LEAHY, PATRICK J. (a Senator from Vermont)

Addresses

Inaugural Address: Jeffery L. Amestoy, Chief Justice of Vermont, S977 [4FE]

Senate Process for Confirmation of Judicial Nominees: President Clinton, S10926 [22OC]

Amendments

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (S. 672), S4018 [6MY]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 947), S6173, S6263 [24JN]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1998-2002 (S. Con. Res. 27), S5016 [22MY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 936), S6920 [7JY], S7104, S7121 [9JY], S7236 [11JY]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (S. 1023), S7668, S7734 [17JY]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: authorizing appropriations (S. 1022), S8025, S8026, S8037, S8039, S8084, S8086, S8100, S8101, S8103, S8105 [24JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (S. 1061), S8736 [3SE], S8832 [4SE], S8923 [8SE]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (S. 955), S7515, S7516, S7518, S7546, S7576, S7589, S7592, S7609, S7610, S7611, S7614, S7615 [16JY], S7632 [17JY]

Immigration: reauthorize Visa Waiver Pilot Program (S. 1178), S10026, S10069 [26SE]

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]

Analyses

National Policy To Control Juvenile Crime, Violence, and Drug Abuse (S. 362), S1661-S1669 [26FE]

Appointments

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

———H.R. 2107, Dept. of the Interior and related agencies appropriations, S9626 [18SE]

———H.R. 2158, Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies appropriations, S7857 [22JY]

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

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

Articles and editorials

Administration Drops Plan To Find Substitutes for Antipersonnel Mine, Dana Priest, Washington (DC) Post, S11530 [31OC]

Affirmative Action in Play, New York (NY) Times, S11797 [6NO]

Albright View of Land Mines, Christian Science Monitor, S581 [22JA]

Another Bad One, Barre (VT) Times Argus, S2725 [20MR]

Barry Brought Me, Peter Freyne, Seven Days (publication), S4271 [9MY]

Bipartisan Support Not Enough for Judicial Nominee, Henry Weinstein, Los Angeles (CA) Times, S11710 [5NO]

Black Leaders Try To Deny Thomas Status as Role Model, Edward Felsenthal, Wall Street Journal, S1255 [12FE]

``Born Again Vermonter'' Reflects on a Life Spent Among Books, Melissa MacKenzie, Rutland (VT) Daily Herald, S8492 [31JY]

Cases Pile Up as Judgeships Remain Vacant, Sue Anne Pressley, Washington (DC) Post, S4580 [15MY]

Chief for Civil Rights, New York (NY) Times, S11532 [31OC]

Clinton Directive on Mines—New Form, Old Function, Dana Priest, Washington (DC) Post, S9984 [25SE], S10316 [3OC]

Clinton's Stumble, Rutland (VT) Herald, S10317 [3OC]

Constitutional Boondoggle, Wall Street Journal, S1001 [5FE]

Daniel Patrick Moynihan—The Senate's Renaissance Man Turns 70, Hill (publication), S2625 [20MR]

Empty-Bench Syndrome—Congressional Republicans Are Determined To Put Clinton's Judicial Nominees on Hold, Viveca Novak, Time (publication), S5066 [23MY]

Fine Choice for U.S. Rights Post—L.A. Attorney Should be Confirmed by the Senate Without Delay, Los Angeles (CA) Times, S11532 [31OC]

Garland—A Centrist Choice, Eva M. Rodriquez, Legal Times (publication), S2532 [19MR]

GOP's Judicial Freeze—A Fight To See Who Rules Over the Law, Ted Guest and Lewis Lord, U.S. News & World Report (publication), S5067 [23MY]

Independent Counsel Issue, Washington (DC) Post, S2344 [17MR]

Jack Barry, a Man of the Airwaves, Christopher Graff, Rutland (VT) Herald, S4271 [9MY]

John W. (Jack) Barry, Shelburne (VT) Vermont Times, S4271 [9MY]

Justice for Bill Lann Lee, Boston (MA) Globe, S11532 [31OC]

Key Family Planning Vote, Washington (DC) Post, S923 [4FE]

Lee Nomination, Washington (DC) Post, S11532 [31OC], S11798 [6NO]

Longtime Doctor Named Rotary's Citizen of the Year, Art Edelstein, S3994 [6MY]

Man of Joy, Burlington (VT) Free Press, S4271 [9MY]

Moynihan Imprint, David S. Broder, Washington (DC) Post, S2624 [20MR]

New Political Correctness, Nat Hentoff, Washington (DC) Post, S4428 [14MY]

One Man's Fight for a Better World, George C. Wilson, Army Times (publication), S10923 [22OC]

Politics of the Partisan Kill—Hatch Plays the Executioner in Bill Lee Confirmation Process, Los Angeles (CA) Times, S11797 [6NO]

St. Albans Celebrates 100 Years, Richard Cowparthwalt, Burlington (VT) Free Press, S7317 [11JY]

St. Johnsbury—Father Credits Rescue to Daring Son, Andrew Turner, St. Johnsbury (VT) Caledonian-Record, S5379 [5JN]

U.S. Would Benefit From Chemical Treaty, Robert G. Bell, New York (NY) Times, S3576 [24AP]

Vote for Poor Women Overseas, David S. Broder, Washington (DC) Post, S923 [4FE]

Who Is Invited to the Banquet? Tibetan From Vermont Remains in Chinese Prison, Jeff Kaufman, Rutland (VT) Herald, S11340 [29OC]

Woman Behind the Curtain—Monday Is Ann Jordan's Big Day—You Won't Even Know She's There, Roxanne Roberts, Washington (DC) Post, S927 [4FE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Afghanistan: peace process and human rights situation (see S. Con. Res. 6), S4247 [8MY]

African Elephant Conservation Act: reauthorize (see S. 627), S3419 [22AP]

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

American Legion: eligibility for membership relative to starting date for Vietnamese Conflict (see S. 1377), S11764 [5NO]

Animals: conservation of Asian elephants (see S. 1287), S11880 [6NO]

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

Aquaculture: establish a national development and research policy (see S. 1080), S8262 [29JY]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: designate certain lands as wilderness (see S. 531), S2900 [9AP]

Armed Forces: feasibility of using the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program for Medicare-eligible retirees under the military health care system (see S. 1334), S11343 [29OC]

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

Business and industry: ensure economic equity for women (see S. 71; S. Res. 70), S160 [21JA], S3011 [10AP]

Cambodia: terrorist attack at political rally (see S. Res. 69), S3058 [10AP]

Choephel, Ngawang: arrest and treatment in the People's Republic of China (see S. Res. 19), S163 [21JA]

Civil rights: prohibit discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex, race, or national origin (see S. 232), S804 [29JA]

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

Computers: discourage telephone access charges for Internet use (see S. Res. 86), S4588 [15MY]

———facilitate use of strong encryption methods for privacy and security (see S. 377), S1734 [27FE]

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

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

———allow victims to attend and observe the trials of those accused of the crime (see S. 447), S2320 [14MR]

———limit period of service for judges serving on panel that appoints independent counsels (see S. 581), S3199 [15AP]

Crime: increase penalties for assaulting or threatening Federal judges, their family members, and other public servants (see S. 1189), S10433 [6OC]

———national policy to control juvenile crime, violence, and drug abuse (see S. 15), S159 [21JA]

Cuba: exception to trade embargo for food, medicines and medical supplies, instruments, or equipment (see S. 1391), S11863 [6NO]

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

———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), S9338 [15SE]

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

Dept. of State: waive nonimmigrant visa fees for aliens engaging in certain charitable activities (see S. 1184), S9515 [17SE]

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]

———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), S3126 [14AP]

Employment: equalize remedies available to all victims of intentional discrimination (see S. 516), S2787 [7AP]

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

———prohibit discrimination on the basis of genetic information (see S. 1045), S11299 [28OC]

———submission of employee discrimination claims to mandatory and binding arbitration (see S. 63), S7013 [8JY]

Endangered Species Act: prohibit sale of products containing endangered species (see S. 361), S3294 [16AP]

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

Food: improve public health and food safety through enhanced enforcement (see S. 1264), S10475 [7OC]

Foreign policy: authorize trade and investment policy relative to sub-Saharan Africa (see S. 778), S8669 [2SE]

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

Health: require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for certain breast cancer treatments (see S. 143), S967 [4FE]

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

Human rights: expedite the declassification of certain documents relating to human rights abuses in Guatemala and Honduras (see S. 1220), S10962 [22OC]

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]

———reauthorize Visa Waiver Pilot Program (see S. 1178), S9332 [15SE]

Insurance: prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (see S. 89), S11364 [29OC]

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

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

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

Iran: impose sanctions on foreign persons who transfer items contributing to efforts to acquire, develop, or produce ballistic missiles (see S. 1311), S11365 [29OC]

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

Italian Americans: prepare report detailing injustices suffered during World War II and acknowledgment of such injustices by the President (see S. 969), S7870 [22JY]

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

Law enforcement: authorization process to use clone pagers (see S. 170), S11880 [6NO]

Law enforcement officers: extend certain civil service retirement options to IRS revenue officers, INS inspectors, and Customs Service inspectors and canine enforcement officers (see S. 397), S1979 [5MR]

———provide standards and protection for the conduct of internal police investigations (see S. 348), S1553 [25FE]

Line Item Veto Act: repeal (see S. 1319), S11550 [31OC]

Major League Baseball: application of antitrust laws (see S. 53), S160 [21JA]

Medicare: bone mass measurements (see S. 649), S4761 [20MY]

———coverage of diabetes outpatient self-management training services and blood-testing strips (see S. 102), S161 [21JA]

———coverage of medical nutrition therapy services (see S. 597), S4490 [14MY]

———demonstration project to provide coverage for cancer patients enrolled in certain clinical trials (see S. 381), S1734 [27FE]

Military assistance: prohibit to governments that are undemocratic, engaged in armed aggression, or in violation of human rights or arms control standards (see S. 1067), S8091 [24JY]

Mining and mineral resources: ensure receipt of a fair return for the extraction of locatable minerals on public domain lands (see S. 327), S1382 [13FE]

Mother Teresa: tribute (see S. Res. 120), S9018 [9SE]

Motor vehicles: titling and registration requirements relative to salvage, nonrepairable, and rebuilt vehicles (see S. 852), S9524 [17SE]

National Cancer Institute: increase involvement of advocates in breast cancer research (see S. 86), S160 [21JA]

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

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 Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute: expand and coordinate activities on women's diseases (see S. 349), S8098 [24JY]

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

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

New England: modernization of port and rail access in northern region (see S. 1087), S8360 [30JY]

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

Patent and Trademark Office: convert to Government corporation, improve application process, and protect U.S. inventors (see S. 507), S6372 [25JN]

Political campaigns: appointment of independent counsel to investigate fundraising practices in election campaigns (see S.J. Res. 23), S2416 [18MR]

———ethics reform and contribution limits (see S. 25, 918), S159 [21JA], S5790 [17JN]

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

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]

Tariff: ski footwear (see S. 1101), S8532 [31JY]

Taxation: credit for rehabilitating historic homes or purchasing newly rehabilitated historic homes for use as principal residence (see S. 496), S2931 [9AP]

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

———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]

———increase amount of low-income housing credits allocated in each State and index amount for inflation (see S. 1252), S11239 [27OC]

———repeal percentage depletion allowance for certain hardrock mines (see S. 325), S1382 [13FE]

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

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

———treatment of family-held forest lands (see S. 552), S3011 [10AP]

Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact: consent (see S. 270), S1017 [5FE]

Tobacco products: treatment of excise taxes relative to costs incurred by tobacco industry liability settlement (see S. 1183), S9515 [17SE]

World Intellectual Property Organization Copyright Treaty: implementation (see S. 1121), S8532 [31JY]

World Intellectual Property Organization Performances and Phonograms Treaty: implementation (see S. 1121), S8532 [31JY]

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

Bills and resolutions introduced

Children and youth: improve child nutrition programs (see S. 1556), S12575 [13NO]

Computers: use, sale, and export of encryption products for privacy and security (see S. 376), S1734 [27FE]

Copyrights: strengthen criminal copyright infringement laws (see S. 1044), S7768 [21JY]

Courts: appointment of Federal judges (see S. 678), S3901 [1MY]

Crime: enhance rights and protections of victims (see S. 1081), S8262 [29JY]

———national policy to control juvenile crime, violence, and drug abuse (see S. 362), S1659 [26FE]

EPA: take immediate steps to abate emissions of mercury and release to Congress a study of mercury (see S. Con. Res. 28), S5002 [22MY]

Health: provide information and protect patients' rights relative to medical care (see S. 1368), S11678 [4NO]

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

Telecommunications: preserve State and local authority to regulate the placement, construction, and modification of certain facilities (see S. 1350), S11448 [30OC]

Telecommunications Act: repeal amendments on obscene and harassing use of telecommunications facilities (see S. 213), S726 [28JA]

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

Eulogies

Barry, John W. (Jack): by Bridget Barry Caswell, S4270 [9MY]

Excerpts

Uganda Orthopaedics and Physical Therapy for the Disabled Project, S3460-S3462 [22AP]

Letters

American Heritage Rivers Initiative: Whitty Sanford, Connecticut River Watershed Council, Inc., S9548 [18SE]

Appointment of independent counsel to investigate fundraising practices in Presidential election campaign: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S2306 [14MR]

Arrest and treatment of Ngawang Choephel in the People's Republic of China: by, S2056 [10MR]

Boys and Girls Clubs of America funding: Robbie Calloway, Boys and Girls Clubs of America, S4578 [15MY]

Constitutional amendment to require balanced budget: Coalition for Budget Integrity, S1178 [10FE]

Federal judicial vacancies: several legal organizations, S8046 [24JY], S8505 [31JY]

International family planning programs restrictions relative to abortion: Madeleine Korbel Albright, Sec. of State, S1447 [24FE]

———Mark O. Hatfield, S1435 [24FE]

No Electronic Theft (NET) Act: Andrew Fois, Dept. of Justice, S12691 [13NO]

Nomination of Bill L. Lee to be Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights: Robert Cramer, S11532 [31OC]

Nomination of Margaret Morrow to be district judge: Nancy Duff Campbell and Marcia D. Greenberger, National Women's Law Center, S4427 [14MY]

———several legal organizations, S8505 [31JY]

———Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles, S4419 [14MY]

Nomination of Merrick B. Garland to be circuit judge: Benjamin R. Civiletti, S2519 [19MR]

———Carolyn B. Lamm, ABA, S2520 [19MR]

———Charles J. Cooper, S2520 [19MR]

———Dan K. Webb, S2520 [19MR]

———Donald B. Ayer, S2519 [19MR]

———Frank Keating, Governor of Oklahoma, S2519 [19MR]

———George J. Terwilliger III, S2519 [19MR]

———Jay B. Stephens, S2520 [19MR]

———Robert S. Mueller III, S2520 [19MR]

———Terry E. Branstad, Governor of Iowa, S2519 [19MR]

———William T. Coleman, Jr., S2519 [19MR]

Senate process for confirmation of judicial nominees: Laurence H. Silberman, U.S. Court of Appeals, S2535 [19MR]

U.S. refusal to sign international treaty banning antipersonnel landmines: several Nobel laureates, S9781 [23SE]

Volunteer Protection Act: Morris Dees, Southern Poverty Law Center, S3816 [30AP]

Lists

Daniel U. Kiley accomplishments in the arts, S12197 [8NO]

Remarks

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (S. 1033), S7937 [23JY], S7993 [24JY]

AID: funding, S9690 [18SE]

———Gorgas Memorial Institute tuberculosis initiative funding, S7583 [16JY]

———use of the International Fund for Agricultural Development to implement microenterprise assistance, S7634 [17JY]

Albright, Madeleine Korbel: nomination to be Sec. of State, S581 [22JA]

American Heritage Rivers Initiative: terminate further development and implementation, S9548 [18SE]

American Legion: eligibility for membership relative to starting date for Vietnamese Conflict (S. 1377), S11791 [5NO]

Appropriations: establish automatic system for continuing appropriations, S4170 [8MY]

———making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (S. 672), S4170, S4193 [8MY]

Barr, Pat: tribute to efforts relative to breast cancer research, S10816 [9OC]

Bassetti, Victoria: privilege of the floor, S2530 [19MR]

Boys and Girls Clubs of America: funding (S. 476), S4578 [15MY], S12682 [13NO]

Breyer, Charles R.: confirmation as district judge, S12643 [13NO]

Budget: allocation of funds, S3870 [1MY]

———allow use of accumulated surplus under balanced budget constitutional amendment, S1892 [4MR]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced (S.J. Res. 1), S997, S999, S1001, S1012 [5FE], S1058, S1070, S1082, S1088 [6FE], S1163, S1164, S1178, S1179 [10FE], S1262, S1263, S1283 [12FE], S1457 [24FE], S1500, S1504 [25FE], S1616 [26FE], S1720 [27FE], S1848, S1849, S1851, S1853, S1858, S1861, S1862, S1884, S1886, S1889, S1890, S1891, S1892, S1897, S1916, S1920, S1921 [4MR]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced (S.J. Res. 1), unanimous-consent agreement, S1537 [25FE]

———deficit, S1070 [6FE]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), conference report, S8469 [31JY]

———strike reliance on estimates and receipts from balanced budget constitutional amendment, S1457 [24FE]

———waiver of constitutional provisions to balance in the event of economic emergencies, S1088 [6FE], S1178, S1179 [10FE]

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

———waiver of constitutional provisions to balance in the event of war, threat to national security, or economic emergency, S1616 [26FE]

Cambodia: allocation of foreign aid, S7577 [16JY]

Caputo, A. Richard: confirmation as district judge, S12643 [13NO]

Carson, Lesley: privilege of the floor, S5717 [17JN]

Casey, Richard C.: nomination to be district judge, S10905 [21OC]

Chambers, Robert C.: nomination to be district judge, S8875 [5SE]

Chemical Weapons Convention: implementation (S. 610), S5078, S5080 [23MY]

———ratification (S. Res. 75), S3574, S3576, S3616, S3651 [24AP]

Children and youth: exempt budget outlays impacting education, nutrition, and health care programs from balanced budget constitutional amendment, S1163, S1164 [10FE]

———improve child nutrition programs (S. 1556), S12600 [13NO]

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

Choephel, Ngawang: arrest and treatment in the People's Republic of China, S11339 [29OC]

———arrest and treatment in the People's Republic of China (S. Res. 19), S568 [21JA], S2055, S2056 [10MR]

Civil rights: prohibit discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex, race, or national origin (S. 232), S816 [29JA]

Clay, Eric L.: nomination to be circuit judge, S8520 [31JY]

Clean Air Act: requirements relative to clean up of coal-fired powerplants, S12567 [13NO]

Clinton, President: State of the Union Message, S928 [4FE], S997 [5FE]

Cohen, William S.: nomination to be Sec. of Defense, S622 [22JA]

Commission on Structural Alternatives for the Federal Courts of Appeals: establish, S8045, S8046 [24JY]

Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act: funding, S8081 [24JY]

Computers: discourage telephone access charges for Internet use (S. Res. 86), S4612 [15MY]

———online chats with schools in home districts, S3857 [30AP]

———use, sale, and export of encryption products for privacy and security (S. 376), S1749 [27FE]

Congress: authority to enforce the provisions of a balanced budget constitutional amendment, S1720 [27FE], S1892 [4MR]

Copyrights: duration of protection (S. 505), S2684 [20MR]

———strengthen criminal copyright infringement laws (H.R. 2265), S12690 [13NO]

———strengthen criminal copyright infringement laws (S. 1044), S7772 [21JY]

———treatment of restored works, licensing, infringement actions, Copyright Office fees, court proceedings, and audio recordings and devices (H.R. 672), S11498 [30OC]

Correctional institutions: payment of special masters for civil actions concerning prison conditions, S8227 [29JY]

Courts: allow prosecution of war criminals located in the U.S., S7589 [16JY]

———allow victims to attend and observe the trials of those accused of the crime (H.R. 924), S2507 [19MR]

———allow victims to attend and observe the trials of those accused of the crime (S. 447), S2330 [14MR]

———appointment of Federal judges, S2963 [10AP], S3391 [22AP]

———appointment of Federal judges (S. 678), S3903 [1MY]

———divide the ninth judicial circuit into two circuits, S8045, S8046 [24JY]

———limit period of service for judges serving on panel that appoints independent counsels (S. 581), S3213 [15AP]

Crime: enhance rights and protections of victims (S. 1081), S8269 [29JY]

———increase penalties for assaulting or threatening Federal judges, their family members, and other public servants (S. 1189), S10301 [1OC]

———national policy to control juvenile crime, violence, and drug abuse (S. 15), S338 [21JA]

———national policy to control juvenile crime, violence, and drug abuse (S. 362), S1661 [26FE]

———national policy to control juvenile crime and violence, S12664 [13NO]

———provide penalties for the acquisition or use of chemical or biological weapons and reduce acts of terrorism using such weapons (S. 495), S3334, S3336 [17AP]

Cuomo, Andrew M.: nomination to be Sec. of HUD, S784 [29JA]

Damrell, Frank C., Jr.: confirmation as district judge, S12643 [13NO]

Dept. of Defense: Commercial Operations and Support Savings Initiative funding, S4193 [8MY]

———making appropriations (S. 1005), S7445 [15JY]

———School of the Americas funding, S7533 [16JY]

Dept. of HHS: Community Schools Program funding, S9114 [11SE]

Dept. of HUD: Community Development Financial Institutions Fund funding, S7854 [22JY]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2107), S9548, S9624 [18SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2107), conference report, S11270 [28OC]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (S. 1023), S7763 [21JY]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: authorizing appropriations (S. 1022), S8045, S8046, S8080, S8081 [24JY], S8227 [29JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2267), conference report, S12664 [13NO]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (S. 1061), S9114 [11SE]

Diseases: tuberculosis prevention programs funding, S7532 [16JY]

Droney, Christopher F.: nomination to be district judge, S9163 [11SE]

Drugs: establish matching grant program for local communities that first demonstrate a long-term commitment to reduce youth substance abuse (H.R. 956), S5960 [19JN]

Earth Day: observance, S3392 [22AP]

Ecology and environment: national objectives priority assignments, S3392 [22AP]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (S. 1004), S7478 [15JY]

EPA: prohibit establishment of new standards for ozone or particulate matter before existing standards have been attained, S6382 [25JN]

———take immediate steps to abate emissions of mercury and release to Congress a study of mercury (S. Con. Res. 28), S5016 [22MY]

FDA: modernize (S. 830), S9781 [23SE]

Fisher, Raymond C.: nomination to be Associate Attorney General, S12117 [8NO]

Foreign aid: international family planning programs, S7533 [16JY]

———international family planning programs (H.J. Res. 36), S1434, S1435, S1442, S1445, S1446, S1448 [24FE], S1519 [25FE]

———international family planning programs restrictions relative to abortion, S1434, S1435, S1442, S1445, S1446, S1448 [24FE]

———international family planning programs (S.J. Res. 14), S923 [4FE]

———prevent allocation to security forces of certain countries relative to human rights violations, S7583 [16JY]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2159), S9690 [18SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2159), conference report, S12528, S12530 [13NO]

———making appropriations (S. 955), S7532, S7533, S7544, S7549, S7577, S7578, S7583, S7584, S7589, S7591 [16JY], S7634, S7650 [17JY]

———making appropriations (S. 955), unanimous-consent agreement, S7579 [16JY]

Foreign trade: establish negotiating objectives and fast-track procedures for future trade agreements (S. 1269), S11859 [6NO]

Forest Service: management, S937 [4FE]

Forests: implement certain management reforms (S. 546), S3017 [10AP]

Gajarsa, Arthur: nomination to be circuit judge, S8520 [31JY]

Garland, Merrick B.: nomination to be circuit judge, S2518, S2519, S2524, S2525, S2526, S2527, S2530, S2532, S2534, S2535, S2537 [19MR]

Gilman, Ronald L.: nomination to be circuit judge, S11796 [6NO]

Government: bipartisan cooperation, S580 [22JA]

Greene, William P., Jr.: confirmation as district judge, S12634 [13NO]

Gwin, James S.: nomination to be district judge, S11709, S11716 [5NO]

Hayden, Katharine Sweeney: nomination to be district judge, S9957 [25SE]

Health: provide information and protect patients' rights relative to medical care (S. 1368), S11689-S11691 [4NO]

Holder, Eric H., Jr.: nomination to be Deputy Attorney General, S7206 [10JY], S7296 [11JY], S7689 [17JY]

Housing: Low-Income Weatherization Assistance Program and State Energy Conservation Program funding, S9624 [18SE]

Hull, Frank M.: nomination to be circuit judge, S8819 [4SE]

Immigration: arrival and departure requirements for Canadian citizens relative to automated entry and exit control systems (S. 1360), S11682 [4NO]

Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act: reauthorize (S. 586), S3222 [15AP]

International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia: restrict foreign assistance for countries providing sanctuary to indicted war criminals who are sought for prosecution (S. 804), S5119 [23MY]

IRS: impose criminal penalties for unauthorized inspection of tax return information (S. 522), S3185 [15AP]

———restructure and reform (H.R. 2676), S12100 [8NO]

Jenkins, Martin J.: confirmation as district judge, S12629 [13NO]

Kauffman, Bruce C.: confirmation as district judge, S12629 [13NO]

Kennedy, Henry H., Jr.: nomination to be district judge, S8819 [4SE]

Kiley, Daniel U.: National Medal of Arts recipient, S12197 [8NO]

Kimball, Dale A.: nomination to be district judge, S10905 [21OC]

Klein, Joel I.: nomination to be Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division, S7671 [17JY]

Kollar-Kotelly, Colleen: nomination to be circuit judge, S2631 [20MR]

Land and Water Conservation Fund: funding, S11270 [28OC]

Law enforcement officers: provide standards and protection for the conduct of internal police investigations (S. 348), S1556 [25FE]

Lazzara, Richard A.: nomination to be district judge, S10051 [26SE]

Lee, Bill L.: nomination to be Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights, S11443 [30OC], S11531 [31OC], S11796 [6NO]

Library of Congress: tribute to the Global Legal Information Network, S11860 [6NO]

Major League Baseball: application of antitrust laws (S. 53), S419 [21JA]

Marbley, Algenon L.: nomination to be district judge, S11233 [27OC]

Mexico: disapprove foreign aid certification of drug enforcement efforts (H.J. Res. 58), S2594 [20MR]

———investigation into pregnancy-based sex discrimination in the maquiladora industry, S8258 [29JY]

Middle East: condemn certain actions by the Palestinian Authority, S4766 [20MY]

Middlebrooks, Donald M.: nomination to be district judge, S5068 [23MY]

Miller, Jeffrey T.: nomination to be district judge, S5069 [23MY]

Morrow, Margaret: nomination to be district judge, S4418, S4420, S4424, S4425, S4427 [14MY], S8504 [31JY], S8820 [4SE], S9959 [25SE], S11709, S11710 [5NO], S12569 [13NO]

Nagorno-Karabagh: allocation of foreign aid, S7584 [16JY]

National Breast Cancer Awareness Month: observance, S10816 [9OC]

National Center for Rural Law Enforcement: establish (H.R. 1524), S9982 [25SE]

National Day of Recognition for the Humanitarian Efforts of Diana, Princess of Wales: designate (S. Res. 118), S8710 [3SE]

National Sea Grant College Program: reauthorization (S. 927), S12517 [13NO]

National security: simplify conditions for a declaration of an imminent and serious threat in balanced budget constitutional amendment, S1283 [12FE]

Newport, VT: IRS office hiring requirements, S7763 [21JY]

Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact: require OMB study on economic impact, S7937 [23JY], S7993 [24JY]

OPIC: credit and insurance programs administration funding, S7549, S7578 [16JY]

Patent and Trademark Office: convert to Government corporation, improve application process, and protect U.S. inventors (S. 507), S7860 [22JY]

Perez, Tom: privilege of the floor, S2519 [19MR]

Peru: limit international military education and training assistance, S7591 [16JY]

Political campaigns: appointment of independent counsel to investigate fundraising practices in Presidential election campaign (S.J. Res. 22), S2302, S2307 [14MR], S2344, S2345, S2347 [17MR], S2406 [18MR], S2496, S2498 [19MR]

———appointment of independent counsel to investigate fundraising practices in election campaigns (S.J. Res. 23), S2498, S2499 [19MR]

———ethics reform and contribution limits (S. 25), S9165 [11SE]

Power resources: demonstration project to replace diesel engines with modern fuel cell technology at snow production facilities, S7478 [15JY]

Pratt, Robert W.: nomination to be district judge, S5066 [23MY]

Presidential appointments: nominations considered and confirmed en bloc, S5066 [23MY]

———Senate process for confirmation of judicial nominees, S2518, S2519, S2524, S2525, S2526, S2527, S2530, S2532, S2534, S2535, S2536, S2537 [19MR], S4418, S4420, S4424, S4425, S4427 [14MY], S4580 [15MY], S5066, S5085, S5086 [23MY], S5653-S5655 [16JN], S6492 [26JN], S7206 [10JY], S7296 [11JY], S8504 [31JY], S8819-S8821 [4SE], S9163 [11SE], S9723 [19SE], S9957-S9959 [25SE], S10051 [26SE], S10924-S10926 [22OC], S11233 [27OC], S11709, S11710 [5NO], S12569 [13NO]

Rendell, Marjorie O.: nomination to be district judge, S10051 [26SE]

Satellite Home Viewer Act: technical amendments (H.R. 672), S11498 [30OC]

SBA: Vermont World Trade Office funding, S8080 [24JY]

Senate: legislative program, S580 [22JA], S1071 [6FE], S1847 [4MR], S8481 [31JY]

———location of Office of the Official Reporters of Debates, S3339 [17AP]

Ships and vessels: discovery of Revolutionary War gunboat in Lake Champlain, S7445 [15JY]

Sippel, Rodney W.: confirmation as district judge, S12628 [13NO]

Siragusa, Charles J.: nomination to be district judge, S11407 [30OC]

Social Security: treatment under balanced budget constitutional amendment, S1500, S1504 [25FE], S1889 [4MR]

St. Albans, VT: anniversary, S7317 [11JY]

Supreme Court: decision on Communications Decency Act, S6491 [26JN]

Taxation: rates, S8469 [31JY]

———treatment of draft cider (S. 475), S2561 [19MR]

———treatment of family-held forest lands, S8469 [31JY]

Telecommunications: preserve State and local authority to regulate the placement, construction, and modification of certain facilities (S. 1350), S11402, S11463 [30OC]

———reform policies regulating competition, S7671 [17JY]

———regulation of telephone rates in rural areas, S9777 [23SE]

Telecommunications Act: repeal amendments on obscene and harassing use of telecommunications facilities (S. 213), S742 [28JA]

Television: satellite broadcast rates, S11191 [24OC]

Thomas, Clarence: invitation to attend Festival of Youth in Delaware, S1254 [12FE]

Thrash, Thomas W.: nomination to be district judge, S8521 [31JY]

Tomasi, Ernest: Montpelier, VT, Rotary Club Citizen of the Year award recipient, S3994 [6MY]

Transportation: funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs (S. 1173), S10624 [8OC]

Turkey: human rights violations, S1325 [12FE]

Uganda: abduction of children by rebel groups, S10821 [9OC]

———tribute to War Victims Fund project, S3460 [22AP]

University of Vermont: funding for research work on Lake Champlain environmental issues, S12517 [13NO]

Volunteer workers: grant immunity from personal civil liability during work on behalf of governmental entities or nonprofit organizations (H.R. 911), S4916 [21MY]

———grant immunity from personal civil liability during work on behalf of governmental entities or nonprofit organizations (S. 543), S3765, S3771 [29AP], S3815, S3816 [30AP], S3870, S3879 [1MY]

Weapons: eliminate use of antipersonnel landmines, S10315 [3OC], S11529, S11531 [31OC]

———eliminate use of antipersonnel landmines (S. 896), S5609 [12JN], S5717, S5721 [17JN]

———restrict the use of funds for new deployments of antipersonnel landmines, S9984 [25SE]

———U.S. refusal to sign international treaty banning antipersonnel landmines, S9722 [19SE], S9778 [23SE]

World Bank: reform, S12530-S12532 [13NO]

World Intellectual Property Organization Copyright Treaty: implementation (H.R. 2281), S8282 [29JY]

———implementation (S. 1121), S8585 [31JY]

World Intellectual Property Organization Performances and Phonograms Treaty: implementation (H.R. 2281), S8282 [29JY]

———implementation (S. 1121), S8585 [31JY]

Resolutions by organizations

National Center for Rural Law Enforcement establishment: Vermont Association of Chiefs of Police, S9982 [25SE]

Statements

Harriett G. Jenkins Retirement: by, S11788 [5NO]

Volunteer Protection Act: OMB, S3816 [30AP]

Summaries

Criminal Copyright Improvement Act (S. 1044), S7774 [21JY]

Encrypted Communications Privacy Act (S. 376), S1753-S1755 [27FE]

Texts of

S. 213, repeal Telecommunications Act amendments on obscene and harassing use of telecommunications facilities, S743 [28JA]

S. 376, Encrypted Communications Privacy Act, S1750-S1753 [27FE]

S. 1044, Criminal Copyright Improvement Act, S7773 [21JY]

S. 1081, Crime Victims Assistance Act, S8270-S8275 [29JY]

S. 1350, preserve State and local authority to regulate the placement, construction, and modification of certain telecommunication facilities, S11463 [30OC]

S. 1556, Child Nutrition Initiatives Act, S12601-S12603 [13NO]

Transcripts

Online Computer Chat with Granville, VT, Village School Students, S3858 [30AP]

Tributes

Amestoy, Jeffery L., S976 [4FE]

Aronson, Arnold, S2128 [11MR], S2643 [20MR]

Barry, John W. (Jack), S4269 [9MY]

Chamberlain, Mark D., S5378 [5JN]

Edwards, Donald, S2550 [19MR]

Ford, Senator, S2110 [11MR]

Hagel, Senator, S1004 [5FE]

Hale, Arturo, S2572 [19MR]

Jenkins, Harriett G., S11788 [5NO]

Jennison, Peter S., S8492 [31JY]

Jones, W. Proctor, S972 [4FE]

Jordan, Anne Dibble, S927 [4FE]

Kennedy, Walter (Peanut), S3994 [6MY]

Moynihan, Senator, S2624 [20MR]

Muller, Bobby, S10923, S10924 [22OC]

Thurmond, Senator, S5717 [17JN]

Tsongas, Paul E., S851 [30JA]