KOHL, HERB (a Senator from Wisconsin)
Amendments
Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (S. 1033), S7936, S7967 [23JY]
Appropriations: making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (S. 672), S4048, S4090, S4116 [7MY], S4248 [8MY]
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (S.J. Res. 1), S1606, S1682 [26FE]
———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 947), S6169, S6176, S6257, S6266 [24JN]
———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 949), S6509, S6532, S6544 [26JN], S6676, S6764, S6766 [27JN]
———setting forth the Federal budget for 1998-2002 (S. Con. Res. 27), S4829, S4848, S4874, S4901
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 936), S6933 [7JY], S7228, S7304 [11JY]
Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (S. 1023), S7668, S7694, S7734, S7735 [17JY]
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (S. 1061), S8905, S8927 [8SE]
Education: treatment of need-based educational aid relative to antitrust laws (H.R. 1866), S8373, S8383 [30JY]
IRS: impose criminal penalties for unauthorized inspection of tax return information (S. 522), S3226 [15AP]
Taxation: treatment of education individual retirement accounts relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R. 2646), S11466 [30OC], S11605 [3NO]
Analyses
Deadbeat Parents Punishment Act (S. 226), S758
Deadbeat Parents Punishment Act (S. 1371), S12667 [13NO]
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 1469, emergency supplemental appropriations for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations, S4645 [16MY]
———H.R. 2169, Dept. of Transportation and related agencies appropriations, S8312 [30JY]
———H.R. 2203, energy and water development appropriations, S8175 [28JY]
———S. 1023, Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies appropriations, S9510 [17SE]
———S. 1061, Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies appropriations, S9510 [17SE]
Articles and editorials
Cases Pile Up as Judgeships Remain Vacant, Sue Anne Pressley, Washington (DC) Post, S4517 [15MY]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Agriculture: monitor and regulate cattle and beef markets (see S. 16), S159 [21JA]
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: designate certain lands as wilderness (see S. 531), S2900 [9AP]
Bankruptcy: make chapter 12 of bankruptcy code permanent relative to the treatment of farmers' reorganization plans by banks (see S. 1024), S8669 [2SE]
Boys and Girls Clubs of America: funding (see S. 476), S2552 [19MR]
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see S.J. Res. 1), S163 [21JA]
Business and industry: use of community development block grant funds for employment relocation activities (see S. 300), S1226 [11FE]
Capitol Building and Grounds: use of the rotunda for a ceremony honoring Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew (see S. Con. Res. 42), S8608 [31JY]
Choephel, Ngawang: arrest and treatment in the People's Republic of China (see S. Res. 19), S1926 [4MR]
Consumer Price Index: calculation relative to correction of cost-of-living adjustments (see S. Res. 50), S2145 [11MR]
Corporate Subsidy Reform Commission: establish (see S. 207), S2857 [8AP]
Crime: national policy to control juvenile crime, violence, and drug abuse (see S. 15, 362), S159 [21JA], S1926 [4MR]
Dept. of Agriculture: collect and disseminate statistically reliable information from milk manufacturing plants on prices received for bulk cheese (see S. 603), S3348 [17AP]
———establish temporary emergency minimum milk prices (see S. Res. 119), S9018 [9SE]
Dept. of Defense: costs of carrying out certain tactical fighter aircraft programs concurrently (see S. Res. 80), S3844 [30AP]
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: issue special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see S. 726), S7118 [9JY]
Drugs: establish matching grant program for local communities that first demonstrate a long-term commitment to reduce youth substance abuse (see S. 536), S2901 [9AP]
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 1062), S8607 [31JY]
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), S5193 [2JN]
Firearms: prohibit possession by nonpermanent resident aliens (see S. 380), S1734 [27FE]
———voluntary equipment of handguns with child safety devices by manufacturers (see S. Res. 133), S10787 [9OC]
Freedom of information: require disclosure of information on certain individuals relative to Nazi war crimes during World War II (see S. 1379), S11764 [5NO]
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]
Iran: impose sanctions on foreign persons who transfer items contributing to efforts to acquire, develop, or produce ballistic missiles (see S. 1311), S11365 [29OC]
IRS: impose criminal penalties for unauthorized inspection of tax return information (see S. 522), S3224 [15AP]
Israel: anniversary of reunification of Jerusalem (see S. Con. Res. 21), S3269 [16AP]
Medicare: provide beneficiaries with additional information to select health care plans (see S. 789), S5001 [22MY]
Mining and mineral resources: ensure receipt of a fair return for the extraction of locatable minerals on public domain lands (see S. 327), S1382 [13FE]
Mother Teresa: tribute (see S. Res. 120), S9018 [9SE]
National Character Counts Week: designate (see S. Res. 63), S2857 [8AP]
National Cheese Exchange: reduce effect on the milk marketing orders' basic formula price (see S. 258; S. Res. 52, 55), S945 [4FE], S1226 [11FE], S1382 [13FE]
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), S2792 [7AP]
National Dairy Promotion and Research Board: payment of assessment by dairy product importers at the same rate as domestic producers (see S. 56), S160 [21JA]
———prohibit bloc voting by dairy cooperatives (see S. 55), S160 [21JA]
National Erase the Hate and Eliminate Racism Day: designate (see S. Res. 78), S3803 [29AP]
National Family Week: designate (see S. Res. 93), S11465 [30OC]
National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week: designate (see S. Res. 111), S8670 [2SE]
National Peace Officers Memorial Day: designate (see S. Res. 79), S3750 [28AP]
National Safe Place Week: designate (see S. Res. 96), S9020 [9SE]
Navy: eliminate the Extremely Low Frequency Communication System (see S. 59), S160 [21JA]
Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact: repeal (see S. 322), S1382 [13FE]
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (see S. 25), S159 [21JA]
Presidential Management Intern Program: anniversary (see S. Res. 106), S7303 [11JY]
Sinatra, Francis A.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 305), S1300 [12FE], S1574 [25FE]
Taxation: exclude gain or loss from the sale of livestock from the computation of capital gains relative to the earned income credit (see S. 775), S4879 [21MY]
———incentives to increase the demands for and supply of quality child care (see S. 1037), S10962 [22OC]
———repeal percentage depletion allowance for certain hardrock mines (see S. 325), S1382 [13FE]
———targeting of investment incentive and economic growth (see S. 20), S159 [21JA]
———treatment of certain agricultural installment sales as alternative minimum tax preference items (see S. 181), S633 [22JA]
———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]
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 Intellectual Property Organization Copyright Treaty: implementation (see S. 1121), S8532 [31JY]
World Intellectual Property Organization Performances and Phonograms Treaty: implementation (see S. 1121), S8532 [31JY]
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]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Bankruptcy: limit the value of real and personal property that debtors may exempt under State and local law (see S. 530), S2900 [9AP]
Conservation of energy: promote energy conservation investments in Federal facilities (see S. 1375), S11763 [5NO]
Correctional institutions: provide grants to State and local governments for secure facilities for violent and chronic juvenile offenders (see S. 596), S3269 [16AP]
———treatment of juvenile offenders (see S. 704), S3998 [6MY]
Courts: appointment of an additional Federal judge for the eastern district of Wisconsin (see S. 1361), S11678 [4NO]
———provide notification of class action lawsuit certification or settlement to the Dept. of Justice and State attorneys general (see S. 254), S856 [30JA]
———reform protective orders, sealing of case documents, and disclosure of discovery information in civil actions (see S. 225), S726 [28JA]
Elections: change date for regularly scheduled Federal elections and establish polling place hours (see S. 1463), S12118 [8NO]
Families and domestic relations: establish felony violations for failure to pay legal child support obligations (see S. 1371), S11763 [5NO]
———felony violations for failure to pay legal child support obligations (see S. 226), S726 [28JA]
Federal Election Law Reform Commission: establish (see S. 812), S5109 [23MY]
Firearms: improve safety of handguns (see S. 428), S2206 [12MR]
Health care professionals: establish a national abusive and criminal background check system for patient care workers (see S. 1122), S8532 [31JY]
Independent Bipartisan Commission on Campaign Finance Reform: establish (see S. 919), S5790 [17JN]
National Cheese Exchange: CFTC regulation of cash markets relative to use as a reference price for commodities (see S. 256), S945 [4FE]
National Dairy Promotion and Research Board: election criteria for members and milk producers (see S. 81), S160 [21JA]
Taxation: deductibility of business meal expenses for individuals who are subject to Federal limitations on hours of service (see S. 832), S5341 [5JN]
———eligibility of veterans for mortgage revenue bond financing (see S. 632), S3550 [23AP]
———employer credits for expenses of providing dependent care services to employees (see S. 82), S160 [21JA]
———treatment of rollover gain from the sale of farm assets into an individual retirement account (see S. 80), S160 [21JA]
Telecommunications: consolidate appeals of FCC decisions and State commission decisions in the District of Columbia Federal courts (see S. 1188), S9515 [17SE]
Letters
Appointment of an additional Federal judge for the eastern district of Wisconsin: Thomas P. Schneider, Dept. of Justice, S11685 [4NO]
———several local law enforcement officials, S11684 [4NO]
Nomination of Joel I. Klein to be Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division: several college professors, S7685 [17JY]
———several lawyers, academics, and former Government officials, S7684 [17JY]
Motions
Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 949), S6685 [27JN]
Remarks
Adelman, Lynn S.: nomination to be district judge, S12678 [13NO]
Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2160), conference report, S11338 [29OC]
Appropriations: making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (S. 672), S4049 [7MY]
Armed Forces: tribute to 440th Airlift Wing, S2946
Bankruptcy: limit the value of real and personal property that debtors may exempt under State and local law (S. 530), S2903 [9AP]
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (S.J. Res. 1), S1296 [12FE], S1609 [26FE]
———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 949), S6459 [26JN], S6677, S6685 [27JN]
———setting forth the Federal budget for 1998-2002 (S. Con. Res. 27), S4802, S4848 [21MY], S4952 [22MY]
———waiver of constitutional provisions to balance in the event of war, threat to national security, or economic emergency, S1609 [26FE]
Business and industry: maintain standards for ``Made in the USA'' label, S8079 [24JY]
———use of community development block grant funds for employment relocation activities (S. 300), S1327 [12FE]
Children and youth: early childhood development programs, S4952 [22MY]
———exempt budget outlays impacting education, nutrition, and health care programs from balanced budget constitutional amendment, S1296 [12FE]
China, People's Republic of: request for release of political prisoner Wei Jingsheng, S4377 [13MY]
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty: anniversary, S5547
Conservation of energy: promote energy conservation investments in Federal facilities (S. 1375), S11769 [5NO]
Correctional institutions: provide grants to State and local governments for secure facilities for violent and chronic juvenile offenders (S. 596), S3286 [16AP]
———treatment of juvenile offenders (S. 704), S4005 [6MY]
Courts: appointment of an additional Federal judge for the eastern district of Wisconsin (S. 1361), S11683 [4NO]
———provide notification of class action lawsuit certification or settlement to the Dept. of Justice and State attorneys general (S. 254), S897
———provide procedures for future adjustments of salaries of Federal judges, S7854 [22JY]
———reform protective orders, sealing of case documents, and disclosure of discovery information in civil actions (S. 225), S756 [28JA], S1357 [13FE]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 936), S7254 [11JY]
———disapproval of line-item vetoes in military construction appropriations legislation (S. 1292), S11420 [30OC]
———tactical fighter aircraft programs funding, S7254 [11JY]
Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2378), conference report, S10246, S10250 [1OC]
———making appropriations (S. 1023), S7653 [17JY], S7765 [21JY]
Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (S. 1048), S8252, S8253 [29JY]
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, and the Judiciary: authorizing appropriations (S. 1022), S8079 [24JY]
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: authorizing appropriations (S. 1022), S8221 [29JY]
Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (S. 1034), S7849, S7854 [22JY]
Diseases: funding for affordable drug program for the terminally ill, S7849 [22JY]
Elections: change date for regularly scheduled Federal elections and establish polling place hours (S. 1463), S12130 [8NO]
Families and domestic relations: establish felony violations for failure to pay legal child support obligations (S. 1371), S12667 [13NO]
———felony violations for failure to pay legal child support obligations (S. 226), S757
Federal Election Law Reform Commission: establish (S. 812), S5129 [23MY]
Federal employees: treatment following conviction of bribery and drug-related crimes, S7765 [21JY]
Firearms: improve safety of handguns (S. 428), S2208
———voluntary equipment of handguns with child safety devices by manufacturers (S. Res. 133), S10761 [9OC]
Freedom of information: require disclosure of information on certain individuals relative to Nazi war crimes during World War II (S. 1379), S11774 [5NO]
Health care professionals: establish a national abusive and criminal background check system for patient care workers (S. 1122), S8586 [31JY]
Independent Bipartisan Commission on Campaign Finance Reform: establish (S. 919), S5807 [17JN]
Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: reauthorize (S. 717), S4408 [14MY]
Klein, Joel I.: nomination to be Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division, S7413 [14JY], S7684, S7685 [17JY]
Members of Congress: deny cost-of-living adjustments, S10250 [1OC]
Milwaukee, WI: tribute to Milwaukee Vet Center, S7876
National Cheese Exchange: CFTC regulation of cash markets relative to use as a reference price for commodities (S. 256), S949
———reduce effect on the milk marketing orders' basic formula price (S. Res. 55), S1367 [13FE]
National Dairy Promotion and Research Board: election criteria for members and milk producers (S. 81), S459 [21JA]
Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact: impact on milk prices, S11338 [29OC]
———repeal (S. 322), S1390 [13FE]
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (S. 25), S10454 [7OC]
Presidential appointments: Senate process for confirmation of judicial nominees, S4516 [15MY]
Senate: require a 60-vote supermajority to pass legislation increasing taxes, S6677 [27JN]
SSI: extend transition period for legal aliens receiving benefits, S4049 [7MY]
St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corp.: restructure as a performance based organization, S8252, S8253 [29JY]
Supreme Court: decision on background checks for purchase of firearms, S6781
Taxation: deductibility of business meal expenses for individuals who are subject to Federal limitations on hours of service (S. 832), S5344 [5JN]
———eligibility of veterans for mortgage revenue bond financing (S. 632), S3551 [23AP]
———employer credits for expenses of providing dependent care services to employees, S6459 [26JN], S6685 [27JN]
———employer credits for expenses of providing dependent care services to employees (S. 82), S460 [21JA]
———exclude gain or loss from the sale of livestock from the computation of capital gains relative to the earned income credit (S. 775), S4889 [21MY]
———treatment of rollover gain from the sale of farm assets into an individual retirement account (S. 80), S458, S459 [21JA]
Telecommunications: consolidate appeals of FCC decisions and State commission decisions in the District of Columbia Federal courts (S. 1188), S9520 [17SE]
Tobacco products: increase excise taxes to fund health insurance for uninsured children and deficit reduction, S4802 [21MY]
University of Wisconsin at LaCrosse: tribute to men's indoor track team, S2753
University of Wisconsin at Oshkosh: tribute, S114
Votes: correction, S6305 [25JN]
Summaries
National Cheese Exchange Oversight and Improvement Act (S. 256), S951
National Dairy Promotion Reform Act (S. 81), S460 [21JA]
Patient Abuse Prevention Act (S. 1122), S8588 [31JY]
Texts of
S. 80, Family Farm Retirement Equity Act, S458 [21JA]
S. 81, National Dairy Promotion Reform Act, S460 [21JA]
S. 82, Child Care Infrastructure Act, S461 [21JA]
S. 225, Sunshine in Litigation Act, S757 [28JA]
S. 226, Deadbeat Parents Punishment Act, S757
S. 254, Class Action Fairness Act, S898
S. 256, National Cheese Exchange Oversight and Improvement Act, S950
S. 428, Child Safety Lock Act, S2208
S. 530, Bankruptcy Abuse Reform Act, S2904 [9AP]
S. 596, Juvenile Corrections Act, S3287 [16AP]
S. 632, eligibility of veterans for mortgage revenue bond financing, S3551 [23AP]
S. 812, Campaign Finance Reform Commission Act, S5130 [23MY]
S. 832, tax deductibility of business meal expenses for individuals who are subject to Federal limitations on hours of service, S5345 [5JN]
S. 1122, Patient Abuse Prevention Act, S8587 [31JY]
S. 1188, Court Consistency in Communications Act, S9520 [17SE]
S. 1375, Federal Energy Bank Act, S11769 [5NO]
Tributes
Becker, Ruth Nowicki, S10996
Ellisen, Dennis E., S5551 [12JN]
Johnson, Jimmie, S5883