DISASTERS related term(s) Earthquakes; Famines; Floods; Hunger; Hurricanes; Tornadoes

Amendments

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (H.R. 1469), H2255 [6MY], H2446, H2447 [8MY], H2591, H2592 [13MY], H2681 [14MY], H2715, H2722, H2725, H2726, H2728, H2729, H2732, H2738, H2744, H2745, H2750, H2751, H2753, H2756, H2758, H2762, H2767, H2770, H2771, H2773 [15MY]

———making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (H.R. 1469), consideration (H. Res. 149), H2694 [15MY]

———making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (S. 672), S3940, S3945, S3969, S3970 [5MY], S3979, S3980, S3981, S3988, S3990, S3992, S3993, S4013, S4014, S4015, S4016, S4017, S4018, S4019, S4020, S4021, S4022, S4023, S4024, S4025, S4026, S4027, S4028, S4029, S4030, S4031, S4033 [6MY], S4043, S4045, S4046, S4048, S4050, S4069, S4077, S4078, S4079, S4080, S4081, S4089, S4090, S4091, S4096, S4097, S4104, S4117, S4118, S4119, S4120, S4121, S4122, S4123, S4124, S4126, S4127, S4128 [7MY], S4137, S4173, S4180, S4182, S4184, S4198, S4199, S4200, S4201, S4202, S4203, S4205, S4248 [8MY]

Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act: authorizing appropriations (S. 910), S8526, S8614 [31JY]

Analyses

Federal Reinsurance Contracts for Eligible State Insurance Programs Covering Homeowners Impacted by Natural Disasters (H.R. 219), E67 [7JA]

Appointments

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

Articles and editorials

Canceling Flights Is the Wrong Response to Guam Korean Air Crash, H6955 [5SE]

Congress Should Throw the Bums Out, H2654 [14MY]

Flooding in Breckenridge, MN, S5239 [3JN]

Hardy Farmers Weather the Storm—Despite Damage, They're Rebounding, S7433 [15JY]

Red River Forces Evacuation of Grand Forks and East Grand Forks, MN, S5237 [3JN]

Stains of Pain, S5229 [3JN]

Storm Warning—Bigger Hurricanes and More of Them, E1166 [10JN]

Bills and resolutions

Agriculture: availability of affordable crop insurance for farms located in designated Federal disaster areas (see H.R. 790), H587 [13FE]

———Federal assistance to livestock producers adversely affected by damaging weather conditions (see S. 605), S3348 [17AP]

———Federal assistance to orchard and vineyard farmers adversely affected by damaging weather conditions (see H.R. 1489), H2089 [30AP]

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

———removal of tobacco from crop disaster assistance programs (see S. 643), S3662 [24AP]

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (see S. 672, 851; H.R. 1469, 1755, 1796, 1871), S3844 [30AP], S5413 [9JN], H1987 [29AP], H3273 [3JN], H3566 [5JN], H3796 [12JN]

———making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (H.R. 1469), consideration (see H. Res. 146, 149), H2589 [13MY], H2678 [14MY]

———making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (H.R. 1469), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 162), H3566 [5JN]

———making interim emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (see H.R. 1707, 1708), H3201 [22MY]

Aviation: allow families of international airline disaster victims a fair jury trial to receive just compensation for their loss (see S. 943; H.R. 2005), S6040 [20JN], H4132 [20JN]

———require foreign air carriers to establish disaster assistance plans (see S. 1196; H.R. 2476), S9636 [18SE], H7281 [15SE]

Budget: establish a budget reserve account for emergencies (see H.R. 457), H243 [21JA]

Congress: limit consideration of nonemergency matters in emergency legislation (see S. 647, 1182), S3662 [24AP], S9411 [16SE]

Corps of Engineers: conduct study of mitigation banks (see H.R. 227), H146 [9JA]

Crime: prevent fraud and price-gouging relative to any relief efforts (see S. 214), S726 [28JA]

Depository institutions: availability of credit in disaster areas (see S. 652), S3727 [25AP]

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

Droughts: establish Federal policies and programs (see S. 222), S726 [28JA]

Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act: authorizing appropriations (see S. 910; H.R. 2249), S5694 [16JN], H5777 [24JY]

Education: development of curriculum designed to educate students about the Irish famine (see H. Con. Res. 12), H285 [4FE]

Endangered Species Act: exempt certain maintenance, repair, and improvement of flood control facilities in California (see H.R. 1155), H1258 [20MR]

Federal aid programs: establish insurance programs against the risks of catastrophic earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and hurricanes (see H.R. 579), H285 [4FE]

Federal employees: leave transfer authority for those adversely affected by disasters or emergencies (see H.R. 1388), H1705 [17AP]

Federal-State relations: investment of joint Federal and State funds from the civil settlement of damages from the Exxon Valdez (vessel) oil spill (see S. 1523), S12506 [12NO]

FEMA: reduce costs of disaster relief and emergency assistance (see S. 1007), S7210 [10JY]

———reimburse certain State and local jurisdictions for support of Federal rescue and salvage operations relative to crash of Trans World Airlines Flight 800 (see S. 383; H.R. 772), S1796 [28FE], H586 [13FE]

Floods: authorize further appropriations for the stabilization and repair of damages to the Mountain Quarries Railroad Bridge in California (see H.R. 936), H766 [5MR]

———facilitate recovery from Red River flooding through greater flexibility for depository institutions and their regulators (see H.R. 1461), H1891 [24AP]

Government: provide for hazard mitigation, relief, and insurance against natural disasters (see H.R. 230), H146 [9JA]

Great Irish Potato Famine: honor memory of victims (see H. Con. Res. 159), H7911 [25SE]

House Rules: same-day consideration of certain resolutions (see H. Res. 165), H3719 [11JN]

Housing: make modifications to the temporary housing assistance program (see H.R. 2257), H5777 [24JY]

Insurance: Federal reinsurance contracts for eligible State insurance programs covering homeowners impacted by natural disasters (see H.R. 219), H146 [9JA]

Iowa: provide relief for agricultural producers for flooding losses caused by water retention at the Lake Redrock dam (see S. 517), S2787 [7AP]

National Flood Insurance Program: reauthorization (see S. 1179), S9411 [16SE]

National flood insurance program: reauthorize (see H.R. 2227), H5664 [23JY]

Oklahoma City National Memorial: establish as a unit of the National Park System and create the Oklahoma City Memorial Trust (see S. 871; H.R. 1849), S5444 [10JN], H3659 [10JN]

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

Public lands: eliminate hazardous fuels buildup and undertake other forest management projects to protect communities from wildfires (see H.R. 2458), H7261 [11SE]

Relief: reduce costs of disaster relief and emergency assistance (see H.R. 2446), H7199 [10SE]

San Bernadino County, CA: modify San Timoteo Creek flood control project to permit non-Federal contributions for certain costs (see H.R. 1103), H1111 [18MR]

Simi Valley, CA: prohibit Federal assistance for earthquake-related repairs of Bottle Village (see H.R. 175), H144 [9JA]

Taxation: treatment of crops destroyed by casualty (see H.R. 494), H244 [21JA]

———treatment of income tax returns relative to Presidentially declared disaster areas (see S. 585; H.R. 1434), S3199 [15AP], H1890 [24AP]

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

Tornadoes: disaster assistance to Arkansas (see H.R. 1012), H888 [11MR]

Water: establish an advisory commission to prepare for and respond to serious drought emergencies, H10767 [12NO]

West Virginia: develop a flood control strategy for the Greenbrier River Basin (see H.R. 254), H147 [9JA]

Cloture motions

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

Commentaries

We Understand: Baxter Black, National Public Radio, S4686 [19MY]

Conference reports

Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief and Overseas Peacekeeping Operations (H.R. 1469), H3442-H3474 [4JN]

Factsheets

Leave Transfer Program To Assist Federal Employees Adversely Affected by Disasters, H2771 [15MY]

Letters

Availability of credit in disaster areas: Alan Greenspan, FRS, S3942 [5MY]

———John D. Hawke, Jr., Dept. of the Treasury, S3942 [5MY]

———Norman E. D'Amours, National Credit Union Administration, S3988 [6MY]

———Ricki Helfer, FDIC, S3942 [5MY]

Disaster assistance to Minnesota: Lynn Stauss, Mayor of East Grand Forks, MN, S5226 [3JN]

Disaster assistance to South Dakota: Brenda S. Barger, Mayor of Watertown, SD, S5322 [5JN]

———Nolan L. Seim, S5323 [5JN]

Emergency supplemental appropriations for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations: Dennis J. Reimer, Dept. of the Army, H3534 [5JN], H3645 [10JN]

———William S. Cohen, Sec. of Defense, H3533 [5JN], H3645 [10JN]

Midwest Advanced Food Manufacturing Alliance funding: Representative Skeen, H5378 [16JY]

Rebuilding of levees in Devils Lake, ND: J.M. Wonsik, Corps of Engineers, S5943 [18JN]

Rescue efforts relative to crash of Korean Air Lines Flight 801 in Guam: Carl T.C. Gutierrez, Governor of Guam, H6955 [5SE]

Tobacco coverage by Federal crop insurance and disaster assistance programs: Dan Glickman, Sec. of Agriculture, S7908 [23JY]

———John E. Sheely, American Association of Crop Insurers, S7907 [23JY]

Tribute to victims of Korean Air Lines Flight 801: Delegate Underwood and Carl T.C. Gutierrez, Governor of Guam, H6954 [5SE]

Lists

Citizens assisting Kentucky tornado victims, E914 [14MY]

Disaster assistance to California in S. 672, emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations, S4157 [8MY]

Objectionable provisions in S. 672, emergency supplemental appropriations for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations, S4092 [7MY]

Oklahoma City National Memorial Board of Directors, S8411 [31JY], S9913 [25SE]

Students assisting Arkansas tornado victims, E905 [13MY]

Students assisting Kentucky flood victims, E901 [13MY]

Students assisting Ohio flood victims, E913 [14MY]

Students assisting Wisconsin flood victims, E914 [14MY]

Memorandums

Automatic System For Continuing Appropriations Relative to Disaster Relief Legislation: OMB, S4168, S4170 [8MY]

Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief and Overseas Peacekeeping Operations: Ronald R. Fogleman, Dept. of the Air Force, H3534 [5JN], H3645 [10JN]

Estimate of the Budgetary Impact of Non-Defense Supplementals in Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief and Overseas Peacekeeping Operations: Priscilla Aycock, CBO, S4181 [8MY]

Messages

Veto of H.R. 1469, Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief and Overseas Peacekeeping Operations: President Clinton, H3633 [10JN]

Motions

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (H.R. 1469), H2860 [16MY]

———making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (H.R. 1469), veto, H3634 [10JN]

Remarks in House

Agriculture: availability of affordable crop insurance for farms located in designated Federal disaster areas, H5408, H5410 [17JY]

———availability of affordable crop insurance for farms located in designated Federal disaster areas (H.R. 790), E277 [13FE]

———Federal assistance for farm worker housing destroyed by floods, H2746 [15MY]

———Federal assistance to orchard and vineyard farmers adversely affected by damaging weather conditions (H.R. 1489), E796 [30AP]

———Federal assistance to orchard farmers adversely affected by damaging weather conditions, H2746 [15MY]

———Federal crop insurance program reform, H5672-H5677, H5727 [24JY]

American Red Cross: anniversary of Hanover, PA, chapter, E1967 [8OC]

Appropriations: eliminate forward funding for FEMA, restore Dept. of HUD rental assisted housing funding, and make other nondefense rescissions, H2729-H2732 [15MY]

———establish automatic system for continuing appropriations, H3533, H3542 [5JN]

———making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations, H3667, H3668, H3669, H3700 [11JN]

———making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (H.R. 1469), H2428, H2429 [8MY], H2612, H2655, H2657 [14MY], H2697-H2775 [15MY], H2860-H2862 [16MY], H3080 [21MY], H3173, H3192-H3195 [22MY], H3218, H3248, H3250 [3JN], E897 [13MY]

———making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (H.R. 1469), conference report, H3277, H3279, H3280, H3281, H3289, H3290 [4JN], H3480, H3481, H3520-H3544, H3549, H3552 [5JN]

———making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (H.R. 1469), consideration (H. Res. 146), H2600-H2609 [14MY]

———making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (H.R. 1469), consideration (H. Res. 149), H2687-H2696 [15MY]

———making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (H.R. 1469), corrections in engrossment, H2775 [15MY]

———making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (H.R. 1469), permission to file conference report, H3291 [4JN]

———making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (H.R. 1469), refer bill and veto message to Committee on Appropriations (House), H3634-H3637 [10JN]

———making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (H.R. 1469), veto, H3583, H3584, H3638, H3639, H3640, H3641, H3644, H3646, H3647, H3648, H3649 [10JN], H3665, H3667, H3668 [11JN], H3725 [12JN], H3800-H3803 [16JN]

———making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (H.R. 1755), H3246 [3JN], H3284 [4JN]

———making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (H.R. 1871), H3722, H3723, H3724, H3725, H3757-H3789, H3792, H3793 [12JN], H4614 [25JN]

Arkansas: tribute to students for assisting tornado victims, E904 [13MY]

Aviation: allow families of international airline disaster victims a fair jury trial to receive just compensation for their loss (H.R. 2005), H5843-H5845 [28JY], E1282 [20JN], E1552, E1558 [29JY]

———anniversary of ValuJet crash in Florida, H2775 [15MY]

———require foreign air carriers to establish disaster assistance plans, H6965 [8SE]

———require foreign air carriers to establish disaster assistance plans (H.R. 2476), H7266 [15SE]

———tribute to victims of Trans World Airlines crash in New York, E1447 [17JY]

Bosnia and Herzegovina: U.N. helicopter crash, E1813 [18SE]

Brevard County, FL: Brevard County Storm Damage Prevention Project funding, H8182 [30SE]

Buy American Act: compliance, H2728 [15MY]

Cassini (space probe): use of plutonium power source on mission to Saturn, H8916 [21OC], E2035 [21OC]

Coast Guard: tribute to ``Spill of National Significance'' seminar on oil spills, E2001 [9OC]

Corps of Engineers: conduct study of mitigation banks (H.R. 227), E71 [7JA]

———funding, E752 [24AP]

Dept. of Agriculture: Midwest Advanced Food Manufacturing Alliance funding, H5378 [16JY]

Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2249), E1514 [24JY]

———authorizing appropriations (S. 910), H7298-H7301 [16SE], E1815 [22SE]

Education: development of curriculum designed to educate students about the Irish famine (H. Con. Res. 12), E155 [4FE]

Emporia, VA: bus crash of ``Pathways to Freedom'' group tracing the route of the ``Underground Railroad'', E1621 [1AU]

Endangered Species Act: exempt certain maintenance, repair, and improvement of flood control facilities in California (H.R. 1155), E553 [21MR]

EPA: transfer funds from Environmental Programs and Management Fund to Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board, H5336-H5339 [16JY]

Federal employees: leave transfer authority for those adversely affected by disasters or emergencies (H.R. 1388), E694 [17AP]

———leave transfer program to assist Federal employees adversely affected by disasters, H2771 [15MY]

———tribute to Bureau of Reclamation employees killed in plane crash, E2020 [21OC]

FEMA: funding, H2762-H2766 [15MY]

———reimburse certain State and local jurisdictions for support of Federal rescue and salvage operations relative to crash of Trans World Airlines Flight 800 (H.R. 772), E274 [13FE]

———windstorm simulation center funding, H5318 [16JY]

Floods: community development block grant funding to flood States, H2693, H2706, H2708, H2711, H2726-H2728 [15MY]

———disaster assistance to Arizona, H2755 [15MY]

———disaster assistance to Kentucky, E571 [21MR]

———disaster assistance to Minnesota, H1318, H1319 [8AP], H1862, H1863, H1869 [24AP], H2707 [15MY]

———disaster assistance to North Dakota, E1301 [23JN]

———disaster assistance to Ohio, H729 [5MR]

———disaster assistance to Poland, E1522 [25JY]

———disaster assistance to West Virginia, H773, H782 [6MR]

———disaster assistance to Wisconsin, E1318 [25JN]

———facilitate recovery from Red River flooding through greater flexibility for depository institutions and their regulators, H2768, H2769 [15MY]

———tribute to Air National Guardsmen killed or injured in flood relief efforts in Idaho, H4224 [24JN]

———tribute to anonymous donor who provided disaster assistance to flood victims in Minnesota and North Dakota, E1513 [24JY]

Focus—HOPE (organization): tribute to ``Walk 1997'', E1999 [9OC]

Government: provide for hazard mitigation, relief, and insurance against natural disasters (H.R. 230), H2654 [14MY], E69 [7JA], E1166 [10JN]

Great Irish Potato Famine: honor memory of victims (H. Con. Res. 159), E1860 [25SE]

Guam: tribute to victims of Korean Air Lines Flight 801, H6722 [3SE], H6954 [5SE]

Haiti: sinking of ferry, H7106 [9SE], E1694 [9SE]

Hazleton, PA: anniversary of Lattimer Mine Massacre, E1714 [10SE]

Houston, TX: Sims Bayou Project funding, H5756 [24JY], H8182 [30SE]

Hurricanes: damage assessment of past hurricanes, E1166 [10JN]

Illinois: Fox River Floodgate Installation Project funding, H5755 [24JY], H8181 [30SE]

———Stoney Creek and Tinley Creek flood control projects funding, H8181 [30SE]

Insurance: Federal reinsurance contracts for eligible State insurance programs covering homeowners impacted by natural disasters (H.R. 219), E66 [7JA]

———flood insurance policies relative to hurricane season, H2934 [20MY]

Ireland: Irish famine anniversary, E2360 [13NO]

Jackson, Phil: tribute to efforts relative to floods in North Dakota, E1300 [23JN]

Kentucky: tribute to citizens for assisting tornado victims, E914 [14MY]

———tribute to students for assisting flood victims, E900 [13MY]

Los Angeles County, CA: flood control projects funding, E1525 [25JY]

Monroe County, MI: funding for costs associated with Comair plane crash, H2725, H2726 [15MY]

Montana: tribute to One Good Cow Project, E1279 [20JN]

National flood insurance program: reauthorize (H.R. 2227), H9041 [23OC]

National Weather Service: funding, H8239 [30SE]

Norm Thompson (business): tribute for flood relief efforts, H5171 [11JY]

North Carolina: Emergency Watershed Program funding, H2712 [15MY]

North Dakota: assistance, H1863, H1865-H1870 [24AP], H2616 [14MY]

———tribute to relief efforts, H1867 [24AP], H1957 [29AP]

Ohio: tribute to students for assisting flood victims, E913 [14MY]

Oklahoma City, OK: anniversary of bombing of Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, E699 [17AP], E723 [23AP]

———verdict in the trial on the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, H3218 [3JN]

Oklahoma City National Memorial: establish as a unit of the National Park System and create the Oklahoma City Memorial Trust (H.R. 1849), E1173 [10JN]

———establish as a unit of the National Park System and create the Oklahoma City Memorial Trust (S. 871), H7642-H7646 [23SE]

Public lands: eliminate hazardous fuels buildup and undertake other forest management projects to protect communities from wildfires (H.R. 2458), E1737 [11SE]

Rainsville, AL: funding for rebuilding municipal buildings destroyed by tornado, H2769 [15MY]

Relief: reduce costs of disaster relief and emergency assistance (H.R. 2446), E1726 [10SE]

Rest Haven Christian Services (organization): anniversary, E2255 [8NO]

Riverhead, NY: tribute to Lions Club, E936 [15MY]

Roads and highways: modify minimum allocation formula for the Federal-aid highway program, H2706 [15MY]

Sacramento, CA: flood control projects funding, H5755 [24JY]

San Bernadino County, CA: modify San Timoteo Creek flood control project to permit non-Federal contributions for certain costs (H.R. 1103), E498 [18MR]

San Mateo County, CA: repair or reconstruction of Highway 1 at Devil's Slide, H2713 [15MY]

SBA: disaster relief assistance funding, E1951 [7OC]

Ships and vessels: regulations relative to double-hulled oil tankers, H4211 [23JN], E1393 [10JY]

South Dakota: assistance, H1309 [8AP], H1863, H1868 [24AP], H2428 [8MY]

Sterling Heights, MI: tribute to Lions Club, E866 [7MY]

Taxation: treatment of income tax returns relative to Presidentially declared disaster areas (H.R. 1434), E750 [24AP]

———treatment of residents in areas affected by disasters, H4808 [26JN]

Terrorism: allow families of victims of terrorist acts a fair jury trial to receive just compensation for their loss, E1599 [1AU]

Thousand Oaks, CA: tribute to Sister City Committee, E2038 [21OC]

Weather: El Nino research funding, H7891 [25SE]

Wisconsin: tribute to students for assisting tornado victims, E914 [14MY]

Remarks in Senate

Agriculture: direct operating loan funds to low-income and minority farmers, S5318 [5JN]

———Federal assistance to livestock producers adversely affected by damaging weather conditions (S. 605), S3351 [17AP]

———monitor and regulate cattle and beef markets (S. 16), S129, S340 [21JA], S787 [29JA]

———prohibit coverage of tobacco by Federal crop insurance and disaster assistance programs, S7902-S7911, S7920, S7925 [23JY]

———removal of tobacco from crop disaster assistance programs (S. 643), S3664 [24AP]

Alvin, IL: replacement of Gaumer Bridge, S4182 [8MY]

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations, S5470-S5480 [10JN], S5486-S5491, S5493 [11JN]

———making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (H.R. 1469), S4652-S4654 [16MY], S4974, S4975 [22MY], S5093-S5095, S5097, S5100 [23MY], S5172 [2JN], S5225-S5231, S5236-S5244 [3JN], S5712 [16JN]

———making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (H.R. 1469), conference report, S5282 [4JN], S5297-S5300, S5309-S5325, S5384 [5JN], S5387-S5390, S5399-S5406 [9JN]

———making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (H.R. 1469), conference report—unanimous-consent agreement, S5296 [5JN]

———making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (H.R. 1469), insert language of S. 672 in lieu, S4633 [16MY]

———making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (H.R. 1469), veto, S5431, S5443, S5470 [10JN]

———making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (H.R. 1871), S5555-S5574, S5577-S5584 [12JN], S5942 [18JN], S7317 [11JY]

———making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (S. 672), S3773 [29AP], S3819-S3831 [30AP], S3871, S3880, S3881 [1MY], S3938-S3946 [5MY], S3979-S3981, S3983-S3993, S4038-S4040 [6MY], S4043-S4104 [7MY], S4137-S4204-S4205, S4253 [8MY], S4278 [9MY], S4323 [12MY], S4413-S4417, S4478 [14MY]

———making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (S. 672), unanimous-consent agreement, S3880 [1MY], S3985, S3995 [6MY], S4043, S4103 [7MY]

———making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (S. 851), S5403-S5405 [9JN], S5431-S5433 [10JN]

———making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (S. 851), unanimous-consent request, S5403 [9JN]

———making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations, unanimous-consent request, S5502, S5503 [11JN]

———strike certain non-emergency items in emergency supplemental appropriations, S4091-S4093 [7MY]

Aviation: allow families of international airline disaster victims a fair jury trial to receive just compensation for their loss (S. 943), S6041 [20JN]

———require foreign air carriers to establish disaster assistance plans (H.R. 2476), S12704, S12705 [13NO]

———require foreign air carriers to establish disaster assistance plans (S. 1196), S9653, S9654 [18SE]

———tribute to victims of Trans World Airlines crash in New York, S7740 [17JY]

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

Blizzards: disaster assistance to northern Great Plains States, S149 [21JA], S688 [23JA], S1130 [7FE]

———tribute to those helping in northern Great Plains States, S688 [23JA]

Bosnia and Herzegovina: U.N. helicopter crash, S9501 [17SE]

Budget: allocation of emergency disaster assistance, S4847 [21MY]

———waiver of constitutional provisions to balance in the event of emergencies due to officially-declared natural disasters, S1644-S1649 [26FE], S1891 [4MR]

Cavalier, ND: tribute to Cavalier Air Station for flood relief efforts in North Dakota, S6285 [24JN]

Centralia, IL: anniversary of coal mine disaster, S2724 [20MR]

Congress: limit consideration of nonemergency matters in emergency legislation (S. 1182), S9426 [16SE]

———limit consideration of nonemergency matters in emergency legislation (S. 647), S3675 [24AP]

Corps of Engineers: repair and restoration work on James River, S4080, S4085 [7MY]

———repair and restoration work on San Joaquin River, S4095 [7MY]

Crime: prevent fraud and price-gouging relative to any relief efforts (S. 214), S744 [28JA]

Depository institutions: availability of credit in disaster areas, S3941-S3945 [5MY], S3988, S3989 [6MY], S4093, S4094 [7MY]

———availability of credit in disaster areas (S. 652), S3727-S3729 [25AP]

Dept. of Agriculture: Extension Service training project funding, S7992 [24JY]

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

———Risk Management Agency funding relative to administration of crop insurance program, S7899-S7901 [23JY]

Dept. of Defense: implementation of temporary safety stand down of U.S. military aircraft, S9775 [23SE]

———tribute to military personnel who died during military flight training exercises, S9776 [23SE], S9874 [24SE]

Droughts: establish Federal policies and programs (S. 222), S754 [28JA], S12498 [10NO]

Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act: authorizing appropriations (S. 910), S5701 [16JN], S8524-S8526 [31JY]

Emporia, VA: bus crash of ``Pathways to Freedom'' group tracing the route of the ``Underground Railroad'', S8486 [31JY]

Federal aid programs: assure full funding of assistance without adding to the public debt, S4181, S4182, S4184-S4190 [8MY]

Federal-State relations: investment of joint Federal and State funds from the civil settlement of damages from the Exxon Valdez (vessel) oil spill (S. 1523), S12507 [12NO]

FEMA: allocation of funds for flood relief, S5471, S5472 [10JN]

———Disaster Assistance Direct Loan Program funding, S4201 [8MY]

———funding, S3986 [6MY]

———Predisaster Mitigation Program funding, S7830-S7833 [22JY]

———reduce costs of disaster relief and emergency assistance (S. 1007), S7215 [10JY]

———reimburse certain State and local jurisdictions for support of Federal rescue and salvage operations relative to crash of Trans World Airlines Flight 800 (S. 383), S1797 [28FE]

———tribute, S1788 [28FE]

Floods: disaster assistance to California, S4156 [8MY], S5314 [5JN]

———disaster assistance to Minnesota, S2872, S2875, S2879-S2881 [9AP], S3235, S3236 [16AP], S3818 [30AP], S3881 [1MY], S4094 [7MY], S4192, S4196, S4199, S4202 [8MY], S5093-S5095 [23MY]

———disaster assistance to New York, S684 [23JA]

———disaster assistance to North Dakota, S3773 [29AP], S5172 [2JN], S5297-S5300, S5310, S5320 [5JN], S5399-S5405 [9JN], S5554-S5557 [12JN], S5942 [18JN]

———disaster assistance to Ohio, S1813 [3MR], S1942 [5MR], S2053 [10MR], S4190 [8MY]

———disaster assistance to South Dakota, S5322, S5323 [5JN]

———disaster assistance to West Virginia, S3545 [23AP]

———tribute to Air National Guardsmen killed or injured in flood relief efforts in Idaho, S6102 [23JN]

———tribute to National Guard for efforts in Minnesota, S3818 [30AP]

———tribute to National Guard for efforts in West Virginia, S2551 [19MR]

———tribute to relief efforts relative to Ohio River flood victims, S2005 [6MR]

Focus—HOPE (organization): tribute to ``Walk 1997'', S10490 [7OC]

Government: development of catastrophic natural disaster relief programs, S7825 [22JY]

Grand Forks AFB, ND: authorize payment of claims by personnel for lost personal property due to Red River Basin flooding, S7152-S7153 [10JY], S7437 [15JY], S9945 [25SE]

Idaho: assistance, S3824 [30AP]

KEVN-TV (Rapid City, SD): tribute, S5545 [11JN]

KOTA-Radio (Rapid City, SD): tribute, S5546 [11JN]

LIHEAP: funding, S3979, S3980 [6MY]

McCook County, SD: tribute to Search and Rescue Unit, S5632 [12JN]

Minnesota: assistance, S3794 [29AP]

———extension of tax filing deadline for individuals living in disaster area, S2875 [9AP]

Mississippi River: Yazoo Basin and tributaries projects funding, S7480, S7481 [15JY]

National Flood Insurance Program: reauthorization (S. 1179), S9411 [16SE], S10305 [1OC]

New Hampshire: 368th Engineer Battalion anniversary, S7021 [8JY]

NIST: wind research funding, S8078 [24JY]

North Dakota: assistance, S2808, S2817 [8AP], S2871, S2879-S2881 [9AP], S3068, S3069 [14AP], S3702, S3718-S3721 [25AP], S3787-S3789 [29AP], S3880, S3881 [1MY], S4196, S4199, S4202 [8MY], S4278 [9MY], S4974, S4975 [22MY], S5093-S5095 [23MY]

———tribute to relief efforts, S3722 [25AP]

———tribute to residents relative to actions during flood disaster, S12191 [8NO]

North Sioux City, SD: tribute to Gateway 2000 (business), S5545 [11JN]

Oklahoma City, OK: anniversary of bombing of Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, S4911 [21MY]

———verdict in the trial on the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, S5173 [2JN], S5302 [5JN]

Oklahoma City National Memorial: establish as a unit of the National Park System and create the Oklahoma City Memorial Trust (S. 871), S5463 [10JN], S8410-S8415 [31JY], S9911-S9914 [25SE]

Pacific Northwest Emergency Management Arrangement: congressional consent (S.J. Res. 35), S7775 [21JY]

Rapid City, SD: destruction of historic Sweeney Building in downtown fire, S4668 [19MY]

———tribute to Beta Sigma Phi (fraternal organization) chapter, S5546 [11JN]

———tribute to Butler Machinery (business), S5633 [12JN]

———tribute to United Way chapter, S5632 [12JN]

Rockingham County, NH: jail reimbursement funding, S7845 [22JY]

Russell, Garrett: tribute to efforts relative to floods in North Dakota, S6781 [27JN]

Senate: tribute to staff members assisting in passage of disaster relief legislation, S7317 [11JY]

South Dakota: assistance, S2808, S2818 [8AP], S2879-S2881 [9AP], S3236 [16AP], S3787-S3789 [29AP], S4164, S4196, S4199, S4202 [8MY]

———tribute to relief efforts, S3545 [23AP]

———tribute to Sioux Valley Hospital nurses for disaster relief activities, S7316 [11JY]

Taxation: treatment of income tax returns relative to Presidentially declared disaster areas (S. 585), S3215, S3216 [15AP]

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

———treatment of residents in areas affected by disasters, S6337 [25JN]

Texas City, TX: anniversary of industrial accident, S3296 [16AP], S3313 [17AP]

Tornadoes: disaster assistance to Arkansas, S1807 [3MR]

———disaster assistance to Michigan, S6971 [8JY], S7433 [15JY]

Vermont: tribute to flood relief efforts, S7659 [17JY]

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

Reports filed

Allow Families of International Airline Disaster Victims a Fair Jury Trial To Receive Just Compensation for Their Loss: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 2005) (H. Rept. 105-201), H5777 [24JY]

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 1469, Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief and Overseas Peacekeeping Operations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 162) (H. Rept. 105-120), H3566 [5JN]

Consideration of H.R. 1469, Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief and Overseas Peacekeeping Operations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 146) (H. Rept. 105-96), H2589 [13MY]

———Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 149) (H. Rept. 105-97), H2678 [14MY]

Disaster Assistance Plans by Foreign Air Carriers: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 2476) (H. Rept. 105-371), H9864 [31OC]

Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act Appropriations: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 910) (S. Rept. 105-59), S8358 [30JY]

———Committee on Science (House) (H.R. 2249) (H. Rept. 105-238), H6714 [1AU]

Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief and Overseas Peacekeeping Operations: Committee of Conference (H.R. 1469) (H. Rept. 105-119), H3475 [4JN]

———Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 1469) (H. Rept. 105-83), H1987 [29AP]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 672) (S. Rept. 105-16), S3843 [30AP]

Establish Oklahoma City National Memorial as a Unit of the National Park System and Create Oklahoma City Memorial Trust: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 871), S8358 [30JY]

Establish Oklahoma City National Memorial as a Unit of the National Park System and Create the Oklahoma City Memorial Trust: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 871) (S. Rept. 105-71), S8668 [2SE]

Nomination of Jo Ann Jay Howard To Be FEMA Federal Insurance Administrator: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate), S11668 [4NO]

Oklahoma City National Memorial Act: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 1849) (H. Rept. 105-316), H8727 [8OC]

Same-Day Consideration of Certain Resolutions: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 165) (H. Rept. 105-128), H3719 [11JN]

Rulings of the Chair

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (H.R. 1469), H2744, H2745, H2749, H2757, H2760 [15MY]

———making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (H.R. 1469), conference report, H3536 [5JN]

———making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (S. 672), S4203 [8MY]

Summaries

Availability of Credit in Disaster Areas, S3941 [5MY]

Depository Institution Disaster Relief Act (S. 652), S3728 [25AP]

Federal Reinsurance Contracts for Eligible State Insurance Programs Covering Homeowners Impacted by Natural Disasters (H.R. 219), E67 [7JA]

Tables

Emergency supplemental appropriations for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (H.R. 1469), H2699-H2705 [15MY], H3522-H3532 [5JN]

Emergency supplemental appropriations for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (H.R. 1871), H3774-H3784 [12JN]

Emergency supplemental appropriations for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (S. 672), S4188 [8MY]

Testimonies

San Pedro Creek Wetlands Restoration and Flood Control Project: Representative Lantos, E752 [24AP]

Texts of

H. Res. 146, consideration of H.R. 1469, emergency supplemental appropriations for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations, H2600 [14MY]

H. Res. 149, consideration of H.R. 1469, emergency supplemental appropriations for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations, H2687 [15MY]

H.R. 1469, emergency supplemental appropriations for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations, S4633-S4645 [16MY]

H.R. 1871, emergency supplemental appropriations for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations, S5558-S5574 [12JN], H3757-H3773 [12JN]

H.R. 2005, allow families of international airline disaster victims a fair jury trial to receive just compensation for their loss, H5843 [28JY]

S. 16, Cattle Industry Improvement Act, S340-S343 [21JA]

S. 222, National Drought Policy Act, S12498 [10NO]

S. 383, reimburse certain State and local jurisdictions for support of Federal rescue and salvage operations relative to crash of Trans World Airlines Flight 800, S1798 [28FE]

S. 643, Tobacco Subsidy Reduction Act, S3664 [24AP]

S. 647, Emergency Spending Control Act, S3676 [24AP]

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

S. 871, establish Oklahoma City National Memorial as a unit of the National Park System and create the Oklahoma City Memorial Trust, S8413 [31JY]

S. 871, Oklahoma City National Memorial Act, S9911-S9913 [25SE], H7642 [23SE]

S. 910, Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act appropriations, S5701 [16JN], S8524 [31JY], S8672 [2SE], H7298 [16SE]

S. 943, allow families of international airline disaster victims a fair jury trial to receive just compensation for their loss, S6041 [20JN]

S. 1007, Disaster Streamlining and Costs Reduction Act, S7215-S7217 [10JY]

S. 1179, National Flood Insurance Program reauthorization, S10306 [1OC]

S. 1231, U.S. Fire Administration appropriations, S10063 [26SE]

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

S. 1523, investment of joint Federal and State funds from the civil settlement of damages from the Exxon Valdez (vessel) oil spill, S12508 [12NO]

S.J. Res. 35, congressional consent to Pacific Northwest Emergency Management Arrangement, S7775 [21JY]