LIEBERMAN, JOSEPH I. (a Senator from Connecticut)

Amendments

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 1122), S4537, S4614 [15MY]

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

Aquaculture: establish a national development and research policy (S. 1080), S8833 [4SE]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 947), S6156, S6255, S6259 [24JN]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 936), S6880, S6932, S6939 [7JY], S6980, S7019 [8JY], S7266 [11JY]

———making appropriations (S. 1005), S7436, S7504 [15JY]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: authorizing appropriations (S. 1022), S8025, S8026, S8037, S8100 [24JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (S. 1061), S8786 [4SE]

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

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (S. 955), S7615 [16JY]

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

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 1119, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths, S7284 [11JY]

Global Climate Change Observer Group, S8482 [31JY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Afghanistan: peace process and human rights situation (see S. Con. Res. 6), S4247 [8MY]

AMA: anniversary (see S. Res. 94), S8608 [31JY]

America Recycles Day: designate (see S. Res. 116), S10862 [20OC]

Animals: prohibit import, export, sale, or possession of bear viscera (see S. 263), S1480 [24FE]

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

Armed Forces: procedures for determining status of certain missing members (see S. 755), S5265 [3JN]

Capitol Building and Grounds: use of the rotunda for a ceremony honoring Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew (see S. Con. Res. 42), S8670 [2SE]

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

China, Republic of: admission to multilateral economic institutions (see S. Con. Res. 30), S5109 [23MY]

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

Civil liberties: religious accommodations in the workplace (see S. 1124), S10809 [9OC]

Computers: establish a commission on the problem with differentiating years 2000 and 1900 (see S. 22), S6044 [20JN]

———prohibit gambling on the Internet (see S. 474), S3126 [14AP]

Consumer Price Index: calculation relative to correction of cost-of-living adjustments (see S. Res. 50), S2145 [11MR]

Contraceptives: require equitable coverage of drugs, devices, and services under health insurance plans (see S. 766), S8202 [28JY]

Corporate Subsidy Reform Commission: establish (see S. 207), S725 [28JA]

Courts: adjust current salaries and provide procedures for future adjustments of salaries of Federal judges (see S. 394), S4760 [20MY]

———establish rules for proportionality between the amount of punitive damages and the amount of economic loss (see S. 1554), S12575 [13NO]

Crime: constitutional amendment on protection of victims' rights (see S.J. Res. 6), S5138 [23MY]

———national policy to control juvenile crime, violence, and drug abuse (see S. 15), S768 [28JA]

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

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), S5875 [17JN]

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

Drunken driving: national standard to prohibit the operation of motor vehicles by intoxicated individuals (see S. 412), S5015 [22MY]

Ecology and environment: cleanup and redevelopment of brownfield sites (see S. 18), S1111 [6FE]

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

Education: improve and expand charter schools (see S. 1380), S11764 [5NO]

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

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

Foreign policy: authorize trade and investment policy relative to sub-Saharan Africa (see S. 778), S9800 [23SE]

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: establish bipartisan commission to examine organization of executive branch departments and agencies (see S. 577), S3199 [15AP]

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

Health: limitations on disclosure and use of genetic information (see S. 422), S5424 [9JN]

———reform the health care liability system and establish quality assurance programs (see S. 886), S5508 [11JN]

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

Hong Kong: Special Administrative Region elections (see S. Con. Res. 51), S8925 [8SE]

———U.S. wishes of good fortune upon transition of sovereignty from Great Britain to the People's Republic of China (see S. Res. 105), S6728 [27JN]

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

Insurance: prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (see S. 89), S8156 [25JY]

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

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

International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia: restrict foreign assistance for countries providing sanctuary to indicted war criminals (see S. 804), S5109 [23MY]

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]

Medicare: coverage of diabetes outpatient self-management training services and blood-testing strips (see S. 102), S8732 [3SE]

———provide greater flexibility and choice (see S. 904), S5875 [17JN]

Memorial Day: proclaim a nationwide moment of remembrance (see S. Res. 76), S4490 [14MY]

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

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

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

National Character Counts Week: designate (see S. Res. 63), S2274 [13MR]

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), S3662 [24AP]

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

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

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

NATO: membership of Central and East European countries (see S. Con. Res. 5), S1018 [5FE]

NRC: direct portion of civil penalties to local communities (see S. 960), S6358 [25JN]

Political campaigns: campaign ethics reform and contribution limits (see S. 25), S2088 [10MR]

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

Prince Nova (vessel): certificate of documentation (see S. 1349), S11448 [30OC]

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

Research: increase the amount authorized for basic scientific, medical, and pre-competitive engineering research (see S. 1305), S10950 [22OC]

———provide protections to human subjects of research (see S. 193), S4611 [15MY]

Robert J. Dole U.S. Courthouse, Kansas City, KS: designate (see S. 1000), S8099 [24JY]

Russia: proliferation of nuclear missile technology to Iran (see S. Con. Res. 48), S9977 [25SE]

Sam Nunn Federal Center, Atlanta, GA: designate (see S. 347), S1470 [24FE]

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

Securities: limit the conduct of securities class actions under State law (see S. 1260), S10474 [7OC]

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

Small business: protection from litigation excesses (see S. 836), S5703 [16JN]

Social Security: earnings test for blind individuals (see S. 375), S2089 [10MR]

Taxation: allow credit for construction and renovation of commercial buildings in distressed areas (see S. 411), S5541 [11JN]

———capital gains rates (see S. 66), S160 [21JA]

———deductions for business use of the home (see S. 406), S1979 [5MR]

———encourage cleanup of brownfield sites and creation of empowerment zones and enterprise communities (see S. 235), S855 [30JA]

———establish intercity passenger rail service trust fund (see S. 436), S2931 [9AP]

———extend research and development tax credit (see S. 405), S3803 [29AP]

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

———provide incentives for investment in renewal communities (see S. 432), S2206 [12MR]

———reform corporate alternative minimum tax (see S. 724), S4217 [8MY]

———targeting of investment incentive and economic growth (see S. 20), S159 [21JA]

———treatment of certain disability benefits received by former police officers or firefighters (see S. 393), S1979 [5MR]

———treatment of computer software exports (see S. 387), S4611 [15MY]

———treatment of distilled spirits (see S. 711), S9086 [10SE]

———treatment of District of Columbia residents (see S. 753), S4588 [15MY]

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

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

———treatment of individual retirement accounts (see S. 197), S634 [22JA]

Television: allow voluntary code of standards and practices for broadcast and cable industry (see S. 471), S2552 [19MR]

———treatment of voluntary guidelines relative to applicability of antitrust laws (see S. 539), S2901 [9AP]

Transportation: establish surface transportation infrastructure credit assistance program (see S. 963), S7503 [15JY]

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]

———constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see S.J. Res. 24), S2932 [9AP]

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

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

Bills and resolutions introduced

China, People's Republic of: U.S. policy (see S. 1303), S10882 [21OC]

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

Health: improve the quality of health plans and health care provided through the Federal Government and protect health care consumers (see S. 795), S5002 [22MY]

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

Native Americans: prohibit the Federal taking of lands to be held in trust for economically self-sufficient tribes for commercial or gaming purposes (see S. 1329), S11343 [29OC]

Richard C. Lee U.S. Courthouse, New Haven, CT: designate (see S. 1355), S11545 [31OC]

Cloture motions

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (S. 25), S10378 [6OC], S10466 [7OC], S10522 [8OC], S10731 [9OC]

Excerpts

History of World War II: 42d Rainbow Infantry Division, S2964 [10AP]

Factsheets

National Association of Broadcasters Television Code of Conduct: by, S2555 [19MR]

Remarks

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 1122), S4561 [15MY]

American Heritage Rivers Initiative: terminate further development and implementation, S9549 [18SE]

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (S. 672), S4082 [7MY], S4193, S4194 [8MY]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: designate certain lands as wilderness (S. 531), S2904 [9AP]

Bosnia and Herzegovina: prohibit use of appropriated Federal funds for the deployment of Armed Forces after a certain date, S4082 [7MY]

———U.S. military intervention, S12536 [13NO]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 947), S6326 [25JN]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 949), S6710 [27JN]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1998-2002 (S. Con. Res. 27), S4828 [21MY]

Chester, CT: anniversary of Chester Hose Co., S8283 [29JY]

China, People's Republic of: U.S. policy (S. 1303), S10892-S10894 [21OC]

Cohen, William S.: nomination to be Sec. of Defense, S625 [22JA]

Committee on Governmental Affairs (Senate): authorizing expenditures (S. Res. 39), S2114, S2121 [11MR]

———funding for investigation of Federal election campaign fundraising and expenditure practices, S2114, S2121 [11MR]

Congress: staff exchange program with German Parliament, S570 [21JA]

Connecticut: tribute to Girl Scouts of America Gold Award recipients, S5636 [12JN]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 936), S7179, S7185 [10JY], S7251 [11JY]

———authorizing military activities appropriations and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1119), conference report, S11803 [6NO]

———Commercial Operations and Support Savings Initiative funding, S4193, S4194 [8MY]

———limit compensation for corporate executives reimbursed under defense contracts, S7179, S7185 [10JY]

———Quadrennial Defense Review report, S4673, S4675 [19MY]

Dept. of State and related agencies: authorizing appropriations and consolidating certain agencies (S. 903), S5752 [17JN]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2107), S9549 [18SE]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: authorizing appropriations (S. 1022), S8019 [24JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (S. 1061), S8786, S8788 [4SE]

District of Columbia: making appropriations (S. 1156), S9921 [25SE], S10194 [30SE]

———provide scholarship assistance for elementary and secondary school students (S. 847), S5366 [5JN]

———scholarship vouchers to provide school choice, S9921 [25SE], S10194 [30SE]

Diversified Intergenerational Care, Inc.: tribute, S2218 [12MR]

East Haven, CT, Historical Society: tribute, S101 [7JA]

Education: charter schools funding, S8786, S8788 [4SE]

———improve and expand charter schools (S. 1380), S11777 [5NO]

Elections: constitutional amendment to regulate campaign expenditures and contribution limits (S.J. Res. 18), S2390 [18MR]

Employment: prohibit discrimination on the basis of affectional or sexual orientation (S. 869), S5460 [10JN]

EPA: implementation of alternative compliance plans and market-based trading programs relative to controlling pollutants (S. 1348), S11457-S11459 [30OC]

FDA: modernize (S. 830), S9744 [23SE]

———regulation of medical device approval process relative to labeling claims, S9744 [23SE]

Glastonbury, CT: tribute to Congregation Kol Haverim, S2946 [9AP]

Health: liability protection for suppliers of raw material and component parts to medical device manufacturers (S. 364), S1672 [26FE]

HelpMate Robotics, Inc.: tribute, S5144 [23MY]

Hispanos Unidos Contra El Sida-AIDS, Inc.: anniversary, S10445 [6OC]

Holocaust: remembrance, S2963-S2965 [10AP]

Immigration: provide special status for certain alien journalists working in Hong Kong (S. 968), S6503 [26JN]

Insurance: provide consumers choice of auto insurance relative to compensation for economic and non-economic losses (S. 625), S3435 [22AP]

Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act: reauthorize (S. 586), S3222 [15AP]

Iran: impose sanctions on foreign persons who transfer items contributing to efforts to acquire, develop, or produce ballistic missiles (S. 1311), S11038 [23OC]

Iraq: eviction of U.S. members of U.N. weapons inspection teams and threats to surveillance planes, S12537 [13NO]

———U.S. policy, S12537 [13NO]

Israel: anniversary of reunification of Jerusalem (H. Con. Res. 60), S5903 [18JN]

———anniversary of reunification of Jerusalem (S. Con. Res. 21), S5499 [11JN]

———condemn terrorist bombing in Jerusalem, S9088 [10SE]

Lake, Anthony: nomination to be Director of Central Intelligence, S1783-S1785 [28FE]

Marine Cadets of America (organization): tribute, S3132 [14AP]

Medicare: reform, S6326 [25JN]

National Character Counts Week: designate (S. Res. 63), S2291 [13MR]

Native Americans: prohibit the Federal taking of lands to be held in trust for economically self-sufficient tribes for commercial or gaming purposes (S. 1329), S11343-S11345 [29OC]

NATO: membership of Central and East European countries (S. Con. Res. 5), S1032 [5FE]

New Haven, CT: anniversary of New Haven Light (lighthouse), S6384 [25JN]

NIST: Advanced Technology Program funding, S8019 [24JY]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (S. 25), S10139 [29SE]

Research: increase the amount authorized for basic scientific, medical, and pre-competitive engineering research (S. 1305), S10953 [22OC]

Richard C. Lee U.S. Courthouse, New Haven, CT: designate (S. 1355), S11546 [31OC]

Sons of the American Revolution (organization): tribute, S101 [7JA]

Taxation: capital gains rates (S. 66), S446 [21JA]

———encourage cleanup of brownfield sites and creation of empowerment zones and enterprise communities (S. 235), S861 [30JA]

———provide incentives for investment in renewal communities (S. 432), S2214 [12MR]

———treatment of District of Columbia residents (S. 753), S4601 [15MY]

———treatment of education individual retirement accounts relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R. 2646), S11505 [31OC]

Television: allow voluntary code of standards and practices for broadcast and cable industry (S. 471), S2554 [19MR]

Terrorism: condemn attacks relative to Middle East peace agreements, S8782, S8783 [4SE]

Tobacco products: increase excise taxes to fund health insurance for uninsured children and deficit reduction, S4828 [21MY]

Treaties and agreements: conditions for the U.S. becoming a signatory to any international agreement on greenhouse gas emissions (S. Res. 98), S8129 [25JY]

Trumbull, CT: tribute to Trumbull High School for participation in We the People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution competition, S5713 [16JN]

U.S. Cavalry: anniversary, S103 [7JA]

Votes: position on missed, S5376 [5JN]

West Haven, CT: tribute to Diversified Intergenerational Care, Inc., S2001 [5MR]

Summaries

Allow Voluntary Code of Television Standards and Practices for Broadcast and Cable Industry (S. 471), S2555 [19MR]

Texts of

S. 364, Biomaterials Access Assurance Act, S1673-S1675 [26FE]

S. 1303, U.S.-China Relations Act, S10894-S10897 [21OC]

S. 1329, Indian Trust Lands Reform Act, S11345 [29OC]

S. 1348, Innovative Environmental Strategies Act, S11459-S11462 [30OC]

S. 1355, Richard C. Lee U.S. Courthouse, New Haven, CT, S11547 [31OC]

Tributes

Aronson, Arnold, S2643 [20MR]

Cozza, Carm L., S2150 [11MR]

DeBiase, Anthony (Duke), S3130 [14AP]

Hepburn, Katharine, S4279 [9MY]

Kaminski, Paul G., S3807 [29AP]

Mellor, James R., S4765 [20MY]

Platzner, Adam J., S3972 [5MY]

Resnick, Burton P., S103 [7JA]

White, Sean J., S3971 [5MY]

Windham, Patrick H., S3658 [24AP]