BOND, CHRISTOPHER S. (a Senator from Missouri)
Amendments offered by, to
Antarctic regions: regulation of scientific and tourist activities and conservation of natural resources (S. 1645), S9863 [4SE]
Appropriations: making continuing (H.R. 3019), S2063, S2064, S2120, S2121, S2127 [14MR], S2172, S2203 [15MR]
Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 1956), S8131, S8134, S8294 [18JY], S8336, S8364, S8375 [19JY]
———setting forth the Federal budget for 1997-2002 (S. Con. Res. 57), S5143, S5200 [16MY]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1745), S6856, S6864 [25JN]
———making appropriations (S. 1894), S7784 [11JY], S7933 [17JY]
Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3675), S9147, S9163 [30JY], S9280, S9306 [31JY]
Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3666), S9707, S9708, S9709, S9711, S9732, S9746, S9747, S9748, S9755 [3SE], S9823, S9824, S9856 [4SE], S9899, S9901, S9940, S9970, S9977 [5SE]
Employment: payment of wages to individuals who use employer-owned vehicles (H.R. 3448), S6898 [25JN]
Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 3540), S8769, S8870, S8874 [25JY]
Government: provide tax relief for small businesses, protect jobs, increase net pay, and create job opportunities (H.R. 3448), S6898 [25JN], S7409 [8JY]
Housing: extend certain programs (S. 1494), S347 [24JA]
Immigration: admission policies reform, treatment of criminal aliens, alien smuggling, documentation requirements, and border security (S. 1664), S3317 [15AP]
Public welfare programs: reform (S. 1956), S8134, S8294 [18JY], S8336, S8364, S8375 [19JY]
SBA: enhance safety and soundness of the Small Business Investment Company Program (S. 1784), S8923, S8936 [25JY]
Small business: reform regulatory process (S. 942), S2160, S2199 [15MR]
Analyses
HUBZone Act (S. 1574), S1349 [27FE]
Small Business Investment Company Improvement Act (S. 1784), S8935 [25JY]
Appointments
Conferee: H. Con. Res. 178, setting forth the Federal budget for 1997-2002, S5550 [23MY]
———H.R. 3019, continuing appropriations, S2309 [19MR]
———H.R. 3603, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations, S8616 [24JY]
———H.R. 3610, Dept. of Defense appropriations, S8070 [18JY]
———H.R. 3666, Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies appropriations, S9957 [5SE]
———H.R. 3675, Dept. of Transportation and related agencies appropriations, S9287 [31JY]
———S. 1260, Public Housing Reform and Empowerment Act, S9208 [30JY]
Articles and editorials
Clinton's Budget Game, David S. Broder, Washington (DC) Post, S6119 [12JN]
Death of a Family Farm, Jonathan Tolman, Wall Street Journal, S58 [4JA]
VA, NASA Chiefs Contradict Clinton Plans for Cuts, Washington (DC) Times, S6118 [12JN]
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge: designate (see S. 1903), S6849 [25JN]
Contracts: provide Federal contract opportunities for small businesses in economically distressed communities (see S. 1574), S1345 [27FE]
Nonprofit organizations: encourage the donation of food and grocery products to needy individuals (see S. 1938), S7670 [10JY]
Public welfare programs: approval of waivers submitted by Wisconsin to conduct Wisconsin Works project (see S. 1816), S5567 [23MY]
SBA: enhance safety and soundness of the Small Business Investment Company Program (see S. 1784), S5379 [20MY]
Taxation: standards for determining employment status of independent contractors (see S. 1610), S1969 [13MR]
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Agriculture: Federal assistance to livestock producers adversely affected by drought conditions (see S. 1755; S. Con. Res. 63), S5774 [4JN], S5982 [7JN]
———improve operation of certain programs (see S. 1541), S743 [1FE]
———monitor and regulate cattle and beef markets (see S. Res. 277), S7492 [9JY]
Brown, Ronald H.: tribute (see S. Res. 241), S3311 [15AP]
Business and industry: hiring of certain individuals whose sole purpose of seeking employment is union organizing and representation (see S. 1925), S11557 [27SE]
Capitol Building and Grounds: designate a room in the Capitol as the Mark O. Hatfield Room (see S. Res. 298), S11169 [24SE]
———designate section of Senate balcony as Robert J. Dole Balcony (see S. Res. 258), S6082 [11JN]
Clinton, President: pardoning of individuals convicted in Whitewater Estates development and Madison Guaranty investigation (see S. Con. Res. 72), S11540 [27SE]
Courts: limit authority of judicial remedies to force State and local governments to assess, levy, or collect taxes (see S. 1817), S5567 [23MY]
Crime: prohibit the production or sale of fraudulent or counterfeit financial instruments (see S. 1009), S8162 [18JY]
———tribute to law enforcement officers killed in line of duty (see S. Res. 251), S4190 [25AP]
Dept. of Commerce: tribute to employees and business leaders killed in plane crash while on trade mission in Croatia (see S. Res. 241), S3311 [15AP]
Diseases: research programs for Parkinson's disease (see S. 684), S8374 [19JY]
Families and domestic relations: reauthorize abstinence education and adolescent family life programs (see S. 1716), S4317 [29AP]
Federal employees: use of certain trust funds to pay union activities of Social Security Administration and Dept. of HHS employees (see S. 1987), S10841 [18SE]
Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see S. 1028), S1084 [7FE]
———obstetrician-gynecologist services relative to Federal health care laws (see S. Res. 85), S3491 [17AP]
Labor: allow cooperative efforts between management and labor to improve economic competitiveness (see S. 295), S3797 [22AP]
Lauver, Jean S.: tribute (see S. Res. 232), S2245 [18MR]
Major League Baseball: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary of league integration (see S. 2136), S11539 [27SE]
Medicaid: osteopathic services (see S. 896), S4724 [6MY]
Metric system: provide for soft-metric conversion (see S. 1386), S2867 [26MR]
Motor vehicles: average fuel economy standards for automobiles (see S. 1506), S1526 [5MR]
National Baseball Heritage Day: designate (see S. Res. 224), S1388 [28FE]
National Character Counts Week: designate (see S. Res. 226), S3406 [16AP]
National Park Service: reform concessions policies (see S. 309), S5193 [16MY]
National Silver Haired Congress: convene (see S. Con. Res. 52), S3487 [17AP]
Natural gas: enhance safety, training, research, and development in the propane gas industry (see S. 1646), S3406 [16AP]
Oklahoma City, OK: anniversary of bombing of Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building (see S. Res. 249), S3731 [19AP]
OSHA: reform regulatory process (see S. 1423), S1368 [27FE]
Pesticides: reform registration of antimicrobial pesticides (see S. 1491), S3490 [17AP]
Petroleum: gasoline tax (see S. 1739), S4851 [8MY]
Public housing: multifamily rental assisted housing reform (see S. 2042), S9555 [2AU]
Real property: compensation to owners of private property relative to regulatory restrictions (see S. 1954), S7887 [16JY]
Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve: establish (see S. 695), S4871 [8MY]
Taxation: treatment of adoption expenses (see S. 1715), S4316 [29AP]
Waterways: ballast water management plans relative to prevention of nonindigenous species introduction (see S. 1660), S11434 [26SE]
Charter
Bion Task Force, S9784 [4SE]
Cloture motions
Committee To Investigate Whitewater Development Corp. and Related Matters (Senate, Special): funding (S. Res. 227), S1678 [11MR], S1900 [12MR], S1932 [13MR], S2036 [14MR]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1745), S6848 [25JN], S7156 [27JN], S7225 [28JN]
District of Columbia: making appropriations (H.R. 2546), conference report, S1303 [23FE], S1339 [27FE], S1407 [29FE], S1511 [5MR]
Hazardous substances: nuclear waste disposal (S. 1936), S7916 [16JY]
Letters
Eliminate dual decisional authority of the EPA and the Corps of Engineers in permitting use of wetlands: by, S57 [4JA]
Independent Contractor Tax Simplification Act: D. Christopher Davis, World Floor Covering Association, S1973 [13MR]
———Donald A. Danner, National Federation of Independent Business, S1972 [13MR]
———G. Stephen Slagle, Promotional Products Association International, S1973 [13MR]
———Gary F. Petty, Small Business Legislative Council, S1973 [13MR]
———Nelson Litterst and John Satagaj, Independent Contractor Coalition, S1972 [13MR]
———Patricia Bowling, National Home Furnishings Association, S1973 [13MR]
NASA funding of Russian animal research programs: Bradford W. Parkinson, NASA, S9783 [4SE]
———Cornelius J. Pings, C. Peter Magrath, and Jordan J. Cohen, S9782 [4SE]
———Daniel S. Goldin, NASA, S9783 [4SE]
———Ronald C. Merrell, Yale University, S9783 [4SE]
National Guard and Reserve forces readiness requirements: by and Senator Ford, S6832 [25JN]
NSF procurement of supercomputing equipment relative to antidumping determinations: Representative Crane, S9951 [5SE]
———Senator Cohen, S9950 [5SE]
———Senator Roth, S9950 [5SE]
Small Business Investment Company Improvement Act: A. Fred March, Venture Opportunities Corp., S11891 [30SE]
Small business regulatory process: Charlotte W. Herbert, Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc., S2153 [15MR]
———Donald A. Danner, National Federation of Independent Business, S1637 [7MR], S2151 [15MR]
———Gary F. Petty, Small Business Legislative Council, S2152 [15MR]
———Jerry J. Jasinowski, National Association of Manufacturers, S2153 [15MR]
———John J. Motley III, National Retail Federation, S2152 [15MR]
———Randall L. Smith, National Association of Home Builders, S2153 [15MR]
———Tom Halicki, National Association of Towns and Townships, S2153 [15MR]
Space station program funding: Carl Sagan and Louis Friedman, Planetary Society, S9815 [4SE]
———Dianna L. Dell, American Medical Women's Association, S9816 [4SE]
———John G. Hodson, Sr., Multiple Sclerosis Association of America, S9816 [4SE]
———Michael E. DeBakey, S9819 [4SE]
———Susan Dime-Meenan, National Depressive and Manic-Depressive Association, S9816 [4SE]
VA medical care programs funding: several veterans' organizations, S5145 [16MY]
Lists
Independent Contractor Tax Simplification Act supporters, S1972 [13MR]
Small Business Legislative Council, S1973 [13MR], S2152 [15MR]
Memorandums
Multifamily Rental Assisted Housing Contracts: Nelson A. Diaz, Dept. of HUD, S11221 [25SE]
Messages
Removal of Injunction of Secrecy for Protocol Amending Taxation Convention With Indonesia: President Clinton, S9862 [4SE]
Removal of Injunction of Secrecy for Taxation Agreement With Turkey: President Clinton, S9862 [4SE]
Removal of Injunction of Secrecy for Taxation Convention With Austria: President Clinton, S9862 [4SE]
Removal of Injunction of Secrecy for Taxation Convention With Luxembourg: President Clinton, S9862 [4SE]
Motions offered by
Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3666), S9819 [4SE]
Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 3540), S8806 [25JY]
Remarks by, on
Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 1833), veto, S11373 [26SE]
Abraham, Senator: congratulations on birth of son, S9902 [5SE]
Agriculture: improve operation of certain programs (S. 1541), S674 [1FE], S888 [6FE]
———tribute to U.S. National Arboretum of the Agricultural Research Service on efforts to produce a disease-resistant elm tree, S5947
Alaska: exemption from Clean Air Act oxygenated fuel requirements, S9827 [4SE]
Antarctic regions: regulation of scientific and tourist activities and conservation of natural resources (S. 1645), S9863 [4SE]
Antarctic Treaty: implement Protocol on Environmental Protection (H.R. 3060), insert text of S. 1645 in lieu, S9864 [4SE]
Appropriations: making continuing (H.R. 3019), S1830 [12MR], S1919 [13MR], S2067, S2088, S2092 [14MR], S2172, S2186 [15MR], S2232 [18MR], S2288, S2289, S2290 [19MR]
———making omnibus consolidated (H.R. 4278), S11881, S11888, S11889, S11892, S11898, S11912, S11932, S11933 [30SE]
Armed Forces: defense strategy and force structure review, S6984, S6985 [26JN]
Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge: designate (S. 1903), S6820 [25JN]
Brown, Sec. of Veterans Affairs: travel and office personnel funding, S2288 [19MR]
Budget: balance, S27 [3JA], S888 [6FE]
———balance (S. Con. Res. 38), unanimous-consent agreement, S88
———comparison between congressional and Clinton administration proposals, S5115 [16MY]
———nondefense discretionary spending cuts in final two years of budget cycle, S5131 [16MY]
———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 3734), conference report, S9337 [1AU]
———setting forth the Federal budget for 1997-2002 (H. Con. Res. 178), S5551 [23MY]
———setting forth the Federal budget for 1997-2002 (H. Con. Res. 178), conference report, S6117, S6120 [12JN]
———setting forth the Federal budget for 1997-2002 (S. Con. Res. 57), S5044 [15MY], S5115, S5131, S5143, S5145, S5146, S5150, S5151, S5153, S5154, S5155 [16MY], S5420, S5423 [21MY]
Bulgaria: most-favored-nation status (H.R. 1643), unanimous-consent agreement, S88
Burma: allocation of foreign aid, S8750 [25JY]
Center for Molecular Medicine and Immunology: funding, S9722 [3SE]
Charleston County, SC: community development block grants availability, S9876 [5SE]
Citizenship Day: tribute, S9862
Coast Guard: conveyance of Whitefish Point Light Station, MI, S11933 [30SE]
Columbia (space shuttle): microgravity payload research, S9719 [3SE]
Committee To Investigate Whitewater Development Corp. and Related Matters (Senate, Special): funding, S3194 [29MR]
Constitution Week: tribute, S9862
Contracts: provide Federal contract opportunities for small businesses in economically distressed communities (S. 1574), S1346 [27FE]
Corp. for National and Community Service: funding, S2290 [19MR]
Corps of Engineers: reauthorizing civil works programs (S. 640), S7715 [11JY]
———reauthorizing civil works programs (S. 640), conference report, S11521, S11525, S11526 [27SE]
———White River Basin Lakes flood control and energy production programs, S11525, S11526 [27SE]
Council on Environmental Quality: funding, S9826 [4SE]
Cuba: strengthen international economic sanctions and support transition to democratically elected government (H.R. 927), conference report, S1501 [5MR]
Dams: creation of national dam safety program, S7715 [11JY]
Dept. of Agriculture: Pesticide Data Program funding, S11932 [30SE]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1745), S6474 [19JN], S6984, S6985 [26JN], S7228, S7229 [28JN]
———F/A-18E/F aircraft development, S7228, S7229 [28JN], S7991 [17JY]
———Federal acquisition standards relative to purchase of T-39N aircraft, S7944 [17JY], S11881 [30SE]
———making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 3517), conference report, S9872 [5SE]
———making appropriations (H.R. 3610), conference report, S11881 [30SE]
———making appropriations (S. 1894), S7944, S7991 [17JY]
———military construction funding, S6474 [19JN]
———military traffic management command's personal property reengineering program reform, S6984 [26JN]
Dept. of HUD: community development programs funding, S9723 [3SE]
———GAO audit of Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight, S9825 [4SE]
———housing assistance programs, S9947 [5SE]
———investigation of discrimination relative to property insurance, S11222 [25SE]
———issuance of Federal mortgage guarantees for luxury housing developments, S9940 [5SE]
———maintenance of public notice and comment rulemaking provisions, S9823, S9824 [4SE]
———voluntary retirement program funding, S9732 [3SE]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: Board of Veterans' Appeals claims processing, S9733 [3SE]
———extend benefits to certain children of Vietnam veterans born with spina bifida, S9880, S9881, S9882, S9934, S9955 [5SE]
———funding, S4684 [3MY], S4988 [14MY], S6117, S6120 [12JN]
———James H. Quillen School of Medicine funding, S9720, S9721 [3SE]
———land conveyance to Tuscaloosa, AL, S9824 [4SE]
———medical care programs funding relative to increase in corporate tax rates, S5153, S5154, S5155 [16MY]
———medical care programs funding relative to reduction of welfare benefits, S5143, S5145, S5146, S5150, S5151 [16MY]
———use of disposable, protective coverings for endoscopes during colorectal examinations, S9724 [3SE]
Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3666), S9460, S9461 [2AU], S9703, S9707, S9708, S9711, S9719, S9720, S9721, S9722, S9723, S9724, S9725, S9726, S9727, S9728, S9729, S9730, S9731, S9732, S9733, S9734 [3SE], S9778, S9782, S9783, S9784, S9789, S9794, S9796, S9797, S9798, S9815, S9816, S9819, S9822, S9823, S9824, S9825, S9826, S9827, S9828, S9829, S9830 [4SE], S9875, S9876, S9877, S9880, S9881, S9882, S9897, S9899, S9900, S9931, S9934, S9938, S9939, S9940, S9943, S9944, S9947, S9948, S9950, S9951, S9953, S9954, S9955, S9957, S9963, S9964 [5SE]
———making appropriations (H.R. 3666), conference report, S11159 [24SE], S11218, S11220, S11221, S11222, S11224, S11225 [25SE], S11506 [27SE]
———making appropriations (H.R. 3666), unanimous-consent agreement, S9417 [1AU]
Drug abuse: national drug control policy, S9689 [3SE]
Education: funding, S5420 [21MY]
———Parents as Teachers Program funding, S11912 [30SE]
EPA: Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry funding, S9721 [3SE]
———Clean Lakes Program funding, S9827 [4SE]
———funding, S2232 [18MR]
———Long Island Sound Office funding, S9723 [3SE]
———Montreal Protocol Facilitation Fund funding, S9948 [5SE]
———Onondaga Lake management conference funding, S9829 [4SE]
———permit application for PCB waste disposal, S9725, S9726 [3SE]
———reform regulatory process, S1919 [13MR]
———reformulated gasoline regulations relative to international obligations, S9721, S9722 [3SE]
———review of ambient air quality standards for particulate matter, S9829, S9830 [4SE], S9963, S9964 [5SE]
———Robert S. Kerr Environmental Research Laboratory funding, S9828 [4SE]
———Sarasota Bay National Estuary Program funding, S9829 [4SE]
———Sokaogon Chippewa Community funding, S9828 [4SE]
———water pollution research funding, S9948 [5SE]
———West Central Florida Alternative Water Source Project funding, S9828 [4SE]
Faith House (organization): tribute, S664
FEMA: restrict funding for certain activities, S9796, S9797, S9798, S9824 [4SE]
———service to Arizona communities damaged by floods, S9734 [3SE]
———urban search and resuce team funding, S9719 [3SE]
FHA: streamline certain single family housing programs, S9708 [3SE]
Floods: prevention project at Devils Lake, ND, S2289 [19MR]
Food stamps: work requirements for eligibility, S9337 [1AU]
Foreign aid: prohibit military assistance and arms transfers to certain countries, S8806 [25JY]
Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 3540), S8750, S8791, S8795, S8806 [25JY]
Fort Leonard Wood, MO: barracks construction funding relative to Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission recommendations, S6984 [26JN]
FRS: impact of interest rates on economic conditions, S6567 [20JN]
GAO: audit of Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight, S11224 [25SE]
Government: election of public officials, S11851 [30SE]
———provide tax relief for small businesses, protect jobs, increase net pay, and create job opportunities (H.R. 3448), S7410 [8JY], S7442, S7443, S7463 [9JY]
———provide tax relief for small businesses, protect jobs, increase net pay, and create job opportunities (H.R. 3448), unanimous-consent agreement, S7466 [9JY]
———shutdown relative to budget process, S11506 [27SE]
Greenspan, Alan: nomination to be FRS Chairman, S6258 [14JN], S6567 [20JN]
Health: programs funding, S5420 [21MY]
House of Representatives: enactment of certain legislation (H.R. 3136), S3242
Housing: drug elimination grants for low-income housing projects, S9900 [5SE]
———extend certain programs (S. 1494), S350 [24JA], S1997
———restructure mortgages for FHA-insured multifamily housing projects, S9726, S9727, S9728, S9729, S9730, S9731, S9732 [3SE], S9822 [4SE]
Immigration: admission policies reform, treatment of criminal aliens, alien smuggling, documentation requirements, and border security (S. 1664), S4607, S4608 [2MY]
INS: treatment of student visas, S4607, S4608 [2MY]
Kauai County, HI: FEMA audit, S9826 [4SE]
Labor: allow cooperative efforts between management and labor to improve economic competitiveness, S4908 [9MY]
Legislative branch of the Government: making appropriations (H.R. 3754), conference report, S9763, S9765 [3SE]
LSC: permit fund recipients to use non-Federal funds in response to public official or legislative hearing information requests, S2067 [14MR]
Medicare: reform, S26, S27 [3JA]
Mexico: make foreign aid conditional to drug enforcement efforts, S8791 [25JY]
Meyer, Laurence: nomination to the FRS, S6258 [14JN]
———nomination to the FRS Board of Governors, S6568 [20JN]
Minimum wage: level, S7410 [8JY], S7463 [9JY]
NASA: academic programs funding, S9724 [3SE]
———funding, S6118 [12JN]
———Mission to Planet Earth Program funding, S9943 [5SE]
———prohibit consolidation of research aircraft at Dryden Flight Research Center, S9825 [4SE]
———require work force restructuring report, S9830 [4SE]
———Russian animal research programs funding, S9782, S9783, S9784 [4SE]
———transfer of certain functions from Ames Research Center to the Japanese space agency relative to international space station program, S9944 [5SE]
———Upper Midwest Aeronautics Consortium funding, S9828 [4SE]
———voluntary retirement program funding, S9707 [3SE]
National cemeteries: protect and preserve land adjacent to the Los Angeles National Cemetery, S9724, S9725 [3SE]
Native Americans: jurisdiction over land claims of the Pueblo of Isleta Indian Tribes (H.R. 740), S9863 [4SE]
New York Botanical Garden: funding, S9721 [3SE]
Nonprofit organizations: encourage the donation of food and grocery products to needy individuals (H.R. 2428), S9533 [2AU]
———encourage the donation of food and grocery products to needy individuals (S. 1938), S7671
NSF: repeal certain limitations on procurement of supercomputing equipment relative to antidumping determinations, S9950, S9951 [5SE]
Oklahoma City, OK: funding for relief of victims of the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, S9944 [5SE]
Older Adults Transportation Service, Inc.: anniversary, S10344
Public debt: ceiling (H.R. 3136), S3242
Public housing: multifamily rental assisted housing reform, S11218, S11220, S11221 [25SE]
———multifamily rental assisted housing reform (S. 2042), S9603 [2AU]
———senior citizen assisted housing funding, S11221 [25SE]
Public welfare programs: approval of waivers submitted by Wisconsin to conduct Wisconsin Works project (S. 1816), S5648 [24MY]
———reform (H.R. 3734), conference report, S9337 [1AU]
Railroads: proposed merger between the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific Railroad, S6542
Rivlin, Alice M.: nomination to the FRS, S6258 [14JN]
———nomination to the FRS Board of Governors, S6568 [20JN]
SBA: enhance safety and soundness of the Small Business Investment Company Participating Securities Program, S7442, S7443 [9JY]
———enhance safety and soundness of the Small Business Investment Company Program (S. 1784), S5379
Senate: confirmation of judicial nominees, S9461 [2AU]
———legislative program, S4987 [14MY], S5147 [16MY], S9765 [3SE], S9867 [4SE], S9878 [5SE]
Senate Rules: separation of tax cuts from offsets within budget reconciliation process, S5423 [21MY]
Small business: improve certain programs, S11888, S11898 [30SE]
———improve certain programs (H.R. 3719), S11268 [25SE]
———reform regulatory process (S. 942), S1632, S1636, S1637, S1641 [7MR], S2151, S2153, S2157, S2160, S2162, S2167 [15MR], S2313, S2314, S2316, S2321 [19MR], S3242
Southern Oxidants Study: funding, S9725 [3SE]
Space policy: space station program funding, S9815, S9816, S9819 [4SE]
Superfund Program: funding, S2088 [14MR]
Taxation: estate tax treatment of family-owned business interests (S. 161), S2148 [15MR]
———standards for determining employment status of independent contractors (S. 1610), S1970 [13MR]
Technology: programs funding, S1830 [12MR]
Tourist trade: levying of a departure tax on international travel tickets, S6258 [14JN]
Treaties and agreements: removal of injunction of secrecy, S9862 [4SE]
Utah Housing Finance Agency: funding, S9877 [5SE]
Veterans: funding for State VA programs, S9931, S9954 [5SE]
Vietnam: funding for diplomatic and economic relations relative to cooperation with efforts to account for POW/MIA, S2186 [15MR]
Water: availability of certain funding relative to drinking water State revolving funds, S9707 [3SE], S9824 [4SE]
———Coordinated Tribal Water Quality Program funding, S11225 [25SE]
———drinking water health effects research funding, S11224 [25SE]
———endocrine disrupter research funding, S9719, S9720 [3SE]
———restore funding for water infrastructure grants, S2088, S2092 [14MR]
Watertown, SD: sewage treatment funding, S2288 [19MR]
Wetlands: eliminate dual decisional authority in permitting use, S56, S58 [4JA]
White House Travel Office: relief of individuals terminated from employment (H.R. 2937), S4781 [7MY], S4908 [9MY]
Reports filed
Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and Sundry Independent Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (H.R. 3666) (S. Rept. 104-318), S7762 [11JY]
Nomination of Ginger Ehn Lew To Be Deputy Administrator of the SBA: Committee on Small Business (Senate), S5492 [22MY]
Small Business Investment Company Improvement Act: Committee on Small Business (Senate) (S. 1784), S6849 [25JN]
Small Business Regulatory Fairness Act: Committee on Small Business (Senate) (S. 942), S1597 [6MR]
Sermons
Choosing Good Government: M. Craig Barnes, S11852 [30SE]
Summaries
Independent Contractor Tax Simplification Act (S. 1610), S1971 [13MR]
Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act (S. 942), S3242
Small Business Regulatory Fairness Act (S. 942), S2157-S2159 [15MR]
Texts of
S. 1574, HUBZone Act, S1347-S1349 [27FE]
S. 1610, Independent Contractor Tax Simplification Act, S1971 [13MR]
S. 1784, Small Business Investment Company Improvement Act, S5380
Tributes
Barnes, M. Craig, S11851 [30SE]
Boorda, Jeremy M., S5149 [16MY]
Brown, Stanley O., S6671
Capellupo, John P., S2147 [15MR]
Dole, Senator, S6038 [11JN]
Emerson, Bill, S6820 [25JN]
Frank, Joseph J., S10713
Mohler, Lowell, S10710
O'Connor, Mary B., S5016
Sheffield, Barbara, S12020