RESEARCH related term(s) Science; Technology

Addresses

Birth Defects: James L. Mills, E1743 [8SE]

Dedication of Thomas J. Dodd Research Center, University of Connecticut: President Clinton, S15363 [19OC]

———Senator Dodd, S15364 [19OC]

In Search of Mediocrity—Is America Losing Its Will To Excel: Charles M. Vest, S10338 [20JY]

Amendments

Dept. of Commerce: convey to Massachusetts the National Marine Fisheries Service laboratory in Gloucester, MA (H.R. 1358), S19269, S19282 [22DE]

Dept. of Energy: authorize hydrogen research, development, and demonstration programs (H.R. 655), H4474, H4475, H4478 [2MY]

———perform risk assessments on environmental restoration activities (S. 333), S2135 [3FE], S3428 [2MR]

Safe Drinking Water Act: amend (S. 1316), S17727, S17729, S17731, S17755, S17756, S17760, S17761, S17762, S17764, S17767, S17771, S17783, S17784, S17785, S17786 [29NO]

Science: authorizing appropriations for Federal civilian science activities (H.R. 2405), H9784, H9785, H9786 [10OC], H9815, H9822, H9823, H9826, H9827, H9830, H9831, H9835, H9836, H9843, H9844, H9848, H9851, H9855, H9898 [11OC], H9923, H9925, H9926, H9931, H9936, H9937, H9940, H9941, H9950, H10002, H10005, H10006, H10009, H10010 [12OC]

Analyses

Biotechnology Process Patent Protection (S. 1111), S15223 [17OC]

Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments (S. 1316), S15122-S15126 [12OC]

Articles and editorials

A-Bomb Scientists Bear No Regrets, S10085 [17JY]

Abortion, Euthanasia, Embryo Experiments Always Immoral, H4026 [30MR]

Agency for Health Care Policy and Research—A Beacon for Policymakers, S12609 [5SE]

American Upbringing for a Promising Industry, E547 [8MR]

Baby Bells Find It Hard To Put Price on Bellcore, S7357 [24MY]

Brain Research Funding, S7219 [23MY]

Clinton's Aid to Industry Is G.O.P. Target—Technology and Trade Programs Would End, S7357 [24MY]

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

Corporate Research—How Much Is It Worth? Top Labs Shift Research Goals to Fast Payoffs, S7356 [24MY]

Crippling American Science, S7355 [24MY]

Diseases That Attack the Brain, S5408-S5410 [6AP]

Ethical Dilemma—In Defense of Fetal Tissue Transplants To Treat Neurological Disorders, S6467 [10MY]

Every Movement Counts—Device Gives Quadriplegics a Chance to Grasp, E658 [22MR]

Experts Confirm Human Role in Global Warming, H9945 [12OC]

FDA's ``Caution'' Is Killing People, E1273 [16JN]

From Fantasy to Fact—Space-Based Laser Nearly Ready To Fly, S12182 [10AU]

G.O.P. Budget Cuts Would Fall Hard on Civilian Science, S7354 [24MY]

Glaxo Rolls Out ``Big Bucks'' Card in GATT Battle on Capitol Hill, S15427-S15429 [23OC]

Global Warming Heats Up, H9945 [12OC]

GOP Balanced-Budget Plan Seen Crippling R&D, S10314 [19JY]

GOP Needs a Bit More R&D on Its Science and Technology Policy, S7356 [24MY]

GOP Revolution in a Nutshell, E1916 [11OC]

Harnessing the Big H, S7263-S7267 [23MY]

High Risk, Basic Research Is Critical, S14187 [25SE]

Investors Make Lousy Crowbars, E1176 [8JN]

Locals Had Ringside Seat to History, S10084 [17JY]

Mysteries of the Deep—The Last Frontier, S12396-S12398 [11AU]

New Vaccine Used To Fight Colon Cancer, S1732 [30JA]

NREL Receives National SBA Award, H6843 [12JY]

NREL Wins U.S. Design Award, H6843 [12JY]

Nuclear Age's Blinding Dawn, S10083 [17JY]

Public Surprises Pollsters, Backs Federal R&D, S10315 [19JY]

Risky Reform—Cutting the NBS Would Harm Great Lakes and More, E1449 [18JY]

Science Closer to a Treatment for Parkinson's, S5410 [6AP]

Scientists Say Earth's Warming Could Set Off Wide Disruptions, H9945 [12OC]

Study Backs Mammograms at 40, E755 [3AP]

Technology—Corporate Research—How Much Is It Worth?, S14186 [25SE]

Unloading Excess Regulations, S2043 [2FE]

VA Researcher Key Figure in Sickle Cell Anemia Breakthrough, E660 [22MR]

Bills and resolutions

Agriculture: kiwifruit research and marketing (see S. 897; H.R. 1486), S8034 [8JN], H4430 [7AP]

———make participation in certain commodity research and promotion programs voluntary (see H.R. 2502), H10307 [18OC]

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

AIDS Cure Project: establish (see H.R. 761), H969 [31JA]

Animals: encourage Federal agencies utilizing rabbit eye irritancy tests to validate alternative ophthalmic testing procedures (see H. Con. Res. 7), H176 [9JA]

———reporting requirements for research facilities conducting experimentation and testing (see H.R. 1547), H4511 [2MY]

Aquaculture: authorize aquaculture research under the Dept. of Agriculture (see S. 516, 678; H.R. 1205), S3604 [7MR], S5217 [5AP], H3048 [10MR]

———establish marine aquaculture facilities and development programs (see S. 1192), S12370 [11AU]

Business and industry: regulation of invention development and patent marketing services (see S. 909), S8097 [9JN]

———regulation of invention development services (see H.R. 2419), H9670 [28SE]

———require industry cost-sharing for the construction of federally-funded research facilities (see S. 748), S6082 [3MY]

California Urban Environmental Research and Education Center: continuation of operations (see H.R. 1781), H5691 [7JN]

Children and youth: health research (see H.R. 1735), H5608 [25MY]

Deoxyribonucleic acid: improve capability to analyze (see H.R. 2418), H9670 [28SE]

Dept. of Commerce: authorizing appropriations for scientific research services and facilities (see H.R. 1870), H6082 [16JN]

———authorizing appropriations for technology programs, scientific research services and facilities, and National Institute of Standards and Technology (see S. 1141), S12079 [9AU]

———conduct research program to evaluate technology for depositing certain waste on the deep ocean seabed (see H.R. 1344), H3974 [29MR]

———convey to Massachusetts the National Marine Fisheries Service laboratory in Gloucester, MA (see H.R. 1358), H3974 [29MR]

———enhance manufacturing technology programs (see H.R. 1844), H5983 [14JN]

Dept. of Energy: authorize hydrogen research, development, and demonstration programs (see S. 1077, 1153; H.R. 655), S10729 [26JY], S12214 [10AU], H592 [24JA]

———authorize hydrogen research, development, and demonstration programs (H.R. 655), consideration (see H. Res. 136), H4440 [1MY]

———authorize retirement incentives for certain employees of national laboratories (see H.R. 884), H1555 [9FE]

———authorizing appropriations for civilian research, development, demonstration, and commercial application activities (see H.R. 1816), H5904 [13JN]

———downsize personnel levels and terminate certain research at nondefense laboratories (see H.R. 1510), H4432 [7AP]

———establish definition system for research and development projects (see S. 1433), S17775 [29NO]

———establish Laboratory Facilities Commission (see H.R. 87), H166 [9JA]

———gas turbine modular helium reactor program (see H.R. 311), H172 [9JA]

———perform risk assessments on environmental restoration activities (see S. 333), S2034 [2FE]

———reduce funding for the nuclear energy research and development activities (see H.R. 1674), H5366 [18MY]

———rescind funding for the Advanced Neutron Source reactor (see S. 154), S480 [5JA]

———streamline and establish missions for laboratories (see H.R. 2142), H8063 [31JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish mammography quality standards (see H.R. 882), H1555 [9FE]

———establish mental illness research, education, and clinical centers (see S. 425), S2757 [15FE]

Diseases: accurate guidelines for breast cancer screening for certain women (see S. Con. Res. 8), S2823 [16FE]

———ovarian cancer programs (see H.R. 1721), H5607 [25MY]

———pediatric and adolescent AIDS (see H. Con. Res. 62), H4432 [7AP]

———prevention, control, and elimination of tuberculosis (see H.R. 1140), H2716 [6MR]

———prostate cancer screening and drug treatments and expansion of research and education programs (see S. 691), S5403 [6AP]

———research programs for Parkinson's disease (see S. 684; H.R. 1462), S5403 [6AP], H4414 [6AP]

Drugs: ensure availability of generic drugs (see S. 1191), S12370 [11AU]

———establish Federal standards to ensure integrity of testing programs (see H.R. 153, 1706), H167 [9JA], H5571 [24MY]

———prohibit federally sponsored research pertaining to the legalization of drugs (see H.R. 135), H167 [9JA]

Ecology and environment: use of risk assessment and cost/benefit analyses in environmental decisionmaking (see S. 123, 229), S50 [4JA], S944 [13JA]

Edison, Thomas Alva: mint coins in commemoration of sesquicentennial of birth (see H.R. 893), H1611 [10FE]

EPA: authorizing appropriations for environmental research, development, and demonstration activities (see H.R. 1814), H5904 [13JN]

———permit entrance into cooperative research and development agreements (see H.R. 837), H1281 [6FE]

Expo `98: U.S. participation in Lisbon, Portugal (see S. Con. Res. 22; H. Con. Res. 91), S10876 [28JY], H8309 [2AU]

FDA: facilitate the approval process for medical devices (see S. 1369), S16421 [31OC]

Fish and fishing: research and containment of whirling disease and other parasites (see S. 1019), S9638 [10JY]

Health: develop and implement research strategies to prevent birth defects (see S. 459; H.R. 1010), S2965 [22FE], H2063 [22FE]

———establish code of fair information practices (see H.R. 435), H178 [9JA]

———limitations on disclosure and use of genetic information (see S. 1416; H.R. 2690), S17091 [15NO], H13804 [29NO]

———operation of laboratories along Mexican border relative to public health functions (see H.R. 574), H399 [19JA]

———provide for the operation of laboratories to conduct certain public health operations near the U.S. border with Mexico (see S. 835), S7014 [19MY]

———research and education programs on menopause and related conditions (see H.R. 548), H296 [17JA]

———studies and programs relative to traumatic brain injuries (see S. 96; H.R. 248), S50 [4JA], H170 [9JA]

Health care facilities: exempt physician office laboratories from clinical laboratory requirements (see S. 877), S7615 [26MY]

Health care professionals: exempt physician office laboratories from clinical laboratory requirements (see H.R. 1386), H4177 [4AP]

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

Historic buildings and sites: study battlefields of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 (see S. 1226; H.R. 810), S12959 [8SE], H1157 [2FE]

Interjurisdictional Fisheries Act: authorizing appropriations (see S. 1498), S19110 [21DE]

———modify assistance programs for dislocated fishers (see S. 1499), S19110 [21DE]

Kinsey, Alfred: determine if publications on sexual behavior are the result of any fraud or criminal wrongdoing (see H.R. 2749), H14238 [7DE]

Margaret Walker Alexander National African-American Research Center: establish (see H.R. 1117), H2584 [2MR]

Marilyn Lloyd Environmental, Life, and Social Sciences Complex, Oak Ridge, TN: designate (see H.R. 2301), H8805 [12SE]

Marine resources: promote research, identification, assessment and exploration of marine mineral resources (see S. 1194), S12370 [11AU]

National Atomic Veterans Day: designate (see S. Res. 108), S5404 [6AP]

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

National Institute for the Environment: establish (see H.R. 2827), H15574 [21DE]

National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases: lupus erythematosus research funding (see S. 1074), S10729 [26JY]

National Mammography Day: designate (see S. Res. 177), S14710 [29SE]

Natural gas: enhance safety, training, research, and development in the propane gas industry (see H.R. 1514), H4432 [7AP]

New Mexico: designate wilderness areas and establish Fossil Forest Research Natural Area (see S. 265), S1442 [24JA]

NIH: establish an Office for Rare Disease Research (see S. 184; H.R. 2027), S653 [9JA], H7011 [13JY]

———establish National Fund for Health Research (see S. 1251), S13728 [18SE]

———funding for diabetes-related research (see S. 1437; H.R. 1656), S17776 [29NO], H5190 [17MY]

NOAA: authorizing appropriations (see S. 1142), S12079 [9AU]

———establish aquaculture facilities and development programs (see H.R. 2046), H7067 [17JY]

NSF: authorizing appropriations (see S. 1445; H.R. 1852), S18016 [5DE], H6044 [15JN]

Patents: biotechnology process protection (see S. 1111; H.R. 587), S11201 [2AU], H399 [19JA]

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

———renew and extend certain devices that aid in bodily tissue healing and reduction of pain (see H.R. 2113), H7699 [25JY]

———restore the proper term of patent protection (see S. 284), S1618 [26JA]

Power resources: development of a national energy policy (see H. Con. Res. 29), H1752 [14FE]

Radioactive substances: provide payments to individuals who were subjects of Federal radiation experiments (see H.R. 2463), H9897 [11OC]

Safe Drinking Water Act: amend (see S. 1316), S15118 [12OC]

Science: authorizing appropriations for Federal civilian science activities (see H.R. 2405), H9591 [27SE]

———authorizing appropriations for Federal civilian science activities (H.R. 2405), consideration (see H. Res. 234), H9737 [29SE]

———increase supply of minority scientists and help the public and private sectors in research and development needs (see H.R. 1459), H4414 [6AP]

Space policy: space station program funding (see H.R. 2659), H13274 [17NO]

Stuttgart, AR: transfer the Fish Farming Experimental Laboratory to the Dept. of Agriculture (see S. 185; H.R. 33), S653 [9JA], H164 [9JA]

Taxation: credit for clinical testing expenses for certain drugs for rare diseases or conditions (see S. 1052; H.R. 1566), S10426 [20JY], H4545 [3MY]

———incentives for the use of alcohol as a fuel (see H.R. 2474), H10047 [12OC]

———make permanent the credit for increasing research activities (see S. 351; H.R. 803), S2124 [3FE], H1156 [2FE]

———make permanent the credit for increasing research activities and extend credit eligibility to collaborative research consortia expenses (see H.R. 2514), H10484 [19OC]

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

Technology: cooperative research and development agreements relative to inventions (see S. 1164; H.R. 2196), S12215 [10AU], H8533 [4AU]

———improve the capability to analyze DNA (see H.R. 1241), H3275 [15MR]

Terrorism: develop technologies to combat (see H.R. 1847), H5983 [14JN]

Veterans Health Administration: establishment of nonprofit research corporations at VA medical centers (see S. 644), S4806 [29MR]

Water: authorize research and program development of desalinization and reclamation (see S. 811), S6802 [17MY]

———require additional research prior to promulgation of sulfate standards (see H.R. 2762), H14310 [12DE]

Water Resources Research Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 1743), H5622 [6JN]

Women: establish offices of women's health within certain Federal agencies (see S. 427; H.R. 1736), S2822 [16FE], H5608 [25MY]

———review of Federal programs assessing risks of certain environmental exposures (see H.R. 1311), H3732 [23MR]

Citations

Hatfield, Senator: Albert Lasker Public Service Award, S14698 [29SE]

Colloquies

Biofuels Research and Development Program: Representatives Myers and Minge, S16394 [31OC]

Communiques

Climate Research: Second Municipal Leaders Summit on Climate Change, S14944 [10OC]

Descriptions

Dept. of Agriculture—Agriculture Research Service Program on Swine Research, S4796 [29MR]

Documents

Effects of Tobacco Use on Children, H7646-H7683 [25JY], H8127-H8135 [1AU]

Factsheets

Nomination of Henry Foster, Jr., To Be Surgeon General: Tuskegee Study, S8810 [21JN]

Profile of Today's Pork Industry: National Pork Producers Council, S4798 [29MR]

Letters

Colleges and universities eligibility for Dept. of Defense grants and contracts relative to access of ROTC units to campuses: Joseph F. Callo, E1344 [27JN]

Consumer Access to Prescription Drugs Act: Jesse Brown, Sec. of Veterans Affairs, S12391 [11AU]

———Jim Firman, Generic Drug Equity Coalition, S12391 [11AU]

———Michael Kantor, U.S. Trade Representative, S12390 [11AU]

———William B. Schultz, FDA, S12390 [11AU]

Development of an integrated test facility for naval aircraft at the Patuxent River, MD, Naval Air Warfare Center: J.M. Boorda, Dept. of the Navy, S10504 [21JY]

Federal funding for research, technology, export promotion and trade law enforcement: Joel B. Snyder, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, S7330 [24MY]

Hydronuclear testing program funding: Hazel R. O'Leary, Sec. of Energy, S11368 [4AU]

———William J. Perry, Sec. of Defense, S11368 [4AU]

Mammography quality standards: Donna E. Shalala, Sec. of HHS, S9843 [13JY]

NASA continuation of microgravity aircraft research after FAA certification of private contractor: Paul M. Johnstone, NASA, H9832 [11OC]

NASA research programs: Daniel S. Goldin, NASA, S7285 [24MY]

National Fund for Health Research Act: Jacqueline D. McLeod, American Lung Association, S13734 [18SE]

———Jordan J. Cohen, Association of American Medical Colleges, S13734 [18SE]

———Kerrie B. Wilson, American Cancer Society, S13735 [18SE]

———Martha A. McSteen, National Committee To Preserve Social Security and Medicare, S13734 [18SE]

———Ralph A. Bradshaw, Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, S13734 [18SE]

National Wind Tunnel Complex funding: John H. Gibbons, Executive Office of the President, S4020 [16MR]

———Senator Boxer, S4019 [16MR]

NIH funding: Thomas C. Cesario, S7297 [24MY]

Office for Rare Disease Research Act: Abbey S. Meyers, National Organization for Rare Disorders, Inc., S678 [9JA]

Parkinson's Research, Assistance, and Education Act: Anne J. Udall and Joan I. Samuelson, Parkinson's Action Network, S5406 [6AP]

———Curt R. Freed, University of Colorado, S5407 [6AP]

———D. Eugene Redmond, Jr., Axion Research Foundation, S5408 [6AP]

———D. Eugene Redmond, Jr., Yale University, S5408 [6AP]

———Elizabeth M. Jansen, S5407 [6AP]

———James W. Tetrud, S5407 [6AP]

———John P. Hammerstad, Oregon State University, S5406 [6AP]

———Karen Kidwell, S5407 [6AP]

———L.R. Greger, Williamette Columbia Parkinsonian Society, S5407 [6AP]

———Nathan Slewett, National Parkinson Foundation, Inc., S5677 [25AP]

———Page Morton Black, Parkinson's Disease Foundation, S5408 [6AP]

———Salvatore J. Esposito, Jr. and Frank L. Williams, American Parkinson Disease Association, S5406 [6AP]

———Tom G. Brown and Alan L. Bonander, Young Parkinson's Support Network, S5408 [6AP]

———Will Johnston, American Parkinson Disease Association, S5407 [6AP]

Risk assessment and cost-benefit analyses in environmental decisionmaking: Jack Lynch, S9846 [13JY]

———Marc Racicot, Governor of Montana, S9845 [13JY]

Safe Drinking Water Act amendments and unfunded Federal mandates: A.M. Tinkey, St. Louis County Water Co., S17738 [29NO]

———Diane VanDe Hei, Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies, S17739 [29NO]

———Donald L. Houck, California Water Service Co., S17738 [29NO]

———Fred L. Kriess, Jr., Citizens Utilities Co., S17740 [29NO]

———James L. Blum, CBO, S17734-S17737 [29NO]

———James W. Warr, S17739 [29NO]

———Jeff Wennberg, Mayor of Rutland, VT, S17739 [29NO]

———Kenneth Gortsema, Idaho Rural Water Association, S17740 [29NO]

———Larry L. Bingaman, Bridgeport Hydraulic Co., S17740 [29NO]

———Ray Lee, Illinois-American Water Co., S17740 [29NO]

———Richard M. Daley, Mayor of Chicago, IL, S17738 [29NO]

———Richard W. Newpher, American Farm Bureau Federation, S17739 [29NO]

———Robert P. Walker, United Water Delaware Co., S17739 [29NO]

———Sandra Alexander, S17739 [29NO]

———several Governors, S17737 [29NO]

———several agricultural and agribusiness organizations, S17738 [29NO]

``Science—The Endless Frontier'' report: Franklin D. Roosevelt, S10311 [19JY]

———Vannevar Bush, S10311 [19JY]

Tax credit for wind and closed-loop biomass energy systems: several Representatives, E2100 [2NO]

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

———President Clinton, S5333 [6AP]

———several Senators, S5335 [6AP]

Technology Reinvestment Program: Robert E. Barnhill, H1994 [22FE]

———Roger S. Storm, Carborundum Microelectronics (business), H1995 [22FE]

Water quality research: Glenn Reinhardt, Water Environment Research Foundation, H4758 [10MY]

Lists

Generic Drug Equity Coalition, S12391 [11AU]

Morris K. Udall Parkinson's Research, Assistance, and Education Act letters of support, S5678 [25AP]

National organizations endorsing the Birth Defects Prevention Act, E395 [22FE]

Supporters of S. 1251, National Fund for Health Research Act, S13735 [18SE]

What the nation's leading researchers and scientists are saying about the International Space Station, S14194 [25SE], S14240 [26SE]

Memorandums

Technology Research Funding: T.J. Rodgers, Cypress Semiconductor, Inc., E673 [23MR]

Messages

Achievements in Aeronautics and Space: President Clinton, S7388 [24MY], H5553 [24MY]

Science and Technology Report: President Clinton, S4803 [29MR], H3965 [29MR]

U.S. Arctic Research Plan: President Clinton, S9997 [14JY], H7016 [17JY]

Motions

Safe Drinking Water Act: amend (S. 1316), S17771 [29NO]

Opinion polls

Medical research funding: Louis Harris and Associates, Inc., E1909 [11OC]

Outlines

San Diego Supercomputer Center, E534 [7MR]

Pamphlets

We Empower America With New Energy Choices: National Renewable Energy Laboratory, H6842 [12JY]

Press conferences

Future of America's Research-Intensive Industries: Mary L. Good, Dept. of Commerce, S12311 [10AU]

———Richard J. Kogan, Schering-Plough Corp., S12312 [10AU]

Proclamations

American Heart Month: President Clinton, S3293 [28FE]

Proposals

Superfund reform: Senator Smith, S9874-S9878 [13JY]

Questionnaires

Farm program funding, E1164 [6JN]

Questions and answers

National Fund for Health Research Act (S. 1251), S13733 [18SE]

Remarks in House

Agency for Health Care Policy and Research: funding, H8413, H8414 [3AU]

Agriculture: citrus tristeza virus research funding, H9921 [12OC], E1941 [12OC]

———funding for farm programs, E1164 [6JN]

Air Force: research, development, test, and evaluation funding, H8621-H8624 [7SE]

Appropriations: funding for research of childhood diseases, H485 [23JA]

Army: funding for breast cancer research program, H8661 [7SE]

Aviation: research and development of wind tunnels, H10020 [12OC]

Batavia, IL: tribute to Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory for work on the top quark, E500 [2MR]

Business and industry: establish Fastener Advisory Committee, H10005, H10006 [12OC]

———research and development recoupment fee for foreign sales of equipment developed for defense contracts, H8925-H8930 [14SE], E1790 [14SE]

———selling of dead human bodies, H15097 [19DE]

Buy American Act: compliance, H10010 [12OC]

California Urban Environmental Research and Education Center: continuation of operations (H.R. 1781), E1196 [8JN]

Children and youth: occurrence of sudden infant death syndrome, H6095 [20JN]

Climate: long-term climate and global change research funding, H9937-H9949 [12OC], E1940 [12OC]

Colleges and universities: eligibility for Dept. of Defense grants and contracts relative to access of ROTC units to campuses, H5962-H5965 [14JN], E1344 [27JN]

Cooperative State Research Service: funding, E1975 [18OC]

Deoxyribonucleic acid: improve capability to analyze (H.R. 2418), H14320-H14322 [12DE]

Dept. of Commerce: abolish the Technology Administration, H7739-H7741 [26JY]

———Advanced Technology Program funding, H1991, H1993 [22FE]

———convey to Massachusetts the National Marine Fisheries Service laboratory in Gloucester, MA (H.R. 1358), H11390, H11391 [30OC]

Dept. of Defense: AIDS research program funding, H8203 [2AU]

———Technology Reinvestment Program funding, H1983, H1991-H1995, H2004 [22FE], E425 [24FE]

Dept. of Energy: authorize hydrogen research, development, and demonstration programs (H.R. 655), H4467-H4482 [2MY], E165 [24JA]

———authorize hydrogen research, development, and demonstration programs (H.R. 655), consideration (H. Res. 136), H4465-H4467 [2MY]

———authorize hydrogen research, development, and demonstration programs (H.R. 655), permission to file report, H4008 [30MR]

———authorize retirement incentives for certain employees of national laboratories (H.R. 884), E309 [9FE]

———downsize personnel levels and terminate certain research at nondefense laboratories (H.R. 1510), E861 [7AP]

———fossil energy research and development funding, H3268-H3272 [15MR]

———funding for the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, H6850-H6855 [12JY]

———hydrogen development and demonstration programs compliance with cost-sharing provision of GATT, H4475 [2MY]

———hydrogen research and development program report relative to economic benefits, H4474 [2MY]

———hydrogen research program funding, H6790 [11JY]

———nuclear physics program funding, H9856 [11OC]

———Oregon Health Sciences University Biomedical Information Communications Center funding, H9851-H9855 [11OC]

———privatization of laboratories, H9849-H9851 [11OC]

———reform management and decrease staffing levels at civilian laboratories, H9835-H9843 [11OC]

———streamline and establish missions for laboratories (H.R. 2142), E1564 [31JY]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1977), E1449 [18JY]

Dept. of Transportation: licensing of launch vehicle or site operator relative to National Environmental Policy Act, H9826 [11OC]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish mammography quality standards (H.R. 882), E1308 [22JN]

———medical research programs, E658 [22MR]

Drugs: funding for research study on the cost effectiveness of applying case management services to substance abuse treatment, H8323 [3AU]

Endangered species: protection of rare plants, animals, and organisms used for medical purposes, H3094 [14MR], H3158 [15MR], H3338 [21MR], H3421 [22MR], H3577 [23MR], H3737 [24MR]

EPA: Environmental Technology Initiative funding, H10002, H10003 [12OC]

———funding for construction of consolidated research facilities, H7891 [27JY]

———indoor air pollution research funding, H9950-H9953 [12OC], E1940 [12OC]

———Office of Research and Development hiring suspension, H7908-H7911 [27JY]

Expo `98: U.S. participation in Lisbon, Portugal (H. Con. Res. 91), H15103 [19DE]

———U.S. participation in Lisbon, Portugal (S. Con. Res. 22), H15104 [19DE]

FAA: environmental and energy-related research funding, H7524, H7525 [24JY]

FDA: approval of the use of Hydroxyurea relative to sickle cell anemia, H976 [1FE]

———approval process for drugs, H6683 [30JN]

Fish and fishing: management, research, and conservation funding, H7627, H7630 [25JY]

Geological Survey: conduct of natural resources research surveys on private lands when authorized by owners, H6950 [13JY]

———use of volunteers for resource research, H6951-H6962 [13JY]

Great Lakes Environmental Research Lab: funding, H7736, H7738 [26JY]

Health: develop and implement research strategies to prevent birth defects (H.R. 1010), E395, E406 [22FE]

———establish code of fair information practices (H.R. 435), E63 [9JA]

———operation of laboratories along Mexican border relative to public health functions (H.R. 574), E133 [19JA]

Health care professionals: exempt physician office laboratories from clinical laboratory requirements (H.R. 1386), E799 [6AP]

Huffaker, Carl: Wolf Foundation Prize for Agriculture recipient, E1564 [31JY]

Insurance: coverage of clinical trials for treatment of cancer, E1815 [20SE]

Intercultural Cancer Council: tribute, E2204 [17NO]

Lighthouse, Inc: study on effects of impaired vision in senior citizens, E1510 [25JY]

McEwan, Thomas E.: Intellectual Property Owners Distinguished Inventor Award recipient, E1167 [7JN]

Mining and mineral resources: domestic self sufficiency, E1603 [3AU]

Mission to Planet Earth Program: funding, H9811 [11OC]

NASA: advanced subsonic technology funding, H9823-H9826 [11OC]

———commercialization of space launch services, H9830 [11OC]

———continuation of microgravity aircraft research after FAA certification of private contractor, H9831, H9832 [11OC]

———conversion of abandoned and underutilized sites in depressed communities into NASA facilities, H9822, H9823 [11OC]

———funding for research, H7807 [27JY]

———High Performance Computing and Communications Program and information infrastructure technology applications funding, H9827-H9830 [11OC]

———priority of safety in reviewing proposals for a single prime operator of the space shuttle program, H9830, H9831 [11OC]

———public disclosure of technical data relative to experimental, developmental, or research activities, H9809 [11OC]

———use of microgravity sciences funding for breast and ovarian cancer research and early detection systems, H9822 [11OC]

National Competitiveness Act: Advanced Technology Program funding, H1991 [22FE]

National Institute for Petroleum and Energy Research: oil technology programs funding, H9855 [11OC]

National Institute of Mental Health: funding, H8248 [2AU]

National Institute of Standards and Technology: Advanced Technology Program funding, H7752-H7755 [26JY], H10020 [12OC], H14080, H14082 [6DE]

———funding for certain research and development activities, H10006-H10009 [12OC], H10794 [25OC]

———Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program funding, H3208 [15MR]

———Manufacturing Extension Program funding, H10794 [25OC]

National Marine Fisheries Service: contracting of private vessels for assessments of fishery stocks, H10221, H10222 [18OC]

National objectives, E1672 [5AU]

Natural gas: enhance safety, training, research, and development in the propane gas industry (H.R. 1514), E857 [7AP]

Navy: radar upgrade modification program funding, H6013 [15JN]

Nicholas, Peter M.: tribute to gift given to Duke University School of the Environment, E2426 [20DE]

NIH: biomedical research funding, E1909 [11OC]

———birth defects research, E1743 [8SE]

———funding, H6094 [20JN]

———funding for diabetes-related research (H.R. 1656), E1062 [17MY]

———funding for the Office of Alternative Medicine, H8329 [3AU]

———pharmaceutical research funding, H8408-H8410 [3AU]

———research grant to the University of Colorado, E1562 [31JY]

NOAA: establish aquaculture facilities and development programs (H.R. 2046), E1449 [18JY]

———funding, H7735-H7739, H7741, H7742, H7785 [26JY], H10794 [25OC]

———Great Lakes Environmental Research Lab funding, E1521 [27JY]

Nobel Prize: recognition of Frederick Reines for physics, H9837 [11OC]

———recognition of Martin Perl for physics, H9837 [11OC]

———recognition of Sherwood Roland for chemistry, H9838 [11OC]

NSF: authorizing appropriations, H9815 [11OC]

OTA: elimination, E1868-E1870 [28SE], E1886 [29SE]

Patents: biotechnology process protection (H.R. 587), H10095-H10098 [17OC], E129 [19JA]

———restore the proper term of patent protection (H.R. 359), H6304-H6307 [26JN]

Petroleum: fossil energy research and development funding, H7041-H7047 [17JY]

Power resources: fossil energy and energy conservation research and development funding, H9843-H9848 [11OC]

———Innovative Renewable Energy Technology Transfer Program funding, H6840-H6847 [12JY]

———tax credit for wind and closed-loop biomass energy systems, E2100 [2NO]

Procter & Gamble Co.: Dept. of Commerce National Medal of Technology award recipient, E1970 [18OC]

Radioactive substances: provide payments to individuals who were subjects of Federal radiation experiments (H.R. 2463), E1925 [11OC]

Republican Party: national agenda, E1916 [11OC]

Rutgers University: tribute to Center for Advanced Food Technology, E1953 [17OC]

Science: authorizing appropriations for Federal civilian science activities (H.R. 2405), H9801-H9859 [11OC], H9923-H9953, H10002-H10022 [12OC], H10143 [17OC], E1940 [12OC]

———authorizing appropriations for Federal civilian science activities (H.R. 2405), consideration (H. Res. 234), H9796-H9801 [11OC]

———Energy Supply Research and Development, E1064 [17MY]

———funding for national laboratories, H5779 [13JN]

———funding for sonoluminescence studies, H6847-H6849 [12JY], H9855 [11OC]

Skelton, Earl F.: Naval Research Laboratory-Edison Chapter Sigma Xi Award recipient, E1274 [16JN]

Space policy: international space station program, E1495 [21JY]

———reusable launch vehicle program funding, H6012 [15JN]

———space shuttle rendezvous mission with Russian space station, H6727 [10JY]

———space station program funding, H7825, H7828, H7835, H7838, H7848-H7856 [27JY], H7922-H7929 [28JY], E1567 [31JY]

Steinberg, Martin: tribute for sickle cell anemia research, E660 [22MR]

Stuttgart, AR: transfer the Fish Farming Experimental Laboratory to the Dept. of Agriculture (H.R. 33), H14965, H14966 [18DE], E25 [4JA]

Sung-Hou Kim: induction into National Academy of Science, E1564 [31JY]

Taxation: credit for clinical testing expenses for certain drugs for rare diseases or conditions (H.R. 1566), E939 [3MY]

———incentives for the use of alcohol as a fuel (H.R. 2474), E1937 [12OC]

———make permanent the credit for increasing research activities (H.R. 803), E259 [2FE], E267 [3FE]

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

Technology: anniversary of the discovery of x-rays, E791 [5AP]

———cooperative research and development agreements relative to inventions (H.R. 2196), H14328-H14336 [12DE], E1665 [5AU]

———national objectives, H4263 [5AP]

———research funding, E673 [23MR]

Thousand Oaks, CA: tribute to Amgen Inc., and to the U.S. biotechnology industry, E547 [8MR]

Tobacco products: regulation of tobacco industry to alleviate health risks to children, H7470-H7476 [24JY], H7993, H8007-H8010 [31JY]

Tomas Rivera Center: anniversary, E1614 [3AU]

Troy, MI: town meeting to learn about Alzheimer's disease, E2023 [24OC]

University of Colorado: tribute for mammography research, E755 [3AP]

Veterans: tribute to military personnel exposed to radiation, E2365 [14DE]

Water Resources Research Act: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1743), H10110, H10111 [17OC]

Women: establish offices of women's health within certain Federal agencies (H.R. 1736), E1145 [26MY]

Remarks in Senate

Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations: funding, S16932 [9NO]

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry: minority health study funding, S14371 [27SE]

Agricultural Research Service: funding, S13840 [19SE]

———National Swine Research Center funding, S4793-S4798 [29MR]

Agriculture: development of precision farming tools and technologies, S8403 [14JN]

———kiwifruit research and marketing (S. 897), S8038 [8JN]

Allegany Ballistics Laboratory: funding, S12598 [5SE]

American Heart Month: observance, S3292 [28FE]

Aquaculture: authorize aquaculture research under the Dept. of Agriculture (S. 516), S3622 [7MR]

———authorize aquaculture research under the Dept. of Agriculture (S. 678), S5219 [5AP]

———establish marine aquaculture facilities and development programs (S. 1192), S12360, S12391 [11AU]

Batavia, IL: tribute to Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory for work on the top quark, S3483 [3MR]

Bay City, MI: rescissions for EPA Center for Ecology Research and Training, S10462, S10463 [21JY]

Budget: Federal funding for research, technology, and export promotion, S7654-S7656 [5JN]

———Federal funding for research, technology, export promotion and trade law enforcement, S7328-S7331, S7354 [24MY]

———research and development projects funding, S16062 [27OC]

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

Bureau of Mines: closure of Salt Lake City facility, S17189 [16NO]

Business and industry: regulation of invention development and patent marketing services (S. 909), S8114 [9JN]

———require industry cost-sharing for the construction of federally-funded research facilities (S. 748), S6089 [3MY]

———research and development funding, S12311 [10AU]

California: relocation of National Marine Fisheries Service Laboratory, S14688 [29SE]

Computers: regulation of the content of communications transmitted over computer networks, S4841 [30MR]

Consortium for International Earth Science Information Network: funding, S14306 [26SE], S14372 [27SE]

Council of Economic Advisors: release of report on Federal investments in research and development, S16562 [2NO]

Dept. of Agriculture: El Reno, OK, Agriculture Research Service laboratory funding, S13708 [18SE]

———special research grants, S13830-S13833, S13839 [19SE], S13912 [20SE]

Dept. of Commerce: Advanced Technology Program funding, S16900-S16903 [9NO]

———authorizing appropriations for technology programs, scientific research services and facilities, and National Institute of Standards and Technology (S. 1141), S12094 [9AU]

———convey to Massachusetts the National Marine Fisheries Service laboratory in Gloucester, MA (H.R. 1358), S19282-S19284 [22DE]

———technology program funding, S14534-S14536 [28SE]

Dept. of Defense: Anti-Satellite Weapon Program funding, S12183, S12187 [10AU]

———depressed altitude guide gun round system funding, S12536, S12537 [5SE]

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

———funding for research efforts at Hispanic-serving institutions, S17166 [16NO]

———funding for technology programs and projects, S3446-S3449 [3MR]

———Life Sciences Equipment Lab funding, S12194 [10AU]

———maintenance of pentaborane prior to eventual disposition, S12125 [10AU]

———private sector cost-shared partnerships relative to dual-use technologies, S3584-S3587 [7MR]

———Space-Based Laser Program funding, S12180-S12183, S12186 [10AU]

———Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program funding, S12196 [10AU]

Dept. of Energy: authorize hydrogen research, development, and demonstration programs (S. 1077), S10735-S10737 [26JY]

———establish definition system for research and development projects (S. 1433), S17776 [29NO]

———fossil energy research, S12028 [9AU]

———gas turbine modular helium reactor program, S11074-S11078 [1AU]

———hydronuclear testing program funding, S11354-S11371, S11376, S11428 [4AU], S12546 [5SE]

———nuclear weapons stockpile stewardship, S11354-S11371 [4AU], S12320 [11AU]

———perform risk assessments on environmental restoration activities (S. 333), S2041-S2047 [2FE], S2087 [3FE], S3430 [2MR]

———rescind funding for the Advanced Neutron Source reactor (S. 154), S483, S484 [5JA]

Dept. of HHS: tribute to Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, S12608 [5SE]

Dept. of the Interior: Earth Resources Observation System Data Center funding, S11970, S11974 [9AU]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish mental illness research, education, and clinical centers (S. 425), S2761 [15FE]

———health care and research services funding, S7451, S7452 [25MY]

Diseases: accurate guidelines for breast cancer screening for certain women (S. Con. Res. 8), S2890 [16FE]

———development of a vaccine preventing a recurrence of breast cancer, S2529 [10FE]

———issue postage stamp in commemoration of breast cancer awareness, S8296 [14JN]

———limitations on Federal funds for HIV/AIDS relative to cancer research funding, S10721 [26JY], S10757-S10759 [27JY]

———prostate cancer screening and drug treatments and expansion of research and education programs (S. 691), S5426 [6AP]

———research for Alzheimer's disease, S9732 [12JY]

———research programs for Parkinson's disease (S. 684), S5404 [6AP], S5677 [25AP]

———tribute to ``Race for the Cure'' breast cancer research fundraiser, S8293-S8296, S8302 [14JN]

Drugs: ensure availability of generic drugs (S. 1191), S12388 [11AU]

Ecology and environment: use of risk assessment and cost-benefit analyses in environmental decisionmaking, S9729 [12JY], S9840, S9844-S9855, S9874 [13JY]

———use of risk assessment and cost/benefit analyses in environmental decisionmaking (S. 123), S372-S374 [4JA]

———use of risk assessment and cost/benefit analyses in environmental decisionmaking (S. 229), S946 [13JA]

Economy: national objectives priority assignments, S16562 [2NO]

Education: funding for science education, S9023 [26JN]

———funding for the National Center for Research in Vocational Education, S5252 [5AP]

EPA: establish rulemaking for disinfectants in drinking water systems, S17772 [29NO]

———Science To Achieve Results Program funding, S14373 [27SE]

Expo `98: U.S. participation in Lisbon, Portugal (S. Con. Res. 22), S10897 [28JY], S12633 [5SE]

FDA: facilitate the approval process for medical devices (S. 1369), S16422 [31OC]

Federal-State relations: reduce State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates, S17734-S17742 [29NO]

Fish and fishing: research and containment of whirling disease and other parasites (S. 1019), S9639 [10JY]

Foreign trade: expand authority for the export of pharmacological and biological products, and medical devices, S10748, S10749, S10751 [27JY]

Glaxo Wellcome, Inc.: tribute, S18034 [5DE]

Hatfield, Senator: Albert Lasker Foundation Public Service Award recipient, S14698 [29SE]

Health: clinical lab standards, S16022 [27OC]

———develop and implement research strategies to prevent birth defects (S. 459), S2967 [22FE]

———ensure mammography quality standards, S9841-S9844, S9873 [13JY]

———funding for research on brain diseases and disorders, S7218-S7220 [23MY]

———human fetal tissue transplantation research practices, S6467 [10MY]

———limitations on disclosure and use of genetic information (S. 1416), S17096 [15NO]

———provide for the operation of laboratories to conduct certain public health operations near the U.S. border with Mexico (S. 835), S7017 [19MY]

———studies and programs relative to traumatic brain injuries (S. 96), S323, S324 [4JA]

Health care facilities: exempt physician office laboratories from clinical laboratory requirements (S. 877), S7627 [26MY]

Health care professionals: facilitate the dissemination to physicians of scientific information on drug therapies and medical devices (S. 1197), S12401-S12403 [11AU]

Historic buildings and sites: study battlefields of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 (S. 1226), S12962 [8SE]

Interjurisdictional Fisheries Act: authorizing appropriations (S. 1498), S19120 [21DE]

———modify assistance programs for dislocated fishers (S. 1499), S19121 [21DE]

Marine resources: promote research, identification, assessment and exploration of marine mineral resources (S. 1194), S12395-S12399 [11AU]

Michigan State University: Cooperative State Research Extension and Education Service grants, S13840 [19SE]

NASA: consolidation of research and science-based aircraft at Dryden Flight Research Center, S14372, S14373 [27SE]

———Consortium for International Earth Sciences Information Network funding, S15305 [19OC]

———funding, S7213 [23MY], S7282-S7286, S7289 [24MY], S11043-S11046 [1AU]

———National Wind Tunnel Complex funding, S4010-S4014, S4016 [16MR]

National Atomic Veterans Day: designate (S. Res. 108), S5520 [6AP]

National Bioethics Advisory Commission: establish, S18105 [6DE]

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

National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases: lupus erythematosus research funding (S. 1074), S10730 [26JY]

National Institute of Standards and Technology: Advanced Technology Program funding, S18130, S18159, S18168, S18176 [7DE]

———construction funding, S18176 [7DE]

———funding for certain research and development activities, S16900-S16903 [9NO]

———Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program funding, S14540 [28SE]

———Manufacturing Extension Program funding, S16900-S16903 [9NO]

National Mammography Day: designate (S. Res. 177), S14753 [29SE], S15311, S15312 [19OC]

New Mexico: designate wilderness areas and establish Fossil Forest Research Natural Area (S. 265), S1444 [24JA]

NIH: establish an Office for Rare Disease Research (S. 184), S677 [9JA], S6946 [18MY]

———establish National Fund for Health Research (S. 1251), S13729-S13737 [18SE], S14099 [21SE]

———funding, S6877-S6881 [18MY], S7293, S7294-S7304 [24MY], S7459 [25MY]

———funding for diabetes-related research (S. 1437), S17782 [29NO]

NOAA: authorizing appropriations (S. 1142), S12095, S12097 [9AU]

Nobel Prize: recognition of Mario Molina for chemistry, S15095 [12OC]

———recognition of Paul Crutzen for chemistry, S15095 [12OC]

———recognition of Sherwood Rowland for chemistry, S15095 [12OC]

NSF: authorizing appropriations (S. 1445), S18016, S18017 [5DE]

———funding, S14380 [27SE]

———National High Magnetic Field Laboratory funding, S14302 [26SE]

Nuclear weapons: anniversary of the Trinity Project, Los Alamos, NM, S10082 [17JY]

OTA: funding, S9722 [11JY], S10375-S10386 [20JY]

Particle physics: laboratory confirmation of the existence of the top quark, S3906 [14MR]

Patents: biotechnology process protection (S. 1111), S11207 [2AU], S14569 [28SE], S15220-S15222 [17OC]

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

———restore the proper term of patent protection (S. 284), S1622 [26JA]

Patuxent River, MD: funding for development of an integrated test facility for naval aircraft at the Naval Air Warfare Center, S10504 [21JY]

Persian Gulf Conflict: compensation for veterans and increased research relative to illnesses attributed to service during conflict, S3773 [10MR]

Power resources: Biofuels Research and Development Program funding, S16394 [31OC]

———funding for fossil energy research programs, S18608, S18609 [14DE]

———hydrogen as an alternative energy resource, S11092 [1AU]

———solar and wind energy programs funding, S11070-S11072 [1AU]

———Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor funding, S11094 [1AU]

———use of hydrogen as an alternative energy source, S7263 [23MY]

Safe Drinking Water Act: amend (S. 1316), S15120-S15127 [12OC], S17700-S17732, S17734-S17758, S17760-S17762, S17764-S17774 [29NO], S17846, S17847 [30NO]

———strike provisions relative to comparative risk assessment, S17762 [29NO]

Science: anniversary of the ``Science—The Endless Frontier'' report, S10309 [19JY]

———funding for research, S10310 [19JY]

———high-energy physics research funding, S11101 [1AU]

Second Municipal Leaders Summit on Climate Change: congratulations on research and awareness progress, S14944 [10OC]

Source Water Quality Protection Partnership Program: establish, S17771, S17772 [29NO]

Space policy: space station program funding, S3669 [8MR], S14182-S14199 [25SE], S14226, S14228-S14230, S14231-S14246 [26SE], S18643, S18655, S18656 [14DE]

Stuttgart, AR: transfer the Fish Farming Experimental Laboratory to the Dept. of Agriculture (S. 185), S678 [9JA]

Taxation: credit for clinical testing expenses for certain drugs for rare diseases or conditions (S. 1052), S10426 [20JY]

———make permanent the credit for increasing research activities (S. 351), S2124 [3FE]

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

Technology: cooperative research and development agreements relative to inventions (S. 1164), S12257 [10AU]

———intelligence community funding for the technology transfer for breast cancer research, S5531 [7AP]

———tribute to the Joint Air Force Academy-Weber State University Program, S12678 [6SE]

Telecommunications: demonstration of rural telecommunication technology, S3730 [9MR]

———formation of Distance Learning Consortium for International Management, S14005 [21SE]

Tobacco products: regulations relative to effects of environmental smoke, S17059 [15NO]

TVA: Environmental Research Center funding, S11095-S11097 [1AU]

Twin Cities Research Center: funding, S18609 [14DE]

University of Alabama at Birmingham: Comprehensive Cancer Center's cancer vaccine trials, S1732 [30JA]

University of Connecticut: dedication of the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center, S15278 [18OC], S15363 [19OC]

Veterans: human radiation experiments, S17510 [20NO]

Veterans Health Administration: establishment of nonprofit research corporations at VA medical centers (S. 644), S4806 [29MR]

Water: authorize additional criteria for alternatives to filtration, S17755, S17766 [29NO]

———authorize research and program development of desalinization and reclamation (S. 811), S6803 [17MY]

———authorize research in desalting and reuse, S572 [6JA]

———require additional research prior to promulgation of sulfate standards, S17729 [29NO]

Women: establish offices of women's health within certain Federal agencies (S. 427), S2823 [16FE]

Reports

Brain Diseases and Disorders Research: DANA Alliance for Brain Initiatives (organization), S7219 [23MY]

Future of America's Research-Intensive Industries: Institution for the Future, E1673 [5AU]

Impact of Reconciliation Bill on Science Agencies: Representative George E. Brown, Jr., H10795 [25OC]

NASA Support for Commercial Airliner Producers: NASA, S7285 [24MY]

Nuclear Testing, S11368 [4AU]

Reports filed

Biotechnology Patent Process Protection: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 1111), S13728 [18SE]

Biotechnology Process Patents Protection: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 587) (H. Rept. 104-178), H6829 [11JY]

Consideration of H.R. 655, Hydrogen Future Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 136) (H. Rept. 104-108), H4440 [1MY]

Consideration of H.R. 2405, Federal Civilian Science Activities Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 234) (H. Rept. 104-270), H9737 [29SE]

Convey the National Marine Fisheries Service Laboratory in Gloucester, MA, to Massachusetts: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 1358) (H. Rept. 104-287), H10520 [20OC]

Dept. of Commerce Scientific Research Services and Facilities Appropriations: Committee on Science (House) (H.R. 1870) (H. Rept. 104-232), H8532 [4AU]

Dept. of Commerce Technology Programs, Scientific Research Services and Facilities, and National Institute of Standards and Technology: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 1141) (S. Rept. 104-153), S14710 [29SE]

Dept. of Energy Civilian Research, Development, Demonstration, and Commercial Application Activities Appropriations: Committee on Science (House) (H.R. 1816) (H. Rept. 104-236), H8533 [4AU]

Dept. of Energy Hydrogen Research, Development, and Demonstration Programs Authorization: Committee on Science (House) (H.R. 655) (H. Rept. 104-95), H4030 [30MR]

Dept. of Energy Risk Assessments on Environmental Restoration Activities: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 333) (S. Rept. 104-87), S7497 [25MY]

DNA Identification Grants Improvement Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 2418) (H. Rept. 104-393), H14252 [11DE]

Environmental Research, Development, and Demonstration Activities Appropriations: Committee on Science (House) (H.R. 1814) (H. Rept. 104-199), H7460 [21JY]

National Mammography Day: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. Res. 177), S15337 [19OC]

NOAA Appropriations: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 1142) (S. Rept. 104-178), S17775 [29NO]

Nomination of William L. Stubblefield To Be a Rear Admiral While Serving as Director of the Office of NOAA Corps Operations: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate), S6337 [9MY]

NSF Appropriations: Committee on Science (House) (H.R. 1852) (H. Rept. 104-231), H8532 [4AU]

Office for Rare Disease Research Act: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (S. 184) (S. Rept. 104-79), S6168 [4MY]

Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 1316) (S. Rept. 104-169), S16753 [7NO]

Technology Transfer Improvements Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 1164) (S. Rept. 104-194), S18999 [20DE]

———Committee on Science (House) (H.R. 2196) (H. Rept. 104-390), H14237 [7DE]

Transfer the Stuttgart, AR, Fish Farming Experimental Laboratory to the Dept. of Agriculture: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 33) (H. Rept. 104-357), H13730 [28NO]

U.S. Participation in Expo `98 in Lisbon, Portugal: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. Con. Res. 22), S12213 [10AU]

Water Resources Research Act Appropriations: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 1743) (H. Rept. 104-242), H8725 [8SE]

Statements

Cancer Understanding and Research Efforts: Zenia Kim, S13733 [18SE]

Development of an Integrated Test Facility for Naval Aircraft at the Patuxent River, MD, Naval Air Warfare Center: Senator Sarbanes, S10504 [21JY]

Federal Civilian Science Activities Appropriations: OMB, H10020 [12OC]

Goals for Amendment to Telecommunications Competition and Deregulation Act on Standards-Making and Certification Relative to Bellcore Manufacturing, S8474 [15JN]

NIH Awards Research Grant to the University of Colorado: Representative Hefley, E1562 [31JY]

Studies

Assessing the National Plan for Aeronautical Ground Test Facilities: National Academy of Sciences, S4012-S4014 [16MR]

Summaries

Birth Defects Prevention Act (S. 459), S2968 [22FE]

Consumer Access to Prescription Drugs Act (S. 1191), S12390 [11AU]

Dept. of Energy Laboratory Missions Act (H.R. 2142), E1564 [31JY]

NOAA Appropriations (S. 1142), S12095-S12097 [9AU]

Parkinson's Research, Assistance, and Education Act (S. 684), S5406 [6AP]

``Science—The Endless Frontier'' report: Vannevar Bush, S10312-S10314 [19JY]

Studies and Programs Relative to Traumatic Brain Injuries (S. 96), S325 [4JA]

Technology Transfer Improvements Act (H.R. 2196), E1666 [5AU]

Technology Transfer Improvements Act (S. 1164), S12259 [10AU]

Surveys

Advanced Technology Program, an Assessment of Short-Term Impacts—First Competition Participants: Solomon Associates (business), H10020 [12OC]

Medical Research and Health Care Concerns: Louis Harris & Associates, S13735 [18SE]

Tables

Comparison of Advanced Technology Program and Hydrogen Research Program, H4469 [2MY]

Costs per death averted due to certain health and safety regulations, S2042 [2FE]

Earmarks in House and Senate energy and water appropriations bill, H9855 [11OC]

Government non-defense research budget, S10314 [19JY]

NASA-NIH cooperative agreements, S14193 [25SE]

Odds of dying from various causes, S2043 [2FE]

Ranking possible cancer hazards, S2042 [2FE]

Scientific research funding, H9948 [12OC]

Testimonies

Agricultural Programs Funding: William Skylstad, S11941-S11944 [8AU]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 91, U.S. participation in Expo `98 in Lisbon, Portugal, H15103 [19DE]

H. Res. 136, consideration of H.R. 655, Hydrogen Future Act, H4465 [2MY]

H. Res. 234, consideration of H.R. 2405, Federal civilian science activities appropriations, H9796 [11OC]

H.R. 33, Stuttgart National Aquaculture Research Center Act, H14965 [18DE]

H.R. 587, biotechnology process patent protection, H10095 [17OC]

H.R. 1358, convey to Massachusetts the National Marine Fisheries Service laboratory in Gloucester, MA, H11391 [30OC]

H.R. 1743, Water Resources Research Act appropriations, H10110 [17OC]

H.R. 2196, National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act, H14328-H14330 [12DE]

H.R. 2196, Technology Transfer Improvements Act, E1667 [5AU]

H.R. 2418, DNA Identification Grants Improvement Act, H14320 [12DE]

S. 96, studies and programs relative to traumatic brain injuries, S324 [4JA]

S. 123, Environmental Risk Evaluation Act, S374 [4JA]

S. 184, Office for Rare Disease Research Act, S678 [9JA], S6946 [18MY]

S. 185, Stuttgart National Aquaculture Research Center Act, S679 [9JA]

S. 229, use of risk assessment and cost/benefit analyses in environmental decision making, S947 [13JA]

S. 284, restore the proper term of patent protection, S1623 [26JA]

S. 351, make permanent the credit for increasing research activities, S2125 [3FE]

S. 425, Dept. of Veterans Affairs establishment of mental illness research, education, clinical centers, S2762 [15FE]

S. 644, establishment of nonprofit research corporations at VA medical centers, S4806 [29MR]

S. 678, National Aquaculture Development, Research, and Promotion Act, S5220-S5223 [5AP]

S. 684, Parkinson's Research, Assistance, and Education Act, S5405 [6AP]

S. 811, Water Desalinization Research and Development Act, S6804 [17MY]

S. 897, National Kiwifruit Research, Promotion, and Consumer Information Act, S8038-S8040 [8JN]

S. 909, Inventor Protection Act, S8115-S8117 [9JN]

S. 1052, tax credit for clinical testing expenses for certain drugs for rare diseases or conditions, S10427 [20JY]

S. 1074, lupus erythematosus research funding, S10730 [26JY]

S. 1077, Hydrogen Future Act, S10736 [26JY]

S. 1111, biotechnology process patent protection, S14569 [28SE], S15222 [17OC], H10098 [17OC]

S. 1164, Technology Transfer Improvements Act, S12257-S12259 [10AU]

S. 1191, Consumer Access to Prescription Drugs Act, S12389 [11AU]

S. 1192, Marine Aquaculture Act, S12392-S12395 [11AU]

S. 1197, facilitate the dissemination to physicians of scientific information on drug therapies and medical devices, S12401 [11AU]

S. 1251, National Fund for Health Research Act, S13730-S13733 [18SE]

S. 1316, Safe Drinking Water Act amendments, S17700-S17719 [29NO], S17903-S17923 [4DE]

S. 1369, Medical Technology, Public Health, and Innovation Act, S16422-S16425 [31OC]

S. 1437, Diabetes Research Act, S17782 [29NO]

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

S. Con. Res. 8, set accurate guidelines for breast cancer screening for certain women, S2890 [16FE]

S. Con. Res. 22, U.S. participation in Expo '98 in Lisbon, Portugal, S12633 [5SE]

S. Con. Res. 22, U.S. participation in Expo `98 in Lisbon, Portugal, S10897 [28JY], H15104 [19DE]

S. Res. 108, National Atomic Veterans Day, S5454, S5520 [6AP]

S. Res. 177, National Mammography Day, S14752 [29SE], S15312 [19OC]