EXON, J. JAMES (a Senator from Nebraska)

Amendments offered by, to

Appropriations: line-item veto (S. 4), S4259, S4281, S4283, S4284, S4285, S4286, S4288, S4289, S4291 [21MR], S4324, S4351, S4387, S4387 [22MR]

Budget: making supplemental appropriations and rescissions (H.R. 1158), S4784, S4832 [29MR], S4997 [31MR]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 1357), S15868 [26OC]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1996-2002 (S. Con. Res. 13), S7181, S7255, S7257 [23MY], S7344, S7361, S7398 [24MY], S7416, S7418, S7533 [25MY]

Courts: product liability reform (H.R. 956), S5606 [24AP], S5945, S6011 [2MY], S6111 [3MY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations (S. 1026), S11246, S11330 [3AU], S11353, S11422, S11460, S11470 [4AU], S11612, S11613 [5AU], S12294 [10AU], S12533, S12534, S12615 [5SE], S12650, S12737 [6SE]

———making appropriations (S. 1087), S12140, S12297 [10AU]

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

Dept. of Transportation: abolish ICC and assume necessary functions (S. 1396), S17582, S17669 [28NO]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2002), S12060, S12075, S12104, S12105 [9AU]

Federal employees: ensure payment of furloughed employees during Government shutdown (S. 1429), S19011, S19019 [20DE]

Legislative Branch of the Government: application of certain laws (S. 2), S540, S552, S566 [6JA]

National Highway System: designate (S. 440), S8774, S8827 [21JN], S8851, S8853, S8954, S8955 [22JN]

Public welfare programs: reform (H.R. 4), S12411 [11AU], S12898, S12986 [8SE], S13567 [14SE]

Telecommunications: reform policies regulating competition (S. 652), S8090, S8120 [9JN], S8252, S8254, S8268, S8270, S8280, S8281, S8282, S8287 [13JN], S8328, S8355, S8386, S8387, S8388 [14JN]

Analyses

Pipeline Safety Act (S. 836), S7018 [19MY]

Telecommunications Competition and Deregulation Act (S. 652): Exon Amendment Relative to the Transmission of Obscene or Indecent Materials to Minors by Computer, S8091 [9JN]

Appointments

Conferee: H. Con. Res. 67, setting forth the Federal budget for 1996-2002, S7937 [7JN]

———H.R. 956, Product Liability Fairness Act, S17674 [28NO]

———H.R. 1530, Dept. of Defense appropriations, S13138 [8SE]

———H.R. 2491, reconciliation of the concurrent budget resolution, S16991 [13NO]

———H.R. 2539, Interstate Commerce Commission Sunset Act, S18249 [7DE]

———S. 1, Unfunded Mandate Reform Act, S2145 [3FE]

———S. 4, Legislative Line Item Veto Act, S8718 [20JN], S13872 [19SE]

———S. 652, Telecommunications Competition and Deregulation Act, S15152 [13OC]

U.S. Air Force Academy Board of Visitors, S6947 [18MY]

Articles and editorials

Attention Surprises On-Line Runway, Seattle (WA) Times, S8091 [9JN]

Class Conflict in Washington, New York (NY) Times, S15601 [25OC]

GOP's ``Fairness Doctrine,'' U.S. News & World Report (publication), S17084 [15NO]

MADD Founder Faults Drunk-Driving Bill, Paul Hammel, Omaha (NE) World-Herald, S2500 [10FE]

Molesting Children by Computer, Sandy Rovner, Washington (DC) Post, S1953 [1FE]

Money and Mandates, David S. Broder, S936 [13JA]

Nebraska Leads in Drunken Driving Control, Omaha (NE) World-Herald, S2499 [10FE]

No Place For Kids? A Parent's Guide to Sex on the Net, Steven Levy, Newsweek (publication), S9021 [26JN]

Off to a Bad START II—In Both the United States and Russia, Hopes for the Strategic Arms Pact Are Fading, Rodney W. Jones and Yuri K. Nazarkin, Washington (DC) Post, S18857 [19DE]

Panel Seeks Tougher DWI Law, Paul Hammel and Bill Hord, Omaha (NE) World-Herald, S2500 [10FE]

Physicists Say Small Nuclear Tests Backed by Senate Are Unnecessary, R. Jeffrey Smith, Washington (DC) Post, S12200 [10AU]

Police Cruise Information Highway, Omaha (NE) World Herald, S8091 [9JN]

States Fear Mandates, Expert Says, David C. Beeder, Omaha (NE) World-Herald, S1524 [25JA]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see S.J. Res. 14), S732 [10JA]

———inclusion of a directive on the statutory limit on the public debt in any concurrent resolution (see S. 189), S731 [10JA]

Dept. of Defense: educational impact aid determinations (see S. 876), S7615 [26MY]

Dept. of Transportation: abolish ICC and assume necessary functions (see S. 1140), S12079 [9AU]

Employment: prevent discrimination based on participation in labor disputes (see S. 550), S3891 [14MR]

Gonzalez, Luis A. and Virginia Aguilla: relief (see S. 313), S1920 [1FE]

Hazardous substances: require one-call notification system to protect natural gas and hazardous liquid pipelines from excavation damage (see S. 836), S7014 [19MY]

ICC: eliminate and reform certain transportation regulations (H.R. 2539), corrections in enrollment of conference report (see S. Con. Res. 37), S19110 [21DE]

Immigration: prohibit Federal benefits for illegal aliens (see S. 918), S8255 [13JN]

Public broadcasting: regulate programming and improve ability to generate additional funding (see S. 1241), S13620 [14SE]

Railroads: authorizing appropriations for Amtrak and the Local Rail Freight Assistance Program (see S. 674), S5142 [4AP]

Roads and highways: encourage Federal and State traffic safety programs (see S. 387), S2492 [10FE]

Schaffert, Richard W.: relief (see S. 379), S2399 [9FE]

Taxation: treatment of gambling proceeds for nonprofit organizations (see S. 751), S6082 [3MY]

Telecommunications: protection from misuse of telecommunications networks, devices, and facilities (see S. 314), S1920 [1FE]

Television: allow voluntary code of standards and practices for broadcast and cable industry (see S. 1116), S11323 [3AU]

Trucking industry: establish a single trailer length standard (see S. 981), S9305 [28JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Agriculture: establish a marketing loan and environmental quality incentives program for wheat, feed grains, and oilseeds (see S. 1256), S13728 [18SE]

Appropriations: line-item veto (see S. 14), S48 [4JA]

Aviation: essential air service funding (see S. 1399), S16753 [7NO]

Bosnia and Herzegovina: require congressional approval prior to U.S. military intervention (see S.J. Res. 44), S18559 [13DE]

Budget: balance (see S. 9, 519), S47 [4JA], S3744 [9MR]

———congressional enforcement of constitutional amendment to require balanced (see S. 208), S789 [11JA]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced (see S.J. Res. 1), S51 [4JA]

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

CERCLA: clarify liability for certain recycling transactions (see S. 607), S9641 [10JY]

China, Republic of: U.N. membership (see S. Con. Res. 3), S5453 [6AP]

Commission on Concentration in the Livestock Industry: establish (see S. 1340), S15338 [19OC]

Courts: exempt State and local court reporters from certain Federal compensatory time requirements (see S. 190), S1373 [23JA]

———product liability reform (see S. 565), S3964 [15MR]

Dept. of Transportation: abolish ICC and assume necessary functions (see S. 1396), S16657 [3NO]

Elections: constitutional amendment to regulate campaign expenditures and contribution limits (see S.J. Res. 18), S1004 [17JA]

ERISA: clarify treatment of qualified football coaches plans (see S. 1296), S18364 [11DE]

Federal employees: ensure payment of furloughed employees during Government shutdown (see S. 1429), S17666 [28NO]

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

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

France: actions relative to moratorium on testing of nuclear weapons (see S. Res. 149), S11455 [4AU]

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

Hazardous substances: require one-call notification system to protect natural gas and hazardous liquid pipelines from excavation damage (see S. 164), S480 [5JA]

Health: obstetrician-gynecologist services relative to Federal health care laws (see S. Res. 85), S5231 [5AP]

IRS: safeguard taxpayer rights (see S. 258), S1369 [23JA]

Medicare: positron emission tomography (see S. 1181), S16756 [7NO]

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

National Highway System: designate (see S. 440), S5231 [5AP]

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

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

Public welfare programs: reform (see S. 209), S901 [12JA]

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

Reischauer, Robert D.: tribute (see S. Res. 81), S3221 [27FE]

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]

Small business: increase deductions for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see S. 111), S740 [10JA]

Taxation: allocation of alcohol fuels credit to patrons of ethanol-producing cooperatives (see S. 1248), S15687 [25OC]

———deductibility of business meal expenses for individuals who are subject to Federal limitations on hours of service (see S. 434), S3064 [23FE]

———deductions for business use of the home (see S. 327), S1920 [1FE]

———simplify the assessment and collection of excise taxes on arrows (see S. 815), S8712 [20JN]

———special estate tax valuation relative to cash rentals of farmland (see S. 105), S1789 [30JA]

———treatment of certain income received by a cooperative telephone company (see S. 112), S1789 [30JA]

———treatment of family-owned businesses relative to estate tax (see S. 1086), S12967 [8SE]

———treatment of income crop insurance proceeds and disaster payments (see S. 110), S1789 [30JA]

Television: broadcast of violent programming (see S. 772), S6465 [10MY]

Weapons: eliminate use of antipersonnel landmines (see S. 940), S8550 [16JN]

World War II: burial and funeral benefits for merchant marine veterans (see S. 254), S1789 [30JA]

———tribute to veterans and their families (see S. Res. 115), S6276 [8MY]

Cloture motions

Foster, Henry, Jr.: nomination to be Surgeon General, S8679 [20JN], S8745 [21JN], S8875 [22JN]

Telecommunications: reform policies regulating competition (S. 652), S8176 [12JN], S8310 [14JN]

Cost Estimates

Reconciliation of the concurrent budget resolution (H.R. 2491): CBO, S17261-S17271 [17NO]

Documents

Restrict Transmission of Obscene or Indecent Material to Minors by Computer, S8344 [14JN]

Excerpts

Budget Act: tax title, S17271 [17NO]

Concurrent budget resolution: 1996-2002, S17260 [17NO]

Factsheets

Across-the-Board Spending Cuts Required To Achieve Balanced Budget in 2002, S1840 [31JA]

Letters

Budget reconciliation: June E. O'Neill, CBO, S15601 [25OC], S17260 [17NO]

Hydronuclear testing program funding: Hazel R. O'Leary, Sec. of Energy, S11368 [4AU]

———William J. Perry, Sec. of Defense, S11368 [4AU]

Medicare reform: Harlan M. Heald, Nebraska Association of Hospitals and Health Systems, S6904 [18MY], S7007 [19MY]

Restrict transmission of obscene or indecent material to minors by computer: Brian C. Lopina, Christian Coalition, S8337 [14JN]

———Bruce A. Taylor, National Law Center for Children & Families, S9773-S9775 [12JY]

———Deen Kaplan, National Coalition for the Protection of Children & Families, S8337 [14JN]

———Gary L. Bauer, Family Research Council, S8338 [14JN]

———R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, S8337 [14JN]

———Tom Osborne, University of Nebraska, S8344 [14JN]

Treatment of the disabled relative to unfunded Federal mandates reform: Kathy Swendiman and Nancy L. Jones, Congressional Research Service, S3888 [14MR]

Memorandums

Restrict Transmission of Obscene or Indecent Material to Minors by Computer: Bruce A. Taylor, National Law Center for Children & Families, S9770-S9773 [12JY]

Motions offered by

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 1), S2617 [14FE]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 1357), S15782, S15828, S15831 [26OC], S15981, S15986, S15997, S16009, S16013, S16015, S16025, S16026, S16029, S16031, S16033, S16037 [27OC]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1996-2002 (S. Con. Res. 13), S7101 [22MY], S7334 [24MY]

Pamphlets

How a Federal Balanced Budget Amendment Would Affect Nebraska's Economy: Coalition for Budget Integrity, S1839 [31JA]

Press releases

Restrict Transmission of Obscene or Indecent Material to Minors by Computer: National Law Center for Children and Families, S8338 [14JN]

———``Enough is Enough''(organization), S8339 [14JN]

Remarks by, on

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 1833), S16781, S16782 [8NO]

Agricultural Research Service: National Swine Research Center funding, S7424 [25MY]

Agriculture: price supports, S15782 [26OC]

———price supports for sugar, S17426, S17427 [18NO]

Air Force Reserve: civilian manpower funding, S12535 [5SE]

Appropriations: line-item veto relative to tax expenditures, S4339 [22MR]

———line-item veto (S. 4), S4231, S4242, S4244, S4245, S4256, S4258, S4259 [21MR], S4305, S4309, S4310, S4324, S4326, S4331, S4332, S4339, S4342, S4350, S4357, S4358 [22MR], S4410, S4411, S4421, S4422, S4425, S4428, S4429, S4434, S4455, S4458, S4464 [23MR]

———making continuing, S18717 [15DE]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 122), S17084 [15NO], S17104, S17105, S17113, S17119, S17123, S17124, S17128, S17172, S17173, S17176 [16NO], S17490 [19NO]

———require separate enrollment of tax expenditures and spending items in revenue and appropriations legislation, S4331, S4332 [22MR]

———status of legislation for unfunded agencies, S18931, S18932 [19DE]

Armed Forces: procedures for determining status of certain missing members, S12546 [5SE]

Army: procurement of communications equipment for the echelons above corps, S12545 [5SE]

Bosnia and Herzegovina: lift U.S. arms embargo (S. 21), S10181 [18JY], S10294 [19JY], S10616, S10617, S10618 [25JY]

———U.S. military intervention, S10181 [18JY], S14637 [29SE]

———U.S. military intervention (S. Con. Res. 35), S18471 [13DE]

Budget: balance, S16730 [7NO], S17172, S17173 [16NO]

———balance (S. 9), S23 [4JA]

———balance (S. 519), S3695 [9MR]

———congressional enforcement of constitutional amendment to require balanced, S540, S546, S548, S549, S550, S551, S552, S554, S555, S556 [6JA]

———consideration of budget authority rescission proposals (S. 14), S692 [10JA]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 1), S1523 [25JA], S1838, S1839 [31JA], S2310, S2311 [8FE], S3234, S3300 [28FE], S3458 [3MR], S3644 [8MR]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced (S.J. Res. 14), S739 [10JA]

———deficit, S4785, S4786 [29MR], S15660 [25OC]

———deficit reduction versus tax cuts, S4256 [21MR], S4310, S4358 [22MR], S4455, S4458 [23MR]

———Federal funding for research, technology, export promotion and trade law enforcement, S7360 [24MY]

———funding of labor programs relative to tax deductions, S7443 [25MY]

———inclusion of a directive on the statutory limit on the public debt in any concurrent resolution (S. 189), S737 [10JA]

———interchangeable defense and non-defense funding, S7424 [25MY]

———making supplemental appropriations and rescissions (H.R. 1158), S4785, S4786, S4802 [29MR], S5104, S5112, S5113 [4AP]

———modify the definition of targeted tax benefit, S4305, S4309, S4324 [22MR]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution, S18717 [15DE], S18931, S18932 [19DE]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2491), S17084 [15NO]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2491), conference report, S17229, S17236, S17259, S17260, S17271, S17279, S17299, S17315, S17316, S17327 [17NO], S17431 [18NO], S17490 [19NO]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 1357), S15599, S15600, S15601, S15616, S15652, S15654, S15660 [25OC], S15733, S15748, S15751, S15782, S15795, S15797, S15802, S15811, S15818, S15827, S15828, S15831, S15834 [26OC], S15980, S15988, S15990, S16005, S16009, S16010, S16015, S16020, S16026, S16027, S16030, S16032, S16036, S16038, S16049, S16050, S16096 [27OC]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 1357), motion to commit, S15651 [25OC]

———reduction of defense expenditures and application of savings to deficit, S7436 [25MY]

———reduction of low-priority domestic discretionary spending and application of savings to the NIH, S7440 [25MY]

———reduction of tax cut and application of savings to Federal aid programs, S7181, S7182, S7183, S7184 [23MY]

———reduction of tax cut and application of savings to medicare and medicaid, S7043, S7046, S7051, S7056, S7057, S7058, S7061 [22MY]

———reduction of tax cut and application of savings to public welfare programs, S7353 [24MY]

———reduction of tax expenditures and application of savings to the deficit, S7439 [25MY]

———reduction of tax expenditures and application of savings to veterans programs, S7436 [25MY]

———scoring of revenue derived from the sale of Federal assets, S7223, S7224 [23MY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1996-2002 (H. Con. Res. 67), conference report, S9238 [28JN], S9347, S9348, S9373, S9374, S9390, S9403, S9406, S9407, S9410 [29JN]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1996-2002 (S. Con. Res. 13), S6857, S6864, S6867, S6886, S6887, S6895, S6904 [18MY], S6952, S6954, S7005, S7006, S7023 [19MY], S7043, S7046, S7051, S7056, S7057, S7058, S7061 [22MY], S7137, S7161, S7163, S7165, S7177, S7179, S7181, S7182, S7183, S7184, S7206, S7214, S7217, S7220, S7223, S7224 [23MY], S7286, S7296, S7315, S7317, S7322, S7333, S7334, S7335, S7345, S7346, S7350, S7352, S7353, S7360, S7361, S7363, S7396, S7397 [24MY], S7408, S7409, S7410, S7411, S7412, S7417, S7418, S7419, S7423, S7424, S7425, S7426, S7427, S7433, S7436, S7439, S7440, S7442, S7443, S7445, S7456 [25MY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1996-2002 (S. Con. Res. 13), motion to recommit, S7435 [25MY]

———treatment of Social Security under a constitutional amendment to require balanced, S1586, S1587 [26JA], S2310, S2311 [8FE], S3458 [3MR]

———use CBO economic assumptions to achieve a balanced Federal budget (H.J. Res. 132), S18910 [19DE], S19026, S19028, S19031 [21DE]

Business and industry: eliminate corporate welfare in Federal programs, S15802 [26OC]

———tax deductibility of compensation paid to employees relative to Social Security earnings penalty, S15795 [26OC]

Computers: restrict transmission of obscene or indecent material to minors by computer, S8087 [9JN], S8329, S8337, S8339, S8344, S8345 [14JN], S9775 [12JY]

———restrict transmission of obscene or indecent material to minors by computer (S. 892), S9021, S9022 [26JN]

Congress: limit consideration of nonemergency matters in emergency legislation, S4326 [22MR]

Courts: application of product liability reform to certain actions brought in a Federal court, S6050 [3MY]

———judicial review of line-item veto authority, S4244 [21MR]

———limitations on punitive damage awards, S6039 [3MY]

———product liability reform (H.R. 956), S6039, S6050 [3MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: funding for agriculture and nutrition programs, S7345 [24MY]

Dept. of Defense: allied burden sharing for maintenance and operation of military personnel and installations in foreign countries, S11409 [4AU]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1530), conference report, S18856, S18857 [19DE]

———authorizing appropriations (S. 1026), S11151, S11152 [2AU], S11227, S11238, S11240, S11258, S11260, S11274 [3AU], S11354, S11355, S11357, S11358, S11364, S11365, S11368, S11369, S11372, S11376, S11402, S11409 [4AU], S12064, S12065, S12066 [9AU], S12532, S12533, S12534, S12535, S12536, S12537, S12538, S12539, S12540, S12541, S12542, S12543, S12544, S12545, S12546 [5SE]

———Civil Air Patrol funding, S12534, S12535 [5SE]

———depressed altitude guide gun round system funding, S12537 [5SE]

———detailed funding requests for the National Guard and Reserves equipment and construction projects, S12542 [5SE]

———domestic violence services, S12539 [5SE]

———educational impact aid determinations (S. 876), S7627 [26MY]

———environmental cleanup of communities near chemical weapons stockpile installations, S12540 [5SE]

———funding, S7424 [25MY]

———funding for the medium extended air defense system program, S11151, S11152 [2AU]

———helicopter engine upgrades, S12537 [5SE]

———LHD-7 amphibious assault ship funding, S12143 [10AU]

———making appropriations (S. 1087), S12143, S12199 [10AU]

———making supplemental appropriations and rescissions to enhance military readiness (H.R. 889), S4019 [16MR]

———national missile defense funding, S11151, S11152 [2AU], S11238 [3AU]

———negotiation of interim leases of base property approved for closure or realignment, S12543 [5SE]

———privatize certain military aircraft functions, S12539 [5SE]

———reduce size of operational support aircraft fleet, S12544 [5SE]

———Special Operations Command funding, S12536 [5SE]

———test equipment acquisition funding, S12537, S12538 [5SE]

Dept. of Energy: hydronuclear testing program funding, S11354, S11355, S11357, S11358, S11364, S11365, S11368, S11369, S11376 [4AU], S12533 [5SE]

———nuclear weapons stockpile stewardship, S11355, S11357, S11358, S11364, S11365, S11368, S11369 [4AU]

Dept. of Transportation: abolish ICC and assume necessary functions (S. 1140), S12094 [9AU]

———abolish ICC and assume necessary functions (S. 1396), S17581, S17583, S17584, S17602 [28NO]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2002), S12058, S12060, S12070 [9AU]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State and the Judiciary: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2076), S14637 [29SE]

Education: funding for Pell Grant Program relative to corporate taxation, S7427 [25MY]

———national system funding relative to corporate taxation, S7426 [25MY]

———student loan programs, S7214 [23MY], S7286, S7361 [24MY], S7423 [25MY], S15748 [26OC]

Elections: public financing and spending limits on Presidential campaigns, S7346 [24MY]

Employment: prevent discrimination based on participation in labor disputes (S. 550), S3892 [14MR]

———require welfare recipients to work, S11825 [8AU]

FAA: transfer air traffic services to separate corporate entity, S7456 [25MY]

Family and domestic relations: child support enforcement fees for non-assistance families, S16005 [27OC]

Federal employees: reduction of work force, S7137 [23MY]

Federal Maritime Commission: transfer responsibilities to a new board, S19074 [21DE]

Federal Power Marketing Administration: privatization, S6023 [3MY], S7417 [25MY]

Federal-State relations: committee jurisdiction relative to unfunded Federal mandates, S988, S991, S992, S993, S994, S995, S996, S997 [17JA]

———reduce State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates (S. 1), S860 [12JA], S935, S936 [13JA], S988, S991, S992, S993, S994, S995, S996, S997 [17JA], S1523 [25JA], S1586, S1587 [26JA], S1644 [27JA]

———reduce State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates (S. 1), conference report, S3859, S3887, S3888 [14MR]

———treatment of the disabled relative to unfunded Federal mandates reform, S3887, S3888 [14MR]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 1868), S13947, S13948 [20SE]

Foreign trade: U.S. cargo preference policy, S12541 [5SE]

Fort Holabird, MD: disposal of surplus property from former base, S12540 [5SE]

Fort Ord, CA: convey certain real property to Seaside, CA, S12541 [5SE]

Fort Sheridan, IL: conveyance of certain property, S12546 [5SE]

Foster, Henry, Jr.: nomination to be Surgeon General, S8729 [21JN]

Glickman, Dan: nomination to be Sec. of Agriculture, S4801 [29MR]

Government: reform disclosure of lobbying activities to influence the Federal Government (S. 1060), S10558, S10559 [24JY]

———shutdown relative to budget process, S17084 [15NO], S17426, S17463 [18NO]

———status of Federal contractors that hire permanent replacements for striking employees, S3819-S3821 [10MR]

Government regulations: reform regulatory process (S. 343), S10402 [20JY]

Harris, Nancy: privilege of the floor, S6854 [18MY]

Hazardous substances: require one-call notification system to protect natural gas and hazardous liquid pipelines from excavation damage (S. 836), S7017 [19MY]

Health: funding for research on brain diseases and disorders, S7220 [23MY]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, S7411 [25MY]

ICC: eliminate and reform certain transportation regulations (H.R. 2539), conference report, S19074 [21DE]

———eliminate and reform certain transportation regulations (S. 1396), S17596 [28NO]

Immigration: prohibit Federal benefits for illegal aliens, S8129 [12JN], S12898 [8SE], S13567, S13568 [14SE]

———prohibit Federal benefits for illegal aliens (S. 918), S8256 [13JN]

Law enforcement: investigation of Federal law enforcement actions at Ruby Ridge, ID, S9985 [14JY]

Legislative Branch of the Government: application of certain laws (S. 2), S539, S540, S546, S548, S549, S550, S551, S552, S554, S555, S556 [6JA]

Legislative branch of the Government: making appropriations (H.R. 1854), S10401 [20JY]

Local Rail Freight Assistance Program: funding, S12070 [9AU]

Medicaid: Federal funding of abortions, S4961 [31MR]

———reform, S15654 [25OC], S15733 [26OC]

Medicare: combat waste, fraud and abuse, S15797 [26OC]

———reform, S7005, S7006 [19MY], S7043 [22MY], S7425, S7432, S7442 [25MY], S15651, S15654 [25OC], S17176 [16NO]

NASA: National Wind Tunnel Complex funding, S4019 [16MR]

National forests: renewal process for livestock grazing leases, S4802 [29MR]

National Highway System: designate (S. 440), S8852, S8853 [22JN]

National Maritime Center, Norfolk, VA: designate, S12541 [5SE]

NIH: funding, S7296 [24MY]

Nuclear weapons: seismic monitoring capability, S12536 [5SE]

Packwood, Senator: Committee on Ethics (Senate, Select) hearings on alleged misconduct, S11173 [2AU]

Pakistan: clarify restrictions on assistance, S13947, S13948 [20SE]

Parliamentary inquiry, S12898 [8SE]

Point of order, S15828 [26OC], S16003, S16015, S16027 [27OC], S17315 [17NO]

Public broadcasting: regulate programming and improve ability to generate additional funding (S. 1241), S13620 [14SE]

Public debt: line-item veto rescission authority relative to deficit reduction, S4259 [21MR]

Public welfare programs: reform, S8129 [12JN], S16050 [27OC]

———reform (H.R. 4), S11711, S11712 [5AU], S11824, S11825 [8AU], S12895, S12898 [8SE], S13567, S13568 [14SE]

Railroads: authorizing appropriations for Amtrak and the Local Rail Freight Assistance Program (S. 674), S5154 [4AP]

———establish competition standards relative to mergers, S17596 [28NO]

———improve safety at grade crossings, S8852 [22JN]

Roads and highways: encourage Federal and State traffic safety programs (S. 387), S2496, S2501 [10FE]

———limitations on truck length, S8853 [22JN]

Rural areas: Federal farm and health policies, S15782 [26OC]

Safe Drinking Water Act: amend (S. 1316), S17753 [29NO]

Senate: legislative program, S4324 [22MR], S7136 [22MY], S7609 [26MY], S8060 [9JN], S15986, S15987 [27OC], S17227 [17NO], S18931 [19DE], S19021 [20DE]

START II Treaty: ratification, S18857 [19DE]

Taxation: identifying and controlling tax expenditures, S7430 [25MY]

———rates, S7161, S7163, S7165, S7177, S7179, S7206 [23MY], S7433, S7442 [25MY], S15751 [26OC], S16015 [27OC], S17173, S17176 [16NO]

———treatment of gambling proceeds for nonprofit organizations (S. 751), S6091 [3MY]

Telecommunications: application of antitrust laws relative to Bell Telephone Cos.' entrance into the long distance and manufacturing markets, S8150 [12JN]

———grants for common carrier licenses to foreign entities, S8252, S8254 [13JN]

———protection from misuse of telecommunications networks, devices, and facilities (S. 314), S1953 [1FE]

———reform policies regulating competition (S. 652), S8087, S8093, S8095 [9JN], S8130, S8150 [12JN], S8252, S8254 [13JN], S8329, S8337, S8339, S8344, S8345 [14JN], S8435, S8436, S8440, S8441, S8442, S8457 [15JN], S9775 [12JY]

Television: allow voluntary code of standards and practices for broadcast and cable industry (S. 1116), S11324 [3AU]

———cable rate reform, S8435, S8436 [15JN]

———volume discounts for cable operators, S8440, S8441, S8442 [15JN]

Terrorism: improve U.S. ability to respond to terrorist threats (S. 735), S7677 [5JN]

Treaties and agreements: Antiballistic Missile Treaty, S11258, S11260, S11274 [3AU], S18857 [19DE]

Trucking industry: cargo liability system reform, S19074 [21DE]

———establish a single trailer length standard (S. 981), S9308 [28JN]

Remarks in Senate relative to

Tribute, S4322 [22MR], S4602 [24MR], S16359 [31OC], S19029 [21DE]

Reports

Economic and Budget Outlook for Fiscal Years 1996-2000: CBO, S541-S545 [6JA]

Nuclear Testing, S11368 [4AU]

Schedules

Committee on Rules and Administration (Senate): committee budget requests, D52 [18JA]

Tables

Budget reconciliation: impact of tax breaks, S17271-S17279 [17NO]

———possible extraneous provisions, S17299-S17301, S17315 [17NO]

Texts of

S. 387, High-Risk Drivers Act, S2497-S2499 [10FE]

S. 550, prevent discrimination based on participation in labor disputes, S3893 [14MR]

S. 836, Pipeline Safety Act, S7018 [19MY]

S. 918, Illegal Alien Benefits Prohibition Act, S8256 [13JN]

S. 1241, Public Broadcasting Financial Independence and Family Viewing Act, S13621 [14SE]

Tributes

Halverson, Richard C., S18678 [15DE]

Heflin, Senator, S4778 [29MR]

Pell, Senator, S12556 [5SE]

Rabin, Yitzhak, S16729 [7NO]