STATES related term(s) Federal Aid Programs; National Guard

Addresses

Agenda for Growth—NYNEX Conference on the Future of the New York State Economy: John Brademas, S4834-S4836 [29MR]

Designing To Meet the Needs of the Future: Roger Mandle, S17856-S17858 [30NO]

School-To-Work—A Larger Vision: Samuel Halperin, S5542-S5545 [7AP]

Amendments

Courts: exempt State and local court reporters from certain Federal compensatory time requirements (H.R. 1225), H8123 [1AU]

———State referendum challenges (H.R. 1170), H9619, H9626 [28SE]

Crime: mandatory victim restitution (H.R. 665), S19264 [22DE], H1282 [6FE], H1312, H1313 [7FE]

Federal-State relations: reduce State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates (H.R. 5), H297 [17JA], H325, H326, H328 [18JA], H400, H401, H402, H403, H404, H405, H406, H407 [19JA], H417, H421, H422, H436, H468, H469, H470 [20JA], H499, H509, H513, H517, H525, H538 [23JA], H557, H563, H570, H579, H593 [24JA], H803 [26JA], H812, H824, H829, H840 [27JA], H857, H859, H861, H862, H863, H865, H867, H869, H871, H873, H875, H877, H879, H890 [30JA], H907, H910, H912, H913, H914, H915, H916, H917, H922, H923, H924, H925, H930, H932, H933, H936, H937, H938, H940, H941, H942, H943, H944, H947, H949 [31JA], H980, H982, H986, H988, H992 [1FE]

———reduce State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates (S. 1), S938, S940, S954 [13JA], S1026, S1029, S1039, S1047, S1049, S1059, S1061, S1063, S1097, S1098, S1099, S1102, S1103, S1104, S1105, S1106, S1107, S1108, S1111, S1114, S1115, S1116, S1117, S1122, S1123, S1124 [18JA], S1160, S1181, S1187, S1189, S1194, S1238, S1239, S1240, S1241 [19JA], S1306, S1315, S1316, S1329, S1333, S1334, S1335, S1336, S1337, S1338, S1340, S1344, S1345, S1346, S1353, S1354, S1356, S1374, S1377, S1378, S1379, S1380, S1383, S1384 [23JA], S1398, S1400, S1402, S1407, S1408, S1409, S1410, S1411, S1417, S1418, S1419, S1458, S1459, S1463, S1467, S1468, S1471, S1472 [24JA], S1503, S1518, S1527, S1531, S1535 [25JA], S1558, S1568, S1571, S1582, S1591, S1601, S1605, S1606, S1607, S1609, S1614, S1631, S1632 [26JA], S1720 [27JA]

Hazardous substances: nuclear waste disposal (H.R. 1020), H14239, H14240 [7DE], H14311, H14315 [12DE], H14927 [14DE]

Law enforcement: provide block grants (H.R. 728), H1373 [7FE], H1465 [8FE], H1612, H1613, H1614 [10FE], H1641, H1647, H1648, H1649, H1652, H1656, H1657, H1659, H1664, H1667, H1671, H1690 [13FE], H1701, H1702, H1723, H1733, H1734, H1736, H1740 [14FE], E358, E371, E375 [16FE]

Medicare: permit select policies to be offered in all States (H.R. 483), S6795 [17MY], S6930 [18MY], H4386, H4387 [6AP]

Solid waste: State control over transportation of municipal solid waste (S. 534), S6414, S6432, S6435, S6443, S6448, S6449, S6465, S6466 [10MY], S6477, S6478, S6479, S6482, S6483, S6489, S6492, S6500, S6502, S6538, S6539, S6540, S6541, S6542, S6543, S6544, S6545, S6547, S6548, S6549, S6550, S6551, S6552, S6553, S6563, S6564, S6565 [11MY], S6577, S6583, S6586, S6592, S6594, S6595, S6604, S6611, S6640, S6641, S6642 [12MY], S6703, S6709, S6714, S6752, S6754 [16MY]

Analyses

Constitutional Amendment To Bar Unfunded Federal Mandates (S.J. Res. 9), S416 [4JA]

Local Empowerment and Flexibility Act (S. 88), S314 [4JA]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 483, permit medicare select policies to be offered in all States, H5586 [25MY]

———S. 1, Unfunded Mandate Reform Act, S2145 [3FE], H1012 [1FE]

Articles and editorials

Betting on a Loser, S16677 [3NO]

Billboard Blight, S17206 [17NO]

Block Grants for Crime?, H1744 [14FE]

Clocking the 55 MPH Debate, S8649 [20JN]

Congress May Ask Historic Gamble by States, S3180 [27FE]

Crime Prevention That Works, E436 [24FE]

Dead Broke, H13936 [5DE]

Deregulating Towing Has Left Public on Hook, S16427 [31OC]

Don't Cut COPS FAST Grants, E413 [23FE]

Federal Challenge for Local Ingenuity, S15035 [11OC]

$4 Million a Year To Rearm Felons, S10571 [24JY]

Friendless, Foundlings, and Homeless Half-Orphans, S12813-S12818 [7SE]

Funding Education Rewards the Entire State in the Long Run, E509 [3MR]

GOP Gears Up To Grapple With Medicaid—States Could Design Own Programs, S15725 [26OC]

Governor Says He's Worried State May Be Too Dependent on Gambling, S17187 [16NO]

Governors Bite Helping Hand in Mandates Fight—Federal Payments, Breaks on Taxes Subsidize States, E183 [26JA]

How States Handle Debt May Not Work for Nation—Staying in Balance Requires Some Juggling, S3280 [28FE]

Inside the Revolution—Moderate's Dilemma—Food Program Defender Becomes Dismantler, S5101-S5103 [4AP]

Local Government Law Enforcement Block Grants Act, E413 [23FE]

MADD Founder Faults Drunk-Driving Bill, S2500 [10FE]

Mall Reminds Pressler of South Dakota, S14400 [27SE]

Math of a Class-Action Suit—`Winning' $2.19 Costs $91.33, S19252 [22DE]

Money and Mandates, S936 [13JA]

Montana Mean Time, S6223 [5MY]

More on the Mandates Issue, S963, S969 [17JA]

More Police or More Choices, H14099 [6DE]

Myth About Public Servants, E1361 [29JN]

Nebraska Leads in Drunken Driving Control, S2499 [10FE]

No Easy Answers—Issues Around Unfunded Mandates Not So Simple, H514 [23JA]

No False Promises in House Crime Plan, E414 [23FE]

Odds Against Controlling Gambling Fever in Illinois, S3760 [9MR]

Odds Aren't Worth It, S17871 [30NO]

Out of Prison and Armed Again, S10571 [24JY]

Panel Seeks Tougher DWI Law, S2500 [10FE]

Race to the Bottom, S16847 [9NO]

Rep. Hogancamp Resolved, Upbeat Since Last Brutal Brush With Death, S3291 [28FE]

States Fear Mandates, Expert Says, S1524 [25JA]

States Know What's Best, S8669 [20JN]

They Play To Lose—Compulsive Gambling Is a Disease That Gradually Overwhelms One's Life, Ruth Beker Writes, S13134 [8SE]

Unfunded Mandates Top Cities' List of Problems—Officials Surveyed Also Cite Crime, Violence, H372 [19JA]

Unlocking the Mandate Trap, S1671 [27JA]

Way Out of the Welfare Bind, S13327 [12SE], S13482 [13SE]

What's the Rush on Mandates?, S1045 [18JA]

When Gambling Comes to Town, S521 [5JA]

Why Do We Still Have To Drive 55?, S8649 [20JN]

Working While on Welfare, S13507 [13SE]

Bills and resolutions

AFDC: provide grants for demonstration projects to coordinate the administration of services to needy families with children (see H.R. 710), H802 [26JA]

———replace the Job Opportunities Basic Skills Training Program with self-sufficiency programs (see H.R. 865), H1460 [8FE]

———replace with State block grant programs (see S. 842; H.R. 513), S7244 [23MY], H242 [13JA]

Agriculture: consolidate grants for State rural development programs (see H.R. 2590), H11829 [7NO]

———poultry labeling regulations (see H.R. 2672), H13658 [20NO]

———provide incentives for the maintenance of farmland in production capacity (see H.R. 2429), H9737 [29SE]

Air pollution: conduct study of certain cross-border sources (see H.R. 2637), H12505 [15NO]

———deadline extension for certain sanctions and reclassification of carbon monoxide nonattainment areas (see S. 1021; H.R. 1255), S9717 [11JY], H3276 [15MR]

———impose moratorium on sanctions under the Clean Air Act provisions on marginal and moderate ozone nonattainment areas (see H.R. 1602), H4795 [10MY]

———reclassification of downwind nonattainment areas (see H.R. 1582), H4618 [9MY]

Armed Forces: assist INS and Customs Service personnel in performing border protection functions (see H.R. 1224), H3155 [14MR]

———organization and management of reserve components (see H.R. 1646), H5071 [16MY]

Aviation: remove air carrier departure and destination restrictions on Dallas Love Field Airport (see S. 322; H.R. 774), S1920 [1FE], H1050 [1FE]

Bankruptcy: limit the value of real and personal property that debtors may exempt under State and local law (see S. 769), S6337 [9MY]

BLM: transfer control and administration of Federal lands to the States (see S. 1031; H.R. 2032), S9997 [14JY], H7011 [13JY]

Capital punishment: establish penalty relative to murders of State and local correctional officers by prisoners (see H.R. 154), H167 [9JA]

CBO: require analysis of bills to determine impact of any Federal mandates (see S. 13), S48 [4JA]

CERCLA: abatement and liability of hazardous substances relative to State and Federal solid waste disposal laws (see H.R. 521), H242 [13JA]

———liability restrictions for generation or transportation of solid waste (see H.R. 854, 855), H1371 [7FE]

Children and youth: child welfare services relative to foster care (see H.R. 586), H399 [19JA]

———treatment of abandoned infants relative to foster care (see H.R. 1044), H2223 [24FE]

Civil defense: public safety officer death benefits eligibility for certain civil defense and FEMA employees (see S. 791), S6513 [11MY]

Civil Rights Act: availability of information on reproductive health services at federally or State funded family planning clinics (see H.R. 641), H537 [23JA]

Clean Air Act: State implementation plans (see H.R. 304), H172 [9JA]

Colleges and universities: eliminate segregationist language from certain laws relative to funding of State universities (see H.R. 2730), H14172 [6DE]

Community service: redefine block grant eligible entities (see H.R. 2460), H9897 [11OC]

Conference of the States: convene to consider a balanced budget constitutional amendment (see S. Res. 82), S3390 [2MR]

Consumers: credit card fees (see H.R. 1169), H2891 [8MR]

Correctional institutions: improvement of secure facilities for violent and chronic juvenile offenders (see S. 724), S5664 [25AP]

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

Courts: allow probation and pretrial services officers to carry firearms (see S. 1474), S18559 [13DE]

———development of alternative dispute resolutions systems for medical malpractice claims and federally mandated liability reform (see S. 11), S48 [4JA]

———exempt State and local court reporters from certain Federal compensatory time requirements (see S. 190; H.R. 1225), S732 [10JA], H3155 [14MR]

———judicial remedies regarding prison conditions (see S. 400, 1275, 1279; S. 2488), S2647 [14FE], S14312 [26SE], S14408 [27SE], H10146 [17OC]

———limit the award of liquidated damages to employees of States and political subdivisions (see H.R. 1505), H4431 [7AP]

———promote equity and fairness in lawsuits brought against State and local law enforcement officers (see H.R. 1446), H4414 [6AP]

———provide notification of class action lawsuit certification or settlement to the Dept. of Justice and State attorneys general (see S. 1501), S19250 [22DE]

———require analysis of bills to determine impact of any Federal mandates (see S. 250), S1207 [19JA]

———residency requirement quotas for judges in each Federal judicial circuit Court of Appeals (see S. 1320), S15166 [13OC]

———State referendum challenges (see H.R. 1170), H2892 [8MR]

———State referendum challenges (H.R. 1170), consideration (see H. Res. 227), H9451 [21SE]

Crime: appropriate two percent of Federal individual income tax revenues to the States to fight crime (see H.R. 90), H166 [9JA]

———evaluate and consolidate Federal juvenile crime prevention programs (see S. 1036), S9998 [14JY]

———Federal reimbursement to State and local governments for the cost of incarcerating aliens (see H.R. 205), H169 [9JA]

———improve national crime database and hold States liable for early release of violent criminals (see S. 1427), S17666 [28NO]

———increase juvenile criminal penalties and improve youth correctional facilities (see H.R. 600), H467 [20JA]

———limit certain funds to States that do not require testing for presence of AIDS in certain cases of assault (see H.R. 2791), H14963 [15DE]

———mandatory victim restitution (see S. 1404, 1503, 1504), S16821 [8NO], S19250 [22DE]

———mandatory victim restitution (H.R. 665), consideration (see H. Res. 60), H1280 [6FE]

———reform juvenile justice system (see S. 1245), S13656 [15SE]

———require States to address the problem of violent crimes committed by repeat offenders (see H. Con. Res. 105), H9738 [29SE]

———restitution for victims (see S. 1211), S12716 [6SE]

Dams: delegation of dam safety authority to State governments (see H.R. 2302), H8805 [12SE]

Dept. of Agriculture: equity in State and Federal make allowances for dairy products (see S. 659), S4993 [31MR]

Dept. of Defense: conversion of certain military installations into correctional facilities for youthful offenders (see H.R. 472), H229 [11JA]

Dept. of Education: abolish (see H.R. 1883), H6082 [16JN]

Dept. of HHS: grants to States to develop kinship care programs (see S. 1201), S12715 [6SE]

Dept. of Labor: consultation with State officials by employers relative to compliance with occupational safety and health requirements (see H.R. 1433), H4413 [6AP]

Dept. of the Interior: allow State employees to perform certain work during a Federal Government shutdown (H.R. 2677), consideration (see H. Res. 323), H15574 [21DE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: limit per diem payments to State veterans homes (see H.R. 2112), H7699 [25JY]

Disasters: clarify primary responsibility of States for disaster relief, establish private corporations to insure against risks and costs, and provide for reimbursable Federal assistance activities (see H.R. 824; H. Con. Res. 39), H1207 [3FE], H3156 [14MR]

———establish a Federal insurance program for catastrophic earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and hurricanes (see H.R. 1731), H5608 [25MY]

———repayment of emergency assistance loans (see H.R. 1413), H4335 [5AP]

District of Columbia: retrocession to Maryland (see H.R. 1028), H2176 [23FE]

———statehood (see H.R. 51), H164 [9JA]

Drunken driving: reporting of blood alcohol levels exceeding State permissible levels after vehicular accidents (see H.R. 1982), H6697 [30JN]

———strengthen Federal prevention laws (see H.R. 588), H399 [19JA]

Ecology and environment: establish revolving loan funds for cleanup of distressed areas with investment potential (see H.R. 1620), H4873 [11MY]

———funding to States to implement national estuary conservation and management plans (see H.R. 1438, 1917), H4414 [6AP], H6269 [22JN]

———provide assistance to rural and disadvantaged communities under the State water pollution control revolving loan program (see H.R. 692), H801 [26JA]

———State certification of voluntary cleanup programs for low and medium priority sites (see H.R. 1621), H4873 [11MY]

Economy: national objectives priority assignments (see H.R. 9), H161 [9JA]

Education: abolish the National Education Standards and Improvement Council (see S. 323; H.R. 1558), S1920 [1FE], H4545 [3MY]

———development of school-to-work opportunities systems (see S. 696; H.R. 1426), S5404 [6AP], H4413 [6AP]

———eliminate opportunity-to-learn standards (see S. 469, 1301), S3052 [23FE], S14883 [10OC]

———establish mentoring programs for at-risk youths (see S. 1203; H.R. 2708), S12715 [6SE], H14002 [5DE]

———Federal funding relative to voluntary school prayer (see S. 27, 319), S48 [4JA], S1920 [1FE]

———release of student records to comply with certain State statutes (see H.R. 2055), H7179 [18JY]

———release of student records to State and county prosecutors (see H.R. 2398), H9591 [27SE]

Elections: eliminate provisions prohibiting certain State and local employees from seeking elective office (see H.R. 151), H167 [9JA]

———limit out-of-State individual contributions (see H.R. 2830), H15633 [22DE]

———prohibit intentional creation of legislative districts based on race, color, or language (see H.R. 1096), H2486 [1MR]

———provide for election day registration for Federal elections (see H.R. 1782), H5691 [7JN]

Employment: age discrimination regulations relative to hiring and retirement plans for State and local law enforcement officers and firefighters (see H.R. 849), H1371 [7FE]

Endangered species: designation of critical habitat areas and national wildlife refuges (see H.R. 2253), H8535 [4AU]

EPA: reauthorize Environmental Financial Advisory Board charter and establish Environmental Finance Centers (see S. 718), S5547 [7AP]

———State grants to finance the construction or improvement of water supply systems (see H.R. 2747), H14238 [7DE]

Families and domestic relations: child support enforcement (see S. 456, 687), S2823 [16FE], S5403 [6AP]

———children's rights (see H.R. 278), H171 [9JA]

———funding to States for certain child welfare and LSC programs relative to family reconciliation counseling programs (see S. 1207), S12715 [6SE]

———increase block grant funding for family planning and adolescent family life programs (see S. 1209), S12716 [6SE]

———interstate enforcement of child support and parentage court orders (see H.R. 95), H166 [9JA]

———require States to disclose the AIDS status of infants to legal guardians (see H.R. 1289), H3571 [22MR]

———State child support enforcement demonstration programs (see S. 642), S4717 [28MR]

———State use of automated data retrieval system for child and spousal support enforcement (see H.R. 2288), H8725 [8SE]

FDIC: provide State bank representation on Board of Directors (see S. 562), S3964 [15MR]

Federal aid programs: ban the utilization of Federal funds to lure jobs and businesses from other States (see H.R. 1842), H5983 [14JN]

———economic assistance to States and localities relative to business incentives provided (see H.R. 286), H171 [9JA]

Federal employees: military uniform requirements for civilian employees of the National Guard (see H.R. 2264), H8596 [6SE]

Federal-State relations: constitutional amendment to bar unfunded Federal mandates to States and local governments (see S.J. Res. 9; H.J. Res. 27, 54), S51 [4JA], H175 [9JA], H242 [13JA]

———reduce State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates (see S. 1, 139, 169; S. Res. 68; H.R. 5, 261), S47, S51 [4JA], S480 [5JA], S1271 [20JA], H160, H171 [9JA]

———reduce State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates (H.R. 5), consideration (see H. Res. 38), H325 [18JA]

Financial institutions: authority to regulate national bank insurance activities (see H.R. 2503), H10307 [18OC]

———check cashing services (see H.R. 1095), H2486 [1MR]

———provide State credit union representation on the National Credit Union Administration Board (see H.R. 1998), H6735 [10JY]

Fire prevention: encourage State and local fire safety and prevention education programs (see H.R. 771), H1050 [1FE]

Firearms: allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be valid in all States (see H.R. 2634), H12349 [14NO]

———permanent ban on possession of firearms by persons convicted of certain felonies (see S. 1068; H.R. 2101), S10565 [24JY], H7550 [24JY]

———permit Federal licensees to conduct business at out-of-State gun shows (see H.R. 659), H592 [24JA]

Fish and fishing: collection of fees for triploid grass carp certification inspections (see S. 268; H.R. 649), S1442 [24JA], H592 [24JA]

———coordinate conservation efforts of Atlantic striped bass (see S. 776; H.R. 2655), S6337 [9MY], H13142 [16NO]

Florida: anniversary of statehood (see S. Res. 84), S3390 [2MR]

Food stamps: reform program (see H.R. 1135), H2716 [6MR]

———replace with State block grant programs (see S. 843), S7244 [23MY]

FTC: regulation of State lottery advertising (see H.R. 327), H172 [9JA]

Gambling: limit authority of States to regulate gambling devices on vessels (see H.R. 253), H170 [9JA]

———prohibit casinos from voiding contracts with State or local governments when declaring bankruptcy (see S. 1450), S18099 [6DE]

Government: allow State employees to perform certain work during a Federal Government shutdown (see H.R. 2677), H13658 [20NO]

Government regulations: analysis on the impact on small businesses and State and local government (see H.R. 58), H165 [9JA]

———cumulative cost/benefit accounting statement for regulatory programs (see H.R. 1636), H4958 [15MY]

———reduce Federal paperwork burden (see H.R. 2715), H14002 [5DE]

———reform (see S. 291; H.R. 994), S1711 [27JA], H1967 [21FE]

Hawaii: jurisdiction of FERC over licensing of hydroelectric projects (see S. 225), S901 [12JA]

Hazardous substances: improve management of remediation waste (see S. 1274, 1286), S14312 [26SE], S14710 [29SE]

———nuclear waste disposal (see S. 167, 1271; H.R. 1020, 1032), S480 [5JA], S14203 [25SE], H2175, H2176 [23FE]

Health: establish a national program of trained community health advisers (see H.R. 2245), H8535 [4AU]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 2756), H14253 [11DE]

———repeal unnecessary medical device reporting requirements (see H.R. 2366), H9245 [19SE]

———strengthen State and local government capability of providing public health services (see S. 142), S51 [4JA]

Health care professionals: prohibit dental licensing discrimination by States on the basis of nonresidency (see H.R. 787), H1051 [1FE]

House of Representatives: ratification of constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights relative to States' ratification (see H. Res. 39), H399 [19JA]

Housing: State authority to set 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; H.R. 373), S480 [5JA], H174 [9JA]

———status of public education benefits relative to States (see H.R. 1377), H4104 [3AP]

Income: clarify reimbursement for employees carrying out Federal programs (see H.R. 2733), H14172 [6DE]

———clarify reimbursement for employees carrying out Federal programs during Government shutdown (see H.R. 2784), H14927 [14DE]

Indian Gaming Regulatory Act: amend to provide for community approval of tribal-State gambling compacts (see H.R. 1364), H4031 [30MR]

Indiana Army Ammunition Plant: conveyance of property for inclusion in State park (see H.R. 1399), H4334 [5AP]

Insurance: compliance by sellers and underwriters with State consumer protection requirements (see H.R. 1317), H3807 [24MR]

Intergovernmental relations: improve service delivery between Federal, State, and local governments (see S. Res. 23), S52 [4JA]

Interjurisdictional Fisheries Act: authorizing appropriations (see S. 1498), S19110 [21DE]

———modify assistance programs for dislocated fishers (see S. 1499), S19110 [21DE]

Interstate Child Support Enforcement Act: enact (see H.R. 195), H169 [9JA]

Interstate compacts: consent of Congress to additional powers conferred upon the Bi-State Development Agency by Missouri and Illinois (see S.J. Res. 27; H.J. Res. 78), S3052 [23FE], H3049 [10MR]

———consent of Congress to amend the Historic Chattahoochee Compact between Alabama and Georgia (see S. 848; H.R. 2064), S7388 [24MY], H7256 [19JY]

———encourage States to study and adopt insurance regulations (see H.J. Res. 100), H6830 [11JY]

———regional disposal facilities for municipal and industrial solid waste (see H.R. 291), H171 [9JA]

Lakes: treatment of the withdrawal of water from a lake situated between two States (see H.R. 2648), H13142 [16NO]

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

Law enforcement: provide block grants (see H.R. 728), H889 [30JA]

———provide block grants (H.R. 728), consideration (see H. Res. 79), H1610 [10FE]

Law enforcement officers: collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments (see H.R. 1484), H4430 [7AP]

———exemption from State laws prohibiting carrying of concealed handguns (see S. 960; H.R. 218, 1805), S8997 [23JN], H169 [9JA], H5753 [8JN]

———expedite review of criminal records of applicants for security officer employment (see H.R. 2092), H7461 [21JY]

Lawyers and attorneys: prohibit State discrimination against lawyers on basis of graduation from accredited and certified law schools (see H.R. 610), H467 [20JA]

Local government: accountability in administration of Federal programs (see S. 1308), S15033 [11OC]

———flexibility in administration of Federal programs (see S. 88), S49 [4JA]

———strengthen Federal authority to combat public corruption (see S. 1378), S16621 [2NO]

Marine mammals: State disapproval of issuance of permits for the taking of marine mammals in protected waters (see H.R. 74), H165 [9JA]

Maritime academies: reimbursement of fees for examinations and licenses (see H.R. 247), H170 [9JA]

Medicaid: continued enrollment of special-needs children in traditional fee-for-service plans in States with managed care programs (see H.R. 1502), H4431 [7AP]

———coverage of services of certain clinics operated by children's hospitals (see H.R. 1503), H4431 [7AP]

———coverage of services provided by nursing school clinics under State programs (see S. 61), S49 [4JA]

———eliminate State reimbursement requirements for hospitals, nursing facilities, and intermediate care facilities (see H.R. 2395), H9505 [25SE]

———enforcement of State guardianship laws relative to benefit eligibility proceedings (see S. 430), S2822 [16FE]

———Federal funding of abortions (see H.R. 222, 237), H169, H170 [9JA]

———flexibility for States to enroll beneficiaries in managed care plans (see S. 839), S7120 [22MY]

———provide State incentives for reduction of expenditures (see S. 634; H.R. 1334), S4717 [28MR], H3879 [28MR]

———replace with State block grant programs (see S. 844), S7244 [23MY]

———require States to provide photograph of beneficiary on enrollment card (see H.R. 2303), H8805 [12SE]

———State response to hospital closings (see H.R. 168), H168 [9JA]

———waiver of anti-kickback statute for certain State demonstration projects and managed care programs (see S. 716), S5547 [7AP]

Medicare: extend period for issuance of select policies (see S. 717), S5547 [7AP]

———permit select policies to be offered in all States (see H.R. 483, 1391), H229 [11JA], H4177 [4AP]

———permit select policies to be offered in all States (H.R. 483), consideration (see H. Res. 130), H4334 [5AP]

———permit select policies to be offered in all States (H.R. 483), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 180), H6655 [29JN]

———permit select policies to be offered in all States (H.R. 483), corrections in enrollment (see S. Con. Res. 19), S9097 [26JN]

Members of Congress: limit terms (see S. 683), S5217 [5AP]

———ratify States' right to limit terms (see H.R. 850), H1371 [7FE]

———State limitation of terms (see S. 271), S1442 [24JA]

Metric system: waive requirements for State use on highway signs (see H.R. 1896), H6158 [20JN]

Mining and mineral resources: provide States with exclusive jurisdiction over regulation of surface coal mining within their borders (see S. 1401; H.R. 2372), S16821 [8NO], H9451 [21SE]

Mississippi: include additional counties as part of Appalachian region (see H.R. 644), H537 [23JA]

Missouri River: control of water relative to navigation and flood control (see H.R. 1351), H3974 [29MR]

———equity in economic benefits and recreational usage among bordering States (see S. 525; H.R. 1260), S3744 [9MR], H3326 [16MR]

Monuments and memorials: encircle the Washington Monument with State flags (see H.R. 990), H1908 [16FE]

Motor vehicles: delay implementation of enhanced vehicle inspection and maintenance programs (see S. 236, 248, 767), S1070 [18JA], S1207 [19JA], S6337 [9MY]

———eliminate disparate treatment of Clean Air Act sanctions on ozone nonattainment areas and mandatory State vehicle inspection and maintenance programs (see S. 622), S4574 [24MR]

———eliminate penalties on State noncompliance with Federal safety belt laws (see S. 385), S2492 [10FE]

———impose moratorium on sanctions under the Clean Air Act provisions on ozone nonattainment areas and mandatory State vehicle inspection and maintenance programs (see S. 375, 721), S2332 [8FE], S5603 [24AP]

———inspection and maintenance (see H.R. 307), H172 [9JA]

———prohibit Federal requirement for State plans on trip reduction requirements (see S. 235; H.R. 478), S1070 [18JA], H229 [11JA]

———regulation of motorcycle helmet use (see H.R. 899), H1611 [10FE]

———repeal certain Clean Air Act ozone nonattainment area provisions relative to mandatory State vehicle inspection and maintenance programs (see H.R. 480), H229 [11JA]

———State regulation of tow or wrecker services (see S. 1368), S16421 [31OC]

Motorcycles: regulation of helmet use (see S. 234), S1070 [18JA]

National Credit Union Administration: provide State credit union representation on Board of Directors (see S. 711), S5547 [7AP]

National Education Standards and Improvement Council: abolish (see S. 469, 1301), S3052 [23FE], S14883 [10OC]

National Gambling Impact and Policy Commission: establish (see H.R. 497), H230 [11JA]

National Institute of Justice: provide technical assistance to State and local law enforcement entities (see S. 1242), S13620 [14SE]

National parks and recreation areas: allow donation of State management and operation services during a Government shutdown (see S. 1451; H.R. 2732), S18099 [6DE], H14172 [6DE]

National Voter Registration Act: affirmation (see S. Con. Res. 23; H. Con. Res. 96), S11451 [4AU], H8536 [4AU]

———delay enforcement until Congress appropriates funds for implementation (see S. 91), S49 [4JA]

———delay enforcement until implementation funding is appropriated (see H.R. 736), H889 [30JA]

———repeal (see S. 218; H.R. 370), S901 [12JA], H174 [9JA]

———voluntary compliance by States (see H.R. 60, 326), H165, H172 [9JA]

National wildlife refuges: allow donation of State hunting management services during a Government shutdown (see H.R. 2706), H14002 [5DE]

Native Americans: consultations with Federal, State, and local government officials relative to management of trust funds (see H.R. 742), H889 [30JA]

———prohibit the Federal taking of lands to be held in trust for economically self-sufficient tribes for commercial or gaming purposes (see S. 952), S8821 [21JN]

———provide remedies for sovereign tribal governments relative to gaming compacts and gaming participation laws (see H.R. 1578), H4617 [9MY]

———reform negotiation process of Tribal-State gaming compacts and gaming participation laws (see H.R. 1512), H4432 [7AP]

Niagara Falls Bridge Commission: grant audit authority to New York State Comptroller's office (see H.R. 2293), H8725 [8SE]

NOAA: establish aquaculture facilities and development programs (see H.R. 2046), H7067 [17JY]

Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact: grant consent (see S.J. Res. 28), S3390 [2MR]

Northern Border States-Canada Trade Council: establish (see S. 437), S2823 [16FE]

Oregon: waiver of ERISA relative to employer mandates in health care reform plan (see S. 713), S5547 [7AP]

Outer Continental Shelf: Federal recognition of any coastal moratorium on leasing, exploration, and development (see S. 950; H.R. 1898), S8684 [20JN], H6158 [20JN]

Pensions: establish a Federal cause of action for failure of State and local governments to fulfill the terms of pensions plans (see H.R. 1683), H5470 [23MY]

Political action committees: influence restrictions and in-State contribution percentage requirements (see H.R. 2148), H8174 [1AU]

Political campaigns: prohibit contributions and expenditures by multicandidate committees in elections for Federal office (see H.R. 223, 262), H170, H171 [9JA]

Public buildings: permit State and local governments to lease or sell Federal-aid facilities without repayment of Federal grants (see S. 1063; H.R. 1907), S10490 [21JY], H6200 [21JN]

Public documents: prohibit Federal and State courts or agencies from requiring that legal citations in which copyright subsists be the only acceptable submission (see H.R. 1584, 1822), H4618 [9MY], H5904 [13JN]

Public lands: limit Federal acquisitions in States where one quarter or more land area is Federal land (see S. 518), S3744 [9MR]

Public welfare programs: assistance to able-bodied individuals relative to participation in workfare programs (see H.R. 161), H168 [9JA]

———establish grants to States and communities for churches that volunteer to offer assistance (see S. 1218), S12716 [6SE]

———exclude certain programs from liability provisions of electronic benefits transfer (see S. 131; H.R. 1485), S51 [4JA], H4430 [7AP]

———reform (see S. 36, 140, 209, 828; H.R. 315, 999, 1146), S48, S51 [4JA], S901 [12JA], S6912 [18MY], H172 [9JA], H1967 [21FE], H2810 [7MR]

Railroads: permit State use of Federal highway funds for improvements of passenger rail service (see S. 733), S5805 [27AP]

Recycling: phase out the use of mercury in batteries and remove Federal barriers to the recycling of rechargeable batteries (see S. 619; H.R. 2024), S4573 [24MR], H6913 [12JY]

———provide refunds for certain beverage containers and resources for State pollution prevention and recycling programs (see S. 870, 879; H.R. 1444), S7615 [26MY], H4414 [6AP]

Refuse disposal: State control of municipal solid waste transportation and disposal (see S. 542; H.R. 1249, 2443), S3842 [13MR], H3276 [15MR], H9738 [29SE]

Roads and highways: designate National Highway System, improve financing, and create State infrastructure banks (see S. 775), S6337 [9MY]

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

———moratorium on Federal regulations relative to right-of-way construction on public land (see S. 1425), S17530 [27NO]

———resolution of claims relative to right-of-ways across Federal lands (see H.R. 2081), H7378 [20JY]

———treatment of Federal highway funds relative to drunken driving by minors (see H.R. 2319), H8903 [13SE]

———treatment of Federal highway funds relative to sale of alcoholic beverages to minors (see H.R. 2328), H8903 [13SE]

———treatment of Federal highway funds relative to use of alcoholic beverages in motor vehicles (see S. 1353), S15401 [20OC]

Safety: eliminate noncompliance penalties relative to safety belt, motorcycle helmet, speed limit, and drinking age laws (see H.R. 607), H467 [20JA]

Ships and vessels: limit State authority to regulate certain activities (see H.R. 116), H166 [9JA]

———repeal U.S.-flag cruise ships gambling restrictions and limit State authority to regulate gambling on interstate vessels (see S. 138), S51 [4JA]

Social Security: extend Medicare Select Program (see S. 198), S789 [11JA]

———imposition of fees for initial certification and survey of health care facilities providing medicare and medicaid services (see H.R. 2790), H14963 [15DE]

———treatment of long-term health care insurance (see H.R. 2571), H11686 [1NO]

Solid waste: congressional authorization for restrictions on receipt of out-of-State municipal solid waste (see H.R. 227), H170 [9JA]

———limit disposal of out-of-State municipal waste (see S. 589; H.R. 1288), S4365 [22MR], H3571 [22MR]

———State control over transportation of municipal solid waste (see S. 373, 534; H.R. 24, 225, 342, 1080, 1085, 2838), S2332 [8FE], S3803 [10MR], H163, H170, H173 [9JA], H2392 [28FE], H15633 [22DE]

———State regulation (see H.R. 603), H467 [20JA]

South Dakota: operation and maintenance of certain National Park Service units on a trial basis (see S. 1185), S12370 [11AU]

Space policy: encourage the development of a commercial space industry by establishing State-run spaceports (see H.R. 1631, 1737), H4915 [12MY], H5608 [25MY]

Sports: regulations relative to relocation of professional teams (see S. 1439; H.R. 2699, 2740), S17865 [30NO], H13870 [30NO], H14238 [7DE]

SSI: replace with State block grant programs (see S. 845), S7244 [23MY]

Surplus Government property: make available to States for official use before offering to other entities (see S. 771), S6337 [9MY]

———State priority for transfer of Dept. of Defense nonlethal excess supplies (see H.R. 1259), H3326 [16MR]

Taxation: collection of State and local taxes on mail-order transactions (see S. 545), S3842 [13MR]

———computation of adjusted gross income for school bus drivers (see S. 500), S3521 [6MR]

———credit for in-State contributions to congressional candidates (see H.R. 1695), H5571 [24MY]

———deny deductions for personal income taxes paid to a State or locality which taxes non-residents for income derived from certain Federal areas (see H.R. 1792), H5752 [8JN]

———deny Federal tax return information to States which impose pension taxes on non-residents (see H.R. 1762), H5690 [7JN]

———eligibility of veterans for mortgage revenue bond financing (see S. 417, 912; H.R. 2193), S2648 [14FE], S8098 [9JN], H8533 [4AU]

———eliminate State requirement to pay unemployment compensation on election worker services (see H.R. 2809), H15135 [19DE]

———employment taxes relative to compensation for unpaid wages (see H.R. 1088), H2486 [1MR]

———establish an intercity passenger rail trust fund (see S. 1395), S16657 [3NO]

———establish intercity passenger rail service trust fund (see H.R. 2789), H14963 [15DE]

———extend the veterans' adjustable rate mortgage demonstration project (see H.R. 2370), H9451 [21SE]

———minimum State ceiling on tax-exempt private activity bonds (see H.R. 2707), H14002 [5DE]

———modify pension plan rules for State judicial retirement plans (see H.R. 1314), H3732 [23MR]

———nonrecognition of gain on conversion of long-term property through exercise of eminent domain (see H.R. 928), H1751 [14FE]

———provide that overpayments shall be reduced by the amount of past-due enforceable State tax obligations (see S. 1408; H.R. 757), S16921 [9NO], H969 [31JA]

———treatment of certain pension income (see S. 44; H.R. 371, 394, 744), S48 [4JA], H174 [9JA], H890 [30JA]

———treatment of deferred compensation plans of State, local government, and tax-exempt organizations (see H.R. 1119), H2584 [2MR]

———treatment of lobbying expenses for State legislation (see H.R. 2434), H9737 [29SE]

———treatment of operating expenses for school bus drivers (see S. 499), S3520 [6MR]

———treatment of State prepaid college tuition programs (see H.R. 1328), H3878 [28MR]

Terrorism: prevention of violence by paramilitary organizations (see H.R. 2580), H11767 [2NO]

Texas: control of southern pine beetles in wilderness areas (see H.R. 689), H802 [26JA]

Tongass National Forest: transfer to Alaska (see H.R. 2413), H9670 [28SE]

Transportation: establish State infrastructure banks to finance certain transportation projects (see H.R. 2439), H9738 [29SE]

———transfer management of National Driver Register functions (see H.R. 2558), H11441 [30OC]

———treatment of penalties on States without safety belt and motorcycle helmet requirements (see S. 360), S2268 [7FE]

Trucking industry: effective date of deregulation (see S. 788), S6462 [10MY]

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

———operation of certain uncovered commercial vehicles on highways (see H.R. 2153), H8174 [1AU]

———regulation of nonconsensual tow truck operations (see S. 302; H.R. 866), S1847 [31JA], H1460 [8FE]

TVA: transfer property, facilities, and equipment to public and private entities (see H.R. 313), H172 [9JA]

Urban areas: establish grants to reduce crime and poverty in poor neighborhoods (see H.R. 1414), H4335 [5AP]

Veterans: conduct feasibility studies for inclusion of veterans health programs in certain State health programs (see S. 613), S4573 [24MR]

———disregard State payments to blind veterans as income for purposes of pension determination (see S. 361), S2268 [7FE]

———payment to States for adult day health care (see S. 293), S1758 [30JA]

———payments to States for certain veterans buried in State cemeteries (see S. 471), S3052 [23FE]

Virginia: include additional counties as part of Appalachian region (see H.R. 1165), H2891 [8MR]

Volunteer workers: allow State and local government workers to perform volunteer services for their employer without requiring overtime pay (see S. 530), S3803 [10MR]

———grant immunity from personal civil liability during work on behalf of governmental entities or nonprofit organizations (see H.R. 911), H1688 [13FE]

Water: State sovereignty over water within borders (see H.R. 2555), H11441 [30OC]

Water pollution: capitalization grants (see H.R. 1102), H2486 [1MR]

Women: availability of information on reproductive health services (see H. Res. 118), H3327 [16MR]

Yellowstone National Park: identification and protection of significant geothermal areas (see S. 274; H.R. 723), S1539 [25JA], H839 [27JA]

Cloture motions

Federal-State relations: reduce State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates (S. 1), S998 [17JA], S1065 [18JA], S1146, S1201 [19JA], S1537 [25JA]

Solid waste: State control over transportation of municipal solid waste (S. 534), S6452 [10MY], S6576 [12MY]

Comparisons

Glenn-Chafee and Roth-Glenn regulatory reform legislation, S10488 [21JY]

Conference reports

Permit Medicare Select Policies To Be Offered In All States (H.R. 483), H6256 [22JN]

Unfunded Mandate Reform Act (S. 1), H3053-H3065 [13MR]

Documents

History and Management of Rights-of-Way Claims on Federal and Other Lands: Dept. of the Interior, S8925 [22JN]

Point of Order Requirements for Legislation Relative to Unfunded Federal Mandates, S1650 [27JA]

Redevelopment of Closed Military Installations: J. Thomas Cochran, U.S. Conference of Mayors, S6680-S6682 [15MY]

———National Association of Counties, S6682-S6684 [15MY]

———National Commission for Economic Conversion and Disarmament, S6684 [15MY]

Estimates

Impact of Balanced-Budget Amendment and the Contract With America on State Finances: Dept. of the Treasury, S3159-S3169 [27FE]

Excerpts

``Hurting Real People—The Human Impact of Medicaid Cuts'', S16645-S16647 [3NO]

Explanations

State Tax Treatment of Certain Pension Income (H.R. 394), H14974 [18DE]

Factsheets

Federal Highway Funds Relative to Drunken Driving by Minors: Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety, S8776 [21JN]

How the Medicaid Cuts Affect Virginia, H14925 [14DE]

Letters

Adult day health care for veterans: Clifford A. Kinney, National Association of State Veterans Homes, S1759 [30JA]

———Jack A. Dack, National Association of State Veterans Homes, S1759 [30JA]

Anti-Corruption Act: Joseph M. Whittle, S16622 [2NO]

———Karen K. Caldwell, S16622 [2NO]

Application of Federal mandates on private industry in competiton with the public sector: Linda E. Christenson, International Association of Environmental Testing Laboratories, S1653 [27JA]

———Ray Powers and Samuel A. Brunelli, American Legislative Exchange Council, S1653 [27JA]

Battle of the Alamo: William B. Travis, S3367 [2MR]

Child support enforcement: Judy Jones Jordon, Arkansas Office of Child Support Enforcement, S5419-S5421 [6AP]

Clean Air Act implementation relative to motor vehicle inspection and maintenance programs: several Governors, S17205 [17NO]

Collection of certain State and local taxes relative to the sale, delivery, and use of personal property: Debbie White, S1156 [19JA]

———John Dix, S1156 [19JA]

———Mamie R. Willis, S1156 [19JA]

———Ray Jones, S1066 [18JA]

Collection of State and local taxes on mail-order transactions: Debbie White, S3848 [13MR]

———John Dix, S3848 [13MR]

———Mamie R. Willis, S3848 [13MR]

———Ray Jones, S3848 [13MR]

Community Service Block Grant Program: Mark Sullivan, Citizens for Citizens, Inc., E602 [15MR]

Equal welfare treatment for naturalized and native-born citizens: Andrew Fois, Dept. of Justice, S12826 [7SE], S13590 [14SE]

———Rudolph W. Giuliani, Mayor of New York, NY, S13591 [14SE]

———several State and local organizations, S13591 [14SE]

Equity in State and Federal make allowances for dairy products: Dennis Donohue, James Bird, and John Trei, Lakeshore Federated Dairy Cooperative, S4996 [31MR]

Exclusion of certain public welfare programs from liability provisions of electronic benefits transfer: A. Sidney Johnson III, American Public Welfare Association, S385 [4JA]

———Alice M. Rivlin, CBO, S383 [4JA]

———Arne H. Carlson, Governor of Minnesota, S385 [4JA]

———David Walters, S384 [4JA]

———Douglas R. Norton, National Association of State Auditors, Comptrollers and Treasurers, S385 [4JA]

———Edwin W. Edwards, Governor of Louisiana, S385 [4JA]

———H. Kurt Helwig, Electronic Funds Transfer Association, S386 [4JA]

———John F. Michaelson, California Dept. of Public Social Services, S387 [4JA]

———Larry E. Naake, National Association of Counties, S386 [4JA]

———Mel Carnahan, Governor of Missouri, and Arne H. Carlson, Governor of Minnesota, National Governors' Association, S386 [4JA]

———Mike Sullivan and Dave Ferrari, S384 [4JA]

———Pete Wilson, Governor of California, S384 [4JA]

Exemption of financial institution regulation from unfunded Federal mandates reform: Eugene A. Ludwig, Dept. of the Treasury, H813 [27JA]

———Jonathan L. Fiechter, Dept. of the Treasury, H813 [27JA]

———Norman E. D'Amours, National Credit Union Administration, H813 [27JA]

———Ricki Tigert Helfer, FDIC, H812 [27JA]

Expenditure of welfare funds in accordance with State laws and procedures: James J. Lack, National Conference of State Legislatures, S12803 [7SE]

FCC preemption of State or local regulations that establish barriers to entry for interstate or intrastate telecommunications services: Edward J. Perez, Office of the Los Angeles, CA, City Attorney, S8171 [12JN]

———Louise H. Renne, Office of the San Francisco, CA, City Attorney, S8171 [12JN]

———several State and local government organizations, S8307 [14JN]

Federal highway funds relative to drunken driving by minors: President Clinton, S8776 [21JN]

Federal Surplus Property Donation Program: Gerald D. Marlin, Arkansas Dept. of Education, S6349 [9MY]

Food Stamp Block Grant Program: A. Wayne Lord, National Peanut Council, Inc., S13339 [12SE]

———David Beckmann, Bread for the World (organization), S13635 [15SE]

———Food Research and Action Center, S13635 [15SE]

———Kevin Burke, Food Distributors Association, S13339 [12SE]

———Marian Wright Edelman, Children's Defense Fund, S13635 [15SE]

———Sheri Spader, National Cattleman's Association, S13339 [12SE]

———Tim Hammonds, Food Marketing Institute, S13338 [12SE]

———Tommy G. Thompson, Governor of Wisconsin, S13338 [12SE]

Highway demonstration projects funding: Stephen E. Sandherr, Associated General Contractors of America, S15804 [26OC]

———T. Peter Ruane, American Road & Transportation Builders Association, S15804 [26OC]

———Timothy P. Lynch, American Trucking Association, S15804 [26OC]

Implementation of dialing parity requirements on Bell Telephone Cos. relative to preestablished State requirements: Cheryl L. Parrino, Wisconsin Public Service Commission, S8375 [14JN]

———several attorneys general, S8376 [14JN]

Improve service delivery between Federal, State, and local governments: Duncan Wyse, Oregon Progress Board, S422 [4JA]

———Randall Franke, Marion County, OR, Board of Commissioners, S422 [4JA]

Interstate Banking and Branching Act: Representatives Ney and Pryce, E88 [11JA]

Interstate Transportation of Municipal Solid Waste Act: Heidi H. Stirrup, Associated General Contractors of America, S6579 [12MY]

———Richard Seibert, Jr., National Association of Manufacturers, S6579 [12MY]

Job Corps: Eric S. Lerner, Pennsylvania Job Corps Leadership Coaltion, S14973 [11OC]

———LaVera Leonard, National Job Corps Coalition, S14973 [11OC]

———several former Dept. of Labor officials, S14964, S14974 [11OC]

———Tom Murphy, Mayor of Pittsburgh, PA, S14974 [11OC]

Lake Gaston Protection Act: Senators Robb and Warner, S17092 [15NO]

Law enforcement block grant funding: Gregory S. Lashutka, National League of Cities, H14108, H14109 [6DE]

———Wellington Webb, U.S. Conference of Mayors, H14109 [6DE]

Local Government Law Enforcement Block Grants Act: Rod Gould, H1628 [13FE]

———Victor Ashe and Norman B. Rice, U.S. Conference of Mayors, H1703 [14FE]

Low-income housing tax credit: Representatives Metcalf and Lazio, H13201 [17NO]

Maximum speed limit: Angus King, Governor of Maine, S8648 [20JN]

———David M. Beasley, Governor of South Carolina, S8648 [20JN]

———Don Sundquist, Governor of Tennessee, S8648 [20JN]

———Fernando M. Trevino, American Public Health Association, S8642 [20JN]

———Fife Symington, Governor of Arizona, S8648 [20JN]

———Frank Keating, Governor of Oklahoma, S8648 [20JN]

———Gerald F. Scannell, National Safety Council, S8642 [20JN]

———Harry Teter, Jr., American Trauma Society, S8642 [20JN]

———Herman Brandau, State Farm Insurance Co., S8641 [20JN]

———Jancie S. Golec, GEICO, S8641 [20JN]

———John Engler, Governor of Michigan, S8648 [20JN]

———Judith Lee Stone, Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety, S8642 [20JN]

———Lawton Chiles, Governor of Florida, S8647 [20JN]

———Marc Racicot, Governor of Montana, S8648 [20JN]

———Michael F. Dineen, Kemper National Insurance Co., S8642 [20JN]

———Parris N. Glendening, Governor of Maryland, S8649 [20JN]

———Richard V. Aghababian, American College of Emergency Physicians, S8642 [20JN]

———Stephen Merrill, Governor of New Hampshire, S8648 [20JN]

———Thomas J. Donohue, American Trucking Association, Inc., S8641 [20JN]

Medicare select policies: Senator Dole, S6788 [17MY]

———Senator Rockefeller, S6788 [17MY]

National deposit system for the reuse of beverage containers: Marty Forman, Poly-Anna Plastic Products, Inc., S7619 [26MY]

———Sheila Cogan, Container Recycling Institute, S7619 [26MY]

———Steve Apotheker, Resource Recycling (publication), S7619 [26MY]

———Tina Hobson, Renew America (organization), S7619 [26MY]

———Winston Averill, Northeastern Connecticut Regional Resource Recovery Authority, S7620 [26MY]

National parks and recreation area operations during a Federal Government shutdown: Susan Morley, S18100 [6DE]

Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact: William A. Gildea, New England Governors' Conference, Inc., S3424 [2MR]

Old Faithful Protection Act: Senator Baucus, S1540 [25JA]

Penalties for State noncompliance with Federal safety belt and motorcycle helmet laws: Stephen Merrill, Governor of New Hampshire, S8669 [20JN]

Permit medicare select policies to be offered in all States: Bruce C. Vladeck, Dept. of HHS, H4367 [6AP]

———Gail Shearer, Consumers Union, H4390 [6AP]

———Raymond C. Scheppach, Carl Tubbesing, and Kevin T. Cronin, H4386, H4388 [6AP]

Prison Litigation Reform Act: National Association of Attorneys General, S14417 [27SE]

Public safety officer death benefits eligibility for certain civil defense and FEMA employees: Senator Cochran, S6650 [15MY]

Redevelopment of closed military installations: Susan Golding and Edward Rendell, U.S. Conference of Mayors, S6680 [15MY]

Remove air carrier departure and destination restrictions on Dallas Love Field Airport: Paulette B. Cooper, S1955 [1FE]

Rental housing occupancy standards: Fife Symington, Governor of Arizona, John Greene, and Mark W. Killian, Arizona State Legislature, S16754 [7NO]

Securities Litigation Reform Act: several State and local government organizations, S17941 [5DE]

———several State attorneys general, S17942 [5DE]

Small passenger vessel pilot inspection program: Gary W. Bastian, Minneapolis Dept. of Labor and Industry, S17393 [17NO]

South Dakota National Parks Preservation Act: William J. Janklow, Governor of South Dakota, S12378 [11AU]

State and Local Volunteer Preservation Act: John T. Whetsel, International Association of Chiefs of Police, S3807 [10MR]

State corrective action plans relative to block grant funding penalties: A. Sidney Johnson III, American Public Welfare Association, S13778 [19SE]

State nonpoint source water pollution management in coastal zones: H. Wayne Beam, Coastal States Organization, H4784 [10MY]

State use of Federal highway funds for Amtrak intercity passenger rail service: Christine Todd Whitman, Governor of New Jersey, S17223 [17NO]

———Mike Acott, National Asphalt Pavement Association, S8772 [21JN]

———R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, S8771 [21JN]

———Richard C. Creighton, American Portland Cement Alliance, S8773 [21JN]

———T. Peter Ruane, American Road & Transportation Builders Association, S8771 [21JN]

———Thomas J. Donohue, American Trucking Association, Inc., S8772 [21JN]

———William D. Fay, Highway Users Federation, S8772 [21JN]

———several Governors, S17223 [17NO]

State water quality standards: several State officials, H5008 [16MY]

Statehood of Texas: William B. Travis, S19311 [29DE]

Toll facilities on interstate highways: Kathy Gross, American Automobile Association, S8781 [21JN]

———Richard Hebert, American Automobile Association, S8781 [21JN]

———Roger Boyd, American Automobile Association, S8781 [21JN]

———Thomas J. Donohue, American Trucking Association, Inc., and William D. Fay, Highway Users Federation, S8779 [21JN]

———W. Dewey Clower, National Association of Truck Stop Operators, Inc., S8780, S8782 [21JN]

———William W. Hamilton, Jr., International Brotherhood of Teamsters, S8779, S8782 [21JN]

Transfer of Tongass National Forest to Alaska: Bob Elliot, E1874 [28SE]

———Gary Batchelder, E1874 [28SE]

———Mike Luhr, E1874 [28SE]

———Shannon, Steve, and Amber Garner, E1873 [28SE]

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

Unfunded Mandate Reform Act: Allen R. Frischkorn, Jr., Environmental Industry Associations, S1173 [19JA]

———Ann Azari, Fort Collins, CO, S894 [12JA]

———Bernard E. Kuhn, St. Clair, MI, S1186 [19JA]

———Boyd W. Boehlje and Thomas A. Shannon, National School Boards Association, S59 [4JA], S1507 [25JA], S1662 [27JA]

———Cameron G. Priebe, Taylor, MI, S1185 [19JA]

———Candace Haggard, San Clemente, CA, S1663 [27JA]

———Carolyn L. Banks, National League of Cities, S59 [4JA]

———Carolyn Long Banks, National League of Cities, S1506, S1507 [25JA], S1662 [27JA]

———Charles E. Deschenes, Garfield County, CO, S893 [12JA]

———Clarke D. Becker, Woodland Park, CO, S894 [12JA]

———Dean R. Kleckner, American Farm Bureau Federation, S962 [17JA]

———Dennis A. Hunt, Archuleta County, CO, S894 [12JA]

———Dirk Van Dogen and Alan M. Kranowitz, National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors, S1178 [19JA]

———Donna R. Ferganchick, Delta County, CO, S893 [12JA]

———Edward Bivens, Jr., Inkster, MI, S1185 [19JA]

———Frank B. Moore, WMX Technologies, Inc., S1178 [19JA]

———H.B.W. Schroeder, Consumers Power Co., S1173 [19JA]

———James R. DeSana, Wyandotte, MI, S1185 [19JA]

———James W. Pruim, S1185 [19JA]

———Jane L. Campbell, National Conference of State Legislatures, S1507 [25JA], S1662 [27JA]

———Jim Edgar, Governor of Illinois, S1670 [27JA]

———John Crouch, Mesa County, CO, S894 [12JA]

———John J. Motley III, National Federation of Independent Business, S1168, S1178 [19JA], S1663 [27JA]

———John M. La Rose, Michigan Townships Association, S1186 [19JA]

———John R. Vogt, Public Securities Association, S962 [17JA]

———John S. Satagaj, Small Business Legislative Council, S1177 [19JA]

———Michael A. Guido, Dearborn, MI, S1186 [19JA]

———Mt. Princeton Mobile Home and Recreational Vehicle Park, Buena Vista, CO, S895 [12JA]

———National Retail Federation, S1176 [19JA], S1663 [27JA]

———Noel Biery, National School Transportation Association, S1162, S1163 [19JA]

———Patricia A. Wallach, S962 [17JA]

———Phillip R. Chisholm, Petroleum Marketers Association of America, S963 [17JA]

———President Clinton, S871 [12JA]

———R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, S1179 [19JA]

———Randall Franke, National Association of Counties, S59 [4JA], S1507 [25JA], S1662 [27JA]

———Richard F. Goodstein, Browning-Ferris Industries, S855 [12JA], S1178 [19JA]

———Richard L. Lesher, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, S856 [12JA], S1177 [19JA], S1663 [27JA]

———Richard M. Daley, Mayor of Chicago, IL, S1506 [25JA], S1671 [27JA]

———Roy Romer, Governor of Colorado, S895 [12JA]

———several business associations, S1177 [19JA]

———several State and local government organizations, S1145 [19JA], S1661, S1665 [27JA]

———Stephen D. Driesler, National Association of Realtors, S1664 [27JA]

———Thomas K. Colbert, Montezuma County, CO, S894 [12JA]

———Thomas N. Thompson, National Association of Home Builders, S1661 [27JA]

———U.S. Chamber of Commerce, S1178 [19JA]

———Vern Rominger, Rio Grande County, CO, S895 [12JA]

———Victor Ashe, U.S. Conference of Mayors, S59 [4JA], S1507 [25JA], S1662 [27JA]

Water pollution revolving fund capitalization program: Bruce Baker, Association of State and Interstate Water Pollution Control Administrators, H4883 [12MY]

Yucca Mountain, NV, waste disposal facility: Representative Kasich, Committee on the Budget (House), H14872 [13DE]

Lists

Alaskan municipalities impacted by unfunded Federal mandates, S881 [12JA]

Alaskan villages not classified as native villages, S6576 [12MY]

Democratic and Republican amendments to the Unfunded Mandate Reform Act, S1200, S1205 [19JA]

Federal budget votes relative to Appalachian Regional Commission funding, S11090 [1AU]

Frivolous inmate lawsuits in Arizona, S14629 [29SE]

Frivolous inmate lawsuits nationwide, S14629 [29SE]

Job Corps success stories in Pennsylvania, S14973 [11OC]

National Heritage Fellowships by State, S11996 [9AU]

Organizations supporting the Specter/Simon amendment to the Workforce Development Act relative to the Job Corps, S14973 [11OC]

Percentages of State budgets from Federal budget, H703 [26JA]

Small Business Legislative Council, S1177 [19JA]

States with post-viability restrictions, S16744 [7NO]

Memorandums

Improve Service Delivery Between Federal, State, and Local Governments, S422 [4JA]

Job Corps: Craig Higgins and Jim Sourwine, S14975 [11OC]

Motions

Economy: national objectives priority assignments (H.R. 9), H2623, H2636 [3MR]

Federal-State relations: reduce State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates (H.R. 5), H852, H853, H855 [30JA], H954 [31JA], H1006 [1FE]

———reduce State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates (S. 1), S987, S997 [17JA], S1157 [19JA], S1420, S1425 [24JA], S1612 [26JA], H1012 [1FE]

———reduce State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates (S. 1), conference report, H3313 [16MR]

Law enforcement: provide block grants (H.R. 728), H1672 [13FE], H1740 [14FE]

Medicare: permit select policies to be offered in all States (H.R. 483), H5578 [25MY]

Opinion polls

Transfer of Tongass National Forest to Alaska, E1873 [28SE]

Papers

Faces of Medicaid, S16647 [3NO]

Illegitimacy Ratio Test Would Reward States Even If Abortions Increase: David N. O'Steen, H3441 [22MR]

Petitions and memorials

Product Liability Reform: National Conference of State Legislatures, S10900, S10901 [28JY]

Transfer of Tongass National Forest to Alaska: Alaska Legislature, E1873 [28SE]

Proclamations

Captive Nations Week: several governors and mayors, E1588 [2AU]

Questions and answers

Unfunded Mandate Reform Act: Senators Kempthorne and Levin, S1613 [26JA]

Remarks in House

Abortion: State discretion in deciding on funding for victims of rape and incest, H8223 [2AU], H8371-H8378 [3AU]

———State discretion on public funding of abortions for victims of rape and incest, E1718 [7SE]

———use of law enforcement block grants to protect family planning clinics, H1724-H1735, H1738 [14FE]

Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations: investigate and review unfunded State and local mandates, H369 [19JA], H908-H910 [31JA]

———review impact of Federal mandates on private sector, H910, H911 [31JA]

———review impact of Federal mandates relative to forced car pooling, H913, H914 [31JA]

———review implementation of Federal motor vehicle emissions testing, H912, H913 [31JA]

———treatment of Federal mandates subject to intergovernmental litigation, H912 [31JA]

AFDC: provide grants for demonstration projects to coordinate the administration of services to needy families with children (H.R. 710), E186 [26JA]

———replace the Job Opportunities Basic Skills Training Program with self-sufficiency programs (H.R. 865), H2493 [2MR], E297 [8FE]

Agriculture: provide incentives for the maintenance of farmland in production capacity (H.R. 2429), E1887 [29SE]

Arizona: reform welfare programs, H3538 [22MR]

Bell County, TX: tribute to police, fire, and emergency service workers, E1914 [11OC]

BLM: transfer control and administration of Federal lands to the States (H.R. 2032), E1431 [13JY]

Business and industry: assistance for U.S. tourist trade, H1376 [8FE]

California: impact of balanced budget plan, H15071 [18DE]

CBO: analysis of legislation to determine impact of Federal mandates, H358-H361, H369, H370 [19JA], H944-H947 [31JA]

CERCLA: liability restrictions for generation or transportation of solid waste (H.R. 854), E286 [7FE]

———liability restrictions for generation or transportation of solid waste (H.R. 855), E286 [7FE]

Children and youth: treatment of abandoned infants relative to foster care (H.R. 1044), E433 [24FE]

Civil Rights Act: availability of information on reproductive health services at federally or State funded family planning clinics (H.R. 641), H477, H478 [23JA]

Clean Air Act: State implementation plans (H.R. 304), E8 [4JA]

Colleges and universities: eliminate segregationist language from certain laws relative to funding of State universities (H.R. 2730), E2300 [6DE]

Colorado: referendum on State and local government remedies for discrimination based on sexual orientation, H9764 [10OC]

Commission on Unfunded Mandates: investigate and review unfunded State and local mandates, H421, H422 [20JA]

Community Service Block Grant Program: funding, E602 [15MR]

Congress: point of order requirements for legislation relative to unfunded Federal mandates, H942, H943 [31JA]

Correctional institutions: prison construction funding, H1569-H1572, H1575-H1583 [10FE]

———reimbursement for incarceration of criminal aliens, H1511-H1519 [9FE]

Coryell County, TX: tribute to police, fire, and emergency service workers, E1914 [11OC]

Courts: assignment of judges in State referendum challenge cases, H9619-H9626 [28SE]

———exempt State and local court reporters from certain Federal compensatory time requirements (H.R. 1225), H8122 [1AU], E588 [14MR]

———gender bias studies, E2302 [6DE], E2348 [13DE]

———limit the award of liquidated damages to employees of States and political subdivisions (H.R. 1505), E862 [7AP]

———restrict effects of State referendum challenge legislation to California, H9626, H9627 [28SE]

———State referendum challenges (H.R. 1170), H9611-H9628 [28SE]

———State referendum challenges (H.R. 1170), consideration (H. Res. 227), H9608-H9611 [28SE]

Crime: activities of political and military extremist groups, H4792-H4794 [10MY]

———establish registration, tracking, and community notification procedures relative to convicted sex offenders, H563-H570 [24JA]

———increase juvenile criminal penalties and improve youth correctional facilities (H.R. 600), E149 [20JA]

———limit certain funds to States that do not require testing for presence of AIDS in certain cases of assault (H.R. 2791), E2375 [18DE]

———mandatory victim restitution (H.R. 665), H1266, H1267, H1268, H1270 [6FE], H1295, H1306-H1314 [7FE], E302 [8FE], E312 [9FE]

———mandatory victim restitution (H.R. 665), consideration (H. Res. 60), H1303-H1306 [7FE]

———require States receiving Federal prison grants to collect data on the incidence of violent felonies, H1573-H1575 [10FE]

Dept. of Defense: use of civilian inmate labor at military installations, H5969, H5970 [14JN]

Dept. of Education: abolish (H.R. 1883), H6681 [30JN], H13850 [30NO]

Dept. of Justice: State reimbursement for costs associated with holding special legislative sessions, H7629 [25JY]

Dept. of Labor: consultation with State officials by employers relative to compliance with occupational safety and health requirements (H.R. 1433), E829 [7AP]

Dept. of the Interior: allow State employees to perform certain work during a Federal Government shutdown (H.R. 2677), H14281-H14288 [12DE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: limit per diem payments to State veterans homes, H8022 [31JY]

Disasters: clarify primary responsibility of States for disaster relief, establish private corporations to insure against risks and costs, and provide for reimbursable Federal assistance activities (H. Con. Res. 39), H3119, H3120 [14MR]

Drugs: funding for the Drug Abuse Resistance Education Program through rescissions in the Eisenhower Professional State Grants Program, H3243-H3247 [15MR]

Drunken driving: reporting of blood alcohol levels exceeding State permissible levels after vehicular accidents, H9304 [20SE]

———strengthen Federal prevention laws (H.R. 588), H371 [19JA]

Ecology and environment: Federal policies, E303 [8FE]

———funding to States to implement national estuary conservation and management plans (H.R. 1438), H4700, H4709 [10MY], E844 [7AP]

———provide assistance to rural and disadvantaged communities under the State water pollution control revolving loan program (H.R. 692), E193 [26JA]

Economy: national objectives priority assignments (H.R. 9), H1531 [9FE], H2607-H2639 [3MR], E49 [5JA]

———national objectives priority assignments (H.R. 9), motion to recommit, H2636, H2637 [3MR]

Education: development of school-to-work opportunities systems (H.R. 1426), E826 [7AP]

———funding, H13780-H13783 [29NO], H13862-H13865 [30NO], H15182-H15189 [19DE]

———funding for schools that provide and meet educational mandate for children on military bases, H446 [20JA]

———funding for school-to-work transition programs, H8228-H8232 [2AU]

———Vocational Education Basic State Grant Program funding, H8415 [3AU]

———vocational rehabilitation services, H9166-H9168, H9205-H9214 [19SE]

Elections: results of State and local races, H11923 [8NO]

———voter registration and election fraud, H7986 [28JY], E1529 [27JY]

Employment: age discrimination regulations relative to hiring and retirement plans for State and local law enforcement officers and firefighters (H.R. 849), H3822-H3824 [28MR], E283 [7FE]

———development of State educational policies, H9181, H9182 [19SE]

———State authority to transfer funds relative to youth and adult block grants, H9178-H9181 [19SE]

———State educational programs for women, H9187-H9191 [19SE]

EPA: State grants to finance the construction or improvement of water supply systems (H.R. 2747), E2316 [7DE]

Families and domestic relations: child support enforcement, H3622-H3633 [23MR]

———interstate enforcement of child support and parentage court orders (H.R. 95), E10 [4JA], E188 [26JA]

———programs to combat domestic violence, H3339, H3340 [21MR], E2040 [26OC]

———require States to disclose the AIDS status of infants to legal guardians (H.R. 1289), H6675 [30JN]

———State use of automated data retrieval system for child and spousal support enforcement (H.R. 2288), H9512 [27SE]

Federal aid: administration of block grant programs, H10849, H10850 [26OC]

Federal-State relations: clarify and limit judicial review of Federal mandates, H917-H921 [31JA]

———exempt certain legislation on oversight of State and local programs from unfunded Federal mandates reform, H940 [31JA]

———exempt child immunization programs from unfunded Federal mandates reform, H937, H938 [31JA]

———exempt child support enforcement regulation from unfunded Federal mandates reform, H829-H833 [27JA]

———exempt financial institution regulation from unfunded Federal mandates reform, H812-H816, H821 [27JA]

———exempt laws protecting children from hunger or homelessness from unfunded Federal mandates reform, H861 [30JA]

———exempt school safety issues from unfunded Federal mandates reform, H865-H867, H879, H880 [30JA]

———exempt State participation in voluntary Federal programs from unfunded Federal mandates reform, H943, H944 [31JA]

———include age among discrimination factors not covered by bans on unfunded Federal mandates, H557-H560 [24JA]

———limit the exercising of powers by the Federal Government, H542 [24JA]

———reduce State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates, H151 [9JA], E96 [13JA]

———reduce State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates (H.R. 5), H129 [5JA], H181, H182, H183, H185, H188, H200 [11JA], H235, H236-H238 [13JA], H246, H247, H278-H285, H286 [17JA], H300, H308, H309 [18JA], H334, H345-H370, H372, H373, H374, H375 [19JA], H414, H415, H416-H449, H454, H460-H462 [20JA], H477, H478, H483, H484, H486-H528 [23JA], H549, H550, H551, H553, H555, H557-H582 [24JA], H603 [25JA], H789, H790, H792 [26JA], H808, H810-H816, H821-H833 [27JA], H847, H851-H882 [30JA], H901, H906-H954, H956 [31JA], H976, H978, H979, H980-H1007 [1FE], E49 [5JA], E95 [13JA], E130, E139 [19JA], E168 [24JA], E175 [25JA], E183 [26JA], E202 [27JA], E228 [31JA], E239, E245, E248 [1FE], E254, E255, E256 [2FE], E285 [7FE]

———reduce State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates (H.R. 5), consideration (H. Res. 38), H334-H344 [19JA], H498 [23JA]

———reduce State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates (S. 1), conference report, H3053 [13MR], H3272 [15MR], H3303-H3313 [16MR]

———reduce State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates (S. 1), insert language of H.R. 5 in lieu, H1012 [1FE]

———regulations that significantly impact the health or safety of residents of other States or locales, H436-H446 [20JA]

———require agencies to allow concerned citizens to comment and participate in the regulatory process, H915, H916, H926, H927 [31JA]

———require agencies to choose the least costly alternative when implementing Federal regulations, H916, H917 [31JA]

———require agencies to specify Federal statutes that give authority to impose regulations on State, local, and private entities, H923, H924 [31JA]

———treatment of children's health relative to unfunded Federal mandates reform, H570-H579 [24JA]

———treatment of the disabled relative to unfunded Federal mandates reform, H579-H582 [24JA]

Federal-state relations: require fair market value for Federal assets conveyed to States, H5638, H5639, H5641-H5645 [7JN]

Financial institutions: check cashing services (H.R. 1095), H2402 [1MR]

———interstate banking and branching, E74, E83 [11JA]

Fish and fishing: collection of fees for triploid grass carp certification inspections (H.R. 649), E168 [24JA]

———collection of fees for triploid grass carp certification inspections (S. 268), H10112 [17OC]

Florida: anniversary of statehood, E512 [3MR]

Food stamps: electronic transfer system relative to allowable food items and security, H3603-H3605 [23MR]

———electronic transfer system relative to photograph requirements, H3600-H3603 [23MR]

———reform program (H.R. 1135), H2889 [8MR], H3124 [14MR]

———replace with State block grants, H3315-H3318 [16MR], H3612-H3616 [23MR]

Gambling: limit authority of States to regulate gambling devices on vessels (H.R. 253), E38 [5JA]

Government: allow State employees to perform certain work during a Federal Government shutdown (H.R. 2677), E2219 [20NO]

Government regulations: analysis on the impact on small businesses and State and local government (H.R. 58), E285 [7FE]

———cumulative cost/benefit accounting statement for regulatory programs (H.R. 1636), E1037 [15MY]

———exempt private sector from laws and regulations not applied to Government entities, H366 [19JA], H949-H953 [31JA]

———extend management authority over fisheries in the exclusive economic zone, H10245 [18OC], E1973 [18OC]

———reform, H483 [23JA]

GSA: purchase of goods and services by State and local governments, H8923-H8925 [14SE]

Hazardous substances: nuclear waste disposal (H.R. 1020), H14261 [12DE], H14872 [13DE], H14877 [14DE], E429, E435 [24FE], E2413 [19DE]

———regulation of production, transportation, storage, and disposal, H525-H527 [23JA]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 2756), H14244 [11DE]

———repeal unnecessary medical device reporting requirements (H.R. 2366), H12206-H12212 [14NO]

Health care facilities: imposition of fees to cover cost of inspections, E2401 [19DE]

Health care professionals: State physician licensing relative to interstate telemedicine, E1392 [30JN]

Immigration: Federal reimbursement of local costs incurred due to immigration-related problems, H891 [31JA]

———moratorium on aliens except for relatives of U.S. citizens, certain highly skilled workers, and refugees (H.R. 373), E1 [4JA]

Indian Gaming Regulatory Act: amend to provide for community approval of tribal-State gambling compacts (H.R. 1364), E747 [30MR]

Insurance: compliance by sellers and underwriters with State consumer protection requirements (H.R. 1317), E693 [24MR]

Interstate compacts: consent of Congress to amend the Historic Chattahoochee Compact between Alabama and Georgia (H.R. 2064), E1465 [19JY]

Lakes: treatment of the withdrawal of water from a lake situated between two States (H.R. 2648), E2193, E2197 [16NO]

Law enforcement: community policing programs, H14027 [6DE], E2427 [20DE]

———funding to States for the incarceration of illegal aliens, H7710-H7715, H7788 [26JY]

———provide block grants, H7624-H7626, H7629 [25JY], H7721, H7722 [26JY], H14078, H14079, H14081, H14082, H14083, H14084, H14085, H14086, H14101, H14103-H14105, H14107, H14109 [6DE]

———provide block grants by reducing truth-in-sentencing grant funding, H7715-H7717 [26JY]

———provide block grants (H.R. 728), H1160 [3FE], H1531, H1537, H1542 [9FE], H1586 [10FE], H1615, H1616, H1618, H1620, H1621, H1622, H1629-H1672, H1680 [13FE], H1691, H1692, H1693, H1694, H1696, H1697, H1698, H1699, H1700, H1701-H1745, H1747, H1749 [14FE], E338, E339, E347 [14FE], E358, E359, E371, E372, E375 [16FE], E406 [22FE], E413 [23FE], E436 [24FE]

———provide block grants (H.R. 728), consideration (H. Res. 79), H1622-H1629 [13FE]

———provide block grants (H.R. 728), corrections in engrossment, H1743 [14FE]

———transfer block grant funds to community policing programs, H1702-H1723 [14FE]

———use of block grants to protect any facility or surroundings where a threat to law and order exists, H1733, H1735 [14FE]

Law enforcement officers: exemption from State laws prohibiting carrying of concealed handguns (H.R. 1805), E1259 [15JN]

Local government: reduce local costs due to unfunded State mandates, H417-H421 [20JA]

Local Heroes Week: observance, E1914 [11OC]

Los Angeles, CA: tribute to domestic violence organizations, E2088 [1NO]

Maritime academies: reimbursement of fees for examinations and licenses (H.R. 247), E17, E22 [4JA]

Medicaid: continued enrollment of special-needs children in traditional fee-for-service plans in States with managed care programs (H.R. 1502), E864 [7AP]

———coverage of services of certain clinics operated by children's hospitals (H.R. 1503), E864 [7AP]

———Federal funding of abortions (H.R. 237), E29 [4JA], E56 [5JA]

———funding relative to unfunded Federal mandates reform, H867, H868 [30JA]

———home- and community-based services for the disabled, E2183 [15NO]

———provide State incentives for reduction of expenditures (H.R. 1334), E722 [29MR]

Medicare: funding relative to unfunded Federal mandates reform, H871, H872 [30JA]

———permit select policies to be offered in all States (H.R. 483), H4374, H4383-H4394 [6AP], E76 [11JA]

———permit select policies to be offered in all States (H.R. 483), conference report, H6666-H6675 [30JN]

———permit select policies to be offered in all States (H.R. 483), consideration (H. Res. 130), H4366-H4373 [6AP]

———permit select policies to be offered in all States (H.R. 483), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 180), H6661-H6666 [30JN]

———permit select policies to be offered in all States (H.R. 483), motion to instruct conferees, H5577-H5586 [25MY]

Mining and mineral resources: provide States with exclusive jurisdiction over regulation of surface coal mining within their borders (H.R. 2372), E1831 [21SE]

Monuments and memorials: encircle the Washington Monument with State flags (H.R. 990), E384 [16FE]

Motor vehicles: delay implementation of enhanced vehicle inspection and maintenance programs, E2277 [30NO]

———eliminate penalties on State noncompliance with Federal motorcycle helmet laws, H9308 [20SE]

National Conference of State Societies: sponsorship of the Cherry Blossom Festival, E507 [3MR]

National Gambling Impact and Policy Commission: establish (H.R. 497), H9255 [20SE], H10754 [25OC], H13935 [5DE], E86 [11JA]

National Summer Youth Job Programs: funding, H2816 [8MR]

National Voter Registration Act: repeal (H.R. 370), E4 [4JA]

Native Americans: consultations with Federal, State, and local government officials relative to management of trust funds (H.R. 742), E219 [30JA]

New York: effects of a balanced Federal budget, H13667 [28NO]

———extend the deadline for repayment to the Highway Trust Fund, H9298 [20SE]

NOAA: establish aquaculture facilities and development programs (H.R. 2046), E1449 [18JY]

Outer Continental Shelf: Federal recognition of any coastal State moratorium on leasing, exploration, and development (H.R. 1898), E1298 [20JN]

Public employees: tribute, E1361 [29JN]

Public lands: payment in lieu of taxes program funding, H7124, H7125 [18JY], H8709 [8SE]

———relationship between western States and the Federal Government, E860 [7AP]

Public welfare programs: funding for nutrition programs, H2492 [2MR]

———reform (H.R. 999), H3134 [14MR], E404 [22FE]

———reform (H.R. 1146), E538 [7MR]

———restrict collection of welfare payments, H3502 [22MR]

———work requirements, H3503, H3504, H3506, H3507, H3510-H3514 [22MR]

Recycling: provide refunds for certain beverage containers and resources for State pollution prevention and recycling programs (H.R. 1444), E820 [7AP]

Republican Party: national agenda, E820 [7AP]

Resource Conservation and Recovery Act: revise guidelines and criteria, H8071 [1AU]

Roads and highways: allow States to require contractors to provide warranties and guarantees regarding their materials and work, H9305-H9307 [20SE]

———ban on new billboards on scenic byways, H9293 [20SE]

———maximum speed limit, H9287-H9293, H9294-H9296 [20SE], E1871 [28SE]

———prohibit use of Highway Trust Fund for the payment of bonuses to contractors, H9307, H9308 [20SE]

———resolution of claims relative to right-of-ways across Federal lands (H.R. 2081), E1479 [20JY]

———State limit on salaries of engineering and design consultants, H9293 [20SE]

———treatment of Federal highway funds relative to drunken driving by minors, H9299-H9304 [20SE], E1870 [28SE]

———treatment of Federal highway funds relative to drunken driving by minors (H.R. 2319), E1778 [13SE]

———use of law enforcement block grants for construction or improvement, H1652-H1655 [13FE]

Safety: eliminate noncompliance penalties relative to safety belt, motorcycle helmet, speed limit, and drinking age laws (H.R. 607), H882 [30JA]

Sewage disposal: funding for State sewage treatment plant construction, H4876-H4882, H4891 [12MY]

Social Security: treatment of long-term health care insurance (H.R. 2571), E2083 [1NO]

Solid waste: congressional authorization for restrictions on receipt of out-of-State municipal solid waste (H.R. 227), H112 [4JA], E441 [27FE]

———State control over transportation of municipal solid waste (H.R. 1085), E495 [2MR]

———State control over transportation of municipal solid waste (H.R. 225), H112 [4JA]

———State control over transportation of municipal solid waste (H.R. 24), E31 [5JA], E291 [8FE]

Space policy: encourage the development of a commercial space industry by establishing State-run spaceports (H.R. 1631), H4868 [11MY]

State Justice Institute: funding, H7787 [26JY], E1599 [2AU]

Taxation: credit for in-State contributions to congressional candidates (H.R. 1695), H5487 [24MY]

———establish intercity passenger rail service trust fund (H.R. 2789), E2389 [19DE]

———low-income housing tax credit, H13195, H13200 [17NO]

———offsetting capital gains tax cuts by student loan programs rescissions, H3818, H3819 [28MR]

———treatment of certain pension income (H.R. 371), E20 [4JA]

———treatment of certain pension income (H.R. 394), H14972-H14975 [18DE], E42 [5JA]

———treatment of deferred compensation plans of State, local government, and tax-exempt organizations (H.R. 1119), E554 [8MR]

———treatment of lobbying expenses for State legislation (H.R. 2434), E1891 [29SE]

———treatment of State prepaid college tuition programs (H.R. 1328), H3819 [28MR], E708 [28MR]

Telecommunications: removal of State and local regulations that may prohibit competition of interstate and intrastate telecommunications services, H8460, H8461 [4AU]

Tennessee: announcement of Republican majority in State Senate, H9222 [19SE]

Texas: statehood anniversary, E2316 [7DE]

Texas Independance Day: observance, H2492 [2MR], E498 [2MR]

Tongass National Forest: transfer to Alaska, H12390, H12397-H12403 [15NO]

———transfer to Alaska (H.R. 2413), E1872 [28SE]

Transportation: establish State infrastructure banks to finance certain transportation projects (H.R. 2439), E1895 [29SE]

Trucking industry: exempt small movers of household goods from certain intrastate economic regulations, H12296 [14NO]

———regulation of nonconsensual tow truck operations (H.R. 866), E293 [8FE]

Virginia: include additional counties as part of Appalachian region (H.R. 1165), E548 [8MR]

Voting: implement national voter registration, H5563-H5566 [24MY]

Water: retain sovereignty within borders (H.R. 2555), E2065 [30OC]

Water pollution: capitalization grants (H.R. 1102), E472 [1MR]

———State nonpoint source management in coastal zones, H4696, H4781-H4788 [10MY], H4842-H4845 [11MY]

Yellowstone National Park: identification and protection of significant geothermal areas (H.R. 723), E198 [27JA]

Remarks in Senate

Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations: funding, S5374 [6AP], S11533-S11535 [5AU], S16932 [9NO]

———studies and reports funding, S938-S941 [13JA]

———tribute, S15840 [26OC]

AFDC: replace with State block grant programs (S. 842), S7237-S7239, S7245-S7247 [23MY]

Air pollution: deadline extension for certain sanctions and reclassification of carbon monoxide nonattainment areas (S. 1021), S9717 [11JY]

Amtrak: allow States to use Federal highway funding for intercity passenger rail service, S8763-S8774 [21JN], S9642 [10JY], S17218, S17221-S17226 [17NO], S17599 [28NO]

Appalachian Regional Commission: funding, S11086-S11092 [1AU]

Arts and humanities: funding for National Heritage Fellowships and American Jazz Masters Fellowships, S11996 [9AU]

———impact of design on economy, S17856 [30NO]

Aviation: remove air carrier departure and destination restrictions on Dallas Love Field Airport (S. 322), S1954 [1FE]

Bankruptcy: limit the value of real and personal property that debtors may exempt under State and local law (S. 769), S6344 [9MY]

BLM: transfer control and administration of Federal lands to the States (S. 1031), S9913 [13JY], S15375 [20OC], S15572 [24OC], S17505 [20NO]

Budget: suggestions by private citizens on spending cuts to balance the budget, S3096 [24FE], S3186 [27FE]

CBO: analysis of legislation to determine impact of Federal mandates, S1059, S1060 [18JA], S1334, S1356-S1365 [23JA], S1407, S1417 [24JA], S1503 [25JA], S1599-S1601 [26JA], S1654 [27JA]

———define term of direct savings relative to Federal mandates, S1582, S1583 [26JA]

———require analysis of bills to determine impact of any Federal mandates (S. 13), S170 [4JA]

Centers for Disease Control: adoption by States of guidelines for voluntary HIV counseling and testing of pregnant women, S10702-S10704 [26JY]

Civil defense: public safety officer death benefits eligibility for certain civil defense and FEMA employees (S. 791), S6515 [11MY], S6649 [15MY]

Community Service Block Grant Act: funding, S4845, S4846 [30MR]

Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act: funding formulas for States, S10759, S10760 [27JY]

Congress: applicability of ban on unfunded Federal mandates to appropriations legislation, S1354 [23JA]

———determination of reporting committee to waive ban on unfunded Federal mandates for certain legislation, S1338 [23JA]

———point of order requirements for legislation relative to unfunded Federal mandates, S1353 [23JA], S1645-S1652 [27JA]

———relationship between Congress and Governors, S18348 [11DE]

Correctional institutions: improvement of secure facilities for violent and chronic juvenile offenders (S. 724), S5674 [25AP]

———require inmate work and education duties in States receiving construction grants (S. 930), S8564 [16JN]

Courts: allow probation and pretrial services officers to carry firearms (S. 1474), S18560 [13DE]

———clarify rules governing preemption of State laws relative to health care liability action, S5890 [1MY], S5936 [2MY]

———development of alternative dispute resolutions systems for medical malpractice claims and federally mandated liability reform (S. 11), S165 [4JA]

———exempt State and local court reporters from certain Federal compensatory time requirements (H.R. 1225), S11709 [5AU]

———exempt State and local court reporters from certain Federal compensatory time requirements (S. 190), S738 [10JA]

———gender bias studies, S18173-S18175 [7DE]

———judicial remedies regarding prison conditions, S14626-S14629 [29SE]

———judicial remedies regarding prison conditions (S. 1275), S14316 [26SE]

———judicial remedies regarding prison conditions (S. 1279), S14413-S14419 [27SE]

———judicial remedies regarding prison conditions (S. 400), S2649 [14FE]

———prevent Federal litigation of claims that have already been adequately reviewed in State court, S7829-S7837 [7JN]

———product liability reform, S10900 [28JY]

———provide notification of class action lawsuit certification or settlement to the Depts. of Justice and State (S. 1501), S19250-S19252 [22DE]

———require analysis of bills to determine impact of any Federal mandates (S. 250), S1234 [19JA]

———taxation of punitive damage awards in wrongful death actions, S15998 [27OC]

———treatment of crime victims, S6590 [12MY]

Crime: activities of political and military extremist groups, S5630, S5634 [25AP], S6223 [5MY]

———evaluate and consolidate Federal juvenile crime prevention programs (S. 1036), S10002-S10009 [14JY]

———improve national crime database and hold States liable for early release of violent criminals (S. 1427), S17666 [28NO], S18311 [11DE]

———mandatory victim restitution (H.R. 665), S19273-S19282 [22DE]

———mandatory victim restitution (H.R. 665), unanimous-consent agreement, S19019 [20DE]

———mandatory victim restitution (S. 1404), S16826 [8NO]

———mandatory victim restitution (S. 1504), S19254 [22DE]

———reform juvenile justice system (S. 1245), S13656-S13659 [15SE]

———truth-in-sentencing requirements, S18136 [7DE]

Dept. of Agriculture: equity in State and Federal make allowances for dairy products (S. 659), S4995 [31MR]

———funding for certified mediation programs, S13915 [20SE]

———primacy of State water laws, S13711 [18SE]

Dept. of Education: abolish (H.R. 1883), S16620 [2NO]

Dept. of HUD: use of Community Development Block Grant Program funds relative to plant relocations and job dislocation, S14387 [27SE]

Dept. of Justice: funding for the prosecution of anti-Government criminal activity, S14687 [29SE]

Diseases: require spousal notification of HIV/AIDS infected individuals, S10708 [26JY]

Ecology and environment: funding for Superfund, Council on Environmental Quality, and State revolving funds, S14348-S14355 [27SE]

———intergovernmental environmental restoration and waste management activities, S1520-S1523 [25JA]

Education: abolish the National Education Standards and Improvement Council (S. 323), S1955 [1FE]

———development of school-to-work opportunities systems, S5542 [7AP]

———development of school-to-work opportunities systems (S. 696), S5431 [6AP]

———efforts to improve infrastructure of public school facilities, S18569 [13DE]

———eliminate opportunity-to-learn standards (S. 469), S3058 [23FE]

———eliminate opportunity-to-learn standards (S. 1301), S14898 [10OC], S14961 [11OC]

———Federal funding relative to voluntary school prayer (S. 27), S222-S224 [4JA]

———school-to-work transition programs, S10662 [25JY]

———State distribution of funds for adult and vocational education programs, S14852-S14855 [10OC]

———State use of vouchers to provide education and training services to displaced workers, S14867-S14869 [10OC]

Elections: allow for same day election registration, S14654 [29SE]

———results of State and local races, S16806, S16840 [8NO]

———State reimbursement for National Voter Registration Act implementation, S7346 [24MY]

Employment: age discrimination regulations relative to hiring and retirement plans for State and local law enforcement officers and firefighters (H.R. 849), S4803 [29MR]

———age discrimination regulations relative to hiring and retirement plans for State and local law enforcement officers and firefighters (H.R. 849), placed on calendar, S5175 [5AP]

———State block grants for job training programs, S14861, S14862 [10OC]

———State evaluation of job training programs, S14877 [10OC]

Energy Information Administration: funding, S12030 [9AU]

EPA: establish rulemaking for disinfectants in drinking water systems, S17772 [29NO]

———implementation of Clean Air Act permits program, S14302, S14303 [26SE]

———reauthorize Environmental Financial Advisory Board charter and establish Environmental Finance Centers (S. 718), S5551 [7AP]

Executive departments: report and review intergovernmental Federal mandates that are inadequately funded, S1576-S1582 [26JA]

Families and domestic relations: child support enforcement (S. 456), S2872, S2888 [16FE]

———child support enforcement (S. 687), S5414 [6AP]

———programs to combat domestic violence, S4210 [21MR], S14506-S14513 [28SE], S14585, S14691, S14692 [29SE], S15283 [18OC]

———State child support enforcement demonstration programs (S. 642), S4732-S4735 [28MR]

———State use of automated data retrieval system for child and spousal support enforcement (H.R. 2288), S14798 [29SE]

Family and domestic relations: child support enforcement fees for non-assistance families, S16004, S16005 [27OC]

FDIC: provide State bank representation on Board of Directors (S. 562), S3968 [15MR], S9962 [14JY]

Federal-State relations: application of Federal mandates on private industry in competiton with the public sector, S1652 [27JA]

———application of legislation on unfunded Federal mandates relative to existing laws, S1605 [26JA]

———authority of Federal Government, S6135, S6138 [4MY]

———constitutional amendment to bar unfunded Federal mandates (S.J. Res. 9), S415 [4JA]

———constitutional authority of unfunded Federal mandates, S1180, S1181 [19JA]

———eligibility for funding of State, local, or tribal governments already complying with new Federal mandates, S1344 [23JA], S1426 [24JA]

———implementation of metric system requirements, S1306-S1309, S1314-S1316, S1334 [23JA]

———implementation of metric system requirements relative to Federal highway projects, S8786 [21JN]

———include age among discrimination factors not covered by bans on unfunded Federal mandates, S1187-S1189 [19JA]

———protection of children, pregnant women, and the elderly relative to ban on unfunded Federal mandates, S1401-S1407 [24JA], S1504-S1517 [25JA]

———reduce State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates, S10374 [20JY], S17734-S17742 [29NO]

———reduce State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates (S. 1), S12, S53, S54, S60-S63 [4JA], S458 [5JA], S646 [9JA], S749, S753-S755, S781, S812 [11JA], S828-S895 [12JA], S919, S920, S921, S922, S928-S941 [13JA], S961-S985, S987-S1000 [17JA], S1018, S1019, S1024-S1069, S1105 [18JA], S1140-S1189, S1191, S1194-S1205 [19JA], S1253, S1254, S1256-S1258, S1259, S1262, S1265 [20JA], S1302-S1365, S1377, S1378, S1379 [23JA], S1393, S1396-S1412, S1417 [24JA], S1485-S1495, S1498, S1502-S1535, S1537, S1538 [25JA], S1557, S1564-S1601, S1604-S1614 [26JA], S1639-S1688, S1699-S1701 [27JA], S2077, S2140 [3FE]

———reduce State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates (S. 1), conference report, S3859, S3875-S3890 [14MR], S3918-S3922 [15MR]

———reduce State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates (S. 1), unanimous-consent agreement, S856 [12JA], S929 [13JA], S1158, S1166, S1203 [19JA], S1314, S1332, S1353, S1354 [23JA], S1637 [26JA], S1651, S1655 [27JA]

———reduce State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates (S. 139), S394 [4JA]

———reduce State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates (S. 169), S525 [5JA], S683 [9JA], S4407 [22MR]

———reduce State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates (S. Res. 68), S1290 [20JA]

———State cost shifting of programs to local governments, S1047 [18JA]

———treatment of existing child pornography, child abuse, or child labor legislation relative to unfunded Federal mandates, S1403 [24JA], S1607-S1609 [26JA]

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

———treatment of voluntary Federal programs as mandates, S1613 [26JA]

———unfunded Federal mandates relative to welfare reform, S13565 [14SE]

Financial institutions: interstate banking and branching, S520 [5JA]

Firearms: permanent ban on possession of firearms by persons convicted of certain felonies, S11553 [5AU]

———permanent ban on possession of firearms by persons convicted of certain felonies (S. 1068), S10569-S10572 [24JY]

Fish and fishing: collection of fees for triploid grass carp certification inspections (S. 268), S1453 [24JA], S5734 [26AP]

———coordinate conservation efforts of Atlantic striped bass (S. 776), S6352, S6353 [9MY]

Floods: disaster assistance to the Kenai Peninsula of Alaska, S14230, S14231 [26SE]

Florida: anniversary of statehood, S3451 [3MR]

———anniversary of statehood (S. Res. 84), S3428, S3437 [2MR]

Food stamps: replace with State block grant programs, S12924 [8SE], S13334-S13341 [12SE]

———replace with State block grant programs (S. 843), S7237-S7239, S7245-S7247 [23MY]

Gambling: impact on citizens and government revenue, S521 [5JA]

———prohibit casinos from voiding contracts with State or local governments when declaring bankruptcy (S. 1450), S18100 [6DE]

Gambling Impact Study Commission: establish (S. 704), S10912-S10916 [31JY], S11472 [4AU], S13134 [8SE], S16106 [27OC], S16677 [3NO], S17871 [30NO], S17929 [4DE]

Government regulations: exempt private sector from laws and regulations not applied to government entities, S1160-S1180 [19JA]

———reform (S. 291), S1711 [27JA], S10487, S10488 [21JY]

Hawaii: jurisdiction of FERC over licensing of hydroelectric projects (S. 225), S914 [12JA]

Hazardous substances: improve management of remediation waste (S. 1274), S14314 [26SE]

———improve management of remediation waste (S. 1286), S14738 [29SE]

———nuclear waste disposal, S16398, S16399 [31OC]

———nuclear waste disposal (S. 167), S496 [5JA]

———nuclear waste disposal (S. 1271), S14204 [25SE]

Health: managed care system reform proposal, S323 [4JA]

———State care of pregnant women and children, S16509 [1NO]

———strengthen State and local government capability of providing public health services (S. 142), S398 [4JA]

Housing: State authority to set rental occupancy standards (S. 1397), S16754 [7NO]

Immigration: Federal reimbursement of local costs incurred due to immigration-related problems, S1378, S1379 [23JA], S1409 [24JA], S1609-S1611 [26JA]

———moratorium on aliens except for relatives of U.S. citizens, certain highly skilled workers, and refugees (S. 160), S486 [5JA]

INS: State Criminal Alien Assistance Program funding, S14670 [29SE]

Intergovernmental relations: improve service delivery between Federal, State, and local governments (S. Res. 23), S422 [4JA]

Interjurisdictional Fisheries Act: authorizing appropriations (S. 1498), S19120 [21DE]

———modify assistance programs for dislocated fishers (S. 1499), S19121 [21DE]

Interstate compacts: consent of Congress to additional powers conferred upon the Bi-State Development Agency by Missouri and Illinois (S.J. Res. 27), S3064 [23FE], S10506 [21JY]

———consent of Congress to amend the Historic Chattahoochee Compact between Alabama and Georgia (S. 848), S16934 [9NO]

Job Corps: maintain as a national program, S14961-S14975, S14978, S14989 [11OC]

Lakes: treatment of the withdrawal of water from lakes situated between two States (S. 1413), S17091, S17092 [15NO]

Law enforcement: community policing programs, S18129, S18136, S18139, S18145, S18150, S18153-S18157, S18159, S18167, S18168, S18170, S18176, S18177 [7DE]

———provide block grants, S2579 [13FE], S18177 [7DE]

Law enforcement officers: exemption from State laws prohibiting carrying of concealed handguns (S. 960), S8997 [23JN]

Local government: accountability in administration of Federal programs (S. 1308), S15034 [11OC]

———compliance with Federal orders to install water filtration systems, S17747, S17748 [29NO]

———flexibility in administration of Federal programs, S1303-S1306 [23JA]

———flexibility in administration of Federal programs (S. 88), S309-S311 [4JA]

———national objective to revitalize urban areas, S12627 [5SE]

———strengthen Federal authority to combat public corruption (S. 1378), S16621, S16622 [2NO]

Medicaid: coverage of services provided by nursing school clinics under State programs (S. 61), S281 [4JA]

———flexibility for States to enroll beneficiaries in managed care plans (S. 839), S7121 [22MY]

———provide State incentives for reduction of expenditures (S. 634), S4722 [28MR]

———replace with State block grant programs (S. 844), S7237-S7239, S7245-S7247 [23MY]

———State flexibility in providing benefits, S15816, S15817 [26OC], S15980 [27OC]

———waiver of anti-kickback statute for certain State demonstration projects and managed care programs (S. 716), S5549 [7AP]

Medicare: extend period for issuance of select policies (S. 717), S5550 [7AP]

———permit select policies to be offered in all States (H.R. 483), S5538 [7AP], S5614 [24AP], S6784-S6792, S6794-S6797 [17MY], S7696 [5JN]

———permit select policies to be offered in all States (H.R. 483), conference report, S9087-S9089 [26JN]

———permit select policies to be offered in all States (H.R. 483), corrections in enrollment (S. Con. Res. 19), S9089 [26JN]

Members of Congress: limit terms (S. 683), S5231 [5AP]

Mining and mineral resources: provide States with exclusive jurisdiction over regulation of surface coal mining within their borders (S. 1401), S16821 [8NO]

Missouri River: equity in economic benefits and recreational usage among bordering States (S. 525), S3753-S3757 [9MR], S4004 [16MR]

Motor vehicles: delay implementation of enhanced vehicle inspection and maintenance programs, S17203 [17NO]

———delay implementation of enhanced vehicle inspection and maintenance programs (S. 248), S1233, S1242 [19JA]

———delay implementation of enhanced vehicle inspection and maintenance programs (S. 767), S6339 [9MY]

———eliminate disparate treatment of Clean Air Act sanctions on ozone nonattainment areas and mandatory State vehicle inspection and maintenance programs (S. 622), S4589 [24MR]

———eliminate penalties on State noncompliance with Federal motorcycle helmet laws, S8746-S8762 [21JN]

———eliminate penalties on State noncompliance with Federal motorcycle helmet laws (S. 388), S2501 [10FE]

———eliminate penalties on State noncompliance with Federal safety belt and motorcycle helmet laws, S8610, S8611 [19JN], S8659-S8675 [20JN], S8762, S8789 [21JN]

———impose moratorium on sanctions under the Clean Air Act provisions on ozone nonattainment areas and mandatory State vehicle inspection and maintenance programs (S. 375), S2339-S2341 [8FE]

———impose moratorium on sanctions under the Clean Air Act provisions on ozone nonattainment areas and mandatory State vehicle inspection and maintenance programs (S. 721), S5604 [24AP]

———State regulation of tow or wrecker services (S. 1368), S16427 [31OC]

Motorcycles: regulation of helmet use (S. 234), S1071 [18JA]

National Education Standards and Improvement Council: abolish (S. 1301), S14898 [10OC], S14961 [11OC]

———abolish (S. 469), S3058 [23FE]

National Gambling Impact and Policy Commission: establish, S3760 [9MR]

National Guard: funding, S18851 [19DE]

National Highway System: State control of the design of highway improvement projects for non-interstate roads, S8762 [21JN]

National Institute of Justice: provide technical assistance to State and local law enforcement entities (S. 1242), S13622 [14SE]

National parks and recreation areas: allow donation of State management and operation services during a Government shutdown (S. 1451), S18100 [6DE]

National Voter Registration Act: amend, S18175 [7DE]

———enforcement appropriations, S2974 [22FE]

———repeal (S. 218), S907 [12JA]

Native Americans: enforcement of child support agreements between the States and tribal organizations, S13565-S13567 [14SE]

———prohibit the Federal taking of lands to be held in trust for economically self-sufficient tribes for commercial or gaming purposes (S. 952), S8822 [21JN]

New York: economy, S4833 [29MR]

Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact: grant consent (S.J. Res. 28), S3424-S3426, S3437 [2MR]

Northern Border States-Canada Trade Council: establish (S. 437), S2836 [16FE]

Oregon: waiver of ERISA relative to employer mandates in health care reform plan (S. 713), S5547 [7AP]

Outer Continental Shelf: Federal recognition of any coastal moratorium on leasing, exploration, and development (S. 950), S8711 [20JN], S9103 [26JN]

Petroleum: management of royalties from Federal and Outer Continental Shelf oil and gas leases, S17295, S17311 [17NO]

Public buildings: permit State and local governments to lease or sell Federal-aid facilities without repayment of Federal grants (S. 1063), S10501 [21JY]

Public lands: limit Federal acquisitions in States where one quarter or more land area is Federal land (S. 518), S3744-S3746 [9MR]

Public welfare programs: allow States to use an income tax intercept to collect overpayments in assistance, S13206 [11SE]

———assignment of block grant programs to county governments, S12827 [7SE]

———assistance to minors relative to time limitations of benefits, S12812-S12819, S12821 [7SE], S13342-S13345 [12SE], S13481-S13483 [13SE], S13644, S13645 [15SE]

———development of adult supervised living arrangements for unmarried teenage mothers, S13529-S13533 [13SE], S13598-S13602 [14SE]

———equal treatment of naturalized and native-born citizens, S12826, S12827 [7SE], S13590-S13594, S13604 [14SE]

———establish a job placement performance incentive bonus to States for placing individuals in unsubsidized jobs, S13504-S13507 [13SE]

———establish community works progress programs, S13571, S13572, S13609 [14SE], S13631, S13632, S13673 [15SE]

———establish State and county demonstration programs, S13571 [14SE]

———establish State contingency fund, S13373 [12SE], S13780 [19SE]

———exclude certain programs from liability provisions of electronic benefits transfer (S. 131), S382 [4JA], S13551 [13SE]

———exempt elderly, disabled, and children from optional State food assistance block grants, S13635, S13636 [15SE]

———exempt victims of domestic violence from certain eligibility requirements, S13525-S13527 [13SE], S13561, S13562 [14SE]

———expenditure of funds in accordance with State laws and procedures, S12802-S12804 [7SE], S12875 [8SE]

———funding for State administrative purposes, S12894 [8SE]

———funding for State drug addiction and alcoholism treatment programs, S13628, S13634 [15SE]

———funding formula for children's programs, S12927 [8SE], S13351-S13368 [12SE], S13484-S13486, S13536, S13537 [13SE], S13639, S13640, S13646 [15SE]

———funding to States to handle additional growth in welfare caseloads, S12808 [7SE], S13200-S13206 [11SE], S13316, S13317 [12SE]

———maintain partnership between the Federal Government and the States, S12910 [8SE], S13317-S13333 [12SE], S13538 [13SE]

———modify provisions relative to State plan requirements, S13602 [14SE], S13644 [15SE]

———reform, S1868 [1FE], S10070 [14JY], S10911 [31JY]

———reform (S. 36), S228 [4JA]

———reform (S. 140), S394-S397 [4JA]

———reform (S. 209), S902 [12JA]

———reform (S. 828), S6917-S6920 [18MY]

———require development of strategic plan for State family assistance programs, S13628 [15SE]

———require welfare recipients to work relative to State assistance services, S12819 [7SE], S13345-S13351 [12SE], S13483 [13SE]

———State authority to reserve welfare grant funding, S12820 [7SE]

———State determination of benefits relative to children born to current welfare recipients, S13368-S13372 [12SE], S13487-S13489 [13SE]

———State management of additional responsibilities through information technology, S13776 [19SE]

———State sanctioning of recipients relative to drug testing, S12888 [8SE]

———welfare grant levels relative to out-of-wedlock birth rate, S13533-S13536 [13SE], S13563-S13565 [14SE]

Railroads: permit State use of Federal highway funds for improvements of passenger rail service (S. 733), S5837 [27AP]

Recycling: phase out the use of mercury in batteries and remove Federal barriers to the recycling of rechargeable batteries (S. 619), S4585 [24MR], S14100-S14105 [21SE]

———provide refunds for certain beverage containers and resources for State pollution prevention and recycling programs (S. 870), S7618 [26MY]

Refuse disposal: State control of municipal solid waste transportation and disposal (S. 542), S3842 [13MR]

Resource Conservation and Recovery Act: revise guidelines and criteria, S6714, S6715 [16MY]

Roads and highways: demonstration project funding, S15803-S15805 [26OC]

———designate National Highway System, improve financing, and create State infrastructure banks (S. 775), S6594 [12MY]

———encourage Federal and State traffic safety programs (S. 387), S2496, S2500, S2501 [10FE]

———moratorium on Federal regulations relative to right-of-way construction on public land, S8924, S8925 [22JN]

———moratorium on Federal regulations relative to right-of-way construction on public land (S. 1425), S17530-S17533 [27NO]

———treatment of Federal highway funds relative to drunken driving by minors, S8774-S8777, S8779 [21JN]

———treatment of Federal highway funds relative to use of alcoholic beverages in motor vehicles, S8655 [20JN], S8777, S8782-S8785 [21JN]

———treatment of Federal highway funds relative to use of alcoholic beverages in motor vehicles (S. 1353), S15406 [20OC], S15501 [23OC]

———treatment of toll facilities, S8779-S8782 [21JN]

Russell, KS: tribute, S14407 [27SE]

Senate: require three-fifths vote to waive a CBO analysis of legislation to determine impact of Federal mandates, S1407 [24JA]

———require three-fifths vote to waive ban on unfunded Federal mandates, S1417 [24JA]

Senior citizens: Insurance Information Counseling and Assistance Grant Program funding, S5338 [6AP]

Ships and vessels: repeal U.S.-flag cruise ships gambling restrictions and limit State authority to regulate gambling on interstate vessels, S17466 [18NO]

———repeal U.S.-flag cruise ships gambling restrictions and limit State authority to regulate gambling on interstate vessels (S. 138), S393 [4JA]

———safety inspection of small commercial vessels, S17392 [17NO]

Social Security: extend Medicare Select Program (S. 198), S798 [11JA]

Solid waste: expand the definition of municipal solid waste, S6577-S6580 [12MY]

———limit disposal of out-of-State municipal waste (S. 589), S4368 [22MR]

———return of beverage containers for deposit, S6581, S6582 [12MY]

———revision of flow control authority, S6477, S6480-S6487, S6489-S6494, S6502-S6505 [11MY], S6596 [12MY], S6703-S6709, S6721 [16MY]

———State control of landfills in Alaska, S6576, S6577 [12MY]

———State control over transportation of municipal solid waste (S. 373), S2336 [8FE]

———State control over transportation of municipal solid waste (S. 534), S3807-S3810 [10MR], S6419-S6423, S6426-S6433, S6435, S6443-S6452, S6465, S6466 [10MY], S6471, S6477-S6487, S6489-S6494, S6499-S6505, S6563-S6566 [11MY], S6575-S6584, S6586, S6592-S6597, S6640 [12MY], S6703-S6709, S6712, S6714-S6728 [16MY]

———State control over transportation of municipal solid waste (S. 534), unanimous-consent agreement, S6482 [11MY], S6597 [12MY]

———treatment of ground water protection requirements relative to the Solid Waste Disposal Act, S6597 [12MY]

Source Water Quality Protection Partnership Program: establish, S17771, S17772 [29NO]

South Dakota: operation and maintenance of certain National Park Service units on a trial basis (S. 1185), S12377 [11AU]

———tribute, S14400 [27SE]

Sports: regulations relative to relocation of professional teams (S. 1439), S17866-S17869 [30NO]

———taxpayer financed sports stadiums, S16721 [7NO]

SSI: replace with State block grant programs, S12924 [8SE]

———replace with State block grant programs (S. 845), S7237-S7239, S7245-S7247 [23MY]

State Revolving Loan Fund: establish priorities for use, S17760 [29NO]

Supreme Court: establish guidelines for reviewing cases involving capital punishment, S817 [11JA]

Surplus Government property: make available to States for official use before offering to other entities (S. 771), S6347 [9MY]

Taxation: collection of certain State and local taxes relative to the sale, delivery, and use of personal property, S1058, S1062, S1065-S1067 [18JA], S1150-S1158 [19JA]

———collection of State and local taxes on mail-order transactions (S. 545), S3840, S3841, S3845-S3847 [13MR]

———computation of adjusted gross income for school bus drivers (S. 500), S3521 [6MR]

———eligibility of veterans for mortgage revenue bond financing (S. 417), S2661 [14FE]

———eligibility of veterans for mortgage revenue bond financing (S. 912), S8119 [9JN]

———provide that overpayments shall be reduced by the amount of past-due enforceable State tax obligations (S. 1408), S16922 [9NO]

———treatment of certain pension income (H.R. 394), S19129 [21DE], S19235, S19273 [22DE], S19296 [27DE]

———treatment of certain pension income (H.R. 394), placed on calendar, S19019 [20DE]

———treatment of certain pension income (S. 44), S254 [4JA], S5078 [3AP]

———treatment of operating expenses for school bus drivers (S. 499), S3521 [6MR]

Telecommunications: clarify State rate-making authority, S8315-S8317 [14JN]

———implementation of dialing parity requirements on Bell Telephone Cos. relative to preestablished State requirements, S8348-S8350, S8374 [14JN], S8465 [15JN]

———prohibit the FCC from preempting State or local regulations that establish barriers to entry for interstate or intrastate services, S8170-S8176, S8186 [12JN], S8212 [13JN], S8305-S8308 [14JN]

———require certain criteria upon the designation of an additional Essential Telecommunications Carrier, S7947-S7951 [8JN]

Texas: anniversary of statehood, S19311 [29DE]

Texas Independence Day: observance, S3366 [2MR], S3480 [3MR]

Transportation: treatment of penalties on States without safety belt and motorcycle helmet requirements (S. 360), S2268 [7FE]

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

———exempt small movers of household goods from certain intrastate economic regulations, S17600, S17602 [28NO]

———regulation of nonconsensual tow truck operations (S. 302), S1852 [31JA]

Veterans: conduct feasibility studies for inclusion of veterans health programs in certain State health programs (S. 613), S4577 [24MR]

———disregard State payments to blind veterans as income for purposes of pension determination (S. 361), S2269 [7FE]

———payment to States for adult day health care (S. 293), S1758 [30JA]

———payments to States for certain veterans buried in State cemeteries (S. 471), S3060 [23FE]

Volunteer workers: allow State and local government workers to perform volunteer services for their employer without requiring overtime pay (S. 530), S3806 [10MR]

Wagner, Sue: Women Executives in State Government's ``Breaking the Glass Ceiling'' award recipient, S1615 [26JA]

Water: definition of public water systems relative to certain irrigation systems, S17773 [29NO]

———require certain community water systems to issue a report relative to level of contaminants in drinking water, S17768-S17771, S17772 [29NO]

West Virginia: anniversary, S8681 [20JN]

WIC: investigate food industry lobbyists' involvement in the transfer to State controlled block grants, S5101-S5104, S5106 [4AP]

Yellowstone National Park: identification and protection of significant geothermal areas (S. 274), S1539 [25JA]

Reports

FCC Preemption of State or Local Regulations That Establish Barriers To Entry for Interstate or Intrastate Telecommunications Services: National Governors' Association, S8307 [14JN]

Impact of a Balanced Budget Amendment and the Contract With America on the State of Hawaii: Dept. of the Treasury, S2023 [2FE]

Nuclear Export Controls, S333-S337 [4JA]

Telemedicine and State Licensure: American Telemedicine Association, E1392 [30JN]

Reports filed

Collection of Fees for Triploid Grass Carp Certification Inspections: Committee on Resources (House) (S. 268) (H. Rept. 104-189), H7067 [17JY]

Congressional Consent to Additional Powers Conferred Upon the Bi-State Development Agency by Missouri and Illinois: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S.J. Res. 27), S8945 [22JN]

Consent of Congress to Additional Powers Conferred Upon the Bi-State Development Agency by Missouri and Illinois: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.J. Res. 78) (H. Rept. 104-377), H13929 [4DE]

Consent of Congress To Amend the Historic Chattahoochee Compact Between Alabama and Georgia: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 2064) (H. Rept. 104-376), H13929 [4DE]

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 483, Permit Medicare Select Policies To Be Offered in All States: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 180) (H. Rept. 104-169), H6655 [29JN]

Consideration of H.R. 5, Unfunded Mandate Reform Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 38) (H. Rept. 104-2), H325 [18JA]

Consideration of H.R. 483, Permit Medicare Select Policies To Be Offered in All States: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 130) (H. Rept. 104-103), H4334 [5AP]

Consideration of H.R. 665, Mandatory Victim Restitution: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 60) (H. Rept. 104-19), H1280 [6FE]

Consideration of H.R. 728, Block Grants for Law Enforcement: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 79) (H. Rept. 104-27), H1610 [10FE]

Consideration of H.R. 1170, State Referendum Challenges: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 227) (H. Rept. 104-257), H9451 [21SE]

Consideration of H.R. 2677, Allow State Employees To Perform Certain Dept. of the Interior Work During a Federal Government Shutdown: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 323) (H. Rept. 104-442), H15574 [21DE]

Exempt State and Local Court Reporters From Certain Federal Compensatory Time Requirements: Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities (House) (H.R. 1225) (H. Rept. 104-219), H8173 [1AU]

FERC Jurisdiction Over Licensing of Hydroelectric Projects in Hawaii: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 225) (S. Rept. 104-70), S5805 [27AP]

Food Stamp Program Reform: Committee on Agriculture (House) (H.R. 1135) (H. Rept. 104-77), H3155 [14MR]

Government Regulations Reform: Committee on Government Reform and Oversight (House) (H.R. 994) (H. Rept. 104-284), H10484 [19OC]

———Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 994) (H. Rept. 104-284), H11828 [7NO]

Historic Chattahoochee Compact Between Alabama and Georgia Amendments: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 848), S15849 [26OC]

Intercity Passenger Rail Taxation Trust Fund Establishment: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 1395) (S. Rept. 104-168), S16657 [3NO]

Job Creation and Wage Enhancement Act: Committee on Commerce (House) (H.R. 9) (H. Rept. 104-33), H1848 [15FE]

Law Enforcement Block Grants: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 728) (H. Rept. 104-24), H1460 [8FE]

Mandatory Victim Restitution Relative to Crime Control: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 665) (H. Rept. 104-16), H1156 [2FE]

Mercury-Containing and Rechargeable Battery Management Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 619) (S. Rept. 104-136), S12614 [5SE]

Permit Medicare Select Policies To Be Offered in All States: Committee of Conference (H.R. 483) (H. Rept. 104-157), H6269 [22JN]

———Committee on Commerce (House) (H.R. 483) (H. Rept. 104-79), H4413 [6AP]

Permit Select Medicare Policies To Be Offered in All States: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 483) (H. Rept. 104-79), H3275 [15MR]

Regulatory Reform Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 291) (S. Rept. 104-88), S7497 [25MY]

Repeal Unnecessary Medical Device Reporting Requirements: Committee on Commerce (House) (H.R. 2366) (H. Rept. 104-323), H11829 [7NO]

———Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 2366) (H. Rept. 104-323), H11829 [7NO]

State Control Over Transportation of Municipal Solid Waste: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 534) (S. Rept. 104-53), S5603 [24AP]

State Referendum Challenges: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 1170) (H. Rept. 104-179), H6829 [11JY]

State Tax Treatment of Certain Pension Income: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 394) (H. Rept. 104-389), H14237 [7DE]

State Use of Automated Data Retrieval System for Child and Spousal Support Enforcement: Committee on Finance (Senate) (H.R. 2288), S14710 [29SE]

———Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 2288) (H. Rept. 104-250), H9244 [19SE]

Striped Bass Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 776) (S. Rept. 104-182), S18232 [7DE]

———Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 776), S18919 [19DE]

Triploid Grass Carp Certification Inspection Fees: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 268) (S. Rept. 104-51), S5603 [24AP]

Unfunded Mandate Reform Act: Committee of Conference (S. 1) (H. Rept. 104-76), H3072 [13MR]

———Committee on Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 1) (S. Rept. 104-1), S646 [9JA], S782 [11JA]

———Committee on Rules (House) (H.R. 5) (H. Rept. 104-1), H241 [13JA]

———Committee on the Budget (Senate) (S. 1) (S. Rept. 104-1), S646 [9JA]

———Committee on the Budget (Senate) (S. 1) (S. Rept. 104-2), S901 [12JA]

Victim Restitution Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (H.R. 665) (S. Rept. 104-179), S18099 [6DE]

Welfare Reform Consolidation Act: Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities (House) (H.R. 999) (H. Rept. 104-75), H3048 [10MR]

Reports to constituents

Hamilton, Representative: Federal Mandates, E177 [25JA]

———Tenth Amendment, E1707 [6SE]

Resolutions by organizations

Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact: New England Governors' Conference, Inc., S3424 [2MR]

State control of Federal welfare block grant funds: American Legislative Exchange Council, S12803 [7SE]

———National Speakers Conference, S12803 [7SE]

State control over transportation of municipal solid waste: National Governors' Association, E291 [8FE]

Texas statehood anniversary: Texas State Legislature, E2316 [7DE]

Transfer of Tongass National Forest to Alaska: J. Allan MacKinnon, Southeast Conference (organization), E1874 [28SE]

Unfunded Mandate Reform Act: Dearborn, MI, City Council, S1186 [19JA]

———St. Clair, MI, City Council, S1186 [19JA]

———Winnebago County, IL, Board, S1671 [27JA]

Rulings of the Chair

Federal-State relations: reduce State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates (H.R. 5), H419 [20JA]

Health: repeal unnecessary medical device reporting requirements (H.R. 2366), H12209, H12210 [14NO]

Law enforcement: provide block grants (H.R. 728), H1667 [13FE], H1734 [14FE]

Statements

Collection of Certain State and Local Taxes Relative to the Sale, Delivery, and Use of Personal Property: Senator Packwood, S1153 [19JA]

Family Support Act (1986): Ronald Reagan, S6925 [18MY]

Redevelopment of Closed Military Installations: Senator Pryor, S6679 [15MY]

Teen Pregnancy and Parenthood in Welfare Reform: John H. Ricard, S13599 [14SE]

———Mary Anderson Cooper, National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A., S13600 [14SE]

Unfunded Mandate Reform Act: Bruce A. Dorbian, Marcus Hook, PA, E130 [19JA]

———Committee on the Budget (Senate), S783 [11JA]

———James F. Shields, Delaware County, PA, school system, E130 [19JA]

———Senator Roth, Committee on Governmental Affairs (Senate), S646-S653 [9JA]

———Wallace H. Nunn, Delaware County, PA, Council, E130 [19JA]

Studies

Balanced Budget Amendment and the Economy—How a Balanced Budget Amendment Would Have Worsened the Recession of 1990-92: Dept. of the Treasury, S3047-S3050 [23FE]

Summaries

Abolish the National Education Standards and Improvement Council (S. 323), S1956 [1FE]

Interstate Child Support Responsibility Act (S. 456), S2887 [16FE]

Juvenile Crime Prevention and Reform Act (S. 1036), S10008 [14JY]

Make Surplus Government Property Available to States for Official Use Before Offering to Other Entities (S. 771), S6348 [9MY]

Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact (S.J. Res 28), S3424 [2MR]

Prison Litigation Reform Act (S. 1279), S14417 [27SE]

Public Health Enhancement Act (S. 142), S401 [4JA]

Public Welfare Program Reform (S. 828), S6920-S6925 [18MY]

State Bank Representation Act (S. 562), S3968 [15MR]

Transfer of Tongass National Forest to Alaska (H.R. 2413), E1873 [28SE]

Welfare Bill Modifications: Senator Dole, S12913 [8SE]

Tables

Additional costs of child care and work programs under the Senate Republican leadership welfare plan, S13366 [12SE]

Child tax credit payment amounts eligible to States, S4099 [16MR]

Comparison of State allocations, S13206 [11SE]

Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act funding breakdown for fiscal year 1996, S10727 [26JY]

Dynamic growth State welfare formula analysis, S13366 [12SE]

Federal Highway Administration, Federal-aid highways, and Intermodal Surface Transportation Act projects not under construction as of Feb. 24, 1995, H3185-H3189 [15MR]

FEMA Disaster Relief Fund, S2611 [14FE]

Highway demonstration projects not under construction, H3184 [15MR]

Highway funds to be restored by Byrd amendment, S15803 [26OC]

Impact of Job Corps in Pennsylvania, S14975 [11OC]

Law enforcement grants by State, S18164 [7DE]

Medicare select policies, H4390 [6AP]

Number of market promotion program jobs by State, S13755 [19SE]

Preliminary estimate of the number of children denied AFDC due to time limit in the Senate Republican plan, S12818 [7SE]

Prison funding, S18143 [7DE]

Proposed allocations to the States under S. 1120, Dole welfare legislation, 1996-2000, S13205 [11SE]

Spending reductions under a balanced budget amendment in fiscal year 2002, S2023 [2FE]

Spending reductions under Contract With America in fiscal year 2002, S2023 [2FE]

State Government debts outstanding at end of fiscal years 1984 and 1992, H1095 [2FE]

State tax increases under a balanced budget amendment, S2013 [2FE]

State welfare allocation per child in poverty, S13365 [12SE]

State-by-State estimated expenditures of veterans benefits, S2196-S2199 [6FE]

State-by-State welfare allocations, S13364 [12SE]

States receiving highest Federal grants for fiscal year 1995, S2012 [2FE]

Temporary Assistance For Needy Families Block Grant Program estimated allocations, S13204 [11SE]

Testimonies

Transfer of Tongass National Forest to Alaska: Willie Hensley, E1874 [28SE]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 39, clarify primary responsibility of States for disaster relief, establish private corporations to insure against risks and costs, and provide for reimbursable Federal assistance activities, H3120 [14MR]

H. Res. 38, consideration of H.R. 5, Unfunded Mandate Reform Act, H334 [19JA]

H. Res. 60, consideration of H.R. 665, mandatory victim restitution, H1302 [7FE]

H. Res. 79, consideration of H.R. 728, Local Government Law Enforcement Block Grants Act, H1622 [13FE]

H. Res. 130, consideration of H.R. 483, permit select medicare policies to be offered in all States, H4366 [6AP]

H. Res. 180, consideration of conference report on H.R. 483, permit medicare select policies to be offered in all States, H6661 [30JN]

H. Res. 227, consideration of H.R. 1170, State referendum court challenges, H9609 [28SE]

H.R. 9, Job Creation and Wage Enhancement Act, H2607-H2623 [3MR]

H.R. 394, State tax treatment of certain pension income, H14972 [18DE]

H.R. 483, permit medicare select policies to be offered in all States, S6797 [17MY]

H.R. 497, establish National Gambling Impact and Policy Commission, E87 [11JA]

H.R. 665, Victim Restitution Act, S19273-S19277 [22DE], H1311 [7FE]

H.R. 728, Local Government Law Enforcement Block Grants Act, H1639-H1641 [13FE]

H.R. 849, age discrimination regulations relative to hiring and retirement plans for State and local law enforcement officers and firefighters, H3822 [28MR]

H.R. 1225, exempt State and local court reporters from certain Federal compensatory time requirements, H8123 [1AU]

H.R. 2288, State use of automated data retrieval system for child and spousal support enforcement, H9513 [27SE]

H.R. 2677, National Parks and National Wildlife Refuge Systems Freedom Act, H14282 [12DE]

S. 1, Unfunded Mandate Reform Act, S54-S59 [4JA], S828-S833 [12JA], S1678-S1684 [27JA], S2140-S2145 [3FE], H1007-H1012 [1FE]

S. 13, require CBO analysis of bills to determine impact of any Federal mandates, S170 [4JA]

S. 27, Voluntary School Prayer Protection Act, S224 [4JA]

S. 36, Welfare to Work Act, S229-S231 [4JA]

S. 61, coverage of medicaid services provided by nursing school clinics under State programs, S282 [4JA]

S. 88, Local Empowerment and Flexibility Act, S311-S313 [4JA]

S. 131, exclude certain public welfare programs from liability provisions of electronic benefits transfer, S384 [4JA]

S. 138, repeal U.S.-flag cruise ships gambling restrictions and limit State authority to regulate gambling on interstate vessels, S393 [4JA]

S. 140, Welfare and Medicaid Responsibility Exchange Act, S395 [4JA]

S. 142, Public Health Enhancement Act, S398-S401 [4JA]

S. 167, Nuclear Waste Policy Act, S497-S503 [5JA]

S. 190, exempt State and local court reporters from certain Federal compensatory time requirements, S739 [10JA]

S. 225, jurisdiction of FERC over licensing of hydroelectric projects, S914 [12JA]

S. 234, regulation of motorcycle helmet use, S1072 [18JA]

S. 248, Auto Inspection Reform Act, S1233 [19JA]

S. 268, collection of fees for triploid grass carp certification inspections, S1453 [24JA], S5734 [26AP], H10112 [17OC]

S. 291, Regulatory Reform Act, S1711-S1719 [27JA]

S. 293, payment to States for adult day health care for veterans, S1759 [30JA]

S. 323, abolish the National Education Standards and Improvement Council, S1955 [1FE]

S. 361, disregard State payments to blind veterans as income for purposes of pension determination, S2269 [7FE]

S. 373, State Regulation and Management of Solid Waste Act, S2337 [8FE]

S. 375, impose moratorium on sanctions under the Clean Air Act provisions on ozone nonattainment areas and mandatory State vehicle inspections and maintenance programs, S2341 [8FE]

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

S. 456, Interstate Child Support Responsibility Act, S2873-S2887 [16FE]

S. 469, eliminate the opportunity-to-learn standards and abolish the National Education Standards and Improvement Council, S3058 [23FE]

S. 525, Missouri River Water Control Equity Act, S3755 [9MR]

S. 530, State and Local Volunteer Preservation Act, S3807 [10MR]

S. 534, Interstate Transportation of Municipal Solid Waste Act, S6722-S6728 [16MY]

S. 542, State control of municipal solid waste transportation and disposal, S3843 [13MR]

S. 562, State Bank Representation Act, S3968 [15MR]

S. 589, limit disposal of out-of-State municipal solid waste, S4368 [22MR]

S. 613, VA State Health Care Reform Pilot Program Act, S4578-S4580 [24MR]

S. 619, Mercury-Containing and Rechargeable Battery Management Act, S4586-S4588 [24MR], S14100-S14102, S14103-S14105 [21SE]

S. 634, State Medicaid Savings Incentive Act, S4723 [28MR]

S. 642, Child Support Assurance Act, S4733 [28MR]

S. 659, equity in State and Federal make allowances for dairy products, S4996 [31MR]

S. 687, child support enforcement, S5414-S5419 [6AP]

S. 696, Career Preparation Education Reform Act, S5431-S5440 [6AP]

S. 716, waiver of anti-kickback statute for certain State medicaid demonstration projects and managed care programs, S5550 [7AP]

S. 717, extend period for issuance of select medicare policies, S5551 [7AP]

S. 718, Environmental Finance Act, S5551 [7AP]

S. 721, impose moratorium on sanctions under the Clean Air Act provisions on ozone nonattainment areas and mandatory State vehicle inspection and maintenance programs, S5605 [24AP]

S. 767, delay implementation of enhanced vehicle inspection and maintenance programs, S6339 [9MY]

S. 769, Bankruptcy Abuse Reform Act, S6345 [9MY]

S. 771, make surplus Government property available to States for official use before offering to other entities, S6347 [9MY]

S. 776, Striped Bass Act, S6353 [9MY]

S. 839, Medicaid Managed Care Act, S7122-S7127 [22MY]

S. 848, consent of Congress to amend the Historic Chattahoochee Compact between Alabama and Georgia, S16935 [9NO]

S. 950, Coastal States Protection Act, S8712 [20JN]

S. 952, Indian Trust Lands Reform Act, S8823 [21JN]

S. 960, Community Protection Initiative Act, S8998 [23JN]

S. 1036, Juvenile Crime Prevention and Reform Act, S10003-S10008 [14JY]

S. 1068, Stop Arming Felons Act, S10570 [24JY]

S. 1185, South Dakota National Parks Preservation Act, S12377 [11AU]

S. 1201, Kinship Care Act, S12718 [6SE]

S. 1203, Character Development Act, S12718-S12720 [6SE]

S. 1207, Family Reconciliation Act, S12722 [6SE]

S. 1209, Responsible Parenthood Act, S12724 [6SE]

S. 1211, Restitution Responsibility Act, S12727 [6SE]

S. 1218, Community Partnership Act, S12736 [6SE]

S. 1242, National Institute of Justice Technology Assistance Act, S13622 [14SE]

S. 1274, improve management of remediation waste, S14314-S14316 [26SE]

S. 1275, Prison Conditions Litigation Reform Act, S14317 [26SE]

S. 1279, Prison Litigation Reform Act, S14414-S14417 [27SE]

S. 1286, improve management of remediation waste, S14738-S14740 [29SE]

S. 1308, Block Grant Performance Standards Act, S15034 [11OC]

S. 1353, National Drunk Driving Prevention Act, S15406 [20OC]

S. 1378, Anti-Corruption Act, S16622-S16624 [2NO]

S. 1397, State authority to set rental housing occupancy standards, S16754 [7NO]

S. 1404, Victim Restitution Enhancement Act, S16827 [8NO]

S. 1413, Lake Gaston Protection Act, S17092 [15NO]

S. 1427, Violent Crime Intervention Act, S17667 [28NO]

S. 1474, allow probation and pretrial services officers to carry firearms, S18560 [13DE]

S. 1501, Protecting Class Action Plaintiffs Act, S19252 [22DE]

S. Con. Res. 19, corrections in enrollment of H.R. 483, permit medicare select policies to be offered in all States, S9089, S9101 [26JN]

S. Con. Res. 23, National Voter Registration Act affirmation, S11455 [4AU]

S. Res. 23, improve service delivery between Federal, State, and local governments, S421 [4JA]

S. Res. 68, reduce State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates, S1283, S1291 [20JA]

S. Res. 82, convene a Conference of the States to consider a balanced budget constitutional amendment, S3427 [2MR]

S. Res. 84, anniversary of Florida statehood, S3428, S3437 [2MR]

S.J. Res. 27, consent of Congress to additional powers conferred upon the Bi-State Development Agency by Missouri and Illinois, S10506 [21JY]