BREAUX, JOHN B. (a Senator from Louisiana)
Amendments offered by, to
Agriculture: improve operation of certain programs (S. 1541), S587, S646 [31JA], S992, S993 [6FE], S1141, S1150 [7FE]
Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 1956), S8088, S8123, S8167, S8227 [18JY], S8344, S8349, S8377, S8378 [19JY], S8420, S8480 [22JY]
———setting forth the Federal budget for 1997-2002 (S. Con. Res. 57), S5385 [20MY]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1745), S6890 [25JN], S7001, S7007, S7048, S7050 [26JN]
———making appropriations (S. 1894), S7783 [11JY], S7988 [17JY]
Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3756), S10496 [12SE]
Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3666), S9932, S9969, S9970 [5SE]
Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 3540), S8868 [25JY]
Oceans: reduce regulations on international transportation and eliminate the Federal Maritime Commission (S. 1356), S8222 [18JY], S11951 [30SE]
Public welfare programs: reform (S. 1956), S8088, S8123, S8167, S8227 [18JY], S8344, S8349, S8377, S8378 [19JY], S8420, S8480 [22JY]
Appointments
Committee To Escort French President Jacques Chirac Into the House Chamber, H1144 [1FE]
Committee To Escort the President, H767 [23JA]
Conferee: S. 1004, Coast Guard appropriations, S7703 [11JY]
Articles and editorials
Donald Mintz, New Orleans (LA) Times Picayune, S4563
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Courts: appointment of an additional Federal judge for the middle district of Louisiana (see S. 1569), S1276 [20FE]
Dept. of Labor: submit report to Congress on method of allocating administrative funds to States (see S. 1693), S3953 [23AP]
Elagamy, Tarek: relief (see S. 1599), S1649 [7MR]
Medicare: hospice care reform (see S. 2034), S9554 [2AU]
Mississippi River: Corps of Engineers maintenance dredging for the Chalmette Slip in St. Bernard Parish, LA (see S. 1615), S2101 [14MR]
Outer Continental Shelf: use of deepwater ports to transport oil (see S. 1868), S6144 [12JN]
Shipping industry: establish safety requirements for barges carrying oil or petroleum products and improve prevention of and compensation for oil spills (see S. 2009), S9428 [1AU]
Ships and vessels: extend tariff exemption for certain unliquidated vessel repair entries (see S. 1775), S5267 [17MY]
———protect hull designs from unauthorized duplication (see S. 2103), S11090 [20SE]
Tariff: bis (4-amino-3-methylcyclohexyl)-methane (see S. 1779), S5378 [20MY]
———indolenine (see S. 1778), S5378 [20MY]
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Agriculture: Federal assistance to livestock producers adversely affected by drought conditions (see S. 1743), S6853 [25JN]
American Revolution: mint coins in commemoration of black revolutionary war patriots (see S. 953), S742 [1FE]
Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge: acquire certain lands (see S. 2014), S9428 [1AU]
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]
CERCLA: clarify liability for certain recycling transactions (see S. 607), S7309 [28JN]
Courts: cost-of-living adjustments for judicial salaries (see S. 1344), S1298 [23FE]
Crime: clarify Federal jurisdiction over offenses relative to religious property damage (see S. 1890), S6517 [19JN]
———constitutional amendment on protection of victims' rights (see S.J. Res. 52), S7190 [27JN]
Day of National Concern About Young People and Gun Violence: designate (see S. Res. 282), S8636 [24JY]
Death and dying: prohibit Federal funding for assisted suicide, euthanasia, or mercy killing (see S. 2108), S11169 [24SE]
Dept. of Commerce: tribute to employees and business leaders killed in plane crash while on trade mission in Croatia (see S. Res. 241), S3311 [15AP]
Dept. of Transportation: regulations relative to transportation of intermodal containers (see S. 1957), S8868 [25JY]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: extend benefits to certain children of Vietnam veterans born with spina bifida (see S. 2008), S9295 [31JY]
Disasters: provide for hazard mitigation, relief, and insurance against natural disasters (see S. 1043), S3316 [15AP]
Diseases: payments to individuals with blood-clotting disorders who contracted human immunodeficiency virus due to contaminated blood products (see S. 1189), S10328 [11SE]
Foreign trade: substitute the term ``normal trade relations'' in lieu of ``most-favored-nation treatment'' (see S. 1918), S7179 [27JN]
Gambling Impact Study Commission: establish (see S. 704), S3797 [22AP]
Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see S. 1028), S3405 [16AP]
———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for mothers and newborn infants following birth (see S. 969), S9746 [3SE]
Jean Lafitte National Historical Park: designate visitor center as the Laura C. Hudson Visitor Center (see S. 1627), S6310 [14JN]
Madison, James: mint coins in commemoration of 250th anniversary of birth (see S. 837), S1654 [7MR]
Millennium Society: coordinate activities to commemorate the second millennium and endow an international cross-cultural scholarship fund (see S. 1850), S5939 [6JN]
National American Indian Heritage Month: designate (see S. Res. 311), S12303 [3OC]
National Character Counts Week: designate (see S. Res. 226), S4519 [1MY]
National Duck Calling Day: designate (see S. Res. 305), S11720 [28SE]
National Race for the Cure Day: designate (see S. Res. 257), S5866 [5JN]
Oklahoma City, OK: anniversary of bombing of Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building (see S. Res. 249), S3731 [19AP]
Operation Sail (organization): tribute (see S. Res. 286), S10201 [10SE]
Pesticides: definition and regulation of the minor use of pesticides (see S. 794), S1368 [27FE]
———reform registration of antimicrobial pesticides (see S. 1491), S1368 [27FE]
Social Security: medicare reimbursement to Military Health Services System (see S. 1487), S4195 [25AP]
———treatment of final payment of benefits to surviving spouse or family members after death of beneficiary (see S. 1832), S9161 [30JY]
Tariff: fireworks (see S. 1787), S5443 [21MY]
Taxation: excise tax exemption for certain emergency medical transportation by air ambulance (see S. 358), S3490 [17AP]
———treatment of Armed Forces members performing services in Bosnia and Herzegovina (see S. 1553), S1526 [5MR]
———treatment of historic home rehabilitation or purchase (see S. 1002), S3957 [23AP]
———treatment of individual retirement accounts (see S. Res. 238), S3216 [29MR]
U.S. Tourism Organization: establish (see S. 1735), S4851 [8MY]
Veterans: reform and improve eligibility for medical care and services (see S. 1563), S3633 [18AP]
World War II: mint coins in commemoration of 50th anniversary of the Marshall Plan and of George C. Marshall (see S. 1150), S5865 [5JN]
Cloture motions
FAA: reauthorizing programs (H.R. 3539), conference report, S11940 [30SE], S12228 [3OC]
Letters
Budget 1997-2002: June E. O'Neill, CBO, S5513 [23MY]
Consumer Price Index calculation: Harry C. Ballantyne, Social Security Administration, S5357 [20MY]
Dispute settlement system for antidumping and countervailing duties under NAFTA: by, S12038 [30SE]
Motions offered by
Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 1956), S8126 [18JY], S8330 [19JY]
Public welfare programs: reform (S. 1956), S8126 [18JY], S8330 [19JY]
Poems
``America, We the People,'' Sylvia D. Lott, S11450
Remarks by, on
Agriculture: improve operation of certain programs (S. 1541), S1014, S1034, S1039 [7FE]
———price supports for sugar, S1034, S1039 [7FE]
Amtrak: reauthorizing appropriations, S1290 [23FE]
Appropriations: making continuing (H.R. 3019), conference report, S4096, S4105 [25AP], S4369, S4370, S4372, S4373, S4375 [30AP]
Budget: balance, S4096, S4105 [25AP], S4369, S4370, S4372, S4373, S4375 [30AP]
———deficit, S9341 [1AU]
———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 3734), S8530 [23JY]
———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 3734), conference report, S9340 [1AU]
———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 1956), S8084, S8085, S8096, S8097, S8099, S8100, S8118, S8119, S8124, S8125 [18JY], S8330, S8345 [19JY], S8496, S8507, S8530 [23JY]
———setting forth the Federal budget for 1997-2002 (S. Con. Res. 57), S5356, S5357, S5367, S5374 [20MY], S5403 [21MY], S5513 [23MY]
Burma: allocation of foreign aid, S8809 [25JY]
Cargo transportation: application of labor laws relative to designation as express company, S12219 [3OC]
CF Industries, Inc: anniversary, S2716
Coast Guard: vessel traffic service system funding, S9284 [31JY]
Committee To Investigate Whitewater Development Corp. and Related Matters (Senate, Special): funding (S. Res. 227), S2033 [14MR]
Consumer Price Index: calculation, S5357 [20MY], S5403 [21MY]
Courts: appointment of an additional Federal judge for the middle district of Louisiana (S. 1569), S1276 [20FE]
———product liability reform (H.R. 956), conference report, S2355 [20MR]
Democratic Party: national agenda, S7681 [11JY]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1745), S7003 [26JN]
———Joint Readiness Training Center environmental activities funding, S7988 [17JY]
———making appropriations (S. 1894), S7988 [17JY]
Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3675), S9284 [31JY]
Economy: national objectives priority assignments, S9341 [1AU]
ERISA: treatment of pension assets by insurance companies, S9545 [2AU]
FAA: reauthorizing programs (H.R. 3539), conference report, S12219 [3OC]
Fishery Conservation and Management Act: reauthorizing (S. 39), S10818, S10826 [18SE], S10933 [19SE]
Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 3540), S8809 [25JY]
Fort Polk, LA: transfer of jurisdiction over certain lands in Kisatchie National Forest, S7003 [26JN]
Gambling Impact Study Commission: establish (S. 704), S7977 [17JY]
Government: provide tax relief for small businesses, protect jobs, increase net pay, and create job opportunities (H.R. 3448), S7910
———provide tax relief for small businesses, protect jobs, increase net pay, and create job opportunities (H.R. 3448), conference report, S9545 [2AU], S11446
Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 1028), S3527, S3608 [18AP]
Insurance: health insurance coverage continuity and portability and preexisting condition exclusions, S3527 [18AP]
International Dolphin Conservation Program: implement (H.R. 2823), S11618 [28SE], S11970 [30SE]
———implement (S. 1420), S11970 [30SE]
Labor: allow cooperative efforts between management and labor to improve economic competitiveness, S4913 [9MY]
———allow cooperative efforts between management and labor to improve economic competitiveness (S. 295), S4786 [7MY]
Louisiana: tribute to Girl Scouts of America Gold Award recipients, S5453
Medicaid: eligibility standards and State flexibility, S8345 [19JY], S8496 [23JY]
———reform, S4369, S4370, S4372, S4373, S4375 [30AP]
Medicare: hospice care reform (S. 2034), S9582 [2AU]
———reform, S4369, S4370, S4372, S4373, S4375 [30AP], S12266 [3OC]
Minimum wage: level, S4786 [7MY], S4913 [9MY]
Mississippi River: Corps of Engineers maintenance dredging for the Chalmette Slip in St. Bernard Parish, LA (S. 1615), S2102 [14MR]
NTSB: authorizing appropriations (S. 1831), S10896 [18SE]
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development Agreement: ratification, S11496 [27SE]
Petroleum: gasoline price levels, S4786, S4789 [7MY]
———gasoline tax, S4396 [30AP], S4786, S4789 [7MY], S4913 [9MY]
Public welfare programs: allow States to continue assistance aimed at children after welfare eligibility expires, S8096, S8097, S8100, S8124, S8125 [18JY], S8330 [19JY]
———prohibit additional cash assistance for children born to families presently receiving assistance, S8507 [23JY]
———reform, S4780 [7MY], S7681 [11JY]
———reform (H.R. 3734), S8530 [23JY]
———reform (H.R. 3734), conference report, S9340 [1AU]
———reform (S. 1823), S5637 [24MY]
———reform (S. 1956), S8084, S8085, S8096, S8097, S8099, S8100, S8118, S8119, S8124, S8125 [18JY], S8330, S8345 [19JY], S8496, S8507, S8530 [23JY]
Puerto Rico: allow for wage-based tax credits, S7910
Senate: bipartisan legislation, S12266 [3OC]
Shipping industry: establish safety requirements for barges carrying oil or petroleum products and improve prevention of and compensation for oil spills (S. 2009), S9428
Ships and vessels: protect hull designs from unauthorized duplication (S. 2103), S11093
———revitalize U.S.-flag merchant marine (H.R. 1350), S10961 [19SE]
Southern University: tribute to football team, S284
SSI: prohibit recruitment activities, S8118, S8119 [18JY]
Taxation: rates, S9341 [1AU]
Telecommunications: dialing parity for intraLATA toll calls, S998 [6FE]
———permit Bell Telephone Cos. to provide interLATA commercial mobile services, S1311
———reform policies regulating competition (S. 652), conference report, S713 [1FE], S998
Testa, Kristen: privilege of the floor, S8085 [18JY]
Waterways: ballast water management plans relative to prevention of nonindigenous species introduction (H.R. 4283), S12401 [3OC]
White House Travel Office: relief of individuals terminated from employment (H.R. 2937), S4913 [9MY]
Summaries
Centrist Coalition Balanced Budget Plan, S4097-S4100 [25AP]
Hospice Care Reform Relative to Medicare (S. 2034), S9583 [2AU]
Tables
Impact of 0.5 percent CPI change on Social Security beneficiaries, S4373 [30AP]
Texts of
S. 2009, safety requirements for barges carrying oil or petroleum products and improve prevention of and compensation for oil spills, S9429
S. 2034, hospice care reform relative to medicare, S9583 [2AU]
Tributes
Lott, Sylvia D., S11450
Mintz, Donald, S4563
Simpson, Senator, S11617 [28SE]