CONRAD, KENT (a Senator from North Dakota)

Amendments offered by, to

Agriculture: improve operation of certain programs (S. 1541), S631, S632 [31JA], S758, S856 [1FE], S965, S966, S992, S995 [6FE], S1040, S1141, S1150 [7FE]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3603), S8616, S8646 [24JY]

Appropriations: making continuing (H.R. 3019), S1675, S1779 [11MR], S2332 [19MR]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 1956), S8350, S8379 [19JY], S8407, S8479 [22JY]

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

Crime: clarify Federal jurisdiction over offenses relative to religious property damage (H.R. 3525), S7041 [26JN]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1745), S6750 [24JN], S6910, S7033, S7038, S7039 [26JN], S7130, S7159, S7190, S7199 [27JN], S7250, S7255, S7265, S7319, S7321 [28JN]

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), S9142, S9145, S9163 [30JY]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3666), S9916, S9932, S9969, S9975 [5SE]

Elections: campaign ethics reform and contribution limits (S. 1219), S6749 [24JN]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 1028), S3597, S3678 [18AP]

Immigration: admission policies reform, treatment of criminal aliens, alien smuggling, documentation requirements, and border security (S. 1664), S3281, S3317 [15AP]

Public welfare programs: reform (S. 1956), S8350, S8379 [19JY], S8407, S8479 [22JY]

Analyses

Livestock Market Revitalization Act (S. 1939), S7673 [10JY]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 2854, Agricultural Market Transition Act, S1899 [12MR]

Articles and editorials

Your Child's Brain, Sharon Begley, Newsweek (publication), S3166-S3168 [28MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Agriculture: improve reporting and ensure competitiveness in the livestock industry (see S. 1939), S7670 [10JY]

Canada: prohibit import of grain and grain products (see S. 1653), S3156 [28MR]

Consolidated Farm Service Agency: provide grace period for lending to delinquent borrowers (see S. 1690), S3792 [22AP]

Medicare: provide reimbursement for telehealth services (see S. 2171), S11973 [30SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Agriculture: extend farm programs (see S. 1523), S313 [23JA]

———Federal assistance to livestock producers adversely affected by drought conditions (see S. 1743), S7190 [27JN]

———improve reporting and ensure competitiveness in the livestock industry (see S. 1949), S7762 [11JY]

Animals: improve animal drug approval process (see S. 773), S4195 [25AP]

BIA: reorganization (see S. 814), S5601 [23MY]

Billings County, ND: consolidation of certain mineral interests located in national grasslands (see S. 2182), S11973 [30SE]

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]

Correctional institutions: exempt inmates from minimum wage and maximum hour requirements in Fair Labor Standards Act (see S. 1943), S7762 [11JY]

Crime: clarify Federal jurisdiction over offenses relative to religious property damage (see S. 1890), S7029 [26JN]

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

Dept. of Agriculture: payment rate for barley (see S. 2036), S9554 [2AU]

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), S4519 [1MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: extend benefits to certain children of Vietnam veterans born with spina bifida (see S. 2008), S9295 [31JY]

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

Foreign trade: substitute the term ``normal trade relations'' in lieu of ``most-favored-nation treatment'' (see S. 1918), S7179 [27JN]

Gambling Impact Study Commission: establish (see S. 704), S6853 [25JN]

George Washington University: anniversary (see S. Con. Res. 41), S3406 [16AP]

GSA: allow placement of missing children posters in Federal buildings (see S. 1473), S3633 [18AP]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see S. 1028), S2431 [20MR]

Iran: human rights violations of Bahais (see S. Con. Res. 42), S4940 [9MY]

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

Mental health: national policy to provide health care coverage to individuals with severe mental illnesses (see S. 2031), S9554 [2AU]

National American Indian Heritage Month: designate (see S. Res. 311), S12303 [3OC]

National Baseball Day: designate (see S. Res. 215), S1655 [7MR]

National Character Counts Week: designate (see S. Res. 226), S2198 [15MR]

National Correctional Officers and Employees Week: designate (see S. Res. 243), S4072 [24AP]

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

Nigeria: impose economic sanctions (see S. 1419), S321 [23JA]

Northern Great Plains Rural Development Commission: extension (see S. 2066), S10327 [11SE]

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

Power resources: natural gas and hazardous liquid pipeline safety (see S. 1505), S10329 [11SE]

Rabin, Yitzhak: naming of American Promenade in Israel in commemoration (see S. Con. Res. 46), S1970 [13MR]

Roads and highways: modify the minimum allocation formula for Federal aid highway program (see S. 2123), S11435 [26SE]

Rolla, ND: convey the William Langer Jewel Bearing Plant to the Job Development Authority (see S. 1544), S492 [26JA]

Taxation: modify the application of pension nondiscrimination rules to governmental plans (see S. 2047), S9555 [2AU]

———treatment of United Mine Workers of America combined benefit fund premiums (see S. 2135), S11426 [26SE]

Telecommunications: restore broadcast ownership rules relative to the enactment of the Telecommunications Act (see S. 1551), S736 [1FE]

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

Transportation: requirements relative to operators of certain farm vehicles (see S. 1661), S5193 [16MY]

Veterans: reform and improve eligibility for medical care and services (see S. 1563), S5692 [3JN]

Water: authorize research and program development of desalinization and reclamation (see S. 811), S4195 [25AP]

Cloture motions

California: management of the Presidio facilities (H.R. 1296), S2898 [26MR], S3101 [28MR]

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

Letters

Budget deficit: James L. Blum, CBO, S7880 [16JY]

Corps of Engineers acquisition of lands for flowage and saturation easements of the Buford Trenton Irrigation District: John H. Zirschky, Corps of Engineers, S11524 [27SE]

———by, S11523 [27SE]

Dispute settlement system for antidumping and countervailing duties under NAFTA: by, S12038 [30SE]

Grants to Broadcasting Systems Program eligibility requirements: David J. Brugger, America's Public Television Stations, S8604 [24JY]

Lists

University of North Dakota Flying Team, S5623 [23MY]

Remarks by, on

Agriculture: commodity payments, S1046 [7FE]

———eliminate declining payment system for certain farm programs, S5670 [3JN]

———extend farm programs (S. 1523), S318 [23JA]

———improve operation of certain programs (H.R. 2854), conference report, S3046 [28MR], S5670 [3JN]

———improve operation of certain programs (S. 1541), S681, S727, S728 [1FE], S1041, S1046 [7FE]

———improve reporting and ensure competitiveness in the livestock industry (S. 1939), S7671 [10JY]

———require farmers to plant crops to receive Federal subsidies, S1041 [7FE]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3603), S8449 [22JY], S8535, S8538 [23JY], S8602, S8603, S8604, S8614 [24JY], S8927 [25JY]

Alexander, Kendal: Prudential Insurance Co. of America Spirit of Community Award recipient, S4810 [7MY]

Appropriations: making continuing (H.R. 3019), S1677 [11MR], S1851 [12MR], S2288, S2289 [19MR]

———making continuing (H.R. 3019), conference report, S4108, S4174 [25AP]

———making omnibus consolidated (H.R. 4278), S11917 [30SE]

Beulah, ND: operation of Great Plains Coal Gasification Plant, S524 [26JA]

Billings County, ND: consolidation of certain mineral interests located in national grasslands (S. 2182), S11998 [30SE]

Budget: balance, S4108 [25AP], S4986, S4987 [14MY]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 1), S5669, S5670 [3JN]

———deficit, S6127 [12JN], S7880 [16JY], S9342 [1AU]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 3734), conference report, S9371 [1AU]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 1956), S8103 [18JY], S8350, S8352, S8353, S8354, S8355, S8356, S8357 [19JY], S8408 [22JY], S8497 [23JY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1997-2002 (H. Con. Res. 178), conference report, S6126, S6127 [12JN], S6170, S6171 [13JN]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1997-2002 (S. Con. Res. 57), S5153, S5154, S5155, S5156 [16MY], S5316, S5360, S5361 [20MY], S5403, S5427, S5428 [21MY]

Bureau of the Census: publication of data relative to poverty, S11401 [26SE]

Canada: prohibit import of grain and grain products (S. 1653), S3159 [28MR]

Clinton, President: evaluation of administration, S11825-S11828 [30SE]

Consolidated Farm Service Agency: provide grace period for lending to delinquent borrowers (S. 1690), S3792 [22AP]

Consumer Price Index: calculation, S5360, S5361 [20MY], S5403 [21MY]

Corps of Engineers: reauthorizing civil works programs (S. 640), conference report, S11523, S11526 [27SE]

Courts: product liability reform (H.R. 956), conference report, S2383 [20MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: Northern Plains Policy Research Center funding, S8603 [24JY]

———payment rate for barley, S8535 [23JY], S8614 [24JY]

———payment rate for barley (S. 2036), S9586 [2AU]

———regulate loans to certain processors of sugarcane and sugar beets, S8449 [22JY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1745), S6911 [26JN], S7160 [27JN], S7250, S7255, S7264, S7265 [28JN]

———authorizing military activities appropriations and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3230), conference report, S10044 [9SE]

———B-52 bomber aircraft funding, S7250 [28JN]

———B-52 bomber funding, S2289 [19MR], S7957 [17JY], S10044 [9SE]

———making appropriations (S. 1894), S7955, S7957 [17JY]

———research and development funding relative to desalination technologies, S7160 [27JN]

Dept. of Energy: Cooperative Research and Development Program funding, S11917 [30SE]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3756), S10184 [10SE], S10264 [11SE]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3675), S9144 [30JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: medical care programs funding relative to increase in corporate tax rates, S5153, S5154, S5155, S5156 [16MY]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3666), S9919 [5SE]

Dole, Bob: evaluation of economic plan, S10902 [19SE], S11502 [27SE], S11825-S11828 [30SE]

Economy: national objectives priority assignments, S9342 [1AU], S11401 [26SE], S11497, S11498, S11500, S11501, S11502, S11503 [27SE]

Education: Head Start Program funding, S3165 [28MR]

Floods: prevention project at Devils Lake, ND, S1677 [11MR], S1851 [12MR], S2288, S2289 [19MR], S4174 [25AP]

Food stamps: eliminate State block grants, S8350, S8352, S8353, S8354, S8355, S8356, S8357 [19JY], S8497 [23JY]

———work requirements for eligibility, S8408 [22JY]

FRS: impact of interest rates on economic conditions, S6566 [20JN]

Government: provide tax relief for small businesses, protect jobs, increase net pay, and create job opportunities (H.R. 3448), S7462 [9JY]

———provide tax relief for small businesses, protect jobs, increase net pay, and create job opportunities (H.R. 3448), conference report, S9539 [2AU]

Greenspan, Alan: nomination to be FRS Chairman, S6566 [20JN]

Hazardous substances: nuclear waste disposal (S. 1936), S7633, S7634, S7635 [10JY], S9232, S9233 [31JY]

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

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3103), conference report, S9509 [2AU]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 1028), S3550, S3590, S3598 [18AP]

———prohibit restriction of certain medical communications between health care providers and their patients, S10264 [11SE]

———State waiver of residency requirements for foreign medical graduates employed in the U.S., S3598 [18AP]

———waiver of State residency requirements for foreign medical graduates employed in the U.S., S4305 [29AP]

Immigration: admission policies reform, treatment of criminal aliens, alien smuggling, documentation requirements, and border security (S. 1664), S4305 [29AP]

Insurance: health insurance coverage continuity and portability and preexisting condition exclusions, S3550 [18AP]

IRS: field office reorganization plan funding, S10184 [10SE]

Medicare: provide reimbursement for telehealth services (S. 2171), S11982 [30SE]

———reform, S6170 [13JN]

Members of Congress: constitutional amendment to limit terms (S.J. Res. 21), S3871 [23AP]

Mental health: national policy to provide health care coverage to individuals with severe mental illnesses, S3590 [18AP], S9509 [2AU], S9919 [5SE]

Minimum wage: level, S7462 [9JY], S9539 [2AU]

National security: national missile defense system funding, S7255, S7265 [28JN]

North Dakota: Corps of Engineers acquisition of lands for flowage and saturation easements of the Buford Trenton Irrigation District, S11523, S11526 [27SE]

North Dakota State University: tribute to Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute, S1190 [9FE]

Perot, H. Ross: inclusion in Presidential debates, S11133 [24SE]

Petroleum: gasoline price levels, S4986 [14MY]

———gasoline tax, S4986 [14MY]

Public welfare programs: reform, S6127 [12JN]

———reform (H.R. 3734), conference report, S9371 [1AU]

———reform (S. 1956), S8103 [18JY], S8350, S8352, S8353, S8354, S8355, S8356, S8357 [19JY], S8408 [22JY], S8497 [23JY]

Rolla, ND: convey the William Langer Jewel Bearing Plant to the Job Development Authority (S. 1544), S538 [26JA]

———conveyance of William Langer Jewell Bearing plant, S6911 [26JN]

Rural areas: Grants to Broadcasting Systems Program eligibility requirements, S8603, S8604 [24JY]

Rural Telemedicine and Distance Learning Services Grant Program: funding, S8603 [24JY]

Russia: elections, S7265 [28JN]

Saudi Arabia: terrorist attack on U.S. peacekeeping forces, S7170 [27JN]

Schmidt, Jessica: Prudential Insurance Co. of America Spirit of Community Award recipient, S4810 [7MY]

Senate: legislative tactics, S7808, S7809 [12JY]

Senate Rules: separation of tax cuts from offsets within budget reconciliation process, S5427, S5428 [21MY]

Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, S5669, S5670 [3JN], S7808, S7809 [12JY]

———entitlement programs funding, S4108 [25AP]

———tax rates, S5316 [20MY]

Surface Transportation Board: user fees relative to filing of complaints, S9144 [30JY]

Taxation: modify the application of pension nondiscrimination rules to governmental plans (S. 2047), S9629 [2AU]

———treatment of United Mine Workers of America combined benefit fund premiums (S. 2135), S12021 [30SE]

Telecommunications: reform policies regulating competition (S. 652), conference report, S701 [1FE]

Television: establish violent program ratings system, require new televisions to allow blocking of certain programming, and limit exposure of children to violent programming, S701 [1FE]

University of North Dakota: Center for Aerospace Sciences Air Battle Captain Program, S7955 [17JY]

———tribute to Flying Team, S5623 [23MY]

Texts of

S. 1653, prohibit import of grain and grain products from Canada, S3160 [28MR]

S. 1939, Livestock Market Revitalization Act, S7672 [10JY]

S. 2171, Comprehensive Telehealth Act, S11984-S11986 [30SE]

Tributes

Bradley, Senator, S11246 [25SE]

Brown, Senator, S11420 [26SE]

Cohen, Senator, S11240 [25SE]

Davies, Ronald, S4444 [30AP]

Exon, Senator, S11418 [26SE]

Hatfield, Senator, S11245 [25SE]

Heflin, Senator, S11419 [26SE]

Johnston, Senator, S11234 [25SE]

Kassebaum, Senator, S11421 [26SE]

Muskie, Edmund S., S3731 [19AP]

Nunn, Senator, S11421 [26SE]

Pell, Senator, S11237 [25SE]

Price, Kevin, S12340 [3OC]

Pryor, Senator, S11420 [26SE]

Simon, Senator, S11235 [25SE]

Simpson, Senator, S11421 [26SE]