GORTON, SLADE (a Senator from Washington)

Amendments offered by, to

Agriculture: improve operation of certain programs (S. 1541), S830, S852 [1FE]

Appropriations: making continuing (H.R. 3019), S1954, S1988 [13MR], S2056, S2060, S2108, S2118 [14MR], S2177, S2206 [15MR]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 1997-2002 (S. Con. Res. 57), S5385 [20MY]

California: management of the Presidio facilities (H.R. 1296), S2867 [26MR]

China, Republic of: U.S. policy on regional stability and defense (H. Con. Res. 148), S2622, S2688 [21MR]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1745), S6486, S6537 [19JN], S6750 [24JN], S6855, S6867 [25JN], S6921, S6923, S7036, S7037 [26JN], S7255 [28JN]

———making appropriations (S. 1894), S7954, S8029, S8058 [17JY]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3662), S10530, S10531, S10532, S10558, S10559 [13SE]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3675), S9147, S9164 [30JY]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (S. 1959), S9000 [26JY]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 3540), S8869, S8873, S8916 [25JY]

Oceans: reduce regulations on international transportation and eliminate the Federal Maritime Commission (S. 1356), S8222 [18JY], S11951 [30SE]

Appointments

Canada-U.S. Interparliamentary Group, S4650 [2MY]

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

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

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

———H.R. 3675, Dept. of Transportation and related agencies appropriations, S9287 [31JY]

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

———S. 1004, Coast Guard appropriations, S7703 [11JY]

Articles and editorials

Admiral Russell, a Leader and a Gentleman, Dead at 93, Hector Castro, Tacoma (WA) News Tribune, S3707 [19AP]

Admiral Russell Gave a Lifetime of Service, Tacoma (WA) News Tribune, S3708 [19AP]

For Better or Worse? Robert J. Samuelson, Washington (DC) Post, S9327 [1AU]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Bureau of Reclamation: settlement with Oroville-Tonasket Irrigation District (see S. 2018), S9554 [2AU]

Business and industry: hiring of certain individuals whose sole purpose of seeking employment is union organizing and representation (see S. 1925), S7302 [28JN]

Elections: provide for a rotating schedule of regional primaries for Presidential elections (see S. 1589), S1516 [5MR]

Snoqualmie National Forest: expand boundaries (see S. 1810), S5567 [23MY]

Wenatchee National Forest: land exchange with Chelan County, WA (see S. 2017), S9554 [2AU]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Agriculture: improve operation of certain programs (see S. 1541), S559 [30JA]

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

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]

China, People's Republic of: proposed missile tests (see S. Con. Res. 43), S2332 [19MR]

Crime: tribute to law enforcement officers killed in line of duty (see S. Res. 251), S4190 [25AP]

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]

Diseases: research programs for Parkinson's disease (see S. 684), S5500 [22MY]

Employment: make uniform the application overtime exemption for inside sales personnel (see S. 2026), S9554 [2AU]

Financial institutions: treatment of common trust fund transfers relative to mutual fund investments (see S. 1942), S7670 [10JY]

FTC: authorizing appropriations (see S. 1840), S5856 [5JN]

Government: procure from the private sector the goods and services necessary to operate and manage certain agencies (see S. 1724), S4979 [13MY]

Marriage: define and protect institution (see S. 1740, 1999), S6410 [18JN], S9072 [29JY]

National Correctional Officers and Employees Week: designate (see S. Res. 243), S4627 [2MY]

NATO: membership of Central and East European countries (see S. 1830), S5763 [4JN]

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

Small business: reform regulatory process (see S. 942), S2431 [20MR]

Social Security: medicare reimbursement to Military Health Services System (see S. 1487), S9609 [2AU]

Taxation: standards for determining employment status of independent contractors (see S. 1610), S5773 [4JN]

———treatment of businesses operating abroad (see S. 2086), S10684 [17SE]

———treatment of excess benefit arrangements of certain tax-exempt group medical practices (see S. 1538), S492 [26JA]

Cloture motions

California: management of the Presidio facilities (H.R. 1296), S2795 [25MR], S2924 [27MR]

Committee To Investigate Whitewater Development Corp. and Related Matters (Senate, Special): funding (S. Res. 227), S1678 [11MR], S1900 [12MR], S1932 [13MR], S2036 [14MR], S3327 [15AP], S3415 [16AP]

Courts: product liability reform (H.R. 956), conference report, S2211 [15MR], S2259 [18MR], S2385 [20MR]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (S. 1894), S7743 [11JY]

District of Columbia: making appropriations (H.R. 2546), conference report, S1303 [23FE], S1339 [27FE], S1407 [29FE], S1511 [5MR]

FAA: reauthorizing programs (H.R. 3539), conference report, S11937, S11940 [30SE], S12228 [3OC]

Hazardous substances: nuclear waste disposal (S. 1936), S7743 [11JY], S7848 [16JY]

Immigration: admission policies reform, treatment of criminal aliens, alien smuggling, documentation requirements, and border security (H.R. 2202), conference report, S11451 [26SE]

———admission policies reform, treatment of criminal aliens, alien smuggling, documentation requirements, and border security (S. 1664), S4160 [25AP]

Marriage: define and protect institution (H.R. 3396), S9926 [5SE]

Members of Congress: constitutional amendment to limit terms (S.J. Res. 21), S3729 [19AP], S3878 [23AP]

White House Travel Office: relief of individuals terminated from employment (H.R. 2937), S4819 [8MY], S4920 [9MY]

Letters

Agricultural program operation improvement: Steve Appel, Washington State Farm Bureau, S903 [6FE]

Impact of Government regulations on Unocal fertilizer plant in Kennewick, WA: Mark R. Powell, Unocal Corp., S2855 [26MR]

Terrorist threat assessment: D.P. Montoro, Coast Guard, S2855 [26MR]

Tulalip landfill Superfund project: Elliott P. Laws, EPA, S2439 [20MR]

Lists

Habeas corpus appeals by Charles Campbell, S3377 [16AP]

Remarks by, on

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 1833), veto, S11346 [26SE]

Agriculture: improve operation of certain programs (H.R. 2854), conference report, S3000 [27MR]

———improve operation of certain programs (S. 1541), S513 [26JA], S903 [6FE]

———improve reporting and ensure competitiveness in the livestock industry, S10581 [16SE]

AID: Microenterprise Program funding, S8860 [25JY]

Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act: correction of reference in Dept. of Defense appropriations conference report, S12197 [2OC]

Amtrak: privatization study, S10784 [18SE]

Appropriations: making continuing (H.R. 2880), S434 [26JA]

———making continuing (H.R. 3019), S1851 [12MR], S2011, S2019, S2056, S2057, S2058, S2059, S2085 [14MR], S2171 [15MR], S2279 [19MR]

———making continuing (H.R. 3019), conference report, S4105 [25AP], S4373 [30AP]

———making omnibus consolidated (H.R. 4278), S11830, S11892, S11913, S11914, S11915, S11916 [30SE]

BIA: funding for roads and sanitation programs for Alaskan native villages, S11915 [30SE]

Bonneville Power Administration: energy exchange with hydro projects of the Columbia River relative to Federal fish protection measures, S8977, S8978 [26JY], S10623 [17SE]

Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge: funding for relief relative to wildfires, S11915, S11916 [30SE]

Budget: balance, S912 [6FE], S4105 [25AP], S4373 [30AP]

———comparison between congressional and Clinton administration proposals, S5112 [16MY]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 1), S5816 [5JN]

———making certain appropriations and rescissions (S. 1594), S1642 [7MR]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 3734), conference report, S9326 [1AU]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1997-2002 (H. Con. Res. 178), conference report, S5999 [10JN], S6132 [12JN], S6174 [13JN]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1997-2002 (S. Con. Res. 57), S5112, S5139, S5155 [16MY], S5361 [20MY], S5402 [21MY]

Bureau of Reclamation: settlement with Oroville-Tonasket Irrigation District (S. 2018), S9555 [2AU]

Business and industry: hiring of certain individuals whose sole purpose of seeking employment is union organizing and representation (S. 1925), S7305 [28JN]

California: management of the Presidio facilities (H.R. 1296), S11272, S11273 [25SE]

China, People's Republic of: most-favored-nation status (H.J. Res. 182), S6947-S6949 [26JN]

Clinton, President: evaluation of administration, S4271 [29AP]

Coast Guard: funding, S5139 [16MY]

Courts: product liability reform (H.R. 956), conference report, S2341, S2359, S2360, S2361, S2363, S2377, S2385 [20MR], S2553, S2567, S2575, S2583, S2590 [21MR]

———product liability reform relative to damage recovery in cases involving drunk driving accidents, S2575 [21MR]

———reform habeas corpus procedures, S3375, S3376 [16AP]

Crime: require release of relevant information on violent sex offenders (H.R. 2137), S4921 [9MY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1745), S6487 [19JN], S6922 [26JN], S7258 [28JN], S7524 [10JY]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1745), unanimous-consent agreement, S6946 [26JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3610), conference report, S12197 [2OC]

———making appropriations (S. 1894), S7954 [17JY]

———uniformed services treatment facilities reform, S6487 [19JN], S7524 [10JY]

Dept. of Energy: Environmental Management Program reform, S6922 [26JN]

———Hanford Nuclear Reservation clean up activities, S8987 [26JY]

———Office of Oil and Gas Technologies funding, S12296 [3OC]

Dept. of the Interior: restoration and enhancement of biotic resources on watershed land, S10583 [16SE]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1977), veto, S434, S435 [26JA]

———making appropriations, S11830-S11834 [30SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3662), S10526, S10528, S10529, S10531, S10532, S10559 [13SE], S10581, S10583, S10593, S10598 [16SE], S10650, S10656 [17SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3662), unanimous-consent agreement, S10539 [13SE]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3756), S10258 [11SE], S10399 [12SE]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3675), S9148 [30JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3675), conference report, S10784 [18SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: making continuing appropriations (H.J. Res. 134), transmission procedures relative to balanced budget submission (H. Con. Res. 131), S91 [5JA]

———medical care programs funding relative to increase in corporate tax rates, S5155 [16MY]

Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act: reauthorize (S. 1757), S7836 [12JY]

District of Columbia: making appropriations (H.R. 3845), S8829 [25JY]

Drug abuse: national drug control policy, S9028 [29JY], S10399 [12SE]

Ecology and environment: protect scenic highways from water erosion, S9148 [30JY]

Education: Impact Aid Program technical corrections, S7258 [28JN]

Elections: campaign ethics reform and contribution limits (S. 1219), S6691, S6692, S6693, S6694, S6695 [24JN], S6775 [25JN]

———provide for a rotating schedule of regional primaries for Presidential elections (S. 1589), S1522 [5MR]

Elwha River: restoration of ecosystems and fisheries in Washington, S11892, S11913 [30SE]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 3816), conference report, S10623, S10650 [17SE]

———making appropriations (S. 1959), S8977, S8978, S8987 [26JY], S9011, S9012 [29JY]

Executive Office of the President: drug use by employees, S9028 [29JY]

FAA: noise mitigation programs, S10747 [18SE]

———reauthorizing programs (S. 1994), S10747 [18SE]

Financial institutions: treatment of common trust fund transfers relative to mutual fund investments (S. 1942), S7675 [10JY]

Fish and fishing: community development quota program for Native Alaskans, S10815 [18SE]

———equitable treatment of fishing communities relative to economic losses, S10814 [18SE]

———individual fishing quota programs moratorium, S10814 [18SE]

———protection and conservation of fishing habitats, S10813 [18SE]

———restoration of the salmon population in the Columbia and Snake Rivers, S3187 [29MR]

Fishery Conservation and Management Act: reauthorizing (S. 39), S10813 [18SE]

Floods: disaster assistance to Pacific Northwestern States, S1851 [12MR]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 3540), S8860 [25JY], S9004 [26JY]

Forest Service: limit advertising of watershed restoration project contracts in certain communities, S10532 [13SE]

Forests: repeal emergency salvage timber sale program, S1613 [7MR], S2011, S2019 [14MR]

Geological Survey: performance of research services for non-Federal entities, S11914 [30SE]

Government: shutdown relative to budget process, S434 [26JA]

Government regulations: impact on Unocal fertilizer plant in Kennewick, WA, S2854 [26MR]

Hazardous substances: nuclear waste disposal (S. 1936), S9236 [31JY]

Health: medical savings account programs, S3736 [19AP], S6634 [21JN]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3103), S6634 [21JN]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 1028), S3543, S3552 [18AP], S3736 [19AP]

———studies and programs relative to traumatic brain injuries (H.R. 248), S7836 [12JY]

Insurance: health insurance coverage continuity and portability and preexisting condition exclusions, S3543 [18AP]

International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia: arrest and prosecution of individuals indicted for war crimes, S9004 [26JY]

Iraq: U.S. military response to attacks on Kurdish factions (S. Res. 288), S10016 [6SE], S10538 [13SE]

Jonathan M. Wainwright Memorial VA Medical Center, Walla Walla, WA: designate, S2171 [15MR], S2279 [19MR]

Labor: allow cooperative efforts between management and labor to improve economic competitiveness, S4824, S4881 [8MY], S5002 [14MY]

———allow cooperative efforts between management and labor to improve economic competitiveness (S. 295), S7477 [9JY]

Lame Deer, MT: health care facility funding, S11915 [30SE]

Lawyers and attorneys: regulations on contingency-fee lawyers relative to product liability cases, S2377 [20MR]

Marysville, WA: Tulalip landfill Superfund project, S2439 [20MR]

Medicaid: reform, S4373 [30AP]

Medicare: reform, S4373 [30AP]

Minimum wage: level, S2853 [26MR], S4824, S4880, S4881 [8MY]

Montezuma Creek, UT: health care facility funding, S11916 [30SE]

Natchez, MS: authorize construction of intermodal transportation center and park, S2085 [14MR]

National park service: funding for the Maine Acadian Culture Preservation Commission, S11914 [30SE]

National parks and recreation areas: imposition of recreation fees, S11913, S11914 [30SE]

National Small Business Week: observance, S5982 [7JN]

Navy: oceanographic research survey funding, S7954 [17JY]

Pang, Martin: extradition from Brazil to the U.S. (H. Con. Res. 132), S11328 [25SE]

Petroleum: gasoline tax, S4824, S4880 [8MY], S5002 [14MY]

Political campaigns: require accountability in campaign advertising, S6694 [24JN]

Presidential appointments: nominations considered and confirmed en bloc, S7836 [12JY]

Public utilities: exclusion from product liability reform, S2360, S2361, S2363 [20MR]

Public welfare programs: reform (H.R. 3734), conference report, S9326 [1AU]

Republican Party: national agenda, S4271 [29AP]

Safe Drinking Water Act: amend (S. 1316), S9493 [2AU]

Seattle Seahawks (football team): relocation, S1152 [7FE]

Senate: legislative program, S2341 [20MR], S2553 [21MR], S5115 [16MY], S7837 [12JY], S10616 [16SE]

———tribute to retiring Senators, S12260 [3OC]

Senate Legal Counsel: authorizing representation for Mary Chiles in State of Florida v. Kathleen Bush (S. Res. 278), S7835 [12JY]

Snoqualmie National Forest: expand boundaries (S. 1810), S5586 [23MY]

Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, S6174 [13JN]

Solid waste: State control over transportation of municipal solid waste, S10650 [17SE]

Sports: regulations relative to relocation of professional teams (S. 1439), S1152 [7FE]

Sunnyside, WA: tribute to Sunnyside School District volunteers, S4001 [23AP]

Tahoma, WA: tribute to Tahoma High School for participation in We the People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution competition, S4443 [30AP]

Taxation: rates, S4706 [6MY], S6132 [12JN]

———treatment of excess benefit arrangements of certain tax-exempt group medical practices (S. 1538), S509 [26JA]

———treatment of income of controlled foreign corporations attributable to imported property, S10258 [11SE]

Telecommunications: reform policies regulating competition (S. 652), conference report, S719 [1FE]

Terrorism: improve U.S. ability to respond to terrorist threats (S. 735), conference report, S3375, S3376 [16AP], S3706 [19AP]

Washington: mitigate effects of tribal fishing claims on non-tribal fishermen, S10814 [18SE]

Wenatchee National Forest: land exchange with Chelan County, WA (S. 2017), S9555 [2AU]

———land exchange with Plum Creek Timber Co., S10532 [13SE]

White House Travel Office: relief of individuals terminated from employment (H.R. 2937), S4824, S4880 [8MY], S5002 [14MY]

Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Nurses Society: tribute, S4084 [24AP]

Reports filed

Dept. of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (H.R. 3662) (S. Rept. 104-319), S7886 [16JY]

Summaries

Uniformed Services Treatment Facilities Reform, S6487 [19JN]

Texts of

S. 1589, Presidential Primary Act, S1523 [5MR]

Tributes

Brown, Senator, S12049 [1OC]

Cohen, Senator, S12048 [1OC]

Dole, Senator, S5106 [15MY], S6035 [11JN]

Hatfield, Senator, S12052 [1OC]

Kassebaum, Senator, S12048 [1OC]

Lein, John N., S11218 [25SE]

McDevitt, James A., S11332 [25SE]

Pigott, Charles M., S11570 [27SE]

Russell, James S., S3707 [19AP]

Simpson, Senator, S12052 [1OC]

Wright, Howard S., S12115 [1OC]