GORTON, SLADE (a Senator from Washington)
Amendments offered by, to
Agriculture: improve operation of certain programs (S. 1541), S830, S852 [1FE]
Appropriations: making continuing (H.R. 3019), S1954, S1988 [13MR], S2056, S2060, S2108, S2118 [14MR], S2177, S2206 [15MR]
Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 1997-2002 (S. Con. Res. 57), S5385 [20MY]
California: management of the Presidio facilities (H.R. 1296), S2867 [26MR]
China, Republic of: U.S. policy on regional stability and defense (H. Con. Res. 148), S2622, S2688 [21MR]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1745), S6486, S6537 [19JN], S6750 [24JN], S6855, S6867 [25JN], S6921, S6923, S7036, S7037 [26JN], S7255 [28JN]
———making appropriations (S. 1894), S7954, S8029, S8058 [17JY]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3662), S10530, S10531, S10532, S10558, S10559 [13SE]
Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3675), S9147, S9164 [30JY]
Energy and water development: making appropriations (S. 1959), S9000 [26JY]
Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 3540), S8869, S8873, S8916 [25JY]
Oceans: reduce regulations on international transportation and eliminate the Federal Maritime Commission (S. 1356), S8222 [18JY], S11951 [30SE]
Appointments
Canada-U.S. Interparliamentary Group, S4650 [2MY]
Conferee: H. Con. Res. 178, setting forth the Federal budget for 1997-2002, S5550 [23MY]
———H.R. 3019, continuing appropriations, S2309 [19MR]
———H.R. 3603, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations, S8616 [24JY]
———H.R. 3675, Dept. of Transportation and related agencies appropriations, S9287 [31JY]
———H.R. 3816, energy and water development appropriations, S9115 [30JY]
———S. 1004, Coast Guard appropriations, S7703 [11JY]
Articles and editorials
Admiral Russell, a Leader and a Gentleman, Dead at 93, Hector Castro, Tacoma (WA) News Tribune, S3707 [19AP]
Admiral Russell Gave a Lifetime of Service, Tacoma (WA) News Tribune, S3708 [19AP]
For Better or Worse? Robert J. Samuelson, Washington (DC) Post, S9327 [1AU]
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Bureau of Reclamation: settlement with Oroville-Tonasket Irrigation District (see S. 2018), S9554 [2AU]
Business and industry: hiring of certain individuals whose sole purpose of seeking employment is union organizing and representation (see S. 1925), S7302 [28JN]
Elections: provide for a rotating schedule of regional primaries for Presidential elections (see S. 1589), S1516 [5MR]
Snoqualmie National Forest: expand boundaries (see S. 1810), S5567 [23MY]
Wenatchee National Forest: land exchange with Chelan County, WA (see S. 2017), S9554 [2AU]
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Agriculture: improve operation of certain programs (see S. 1541), S559 [30JA]
Brown, Ronald H.: tribute (see S. Res. 241), S3311 [15AP]
Capitol Building and Grounds: designate a room in the Capitol as the Mark O. Hatfield Room (see S. Res. 298), S11169 [24SE]
———designate section of Senate balcony as Robert J. Dole Balcony (see S. Res. 258), S6082 [11JN]
China, People's Republic of: proposed missile tests (see S. Con. Res. 43), S2332 [19MR]
Crime: tribute to law enforcement officers killed in line of duty (see S. Res. 251), S4190 [25AP]
Day of National Concern About Young People and Gun Violence: designate (see S. Res. 282), S8636 [24JY]
Dept. of Commerce: tribute to employees and business leaders killed in plane crash while on trade mission in Croatia (see S. Res. 241), S3311 [15AP]
Diseases: research programs for Parkinson's disease (see S. 684), S5500 [22MY]
Employment: make uniform the application overtime exemption for inside sales personnel (see S. 2026), S9554 [2AU]
Financial institutions: treatment of common trust fund transfers relative to mutual fund investments (see S. 1942), S7670 [10JY]
FTC: authorizing appropriations (see S. 1840), S5856 [5JN]
Government: procure from the private sector the goods and services necessary to operate and manage certain agencies (see S. 1724), S4979 [13MY]
Marriage: define and protect institution (see S. 1740, 1999), S6410 [18JN], S9072 [29JY]
National Correctional Officers and Employees Week: designate (see S. Res. 243), S4627 [2MY]
NATO: membership of Central and East European countries (see S. 1830), S5763 [4JN]
Oklahoma City, OK: anniversary of bombing of Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building (see S. Res. 249), S3731 [19AP]
Small business: reform regulatory process (see S. 942), S2431 [20MR]
Social Security: medicare reimbursement to Military Health Services System (see S. 1487), S9609 [2AU]
Taxation: standards for determining employment status of independent contractors (see S. 1610), S5773 [4JN]
———treatment of businesses operating abroad (see S. 2086), S10684 [17SE]
———treatment of excess benefit arrangements of certain tax-exempt group medical practices (see S. 1538), S492 [26JA]
Cloture motions
California: management of the Presidio facilities (H.R. 1296), S2795 [25MR], S2924 [27MR]
Committee To Investigate Whitewater Development Corp. and Related Matters (Senate, Special): funding (S. Res. 227), S1678 [11MR], S1900 [12MR], S1932 [13MR], S2036 [14MR], S3327 [15AP], S3415 [16AP]
Courts: product liability reform (H.R. 956), conference report, S2211 [15MR], S2259 [18MR], S2385 [20MR]
Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (S. 1894), S7743 [11JY]
District of Columbia: making appropriations (H.R. 2546), conference report, S1303 [23FE], S1339 [27FE], S1407 [29FE], S1511 [5MR]
FAA: reauthorizing programs (H.R. 3539), conference report, S11937, S11940 [30SE], S12228 [3OC]
Hazardous substances: nuclear waste disposal (S. 1936), S7743 [11JY], S7848 [16JY]
Immigration: admission policies reform, treatment of criminal aliens, alien smuggling, documentation requirements, and border security (H.R. 2202), conference report, S11451 [26SE]
———admission policies reform, treatment of criminal aliens, alien smuggling, documentation requirements, and border security (S. 1664), S4160 [25AP]
Marriage: define and protect institution (H.R. 3396), S9926 [5SE]
Members of Congress: constitutional amendment to limit terms (S.J. Res. 21), S3729 [19AP], S3878 [23AP]
White House Travel Office: relief of individuals terminated from employment (H.R. 2937), S4819 [8MY], S4920 [9MY]
Letters
Agricultural program operation improvement: Steve Appel, Washington State Farm Bureau, S903 [6FE]
Impact of Government regulations on Unocal fertilizer plant in Kennewick, WA: Mark R. Powell, Unocal Corp., S2855 [26MR]
Terrorist threat assessment: D.P. Montoro, Coast Guard, S2855 [26MR]
Tulalip landfill Superfund project: Elliott P. Laws, EPA, S2439
Lists
Habeas corpus appeals by Charles Campbell, S3377 [16AP]
Remarks by, on
Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 1833), veto, S11346 [26SE]
Agriculture: improve operation of certain programs (H.R. 2854), conference report, S3000 [27MR]
———improve operation of certain programs (S. 1541), S513 [26JA], S903 [6FE]
———improve reporting and ensure competitiveness in the livestock industry, S10581 [16SE]
AID: Microenterprise Program funding, S8860 [25JY]
Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act: correction of reference in Dept. of Defense appropriations conference report, S12197
Amtrak: privatization study, S10784 [18SE]
Appropriations: making continuing (H.R. 2880), S434 [26JA]
———making continuing (H.R. 3019), S1851 [12MR], S2011, S2019, S2056, S2057, S2058, S2059, S2085 [14MR], S2171 [15MR], S2279 [19MR]
———making continuing (H.R. 3019), conference report, S4105 [25AP], S4373 [30AP]
———making omnibus consolidated (H.R. 4278), S11830, S11892, S11913, S11914, S11915, S11916 [30SE]
BIA: funding for roads and sanitation programs for Alaskan native villages, S11915 [30SE]
Bonneville Power Administration: energy exchange with hydro projects of the Columbia River relative to Federal fish protection measures, S8977, S8978 [26JY], S10623 [17SE]
Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge: funding for relief relative to wildfires, S11915, S11916 [30SE]
Budget: balance, S912 [6FE], S4105 [25AP], S4373 [30AP]
———comparison between congressional and Clinton administration proposals, S5112 [16MY]
———constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 1), S5816 [5JN]
———making certain appropriations and rescissions (S. 1594), S1642 [7MR]
———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 3734), conference report, S9326 [1AU]
———setting forth the Federal budget for 1997-2002 (H. Con. Res. 178), conference report, S5999 [10JN], S6132 [12JN], S6174 [13JN]
———setting forth the Federal budget for 1997-2002 (S. Con. Res. 57), S5112, S5139, S5155 [16MY], S5361 [20MY], S5402 [21MY]
Bureau of Reclamation: settlement with Oroville-Tonasket Irrigation District (S. 2018), S9555 [2AU]
Business and industry: hiring of certain individuals whose sole purpose of seeking employment is union organizing and representation (S. 1925), S7305
California: management of the Presidio facilities (H.R. 1296), S11272, S11273 [25SE]
China, People's Republic of: most-favored-nation status (H.J. Res. 182), S6947-S6949 [26JN]
Clinton, President: evaluation of administration, S4271 [29AP]
Coast Guard: funding, S5139 [16MY]
Courts: product liability reform (H.R. 956), conference report, S2341, S2359, S2360, S2361, S2363, S2377, S2385 [20MR], S2553, S2567, S2575, S2583, S2590 [21MR]
———product liability reform relative to damage recovery in cases involving drunk driving accidents, S2575 [21MR]
———reform habeas corpus procedures, S3375, S3376 [16AP]
Crime: require release of relevant information on violent sex offenders (H.R. 2137), S4921 [9MY]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1745), S6487 [19JN], S6922 [26JN], S7258 [28JN], S7524 [10JY]
———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1745), unanimous-consent agreement, S6946 [26JN]
———making appropriations (H.R. 3610), conference report, S12197
———making appropriations (S. 1894), S7954 [17JY]
———uniformed services treatment facilities reform, S6487 [19JN], S7524 [10JY]
Dept. of Energy: Environmental Management Program reform, S6922 [26JN]
———Hanford Nuclear Reservation clean up activities, S8987 [26JY]
———Office of Oil and Gas Technologies funding, S12296 [3OC]
Dept. of the Interior: restoration and enhancement of biotic resources on watershed land, S10583 [16SE]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1977), veto, S434, S435 [26JA]
———making appropriations, S11830-S11834 [30SE]
———making appropriations (H.R. 3662), S10526, S10528, S10529, S10531, S10532, S10559 [13SE], S10581, S10583, S10593, S10598 [16SE], S10650, S10656 [17SE]
———making appropriations (H.R. 3662), unanimous-consent agreement, S10539 [13SE]
Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3756), S10258 [11SE], S10399 [12SE]
Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3675), S9148 [30JY]
———making appropriations (H.R. 3675), conference report, S10784 [18SE]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: making continuing appropriations (H.J. Res. 134), transmission procedures relative to balanced budget submission (H. Con. Res. 131), S91 [5JA]
———medical care programs funding relative to increase in corporate tax rates, S5155 [16MY]
Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act: reauthorize (S. 1757), S7836 [12JY]
District of Columbia: making appropriations (H.R. 3845), S8829 [25JY]
Drug abuse: national drug control policy, S9028 [29JY], S10399 [12SE]
Ecology and environment: protect scenic highways from water erosion, S9148 [30JY]
Education: Impact Aid Program technical corrections, S7258 [28JN]
Elections: campaign ethics reform and contribution limits (S. 1219), S6691, S6692, S6693, S6694, S6695 [24JN], S6775 [25JN]
———provide for a rotating schedule of regional primaries for Presidential elections (S. 1589), S1522 [5MR]
Elwha River: restoration of ecosystems and fisheries in Washington, S11892, S11913 [30SE]
Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 3816), conference report, S10623, S10650 [17SE]
———making appropriations (S. 1959), S8977, S8978, S8987 [26JY], S9011, S9012 [29JY]
Executive Office of the President: drug use by employees, S9028 [29JY]
FAA: noise mitigation programs, S10747 [18SE]
———reauthorizing programs (S. 1994), S10747 [18SE]
Financial institutions: treatment of common trust fund transfers relative to mutual fund investments (S. 1942), S7675
Fish and fishing: community development quota program for Native Alaskans, S10815 [18SE]
———equitable treatment of fishing communities relative to economic losses, S10814 [18SE]
———individual fishing quota programs moratorium, S10814 [18SE]
———protection and conservation of fishing habitats, S10813 [18SE]
———restoration of the salmon population in the Columbia and Snake Rivers, S3187 [29MR]
Fishery Conservation and Management Act: reauthorizing (S. 39), S10813 [18SE]
Floods: disaster assistance to Pacific Northwestern States, S1851 [12MR]
Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 3540), S8860 [25JY], S9004 [26JY]
Forest Service: limit advertising of watershed restoration project contracts in certain communities, S10532 [13SE]
Forests: repeal emergency salvage timber sale program, S1613 [7MR], S2011, S2019 [14MR]
Geological Survey: performance of research services for non-Federal entities, S11914 [30SE]
Government: shutdown relative to budget process, S434 [26JA]
Government regulations: impact on Unocal fertilizer plant in Kennewick, WA, S2854 [26MR]
Hazardous substances: nuclear waste disposal (S. 1936), S9236 [31JY]
Health: medical savings account programs, S3736
———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3103), S6634 [21JN]
———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 1028), S3543, S3552 [18AP], S3736
———studies and programs relative to traumatic brain injuries (H.R. 248), S7836 [12JY]
Insurance: health insurance coverage continuity and portability and preexisting condition exclusions, S3543 [18AP]
International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia: arrest and prosecution of individuals indicted for war crimes, S9004 [26JY]
Iraq: U.S. military response to attacks on Kurdish factions (S. Res. 288), S10016 [6SE], S10538 [13SE]
Jonathan M. Wainwright Memorial VA Medical Center, Walla Walla, WA: designate, S2171 [15MR], S2279 [19MR]
Labor: allow cooperative efforts between management and labor to improve economic competitiveness, S4824, S4881 [8MY], S5002 [14MY]
———allow cooperative efforts between management and labor to improve economic competitiveness (S. 295), S7477 [9JY]
Lame Deer, MT: health care facility funding, S11915 [30SE]
Lawyers and attorneys: regulations on contingency-fee lawyers relative to product liability cases, S2377 [20MR]
Marysville, WA: Tulalip landfill Superfund project, S2439
Medicaid: reform, S4373 [30AP]
Medicare: reform, S4373 [30AP]
Minimum wage: level, S2853 [26MR], S4824, S4880, S4881 [8MY]
Montezuma Creek, UT: health care facility funding, S11916 [30SE]
Natchez, MS: authorize construction of intermodal transportation center and park, S2085 [14MR]
National park service: funding for the Maine Acadian Culture Preservation Commission, S11914 [30SE]
National parks and recreation areas: imposition of recreation fees, S11913, S11914 [30SE]
National Small Business Week: observance, S5982
Navy: oceanographic research survey funding, S7954 [17JY]
Pang, Martin: extradition from Brazil to the U.S. (H. Con. Res. 132), S11328 [25SE]
Petroleum: gasoline tax, S4824, S4880 [8MY], S5002 [14MY]
Political campaigns: require accountability in campaign advertising, S6694 [24JN]
Presidential appointments: nominations considered and confirmed en bloc, S7836 [12JY]
Public utilities: exclusion from product liability reform, S2360, S2361, S2363 [20MR]
Public welfare programs: reform (H.R. 3734), conference report, S9326 [1AU]
Republican Party: national agenda, S4271 [29AP]
Safe Drinking Water Act: amend (S. 1316), S9493 [2AU]
Seattle Seahawks (football team): relocation, S1152
Senate: legislative program, S2341 [20MR], S2553 [21MR], S5115 [16MY], S7837 [12JY], S10616 [16SE]
———tribute to retiring Senators, S12260 [3OC]
Senate Legal Counsel: authorizing representation for Mary Chiles in State of Florida v. Kathleen Bush (S. Res. 278), S7835 [12JY]
Snoqualmie National Forest: expand boundaries (S. 1810), S5586
Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, S6174 [13JN]
Solid waste: State control over transportation of municipal solid waste, S10650 [17SE]
Sports: regulations relative to relocation of professional teams (S. 1439), S1152
Sunnyside, WA: tribute to Sunnyside School District volunteers, S4001
Tahoma, WA: tribute to Tahoma High School for participation in We the People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution competition, S4443
Taxation: rates, S4706 [6MY], S6132 [12JN]
———treatment of excess benefit arrangements of certain tax-exempt group medical practices (S. 1538), S509
———treatment of income of controlled foreign corporations attributable to imported property, S10258 [11SE]
Telecommunications: reform policies regulating competition (S. 652), conference report, S719 [1FE]
Terrorism: improve U.S. ability to respond to terrorist threats (S. 735), conference report, S3375, S3376 [16AP], S3706 [19AP]
Washington: mitigate effects of tribal fishing claims on non-tribal fishermen, S10814 [18SE]
Wenatchee National Forest: land exchange with Chelan County, WA (S. 2017), S9555 [2AU]
———land exchange with Plum Creek Timber Co., S10532 [13SE]
White House Travel Office: relief of individuals terminated from employment (H.R. 2937), S4824, S4880 [8MY], S5002 [14MY]
Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Nurses Society: tribute, S4084
Reports filed
Dept. of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (H.R. 3662) (S. Rept. 104-319), S7886 [16JY]
Summaries
Uniformed Services Treatment Facilities Reform, S6487 [19JN]
Texts of
S. 1589, Presidential Primary Act, S1523 [5MR]
Tributes
Brown, Senator, S12049 [1OC]
Cohen, Senator, S12048 [1OC]
Dole, Senator, S5106 [15MY], S6035 [11JN]
Hatfield, Senator, S12052 [1OC]
Kassebaum, Senator, S12048 [1OC]
Lein, John N., S11218 [25SE]
McDevitt, James A., S11332 [25SE]
Pigott, Charles M., S11570
Russell, James S., S3707 [19AP]
Simpson, Senator, S12052 [1OC]
Wright, Howard S., S12115 [1OC]