DURBIN, RICHARD J. (a Senator from Illinois)

Amendments

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

———making appropriations (S. 1033), S7902, S7966 [23JY]

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (S. 672), S4116 [7MY]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (S.J. Res. 1), S1083, S1111 [6FE], S1593, S1681 [26FE]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 947), S6151, S6152, S6172, S6174, S6254, S6262, S6264 [24JN]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 949), S6348, S6374 [25JN], S6510 [26JN], S6762 [27JN]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1998-2002 (S. Con. Res. 27), S4833, S4861, S4875, S4903, 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), S5991, S6006 [19JN], S6931, S6933, S6949 [7JY], S6978, S7018 [8JY], S7188 [10JY], S7273, S7307 [11JY]

Dept. of State and related agencies: authorizing appropriations and consolidating certain agencies (S. 903), S5666, S5669, S5686, S5687, S5703, S5704, S5705 [16JN]

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

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (S. 1048), S8249, S8280 [29JY]

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), S8711, S8712, S8735, S8736 [3SE], S8850, S8851, S8874 [5SE], S8917 [8SE], S9047, S9088 [10SE]

FDA: modernize (S. 830), S9340 [15SE], S9705, S9707 [19SE], S9800 [23SE]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (S. 955), S7522, S7591, S7611, S7614 [16JY]

Taxation: treatment of education individual retirement accounts relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R. 2646), S11467 [30OC]

Transportation: funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs (S. 1173), S11096 [23OC]

Appointments

Senate Arms Control Observer Group, S4131 [7MY]

Articles and editorials

Ethics in Law and Politics, Paul Simon, Loyola University of Chicago Law Journal, S10903 [21OC]

Helms Choke-Hold on Diplomacy, Chicago (IL) Tribune, S2858 [8AP]

Obstructionism Blocking Chemical Weapons Accord, Springfield (IL) State Journal-Register, S2859 [8AP]

Treaty Ought To Be Ratified, Chicago (IL) Tribune, S2859 [8AP]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

America Recycles Day: designate (see S. Res. 116), S11365 [29OC]

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

———prohibit import, export, sale, or possession of bear viscera (see S. 263), S1998 [5MR]

———prohibit interstate commerce relative to exotic animals (see S. 995), S10898 [21OC]

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

Aviation: allow families of international airline disaster victims a fair jury trial to receive just compensation for their loss (see S. 943), S11299 [28OC]

Bankruptcy: consumer protection (see S. 1301), S10882 [21OC]

———make chapter 12 of bankruptcy code permanent relative to the treatment of farmers' reorganization plans by banks (see S. 1024), S7603 [16JY]

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

Business and industry: ensure economic equity for women (see S. 71; S. Res. 70), S2931 [9AP], S3011 [10AP]

———maintain standards for ``Made in USA'' label (see S. Con. Res. 52), S12510 [12NO]

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

Children and youth: early childhood development programs (see S. 1309), S11880 [6NO]

———modify certain adoption and foster care placement procedures (see S. 511), S6918 [7JY]

———provide health insurance for uninsured children (see S. 525), S2838 [8AP]

Citizenship: treatment of descendants of the children of certain female U.S. citizens born abroad (see S. 677), S6191 [24JN]

———treatment of foreign born children of U.S. citizens (see S. 670), S3844 [30AP]

Commodity Exchange Act: amend rules relative to certain transactions involving commodities markets (see S. 257), S3057 [10AP]

Computers: establish a commission on the problem with differentiating years 2000 and 1900 (see S. 22), S9297 [12SE]

Contraceptives: require equitable coverage of drugs, devices, and services under health insurance plans (see S. 743, 766), S4479 [14MY], S4748 [20MY]

Courts: extend certain temporary district court judgeships (see S. 1113), S8532 [31JY]

Crime: improve investigation and prosecution of individuals involved in cloning cellular telephones (see S. 493), S8831 [4SE]

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

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: determination of service connection for certain illnesses caused by exposure to chemical and biological warfare agents during the Persian Gulf Conflict (see S. 1320), S12615 [13NO]

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

———issue special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see S. 726), S7118 [9JY]

———payments to individuals with blood-clotting disorders who contracted HIV due to contaminated blood products (see S. 358), S3851 [30AP]

———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]

Drunken driving: national standard to prohibit the operation of motor vehicles by intoxicated individuals (see S. 412), S8607 [31JY]

Ecology and environment: expand the public's right to know about toxic chemical use and release in their communities (see S. 769), S8831 [4SE]

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 1062), S9019 [9SE]

Education: national policy to improve system (see S. 12), S159 [21JA]

Employment: enhance and protect retirement savings (see S. 14), S159 [21JA]

———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]

Families and domestic relations: grants to States to establish supervised visitation centers for victims of domestic violence (see S. 1129), S8532 [31JY]

Federal courts: restore stenographic preference for depositions (see S. 1352), S11545 [31OC]

Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: coverage of bone mass measurements (see S. 1335), S11880 [6NO]

Federal firefighters: hourly and overtime pay rates and pay equity with other civil service employees and public sector firefighters (see S. 492), S3560 [23AP]

Firearms: improve safety of handguns (see S. 428), S2206 [12MR]

———prohibit gunrunning and provide mandatory minimum penalties for crimes related to gunrunning (see S. 658), S3727 [25AP]

———standards for certain foreign and domestically-produced handguns (see S. 70), S160 [21JA]

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

Food: improve public health and food safety through enhanced enforcement (see S. 1264), S10661 [8OC]

Foreign trade: identify countries that deny market access for value-added agricultural products (see S. 219), S9800 [23SE]

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

Hazardous substances: transportation regulations relative to agriculture (see S. 1056), S8607 [31JY]

Health: develop and implement research strategies to prevent birth defects (see S. 419), S2285 [13MR]

———national policy to provide health insurance to children and pregnant women (see S. 13), S159 [21JA]

———prohibit restriction of certain medical communications between health care providers and their patients (see S. 449), S4011 [6MY]

———protect the public from hazards caused by exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (see S. 826), S5253 [3JN]

———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for certain breast cancer treatments (see S. 143), S4115 [7MY]

———research and services aimed at the prevention and cessation of prenatal and postnatal smoking (see S. 938), S7118 [9JY]

———revise and extend Area Health Education Center Program (see S. 892), S5596 [12JN]

———revise and extend mammography quality standards programs (see S. 537), S3560 [23AP]

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

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

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

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

Indian Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Indian and American Democracy: designate (see S. Res. 102), S8277 [29JY]

Insurance: coverage and treatment of emergency services under health plans (see S. 356), S4247 [8MY]

———coverage of reconstructive surgery relative to breast cancer (see S. 609), S4116 [7MY]

———establish a minimum amount that may be applied as an aggregate lifetime limit relative to coverage under certain health benefit plans (see S. 1114), S10067 [26SE]

———prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (see S. 89), S5264 [3JN]

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), S11034 [23OC]

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), S9086 [10SE]

Latin America: prohibit sale or transfer of highly advanced weapons (see S. 983), S10962 [22OC]

Law enforcement officers: provide standards and protection for the conduct of internal police investigations (see S. 348), S8277 [29JY]

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

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), S8156 [25JY]

Mother Teresa: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 689), S4761 [20MY]

Motor vehicles: titling and registration requirements relative to salvage, nonrepairable, and rebuilt vehicles (see S. 852), S9976 [25SE]

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

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

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

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

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

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

National Park Service: establish the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Program (see S. 887), S8733 [3SE]

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

National Safe Place Week: designate (see S. Res. 96), S10661 [8OC]

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

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

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (see S. 11, 25), S158, S159 [21JA]

Power resources: designate biodiesel fuel blends as alternative fuel and equalize alternative fuel vehicle incentives for fleet owners and operators (see S. 1141), S11365 [29OC]

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]

Social Security: earnings test for blind individuals (see S. 375), S1734 [27FE]

Taxation: allocation of alcohol fuels credit to patrons of ethanol-producing cooperatives (see S. 1066), S9337 [15SE]

———credit for clinical testing of certain drugs for rare diseases or conditions (see S. 293), S5424 [9JN]

———credit for rehabilitating historic homes or purchasing newly rehabilitated historic homes for use as principal residence (see S. 496), S6372 [25JN]

———extend research and development tax credit (see S. 405), S3371 [17AP]

———increase excise tax on tobacco products (see S. 1491), S12119 [8NO]

———permanently extend research credit (see S. 1464), S12118 [8NO]

———targeting of investment incentive and economic growth (see S. 20), S5541 [11JN]

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

———treatment of certain amounts received as scholarships by an individual under the National Health Corps Scholarship Program (see S. 1286), S11599 [3NO]

———treatment of computer software exports (see S. 387), S4247 [8MY]

———treatment of employer-provided educational assistance (see S. 127), S5368 [5JN]

———treatment of gifts of publicly-traded stock to certain private foundations (see S. 194), S1997 [5MR]

Tobacco products: increase excise taxes to fund health insurance for uninsured children and deficit reduction (see S. 526), S2838 [8AP]

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

———prevent use by minors, reduce level of addiction, compensate Federal and State governments for tobacco-related illness costs, and enhance biomedical and scientific research (see S. 1492), S12119 [8NO]

———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]

Transportation: discretionary bridge program funding (see S. 1125), S8532 [31JY]

Treaties and agreements: conditions for the U.S. becoming a signatory to any international agreement on greenhouse gas emissions (see S. Res. 98), S5596 [12JN]

Truth in Lending Act: require notice of cancellation rights relative to private mortgage insurance (see S. 318), S11238 [27OC]

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]

World Summit for Children: implementation of plan of action (see S. 1050), S11365 [29OC]

World War II: burial and funeral benefits for merchant marine veterans (see S. 61), S4660 [16MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Agriculture: removal of tobacco from crop disaster assistance programs (see S. 643), S3662 [24AP]

Army: close School of the Americas (see S. 980), S6727 [27JN]

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

Firearms: prohibit possession by nonpermanent resident aliens (see S. 380), S1734 [27FE]

Flis, Sylvester: relief (see S. 1172), S9252 [12SE]

Food: establish independent agency responsible for safety, labeling, and inspection (see S. 1465), S12118 [8NO]

Government regulations: provide for the debarment or suspension from Federal procurement and nonprocurement activities of persons that violate certain labor and safety laws (see S. 1098), S8531 [31JY]

Health: clarify malpractice liability of employer-sponsored health plans for treatment rules and coverage determinations (see S. 1136), S8533 [31JY]

Lewis and Clark expedition: support for an interpretive site near Wood River, IL, as the point of departure (see S. Res. 144), S11863 [6NO]

Political campaigns: consideration of ethics reform and contribution limits legislation (see S. Res. 65), S2416 [18MR]

Roads and highways: funding for resurfacing, restoring, rehabilitating, and reconstructing interstate highways (see S. 1055), S7950 [23JY]

Shawnee National Forest: prohibit below-cost timber sales (see S. 1058), S7950 [23JY]

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

Taxation: treatment of ethanol fuel (see S. 1008), S7302 [11JY]

Telephones: strengthen and expand the procedures for preventing the slamming of interstate telephone service subscribers (see S. 1137, 1340), S8533 [31JY], S11343 [29OC]

Tobacco products: application of fines to decrease usage by minors (see S. 828), S5253 [3JN]

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

Utah: designate certain lands as wilderness (see S. 773), S4879 [21MY]

Certificates of election

Senate, S2 [7JA]

Histories

Tribute to CNA in Celebration of Its Centennial—CNA Stands for Commitment, 1897-1997, S5543 [11JN]

Letters

FDA regulation of medical device approval process relative to tracking or conducting of post-market surveillance: Elaine Levenson, Victims Against Lethal Valves (organization), S9708 [19SE]

Incarceration of Jennifer Davis by Peru: by, H7716 [23SE]

Social Security reform: several former Senators, S6384 [25JN]

Motions

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 947), S6292 [25JN]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 949), S6454 [26JN]

Poems

``While I Was Walking'', S9048 [10SE]

Remarks

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 1122), S4550 [15MY]

Agriculture: limitation of Federal crop insurance to family farmers, S7908, S7909 [23JY]

———prohibit coverage of tobacco by Federal crop insurance and disaster assistance programs, S7902, S7908, S7909, S7920 [23JY]

———removal of tobacco from crop disaster assistance programs (S. 643), S3664 [24AP]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2160), S8679 [3SE]

———making appropriations (S. 1033), S7902, S7908, S7909, S7920 [23JY]

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (S. 672), S3826 [30AP]

———making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (S. 851), S5432 [10JN]

Army: close School of the Americas (S. 980), S6741 [27JN]

Bankruptcy: consumer protection (S. 1301), S10890 [21OC]

Bloomington-Normal, IL: tribute to ``Not in Our Town'' Program, S6383 [25JN]

Budget: allocation of funds, S3982 [6MY]

———balance, S3154, S3155 [15AP]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced (S.J. Res. 1), S1083 [6FE], S1170, S1171, S1174, S1177, S1180 [10FE], S1525 [25FE], S1597 [26FE], S1713 [27FE], S2167, S2168 [12MR]

———decrease discretionary spending in proportion to revenue shortfall if projected revenues are not met, S4740 [20MY]

———eliminate tax cuts and spending increases to achieve balanced budget, S4935 [22MY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), conference report, S8449 [31JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2015), conference report, S8449 [31JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 947), S6090, S6091, S6092 [23JN], S6118, S6119, S6128, S6131, S6151 [24JN], S6292 [25JN]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 949), S6348 [25JN], S6437, S6448, S6449, S6454, S6461 [26JN]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1998-2002 (S. Con. Res. 27), S4740 [20MY], S4820, S4865, S4866 [21MY], S4934, S4935 [22MY]

———waiver of constitutional provisions to balance in the event of economic emergencies, S1083 [6FE], S1170, S1171, S1174, S1177, S1180 [10FE]

Centralia, IL: anniversary of coal mine disaster, S2724 [20MR]

Chemical Weapons Convention: ratification (S. Res. 62), S2858 [8AP]

Chicago Bulls (basketball team): tribute, S5736, S5737 [17JN]

Chicago White Sox (baseball team): tribute for efforts to reduce promotion of smokeless tobacco products, S4035 [6MY]

China, People's Republic of: most-favored-nation status, S7628 [17JY]

CNA Insurance Co.: anniversary, S5542 [11JN]

Committee of 200: tribute, S10901 [21OC]

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

Computers: export control policy for supercomputers, S5994 [19JN], S6897 [7JY], S7135 [10JY]

Congress: authority to enforce the provisions of a balanced budget constitutional amendment, S1713 [27FE]

Courts: limit period of service for judges serving on panel that appoints independent counsels (S. 581), S3212 [15AP]

Daley, William M.: nomination to be Sec. of Commerce, S824 [30JA]

Decatur, IL: tribute to Baby Talk Program, S3386 [17AP]

Dept. of Defense: allied burden sharing for maintenance and operation of military personnel and installations in foreign countries, S7188 [10JY]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 936), S5994 [19JN], S6897 [7JY], S7135, S7188 [10JY], S7274 [11JY]

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

Dept. of HHS: survey of hospitals relative to organ donation and procurement programs, S8961 [9SE]

Dept. of State and related agencies: authorizing appropriations and consolidating certain agencies (S. 903), S5666, S5667, S5669, S5670 [16JN]

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

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2264), conference report, S12087 [8NO]

———making appropriations (S. 1061), S8961, S8995, S8999, S9001, S9005, S9006, S9007 [9SE], S9035, S9036, S9039, S9042, S9043, S9044, S9046, S9047, S9048 [10SE]

———making appropriations (S. 1061), unanimous-consent agreement, S8850 [5SE]

Education: school construction and infrastructure improvements funding, S4934 [22MY]

FDA: modernize (S. 830), S8162, S8163 [28JY], S8851, S8853 [5SE], S9379 [16SE], S9705, S9708, S9709 [19SE], S9737, S9738 [23SE]

———regulation of medical device approval process, S8853 [5SE]

———regulation of medical device approval process relative to conflict of interest standards of FDA employees, S9705 [19SE], S9737 [23SE]

———regulation of medical device approval process relative to tracking or conducting of post-market surveillance, S9708, S9709 [19SE], S9738 [23SE]

———Youth Anti-Smoking Initiative Enforcement and Outreach Program funding, S8679 [3SE]

Firearms: prohibit gunrunning and provide mandatory minimum penalties for crimes related to gunrunning (S. 658), S3733 [25AP]

———prohibit possession by nonpermanent resident aliens (S. 380), S1759 [27FE]

Flis, Sylvester: relief (S. 1172), S9252 [12SE]

Food: establish independent agency responsible for safety, labeling, and inspection (S. 1465), S12130 [8NO]

Food stamps: eligibility of children of legal immigrants, S6151 [24JN], S6292 [25JN]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (S. 955), S7532 [16JY], S7628 [17JY]

Garland, Merrick B.: nomination to be circuit judge, S2531 [19MR]

Government: shutdown relative to budget process, S3154 [15AP]

Government regulations: provide for the debarment or suspension from Federal procurement and nonprocurement activities of persons that violate certain labor and safety laws (S. 1098), S8550 [31JY]

Health: clarify malpractice liability of employer-sponsored health plans for treatment rules and coverage determinations (S. 1136), S8601 [31JY]

Herman, Alexis M.: nomination to be Sec. of Labor, S3826 [30AP]

Indian Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Indian and American Democracy: designate (S. Res. 102), S8623 [31JY]

International relations: tribute to Poland and Lithuania for hosting the Vilnius Conference, S9238 [11SE]

IRS: impose criminal penalties for unauthorized inspection of tax return information (S. 522), unanimous-consent agreement, S3179 [15AP]

Lee, Bill L.: nomination to be Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights, S11798 [6NO], S12680 [13NO]

Lithuania: independence anniversary, S2232-S2234 [13MR]

Medicare: age eligibility requirements, S6090, S6091, S6092 [23JN], S6118, S6119, S6128, S6131 [24JN]

———reform, S8449 [31JY]

Murphy, Anne M.: privilege of the floor, S6090 [23JN], S6348 [25JN]

Murphy, Anne Marie: privilege of the floor, S8163 [28JY]

National Agriculture Day: observance, S2727 [20MR]

NATO: assist integration of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Romania, S5667, S5669 [16JN]

———membership of Central and East European countries, S7532 [16JY], S11787 [5NO]

———recommend integration of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, S5670 [16JN]

———recommend the integration of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, S2232-S2234 [13MR]

NIH: biomedical research funding, S4865, S4866 [21MY]

Northeast Illinois Regional Commuter Railroad Corp.: funding for expansion and improvement, S8251 [29JY]

Pakistan: independence anniversary, S8379 [30JY]

Parliamentary inquiry, S8451 [31JY]

Peru: prisoner rights, S5667 [16JN]

Peterson, Douglas ``Pete'': nomination to be Ambassador to Vietnam, S2627, S2628 [20MR], S3006 [10AP]

Point of order, S6092 [23JN], S8450 [31JY]

Political campaigns: appointment of independent counsel to investigate fundraising practices in Presidential election campaign, S3172, S3173 [15AP]

———consideration of ethics reform and contribution limits legislation (S. Res. 65), S2481 [18MR]

———ethics reform and contribution limits, S2504, S2506, S2507 [19MR]

———ethics reform and contribution limits (S. 25), S9161 [11SE], S10122 [29SE]

Presidential appointments: Senate process for confirmation of judicial nominees, S2531 [19MR]

Public welfare programs: reform, S6299 [25JN]

Rawlins, Lamelle: privilege of the floor, S5994 [19JN]

Roads and highways: funding for resurfacing, restoring, rehabilitating, and reconstructing interstate highways (S. 1055), S7951 [23JY]

Senate: legislative program, S5734 [17JN], S6116 [24JN], S6448, S6449 [26JN]

Small business: increase deductions for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (S. 575), S3201 [15AP]

Social Security: reform, S6384 [25JN]

———treatment under balanced budget constitutional amendment, S1170 [10FE], S1525 [25FE]

Taxation: deductibility of health insurance costs for self-employed individuals, S6461 [26JN]

———increase deductions for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals relative to tax increases on tobacco products, S6348 [25JN], S6449, S6454 [26JN]

———rates, S2167, S2168 [12MR], S5962 [19JN], S8449 [31JY]

———treatment of ethanol fuel (S. 1008), S7302 [11JY]

Telephones: strengthen and expand the procedures for preventing the slamming of interstate telephone service subscribers (S. 1137), S8602 [31JY]

———strengthen and expand the procedures for preventing the slamming of interstate telephone service subscribers (S. 1340), S11351 [29OC]

Tobacco products: application of fines to decrease usage by minors (S. 828), S5258 [3JN]

———credit increase in excise tax to costs incurred by tobacco industry liability settlement, S8450 [31JY]

———disclosure of attorney fees from State agreements relative to tobacco industry liability settlement, S9047, S9048 [10SE]

———increase excise taxes to fund health insurance for uninsured children and deficit reduction, S4820 [21MY]

———limit plaintiff attorney fees relative to tobacco industry liability settlement, S9005, S9006, S9007 [9SE], S9035, S9039, S9042, S9043 [10SE]

———prevent use by minors, reduce level of addiction, compensate Federal and State governments for tobacco-related illness costs, and enhance biomedical and scientific research (S. 1492), S12179 [8NO]

———protection of certain State agreements with attorneys relative to tobacco industry liability settlement, S9044, S9046 [10SE]

———treatment of excise taxes relative to costs incurred by tobacco industry liability settlement, S8995 [9SE]

———treatment of tobacco farmers relative to tobacco industry liability settlement, S9001 [9SE]

U.N.: tribute to World Food Program, S10864 [20OC]

Utah: designate certain lands as wilderness (S. 773), S4887 [21MY]

Volunteer workers: grant immunity from personal civil liability during work on behalf of governmental entities or nonprofit organizations (S. 543), S3826 [30AP]

Warren, Ellen: induction into the Chicago Journalism Hall of Fame, S3300 [16AP]

Weapons: eliminate use of antipersonnel landmines (S. 896), S5722 [17JN]

Women's Business Development Center: anniversary, S8617 [31JY]

World Food Day: observance, S10864 [20OC]

Reports

Interstate Gunrunning: BATF, S3734 [25AP]

Summaries

No Tobacco for Kids Act (S. 828), S5259 [3JN]

Texts of

S. 575, Health Insurance Tax Equity for Self-Employed Act, S3201 [15AP]

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

S. 643, Tobacco Subsidy Reduction Act, S3664 [24AP]

S. 658, Gun Kingpin Penalty Act, S3733 [25AP]

S. 828, No Tobacco for Kids Act, S5258 [3JN]

S. 1098, Federal Procurement and Assistance Integrity Act, S8551 [31JY]

S. 1136, Employee Health Insurance Accountability Act, S8602 [31JY]

S. 1137, Slamming Protection Act, S8603 [31JY]

S. 1172, relief for Sylvester Flis, S9253 [12SE]

S. 1340, Telephone Consumer Fraud Protection Act, S11352 [29OC]

Tributes

Byrd, Senator, S3982 [6MY]

Daschle, Senator, S12680 [13NO]

Pulaski, Casimir, S1764 [27FE]

Simon, Paul, S10903 [21OC]

Tallman, John, S5467 [10JN]