ROCKEFELLER, JOHN D., IV (a Senator from West Virginia)

Amendments

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (S.J. Res. 1), S1637, S1683 [26FE]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 947), S6152, S6172, S6177, S6180, S6181, S6182, S6252, S6254, S6259, S6262, S6267, S6278, S6281 [24JN]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1998-2002 (S. Con. Res. 27), S4829, S4872, S4901 [21MY]

Courts: product liability reform (S. 648), S11206 [24OC]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 936), S6888, S6921, S6933, S6938, S6949, S6950 [7JY], S6962 [8JY], S7266, S7273, S7307 [11JY]

Dept. of State and related agencies: authorizing appropriations and consolidating certain agencies (S. 903), S5879 [17JN]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: authorizing appropriations (S. 1022), S8071, S8102 [24JY], S8213, S8279 [29JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (S. 1061), S9020 [9SE]

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

Appointments

Committee To Escort the President, H273 [4FE]

Conferee: H.R. 2015, Balanced Budget Act, S6787 [27JN]

National Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicare, S11614 [3NO]

Articles and editorials

Jump-Start the Urban Classroom Networks, Eric A. Benhamou, Los Angeles (CA) Times, S5148 [23MY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

Byrd, Senator: tribute (see S. Res. 7), S100 [7JA]

Children and youth: early childhood development programs (see S. 756, 1309), S4588 [15MY], S10950 [22OC]

———modify certain adoption and foster care placement procedures (see S. 511), S2646 [20MR]

———protect and improve child care programs for low-income families (see S. 19), S159 [21JA]

———provide health insurance for uninsured children (see S. 525), S2838 [8AP]

China, Republic of: admission to multilateral economic institutions (see S. Con. Res. 30), S8670 [2SE]

Coins: establish circulating commemorative coin program commemorating each State (see S. 1228), S11464 [30OC]

Computers: establish a commission on the problem with differentiating years 2000 and 1900 (see S. 22), S9297 [12SE]

Consumers: prohibit persons from charging for services or products that the SSA and Dept. of HHS provide without charge (see S. 868), S5444 [10JN]

Crime: national policy to control juvenile crime, violence, and drug abuse (see S. 15), S159 [21JA]

Dept. of Commerce: authorizing appropriations for the Technology Administration (see S. 1325), S11290 [28OC]

Diseases: accurate guidelines for breast cancer screening for certain women (see S. Res. 47), S945 [4FE]

———issue special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see S. 726), S7118 [9JY]

———research programs for Parkinson's disease (see S. 535), S2900 [9AP]

Education: encourage participation of academic community and private sector in EXPO 2000 (see S. Con. Res. 47), S8533 [31JY]

———national policy to improve system (see S. 12), S159 [21JA]

Employment: consolidate Federal job training programs (see S. 17), S159 [21JA]

———enhance and protect retirement savings (see S. 14), S159 [21JA]

EPA: prohibit establishment of new standards for ozone or particulate matter before existing standards have been attained (see S. 1084), S11779 [5NO]

FAA: foreign repair station rules (see S. 1089), S8361 [30JY]

Families and domestic relations: promote the adoption of children in foster care (see S. 1195), S9636 [18SE]

———require the same distribution of child support arrearages to former welfare recipients collected by Federal tax intercept as by the States (see S. 639), S3550 [23AP]

Foreign trade: substitute the term ``normal trade relations'' in lieu of ``most-favored-nation treatment'' (see S. 747), S4588 [15MY]

Government regulations: reform regulatory process (see S. 981), S6727 [27JN]

Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: designate (see S. Res. 56), S1574 [25FE]

Hazardous substances: require one-call notification system to protect natural gas and hazardous liquid pipelines from excavation damage (see S. 1115), S8532 [31JY]

Health: develop and implement research strategies to prevent birth defects (see S. 419), S4898 [21MY]

———improve the quality of health plans and health care provided through the Federal Government and protect health care consumers (see S. 795), S5002 [22MY]

———national policy to provide health insurance to children and pregnant women (see S. 13), S159 [21JA]

Hope, Bob: confer honorary Armed Forces veteran status (see S.J. Res. 36), S8186 [28JY]

Insurance: coverage and treatment of emergency services under health plans (see S. 356), S3294 [16AP]

———establish a minimum amount that may be applied as an aggregate lifetime limit relative to coverage under certain health benefit plans (see S. 1114), S8532 [31JY]

Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act: reauthorize (see S. 586), S3199 [15AP]

Iran: impose sanctions on foreign persons who transfer items contributing to efforts to acquire, develop, or produce ballistic missiles (see S. 1311), S11465 [30OC]

IRS: restructure (see S. 1096), S11042 [23OC]

Israel: anniversary of reunification of Jerusalem (see S. Con. Res. 21), S3803 [29AP]

``Little Rock Nine'': award Congressional Gold Medals (see S. 1283), S11043 [23OC]

Medicaid: expand State health care coverage of low-income children and pregnant women and fund enrollment in health insurance programs for certain children (see S. 674), S3844 [30AP]

Medicare: bone mass measurements (see S. 649), S3662 [24AP]

———colorectal screening (see S. 690), S3901 [1MY]

———coverage of diabetes outpatient self-management training services and blood-testing strips (see S. 102), S768 [28JA]

———establish consumer protections for supplemental insurance plans (see S. 302), S1226 [11FE]

———improve health services to rural areas (see S. 415), S2078 [10MR]

———provide coverage through qualified provider-sponsored organizations (see S. 146), S162 [21JA]

———reimbursement for telehealth services (see S. 385), S3914 [1MY]

Memorial Day: proclaim a nationwide moment of remembrance (see S. Res. 76), S4683 [19MY]

Motor vehicles: titling and registration requirements relative to salvage, nonrepairable, and rebuilt vehicles (see S. 852), S9298 [12SE]

NASA: authorizing appropriations (see S. 1250), S10319 [3OC]

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

National Character Counts Week: designate (see S. Res. 63), S2857 [8AP]

National Concern About Young People and Gun Violence Day: designate (see S. Res. 141), S11343 [29OC]

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), S6005 [19JN]

National Mammography Day: designate (see S. Res. 136), S10788 [9OC]

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

National Safe Place Week: designate (see S. Res. 96), S10661 [8OC]

Nursing homes: nurse aide training and competency evaluation programs (see S. 452), S2356 [17MR]

Presidential Management Intern Program: anniversary (see S. Res. 106), S7116 [9JY]

Sam Nunn Federal Center, Atlanta, GA: designate (see S. 347), S1470 [24FE]

Taxation: credit for clinical testing of certain drugs for rare diseases or conditions (see S. 293), S1998 [5MR]

———credit for rehabilitating historic homes or purchasing newly rehabilitated historic homes for use as principal residence (see S. 496), S5425 [9JN]

———exclusion of gross estate taxes of a decedent relative to certain land subject to qualified conservation easements (see S. 499), S5425 [9JN]

———extend research and development tax credit (see S. 405), S1979 [5MR]

———increase amount of low-income housing credits allocated in each State and index amount for inflation (see S. 1252), S11206 [24OC]

———increase State cap on private activity bonds (see S. 1251), S11206 [24OC]

———permanently extend research credit (see S. 1464), S12118 [8NO]

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

———treatment of computer software exports (see S. 387), S4395 [13MY]

———treatment of employer-provided educational assistance (see S. 127), S161 [21JA]

Tobacco products: increase excise taxes to fund health insurance for uninsured children and deficit reduction (see S. 526), S2838 [8AP]

Transportation: improve safety (see S. 1234), S10296 [1OC]

Treaties and agreements: conditions for the U.S. becoming a signatory to any international agreement on greenhouse gas emissions (see S. Res. 98), S5935 [18JN]

Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security Between the U.S. and Japan: support (see S. Res. 58), S1383 [13FE]

U.S. Fire Administration: authorizing appropriations (see S. 1231), S10055 [26SE]

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

Weapons: eliminate use of antipersonnel landmines (see S. 896), S5596 [12JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Ching-hsun Sun: relief (see S. 679), S3901 [1MY]

Ching-jou Sun: relief (see S. 679), S3901 [1MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: determination of service connection for certain illnesses caused by exposure to chemical and biological warfare agents during the Persian Gulf Conflict (see S. 1320), S11192 [24OC]

Families and domestic relations: increase effectiveness and efficiency of child support enforcement programs (see S. 1293), S10787 [9OC]

Medicare: demonstration project to provide coverage for cancer patients enrolled in certain clinical trials (see S. 381), S1734 [27FE]

Medicare/Medicaid: expand and clarify requirements regarding advance directives to ensure that an individual's health care decisions are observed (see S. 1345), S11448 [30OC]

Tariff: KN001 (hydrochloride) (see S. 1063), S8091 [24JY]

Bills and resolutions relative to

West Virginia: production of records by Senators Byrd and Rockefeller relative to West Virginia v. Brenda S. Cook (see S. Res. 107), S7117 [9JY]

Certificates of election

Senate, S3 [7JA]

Hearings

Constitutional amendment to require balanced budget: Committee on Finance (Senate), S2000 [5MR]

Letters

Allocation of revenues from universal telecommunications service fund to balance Federal budget: Aubrey L. Sarvis, Bell Atlantic and Thomas J. Tauke, Nynex (business), S8337 [30JY]

———John F. O'Neal, Michael E. Brunner and John N. Rose, Rural Telephone Coalition, S8072 [24JY]

———Roy Neel, U.S. Telephone Association, S8072 [24JY]

Poems

``Happy Birthday, Jay Rockefeller, '' Senator Byrd, S5902 [18JN]

Remarks

Albright, Madeleine Korbel: nomination to be Sec. of State, S615 [22JA]

Brooke County, WV: anniversary, S5019 [22MY]

Budget: balance, S2231 [13MR]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced (S.J. Res. 1), S2000 [5MR]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), S7883 [23JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), conference report, S8457 [31JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2015), conference report, S8336, S8337 [30JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 947), S6136, S6149, S6150, S6166, S6167 [24JN], S6295, S6302, S6303, S6318 [25JN]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 949), S6431, S6436 [26JN], S6703 [27JN]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1998-2002 (S. Con. Res. 27), S4793, S4801 [21MY], S4954, S4997 [22MY]

Byrd, Senator: tribute (S. Res. 7), S15 [7JA]

Campbell, Annie: J.C. Penney Golden Rule award recipient, S8618 [31JY]

Children and youth: early childhood development programs, S4954 [22MY]

———modify certain adoption and foster care placement procedures (S. 511), S2706 [20MR]

———provide health insurance for uninsured children, S6166, S6167 [24JN], S6318 [25JN], S6436 [26JN], S8990, S8992 [9SE]

———set standards for benefits and deductibles/copayments for block grants to provide health insurance for uninsured children, S6149, S6150 [24JN]

Ching-hsun Sun: relief (S. 679), S3904 [1MY]

Ching-jou Sun: relief (S. 679), S3904 [1MY]

Cohen, William S.: nomination to be Sec. of Defense, S623 [22JA]

Concord College: anniversary, S1802 [28FE]

Death and dying: prohibit Federal funding for assisted suicide, euthanasia, or mercy killing (H.R. 1003), S3261 [16AP]

Dept. of Commerce: authorizing appropriations for the Technology Administration (S. 1325), S11293 [28OC]

———Experimental Program To Stimulate Competitive Technology funding, S8220 [29JY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 936), S6888 [7JY], S7050, S7103 [9JY], S7273 [11JY]

———Cooperative Research Program funding, S7273 [11JY]

———eye safety requirements at small arms firing ranges, S6888 [7JY]

———funding of bioassay testing of veterans exposed to ionizing radiation during military service, S7103 [9JY]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2107), S9612 [18SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify eligibility for spina bifida benefits to children of Vietnam veterans exposed to Agent Orange, S12494 [10NO]

———determination of service connection for certain illnesses caused by exposure to chemical and biological warfare agents during the Persian Gulf Conflict (S. 1320), S11200 [24OC]

———establishment of breast cancer detection programs, S12494 [10NO]

———establishment of employment discrimination complaint system, S12494 [10NO]

———Health Professional Scholarship Program funding, S12494 [10NO]

———make permanent the Native American Veteran Housing Loan Program (S. 714), S12494 [10NO]

———medical facility projects funding, S12494 [10NO]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: authorizing appropriations (S. 1022), S8017, S8072 [24JY], S8220 [29JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (S. 1061), S8990, S8992 [9SE]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (S. 1034), S7850 [22JY]

Doyle, Dan: National Rural Health Association Practitioner of the Year award recipient, S6554 [26JN]

Families and domestic relations: establish crisis nurseries to reduce the necessity for foster care, S12200 [8NO]

———increase effectiveness and efficiency of child support enforcement programs (S. 1293), S10804 [9OC]

———promote the adoption of children in foster care (H.R. 867), S12199, S12200 [8NO], S12564, S12671 [13NO]

———promote the adoption of children in foster care (S. 1195), S9652 [18SE]

FCC: Universal Services Fund implementation, S5147 [23MY]

George, Kelly L.: American Mothers, Inc., West Virginia Mother of the Year award recipient, S4129 [7MY]

Government: eligibility to serve as U.S. Trade Representative relative to representation of foreign entities (S.J. Res. 5), S1964 [5MR]

Grantsville, WV: Pleasant Hill Elementary School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, S7508 [15JY]

Harrisville, WV: Harrisville Elementary School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, S7427 [14JY]

Health: develop and implement research strategies to prevent birth defects (S. 419), S5588 [12JN]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: reauthorize (H.R. 5), S4479 [14MY]

Insurance: establish a minimum amount that may be applied as an aggregate lifetime limit relative to coverage under certain health benefit plans (S. 1114), S8577 [31JY]

Medicaid: expand State health care coverage of low-income children and pregnant women and fund enrollment in health insurance programs for certain children (S. 674), S3849 [30AP]

Medicare: demonstration project to provide coverage for cancer patients enrolled in certain clinical trials (S. 381), S1761 [27FE]

———eliminate means-testing requirements for premiums, S6136 [24JN]

———establish consumer protections for supplemental insurance plans (S. 302), S1238 [11FE]

———improve health services to rural areas (S. 415), S2085 [10MR]

———provide coverage through qualified provider-sponsored organizations (S. 146), S524 [21JA]

———provide greater flexibility and choice, S6303 [25JN]

———reform, S6166, S6167 [24JN]

———subsidize low-income beneficiaries through Medicaid, S6302 [25JN]

———treatment under balanced budget constitutional amendment, S2000 [5MR]

Medicare/Medicaid: expand and clarify requirements regarding advance directives to ensure that an individual's health care decisions are observed (S. 1345), S11451-S11453 [30OC]

Mining and mineral resources: coal mine methane program funding, S9612 [18SE]

National Arson Awareness Week: observance, S4289 [9MY]

Native Americans: adoption and foster care programs funding, S12564 [13NO]

NIST: Advanced Technology Program funding, S8017 [24JY]

Point of order, S6295, S6303 [25JN]

Tariff: KN001 (hydrochloride) (S. 1063), S8092 [24JY]

Taxation: child tax credit, S7883 [23JY]

———rates, S2231 [13MR], S6431 [26JN], S7883 [23JY], S8457 [31JY]

———reform corporate alternative minimum tax (S. 724), S4237 [8MY]

———treatment of operating losses, S6703 [27JN]

Telecommunications: allocation of revenues from universal service fund to balance Federal budget, S8072 [24JY], S8336, S8337 [30JY]

Tobacco products: increase excise taxes to fund health insurance for uninsured children and deficit reduction, S4793, S4801 [21MY], S6436 [26JN]

Treaties and agreements: congressional approval of any international trade agreement that changes statutory law, S1964 [5MR]

U.S. Fire Administration: authorizing appropriations (S. 1231), S10065 [26SE]

Veterans: priority health care to individuals who served during the Persian Gulf Conflict, S7050 [9JY]

VFW: tribute to Operation Uplink for distribution of free long-distance calling time to hospitalized veterans and overseas troops, S8374 [30JY]

West Virginia: observance of Lawsuit Abuse Awareness Week, S10093 [26SE]

———statehood anniversary, S6012 [19JN]

———tribute to AmeriCorps projects, S8620 [31JY]

Women: celebrate and continue accomplishments of Title IX provisions relative to equity in women's educational and athletic opportunities, S8106 [24JY]

Remarks in Senate relative to

Tribute, S5901 [18JN]

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

Summaries

Advance Planning and Compassionate Care Act (S. 1345), S11454 [30OC]

Medicare Cancer Clinical Trial Coverage Act (S. 381), S1762 [27FE]

Texts of

S. 146, Provider-Sponsored Organization Act, S525-S528 [21JA]

S. 381, Medicare Cancer Clinical Trial Coverage Act, S1761 [27FE]

S. 679, relief of Ching-hsun Sun and Ching-jou Sun, S3904 [1MY]

S. 1063, tariff on KN001 (hydrochloride), S8093 [24JY]

S. 1293, Child Support Performance Improvement Act, S10804-S10807 [9OC]

S. 1320, Persian Gulf War Veterans Act, S11201-S11204 [24OC]

S. 1345, Advance Planning and Compassionate Care Act, S11453 [30OC]

S. Res. 107, production of records by Senators Byrd and Rockefeller relative to West Virginia v. Brenda S. Cook, S7119, S7129 [9JY]

Tributes

Brew, William E., S5274 [3JN]

Brown, Sec. of Veterans Affairs, S6779 [27JN]

Francis, Michelle, S8616 [31JY]

Kesner, Paul, S8616 [31JY]

Lilly, James G., S7224 [10JY]

Scott, Edward P., S4765 [20MY]

Windham, Patrick H., S4036 [6MY]