BROWNBACK, SAM (a Senator from Kansas)

Addresses

Christianity in America Today: Senator Abraham, S11487 [30OC]

Amendments

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (S. 1033), S7967 [23JY]

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (S. 672), S4026 [6MY], S4081 [7MY]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 947), S6169, S6257 [24JN]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 949), S6532, S6541 [26JN], S6676, S6678, S6764 [27JN]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1998-2002 (S. Con. Res. 27), S4834, S4848, S4903, S4905 [21MY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 936), S6940 [7JY], S7124 [9JY], S7221 [10JY], S7275 [11JY]

Dept. of State and related agencies: authorizing appropriations and consolidating certain agencies (S. 903), S5686 [16JN]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2107), S9325, S9345, S9347, S9350 [15SE], S9448, S9525 [17SE], S9555, S9660 [18SE]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (S. 1023), S7654, S7666, S7668, S7734 [17JY]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: authorizing appropriations (S. 1022), S8011, S8099 [24JY]

District of Columbia: making appropriations (S. 1156), S9899 [24SE], S10261, S10296 [1OC]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (S. 1004), S7471, S7506 [15JY]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (S. 955), S7536, S7545, S7610, S7611 [16JY], S7732 [17JY]

Transportation: funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs (S. 1173), S10993 [22OC], S11043 [23OC]

Articles and editorials

Daschle Bill May Not Ban Anything, Frank J. Murray, Washington (DC) Times, S4552 [15MY]

Intellectual Roots of Nativism, Tucker Carlson, Wall Street Journal, S11406 [30OC]

Time To Reconsider Racist Rhetoric, S11788 [5NO]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (see S. 6), S158 [21JA]

Armed Forces: procedures for determining status of certain missing members (see S. 755), S9800 [23SE]

Austrian-American Day: designate (see S. Res. 122), S9332 [15SE]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see S.J. Res. 1), S163 [21JA]

———create a tax cut reserve fund to protect revenues generated by economic growth (see S. 800), S5108 [23MY]

Capitol Building and Grounds: use of the rotunda for a ceremony honoring Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew (see S. Con. Res. 42), S10233 [30SE]

China, People's Republic of: U.S. policy (see S. 1164), S9197 [11SE]

China, Republic of: status after reversion of Hong Kong to the People's Republic of China (see S. Res. 114), S8533 [31JY]

Civil liberties: religious accommodations in the workplace (see S. 1124), S10809 [9OC]

Coins: establish circulating commemorative coin program commemorating each State (see S. 1228), S11300 [28OC]

Computers: facilitate use of strong encryption methods for privacy and security (see S. 377), S1734 [27FE]

Congress: constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority on the passage of legislation increasing revenue (see S.J. Res. 9), S163 [21JA]

Contracts: prohibit discrimination in awarding Federal contracts on the basis of labor policies (see S. 606), S3348 [17AP]

Copyrights: exemptions (see S. 28), S1319 [12FE]

Corporate Subsidy Reform Commission: establish (see S. 207), S725 [28JA]

Courts: product liability reform (see S. 5), S158 [21JA]

———treatment of private property owners relative to Government seizure (see S. 1204), S9785 [23SE]

Crime: provide penalties for the acquisition or use of chemical or biological weapons and reduce acts of terrorism using such weapons (see S. 495), S3371 [17AP]

Death and dying: prohibit Federal funding for assisted suicide, euthanasia, or mercy killing (see S. 304), S1299 [12FE]

Dept. of Commerce: abolish (see S. 1226, 1316), S10055 [26SE], S11192 [24OC]

Dept. of the Interior: deauthorize the Animas-La Plata Federal reclamation project and negotiate the water rights of Ute Indian tribes (see S. 440), S2274 [13MR]

Diseases: payments to individuals with blood-clotting disorders who contracted HIV due to contaminated blood products (see S. 358), S4683 [19MY]

———research programs for Parkinson's disease (see S. 535), S7503 [15JY]

District of Columbia: provide scholarship assistance for elementary and secondary school students (see S. 847), S5342 [5JN]

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 1062), S8607 [31JY]

Employment: protect employer rights (see S. 328), S1382 [13FE]

———provide compensatory time opportunities, flexible workplaces, and clarify minimum wage and overtime requirements of private sector employees (see S. 4), S158 [21JA]

ERISA: improve and expand employee health care programs (see S. 729), S4217 [8MY]

Federal agencies and departments: assess impact of policies and regulations on families (see S. 1002), S8099 [24JY]

Food: inspection requirements relative to interstate distribution of State-inspected meat and poultry (see S. 1291), S10787 [9OC]

Foreign trade: identify countries that deny market access for value-added agricultural products (see S. 219), S4898 [21MY]

FRS: implement monetary policy using price stability to ensure stable currency and repeal the Full Employment and Balanced Growth Act (see S. 611), S3348 [17AP]

Government: procure from the private sector the goods and services necessary to operate and manage certain agencies (see S. 314), S1300 [12FE]

Government regulations: analyze impact and improve congressional deliberation of proposed Federal private sector mandates (see S. 389), S2285 [13MR]

Haskell Indian Nations University: enhance administrative authority of college president (see S. 1095), S8531 [31JY]

Hazardous substances: nuclear waste disposal (see S. 104), S768 [28JA]

———transportation regulations relative to agriculture (see S. 1056), S10176 [29SE]

Independent Bipartisan Commission on Campaign Finance Reform: establish (see S. 919), S5790 [17JN]

Iran: impose sanctions on foreign persons who transfer items contributing to efforts to acquire, develop, or produce ballistic missiles (see S. 1311), S11034 [23OC]

———sanctions relative to acquisition of certain missiles (see S. Res. 82), S3960 [5MY]

IRS: restructure (see S. 1096), S10962 [22OC]

Israel: anniversary of reunification of Jerusalem (see S. Con. Res. 21), S3269 [16AP]

Japan: commend U.S. efforts to negotiate the removal of certain Japanese port restrictions (see S. Res. 140), S11192 [24OC]

Medicare: allow beneficiaries to enter into private contracts for services (see S. 1194), S10862 [20OC]

———coverage of diabetes outpatient self-management training services and blood-testing strips (see S. 102), S2857 [8AP]

Members of Congress: constitutional amendment to limit terms (see S.J. Res. 16), S1300 [12FE]

Mother Teresa: tribute (see S. Res. 120), S9018 [9SE]

Motor vehicles: titling and registration requirements relative to salvage, nonrepairable, and rebuilt vehicles (see S. 852), S8733 [3SE]

National American Indian Heritage Month: designate (see S. Res. 145), S11863 [6NO]

National Character Counts Week: designate (see S. Res. 63), S4011 [6MY]

National Correctional Officers and Employees Week: designate (see S. Res. 64), S3736 [25AP]

National Erase the Hate and Eliminate Racism Day: designate (see S. Res. 78), S3803 [29AP]

National Family Week: designate (see S. Res. 93), S11465 [30OC]

National Peace Officers Memorial Day: designate (see S. Res. 79), S3750 [28AP]

Natural gas: provide relief to businesses relative to interest and penalties on refunds retroactively ordered by FERC (see S. 1388), S11863 [6NO]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: amend (see S. 1237), S10229 [30SE]

Political campaigns: prohibit use of labor organization dues and fees for political activities (see S. 9), S8607 [31JY]

Public utilities: revision of the regulatory policies governing public utility holding companies (see S. 621), S3419 [22AP]

Robert J. Dole U.S. Courthouse, Kansas City, KS: designate (see S. 1000), S7210 [10JY]

Russia: proliferation of nuclear missile technology to Iran (see S. Con. Res. 48), S8533 [31JY]

Senate Rules: permit disabled employees with the privilege of the Senate floor to use supporting services on the floor (see S. Res. 71), S4011 [6MY]

Shipping industry: reform coastwise, intercoastal, and noncontiguous trade shipping laws (see S. 1138), S8533 [31JY]

Sinatra, Francis A.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 305), S1300 [12FE]

Small business: increase deductions for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see S. 575), S3371 [17AP]

Social Security: earnings test for blind individuals (see S. 375), S2216 [12MR]

Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute: enhance administrative authority of college president (see S. 1095), S8531 [31JY]

States: provide that certain Federal funds returned by States be applied to deficit reduction (see S. 509), S5465 [10JN]

Taxation: allow married couples to file combined return under which each spouse is taxed using rates applicable to single filers (see S. 1285), S10787 [9OC]

———provide credits for families (see S. 2), S158 [21JA]

———reform corporate alternative minimum tax (see S. 724), S4217 [8MY]

———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see S. 1520), S12461 [10NO]

———treatment of benefits to retired coal miners (see S. 1105), S10898 [21OC]

———treatment of certain agricultural installment sales as alternative minimum tax preference items (see S. 181), S633 [22JA]

———treatment of District of Columbia residents (see S. 753), S4588 [15MY]

———treatment of education individual retirement accounts relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (see S. 1133), S8532 [31JY]

———treatment of individual retirement accounts (see S. 197), S3057 [10AP]

———treatment of self-employment tax relative to certain farm rental income (see S. 529), S3456 [22AP]

Transportation: commercial driver's license requirements relative to operators of certain farm vehicles (see S. 1090), S8361 [30JY]

———reauthorize highway construction and surface transportation funding (see S. 532), S5015 [22MY]

Treaties and agreements: conditions for the U.S. becoming a signatory to any international agreement on greenhouse gas emissions (see S. Res. 98), S5596 [12JN]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: commemorate anniversary of construction and dedication (see S. Res. 87), S4748 [20MY]

Voting: guarantee the right of all active duty military personnel, merchant mariners, and their dependents to vote in Federal, State, and local elections (see S. 278), S1574 [25FE]

World War II: burial and funeral benefits for merchant marine veterans (see S. 61), S9800 [23SE]

———recognize and commend U.S. airmen held as prisoners at the Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany (see S. Con. Res. 32), S8367 [30JY]

Wright, Orville and Wilbur: mint coins in commemoration of centennial anniversary of first manned flight (see S. 732), S4490 [14MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Argentina: investigation of terrorist attack on Israeli Embassy in Buenos Aires (see S. Con. Res. 20), S3011 [10AP]

Aviation: remove air carrier departure and destination restrictions on Dallas Love Field Airport (see S. 313), S1300 [12FE]

Budget: provide for offsetting tax cuts whenever there is an elimination of a discretionary spending program (see S. 1392), S11863 [6NO]

Capitol Building and Grounds: use of the rotunda for a ceremony honoring Mother Teresa (see S. Con. Res. 26), S4217 [8MY]

Congress: treatment of Members and employees for retirement purposes (see S. 820), S5253 [3JN]

Education: Impact Aid Program technical corrections (see S. 582), S3199 [15AP]

Foreign policy: support economic and political independence for the South Caucasus and Central Asia regions (see S. 1344), S11448 [30OC]

Foreign trade: accession limitations to GATT and World Trade Organization of foreign countries that have state trading enterprises (see S. 486), S2646 [20MR]

Government: ensure a balanced Federal budget by fiscal year 2002 and create a tax cut reserve fund to protect certain revenues (see S. 1245, 1394), S10293 [1OC], S11863 [6NO]

———require Congress and the President to fulfill their constitutional duty to take personal responsibility for Federal laws (see S. 433), S2206 [12MR]

Members of Congress: reduce pay and eliminate automatic cost-of-living pay increases (see S. 821), S5253 [3JN]

Mother Teresa: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 689), S3901 [1MY]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (see S. 976), S6727 [27JN]

Taxation: treatment of Social Security and railroad retirement benefits (see S. 1233), S10153 [29SE]

Television: allow voluntary code of standards and practices for broadcast and cable industry (see S. 471), S2552 [19MR]

———treatment of voluntary guidelines relative to applicability of antitrust laws (see S. 539), S2901 [9AP]

Certificates of election

Senate, S2 [7JA]

Cloture motions

District of Columbia: making appropriations (S. 1156), S9878 [24SE], S10195 [30SE]

Employment: provide compensatory time opportunities, flexible workplaces, and clarify minimum wage and overtime requirements of private sector employees (S. 4), S5174 [2JN], S5290 [4JN]

Foreign trade: establish negotiating objectives and fast-track procedures for future trade agreements (S. 1269), S11512 [31OC], S11632 [4NO]

Hazardous substances: nuclear waste disposal (S. 104), S2629 [20MR], S2786 [7AP]

Klein, Joel I.: nomination to be Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division, S7284 [11JY], S7414 [14JY]

Letters

Inspection requirements relative to interstate distribution of State-inspected meat and poultry: Lori Robbins, Home on the Range & Co., S10800 [9OC]

Ocean Shipping Reform Act: Fred E. Schrodt, Farmland Industries, Inc., S7706 [17JY]

———George Watts, National Broiler Council, S7707 [17JY]

———Kendell W. Keith, National Grain and Feed Association, S7706 [17JY]

———Paul A. Korody, ConAgra, Inc., S7706 [17JY]

———several agricultural associations, S7706 [17JY]

———Steven C. Anderson, American Frozen Food Institute, S7707 [17JY]

Lists

Objectionable provisions in S. 672, emergency supplemental appropriations for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations, S4092 [7MY]

Messages

Extradition Treaty With France: President Clinton, S7128 [9JY]

Extradition Treaty With Poland: President Clinton, S7128 [9JY]

Motions

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 949), S6677 [27JN]

Remarks

Abortion: misrepresentation of frequency of partial-birth abortions, S1775 [27FE]

———prohibit partial-birth abortions, S1775 [27FE]

———prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 1122), S4504 [14MY], S4551 [15MY]

———prohibit partial-birth abortions (S. 6), S1937 [5MR]

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (S. 672), S4081, S4092 [7MY], S4186 [8MY]

———strike certain non-emergency items in emergency supplemental appropriations, S4092 [7MY]

Aviation: remove air carrier departure and destination restrictions on Dallas Love Field Airport (S. 313), S1309 [12FE]

Budget: balance, S3160 [15AP]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced (S.J. Res. 1), S987 [5FE], S1343 [13FE], S1905 [4MR]

———create a tax cut reserve fund to protect revenues generated by economic growth (S. 800), S10270 [1OC]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), S7113 [9JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), conference report, S8470 [31JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2015), conference report, S8388 [31JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 949), S6335, S6336 [25JN], S6447 [26JN], S6676 [27JN]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1998-2002 (S. Con. Res. 27), S4848, S4849 [21MY]

Chemical Weapons Convention: ratification (S. Res. 75), S3532 [23AP], S3650 [24AP]

China, People's Republic of: most-favored-nation status (H.J. Res. 79), S6301 [25JN]

Crime: national policy to control crime and reform court procedures, S11003 [23OC]

Daley, William M.: nomination to be Sec. of Commerce, S827 [30JA]

Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission: recommendations, S7079 [9JY]

Dept. of Commerce: abolish (S. 1226), S10060 [26SE]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 936), S7079 [9JY]

———study cost savings and need for base closures, S7079 [9JY]

Dept. of State: monitoring of human rights abuses and religious freedoms, S7545 [16JY]

Dept. of State and related agencies: authorizing appropriations and consolidating certain agencies (S. 903), S5764 [17JN]

Dept. of the Interior: Animas-La Plata Federal reclamation project construction funding, S7471 [15JY]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2107), S9324 [15SE], S9448, S9496 [17SE], S9556, S9604 [18SE]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2378), conference report, S10247, S10248 [1OC]

———making appropriations (S. 1023), S7654 [17JY]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (S. 1048), S8254 [29JY]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: authorizing appropriations (S. 1022), S8011, S8014 [24JY]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (S. 1034), S7845, S7846 [22JY]

Disasters: assure full funding of assistance without adding to the public debt, S4186 [8MY]

District of Columbia: charter schools funding, S10261 [1OC]

———making appropriations (S. 1156), S9962 [25SE], S10187 [30SE], S10261 [1OC]

———provide scholarship assistance for elementary and secondary school students (S. 847), S5367 [5JN]

———realign functional responsibilities with Federal Government, S8388 [31JY]

———scholarship vouchers to provide school choice, S9962 [25SE], S10187 [30SE]

———tribute to contributions to the Washington Scholarship Fund (organization) to assist low-income students, S10997 [22OC]

Economy: national objectives priority assignments, S1937-S1939 [5MR]

Education: distribution of funds between non-impact aid school districts and impact aid school districts, S4081 [7MY]

Elections: constitutional amendment to regulate campaign expenditures and contribution limits (S.J. Res. 18), S1776 [27FE]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (S. 1004), S7471 [15JY]

EPA: particulate matter research funding, S7845, S7846 [22JY]

Federal Commission on Statistical Policy: establish (S. 1404), S12190 [8NO]

Federal Tort Claims Act: application to members and personnel of National Gambling Impact Study Commission (H.R. 1901), S7129 [9JY]

Food: inspection requirements relative to interstate distribution of State-inspected meat and poultry (S. 1291), S10799 [9OC]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (S. 955), S7536, S7544, S7545 [16JY]

Foreign policy: support economic and political independence for the South Caucasus and Central Asia regions, S7544 [16JY]

———support economic and political independence for the South Caucasus and Central Asia regions (S. 1344), S11449 [30OC]

Foreign trade: accession limitations to GATT and World Trade Organization of foreign countries that have state trading enterprises (S. 486), S2650 [20MR]

Freedom of religion: individual rights, S11487 [30OC]

Government: ethics standards, S1937-S1939 [5MR]

———require Congress and the President to fulfill their constitutional duty to take personal responsibility for Federal laws (S. 433), S2215 [12MR]

Independent Bipartisan Commission on Campaign Finance Reform: establish (S. 919), S5808 [17JN]

Iran: U.S. policy, S5764 [17JN]

Kansas: anniversary of first union black troops of the Civil War to engage in combat, S11303 [28OC]

Kennard, William E.: nomination to the FCC, unanimous-consent agreement, S11303 [28OC]

Members of Congress: cost-of-living adjustments, S7654 [17JY]

———deny cost-of-living adjustments, S10247, S10248 [1OC]

Mexico: disapprove foreign aid certification of drug enforcement efforts (H.J. Res. 58), S2598 [20MR]

Morality and ethics: impact on national agenda, S3895 [1MY]

Mother Teresa: tribute (S. Res. 120), S8952, S8956 [9SE]

National Day of Prayer: observance, S3895 [1MY]

National Endowment for the Arts: funding, S9324 [15SE]

National objectives: condition of society, S7113 [9JY]

Native Americans: limitations on the approval on new tribal-State gambling compacts, S9556 [18SE]

———preserve tribal Indian land as a cemetery and burial ground in Kansas City, KS, S9448, S9496 [17SE]

NIST: Advanced Technology Program funding, S8011, S8014 [24JY]

Nonprofit organizations: authorize transfer to States of surplus personal property for donation (H.R. 680), S7128, S7129 [9JY]

Oceans: reduce regulations on international transportation and eliminate the Federal Maritime Commission (S. 414), S7705 [17JY]

Point of order, S6336 [25JN]

Public welfare programs: reform, S6301 [25JN]

Senate: legislative program, S1776 [27FE], S4133 [8MY], S7129 [9JY], S7623 [17JY]

———require a 60-vote supermajority to pass legislation increasing taxes, S6676 [27JN]

Taxation: rates, S3160 [15AP], S7113 [9JY], S8470 [31JY]

———terminate Internal Revenue Code, S10270 [1OC]

———treatment of District of Columbia residents, S6336 [25JN]

———treatment of District of Columbia residents (S. 753), S4602 [15MY]

Television: allow voluntary code of standards and practices for broadcast and cable industry (S. 471), S2553 [19MR]

Treaties and agreements: removal of injunction of secrecy, S7128 [9JY]

University of Alaska: make restitution payments relative to destruction of private property, S9604 [18SE]

West Virginia: production of records by Senators Byrd and Rockefeller relative to West Virginia v. Brenda S. Cook (S. Res. 107), S7129 [9JY]

Wichita, KS: increase in train traffic due to proposed merger of Union Pacific and Southern Pacific Railroads, S8254 [29JY]

Remarks in Senate relative to

Immigration: tribute to efforts relative to Asian Pacific families immigration, S11788 [5NO]

Resignations

House of Representatives, H71 [7JA], H84 [9JA]

Texts of

S. 313, remove air carrier departure and destination restrictions on Dallas Love Field Airport, S1310 [12FE]

S. 1344, Silk Road Strategy Act, S11449-S11451 [30OC]

Tributes

Cleland, Senator, S2511 [19MR]

Harris, Ann M., S11003 [23OC]

Lesher, Richard L., S8621 [31JY]

Mendoza, Leo, S7113 [9JY]