THOMPSON, FRED (a Senator from Tennessee)

Amendments offered by, to

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

Courts: product liability reform (H.R. 956), S6012 [2MY], S6047, S6050 [3MY]

Crime: sexual exploitation of children (H.R. 1240), S5509 [6AP]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations (S. 1026), S11199, S11219 [2AU], S11455 [4AU]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2020), S11535, S11629 [5AU]

District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority: establish (H.R. 1345), S5508 [6AP]

Government regulations: reform regulatory process (S. 343), S2068 [2FE], S9542 [30JN]

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

Pakistan: U.S. visit by Benazir Bhutto (S. Res. 102), S5519 [6AP]

Public welfare programs: reform (H.R. 4), S11640 [5AU]

Solid waste: State control over transportation of municipal solid waste (S. 534), S6538 [11MY]

Appointments

Committee To Escort the President, H584 [24JA]

Conferee: H.R. 927, Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity Act, S18639 [14DE]

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

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

———S. 219, Regulatory Transition Act, S8595 [16JN], S13872 [19SE]

Articles and editorials

Bootstraps—Trying in Tennessee, Dorian Friedman, U.S. News & World Report (publication), S14323 [26SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Carolyn (vessel): certificate of documentation (see S. 1358), S15575 [24OC]

Howard H. Baker, Jr., U.S. Courthouse, Knoxville, TN: designate (see S. 1388), S16657 [3NO]

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

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

American Revolution: mint coins in commemoration of black revolutionary war patriots (see S. 953), S8821 [21JN]

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

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

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

———treatment of Social Security under a constitutional amendment to require balanced (see S. 290), S1618 [26JA]

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

China, Republic of: U.N. membership (see S. Con. Res. 3), S4386 [22MR]

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

Congress: treatment of Members and employees for retirement purposes (see S. 228), S944 [13JA]

Copyrights: duration of protection (see S. 483), S3389 [2MR]

Corporate Subsidy Termination Commission: establish (see S. 1376), S16495 [1NO]

Corporations: treatment of Federal subsidies (see S. 1376), S16495 [1NO]

Elections: campaign ethics reform and contribution limits (see S. 1219), S12831 [7SE]

Executive departments: reduce Federal paperwork burden (see S. 244), S3538 [6MR]

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

Firefighters: exempt firefighters and rescue squad workers from certain Fair Labor Standards Act provisions relative to volunteer work in a professional capacity (see S. 324), S16427 [31OC]

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

Government: reporting requirements for certain executive reports (see S. 233), S2764 [15FE]

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

———reform regulatory process (see S. 343), S2034 [2FE]

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

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

Israel: relocate U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem (see S. 1322, 1323), S15500 [23OC]

Legislative Branch of the Government: application of certain laws (see S. 2), S47 [4JA]

Motion pictures: require disclosures of materially altered films (see S. 559), S10427 [20JY]

Motor vehicles: eliminate penalties on State noncompliance with Federal motorcycle helmet laws (see S. 388), S3426 [2MR]

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

Public welfare programs: reform (see S. 1120), S11323 [3AU]

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

Real property: provide protection for the constitutional guarantee of private property rights (see S. 145), S2578 [13FE]

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

Surgeon General: terminate the Office of Surgeon General of the Public Health Service (see S. 957), S8945 [22JN]

Taxation: capital gains rates (see S. 959), S12098 [9AU]

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

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

———treatment of individual retirement accounts (see S. 12), S2662 [14FE]

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

Certificates of election

Senate, S1 [4JA]

Cloture motions

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

———making supplemental appropriations and rescissions (H.R. 1158), S5139 [4AP], S5303 [6AP]

Cuba: strengthen international economic sanctions and support transition to democratically elected government (H.R. 927), S14994, S15025 [11OC], S15113 [12OC], S15217 [17OC]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations (S. 1026), S12064 [9AU]

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

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

Government regulations: reform regulatory process (S. 343), S9794 [12JY], S9977 [14JY], S10135, S10146 [17JY], S10221 [18JY], S10399 [20JY]

Descriptions

Corporate Subsidy Termination Commission, S16507 [1NO]

Letters

Constitutional amendment to limit congressional terms: by, S15218 [17OC]

Press releases

Constitutional Amendment To Limit Congressional Terms: by, S15218 [17OC]

Proclamations

National Association of Retired Federal Employees Week: Don Sundquist, Governor of Tennessee, S6146 [4MY]

Remarks by, on

Appropriations: line-item veto (S. 4), S4218 [21MR], S4475 [23MR]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 115), S16870 [9NO]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 122), S17082 [15NO]

Bosnia and Herzegovina: require congressional approval prior to U.S. military intervention (H.R. 2606), S18415 [12DE]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 1), S2024 [2FE], S2108, S2110, S2111, S2112, S2116 [3FE], S2558 [13FE], S2713, S2714, S2751, S2752 [15FE], S3024 [23FE], S3090, S3094, S3095, S3096 [24FE], S3268 [28FE]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2491), S16462 [1NO], S17082 [15NO]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2491), conference report, S17854 [30NO]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 1357), S15510, S15512 [24OC], S15659 [25OC]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1996-2002 (S. Con. Res. 13), S7215 [23MY]

———treatment of Social Security under a constitutional amendment to require balanced, S2558 [13FE]

———treatment of TVA funding under a balanced budget requirement, S2751, S2752 [15FE], S3024 [23FE]

Congress: adjournment (H. Con. Res. 58), S5516 [6AP]

Corporate Subsidy Termination Commission: establish (S. 1376), S16506 [1NO]

Corporations: treatment of Federal subsidies (S. 1376), S16506 [1NO]

Courts: application of product liability reform to certain actions brought in a Federal court, S6012 [2MY], S6047, S6054, S6055, S6061, S6065 [3MY]

———judicial authority in cases involving balanced budget enforcement, S2713, S2714 [15FE]

———product liability reform (H.R. 956), S6012 [2MY], S6047, S6054, S6055, S6061, S6065 [3MY]

Crime: sexual exploitation of children (H.R. 1240), S5520 [6AP]

Cuba: strengthen international economic sanctions and support transition to democratically elected government (H.R. 927), S15089 [12OC]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations (S. 1026), S11199 [2AU]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2020), S11535 [5AU]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State and the Judiciary: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2076), conference report, S18156 [7DE]

District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority: establish (H.R. 1345), S5518 [6AP]

Eastern European countries: civil war and ethnic violence in former Yugoslavian Republics, S9709 [11JY]

Elections: campaign ethics reform and contribution limits (S. 1219), S12835 [7SE]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 1905), S11033 [31JY], S11073, S11104 [1AU]

Foster, Henry, Jr.: nomination to be Surgeon General, S8733 [21JN]

Government: shutdown relative to budget process, S17082 [15NO]

Government regulations: reform regulatory process (S. 343), S9709 [11JY], S10121, S10123 [17JY]

Howard H. Baker, Jr., U.S. Courthouse, Knoxville, TN: designate (H.R. 2547), S19014 [20DE], S19037 [21DE]

Kennedy, William H., III: enforce subpoena relative to Senate investigation of Whitewater and Madison Guaranty (S. Res. 199), S18971-S18974 [20DE]

Law enforcement: community policing programs, S18156 [7DE]

Legislative Branch of the Government: application of certain laws (S. 2), S450 [5JA], S534 [6JA]

Lobbyists: limit amount of private funds that Federal grantees can use for lobbying purposes, S16870 [9NO]

Medicare: combat waste, fraud and abuse, S15659 [25OC]

———reform, S6472 [11MY], S15512 [24OC]

Members of Congress: constitutional amendment to limit terms, S15089 [12OC]

———constitutional amendment to limit terms (S.J. Res. 21), S1235 [19JA]

———pay rates, S11535 [5AU]

Memphis, TN: Naval Surface Warfare Center land conveyance, S11199 [2AU]

Pakistan: U.S. visit by Benazir Bhutto (S. Res. 102), S5519 [6AP]

Presidential appointments: nominations considered and confirmed en bloc, S5520 [6AP]

Public welfare programs: reform, S4679 [28MR]

Rabin, Yitzhak: tribute (S. Con. Res. 31), S16710 [6NO]

Reese, Jason: Boys and Girls Clubs of America National Youth of the Year award recipient, S14323 [26SE]

Republican Party: national agenda, S5622 [25AP]

Safe Drinking Water Act: amend (S. 1316), S17748 [29NO]

Senate: legislative program, S3023 [23FE], S5381 [6AP]

Smithsonian Institution: exhibit depicting U.S. use of atomic bombs on Japan at the end of World War II, S1710 [27JA]

Tennessee: observance of National Association of Retired Federal Employees Week, S6146 [4MY]

Terrorism: court case of Rodney Hamrick in letter bombing incident, S7730 [6JN]

———improve U.S. ability to respond to terrorist threats (S. 735), S7729 [6JN]

Water: regulation of essential trace element zinc in drinking water, S17748 [29NO]

World War II: closing of commemorations for the Fiftieth Anniversary of World War II, S15258 [17OC]

Rulings of the Chair

Cuba: strengthen international economic sanctions and support transition to democratically elected government (H.R. 927), S15001 [11OC]

Schedules

Committee on the Judiciary (House): Subcommittee on the Constitution: term limits for members of the Senate and House of Representatives, D138 [3FE]

Committee on the Judiciary (Senate): Subcommittee on the Constitution, Federalism and Property Rights: constitutional amendment to limit congressional terms, D86 [25JA]

Tributes

Coolidge, Charles H., S15258 [17OC]

McGarity, Vernon, S15258 [17OC]

Mott, Hugh B., S15258 [17OC]

Nelson, Lindsey, S8517 [15JN]

Stephenson, Enoch, S15258 [17OC]