REED, JACK (a Senator from Rhode Island)

Amendments

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2160), S8651, S8671 [2SE]

———making appropriations (S. 1033), S7916, S7967 [23JY]

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

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 947), S6145, S6199 [24JN]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 949), S6775 [27JN]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1998-2002 (S. Con. Res. 27), S4833, S4852, S4902, S4906 [21MY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 936), S6880, S6932 [7JY], S7015 [8JY], S7118 [9JY], S7195, S7221 [10JY], S7244 [11JY]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: authorizing appropriations (S. 1022), S8084, S8103 [24JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (S. 1061), S8832 [4SE], S8905, S8927 [8SE], S9086 [10SE]

District of Columbia: making appropriations (S. 1156), S10234 [30SE]

FDA: modernize (S. 830), S9344, S9345 [15SE], S9739 [23SE]

Foreign trade: establish negotiating objectives and fast-track procedures for future trade agreements (S. 1269), S11887, S11888 [6NO], S12110, S12183 [8NO]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (S. 25), S10434 [6OC]

Articles and editorials

10 Things You Can Do To Make Our Schools Better, Vartan Gregorian, Parade (publication), S3383 [17AP]

Value of Service, Annys Shin, Government Executive (publication), S5634 [12JN]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

America Recycles Day: designate (see S. Res. 116), S11550 [31OC]

American Discovery Trail: designate (see S. 1069), S9897 [24SE]

Animals: prohibit import, export, sale, or possession of bear viscera (see S. 263), S10861 [20OC]

———prohibit interstate commerce relative to exotic animals (see S. 995), S10862 [20OC]

Arts and humanities: improve and extend the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities (see S. 1020), S7777 [21JY]

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

Business and industry: ensure economic equity for women (see S. 71), S3294 [16AP]

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

Children and youth: provide health insurance for uninsured children (see S. 525), S2838 [8AP]

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

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]

———payments to individuals with blood-clotting disorders who contracted HIV due to contaminated blood products (see S. 358), S9524 [17SE]

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

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

Education: establish tutoring assistance programs to help children learn to read well (see S. 664), S4490 [14MY]

Elections: constitutional amendment to regulate campaign expenditures and contribution limits (see S.J. Res. 18), S1734 [27FE]

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

Financial institutions: offer negotiable order of withdrawal accounts to businesses and allow interest payments on demand deposits (see S. 1249), S10319 [3OC]

Firearms: standards for certain foreign and domestically-produced handguns (see S. 70), S160 [21JA]

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

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

Health: revise and extend mammography quality standards programs (see S. 537), S2901 [9AP]

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

Indian Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Indian and American Democracy: designate (see S. Res. 102), S8277 [29JY]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: reauthorize (see S. 717), S4106 [7MY]

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

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), S11034 [23OC]

Irish-American Heritage Month: designate (see S. Res. 59), S2216 [12MR]

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

Italian Americans: prepare report detailing injustices suffered during World War II and acknowledgment of such injustices by the President (see S. 969), S10484 [7OC]

Julia, Raul: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see S. 1207), S9785 [23SE]

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), S5875 [17JN]

———repeal criminal penalties for fraudulent disposition of assets (see S. 369), S1734 [27FE]

Medicare: coverage of diabetes outpatient self-management training services and blood-testing strips (see S. 102), S2374 [17MR]

Military assistance: prohibit to governments that are undemocratic, engaged in armed aggression, or in violation of human rights or arms control standards (see S. 1067), S8277 [29JY]

National Child Care Professional's Day: designate (see S. Res. 139), S11034 [23OC]

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

National discovery trails: establish (see S. 1069), S9897 [24SE]

National Literacy Day: designate (see S. Res. 92), S5370 [5JN]

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

National Sea Grant College Program: reauthorization (see S. 927), S5790 [17JN]

National Week of Recognition for Dorothy Day and Those Whom She Served: designate (see S. Res. 163), S12576 [13NO]

Northern Forest Lands Council: implement recommendations (see S. 546), S3011 [10AP]

Political campaigns: constitutional amendment to limit expenditure of money to elect public officials (see S.J. Res. 2), S163 [21JA]

Real estate: extend FHA mortgage insurance program coverage to home equity conversion mortgages for elderly homeowners (see S. 562), S3348 [17AP]

Senate Rules: permit disabled employees with the privilege of the Senate floor to use supporting services on the floor (see S. Res. 71), S5193 [2JN]

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), S4490 [14MY]

Social Security: earnings test for blind individuals (see S. 375), S1734 [27FE]

Taxation: credit for rehabilitating historic homes or purchasing newly rehabilitated historic homes for use as principal residence (see S. 496), S5935 [18JN]

———increase excise tax on tobacco products (see S. 1491), S12119 [8NO]

———treatment of computer software exports (see S. 387), S7217 [10JY]

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

———prevent use by minors, reduce level of addiction, compensate Federal and State governments for tobacco-related illness costs, and enhance biomedical and scientific research (see S. 1492), S12119 [8NO]

———restrict U.S. trade actions against foreign tobacco regulations and require warning labels on exported cigarettes in the language of the target country (see S. 1060), S8099 [24JY]

———treatment of excise taxes relative to costs incurred by tobacco industry liability settlement (see S. 1183), S9515 [17SE]

Utah: designate certain lands as wilderness (see S. 773), S4879 [21MY]

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

Water pollution: estuary conservation and management programs funding (see S. 1222), S9969 [25SE]

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

Williams, Roger: return statue to Capitol rotunda after temporary display of Suffragists Portrait Monument (see S. Con. Res. 22), S3349 [17AP]

Women: increase research and education on the drug DES (see S. 834), S5341 [5JN]

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

Bills and resolutions introduced

Arcella (vessel): certificate of documentation (see S. 1272), S10631 [8OC]

David B. Champagne Post Office Building, Wakefield, RI: designate (see S. 973), S6496 [26JN]

Education: improve teacher quality (see S. 1169), S9198 [11SE]

Financial institutions: clarify consumer liability for unauthorized transactions involving debit cards (see S. 1154), S9018 [9SE]

Fish and fishing: moratorium on large vessels in Atlantic mackerel or Atlantic herring fisheries (see S. 1035), S7710 [17JY]

Immigration: modify qualifications for countries to be in the visa waiver pilot program (see S. 974), S6496 [26JN]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (see S. 1057), S7950 [23JY]

Taxation: treatment of gambling losses (see S. 972), S6496 [26JN]

Certificates of election

Senate, S3 [7JA]

Cloture motions

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (S. 25), S10378 [6OC], S10466 [7OC], S10522 [8OC], S10731 [9OC]

Court documents

States supporting reversal of Supreme Court Buckley v. Valeo decision, S7958 [23JY]

Letters

FEC funding: by, S7700 [17JY]

State Student Incentive Grant Program funding: Stanley O. Ikenberry, American Council on Education, S8906 [8SE]

Motions

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 947), S6146 [24JN]

Press releases

Reversal of Supreme Court Buckley v. Valeo Decision: several State attorneys general, S7958 [23JY]

Remarks

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 1122), S4569 [15MY]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (S. 1033), S7930 [23JY]

Armenia: anniversary of genocide, S3696 [24AP]

Bosnia and Herzegovina: encourage European or NATO-led follow-on force following withdrawal of U.S. Armed Forces, S7199 [10JY], S7246 [11JY]

———prohibit use of appropriated Federal funds for the deployment of Armed Forces after a certain date, S7199 [10JY]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (S.J. Res. 1), S1699 [27FE]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), conference report, S8459 [31JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2015), conference report, S8341 [30JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 947), S6091, S6092 [23JN], S6145 [24JN], S6291 [25JN]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 949), S6709 [27JN]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1998-2002 (S. Con. Res. 27), S4800, S4857 [21MY], S4977, S4979 [22MY], S5034, S5035, S5038 [23MY]

Chemical Weapons Convention: ratification (S. Res. 75), S3529 [23AP]

Children and youth: provide health insurance for uninsured children, S8341 [30JY]

Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty: anniversary, S5434 [10JN]

Corp. for National and Community Service: funding, S5634 [12JN]

Coventry, RI: Western Coventry School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, S11211 [24OC]

Cumberland, RI: Mercymount Country Day School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, S5379 [5JN]

David B. Champagne Post Office Building, Wakefield, RI: designate (S. 973), S6507 [26JN]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 936), S7199 [10JY], S7246 [11JY]

———disapproval of line-item vetoes in military construction appropriations legislation (S. 1292), S11421 [30OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2266), conference report, S9942 [25SE]

———submarine development and manufacturing funding, S9942 [25SE]

Dept. of Education: State Student Incentive Grant Program funding, S8905, S8906 [8SE]

Dept. of HUD: Mark-to-Market Program reform, S10748 [9OC]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2107), S9399 [16SE], S9494, S9495 [17SE]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: authorizing appropriations (S. 1022), S8063 [24JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (S. 1061), S8905, S8906 [8SE]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2158), conference report, S10748 [9OC]

Disasters: assistance to North Dakota, S3721 [25AP]

District of Columbia: making appropriations (S. 1156), S9928 [25SE]

———scholarship vouchers to provide school choice, S9928 [25SE]

Education: improve teacher quality (S. 1169), S9213 [11SE]

———increase Pell Grant awards, S1348 [13FE]

———national policy to improve system, S1346-S1349 [13FE]

———school construction and infrastructure improvements funding, S4857 [21MY]

———student financial aid programs, S4977, S4979 [22MY]

———student loan programs, S5034, S5035 [23MY]

Elections: constitutional amendment to regulate campaign expenditures and contribution limits (S.J. Res. 18), S2250 [13MR]

Employment: provide compensatory time opportunities, flexible workplaces, and clarify minimum wage and overtime requirements of private sector employees (S. 4), S4350, S4351 [13MY]

FDA: modernize (S. 830), S8842, S8843 [5SE], S9383 [16SE], S9739, S9755, S9757, S9771 [23SE], S9842 [24SE]

———regulation of medical device approval process, S8844 [5SE], S9383 [16SE]

———regulation of medical device approval process relative to labeling claims, S9739, S9755, S9757 [23SE]

———Youth Anti-Smoking Initiative Enforcement and Outreach Program funding, S7930 [23JY]

Foreign trade: establish negotiating objectives and fast-track procedures for future trade agreements (S. 1269), S11653, S11655 [4NO], S11747, S11748 [5NO], S12110, S12112, S12113, S12114, S12115, S12116 [8NO]

———promote adherence to internationally recognized environmental standards in future trade agreements, S12110, S12112, S12113, S12114, S12115, S12116 [8NO]

Herman, Alexis M.: nomination to be Sec. of Labor, S3783 [29AP]

Immigration: modify qualifications for countries to be in the visa waiver pilot program (S. 974), S6507 [26JN]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: permit State and local educational agencies to establish uniform disciplinary policies, S4367 [13MY]

———reauthorize (S. 717), S4367 [13MY]

John T. Myers Post Office Building, Terre Haute, IN: designate (H.R. 1249), S10320 [3OC]

Medicare: age eligibility requirements, S6091, S6092 [23JN]

———reform, S6145 [24JN], S6291 [25JN], S8341 [30JY]

National Endowment for the Arts: funding, S9399 [16SE], S9494, S9495 [17SE]

National Sportsmanship Day: observance, S2027 [6MR]

Peterson, Douglas ``Pete'': nomination to be Ambassador to Vietnam, S3007 [10AP]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (S. 1057), S7951 [23JY]

———ethics reform and contribution limits (S. 25), S10452, S10453 [7OC]

———require worker approval for use of labor organization dues and fees for political activities, S10452, S10453 [7OC]

Real estate: extend FHA mortgage insurance program coverage to home equity conversion mortgages for elderly homeowners (S. 562), S3721 [25AP]

Rhode Island Historical Society: anniversary, S5377 [5JN]

Senate Rules: permit disabled employees with the privilege of the Senate floor to use supporting services on the floor (S. Res. 110), S8512 [31JY]

Taxation: rates, S5039 [23MY], S8459 [31JY]

———treatment of gambling losses (S. 972), S6506 [26JN]

———treatment of postsecondary education expenses, S5035 [23MY]

Telephones: strengthen and expand the procedures for preventing the slamming of interstate telephone service subscribers, S8063 [24JY]

Tobacco products: increase excise taxes to fund health insurance for uninsured children and deficit reduction, S4800 [21MY]

Weapons: eliminate use of antipersonnel landmines (S. 896), S5721 [17JN]

Williams, Roger: return statue to Capitol rotunda after temporary display of Suffragists Portrait Monument (S. Con. Res. 22), S3373 [17AP]

Remarks in Senate relative to

Tribute, S1349 [13FE]

Texts of

S. 972, tax treatment of gambling losses, S6507 [26JN]

S. 973, David B. Champagne Post Office Building, Wakefield, RI, S6507 [26JN]

S. 974, modify qualifications for countries to be in the visa waiver pilot program, S6508 [26JN]

S. 1057, Campaign Spending Control Act, S7952-S7958 [23JY]

S. 1169, improve teacher quality, S9214-S9216 [11SE]

Tributes

DeSemone, Arlene, S2756 [21MR]

Gregorian, Vartan, S3383 [17AP]