SPECTER, ARLEN (a Senator from Pennsylvania)

Amendments

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (S. 672), S4015, S4027, S4030 [6MY], S4046, S4048, S4090, S4116 [7MY]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (S.J. Res. 1), S1517 [25FE]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 947), S6152, S6171, S6254, S6259 [24JN]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 949), S6542 [26JN], S6687, S6694, S6766, S6770, S6774 [27JN]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1998-2002 (S. Con. Res. 27), S4833, S4861, S4903, S4906 [21MY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 936), S6880, S6932, S6949 [7JY], S7106, S7126 [9JY], S7273, S7307 [11JY]

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

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (S. 1061), S8701, S8702, S8734, S8735 [3SE], S8833 [4SE], S8914, S8929, S8930 [8SE]

Employment: provide compensatory time opportunities, flexible workplaces, and clarify minimum wage and overtime requirements of private sector employees (S. 4), S4496 [14MY], S4613 [15MY], S5278 [4JN]

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

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (S. 955), S7580, S7611 [16JY]

Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (S. 858), S5970, S6005 [19JN]

Transportation: funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs (S. 1173), S10988, S10991, S10993 [22OC]

Veterans: expand range of criminal offenses resulting in forfeiture of benefits (S. 923), S5922, S5936 [18JN]

Analyses

Delaware and Lehigh Navigation Canal National Heritage Corridor Act Reauthorization (S. 1462), S12129 [8NO]

Provide for a Staggered Judicial Retirement Option for the Court of Veterans Appeals To Avoid Large Case Backlogs and Rename to the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (S. 988), S6914-S6916 [7JY]

Veterans' Housing Loan Improvements Act (S. 986), S6909 [7JY]

Appointments

Commission To Assess the Organization of the Federal Government To Combat the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction, S4649 [16MY]

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

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

———H.R. 2159, foreign operations, export financing, and related programs appropriations, S8869 [5SE]

———H.R. 2169, Dept. of Transportation and related agencies appropriations, S8312 [30JY]

———H.R. 2266, Dept. of Defense appropriations, S8249 [29JY]

———S. 1061, Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies appropriations, S9510 [17SE]

North Atlantic Assembly, S24 [7JA]

Articles and editorials

After the Election—Readjusting and Reconsidering Campaign Finance—Scholars Ask Court To Backtrack, Shutting Floodgates on Political Spending, Leslie Wayne, New York (NY) Times, S559 [21JA]

Air Force Inquiry Clears General in Saudi Bombing That Killed 19, Eric Schmitt, New York (NY) Times, S6903 [7JY]

Arafat Knew of World Trade Center Plot, Steven Rodan, New York (NY) Jerusalem Post, S8941 [9SE]

Clinton and Wife Reportedly Knew of Suspect Funds, Philadelphia (PA) Inquirer, S8646 [2SE]

Defying Israel, Arafat Embraces Islamic Militants, Joel Greenberg, New York (NY) Times, S8942 [9SE]

Kiski—The School That Jack Built, Kiski (PA) Bulletin, S3132 [14AP]

Oil Imports Are Up—Fretting About It Is Down, Matthew L. Wald, New York (NY) Times, S837 [30JA]

Ray Attacks New Specter Brain Tumor, Steve Twedt, Pittsburgh (PA) Post-Gazette, S383 [21JA]

Secretary Cohen's Call, New York (NY) Times, S6904 [7JY]

Sometimes Patients Should Be Impatient, by, East Penn (PA) Press, S384 [21JA]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: price supports for peanuts (see S. 1535), S12575 [13NO]

Animals: prohibit import, export, sale, or possession of bear viscera (see S. 263), S4660 [16MY]

Appropriations: line-item veto (see S. 592), S3269 [16AP]

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

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

Business and industry: maintain standards for ``Made in USA'' label (see S. Con. Res. 52), S10661 [8OC]

Capitol Building and Grounds: use of the rotunda for a ceremony honoring Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew (see S. Con. Res. 42), S8733 [3SE]

Census: include ancestry data on decennial census (see S. Con. Res. 12), S2356 [17MR]

Contraceptives: require equitable coverage of drugs, devices, and services under health insurance plans (see S. 766), S6918 [7JY]

Courts: adjust current salaries and provide procedures for future adjustments of salaries of Federal judges (see S. 394), S1979 [5MR]

———reauthorize arbitration programs (see S. 996), S6990 [8JY]

Crime: enhance Federal enforcement of hate crimes (see S. 1529), S12575 [13NO]

———Federal penalties for the killing or attempted killing of a law enforcement officer of the District of Columbia (see S. 294), S9218 [11SE]

Dept. of Agriculture: 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]

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), S4217 [8MY]

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

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 1062), S8733 [3SE]

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

Hazardous substances: nuclear waste disposal (see S. 104), S2791 [7AP]

———require one-call notification system to protect natural gas and hazardous liquid pipelines from excavation damage (see S. 1115), S10332 [3OC]

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

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

Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act: reauthorize (see S. 586), S3199 [15AP]

Iran: impose sanctions on foreign persons who transfer items contributing to efforts to acquire, develop, or produce ballistic missiles (see S. 1311), S11550 [31OC]

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

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]

Jewish War Veterans: issue commemorative postage stamp honoring anniversary (see S. Con. Res. 44), S8186 [28JY]

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]

Medicare: provide coverage through qualified provider-sponsored organizations (see S. 146), S3736 [25AP]

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

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

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

National Character Counts Week: designate (see S. Res. 63), S2274 [13MR]

National Concern About Young People and Gun Violence Day: designate (see S. Res. 141), S11343 [29OC]

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

National Day of Recognition for the Humanitarian Efforts of Diana, Princess of Wales: designate (see S. Res. 118), S8723 [3SE]

National Erase the Hate and Eliminate Racism Day: designate (see S. Res. 78), S3803 [29AP]

National Family Week: designate (see S. Res. 93), S11465 [30OC]

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

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), S8733 [3SE]

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

National Safe Place Week: designate (see S. Res. 96), S10962 [22OC]

NIH: establish National Fund for Health Research (see S. 441), S2274 [13MR]

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

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

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), S5193 [2JN]

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

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

———credit for clinical testing of certain drugs for rare diseases or conditions (see S. 293), S5621 [12JN]

———credit for rehabilitating historic homes or purchasing newly rehabilitated historic homes for use as principal residence (see S. 496), S5541 [11JN]

———establish intercity passenger rail service trust fund (see S. 436), S2274 [13MR]

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

Transportation: Federal participation in magnetic levitation transportation technology projects (see S. 1103), S8872 [5SE]

Treaties and agreements: conditions for the U.S. becoming a signatory to any international agreement on greenhouse gas emissions (see S. Res. 98), S5935 [18JN]

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

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

Women: assist the development of small business concerns owned and controlled by women (see S. 888), S5595 [12JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced

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

Capitol Building and Grounds: use of the rotunda to confer honorary Armed Forces veteran status on Bob Hope (see S. Con. Res. 56), S10950 [22OC]

Children and youth: provide health insurance for uninsured children (see S. 435), S2274 [13MR]

Committee on Veterans' Affairs (Senate): authorizing expenditures (see S. Res. 45), S945 [4FE]

———authorizing supplemental expenditures (see S. Res. 126), S9969 [25SE]

Court of Veterans Appeals: provide for a staggered judicial retirement option to avoid large case backlogs and rename to the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (see S. 988), S6907 [7JY]

Courts: reform habeas corpus procedures relative to retrial of an accused (see S. 1110), S8532 [31JY]

Delaware and Lehigh Navigation Canal National Heritage Corridor Act: reauthorize (see S. 1462), S12118 [8NO]

Dept. of Agriculture: collect and disseminate statistically reliable information from milk manufacturing plants on prices received for bulk cheese (see S. 603), S3348 [17AP]

———use of feed grain costs as a basis for pricing milk (see S. 604), S3348 [17AP]

Dept. of Transportation: mass transit systems funding (see S. 764), S4677 [19MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: extend benefits to certain children of Vietnam veterans born with spina bifida (see S. 1018), S7486 [15JY]

———specify the frequency of screening mammograms provided to women veterans (see S. 999), S7116 [9JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (see S. 1061), S8091 [24JY]

Ethics in Government Act: amend relative to appointment of an independent counsel (see S. 1065), S8091 [24JY]

FAA: foreign repair station rules (see S. 1089), S8361 [30JY]

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

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

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see S. 24), S159 [21JA]

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

Indian Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Indian and American Democracy: designate (see S. Res. 102), S5927 [18JN]

Music and dance: tribute to African-American music (see S. Con. Res. 34), S6041 [20JN]

National Cheese Exchange: reduce effect on the milk marketing orders' basic formula price (see S. Res. 52, 55), S1226 [11FE], S1382 [13FE]

National Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day: designate (see S. Res. 68), S2647 [20MR]

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

Palestinian Authority: allocation of foreign aid relative to efforts against terrorism (see S. Res. 121), S9080 [10SE]

Peter J. McCloskey Postal Facility, Pottsville, PA: designate (see S. 1330), S11343 [29OC]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (see S. 1191), S9636 [18SE]

President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act: extend authorization of the Assassination Records Review Board (see S. 844), S5341 [5JN]

Public safety officers: provide educational assistance to the surviving spouse and dependent children of officers killed or totally disabled in the line of duty (see S. 1525), S12506 [12NO]

Taxation: employer credits for expenses of providing dependent care services to employees (see S. 978), S6727 [27JN]

———establish flat tax rates for individuals and businesses (see S. 593), S3269 [16AP]

———provide incentives for investments in disadvantaged and women-owned business enterprises (see S. 635), S3550 [23AP]

———treatment of adoption expenses (see S. 935), S5927 [18JN]

———treatment of families with elderly family members living at home (see S. 979), S6727 [27JN]

Urban areas: promote an urban agenda (see S. 23), S159 [21JA]

Veterans: expand range of criminal offenses resulting in forfeiture of benefits (see S. 923), S5790 [17JN]

———improve housing loan programs (see S. 986), S6907 [7JY]

———increase service-connected disability benefits for veterans and survivors (see S. 987), S6907 [7JY]

———presumption of total disability for certain individuals relative to nonservice-connected disability pension program (see S. 1017), S7486 [15JY]

Essays

Senior Portrait: Abby Altschul, S5376 [5JN]

Examples

Individual wage tax form under flat tax proposal, S3275 [16AP]

Letters

Accurate guidelines for breast cancer screening for certain women: by, S2226 [13MR]

Appointment of independent counsel to investigate fundraising practices in Presidential election campaign: Janet Reno, Attorney General, S8705-S8707 [3SE]

———Senator McCain, S8703 [3SE]

———by, S8704 [3SE]

———several Senators, S8704 [3SE]

———several current and former Members of Congress, S8703 [3SE]

Chemical Weapons Convention: President Clinton, S3616 [24AP]

Extend benefits to certain children of Vietnam veterans born with spina bifida: Jesse Brown, Dept. of Veterans Affairs, S7487 [15JY]

FEC definitions of ``express advocacy'': by, S8023 [24JY], S8644 [2SE]

———Janet Reno, Attorney General, S8022 [24JY], S8644 [2SE]

———John W. McGarry, FEC, S8022 [24JY]

———Mark M. Richard, Dept. of Justice, S8645 [2SE]

Mass transit systems funding: Armando V. Greco, Lehigh and Northampton Transportation Authority, S4682 [19MY]

———Paul P. Skoutelas, Port Authority of Allegheny County, PA, S4682 [19MY]

———Sonny Hall, Transport Workers Union of America, S4682 [19MY]

———William W. Millar, American Public Transit Association, S4682 [19MY]

Medicaid coverage of attendant services for the disabled: by, Committee on Appropriations (Senate), S8702 [3SE]

Nomination of Anthony Lake to be Director of Central Intelligence: by, S1353 [13FE]

Presumption of total disability for certain individuals relative to nonservice-connected disability pension program: Jesse Brown, Dept. of Veterans Affairs, S7486 [15JY]

Prior knowledge of terrorist attacks by Yasser Arafat: Andrew Fois, Dept. of Justice, S7580 [16JY], S8941 [9SE]

———by, S7581 [16JY], S8940, S8941 [9SE]

Protection of Armed Forces against terrorist attacks: by, Committee on Intelligence (Senate, Select), S6903, S6904 [7JY]

———by, Committee on Veterans' Affairs (Senate), S6904 [7JY]

———Lansford E. Trapp, Jr., Air Force, S6903 [7JY]

Provide for a Staggered Judicial Retirement Option for the Court of Veterans Appeals To Avoid Large Case Backlogs and Rename to the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims: Frank Q. Nebeker, Court of Veterans Appeals, S6916 [7JY]

Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment and Benefit Programs Improvement Act: Jesse Brown, Dept. of Veterans Affairs, S6911 [7JY]

Veterans' Housing Loan Improvements Act: Jesse Brown, Dept. of Veterans Affairs, S6910 [7JY]

Lists

Witnesses testifying on abstinence education before the Committee on Appropriations' (Senate) Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, S5934 [18JN]

Motions

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 947), S6303 [25JN]

Proposals

Independent counsel appointment to investigate fundraising practices in election campaigns, S8141 [25JY]

Remarks

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 1122), S4571 [15MY]

Albright, Madeleine Korbel: nomination to be Sec. of State, S606 [22JA]

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (S. 672), S4197 [8MY]

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

BLS: funding, S9109 [11SE]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (S.J. Res. 1), S1152 [10FE], S1910 [4MR]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), conference report, S8466 [31JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2015), S6557 [26JN]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2015), conference report, S8400 [31JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 947), S6302, S6303, S6304, S6308, S6317, S6324 [25JN]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 949), S6688, S6703, S6704 [27JN]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1998-2002 (S. Con. Res. 27), S4862 [21MY], S4962, S4967, S4968, S4993 [22MY], S5035 [23MY]

Centers for Disease Control: National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program funding, S9111 [11SE]

———suicide prevention initiative funding, S9113 [11SE]

Chemical Weapons Convention: ratification relative to Russian compliance with chemical weapons destruction agreements, S3615 [24AP]

———ratification (S. Res. 75), S3533 [23AP], S3615, S3616 [24AP]

Chemistry Week: observance, S11568 [31OC]

Children and youth: provide health insurance for uninsured children (S. 435), S2223-S2225 [13MR]

Cohen, William S.: nomination to be Sec. of Defense, S623 [22JA]

Committee on Governmental Affairs (Senate): authorizing expenditures (S. Res. 39), S2108, S2109, S2122, S2123 [11MR]

———funding for investigation of Federal election campaign fundraising and expenditure practices, S2108, S2109, S2122, S2123 [11MR]

Congress: tribute to end of first session of 105th Congress, S12543 [13NO]

Court of Veterans Appeals: provide for a staggered judicial retirement option to avoid large case backlogs and rename to the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (S. 988), S6912 [7JY]

Courts: reform habeas corpus procedures relative to retrial of an accused (S. 1110), S8572 [31JY]

Defense Contract Audit Agency: interpretation of regulations for employee stock ownership plans of defense contractors, S7446 [15JY]

Delaware and Lehigh Navigation Canal National Heritage Corridor Act: reauthorize (S. 1462), S12128 [8NO]

Dept. of Agriculture: collect and disseminate statistically reliable information from milk manufacturing plants on prices received for bulk cheese, S4197 [8MY]

———collect and disseminate statistically reliable information from milk manufacturing plants on prices received for bulk cheese (S. 603), S3350 [17AP]

———establish temporary emergency minimum milk prices (S. Res. 119), S9022 [9SE]

———use of feed grain costs as a basis for pricing milk (S. 604), S3350 [17AP]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 936), S6900 [7JY], S7274 [11JY]

———authorizing military activities appropriations and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1119), conference report, S12532 [13NO]

———Cooperative Research Program funding, S7274 [11JY]

———federally funded research and development centers funding, S12532 [13NO]

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

———making appropriations (S. 1005), S7446 [15JY]

———report on policies and procedures relative to protection of Armed Forces against terrorist attacks, S6900-S6902 [7JY]

———research and development programs funding, S7446 [15JY]

Dept. of Education: coordinate activities to commemorate the second millennium, S12093 [8NO]

———music education funding, S9112 [11SE]

———Office of Tribal Colleges and Universities funding, S9113 [11SE]

Dept. of HHS: adoption opportunities programs funding, S9011 [9SE]

———Community Schools Program funding, S9114 [11SE]

———radioactive iodine-133 related thyroid cancer study funding, S9110 [11SE]

———Rural Health Transition Grant Program funding, S9109 [11SE]

———State AIDS drug assistance programs funding, S9109 [11SE]

Dept. of Labor: Community Employment Alliance funding request, S9115 [11SE], S12091 [8NO]

———telephone-access job search system funding, S9113 [11SE]

Dept. of State and related agencies: authorizing appropriations and consolidating certain agencies (S. 903), S5754 [17JN]

Dept. of the Interior: Allegheny National Forest projects funding, S9619 [18SE]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2107), S9457 [17SE], S9617, S9619 [18SE]

Dept. of Transportation: mass transit systems funding (S. 764), S4680 [19MY]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (S. 1048), S8251 [29JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: extend benefits to certain children of Vietnam veterans born with spina bifida (S. 1018), S7486 [15JY]

———specify the frequency of screening mammograms provided to women veterans (S. 999), S7117 [9JY]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: authorizing appropriations (S. 1022), S8020, S8022, S8023 [24JY], S8628 [31JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2264), conference report, S12082, S12083, S12090, S12091, S12093 [8NO]

———making appropriations (S. 1061), S8632, S8639, S8643, S8655 [2SE], S8685, S8686, S8689, S8691, S8694, S8697, S8702, S8703, S8704, S8705, S8707, S8709, S8711, S8713, S8716, S8717, S8718 [3SE], S8792, S8794, S8803 [4SE], S8910 [8SE], S8958, S8961, S8965, S8999, S9000, S9001, S9002, S9007, S9011 [9SE], S9048, S9050, S9062 [10SE], S9109, S9110, S9111, S9112, S9113, S9114, S9115, S9132 [11SE]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2158), conference report, S10739 [9OC]

Diseases: accurate guidelines for breast cancer screening for certain women, S2225, S2226 [13MR]

———accurate guidelines for breast cancer screening for certain women (S. Res. 47), S931 [4FE]

Education: Head Start Program initiative for toddlers and infants funding, S9112 [11SE]

———increase Pell Grant awards, S8686, S8709 [3SE]

———student loan programs, S6308 [25JN]

Elections: constitutional amendment to regulate campaign expenditures and contribution limits (S.J. Res. 18), S2271, S2272 [13MR], S2394 [18MR], S9990 [26SE]

Endangered Species: Blue Pike Study funding, S9617 [18SE]

FAA: foreign repair station rules (S. 1089), S8362 [30JY]

Families and domestic relations: reauthorize abstinence education and adolescent family life programs (S. 934), S5932-S5935 [18JN]

Family and Medical Leave Act: extend coverage (S. 183), S642 [22JA]

FBI: evaluation of investigations and activities, S2222 [13MR]

———treatment of allegations relative to mismanagement of crime lab, S2222 [13MR]

FEC: improve enforcement capabilities (S. 446), S2314, S2315 [14MR]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (S. 955), S7580 [16JY]

Foreign policy: report on visit to North Atlantic Assembly and the Middle East, S587 [22JA]

Forest Service: road construction funding, S9457 [17SE]

Garland, Merrick B.: nomination to be circuit judge, S2530 [19MR]

Health: biomedical research funding (S. Res. 15), S630 [22JA]

———medical education grants, S6304 [25JN]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 24), S376-S383 [21JA]

———water fluoridation funding, S9110 [11SE]

Herman, Alexis M.: nomination to be Sec. of Labor, S1270 [12FE], S3839 [30AP]

Hope, Bob: confer honorary Armed Forces veteran status (H.J. Res. 75), S9030 [9SE]

———confer honorary Armed Forces veteran status (S.J. Res. 36), S8202 [28JY]

Indian Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Indian and American Democracy: designate (S. Res. 102), S5936 [18JN]

Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (S. 858), S5973 [19JN]

———require separate, unclassified statements of the aggregate amount of budget outlays for intelligence activities, S5973 [19JN]

Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act: reauthorization, S836 [30JA]

International Brotherhood of Teamsters: limit Federal funding for rerun of leadership election, S8803 [4SE]

Israel: anniversary of reunification of Jerusalem (S. Con. Res. 21), S5500 [11JN]

Jordan: killing of Israeli children by soldier, S2315 [14MR]

Lake, Anthony: nomination to be Director of Central Intelligence, S1353 [13FE]

Law enforcement: investigation of Federal law enforcement actions at Ruby Ridge, ID, S8641-S8643 [2SE]

Lehigh County, PA: economic development intiative grants, S10739 [9OC]

LIHEAP: funding, S8686, S8709 [3SE]

Massiah-Jackson, Frederica A.: nomination to be district judge, S12542 [13NO]

Medicaid: allow certain recipients to reside in alternative housing instead of nursing homes, S6030 [20JN]

———coverage of attendant services for the disabled, S8702 [3SE]

———Federal funding of abortions, S8691 [3SE]

———limitations on payments to institutions for mental diseases, S6303 [25JN]

Medicare: copayment for home health patients, S6317 [25JN]

———reform, S6557 [26JN], S8400 [31JY]

———subsidize low-income beneficiaries through Medicaid, S6302 [25JN]

Middle East: Israeli/Palestinian peace initiatives, S2315 [14MR]

———U.S. policy, S8937-S8942 [9SE]

Motor vehicles: child-size crash test dummy development funding, S8251 [29JY]

Murray, Ellen: privilege of the floor, S12082 [8NO]

Music and dance: tribute to African-American music (S. Con. Res. 34), S6044 [20JN]

National Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicare: funding, S8965 [9SE]

National Cancer Institute: increase funding for breast cancer research, S9111 [11SE]

National Character Counts Week: designate (S. Res. 63), S2291 [13MR]

National Cheese Exchange: reduce effect on the milk marketing orders' basic formula price (S. 258), S1151 [10FE]

———reduce effect on the milk marketing orders' basic formula price (S. Res. 52), S1210, S1211 [11FE]

———reduce effect on the milk marketing orders' basic formula price (S. Res. 55), S1366 [13FE]

National Education Center for Women in Business: funding, S8628 [31JY]

National Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day: designate (S. Res. 68), S2719 [20MR]

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute: funding, S8697 [3SE]

National Institute on Aging: Alzheimer's research funding, S9112 [11SE]

National Mediation Board: funding, S9114 [11SE]

National Student-Parent Mock Election: funding, S9113 [11SE]

Native Americans: diabetes research funding, S12090, S12091 [8NO]

NIH: biomedical research funding, S4862 [21MY], S4962, S4967, S4968 [22MY], S5035 [23MY]

———establish National Fund for Health Research, S6688 [27JN]

———establish research and training programs for Parkinson's disease, S8713 [3SE]

———infectious diseases research funding, S12093 [8NO]

———osteoporosis prevention and treatment programs funding, S9112 [11SE]

Office of Religious Persecution Monitoring: establish (S. 772), S4882 [21MY]

Older Americans Act: funding, S8792 [4SE]

Palestinian Authority: allocation of foreign aid, S5754 [17JN]

———allocation of foreign aid relative to efforts against terrorism, S7580 [16JY], S8937-S8942 [9SE]

———allocation of foreign aid relative to efforts against terrorism (S. Res. 121), S9087 [10SE]

Parliamentary inquiry, S8716 [3SE]

Pennsylvania: evaluation of Federal Government at open house town meetings, S8640 [2SE]

Peter J. McCloskey Postal Facility, Pottsville, PA: designate (S. 1330), S11495 [30OC]

Petroleum: dependence on foreign sources, S835-S837 [30JA]

Political campaigns: appointment of independent counsel to investigate fundraising practices in Presidential election campaign, S8694, S8703, S8704, S8705, S8707 [3SE], S9385 [16SE]

———appointment of independent counsel to investigate fundraising practices in Presidential election campaign (S.J. Res. 22), S2316 [14MR]

———appointment of independent counsel to investigate fundraising practices in election campaigns, S8020, S8022, S8023 [24JY], S8141 [25JY]

———constitutional amendment to limit expenditure of money to elect public officials (S.J. Res. 2), S557 [21JA]

———ethics reform and contribution limits, S8643, S8645, S8646 [2SE]

———ethics reform and contribution limits (S. 1191), S9637-S9640 [18SE]

———ethics reform and contribution limits (S. 25), S9990, S10012, S10013 [26SE]

President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act: extend authorization of the Assassination Records Review Board (S. 844), S5250 [3JN]

Presidential appointments: Senate process for confirmation of judicial nominees, S2530 [19MR]

Public safety officers: provide educational assistance to the surviving spouse and dependent children of officers killed or totally disabled in the line of duty (S. 1525), S12509 [12NO]

Saudi Arabia: U.S. policy, S836 [30JA]

Senate: disclosure of Members responsible for holds on consideration of legislation or nominations, S12543 [13NO]

———legislative program, S1366 [13FE], S8937 [9SE]

Social Security: treatment under balanced budget constitutional amendment, S1152 [10FE]

Sourwine, Jim: privilege of the floor, S12082 [8NO]

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration: rural drug abuse prevention programs funding, S9110 [11SE]

Taxation: employer credits for expenses of providing dependent care services to employees (S. 978), S6740 [27JN]

———establish flat tax rates for individuals and businesses (S. 593), S3272-S3277 [16AP]

———provide incentives for investments in disadvantaged and women-owned business enterprises (S. 635), S3554 [23AP], S5600 [12JN]

———rates, S8466 [31JY]

———reinstate aviation excise taxes relative to Airport and Airway Trust Fund expenditures (H.R. 668), S1771 [27FE]

———treatment of adoption expenses (S. 935), S5932-S5935 [18JN]

———treatment of education individual retirement accounts relative to elementary and secondary school expenses, S6704 [27JN]

———treatment of families with elderly family members living at home (S. 979), S6741 [27JN]

———treatment of operating losses, S6703 [27JN]

———treatment of tax-exempt bonds for professional sports facilities (S. 122), S1728 [27FE]

Terrorism: condemn attacks relative to Middle East peace agreements, S8937-S8942 [9SE]

Tobacco products: increase excise taxes to fund health insurance for uninsured children and deficit reduction, S6704 [27JN]

———limit plaintiff attorney fees relative to tobacco industry liability settlement, S9007, S9011 [9SE]

———treatment of tobacco farmers relative to tobacco industry liability settlement, S9002 [9SE]

Urban areas: promote an urban agenda (S. 23), S368-S371 [21JA]

Veterans: expand range of criminal offenses resulting in forfeiture of benefits (S. 923), S5810 [17JN], S5921, S5922 [18JN]

———funding for health care programs, S4993 [22MY]

———improve housing loan programs (S. 986), S6908 [7JY]

———increase service-connected disability benefits for veterans and survivors (S. 987), S6910 [7JY]

———presumption of total disability for certain individuals relative to nonservice-connected disability pension program (S. 1017), S7486 [15JY]

Women: assist the development of small business concerns owned and controlled by women (S. 888), S5600 [12JN]

Reports

Accurate Guidelines for Breast Cancer Screening for Certain Women: by, S2226-S2230 [13MR]

Reports filed

Activities During the 104th Congress: Committee on Veterans Affairs (Senate) (S. Rept. 105-23), S5412 [9JN]

Confer Honorary Armed Forces Veteran Status to Bob Hope: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (Senate) (H.J. Res. 75), S8823 [4SE]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 1061) (S. Rept. 105-58), S8090 [24JY]

Expenditures: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (Senate) (S. Res. 45), S945 [4FE]

Make the Native American Veteran Housing Loan Program of the Dept. of Veterans Affairs Permanent: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (Senate) (S. 714) (S. Rept. 105-123), S11446 [30OC]

Nomination of Espiridion A. Borrego To Be Assistant Sec. of Labor for Veterans' Employment and Training: Committee on Veterans Affairs (Senate), S11668 [4NO]

Nomination of Joseph Thompson To Be Under Sec. of Veterans Affairs for Benefits: Committee on Veterans Affairs (Senate), S11668 [4NO]

Nomination of Richard J. Griffin To Be Dept. of Veterans Affairs Inspector General Committee on Veterans Affairs (Senate), S11668 [4NO]

Nomination of William P. Greene, Jr., To Be Court of Veterans Appeals Judge: Committee on Veterans Affairs (Senate), S11668 [4NO]

Revisions of Veterans Benefits Decisions Based on Clear and Unmistakable Error: Committee on Veterans Affairs (Senate) (S. 464) (S. Rept. 105-156), S12574 [13NO]

Specify the Frequency of Screening Mammograms Provided To Women Veterans: Committee on Veterans Affairs (Senate) (S. 999) (S. Rept. 105-158), S12574 [13NO]

Supplemental Expenditures: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (Senate) (S. Res. 126) (S. Rept. 105-87), S9968 [25SE]

Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment and Benefit Programs Improvement Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (Senate) (S. 987) (S. Rept. 105-120), S11446 [30OC]

Veterans' Housing Loan Improvements Act: Committee on Veterans Affairs (Senate) (S. 986) (S. Rept. 105-153), S12461 [10NO]

Rules

Committee on Veterans' Affairs (Senate), S1805 [28FE]

Summaries

Mass Transit Systems Funding (S. 764), S4682 [19MY]

National Policy To Provide Health Care And Reform Insurance Procedures (S. 24), S383 [21JA]

New Urban Agenda Act (S. 23), S371 [21JA]

Tables

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies appropriations (S. 1061): spending comparisons, S8639 [2SE]

Examples of flat tax system, S3276 [16AP]

Testimonies

Attack on Peacekeeping Forces at Khobor Towers in Saudi Arabia: Senator Specter and Wayne A. Downing, Dept. of Defense, S6902 [7JY]

Texts of

S. 23, New Urban Agenda Act, S372-S376 [21JA]

S. 593, Flat Tax Act, S3277-S3282 [16AP]

S. 603, collect and disseminate statistically reliable information from milk manufacturing plants on prices received for bulk cheese, S3350 [17AP]

S. 604, use of feed grain costs as a basis for pricing milk, S3351 [17AP]

S. 635, Minority and Women Capital Formation Act, S3555-S3557 [23AP]

S. 772, Freedom From Religious Persecution Act, S4882-S4887 [21MY]

S. 934, Adolescent Family Life and Abstinence Education Act, S5934 [18JN]

S. 935, Adoption Promotion Act, S5934 [18JN]

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

S. 986, Veterans' Housing Loan Improvements Act, S6908 [7JY]

S. 987, Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment and Benefit Programs Improvement Act, S6910 [7JY]

S. 988, provide for a staggered judicial retirement option for the Court of Veterans Appeals to avoid large case backlogs and rename to the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, S6912-S6914 [7JY]

S. 1017, presumption of total disability for certain individuals relative to nonservice-connected disability pension program, S7486 [15JY]

S. 1018, extend benefits to certain children of Vietnam veterans born with spina bifida, S7487 [15JY]

S. 1191, Senate Campaign Finance Reform Act, S9640-S9643 [18SE]

S. 1462, Delaware and Lehigh Navigation Canal National Heritage Corridor Act reauthorization, S12129 [8NO]

S.J. Res. 36, confer honorary Armed Forces veteran status to Bob Hope, S8202 [28JY]

Tributes

Freeh, Louis J., S2222 [13MR]

Harriman, Pamela, S1052 [6FE]

Lieberman, Alice, S5376 [5JN]

Pidgeon, John (Jack), S3132 [14AP]

Shanker, Albert, S1928 [4MR]

Smith, Margaret Chase, S12542 [13NO]

Thurmond, Senator, S4850 [21MY]