FEDERAL AID PROGRAMS related term(s) Public Welfare Programs

Addresses

Campaign for Human Development—Theological-Historical Roots: Joseph Bernadin, S13174-S13176 [11SE]

Challenge of Civil Justice: Mark Robinson, E2107 [2NO]

Public Welfare Programs Reform, S12363 [11AU]

Reform of Unemployment Compensation and Insurance Procedures: Leon Lynch, United Steelworkers of America, E1199-E1201 [8JN]

Amendments

Budget: making supplemental appropriations and rescissions (H.R. 1158), S4773, S4784, S4793, S4801, S4821, S4830, S4832, S4833 [29MR], S4845, S4846, S4869, S4883, S4891, S4892, S4896, S4903, S4909, S4916, S4919, S4934, S4935, S4936, S4937 [30MR], S4997, S5007 [31MR], S5049, S5076, S5077 [3AP], S5101, S5104, S5108, S5156, S5157 [4AP], S5236, S5237, S5238, S5239, S5243, S5246, S5249, S5251, S5252, S5253, S5254, S5255, S5257, S5258, S5259, S5263, S5264 [5AP], S5306, S5322, S5324, S5325, S5327, S5339, S5340, S5347, S5348, S5361, S5362, S5454, S5475, S5478, S5479, S5480, S5484, S5493, S5495, S5497, S5507, S5508 [6AP], H3049, H3050 [10MR], H3073, H3074, H3082, H3083, H3084, H3085, H3086 [13MR], H3156 [14MR], H3218, H3219, H3220, H3230, H3242, H3247, H3250, H3255, H3258, H3263, H3268, H3277 [15MR], H3283, H3287, H3290 [16MR]

———making supplemental appropriations and rescissions (H.R. 1158), consideration (H. Res. 115), H3172, H3192 [15MR]

———making supplemental appropriations and rescissions (H.R. 1159), H3050 [10MR], H3073, H3074 [13MR]

———making supplemental appropriations and rescissions (H.R. 1944), S10420, S10432 [20JY], H6602, H6635 [29JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: making continuing appropriations (H.J. Res. 134), S19201, S19261 [22DE]

———making continuing appropriations (H.J. Res. 134), consideration (H. Res. 317), H15295 [20DE]

Employment: consolidate Federal job training programs (H.R. 1617), S14991 [11OC], H9003 [14SE], H9133, H9134, H9135 [18SE], H9165, H9169, H9178, H9181, H9182, H9187, H9191, H9192, H9193, H9205, H9246 [19SE]

———consolidate Federal job training programs (S. 143), S14825, S14852, S14855, S14860, S14862, S14867, S14869, S14877, S14878, S14907, S14939, S14940, S14941 [10OC], S14979, S14981, S15043, S15046, S15047, S15054 [11OC]

Public welfare programs: reform (H.R. 4), S11575, S11640 [5AU], S11894 [8AU], S12428, S12511 [11AU], S12802, S12804, S12807, S12810, S12811, S12819, S12820, S12823, S12825, S12827, S12829, S12842, S12864, S12867, S12868, S12869, S12870 [7SE], S12874, S12875, S12876, S12877, S12878, S12883, S12885, S12886, S12887, S12889, S12890, S12891, S12892, S12893, S12895, S12896, S12897, S12898, S12899, S12900, S12901, S12902, S12903, S12904, S12905, S12906, S12907, S12908, S12910, S12911, S12914, S12916, S12917, S12918, S12920, S12925, S12926, S12927, S12928, S12929, S12931, S12932, S12933, S12937, S12938, S12939, S12940, S12941, S12942, S12944, S12945, S12946, S12947, S12948, S12949, S12950, S12951, S12952, S12953, S12954, S12955, S12956, S12957, S12958, S12968, S12969, S12970, S12971, S12972, S12973, S12976, S12977, S12978, S12984, S12985, S12986, S12987, S12988, S12995, S12996, S13031, S13032, S13033, S13034, S13035, S13036, S13037, S13038, S13040, S13044, S13045, S13048, S13049, S13050, S13051, S13054, S13055, S13056, S13057, S13058, S13059, S13060, S13061, S13064, S13066, S13070, S13071, S13120, S13121, S13123, S13126, S13128, S13129, S13130, S13133, S13139 [8SE], S13203 [11SE], S13495, S13547 [13SE], S13561, S13567, S13571, S13572, S13573 [14SE], S13628, S13629, S13632, S13634, S13636, S13637, S13642, S13645, S13646, S13652, S13667, S13670 [15SE], S13771, S13866 [19SE], H3276, H3277 [15MR], H3491, H3496, H3497, H3509, H3514, H3515, H3517, H3525, H3527 [22MR], H3582, H3586, H3592, H3595, H3600, H3603, H3605, H3609, H3617, H3622, H3628, H3634 [23MR], H3742 [24MR]

Social Security: increase earnings limit (S. 1372), S16581, S16630 [2NO]

Analyses

Agricultural Resources Conservation Act (S. 854), S7515 [25MY]

Canola and Rapeseed Research, Promotion, and Consumer Information Act (S. 1091), S10892 [28JY]

Improve Dept. of Veterans Affairs Programs and Benefits (S. 1345), S15353-S15356 [19OC]

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

Native Americans Program Appropriations (S. 510), S3610 [7MR]

Promote Economic Revitalization Through Federal Assistance for Cleanup of Abandoned or Contaminated Properties (H.R. 2178), E1622 [3AU]

Provide Social Services Block Grants Directly to Indian Tribes (S. 285), S1624 [26JA]

Public Welfare Programs Reform (S. 746), S6085 [3MY]

Veterans' Housing Loan Program and Montgomery GI Bill Cost-Reduction Act (S. 993), S9440 [29JN]

Announcements

Dept. of HUD funding special order notice: Representative Stokes, E1501 [24JY]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 4, Personal Responsibility Act, S15199 [17OC], H9710, H9735 [29SE], H10670 [24OC]

———H.R. 1158, supplemental appropriations and rescissions, S5380 [6AP], H4457, H4482 [2MY]

———H.R. 1617, consolidate Federal job training programs, H10693 [24OC]

Articles and editorials

Addicts Squander Checks on Drugs, Alcohol—Your Cash Supports Abusers' Habits, S11772-S11774 [7AU]

AFDC Numbers—Bad Enough, But Not That Bad, S12681 [6SE]

Age Discrimination—Lift Earnings Cap, S15784 [26OC]

Another in the Senate, S4315 [22MR]

Back to the Dark Ages, S15656 [25OC]

Balanced Budget or Bust, H7692 [25JY]

Budget Issue, E2441 [21DE]

Changes in Welfare Rules Fulfill Will of the People, S11765 [7AU]

Charting the State of Welfare, S12623 [5SE], S12681 [6SE]

Chewing on a Poor Image, H2474 [1MR]

Chopping Block, S10424 [20JY]

Clinton Should Veto Timber Bill, S10424 [20JY]

Clinton's Veto the Right Action, S10423 [20JY]

Confronting the Myths, E2236 [28NO]

Confronting the Myths—The Truth About Poverty and Welfare, E2157 [10NO]

Congress Considers Slashing Crop Subsidies—Affluent Urban Farmers Come Under Scrutiny, S4145 [17MR]

Crib Death for National Service, E683 [24MR]

Democrats Lie About Lunch, H2377 [28FE]

Don't Undercut Our Commitment to Higher Education, E1167 [7JN]

Dropping Federal Regs Is an Invitation to Tragedy, S15668 [25OC]

Dumb Move on Housing, S14274 [26SE]

End Social Security Earning Curb, S15784 [26OC]

Existing Protections, S15668 [25OC]

Federal Challenge for Local Ingenuity, S15035 [11OC]

Federal Cuts Put Squeeze on Welfare, E1937 [12OC]

Financial Burden—Taxing Higher Education Is Shortsighted, E1996 [20OC]

Firm Foundations—New Approach to Welfare Reform—Humility, S14562 [28SE]

Food Angel of 42d Street, H2971 [9MR]

Food-Stamp Racket, S13157 [11SE]

Four Drug Firms Could Gain $1 Billion Under GOP Nutrition-Program Revision, S13524 [13SE]

Frayed Lifeline—Hunger Among Elderly Surges—Meal Programs Just Can't Keep Up, S1569 [26JA]

Gingrich—Foes Lying About Kids, H2313 [28FE]

Going to School Hungry, H2969 [9MR]

GOP Bills To Overhaul Welfare Worry City and County Officials, S6926 [18MY]

GOP Revolution in a Nutshell, E1916 [11OC]

GOP Would Keep School Lunches and Let States Run the Program, E520 [6MR]

Hard Hearts, Soft Heads, S19154 [22DE]

Here's a Grand Little Story To Stir Your Blood on a Monday Morning, H2300 [27FE], H5161 [17MY]

His Experiences Give Bishop Ideas on Welfare Reform, S5512 [6AP]

House Takes Up Legislation To Dismantle Social Programs, H3700 [23MR]

Inflicting Pain on Children, S3550 [7MR]

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

Keep Nursing Home Standards, S15668 [25OC]

Led Astray by the Poverty `Experts', E604 [15MR]

Loan Plan Good for Schools, S16673 [3NO]

Logger's Axe—No Wild Swings—Clinton Should Hold Firm Against Amendment That Threatens Forests, S10424 [20JY]

Logging Bill Flawed, S10423 [20JY]

Medicaid System Handcuffs California, H15517 [21DE]

Mentor Projects a Good Idea, S11762 [7AU]

Mother of Them All—Carol Porter Feeds Poor Kids in Houston—Without a Cent From the Government, S5028 [3AP]

No Lunch? Try the Sharing Table, H3779 [24MR]

No More Facelifts for the Farm Program—It's Time for Real Reform, S6288 [8MY]

On Families and Values, S12624 [5SE]

One for Our Children, H2473 [1MR]

Paternalism and Welfare Reform, S19090-S19093 [21DE]

Poverty in America—Causes, Cures..., S1635 [26JA]

Program Helps Iowans Get Off Welfare, S11765 [7AU]

Proud Harvest, S1795 [31JA]

Reality of Cutting Student Aid, S15739 [26OC]

Redistribute State's Water, E766 [4AP]

Reduction Would Cause Chaos, Finnerty Says, E624 [16MR]

Replace Social Security With a Stable Permanent Retirement System, H742 [26JA]

Rush To Trim Budget Cuts Off Homeless, S14274 [26SE]

Say No to This Welfare Reform, S16675 [3NO]

School Lunch Debate Serves Up Hot Rhetoric But Few Cold Facts—How Kids Would Fare Under Change Unclear, H2313 [28FE]

Schools Defend Decision Against Offering Breakfast, H2970 [9MR]

Shift in U.S. Timber Policy Puts Forests, Fish and Wildlife, at Risk—Congress Moves Too Fast, With Too Little Thought, S10424 [20JY]

Social Services Need Government Government Help, E1733 [7SE]

Special Interest Hit Direct Loan Programs Head-On, S15366 [19OC]

Student Loans—The Price of Politics, S16814 [8NO]

Take Good Ideas and Run With Them, S11763 [7AU]

This One's Different, S11765 [7AU]

Title I's Tightrope—Will Poor Kids Lose?, E2440 [21DE]

Welfare, End of—Events That Led to Its Demise in 1995, and the Striking Consequences in the Years Since, S18826 [18DE]

Welfare Contract a Worthwhile Idea, S11765 [7AU], S12910 [8SE]

Welfare Fade, S16676 [3NO]

Welfare On the Cheap Is Not Reform, E771 [4AP]

Welfare Reform Shows Promise, S11764 [7AU]

Welfare Shock, S12623 [5SE], S12680 [6SE]

Welfare System Finally Works, S11765 [7AU]

Welfare Winner—Iowa's Family Investment Plan Could Be a National Model, S11763 [7AU]

Welfare—Two Kinds of Compromise, S12758 [7SE]

What Special Interest?, H3700 [23MR]

Why Push Them Out of Work?, S15784 [26OC]

Why Student Aid Matters, S8122 [9JN]

Women and Children First?, S19089 [21DE]

Work Not Welfare in the Mormon Church, S13136 [8SE]

Workfare Wimp-Out, E445 [27FE]

Working While on Welfare, S13507 [13SE]

Bills and resolutions

AFDC: deny benefits to children who have not received preventive health care or been immunized (see H.R. 191), H168 [9JA]

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

———reform (see H.R. 741, 886), H889 [30JA], H1555 [9FE]

———remove disincentives that prevent recipients from moving toward self-sufficiency (see H.R. 950), H1849 [15FE]

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

———weekly benefits relative to employment or attendance at courses at educational institutions (see H.R. 220), H169 [9JA]

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

———eligibility for water subsidies to certain agricultural producers (see S. 330), S1920 [1FE]

———establish a marketing loan and environmental quality incentives program for wheat, feed grains, and oilseeds (see S. 1256), S13728 [18SE]

———establish marketing loans and total acreage base for upland cotton, feed grains, rice, oilseeds, and wheat (see H.R. 2532), H10848 [25OC]

———fair payment for use of Bureau of Reclamation water (see S. 329), S1920 [1FE]

———improve agricultural resources conservation programs (see S. 854, 1373; H.R. 2542), S7497 [25MY], S16495 [1NO], H10993 [26OC]

———improve operation of flue-cured and burley tobacco programs (see H.R. 2653), H13142 [16NO]

———limit farm program payments to certain producers relative to amount of off-farm earnings (see H.R. 1719), H5607 [25MY]

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

———reform of Federal farm subsidy programs (see S. 1367), S16107 [27OC]

———repeal price support and agricultural promotion programs (see H.R. 2787), H14963 [15DE]

———research, promotion, and market development of canola and rapeseed products (see S. 1091; H.R. 2509), S10875 [28JY], H10484 [19OC]

———revise soybean promotion, research, and consumer information programs (see H.R. 2577), H11767 [2NO]

American Samoa: nutrition assistance programs (see H.R. 1059), H2306 [27FE]

———SSI benefits (see H.R. 1060), H2306 [27FE]

Appalachian Regional Commission: funding (see H.R. 312, 2145), H172 [9JA], H8063 [31JY]

Appropriations: use of funding by local governments and nonprofit organizations in accordance with approved local flexibility plans (see H.R. 2086), H7378 [20JY]

Armed Forces: establish commission to review regular military compensation relative to financial assistance programs (see H.R. 673), H691 [25JA]

Barnegat Bay, NJ: eligibility for priority consideration under the National Estuary Program (see H.R. 679), H691 [25JA]

BIA: reorganization (see S. 814), S6802 [17MY]

Black Lung Benefits Act: improve (see H.R. 754), H969 [31JA]

———pneumoconiosis claims (see H.R. 615), H467 [20JA]

Budget: evaluation of long-term impact on entitlement spending (see S. 823), S6912 [18MY]

———making supplemental appropriations and rescissions (see S. 617; H.R. 1158, 1159, 1864, 1927, 1944), S4573 [24MR], H2891 [8MR], H6045 [15JN], H6396 [27JN], H6481 [28JN]

———making supplemental appropriations and rescissions (H.R. 1158), consideration (see H. Res. 115), H3155 [14MR]

———making supplemental appropriations and rescissions (H.R. 1158), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 151), H5190 [17MY]

———making supplemental appropriations and rescissions (H.R. 1944), consideration (see H. Res. 176), H6560 [28JN]

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

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

———use of community development block grant funds for employment relocation activities (see S. 192; H.R. 463), S789 [11JA], H229 [11JA]

Children and youth: consolidate and expand Federal child care programs (see S. 472), S3052 [23FE]

———consolidate Federal child care programs (see S. 850), S7388 [24MY]

———establish community-based youth development block grant program (see S. 673; H.R. 2807), S5142 [4AP], H15087 [18DE]

———guidelines for school lunch and breakfast programs (see H.R. 2066), H7256 [19JY]

———provide grants to improve the quality and availability of comprehensive education, health, and social services (see H.R. 1284), H3416 [21MR]

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

Colleges and universities: participation in Pell Grant Program relative to Federal Stafford Loan Program default rate (see H.R. 2038), H7011 [13JY]

———student loan default rate limitations relative to Hispanic-serving institutions (see H.R. 366), H173 [9JA]

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

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

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

Crime: deny Federal benefits to persons convicted of fraudulent representation of residency in more than one State (see H.R. 404), H174 [9JA]

Dept. of Agriculture: extend certain authorities (see H.R. 2775), H14764 [13DE]

———funding mechanism for the American Samoa Nutritional Assistance Program (see S. 79), S49 [4JA]

Dept. of Commerce: enhance manufacturing technology programs (see H.R. 1844), H5983 [14JN]

Dept. of Defense: educational impact aid determinations (see S. 876), S7615 [26MY]

———prohibit Federal grants or contracts to educational institutions that prevent campus access for recruiting purposes (see H.R. 142, 1118), H167 [9JA], H2584 [2MR]

Dept. of HHS: establish domestic violence community response teams (see H.R. 2665), H13341 [18NO]

Dept. of HUD: assistance program eligibility for organizations that promote prejudice or bias based on race, religion, or ethnicity (see H.R. 656), H592 [24JA]

———grants for economic development loan assistance in certain Federal enterprise communities (see H.R. 494), H230 [11JA]

———grants to depressed communities for economic development based on unemployment level (see H.R. 1017), H2063 [22FE]

———include equity skimming as a money laundering offense and deter obstruction of Federal audits relative to the operation of federally assisted housing (see S. 1057), S10490 [21JY]

———permit rent reductions for certain public housing projects receiving assistance (see H.R. 624), H467 [20JA]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: extend benefits to certain merchant mariners who served during World War II (see H.R. 44), H164 [9JA]

———extend benefits to certain merchant mariners who served during wartime (see H.R. 2215), H8534 [4AU]

———improve programs and benefits (see S. 1345), S15338 [19OC]

———making continuing appropriations (see H.J. Res. 134), H15237 [20DE]

———making continuing appropriations (H.J. Res. 134), consideration (see H. Res. 317), H15237 [20DE]

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

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

———ensure Federal assistance eligibility for certain nonprofit facilities open to the public (see S. 280; H.R. 664), S1618 [26JA], H593 [24JA]

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

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

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

Economic Development Administration: assistance to communities affected by closure, realignment, or downsizing of military installations (see S. 405), S2647 [14FE]

Economy: promote revitalization through Federal assistance for cleanup of abandoned or contaminated properties (see H.R. 2178), H8360 [3AU]

Education: ensure social work students and schools are eligible for certain programs' support and grants, and establish a social work training program (see S. 66), S49 [4JA]

———establish loan guarantee program for telecommunications satellites dedicated to instructional programming (see S. 1278; H.R. 1908), S14408 [27SE], H6200 [21JN]

———funding for higher education financial aid programs (see H. Res. 122), H3974 [29MR]

———Impact Aid Program technical corrections (see S. 947; H.R. 1894), S8684 [20JN], H6158 [20JN]

———increase assistance relative to skills or specialties for which there are critical shortages (see H.R. 1116), H2584 [2MR]

———low-income school choice demonstration program (see H.R. 1640), H4958 [15MY]

———phase out the Federal Direct Student Loan Program and privatize the student loan system (see S. 1198), S12370 [11AU]

———prevent double counting of income in conducting needs analysis for student assistance (see H.R. 162), H168 [9JA]

———provide choice and equity (see S. 1210), S12716 [6SE]

———provide demonstration grants to secondary schools to extend the academic year (see H.R. 2252), H8535 [4AU]

———provide for a low-income school choice demonstration program (see S. 618), S4573 [24MR]

———reform workforce training and literacy programs (see H.R. 2332), H8993 [14SE]

———require expulsion of students convicted of violent crimes in schools receiving Federal assistance (see H.R. 2698), H13869 [30NO]

———substitute educational quality evaluations for cohort default rates in eligibility determinations for student assistance programs (see H.R. 903), H1688 [13FE]

Employment: allowances for workers undergoing retraining after being displaced by NAFTA consequences (see S. 556; H.R. 1231), S3891 [14MR], H3156 [14MR]

———consolidate Federal job training programs (see S. 143, 180; H.R. 511, 1120, 1617), S51 [4JA], S653 [9JA], H242 [13JA], H2584 [2MR], H4873 [11MY]

———consolidate Federal job training programs (H.R. 1617), consideration (see H. Res. 222), H9132 [18SE]

———establish a job placement voucher program (see S. 579), S4199 [20MR]

———improve employment and training assistance for dislocated workers (see S. 90; H.R. 1422), S49 [4JA], H4413 [6AP]

———job creation programs (see H.R. 805), H1156 [2FE]

———replace Federal job training programs with a training account system (see S. 6), S47 [4JA]

———self-employment assistance programs (see H.R. 1789), H5752 [8JN]

———training assistance (see H.R. 998), H1967 [21FE]

Executive departments: require accountability plans for new programs (see S. 211), S901 [12JA]

Families and domestic relations: adoption services (see H.R. 1066, 1166), H2306 [27FE], H2891 [8MR]

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

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

———provide equal leave benefits for parents who adopt a child or provide foster care (see H.R. 2237), H8535 [4AU]

Federal employees: reemployment assistance relative to workforce reductions (see H.R. 2825), H15574 [21DE]

Food stamps: implement electronic benefits transfer system to reduce fraud (see S. 1114), S11201 [2AU]

———program integrity (see S. 1112; H.R. 1093), S11201 [2AU], H2486 [1MR]

———reduce fraud (see H.R. 1094), H2486 [1MR]

———reform program (see H.R. 1135), H2716 [6MR]

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

Freedom of religion: constitutional amendment on protection (see S.J. Res. 45), S19250 [22DE]

Guam: SSI benefits (see H.R. 1069), H2306 [27FE]

Health: adolescent health demonstration projects (see H.R. 172), H168 [9JA]

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

———maternity and housing services for pregnant women (see S. 1214; H.R. 1065), S12716 [6SE], H2306 [27FE]

———prevention of fetal alcohol syndrome (see S. 170; H.R. 1649), S481 [5JA], H5071 [16MY]

———public participation in establishing locations of substance abuse treatment group homes (see H.R. 2427), H9737 [29SE]

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

———substance abuse and mental health performance partnerships (see S. 1180; H.R. 2207), S12215 [10AU], H8534 [4AU]

Higher Education Act: qualify additional institutions for certain programs (see H.R. 268), H171 [9JA]

Homeless: determination of the immunization status of children living in certain federally assisted housing and shelters (see H.R. 192), H169 [9JA]

———require public notice and local hearings before certain property is used to assist the homeless (see H.R. 1705), H5571 [24MY]

Housing: benefits relative to the purchase of residential cooperative apartment units (see H.R. 1006), H1968 [21FE]

———creation of low-income housing trust fund relative to tax treatment of mortgage interest, property tax deductions, and inherited property (see H.R. 1016), H2063 [22FE]

———deregulate public housing and rental assistance programs (see H.R. 2406), H9591 [27SE]

———encourage gainful employment of residents of public housing (see H.R. 921), H1688 [13FE]

———establish a national property reinsurance program directed at underserved areas (see H.R. 1517), H4432 [7AP]

———expedite evictions from public housing (see H.R. 1773, 1988, 2340), H5690 [7JN], H6698 [30JN], H8994 [14SE]

———extend certain programs (see S. 1494), S19110 [21DE]

———increase public housing opportunities for intact families (see S. 1204), S12715 [6SE]

———prohibit certain rental housing managers from banning household pets for elderly residents (see H.R. 1619), H4873 [11MY]

———use of community development block grants for direct homeownership assistance (see H.R. 2304), H8805 [12SE]

Immigration: asylum reform and prohibition of Federal benefits to certain aliens (see H.R. 375), H174 [9JA]

———prohibit Federal benefits for illegal aliens (see S. 918; H.R. 341), S8255 [13JN], H173 [9JA]

Interjurisdictional Fisheries Act: modify assistance programs for dislocated fishers (see S. 1499), S19110 [21DE]

Law enforcement: establish neighborhood and community security programs (see S. 1215), S12716 [6SE]

Lobbyists: prohibit recipients of awards, grants, and contracts from lobbying for their continuation (see H.R. 1130), H2651 [3MR]

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

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

LSC: prohibit recipients of grants or contracts from soliciting clients (see H.R. 1931), H6396 [27JN]

Medicaid: alcoholism and drug dependency treatment services for pregnant women (see S. 171), S481 [5JA]

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

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

———improve Federal medical assistance percentage (see H.R. 818), H1207 [3FE]

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

———require HMOs and other managed care plans to make payments relative to assistance provided by school-based health centers (see H.R. 2420), H9670 [28SE]

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

Medicare: amend certain provisions (see H.R. 25), H163 [9JA]

———coverage of blood-testing strips for individuals with diabetes (see H.R. 1074), H2392 [28FE]

———expand coverage of part B preventive care benefits (see H.R. 2777), H14764 [13DE]

———outpatient self-management training services for individuals with diabetes (see S. 491; H.R. 1073), S3390 [2MR], H2392 [28FE]

———renal disease management services (see H.R. 1068), H2306 [27FE]

Medicare/Medicaid: establish an Office of Inspector General (see H.R. 2480), H10076 [13OC]

———payment integrity (see H.R. 2280), H8684 [7SE]

———public examination of any changes in existing law relative to budget reconciliation (see H. Res. 221), H8904 [13SE]

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

Motor vehicles: eliminate noncompliance penalties on State motorcycle helmet laws (see S. 388), S2492 [10FE]

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

Native Americans: authorizing appropriations for programs (see S. 510), S3604 [7MR]

———provide social services block grants directly to Indian tribes (see S. 285), S1618 [26JA]

———reauthorize the Navajo-Hopi Relocation Housing program (see S. 349), S2035 [2FE]

Poverty: corrections in data relative to cost-of-living statistics (see H.R. 547), H296 [17JA]

———publication of data (see H.R. 919), H1688 [13FE]

Professional Trade Service Corps: establish (see H.R. 1567), H4545 [3MY]

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

Public health: establish standards for long-term care insurance policies (see H.R. 1221), H3155 [14MR]

Public Health Service: terminate family planning programs (see H.R. 1623), H4915 [12MY]

Public housing: reform and consolidate Federal programs and redirect primary responsibility to States and localities (see S. 1260), S13842 [19SE]

Public welfare programs: direct that certain Federal benefits be provided only to U.S. citizens and nationals (see H.R. 482), H229 [11JA]

———eliminate benefits relative to probation and parole violators and fugitive felons (see H.R. 118), H166 [9JA]

———enhance education, increase school attendance, and promote self-sufficiency among recipients (see S. 19), S48 [4JA]

———establish asset-based welfare policies (see S. 1212), S12716 [6SE]

———funding for nutrition programs (see S. 904, 1265), S8097 [9JN], S14087 [21SE]

———reform (see S. 36, 140, 209, 707, 736, 746, 828, 834, 840, 1117, 1120; H.R. 4, 315, 759, 781, 819, 982, 999, 1146, 1157, 1181, 1214, 1250, 1267), S48, S51 [4JA], S901 [12JA], S5404 [6AP], S5805 [27AP], S6082 [3MY], S6912 [18MY], S7014 [19MY], S7120 [22MY], S11323 [3AU], H159, H172 [9JA], H969 [31JA], H1051 [1FE], H1207 [3FE], H1907 [16FE], H1967 [21FE], H2810 [7MR], H2891 [8MR], H2988 [9MR], H3072 [13MR], H3276 [15MR], H3415 [21MR]

———reform (H.R. 4), consideration (see H. Res. 117, 119), H3326 [16MR], H3415 [21MR]

———reform (H.R. 4), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 319), H15237 [20DE]

Public works: economic development programs (see H.R. 2145), H8063 [31JY]

Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act: reduce waiting period for benefits (see H.R. 2594), H11938 [8NO]

Railroads: abolish the Local Rail Freight Assistance Program (see H.R. 2216), H8534 [4AU]

———preservation of infrastructure (see S. 920; H.R. 2205), S8380 [14JN], H8534 [4AU]

Rockland County, NY: administration of Federal housing programs (see H.R. 21), H163 [9JA]

Rural areas: health care (see S. 806; H. Con. Res. 56), S6750 [16MY], H4177 [4AP]

———medicare coverage of rural emergency access care hospitals (see S. 210), S901 [12JA]

SBA: establish urban university business initiative grants (see S. 862), S7497 [25MY]

———reduce level of participation in certain guaranteed loans (see H.R. 1570), H4545 [3MY]

Schools: provide free lunches and breakfasts to economically disadvantaged students (see H. Con. Res. 49), H3807 [24MR]

Small business: awarding of contracts to individuals considered economically disadvantaged (see H.R. 2379), H9452 [21SE]

———install devices to improve safety at convenience stores (see H.R. 2675), H13658 [20NO]

———modify the small business and capital ownership development program (see H.R. 111), H166 [9JA]

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

———improve information provided in account statements and distribute statements annually to beneficiaries (see H.R. 1319, 2312), H3807 [24MR], H8805 [12SE]

———increase earnings limit (see S. 1372, 1432, 1440, 1466, 1470; H.R. 2668, 2684; H. Con. Res. 109), S16422 [31OC], S17666 [28NO], S17865 [30NO], S18363 [11DE], S18442 [12DE], H10848 [25OC], H13658 [20NO], H13803 [29NO]

———increase earnings limit, repeal increase of taxation of benefits, and provide incentives to purchase long-term care insurance (see H.R. 8), H160 [9JA]

———increase earnings limit (H. Con. Res. 109), consideration (see H. Res. 245), H10847 [25OC]

———maintain earnings test correlation between disability insurance benefits for the blind and retirement age benefits (see H. Con. Res. 23), H1208 [3FE]

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

Social Security Act: anniversary (see S. Res. 165), S12370 [11AU]

Social Security Disability Insurance Program: funding for SSI presumptive disability benefit programs (see H.R. 1665), H5190 [17MY]

SSI: financial incentives for nonprofit organizations to seek eligible recipients (see H.R. 1664), H5190 [17MY]

———reform eligibility requirements for children's programs (see S. 798), S6513 [11MY]

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

———require benefits in the form of vouchers (see H.R. 612), H467 [20JA]

———require periodic reapplication and modify administrative criteria relative to mental impairments (see H.R. 1974), H6697 [30JN]

———restriction on benefits to prisoners (see S. 1418; H.R. 2320), S17336 [17NO], H8903 [13SE]

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

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

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

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

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

Taxation: phase-out of subsidies for alcohol fuels produced from feedstocks eligible for Federal agricultural subsidies (see S. 1066), S10565 [24JY]

———treatment of unemployment compensation (see H.R. 1027, 2461), H2176 [23FE], H9897 [11OC]

Termination dates (see H.R. 216), H169 [9JA]

Texas: purchase of Bureau of Reclamation water supply projects (see H.R. 2609), H12084 [9NO]

Tourist trade: eligibility of rural communities for the business and industry loan program (see S. 1078), S10821 [27JY]

Urban areas: economic redevelopment (see H.R. 1381), H4104 [3AP]

Veterans: establish training programs to employ at public housing authorities and management companies (see H.R. 505), H242 [13JA]

———exclude certain income from consideration for determining rent paid for federally assisted housing (see H.R. 2091), H7461 [21JY]

———improve health care programs (see H.R. 1385, 1468), H4177 [4AP], H4430 [7AP]

———improve programs and benefits (see H.R. 1482), H4430 [7AP]

———provide for cost-savings in housing loan and education programs (see S. 993), S9421 [29JN]

———revisions of benefits decisions based on clear and unmistakable error (see H.R. 1483), H4430 [7AP]

Virgin Islands: SSI benefits (see H.R. 1069), H2306 [27FE]

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

Water pollution: establish requirements and provide assistance to prevent nonpoint sources of pollution (see H.R. 1132), H2651 [3MR]

Cloture motions

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

Public welfare programs: reform (H.R. 4), S13199 [11SE]

Conference reports

Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act (H.R. 4), H15317-H15487 [21DE]

Supplemental Appropriations and Rescissions (H.R. 1158), H5013-H5053 [16MY]

Descriptions

Corporate Subsidy Termination Commission, S16507 [1NO]

Iowa Family Investment Program, S12883 [8SE]

Proposal To Increase Social Security Retirement Earning Limit, S18732 [15DE]

Workforce Development Act: Michigan Programs, S14986 [11OC]

Youth Development Community Block Grant Act (S. 673), S5153 [4AP]

Documents

Istook Amendment—New Regulation of Your Business: Representative Skaggs, H10024-H10026 [12OC]

Response to Carol M. Browner's Letter to Speaker Gingrich on the Disbursement of Federal Highway Funds Relative to Motor Vehicle Emissions Inspection, H11697 [2NO]

Essays

How Job Corps Changed My Life: Andy Trujillo, E2095 [2NO]

Modest Proposal for Preventing the Children of Poor People in America From Becoming a Burden to Their Parents or Country, and For Making Them Beneficial To the Public: Jonathan Swift, E521 [6MR]

Factsheets

Charities Cannot Fill the Gap That Substantial Cuts in Federal Funding of Social Programs Would Create: several charitable organizations, E361 [16FE]

Letters

Administration for Children and Families staff working on AFDC and Job Opportunities and Basic Skills programs: Mary Jo Bane, Dept. of HHS, S11757 [7AU]

Affordable housing tax credit: Michael O. Leavitt, Governor of Utah, H9568 [27SE]

Bureau of Indian Affairs Reorganization Act: Senator Domenici, S6817 [17MY]

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

Criminal penalty for misuse of Federal housing subsidies: Susan Gaffney, Dept. of HUD, S10495 [21JY]

Declaration of a major disaster in Mississippi: President Clinton, S6649 [15MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs continuing appropriations: Thomas A. McMasters III, DAV, S19205 [22DE]

Economic Development Administration abolishment: Representative Solomon, H7748 [26JY]

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

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

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

Expand coverage of medicare part B preventive care benefits: several health organizations, E2362 [14DE]

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

Federal child care programs: Fred Kammer, Catholic Charities U.S.A., S13184 [11SE], S13534 [13SE], S13600 [14SE]

———several educational organizations, S13185 [11SE]

Federal entitlement spending: Senator Gregg, S1323 [23JA]

Federal funding of abortions: Rod L. Betit, Utah Department of Health, S4962 [31MR]

Federal highway funds relative to motor vehicle emissions inspections: Carol M. Browner, EPA, H11696 [2NO]

Federal nursing home standards: David Banks, Beverly Enterprises, Inc., S16944 [13NO]

———Elma L. Holder, National Citizens' Coalition for Nursing Home Reform, S16945 [13NO], S17281 [17NO]

———John J. Sweeney, Service Employees International Union, S17283 [17NO]

———National Association of State Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program, S16945 [13NO]

———several health and union organizations, S15657 [25OC]

———Toby S. Edelman, National Senior Citizens Law Center, S16952 [13NO]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

GAO audit of FHA: Representative Gonzalez, H6033 [15JN]

Homeless assistance: Henry G. Cisneros, Sec. of HUD, S14276 [26SE]

Improve Dept. of Veterans Affairs programs and benefits: Jesse Brown, Sec. of Veterans Affairs, S15356 [19OC]

Infant formula procurement: Michael E. Antalics, FTC, H3588 [23MR]

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

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

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

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

LIHEAP funding: Senator Jeffords, S18182 [7DE]

———Senator Wellstone, S14639 [29SE]

———several Senators, S18589 [14DE]

Limit amount of private funds that Federal grantees can use for lobbying purposes: Thomas A. McMasters III, DAV, E1688 [5AU]

———Timothy E. Flanigan, S16876 [9NO]

———several Senators, S16875 [9NO]

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

LSC funding: Marcia K. Cypen, Legal Services of Greater Miami, Inc., H14083 [6DE], H14201 [7DE]

Nutrition programs funding: Morton A. Madoff and George Comerci, Physicians Committee on Childhood Hunger, H2576 [2MR]

Percentage of children receiving AFDC assistance: Wendell E. Primus, Dept. of HHS, S12622 [5SE]

Personal Responsibility Act: Benjamin J. Cayetano, Governor of Hawaii, H3691 [23MR]

———Gaston Caperton, Governor of West Virginia, H3694 [23MR]

———Howard Dean, Governor of Vermont, H3691 [23MR]

———John Sharp, H3548 [22MR]

———Mel Carnahan, Governor of Missouri, H3691 [23MR]

———Mike Lowry, Governor of Washington, H3693 [23MR]

———National Governors' Association, H3391 [21MR]

———President Clinton, H3365 [21MR]

———Representative Archer, H3353, H3354, H3355 [21MR]

———Representative Bliley, H3354 [21MR]

———Representative Spence, H3353 [21MR]

———Roy Romer, Governor of Colorado, H3694 [23MR]

———several Republican Governors, H3683 [23MR]

———Thomas R. Carper, Governor of Delaware, H3692 [23MR]

Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act: Gregory S. Lashutka, Douglas R. Bovin, and Norman B. Rice, S19106 [21DE]

———National League of Cities, National Association of Counties, and U.S. Conference of Mayors, H15508 [21DE]

———Stephen D. Minnich, Oregon Dept. of Human Resources, S19173 [22DE]

———Thomas E. McGlinchy, School District of Philadelphia, PA, H15523 [21DE]

Proposal to increase Social Security retirement earning limit: John D. Hawke, Jr., Dept. of the Treasury, S18733 [15DE]

Public Housing Reform and Empowerment Act: Allen Pollock, National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials, S13858 [19SE]

Public welfare programs reform, E720 [29MR]

———George V. Voinovich, Governor of Ohio, S13185 [11SE]

———Jane L. Campbell, National Conference of State Legislatures, S13184 [11SE]

———Senator Harkin, S12688 [6SE]

———Senator Moynihan, S18434 [12DE]

———several religious organizations, S12360 [11AU]

———Tommy G. Thompson, Governor of Wisconsin, and Robert J. Miller, Governor of Nevada, National Governors, Association, S13649 [15SE]

SBA urban university business initiative grants: James B. Appleberry, American Association of State Colleges and Universities, and C. Peter Magrath, National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges, S7522 [25MY]

———Jim Craven, American Electronics Association, S7523 [25MY]

———Judith A. Ramaley, Portland State University, S7522 [25MY]

School lunch and child nutrition programs: Joyce H. Lyons and Melanie B. Konarik, H1439 [8FE]

Senior citizen nutrition programs: Mary desVignes-Kendrick, Houston, TX, Dept. of Health and Human Services, H1541 [9FE]

Social Security earnings limit: Cheryll Schramm, National Association of Area Agencies on Aging, S15786 [26OC]

———Daniel A. Quirk, National Association of State Units on Aging, S15786 [26OC]

———Daniel Thursz, National Council on the Aging, Inc., S15785 [26OC]

———Dianna Morgan, Walt Disney World Co., S15785 [26OC]

———Harold Price, National Association of Retired Federal Employees, S15786 [26OC]

———Jake Hansen, Seniors Coalition, S15785 [26OC]

———James D. Staton, Air Force Sergeants Association, S15785 [26OC]

———John M. Adams, Retired Enlisted Association, S15786 [26OC]

———June E. O'Neill, CBO, S16586 [2NO]

———Lawrence T. Smedley, National Council of Senior Citizens, S15785 [26OC]

———Lou Glasse, Older Women's League, S15785 [26OC]

———Mark E. Talisman, Council of Jewish Federations, S15785 [26OC]

———Martha A. McSteen, National Committee To Preserve Social Security and Medicare, S15786 [26OC]

SSI children's programs eligibility requirements reform: several mental health and disability organizations, S6536 [11MY]

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

Student aid programs: Chowan County, NC, Summer Youth Employment and Training Program Participants and Tomeka L. Ward, H8783 [12SE]

———Dallas Martin, National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators, H5260 [18MY]

———Terry W. Hartle, American Council on Education, H5260 [18MY]

Student loan programs: Alice M. Rivlin, OMB, S14201 [25SE]

———Dallas Martin, National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators, S15195 [17OC]

———Erica Martin-Doyle, E1205 [8JN]

———former Republican Party Government officials, S14200 [25SE]

———June E. O'Neill, CBO, S15775 [26OC]

———Lawrence Lindsey, FRS, S14201 [25SE]

———Richard W. Riley, Sec. of Education, S14701 [29SE]

———several university presidents, S17304-S17308 [17NO]

Supplemental appropriations and rescissions: Alice M. Rivlin, OMB, S10467 [21JY], H5339-H5352 [18MY]

Technology program funding: Advanced Technology Coalition, S5332 [6AP]

———President Clinton, S5333 [6AP]

———several Senators, S5335 [6AP]

Treatment of legal aliens relative to AFDC, SSI, and food stamp programs: Robert J. Miller, Governor of Nevada, S13596 [14SE]

Veterans' Housing Loan Program and Montgomery GI Bill Cost-Reduction Act: Jesse Brown, Sec. of Veterans Affairs, S9441 [29JN]

Virginia welfare reform programs: George Allen, Governor of Virginia, S13614 [14SE]

WIC funding, S4561 [24MR]

———Barbara Wilkens, S4561 [24MR]

———Diane Aston, S4561 [24MR]

———Donna M. Fine, S4561 [24MR]

———Eddie Carter, S4561 [24MR]

———Fondy Lee, S4561 [24MR]

———Janet L. Pettie, S4561 [24MR]

———Jennifer Meltzer, S4561 [24MR]

———Julie Allen, S4560 [24MR]

———Katheran Northrop, S4560 [24MR]

———Koi Fong Saeleuon, S4561 [24MR]

———Martina Sambrano, S4561 [24MR]

———Mary Jane Brogan, S4561 [24MR]

———Mischel V. Sullivan, S4561 [24MR]

———Phyllis Sanders, S4561 [24MR]

———Sarah Zottman, S4561 [24MR]

———Sondra Erskine, S4561 [24MR]

———Susan Bess, S4560 [24MR]

Worker Retraining Flexibility Act: Bill Easly, Job Training Partnership Act Administration, S316 [4JA]

Workforce Development Act: Arne H. Carlson, Governor of Minnesota, and Thomas R. Carper, Governor of Delaware, National Governors' Association, S14827, S14861 [10OC]

———Bret Lovejoy, American Vocational Association, S14828 [10OC]

———Madeleine B. Hemmings, National Association of State Directors of Vocational Technical Education, S14828 [10OC]

———Michael Casserly, Council of the Great City Schools, S14828 [10OC]

———Paul R. Huard, National Association of Manufacturers, S14829 [10OC]

———R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, S14829 [10OC], S14980 [11OC]

———Republican Governors' Association, S14827 [10OC]

———Roberta G. Doering and Thomas A. Shannon, National School Boards Association, S14828 [10OC]

———several educational organizations, S14829 [10OC]

———William H. Kohlberg, National Alliance of Business, S14829 [10OC]

Lists

Chicago, IL, AmeriCorps Community Service programs, S5290 [6AP]

Committee on Rules (House) rollcall votes on amendments to H. Res. 115, consideration of H.R. 1158, supplemental appropriations and rescissions, E627-E629 [16MR]

Committee on Rules (House) rollcall votes on amendments to H. Res. 119, consideration of H.R. 4, Personal Responsibility Act, H3438 [22MR]

Congressional hearings and reports relative to enactment of Nursing Home Reform Act, S15667 [25OC]

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

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

Massachusetts schools participating in direct lending, S14202 [25SE]

Organizations opposed to child welfare services and foster care provisions of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act, S19170-S19172 [22DE]

Organizations supporting restoration of veterans' program cuts through rescissions in the National and Community Service Program, H3222 [15MR]

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

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

Proposed reductions to entitlement spending, S1323-S1327 [23JA]

Memorandums

Federal Nursing Home Standards: Toby S. Edelman, Nursing Home National Seniors Center, S17281-S17283 [17NO]

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

Limit Amount of Private Funds That Federal Grantees Can Use for Lobbying Purposes: Representative McIntosh, H9567 [27SE]

LSC Restrictions Relative to Defending Aliens: Esther Olavarria Cruz, H14083 [6DE], H14201 [7DE]

Rising Caseloads in the AFDC Program: CBO, S12774 [7SE]

Student Loan Program Guaranty Agency Reserves: Judith A. Winston, Dept. of Education, S14702 [29SE]

Messages

Veto of Supplemental Appropriations and Rescissions (H.R. 1158): President Clinton, H5682 [7JN]

Motions

Budget: making supplemental appropriations and rescissions (H.R. 1158), S4798 [29MR], S4895 [30MR], H3272 [15MR], H3281, H3300 [16MR], H4455 [2MY]

———making supplemental appropriations and rescissions (H.R. 1944), H6642 [29JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: making continuing appropriations (H.J. Res. 134), H15303, H15304, H15305, H15306 [20DE]

Public welfare programs: reform (H.R. 4), S13195 [11SE], H3495, H3499 [22MR], H3785 [24MR], H14136 [6DE]

———reform (H.R. 4), conference report, H15531, H15532 [21DE]

Social Security: increase earnings limit (S. 1372), S16587 [2NO]

Papers

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

In Defense of Direct Lending: Bartley MacPhaidin, E2334 [11DE]

Petitions

Student loan programs: Inver Hills Community College and Lakewood Community College students, S15747 [26OC]

Petitions and memorials

Personal Responsibility Act: Rhode Island House of Representatives, S6744 [16MY]

Poems

``Farmers on the Dole,'' Representative Owens, E533 [7MR]

``Nation Needs Your Lunch,'' Representative Owens, E774 [4AP]

Press releases

House Republicans Cut $36 Billion From Current Education and Training Investments: White House Office of Media Affairs, E1647 [5AU]

Medicare, Medicaid, and Nursing Home Provisions of the Budget Reconciliation: American Association of Retired Persons, S17281 [17NO]

Proposals

Impact of school-based nutrition block grants on nutrition programs funding in Texas, H2149 [23FE]

Questions and answers

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

Student loan programs: Senator Domenici and June E. O'Neill, S15775 [26OC]

Remarks in House

Abortion: rights of victims of rape and incest, H2399 [1MR]

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

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

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

AFDC: program reform, H3759-H3776 [24MR]

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

———reform (H.R. 741), H847 [30JA]

Agriculture: fair payment for use of Bureau of Reclamation water, E766 [4AP]

———farm subsidies, E533 [7MR]

———funding for farm programs, H6258 [22JN], H6379 [27JN]

———improve agricultural resources conservation programs (H.R. 2542), H11205 [26OC]

———national objectives priority assignments, H9716 [29SE]

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

———reform of Federal farm subsidy programs, H13624, H13625, H13627 [20NO]

———research, promotion, and market development of canola and rapeseed products (H.R. 2509), E1992 [20OC]

American Samoa: nutrition assistance programs (H.R. 1059), E448 [27FE]

———SSI benefits (H.R. 1060), E452 [27FE]

Amtrak: reform of Railroad Loan Guarantee Program, H13828 [30NO]

Appalachian Regional Commission: funding, H6855-H6870 [12JY]

Black Lung Benefits Act: pneumoconiosis claims (H.R. 615), E146 [20JA]

Budget: allocation of funds, H3400-H3406 [21MR]

———making supplemental appropriations and rescissions (H.R. 1158), H2913, H2914, H2968, H2977-H2984 [9MR], H3140-H3151 [14MR], H3158, H3160, H3161, H3162, H3194, H3243-H3274 [15MR], H3280, H3281-H3303, H3314 [16MR], H3337 [21MR], H3982 [30MR], H4171 [4AP], H4343 [6AP], H5088 [17MY], E620, E622, E623, E624 [16MR], E644, E645, E648, E649, E650 [21MR], E666 [23MR], E691 [24MR], E922 [2MY]

———making supplemental appropriations and rescissions (H.R. 1158), conference report, H5237, H5317-H5354, H5357 [18MY], E1129 [25MY]

———making supplemental appropriations and rescissions (H.R. 1158), consideration (H. Res. 115), H3091 [14MR], H3172-H3193 [15MR], E627 [16MR]

———making supplemental appropriations and rescissions (H.R. 1158), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 151), H5309-H5317 [18MY]

———making supplemental appropriations and rescissions (H.R. 1158), corrections in engrossment, H3303 [16MR]

———making supplemental appropriations and rescissions (H.R. 1158), motion to instruct conferees, H4454-H4457 [2MY]

———making supplemental appropriations and rescissions (H.R. 1158), motion to recommit, H3300-H3302 [16MR]

———making supplemental appropriations and rescissions (H.R. 1158), veto, H5626, H5628, H5629, H5683, H5686 [7JN], H5695, H5696, H5699, H5700, H5701, H5745-H5747 [8JN], H6318 [27JN]

———making supplemental appropriations and rescissions (H.R. 1159), H2913, H2914, H2968, H2977-H2984 [9MR], H3158, H3161 [15MR]

———making supplemental appropriations and rescissions (H.R. 1944), H6607-H6644 [29JN], H6745 [11JY]

———making supplemental appropriations and rescissions (H.R. 1944), consideration (H. Res. 176), H6594-H6606 [29JN]

———making supplemental appropriations and rescissions (H.R. 1944), motion to recommit, H6642, H6643 [29JN]

Business and industry: subsidies for corporations, H6095 [20JN]

———use of community development block grant funds for employment relocation activities (H.R. 463), H184 [11JA]

CCC: funding to promote and market corporate products overseas, H7416-H7427 [21JY]

Children and youth: adoption tax credit, H3504 [22MR]

———establish community-based youth development block grant program (H.R. 2807), E2381 [18DE]

———expand child care block grant programs, H3582-H3586 [23MR]

———foster care and orphanage funding, H3501, H3502 [22MR]

———funding for the Transitional Living Program providing services to homeless and runaway youth, H8318 [3AU]

———guidelines for school lunch and breakfast programs (H.R. 2066), E1471 [19JY], E1490 [21JY]

———Healthy Start Program funding, H8323 [3AU]

———impact of Federal assistance, H10753 [25OC]

———policies to cut assistance programs, H2315 [28FE]

———school lunch and child nutrition programs, H1026 [1FE], H1439 [8FE]

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

Colleges and universities: eligibility for Pell Grant funding relative to student loan default rate, H8405-H8407 [3AU]

———participation in Pell Grant Program relative to Federal Stafford Loan Program default rate (H.R. 2038), E1430 [13JY]

———student financial aid programs, H4334 [5AP]

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

Congress: restrict use of Federal grants for lobbying, H7986-H7989 [28JY]

Congressional Black Caucus: agenda, H9568 [27SE]

Corp. for National Service: tribute, E682 [24MR]

Crime: use of drug treatment, educational, and recreational programs in the prevention of crime, H7687 [25JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: extend certain authorities (H.R. 2775), E2362 [14DE]

Dept. of Commerce: abolish the Economic Development Administration, H7742-H7751 [26JY]

Dept. of Defense: educational impact aid funding for school-aged dependents of military personnel, H6018-H6021 [15JN], E1245 [14JN]

———prohibit Federal grants or contracts to educational institutions that prevent campus access for recruiting purposes (H.R. 142), E13 [4JA]

Dept. of HHS: restore funding to family planning programs, H8145 [1AU], H8223, H8249-H8262 [2AU], E1647, E1688 [5AU], E1700 [11AU]

Dept. of HUD: community development grants funding relative to employment, H8045 [31JY]

———funding, E1501 [24JY]

———grants to depressed communities for economic development based on unemployment level (H.R. 1017), E396 [22FE]

———transfer funds from voucher assistance to public housing modernization, drug elimination grants, and incremental assistance, H7859 [27JY]

Dept. of Justice: Cops on the Streets Program funding, H7540 [24JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: making continuing appropriations, H15613 [22DE]

———making continuing appropriations (H.J. Res. 134), H15295-H15308 [20DE], E2432 [20DE], E2448 [22DE]

———making continuing appropriations (H.J. Res. 134), consideration (H. Res. 317), H15286-H15295 [20DE]

———making continuing appropriations (H.J. Res. 134), motion to recommit, H15304-H15307 [20DE]

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

Diseases: AIDS services programs funding, H2380 [28FE]

District of Columbia: school system reform, H11705-H11734 [2NO]

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

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

Economy: promote revitalization through Federal assistance for cleanup of abandoned or contaminated properties (H.R. 2178), E1621, E1622, E1623 [3AU], E1625 [4AU]

Education: establish loan guarantee program for telecommunications satellites dedicated to instructional programming (H.R. 1908), E1306, E1307 [22JN]

———funding, H13780-H13783 [29NO], H13862-H13865 [30NO]

———funding of programs for at-risk students, E2440 [21DE]

———Head Start Program funding, H1143 [2FE], H7081 [18JY]

———Impact Aid Program funding for school-aged dependents of military personnel, H8357, H8358, H8397, H8398 [3AU], E1634 [4AU], E1645, E1646, E1686 [5AU]

———program funding, H7688 [25JY], H8006 [31JY], H8069, H8072, H8074, H8076 [1AU], H8179, H8181, H8182 [2AU], H8314, H8327, H8331-H8344, H8348 [3AU], H8781-H8788 [12SE]

———provide for a low-income school choice demonstration program (H.R. 1640), E1044 [16MY]

———student loan programs, H4550 [9MY], H5055 [16MY], H5165 [17MY], H5357 [18MY], H5384, H5385, H5387, H5388 [23MY], H5485, H5486, H5488, H5489, H5547 [24MY], H5590, H5591, H5592 [25MY], H5626, H5628, H5629 [7JN], H5989, H6040 [15JN], H6260-H6267 [22JN], H6317, H6318 [27JN], H8331, H8340, H8343, H8349-H8355, H8415-H8418 [3AU], H8729, H8730, H8731, H8732, H8781-H8788 [12SE], H8813, H8891-H8893, H8894 [13SE], H8914 [14SE], H9778, H9779 [10OC], H10787 [25OC], H10889, H10891 [26OC], H11580 [31OC], H12069 [9NO], H12163, H12171 [13NO], H12205, H12338 [14NO], H13640, H13641 [20NO], H14029 [6DE], H14179 [7DE], H14936 [15DE], H15145, H15146 [19DE], E1205 [8JN], E1236 [14JN], E1649, E1650 [5AU], E1779 [13SE], E1995 [20OC], E2105 [2NO], E2334 [11DE]

Electronic Benefits Transfer Task Force: funding, H8411 [3AU]

Employment: consolidate Federal job training programs (H.R. 1120), E501 [2MR]

———consolidate Federal job training programs (H.R. 1617), H9143, H9153-H9220, H9238-H9244 [19SE], E1012, E1013, E1016 [11MY], E1811 [20SE], E1831 [21SE], E1835 [25SE], E1854 [28SE]

———consolidate Federal job training programs (H.R. 1617), consideration (H. Res. 222), H9145-H9150 [19SE]

———consolidate Federal job training programs (H.R. 511), E92, E95 [13JA]

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

———Job Corps Program funding, E1831 [21SE]

———job creation programs, H1161 [3FE]

———job creation programs (H.R. 805), E260 [2FE]

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

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

EPA: funding relative to motor vehicle emissions inspection, H13323 [18NO]

Families and domestic relations: adoption services (H.R. 1066), E451 [27FE]

Family Nutrition Block Grant Program: procurement of infant formula, H3587-H3592 [23MR]

Federal Direct Student Loan Program: funding, E613 [16MR]

Federal employees: reemployment assistance relative to workforce reductions (H.R. 2825), H15549 [21DE]

Federal-State relations: maintain certain low-income entitlement programs as Federal mandates, H934, H935 [31JA]

FEMA: funding, H7838, H7843 [27JY]

FHA: GAO audit, H6033 [15JN]

Financial institutions: provide loans to low-income communities and individuals, H7826 [27JY]

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

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

———program integrity (H.R. 1093), E480 [1MR]

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

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

Guam: SSI benefits (H.R. 1069), H2228 [27FE]

Head Start Program: tribute, E1072 [18MY]

Health: maternity and housing services for pregnant women (H.R. 1065), E451 [27FE]

———prevention of fetal alcohol syndrome (H.R. 1649), E1041 [16MY], E1115 [24MY]

———substance abuse and mental health performance partnerships (H.R. 2207), E1649 [5AU]

Helium Program: funding, H10806 [25OC]

Homeless: funding for food and shelter program, H7883-H7886 [27JY]

———require public notice and local hearings before certain property is used to assist the homeless (H.R. 1705), E1130 [25MY]

Housing: assistance for low-income families, H7248, H7249 [19JY]

———creation of low-income housing trust fund relative to tax treatment of mortgage interest, property tax deductions, and inherited property (H.R. 1016), E405 [22FE]

———deregulate public housing and rental assistance programs (H.R. 2406), H10653 [24OC]

———disbursement rates for public housing development funds and incremental rental assistance, H7881, H7882 [27JY]

———enable a builder to use the installment method to calculate tax liability under certain specific circumstances, E545 [8MR]

———funding for services coordinators to assist elderly and disabled residents, H7840 [27JY]

———multifamily rental housing loans, H7334 [20JY]

———reform and consolidate Federal programs for poor and moderate-income housing, H9368 [21SE]

———use of community development block grants for direct homeownership assistance (H.R. 2304), E1755 [12SE]

Immigration: asylum reform and prohibition of Federal benefits to certain aliens (H.R. 375), E1 [4JA]

Legal Services Corp.: funding, E2106 [2NO]

LIHEAP: funding, H2660 [6MR], H2732 [7MR], H2899 [9MR], H7134 [18JY], H8317, H8318, H8338, H8382-H8385 [3AU], H9722 [29SE], H12103 [10NO], H14263 [12DE], E677 [23MR], E1692 [5AU]

Lobbyists: limit amount of private funds that Federal grantees can use for lobbying purposes, H8004 [31JY], H8135, H8142 [1AU], H8181, H8232-H8239 [2AU], H8311, H8313, H8388-H8397 [3AU], H9406, H9419-H9426 [21SE], H9566 [27SE], H9594 [28SE], H9674, H9716-H9721 [29SE], H9766 [10OC], H10024 [12OC], H10051 [13OC], H10085 [17OC], H11385 [30OC], H11466, H11467, H11573, H11578, H11579 [31OC], H11592 [1NO], H11687, H11688, H11736, H11738, H11739 [2NO], H11834, H11887-H11890 [8NO], H12092, H12100, H12101, H12114 [10NO], H13102, H13106, H13109 [16NO], H13662, H13663, H13686 [28NO], E1648, E1651, E1688 [5AU], E1773 [13SE]

———prohibit recipients of awards, grants, and contracts from lobbying for their continuation, H13102, H13107, H13108 [16NO]

Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program: funding, E922 [2MY]

LSC: funding, H7785, H7786, H7787 [26JY], H14083, H14086 [6DE], H14201 [7DE]

Medicaid: require HMOs and other managed care plans to make payments relative to assistance provided by school-based health centers (H.R. 2420), E1868 [28SE]

Medicare: expand coverage of part B preventive care benefits (H.R. 2777), E2361 [14DE]

———preservation of program, H810 [27JA]

———renal disease management services (H.R. 1068), E441 [27FE]

Medicare/Medicaid: payment integrity (H.R. 2280), E1741 [8SE]

———public examination of any changes in existing law relative to budget reconciliation (H. Res. 221), H9250 [20SE]

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

National Education Funding Support Day: observance, H12171, H12173 [13NO]

National Fuel Funds Day: observance, E2340 [12DE]

Native Americans: reauthorize the Navajo-Hopi Relocation Housing program (S. 349), H5736, H5737 [8JN]

Nursing homes: Federal standards, H10812, H10835 [25OC]

Petroleum: production of oil and gas resources in the Gulf of Mexico, H11867-H11881 [8NO]

Poverty: publication of data (H.R. 919), E324 [13FE]

Professional Trade Service Corps: establish (H.R. 1567), H4529 [3MY]

Public Health Service: terminate family planning programs (H.R. 1623), E1029 [12MY]

Public housing: preferential treatment relative to participation in State welfare work programs, H3595-H3600 [23MR]

Public welfare programs: benefits to legal immigrants, H2477-H2482 [1MR], H2569 [2MR]

———conditional assistance to teenage unwed mothers, H3515-H3521 [22MR]

———funding for nutrition programs, H664, H665, H671, H672-H674, H675 [25JA], H1911, H1912 [21FE], H1976 [22FE], H2070, H2071, H2073, H2149, H2157 [23FE], H2180, H2181, H2182, H2214, H2215, H2216 [24FE], H2227, H2230, H2231, H2232, H2233 [27FE], H2312, H2316, H2317, H2318, H2319, H2320, H2321, H2376, H2377 [28FE], H2396, H2397, H2398, H2399, H2400, H2401, H2473 [1MR], H2490, H2491, H2492, H2493, H2494, H2567, H2577, H2578-H2582 [2MR], H2586, H2587, H2588, H2589 [3MR], H2657, H2658, H2659, H2661, H2707-H2709 [6MR], H2729, H2730, H2731, H2732, H2733, H2734, H2735, H2793, H2805-H2809 [7MR], H2814, H2815, H2816, H2817, H2889 [8MR], H2897, H2898, H2899, H2900, H2968, H2972, H2973, H2977 [9MR], H2992, H2993, H2994, H3033, H3036-H3038 [10MR], H3067-H3072 [13MR], H3090, H3093, H3095, H3096, H3125-H3140 [14MR], H3158, H3159, H3162 [15MR], H3318-H3325 [16MR], H3330, H3332, H3335, H3336, H3337, H3338, H3339, H3340 [21MR], H3420, H3422, H3423, H3424, H3425, H3502, H3503, H3520, H3530-H3545, H3547-H3550, H3554-H3557 [22MR], H3576-H3719 [23MR], H3739-H3742, H3770, H3777-H3784 [24MR], H3870-H3874 [28MR], H4145 [4AP], H5547 [24MY], H5778 [13JN], H7246 [19JY], H7376 [20JY], H7444 [21JY], H9906 [12OC], H12069 [9NO], H12186 [13NO], H15182 [19DE], H15509 [21DE], E102 [17JA], E515 [3MR], E523 [6MR], E593 [14MR], E601 [15MR], E690 [24MR], E774 [4AP]

———funding for senior citizen nutrition programs, E1648 [5AU]

———medical services funding, H3500, H3501, H3507, H3508, H3509 [22MR]

———protect programs for missing and exploited children, H3527 [22MR]

———reform, H415, H450 [20JA], H542 [24JA], H662, H664 [25JA], H836 [27JA], H895 [31JA], H1028, H1030 [1FE], H1439, H1445, H1451, H1454 [8FE], H1560, H1601-H1604 [10FE], H1682-H1687 [13FE], H1910, H1911 [21FE], H2071 [23FE], H2296 [27FE], H2318, H2320 [28FE], H2396, H2397, H2398, H2399, H2400 [1MR], H2491, H2492, H2493, H2582 [2MR], H2585, H2586, H2588, H2589, H2590, H2640 [3MR], H2659, H2660 [6MR], H2730, H2734, H2735 [7MR], H2814, H2815 [8MR], H2900, H2973, H2975 [9MR], H2991, H2992, H2993, H3031 [10MR], H3095, H3123, H3124, H3126 [14MR], H3159, H3160 [15MR], H3280 [16MR], H3816, H3864-H3870 [28MR], H3884 [29MR], H4145 [4AP], H5161 [17MY], H5605 [25MY], H6911 [12JY], H9661-H9666 [28SE], H10799, H10805 [25OC], H11582 [31OC], H12197 [14NO], H13039 [16NO], H13295 [17NO], H13808 [30NO], H14029 [6DE], H14265 [12DE], H14878 [14DE], H15273 [20DE], E217 [30JA], E293 [8FE], E445 [27FE], E521 [6MR], E603 [15MR], E720 [29MR], E771 [4AP], E1221 [9JN], E1733 [7SE], E1937 [12OC], E2157 [10NO], E2188 [15NO], E2236 [28NO]

———reform (H.R. 4), H189 [11JA], H663, H671, H672-H674, H675 [25JA], H1896, H1904-H1906 [16FE], H1911, H1912 [21FE], H2073, H2157 [23FE], H2319 [28FE], H2567, H2576 [2MR], H2973 [9MR], H3134 [14MR], H3280, H3315, H3318-H3325 [16MR], H3330, H3331, H3332, H3333, H3336, H3337, H3338, H3339, H3340, H3341, H3352-H3398, H3406-H3414 [21MR], H3419-H3435, H3449-H3552, H3554-H3557 [22MR], H3576-H3731 [23MR], H3736-H3790, H3793-H3796 [24MR], H3813, H3815, H3820, H3870-H3874 [28MR], H9223 [19SE], H9501-H9504 [25SE], H10783, H10808 [25OC], H12069 [9NO], H14136 [6DE], E693, E694, E696 [24MR], E704, E706, E707, E708 [28MR], E714, E718 [29MR], E755 [3AP], E832 [7AP]

———reform (H.R. 4), conference report, H15491-H15533 [21DE], E2444, E2452, E2453 [22DE]

———reform (H.R. 4), consideration (H. Res. 117), H3343-H3351 [21MR]

———reform (H.R. 4), consideration (H. Res. 119), H3424, H3436-H3449 [22MR]

———reform (H.R. 4), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 319), H15501 [21DE]

———reform (H.R. 759), H1468, H1469, H1471 [9FE], E232, E233 [31JA]

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

———reform (H.R. 1146), E538 [7MR]

———reform (H.R. 1214), H3334 [21MR]

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

———status of legal immigrants, H3591, H3592 [23MR]

———use of debit card system, H1379 [8FE]

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

Railroads: abolish the Local Rail Freight Assistance Program (H.R. 2216), E1682 [5AU]

———preservation of infrastructure (H.R. 2205), E1653 [5AU]

———reform of Railroad Loan Guarantee Program, H13827 [30NO]

Republican Party: national agenda, H2492 [2MR], E1916 [11OC]

Rockland County, NY: administration of Federal housing programs (H.R. 21), E19 [4JA]

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

———funding for low-income housing, H9910 [12OC]

———health care (H. Con. Res. 56), H4555 [9MY]

SBA: support of financing programs, E1025 [12MY]

Seal Beach, CA: Federal grants for hiring of additional law enforcement officers, E2103 [2NO]

Senior citizens: funding for the Congregate Housing Services Program through rescissions in NASA, H3218, H3219 [15MR]

———nutrition, health, and economic consequences of block grants for Federal food assistance programs, H784, H785 [26JA]

———nutrition programs relative to work requirements, H1146 [2FE], H1541 [9FE]

———program funding, H8324-H8326, H8328 [3AU]

Small business: install devices to improve safety at convenience stores (H.R. 2675), E2225 [20NO]

Smyrna, GA: development of task force to study the effects of illegal immigration on communities, H10812 [25OC]

Social Security: increase earnings limit, E2096 [2NO]

———increase earnings limit, repeal increase of taxation of benefits, and provide incentives to purchase long-term care insurance (H.R. 8), H128, H132 [5JA], H3984 [30MR], E200 [27JA]

———increase earnings limit (H. Con. Res. 109), H10868-H10872 [26OC], E2048 [26OC], E2068 [30OC]

———increase earnings limit (H. Con. Res. 109), consideration (H. Res. 245), H10853-H10868 [26OC]

———increase earnings limit (H.R. 2668), H13351 [20NO], E2219 [20NO]

———increase earnings limit (H.R. 2684), H13844 [30NO], H13872 [4DE], H13962-H13971 [5DE], H14144 [6DE], E2298 [6DE], E2346 [13DE], E2398, E2415 [19DE]

———maintain correlation of disability insurance benefits earnings levels of blind individuals with retirement age benefits earnings test (H. Con. Res. 23), H1193 [3FE]

———maintain link between senior citizen and blind persons earnings test limit, H13965, H13966, H13969 [5DE]

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

Social Security Disability Insurance Program: funding for SSI presumptive disability benefit programs (H.R. 1665), E1061 [17MY]

SSI: financial incentives for nonprofit organizations to seek eligible recipients (H.R. 1664), E1063 [17MY]

———require benefits in the form of vouchers (H.R. 612), E141 [20JA]

———restriction on benefits to prisoners (H.R. 2320), H8912 [14SE]

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

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

Student Loan Marketing Association: privatization, H9163 [19SE]

Taxation: affordable housing tax credit, H9567 [27SE]

———earned income tax credit, H10894, H11208 [26OC], H11382 [30OC], H11790 [7NO]

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

———research and experimentation tax credit, E2060 [26OC]

Texas: purchase of Bureau of Reclamation water supply projects (H.R. 2609), E2148 [9NO]

Trenton, NJ: EPA Brownfields pilot grant recipient, E1516 [26JY]

Unemployment: reform of compensation and insurance procedures, E1199 [8JN]

Urban areas: economic development in distressed communities, H605 [25JA]

———economic redevelopment (H.R. 1381), H4109 [4AP]

Veterans: funding for medical care and hospital construction through rescissions in NASA, H3219, H3227 [15MR]

———funding for medical care and hospital construction through rescissions in the National and Community Service Program, H3220-H3230 [15MR]

———funding for military retiree services, E820 [7AP]

———improve health care programs, H6642 [29JN]

———improve health care programs (H.R. 1385), H4148 [4AP]

———improve programs and benefits, H11204 [26OC]

Virgin Islands: SSI benefits (H.R. 1069), H2228 [27FE]

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

Water pollution: establish requirements and provide assistance to prevent nonpoint sources of pollution (H.R. 1132), E510 [3MR]

Yamhill County, OR: tribute to Community Action Teams Program, E2268 [30NO]

Remarks in Senate

AFDC: funding, S19086-S19089 [21DE]

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

———require recipients to enter into a personal responsibility contract, S12908-S12910 [8SE]

———work requirement for food stamp recipients, S13152-S13158, S13196-S13198 [11SE], S13377 [12SE]

Agriculture: commodity support programs, S11805 [8AU]

———eligibility for water subsidies to certain agricultural producers (S. 330), S1959 [1FE]

———establish a marketing loan and environmental quality incentives program for wheat, feed grains, and oilseeds (S. 1256), S13710 [18SE]

———fair payment for use of Bureau of Reclamation water (S. 329), S1959 [1FE]

———farm program funding, S18554 [13DE]

———farm subsidies, S4145, S4146 [17MR]

———Federal farm programs funding, S1293-S1296 [23JA]

———funding for farm programs, S8850 [22JN]

———improve agricultural resources conservation programs (S. 1373), S16496-S16503 [1NO]

———improve agricultural resources conservation programs (S. 854), S7507-S7518 [25MY]

———reform Federal aid programs, S6288 [8MY]

———reform of Federal farm programs, S10767 [27JY]

———reform of Federal farm subsidy programs (S. 1367), S16108 [27OC]

———research, promotion, and market development of canola and rapeseed products (S. 1091), S10891 [28JY]

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

BIA: reorganization (S. 814), S6810, S6816, S6817 [17MY]

Bipartisan Commission on Entitlements and Tax Reform: report, S1690-S1695 [27JA]

Budget: continuation of the low-income housing tax credit, S16065, S16066 [27OC]

———evaluation of long-term impact on entitlement spending (S. 823), S6913-S6916 [18MY]

———making supplemental appropriations and rescissions (H.R. 1158), S4407 [22MR], S4409 [23MR], S4747 [28MR], S4761-S4776, S4784-S4789, S4791-S4798, S4801, S4802 [29MR], S4844-S4919, S4940 [30MR], S4966-S4974 [31MR], S5048-S5066 [3AP], S5097-S5113, S5116-S5119 [4AP], S5163, S5176-S5179, S5207-S5217, S5237, S5252, S5255 [5AP], S5273, S5283, S5298-S5300, S5301-S5380 [6AP], S5532, S5557, S5558 [7AP], S6014 [2MY], S6794 [17MY]

———making supplemental appropriations and rescissions (H.R. 1158), conference report, S7100 [22MY], S7371-S7385 [24MY], S7405-S7407, S7571 [25MY]

———making supplemental appropriations and rescissions (H.R. 1158), veto, S7880, S7881 [7JN]

———making supplemental appropriations and rescissions (H.R. 1944), S9480, S9494-S9512, S9595 [30JN], S9738, S9777 [12JY], S9961 [14JY], S10305 [19JY], S10329, S10330, S10418, S10420-S10425 [20JY], S10456, S10468, S10472 [21JY]

———making supplemental appropriations and rescissions (H.R. 1944), unanimous-consent agreement, S9510 [30JN], S10305 [19JY], S10416, S10419 [20JY]

———making supplemental appropriations and rescissions (S. 617), S4712 [28MR], S6770, S6800 [17MY], S11125 [1AU]

———reduction of tax cut and application of savings to Federal aid programs, S7181-S7185 [23MY]

———restore funding for certain technology programs, S5327-S5337 [6AP]

———restore partial funding for Demonstration Partnership Program, S5330 [6AP]

———welfare grant levels to States relative to out-of-wedlock birth rates, S16947 [13NO]

Business and industry: eliminate corporate welfare in Federal programs, S15801-S15803 [26OC]

———use of community development block grant funds for employment relocation activities (S. 192), S791 [11JA]

Child and Adult Care Food Program: participation, S12828 [7SE]

Children and youth: consolidate and expand Federal child care programs, S12784 [7SE], S12918-S12923, S12929-S12931 [8SE], S13147-S13150, S13164-S13196 [11SE], S13776 [19SE]

———consolidate and expand Federal child care programs (S. 472), S3061-S3064 [23FE]

———consolidate Federal child care programs (S. 850), S7389, S7390 [24MY]

———establish community-based youth development block grant program (S. 673), S5151-S5154 [4AP]

———establish dietary guidelines for school lunch programs, S12367 [11AU]

———implement program changes relative to budget decreases, S15541-S15544 [24OC]

———impose child support obligations on paternal grandparents when both parents are minors, S12810 [7SE], S13569 [14SE]

———teenage pregnancies, S11822-S11824 [8AU]

Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act: limitations on the use of Federal funding relative to homosexuality or intravenous drug use, S10711-S10714, S10721, S10722 [26JY], S10757-S10759 [27JY]

Corp. for National Service: funding, S5289 [6AP]

Corporate Subsidy Termination Commission: establish (S. 1376), S16506-S16508 [1NO]

Corporations: treatment of Federal subsidies (S. 1376), S16506-S16508 [1NO]

Dept. of Agriculture: funding mechanism for the American Samoa Nutritional Assistance Program (S. 79), S292 [4JA]

Dept. of Defense: educational impact aid determinations (S. 876), S7627 [26MY]

———enhance manufacturing technology programs, S18870 [19DE]

Dept. of HUD: housing contracts, S14228, S14230 [26SE]

———housing occupancy standards, S14386 [27SE]

———include equity skimming as a money laundering offense and deter obstruction of Federal audits relative to the operation of federally assisted housing (S. 1057), S10494 [21JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve programs and benefits (S. 1345), S15347 [19OC]

———making continuing appropriations (H.J. Res. 134), S19082, S19140 [21DE], S19181, S19197-S19205 [22DE]

Disabled: extend discretionary grant program for special education and assistance (S. 916), S8182 [12JN], S8402 [14JN]

Disasters: ensure Federal assistance eligibility for certain nonprofit facilities open to the public (S. 280), S1618, S1619 [26JA]

Economic Development Administration: assistance to communities affected by closure, realignment, or downsizing of military installations (S. 405), S2654 [14FE]

Education: ensure social work students and schools are eligible for certain programs' support and grants, and establish a social work training program (S. 66), S284 [4JA]

———establish loan guarantee program for telecommunications satellites dedicated to instructional programming (S. 1278), S14411 [27SE]

———funding for Pell Grant Program, S3741 [9MR]

———funding for Pell Grant Program relative to corporate taxation, S7427 [25MY]

———funding for the impact aid program, S7222 [23MY]

———Impact Aid Program technical corrections (S. 947), S8707-S8709 [20JN]

———phase out the Federal Direct Student Loan Program and privatize the student loan system (S. 1198), S12403 [11AU]

———provide for a low-income school choice demonstration program (S. 618), S4582, S4585 [24MR]

———restore funding to programs, S5329 [6AP]

———State distribution of funds for adult and vocational education programs, S14852-S14855 [10OC]

———State use of vouchers to provide education and training services to displaced workers, S14867-S14869 [10OC]

———student loan program funding by closing corporate tax loopholes, S7291-S7292 [24MY]

———student loan programs, S7208-S7214 [23MY], S7281, S7361 [24MY], S7423 [25MY], S8122 [9JN], S8984-S8989 [23JN], S11438 [4AU], S12343 [11AU], S13577, S13613 [14SE], S13725 [18SE], S14199-S14202 [25SE], S14450 [28SE], S14701 [29SE], S15195-S15199 [17OC], S15297, S15366 [19OC], S15435 [23OC], S15733-S15748, S15773-S15776, S15779-S15781 [26OC], S16656, S16673 [3NO], S16813-S16816 [8NO], S17078 [15NO], S17258, S17303 [17NO], S18675-S18678, S18700, S18731 [15DE]

Employment: allowances for workers undergoing retraining after being displaced by NAFTA consequences (S. 556), S3902 [14MR]

———consolidate Federal job training programs, S13650 [15SE]

———consolidate Federal job training programs (H.R. 1617), S14991-S14993 [11OC]

———consolidate Federal job training programs (H.R. 1617), insert language of S. 143 in lieu, S14991 [11OC]

———consolidate Federal job training programs (S. 143), S401 [4JA], S14803-S14843, S14851-S14882 [10OC], S14958, S14961-S14993 [11OC]

———consolidate Federal job training programs (S. 143), unanimous-consent agreement, S14975 [11OC]

———consolidate Federal job training programs (S. 180), S658 [9JA]

———displaced homemaker training, S14863-S14865, S14875 [10OC]

———ensure access to Federal job training programs for the disabled, S14983 [11OC]

———establish a job placement voucher program (S. 579), S4201 [20MR]

———funding for job training programs for displaced homemakers, S12889 [8SE]

———improve employment and training assistance for dislocated workers (S. 90), S315 [4JA]

———provide Federal job training programs for Native Americans, S14987, S14988 [11OC]

———provide for migrant or seasonal farmworker program and national discretionary grants, S14870-S14871 [10OC]

———random drug testing of Federal job training program applicants, S14878-S14882 [10OC], S14975-S14979 [11OC]

———reduce Federal bureaucracy in job training programs, S14979, S14980 [11OC]

———replace Federal job training programs with a training account system (S. 6), S14, S22, S24, S103, S107-S109 [4JA]

———State block grants for job training programs, S14861, S14862 [10OC]

———State evaluation of job training programs, S14877 [10OC]

———stress importance of museums and libraries in Federal job training programs, S14981 [11OC]

Executive departments: require accountability plans for new programs (S. 211), S905 [12JA]

Family and domestic relations: child support enforcement fees for non-assistance families, S16004, S16005 [27OC]

FEMA: disaster relief fund, S11447 [4AU]

Food stamps: implement electronic benefits transfer system to reduce fraud (S. 1114), S10905 [28JY], S11212 [2AU]

———replace with State block grant programs, S12924 [8SE], S13334-S13341 [12SE]

———replace with State block grant programs (S. 843), S7237-S7239, S7245-S7247 [23MY]

Freedom of religion: constitutional amendment on protection (S.J. Res. 45), S19259 [22DE]

Government: evaluation of Federal programs, S14958 [11OC]

Health: prevention of fetal alcohol syndrome (S. 170), S504, S509 [5JA]

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

———substance abuse and mental health performance partnerships (S. 1180), S12280 [10AU]

Higher Education Act: anniversary, S16813-S16816 [8NO]

Homeless: assistance, S14273-S14279, S14281 [26SE], S14343-S14345 [27SE], S14982 [11OC]

Housing: extend certain programs (S. 1494), S19111 [21DE]

———reform and consolidate Federal programs for poor and moderate-income housing, S14390 [27SE]

Immigration: prohibit Federal benefits for illegal aliens, S8129 [12JN], S12898 [8SE], S13567-S13569 [14SE]

———prohibit Federal benefits for illegal aliens (S. 918), S8256 [13JN]

Interjurisdictional Fisheries Act: modify assistance programs for dislocated fishers (S. 1499), S19121 [21DE]

Iowa: Family Investment Program implementation, S12883 [8SE]

Job Corps: maintain as a national program, S14961-S14975, S14978, S14989 [11OC]

LIHEAP: funding, S9496-S9512 [30JN], S10329 [20JY], S10457-S10461, S10472 [21JY], S13573-S13575 [14SE], S14639 [29SE], S18126, S18181, S18182 [7DE], S18556 [13DE], S18583-S18585, S18587-S18590 [14DE], S18695-S18700 [15DE], S18790 [17DE], S18800, S18812 [18DE]

Lobbyists: limit amount of private funds that Federal grantees can use for lobbying purposes, S15513-S15515 [24OC], S15684 [25OC], S16637 [3NO], S16858-S16885 [9NO], S17055 [15NO]

Local government: accountability in administration of Federal programs (S. 1308), S15034 [11OC]

———flexibility in administration of Federal programs, S1303-S1306 [23JA]

———flexibility in administration of Federal programs (S. 88), S309-S311 [4JA]

LSC: funding, S18130, S18159, S18166 [7DE]

Medicaid: alcoholism and drug dependency treatment services for pregnant women (S. 171), S504 [5JA]

———Federal funding of abortions, S4961, S4962, S4963 [31MR], S16020, S16022 [27OC]

———offset revenues from tax deductions for advertising of tobacco products, S16029 [27OC]

———replace with State block grant programs (S. 844), S7237-S7239, S7245-S7247 [23MY]

Medicare: outpatient self-management training services for individuals with diabetes (S. 491), S3422 [2MR]

———preservation of program, S1796 [31JA]

———reform, S5686 [26AP], S5744 [27AP], S5871-S5873 [1MY]

Motor vehicles: eliminate penalties on State noncompliance with Federal motorcycle helmet laws, S8746-S8762 [21JN]

———eliminate penalties on State noncompliance with Federal motorcycle helmet laws (S. 388), S2501 [10FE]

———eliminate penalties on State noncompliance with Federal safety belt and motorcycle helmet laws, S8610, S8611 [19JN], S8659-S8675 [20JN], S8762, S8789 [21JN]

National School Lunch Week: observance, S15365 [19OC]

Native Americans: authorizing appropriations for programs (S. 510), S3609 [7MR], S6562 [11MY]

———effects of public welfare program reforms and block grants on resources available to tribes, S3683 [8MR]

———provide social services block grants directly to Indian tribes (S. 285), S1623-S1625 [26JA], S4685 [28MR]

———provide social services block grants to tribes, S12932, S12934-S12937 [8SE]

———reauthorize the Navajo-Hopi Relocation Housing program (S. 349), S2066 [2FE], S5734 [26AP]

Nursing homes: Federal standards, S15000-S15005 [11OC], S15657, S15666-S15669 [25OC], S15714, S15717, S15720, S15722, S15823-S15825 [26OC], S15987, S16041, S16044, S16046, S16056 [27OC], S16591, S16592 [2NO], S16944-S16953 [13NO], S17280-S17284 [17NO], S17673 [28NO]

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

Public buildings: permit State and local governments to lease or sell Federal-aid facilities without repayment of Federal grants (S. 1063), S10501 [21JY]

Public housing: reform and consolidate Federal programs and redirect primary responsibility to States and localities (S. 1260), S13844-S13859 [19SE], S19272 [22DE]

Public welfare programs: abstinence education funding, S13375, S13376 [12SE]

———allow States to use an income tax intercept to collect overpayments in assistance, S13206 [11SE]

———assignment of block grant programs to county governments, S12827 [7SE]

———awarding of national rapid response grants for dislocated workers, S12903 [8SE]

———benefit eligibility for children relative to paternity establishment, S12898 [8SE]

———benefits relative to criminal probation, parole violators, and fugitive felons, S12824 [7SE], S12874 [8SE]

———calculation of family participation rates in States, S13374 [12SE], S13491 [13SE]

———deny assistance for out-of-wedlock births to minors, S13507-S13516, S13527-S13529 [13SE], S13562, S13578 [14SE]

———Dept. of HHS report on Senate welfare reform, S16466 [1NO]

———development of adult supervised living arrangements for unmarried teenage mothers, S13529-S13533 [13SE], S13598-S13602 [14SE]

———development of tamper-resistant Social Security card, S12915 [8SE]

———eliminate retroactive requirements for legal immigrants, S13606-S13609 [14SE], S13637-S13639 [15SE]

———enhance education, increase school attendance, and promote self-sufficiency among recipients (S. 19), S210 [4JA]

———equal treatment of naturalized and native-born citizens, S12826, S12827 [7SE], S13590-S13594, S13604 [14SE]

———establish a job placement performance incentive bonus to States for placing individuals in unsubsidized jobs, S13504-S13507 [13SE]

———establish State contingency fund, S13373 [12SE], S13780 [19SE]

———exempt victims of domestic violence from certain eligibility requirements, S13525-S13527 [13SE], S13561, S13562 [14SE]

———expenditure of funds in accordance with State laws and procedures, S12802-S12804 [7SE], S12875 [8SE]

———funding for nutrition programs, S2991, S2992 [23FE], S3139, S3140, S3142 [27FE], S3549-S3554 [7MR], S4004 [16MR], S4559-S4562 [24MR], S5065 [3AP], S5091-S5094, S5106-S5108 [4AP], S5237 [5AP], S5370-S5373 [6AP], S6473 [11MY], S7318, S7323 [24MY], S7453, S7457 [25MY], S13690, S13692 [18SE], S15087 [12OC], S15360 [19OC]

———funding for nutrition programs (S. 1265), S14087 [21SE]

———funding for nutrition programs (S. 904), S8098 [9JN]

———funding for State administrative purposes, S12894 [8SE]

———funding for State drug addiction and alcoholism treatment programs, S13628, S13634 [15SE]

———funding formula for children's programs, S12927 [8SE], S13351-S13368 [12SE], S13484-S13486, S13536, S13537 [13SE], S13639, S13640, S13646 [15SE]

———funding to States to handle additional growth in welfare caseloads, S12808 [7SE], S13200-S13206 [11SE], S13316, S13317 [12SE]

———maintain partnership between the Federal Government and the States, S12910 [8SE], S13317-S13333 [12SE], S13538 [13SE]

———participation of religious organizations, S13516-S13522 [13SE]

———prohibit financial assistance to persons delinquent in child support payments, S12830 [7SE], S12897 [8SE]

———reduce Federal bureaucracy, S13642 [15SE]

———reform, S1568-S1571, S1635 [26JA], S1796-S1798 [31JA], S1868 [1FE], S2993 [23FE], S4677-S4682 [28MR], S5028 [3AP], S5087, S5089 [4AP], S5512 [6AP], S5687-S5689 [26AP], S6846-S6848, S6881 [18MY], S7172, S7222, S7225-S7227 [23MY], S8129 [12JN], S8994 [23JN], S10070 [14JY], S10768, S10771 [27JY], S10860-S10864 [28JY], S10911, S10937, S10955 [31JY], S11099-S11101 [1AU], S11190 [2AU], S16050-S16051 [27OC], S16675 [3NO], S16940 [9NO], S17006 [13NO], S18433-S18437 [12DE], S18826 [18DE]

———reform (H.R. 4), S958 [17JA], S6744 [16MY], S9493, S9596 [30JN], S10333-S10335 [20JY], S11556, S11575-S11602, S11711-S11713 [5AU], S11735-S11784, S11800-S11802 [7AU], S11803-S11845, S11888-S11890 [8AU], S12360, S12363, S12428, S12510-S12513 [11AU], S12622 [5SE], S12680-S12715 [6SE], S12757-S12796, S12802-S12830 [7SE], S12873-S12958, S13136, S13139 [8SE], S13147-S13150, S13152-S13207 [11SE], S13315-S13378 [12SE], S13481-S13539 [13SE], S13558-S13575, S13578-S13617 [14SE], S13627-S13653, S13673 [15SE], S13746 [18SE], S13749, S13751, S13752, S13770-S13804 [19SE], S13885 [20SE], S14097 [21SE], S14562 [28SE], S14772-S14777 [29SE], S15360 [19OC], S18262-S18264 [8DE]

———reform (H.R. 4), conference report, S19086-S19107, S19140-S19143 [21DE], S19154-S19181, S19225-S19228 [22DE]

———reform (H.R. 4), conference report—unanimous-consent agreement, S19081 [21DE]

———reform (H.R. 4), unanimous-consent agreement, S11736, S11782 [7AU], S12910, S13138 [8SE], S13497, S13524 [13SE], S13606 [14SE], S13640, S13653 [15SE]

———reform (S. 36), S228 [4JA]

———reform (S. 140), S394-S397 [4JA]

———reform (S. 209), S902 [12JA]

———reform (S. 707), S5448 [6AP]

———reform (S. 736), S5838-S5841 [27AP]

———reform (S. 746), S6083-S6085 [3MY]

———reform (S. 828), S6917-S6920 [18MY]

———reform (S. 834), S7016 [19MY]

———reform (S. 840), S7127 [22MY]

———reform (S. 1117), S11325, S11326, S11327, S11328 [3AU]

———reform (S. 1120), S11840 [8AU], S12201 [10AU]

———require development of strategic plan for State family assistance programs, S13628 [15SE]

———restrict benefits for foster care and adoption assistance programs relative to noncitizens, S13376 [12SE], S13515 [13SE]

———school requirements relative to teenage recipients, S13529, S13533 [13SE]

———State determination of benefits relative to children born to current welfare recipients, S13368-S13372 [12SE], S13487-S13489 [13SE]

———State management of additional responsibilities through information technology, S13776 [19SE]

———State sanctioning of recipients relative to drug testing, S12888 [8SE]

———treatment of legal aliens relative to AFDC, SSI, and food stamp programs, S13596-S13598, S13605 [14SE]

Railroads: preservation of infrastructure (S. 920), S8380 [14JN]

Rhode Island: tribute to colleges and universities for matching education grants of AmeriCorps graduates, S13379 [12SE]

Rural areas: health care (S. 806), S6750 [16MY]

———medicare coverage of rural emergency access care hospitals (S. 210), S905 [12JA]

SBA: establish urban university business initiative grants (S. 862), S7522 [25MY]

Senior Community Service Employment Program: funding, S13491-S13495 [13SE]

Shreveport, LA: tribute to Hamilton Terrace Learning Center for receiving the Innovations in American Government Award, S15700 [25OC]

Small business: economic assistance to small businesses located in distressed areas, S12745 [6SE]

Social Security: extend Medicare Select Program (S. 198), S798 [11JA]

———increase earnings limit, S15783, S15786 [26OC]

———increase earnings limit (S. 1372), S16442 [31OC], S16575, S16577-S16589, S16620 [2NO]

———increase earnings limit (S. 1432), S17674 [28NO]

———increase earnings limit (S. 1440), S17869 [30NO]

———increase earnings limit (S. 1470), S18443 [12DE], S18553 [13DE], S18732 [15DE]

———reduce waiting period for disability benefits, S17928 [4DE]

———trustee's report, S5165 [5AP]

Social Security Act: anniversary (S. Res. 165), S12518 [11AU]

SSI: reform eligibility requirements for children's programs (S. 798), S6534-S6537 [11MY]

———replace with State block grant programs, S12924 [8SE]

———replace with State block grant programs (S. 845), S7237-S7239, S7245-S7247 [23MY]

———restriction on benefits to prisoners (S. 1418), S17336 [17NO]

State Revolving Loan Fund: establish priorities for use, S17760 [29NO]

States: welfare grant levels relative to out-of-wedlock birth rate, S13533-S13536 [13SE], S13563-S13565 [14SE]

Taxation: affordable housing tax credit, S14098, S14100 [21SE]

———earned income tax credit, S16463 [1NO], S17146 [16NO]

———phase-out of subsidies for alcohol fuels produced from feedstocks eligible for Federal agricultural subsidies (S. 1066), S10567, S10568 [24JY]

Tourist trade: eligibility of rural communities for the business and industry loan program (S. 1078), S10822 [27JY]

Veterans: provide for cost-savings in housing loan and education programs (S. 993), S9440 [29JN]

WIC: competitive bidding for infant formula, S13523, S13524 [13SE]

———designate funds to promote immunization, S5322 [6AP]

———investigate food industry lobbyists' involvement in the transfer to State controlled block grants, S5101-S5104, S5106 [4AP]

Reports

Child Nutrition Programs: Congressional Research Service, H3710 [23MR]

Commerce Department Funds Blatant Lobbying: Marshall Wittman and Charles P. Griffin, Heritage Foundation (organization), S17056 [15NO]

Community Colleges and Direct Lending: Melanie Jackson, Association of Community College Trustees, E613-E615 [16MR]

Cost Estimate of Increase of the Earning Limit on Social Security: CBO, S16586 [2NO]

Expert Group Recommends Steps To Restructure Supplemental Security Disability Program for Children, Adolescents: National Academy of Social Insurance, S6535 [11MY]

FEMA Disaster Relief Fund: George J. Opper, S11447 [4AU]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act Reauthorization, S8402 [14JN]

Nutrition, Health, and Economic Consequences of Block Grants for Federal Food Assistance Programs: Dept. of Agriculture, S958 [17JA]

Reasons Why Nursing Home Reform Provisions Should Be Repealed, S16953 [13NO]

Senate Welfare Reform: Dept. of HHS, S16466 [1NO]

Student Loans Under Proposed Federal Budget for 1996-2002, S9366 [29JN]

Unshared Sacrifice—The House of Representatives' Shameful Assault on America's Children: Children's Defense Fund, S3550 [7MR]

Reports filed

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 4, Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 319) (H. Rept. 104-431), H15237 [20DE]

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 1158, Supplemental Appropriations and Rescissions: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 151) (H. Rept. 104-126), H5190 [17MY]

Consideration of H. Con. Res. 109, Increase Social Security Earnings Limit: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 245) (H. Rept. 104-292), H10847 [25OC]

Consideration of H.J. Res. 134, Dept. of Veterans Affairs Continuing Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 317) (H. Rept. 104-428), H15237 [20DE]

Consideration of H.R. 4, Personal Responsibility Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 117) (H. Rept. 104-83), H3326 [16MR]

———Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 119) (H. Rept. 104-85), H3415 [21MR]

Consideration of H.R. 1158, Supplemental Appropriations and Rescissions: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 115) (H. Rept. 104-78), H3155 [14MR]

Consideration of H.R. 1617, Consolidate Federal Job Training Programs: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 222) (H. Rept. 104-249), H9132 [18SE]

Consideration of H.R. 1944, Supplemental Appropriations and Rescissions: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 176) (H. Rept. 104-166), H6560 [28JN]

Federal Child Care Program Consolidation: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (Senate) (S. 850) (S. Rept. 104-94), S8033 [8JN]

Federal Job Training Programs Consolidation: Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities (House) (H.R. 1617) (H. Rept. 104-152), H6268 [22JN]

Food Stamp Program Reform: Committee on Agriculture (House) (H.R. 1135) (H. Rept. 104-77), H3155 [14MR]

Job Training Consolidation Act: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (Senate) (S. 143) (S. Rept. 104-118), S10565 [24JY]

Native American Programs Appropriations: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 510) (S. Rept. 104-28), S5217 [5AP]

Personal Responsibility Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (H.R. 4) (S. Rept. 104-96), S8177 [12JN]

Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act: Committee of Conference (H.R. 4) (H. Rept. 104-430), H15237 [20DE]

Public Housing Reform and Empowerment Act: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate) (S. 1260) (S. Rept. 104-195), S18999 [20DE]

Public Welfare Programs Reform: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 1157) (H. Rept. 104-81), H3275 [15MR]

Social Security Earnings Limit Increase: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 1470), S18737 [15DE]

———Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 2684) (H. Rept. 104-379), H13929 [4DE]

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Performance Partnerships: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (Senate) (S. 1180) (S. Rept. 104-193), S18919 [19DE]

Supplemental Appropriations and Rescissions: Committee of Conference (H.R. 1158) (H. Rept. 104-124), H5071 [16MY]

———Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 1158) (H. Rept. 104-70), H2891 [8MR]

———Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 1159) (H. Rept. 104-71), H2891 [8MR]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 617) (S. Rept. 104-17), S4573 [24MR]

Welfare Reform Consolidation Act: Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities (House) (H.R. 999) (H. Rept. 104-75), H3048 [10MR]

Youth Development Community Block Grant Act: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (Senate) (S. 673) (S. Rept. 104-161), S15337 [19OC]

Reports to constituents

Hamilton, Representative: Reforming Welfare, E1718 [7SE]

———Sensible Role for Government, E1259 [15JN]

———Welfare Reform, E726 [29MR]

Resolutions by organizations

Dietary guidelines for Americans: American School Food Service Association, S12368 [11AU]

SBA financing programs: Rhode Island General Assembly, E1025 [12MY]

State control of Federal welfare block grant funds: American Legislative Exchange Council, S12803 [7SE]

———National Speakers Conference, S12803 [7SE]

Rulings of the Chair

Budget: making supplemental appropriations and rescissions (H.R. 1158), H3220 [15MR], H3287, H3289 [16MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: making continuing appropriations (H.J. Res. 134), H15304, H15306 [20DE]

Public welfare programs: reform (H.R. 4), H3496 [22MR]

———reform (H.R. 4), conference report, H15531 [21DE]

Statements

Family Support Act (1986): Ronald Reagan, S6925 [18MY]

Federal Child Care Programs: Gerald H. Miller and A. Sidney Johnson III, American Public Welfare Association, S13184 [11SE]

———Mary Anderson Cooper, National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A., S13183 [11SE]

Federal Nursing Home Standards: Stewart Bainum, Jr., S15657 [25OC], S16944 [13NO]

Medicaid Reform: Bruce C. Vladeck, Health Care Financing Administration, S16847 [9NO]

National Women's Pledge on Welfare Reform, Principles for Eliminating Poverty: Council of Presidents (organization), H1684 [13FE]

Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act: American School Food Service Association, H15523 [21DE]

———Charles Miller, Fred Kammer, Kenneth L. Hodder, and Preme Mathai-Davis, S19106 [21DE]

Student Loan Programs: several college students, S11438-S11446 [4AU]

Summer Jobs Program: William A. Johnson, Mayor of Rochester, NY, E623 [16MR]

Supplemental Appropriations and Rescissions: Senator Boxer, S5176 [5AP]

Teen Pregnancy and Parenthood in Welfare Reform: John H. Ricard, S13599 [14SE]

———Mary Anderson Cooper, National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A., S13600 [14SE]

Will Congress Produce More Hungry Children?: Physicians Committee on Childhood Hunger, H2576 [2MR]

Workforce Development Act: U.S. Chamber of Commerce, S14980 [11OC]

Summaries

Budgetary Supplemental Appropriations and Rescissions (S. 617), S4713 [28MR]

Comprehensive Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Prevention Act (S. 170), S508 [5JA]

Consideration of H. Con. Res. 109, Social Security Earnings Limit (H. Res. 245), H10854 [26OC]

Consolidate Federal Child Care Programs (S. 850), S7389 [24MY]

District of Columbia School System Reform Legislative History, H11720-H11725 [2NO]

Employment Enhancement Reform Act (H.R. 1120), E502 [2MR]

Farm Fairness Act (S. 1367), S16109 [27OC]

Graham-Bumpers Children's Fair Share Amendment to H.R. 4, Family Self-Sufficiency Act, S13366-S13368 [12SE]

Leadership Amendment to H.R. 4, Family Self-Sufficiency Act, S13650 [15SE]

Nutrition Assistance Reform Act (S. 904), S8109 [9JN]

Phase-Out of Tax Subsidies for Alcohol Fuels Produced From Feedstocks Eligible for Federal Agricultural Subsidies (S. 1066), S10568 [24JY]

Public Housing Reform and Empowerment Act (S. 1260), S13856 [19SE]

Public Welfare Program Reform (S. 828), S6920-S6925 [18MY]

Public Welfare Programs Reform, S12510, S12511 [11AU]

Public Welfare Programs Reform (S. 736), S5840 [27AP]

Public Welfare Programs Reform (S. 746), S6085 [3MY]

Revise and Extend Organ and Bone Marrow Donation and Transplantation Program (S. 1324), S15231 [17OC]

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Performance Partnerships (S. 1180), S12289-S12290 [10AU]

Workforce Development Act (S. 180), S671 [9JA]

Youth Development Community Block Grant Act (S. 673), S5152 [4AP]

Tables

Additional costs of child care and work programs under the Senate Republican leadership welfare plan, S13366 [12SE]

Change in average numbers of AFDC recipients, S13330 [12SE]

Comparison of State allocations, S13206 [11SE]

Distribution of total time on welfare: Urban Institute, S12705 [6SE]

Dynamic growth State welfare formula analysis, S13366 [12SE]

Emergency supplemental appropriations and rescissions (H.R. 1944), S10425 [20JY]

FEMA Disaster Relief Fund, S2611 [14FE]

Impact of congressional proposals on poverty: under the pre-tax money income definition used for official poverty statistics, S17007 [13NO]

———using a comprehensive post-tax, post-transfer definition of income, S17006 [13NO]

Impact of Job Corps in Pennsylvania, S14975 [11OC]

Number of families affected by a 60-month time limit on welfare: Urban Institute, S12705 [6SE]

Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act: proposed provisions comparison, S19156 [22DE]

Preliminary estimate of amendment providing state flexibility to participate in the TAP or WAGE programs, S13162 [11SE]

Preliminary estimate of the number of children denied AFDC due to the 60 month time limit—under the House and Senate welfare bills, S17006 [13NO]

Proportion of children receiving AFDC, S12682 [6SE]

Proposed allocations to the States under S. 1120, Dole welfare legislation, 1996-2000, S13205 [11SE]

Public welfare programs costs, S12777 [7SE]

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

Senate Republican budget reconciliation proposal, S14202 [25SE]

State welfare allocation per child in poverty, S13365 [12SE]

State-by-State welfare allocations, S13364 [12SE]

Student loan taxes on colleges, S14202 [25SE]

Student loan taxes on Massachusetts colleges, S14202 [25SE]

Supplemental appropriations and rescissions, S4914 [30MR], S7371, S7382, S7383 [24MY]

Supplemental appropriations and rescissions (H.R. 1158), H5318-H5331 [18MY]

Supplemental appropriations and rescissions (H.R. 1944), H6623-H6633 [29JN]

Temporary Assistance For Needy Families Block Grant Program estimated allocations, S13204 [11SE]

Timber related jobs, S10423 [20JY]

Texts of

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

H. Res. 115, consideration of H.R. 1158, supplemental appropriations and rescissions, H3172 [15MR]

H. Res. 117, consideration of H.R. 4, Personal Responsibility Act, H3343 [21MR]

H. Res. 151, consideration of conference report on H.R. 1158, supplemental appropriations and rescissions, H5309 [18MY]

H. Res. 176, consideration of H.R. 1944, supplemental appropriations and rescissions, H6595 [29JN]

H. Res. 222, consideration of H.R. 1617, consolidate Federal job training programs, H9145 [19SE]

H. Res. 245, consideration of H. Con. Res. 109, Social Security earnings limit, H10853 [26OC]

H. Res. 317, consideration of H.J. Res. 134, Dept. of Veterans Affairs continuing appropriations, H15286 [20DE]

H. Res. 319, consideration of conference report on H.R. 4, Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act, H15501 [21DE]

H.J. Res. 134, Dept. of Veterans Affairs continuing appropriations, H15295 [20DE]

H.R. 4, Family Self-Sufficiency Act, S11576-S11601 [5AU]

H.R. 4, Personal Responsibility Act, H3449-H3491 [22MR]

H.R. 21, administration of Federal housing programs in Rockland County, NY, E19 [4JA]

H.R. 1059, nutrition assistance programs for American Samoa, E448 [27FE]

H.R. 1060, SSI benefits for American Samoa, E453 [27FE]

H.R. 1158, supplemental appropriations and rescissions, H3209-H3218 [15MR]

H.R. 1944, supplemental appropriations and rescissions, H6607-H6621 [29JN]

H.R. 2684, Senior Citizens' Right to Work Act, H13962-H13965 [5DE]

H.R. 2775, extend certain authorities of the Dept. of Agriculture, E2363 [14DE]

S. 6, Working Americans Opportunity Act, S103-S107 [4JA]

S. 36, Welfare to Work Act, S229-S231 [4JA]

S. 66, ensure social work students and schools are eligible for certain programs' support and grants, and establish a social work training program, S284 [4JA]

S. 79, funding mechanism for the American Samoa Nutritional Assistance Program, S292 [4JA]

S. 88, Local Empowerment and Flexibility Act, S311-S313 [4JA]

S. 90, Worker Retraining Flexibility Act, S315 [4JA]

S. 140, Welfare and Medicaid Responsibility Exchange Act, S395 [4JA]

S. 143, Job Training Consolidation Act, S402-S404 [4JA]

S. 143, Workforce Development Act, S14803-S14825 [10OC]

S. 170, Comprehensive Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Prevention Act, S505 [5JA]

S. 171, Medicaid Substance Abuse Treatment Act, S506-S508 [5JA]

S. 180, Workforce Development Act, S659-S671 [9JA]

S. 192, use of community development block grant funds for employment relocation activities, S791 [11JA]

S. 280, Federal disaster assistance eligibility for certain nonprofit facilities open to the public, S1619 [26JA]

S. 285, provide social services block grants directly to Indian tribes, S1623 [26JA]

S. 329, fair payment for agricultural use of Bureau of Reclamation water, S1960 [1FE]

S. 330, Agricultural Irrigation and Deficit Reduction Act, S1960 [1FE]

S. 349, Navajo-Hopi Relocation Housing program reauthorization, S2066 [2FE], S5734 [26AP], H5737 [8JN]

S. 472, Child Care Consolidation and Investment Act, S3062 [23FE]

S. 491, Medicare Diabetes Outpatient Self-Management Training Act, S3423 [2MR]

S. 510, Native American program appropriations, S3610 [7MR]

S. 510, Native American programs' appropriations, S6562 [11MY]

S. 556, Trade Adjustment Assistance Program Improvement Act, S3903 [14MR]

S. 579, Job Placement Act, S4202 [20MR]

S. 618, Low-Income School Choice Demonstration Act, S4583-S4585 [24MR]

S. 854, Agricultural Resources Conservation Act, S7508-S7515 [25MY]

S. 904, Nutrition Assistance Reform Act, S8099-S8109 [9JN]

S. 918, Illegal Alien Benefits Prohibition Act, S8256 [13JN]

S. 920, Rail Infrastructure Preservation Act, S8381 [14JN]

S. 947, Impact Aid Program technical corrections, S8708 [20JN]

S. 993, Veterans' Housing Loan Program and Montgomery GI Bill Cost-Reduction Act, S9440 [29JN]

S. 1057, include equity skimming as a money laundering offense and deter obstruction of Federal audits relative to the operation of federally assisted housing, S10495 [21JY]

S. 1066, phase-out of tax subsidies for alcohol fuels produced from feedstocks eligible for Federal agricultural subsidies, S10567 [24JY]

S. 1078, Rural Community Tourism Act, S10822 [27JY]

S. 1114, Food Stamp Fraud Reduction Act, S11213-S11216 [2AU]

S. 1180, substance abuse and mental health performance partnerships, S12280-S12289 [10AU]

S. 1198, Student Loan Privatization Act, S12403 [11AU]

S. 1204, Family Housing Act, S12720 [6SE]

S. 1207, Family Reconciliation Act, S12722 [6SE]

S. 1209, Responsible Parenthood Act, S12724 [6SE]

S. 1210, Educational Choice and Equity Act, S12725-S12727 [6SE]

S. 1212, Assets for Independence Act, S12728-S12732 [6SE]

S. 1214, Maternity Shelter Act, S12733 [6SE]

S. 1215, Neighborhood Security Act, S12734-S12736 [6SE]

S. 1260, Public Housing Reform and Empowerment Act, S13844-S13856 [19SE]

S. 1265, Community Food Security Act, S14087 [21SE]

S. 1278, establish loan guarantee program for telecommunications satellites dedicated to instructional programming, S14412 [27SE]

S. 1308, Block Grant Performance Standards Act, S15034 [11OC]

S. 1324, revise and extend organ and bone marrow donation and transplantation program, S15227-S15231 [17OC]

S. 1345, improve Dept. of Veterans Affairs programs and benefits, S15347-S15353 [19OC]

S. 1367, Farm Fairness Act, S16108 [27OC]

S. 1373, Agricultural Resources Enhancement Act, S16496-S16502 [1NO]

S. 1418, Prisoner Fraud Prevention Act, S17337 [17NO]

S. 1494, Housing Opportunity Program Extension Act, S19111 [21DE]

S. Res. 165, Social Security Act anniversary, S12412, S12518 [11AU]