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, S4904, S4906, S4907 [21MY]

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 [8NO]

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 [9SE]

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 [5MR]

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 [27JN], S7881 [23JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), conference report, S8460 [31JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2015), S6782 [27JN]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2015), conference report, S8392 [31JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 947), S6047 [20JN], S6297, S6318 [25JN]

———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 [8NO]

Computers: facilitate use of strong encryption methods for privacy and security (S. 909), S12195 [8NO]

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 [12JN]

———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 [10NO]

Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: coverage of abortion procedures, S7788 [22JY]

Ferguson, Lillian: NOAA Excellence in Coastal and Marine Graduate Study Award recipient, S10998 [22OC]

Field, John: NOAA Excellence in Coastal and Marine Graduate Study Award recipient, S10998 [22OC]

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 [8NO]

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 [9SE]

Gardner, Booth: Washington World Affairs Council World Citizen Award recipient, S12190 [8NO]

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 [4NO]

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 [9SE]

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 [19JN]

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 [13NO]

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 [24AP]

Tariff: ski and snowboard materials (S. 788), S5007 [22MY]

Taxation: rates, S6782 [27JN], S7881 [23JY], S8460 [31JY]

———treatment of certain agricultural installment sales as alternative minimum tax preference items (S. 181), S656 [22JA]

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 [13NO]

Texts of

S. 398, require airlines to use child safety restraint systems, S1985 [5MR]

S. 1134, congressional consent to Northwest Wildland Fire Protection Agreement, S8598 [31JY]

Tributes

Boster, Jonathan C., S10303 [1OC]

Day, Robert W., S8671 [2SE]

Harris, Ann M., S11003 [23OC]

Jones, W. Proctor, S1200 [10FE]

Kell, Lyle N., S4133 [8MY]

Mobley, William M., Jr., S654 [22JA]

Ormsby, Pat, S1015 [5FE]

Shedd, Leslianne, S821 [29JA]

Ware, Jerline (Jeri), S8283 [29JY]