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

    EMPLOYMENT related term(s) Sexual Harassment; Unemployment
      Addresses
        EDA and the Federal Role in Economics Development--an Historical
            Perspective:  John E. Corrigan, Economic Development
            Administration, E2110-E2112 [13OC]
        Social Security Saved! Senator Moynihan, S2155-S2157 [18MR]
        Workforce Development:  Edward Rendell, Mayor of Philadelphia, PA,
            E457 [24MR]
      Amendments
        Children and youth:  child labor provisions relative to the
            operation of automobiles and trucks (H.R. 2327), S12397 [12OC],
            S12427 [12OC]
        Correctional institutions:  test incarcerated persons for serious
            transmissible diseases if their bodily fluids come into contact
            with corrections personnel (H.R. 2070), S12680 [20OC], S12726
            [20OC], H11701 [21OC]
        Education:  vocational education funding (H.R. 1853), S6296 [12JN],
            S6328 [15JN]
        Fair Labor Standards Act:  minimum wage and overtime exemptions for
            certain employees (H.R. 2888), H4332 [9JN], H4474 [10JN], H4475
            [10JN]
        Federal employees:  prevent discrimination against preference
            eligibles applying for certain Government positions (S. 1021),
            S11497 [5OC], S11508 [5OC]
        Government:  improve and consolidate Federal job training programs
            (S. 1186), S3963 [1MY], S4016 [1MY], S4017 [1MY], S4019 [1MY],
            S4020 [1MY], S4041 [1MY], S4086 [1MY], S4128 [1MY], S4129 [1MY]
        Government regulations:  analyze impact and improve congressional
            deliberation of proposed Federal private sector mandates (H.R.
            3534), H3107 [12MY], H3229 [13MY], H3430 [19MY], H3432 [19MY],
            H3436 [19MY], H3443 [19MY], H3446 [19MY]
        Haskell Indian Nations University:  test the feasibility and
            desirability of new personnel management policies and procedures
            (H.R. 4259), H9642 [6OC]
        Immigration:  increase number of temporary visas for skilled workers
            and expand education and training opportunities for U.S.
            students and workers (S. 1723), S4966 [18MY], S4967 [18MY],
            S4978 [18MY], S4979 [18MY], S4981 [18MY], S4989 [18MY], S4992
            [18MY], S5025 [18MY], S5026 [18MY], S5027 [18MY]
        ----- increase number of temporary visas for skilled workers and
            protect similarly qualified U.S. workers (H.R. 3736), H6698
            [29JY], H6820 [30JY]
        ------ increase number of temporary visas for skilled workers and
            protect similarly qualified U.S. workers (H.R. 3736), H8529
            [23SE], H8591 [24SE] increase number of temporary visas for
            skilled workers and protect similarly qualified U.S. workers
            (H.R. 3736), consideration (H. Res. 513), H8578 [24SE]
        NLRB:  treatment of businesses, labor organizations, and employees
            (H.R. 3246), H1619 [26MR]
        Political campaigns:  protect individuals from having their money
            involuntarily collected and used for politics by a corporation
            or labor organization (S. 1663), S906 [24FE], S907 [24FE], S908
            [24FE], S933 [24FE], S938 [24FE], S939 [24FE], S940 [24FE],
            S1000 [25FE], S1016 [25FE], S1017 [25FE], S1019 [25FE], S1021
            [25FE], S1022 [25FE], S1023 [25FE], S1024 [25FE]
        Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute:  test the feasibility and
            desirability of new personnel management policies and procedures
            (H.R. 4259), H9642 [6OC]
        Taxation:  increase amount which may be contributed to defined
            contribution pension plans (S. 1856), S10245 [11SE]
        Volunteer workers:  exempt certain food bank volunteers from the
            Fair Labor Standards Act (H.R. 3152), H5387 [25JN]
      Analyses
        Dept. of Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector General Staffing
            Requirements (S. 1746), S1779 [11MR]
      Appointments
        Advisory Commission on Electronic Commerce, H11722 [17DE]
        Conferees:  H.R. 1385, Employment, Training, and Literacy
            Enhancement Act, S4349 [5MY], H3966 [22MY]
        ------ H.R. 1853, vocational education funding, S6306 [12JN], H5850
            [17JY]
        National Skill Standards Board, S5401 [22MY]
      Articles and editorials
        Abuses Are Cited in Trade of Money for U.S. Residence, S4987 [18MY]
        Admitting More Immigrants Would Provide More Workers, S2717 [27MR]
        At 18, It's Sink or Swim--For Ex-Foster Children Transition Is
            Difficult, E1477 [30JY]
        Best Deal?--Plan McConnell Backs Brings in Quick Cash, but Would
            Ultimately Kill Off Small Farms, S6461 [17JN]
        Best Students are Immigrants' Children, Study Says, S2416 [23MR]
        Big Government Era Lives on in Clinton's Child Care Proposal, E96
            [4FE]
        Big No to Sweatshops, H2864 [6MY]
        CBO's Fractured Crystal Ball, E1068 [9JN]
        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, S55
            [27JA]
        Choctaw's Climb From Despair, E1751 [17SE]
        Closing the Skills Gap, S2244 [19MR]
        Decent Income for Low-Wage Workers, S4777 [13MY]
        Do Bad Real Good, S10274 [14SE]
        Economists Alter Minimum-Wage View--New Data Show Small Increase
            Doesn't Cut Jobs, S54 [27JA]
        Education Monopoly, H4605 [16JN]
        End Nativist Hiring Caps, S2245 [19MR]
        End Welfare's Catch-22, S7819 [9JY]
        Extend the Benefits of Free Trade, E251 [2MR]
        For Workers, Island Jobs Can Be a Losing Proposition, E130 [11FE]
        Fruits of the Bumper Job Crop, S2717 [27MR]
        Give Us Your Tired, Your Poor--And Your Engineers, S1820 [12MR]
        Helping Needy Women Dress for Work Success, E361 [12MR]
        High-Tech Layoffs Are Accelerating, S12255 [9OC]
        High-Tech Talent--Don't Bolt the Golden Door, S2244 [19MR]
        Huckabee Flees Forum After Welfare Protest, E704 [29AP]
        IBEW 124 Ties Good Business, Contractor Says, S10278 [14SE]
        Jobs Go Begging, S2245 [19MR]
        Layoff Reports Outpacing Level Seen Last Year; High-Tech Hit Hard,
            S12256 [9OC]
        Leaf Act, S6455 [17JN]
        Leaving America--Ireland, New Promised Land, H10005 [7OC]
        Less Government, More Growth, S3925 [30AP]
        Lugar Tobacco Bill Punishes Farmers, S6460 [17JN]
        ``Made in the USA'' Is at Heart of the Second Battle of Saipan, E986
            [3JN]
        McConnell May Have Right Idea--Lugar's Plan Could Ultimately Benefit
            Tobacco Farmers More Than Ford's, S6453 [17JN]
        McConnell's About-Face Might Mark End of Tobacco Quotas, S6461
            [17JN]
        Middle Class--Winning in Politics, Losing in Life, S8848 [23JY]
        Millennium's Superstars--Year 2000 Project Managers are Worth Their
            Weight in Gold. How Do You Keep Them?, S12255 [9OC]
        Minimum Wage--Who Pays?, E445 [24MR]
        Modest Start on Sweatshops, H2864 [6MY]
        Mortal Wounds, S6454 [17JN]
        New Transatlantic, E1296 [14JY]
        New Transatlantic Agenda, E1274 [26JN]
        ``No Sweat'' Requires Sweat Equity, H2864 [6MY]
        Pass the Salt Reform, S10305 [14SE]
        Pessimism Retains Grip on Appalachian Poor, S503 [9FE]
        Public Trust Busting, S2154 [18MR], S2927 [1AP]
        Q&A--Making Uncle Sam Your Customer, E1396 [23JY]
        Rural Areas Must Survive, Even if Tobacco Doesn't, S6460 [17JN]
        Salt, Not Light, S10305 [14SE]
        Smoking Bomb--Tobacco Buy-Out a Reasonable Idea, S6454 [17JN]
        Social Security Needs Repair, but Poor Shouldn't Pay for It--
            Moynihan's Plan Isn't Perfect, but at Least He's Got People
            Talking, S2926 [1AP]
        SOS for SS, S2927 [1AP]
        South Carolina's Factory Workers Lowest Paid in Southeast Economic
            Grade, S7712 [9JY]
        Special Needs Child Care Is ``Accident Waiting to Happen'', S5461
            [22MY]
        States Must Ask the Right Questions, S502 [9FE]
        Taiwan, Not Mainland, Is on Right Path, E1267 [26JN]
        Teens With Tech Talent Rise to Top--Not Even Out of High School,
            Computer Jocks Rake in Big Bucks, S4955 [18MY]
        Tinkering Won't Do the Job--The Only Sensible Solution Allows
            Private Investment, S2926 [1AP]
        To Overcome Means Accepting Reality, E1052 [5JN]
        Tobacco Plan Is Merely Realistic, S6454 [17JN]
        U.S. Issuing More Visas to Investors--Critics Say 1990 Statute Opens
            Path to Citizenship for Wealthy Foreigners, S4988 [18MY]
        Untimely Demise--McConnell Plan Kills Tobacco Program Too Fast,
            S6461 [17JN]
        We Don't Have 25 Years for LEAF Act, S6452 [17JN]
        Wrong Way on Social Security, S2927 [1AP]
        Your Pricey Clothing Is Their Low-Pay Work, E125-E127 [11FE]
      Bills and resolutions
        Business and industry:  protect employees of air carriers who serve
            as whistleblower under applicable Federal law, or who refuse to
            violate an applicable law, (see S. 2277), S7678 [8JY]
        ------ require certain employers who close plants to negotiate
            possible ways to continue to use the plant and equipment for
            continued employment purposes, (see H.R. 3397), H903 [5MR]
        ------ treatment of personal employment information reported to the
            National Directory of New Hires, (see S. 1865), S2660 [26MR]
        Children and youth:  establish early childhood education services
            referral hotline, improve quality of child care services, and
            provide tax credit for employer expenses in providing certain
            dependent care services, (see H.R. 4102), H4961 [22JN]
        ------ provide for grants, a national clearinghouse, and a report to
            improve the quality and availability of after-school programs,
            (see H.R. 4621), H8626 [24SE]
        Colleges and universities:  adopt licensing codes of conduct against
            merchandise produced under sweatshop and child labor conditions,
            (see H.R. 3755), H2605 [29AP]
        ------ allow use of age-based incentives for the voluntary
            retirement of tenured faculty, (see H.R. 3473), H1236 [17MR]
        ------ improve and strengthen recruitment and training of math and
            science teachers, (see H.R. 3338), H902 [5MR]
        Community development:  designation of empowerment zones, (see H.R.
            4629), H8931 [25SE]
        ------ provide grant funding for additional empowerment zones, (see
            S. 1927), S3120 [2AP], (see H.R. 3622), H2051 [1AP]
        Community Services Block Grant Program:  establish demonstration
            projects to determine the effects of asset-based welfare
            policies, (see H.R. 4254), H5736 [16JY]
        Correctional institutions:  employment of Federal prisoners, (see
            H.R. 4100), H4879 [19JN]
        ------ use of Federal prison labor by nonprofit entities, (see H.R.
            3893), H3487 [19MY]
        Courts:  independent counsel law reform, (see H.R. 3464), H1159
            [12MR]
        Credit:  furnishing and using consumer reports for employment
            purposes, (see S. 2561), S11582 [6OC]
        Davis-Bacon Act:  create additional category of construction workers
            called ``helpers'', (see H.R. 4546), H7584 [10SE]
        ------ require cancellation of contracts with repeat violators, (see
            H.R. 3826), H3024 [11MY]
        ------ require disclosure of certain payroll information, (see H.R.
            3827), H3024 [11MY]
        Dept. of Agriculture:  modify overtime and holiday pay for
            veterinarians performing meat and poultry inspections, (see S.
            2511), S10722 [22SE]
        Dept. of Commerce:  provide grants to improve job skills in specific
            industries, (see H.R. 3270), H630 [25FE]
        Dept. of Defense:  equitable retirement for military reserve
            technicians covered under FERS or CSRS, (see H.R. 4153), H5402
            [25JN]
        Dept. of Education:  make grants for postsecondary information
            technology education and employment assistance projects, (see
            H.R. 3896), H3488 [19MY]
        Dept. of Energy:  employment and economic assistance to workers and
            communities at the Piketon, OH, and Paducah, KY, uranium
            enrichment plants, (see H.R. 3923), H3624 [20MY]
        ------ purchase of Russian uranium from dismantled nuclear warheads,
            (see H.R. 3941), H3743 [21MY]
        Dept. of Justice:  establish standards of conduct for employees and
            establish a review board to monitor compliance, (see H.R. 3396),
            H903 [5MR]
        ------ provide State and local authorities access to information
            relative to criminal background checks on port employees and
            prospective employees, (see H.R. 3975), H3971 [22MY]
        Dept. of Labor:  protect employer rights, (see S. 1981), S3534
            [23AP]
        ------ State assistance for pre-vocational training programs to
            improve the transition of welfare recipients to employment, (see
            S. 1709), S1336 [4MR]
        ------ treatment of immigration relative to certain information
            technology occupations, (see H.R. 3273), H630 [25FE]
        Dept. of Veterans Affairs:  establish educational assistance
            programs to facilitate employment of health care professionals,
            (see S. 2115), S5433 [22MY]
        ------ staffing requirements in the Office of Inspector General,
            (see S. 1746), S1772 [11MR]
        ------ use of voluntary separation incentives to reduce employment
            levels, (see H.R. 4705), H9722 [6OC]
        District of Columbia:  designate as empowerment zone and modify tax
            treatment of residents, (see H.R. 3329), H850 [4MR]
        ------ reform certain retirement programs, (see H.R. 4568), H7802
            [15SE]
        Drugs:  promote drug-free workplace programs, (see H.R. 3853, S.
            2203), S6885 [23JN], H3246 [13MY]
        Education:  establish regional partnerships to train workers in the
            area of information technology, (see S. 2021), S3919 [30AP]
        ------ increase Pell Grant awards to certain students, (see H.R.
            3269), H630 [25FE]
        ------ increase the dependent care allowance used to calculate Pell
            Grant awards, (see S. 1701), S1255 [3MR]
        ------ increase the number of qualified early child care
            professionals through a student loan forgiveness program, (see
            H.R. 3727), H2317 [23AP]
        ------ terminate social promotion in schools, (see H. Res. 401),
            H1776 [30MR]
        Employment:  reform standard for classifying technical workers as
            independent contractors for employment tax purposes, (see H.R.
            3819), H3013 [7MY]
        ERISA:  protect the rights of participants and beneficiaries of
            terminated pension plans, (see H.R. 4396), H7178 [4AU]
        ------ protect the rights of participants and beneficiaries of
            terminated pension plans, (see S. 2475), S10383 [15SE]
        ------ provide that participants in employee benefit plans are
            entitled to certain judicial reviews of benefit determinations,
            (see H.R. 4406), H7289 [5AU]
        ------ regulate entities that hold assets of pension plans covering
            less than 100 participants and require annual asset statements,
            (see H.R. 4238), H5736 [16JY]
        ------ treatment of an individual account plan relative to
            investment in employer securities and the employee's ability to
            withdraw an equivalent amount, (see S. 2320), S8382 [16JY]
        Executive Office of the President:  repeal Executive Order on equal
            employment opportunity relative to sexual orientation, (see H.R.
            4318), H6281 [23JY]
        Fair Labor Standards Act:  allow compensatory and punitive damages
            for violations of antidiscrimination provisions and provide for
            studies on pay disparities, (see H.R. 3769), H2705 [30AP]
        ------ minimum wage and overtime exemptions for certain employees,
            (see S. 2144), S5787 [9JN] minimum wage and overtime exemptions
            for certain employees (H.R. 2888), consideration, (see H. Res.
            461), H4324 [9JN] minimum wage and overtime exemptions for
            licensed funeral directors, (see S. 2405), S9556 [31JY]
        ------ minimum wage and overtime exemptions for licensed funeral
            directors, (see H.R. 4540), H7583 [10SE]
        ------ permit certain youth to perform certain work with wood, (see
            H.R. 4257), H5737 [16JY]
        ------ permit certain youth to perform certain work with wood, (see
            S. 2579), S11970 [8OC]
        ------ provide compensatory time opportunities and certain work
            programs for private sector employees, S2410-S2415 [23MR],
            S2452-S2456 [24MR], S2485 [24MR]
        ------ reform provisions relative to child labor, (see S. 2383),
            S9425 [30JY], (see H.R. 4450), H7412 [6AU]
        Families and domestic relations:  increase availability,
            affordability, and quality of child care, (see S. 1610), S378
            [4FE], (see H.R. 3292), H676 [26FE], (see H.R. 4030), H4478
            [10JN]
        ----- increase availability, affordability, and quality of child
            care during periods outside school hours, (see S. 1697), S1200
            [2MR], (see H.R. 3400), H903 [5MR]
        ----- increase availability, affordability, and quality of school-
            based child care, (see H.R. 3768), H2705 [30AP]
        ------ increase availability, affordability, and quality of child
            care, (see S. 2489), S10517 [17SE]
        ------ tax relief to increase affordability of child care, (see H.R.
            3144), H240 [3FE]
        Family and Medical Leave Act:  amend and clarify, (see H.R. 3751),
            H2605 [29AP]
        ------ tax treatment of periods of leave required to be permitted
            relative to the pension participation and vesting rules, (see
            H.R. 4178), H5403 [25JN]
        FBI:  appeal rights of employees concerning adverse personnel
            actions, (see H.R. 3614), H1854 [31MR]
        Federal aid programs:  coordinate response to communities adversely
            affected by the closure or significant downsizing of a plant or
            industry, (see S. 1715), S1435 [5MR]
        ------ improve and expand empowerment and enterprise zone programs,
            (see S. 2418), S9556 [31JY]
        ------ reduce funding for Food Stamp Training and Employment Program
            and apply savings to emergency food assistance programs, (see
            H.R. 4571), H7802 [15SE]
        Federal contracts:  require employers to provide health care
            benefits, (see H.R. 4278), H5956 [20JY]
        Federal employees:  appointment of certain officers to fill vacant
            positions in executive agencies, (see H. Res. 339), H63 [27JA]
        ------ equitable overtime pay policies, (see H.R. 3956), H3970
            [22MY]
        Food stamps:  exception to work requirements relative to loss of
            adequate child care, (see H.R. 4486), H7413 [6AU]
        ------ exception to work requirements relative to victimization by
            sexual harassment, (see H.R. 4487), H7413 [6AU]
        Foreign policy:  support developmental alternatives for child labor,
            (see H.R. 4506), H7414 [6AU]
        Global March Against Child Labor:  support, (see H. Res. 444), H3743
            [21MY]
        Government regulations:  analyze impact and improve congressional
            deliberation of proposed Federal private sector mandates, (see
            H.R. 3534), H1444 [24MR]
        ----- analyze impact and improve congressional deliberation of
            proposed Federal private sector mandates (H.R. 3534),
            consideration, (see H. Res. 426), H3104 [12MY]
        Haskell Indian Nations University:  test the feasibility and
            desirability of new personnel management policies and
            procedures, (see H.R. 4259), H5737 [16JY]
        ------ test the feasibility and desirability of new personnel
            management policies and procedures (H.R. 4259), consideration,
            (see H. Res. 576), H9536 [5OC]
        Health:  limit disclosure in connection with health care coverage
            and prohibit discrimination in employment based on genetic
            information, (see H.R. 3299), H677 [26FE]
        ------ national policy to provide health care and reform insurance
            procedures, (see H.R. 3784), H2706 [30AP]
        ------ prohibit discrimination or retaliation against health care
            workers who report unsafe conditions and practices, (see H.R.
            3342), H902 [5MR]
        ------ require certain businesses to provide health insurance
            coverage, (see S. 1969), S3428 [22AP]
        Health care professionals:  admission requirements for nonimmigrant
            nurses willing to practice in underserved areas, (see S. 2210),
            S7012 [24JN]
        ------ ensure home care agencies conduct background checks on job
            applicants, (see H.R. 4592), H8035 [17SE]
        ------ limited overtime exemption for emergency medical services
            personnel, (see H.R. 3958), H3970 [22MY]
        House Rules:  require a three-fifths majority on legislation
            increasing the minimum wage, (see H. Res. 496), H5404 [25JN]
        IMF:  eliminate policy of providing de facto tax-free salaries to
            certain employees, (see H.R. 3785), H2706 [30AP]
        Immigration:  allow admittance of temporary or seasonal agricultural
            workers relative to reductions in certain workers' visas, (see
            H.R. 3410), H1020 [10MR]
        ------ create a new nonimmigrant category for temporary agricultural
            workers admitted pursuant to a labor condition attestation, (see
            S. 1698), S1255 [3MR]
        ------ increase number of temporary visas for skilled workers and
            expand education and training opportunities for U.S. students
            and workers, (see S. 1723), S1508 [6MR], (see S. 1878), S2719
            [27MR] increase number of temporary visas for skilled workers
            and protect similarly qualified U.S. workers, (see H.R. 3736),
            H2423 [28AP] increase number of temporary visas for skilled
            workers and protect similarly qualified U.S. workers (H.R.
            3736), consideration, (see H. Res. 513), H6819 [30JY]
        ------ permit aliens who join a limited partnership after the
            partnership's creation to qualify for a visa, (see H.R. 4619),
            H8626 [24SE]
        ------ reform the temporary agricultural workers program, (see S.
            2337), S8658 [21JY]
        Income:  minimum wage and maximum hour exemptions for houseparents,
            (see H.R. 4778), H10352 [9OC]
        ------ protect retirement security of individuals, (see H.R. 3450),
            H1158 [12MR]
        Insurance:  require health insurance issuers to notify participants
            if a group health plan fails to pay premiums, and provide a
            conversion option if the plan is terminated, (see H.R. 4709),
            H9722 [6OC]
        Job Training Partnership Act:  establish regional private industry
            councils for labor market areas that are located in more than
            one State, (see H.R. 3271), H630 [25FE]
        ------ funding of incentive bonuses to certain job training
            providers that place large percentages of individuals in certain
            occupations, (see H.R. 3272), H630 [25FE]
        Kentucky:  prohibit taxation of compensation of Tennessee residents
            for services as Federal employees at Fort Campbell, KY, (see S.
            2612), S12164 [9OC]
        Labor unions:  Presidential actions relative to resolving the
            dispute between Northwest Airlines, Inc., and the Air Line
            Pilots Association, (see S. Res. 270), S9877 [2SE]
        ------ strengthen the rights of workers to associate, organize and
            strike, (see S. 2389), S9425 [30JY]
        Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act:  amend, (see H.R.
            4770), H10352 [9OC]
        Medicare:  improve access to health insurance by offering certain
            individuals a Medicare buy-in option, (see S. 1789), S2114
            [17MR]
        ------ require disclosure of staffing and performance data, provide
            whistleblower protection to employees, and review impact of
            proposed mergers and acquisitions relative to Medicare
            providers, (see S. 2055), S4558 [8MY]
        Medicare/Medicaid:  require criminal and abusive work history
            background checks for direct care employees in nursing
            facilities, home health agencies, and hospice programs, (see
            H.R. 4789), H10513 [10OC]
        Members of Congress:  limit number of years of participation in
            certain Federal retirement systems and deny retirement benefits
            to Members convicted of felonies, (see H.R. 4260), H5737 [16JY]
        Minimum wage:  level, (see S. 1573), S48 [27JA], (see H.R. 3100, S.
            1805), S2296 [19MR], H62 [27JA], (see H.R. 3510), H1336 [19MR]
        NAFTA:  impact on employment and the economy, (see H.R. 3540), H1444
            [24MR]
        National Child Protection Act:  allow for interstate background
            checks on elementary and secondary school employees, (see H.R.
            4659), H9273 [1OC]
        Native Americans:  promote economic development and investment on
            Indian reservations, (see S. 2010), S3919 [30AP]
        ------ transfer services and personnel from the BIA to the Office of
            Self-Governance and emphasize the need for job creation on
            Indian reservations, (see H.R. 4087), H4834 [18JN]
        NLRB:  assert jurisdiction over horseracing and dogracing
            industries, (see H.R. 3825), H3024 [11MY]
        ------ determine appropriateness of certain bargaining units in the
            absence of a stipulation or consent, (see S. 1686), S1070 [26FE]
        ------ recovery of attorneys' fees by small businesses and labor
            organizations who prevail in proceedings, (see S. 1684), S1070
            [26FE]
        ------ resolution of unfair labor practice complaints in a timely
            manner, (see S. 1685), S1070 [26FE]
        ------ treatment of businesses, labor organizations, and employees,
            (see H.R. 3246, S. 2085), S4906 [14MY], H577 [24FE] treatment of
            businesses, labor organizations, and employees (H.R. 3246),
            consideration, (see H. Res. 393), H1548 [25MR]
        Nursing facilities:  permit certain paid staff to provide feeding
            and hydration assistance to residents and ensure that
            individuals with a history of patient or resident abuse or
            criminal convictions are not employed, (see H.R. 4686), H9345
            [2OC], (see H.R. 4804), H10513 [10OC]
        OPM:  develop classification standards for physician assistants in
            Federal agencies, (see S. 2588), S11970 [8OC]
        OSHA:  require employers to notify local emergency officials of
            workplace emergencies, (see S. 2245), S7256 [26JN], (see H.R.
            4231), H5593 [15JY]
        Pensions:  ensure accessibility, portability, and protection of
            retirement benefits, (see S. 2249), S7256 [26JN], (see H.R.
            4152, S. 2339), S8658 [21JY], H5402 [25JN]
        ------ ensure uniformity of Federal and State pension plans relative
            to State income taxes, (see H.R. 4572), H7802 [15SE]
        ------ reform, (see H.R. 3788), H2744 [4MY], (see H.R. 4123), H5296
            [24JN]
        ------ waive limit on benefits from multiemployer plans, (see S.
            1600), S318 [3FE], (see H.R. 3632, S. 2267), S7574 [7JY], H2052
            [1AP]
        Political campaigns:  protect individuals from having their money
            involuntarily collected and used for politics by a corporation
            or labor organization, (see S. 1663), S837 [23FE]
        Postal Service:  application of OSHA standards in the same manner as
            any other employer, (see H.R. 3725, S. 2112), S5433 [22MY],
            H2317 [23AP]
        Public welfare programs:  clarify and improve public assistance and
            benefits for noncitizens, (see H.R. 4558), H7690 [14SE]
        ------ guarantee loans and provide State grants to finance
            transportation services for welfare recipients, and establish
            preferences for Federal contractors that hire welfare
            recipients, (see H.R. 3638), H2052 [1AP]
        Railroads:  modify the guaranteed minimum benefit for widows and
            widowers relative to conversion from spouse to widow or widower
            annuity, (see S. Con. Res. 80), S1436 [5MR]
        Rehabilitation Act:  extend authorization, (see S. 1579), S113
            [28JA]
        Senate Legal Counsel:  authorizing representation for the Office of
            Senate Fair Employment Practices in cases involving William L.
            Singer and the Office of the Senate Sergeant at Arms, (see S.
            Res. 202), S2764 [30MR]
        Social Security:  allow diversion of percentage of payroll tax
            payments into individual security accounts and extend the old
            age, survivors, and disability insurance program, (see H.R.
            4256), H5737 [16JY]
        ------ allow diversion of percentage of payroll tax payments into
            individual security accounts and extend the old age, survivors,
            and disability insurance program, (see H.R. 4824), H10832 [13OC]
        ------ create personalized retirement accounts, (see S. 2552),
            S11582 [6OC]
        ------ determination of benefit amounts relative to provision of
            child care or care to a chronically ill dependent relative, (see
            H.R. 4456), H7412 [6AU]
        ------ divert percentage of payroll tax into personal investment
            plans, increase retirement age, adjust Consumer Price Index, and
            reduce benefits to wealthier individuals, (see S. 2313), S8240
            [15JY]
        ------ eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals, (see
            S. 1571), S48 [27JA], (see H.R. 3912), H3624 [20MY]
        ------ establish pilot program for personalized retirement security
            through personal retirement savings accounts, (see H.R. 3560, S.
            2369), S9243 [29JY], H1642 [26MR]
        ------ increase widow's and widower's insurance benefits by reason
            of delayed retirement, (see H.R. 4459), H7412 [6AU]
        ------ modification of certain State agreements relative to certain
            students, (see S. 2325), S8482 [17JY]
        ------ provide a more equitable application of the earnings test in
            the first year of eligibility for retirement age individuals,
            (see H.R. 4369), H6879 [31JY]
        ------ provide certain disabled beneficiaries with opportunities to
            return to work by improving access to health care, (see S.
            1858), S2570 [25MR]
        ------ provide disabled beneficiaries opportunities to return to
            work, and extend Medicare coverage and tax credits for such
            beneficiaries, (see H.R. 3433), H1111 [11MR] provide disabled
            beneficiaries opportunities to return to work, and extend
            Medicare coverage and tax credits for such beneficiaries (H.R.
            3433), consideration, (see H. Res. 450), H3970 [22MY]
        ------ reduce payroll taxes, (see S. 1792), S2214 [18MR]
        Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute:  test the feasibility and
            desirability of new personnel management policies and
            procedures, (see H.R. 4259), H5737 [16JY]
        ------ test the feasibility and desirability of new personnel
            management policies and procedures (H.R. 4259), consideration,
            (see H. Res. 576), H9536 [5OC]
        States:  establish a pilot program for mediation of private rights
            of action under the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker
            Protection Act, (see H.R. 3317), H850 [4MR]
        ------ expand eligibility for, and strengthen administrative
            financing of, the unemployment compensation program and improve
            the solvency of State accounts in the Unemployment Trust Fund,
            (see H.R. 3697), H2119 [21AP]
        ------ provide authority to permit certain employers of domestic
            workers to make annual wage reports, (see S. 1880), S2764 [30MR]
        ------ use of individuals other than merit-staffed or civil service
            employees in providing certain employment services, (see H.R.
            3994, S. 2174), S6405 [16JN], H4164 [4JN]
        Supreme Court:  hiring of qualified minority applicants to serve as
            clerks to the Justices, (see H. Res. 591), H10353 [9OC]
        Taxation:  adjust deduction amounts for certain married couples and
            allow full deduction of health insurance costs for self-employed
            individuals, (see S. 2147), S5787 [9JN]
        ------ allow a credit for certain corporations which have
            substantial employee ownership and encourage stock ownership by
            employees, (see H.R. 3562), H1642 [26MR]
        ------ allow cash payment to Federal employees in lieu of parking
            benefits, (see S. 2575), S11698 [7OC], (see H.R. 4777), H10352
            [9OC]
        ------ allow credits to small businesses for certain expenses of
            long-term training of employees in highly skilled metalworking
            trades, (see H.R. 3110), H63 [27JA]
        ------ allow deduction for health insurance costs for individuals
            who are not eligible to participate in employer subsidized
            health plans, (see H.R. 3475), H1236 [17MR]
        ------ allow deduction for long-term care services for individuals
            not eligible for employer-provided long-term health coverage,
            (see H.R. 4472), H7412 [6AU]
        ------ allow deduction for long-term care services for individuals
            not eligible for employer-provided long-term health coverage,
            (see S. 2492), S10517 [17SE]
        ------ allow employers a deduction for training expenses, (see H.R.
            4451), H7412 [6AU]
        ------ allow small employers a credit against costs incurred in
            establishing qualified employer plans, (see H.R. 3300), H677
            [26FE]
        ------ allow the work opportunity credit against the alternative
            minimum tax, (see H.R. 3772), H2705 [30AP]
        ------ deductibility of business meal expenses for individuals who
            are subject to Federal limitations on hours of service, (see S.
            2628), S12402 [12OC], (see H.R. 4810), H10667 [12OC]
        ------ designate certain entities organized to participate in States
            workmen's compensation assigned risk insurance plans as tax-
            exempt entities, (see S. 2482), S10423 [16SE]
        ------ designate renewal communities, (see S. 1995), S3709 [28AP],
            (see H.R. 3865), H3311 [14MY]
        ------ determination of employment status, (see H.R. 3722), H2317
            [23AP], (see H.R. 4622), H8627 [24SE]
        ------ disclose to employees the employer's share of taxes paid for
            old-age, survivors, disability, and hospital insurance for the
            employee, (see H.R. 3777), H2705 [30AP]
        ------ disclose to Federal employees the Government's share of taxes
            paid for old-age, survivors, disability, and hospital insurance
            for the employee, (see H.R. 3776), H2705 [30AP]
        ------ employer credits for expenses of providing child care
            services to employees, (see S. 2593), S11970 [8OC], (see H.R.
            4782), H10352 [9OC]
        ------ enhance the portability of retirement benefits, (see H.R.
            3503, S. 2329), S8482 [17JY], H1335 [19MR]
        ------ exclude certain severance payments from gross income, (see S.
            2644), S12720 [20OC]
        ------ exclusion of employer-provided educational assistance, (see
            S. Res. 180), S1003 [25FE]
        ------ extend certain expiring provisions, (see S. 2622), S12309
            [10OC]
        ------ extend the work opportunity credit, (see H.R. 3125, S. 2230),
            S7172 [25JN], H99 [28JA]
        ------ extend work opportunity tax credit relative to dislocated
            workers in areas suffering extensive job losses, (see S. 2018),
            S3919 [30AP]
        ------ full deduction of health insurance costs for self-employed
            individuals, (see H.R. 4642), H8931 [25SE]
        ------ improve pension portability for defined benefit plans, (see
            H.R. 3101), H63 [27JA]
        ------ increase amount which may be contributed to defined
            contribution pension plans, (see S. 1856), S2569 [25MR], (see
            H.R. 3663), H2053 [1AP]
        ------ increase deductions for health insurance costs by self-
            employed individuals through revenues from an estate tax
            technical correction, (see S. 2613), S12164 [9OC]
        ------ permit early distributions from employee stock ownership
            plans for higher education expenses and first-time homebuyer
            purchases, (see H.R. 4740), H10075 [8OC]
        ------ permit 401(k) contributions which would otherwise be limited
            by employer contributions to employees stock ownership plans,
            (see H.R. 4741), H10075 [8OC]
        ------ promote expanded retirement savings, (see H.R. 3672), H2054
            [1AP]
        ------ promote job creation and expand small businesses in
            economically-distressed communities, (see H.R. 3643), H2052
            [1AP]
        ------ promote retirement savings, (see S. 2635), S12558 [14OC],
            (see H.R. 4823), H10832 [13OC]
        ------ provide additional retirement savings opportunities for small
            employers and self-employed individuals, (see H.R. 3870, S.
            2130), S5634 [4JN], H3311 [14MY]
        ------ reform standard for classifying technical workers as
            independent contractors for employment tax purposes, (see S.
            1924), S3120 [2AP], (see H.R. 3819), H3013 [7MY]
        ------ treatment of adoption expenses, (see H.R. 4765), H10352 [9OC]
        ------ treatment of businesses operating abroad, (see S. 2231),
            S7172 [25JN], (see H.R. 4173), H5403 [25JN]
        ------ treatment of employers who maintain a self-insured health
            plan for their employees, (see H.R. 4411), H7289 [5AU]
        ------ treatment of high technology job training expenses, (see H.R.
            3274), H630 [25FE]
        ------ treatment of information technology job training expenses,
            (see S. 2089), S5019 [18MY], (see H.R. 4025, S. 2409), S9556
            [31JY], H4478 [10JN]
        ------ treatment of married couples, interest, dividends, health
            insurance costs of self-employed individuals, and prepaid
            tuition plans of private colleges, (see H.R. 3103), H63 [27JA]
        ------ treatment of meals furnished to employees at a place of
            business, (see H.R. 4106), H4961 [22JN] treatment of meals
            furnished to employees at a place of business if they are
            furnished for the convenience of the employer, (see H.R. 3834),
            H3104 [12MY]
        ------ treatment of meals furnished to employees at a place of
            business if they are furnished for the convenience of the
            employer, (see H.R. 4638), H8931 [25SE]
        ------ treatment of meals provided to hotel and restaurant employees
            in non-discriminatory employee cafeterias, (see S. 2027), S4035
            [1MY]
        ------ treatment of medical savings accounts and health insurance
            costs of employees without employer-provided health coverage,
            (see H.R. 3816), H3013 [7MY]
        ------ treatment of nondeductible contributions to individual
            retirement plans, (see H.R. 3225), H496 [12FE]
        ------ treatment of tips, (see H.R. 4408), H7289 [5AU]
        ------ treatment of unused nontaxable benefits under cafeteria
            plans, flexible spending arrangements, and health flexible
            spending accounts, (see S. 2304), S8135 [14JY]
        Telecommunications:  establish a program for training and employing
            residents of low-income rural areas in new telecommunications
            industry jobs, (see S. 2624), S12309 [10OC]
        Tijuana, Mexico:  improve working conditions at the Han Young truck
            factory, (see H. Res. 595), H10832 [13OC]
        Tobacco products:  provide crop insurance, extension services, and
            administration of price support and quota programs at no expense
            to the Dept. of Agriculture, (see H.R. 3664), H2053 [1AP]
        ------ provide economic assistance to tobacco farmers, workers, and
            communities dependent on tobacco production with funds
            contributed by tobacco product manufacturers and importers, (see
            H.R. 3867), H3311 [14MY]
        ------ provide market transition assistance for quota owners,
            tobacco producers, and their communities, and stabilize tobacco
            quota fluctuations, (see H.R. 3264), H630 [25FE], (see H.R.
            3437), H1111 [11MR]
        ------ provide market transition assistance for tobacco producers,
            industry workers, and their communities and ensure the quality
            of U.S. tobacco, (see S. 1582), S113 [28JA]
        Tourist trade:  create employment opportunities and promote economic
            growth in the travel and tourism industry, (see S. 2412), S9556
            [31JY]
        ------ establish a public-private partnership between the U.S.
            travel and tourism industry and every level of Government to
            make the U.S. the premiere tourist destination in the world,
            (see H.R. 4631), H8931 [25SE]
        Unemployment:  eligibility for compensation for individuals leaving
            employment relative to loss of adequate child care, (see H.R.
            4702), H9536 [5OC]
        ----- eligibility for compensation for individuals leaving
            employment relative to victimization by sexual harassment, (see
            H.R. 4701), H9536 [5OC]
        ------ establish the Strategic Transitional Employment Program for
            the long-term unemployed living in poverty in certain identified
            communities, (see S. 2215), S7172 [25JN], (see H.R. 4097), H4879
            [19JN]
        ------ improve the collection of Federal unemployment taxes and the
            provision of such revenues for employment security
            administration, (see H.R. 3684), H2054 [1AP]
        ------ improve the collection of Federal unemployment taxes and the
            provision of such revenues for employment security
            administration, (see S. 2556), S11582 [6OC]
        ------ make permanent self-employment assistance programs, (see H.R.
            3773), H2705 [30AP]
        USIA:  repeal authority for administration of an au pair program,
            (see H.R. 3092), H62 [27JA]
        Veterans:  enforcement of reemployment rights relative to States,
            private employers, and servicemen employed by U.S. companies
            abroad, (see H.R. 3213), H495 [12FE]
        Volunteer workers:  exempt certain food bank volunteers from the
            Fair Labor Standards Act, (see H.R. 3152), H329 [4FE]
        Women:  address economic obstacles of domestic violence victims,
            (see S. 2558), S11582 [6OC]
        ------ support breastfeeding of newborns and encourage employers to
            establish workplace lactation programs, (see H.R. 3531), H1444
            [24MR]
      Cloture motions
        Dept. of Labor:  protect employer rights (S. 1981), motion to
            proceed, S10221 [10SE], S10309 [14SE]
        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], S919
            [24FE], S1045 [26FE]
      Commentaries
        BankBoston Corp.'s diversity program, E772 [6MY]
      Conference reports
        Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act (H.R. 1853),
            H10032-H10048 [8OC]
        Workforce Investment Act (H.R. 1385), H6604-H6695 [29JY]
      Cost Estimates
        Northern Mariana Islands Covenant Implementation Act (S. 1275):
            CBO, S5995-S5997 [9JN]
      Declarations
        Fundamental principles and rights at work:  International Labor
            Organization, S6909 [23JN]
      Descriptions
        Social Security Solvency Act (S. 1792), S2166 [18MR]
        Tax Relief Extension Act (S. 2622), S12328-S12336 [10OC]
      Explanations
        Increase Number of Temporary Visas for Skilled Workers and Protect
            Similarly Qualified U.S. Workers, S12750-S12757 [21OC]
        Workforce Improvement and Protection Act (H.R. 3736), E2323-E2328
            [12NO]
      Factsheets
        H-1B Visa Program, H2599 [29AP]
        101 Facts on the Status of Working Women, H1420 [24MR]
      Letters
        American Competitiveness Act:  C.R. (Bob) Bell, Greater Omaha, NE,
            Chamber of Commerce, S4968 [18MY]
        ------ Jack Kemp, S2716 [27MR]
        ------ Jose F. Nino, U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, S2717 [27MR]
        ------ Karen K. Narasaki, National Asian Pacific American Legal
            Consortium, S2716 [27MR]
        ------ Scott Hoffman, American Business for Legal Immigration
            (organization), S1520 [6MR]
        ------ Susan Au Allen, U.S. Pan Asian American Chamber of Commerce,
            S1521 [6MR]
        Amtrak appropriations and management reform:  Anthony Perl, H6718
            [29JY]
        ------ Francis P. Mulvey, H6712 [29JY]
        ------ Phyllis F. Scheinberg, GAO, H6713-H6715 [29JY]
        ------ Raymond J. DeCarli, Dept. of Transportation, H6719 [29JY]
        Children's Act for Responsible Employment:  Darlene S. Adkins, Child
            Labor Coalition, S9441 [30JY]
        Davis-Bacon Act improvements:  Mechanical Electrical Sheet Metal
            Alliance, H2105 [21AP]
        Dept. of Agriculture overtime and holiday pay for veterinarians
            performing meat and poultry inspections:  Dan Glickman, Sec. of
            Agriculture, S10725 [22SE]
        Dept. of Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector General staffing
            requirements:  Hershel W. Gober, Dept. of Veterans Affairs,
            S1779 [11MR]
        Education and human resources development reform:  Marc Tucker,
            National Center on Education and the Economy, E1819-E1825 [25SE]
        Employment, Training, and Literacy Enhancement Act:  George M.C.
            Fisher and Lawrence Perlman, Business Roundtable (organization),
            S4263 [5MY]
        Employment opportunities in Utah:  T.J. Seely, S10352 [15SE]
        Establish standards of conduct for Dept. of Justice employees and
            establish a review board to monitor compliance:  Nora M.
            Manella, Dept. of Justice, H7246 [5AU]
        FBI Fairness To Appeal Improvement Act:  Ed Bethune, FBI Agents
            Association, E525 [31MR]
        H-1B Visa Program:  American Business for Legal Immigration
            (organization), S4991 [18MY]
        ------ Harris N. Miller, S4991 [18MY]
        ------ Paul R. Huard, National Association of Manufacturers, S4991
            [18MY]
        ------ R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, S4991 [18MY]
        Haskell Indian Nations University and Southwestern Indian
            Polytechnic Institute Administrative Systems Act:  Alvino
            Lucero, Pueblo of Isleta Indians, H9632 [6OC]
        ----- Bob Martin, Haskell Indian Nations University, H9630 [6OC]
        ----- Brad Lerschen, Upper Sioux Community Board of Trustees, H9636
            [6OC]
        ----- Jean Wagner, Haskell Indian Nations University Board of
            Regents, H9634 [6OC]
        ----- Joyce C. Dugan, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, H9631 [6OC]
        ----- Lana Redeye, Seneca Nation of Indians, H9634 [6OC]
        ----- Leon Campbell, Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska, H9632 [6OC]
        ----- Lorene Willis, Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute,
            H9630 [6OC]
        ----- Lorinda Sam, Duckwater Shoshone Tribe, H9631 [6OC]
        ----- Mamie Rupnicki, Prarie Band Potawatomi Nation, Mayetta, KS,
            H9633 [6OC]
        ----- Mark Nichols, Cabazon Band of Mission Indians, H9635 [6OC]
        ----- Roy W. Bernal, All Indian Pueblo Council, Albuquerque, NM,
            H9633 [6OC]
        ----- Russell Welsh, Colorado River Indian Tribes, H9631 [6OC]
        ----- Veronica N. Gonzales, American Indian Higher Education
            Consortium, H9630 [6OC]
        Hiring of certain individuals whose sole purpose of seeking
            employment is union organization and representation:  Betty
            Tyson, T&B Metal Works, Inc., S10274 [14SE]
        ----- Cliff Frankin, Central Electric Co., Inc., S10278 [14SE]
        ----- Frank Alonso, Alonso Electric (business), S10278 [14SE]
        ----- Jack L. Manno, Manno Electric, Inc., S10273 [14SE]
        ----- Rick L. Ellis, Kenny Electric Service (business), S10272
            [14SE]
        ----- Robert Wilson, Wilson Electric (business), S10279 [14SE]
        ----- Tim J. Long, TL Electric, Inc., S10278 [14SE]
        ----- William D. Larlee, Coast Electric (business), S10279 [14SE]
        Increase amount which may be contributed to defined contribution
            pension plans:  IPSCO (business) employees, S2571 [25MR]
        ----- several business organizations, S2571 [25MR]
        Increase number of temporary visas for skilled workers and expand
            education and training opportunities for U.S. students and
            workers:  Representative Klink, H2599 [29AP]
        Increase number of temporary visas for skilled workers and protect
            similarly qualified U.S. workers:  Doris Meissner, INS, S12757
            [21OC]
        ----- Senator Abraham, S12757 [21OC]
        Increase Pell Grant awards to certain students:  Charles L. Currie,
            Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities, H613 [25FE],
            H2583 [29AP]
        ------ Terry W. Hartle, American Council on Education, H613 [25FE],
            H2583 [29AP]
        Industry Union Glass Container Promotion Program:  Alexis M. Herman,
            Sec. of Labor, S9552 [31JY]
        Make postsecondary or vocational education training a permissible
            work activity under public welfare programs:  Milton J. Little,
            Jr., National Urban League, S7823 [9JY]
        ----- Sherri Barker and Daisy Johnson, Kentuckians for the
            Commonwealth (organization), S7818 [9JY]
        ----- Tom Burch, S7818 [9JY]
        ----- Viola P. Miller, Kentucky Dept. of Families and Children,
            S7818 [9JY]
        ----- several organizations, S7822 [9JY]
        Noncitizen Benefit Clarification and Other Technical Amendments Act:
             Representative Archer, Committee on Ways and Means (House),
            H8500 [23SE]
        ------ Representative Bliley, Committee on Commerce (House), H8500
            [23SE]
        ------ Representative Hyde, Committee on the Judiciary (House),
            H8499 [23SE]
        Pension Coverage and Portability Act:  Brian Graff, American Society
            of Pension Actuaries, S8675 [21JY]
        ------ James A. Klein, Association of Private Pension and Welfare
            Plans, S8676 [21JY]
        ------ M. Dee Williams and Richard E. Schumacher, National
            Association of State Retirement Administrators, S8676 [21JY]
        ------ Profit Sharing 401(K) Council of America, S8675 [21JY]
        Prevailing wage requirements for construction projects:  Vincent
            Piscitello, VIP Restoration, Inc., E2185 [15OC]
        Prohibit special waiver of the criminal conflict of interest laws
            for the employee representative on the IRS Oversight Board:
            Carol A. Bonosaro and G. Jerry Shaw, Senior Executives
            Association, S4458 [7MY]
        ----- Stephen D. Potts, U.S. Office of Government Ethics, S4416
            [6MY], S4457 [7MY]
        Provide market transition assistance for tobacco producers, industry
            workers, and their communities:  Alben B. Mills, S6455 [17JN]
        ----- H.H. Barlow III, S6455 [17JN]
        ----- Larry O. Bond, S6455 [17JN]
        ----- Megan Cobb, S6455 [17JN]
        Replace Federal highway program affirmative action policies with
            emerging business enterprise programs:  George M. Friez, Gilman
            Construction (business), S1416 [5MR]
        ----- George R. La Noue, S1487 [6MR]
        ----- Jack Zeigler, Associated Sand & Gravel Co., Inc., S1416 [5MR]
        ----- Janet Reno, Attorney General, and Rodney E. Slater, Sec. of
            Transportation, S1427 [5MR]
        ----- Lee T. Bernardi, Inland Asphalt Co., S1416 [5MR]
        ----- Mark Johnson, Westway Construction, Inc., S1416 [5MR]
        ----- Raymond C. Fisher, Dept. of Justice, S1413 [5MR]
        ----- Steven R. Goebel, Robert B. Goebel General Contractor, Inc.,
            S1416 [5MR]
        ----- Thomas C. Stewart, Frank Gurney, Inc., S1415 [5MR], S1416
            [5MR]
        ----- Wayne L. Van Zante, Steelman-Duff, Inc., S1416 [5MR]
        State authority to tax compensation paid to certain employees:  Alex
            W. Rose, Kentucky Office of General Counsel, S7116 [25JN]
        ------ Alex W. Rose, Kentucky Revenue Cabinet, S11220 [1OC]
        ------ Elizabeth Harchenko, Oregon Dept. of Revenue, S11223 [1OC]
        ------ Harley T. Duncan, Federation of Tax Administrators, S7113
            [25JN]
        ------ Harley T. Duncan, Federation of Tax Administrators, S11217
            [1OC]
        ------ Paul E. Patton, Governor of Kentucky, S7113 [25JN]
        ------ Paul E. Patton, Governor of Kentucky, S11216 [1OC]
        ------ Tom Johnson, National Conference of State Legislatures,
            S11218 [1OC]
        Ticket to Work and Self-Sufficiency Act:  Martin Corry, AARP, H4020
            [3JN]
        ------ R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, H4020 [3JN]
        Veterans Employment Opportunities Act:  Susan R. Meisinger, Society
            for Human Resource Management, H10188 [8OC]
        Workforce Investment Partnership Act:  Antonio Pagan, New York, NY,
            Dept. of Employment, S4012 [1MY]
        ------ Bret Lovejoy, American Vocational Association, S2293 [19MR],
            S4009 [1MY]
        ------ Curtis E. Moll, Growth Association of Cleveland, S4013 [1MY]
        ------ David R. Pierce, American Association of Community Colleges,
            S4009 [1MY]
        ------ Gordon M. Ambach, Council of Chief State School Officers,
            S4009 [1MY], S4013 [1MY]
        ------ Judith B. Riley and Robert Knight, National Association of
            Private Industry Councils, S2292 [19MR]
        ------ Kimberly A. Green, National Association of State Directors of
            Vocational Technical Education Consortium, S4008 [1MY] Kimberly
            A. Green, National Association of State Directors of the
            Vocational Technical Education Consortium, S2293 [19MR]
        ------ Paul R. Huard, National Association of Manufacturers, S2292
            [19MR]
        ------ R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, S4012 [1MY]
        ------ Randy Johnson, National Association of Counties, S2293 [19MR]
        ------ Richard Finan and Linda Furney, National Conference of State
            Legislatures, S4012 [1MY]
        ------ Robert T. Jones, National Alliance of Business, S4012 [1MY]
        ------ several educational organizations, S4008 [1MY]
        ------ Susan R. Meisinger, Society for Human Resources Management,
            S4013 [1MY]
      Lists
        Apparel Industry Partnership (organization), H2862 [6MY]
        Campaign for a Fair Minimum Wage participants, S10261 [11SE]
        Coalition for Religious Freedom in the Workplace, E4 [27JA]
        Federal facilities adversely affected by proposed legislation
            relative to State authority to tax compensation paid to certain
            employees from border States, S7114 [25JN]
        Federal facilities potentially affected by the preempting of State
            authority to tax compensation paid to certain employees, S11215
            [1OC]
        Groups supporting S. 2215, establish the Strategic Transitional
            Employment Program for the long-term unemployed living in
            poverty in certain identified communities, S7175 [25JN]
        Organizations endorsing S. 1723, American Competitiveness Act, S4957
            [18MY]
        Organizations supporting certain market transition assistance
            programs relative to S. 1415, National Tobacco Policy and Youth
            Smoking Reduction Act, S6398 [16JN]
        Organizations supporting S. 2337, Agricultural Job Opportunity
            Benefits and Security Act, S8669 [21JY]
        Organizations supporting Wellstone amendment on making postsecondary
            or vocational education training a permissible work activity
            under public welfare programs to S. 1882, Higher Education Act
            reauthorization, S7823 [9JY]
        Proposed revisions to H.R. 3736, Workforce Improvement and
            Protection Act, S12995 [12NO]
        States adversely affected by proposed legislation relative to State
            authority to tax compensation paid to certain employees from
            border States, S7114 [25JN]
        Tobacco Workers' Unity Summit participants, S6468 [17JN]
      Memorandums
        Amtrak Appropriations and Management Reform:  Anthony M. Pagano,
            H6719 [29JY]
        Independent Regulatory and Other Collegial Boards and Commissions
            General Counsel and Staff Director Appointments:  Rogelio
            Garcia, Congressional Research Service, S6762 [22JN]
        State Authority To Tax Compensation Paid to Certain Employees:
            Jason Moseley, Kentucky Office of the Attorney General, S7115
            [25JN]
      Messages
        Council of Economic Advisers Report:  President Clinton, S584
            [10FE], H390 [11FE]
        International Labor Organization Convention on Employment and
            Occupation Discrimination:  President Clinton, S5029 [18MY]
      Motions
        Immigration:  increase number of temporary visas for skilled workers
            and expand education and training opportunities for U.S.
            students and workers (S. 1723), S4996 [18MY], S4997 [18MY]
        Political campaigns:  protect individuals from having their money
            involuntarily collected and used for politics by a corporation
            or labor organization (S. 1663), S905 [24FE], S907 [24FE], S999
            [25FE], S1000 [25FE]
      Pledges
        Tobacco Workers' Unity Pledge, S6468 [17JN]
      Press releases
        Dr. Charles L. Flynn, Jr., Endorses Pell Grant Legislation:  Richard
            P. Burke, Assumption College, H613 [25FE]
        H-1B Visa Program:  National Immigration Forum (organization), S4992
            [18MY]
        North Carolina Unions Stand Up for Tobacco Jobs--Urge Political and
            Business Leaders To Save State's Economy by Joining Fight for
            Fair Settlement:  North Carolina AFL-CIO, S6509 [18JN]
      Proclamations
        Retired Citizens Month:  Fob James, Jr., Governor of Alabama, E1265
            [26JN]
      Proposals
        Administrative law judges pay, E2310 [12NO]
      Remarks in House
        Agriculture:  observance of Food Check-Out Day, E127 [11FE]
        Air Force:  pilot retention, H3077 [12MY]
        Airlines:  provide protection for airline employees who provide
            certain air safety information (H.R. 915), H1515 [25MR]
        Alabama:  observance of Retired Citizens Month, E1265 [26JN]
        Amtrak:  authorizing appropriations and management reform, H6706
            [29JY]
        BankBoston Corp.:  inclusion of gay and lesbian workers in diversity
            program, E772 [6MY]
        Beaver County, PA:  labor council Equal Pay Day observance, E574
            [2AP]
        Budget:  treatment of Federal employee health and retirement
            benefits, H4213 [5JN]
        Busico, Molly and Michael:  San Diego-Imperial Counties Labor
            Council Friends of Labor honorees, E643 [23AP]
        Business and industry:  disparity in salaries between workers and
            executives, H4247 [9JN]
        ------ economic impact of hostile takeovers, H9091 [28SE]
        ------ ensure drug testing of employees is administered by certified
            laboratories and positive test results are reviewed by licensed
            medical officers, H7876 [16SE]
        ------ require consent of employees relative to overtime, H4474
            [10JN], H4475 [10JN]
        California:  observance of Hire a Veteran Week, E706 [29AP]
        ------ prohibit use of labor organization dues and fees for
            political activities, E491 [26MR]
        CBO:  require annual report on the economic impact of the Mandates
            Information Act on employment and businesses, H3443 [19MY]
        Center for Military and Private Sector Initiatives:  tribute, E2095
            [12OC]
        Children and youth:  child labor provisions relative to the
            operation of automobiles and trucks (H.R. 2327), H9124-H9127
            [28SE], H10796-H10798 [13OC]
        ------ GAO report on use of child labor in agriculture, E1785
            [23SE], E1786 [23SE]
        ------ summer youth jobs programs funding, E1330 [17JY]
        ------ use of child labor in foreign countries, E1869 [1OC]
        Civil rights:  affirmative action policies, H2921 [6MY], H4969
            [23JN], H4971 [23JN], E363 [12MR]
        ------ prohibit discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex,
            race, or national origin (H.R. 1302), H1419-H1425 [24MR]
        ------ prohibit discrimination on the basis of affectional or sexual
            orientation (H.R. 365), E2306 [21OC]
        ------ prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, national
            origin, or sex in Federal actions (H.R. 1909), E363 [12MR]
        ------ religious accommodations in the workplace (H.R. 2948), E4
            [27JA]
        Cleveland, OH:  anniversary of Painters District Council No. 6, E766
            [5MY]
        ------ anniversary of Pipefitters Local Union No. 120, E1353 [20JY]
        Clothing industry:  legal accountability for sweatshop conditions
            (H.R. 23), H1508 [25MR]
        Coalition of Labor Union Women:  observance of Equal Pay Day, E601
            [21AP]
        Colleges and universities:  adopt licensing codes of conduct against
            merchandise produced under sweatshop and child labor conditions,
            H2861-H2865 [6MY]
        ------ adopt licensing codes of conduct against merchandise produced
            under sweatshop and child labor conditions, E1884 [2OC]
        ------ allow use of age-based incentives for the voluntary
            retirement of tenured faculty, H2525 [29AP], H2532 [29AP] allow
            use of age-based incentives for the voluntary retirement of
            tenured faculty (H.R. 3473), E386 [17MR]
        Community development:  provide grant funding for additional
            empowerment zones (H.R. 3622), E542 [1AP]
        Congress:  exclude points of order against amendments relative to an
            increase in the direct costs of Federal private sector mandates,
            H3443-H3446 [19MY]
        ------ permit points of order against provisions that affect
            legislation established to protect civil rights, H3446-H3448
            [19MY] permit points of order against provisions that affect
            legislation established to protect human health, safety, or the
            environment, H3436-H3442 [19MY], H3450 [19MY]
        Conway, Matt:  Foundation for Exceptional Children Yes I Can!
            Program honoree, E347 [11MR]
        Correctional institutions:  test incarcerated persons for serious
            transmissible diseases if their bodily fluids come into contact
            with corrections personnel (H.R. 2070), H6935-H6937 [3AU]
        ------ test incarcerated persons for serious transmissible diseases
            if their bodily fluids come into contact with corrections
            personnel (H.R. 2070), H11701 [21OC], E2314 [12NO]
        ------ use of Federal prison labor relative to human rights
            violations and commercial competition for products, H4888
            [22JN], H4889 [22JN]
        Courts:  exempt Federal agencies from adhering to certain court
            precedents involving civil rights, labor rights, or
            environmental protection issues, H595-H597 [25FE]
        ------ provide cost-of-living adjustments for administrative law
            judges (H.R. 1240), E2309 [12NO]
        Credit:  furnishing and using consumer reports for employment
            purposes (S. 2561), H10218-H10220 [8OC]
        Davis-Bacon Act:  create additional category of construction workers
            called ``helpers'' (H.R. 4546), E1692 [10SE]
        ------ repeal, H2101 [21AP], H2104 [21AP]
        Dept. of Commerce:  Economic Development Agency funding, E1551 [5AU]
        ------ provide grants to improve job skills in specific industries
            (H.R. 3270), H507 [24FE]
        Dept. of Defense:  Dual Use Science and Technology Program funding,
            H5230 [24JN]
        ------ impact of defense spending cuts, H2378 [28AP], H2382 [28AP]
        Dept. of Energy:  employment and economic assistance to workers and
            communities at the Piketon, OH, and Paducah, KY, uranium
            enrichment plants (H.R. 3923), E922 [20MY]
        ----- employment and economic assistance to workers and communities
            at the Portsmouth, OH, and Paducah, KY, uranium enrichment
            plants, H4929 [22JN]
        ------ purchase of Russian uranium from dismantled nuclear warheads
            (H.R. 3941), E942 [22MY]
        Dept. of HUD:  tribute to Campus of Learners Initiative, E764 [5MY]
        Dept. of Justice:  establish standards of conduct for employees,
            including any appointed independent counsel, and establish a
            review board to monitor compliance, H7229-H7243 [5AU]
        ------ establish standards of conduct for employees and establish a
            review board to monitor compliance, H7228-H7247 [5AU], E1584
            [7AU] establish standards of conduct for employees and establish
            a review board to monitor compliance (H.R. 3396), H855 [5MR],
            E301 [5MR]
        ------ establish standards of conduct for employees and establish a
            review board to monitor compliance (H.R. 3396), H11912 [18DE]
        ------ provide State and local authorities access to information
            relative to criminal background checks on port employees and
            prospective employees (H.R. 3975), E959 [22MY]
        ------ provide State and local authorities access to information
            relative to criminal background checks on port employees and
            prospective employees, H7845-H7848 [16SE] provide State and
            local authorities access to information relative to criminal
            background checks on port employees and prospective employees
            (H.R. 3975), E1744 [17SE]
        Dept. of Labor:  agricultural employment statistics, E1743 [17SE]
        ------ treatment of immigration relative to certain information
            technology occupations, H1413 [24MR] treatment of immigration
            relative to certain information technology occupations (H.R.
            3273), H507 [24FE]
        Dept. of Transportation:  access-to-jobs and reverse commute
            programs funding, H1903 [1AP], H1997-H2000 [1AP]
        ------ clarify policy on grants to States who suspend certain
            disadvantaged business enterprise programs in compliance with
            court orders, H1913 [1AP], H2001 [1AP]
        Discrimination:  prohibit on the basis of affectional or sexual
            orientation (H.R. 1858), H3736 [21MY]
        District of Columbia:  designate as empowerment zone and modify tax
            treatment of residents (H.R. 3329), E282 [4MR]
        ------ repeal of pay raise for Financial Control Board employees,
            H7341 [6AU]
        ------ residency requirements for certain city employees,
            H7362-H7367 [6AU]
        Domestic policy:  establish a living wage, develop job
            opportunities, convert military programs to social programs,
            produce a capital budget, reduce poverty and violence, and
            redistribute wealth and power (H.R. 1050), H5915 [20JY]
        Drugs:  promote drug-free workplace programs (H.R. 3853),
            H4974-H4981 [23JN]
        Economy:  jobs availability, H1650 [27MR]
        ------ national objectives priority assignments, H28-H30 [6OC],
            E2216 [16OC]
        Education:  extend Pell Grant eligibility to the Freely Associated
            States, E1862 [1OC], E1884 [2OC]
        ------ increase Pell Grant awards to certain students, H2582-H2584
            [29AP], H2770 [5MY], E728 [30AP]
        ------ increase Pell Grant awards to certain students (H.R. 3269),
            H612 [25FE]
        ------ increase the number of qualified early child care
            professionals through a student loan forgiveness program,
            H2575-H2577 [29AP], E724 [30AP]
        ------ increase the number of qualified teachers through a student
            loan forgiveness program, H2520 [29AP]
        ------ terminate social promotion in schools (H. Res. 401),
            H4603-H4608 [16JN]
        ------ vocational education funding (H.R. 1853), H5843 [17JY]
        ------ vocational education funding (H.R. 1853), conference report,
            H10200 [8OC], H10201 [8OC]
        EEOC:  funding, H7266 [5AU], E1670 [9SE]
        Employee Benefit Research Institute:  anniversary, E1808 [25SE],
            E2095 [12OC]
        Employment:  reform standard for classifying technical workers as
            independent contractors for employment tax purposes (H.R. 3819),
            E790 [7MY]
        ERISA:  regulate entities that hold assets of pension plans covering
            less than 100 participants and require annual asset statements
            (H.R. 4238), E1330 [17JY]
        Executive Office of the President:  repeal Executive Order on equal
            employment opportunity relative to sexual orientation,
            H7247-H7262 [5AU], E1580 [7AU], E1586 [7AU], E1617 [7AU]
        FAA:  require air traffic controller proficiency and operational
            training programs, H6738 [29JY]
        Fair Labor Standards Act:  minimum wage and overtime exemptions for
            certain employees (H.R. 2888), H4466-H4475 [10JN], H4488-H4488
            [11JN]
        ----- minimum wage and overtime exemptions for certain employees
            (H.R. 2888), consideration (H. Res. 461), H4465 [10JN], H4466
            [10JN]
        ----- minimum wage and overtime exemptions for certain employees
            (H.R. 2888), corrections in engrossment, H4491 [11JN]
        ------ permit certain youth to perform certain work with wood (H.R.
            4257), H9121-H9124 [28SE]
        ------ reform provisions relative to child labor (H.R. 1870), E1785
            [23SE], E2075 [11OC]
        ------ reform provisions relative to child labor (H.R. 4450), E1785
            [23SE]
        Families and domestic relations:  improvement of social services,
            E1746 [17SE]
        ------ increase availability, affordability, and quality of child
            care, H1279 [18MR], H1281 [18MR] increase availability,
            affordability, and quality of child care (H.R. 3292), E239
            [26FE] increase availability, affordability, and quality of
            child care during periods outside school hours (H.R. 3400),
            H1282 [18MR], E313 [5MR] increase availability, affordability,
            and quality of school-based child care (H.R. 3768), H3077
            [12MY], H3078 [12MY], E726 [30AP]
        Family and Medical Leave Act:  amend and clarify (H.R. 3751), E710
            [29AP]
        FBI:  appeal rights of employees concerning adverse personnel
            actions (H.R. 3614), E525 [31MR]
        FEC:  require that the Commissioners vote to reappoint or replace
            the general counsel and staff director every four years,
            H9257-H9262 [1OC], H9917 [7OC], H9927 [7OC]
        Federal aid programs:  reduce funding for Food Stamp Training and
            Employment Program and apply savings to emergency food
            assistance programs (H.R. 4571), E1728 [15SE]
        Federal employees:  pay adjustment and comparability payment
            funding, H5692 [16JY], H5693 [16JY]
        ------ prevent discrimination against preference eligibles applying
            for certain Government positions (S. 1021), H10185-H10190 [8OC]
        ------ prohibit funding for sex technique training courses, E1136
            [16JN]
        Federal Employees Health Benefits Program:  coverage of
            abortifacients, H5719-H5722 [16JY]
        ------ coverage of contraceptives under any plan providing
            prescription drug coverage, H5568 [15JY], H5569 [15JY], H5571
            [15JY], H5677-H5684 [16JY], H5694-H5697 [16JY], H5865 [20JY],
            E1346 [17JY]
        ------ coverage of contraceptives under any plan providing
            prescription drug coverage, H9184 [29SE], H9190 [1OC], H9339
            [2OC], H9914-H9919 [7OC], H9928-H9932 [7OC]
        Foreign policy:  support developmental alternatives for child labor
            (H.R. 4506), H10163-H10166 [8OC], E2075 [11OC]
        GATT:  implementation, E1673 [9SE]
        General Motors, Inc.:  effects of UAW strike, E1310 [15JY]
        Getachew, Yoseph:  National Industries for the Blind (organization)
            Peter J. Salmon National Service Employee of the Year award
            recipient, H8509 [23SE]
        Government:  consolidate Federal job training programs (H.R. 1385),
            H3965 [22MY]
        ----- consolidate Federal job training programs (H.R. 1385),
            conference report, H6865-H6867 [31JY], H7427 [7AU]
        ------ procurement of Federal contracts, E1396 [23JY]
        ------ require random drug testing of newly appointed employees,
            H7877-H7880 [16SE]
        Government regulations:  analyze impact and improve congressional
            deliberation of proposed Federal private sector mandates (H.R.
            1010), E458 [24MR]
        ----- analyze impact and improve congressional deliberation of
            proposed Federal private sector mandates (H.R. 3534),
            H3223-H3231 [13MY], H3430-H3452 [19MY], E955 [22MY], E964 [22MY]
        ----- analyze impact and improve congressional deliberation of
            proposed Federal private sector mandates (H.R. 3534),
            consideration (H. Res. 426), H3119-H3122 [13MY]
        Guam:  tribute to efforts relative to employment of disabled
            individuals, E2169 [14OC]
        Haskell Indian Nations University:  test the feasibility and
            desirability of new personnel management policies and procedures
            (H.R. 4259), H9629-H9646 [6OC]
        ----- test the feasibility and desirability of new personnel
            management policies and procedures (H.R. 4259), consideration
            (H. Res. 576), H9628 [6OC], H9629 [6OC]
        Health care professionals:  admission requirements for nonimmigrant
            nurses willing to practice in underserved areas (H.R. 2759),
            H6931-H6935 [3AU]
        Hooper, Rhoda:  New Hampshire Outstanding Older Worker award
            recipient, E331 [10MR]
        Hope Now for Youth (organization):  tribute, H855 [5MR]
        House of Representatives:  fire in Longworth House Office Building,
            H2266 [23AP], H2267 [23AP]
        Houston, TX:  anniversary of International Alliance of Theatrical
            Stage Employees, E1890 [2OC]
        Hunsucker, Gregory D.:  Merced-Mariposa (CA) Central Labor Council
            Labor Leader of the Year honoree, E950 [22MY]
        Immigration:  increase number of temporary visas for skilled workers
            and expand education and training opportunities for U.S.
            students and workers, H2598 [29AP], H3076 [12MY]
        ------ increase number of temporary visas for skilled workers and
            protect similarly qualified U.S. workers, H10674 [13OC] increase
            number of temporary visas for skilled workers and protect
            similarly qualified U.S. workers (H.R. 3736), H8578-H8602
            [24SE], E1841 [28SE], E2323 [12NO] increase number of temporary
            visas for skilled workers and protect similarly qualified U.S.
            workers (H.R. 3736), consideration (H. Res. 513), H8571-H8578
            [24SE] increase number of temporary visas for skilled workers
            and protect similarly qualified U.S. workers (H.R. 3736),
            corrections in engrossment, H8602 [24SE]
        ------ moratorium on aliens except for relatives of U.S. citizens,
            certain highly skilled workers, and refugees (H.R. 347), E441
            [23MR]
        ------ permit aliens who join a limited partnership after the
            partnership's creation to qualify for a visa (H.R. 4619), E1800
            [24SE]
        ------ treatment of petitions for employment visas for highly
            skilled workers, H10537 [11OC], H10538 [11OC]
        Income:  elimination of prevailing wage requirements for
            construction projects, E2185 [15OC]
        ------ minimum wage and maximum hour exemptions for houseparents
            (H.R. 4778), E2039 [10OC]
        Injured Workers Bar Association:  report on workers' compensation
            fraud, E2057 [11OC]
        Intelligence services:  undergraduate training program, H2952 [7MY]
        International Working Women's Day:  observance, H929 [10MR]
        Ironworkers Union:  Local 229 recipient of San Diego-Imperial
            Counties Labor Council Labor to Neighbor Award, E647 [23AP]
        IRS:  clarify that quotas and goals shall not be used as a basis for
            evaluating employees (H.R. 2736), H1302 [19MR]
        Job Training Partnership Act:  establish regional private industry
            councils for labor market areas that are located in more than
            one State (H.R. 3271), H507 [24FE]
        ------ funding of incentive bonuses to certain job training
            providers that place large percentages of individuals in certain
            occupations (H.R. 3272), H507 [24FE]
        Jobs With Justice (organization):  tribute, E733 [1MY], E804 [7MY],
            E817 [12MY]
        Labor:  national objectives priority assignments, H312-H317 [4FE]
        Labor Day:  observance, H7470 [9SE]
        Labor unions:  allow employees to organize and form collective
            bargaining units to improve salaries and working conditions,
            H4953-H4960 [22JN], H4966 [23JN], H4968 [23JN], H4969 [23JN],
            H4970 [23JN], H4973 [23JN], E1202 [23JN]
        ------ inform workers of their rights relative to the payment of
            dues or fees to labor organizations (H.R. 1625), H1761 [30MR]
        ------ protect the free choice of individual employees relative to
            participation in labor organizations (H.R. 59), H2822 [6MY],
            H3759 [22MY], H5586-H5591 [15JY], E935 [21MY], E1258 [26JN],
            E1276 [26JN], E1364 [21JY], E1381 [22JY], E1558 [5AU]
        ------ tribute to Day To Make Our Voices Heard campaign, E1203
            [23JN], E1204 [23JN]
        Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act:  amend (H.R. 4770),
            E2107 [13OC]
        Law enforcement officers:  funding for the hiring of personnel who
            perform nonadministrative services (H.R. 804), H9999-H10001
            [7OC]
        Let's Celebrate, Inc.:  anniversary, E599 [21AP]
        Long Beach, CA:  tribute to Economic Development Administration,
            E2117 [13OC]
        Los Angeles, CA:  tribute to Los Angeles Opportunities
            Industrialization Center Gold Key Awards Dinner, E1677 [9SE]
        Manchester, NH:  tribute to Bobby Stephen St. Patrick's Day
            Celebration, E398 [17MR]
        Maryland Rehabilitation Center:  anniversary, E1084 [10JN]
        Medicaid:  application of certain Federal intergovernmental
            mandates, H3229-H3231 [13MY]
        Medicare:  reform (H.R. 1165), E795 [7MY]
        Minimum wage:  level, H1303 [19MR], H1783 [31MR], H2106 [21AP],
            H3078 [12MY], H5850-H5857 [17JY], E445 [24MR], E1052 [5JN]
        ------ level (H.R. 3100), H21 [27JA]
        NAFTA:  impact on automobile industry, E1310 [15JY]
        ------ impact on employment and the economy, H737-H742 [3MR], H1174
            [17MR], H1452 [25MR], H1557 [26MR], H2063 [21AP], E251 [2MR],
            E608 [21AP], E1340 [17JY], E1614 [7AU]
        ------ implementation, E793 [7MY], E1673 [9SE]
        National Association of Letter Carriers:  Branch 70 recipient of San
            Diego-Imperial Counties Labor Council Community Service Award,
            E649 [23AP]
        National Association of Working Women:  anniversary, E2099 [12OC]
        National Board for Professional Teaching Standards:  funding, H2524
            [29AP]
        National Capital Revitalization and Self-Government Improvement Act:
             technical corrections (H.R. 4566), H10466-H10469 [10OC]
        National Child Protection Act:  allow for interstate background
            checks on elementary and secondary school employees (H.R. 4659),
            E1872 [1OC]
        National Institute for Metalworking Skills:  tribute, E1709 [14SE]
        National Labor Relations Act:  legislative review, E699 [29AP]
        ------ require arbitration of initial contract negotiation disputes
            (H.R. 2848), H4958 [22JN]
        National Payroll Week:  observance, H8720 [25SE]
        Native Americans:  transfer services and personnel from the BIA to
            the Office of Self-Governance and emphasize the need for job
            creation on Indian reservations (H.R. 4087), E1162 [18JN]
        ------ tribute to the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, H7699
            [15SE], E1722 [15SE], E1724 [15SE], E1739 [16SE], E1750 [17SE],
            E2070 [11OC]
        New Directions, Inc.:  tribute, E2013 [10OC]
        New Haven, CT:  tribute to Regional Workforce Development Board,
            E2320 [12NO]
        New Jersey Society of Certified Public Accountants:  anniversary,
            E1025 [4JN]
        New Mexico:  tribute to Project Uplift for efforts in providing
            information on technical education and career opportunities to
            minority youth, E2093 [12OC]
        NLRB:  treatment of businesses, labor organizations, and employees
            (H.R. 3246), H1210 [17MR], H1455 [25MR], H1556 [26MR], H1558
            [26MR], H1599 [26MR], H1609-H1623 [26MR], E195 [24FE], E504
            [27MR], E510 [30MR], E518 [30MR], E544 [1AP]
        ----- treatment of businesses, labor organizations, and employees
            (H.R. 3246), consideration (H. Res. 393), H1609 [26MR]
        Northern Front Range Continuum of Care (organization):  tribute,
            E652 [23AP]
        Northern Mariana Islands:  labeling, minimum wage, and immigration
            requirements relative to textile industry, E985 [3JN]
        ----- labeling, minimum wage, and immigration requirements relative
            to textile industry (H.R. 1450), E125 [11FE], E130 [11FE]
        ------ labor abuses, E125 [11FE], E130 [11FE]
        Nursing facilities:  permit certain paid staff to provide feeding
            and hydration assistance to residents and ensure that
            individuals with a history of patient or resident abuse or
            criminal convictions are not employed (H.R. 4686), E2066 [11OC]
        Oakland, CA:  anniversary of the Women in Skilled Trades program,
            E1328 [17JY]
        Oakland Private Industry Council:  tribute to ``EASTBAY Works''
            career and human resources center, E1158 [18JN]
        Occupational Therapy Month:  observance, E679 [28AP]
        Ohio City, OH:  tribute to Dave's Supermarkets (business), E215
            [24FE]
        Opportunity, Inc.:  tribute, E1838 [28SE]
        Orange County, CA:  tribute to Orange County School of Culinary
            Arts, E1 [27JA]
        Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development:  funding,
            E1580 [7AU]
        Orphan Foundation of America:  tribute, E1476 [30JY]
        OSHA:  consultation with State officials by employers relative to
            compliance with safety and health requirements (H.R. 2864),
            H1176 [17MR], H1178 [17MR], E405 [18MR], E406 [18MR]
        ------ prohibit any employee performance measures relative to number
            of inspections conducted, citations issued, or penalties
            assessed (H.R. 2877), H1177-H1179 [17MR], E412 [18MR]
        ------ workplace violence prevention recommendations for late-night
            retail establishments, E1181 [19JN]
        Pensions:  ensure accessibility, portability, and protection of
            retirement benefits (H.R. 4152), E1252 [26JN], E1253 [26JN]
        ------ ensure uniformity of Federal and State pension plans relative
            to State income taxes (H.R. 4572), H10949 [15OC]
        Political campaigns:  protect individuals from having their money
            involuntarily collected and used for politics by a corporation
            or labor organization, H6940 [3AU], H6942 [3AU]
        ----- protect individuals from having their money involuntarily
            collected and used for politics by a corporation or labor
            organization (S. 1663), H2101 [21AP], E213 [24FE]
        ------ require worker approval for use of labor organization dues
            and fees for political activities, H3630 [21MY], H3631 [21MY],
            H3632 [21MY], H3633 [21MY], H3759 [22MY], H3979 [3JN], H5587
            [15JY] require worker approval for use of labor organization
            dues and fees for political activities (H.R. 2608), H1748-H1754
            [30MR], H2600-H2602 [29AP], H3609-H3615 [20MY], H4699-H4705
            [17JN], E1571 [7AU]
        Postal Service:  application of OSHA standards in the same manner as
            any other employer (H.R. 3725), E651 [23AP]
        ------ application of OSHA standards in the same manner as any other
            employer (S. 2112), H7647 [14SE], H7648 [14SE], E1739 [16SE]
        Public Service Recognition Week:  observance, E797 [7MY]
        Public welfare programs:  clarify and improve public assistance and
            benefits for noncitizens (H.R. 4558), H8498-H8501 [23SE], E1796
            [24SE]
        ------ reform, H848 [4MR], H945 [10MR], H1223 [17MR], H1427 [24MR],
            H2084 [21AP], H2085 [21AP], H7814 [16SE], H10839 [14OC], E703
            [29AP], E1542 [4AU]
        Racial relations:  national objectives priority assignments,
            H746-H753 [3MR]
        Republican Party:  attempts to influence trade associations, law
            firms, and lobbying groups from hiring people affiliated with
            the Democratic Party, E2265 [21OC]
        ------ national agenda, H1284-H1291 [18MR]
        Rosario, Mildred:  firing as teacher relative to religious comments,
            H4842 [19JN]
        Saal, Phil:  San Diego-Imperial Counties Labor Council Leadership
            Award recipient, E645 [23AP]
        San Diego Construction & Building Trades Council:  San Diego-
            Imperial Counties Labor Council Community Service Award
            recipient, E649 [23AP]
        San Francisco, CA:  anniversary of San Francisco Conservation Corps,
            E1772 [22SE]
        Sand City, CA:  tribute to partnership with Gateway Industries that
            employs developmentally disabled individuals, E1764 [18SE]
        Santa Maria, CA:  tribute to GSS Family Thrift Store fundraising
            efforts for homeless shelters, E1378 [22JY]
        Sheet Metal Workers Union:  Local 206 recipient of San Diego-
            Imperial Counties Labor Council Labor to Neighbor Award, E647
            [23AP]
        Social Security:  allow personal retirement savings plans (H.R.
            3082), H2378 [28AP], H2780 [5MY]
        ------ choice of benefit payment method relative to computation rule
            application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (H.R.
            3008), H2082 [21AP]
        ------ eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (H.R.
            3912), E915 [20MY]
        ------ establish pilot program for personalized retirement security
            through personal retirement savings accounts (H.R. 3560), H2299
            [23AP], H2378 [28AP], H2780 [5MY]
        ------ payroll taxes, H1384 [24MR]
        ------ provide disabled beneficiaries opportunities to return to
            work, and extend Medicare coverage and tax credits for such
            beneficiaries (H.R. 3433), H4007-H4024 [3JN], E347 [11MR]
            provide disabled beneficiaries opportunities to return to work,
            and extend Medicare coverage and tax credits for such
            beneficiaries (H.R. 3433), consideration (H. Res. 450),
            H4005-H4007 [3JN]
        ------ use budget surplus to establish personal retirement savings
            accounts, H2085 [21AP], H2086 [21AP]
        Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute:  test the feasibility and
            desirability of new personnel management policies and procedures
            (H.R. 4259), H9629-H9646 [6OC]
        ----- test the feasibility and desirability of new personnel
            management policies and procedures (H.R. 4259), consideration
            (H. Res. 576), H9628 [6OC], H9629 [6OC]
        SSI:  treatment of certain cash awards from tax-exempt groups
            relative to fulfilling wishes for children with life-threatening
            diseases, H8500 [23SE]
        Take Our Daughters to Work Day:  observance, H2300 [23AP]
        Taxation:  allow credits to small businesses for certain expenses of
            long-term training of employees in highly skilled metalworking
            trades (H.R. 3110), E200 [24FE]
        ------ full deduction of health insurance costs for self-employed
            individuals, E1833 [28SE]
        ------ improve pension portability for defined benefit plans (H.R.
            3101), E10 [27JA], E14 [27JA]
        ------ permit early distributions from employee stock ownership
            plans for higher education expenses and first-time homebuyer
            purchases (H.R. 4740), E1965 [8OC]
        ------ permit 401(k) contributions which would otherwise be limited
            by employer contributions to employees stock ownership plans
            (H.R. 4741), E1965 [8OC]
        ------ promote expanded retirement savings (H.R. 3672), E579 [2AP]
        ------ reform standard for classifying technical workers as
            independent contractors for employment tax purposes (H.R. 3819),
            E790 [7MY]
        ------ treatment of benefits to retired coal miners (H.R. 2231),
            E562 [2AP]
        ------ treatment of businesses operating abroad (H.R. 4173), E1246
            [26JN]
        ------ treatment of employer health insurance deductions, H4656
            [17JN], H4657 [17JN], H4659 [17JN], H4663 [17JN]
        ------ treatment of high technology job training expenses (H.R.
            3274), H507 [24FE]
        ------ treatment of information technology job training expenses
            (H.R. 4025), E1088 [10JN]
        Telecommunications:  merger of MCI Communications Corp. and
            WorldCom, Inc., E272 [3MR]
        Thompson, Violet:  National Industries for the Blind (organization)
            Peter J. Salmon National Manufacturing Employee of the Year
            Award recipient, E1723 [15SE]
        Tijuana, Mexico:  improve working conditions at the Han Young truck
            factory (H. Res. 595), E2153 [13OC]
        Tobacco products:  provide crop insurance, extension services, and
            administration of price support and quota programs at no expense
            to the Dept. of Agriculture (H.R. 3664), H2034 [1AP]
        ------ provide economic assistance to tobacco farmers, workers, and
            communities dependent on tobacco production, H3298 [14MY]
        Tong, Mary:  San Diego-Imperial Counties Labor Council Friends of
            Labor honoree, E643 [23AP]
        Tourist trade:  establish a public-private partnership between the
            U.S. travel and tourism industry and every level of Government
            to make the U.S. the premiere tourist destination in the world
            (H.R. 4631), E1811 [25SE]
        Transportation:  telecommuting centers funding, E708 [29AP]
        Triangle Shirtwaist Co.:  anniversary of factory fire, H1508 [25MR]
        Trucking industry:  obtain written consent of applicants before
            obtaining Federal Highway Authority driving records and
            accidents history, H10219 [8OC], H10220 [8OC]
        Tuttle, Rick:  All City Employees Benefits Service Association
            Employee of the Year Award recipient, E76 [3FE]
        Tweet, Bill:  San Diego County Building and Construction Trades
            Council Labor Leader of the Year award recipient, E1730 [16SE]
        U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change:  impact of treaty on
            economy, E76 [3FE]
        Unemployment:  establish the Strategic Transitional Employment
            Program for the long-term unemployed living in poverty in
            certain identified communities (H.R. 4097), E1177 [19JN]
        United Domestic Workers of America:  San Diego-Imperial Counties
            Labor Council Organizing Award recipient, E642 [23AP]
        Veterans:  enforcement of reemployment rights relative to States,
            private employers, and servicemen employed by U.S. companies
            abroad (H.R. 3213), H1396-H1399 [24MR]
        ------ post-military employment prospects and unemployment
            statistics, E2095 [12OC]
        Volunteer workers:  exempt certain food bank volunteers from the
            Fair Labor Standards Act (H.R. 3152), H5386 [25JN]
        Williams, Charles:  Dallas Lighthouse for the Blind Ronald Pearce
            Blind Employee of the Year Award recipient, E610 [21AP]
        Wolka, Joyce:  Macomb Chapter of Professional Secretaries
            International Secretary or the Year award recipient, E605 [21AP]
        Woodlake, CA:  tribute to Got-A-Job Summer Youth Employment Program,
            E1666 [9SE]
        Worker Memorial Day:  observance, E684 [28AP]
        Workers Memorial Day:  observance, E807 [11MY]
      Remarks in Senate
        Agriculture:  observance of Food Check-Out Day, S523 [9FE]
        Air Force:  pilot retention, S9717 [1SE]
        Amtrak:  authorizing appropriations and management reform, S3915
            [30AP], S8903 [23JY]
        ------ authorizing appropriations and management reform (S. 738),
            S4941 [15MY], S5244 [20MY]
        Amtrak Reform Board:  nominations, S4941 [15MY], S5244 [20MY]
        Armed Forces:  tribute to businesses who employ members of the
            National Guard or Reserve forces, S9992 [8SE]
        Bankruptcy:  protection of retirement savings, S10186 [10SE], S10508
            [17SE]
        Bramucci, Raymond:  nomination to be Assistant Sec. of Labor for
            Employment and Training, S9518 [30JY]
        Budget:  establish reserve fund to provide certain disabled
            beneficiaries with opportunities to return to work, S3088 [2AP]
        Business and industry:  ensure economic equity for women (S. 71),
            S3116 [2AP], S6033 [10JN]
        ----- ensure economic equity for women (S. 71), star print, S2878
            [31MR]
        ------ hiring of certain individuals whose sole purpose of seeking
            employment is union organization and representation,
            S10270-S10283 [14SE], S10304-S10309 [14SE]
        ------ treatment of personal employment information reported to the
            National Directory of New Hires (S. 1865), S2661 [26MR]
        Children and youth:  child labor provisions relative to the
            operation of automobiles and trucks (H.R. 2327), S12397 [12OC]
        Civil rights:  prohibit discrimination in the payment of wages based
            on sex, race, or national origin (S. 232), S3116 [2AP]
        Civilian Conservation Corps:  anniversary, S4132 [1MY]
        ------ tribute, S3232 [3AP]
        Clover Technologies:  dedication of new headquarters in Wixom, MI,
            S12027 [8OC]
        Colleges and universities:  allow the use of age-based incentives
            for the voluntary retirement of tenured faculty, S11073 [29SE]
        ------ allow use of age-based incentives for the voluntary
            retirement of tenured faculty, S7841 [9JY], S7842 [9JY], S8054
            [13JY], S8055 [13JY]
        Colorado:  public welfare programs reform legislation, S10641-S10643
            [21SE]
        Community development:  provide grant funding for additional
            empowerment zones (S. 1927), S3141 [2AP]
        Contracts:  debar or suspend potential contractors using forced or
            indentured child labor from Federal contract eligibility, S9108
            [28JY], S9109 [28JY], S9200-S9207 [29JY]
        Correctional institutions:  test incarcerated persons for serious
            transmissible diseases if their bodily fluids come into contact
            with corrections personnel (H.R. 2070), S12680 [20OC]
        Credit:  furnishing and using consumer reports for employment
            purposes (S. 2561), S11638 [6OC], S11639 [6OC]
        Crime:  allow nursing facilities and home care agencies to conduct
            criminal background checks on job applicants, S8856 [23JY]
        Dept. of Agriculture:  Farm Service Agency employment assistance
            relative to reductions in force, S2612 [26MR]
        ------ modify overtime and holiday pay for veterinarians performing
            meat and poultry inspections (S. 2511), S10724 [22SE], S11002
            [25SE]
        Dept. of Defense:  authorize pay increase for military personnel,
            S7112 [25JN], S9326 [30JY]
        ------ report on ``nuclear cities'' initiative to improve employment
            opportunities for former Soviet nuclear weapons personnel, S7146
            [25JN]
        Dept. of Energy:  employment and economic assistance to workers and
            communities at the Portsmouth, OH, and Paducah, KY, uranium
            enrichment plants, S6540 [18JN], S6541 [18JN]
        ------ implementation of ``nuclear cities'' initiative to improve
            employment opportunities for former Soviet nuclear weapons
            personnel, S6531 [18JN]
        Dept. of Justice:  establish standards of conduct for employees and
            establish a review board to monitor compliance (H.R. 3396),
            S12858 [21OC]
        Dept. of Labor:  anniversary of Industry Union Glass Container
            Promotion Program, S9552 [31JY]
        ------ protect employer rights (S. 1981), S3543 [23AP], S3559
            [23AP], S10263 [11SE]
        ------ protect employer rights (S. 1981), motion to proceed, S10221
            [10SE], S10270-S10283 [14SE], S10304-S10309 [14SE]
        ------ protect employer rights (S. 1981), placed on the calendar,
            S3563 [24AP]
        ------ State assistance for pre-vocational training programs to
            improve the transition of welfare recipients to employment,
            S4257 [5MY] State assistance for pre-vocational training
            programs to improve the transition of welfare recipients to
            employment (S. 1709), S1347 [4MR]
        Dept. of Transportation:  access-to-jobs and reverse commute
            programs funding, S1682-S1684 [10MR]
        ------ clarify policy on grants to States who suspend certain
            disadvantaged business enterprise programs in compliance with
            court orders, S1758 [11MR], S1825 [12MR]
        Dept. of Veterans Affairs:  establish educational assistance
            programs to facilitate employment of health care professionals,
            S8333 [16JY]
        ----- establish educational assistance programs to facilitate
            employment of health care professionals (S. 2115), S5441-S5445
            [22MY]
        ------ staffing requirements in the Office of Inspector General (S.
            1746), S1779 [11MR]
        Discrimination:  submission of employee claims to mandatory and
            binding arbitration (S. 63), S4793 [13MY], S4794 [13MY]
        District of Columbia:  impose an income tax on nonresident workers
            to fund a regional education and workforce training system and
            to improve school facilities (S. 1070), S2752 [30MR]
        Drugs:  promote drug-free workplace programs, S12760 [21OC]
        ------ require random drug testing for job training program
            applicants, S4018 [1MY]
        Economy:  national objectives priority assignments, S13-S15 [27JA],
            S16 [27JA], S82 [28JA], S300 [3FE], S11570 [6OC], S12374 [12OC]
        Education:  establish regional partnerships to train workers in the
            area of information technology, S4260 [5MY]
        ----- establish regional partnerships to train workers in the area
            of information technology (S. 2021), S3938-S3940 [30AP]
        ------ provide loan forgiveness and cancellation for certain child
            care and education providers, S7848 [9JY]
        ------ vocational education funding (H.R. 1853), S6306 [12JN]
        ------ vocational education funding (H.R. 1853), conference report,
            S12034 [8OC], S12035 [8OC]
        ------ vocational education funding (H.R. 1853), conference report--
            unanimous-consent agreement, S11907 [8OC]
        EEOC:  funding, S2709 [27MR], S3081 [2AP], S3082 [2AP]
        Employee Benefit Research Institute:  anniversary, S10328 [14SE]
        Equal Pay Act:  anniversary, S6033 [10JN]
        ERISA:  protect the rights of participants and beneficiaries of
            terminated pension plans (S. 2475), S10384 [15SE]
        Fair Labor Standards Act:  anniversary, S7161 [25JN], S7211 [25JN]
        ------ minimum wage and overtime exemptions for licensed funeral
            directors (S. 2405), S9562 [31JY]
        ------ permit certain youth to perform certain work with wood (H.R.
            4257), S11526 [5OC]
        ------ permit certain youth to perform certain work with wood (S.
            2579), S11971 [8OC]
        ------ reform provisions relative to child labor (S. 2383), S9440
            [30JY]
        Families and domestic relations:  expand tax credits and grant
            programs to increase affordability, quality, and safety of child
            care (S. 1577), S115-S123 [28JA]
        ------ increase availability, affordability, and quality of child
            care, S103 [28JA], S690 [12FE], S2709 [27MR], S2800-S2809 [31MR]
            increase availability, affordability, and quality of child care
            (S. 1610), S388-S393 [4FE], S2784 [31MR], S5461 [22MY] increase
            availability, affordability, and quality of child care during
            periods outside school hours (S. 1697), S1202 [2MR]
        ------ increase availability, affordability, and quality of child
            care (S. 2489), S10518-S10520 [17SE]
        FEC:  require that the Commissioners vote to reappoint or replace
            the general counsel and staff director every four years, S6762
            [22JN], S6763 [22JN], S9219-S9221 [29JY], S9357 [30JY]
        Federal aid programs:  improve and expand empowerment and enterprise
            zone programs (S. 2418), S9591 [31JY], S9592 [31JY]
        ------ prohibit funds designated for the Workforce Investment
            Partnership Act to be used for the School-to-Work Opportunities
            Act, S4016 [1MY], S4017 [1MY]
        Federal employees:  prevent discrimination against preference
            eligibles applying for certain Government positions (S. 1021),
            S11506 [5OC]
        Federal Employees Health Benefits Program:  coverage of
            contraceptives under any plan providing prescription drug
            coverage, S9193-S9199 [29JY]
        ------ coverage of contraceptives under any plan providing
            prescription drug coverage, S11681 [7OC], S12135 [9OC], S12136
            [9OC]
        Federal highway program:  replace affirmative action policies with
            emerging business enterprise programs, S1396-S1433 [5MR],
            S1481-S1498 [6MR]
        Foreign trade:  prohibit imports produced by child labor,
            S12543-S12545 [14OC]
        ------ U.S. policy, S442 [5FE]
        GAO:  release of report on private and employer-based health
            insurance, S6633 [18JN]
        General Motors, Inc.:  effects of UAW strike, S8274 [16JY], S8549
            [20JY]
        Government:  consolidate Federal job training programs (H.R. 1385),
            S4252-S4349 [5MY]
        ----- consolidate Federal job training programs (H.R. 1385),
            conference report, S9489-S9493 [30JY], S9612 [31JY], S9616
            [31JY]
        ----- consolidate Federal job training programs (H.R. 1385), insert
            language of S. 1186 in lieu, S4026 [1MY]
        ------ improve and consolidate Federal job training programs (S.
            1186), S2290-S2293 [19MR], S3963-S4027 [1MY] improve and
            consolidate Federal job training programs (S. 1186), unanimous-
            consent agreement, S3662 [27AP]
        ------ improve and consolidate Federal job training programs, S10639
            [21SE]
        Haskell Indian Nations University:  test the feasibility and
            desirability of new personnel management policies and procedures
            (H.R. 4259), S12598 [14OC]
        Health:  require certain businesses to provide health insurance
            coverage (S. 1969), S3440 [22AP]
        ------ require certain businesses to provide health insurance
            coverage (S. 1969), S11120 [29SE]
        Health care professionals:  admission requirements for nonimmigrant
            nurses willing to practice in underserved areas (S. 2210), S7013
            [24JN]
        ------ allow nursing facilities and home care agencies to conduct
            criminal background checks on job applicants, S8856 [23JY]
        Immigrant Investor Program:  repeal, S4981-S4989 [18MY], S4997
            [18MY]
        Immigration:  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), S1516-S1519 [6MR], S1820 [12MR], S2244
            [19MR], S2715 [27MR], S4685 [12MY], S4745 [12MY], S4954-S5001
            [18MY] increase number of temporary visas for skilled workers
            and expand education and training opportunities for U.S.
            students and workers (S. 1723), unanimous-consent agreement,
            S4778 [13MY] increase number of temporary visas for skilled
            workers and expand education and training opportunities for U.S.
            students and workers (S. 1723), unanimous-consent request, S4612
            [11MY], S4613 [11MY] 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
            expand education and training opportunities for U.S. students
            and workers (S. 1723), S10877-S10879 [24SE]
        ------ increase number of temporary visas for skilled workers and
            protect similarly qualified U.S. workers, S12748 [21OC], S12758
            [21OC], S12773 [21OC] increase number of temporary visas for
            skilled workers and protect similarly qualified U.S. workers
            (H.R. 3736), S12254-S12257 [9OC], S12995 [12NO], S13001 [12NO]
        ------ protect and recruit qualified U.S. workers while increasing
            number of temporary visas for skilled workers, S4964-S4966
            [18MY], S4989-S4992 [18MY], S4996 [18MY]
        ------ provide housing assistance to eligible migrant and seasonal
            farmworkers, S4021 [1MY]
        ------ provide housing assistance to eligible migrant and seasonal
            farmworkers, S12785 [21OC]
        ------ provide whistleblower protection to foreign workers who file
            successful complaints against employers, S4967 [18MY]
        ------ reform the temporary agricultural workers program,
            S8839-S8851 [23JY]
        ------ reform the temporary agricultural workers program (S. 2337),
            S8661 [21JY], S8662 [21JY], S8669-S8671 [21JY]
        ------ treatment of petitions for employment visas for highly
            skilled workers, S12705 [20OC]
        Insurance:  order of precedence to be applied in the payment of life
            insurance benefits (H.R. 1316), S6638 [18JN]
        International Labor Organization:  adoption of declaration on
            fundamental principles and rights at work, S6907-S6909 [23JN]
        IRS:  establish combined employment tax reporting demonstration
            project, S4460 [7MY]
        ------ increase whistleblower protections for employees, S4392 [6MY]
        Japan:  U.S. policy, S1964-S1966 [16MR]
        Kentucky:  prohibit taxation of compensation of Tennessee residents
            for services as Federal employees at Fort Campbell, KY (S.
            2612), S12179 [9OC]
        Labor unions:  Presidential actions relative to resolving the
            dispute between Northwest Airlines, Inc., and the Air Line
            Pilots Association (S. Res. 270), S9885 [2SE]
        ------ strengthen the rights of workers to associate, organize and
            strike (S. 2389), S9448 [30JY]
        Medicare:  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), S2127-S2135
            [17MR]
        ------ require disclosure of staffing and performance data, provide
            whistleblower protection to employees, and review impact of
            proposed mergers and acquisitions relative to Medicare providers
            (S. 2055), S4559 [8MY]
        Minimum wage:  level, S707 [12FE], S1802 [11MR], S4776 [13MY],
            S9903-S9907 [3SE], S9922 [3SE], S10096 [9SE], S10183 [10SE],
            S10193 [10SE], S10194 [10SE], S10260-S10263 [11SE], S10647
            [21SE], S10678 [22SE], S10680-S10697 [22SE], S10716 [22SE],
            S11058 [28SE]
        ------ level (S. 1573), S51-S56 [27JA], S409 [4FE]
        ------ level (S. 1805), S2305 [19MR]
        NAFTA:  impact on trade deficit, S8276 [16JY]
        National Capital Revitalization and Self-Government Improvement Act:
             technical corrections (H.R. 4566), S12477 [14OC]
        National Guard:  anniversary of the National Committee for Employer
            Support of the Guard and Reserve, S7606 [7JY]
        National Payroll Week:  observance, S10328 [14SE]
        Native Americans:  promote economic development and investment on
            Indian reservations (S. 2010), S3922 [30AP]
        ------ transfer services and personnel from the BIA to the Office of
            Self-Governance and emphasize the need for job creation on
            Indian reservations (S. 1279), S6537 [18JN], S6638 [18JN], S6639
            [18JN]
        Navy:  eligibility for special duty pay for certain divers, S6674
            [19JN]
        ------ pilot retention, S9717 [1SE]
        New Orleans, LA:  Avondale Shipyard labor dispute resolution, S11233
            [1OC]
        NLRB:  determine appropriateness of certain bargaining units in the
            absence of a stipulation or consent (S. 1686), S1073 [26FE]
        ------ recovery of attorneys' fees by small businesses and labor
            organizations who prevail in proceedings (S. 1684), S1073 [26FE]
        ------ resolution of unfair labor practice complaints in a timely
            manner (S. 1685), S1073 [26FE]
        ------ treatment of businesses, labor organizations, and employees
            (S. 2085), S4915 [14MY]
        Northwest Airlines, Inc.:  impact of Air Line Pilots Association
            strike on air travel in North Dakota, S9853 [2SE]
        Occupational Safety and Health Act:  amend (S. 765), S12281-S12283
            [10OC]
        ------ amend (S. 1237), S7036 [24JN]
        Ohio:  implement demonstration projects to develop new and
            specialized techniques that address community employment and
            training needs, S4021 [1MY]
        OPM:  develop classification standards for physician assistants in
            Federal agencies (S. 2588), S11984 [8OC]
        Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development:  funding,
            S8594 [20JY], S8773 [22JY], S8872 [23JY], S8873 [23JY]
        OSHA:  consultation with State officials by employers relative to
            compliance with safety and health requirements (H.R. 2864),
            S7035 [24JN], S7036 [24JN]
        ------ prohibit any employee performance measures relative to number
            of inspections conducted, citations issued, or penalties
            assessed (H.R. 2877), S7035 [24JN], S7036 [24JN]
        ------ prohibit any employee performance measures relative to number
            of inspections conducted, citations issued, or penalties
            assessed (H.R. 2877), S12281-S12283 [10OC]
        ------ require employers to notify local emergency officials of
            workplace emergencies (S. 2245), S7262 [26JN]
        Pensions:  ensure accessibility, portability, and protection of
            retirement benefits (S. 2249), S7264 [26JN]
        ----- ensure accessibility, portability, and protection of
            retirement benefits (S. 2339), S8672-S8676 [21JY]
        ------ waive limit on benefits from multiemployer plans (S. 1600),
            S322 [3FE] waive limit on benefits from multiemployer plans (S.
            2267), S7577 [7JY]
        Political campaigns:  protect individuals from having their money
            involuntarily collected and used for politics by a corporation
            or labor organization (S. 1663), S805 [23FE], S807 [23FE],
            S817-S832 [23FE], S861-S863 [23FE], S867-S882 [24FE], S884-S919
            [24FE], S972-S995 [25FE], S997-S1001 [25FE], S1036-S1052 [26FE]
        ----- protect individuals from having their money involuntarily
            collected and used for politics by a corporation or labor
            organization (S. 1663), unanimous-consent agreement, S802
            [23FE], S832 [23FE], S948 [25FE]
        ------ require worker approval for use of labor organization dues
            and fees for political activities, S10149-S10160 [10SE]
        Postal Service:  application of OSHA standards in the same manner as
            any other employer (S. 2112), S5434-S5436 [22MY], S9528-S9530
            [31JY]
        ------ application of OSHA standards in the same manner as any other
            employer (S. 2112), S12281-S12283 [10OC]
        ------ tribute to employees, S8069 [13JY]
        Public Service Recognition Week:  observance, S4215 [4MY], S4552
            [7MY]
        Public welfare programs:  clarify and improve public assistance and
            benefits for noncitizens (H.R. 4558), S12036 [8OC]
        ------ continuation of benefits for those completing higher
            education programs, S1548 [9MR], S3346 [21AP]
        ------ continuation of benefits for those completing higher
            education programs, S11089-S11093 [29SE]
        ------ make postsecondary or vocational education training a
            permissible work activity, S7795-S7797 [9JY], S7816-S7824 [9JY]
        ------ reform, S107-S109 [28JA], S502 [9FE], S504 [9FE],
            S10641-S10643 [21SE]
        Railroads:  modify the guaranteed minimum benefit for widows and
            widowers relative to conversion from spouse to widow or widower
            annuity (S. Con. Res. 80), S1461 [5MR]
        Rehabilitation Act:  extend authorization, S4009 [1MY], S4014-S4016
            [1MY], S4258 [5MY]
        ------ extend authorization (S. 1579), S126-S171 [28JA]
        SBA:  training and technical assistance funding relative to small
            businesses in rural Alaska, S8648 [21JY]
        Senate Legal Counsel:  authorizing representation for the Office of
            Senate Fair Employment Practices in cases involving William L.
            Singer and the Office of the Senate Sergeant at Arms (S. Res.
            202), S2778 [30MR], S2779 [30MR]
        Social Security:  create personalized retirement accounts (S. 2552),
            S11443-S11448 [5OC]
        ------ divert percentage of payroll tax into personal investment
            plans, increase retirement age, adjust Consumer Price Index, and
            reduce benefits to wealthier individuals (S. 2313), S8244-S8248
            [15JY]
        ------ divert percentage of payroll tax into personal investment
            plans, S10233 [11SE]
        ------ eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (S.
            1571), S49 [27JA]
        ------ establish pilot program for personalized retirement security
            through personal retirement savings accounts (S. 2369), S9244
            [29JY]
        ------ provide certain disabled beneficiaries with opportunities to
            return to work by improving access to health care (S. 1858),
            S2571 [25MR], S2572 [25MR], S2752 [30MR]
        ------ provide certain disabled beneficiaries with opportunities to
            return to work by improving access to health care (S. 1858),
            S12545 [14OC]
        ------ provide disabled beneficiaries opportunities to return to
            work, and extend Medicare coverage and tax credits for such
            beneficiaries (H.R. 3433), S5733 [5JN], S5737 [9JN]
        ------ provide disabled beneficiaries opportunities to return to
            work, and extend Medicare coverage and tax credits for such
            beneficiaries (H.R. 3433), S12593 [14OC]
        ------ reduce payroll taxes, S9403 [30JY], S9404 [30JY]
        ------ reduce payroll taxes (S. 1792), S2154-S2168 [18MR], S8447
            [17JY]
        ------ reform relative to women and minorities, S8985-S8987 [24JY]
        ------ use budget surplus to establish personal retirement savings
            accounts, S2917-S2929 [1AP]
        Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute:  test the feasibility and
            desirability of new personnel management policies and procedures
            (H.R. 4259), S12598 [14OC]
        Springfield, VT:  Springfield Workforce Development Center funding,
            S12772 [21OC]
        States:  provide authority to permit certain employers of domestic
            workers to make annual wage reports (S. 1880), S2765 [30MR]
        Take Our Daughters To Work Day:  observance, S3473 [23AP]
        Taxation:  adjust deduction amounts for certain married couples and
            allow full deduction of health insurance costs for self-employed
            individuals, S6002 [10JN], S6007 [10JN], S6010-S6033 [10JN]
        ----- adjust deduction amounts for certain married couples and allow
            full deduction of health insurance costs for self-employed
            individuals (S. 2147), S5790 [9JN]
        ------ allow cash payment to Federal employees in lieu of parking
            benefits (S. 2575), S11713 [7OC], S11714 [7OC]
        ------ allow deduction for long-term care services for individuals
            not eligible for employer-provided long-term health coverage (S.
            2492), S10522 [17SE], S10523 [17SE]
        ------ deductibility of business meal expenses for individuals who
            are subject to Federal limitations on hours of service (S.
            2628), S12405 [12OC]
        ------ designate renewal communities (S. 1995), S3715-S3720 [28AP]
        ------ employee option to receive taxable cash compensation in lieu
            of nontaxable parking benefits, S1742 [11MR]
        ------ employer credits for expenses of providing child care
            services to employees (S. 2593), S11986 [8OC]
        ------ enhance the portability of retirement benefits (S. 2329),
            S8484 [17JY], S8516 [17JY]
        ------ exclusion of employer-provided educational assistance (S.
            Res. 180), S1016 [25FE]
        ------ extend certain expiring provisions (S. 2622), S12324-S12337
            [10OC]
        ------ extend the work opportunity credit (S. 2230), S7192 [25JN],
            S7193 [25JN]
        ------ extend work opportunity tax credit relative to dislocated
            workers in areas suffering extensive job losses (S. 2018), S3936
            [30AP]
        ------ implement return-free filing system, S4612 [11MY]
        ------ increase amount which may be contributed to defined
            contribution pension plans (S. 1856), S2570 [25MR]
        ------ increase deductions for health insurance costs by self-
            employed individuals through revenues from an estate tax
            technical correction (S. 2613), S12187 [9OC], S12342 [10OC]
        ------ promote retirement savings (S. 2635), S12563 [14OC]
        ------ provide additional retirement savings opportunities for small
            employers and self-employed individuals (S. 2130), S5634 [4JN]
        ------ reform standard for classifying technical workers as
            independent contractors for employment tax purposes (S. 1924),
            S3139 [2AP]
        ------ State authority to tax compensation paid to certain
            employees, S7112-S7117 [25JN]
        ------ State authority to tax compensation paid to certain
            employees, S11215-S11225 [1OC], S11232 [1OC]
        ------ treatment of businesses operating abroad (S. 2231),
            S7193-S7195 [25JN]
        ------ treatment of information technology job training expenses (S.
            2089), S5021 [18MY] treatment of information technology job
            training expenses (S. 2409), S9569 [31JY]
        ------ treatment of meals provided to hotel and restaurant employees
            in non-discriminatory employee cafeterias (S. 2027), S4037 [1MY]
        ------ treatment of unused nontaxable benefits under cafeteria
            plans, flexible spending arrangements, and health flexible
            spending accounts (S. 2304), S8137 [14JY]
        Telecommunications:  establish a program for training and employing
            residents of low-income rural areas in new telecommunications
            industry jobs (S. 2624), S12341 [10OC]
        Textile industry and fabrics:  impact of foreign trade policies and
            agreements on domestic businesses, S7711-S7713 [9JY]
        Tobacco products:  provide market transition assistance for tobacco
            producers, industry workers, and their communities, S4428 [6MY],
            S5084 [19MY], S5089 [19MY], S5094 [19MY], S5494 [1JN], S5500
            [1JN], S5764 [9JN], S6383-S6398 [16JN], S6451-S6457 [17JN],
            S6460 [17JN], S6462 [17JN], S6512 [18JN]
        ----- provide market transition assistance for tobacco producers,
            industry workers, and their communities and ensure the quality
            of U.S. tobacco (S. 1582), S173 [28JA]
        ----- provide market transition assistance for tobacco warehousemen,
            S6467 [17JN]
        Tourist trade:  create employment opportunities and promote economic
            growth in the travel and tourism industry (S. 2412), S9571
            [31JY], S9572 [31JY]
        Training voucher system:  establish, S4263 [5MY], S4264 [5MY]
        Transportation:  Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program
            reauthorization, S5413 [22MY], S5414 [22MY]
        Treaties and agreements:  removal of injunction of secrecy, S5029
            [18MY]
        U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change:  ratification, S3902
            [30AP], S3903 [30AP]
        Unemployment:  establish the Strategic Transitional Employment
            Program for the long-term unemployed living in poverty in
            certain identified communities (S. 2215), S7172-S7175 [25JN]
        ------ improve the collection of Federal unemployment taxes and the
            provision of such revenues for employment security
            administration (S. 2556), S11583 [6OC]
        Urban areas:  allow certain cities to retain their designation as
            Service Delivery Areas for purposes of implementing job training
            programs, S4019 [1MY], S4020 [1MY]
        Vermont:  tribute to Federal employees, S4215 [4MY]
        Veterans:  treatment in Federal job training programs, S4263 [5MY]
        Volunteer workers:  exempt certain food bank volunteers from the
            Fair Labor Standards Act (H.R. 3152), S9318 [29JY]
        Women:  address economic obstacles of domestic violence victims (S.
            2558), S11584 [6OC]
        Workers Memorial Day:  observance, S4216 [4MY]
      Reports
        Amtrak, the National Railroad Passenger Corp.--Current Performance
            and Future Prospects:  Randolph R. Resor, ZETA-TECH Associates,
            Inc., H6716-H6718 [29JY]
        Hunger 1997--The Faces and Facts:  Second Harvest (organization),
            S1802 [11MR]
        New DOT Regulations--How Are They Narrowly Tailored? Senator
            Specter, S1485 [6MR]
        Workers' Compensation Fraud:  Labor Research Association,
            E2057-E2059 [11OC]
        Workplace Code of Conduct:  Apparel Industry Partnership
            (organization), H2862-H2864 [6MY]
      Reports filed
        American Competitiveness Act:  Committee on the Judiciary (Senate)
            (S. 1723), S3119 [2AP]
        ----- Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 1723) (S. Rept. 105-
            186), S4630 [11MY]
        Analyze Impact and Improve Congressional Deliberation of Proposed
            Federal Private Sector Mandates:  Committee on Rules (House)
            (H.R. 3534) (H. Rept. 105-515), H3012 [7MY]
        Consideration of H.R. 2888, Sales Incentive Compensation Act:
            Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 461) (H. Rept. 105-572),
            H4324 [9JN]
        Consideration of H.R. 3246, Fairness for Small Business and
            Employees Act:  Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 393) (H.
            Rept. 105-463), H1548 [25MR]
        Consideration of H.R. 3433, Provide Disabled Social Security
            Beneficiaries the Opportunities To Return to Work, Extend
            Medicare Coverage, and Continue Tax Credits:  Committee on Rules
            (House) (H. Res. 450) (H. Rept. 105-553), H3970 [22MY]
        Consideration of H.R. 3534, Mandates Information Act:  Committee on
            Rules (House) (H. Res. 426) (H. Rept. 105-529), H3104 [12MY]
        Consideration of H.R. 3736, Workforce Improvement and Protection
            Act:  Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 513) (H. Rept. 105-
            660), H6819 [30JY]
        Consideration of H.R. 4259, Haskell Indian Nations University and
            Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute Administrative Systems
            Act:  Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 576) (H. Rept. 105-
            779), H9536 [5OC]
        Correction Officers Health and Safety Act:  Committee on the
            Judiciary (House) (H.R. 2070) (H. Rept. 105-665), H6879 [31JY]
        Drug-Free Workplace Act:  Committee on Small Business (Senate) (H.R.
            3853) (S. Rept. 105-348), S10984 [25SE]
        Employment, Training, and Literacy Enhancement Act:  Committee of
            Conference (H.R. 1385) (H. Rept. 105-659), H6696 [29JY]
        Haskell Indian Nations University and Southwestern Indian
            Polytechnic Institute Administrative Systems Act:  Committee on
            Government Reform and Oversight (House) (H.R. 4259) (H. Rept.
            105-700), H7493 [9SE]
        Health Professional Shortage Area Nursing Relief Act:  Committee on
            the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 2759) (H. Rept. 105-668), H6999
            [3AU]
        Mandates Information Act:  Committee on Governmental Affairs
            (Senate) (S. 389) (S. Rept. 105-299), S9877 [2SE]
        NLRB Treatment of Businesses, Labor Organizations, and Employees:
            Committee on Education and the Workforce (House) (H.R. 3246) (H.
            Rept. 105-453), H1298 [18MR]
        Nomination of Ida L. Castro to the EEOC:  Committee on Labor and
            Human Resources (Senate), S10841 [23SE]
        Nomination of Paul A. Igasaki to the EEOC:  Committee on Labor and
            Human Resources (Senate), S10841 [23SE]
        Nomination of Paul S. Miller to the EEOC:  Committee on Labor and
            Human Resources (Senate), S10841 [23SE]
        Northern Mariana Islands Covenant Implementation Act:  Committee on
            Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 1275) (S. Rept. 105-
            201), S5694 [5JN]
        OSHA Compliance Assistance Authorization Act:  Committee on
            Education and the Workforce (House) (H.R. 2864) (H. Rept. 105-
            444), H1235 [17MR]
        OSHA Identification and Notification of Specific Industries to Which
            Regulations and Compliance Standards Apply:  Committee on
            Education and the Workforce (House) (H.R. 2873) (H. Rept. 105-
            733), H8083 [18SE]
        Postal Employees Safety Enhancement Act:  Committee on Labor and
            Human Resources (Senate) (S. 2112), S9135 [28JY]
        Prohibit OSHA Employee Performance Measures Relative to Number of
            Inspections Conducted, Citations Issued, or Penalties Assessed:
            Committee on Education and the Workforce (House) (H.R. 2877) (H.
            Rept. 105-445), H1235 [17MR]
        Promote Drug-Free Workplace Programs:  Committee on Small Business
            (House) (H.R. 3853) (H. Rept. 105-584), H4834 [18JN]
        Protect Federal Law Enforcement Officers Who Intervene in Certain
            Violent Situations Outside the Scope of Their Employment:
            Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 1031), S9425 [30JY]
        Provide Disabled Social Security Beneficiaries the Opportunities To
            Return to Work, Extend Medicare Coverage, and Continue Tax
            Credits:  Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 3433) (H.
            Rept. 105-537), H3365 [18MY]
        Public Assistance and Benefits for Noncitizens Clarification and
            Improvement:  Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 4558)
            (H. Rept. 105-735), H8461 [22SE]
        Rehabilitation Act Authorization Extension:  Committee on Labor and
            Human Resources (Senate) (S. 1579) (S. Rept. 105-166), S1200
            [2MR]
        Safety Advancement for Employees Act:  Committee on Labor and Human
            Resources (Senate) (S. 1237) (S. Rept. 105-159), S48 [27JA]
        Sales Incentive Compensation Act:  Committee on Education and the
            Workforce (House) (H.R. 2888) (H. Rept. 105-558), H4054 [3JN]
        Self-Audit Promotion Act:  Committee on Education and the Workforce
            (House) (H.R. 2869) (H. Rept. 105-731), H8083 [18SE]
        Sound Scientific Practices Act:  Committee on Education and the
            Workforce (House) (H.R. 2661) (H. Rept. 105-730), H8083 [18SE]
        Transfer BIA Services and Personnel to the Office of Self-Governance
            and Emphasize the Need for Job Creation on Indian Reservations:
            Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 1279) (S. Rept. 105-
            207), S5694 [5JN]
        Veterans Employment Opportunities Act:  Committee on Veterans
            Affairs (Senate) (S. 1021) (S. Rept. 105-340), S10657 [21SE]
        Veterans' Reemployment Rights Relative to States, Private Employers,
            and Servicemen Employed by U.S. Companies Abroad:  Committee on
            Veterans Affairs (House) (H.R. 3213) (H. Rept. 105-448), H1235
            [17MR]
        Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act:  Committee of
            Conference (H.R. 1853) (H. Rept. 105-800), H10075 [8OC]
        Workforce Improvement and Protection Act:  Committee on the
            Judiciary (House) (H.R. 3736) (H. Rept. 105-657), H6696 [29JY]
      Reports to constituents
        Hamilton, Representative:  Responding to Globalization, E1663 [9SE]
        ------ State of the Economy, E220 [25FE], E220 [25FE]
      Resolutions by organizations
        Haskell Indian Nations University and Southwestern Indian
            Polytechnic Institute Administrative Systems Act:  Agua Caliente
            Band of Cahuilla Indians Tribal Council, H9635 [6OC]
        ----- Akutan Traditional Council, H9635 [6OC]
        ----- Cabazon Band of Mission Indians, Indio, CA, H9635 [6OC]
        ----- Delaware Tribe of Western Oklahoma, Anadarko, OK, H9631 [6OC]
        ----- Duckwater Shoshone Tribe, Duckwater, NV, H9631 [6OC]
        ----- Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, Cherokee, NC, H9631 [6OC]
        ----- Elk Valley Rancheria Tribal Council, H9634 [6OC]
        ----- Fort Independence Reservation, Independence, CA, H9632 [6OC]
        ----- Grand Portage Reservation Tribal Council, Grand Portage, MN,
            H9632 [6OC]
        ----- Haskell Indian Nations University Board of Regents, H9633
            [6OC]
        ----- Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska, H9632 [6OC]
        ----- Lac Courte Oreilles Tribal Governing Board, Hayward, WI, H9631
            [6OC]
        ----- Los Coyotes Reservation, Warner Springs, CA, H9630 [6OC]
        ----- Miami Tribe of Oklahoma, Miami, OK, H9632 [6OC]
        ----- National Congress of American Indians, H9633 [6OC]
        ----- Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin, H9636 [6OC]
        ----- Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma, Miami, OK, H9632 [6OC]
        ----- Pinoleville Indian Reservation Tribal Council, H9634 [6OC]
        ----- Pueblo of Isleta Indians, Isleta, NM, H9633 [6OC]
        ----- Puyallup Indians Tribal Council, H9637 [6OC]
        ----- Quileute Indians Tribal Council, H9636 [6OC]
        ----- Soboba Band of Mission Indians Tribal Council, H9635 [6OC]
        ----- Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican Indians Tribal Council,
            H9636 [6OC]
        ----- Table Bluff Wiyot Tribe Council, H9634 [6OC]
        ----- Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians Tribal Council, H9636
            [6OC]
        ----- Upper Sioux Community Board of Trustees, H9636 [6OC]
        U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change:  Oakland County, MI,
            Board of Commissioners, E76 [3FE]
      Statements
        BankBoston Corp.'s Diversity Program:  Chad Gifford and Henrique
            Meirelles, BankBoston Corp., E772 [6MY]
        Education and Wages:  Neale Gay and Liz Rocheleau, E1560 [5AU]
        GAO Report on Use of Child Labor in Agriculture:  Alexis M. Herman,
            Sec. of Labor, E1785 [23SE]
        ------ L. Diane Mull, Association of Farmworker Opportunity
            Programs, E1786 [23SE]
        Gay-Straight Alliance:  Isaac Evans-Frantz and Alina Lyon, E1375
            [21JY]
        ------ Nicholas Webb, Ginger Irish, and Palmer Legare, E1527 [3AU]
        ------ Several Vermont High School Students, E1426 [24JY]
        Increase Pell Grant Awards to Certain Students:  Paul J. Lynskey,
            H613 [25FE]
        International Labor Organization Declaration on Fundamental
            Principles and Rights at Work:  Alexis M. Herman, Sec. of Labor,
            S6910 [23JN]
        Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act:  Clyde W. Summers,
            E2107-E2109 [13OC]
        Noncitizen Benefit Clarification and Other Technical Amendments Act:
             Executive Office of the President, H8499 [23SE]
        SSI Treatment of Certain Cash Awards Relative to Fulfilling Wishes
            for Children With Life-Threatening Diseases:  Tony Leal, Jr.,
            Make-A-Wish Foundation, H8500 [23SE]
        Use of Child Labor in Clothing Manufacturing Plants:  Kathie Lee
            Gifford, E1869 [1OC]
        Workforce Investment Partnership Act:  OMB, S4008 [1MY]
      Summaries
        America After School Act (H.R. 3400), E313 [5MR]
        Child Care A.C.C.E.S.S. Act (S. 1610), S391 [4FE]
        Employee Pension Portability and Accountability Act (H.R. 3672),
            E580 [2AP]
        Enhance the Portability of Retirement Benefits (S. 2329),
            S8485-S8487 [17JY]
        Health Professional Shortage Area Nursing Relief Act (H.R. 2759),
            H6934 [3AU]
        High-Tech Immigration and U.S. Worker Protection Act (S. 1878),
            S2725 [27MR]
        Medicare Early Access Act (S. 1789), S2133 [17MR]
        National Labor Relations Act Legislative Review:  Independent
            Electrical Contractors (organization), E699 [29AP]
        Pension Improvement Act (H.R. 3101), E14 [27JA]
        Private and Employer-Based Health Insurance Report:  GAO, S6634
            [18JN]
        Retirement Accessibility, Security, and Portability Act (H.R. 4152),
            E1253-E1255 [26JN]
        Tobacco Market Transition Act (S. 1582), S178 [28JA]
      Tables
        Budget deficits and Social Security, S2921 [1AP]
        Payroll taxes, S2921 [1AP]
        Tax Relief Extension Act estimated revenue effects, S12336 [10OC]
      Testimonies
        Child Labor Laws:  Sergio Reyes, S9442 [30JY]
        Jobs With Justice (organization) Hearing on Welfare/Workfare Issues:
             Brooks Sunkett, Communications Workers of America, E733 [1MY]
        ----- Christopher Lamb, Center on Social Welfare Policy and Law,
            E805 [7MY]
        ----- David Roth, Cleveland Works (organization), E734 [1MY]
        ----- Ilana Barger, People Organized To Win Employment Rights
            (organization), E818 [12MY]
        ----- Joselito Laudencia, Californians for Justice (organization),
            E804 [7MY]
        ----- Josie Mooney, Service Employees International Union, E734
            [1MY]
        ----- Laurie Barretto, Catholic Charities (organization), E817
            [12MY]
        ----- Paul Booth, American Federation of State, County and Municipal
            Employees, E806 [7MY]
        ----- Peggy Haack, E818 [12MY]
        ----- Sabrina Gillon, Campaign for a Sustainable Milwaukee
            (organization), E805 [7MY]
        ----- Wardell Yotaghan, Coalition To Protect Public Housing, E818
            [12MY]
        Replace Federal Highway Program Affirmative Action Policies With
            Emerging Business Enterprise Programs:  Eugene Volokh, S1407
            [5MR]
        ----- George R. La Noue, S1407 [5MR]
      Texts of
        H. Res. 393, consideration of H.R. 3246, Fairness for Small Business
            and Employees Act, H1600 [26MR]
        H. Res. 401, terminate social promotion in schools, H4603 [16JN]
        H. Res. 426, consideration of H.R. 3534, Mandates Information Act,
            H3119 [13MY]
        H. Res. 450, consideration of H.R. 3433, Ticket to Work and Self-
            Sufficiency Act, H4006 [3JN]
        H. Res. 461, consideration of H.R. 2888, Sales Incentive
            Compensation Act, H4465 [10JN]
        H. Res. 513, consideration of H.R. 3736, Workforce Improvement and
            Protection Act, H8572 [24SE]
        H. Res. 576, consideration of H.R. 4259, Haskell Indian Nations
            University and Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute
            Administrative Systems Act, H9628 [6OC]
        H.R. 804, funding for the hiring of law enforcement personnel who
            perform nonadministrative services, H9999 [7OC]
        H.R. 1385, Employment, Training, and Literacy Enhancement Act,
            S4266-S4349 [5MY]
        H.R. 2070, Correction Officers Health and Safety Act, H6935 [3AU],
            H11701 [21OC]
        H.R. 2327, Drive for Teen Employment Act, H9124 [28SE]
        H.R. 2608, Paycheck Protection Act, H1748 [30MR]
        H.R. 2759, Health Professional Shortage Area Nursing Relief Act,
            H6931 [3AU]
        H.R. 2864, OSHA Compliance Assistance Authorization Act, H1176
            [17MR]
        H.R. 2877, prohibit any OSHA employee performance measures relative
            to number of inspections conducted, citations issued, or
            penalties assessed, H1177 [17MR]
        H.R. 2888, Sales Incentive Compensation Act, H4473 [10JN]
        H.R. 3152, exempt certain food bank volunteers from the Fair Labor
            Standards Act, H5387 [25JN]
        H.R. 3213, enforcement of veterans reemployment rights relative to
            States, private employers, and servicemen employed by U.S.
            companies abroad, H1396 [24MR]
        H.R. 3246, Fairness for Small Business and Employees Act, H1618
            [26MR]
        H.R. 3433, Ticket to Work and Self-Sufficiency Act, H4007-H4018
            [3JN]
        H.R. 3534, Mandates Information Act, H3229 [13MY]
        H.R. 3614, FBI Fairness To Appeal Improvement Act, E525 [31MR]
        H.R. 3736, Workforce Improvement and Protection Act, H8578-H8584
            [24SE]
        H.R. 3853, Drug-Free Workplace Act, H4974 [23JN]
        H.R. 3912, Senior Citizens' Freedom To Work Act, E915 [20MY]
        H.R. 4025, tax treatment of information technology job training
            expenses, E1089 [10JN]
        H.R. 4257, permit certain youth to perform certain work with wood
            under the Fair Labor Standards Act, H9122 [28SE]
        H.R. 4259, Haskell Indian Nations University and Southwestern Indian
            Polytechnic Institute Administrative Systems Act, H9645 [6OC]
        H.R. 4506, International Child Labor Relief Act, H10163 [8OC]
        H.R. 4558, Noncitizen Benefit Clarification and Other Technical
            Amendments Act, H8498 [23SE]
        H.R. 4566, National Capital Revitalization and Self-Government
            Improvement Act technical corrections, H10466-H10469 [10OC]
        H.R. 4572, ensure uniformity of Federal and State pension plans
            relative to State income taxes, H10949 [15OC]
        S. 1021, Veterans Employment Opportunities Act, S11506-S11511 [5OC],
            H10185-H10187 [8OC]
        S. 1186, Workforce Investment Partnership Act, S3963-S4003 [1MY]
        S. 1279, transfer services and personnel from the BIA to the Office
            of Self-Governance and emphasize the need for job creation on
            Indian reservations, S6638 [18JN]
        S. 1573, Fair Minimum Wage Act, S56 [27JA]
        S. 1577, Caring for Children Act, S116-S119 [28JA]
        S. 1579, Rehabilitation Act authorization extension, S127-S168
            [28JA]
        S. 1582, Tobacco Market Transition Act, S174-S178 [28JA]
        S. 1600, waive limit on tax benefits from multiemployer pension
            plans, S322 [3FE]
        S. 1684, Fair Access to Indemnity and Reimbursement Act, S1074
            [26FE]
        S. 1685, Justice on Time Act, S1075 [26FE]
        S. 1686, Fair Hearing Act, S1075 [26FE]
        S. 1697, America After School Act, S1203-S1205 [2MR]
        S. 1723, American Competitiveness Act, S1519 [6MR], S4998-S5000
            [18MY]
        S. 1746, Dept. of Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector General
            staffing requirements, S1779 [11MR]
        S. 1789, Medicare Early Access Act, S2127-S2133 [17MR]
        S. 1792, Social Security Solvency Act, S2160-S2166 [18MR]
        S. 1805, Fair Minimum Wage Act, S2305 [19MR]
        S. 1880, State authority to permit certain employers of domestic
            workers to make annual wage reports, S2766 [30MR]
        S. 1924, Technical Workers Fairness Act, S3139 [2AP]
        S. 1927, Empowerment Zone Enhancement Act, S3142 [2AP]
        S. 1969, Health Care for Working Families Act, S3440 [22AP]
        S. 2010, Native American Business Development, Trade Promotion, and
            Tourism Act, S3923-S3925 [30AP]
        S. 2021, Technology Skills Partnership Act, S3939 [30AP]
        S. 2027, tax treatment of meals provided to hotel and restaurant
            employees in non-discriminatory employee cafeterias, S4038 [1MY]
        S. 2085, Fairness for Small Business and Employees Act, S4915 [14MY]
        S. 2089, tax treatment of information technology job training
            expenses, S5022 [18MY]
        S. 2112, Postal Employees Safety Enhancement Act, S5435 [22MY],
            S9528 [31JY], H7647 [14SE]
        S. 2115, Dept. of Veterans Affairs Primary Care Providers Incentive
            Act, S5442-S5444 [22MY]
        S. 2147, adjust tax deduction amounts for certain married couples
            and allow full deduction of health insurance costs for self-
            employed individuals, S5790 [9JN]
        S. 2210, Nursing Relief for Disadvantaged Areas Act, S7014-S7016
            [24JN]
        S. 2245, Industrial Emergency Notification Act, S7262 [26JN]
        S. 2249, Retirement Accessibility, Security, and Portability Act,
            S7264-S7280 [26JN]
        S. 2267, waive limit on benefits from multiemployer pension plans,
            S7578 [7JY]
        S. 2337, Agricultural Job Opportunity Benefits and Security Act,
            S8662-S8669 [21JY]
        S. 2369, Personal Retirement Accounts Act, S9245-S9253 [29JY]
        S. 2383, Children's Act for Responsible Employment, S9441 [30JY]
        S. 2409, Businesses Educating Students in Technology (BEST) Act,
            S9570 [31JY]
        S. 2475, Pension Plan Participant Protection Act, S10385 [15SE]
        S. 2492, Long-Term Care and Retirement Security Act, S10616 [18SE]
        S. 2511, Federal Meat and Poultry Employees Pay Act, S11002 [25SE]
        S. 2561, Consumer Reporting Employment Clarification Act, S11806
            [7OC], H10218 [8OC]
        S. 2575, Federal Employee Flexibility Act, S11714 [7OC]
        S. 2622, Tax Relief Extension Act, S12325-S12328 [10OC]
        S. 2624, Rural Employment in Telecommunications Industry Act, S12341
            [10OC]
        S. 2628, tax deductibility of business meal expenses for individuals
            who are subject to Federal limitations on hours of service,
            S12406 [12OC]
        S. Con. Res. 80, modify the guaranteed minimum benefit for widows
            and widowers of railroad employees relative to conversion from
            spouse to widow or widower railroads annuity, S1461 [5MR]
        S. Res. 180, exclusion of employer-provided educational assistance
            from taxable income, S1016 [25FE]
        S. Res. 202, Senate Legal Counsel representation for the Office of
            Senate Fair Employment Practices in cases involving William L.
            Singer and the Office of the Senate Sergeant at Arms, S2774
            [30MR], S2779 [30MR]
        S. Res. 270, Presidential actions relative to resolving the dispute
            between Northwest Airlines, Inc., and the Air Line Pilots
            Association, S9884 [2SE]