D'AMATO, ALFONSE (a Senator from New York)

Amendments

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (S. 1033), S7898, S7966 [23JY]

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (S. 672), S4027, S4029, S4030, S4031 [6MY], S4046, S4048, S4096, S4116, S4124 [7MY]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 947), S6152, S6173, S6178, S6252, S6254, S6263, S6267 [24JN], S6372 [25JN]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 949), S6473, S6532, S6543, S6552 [26JN], S6687, S6762, S6766, S6770, S6771 [27JN]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1998-2002 (S. Con. Res. 27), S4833, S4861, S4869, S4903, S4907 [21MY], S5016 [22MY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 936), S6880, S6921, S6932, S6940 [7JY], S6961, S7013 [8JY], S7109, S7121 [9JY], S7218 [10JY], S7236, S7271, S7276, S7306, S7308 [11JY]

Dept. of State and related agencies: authorizing appropriations and consolidating certain agencies (S. 903), S5669, S5704, S5705 [16JN], S5880 [17JN]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (S. 1048), S8183, S8203 [28JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (S. 1061), S8711, S8712, S8734, S8735 [3SE], S8785, S8786, S8833 [4SE]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (S. 1034), S7834, S7870, S7871 [22JY]

FDA: modernize (S. 830), S9236 [11SE]

Financial institutions: applicability of host State laws to any branch in such State of an out-of-State bank (H.R. 1306), S5628, S5637 [12JN]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (S. 955), S7588, S7592, S7610, S7611, S7613, S7615 [16JY]

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

Truth in Lending Act: require notice of cancellation rights relative to private mortgage insurance (H.R. 607), S12619, S12681 [13NO]

Appointments

Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, S1336 [12FE]

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

———S. 1026, Eximbank reauthorization, S11574 [31OC]

Articles and editorials

Diktat From Washington, Jim Hoagland, Washington (DC) Post, S7024 [8JY]

Minister Gives Backing To U.S. Free Trade Bill for North, Jim Fitzpatrick, Irish News (publication), S12144 [8NO]

Palestinian Security Official Detained in Israel—Colonel Tirawi Ordered Land Dealers Murders, Eitan Rabin and Amira Hass, Ha'aretz (Israeli publication), S5371 [5JN]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

African Elephant Conservation Act: reauthorize (see S. 627), S3914 [1MY]

AMA: anniversary (see S. Res. 94), S5622 [12JN]

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

Armed Forces: procedures for determining status of certain missing members (see S. 755), S8098 [24JY]

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

Aviation: allow families of international airline disaster victims a fair jury trial to receive just compensation for their loss (see S. 943), S7869 [22JY]

Balanced Budget Act: disapproval of line-item veto of certain Medicaid provisions (see S. 1144), S8723 [3SE]

Belarus: independence anniversary (see S. Con. Res. 18), S2647 [20MR]

Boys and Girls Clubs of America: funding (see S. 476), S4611 [15MY]

Braude, Beatrice: relief of estate (see S. 152), S162 [21JA]

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]

Business and industry: maintain standards for ``Made in USA'' label (see S. Con. Res. 52), S11599 [3NO]

Cancer Research Trust Fund: establish relative to biomedical research (see S. 728), S4217 [8MY]

Census: include ancestry data on decennial census (see S. Con. Res. 12), S8156 [25JY]

China, Republic of: admission to multilateral economic institutions (see S. Con. Res. 30), S7777 [21JY]

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

Clean Air Act: reduce acid deposition (see S. 1097), S8531 [31JY]

Coins: establish circulating commemorative coin program commemorating each State (see S. 1228), S10055 [26SE]

Copyrights: duration of protection (see S. 505), S2646 [20MR]

Courts: jurisdiction for lawsuits against terrorist States (see S. 568), S3117 [14AP]

Crime: constitutional amendment on protection of victims' rights (see S.J. Res. 6), S3225 [15AP]

———Federal penalties for the killing or attempted killing of a law enforcement officer of the District of Columbia (see S. 294), S4395 [13MY]

———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]

———reduce interstate street gang and organized crime activity (see S. 54), S160 [21JA]

Death and dying: prohibit Federal funding for assisted suicide, euthanasia, or mercy killing (see S. 304), S2025 [6MR]

Depository institutions: availability of credit in disaster areas (see S. 652), S3967 [5MY]

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

———establish temporary emergency minimum milk prices (see S. Res. 119), S9018 [9SE]

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

Dept. of the Treasury: develop and implement a strategy to combat money laundering and other financial crimes (see S. 1003), S7210 [10JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve procedures for resolving claims of employment discrimination (see S. 801), S10484 [7OC]

———make permanent the Native American Veteran Housing Loan Program (see S. 714), S10484 [7OC]

———specify the frequency of screening mammograms provided to women veterans (see S. 999), S12478 [10NO]

Diseases: accurate guidelines for breast cancer screening for certain women (see S. Res. 47), S945 [4FE]

———increase funding for breast cancer research (see S. 67), S9897 [24SE]

———issue special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see S. 726), S4217 [8MY]

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

Drugs: establish matching grant program for local communities that first demonstrate a long-term commitment to reduce youth substance abuse (see S. 536), S2901 [9AP]

Education: improve and expand charter schools (see S. 1380), S11764 [5NO]

———provide for safe and affordable schools (see S. 1), S1479 [24FE]

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

EPA: reestablish the Office of Noise Abatement and Control (see S. 951), S12614 [13NO]

ERISA: clarify treatment of investment managers (see S. 1227), S10055 [26SE]

Eximbank: reauthorization (see S. 1026), S7710 [17JY]

Federal employees: delays in retirement cost-of-living adjustments (see S. Con. Res. 7), S2932 [9AP]

Flags: mandate the display of the POW/MIA flag on various occasions and in various locations (see S. 528), S4247 [8MY]

Foreign trade: substitute the term ``normal trade relations'' in lieu of ``most-favored-nation treatment'' (see S. 747), S4588 [15MY]

Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial: design and construct a permanent addition (see S.J. Res. 29), S3901 [1MY]

Freedom of information: require disclosure of information on certain individuals relative to Nazi war crimes during World War II (see S. 150, 1379), S162 [21JA], S11764 [5NO]

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]

Germany: expand reparations criteria and set up a comprehensive medical fund for Holocaust survivors (see S. Con. Res. 39), S8156 [25JY]

Government regulations: analyze impact and improve congressional deliberation of proposed Federal private sector mandates (see S. 389), S5464 [10JN]

Grant's Tomb National Monument: designate (see S. 155), S162 [21JA]

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

Health: biomedical research funding (see S. Res. 15), S163 [21JA]

Hong Kong: support autonomous governance after reversion to the People's Republic of China (see S. Con. Res. 38), S7424 [14JY]

Hope, Bob: confer honorary Armed Forces veteran status (see S.J. Res. 36), S8186 [28JY]

Immigration: arrival and departure requirements for Canadian citizens relative to automated entry and exit control systems (see S. 1360), S11678 [4NO]

———make Religious Worker Visa Program permanent (see S. 1198), S9637 [18SE]

Income: exemption from the requirement that all Federal payments be made by electronic funds transfer (see S. 874), S5703 [16JN]

Insurance: coverage and treatment of emergency services under health plans (see S. 356), S7303 [11JY]

———prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (see S. 89), S7965 [23JY]

Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act: extend (see S. 1519), S12461 [10NO]

———reauthorize (see S. 586), S3199 [15AP]

International Atomic Energy Agency: withhold U.S. assistance for programs or projects in Cuba (see S. 1073), S8608 [31JY]

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

Iran: impose sanctions on foreign persons who transfer items contributing to efforts to acquire, develop, or produce ballistic missiles (see S. 1311), S11034 [23OC]

———sanctions relative to acquisition of certain missiles (see S. Res. 82), S3960 [5MY]

Irish American Heritage Month: designate (see S. Res. 59), S1553 [25FE]

IRS: impose criminal penalties for unauthorized inspection of tax return information (see S. 522), S3224 [15AP]

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

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

———condemn terrorist bombing in Jerusalem (see S. Con. Res. 50), S8926 [8SE]

Italy: restoration of the Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi (see S. Res. 131), S10428 [6OC]

Labor unions: Presidential actions relative to resolving the dispute between American Airlines, Inc., and the Allied Pilots Association (see S. Res. 53), S1226 [11FE]

Law enforcement officers: protect Federal officers who intervene in certain violent situations outside the scope of their employment (see S. 1031), S7710 [17JY]

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), S3844 [30AP]

———increase the minimum Federal medical assistance percentage (see S. 125), S161 [21JA]

Medicare: allow beneficiaries to enter into private contracts for services (see S. 1194), S11880 [6NO]

———bone mass measurements (see S. 649), S3662 [24AP]

———establish consumer protections for supplemental insurance plans (see S. 701), S3998 [6MY]

———provide beneficiaries with additional information to select health care plans (see S. 789), S5001 [22MY]

———provide coverage through qualified provider-sponsored organizations (see S. 146), S2374 [17MR]

———reimbursement for nurse practitioners in health professional shortage areas (see S. 370), S3455 [22AP]

———reimbursement for physician assistants in health professional shortage areas (see S. 371), S3456 [22AP]

Memorial Day: proclaim a nationwide moment of remembrance (see S. Res. 76), S4683 [19MY]

Mexico: disapprove foreign aid certification of drug enforcement efforts (see S.J. Res. 19, 20), S2569 [19MR]

———disapprove foreign aid certification of drug enforcement efforts, but grant national interest waiver (see S.J. Res. 21), S2569 [19MR]

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

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

National Cancer Institute: increase involvement of advocates in breast cancer research (see S. 86), S899 [30JA]

National cemeteries: penalties for theft and malicious vandalism (see S. 813), S10861 [20OC]

National Character Counts Week: designate (see S. Res. 63), S2708 [20MR]

National Correctional Officers and Employees Week: designate (see S. Res. 64), S2792 [7AP]

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]

National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week: designate (see S. Res. 111), S8670 [2SE]

National Literacy Day: designate (see S. Res. 92), S5265 [3JN]

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

National Park Service: establish the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Program (see S. 887), S9800 [23SE]

National Peace Officers Memorial Day: designate (see S. Res. 79), S3750 [28AP]

National Safe Place Week: designate (see S. Res. 96), S11779 [5NO]

National Sea Grant College Program: reauthorize (see S. 927), S6005 [19JN]

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

NATO: recommend the integration of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania (see S. Con. Res. 29), S5265 [3JN]

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

Orchard Beach, NY: repair waterfront parkland (see S. 154), S162 [21JA]

Palestinian Authority: allocation of foreign aid relative to efforts against terrorism (see S. Res. 121), S9427 [16SE]

Pensions: improve retirement income security by expanding employer contributions, increasing portability, and protecting accounts (see S. 957), S6358 [25JN]

Public housing: multifamily rental assisted housing programs reform (see S. 513), S2741 [21MR]

———reform and consolidate Federal programs and redirect primary responsibility to States and localities (see S. 462), S2416 [18MR]

Public welfare programs: SSI and food stamp eligibility for legal aliens (see S. 615), S3349 [17AP]

Puerto Rico: self-determination (see S. 472), S2552 [19MR]

Roads and highways: designate Interstate 86 from New York to Pennsylvania (see S. 958), S6358 [25JN]

Ronald H. Brown Federal Building, New York, NY: designate (see S. 1108), S8532 [31JY]

Russia: proliferation of nuclear missile technology to Iran (see S. Con. Res. 48), S8533 [31JY]

Senate Rules: permit disabled employees with the privilege of the Senate floor to use supporting services on the floor (see S. Res. 71), S4011 [6MY]

Small business: increase deductions for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see S. 575), S5425 [9JN]

Social Security: eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (see S. 202), S1763 [27FE]

———treatment of final payment of benefits to surviving spouse or family members after death of beneficiary (see S. 1370), S11763 [5NO]

Taxation: allow credit for construction and renovation of commercial buildings in distressed areas (see S. 411), S2021 [6MR]

———allow married couples to file combined return under which each spouse is taxed using rates applicable to single filers (see S. 1285, 1314), S10787 [9OC], S11550 [31OC]

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

———capital gains rates (see S. 66, 501), S2145 [11MR], S2646 [20MR]

———credit for clinical testing of certain drugs for rare diseases or conditions (see S. 293), S2374 [17MR]

———credit for rehabilitating historic homes or purchasing newly rehabilitated historic homes for use as principal residence (see S. 496), S5425 [9JN]

———encourage cleanup of brownfield sites and creation of empowerment zones and enterprise communities (see S. 235), S855 [30JA]

———establish intercity passenger rail service trust fund (see S. 436), S3687 [24AP]

———exclude gain or loss from the sale of livestock from the computation of capital gains relative to the earned income credit (see S. 775), S4879 [21MY]

———exclusion of gross estate taxes of a decedent relative to certain land subject to qualified conservation easements (see S. 499), S4490 [14MY]

———exempt certain small businesses from use of electronic fund transfer system for depository taxes (see S. 570), S3117 [14AP]

———extend research and development tax credit (see S. 405), S1979 [5MR]

———modify the application of pension nondiscrimination rules to governmental plans (see S. 622), S3419 [22AP]

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

———provide flexibility in the use of unused volume cap for tax-exempt and increase limit on small issue bonds (see S. 614), S3349 [17AP]

———reform corporate alternative minimum tax (see S. 724), S4217 [8MY]

———treatment of certain agricultural installment sales as alternative minimum tax preference items (see S. 181), S3802 [29AP]

———treatment of computer software exports (see S. 387), S2375 [17MR]

———treatment of distilled spirits (see S. 711), S4106 [7MY]

———treatment of draft cider (see S. 475), S2552 [19MR]

———treatment of education individual retirement accounts relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (see S. 1133), S10233 [30SE]

———treatment of employer-provided educational assistance (see S. 127), S161 [21JA]

———treatment of family-held forest lands (see S. 552), S3757 [28AP]

———treatment of gifts of publicly-traded stock to certain private foundations (see S. 194), S818 [29JA]

———treatment of individual retirement accounts (see S. 197), S634 [22JA]

———treatment of real estate investment trusts (see S. 898), S5596 [12JN]

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

———treatment of stock in agricultural refiners or processors sold to certain farmers' cooperatives (see S. 872), S5444 [10JN]

———treatment of tax-exempt bonds for certain institutions of higher education (see S. 121), S1480 [24FE]

———treatment of unemployment tax relative to entertainment industry (see S. 1123), S8532 [31JY]

Taxpayer Relief Act: repeal provisions that terminate the tax-exempt status of the Teacher's Insurance Annuity Association College Retirement Equities Fund (see S. 1142), S8723 [3SE]

Unemployment: reauthorize self-employment assistance programs (see S. 897), S5596 [12JN]

Veterans: benefit eligibility for certain service in the military forces of the Philippines (see S. 623), S10809 [9OC]

———revisions of benefits decisions based on clear and unmistakable error (see S. 464), S11880 [6NO]

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]

Women: increase research and education on the drug DES (see S. 834), S10332 [3OC]

———issue commemorative postage stamp to commemorate the anniversary of the First Women's Rights Convention (see S. Con. Res. 35), S6728 [27JN]

World War II: burial and funeral benefits for merchant marine veterans (see S. 61), S967 [4FE]

Wright, Orville and Wilbur: mint coins in commemoration of centennial anniversary of first manned flight (see S. 732), S10961 [22OC]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Brookhaven, NY: prohibit reactivation of the High Flux Beam Reactor at Brookhaven National Laboratory (see S. 1140), S8668 [2SE]

Capitol Building and Grounds: use of the rotunda for a ceremony honoring Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew (see S. Con. Res. 42), S8091 [24JY]

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate): authorizing expenditures (see S. Res. 28), S726 [28JA]

Consumers: limit the imposition of additional fees for use of certain automatic teller machines utilizing a national or regional network (see S. 885), S5508 [11JN]

Crime: require forfeiture of counterfeit access devices (see S. 1148), S8823 [4SE]

Dept. of Defense: extend the Defense Loan and Technical Assistance Program (see S. 735), S4320 [12MY]

Dept. of HUD: establish procedures for requesting visa waivers on behalf of international health care professionals willing to practice in underserved areas (see S. 944), S6040 [20JN]

———facilitate effective and efficient management of homeless assistance programs (see S. 1071), S8153 [25JY]

Dept. of Transportation: mass transit systems funding (see S. 1271), S10631 [8OC]

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

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 1062), S8091 [24JY]

Eximbank: reauthorization (S. 1026), technical corrections in enrollment (see S. Con. Res. 70), S12576 [13NO]

FEMA: 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), S1796 [28FE]

Financial institutions: clarify consumer liability for unauthorized transactions involving debit cards (see S. 1203), S9785 [23SE]

———increase competition in the financial services sector (see S. 298), S1226 [11FE]

Foreign trade: authorize a trade agreement with Northern Ireland and certain border counties in Ireland (see S. 1476), S12118 [8NO]

Health: standardize relationships between group health plans and health insurers relative to enrollees, health professionals, and providers (see S. 644), S3662 [24AP]

Housing: deregulate public housing and rental assistance programs and increase community control over such programs (see S. 784), S5001 [22MY]

Insurance: coverage of minimum hospital stays and reconstructive surgery relative to breast cancer and of second opinions for any cancer diagnosis (see S. 249), S856 [30JA]

International relations: restitution and compensation for certain confiscated properties in former Communist countries (see S. Con. Res. 19), S2901 [9AP]

Italian Americans: prepare report detailing injustices suffered during World War II and acknowledgment of such injustices by the President (see S. 969), S6496 [26JN]

Jump$tart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy: tribute to personal financial education programs (see S. Res. 88), S4879 [21MY]

Long Island Sound: prohibit dumping of dredged material (see S. 1553), S12575 [13NO]

Meili, Davide: relief (see S. 768), S4748 [20MY]

Meili, Giuseppina: relief (see S. 768), S4748 [20MY]

Meili, Michel Christopher: relief (see S. 768), S4748 [20MY]

Meili, Mirjam N.: relief (see S. 768), S4748 [20MY]

Middle East: condemn Palestinian Authority death penalty policy relative to sale of land to Jews (see S. Con. Res. 31), S5342 [5JN]

National Securities Markets Improvement Act: extend effective date of regulations relative to investment advisers (see S. 410), S2021 [6MR]

Northern Ireland: adherence with the MacBride Principles by U.S. persons doing business (see S. 184), S633 [22JA]

Pollution: expand the coverage of the single transport region established to control interstate pollution (see S. 733), S4285 [9MY]

Public housing: multifamily rental assisted housing reform (see S. 853), S5413 [9JN]

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

Public welfare programs: extend transition period for legal aliens receiving SSI and food stamps (see S. 640), S3550 [23AP]

Puerto Rico: provide wage-based tax credits (see S. 906), S5694 [16JN]

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

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

Tariff: costumes (see S. 1012), S7423 [14JY]

———provide that certain goods may be reimported into the U.S. without additional duty (see S. 1477), S12118 [8NO]

———shadow mask steel (see S. 1558), S12575 [13NO]

———viscose rayon yarn (see S. 1474, 1475, 1478, 1479), S12118 [8NO]

Taxation: increase amount of low-income housing credits allocated in each State and index amount for inflation (see S. 1252), S10319 [3OC]

———increase State cap on private activity bonds (see S. 1251), S10319 [3OC]

———permanent extension of the transition rule for certain publicly traded partnerships (see S. 907), S5694 [16JN]

———treatment of qualified historic properties relative to estate taxes (see S. 693), S3960 [5MY]

Truth in Lending Act: require notice of cancellation rights relative to private mortgage insurance (see S. 318), S1300 [12FE]

Turkey: hosting of Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe summit relative to human rights violations (see S. Con. Res. 59), S11545 [31OC]

World War II: provide redress for inadequate restitution of assets seized by the U.S. Government which belonged to victims of the Holocaust (see S. 1390, 1564), S11863 [6NO], S12575 [13NO]

Cloture motions

District of Columbia: making appropriations (S. 1156), S9878 [24SE], S10195 [30SE]

International Dolphin Conservation Program: implement (S. 39), S7934 [23JY]

Cost Estimates

Fifty States Commemorative Coin Program Act (S. 1228): CBO, S11701-S11703 [4NO]

Homeowners Protection Act (S. 318): CBO, S11789 [5NO]

Letters

Agreement to develop Iranian oilfields by Russian, French, and Malaysian companies: by, Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate), S10916 [22OC]

Assets of European Jews in Swiss banks after World War II: by, S3831 [30AP]

———George F. Krayer and J.P. Chapuis, Swiss Bankers Association, S3831 [30AP]

———Thomas G. Borer, Ambassador of Switzerland, S3831 [30AP]

Encourage and expedite NATO integration of Romania: by, and Representative Christopher Smith, Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, H3630 [10JN]

Extend effective date of National Securities Markets Improvement Act regulations relative to investment advisers: Arthur Levitt, SEC, S2023 [6MR]

Human rights violations in Turkey: by, Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, S11552 [31OC], E2134 [30OC]

Redress to individuals for inadequate restitution of assets seized by the U.S. Government which belonged to victims of the Holocaust: Howard P. Berkowitz and Abraham H. Foxman, Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith, S11876 [6NO]

———Stuart A. Eizenstat, Dept. of State, S11876 [6NO]

Relief of Michel Christopher Meili: by, Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate), S5219 [3JN]

Return by France of art works confiscated from Jews during Holocaust: by, S3891 [1MY]

Lists

Honors given to and charities supported by Francis A. Sinatra, S1306 [12FE]

Motions

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 947), S6293 [25JN]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2107), S9552 [18SE]

Remarks

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (S. 1033), S7898 [23JY]

American Heritage Rivers Initiative: terminate further development and implementation, S9552 [18SE]

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (S. 672), S3989 [6MY], S4046, S4047, S4048, S4067 [7MY]

Armenia: anniversary of genocide, S3693 [24AP]

Balanced Budget Act: disapproval of line-item veto of certain Medicaid provisions (S. 1144), S8726, S8727 [3SE]

Benjamin, Lehn: privilege of the floor, S3712 [25AP]

Brooklyn, NY: Bedford-Stuyvesant Restoration Corp. funding, S7853 [22JY]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), conference report, S8459, S8470 [31JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2015), conference report, S8395 [31JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 947), S6153, S6155 [24JN], S6293 [25JN]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 949), S6687 [27JN]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1998-2002 (S. Con. Res. 27), S4863 [21MY]

Center for Advanced Simulation and Technology: funding, S11444 [30OC]

China, People's Republic of: anniversary of Tibetan massacre, S2091 [10MR]

———request for release of political prisoner Wei Jingsheng, S4380 [13MY]

Clean Air Act: reduce acid deposition (S. 1097), S8550 [31JY]

Coburn, Representative: remarks relative to television broadcast of movie ``Schindler's List'', S1547 [25FE]

Coins: establish circulating commemorative coin program commemorating each State (S. 1228), S10061 [26SE]

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate): tribute to individuals assisting investigation into Holocaust assets held in Switzerland, S6010 [19JN]

Computers: export control policy for supercomputers, S7142 [10JY]

Congressional Research Service: tribute to language services section for efforts relative to investigation of assets of European Jews in Swiss banks after World War II, S5548 [11JN]

Consumers: limit the imposition of additional fees for use of certain automatic teller machines utilizing a national or regional network (S. 885), S5531 [11JN]

Courts: evaluation of President Clinton's judicial appointments, S849 [30JA]

———jurisdiction for lawsuits against terrorist States (S. 568), S3197 [15AP]

Crime: require forfeiture of counterfeit access devices (S. 1148), S8827 [4SE]

Cuomo, Andrew M.: nomination to be Sec. of HUD, S779 [29JA]

Depository institutions: availability of credit in disaster areas, S3989 [6MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: Rural Housing Service funding, S7898 [23JY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 936), S7142 [10JY], S7271 [11JY]

———extend the Defense Loan and Technical Assistance Program (S. 735), S4321 [12MY]

———making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 2016), S7821 [22JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2266), conference report, S10240 [30SE]

Dept. of HHS: State AIDS drug assistance programs funding, S9114, S9115 [11SE]

Dept. of HUD: Community Outreach Partnership Centers Program funding, S7848 [22JY]

———Drug Elimination Grant Program funding, S7849 [22JY]

———establish procedures for requesting visa waivers on behalf of international health care professionals willing to practice in underserved areas (S. 944), S6042 [20JN]

———facilitate effective and efficient management of homeless assistance programs (S. 1071), S8156 [25JY]

———low-income housing preservation funding, S7852, S7853 [22JY]

———self-help homeownership program funding, S7850 [22JY]

———Youthbuild Program funding, S7853 [22JY]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2107), S9552, S9625 [18SE]

Dept. of the Treasury: develop and implement a strategy to combat money laundering and other financial crimes (S. 1003), S7214 [10JY]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2169), S8311 [30JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: Veterans Equitable Resource Allocation System and Veterans Integrated Services Network allocation of resources, S7834, S7836 [22JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (S. 1061), S8785, S8792, S8793 [4SE], S8951, S8967 [9SE], S9073, S9074, S9075 [10SE], S9114, S9115 [11SE]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2158), conference report, S10736, S10737, S10738 [9OC]

———making appropriations (S. 1034), S7834, S7836, S7848, S7849, S7850, S7852, S7853 [22JY]

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

Diseases: issue special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (H.R. 1585), S8040, S8041 [24JY]

District of Columbia: making appropriations (S. 1156), S9939 [25SE]

———scholarship vouchers to provide school choice, S9939 [25SE]

Drugs: establish matching grant program for local communities that first demonstrate a long-term commitment to reduce youth substance abuse (S. 536), S2924 [9AP]

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew: award Congressional Gold Medal (H.R. 2248), S9907 [24SE]

———award Congressional Gold Medal (S. 1062), S8091 [24JY]

Education: direct funding to local educational agencies, S9073, S9074, S9075 [10SE]

———expulsion of students involved in violent crimes in schools, S10761 [9OC]

———lifetime tenure for principals and teachers, S11512 [31OC]

European Union: granting of waivers under the Iran-Libya Sanctions Act, S3130 [14AP]

FEMA: 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]

Fennel, Melody: privilege of the floor, S779 [29JA]

Financial institutions: applicability of host State laws to any branch in such State of an out-of-State bank (H.R. 1306), S5637 [12JN]

———clarify consumer liability for unauthorized transactions involving debit cards (S. 1203), S9786 [23SE]

———increase competition in the financial services sector (S. 298), S1226-S1228 [11FE]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (S. 955), S7592 [16JY]

Foreign trade: authorize a trade agreement with Northern Ireland and certain border counties in Ireland (S. 1476), S12144 [8NO]

Fort Drum, NY: aerial gunnery range and training and education center funding, S7821 [22JY]

France: natural gas agreement with Iran, S10761 [9OC]

———return of art works confiscated from Jews during Holocaust, S3890, S3891 [1MY]

Hardiman, David: privilege of the floor, S779 [29JA]

Health: standardize relationships between group health plans and health insurers relative to enrollees, health professionals, and providers (S. 644), S3665 [24AP]

Hong Kong: decline of stock market, S11019 [23OC]

Housing: deregulate public housing and rental assistance programs and increase community control over such programs (S. 784), S5006 [22MY]

———Low-Income Weatherization Assistance Program and State Energy Conservation Program funding, S9625 [18SE]

IMF: congressional review of new arrangements for borrowing, S7592 [16JY]

Immigration: arrival and departure requirements for Canadian citizens relative to automated entry and exit control systems (S. 1360), S11680 [4NO]

Insurance: coverage of minimum hospital stays and reconstructive surgery relative to breast cancer and of second opinions for any cancer diagnosis (S. 249), S884 [30JA]

International relations: restitution and compensation for certain confiscated properties in former Communist countries (S. Con. Res. 19), S2932 [9AP]

Iran: agreement to develop oilfields by Russian, French, and Malaysian companies, S10915-S10917 [22OC]

Israel: anniversary of reunification of Jerusalem (S. Con. Res. 21), S5499 [11JN]

Italian Americans: prepare report detailing injustices suffered during World War II and acknowledgment of such injustices by the President (S. 969), S6504 [26JN]

Italian Historical Society: anniversary, S12633 [13NO]

Jump$tart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy: tribute to personal financial education programs (S. Res. 88), S4899 [21MY]

Law enforcement officers: protect Federal officers who intervene in certain violent situations outside the scope of their employment (S. 1031), S7718 [17JY]

Long Island Sound: prohibit dumping of dredged material (S. 1553), S12597 [13NO]

Medicare: colorectal screening, S8395 [31JY]

———eliminate incentives for teaching hospitals to voluntarily reduce the number of medical residents, S8951, S8967 [9SE]

Meili, Davide: relief (S. 768), S4752 [20MY], S5219 [3JN], S7485 [15JY]

Meili, Giuseppina: relief (S. 768), S4752 [20MY], S5219 [3JN], S7485 [15JY]

Meili, Michel Christopher: relief (S. 768), S4752 [20MY], S5219 [3JN], S7485 [15JY]

Meili, Mirjam N.: relief (S. 768), S4752 [20MY], S5219 [3JN], S7485 [15JY]

Middle East: condemn Palestinian Authority death penalty policy relative to sale of land to Jews (S. Con. Res. 31), S5371 [5JN]

Middletown, NY: tribute to Middletown High School football team, S10488 [7OC]

Mother Teresa: award Congressional Gold Medal (H.R. 1650), S4918 [21MY]

National Park Service: establish the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Program (S. 887), S9905 [24SE]

National Securities Markets Improvement Act: extend effective date of regulations relative to investment advisers (S. 410), S2023 [6MR]

NATO: membership of Central and East European countries, S4763 [20MY], S7024 [8JY]

New York, NY: study on the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority transit fares, S8311 [30JY]

———tribute to Montefiore Medical Center, S12642 [13NO]

NIH: biomedical research funding, S4863 [21MY]

———establish National Fund for Health Research, S6153, S6155 [24JN], S6293 [25JN], S6687 [27JN]

———funding for studies on breast cancer relative to environmental factors, S3717 [25AP]

Northern Ireland: adherence with the MacBride Principles by U.S. persons doing business (S. 184), S642 [22JA]

Older Americans Act: funding, S8785, S8792, S8793 [4SE]

Pollution: expand the coverage of the single transport region established to control interstate pollution (S. 733), S4285 [9MY]

Public housing: fair market rent system reform, S10737 [9OC]

———increase community controls relative to participating administrative entities, S10736 [9OC]

———multifamily rental assisted housing programs reform, S10736 [9OC]

———multifamily rental assisted housing programs reform (S. 513), S2752 [21MR]

———multifamily rental assisted housing reform (S. 853), S5417 [9JN]

———reform and consolidate Federal programs and redirect primary responsibility to States and localities (S. 462), S2440 [18MR], S10046 [26SE]

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

Public welfare programs: extend transition period for legal aliens receiving SSI and food stamps (S. 640), S3559 [23AP]

———SSI and food stamp eligibility for legal aliens (S. 615), S3363 [17AP]

Puerto Rico: provide wage-based tax credits, S8470 [31JY]

———provide wage-based tax credits (S. 906), S5695 [16JN]

Rape, Abuse, and Incest National Network: tribute, S4661 [16MY]

Real estate: extend FHA mortgage insurance program coverage to home equity conversion mortgages for elderly homeowners (S. 562), S3057 [10AP], S3712, S3713, S3714, S3715 [25AP]

Riverhead Corp.: tribute, S7850 [22JY]

Senate: legislative program, S1251 [12FE], S4255 [9MY]

Sinatra, Francis A.: award Congressional Gold Medal (S. 305), S1305 [12FE], S1686 [26FE]

Slovak Republic: democracy efforts, S3464-S3466 [22AP]

———political reform, S10178 [29SE]

SSI: extend transition period for legal aliens receiving benefits, S4046, S4047, S4048, S4067 [7MY]

Switzerland: assets of European Jews in Swiss banks after World War II, S3831 [30AP], S4255-S4257 [9MY]

Syracuse, NY: convey certain Air Force land, S7271 [11JY]

Tariff: provide that certain goods may be reimported into the U.S. without additional duty (S. 1477), S12144 [8NO]

———shadow mask steel (S. 1558), S12604 [13NO]

Taxation: encourage cleanup of brownfield sites and creation of empowerment zones and enterprise communities (S. 235), S860 [30JA]

———increase amount of low-income housing credits allocated in each State and index amounts for inflation (S. 1252), S10322 [3OC]

———increase State cap on private activity bonds (S. 1251), S10321 [3OC]

———permanent extension of the transition rule for certain publicly traded partnerships (S. 907), S5698 [16JN]

———rates, S8459, S8470 [31JY]

———treatment of education individual retirement accounts relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R. 2646), S11507 [31OC]

———treatment of qualified historic properties relative to estate taxes (S. 693), S3963 [5MY]

Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association-College Retirement Equities Fund: revoke tax-exempt status of pension operation, S8459 [31JY]

Terrorism: condemn attacks relative to Middle East peace agreements, S8782, S8783, S8784 [4SE]

Truth in Lending Act: require notice of cancellation rights relative to private mortgage insurance (S. 318), S1315 [12FE], S11789 [5NO]

Turkey: hosting of Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe summit relative to human rights violations (S. Con. Res. 59), S11551 [31OC]

Women: issue commemorative postage stamp to commemorate the anniversary of the First Women's Rights Convention (S. Con. Res. 35), S6763 [27JN]

World War II: provide redress for inadequate restitution of assets seized by the U.S. Government which belonged to victims of the Holocaust (S. 1390), S11874 [6NO]

Yellen, Janet L.: nomination to be Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors, S1423 [13FE]

Reports filed

Eximbank Reauthorization: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate) (S. 1026) (S. Rept. 105-76), S9080 [10SE]

Expenditures: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate) (S. Res. 28), S725 [28JA]

Federal Transit Act: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate) (S. 1271) (S. Rept. 105-103), S10625 [8OC]

50 States Commemorative Coin Program Act: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate) (S. 1228) (S. Rept. 105-130), S11544 [31OC]

Homeowners Protection Act: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate) (S. 318) (S. Rept. 105-129), S11544 [31OC]

Nomination of Andrew M. Cuomo To Be Sec. of HUD: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate), S725 [28JA]

Nomination of Charles A. Tueli to the National Institute of Building Sciences Board of Directors: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate), S2415 [18MR]

Nomination of David L. Aaron To Be Under Sec. of Commerce for International Trade: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate), S11668 [4NO]

Nomination of Dennis Dollar to the National Credit Union Administration Board: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate), S10625 [8OC]

Nomination of Edward M. Gramlich to the FRS Board of Governors: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate), S10625 [8OC]

Nomination of Ellen Seidman To Be Director of the OTS: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate), S10625 [8OC]

Nomination of Eva M. Plaza To Be Assistant Sec. of HUD: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate), S11668 [4NO]

Nomination of F. Amanda DeBush To Be Assistant Sec. of Commerce: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate), S11668 [4NO]

Nomination of Gail W. Laster To Be Dept. of HUD General Counsel: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate), S11668 [4NO]

Nomination of Jackie M. Clegg To Be Vice President of the Eximbank: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate), S5341 [5JN]

Nomination of James A. Harmon To Be President of the Eximbank: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate), S5341 [5JN]

Nomination of Janet L. Yellen to the Council of Economic Advisors: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate), S1299 [12FE]

Nomination of Jeffrey A. Frankel to the Council of Economic Advisers: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate), S2415 [18MR]

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

Nomination of Kevin E. Marchman To Be Assistant Sec. of HUD: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate), S11668 [4NO]

Nomination of Laura S. Unger to the SEC: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate), S10626 [8OC]

Nomination of Paul R. Carey to the SEC: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate), S10626 [8OC]

Nomination of R. Roger Majak To Be Assistant Sec. of Commerce: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate), S11668 [4NO]

Nomination of Richard F. Keevey To Be Dept. of HUD Chief Financial Officer: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate), S11668 [4NO]

Nomination of Roger W. Ferguson to the FRS Board of Governors: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate), S10625 [8OC]

Nomination of Saul N. Ramirez, Jr., To Be Assistant Sec. of HUD: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate), S11668 [4NO]

Nomination of Susan R. Baron to the National Corp. for Housing Partnerships: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate), S2415 [18MR]

Nomination of Yolanda Townsend Wheat to the National Credit Union Administration Board: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate), S2415 [18MR]

Public Housing Reform and Responsibility Act: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate) (S. 462) (S. Rept. 105-21), S5108 [23MY]

Public Utility Holding Company Act: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate) (S. 621) (S. Rept. 105-41), S6727 [27JN]

Rules

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate), S1329-S1331 [12FE]

Summaries

Increase Competition in the Financial Services Sector (S. 298), S1228-S1231 [11FE]

Texts of

H.R. 1140, Long Island Drinking Water Protection Act, S8668 [2SE]

S. 184, Northern Ireland Fair Employment Practices and Principles of Economic Justice Act, S643 [22JA]

S. 249, Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act, S886-S889 [30JA]

S. 305, award Congressional Gold Medal to Francis A. Sinatra, S1306 [12FE]

S. 318, Homeowners Protection Act, S1316 [12FE]

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. 410, extend effective date of National Securities Markets Improvement Act regulations relative to investment advisers, S2023 [6MR]

S. 562, Senior Citizen Home Equity Protection Act, S3057 [10AP]

S. 621, Public Utility Holding Company Act, S3420 [22AP]

S. 644, Patient Access to Responsible Care Act, S3666-S3670 [24AP]

S. 693, treatment of qualified historic properties relative to estate taxes, S3963 [5MY]

S. 733, Acid Deposition and Ozone Control Act, S4286 [9MY]

S. 735, Defense Loan and Technical Assistance Program extension, S4321 [12MY]

S. 768, relief of Michel Christopher Meili, Giuseppina Meili, Mirjam N. Meili, and Davide Meili, S4753 [20MY]

S. 885, Fair ATM Fees for Consumers Act, S5531 [11JN]

S. 906, Puerto Rico Economic Activity Credit Improvement Act, S5696 [16JN]

S. 907, permanent extension of the transition tax rule for certain publicly traded partnerships, S5698 [16JN]

S. 944, Community Health Care Access Act, S6043 [20JN]

S. 1062, award Congressional Gold Medal to Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, S8092 [24JY]

S. 1148, require forfeiture of counterfeit access devices, S8827 [4SE]

S. 1203, Debit Card Consumer Protection Act, S9787 [23SE]

S. 1390, Holocaust Victims Redress Act, S11875 [6NO]

S. 1553, Long Island Sound Preservation and Protection Act, S12597 [13NO]

S. Res. 88, tribute to Jump$tart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy personal financial education programs, S4898 [21MY]

Tributes

D'Amato, Armand, Sr., S4130 [7MY]

DePierro, John J., S5885 [17JN]

Domenici, Senator, S4068 [7MY]

Emory, Alan, S5301 [5JN]

Fish, Hamilton, Jr., S7972 [23JY]

Gandolfo, John G. and Carmella S., S6285 [24JN]

Harris, Hattie A., S2723 [20MR]

Jofre, Ernesto, S12633 [13NO]

Lewis Galindo, Gabriel, S821 [29JA]

Schmeltzer, David, S9803 [23SE]

Spagnuolo, Mario, S12633 [13NO]

Wise, Samuel G., Jr., S1114 [6FE]

Zuccarelli, Vincent, S12633 [13NO]