KOHL, HERB (a Senator from Wisconsin)

Amendments

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (S. 1033), S7936, S7967 [23JY]

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (S. 672), S4048, S4090, S4116 [7MY], S4248 [8MY]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (S.J. Res. 1), S1606, S1682 [26FE]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 947), S6169, S6176, S6257, S6266 [24JN]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 949), S6509, S6532, S6544 [26JN], S6676, S6764, S6766 [27JN]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1998-2002 (S. Con. Res. 27), S4829, S4848, S4874, S4901, S4905, S4909 [21MY], S4990, S5015 [22MY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 936), S6933 [7JY], S7228, S7304 [11JY]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (S. 1023), S7668, S7694, S7734, S7735 [17JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (S. 1061), S8905, S8927 [8SE]

Education: treatment of need-based educational aid relative to antitrust laws (H.R. 1866), S8373, S8383 [30JY]

IRS: impose criminal penalties for unauthorized inspection of tax return information (S. 522), S3226 [15AP]

Taxation: treatment of education individual retirement accounts relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R. 2646), S11466 [30OC], S11605 [3NO]

Analyses

Deadbeat Parents Punishment Act (S. 226), S758 [28JA]

Deadbeat Parents Punishment Act (S. 1371), S12667 [13NO]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 1469, emergency supplemental appropriations for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations, S4645 [16MY]

———H.R. 2169, Dept. of Transportation and related agencies appropriations, S8312 [30JY]

———H.R. 2203, energy and water development appropriations, S8175 [28JY]

———S. 1023, Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies appropriations, S9510 [17SE]

———S. 1061, Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies appropriations, S9510 [17SE]

Articles and editorials

Cases Pile Up as Judgeships Remain Vacant, Sue Anne Pressley, Washington (DC) Post, S4517 [15MY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: monitor and regulate cattle and beef markets (see S. 16), S159 [21JA]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: designate certain lands as wilderness (see S. 531), S2900 [9AP]

Bankruptcy: make chapter 12 of bankruptcy code permanent relative to the treatment of farmers' reorganization plans by banks (see S. 1024), S8669 [2SE]

Boys and Girls Clubs of America: funding (see S. 476), S2552 [19MR]

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

Business and industry: use of community development block grant funds for employment relocation activities (see S. 300), S1226 [11FE]

Capitol Building and Grounds: use of the rotunda for a ceremony honoring Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew (see S. Con. Res. 42), S8608 [31JY]

Choephel, Ngawang: arrest and treatment in the People's Republic of China (see S. Res. 19), S1926 [4MR]

Consumer Price Index: calculation relative to correction of cost-of-living adjustments (see S. Res. 50), S2145 [11MR]

Corporate Subsidy Reform Commission: establish (see S. 207), S2857 [8AP]

Crime: national policy to control juvenile crime, violence, and drug abuse (see S. 15, 362), S159 [21JA], S1926 [4MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: collect and disseminate statistically reliable information from milk manufacturing plants on prices received for bulk cheese (see S. 603), S3348 [17AP]

———establish temporary emergency minimum milk prices (see S. Res. 119), S9018 [9SE]

Dept. of Defense: costs of carrying out certain tactical fighter aircraft programs concurrently (see S. Res. 80), S3844 [30AP]

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), S12615 [13NO]

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

Drugs: establish matching grant program for local communities that first demonstrate a long-term commitment to reduce youth substance abuse (see S. 536), S2901 [9AP]

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

Employment: prohibit discrimination on the basis of affectional or sexual orientation (see S. 869), S5444 [10JN]

EPA: take immediate steps to abate emissions of mercury and release to Congress a study of mercury (see S. Con. Res. 28), S5193 [2JN]

Firearms: prohibit possession by nonpermanent resident aliens (see S. 380), S1734 [27FE]

———voluntary equipment of handguns with child safety devices by manufacturers (see S. Res. 133), S10787 [9OC]

Freedom of information: require disclosure of information on certain individuals relative to Nazi war crimes during World War II (see S. 1379), S11764 [5NO]

Great Lakes: implementation of strategic plan for restoration of fisheries and other natural resources (see S. 659), S3727 [25AP]

Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: designate (see S. Res. 56), S1382 [13FE]

Health: develop and implement research strategies to prevent birth defects (see S. 419), S2129 [11MR]

Iran: impose sanctions on foreign persons who transfer items contributing to efforts to acquire, develop, or produce ballistic missiles (see S. 1311), S11365 [29OC]

IRS: impose criminal penalties for unauthorized inspection of tax return information (see S. 522), S3224 [15AP]

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

Medicare: provide beneficiaries with additional information to select health care plans (see S. 789), S5001 [22MY]

Mining and mineral resources: ensure receipt of a fair return for the extraction of locatable minerals on public domain lands (see S. 327), S1382 [13FE]

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

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

National Cheese Exchange: reduce effect on the milk marketing orders' basic formula price (see S. 258; S. Res. 52, 55), S945 [4FE], S1226 [11FE], S1382 [13FE]

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), S2792 [7AP]

National Dairy Promotion and Research Board: payment of assessment by dairy product importers at the same rate as domestic producers (see S. 56), S160 [21JA]

———prohibit bloc voting by dairy cooperatives (see S. 55), S160 [21JA]

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 Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week: designate (see S. Res. 111), S8670 [2SE]

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

National Safe Place Week: designate (see S. Res. 96), S9020 [9SE]

Navy: eliminate the Extremely Low Frequency Communication System (see S. 59), S160 [21JA]

Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact: repeal (see S. 322), S1382 [13FE]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (see S. 25), S159 [21JA]

Presidential Management Intern Program: anniversary (see S. Res. 106), S7303 [11JY]

Sinatra, Francis A.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 305), S1300 [12FE], S1574 [25FE]

Taxation: exclude gain or loss from the sale of livestock from the computation of capital gains relative to the earned income credit (see S. 775), S4879 [21MY]

———incentives to increase the demands for and supply of quality child care (see S. 1037), S10962 [22OC]

———repeal percentage depletion allowance for certain hardrock mines (see S. 325), S1382 [13FE]

———targeting of investment incentive and economic growth (see S. 20), S159 [21JA]

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

———treatment of individual retirement accounts (see S. 197), S634 [22JA]

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]

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

Women: assist the development of small business concerns owned and controlled by women (see S. 888), S5595 [12JN]

World Intellectual Property Organization Copyright Treaty: implementation (see S. 1121), S8532 [31JY]

World Intellectual Property Organization Performances and Phonograms Treaty: implementation (see S. 1121), S8532 [31JY]

World War II: recognize and commend U.S. airmen held as prisoners at the Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany (see S. Con. Res. 32), S5596 [12JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Bankruptcy: limit the value of real and personal property that debtors may exempt under State and local law (see S. 530), S2900 [9AP]

Conservation of energy: promote energy conservation investments in Federal facilities (see S. 1375), S11763 [5NO]

Correctional institutions: provide grants to State and local governments for secure facilities for violent and chronic juvenile offenders (see S. 596), S3269 [16AP]

———treatment of juvenile offenders (see S. 704), S3998 [6MY]

Courts: appointment of an additional Federal judge for the eastern district of Wisconsin (see S. 1361), S11678 [4NO]

———provide notification of class action lawsuit certification or settlement to the Dept. of Justice and State attorneys general (see S. 254), S856 [30JA]

———reform protective orders, sealing of case documents, and disclosure of discovery information in civil actions (see S. 225), S726 [28JA]

Elections: change date for regularly scheduled Federal elections and establish polling place hours (see S. 1463), S12118 [8NO]

Families and domestic relations: establish felony violations for failure to pay legal child support obligations (see S. 1371), S11763 [5NO]

———felony violations for failure to pay legal child support obligations (see S. 226), S726 [28JA]

Federal Election Law Reform Commission: establish (see S. 812), S5109 [23MY]

Firearms: improve safety of handguns (see S. 428), S2206 [12MR]

Health care professionals: establish a national abusive and criminal background check system for patient care workers (see S. 1122), S8532 [31JY]

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

National Cheese Exchange: CFTC regulation of cash markets relative to use as a reference price for commodities (see S. 256), S945 [4FE]

National Dairy Promotion and Research Board: election criteria for members and milk producers (see S. 81), S160 [21JA]

Taxation: deductibility of business meal expenses for individuals who are subject to Federal limitations on hours of service (see S. 832), S5341 [5JN]

———eligibility of veterans for mortgage revenue bond financing (see S. 632), S3550 [23AP]

———employer credits for expenses of providing dependent care services to employees (see S. 82), S160 [21JA]

———treatment of rollover gain from the sale of farm assets into an individual retirement account (see S. 80), S160 [21JA]

Telecommunications: consolidate appeals of FCC decisions and State commission decisions in the District of Columbia Federal courts (see S. 1188), S9515 [17SE]

Letters

Appointment of an additional Federal judge for the eastern district of Wisconsin: Thomas P. Schneider, Dept. of Justice, S11685 [4NO]

———several local law enforcement officials, S11684 [4NO]

Nomination of Joel I. Klein to be Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division: several college professors, S7685 [17JY]

———several lawyers, academics, and former Government officials, S7684 [17JY]

Motions

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 949), S6685 [27JN]

Remarks

Adelman, Lynn S.: nomination to be district judge, S12678 [13NO]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2160), conference report, S11338 [29OC]

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (S. 672), S4049 [7MY]

Armed Forces: tribute to 440th Airlift Wing, S2946 [9AP]

Bankruptcy: limit the value of real and personal property that debtors may exempt under State and local law (S. 530), S2903 [9AP]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (S.J. Res. 1), S1296 [12FE], S1609 [26FE]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 949), S6459 [26JN], S6677, S6685 [27JN]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1998-2002 (S. Con. Res. 27), S4802, S4848 [21MY], S4952 [22MY]

———waiver of constitutional provisions to balance in the event of war, threat to national security, or economic emergency, S1609 [26FE]

Business and industry: maintain standards for ``Made in the USA'' label, S8079 [24JY]

———use of community development block grant funds for employment relocation activities (S. 300), S1327 [12FE]

Children and youth: early childhood development programs, S4952 [22MY]

———exempt budget outlays impacting education, nutrition, and health care programs from balanced budget constitutional amendment, S1296 [12FE]

China, People's Republic of: request for release of political prisoner Wei Jingsheng, S4377 [13MY]

Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty: anniversary, S5547 [11JN]

Conservation of energy: promote energy conservation investments in Federal facilities (S. 1375), S11769 [5NO]

Correctional institutions: provide grants to State and local governments for secure facilities for violent and chronic juvenile offenders (S. 596), S3286 [16AP]

———treatment of juvenile offenders (S. 704), S4005 [6MY]

Courts: appointment of an additional Federal judge for the eastern district of Wisconsin (S. 1361), S11683 [4NO]

———provide notification of class action lawsuit certification or settlement to the Dept. of Justice and State attorneys general (S. 254), S897 [30JA]

———provide procedures for future adjustments of salaries of Federal judges, S7854 [22JY]

———reform protective orders, sealing of case documents, and disclosure of discovery information in civil actions (S. 225), S756 [28JA], S1357 [13FE]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 936), S7254 [11JY]

———disapproval of line-item vetoes in military construction appropriations legislation (S. 1292), S11420 [30OC]

———tactical fighter aircraft programs funding, S7254 [11JY]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2378), conference report, S10246, S10250 [1OC]

———making appropriations (S. 1023), S7653 [17JY], S7765 [21JY]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (S. 1048), S8252, S8253 [29JY]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, and the Judiciary: authorizing appropriations (S. 1022), S8079 [24JY]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: authorizing appropriations (S. 1022), S8221 [29JY]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (S. 1034), S7849, S7854 [22JY]

Diseases: funding for affordable drug program for the terminally ill, S7849 [22JY]

Elections: change date for regularly scheduled Federal elections and establish polling place hours (S. 1463), S12130 [8NO]

Families and domestic relations: establish felony violations for failure to pay legal child support obligations (S. 1371), S12667 [13NO]

———felony violations for failure to pay legal child support obligations (S. 226), S757 [28JA], S1357 [13FE]

Federal Election Law Reform Commission: establish (S. 812), S5129 [23MY]

Federal employees: treatment following conviction of bribery and drug-related crimes, S7765 [21JY]

Firearms: improve safety of handguns (S. 428), S2208 [12MR]

———voluntary equipment of handguns with child safety devices by manufacturers (S. Res. 133), S10761 [9OC]

Freedom of information: require disclosure of information on certain individuals relative to Nazi war crimes during World War II (S. 1379), S11774 [5NO]

Health care professionals: establish a national abusive and criminal background check system for patient care workers (S. 1122), S8586 [31JY]

Independent Bipartisan Commission on Campaign Finance Reform: establish (S. 919), S5807 [17JN]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: reauthorize (S. 717), S4408 [14MY]

Klein, Joel I.: nomination to be Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division, S7413 [14JY], S7684, S7685 [17JY]

Members of Congress: deny cost-of-living adjustments, S10250 [1OC]

Milwaukee, WI: tribute to Milwaukee Vet Center, S7876 [22JY]

National Cheese Exchange: CFTC regulation of cash markets relative to use as a reference price for commodities (S. 256), S949 [4FE]

———reduce effect on the milk marketing orders' basic formula price (S. Res. 55), S1367 [13FE]

National Dairy Promotion and Research Board: election criteria for members and milk producers (S. 81), S459 [21JA]

Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact: impact on milk prices, S11338 [29OC]

———repeal (S. 322), S1390 [13FE]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (S. 25), S10454 [7OC]

Presidential appointments: Senate process for confirmation of judicial nominees, S4516 [15MY]

Senate: require a 60-vote supermajority to pass legislation increasing taxes, S6677 [27JN]

SSI: extend transition period for legal aliens receiving benefits, S4049 [7MY]

St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corp.: restructure as a performance based organization, S8252, S8253 [29JY]

Supreme Court: decision on background checks for purchase of firearms, S6781 [27JN]

Taxation: deductibility of business meal expenses for individuals who are subject to Federal limitations on hours of service (S. 832), S5344 [5JN]

———eligibility of veterans for mortgage revenue bond financing (S. 632), S3551 [23AP]

———employer credits for expenses of providing dependent care services to employees, S6459 [26JN], S6685 [27JN]

———employer credits for expenses of providing dependent care services to employees (S. 82), S460 [21JA]

———exclude gain or loss from the sale of livestock from the computation of capital gains relative to the earned income credit (S. 775), S4889 [21MY]

———treatment of rollover gain from the sale of farm assets into an individual retirement account (S. 80), S458, S459 [21JA]

Telecommunications: consolidate appeals of FCC decisions and State commission decisions in the District of Columbia Federal courts (S. 1188), S9520 [17SE]

Tobacco products: increase excise taxes to fund health insurance for uninsured children and deficit reduction, S4802 [21MY]

University of Wisconsin at LaCrosse: tribute to men's indoor track team, S2753 [21MR]

University of Wisconsin at Oshkosh: tribute, S114 [9JA]

Votes: correction, S6305 [25JN]

Summaries

National Cheese Exchange Oversight and Improvement Act (S. 256), S951 [4FE]

National Dairy Promotion Reform Act (S. 81), S460 [21JA]

Patient Abuse Prevention Act (S. 1122), S8588 [31JY]

Texts of

S. 80, Family Farm Retirement Equity Act, S458 [21JA]

S. 81, National Dairy Promotion Reform Act, S460 [21JA]

S. 82, Child Care Infrastructure Act, S461 [21JA]

S. 225, Sunshine in Litigation Act, S757 [28JA]

S. 226, Deadbeat Parents Punishment Act, S757 [28JA]

S. 254, Class Action Fairness Act, S898 [30JA]

S. 256, National Cheese Exchange Oversight and Improvement Act, S950 [4FE]

S. 428, Child Safety Lock Act, S2208 [12MR]

S. 530, Bankruptcy Abuse Reform Act, S2904 [9AP]

S. 596, Juvenile Corrections Act, S3287 [16AP]

S. 632, eligibility of veterans for mortgage revenue bond financing, S3551 [23AP]

S. 812, Campaign Finance Reform Commission Act, S5130 [23MY]

S. 832, tax deductibility of business meal expenses for individuals who are subject to Federal limitations on hours of service, S5345 [5JN]

S. 1122, Patient Abuse Prevention Act, S8587 [31JY]

S. 1188, Court Consistency in Communications Act, S9520 [17SE]

S. 1375, Federal Energy Bank Act, S11769 [5NO]

Tributes

Becker, Ruth Nowicki, S10996 [22OC]

Ellisen, Dennis E., S5551 [12JN]

Johnson, Jimmie, S5883 [17JN]