COATS, DAN (a Senator from Indiana)

Amendments offered by, to

Appropriations: making continuing (H.R. 3019), S2062, S2070, S2073, S2120, S2123 [14MR], S2264 [19MR]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 1956), S8123, S8136, S8222, S8227, S8294, S8296 [18JY], S8365, S8379 [19JY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1745), S6856, S6864 [25JN], S6917, S6918, S7035 [26JN]

———making appropriations (S. 1894), S7946, S8028 [17JY]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3662), S10557 [13SE]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3756), S10431 [12SE]

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

Energy and water development: making appropriations (S. 1959), S8994 [26JY]

Executive Office of the President: applicability of certain laws (H.R. 3452), S12321 [3OC]

Families and domestic relations: child abuse prevention (S. 919), S8297, S8309 [18JY]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 3540), S8631, S8667 [24JY]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 1028), S3599, S3678 [18AP]

Immigration: admission policies reform, treatment of criminal aliens, alien smuggling, documentation requirements, and border security (S. 1664), S4078 [24AP], S4340 [29AP]

Public welfare programs: reform (S. 1956), S8123, S8136, S8222, S8227, S8294, S8296 [18JY], S8365, S8379 [19JY]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 3230, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities and personnel strengths, S7612 [10JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Executive Office of the President: application of certain laws (see S. 2000), S9159 [30JY]

Project for American Renewal: implement (see S. 1904), S6849 [25JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

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

Appropriations: establish automatic system for continuing appropriations (see S. 2013), S9428 [1AU]

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

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

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), S7302 [28JN]

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]

Courts: provide uniform standards for the award of punitive damages for volunteer services (see S. 1618), S2867 [26MR]

Crime: constitutional amendment on protection of victims' rights (see S.J. Res. 52), S6854 [25JN]

———prevention and punishment of domestic and sexual violence (see S. 1483), S1869 [12MR]

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

Death and dying: prohibit Federal funding for assisted suicide, euthanasia, or mercy killing (see S. 2108), S11169 [24SE]

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 Defense: early deferred annuities for certain employees who are separated from service due to defense base closures (see S. 1686), S3626 [18AP]

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]

ERISA: treatment of pension assets by insurance companies (see S. 1400), S3633 [18AP]

Families and domestic relations: protect parental rights (see S. 984), S5193 [16MY]

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

Federal-State relations: prevent Federal interference relative to constitutional authority (see S. 1629), S2422 [20MR]

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

Marriage: define and protect institution (see S. 1740, 1999), S4940 [9MY], S9072 [29JY]

Millennium Society: coordinate activities to commemorate the second millennium and endow an international cross-cultural scholarship fund (see S. 1850), S5939 [6JN]

Motor vehicles: remove limitations on maximum driving and on-duty time of utility vehicle operators and drivers (see S. 1714), S5193 [16MY]

National Character Counts Week: designate (see S. Res. 226), S3161 [28MR]

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

National Race for the Cure Day: designate (see S. Res. 257), S5763 [4JN]

National security: national missile defense system (see S. 1635), S2646 [21MR]

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

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

Older Americans Act: reauthorize (see S. 1643), S5601 [23MY]

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

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

Pesticides: improve registration, provide minor use crop protection, and improve pesticide tolerance safeguards (see S. 1166), S2104 [14MR]

———reform registration of antimicrobial pesticides (see S. 1491), S1605 [6MR]

Pornography: amend laws relative to child pornography (see S. 1237), S6410 [18JN]

Public utilities: revision of the regulatory policies governing public utility holding companies (see S. 1317), S1684 [11MR]

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

Real property: compensation to owners of private property relative to regulatory restrictions (see S. 1954), S8868 [25JY]

Religion: persecution of Christians (see S. Con. Res. 71), S10684 [17SE]

Roads and highways: modify the minimum allocation formula for Federal aid highway program (see S. 2022), S9554 [2AU]

Romania: most-favored-nation status (see S. 1644), S3797 [22AP]

Saudi Arabia: terrorist attack on U.S. peacekeeping forces (see S. Res. 273), S7179 [27JN]

Small business: reform regulatory process (see S. 942), S1683 [11MR]

Taxation: credit for business investments in economically distressed areas (see S. 743), S514 [26JA]

———extend the veterans' adjustable rate mortgage demonstration project (see S. 2057), S11314 [25SE]

———standards for determining employment status of independent contractors (see S. 1610), S3406 [16AP]

———treatment of Armed Forces members performing services in Somalia (see S. 1967), S9746 [3SE]

Television: reservation of time for family-oriented programming (see S. Res. 290), S10426 [12SE]

Transportation: highway construction funding (see S. 2143), S11539 [27SE]

———transfer authority over highway programs and mass transit programs to States (see S. 1971), S8156 [18JY]

U.N.: prohibit U.S. contributions relative to U.N. attempts at taxing or charging fees to U.S. citizens (see S. 1519), S514 [26JA]

Cloture motions

Agriculture: improve operation of certain programs (S. 1541), S587 [31JA], S683 [1FE], S906 [6FE]

Committee To Investigate Whitewater Development Corp. and Related Matters (Senate, Special): funding (S. Res. 227), S1648 [7MR], S1808 [12MR], S2210 [15MR], S2259 [18MR], S2386 [20MR], S2591 [21MR], S3327 [15AP], S3349, S3415 [16AP]

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

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

———making appropriations (S. 1894), S7743 [11JY]

District of Columbia: making appropriations (H.R. 2546), conference report, S1344 [27FE], S1406, S1407 [29FE], S1511 [5MR], S1648 [7MR], S1808 [12MR]

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], S4308 [29AP]

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

National security: national missile defense system (S. 1635), S5627 [23MY], S5741 [4JN]

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

Letters

Federal child care programs consolidation: by, S8519 [23JY]

Licensing and training of physicians relative to abortion: Edward V. Hannigan, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, S2271 [19MR]

———Jane Burger, Providence Hospital and Medical Centers, S2272 [19MR]

———Kevin J. Murrell, National Federation of Catholic Physicians' Guilds, S2270 [19MR]

———Michael Prysak, St. John Hospital and Medical Center, S2272 [19MR]

———Representatives Delay and Coburn, S2271 [19MR]

Press releases

Licensing and Training of Physicians Relative to Abortion: Christian Medical & Dental Society, S2272 [19MR]

Remarks by, on

Abortion: coverage of abortion procedures in cases of rape or incest through the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program, S10271, S10272, S10273, S10277 [11SE]

———performance at military medical facilities, S6461, S6466, S6467, S6468 [19JN]

———prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 1833), veto, S11274-S11276 [25SE], S11385, S11386 [26SE]

Agriculture: improve operation of certain programs (S. 1541), S573 [31JA], S905 [6FE]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3603), S8609 [24JY]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3603), conference report, S9336, S9337 [1AU]

Appropriations: establish automatic system for continuing appropriations (S. 2013), S9435 [1AU]

———line-item veto (S. 4), conference report, S2993, S2995 [27MR]

———line-item veto (S. 4), conference report—motion to recommit, S2962 [27MR]

———line-item veto (S. 4), conference report—unanimous-consent agreement, S2962 [27MR]

———making continuing (H.R. 3019), S2058, S2059, S2063 [14MR], S2262, S2263, S2264, S2269, S2270, S2273, S2279, S2280 [19MR]

———making continuing (H.R. 3019), conference report, S4171 [25AP]

———making omnibus consolidated (H.R. 4278), S11857 [30SE]

Armed Forces: defense strategy and force structure review, S6823, S6829 [25JN]

———permit military retirees to enroll in the Federal Employees Health Program, S6584 [20JN]

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

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 1), S5804, S5805 [5JN]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution, S12 [3JA], S59 [4JA]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 3734), conference report, S9372 [1AU]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 1956), S8110, S8123 [18JY], S8368 [19JY], S8507, S8513 [23JY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1997-2002 (H. Con. Res. 178), S5159 [16MY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1997-2002 (S. Con. Res. 57), S5034, S5035 [15MY]

Children and youth: restore health and safety protections relative to child care, S8110 [18JY]

Computers: restrict transmission of obscene or indecent material to minors by computer, S706 [1FE]

Courts: product liability reform (H.R. 956), conference report, S2378 [20MR]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1745), S6377 [18JN], S6435, S6461, S6466, S6467, S6468 [19JN], S6584 [20JN], S6823, S6829, S6842 [25JN], S6934, S6937, S6958 [26JN], S7121 [27JN]

———authorizing military activities appropriations and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3230), conference report, S9533, S9534, S9535 [2AU], S10040 [9SE]

———limit appropriations to amount requested by the President and apply savings to deficit reduction, S6934, S6937 [26JN]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3756), S10266, S10271, S10272, S10273, S10277 [11SE]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3675), S9281 [31JY]

District of Columbia: making appropriations (H.R. 2546), conference report, S1328, S1329 [27FE]

———use of local revenues for abortion services, S2269, S2279 [19MR]

———voucher program to provide school choice, S1328, S1329 [27FE]

Education: national policy to improve system, S7987 [17JY]

———student loan programs, S4171 [25AP]

Employment: prohibit discrimination on the basis of affectional or sexual orientation (S. 2056), S10131 [10SE]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 3816), conference report, S10619 [17SE]

———making appropriations (S. 1959), S8969, S8970, S8971, S8974 [26JY]

Executive Office of the President: acquisition of FBI background reports on former Republican officials, S6842 [25JN]

———applicability of certain laws (H.R. 3452), S11858 [30SE], S12404 [3OC]

———application of certain laws (S. 2000), S9159 [30JY]

FAA: reauthorizing programs (H.R. 3539), conference report, S11942 [30SE]

Families and domestic relations: child abuse prevention (S. 919), S8123, S8310 [18JY], S11581, S11582 [27SE]

FDA: regulation of prescription drug industry, S8609 [24JY], S9336, S9337 [1AU]

Gambling Impact Study Commission: establish (S. 704), S7979 [17JY]

GATT: implementation relative to generic drug industry, S7121 [27JN]

Health: medical savings account programs, S3556 [18AP]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 1028), S3556, S3599, S3600 [18AP]

———prohibit restriction of certain medical communications between health care providers and their patients, S10266 [11SE]

Health care professionals: licensing and training of physicians relative to abortion, S2063 [14MR], S2262, S2263, S2264, S2269, S2270, S2273, S2280 [19MR]

Legislative branch of the Government: making appropriations (H.R. 3754), S9116 [30JY]

Marriage: define and protect institution (H.R. 3396), S10113, S10114 [10SE]

———define and protect institution (S. 1740), S4947 [9MY]

———recognition of same-sex marriage, S10113, S10114 [10SE]

Members of Congress: constitutional amendment to limit terms (S.J. Res. 21), S3811, S3813 [23AP]

National security: national missile defense system (S. 1635), S5725 [4JN]

Project for American Renewal: implement (S. 1904), S6850 [25JN], S8123 [18JY]

Public welfare programs: delivery of social service through religious charities, S8507 [23JY]

———individual development savings accounts, S8368 [19JY]

———reform (H.R. 3734), conference report, S9372 [1AU]

———reform (S. 1956), S8110, S8123 [18JY], S8368 [19JY], S8507, S8513 [23JY]

Roads and highways: modify the minimum allocation formula for Federal aid highway program, S9281 [31JY]

Rural areas: extend Federal liability coverage to medical volunteers working in underserved areas, S3599, S3600 [18AP]

Senate: legislative program, S2735 [21MR]

Solid waste: State control over transportation of municipal solid waste, S8970, S8971, S8974 [26JY], S10619 [17SE]

States: encourage foster care placement of children with adult relatives, S8123 [18JY]

Stumpf, Robert E.: withdrawal of name from Navy promotion list, S2630 [21MR]

Telecommunications: reform policies regulating competition (S. 652), conference report, S706 [1FE]

White House: use of Pennsylvania Avenue for vehicular traffic, S6435 [19JN]

Testimonies

Dept. of Defense Budget Request Relative to Modernization: Committee on Armed Services (Senate), S6935-S6937 [26JN]

Tributes

Dole, Senator, S6053 [11JN]

Emerson, Bill, S6820 [25JN]

Lugar, Senator, S4455 [1MY]

Owens, William A., S1464 [29FE]

St. George, Kitty, S7207 [27JN]