BURNS, CONRAD R. (a Senator from Montana)
Amendments offered by, to
Agriculture: improve operation of certain programs (S. 1541), S830, S852 [1FE], S993 [6FE], S1086 [7FE]
Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3603), S8613, S8645 [24JY]
Appropriations: making continuing (H.R. 3019), S1851 [12MR], S1945, S1978 [13MR], S2071, S2072, S2123 [14MR], S2235, S2236, S2245, S2247, S2248 [18MR]
Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 1956), S8336, S8364, S8375 [19JY]
———setting forth the Federal budget for 1997-2002 (S. Con. Res. 57), S5274 [17MY]
California: management of the Presidio facilities (H.R. 1296), S2872, S2894 [26MR]
Courts: divide the ninth judicial circuit into two circuits (S. 956), S2438, S2544 [20MR]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1745), S6450, S6535 [19JN], S6891 [25JN]
———making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 3517), S7051, S7065 [26JN]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3662), S10531, S10559 [13SE]
Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3675), S9164 [30JY]
Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3666), S9709, S9747 [3SE], S9916 [5SE]
Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 3540), S8869 [25JY]
Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 1028), S3603, S3679 [18AP]
Metric system: conversion requirements (H.R. 2779), S11704, S11743 [28SE]
Public lands: domestic livestock grazing fees (S. 1459), S2432 [20MR], S2621 [21MR]
Public welfare programs: reform (S. 1956), S8336, S8364, S8375 [19JY]
Technology: cooperative research and development agreements relative to inventions (H.R. 2196), S1078, S1150 [7FE]
Appointments
Canada-U.S. Interparliamentary Group, S4650 [2MY]
Conferee: H.R. 3019, continuing appropriations, S2309 [19MR]
———H.R. 3603, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations, S8616 [24JY]
———H.R. 3666, Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies appropriations, S9957 [5SE]
———H.R. 3816, energy and water development appropriations, S9115 [30JY]
U.S. Air Force Academy Board of Visitors, S1678 [11MR]
Articles and editorials
How Bureaucrats Rewrite Laws, John J. DiIulio, Jr., Wall Street Journal, S12334
Moving to Metric May Harm Construction Contractors, Carl Horowitz, Investor's Business Daily (publication), S11705 [28SE]
Regulators—Building a Case for Exemption, Cindy Skrzycki, S11706 [28SE]
U.N. `Intrusion' Stirs Anger at Yellowstone—Environmental Alarm Seen as Meddling, Valerie Richardson, Washington (DC) Times, S996
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Computers: use, sale, and export of encryption products for privacy and security (see S. 1726), S4618 [2MY]
Deerlodge National Forest: provide for land exchange (see S. 1571), S1295 [23FE]
Water: authorize the construction of the Fort Peck Rural County Water Supply System (see S. 1989), S8866 [25JY]
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Agriculture: Federal assistance to livestock producers adversely affected by drought conditions (see S. Con. Res. 63), S5866 [5JN]
———monitor and regulate cattle and beef markets (see S. Res. 277), S7492 [9JY]
American Revolution: mint coins in commemoration of black revolutionary war patriots (see S. 953), S4677 [3MY]
Animals: improve animal drug approval process (see S. 773), S7905 [16JY]
Brown, Ronald H.: tribute (see S. Res. 241), S3311 [15AP]
California: tribute to NetDay96 (see S. Res. 274), S10690 [17SE]
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]
Computers: use, sale, and export of encryption products for privacy and security (see S. 1587), S1516 [5MR]
Courts: judicial review of forest management activities (see S. 1647), S4979 [13MY]
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]
Ecology and environment: reauthorize certain educational programs (see S. 1873), S9304 [31JY]
Fair Debt Collection Practices Act: technical amendments (see S. 1379), S10841 [18SE]
Families and domestic relations: protect parental rights (see S. 984), S3316 [15AP]
Graham, Billy and Ruth: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 1520), S313 [23JA]
Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see S. 1578), S3316 [15AP]
Labor: allow cooperative efforts between management and labor to improve economic competitiveness (see S. 295), S3797 [22AP]
Major League Baseball: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary of league integration (see S. 2136), S11539 [27SE]
Marriage: define and protect institution (see S. 1740, 1999), S7769 [11JY], S9072 [29JY]
Mental health: national policy to provide health care coverage to individuals with severe mental illnesses (see S. 2031), S9554 [2AU]
Merchant marine industry: reform certain domestic shipping practices (see S. 1813), S5650 [24MY]
Millennium Society: coordinate activities to commemorate the second millennium and endow an international cross-cultural scholarship fund (see S. 1850), S5939 [6JN]
Monuments and memorials: require compliance with certain environmental acts and an act of Congress to extend or establish any national monuments (see S. 2150), S11540 [27SE]
Motor vehicles: remove limitations on maximum driving and on-duty time of utility vehicle operators and drivers (see S. 1714), S4316 [29AP]
Music: licensing (see S. 1628), S4426 [30AP]
NASA: authorizing appropriations (see S. 1839), S5856 [5JN]
National Character Counts Week: designate (see S. Res. 226), S4940 [9MY]
National Mammography Day: designate (see S. Res. 295), S10837 [18SE]
National security: national missile defense system (see S. 1635), S3490 [17AP]
Natural gas: enhance safety, training, research, and development in the propane gas industry (see S. 1646), S3018 [27MR]
Oklahoma City, OK: anniversary of bombing of Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building (see S. Res. 249), S3731 [19AP]
Power resources: natural gas and hazardous liquid pipeline safety (see S. 1505), S1368 [27FE]
Public Health Service: consolidate certain health center programs (see S. 1044), S11313 [25SE]
Real property: compensation to owners of private property relative to regulatory restrictions (see S. 1954), S7887 [16JY]
Taxation: extend certain tax provisions (see S. 1568), S2245 [18MR]
———treatment of businesses operating abroad (see S. 2086), S10684 [17SE]
Transportation: requirements relative to operators of certain farm vehicles (see S. 1661), S3216 [29MR]
Trucking industry: limit the applicability of hazardous material transportation registration and fee requirements relative to the transport of crude oil and condensate (see S. 1689), S6243 [13JN]
U.N.: prohibit U.S. contributions relative to U.N. attempts at taxing or charging fees to U.S. citizens (see S. 1519), S321 [23JA]
U.S. Tourism Organization: establish (see S. 1735), S4851 [8MY]
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], S2210 [15MR], S2259 [18MR], S2386 [20MR], S2591 [21MR], S3327 [15AP], S3349, S3415 [16AP]
Courts: product liability reform (H.R. 956), conference report, S2211 [15MR], S2259 [18MR], S2385 [20MR]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1745), S6848 [25JN], S7156 [27JN], S7225 [28JN]
———making appropriations (S. 1894), S7743 [11JY]
District of Columbia: making appropriations (H.R. 2546), conference report, S1303 [23FE], S1339, S1344 [27FE], S1406, 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, S7916 [16JY]
Immigration: admission policies reform, treatment of criminal aliens, alien smuggling, documentation requirements, and border security (S. 1664), S4160 [25AP], S4308 [29AP]
Marriage: define and protect institution (H.R. 3396), S9926 [5SE]
White House Travel Office: relief of individuals terminated from employment (H.R. 2937), S4672 [3MY], S4723 [6MY], S4781 [7MY], S4816 [8MY], S4922 [9MY], S4993 [14MY]
Letters
Emergency salvage timber sale program: Marc Racicot, Governor of Montana, S2015 [14MR]
Moratorium on mining patents claims: David B. Rovig, Montana Mining Association, S7052
Reformulated gasoline regulations relative to international obligations: Charlene Barshefsky, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, and Carol M. Browner, EPA, S9722 [3SE]
Removal of limitations on maximum driving and on-duty time of utility vehicle operators and drivers: Jay T. Downen, Montana Electric Cooperatives' Association, S4322
Motions offered by
Appropriations: making continuing (H.R. 3019), S2237 [18MR]
Remarks by, on
Agriculture: Federal assistance to livestock producers adversely affected by drought conditions (S. Con. Res. 63), S5870 [5JN]
———improve operation of certain programs (H.R. 2854), S1889, S1899 [12MR]
———improve operation of certain programs (H.R. 2854), conference report, S3089 [28MR]
———improve operation of certain programs (H.R. 2854), insert S. 1541 language in lieu, S1889 [12MR]
———improve operation of certain programs (S. 1541), S890 [6FE]
Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3603), S8613 [24JY]
Appropriations: making continuing (H.R. 3019), S1849 [12MR], S2013 [14MR], S2220, S2237 [18MR], S2284, S2288 [19MR]
———making omnibus consolidated (H.R. 4278), S11915 [30SE]
Billings, MT: Shiloh Interchange project funding, S9282 [31JY]
Bozman, MT: College National Finals Rodeo, S6251
Budget: balance, S4987 [14MY]
———constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 1), S5846 [5JN]
———making certain appropriations and rescissions (S. 1594), S1642 [7MR]
———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 3734), conference report, S9387 [1AU]
———setting forth the Federal budget for 1997-2002 (S. Con. Res. 57), S5257 [17MY], S5513 [23MY]
California: management of the Presidio facilities (H.R. 1296), S2894 [26MR]
Capitol Building and Grounds: use of the rotunda for the presentation of the Congressional Gold Medal to Billy and Ruth Graham (S. Con. Res. 45), S1900 [12MR]
Commission on Civil Rights: reauthorize (S. 2187), S12153 [2OC]
Committee To Investigate Whitewater Development Corp. and Related Matters (Senate, Special): funding (S. Res. 227), S1900 [12MR]
Computers: use, sale, and export of encryption products for privacy and security, S7507 [10JY]
———use, sale, and export of encryption products for privacy and security (S. 1726), S4624 [2MY]
Courts: divide the ninth judicial circuit into two circuits, S2220, S2237 [18MR]
———product liability reform (H.R. 956), conference report, S2377 [20MR]
Crime: national policy to control crime and reform court procedures, S10574 [16SE]
Deerlodge National Forest: provide for land exchange (S. 1571), S1296
Dept. of Agriculture: payment rate for barley, S8613 [24JY]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1745), S6473 [19JN]
———making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 3517), S7062, S7064, S7065 [26JN]
———making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 3517), conference report, S9462 [2AU], S9870 [5SE]
———military construction funding, S6473 [19JN]
Dept. of HUD: investigation of discrimination relative to property insurance, S11224 [25SE]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3662), S10595, S10596 [16SE]
Dept. of Transportation: Essential Air Service Program funding, S5257 [17MY]
Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3675), S9148, S9149 [30JY], S9282 [31JY]
Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3666), S9721, S9722 [3SE], S9788 [4SE]
———making appropriations (H.R. 3666), conference report, S11224 [25SE]
Dole, Bob: evaluation of economic plan, S10905 [19SE]
Drug abuse: national drug control policy, S10574 [16SE]
Earth Day: observance, S4000
Economy: national objectives priority assignments, S4883 [9MY]
Endangered species: protection programs funding, S1849 [12MR]
EPA: reformulated gasoline regulations relative to international obligations, S9721, S9722 [3SE]
Eufaula, OK: convey certain Army land (S. 1406), S5870 [5JN]
Executive Office of the President: acquisition of FBI background reports on former Republican officials, S7360 [8JY]
FAA: reauthorizing programs (S. 1994), S10745 [18SE]
———reform emergency revocation authority relative to certain certificate holders, S10745 [18SE]
FERC: fees and licenses for Flint Creek hydroelectric project in Montana, S2288 [19MR]
Fink, Thomas A.: nomination to the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board, S1900 [12MR]
Fisher-Raining Bird, Danetta F.: Rockefeller Brothers Fund Fellowship recipient, S4875
Forests: repeal emergency salvage timber sale program, S2013 [14MR]
Hazardous substances: nuclear waste disposal (S. 1936), S7507 [10JY]
Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3103), conference report, S9519 [2AU]
———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 1028), S3603 [18AP]
Health Care Financing Administration: determine reimbursement rates for telemedicine services, S3603 [18AP]
Housing: extend certain programs (S. 1494), S1900 [12MR]
Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (S. 1578), S3624 [18AP]
Labor: allow cooperative efforts between management and labor to improve economic competitiveness (S. 295), S3624 [18AP]
Lame Deer, MT: health care facility funding, S11915 [30SE]
Marriage: define and protect institution (H.R. 3396), S10116 [10SE]
———recognition of same-sex marriage, S10116 [10SE]
Metric system: conversion requirements (H.R. 2779), S11704 [28SE]
Mining and mineral resources: moratorium on mining patents claims, S7052
Montana: land exchange, S2894 [26MR]
Morality and ethics: role of trust in society, S7507 [10JY]
Motor vehicles: remove limitations on maximum driving and on-duty time of utility vehicle operators and drivers (S. 1714), S4322
NASA: authorizing appropriations (S. 1839), S5860
———Russian animal research programs funding, S9788 [4SE]
National County Government Week: observance, S3738 [19AP]
National Park Week: observance, S4257
Oklahoma City, OK: anniversary of bombing of Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, S3717 [19AP]
Parliamentary inquiry, S4612 [2MY]
Petroleum: gasoline price levels, S4883 [9MY]
———gasoline tax, S4571 [2MY], S4883 [9MY]
Presidential appointments: nominations considered and confirmed en bloc, S1900 [12MR]
Public lands: domestic livestock grazing fees, S10595, S10596 [16SE]
———domestic livestock grazing fees (S. 1459), S2393 [20MR], S2595, S2609 [21MR]
Public welfare programs: reform (H.R. 3734), conference report, S9387 [1AU]
Railroads: proposed merger of the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific Railroads, S9282 [31JY]
Senate: legislative program, S1903, S1904 [12MR], S4883 [9MY], S5871 [5JN], S7507 [10JY]
Ships and vessels: revitalize U.S.-flag merchant marine (H.R. 1350), S10965 [19SE]
Small business: reform regulatory process (S. 942), S1640 [7MR], S2159 [15MR]
———reform regulatory process (S. 942), unanimous-consent agreement, S1889 [12MR]
Tax Freedom Day: observance, S4763 [7MY], S4883 [9MY]
Taxation: rates, S3717 [19AP]
Technology: cooperative research and development agreements relative to inventions (H.R. 2196), S1082 [7FE]
Telecommunications: reform policies regulating competition (S. 652), conference report, S700 [1FE], S12333
U.N.: prohibit U.S. contributions relative to U.N. attempts at taxing or charging fees to U.S. citizens (S. 1519), S995
Water: authorize the construction of the Fort Peck Rural County Water Supply System (S. 1989), S8866
Reports filed
Dept. of Defense Appropriations for Military Construction, Family Housing, and Base Realignment and Closure: Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (H.R. 3517) (S. Rept. 104-287), S6611 [20JN]
Tributes
Arpan, Roger, S998
Battin, James F., S12051 [1OC]
Bradley, Senator, S11619 [28SE]
Brown, Senator, S11619 [28SE]
Deutsche, Patty, S7366 [8JY]
Diamond, Seth J., S9291 [31JY]
Exon, Senator, S11619 [28SE]
Frahm, Senator, S11619 [28SE]
Hatfield, Senator, S11619 [28SE]
Heflin, Senator, S11619 [28SE]
Johnston, Senator, S11619 [28SE]
Kassebaum, Senator, S11619 [28SE]
Nunn, Senator, S11619 [28SE]
Pell, Senator, S11619 [28SE]
Read, Don, S3419 [17AP]
Simon, Senator, S11619 [28SE]
Simpson, Senator, S11619 [28SE]
Staley, Lori A., S7508 [10JY]
Williams, Representative, S890 [6FE]