    [Congressional Record Index (1998)]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

    KENNEDY, EDWARD M. (a Senator from Massachusetts)
      Addresses
        Challenge for America--A High Quality Teacher in Every Classroom:
            Dick Riley, Sec. of Education, S10654-S10656 [21SE]
        John F. Kennedy Library:  Ronald Reagan, S338 [4FE]
        Kennedy Library Foundation Profile in Courage Award:  Nickolas C.
            Murnion, S5630 [4JN]
        Memorial Service for Yitzhak Rabin:  Itzhak Levanon, S258 [2FE]
        ------ Yehuda Amichai, S257 [2FE]
        Northern Ireland Peace Process:  Mary McAleese, President of
            Ireland, S12694 [20OC]
        Northern Ireland--A View From America:  by, S447-S449 [5FE]
        Presentation of Robert F. Kennedy Medal to Ethel Kennedy:  Ronald
            Reagan, S337 [4FE]
        Protection of Enrollees in Managed Health Care Plans and HMO's:
            Beverly L. Malone, S11542 [6OC]
      Amendments
        Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
            making appropriations (S. 2159), S8297 [16JY], S8317 [16JY],
            S8400 [16JY], S8404 [16JY]
        Appropriations:  making emergency supplemental for disaster relief
            and overseas peacekeeping operations (S. 1768), S2483 [24MR],
            S2499 [24MR], S2627 [26MR], S2688 [26MR]
        Bankruptcy:  consumer protection (S. 1301), S9942 [3SE], S10679
            [22SE]
        Budget:  setting forth the Federal budget for 1999-2003 (S. Con.
            Res. 86), S2754 [30MR], S2775 [30MR], S2787 [31MR], S2863
            [31MR], S2865 [31MR], S2866 [31MR], S2909 [1AP], S2988 [1AP],
            S2991 [1AP], S3049 [2AP], S3156 [2AP], S3161 [2AP]
        Crime:  prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State
            laws requiring parental notification of abortions (S. 1645),
            S10669 [21SE]
        Dept. of Defense:  authorizing appropriations for military
            activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military
            construction (S. 2057), S6774 [22JN], S6821 [22JN], S6825
            [22JN], S6827 [22JN], S6849 [23JN], S6850 [23JN], S6898 [23JN],
            S7121 [25JN], S7204 [25JN]
        ------ making appropriations (S. 2132), S9379 [30JY], S9469 [30JY]
        Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the
            President, and independent agencies:  making appropriations (S.
            2312), S9214 [29JY], S9267 [29JY], S9269 [29JY]
        Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
            agencies:  authorizing appropriations (S. 2260), S8850 [23JY],
            S8861 [23JY], S8931 [23JY], S8939 [23JY]
        Employment:  improve and consolidate Federal job training programs
            (S. 1186), S4041 [1MY]
        FAA:  reauthorizing programs (S. 2279), S10934 [24SE]
        Families and domestic relations:  increase effectiveness and
            efficiency of child support enforcement and adoption programs
            (H.R. 3130), S3163 [2AP]
        Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs:  making
            appropriations (S. 2334), S9748 [1SE], S9795 [1SE]
        Higher Education Act:  reauthorize (S. 1882), S7864 [9JY], S7890
            [9JY]
        Immigration:  increase number of temporary visas for skilled workers
            and expand education and training opportunities for U.S.
            students and workers (S. 1723), S4967 [18MY], S4989 [18MY],
            S4992 [18MY], S5026 [18MY], S5027 [18MY]
        NSF:  authorizing appropriations (S. 1046), S4729 [12MY]
        Taxation:  treatment of education individual retirement accounts
            relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R.
            2646), S2338 [19MR], S2339 [19MR], S2434 [23MR], S3260 [20AP],
            S3298 [20AP], S3363 [21AP], S3476 [23AP], S3479 [23AP], S3546
            [23AP]
        Tobacco products:  tobacco industry liability settlement relative to
            health risks and marketing and manufacturing practices (S.
            1415), S5116 [19MY], S5136 [19MY], S5140 [19MY], S5336 [21MY],
            S5338 [21MY], S5719 [5JN], S5728 [5JN], S6141 [11JN], S6170
            [11JN], S6176 [11JN], S6206 [11JN], S6256 [11JN]
        Transportation:  funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
            programs, and transit programs (S. 1173), S1581 [9MR], S1785
            [11MR], S3724 [28AP]
      Applications
        Federal assistance for Missouri AIDS prevention programs, S498
            [9FE], S499 [9FE]
      Appointments
        Conferee:  H.R. 6, Higher Education Act reauthorization, S8069
            [13JY]
        ------ H.R. 1385, Employment, Training, and Literacy Enhancement
            Act, S4349 [5MY]
        ------ H.R. 1853, vocational education funding, S6306 [12JN]
        ------ H.R. 2646, Education Savings Act for Public and Private
            Schools, S3736 [28AP]
        ------ H.R. 3130, Child Support Performance and Incentive Act, S5245
            [20MY]
        ------ H.R. 3616, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military
            activities and prescribing personnel strengths, S7160 [25JN]
        ------ S. 2206, Community Opportunities, Accountability, and
            Training and Educational Services Act, S10633 [18SE]
      Articles and editorials
        AIDS Experts Leave Journal After Studies Are Criticized, Lawrences
            K. Altman, New York (NY) Times, S354 [4FE]
        Best Students are Immigrants' Children, Study Says, Celia W. Dugger,
            New York (NY) Times, S2416 [23MR]
        Chicken Feed--Minimum Wage Is Up, But a Fast-Food Chain Notices
            Little Impact--Economic Boom Lifts Profit--Firm's Main Problem
            Is Hiring, Retraining People--Pressures on Job Are Rising,
            Bernard Wysocki, Jr., Wall Street Journal, S55 [27JA]
        Decent Income for Low-Wage Workers, Hugh B. Price, S4777 [13MY]
        Economists Alter Minimum-Wage View--New Data Show Small Increase
            Doesn't Cut Jobs, David Wessel, Wall Street Journal, S54 [27JA]
        Ethical Complexities of Conducting Research in Developing Countries,
            Harold Varmus and David Satcher, New England Journal of
            Medicine, S353 [4FE]
        Frank Brown Berry Prize for 1998--Cardiac Surgery, Quality
            Assessment, U.S. Medicine (publication), S11962-S11964 [8OC]
        Hands Tied, Judges Rue Law That Limits HMO Liability, Robert Pear,
            New York (NY) Times, S8051 [13JY]
        HMO Horror Show, Ellen Goodman, Boston (MA) Globe, S9349 [30JY]
        HMOs May Highlight Hot Topics in Legislature--Bills Would Target
            Myriad of Patients' Complaints, St. Louis (MO) Post-Dispatch,
            S9349 [30JY]
        IBEW 124 Ties Good Business, Contractor Says, Tom Bogdon, Labor
            Times (publication), S10278 [14SE]
        It's AIDS, Not Tuskegee--Inflammatory Comparisons Won't Save Lives
            in Africa, David D. Ho, Time (publication), S355 [4FE]
        Middle Class--Winning in Politics, Losing in Life, Louis Uchitelle,
            New York (NY) Times, S8848 [23JY]
        New Fire Chief a Familiar Hyannis Face, John Basile, Hyannis (MA)
            Barnstable Patriot, S4034 [1MY]
        1974 Pensions Law Sparks Political Fire, William M. Welch, USA
            Today, S7254 [26JN]
        Slapdash Proposal on Cloning, New York (NY) Times, S563 [10FE]
        Terry Sanford, Pace-Setting Governor in 60's, Dies at 80, David
            Stout, New York (NY) Times, S3332 [21AP]
      Bills and resolutions cosponsored
        Agency for Healthcare Policy and Research:  revise and extend, (see
            S. 2208), S11990 [8OC]
        Animals:  ensure that all dogs and cats used by research facilities
            are obtained legally, (see S. 2202), S6885 [23JN]
        Arctic National Wildlife Refuge:  designate certain lands as
            wilderness, (see S. 531), S2433 [23MR]
        Army:  close School of the Americas, (see S. 980), S7359 [6JY]
        Army Reserve:  anniversary, (see S. Res. 213), S3429 [22AP]
        Capitol Building and Grounds:  tribute to John M. Gibson and Jacob
            J. Chestnut of the Capitol Police for acts of heroism, (see S.
            Con. Res. 110), S9044 [27JY]
        ------ use of the rotunda for a memorial service for John M. Gibson
            and Jacob J. Chestnut of the Capitol Police, (see S. Con. Res.
            111), S9044 [27JY]
        CERCLA:  clarify liability for certain recycling transactions, (see
            S. 2180), S10211 [10SE]
        Children and youth:  improve academic and social outcomes for
            students by providing productive activities during after school
            hours, (see S. 882), S5237 [20MY]
        Colleges and universities:  increase public awareness of crime on
            campuses, (see S. 2100), S5572 [2JN]
        Community Services Block Grant Program:  reauthorize and amend, (see
            S. 2206), S6886 [23JN]
        Convention Against Torture and Other Forms of Cruel, Inhuman, and
            Degrading Treatment or Punishment:  implement and establish
            support program for victims of torture, (see S. 1606), S378
            [4FE]
        Crime:  increase public awareness, collect data, and develop
            strategies to address the safety and justice needs of victims
            with developmental disabilities, (see S. 1976), S7200 [25JN]
        ------ national policy to control crime and reform court procedures,
            (see S. 2484), S10423 [16SE]
        ------ prevent violence against women, (see S. 2110), S5322 [21MY]
        Cuba:  exception to trade embargo for food, medicines and medical
            supplies, instruments, or equipment, (see S. 1391), S667 [11FE]
        Day of Concern About Young People and Gun Violence:  designate, (see
            S. Res. 264), S9556 [31JY]
        Dept. of Commerce:  authorizing appropriations for the Technology
            Administration, (see S. 1325), S2308 [19MR]
        Dept. of Education:  reform and reauthorize the State Student
            Incentive Grant Program, (see S. 1644), S730 [12FE]
        Dept. of HHS:  revise and extend certain women's health research and
            prevention activities programs, (see S. 1722), S1508 [6MR]
        Dept. of the Interior:  study on establishing a national historic
            trail to commemorate the history of women's rights, (see S.
            1641), S5572 [2JN]
        Dia de los Ninos--Celebrating Young Americans:  designate, (see S.
            Res. 278), S11052 [28SE]
        Disabled:  support grant programs to address assistive technology
            needs of individuals with disabilities, (see S. 2432), S9877
            [2SE]
        Education:  national policy to improve system, (see S. 1708), S1336
            [4MR]
        ------ reduce class size in the early grades and improve teacher
            quality, (see S. 2209), S7012 [24JN]
        Employment:  prohibit discrimination on the basis of genetic
            information, (see S. 1045), S11127 [29SE]
        ------ reform standard for classifying technical workers as
            independent contractors for employment tax purposes, (see S.
            1924), S3120 [2AP]
        Fair Labor Standards Act:  reform provisions relative to child
            labor, (see S. 2383), S9425 [30JY]
        Families and domestic relations:  increase availability,
            affordability, and quality of child care, (see S. 1610), S378
            [4FE]
        ------ increase effectiveness and efficiency of child support
            enforcement programs, (see S. 1809), S2424 [23MR]
        Federal aid programs:  improve and expand empowerment and enterprise
            zone programs, (see S. 2418), S10726 [22SE]
        Federal employees:  modify the conditions that must be met before
            certain alternative pay authorities may be exercised by the
            President, (see S. 1679), S4442 [6MY]
        Firearms:  ban importation and transfer of large capacity ammunition
            feeding devices, (see S. 1887), S2850 [31MR]
        ------ ensure child safety, (see S. 1917), S3723 [28AP]
        Food:  improve public health and food safety through enhanced
            enforcement, (see S. 1264), S5455 [22MY]
        ------ improve safety of imported foods, (see S. 1707), S1336 [4MR]
        Foreign policy:  support broad-based agricultural and rural
            development in sub-Saharan Africa, (see S. 2283), S9789 [1SE]
        Freedom of religion:  protect religious liberty, (see S. 2148),
            S5787 [9JN]
        Greek Independence Day--A National Day of Celebration of Greek and
            American Democracy:  designate, (see S. Res. 171), S520 [9FE]
        Head Start Program:  reauthorize and amend, (see S. 2206), S6886
            [23JN]
        Health:  establish standards to improve children's health quality in
            managed care plans and other health plans, (see S. 1808), S2363
            [20MR]
        ------ improve the distribution of health care professionals to
            underserved areas and consolidate and reauthorize health
            education programs for minority and disadvantaged individuals,
            (see S. 1754), S1884 [12MR]
        ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, (see
            S. 1890), S2851 [31MR], (see S. 1891), S2851 [31MR], (see S.
            2529), S11122 [29SE]
        ------ revise and extend bone marrow donation and transplantation
            program, (see S. 2150), S5787 [9JN]
        Higher Education Act:  reauthorize, (see S. 1882), S2764 [30MR]
        Human rights:  expedite the declassification of certain documents
            relating to human rights abuses in Guatemala and Honduras, (see
            S. 1220), S4727 [12MY]
        ------ prevent trafficking of women and girls for forced
            prostitution, (see S. Con. Res. 82), S2988 [1AP]
        Immigration:  extend date by which an automated entry-exit control
            system must be developed by the INS, (see S. 2540), S11279 [1OC]
        Indonesia:  support for new Government and reforms in East Timor,
            (see S. Res. 237), S5434 [22MY]
        Israel:  independence anniversary, (see S.J. Res. 46), S3783 [29AP]
        ------ membership in a U.N. regional group, (see S. Res. 186), S1155
            [27FE], (see S. Res. 188), S1255 [3MR]
        King, Martin Luther, Jr.:  approve location of proposed memorial in
            the District of Columbia, (see S.J. Res. 41), S2136 [17MR]
        Law enforcement officers:  establish a matching grant program to
            assist local governments in purchasing armor vests, (see S.
            1605), S378 [4FE]
        ------ tribute to individuals who lost their lives during service,
            (see S. Res. 201), S2764 [30MR]
        LIHEAP:  reauthorize and amend, (see S. 2206), S6886 [23JN]
        ``Little Rock Nine'':  award Congressional Gold Medals, (see S.
            1283), S846 [23FE]
        McCain, Senator:  tribute, (see S. Res. 196), S2114 [17MR]
        Medicaid:  coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment services
            for certain women screened under federally funded programs, (see
            S. 2017), S3919 [30AP]
        Medicare:  improve access to health insurance by offering certain
            individuals a Medicare buy-in option, (see S. 1789), S2114
            [17MR]
        ------ payments to children's hospitals that operate graduate
            medical education programs, (see S. 2049), S4528 [7MY]
        Mexico:  adopt measures to support a peaceful resolution of the
            conflict and to protect human rights in Chiapas, (see S. Con.
            Res. 128), S12164 [9OC]
        National Breast Cancer Survivor's Day:  designate, (see S. Res.
            198), S2214 [18MR]
        National Character Counts Week:  designate, (see S. Res. 176), S5456
            [22MY]
        National Children's Day:  designate, (see S. Res. 260), S11452 [5OC]
        National Children's Memorial Day:  designate, (see S. Res. 193),
            S8059 [13JY]
        National Correctional Officers and Employees Week:  designate, (see
            S. Res. 175), S933 [24FE]
        National Erase the Hate and Eliminate Racism Day:  designate, (see
            S. Res. 221), S3919 [30AP]
        National Mammography Day:  designate, (see S. Res. 271), S11285
            [1OC]
        National Park Service:  establish the National Underground Railroad
            Network to Freedom Program, (see S. 887), S179 [28JA]
        National Women's History Month:  designate, (see S. Res. 189), S2309
            [19MR]
        National Youth Fitness Week:  designate, (see S. Res. 199), S5456
            [22MY]
        Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act:  allow
            certain nationals an opportunity to apply for adjustment of
            status, (see S. 2441), S9973 [8SE]
        Northern Ireland Peace Agreement:  tribute, (see S. Con. Res. 90),
            S3535 [23AP]
        Older Americans Act:  reauthorize, (see S. 2295), S8056 [13JY]
        OSHA:  require employers to notify local emergency officials of
            workplace emergencies, (see S. 2245), S7581 [7JY]
        Pensions:  ensure accessibility, portability, and protection of
            retirement benefits, (see S. 2249), S7256 [26JN]
        Pesticides:  clarify circumstances in which a substance is
            considered to be a pesticide chemical, (see S. 2565), S11698
            [7OC]
        Postal Service:  application of OSHA standards in the same manner as
            any other employer, (see S. 2112), S5433 [22MY]
        Presidential Advisory Commission on Holocaust Assets in the U.S.:
            establish, (see S. 1900), S3296 [20AP]
        Presidents' Day:  redesignate Washington's Birthday in honor of
            George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and Franklin D. Roosevelt
            and the institution of the Presidency, (see S. 2353), S8996
            [24JY]
        Public safety officers:  provide educational assistance to the
            surviving spouse and dependent children of officers killed or
            totally disabled in the line of duty, (see S. 1525), S4560 [8MY]
        Public Works and Economic Development Act:  reauthorize and reform
            programs, (see S. 1647), S730 [12FE]
        ------ reauthorize and reform programs, (see S. 2364), S11285 [1OC]
        Read Across America Day:  designate, (see S. Res. 181), S1082 [26FE]
        Rehabilitation Act:  extend authorization, (see S. 1579), S113
            [28JA]
        Robert C. Weaver Federal Building, Washington, DC:  designate, (see
            S. 1700), S5134 [19MY]
        Sanford, Terry:  tribute, (see S. Res. 211), S3356 [21AP]
        Science:  prohibit cloning of humans, (see S. 1602), S318 [3FE],
            (see S. 1611), S378 [4FE]
        Social Security:  provide certain disabled beneficiaries with
            opportunities to return to work by improving access to health
            care, (see S. 1858), S2570 [25MR]
        Taxation:  increase amount of low-income housing credits allocated
            in each State and index amount for inflation, (see S. 1252),
            S4916 [14MY]
        ------ increase State cap on private activity bonds, (see S. 1251),
            S2683 [26MR]
        ------ tax credits relative to elementary and secondary school
            construction, (see S. 1705), S1336 [4MR]
        ------ treatment of certain amounts received as scholarships by an
            individual under the National Health Corps Scholarship Program,
            (see S. 1286), S4208 [4MY]
        Thurmond, Senator:  tribute for Army Reserve service, (see S. Res.
            213), S3429 [22AP]
        Tobacco products:  prevent use by minors, reduce secondhand smoke,
            require document disclosure and deny immunity relative to
            industry settlement, end promotion of exports, and provide
            transitional assistance to farmers, (see S. 1638), S730 [12FE]
        Turkey:  end restrictions on freedoms and human rights of the
            enclaved people of Cyprus, (see S. Con. Res. 65), S234 [29JA]
        U.S. Navy Asiatic Fleet Memorial Day:  designate, (see S. 45), S3534
            [23AP]
        Ukraine:  remember treatment by the former Soviet Union on
            anniversary of Ukrainian Famine, (see S. Con. Res. 122), S11346
            [2OC]
        Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc.:  anniversary, (see S. Res. 207),
            S5572 [2JN]
        Vietnamese Conflict:  tribute to POW and MIA's and disclosure of
            information concerning missing personnel, (see S. Res. 196),
            S2114 [17MR]
        Wisconsin:  commemorate sesquicentennial of statehood, (see S. Con.
            Res. 75), S3545 [23AP]
        Women:  anniversary of women's rights movement, (see S. Res. 189),
            S2309 [19MR]
        ------ issue commemorative postage stamp to commemorate the
            anniversary of the First Women's Rights Convention, (see S. Con.
            Res. 35), S5572 [2JN]
        ------ protection of reproductive rights, (see S. 1208), S234 [29JA]
        Women's Progress Commemoration Commission:  establish, (see S.
            2285), S7939 [10JY]
      Bills and resolutions introduced
        Education:  assist urban and rural local education agencies in
            raising the academic achievement of all students, (see S. 2044),
            S4528 [7MY]
        Families and domestic relations:  increase availability,
            affordability, and quality of child care during periods outside
            school hours, (see S. 1697), S1200 [2MR]
        Firearms:  protect children from violence, (see S. 2185), S6488
            [17JN]
        Health:  require certain businesses to provide health insurance
            coverage, (see S. 1969), S3428 [22AP]
        Immigration:  increase number of temporary visas for skilled workers
            and expand education and training opportunities for U.S.
            students and workers, (see S. 1878), S2719 [27MR]
        ------ strengthen naturalization process, (see S. 1717), S1435 [5MR]
        INS:  restructure and reform, (see S. 2428), S9689 [31AU]
        Insurance:  limit increase in health insurance company premiums to
            certain buyers of coverage in individual markets, (see S. 1804),
            S2296 [19MR]
        Medicare:  delay implementation of interim payment system to home
            health agencies for home health services, (see S. 1643), S730
            [12FE]
        Minimum wage:  level, (see S. 1573), S48 [27JA], (see S. 1805),
            S2296 [19MR]
        Northeastern University:  anniversary, (see S. Res. 183), S1003
            [25FE]
        Small business:  provide grants to microenterprise organizations to
            assist disadvantaged entrepreneurs, (see S. 2190), S6564 [18JN]
        Tariff:  loudspeakers not mounted in their enclosures, (see S.
            2439), S9940 [3SE]
        ------ loudspeakers parts, (see S. 2438), S9939 [3SE]
      Cloture motions
        Political campaigns:  protect individuals from having their money
            involuntarily collected and used for politics by a corporation
            or labor organization (S. 1663), S909 [24FE], S909 [24FE], S1045
            [26FE]
        Satcher, David:  nomination to be Surgeon General and Assistant Sec.
            of HHS, S446 [5FE], S541 [10FE]
      Descriptions
        Children's Gun Violence Prevention Act (S. 2185), S6496 [17JN]
        Examples of How Auctions Are Used in Federal Programs, S7865 [9JY]
      Documents
        Republican Health Care Principles, S7927 [10JY]
      Essays
        Why I Am Glad America Is a Nation of Immigrants:  Jaclyn Mals, S7354
            [6JY]
        ------ Kayla Weinstein, S7355 [6JY]
        ------ Mandi Steiner, S7355 [6JY]
        ------ Samantha Fonseca-Moreira, S7355 [6JY]
        ------ Tony Kudron, S7354 [6JY]
      Eulogies
        McAdams, Michael E. (Goose):  Joseph M. Hassett, S3112 [2AP]
        ------ Senator Dodd, S3111 [2AP]
        Ribicoff, Abraham A.:  by Jon O. Newman, S3110 [2AP]
        ------ by Senator Dodd, S3109 [2AP]
        Stevens, Roger:  by, S816 [23FE]
        ------ by Marta Istomin, S815 [23FE]
        ------ by William M. Blair, S815 [23FE]
      Excerpts
        Senate floor speeches advocating ``two track'' system to consider
            legislation, S10203 [10SE]
      Invocations
        Memorial Service for Yitzhak Rabin:  Bernard C. Law, S257 [2FE]
      Letters
        Boston, MA, efforts to control juvenile crime and violence:  Paul F.
            Evans, Boston, MA, Police Commissioner, S514 [9FE]
        Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act implementation:
            Consortium for Citizens With Disabilities, S2584 [25MR], S2626
            [26MR]
        ----- Fran Visco, National Breast Cancer Coalition, S2626 [26MR]
        ----- Gail Shearer and Adrienne Mitchem, Consumers Union, S2584
            [25MR], S2627 [26MR]
        ----- Laurie M. Flynn, National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, S2584
            [25MR], S2626 [26MR]
        ----- Nancy-Ann Min DeParle, Health Care Financing Administration,
            S2584 [25MR]
        ----- Patrisha Wright, Disability Rights and Education Defense Fund,
            Inc., S2584 [25MR], S2627 [26MR]
        ----- Ron Pollack, Families USA Foundation, S2584 [25MR], S2627
            [26MR]
        ----- several mental health organizations, S2627 [26MR]
        Hiring of certain individuals whose sole purpose of seeking
            employment is union organization and representation:  Cliff
            Frankin, Central Electric Co., Inc., S10278 [14SE]
        ----- Frank Alonso, Alonso Electric (business), S10278 [14SE]
        ----- Robert Wilson, Wilson Electric (business), S10279 [14SE]
        ----- Tim J. Long, TL Electric, Inc., S10278 [14SE]
        ----- William D. Larlee, Coast Electric (business), S10279 [14SE]
        Human Cloning Prohibition Act:  Alan F. Holmer, Pharmaceutical
            Research and Manufacturers of America, S562 [10FE]
        ------ Sharon S. Holston, FDA, S562 [10FE]
        Needle exchange programs recommendations:  Dept. of HHS, S498 [9FE]
        Nomination of David Satcher to be Surgeon General and Assistant Sec.
            of HHS:  Arthur Ammann, S483 [9FE]
        ----- Barry R. McCaffrey, Office of National Drug Control Policy,
            S539 [10FE]
        ----- David Satcher, S485 [9FE]
        ----- Harold Varmus, NIH, S462 [5FE], S539 [10FE]
        ----- Louis W. Sullivan, S365 [4FE], S483 [9FE]
        ----- P. John Seward, AMA, S484 [9FE]
        Patients' Bill of Rights Act:  several organizations, S11327 [2OC]
        Protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's:  Mental
            Health Liaison Group, S10820 [23SE]
        Protection of enrollees in managed health care plans and HMO's:
            several health care consumer organizations, S6138 [11JN]
        ----- several nurses, S6138 [11JN]
        ------ several women's organizations, S11542 [6OC]
        Workforce Investment Partnership Act:  Bret Lovejoy, American
            Vocational Association, S4009 [1MY]
        ------ David R. Pierce, American Association of Community Colleges,
            S4009 [1MY]
        ------ Gordon M. Ambach, Council of Chief State School Officers,
            S4009 [1MY]
        ------ Kimberly A. Green, National Association of State Directors of
            Vocational Technical Education Consortium, S4008 [1MY]
        ------ several educational organizations, S4008 [1MY]
      Lists
        Campaign for a Fair Minimum Wage participants, S10261 [11SE]
      Petitions and memorials
        Massachusetts:  food stamp eligibility for legal aliens, S3113 [2AP]
      Privilege of the floor
        Butler, Jim, S7780 [9JY]
        Gadbois, Ellen, S419 [5FE]
        Garner, Connie, S3261 [20AP], S4004 [1MY]
        Krone, Jennifer, S7780 [9JY]
        Lewis, Caroline, S350 [4FE]
        Reichman, Mary, S8302 [16JY]
        Robertson, Diane, S350 [4FE], S419 [5FE], S8302 [16JY]
        Sachs, Stacey, S8302 [16JY]
      Remarks
        Abortion:  performance at military medical facilities, S7065 [25JN]
        ------ prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 1122), veto, S10557
            [18SE]
        Agriculture:  ensure that federally funded research and education
            programs address high-priority concerns with national multistate
            significance (S. 1150), conference report, S4658 [12MY], S4675
            [12MY]
        ------ Federal Crop Insurance Program funding, S4675 [12MY]
        Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
            making appropriations (S. 2159), S8302 [16JY], S8303 [16JY],
            S8307 [16JY], S8320 [16JY]
        American Immigration Lawyers Association:  tribute to winners of the
            Celebrate America essay contest, S7354 [6JY]
        Appropriations:  making emergency supplemental for disaster relief
            and overseas peacekeeping operations (S. 1768), S2485 [24MR],
            S2506 [25MR], S2515 [25MR], S2518 [25MR], S2522 [25MR], S2523
            [25MR], S2583-S2585 [25MR], S2591 [26MR], S2619 [26MR], S2624
            [26MR], S2626 [26MR], S2627 [26MR], S2628 [26MR], S2629 [26MR]
        ------ making omnibus consolidated and emergency supplemental
            appropriations, S12806 [21OC]
        Armed Forces:  gender-integrated training policies, S6980 [24JN],
            S7106 [25JN]
        ------ require separate barracks and ensure privacy for male and
            female recruits during basic training, S6980 [24JN], S7106
            [25JN]
        Bankruptcy:  consumer protection (S. 1301), S10192 [10SE], S10193
            [10SE], S10464 [17SE], S10680 [22SE], S10681 [22SE], S10691
            [22SE], S10692 [22SE], S10695 [22SE]
        ------ consumer protection (S. 1301), motion to proceed, S10094
            [9SE], S10096 [9SE]
        ------ consumer protection (S. 1301), unanimous-consent request,
            S9917 [3SE]
        Boston, MA:  tribute on efforts to control juvenile crime and
            violence, S514 [9FE]
        Boston University:  anniversary of School of Medicine, S10114 [9SE]
        Budget:  establish reserve fund to provide certain disabled
            beneficiaries with opportunities to return to work, S3088 [2AP]
        ------ setting forth the Federal budget for 1999-2003 (S. Con. Res.
            86), S2706 [27MR], S2708 [27MR], S2709 [27MR], S2742 [30MR],
            S2786 [31MR], S2787 [31MR], S2791 [31MR], S2815 [31MR], S2903
            [1AP], S2905 [1AP], S2924 [1AP], S3045 [2AP], S3048 [2AP], S3051
            [2AP], S3054 [2AP], S3055 [2AP], S3077 [2AP], S3080 [2AP], S3081
            [2AP], S3082 [2AP], S3088 [2AP]
        ------ use of Federal share of receipts from any tobacco industry
            liability settlement or legislation, S2905 [1AP]
        Business and industry:  hiring of certain individuals whose sole
            purpose of seeking employment is union organization and
            representation, S10277 [14SE], S10280 [14SE], S10283 [14SE],
            S10306 [14SE], S10308 [14SE]
        Capitol Building and Grounds:  tribute to John M. Gibson and Jacob
            J. Chestnut of the Capitol Police for acts of heroism (S. Con.
            Res. 110), S9034 [27JY]
        Children and youth:  provide health insurance for uninsured
            children, S2746 [30MR]
        Colleges and universities:  allow use of age-based incentives for
            the voluntary retirement of tenured faculty, S8055 [13JY]
        ------ discourage alcohol abuse on campus, S7857 [9JY]
        ------ increase public awareness of crime on campuses, S7790 [9JY]
        Columbus Day:  observance, S12356 [12OC]
        Community Reinvestment Act:  credit requirements for small community
            banks, S8982 [24JY]
        ------ loan requirements for credit unions relative to non-members,
            S8982 [24JY]
        Community Services Block Grant Program:  reauthorize and amend (S.
            2206), S9086 [27JY]
        ------ reauthorize and amend (S. 2206), conference report, S11868
            [8OC]
        Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty:  ratification, S6034 [10JN]
        Consumers:  limit the imposition of additional fees for use of
            certain automatic teller machines utilizing a national or
            regional network, S10464 [17SE]
        Contraceptives:  require equitable coverage of drugs, devices, and
            services under health insurance plans, S9196 [29JY]
        Copyrights:  duration of protection (S. 505), S11673 [7OC]
        Courts:  simplify and expedite access to Federal courts for injured
            parties whose rights and privileges have been deprived by final
            actions of State or Federal agencies (S. 2271), S8043 [13JY]
        Credit unions:  clarify laws relative to field of membership of
            Federal credit unions (H.R. 1151), S8982 [24JY]
        Crime:  enhance Federal enforcement of hate crimes (S. 1529), S12643
            [15OC]
        Cuba:  U.S. policy, S2284 [19MR]
        Democratic Party:  national agenda, S707 [12FE]
        Dept. of Defense:  authorizing appropriations for military
            activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military
            construction (S. 2057), S6850 [23JN], S6980 [24JN], S7065
            [25JN], S7084 [25JN], S7106 [25JN]
        ------ authorizing appropriations for military activities and
            prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3616), conference report,
            S11228 [1OC]
        ------ computer security funding through offsets in S-3 Weapon
            System Improvement Program, S9379 [30JY]
        ------ making appropriations (H.R. 4103), conference report, S11083
            [29SE]
        ------ making appropriations (S. 2132), S9379 [30JY]
        ------ require report on Russian tactical nuclear weapons, S6850
            [23JN]
        Dept. of Education:  establish monetary awards to schools designated
            Blue Ribbon Schools, S3415 [22AP]
        ------ extend Pell Grant aid to certain students enrolled in State
            required teacher certification courses, S7789 [9JY]
        ------ pilot program on use of competition to set interest rates on
            student loans, S7865 [9JY], S7866 [9JY], S7867 [9JY], S7868
            [9JY]
        ------ prohibit funding of national testing proposals without
            explicit and specific legislation, S3405 [22AP], S3406 [22AP],
            S3407 [22AP]
        ------ reform and reauthorize the State Student Incentive Grant
            Program, S4980 [18MY]
        Dept. of Energy:  renewable energy research and development funding,
            S6516 [18JN]
        ------ tritium production technology study, S11228 [1OC]
        Dept. of HHS:  revise and extend certain women's health research and
            prevention activities programs (S. 1722), S1512 [6MR]
        Dept. of the Interior:  prohibit certain Indian gaming regulations,
            S2591 [26MR]
        Dept. of the Interior and related agencies:  making appropriations
            (S. 2237), S10166 [10SE], S10375 [15SE]
        Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the
            President, and independent agencies:  making appropriations (S.
            2312), S9192 [29JY], S9196 [29JY]
        Dept. of Transportation and related agencies:  making appropriations
            (H.R. 4328), conference report, S12806 [21OC]
        Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
            agencies:  authorizing appropriations (S. 2260), S8704 [22JY],
            S8744 [22JY], S8847 [23JY], S8848 [23JY], S8850 [23JY]
        ----- authorizing appropriations (S. 2260), unanimous-consent
            request, S8771 [22JY]
        Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
             making appropriations (S. 2168), S8443 [17JY]
        Disabled:  provide accessible and affordable health care for
            disabled persons, S2746 [30MR]
        Drug abuse:  national policy to combat the distribution, sale, and
            use of illegal drugs by young people, S5744 [9JN]
        Earthquakes:  disaster assistance to the Azores, S7925 [10JY]
        Education:  assist urban and rural local education agencies in
            raising the academic achievement of all students (S. 2044),
            S4531 [7MY]
        ------ direct funding and control to local educational agencies,
            S3376 [22AP], S3418 [22AP]
        ------ Eisenhower Teacher Training Program funding, S12357 [12OC],
            S12358 [12OC]
        ------ improve and expand charter schools (H.R. 2616), S12069 [8OC]
        ------ improve the reading and literacy skills of children and
            families, S3489 [23AP], S3494 [23AP] improve the reading and
            literacy skills of children and families (H.R. 2614), S7295
            [26JN]
        ------ improve the reading and literacy skills of children and
            families (H.R. 2614), S11537 [6OC]
        ------ increase the number of qualified teachers through a student
            loan forgiveness program, S3261 [20AP], S3263 [20AP], S3264
            [20AP], S3321 [21AP], S3322 [21AP]
        ------ national policy to improve system, S3080 [2AP], S6930 [24JN],
            S12277 [10OC], S12357 [12OC], S12358 [12OC], S12359 [12OC],
            S12443 [13OC], S12806 [21OC]
        ------ national policy to improve system (S. 1708), S1345 [4MR]
        ------ reductions in school class size, S2706 [27MR], S2709 [27MR],
            S2742 [30MR], S2791 [31MR], S3326 [21AP], S3394 [22AP]
        ------ require academic majors for secondary school teacher
            candidates, S7853 [9JY]
        ------ school construction and infrastructure improvements funding,
            S3412 [22AP], S3413 [22AP]
        ------ spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars on
            children's classrooms, S3392 [22AP], S3394 [22AP], S3419 [22AP]
        ------ vocational education funding (H.R. 1853), conference report,
            S12035 [8OC]
        EEOC:  funding, S2709 [27MR], S3081 [2AP], S3082 [2AP]
        Employment:  consolidate Federal job training programs (H.R. 1385),
            S4264 [5MY], S4265 [5MY]
        ----- consolidate Federal job training programs (H.R. 1385),
            conference report, S9490 [30JY]
        ------ establish a training voucher system, S4264 [5MY]
        ------ improve and consolidate Federal job training programs (S.
            1186), S4004 [1MY], S4009 [1MY], S4017 [1MY], S4018 [1MY]
        ------ prohibit funds designated for the Workforce Investment
            Partnership Act to be used for the School-to-Work Opportunities
            Act, S4017 [1MY]
        ------ protect employer rights (S. 1981), S10263 [11SE]
        ------ protect employer rights (S. 1981), motion to proceed, S10275
            [14SE], S10277 [14SE], S10280 [14SE], S10283 [14SE], S10306
            [14SE], S10308 [14SE], S10309 [14SE]
        ------ provide compensatory time opportunities and certain work
            programs for private sector employees, S2485 [24MR]
        ------ require random drug testing for job training program
            applicants, S4018 [1MY]
        Energy and water development:  making appropriations (S. 2138),
            S6511 [18JN], S6516 [18JN]
        FAA:  reauthorizing programs (S. 2279), unanimous-consent agreement,
            S10790 [23SE]
        Fair Labor Standards Act:  anniversary, S7161 [25JN]
        Families and domestic relations:  increase availability,
            affordability, and quality of child care, S2709 [27MR]
        ----- increase availability, affordability, and quality of child
            care during periods outside school hours (S. 1697), S1202 [2MR]
        FCC:  E-Rate Program implementation, S6006 [10JN]
        FDA:  notification of recalls of drugs and medical devices, S8307
            [16JY]
        ------ Youth Anti-Smoking Initiative Enforcement and Outreach
            Program funding, S8320 [16JY]
        Federal highway program:  replace affirmative action policies with
            emerging business enterprise programs, S1429 [5MR], S1481 [6MR],
            S1484 [6MR]
        Firearms:  protect children from violence (S. 2185), S6492 [17JN]
        ------ requirements for owners relative to storage or gun safety
            devices to prevent access by children, S8744 [22JY]
        Food:  implementation of regulations relative to exposure of
            children to pesticides used in certain products, S8443 [17JY]
        ------ promote research and education on safety, S8302 [16JY], S8303
            [16JY]
        Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs:  making
            appropriations (S. 2334), S9749 [1SE]
        Friends of Ireland (organization):  tribute, S2113 [17MR]
        Georgia, Republic of:  independence anniversary, S5421 [22MY]
        Hayes, Christopher F.:  Ameritech (business) Award of Excellence in
            Crime Prevention recipient, S11961 [8OC]
        Head Start Program:  reauthorize and amend (S. 2206), S9086 [27JY]
        ------ reauthorize and amend (S. 2206), conference report, S11868
            [8OC]
        Health:  improve the distribution of health care professionals to
            underserved areas and consolidate and reauthorize health
            education programs for minority and disadvantaged individuals
            (S. 1754), S1891 [12MR]
        ------ national policy to provide health care and reform insurance
            procedures, S707 [12FE]
        ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's,
            S2746 [30MR], S3045 [2AP], S3048 [2AP], S3051 [2AP], S3054
            [2AP], S3055 [2AP], S3077 [2AP], S4556-S4558 [8MY], S6137
            [11JN], S6694-S6696 [19JN], S7566 [7JY], S7570 [7JY], S7700
            [8JY], S7925-S7926 [10JY], S8050 [13JY], S8051 [13JY], S9917
            [3SE], S9921 [3SE], S10094 [9SE], S10819 [23SE], S10820 [23SE],
            S10822 [23SE], S10884-S10886 [24SE], S10972 [25SE], S10975
            [25SE], S11103 [29SE], S11106 [29SE], S11155 [30SE], S11272
            [1OC], S11274 [1OC], S11541 [6OC], S11542 [6OC]
        ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R.
            4250), unanimous-consent request, S9733 [1SE], S9734 [1SE],
            S9738 [1SE], S10099 [9SE], S10100 [9SE]
        ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S.
            1890), S11325-S11327 [2OC], S11327 [2OC], S12127 [9OC]
        ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S.
            1890), S4641 [12MY], S5568 [2JN], S6273 [12JN], S7253 [26JN]
            protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S.
            1891), S2861 [31MR] protection of enrollees in managed care
            plans and HMO's (S. 2330), S8881 [23JY], S8884 [23JY], S8885
            [23JY], S8982 [24JY], S8983 [24JY], S9346-S9349 [30JY]
        ------ require certain businesses to provide health insurance
            coverage (S. 1969), S3440 [22AP]
        ------ require certain businesses to provide health insurance
            coverage (S. 1969), S11120 [29SE]
        ------ revise and extend bone marrow donation and transplantation
            program (S. 2150), S5797 [9JN]
        Health Care Financing Administration:  employee funding, S2515
            [25MR], S2518 [25MR], S2522 [25MR], S2523 [25MR], S2583-S2585
            [25MR], S2619 [26MR], S2624 [26MR], S2626 [26MR], S2628 [26MR],
            S2629 [26MR]
        Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act:
            implementation, S2104 [17MR], S2515 [25MR], S2518 [25MR], S2522
            [25MR], S2523 [25MR], S2583-S2585 [25MR], S2619 [26MR], S2624
            [26MR], S2626 [26MR], S2628 [26MR], S2629 [26MR]
        Higher Education Act:  improve accountability and reform certain
            programs, S7816 [9JY]
        ------ reauthorize (H.R. 6), conference report, S11071 [29SE],
            S11077 [29SE], S11078 [29SE]
        ------ reauthorize (S. 1882), S2771 [30MR], S7780 [9JY], S7786
            [9JY], S7789 [9JY], S7790 [9JY], S7792 [9JY], S7816 [9JY], S7820
            [9JY], S7824 [9JY], S7853 [9JY], S7857 [9JY], S7859 [9JY], S7865
            [9JY], S7866 [9JY], S7867 [9JY], S7868 [9JY], S7872 [9JY], S8055
            [13JY]
        Hormel, James C.:  nomination to be Ambassador to Luxembourg, S2848
            [31MR]
        Immigrant Investor Program:  repeal, S4985 [18MY], S4986 [18MY],
            S4987 [18MY]
        Immigration:  adjust status of certain Haitian refugees, S9192
            [29JY]
        ------ adjust status of certain Haitian refugees (S. 1504),
            S13003<bullet> [12NO]
        ------ educational performance of immigrant children, S2416 [23MR]
        ------ increase number of temporary visas for skilled workers and
            expand education and training opportunities for U.S. students
            and workers (S. 1723), S4962 [18MY], S4965 [18MY], S4967 [18MY],
            S4969 [18MY], S4973 [18MY], S4977 [18MY], S4979 [18MY], S4980
            [18MY], S4985 [18MY], S4986 [18MY], S4987 [18MY], S4989 [18MY],
            S4996 [18MY] increase number of temporary visas for skilled
            workers and expand education and training opportunities for U.S.
            students and workers (S. 1878), S2725 [27MR]
        ------ increase number of temporary visas for skilled workers and
            protect similarly qualified U.S. workers (H.R. 3736),
            S13001<bullet> [12NO]
        ------ protect and recruit qualified U.S. workers while increasing
            number of temporary visas for skilled workers, S4964 [18MY],
            S4965 [18MY], S4989 [18MY], S4996 [18MY]
        ------ provide whistleblower protection to foreign workers who file
            successful complaints against employers, S4967 [18MY]
        ------ reform the temporary agricultural workers program, S8847
            [23JY], S8848 [23JY], S8850 [23JY]
        ------ strengthen naturalization process (S. 1717), S1443 [5MR]
        INS:  restructure and reform (S. 2428), S9689 [31AU]
        Insurance:  coverage of minimum hospital stays and reconstructive
            surgery relative to breast cancer and of second opinions for any
            cancer diagnosis (S. 249), S4644 [12MY], S4645 [12MY], S4651
            [12MY]
        ------ limit increase in health insurance company premiums to
            certain buyers of coverage in individual markets (S. 1804),
            S2304 [19MR]
        Ireland:  establish a cultural and training program for
            disadvantaged individuals from Northern Ireland and the Republic
            of Ireland (S. 2269), S12579 [14OC]
        Israel:  independence anniversary, S3917 [30AP]
        Khuri, Shukri F.:  Frank Brown Berry Prize in Federal Medicine award
            recipient, S11962 [8OC]
        Libya:  impose multilateral sanctions for failure to transfer
            terrorists responsible for the bombing of Pan Am flight 103 to
            Netherlands for trial, S9749 [1SE]
        LIHEAP:  reauthorize and amend (S. 2206), S9086 [27JY]
        ------ reauthorize and amend (S. 2206), conference report, S11868
            [8OC]
        Massiah-Jackson, Frederica A.:  withdrawal of nomination to be
            district judge, S2143<bullet> [17MR]
        Medicare:  allow beneficiaries to enter into private contracts for
            services, S2815 [31MR]
        ------ delay implementation of interim payment system to home health
            agencies for home health services (S. 1643), S749 [12FE]
        ------ improve access to health insurance by offering certain
            individuals a Medicare buy-in option, S2708 [27MR], S2746 [30MR]
            improve access to health insurance by offering certain
            individuals a Medicare buy-in option (S. 1789), S2134 [17MR]
        ------ payments to children's hospitals that operate graduate
            medical education programs (S. 2049), S4538 [7MY]
        Miller, Christine O.C.:  nomination to be Federal claims judge, S295
            [3FE]
        Minimum wage:  level, S707 [12FE], S1802<bullet> [11MR], S4776
            [13MY], S9903 [3SE], S9922 [3SE], S10096 [9SE], S10193 [10SE],
            S10260 [11SE], S10262 [11SE], S10647 [21SE], S10680 [22SE],
            S10681 [22SE], S10691 [22SE], S10692 [22SE], S10695 [22SE]
        ------ level (S. 1573), S51 [27JA], S53 [27JA], S54 [27JA]
        ------ level (S. 1805), S2305 [19MR]
        Mollway, Susan Oki:  nomination to be district judge, S6757 [22JN]
        Moreno, Carlos R.:  nomination to be district judge, S295 [3FE]
        Morrow, Margaret M.:  nomination to be district judge, S651 [11FE]
        Murnion, Nickolas C.:  Kennedy Library Foundation Profile in Courage
            Award recipient, S5630 [4JN]
        National Endowment for the Arts:  funding, S10375 [15SE]
        Northeastern University:  anniversary (S. Res. 183), S1032 [25FE]
        Northern Ireland:  condemn firebombing of house by Protestant
            extremists killing three Catholic boys, S8050 [13JY]
        ------ peace efforts, S12694 [20OC]
        Northern Ireland Peace Agreement:  tribute (S. Con. Res. 90), S3496
            [23AP]
        NSF:  authorizing appropriations (S. 1046), S4661 [12MY]
        OSHA:  prohibit any employee performance measures relative to number
            of inspections conducted, citations issued, or penalties
            assessed (H.R. 2877), S7035 [24JN]
        Passports:  require that applications for minors have signatures of
            both parents, S4979 [18MY]
        Political campaigns:  ethics reform and contribution limits, S878
            [24FE], S10166 [10SE]
        ------ ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2183), S9917
            [3SE]
        ------ protect individuals from having their money involuntarily
            collected and used for politics by a corporation or labor
            organization (S. 1663), S878 [24FE]
        Postal Service:  application of OSHA standards in the same manner as
            any other employer (S. 2112), S5436 [22MY], S9529 [31JY]
        Presidential appointments:  Senate process for confirmation of
            judicial nominees, S85 [28JA], S295 [3FE]
        Protocols to the North Atlantic Treaty on Accession of Poland,
            Hungary, and the Czech Republic:  ratification, S3889 [30AP]
        Public welfare programs:  food stamp eligibility for certain aliens,
            S4658 [12MY], S4675 [12MY]
        ------ food stamp eligibility for legal aliens, S2966 [1AP], S3113
            [2AP]
        ------ make postsecondary or vocational education training a
            permissible work activity, S7820 [9JY]
        Public Works and Economic Development Act:  reauthorize and reform
            programs (S. 1647), S762 [12FE]
        Rehabilitation Act:  extend authorization, S4009 [1MY]
        ------ extend authorization (S. 1579), S169 [28JA]
        Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport:  designate (S. 1575),
            S337 [4FE]
        Sanford, Terry:  tribute (S. Res. 211), S3332 [21AP]
        Satcher, David:  nomination to be Surgeon General and Assistant Sec.
            of HHS, S350 [4FE], S352 [4FE], S361 [4FE], S364 [4FE], S365
            [4FE], S462 [5FE], S480 [9FE], S482 [9FE], S483 [9FE], S485
            [9FE], S497 [9FE], S498 [9FE], S539 [10FE]
        Schools:  allow same-gender public schools and classrooms as long as
            comparable education opportunities are offered to both sexes,
            S3335 [21AP]
        Science:  prohibit cloning of humans (S. 1601), S513 [9FE]
        ------ prohibit cloning of humans (S. 1601), motion to proceed, S434
            [5FE], S561 [10FE], S562 [10FE], S563 [10FE], S602 [11FE], S607
            [11FE]
        ------ prohibit cloning of humans (S. 1602), S324 [3FE]
        Senate:  legislative priorities, S7570 [7JY], S10094 [9SE], S10096
            [9SE], S10099 [9SE], S10100 [9SE], S10203 [10SE]
        ------ legislative program, S2452 [24MR], S8087 [14JY], S8982
            [24JY], S9738 [1SE], S9917 [3SE], S10448 [16SE], S12277 [10OC]
        ------ tribute to staff for work on H.R. 6, Higher Education Act
            reauthorization, S11078 [29SE]
        Small business:  provide grants to microenterprise organizations to
            assist disadvantaged entrepreneurs (S. 2190), S6567 [18JN]
        Social Security:  budget treatment of trust funds, S10331 [15SE]
        ------ provide certain disabled beneficiaries with opportunities to
            return to work by improving access to health care (S. 1858),
            S2572 [25MR]
        ------ use budget surplus to establish personal retirement savings
            accounts, S2924 [1AP]
        Taxation:  adjust deduction amounts for certain married couples and
            allow full deduction of health insurance costs for self-employed
            individuals, S6007 [10JN]
        ------ creation of a new class of bonds for new school construction
            and renovation, S3326 [21AP], S3341 [21AP], S3346 [21AP]
        ------ disallow deductions for advertising, promotional, and
            marketing expenses relative to tobacco products unless certain
            requirements are met, S6281 [12JN]
        ------ eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate
            brackets and standard deduction amounts, S5618 [4JN]
        ------ tax credits relative to elementary and secondary school
            construction, S2169 [18MR], S2170 [18MR], S2903 [1AP] tax
            credits relative to elementary and secondary school construction
            (S. 1705), S1341 [4MR]
        ------ tax incentives to donate to elementary and secondary schools
            and other organizations providing scholarships to disadvantaged
            students, S3470 [23AP]
        ------ treatment of education individual retirement accounts
            relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R.
            2646), S2169 [18MR], S2170 [18MR], S2285 [19MR], S2358 [20MR],
            S2360 [20MR], S2390 [23MR], S2391 [23MR], S2392 [23MR], S2398
            [23MR], S2634 [26MR], S3261 [20AP], S3262 [20AP], S3263 [20AP],
            S3264 [20AP], S3265 [20AP], S3321 [21AP], S3322 [21AP], S3326
            [21AP], S3335 [21AP], S3341 [21AP], S3346 [21AP], S3376 [22AP],
            S3392 [22AP], S3394 [22AP], S3396 [22AP], S3405 [22AP], S3406
            [22AP], S3407 [22AP], S3411 [22AP], S3412 [22AP], S3413 [22AP],
            S3415 [22AP], S3418 [22AP], S3419 [22AP], S3470 [23AP], S3489
            [23AP], S3494 [23AP], S3525 [23AP] treatment of education
            individual retirement accounts relative to elementary and
            secondary school expenses (H.R. 2646), conference report, S6872
            [23JN], S6930 [24JN], S6931 [24JN] treatment of education
            individual retirement accounts relative to elementary and
            secondary school expenses (S. 1133), S2104 [17MR]
        ------ treatment of Internet and interactive computer service
            commerce (S. 442), motion to proceed, S11103 [29SE]
        ------ treatment of student loan program fees, S7859 [9JY]
        Tobacco products:  granting of immunity or limiting liability for
            tobacco companies in lawsuits relative to health risks and
            marketing and manufacturing practices, S5248 [21MY]
        ------ impact of tobacco industry trust fund payments on cigarette
            prices, S5117 [19MY], S5145-S5148 [19MY], S5150 [20MY], S5187
            [20MY], S5188 [20MY], S5504 [1JN], S5619 [4JN]
        ------ limit access to minors, S5504 [1JN], S5744 [9JN], S6007
            [10JN], S6153 [11JN]
        ------ limit tobacco settlement attorneys' fees, S6379 [16JN]
        ------ prevent use by minors, reduce secondhand smoke, require
            document disclosure and deny immunity relative to industry
            settlement, end promotion of exports, and provide transitional
            assistance to farmers (S. 1638), S742 [12FE]
        ------ prohibit immunity in tobacco industry liability settlement
            relative to health risks and marketing and manufacturing
            practices, S2744 [30MR]
        ------ regulation of tobacco industry to alleviate health risks to
            children, S2707 [27MR]
        ------ specify percentage of revenues from tobacco industry
            settlement to be used for Child Care and Development Block Grant
            Act activities, S6153 [11JN]
        ------ tobacco industry liability settlement relative to health
            risks and marketing and manufacturing practices, S6511 [18JN],
            S8090 [14JY] tobacco industry liability settlement relative to
            health risks and marketing and manufacturing practices (S.
            1415), S4975 [18MY], S5117 [19MY], S5145-S5148 [19MY], S5150
            [20MY], S5187 [20MY], S5188 [20MY], S5248 [21MY], S5504 [1JN],
            S5618 [4JN], S5744 [9JN], S6007 [10JN], S6153 [11JN], S6274
            [12JN], S6281 [12JN], S6379 [16JN], S6475 [17JN], S6477 [17JN]
        Transportation:  funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
            programs, and transit programs (S. 1173), S463 [5FE], S1429
            [5MR], S1481 [6MR], S1484 [6MR]
        Tufts University:  observance of Tuftonia's Week, S3276 [20AP]
        Veterans:  Federal Employees Health Benefits Program retiree
            benefits, S11228 [1OC]
        ------ treatment of education benefits, S7792 [9JY]
        Weapons:  antiballistic missile systems deployment policy (S. 1873),
            motion to proceed, S4762 [13MY]
        ------ Photonics Research Center funding, S11083 [29SE]
      Remarks in Senate relative to
        Tribute, S447 [5FE], S816 [23FE], S2747 [30MR], S7008 [24JN]
      Reports
        Hunger 1997--The Faces and Facts:  Second Harvest (organization),
            S1802<bullet> [11MR]
      Statements
        Human Cloning Prohibition Act:  OMB, S513 [9FE]
        Patients' Bill of Rights Act:  A.G. Newmyer III, Epilepsy
            Foundation, S11326 [2OC]
        ------ Debra L. Ness, National Partnership for Women & Families,
            S11326 [2OC]
        Protection of Enrollees in Managed Care Plans and HMO's:  Diane
            Bergin, S10885 [24SE]
        ------ Doris Brightful, S11106 [29SE]
        ------ Jeanne Carpenter, Epilepsy Foundation, S11107 [29SE]
        ------ Jerry Flynn, S11105 [29SE]
        ------ Ken Viste, American Academy of Neurology, S11106 [29SE]
        ------ Mirtha Casimir, S11106 [29SE]
        ------ Tom McEachin, S11105 [29SE]
        Protection of Enrollees in Managed Health Care Plans and HMO's:
            Frances M. Visco, S11543 [6OC]
        Protection of First Amendment Rights Relative to RICO:  by, S12179
            [9OC]
        St. Patrick's Day Call for Peace in Northern Ireland:  Friends of
            Ireland (organization), S2113 [17MR]
        Tribute to John M. Gibson and Jacob J. Chestnut of the Capitol
            Police for Acts of Heroism:  President Clinton, S9034 [27JY]
        Workforce Investment Partnership Act:  OMB, S4008 [1MY]
      Summaries
        High-Tech Immigration and U.S. Worker Protection Act (S. 1878),
            S2725 [27MR]
      Testimonies
        Patients' Bill of Rights Act:  Bruce Chabner, S8982 [24JY]
        Protection of Enrollees in Managed Care Plans and HMO's:  Charlotte
            Yeh, American College of Emergency Physicians, S10822 [23SE]
      Texts of
        S. 1573, Fair Minimum Wage Act, S56 [27JA]
        S. 1643, delay implementation of interim payment system to home
            health agencies for home health services, S749 [12FE]
        S. 1697, America After School Act, S1203-S1205 [2MR]
        S. 1717, New American Citizenship Act, S1444 [5MR]
        S. 1804, Affordable Health Insurance Act, S2304 [19MR]
        S. 1805, Fair Minimum Wage Act, S2305 [19MR]
        S. 1969, Health Care for Working Families Act, S3440 [22AP]
        S. 2044, assist urban and rural local education agencies in raising
            the academic achievement of all students, S4531-S4534 [7MY]
        S. 2185, Children's Gun Violence Prevention Act, S6492-S6496 [17JN]
        S. 2190, Program for Investment in Microentrepreneurs Act, S6568
            [18JN]
        S. 2428, Immigration and Naturalization Service Restructuring Act,
            S9690-S9692 [31AU]
      Tributes
        Brunelle, Harold S., S3532 [23AP], S4034 [1MY]
        Ford, Senator, S1951 [13MR]
        Gianetti, Elizabeth, S5511 [1JN]
        Humphrey Brown, Muriel, S10646 [21SE]
        McAdams, Michael E. (Goose), S3111 [2AP]
        Murphy, Patrick, S12442 [13OC]
        O'Donnell, Kirk, S10094 [9SE]
        O'Dwyer, Paul, S7009 [24JN]
        Powers, Dave, S2715 [27MR]
        Rabin, Yitzhak, S257 [2FE]
        Ribicoff, Abraham A., S3109 [2AP]
        Richardson, Maurice H., S7354 [6JY]
        Shields, Bill, S11964 [8OC]
        Stabile, Bernardino R., S12570<bullet> [14OC]
        Stevens, Betsy, S3558<bullet> [23AP]
        Stevens, Roger, S814 [23FE]