JOHNSTON, J. BENNETT (a Senator from Louisiana)

Amendments offered by, to

Agriculture: improve operation of certain programs (S. 1541), S587, S646 [31JA], S992, S993 [6FE], S1150 [7FE]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 1), S6408 [18JN]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1997-2002 (S. Con. Res. 57), S5243, S5273 [17MY], S5385 [20MY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1745), S6587, S6614 [20JN], S6866, S6890 [25JN], S7001, S7007, S7048, S7050 [26JN], S7233, S7274, S7311, S7322 [28JN]

———making appropriations (S. 1894), S7783 [11JY], S7834 [12JY], S7983, S7988 [17JY]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3662), S10531, S10559 [13SE]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3756), S10478 [12SE]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (S. 1959), S9045, S9047, S9052, S9054, S9075 [29JY]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 3540), S8868, S8869 [25JY]

Tensas River National Wildlife Refuge: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2660), S11188, S11204 [24SE]

U.S. Enrichment Corp.: privatization (S. 755), S516 [26JA]

Appointments

Conferee: H. Con. Res. 178, setting forth the Federal budget for 1997-2002, S5550 [23MY]

———H.R. 1296, Presidio facilities management, S5298 [17MY]

———H.R. 3019, continuing appropriations, S2309 [19MR]

———H.R. 3259, intelligence services appropriations, S10647 [17SE]

———H.R. 3603, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations, S8616 [24JY]

———H.R. 3610, Dept. of Defense appropriations, S8070 [18JY]

———H.R. 3666, Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies appropriations, S9957 [5SE]

———H.R. 3816, energy and water development appropriations, S9115 [30JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge: acquire certain lands (see S. 2014), S9428 [1AU]

Dept. of Energy: amend or repeal certain statutes relative to rulemaking and advisory committee management (see S. 1874), S6225 [13JN]

———prohibit certain lawsuits against contractors (see S. 1852), S5980 [7JN]

———repeal requirements for certain reports (see S. 2033), S9554 [2AU]

Jean Lafitte National Historical Park: designate visitor center as the Laura C. Hudson Visitor Center (see S. 1627), S2422 [20MR]

Power resources: provide for retail competition among electric power suppliers (see S. 1526), S377 [25JA]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Advisory Council on Historic Preservation: authorizing appropriations (see S. 1808), S5567 [23MY]

Agriculture: Federal assistance to livestock producers adversely affected by drought conditions (see S. 1743), S5945 [6JN]

American Foreign Service Day: designate (see S. Res. 217), S2830 [25MR]

Boorda, Jeremy M.: tribute (see S. Res. 255), S5443 [21MY]

Brown, Ronald H.: tribute (see S. Res. 241), S3311 [15AP]

Business and industry: ensure competitiveness of textile and apparel industry (see S. 1951), S12311 [3OC]

Capitol Building and Grounds: designate a room in the Capitol as the Mark O. Hatfield Room (see S. Res. 298), S11169 [24SE]

———designate section of Senate balcony as Robert J. Dole Balcony (see S. Res. 258), S6082 [11JN]

Crime: clarify Federal jurisdiction over offenses relative to religious property damage (see S. 1890), S6517 [19JN]

Day of National Concern About Young People and Gun Violence: designate (see S. Res. 282), S8636 [24JY]

Dept. of Commerce: tribute to employees and business leaders killed in plane crash while on trade mission in Croatia (see S. Res. 241), S3311 [15AP]

Dept. of Justice: compile and publish data on hate crimes (see S. 1624), S2327 [19MR]

Diseases: payments to individuals with blood-clotting disorders who contracted human immunodeficiency virus due to contaminated blood products (see S. 1189), S3023 [27MR]

———research programs for Parkinson's disease (see S. 684), S5945 [6JN]

Foreign policy: impose economic sanctions against countries failing to eliminate corrupt business practices (see S. 2165), S12312 [3OC]

G.V. (Sonny) Montgomery VA Medical Center, Jackson, MS: designate (see S. 1669), S9074 [29JY]

Harold Hughes Commission on Alcoholism: establish (see S. 1944), S10329 [11SE]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see S. 1028), S3490 [17AP]

Mississippi River: Corps of Engineers maintenance dredging for the Chalmette Slip in St. Bernard Parish, LA (see S. 1615), S2101 [14MR]

Mollie Beattie Alaska Wilderness Area: designate (see S. 1899), S7309 [28JN]

National Character Counts Week: designate (see S. Res. 226), S4327 [29AP]

National Children's Day: designate (see S. Res. 292), S11041 [19SE]

National Correctional Officers and Employees Week: designate (see S. Res. 243), S4519 [1MY]

National Duck Calling Day: designate (see S. Res. 305), S11720 [28SE]

National Mammography Day: designate (see S. Res. 295), S10837 [18SE]

National Park Foundation: reform (see S. 1703), S4190 [25AP]

National Silver Haired Congress: convene (see S. Con. Res. 52), S3487 [17AP]

Natural gas: enhance safety, training, research, and development in the propane gas industry (see S. 1646), S3018 [27MR]

NIH: funding for diabetes-related research (see S. 1437), S4677 [3MY]

Oklahoma City, OK: anniversary of bombing of Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building (see S. Res. 249), S3731 [19AP]

Operation Sail (organization): tribute (see S. Res. 286), S10201 [10SE]

Outer Continental Shelf: use of deepwater ports to transport oil (see S. 1868), S7825 [12JY]

Patents: extend protection for certain pipeline drugs (see S. 2154), S11720 [28SE]

Pesticides: reform registration of antimicrobial pesticides (see S. 1491), S589 [31JA]

Power resources: natural gas and hazardous liquid pipeline safety (see S. 1505), S8993 [26JY]

Social Security: medicare reimbursement to Military Health Services System (see S. 1487), S5382 [20MY]

Taxation: treatment of Armed Forces members performing services in Bosnia and Herzegovina (see S. 1553), S1526 [5MR]

Territories: amend legislation relative to U.S. territories and freely associated States (see S. 1804), S5567 [23MY]

Transportation: permit tax-exempt financing of certain transportation facilities (see S. 1199), S6104 [11JN]

U.S. Tourism Organization: establish (see S. 1735), S4851 [8MY]

Ward Valley, CA: conveyance of land for construction of a low-level radioactive waste disposal facility (see S. 1596), S1649 [7MR]

Waterways: ballast water management plans relative to prevention of nonindigenous species introduction (see S. 1660), S3216 [29MR]

Letters

Administrative Dispute Resolution Act: Robert D. Evans, ABA, S6160 [12JN]

Advanced Light Water Reactor Program: Terry R. Lash, Dept. of Energy, S9055 [29JY]

Amend or repeal certain Dept. of Energy statutes relative to rulemaking and advisory committee management: Hazel R. O'Leary, Sec. of Energy, S6236 [13JN]

Dept. of Energy general plant projects spending: Donald W. Pearman, Jr., Dept. of Energy, S7276 [28JN]

Transfer jurisdiction over certain lands in Kisatchie National Forest to Fort Polk, LA: Paul W. Johnson, Dept. of Defense, S7003 [26JN]

Remarks by, on

Agricultural Research Service: yellowstar thistle research funding, S8454, S8455 [22JY]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3603), S8454, S8455 [22JY]

American Revolution: mint coins in commemoration of black revolutionary war patriots (H.R. 1776), S12375 [3OC]

Appalachian Regional Commission: funding, S9095 [30JY]

Appropriations: line-item veto (S. 4), conference report, S2988, S2990 [27MR]

———making continuing (H.R. 3019), S2087 [14MR], S2287 [19MR]

Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge: acquire certain lands (S. 2014), S9436 [1AU]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 1), S5808, S5809, S5810 [5JN]

Burma: allocation of foreign aid, S8748, S8749, S8756, S8757 [25JY]

California: management of the Presidio facilities (H.R. 1296), S2739 [25MR]

China, People's Republic of: proposed military action against Taiwan after first Presidential election, S2080, S2081 [14MR]

China, Republic of: U.S. policy, S3124, S3125 [28MR]

———U.S. policy on regional stability and defense, S3110 [28MR]

———U.S. policy on regional stability and defense (H. Con. Res. 148), S2625 [21MR]

Coast Guard: vessel traffic service system funding, S9284 [31JY]

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate): tribute to staff, S12335 [3OC]

Committee To Investigate Whitewater Development Corp. and Related Matters (Senate, Special): funding (S. Res. 227), S1622 [7MR]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1745), S7002 [26JN], S7274, S7275 [28JN]

———Joint Readiness Training Center environmental activities funding, S7988 [17JY]

———making appropriations (S. 1894), S7988 [17JY]

Dept. of Energy: acceptance of high-level nuclear waste relative to public safety, health, and the environment, S9218, S9219, S9221 [31JY]

———amend or repeal certain statutes relative to rulemaking and advisory committee management (S. 1874), S6236 [13JN]

———atomic energy defense activities funding, S9043 [29JY]

———biomass rural electricity projects funding, S9043 [29JY], S9099 [30JY]

———Fusion Energy Sciences Program funding, S10623 [17SE]

———liability for contract delays relative to nuclear waste disposal, S9236 [31JY]

———prohibit certain lawsuits against contractors (S. 1852), S5980 [7JN]

———repeal requirements for certain reports (S. 2033), S9580 [2AU]

———study on permanent authorization for general plant projects, S7274, S7275 [28JN]

Dept. of HUD: housing assistance programs, S9947 [5SE]

Dept. of Justice: local law enforcement block grants, S2087 [14MR]

Dept. of State: consolidate foreign affairs agencies (H.R. 1561), conference report, S3110, S3124, S3125 [28MR]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3675), S9284 [31JY]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3666), S9721 [3SE], S9947 [5SE]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 3816), conference report, S10623 [17SE]

———making appropriations (S. 1959), S8966, S8970 [26JY], S9038, S9043, S9044, S9047, S9052, S9054, S9055 [29JY], S9086, S9095, S9099 [30JY]

EPA: Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry funding, S9721 [3SE]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 3540), S8748, S8749, S8756, S8757, S8761, S8762, S8763, S8774 [25JY]

Fort Polk, LA: transfer of jurisdiction over certain lands in Kisatchie National Forest, S7002 [26JN]

Fuselier, Charles: National Sheriffs' Association Ferris E. Lucus Award recipient, S6413 [18JN]

Government: reform dispute resolution processes (S. 1224), S6159 [12JN]

Hazardous substances: designate Yucca Mountain, NV, as nuclear waste disposal site, S9212, S9214 [31JY]

———nuclear waste disposal (S. 1936), S7843, S7854, S7865 [16JY], S9212, S9214, S9218, S9219, S9221, S9224, S9226, S9232, S9233, S9234, S9236, S9238, S9246, S9248, S9252 [31JY]

———susceptibility of nuclear materials to terrorism during transport, S9232, S9233, S9234 [31JY]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 1028), S3588 [18AP]

Japan: negotiate Semiconductor Trade Agreement, S9052 [29JY]

Jean Lafitte National Historical Park: designate visitor center as the Laura C. Hudson Visitor Center (S. 1627), S2422 [20MR]

Labor: allow cooperative efforts between management and labor to improve economic competitiveness, S4820, S4823 [8MY]

Marrero, LA: tribute to L.W. Higgins High School for participation in We the People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution competition, S5777 [4JN]

Minimum wage: level, S4820, S4823 [8MY]

Mollie Beattie Alaska Wilderness Area: designate (S. 1899), S7337 [28JN]

Nuclear energy: Advanced Light Water Reactor Program funding, S9038, S9055 [29JY], S9086 [30JY]

Nuclear Waste Policy Act: compliance with existing environmental laws in developing an integrated management system, S9238 [31JY]

Office of Rural Health Policy: telemedicine research funding, S2287 [19MR]

Petroleum: gasoline tax, S4820, S4823 [8MY]

Power resources: provide for retail competition among electric power suppliers (S. 1526), S378-S380 [25JA]

Puerto Rico: allow for wage-based tax credits, S11489 [27SE]

Russia: ban on import of U.S. poultry, S3110 [28MR]

Shreveport, LA: tribute to Caddo Magnet Orchestra, S3737 [19AP]

Solid waste: State control over transportation of municipal solid waste, S8970 [26JY]

Staff: tribute, S12338 [3OC]

Territories: amend legislation relative to U.S. territories and freely associated States (S. 1804), S5578 [23MY]

Utah: designate certain lands as wilderness, S2739 [25MR]

Vietnam: rescind funds marked for legal reforms to stimulate trade and investment, S8761, S8762, S8763, S8774 [25JY]

Watkins, Aaron: privilege of the floor, S2739 [25MR]

White House Travel Office: relief of individuals terminated from employment (H.R. 2937), S4820, S4823 [8MY]

Remarks in Senate relative to

Tribute, S5951 [6JN], S9052 [29JY], S11234, S11267 [25SE], S11619, S11622, S11719 [28SE], S12121-S12123 [1OC], S12155, S12165, S12191 [2OC], S12255, S12257, S12260, S12276, S12282, S12301 [3OC], S12419 [21OC]

Resolutions by organizations

Administrative Dispute Resolution Act: ABA, S6160 [12JN]

Statements

Nuclear Waste Disposal (1980), S7643 [10JY]

Texts of

S. 1526, Electricity Competition Act, S380-S382 [25JA]

S. 1627, designate visitor center at Jean Lafitte National Historical Park as the Laura C. Hudson Visitor Center, S2423 [20MR]

S. 1852, Dept. of Energy Class Action Lawsuit Act, S5981 [7JN]

S. 2014, acquire certain lands for Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge, S9436 [1AU]

S. 2033, Dept. of Energy Reports Elimination and Streamlining Act, S9581 [2AU]

Tributes

Alost, Robert A., S4251 [25AP]

Al-Own, Jassum Moh'd, S10576 [16SE]

Balamoti, Diane, S12091 [1OC]

Belous, Robert, S4874 [8MY]

Breland, Teresa, S12091 [1OC]

Jaskot, John J., S8060 [17JY]

King Rama IX (Thailand), S5613 [23MY]

Lee, William S., S7760 [11JY]

Wagahoff, Cletis, S2836 [25MR]

Wiley, Bill, S11570 [27SE], S12340 [3OC]