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
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
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
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
Health: liability protection for suppliers of raw material and component parts to medical device manufacturers (S. 364), S1672 [26FE]
HelpMate Robotics, Inc.: tribute, S5144
Hispanos Unidos Contra El Sida-AIDS, Inc.: anniversary, S10445
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
Lake, Anthony: nomination to be Director of Central Intelligence, S1783-S1785 [28FE]
Marine Cadets of America (organization): tribute, S3132
Medicare: reform, S6326 [25JN]
National Character Counts Week: designate (S. Res. 63), S2291
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
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
———provide incentives for investment in renewal communities (S. 432), S2214
———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
U.S. Cavalry: anniversary, S103 [7JA]
Votes: position on missed, S5376
West Haven, CT: tribute to Diversified Intergenerational Care, Inc., S2001
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
DeBiase, Anthony (Duke), S3130
Hepburn, Katharine, S4279 [9MY]
Kaminski, Paul G., S3807
Mellor, James R., S4765
Platzner, Adam J., S3972
Resnick, Burton P., S103 [7JA]
White, Sean J., S3971
Windham, Patrick H., S3658 [24AP]