KERREY, J. ROBERT (a Senator from Nebraska)

Amendments

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (S. 672), S4018, S4031 [6MY], S4104, S4124, S4128 [7MY]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 947), S6156, S6172, S6176, S6195, S6255, S6262, S6266 [24JN], S6293, S6319 [25JN]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 949), S6762 [27JN]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1998-2002 (S. Con. Res. 27), S4831, S4852, S4906 [21MY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 936), S6880, S6932 [7JY], S7220 [10JY], S7283, S7311 [11JY]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (S. 1048), S8249, S8280 [29JY]

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

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (S. 1061), S8734 [3SE], S8905, S8920, S8927, S8931 [8SE]

Employment: provide compensatory time opportunities, flexible workplaces, and clarify minimum wage and overtime requirements of private sector employees (S. 4), S4493 [14MY], S5265 [3JN]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (S. 955), S7562, S7576, S7610, S7612 [16JY], S7732 [17JY]

Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (S. 858), S5970, S6005 [19JN]

Taxation: treatment of education individual retirement accounts relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R. 2646), S11474 [30OC], S11608 [3NO]

Transportation: funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs (S. 1173), S10993 [22OC], S11160 [23OC]

Appointments

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

Senate Arms Control Observer Group, S574 [21JA]

Articles and editorials

Bob Devaney, Builder of Pride, Omaha (NE) World Herald, S4501 [14MY]

Devaney an `Inspiration' to State, Bob Reeves, Lincoln (NE) Journal-Star, S4500 [14MY]

Forgotten Tax, S3308 [17AP]

Latest License Auction Disappoints FCC, Mike Mills, Washington (DC) Post, S3800 [29AP]

Neglected But Not Forgotten, Korean War Memorial Gets Help, Linda Wheeler, Washington (DC) Post, S7616 [16JY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

———provide a safety net for farmers and consumers and promote the development of farmer-owned value-added processing facilities (see S. 26), S159 [21JA]

Business and industry: ensure economic equity for women (see S. 71), S2791 [7AP]

———maintain standards for ``Made in USA'' label (see S. Con. Res. 52), S12616 [13NO]

———promote and improve employee stock ownership plans (see S. 673), S5265 [3JN]

Cambodia: terrorist attack at political rally (see S. Res. 69), S2901 [9AP]

Children and youth: 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), S898 [30JA]

China, People's Republic of: U.S. policy (see S. 1303), S10882 [21OC]

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. 909), S5694 [16JN]

Consumer Price Index: calculation relative to correction of cost-of-living adjustments (see S. Res. 50), S1319 [12FE]

Contraceptives: require equitable coverage of drugs, devices, and services under health insurance plans (see S. 766), S8669 [2SE]

Cost-of-Living Board: establish (see S. 425), S2707 [20MR]

Courts: extend certain temporary district court judgeships (see S. 1113), S10809 [9OC]

Crime: national policy to control juvenile crime, violence, and drug abuse (see S. 15), S768 [28JA]

Dept. of Agriculture: conduct census of agriculture (see S. 845), S5342 [5JN]

———continuation of the Food Animal Residue Avoidance Database Program to promote food safety (see S. 1153), S8925 [8SE]

Dept. of Labor: establish programs to educate the public on retirement savings (see S. 757), S5541 [11JN]

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), S5192 [2JN]

Droughts: establish Federal policies and programs (see S. 222), S11364 [29OC]

Education: improve and expand charter schools (see S. 1380), S11764 [5NO]

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

EPA: implementation of alternative compliance plans and market-based trading programs relative to controlling pollutants (see S. 1348), S11448 [30OC]

Families and domestic relations: promote the adoption of children in foster care (see S. 1195), S10332 [3OC]

Foreign trade: European Union obligations relative to U.S. meat and pork exporting facilities (see S. 220), S1194 [10FE]

———identify countries that deny market access for value-added agricultural products (see S. 219), S1194 [10FE]

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

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

Insurance: coverage of minimum hospital stays and reconstructive surgery relative to breast cancer and of second opinions for any cancer diagnosis (see S. 249), S856 [30JA]

Iran: impose sanctions on foreign persons who transfer items contributing to efforts to acquire, develop, or produce ballistic missiles (see S. 1311), S11779 [5NO]

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

Lewis and Clark expedition: bicentennial (see S. Res. 57), S1383 [13FE]

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]

———improve provision of managed care (see S. 864), S5444 [10JN]

Medicare: change payment system for HMO's and competitive medical plans (see S. 862), S5413 [9JN]

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

———provide greater flexibility and choice (see S. 904), S5694 [16JN]

———reimbursement for telehealth services (see S. 385), S1828 [3MR]

Memorial Day: proclaim a nationwide moment of remembrance (see S. Res. 76), S4490 [14MY]

Mexico: imposition of antidumping duties on U.S. corn syrup imports (see S. Con. Res. 43), S8153 [25JY]

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

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), S3662 [24AP]

National Geologic Mapping Act: reauthorize and amend (see S. 317), S2088 [10MR]

National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week: designate (see S. Res. 111), S9020 [9SE]

National Literacy Day: designate (see S. Res. 92), S5542 [11JN]

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

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

Power resources: designate biodiesel fuel blends as alternative fuel and equalize alternative fuel vehicle incentives for fleet owners and operators (see S. 1141), S8733 [3SE]

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]

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), S3199 [15AP]

Taxation: allocation of alcohol fuels credit to patrons of ethanol-producing cooperatives (see S. 1066), S8091 [24JY]

———credit for rehabilitating historic homes or purchasing newly rehabilitated historic homes for use as principal residence (see S. 496), S5265 [3JN]

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

———deductions for business use of the home (see S. 406), S5264 [3JN]

———ensure taxpayer confidence in the problem resolution process by providing a more independently operated Office of the Taxpayer Advocate (see S. 1308), S10950 [22OC]

———extend energy production credit to electricity produced by wind and closed-loop biomass (see S. 1459), S12118 [8NO]

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

———treatment of certain amounts received as scholarships by an individual under the National Health Corps Scholarship Program (see S. 1286), S11599 [3NO]

———treatment of computer software exports (see S. 387), S5264 [3JN]

———treatment of employer-provided educational assistance (see S. 127), S5368 [5JN]

———treatment of estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (see S. 479), S2552 [19MR]

———treatment of ethanol fuel (see S. 1008), S9729 [19SE]

———treatment of livestock sold due to weather-related conditions (see S. 239), S855 [30JA]

Transportation: reauthorize highway construction and surface transportation funding (see S. 532), S2900 [9AP]

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

World War II: burial and funeral benefits for merchant marine veterans (see S. 61), S7303 [11JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Computers: assure the integrity of information, transportation and telecommunications upon the arrival of the year 2000 (see S. 1218), S9886 [24SE]

FCC: set minimum reserve price for auctions of any license, permit, or right (see S. 663), S3799 [29AP]

IRS: restructure (see S. 1096), S8531 [31JY]

Ponca Tribe of Nebraska: authorize the expenditure of certain health care funds (see S. 1338), S11343 [29OC]

Roads and highways: enhance safety on 2-lane rural highways (see S. 1243), S10293 [1OC]

———make safety a priority of the Federal-aid highway program (see S. 1155), S9018 [9SE]

Taxation: allowable credits and deductions in determining alternative minimum tax liability (see S. 1242), S10293 [1OC]

———treatment of personal property damage relative to Presidentially declared disaster areas (see S. 1366), S11678 [4NO]

Telecommunications: assure competition in markets (see S. 954), S6186 [24JN]

———require an annual report to Congress on telecommunications services (see S. 665), S3799 [29AP]

Letters

FEC funding: by, S7700 [17JY]

Nomination of Joel I. Klein to be Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division: by, S7682 [17JY]

Protection of Armed Forces against terrorist attacks: by, Committee on Intelligence (Senate, Select), S6903 [7JY]

Selection of Rainbow Pool site for World War II memorial: by, S7616 [16JY]

———Richard Longstreth, Society of Architectural Historians, S6284 [24JN]

Vietnam's accounting of U.S. POW/MIA: by, S3004 [10AP]

Proposals

Facilitation of strong encryption methods for privacy and security, S4685 [19MY]

Questions and answers

Telecommunications policy: Senator Kerrey and Charlene Barshefsky, S1963 [5MR]

Remarks

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 1122), unanimous-consent agreement, S4691 [20MY]

Bataillon, Joseph F.: nomination to be district judge, S9162 [11SE]

Bosnia and Herzegovina: U.S. military intervention, S7619 [16JY]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (S.J. Res. 1), S1874 [4MR]

———deficit, S4940 [22MY]

———mandatory spending, S4831 [21MY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), conference report, S8453 [31JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2015), conference report, S8322, S8324, S8340 [30JY], S8389 [31JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 947), S6088 [23JN], S6122, S6138, S6139 [24JN], S6291, S6293, S6315, S6319 [25JN]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 949), S6464 [26JN], S6670, S6671, S6689, S6698 [27JN]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1998-2002 (S. Con. Res. 27), S4831 [21MY], S4940, S4994 [22MY]

Cambodia: allocation of foreign aid, S7576 [16JY]

———condemn violence and restore democracy, S7190 [10JY]

Chemical Weapons Convention: ratification relative to effective verification of significant violations, S3620 [24AP]

———ratification (S. Res. 75), S3536 [23AP], S3620 [24AP]

Computers: assure the integrity of information, transportation and telecommunications upon the arrival of the year 2000 (S. 1218), S9896 [24SE]

———export control policy for supercomputers, S7141 [10JY]

———facilitate use of strong encryption methods for privacy and security, S4684 [19MY]

———facilitate use of strong encryption methods for privacy and security (S. 377), S1930 [4MR]

———facilitate use of strong encryption methods for privacy and security (S. 909), S5699 [16JN]

———use, sale, and export of encryption products for privacy and security (S. 376), S1930 [4MR]

Consumer Price Index: calculation relative to correction of cost-of-living adjustments, S4994 [22MY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 936), S7042 [9JY], S7141, S7190 [10JY]

Dept. of Education: national testing standards, S8793 [4SE]

Dept. of HHS: funding to prevent E. coli in cattle, enhance safe food handling practices, and improve treatment for related diseases in humans, S9109 [11SE]

Dept. of State and related agencies: authorizing appropriations and consolidating certain agencies (S. 903), S5750 [17JN]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2107), S9613 [18SE]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: authorizing appropriations (S. 1022), S8029 [24JY], S8214, S8219 [29JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (S. 1061), S8793 [4SE], S9106, S9109 [11SE]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (S. 1034), S7847 [22JY]

Education: direct funding to local educational agencies, S9106 [11SE]

FCC: requirements for proposed merger of Bell Atlantic and NYNEX (business), S7886 [23JY]

———set minimum reserve price for auctions of any license, permit, or right (S. 663), S3799 [29AP]

———treatment of spectrum auction revenues, S6293 [25JN]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (S. 955), S7576 [16JY]

Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (S. 858), S5964, S5974 [19JN]

———authorizing appropriations (S. 858), conference report, S11847 [6NO]

———require separate, unclassified statements of the aggregate amount of budget outlays for intelligence activities, S5974 [19JN]

Iraq: eviction of U.S. members of U.N. weapons inspection teams and threats to surveillance planes, S12103-S12105 [8NO]

IRS: reform, S8288 [30JY]

———restructure, S10205-S10208 [30SE], S11515 [31OC]

———restructure and reform (H.R. 2676), S12097, S12098, S12099, S12100, S12101, S12102 [8NO]

———restructure and reform (H.R. 2676), unanimous-consent agreement, S12095 [8NO]

———restructure and reform (H.R. 2676), unanimous-consent request, S11846 [6NO]

Klein, Joel I.: nomination to be Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division, S7292 [11JY], S7672 [17JY]

Medicaid: Federal funding of abortions, S6319 [25JN]

Medicare: age eligibility requirements, S6122 [24JN]

———eliminate means-testing requirements for premiums, S6138, S6139 [24JN]

———reform, S6088 [23JN]

National Endowment for Democracy: funding, S8029 [24JY]

Native Americans: Indian Health Service facility construction funding, S9613 [18SE]

NSF: plant genome research funding, S7847 [22JY]

Roads and highways: enhance safety on 2-lane rural highways (S. 1243), S10293 [1OC]

———make safety a priority of the Federal-aid highway program (S. 1155), S9018 [9SE]

Senate: legislative program, S12095, S12103 [8NO]

Slater, Rodney E.: nomination to be Sec. of Transportation, S1076 [6FE]

Taxation: allowable credits and deductions in determining alternative minimum tax liability (S. 1242), S10293 [1OC]

———capital gains rates, S8453 [31JY]

———child tax credit, S6464 [26JN], S6671 [27JN]

———deductibility of health insurance costs for self-employed individuals, S6670 [27JN]

———rates, S8453 [31JY]

———terminate Internal Revenue Code, S10205-S10208 [30SE]

———treatment of ethanol fuel, S6689, S6698 [27JN]

———treatment of personal property damage relative to Presidentially declared disaster areas (S. 1366), S11689 [4NO]

Telecommunications: allocation of revenues from universal service fund to balance Federal budget, S8214 [29JY], S8340 [30JY]

———assure competition in markets (S. 954), S6190 [24JN]

———duopoly and newspaper-broadcast cross ownership rules, S8389 [31JY]

———reform policies regulating competition, S7292 [11JY], S7672 [17JY]

———require an annual report to Congress on telecommunications services (S. 665), S3801 [29AP]

Telecommunications Information Infrastructure Assistance Program: funding, S8219 [29JY]

Tenet, George J.: nomination to be Director of Central Intelligence, S7225 [10JY]

Transportation: funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs (S. 1173), S11846 [6NO]

Treaties and agreements: conditions for the U.S. becoming a signatory to any international agreement on greenhouse gas emissions (S. Res. 98), S8127 [25JY]

U.N.: authorize payment of U.S. arrearages, S5750 [17JN]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: commemorate anniversary of construction and dedication (S. Res. 87), S4692 [20MY]

Weapons: eliminate use of antipersonnel landmines (S. 896), S5719 [17JN]

World War II: selection of Rainbow Pool site for memorial, S6284 [24JN], S7616 [16JY]

Tables

Projected costs of certain Federal programs in 2002, S4994 [22MY]

Texts of

S. 663, Reserve Price Act, S3800 [29AP]

S. 1096, Internal Revenue Service Restructuring and Reform Act, S8535-S8547 [31JY]

S. 1155, Highway Safety Priority Act, S9018 [9SE]

S. 1218, Millennium Act, S9896 [24SE]

S. 1243, Rural Highway Safety Act, S10294 [1OC]

Tributes

Devaney, Bob, S4500 [14MY]