SARBANES, PAUL S. (a Senator from Maryland)

Addresses

Reflections on the Congress and the Country: Representative Hamilton, S11896 [6NO]

Amendments

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (S. 1033), S7898, S7966 [23JY]

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (S. 672), S4096, S4116 [7MY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 936), S7121, S7124 [9JY], S7236, S7279, S7309 [11JY]

Dept. of State and related agencies: authorizing appropriations and consolidating certain agencies (S. 903), S5670, S5671, S5704 [16JN], S5738, S5749, S5875, S5878, S5882 [17JN]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: authorizing appropriations (S. 1022), S8061, S8101 [24JY]

Financial institutions: applicability of host State laws to any branch in such State of an out-of-State bank (H.R. 1306), S5628, S5637 [12JN]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (S. 955), S7613, S7614 [16JY]

Foreign trade: establish negotiating objectives and fast-track procedures for future trade agreements (S. 1269), S11883 [6NO]

Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe: ratification of Flank Document Agreement, S4496 [14MY]

Appointments

Canada-U.S. Interparliamentary Group members, S9078 [10SE]

Conferee: H.R. 1757, Dept. of State and related agencies appropriations and consolidation of certain agencies, S8222 [29JY]

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

———S. 1026, Eximbank reauthorization, S11574 [31OC]

Senate Arms Control Observer Group, S574 [21JA]

Articles and editorials

Baltimore Cites Success With Alternative to 911: Michael Janofsky, New York (NY) Times, S10442 [6OC]

Forgotten History—The Klan vs. Americans of Hellenic Heritage in an Era of Hate, James S. Scofield, S11892 [6NO]

Poor Have Trouble Getting Legal Help—Few Lawyers Agree To Give Free Service, Elaine Tassy, Baltimore (MD) Sun, S976 [4FE]

Tax-Cut Plans Could Reseed Deficit, Art Pine, Los Angeles (CA) Times, S6115 [24JN]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Byrd, Senator: tribute (see S. Res. 7), S100 [7JA]

Capitol Building and Grounds: use of the rotunda for a ceremony honoring Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew (see S. Con. Res. 42), S8091 [24JY]

Census: include ancestry data on decennial census (see S. Con. Res. 12), S2356 [17MR]

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

Disasters: National Flood Insurance Program reauthorization (see S. 1179), S9411 [16SE]

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

———research programs for Parkinson's disease (see S. 535), S3294 [16AP]

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 1062), S8091 [24JY]

Education: establish tutoring assistance programs to help children learn to read well (see S. 664), S3799 [29AP]

———improve teacher quality (see S. 1169), S12614 [13NO]

Emergency Commission To End the Trade Deficit: establish (see S. 465), S2416 [18MR]

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

EPA: reestablish the Office of Noise Abatement and Control (see S. 951), S6186 [24JN]

ERISA: clarify treatment of investment managers (see S. 1227), S10055 [26SE]

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

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

Government: continuance of pay and authority to make certain expenditures and obligations when there is a lapse in appropriations (see S. 396), S1979 [5MR]

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

Health: establish research and grant programs for the eradication or control of pfiesteria piscicida and other aquatic toxins (see S. 1219), S9969 [25SE]

———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for certain breast cancer treatments (see S. 143), S162 [21JA]

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

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

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

Israel: anniversary of reunification of Jerusalem (see S. Con. Res. 21), S3803 [29AP]

Medicare: demonstration project to provide coverage for cancer patients enrolled in certain clinical trials (see S. 381), S2026 [6MR]

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

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

National Character Counts Week: designate (see S. Res. 63), S5015 [22MY]

National Concern About Young People and Gun Violence Day: designate (see S. Res. 141), S11343 [29OC]

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

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 Sea Grant College Program: reauthorization (see S. 927), S11042 [23OC]

National Securities Markets Improvement Act: extend effective date of regulations relative to investment advisers (see S. 410), S2021 [6MR]

Political campaigns: campaign ethics reform and contribution limits (see S. 25), S3224 [15AP]

———ethics reform and contribution limits (see S. 11), S3125 [14AP]

Presidential Management Intern Program: anniversary (see S. Res. 106), S7116 [9JY]

Public utilities: revision of the regulatory policies governing public utility holding companies (see S. 621), S3419 [22AP]

Real estate: extend FHA mortgage insurance program coverage to home equity conversion mortgages for elderly homeowners (see S. 562), S3348 [17AP]

Secret Service: simplify and consolidate pay system for Uniformed Division (see S. 998), S7116 [9JY]

Senior citizens: anniversary of establishment of the first nutrition program for the elderly (see S. Con. Res. 11), S2857 [8AP]

Social Security: treatment of final payment of benefits to surviving spouse or family members after death of beneficiary (see S. 1370), S11763 [5NO]

Taxation: increase amount of low-income housing credits allocated in each State and index amount for inflation (see S. 1252), S11300 [28OC]

———increase State cap on private activity bonds (see S. 1251), S11465 [30OC]

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

———treatment of computer software exports (see S. 387), S5703 [16JN]

———treatment of employer-provided educational assistance (see S. 127), S899 [30JA]

Water pollution: estuary conservation and management programs funding (see S. 1222, 1321), S9969 [25SE], S11289 [28OC]

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

Women: constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see S.J. Res. 24), S2792 [7AP]

World War II: burial and funeral benefits for merchant marine veterans (see S. 61), S967 [4FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Chesapeake Bay: restoration (see S. 618), S3349 [17AP]

Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails Network: establish (see S. 619), S3349 [17AP]

Courts: appointment of additional bankruptcy judges for Maryland (see S. 245), S856 [30JA]

Education: establish Thurgood Marshall Legal Educational Opportunity Program (see S. 1395), S11863 [6NO]

Federal employees: delays in retirement cost-of-living adjustments (see S. Con. Res. 7), S2274 [13MR]

Federal firefighters: hourly and overtime pay rates and pay equity with other civil service employees and public sector firefighters (see S. 492), S2646 [20MR]

National Military Museum Foundation: establish (see S. 686), S3901 [1MY]

Salobrit, Roma: relief (see S. 857), S5413 [9JN]

U.S. Fire Administration: convert certain excepted service positions to competitive service positions (see S. 336), S1382 [13FE]

Letters

Chesapeake Bay Restoration Act: Gary G. Allen, Chesapeake Bay Local Government Advisory Committee, S3369 [17AP]

———Parris N. Glendening, Governor of Maryland, S3368 [17AP]

———Russell Pettyjohn, Chesapeake Bay Local Government Advisory Committee, S3369 [17AP]

———W. Tayloe Murphy, Jr., Chesapeake Bay Commission, S3368 [17AP]

———William C. Baker, Chesapeake Bay Foundation, S3369 [17AP]

———William Rumsey, Jr., Chesapeake Bay Local Government Advisory Committee, S3369 [17AP]

Press releases

New ESI Study Finds Causes and Costs of Trade Defeicit More Complex Than Traditional Economic Rhetoric: Economic Strategy Institute, S11744 [5NO]

Remarks

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (S. 1033), S7899 [23JY]

Albright, Madeleine Korbel: nomination to be Sec. of State, S599 [22JA]

American Foreign Service Association: participation of certain management officials in collective bargaining negotiations, S5671, S5672 [16JN]

American Heritage Rivers Initiative: terminate further development and implementation, S9802 [23SE]

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations, S5473 [10JN]

Armenia: anniversary of genocide, S3695 [24AP]

Black History Month: observance, S1581 [25FE]

BLS: funding, S9108 [11SE]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (S.J. Res. 1), S1182, S1183, S1184, S1185 [10FE], S1623 [26FE], S1854, S1856, S1857, S1858 [4MR]

———deficit, S8474 [31JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), conference report, S8474 [31JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 947), S6113, S6114, S6117 [24JN]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1998-2002 (S. Con. Res. 27), S4723, S4726 [20MY]

———waiver of constitutional provisions to balance in the event of economic emergencies, S1182, S1183, S1184, S1185 [10FE]

———waiver of constitutional provisions to balance in the event of war, threat to national security, or economic emergency, S1623 [26FE]

Chemical Weapons Convention: ratification (S. Res. 75), S3580 [24AP]

Chesapeake Bay: restoration (S. 618), S3365-S3367 [17AP]

Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails Network: establish (S. 619), S3365-S3367 [17AP]

China, People's Republic of: most-favored-nation status, S7630 [17JY]

Clark, Jamie: Maryland Small Business Person of the Year award recipient, S5374 [5JN]

Courts: appointment of additional bankruptcy judges for Maryland (S. 245), S879 [30JA]

Cuomo, Andrew M.: nomination to be Sec. of HUD, S780 [29JA]

Dept. of Agriculture: Rural Housing Service funding, S7899 [23JY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 936), unanimous-consent agreement, S7184 [10JY]

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

———making appropriations (S. 1005), S7446 [15JY]

Dept. of HUD: Mark-to-Market Program reform, S10738, S10745 [9OC]

Dept. of Justice: tribute to Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, S10442 [6OC]

Dept. of State and related agencies: authorizing appropriations and consolidating certain agencies (S. 903), S5670, S5671, S5672, S5680, S5685, S5686 [16JN], S5725, S5727, S5733, S5738, S5749 [17JN]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2107), S9617 [18SE], S9802 [23SE]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (S. 1048), S8253 [29JY]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: authorizing appropriations (S. 1022), S8032, S8061, S8067 [24JY]

———authorizing appropriations (S. 1022), unanimous-consent agreement, S8066 [24JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (S. 1061), S8807, S8808, S8809, S8810, S8811, S8812, S8813, S8814 [4SE], S9100, S9101, S9107, S9108 [11SE]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2158), conference report, S10738, S10745 [9OC]

———making appropriations (S. 1034), S7855 [22JY]

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew: award Congressional Gold Medal (H.R. 2248), S9908 [24SE]

———award Congressional Gold Medal (S. 1062), S8092 [24JY]

Education: establish Thurgood Marshall Legal Educational Opportunity Program (S. 1395), S11878 [6NO]

Emergency Commission To End the Trade Deficit: establish, S12109, S12110 [8NO]

Family and Medical Leave Act: anniversary, S1038 [5FE]

Federal employees: delays in retirement cost-of-living adjustments (S. Con. Res. 7), S2285 [13MR]

Federal firefighters: hourly and overtime pay rates and pay equity with other civil service employees and public sector firefighters (S. 492), S2654 [20MR]

Financial institutions: applicability of host State laws to any branch in such State of an out-of-State bank (H.R. 1306), S5638 [12JN]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (S. 955), S7630 [17JY]

Foreign Service: limit remedial authority of Grievance Board, S5670 [16JN]

Foreign trade: establish negotiating objectives and fast-track procedures for future trade agreements (S. 1269), S11657, S11660 [4NO], S11734, S11735, S11736, S11737, S11741, S11744, S11745, S11747 [5NO], S12109, S12110, S12111, S12112, S12113, S12114, S12115 [8NO]

———promote adherence to internationally recognized environmental standards in future trade agreements, S12111, S12112, S12113, S12114, S12115 [8NO]

Forest Glen, MD: repair of Walter Reed Army Medical Center Annex, S7446 [15JY]

Frederick, MD: Interstate 70 upgrade funding, S8253 [29JY]

Garland, Merrick B.: nomination to be circuit judge, S2525, S2526, S2527 [19MR]

Government: continuance of pay and authority to make certain expenditures and obligations when there is a lapse in appropriations (S. 396), S1984 [5MR]

Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: designate (S. Res. 56), S2721 [20MR]

Hamilton, Representative: Center for National Policy Edmund Muskie Distinguished Public Service Award recipient, S11896 [6NO]

Health: establish research and grant programs for the eradication or control of pfiesteria piscicida and other aquatic toxins (S. 1219), S9970 [25SE]

Housing: tribute to organizations for investment in low-income communities, S2294 [13MR]

International Brotherhood of Teamsters: limit Federal funding for rerun of leadership election, S8807, S8808, S8809, S8810, S8811, S8812, S8813, S8814 [4SE], S9100, S9101, S9107 [11SE]

International relations: withdrawal from certain international organizations relative to assessment levels, S8061 [24JY]

Lithuania: independence anniversary, S1931 [4MR]

LSC: funding, S975 [4FE]

Medicare: copayment for home health patients, S6113 [24JN]

Morrow, Margaret: nomination to be district judge, S4424, S4425 [14MY]

National Agriculture Day: observance, S2483 [18MR]

National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: observance, S10815 [9OC]

National Endowment for Democracy: funding, S8032 [24JY]

National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week: observance, S9693 [18SE]

National Home Ownership Week: observance, S5636 [12JN]

National Library Week: observance, S3298 [16AP]

National Military Museum Foundation: establish (S. 686), S3906 [1MY]

National Park Service: Rivers and Trails Conservation Assistance Program funding, S9617 [18SE]

Older American's Month: observance, S5020 [22MY]

Order of American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association: anniversary, S11892 [6NO]

Presidential appointments: Senate process for confirmation of judicial nominees, S2525, S2526, S2527, S2539, S2540 [19MR], S4424, S4425 [14MY]

Public housing: ensure acceptable basic housing conditions, S10049 [26SE]

———reform and consolidate Federal programs and redirect primary responsibility to States and localities (S. 462), S10046, S10049 [26SE]

Real estate: extend FHA mortgage insurance program coverage to home equity conversion mortgages for elderly homeowners (S. 562), S3715 [25AP]

Roads and highways: modify minimum allocation formula for the Federal-Aid Highway Program, S10528, S10529, S10530 [8OC]

Senate: legislative program, S6116 [24JN], S8481 [31JY]

Small Business Week: observance, S5374 [5JN]

Social Security: treatment under balanced budget constitutional amendment, S1182 [10FE]

Taxation: rates, S6113, S6114, S6117 [24JN], S8474 [31JY]

———treatment of certain agricultural installment sales as alternative minimum tax preference items (S. 181), S639 [22JA]

Thomas, James R., Jr.: installation as president of the American Consulting Engineers Council, S4036 [6MY]

Transportation: funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs (S. 1173), S10528, S10529, S10530 [8OC]

U.N.: authorize payment of U.S. arrearages, S5680, S5685, S5686 [16JN], S5725, S5727, S5733 [17JN]

———withdraw U.S. membership, S5738 [17JN]

U.S. Fire Administration: convert certain excepted service positions to competitive service positions (S. 336), S1404 [13FE]

Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences: anniversary, S10302 [1OC]

Veterans Day: observance, S11889 [6NO]

Statements

Constitutional Amendment To Require Balanced Budget: several economists, S1856 [4MR]

Senate Process for Confirmation of Judicial Nominees: Sam J. Ervin III, S2527 [19MR]

Texts of

S. 618, Chesapeake Bay Restoration Act, S3367 [17AP]

S. 619, Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails Act, S3368 [17AP]

S. 1395, establish Thurgood Marshall Legal Educational Opportunity Program, S11878 [6NO]

Tributes

Inouye, Randall, S6380 [25JN]

LaFleur, James A., S6013 [19JN]

Mather, John, S6556 [26JN]

Sklar, Barry, S5789 [17JN]

Tsongas, Paul E., S843 [30JA]