BOND, CHRISTOPHER S. (a Senator from Missouri)

Amendments offered by, to

Antarctic regions: regulation of scientific and tourist activities and conservation of natural resources (S. 1645), S9863 [4SE]

Appropriations: making continuing (H.R. 3019), S2063, S2064, S2120, S2121, S2127 [14MR], S2172, S2203 [15MR]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 1956), S8131, S8134, S8294 [18JY], S8336, S8364, S8375 [19JY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1997-2002 (S. Con. Res. 57), S5143, S5200 [16MY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1745), S6856, S6864 [25JN]

———making appropriations (S. 1894), S7784 [11JY], S7933 [17JY]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3675), S9147, S9163 [30JY], S9280, S9306 [31JY]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3666), S9707, S9708, S9709, S9711, S9732, S9746, S9747, S9748, S9755 [3SE], S9823, S9824, S9856 [4SE], S9899, S9901, S9940, S9970, S9977 [5SE]

Employment: payment of wages to individuals who use employer-owned vehicles (H.R. 3448), S6898 [25JN]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 3540), S8769, S8870, S8874 [25JY]

Government: provide tax relief for small businesses, protect jobs, increase net pay, and create job opportunities (H.R. 3448), S6898 [25JN], S7409 [8JY]

Housing: extend certain programs (S. 1494), S347 [24JA]

Immigration: admission policies reform, treatment of criminal aliens, alien smuggling, documentation requirements, and border security (S. 1664), S3317 [15AP]

Public welfare programs: reform (S. 1956), S8134, S8294 [18JY], S8336, S8364, S8375 [19JY]

SBA: enhance safety and soundness of the Small Business Investment Company Program (S. 1784), S8923, S8936 [25JY]

Small business: reform regulatory process (S. 942), S2160, S2199 [15MR]

Analyses

HUBZone Act (S. 1574), S1349 [27FE]

Small Business Investment Company Improvement Act (S. 1784), S8935 [25JY]

Appointments

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

———S. 1260, Public Housing Reform and Empowerment Act, S9208 [30JY]

Articles and editorials

Clinton's Budget Game, David S. Broder, Washington (DC) Post, S6119 [12JN]

Death of a Family Farm, Jonathan Tolman, Wall Street Journal, S58 [4JA]

VA, NASA Chiefs Contradict Clinton Plans for Cuts, Washington (DC) Times, S6118 [12JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge: designate (see S. 1903), S6849 [25JN]

Contracts: provide Federal contract opportunities for small businesses in economically distressed communities (see S. 1574), S1345 [27FE]

Nonprofit organizations: encourage the donation of food and grocery products to needy individuals (see S. 1938), S7670 [10JY]

Public welfare programs: approval of waivers submitted by Wisconsin to conduct Wisconsin Works project (see S. 1816), S5567 [23MY]

SBA: enhance safety and soundness of the Small Business Investment Company Program (see S. 1784), S5379 [20MY]

Taxation: standards for determining employment status of independent contractors (see S. 1610), S1969 [13MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Agriculture: Federal assistance to livestock producers adversely affected by drought conditions (see S. 1755; S. Con. Res. 63), S5774 [4JN], S5982 [7JN]

———improve operation of certain programs (see S. 1541), S743 [1FE]

———monitor and regulate cattle and beef markets (see S. Res. 277), S7492 [9JY]

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

Business and industry: hiring of certain individuals whose sole purpose of seeking employment is union organizing and representation (see S. 1925), S11557 [27SE]

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]

Clinton, President: pardoning of individuals convicted in Whitewater Estates development and Madison Guaranty investigation (see S. Con. Res. 72), S11540 [27SE]

Courts: limit authority of judicial remedies to force State and local governments to assess, levy, or collect taxes (see S. 1817), S5567 [23MY]

Crime: prohibit the production or sale of fraudulent or counterfeit financial instruments (see S. 1009), S8162 [18JY]

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

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), S8374 [19JY]

Families and domestic relations: reauthorize abstinence education and adolescent family life programs (see S. 1716), S4317 [29AP]

Federal employees: use of certain trust funds to pay union activities of Social Security Administration and Dept. of HHS employees (see S. 1987), S10841 [18SE]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see S. 1028), S1084 [7FE]

———obstetrician-gynecologist services relative to Federal health care laws (see S. Res. 85), S3491 [17AP]

Labor: allow cooperative efforts between management and labor to improve economic competitiveness (see S. 295), S3797 [22AP]

Lauver, Jean S.: tribute (see S. Res. 232), S2245 [18MR]

Major League Baseball: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary of league integration (see S. 2136), S11539 [27SE]

Medicaid: osteopathic services (see S. 896), S4724 [6MY]

Metric system: provide for soft-metric conversion (see S. 1386), S2867 [26MR]

Motor vehicles: average fuel economy standards for automobiles (see S. 1506), S1526 [5MR]

National Baseball Heritage Day: designate (see S. Res. 224), S1388 [28FE]

National Character Counts Week: designate (see S. Res. 226), S3406 [16AP]

National Park Service: reform concessions policies (see S. 309), S5193 [16MY]

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), S3406 [16AP]

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

OSHA: reform regulatory process (see S. 1423), S1368 [27FE]

Pesticides: reform registration of antimicrobial pesticides (see S. 1491), S3490 [17AP]

Petroleum: gasoline tax (see S. 1739), S4851 [8MY]

Public housing: multifamily rental assisted housing reform (see S. 2042), S9555 [2AU]

Real property: compensation to owners of private property relative to regulatory restrictions (see S. 1954), S7887 [16JY]

Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve: establish (see S. 695), S4871 [8MY]

Taxation: treatment of adoption expenses (see S. 1715), S4316 [29AP]

Waterways: ballast water management plans relative to prevention of nonindigenous species introduction (see S. 1660), S11434 [26SE]

Charter

Bion Task Force, S9784 [4SE]

Cloture motions

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

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1745), S6848 [25JN], S7156 [27JN], S7225 [28JN]

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

Hazardous substances: nuclear waste disposal (S. 1936), S7916 [16JY]

Letters

Eliminate dual decisional authority of the EPA and the Corps of Engineers in permitting use of wetlands: by, S57 [4JA]

Independent Contractor Tax Simplification Act: D. Christopher Davis, World Floor Covering Association, S1973 [13MR]

———Donald A. Danner, National Federation of Independent Business, S1972 [13MR]

———G. Stephen Slagle, Promotional Products Association International, S1973 [13MR]

———Gary F. Petty, Small Business Legislative Council, S1973 [13MR]

———Nelson Litterst and John Satagaj, Independent Contractor Coalition, S1972 [13MR]

———Patricia Bowling, National Home Furnishings Association, S1973 [13MR]

NASA funding of Russian animal research programs: Bradford W. Parkinson, NASA, S9783 [4SE]

———Cornelius J. Pings, C. Peter Magrath, and Jordan J. Cohen, S9782 [4SE]

———Daniel S. Goldin, NASA, S9783 [4SE]

———Ronald C. Merrell, Yale University, S9783 [4SE]

National Guard and Reserve forces readiness requirements: by and Senator Ford, S6832 [25JN]

NSF procurement of supercomputing equipment relative to antidumping determinations: Representative Crane, S9951 [5SE]

———Senator Cohen, S9950 [5SE]

———Senator Roth, S9950 [5SE]

Small Business Investment Company Improvement Act: A. Fred March, Venture Opportunities Corp., S11891 [30SE]

Small business regulatory process: Charlotte W. Herbert, Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc., S2153 [15MR]

———Donald A. Danner, National Federation of Independent Business, S1637 [7MR], S2151 [15MR]

———Gary F. Petty, Small Business Legislative Council, S2152 [15MR]

———Jerry J. Jasinowski, National Association of Manufacturers, S2153 [15MR]

———John J. Motley III, National Retail Federation, S2152 [15MR]

———Randall L. Smith, National Association of Home Builders, S2153 [15MR]

———Tom Halicki, National Association of Towns and Townships, S2153 [15MR]

Space station program funding: Carl Sagan and Louis Friedman, Planetary Society, S9815 [4SE]

———Dianna L. Dell, American Medical Women's Association, S9816 [4SE]

———John G. Hodson, Sr., Multiple Sclerosis Association of America, S9816 [4SE]

———Michael E. DeBakey, S9819 [4SE]

———Susan Dime-Meenan, National Depressive and Manic-Depressive Association, S9816 [4SE]

VA medical care programs funding: several veterans' organizations, S5145 [16MY]

Lists

Independent Contractor Tax Simplification Act supporters, S1972 [13MR]

Small Business Legislative Council, S1973 [13MR], S2152 [15MR]

Memorandums

Multifamily Rental Assisted Housing Contracts: Nelson A. Diaz, Dept. of HUD, S11221 [25SE]

Messages

Removal of Injunction of Secrecy for Protocol Amending Taxation Convention With Indonesia: President Clinton, S9862 [4SE]

Removal of Injunction of Secrecy for Taxation Agreement With Turkey: President Clinton, S9862 [4SE]

Removal of Injunction of Secrecy for Taxation Convention With Austria: President Clinton, S9862 [4SE]

Removal of Injunction of Secrecy for Taxation Convention With Luxembourg: President Clinton, S9862 [4SE]

Motions offered by

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3666), S9819 [4SE]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 3540), S8806 [25JY]

Remarks by, on

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 1833), veto, S11373 [26SE]

Abraham, Senator: congratulations on birth of son, S9902 [5SE]

Agriculture: improve operation of certain programs (S. 1541), S674 [1FE], S888 [6FE]

———tribute to U.S. National Arboretum of the Agricultural Research Service on efforts to produce a disease-resistant elm tree, S5947 [6JN]

Alaska: exemption from Clean Air Act oxygenated fuel requirements, S9827 [4SE]

Antarctic regions: regulation of scientific and tourist activities and conservation of natural resources (S. 1645), S9863 [4SE]

Antarctic Treaty: implement Protocol on Environmental Protection (H.R. 3060), insert text of S. 1645 in lieu, S9864 [4SE]

Appropriations: making continuing (H.R. 3019), S1830 [12MR], S1919 [13MR], S2067, S2088, S2092 [14MR], S2172, S2186 [15MR], S2232 [18MR], S2288, S2289, S2290 [19MR]

———making omnibus consolidated (H.R. 4278), S11881, S11888, S11889, S11892, S11898, S11912, S11932, S11933 [30SE]

Armed Forces: defense strategy and force structure review, S6984, S6985 [26JN]

Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge: designate (S. 1903), S6820 [25JN]

Brown, Sec. of Veterans Affairs: travel and office personnel funding, S2288 [19MR]

Budget: balance, S27 [3JA], S888 [6FE]

———balance (S. Con. Res. 38), unanimous-consent agreement, S88 [5JA]

———comparison between congressional and Clinton administration proposals, S5115 [16MY]

———nondefense discretionary spending cuts in final two years of budget cycle, S5131 [16MY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 3734), conference report, S9337 [1AU]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1997-2002 (H. Con. Res. 178), S5551 [23MY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1997-2002 (H. Con. Res. 178), conference report, S6117, S6120 [12JN]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1997-2002 (S. Con. Res. 57), S5044 [15MY], S5115, S5131, S5143, S5145, S5146, S5150, S5151, S5153, S5154, S5155 [16MY], S5420, S5423 [21MY]

Bulgaria: most-favored-nation status (H.R. 1643), unanimous-consent agreement, S88 [5JA]

Burma: allocation of foreign aid, S8750 [25JY]

Center for Molecular Medicine and Immunology: funding, S9722 [3SE]

Charleston County, SC: community development block grants availability, S9876 [5SE]

Citizenship Day: tribute, S9862 [4SE]

Coast Guard: conveyance of Whitefish Point Light Station, MI, S11933 [30SE]

Columbia (space shuttle): microgravity payload research, S9719 [3SE]

Committee To Investigate Whitewater Development Corp. and Related Matters (Senate, Special): funding, S3194 [29MR]

Constitution Week: tribute, S9862 [4SE]

Contracts: provide Federal contract opportunities for small businesses in economically distressed communities (S. 1574), S1346 [27FE]

Corp. for National and Community Service: funding, S2290 [19MR]

Corps of Engineers: reauthorizing civil works programs (S. 640), S7715 [11JY]

———reauthorizing civil works programs (S. 640), conference report, S11521, S11525, S11526 [27SE]

———White River Basin Lakes flood control and energy production programs, S11525, S11526 [27SE]

Council on Environmental Quality: funding, S9826 [4SE]

Cuba: strengthen international economic sanctions and support transition to democratically elected government (H.R. 927), conference report, S1501 [5MR]

Dams: creation of national dam safety program, S7715 [11JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: Pesticide Data Program funding, S11932 [30SE]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1745), S6474 [19JN], S6984, S6985 [26JN], S7228, S7229 [28JN]

———F/A-18E/F aircraft development, S7228, S7229 [28JN], S7991 [17JY]

———Federal acquisition standards relative to purchase of T-39N aircraft, S7944 [17JY], S11881 [30SE]

———making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 3517), conference report, S9872 [5SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3610), conference report, S11881 [30SE]

———making appropriations (S. 1894), S7944, S7991 [17JY]

———military construction funding, S6474 [19JN]

———military traffic management command's personal property reengineering program reform, S6984 [26JN]

Dept. of HUD: community development programs funding, S9723 [3SE]

———GAO audit of Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight, S9825 [4SE]

———housing assistance programs, S9947 [5SE]

———investigation of discrimination relative to property insurance, S11222 [25SE]

———issuance of Federal mortgage guarantees for luxury housing developments, S9940 [5SE]

———maintenance of public notice and comment rulemaking provisions, S9823, S9824 [4SE]

———voluntary retirement program funding, S9732 [3SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: Board of Veterans' Appeals claims processing, S9733 [3SE]

———extend benefits to certain children of Vietnam veterans born with spina bifida, S9880, S9881, S9882, S9934, S9955 [5SE]

———funding, S4684 [3MY], S4988 [14MY], S6117, S6120 [12JN]

———James H. Quillen School of Medicine funding, S9720, S9721 [3SE]

———land conveyance to Tuscaloosa, AL, S9824 [4SE]

———medical care programs funding relative to increase in corporate tax rates, S5153, S5154, S5155 [16MY]

———medical care programs funding relative to reduction of welfare benefits, S5143, S5145, S5146, S5150, S5151 [16MY]

———use of disposable, protective coverings for endoscopes during colorectal examinations, S9724 [3SE]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3666), S9460, S9461 [2AU], S9703, S9707, S9708, S9711, S9719, S9720, S9721, S9722, S9723, S9724, S9725, S9726, S9727, S9728, S9729, S9730, S9731, S9732, S9733, S9734 [3SE], S9778, S9782, S9783, S9784, S9789, S9794, S9796, S9797, S9798, S9815, S9816, S9819, S9822, S9823, S9824, S9825, S9826, S9827, S9828, S9829, S9830 [4SE], S9875, S9876, S9877, S9880, S9881, S9882, S9897, S9899, S9900, S9931, S9934, S9938, S9939, S9940, S9943, S9944, S9947, S9948, S9950, S9951, S9953, S9954, S9955, S9957, S9963, S9964 [5SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3666), conference report, S11159 [24SE], S11218, S11220, S11221, S11222, S11224, S11225 [25SE], S11506 [27SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3666), unanimous-consent agreement, S9417 [1AU]

Drug abuse: national drug control policy, S9689 [3SE]

Education: funding, S5420 [21MY]

———Parents as Teachers Program funding, S11912 [30SE]

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

———Clean Lakes Program funding, S9827 [4SE]

———funding, S2232 [18MR]

———Long Island Sound Office funding, S9723 [3SE]

———Montreal Protocol Facilitation Fund funding, S9948 [5SE]

———Onondaga Lake management conference funding, S9829 [4SE]

———permit application for PCB waste disposal, S9725, S9726 [3SE]

———reform regulatory process, S1919 [13MR]

———reformulated gasoline regulations relative to international obligations, S9721, S9722 [3SE]

———review of ambient air quality standards for particulate matter, S9829, S9830 [4SE], S9963, S9964 [5SE]

———Robert S. Kerr Environmental Research Laboratory funding, S9828 [4SE]

———Sarasota Bay National Estuary Program funding, S9829 [4SE]

———Sokaogon Chippewa Community funding, S9828 [4SE]

———water pollution research funding, S9948 [5SE]

———West Central Florida Alternative Water Source Project funding, S9828 [4SE]

Faith House (organization): tribute, S664 [31JA]

FEMA: restrict funding for certain activities, S9796, S9797, S9798, S9824 [4SE]

———service to Arizona communities damaged by floods, S9734 [3SE]

———urban search and resuce team funding, S9719 [3SE]

FHA: streamline certain single family housing programs, S9708 [3SE]

Floods: prevention project at Devils Lake, ND, S2289 [19MR]

Food stamps: work requirements for eligibility, S9337 [1AU]

Foreign aid: prohibit military assistance and arms transfers to certain countries, S8806 [25JY]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 3540), S8750, S8791, S8795, S8806 [25JY]

Fort Leonard Wood, MO: barracks construction funding relative to Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission recommendations, S6984 [26JN]

FRS: impact of interest rates on economic conditions, S6567 [20JN]

GAO: audit of Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight, S11224 [25SE]

Government: election of public officials, S11851 [30SE]

———provide tax relief for small businesses, protect jobs, increase net pay, and create job opportunities (H.R. 3448), S7410 [8JY], S7442, S7443, S7463 [9JY]

———provide tax relief for small businesses, protect jobs, increase net pay, and create job opportunities (H.R. 3448), unanimous-consent agreement, S7466 [9JY]

———shutdown relative to budget process, S11506 [27SE]

Greenspan, Alan: nomination to be FRS Chairman, S6258 [14JN], S6567 [20JN]

Health: programs funding, S5420 [21MY]

House of Representatives: enactment of certain legislation (H.R. 3136), S3242 [29MR]

Housing: drug elimination grants for low-income housing projects, S9900 [5SE]

———extend certain programs (S. 1494), S350 [24JA], S1997 [13MR]

———restructure mortgages for FHA-insured multifamily housing projects, S9726, S9727, S9728, S9729, S9730, S9731, S9732 [3SE], S9822 [4SE]

Immigration: admission policies reform, treatment of criminal aliens, alien smuggling, documentation requirements, and border security (S. 1664), S4607, S4608 [2MY]

INS: treatment of student visas, S4607, S4608 [2MY]

Kauai County, HI: FEMA audit, S9826 [4SE]

Labor: allow cooperative efforts between management and labor to improve economic competitiveness, S4908 [9MY]

Legislative branch of the Government: making appropriations (H.R. 3754), conference report, S9763, S9765 [3SE]

LSC: permit fund recipients to use non-Federal funds in response to public official or legislative hearing information requests, S2067 [14MR]

Medicare: reform, S26, S27 [3JA]

Mexico: make foreign aid conditional to drug enforcement efforts, S8791 [25JY]

Meyer, Laurence: nomination to the FRS, S6258 [14JN]

———nomination to the FRS Board of Governors, S6568 [20JN]

Minimum wage: level, S7410 [8JY], S7463 [9JY]

NASA: academic programs funding, S9724 [3SE]

———funding, S6118 [12JN]

———Mission to Planet Earth Program funding, S9943 [5SE]

———prohibit consolidation of research aircraft at Dryden Flight Research Center, S9825 [4SE]

———require work force restructuring report, S9830 [4SE]

———Russian animal research programs funding, S9782, S9783, S9784 [4SE]

———transfer of certain functions from Ames Research Center to the Japanese space agency relative to international space station program, S9944 [5SE]

———Upper Midwest Aeronautics Consortium funding, S9828 [4SE]

———voluntary retirement program funding, S9707 [3SE]

National cemeteries: protect and preserve land adjacent to the Los Angeles National Cemetery, S9724, S9725 [3SE]

Native Americans: jurisdiction over land claims of the Pueblo of Isleta Indian Tribes (H.R. 740), S9863 [4SE]

New York Botanical Garden: funding, S9721 [3SE]

Nonprofit organizations: encourage the donation of food and grocery products to needy individuals (H.R. 2428), S9533 [2AU]

———encourage the donation of food and grocery products to needy individuals (S. 1938), S7671 [10JY]

NSF: repeal certain limitations on procurement of supercomputing equipment relative to antidumping determinations, S9950, S9951 [5SE]

Oklahoma City, OK: funding for relief of victims of the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, S9944 [5SE]

Older Adults Transportation Service, Inc.: anniversary, S10344 [11SE]

Public debt: ceiling (H.R. 3136), S3242 [29MR]

Public housing: multifamily rental assisted housing reform, S11218, S11220, S11221 [25SE]

———multifamily rental assisted housing reform (S. 2042), S9603 [2AU]

———senior citizen assisted housing funding, S11221 [25SE]

Public welfare programs: approval of waivers submitted by Wisconsin to conduct Wisconsin Works project (S. 1816), S5648 [24MY]

———reform (H.R. 3734), conference report, S9337 [1AU]

Railroads: proposed merger between the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific Railroad, S6542 [19JN]

Rivlin, Alice M.: nomination to the FRS, S6258 [14JN]

———nomination to the FRS Board of Governors, S6568 [20JN]

SBA: enhance safety and soundness of the Small Business Investment Company Participating Securities Program, S7442, S7443 [9JY]

———enhance safety and soundness of the Small Business Investment Company Program (S. 1784), S5379 [20MY], S8933 [25JY], S11889, S11891, S11892 [30SE]

Senate: confirmation of judicial nominees, S9461 [2AU]

———legislative program, S4987 [14MY], S5147 [16MY], S9765 [3SE], S9867 [4SE], S9878 [5SE]

Senate Rules: separation of tax cuts from offsets within budget reconciliation process, S5423 [21MY]

Small business: improve certain programs, S11888, S11898 [30SE]

———improve certain programs (H.R. 3719), S11268 [25SE]

———reform regulatory process (S. 942), S1632, S1636, S1637, S1641 [7MR], S2151, S2153, S2157, S2160, S2162, S2167 [15MR], S2313, S2314, S2316, S2321 [19MR], S3242 [29MR]

Southern Oxidants Study: funding, S9725 [3SE]

Space policy: space station program funding, S9815, S9816, S9819 [4SE]

Superfund Program: funding, S2088 [14MR]

Taxation: estate tax treatment of family-owned business interests (S. 161), S2148 [15MR]

———standards for determining employment status of independent contractors (S. 1610), S1970 [13MR]

Technology: programs funding, S1830 [12MR]

Tourist trade: levying of a departure tax on international travel tickets, S6258 [14JN]

Treaties and agreements: removal of injunction of secrecy, S9862 [4SE]

Utah Housing Finance Agency: funding, S9877 [5SE]

Veterans: funding for State VA programs, S9931, S9954 [5SE]

Vietnam: funding for diplomatic and economic relations relative to cooperation with efforts to account for POW/MIA, S2186 [15MR]

Water: availability of certain funding relative to drinking water State revolving funds, S9707 [3SE], S9824 [4SE]

———Coordinated Tribal Water Quality Program funding, S11225 [25SE]

———drinking water health effects research funding, S11224 [25SE]

———endocrine disrupter research funding, S9719, S9720 [3SE]

———restore funding for water infrastructure grants, S2088, S2092 [14MR]

Watertown, SD: sewage treatment funding, S2288 [19MR]

Wetlands: eliminate dual decisional authority in permitting use, S56, S58 [4JA]

White House Travel Office: relief of individuals terminated from employment (H.R. 2937), S4781 [7MY], S4908 [9MY]

Reports filed

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and Sundry Independent Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (H.R. 3666) (S. Rept. 104-318), S7762 [11JY]

Nomination of Ginger Ehn Lew To Be Deputy Administrator of the SBA: Committee on Small Business (Senate), S5492 [22MY]

Small Business Investment Company Improvement Act: Committee on Small Business (Senate) (S. 1784), S6849 [25JN]

Small Business Regulatory Fairness Act: Committee on Small Business (Senate) (S. 942), S1597 [6MR]

Sermons

Choosing Good Government: M. Craig Barnes, S11852 [30SE]

Summaries

Independent Contractor Tax Simplification Act (S. 1610), S1971 [13MR]

Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act (S. 942), S3242-S3245 [29MR]

Small Business Regulatory Fairness Act (S. 942), S2157-S2159 [15MR]

Texts of

S. 1574, HUBZone Act, S1347-S1349 [27FE]

S. 1610, Independent Contractor Tax Simplification Act, S1971 [13MR]

S. 1784, Small Business Investment Company Improvement Act, S5380-S5382 [20MY]

Tributes

Barnes, M. Craig, S11851 [30SE]

Boorda, Jeremy M., S5149 [16MY]

Brown, Stanley O., S6671 [21JN]

Capellupo, John P., S2147 [15MR]

Dole, Senator, S6038 [11JN]

Emerson, Bill, S6820 [25JN]

Frank, Joseph J., S10713 [17SE]

Mohler, Lowell, S10710 [17SE]

O'Connor, Mary B., S5016 [14MY]

Sheffield, Barbara, S12020 [30SE]