SHELBY, RICHARD C. (a Senator from Alabama)
Amendments
Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 949), S6473, S6544 [26JN]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 936), S6508 [26JN], S6889, S6923, S6951 [7JY], S7121 [9JY], S7236 [11JY]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2107), S9660 [18SE]
Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (S. 1023), S7692, S7694, S7735 [17JY]
Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (S. 1048), S8249, S8280 [29JY]
Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (S. 1034), S7844, S7872 [22JY]
Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (S. 955), S7615 [16JY]
Transportation: funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs (S. 1173), S10993 [22OC]
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 1469, emergency supplemental appropriations for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations, S4645 [16MY]
———H.R. 2015, Balanced Budget Act, S6787 [27JN]
———H.R. 2158, Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies appropriations, S7857 [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. 2266, Dept. of Defense appropriations, S8249 [29JY]
———S. 1023, Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies appropriations, S9510 [17SE]
Articles and editorials
FBI Inquiry on Funding Is Widening, David Rogers and Edward Felsenthal, Wall Street Journal, S1977 [5MR]
Inquiry Into Gifts to Democrats Widens, Christopher Drew, New York (NY) Times, S1976 [5MR]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (see S. 6), S652 [22JA]
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]
Austrian-American Day: designate (see S. Res. 122), S9332 [15SE]
Bankruptcy: prohibit courts from reducing property tax liens earmarked for education and allow child support claimants to access exempt assets (see S. 1149), S8823 [4SE]
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see S.J. Res. 1), S163 [21JA]
Business and industry: maintain standards for ``Made in USA'' label (see S. Con. Res. 52), S11239 [27OC]
Civil liberties: display of the Ten Commandments in public places (see S. Con. Res. 13), S2552 [19MR]
Congress: constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority on the passage of legislation increasing revenue (see S.J. Res. 9), S163 [21JA]
Correctional institutions: combat the overutilization of prison health care services and control prisoner health care costs (see S. 494), S2753 [21MR]
Courts: treatment of private property owners relative to Government seizure (see S. 1204), S10962 [22OC]
Crime: constitutional amendment on protection of victims' rights (see S.J. Res. 6), S2753 [21MR]
———Federal penalties for the killing or attempted killing of a law enforcement officer of the District of Columbia (see S. 294), S1191 [10FE]
———provide penalties for the acquisition or use of chemical or biological weapons and reduce acts of terrorism using such weapons (see S. 495), S2646 [20MR]
———redefine extortion relative to labor union violence (see S. 230), S2374 [17MR]
Dept. of Defense: disapproval of line-item vetoes in military construction appropriations legislation (see S. 1292), S11465 [30OC]
Dept. of Education: national testing standards (see S. 1215), S10862 [20OC]
Diseases: efforts to prevent transmission of HIV (see S. 503), S3126 [14AP]
———research programs for Parkinson's disease (see S. 535), S4247 [8MY]
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]
Employment: provide compensatory time opportunities, flexible workplaces, and clarify minimum wage and overtime requirements of private sector employees (see S. 4), S2931 [9AP]
EPA: limit authority to ban metered-dose inhalers (see S. 1299), S11206 [24OC]
———prohibit establishment of new standards for ozone or particulate matter before existing standards have been attained (see S. 1084), S10962 [22OC]
FDA: limit authority to ban metered-dose inhalers (see S. 1299), S11206 [24OC]
Federal employees: use of certain trust funds to pay union activities of Social Security Administration and Dept. of HHS employees (see S. 139), S162 [21JA]
Firearms: minimum mandatory sentencing relative to criminal use of guns (see S. 191), S4246 [8MY]
Flags: mandate the display of the POW/MIA flag on various occasions and in various locations (see S. 528), S3803 [29AP]
Freedom of information: require disclosure of information on certain individuals relative to Nazi war crimes during World War II (see S. 1379), S11764 [5NO]
FRS: implement monetary policy using price stability to ensure stable currency and repeal the Full Employment and Balanced Growth Act (see S. 611), S3348 [17AP]
George C. Marshall Month: designate (see S. Res. 97), S5425 [9JN]
Government: procure from the private sector the goods and services necessary to operate and manage certain agencies (see S. 314), S2931 [9AP]
———provide for greater responsiveness by Federal agencies in dealings with the public (see S. 855), S5413 [9JN]
———require Congress and the President to fulfill their constitutional duty to take personal responsibility for Federal laws (see S. 433), S2480 [18MR]
Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: designate (see S. Res. 56), S1382 [13FE]
Hazardous substances: require one-call notification system to protect natural gas and hazardous liquid pipelines from excavation damage (see S. 1115), S8532 [31JY]
Health: establish research and grant programs for the eradication or control of pfiesteria piscicida and other aquatic toxins (see S. 1219), S11300 [28OC]
———standardize relationships between group health plans and health insurers relative to enrollees, health professionals, and providers (see S. 644), S10961 [22OC]
Housing: State authority to set rental occupancy standards (see S. 458), S2415 [18MR]
Income: exemption from the requirement that all Federal payments be made by electronic funds transfer (see S. 874), S5444 [10JN]
Insects: establish advisory board on control, management, and eradication of imported fire ants (see S. 932), S5927 [18JN]
Iran: impose sanctions on foreign persons who transfer items contributing to efforts to acquire, develop, or produce ballistic missiles (see S. 1311), S11034 [23OC]
IRS: accountability in tax collection practices and procedures (see S. 365), S2707 [20MR]
———impose criminal penalties for unauthorized inspection of tax return information (see S. 521, 522), S2837 [8AP]
———restructure (see S. 1096), S8872 [5SE]
Israel: anniversary of reunification of Jerusalem (see S. Con. Res. 21), S4395 [13MY]
———condemn terrorist bombing in Jerusalem (see S. Con. Res. 50), S9020 [9SE]
Judiciary: constitutional amendment to limit judicial terms (see S.J. Res. 26), S3550 [23AP]
Labor: allow cooperative efforts between management and labor to improve economic competitiveness (see S. 295), S1191 [10FE]
Labor unions: prohibit Federal funding of activities that encourage membership (see S. 223), S726 [28JA]
Medicare: allow beneficiaries to enter into private contracts for services (see S. 1194), S9977 [25SE]
———bone mass measurements (see S. 649), S5703 [16JN]
Memorial Day: proclaim a nationwide moment of remembrance (see S. Res. 76), S4490 [14MY]
Mexico: disapprove foreign aid certification of drug enforcement efforts (see S. Con. Res. 10), S2375 [17MR]
Mother Teresa: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 689), S3901 [1MY]
Motor vehicles: average fuel economy standards for automobiles (see S. 286), S1102 [6FE]
———titling and registration requirements relative to salvage, nonrepairable, and rebuilt vehicles (see S. 852), S5703 [16JN]
National Family Week: designate (see S. Res. 93), S11465 [30OC]
National Safe Place Week: designate (see S. Res. 96), S9897 [24SE]
OSHA: disapprove rule relative to occupational exposure to methylene chloride (see S.J. Res. 25), S3011 [10AP]
Palestinian Authority: allocation of foreign aid relative to efforts against terrorism (see S. Res. 121), S9427 [16SE]
Political campaigns: constitutional amendment to limit expenditure of money to elect public officials (see S.J. Res. 2), S163 [21JA]
Public utilities: revision of the regulatory policies governing public utility holding companies (see S. 621), S3419 [22AP]
Russia: proliferation of nuclear missile technology to Iran (see S. Con. Res. 48), S8533 [31JY]
Science: prohibit Federal funding for human cloning research (see S. 368), S1926 [4MR]
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]
Social Security: earnings test for blind individuals (see S. 375), S2089 [10MR]
———provide enrollment period for Medicare and Medigap relative to certain military retirees and dependents (see S. 912), S11299 [28OC]
Taxation: allow married couples to file combined return under which each spouse is taxed using rates applicable to single filers (see S. 1285), S10787 [9OC]
———business meal and entertainment expense deductions (see S. 114), S2216 [12MR]
———capital gains rates (see S. 501), S2646 [20MR]
———deductibility of health insurance costs for self-employed individuals and the business use of the home, and clarification of contractor/employee status (see S. 460), S2792 [7AP]
———deductibility of the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance taxes paid by employees and self-employed individuals (see S. 579), S3294 [16AP]
———exempt certain small businesses from use of electronic fund transfer system for depository taxes (see S. 570), S5935 [18JN]
———increase amount of low-income housing credits allocated in each State and index amount for inflation (see S. 1252), S11206 [24OC]
———increase State cap on private activity bonds (see S. 1251), S11206 [24OC]
———reform corporate alternative minimum tax (see S. 724), S7118 [9JY]
———repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (see S. 75), S160 [21JA]
———restore deduction for lobbying expenses in connection with State legislation (see S. 427), S2206 [12MR]
———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), S5622 [12JN]
———treatment of education individual retirement accounts relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (see S. 1133), S8532 [31JY]
———treatment of employer-provided educational assistance (see S. 127), S161 [21JA]
———treatment of individual investment accounts (see S. 330), S1382 [13FE]
———treatment of individual retirement accounts (see S. 197), S1997 [5MR]
———treatment of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (see S. 442), S4611 [15MY]
———treatment of Social Security benefits (see S. 859), S8203 [28JY]
———treatment of State tuition programs (see S. 594), S3269 [16AP]
———treatment of stock in agricultural refiners or processors sold to certain farmers' cooperatives (see S. 872), S5875 [17JN]
Textile industry and fabrics: ensure competitiveness of industry (see S. 646), S3662 [24AP]
Transportation: reauthorize highway construction and surface transportation funding (see S. 335), S1382 [13FE]
Treaties and agreements: conditions for the U.S. becoming a signatory to any international agreement on greenhouse gas emissions (see S. Res. 98), S5596 [12JN]
Voting: guarantee the right of all active duty military personnel, merchant mariners, and their dependents to vote in Federal, State, and local elections (see S. 278), S1407 [13FE]
World War II: burial and funeral benefits for merchant marine veterans (see S. 61), S967 [4FE]
Wright, Orville and Wilbur: mint coins in commemoration of centennial anniversary of first manned flight (see S. 732), S4490 [14MY]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa River Basin Compact: congressional consent (see S.J. Res. 33), S6727 [27JN]
Apalachiocola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin Compact: congressional consent (see S.J. Res. 32), S6727 [27JN]
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see S.J. Res. 13), S726 [28JA]
Committee on Intelligence (Senate, Select): authorizing expenditures (see S. Res. 30), S726 [28JA]
Correctional institutions: require inmate work and education duties in States receiving construction grants (see S. 561), S3348 [17AP]
Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (see S. 1048), S7862 [22JY]
English language: declare as official language of U.S. (see S. 323), S1382 [13FE]
Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (see S. 858), S5413 [9JN]
IRS: congressional review of regulations increasing Federal revenue (see S. 831), S5341 [5JN]
Justice John McKinley Federal Building, Florence, AL: designate (see S. 1298), S10859 [20OC]
Public lands: analyze effects of potential hunting and fishing limitations before enacting new land use policies (see S. 751), S4588 [15MY]
Real property: private property owner rights (see S. 953), S6186 [24JN]
Taxation: establish flat tax rates for individuals and businesses (see S. 1040), S7767 [21JY]
———treatment of distributions from State prepaid tuition programs used to pay higher education expenses for the designated beneficiary (see S. 285), S1102 [6FE]
———use of income averaging for farmers (see S. 251), S856 [30JA]
Bills and resolutions relative to
Senate Legal Counsel: authorizing representation for Members, officers, and employees of the Senate in Douglas R. Page v. Richard Shelby, et al. (see S. Res. 101), S5791 [17JN]
Cloture motions
Appropriations: making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (S. 672), S3949 [5MY], S4045 [7MY]
District of Columbia: making appropriations (S. 1156), S9878 [24SE], S10195 [30SE]
Foreign trade: establish negotiating objectives and fast-track procedures for future trade agreements (S. 1269), S11512 [31OC], S11632 [4NO]
Transportation: funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs (S. 1173), S11187 [24OC], S11250 [28OC]
Comparisons
State distribution of highway obligation authority in fiscal years 1997 and 1998, S8180 [28JY]
Cost Estimates
Intelligence services appropriations (S. 858): CBO, S5969 [19JN]
Letters
Vietnam's accounting of U.S. POW/MIA: by, S3004 [10AP]
Lists
First-degree amendments in order to S. 1048, Dept. of Transportation and related agencies appropriations, S8185 [28JY]
Remarks
Agriculture: price supports for peanuts, S7991 [24JY]
Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (S. 1033), S7991 [24JY]
Appropriations: making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (S. 672), S4093 [7MY], S4142 [8MY]
Aroostook County, ME: highway corridor project study funding, S8185 [28JY]
Atlanta, GA: funding for construction of commuter runway at Hartsfield International Airport, S8254 [29JY]
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (S.J. Res. 1), S1901 [4MR]
———constitutional amendment to require balanced (S.J. Res. 13), S767 [28JA]
———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 949), S6456 [26JN]
California: bus programs funding, S8312 [30JY]
Center for Advanced Simulation and Technology: funding, S11444 [30OC]
Chemical Weapons Convention: ratification relative to effective verification of significant violations, S3619 [24AP]
———ratification (S. Res. 75), S3619 [24AP]
China, People's Republic of: U.S. policy, S11022-S11024, S11028 [23OC]
———visit by President to the U.S., S11022-S11024, S11028 [23OC]
Civil liberties: display of the Ten Commandments in public places (S. Con. Res. 13), S2570 [19MR]
Crime: provide penalties for the acquisition or use of chemical or biological weapons and reduce acts of terrorism using such weapons (S. 495), S3320 [17AP]
Dept. of Transportation: mass transit systems funding, S8252 [29JY]
Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2169), S8312 [30JY]
———making appropriations (H.R. 2169), conference report, S10751, S10752, S10758 [9OC]
———making appropriations (S. 1048), S8180, S8181, S8183, S8184, S8185 [28JY], S8223, S8251, S8252, S8253, S8254, S8257 [29JY]
Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2158), conference report, S10740, S10741 [9OC]
———making appropriations (S. 1034), S7846 [22JY]
Drugs: establish matching grant program for local communities that first demonstrate a long-term commitment to reduce youth substance abuse (H.R. 956), S5946 [18JN]
Elections: constitutional amendment to regulate campaign expenditures and contribution limits (S.J. Res. 18), S2340 [17MR]
English language: declare as official language of U.S. (S. 323), S1391 [13FE]
EPA: airborne particulate matter research funding, S10740, S10741 [9OC]
———particulate matter research funding, S7846 [22JY]
Everett, WA: funding for terminal automated radar display and information system for Paine Field Airport, S8257 [29JY]
Federal Highway Administration: assist Michigan with advanced carbon and glass composites as reinforcements for concrete project, S8254 [29JY]
Frederick, MD: Interstate 70 upgrade funding, S8253 [29JY]
Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (S. 858), S5963, S5969, S5970, S5971, S5974, S5975 [19JN]
———authorizing appropriations (S. 858), conference report, S11847 [6NO]
———require separate, unclassified statements of the aggregate amount of budget outlays for intelligence activities, S5971, S5974, S5975 [19JN]
IRS: congressional review of regulations increasing Federal revenue (S. 831), S5343 [5JN]
———improve operations and governance, S10313 [3OC]
Justice John McKinley Federal Building, Florence, AL: designate (S. 1298), S10861 [20OC]
Lake, Anthony: nomination to be Director of Central Intelligence, S1976-S1977 [5MR]
Montgomery, AL: U.S. courthouse construction funding, S4093 [7MY]
Motor vehicles: child-size crash test dummy development funding, S8251 [29JY]
Northeast Illinois Regional Commuter Railroad Corp.: funding for expansion and improvement, S8251 [29JY]
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (S. 25), S10408 [6OC]
———require worker approval for use of labor organization dues and fees for political activities, S10408 [6OC]
———restrictions on issue advocacy by interest groups, S10408 [6OC]
Public lands: analyze effects of potential hunting and fishing limitations before enacting new land use policies (S. 751), S4599 [15MY]
Real property: private property owner rights (S. 953), S6187 [24JN]
Rhode Island: freight rail development project funding, S8183, S8184 [28JY]
Roads and highways: distribution of additional obligation authority for Federal-aid highways, S4142 [8MY]
———modify minimum allocation formula for the Federal-aid highway program, S8252 [29JY]
———modify repayment policy of Appalachian Development Highway System Program, S8257 [29JY]
Senate: legislative program, S2003 [5MR], S8206 [28JY]
Social Security: treatment under balanced budget constitutional amendment, S1901 [4MR]
St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corp.: restructure as a performance based organization, S8253 [29JY]
Taxation: assure reforms meet a standard of fairness in income distributional impact, S5970 [19JN]
———establish flat tax rates for individuals and businesses (S. 1040), S7770 [21JY]
———rates, S6456 [26JN]
———treatment of distributions from State prepaid tuition programs used to pay higher education expenses for the designated beneficiary (S. 285), S1106
———use of income averaging for farmers (S. 251), S890
Tenet, George J.: nomination to be Director of Central Intelligence, S7225 [10JY]
Treaties and agreements: conditions for the U.S. becoming a signatory to any international agreement on greenhouse gas emissions (S. Res. 98), S8128 [25JY]
Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe: multilateralization of the Antiballistic Missile Treaty relative to former Soviet Republics, S4467 [14MY]
———ratification of Flank Document Agreement, S4467 [14MY]
Trucking industry: apply Federal weight regulations to Maine and New Hampshire, S8252 [29JY]
Wichita, KS: increase in train traffic due to proposed merger of Union Pacific and Southern Pacific Railroads, S8254 [29JY]
Remarks in Senate relative to
Senate Legal Counsel: authorizing representation for Members, officers, and employees of the Senate in Douglas R. Page v. Richard Shelby, et al. (S. Res. 101), S5889 [17JN]
Reports filed
Activities During the 104th Congress: Committee on Intelligence (Senate, Select) (S. Rept. 105-1), S633 [22JA]
Dept. of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 1048) (S. Rept. 105-55), S7862 [22JY]
Expenditures: Committee on Intelligence (Senate, Select) (S. Res. 30), S725 [28JA]
Intelligence Services Appropriations: Committee on Intelligence (Senate, Select) (S. 858) (S. Rept. 105-24), S5413 [9JN]
Nomination of George J. Tenet To Be Director of Central Intelligence: Committee on Intelligence (Senate, Select), S7210 [10JY]
Nomination of John A. Gordon To Be Deputy Director of Central Intelligence: Committee on Intelligence (Senate, Select), S10631 [8OC]
Rules
Committee on Intelligence (Senate, Select), S1766-S1771 [27FE]
Tables
Fiscal year 1998 State distribution of appropriated transit formula and discretionary program funds, S10752 [9OC]
Texts of
S. 831, Stealth Tax Prevention Act, S5343 [5JN]
S. 858, intelligence services appropriations, S5421-S5423 [9JN]
S. 953, Private Property Owners' Bill of Rights, S6188 [24JN]
S. Res. 101, Senate Legal Counsel representation for Members, officers, and employees of the Senate in Douglas R. Page v. Richard Shelby, et al., S5878, S5890 [17JN]
Tributes
Mason, Joseph B., S11370
Patterson, Donald H., S7615
Smith, Albert L., Jr., S9237
Thurmond, Senator, S5398 [9JN]