HARKIN, TOM (a Senator from Iowa)

Addresses

Prohibit Imports Produced by Child Labor: Paul R. Charron, Liz Claiborne Corp., S4399 [13MY]

Amendments

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2160), S8651, S8671 [2SE]

———making appropriations (S. 1033), S7916, S7967 [23JY]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 947), S6078, S6100 [23JN], S6152, S6167, S6173, S6176, S6254, S6256, S6263, S6266 [24JN], S6372 [25JN]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 949), S6348, S6374 [25JN], S6510 [26JN], S6687, S6770 [27JN]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1998-2002 (S. Con. Res. 27), S4762 [20MY], S4833, S4852, S4861, S4874, S4875, S4903, S4906, S4909 [21MY], S5016 [22MY]

Courts: product liability reform (S. 648), S5629 [12JN]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 936), S6927, S6933 [7JY], S6978, S6981, S7018, S7019 [8JY], S7118 [9JY], S7169, S7218 [10JY], S7304 [11JY]

———making appropriations (S. 1005), S7417, S7426 [14JY]

Dept. of State and related agencies: authorizing appropriations and consolidating certain agencies (S. 903), S5742, S5878 [17JN]

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

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: authorizing appropriations (S. 1022), S8084, S8103 [24JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (S. 1061), S8832, S8833 [4SE], S8905, S8914, S8915, S8916, S8927, S8929, S8930 [8SE], S8965, S9023 [9SE], S9086 [10SE], S9218 [11SE]

FDA: modernize (S. 830), S9338, S9344 [15SE], S9428 [16SE], S9707 [19SE]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (S. 955), S7550, S7612 [16JY]

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

Appointments

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

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. 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]

———S. 830, FDA Modernization and Accountability Act, S11018 [23OC]

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

Articles and editorials

Be It a Medal or a Friend, Dan Piper Pushes Limits To Win, Jeff Eckhoff, Des Moines (IL) Register, S4310 [12MY]

Economic Prosperity Not Fully Shared, Robert Reno, Salt Lake City (UT) Tribune, S11226 [27OC]

Federal Reserve's Pointless Quarter-Point—A Preemptive Strike Against a Non-Threat, David Ranson, Barron's (publication), S11228 [27OC]

Senate Rejects Maverick Measure, S7744 [21JY]

Smoking Vote in the Senate, Washington (DC) Post, S8678 [3SE]

Time To Pause on B-2, Defense News (publication), S9056 [10SE]

Wage Inflation? Where? (Labor Statistics Lose Predictive Value), Peter Huber, Forbes (publication), S11224 [27OC], S11440 [30OC]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

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

Armed Forces: procedures for determining status of certain missing members (see S. 755), S9800 [23SE]

Army: close School of the Americas (see S. 980), S8733 [3SE]

Aviation: protect employment rights of workers who provide certain air safety information (see S. 100), S8607 [31JY]

Bankruptcy: make chapter 12 of bankruptcy code permanent relative to the treatment of farmers' reorganization plans by banks (see S. 1024), S11365 [29OC]

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

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

Capitol Building and Grounds: use of the rotunda for a ceremony honoring Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew (see S. Con. Res. 42), S9019 [9SE]

Census: provide for enumeration of family caregivers as part of the decennial census (see S. 1206), S9785 [23SE]

Children and youth: early childhood development programs (see S. 756), S4588 [15MY]

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

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

Contraceptives: require equitable coverage of drugs, devices, and services under health insurance plans (see S. 766), S11692 [4NO]

Crime: enhance rights and protections of victims (see S. 1081), S11692 [4NO]

———identity fraud (see S. 512), S11692 [4NO]

———national policy to control juvenile crime, violence, and drug abuse (see S. 15), S1111 [6FE]

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

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), S10332 [3OC]

———reform information technology systems (see S. 805), S5109 [23MY]

Disabled: enforcement of electronic and information technology accessibility guidelines for Federal employees with disabilities (see S. 761), S4658 [16MY]

Diseases: 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]

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 1062), S8669 [2SE]

Elections: constitutional amendment to regulate campaign expenditures and contribution limits (see S.J. Res. 18), S1926 [4MR]

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]

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

Family and Medical Leave Act: expand coverage and allow leave for parental involvement in educational and extracurricular activities (see S. 280), S1017 [5FE]

———extend coverage (see S. 183), S1194 [10FE]

Federal employees: delays in retirement cost-of-living adjustments (see S. Con. Res. 7), S2707 [20MR]

Federal firefighters: hourly and overtime pay rates and pay equity with other civil service employees and public sector firefighters (see S. 492), S8669 [2SE]

Firearms: ban the manufacture and sale of armor-piercing ammunition and develop uniform ballistics test to identify such ammunition (see S. 112), S3559 [23AP]

———improve safety of handguns (see S. 428), S8607 [31JY]

———voluntary equipment of handguns with child safety devices by manufacturers (see S. Res. 133), S10787 [9OC]

Food stamps: State prevention of receipt by prisoners (see S. 388), S2569 [19MR]

Foreign trade: identify countries that deny market access for value-added agricultural products (see S. 219), S10295 [1OC]

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

Hazardous substances: transportation regulations relative to agriculture (see S. 1056), S10176 [29SE]

Health: alternative medical treatments relative to individual access (see S. 578), S3199 [15AP]

———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), S10485 [7OC]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: reauthorize (see S. 717), S4106 [7MY]

Insurance: coverage of reconstructive surgery relative to breast cancer (see S. 609), S3348 [17AP]

———establish a minimum amount that may be applied as an aggregate lifetime limit relative to coverage under certain health benefit plans (see S. 1114), S8532 [31JY]

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), S11300 [28OC]

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

Julia, Raul: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see S. 1207), S9785 [23SE]

Lewis and Clark Rural Water System, Inc.: authorize construction and assistance (see S. 777), S4879 [21MY]

Medicare: improve health services to rural areas (see S. 415), S5137 [23MY]

———increase the number of physicians that complete fellowships in geriatric medicine and psychiatry (see S. 779), S5193 [2JN]

———reimbursement for nurse practitioners in health professional shortage areas (see S. 370), S2791 [7AP]

———reimbursement for physician assistants in health professional shortage areas (see S. 371), S2931 [9AP]

———reimbursement for telehealth services (see S. 385), S1828 [3MR]

Mexico: imposition of antidumping duties on U.S. corn syrup imports (see S. Con. Res. 43), S8153 [25JY]

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]

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

National Health Corps Loan Repayment Program: count fellowship training in geriatric medicine or psychiatry as obligated service (see S. 780), S5193 [2JN]

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

Nursing homes: nurse aide training and competency evaluation programs (see S. 452), S2356 [17MR]

Political campaigns: campaign ethics reform and contribution limits (see S. 25), S1111 [6FE]

———constitutional amendment to limit expenditure of money to elect public officials (see S.J. Res. 2), S1111 [6FE]

———ethics reform and contribution limits (see S. 11), S1136 [7FE]

Power resources: designate biodiesel fuel blends as alternative fuel and equalize alternative fuel vehicle incentives for fleet owners and operators (see S. 1141), S8733 [3SE]

Public welfare programs: establish asset-based welfare policies (see S. 1106, 1255), S9897 [24SE], S10428 [6OC]

SBA: establish Welfare-to-Work Microloan Pilot Program (see S. 956), S6358 [25JN]

Senate Rules: permit disabled employees with the privilege of the Senate floor to use supporting services on the floor (see S. Res. 71, 110), S4011 [6MY], S8608 [31JY]

Small business: increase deductions for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see S. 575), S3199 [15AP]

Small Business Technology Transfer Program: extend (see S. 929), S5927 [18JN]

Social Security: earnings test for blind individuals (see S. 375), S10861 [20OC]

Taxation: credit for clinical testing of certain drugs for rare diseases or conditions (see S. 293), S3371 [17AP]

———deductibility of business meal expenses for individuals who are subject to Federal limitations on hours of service (see S. 832), S5341 [5JN]

———exclude gain or loss from the sale of livestock from the computation of capital gains relative to the earned income credit (see S. 775), S7424 [14JY]

———extend energy production credit to electricity produced by wind and closed-loop biomass (see S. 1459), S12118 [8NO]

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

———treatment of certain agricultural installment sales as alternative minimum tax preference items (see S. 181), S633 [22JA]

———treatment of certain income received by cooperative telephone companies (see S. 791), S11779 [5NO]

———treatment of ethanol fuel (see S. 1008), S9086 [10SE]

———treatment of livestock sold due to weather-related conditions (see S. 239), S855 [30JA]

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

———use of income averaging for farmers (see S. 251), S8098 [24JY]

Tobacco products: application of fines to decrease usage by minors (see S. 828), S5622 [12JN]

———prescribe labels for packages and advertising and disclose certain information (see S. 527), S2838 [8AP]

———restrict U.S. trade actions against foreign tobacco regulations and require warning labels on exported cigarettes in the language of the target country (see S. 1060), S7950 [23JY]

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

Transportation: funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs (see S. 1173), S9252 [12SE]

———reauthorize highway construction and surface transportation funding (see S. 532), S2900 [9AP]

Veterans: extend eligibility period for inpatient or outpatient care to those exposed to toxic substances, radiation, or environmental hazards (see S. 211), S1800 [28FE]

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]

———constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see S.J. Res. 24), S2646 [20MR]

World War II: burial and funeral benefits for merchant marine veterans (see S. 61), S9085 [10SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Animals: regulate concentrated feeding operations to protect the environment and public health from the hazards of animal waste (see S. 1323), S11289 [28OC]

Armed Forces: award Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal to participants of Operation Joint Endeavor or Operation Joint Guard in Bosnia and Herzegovina (see S. 823), S5253 [3JN]

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

Consumers: labeling system for apparel and sporting goods made without child labor (see S. 554), S3011 [10AP]

———prohibit persons from charging for services or products that the SSA and Dept. of HHS provide without charge (see S. 868), S5444 [10JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: provide assistance to rural cooperatives (see S. 1522), S12506 [12NO]

Dept. of HHS: conduct an ongoing study of the health consequences of nuclear weapons tests (see S. 1524), S12506 [12NO]

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

Foreign trade: prohibit imports produced by child labor (see S. 332, 340), S1382 [13FE]

National Guard: drug interdiction and counterdrug programs funding (see S. 682), S3901 [1MY]

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

Rural areas: improve health services (see S. 860), S5413 [9JN]

Taxation: benefits for foreign corporations (see S. 315), S1300 [12FE]

———expand the child and dependent care tax credit (see S. 926), S5790 [17JN]

Tobacco products: tax status of payments made as a result of tobacco industry liability settlement (see S. Res. 104), S6727 [27JN]

U.S. Naval Academy: repeal requirement to maintain a dairy farm (see S. 942), S6040 [20JN]

Women: increase research and education on the drug DES (see S. 834), S5341 [5JN]

Certificates of election

Senate, S2 [7JA]

Letters

FDA Youth Anti-Smoking Initiative Enforcement and Outreach Program funding: Vice President Gore, S8652 [2SE]

———several State attorneys general, S8653 [2SE]

Human fetal tissue transplantation research practices relative to Parkinson's Disease research: Joan I. Samuelson, Parkinson's Action Network, S8777 [4SE]

National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine: several health care professionals and organizations, S9761 [23SE]

National Endowment for the Arts funding: Jonathan Katz, National Assembly of State Arts Agencies, S9534 [18SE]

———Karen Christensen, National Endowment for the Arts, S9470 [17SE]

———Richard J. Franke, Americans United To Save the Arts and Humanities (organization), S9534 [18SE]

———U.S. Conference of Mayors, S9535 [18SE]

National Fund for Health Research: Albert H. Owens, Jr., National Coalition for Cancer Research, S6329 [25JN]

———Christopher Reeve, S2947 [9AP]

———Daniel Perry, Alliance for Aging Research, S6329 [25JN]

———Donald S. Coffey, American Association for Cancer Research, Inc., S6328 [25JN]

———Herbert Pardes, Columbia University, S6329 [25JN]

———Ivan Diamond, Research Society on Alcoholism, S6329 [25JN]

———Joan I. Samuelson, Parkinson's Action Network, S6328 [25JN]

———Lydia Lewis, Depressive and Manic-Depressive Association, S6330 [25JN]

———Robert L. Balster, College on Problems of Drug Dependence, Inc., S6329 [25JN]

———Sandra H. Kownacki, Autism Society of America, S6330 [25JN]

Prohibit persons from charging for services or products that the SSA and Dept. of HHS provide without charge: Martha A. McSteen, National Committee To Preserve Social Security and Medicare, S5457 [10JN]

Resume trade and democracy programs for Pakistan: David L. Cox, Hycarbex, Inc., S7552 [16JY]

———James B. Taylor, Occidental Oil and Gas Corp., S7551 [16JY]

———John B. Hawkins, Hawkins Oil & Gas, Inc., S7552 [16JY]

———Madeleine Korbel Albright, Sec. of State, S7551 [16JY]

———Mark Esherick, MCI Communications Corp., S7551 [16JY]

———Paul G. Smith, Tenaska International (business), S7552 [16JY]

———Peter Carroll, Solar Turbines (business), S7551 [16JY]

———Reese H. Howle, Alpha-Gamma Technologies, Inc., S7551 [16JY]

———Robert F. Hemphill, Jr., AES Corp., S7552 [16JY]

———Thomas G. Boren, Southern Electric International (business), S7552 [16JY]

———Todd Hasselbeck, Boston Technology, Inc., S7552 [16JY]

———W.M. Krips, Union Texas Petroleum (business), S7552 [16JY]

———William S. Cohen, Sec. of Defense, S7550 [16JY]

Youth Anti-Smoking Initiative Enforcement and Outreach Program funding: Donna E. Shalala, Sec. of HHS, S7913, S7915 [23JY]

———Mike Moore, Attorney General of Mississippi, S7915 [23JY]

———several State attorneys general, S7914 [23JY]

Motions

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (S. 1033), S7923 [23JY]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 949), S6688 [27JN]

Remarks

Agriculture: ensure that federally funded research and education address high-priority concerns with national multistate significance (S. 1150), S11489 [30OC]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2160), S8652, S8653, S8654 [2SE], S8678, S8679, S8681 [3SE]

———making appropriations (S. 1033), S7912, S7914, S7915, S7916, S7917, S7918, S7919, S7921, S7922, S7923, S7924, S7925, S7929 [23JY]

Albright, Madeleine Korbel: nomination to be Sec. of State, S611 [22JA]

Animals: regulate concentrated feeding operations to protect the environment and public health from the hazards of animal waste (S. 1323), S11291 [28OC]

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (S. 672), S4194 [8MY]

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

Asia Foundation: support efforts to combat child labor abuses in Pakistan, S8078 [24JY]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 947), S6075 [23JN], S6122, S6123, S6125, S6148, S6153, S6155 [24JN], S6323, S6328 [25JN]

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

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1998-2002 (H. Con. Res. 84), conference report, S5337 [5JN]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1998-2002 (S. Con. Res. 27), S4736 [20MY], S4931, S4964, S4967 [22MY]

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

Children and youth: increase funding for Healthy Start and Head Start Programs and child care developmental block grants, S4736 [20MY]

———provide health insurance for uninsured children, S7223 [10JY]

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

Commodity Exchange Act: amend rules relative to certain transactions involving commodities markets (S. 257), S957 [4FE]

Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty: anniversary, S5433, S5434, S5435 [10JN]

Consumers: labeling system for apparel and sporting goods made without child labor (S. 554), S3028-S3030 [10AP], S9631 [18SE]

———prohibit persons from charging for services or products that the SSA and Dept. of HHS provide without charge (S. 868), S5456 [10JN]

Crime: national policy to control juvenile crime and violence, S4309 [12MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: provide assistance to rural cooperatives (S. 1522), S12507 [12NO]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 936), S6979 [8JY], S7084 [9JY], S7160, S7161 [10JY]

———B-2 stealth bomber funding, S9057 [10SE]

———making appropriations (S. 1005), S7417, S7419, S7420 [14JY]

———prohibit payment under defense contracts of restructuring costs for mergers or acquisitions, S7417, S7419, S7420 [14JY]

———reform depot operations, inventory controls, and financial management systems, S6979 [8JY]

———transfer of funds to the Dept. of Agriculture to use for the School Breakfast Program, S7084 [9JY]

———transfer of funds to the Dept. of Veterans Affairs for veterans' health care programs, S7161 [10JY]

Dept. of HHS: conduct an ongoing study of the health consequences of nuclear weapons tests (S. 1524), S12508 [12NO]

———funding to prevent E. coli in cattle, enhance safe food handling practices, and improve treatment for related diseases in humans, S9059 [10SE]

———Health Care Financing Administration competitive pricing demonstration program for Medicare, S4194 [8MY]

———refugee and entrant assistance funding, S8915 [8SE]

Dept. of State and related agencies: authorizing appropriations and consolidating certain agencies (H.R. 1757), S5939 [18JN]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2107), S9470, S9471, S9472 [17SE], S9533, S9534, S9536 [18SE]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: authorizing appropriations (S. 1022), S8078, S8084 [24JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2264), conference report, S12085, S12093 [8NO]

———making appropriations (S. 1061), S8634 [2SE], S8687, S8688, S8689, S8714, S8717 [3SE], S8777, S8809, S8813, S8814 [4SE], S8914, S8915 [8SE], S8965, S8999, S9005 [9SE], S9056, S9057, S9059, S9075 [10SE], S9108, 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, S10740 [9OC]

Education: clarify obligation to provide free educational services to children with disabilities under a certain age, S4301 [12MY]

———direct funding to local educational agencies, S9075 [10SE], S9115 [11SE]

———Head Start Program funding, S9056, S9057 [10SE]

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

———increase Pell Grant awards, S8687, S8688 [3SE]

———national policy to improve system, S8634 [2SE]

———school construction and infrastructure improvements funding, S4931 [22MY]

———special education funding limits, S4304, S4309, S4310 [12MY]

Employment: provide compensatory time opportunities, flexible workplaces, and clarify minimum wage and overtime requirements of private sector employees (S. 4), S4342, S4345 [13MY]

FDA: modernize (S. 830), S9361 [16SE], S9759, S9761 [23SE]

———modernize (S. 830), unanimous-consent agreement, S9362 [16SE]

———regulation of medical device approval process, S9361 [16SE]

———Youth Anti-Smoking Initiative Enforcement and Outreach Program funding, S7912, S7914, S7915, S7916, S7917, S7918, S7919, S7921, S7922, S7923, S7924, S7929 [23JY], S8652, S8653, S8654 [2SE], S8678, S8679, S8681 [3SE]

Ferguson, Roger W.: nomination to the FRS Board of Governors, S11435, S11437, S11438, S11439, S11440, S11442 [30OC]

Food: improve public health and food safety through enhanced enforcement (S. 1264), S10480 [7OC]

Food stamps: funding, S5337 [5JN]

———prevent receipt by prisoners, S6148 [24JN]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (S. 955), S7550, S7551, S7553, S7554 [16JY]

Foreign trade: prohibit imports produced by child labor, S4399 [13MY], S11628, S11629 [4NO]

———prohibit imports produced by child labor (S. 332), S1401 [13FE], S1575 [25FE]

Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial: design and construct a permanent addition (S.J. Res. 29), S3930 [1MY]

FRS: impact of interest rates on economic conditions, S11222, S11224, S11226-S11229 [27OC], S11435, S11437, S11438, S11439, S11440 [30OC]

———nominations, S11230 [27OC]

Goldberg, Janet: privilege of the floor, S8965 [9SE]

Gramlich, Edward M.: nomination to the FRS Board of Governors, S11435, S11437, S11438, S11439, S11440, S11442 [30OC]

Health: human fetal tissue transplantation research practices, S8777 [4SE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, S8634 [2SE]

———revise and extend mammography quality standards programs (S. 537), S12563 [13NO]

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

Herman, Alexis M.: nomination to be Sec. of Labor, S3778 [29AP]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: permit State and local educational agencies to establish uniform disciplinary policies, S4361 [13MY], S4403 [14MY]

———provide for reasonable attorneys fees to parents involved in due process or court proceedings, S4371 [13MY]

———reauthorize (H.R. 5), S4410, S4411 [14MY]

———reauthorize (S. 717), S4297, S4301, S4304, S4309, S4310 [12MY], S4361, S4371, S4375, S4376 [13MY], S4403, S4404, S4406, S4410, S4411 [14MY]

———require courts making awards to consider the impact on the education of all children in that State or locality, S4404 [14MY]

———State requirements relative to special education services for persons with a disability who are convicted of a felony and incarcerated, S4375, S4376 [13MY]

International Brotherhood of Teamsters: limit Federal funding for rerun of leadership election, S8809, S8813, S8814 [4SE]

Irvin, Tom: privilege of the floor, S4297 [12MY]

Lewis and Clark Rural Water System, Inc.: authorize construction and assistance (S. 777), S4893 [21MY]

LIHEAP: funding, S8687, S8688 [3SE]

Medicare: age eligibility requirements, S6122, S6123, S6125 [24JN]

———combat waste, fraud, and abuse, S6075-S6077 [23JN], S8915 [8SE]

———reform, S8636 [2SE]

Murray, Ellen: privilege of the floor, S8632 [2SE]

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

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

National Endowment for the Arts: funding, S9470, S9471, S9472 [17SE], S9533, S9534, S9536 [18SE]

National Guard: drug interdiction and counterdrug programs funding (S. 682), S3905 [1MY]

National Mediation Board: funding, S9114 [11SE]

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

NIH: biomedical research funding, S4964, S4967 [22MY]

———establish National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, S9759, S9761 [23SE]

———establish National Fund for Health Research, S6153, S6155 [24JN], S6328 [25JN], S6687 [27JN]

———establish National Fund for Health Research (S. 441), S2282 [13MR], S2947 [9AP], S4964 [22MY]

———establish research and training programs for Parkinson's disease, S8714 [3SE]

———funding, S12085 [8NO]

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

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

Pakistan: resume trade and democracy programs, S7550, S7551, S7553, S7554 [16JY]

Parliamentary inquiry, S6461 [26JN], S7417 [14JY]

Pratt, Robert W.: nomination to be district judge, S5068 [23MY]

Public housing: multifamily rental assisted housing programs reform, S10740 [9OC]

Public welfare programs: Welfare-To-Work Grant Program funding, S6323 [25JN]

Reinecke, Peter: privilege of the floor, S8632 [2SE]

Rural areas: improve health services (S. 860), S5423 [9JN]

SBA: establish Welfare-to-Work Microloan Pilot Program (S. 956), S6360 [25JN]

Senate: legislative program, S6074 [23JN], S9360 [16SE]

———visit by Russian Senator Evgeney S. Savchenko to Chamber, S9449 [17SE]

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

Taxation: allocation of alcohol fuels credit to patrons of ethanol-producing cooperatives (S. 1066), S11212 [24OC]

———benefits for foreign corporations (S. 315), S1314 [12FE]

———expand the child and dependent care tax credit (S. 926), S5871 [17JN]

Tobacoo products: limit plaintiff attorney fees relative to tobacco industry liability settlement, S9005 [9SE]

Torpin, Lori: privilege of the floor, S8677 [3SE]

Votes: position on missed, S5939 [18JN]

Women: increase research and education on the drug DES (S. 834), S5345 [5JN]

Reports

New Study Finds Americans Intolerant of Sweatshops in Garment Industry: Marymount University Center for Ethical Concerns, S3032 [10AP]

Resolutions by organizations

Arts, Humanities, and Museums Funding: U.S. Conference of Mayors, S9535 [18SE]

Texts of

S. 332, prohibit imports produced by child labor, S1576-S1578 [25FE]

S. 554, Child Labor Free Consumer Information Act, S3030-S3032 [10AP]

S. 834, increase research and education on the drug DES, S5346 [5JN]

S. 926, Working Family Child Care Tax Relief Act, S5871 [17JN]

S. 1264, Food Safety Enforcement Enhancement Act, S10480-S10482 [7OC]

S. 1524, require the Dept. of HHS to conduct an ongoing study of the health consequences of nuclear weapons tests, S12508 [12NO]

Tributes

Berg, John H.R., S8084 [24JY]

Harriman, Pamela, S993 [5FE]

Silverstein, Bobby, S9502, S9503 [17SE]

Wengert, Jim, S9805 [23SE]