INVESTMENTS related term(s) Securities

Addresses

Contract With America Tax Relief Act: Dominic J. Perri, National Association of Graduate and Professional Students, E808 [6AP]

Advertisements

Who Profits? `A Coterie of Lawyers', S9153 [27JN]

Amendments

Charities: clarify exemptions from securities and antitrust laws relative to charitable gift annuities (H.R. 2519), H13671 [28NO]

ERISA: restrict Government promotion of economically targeted investments for employee benefit plans (H.R. 1594), H8726 [8SE], H8757, H8763, H8764, H8766, H8767, H8768, H8770, H8771 [12SE]

Kennedy, William H., III: enforce subpoena relative to Senate investigation of Whitewater and Madison Guaranty (S. Res. 199), S18985, S19010, S19011 [20DE]

Securities: litigation reform relative to plaintiff control, fraud detection, proportionate liability, and auditing standards (S. 240), S8885 [22JN], S8967, S8976, S9005 [23JN], S9034, S9046, S9081, S9089, S9101 [26JN], S9117, S9133, S9151, S9156, S9163, S9164, S9170, S9173, S9182, S9183, S9184, S9185 [27JN], S9226 [28JN]

———reform Federal litigation procedures (H.R. 1058), H2652 [3MR], H2717, H2718 [6MR], H2770, H2779, H2811 [7MR], H2818, H2820, H2826, H2831, H2840, H2846, H2848, H2852 [8MR]

Taxation: rates (H.R. 1215), H3880 [28MR], H3975, H3977, H3978 [29MR], H4264, H4290 [5AP]

Analyses

Economic Benefits From Capital Gains Deduction, S15791 [26OC]

Flat Tax Rates for Individuals and Businesses (H.R. 2060), E1461 [19JY]

Private Securities Litigation Reform Act (S. 240), S1084-S1089 [18JA]

Real Estate Investment Trust Tax Simplification Act (S. 1297), S14747-S14750 [29SE]

Tax Treatment of Tax-Exempt Bonds Issued From Indian Tribal Governments (S. 1306), S14905 [10OC]

Thrift Savings Investment Funds Act (S. 1080), S10827 [27JY]

Appointments

Committee To Investigate Whitewater Development Corp. and Related Matters (Senate, Special), S10336 [20JY]

Conferees: H.R. 1058, Securities Litigation Reform Act, H10690 [24OC]

Articles and editorials

And Pensions, H11921 [8NO]

Antidote to the Strike Suit, S17953 [5DE]

Averting a Constitutional Clash, S18941 [20DE]

Beware Politically Correct Investing, E1939 [12OC]

California Counties Ask Clinton To Veto Securities Bill, E2357 [14DE]

Capital Gains Fable and Fact, H5062 [16MY]

Congress Aims at Lawyers and Ends up Shooting Small Investors in the Back, H14043 [6DE]

Corporate Welfare—Mutual Insurance Avoids Federal Taxes, E866 [7AP]

Cut Now, Pay Later, H11921 [8NO]

Death and Taxes, S7617 [26MY]

Do No Harm, S17940 [5DE]

Don't Let Companies Raid Pension Plans—Surpluses Mean Future Security for Workers, H11923 [8NO]

Don't Protect Securities Fraud, S8910 [22JN]

Don't Support Pension Raids, H11922 [8NO]

Driven by High-Tech Rip-Offs, Financial Fraud Is Soaring, S17946-S17948 [5DE]

Editorial Fails To Acknowledge the Need To Reform Existing Law, S9079 [26JN]

Editorial on Fraud Law Shows Homework Wasn't Done, S9079 [26JN]

Final Inning for Strike Suits?, S12205 [10AU]

Friends of Fraud?, S8907 [22JN]

Going Easy on Crooks in 3-Piece Suits, S8910 [22JN]

GOP Had Better Get Business Off the Dole, Too, H11917 [8NO]

Great Pension Fund Raid, Part II, H11918 [8NO]

House Votes To Override Veto of Securities Suit Bill, S19048 [21DE]

How Career Swindlers Run Rings Around SEC and Prosecutors, S17944-S17946 [5DE]

Insecurities, H14042 [6DE]

Investors Retain Right To Sue, S9079 [26JN]

Judges Show Growing Skepticism in Class-Action Securities Cases, S1090 [18JA]

Keep Paws Off Pension Fund Assets, H11919 [8NO]

Lawyers the Only Ones To Reap Benefits, S9079 [26JN]

Leave Pension Funds Alone—Congress Shouldn't Enable Companies To Endanger Retirees' Benefits, H11922 [8NO]

Leave Those Pension Funds Alone, H11917 [8NO]

Let's Stop This Congress From Helping Crooks Cheat Investors Like You, H14043 [6DE]

Liars' Bill of Rights?, S17940, S17989 [5DE], H14041 [6DE]

License To Steal, S9153 [27JN]

Losing Your Right To Sue? Congress May Make It Hard for You To Pursue a Case of Securities Fraud, S8969 [23JN]

Making It Easier To Mislead Investors, S8909 [22JN]

New Refugees, S5307-S5309 [6AP]

New Tax-Fee Corporate Checking Account, H11920 [8NO]

New Threat to High-Tech Firms, S12205 [10AU]

Now a Subpoena Controversy, S18941 [20DE]

Now Only Clinton Can Stop Congress From Hurting Small Investors Like You, S17939 [5DE], S19147 [22DE], H14045 [6DE]

Opening the Door to Fraud, S17941 [5DE], H14042 [6DE]

Overdrawn Securities Reform, S17939 [5DE], H14042 [6DE]

Override the Securities Bill Veto, S19146, S19150, S19153 [22DE]

Pension Forecast—New Raids Coming?, H11919 [8NO]

Pension Pirates, H11917 [8NO]

Pension Proposal Aids Raids, H11918 [8NO]

Pension Protection—Attempt To Trim Deficit Puts Pensions in Danger, H11917 [8NO]

Pension Raid—Don't Raise Revenues by Threatening Pension Benefits, H11921 [8NO]

Pension-Mania, H11920 [8NO]

Pensions at Risk, H11922 [8NO]

Proposal Would Allow Corporations To Raid Pension Plans, H11922 [8NO]

Protect Pension Fund Assets, H11921 [8NO]

Protection for Corporate Fraud, S9037 [26JN]

Reform Measure Doesn't Limit Liability of Accounting Firms, S9079 [26JN]

Response to Money Magazine Editorials on Securities Litigation Reform Act, S17977 [5DE]

Safe Harbors for Financial Fraud, S9037 [26JN]

Securities Bill, S17940 [5DE]

Securities Lawsuit Bill May Hurt Investors, E2358 [14DE]

Securities Litigation Bill Is Reform in Name Only, S9038 [26JN]

Securities Litigation Reform—A Matter of Principle, H14042 [6DE]

Sorry Securities Law, S19047 [21DE]

Stock Response, S9042 [26JN]

Stop Choking Wall Street, S12204 [10AU]

Suits by Firms Exceed Those by Individuals, S17948 [5DE]

Suits or Straitjackets?, S17953 [5DE]

Tell Congress To Let Our Pensions Alone, H11916 [8NO]

This Isn't Reform—It's a Steamroller: GOP Bill Curbing Lawsuits Would Flatten the Small Investor, S8910 [22JN]

Time To Wake the Sleeping Bear, S9217 [28JN]

Traveling Whitewater Files, S18941 [20DE]

Two Bad Ideas, H11920 [8NO]

Uncharitable Lawsuit, H13674 [28NO]

Unconscionable Raid on Pensions, H11918 [8NO]

Urgency of Securities Law Reform, S12206 [10AU]

When Insurance Tax Backfired, Congress Passed Buck, E1242 [14JN]

Will Congress Condone Fraud?, S8909 [22JN]

Yes—Bill Would Protect Growing Companies, S12206 [10AU]

Your 1,000 Letters of Protest May Stop This Congress From Jeopardizing Investors, H14044 [6DE]

Bills and resolutions

Airlines: percentage of voting interests of air carriers required to be owned or controlled by U.S. citizens (see H.R. 951), H1849 [15FE]

Business and industry: promote the integrity of investment advisers (see S. 148), S51 [4JA]

———treatment of businesses dissected by a census tract boundary line of a designated empowerment zone or enterprise community (see S. 1421), S17336 [17NO]

Cemeteries and funerals: tax treatment of owners of pre-need funeral trusts (see H.R. 1729), H5608 [25MY]

CFTC: authorizing appropriations (see S. 178; H.R. 618), S653 [9JA], H467 [20JA]

Charities: clarify exemptions from securities and antitrust laws relative to charitable gift annuities (see S. 978; H.R. 2519, 2525), S9305 [28JN], H10726 [24OC]

College Construction Loan Insurance Association: privatize (see S. 941), S8550 [16JN]

Committee To Investigate Whitewater Development Corp. and Related Matters (Senate, Special): establish (S. Res. 120), technical corrections (see S. Res. 153), S10147 [17JY]

Committee to Investigate Whitewater Development Corp. and Related Matters (Senate, Special): establish (see S. Res. 120), S6802 [17MY]

Courts: reform civil assets forfeiture (see H.R. 1916), H6269 [22JN]

Creative Revenues Commission: establish (see H.R. 2526), H10726 [24OC]

Crime: prohibit the production or sale of fraudulent or counterfeit financial instruments (see S. 1009), S9516 [30JN]

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

Economy: reduction of tax rates and discretionary spending (see H.R. 1327), H3878 [28MR]

ERISA: auditing of employee benefit plans (see S. 1490), S18999 [20DE]

———restrict Government promotion of economically targeted investments for employee benefit plans (H.R. 1594), consideration (see H. Res. 215), H8684 [7SE]

———restrict Government promotion of economically targeted investments for employee benefit plans (H.R. 1594), technical corrections (see H. Con. Res. 108), H10146 [17OC]

Eximbank: reauthorize certain credit programs and conduct demonstration projects (see S. 1309), S15033 [11OC]

Federal employees: amend status of erroneously covered Civil Service Retirement System employees (see S. 1287), S14710 [29SE]

———establish additional Thrift Savings Plan investment funds (see S. 1080; H.R. 2306), S10821 [27JY], H8805 [12SE]

———treatment of service performed under Federal-State cooperative programs relative to civil service retirement (see H.R. 2487), H10146 [17OC]

Federal Home Loan Bank System: reform and modernize (see H.R. 1487, 1657), H4430 [7AP], H5190 [17MY]

———representation of Guam and the Virgin Islands on board of directors (see H.R. 1939), H6396 [27JN]

Financial institutions: consolidation of the Federal thrift industry and the banking industry (see S. 1415), S17091 [15NO]

———exclude certain bank products from the definition of a deposit (see S. 799; H.R. 1574), S6601 [12MY], H4545 [3MY]

———Federal regulation of derivatives activities (see S. 557; H.R. 31, 1063), S3963 [15MR], H163 [9JA], H2306 [27FE]

———improve risk management techniques and use of derivative products (see H.R. 20), H163 [9JA]

———increase competition in the financial services sector (see H.R. 1062), H2306 [27FE]

———provide consumer protections (see H. Res. 110), H2989 [9MR]

———regulate the retail sale of nondeposit investment products by insured depository institutions (see S. 633; H.R. 727), S4717 [28MR], H889 [30JA]

———treatment of common trust fund transfers relative to mutual fund investments (see S. 1032), S9997 [14JY]

Higher Education Accumulation Program: establish to allow tax deductible donations (see H.R. 797), H1156 [2FE]

Kennedy, William H., III: enforce subpoena relative to Senate investigation of Whitewater and Madison Guaranty (see S. Res. 199), S18920 [19DE]

Markets and Trading Commission: establish to combine the functions of the SEC and the CFTC (see H.R. 718), H839 [27JA]

Members of Congress: treatment of financial assets and strengthening of financial disclosure requirements (see H.R. 1356), H3974 [29MR]

Mutual funds: regulation and management (see H.R. 1495), H4431 [7AP]

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

Real estate: extend FHA mortgage insurance program coverage to home equity conversion mortgages for elderly homeowners (see S. 1409; H.R. 1934), S17003 [13NO], H6396 [27JN]

———protect home ownership and equity through disclosure of risks associated with certain mortgages (see H.R. 380), H174 [9JA]

SEC: ensure safeguards (see H.R. 675), H691 [25JA]

———require greater disclosure by municipalities that issue securities (see S. 114; H.R. 14), S50 [4JA], H163 [9JA]

Securities: facilitate asset security through certain investment trusts (see H.R. 1967), H6656 [29JN]

———impose additional fraud detection and disclosure obligations on auditors of public companies (see H.R. 725), H889 [30JA]

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

———permit current refunding of certain tax-exempt bonds (see H.R. 1910), H6200 [21JN]

———promote capital formation in financial markets (see H.R. 2131), H7916 [27JY]

———reform conduct of private litigation (see H.R. 555), H325 [18JA]

———reform Federal litigation procedures (see S. 667; H.R. 1058), S5142 [4AP], H2306 [27FE]

———reform Federal litigation procedures (H.R. 1058), consideration (see H. Res. 103, 105), H2650 [3MR], H2716 [6MR]

———reform Federal litigation procedures (H.R. 1058), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 290), H14002 [5DE]

———reform private enforcement of Federal laws (see H.R. 681), H691 [25JA]

Securities Act: amend (see S. 865), S7497 [25MY]

Social Security: diversion of percentage of payroll tax payments into personal investment plans (see S. 824), S6912 [18MY]

———ensure integrity of trust funds (see H.R. 491), H230 [11JA]

Taxation: allow certain corporations and trusts to be shareholders of subchapter S corporations (see H.R. 92), H166 [9JA]

———awareness of charitable beneficiaries of their interests in certain charitable remainder trusts (see H.R. 32), H164 [9JA]

———capital gains rate on stock of certain domestic corporations (see H.R. 512), H242 [13JA]

———capital gains rate on stock of certain farmers' cooperatives (see S. 1481; H.R. 2676), S18738 [15DE], H13658 [20NO]

———capital gains rates (see S. 182, 959; H.R. 333, 1042, 1322), S653 [9JA], S8945 [22JN], H173 [9JA], H2223 [24FE], H3807 [24MR]

———capital gains rates and indexing of certain assets (see H.R. 213, 537, 646), H169 [9JA], H295 [17JA], H592 [24JA]

———capital gains rates for investments in small businesses (see H.R. 2095), H7461 [21JY]

———characterization of certain redemption of stock held by corporations (see S. 750; H.R. 1551), S6082 [3MY], H4544 [3MY]

———corporate financial incentives for small businesses operating in urban enterprise zones (see H.R. 1072), H2392 [28FE]

———credit for business investments in economically distressed areas (see S. 743, 1252; H.R. 2713), S6006 [2MY], S13728 [18SE], H14002 [5DE]

———credit for rehabilitating historic homes or purchasing newly rehabilitated historic home for use as principal residence (see H.R. 1662), H5190 [17MY]

———credits for first-time homebuyers (see H.R. 133), H167 [9JA]

———deduction for contribution to a Medisave account (see H.R. 720), H839 [27JA]

———deduction for interest paid on debt secured by a first or second home (see H. Con. Res. 10), H176 [9JA]

———deduction of partnership investment expenses under the minimum tax (see S. 1100; H.R. 747), S11107 [1AU], H890 [30JA]

———depreciable life of semiconductor manufacturing equipment (see S. 833; H.R. 1061), S7014 [19MY], H2306 [27FE]

———depreciation of certain leasehold improvements (see H.R. 1171), H2892 [8MR]

———domestic investment tax credit (see H.R. 392), H174 [9JA]

———eligibility for the earned income tax credit, and treatment of individuals benefiting from foreign trusts or renouncement of citizenship (see S. 453; H.R. 981), S2823 [16FE], H1907 [16FE]

———eliminate marriage penalty relative to one-time exclusion of gain on the sale of a principle residence (see H.R. 1660), H5190 [17MY]

———encourage investment in low-income housing (see S. 354; H.R. 931), S2124 [3FE], H1751 [14FE]

———establish flat tax rates for individuals and businesses (see S. 488, 1038, 1050; H.R. 2060), S3390 [2MR], S9998 [14JY], S10320 [19JY], H7256 [19JY]

———establish special rules for certain gratuitous transfers of employer securities to employees (see H.R. 1962), H6655 [29JN]

———exclude certain business taxable income relative to sponsorship payments (see H.R. 1161), H2891 [8MR]

———exemption for certain common investment funds (see S. 793; H.R. 285, 734), S6513 [11MY], H171 [9JA], H889 [30JA]

———extend retroactive period during which farm insolvency transactions are exempt from the prior law alternative minimum tax (see H.R. 242), H170 [9JA]

———incentives to encourage small investors (see S. 181), S653 [9JA]

———increase opportunities for small businesses and taxpayers (see S. 1299), S14883 [10OC]

———increase the exclusion for gain from certain small business stock (see H.R. 2385), H9452 [21SE]

———individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 682, 1389), H691 [25JA], H4177 [4AP]

———insurance reserve treatment of financial guaranty insurance (see S. 1106), S11201 [2AU]

———limit applicability of the generation-skipping transfer tax (see S. 1170), S12215 [10AU]

———limitation on the deductibility of capital losses (see H.R. 233), H170 [9JA]

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

———modify the exclusion of gain on certain small business stock (see H.R. 1918), H6269 [22JN]

———permanent extension of the transition rule for certain publicly traded partnerships (see S. 1172; H.R. 1686), S12215 [10AU], H5471 [23MY]

———permit loans from individual retirement accounts for housing, education, and medical emergencies (see H.R. 2431), H9737 [29SE]

———permit penalty-free withdrawals from certain retirement accounts by unemployed individuals (see S. 1381; H.R. 1148), S16621 [2NO], H2811 [7MR]

———permit tax-free rollover of certain payments made by employers to separated employees (see S. 501; H.R. 1251, 2221), S3521 [6MR], H3276 [15MR], H8534 [4AU]

———prohibit retroactive taxation (see S. 94), S50 [4JA]

———provide an investment tax credit to assist defense contractors converting to nondefense operations (see H.R. 1518), H4432 [7AP]

———provide exemption to market discount rules for tax-exempt obligations (see H.R. 843), H1371 [7FE]

———provide incentives for enterprise zone investment (see H.R. 792), H1156 [2FE]

———provide tax credits for families and encourage savings and investment (see S. 568), S4094 [16MR]

———qualification and eligibility requirements for S corporations and shareholders (see S. 758; H.R. 2039), S6168 [4MY], H7011 [13JY]

———rate reductions relative to projected budget deficit targets (see H.R. 1160), H2891 [8MR]

———rates (see H.R. 1215), H3072 [13MR]

———rates (H.R. 1215), consideration (see H. Res. 128), H4176 [4AP]

———reinstate tax on interest received by foreigners on certain portfolio investments (see H.R. 281), H171 [9JA]

———repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (see S. 628; H.R. 1039), S4657 [27MR], H2223 [24FE]

———repeal gross income limitation applicable to regulated investment companies (see H.R. 1431), H4413 [6AP]

———repeal special limitations on tax-exempt bond issues (see H.R. 677, 2617), H691 [25JA], H12127 [10NO]

———restructure income tax system (see S. 722), S5664 [25AP]

———tax credit for investment in the revitalization of communities (see H.R. 2097, 2138, 2163), H7461 [21JY], H7990 [28JY], H8308 [2AU]

———treatment of bad debt reserves of savings associations which are required to convert to banks (see H.R. 2494), H10306 [18OC]

———treatment of capital gains, estate and gift taxes, and exclusion of gain from the sale of certain principal residences (see H.R. 593), H399 [19JA]

———treatment of capital gains, losses on sale of principal residences, and indexing of certain assets (see S. 1280), S14547 [28SE]

———treatment of capital gains and losses on the sale of a principal residence (see H.R. 56), H164 [9JA]

———treatment of certain education savings accounts (see S. 386; H.R. 769), S2492 [10FE], H1050 [1FE]

———treatment of corporate dividend payments and interest deductions (see S. 701), S5404 [6AP]

———treatment of dividends and interest received by individuals (see H.R. 1041), H2223 [24FE]

———treatment of effectively-connected investment income of insurance companies (see H.R. 1178), H2988 [9MR]

———treatment of estate and gift taxes (see S. 867; H.R. 1099, 1212), S7615 [26MY], H2486 [1MR], H3049 [10MR]

———treatment of estates and trusts using similar rates applicable to married individuals filing separate returns (see H.R. 329), H172 [9JA]

———treatment of foreign investments through U.S. regulated investment companies (see H.R. 2045), H7067 [17JY]

———treatment of gains on sale of small business stocks (see H.R. 645), H592 [24JA]

———treatment of gifts of publicly traded stock to certain private foundations (see H.R. 284), H171 [9JA]

———treatment of gifts of publicly-traded stock to certain private foundations (see S. 789), S6462 [10MY]

———treatment of homemakers' individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 1040), H2223 [24FE]

———treatment of individual retirement accounts (see S. 12; H.R. 334), S48 [4JA], H173 [9JA]

———treatment of individuals benefiting from renouncement of citizenship (see S. Res. 98; H.R. 1812, 2012), S4993 [31MR], H5756 [9JN], H6830 [11JY]

———treatment of individuals benefiting from renouncement of citizenship and treatment of assets of naturalized citizens or residents (see S. 700; H.R. 1535), S5404 [6AP], H4511 [2MY]

———treatment of individuals benefiting from renouncement of citizenship and treatment of assets of naturalized citizens or residents (H.R. 1535), consideration (see H. Res. 160), H5608 [25MY]

———treatment of medical savings account contributions (see H.R. 354, 2692), H173 [9JA], H13869 [30NO]

———treatment of mutual life insurance company policyholder dividends and small life insurance company acquisition expenses (see H.R. 1497), H4431 [7AP]

———treatment of real estate investment trusts (see S. 1297; H.R. 2121), S14710 [29SE], H7801 [26JY]

———treatment of regular investment tax credits (see H.R. 2384), H9452 [21SE]

———treatment of Retirement Years Savings Accounts (see H.R. 2365), H9245 [19SE]

———treatment of rollover gain from the sale of farm assets into an individual retirement account (see S. 331; H.R. 89, 844), S1920 [1FE], H166 [9JA], H1371 [7FE]

———treatment of senior citizen individual retirement account contributions (see S. 807; H.R. 1652), S6750 [16MY], H5071 [16MY]

———treatment of short-term and long-term capital gains (see S. 924), S8493 [15JN]

———treatment of small issue bonds (see H.R. 2381), H9452 [21SE]

———treatment of tax-exempt bonds issued from Indian tribal governments (see S. 1306), S14883 [10OC]

———treatment of tenant-stockholders in cooperative housing corporations (see H.R. 737, 1190, 1546), H889 [30JA], H2988 [9MR], H4511 [2MY]

———treatment of trusts for individuals who are disabled or for education (see S. 657), S4993 [31MR]

———valuation of stock received by employees for performance of services (see H.R. 693), H801 [26JA]

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

Conference reports

Securities Litigation Reform Act (H.R. 1058), H13692-H13705 [28NO]

Descriptions

Thrift Charter Conversion Act (S. 1415), S17096 [15NO]

Documents

Individual Wage Tax Form Under Flat Tax Proposal, S3419 [2MR], S10010 [14JY]

Explanations

Tax Compliance Act (S. 453), S2859-S2863 [16FE]

Tax Treatment of Individuals Benefiting From Renouncement of Citizenship and Treatment of Assets of Naturalized Citizens or Residents (S. 700), S5446 [6AP]

Treatment of Bad Debt Reserves of Financial Institutions Which Are Required to Convert to Banks (H.R. 2494), E1971 [18OC]

Factsheets

Examples of Families Who Would Get Smaller Family Tax Credit Under H.R. 1215 Than Under the Original Contract With America, E719 [29MR]

What Is Section 809 and Why Is It an Issue?, E866 [7AP]

Letters

Capital Formation Act: Allen Sinai, S8953 [22JN]

Charitable Gift Annuity Antitrust Relief Act: June E. O'Neill, CBO, E2329 [8DE]

Contract With America Tax Relief Act: Jere W. Glover, SBA, H4317 [5AP]

———Leslie B. Samuels, Dept. of the Treasury, H4318 [5AP]

———Representative Archer, H4247 [5AP]

———Representative Bliley, H4248 [5AP]

Corporate use of pension plan funds: Arnold E. Buchman, H11916 [8NO]

———Charles Londa, H11916 [8NO]

Enforce subpoena on William H. Kennedy III relative to Senate investigation of Whitewater and Madison Guaranty: Jane C. Sherburne, Executive Office of the President, S18963 [20DE]

———Representative Leach, Committee on Banking and Financial Services (House), S18940 [20DE]

Exclude certain bank products from the definition of a deposit: several Senators, S6603 [12MY]

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]

Investigation of investments in communications companies by Sec. of Commerce Brown: Representative Clinger, Committee on Government Reform and Oversight (House), E488 [1MR]

Investigation of President and Hillary Rodham Clinton's involvement in the Whitewater Estates development and Madison Guaranty activities: Robert B. Fiske, Jr., S6778 [17MY]

———Senator Specter, S6778 [17MY]

Philanthropy Protection Act: Michael H. Kull, New Mexico Boys and Girls Ranch Foundation, H13676 [28NO]

Pleadings standards relative to Federal securities litigation procedures: Anthony J. Scirica, U.S. Court of Appeals, S19045, S19054, S19066 [21DE]

Private Securities Litigation Reform Act: Arthur Levitt, SEC, S8904, S8905 [22JN]

———Arthur R. Miller, S19040 [21DE], S19147 [22DE]

———Bill Owens, Colorado Dept. of the Treasury, S9216 [28JN]

———Catherine L. Spain, Government Finance Officers Association, S8905 [22JN], S9038 [26JN]

———David J. Heerensperger, Eagle Hardware & Garden (business), S9078 [26JN]

———Diane Isonaka, Darwin Molecular Corp., S9078 [26JN]

———Edward M. Yoshida, IMRE Corp., S9077 [26JN]

———Gary S. Mendoza, California Dept. of Corporations, S9215 [28JN]

———Glenn Kalnasy, Northern Group, S9077 [26JN]

———Harlan E. Boyles, North Carolina Dept. of the Treasurer, S9216 [28JN]

———Horace B. Deets, American Association of Retired Persons, S9036 [26JN]

———J. Kenneth Blackwell, Ohio Office of the Treasurer, S9214 [28JN]

———Janet C. Rzewnicki, Delaware Office of the Treasurer, S9216 [28JN]

———Joel Seligman, S19040 [21DE]

———John C. Coffee, Jr., S19041, S19042 [21DE]

———John Level, Hi-Rel Laboratories, S9078 [26JN]

———John Sexton, S19041 [21DE]

———Joseph D. Malone, Massachusetts Office of the Treasurer, S9214 [28JN]

———Joseph P. Borg, Alabama Securities Commission, S9054 [26JN]

———Judy Baar Topinka, Illinois Office of the Treasurer, S9214 [28JN]

———Kenneth S. Janke, National Association of Investors Corp., S19150 [22DE]

———Lynn D. Dudley, Association of Private Pension and Welfare Plans, S9216 [28JN]

———Mark J. Griffin, North American Securities Administrators Association, Inc., S19148 [22DE]

———Mark Johnson, Lease Crutcher Lewis, Contractors (business), S9078 [26JN]

———Philip A. Feign and Mark J. Griffin, North American Securities Administrators Association, Inc., S8906 [22JN], S9039 [26JN]

———R.B. Lawrence, Conductive Rubber Technology, Inc., S9078 [26JN]

———Richard Eckstrom, South Carolina Office of the Treasurer, S9216 [28JN]

———Robert D. Evans, ABA, S9066 [26JN]

———Robert Kenagy, Whirlpool Corp., S9077 [26JN]

———Robert M. Lam, Pennsylvania Securities Commission, S8922 [22JN]

———Roberta Cooper Ramo, ABA, S19072 [21DE]

———Senator Specter, S19048 [21DE]

———several managers of pension funds, S9214 [28JN]

———several organizations, S8906, S8907 [22JN], S19148 [22DE]

———Thomas E. O'Hara, National Association of Investors Corp., S9213 [28JN]

———Tom Madsen, Key Technology, Inc., S9077 [26JN]

———William J. Wortley, Washington Natural Gas, S9077 [26JN]

Restrict Government promotion of economically targeted investments for ERISA employee benefit plans: Olivia S. Mitchell, H8739 [12SE]

Safe harbor laws relative to forward-looking securities statements: Abner J. Mikva, S9136 [27JN]

———Arthur Levitt, SEC, S9120, S9126, S9137 [27JN]

Sanctions against abusive securities litigation: Avern Cohn, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, S9168 [27JN]

———Floyd R. Gibson, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, S9168 [27JN]

———Ilana Diamond Rovner, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, S9167 [27JN]

———J. Frederick Motz, U.S. District Court for Maryland, S9167 [27JN]

———James A. Parker, U.S. District Court for New Mexico, S9166 [27JN]

———Jimm L. Hendren, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas, S9168 [27JN]

———Leonard I. Garth, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, S9168 [27JN]

———Martin F. Loughlin, U.S. District Court for New Hampshire, S9167 [27JN]

———Martin L.C. Feldman, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, S9168 [27JN]

———Miriam Goldman Cederbaum, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, S9167 [27JN]

———Prentice H. Marshall, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, S9167 [27JN]

———William R. Wilson, Jr., U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas, S9166 [27JN]

———William W. Schwarzer, S9169 [27JN]

Securities Litigation Reform Act: American Electronics Association, S17971, S17972 [5DE]

———Arthur Levitt, Jr., and Steven M.H. Wallman, SEC, S17935 [5DE]

———Arthur Levitt, Jr., SEC, S17994 [5DE]

———Charles M. Loveless, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, H14054 [6DE]

———Coalition To Eliminate Abusive Securities Suits, S17973 [5DE]

———F.K. Glasbrenner, S17989 [5DE]

———George N. Hatsopoulos and Clark A. Johnson, American Business Conference, S17973 [5DE]

———Gerri Detweiler, National Council of Individual Investors, H14045 [6DE]

———Gilbert G. Gallegos, Fraternal Order of Police, S17942 [5DE], H14045 [6DE]

———John W. Smith, Florida Association of Counties, S17989 [5DE]

———Peggy Taylor, AFL-CIO, S17941 [5DE], H14045 [6DE]

———several high technology companies, S17972 [5DE]

———several State and local government organizations, S17941 [5DE]

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

———Stephen J. Friedman and Edwin G. Schallert, New York City Bar Association, H14046 [6DE]

———Thomas E. O'Hara, National Association of Investors Corp., S17996 [5DE]

Senator Murkowski's personal investments: Lawrence D. Berberian, Legg Mason Wood Walker, Inc., S13678 [18SE]

State and local government time limitations for filing of securities fraud lawsuits: Catherine L. Spain, Government Finance Officers Association, H2833 [8MR]

———Victor Ashe, U.S. Conference of Mayors, H2833 [8MR]

Tax Compliance Act: Robert E. Rubin, Sec. of the Treasury, S2859 [16FE]

Tax treatment of individuals benefiting from renouncement of citizenship: Abram Chayes, H4304 [5AP]

———Andreas F. Lowenfeld, S5317 [6AP]

———Detlev F. Vagts, S5317 [6AP]

———Hurst Hannum, S5045, S5046 [3AP], S5317-S5319, S5322 [6AP]

———Paul B. Stephan III, S5314 [6AP]

———Shephen E. Shay, S5315-S5317 [6AP]

White House handling of the media and the release of information relative to Senate investigation of Whitewater and Madison Guaranty: James Hamilton, S18954 [20DE]

Lists

Coalition To Eliminate Abusive Securities Suits members in New Mexico, S17971 [5DE]

People who were swindled by Charles Keating and who oppose S. 240, Private Securities Litigation Reform Act, S9051 [26JN]

Ranking of Members of Congress on appropriations votes: National Taxpayers Union, H4194, H4196, H4197 [5AP]

Securities Litigation Reform Act supporters, S17996 [5DE]

———New Mexico government and business officials, S17971 [5DE]

———New Mexico House delegation, S17971 [5DE]

State by State opponents to S. 240, Private Securities Litigation Reform Act, S9046-S9050 [26JN]

Supporters of securities litigation reform, S9213 [28JN]

Memorandums

Bank Insurance Fund and Depositor Protection Act: Mary Maginniss, CBO, H14341 [12DE]

Pleadings Standards Relative to Federal Securities Litigation Procedures: Joseph A. Grundfest, S19067 [21DE]

Tax Treatment of Individuals Benefiting From Renouncement of Citizenship: Dept. of State, S5320-S5322 [6AP]

———Jeanne J. Grimmet and Larry M. Eig, CRS, S5319 [6AP]

Messages

Investment Treaty With Mongolia: President Clinton, S9105 [26JN]

Veto of H.R. 1058, Private Securities Litigation Reform Act: President Clinton, S19034, S19048 [21DE], H15214 [20DE]

Motions

Securities: litigation reform relative to plaintiff control, fraud detection, proportionate liability, and auditing standards (S. 240), S8922, S8923 [22JN]

———reform Federal litigation procedures (H.R. 1058), H2861 [8MR]

Taxation: rates (H.R. 1215), H4311 [5AP]

Press releases

New Poll Finds Senior American Investors Support Securities Litigation Reform, S9041 [26JN]

Remarks in House

Airlines: percentage of voting interests of air carriers required to be owned or controlled by U.S. citizens (H.R. 951), E363 [16FE]

Barings Bank of England: financial collapse, H2494 [2MR]

Brown, Sec. of Commerce: investigation of investments in communications companies, H958-H962 [31JA], E480-E488 [1MR]

Business and industry: exempt projections of future events or earnings from fraud liability, H2840-H2846 [8MR]

Cemeteries and funerals: tax treatment of owners of pre-need funeral trusts (H.R. 1729), E1246 [14JN]

CFTC: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 618), E142 [20JA]

———authorizing appropriations (S. 178), H4379 [6AP]

Charities: clarify exemptions from securities and antitrust laws relative to charitable gift annuities, E2006 [24OC]

———clarify exemptions from securities and antitrust laws relative to charitable gift annuities (H.R. 2519), H13670-H13677 [28NO], E2274 [30NO]

———clarify exemptions from securities and antitrust laws relative to charitable gift annuities (H.R. 2525), H13675, H13677-H13681 [28NO], E2024 [24OC], E2240 [28NO], E2274 [30NO], E2329 [8DE]

Economy: national objectives priority assignments (H.R. 9), E168 [24JA]

———national private savings rate, H2781 [7MR], E1400 [10JY]

ERISA: housing construction investments, H8764-H8766 [12SE]

———restrict Government promotion of economically targeted investments for employee benefit plans (H.R. 1594), H8730, H8740-H8776 [12SE], H11924 [8NO], H12332 [14NO], E1996 [20OC]

———restrict Government promotion of economically targeted investments for employee benefit plans (H.R. 1594), consideration (H. Res. 215), H8737-H8739 [12SE]

———restrict Government promotion of economically targeted investments for employee benefit plans (H.R. 1594), technical corrections (H. Con. Res. 108), H10089 [17OC]

Federal employees: establish additional Thrift Savings Plan investment funds (H.R. 2306), E1764 [12SE]

Federal Home Loan Bank System: reform and modernize (H.R. 1487), E863 [7AP]

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

Financial institutions: exclude certain bank products from the definition of a deposit (H.R. 1574), H14340-H14342 [12DE]

———Federal regulation of derivatives activities (H.R. 1063), E447 [27FE]

———Federal regulation of derivatives activities (H.R. 31), E35 [5JA]

———increase competition in the financial services sector (H.R. 1062), E1811 [20SE]

Higher Education Accumulation Program: establish to allow tax deductible donations (H.R. 797), E256 [2FE]

Housing: multifamily rental housing loans, H7334 [20JY]

Members of Congress: treatment of financial assets and strengthening of financial disclosure requirements (H.R. 1356), E731 [29MR]

Mutual funds: regulation and management (H.R. 1495), E868 [7AP]

OPIC: abolish, H6330-H6337 [27JN]

———privatization, H5719, H5721, H5725, H5742 [8JN], H6337-H6339 [27JN]

Pensions: corporate use of pension plan funds, H10787-H10790, H10833 [25OC], H11195 [26OC], H11689 [2NO], H11811-H11813 [7NO], H11913, H11915, H11930-H11936 [8NO], H11977, H11979, H11980 [9NO], H12340, H12341 [14NO], E1996 [20OC]

———economically targeted investments, H7384 [21JY]

———use of private pension funds for economically targeted investments, E1938 [12OC]

Real estate: extend FHA mortgage insurance program coverage to home equity conversion mortgages for elderly homeowners (H.R. 1934), H10650 [24OC], E1340 [27JN]

RICO: reform relative to securities litigation, H2770-H2779 [7MR]

Rural areas: funding for loans for empowerment zones and enterprise communities, H7331, H7332 [20JY]

SEC: ensure safeguards (H.R. 675), E184 [26JA]

Securities: exempt fraud cases relative to derivatives in Federal litigation reform, H2826-H2831 [8MR]

———facilitate asset security through certain investment trusts (H.R. 1967), E1369-E1371 [30JN]

———payment of legal expenses by losing party in lawsuits deemed to be frivolous, H2852-H2858 [8MR]

———reform conduct of private litigation (H.R. 555), E115, E118 [18JA]

———reform Federal litigation procedures (H.R. 1058), H2759-H2780 [7MR], H2818-H2864 [8MR], H10690 [24OC], E555 [8MR], E564 [9MR], E587 [14MR]

———reform Federal litigation procedures (H.R. 1058), conference report, H14039-H14055 [6DE], H15156 [19DE], E2357 [14DE]

———reform Federal litigation procedures (H.R. 1058), consideration (H. Res. 105), H2749-H2759 [7MR]

———reform Federal litigation procedures (H.R. 1058), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 290), H14030-H14039 [6DE]

———reform Federal litigation procedures (H.R. 1058), corrections in engrossment, H2864 [8MR]

———reform Federal litigation procedures (H.R. 1058), motion to recommit, H2861, H2862 [8MR]

———reform Federal litigation procedures (H.R. 1058), veto, H15214-H15224 [20DE], E2431 [20DE], E2437 [21DE]

———State and local government time limitations for filing of fraud lawsuits, H2831-H2840 [8MR]

Small business: reduce costs of Government loan guarantees (H.R. 2150), H8733-H8737 [12SE]

Taxation: capital gains rates, H1213 [6FE], H1560 [10FE], H2731 [7MR], H2991 [10MR], H3095 [14MR], H4014, H4029 [30MR], H4253 [5AP], H5168, H5175 [17MY], H8814 [13SE], H13361 [20NO], E18 [4JA], E744 [30MR], E1357 [28JN]

———capital gains rates and indexing of certain assets (H.R. 646), E164 [24JA]

———capital gains rates (H.R. 333), E15 [4JA]

———capital gains rates (H.R. 1042), E437 [24FE]

———capital gains rates relative to sale of principal residence, H4259 [5AP]

———characterization of certain redemption of stock held by corporations (H.R. 1551), E944 [3MY]

———credit for rehabilitating historic homes or purchasing newly rehabilitated historic home for use as principal residence (H.R. 1662), E1058 [17MY]

———depreciable life of semiconductor manufacturing equipment (H.R. 1061), E443 [27FE]

———depreciation of certain leasehold improvements (H.R. 1171), E552 [8MR]

———domestic investment tax credit (H.R. 392), E11 [4JA]

———earned income tax credit, H4249 [5AP]

———eliminate marriage penalty relative to one-time exclusion of gain on the sale of a principle residence (H.R. 1660), E1057 [17MY]

———encourage investment in low-income housing (H.R. 931), E337 [14FE]

———establish flat tax rates for individuals and businesses, E1213 [9JN]

———establish flat tax rates for individuals and businesses (H.R. 2060), E1461 [19JY]

———extend retroactive period during which farm insolvency transactions are exempt from the prior law alternative minimum tax (H.R. 242), E54 [5JA]

———individual retirement accounts (H.R. 682), E182 [26JA]

———individual retirement accounts (H.R. 1389), E776 [4AP]

———modify the exclusion of gain on certain small business stock (H.R. 1918), E1318 [22JN]

———permanent extension of the transition rule for certain publicly traded partnerships (H.R. 1686), E1103 [24MY]

———permit penalty-free withdrawals from certain retirement accounts by unemployed individuals (H.R. 1148), E533 [7MR]

———provide exemption to market discount rules for tax-exempt obligations (H.R. 843), E289 [7FE]

———qualification and eligibility requirements for S corporations and shareholders (H.R. 2039), E1433 [13JY]

———rates, H5089 [17MY], H5702-H5709 [8JN]

———rates (H.R. 1215), H3980, H3981, H3982, H3983, H3984, H3985, H4004, H4014, H4029 [30MR], H4034, H4035, H4036, H4039, H4041, H4042, H4043, H4074, H4077, H4081, H4086-H4091 [3AP], H4107, H4109, H4110, H4112, H4113, H4114, H4115, H4116, H4117, H4118, H4119, H4143, H4144, H4145, H4146, H4147, H4148, H4149, H4150, H4151, H4152, H4153, H4154, H4155, H4156, H4157, H4158, H4159, H4160, H4161, H4163, H4164, H4167-H4171 [4AP], H4180, H4181, H4182, H4183, H4184, H4185, H4186, H4187, H4188, H4189, H4190, H4191, H4192, H4213-H4319, H4329-H4334 [5AP], H4338, H4340, H4341, H4342, H4343, H4399, H4400, H4407-H4410 [6AP], H10866 [26OC], E716, E719, E725 [29MR], E744 [30MR], E761 [3AP], E776 [4AP], E808, E811, E814 [6AP], E825, E827, E835, E840, E869, E872 [7AP], E918, E919 [2MY]

———rates (H.R. 1215), consideration (H. Res. 128), H4190, H4191, H4192-H4212 [5AP]

———repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (H.R. 1039), E437 [24FE]

———repeal gross income limitation applicable to regulated investment companies (H.R. 1431), E821 [7AP]

———repeal special limitations on tax-exempt bond issues (H.R. 677), E174 [25JA]

———sale of market discount bonds, E309 [9FE]

———treatment of bad debt reserves of financial institutions which are required to convert to banks (H.R. 2494), E1971 [18OC]

———treatment of certain education savings accounts, H4258 [5AP]

———treatment of dividends and interest received by individuals (H.R. 1041), E437 [24FE]

———treatment of estate and gift taxes (H.R. 1099), E470 [1MR]

———treatment of estate and gift taxes (H.R. 1212), E578 [10MR]

———treatment of gains on sale of small business stocks (H.R. 645), E164 [24JA]

———treatment of individual retirement accounts (H.R. 334), E10 [4JA]

———treatment of individual retirement accounts (H.R. 682), E178 [25JA]

———treatment of individuals benefiting from renouncement of citizenship, H4043 [3AP], H4302-H4304 [5AP], H6033-H6036 [15JN], H7232-H7237 [19JY], H8731 [12SE]

———treatment of individuals benefiting from renouncement of citizenship (H.R. 1812), H5987 [15JN], E1222 [9JN]

———treatment of individuals benefiting from renouncement of citizenship and treatment of assets of naturalized citizens or residents, H8941 [14SE]

———treatment of individuals benefiting from renouncement of citizenship and treatment of assets of naturalized citizens or residents (H.R. 1535), H4485 [2MY]

———treatment of mutual life insurance company policyholder dividends and small life insurance company acquisition expenses, H5618 [6JN]

———treatment of mutual life insurance company policyholder dividends and small life insurance company acquisition expenses (H.R. 1497), E865, E870 [7AP], E1242 [14JN]

———treatment of real estate investment trusts (H.R. 2121), E1548 [28JY]

———valuation of stock received by employees for performance of services (H.R. 693), E188 [26JA]

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

Remarks in Senate

Berish, Nathan: Securities Industry Association's National Stock Market Game winner, S8122 [9JN]

Business and industry: promote the integrity of investment advisers (S. 148), S407 [4JA]

CFTC: authorizing appropriations (S. 178), S654 [9JA], S2438, S2439 [10FE]

Charities: clarify exemptions from securities and antitrust laws relative to charitable gift annuities (H.R. 2519), S17828 [29NO], S17870 [30NO], S17881 [4DE]

———clarify exemptions from securities and antitrust laws relative to charitable gift annuities (H.R. 2525), S17828 [29NO], S17870 [30NO], S17881 [4DE]

———clarify exemptions from securities and antitrust laws relative to charitable gift annuities (S. 978), S9306 [28JN], S17789 [29NO]

College Construction Loan Insurance Association: privatize (S. 941), S8560 [16JN]

Committee To Investigate Whitewater Development Corp. and Related Matters (Senate, Special): establish (S. Res. 120), technical corrections (S. Res. 153), S10175 [17JY]

Committee to Investigate Whitewater Development Corp. and Related Matters (Senate, Special): establish (S. Res. 120), S6771-S6784 [17MY]

———establish (S. Res. 120), unanimous-consent agreement, S6764 [16MY]

Crime: prohibit the production or sale of fraudulent or counterfeit financial instruments (S. 1009), S9533 [30JN]

ERISA: auditing of employee benefit plans (S. 1490), S19008, S19009 [20DE]

Eximbank: reauthorize certain credit programs and conduct demonstration projects (S. 1309), S15369 [19OC]

Federal employees: amend status of erroneously covered Civil Service Retirement System employees (S. 1287), S14740 [29SE]

———establish additional Thrift Savings Plan investment funds (S. 1080), S10826 [27JY]

Financial institutions: consolidation of the Federal thrift industry and the banking industry (S. 1415), S17094-S17096 [15NO]

———exclude certain bank products from the definition of a deposit (S. 799), S6601-S6603 [12MY]

———Federal regulation of derivatives activities, S3889 [14MR]

———regulate the retail sale of nondeposit investment products by insured depository institutions (S. 633), S4720 [28MR], S5123-S5125 [4AP]

———treatment of common trust fund transfers relative to mutual fund investments (S. 1032), S9914 [13JY]

Huberty, Mike: Securities Industry Association's National Stock Market Game winner, S8122 [9JN]

Kenda, Jeff: Securities Industry Association's National Stock Market Game winner, S8122 [9JN]

Kennedy, William H., III: enforce subpoena relative to Senate investigation of Whitewater and Madison Guaranty (S. Res. 199), S18939-S18964, S18968, S18983, S18985-S18994 [20DE], S19060 [21DE]

———enforce subpoena relative to Senate investigation of Whitewater and Madison Guaranty (S. Res. 199), unanimous-consent agreement, S18982 [20DE]

———seek cooperation prior to enforcement of subpoena relative to Senate investigation of Whitewater and Madison Guaranty, S18986-S18993 [20DE]

Pensions: corporate use of pension plan funds, S15764, S15818-S15821 [26OC], S15981 [27OC]

Public utilities: revision of the regulatory policies governing public utility holding companies (S. 1317), S15127-S15129, S15138 [12OC]

Real estate: extend FHA mortgage insurance program coverage to home equity conversion mortgages for elderly homeowners (S. 1409), S17003 [13NO]

SEC: require greater disclosure by municipalities that issue securities (S. 114), S347 [4JA]

Securities: apply civil RICO statute in cases where any participant in fraud is criminally convicted, S9163 [27JN]

———clarify the application of sanctions relative to frivolous activities in private securities litigation, S9163, S9164 [27JN]

———clarify the standard plaintiffs must meet in specifying the defendant's state of mind in private securities litigation, S9170-S9172 [27JN], S9200, S9201 [28JN]

———early evaluation of Federal litigation to assess the merit of the case, S9150-S9156 [27JN]

———establish procedures for appointment of lead plaintiffs in private securities cases, S9089-S9097 [26JN], S9112-S9116 [27JN]

———instruct the SEC to report to Congress on whether senior citizens and retirement plans need enhanced protection from securities fraud, S9050-S9057, S9073, S9074 [26JN]

———litigation reform relative to plaintiff control, fraud detection, proportionate liability, and auditing standards (S. 240), S1075, S1090, S1091 [18JA], S8885-S8924, S8935-S8943 [22JN], S8966-S8979, S8989, S8990 [23JN], S9032-S9087, S9089-S9097 [26JN], S9109-S9131, S9133-S9141, S9143-S9145, S9150-S9173 [27JN], S9199-S9226, S9318-S9322 [28JN], S12201-S12205 [10AU]

———litigation reform relative to plaintiff control, fraud detection, proportionate liability, and auditing standards (S. 240), unanimous-consent agreement, S9080 [26JN], S9163 [27JN]

———provide for a stay of discovery in certain court cases, S9170 [27JN], S9200 [28JN]

———provide for sanctions against abusive litigation, S9164-S9166, S9169 [27JN]

———reform Federal litigation procedures (H.R. 1058), S9210-S9226 [28JN], S17362 [17NO]

———reform Federal litigation procedures (H.R. 1058), conference report, S17933-S17962, S17965-S17997 [5DE], S18105, S18106 [6DE]

———reform Federal litigation procedures (H.R. 1058), conference report—unanimous-consent agreement, S17825 [29NO], S17978 [5DE]

———reform Federal litigation procedures (H.R. 1058), insert language of S. 240 in lieu, S9210 [28JN]

———reform Federal litigation procedures (H.R. 1058), veto, S19034-S19073, S19083-S19086 [21DE], S19145-S19154 [22DE]

———reform Federal litigation procedures (H.R. 1058), veto—unanimous-consent agreement, S19081 [21DE]

———reform Federal litigation procedures (S. 667), S5145 [4AP]

———reform safe harbor laws for forward-looking statements, S9117-S9131, S9133-S9141, S9143-S9145, S9156-S9162 [27JN], S9201, S9202 [28JN]

———restore liability of aiders and abetters in private actions, S9082-S9087 [26JN], S9109-S9112, S9115, S9116 [27JN]

———statute of limitations for litigation reform relative to plaintiff control, fraud detection, proportionate liability, and auditing standards, S9060-S9073 [26JN]

Senate: list of personal investments, S13677, S13678 [18SE]

Social Security: diversion of percentage of payroll tax payments into personal investment plans (S. 824), S6913-S6916 [18MY]

Taxation: capital gains rate on stock of certain farmers' cooperatives (S. 1481), S18739 [15DE]

———capital gains rates, S4002-S4004 [16MR], S7161 [23MY], S13182 [11SE], S15766, S15789-S15791 [26OC], S16063 [27OC], S16835 [8NO]

———capital gains rates (S. 182), S671 [9JA]

———capital gains rates (S. 959), S8949-S8954 [22JN]

———characterization of certain redemption of stock held by corporations (S. 750), S6090 [3MY]

———credit for business investments in economically distressed areas, S16056 [27OC]

———credit for business investments in economically distressed areas (S. 1252), S13737, S13738 [18SE]

———credit for business investments in economically distressed areas (S. 743), S6007 [2MY]

———deduction of partnership investment expenses under the minimum tax (S. 1100), S11107-S11109 [1AU]

———depreciable life of semiconductor manufacturing equipment (S. 833), S7015 [19MY]

———eligibility for the earned income tax credit, and treatment of individuals benefiting from foreign trusts or renouncement of citizenship (S. 453), S2854 [16FE]

———encourage investment in low-income housing (S. 354), S2134 [3FE]

———establish flat tax rates for individuals and businesses (S. 1038), S10009 [14JY]

———establish flat tax rates for individuals and businesses (S. 1050), S10320 [19JY]

———establish flat tax rates for individuals and businesses (S. 488), S3416-S3422 [2MR]

———exemption for certain common investment funds (S. 793), S6519 [11MY]

———incentives to encourage small investors (S. 181), S671 [9JA]

———increase opportunities for small businesses and taxpayers (S. 1299), S14883-S14885 [10OC]

———insurance reserve treatment of financial guaranty insurance (S. 1106), S11203 [2AU]

———limit applicability of the generation-skipping transfer tax (S. 1170), S12270 [10AU]

———permanent extension of the transition rule for certain publicly traded partnerships (S. 1172), S12271 [10AU]

———permit penalty-free withdrawals from certain retirement accounts by unemployed individuals (S. 1381), S16626 [2NO]

———permit tax-free rollover of certain payments made by employers to separated employees (S. 501), S3522 [6MR]

———provide tax credits for families and encourage savings and investment (S. 568), S4094 [16MR]

———qualification and eligibility requirements for S corporations and shareholders, S15794 [26OC]

———qualification and eligibility requirements for S corporations and shareholders (S. 758), S6171-S6177 [4MY]

———rates, S15483-S15486, S15491-S15493 [23OC]

———rates (H.R. 1215), S5294-S5298 [6AP]

———repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (S. 628), S4660 [27MR]

———restructure income tax system (S. 722), S5664-S5674 [25AP], S13378 [12SE]

———treatment of bad debt reserves of financial institutions which are required to convert to banks, S16006 [27OC]

———treatment of capital gains, S16030 [27OC]

———treatment of certain education savings accounts (S. 386), S2494 [10FE]

———treatment of corporate dividend payments and interest deductions (S. 701), S5447 [6AP]

———treatment of estate and gift taxes (S. 867), S7615 [26MY]

———treatment of gifts of publicly-traded stock to certain private foundations (S. 789), S6464 [10MY]

———treatment of individual retirement accounts (S. 12), S165 [4JA]

———treatment of individuals benefiting from renouncement of citizenship, S4974-S4978 [31MR], S5044, S5045 [3AP], S5183-S5185 [5AP], S5305-S5322, S5366 [6AP], S7451, S7452 [25MY], S7802 [7JN]

———treatment of individuals benefiting from renouncement of citizenship (H.R. 1812), S8984 [23JN], S9602 [10JY]

———treatment of individuals benefiting from renouncement of citizenship and treatment of assets of naturalized citizens or residents (S. 700), S5443-S5447 [6AP]

———treatment of municipal bonds, S13378 [12SE]

———treatment of real estate investment trusts (S. 1297), S14745 [29SE]

———treatment of rollover gain from the sale of farm assets into an individual retirement account (S. 331), S1960 [1FE]

———treatment of short-term and long-term capital gains (S. 924), S8493 [15JN]

———treatment of tax-exempt bonds issued from Indian tribal governments (S. 1306), S14900-S14902 [10OC]

———treatment of trusts for individuals who are disabled or for education (S. 657), S4993 [31MR]

Reports filed

CFTC Appropriations: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry (Senate) (S. 178) (S. Rept. 104-7), S2124 [3FE]

———Committee on Agriculture (House) (H.R. 618) (H. Rept. 104-104), H4413 [6AP]

Clarify Exemptions From Securities and Antitrust Laws Relative to Charitable Gift Annuities: Committee on Commerce (House) (H.R. 2519) (H. Rept. 104-333), H12127 [10NO]

———Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 2525) (H. Rept. 104-336), H12349 [14NO]

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 1058, Securities Litigation Reform Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 290) (H. Rept. 104-382), H14002 [5DE]

Consideration of H.R. 1058, Securities Litigation Reform Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 103) (H. Rept. 104-65), H2650 [3MR]

———Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 105) (H. Rept. 104-68), H2716 [6MR]

Consideration of H.R. 1215, Contract With America Tax Relief Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 128) (H. Rept. 104-100), H4176 [4AP]

Contract With America Tax Relief Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 1215) (H. Rept. 104-84), H3415 [21MR]

Enforce William H. Kennedy III Subpoena Relative to Senate Investigation of Whitewater and Madison Guaranty: Committee To Investigate Whitewater Development Corp. and Related Matters (Senate, Special) (S. Res. 199) (S. Rept. 104-191), S18919 [19DE]

Eximbank Foreign Investment Credit Programs and Demonstration Projects: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate) (S. 1309) (S. Rept. 104-154), S15033 [11OC]

Financial Services Competitiveness Act: Committee on Banking and Financial Services (House) (H.R. 1062) (H. Rept. 104-127), H5366 [18MY], H5904 [13JN]

———Committee on Commerce (House) (H.R. 1062) (H. Rept. 104-127), H6268 [22JN]

Private Securities Litigation Reform Act: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate) (S. 240) (S. Rept. 104-98), S8614 [19JN]

Restrict Government Promotion of Economically Targeted Investments for Employee Benefit Plans: Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities (House) (H.R. 1594) (H. Rept. 104-238), H8596 [6SE]

Securities Litigation Reform Act: Committee of Conference (H.R. 1058) (H. Rept. 104-369), H13730 [28NO]

Semiconductor Investment Act: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate) (S. 833) (S. Rept. 104-133), S12079 [9AU]

Tax Treatment of Bad Debt Reserves of Financial Institutions Which Are Required To Convert to Banks: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 2494) (H. Rept. 104-324), H11829 [7NO]

Tax Treatment of Individuals Benefiting From Renouncement of Citizenship: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 1812) (H. Rept. 104-145), H6082 [16JN]

Rulings of the Chair

Charities: clarify exemptions from securities and antitrust laws relative to charitable gift annuities (H.R. 2525), H13679 [28NO]

Taxation: rates (H.R. 1215), H4317 [5AP]

Statements

Corporate Use of Pension Plan Funds: Robert B. Reich, Sec. of Labor, H11196 [26OC]

Flat Tax Proposal: Robert Hall and Alvin Rabushka, S3418, S3419, S3421 [2MR]

Flat Tax Rates for Individuals and Businesses: Louis T. March, Representative Government Education Foundation, Inc., E1214 [9JN]

Invest Now, or Pay More Later: Richard J. Riordan, S5269 [5AP]

Millions for Lawyers, Coupons for Plaintiffs: Senator Domenici, S9042 [26JN]

Private Securities Litigation Reform Act: Arthur Levitt, SEC, S8974 [23JN]

———Clinton Administration, S19054 [21DE]

———Several Consumer Groups, S8908 [22JN]

———Several State and Local Officials, S9043 [26JN]

Response to OMB Request for Views of the SEC Regarding S. 240, Private Securities Litigation Reform Act, S9056 [26JN]

Restrict Government Promotion of Economically Targeted Investments for ERISA Employee Benefit Plans, H8739 [12SE]

Summaries

Bringing Opportunity To Our Small Business and Taxpayers Act (S. 1299), S14898 [10OC]

Capital Formation Act (S. 959), S8953 [22JN]

Capital Gains Tax Rates (H.R. 333), E15 [4JA]

Derivatives Limitations Act (S. 557), S3964 [15MR]

ERISA Auditing of Employee Benefit Plans (S. 1490), S19008 [20DE]

Flat Tax Rates for Individuals and Businesses (H.R. 2060), E1461 [19JY]

Gephardt Motion To Recommit Contract With America Tax Relief Act, H4332 [5AP]

Investment Advisers Integrity Act (S. 148), S408 [4JA]

Private Securities Litigation Reform Act (H.R. 1058), S19150-S19152 [22DE]

Private Securities Litigation Reform Act (S. 240), S1084 [18JA]

S Corporation Reform Act (S. 758), S6177 [4MY]

Tax Treatment of Individuals Benefiting From Renouncement of Citizenship (H.R. 1812), E1222 [9JN]

Treatment of Real Estate Investment Trusts (H.R. 2121), E1548-E1550 [28JY]

Tables

Capital gains tax rates, S15767 [26OC]

Examples of the flat tax system, S3421 [2MR]

Ranking of Members of Congress on appropriations votes: National Taxpayers Union, H4194-H4196, H4197-H4201 [5AP]

Recap of fees from Madison Guaranty Saving & Loan, S18977 [20DE]

Revenue estimates from closing the billionaires' tax loophole, S5184 [5AP]

Testimonies

Investigation of President and Hillary Rodham Clinton's Involvement in the Whitewater Estates Development and Madison Guaranty Activities: Senator Specter, S6778 [17MY]

National Family Enterprise Preservation Act: Chester Thigpen, S7616 [26MY]

Private Securities Litigation Reform Act: Maryellen Andersen, S9218 [28JN]

Tax Treatment of Individuals Benefiting From Renouncement of Citizenship: Jamison S. Borek, S5314 [6AP]

———Robert F. Turner, S5310-S5313 [6AP]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 108, technical corrections to H.R. 1594, restrict Government promotion of economically targeted investments for employee benefit plans, H10089 [17OC]

H. Res. 105, consideration of H.R. 1058, Securities Litigation Reform Act, H2750 [7MR]

H. Res. 128, consideration of H.R. 1215, Contract With America Tax Relief Act, H4192 [5AP]

H. Res. 215, consideration of H.R. 1594, restrict Government promotion of economically targeted investments for employee benefit plans, H8737 [12SE]

H. Res. 290, consideration of conference report on H.R. 1058, Securities Litigation Reform Act, H14030 [6DE]

H.R. 1058, Private Securities Litigation Reform Act, S9219-S9225 [28JN]

H.R. 1058, Securities Litigation Reform Act, H2767-H2770 [7MR]

H.R. 1574, Bank Insurance Fund and Depositor Protection Act, H14340 [12DE]

H.R. 2039, qualification and eligibility requirements for S corporations and shareholders, E1434 [13JY]

H.R. 2519, Philanthropy Protection Act, H13670 [28NO]

H.R. 2525, Charitable Gift Annuity Antitrust Relief Act, H13677 [28NO]

S. 12, Savings and Investment Incentive Act, S166-S168 [4JA]

S. 114, Municipal Securities Disclosure Act, S347 [4JA]

S. 148, Investment Advisers Integrity Act, S408 [4JA]

S. 178, CFTC appropriations, S655 [9JA], S2439 [10FE], H4380 [6AP]

S. 181, Small Investors Tax Relief Act, S672-S674 [9JA]

S. 182, Capital Formation and Job Creation Act, S674-S677 [9JA]

S. 240, Private Securities Litigation Reform Act, S1076-S1084 [18JA], S8885-S8890 [22JN]

S. 331, Family Farm Retirement Equity Act, S1960 [1FE]

S. 386, tax treatment of certain education savings accounts, S2495 [10FE]

S. 453, Tax Compliance Act, S2855-S2859 [16FE]

S. 488, establish flat tax rates for individuals and businesses, S3477 [3MR]

S. 628, Family Heritage Preservation Act, S4661 [27MR]

S. 633, Bank Customer Confidentiality and Protection Act, S4721 [28MR]

S. 657, Persons With Disabilities Trusts Tax Rate Restoration Act, S4994 [31MR]

S. 700, tax treatment of individuals benefiting from renouncement of citizenship and treatment of assets of naturalized citizens or residents, S5444-S5446 [6AP]

S. 743, Commercial Revitalization Tax Act, S6008 [2MY]

S. 758, S Corporation Reform Act, S6172-S6176 [4MY]

S. 833, Semiconductor Investment Act, S7016 [19MY]

S. 867, National Family Enterprise Preservation Act, S7616 [26MY]

S. 944, Long-Term Investment Incentive Act, S8494 [15JN]

S. 959, Capital Formation Act, S8950-S8953 [22JN]

S. 1080, Thrift Savings Investment Funds Act, S10826 [27JY]

S. 1100, deduction of partnership investment expenses under the minimum tax, S11108 [1AU]

S. 1106, insurance reserve treatment of financial guaranty insurance, S11202 [2AU]

S. 1287, amend status of erroneously covered Civil Service Retirement System employees, S14740 [29SE]

S. 1297, Real Estate Investment Trust Tax Simplification Act, S14746 [29SE]

S. 1299, Bringing Opportunity To Our Small Business and Taxpayers Act, S14885-S14898 [10OC]

S. 1306, tax treatment of tax-exempt bonds issued from Indian tribal governments, S14905 [10OC]

S. 1309, reauthorize certain Eximbank credit programs and conduct demonstration projects, S15369 [19OC]

S. 1381, permit penalty-free withdrawals from certain retirement accounts by unemployed individuals, S16626 [2NO]

S. 1409, Home Equity Conversion Mortgage Act, S17003 [13NO]

S. 1481, capital gains tax rate on stock of certain farmers' cooperatives, S18739 [15DE]

S. Res. 98, tax treatment of individuals benefiting from renouncement of citizenship, S4975, S4997 [31MR]

S. Res. 120, establish Committee to Investigate Whitewater Development Corp. and Related Matters (Senate, Special), S6823-S6826 [17MY]

S. Res. 153, technical corrections to S. Res. 120, Committee To Investigate Whitewater Development Corp. and Related Matters (Senate, Special), S10153, S10175 [17JY]

S. Res. 199, enforce subpoena to William H. Kennedy III relative to Senate investigation of Whitewater and Madison Guaranty, S18920 [19DE]