LUGAR, RICHARD G. (a Senator from Indiana)

Amendments

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (S. 672), S4117 [7MY], S4248 [8MY]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 949), S6551 [26JN]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 936), S6044 [20JN], S6880, S6884, S6932 [7JY], S7110 [9JY]

———making appropriations (S. 1005), S7436, S7504 [15JY]

Dept. of State and related agencies: authorizing appropriations and consolidating certain agencies (S. 903), S5672, S5704 [16JN]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2107), S9555, S9660 [18SE]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: authorizing appropriations (S. 1022), S8025, S8026, S8037, S8100 [24JY]

FDA: modernize (S. 830), S9729 [19SE]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (S. 955), S7562, S7612, S7614 [16JY]

Analyses

Census of Agriculture Act (S. 845), S5361 [5JN]

Defend the United States of America Act (S. 64), S440 [21JA]

Trade Agreement Implementation Reform Act (S. 253), S896 [30JA]

Appointments

Committee To Escort Chilean President Eduardo Frei Into the House Chamber, H671 [27FE]

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

Senate Arms Control Observer Group, S3386 [17AP]

Articles and editorials

National Endowment for Democracy, Wall Street Journal, S8025 [24JY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (see S. 6), S158 [21JA]

AMA: anniversary (see S. Res. 94), S5370 [5JN]

America Recycles Day: designate (see S. Res. 116), S9427 [16SE]

Animals: prohibit import, export, sale, or possession of bear viscera (see S. 263), S1017 [5FE]

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

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

———establish 2-year cycle and reform oversight process (see S. 261), S945 [4FE]

Capitol Building and Grounds: use of the rotunda for a ceremony honoring Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew (see S. Con. Res. 42), S8670 [2SE]

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]

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

Courts: product liability reform (see S. 5), S158 [21JA]

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), S3456 [22AP]

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

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

Employment: provide compensatory time opportunities, flexible workplaces, and clarify minimum wage and overtime requirements of private sector employees (see S. 4), S4115 [7MY]

English language: declare as official language of U.S. (see S. 323), S1382 [13FE]

Families and domestic relations: reauthorize abstinence education and adolescent family life programs (see S. 934), S5927 [18JN]

Foreign policy: support economic and political independence for the South Caucasus and Central Asia regions (see S. 1344), S11448 [30OC]

Foreign trade: identify countries that deny market access for value-added agricultural products (see S. 219), S9337 [15SE]

———substitute the term ``normal trade relations'' in lieu of ``most-favored-nation treatment'' (see S. 747), S4898 [21MY]

FRS: implement monetary policy using price stability to ensure stable currency and repeal the Full Employment and Balanced Growth Act (see S. 611), S3348 [17AP]

Hazardous substances: transportation regulations relative to agriculture (see S. 1056), S7950 [23JY]

Health: develop and implement research strategies to prevent birth defects (see S. 419), S2285 [13MR]

———liability protection for suppliers of raw material and component parts to medical device manufacturers (see S. 364), S7776 [21JY]

———revise and extend mammography quality standards programs (see S. 537), S7869 [22JY]

Hong Kong: Special Administrative Region elections (see S. Con. Res. 51), S9020 [9SE]

Housing: State authority to set rental occupancy standards (see S. 458), S2415 [18MR]

International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia: restrict foreign assistance for countries providing sanctuary to indicted war criminals (see S. 804), S5109 [23MY]

IRS: restructure (see S. 1096), S10962 [22OC]

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

Medicare: allow beneficiaries to enter into private contracts for services (see S. 1194), S11464 [30OC]

———colorectal screening (see S. 690), S5425 [9JN]

———improve health services to rural areas (see S. 415), S2931 [9AP]

Memorial Day: proclaim a nationwide moment of remembrance (see S. Res. 76), S4247 [8MY]

Mexico: cooperation between the U.S. and Mexico on drug enforcement efforts (see S. Con. Res. 9), S2274 [13MR]

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

National Correctional Officers and Employees Week: designate (see S. Res. 64), S3456 [22AP]

National Erase the Hate and Eliminate Racism Day: designate (see S. Res. 78), S3662 [24AP]

National Family Week: designate (see S. Res. 93), S6005 [19JN]

NATO: membership of Central and East European countries (see S. Con. Res. 5), S1018 [5FE]

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

Senate: tribute to participants in William Randolph Hearst Foundation Senate Youth Program (see S. Res. 60), S2026 [6MR]

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

Taxation: capital gains rates (see S. 66), S2374 [17MR]

———credit for clinical testing of certain drugs for rare diseases or conditions (see S. 293), S4286 [9MY]

———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), S4395 [13MY]

———exempt certain small businesses from use of electronic fund transfer system for depository taxes (see S. 570), S6044 [20JN]

———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), S4683 [19MY]

———treatment of ethanol fuel (see S. 1008), S9977 [25SE]

———treatment of State tuition programs (see S. 594), S5425 [9JN]

Tobacco products: prescribe labels for packages and advertising and disclose certain information (see S. 527), S3736 [25AP]

Transportation: reauthorize highway construction and surface transportation funding (see S. 335), S1382 [13FE]

Treaties and agreements: conditions for the U.S. becoming a signatory to any international agreement on greenhouse gas emissions (see S. Res. 98), S7870 [22JY]

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]

Western Hemisphere: cooperation of countries on foreign policy and national security problems (see S. Res. 134), S10787 [9OC]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Agriculture: ensure that federally funded research and education address high-priority concerns with national multistate significance (see S. 1150), S8870 [5SE]

Chemical Weapons Convention: implementation (see S. 610), S3348 [17AP]

———ratification (see S. Res. 17), S163 [21JA]

Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate): authorizing expenditures (see S. Res. 20), S634 [22JA]

Commodity Exchange Act: amend rules relative to certain transactions involving commodities markets (see S. 257), S945 [4FE]

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

———reform information technology systems (see S. 805), S5109 [23MY]

———repeal rule allowing farmers to keep overpayments of Federal assistance if not discovered within a certain time period (see S. 782), S5001 [22MY]

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

Food stamps: State prevention of receipt by prisoners (see S. 388), S1828 [3MR]

Foreign policy: authorize trade and investment policy relative to sub-Saharan Africa (see S. 778), S4879 [21MY]

Foreign trade: establish negotiating objectives and fast-track procedures for future trade agreements (see S. 253), S856 [30JA]

National security: national missile defense system (see S. 64), S160 [21JA]

Nonprofit organizations: authorize transfer to States of surplus personal property for donation (see S. 307), S1300 [12FE]

Railroads: improve safety at grade crossings (see S. 284), S1102 [6FE]

Taxation: increase the unified estate and gift tax credit to exempt small businesses and farmers from inheritance taxes (see S. 30), S159 [21JA]

———repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (see S. 29), S159 [21JA]

———repeal income tax and institute a national sales tax (see S. Res. 16), S163 [21JA]

———special estate tax valuation relative to cash rentals of farmland (see S. 549), S3011 [10AP]

———treatment of estate and gift taxes (see S. 31), S159 [21JA]

———treatment of gift taxes (see S. 550), S3011 [10AP]

Tobacco products: provide market transition assistance for quota owners, tobacco producers, and their communities, and phase out Federal programs supporting tobacco production (see S. 1313), S11191 [24OC]

Cloture motions

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (S. 672), S3949 [5MY], S4045 [7MY]

District of Columbia: making appropriations (S. 1156), S10473 [7OC]

Employment: provide compensatory time opportunities, flexible workplaces, and clarify minimum wage and overtime requirements of private sector employees (S. 4), S5174 [2JN], S5290 [4JN]

Transportation: funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs (S. 1173), S10879 [21OC], S11014, S11018 [23OC]

Essays

Farming the New Frontier: Kyle Roth, S2027 [6MR]

———Shannon McArtor, S2027 [6MR]

Letters

Chemical Weapons Convention Implementation Act: John D. Holum, ACDA, S3359 [17AP]

Cooperative Threat Reduction Program, Materials Protection Control and Accounting Program, and International Nuclear Safety Program funding: Madeleline Korbel Albright, Sec. of State, S6883 [7JY]

Cooperative Threat Reduction Program funding: William S. Cohen, Sec. of Defense, S6884 [7JY]

NATO membership of Central and East European countries: by, S4625 [16MY]

Lists

``Farming the New Frontier'' essay contest county winners, S2027 [6MR]

``Farming the New Frontier'' essay contest district winners, S2027 [6MR]

Motions

District of Columbia: making appropriations (S. 1156), S10318 [3OC]

Remarks

Agriculture: ensure that federally funded research and education address high-priority concerns with national multistate significance (S. 1150), S11374, S11375 [29OC]

———food, animal, and plant genome research strategy, S11374, S11375 [29OC]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (S. 1033), S7929, S7942, S7943 [23JY]

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (S. 672), S4090, S4094 [7MY]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 1998-2002 (H. Con. Res. 84), conference report, S5337 [5JN]

Carl F. Booth & Co., Inc.: tribute to employees for constructing cases for the Declaration of Independence and Gettysburg Address, S8737 [3SE]

Carter, David: tribute for reaching peak of Mount Everest, S5144 [23MY]

Chemical Weapons Convention: implementation (S. 610), S3354 [17AP]

———ratification relative to effective verification of significant violations, S3483 [23AP]

———ratification relative to ratification by countries with offensive chemical weapons programs, S3481 [23AP], S3593 [24AP]

———ratification relative to Russian compliance with chemical weapons destruction agreements, S3481 [23AP], S3604 [24AP]

———ratification relative to stemming the proliferation of chemical weapons, S3482 [23AP], S3631 [24AP]

———ratification relative to the exclusion of inspectors who are representatives of terrorist States, S3482 [23AP]

———ratification (S. Res. 17), S566 [21JA]

———ratification (S. Res. 75), S3476, S3480 [23AP], S3593, S3604, S3606, S3631 [24AP]

———tribute to efforts of Senate staff and other outside advisers, S3606 [24AP]

Children and youth: tribute to participants in ``Farming the New Frontier'' essay contest, S2027 [6MR]

China, People's Republic of: request for release of political prisoner Wei Jingsheng, S4378 [13MY]

Commodity Exchange Act: amend rules relative to certain transactions involving commodities markets (S. 257), S951 [4FE]

Crime: provide penalties for the acquisition or use of chemical or biological weapons and reduce acts of terrorism using such weapons (S. 495), S3480 [23AP]

Depository institutions: availability of credit in disaster areas, S4094 [7MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: Business and Industry Program funding, S7942, S7943 [23JY]

———collect and disseminate statistically reliable information from milk manufacturing plants on prices received for bulk cheese, S4090 [7MY]

———conduct census of agriculture (S. 845), S5360 [5JN]

———reform information technology systems (S. 805), S5119 [23MY]

———repeal rule allowing farmers to keep overpayments of Federal assistance if not discovered within a certain time period (S. 782), S5006 [22MY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 936), S6877, S6880, S6881, S6883, S6884 [7JY], S7258 [11JY]

———Cooperative Threat Reduction Program funding, S6877, S6880, S6881, S6883, S6884 [7JY]

Dept. of State and related agencies: authorizing appropriations and consolidating certain agencies (S. 903), S5672, S5685, S5686 [16JN], S5722, S5723, S5724, S5730, S5733 [17JN]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: authorizing appropriations (S. 1022), S8025 [24JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (S. 1061), S9001 [9SE]

Education: encourage participation of academic community and private sector in EXPO 2000 (S. Con. Res. 47), S8608 [31JY]

Evansville, IN: tribute to community efforts on behalf of Bosnian children, S8617 [31JY]

FDA: Youth Anti-Smoking Initiative Enforcement and Outreach Program funding, S7929 [23JY]

Food stamps: funding, S5337 [5JN]

———State prevention of receipt by prisoners (S. 388), S1837 [3MR]

Foreign policy: authorize trade and investment policy relative to sub-Saharan Africa (S. 778), S4893 [21MY]

Foreign trade: establish negotiating objectives and fast-track procedures for future trade agreements (S. 253), S893 [30JA]

Indianapolis, IN: Federal housing assistance programs funding, S10049 [26SE]

Japanese Language Exchange Program: tribute, S1800 [28FE]

Jorgensen, Ann: nomination to the Farm Credit Administration Board of Directors, S5108 [23MY]

Junkins, Lowell: nomination to the Farmer Mac Board of Directors, S5108 [23MY]

Mexico: imposition of antidumping duties on U.S. corn syrup imports (S. Con. Res. 43), S8159 [25JY]

National Endowment for Democracy: funding, S8025 [24JY]

National security: national missile defense system (S. 64), S440 [21JA]

Nonprofit organizations: authorize transfer to States of surplus personal property for donation (S. 307), S1308 [12FE]

NSF: plant genome research strategy, S11374 [29OC]

Public housing: reform and consolidate Federal programs and redirect primary responsibility to States and localities (S. 462), S10049 [26SE]

Railroads: improve safety at grade crossings (S. 284), S1104 [6FE]

Russia: proliferation of nuclear missile technology to Iran (S. Con. Res. 48), S11664 [4NO]

Taxation: increase the unified estate and gift tax credit to exempt small businesses and farmers from inheritance taxes (S. 30), S388 [21JA]

———repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (S. 29), S388 [21JA]

———repeal income tax and institute a national sales tax (S. Res. 16), S564 [21JA]

———special estate tax valuation relative to cash rentals of farmland (S. 549), S3020 [10AP]

———treatment of estate and gift taxes (S. 31), S388 [21JA]

———treatment of gift taxes (S. 550), S3020 [10AP]

Tobacco products: provide market transition assistance for quota owners, tobacco producers, and their communities, and phase out Federal programs supporting tobacco production (S. 1313), S11193 [24OC]

———treatment of tobacco farmers relative to tobacco industry liability settlement, S9001 [9SE]

Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe: ratification of Flank Document Agreement, S4466 [14MY]

U.N.: authorize payment of U.S. arrearages, S5672, S5685, S5686 [16JN], S5722, S5723, S5724, S5730, S5733 [17JN]

Reports filed

Ensure That Federally Funded Agriculture Research and Education Programs Address High-Priority Concerns With National Multistate Significance: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate) (S. 1160) (S. Rept. 105-73), S8870 [5SE]

Expenditures: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate) (S. Res. 20), S633 [22JA]

Nomination of Ann Jorgenson to the Farm Credit Administration Board of Directors: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate), S3198 [15AP]

Nomination of August Schumacher, Jr., To Be Under Sec. of Agriculture: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate), S8358 [30JY]

Nomination of August Schumacher, Jr., To CCC Board of Directors: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate), S8358 [30JY]

Nomination of Catherine E. Woteki To Be Under Sec. of Agriculture: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate), S8358 [30JY]

Nomination of I. Miley Gonzalez To Be Under Sec. of Agriculture: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate), S8358 [30JY]

Nomination of Joseph B. Dial to the CFTC: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate), S11545 [31OC]

Nomination of Lowell L. Junkins to the Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp. Board of Directors: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate), S3198 [15AP]

Nomination of Sally Thompson To Be Dept. of Agriculture Chief Financial Officer: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate), S11545 [31OC]

Nomination of Shirley R. Watkins To CCC Board of Directors: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate), S8358 [30JY]

Rules

Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry (Senate), S1115 [6FE]

Statements

NATO Membership of Central and East European Countries: by, S4626 [16MY]

Texts of

S. 253, Trade Agreement Implementation Reform Act, S893-S896 [30JA]

S. 257, amend rules relative to certain transactions involving commodities markets, S952-S957 [4FE]

S. 307, transfer to States of surplus personal property for donation to nonprofit organizations, S1308 [12FE]

S. 388, State prevention of receipt of food stamps by prisoners, S1837 [3MR]

S. 549, special estate tax valuation relative to cash rentals of farmland, S3021 [10AP]

S. 550, treatment of gift taxes, S3021 [10AP]

S. 610, Chemical Weapons Convention Implementation Act, S3355-S3359 [17AP]

S. 778, African Growth and Opportunity Act, S4894-S4898 [21MY]

S. 782, repeal rule allowing farmers to keep overpayments of Federal assistance if not discovered within a certain time period, S5006 [22MY]

S. 805, Dept. of Agriculture Information Technology Reform Act, S5120-S5122 [23MY]

S. 845, Census of Agriculture Act, S5361 [5JN]

S. 1313, Tobacco Transition Act, S11193-S11197 [24OC]

Tributes

Conner, Chuck, S3562 [23AP]

Eiteljorg, Harrison, S3971 [5MY]

Galloway, Archibald, II, S2859 [8AP]

Thurmond, Senator, S5204 [3JN]

Webb, Charles H., S2483 [18MR]

Yarde, Kelly S., S8617 [31JY]