MURRAY, PATTY (a Senator from Washington)
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), S4024, S4029 [6MY], S4182, S4201, S4248 [8MY]
Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 947), S6172, S6262 [24JN]
———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 949), S6766 [27JN]
———setting forth the Federal budget for 1998-2002 (S. Con. Res. 27), S4731, S4761, S4762 [20MY], S4829, S4832, S4844, S4852, S4872, S4901
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 936), S6046 [20JN], S6919, S6949 [7JY], S6961, S6981, S7013 [8JY], S7153, S7218 [10JY], S7281, S7304, S7307, S7310 [11JY]
Dept. of State and related agencies: authorizing appropriations and consolidating certain agencies (S. 903), S5760, S5881 [17JN]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2107), S9590, S9662 [18SE]
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: authorizing appropriations (S. 1022), S8039, S8064, S8100, S8101 [24JY]
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (S. 1061), S8736 [3SE], S8874 [5SE], S8905, S8918, S8923, S8927, S8931 [8SE]
Employment: provide compensatory time opportunities, flexible workplaces, and clarify minimum wage and overtime requirements of private sector employees (S. 4), S4396 [13MY]
FDA: modernize (S. 830), S9236 [11SE], S9341 [15SE], S9763 [23SE]
Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (S. 955), S7579, S7613 [16JY], S7732 [17JY]
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (S. 25), S10661 [8OC]
Appointments
Canada-U.S. Interparliamentary Group members, S9078 [10SE]
Conferee: H.R. 1469, emergency supplemental appropriations for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations, S4645 [16MY]
———H.R. 2016, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure, S7823 [22JY]
———H.R. 2159, foreign operations, export financing, and related programs appropriations, S8869 [5SE]
———H.R. 2169, Dept. of Transportation and related agencies appropriations, S8312 [30JY]
———H.R. 2203, energy and water development appropriations, S8175 [28JY]
———S. 1061, Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies appropriations, S9510 [17SE]
U.S. Coast Guard Academy Board of Visitors, S4213 [8MY]
Articles and editorials
Congress Should Embrace Investment in Arts, Culture, Louise Miller and Larry Phillips, S9493 [17SE]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Animals: prohibit interstate commerce relative to exotic animals (see S. 995), S6990 [8JY]
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: designate certain lands as wilderness (see S. 531), S2900 [9AP]
Armed Forces: feasibility of using the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program for Medicare-eligible retirees under the military health care system (see S. 1334), S11343 [29OC]
———procedures for determining status of certain missing members (see S. 755), S9086 [10SE]
Army: close School of the Americas (see S. 980), S7118 [9JY]
Austrian-American Day: designate (see S. Res. 122), S9332 [15SE]
Aviation: allow families of international airline disaster victims a fair jury trial to receive just compensation for their loss (see S. 943), S11042 [23OC]
Bureau of Reclamation: settlement with Oroville-Tonasket Irrigation District (see S. 402), S1979 [5MR]
Business and industry: ensure economic equity for women (see S. 71; S. Res. 70), S160 [21JA], S3011 [10AP]
Children and youth: early childhood development programs (see S. 756), S4588 [15MY]
———protect and improve child care programs for low-income families (see S. 19), S159 [21JA]
———provide health insurance for uninsured children (see S. 525), S2838 [8AP]
China, People's Republic of: visit by President to the U.S. (see S. Res. 149), S12119 [8NO]
Civil liberties: religious accommodations in the workplace (see S. 92), S5264 [3JN]
Civil rights: prohibit discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex, race, or national origin (see S. 232), S804 [29JA]
Commission on Structural Alternatives for the Federal Courts of Appeals: establish (see S. 248), S3125 [14AP]
Computers: facilitate use of strong encryption methods for privacy and security (see S. 377), S1734 [27FE]
———use, sale, and export of encryption products for privacy and security (see S. 376), S1734 [27FE]
Consumers: limit the imposition of additional fees for use of certain automatic teller machines utilizing a national or regional network (see S. 885), S5508 [11JN]
Contraceptives: require equitable coverage of drugs, devices, and services under health insurance plans (see S. 743, 766), S4479 [14MY], S4748 [20MY]
Crime: enhance rights and protections of victims (see S. 1081), S10176 [29SE]
Death and dying: recognize suicide as a national problem (see S. Res. 83, 84), S3998 [6MY]
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), S11192 [24OC]
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), S4217 [8MY]
———research programs for Parkinson's disease (see S. 535), S2900 [9AP]
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]
Ecology and environment: expand the public's right to know about toxic chemical use and release in their communities (see S. 769), S4898 [21MY]
———protect children from exposure to certain environmental pollutants (see S. 599), S7869 [22JY]
Education: establish tutoring assistance programs to help children learn to read well (see S. 664), S3799 [29AP]
———national policy to improve system (see S. 12), S159 [21JA]
———provide for teacher technology training (see S. 839), S5341 [5JN]
Employment: prohibit discrimination on the basis of affectional or sexual orientation (see S. 869), S5444 [10JN]
Family and Medical Leave Act: extend coverage (see S. 183), S1027 [5FE]
Federal firefighters: hourly and overtime pay rates and pay equity with other civil service employees and public sector firefighters (see S. 492), S3058 [10AP]
Firearms: ban the manufacture and sale of armor-piercing ammunition and develop uniform ballistics test to identify such ammunition (see S. 112), S2374 [17MR]
Food: improve public health and food safety through enhanced enforcement (see S. 1264), S11880 [6NO]
Gandhi, Mohandas K. (Mahatma): authorize India to establish a memorial in the District of Columbia (see S. 863), S8733 [3SE]
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), S3456 [22AP]
———national policy to provide health insurance to children and pregnant women (see S. 13), S159 [21JA]
———prevention of fetal alcohol syndrome (see S. 148), S162 [21JA]
———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for certain breast cancer treatments (see S. 143), S162 [21JA]
———revise and extend mammography quality standards programs (see S. 537), S2901 [9AP]
Hope, Bob: confer honorary Armed Forces veteran status (see S.J. Res. 36), S8186 [28JY]
Human rights: expedite the declassification of certain documents relating to human rights abuses in Guatemala and Honduras (see S. 1220), S9969 [25SE]
Immigration: arrival and departure requirements for Canadian citizens relative to automated entry and exit control systems (see S. 1360), S11678 [4NO]
Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: reauthorize (see S. 717), S4106 [7MY]
Insurance: coverage of reconstructive surgery relative to breast cancer (see S. 609), S3348 [17AP]
———coverage of screening mammography (see S. 727), S4217 [8MY]
———prevent discrimination against victims of domestic violence (see S. 467), S2416 [18MR]
———prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (see S. 89), S8831 [4SE]
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), S11465 [30OC]
Irish-American Heritage Month: designate (see S. Res. 59), S2216 [12MR]
IRS: restructure (see S. 1096), S11549 [31OC]
Israel: anniversary of reunification of Jerusalem (see S. Con. Res. 21), S3269 [16AP]
Joint U.S.-Canada Commission on Cattle and Beef: establish (see S. 716), S4490 [14MY]
Julia, Raul: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see S. 1207), S9785 [23SE]
Lewis and Clark expedition: bicentennial (see S. Res. 57), S1383 [13FE]
Medicaid: equitable treatment of certain benefits received by veterans in State and privately owned nursing homes (see S. 502), S2792 [7AP]
———repeal criminal penalties for fraudulent disposition of assets (see S. 369), S1734 [27FE]
Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument: expeditious completion of acquisition of private mineral interests (see S. 638), S3550 [23AP]
National American Indian Heritage Month: designate (see S. Res. 145), S11863 [6NO]
National Character Counts Week: designate (see S. Res. 63), S4247 [8MY]
National Child Care Professional's Day: designate (see S. Res. 139), S11034 [23OC]
National Correctional Officers and Employees Week: designate (see S. Res. 64), S3736 [25AP]
National Day of Unity: designate (see S. Res. 115), S8670 [2SE]
National Erase the Hate and Eliminate Racism Day: designate (see S. Res. 78), S3851 [30AP]
National Family Week: designate (see S. Res. 93), S6005 [19JN]
National Literacy Day: designate (see S. Res. 92), S5370 [5JN]
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), S8733 [3SE]
National Sea Grant College Program: reauthorization (see S. 927), S8733 [3SE]
NetDay96: tribute (see S. Res. 51), S1132 [7FE]
Oceans: develop and implement national ocean and coastal activities policy (see S. 1213), S10809 [9OC]
Organ donors: establish congressional commemorative medal (see S. 636), S3550 [23AP]
Pacific Northwest Emergency Management Arrangement: congressional consent (see S.J. Res. 35), S7768 [21JY]
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (see S. 25), S159 [21JA]
———provide for a voluntary system of public financing for Federal elections (see S. 229), S804 [29JA]
Public Health Service: establish pediatric research initiative (see S. 484), S7776 [21JY]
Public welfare programs: clarify the family violence option under the temporary assistance to needy families program (see S. 671), S3844 [30AP]
Schools: establish a partnership to rebuild and modernize school facilities (see S. 456), S2415 [18MR]
Securities: limit the conduct of securities class actions under State law (see S. 1260), S10474 [7OC]
Senate Rules: permit disabled employees with the privilege of the Senate floor to use supporting services on the floor (see S. Res. 71, 110), S5193 [2JN], S8608 [31JY]
Senior citizens: anniversary of establishment of the first nutrition program for the elderly (see S. Con. Res. 11), S2708 [20MR]
Sinatra, Francis A.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 305), S1300 [12FE]
Small business: increase deductions for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see S. 575), S3199 [15AP]
Smithsonian Institution: establish National Museum for the Peopling of America (see S. 1282), S10787 [9OC]
Taxation: credit for clinical testing of certain drugs for rare diseases or conditions (see S. 293), S5424 [9JN]
———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), S4898 [21MY]
———expand the child and dependent care tax credit (see S. 926), S5790 [17JN]
———extend research and development tax credit (see S. 405), S1979 [5MR]
———incentives to increase the demands for and supply of quality child care (see S. 1037), S10962 [22OC]
———permanently extend research credit (see S. 1464), S12118 [8NO]
———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), S1828 [3MR]
———treatment of employer-provided educational assistance (see S. 127), S161 [21JA]
———treatment of estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (see S. 479), S2707 [20MR]
———treatment of foreign investments through U.S. regulated investment companies (see S. 815), S5109 [23MY]
———treatment of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (see S. 442), S4611 [15MY]
Telecommunications: preserve State and local authority to regulate the placement, construction, and modification of certain facilities (see S. 1350), S11692 [4NO]
Tobacco products: increase excise taxes to fund health insurance for uninsured children and deficit reduction (see S. 526), S2838 [8AP]
Transportation: promote the use of marine ferry and high-speed marine ferry services (see S. 941), S6000 [19JN]
Utah: designate certain lands as wilderness (see S. 773), S4879 [21MY]
Veterans: benefit eligibility for certain service in the military forces of the Philippines (see S. 623), S8202 [28JY]
———extend eligibility period for inpatient or outpatient care to those exposed to toxic substances, radiation, or environmental hazards (see S. 211), S1763 [27FE]
———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see S. 657), S9660 [18SE]
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: comprehensive pension protection (see S. 320), S1382 [13FE]
———constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see S.J. Res. 24), S2646 [20MR]
———establish offices of women's health within certain Federal agencies (see S. 91), S2857 [8AP]
———increase research and education on the drug DES (see S. 834), S6918 [7JY]
———protection of reproductive rights (see S. 1208), S9785 [23SE]
World Summit for Children: implementation of plan of action (see S. 1050), S7862 [22JY]
World War II: burial and funeral benefits for merchant marine veterans (see S. 61), S8732 [3SE]
———recognize and commend U.S. airmen held as prisoners at the Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany (see S. Con. Res. 32), S8733 [3SE]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Airlines: require use of child safety restraint systems (see S. 398), S1979 [5MR]
Columbia River: designate certain segment as recreation area (see S. 200), S676 [23JA]
Education: provide for teacher technology training (see S. 351), S1553 [25FE]
Family and Medical Leave Act: expand coverage and allow leave for parental involvement in educational and extracurricular activities (see S. 280), S1017 [5FE]
Immigration: arrival and departure requirements for Canadian citizens relative to automated entry and exit control systems (see S. 1205), S9785 [23SE]
National Concern About Young People and Gun Violence Day: designate (see S. Res. 141), S11343 [29OC]
National Guard: allow members to perform honor guard functions at veterans' funerals (see S. 324), S1382 [13FE]
Northwest Wildland Fire Protection Agreement: congressional consent (see S. 1134), S8533 [31JY]
Summer Breeze (vessel): certificate of documentation (see S. 1248), S10319 [3OC]
Tariff: ski and snowboard materials (see S. 788), S5001 [22MY]
Veterans: revisions of benefits decisions based on clear and unmistakable error (see S. 464), S2416 [18MR]
Briefs
Ten Reasons for a Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, S12193
Letters
Clarify family violence option under the temporary assistance to needy families program: Representative Shaw, S12092 [8NO]
———Representatives Shaw and Archer, S12092 [8NO]
Press releases
Yakima Indian Nation Astonished by Gorton Floor Statement Wherein He Made Analogy of Tribal Police Officer Acting Within Her Scope of Duty and New York Cops Who Brutalized a Haitian Immigrant: Yakima Indian Nation, S9027
Remarks
Abortion: performance at military medical facilities, S7153, S7158, S7159 [10JY]
———prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 1122), S4531, S4565 [15MY], S4716 [20MY]
Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2160), conference report, S11339 [29OC]
Airlines: require use of child safety restraint systems (S. 398), S1984
Albright, Madeleine Korbel: nomination to be Sec. of State, S614 [22JA]
Appropriations: making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (S. 672), S4183, S4201 [8MY]
BIA: tribal fishing resources management funding, S9618 [18SE]
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (S.J. Res. 1), S1868 [4MR]
———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), S6782
———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), conference report, S8460 [31JY]
———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2015), S6782
———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2015), conference report, S8392 [31JY]
———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 947), S6047
———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 949), S6489 [26JN]
———setting forth the Federal budget for 1998-2002 (H. Con. Res. 84), conference report, S5335 [5JN]
———setting forth the Federal budget for 1998-2002 (S. Con. Res. 27), S4734 [20MY], S4795, S4832 [21MY], S4932, S4955, S4961 [22MY]
Chemical Weapons Convention: ratification (S. Res. 75), S3647 [24AP]
Children and youth: early childhood development programs, S4955 [22MY]
———increase funding for Healthy Start and Head Start Programs and child care developmental block grants, S4734 [20MY]
———provide health insurance for uninsured children, S8392 [31JY], S8992 [9SE]
China, People's Republic of: most-favored-nation status, S7561 [16JY]
———U.S. policy, S3774 [29AP]
Columbia River: designate certain segment as recreation area (S. 200), S677 [23JA], S5953 [19JN]
Commission on Structural Alternatives for the Federal Courts of Appeals: establish, S8047 [24JY]
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty: ratification, S12192
Computers: facilitate use of strong encryption methods for privacy and security (S. 909), S12195
Corp. for National and Community Service: America Reads initiative funding, S7832 [22JY]
Courts: divide the ninth judicial circuit into two circuits, S8047 [24JY]
Crime: national policy to control crime and reform court procedures, S11003 [23OC]
Dept. of Agriculture: authority to sell food stamps to States relative to Federal cost reimbursement, S4183 [8MY]
———Resource Conservation and Development Council funding, S11339 [29OC]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 936), S6982 [8JY], S7085 [9JY], S7153, S7158, S7159 [10JY], S7281 [11JY]
———disapproval of line-item vetoes in military construction appropriations legislation (S. 1292), S11417 [30OC]
———making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 2016), S7817, S7818 [22JY]
———making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 2016), conference report, S9443 [17SE]
Dept. of Energy: environmental restoration projects funding, S7281 [11JY]
———Hanford Tank Waste Remediation System Project privatization funding, S6959 [8JY]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2107), S9493, S9498 [17SE], S9590, S9618 [18SE]
Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2378), conference report, S10250 [1OC]
———making appropriations (S. 1023), S7788 [22JY]
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: authorizing appropriations (S. 1022), S8047, S8080 [24JY], S8219 [29JY]
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2264), conference report, S12091 [8NO]
———making appropriations (S. 1061), S8992, S9000 [9SE], S9051, S9052, S9053, S9062 [10SE], S9108 [11SE]
Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2158), conference report, S10741 [9OC]
———making appropriations (S. 1034), S7832 [22JY]
Diseases: accurate guidelines for breast cancer screening for certain women (S. Res. 47), S1016 [5FE]
District of Columbia: making appropriations (S. 1156), S10192 [30SE]
———scholarship vouchers to provide school choice, S10192 [30SE]
Education: direct funding to local educational agencies, S9108 [11SE]
———national policy to improve system (S. 12), S574-S576 [21JA]
———provide for teacher technology training (S. 351), S1558 [25FE]
———school construction and infrastructure improvements funding, S4932 [22MY]
Employment: prohibit discrimination on the basis of affectional or sexual orientation (S. 869), S5630
———provide compensatory time opportunities, flexible workplaces, and clarify minimum wage and overtime requirements of private sector employees (S. 4), S4511 [15MY], S5224 [3JN]
Family and Medical Leave Act: expand coverage and allow leave for parental involvement in educational and extracurricular activities (S. 280), S1027 [5FE]
FDA: labeling uniformity requirements relative to poison control, S9763 [23SE]
———modernize (S. 830), S9763 [23SE], S9838 [24SE]
———modernize (S. 830), conference report, S12482
Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: coverage of abortion procedures, S7788 [22JY]
Ferguson, Lillian: NOAA Excellence in Coastal and Marine Graduate Study Award recipient, S10998
Field, John: NOAA Excellence in Coastal and Marine Graduate Study Award recipient, S10998
Fish and fishing: salmon fishing permit buy-back program, S4201 [8MY]
Foley, Thomas S.: nomination to be Ambassador to Japan, S11234 [27OC]
Foreign aid: international family planning programs (H.J. Res. 36), S1523 [25FE]
Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (S. 955), S7561, S7584 [16JY]
Forest, Keith: Washington World Affairs Council World Educator Award recipient, S12198
Forest Service: regulations on sale of forest products outside the U.S., S9498 [17SE]
———revise rules relative to exports of Alaskan Western Red Cedar, S9590 [18SE]
———road construction funding, S9498 [17SE]
Gamache, Jered: condolences to family, S9027
Gardner, Booth: Washington World Affairs Council World Citizen Award recipient, S12190
Health: national policy to provide health insurance to children and pregnant women (S. 13), S576 [21JA]
Immigration: arrival and departure requirements for Canadian citizens relative to automated entry and exit control systems (S. 1205), S9790 [23SE]
Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: reauthorize (S. 717), S4372 [13MY]
Insurance: prevent discrimination against victims of domestic violence (S. 467), S2446 [18MR]
Land and Water Conservation Fund: Pacific Northwest land acquisition funding, S9499 [17SE]
Medicaid: disproportionate share hospital payments funding, S4961 [22MY]
———reform, S5335 [5JN]
Medicare: reform, S6489 [26JN], S8392 [31JY]
Medicine Creek Tribal College: funding, S11699
Members of Congress: deny cost-of-living adjustments, S10250 [1OC]
Missouri (U.S.S.): selection process for donation, S6982 [8JY], S7085 [9JY]
National Concern About Young People and Gun Violence Day: designate (S. Res. 141), S11365 [29OC], S11572 [31OC]
National Endowment for the Arts: funding, S9493 [17SE]
National Guard: allow members to perform honor guard functions at veterans' funerals (S. 324), S1392 [13FE]
National Marine Fisheries Service: hiring of full-time employees for implementation of endangered species and fisheries regulations, S8219 [29JY]
Native Americans: status of sovereign immunity of tribal governments relative to the receipt of Federal funding, S9027
Northwest Wildland Fire Protection Agreement: congressional consent (S. 1134), S8597 [31JY]
Oliver, Bob: Washington State D.A.R.E. Officer of the Year award recipient, S6010
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (S. 25), S10455 [7OC]
———restrictions on issue advocacy by interest groups, S10455 [7OC]
Public welfare programs: allow States to waive work and educational requirements for victims of domestic violence, S4832 [21MY]
———clarify family violence option under the temporary assistance to needy families program, S9051, S9052, S9053, S9062 [10SE], S12091 [8NO]
———clarify regulations relative to domestic violence, S6297 [25JN]
———clarify the family violence option under the temporary assistance to needy families program, S8392 [31JY]
Scott, Doug: Sierra Club John Muir Award recipient, S12653
Seattle, WA: Odyssey Maritime Discovery Center funding, S8080 [24JY]
Social Security: treatment under balanced budget constitutional amendment, S1868 [4MR]
Take Our Daughters to Work Day: observance, S3695
Tariff: ski and snowboard materials (S. 788), S5007
Taxation: rates, S6782
———treatment of certain agricultural installment sales as alternative minimum tax preference items (S. 181), S656
Tobacco products: increase excise taxes to fund health insurance for uninsured children and deficit reduction, S4795 [21MY]
Treaties and agreements: conditions for the U.S. becoming a signatory to any international agreement on greenhouse gas emissions (S. Res. 98), S8124 [25JY]
Veterans: revisions of benefits decisions based on clear and unmistakable error (H.R. 1090), S12487 [10NO]
———revisions of benefits decisions based on clear and unmistakable error (S. 464), S2441 [18MR]
Water: Coordinated Tribal Water Quality Program funding, S10741 [9OC]
World Summit for Children: implementation of plan of action (S. 1050), S7866 [22JY]
Statements
Clarify Family Violence Option Under the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families Program: Children's Defense Fund (organization), S9051 [10SE]
Doug Scott Receives the Sierra Club's John Muir Award: Bruce Hamilton, Sierra Club, S12653
Texts of
S. 398, require airlines to use child safety restraint systems, S1985
S. 1134, congressional consent to Northwest Wildland Fire Protection Agreement, S8598 [31JY]
Tributes
Boster, Jonathan C., S10303
Day, Robert W., S8671
Harris, Ann M., S11003 [23OC]
Jones, W. Proctor, S1200
Kell, Lyle N., S4133 [8MY]
Mobley, William M., Jr., S654
Ormsby, Pat, S1015 [5FE]
Shedd, Leslianne, S821
Ware, Jerline (Jeri), S8283