JOHNSTON, J. BENNETT (a Senator from Louisiana)

Amendments offered by, to

Alaska Power Administration: sale of hydroelectric projects (S. 395), S6730, S6757, S6759 [16MY]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 1), S2664 [14FE], S2694, S2715, S2765, S2766 [15FE], S3033 [23FE]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 1357), S15818, S15868 [26OC], S16110 [27OC]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1996-2002 (S. Con. Res. 13), S7412, S7532 [25MY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations (S. 1026), S11330 [3AU], S11422, S11470 [4AU], S11573, S11616 [5AU], S12601, S12620 [5SE]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State and the Judiciary: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2076), S14679, S14764 [29SE]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2099), S14384, S14422 [27SE]

Employment: consolidate Federal job training programs (S. 143), S15043 [11OC]

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

Government regulations: reform regulatory process (S. 343), S9542 [30JN], S9695, S9697, S9721 [11JY], S9748, S9781, S9815 [12JY], S9839, S9840, S9916, S9919, S9926 [13JY], S10062, S10063, S10064 [14JY], S10250 [18JY], S10431 [20JY]

Gulf of Mexico: production of oil and gas resources (S. 158), S512 [5JA]

National Highway System: designate (S. 440), S8774, S8793, S8827, S8828 [21JN]

Nuclear energy: management and disposition of the Hanford Reservation (S. 871), S7629 [26MY]

Petroleum: export of Alaska North Slope crude oil (S. 395), S6730, S6757, S6759 [16MY]

Public welfare programs: reform (H.R. 4), S12411 [11AU], S12925, S12970, S13044 [8SE]

Analyses

Park Renewal Fund Act (S. 964), S9003 [23JN]

Appointments

Committee on Intelligence (Senate, Select), S563 [6JA]

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

———H.R. 889, Dept. of Defense supplemental appropriations and rescissions to enhance military readiness, S4074 [16MR]

———H.R. 1158, supplemental appropriations and rescissions, S5380 [6AP]

———H.R. 1655, intelligence services appropriations, S14797 [29SE]

———H.R. 1976, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations, S13919 [20SE]

———H.R. 1977, Dept. of the Interior and related agencies appropriations, S12037 [9AU]

———H.R. 2099, Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies appropriations, S14389 [27SE]

———H.R. 2126, Dept. of Defense appropriations, S12893 [8SE]

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

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

———S. 395, sale of Alaska Power Administration hydroelectric projects and export of Alaska North Slope crude oil, S11709 [5AU]

North Atlantic Assembly, S6290 [8MY]

Articles and editorials

Congress Discovers Risk Analysis, Terry Davies, S2044-S2046 [2FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Gulf of Mexico: production of oil and gas resources (see S. 158), S480 [5JA]

Hazardous substances: nuclear waste disposal (see S. 167), S480 [5JA]

National Center for Sickle Cell Disease Research: establish (see S. 1442), S17924 [4DE]

National Family Week: designate (see S. Res. 146), S9517 [30JN]

National Park Service: authorize the collection of admission fees (see S. 964), S8997 [23JN]

Nguyen Quy An and Nguyen Ngoc Kim Quy: relief (see S. 389), S2492 [10FE]

Nuclear energy: management and disposition of the Hanford Reservation (see S. 871), S7615 [26MY]

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

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

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

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Agriculture: price supports for wheat, feed grain, rice, and cotton (see S. 1155), S12214 [10AU]

Aquaculture: authorize aquaculture research under the Dept. of Agriculture (see S. 678), S5217 [5AP]

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

Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act: reauthorize (see S. 641), S5155 [4AP]

Courts: transfer Federal judgeship from eastern to middle district of Louisiana (see S. 1444, 1472), S18016 [5DE], S18559 [13DE]

Crime: penalties for health care fraud (see S. 1088), S14553 [28SE]

———prohibit the production or sale of fraudulent or counterfeit financial instruments (see S. 1009), S10427 [20JY]

Dept. of Energy: perform risk assessments on environmental restoration activities (see S. 333), S2034 [2FE]

Dept. of the Interior: establish Minerals Management Service (see S. 921), S8380 [14JN]

Disasters: provide for hazard mitigation, relief, and insurance against natural disasters (see S. 1043), S15041 [11OC]

Endangered Species Act: reauthorize (see S. 768), S6337 [9MY]

Equal rights: constitutional amendment to ensure (see S.J. Res. 25), S1618 [26JA]

Executive departments: reduce Federal paperwork burden (see S. 244), S1207 [19JA]

Families and domestic relations: child support enforcement (see S. 456), S4820 [29MR]

Federal-State relations: reduce State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates (see S. 1), S740 [10JA]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see S.J. Res. 31), S5076 [3AP]

Forest Service: phasing-in of changes to forest management plans (see S. 647), S5231 [5AP]

Government regulations: differentiate animal fats and vegetable oils from other oils and greases in issuing or enforcing regulations (see S. 679), S5217 [5AP]

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

Health: obstetrician-gynecologist services relative to Federal health care laws (see S. Res. 85), S3680 [8MR]

Health care facilities: exempt physician office laboratories from clinical laboratory requirements (see S. 877), S9810 [12JY]

International Dolphin Conservation Program: implement (see S. 1420), S17336 [17NO]

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

Judges: treatment of certain transportation and subsistence expenses of retired judges (see S. 463), S5913 [1MY]

Madison, James: mint coins in commemoration of 250th anniversary of birth (see S. 837), S15580 [24OC]

Medicare and Medicaid Coverage Data Bank: repeal (see S. 194), S1097 [18JA]

Mining and mineral resources: locatable minerals on public domain lands (see S. 639), S4717 [28MR]

———provide tax credit for the production of oil and natural gas from marginal and new wells (see S. 32), S48 [4JA]

National Character Counts Week: designate (see S. Res. 103), S10245 [18JY]

National Highway System: designate (see S. 440), S4281 [21MR]

National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week: designate (see S. Res. 147), S10428 [20JY]

National Park Service: reform concessions policies (see S. 309), S1920 [1FE]

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

O'Grady, Scott F.: tribute to U.S. fighter pilot rescued after downing of plane in Bosnia (see S. Res. 132), S8098 [9JN]

Outer Continental Shelf: provide impact assistance for tracts leased for oil and gas exploration (see S. 575), S4094 [16MR]

Pesticides: definition and regulation of the minor use of pesticides (see S. 794), S6513 [11MY]

———improve registration, provide minor use crop protection, and improve pesticide tolerance safeguards (see S. 1166), S16922 [9NO]

Petroleum: clarify financial responsibility requirements of offshore facilities relative to pollution (see S. 33), S48 [4JA]

Power resources: tax credit for fuels produced by offshore deep-water projects (see S. 35), S48 [4JA]

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

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

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

Roosevelt History Month: designate (see S. Res. 75), S5913 [1MY]

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

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

Small business: increase deductions for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see S. 111), S50 [4JA]

Surplus Government property: make available to States for official use before offering to other entities (see S. 771), S7020 [19MY]

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

———capital gains rates (see S. 959), S12614 [5SE]

———church pension benefit plans (see S. 881), S14906 [10OC]

———credit for clinical testing expenses for certain drugs for rare diseases or conditions (see S. 1052), S12291 [10AU]

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

———depreciation rules for the alternative minimum tax (see S. 1000), S14751 [29SE]

———encourage investment in low-income housing (see S. 354), S2124 [3FE]

———excise tax exemption for certain emergency medical transportation by air ambulance (see S. 358), S6930 [18MY]

———make permanent the credit for increasing research activities (see S. 351), S3064 [23FE]

———modify credit and amortization of reforestation expenses and the application of passive loss limitations to timber activities (see S. 508), S3759 [9MR]

———permit tax-free rollover of certain payments made by employers to separated employees (see S. 501), S3521 [6MR]

———qualification and eligibility requirements for S corporations and shareholders (see S. 758), S6168 [4MY]

———treatment of family-owned businesses relative to estate tax (see S. 1086), S11110 [1AU]

———treatment of geological, geophysical, and surface casing costs similar to intangible drilling and development costs (see S. 34), S48 [4JA]

———treatment of historic home rehabilitation or purchase (see S. 1002), S9422 [29JN]

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

———treatment of individual investment accounts (see S. 159), S1282 [20JA]

———treatment of individual retirement accounts (see S. 12), S1282 [20JA]

U.S. Civil War Center, Baton Rouge, LA: designate (see S.J. Res. 42), S16621 [2NO]

U.S. Enrichment Corp.: privatization (see S. 755), S6082 [3MY]

Washington, George: mint coins in commemoration of 200th anniversary of death (see S. 949), S14419 [27SE]

Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Land Withdrawal Act: amend (see S. 1402), S16821 [8NO]

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

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

Bills and resolutions relative to

J. Bennett Johnston Waterway: designate (see S. 1412), S17090 [15NO]

Critique

Underground Autocatalytic Criticality of Plutonium and Other Fissile Material, S3638 [7MR]

Documents

Comprehensive Regulatory Reform Act Proposed Amendment, S9285-S9295 [28JN]

Letters

Dept. of Defense management of environmental restoration and waste management activities: Hazel R. O'Leary, Sec. of Energy, S12602 [5SE]

Domestic production of oil and gas on the Outer Continental Shelf in the Gulf of Mexico: Bob Armstrong, Dept. of the Interior, S6732 [16MY]

U.S. territories' funding: by, S15792 [26OC]

Remarks by, on

ABA: tribute, S10504 [21JY]

Agriculture: rice and cotton industries in Louisiana, S17998, S18001 [5DE]

Alaska Power Administration: sale of hydroelectric projects (S. 395), S6731, S6732 [16MY]

———sale of hydroelectric projects (S. 395), conference report, S17023, S17033 [14NO]

Appalachian Regional Commission: funding, S11091 [1AU]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: oil and gas leasing, S16066 [27OC]

Ascension Parish, LA: funding for certain highway improvements, S18034 [5DE]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 1), S1827, S1829, S1833, S1834, S1835 [31JA], S1905 [1FE], S2694, S2695, S2696, S2697, S2698, S2699, S2700, S2702, S2703, S2705, S2710, S2711, S2712, S2713, S2714, S2715, S2716, S2717, S2718, S2720, S2721, S2722, S2723, S2732 [15FE]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2491), conference report, S17998, S18001 [5DE]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 1357), S15792 [26OC], S16036, S16037, S16066 [27OC]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 1357), motion to commit, S15624 [25OC]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1996-2002 (S. Con. Res. 13), S7309 [24MY]

———treatment of Social Security under a constitutional amendment to require balanced, S1905 [1FE]

Chemical weapons: demilitarization program contracts and funding, S12195 [10AU]

China, Republic of: visit of President Lee Teng-hui (H. Con. Res. 53), S6312 [9MY]

Clinton, President: summit meeting with Russian President Boris Yeltsin, S6595 [12MY]

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate): appointment of Sam Fowler as Minority Chief Counsel, S11222 [2AU]

Congress: change the maximum total value of gifts that can be accepted from a single source in one year, S10847 [28JY]

———reform gift rules (S. 1061), S10847 [28JY]

Courts: judicial authority in cases involving balanced budget enforcement, S2694, S2695, S2696, S2697, S2698, S2699, S2700, S2702, S2703, S2705, S2710, S2711, S2712, S2713, S2714, S2715, S2716, S2717, S2718, S2720, S2721, S2722, S2723, S2732 [15FE]

Dennis, James L.: nomination to be circuit judge, S14461 [28SE]

Dept. of Agriculture: improve public health and food safety through the reduction of pathogens, S9745, S9769, S9779, S9780, S9781 [12JY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations (S. 1026), S11235 [3AU], S11428 [4AU], S12601 [5SE]

———making appropriations (S. 1087), S12195 [10AU]

———national missile defense funding, S11235 [3AU]

Dept. of Energy: Federal appliance efficient standards implementation, S12034 [9AU]

———gas turbine modular helium reactor program, S11074, S11076, S11077 [1AU]

———perform risk assessments on environmental restoration activities (S. 333), S2043 [2FE]

Dept. of State: consolidate foreign affairs agencies (S. 908), S10944 [31JY]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1977), S11868, S11870, S11871 [8AU], S12034 [9AU]

Dept. of Transportation: liability limit of deepwater ports, S4711 [28MR]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2002), S12118 [10AU]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2099), S14304 [26SE]

Ecology and environment: management of environmental restoration and waste management activities, S12601 [5SE]

———use of risk assessment and cost-benefit analyses in environmental decisionmaking, S9840, S9852, S9855 [13JY]

Endangered Species Act: reauthorize (S. 768), S6342 [9MY]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 1905), S10928 [31JY], S11069, S11072, S11074, S11076, S11077, S11078, S11079, S11091, S11093, S11099 [1AU]

———making appropriations (H.R. 1905), conference report, S16385, S16386 [31OC]

EPA: energy efficiency activities, S14304 [26SE]

FAA: standards for Terminal Doppler Weather Radar, S12118 [10AU]

Federal-State relations: reduce State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates (S. 1), S1069 [18JA]

Government regulations: allow experts to participate in Federal agency peer review panels, S9897 [13JY]

———clarify the absence of supermandates, S9678, S9679, S9680, S9681, S9682, S9683, S9696 [11JY]

———cost-benefit analysis on regulations impacting small business, S9623, S9631, S9632 [10JY]

———exempt food safety from cost-benefit analysis, S9657, S9659, S9660, S9661, S9669, S9670, S9692, S9693 [11JY]

———mine and occupational safety and health exemptions from certain cost-benefit analysis and risk assessments, S9963, S9968 [14JY]

———periodic review of regulations impacting small business, S9613, S9614 [10JY]

———principles for risk assessment, S9749, S9750, S9752, S9753, S9756, S9759, S9764, S9765, S9781 [12JY], S9838 [13JY]

———promulgation of health and safety regulations, S9861 [13JY]

———protection against unfair penalties for alleged violations of rules, S9983 [14JY]

———reform regulatory process (S. 343), S8793, S8794, S8795 [21JN], S9282, S9285 [28JN], S9608, S9613, S9614, S9623, S9631, S9632 [10JY], S9657, S9659, S9660, S9661, S9669, S9670, S9672, S9678, S9679, S9680, S9681, S9682, S9683, S9692, S9693, S9696, S9697, S9698, S9699, S9700, S9701 [11JY], S9745, S9749, S9750, S9752, S9753, S9756, S9759, S9764, S9765, S9769, S9770, S9777, S9779, S9780, S9781, S9782, S9783, S9791 [12JY], S9834, S9838, S9839, S9840, S9852, S9855, S9861, S9878, S9879, S9881, S9888, S9889, S9890, S9897, S9898, S9901 [13JY], S9961, S9963, S9968, S9983 [14JY], S10095, S10098, S10099, S10101, S10102, S10103, S10107, S10109, S10110, S10111, S10117, S10118, S10119, S10120, S10121, S10122, S10123, S10133 [17JY], S10192, S10193 [18JY], S10369, S10370, S10371, S10372, S10373, S10387, S10398 [20JY]

———reform regulatory process (S. 343), unanimous-consent agreement, S9840, S9841, S9888 [13JY]

———revise the dollar definition of a major rule to be imposed by a regulatory agency, S9697, S9698, S9699, S9700 [11JY]

———sunshine procedures for OMB review of regulatory reform, S9901 [13JY]

———Toxic Release Inventory requirements, S9888, S9889, S9890, S9898 [13JY]

Gulf of Mexico: production of oil and gas resources (S. 158), S484, S485 [5JA]

Hazardous substances: nuclear waste disposal (S. 167), S496 [5JA]

Indonesia: independence anniversary, S12310 [10AU]

Iran: nuclear weapons proliferation, S6595 [12MY]

Mining and mineral resources: locatable minerals on public domain lands (S. 639), S4728 [28MR]

———provide for royalty payments and specify reclamation requirements for mining activities on Federal lands, S11868, S11870, S11871 [8AU]

Mongolia: introduction of President Ochribat and First Lady Tsevelmaa, S15394 [20OC]

National Center for Sickle Cell Disease Research: establish (S. 1442), S17924 [4DE]

National Family Week: designate (S. Res. 146), S9541 [30JN]

National Highway System: designate (S. 440), conference report, S18034 [5DE]

National Park Service: authorize the collection of admission fees (S. 964), S9001 [23JN]

———reform concessions policies (S. 309), S1948 [1FE]

Native Americans: Federal recognition of the Jena Band of Choctaw Indians in Louisiana, S6508 [11MY]

NATO: membership of Central and East European countries, S14850 [10OC]

Naval Petroleum Reserve: sale, S11428 [4AU]

Nevada: high-level nuclear waste repository proposal, S3637 [7MR]

Nguyen Quy An and Nguyen Ngoc Kim Quy: relief (S. 389), S2502 [10FE]

Nuclear energy: management and disposition of the Hanford Reservation (S. 871), S7620 [26MY]

Packwood, Senator: Committee on Ethics (Senate, Select) hearings on alleged misconduct, S11158 [2AU]

Parliamentary inquiry, S10387 [20JY]

Petroleum: export of Alaska North Slope crude oil (S. 395), S6731, S6732 [16MY]

———export of Alaska North Slope crude oil (S. 395), conference report, S17023, S17033 [14NO]

———production of oil and gas resources in the Gulf of Mexico, S16036, S16037 [27OC]

Power resources: domestic production of oil and gas on the Outer Continental Shelf in the Gulf of Mexico, S6731 [16MY]

Public utilities: protect consumers of utility systems relative to telecommunication activities, S8240 [13JN]

———revision of the regulatory policies governing public utility holding companies (S. 1317), S15129 [12OC]

Russia: participation in NATO's Partnership for Peace, S6595 [12MY]

Safe Drinking Water Act: amend (S. 1316), S17731, S17732 [29NO]

Senate: announcement of retirement, S611 [9JA]

———legislative program, S2693, S2694 [15FE]

Shreveport, LA: tribute to Westwood Elementary School and Lakeshore Elementary School for participation in the Concerned Businessmen's Association of America's Set a Good Example Contest, S7634 [26MY]

Simon, Robert: privilege of the floor, S11069 [1AU]

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

———rates, S7309 [24MY]

———treatment of operating expenses for school bus drivers (S. 499), S3521 [6MR]

Telecommunications: reform policies regulating competition (S. 652), S8240 [13JN]

Territories (U.S.): funding for insular areas, S15792 [26OC]

Thailand: visit to U.S. by Queen Sirikit, S6848 [18MY]

U.N. World Conference on Women: funding for delegation relative to the detention of Peter H. Wu by the People's Republic of China, S10944 [31JY]

Wetlands: reform regulatory program (S. 851), S7498 [25MY]

Remarks in Senate relative to

J. Bennett Johnston Waterway: designate, S17091 [15NO]

Tribute, S611 [9JA], S692, S707 [10JA], S755 [11JA]

Schedules

Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate): Subcommittee on Clean Air, Wetlands, Private Property, and Nuclear Safety: wetlands regulatory program reform, D878 [19JY]

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

Summaries

Hanford Land Management Act (S. 871), S7620 [26MY]

Underground Autocatalytic Criticality of Plutonium and Other Fissile Material: Charles Bowman and Francesco Venneri, S3638 [7MR]

Tables

Comparison of returns on rice and cotton in Louisiana under current and alternative farm bills, S17998-S18001 [5DE]

Revenue impact of deep water royalty relief, S16037 [27OC]

Testimonies

Constitutional Amendment To Require Balanced Budget: Walter E. Dellinger, S2700 [15FE]

Texts of

S. 167, Nuclear Waste Policy Act, S497-S503 [5JA]

S. 964, Park Renewal Fund Act, S9002 [23JN]

S. 1442, National Center for Sickle Cell Disease Research establishment, S17924 [4DE]

Tributes

Danforth, John C., S427 [4JA]

Durenberger, David, S426 [4JA]

Felix, Shirley A., S479 [5JA]

Fleming, James T., S954 [13JA]

Flint, Bruce, S7132 [22MY]

Harter, Philip J., S10504 [21JY]

Hatfield, Senator, S17998 [5DE]

Heflin, Senator, S4777 [29MR]

Hudson, Laura, S12314 [10AU]

Jandle, Henry W. (Ward), S4489 [23MR]

Nunn, Senator, S14851 [10OC]

Pell, Senator, S12563 [5SE]

Pryor, Senator, S10082 [17JY]

Schlesinger, Rachel Mellinger, S14959 [11OC]

Simpson, Senator, S17998 [5DE]

Stennis, John C., S6143 [4MY]