ASHCROFT, JOHN (a Senator from Missouri)

Amendments

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 949), S6683, S6766 [27JN]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1998-2002 (S. Con. Res. 27), S4834, S4840, S4844, S4903, S4904 [21MY]

Death and dying: prohibit Federal funding for assisted suicide, euthanasia, or mercy killing (S. 304), S1323 [12FE]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2107), S9325, S9350 [15SE], S9660 [18SE]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (S. 1061), S8690, S8734 [3SE]

District of Columbia: making appropriations (S. 1156), S9899 [24SE]

Employment: provide compensatory time opportunities, flexible workplaces, and clarify minimum wage and overtime requirements of private sector employees (S. 4), S4613, S4614 [15MY]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (S. 25), S10436 [6OC]

Transportation: funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs (S. 1173), S10993 [22OC], S11071 [23OC]

Volunteer workers: grant immunity from personal civil liability during work on behalf of governmental entities or nonprofit organizations (S. 543), S3875, S3914 [1MY]

Appointments

Acting President pro tempore, S4507 [15MY]

U.S. Coast Guard Academy Board of Visitors, S4213 [8MY]

Articles and editorials

Aging Maoists of Beijing, Michael Kelly, Washington (DC) Post, S11189 [24OC]

Harried Workers Need Comptime's Flexibility, USA Today, S5409 [9JN]

Jury Awards $3.4 Billion in 1987 Rail Blast, Washington (DC) Post, S10054 [26SE]

Just How Sick Was Rebecca Badger? Jack Kevorkian Helped End Her Life, and That's When the Questions Began, Richard Leiby, Washington (DC) Post, S3254 [16AP]

Louisiana Jackpot, Wall Street Journal, S10053 [26SE]

Mothers of Today Don't Think They're Doing as Good as Own Moms, Poll Says, Washington (DC) Times, S4265 [9MY]

Statecraft—After Madeleine Albright Skates to Confirmation, It'll Be Performance, Not Rhetoric, That Counts, Philadelphia (PA) Inquirer, S603 [22JA]

Terminal Illness Absent in Kevorkian Suicide, Washington (DC) Times, S3255 [16AP]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (see S. 6), S158 [21JA]

Appropriations: establish automatic system for continuing appropriations (see S. 228, 547), S804 [29JA], S3011 [10AP]

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

———procedures for determining status of certain missing members (see S. 755), S6100 [23JN]

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

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

———create a tax cut reserve fund to protect revenues generated by economic growth (see S. 800), S5108 [23MY]

China, People's Republic of: U.S. policy (see S. 1083, 1164), S8262 [29JY], S9197 [11SE]

Civil rights: establish a Federal cause of action for discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, or sex in Federal actions (see S. 952), S8277 [29JY]

———prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, or sex in Federal actions (see S. 950), S8277 [29JY]

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

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

———prohibit gambling on the Internet (see S. 474), S9660 [18SE]

Contracts: prohibit discrimination in awarding Federal contracts on the basis of labor policies (see S. 606), S6191 [24JN]

Courts: extend certain temporary district court judgeships (see S. 1113), S9524 [17SE]

———product liability reform (see S. 648), S3662 [24AP]

Crime: Federal penalties for the killing or attempted killing of a law enforcement officer of the District of Columbia (see S. 294), S1239 [11FE]

———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (see S. 3), S158 [21JA]

———national policy to control juvenile crime and violence (see S. 10, 718), S158 [21JA], S4217 [8MY]

———provide penalties for the acquisition or use of chemical or biological weapons and reduce acts of terrorism using such weapons (see S. 495), S3371 [17AP]

———redefine extortion relative to labor union violence (see S. 230), S8732 [3SE]

Death and dying: prohibit Federal funding for assisted suicide, euthanasia, or mercy killing (see S. 304), S1299 [12FE]

Dept. of Defense: allow military health care system beneficiaries the option to enroll in Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (see S. 224), S7013 [8JY]

Dept. of Energy: abolish (see S. 236), S855 [30JA]

District of Columbia: provide scholarship assistance for elementary and secondary school students (see S. 847), S5342 [5JN]

Education: provide for safe and affordable schools (see S. 1), S158 [21JA]

EPA: prohibit establishment of new standards for ozone or particulate matter before existing standards have been attained (see S. 1084), S10962 [22OC]

Federal agencies and departments: assess impact of policies and regulations on families (see S. 891, 1002), S5595 [12JN], S7210 [10JY]

Firearms: minimum mandatory sentencing relative to criminal use of guns (see S. 191), S4010 [6MY]

Flags: mandate the display of the POW/MIA flag on various occasions and in various locations (see S. 528), S5015 [22MY]

Hazardous substances: nuclear waste disposal (see S. 104), S1194 [10FE]

Health: liability protection for suppliers of raw material and component parts to medical device manufacturers (see S. 364), S1659 [26FE]

———revise and extend mammography quality standards programs (see S. 537), S7217 [10JY]

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

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

———sanctions relative to acquisition of certain missiles (see S. Res. 82), S3960 [5MY]

IRS: accountability in tax collection practices and procedures (see S. 365), S3224 [15AP]

———impose criminal penalties for unauthorized inspection of tax return information (see S. 521, 522), S3224 [15AP]

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

John Griesemer Post Office Building, Springfield, MO: designate (see S. 595), S3269 [16AP]

Juneteenth Independence Day: observance (see S.J. Res. 11), S3058 [10AP]

Labor: allow cooperative efforts between management and labor to improve economic competitiveness (see S. 295), S1191 [10FE]

Lewis and Clark expedition: bicentennial (see S. Res. 57), S2285 [13MR]

Mark Twain National Forest: boundary adjustment (see S. 1109), S8532 [31JY]

Medicare: allow beneficiaries to enter into private contracts for services (see S. 1194), S10809 [9OC]

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

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

Motor vehicles: average fuel economy standards for automobiles (see S. 286), S1102 [6FE]

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

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

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

National security: national missile defense system (see S. 7), S158 [21JA]

Palestinian Authority: allocation of foreign aid relative to efforts against terrorism (see S. Res. 121), S9427 [16SE]

Political campaigns: prohibit use of labor organization dues and fees for political activities (see S. 9), S158 [21JA]

Power resources: designate biodiesel fuel blends as alternative fuel and equalize alternative fuel vehicle incentives for fleet owners and operators (see S. 1141), S9427 [16SE]

Russia: proliferation of nuclear missile technology to Iran (see S. Con. Res. 48), S8533 [31JY]

Schools: expulsion of students for possession of guns or illegal drugs (see S. 763), S4677 [19MY]

Science: prohibit Federal funding for human cloning research (see S. 368), S1734 [27FE]

Securities: limit the conduct of securities class actions under State law (see S. 1260), S11365 [29OC]

Small business: protection from litigation excesses (see S. 836), S5341 [5JN]

Social Security: eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (see S. 202), S7965 [23JY]

———provide enrollment period for Medicare and Medigap relative to certain military retirees and dependents (see S. 912), S6918 [7JY]

States: provide that certain Federal funds returned by States be applied to deficit reduction (see S. 509), S5369 [5JN]

Taxation: allow married couples to file combined return under which each spouse is taxed using rates applicable to single filers (see S. 1285), S10787 [9OC]

———deductibility of health insurance costs for self-employed individuals and the business use of the home, and clarification of contractor/employee status (see S. 460), S3736 [25AP]

———exempt certain small businesses from use of electronic fund transfer system for depository taxes (see S. 570), S3456 [22AP]

———modify the application of pension nondiscrimination rules to governmental plans (see S. 622), S3419 [22AP]

———provide credits for families (see S. 2), S158 [21JA]

———repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (see S. 75), S2569 [19MR]

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

———treatment of education individual retirement accounts relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (see S. 1133), S8532 [31JY]

———treatment of gifts of publicly-traded stock to certain private foundations (see S. 194), S7965 [23JY]

———treatment of individual retirement accounts (see S. 197), S1573 [25FE]

———treatment of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (see S. 442), S8098 [24JY]

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]

Volunteer workers: grant immunity from personal civil liability during work on behalf of governmental entities or nonprofit organizations (see S. 543, 544), S2901 [9AP]

World War II: recognize and commend U.S. airmen held as prisoners at the Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany (see S. Con. Res. 32), S5596 [12JN]

Wright, Orville and Wilbur: mint coins in commemoration of centennial anniversary of first manned flight (see S. 732), S4490 [14MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Congo, Republic of the: outbreak of violence and threat to scheduled elections and constitutional government (see S. Res. 112), S8533 [31JY]

Copyrights: limitations on liability relative to on-line material (see S. 1146), S8723 [3SE]

Courts: product liability reform (see S. 5), S158 [21JA]

———provide uniform standards for the award of punitive damages for volunteer services (see S. 514, 515), S2787 [7AP]

Crime: prohibit financial transactions with state sponsors of international terrorism (see S. 873), S5444 [10JN]

———prosecution of violent and repeat juvenile offenders (see S. 825), S5253 [3JN]

Dept. of Education: national testing standards (see S. 1215), S9886 [24SE]

Employment: provide compensatory time opportunities, flexible workplaces, and clarify minimum wage and overtime requirements of private sector employees (see S. 4), S158 [21JA]

Members of Congress: constitutional amendment to limit terms (see S.J. Res. 16), S1300 [12FE]

Taxation: deductibility of the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance taxes paid by employees and self-employed individuals (see S. 579), S3199 [15AP]

Cloture motions

Dept. of Defense: authorizing military activities appropriations and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1119), conference report, S11331 [29OC], S11512 [31OC]

Employment: provide compensatory time opportunities, flexible workplaces, and clarify minimum wage and overtime requirements of private sector employees (S. 4), S4350 [13MY], S4514 [15MY], S5174 [2JN], S5290 [4JN]

Hazardous substances: nuclear waste disposal (S. 104), S2629 [20MR], S2786 [7AP]

Transportation: funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs (S. 1173), S10879 [21OC], S11014, S11018 [23OC], S11187 [24OC], S11250 [28OC]

Volunteer workers: grant immunity from personal civil liability during work on behalf of governmental entities or nonprofit organizations (S. 543), S3797 [29AP]

Forms

Requests for advances or reimbursements from the National Endowment for the Arts, S9482 [17SE]

Letters

Appointment of independent counsel to investigate fundraising practices in Presidential election campaign: by, S8704 [3SE]

Assisted Suicide Funding Restriction Act: P. John Seward, AMA, S1303 [12FE], S3250 [16AP]

———Richard M. Doerflinger, National Conference of Catholic Bishops, S3250 [16AP]

Question of whether one generation of citizens has the right to bind another: Thomas Jefferson, S1128 [7FE]

Volunteer Protection Act, S3894 [1MY]

Remarks

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 1122), S4664 [19MY]

Agreement Between the U.S. and Hong Kong for the Surrender of Fugitive Offenders: ratification, S11165 [23OC]

Albright, Madeleine Korbel: nomination to be Sec. of State, S603, S604 [22JA]

Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 97), S10927-S10937 [22OC]

———making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (H.R. 1469), S5236, S5237, S5238, S5243 [3JN]

———making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (S. 672), S4253 [8MY]

Babb, Donald J.: American Hospital Association and Hospital Research and Education Trust Shirley Anne Munroe Leadership Development Award recipient, S10226 [30SE]

Budget: balance, S4969, S4986 [22MY]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced (S.J. Res. 1), S1126, S1127 [7FE], S1912 [4MR]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1998-2002 (S. Con. Res. 27), S4838, S4839 [21MY], S4945, S4969, S4986 [22MY]

Capitol Building and Grounds: use of the rotunda for a ceremony honoring Mother Teresa (S. Con. Res. 26), S4253 [8MY]

Chemical Weapons Convention: ratification (S. Res. 75), S3651 [24AP]

China, People's Republic of: certification of compliance with international nuclear nonproliferation obligations, S10869 [21OC]

———most-favored-nation status, S6072 [23JN], S7628 [17JY], S7812 [22JY]

———religious persecution of Christian minorities, S7812 [22JY]

———request for release of political prisoner Wei Jingsheng, S4377 [13MY]

———U.S. policy, S3564-S3566 [23AP], S7052-S7054 [9JY], S7812 [22JY], S11187 [24OC], S11399, S11400, S11401 [30OC]

———U.S. policy (S. 1164), S9209 [11SE]

———visit by President to the U.S., S11187 [24OC], S11399, S11400, S11401 [30OC]

Climax Springs, MO: tribute to VFW Post 3600, S3737 [25AP]

Commission on Structural Alternatives for the Federal Courts of Appeals: establish (H.R. 908), S5430 [9JN]

Computers: facilitate use of strong encryption methods for privacy and security (S. 909), S6725, S6726 [27JN]

Congo, Republic of the: outbreak of violence and threat to scheduled elections and constitutional government (S. Res. 112), S8610 [31JY]

Copyrights: limitations on liability relative to on-line material (S. 1146), S8728-S8730 [3SE]

Courts: product liability reform (S. 5), S226, S233 [21JA]

———provide uniform standards for the award of punitive damages for volunteer services (S. 514), S2788 [7AP]

———tort reform, S10053, S10054 [26SE]

Crime: national policy to control juvenile crime and violence, S4315 [12MY]

———national policy to control juvenile crime and violence (S. 10), S145, S265 [21JA], S5894 [18JN]

———national policy to control juvenile crime and violence (S. 718), S4224 [8MY]

———prohibit financial transactions with state sponsors of international terrorism (S. 873), S5463 [10JN], S5735 [17JN]

———prosecution of violent and repeat juvenile offenders (S. 825), S5254-S5256 [3JN]

Daschle, Senator: condolences on death of father, S5894 [18JN]

Death and dying: prohibit Federal funding for assisted suicide, euthanasia, or mercy killing (H.R. 1003), S3249, S3251, S3253, S3256, S3259, S3264 [16AP]

———prohibit Federal funding for assisted suicide, euthanasia, or mercy killing (S. 304), S1302, S1303 [12FE], S1729 [27FE]

Dept. of Education: national testing standards, S9103 [11SE], S10930-S10937 [22OC], S11852-S11854 [6NO]

———national testing standards (S. 1215), S9894 [24SE]

Dept. of Energy: transfer of Formerly Utilized Site Remedial Action Program to Corps of Engineers, S10301 [1OC]

Dept. of State and related agencies: authorizing appropriations and consolidating certain agencies (S. 903), S5735 [17JN]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2107), S9325 [15SE], S9373, S9375, S9386 [16SE], S9465, S9469, S9471, S9472, S9477, S9482 [17SE]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (S. 1061), S8690, S8691 [3SE], S9103 [11SE], S10927-S10937 [22OC]

District of Columbia: making appropriations (S. 1156), S9930 [25SE]

———scholarship vouchers to provide school choice, S9930 [25SE]

Education: national policy to improve system, S10927-S10937 [22OC]

———special education funding limits, S4315 [12MY]

Employment: protect earned compensatory time and flexible work credit hours in cases of employer bankruptcy, S5220 [3JN]

———provide compensatory time opportunities, flexible workplaces, and clarify minimum wage and overtime requirements of private sector employees (S. 4), S221, S222 [21JA], S3310-S3312 [17AP], S3882 [1MY], S4263, S4265 [9MY], S4291-S4293 [12MY], S4338 [13MY], S4629, S4630 [16MY], S4665-S4667 [19MY], S5158, S5166, S5168, S5170 [2JN], S5220, S5231, S5232, S5233, S5234, S5236, S5244 [3JN], S5290 [4JN], S5409, S5411, S5412 [9JN]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2203), conference report, S10301 [1OC]

Food stamps: State prevention of receipt by prisoners (H.R. 1000), S5430 [9JN]

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

Garland, Merrick B.: nomination to be circuit judge, S2535 [19MR]

Government: shutdown relative to budget process, S3699 [25AP]

Hong Kong: status after reversion to the People's Republic of China, S7813 [22JY]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: reauthorize (S. 717), S4315 [12MY]

Joplin, MO: tribute to Life-Choices Pregnancy Center, S10427 [6OC]

Labor: allow cooperative efforts between management and labor to improve economic competitiveness (S. 295), S1193 [10FE]

Loyalty Day: observance, S3737 [25AP]

Medicaid: Federal funding of abortions, S8690, S8691 [3SE]

Members of Congress: constitutional amendment to limit terms (S.J. Res. 16), S1317 [12FE]

Missouri Home Education Week: observance, S3548 [23AP]

National Day of Prayer: observance, S3898 [1MY]

National Endowment for the Arts: funding, S9325 [15SE], S9373, S9375, S9386 [16SE], S9465, S9469, S9471, S9472, S9477, S9482 [17SE], S11270 [28OC]

New Orleans, LA: punitive damage award against CSX Transportation, S10053, S10054 [26SE]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (S. 25), S10017, S10019 [26SE], S10398 [6OC]

Presidential appointments: Senate process for confirmation of judicial nominees, S2535 [19MR]

Senate: legislative program, S1251 [12FE], S4253 [8MY], S4327 [13MY], S5276 [3JN], S5430 [9JN], S5734 [17JN]

Southwest Baptist University: tribute to Leadership Training Institute for Youth, S5959 [19JN]

Taxation: deductibility of the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance taxes paid by employees and self-employed individuals (S. 579), S3210 [15AP]

Terrorism: condemn terrorist activities in Israel, S3298 [16AP]

Volunteer workers: grant immunity from personal civil liability during work on behalf of governmental entities or nonprofit organizations (S. 543), S3769, S3773, S3792 [29AP], S3834 [30AP], S3864, S3894 [1MY]

Weber, Bill: St. Charles, MO, Chamber of Commerce Citizen of the Year award recipient, S143 [21JA]

Statements

Family Friendly Workplace Act: Kim Buchanan, S4632 [16MY]

———Leslie Langford, S4632 [16MY]

Texts of

S. 4, Family Friendly Workplace Act, S222-S223 [21JA]

S. 5, Product Liability Reform Act, S226-S232 [21JA]

S. 10, Violent and Repeat Juvenile Offender Act, S266-S277 [21JA]

S. 514, Liability Reform for Volunteer Services Act, S2789 [7AP]

S. 579, Working Americans Wage Restoration Act, S3211 [15AP]

S. 1146, Digital Copyright Clarification and Technology Education Act, S8730-S8732 [3SE]

S. 1215, Dept. of Education national testing standards, S9895 [24SE]

Tributes

Ackers, Wilford and Jerry, S1152 [10FE]

Baird, Ida, S10846 [20OC]

Barlow, Harold and Helen, S4389 [13MY]

Behrens, Brooks and Ray, S7892 [23JY]

Bender, Ralph and Margaret, S10318 [3OC]

Bredehoeft, Eldred and Mildred, S1378 [13FE]

Byrd, Charley L., S9781 [23SE]

Currie, Paul, S2412 [18MR]

Duggan, Thomas J., S4389 [13MY]

Fairbanks, Vera, S7420 [14JY]

Gibson, Clarence and Rena, S6971 [8JY]

Hedrick, Jerry B., S11859 [6NO]

Huff, Cheryl, S8656 [2SE]

Hurt, Gary, S8485 [31JY]

Johnson, Lois and Delmer, S9782 [23SE]

Keehr, Bill and Eileen, S4389 [13MY]

Kirk, Frankie and Harlan, S11665 [4NO]

Kruse, Arthur E., S11236 [27OC]

Lancaster, Janice and Bill, S7207 [10JY]

Maple, Richard and Beatrice, S2766 [7AP]

Miller, Dennis and Marcella, S4389 [13MY]

Miller, Loren and Miriam, S4389 [13MY]

Miller, Merwin and Melda, S4389 [13MY]

Miller, Morris and Ida, S4389 [13MY]

Nedrow, Roy D., S1817 [3MR]

Potter, Donna and Ralph, S144 [21JA]

Price, Larry and Pauline, S11666 [4NO]

Reinsch, Clarence and Helen, S2787 [7AP]

Riggs, Vernon, S7296 [11JY]

Robinson, Jackie, S3179 [15AP]

Rush, Rudy and Jewel, S10427 [6OC]

Shea, Bob and Betty, S10319 [3OC]

Sorenson, John and Rosalie, S5399 [9JN]

Suetterlin, Martin and Catherine, S8089 [24JY]

Thurmond, Senator, S5198 [3JN]

Williams, Wade and Flo, S1223 [11FE]

Wilson, Gladys R., S1826 [3MR]

Woodall, James and Elsa, S10226 [30SE]

Woodside, Clarence V., S7434 [15JY]

Zinzer, Roy and Dorothy, S6185 [24JN]