FRIST, BILL (a Senator from Tennessee)

Amendments offered by, to

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

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 1357), S15773, S15852 [26OC]

Courts: product liability reform (H.R. 956), S5606 [24AP]

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

———making supplemental appropriations and rescissions to enhance military readiness (H.R. 889), S3759 [9MR]

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

Government regulations: reform regulatory process (S. 343), S10014 [14JY], S10247 [18JY]

Harry Kizirian Post Office Building, Providence, RI: designate (H.R. 1606), S15591 [24OC]

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

Public welfare programs: reform (H.R. 4), S11640 [5AU], S13667 [15SE]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 2126, Dept. of Defense appropriations, S15369 [19OC]

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

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Disabled: extend discretionary grant program for special education and assistance (see S. 916), S8177 [12JN]

Members of Congress: eliminate certain congressional perks (see S. 1405), S16821 [8NO]

———limit terms (see S. 683), S5217 [5AP]

Patents: limit enforcement relative to medical and surgical procedures (see S. 1334), S15290 [18OC]

Taxation: treatment of medical savings accounts (see S. 1249), S13656 [15SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (see S. 939), S16922 [9NO]

Agriculture: price supports for sugar (see S. 847), S10322 [19JY]

Animals: improve animal drug approval process (see S. 773), S6337 [9MY]

———prohibit import, export, sale or possession of bear viscera (see S. 968), S18033 [5DE]

Armed Forces: procedures for determining status of certain missing members (see S. 256), S9810 [12JY]

———prohibit uniform requirements involving the display of U.N. insignia (see S. 1370), S16421 [31OC]

Aviation: repeal increase in transportation fuels tax applicable to commercial aviation (see S. 304), S13667 [15SE]

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, 22), S1543 [25JA], S15687 [25OC]

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

CERCLA: clarify liability for certain recycling transactions (see S. 607), S18295 [8DE]

Charities: clarify exemptions from securities and antitrust laws relative to charitable gift annuities (see S. 978), S17669 [28NO]

Coins: mint coins recommended by the Citizens Commemorative Coin Advisory Committee (see S. 885), S12410 [11AU]

Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act: reauthorize (see S. 641), S4717 [28MR]

Courts: product liability reform (see S. 565), S5729 [26AP]

Dept. of HUD: discourage interference with the exercise of the rights of free speech, free association, and the petition of Government for redress of grievances (see S. 1132), S12079 [9AU]

Diseases: research programs for Parkinson's disease (see S. 684), S8183 [12JN]

Education: student loan reform (see S. 495), S8954 [22JN]

English language: declare as official language of U.S. (see S. 356), S14205 [25SE]

Federal employees: access to hearing care services by audiologists (see S. 800), S9810 [12JY]

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

Financial institutions: reform regulatory process and paperwork requirements (see S. 650), S5453 [6AP]

———treatment of common trust fund transfers relative to mutual fund investments (see S. 1032), S13623 [14SE]

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

Foreign trade: expand authority for the export of drugs or medical devices (see S. 593), S4365 [22MR]

FRS: implement monetary policy using price stability to ensure stable currency (see S. 1266), S14132 [22SE]

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

———protect the rights of small entities subject to Government investigative or enforcement actions (see S. 585), S7390 [24MY]

———reform regulatory process (see S. 343), S6278 [8MY]

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

Health: include organ donation forms and information in individual income tax refund payments (see S. 948), S12098 [9AU]

———liability of raw material and component suppliers to medical device manufacturers (see S. 303), S5076 [3AP]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see S. 1028), S9997 [14JY]

———revise and extend organ and bone marrow donation and transplantation program (see S. 1324), S15227 [17OC]

———treatment of personal medical records and health care related information (see S. 1360), S15575 [24OC]

Health care facilities: improve health programs and services available to rural populations (see S. 1268), S14132 [22SE]

Health care professionals: even distribution and availability of resources and minority and disadvantaged education programs (see S. 555), S3891 [14MR]

———facilitate the dissemination to physicians of scientific information on drug therapies and medical devices (see S. 1197), S12370 [11AU]

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

Israel: relocate U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem (see S. 1322, 1323), S15166 [13OC]

———relocate U.S. embassy to Jerusalem (see S. 770), S8386 [14JN]

Labor: allow cooperative efforts between management and labor to improve economic competitiveness (see S. 295), S15407 [20OC]

Labor unions: repeal certain provisions of law requiring employees to pay union dues or fees as a condition of employment (see S. 581), S15499 [23OC]

Legislative Branch of the Government: application of certain laws (see S. 2), S806 [11JA]

Medicaid: osteopathic services (see S. 896), S9720 [11JY]

Medicare: clarify scope of coverage and payment amounts for the use of medical devices approved for investigational use (see S. 955), S8945 [22JN]

———colorectal screening (see S. 1178), S15129 [12OC]

———positron emission tomography (see S. 1181), S12370 [11AU]

Members of Congress: constitutional amendment to limit terms (see S.J. Res. 19, 21), S1097 [18JA], S1207 [19JA]

———national advisory referendum on term limits (see S. 1073), S10729 [26JY]

Mexico: reporting requirements on economic assistance relative to instability of economy and currency (see S. Con. Res. 6), S2648 [14FE]

National Character Counts Week: designate (see S. Res. 103), S5217 [5AP]

National Family Week: designate (see S. Res. 146), S14907 [10OC]

National Mammography Day: designate (see S. Res. 177), S15246 [17OC]

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

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

Pesticides: improve registration, provide minor use crop protection, and improve pesticide tolerance safeguards (see S. 1166), S18444 [12DE]

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

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

Real property: compensation to owners of private property relative to regulatory restrictions (see S. 605), S4491 [23MR]

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

Safe Drinking Water Act: amend (see S. 1316), S17783 [29NO]

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), S4598 [24MR]

Small business: reform regulatory process (see S. 942), S8550 [16JN]

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

———credit for business investments in economically distressed areas (see S. 743, 1252), S13545 [13SE], S18244 [7DE]

———depreciation rules for the alternative minimum tax (see S. 1000), S15041 [11OC]

———treatment of family-owned businesses relative to estate tax (see S. 1086), S14553 [28SE]

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

U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child: ratification (see S. Res. 133), S8380 [14JN]

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

Certificates of election

Senate, S2 [4JA]

Cloture motions

Alaska Power Administration: sale of hydroelectric projects (S. 395), S6678 [15MY]

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

Courts: product liability reform (H.R. 956), S5995 [2MY], S6158 [4MY], S6275 [8MY]

Cuba: strengthen international economic sanctions and support transition to democratically elected government (H.R. 927), S14994, S15025 [11OC], S15113 [12OC], S15165 [13OC], S15217 [17OC]

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

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

Government regulations: reform regulatory process (S. 343), S10146 [17JY], S10399 [20JY]

Petroleum: export of Alaska North Slope crude oil (S. 395), S6678 [15MY]

Letters

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

Lists

Summer Capitol Pages, S12362 [11AU]

Opinion polls

Medicare fax poll results: U.S. Chamber of Commerce, S16074 [27OC]

Questions and answers

Effect of the Workforce Development Act on vocational rehabilitation programs, S14839 [10OC]

Remarks by, on

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 1833), S16800 [8NO]

Agriculture: funding for farm programs, S8850 [22JN]

Appropriations: line-item veto (S. 4), S4183 [20MR], S4300 [22MR]

Bosnia and Herzegovina: U.S. military intervention (S. Con. Res. 35), S18472 [13DE]

Budget: allocation of funds, S8846 [22JN]

———balance, S5089 [4AP], S7242 [23MY]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 1), S2165 [6FE], S3270 [28FE]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2491), conference report, S17290 [17NO]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2491), veto, S18246 [7DE]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 1357), S15717, S15781 [26OC], S16071, S16076 [27OC]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 1357), motion to commit, S15627 [25OC]

———reduction of tax cut and application of savings to medicare and medicaid, S6980 [19MY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1996-2002 (H. Con. Res. 67), conference report, S9299 [28JN], S9328 [29JN]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1996-2002 (S. Con. Res. 13), S6861, S6901 [18MY], S6980, S7003 [19MY], S7242 [23MY]

Capitol Pages: tribute, S12362 [11AU]

Chattanooga, TN: anniversary of Ronald McDonald House, S17181 [16NO]

Chattanooga Neighborhood Enterprise, Inc.: tribute, S5159 [4AP]

Courts: product liability reform (H.R. 956), S5780 [27AP]

———product liability reform (S. 565), S4964 [31MR]

———treatment of medical malpractice liability claims relative to obstetric services, S5780 [27AP]

Dept. of Defense: making supplemental appropriations and rescissions to enhance military readiness (H.R. 889), S4020 [16MR]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2099), S14241 [26SE]

Disabled: extend discretionary grant program for special education and assistance (S. 916), S8182 [12JN]

Education: student loan programs, S15781 [26OC]

Employment: consolidate Federal job training programs (S. 143), S14837, S14839 [10OC]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 1905), S11033 [31JY], S11073, S11105 [1AU]

Federal-State relations: reduce State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates (S. 1), S749 [11JA]

Foster, Henry, Jr.: nomination to be Surgeon General, S8867 [22JN]

Government regulations: reform regulatory process (S. 343), S9828 [13JY]

Harry Kizirian Post Office Building, Providence, RI: designate (H.R. 1606), S15589, S15591 [24OC]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, S1267 [20JA]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 1028), S9906 [13JY]

———reform the health care liability system and establish quality assurance programs, S5780 [27AP]

Health care professionals: facilitate the dissemination to physicians of scientific information on drug therapies and medical devices (S. 1197), S12402 [11AU]

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

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: reauthorization (S. 1075), S17762 [29NO]

Israel: relocate U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem (S. 1322), S15475 [23OC]

Korea, Republic of: access of U.S. business to trade markets, S5157 [4AP]

Maryville, TN: anniversary, S18105 [6DE]

McMinnville, TN: dedication of Bobby Ray Memorial Elementary School, S14949 [10OC]

Medicaid: reform, S9299 [28JN], S11980 [9AU], S15717 [26OC], S16071 [27OC]

Medicare: reform, S5686 [26AP], S5744 [27AP], S6980, S7003 [19MY], S8846 [22JN], S9299 [28JN], S11715, S11717, S11719, S11721, S11725 [7AU], S15568-S15570 [24OC], S15627 [25OC], S16071, S16076 [27OC]

Members of Congress: eliminate certain congressional perks (S. 1405), S16827 [8NO]

———limit terms (S. 683), S5231 [5AP]

———national advisory referendum on term limits (S. 1073), S10730 [26JY]

Mountain City, TN: tribute to Mountain City Care Center, S6945 [18MY]

NASA: National Wind Tunnel Complex funding, S4020 [16MR]

Nashville, TN: tribute to Youth Hobby Shop for work with children, S5080 [3AP]

National Character Counts Week: designate (S. Res. 103), S5234 [5AP]

Patents: limit enforcement relative to medical and surgical procedures (S. 1334), S15291 [18OC]

Postal Service: adjust the pay rate for the Board of Governors, S15591 [24OC]

Public welfare programs: reform, S5089 [4AP], S10771 [27JY]

———reform (H.R. 4), S11804 [8AU], S13646 [15SE]

Reese, Jason: Boys and Girls Clubs of America National Youth of the Year award recipient, S14209 [25SE]

Republican Party: national agenda, S15191 [17OC], S16568 [2NO]

Securities: instruct the SEC to report to Congress on whether senior citizens and retirement plans need enhanced protection from securities fraud, S9055 [26JN]

———litigation reform relative to plaintiff control, fraud detection, proportionate liability, and auditing standards (S. 240), S9055 [26JN]

———reform Federal litigation procedures (H.R. 1058), conference report, S17981 [5DE]

Senate: legislative program, S15591 [24OC], S17513 [27NO]

———severance pay for certain employees of the office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper (S. Res. 172), S13673 [15SE]

Sevierville, TN: tribute to Catons Chapel-Richardson Cove Volunteer Fire Dept., S6367 [9MY]

Space policy: space station program funding, S14241 [26SE]

Taxation: rates, S5089 [4AP]

———treatment of medical savings accounts, S1258 [20JA]

———treatment of medical savings accounts (S. 1249), S13662 [15SE]

University of Tennessee: tribute to women's basketball team, S5028 [3AP]

Veterans Day: observance, S16928 [9NO]

Winfield Scott Stratton Post Office, Colorado Springs, CO: designate (H.R. 1026), S15589 [24OC]

Remarks in Senate relative to

Health: tribute for assisting in medical emergency, S13577 [14SE]

Reports

Medicare Crisis—The Tax Solution Is No Solution: U.S. Chamber of Commerce, S16071-S16073 [27OC]

Medicare Myths vs. Facts: U.S. Chamber of Commerce, S16074 [27OC]

Statements

Nomination of Henry Foster, Jr., To Be Surgeon General: by, S8867 [22JN]

Texts of

S. 1249, tax treatment of medical savings accounts, S13663-S13667 [15SE]

S. 1405, Citizen Congress Act, S16828 [8NO]

Tributes

Brooks, Michael R., S8403 [14JN]

Jones, Cassandra, S9643 [10JY]

McLain, Glenn and Tara, S5080 [3AP]

Miller, Glenn, S8403 [14JN]

Muirhead, Jan, S17178 [16NO]

Rabin, Yitzhak, S16817 [8NO]

Vickers, Joe, S15408 [20OC]