LUGAR, RICHARD G. (a Senator from Indiana)
Amendments
Appropriations: making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (S. 672), S4117 [7MY], S4248 [8MY]
Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 949), S6551 [26JN]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 936), S6044 [20JN], S6880, S6884, S6932 [7JY], S7110 [9JY]
———making appropriations (S. 1005), S7436, S7504 [15JY]
Dept. of State and related agencies: authorizing appropriations and consolidating certain agencies (S. 903), S5672, S5704 [16JN]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2107), S9555, S9660 [18SE]
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: authorizing appropriations (S. 1022), S8025, S8026, S8037, S8100 [24JY]
FDA: modernize (S. 830), S9729 [19SE]
Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (S. 955), S7562, S7612, S7614 [16JY]
Analyses
Census of Agriculture Act (S. 845), S5361 [5JN]
Defend the United States of America Act (S. 64), S440 [21JA]
Trade Agreement Implementation Reform Act (S. 253), S896
Appointments
Committee To Escort Chilean President Eduardo Frei Into the House Chamber, H671 [27FE]
Conferee: H.R. 2015, Balanced Budget Act, S6787 [27JN]
Senate Arms Control Observer Group, S3386 [17AP]
Articles and editorials
National Endowment for Democracy, Wall Street Journal, S8025 [24JY]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (see S. 6), S158 [21JA]
AMA: anniversary (see S. Res. 94), S5370 [5JN]
America Recycles Day: designate (see S. Res. 116), S9427 [16SE]
Animals: prohibit import, export, sale, or possession of bear viscera (see S. 263), S1017 [5FE]
Austrian-American Day: designate (see S. Res. 122), S9332 [15SE]
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see S.J. Res. 1), S163 [21JA]
———establish 2-year cycle and reform oversight process (see S. 261), S945 [4FE]
Capitol Building and Grounds: use of the rotunda for a ceremony honoring Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew (see S. Con. Res. 42), S8670 [2SE]
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]
Cost-of-Living Board: establish (see S. 425), S2707 [20MR]
Courts: product liability reform (see S. 5), S158 [21JA]
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), S3456 [22AP]
Ecology and environment: cleanup and redevelopment of brownfield sites (see S. 8), S158 [21JA]
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 1062), S8607 [31JY]
Employment: provide compensatory time opportunities, flexible workplaces, and clarify minimum wage and overtime requirements of private sector employees (see S. 4), S4115 [7MY]
English language: declare as official language of U.S. (see S. 323), S1382 [13FE]
Families and domestic relations: reauthorize abstinence education and adolescent family life programs (see S. 934), S5927 [18JN]
Foreign policy: support economic and political independence for the South Caucasus and Central Asia regions (see S. 1344), S11448 [30OC]
Foreign trade: identify countries that deny market access for value-added agricultural products (see S. 219), S9337 [15SE]
———substitute the term ``normal trade relations'' in lieu of ``most-favored-nation treatment'' (see S. 747), S4898 [21MY]
FRS: implement monetary policy using price stability to ensure stable currency and repeal the Full Employment and Balanced Growth Act (see S. 611), S3348 [17AP]
Hazardous substances: transportation regulations relative to agriculture (see S. 1056), S7950 [23JY]
Health: develop and implement research strategies to prevent birth defects (see S. 419), S2285 [13MR]
———liability protection for suppliers of raw material and component parts to medical device manufacturers (see S. 364), S7776 [21JY]
———revise and extend mammography quality standards programs (see S. 537), S7869 [22JY]
Hong Kong: Special Administrative Region elections (see S. Con. Res. 51), S9020 [9SE]
Housing: State authority to set rental occupancy standards (see S. 458), S2415 [18MR]
International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia: restrict foreign assistance for countries providing sanctuary to indicted war criminals (see S. 804), S5109 [23MY]
IRS: restructure (see S. 1096), S10962 [22OC]
Israel: anniversary of reunification of Jerusalem (see S. Con. Res. 21), S3269 [16AP]
Medicare: allow beneficiaries to enter into private contracts for services (see S. 1194), S11464 [30OC]
———colorectal screening (see S. 690), S5425 [9JN]
———improve health services to rural areas (see S. 415), S2931 [9AP]
Memorial Day: proclaim a nationwide moment of remembrance (see S. Res. 76), S4247 [8MY]
Mexico: cooperation between the U.S. and Mexico on drug enforcement efforts (see S. Con. Res. 9), S2274 [13MR]
———imposition of antidumping duties on U.S. corn syrup imports (see S. Con. Res. 43), S8153 [25JY]
National Correctional Officers and Employees Week: designate (see S. Res. 64), S3456 [22AP]
National Erase the Hate and Eliminate Racism Day: designate (see S. Res. 78), S3662 [24AP]
National Family Week: designate (see S. Res. 93), S6005 [19JN]
NATO: membership of Central and East European countries (see S. Con. Res. 5), S1018 [5FE]
Sam Nunn Federal Center, Atlanta, GA: designate (see S. 347), S1470 [24FE]
Senate: tribute to participants in William Randolph Hearst Foundation Senate Youth Program (see S. Res. 60), S2026 [6MR]
Sinatra, Francis A.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 305), S1300 [12FE]
Taxation: capital gains rates (see S. 66), S2374 [17MR]
———credit for clinical testing of certain drugs for rare diseases or conditions (see S. 293), S4286 [9MY]
———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), S4395 [13MY]
———exempt certain small businesses from use of electronic fund transfer system for depository taxes (see S. 570), S6044 [20JN]
———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), S4683 [19MY]
———treatment of ethanol fuel (see S. 1008), S9977 [25SE]
———treatment of State tuition programs (see S. 594), S5425 [9JN]
Tobacco products: prescribe labels for packages and advertising and disclose certain information (see S. 527), S3736 [25AP]
Transportation: reauthorize highway construction and surface transportation funding (see S. 335), S1382 [13FE]
Treaties and agreements: conditions for the U.S. becoming a signatory to any international agreement on greenhouse gas emissions (see S. Res. 98), S7870 [22JY]
Vietnam Veterans Memorial: commemorate anniversary of construction and dedication (see S. Res. 87), S4748 [20MY]
Weapons: eliminate use of antipersonnel landmines (see S. 896), S5596 [12JN]
Western Hemisphere: cooperation of countries on foreign policy and national security problems (see S. Res. 134), S10787 [9OC]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Agriculture: ensure that federally funded research and education address high-priority concerns with national multistate significance (see S. 1150), S8870 [5SE]
Chemical Weapons Convention: implementation (see S. 610), S3348 [17AP]
———ratification (see S. Res. 17), S163 [21JA]
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate): authorizing expenditures (see S. Res. 20), S634 [22JA]
Commodity Exchange Act: amend rules relative to certain transactions involving commodities markets (see S. 257), S945 [4FE]
Dept. of Agriculture: conduct census of agriculture (see S. 845), S5342 [5JN]
———reform information technology systems (see S. 805), S5109 [23MY]
———repeal rule allowing farmers to keep overpayments of Federal assistance if not discovered within a certain time period (see S. 782), S5001 [22MY]
Education: encourage participation of academic community and private sector in EXPO 2000 (see S. Con. Res. 47), S8533 [31JY]
Food stamps: State prevention of receipt by prisoners (see S. 388), S1828 [3MR]
Foreign policy: authorize trade and investment policy relative to sub-Saharan Africa (see S. 778), S4879 [21MY]
Foreign trade: establish negotiating objectives and fast-track procedures for future trade agreements (see S. 253), S856 [30JA]
National security: national missile defense system (see S. 64), S160 [21JA]
Nonprofit organizations: authorize transfer to States of surplus personal property for donation (see S. 307), S1300 [12FE]
Railroads: improve safety at grade crossings (see S. 284), S1102 [6FE]
Taxation: increase the unified estate and gift tax credit to exempt small businesses and farmers from inheritance taxes (see S. 30), S159 [21JA]
———repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (see S. 29), S159 [21JA]
———repeal income tax and institute a national sales tax (see S. Res. 16), S163 [21JA]
———special estate tax valuation relative to cash rentals of farmland (see S. 549), S3011 [10AP]
———treatment of estate and gift taxes (see S. 31), S159 [21JA]
———treatment of gift taxes (see S. 550), S3011 [10AP]
Tobacco products: provide market transition assistance for quota owners, tobacco producers, and their communities, and phase out Federal programs supporting tobacco production (see S. 1313), S11191 [24OC]
Cloture motions
Appropriations: making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (S. 672), S3949 [5MY], S4045 [7MY]
District of Columbia: making appropriations (S. 1156), S10473 [7OC]
Employment: provide compensatory time opportunities, flexible workplaces, and clarify minimum wage and overtime requirements of private sector employees (S. 4), S5174 [2JN], S5290 [4JN]
Transportation: funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs (S. 1173), S10879 [21OC], S11014, S11018 [23OC]
Essays
Farming the New Frontier: Kyle Roth, S2027
———Shannon McArtor, S2027
Letters
Chemical Weapons Convention Implementation Act: John D. Holum, ACDA, S3359 [17AP]
Cooperative Threat Reduction Program, Materials Protection Control and Accounting Program, and International Nuclear Safety Program funding: Madeleline Korbel Albright, Sec. of State, S6883 [7JY]
Cooperative Threat Reduction Program funding: William S. Cohen, Sec. of Defense, S6884 [7JY]
NATO membership of Central and East European countries: by, S4625 [16MY]
Lists
``Farming the New Frontier'' essay contest county winners, S2027
``Farming the New Frontier'' essay contest district winners, S2027
Motions
District of Columbia: making appropriations (S. 1156), S10318 [3OC]
Remarks
Agriculture: ensure that federally funded research and education address high-priority concerns with national multistate significance (S. 1150), S11374, S11375 [29OC]
———food, animal, and plant genome research strategy, S11374, S11375 [29OC]
Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (S. 1033), S7929, S7942, S7943 [23JY]
Appropriations: making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (S. 672), S4090, S4094 [7MY]
Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 1998-2002 (H. Con. Res. 84), conference report, S5337 [5JN]
Carl F. Booth & Co., Inc.: tribute to employees for constructing cases for the Declaration of Independence and Gettysburg Address, S8737
Carter, David: tribute for reaching peak of Mount Everest, S5144
Chemical Weapons Convention: implementation (S. 610), S3354 [17AP]
———ratification relative to effective verification of significant violations, S3483 [23AP]
———ratification relative to ratification by countries with offensive chemical weapons programs, S3481 [23AP], S3593 [24AP]
———ratification relative to Russian compliance with chemical weapons destruction agreements, S3481 [23AP], S3604 [24AP]
———ratification relative to stemming the proliferation of chemical weapons, S3482 [23AP], S3631 [24AP]
———ratification relative to the exclusion of inspectors who are representatives of terrorist States, S3482 [23AP]
———ratification (S. Res. 17), S566 [21JA]
———ratification (S. Res. 75), S3476, S3480 [23AP], S3593, S3604, S3606, S3631 [24AP]
———tribute to efforts of Senate staff and other outside advisers, S3606 [24AP]
Children and youth: tribute to participants in ``Farming the New Frontier'' essay contest, S2027
China, People's Republic of: request for release of political prisoner Wei Jingsheng, S4378 [13MY]
Commodity Exchange Act: amend rules relative to certain transactions involving commodities markets (S. 257), S951 [4FE]
Crime: provide penalties for the acquisition or use of chemical or biological weapons and reduce acts of terrorism using such weapons (S. 495), S3480 [23AP]
Depository institutions: availability of credit in disaster areas, S4094 [7MY]
Dept. of Agriculture: Business and Industry Program funding, S7942, S7943 [23JY]
———collect and disseminate statistically reliable information from milk manufacturing plants on prices received for bulk cheese, S4090 [7MY]
———conduct census of agriculture (S. 845), S5360 [5JN]
———reform information technology systems (S. 805), S5119 [23MY]
———repeal rule allowing farmers to keep overpayments of Federal assistance if not discovered within a certain time period (S. 782), S5006
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 936), S6877, S6880, S6881, S6883, S6884 [7JY], S7258 [11JY]
———Cooperative Threat Reduction Program funding, S6877, S6880, S6881, S6883, S6884 [7JY]
Dept. of State and related agencies: authorizing appropriations and consolidating certain agencies (S. 903), S5672, S5685, S5686 [16JN], S5722, S5723, S5724, S5730, S5733 [17JN]
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: authorizing appropriations (S. 1022), S8025 [24JY]
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (S. 1061), S9001 [9SE]
Education: encourage participation of academic community and private sector in EXPO 2000 (S. Con. Res. 47), S8608 [31JY]
Evansville, IN: tribute to community efforts on behalf of Bosnian children, S8617
FDA: Youth Anti-Smoking Initiative Enforcement and Outreach Program funding, S7929 [23JY]
Food stamps: funding, S5337 [5JN]
———State prevention of receipt by prisoners (S. 388), S1837
Foreign policy: authorize trade and investment policy relative to sub-Saharan Africa (S. 778), S4893
Foreign trade: establish negotiating objectives and fast-track procedures for future trade agreements (S. 253), S893
Indianapolis, IN: Federal housing assistance programs funding, S10049 [26SE]
Japanese Language Exchange Program: tribute, S1800
Jorgensen, Ann: nomination to the Farm Credit Administration Board of Directors, S5108 [23MY]
Junkins, Lowell: nomination to the Farmer Mac Board of Directors, S5108 [23MY]
Mexico: imposition of antidumping duties on U.S. corn syrup imports (S. Con. Res. 43), S8159 [25JY]
National Endowment for Democracy: funding, S8025 [24JY]
National security: national missile defense system (S. 64), S440 [21JA]
Nonprofit organizations: authorize transfer to States of surplus personal property for donation (S. 307), S1308
NSF: plant genome research strategy, S11374 [29OC]
Public housing: reform and consolidate Federal programs and redirect primary responsibility to States and localities (S. 462), S10049 [26SE]
Railroads: improve safety at grade crossings (S. 284), S1104
Russia: proliferation of nuclear missile technology to Iran (S. Con. Res. 48), S11664 [4NO]
Taxation: increase the unified estate and gift tax credit to exempt small businesses and farmers from inheritance taxes (S. 30), S388 [21JA]
———repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (S. 29), S388 [21JA]
———repeal income tax and institute a national sales tax (S. Res. 16), S564 [21JA]
———special estate tax valuation relative to cash rentals of farmland (S. 549), S3020 [10AP]
———treatment of estate and gift taxes (S. 31), S388 [21JA]
———treatment of gift taxes (S. 550), S3020 [10AP]
Tobacco products: provide market transition assistance for quota owners, tobacco producers, and their communities, and phase out Federal programs supporting tobacco production (S. 1313), S11193 [24OC]
———treatment of tobacco farmers relative to tobacco industry liability settlement, S9001 [9SE]
Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe: ratification of Flank Document Agreement, S4466 [14MY]
U.N.: authorize payment of U.S. arrearages, S5672, S5685, S5686 [16JN], S5722, S5723, S5724, S5730, S5733 [17JN]
Reports filed
Ensure That Federally Funded Agriculture Research and Education Programs Address High-Priority Concerns With National Multistate Significance: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate) (S. 1160) (S. Rept. 105-73), S8870 [5SE]
Expenditures: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate) (S. Res. 20), S633 [22JA]
Nomination of Ann Jorgenson to the Farm Credit Administration Board of Directors: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate), S3198 [15AP]
Nomination of August Schumacher, Jr., To Be Under Sec. of Agriculture: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate), S8358 [30JY]
Nomination of August Schumacher, Jr., To CCC Board of Directors: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate), S8358 [30JY]
Nomination of Catherine E. Woteki To Be Under Sec. of Agriculture: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate), S8358 [30JY]
Nomination of I. Miley Gonzalez To Be Under Sec. of Agriculture: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate), S8358 [30JY]
Nomination of Joseph B. Dial to the CFTC: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate), S11545 [31OC]
Nomination of Lowell L. Junkins to the Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp. Board of Directors: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate), S3198 [15AP]
Nomination of Sally Thompson To Be Dept. of Agriculture Chief Financial Officer: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate), S11545 [31OC]
Nomination of Shirley R. Watkins To CCC Board of Directors: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate), S8358 [30JY]
Rules
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry (Senate), S1115
Statements
NATO Membership of Central and East European Countries: by, S4626 [16MY]
Texts of
S. 253, Trade Agreement Implementation Reform Act, S893
S. 257, amend rules relative to certain transactions involving commodities markets, S952-S957 [4FE]
S. 307, transfer to States of surplus personal property for donation to nonprofit organizations, S1308
S. 388, State prevention of receipt of food stamps by prisoners, S1837
S. 549, special estate tax valuation relative to cash rentals of farmland, S3021 [10AP]
S. 550, treatment of gift taxes, S3021 [10AP]
S. 610, Chemical Weapons Convention Implementation Act, S3355-S3359 [17AP]
S. 778, African Growth and Opportunity Act, S4894
S. 782, repeal rule allowing farmers to keep overpayments of Federal assistance if not discovered within a certain time period, S5006
S. 805, Dept. of Agriculture Information Technology Reform Act, S5120-S5122 [23MY]
S. 845, Census of Agriculture Act, S5361 [5JN]
S. 1313, Tobacco Transition Act, S11193-S11197 [24OC]
Tributes
Conner, Chuck, S3562
Eiteljorg, Harrison, S3971
Galloway, Archibald, II, S2859
Thurmond, Senator, S5204 [3JN]
Webb, Charles H., S2483
Yarde, Kelly S., S8617