MOYNIHAN, DANIEL PATRICK (a Senator from New York)
Addresses
Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Annual Dinner: Timothy J. Russert, S11583 [3NO]
Frank Lloyd Wright Conservancy Conference: by, S9903
Joseph Henry—200th Anniversary of Birth: Frederick Seitz, S12196
Montefiore Hospital Jerome and Dawn Greene Medical Arts Pavilion: Dominick P. Purpura, S10863
Northern Ireland Peace Process: George J. Mitchell, S2482
Secrecy as Government Regulation: by, S3891-S3894 [1MY]
Amendments
Appropriations: making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (S. 672), S4031 [6MY], S4048, S4116, S4124 [7MY]
Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 947), S6120, S6132, S6191, S6196 [24JN]
———setting forth the Federal budget for 1998-2002 (S. Con. Res. 27), S4833, S4852, S4906 [21MY], S5015 [22MY]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 936), S6921 [7JY], S7271, S7306 [11JY]
Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (S. 1048), S8183, S8203 [28JY]
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: authorizing appropriations (S. 1022), S8101 [24JY]
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (S. 1061), S8914, S8930 [8SE], S9020 [9SE]
Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (S. 1034), S7834, S7871 [22JY]
District of Columbia: making appropriations (S. 1156), S10261, S10296 [1OC]
Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (S. 955), S7588, S7613 [16JY]
IRS: impose criminal penalties for unauthorized inspection of tax return information (S. 522), S3180, S3226 [15AP]
Taxation: treatment of education individual retirement accounts relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R. 2646), S11467, S11474 [30OC], S11608 [3NO]
Transportation: funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs (S. 1173), S11075 [23OC]
Analyses
Magnetic Levitation Transportation Technology Deployment Act (S. 1103), S8565 [31JY]
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 2014, Revenue Reconciliation Act, S6786 [27JN]
———H.R. 2015, Balanced Budget Act, S6787 [27JN]
Senate Arms Control Observer Group, S574 [21JA]
Articles and editorials
Abroad at Home, Anthony Lewis, S8260 [29JY]
Abroad at Home—Clinton's Sorriest Record, Anthony Lewis, New York (NY) Times, S487 [21JA]
Albright To Name Special Aide on U.S. Policy Toward Tibet, Steven L. Myers, New York (NY) Times, S8380
Appetite for God, Patrick Jordan, Commonweal (publication), S12707-S12710 [13NO]
Award Brings Cheer to Bronx, Bob Kappstatter, New York (NY) Daily News, S5466
Bronx Is Named an All-American City, New York (NY) Times, S5466
Charles A. Horsky, 87, Dies—Left Imprint on U.S. Capital, Irvin Molotsky, New York (NY) Times, S8875
CPA Group To Issue Guidelines on Costs of Year 2000 Bug, Elizabeth MacDonald, Wall Street Journal, S12190
Daniel Patrick Moynihan—The Senate's Renaissance Man Turns 70, S2625 [20MR]
Day the World Shuts Down, Newsweek (publication), S5269
Double Zero Will Arrive Before the Fix, Rajiv Chandrasekaran, Washington (DC) Post, S1579
First in Damage to Constitutional Liberties, Nat Hentoff, Washington (DC) Post, S487 [21JA]
Foul Play? Team Owners Get Sports Palaces and Fat Concession Deals and Taxpayers Get Stuck With the Tab, Jonathan R. Laing, Barron's (publication), S504-S507 [21JA]
Government Said To Move Too Slowly on Year 2000 Computer Problem, Rajiv Chandrasekaran, Washington (DC) Post, S7223
He Lit Nuclear Fire—Now He Would Douse It, William J. Broad, New York (NY) Times, S5888
Justice Brennan's Vision, New York (NY) Times, S8259 [29JY]
Keeping on Top of Trade, Clyde Prestowitz, Washington (DC) Post, S12441 [10NO]
Kempton's Funeral Is a Lesson in Simplicity, Christopher Francescani, New York (NY) Post, S4287
Latest Software Nightmare—The Currency Change in Europe Could Cost U.S. Firms Billions, U.S. News & World Report (publication), S12637
Many Reported Unready To Face Year 2000 Bug, Laurence Zuckerman, New York (NY) Times, S9981
Marvin H. Pope, 80, Professor and Authority on Ancient Ugarit, Holcomb B. Noble, New York (NY) Times, S6381
Millennium Bomb Ticks Away, Alan Cane, Financial Times (British publication), S5270
Millennium Bug—and the Lawyers, New York (NY) Post, S12189
Money—Hard, Soft and Dirty, Max Frankel, New York (NY) Times, S11241 [27OC]
Moynihan Imprint, S2624 [20MR]
Ms. Maloney and Mr. Waldheim, A.M. Rosenthal, New York (NY) Times, S536 [21JA]
Murray Kempton (1917-1997), New York (NY) Post, S4289
Murray Kempton Was No Paper Saint, Sidney Zion, New York (NY) Daily News, S4288
Murray Kempton Was One of a Kind, New York (NY) Daily News, S4289
National Security Official Retires—Helped Refocus Agency's Aims, David Khan, Melville (NY) Newsday, S10996
New Voices for a New Century—Newspaper of an Exodus Speaks a Language Its Children No Longer Hear, but Reaches Out in Others, John M. Goshko, Washington (DC) Post, S8381
``One of a Kind''—Murray Kempton Dies—``Kindest Man—Toughest Reporter,'' Fred Bruning, Melville (NY) Newsday, S4288
Picking Up the Tab for the Field of Dreams—Taxpayers Build Stadiums and Owners Cash in, Leslie Wayne, New York (NY) Times, S507 [21JA]
Poverty Is Unfairly Defined, New York (NY) Times, S514 [21JA]
Prison Term in Tibet, New York (NY) Times, S568 [21JA]
Real Charges, Pete Bowles, Newsday (publication), S5147
Robert C. Weaver, 90, First Black Cabinet Member, Dies, James Barron, New York (NY) Times, S7875
Robert C. Weaver, Washington (DC) Post, S7875
Secrecy Runs Amok, Glenn T. Seaborg, Science (publication), S10066 [26SE]
Social Security Gets Year 2000 Warning—More Work Needed on Glitch, GAO Says, Rajiv Chandrasekaran, Washington (DC) Post, S12637
Tax Agency's Layered Look, Paul C. Light, New York (NY) Times, S11587 [3NO]
Tax on Wealthy Is Boosting U.S. Revenue, Michael M. Phillips, Wall Street Journal, S5099 [23MY]
Text of Goldberg's Statement Urging U.S. Support for Performing Arts, New York (NY) Times, S9319-S9322 [15SE]
Threat of Computer Glitch in 2000 Has Lawyers Seeing Dollar Signs, Christopher Simon, Wall Street Journal, S12189
U.S. To Press for Pol Pot Trial, New York (NY) Times, S8380
What a Change 40 Years Makes, Robert D. Novak, Washington (DC) Post, S4324
What Are You Doing To Target Arson in Your Community? James Lee Witt, S4250
``Year 2000'' Report Flunks 3 Agencies—Lawmakers Urge Special Aide To Handle Looming Computer Program, Stephen Barr, Washington (DC) Post, S9433
Your Tax Dollars in Action-For Real, Keith Olbermann, ESPNET SportsZone, S508 [21JA]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Animals: prohibit import, export, sale, or possession of bear viscera (see S. 263), S1017 [5FE]
———prohibit interstate commerce relative to exotic animals (see S. 995), S6990 [8JY]
Arms Export Control Act: amend relative to prohibition on imports of certain firearms and ammunition (see S. 723), S9337 [15SE]
Aviation: allow families of international airline disaster victims a fair jury trial to receive just compensation for their loss (see S. 943), S10962 [22OC]
Budget: establish 2-year cycle and reform oversight process (see S. 261), S945 [4FE]
Cambodia: prosecution of members of the Khmer Rouge who participated in the genocide (see S. Res. 124), S10234 [30SE]
Capitol Building and Grounds: use of the rotunda for a ceremony honoring Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew (see S. Con. Res. 42), S8608 [31JY]
Census: include ancestry data on decennial census (see S. Con. Res. 12), S8926 [8SE]
Children and youth: early childhood development programs (see S. 756, 1309), S5425 [9JN], S11599 [3NO]
———modify certain adoption and foster care placement procedures (see S. 511), S4760 [20MY]
———provide health insurance for uninsured children (see S. 525), S3756 [28AP]
Civil liberties: religious accommodations in the workplace (see S. 1124), S11042 [23OC]
Coins: establish circulating commemorative coin program commemorating each State (see S. 1228), S11300 [28OC]
Consumer Price Index: calculation relative to correction of cost-of-living adjustments (see S. Res. 50), S1017 [5FE]
Contraceptives: require equitable coverage of drugs, devices, and services under health insurance plans (see S. 766), S9427 [16SE]
Cost-of-Living Board: establish (see S. 425), S2129 [11MR]
Courts: adjust current salaries and provide procedures for future adjustments of salaries of Federal judges (see S. 394), S4116 [7MY]
———allow for lawsuits against foreign States that commit acts of terrorism or human rights abuses against U.S. citizens (see S. 1302), S10882 [21OC]
———extend certain temporary district court judgeships (see S. 1113), S9086 [10SE]
———jurisdiction for lawsuits against terrorist States (see S. 568), S3117 [14AP]
Dept. of Agriculture: establish temporary emergency minimum milk prices (see S. Res. 119), S9018 [9SE]
Dept. of Defense: disapproval of line-item vetoes in military construction appropriations legislation (see S. 1292), S10787 [9OC]
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: 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), S2900 [9AP]
Drunken driving: national standard to prohibit the operation of motor vehicles by intoxicated individuals (see S. 412), S7869 [22JY]
Ecology and environment: cleanup and redevelopment of brownfield sites (see S. 18), S159 [21JA]
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 1062), S8607 [31JY]
Education: improve teacher quality (see S. 1169), S9800 [23SE]
Employment: equalize remedies available to all victims of intentional discrimination (see S. 516), S2787 [7AP]
———prohibit discrimination on the basis of affectional or sexual orientation (see S. 869), S5444 [10JN]
Endangered Species Act: prohibit sale of products containing endangered species (see S. 361), S3294 [16AP]
EPA: implementation of alternative compliance plans and market-based trading programs relative to controlling pollutants (see S. 1348), S11448 [30OC]
———take immediate steps to abate emissions of mercury and release to Congress a study of mercury (see S. Con. Res. 28), S5002 [22MY]
Families and domestic relations: promote the adoption of children in foster care (see S. 1195), S10862 [20OC]
Federal employees: delays in retirement cost-of-living adjustments (see S. Con. Res. 7), S3561 [23AP]
———prevent discrimination against preference eligibles applying for certain Government positions (see S. 1021), S7603 [16JY]
FEMA: reimburse certain State and local jurisdictions for support of Federal rescue and salvage operations relative to crash of Trans World Airlines Flight 800 (see S. 383), S2707 [20MR]
Firearms: standards for certain foreign and domestically-produced handguns (see S. 70), S5875 [17JN]
Foreign trade: substitute the term ``normal trade relations'' in lieu of ``most-favored-nation treatment'' (see S. 747), S4588 [15MY]
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: eligibility to serve as U.S. Trade Representative relative to representation of foreign entities (see S.J. Res. 5), S163 [21JA]
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]
Immigration: adjust status of certain Haitian refugees (see S. 1504), S12510 [12NO]
———arrival and departure requirements for Canadian citizens relative to automated entry and exit control systems (see S. 1212), S11042 [23OC]
Insurance: coverage of minimum hospital stays and reconstructive surgery relative to breast cancer and of second opinions for any cancer diagnosis (see S. 249), S856 [30JA]
———provide consumers choice of auto insurance relative to compensation for economic and non-economic losses (see S. 625), S3419 [22AP]
International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia: restrict foreign assistance for countries providing sanctuary to indicted war criminals (see S. 804), S5109 [23MY]
Iowa: provide relief for agricultural producers for flooding losses caused by water retention at the Lake Redrock dam (see S. 517), S2787 [7AP]
Irish American Heritage Month: designate (see S. Res. 59), S1553 [25FE]
Library of Congress: mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial (see S. 683), S6761 [27JN]
Line Item Veto Act: repeal (see S. 1319), S11192 [24OC]
``Little Rock Nine'': award Congressional Gold Medals (see S. 1283), S11239 [27OC]
Long Island Sound: prohibit dumping of dredged material (see S. 1553), S12575 [13NO]
Major League Baseball: application of antitrust laws (see S. 53), S160 [21JA]
Medicaid: expand State health care coverage of low-income children and pregnant women and fund enrollment in health insurance programs for certain children (see S. 674), S3844 [30AP]
Medicare: demonstration project to provide coverage for cancer patients enrolled in certain clinical trials (see S. 381), S1734 [27FE]
Mother Teresa: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 689), S3901 [1MY]
———tribute (see S. Res. 120), S9018 [9SE]
National Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicare: establish (see S. 341), S1382 [13FE]
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), S11465 [30OC]
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), S12614 [13NO]
National Peace Officers Memorial Day: designate (see S. Res. 79), S3750 [28AP]
National Safe Place Week: designate (see S. Res. 96), S10661 [8OC]
National Sea Grant College Program: reauthorize (see S. 927), S6761 [27JN]
Northern Forest Lands Council: implement recommendations (see S. 546), S3011 [10AP]
Political campaigns: campaign ethics reform and contribution limits (see S. 25), S1479 [24FE]
Public utilities: establish programs for electric energy conservation and efficiency, renewable energy, and universal and affordable service (see S. 687), S4011 [6MY]
Public welfare programs: SSI and food stamp eligibility for legal aliens (see S. 615), S3349 [17AP]
Public works: provide for tax-exempt financing of private sector highway infrastructure construction (see S. 275), S1017 [5FE]
Puerto Rico: provide wage-based tax credits (see S. 906), S5694 [16JN]
Schools: establish a partnership to rebuild and modernize school facilities (see S. 456), S2569 [19MR]
Sinatra, Francis A.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 305), S1300 [12FE]
Taxation: credit for rehabilitating historic homes or purchasing newly rehabilitated historic homes for use as principal residence (see S. 496), S5703 [16JN]
———depreciation on property used within an Indian reservation (see S. 470), S2416 [18MR]
———establish intercity passenger rail service trust fund (see S. 436), S2274 [13MR]
———prevent avoidance of corporate tax on prearranged sales of corporate stock (see S. 612), S3348 [17AP]
———treatment of draft cider (see S. 475), S2552 [19MR]
———treatment of employer-provided transit passes and parking benefits (see S. 498), S2646 [20MR]
———treatment of gifts of publicly-traded stock to certain private foundations (see S. 194), S633 [22JA]
Tobacco products: increase excise taxes to fund health insurance for uninsured children and deficit reduction (see S. 526), S3756 [28AP]
Transportation: establish surface transportation infrastructure credit assistance program (see S. 963), S6358 [25JN]
———reauthorize highway construction and surface transportation funding (see S. 468), S2416 [18MR]
Veterans: benefit eligibility for certain service in the military forces of the Philippines (see S. 623), S10332 [3OC]
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]
World War II: burial and funeral benefits for merchant marine veterans (see S. 61), S2931 [9AP]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Architect of the Capitol: eliminate and modify certain parking areas to improve Capitol Grounds (see S. 510), S2646 [20MR]
Balanced Budget Act: disapproval of line-item veto of certain Medicaid provisions (see S. 1144), S8723 [3SE]
Braude, Beatrice: relief of estate (see S. 152), S162 [21JA]
Budget: treatment of any future unified budget surpluses (see S. Res. 142), S11599 [3NO]
Choephel, Ngawang: arrest and treatment in the People's Republic of China (see S. Res. 19), S163 [21JA]
Clean Air Act: reduce acid deposition (see S. 1097), S8531 [31JY]
Colleges and universities: allow the use of age-based incentives for the voluntary retirement of tenured faculty (see S. 153), S162 [21JA]
Commission To Study the Federal Statistical System: establish (see S. 144), S162 [21JA]
Computers: establish a commission on the problem with differentiating years 2000 and 1900 (see S. 22), S159 [21JA]
Courts: reform habeas corpus procedures (see S. 105), S161 [21JA]
Dept. of HUD: grant partial payment of claims authority relative to health care facilities construction insurance program (see S. 334), S1382 [13FE]
Federal-State relations: repeal restrictions on communications between government agencies and the INS (see S. 145), S162 [21JA]
Firearms: ban the manufacture and sale of armor-piercing ammunition and develop uniform ballistics test to identify such ammunition (see S. 112), S161 [21JA]
———collection and dissemination of information on injuries, death, and family dissolution resulting from bullet-related violence (see S. 135), S162 [21JA]
———licensing of ammunition manufacturers (see S. 134), S162 [21JA]
———prohibit sale, import, and manufacture of certain ammunition (see S. 136, 137), S162 [21JA]
———prohibit the use of certain ammunition (see S. 132), S162 [21JA]
———taxation of the transfer or sale of certain ammunition (see S. 133), S162 [21JA]
Freedom of information: require disclosure of information on certain individuals relative to Nazi war crimes during World War II (see S. 150), S162 [21JA]
Gandhi, Mohandas K. (Mahatma): authorize India to establish a memorial in the District of Columbia (see S. 863), S5444 [10JN]
Germany: expand reparations criteria and set up a comprehensive medical fund for Holocaust survivors (see S. Con. Res. 39), S7486 [15JY]
Grant's Tomb National Monument: designate (see S. 155), S162 [21JA]
Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act: reauthorize (see S. 586), S3199 [15AP]
IRS: improve operations and governance (see S. 1174), S9252 [12SE]
Israel: anniversary of reunification of Jerusalem (see S. Con. Res. 21), S3269 [16AP]
Medicaid: increase the minimum Federal medical assistance percentage (see S. 125), S161 [21JA]
Medical Education Trust Fund: establish (see S. 21), S159 [21JA]
National security: develop a system to classify and declassify information (see S. 712), S4106 [7MY]
National Week of Recognition for Dorothy Day and Those Whom She Served: designate (see S. Res. 163), S12576 [13NO]
Office of National Drug Control Policy: qualification standards for position of Deputy Director of Demand Reduction (see S. 149), S162 [21JA]
Orchard Beach, NY: repair waterfront parkland (see S. 154), S162 [21JA]
Orlov, Yuri F.: relief (see S. 151), S162 [21JA]
Poverty: corrections in data relative to cost-of-living statistics (see S. 131), S162 [21JA]
Roads and highways: designate Interstate 86 from New York to Pennsylvania (see S. 958), S6358 [25JN]
Ronald H. Brown Federal Building, New York, NY: designate (see S. 1108), S8532 [31JY]
Seaborg, Glenn T.: declassification of Atomic Energy Commission journal (see S. 1232), S10055 [26SE]
Taxation: treatment of employer-provided educational assistance (see S. 127), S161 [21JA]
———treatment of tax-exempt bonds for certain institutions of higher education (see S. 121), S161 [21JA]
———treatment of tax-exempt bonds for professional sports facilities (see S. 122, 434), S161 [21JA], S2206 [12MR]
Taxpayer Relief Act: repeal provisions that terminate the tax-exempt status of the Teacher's Insurance Annuity Association College Retirement Equities Fund (see S. 1142), S8723 [3SE]
Transportation: Federal participation in magnetic levitation transportation technology projects (see S. 1103), S8532 [31JY]
Women: issue commemorative postage stamp to commemorate the anniversary of the First Women's Rights Convention (see S. Con. Res. 35), S6728 [27JN]
Citations
Yale Alumni Association of Metropolitan New York Public Service Award recipients, S2726
Descriptions
International Labor Organization Human Rights (Core) Conventions, S11637 [4NO]
Essays
On the Distinctiveness of the American Political System: Nelson W. Polsby, ``New Federalist Papers'', S11179 [24OC]
Excerpts
Taxpayer Relief Act (H.R. 2014): provisions on limited tax benefits subject to line-item veto, S8420 [31JY]
Explanations
Higher Education Bond Parity Act (S. 121), S502 [21JA]
Stop Tax-Exempt Arena Debt Issuance Act (S. 122), S503 [21JA]
Letters
Acceptance of pro bono legal services by Members who challenge the validity of certain Federal statutes: by, S2634, S2635 [20MR]
Ban the manufacture and sale of armor-piercing ammunition and develop uniform ballistics test to identify such ammunition: Gilbert G. Gallegos, Fraternal Order of Police, S493 [21JA]
———James A. Rhinebarger, Law Enforcement Steering Committee, S687
Commission To Study the Federal Statistical System: several former Chairmen of the Council of Economic Advisers, S524 [21JA]
Eliciting of secret intelligence and information from foreign countries: George F. Kennan, Institute for Advanced Study, S4112 [7MY]
Eligibility of Charlene Barshefsky to serve as U.S. Trade Representative relative to representation of foreign entities: Charles F.C. Ruff, Executive Office of the President, S1969 [5MR]
Habeas corpus procedures: Benjamin R. Civiletti, Edward H. Levi, Nicholas D. Katzenbach, and Elliot L. Richardson, S485 [21JA]
Nomination of Charles Rossotti to be IRS Commissioner: Charles Rossotti, S11587 [3NO]
Nuclear weapons reduction: Hans A. Bethe, Federation of American Scientists, S5889
———President Clinton, S5889
Tax treatment of educational savings accounts: President Clinton, S11504 [31OC]
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars funding rescissions: James H. Billington, Library of Congress, S9569 [18SE]
Lists
Counsel for the plaintiffs in case concerning constitutionality of line-item veto, S3001 [10AP]
Federal statistical agencies, S521 [21JA]
Motions
Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 949), S6673 [27JN]
Obituaries
Dean, Sidney W.: David C. Johnston, New York (NY) Times, S1684
Fleischman, Lawrence A.: Carol Vogel, New York (NY) Times, S1686
Washburn, Wilcomb E.: Washington (DC) Post, S1684
Remarks
Abraham, Katherine G.: nomination to be Commissioner of Labor Statistics, S10826 [9OC]
Albright, Madeleine Korbel: nomination to be Sec. of State, S607 [22JA]
Amtrak: authorizing appropriations and management reform, S8421 [31JY]
Appropriations: constitutionality of line-item veto, S3001 [10AP]
———line-item veto, S569 [21JA]
———making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (S. 672), S4049 [7MY], S4194 [8MY]
Architect of the Capitol: eliminate and modify certain parking areas to improve Capitol Grounds (S. 510), S2700 [20MR]
Balanced Budget Act: disapproval of line-item veto of certain Medicaid provisions (S. 1144), S8725, S8726, S8727 [3SE]
Barshefsky, Charlene: nomination to be U.S. Trade Representative, S1973 [5MR]
Batavia Clippers (baseball team): tribute, S8738
BIA: funding to combat gang violence through rescissions in Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars funding, S9565, S9567, S9569, S9570, S9571 [18SE]
Braude, Beatrice: relief of estate (S. 152), S537 [21JA]
Bronx, NY: National Civic League All-American City award recipient, S5466
Brooklyn, NY: anniversary of Plymouth Church, S3856
Budget: balance, S571 [21JA]
———constitutional amendment to require balanced (S.J. Res. 1), S1870 [4MR]
———line-item veto, S8420 [31JY]
———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), S6719 [27JN]
———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), conference report, S8417, S8421, S8436, S8451, S8459, S8466, S8469 [31JY]
———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2015), conference report, S8318 [30JY], S8409 [31JY]
———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2015)7, conference report, S8331 [30JY]
———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 947), S6069 [23JN], S6130, S6140 [24JN], S6312, S6315 [25JN]
———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 949), S6335 [25JN], S6425, S6435, S6436, S6462, S6463, S6464 [26JN], S6672, S6686, S6691, S6698, S6701, S6703, S6719 [27JN]
———setting forth the Federal budget for 1998-2002 (H. Con. Res. 84), S5098 [23MY]
———treatment of any future unified budget surpluses (S. Res. 142), S11600 [3NO]
Burma: human rights violations, S3464
Carey, Paul R.: nomination to the SEC, S10906 [21OC]
Census: use of sampling to improve the accuracy of the decennial census, S4194 [8MY]
Chemical Weapons Convention: ratification (S. Res. 75), S3570 [24AP]
Children and youth: provide health insurance for uninsured children, S6435, S6436 [26JN], S8469 [31JY]
China, People's Republic of: request for release of political prisoner Wei Jingsheng, S4377 [13MY]
———Tiananmen Square massacre anniversary, S5279
Choephel, Ngawang: arrest and treatment in the People's Republic of China (S. Res. 19), S567 [21JA], S2154 [11MR]
Clean Air Act: reduce acid deposition (S. 1097), S8547 [31JY]
Colleges and universities: allow the use of age-based incentives for the voluntary retirement of tenured faculty (S. 153), S538 [21JA]
Commission To Study the Federal Statistical System: establish (S. 144), S521 [21JA]
Computers: establish a commission on the problem with differentiating years 2000 and 1900 (S. 22), S367 [21JA], S1411
———problem with differentiating years 2000 and 1900, S10443
Consumer Price Index: calculation relative to correction of cost-of-living adjustments, S10826 [9OC], S11211
———calculation relative to correction of cost-of-living adjustments (S. Res. 50), S1034, S1035 [5FE]
Cost-of-Living Board: establish (S. 425), S2144 [11MR]
Courts: allow for lawsuits against foreign States that commit acts of terrorism or human rights abuses against U.S. citizens (S. 1302), S10892 [21OC]
———reform habeas corpus procedures (S. 105), S485 [21JA]
Daily Forward (publication): anniversary, S8380
Delaware County, NY: tribute to On and Under the Delaware River Cleanup Project, S7970
Dept. of Defense: disapproval of line-item vetoes in military construction appropriations legislation (S. 1292), S11433 [30OC]
———making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 2016), S7821 [22JY]
Dept. of HUD: grant partial payment of claims authority relative to health care facilities construction insurance program (S. 334), S1403
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2107), S9317 [15SE], S9565, S9567, S9569, S9570, S9571 [18SE]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: Veterans Equitable Resource Allocation System and Veterans Integrated Services Network allocation of resources, S7835 [22JY]
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: authorizing appropriations (S. 1022), S8221 [29JY]
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (S. 1061), S8692 [3SE], S8950 [9SE], S9050 [10SE]
Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (S. 1034), S7835 [22JY]
Energy and water development: making appropriations (S. 1004), S7477 [15JY]
Families and domestic relations: promote the adoption of children in foster care (H.R. 867), S12675 [13NO]
FDA: Youth Anti-Smoking Initiative Enforcement and Outreach Program funding, S8720 [3SE]
Federal-State relations: repeal restrictions on communications between government agencies and the INS (S. 145), S524 [21JA]
Firearms: ban the manufacture and sale of armor-piercing ammunition and develop uniform ballistics test to identify such ammunition (S. 112), S492 [21JA], S687
———collection and dissemination of information on injuries, death, and family dissolution resulting from bullet-related violence (S. 135), S515 [21JA]
———licensing of ammunition manufacturers (S. 134), S515 [21JA]
———prohibit sale, import, and manufacture of certain ammunition (S. 136), S515-S516 [21JA]
———prohibit the use of certain ammunition (S. 132), S514 [21JA]
———taxation of the transfer or sale of certain ammunition (S. 133), S514 [21JA]
Flag Day: observance, S5549
Floods: disaster assistance to New York, S684
Foreign trade: establish negotiating objectives and fast-track procedures for future trade agreements, S12440 [10NO]
———establish negotiating objectives and fast-track procedures for future trade agreements (S. 1269), S11635, S11638 [4NO], S11744, S11745, S11753 [5NO]
———substitute the term ``normal trade relations'' in lieu of ``most-favored-nation treatment'' (S. 747), S4592 [15MY]
———U.S. deficit, S12440 [10NO]
Fort Drum, NY: aerial gunnery range and training and education center funding, S7821 [22JY]
Freedom of information: require disclosure of information on certain individuals relative to Nazi war crimes during World War II (S. 1379), S11774 [5NO]
———require disclosure of information on certain individuals relative to Nazi war crimes during World War II (S. 150), S536 [21JA]
Gandhi, Mohandas K. (Mahatma): authorize India to establish a memorial in the District of Columbia (S. 863), S5444 [10JN]
Germany: expand reparations criteria and set up a comprehensive medical fund for Holocaust survivors (S. Con. Res. 39), S7504 [15JY], S12695 [13NO]
Government: eligibility to serve as U.S. Trade Representative relative to representation of foreign entities (S.J. Res. 5), S1950, S1957, S1969, S1970 [5MR]
Grant's Tomb National Monument: designate (S. 155), S539 [21JA]
Harmon, James A.: nomination to be President of the Eximbank, S5646 [12JN]
Howard, John: visit to Senate by Prime Minister of Australia, S6399 [26JN]
Insurance: provide consumers choice of auto insurance relative to compensation for economic and non-economic losses (S. 625), S3434 [22AP], S5147
Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act: extend (S. 1519), S12455 [10NO]
———reauthorize (S. 586), S3216 [15AP]
International Rescue Committee (organization): Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Humanitarian Prize award recipient, S10241
IRS: impose criminal penalties for unauthorized inspection of tax return information (S. 522), S3181 [15AP]
———restructure, S11597 [3NO]
Israel: anniversary of reunification of Jerusalem, S2730
———anniversary of reunification of Jerusalem (S. Con. Res. 21), S3295
Lawrence H. Cooke Sullivan County Courthouse, Monticello, NY: dedication, S9734
Line Item Veto Act: repeal (S. 1319), S11177, S11180 [24OC]
Major League Baseball: application of antitrust laws (S. 53), S420 [21JA]
Masonic Order: tribute, S5549
Medicaid: increase the minimum Federal medical assistance percentage (S. 125), S509 [21JA]
Medical Education Trust Fund: establish (S. 21), S361 [21JA]
Medicare: age eligibility requirements, S6130 [24JN]
———eliminate incentives for teaching hospitals to voluntarily reduce the number of medical residents, S8950 [9SE]
———eliminate means-testing requirements for premiums, S6140 [24JN]
Mitchell, George J.: American Ireland Fund International Humanitarian Award recipient, S2482
National Arson Awareness Week: observance, S4249
National Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicare: establish (S. 341), S1406 [13FE]
National Endowment for the Arts: funding, S9317 [15SE]
National security: develop a system to classify and declassify information (S. 712), S4110 [7MY]
National Week of Recognition for Dorothy Day and Those Whom She Served: designate (S. Res. 163), S12707 [13NO]
New York: West Valley vitrification project funding, S7477 [15JY]
New York, NY: anniversary of Young Israel of Flatbush synagogue, S1765
———dedication of Montefiore Hospital Jerome and Dawn Greene Medical Arts Pavilion, S10863
———Yale Alumni Association of Metropolitan New York Public Service Award recipients, S2726
Northern Ireland: peace efforts, S2482
O'Donnell, Elizabeth: Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association HEROES Award winner, S3916
Office of National Drug Control Policy: qualification standards for position of Deputy Director of Demand Reduction (S. 149), S535 [21JA]
Oneonta Yankees (baseball team): tribute, S8738
Orchard Beach, NY: repair waterfront parkland (S. 154), S539 [21JA]
Orlov, Yuri F.: relief (S. 151), S536 [21JA]
Owego, NY: local law enforcement block grant funding, S8221 [29JY]
Palestinian Authority: allocation of foreign aid relative to efforts against terrorism, S8933
Parliamentary inquiry, S6397 [26JN]
Political campaigns: appointment of independent counsel to investigate fundraising practices in Presidential election campaign (S.J. Res. 22), S2495 [19MR]
———appointment of independent counsel to investigate fundraising practices in election campaigns (S.J. Res. 23), S2495 [19MR]
———ethics reform and contribution limits, S11241
Poverty: corrections in data relative to cost-of-living statistics (S. 131), S513 [21JA]
Public welfare programs: SSI and food stamp eligibility for legal aliens (S. 615), S3417 [22AP]
Puerto Rico: provide wage-based tax credits, S6698 [27JN]
———provide wage-based tax credits (S. 906), S5697 [16JN]
Roads and highways: designate Interstate 86 from New York to Pennsylvania (S. 958), S6362 [25JN]
———modify minimum allocation formula for the Federal-Aid Highway Program, S10842 [20OC]
Ronald H. Brown Federal Building, New York, NY: designate (S. 1108), S8571 [31JY]
Rossotti, Charles: nomination to be IRS Commissioner, S11585, S11597 [3NO]
Russert, Timothy J.: tribute for comments made at Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation annual dinner, S11581 [3NO]
Seaborg, Glenn T.: declassification of Atomic Energy Commission journal (S. 1232), S10065 [26SE]
Seitz, Frederick: Smithsonian Institution Joseph Henry Medal recipient, S12196
Senate: legislative program, S6437 [26JN], S6669, S6670 [27JN]
Sinatra, Francis A.: award Congressional Gold Medal (S. 305), S1307 [12FE]
Siragusa, Charles J.: nomination to be district judge, S11409 [30OC]
SSI: extend transition period for legal aliens receiving benefits, S4049 [7MY]
Supreme Court: decision on line-item veto, S6438 [26JN]
Taxation: child tax credit, S6462, S6463, S6464 [26JN]
———child tax credit relative to earned income tax credit, S6691 [27JN]
———depreciation on property used within an Indian reservation (S. 470), S2480 [18MR]
———disregard certain amounts of capital expenditures in applying limits on certain bonds, S8466 [31JY]
———rates, S5098 [23MY], S6425 [26JN], S8421, S8436, S8459, S8466, S8469 [31JY]
———reinstate aviation excise taxes relative to Airport and Airway Trust Fund expenditures (H.R. 668), S1771, S1772 [27FE]
———treatment of contributions of computer technology and equipment to elementary or secondary schools, S6701 [27JN]
———treatment of education individual retirement accounts relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R. 2646), S11504 [31OC]
———treatment of employer-provided educational assistance (S. 127), S510-S512 [21JA]
———treatment of gifts of publicly-traded stock to certain private foundations (S. 194), S649 [22JA]
———treatment of operating losses, S6703 [27JN]
———treatment of severance pay, S6686 [27JN]
———treatment of tax-exempt bonds for certain institutions of higher education (S. 121), S499 [21JA]
———treatment of tax-exempt bonds for professional sports facilities (S. 122), S499 [21JA]
———treatment of tax-exempt bonds for professional sports facilities (S. 434), S2216
Taxpayer Relief Act: repeal provisions that terminate the tax-exempt status of the Teacher's Insurance Annuity Association College Retirement Equities Fund (S. 1142), S8723 [3SE]
Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association-College Retirement Equities Fund: revoke tax-exempt status of pension operation, S8459 [31JY]
Terrorism: condemn attacks relative to Middle East peace agreements, S8933
Tibet: U.S. policy, S8379
Tobacco products: credit increase in excise tax to costs incurred by tobacco industry liability settlement, S8451 [31JY]
———increase excise taxes to fund health insurance for uninsured children and deficit reduction, S6436 [26JN]
———treatment of excise taxes relative to costs incurred by tobacco industry liability settlement, S9050 [10SE]
Transportation: Federal participation in magnetic levitation transportation technology projects, S10844 [20OC]
———Federal participation in magnetic levitation transportation technology projects (S. 1103), S8563 [31JY]
———funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs (S. 1173), S10842, S10845 [20OC]
———reauthorize highway construction and surface transportation funding (S. 468), S2478 [18MR]
Treaties and agreements: congressional approval of any international trade agreement that changes statutory law, S1950, S1957, S1969 [5MR]
West Valley, NY: tribute to development of vitrification process for storage of nuclear waste, S5467
Women: issue commemorative postage stamp to commemorate the anniversary of the First Women's Rights Convention (S. Con. Res. 35), S6762 [27JN]
Woolworth Corp.: tribute, S7778 [21JY]
Remarks in Senate relative to
Tribute, S2341 [17MR], S2624, S2626 [20MR]
Reports
Declaration of Policy—Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (1991), S10844 [20OC]
Social Statistics and the City: David M. Heer, S4195 [8MY]
Resolutions by organizations
Condemn Terrorist Attacks Against Israel Relative to Middle East Peace Agreements: Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations, S8934
Statements
Prevent Avoidance of Corporate Tax on Prearranged Sales of Corporate Stock: by, S3360 [17AP]
Summaries
Medical Education Trust Fund Act (S. 21), S366 [21JA]
Tables
Consumer Price Index for 1996, S6672 [27JN]
Economic assumptions underlying the mid-session review of President Clinton's fiscal year 1998 budget: SSA, S11211
Plan to balance the Federal budget, S571 [21JA]
Texts of
S. 21, Medical Education Trust Fund Act, S362-S366 [21JA]
S. 121, Higher Education Bond Parity Act, S501 [21JA]
S. 122, Stop Tax-Exempt Arena Debt Issuance Act, S503 [21JA]
S. 127, Employee Educational Assistance Act, S512 [21JA]
S. 144, Commission To Study the Federal Statistical System, S522-S524 [21JA]
S. 145, repeal restrictions on communications between government agencies and the INS, S524 [21JA]
S. 334, grant Dept. of HUD partial payment of claims authority relative to health care facilities construction insurance program, S1403
S. 586, Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act reauthorization, S3217-S3221 [15AP]
S. 712, Government Secrecy Act, S4111 [7MY]
S. 958, designate Interstate 86 from New York to Pennsylvania, S6363 [25JN]
S. 1097, Acid Deposition Control Act, S8548-S8550 [31JY]
S. 1103, Magnetic Levitation Transportation Technology Deployment Act, S8564 [31JY]
S. 1108, Ronald H. Brown Federal Building, New York, NY, S8572 [31JY]
S. 1142, repeal Taxpayer Relief Act provisions that terminate the tax-exempt status of the Teacher's Insurance Annuity Association College Retirement Equities Fund, S8724 [3SE]
S. 1232, declassification of Atomic Energy Commission journal of Glenn T. Seaborg, S10066 [26SE]
S. Res. 142, treatment of any future unified budget surpluses, S11599 [3NO]
Tributes
Bethe, Hans A., S5887
Bistrian, Patrick, Jr., S5939
Brennan, William J., Jr., S8259 [29JY]
Crowell, William P., S10996
Dean, Sidney W., S1684
Emory, Alan, S5426
Fleischman, Lawrence A., S1685 [26FE]
Horsky, Charles A., S8874
Hughes, John L. and Rose Marie, S12511
Kempton, Murray, S4287
Kennedy, Roger G., S5428
Mancino, Larry, S3130
Novak, Robert D., S4324
Pope, Marvin H., S6381 [25JN]
Shabazz, Betty, S6285
Shimberg, Steven J., S5884
Thurmond, Senator, S5249 [3JN]
Washburn, Wilcomb E., S1684
Weaver, Robert C., S7874