MOYNIHAN, DANIEL PATRICK (a Senator from New York)

Addresses

Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Annual Dinner: Timothy J. Russert, S11583 [3NO]

Frank Lloyd Wright Conservancy Conference: by, S9903-S9905 [24SE]

Joseph Henry—200th Anniversary of Birth: Frederick Seitz, S12196 [8NO]

Montefiore Hospital Jerome and Dawn Greene Medical Arts Pavilion: Dominick P. Purpura, S10863 [20OC]

Northern Ireland Peace Process: George J. Mitchell, S2482 [18MR]

Secrecy as Government Regulation: by, S3891-S3894 [1MY]

Amendments

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

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 947), S6120, S6132, S6191, S6196 [24JN]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1998-2002 (S. Con. Res. 27), S4833, S4852, S4906 [21MY], S5015 [22MY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 936), S6921 [7JY], S7271, S7306 [11JY]

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

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: authorizing appropriations (S. 1022), S8101 [24JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (S. 1061), S8914, S8930 [8SE], S9020 [9SE]

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

District of Columbia: making appropriations (S. 1156), S10261, S10296 [1OC]

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

IRS: impose criminal penalties for unauthorized inspection of tax return information (S. 522), S3180, S3226 [15AP]

Taxation: treatment of education individual retirement accounts relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R. 2646), S11467, S11474 [30OC], S11608 [3NO]

Transportation: funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs (S. 1173), S11075 [23OC]

Analyses

Magnetic Levitation Transportation Technology Deployment Act (S. 1103), S8565 [31JY]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 2014, Revenue Reconciliation Act, S6786 [27JN]

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

Senate Arms Control Observer Group, S574 [21JA]

Articles and editorials

Abroad at Home, Anthony Lewis, S8260 [29JY]

Abroad at Home—Clinton's Sorriest Record, Anthony Lewis, New York (NY) Times, S487 [21JA]

Albright To Name Special Aide on U.S. Policy Toward Tibet, Steven L. Myers, New York (NY) Times, S8380 [30JY]

Appetite for God, Patrick Jordan, Commonweal (publication), S12707-S12710 [13NO]

Award Brings Cheer to Bronx, Bob Kappstatter, New York (NY) Daily News, S5466 [10JN]

Bronx Is Named an All-American City, New York (NY) Times, S5466 [10JN]

Charles A. Horsky, 87, Dies—Left Imprint on U.S. Capital, Irvin Molotsky, New York (NY) Times, S8875 [5SE]

CPA Group To Issue Guidelines on Costs of Year 2000 Bug, Elizabeth MacDonald, Wall Street Journal, S12190 [8NO]

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

Day the World Shuts Down, Newsweek (publication), S5269 [3JN]

Double Zero Will Arrive Before the Fix, Rajiv Chandrasekaran, Washington (DC) Post, S1579 [25FE]

First in Damage to Constitutional Liberties, Nat Hentoff, Washington (DC) Post, S487 [21JA]

Foul Play? Team Owners Get Sports Palaces and Fat Concession Deals and Taxpayers Get Stuck With the Tab, Jonathan R. Laing, Barron's (publication), S504-S507 [21JA]

Government Said To Move Too Slowly on Year 2000 Computer Problem, Rajiv Chandrasekaran, Washington (DC) Post, S7223 [10JY]

He Lit Nuclear Fire—Now He Would Douse It, William J. Broad, New York (NY) Times, S5888 [17JN]

Justice Brennan's Vision, New York (NY) Times, S8259 [29JY]

Keeping on Top of Trade, Clyde Prestowitz, Washington (DC) Post, S12441 [10NO]

Kempton's Funeral Is a Lesson in Simplicity, Christopher Francescani, New York (NY) Post, S4287 [9MY]

Latest Software Nightmare—The Currency Change in Europe Could Cost U.S. Firms Billions, U.S. News & World Report (publication), S12637 [13NO]

Many Reported Unready To Face Year 2000 Bug, Laurence Zuckerman, New York (NY) Times, S9981 [25SE]

Marvin H. Pope, 80, Professor and Authority on Ancient Ugarit, Holcomb B. Noble, New York (NY) Times, S6381 [25JN]

Millennium Bomb Ticks Away, Alan Cane, Financial Times (British publication), S5270 [3JN]

Millennium Bug—and the Lawyers, New York (NY) Post, S12189 [8NO]

Money—Hard, Soft and Dirty, Max Frankel, New York (NY) Times, S11241 [27OC]

Moynihan Imprint, S2624 [20MR]

Ms. Maloney and Mr. Waldheim, A.M. Rosenthal, New York (NY) Times, S536 [21JA]

Murray Kempton (1917-1997), New York (NY) Post, S4289 [9MY]

Murray Kempton Was No Paper Saint, Sidney Zion, New York (NY) Daily News, S4288 [9MY]

Murray Kempton Was One of a Kind, New York (NY) Daily News, S4289 [9MY]

National Security Official Retires—Helped Refocus Agency's Aims, David Khan, Melville (NY) Newsday, S10996 [22OC]

New Voices for a New Century—Newspaper of an Exodus Speaks a Language Its Children No Longer Hear, but Reaches Out in Others, John M. Goshko, Washington (DC) Post, S8381 [30JY]

``One of a Kind''—Murray Kempton Dies—``Kindest Man—Toughest Reporter,'' Fred Bruning, Melville (NY) Newsday, S4288 [9MY]

Picking Up the Tab for the Field of Dreams—Taxpayers Build Stadiums and Owners Cash in, Leslie Wayne, New York (NY) Times, S507 [21JA]

Poverty Is Unfairly Defined, New York (NY) Times, S514 [21JA]

Prison Term in Tibet, New York (NY) Times, S568 [21JA]

Real Charges, Pete Bowles, Newsday (publication), S5147 [23MY]

Robert C. Weaver, 90, First Black Cabinet Member, Dies, James Barron, New York (NY) Times, S7875 [22JY]

Robert C. Weaver, Washington (DC) Post, S7875 [22JY]

Secrecy Runs Amok, Glenn T. Seaborg, Science (publication), S10066 [26SE]

Social Security Gets Year 2000 Warning—More Work Needed on Glitch, GAO Says, Rajiv Chandrasekaran, Washington (DC) Post, S12637 [13NO]

Tax Agency's Layered Look, Paul C. Light, New York (NY) Times, S11587 [3NO]

Tax on Wealthy Is Boosting U.S. Revenue, Michael M. Phillips, Wall Street Journal, S5099 [23MY]

Text of Goldberg's Statement Urging U.S. Support for Performing Arts, New York (NY) Times, S9319-S9322 [15SE]

Threat of Computer Glitch in 2000 Has Lawyers Seeing Dollar Signs, Christopher Simon, Wall Street Journal, S12189 [8NO]

U.S. To Press for Pol Pot Trial, New York (NY) Times, S8380 [30JY]

What a Change 40 Years Makes, Robert D. Novak, Washington (DC) Post, S4324 [12MY]

What Are You Doing To Target Arson in Your Community? James Lee Witt, S4250 [8MY]

``Year 2000'' Report Flunks 3 Agencies—Lawmakers Urge Special Aide To Handle Looming Computer Program, Stephen Barr, Washington (DC) Post, S9433 [16SE]

Your Tax Dollars in Action-For Real, Keith Olbermann, ESPNET SportsZone, S508 [21JA]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

———prohibit interstate commerce relative to exotic animals (see S. 995), S6990 [8JY]

Arms Export Control Act: amend relative to prohibition on imports of certain firearms and ammunition (see S. 723), S9337 [15SE]

Aviation: allow families of international airline disaster victims a fair jury trial to receive just compensation for their loss (see S. 943), S10962 [22OC]

Budget: establish 2-year cycle and reform oversight process (see S. 261), S945 [4FE]

Cambodia: prosecution of members of the Khmer Rouge who participated in the genocide (see S. Res. 124), S10234 [30SE]

Capitol Building and Grounds: use of the rotunda for a ceremony honoring Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew (see S. Con. Res. 42), S8608 [31JY]

Census: include ancestry data on decennial census (see S. Con. Res. 12), S8926 [8SE]

Children and youth: early childhood development programs (see S. 756, 1309), S5425 [9JN], S11599 [3NO]

———modify certain adoption and foster care placement procedures (see S. 511), S4760 [20MY]

———provide health insurance for uninsured children (see S. 525), S3756 [28AP]

Civil liberties: religious accommodations in the workplace (see S. 1124), S11042 [23OC]

Coins: establish circulating commemorative coin program commemorating each State (see S. 1228), S11300 [28OC]

Consumer Price Index: calculation relative to correction of cost-of-living adjustments (see S. Res. 50), S1017 [5FE]

Contraceptives: require equitable coverage of drugs, devices, and services under health insurance plans (see S. 766), S9427 [16SE]

Cost-of-Living Board: establish (see S. 425), S2129 [11MR]

Courts: adjust current salaries and provide procedures for future adjustments of salaries of Federal judges (see S. 394), S4116 [7MY]

———allow for lawsuits against foreign States that commit acts of terrorism or human rights abuses against U.S. citizens (see S. 1302), S10882 [21OC]

———extend certain temporary district court judgeships (see S. 1113), S9086 [10SE]

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

Dept. of Agriculture: establish temporary emergency minimum milk prices (see S. Res. 119), S9018 [9SE]

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

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]

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

Drunken driving: national standard to prohibit the operation of motor vehicles by intoxicated individuals (see S. 412), S7869 [22JY]

Ecology and environment: cleanup and redevelopment of brownfield sites (see S. 18), S159 [21JA]

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 1062), S8607 [31JY]

Education: improve teacher quality (see S. 1169), S9800 [23SE]

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]

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

EPA: implementation of alternative compliance plans and market-based trading programs relative to controlling pollutants (see S. 1348), S11448 [30OC]

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

Families and domestic relations: promote the adoption of children in foster care (see S. 1195), S10862 [20OC]

Federal employees: delays in retirement cost-of-living adjustments (see S. Con. Res. 7), S3561 [23AP]

———prevent discrimination against preference eligibles applying for certain Government positions (see S. 1021), S7603 [16JY]

FEMA: reimburse certain State and local jurisdictions for support of Federal rescue and salvage operations relative to crash of Trans World Airlines Flight 800 (see S. 383), S2707 [20MR]

Firearms: standards for certain foreign and domestically-produced handguns (see S. 70), S5875 [17JN]

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

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

Government: eligibility to serve as U.S. Trade Representative relative to representation of foreign entities (see S.J. Res. 5), S163 [21JA]

Great Lakes: implementation of strategic plan for restoration of fisheries and other natural resources (see S. 659), S3727 [25AP]

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

Health: develop and implement research strategies to prevent birth defects (see S. 419), S2129 [11MR]

Immigration: adjust status of certain Haitian refugees (see S. 1504), S12510 [12NO]

———arrival and departure requirements for Canadian citizens relative to automated entry and exit control systems (see S. 1212), S11042 [23OC]

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

———provide consumers choice of auto insurance relative to compensation for economic and non-economic losses (see S. 625), S3419 [22AP]

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]

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

Library of Congress: mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial (see S. 683), S6761 [27JN]

Line Item Veto Act: repeal (see S. 1319), S11192 [24OC]

``Little Rock Nine'': award Congressional Gold Medals (see S. 1283), S11239 [27OC]

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

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

Medicaid: expand State health care coverage of low-income children and pregnant women and fund enrollment in health insurance programs for certain children (see S. 674), S3844 [30AP]

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

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

———tribute (see S. Res. 120), S9018 [9SE]

National Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicare: establish (see S. 341), S1382 [13FE]

National Correctional Officers and Employees Week: designate (see S. Res. 64), S3456 [22AP]

National Erase the Hate and Eliminate Racism Day: designate (see S. Res. 78), S3662 [24AP]

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

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), S12614 [13NO]

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

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

National Sea Grant College Program: reauthorize (see S. 927), S6761 [27JN]

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

Political campaigns: campaign ethics reform and contribution limits (see S. 25), S1479 [24FE]

Public utilities: establish programs for electric energy conservation and efficiency, renewable energy, and universal and affordable service (see S. 687), S4011 [6MY]

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

Public works: provide for tax-exempt financing of private sector highway infrastructure construction (see S. 275), S1017 [5FE]

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

Schools: establish a partnership to rebuild and modernize school facilities (see S. 456), S2569 [19MR]

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

Taxation: credit for rehabilitating historic homes or purchasing newly rehabilitated historic homes for use as principal residence (see S. 496), S5703 [16JN]

———depreciation on property used within an Indian reservation (see S. 470), S2416 [18MR]

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

———prevent avoidance of corporate tax on prearranged sales of corporate stock (see S. 612), S3348 [17AP]

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

———treatment of employer-provided transit passes and parking benefits (see S. 498), S2646 [20MR]

———treatment of gifts of publicly-traded stock to certain private foundations (see S. 194), S633 [22JA]

Tobacco products: increase excise taxes to fund health insurance for uninsured children and deficit reduction (see S. 526), S3756 [28AP]

Transportation: establish surface transportation infrastructure credit assistance program (see S. 963), S6358 [25JN]

———reauthorize highway construction and surface transportation funding (see S. 468), S2416 [18MR]

Veterans: benefit eligibility for certain service in the military forces of the Philippines (see S. 623), S10332 [3OC]

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

Water pollution: estuary conservation and management programs funding (see S. 1222), S9969 [25SE]

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

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

World War II: burial and funeral benefits for merchant marine veterans (see S. 61), S2931 [9AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Architect of the Capitol: eliminate and modify certain parking areas to improve Capitol Grounds (see S. 510), S2646 [20MR]

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

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

Budget: treatment of any future unified budget surpluses (see S. Res. 142), S11599 [3NO]

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

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

Colleges and universities: allow the use of age-based incentives for the voluntary retirement of tenured faculty (see S. 153), S162 [21JA]

Commission To Study the Federal Statistical System: establish (see S. 144), S162 [21JA]

Computers: establish a commission on the problem with differentiating years 2000 and 1900 (see S. 22), S159 [21JA]

Courts: reform habeas corpus procedures (see S. 105), S161 [21JA]

Dept. of HUD: grant partial payment of claims authority relative to health care facilities construction insurance program (see S. 334), S1382 [13FE]

Federal-State relations: repeal restrictions on communications between government agencies and the INS (see S. 145), S162 [21JA]

Firearms: ban the manufacture and sale of armor-piercing ammunition and develop uniform ballistics test to identify such ammunition (see S. 112), S161 [21JA]

———collection and dissemination of information on injuries, death, and family dissolution resulting from bullet-related violence (see S. 135), S162 [21JA]

———licensing of ammunition manufacturers (see S. 134), S162 [21JA]

———prohibit sale, import, and manufacture of certain ammunition (see S. 136, 137), S162 [21JA]

———prohibit the use of certain ammunition (see S. 132), S162 [21JA]

———taxation of the transfer or sale of certain ammunition (see S. 133), S162 [21JA]

Freedom of information: require disclosure of information on certain individuals relative to Nazi war crimes during World War II (see S. 150), S162 [21JA]

Gandhi, Mohandas K. (Mahatma): authorize India to establish a memorial in the District of Columbia (see S. 863), S5444 [10JN]

Germany: expand reparations criteria and set up a comprehensive medical fund for Holocaust survivors (see S. Con. Res. 39), S7486 [15JY]

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

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

IRS: improve operations and governance (see S. 1174), S9252 [12SE]

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

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

Medical Education Trust Fund: establish (see S. 21), S159 [21JA]

National security: develop a system to classify and declassify information (see S. 712), S4106 [7MY]

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

Office of National Drug Control Policy: qualification standards for position of Deputy Director of Demand Reduction (see S. 149), S162 [21JA]

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

Orlov, Yuri F.: relief (see S. 151), S162 [21JA]

Poverty: corrections in data relative to cost-of-living statistics (see S. 131), S162 [21JA]

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

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

Seaborg, Glenn T.: declassification of Atomic Energy Commission journal (see S. 1232), S10055 [26SE]

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

———treatment of tax-exempt bonds for certain institutions of higher education (see S. 121), S161 [21JA]

———treatment of tax-exempt bonds for professional sports facilities (see S. 122, 434), S161 [21JA], S2206 [12MR]

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

Transportation: Federal participation in magnetic levitation transportation technology projects (see S. 1103), S8532 [31JY]

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

Citations

Yale Alumni Association of Metropolitan New York Public Service Award recipients, S2726 [20MR]

Descriptions

International Labor Organization Human Rights (Core) Conventions, S11637 [4NO]

Essays

On the Distinctiveness of the American Political System: Nelson W. Polsby, ``New Federalist Papers'', S11179 [24OC]

Excerpts

Taxpayer Relief Act (H.R. 2014): provisions on limited tax benefits subject to line-item veto, S8420 [31JY]

Explanations

Higher Education Bond Parity Act (S. 121), S502 [21JA]

Stop Tax-Exempt Arena Debt Issuance Act (S. 122), S503 [21JA]

Letters

Acceptance of pro bono legal services by Members who challenge the validity of certain Federal statutes: by, S2634, S2635 [20MR]

Ban the manufacture and sale of armor-piercing ammunition and develop uniform ballistics test to identify such ammunition: Gilbert G. Gallegos, Fraternal Order of Police, S493 [21JA]

———James A. Rhinebarger, Law Enforcement Steering Committee, S687 [23JA]

Commission To Study the Federal Statistical System: several former Chairmen of the Council of Economic Advisers, S524 [21JA]

Eliciting of secret intelligence and information from foreign countries: George F. Kennan, Institute for Advanced Study, S4112 [7MY]

Eligibility of Charlene Barshefsky to serve as U.S. Trade Representative relative to representation of foreign entities: Charles F.C. Ruff, Executive Office of the President, S1969 [5MR]

Habeas corpus procedures: Benjamin R. Civiletti, Edward H. Levi, Nicholas D. Katzenbach, and Elliot L. Richardson, S485 [21JA]

Nomination of Charles Rossotti to be IRS Commissioner: Charles Rossotti, S11587 [3NO]

Nuclear weapons reduction: Hans A. Bethe, Federation of American Scientists, S5889 [17JN]

———President Clinton, S5889 [17JN]

Tax treatment of educational savings accounts: President Clinton, S11504 [31OC]

Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars funding rescissions: James H. Billington, Library of Congress, S9569 [18SE]

Lists

Counsel for the plaintiffs in case concerning constitutionality of line-item veto, S3001 [10AP]

Federal statistical agencies, S521 [21JA]

Motions

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 949), S6673 [27JN]

Obituaries

Dean, Sidney W.: David C. Johnston, New York (NY) Times, S1684 [26FE]

Fleischman, Lawrence A.: Carol Vogel, New York (NY) Times, S1686 [26FE]

Washburn, Wilcomb E.: Washington (DC) Post, S1684 [26FE]

Remarks

Abraham, Katherine G.: nomination to be Commissioner of Labor Statistics, S10826 [9OC]

Albright, Madeleine Korbel: nomination to be Sec. of State, S607 [22JA]

Amtrak: authorizing appropriations and management reform, S8421 [31JY]

Appropriations: constitutionality of line-item veto, S3001 [10AP]

———line-item veto, S569 [21JA]

———making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (S. 672), S4049 [7MY], S4194 [8MY]

Architect of the Capitol: eliminate and modify certain parking areas to improve Capitol Grounds (S. 510), S2700 [20MR]

Balanced Budget Act: disapproval of line-item veto of certain Medicaid provisions (S. 1144), S8725, S8726, S8727 [3SE]

Barshefsky, Charlene: nomination to be U.S. Trade Representative, S1973 [5MR]

Batavia Clippers (baseball team): tribute, S8738 [3SE]

BIA: funding to combat gang violence through rescissions in Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars funding, S9565, S9567, S9569, S9570, S9571 [18SE]

Braude, Beatrice: relief of estate (S. 152), S537 [21JA]

Bronx, NY: National Civic League All-American City award recipient, S5466 [10JN]

Brooklyn, NY: anniversary of Plymouth Church, S3856 [30AP]

Budget: balance, S571 [21JA]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced (S.J. Res. 1), S1870 [4MR]

———line-item veto, S8420 [31JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), S6719 [27JN]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), conference report, S8417, S8421, S8436, S8451, S8459, S8466, S8469 [31JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2015), conference report, S8318 [30JY], S8409 [31JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2015)7, conference report, S8331 [30JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 947), S6069 [23JN], S6130, S6140 [24JN], S6312, S6315 [25JN]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 949), S6335 [25JN], S6425, S6435, S6436, S6462, S6463, S6464 [26JN], S6672, S6686, S6691, S6698, S6701, S6703, S6719 [27JN]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1998-2002 (H. Con. Res. 84), S5098 [23MY]

———treatment of any future unified budget surpluses (S. Res. 142), S11600 [3NO]

Burma: human rights violations, S3464 [22AP]

Carey, Paul R.: nomination to the SEC, S10906 [21OC]

Census: use of sampling to improve the accuracy of the decennial census, S4194 [8MY]

Chemical Weapons Convention: ratification (S. Res. 75), S3570 [24AP]

Children and youth: provide health insurance for uninsured children, S6435, S6436 [26JN], S8469 [31JY]

China, People's Republic of: request for release of political prisoner Wei Jingsheng, S4377 [13MY]

———Tiananmen Square massacre anniversary, S5279 [4JN]

Choephel, Ngawang: arrest and treatment in the People's Republic of China (S. Res. 19), S567 [21JA], S2154 [11MR]

Clean Air Act: reduce acid deposition (S. 1097), S8547 [31JY]

Colleges and universities: allow the use of age-based incentives for the voluntary retirement of tenured faculty (S. 153), S538 [21JA]

Commission To Study the Federal Statistical System: establish (S. 144), S521 [21JA]

Computers: establish a commission on the problem with differentiating years 2000 and 1900 (S. 22), S367 [21JA], S1411 [13FE], S1579 [25FE], S5268 [3JN], S5376 [5JN], S7222 [10JY], S9433 [16SE], S9981 [25SE], S12189 [8NO], S12636 [13NO]

———problem with differentiating years 2000 and 1900, S10443 [6OC]

Consumer Price Index: calculation relative to correction of cost-of-living adjustments, S10826 [9OC], S11211 [24OC]

———calculation relative to correction of cost-of-living adjustments (S. Res. 50), S1034, S1035 [5FE]

Cost-of-Living Board: establish (S. 425), S2144 [11MR]

Courts: allow for lawsuits against foreign States that commit acts of terrorism or human rights abuses against U.S. citizens (S. 1302), S10892 [21OC]

———reform habeas corpus procedures (S. 105), S485 [21JA]

Daily Forward (publication): anniversary, S8380 [30JY]

Delaware County, NY: tribute to On and Under the Delaware River Cleanup Project, S7970 [23JY]

Dept. of Defense: disapproval of line-item vetoes in military construction appropriations legislation (S. 1292), S11433 [30OC]

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

Dept. of HUD: grant partial payment of claims authority relative to health care facilities construction insurance program (S. 334), S1403 [13FE]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2107), S9317 [15SE], S9565, S9567, S9569, S9570, S9571 [18SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: Veterans Equitable Resource Allocation System and Veterans Integrated Services Network allocation of resources, S7835 [22JY]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: authorizing appropriations (S. 1022), S8221 [29JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (S. 1061), S8692 [3SE], S8950 [9SE], S9050 [10SE]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (S. 1034), S7835 [22JY]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (S. 1004), S7477 [15JY]

Families and domestic relations: promote the adoption of children in foster care (H.R. 867), S12675 [13NO]

FDA: Youth Anti-Smoking Initiative Enforcement and Outreach Program funding, S8720 [3SE]

Federal-State relations: repeal restrictions on communications between government agencies and the INS (S. 145), S524 [21JA]

Firearms: ban the manufacture and sale of armor-piercing ammunition and develop uniform ballistics test to identify such ammunition (S. 112), S492 [21JA], S687 [23JA]

———collection and dissemination of information on injuries, death, and family dissolution resulting from bullet-related violence (S. 135), S515 [21JA]

———licensing of ammunition manufacturers (S. 134), S515 [21JA]

———prohibit sale, import, and manufacture of certain ammunition (S. 136), S515-S516 [21JA]

———prohibit the use of certain ammunition (S. 132), S514 [21JA]

———taxation of the transfer or sale of certain ammunition (S. 133), S514 [21JA]

Flag Day: observance, S5549 [11JN]

Floods: disaster assistance to New York, S684 [23JA]

Foreign trade: establish negotiating objectives and fast-track procedures for future trade agreements, S12440 [10NO]

———establish negotiating objectives and fast-track procedures for future trade agreements (S. 1269), S11635, S11638 [4NO], S11744, S11745, S11753 [5NO]

———substitute the term ``normal trade relations'' in lieu of ``most-favored-nation treatment'' (S. 747), S4592 [15MY]

———U.S. deficit, S12440 [10NO]

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

Freedom of information: require disclosure of information on certain individuals relative to Nazi war crimes during World War II (S. 1379), S11774 [5NO]

———require disclosure of information on certain individuals relative to Nazi war crimes during World War II (S. 150), S536 [21JA]

Gandhi, Mohandas K. (Mahatma): authorize India to establish a memorial in the District of Columbia (S. 863), S5444 [10JN]

Germany: expand reparations criteria and set up a comprehensive medical fund for Holocaust survivors (S. Con. Res. 39), S7504 [15JY], S12695 [13NO]

Government: eligibility to serve as U.S. Trade Representative relative to representation of foreign entities (S.J. Res. 5), S1950, S1957, S1969, S1970 [5MR]

Grant's Tomb National Monument: designate (S. 155), S539 [21JA]

Harmon, James A.: nomination to be President of the Eximbank, S5646 [12JN]

Howard, John: visit to Senate by Prime Minister of Australia, S6399 [26JN]

Insurance: provide consumers choice of auto insurance relative to compensation for economic and non-economic losses (S. 625), S3434 [22AP], S5147 [23MY]

Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act: extend (S. 1519), S12455 [10NO]

———reauthorize (S. 586), S3216 [15AP]

International Rescue Committee (organization): Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Humanitarian Prize award recipient, S10241 [30SE]

IRS: impose criminal penalties for unauthorized inspection of tax return information (S. 522), S3181 [15AP]

———restructure, S11597 [3NO]

Israel: anniversary of reunification of Jerusalem, S2730 [20MR]

———anniversary of reunification of Jerusalem (S. Con. Res. 21), S3295 [16AP], S5497 [11JN]

Lawrence H. Cooke Sullivan County Courthouse, Monticello, NY: dedication, S9734 [19SE]

Line Item Veto Act: repeal (S. 1319), S11177, S11180 [24OC]

Major League Baseball: application of antitrust laws (S. 53), S420 [21JA]

Masonic Order: tribute, S5549 [11JN]

Medicaid: increase the minimum Federal medical assistance percentage (S. 125), S509 [21JA]

Medical Education Trust Fund: establish (S. 21), S361 [21JA]

Medicare: age eligibility requirements, S6130 [24JN]

———eliminate incentives for teaching hospitals to voluntarily reduce the number of medical residents, S8950 [9SE]

———eliminate means-testing requirements for premiums, S6140 [24JN]

———reform, S8331-S8333 [30JY]

Mitchell, George J.: American Ireland Fund International Humanitarian Award recipient, S2482 [18MR]

National Arson Awareness Week: observance, S4249 [8MY]

National Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicare: establish (S. 341), S1406 [13FE]

National Endowment for the Arts: funding, S9317 [15SE]

National security: develop a system to classify and declassify information (S. 712), S4110 [7MY]

National Week of Recognition for Dorothy Day and Those Whom She Served: designate (S. Res. 163), S12707 [13NO]

New York: West Valley vitrification project funding, S7477 [15JY]

New York, NY: anniversary of Young Israel of Flatbush synagogue, S1765 [27FE]

———dedication of Montefiore Hospital Jerome and Dawn Greene Medical Arts Pavilion, S10863 [20OC]

———Yale Alumni Association of Metropolitan New York Public Service Award recipients, S2726 [20MR]

Northern Ireland: peace efforts, S2482 [18MR]

O'Donnell, Elizabeth: Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association HEROES Award winner, S3916 [1MY]

Office of National Drug Control Policy: qualification standards for position of Deputy Director of Demand Reduction (S. 149), S535 [21JA]

Oneonta Yankees (baseball team): tribute, S8738 [3SE]

Orchard Beach, NY: repair waterfront parkland (S. 154), S539 [21JA]

Orlov, Yuri F.: relief (S. 151), S536 [21JA]

Owego, NY: local law enforcement block grant funding, S8221 [29JY]

Palestinian Authority: allocation of foreign aid relative to efforts against terrorism, S8933 [8SE]

Parliamentary inquiry, S6397 [26JN]

Political campaigns: appointment of independent counsel to investigate fundraising practices in Presidential election campaign (S.J. Res. 22), S2495 [19MR]

———appointment of independent counsel to investigate fundraising practices in election campaigns (S.J. Res. 23), S2495 [19MR]

———ethics reform and contribution limits, S11241 [27OC]

Poverty: corrections in data relative to cost-of-living statistics (S. 131), S513 [21JA]

Public welfare programs: SSI and food stamp eligibility for legal aliens (S. 615), S3417 [22AP]

Puerto Rico: provide wage-based tax credits, S6698 [27JN]

———provide wage-based tax credits (S. 906), S5697 [16JN]

Roads and highways: designate Interstate 86 from New York to Pennsylvania (S. 958), S6362 [25JN]

———modify minimum allocation formula for the Federal-Aid Highway Program, S10842 [20OC]

Ronald H. Brown Federal Building, New York, NY: designate (S. 1108), S8571 [31JY]

Rossotti, Charles: nomination to be IRS Commissioner, S11585, S11597 [3NO]

Russert, Timothy J.: tribute for comments made at Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation annual dinner, S11581 [3NO]

Seaborg, Glenn T.: declassification of Atomic Energy Commission journal (S. 1232), S10065 [26SE]

Seitz, Frederick: Smithsonian Institution Joseph Henry Medal recipient, S12196 [8NO]

Senate: legislative program, S6437 [26JN], S6669, S6670 [27JN]

Sinatra, Francis A.: award Congressional Gold Medal (S. 305), S1307 [12FE]

Siragusa, Charles J.: nomination to be district judge, S11409 [30OC]

SSI: extend transition period for legal aliens receiving benefits, S4049 [7MY]

Supreme Court: decision on line-item veto, S6438 [26JN]

Taxation: child tax credit, S6462, S6463, S6464 [26JN]

———child tax credit relative to earned income tax credit, S6691 [27JN]

———depreciation on property used within an Indian reservation (S. 470), S2480 [18MR]

———disregard certain amounts of capital expenditures in applying limits on certain bonds, S8466 [31JY]

———rates, S5098 [23MY], S6425 [26JN], S8421, S8436, S8459, S8466, S8469 [31JY]

———reinstate aviation excise taxes relative to Airport and Airway Trust Fund expenditures (H.R. 668), S1771, S1772 [27FE]

———treatment of contributions of computer technology and equipment to elementary or secondary schools, S6701 [27JN]

———treatment of education individual retirement accounts relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R. 2646), S11504 [31OC]

———treatment of employer-provided educational assistance (S. 127), S510-S512 [21JA]

———treatment of gifts of publicly-traded stock to certain private foundations (S. 194), S649 [22JA]

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

———treatment of severance pay, S6686 [27JN]

———treatment of tax-exempt bonds for certain institutions of higher education (S. 121), S499 [21JA]

———treatment of tax-exempt bonds for professional sports facilities (S. 122), S499 [21JA]

———treatment of tax-exempt bonds for professional sports facilities (S. 434), S2216 [12MR]

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

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

Terrorism: condemn attacks relative to Middle East peace agreements, S8933 [8SE]

Tibet: U.S. policy, S8379 [30JY]

Tobacco products: credit increase in excise tax to costs incurred by tobacco industry liability settlement, S8451 [31JY]

———increase excise taxes to fund health insurance for uninsured children and deficit reduction, S6436 [26JN]

———treatment of excise taxes relative to costs incurred by tobacco industry liability settlement, S9050 [10SE]

Transportation: Federal participation in magnetic levitation transportation technology projects, S10844 [20OC]

———Federal participation in magnetic levitation transportation technology projects (S. 1103), S8563 [31JY]

———funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs (S. 1173), S10842, S10845 [20OC]

———reauthorize highway construction and surface transportation funding (S. 468), S2478 [18MR]

Treaties and agreements: congressional approval of any international trade agreement that changes statutory law, S1950, S1957, S1969 [5MR]

West Valley, NY: tribute to development of vitrification process for storage of nuclear waste, S5467 [10JN]

Women: issue commemorative postage stamp to commemorate the anniversary of the First Women's Rights Convention (S. Con. Res. 35), S6762 [27JN]

Woolworth Corp.: tribute, S7778 [21JY]

Remarks in Senate relative to

Tribute, S2341 [17MR], S2624, S2626 [20MR]

Reports

Declaration of Policy—Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (1991), S10844 [20OC]

Social Statistics and the City: David M. Heer, S4195 [8MY]

Resolutions by organizations

Condemn Terrorist Attacks Against Israel Relative to Middle East Peace Agreements: Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations, S8934 [8SE]

Statements

Prevent Avoidance of Corporate Tax on Prearranged Sales of Corporate Stock: by, S3360 [17AP]

Summaries

Medical Education Trust Fund Act (S. 21), S366 [21JA]

Tables

Consumer Price Index for 1996, S6672 [27JN]

Economic assumptions underlying the mid-session review of President Clinton's fiscal year 1998 budget: SSA, S11211 [24OC]

Plan to balance the Federal budget, S571 [21JA]

Texts of

S. 21, Medical Education Trust Fund Act, S362-S366 [21JA]

S. 121, Higher Education Bond Parity Act, S501 [21JA]

S. 122, Stop Tax-Exempt Arena Debt Issuance Act, S503 [21JA]

S. 127, Employee Educational Assistance Act, S512 [21JA]

S. 144, Commission To Study the Federal Statistical System, S522-S524 [21JA]

S. 145, repeal restrictions on communications between government agencies and the INS, S524 [21JA]

S. 334, grant Dept. of HUD partial payment of claims authority relative to health care facilities construction insurance program, S1403 [13FE]

S. 586, Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act reauthorization, S3217-S3221 [15AP]

S. 712, Government Secrecy Act, S4111 [7MY]

S. 958, designate Interstate 86 from New York to Pennsylvania, S6363 [25JN]

S. 1097, Acid Deposition Control Act, S8548-S8550 [31JY]

S. 1103, Magnetic Levitation Transportation Technology Deployment Act, S8564 [31JY]

S. 1108, Ronald H. Brown Federal Building, New York, NY, S8572 [31JY]

S. 1142, repeal Taxpayer Relief Act provisions that terminate the tax-exempt status of the Teacher's Insurance Annuity Association College Retirement Equities Fund, S8724 [3SE]

S. 1232, declassification of Atomic Energy Commission journal of Glenn T. Seaborg, S10066 [26SE]

S. Res. 142, treatment of any future unified budget surpluses, S11599 [3NO]

Tributes

Bethe, Hans A., S5887 [17JN]

Bistrian, Patrick, Jr., S5939 [18JN]

Brennan, William J., Jr., S8259 [29JY]

Crowell, William P., S10996 [22OC]

Dean, Sidney W., S1684 [26FE]

Emory, Alan, S5426 [9JN]

Fleischman, Lawrence A., S1685 [26FE]

Horsky, Charles A., S8874 [5SE]

Hughes, John L. and Rose Marie, S12511 [12NO]

Kempton, Murray, S4287 [9MY]

Kennedy, Roger G., S5428 [9JN]

Mancino, Larry, S3130 [14AP]

Novak, Robert D., S4324 [12MY]

Pope, Marvin H., S6381 [25JN]

Shabazz, Betty, S6285 [24JN]

Shimberg, Steven J., S5884 [17JN]

Thurmond, Senator, S5249 [3JN]

Washburn, Wilcomb E., S1684 [26FE]

Weaver, Robert C., S7874 [22JY]