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

    GRAMM, PHIL (a Senator from Texas)
      Amendments
        Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
            making appropriations (S. 2159), S8097 [14JY], S8140 [14JY]
        Appropriations:  making emergency supplemental for disaster relief
            and overseas peacekeeping operations (S. 1768), S2463 [24MR],
            S2471 [24MR], S2492 [24MR], S2494 [24MR], S2496 [24MR]
        Bankruptcy:  consumer protection (S. 1301), S10245 [11SE]
        Budget:  setting forth the Federal budget for 1999-2003 (S. Con.
            Res. 86), S2841 [31MR], S2868 [31MR], S2871 [31MR], S2931 [1AP],
            S2938 [1AP], S2994 [1AP], S2998 [1AP], S3002 [1AP]
        Courts:  product liability reform (S. 648), S7692 [8JY]
        Credit unions:  clarify laws relative to field of membership of
            Federal credit unions (H.R. 1151), S8968 [24JY], S8999 [24JY],
            S9018 [27JY], S9060 [27JY]
        Dept. of Defense:  authorizing appropriations for military
            activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military
            construction (S. 2057), S6690 [19JN], S6703 [19JN], S6715
            [19JN], S6827 [22JN], S7094 [25JN], S7202 [25JN]
        ------ making appropriations (S. 2132), S9385 [30JY], S9473 [30JY]
        Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
            agencies:  authorizing appropriations (S. 2260), S8722 [22JY],
            S8792 [22JY]
        IRS:  restructure and reform (H.R. 2676), S4484 [7MY], S4485 [7MY],
            S4486 [7MY], S4545 [7MY]
        Taxation:  treatment of Internet and interactive computer service
            commerce (S. 442), S11454 [5OC], S11458 [5OC], S11462 [5OC],
            S11466 [5OC], S11470 [5OC], S11474 [5OC], S11478 [5OC], S11482
            [5OC], S11486 [5OC], S11492 [5OC], S11717 [7OC], S11721 [7OC],
            S11725 [7OC], S11729 [7OC], S11737 [7OC], S11745 [7OC], S11753
            [7OC], S11761 [7OC], S11768 [7OC], S11770 [7OC], S11776 [7OC]
        Tobacco products:  tobacco industry liability settlement relative to
            health risks and marketing and manufacturing practices (S.
            1415), S5335 [21MY], S6012 [10JN], S6030 [10JN], S6110 [10JN],
            S6170 [11JN], S6256 [11JN]
        Transportation:  funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
            programs, and transit programs (S. 1173), S1353 [4MR], S1629
            [9MR], S1737 [11MR], S1788 [11MR], S1828 [12MR], S1836 [12MR],
            S1895 [12MR], S1897 [12MR]
      Appointments
        Conferee:  H.R. 2400, Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency
            Act, S3181 [2AP]
        ------ H.R. 2676, IRS Restructuring and Reform Act, S4841 [13MY]
        ------ S. 1260, Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act, S9320
            [29JY]
        ------ S. Con. Res. 86, setting forth the Federal budget for 1999-
            2003, S6349 [15JN]
        National Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicare, S2 [27JA]
      Articles and editorials
        Medicare's Assault Against the Elderly, Kent M. Brown, Washington
            (DC) Times, S89 [28JA]
        One Balkan Quagmire Is Enough, Senator Hutchison, Wall Street
            Journal, S2141<bullet> [17MR]
        Who's Really Full of Hot Air? T.R. Fehrenbach, San Antonio (TX)
            Express-News, S88 [28JA]
      Bills and resolutions cosponsored
        Agriculture:  production flexibility contract payment options, (see
            S. 2344), S8779 [22JY]
        Byrd, James, Jr.:  condemn murder in Jasper, TX, and address issue
            of hate crimes, (see S. Res. 248), S6339 [15JN]
        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]
        China, Republic of:  affirm U.S. commitment to security and
            democracy, (see S. Con. Res. 107), S7574 [7JY]
        Colleges and universities:  allow the use of age-based incentives
            for the voluntary retirement of tenured faculty, (see S. 153),
            S2725 [27MR]
        Costa Rica:  protection of lives and property rights from squatters,
            (see S. Con. Res. 84), S2114 [17MR]
        Crime:  constitutional amendment on protection of victims' rights,
            (see S.J. Res. 44), S2968 [1AP]
        Dept. of HHS:  delay effective date of the final rule relative to
            the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network, (see S.
            2201), S9983 [8SE]
        Employment:  reform standard for classifying technical workers as
            independent contractors for employment tax purposes, (see S.
            1924), S5456 [22MY]
        Flag--U.S.:  constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration, (see
            S.J. Res. 40), S378 [4FE]
        Foreign policy:  authorize trade and investment policy relative to
            sub-Saharan Africa, (see S. 778), S7960 [10JY]
        Fort Davis National Historic Site:  authorize expansion, (see S.
            1990), S3653 [27AP]
        Health:  protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's,
            (see S. 2330), S8482 [17JY]
        IRS:  congressional review of regulations increasing Federal
            revenue, (see S. 831), S5798 [9JN]
        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]
        Labor unions:  repeal certain provisions of law requiring employees
            to pay union dues or fees as a condition of employment, (see S.
            497), S179 [28JA]
        Law enforcement officers:  tribute to individuals who lost their
            lives during service, (see S. Res. 201), S2764 [30MR]
        Library of Congress:  mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial,
            (see S. 2510), S10722 [22SE]
        McCain, Senator:  tribute, (see S. Res. 196), S2114 [17MR]
        National Breast Cancer Survivor's Day:  designate, (see S. Res.
            198), S2214 [18MR]
        National Children's Memorial Day:  designate, (see S. Res. 193),
            S9790 [1SE]
        National Correctional Officers and Employees Week:  designate, (see
            S. Res. 175), S2684 [26MR]
        National Erase the Hate and Eliminate Racism Day:  designate, (see
            S. Res. 221), S3919 [30AP]
        National Mammography Day:  designate, (see S. Res. 271), S11285
            [1OC]
        NIH:  expansion, intensification, and coordination of autism
            research activities, (see S. 2263), S10726 [22SE]
        Power resources:  encourage production of domestic oil and gas
            resources from stripper wells on Federal lands, (see S. 1919),
            S7682 [8JY]
        ------ improve the administration of oil and gas leases on Federal
            lands, (see S. 1920), S7682 [8JY]
        ------ management of royalties from Federal and Outer Continental
            Shelf oil and gas leases, (see S. 1930), S8058 [13JY]
        Research:  continuation of Federal research and development programs
            funding in a fiscally sustainable way, (see S. 2217), S7172
            [25JN]
        ------ increase the amount authorized for basic scientific, medical,
            and pre-competitive engineering research, (see S. 1305), S2367
            [20MR]
        Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport:  designate, (see S.
            1575), S180 [28JA], (see S. 1297), S234 [29JA]
        Sanford, Terry:  tribute, (see S. Res. 211), S3356 [21AP]
        Social Security:  modification of certain State agreements relative
            to certain students, (see S. 2325), S8482 [17JY]
        Taxation:  adjust tax brackets for individuals with middle class
            income, (see S. 1569), S847 [23FE]
        ------ allow Farm and Ranch Risk Management Accounts, (see S. 2078),
            S9139 [28JY]
        ------ capital gains rates, (see S. 2214), S7013 [24JN]
        ------ capital gains rates, tax incentives, and income averaging for
            farmers, (see S. 2371), S9884 [2SE]
        ------ provide a tax credit for marginal oil and natural gas well
            production, (see S. 1929), S7286 [26JN]
        ------ 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]
        ------ terminate Internal Revenue Code, (see S. 1673), S1003 [25FE]
        ------ treatment of individual retirement accounts relative to
            charitable contributions, (see S. 1734), S9692 [31AU]
        U.S. Navy Asiatic Fleet Memorial Day:  designate, (see S. 45), S3534
            [23AP]
        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),
            S11184 [30SE]
        Weapons:  antiballistic missile systems deployment policy, (see S.
            1873), S3155 [2AP]
      Bills and resolutions introduced
        Budget:  constitutional amendment to require balanced without
            counting Social Security surpluses, (see S.J. Res. 59), S11279
            [1OC], (see S.J. Res. 60), S11279 [1OC]
        Customs Service:  funding for personnel and technology to reduce
            delays at border crossings, (see S. 1787), S2114 [17MR]
        Drought:  disaster assistance to Texas, (see S. Res. 253), S6886
            [23JN]
        J.J. ``Jake'' Pickle Federal Building, Austin, TX:  designate, (see
            S. 2523), S11042 [28SE]
      Cloture motions
        Courts:  product liability reform (S. 648), S7297 [26JN], S7565
            [7JY], S7717 [9JY]
        ------ product liability reform (S. 648), motion to proceed, S7525
            [7JY]
        Taxation:  treatment of education individual retirement accounts
            relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R.
            2646), S1925 [13MR], S1988 [16MR], S2094 [17MR]
      Cloture motions
        Taxation:  treatment of education individual retirement accounts
            relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R.
            2646), S2636 [26MR]
      Letters
        Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act:  by, S12449 [13OC],
            H6062 [21JY], H10784 [13OC]
      Motions
        Agriculture:  ensure that federally funded research and education
            programs address high-priority concerns with national multistate
            significance (S. 1150), conference report, S4665 [12MY]
        Taxation:  treatment of education individual retirement accounts
            relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R.
            2646), S3334 [21AP]
        Tobacco products:  tobacco industry liability settlement relative to
            health risks and marketing and manufacturing practices (S.
            1415), S5291 [21MY]
      Remarks
        Agriculture:  ensure that federally funded research and education
            programs address high-priority concerns with national multistate
            significance (S. 1150), conference report, S4653 [12MY]
        ----- ensure that federally funded research and education programs
            address high-priority concerns with national multistate
            significance (S. 1150), conference report--unanimous-consent
            request, S4615 [11MY]
        ----- ensure that federally funded research and education programs
            address high-priority concerns with national multistate
            significance (S. 1150), motion to recommit conference report,
            S4665 [12MY], S4668 [12MY], S4670 [12MY], S4672 [12MY]
        ------ Federal Crop Insurance Program funding, S4672 [12MY]
        Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
            making appropriations (S. 2159), S8323 [16JY]
        Appropriations:  making emergency supplemental for disaster relief
            and overseas peacekeeping operations (S. 1768), S2471 [24MR],
            S2474 [24MR], S2478 [24MR], S2623 [26MR], S2625 [26MR], S2629
            [26MR]
        ------ status of legislation for unfunded agencies, S12365 [12OC],
            S12366 [12OC], S12367 [12OC]
        Budget:  allocation of funds, S250 [2FE], S287 [3FE]
        ------ constitutional amendment to require balanced without counting
            Social Security surpluses (S.J. Res. 59), S11284 [1OC]
        ------ ensure compliance with congressional spending guidelines and
            outlays, S2471-S2474 [5OC]
        Climate:  global warming, S88 [28JA]
        Clinton, President:  congressional response to charges of perjury,
            obstruction of justice, and improper sexual conduct, S10112
            [9SE]
        Community Reinvestment Act:  credit requirements for small community
            banks, S9024 [27JY], S9030 [27JY]
        ------ expansion, S11178 [30SE], S11440 [5OC]
        ------ loan requirements for credit unions relative to non-members,
            S8966 [24JY], S8968 [24JY], S9024 [27JY], S9030 [27JY]
        Congress:  inclusion of legislative provisions and nonemergency
            spending in emergency appropriations legislation, S10454 [17SE]
        ------ prohibit inclusion of legislative provisions and nonemergency
            spending in emergency appropriations legislation, S11407-S11409
            [5OC]
        Courts:  simplify and expedite access to Federal courts for injured
            parties whose rights and privileges have been deprived by final
            actions of State or Federal agencies (S. 2271), S8037 [13JY]
        Credit unions:  clarify laws relative to field of membership of
            Federal credit unions (H.R. 1151), S8966 [24JY], S8968 [24JY],
            S9024 [27JY], S9030 [27JY]
        Customs Service:  funding for personnel and technology to reduce
            delays at border crossings (S. 1787), S2124 [17MR]
        Dept. of Defense:  authorizing appropriations for military
            activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military
            construction (S. 2057), S7048 [25JN], S7049 [25JN], S7094 [25JN]
        ------ permit recipients of Naval ROTC scholarships to attend the
            college or university of their choice, S7048 [25JN], S7049
            [25JN], S7094 [25JN]
        Dept. of State and related agencies:  authorizing appropriations and
            consolidating certain agencies (H.R. 1757), conference report,
            S3681 [28AP]
        Dept. of the Interior and related agencies:  making appropriations
            (S. 2237), S10414 [16SE]
        Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
            agencies:  authorizing appropriations (S. 2260), S8729 [22JY],
            S8838 [23JY]
        Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
             making appropriations (S. 2168), S7553 [7JY]
        Drug abuse:  national policy to combat the distribution, sale, and
            use of illegal drugs by young people, S5748 [9JN]
        Education:  direct funding and control to local educational
            agencies, S12366 [12OC], S12367 [12OC]
        ------ national policy to improve system, S12365 [12OC], S12366
            [12OC], S12367 [12OC], S12533 [14OC]
        ------ reductions in school class size, S12366 [12OC], S12367 [12OC]
        Family Federal Education Loan Program:  eligible lender status in
            State multiple secondary markets, S7839 [9JY]
        FDA:  Youth Anti-Smoking Initiative Enforcement and Outreach Program
            funding, S8323 [16JY]
        Federal highway program:  replace affirmative action policies with
            emerging business enterprise programs, S1482 [6MR], S1483 [6MR]
        Financial institutions:  increase competition in the financial
            services sector (H.R. 10), S11178 [30SE]
        ----- increase competition in the financial services sector (H.R.
            10), motion to proceed, S11440 [5OC]
        ----- increase competition in the financial services sector (H.R.
            10), unanimous-consent request, S11239 [1OC]
        Foreign policy:  authorize trade and investment policy relative to
            sub-Saharan Africa (S. 778), S7711 [9JY]
        Health:  protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's,
            S8285-S8287 [16JY], S8638 [21JY], S10889 [24SE], S10893 [24SE],
            S10977-S10979 [25SE]
        Health Care Financing Administration:  employee funding, S2623
            [26MR], S2625 [26MR], S2629 [26MR]
        Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act:
            implementation, S2623 [26MR], S2625 [26MR], S2629 [26MR]
        Higher Education Act:  reauthorize (S. 1882), S7839 [9JY]
        IMF:  reform, S12535 [14OC]
        Immigration:  increase number of temporary visas for skilled workers
            and expand education and training opportunities for U.S.
            students and workers (S. 1723), S4976 [18MY], S4977 [18MY]
        IRS:  extend burden of proof requirements to all tax liabilities,
            S4484 [7MY]
        ------ failure of employees to file and pay taxes, S4414 [6MY]
        ------ prohibit request to taxpayers to give up rights to sue, S4485
            [7MY]
        ------ restructure and reform (H.R. 2676), S4414 [6MY], S4484 [7MY],
            S4485 [7MY], S4486 [7MY]
        ------ restructure and reform (H.R. 2676), conference report, S7629
            [8JY]
        ------ termination of employees for willful failure to file income
            tax returns or threatening an audit for retaliatory purposes,
            S4486 [7MY]
        Japan:  eliminate barriers to foreign trade and investment relative
            to resolution of the Asian financial crisis, S8838 [23JY]
        Kosovo:  human rights violations against ethnic Albanians by Serbian
            police relative to self-determination, S2141<bullet> [17MR]
        Medicare:  allow beneficiaries to enter into private contracts for
            services (S. 1194), S89 [28JA]
        ------ reform payment system for home health services, S12535 [14OC]
        Mexico:  disapprove foreign aid certification of drug enforcement
            efforts (S.J. Res. 42), S2656 [26MR]
        NATO:  make expansion contingent upon European Union membership,
            S3825 [30AP]
        Office of Religious Persecution Monitoring:  establish (H.R. 2431),
            S11942 [8OC]
        Parliamentary inquiry, S3334 [21AP], S5291 [21MY]
        Petroleum:  payment of U.S. royalty claims, S10414 [16SE]
        ------ use of gasoline tax revenues transferred to transportation
            trust funds, S303 [3FE], S433 [5FE], S471 [9FE], S956 [25FE],
            S957 [25FE], S1189 [2MR], S1825 [12MR]
        Protocols to the North Atlantic Treaty on Accession of Poland,
            Hungary, and the Czech Republic:  ratification, S3825 [30AP]
        Public welfare programs:  food stamp eligibility for certain aliens,
            S4653 [12MY], S4665 [12MY], S4668 [12MY], S4670 [12MY], S4672
            [12MY]
        Securities:  limit the conduct of securities class actions under
            State law (S. 1260), S4791 [13MY], S4792 [13MY]
        Social Security:  budget treatment of trust funds, S8729 [22JY],
            S10454 [17SE], S11148 [30SE], S11149 [30SE], S11407-S11409
            [5OC], S12366 [12OC]
        Space policy:  space station program funding, S7553 [7JY]
        Taxation:  adjust deduction amounts for certain married couples and
            allow full deduction of health insurance costs for self-employed
            individuals, S6012 [10JN], S6013 [10JN], S6018 [10JN], S6027
            [10JN]
        ------ eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate
            brackets and standard deduction amounts, S5275 [21MY], S5293
            [21MY], S5296 [21MY], S5499 [1JN], S5502 [1JN], S5598 [4JN],
            S5608 [4JN], S5609 [4JN], S5748 [9JN]
        ------ extend research and development tax credit, S12535 [14OC]
        ------ provide relief for individuals, families, farmers, and small
            businesses, and establish incentives for education (H.R. 4579),
            S11148 [30SE], S11149 [30SE]
        ------ rates, S287 [3FE]
        ------ treatment of Internet and interactive computer service
            commerce (S. 442), motion to proceed, S11239 [1OC]
        Tobacco products:  granting of immunity or limiting liability for
            tobacco companies in lawsuits relative to health risks and
            marketing and manufacturing practices, S5275 [21MY]
        ------ impact of tobacco industry trust fund payments on cigarette
            prices, S5087 [19MY], S5089 [19MY], S5090 [19MY], S5155 [20MY],
            S5156 [20MY], S5188 [20MY], S5275 [21MY], S5498 [1JN], S5502
            [1JN], S5503 [1JN], S5504 [1JN], S5598 [4JN]
        ------ limit access to minors, S5503 [1JN], S6149 [11JN]
        ------ limit tobacco settlement attorneys' fees, S5088 [19MY], S5111
            [19MY], S5112 [19MY], S6161 [11JN], S6173 [11JN], S6174 [11JN]
        ------ provide market transition assistance for tobacco producers,
            industry workers, and their communities, S5089 [19MY], S5500
            [1JN]
        ------ specify percentage of revenues from tobacco industry
            settlement to be used for Child Care and Development Block Grant
            Act activities, S6149 [11JN]
        ------ tobacco industry liability settlement relative to health
            risks and marketing and manufacturing practices (S. 1415), S5087
            [19MY], S5088 [19MY], S5090 [19MY], S5111 [19MY], S5112 [19MY],
            S5115 [19MY], S5155 [20MY], S5156 [20MY], S5188 [20MY], S5275
            [21MY], S5308 [21MY], S5311 [21MY], S5498 [1JN], S5502 [1JN],
            S5503 [1JN], S5504 [1JN], S5598 [4JN], S5608 [4JN], S5609 [4JN],
            S5748 [9JN], S6012 [10JN], S6013 [10JN], S6018 [10JN], S6027
            [10JN], S6149 [11JN], S6156 [11JN], S6161 [11JN], S6173 [11JN],
            S6174 [11JN], S6457 [17JN] tobacco industry liability settlement
            relative to health risks and marketing and manufacturing
            practices (S. 1415), motion to recommit, S5293 [21MY], S5296
            [21MY]
        Transportation:  funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
            programs, and transit programs (H.R. 2400), conference report,
            S5395 [22MY], S5396 [22MY], S5397 [22MY]
        ----- funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and
            transit programs (S. 1173), S248 [2FE], S303 [3FE], S433 [5FE],
            S471 [9FE], S616 [11FE], S617 [11FE], S689 [12FE], S956 [25FE],
            S957 [25FE], S1189 [2MR], S1309 [4MR], S1312 [4MR], S1313 [4MR],
            S1315 [4MR], S1482 [6MR], S1483 [6MR], S1825 [12MR], S1828
            [12MR]
        U.N.:  authorize payment of U.S. arrearages, S3681 [28AP]
        Vietnamese Conflict:  anniversary of ``Operation Homecoming'', S688
            [12FE]
      Remarks in Senate relative to
        Tribute, S10979 [25SE]
      Tributes
        Ford, Senator, S12365 [12OC]
        Johnson, Representative Sam, S688 [12FE]