tribute to Southeast Guilford High School for participation in We the People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution competition, S7401 [24MY]

Housing: modify discrimination prohibitions granted for older persons (H.R. 660), S18067 [6DE]

IMF: prevent creation of an international bailout fund (S. 1222), S12841 [7SE]

Japan: fraud and conspiracy charges against Japanese Daiwa bank, S16648 [3NO]

Kennedy, William H., III: enforce subpoena relative to Senate investigation of Whitewater and Madison Guaranty (S. Res. 199), S18957, S18961 [20DE]

Lakes: treatment of the withdrawal of water from a lake situated between two States (S. 1413), S17092 [15NO]

LSC: funding, S14603 [29SE]

Medicare: reform, S17030 [14NO], S18927 [19DE]

Mexico: economic assistance relative to instability of economy and currency, S4852, S4854 [30MR], S16383 [31OC]

———economic assistance relative to instability of economy and currency (S. Res. 185), S15358 [19OC]

National Highway System: designate (S. 440), S8650, S8651 [20JN]

Public welfare programs: abstinence education funding, S13375 [12SE]

———deny assistance for out-of-wedlock births to minors, S13507, S13508, S13515, S13527, S13528 [13SE], S13562 [14SE]

———reform (H.R. 4), S11782 [7AU], S13370, S13375 [12SE], S13507, S13508, S13515, S13527, S13528 [13SE], S13562, S13563 [14SE], S13774 [19SE]

———reform (S. 834), S7016 [19MY]

———State determination of benefits relative to children born to current welfare recipients, S13370 [12SE]

Roads and highways: maximum speed limit, S8650, S8651 [20JN]

Securities: litigation reform relative to plaintiff control, fraud detection, proportionate liability, and auditing standards (S. 240), S8911 [22JN], S8972 [23JN], S9071 [26JN]

———reform Federal litigation procedures (H.R. 1058), conference report, S17978 [5DE]

———reform Federal litigation procedures (H.R. 1058), veto, S19064 [21DE]

———statute of limitations for litigation reform relative to plaintiff control, fraud detection, proportionate liability, and auditing standards, S9071 [26JN]

States: welfare grant levels relative to out-of-wedlock birth rate, S13563 [14SE]

Taxation: capital gains rates (S. 959), S8954 [22JN]

———rates, S7228 [23MY], S15319 [19OC]

Telecommunications: reform policies regulating competition (S. 652), S7997 [8JN], S8474 [15JN]

Television: allow for competition in the manufacture and distribution of cable boxes, S7997 [8JN]

Votes: correction, S16811 [8NO]

———position on missed, S5077 [3AP], S10563 [24JY]

Schedules

Committee on Finance (Senate): public welfare programs reform, D522 [27AP]

Committee on Governmental Affairs (Senate): consolidating and restructuring the Executive Branch, D629 [18MY]

Tributes

Brown, James L. (Larry), S4208 [21MR]