COVERDELL, PAUL (a Senator from Georgia)

Amendments

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (S. 672), S4021, S4022, S4023, S4024, S4025 [6MY]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 949), S6473, S6533, S6544 [26JN], S6683, S6766 [27JN]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1998-2002 (S. Con. Res. 27), S4834, S4840, S4871, S4873, S4874, S4903, S4904, S4907, S4908, S4909 [21MY], S5028, S5032, S5034, S5141, S5142 [23MY]

China, People's Republic of: political and economic sanctions relative to human rights violations (S. 810), S6198 [24JN]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 936), S6026, S6045 [20JN], S6950, S6952 [7JY], S7013, S7014 [8JY], S7123 [9JY], S7219 [10JY], S7268 [11JY]

Dept. of State and related agencies: authorizing appropriations and consolidating certain agencies (S. 903), S5704 [16JN], S5882 [17JN]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (S. 1023), S7661, S7699, S7734, S7735 [17JY]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: authorizing appropriations (S. 1022), S8071, S8102 [24JY], S8213, S8278 [29JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (S. 1061), S8908, S8910, S8927, S8928 [8SE]

District of Columbia: making appropriations (S. 1156), S9899 [24SE]

Hazardous substances: nuclear waste disposal (S. 104), S3058 [10AP]

IRS: impose criminal penalties for unauthorized inspection of tax return information (S. 522), S3180, S3226 [15AP]

Mexico: disapprove foreign aid certification of drug enforcement efforts (H.J. Res. 58), S2582, S2720 [20MR]

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

Volunteer workers: grant immunity from personal civil liability during work on behalf of governmental entities or nonprofit organizations (S. 543), S3875, S3914 [1MY]

Appointments

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

Committee To Escort the President, H273 [4FE]

Conferee: H.R. 1757, Dept. of State and related agencies appropriations and consolidation of certain agencies, S8222 [29JY]

Articles and editorials

Comp Time's Time Has Come, Chuck Alston, Wall Street Journal, S4514 [15MY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

African Elephant Conservation Act: reauthorize (see S. 627), S3736 [25AP]

Agriculture: restore the effectiveness of certain provisions of the Agricultural Adjustment Act regulating Federal milk marketing orders (see S. 277), S1017 [5FE]

Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa River Basin Compact: congressional consent (see S.J. Res. 33), S6727 [27JN]

Apalachiocola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin Compact: congressional consent (see S.J. Res. 32), S6727 [27JN]

Armed Forces: feasibility of using the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program for Medicare-eligible retirees under the military health care system (see S. 1334), S11550 [31OC]

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

Bankruptcy: prohibit courts from reducing property tax liens earmarked for education and allow child support claimants to access exempt assets (see S. 1149), S8823 [4SE]

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

———create a tax cut reserve fund to protect revenues generated by economic growth (see S. 800), S5265 [3JN]

China, People's Republic of: political and economic sanctions relative to human rights violations (see S. 810), S6191 [24JN]

———U.S. policy (see S. 1083, 1164), S8367 [30JY], S9197 [11SE]

Civil liberties: display of the Ten Commandments in public places (see S. Con. Res. 13), S3561 [23AP]

Congress: constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority on the passage of legislation increasing revenue (see S.J. Res. 9), S163 [21JA]

Contracts: prohibit discrimination in awarding Federal contracts on the basis of labor policies (see S. 606), S3348 [17AP]

Courts: access relative to Federal agency actions and State laws (see S. 1256), S10428 [6OC]

———liability of businesses providing facility tours (see S. 566), S3117 [14AP]

———liability of businesses providing use of facilities to nonprofit organizations (see S. 564), S3117 [14AP]

———liability of businesses providing use of motor vehicles or aircraft to nonprofit organizations (see S. 565), S3117 [14AP]

———liability of businesses relative to donation of equipment to nonprofit organizations (see S. 563), S3117 [14AP]

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

———treatment of penalties relative to powdered cocaine and crack cocaine (see S. 260), S7965 [23JY]

Crime: constitutional amendment on protection of victims' rights (see S.J. Res. 6), S2792 [7AP]

———enhance punishment for telemarketing fraud (see S. 489), S6918 [7JY]

———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]

———provide penalties for the acquisition or use of chemical or biological weapons and reduce acts of terrorism using such weapons (see S. 495), S2646 [20MR]

Death and dying: recognize suicide as a national problem (see S. Res. 83, 84), S3998 [6MY]

``Dedication and Unveiling of the Statue of Richard Brevard Russell, Jr.'': authorize printing (see S. Res. 90), S5109 [23MY]

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

Dept. of Defense: allow military health care system beneficiaries the option to enroll in Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (see S. 224), S5935 [18JN]

———disapproval of line-item vetoes in military construction appropriations legislation (see S. 1292), S10787 [9OC]

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), S9019 [9SE]

———research programs for Parkinson's disease (see S. 535), S4116 [7MY]

District of Columbia: provide scholarship assistance for elementary and secondary school students (see S. 847), S5342 [5JN]

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

Edison, Thomas A.: mint coins in commemoration of sesquicentennial of birth (see S. 299), S1226 [11FE]

Education: Federal funding relative to voluntary school prayer (see S. 185), S2707 [20MR]

Employment: provide compensatory time opportunities, flexible workplaces, and clarify minimum wage and overtime requirements of private sector employees (see S. 4), S158 [21JA]

Endangered Species Act: reauthorize (see S. 1180), S10233 [30SE]

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

Federal agencies and departments: assess impact of policies and regulations on families (see S. 891, 1002), S5595 [12JN], S7210 [10JY]

Federal employees: use of certain trust funds to pay union activities of Social Security Administration and Dept. of HHS employees (see S. 139), S768 [28JA]

Freedom of information: require disclosure of information on certain individuals relative to Nazi war crimes during World War II (see S. 1379), S11764 [5NO]

Georgia: include additional counties as part of Appalachian region (see S. 884), S6191 [24JN]

Government regulations: analyze impact and improve congressional deliberation of proposed Federal private sector mandates (see S. 389), S2857 [8AP]

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

Hazardous substances: nuclear waste disposal (see S. 104), S1480 [24FE]

Health: liability protection for suppliers of raw material and component parts to medical device manufacturers (see S. 364), S9976 [25SE]

———revise and extend mammography quality standards programs (see S. 537), S5425 [9JN]

Hong Kong: U.S. wishes of good fortune upon transition of sovereignty from Great Britain to the People's Republic of China (see S. Res. 105), S6728 [27JN]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: reauthorize (see S. 717), S4395 [13MY]

Insects: establish advisory board on control, management, and eradication of imported fire ants (see S. 932), S8203 [28JY]

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]

IRS: congressional review of regulations increasing Federal revenue (see S. 831), S5341 [5JN]

———restructure (see S. 1096), S10332 [3OC]

Israel: anniversary of reunification of Jerusalem (see S. Con. Res. 21), S3803 [29AP]

Lewis and Clark expedition: bicentennial (see S. Res. 57), S1926 [4MR]

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

Members of Congress: constitutional amendment to limit terms (see S.J. Res. 16), S1300 [12FE]

Monuments and memorials: establish National Peace Garden Monument (see S. 731), S5265 [3JN]

Mother Teresa: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 689), S3901 [1MY]

National Character Counts Week: designate (see S. Res. 63), S4396 [13MY]

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

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), S9020 [9SE]

National security: national missile defense system (see S. 7), S158 [21JA]

Office of Religious Persecution Monitoring: establish (see S. 772), S4879 [21MY]

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

Public utilities: revision of the regulatory policies governing public utility holding companies (see S. 621), S3419 [22AP]

Real estate: extend FHA mortgage insurance program coverage to home equity conversion mortgages for elderly homeowners (see S. 562), S3736 [25AP]

Real property: private property owner rights (see S. 781), S9337 [15SE]

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

Schools: limit use of exclusionary rule in school disciplinary proceedings relative to possession of a firearm (see S. 989), S8926 [8SE]

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

Small business: protection from litigation excesses (see S. 836), S5341 [5JN]

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]

———capital gains rates (see S. 72), S1681 [26FE]

———change date for filing of Federal income tax returns (see S. 583), S3456 [22AP]

———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), S4611 [15MY]

———exempt certain small businesses from use of electronic fund transfer system for depository taxes (see S. 570), S3967 [5MY]

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

———provide incentives for investment in renewal communities (see S. 432), S3560 [23AP]

———repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (see S. 75), S1681 [26FE]

———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see S. 1520), S12615 [13NO]

———treatment of certain agricultural installment sales as alternative minimum tax preference items (see S. 181), S768 [28JA]

———treatment of certain depreciable asset expenses by small businesses (see S. 76), S1681 [26FE]

———treatment of higher education expenses (see S. 1116), S8532 [31JY]

———treatment of individual retirement accounts (see S. 883), S5622 [12JN]

———treatment of small businesses (see S. 74), S1681 [26FE]

———treatment of Social Security benefits (see S. 859), S11880 [6NO]

———treatment of State tuition programs (see S. 594), S3269 [16AP]

Tobacco products: provide market transition assistance for tobacco producers, industry workers, and their communities (see S. 1310), S11465 [30OC]

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), S5596 [12JN]

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

Voting: guarantee the right of all active duty military personnel, merchant mariners, and their dependents to vote in Federal, State, and local elections (see S. 278), S1017 [5FE]

Water pollution: estuary conservation and management programs funding (see S. 1222), S12615 [13NO]

Women: comprehensive pension protection (see S. 620), S4322 [12MY]

World War II: burial and funeral benefits for merchant marine veterans (see S. 61), S10808 [9OC]

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

Bills and resolutions introduced

Charities: clarify antitrust immunity for charitable gift annuities (see S. 921), S5790 [17JN]

Courts: treatment of private property owners relative to Government seizure (see S. 1204), S9785 [23SE]

Diplomats: require report to Congress relative to diplomatic immunity (see S. 759), S4658 [16MY]

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

IRS: accountability in tax collection practices and procedures (see S. 365), S1659 [26FE]

———impose criminal penalties for unauthorized inspection of tax return information (see S. 521, 522), S2837 [8AP]

J. Phil Campbell, Sr., Natural Resources Conservation Center, Watkinsville, GA: designate (see S. 338), S1382 [13FE]

J. Roy Rowland Federal Courthouse, Dublin, GA: designate (see S. 715), S4106 [7MY]

Jimmy Carter National Historic Site: acquisition of the Plains Railroad Depot (see S. 669), S3844 [30AP]

Labor unions: repeal certain provisions of law requiring employees to pay union dues or fees as a condition of employment (see S. 497), S2646 [20MR]

Little League Baseball, Inc.: extend benefits and privileges available to nongovernmental international organizations (see S. Con. Res. 37), S6990 [8JY]

Mexico: disapprove foreign aid certification of drug enforcement efforts (see S.J. Res. 19, 20), S1828 [3MR]

———disapprove foreign aid certification of drug enforcement efforts, but grant national interest waiver (see S.J. Res. 21), S1828 [3MR]

Postal Service: eliminate the double postage rule under which competitors of the Postal Service are required to charge above market prices (see S. 1107), S8532 [31JY]

Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport: designate (see S. 1297), S10859 [20OC]

Taxation: constitutional amendment to prohibit retroactive taxation (see S.J. Res. 17), S1659 [26FE]

———prohibit retroactive taxation (see S. 366), S1659 [26FE]

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

Volunteer workers: grant immunity from personal civil liability during work on behalf of governmental entities or nonprofit organizations (see S. 543, 544), S2901 [9AP]

William Augustus Bootle Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Macon, GA: designate (see S. 478), S2552 [19MR]

Women: allow women's business development centers to contract with Federal departments and agencies to provide support for women-owned small businesses (see S. 925), S5790 [17JN]

Cloture motions

Dept. of Defense: authorizing military activities appropriations and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1119), conference report, S11331 [29OC], S11512 [31OC]

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), S4350 [13MY], S4514 [15MY], S5174 [2JN], S5290 [4JN]

FDA: modernize (S. 830), S8721 [3SE], S8821 [4SE], S8839 [5SE], S9146 [11SE], S9375 [16SE], S9632 [18SE]

Foreign trade: establish negotiating objectives and fast-track procedures for future trade agreements (S. 1269), S11512 [31OC], S11632 [4NO]

Taxation: treatment of education individual retirement accounts relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R. 2646), S11321 [29OC], S11510 [31OC], S11626 [4NO]

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

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]

Letters

Executive authority relative to Federal procurement: Large & Gilbert (accounting firm), S3402 [22AP]

Foreign aid certification of Mexico relative to drug enforcement efforts: President Clinton, S4647 [16MY]

Moody AFB, GA, HH-60 OPS/pararescue project funding: by, S11418 [30OC]

National Women's Business Council funding: Carolyn Stradley, C&S Paving, Inc., S8974 [9SE]

Sallie Mae First Class Teacher Award: by, S9510 [17SE]

Suspend certification procedures for major drug producing and transit countries: by, S7568 [16JY]

Volunteer Protection Act: Gordon Banks, American Industrial Association, S3764 [29AP]

———Stephen D. Keener, National Little League Baseball, Inc., S3764 [29AP]

Lists

Georgia Agri-Leaders Forum class, S2641 [20MR]

Motions

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

Remarks

American Legion: tribute to medical college scholarships for students in Georgia, S10902 [21OC]

Appropriations: establish automatic system for continuing appropriations, S5405, S5406 [9JN]

———making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (H.R. 1469), conference report, S5406 [9JN]

———making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (S. 672), S3825 [30AP]

Atlanta, GA: funding for construction of commuter runway at Hartsfield International Airport, S8253, S8254 [29JY]

———tribute to Lauren's Run fundraiser for Lauren Zagoria Pediatric Cancer Research Fellowship at City of Hope National Medical Center, S4389 [13MY]

Budget: balance, S6030, S6033 [20JN]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced (S.J. Res. 1), S1252 [12FE], S1904 [4MR]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), S7887 [23JY], S8175 [28JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), conference report, S8442 [31JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2015), S8175 [28JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 949), S6683, S6684 [27JN]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1998-2002 (S. Con. Res. 27), S4871, S4873 [21MY], S5032 [23MY]

Centers for Disease Control: suicide prevention initiative funding, S9113 [11SE]

Charities: clarify antitrust immunity for charitable gift annuities (S. 921), S5809 [17JN]

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

Children and youth: funding for school transfers for victims of violent crime, S5032 [23MY]

Clinton, President: executive authority relative to Federal procurement regulations, S3316 [17AP], S3402, S3403, S3404 [22AP]

Cohen, Brad: Sallie Mae First Class Teacher Award recipient, S9510 [17SE]

Committees of the Senate: authorizing expenditures (S. Res. 54), S1418 [13FE]

Contracts: prohibit discrimination in awarding Federal contracts on the basis of labor policies (S. 606), S3318, S3320 [17AP]

Courts: treatment of private property owners relative to Government seizure (S. 1204), S9789 [23SE]

Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission: recommendations, S7084 [9JY]

———recommendations relative to the privatization of depot maintenance, S5906 [18JN], S5980 [19JN], S6027 [20JN], S11837 [6NO]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 924), S5906 [18JN]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 936), S5980, S5981 [19JN], S6027 [20JN], S7084 [9JY]

———authorizing military activities appropriations and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1119), conference report, S11837 [6NO]

———competitive procurement and contract practices, S11837 [6NO]

———disapproval of line-item vetoes in military construction appropriations legislation (S. 1292), S11419 [30OC]

Dept. of Education: provide training and assistance to protect victims of and witnesses to violence at elementary and secondary schools, S8911 [8SE]

Dept. of HHS: funding to prevent E. coli in cattle, enhance safe food handling practices, and improve treatment for related diseases in humans, S8908 [8SE], S9058, S9059, S9063, S9064 [10SE], S9109 [11SE]

Dept. of State: counternarcotics activities, S5762 [17JN]

Dept. of State and related agencies: authorizing appropriations and consolidating certain agencies (S. 903), S5762 [17JN]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2107), S9621 [18SE]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (S. 1048), S8253, S8254 [29JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (S. 1061), S8908, S8911 [8SE], S9058, S9059, S9063, S9064 [10SE], S9109, S9113 [11SE]

Disasters: assistance to North Dakota, S3789 [29AP]

———assistance to South Dakota, S3789 [29AP]

District of Columbia: making appropriations (S. 1156), S10317 [3OC]

Education: provide for safe and affordable schools (S. 1), S163 [21JA], S9713, S9720 [19SE]

Employment: provide compensatory time opportunities, flexible workplaces, and clarify minimum wage and overtime requirements of private sector employees (S. 4), S4514, S4515 [15MY], S4628, S4629, S4630 [16MY], S5406, S5407, S5408, S5409, S5411, S5412 [9JN]

Esperna, Jeanine: privilege of the floor, S3320 [17AP]

Families and domestic relations: parental involvement in prevention of drug use by children, S4873 [21MY]

Foreign aid: international family planning programs restrictions relative to abortion (H.R. 581), S1418 [13FE]

———suspend certification procedures for major drug producing and transit countries, S7573 [16JY]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (S. 955), S7573, S7578 [16JY]

Foreign policy: suspend certification procedures for major drug producing and transit countries, S7578 [16JY]

Georgia: anti-drug efforts, S9510 [17SE]

———tribute to Georgia Agri-Leaders Forum, S2641 [20MR]

Government: shutdown relative to budget process, S3825 [30AP]

Herman, Alexis M.: nomination to be Sec. of Labor, S3827 [30AP]

IRS: Committee on Finance (Senate) hearings on enforcement authorities to collect delinquent taxes, S9992, S9994 [26SE]

———impose criminal penalties for unauthorized inspection of tax return information (S. 521), S2844 [8AP]

———impose criminal penalties for unauthorized inspection of tax return information (S. 522), S3180, S3184 [15AP]

———improve operations and governance, S10311, S10312, S10314 [3OC]

J. Phil Campbell, Sr., Natural Resources Conservation Center, Watkinsville, GA: designate (H.R. 785), S3065 [10AP]

Labor unions: repeal certain provisions of law requiring employees to pay union dues or fees as a condition of employment (S. 497), S2669 [20MR]

Mexico: disapprove foreign aid certification of drug enforcement efforts (H.J. Res. 58), S2581, S2586, S2587, S2590, S2597, S2598, S2604 [20MR], S4647 [16MY]

———disapprove foreign aid certification of drug enforcement efforts (H.J. Res. 58), unanimous-consent agreement, S2598 [20MR]

———disapprove foreign aid certification of drug enforcement efforts (S.J. Res. 19), S1818, S1840, S1841 [3MR]

———disapprove foreign aid certification of drug enforcement efforts (S.J. Res. 20), S1840, S1841 [3MR]

———disapprove foreign aid certification of drug enforcement efforts, but grant national interest waiver (S.J. Res. 21), S1840, S1841 [3MR]

Moody AFB, GA: HH-60 OPS/pararescue project funding, S11419 [30OC]

National Agriculture Day: observance, S2641 [20MR]

National Erase the Hate and Eliminate Racism Day: designate (S. Res. 78), S3813, S3814 [30AP]

National Women's Business Council: funding, S8974 [9SE]

Parliamentary inquiry, S5405 [9JN]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (S. 25), S10317 [3OC], S10721 [9OC]

Postal Service: eliminate the double postage rule under which competitors of the Postal Service are required to charge above market prices (S. 1107), S8571 [31JY]

Presidential appointments: Senate process for confirmation of diplomatic nominees, S8147 [25JY]

Savannah, GA: tribute to Southside Savannah Raiders baseball team, S10227 [30SE]

SBA: reauthorize programs (S. 1139), S8974 [9SE]

Senate: legislative program, S1252 [12FE], S1423 [13FE], S3748, S3759 [28AP], S3808 [29AP], S3831 [30AP], S3861 [1MY], S4661, S4662 [16MY], S6670 [27JN], S10338 [3OC], S11503 [31OC]

Small business: protection from litigation excesses (S. 836), S5350 [5JN]

Stephens, David: privilege of the floor, S3320 [17AP]

Taxation: constitutional amendment to prohibit retroactive taxation (S.J. Res. 17), S1676-S1678 [26FE]

———prohibit retroactive taxation, S4871 [21MY]

———rates, S3076 [14AP], S6030, S6033 [20JN], S7887 [23JY], S8175 [28JY], S8442 [31JY]

———treatment of education individual retirement accounts relative to elementary and secondary school expenses, S6683, S6684 [27JN]

———treatment of education individual retirement accounts relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R. 2646), S11503, S11504, S11505, S11506, S11509, S11510 [31OC], S11625 [4NO]

———treatment of education savings accounts, S9713, S9720 [19SE]

Volunteer workers: grant immunity from personal civil liability during work on behalf of governmental entities or nonprofit organizations (S. 543), S3747 [28AP], S3763, S3768, S3769, S3772, S3780, S3783, S3784, S3789, S3791, S3792, S3796, S3797 [29AP], S3810, S3815, S3818, S3819, S3826, S3827-S3831, S3833, S3835 [30AP], S3861, S3866, S3871, S3872, S3874, S3876, S3879, S3880 [1MY], S4917 [21MY]

———grant immunity from personal civil liability during work on behalf of governmental entities or nonprofit organizations (S. 544), S2927 [9AP]

Votes: correction, S7185 [10JY]

Women: allow women's business development centers to contract with Federal departments and agencies to provide support for women-owned small businesses (S. 925), S5870 [17JN]

Testimonies

Volunteer Protection Act: John H. Graham IV, S3765 [29AP]

Texts of

S. 1, Safe and Affordable Schools Act, S164-S176 [21JA]

S. 544, Volunteer Protection Act, S2927-S2929 [9AP]

S. 1204, Property Owners Access to Justice Act, S9789 [23SE]

Tributes

Blitch, Pierce, Jr., S2016 [6MR]

Oldfield, John H., Jr., S11786 [5NO]

Robinson, Jackie, S3230 [15AP]

Thurmond, Senator, S5438 [10JN]

Williams, Owen, S3926 [1MY]