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

    ROCKEFELLER, JOHN D., IV (a Senator from West Virginia)
      Addresses
        Technology and Education--An Investment in Equity and Excellence:
            Richard W. Riley, Sec. of Education, S9619<bullet> [31JY]
      Amendments
        Budget:  setting forth the Federal budget for 1999-2003 (S. Con.
            Res. 86), S2929 [1AP], S2992 [1AP], S3072 [2AP], S3162 [2AP]
        Dept. of Commerce:  authorizing appropriations for the Technology
            Administration (S. 1325), S9605 [31JY]
        Dept. of Defense:  authorizing appropriations for military
            activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military
            construction (S. 2057), S6776 [22JN], S6792 [22JN], S6801
            [22JN], S6993 [24JN], S7026 [24JN], S7136 [25JN], S7204 [25JN]
        Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
            agencies:  authorizing appropriations (S. 2260), S8859 [23JY],
            S8937 [23JY]
        Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
             making appropriations (S. 2168), S7362 [6JY], S8333 [16JY],
            S8405 [16JY]
        Executive departments:  clarify requirements for filling vacancies
            and making temporary appointments subject to Senate confirmation
            (S. 2176), S10996 [25SE]
        Families and domestic relations:  increase effectiveness and
            efficiency of child support enforcement and adoption programs
            (H.R. 3130), S3163 [2AP]
        Government regulations:  reform regulatory process (S. 981), S402
            [4FE]
        IRS:  restructure and reform (H.R. 2676), S4544 [7MY]
        Next Generation Internet Program:  authorizing appropriations (S.
            1609), S7289 [26JN], S7334 [26JN]
        ------ require report by advisory committee on development and
            implementation (S. 1609), S7289 [26JN], S7334 [26JN]
        NIST:  authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1274), S12210 [9OC]
        NSF:  authorizing appropriations (S. 1046), S4729 [12MY]
        Telephones:  strengthen and expand the procedures for preventing the
            slamming of interstate telephone service subscribers (S. 1618),
            S4702 [12MY], S4737 [12MY]
        Tobacco products:  tobacco industry liability settlement relative to
            health risks and marketing and manufacturing practices (S.
            1415), S5544 [2JN], S5575 [2JN]
        Transportation:  funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
            programs, and transit programs (S. 1173), S1237 [3MR], S1282
            [3MR], S1656 [9MR]
      Analyses
        Product Liability Reform Act (S. 648), S7530 [7JY]
      Appointments
        Committee To Escort the President, H30 [27JA]
      Articles and editorials
        At 7\1/2\ Cents a Minute, Who Cares if You Can't Hear a Pin Drop?
            Steven V. Brull and Peter Elstrom, Busness Week (publication),
            S3210 [3AP]
        Newest Phone War, Noelle Knox, New York (NY) Times, S3210 [3AP]
      Bills and resolutions cosponsored
        Aviation:  implement a pilot program to improve air transportation
            service to small communities, (see S. 1968), S3428 [22AP]
        Capitol Building and Grounds:  tribute to John M. Gibson and Jacob
            J. Chestnut of the Capitol Police for acts of heroism, (see S.
            Con. Res. 110), S9044 [27JY]
        ------ use of the rotunda for a memorial service for John M. Gibson
            and Jacob J. Chestnut of the Capitol Police, (see S. Con. Res.
            111), S9044 [27JY]
        CERCLA:  clarify liability for certain recycling transactions, (see
            S. 2180), S11715 [7OC]
        Children and youth:  improve efficiency and effectiveness of abuse
            and neglect courts, (see S. 2607), S12164 [9OC]
        Computers:  encourage disclosure and exchange of information
            relative to the year 2000 problem, (see S. 2392), S11052 [28SE]
        Courts:  establish legal standards and procedures for product
            liability litigation, (see S. 2236), S7172 [25JN]
        Crime:  enhance Federal enforcement of hate crimes, (see S. 1529),
            S11451 [5OC]
        ------ prevent violence against women, (see S. 2110), S10929 [24SE]
        Day of Concern About Young People and Gun Violence:  designate, (see
            S. Res. 264), S9556 [31JY]
        Dept. of HUD:  establish consensus committee for development,
            revision, and interpretation of safety standards for
            manufactured home construction, (see S. 2145), S5787 [9JN]
        Drunken driving:  national standard to prohibit the operation of
            motor vehicles by intoxicated individuals, (see S. 412), S272
            [2FE]
        Employment:  reform standard for classifying technical workers as
            independent contractors for employment tax purposes, (see S.
            1924), S5572 [2JN]
        Families and domestic relations:  increase availability,
            affordability, and quality of child care, (see S. 1610), S378
            [4FE]
        ------ increase effectiveness and efficiency of child support
            enforcement programs, (see S. 1293), S57 [27JA]
        ------ promote the adoption of children in foster care, (see S.
            2408), S9556 [31JY]
        FCC:  preserve low-power television stations that provide community
            broadcasting, (see S. 1427), S3222 [3AP]
        Flag--U.S.:  constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration, (see
            S.J. Res. 40), S378 [4FE]
        Foreign trade:  eliminate disincentives to fair trade conditions,
            (see S. 2281), S7881 [9JY]
        Greek Independence Day--A National Day of Celebration of Greek and
            American Democracy:  designate, (see S. Res. 171), S520 [9FE]
        Health:  protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's,
            (see S. 1890), S2851 [31MR], (see S. 1891), S2851 [31MR]
        Iron and steel industry:  respond to the surge of steel imports
            resulting from the financial crises in Asia, Russia, and other
            regions, (see S. Con. Res. 121), S11122 [29SE], (see S. 2580),
            S11970 [8OC]
        Israel:  independence anniversary, (see S.J. Res. 46), S3783 [29AP]
        ------ membership in a U.N. regional group, (see S. Res. 186), S1155
            [27FE], (see S. Res. 188), S1255 [3MR]
        Iwo Jima Memorial:  prohibit the construction of any additional
            monument, memorial, or structure, (see S. 1284), S2491 [24MR]
        Japan:  eliminate barriers to foreign trade and investment relative
            to resolution of the Asian financial crisis, (see S. Res. 216),
            S3585 [24AP]
        Law enforcement officers:  tribute to individuals who lost their
            lives during service, (see S. Res. 201), S2764 [30MR]
        Lewis and Clark expedition:  mint coins in commemoration of
            bicentennial, (see S. 2205), S11127 [29SE]
        McCain, Senator:  tribute, (see S. Res. 196), S2114 [17MR]
        Medicaid:  coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment services
            for certain women screened under federally funded programs, (see
            S. 2017), S7580 [7JY]
        Medicare:  improve access to health insurance by offering certain
            individuals a Medicare buy-in option, (see S. 1789), S2114
            [17MR]
        ------ reform payment system for home health services, (see S.
            2323), S8382 [16JY]
        ------ reimbursement for services provided to eligible veterans by
            certain Dept. of Veterans Affairs facilities, (see S. 2054),
            S4558 [8MY]
        Minimum wage:  level, (see S. 1805), S2296 [19MR]
        National Breast Cancer Survivor's Day:  designate, (see S. Res.
            198), S2214 [18MR]
        National Character Counts Week:  designate, (see S. Res. 176), S1015
            [25FE]
        National Children's Day:  designate, (see S. Res. 260), S11128
            [29SE]
        National Children's Memorial Day:  designate, (see S. Res. 193),
            S8677 [21JY]
        National Commission for Science and Mathematics Leadership:
            establish, (see S. 1739), S1697 [10MR]
        National Correctional Officers and Employees Week:  designate, (see
            S. Res. 175), S933 [24FE]
        National Corrosion Prevention Week:  designate, (see S. Res. 195),
            S2433 [23MR]
        National Museum of Women's History Advisory Committee:  establish,
            (see S. 2576), S11698 [7OC]
        National Women's History Month:  designate, (see S. Res. 189), S2309
            [19MR]
        New Mexico:  designate Onate Cuartocentenario to commemorate the
            anniversary of the first permanent Spanish settlement, (see S.
            Res. 148), S520 [9FE]
        Next Generation Internet Program:  authorizing appropriations, (see
            S. 1609), S378 [4FE]
        ------ require report by advisory committee on development and
            implementation, (see S. 1609), S378 [4FE]
        Older Americans Act:  reauthorize, (see S. 2295), S9983 [8SE]
        Pensions:  ensure accessibility, portability, and protection of
            retirement benefits, (see S. 2249), S7256 [26JN]
        Potomac Highlands Airport Authority Compact:  congressional consent,
            (see S.J. Res. 51), S6037 [10JN]
        Public Works and Economic Development Act:  reauthorize and reform
            programs, (see S. 2364), S11051 [28SE]
        Read Across America Day:  designate, (see S. Res. 181), S1082 [26FE]
        Research:  continuation of Federal research and development programs
            funding in a fiscally sustainable way, (see S. 2217), S7172
            [25JN]
        Sanford, Terry:  tribute, (see S. Res. 211), S3356 [21AP]
        Taxation:  establish medical innovation tax credits for clinical
            testing research expenses relative to academic medical centers
            and other qualified hospital research organizations, (see S.
            1885), S2850 [31MR]
        ------ extend certain expiring provisions, (see S. 2622), S12309
            [10OC]
        ------ extend energy production credit to electricity produced by
            wind and closed-loop biomass, (see S. 1459), S6340 [15JN]
        ------ extend the placed-in-service date for biomass and coal
            facilities, (see S. 2233), S10120 [9SE]
        ------ extend the work opportunity credit, (see S. 2230), S7172
            [25JN]
        ------ impose excise tax on persons who acquire structured
            settlement payments in factoring transactions, (see S. 2543),
            S11339 [2OC]
        ------ provide a tax credit for marginal oil and natural gas well
            production, (see S. 1929), S6701 [19JN]
        ------ repeal limitation on the amount of receipts attributable to
            military property which may be treated as exempt foreign trade
            income, (see S. 2296), S8135 [14JY]
        ------ treatment of excise tax on vaccines, (see S. 2118), S5434
            [22MY]
        Tobacco products:  prevent use by minors, reduce secondhand smoke,
            require document disclosure and deny immunity relative to
            industry settlement, end promotion of exports, and provide
            transitional assistance to farmers, (see S. 1638), S730 [12FE]
        Turkey:  end restrictions on freedoms and human rights of the
            enclaved people of Cyprus, (see S. Con. Res. 65), S3656 [27AP]
        Veterans:  extend priority health care to those who received
            nasopharyngeal radium irradiation treatments while in the Armed
            Forces, (see S. 1822), S2424 [23MR]
        Vietnamese Conflict:  tribute to POW and MIA's and disclosure of
            information concerning missing personnel, (see S. Res. 196),
            S2114 [17MR]
        Washington, George:  anniversary of death, (see S. Con. Res. 83),
            S3723 [28AP]
        Wisconsin:  commemorate sesquicentennial of statehood, (see S. Con.
            Res. 75), S2433 [23MR]
        Women:  anniversary of women's rights movement, (see S. Res. 189),
            S2309 [19MR]
        ------ ensure that older women are protected from institutional,
            community, and domestic violence, and sexual assault, (see S.
            2114), S8563 [20JY]
      Bills and resolutions introduced
        Capitol Building and Grounds:  authorizing use of Grounds for event
            to announce the donation of vans to the Dept. of Veterans
            Affairs by the DAV, (see S. Con. Res. 102), S5634 [4JN]
        Dept. of Veterans Affairs:  establish certain presumptions of
            service connection for Persian Gulf Conflict veterans, (see S.
            2358), S9044 [27JY]
        ------ establish educational assistance programs to facilitate
            employment of health care professionals, (see S. 2115), S5433
            [22MY]
        Families and domestic relations:  increase effectiveness and
            efficiency of child support enforcement programs, (see S. 1809),
            S2424 [23MR]
        Tariff:  purified terephthalic acid, (see S. 1702), S1255 [3MR]
        Technology:  improve and expedite licensing of federally owned
            inventions, (see S. 2120), S5434 [22MY]
        Telecommunications:  require accurate billing by carriers relative
            to costs and fees resulting from the Telecommunications Act,
            (see S. 1897), S2967 [1AP]
      Cloture motions
        Political campaigns:  protect individuals from having their money
            involuntarily collected and used for politics by a corporation
            or labor organization (S. 1663), S909 [24FE], S1045 [26FE]
        Tobacco products:  tobacco industry liability settlement relative to
            health risks and marketing and manufacturing practices (S.
            1415), S4883 [14MY], S5740 [9JN], S6145 [11JN]
      Letters
        World Trade Organization membership of the Republic of China
            relative to the People's Republic of China:  by, S1553 [9MR]
      Privilege of the floor
        Wood, Rosalind, S7527 [7JY]
      Remarks
        Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
            making appropriations (S. 2159), S8314 [16JY]
        Armed Forces:  establish an independent entity to evaluate post-
            conflict illnesses among members, S6993 [24JN]
        Aviation:  implement a pilot program to improve air transportation
            service to small communities (S. 1968), S3439 [22AP]
        Bhasin, Madan M.:  American Chemical Society Industrial Chemistry
            Award recipient, S10999<bullet> [25SE]
        Budget:  setting forth the Federal budget for 1999-2003 (S. Con.
            Res. 86), S2814 [31MR], S3054 [2AP], S3067 [2AP], S3070 [2AP],
            S3072 [2AP], S3078 [2AP], S3079 [2AP]
        Capitol Building and Grounds:  authorizing use of Grounds for event
            to announce the donation of vans to the Dept. of Veterans
            Affairs by the DAV (S. Con. Res. 102), S5662 [4JN]
        Children and youth:  improve efficiency and effectiveness of abuse
            and neglect courts (S. 2607), S12221<bullet> [9OC]
        China, Republic of:  observance of National Day, S12023<bullet>
            [8OC]
        Clinton, President:  State of the Union Message, S101 [28JA]
        Committee on Veterans' Affairs (Senate):  release of report relative
            to illnesses suffered by veterans who served in the Persian Gulf
            Conflict, S9800<bullet> [1SE]
        Courts:  product liability reform (S. 648), S7654 [8JY], S7713 [9JY]
        ------ product liability reform (S. 648), motion to proceed, S7527
            [7JY]
        Daft, Tasha:  Prudential Insurance Co., of America Spirit of
            Community Award recipient for West Virginia, S1128<bullet>
            [26FE]
        Democratic Party:  national agenda, S101 [28JA]
        Dept. of Defense:  authorizing appropriations for military
            activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military
            construction (S. 2057), S6776<bullet> [22JN], S6993 [24JN],
            S7136 [25JN]
        ------ VA Health-Related Research Cooperative Research Program
            funding, S7136 [25JN]
        Dept. of HUD:  establish consensus committee for development,
            revision, and interpretation of safety standards for
            manufactured home construction (S. 2145), S5788<bullet> [9JN]
        Dept. of Veterans Affairs:  cost-of-living adjustment for
            compensation to veterans with service-connected disabilities and
            improvements in education, housing, and cemetery programs (H.R.
            4110), S12933 [21OC]
        ------ determination of service connection for certain illnesses
            caused by exposure to chemical and biological warfare agents
            during the Persian Gulf Conflict (S. 1320), S5468<bullet> [22MY]
        ------ establish certain presumptions of service connection for
            Persian Gulf Conflict veterans (S. 2358), S9046 [27JY]
        ------ 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<bullet> [22MY]
        ------ health care funding, S5468<bullet> [22MY]
        ------ payment of benefits for smoking-related illnesses caused by
            nicotine dependence developed during service, S5468<bullet>
            [22MY], S5565 [2JN], S5688-S5690 [5JN], S6854-S6857 [23JN],
            S7654 [8JY], S7674 [8JY], S7675 [8JY], S8426 [17JY]
        ------ payment of benefits relative to nicotine dependence, S3067
            [2AP], S3070 [2AP], S3072 [2AP], S3078 [2AP], S3079 [2AP]
        Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
             making appropriations (S. 2168), S7561 [7JY], S8333 [16JY],
            S8426 [17JY]
        Families and domestic relations:  increase effectiveness and
            efficiency of child support enforcement and adoption programs
            (H.R. 3130), S7321 [26JN]
        ----- increase effectiveness and efficiency of child support
            enforcement programs (S. 1293), S63<bullet> [27JA]
        ----- increase effectiveness and efficiency of child support
            enforcement programs (S. 1809), S2424 [23MR]
        ------ promote the adoption of children in foster care (S. 2408),
            S9569<bullet> [31JY]
        FCC:  ensure payment of access fees and universal service
            contributions from Internet service providers that provide long-
            distance service, S3209-S3212 [3AP]
        Health:  protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's,
            S3054 [2AP]
        ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S.
            1890), S6450 [17JN]
        Immigrant Investor Program:  repeal, S4982 [18MY], S4984 [18MY],
            S4985 [18MY], S4986 [18MY]
        Immigration:  increase number of temporary visas for skilled workers
            and expand education and training opportunities for U.S.
            students and workers (S. 1723), S4982 [18MY], S4984 [18MY],
            S4985 [18MY], S4986 [18MY]
        Iron and steel industry:  respond to the surge of steel imports
            resulting from the financial crises in Asia, Russia, and other
            regions (S. 2580), S11973 [8OC]
        IRS:  restructure and reform (H.R. 2676), conference report, S7654
            [8JY], S7674 [8JY], S7675 [8JY]
        Japan:  eliminate barriers to foreign trade and investment relative
            to resolution of the Asian financial crisis (S. Res. 216), S3595
            [24AP]
        Jones, Mark:  Prudential Insurance Co., of America Spirit of
            Community Award recipient for West Virginia, S1128<bullet>
            [26FE]
        Lawsuit Abuse Awareness Week:  observance, S11000<bullet> [25SE]
        Medicare:  allow beneficiaries to enter into private contracts for
            services, S2814 [31MR]
        ------ reform payment system for home health services (S. 2323),
            S8385 [16JY]
        ------ reimbursement for services provided to eligible veterans by
            certain Dept. of Veterans Affairs facilities (S. 2054),
            S4559<bullet> [8MY]
        Memorial Day:  observance, S5468<bullet> [22MY]
        Morgantown, WV:  Morgantown Vet Center named Dept. of Veterans
            Affairs Vet Center Excellence, S12227<bullet> [9OC]
        National Center for the Study of Military Health:  assess
            feasibility of establishment, S6776<bullet> [22JN]
        National Commission for Science and Mathematics Leadership:
            establish (S. 1739), S1700 [10MR]
        Next Generation Internet Program:  authorizing appropriations (S.
            1609), S387 [4FE]
        ------ require report by advisory committee on development and
            implementation (S. 1609), S387 [4FE]
        Power resources:  designate biodiesel fuel blends as alternative
            fuel and equalize alternative fuel vehicle incentives for fleet
            owners and operators, S8314 [16JY]
        Racial relations:  Presidential initiative to encourage dialogue
            within the U.S., S8947<bullet> [23JY]
        Research:  continuation of Federal research and development programs
            funding in a fiscally sustainable way (S. 2217), S7177<bullet>
            [25JN]
        Senate:  legislative program, S5623 [4JN]
        Senate Rules:  insertion of language in conference report that was
            not committed to them by either House, S7674 [8JY], S7675 [8JY]
        Shepherdstown, WV:  tribute to Contemporary American Theater
            Festival and Town Hall meeting on the performing arts and race,
            S8947<bullet> [23JY]
        Tariff:  purified terephthalic acid (S. 1702), S1257 [3MR]
        Taxation:  establish medical innovation tax credits for clinical
            testing research expenses relative to academic medical centers
            and other qualified hospital research organizations (H.R. 3815),
            S5521<bullet> [1JN]
        Technology:  improve and expedite licensing of federally owned
            inventions (S. 2120), S5451<bullet> [22MY]
        Telecommunications:  rates for universal service in rural areas,
            S3209-S3212 [3AP]
        ------ require accurate billing by carriers relative to costs and
            fees resulting from the Telecommunications Act, S4704 [12MY]
            require accurate billing by carriers relative to costs and fees
            resulting from the Telecommunications Act (S. 1897), S2973 [1AP]
        Telephones:  strengthen and expand the procedures for preventing the
            slamming of interstate telephone service subscribers (S. 1618),
            S4704 [12MY]
        Tobacco products:  tobacco industry liability settlement relative to
            health risks and marketing and manufacturing practices (S.
            1415), S5565 [2JN]
        Transportation:  funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
            programs, and transit programs (H.R. 2400), technical
            corrections, S7654 [8JY]
        ----- funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and
            transit programs (H.R. 2400), technical corrections (H.R. 3978),
            S5688-S5690 [5JN], S6139 [11JN], S6854-S6857 [23JN]
        ----- funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and
            transit programs (S. 1173), S614 [11FE]
        Veterans:  extend priority health care to those who received
            nasopharyngeal radium irradiation treatments while in the Armed
            Forces (S. 1822), S2432 [23MR], S5468<bullet> [22MY]
        Votes:  correction, S9392 [30JY]
        West, Togo B., Jr.:  nomination to be Sec. of Veterans Affairs,
            S3737 [28AP]
        West Virginia:  anniversary, S6720<bullet> [19JN]
        ------ observance of Year of the Quilt, S2877<bullet> [31MR]
        ------ tribute to Energy Express Project, S9146<bullet> [28JY]
        West Virginia Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse (organization):
            tribute, S11000<bullet> [25SE]
        West Virginia Coalition Against Domestic Violence Centeral Service
            Office:  anniversary, S12228<bullet> [9OC]
      Summaries
        Gulf War Illnesses Report:  Committee on Veterans' Affairs (Senate),
            S9801<bullet> [1SE]
      Texts of
        S. 1702, tariff on purified terephthalic acid, S1258 [3MR]
        S. 1809, Child Support Performance Improvement Act, S2425-S2429
            [23MR]
        S. 1897, require accurate billing by carriers relative to costs and
            fees resulting from the Telecommunications Act, S2974 [1AP]
        S. 2115, Dept. of Veterans Affairs Primary Care Providers Incentive
            Act, S5442<bullet>-S5444<bullet> [22MY]
        S. 2120, Technology Transfer Commercialization Act, S5452<bullet>
            [22MY]
        S. 2358, Persian Gulf War Veterans Act, S9047-S9051 [27JY]
      Tributes
        Cain, Becky, S6427<bullet> [16JN]
        Cooper, Stephanie, S1128<bullet> [26FE]
        Donovan, Ryan, S1128<bullet> [26FE]
        McCormick, Mortana, S2877<bullet> [31MR]
        Phillips, Heather, S1128<bullet> [26FE]
        Randolph, Jennings, S4605 [11MY]
        Riley, Richard W., S9618<bullet> [31JY]
        Taylor, Lisa, S1128<bullet> [26FE]
        Watkins, Lucille S., S6428<bullet> [16JN]