GORTON, SLADE (a Senator from Washington)

Amendments

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (S. 672), S4120 [7MY], S4182, S4201, S4248 [8MY]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 949), S6695, S6774 [27JN]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1998-2002 (S. Con. Res. 27), S4833, S4844, S4903, S4904 [21MY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 936), S6046 [20JN], S6880, S6928, S6932 [7JY], S6961, S6981 [8JY], S7109 [9JY], S7310 [11JY]

Dept. of State and related agencies: authorizing appropriations and consolidating certain agencies (S. 903), S5669, S5686, S5704, S5705 [16JN]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2107), S9402, S9403, S9430 [16SE], S9590, S9601, S9662, S9688 [18SE]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (S. 1061), S8736 [3SE], S8921, S8923, S8931 [8SE], S8946 [9SE], S9067, S9075, S9078 [10SE], S9509 [17SE]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (S. 1034), S7844, S7872 [22JY]

Employment: provide compensatory time opportunities, flexible workplaces, and clarify minimum wage and overtime requirements of private sector employees (S. 4), S4493 [14MY], S5221, S5247 [3JN]

FAA: authorize research, engineering, and development programs (H.R. 1271), S11566 [31OC]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (S. 955), S7518, S7522, S7579, S7610, S7611, S7613 [16JY]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: reauthorize (S. 717), S4355, S4368, S4396, S4397 [13MY]

Transportation: funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs (S. 1173), S11071 [23OC]

Analyses

Dept. of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations (H.R. 2107): Conference Report, S11254-S11256 [28OC]

Appointments

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

———H.R. 2107, Dept. of the Interior and related agencies appropriations, S9626 [18SE]

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

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

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

Articles and editorials

Simple Justice, Washington (DC) Post, S9398 [16SE]

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), S7869 [22JY]

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

Aviation: require foreign air carriers to establish disaster assistance plans (see S. 1196), S9636 [18SE]

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

Canada: blockade of U.S. vessels exercising right of innocent passage through the territorial sea of Canada (see S. Res. 109), S7950 [23JY]

Computers: facilitate use of strong encryption methods for privacy and security (see S. 377), S5369 [5JN]

———prohibit gambling on the Internet (see S. 474), S5369 [5JN]

Congress: limit consideration of nonemergency matters in emergency legislation (see S. 1182), S9800 [23SE]

Courts: adjust current salaries and provide procedures for future adjustments of salaries of Federal judges (see S. 394), S2931 [9AP]

———divide the ninth judicial circuit into two circuits (see S. 431), S2206 [12MR]

Crime: improve investigation and prosecution of individuals involved in cloning cellular telephones (see S. 493), S2646 [20MR]

———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (see S. 3), S158 [21JA]

———national policy to control juvenile crime and violence (see S. 10), S158 [21JA]

Diseases: research programs for Parkinson's disease (see S. 535), S3294 [16AP]

Ecology and environment: cleanup and redevelopment of brownfield sites (see S. 8), S158 [21JA]

Education: provide for safe and affordable schools (see S. 1), S158 [21JA]

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

Foreign trade: identify countries that deny market access for value-added agricultural products (see S. 219), S10897 [21OC]

Government regulations: analyze impact and improve congressional deliberation of proposed Federal private sector mandates (see S. 389), S3560 [23AP]

Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument: management (see S. 357), S2285 [13MR]

Health: liability protection for suppliers of raw material and component parts to medical device manufacturers (see S. 364), S1659 [26FE]

Immigration: admittance of temporary and seasonal agricultural workers (see S. 1563), S12575 [13NO]

———arrival and departure requirements for Canadian citizens relative to automated entry and exit control systems (see S. 1205, 1360), S10233 [30SE], S11779 [5NO]

———reauthorize Visa Waiver Pilot Program (see S. 1178), S9332 [15SE]

———reform the temporary agricultural workers program (see S. 169), S2707 [20MR]

Insurance: provide consumers choice of auto insurance relative to compensation for economic and non-economic losses (see S. 625), S3419 [22AP]

Iran: impose sanctions on foreign persons who transfer items contributing to efforts to acquire, develop, or produce ballistic missiles (see S. 1311), S11550 [31OC]

IRS: accountability in tax collection practices and procedures (see S. 365), S3224 [15AP]

Israel: anniversary of reunification of Jerusalem (see S. Con. Res. 21), S4116 [7MY]

———condemn terrorist bombing in Jerusalem (see S. Con. Res. 50), S9020 [9SE]

Joint U.S.-Canada Commission on Cattle and Beef: establish (see S. 716), S4106 [7MY]

Labor: allow cooperative efforts between management and labor to improve economic competitiveness (see S. 295), S1191 [10FE]

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

Medicare: allow beneficiaries to enter into private contracts for services (see S. 1194), S10433 [6OC]

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

National Concern About Young People and Gun Violence Day: designate (see S. Res. 141), S11550 [31OC]

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

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), S10433 [6OC]

National Sea Grant College Program: reauthorize (see S. 927), S6761 [27JN]

Northwest Wildland Fire Protection Agreement: congressional consent (see S. 1134), S8533 [31JY]

Oceans: reduce regulations on international transportation and eliminate the Federal Maritime Commission (see S. 414), S2078 [10MR]

Pacific Northwest Emergency Management Arrangement: congressional consent (see S.J. Res. 35), S7768 [21JY]

Political campaigns: prohibit use of labor organization dues and fees for political activities (see S. 9), S158 [21JA]

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

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]

———application of tax laws to U.S. businesses operating abroad (see S. 843), S5875 [17JN]

———deductibility of health insurance costs for self-employed individuals and the business use of the home, and clarification of contractor/employee status (see S. 460), S5875 [17JN]

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

———reinstate aviation excise taxes relative to Airport and Airway Trust Fund expenditures (see S. 243), S855 [30JA]

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

———treatment of computer software exports (see S. 387), S1828 [3MR]

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

———treatment of employer-provided educational assistance (see S. 127), S4760 [20MY]

———treatment of foreign investments through U.S. regulated investment companies (see S. 815), S5109 [23MY]

———treatment of gifts of publicly-traded stock to certain private foundations (see S. 194), S3455 [22AP]

———treatment of self-employment tax relative to certain farm rental income (see S. 529), S5265 [3JN]

Transportation: promote the use of marine ferry and high-speed marine ferry services (see S. 941), S6000 [19JN]

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]

Veterans: benefit eligibility for certain service in the military forces of the Philippines (see S. 623), S10332 [3OC]

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

Women: comprehensive pension protection (see S. 620), S4247 [8MY]

World War II: burial and funeral benefits for merchant marine veterans (see S. 61), S6761 [27JN]

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

Bills and resolutions introduced

Bureau of Reclamation: settlement with Oroville-Tonasket Irrigation District (see S. 402), S1979 [5MR]

Courts: product liability reform (see S. 648), S3662 [24AP]

Dept. of Transportation: Aviation Insurance Program authorization (see S. 1193), S9636 [18SE]

Dusken IV (vessel): certificate of documentation (see S. 880), S5507 [11JN]

European Commission: handling of the Boeing/McDonnell Douglas merger (see S. Res. 108), S7603 [16JY]

FAA: authorize research, engineering, and development programs (see S. 1358), S11599 [3NO]

Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument: expeditious completion of acquisition of private mineral interests (see S. 638), S3550 [23AP]

NATO: recommend the integration of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania (see S. Con. Res. 29), S5109 [23MY]

Cloture motions

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), S2899 [9AP]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (S. 25), S10466 [7OC], S10731 [9OC]

Transportation: funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs (S. 1173), S10947 [22OC], S11173 [24OC]

Volunteer workers: grant immunity from personal civil liability during work on behalf of governmental entities or nonprofit organizations (S. 543), S3748 [28AP], S3782, S3797 [29AP], S3818 [30AP]

Explanations

Dept. of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations (H.R. 2107): Gorton Amendment on Recreation and Wildlife Funding, S9601 [18SE]

Letters

Airport and Airway Trust Fund Tax Reinstatement Act: by, S1774 [27FE]

Bureau of Reclamation settlement with Oroville-Tonasket Irrigation District: Eluid L. Martinez, Bureau of Reclamation, S1988 [5MR]

Conservation Reserve Program: several Senators, S4105 [7MY]

Forest Service road construction funding: Randy Johnson, National Association of Counties, S9464 [17SE]

Native American tribal priority allocations funding: by, S9393 [16SE]

Lists

Amendments to H.R. 412, Bureau of Reclamation settlement with Oroville-Tonasket Irrigation District, S1988 [5MR]

Memorandums

Health Insurance for Uninsured Children: Jean P. Hearn, Congressional Research Service, S8990 [9SE]

Messages

Extradition Treaty With Cyprus: President Clinton, S8284 [29JY]

World Intellectual Property Organization Copyright Treaty: President Clinton, S8284 [29JY]

World Intellectual Property Organization Performances and Phonograms Treaty: President Clinton, S8284 [29JY]

Motions

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (S. 25), S10317 [3OC]

Press releases

Yakima Indian Nation Astonished by Gorton Floor Statement Wherein He Made Analogy of Tribal Police Officer Acting Within Her Scope of Duty and New York Cops Who Brutalized a Haitian Immigrant: Yakima Indian Nation, S9027 [9SE]

Remarks

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 1122), S4704 [20MY]

Agriculture: national objectives priority assignments, S2619 [20MR]

Air Force: funding for passenger safety modifications, S7442 [15JY]

Alaska: authorize payments in lieu of taxes to certain unorganized boroughs, S9601 [18SE]

Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act: conveyance of certain lands to village corporations within the Cook Inlet Region, S11267, S11268 [28OC]

American Heritage Rivers Initiative: terminate further development and implementation, S9406 [16SE], S9539 [18SE]

Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 94), S10204 [30SE]

———making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (S. 672), S4097 [7MY], S4197 [8MY]

Armed Forces: review of policies relative to gender relations, S4081 [7MY]

Aviation: enhance domestic competition through the auctioning of slots at slot-controlled airports (S. 1331), S11346 [29OC]

———require foreign air carriers to establish disaster assistance plans (H.R. 2476), S12705 [13NO]

———require foreign air carriers to establish disaster assistance plans (S. 1196), S9654 [18SE]

Bankruptcy: prohibit courts from reducing property tax liens earmarked for education and allow child support claimants to access exempt assets (S. 1149), S9092 [10SE]

Barshefsky, Charlene: nomination to be U.S. Trade Representative, S1973 [5MR]

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

BIA: allocation of emergency disaster assistance, S4097 [7MY]

———funding to combat gang violence through rescissions in Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars funding, S9567, S9571 [18SE]

———tribal fishing resources management funding, S9618 [18SE]

BLM: use of Forest Ecosystems Health and Recovery Revolving Fund receipts, S9402 [16SE]

———Wild Horse and Burro Management Program funding, S11270 [28OC]

Budget: balance, S4972 [22MY]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced (S.J. Res. 1), S1373, S1374 [13FE], S1787 [28FE], S1903 [4MR]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), S7295 [11JY], S8177 [28JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), conference report, S8438 [31JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2015), S8177 [28JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2015), conference report, S8404 [31JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 949), S6408 [26JN], S6701 [27JN]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1998-2002 (H. Con. Res. 84), S5095 [23MY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1998-2002 (S. Con. Res. 17), S2717 [20MR]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1998-2002 (S. Con. Res. 27), S4725 [20MY], S4802 [21MY], S4972 [22MY]

Bureau of Reclamation: settlement with Oroville-Tonasket Irrigation District (H.R. 412), S2862 [8AP]

———settlement with Oroville-Tonasket Irrigation District (S. 402), S1988 [5MR]

California: environmental restoration for the Salton Sea region, S9622 [18SE]

———public land exchange relative to Headwaters Forest project, S9367, S9368 [16SE], S11253 [28OC]

Capitol Building and Grounds: use of the rotunda for a ceremony honoring Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew (H. Con. Res. 134), S9529 [17SE]

Chemical Weapons Convention: ratification relative to stemming the proliferation of chemical weapons, S3642 [24AP]

———ratification (S. Res. 75), S3535 [23AP], S3642 [24AP]

Chickamauga-Chattanooga National Military Park: highway relocation funding, S9621 [18SE]

Children and youth: provide health insurance for uninsured children, S8923 [8SE], S8990, S8991, S8993 [9SE]

China, People's Republic of: most-favored-nation status, S7626 [17JY]

Commission on Structural Alternatives for the Federal Courts of Appeals: establish, S8044, S8058 [24JY]

Committee on Governmental Affairs (Senate): investigation of Federal election campaign fundraising and expenditure practices, S7039 [9JY]

Courts: clarification of jurisdiction over private property takings and land use disputes (H.R. 1534), S12481 [10NO]

———divide the ninth judicial circuit into two circuits, S8044, S8058 [24JY]

———product liability reform (S. 648), S3676 [24AP]

———tort reform, S9804 [23SE]

Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park: funding, S9316 [15SE]

Delgado, Martin: privilege of the floor, S9184 [11SE]

Dept. of Agriculture: extend contracts under the Conservation Reserve Program (H.R. 1342), S4105 [7MY]

Dept. of Defense: A-6 Intruder attack aircraft retirement, S1801 [28FE]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 936), S6961, S6981, S6983, S6984 [8JY], S7087, S7097 [9JY], S7252, S7281 [11JY]

———making appropriations (S. 1005), S7442 [15JY]

———uniformed services treatment facilities reform, S6961 [8JY]

Dept. of Education: national testing standards, S8944, S8945 [9SE]

Dept. of Energy: disposal of excess weapons usable plutonium, S7538 [16JY]

———environmental restoration projects funding, S7281 [11JY]

———Fast Flux Test Facility funding, S7097 [9JY]

———Hanford Tank Waste Remediation System Project privatization funding, S7252 [11JY]

Dept. of HUD: Native American Housing Block Grant Program oversight, S10735 [9OC]

———Native American Housing Block Grants Program oversight, S7844 [22JY]

Dept. of State and related agencies: authorizing appropriations and consolidating certain agencies (S. 903), S5669, S5670, S5687 [16JN]

Dept. of the Interior: Allegheny National Forest projects funding, S9619 [18SE]

———forest resources conservation and relief programs funding, S9499 [17SE]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2107), S9167, S9184, S9191, S9192 [11SE], S9303, S9307, S9309, S9313, S9316 [15SE], S9363, S9367, S9368, S9373, S9385, S9388, S9391, S9393, S9397, S9398, S9402, S9403, S9406 [16SE], S9441, S9448, S9449, S9453, S9464, S9465, S9481, S9483, S9488 [17SE], S9539, S9558, S9563, S9567, S9571, S9572, S9582, S9583, S9589, S9590, S9595, S9596, S9597, S9598, S9600, S9601, S9602, S9604, S9610, S9611, S9612, S9613, S9615, S9618, S9619, S9620, S9621, S9622, S9626 [18SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2107), conference report, S11253, S11264, S11265, S11267, S11268, S11270 [28OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2107), unanimous-consent agreement, S9441, S9479 [17SE]

Dept. of Transportation: Aviation Insurance Program authorization (S. 1193), S9801 [23SE]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (S. 1048), S8257 [29JY]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: authorizing appropriations (S. 1022), S8044, S8058, S8080 [24JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2264), S9781 [23SE], S10282 [1OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2264), conference report, S12086 [8NO]

———making appropriations (S. 1061), S8922, S8923 [8SE], S8944, S8945, S8946, S8948, S8949, S8989, S8990, S8991, S8993, S9000 [9SE], S9067, S9068, S9074, S9076, S9078 [10SE], S9105, S9116 [11SE], S9505, S9529 [17SE]

———making appropriations (S. 1061), unanimous-consent agreement, S9507 [17SE]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2158), conference report, S10735 [9OC]

———making appropriations (S. 1034), S7844 [22JY]

District of Columbia: scholarship vouchers to provide school choice, S9717 [19SE]

Ecology and environment: fish and wildlife habitat protection funding, S12439 [10NO]

Education: direct funding to local educational agencies, S8922, S8923 [8SE], S8946, S8948, S8949 [9SE], S9067, S9068, S9074, S9076, S9078 [10SE], S9105, S9116 [11SE], S9781 [23SE], S10282 [1OC], S12086 [8NO]

———provide for safe and affordable schools (S. 1), S9717 [19SE]

———special education funding limits, S4311, S4312, S4316, S4317 [12MY]

Elections: constitutional amendment to regulate campaign expenditures and contribution limits (S.J. Res. 18), S2252, S2253 [13MR], S2393 [18MR]

Electric power: provide for retail competition among suppliers (S. 1401), S12439 [10NO]

Elwha River, WA: acquisition and removal of dams, S9303-S9306 [15SE]

Employment: provide compensatory time opportunities, flexible workplaces, and clarify minimum wage and overtime requirements of private sector employees (S. 4), S5289 [4JN]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2203), conference report, S10181 [29SE]

European Commission: handling of the Boeing/McDonnell Douglas merger, S7579 [16JY]

———handling of the Boeing/McDonnell Douglas merger (H. Res. 191), S7873 [22JY]

Evans, Bruce: privilege of the floor, S9184 [11SE]

Everett, WA: funding for terminal automated radar display and information system for Paine Field Airport, S8257 [29JY]

FAA: authorize research, engineering, and development programs (H.R. 1271), S11567 [31OC]

FDA: modernize (S. 830), unanimous-consent agreement, S9600 [18SE]

Flinn, Kelly: criminal charges and court martial relative to allegations of adultery, S4081 [7MY]

Florida: clarification of certain rights of the Miccosukee Tribe, S11270 [28OC]

———settlement of certain Miccosukee Indian land claims, S9598 [18SE]

———stormwater treatment area land acquisition relative to Everglades restoration, S9402 [16SE]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (S. 955), S7522, S7538, S7579 [16JY], S7626 [17JY]

Foreign trade: establish negotiating objectives and fast-track procedures for future trade agreements (S. 1269), S11742 [5NO]

———identify countries that deny market access for value-added agricultural products (S. 219), S10901 [21OC]

Forest Service: Intermountain and Rocky Mountain Research Stations consolidation, S9620 [18SE]

———road construction funding, S9453, S9464, S9483 [17SE]

Forests: eliminate commercial logging on public lands and facilitate the economic recovery and diversification of communities dependent on the Federal logging program (H.R. 2789), S11758 [5NO]

Garvey, Jane: nomination to be FAA Administrator, S8518 [31JY]

Giuliani, David: National Small Business Person of the Year award recipient, S5378 [5JN]

Hazardous substances: designate Hanford Nuclear Reservation, WA, as nuclear waste disposal site, S3110 [14AP]

———nuclear waste disposal (S. 104), S3110 [14AP]

Headwaters Forest: Federal acquisition of lands, S11264 [28OC]

Housing: Low-Income Weatherization Assistance Program and State Energy Conservation Program funding, S9626 [18SE]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: permit State and local educational agencies to establish uniform disciplinary policies, S4355, S4360 [13MY], S4402, S4403 [14MY]

———reauthorize (H.R. 5), S4409 [14MY]

———reauthorize (S. 717), S4311, S4312, S4316, S4317 [12MY], S4355, S4360 [13MY], S4402, S4403, S4409 [14MY]

Insurance: provide consumers choice of auto insurance relative to compensation for economic and non-economic losses (S. 625), S3436 [22AP]

Israel: condemn terrorist bombing in Jerusalem (S. Con. Res. 50), S9239 [11SE]

Kashdan, Hank: privilege of the floor, S9184 [11SE]

Land and Water Conservation Fund: funding, S9613 [18SE], S11270 [28OC]

Logomasini, Angela: privilege of the floor, S9191 [11SE]

Mattawa, WA: tribute, S6556 [26JN]

McInerney, Anne: privilege of the floor, S9184 [11SE]

Medicine Creek Tribal College: funding, S11699 [4NO]

Mexico: excessive tariffs on U.S. apple growers, S8739 [3SE]

Michigan: Huron and Manistee National Forests land acquisition, S9621 [18SE]

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

———ensure receipt of a fair return for the extraction of locatable minerals on public domain lands, S9582, S9583 [18SE]

Missouri (U.S.S.): selection process for donation, S6981, S6983, S6984 [8JY], S7087 [9JY]

Montana: public land exchange relative to New World Mine project, S9367, S9368 [16SE], S11253, S11264 [28OC]

Montezuma Creek, UT: health clinic renovation funding, S9622 [18SE]

Mother Teresa: tribute (S. Res. 120), unanimous-consent agreement, S8945 [9SE]

National Endowment for the Arts: funding, S9303, S9307, S9309, S9313 [15SE], S9363, S9367, S9373, S9385 [16SE], S9465, S9481, S9488 [17SE], S11253 [28OC]

National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week: designate (S. Res. 111), S9091 [10SE]

National Parks and Environmental Improvement Fund: establish, S9595 [18SE]

National parks and recreation areas: preservation of Civil War battlefields, S9505 [17SE]

National Wildlife Refuge System: improve management (H.R. 1420), S9096 [10SE]

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

———limitations on the approval on new tribal-State gambling compacts, S9558, S9563 [18SE]

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

———repeal tribal sovereign immunity laws, S8721 [3SE]

———status of sovereign immunity of tribal governments relative to the receipt of Federal funding, S9397, S9398 [16SE]

———tribal colleges funding, S9191 [11SE]

———tribal priority allocations funding, S9388, S9391, S9393 [16SE]

———tribal priority allocations funding relative to replacement and repair of schools, S9403 [16SE]

———tribal priority allocations funding relative to tribal welfare programs, S9610, S9611 [18SE]

NATO: membership of Central and East European countries, S5687 [16JN], S7522 [16JY]

———recommend integration of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, S5669, S5670 [16JN]

———recommend the integration of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania (S. Con. Res. 29), S5138 [23MY]

New Orleans, LA: punitive damage award against CSX Transportation, S9804 [23SE]

North Carolina: Newfound Gap Road maintenance funding, S9620, S9621 [18SE]

Oceans: reduce regulations on international transportation and eliminate the Federal Maritime Commission (S. 414), S6493 [26JN]

Outlook, WA: tribute to Outlook Elementary School project, S3970 [5MY]

Pena, Federico: nomination to be Sec. of Energy, S2296 [13MR]

Point of order, S9582 [18SE]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (S. 25), S10023, S10024, S10025, S10026 [26SE], S10400, S10403 [6OC]

———require worker approval for use of labor organization dues and fees for political activities, S10400 [6OC]

———restrictions on issue advocacy by interest groups, S10400, S10403 [6OC]

Power resources: gas utilization projects funding, S9610 [18SE]

Public lands: prepare list of land acquisitions and exchanges relative to agency funding increases, S9597 [18SE]

Public welfare programs: Welfare-To-Work Grant Program funding, S9078 [10SE]

Russell, George and Jane: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center E. Donnall Thomas Medal of Achievement Award recipients, S4914 [21MY]

Science: authorize U.S. Man and Biosphere Program, S9615 [18SE]

Seattle, WA: extension of dock at Port of Seattle, S10181 [29SE]

———Odyssey Maritime Discovery Center funding, S8080 [24JY]

Senate: legislative program, S8285 [29JY], S9096 [10SE], S9240 [11SE], S9243 [12SE], S9448, S9529 [17SE], S9537 [18SE]

Social Security: treatment under balanced budget constitutional amendment, S1373, S1374 [13FE]

Strategic Petroleum Reserve: provide alternative funding for facility development, operations, and program management activities, S9589 [18SE]

Taxation: aviation excise tax formula, S6701 [27JN]

———rates, S4287 [9MY], S5095 [23MY], S6408 [26JN], S7295 [11JY], S8177 [28JY], S8438 [31JY]

———reinstate aviation excise taxes relative to Airport and Airway Trust Fund expenditures (H.R. 668), S1803 [28FE]

———reinstate aviation excise taxes relative to Airport and Airway Trust Fund expenditures (S. 243), S878 [30JA], S1036 [5FE]

———treatment of certain agricultural installment sales as alternative minimum tax preference items (S. 181), S638 [22JA]

———treatment of computer software exports (S. 387), S1837 [3MR]

———treatment of education savings accounts, S9717 [19SE]

Telecommunications: duopoly and newspaper-broadcast cross ownership rules, S8404 [31JY]

Terrorism: prohibit U.S. companies from dealing with countries known to support international terrorism, S697 [28JA]

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

Treaties and agreements: removal of injunction of secrecy, S8284 [29JY]

University of Utah: technical corrections to miner's hospital land grants, S9622 [18SE]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: commemorate anniversary of construction and dedication (S. Res. 87), S4910 [21MY]

Virgin Islands: allow issuance of parity bonds and short-term revenue bonds, S9402 [16SE]

Wasatch-Cache National Forest: road engineering and design funding, S9572 [18SE]

Washington: disaster assistance to communities affected by floods and landslides, S4197 [8MY]

Wenatchee National Forest: Forest Service Salvage Sale Showcase Award recipient, S4129 [7MY]

Reports

Dept. of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations (H.R. 2107): Committee on Appropriations (Senate), S9191 [11SE]

Reports filed

Dept. of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (H.R. 2107) (S. Rept. 105-56), S7862 [22JY]

Texts of

S. 648, Product Liability Reform Act, S3676-S3682 [24AP]

S. 880, Dusken IV (vessel) certificate of documentation, S5526 [11JN]

S. 1149, Investment in Education Act, S9092 [10SE]

Tributes

Heaston, Liz, S10911 [22OC]

Loomis, Robby, S8672 [2SE]

McAlister, John D., S1242 [11FE]