DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE related term(s) Corps of Engineers; National Guard; National Security

Addresses

Committee on Armed Services (Senate) Anniversary: James R. Schlesinger, S12034 [30SE]

Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty: John Holum, ACDA, E1915 [3OC]

Defending America Against Weapons of Mass Destruction: Robert G. Bell, S5688 [3JN]

Naming Ceremony for U.S.S. Gary I. Gordon: Carmen Gordon, H7522 [12JY], E1285 [12JY]

National POW/MIA Recognition Day: Representative Bilirakis, E1627 [17SE]

———Representative Stump, E1634 [18SE]

NATO Inclusion of Central and Eastern European Countries: William J. Perry, Sec. of Defense, S1395-S1397 [28FE]

Perspective on Future Base Closings: Alan J. Dixon, Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission, S7516 [10JY]

Prosecuting War Criminals: Richard Goldstone, S12018-S12020 [30SE]

Strategic Defense Initiative: Ronald Reagan, S3206 [29MR]

Tribute to Jeremy M. Boorda: John H. Dalton, Sec. of the Navy, E876 [22MY]

———John Hagan, E876 [22MY]

Tribute to U.S.S. Greeneville: Senator Frist, S1299 [23FE]

U.S. Military Academy Commencement: William J. Perry, Sec. of Defense, E1026 [6JN]

Wentworth Military Academy Commissioning Ceremony: Randolph W. House, E931 [29MY]

Agenda

``Know Your Candidates'' Forum: American Legion Auxiliary Unit 230, S6010 [10JN]

Amendments

Appropriations: authorizing for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1745), S6390, S6393, S6403, S6411, S6412 [18JN], S6425, S6432, S6439, S6447, S6450, S6453, S6457, S6460, S6469, S6479, S6481, S6484, S6485, S6486, S6488, S6489, S6490, S6492, S6493, S6495, S6502, S6503, S6504, S6533, S6534, S6535, S6536, S6537, S6538, S6539, S6540, S6541 [19JN], S6582, S6587, S6603, S6613, S6614, S6615, S6616 [20JN], S6750 [24JN], S6835, S6837, S6838, S6840, S6854, S6855, S6856, S6858, S6859, S6860, S6862, S6863, S6864, S6866, S6867, S6868, S6869, S6870, S6871, S6872, S6874, S6880, S6882, S6883, S6884, S6885, S6886, S6887, S6888, S6889, S6890, S6891, S6892, S6893, S6894, S6895, S6896, S6897, S6898, S6899, S6900 [25JN], S6907, S6908, S6909, S6910, S6912, S6913, S6914, S6915, S6916, S6917, S6918, S6920, S6921, S6923, S6924, S6925, S6928, S6949, S6960, S6961, S7001, S7004, S7005, S7006, S7007, S7009, S7010, S7030, S7031, S7032, S7033, S7034, S7035, S7036, S7037, S7038, S7039, S7040, S7041, S7042, S7043, S7048, S7049, S7050, S7051 [26JN], S7093, S7107, S7113, S7114, S7130, S7144, S7152, S7153, S7156, S7157, S7158, S7159, S7161, S7165, S7166, S7167, S7168, S7169, S7193, S7194, S7195, S7196, S7198, S7199, S7200, S7201 [27JN], S7222, S7226, S7230, S7231, S7233, S7234, S7235, S7237, S7238, S7239, S7240, S7241, S7243, S7246, S7247, S7248, S7250, S7252, S7255, S7258, S7259, S7261, S7265, S7266, S7269, S7270, S7271, S7274, S7276, S7277, S7293, S7310, S7311, S7312, S7313, S7315, S7316, S7317, S7318, S7319, S7320, S7321, S7322 [28JN]

———authorizing for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3230), H4647 [8MY], H5013, H5022, H5027 [14MY], H5074, H5078, H5081, H5086, H5091, H5092 [15MY]

———authorizing for military construction (S. 1764), S5604 [23MY]

———making for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 3517), S7051, S7060, S7065 [26JN], H5669 [30MY]

———making (H.R. 3610), H6286, H6287 [12JN], H6337, H6340, H6345, H6346, H6349, H6351, H6361, H6364, H6366, H6370, H6379, H6380, H6384, H6385, H6387 [13JN]

———making (S. 1894), S7689, S7769, S7770, S7782, S7783, S7784 [11JY], S7826, S7827, S7828, S7829, S7830, S7831, S7832, S7833, S7834, S7835 [12JY], S7906, S7907 [16JY], S7929, S7930, S7931, S7932, S7933, S7934, S7935, S7937, S7941, S7942, S7943, S7945, S7946, S7948, S7950, S7951, S7954, S7965, S7968, S7969, S7970, S7983, S7984, S7985, S7987, S7988, S7989, S7992, S7997, S8005, S8028, S8029, S8033, S8056, S8058 [17JY]

Armed Forces: limit placement under U.N. operational or tactical control (H.R. 3308), H10065, H10066, H10072 [5SE]

California: management of the Presidio facilities (H.R. 1296), S2662 [21MR], S2761, S2803 [25MR], S2867, S2868, S2871, S2872, S2873, S2874, S2875, S2876, S2877, S2878, S2879, S2882, S2884, S2894, S2895, S2898 [26MR], S3025, S3026 [27MR], S4509 [1MY]

Children and youth: transportation of certain children requiring specialized medical services in the U.S. (H.R. 332), H5501 [22MY]

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

Commission on Service Members and Veterans Transition Assistance: establish (S. 1711), S11744, S11774 [28SE]

Committee on International Relations (House): funding for investigation of U.S. role in Iranian arms transfer to Croatia and Bosnia (H. Res. 417), H4550 [8MY]

———investigate the U.S. role in Iranian arms transfer to Croatia and Bosnia (H. Res. 416), H4544 [8MY]

Corps of Engineers: authorize water conservation and river and harbor improvement projects (H.R. 3592), H8635 [29JY]

Education: Impact Aid Program technical corrections (H.R. 3269), S9618 [2AU], H9938 [4SE]

Eufaula, OK: convey certain Army land (S. 1406), S5866, S5870 [5JN]

Foreign aid: improve defense and security assistance (H.R. 3121), H7122 [9JY]

Forest fires: sale of excess aircraft relative to suppression of wildfires (S. 2078), S11441, S11462 [26SE]

Hawaii: transfer jurisdiction of certain territories (S. 1906), S7784 [11JY]

MIA: restore missing person status to certain civilian and contractor employees (H.R. 4000), S12001, S12003 [30SE]

Panama Canal: negotiation of a new agreement relative to the presence of U.S. Armed Forces (S. Con. Res. 14), S9977, S9982 [5SE]

Ships and vessels: transfer naval vessels to certain foreign countries (H.R. 3121), H7122 [9JY]

Veterans: reform and improve eligibility for medical care and services (H.R. 3118), S11732 [28SE], H12111 [28SE]

Analyses

Dept. of Defense Appropriations for Military Activities, Prescribing Personnel Strenghths, and Military Construction (S. 1673), S3387-S3401 [16AP]

Dept. of Defense Management and Operations Amendments (S. 1672), S3385-S3387 [16AP]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 1296, Presidio facilities management, S5298 [17MY], H4756 [9MY]

———H.R. 3230, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities and personnel strengths, S7612 [10JY], H7762 [17JY]

———H.R. 3517, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure, H8573 [26JY]

———H.R. 3610, Dept. of Defense appropriations, S8070 [18JY], H8793 [30JY]

———S. 1124, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities and personnel strengths, S92 [5JA], H306 [5JA]

Articles and editorials

ABM Treaty's Threat, S468 [26JA], H14 [3JA]

Admiral Turns Big Guns on Waste at Norfolk, VA, Base, S9852 [4SE]

Arms Trade Menaces U.S. Security, Panel Says—Clinton-Appointed Group Urges Restraint in Selling Conventional Weapons to Other Countries, S7145 [27JN]

Army Sergeant With HIV Feels Deserted by Policy, S865 [1FE]

As China Threatens Taiwan, It Makes Sure U.S. Listens, H792 [24JA]

Atlantic Commander Criticizes Profusion of Staff Organizations, S6393 [18JN]

Avoiding Military Adventures, S731 [1FE]

Cables Show U.S. Deception on Haitian Violence, E921 [24MY]

Call Me an Isolationist if You Will, But I'm in Great Company, H133 [4JA]

Chirac Ends France's Nuclear Test Program, H962 [30JA]

Chirac Ends Nuclear Tests on Eve of State Visit, H962 [30JA]

Chirac Visit Signals Recognition of U.S. Dominance, H1050 [31JA]

Clinton Seeks $25B More for Military, H15 [3JA]

Clinton's Partisanship Threatens Lands Bill, S11666 [28SE]

Congress Misses the `Magic' Show, E233 [28FE]

Congress Misses the ``Magic'' Show, S2295 [19MR]

Congress Stalls on Nuclear Waste, S4701 [6MY]

CTBT Talks Hinge on China Test Stance, S474 [26JA]

Defenseless Against Missile Terror, S12264 [3OC]

Defraud America Week, S5734 [4JN]

Do Military Officers and Politics Mix?, H12256 [2OC]

Dole's Military Card, E1233 [10JY]

Dugan Widow Remembers Husband, Tells His Story, H6626 [19JN]

Executive Action—Army Reserve Unit Guides Reconstruction of Postwar Bosnia, H6094-H6096 [10JN]

Famed Tuskegee Airman Dies, E588 [19AP]

Few Inches From the Yard, E1271 [12JY]

For Troops, Beat the Cold—Army Taking Extreme Measures, H326 [5JA]

Former Pacific Fleet Commander Dies, S7055 [26JN]

40 Years Later, S6975 [26JN]

France Acknowledges Radioactive Leakage in South Pacific Nuclear Tests, H778 [24JA]

France Ending Nuclear Tests That Caused Broad Protests, H963 [30JA]

Fund Arms Control, E324 [12MR]

Gathering Storm, S9308 [31JY]

General Gingrich?, H12256 [2OC]

General Gingrich Ices the 104th Congress—Speaker Deployed Art of War in His Plan for the House, H12257 [2OC]

Getting Closer to Nuke Waste Solution, S4702 [6MY]

Going to Bosnia a Good Way To See Danger, Grow Old Fast, H325 [5JA]

Hard-Line Russians Tout Nukes To Match West, S475 [26JA]

High-Level Risk—Federal Foot-Dragging Leaves N-Plants No Option but To Store Waste On-Site, S4701 [6MY]

Horror of the Land Mines, H327 [5JA]

Host Nations Must Cover More Costs of U.S. Troops Abroad, S10545 [13SE]

India's Stand Could Stop Test-Ban Treaty, H1050 [31JA]

Iran Triples Gulf Deployed Missiles, E1320 [18JY]

Iraqi Opposition Tells of Talks in Damascus, S6376 [18JN]

Japanese Foreign Minister Delivers Message of Commitment to the United States, S474 [26JA]

Keeping Our Nuclear Guard Up—Congress Should Adequately Fund U.S. Arms Control Agency To Combat Spread of Chemical and Nuclear Weapons to Terrorists, E324 [12MR]

Kentucky's NTC East, S7521 [10JY]

Last Line of Defense, E1562-E1564 [11SE]

Lifting Liberia Out of Chaos, S3736 [19AP]

Loral Chairman To Give $18 Million of Merger Fee to 40 Employees, S6496 [19JN]

Mangum Was Honored With Medals, E1379 [25JY]

Marines Land Generals Despite Some Opposition, S11286 [25SE]

Marines—Myth Versus Reality, S9151-S9154 [30JY]

Mayor of the Pentagon, S7512 [10JY]

McDonnell Chief's Compensation Takes on Superstar Proportions, S6497 [19JN]

Merger Mania, S7999 [17JY], E1307 [17JY]

Mike Boorda, RIP, H5363 [21MY]

Military Won't Pay for You To Move Out of Way—You'll Pick Up Tab for Relocating for Base Housing Renovations, S12037 [30SE]

Mission of a True Patriot, E28 [5JA]

Mobley Mourns His Navy Commander, E308 [7MR]

Navy Officer, Husband Die After Shootings at Andrews Air Force Base, S6605 [20JN]

Navy's Enemies, H5362 [21MY]

Newt's War Games, H12256 [2OC]

NMMI Broadcasts 20th Year of TV Production, E1740 [27SE]

Nuclear Test Ban Talks Enter the Home Stretch, S6974 [26JN]

Nuclear Test Ban Within Reach, S6975 [26JN]

Oath of Uncertainty, E1243 [11JY]

Offense Is Best Missile Defense, S5728 [4JN]

Officer Sorry for Attack on Navy Chief, E1070 [12JN]

Old-Time Pilots Show Top Guns Who's Hot, E1918 [3OC]

One Best Place for Nuclear Waste, S4701 [6MY]

One Weapon We Don't Need, S3420 [17AP]

Paying Rent on Base? Government Report Says All Should Pay, S12036 [30SE]

Pearl Harbor '41, Bosnia '95, E256 [29FE]

Pentagon Report Predicts Bosnia Will Fragment Without Vast Aid, S3499 [17AP]

Pentagon Weighs Ending Opposition to a Ban on Mines, S2215 [18MR]

Planning Future Defense, E1308 [17JY]

Plea for Missile Defense in Korea Fails, H1304 [27FE]

Political Targets Easiest Ones To Spot in Iraq Missile Barrage, E1619 [17SE]

Politics, Not Science, Delays Yucca Mountain, S4702 [6MY]

President Speaks, E100 [25JA]

Put on a Happy Face, Troops in Bosnia Told—Praise Clinton if Press Asks, Guide Says, H1215 [1FE]

Remembering Margaret Corbin, Daughter of the American Revolution, H1970 [7MR]

Report Cites China-Pakistan Missile Links, S6376 [18JN]

Report on Missile Threat to U.S. Too Optimistic, Woolsey Charges, S2191 [15MR]

Russia Balks at Arms Accord—Failure To Implement Clinton-Yeltsin Agreements Frustrates U.S. Officials, S470, S473 [26JA]

Russia Builds Up Nuclear Arsenal as Prospects for START II Fade, S475 [26JA]

Sacred Cows of Arms, Prisons Are Milking the U.S. Budget, S389 [25JA]

Saluting the Real Heroes in the Drive for a VA Hospital, H6862 [26JN]

Senator Praises Pentagon for Reconsidering Landmine Use, S2215 [18MR]

Shut Down the U.S. Arms Bazaar, S11197 [24SE]

Silver Age of State's Defense-Aerospace Economy, E1331 [22JY]

Step Toward a Safer World, S12269 [3OC]

Stretched Too Thin, S7961-S7963 [17JY]

Tailhook Figure Files Suit Over Navy Promotion, S2641 [21MR]

Today in Geneva—Chance for Test Ban May Be Now or Never, S6974 [26JN]

Toward the Test Ban, S6975 [26JN]

Transport Maghakian Served His Country Well as a Marine, E1620 [17SE]

U.S. Asks Too Much of Saudis, Who Sacrifice Peace at Home, E1436 [1AU]

U.S. Informs Bonn of Syrian Toxic-Gas Unit, S6376 [18JN]

U.S. Investigates Ukraine-Libya Alliance, S6376 [18JN]

U.S. Involvement in Bosnia—Iraq Seems To Rely on Afterthoughts, E1618 [17SE]

U.S. Troops Rolling Into Bosnia Under Cover of Apaches, Kiowa Warriors, E152 [5FE]

Unready for Rogue Threats, S4959 [13MY]

Up in Arms Over Rifle Giveaway, S7097 [27JN]

Up in Arms Over Rifle Giveaway—Gun-Control Advocates Call Army Weapons a Subsidy For NRA, S5096 [15MY]

Use of Military Personnel for Partisan Activities in the House of Representatives, H12256 [2OC]

VA Official Warns of Future Iowa Cuts, S9928 [5SE]

War and Politics, H12268 [3OC]

We Should Pay Tribute, E1056 [11JN]

What To Fight for—American Interests and the Use of Force in the Post-Cold War World, E1385 [26JY]

What We Owe Taiwan, S2624 [21MR]

White House Misled Joint Chiefs on ABM Treaty Tales, S5682 [3JN]

White House Prepares New Rule on Compensation for Executives, S6501 [19JN]

Why Taiwan Scares China, S2624 [21MR]

Why We Stopped the Gulf War, S10732 [18SE]

Woolsey Disputes Clinton, Missile-Threat Assessment, S5682 [3JN]

Bills and resolutions

Abiquiu Dam: acquire adjacent land (see S. 2063), S10327 [11SE]

Alderson, Wayne T.: award Medal of Honor (see H.R. 2961; H. Con. Res. 143), H1225, H1226 [1FE]

American Samoa: require U.S. nationals accepted in ROTC programs to apply for citizenship (see H.R. 3327), H4109 [25AP]

Appropriations: authorizing for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (see S. 1673, 1745), S3384 [16AP], S4972 [13MY]

———authorizing for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (see S. 1762; H.R. 3230), S5191 [16MY], H3386 [15AP]

———authorizing for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3230), consideration (see H. Res. 430), H4800 [9MY]

———authorizing for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3230), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 498), H9565 [31JY]

———authorizing for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (S. 1124), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 340), H773 [23JA]

———authorizing for military construction (see S. 1764; H.R. 3231), S5191 [16MY], H3386 [15AP]

———making (see S. 1894; H.R. 3610), S6612 [20JN], H6183 [11JN]

———making for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (see H.R. 3517), H5569 [23MY]

———making for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 3517), consideration (see H. Res. 442), H5646 [29MY]

———making for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 3517), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 497), H9565 [31JY]

———making (H.R. 3610), consideration (see H. Res. 453), H6284 [12JN]

———making omnibus consolidated (see H.R. 4278), H12173 [28SE]

———reduce levels to original budget request (see S. 2080), S10684 [17SE]

Arlington National Cemetery: transfer certain Navy Annex property (see S. 2124), S11294 [25SE]

Armed Forces: allow personal injury actions against military health care professionals (see H.R. 4221), H11395 [26SE]

———discharge of military personnel relative to positive HIV test (see H.R. 2959, 3926, 4344), H1225 [1FE], H9566 [31JY], H12301 [4OC]

———establish criminal sentence of life without parole and make denials of parole appealable only to the President (see H.R. 4104), H10601 [18SE]

———limit placement under U.N. operational or tactical control (see S. 2106; H.R. 3308), S11169 [24SE], H3819 [24AP]

———limit placement under U.N. operational or tactical control (H.R. 3308), consideration (see H. Res. 517), H10040 [4SE]

———permit certain beneficiaries to enroll in the Federal Employees Health Program (see H.R. 3012), H1715 [5MR]

———policy regarding military service by homosexuals (see H.R. 3925), H9566 [31JY]

———revise payment of retired pay to former spouses of retired members (see H.R. 3408), H4503 [7MY]

———treatment of Dept. of Defense separation pay relative to Dept. of Veterans Affairs disability compensation (see H.R. 3521), H5569 [23MY]

Army Reserves: designate wearing of army uniforms annually on April 23 (see H. Con. Res. 168), H4302 [30AP]

Auburn, CA: funding for dam construction on American River (see H.R. 3270), H3649 [18AP]

Aviation: require cockpit voice recorders and flight data recorders in non-combat aircraft (see S. 1671), S3311 [15AP]

Barry, John: recognize as first flag officer of the U.S. Navy (see H.J. Res. 196), H11395 [26SE]

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

Business and industry: prohibit payment under defense contracts of restructuring costs for mergers or acquisitions (see H.R. 3433), H4901 [10MY]

California: management of the Presidio facilities (see H.R. 4236), H11525 [27SE]

———management of the Presidio facilities (H.R. 1296), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 536), H11228 [25SE]

Cecil Field Naval Air Station, FL: transfer jurisdiction over certain lands to Dept. of Veterans Affairs (see H.R. 3882), H8247 [23JY]

Chemical weapons: alternatives to demilitarization of munitions under the baseline incinerator program (see H.R. 3767), H7259 [10JY]

China, Republic of: U.S. policy on regional stability and defense (see H. Con. Res. 148), H1985 [7MR]

Coast Guard: cost estimate for the engineering, design and retrofitting of the icebreaker Mackinaw (see H.R. 4081), H10523 [17SE]

Coastal zones: clarify Corps of Engineers responsibilities to promote and carry out shore protection projects (see H.R. 3551), H5646 [29MY]

Commission on Programs and Policies for Combatting the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction: establish (see S. 1681), S3487 [17AP]

Commission on Service Members and Veterans Transition Assistance: establish (see S. 1711), S4316 [29AP]

Commission on the Future for America's Veterans: establish (see H.R. 4060), H10235 [11SE]

Committee on International Relations (House): funding for investigation of U.S. role in Iranian arms transfer to Croatia and Bosnia (see H. Res. 417), H4119 [29AP]

———investigate the U.S. role in Iranian arms transfer to Croatia and Bosnia (see H. Res. 416), H4119 [29AP]

Contracts: establish limitations on taxpayer-financed compensation for defense contractors (see S. 2081; H.R. 3512), S10684 [17SE], H5500 [22MY]

———procurement of aircraft landing gear manufactured and assembled in the U.S. (see H.R. 3171), H2950 [27MR]

———revise reporting requirements of cost restructuring on defense contracts (see H.R. 3444), H4902 [10MY]

Corps of Engineers: authorize shore protection and beach nourishment projects on publicly owned property (see S. 1811), S5567 [23MY]

———authorize water conservation and river and harbor improvement projects (see H.R. 3563, 3592), H5817 [4JN], H6005 [6JN]

———conduct study of mitigation banks (see H.R. 4211), H11395 [26SE]

———construction of flood control project on the Sacramento and American Rivers, CA (see H.R. 3270), H3649 [18AP]

Crime: prosecution of military personnel and companions while stationed abroad (see S. 2083), S10684 [17SE]

———restrict income during incarceration for military personnel (see S. 2083), S10684 [17SE]

———transfer Dept. of Defense funding to community policing programs (see S. 1580), S1455 [29FE]

Defense contracts: prohibit additional payments and revise certain reporting requirements for restructuring costs (see H.R. 3608), H6117 [10JN]

Dept. of Energy: authorizing appropriations (see S. 1777), S5267 [17MY]

———authorizing appropriations for defense activities (see S. 1763), S5191 [16MY]

———establish a National Test and Demonstration Center of Excellence at the Nevada test site (see H.R. 2899), H913 [25JA]

Dept. of the Navy: enhance and increase knowledge of the oceans (see H.R. 3363), H4302 [30AP]

Education: Impact Aid Program reform (see H.R. 2886), H912 [25JA]

———technical corrections relative to certain assistance authority (see H.R. 4282), H12173 [28SE]

Elections: extend the period for receipt of certain absentee ballots (see H.R. 3058), H2034 [8MR]

Federal employees: military uniform requirements for civilian employees of the National Guard (see H.R. 3311), H3819 [24AP]

Food: expand authority to donate unusual food (see H.R. 3312), H3819 [24AP]

Foreign aid: improve defense and security assistance (see H.R. 3121), H2558 [20MR]

Foreign countries: withdrawal of forces stationed in foreign countries that do not assume costs and application of savings to the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund (see H.R. 2936), H1224 [1FE]

Foreign trade: prohibit sale in commissary or exchange stores of imported items not produced under minimum labor standards (see H.R. 3843), H7780 [17JY]

Forest fires: sale of excess aircraft relative to suppression of wildfires (see S. 2078; H.R. 4108), S10600 [16SE], H10602 [18SE]

Forrestal Institute: establish (see H.R. 2993), H1635 [29FE]

Fort Lewis, WA: land exchange with Weyerhaeuser Real Estate Co. (see H.R. 2859), H330 [5JA]

Funding: reduce (see H.R. 3202), H3229 [29MR]

Government regulations: repeal certain limitations on the operation of depots (see H.R. 2852), H330 [5JA]

Hawaii: transfer jurisdiction of certain territories (see S. 1906), S6850 [25JN]

Health: allow military health care system beneficiaries the option to enroll in Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (see S. 1651; H.R. 3368, 3699), S3156 [28MR], H4302 [30AP], H6690 [20JN]

History: tribute to individuals who served the U.S. during the period known as the cold war (see S. Con. Res. 61; H. Con. Res. 180), S5567 [23MY], H5501 [22MY]

House Rules: question of privilege relative to withdrawal of invitation to Jacques Chirac to address a joint meeting of Congress (see H. Res. 350), H973 [30JA]

Hudson River Basin: habitat restoration projects (see H.R. 3471), H5287 [16MY]

Intelligence services: reorganize and reform management of intelligence community (see S. 1593; H.R. 3237), S1598 [6MR], H3386 [15AP]

Iowa: provide relief for agricultural producers for flooding losses caused by water retention at the Lake Redrock dam (see S. 1803; H.R. 4054), S5567 [23MY], H10235 [11SE]

Iraq: U.S. military response to attacks on Kurdish factions (see S. Res. 288), S9967 [5SE]

Korean War: mint coins in commemoration of Puerto Ricans who served in the 65th Infantry Regiment (see H.R. 3228), H3230 [29MR]

———tribute to Puerto Ricans who served in the 65th Infantry Regiment (see H. Con. Res. 159), H3231 [29MR]

Law enforcement: assist the procurement of equipment for counterdrug activities by State and local governments (see H.R. 2931), H1224 [1FE]

Management and operations: amend laws (see S. 1672), S3384 [16AP]

Mariemont, OH: conveyance of a parcel of land under Corps of Engineers' jurisdiction (see S. 1916; H.R. 3072), S7179 [27JN], H2123 [12MR]

Metric system: exempt from requirements relative to nuclear facilities (see H.R. 3164), H2866 [26MR]

MIA: restore missing person status to certain civilian and contractor employees (see H.R. 4000), H9923 [2AU]

Missouri (U.S.S.): transfer to U.S.S. Missouri Allied Forces Memorial, San Francisco, CA (see H.R. 4066), H10385 [12SE]

National Cemetery System: redesignate as National Cemetery Administration (see S. 2012), S9428 [1AU]

National security: national missile defense system (see S. 1635; H.R. 3144), S2646 [21MR], H2664 [21MR]

———national missile defense system (H.R. 3144), consideration (see H. Res. 438), H5287 [16MY]

Navy: name the first of the fleet of new attack submarines the South Dakota (see S. Con. Res. 62), S5567 [23MY]

———requirements relative to shipboard solid waste control (see S. 1728), S4676 [3MY]

———transfer of six obsolete tugboats (see S. 1522), S313 [23JA]

New, Michael: reverse court-martial relative to refusal to wear U.N. uniform insignia (see H. Con. Res. 134), H913 [25JA]

Pensions: early deferred annuities for certain employees who are separated from service due to defense base closures (see S. 1686; H.R. 3279), S3626 [18AP], H3649 [18AP]

Pittsburgh (U.S.S.): tribute to crew (see H. Res. 534), H11048 [24SE]

Pornography: prohibit the sale or distribution of sexually explicit material to any individual (see H.R. 3300), H3730 [23AP]

Saudi Arabia: terrorist attack on U.S. peacekeeping forces (see S. Res. 273; H. Con. Res. 200), S7179 [27JN], H8375 [24JY]

Ships and vessels: prohibit use of certain shipping cost differentials relative to Merchant Marine Act (see H.R. 4343), H12270 [3OC]

———transfer naval vessels to certain foreign countries (see H.R. 3121), H2558 [20MR]

Small business: provide financial and development assistance to businesses of military reservists (see S. 2177), S11973 [30SE]

Social Security: medicare reimbursement to Military Health Services System (see S. 1639; H.R. 3142, 3151, 4068), S2646 [21MR], H2664, H2665 [21MR], H10385 [12SE]

———provide enrollment period for medicare and medigap relative to certain military retirees and dependents (see H.R. 4298), H12174 [28SE]

Steubenville, OH: conveyance of a parcel of land under Corps of Engineers' jurisdiction (see H.R. 4021), H10040 [4SE]

Stratford Army Engine Plant: treatment of expenses for contractors who relocate due to cessation of military activities (see H.R. 4340), H12270 [3OC]

Sudan: prohibit foreign aid or arms transfers until elimination of chattel slavery (see H.R. 3766), H7154 [9JY]

Taxation: treatment of Armed Forces members performing services in Bosnia and Herzegovina (see S. 1553; H.R. 2879), S736 [1FE], H912 [25JA]

———treatment of Armed Forces members performing services in Somalia (see S. 1967; H.R. 4179), S8013 [17JY], H11229 [25SE]

Technology: competitiveness of the electronic inter-connections industry (see H. Res. 537), H11229 [25SE]

Treaties and agreements: Antiballistic Missile Treaty (see S. 1562), S915 [6FE]

Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security Between the U.S. and Japan: implementation (see S. Res. 306), S11973 [30SE]

Veterans: eligibility for training and rehabilitation assistance and transfer of certain educational assistance authority (see H.R. 3674), H6531 [19JN]

———eliminate double taxation of lump sum separation benefits and compensation for a service-connected disability (see H.R. 3183), H3170 [28MR]

———reform and improve eligibility for medical care and services (see S. 1563; H.R. 3118, 3119), S1083 [7FE], H2557 [20MR]

———treatment of cold weather injuries received during military operations (see H.R. 4007), H9924 [2AU]

Vietnamese Conflict: award Ranger Tab to certain veterans (see S. 2192), S12303 [3OC]

———provide compensation to certain Vietnamese who were employed (see H.R. 3668), H6508 [18JN]

Weapons: C-17 Airlifter program (see S. 1710), S4190 [25AP]

———deployment policy for antiballistic missile systems (see H.R. 3489), H5288 [16MY]

———detection and interception of weapons of mass destruction delivered by unconventional means (see H.R. 3729), H6915 [26JN]

———proliferation and use of weapons of mass destruction (see H.R. 3730), H7106 [27JN]

World War II: announce results of study into the awarding of medals to African Americans (see S. Res. 230), S1455 [29FE]

Biographies

Boorda, Jeremy M., S5299 [17MY]

Corbin, Margaret C.: ``World Book Encyclopedia'', H1970 [7MR]

Effron, Andrew S., S7884 [16JY]

Minnesota Hmong Vets Who Are Not Citizens, H2394-H2396 [19MR]

Books

``America's Secret Army—The Untold Story of the Counter Intelligence Corps,'' Ian Sayer and Douglas Botting (excerpts), S548-S553 [30JA]

Briefings

Antipersonnel landmines, S6483 [19JN]

Cables

Administration of missile defense program: John M. Shalikashvili, Joint Chiefs of Staff, H1304 [27FE]

Cloture motions

Appropriations: authorizing for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1745), S6718 [24JN], S6848 [25JN], S6905 [26JN], S7156 [27JN], S7225 [28JN]

———making (S. 1894), S7743 [11JY]

California: management of the Presidio facilities (H.R. 1296), S2795 [25MR], S2898 [26MR], S2924 [27MR], S3101 [28MR]

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

Comparisons

Personal military histories of President Clinton and Sullivan Ballou: Representative Dornan, E169 [5FE]

Conference reports

Dept. of Defense Appropriations for Military Activities and Personnel Strengths (H.R. 3230), H8985-H9368 [30JY]

Dept. of Defense Appropriations for Military Activities and Personnel Strengths (S. 1124), H351-H736 [22JA]

Dept. of Defense Appropriations for Military Construction, Family Housing, and Base Realignment and Closure (H.R. 3517), H8958-H8980 [30JY]

Dept. of Defense Appropriations (H.R. 3610), H11644-H12021 [28SE]

Presidio Facilities and Parks and Public Lands Management (H.R. 1296), H10982-H11040 [24SE]

Cost Estimates

Dept. of Defense Appropriations for Military Activities, Personnel Strengths, and Military Construction (S. 1745): CBO, S6504-S6508 [19JN]

Descriptions

Categories of Defense Infrastructure: GAO, S6388 [18JN]

Documents

Another Clinton Foreign Policy Failure—Crisis in Iraq Worsens, S10731 [18SE]

Principles of Leadership: Military Leadership Field Manual, S3339 [16AP]

Essays

What Everyone Should Know About the Unknown Soldier: Candace Shea, E1239 [11JY]

Eulogies

Boorda, Jeremy M.: by Harold Kramer, E994 [4JN]

Bulkeley. John D.: by Peter W. Bulkeley, H5280 [16MY]

Mankin, Hart T.: by Theodore Mankin, S12033 [30SE]

Excerpts

America's Editors Oppose New Star Wars Plans: Senator Exon, S5717 [4JN]

Factsheets

Impact Aid Funding for Harnett County, NC, Schools Relative to Pope AFB and Fort Bragg, S7984 [17JY]

Reasonableness Test for Executive Compensation, S6496 [19JN]

Reasons To Keep Murray State University ROTC, S7008 [26JN]

Titanium Sponge, S7152 [27JN]

Histories

Air Force 321st Missile Group, E560 [17AP]

Marine Corps General Officer Strength Levels, 1977-95, S8974 [26JY]

Letters

Air National Guard C-130 airlift squadron funding: John R. Groves, Jr., S6489 [19JN]

Allied burden sharing for maintenance and operation of military personnel and installations: Jill Lancelot, Taxpayers for Common Sense (organization), S7133 [27JN]

———Tom Schatz, Council for Citizens Against Government Waste, S7133 [27JN]

Antipersonnel landmines: Senator Leahy, S6483 [19JN]

———Senator Thurmond, S6484 [19JN]

———several retired military officers, S3421 [17AP]

Antiterrorism activities funding, S7949 [17JY]

———William J. Perry, Sec. of Defense, S8006 [17JY]

Army National Guard military construction projects, S6480 [19JN]

Audit of security measures at all military installations overseas: Military Coalition, S7947 [17JY]

Ballistic missile program funding: several Senators, S2190 [15MR]

Camp Guernsey, WY, maintenance shop construction: Edward J. Philbin, National Guard Association of the U.S., S6479 [19JN]

Cash grant to the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine under the Cooperative Threat Reduction Program, E987 [4JN]

Center for Photonics Research funding: John Silber, Boston University, S7943 [17JY]

Chemical weapons demilitarization: President Clinton, S10034 [9SE]

Closure of certain ROTC units: Kern Alexander, Murray State University, S7008 [26JN]

Compensation to certain Vietnamese who were employed during the Vietnamese Conflict: George J. Tenet, CIA, S6440 [19JN]

———John F. Sommer, Jr., American Legion, S6441 [19JN]

———Paul A. Spera, VFW, S6441 [19JN]

Defend America Act: John M. Shalikashvili, Joint Chiefs of Staff, S5630 [23MY], S5732 [4JN]

———June E. O'Neill, CBO, S5722, S5723 [4JN]

Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities, personnel strengths, and military construction, S6950 [26JN]

———Ralph DeGennaro, Taxpayers for Common Sense (organization), S6960 [26JN]

Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strenghths, and military construction, S3387 [16AP]

Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities and personnel strengths: Representative Solomon, H784 [24JA]

———several Representatives, H783 [24JA]

Dept. of Defense contracts relative to local content requirements: George J. Kourpias, International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, S7938 [17JY]

———Michael Sacco, AFL-CIO, S7937 [17JY]

———Peggy Taylor, AFL-CIO, S7938 [17JY]

———Robert Lapp, Timken Co., S7938 [17JY]

———William H. Bywater, AFL-CIO, S7938 [17JY]

Dept. of Defense contractual actions: L.W. Freeman, Dept. of Defense, H2549 [20MR]

Dept. of Defense inflation estimates: Jill Lancelot, S5068 [15MY]

———Senators Kohl, Bradley, and Grassley, S5068 [15MY]

Dept. of Defense management and operations amendments: Judith A. Miller, Dept. of Defense, S3385 [16AP]

Dept. of Defense seizure of paramilitary documents in Haiti: Representative Conyers, E920 [24MY]

———several Members of Congress, E919, E920 [24MY]

Dept. of Defense transfer of certain properties prior to hazardous waste cleanup: Frank J. Kelley, S7242 [28JN]

Discharge of military personnel relative to positive HIV test, H1214 [1FE]

Executive departments management and direction of appropriated funds: Representatives Livingston and Obey, E34 [5JA]

Fort Leonard Wood, MO, barracks construction funding relative to Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission recommendations: Senators Inhofe and Nickles, S6983 [26JN]

Fort Lewis, WA, land exchange with Weyerhaeuser Real Estate Co.: Paul W. Johnson, Dept. of the Army, E30 [5JA]

Guam Land Return Act, E1693 [25SE]

Humanitarian assistance for civilian refugees in Lebanon: Jill Buckley, AID, E1096 [17JN]

———several Representatives, E1096 [17JN]

Impact Aid Program technical corrections: Frank Till, San Diego City Schools, H4448 [7MY]

———John B. Forkenbrock, National Association of Federally Impacted Schools, H4448 [7MY]

———John F. Deegan, National Military Impacted Schools Association, H4448 [7MY]

———Representative Mink, H4450 [7MY]

———Representatives Goodling and Mink, H4450 [7MY]

———Richard W. Riley, Sec. of Education, H4450 [7MY]

Intelligence activities and programs: Senators Specter and Kerrey, S5092 [15MY]

International War Crimes Tribunal prosecution of individuals indicted for crimes committed in the former Yugoslavian Republics, S3891 [23AP]

Limit compensation for corporate executives reimbursed under defense contracts, S6501 [19JN]

Limit use of Dept. of Defense funds for programs, projects, and activities not included in future-years defense plan: Thomas A. Schatz, Council for Citizens Against Government Waste, S7952 [17JY]

Marine Corps request for additional generals: Charles C. Krulak, Marine Corps, S9150 [30JY]

———Senator Grassley, S9150 [30JY]

Media reference pamphlet issued to troops in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Representative Dornan, H1215 [1FE]

Medical and physical soundness of Armed Forces: Michael F. Ouellette, Non-Commissioned Officers Association of the U.S.A., H1215 [1FE]

Medium Extended Air Defense System: C.C. Krulak and Dennis J. Reimer, Dept. of the Navy, H6386 [13JN]

———Edward G. Anderson III, Dept. of the Army, H6385 [13JN]

———Garey E. Luck, Dept. of Defense, H6386 [13JN]

———George A. Joulwan, Dept. of Defense, H6387 [13JN]

———J.H.B. Peay III, Dept. of Defense, H6387 [13JN]

———Jay M. Garner, Dept. of the Army, H6386 [13JN]

———Malcolm R. O'Neill, Dept. of Defense, H6385 [13JN]

———Ronald H. Griffith, Dept. of the Army, H6386 [13JN]

Military support for civilian sporting events: Robert R. Pounders, Motorcoach Charters and Winning Tours (business), S7162 [27JN]

———Thomas W. Roskelly, S7163 [27JN]

National Guard and Reserve forces readiness requirements: Senators Ford and Bond, S6832 [25JN]

National Guard Special Operation Forces: John R. Groves, Jr., S7933 [17JY]

National Guard use of outside contractors vs. armory personnel for Reserved Component Automation System Program: Ronald C. Lindberg, Rapid Electric Sales and Service Co., H5666 [30MY]

National Imagery and Mapping Agency establishment and collection of foreign intelligence: John M. Deutch, CIA, S7014 [26JN]

National missile defense system funding: Joint Chiefs of Staff, S6422 [19JN]

Nomination of Jeffrey A. Cook to be Navy Rear Admiral: Senator Grassley, S11531, S11533 [27SE]

Olympic games security by Dept. of Defense: Jamie S. Gorelick, Dept. of Justice, S7087 [27JN]

Omnibus consolidated appropriations: President Clinton, S11696 [28SE]

Oregon National Guard's response to flooding emergency: Raymond F. Rees, Oregon National Guard, E283 [6MR]

President Clinton's personal military history: Eugene J. Holmes, H5559 [23MY], H12190 [30SE], E169 [5FE]

———President Clinton, H5559 [23MY], H12185 [30SE], E168 [5FE]

Presidio facilities and parks and public lands management: Franklin D. Raines, OMB, S11261 [25SE], S11475 [27SE]

———Senator Murkowski, S11626, S11661 [28SE]

———Senator Murkowski and Representative Don Young, S11263 [25SE]

Procedures for determining status of certain missing members of the Armed Forces: Daniel A. Ludwig, American Legion, H2079 [12MR]

———Dolores A. Alfond, National Alliance of Families for the Return of America's Missing Servicemen, H2079 [12MR]

———Eugene B. McDaniel, American Defense Institute, H2079 [12MR]

———J. Thomas Burch, Jr., National Vietnam Veterans Coalition, H2079 [12MR]

———Jo Anne Shirley, National League of Families of American Prisoners and Missing in Southeast Asia, H2078 [12MR]

———Joyce A. Rommel, Veterans of the Vietnam War, Inc., H2079 [12MR]

———Richard F. Shultz, DAV, H2079 [12MR]

Procure from the private sector the goods and services necessary to operate and manage certain Federal agencies, S10283 [11SE]

Procurement of equipment for National Guard reserve components, S7251 [28JN]

Prohibit payment under defense contracts of restructuring costs for mergers or acquisitions: Danielle Brian, Project on Government Oversight (organization), S8001 [17JY]

———James M. Carroll, AFL-CIO, S8001 [17JY]

———Jill Lancelot, Taxpayers for Common Sense (organization), S8001 [17JY]

———John R. Luckey, Congressional Research Service, S8004 [17JY]

———Lawrence J. Korb, Brookings Institution, S7999 [17JY]

Reburial of Margaret C. Corbin at the West Point Cemetery: Judith A. Sibley, U.S. Military Academy, H1970 [7MR]

Redesignate National Cemetery System as National Cemetery Administration: Jesse Brown, Sec. of Veterans Affairs, S9434 [1AU]

Removal of Robert E. Stumpf from Navy promotion list: Charles W. Gittins, S3338 [16AP]

Request for Committee on Armed Services (Senate) hearing relative to removal of Robert E. Stumpf from Navy promotion list: Robert E. Stumpf, S2638 [21MR]

———Senator Thurmond, Committee on Armed Services (Senate), S2638 [21MR]

Restore missing person status to certain Dept. of Defense civilian and contractor employees: Representatives Gilman and Solomon, H11475 [27SE]

Revitalize U.S.-flag merchant marine: John P. White, Dept. of Defense, S11155 [24SE]

———John W. Douglass, Dept. of the Navy, S11155 [24SE]

Sale of National Defense Stockpile assets to offset foreign military sales research recoupment fees, S7145 [27JN]

———Don Fuqua, Aerospace Industries Association, S7146 [27JN]

START II Treaty ratification: William J. Perry, Sec. of Defense, S478 [26JA]

State VA programs funding: John T. Carson, Dept. of Veterans Affairs, S9928 [5SE]

———Kristin Waldron, American Legion, S9929 [5SE]

———M. Terry Lipovac, VFW, S9930 [5SE]

———Robert O. Steben, AMVETS, S9930 [5SE]

Taxpayer cost of merger of Martin Marietta Corp. and Lockheed Corp., S6499, S6500 [19JN]

———Senators Grassley and Boxer, S6499 [19JN]

Testing of nuclear weapons underground under limited conditions: Hazel R. O'Leary, Sec. of Energy, S6587 [20JN]

———John D. Holum, ACDA, S6587 [20JN], S6972 [26JN]

———William C. Danvers, NSC, S6587 [20JN], S6971 [26JN]

Trade embargo against Iraq and Serbia: Representative Archer, H5838 [5JN]

———Representative Callahan, H5838 [5JN]

Transfer jurisdiction over certain lands in Kisatchie National Forest to Fort Polk, LA, S7003 [26JN]

Transfer of vessel from Thailand to U.S. Shipbuilding Museum: William M. MacMullen, Jr., U.S. Shipbuilding Museum, S7240 [28JN]

Tribute to American Legion Auxiliary Unit 230 for efforts relative to city council elections in Aurora, SD: Margaret Allstot, S6010 [10JN]

Tribute to Daniel O. Graham: Representative Gingrich, E143 [1FE]

Tribute to David Packard: John H. Dalton, Sec. of the Navy, S3185 [29MR]

U.S. ability to respond to terrorist threats and nuclear weapons proliferation: Hazel R. O'Leary, Sec. of Energy, S6992 [26JN]

———William J. Perry, Sec. of Defense, S6992 [26JN]

U.S. Armed Forces in Haiti: Randy Scheunemann, Charles Flickner, Christopher Walker, Louis H. Dupart, and Roger Noriega, S3742 [19AP]

U.S. Armed Forces in Liberia: Senator Helms, S3893 [23AP]

U.S. military intervention in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Barbara Larkin, Dept. of State, E844 [20MY], E1054, E1055 [11JN]

———President Clinton, H4112 [29AP]

———Representative Skelton, H813 [24JA], H3208 [29MR], H4112 [29AP]

U.S. military response to attacks on Kurdish factions in Iraq: Senator Specter, S10625 [17SE]

U.S. policy on regional stability and defense relative to the Republic of China: Barbara Larkin, Dept. of State, H2344 [19MR]

———Representative Hamilton, Committee on International Relations (House), H2343 [19MR]

U.S.-French cooperation on nuclear weapons programs: President Clinton, S864 [1FE]

———several Senators, S864 [1FE]

Unfunded Federal mandates relative to Nuclear Waste Policy Act: June E. O'Neill, CBO, S4250 [25AP]

Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences funding: J.C. Pennington, National Association for Uniformed Services, S7523 [10JY]

———P. John Seward, AMA, S7523 [10JY]

———Steve A. Robertson, American Legion, S7523 [10JY]

Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences termination: Daniel A. Ludwig, American Legion, H5084 [15MY]

———Military Coalition (organization), H5084 [15MY]

Use of military personnel for partisan activities in the House of Representatives: Representative Schroeder, H12258, H12259 [2OC]

Veterans' Health Care Eligibility Reform Act: Independent Budget (organization), H8771 [30JY]

Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Land Withdrawal Act amendments: Mary D. Nichols, EPA, S6589 [20JN]

White Sands National Monument and White Sands Missile Range modification of boundaries: Roger G. Kennedy, National Park Service, S7231 [28JN]

Worker protection at Dept. of Energy Miamisburg, OH, facility: Thomas P. Grumbly, Dept. of Energy, S7235 [28JN]

Lists

Air Force crew that transported diplomatic delegation to Haiti, S2208 [15MR]

Air Force Junior ROTC of Burncoat High School, Worcester, MA, good citizens' principles, E107 [26JA]

Army National Guard military construction projects, S6480 [19JN]

Assignments for new Marine Corps generals, S7964 [17JY]

Committee Armed Service (Senate) nominations, S10684 [17SE]

Essential non-defense military construction projects, S6475 [19JN]

Funding above Dept. of Defense request, S6950 [26JN]

General Douglas MacArthur Leadership Award recipients, E954 [30MY]

Groups supporting chemical weapons disposal amendment to Dept. of Defense appropriations legislation, S7262 [28JN]

House of Representatives vote on use of force against Iraq (1991), H10362-H10364 [12SE]

Items designated as emergency in omnibus consolidated appropriations legislation, S11876 [30SE]

Marine Corps request for additional generals, S7963 [17JY]

MIA cases requiring critical Vietnamese assistance, H2080 [12MR]

MIA cases to be unilaterally resolved by the Vietnamese Government, H2080 [12MR]

Military academy nominees for the 11th Congressional District of New Jersey, E131 [1FE]

Net results of changes made to the Dept. of Defense appropriations legislation to accommodate the minority and White House, H21 [3JA]

Provisions in Presidio conference report which would invoke a Presidential veto, S11626, S11661, S11663-S11665 [28SE]

Titles in H.R. 1296, management of the Presidio, CA, facilities, S2741 [25MR]

Memorandums

Ballistic Missile Threat: Representative Spence, E241-E243 [28FE]

Defend America Act: W.A. Owens, Thomas S. Moorman, Jr., J.W. Prueher, F.D. Hearney, Ronald H. Griffith, Joint Requirements Oversight Council, S5732 [4JN]

F-22 Aircraft Funding: David L. McNicol, Dept. of Defense, S7158 [27JN]

Kinetic Energy Tactical Antisatellite Program Funding: Jay M. Garner, Dept. of the Army, S6457 [19JN]

U.S. Armed Forces Protection Act: Walter Dellinger, Dept. of Justice, H10061-H10063 [5SE]

Messages

Dept. of Defense, Dept. of the Treasury, GSA, and OPM Appropriations: President Clinton, S8466 [22JY]

Dept. of Defense Rescissions: President Clinton, S2100 [14MR], H2220 [13MR]

Issuance of Licenses for the Export of Defense Articles and U.S.-Origin Satellites to the People's Republic of China: President Clinton, S6718 [24JN], H6709 [24JN]

National Achievements in Aeronautics and Space: President Clinton, S7014 [26JN], H6973 [26JN]

National Emergency Relative to Angola: President Clinton, S11030 [19SE], H10645 [19SE]

National Security Strategy: President Clinton, S1648 [7MR], H1966 [7MR]

Revised Deferral and Rescission Proposals: President Clinton, S1311 [26FE], H1260 [27FE]

Veto of H.R. 1530, Dept. of Defense Appropriations: President Clinton, H12 [3JA]

Motions

Appropriations: authorizing for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1745), S6438 [19JN]

———authorizing for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3230), H5101 [15MY], H7742, H7744 [17JY]

———authorizing for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3230), conference report, H9823 [1AU]

———authorizing for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (S. 1124), H302, H306 [5JA]

———making for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 3517), H8573 [26JY]

———making (H.R. 3610), H8793 [30JY]

———making (H.R. 3610), conference report, H12109 [28SE]

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

———management of the Presidio facilities (H.R. 4236), H12036 [28SE]

Corps of Engineers: authorize water conservation and river and harbor improvement projects (H.R. 3592), H8756 [30JY]

Obituaries

D.O. Graham, 70, Creator of `Star Wars' Defense, E143 [1FE]

Outlines

Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission recommendations relative to civil service retirement, S10033 [9SE]

Pamphlets

Answer You Can Use—V Corps Media Reference Card—Guidelines for Dealing With Civilian News Media, H1215 [1FE]

Papers

Allied Burden Sharing for Maintenance and Operation of Military Personnel and Installations, S7132 [27JN]

———Mike Walsh, S7133 [27JN]

Disclosure of Information Concerning U.S. Personnel Lost in Vietnam: Melvin E. Richmond, Jr., E899-E918 [24MY]

Humanitarian Demining Technologies Funding, S6926 [26JN]

White Sands National Monument and White Sands Missile Range Modification of Boundaries: Paul W. Johnson, Dept. of the Army, S7232 [28JN]

Petitions and memorials

Support for U.S. troops in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Georgia House of Representatives, E85, E94 [25JA]

Poems

``Alone and Far Removed,'' Audie L. Murphy, E956 [30MY]

``Corps of Engineers'', S9441 [1AU]

``Freedom Flies in Your Heart Like an Eagle,'' Audie L. Murphy, E956 [30MY]

``Lest We Forget,'' B. Robert Gillis, E1897 [1OC]

``We Remember,'' Curt W. Perdelwitz, E1066 [12JN]

Press releases

Anti-Gunners' Hypocrisy Abounds: National Rifle Association, S7096 [27JN]

Congressman Robert K. Dornan Rebukes Clinton for Veto of Defense Bill, H21 [3JA]

Dornan Provision on HIV/Combat Readiness Passes as Part of Defense Conference Bill: Representative Dornan, H1214 [1FE]

Dornan ``Reluctantly'' Supports New Defense Conference Report, H785 [24JA]

GSA Administrator Stops Sales of Excess Federal Firearms: GSA, S7096 [27JN]

Livingston to Clinton—Now Is Not the Time to Further Cut Defense: Committee on Appropriations (House), S10730 [18SE]

Use of Military Personnel for Partisan Activities in the House of Representatives: Representative Schroeder, H12259 [2OC]

Proclamations

Offutt Appreciation Day: Robert Eccles, Mayor of Ralston, NE, E1273 [12JY]

Tribute to the 168th Engineer Combat Battalion: Angus S. King, Jr, Governor of Maine, S9441 [1AU]

———William F. Weld, Governor of Massachusetts, S9441 [1AU]

Questions and answers

Conversation With the President—The View From the Oval Office: Kenneth T. Walsh and Bruce B. Auster, U.S. News & World Report (publication) (excerpt), S475 [26JA]

Democratic People's Republic of Korea nuclear framework agreement implementation: Senator Levin and several military leaders, S8851 [25JY]

Quotations

Prohibit payment under defense contracts of restructuring costs for mergers or acquisitions: several organizations, S7282 [28JN]

Remarks in House

Abortion: performance at military medical facilities, H785, H786 [24JA], H4942, H5013-H5022 [14MY], H9820, H9822 [1AU]

Air Force: C-130 transport aircraft funding, H6349, H6350 [13JN]

———F-22 fighter aircraft funding, H6351 [13JN]

Air Force Sergeants Association: anniversary, E671 [1MY]

American Samoa: require U.S. nationals accepted in ROTC programs to apply for citizenship (H.R. 3327), E648 [25AP]

Appropriations: authorizing for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3230), H4335 [1MY], H4904, H4908, H4909, H4925-H5033 [14MY], H5069-H5103, H5146-H5149 [15MY], H5279 [16MY], H5361 [21MY], H5489 [22MY], H7742-H7744 [17JY], H8822-H8828 [30JY], E804, E806, E807, E808, E810, E813 [15MY], E831 [16MY]

———authorizing for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3230), appointment of conferees, H7991 [18JY]

———authorizing for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3230), conference report, H9465-H9473 [31JY], H9814-H9824 [1AU], E1481 [2AU]

———authorizing for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3230), consideration (H. Res. 430), H4822-H4836 [10MY]

———authorizing for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3230), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 498), H9811-H9813 [1AU]

———authorizing for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3230), motion to instruct conferees, H7742-H7744 [17JY]

———authorizing for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (S. 1124), H240-H307 [5JA]

———authorizing for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (S. 1124), conference report, H339 [22JA], H777, H789-H800, H817 [24JA], H1207, H1213 [1FE], E77, E78, E81 [24JA], E87 [25JA], E112 [30JA]

———authorizing for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (S. 1124), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 340), H782-H789 [24JA]

———authorizing for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (S. 1124), motion to insert language of H.R. 1530 conference report in lieu, H302-H306 [5JA]

———authorizing (H.R. 1530), veto, H8, H12-H22 [3JA]

———executive department management and direction of appropriated funds, E33 [5JA]

———making for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 3517), H5659-H5674 [30MY], H8794 [30JY], E965 [30MY]

———making for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 3517), conference report, H9796-H9801, H9834 [1AU]

———making for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 3517), consideration (H. Res. 442), H5655-H5659 [30MY]

———making for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 3517), motion to instruct conferees, H8573 [26JY]

———making (H.R. 3610), H6333-H6389 [13JN]

———making (H.R. 3610), conference report, H12051-H12110 [28SE], E1884, E1891 [1OC], E1903, E1907 [2OC], E1916 [3OC], E1942 [21OC]

———making (H.R. 3610), consideration (H. Res. 453), H6326-H6333 [13JN]

———making omnibus consolidated (H.R. 4278), H12051-H12110 [28SE], H12254 [2OC], E1884 [1OC], E1903, E1904 [2OC]

———prohibit funding for acquisition programs with no documented military requirements, H6361-H6364 [13JN]

Armed Forces: commissioning of officers relative to reserve officer appointment requirement (H.R. 2016), E807 [15MY]

———contract procurement for regional managed medical care system, H3440-H3445 [16AP]

———discharge of military personnel relative to positive HIV test, H787, H796, H799 [24JA], H1213 [1FE], H2469 [20MR], H3226 [29MR], H3795 [24AP], H4943 [14MY], H5100 [15MY], H5279 [16MY], H8822-H8828 [30JY], E112 [30JA], E233 [28FE], E408 [21MR], E640 [25AP], E813 [15MY]

———encourage allies to pay more non-salaried costs of U.S. troops in Europe, H5023-H5027 [14MY], H5099 [15MY], E831 [16MY]

———estimation of U.S. percentage of total costs for each U.N. operation, H10072, H10073 [5SE]

———funding for equipment for troops overseas, H1670 [5MR]

———increase pay and housing allowance, H786-H788, H792, H793, H796-H798 [24JA]

———increase pay and housing allowance (S. 1514), H15 [3JA]

———increase pay and housing allowance (S. 1514), unanimous-consent agreement, H23 [3JA]

———limit placement under U.N. operational or tactical control (H.R. 3308), H10053-H10074, H10093-H10097 [5SE], E1582 [11SE], E1664 [19SE]

———limit placement under U.N. operational or tactical control (H.R. 3308), consideration (H. Res. 517), H10048-H10053 [5SE]

———organization and management of reserve components (H.R. 1646), E283 [6MR]

———permit military retirees to enroll in the Federal Employees Health Program, H6368-H6370 [13JN]

———policy regarding military service by homosexuals, H8822-H8828 [30JY]

———procedures for determining status of certain missing members, H9821, H9834 [1AU]

———procedures for determining status of certain missing members (S. 256), E294 [6MR]

———prohibit members from wearing U.N. uniform items, H10060, H10066-H10072 [5SE]

———reform military death investigation process, E1796 [28SE]

———treatment of Dept. of Defense separation pay relative to Dept. of Veterans Affairs disability compensation (H.R. 3521), E898 [24MY]

Arms control: management of nuclear weapons programs, H9817 [1AU]

———reduction of conventional weapons, E1299 [17JY]

Army: anniversary, E1079 [13JN]

———tribute to General Douglas MacArthur Leadership Award recipients, E954 [30MY]

Aviation: contracts for military landing gear, H4829 [10MY]

Aviation Cadet Program: anniversary of final graduation, E1587 [11SE]

Ballistic Missile Defense Program: funding, E241 [28FE]

Ballistic missile program: funding, H4825 [10MY], H5492-H5494 [22MY]

Begosh, Martin J.: return of first U.S. serviceman injured in Bosnia, H53 [3JA]

Black Hawk Helicopter Shootdown: anniversary, E676 [1MY]

Bosnia and Herzegovina: elections, E1042 [10JN]

———tribute to U.S. Armed Forces, E653 [25AP]

———tribute to U.S. forces, H1754 [6MR]

———tribute to U.S. Reserve and National Guard forces, H6094 [10JN]

———U.S. military intervention, H54 [3JA], H325 [5JA], H345 [22JA], H812 [24JA], H1209 [1FE], H1867, H1868, H1869 [7MR], H2307 [14MR], H3207, H3222 [29MR], H4111, H4112 [29AP], H4420 [2MY], H6403 [13JN], H6626, H6627, H6628 [19JN], H7997-H8003 [18JY], H9984 [4SE], H11579 [27SE], H12259 [2OC], E17 [4JA], E30 [5JA], E85 [25JA], E145 [1FE], E256 [29FE], E844 [20MY], E1618 [17SE]

———use of Kiowa Warrior helicopters, E152 [5FE]

B-2 stealth bomber: development, H789, H797 [24JA], H4827 [10MY]

Budget: allocation of funds, E806 [15MY]

———balance, E1233 [10JY]

———comparison between congressional and Clinton administration proposals, E271 [5MR]

Business and industry: allow audits of businesses relative to contracts made directly with foreign governments, H5894, H5895 [5JN]

———prohibit payment under defense contracts of restructuring costs for mergers or acquisitions, H8108 [23JY]

———prohibit use of funds to subsidize mergers or facilitate downsizing of contractors, H6346-H6349 [13JN]

———require study on mergers and acquisition relative to military preparedness, H5095 [15MY]

———transition of communities, industries, and workers affected by reduced defense spending, E1331 [22JY]

Business Operations Fund: levels, H6380 [13JN]

California: management of the Presidio facilities (H.R. 1296), H4755, H4756 [9MY]

———management of the Presidio facilities (H.R. 1296), conference report, E1833 [30SE]

———management of the Presidio facilities (H.R. 4236), H12023-H12032 [28SE], H12181 [30SE], E1901 [2OC]

Cecil Field Naval Air Station, FL: transfer jurisdiction over certain lands to Dept. of Veterans Affairs (H.R. 3882), H8107 [23JY]

Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program: funding, H5031 [14MY]

Chicago, IL: anniversary of Vietnam Memorial Museum, H3734 [24AP]

China, People's Republic of: impose U.S. sanctions for sale and proliferation of nuclear weapons, H5030 [14MY]

———most-favored-nation status, H8106 [23JY]

China, Republic of: U.S. policy on regional stability and defense (H. Con. Res. 148), H1971 [7MR], H2324, H2326, H2327, H2342-H2350 [19MR], E334 [13MR], E378 [19MR], E431 [22MR], E453 [26MR]

Clinton, President: evaluation as Commander-in-Chief, H12183-H12191 [30SE]

———personal military history, H814 [24JA], H1209-H1213 [1FE], H3828 [25AP], E168 [5FE]

Coastal zones: regulation of shore protection projects, H8727 [30JY]

Colleges and universities: prohibit Federal grants or contracts to institutions that have not submitted veterans hiring report to Dept. of Labor, H7335 [11JY]

———prohibit Federal grants or contracts to institutions that prevent access to campus for ROTC or military recruiting, H7335 [11JY], H8336, H8337 [24JY]

———tribute to military Academy Review Board, E130 [1FE]

Commission on Service Members and Veterans Transition Assistance: establish (S. 1711), H12122, H12123 [28SE]

Committee on International Relations (House): funding for investigation of U.S. role in Iranian arms transfer to Croatia and Bosnia (H. Res. 417), H4550-H4559 [8MY], E740 [9MY]

———funding for investigation of U.S. role in Iranian arms transfer to Croatia and Bosnia (H. Res. 417), permission to file report, H4427 [6MY]

———investigate the U.S. role in Iranian arms transfer to Croatia and Bosnia (H. Res. 416), H4536-H4550 [8MY], E740 [9MY], E757 [10MY]

Committee on National Security (House): hearing relative to terrorist attack on U.S. peacekeeping forces in Saudi Arabia, H10568-H10570 [18SE]

Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty: ratification, E1906 [2OC], E1914 [3OC]

Congress: compliance with War Powers Act, H10093-H10097 [5SE], H10347, H10348, H10352, H10353, H10356 [12SE]

Contracts: purchase of domestically-made landing gear, H6379 [13JN]

Cooperative Threat Reduction Program: funding relative to Russia and Belarus, H5069-H5077 [15MY]

Corps of Engineers: authorize water conservation and river and harbor improvement projects (H.R. 3563), E993 [4JN]

———authorize water conservation and river and harbor improvement projects (H.R. 3592), H8346 [24JY], H8693-H8756, H8809 [30JY], H9873, H9874 [2AU], E1423 [1AU]

———U.S.S. McFarland rehabilitation funding, H8340 [24JY]

Cuba: meetings between U.S. military officers and Cuban military officers, H6978 [27JN]

Cunningham, Representative: references to military service of Representative Patrick Kennedy, H9763 [1AU]

Dept. of Defense: anniversary of Black Hawk Helicopter Shootdown, E676 [1MY]

———purchase of domestically-made landing gear, H6379 [13JN]

Dept. of Education: Impact Aid Program funding, H7322, H7323 [11JY]

———Impact Aid Program technical corrections, H7306 [11JY]

Dept. of Labor: Veterans Employment and Training Service funding, H7235, H7236 [10JY]

Dornan, Representative: efforts to recognize the achievements of military personnel, H5278 [16MY]

———summary of visit to Germany, H139 [4JA]

Education: Impact Aid Program technical corrections (H.R. 3269), H4446-H4451 [7MY], H9938-H9940 [4SE], E1520, E1535 [5SE]

———prohibit Federal grants or contracts to institutions that prevent campus access for recruiting purposes, H5716 [30MY], H6887, H6888 [26JN]

———technical corrections relative to certain assistance authority (H.R. 4282), H12131, H12132 [28SE]

———use of Montgomery GI Bill as recruitment tool, H7132 [9JY]

Eicher, William E.: American Defense Preparedness Association William R. Moseley Award recipient, E1546 [10SE]

Elections: extend the period for receipt of certain absentee ballots (H.R. 3058), H4922 [14MY]

Endurance unmanned aerial vehicle: funding, H5397, H5398 [22MY]

Enlisted Association of the National Guard of the U.S.: anniversary, E1887 [1OC]

FAA: Military Airport Program funding, E1871 [30SE]

Fargo, ND: tribute to Air National Guard 119th Fighter Group, E1918 [3OC]

Farmington, MO: anniversary of VFW Post 5896, E1029 [7JN]

Federal employees: greater disclosure of and accountability for Government travel, H6368 [13JN]

———implementation of veterans preference procedures in hiring and promoting, H5030, H5032 [14MY]

Ferroalloy Association: anniversary, E152 [5FE]

Florida: beach restoration projects funding, H8732 [30JY], H11325 [26SE], H12027 [28SE]

Foreign aid: defense conversion assistance relative to the former Soviet Republics, H5078-H5080 [15MY]

———improve defense and security assistance (H.R. 3121), H3423-H3434 [16AP], H7122-H7124 [9JY], E430 [22MR]

———limit to countries that restrict the delivery of U.S. humanitarian assistance to other countries, H5878-H5891 [5JN]

Foreign countries: international military education and training funding, H5897-H5899 [5JN]

———withdrawal of forces stationed in foreign countries that do not assume costs and application of savings to the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund (H.R. 2936), E173 [5FE]

Foreign policy: funding for military interventions, H8077 [22JY]

———limit use of Foreign Military Financing Program funds for foreign-made defense articles or services, H5895, H5896 [5JN], H6142, H6143 [11JN]

———transfer of F-16 aircraft and equipment to Pakistan, H5041 [14MY]

Foreign trade: prohibit sale in commissary or exchange stores of imported items not produced under minimum labor standards (H.R. 3843), H7662 [17JY]

Forest fires: sale of excess aircraft relative to suppression of wildfires (S. 2078), H12290 [4OC]

Fort Benning, GA: School of the Americas funding, H5877, H5889 [5JN]

Fort Hancock, NJ: tribute, E1186 [26JN]

Fort Lewis, WA: land exchange with Weyerhaeuser Real Estate Co. (H.R. 2859), E29 [5JA]

Fort Monmouth, NJ: tribute to Army Communications-Electronics Command Logistics and Readiness Center for receiving Quality Improvement Prototype Award, E1034 [7JN]

Fort Sam Houston, TX: tribute to opening of Brooke Army Medical Center, E366 [14MR]

France: actions relative to moratorium on testing of nuclear weapons, H749 [23JA], H777, H811 [24JA], H878, H904-H910 [25JA], H917-H920 [26JA], H927, H930, H959-H962 [30JA], H1046-H1051, H1057-H1062 [31JA], E138 [1FE], E163 [5FE]

Frankfort, IL: stormwater retention facility funding, H8727 [30JY]

F-22 fighter aircraft: development, H5032 [14MY]

Funding, H5574 [29MY]

Gary I. Gordon (U.S.S.): naming ceremony, H7517-H7521 [12JY], E1285 [12JY]

Glens Falls, NY: anniversary of Marine Corps League, E1827 [30SE]

Government: disclosure of information concerning U.S. POW/MIA personnel, H8822-H8828 [30JY], H12187 [30SE], E661 [30AP]

———disclosure of information concerning U.S. POW/MIA personnel lost in Vietnam, E899 [24MY]

Grand Forks, ND: tribute to Air Force 321st Missile Group, E560 [17AP]

Guam: tribute, H9929 [4SE]

Haiti: presence of U.S. Armed Forces, H8538 [25JY], H8587 [26JY]

———seizure of paramilitary documents, E919 [24MY]

Hancock County, MS: require Army to submit plan for ammunition plant, H5094 [15MY]

Harris County, TX: design and construction of flood control projects, H8727, H8728 [30JY]

Health Profession Scholarship Program: minimum active duty requirements, H5082-H5085 [15MY]

History: tribute to individuals who served the U.S. during the period known as the cold war (H. Con. Res. 180), H11235-H11239 [26SE]

Honduras: human rights violations, E1151 [24JN]

House of Representatives: use of military personnel for partisan activities, H12255 [2OC], H12267, H12268 [3OC], H12275, H12299 [4OC]

House Rules: question of privilege relative to withdrawal of invitation to Jacques Chirac to address a joint meeting of Congress (H. Res. 350), H930 [30JA], H1057-H1062 [31JA]

Houston, TX: funding for improvement of Houston ship channel, H8727, H8728 [30JY]

———tribute to North Shore High School Air Force JROTC 945th Cadet Wing, E1044 [10JN]

Hudson River Basin: habitat restoration projects (H.R. 3471), E832 [16MY]

Human rights: violations relative to the Army School of the Americas, E1839 [30SE]

Impact Aid Program: funding, H5101, H5102 [15MY]

India: actions relative to moratorium on testing of nuclear weapons, E120 [31JA]

Indonesia: international military education and training assistance funding, H5098 [15MY]

Insurance: allow separating veterans to enroll in Veteran's Group Life Insurance Program or convert to a commercial policy, H5315 [21MY]

———reform health insurance services for beneficiaries, E1942 [21OC]

———revise and extend insurance coverage for members of retired reserve and ready reserve, H5315 [21MY]

Intelligence services: reorganize and reform management of intelligence community (H.R. 3237), E527 [16AP]

Iraq: U.S. military response to attacks on Kurdish factions, H9929, H9984 [4SE], H10045, H10093-H10097 [5SE], H10350, H10351, H10352, H10353, H10354, H10355, H10364 [12SE], H12170 [28SE], E1618, E1619 [17SE]

———U.S. military response to attacks on Kurdish factions (S. Res. 288), H10345-H10346 [12SE]

Israel: collection and release of detailed satellite imagery, E1481 [2AU]

Japan: deployment of U.S. military forces on Okinawa, H3233 [15AP]

Joint Advanced Strike Technology Program: funding, H5094 [15MY]

Korea, Democratic People's Republic of: disclosure of information concerning U.S. POW/MIA personnel, H11387-H11392 [26SE]

———nuclear weapons proliferation, H6628 [19JN]

Korean War: tribute to those killed in combat, H11595 [27SE]

Kuwait: default on debts to U.S. companies, E1917 [3OC]

Long Beach, CA: tribute to Long Beach Naval Shipyard for receiving AEGIS Excellence Award, E646 [25AP]

MANTECH Program: funding, H5092 [15MY]

Mare Island, CA: tribute to Mare Island Naval Shipyard workers, E495 [29MR]

Marine Corps: advanced short takeoff and vertical landing aircraft funding, H4933, H4939 [14MY]

———ammunition list, H3787 [24AP]

Marquette University: dedication of Les Aspin Center for Government, E972 [30MY]

McDonnell Douglas Corp.: procurement, H1261 [27FE]

Medicare: reimbursement to Military Health Services System, H7210 [10JY]

Memorial Day: observance, E923 [24MY]

MIA: restore missing person status to certain civilian and contractor employees (H.R. 4000), H9912 [2AU], H10355, H10357 [12SE], H11470-H11476 [27SE]

Military aircraft: safety, H3560, H3561 [17AP]

Monuments and memorials: authorize the Pyramid of Remembrance Foundation to establish a memorial dedicated to soldiers who have died in foreign conflicts (H.R. 3442), E772 [10MY]

Morganza, LA: lock structure project funding, H8729 [30JY]

Motor vehicles: light tactical wheeled vehicles funding, H5093 [15MY]

Nartia, Peter: Army Pacific Command Soldier of the Year Award recipient, E770 [10MY]

National Foreign Intelligence Program: authority to transfer funds, H5416 [22MY]

National Guard: armories construction projects funding, H5666 [30MY]

———observance of Bosses' Day, E826 [16MY]

———use of outside contractors vs. armory personnel for Reserved Component Automation System Program, H5666 [30MY]

National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day: observance, E1389 [26JY]

National POW/MIA Recognition Day: observance, E1627 [17SE], E1633, E1637 [18SE], E1666 [19SE]

National security: national missile defense system, H6380-H6384, H6385-H6387 [13JN]

———national missile defense system (H.R. 3144), E423 [22MR]

———revitalize (H.R. 7), H4940 [14MY]

National Weather Service: standards for Dept. of Defense radar sites used as part of the national weather radar network, H5591 [29MY]

Nautilus Program: funding, H5096 [15MY]

Navy: aircraft self-detection capabilities, H5032 [14MY]

———nuclear attack submarine funding, H6345 [13JN]

———reform, E973 [30MY]

———transfer obsolete vessels to Northeast Wisconsin Railroad Transportation Commission, H4354 [1MY]

New, Michael: court-martial relative to refusal to wear U.N. uniform designations, H747 [23JA], H1208 [1FE]

———reverse court-martial relative to refusal to wear U.N. uniform insignia (H. Con. Res. 134), H3211-H3215 [29MR]

New Jersey: Passaic River Flood Tunnel funding, H8728 [30JY], H11327 [26SE]

New York: funding for habitat restoration projects in Hudson River Basin, H8735 [30JY]

Northport, NY: tribute to POW/MIA Recognition Day ceremony, E1584 [11SE]

Nuclear weapons: strategic defense initiative, H4935 [14MY], H5101, H5102 [15MY]

Offutt AFB, NE: observance of Offutt Appreciation Day, E1272 [12JY]

O'Grady, Scott F.: tribute on receipt of military awards and commendations, E361 [14MR]

Operational Support Airlift Program: funding, H6368 [13JN]

Oregon: Lower Amazon Creek restoration and protection project funding, H8732 [30JY]

Pennsylvania: environmental restoration database center funding, H6342 [13JN], E965 [30MY], E1907 [2OC]

Pensions: revise effective date for cost-of-living adjustments for military retirees, H786-H788, H792, H796-H798 [24JA], E78, E81 [24JA]

Picatinny Arsenal (business): Dept. of Defense Installation Excellence Award recipient, E1116 [20JN]

Pittsburgh (U.S.S.): tribute to crew (H. Res. 534), E1677 [24SE]

Pornography: prohibit the sale or distribution of sexually explicit material to any individual (H.R. 3300), H8822-H8828 [30JY]

Randall Sugart (vessel): naming ceremony, H7517-H7521 [12JY]

Rocky Point, NY: anniversary of American Legion Post 1991, E1202 [27JN]

Roswell, NM: anniversary of New Mexico Military Institute Television Productions, E1740 [27SE]

Russian Reactor Conversion Program: funding, H5093 [15MY]

San Diego, CA: tribute to Fort Guijarros Museum Foundation, E1605 [12SE]

Saudi Arabia: terrorist attack on U.S. peacekeeping forces, H6849, H6850, H6854 [26JN], H6977 [27JN], H10499, H10500 [17SE], E1180 [26JN], E1222 [9JY]

———terrorist attack on U.S. peacekeeping forces (H. Con. Res. 200), H10825-H10835 [24SE]

Selfridge Air National Guard Base, MI: tribute to Air Force Reserve's 927th Air Refueling Wing, E826 [16MY]

Shelby, MS: designate G.V. (Sonny) Montgomery multipurpose heavy tank training facility, H5094 [15MY]

Ships and vessels: transfer naval vessels to certain foreign countries (H.R. 3121), H3423-H3434 [16AP], H7122-H7124 [9JY], E430 [22MR]

———transfer of naval vessels to certain foreign countries, H5098 [15MY]

Social Security: medicare reimbursement to Military Health Services System (H.R. 3142), H2844 [26MR]

———medicare reimbursement to Military Health Services System (H.R. 3151), E423 [22MR]

———medicare reimbursement to Military Health Services System (H.R. 580), H2844 [26MR]

Southeast Asia: international military education and training assistance to Cambodia and Thailand, H6146-H6148 [11JN]

Specimen repository: policies and funding, H6379, H6380 [13JN]

St. Mary's County, MD: groundbreaking for the Lexington Park Corporate Center, E1488 [2AU]

Taxation: Government use of tax revenues, H3718-H3723 [23AP]

———treatment of Armed Forces members performing services in Bosnia and Herzegovina (H.R. 2879), E83 [25JA]

———treatment of military income derived from services performed during a contingency operation (H.R. 2778), H1670-H1673, H1697, H1699 [5MR], E304 [7MR]

Texas: tribute to students participating in Operation Valentine for troops stationed in Bosnia and Herzegovina, E428 [22MR]

Travis AFB, CA: construction projects funding, H5665 [30MY], H6862 [26JN]

Treaties and agreements: Antiballistic Missile Treaty, H13, H16, H17 [3JA], H787-H793, H797 [24JA], H1631 [29FE]

———withdrawal from the Antiballistic Missile Treaty (H.R. 2483), E80 [24JA]

U.N.: U.S. role in peacekeeping operations, H133 [4JA], H785, H789 [24JA], H1207 [1FE], H6370 [13JN], E1243 [11JY]

U.S. Air Force Academy: anniversary, E1292 [16JY]

U.S. Army Reserves and National Guard: anniversary, H3715-H3718 [23AP]

U.S. Merchant Marine Academy: tribute, E804 [15MY]

U.S. Submarine Veterans, Inc.: tribute, E804 [15MY]

U.S. Transportation Command: funding, H6341 [13JN]

Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences: terminate, H5082-H5085 [15MY]

Veterans: benefit eligibility for certain service in the military forces of the Philippines (H.R. 1136), H6401 [13JN]

———eligibility for training and rehabilitation assistance and transfer of certain educational assistance authority (H.R. 3674), H7557-H7563 [16JY]

———eliminate double taxation of lump sum separation benefits and compensation for a service-connected disability (H.R. 3183), E486 [28MR]

———funding for health and employment programs, E326 [12MR]

———reform and improve eligibility for medical care and services, H7509 [12JY]

———reform and improve eligibility for medical care and services (H.R. 3118), H8768-H8776 [30JY], H12111-H12121 [28SE], E1429, E1441 [1AU], E1889, E1891 [1OC]

———reform and improve eligibility for medical care and services (H.R. 3119), E395 [20MR]

———reporting of veteran employment by recipients of Federal contracts or grants, H6387 [13JN]

Vietnam: disclosure of information concerning U.S. POW/MIA personnel, H11387-H11392 [26SE]

V-22 Osprey aircraft: development, H5032 [14MY], H5098 [15MY]

Washington: maintain and improve Columbia River channel, H8729 [30JY]

Weapons: administration of missile defense program, H1299-H1304 [27FE]

———chemical and biological operations, H6380 [13JN]

———commemoration ceremony for F-111 aircraft, H9380 [31JY]

———C-17 Airlifter program, H1808 [7MR]

———detection of smuggling or importation of nuclear, biological, or chemical weapons into the U.S., H5031 [14MY]

———Hellfire II Missile Program funding, H5031 [14MY]

———proliferation and use of weapons of mass destruction (H.R. 3730), E1192 [27JN]

———upgrade of systems and equipment, H5030 [14MY]

White House Communications Agency: review of management and operations, H5032 [14MY]

Worcester, MA: observance of Citizenship Month by the Air Force Junior ROTC at Burncoat High School, E107 [26JA]

World War II: tribute to Army Air Corps pilots, H7644 [16JY]

Zuber, Yvonne A.: Coast Guard Enlisted Person of the Year award recipient, E1102 [18JN]

Remarks in Senate

Abiquiu Dam: acquire adjacent land (S. 2063), S10327 [11SE]

Abortion: performance at military medical facilities, S6460-S6469 [19JN], S10126 [10SE]

ACDA: anniversary, S11419 [26SE]

Advanced Materials Intelligent Processing Center: funding, S7995 [17JY]

Air Force: submit cost-benefit analysis of consolidating polar orbiting satellite ground stations, S7935 [17JY]

———tribute to crew transporting diplomatic delegation to Haiti, S2208 [15MR]

Air Force Sergeants Association: anniversary, S4569 [1MY]

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

Andover, MA: tribute to Raytheon Electronic Systems Division employees, S3240 [29MR]

Antipersonnel weapons: eliminate use, S2213 [18MR]

Appropriations: authorizing, S2324 [19MR]

———authorizing for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1673), S3387 [16AP]

———authorizing for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1745), S6313-S6384, S6386-S6404 [18JN], S6421-S6508 [19JN], S6582-S6584, S6586-S6608 [20JN], S6718 [24JN], S6821-S6826, S6829-S6848 [25JN], S6905-S6937, S6945, S6946-S6968, S6971-S7014 [26JN], S7074-S7080, S7082-S7090-S7110, S7113, S7128-S7169 [27JN], S7221-S7278, S7280-S7287, S7293-S7295, S7299, S7336 [28JN], S7514-S7612 [10JY], S11764 [28SE]

———authorizing for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1745), unanimous-consent agreement, S6253, S6254 [13JN], S6384, S6400 [18JN], S6945, S6946 [26JN], S7080, S7089, S7090, S7093 [27JN], S7420 [8JY]

———authorizing for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3230), S7788 [11JY], S8974-S8976 [26JY], S9150-S9154 [30JY]

———authorizing for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3230), conference report, S9477, S9479, S9533-S9535 [2AU], S10027-S10047 [9SE], S10125-S10129 [10SE], S10730-S10735, S10736-S10738 [18SE]

———authorizing for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3230), conference report—unanimous-consent agreement, S9874, S9875 [5SE]

———authorizing for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3230), insert language of S. 1745 in lieu, S7612 [10JY]

———authorizing for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (S. 1124), S96 [5JA]

———authorizing for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (S. 1124), conference report, S332 [24JA], S391, S392, S445, S446-S461, S485, S539, S540 [26JA], S865 [1FE]

———authorizing for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (S. 1124), conference report—indefinitely postponed, S3414 [16AP]

———authorizing for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (S. 1762), insert language of S. 1745 in lieu, S7612 [10JY]

———authorizing for military construction (S. 1125), indefinitely postponed, S3414 [16AP]

———authorizing for military construction (S. 1764), insert language of S. 1745 in lieu, S7612 [10JY]

———authorizing (H.R. 1530), veto, S3 [3JA]

———limit to amount requested by the President and apply savings to deficit reduction, S6928-S6937, S6945, S6946 [26JN]

———making for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 3517), S7059-S7065 [26JN]

———making for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 3517), conference report, S9462 [2AU], S9869-S9874 [5SE]

———making (H.R. 3610), S8068-S8070 [18JY], S8381 [19JY]

———making (H.R. 3610), conference report, S11192 [24SE], S11286, S11287 [25SE], S11873, S11879, S11880, S11881, S11908, S11909, S11936 [30SE], S12163, S12197 [2OC]

———making (H.R. 3610), insert language of S. 1894 in lieu, S8068 [18JY]

———making omnibus consolidated (H.R. 4278), S11613-S11616, S11620-S11622, S11624, S11660, S11696 [28SE], S11816-S11819, S11828-S11836, S11838-S11848, S11850, S11857, S11858, S11860-S11864, S11866-S11870, S11872, S11908-S11936, S11938, S12008 [30SE], S12090, S12091, S12117-S12119, S12121, S12136-S12143 [1OC], S12163, S12164 [2OC], S12325, S12327, S12330, S12342, S12349 [3OC], S12424, S12463 [21OC]

———making (S. 1894), S7688-S7691, S7742, S7743, S7744, S7748, S7752, S7757-S7759 [11JY], S7800 [12JY], S7928-S7971, S7983-S8007 [17JY], S8065-S8070, S8152-S8154 [18JY]

———making (S. 1894), unanimous-consent agreement, S7916 [16JY], S7943, S7997 [17JY]

———reduce levels to original budget request (S. 2080), S10684 [17SE]

Arleigh Burke class destroyer program: funding and multi-year contract procurement, S6606 [20JN], S6908 [26JN]

Arlington National Cemetery: assessment of land tranfer, S7005 [26JN]

———transfer certain Navy Annex property (S. 2124), S11305 [25SE]

Armament Retooling and Manufacturing Support Initiative: extend, S7001 [26JN]

Armed Forces: alternative financing mechanism for TRICARE health care program, S6983 [26JN]

———Computer Aided Education and Training Initiative program funding, S7168 [27JN]

———defense strategy and force structure review, S6822-S6826, S6829-S6835 [25JN], S6984, S6985 [26JN]

———designate the rank of rear admiral for the Chief of Naval Research, S6910 [26JN]

———discharge of military personnel relative to positive HIV test, S455, S456 [26JA], S865 [1FE], S2293, S2294 [19MR], S2417 [20MR]

———force modernization funding relative to infrastructure spending, S6386-S6393, S6397 [18JN]

———increase pay and housing allowance (S. 1514), S39 [4JA]

———interjurisdictional enforcement of protection orders and redefinition of victims relative to stalking, S6604 [20JN], S6926-S6928 [26JN]

———limit placement under U.N. operational or tactical control (S. 2106), S11173 [24SE]

———manpower drawdown, S12012-S12014 [30SE]

———National Guard and Reserve components funding, S6912, S6913 [26JN]

———participation in law enforcement activities relative to chemical and biological weapons of mass destruction, S3370-S3375 [16AP]

———permit military retirees to enroll in the Federal Employees Health Program, S6583, S6584 [20JN]

———prohibit uniform requirements involving the display of U.N. insignia (S. 1370), S526 [26JA]

———provide preventive health care screenings for colon and prostate cancer to military personnel, S6914 [26JN]

———quality of military housing, S12036 [30SE]

———recall of retired chaplains, health care professionals, and officers assigned to the American Battle Monuments Commission for active duty service, S6909 [26JN]

———repeal permanent end strengths, S6838, S6839 [25JN]

———retirement pay for former spouses relative to civil service, S7009, S7010 [26JN]

———safety of U.S. troops abroad, S9479 [2AU]

Arms control: reduction of nuclear weapons, S2189 [15MR]

Army: anniversary, S6277 [14JN]

———automatic cargo tracking and control system funding, S7932 [17JY]

———contract procurement requirements, S7237 [28JN]

———establish subcontracting goals, S7934 [17JY]

Army Breast Cancer Research Program: funding, S7785 [11JY]

Army Veterinary Corps: anniversary, S6671 [21JN]

Aurora, SD: tribute to American Legion Auxiliary Unit 230 for efforts relative to city council elections, S6010 [10JN]

Aviation: repair and maintenance of cargo and personnel parachutes, S7944 [17JY]

———report on assistance provided to an individual or the family of an individual injured or killed while on Government travel, S7934 [17JY]

———require cockpit voice recorders and flight data recorders in non-combat aircraft (S. 1671), S3315 [15AP]

———retire certain operational support airlift aircraft, S7169 [27JN]

———UH-1N helicopter simulator funding, S7233 [28JN]

Ballistic missile program: funding, S455, S540 [26JA], S586 [31JA], S2189 [15MR], S12263 [3OC]

Barnette, John E.: nomination to be Army Brigadier General, S11049 [19SE]

B-52 bomber: funding, S7957 [17JY], S8066 [18JY], S12163 [2OC]

———funding, S10044 [9SE]

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

B-52 bomber: funding, S2289 [19MR]

Boorda, Jeremy M.: tribute (S. Res. 255), S5410-S5412 [21MY]

Bosnia and Herzegovina: economic assistance subject to certain conditions, S1911, S1912 [13MR]

———require congressional approval prior to U.S. military intervention (S.J. Res. 44), S4089 [24AP]

———Senate delegation visit, S6404 [18JN]

———U.S. military intervention, S1175 [9FE], S1933-S1935 [13MR], S3498 [17AP], S4764-S4769 [7MY], S6213 [13JN], S6259, S6260 [14JN], S9625-S9627 [2AU], S12341 [3OC]

Budget: allocation of funds, S4995-S4997 [14MY]

———eliminate supermajority requirement for decrease, S5334, S5335, S5340 [20MY], S5510 [23MY]

———include future years defense plans for National Guard and reserve components in President's budget submission, S7950, S7951 [17JY]

———limit use of funds for programs, projects, and activities not included in future-years defense plan, S7952, S7953 [17JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution, S389 [25JA]

Business and industry: prohibit payment under defense contracts of restructuring costs for mergers or acquisitions, S7282 [28JN], S7998-S8005 [17JY]

———prohibit payment under defense contracts of restructuring costs for mergers or acquisitions (H.R. 3433), S7941 [17JY], S8065 [18JY]

———transfer of defense technology information from institutions of higher learning to private businesses, S7245, S7246 [28JN]

California: management of the Presidio facilities (H.R. 1296), S2737-S2790, S2792-S2795 [25MR], S2847-S2849, S2855, S2893-S2899 [26MR], S2907-S2927 [27MR], S3091-S3100 [28MR], S4509-S4513 [1MY], S5275 [17MY], S11260-S11265, S11272-S11274, S11316 [25SE], S11402-S11405 [26SE], S11475-S11477, S11484-S11488, S11528, S11529 [27SE], S11659-S11666, S11702, S11703 [28SE]

———management of the Presidio facilities (H.R. 1296), conference report, S11626-S11628, S11709 [28SE], S11824 [30SE], S12091 [1OC], S12216 [2OC], S12257, S12267, S12268 [3OC]

———management of the Presidio facilities (H.R. 1296), unanimous-consent agreement, S2849 [26MR], S2917, S3033 [27MR]

———management of the Presidio facilities (H.R. 4236), S12058 [1OC], S12150, S12157, S12159 [2OC], S12359-S12367 [3OC], S12464 [21OC]

Camp Guernsey, WY: construction of maintenance shop for military vehicles and weapons, S6479-S6481, S6492 [19JN]

Center for Photonics Research: funding, S7942 [17JY]

CERCLA: transfer of certain properties prior to hazardous waste cleanup, S7241-S7243 [28JN]

Chemical weapons: demilitarization, S10033, S10038 [9SE]

———disposal, S7261-S7264, S7282 [28JN]

Children and youth: encourage exchange of ideas, information, and materials amongst military and civilian child care services, S6917 [26JN]

China, Republic of: U.S. policy on regional stability and defense, S3108, S3110-S3114, S3139-S3143 [28MR], S3236 [29MR]

———U.S. policy on regional stability and defense (H. Con. Res. 148), S2622-S2630 [21MR]

Colleges and universities: require report to OMB on tuition costs by any receiving Federal funds, S7946 [17JY]

———revise eligibility requirements for grants and contracts under the University Research Initiative Support Program, S6502, S6503 [19JN]

Columbus, OH: transfer of certain Air Force land to the airport authority, S7004 [26JN]

Commission on Programs and Policies for Combatting the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction: establish (S. 1681), S3488 [17AP]

Commission on Service Members and Veterans Transition Assistance: establish (S. 1711), S4317 [29AP], S11774-S11794 [28SE], S12004 [30SE]

Committee on Armed Services (Senate): anniversary, S12033 [30SE]

Committee on International Relations (House): investigate the U.S. role in Iranian arms transfer to Croatia and Bosnia (H. Res. 416), S4695 [3MY], S4884 [9MY]

Community service: establish voluntary food donation programs at military service academies, S6488 [19JN]

Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty: ratification, S11277 [25SE]

Computer emergency response team: funding, S6908, S6909 [26JN]

Computer Emergency Response Team Coordination Center: funding, S7995, S7996 [17JY]

Computers: security of information infrastructure, S11758 [28SE]

Contracts: establish limitations on taxpayer-financed compensation for defense contractors (S. 2081), S10685 [17SE]

———limit compensation for corporate executives reimbursed under defense contracts, S6495-S6501 [19JN]

———local content requirements, S7937, S7942 [17JY]

———procurement, S1381 [28FE]

———procurement of propellant raw materials, S7935 [17JY]

Cook, Jeffrey A.: nomination to be Navy Rear Admiral, S11531-S11533 [27SE]

Corps of Engineers: authorize shore protection and beach nourishment projects on publicly owned property, S7719 [11JY]

———authorize shore protection and beach nourishment projects on publicly owned property (S. 1811), S5586-S5589 [23MY]

Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces: extend term of the remaining transitional member, S6924 [26JN]

Crime: drug interdiction and counterdrug activities, S7945 [17JY]

———prosecution of military personnel and companions while stationed abroad (S. 2083), S10687 [17SE]

———restrict income during incarceration for military personnel (S. 2083), S10687 [17SE]

———transfer Dept. of Defense funding to community policing programs (S. 1580), S1455 [29FE]

DEA: sale of chemicals used to manufacture controlled substances, S7167 [27JN]

Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission: recommendations, S7515 [10JY], S10032 [9SE]

Defense Language Institute: civilian reimbursement for instruction at the Foreign Language Center, S7009 [26JN]

Dept. of Energy: authorizing appropriations for defense activities (S. 1126), indefinitely postponed, S3414 [16AP]

———authorizing appropriations for defense activities (S. 1763), insert language of S. 1745 in lieu, S7612 [10JY]

———Defense Environmental Restoration and Waste Management Program redesignation as Defense Nuclear Waste Management Program, S6920 [26JN]

———liability for natural resources damage at Superfund sites, S10035 [9SE]

———Nevada Test Site infrastructure costs for Dept. of Defense activities, S7165, S7166 [27JN]

———nuclear safety management regulations, S7524 [10JY]

———waive limitations on use of foreign technology in environmental cleanup and waste management activities, S7233 [28JN]

———worker protection at Miamisburg, OH, facility, S7235 [28JN]

Dept. of the Army: classification of the Electro Optic Augmentation System, S7158 [27JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve benefits for veterans exposed to ionizing radiation (H.R. 4173), S12133-S12136 [1OC]

Director of Central Intelligence: management of intelligence community, S7010-S7014 [26JN]

Dragon Missile System: funding, S7983 [17JY], S11880 [30SE]

EA-6B reactive jammer program: funding, S10035 [9SE]

Ecology and environment: asbestos and PCB removal funding, S7956 [17JY]

———reform of regulations relative to environmental restoration accounts, S6504 [19JN]

Education: Impact Aid Program reform, S10033 [9SE]

———Impact Aid Program technical corrections, S7257-S7259 [28JN]

———Impact Aid Program technical corrections (H.R. 3269), S9663, S9664 [2AU]

Effron, Andrew S.: nomination to be U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces judge, S7883 [16JY]

Electronic combat testing master plan: evaluation, S11909 [30SE]

Electronics: seamless high off-chip connectivity research funding, S7240, S7241 [28JN]

Elmendorf AFB, AK: construction of fuel farm, S7237, S7238, S7239 [28JN]

Employment: effects of the National Missile Defense Joint Program Office on private sector employment, S7276 [28JN]

Equipment: requirements relative to procurement, S7085 [27JN]

Eufaula, OK: convey certain Army land (S. 1406), S5870 [5JN]

F/A-18E/F aircraft: development, S7226-S7230, S7246 [28JN], S7989-S7993 [17JY]

Fallon Naval Air Station, NV: construction of jet engine test facility, S6481, S6482 [19JN]

Federal employees: mass transit programs funding, S7994 [17JY]

Financial institutions: application of qualified thrift lender test to institutions that serve military personnel, S7274 [28JN]

Firearms: Civilian Marksmanship Program funding, S7093-S7107, S7109, S7110 [27JN]

Fleshman, William L.: nomination to be Brigadier General in the Air Force, S2139 [14MR]

Foreign aid: improve defense and security assistance (H.R. 3121), S7210 [27JN], S7500 [9JY]

———international military education and training programs funding, S7517-S7519 [10JY], S8945 [26JY]

———transport of humanitarian relief supplies from nonprofit groups, S6609 [20JN]

Foreign countries: allied burden sharing for maintenance and operation of military personnel and installations, S7131-S7134 [27JN], S7223, S7286 [28JN], S10540-S10545 [13SE]

Foreign policy: arms sales, S11197 [24SE]

———transfer of F-16 aircraft and equipment to Pakistan, S432 [26JA]

Foreign trade: export controls, S7166 [27JN]

Forest fires: sale of excess aircraft relative to suppression of wildfires (S. 2078), S10608 [16SE], S11462 [26SE], S11570 [27SE]

Foriegn aid: humanitarian assistance funding, S10126 [10SE]

Fort Bliss, TX: renewal of use of McGregor Range, S7954 [17JY]

Fort Campbell, KY: Consolidated Education Center construction funding, S7004, S7005 [26JN]

Fort Devens, MA: unveiling of 168th Engineer Combat Battalion commemorative monument, S9440 [1AU]

Fort Leonard Wood, MO: barracks construction funding relative to Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission recommendations, S6983, S6984 [26JN]

Fort Polk, LA: Joint Readiness Training Center environmental activities funding, S7988 [17JY]

———transfer of jurisdiction over certain lands in Kisatchie National Forest, S7001-S7004 [26JN]

Fort Sheridan, IL: conveyance of certain property, S6920 [26JN]

Fort Sill, OK: transfer land to Dept. of Veterans Affairs for use as a national cemetery, S6503 [19JN]

France: actions relative to moratorium on testing of nuclear weapons, S572 [31JA], S864 [1FE]

———U.S.-French cooperation on nuclear weapons programs, S864 [1FE]

F-16 Aircraft program, S8005-S8007 [17JY], S8066 [18JY]

F-22 advanced tactical fighter study, S7930 [17JY]

F-22 aircraft: funding, S7158, S7159 [27JN]

Funding, S4359-S4361 [29AP], S5049-S5070 [15MY], S5176 [16MY]

Government: disclosure of information concerning U.S. POW/MIA personnel, S1380 [28FE]

Grand Forks AFB, ND: transfer portable housing units to Native American reservations in North Dakota and South Dakota, S10360 [12SE]

Greeneville (U.S.S.): tribute, S1299 [23FE]

Habiger, Eugene: nomination to be Commander in Chief of the U.S. Strategic Command, S458 [26JA]

Haiti: presence of U.S. Armed Forces, S3742 [19AP]

Hall, Keith R.: nomination to be Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Space, S6608 [20JN]

Halperin, Morton H.: nomination to be Assistant Sec. of Defense for Democracy and Peacekeeping, S12411 [21OC]

Harnett County, NC: Impact Aid funding for schools relative to Pope AFB and Fort Bragg, S7983, S7984 [17JY]

Harrison, MI: tribute to Selfridge Air National Guard and Reserves, S5017 [14MY]

Hawaii: transfer jurisdiction of certain territories (S. 1906), S6853 [25JN]

Hazardous substances: nuclear waste disposal (S. 1271), S4115 [25AP], S4663 [3MY], S4698-S4703 [6MY], S4837 [8MY], S4887, S4888 [9MY]

Health: allow military health care system beneficiaries the option to enroll in Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (S. 1651), S3158 [28MR]

———telemedicine research, S7957 [17JY]

Health care professionals: designate position of Chief Nurse in the Army and Air Force, S6425 [19JN]

History: tribute to individuals who served the U.S. during the period known as the cold war (S. Con. Res. 61), S5602 [23MY]

Humanitarian demining technologies program: funding, S6925, S6926 [26JN]

Income: establish wage scale for hazardous duty, S10977, S10978 [19SE], S11061-S11064 [20SE]

Information Technology Management Reform Act: amend definition of national security systems, S7157 [27JN]

Infrastructure: costs for maintaining bases, facilities, and activities that house and sustain the Armed Fores, S4178-S4180 [25AP]

Intelligence services: management of civilian intelligence personnel, S7236 [28JN]

———reorganize and reform management of intelligence community (S. 1593), S1601-S1603 [6MR]

Intercooled Recuperated Gas Turbine Engine Program: funding, S7942 [17JY]

Iraq: sale of petroleum relative to U.S. military presence, S5248, S5253 [17MY], S5374 [20MY], S5439 [21MY], S5479 [22MY]

———U.S. military response to attacks on Kurdish factions, S9682, S9683 [3SE], S10011 [6SE], S10279 [11SE], S10552 [13SE], S10624 [17SE], S10731, S10732, S10735 [18SE]

———U.S. military response to attacks on Kurdish factions (S. Res. 288), S9934-S9938, S9955 [5SE], S10016 [6SE], S10538 [13SE]

Israel: Defense Investigative Service profile labeling Israel as a ``nontraditional adversary'', S5775 [4JN]

Jefferson County, AR: conveyance of land from Pine Bluff Arsenal, S7269, S7270 [28JN]

Johnson, Jay L.: nomination to be Chief of Naval Operations, S9288 [31JY], S9529, S9530 [2AU]

Jordan: U.S. transfer of F-16 aircraft, S1964, S1965 [13MR]

Kinetic Energy Tactical Antisatellite Program: funding, S6454-S6459 [19JN]

Klamath Falls, OR: transfer of Air Force Kingsley Annex housing project, S7282, S7283 [28JN]

Korea, Democratic People's Republic of: disclosure of information concerning U.S. POW/MIA personnel, S3121 [28MR]

Lackland AFB, TX: construction of facility for military dependent children with disabilities, S7259-S7261 [28JN]

Liberia: U.S. policy, S3735, S3736 [19AP], S3892 [23AP]

Local government: extend demonstration project for purchase of certain services, S6502 [19JN]

Macedonia: U.S. military intervention, S7336 [28JN]

Management and operations: amend laws (S. 1672), S3384 [16AP]

Manchester, NH: conveyance of certain property, S6920, S6921 [26JN]

Mariemont, OH: conveyance of a parcel of land under Corps of Engineers' jurisdiction (S. 1916), S7187 [27JN]

Marine Corps: purchase of ships to enhance prepositioning ship squadrons, S6493 [19JN]

———request for additional generals, S6986, S6987 [26JN], S7299 [28JN], S7958-S7965, S7985, S7989 [17JY], S8974-S8976 [26JY], S9150-S9154 [30JY], S11286, S11287 [25SE]

Maritime Technology Program: funding, S7932 [17JY]

Medicare: reimbursement to Military Health Services System, S4952 [9MY]

Medium Extended Air Defense System program: funding, S7006, S7007 [26JN]

Meridian, MS: lease of property for construction of Naval Reserve Center, S7943 [17JY]

Mexico: support for counter-drug activities, S7167 [27JN]

Middle East: research and development funding relative to desalination technologies, S7160 [27JN]

Military construction: funding, S6470-S6478 [19JN]

Military installations: audit of security measures at all installations overseas, S7947, S7948 [17JY]

———increase penalties for certain traffic offenses, S6923, S6924 [26JN]

National Cemetery System: redesignate as National Cemetery Administration (S. 2012), S9433 [1AU]

National Defense Stockpile: sale of assets to offset foreign military sales research recoupment fees, S7144-S7146 [27JN]

———sale of titanium sponge, S7152 [27JN]

National Guard: Air National Guard C-130 airlift squadron funding, S6489 [19JN]

———future, S1451 [29FE]

———procurement of equipment for reserve components, S7251, S7252 [28JN]

———retention of civilian employee positions at certain military training bases, S6915 [26JN]

———review of air ambulance companies, S7956 [17JY]

———Special Operation Forces inactivation funding, S7933, S7934 [17JY]

———support, S731 [1FE]

———tribute to Idaho Air National Guard F-4G aircraft, S3689 [18AP]

National Imagery and Mapping Agency: establish, S7010-S7014 [26JN]

National Museum of American History: allocation of space for military history exhibits, S11068 [20SE]

National POW/MIA Recognition Day: observance, S11102, S11105 [20SE]

National security: antiterrorism activities funding, S7948, S8005-S8007 [17JY], S8066 [18JY]

———national missile defense system funding, S6379, S6393-S6402 [18JN], S6421-S6424 [19JN], S7255, S7265, S7266, S7282 [28JN], S7924 [17JY]

———national missile defense system (S. 1635), S2651-S2655 [21MR], S2833 [25MR], S4959-S4961 [13MY], S5625-S5632 [23MY], S5672-S5690 [3JN], S5715-S5742, S5748-S5751, S5754-S5756 [4JN], S5971 [7JN]

———national missile defense system (S. 1635), unanimous-consent agreement, S5627 [23MY]

———policy, S2386-S2389 [20MR]

National Security Education Program: amend eligibility requirements, S7946 [17JY]

———improve, S6491 [19JN]

National Test Facility: funding, S2286 [19MR]

Native Americans: agreement with Indian tribes for services under the Defense Environmental Restoration Program, S6502 [19JN]

NATO: expansion, S7128-S7130, S7134-S7141, S7142-S7144, S7146, S7147 [27JN]

NATO Security Investment Program: funding, S6839 [25JN]

Navy: development of pulse doppler upgrade to radar system, S7954 [17JY]

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

———Lithographic and Alternative Semiconductor Processing Techniques Center funding, S7955, S7956 [17JY]

———name one of the first of fleet of new attack submarines the South Dakota, S7001 [26JN]

———name the first of the fleet of new attack submarines the South Dakota (S. Con. Res. 62), S5602 [23MY]

———oceanographic research survey funding, S7954 [17JY]

———requirements relative to shipboard solid waste control (S. 1728), S4676 [3MY], S7154 [27JN]

New Mexico: modification of boundaries of White Sands National Monument and White Sands Missile Range, S7231 [28JN]

Newport, RI: construction of Undersea Weapons Systems Laboratory at Naval Undersea Warfare Center, S7238, S7239 [28JN]

Norfolk Naval Base: improve efficiency of operations, S9851 [4SE]

Nuclear weapons: allow underground testing under limited conditions, S6403 [18JN], S6424-S6432 [19JN], S6586 [20JN], S6971-S6982 [26JN]

———moratorium on testing, S6482 [19JN]

———nuclear seismic monitoring research programs funding, S6910 [26JN]

———strategic defense initiative, S3205 [29MR], S5673-S5679 [3JN], S5736 [4JN], S5971 [7JN], S6190 [13JN]

Operational Field Assessment Program: funding, S7968, S7969 [17JY]

Optoelectronics Center: funding, S7271 [28JN]

Oregon: participation in cleanup of the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Washington, S6919 [26JN]

Overseas Contingency Operations Transfer Fund: funding, S7928 [17JY]

Panama Canal: negotiation of a new agreement relative to the presence of U.S. Armed Forces (S. Con. Res. 14), S9982 [5SE]

Peace: continued efforts to ensure national security, S366, S367 [25JA]

Pennsylvania: environmental restoration database center funding, S8067 [18JY], S11880 [30SE]

Pensions: early deferred annuities for certain employees who are separated from service due to defense base closures, S7519 [10JY]

———early deferred annuities for certain employees who are separated from service due to defense base closures (S. 1686), S3630 [18AP]

———Federal civilian and military cost-of-living adjustments, S5314 [20MY]

———increase eligibility age and make cost-of-living adjustments for certain retirement benefits and allow contributions to private pension plans, S5343-S5352 [20MY], S5401 [21MY], S5485 [22MY], S5512 [23MY]

Pentagon: renovation funding, S6837 [25JN], S7931 [17JY]

Persian Gulf Conflict: disclosure of cause of adverse health symptoms exhibited by veterans, S3426 [17AP]

———research and health benefits relative to illnesses of veterans attributed to service during conflict, S6835, S6836 [25JN], S7970 [17JY]

Presidential appointments: nominations considered and confirmed en bloc, S529 [26JA], S867 [1FE], S1469 [29FE], S2138 [14MR], S3168 [28MR], S5018 [14MY], S5207 [16MY], S5648 [24MY], S6027 [11JN], S6628 [20JN], S7066 [26JN], S7341 [28JN], S9528 [2AU], S10023 [6SE], S10566 [13SE], S11047 [19SE]

P-3 squadrons: funding, S6606 [20JN]

Reno, NV: construction of ramp addition for C-130 aircraft at Reno International Airport, S6481, S6482 [19JN]

Republican Party: national agenda, S4995-S4997 [14MY]

Research: acquisition of private-sector research from nontraditional sources, S6493-S6495 [19JN]

———aluminum metal matrix composite development project funding, S7994 [17JY]

———Holloman Rocket Sled Test Track Upgrade Program funding, S7269 [28JN]

———plasma quench technology development, S7929 [17JY]

———statutory limits on federally funded research and development centers, S11880, S11881 [30SE]

Rolla, ND: conveyance of William Langer Jewell Bearing plant, S6911 [26JN]

ROTC: closure of certain units, S7007-S7009 [26JN]

Russia: safeguard of nuclear weapons and material from terrorists, S2216 [18MR]

Ryan, Michael: nomination to be Air Force General, S2417 [20MR]

Saudi Arabia: terrorist attack on U.S. peacekeeping forces, S6906, S6907, S7055, S7056, S7057, S7059 [26JN], S7067, S7090, S7169, S7170 [27JN], S7328 [28JN], S7499 [9JY], S7813 [12JY], S10374 [12SE]

———terrorist attack on U.S. peacekeeping forces (S. Res. 273), S7126-S7128, S7210, S7211 [27JN]

Seawolf submarine: production, S6916 [26JN], S10036 [9SE]

Selective Service System: funding, S6918 [26JN]

Sematech program: funding, S2285 [19MR]

Senate: confirmation of military nominations, S6607 [20JN]

———holds against military nominations, S5562 [23MY]

Ships and vessels: advanced submarine technology funding, S6485 [19JN]

———cost efficient attack submarine development, S6492 [19JN]

———identification of funding sources for certain submarine program contracts, S6490 [19JN]

———rates charged by shipping companies to make vessels available during a national emergency, S11069, S11074-S11078 [20SE], S11152-S11157 [24SE]

———require use of U.S.-flag vessels with U.S. crews to deliver military supplies into a combat zone, S11073, S11074, S11079 [20SE], S11156 [24SE]

———transfer naval vessels to certain foreign countries (H.R. 3121), S7210 [27JN], S7500 [9JY]

———transfer of vessel from Thailand to U.S. Shipbuilding Museum, S7239 [28JN]

Shondel, William J.: nomination to be Brigadier General in the Air Force, S2139 [14MR]

Simultaneous Membership Program: earning of service credits, S7009 [26JN]

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

Social Security: medicare reimbursement to Military Health Services System, S7996 [17JY]

———medicare reimbursement to Military Health Services System (S. 1639), S2657 [21MR]

South Berkshire County, MA: tribute to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 27, S1373 [27FE]

South Dakota: tribute to National Guard 57th Transportation Detachment, S9479 [2AU]

Space policy: prohibit collection and release of certain satellite imagery, S6924, S6925 [26JN]

———Scorpius Space Launch Technology Program funding, S6914 [26JN]

Sports: military support for civilian sporting events, S7086-S7088, S7160-S7165 [27JN]

START II Treaty: ratification, S463-S485 [26JA]

Stumpf, Robert: nomination for promotion to rank of captain in U.S. Navy, S1999 [13MR]

Stumpf, Robert E.: withdrawal of name from Navy promotion list, S1967 [13MR], S2630-S2641 [21MR], S2846 [26MR], S3200 [29MR], S3338-S3340 [16AP]

Tackett, Allen E.: nomination to be Army Brigadier General, S11048 [19SE]

Taxation: treatment of Armed Forces members performing services in Bosnia and Herzegovina (S. 1553), S739 [1FE]

———treatment of military income derived from services performed during a contingency operation (H.R. 2778), S1608, S1609 [6MR]

Technology: airborne mine countermeasure system funding, S7985 [17JY]

———use of synthetic metal conditioner MILITEC-1, S7956 [17JY]

Television: cable television franchise agreements on military bases, S10036 [9SE]

Terrorism: improve U.S. ability to respond to terrorist threats, S6988-S7001 [26JN]

Theater Air Command Control and Simulation Facility: connect with 58th Special Operation Wing, S7234 [28JN]

Treaties and agreements: Antiballistic Missile Treaty, S3 [3JA], S5673-S5688 [3JN], S5729, S5735-S5741, S5748, S5754-S5756 [4JN], S7283, S7293-S7295 [28JN]

———Antiballistic Missile Treaty (S. 1562), S917-S919 [6FE]

Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security Between the U.S. and Japan: implementation (S. Res. 306), S12001 [30SE]

Tunisia: eligibility for excess defense equipment, S8759 [25JY]

U.N.: role of International War Crimes Tribunal, S12017 [30SE]

———U.S. role in peacekeeping operations, S666-S668 [31JA]

U.S.-Japan Management Training Program: funding, S7932 [17JY]

Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences: funding, S7522 [10JY]

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

Vance AFB, OK: construction program funding, S6984 [26JN]

Vermont: anniversary of Air National Guard, S9622 [2AU]

Veterans: funding for health programs, S2290, S2292 [19MR]

———funding for State VA programs, S9927 [5SE]

———reform and improve eligibility for medical care and services (H.R. 3118), S11642-S11658 [28SE], S12012 [30SE]

———reform and improve eligibility for medical care and services (S. 1563), S1083 [7FE], S3494 [17AP]

———research on health effects of individuals exposed to agent orange, S2098 [14MR]

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

Vietnamese Conflict: provide compensation to certain Vietnamese who were employed, S6439-S6443 [19JN], S7969 [17JY]

Walter Reed Army Medical Center, MD: Forest Glen Annex repair plans, S7231 [28JN]

Washington: military reserve construction projects funding, S6923 [26JN]

Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Land Withdrawal Act: amend, S6588-S6591 [20JN]

Weapons: administration of missile defense programs, S1382-S1385 [28FE]

———air-to-air Starstreak missile evaluation funding, S6482 [19JN]

———Bradley TOW 2 Program funding, S7234 [28JN]

———C-17 Airlifter program, S2071 [14MR], S2284 [19MR]

———C-17 Airlifter program (S. 1710), S5064, S5065 [15MY], S5298 [17MY]

———eliminate use of antipersonnel landmines, S3420, S3421 [17AP]

———funding for surgical strike vehicles relative to hardened and deeply buried targets, S7270 [28JN]

———moratorium on use of antipersonnel landmines, S8758 [25JY]

Western Kentucky Training Site: military training facility construction funding, S7004, S7005 [26JN], S7521 [10JY]

Wheeling, WV: tribute to 91st Chemical Mortar Battalion of the 3d Army, S10022 [6SE]

White Sands Missile Range, NM: construction of national range control center, S7238, S7239 [28JN]

World War II: announce results of study into the awarding of medals to African Americans (S. Res. 230), S1474 [29FE]

———tribute to African American Medal of Honor recipients, S6508 [19JN], S7277 [28JN]

———tribute to African-American veterans, S1372 [27FE]

Reports

Base Realignment and Closure Commission Privatization—the CSRS Issue, S3631 [18AP]

Budgetary Implications of H.R. 3144, Defend America Act: CBO, S5722 [4JN]

Compensation of Top 5 Executives at Top Defense Contractors: GAO, S6498 [19JN]

Conventional Arms Control: Presidential Advisory Board on Arms Proliferation Policy, E1299 [17JY]

Extraordinary Contractual Actions To Facilitate the National Defense, H2550-H2557 [20MR]

Guam Land Use Plan Update, E1694 [25SE]

Khobar Towers Bombing Incident in Saudi Arabia: Committee on National Security (House), H10826-H10833 [24SE]

Making the Corps Fit To Fight—Unit Cohesion Task Force Interim Report, S7986 [17JY]

Report of Congressional Staff Delegation to Haiti, S3743-S3747 [19AP]

Research and Development Recoupment Charge: Presidential Advisory Board on Arms Proliferation Policy, S7145 [27JN]

Senate Delegation Visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina: Senators Daschle, Hatch and Reid, S6404-S6407 [18JN]

Terrorist Attack on U.S. Peacekeeping Forces in Saudi Arabia: Committee on Intelligence (Senate, Select), S10374-S10377 [12SE]

Utah Statewide Wilderness Study: Manuel Lujan, Jr., Dept. of the Interior, S2742-S2744 [25MR]

Veterans and Agent Orange—Health Effects of Herbicides Used in Vietnam: National Academy of Sciences, S2099 [14MR]

Reports filed

Air Force Nominations: Committee on Armed Services (Senate), S491, S492 [26JA], S1345 [27FE], S1854 [12MR], S4617 [2MY], S5004 [14MY], S6224 [13JN], S7179 [27JN], S10683 [17SE], S11168, S11169 [24SE]

———Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S3018 [27MR]

Air Forces Nominations, S9294, S9295 [31JY]

Army Land Conveyance to Eufaula, OK: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 1406) (S. Rept. 104-205), S491 [26JA]

Army Nominations, S9294, S9295 [31JY]

———Committee on Armed Services (Senate), S492 [26JA], S1345 [27FE], S1854 [12MR], S4617 [2MY], S5004 [14MY], S5093 [15MY], S6224 [13JN], S7178, S7179 [27JN], S10683 [17SE], S11168, S11169 [24SE]

———Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S3018 [27MR]

Capability of the U.S. To Monitor Compliance With the START II Treaty: Committee on Intelligence (Senate, Select) (S. Rept. 104-246), S3017 [27MR]

Committee on International Relations (House) Funding for Investigation of U.S. Role in Iranian Arms Transfer to Croatia and Bosnia: Committee on House Oversight (House) (H. Res. 417) (H. Rept. 104-559), H4430 [6MY]

Committee on International Relations (House) Investigation of the U.S. Role in Iranian Arms Transfer to Croatia and Bosnia: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 416) (H. Rept. 104-551), H4423 [2MY]

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 1296, Presidio Facilities and Parks and Public Lands Management: Committee on Rules (House) (H.R. 1296) (H. Rept. 104-836), H11228 [25SE]

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 3230, Dept. of Defense Appropriations for Military Activities and Personnel Strengths: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 498) (H. Rept. 104-732), H9565 [31JY]

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 3517, Dept. of Defense Appropriations for Military Construction, Family Housing, and Base Realignment and Closure: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 497) (H. Rept. 104-731), H9565 [31JY]

Consideration of Conference Report on S. 1124, Dept. of Defense Appropriations for Military Activities and Personnel Strengths: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 340) (H. Rept. 104-451), H773 [23JA]

Consideration of H.R. 3144, National Missile Defense System: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 438) (H. Rept. 104-582), H5287 [16MY]

Consideration of H.R. 3230, Dept. of Defense Military Activities Appropriations and Personnel Strengths: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 430) (H. Rept. 104-570), H4800 [9MY]

Consideration of H.R. 3308, Limit Placement of Armed Forces Under U.N. Operational or Tactical Control: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 517) (H. Rept. 104-774), H10040 [4SE]

Consideration of H.R. 3517, Dept. of Defense Appropriations for Military Construction, Family Housing, and Base Realignment and Closure: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 442) (H. Rept. 104-599), H5646 [29MY]

Consideration of H.R. 3610, Dept. of Defense Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 453) (H. Rept. 104-619), H6284 [12JN]

Defend America Act: Committee on Armed Services (Senate) (S. 1635), S5191 [16MY]

Defense and Security Assistance and Transfer of Naval Vessels to Certain Foreign Countries: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (H.R. 3121), S7023 [26JN]

Dept. of Defense Appropriations: Committee of Conference (H.R. 3610) (H. Rept. 104-863), H12172 [28SE]

———Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 3610) (H. Rept. 104-617), H6183 [11JN]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 1894) (S. Rept. 104-286), S6611 [20JN]

Dept. of Defense Appropriations for Military Activities, Personnel Strengths, and Military Construction: Committee on Armed Services (Senate) (S. 1745) (S. Rept. 104-267), S4972 [13MY]

———Committee on Intelligence (Senate, Select) (S. 1745) (S. Rept. 104-278), S6082 [11JN]

Dept. of Defense Appropriations for Military Activities and Personnel Strengths: Committee of Conference (H.R. 3230) (H. Rept. 104-724), H8981 [30JY]

———Committee of Conference (S. 1124) (H. Rept. 104-450), H737 [22JA]

———Committee on Armed Services (Senate) (S. 1762), S5191 [16MY]

Dept. of Defense Appropriations for Military Construction: Committee on Armed Services (Senate) (S. 1764), S5191 [16MY]

Dept. of Defense Appropriations for Military Construction, Family Housing, and Base Realignment and Closure: Committee of Conference (H.R. 3517) (H. Rept. 104-721), H8981 [30JY]

———Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 3517) (H. Rept. 104-591), H5569 [23MY]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (H.R. 3517) (S. Rept. 104-287), S6611 [20JN]

Dept. of Defense C-17 Airlifter Program: Committee on Armed Services (Senate) (S. 1710), S4937 [9MY]

Dept. of Defense Military Activities Appropriations and Personnel Strengths: Committee on National Security (House) (H.R. 3230) (H. Rept. 104-563), H4502 [7MY]

Dept. of Defense Transfer of Naval Vessels to Certain Foreign Countries and Defense and Security Assistance Improvements: Committee on International Relations (House) (H.R. 3121) (H. Rept. 104-519), H3487 [16AP]

Dept. of Energy Appropriations: Committee on Armed Services (Senate) (S. 1777), S5267 [17MY]

Dept. of Energy Appropriations for Defense Activities: Committee on Armed Services (Senate) (S. 1763), S5191 [16MY]

Impact Aid Program Technical Corrections: Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities (House) (H.R. 3269) (H. Rept. 104-560), H4502 [7MY]

Intelligence Community Reorganization and Reform: Committee on National Security (House) (H.R. 3237) (H. Rept. 104-620), H8247 [23JY]

Limit Placement of Armed Forces Under U.N. Operational or Tactical Control: Committee on National Security (House) (H.R. 3308) (H. Rept. 104-642), H7105 [27JN]

Marine Corps Nominations, S9294, S9295 [31JY]

———Committee on Armed Services (Senate), S1345 [27FE], S4617 [2MY], S5004 [14MY], S6224 [13JN], S7178, S7179 [27JN], S10683 [17SE], S11169 [24SE]

Medicare Reimbursement to Military Health Services System: Committee on National Security (House) (H.R. 3142) (H. Rept. 104-837), H11228 [25SE]

National Guard Nominations: Committee on Armed Services (Senate), S10683 [17SE]

National Missile Defense System: Committee on National Security (House) (H.R. 3144) (H. Rept. 104-583), H5287 [16MY]

Navy Nominations, S9294, S9295 [31JY]

———Committee on Armed Services (Senate), S491 [26JA], S1345 [27FE], S1854 [12MR], S4617 [2MY], S5004 [14MY], S6224 [13JN], S7178 [27JN], S10682, S10683 [17SE], S11168, S11169 [24SE]

———Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S3018 [27MR]

Nomination of Andrew S. Effron To Be U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces Judge: Committee on Armed Services (Senate), S7762 [11JY]

Nomination of David J. McCloud To Be Lieutenant General in the Air Force: Committee on Armed Services (Senate), S9967 [5SE]

Nomination of Dennis C. Blair To Be Vice Admiral in the Navy: Committee on Armed Services (Senate), S9967 [5SE]

Nomination of Franklin D. Kramer To Be Assistant Sec. of Defense: Committee on Armed Services (Senate), S3018 [27MR]

Nomination of H. Martin Lancaster To Be Assistant Sec. of the Army: Committee on Armed Services (Senate), S491 [26JA]

Nomination of Harold W. Gehman, Jr., To Be Vice Chief of Naval Operations: Committee on Armed Services (Senate), S9967 [5SE]

Nomination of Joseph W. Ralston To Be Vice Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff: Committee on Armed Services (Senate), S491 [26JA]

Nomination of Kenneth H. Bacon To Be Assistant Sec. of Defense: Committee on Armed Services (Senate), S3018 [27MR]

Nomination of Lonnie R. Bristow to the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences Board of Regents: Committee on Armed Services (Senate), S5939 [6JN]

Nomination of Robert E. Anderson to the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences Board of Regents: Committee on Armed Services (Senate), S5939 [6JN]

Nomination of Shirley Ledbetter Jones to the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences Board of Regents: Committee on Armed Services (Senate), S5939 [6JN]

Nuclear Waste Disposal: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 1271) (S. Rept. 104-248), S3216 [29MR]

Presidio Facilities and Parks and Public Lands Management: Committee of Conference (H.R. 1296) (H. Rept. 104-836), H11046 [24SE]

Presidio Facility Management: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (H.R. 1296) (S. Rept. 104-202), S98 [5JA]

Reform and Improve Veterans Eligibility for Medical Care and Services: Committee on Veterans Affairs (House) (H.R. 3118) (H. Rept. 104-690), H8029 [18JY]

Restore Missing Person Status to Certain Dept. of Defense Civilian and Contract Employees: Committee on National Security (House) (H.R. 4000) (H. Rept. 104-806), H10523 [17SE]

Tax Treatment of Military Income Derived From Services Performed During a Contingency Operation: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 2778) (H. Rept. 104-465), H1635 [29FE]

Terrorist Attack on U.S. Peacekeeping Forces in Saudi Arabia: Committee on National Security (House) (H. Con. Res. 200) (H. Rept. 104-805), H10523 [17SE]

Tribute to Individuals Who Served the U.S. During the Period Known as the Cold War: Committee on National Security (House) (H. Con. Res. 180) (H. Rept. 104-804), H10523 [17SE]

Veterans' Benefits Improvements Act: Committee on Veterans Affairs (Senate) (S. 1711) (S. Rept. 104-371), S11168 [24SE]

Veterans Eligibility for Training and Rehabilitation Assistance and Transfer of Certain Educational Assistance Authority: Committee on Veterans Affairs (House) (H.R. 3674) (H. Rept. 104-650), H7105 [27JN]

Water Resources Development Act: Committee of Conference (S. 640) (H. Rept. 104-843), H11228 [25SE]

———Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 3592) (H. Rept. 104-695), H8094 [22JY]

Resolutions of ratification

START II Treaty, S461-S463 [26JA]

Resumes

Hall, Keith R., S6608 [20JN]

Rulings of the Chair

House Rules: question of privilege relative to withdrawal of invitation to Jacques Chirac to address a joint meeting of Congress (H. Res. 350), H1061 [31JA]

Statements

Additional and Dissenting Views on the Defense Authorization Legislation: Representative Dellums, H4927-H4929 [14MY]

Allied Burden Sharing: Senator Kerry, S7286 [28JN]

Clinton Administration Foreign Policy Record: Representative Hamilton, E1432 [1AU]

Defend America Act: OMB, S5732 [4JN]

Nomination of Morton H. Halperin To Be Assistant Sec. of Defense for Democracy and Peacekeeping: Francis J. McNamara, S12411-S12418 [21OC]

Sexual Orientation and Military Service: Colin L. Powell, S12016 [30SE]

Testing of Nuclear Weapons Underground Under Limited Conditions: Hazel R. O'Leary, Sec. of Energy, S6972 [26JN]

Tribute to David Packard: Melvin Laird, S3193 [29MR]

Tribute to Jeremy M. Boorda: Jim Kincaid, H5362 [21MY]

U.S. Military Intervention in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Senator McCain, S4768 [7MY]

U.S. Policy on Regional Stability and Defense Relative to the Republic of China: Lien Chan, Prime Minister, Republic of China, S2629 [21MR]

Veterans Exposed to Ionizing Radiation: Joseph A. Violante, DAV, S12134-S12136 [1OC]

Way To Go—Packaging Our Century as a Parting Gift to the Next! Barney Oldfield, E1524-E1526 [5SE]

Withdrawal of Robert E. Stumpf From Navy Promotion List: Committee on Armed Services (Senate), S2632 [21MR]

Worldwide Continuing Legal Workshop: Joe R. Reeder, E8-E10 [3JA]

Summaries

Armed Forces Ammunition Procurement, H6343-H6345 [13JN]

National Missile Defense Options: Ballistic Missile Defense Organization, S5718 [4JN]

Navy Requirements Relative to Shipboard Solid Waste Control (S. 1728), S4676 [3MY]

Presidio Facilities and Parks and Public Lands Management (H.R. 1296), S11264 [25SE]

U.S. Armed Forces Protection Act (H.R. 3308), H10059 [5SE]

Uniformed Services Treatment Facilities Reform, S6487 [19JN]

Veterans' Benefits Improvements Act (S. 1711), S11780-S11784 [28SE]

Veterans' Health Care Eligibility Reform Act (H.R. 3118), S11646-S11653 [28SE]

Table of Contents

Omnibus Consolidated Appropriations Conference Report (H.R. 4278), H12266 [3OC]

Tables

Additional appropriations (H.R. 4278), H12078-H12080 [28SE]

Committee on the Budget (Senate) chairman's mark budget aggregates, S5173 [16MY]

Corrections to defense/nondefense budget outlays for 1997-2002, S6060 [11JN]

Dept. of Defense appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 3517), H5660 [30MY], H9798 [1AU]

Dept. of Defense appropriations (H.R. 3610), H6334-H6336 [13JN], H12063-H12065, H12090-H12092 [28SE]

Dept. of Defense infrastructure funding, S6388, S6389 [18JN]

Dept. of Defense personnel, S4179 [25AP]

Dept. of Defense personnel levels, S8976 [26JY]

Dept. of Defense supplemental appropriations request, H1868 [7MR]

Dept. of Education Impact Aid Program consolidated districts, H4449 [7MY]

Force structure, S4179 [25AP]

Funding above Dept. of Defense request, S6950 [26JN]

General and flag officer active duty strength ceilings, S8976 [26JY]

Military construction subcommittee spending totals, S7064 [26JN], S9871 [5SE]

Military end strengths, 1987-96, S8976 [26JY]

Spending totals for S. 1894, Dept. of Defense appropriations, S7996 [17JY]

Top 10 contractors with at least one-third Dept. of Defense business in 1993, S6498 [19JN]

Top 25 corporations in sales and profits, S6497 [19JN]

Total employees of top 10 defense contractors, S6498 [19JN]

Total sales of top 10 defense contractors, S6498 [19JN]

U.S.-flag commercial vessels delivering goods to the Persian Gulf, S11080 [20SE]

Unauthorized projects in military construction conference report, S9872 [5SE]

Testimonies

Dept. of Defense Acquisition of Private-Sector Research From Nontraditional Sources: Paul G. Kaminski, Dept. of Defense, S6495 [19JN]

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

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 180, tribute to individuals who served the U.S. during the period known as the cold war, H11236 [26SE]

H. Con. Res. 200, terrorist attack on U.S. peacekeeping forces in Saudi Arabia, H10825 [24SE]

H. Res. 340, consideration of conference report on S. 1124, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities and personnel strengths, H782 [24JA]

H. Res. 350, question of privilege relative to withdrawal of invitation to Jacques Chirac to address a joint meeting of Congress, H929 [30JA], H1057 [31JA]

H. Res. 416, Committee on International Relations (House) investigation of U.S. role in Iranian arms transfer to Croatia and Bosnia, H4536 [8MY]

H. Res. 417, Committee on International Relations (House) funding to investigate U.S. role in Iranian arms transfer to Croatia and Bosnia, H4550 [8MY]

H. Res. 430, consideration of H.R. 3230, Dept. of Defense military activities appropriations and personnel strengths, H4822 [10MY]

H. Res. 442, consideration of H.R. 3517, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure, H5655 [30MY]

H. Res. 453, consideration of H.R. 3610, Dept. of Defense appropriations, H6326 [13JN]

H. Res. 498, consideration of conference report on H.R. 3230, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths, H9811 [1AU]

H. Res. 517, consideration of H.R. 3308, U.S. Armed Forces Protection Act, H10048 [5SE]

H.R. 1296, management of the Presidio, CA, facilities, S2737-S2739 [25MR]

H.R. 1296, Presidio facilities management, S5276-S5298 [17MY]

H.R. 2778, treatment of military income derived from services performed during a contingency operation relative to taxation, H1670 [5MR]

H.R. 3058, extend the period for receipt of certain absentee ballots, H4921 [14MY]

H.R. 3118, Veterans' Health Care Eligibility Reform Act, H8768-H8770 [30JY]

H.R. 3121, improve foreign defense and security assistance and transfer naval vessels to certain foreign countries, H3423-H3429 [16AP]

H.R. 3230, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities and personnel strengths, H4945-H5013 [14MY]

H.R. 3269, Impact Aid Program technical corrections, H4447 [7MY]

H.R. 3308, U.S. Armed Forces Protection Act, H10064 [5SE]

H.R. 3327, require U.S. nationals accepted in ROTC programs to apply for citizenship, E648 [25AP]

H.R. 3517, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure, S7060-S7062 [26JN]

H.R. 3592, Water Resources Development Act, H8693-H8725 [30JY]

H.R. 3674, veterans eligibility for training and rehabilitation assistance and transfer of certain educational assistance authority, H7557-H7559 [16JY]

H.R. 4000, restore missing person status to certain civilian and contractor employees, H11470 [27SE]

H.R. 4236, Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act, H12196-H12250 [1OC]

H.R. 4282, technical corrections relative to certain Dept. of Defense educational assistance authority, H12132 [28SE]

S. 1124, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities and personnel strengths, H241-H302 [5JA]

S. 1406, convey certain Army land in Eufaula, OK, S5870 [5JN]

S. 1562, Strategic Anti-Missile Revitalization and Security Act, S919 [6FE]

S. 1580, transfer Dept. of Defense funding to community policing programs, S1456 [29FE]

S. 1635, Defend America Act, S2652 [21MR]

S. 1639, medicare reimbursement to Military Health Services System, S2658 [21MR]

S. 1681, Combatting Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction Act, S3489 [17AP]

S. 1686, early deferred annuities for certain Dept. of Defense employees who are separated from service due to defense base closures, S3630 [18AP]

S. 1710, C-17 Airlifter program, S5298 [17MY]

S. 1711, Commission on Service Members and Veterans Transition Assistance, S4317 [29AP]

S. 1711, Veterans' Benefits Improvements Act, S11786-S11794 [28SE], H12123-H12131 [28SE]

S. 1728, Navy requirements relative to shipboard solid waste control, S4676 [3MY]

S. 1745, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities, personnel strengths, and military construction, S6314-S6370 [18JN], S7525-S7612 [10JY]

S. 1811, Shore Protection Act, S5587 [23MY]

S. 2012, redesignate National Cemetery System as National Cemetery Administration, S9433 [1AU]

S. 2063, Dept. of Defense acquisition of land adjacent to Abiquiu Dam, S10327 [11SE]

S. 2078, Wildfire Suppression Aircraft Transfer Act, H12290 [4OC]

S. 2124, Arlington National Cemetery Enhancement Act, S11305 [25SE]

S. 2177, Military Reservists Small Business Relief Act, S11991 [30SE]

S. Con. Res. 14, negotiation of a new agreement relative to the presence of U.S. Armed Forces in the Panama Canal Zone, S9983 [5SE]

S. Con. Res. 61, tribute to individuals who served the U.S. during the period known as the cold war, S5601 [23MY]

S. Con. Res. 62, name the first of the fleet of new attack submarines the South Dakota, S5602 [23MY]

S. Res. 230, announce results of study into the awarding of medals to African Americans during World War II, S1463, S1474 [29FE]

S. Res. 255, tribute to Jeremy M. Boorda, S5411, S5449 [21MY]

S. Res. 273, terrorist attack on U.S. peacekeeping forces in Saudi Arabia, S7126, S7191, S7211 [27JN]

S. Res. 288, U.S. military response to Iraqi attacks on Kurdish factions, S9956, S9968 [5SE]

S. Res. 306, Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security Between the U.S. and Japan implementation, S12000 [30SE]

Transcripts

Civilian Marksmanship Program: NBC Nightly News, S7097 [27JN]

Full Honor Review and Award Ceremony for Senator Nunn, S9289-S9291 [31JY]

Tributes

Boorda, Jeremy M., S5148-S5150, S5157, S5158-S5160, S5168, S5186 [16MY], S5265, S5299-S5301 [17MY], H5246, H5263, H5264, H5275-H5278 [16MY], H5292 [20MY], H5361 [21MY], E876 [22MY], E973 [30MY]