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

    FEDERAL AID PROGRAMS related term(s) Public Welfare Programs
      Amendments
        Community Services Block Grant Program:  reauthorize and amend (S.
            2206), S9067 [27JY]
        ------ reauthorize and amend (S. 2206), H7620 [14SE]
        Education:  vocational education funding (H.R. 1853), S6296 [12JN],
            S6328 [15JN]
        Employment:  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:  coordinate Federal financial assistance programs to
            streamline Government operations (S. 1642), S12398 [12OC],
            S12427 [12OC]
        ------ reduce waste, fraud, and error by making improvements in
            Federal management and debt collection practices, payment
            systems, and benefit programs (H.R. 4857), H11676 [20OC]
        Head Start Program:  reauthorize and amend (S. 2206), S9067 [27JY],
            H7620 [14SE]
        Higher Education Act:  reauthorize (H.R. 6), H2319 [23AP], H2320
            [23AP], H2331 [27AP], H2332 [27AP], H2333 [27AP], H2424 [28AP],
            H2425 [28AP], H2426 [28AP], H2427 [28AP], H2428 [28AP], H2429
            [28AP], H2430 [28AP], H2431 [28AP], H2432 [28AP], H2433 [28AP],
            H2434 [28AP], H2435 [28AP], H2436 [28AP], H2437 [28AP], H2438
            [28AP], H2439 [28AP], H2527 [29AP], H2538 [29AP], H2541 [29AP],
            H2545 [29AP], H2546 [29AP], H2568 [29AP], H2570 [29AP], H2571
            [29AP], H2573 [29AP], H2574 [29AP], H2577 [29AP], H2578 [29AP],
            H2579 [29AP], H2580 [29AP], H2581 [29AP], H2582 [29AP], H2584
            [29AP], H2585 [29AP], H2586 [29AP], H2587 [29AP], H2588 [29AP],
            H2590 [29AP], H2594 [29AP], H2606 [29AP], H2607 [29AP], H2609
            [29AP], H2610 [29AP], H2707 [30AP], H2745 [4MY], H2767 [5MY],
            H2768 [5MY], H2770 [5MY], H2814 [5MY], H2815 [5MY], H2861 [6MY],
            H2866 [6MY], H2868 [6MY], H2871 [6MY], H2872 [6MY], H2873 [6MY],
            H2874 [6MY], H2875 [6MY], H2885 [6MY], H2887 [6MY], H2888 [6MY],
            H2889 [6MY], H2892 [6MY], H2915 [6MY]
        ------ reauthorize (S. 1882), S7723 [9JY], S7759 [9JY], S7788 [9JY],
            S7789 [9JY], S7791 [9JY], S7795 [9JY], S7816 [9JY], S7824 [9JY],
            S7849 [9JY], S7857 [9JY], S7864 [9JY], S7870 [9JY], S7885 [9JY],
            S7889 [9JY], S7890 [9JY], S7891 [9JY]
        Housing:  provide Federal housing assistance to Native Hawaiians (S.
            109), S12660 [16OC]
        LIHEAP:  reauthorize and amend (S. 2206), S9067 [27JY], H7620 [14SE]
        Native Americans:  authorizing appropriations for certain programs
            (S. 459), S12465 [14OC], H10287 [9OC]
        Small Business Investment Act:  technical corrections (H.R. 3412),
            S11185 [30SE], S11203 [30SE]
      Analyses
        American Homeownership Act (H.R. 3899), H10709-H10711 [13OC]
        Housing Preservation Matching Grant Act (H.R. 4838), E2283 [21OC]
      Applications
        Federal assistance for Missouri AIDS prevention programs, S498
            [9FE], S499 [9FE]
      Appointments
        Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance, H387 [11FE]
        Conferees:  H.R. 6, Higher Education Act reauthorization, S8069
            [13JY], H6121 [22JY]
        ------ H.R. 1385, Employment, Training, and Literacy Enhancement
            Act, S4349 [5MY], H3966 [22MY]
        ------ H.R. 1853, vocational education funding, S6306 [12JN], H5850
            [17JY]
        ------ H.R. 3874, WIC special supplemental nutrition programs
            improvement, S10544 [17SE], H9202 [1OC]
        ------ S. 2206, Community Opportunities, Accountability, and
            Training and Educational Services Act, S10633 [18SE], H8602
            [24SE]
      Articles and editorials
        Ag Slump Threatens Rural S.D.--Small Towns Vulnerable to Downturn,
            S8180 [15JY]
        Assumption College News . . . Dr. Charles L. Flynn Endorses Pell
            Grant Legislation, H2583 [29AP]
        At 18, It's Sink or Swim--For Ex-Foster Children Transition Is
            Difficult, E1477 [30JY]
        Bereuter Path on Farm Aid Best Approach, S11415 [5OC]
        Best Deal?--Plan McConnell Backs Brings in Quick Cash, but Would
            Ultimately Kill Off Small Farms, S6461 [17JN]
        Clean Needles, No Money, H2466 [29AP]
        Congress Weighs Sugar, H5080 [24JN]
        Cop-Out on Needle Exchanges, H2466 [29AP]
        Democrats Turn Up Heat on Farm Act, S8181 [15JY]
        Federal Funds for Clean Needles, H2467 [29AP]
        Florida Gets Federal Aid a Record Six Times, S12351 [10OC]
        Floridians Tend to Firefighters--From Haircuts to Boots, It's All
            `on the House', S7783 [9JY]
        For Medicaid Patients, Doors Slam Closed, S4631 [11MY]
        Harvest of Despair, S8126 [14JY]
        Head Start Vote in the House, H7641 [14SE]
        HIV's Spread Is Unchecked, H2469 [29AP]
        House Speaker Speaks Out on Critical Ag, Trade Issues, S8115 [14JY]
        Huckabee Flees Forum After Welfare Protest, E704 [29AP]
        Leaf Act, S6455 [17JN]
        Lugar Tobacco Bill Punishes Farmers, S6460 [17JN]
        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]
        Mortal Wounds, S6454 [17JN]
        Needle Exchanges Help Stem Flow of AIDS/HIV, H2452 [29AP]
        Needle-Swap Programs Spark Life-and-Death Debates, H2467 [29AP]
        New Transatlantic, E1296 [14JY]
        Not Enough Lifeboats, E356 [11MR]
        Permanent Fund--Record Dividend on Our Riches, H6598 [29JY]
        Pessimism Retains Grip on Appalachian Poor, S503 [9FE]
        Politics of Needles and AIDS, H2451 [29AP], H2466 [29AP], H7373
            [6AU]
        Rural Areas Must Survive, Even if Tobacco Doesn't, S6460 [17JN]
        Smoking Bomb--Tobacco Buy-Out a Reasonable Idea, S6454 [17JN]
        Special Needs Child Care Is ``Accident Waiting to Happen'', S5461
            [22MY]
        States Must Ask the Right Questions, S502 [9FE]
        Tobacco Plan Is Merely Realistic, S6454 [17JN]
        Untimely Demise--McConnell Plan Kills Tobacco Program Too Fast,
            S6461 [17JN]
        Vote Building, S8344 [16JY]
        We Don't Have 25 Years for LEAF Act, S6452 [17JN]
        We Need To Reconnect With Food Supply, S11094 [29SE]
        Win-Win on Housing, H10709 [13OC]
        Your Mother Was Right (Again)--Free Breakfasts May Be a Good Way To
            Help Poor Kids Do Better at School, S10644 [21SE]
      Bills and resolutions
        African Americans:  provide a mechanism for resolution of
            discrimination claims by farmers against the Dept. of
            Agriculture, (see H.R. 4051), H4549 [11JN]
        Agricultural Market Transition Act:  extend the term of marketing
            assistance loans, (see S. 1762), S1990 [16MR], (see H.R. 3455),
            H1158 [12MR]
        ------ retroactive lifting of caps on loan rates for marketing
            assistance loans, (see H.R. 4615), H8528 [23SE]
        Agriculture:  assist efforts of farmers and cooperatives seeking to
            engage in value-added processing of agricultural goods, (see
            H.R. 4113), H5064 [23JN]
        ------ establish a pilot program in certain States to provide
            improved crop insurance options for producers, (see S. 2517),
            S10921 [24SE]
        ------ Federal disaster assistance to livestock producers, (see H.R.
            4417), H7410 [6AU]
        ------ production flexibility contract payment options, (see H.R.
            4265, S. 2344), S8779 [22JY], H5858 [17JY], (see H.R. 4272),
            H5859 [17JY]
        ------ provide a safety net for farmers and consumers and promote
            the development of farmer-owned value-added processing
            facilities, (see H.R. 3550), H1549 [25MR]
        ------ provide monetary disaster assistance to agricultural
            producers, (see H.R. 4508), H7414 [6AU]
        ------ relief for agricultural producers, small businesses, and
            rural communities adversely affected by low commodity prices,
            (see H.R. 4560), H7690 [14SE]
        ------ relief for agricultural producers adversely affected by low
            commodity prices and crop failures, (see H.R. 4747), H10075
            [8OC] relief for agricultural producers adversely affected by
            low commodity prices and weather, (see H.R. 4535), H7494 [9SE],
            (see H.R. 4618), H8626 [24SE], (see H.R. 4690), H9345 [2OC]
            relief for agricultural producers adversely affected by low
            commodity prices and weather (H.R. 4618), consideration, (see H.
            Res. 551), H8626 [24SE]
        Bipartisan Panel To Design Long-Range Social Security Reform:
            establish, (see H.R. 3095), H62 [27JA], (see H.R. 3546), H1549
            [25MR]
        ----- establish (H.R. 3546), consideration, (see H. Res. 410), H2422
            [28AP]
        Business and industry:  treatment of personal employment information
            reported to the National Directory of New Hires, (see S. 1865),
            S2660 [26MR]
        Charities:  ensure that religious organizations are considered
            equally with other private groups to provide assistance under
            certain government programs, (see S. 2046), S4528 [7MY]
        Child Nutrition Act:  simplify program operations and improve
            program management, (see H.R. 3873), H3311 [14MY]
        Children and youth:  access of disadvantaged children to dental
            services, (see S. 2583), S11970 [8OC]
        ------ establish programs for early detection, diagnosis and
            intervention of hearing loss in newborns, (see S. 2483), S10423
            [16SE]
        ------ improve and extend child nutrition programs, (see H.R. 3666,
            S. 2166), S6181 [11JN], (see S. 2286), S7939 [10JY], H2053 [1AP]
        ------ improve the quality of child care through grants and a
            commission on child care standards, (see H.R. 4844), H11023
            [15OC]
        ------ provide children with increased access to food and nutrition
            assistance during the summer, (see H.R. 3871), H3311 [14MY]
        ------ 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]
        ------ reauthorize child nutrition programs, (see S. 1581), S113
            [28JA]
        ------ require proof of screening for lead poisoning and follow-up
            services for those testing positive, (see S. 2598), S12163
            [9OC], (see H.R. 4825), H10832 [13OC]
        Colleges and universities:  allow community colleges to offer
            student aid to certain students for vocational and technology
            education, (see S. 2591), S11970 [8OC]
        ------ require free market competition between on-campus and off-
            campus businesses providing supplies and services to students,
            (see S. 2490), S10517 [17SE]
        Committee on Social Security Reform (Joint):  establish, (see H.J.
            Res. 112), H677 [26FE]
        Community development:  designation of empowerment zones, (see H.R.
            4629), H8931 [25SE]
        ------ improve and expand empowerment and enterprise zone programs,
            (see S. 2418), S9556 [31JY]
        ------ prohibit funding for any facility to be used primarily for
            distribution or use of tobacco products, (see H.R. 4796), H10513
            [10OC]
        ------ 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]
        ------ reauthorize, (see H.R. 4271), H5859 [17JY]
        ------ reauthorize and amend, (see H.R. 3880, S. 2206), S6886
            [23JN], H3311 [14MY]
        Crime:  correct law relative to termination of benefits for
            convicted persons, (see H.R. 3096), H62 [27JA]
        ------ establish a law enforcement block grant program, (see S.
            1893), S2851 [31MR]
        Dept. of Agriculture:  establish a commodity loan program that
            provides a fair return to producers relative to the cost of
            production, (see S. 1918), S3120 [2AP]
        ------ make grants to establish additional rural enterprise
            communities, (see H.R. 4071), H4711 [17JN]
        ------ make grants to establish additional rural enterprise
            communities and empowerment zones, (see H.R. 4666), H9274 [1OC]
        ------ reform agricultural credit programs, (see S. 1803), S2296
            [19MR], (see H.R. 3513), H1336 [19MR]
        ------ study options for the design, development, implementation,
            and operation of a national database to track participation in
            Federal means-tested public assistance programs, (see S. 2447),
            S9973 [8SE]
        ------ treatment of commodity producers relative to storage charges
            in the calculation of loan deficiency payments, (see S. 2255),
            S7256 [26JN]
        Dept. of Commerce:  provide grants to improve job skills in specific
            industries, (see H.R. 3270), H630 [25FE]
        Dept. of Education:  reform and reauthorize the State Student
            Incentive Grant Program, (see S. 1644), S730 [12FE]
        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]
        Dept. of HHS:  Healthy Start Program funding, (see H.R. 3724), H2317
            [23AP]
        ------ make grants to States and businesses to improve the quality
            of child care services, (see H.R. 3686), H2054 [1AP]
        Dept. of HUD:  grants to States to supplement assistance for the
            preservation of affordable housing for low-income families, (see
            H.R. 4838), H10917 [14OC]
        Dept. of Justice:  State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance
            Programs funding, (see H.R. 4440), H7411 [6AU]
        Dept. of Veterans Affairs:  establish educational assistance
            programs to facilitate employment of health care professionals,
            (see S. 2115), S5433 [22MY]
        ------ payment of monthly educational assistance benefits to
            veterans enrolled at educational institutions during periods
            between terms, (see H.R. 4537), H7583 [10SE]
        Disabled:  establish a national public Internet site to increase
            access to information on technology-related assistance, (see
            H.R. 4461), H7412 [6AU]
        Disasters:  authorize predisaster mitigation programs, streamline
            the administration of disaster relief, and control the costs of
            disaster assistance, (see H.R. 3869, S. 2361), S9044 [27JY],
            H3311 [14MY]
        District of Columbia:  designate as empowerment zone and modify tax
            treatment of residents, (see H.R. 3329), H850 [4MR]
        Drought:  disaster assistance to Texas, (see S. Res. 253), S6886
            [23JN], (see H. Res. 493), H5297 [24JN]
        Drug abuse:  prohibit needle exchange programs, (see H.R. 3714),
            H2236 [22AP]
        ------ prohibit use of Federal funds for needle exchange programs,
            (see S. 1959), S3356 [21AP], (see H.R. 3712), H2236 [22AP], (see
            H.R. 3717), H2317 [23AP] prohibit use of Federal funds for
            needle exchange programs (H.R. 3717), consideration, (see H.
            Res. 409), H2422 [28AP]
        Drug Abuse Prevention and Treatment Administration:  establish, (see
            H.R. 3639), H2052 [1AP]
        Ecology and environment:  assist local governments and citizens'
            associations in assessing and remediating brownfield sites, (see
            H.R. 3627), H2052 [1AP]
        ------ cleanup and redevelopment of brownfield sites, (see H.R.
            4094), H4879 [19JN]
        Education:  assist urban and rural local education agencies in
            raising the academic achievement of all students, (see S. 2044),
            S4528 [7MY], (see H.R. 3813), H3013 [7MY]
        ------ encourage local agencies to work with the private sector to
            provide care to children under compulsory school attendance age,
            (see H.R. 3129), H99 [28JA]
        ------ encourage States to develop and implement alternative teacher
            certification and licensure programs, (see S. 1742), S1772
            [11MR], (see H.R. 3440), H1111 [11MR]
        ------ grants for public policy programs at certain institutes and
            schools, (see H.R. 4830), H10916 [14OC]
        ------ increase number of teachers, (see H.R. 3157), H329 [4FE]
        ------ increase Pell Grant awards, (see H.R. 3306), H754 [3MR]
        ------ 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]
        ------ promote high-quality family literacy programs and train
            parents effectively to teach their children, (see H.R. 4307),
            H6186 [22JY]
        ------ provide flexibility to local agencies that develop voluntary
            public and private parental choice programs, (see S. 1996),
            S3709 [28AP], (see H.R. 3742), H2423 [28AP]
        ------ provide grants to local educational agencies to promote
            certain education initiatives, (see H.R. 4864), H11695 [20OC]
        ------ provide States with options relative to receipt of Federal
            block grant funds, (see S. 2601), S12164 [9OC], (see H.R. 4779),
            H10352 [9OC]
        Employment:  coordinate response to communities adversely affected
            by the closure or significant downsizing of a plant or industry,
            (see S. 1715), S1435 [5MR]
        Families and domestic relations:  enhance family life, (see S.
            2518), S10921 [24SE]
        ------ 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]
        ------ require written parental consent to provide contraceptives or
            abortion services to minors under federally-funded programs,
            (see S. 2380), S9425 [30JY]
        FHA:  require certain properties to be inspected and determined to
            comply with minimum property standards, (see H.R. 3750), H2605
            [29AP]
        Financial institutions:  permit affiliation between a depository
            institution and the holding company successor to the Student
            Loan Marketing Association, (see H.R. 4808), H10667 [12OC]
        Floods:  damage reduction and recreation project at Grand Forks, ND,
            and East Grand Forks, MN, (see H.R. 4806), H10560 [11OC]
        Food:  purchase of additional commodities for distribution to needy
            persons, (see H.R. 3615), H2051 [1AP]
        ------ reduce funding for Food Stamp Training and Employment Program
            and apply savings to emergency food assistance programs, (see
            H.R. 4571), H7802 [15SE]
        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 trade:  consolidate and enhance trade adjustment assistance
            and NAFTA transitional adjustment assistance programs, (see H.R.
            4733), H10075 [8OC]
        Government:  coordinate Federal financial assistance programs to
            streamline Government operations, (see S. 1642), S730 [12FE]
        ------ reduce Federal spending in several programs, (see H.R. 3556),
            H1549 [25MR]
        ------ reduce waste, fraud, and error by making improvements in
            Federal management and debt collection practices, payment
            systems, and benefit programs, (see H.R. 4243), H5736 [16JY]
        ------ reduce waste, fraud, and error by making improvements in
            Federal management and debt collection practices, payment
            systems, and benefit programs, (see S. 2571), S11698 [7OC], (see
            H.R. 4857), H11694 [20OC]
        ------ require that recipients of payments have the option to
            receive such payments by electronic funds transfer or by check,
            (see H.R. 3099), H62 [27JA]
        ------ streamline and improve Federal grant application,
            administrative, and reporting requirements, (see H.R. 3921),
            H3624 [20MY]
        Hawaii:  increase the Federal medical assistance percentage, (see
            H.R. 3118), H99 [28JA]
        Head Start Act:  amend, (see H.R. 4241), H5736 [16JY]
        Head Start Program:  initiative for toddlers and infants funding,
            (see S. 2183), S6488 [17JN]
        ------ reauthorize and amend, (see H.R. 3880, S. 2206), S6886
            [23JN], H3311 [14MY], (see H.R. 4439), H7411 [6AU]
        Health:  prevention of fetal alcohol syndrome, (see S. 1875), S2719
            [27MR], (see H.R. 4376), H6879 [31JY]
        ------ revise and extend bone marrow donation and transplantation
            program, (see S. 2150), S5787 [9JN]
        Health care facilities:  require nursing facilities filing for
            relief to provide written notice of such filing to appropriate
            State agencies, (see H.R. 4843), H11023 [15OC]
        Higher Education Act:  establish an Advanced Manufacturing
            Fellowship, (see H.R. 3840), H3105 [12MY]
        ------ improve accountability and reform certain programs, (see S.
            2123), S5434 [22MY]
        ------ reauthorize, (see S. 1882), S2764 [30MR]
        ------ reauthorize (H.R. 6), consideration, (see H. Res. 411), H2423
            [28AP]
        Housing:  access to affordable housing and expansion of
            homeownership opportunities, (see H. Con. Res. 208), H329 [4FE]
        ------ ensure that tenant-based rental assistance programs are
            carried out in an efficient and fair manner, (see H.R. 3545),
            H1549 [25MR]
        ------ establish a program to assist homeowners experiencing
            temporary difficulty making payments on mortgages insured under
            the National Housing Act, (see H.R. 4745), H10075 [8OC]
        ------ expand homeownership, (see H.R. 3899), H3488 [19MY]
        ------ increase the amount of assistance for specially adapted
            housing for disabled veterans, (see H.R. 3619), H2051 [1AP]
        ------ occupancy standards for federally assisted housing relative
            to drug and alcohol abusers, (see H.R. 4543), H7583 [10SE]
        ------ prohibit individuals convicted of manufacturing or producing
            methamphetamine from receiving public housing assistance, (see
            H.R. 4551), H7617 [11SE]
        ------ provide affordable housing and community development
            assistance to certain rural areas, (see S. 2595), S11970 [8OC]
        ------ provide for reviews of criminal records of applicants for
            participation in shared housing arrangements, (see H.R. 3181),
            H445 [11FE]
        ------ remove barriers to the provision of affordable housing, (see
            H.R. 3435, S. 1877), S2719 [27MR], H1111 [11MR]
        ------ use of project rental assistance contracts to finance housing
            conversions for elderly persons, (see H.R. 3635), H2052 [1AP]
        Indian Health Service:  extend program for direct billing of
            Medicare, Medicaid, and other third party payors, (see H.R.
            4088), H4834 [18JN]
        Insurance:  allow children covered under private health insurance
            under a State health plan to continue receiving benefits under
            the Vaccines for Children Program, (see H.R. 3794), H2813 [5MY]
        ------ establish hospital lengths of stay based on a determination
            by an appropriate physician in consultation with the patient,
            (see S. 2315), S8241 [15JY], (see H.R. 4222), H5593 [15JY]
        James River:  increase funding for flood control project and direct
            Corps of Engineers to enter into programmatic agreement with
            non-Federal sponsor, (see S. 2293), S8056 [13JY]
        Law enforcement officers:  reduce local matching amount to ensure
            more local communities qualify for grants to hire additional
            police officers, (see H.R. 4734), H10075 [8OC]
        LIHEAP:  reauthorize and amend, (see H.R. 3880, S. 2206), S6886
            [23JN], H3311 [14MY]
        Medicaid:  allow children covered under a State health plan to
            continue receiving benefits under the Vaccines for Children
            Program, (see S. 2013), S3919 [30AP]
        ------ allow States to use State Children's Health Insurance Program
            allotment to cover additional low-income children, (see S.
            2485), S10423 [16SE], (see H.R. 4583), H7914 [16SE]
        ------ coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment services for
            certain women screened under federally funded programs, (see S.
            2017), S3919 [30AP], (see H.R. 3779), H2705 [30AP]
        ------ extend the higher Federal medical assistance payment
            percentage for Indian Health Service facilities to urban Indian
            health programs, (see H.R. 4480), H7413 [6AU]
        ------ prohibit transfers or discharges of residents of nursing
            facilities, (see S. 2061), S4630 [11MY], (see H.R. 4046, S.
            2308), S8240 [15JY], H4549 [11JN]
        Medicare:  comprehensive financing for graduate medical education,
            (see H.R. 4739), H10075 [8OC]
        ------ coverage of adult day care services, (see H.R. 4403), H7289
            [5AU]
        ------ enhance and expand special enrollment periods for certain
            military retirees and dependents, (see H.R. 3863), H3246 [13MY]
        ------ enroll eligible low-income beneficiaries in certain cost-
            sharing assistance programs, (see H.R. 4836), H10917 [14OC]
        ------ establish a standard of efficiency in home health services
            and reward agencies who meet or exceed the standard, (see H.R.
            3651), H2053 [1AP]
        ------ extend health care coverage, (see H.R. 4177), H5403 [25JN]
        ------ graduate medical education payments, (see S. 2259), S7256
            [26JN], (see H.R. 4219), H5593 [15JY]
        ------ payments to children's hospitals that operate graduate
            medical education programs, (see S. 2049), S4528 [7MY], (see
            H.R. 3855), H3246 [13MY]
        ------ payments to hospitals that have graduate medical education
            programs in critical need specialty areas, (see H.R. 3940, S.
            2216), S7172 [25JN], H3743 [21MY]
        ------ preserve access to home health services for the sickest and
            most frail, continue participation by cost-effective providers,
            and reduce fraud and abuse, (see H.R. 4495), H7413 [6AU]
        ------ respond to requests of skilled nursing facilities for private
            accreditation in the same manner as for other providers of
            services, (see H.R. 4075), H4711 [17JN]
        ------ waiver of the late enrollment penalty for certain military
            retirees and dependents, (see H.R. 4771), H10352 [9OC]
        Motor vehicles:  increase the amount of assistance for providing
            automobiles to certain disabled veterans, (see H.R. 3618), H2051
            [1AP]
        National Flood Insurance Program:  improve pre-disaster mitigation
            and facilitate voluntary buyouts of repetitively flooded
            properties, (see H.R. 4832), H10916 [14OC]
        National School Lunch Act:  extend the authority of the commodity
            distribution program, (see H.R. 3872), H3311 [14MY]
        Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act:
            technical corrections, (see H.R. 4482), H7413 [6AU]
        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, (see H.R. 4087), H4834 [18JN]
        Public welfare programs:  clarify and improve public assistance and
            benefits for noncitizens, (see H.R. 4558), H7690 [14SE]
        ------ disregard payment of earned income tax credits in determining
            eligibility for the temporary assistance for needy families
            program, SSI, Medicaid, and public housing programs, (see H.R.
            4818), H10667 [12OC]
        ------ extend transition period for legal aliens receiving SSI, (see
            H.R. 4426), H7411 [6AU]
        ------ food stamp eligibility for certain aliens, (see S. 1763),
            S1990 [16MR], H903 [5MR]
        ------ 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]
        ------ require States to pass child support directly through to
            families and disregard child support in determining eligibility
            for the temporary assistance to needy families program, (see S.
            2586), S11970 [8OC]
        Puerto Rico:  require Dept. of the Treasury report on Federal
            program costs, revenues, and taxation of residents, (see H.R.
            4769), H10352 [9OC]
        Rehabilitation Act:  extend authorization, (see S. 1579), S113
            [28JA]
        Rural areas:  establish and sustain viable rural and remote
            communities, (see S. 2379), S9425 [30JY]
        SBA:  establish a disaster mitigation pilot program, (see S. 1869),
            S2660 [26MR]
        Small business:  provide grants to microenterprise organizations to
            assist disadvantaged entrepreneurs, (see S. 2190), S6564 [18JN],
            (see H.R. 4179), H5403 [25JN]
        Small Business Investment Act:  technical corrections, (see H.R.
            3412), H1020 [10MR]
        Social Security:  establish and maintain individual investment
            accounts, (see H.R. 4076), H4711 [17JN]
        ------ improve coverage of low-income children under State
            Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid, (see H.R.
            4767), H10352 [9OC]
        ------ investment of certain Federal budgetary surpluses into
            program, (see H. Res. 340), H63 [27JA]
        ------ 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]
        ------ provide prisoner information obtained by States to Federal
            benefit programs to prevent erroneous provision of benefits,
            (see H.R. 4172), H5403 [25JN]
        ------ waive waiting period for disability benefits relative to
            individuals with terminal illnesses, and provide for appropriate
            treatment of prisoners, (see H.R. 3732), H2318 [23AP]
        SSI:  reinstate the medical improvement test protection for certain
            low-income disabled children, (see H.R. 3459), H1158 [12MR]
        States:  eligibility for bonuses under the temporary assistance to
            needy families block grants relative to child poverty rates,
            (see H.R. 4692), H9345 [2OC]
        ------ prohibit from imposing restrictions on additional children
            relative to the temporary assistance to needy families program,
            (see H.R. 4066), H4628 [16JN]
        ------ return primary responsibility for disaster relief to States,
            establish a private corporation to insure against risks and
            costs of disasters, and provide for Federal assistance for
            disaster response activities, (see H.R. 3728), H2318 [23AP]
        Taxation:  eliminate the temporary increase in unemployment tax,
            (see S. 2170), S6405 [16JN]
        ------ treatment of flight training expenses reimbursed through
            certain veterans educational assistance allowances, (see H.R.
            3942), H3743 [21MY]
        ------ treatment of Native American housing assistance programs,
            (see H.R. 3774, S. 2366), S9137 [28JY], H2705 [30AP]
        ------ treatment of real property tax reduction vouchers received by
            senior citizens in exchange for volunteer work, (see H.R. 3841),
            H3105 [12MY]
        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]
        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]
        ------ make permanent self-employment assistance programs, (see H.R.
            3773), H2705 [30AP]
        Unfunded Mandates Reform Act:  clarify application, (see S. 2068),
            S4712 [12MY]
        Urban areas:  continuation of operating assistance for small transit
            operators, (see H.R. 4384), H6999 [3AU]
        ------ provide grants to organizations to develop youth intervention
            models, (see H.R. 3607, S. 2327), S8482 [17JY], H1854 [31MR]
        Veterans:  exclude certain educational benefits from being
            considered a resource in the computation of financial aid, (see
            S. 2278), S7678 [8JY]
        WIC:  improve special supplemental nutrition programs, (see H.R.
            3874), H3311 [14MY]
        Women:  address economic obstacles of domestic violence victims,
            (see S. 2558), S11582 [6OC]
      Conference reports
        Community Opportunities, Accountability, and Training and
            Educational Services Act (S. 2206), H9697-H9719 [6OC]
        Higher Education Act Reauthorization (H.R. 6), H8978-H9083 [26SE]
        Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act (H.R. 1853),
            H10032-H10048 [8OC]
        WIC Special Supplemental Nutrition Programs Improvement (H.R. 3874),
            H9680-H9697 [6OC]
        Workforce Investment Act (H.R. 1385), H6604-H6695 [29JY]
      Cost Estimates
        Disaster Mitigation Act (S. 2361):  CBO, S11294-S11297 [1OC]
        Surface Transportation Extension Act (S. 1519):  CBO, S61 [27JA]
        Year 2000 Readiness and Small Business Programs Restructuring and
            Reform Act (H.R. 3412):  CBO, S11205 [30SE]
      Descriptions
        Examples of How Auctions Are Used in Federal Programs, S7865 [9JY]
      Excerpts
        ``Great Advances'' Report--Advances at the Unversity of Califonia,
            San Diego:  Science Coalition, E1917 [6OC]
      Factsheets
        Medicaid Protections for Low-Income Medicare Beneficiaries, E2161
            [14OC]
        Oklahoma transportation projects funding request, H1554 [26MR],
            H1555 [26MR]
      Letters
        Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act:  several
            agricultural organizations, S4657 [12MY]
        Alaska Denali Commission funding:  Ralph DeGennaro, Taxpayers for
            Common Sense (organization), H6598 [29JY]
        Appalachian Regional Commission inclusion of additional counties:
            Jesse L. White, Jr., Appalachian Regional Commission, S1763
            [11MR]
        Building Efficient Surface Transportation and Equity Act:  Frank
            Keating, Governor of Oklahoma, Neal A. McCaler, and Herschal
            Crow, H1555 [26MR]
        ------ Representative Coburn, H1555 [26MR] Representative Largent,
            H1554 [26MR] Representatives Myrick and Watt, H1555 [26MR],
            H1556 [26MR]
        ------ several Representatives, H1556 [26MR]
        Children's Health Equity Act:  Washington congressional delegation,
            E1736 [16SE]
        Community Opportunities, Accountability, and Training and
            Educational Services Act:  Sarah M. Greene, National Head Start
            Association, H7641 [14SE]
        Dept. of Agriculture commodity loan program that provides a fair
            return to producers relative to the cost of production:  George
            and Karen Saxowsky, S3134 [2AP]
        Dept. of Agriculture marketing assistance loans:  Tripp County, SD,
            Board of Commissioners, S8182 [15JY]
        ------ Wally Sparby, Minnesota Farm Service Agency, S8165 [15JY]
        Dept. of HUD Elderly Housing Program funding:  Horace B. Deets,
            AARP, S2888 [1AP]
        Discrimination claims by African-American farmers against the Dept.
            of Agriculture:  Gary R. Grant, H546 [24FE]
        ----- Representative Waters, Congressional Black Caucus, H546
            [24FE], H547 [24FE]
        Employment, Training, and Literacy Enhancement Act:  George M.C.
            Fisher and Lawrence Perlman, Business Roundtable (organization),
            S4263 [5MY]
        Equal consideration for religious organizations with other private
            groups to provide assistance under certain government programs:
            L. Anthony Sutin, Dept. of Justice, H10204 [8OC]
        Fannie Mae Trillion Dollar Commitment program:  Alex Penelas, Mayor
            of Miami, FL, E417 [18MR]
        ------ Emanuel Cleaver II, Mayor of Kansas City, MO, E416 [18MR]
        ------ Lee P. Brown, Mayor of Houston, TX, E417 [18MR]
        ------ Michael P. Peters, Mayor of Hartford, CT, E416 [18MR]
        ------ Sharon Sayles Belton, Mayor of Minneapolis, MN, E388 [17MR]
        Food stamp eligibility for certain aliens:  Diana Aviv, Council of
            Jewish Federations, S4655 [12MY]
        ------ John Cardinal O'Connor, S4655 [12MY]
        Food stamp eligibility for legal aliens:  Tom Johnson, National
            Conference of State Legislatures, H4125 [4JN]
        Homeless Housing Programs Consolidation and Flexibility Act:  Alex
            Penelas, Mayor of Miami, FL, H720 [3MR]
        ------ Alvah H. Chapman, Jr., Community Partnership for Homeless,
            Inc., H720 [3MR]
        ------ Andrew M. Cuomo, Sec. of HUD, H720 [3MR]
        ------ George C. Duggins, Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc., H714
            [3MR]
        ------ Julie Sandorf, Corp. for Supportive Housing, H715 [3MR]
        ------ Maria Foscarinis, National Law Center on Homelessness &
            Poverty, H715 [3MR]
        ------ Nan Roman, National Alliance To End Homelessness, Inc., H714
            [3MR]
        ------ Paul S. Grogan, Local Initiatives Support Corp., H715 [3MR]
        ------ several organizations, H714 [3MR]
        Hospital Length of Stay Act:  Lynn E. Jensen, AMA, S8250 [15JY]
        ------ Marilyn S. Richmond, American Psychological Association,
            S8251 [15JY]
        ------ Paul A. Ebert, American College of Surgeons, S8250 [15JY]
        ------ Steven P. Ringel, American Academy of Neurology, S8251 [15JY]
        Impact of the market price of crops and disasters on family farms:
            President Clinton, S8285 [16JY]
        ------ Brian and Johnet Christianson, S10287 [14SE]
        ------ Dan Glickman, Sec. of Agriculture, S10296 [14SE]
        ------ several agricultural organizations, S10303 [14SE]
        ------ Wally Sparby, Farm Service Agency, S10289 [14SE]
        ------ Wyatt Goettle, S10286 [14SE]
        Increase in top level of FHA limits on mortgage insurance:  Grover
            G. Norquist, Americans for Tax Reform (organization), S8342
            [16JY]
        ------ Jack Kemp, S8344 [16JY]
        ------ National Taxpayers Union, S8343 [16JY]
        ------ several veterans organizations, S8346 [16JY]
        ------ Stephen Brobeck, Consumer Federation of America, S8343 [16JY]
            Stephen Moore, Cato Institute, S8342 [16JY]
        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]
        Information technology education recruitment projects:  Harris N.
            Miller, Information Technology Association of America, H2543
            [29AP]
        National Dialogue on Social Security Act:  Horace B. Deets, AARP,
            H2491 [29AP]
        ------ Martha Phillips, Concord Coalition, H2491 [29AP]
        Needle exchange programs:  Guthrie S. Birkhead, Council of State and
            Territorial Epidemiologists, H2468 [29AP]
        ------ J. Thomas Cochran, U.S. Conference of Mayors, H2469 [29AP]
        ------ John DeStefano, Jr., Mayor of New Haven, CT, H2461 [29AP]
        ------ Julie M. Scofield, National Alliance of State and Territorial
            AIDS Directors, H2469 [29AP]
        ------ Melvin H. Wearing, Chief of Police of New Haven, CT, H2461
            [29AP]
        ------ Mohammad N. Akhter, American Public Health Association, H2467
            [29AP]
        ------ Representatives Sherrod Brown, Dingell, and Waxman, H2463
            [29AP]
        ------ Robert D. Evans, ABA, H2468 [29AP]
        ------ Winnie Stachelberg, Human Rights Campaign (organization),
            H2468 [29AP]
        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]
        Olympic Education Scholarship Program funding:  Senator Boxer, S7841
            [9JY]
        ------ Senator Feinstein, S7841 [9JY]
        ------ several Senators, S7841 [9JY]
        Pell Grant aid to certain students enrolled in State required
            teacher certification courses:  Charles B. Reed, California
            State University, S7789 [9JY]
        Prevent use of Federal funds to require city contractors in San
            Francisco, CA, to provide domestic partner benefits:  J. Thomas
            Cochran, U.S. Conference of Mayors, H6580 [29JY]
        ----- Laura W. Murphy and Christopher E. Anders, ACLU, H6580 [29JY]
        ----- Wade Henderson, Leadership Conference on Civil Rights
            (organization), H6580 [29JY]
        Prohibit transfers or discharges of residents of nursing facilities
            under Medicaid:  Paul R. Willging, American Health Care
            Association, S8241 [15JY]
        ----- Toby S. Edelman, National Senior Citizens Law Center, S8242
            [15JY]
        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]
        Regulation of loans to certain processors of sugarcane and sugar
            beets:  Jack Cassidy, CoBank, H5076 [24JN]
        Resolution of discrimination claims by African-American farmers
            against the Dept. of Agriculture:  Dan Glickman, Sec. of
            Agriculture, S8309 [16JY]
        Rockingham County, NC, disaster assistance:  James L. Witt, FEMA,
            S2581 [25MR]
        Tax treatment of veterans' education benefits:  Steve A. Robertson,
            American Legion, S7793 [9JY]
        Ticket to Work and Self-Sufficiency Act:  Martin Corry, AARP, H4020
            [3JN]
        ------ R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, H4020 [3JN]
        Tribute to Representative Tony Hall's effort to combat hunger:
            Unity Against Hunger and Poverty (coalition), E2101 [12OC]
        Use of controlled substances for assisted suicide, euthanasia, or
            mercy killing:  Thomas A. Constantine, DEA, S12493 [14OC]
        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
        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 supporting certain market transition assistance
            programs relative to S. 1415, National Tobacco Policy and Youth
            Smoking Reduction Act, S6398 [16JN]
        Organizations supporting Harkin amendment on tax treatment of
            student loan program fees to S. 1882, Higher Education Act
            reauthorization, S7858 [9JY]
        Peanut Program reforms, H5022 [23JN]
        Senate staff who worked on H.R. 6, Higher Education Act
            reauthorization, S11072 [29SE]
        States and territories with approved coastal nonpoint pollution
            plans, S8864 [23JY]
        Supporters of H.R. 217, Homeless Housing Programs Consolidation and
            Flexibility Act, H714 [3MR]
      Memorandums
        Increase in Top Level of FHA Limits on Mortgage Insurance:  Ronald
            D. Utt, Heritage Foundation, S8342 [16JY]
      Motions
        Bipartisan Panel To Design Long-Range Social Security Reform:
            establish (H.R. 3546), H2507 [29AP]
        Drug abuse:  prohibit use of Federal funds for needle exchange
            programs (H.R. 3717), H2475 [29AP]
        Public safety officers:  provide educational assistance to the
            surviving spouse and dependent children of officers killed or
            totally disabled in the line of duty (S. 1525), H10461 [10OC]
      Petitions and memorials
        Massachusetts:  food stamp eligibility for legal aliens, S3113 [2AP]
      Press releases
        America's Most Vulnerable List--1.8 Million Poor Seniors and
            Children Locked Out of Nation's Housing:  Dept. of HUD, H5814
            [17JY]
        Dr. Charles L. Flynn, Jr., Endorses Pell Grant Legislation:  Richard
            P. Burke, Assumption College, H613 [25FE]
      Remarks in House
        African Americans:  discrimination claims by farmers against the
            Dept. of Agriculture, H543-H550 [24FE], H1096 [11MR], E217
            [24FE]
        ------ discrimination claims by farmers against the Dept. of
            Agriculture, H9597 [6OC]
        ------ provide a mechanism for resolution of discrimination claims
            by farmers against the Dept. of Agriculture, H4981 [23JN], H4986
            [23JN], H4987 [23JN], H4998 [23JN], H5848 [17JY]
        ------ provide a mechanism for resolution of discrimination claims
            by farmers against the Dept. of Agriculture, H9331 [2OC]
        Agriculture:  compensate dairy producers for losses due to natural
            disasters, H1804 [31MR]
        ------ economic condition of African-American farmers, H489 [12FE]
        ------ Federal Crop Insurance Program funding, H4132 [4JN], H4133
            [4JN]
        ------ impact of the market price of crops and disasters on family
            farms, H4949 [22JN], H4951 [22JN], H5288 [24JN], H6419 [24JY],
            H6422 [24JY], H6870 [31JY]
        ------ impact of the market price of crops and disasters on family
            farms, H7556 [10SE], H7558 [10SE], H7559 [10SE], H7560 [10SE],
            H7694 [15SE], H7928 [17SE], H8539 [24SE]
        ------ production flexibility contract payment options (H.R. 4272),
            H5850 [17JY]
        ------ production flexibility contract payment options (S. 2344),
            H6925-H6930 [3AU], E1532 [4AU]
        ------ provide a safety net for farmers and consumers and promote
            the development of farmer-owned value-added processing
            facilities (H.R. 3550), H1626 [26MR], E473 [25MR]
        ------ relief for agricultural producers, small businesses, and
            rural communities adversely affected by low commodity prices,
            H8079 [18SE], H8080 [18SE], H8602 [24SE], H9507 [5OC], H9510
            [5OC] relief for agricultural producers, small businesses, and
            rural communities adversely affected by low commodity prices
            (H.R. 4560), H9210 [1OC], H9213 [1OC]
        ------ relief for agricultural producers adversely affected by low
            commodity prices and weather, H10808 [13OC], H10811 [13OC],
            H10838 [14OC], H10998 [15OC], H11016 [15OC], H11656 [20OC],
            E1902 [5OC], E1947 [8OC], E2163 [14OC]
        Alaska:  Denali Commission funding, H6598-H6599 [29JY], E1514 [3AU]
        Bipartisan Panel To Design Long-Range Social Security Reform:
            establish (H.R. 3546), H2487-H2510 [29AP], E471 [25MR]
        ----- establish (H.R. 3546), consideration (H. Res. 410),
            H2478-H2487 [29AP]
        ----- establish (H.R. 3546), motion to recommit, H2507 [29AP]
        Charities:  ensure that religious organizations are considered
            equally with other private groups to provide assistance under
            certain government programs, H10204 [8OC], H10206 [8OC]
        Children and youth:  improve and extend child nutrition programs
            (H.R. 3666), E584 [2AP]
        ------ improve the quality of child care through grants and a
            commission on child care standards (H.R. 4844), E2198 [15OC]
        Civil rights:  affirmative action policies, H2524 [29AP]
        Colleges and universities:  Olympic Scholarships Program
            reauthorization, H2866 [6MY]
        Community development:  provide grant funding for additional
            empowerment zones (H.R. 3622), E542 [1AP]
        Community Services Block Grant Program:  reauthorize and amend (H.R.
            3880), E860 [14MY], E967 [22MY]
        ------ reauthorize and amend (S. 2206), H7620-H7643 [14SE], H8602
            [24SE], E1725 [15SE], E1740 [16SE]
        ------ reauthorize and amend (S. 2206), conference report,
            H10201-H10207 [8OC], E2078 [11OC]
        ------ reauthorize and amend (S. 2206), permission to file
            conference report, H9647 [6OC]
        ------ reauthorize (H.R. 4271), E1338 [17JY]
        Courts:  require only Federal agencies which administer benefit
            programs or enforce the tax code to adhere to precedents
            established in Federal judicial circuits, H591-H595 [25FE]
        Crime:  correct law relative to termination of benefits for
            convicted persons (H.R. 3096), H1402 [24MR], H1403 [24MR]
        Dept. of Agriculture:  Emergency Food Assistance Program funding,
            E2101 [12OC]
        ------ emergency food assistance program funding for food banks,
            H4997 [23JN]
        ------ make grants to establish additional rural enterprise
            communities, H11651 [20OC]
        ------ make grants to establish additional rural enterprise
            communities and empowerment zones (H.R. 4666), E1866 [1OC]
        ------ marketing assistance loans funding, H9507 [5OC], E2280 [21OC]
        ------ reform agricultural credit programs (H.R. 3513), H1096
            [11MR], H5848 [17JY]
        ------ regulate loans to certain processors of sugarcane and sugar
            beets, H5075-H5085 [24JN]
        ------ regulate loans to certain processors of sugarcane and sugar
            beets, H9334 [2OC]
        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:  increase funding for repair of flood damage and
            improve military readiness in the Republic of Korea, H7452 [9SE]
        Dept. of Education:  accountability standards for institutions that
            provide teacher certification and licensure assessments,
            H2546-H2548 [29AP]
        ------ allocation of funds, H5047 [23JN], H5049 [23JN]
        ------ establish lender-of-last-resort authority and procedures,
            H2582 [29AP]
        ------ make available competitive grants to institutions seeking to
            reduce operating costs through joint purchases of goods and
            services, H2541 [29AP]
        ------ prohibit use of Social Security numbers as an electronic
            personal identifier for students receiving assistance, H2513
            [29AP], H2538 [29AP], H2539 [29AP], H2767 [5MY]
        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]
        Dept. of HUD:  expansion and improvement of Houston, TX, field
            office, E1497 [31JY]
        ------ grants to States to supplement assistance for the
            preservation of affordable housing for low-income families (H.R.
            4838), E2283 [21OC]
        ------ increase in top level of FHA limits on mortgage insurance,
            H5645 [16JY], H5647 [16JY], H5752 [17JY]
        ------ increase in top level of FHA limits on mortgage insurance,
            H9612 [6OC], H9621 [6OC]
        ------ notify local government about proposed assisted multifamily
            housing projects, H9623 [6OC]
        ------ Public Housing Drug Elimination Program funding, H9621 [6OC]
        ------ Rental Assistance Voucher Program funding, H5763 [17JY],
            H5764 [17JY], H5765 [17JY], H5766 [17JY]
        Dept. of Justice:  State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance
            Programs funding through rescissions in Advanced Technology
            Program, H7127-H7134 [4AU], E1563 [5AU], E1594 [7AU]
        Dept. of the Interior:  Purchaser Road Credit Program funding, H6038
            [21JY]
        Dept. of Veterans Affairs:  Veterans Health Administration medical
            care funding through offsets in FHA funding, H6546-H6551 [29JY]
        ------ Veterans Health Administration medical care funding through
            offsets in FHA funding, H7714-H7716 [15SE]
        Disasters:  establish an advisory commission to prepare for and
            respond to serious drought emergencies (H.R. 3035), H4597-H4599
            [16JN]
        District of Columbia:  designate as empowerment zone and modify tax
            treatment of residents (H.R. 3329), E282 [4MR]
        ------ prohibit needle exchange programs funding, H7332 [6AU], H7334
            [6AU], H7343 [6AU], H7372-H7381 [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]
        Drought:  disaster assistance to Texas, H6927 [3AU], H6928 [3AU],
            H6930 [3AU]
        Drug abuse:  methamphetamine reduction programs funding, H7266 [5AU]
        ------ needle exchange programs, H2064 [21AP], H2124 [22AP], H2125
            [22AP], H2126 [22AP], H2225-H2232 [22AP], H2241 [23AP], H2311
            [23AP], H2442 [29AP], H2444 [29AP], H2595 [29AP]
        ------ prohibit use of Federal funds for needle exchange programs
            (H.R. 3717), H2415 [28AP], H2453-H2478 [29AP] prohibit use of
            Federal funds for needle exchange programs (H.R. 3717),
            consideration (H. Res. 409), H2445-H2453 [29AP]
        Ecology and environment:  assist local governments and citizens'
            associations in assessing and remediating brownfield sites (H.R.
            3627), H2033 [1AP]
        ------ cleanup and redevelopment of brownfield sites, H5756 [17JY],
            H5757 [17JY], E1489 [31JY], E1497 [31JY]
        Economy:  economic impact of a depreciating currency, H2375-H2377
            [28AP]
        Education:  auction rights for financial institutions to make
            student loans relative to interest rates, H2519 [29AP], H2569
            [29AP], H2570 [29AP]
        ------ authorize Sec. of Education to assist distressed
            institutions, H2577 [29AP], H2578 [29AP]
        ------ conduct study on the impact that lenders and guarantors'
            actions have on student loan default rates, H2578 [29AP]
        ------ delay student loan repayment for students ordered to active
            military duty in a reserve component of the Armed Forces, H2585
            [29AP]
        ------ encourage local agencies to work with the private sector to
            provide care to children under compulsory school attendance age
            (H.R. 3129), E54 [28JA]
        ------ encourage States to develop and implement alternative teacher
            certification and licensure programs (H.R. 3440), E362 [12MR]
        ------ establish grants for advanced management training for school
            superintendents and principals, H2545 [29AP], H2546 [29AP]
        ------ establish income-sensitive repayment options for student
            loans, H2581 [29AP], H2586 [29AP]
        ------ establish memorial scholarship fund for families of public
            safety officers who are killed in the line of duty, H2572
            [29AP], H2573 [29AP]
        ------ establish postsecondary information technology education
            recruitment projects, H2543-H2545 [29AP], H2768 [5MY]
        ------ extend Pell Grant eligibility to the Freely Associated
            States, E1862 [1OC], E1884 [2OC]
        ------ feasibility report on student options for the consolidation
            of their student loan obligations, H2866 [6MY]
        ------ High Hopes/GEAR UP program funding, E1870 [1OC]
        ------ improve teacher quality, H2532 [29AP], E1884 [2OC]
        ------ improve teacher quality (H.R. 2228), H697 [3MR]
        ------ increase number of teachers, H762 [4MR], H10837 [14OC],
            H10838 [14OC], H10839 [14OC]
        ------ 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]
        ------ institution eligibility for student loan program relative to
            default rates, H2587 [29AP]
        ------ permit increases in annual loan limit relative to
            unsubsidized Stafford loans, H2570 [29AP], H2571 [29AP], H2767
            [5MY]
        ------ provide States with options relative to receipt of Federal
            block grant funds (H.R. 4779), E2235 [19OC]
        ------ restrict student loan eligibilty of students suspended for
            drug-related offenses, H2579 [29AP]
        ------ student loan default rates relative to due diligence in
            collection practices, H2523 [29AP]
        ------ student loan default rates relative to loan rehabilitation,
            H2532 [29AP]
        ------ student loan interest rates, H2584 [29AP], H2587 [29AP],
            H2588 [29AP], E798 [7MY], E1883 [2OC]
        ------ student loan programs, H10536 [11OC], H10537 [11OC]
        ------ vocational education funding (H.R. 1853), H5843 [17JY]
        ------ vocational education funding (H.R. 1853), conference report,
            H10200 [8OC], H10201 [8OC]
        ------ voucher program to provide school choice, H103 [3FE], H104
            [3FE], H370 [5FE], H760 [4MR], H762 [4MR], H2347 [28AP], H3030
            [12MY], H3619 [20MY], H4483 [11JN], H5968 [21JY], H6515 [29JY],
            E1064 [9JN]
        Employment:  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]
        EPA:  remove restrictions on use of brownfield funds, H5825 [17JY],
            H5826 [17JY]
        Families and domestic relations:  improve child care and family
            support services, H2994 [7MY]
        ------ 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]
        ------ require parental consent to provide contraceptives to minors
            under federally-funded programs, H10130-H10132 [8OC]
        Fannie Mae:  anniversary of Trillion Dollar Commitment program, E388
            [17MR], E416 [18MR]
        Farm Service Agency:  staffing levels, H6926 [3AU]
        Floods:  disaster assistance to Lawrence County, TN, E1307 [15JY]
        Florida:  commend efforts to help victims of tornadoes, H507 [24FE],
            H540 [24FE]
        Food:  reduce funding for Food Stamp Training and Employment Program
            and apply savings to emergency food assistance programs (H.R.
            4571), E1728 [15SE]
        Ginnie Mae:  guaranty fee increase, E1858 [1OC]
        Government:  define role and scope, H5864 [20JY]
        ------ reduce waste, fraud, and error by making improvements in
            Federal management and debt collection practices, payment
            systems, and benefit programs (H.R. 4243), H10850-H10855 [14OC]
            reduce waste, fraud, and error by making improvements in Federal
            management and debt collection practices, payment systems, and
            benefit programs (H.R. 4857), H11672-H11679 [20OC]
        ------ streamline and improve Federal grant application,
            administrative, and reporting requirements (H.R. 3921), E913
            [20MY], E922 [20MY]
        Guam:  disaster assistance relative to Typhoon Paka, H22 [27JA],
            H1807 [31MR], H1808 [31MR], H1816 [31MR], E188 [12FE]
        Hawaii:  increase the Federal medical assistance percentage (H.R.
            3118), E42 [28JA]
        Head Start Act:  amend (H.R. 4241), E1328 [17JY]
        Head Start Program:  reauthorize and amend (H.R. 3880), E860 [14MY],
            E967 [22MY]
        ------ reauthorize and amend (S. 2206), H7620-H7643 [14SE], H8602
            [24SE], E1725 [15SE], E1740 [16SE]
        ------ reauthorize and amend (S. 2206), conference report,
            H10201-H10207 [8OC], E2078 [11OC]
        ------ reauthorize and amend (S. 2206), permission to file
            conference report, H9647 [6OC]
        Health:  revise and extend bone marrow donation and transplantation
            program (H.R. 2202), H3425-H3429 [19MY], E914 [20MY]
        Higher Education Act:  prohibit exclusion from any program based on
            race or religion, H2915-H2917 [6MY], H2921 [6MY]
        ------ reauthorize (H.R. 6), H2284 [23AP], H2394-H2400 [28AP], H2443
            [29AP], H2515-H2594 [29AP], H2693 [30AP], H2766-H2771 [5MY],
            H2860-H2920 [6MY], H2921 [6MY], H2922 [6MY], H2984 [7MY], H3620
            [20MY], H5848 [17JY], E724 [30AP], E728 [30AP], E729 [30AP],
            E731 [30AP], E792 [7MY], E798 [7MY], E846 [13MY], E916 [20MY]
        ------ reauthorize (H.R. 6), conference report, H8806 [25SE],
            H9151-H9162 [28SE], E1858 [1OC], E1862 [1OC], E1870 [1OC], E1883
            [2OC]
        ------ reauthorize (H.R. 6), consideration (H. Res. 411),
            H2510-H2515 [29AP]
        ------ reauthorize (H.R. 6), corrections in engrossment, H2920 [6MY]
        Homeless:  consolidate Federal housing assistance programs (H.R.
            217), H703-H722 [3MR], H883 [5MR], E353 [11MR]
        House of Representatives:  participate in and support activities to
            provide decent homes for the people of the U.S. (H. Res. 147),
            H4824 [18JN]
        Housing:  access to affordable housing and expansion of
            homeownership opportunities (H. Con. Res. 208), H5874-H5879
            [20JY]
        ------ deregulate public housing and rental assistance programs and
            increase community control over such programs, H5642-H5649
            [16JY], H5814-H5821 [17JY], E1344 [17JY]
        ------ deregulate public housing and rental assistance programs and
            increase community control over such programs, H9613-H9618
            [6OC], H9620 [6OC], H9621 [6OC], H9623 [6OC]
        ------ deregulation of public housing and rental assistance programs
            and increase community control over such programs, E1401 [23JY]
        ------ establish a program to assist homeowners experiencing
            temporary difficulty making payments on mortgages insured under
            the National Housing Act (H.R. 4745), E1963 [8OC], E2042 [10OC]
        ------ expand homeownership (H.R. 3899), H10675 [13OC],
            H10691-H10711 [13OC], E887 [19MY], E2209 [15OC]
        ------ increase the amount of assistance for specially adapted
            housing for disabled veterans (H.R. 3619), E538 [1AP]
        ------ low-income housing assistance programs funding, H1804 [31MR]
        ------ prenotification of tenants in assisted housing of termination
            of federally-subsidized mortgage contracts, H5772 [17JY], H5773
            [17JY], E1343 [17JY]
        ------ provide for reviews of criminal records of applicants for
            participation in shared housing arrangements (H.R. 3181), H410
            [11FE], H506 [24FE]
        ------ use of project rental assistance contracts to finance housing
            conversions for elderly persons (H.R. 3635), E582 [2AP]
        Hurricanes:  disaster assistance to Florida, H8464 [23SE], E1827
            [26SE]
        ------ disaster assistance to Puerto Rico, E2037 [10OC]
        ------ disaster assistance to Virgin Islands, H9175 [28SE]
        Ice storms:  disaster assistance to Northeast States, H78 [28JA],
            H657-H662 [26FE], H662 [26FE], H1804 [31MR], H1814 [31MR],
            H1820-H1822 [31MR], E534 [31MR]
        Indian Health Service:  extend program for direct billing of
            Medicare, Medicaid, and other third party payors (H.R. 4088),
            E1164 [18JN], E1165 [18JN]
        Job Corps:  funding, H7007 [4AU], H7557 [10SE]
        LIHEAP:  funding, H5850-H5857 [17JY], H10127 [8OC], H10128 [8OC],
            E1338 [17JY]
        ------ reauthorize and amend (H.R. 3880), E860 [14MY], E967 [22MY]
        ------ reauthorize and amend (S. 2206), H7620-H7643 [14SE], H8602
            [24SE], E1725 [15SE], E1740 [16SE]
        ------ reauthorize and amend (S. 2206), conference report,
            H10201-H10207 [8OC], E2078 [11OC]
        ------ reauthorize and amend (S. 2206), permission to file
            conference report, H9647 [6OC]
        Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program:  reauthorize and amend
            (S. 2206), conference report, E2149 [13OC]
        LSC:  funding, H6974-H6983 [3AU], E1534 [4AU], E1537 [4AU], E1602
            [7AU], E1668 [9SE]
        Medicaid:  allow States to use State Children's Health Insurance
            Program allotment to cover additional low-income children (H.R.
            4583), E1736 [16SE]
        ------ extend the higher Federal medical assistance payment
            percentage for Indian Health Service facilities to urban Indian
            health programs (H.R. 4480), E1606 [7AU]
        Medicare:  comprehensive financing for graduate medical education
            (H.R. 4739), E2005 [9OC]
        ------ coverage of adult day care services (H.R. 4403), E1550 [5AU]
        ------ enroll eligible low-income beneficiaries in certain cost-
            sharing assistance programs (H.R. 4836), E2161 [14OC], E2171
            [14OC]
        ------ establish a standard of efficiency in home health services
            and reward agencies who meet or exceed the standard (H.R. 3651),
            H5287 [24JN]
        ------ graduate medical education payments (H.R. 4219), E1311 [15JY]
        ------ payments to hospitals that have graduate medical education
            programs in critical need specialty areas (H.R. 3940), E932
            [21MY]
        Motor vehicles:  increase the amount of assistance for providing
            automobiles to certain disabled veterans (H.R. 3618), E542 [1AP]
        National Board for Professional Teaching Standards:  funding, H2524
            [29AP]
        National Flood Insurance Program:  improve pre-disaster mitigation
            and facilitate voluntary buyouts of repetitively flooded
            properties (H.R. 4832), H10881 [14OC]
        Native Americans:  authorizing appropriations for certain programs
            (S. 459), H10286 [9OC], H10287 [9OC], E2072 [11OC]
        ------ 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]
        NOAA:  nonpoint pollution control plans funding under the Coastal
            Zone Management Program, H7165-H7167 [4AU]
        Office of National Drug Control Policy:  designation of North Texas
            as a High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area, H919 [10MR], E183
            [12FE]
        Older Americans Act:  reauthorize, H3373 [19MY], H3375 [19MY]
        Oregon:  use of State funds for assisted suicide, euthanasia, or
            mercy killing, E363 [12MR]
        Public safety officers:  provide educational assistance to the
            surviving spouse and dependent children of officers killed or
            totally disabled in the line of duty (H.R. 3046), H10459-H10461
            [10OC]
        ----- provide educational assistance to the surviving spouse and
            dependent children of officers killed or totally disabled in the
            line of duty (S. 1525), H10461 [10OC]
        ----- provide educational assistance to the surviving spouse and
            dependent children of officers killed or totally disabled in the
            line of duty (S. 1525), insert H.R. 3046 language in lieu,
            H10461 [10OC]
        Public welfare programs:  clarify and improve public assistance and
            benefits for noncitizens (H.R. 4558), H8498-H8501 [23SE], E1796
            [24SE]
        ------ disregard payment of earned income tax credits in determining
            eligibility for the temporary assistance for needy families
            program, SSI, Medicaid, and public housing programs (H.R. 4818),
            E2097 [12OC]
        ------ establish individual development accounts for low-income
            families, H7639 [14SE], H7641 [14SE]
        ------ food stamp eligibility for certain aliens, H3762-H3773 [22MY]
        ------ food stamp eligibility for legal aliens, H4066 [4JN], H4125
            [4JN], H4127-H4129 [4JN], H4133 [4JN]
        ------ reform, H848 [4MR], H945 [10MR], H1223 [17MR], H1427 [24MR],
            H2084 [21AP], H2085 [21AP], H7814 [16SE], H10839 [14OC], E703
            [29AP], E1542 [4AU]
        Puerto Rico:  require Dept. of the Treasury report on Federal
            program costs, revenues, and taxation of residents (H.R. 4769),
            E2020 [10OC]
        Rhode Island:  commend efforts to help hurricane victims in the
            Dominican Republic, E2288 [21OC]
        Roads and highways:  highway demonstration projects funding,
            H3719-H3722 [21MY]
        San Francisco, CA:  prevent use of Federal funds to require city
            contractors to provide domestic partner benefits, H6578-H6588
            [29JY]
        SBA:  HUB Zone Empowerment Contracting Program funding, E1572 [7AU]
        Senior citizens:  nutrition programs funding, H5197 [24JN], H5198
            [24JN]
        Small Business Investment Act:  technical corrections (H.R. 3412),
            H1399 [24MR], H1400 [24MR]
        Social Security:  eligibility of territories for SSI benefits, E1796
            [24SE]
        ------ establish and maintain individual investment accounts, E1601
            [7AU]
        ------ 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]
        ------ provide prisoner information obtained by States to Federal
            benefit programs to prevent erroneous provision of benefits
            (H.R. 4172), E1275 [26JN]
        ------ reform, H368 [5FE], E785 [7MY], E1601 [7AU]
        Spencer, SD:  tribute to tornado victims and relief efforts, H4540
            [11JN]
        SSI:  reinstate the medical improvement test protection for certain
            low-income disabled children (H.R. 3459), E361 [12MR]
        ------ treatment of certain cash awards from tax-exempt groups
            relative to fulfilling wishes for children with life-threatening
            diseases, H8500 [23SE]
        States:  eligibility for bonuses under the temporary assistance to
            needy families block grants relative to child poverty rates
            (H.R. 4692), E1880 [2OC]
        ------ minimum allocation formula for Federal-aid highway program
            projects, H1885-H1894 [1AP], H1896-H1901 [1AP], H1904 [1AP],
            H1911 [1AP], H1912 [1AP]
        ------ prohibit from imposing restrictions on additional children
            relative to the temporary assistance to needy families program
            (H.R. 4066), E1142 [16JN]
        Taxation:  treatment of real property tax reduction vouchers
            received by senior citizens in exchange for volunteer work (H.R.
            3841), E833 [12MY]
        Texas Southern University:  relief from certain debt obligations
            relative to student financial aid programs, H2579 [29AP]
        Thunderstorms:  disaster assistance to New York, H7610 [11SE]
        ------ tribute to recovery efforts in New York, E1898 [2OC]
        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]
        ------ treatment of tobacco farmers relative to tobacco industry
            liability settlement, H6868 [31JY]
        Tornadoes:  disaster assistance to Spencer, SD, H4540 [11JN]
        Unemployment:  establish the Strategic Transitional Employment
            Program for the long-term unemployed living in poverty in
            certain identified communities (H.R. 4097), E1177 [19JN]
        University of Califonia, San Diego:  research accomplishments, E1916
            [6OC]
        Urban areas:  continuation of operating assistance for small transit
            operators (H.R. 4384), E1523 [3AU]
        Veterans:  treatment of education benefits, H2527 [29AP]
        Voting:  distribution by mail of voter registration applications to
            college students, H2580 [29AP], H5848 [17JY]
        WIC:  funding, H4984 [23JN]
        ------ improve special supplemental nutrition programs (H.R. 3874),
            H5865-H5874 [20JY], E1366 [21JY], E1431 [24JY], E1437 [24JY]
        ------ improve special supplemental nutrition programs (H.R. 3874),
            H9202 [1OC]
        ------ improve special supplemental nutrition programs (H.R. 3874),
            conference report, H10197-H10200 [8OC], E2077 [11OC]
        ------ improve special supplemental nutrition programs (H.R. 3874),
            permission to file conference report, H9647 [6OC]
      Remarks in Senate
        African Americans:  provide a mechanism for resolution of
            discrimination claims by farmers against the Dept. of
            Agriculture, S6548 [18JN], S8307-S8309 [16JY]
        ------ provide a mechanism for resolution of discrimination claims
            by farmers against the Dept. of Agriculture, S11433 [5OC]
        Agricultural Market Transition Act:  extend the term of marketing
            assistance loans (S. 1762), S1990 [16MR]
        Agriculture:  compensate dairy producers for losses due to natural
            disasters, S2480-S2481 [24MR]
        ------ establish a pilot program in certain States to provide
            improved crop insurance options for producers (S. 2517), S10926
            [24SE]
        ------ Federal Crop Insurance Program funding, S4666-S4680 [12MY],
            S5493 [1JN]
        ------ impact of the market price of crops and disasters on family
            farms, S4145-S4147 [4MY], S4234 [5MY], S4236 [5MY], S4409-S4413
            [6MY], S4945-S4950 [18MY], S5493 [1JN], S6730-S6733 [19JN],
            S7521-S7524 [6JY], S7706 [9JY], S8020-S8022 [13JY], S8092
            [14JY], S8093 [14JY], S8100-S8118 [14JY], S8128 [14JY], S8169
            [15JY], S8270-S8273 [16JY], S8275-S8281 [16JY], S8283-S8285
            [16JY], S8293 [16JY]
        ------ impact of the market price of crops and disasters on family
            farms, S9677 [31AU], S9693 [31AU], S9834-S9837 [2SE], S9956
            [8SE], S9963 [8SE], S9966 [8SE], S10194 [10SE], S10248 [11SE],
            S10256-S10258 [11SE], S10264 [11SE], S10284-S10304 [14SE],
            S10309-S10313 [14SE], S10581 [18SE], S10645 [21SE],
            S10881-S10883 [24SE], S11110-S11116 [29SE], S12714 [20OC]
        ------ improve operation of certain programs, S8110 [14JY], S8122
            [14JY]
        ------ maple sugar producers assistance funding, S2405 [23MR]
        ------ production flexibility contract payment options (S. 2344),
            S8786 [22JY], S9413-S9419 [30JY] production flexibility contract
            payment options (S. 2344), unanimous-consent request, S9417
            [30JY]
        ------ provide monetary disaster assistance to agricultural
            producers, S10645 [21SE]
        ------ relief for agricultural producers, small businesses, and
            rural communities adversely affected by low commodity prices,
            S11093 [29SE], S11094 [29SE], S11289 [1OC], S11415 [5OC], S11416
            [5OC], S11419-S11422 [5OC] relief for agricultural producers,
            small businesses, and rural communities adversely affected by
            low commodity prices (H.R. 4560), S11162-S11165 [30SE]
        ------ relief for agricultural producers adversely affected by low
            commodity prices and weather, S12368 [12OC], S12609-S12611
            [15OC], S12784 [21OC]
        Appalachian Regional Commission:  include additional counties as
            part of Appalachian region, S1763 [11MR], S1839 [12MR]
        Appropriations Game, S11546 [6OC]
        Budget:  establish reserve fund to provide certain disabled
            beneficiaries with opportunities to return to work, S3088 [2AP]
        ------ reform entitlement programs, S2890 [1AP]
        Business and industry:  treatment of personal employment information
            reported to the National Directory of New Hires (S. 1865), S2661
            [26MR]
        California:  education initiatives, S7835 [9JY]
        CBO:  involvement in study relative to setting of student loan
            interest rates, S11080 [29SE]
        CERCLA:  clarify liability for cleanup and redevelopment of
            brownfield sites and municipal solid waste disposal,
            S10607-S10609 [18SE]
        Charities:  ensure that religious organizations are considered
            equally with other private groups to provide assistance under
            certain government programs (S. 2046), S4534 [7MY]
        Children and youth:  access of disadvantaged children to dental
            services (S. 2583), S11976 [8OC]
        ------ establish programs for early detection, diagnosis and
            intervention of hearing loss in newborns (S. 2483), S10430
            [16SE]
        ------ improve and extend child nutrition programs (S. 2166), S6199
            [11JN]
        ------ improve and extend child nutrition programs (S. 2286), S10537
            [17SE], S10585 [18SE], S10586 [18SE], S10644 [21SE], S10645
            [21SE]
        ------ improve child care provided through Federal facilities and
            programs, S9181-S9183 [29JY]
        ------ provide health insurance for uninsured children, S2746 [30MR]
        ------ reauthorize child nutrition programs (S. 1581), S171-S173
            [28JA]
        ------ require proof of screening for lead poisoning and follow-up
            services for those testing positive (S. 2598), S12165 [9OC]
        Colleges and universities:  accountability standards for
            institutions that provide teacher certification and licensure
            assessments, S7849 [9JY]
        ------ allow community colleges to offer student aid to certain
            students for vocational and technology education (S. 2591),
            S11985 [8OC]
        ------ control of rising tuition costs, S7838 [9JY]
        ------ require free market competition between on-campus and off-
            campus businesses providing supplies and services to students
            (S. 2490), S10520 [17SE]
        Colorado:  public welfare programs reform legislation, S10641-S10643
            [21SE]
        Community development:  improve and expand empowerment and
            enterprise zone programs (S. 2418), S9591 [31JY], S9592 [31JY]
        ------ provide grant funding for additional empowerment zones (S.
            1927), S3141 [2AP]
        Community Services Block Grant Program:  reauthorize and amend (S.
            2206), S7009 [24JN], S9067-S9087 [27JY], S9421 [30JY]
        ------ reauthorize and amend (S. 2206), S10617 [18SE], S10633 [18SE]
        ------ reauthorize and amend (S. 2206), conference report,
            S11865-S11872 [8OC], S12686-S12688 [20OC] reauthorize and amend
            (S. 2206), conference report--unanimous-consent agreement,
            S11808 [7OC], S11865 [8OC]
        Crime:  correct law relative to termination of benefits for
            convicted persons (H.R. 3096), S11068 [28SE]
        ------ establish a law enforcement block grant program (S. 1893),
            S2862 [31MR]
        Death and dying:  prohibit Federal funding for assisted suicide,
            euthanasia, or mercy killing (S. 304), S12491-S12494 [14OC]
        Dept. of Agriculture:  Chino Dairy Preserve funding relative to
            flooding, S2483 [24MR]
        ------ establish a commodity loan program that provides a fair
            return to producers relative to the cost of production (S.
            1918), S3132-S3135 [2AP]
        ------ extend certain rural housing assistance programs, S8096
            [14JY]
        ------ increase research funding, eliminate crop insurance
            surcharge, and lower wetlands acreage limitation, S8094 [14JY],
            S8095 [14JY]
        ------ marketing assistance loans funding, S8125-S8127 [14JY],
            S8165-S8183 [15JY], S11416-S11419 [5OC], S11832 [8OC]
        ------ Nutrition Education and Training Program funding, S8327
            [16JY]
        ------ Nutrition Program for the Elderly funding, S8327 [16JY],
            S8328 [16JY]
        ------ promote the export of U.S. agricultural commodities and
            products, S2759 [30MR]
        ------ reform agricultural credit programs, S6548 [18JN]
        ------ reform agricultural credit programs (S. 1803), S2303 [19MR]
        ------ Reserve Inventories Program funding, S8288-S8292 [16JY]
        ------ school breakfast research project funding, S10606 [18SE]
        ------ study options for the design, development, implementation,
            and operation of a national database to track participation in
            Federal means-tested public assistance programs (S. 2447), S9977
            [8SE]
        ------ treatment of commodity producers relative to storage charges
            in the calculation of loan deficiency payments (S. 2255), S7283
            [26JN]
        Dept. of Defense:  provide open enrollment for Survivor Benefit
            Plan, S6678 [19JN]
        Dept. of Education:  extend Pell Grant aid to certain students
            enrolled in State required teacher certification courses, S7788
            [9JY], S7789 [9JY]
        ------ pilot program on use of competition to set interest rates on
            student loans, S7865-S7869 [9JY]
        ------ reform and reauthorize the State Student Incentive Grant
            Program, S4979 [18MY], S4980 [18MY] reform and reauthorize the
            State Student Incentive Grant Program (S. 1644), S750 [12FE],
            S751 [12FE]
        ------ teacher training partnership grants relative to nonprofit
            educational organizations, businesses, and teacher
            organizations, S11074 [29SE]
        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]
        Dept. of HUD:  Elderly Housing Program funding, S2886-S2890 [1AP],
            S2961 [1AP], S3037 [2AP], S8368 [16JY]
        ------ expedited public review and comment periods for new
            regulations, S8433 [17JY], S8434 [17JY]
        ------ increase in top level of FHA limits on mortgage insurance,
            S8340-S8352 [16JY], S8428-S8430 [17JY], S8446 [17JY]
        ------ Mark-to-Market Program implementation, S7560 [7JY]
        ------ Office of Lead Hazard funding, S8352 [16JY], S8353 [16JY]
        ------ provide extra points or preferences to grant applications
            from empowerment zones or enterprise communities, S8443 [17JY]
        ------ Public Housing Drug Elimination Program funding, S11842 [8OC]
        Dept. of Transportation:  judicial review of constitutional claims
            against Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program, S8894-S8899
            [23JY]
        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]
        ------ Homeless Providers Grant and Per Diem Program funding, S8331
            [16JY], S8332 [16JY]
        ------ require federally funded homeless shelters to provide
            information on availability of veterans benefits, S8332 [16JY],
            S8333 [16JY]
        Disabled:  provide accessible and affordable health care for
            disabled persons, S2746 [30MR]
        Disasters:  assistance to Alabama, S3909 [30AP], S3910 [30AP]
        ------ authorize predisaster mitigation programs, streamline the
            administration of disaster relief, and control the costs of
            disaster assistance (S. 2361), S9053-S9058 [27JY]
        ------ establish an advisory commission to prepare for and respond
            to serious drought emergencies (H.R. 3035), S7037 [24JN]
        Drought:  disaster assistance to Louisiana, S8293 [16JY]
        ------ disaster assistance to Texas, S8097 [14JY], S8098 [14JY],
            S8106 [14JY]
        Drug abuse:  methamphetamine reduction programs funding, S9230
            [29JY], S9231 [29JY], S9236 [29JY], S9356 [30JY]
        ------ needle exchange programs, S4376 [5MY]
        ------ prohibit use of Federal funds for needle exchange programs
            (H.R. 3717), S4553 [7MY], S4556 [8MY] prohibit use of Federal
            funds for needle exchange programs (H.R. 3717), unanimous-
            consent request, S7296 [26JN] prohibit use of Federal funds for
            needle exchange programs (S. 1959), S3356-S3358 [21AP]
        Ecology and environment:  cleanup and redevelopment of brownfield
            sites, S7083 [25JN]
        ------ cleanup and redevelopment of brownfield sites (S. 8), S12909
            [21OC]
        ------ cleanup and redevelopment of brownfield sites (S. 18), S12909
            [21OC]
        Education:  assist urban and rural local education agencies in
            raising the academic achievement of all students (S. 2044),
            S4531 [7MY]
        ------ delay student loan repayment for students ordered to active
            military duty in a reserve component of the Armed Forces, S7838
            [9JY]
        ------ delay student loan repayment for students ordered to active
            military duty in a reserve component of the Armed Forces, S11073
            [29SE]
        ------ encourage States to develop and implement alternative teacher
            certification and licensure programs, S3252-S3255 [20AP], S3268
            [20AP], S3334 [21AP], S3523 [23AP], S6870 [23JN], S7848 [9JY]
            encourage States to develop and implement alternative teacher
            certification and licensure programs (S. 1742), S1774 [11MR],
            S3099 [2AP]
        ------ grants for public policy programs at certain institutes and
            schools (S. 2638), S12633 [15OC]
        ------ increase number of teachers, S12830-S12832 [21OC]
        ------ loss of eligibility for student loans relative to conviction
            for illegal drug use, S7786 [9JY]
        ------ Olympic Education Scholarship Program funding, S7840 [9JY]
        ------ provide flexibility to local agencies that develop voluntary
            public and private parental choice programs (S. 1996),
            S3715-S3720 [28AP]
        ------ provide for safe and affordable schools (S. 1), S12538 [14OC]
        ------ provide loan forgiveness and cancellation for certain child
            care and education providers, S7848 [9JY]
        ------ student loan programs, S7786 [9JY], S11504 [5OC]
        ------ 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]
        ------ voucher program to provide school choice, S6115 [10JN]
        Employment:  allow certain cities to retain their designation as
            Service Delivery Areas for purposes of implementing job training
            programs, S4019 [1MY], S4020 [1MY]
        ------ 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]
        ------ establish a training voucher system, S4263 [5MY], S4264 [5MY]
        ------ 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]
        ------ prohibit funds designated for the Workforce Investment
            Partnership Act to be used for the School-to-Work Opportunities
            Act, S4016 [1MY], S4017 [1MY]
        ------ provide housing assistance to eligible migrant and seasonal
            farmworkers, S4021 [1MY]
        ------ provide housing assistance to eligible migrant and seasonal
            farmworkers, S12785 [21OC]
        ------ require random drug testing for job training program
            applicants, S4018 [1MY]
        Families and domestic relations:  enhance family life (S. 2518),
            S10926 [24SE]
        ------ 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]
        ------ require written parental consent to provide contraceptives or
            abortion services to minors under federally-funded programs (S.
            2380), S9438 [30JY]
        Family Federal Education Loan Program:  eligible lender status in
            State multiple secondary markets, S7839 [9JY]
        FEMA:  ensure additional funding for disaster relief does not impact
            the budget surplus, S2538-S2543 [25MR]
        ------ establish Tornado Preparedness Pilot Program, S8368 [16JY],
            S8369 [16JY]
        Floods:  disaster assistance to Georgia, S2562 [25MR]
        ------ disaster assistance to Vermont, S8314 [16JY], S8435 [17JY]
        Government:  coordinate Federal financial assistance programs to
            streamline Government operations (S. 1642), S747 [12FE]
        ------ coordinate Federal financial assistance programs to
            streamline Government operations (S. 1642), S12398 [12OC],
            S12460 [13OC]
        ------ reduce waste, fraud, and error by making improvements in
            Federal management and debt collection practices, payment
            systems, and benefit programs (S. 2571), S11708 [7OC]
        Greenwich School Age Child Care Inc.:  anniversary, S6427 [16JN]
        Head Start Program:  initiative for toddlers and infants funding (S.
            2183), S6491 [17JN]
        ------ reauthorize and amend (S. 2206), S7009 [24JN], S9061 [27JY],
            S9067-S9087 [27JY], S10617 [18SE], S10633 [18SE]
        ------ reauthorize and amend (S. 2206), conference report,
            S11865-S11872 [8OC], S12686-S12688 [20OC]
        ------ reauthorize and amend (S. 2206), conference report--
            unanimous-consent agreement, S11808 [7OC], S11865 [8OC]
        Health:  prevention of fetal alcohol syndrome, S12575 [14OC]
        ------ prevention of fetal alcohol syndrome (S. 1875), S2721 [27MR]
        ------ revise and extend bone marrow donation and transplantation
            program (H.R. 2202), S7037 [24JN] revise and extend bone marrow
            donation and transplantation program (S. 2150), S5794-S5797
            [9JN]
        Higher Education Act:  application of the First Amendment to the
            Constitution to students attending private colleges and
            universities, S7833 [9JY]
        ------ expand educational opportunities for students of low-income
            families, S7847 [9JY]
        ------ improve accountability and reform certain programs, S7816
            [9JY]
        ------ reauthorize (H.R. 6), S7871 [9JY], S7961 [10JY], S7962
            [10JY], S8069 [13JY]
        ------ reauthorize (H.R. 6), conference report, S11069-S11080
            [29SE], S11087-S11093 [29SE], S11290 [1OC], S11504 [5OC], S11631
            [6OC]
        ------ reauthorize (H.R. 6), insert language of S. 1882 in lieu,
            S7872 [9JY]
        ------ reauthorize (H.R. 6), insert S. 1882 language in lieu, S7218
            [25JN]
        ------ reauthorize (H.R. 6), unanimous-consent agreement, S11039
            [28SE]
        ------ reauthorize (S. 1882), S2766-S2773 [30MR], S7723-S7782 [9JY],
            S7784-S7797 [9JY], S7815-S7873 [9JY], S8052 [13JY], S8054
            [13JY], S8055 [13JY], S8067 [13JY]
        ------ reauthorize (S. 1882), unanimous-consent agreement, S7218
            [25JN]
        Housing:  access to affordable housing and expansion of
            homeownership opportunities, S6501-S6503 [17JN]
        ------ allocate savings from FHA property disposition reform to
            Federal housing assistance programs, S8369 [16JY]
        ------ deregulate public housing and rental assistance programs and
            increase community control over such programs, S11833 [8OC],
            S11837 [8OC], S11840-S11843 [8OC], S11845 [8OC]
        ------ prenotification of tenants in assisted housing of termination
            of federally-subsidized mortgage contracts, S7559-S7561 [7JY],
            S8372-S8374 [16JY]
        ------ prenotification of tenants in assisted housing of termination
            of federally-subsidized mortgage contracts, S11838 [8OC]
        ------ prohibit individuals convicted of manufacturing or producing
            methamphetamine from receiving public housing assistance, S8366
            [16JY]
        ------ provide affordable housing and community development
            assistance to certain rural areas (S. 2595), S11988 [8OC]
        ------ provide affordable housing and expand homeownership
            opportunities, S8438 [17JY], S8441 [17JY]
        ------ provide Federal housing assistance to Native Hawaiians (S.
            109), S12660-S12668 [16OC]
        ------ remove barriers to the provision of affordable housing (S.
            1877), S2724 [27MR], S2725 [27MR]
        Hurricanes:  disaster assistance to Florida, S12351-S12353 [10OC]
        ------ disaster assistance to Puerto Rico, S12738 [20OC]
        Ice storms:  disaster assistance to Northeast States, S6 [27JA],
            S192 [29JA], S609-S612 [11FE], S3910 [30AP], S3911 [30AP]
        Insurance:  establish hospital lengths of stay based on a
            determination by an appropriate physician in consultation with
            the patient (S. 2315), S8248 [15JY]
        Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act:  extend (S. 1519),
            S60 [27JA]
        Job Corps:  funding, S4026 [1MY]
        LIHEAP:  reauthorize and amend (S. 2206), S7009 [24JN], S9067-S9087
            [27JY], S10617 [18SE], S10633 [18SE]
        ------ reauthorize and amend (S. 2206), conference report,
            S11865-S11872 [8OC], S12686-S12688 [20OC]
        ------ reauthorize and amend (S. 2206), conference report--
            unanimous-consent agreement, S11808 [7OC], S11865 [8OC]
        Medicaid:  allow children covered under a State health plan to
            continue receiving benefits under the Vaccines for Children
            Program (S. 2013), S3930 [30AP]
        ------ allow States to use State Children's Health Insurance Program
            allotment to cover additional low-income children (S. 2485),
            S10437 [16SE]
        ------ coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment services for
            certain women screened under federally funded programs (S.
            2017), S3933-S3936 [30AP]
        ------ coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment services for
            certain women screened under federally funded programs (S.
            2017), S11365 [2OC]
        ------ prohibit transfers or discharges of residents of nursing
            facilities (S. 2061), S4630-S4632 [11MY] prohibit transfers or
            discharges of residents of nursing facilities (S. 2308), S8241
            [15JY]
        ------ prohibit transfers or discharges of residents of nursing
            facilities (S. 2308), S9993 [8SE]
        Medicare:  payments to children's hospitals that operate graduate
            medical education programs (S. 2049), S4535-S4538 [7MY]
        ------ payments to hospitals that have graduate medical education
            programs in critical need specialty areas (S. 2216), S7176
            [25JN]
        ------ use of tobacco revenues to restore solvency, S2882 [1AP],
            S3212-S3214 [3AP]
        Motor vehicles:  emission reduction programs funding relative to
            cold-start conditions, S1394 [5MR]
        National Center for Youth Enterprise:  funding, S8684 [21JY]
        Native Americans:  authorizing appropriations for certain programs
            (S. 459), S12465 [14OC]
        ------ 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]
        New Jersey:  Housing for Persons With AIDS Program funding, S2609
            [26MR]
        NOAA:  nonpoint pollution control plans funding under the Coastal
            Zone Management Program, S8864 [23JY]
        Office of National Drug Control Policy:  designation of Oregon as a
            High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area, S11633 [6OC]
        Ohio:  implement demonstration projects to develop new and
            specialized techniques that address community employment and
            training needs, S4021 [1MY]
        Oregon:  law relative to assisted suicide, euthanasia, or mercy
            killing, S12491-S12494 [14OC]
        Public safety officers:  provide educational assistance to the
            surviving spouse and dependent children of officers killed or
            totally disabled in the line of duty (S. 1525), S4931 [15MY]
        ------ provide educational assistance to the surviving spouse and
            dependent children of officers killed or totally disabled in the
            line of duty (S. 1525), S12611 [15OC]
        Public welfare programs:  clarify and improve public assistance and
            benefits for noncitizens (H.R. 4558), S12036 [8OC]
        ------ food stamp eligibility for certain aliens, S4653-S4659
            [12MY], S4665-S4680 [12MY], S5367 [22MY] food stamp eligibility
            for certain aliens (S. 1763), S1991 [16MR]
        ------ food stamp eligibility for legal aliens, S2966 [1AP], S3113
            [2AP]
        ------ reform, S107-S109 [28JA], S502 [9FE], S504 [9FE],
            S10641-S10643 [21SE]
        ------ require States to pass child support directly through to
            families and disregard child support in determining eligibility
            for the temporary assistance to needy families program (S.
            2586), S11981 [8OC]
        Rehabilitation Act:  extend authorization, S4009 [1MY], S4014-S4016
            [1MY], S4258 [5MY]
        ------ extend authorization (S. 1579), S126-S171 [28JA]
        Roads and highways:  modify minimum allocation formula for the
            Federal-aid highway program, S1559 [9MR], S1566 [9MR]
        Rural areas:  establish and sustain viable rural and remote
            communities (S. 2379), S9437 [30JY]
        SBA:  establish disaster mitigation pilot program, S2611 [26MR]
        ------ training and technical assistance funding relative to small
            businesses in rural Alaska, S8648 [21JY]
        Senate:  tribute to staff for work on H.R. 6, Higher Education Act
            reauthorization, S11071 [29SE], S11078 [29SE], S11080 [29SE]
        Small business:  provide grants to microenterprise organizations to
            assist disadvantaged entrepreneurs (S. 2190), S6567-S6570
            [18JN], S7294 [26JN]
        Small Business Investment Act:  technical corrections (H.R. 3412),
            S11196-S11209 [30SE]
        Social Security:  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]
        ------ reform relative to women and minorities, S8985-S8987 [24JY]
        Spencer, SD:  tribute to tornado victims and relief efforts, S5668
            [5JN]
        States:  additional funding for disaster relief, S2526 [25MR],
            S2532-S2543 [25MR], S2629 [26MR]
        Taxation:  eliminate the temporary increase in unemployment tax (S.
            2170), S6405 [16JN]
        ------ increase amount of low-income housing credits allocated in
            each State and index amounts for inflation (S. 1252),
            S6501-S6503 [17JN]
        ------ increase amount of low-income housing credits allocated in
            each State and index amounts for inflation (S. 1252), S12577
            [14OC]
        ------ reinstate Superfund excise taxes, S4383 [6MY], S4386-S4388
            [6MY]
        ------ treatment of Native American housing assistance programs (S.
            2366), S9138 [28JY]
        ------ treatment of student loan program fees, S7857-S7864 [9JY],
            S7870 [9JY]
        Thunderstorms:  disaster assistance to Michigan, S5528 [2JN]
        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]
        Tornadoes:  disaster assistance to Minnesota, S2876 [31MR]
        ------ disaster assistance to Rockingham County, NC, S2581 [25MR]
        ------ disaster assistance to Spencer, SD, S5668 [5JN], S5670 [5JN]
        Unemployment:  establish the Strategic Transitional Employment
            Program for the long-term unemployed living in poverty in
            certain identified communities (S. 2215), S7172-S7175 [25JN]
        Unfunded Mandates Reform Act:  clarify application (S. 2068), S4726
            [12MY]
        Urban areas:  provide grants to organizations to develop youth
            intervention models (S. 2327), S8483 [17JY]
        Utah:  encourage EPA to provide assistance to Envision Utah
            (organization) relative to population growth, S8371 [16JY],
            S8372 [16JY]
        Veterans:  exclude certain educational benefits from being
            considered a resource in the computation of financial aid (S.
            2278), S7681 [8JY]
        ------ treatment in Federal job training programs, S4263 [5MY]
        ------ treatment of education benefits, S7791-S7794 [9JY], S7846
            [9JY]
        Watertown, SD:  tribute to flood recovery efforts, S3178 [2AP]
        WIC:  funding, S8316 [16JY]
        ------ improve special supplemental nutrition programs (H.R. 3874),
            S10538-S10544 [17SE], S10606 [18SE]
        ------ improve special supplemental nutrition programs (H.R. 3874),
            conference report, S11807 [7OC], S12452-S12455 [13OC]
        ------ improve special supplemental nutrition programs (H.R. 3874),
            insert S. 2286 language in lieu, S10538 [17SE]
        Wildfires:  disaster assistance to Florida, S7782 [9JY], S7961
            [10JY], S8232 [15JY], S8233 [15JY], S8314 [16JY]
        ------ tribute to firefighters in Florida, S7784 [9JY], S7961 [10JY]
        Women:  address economic obstacles of domestic violence victims (S.
            2558), S11584 [6OC]
      Reports
        Crop Damage Estimate for Louisiana:  Louisiana State University
            Agricultural Center, S10582 [18SE]
        Hunger 1997--The Faces and Facts:  Second Harvest (organization),
            S1802 [11MR]
        Resolution of Discrimination Claims by Farmers Against the Dept. of
            Agriculture:  Roger C. Viadero, Dept. of Agriculture,
            S11434-S11436 [5OC]
      Reports filed
        Bipartisan Panel To Design Long-Range Social Security Reform:
            Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 3546) (H. Rept. 105-
            493), H2317 [23AP]
        Bone Marrow Donation and Transplantation Program:  Committee on
            Commerce (House) (H.R. 2202) (H. Rept. 105-538), H3366 [18MY]
        Child Nutrition Programs Extension and Improvements:  Committee on
            Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate) (S. 2286) (S.
            Rept. 105-243), S7939 [10JY]
        Community Opportunities, Accountability, and Training and
            Educational Services Act:  Committee of Conference (S. 2206) (H.
            Rept. 105-788), H9722 [6OC]
        Community Services Block Grant Program Reauthorization:  Committee
            on Education and the Workforce (House) (H.R. 4271) (H. Rept.
            105-686), H7428 [7AU]
        Community Services Block Grant Program Reauthorization and
            Amendments:  Committee on Labor and Human Resources (Senate) (S.
            2206) (S. Rept. 105-256), S8657 [21JY]
        Consideration of H.R. 6, Higher Education Act Reauthorization:
            Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 411) (H. Rept. 105-499),
            H2423 [28AP]
        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. 3546, National Dialogue on Social Security
            Act:  Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 410) (H. Rept. 105-
            498), H2422 [28AP]
        Consideration of H.R. 3717, Prohibit Use of Federal Funds for Needle
            Exchange Programs:  Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 409) (H.
            Rept. 105-497), H2422 [28AP]
        Consideration of H.R. 4618, Agriculture Disaster and Market Loss
            Assistance Act:  Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 551) (H.
            Rept. 105-743), H8626 [24SE]
        Correct Laws Relative to Termination of Benefits for Convicted
            Persons:  Committee on Governmental Affairs (Senate) (H.R. 3096)
            (S. Rept. 105-296), S9688 [31AU]
        Disaster Mitigation Act:  Committee on Environment and Public Works
            (Senate) (S. 2361) (S. Rept. 105-326), S10240 [11SE]
        Educational Assistance for Surviving Spouses and Dependent Children
            of Public Safety Officers Killed or Totally Disabled in the Line
            of Duty:  Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 1525), S4527
            [7MY]
        Employment, Training, and Literacy Enhancement Act:  Committee of
            Conference (H.R. 1385) (H. Rept. 105-659), H6696 [29JY]
        Establish an Advisory Commission To Prepare for and Respond to
            Serious Drought Emergencies:  Committee on Transportation and
            Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 3035) (H. Rept. 105-554), H3970
            [22MY]
        Federal Financial Assistance Management Improvement Act:  Committee
            on Government Affairs (Senate) (S. 1642) (S. Rept. 105-194),
            S5433 [22MY]
        Guarantee Dept. of Veterans Affairs Loans To Provide Multifamily
            Transitional Housing for Homeless Veterans:  Committee on
            Veterans Affairs (House) (H.R. 3039) (H. Rept. 105-447), H1235
            [17MR]
        Head Start Program Reauthorization and Amendments:  Committee on
            Labor and Human Resources (Senate) (S. 2206) (S. Rept. 105-256),
            S8657 [21JY]
        Higher Education Act Reauthorization:  Committee of Conference (H.R.
            6) (H. Rept. 105-750), H8930 [25SE]
        ------ Committee on Education and the Workforce (House) (H.R. 6) (H.
            Rept. 105-481), H2118 [21AP]
        ------ Committee on Labor and Human Resources (Senate) (S. 1882) (S.
            Rept. 105-181), S4205 [4MY]
        Homeless Housing Programs Consolidation and Flexibility Act:
            Committee on Banking and Financial Service (House) (H.R. 217)
            (H. Rept. 105-407), H62 [27JA], H754 [3MR]
        Homeowners' Insurance Availability Act:  Committee on Banking and
            Financial Services (House) (H.R. 219) (H. Rept. 105-687), H7493
            [9SE]
        LIHEAP Reauthorization and Amendments:  Committee on Labor and Human
            Resources (Senate) (S. 2206) (S. Rept. 105-256), S8657 [21JY]
        Native Hawaiian Housing Assistance Act:  Committee on Indian Affairs
            (Senate) (S. 109) (S. Rept. 105-380), S11968 [8OC]
        Predisaster Mitigation Programs, Streamline the Administration of
            Disaster Relief, and Control the Federal Costs of Disaster
            Assistance:  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
            (House) (H.R. 3869) (H. Rept. 105-682), H7410 [6AU]
        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]
        Small Business Investment Act Technical Corrections:  Committee on
            Small Business (House) (H.R. 3412) (H. Rept. 105-450), H1235
            [17MR]
        ------ Committee on Small Business (Senate) (H.R. 3412) (S. Rept.
            105-347), S10984 [25SE]
        Superfund Cleanup Acceleration Act:  Committee on Environment and
            Public Works (Senate) (S. 8) (S. Rept. 105-192), S5129 [19MY]
        Termination of Federal Aid Program Benefits for Convicted Persons:
            Committee on Education and the Workforce (House) (H.R. 3096) (H.
            Rept. 105-446), H1235 [17MR]
        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]
        Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act:  Committee of
            Conference (H.R. 1853) (H. Rept. 105-800), H10075 [8OC]
        WIC Special Supplemental Nutrition Programs Improvement:  Committee
            on Education and the Workforce (House) (H.R. 3874) (H. Rept.
            105-633), H5956 [20JY]
        ------ Committee of Conference (H.R. 3874) (H. Rept. 105-786), H9722
            [6OC]
      Resolutions by organizations
        Designation of North Texas as a High Intensity Drug Trafficking
            Area:  Greater Dallas Crime Commission, E183 [12FE]
        Prevent use of Federal funds to require city contractors in San
            Francisco, CA, to provide domestic partner benefits:  Los
            Angeles, CA, City Council, H6580 [29JY]
      Statements
        Emergency Farm Financial Relief Act:  OMB, H6926 [3AU]
        Higher Education Act Reauthorization:  American Student Association
            of Community Colleges, S1905 [12MR]
        Hospital Length of Stay Act:  Edward R. Laws, Jr., American College
            of Surgeons, S8250 [15JY]
        Increase Pell Grant Awards to Certain Students:  Paul J. Lynskey,
            H613 [25FE], H2583 [29AP]
        Needle Exchange Programs:  National Association of County and City
            Health Officials, H2468 [29AP]
        Noncitizen Benefit Clarification and Other Technical Amendments Act:
             Executive Office of the President, H8499 [23SE]
        Prevent Use of Federal Funds To Require City Contractors in San
            Francisco, CA, To Provide Domestic Partner Benefits:  Human
            Rights Campaign Fund (organization), H6579 [29JY]
        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]
        Workforce Investment Partnership Act:  OMB, S4008 [1MY]
      Studies
        U.S. Farm Programs:  Farm Journal, Inc., S10297 [14SE]
      Summaries
        America After School Act (H.R. 3400), E313 [5MR]
        Child Care A.C.C.E.S.S. Act (S. 1610), S391 [4FE]
        Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and Sundry Independent Agencies
            Appropriations (H.R. 4194):  Title V on Deregulation of Public
            Housing and Rental Assistance Programs and Increase Community
            Control Over Such Programs, H9614-H9616 [6OC]
        Enhancing Family Life Act (S. 2518), S10927 [24SE]
        Higher Education Act Reauthorization (S. 1882), S2767-S2771 [30MR]
        Hospital Length of Stay Act (S. 2315), S8250 [15JY]
        Make Grants To Establish Additional Rural Enterprise Communities and
            Empowerment Zones (H.R. 4666), E1866 [1OC]
        Student Profiles for Higher Education, S7830-S7833 [9JY]
        Tobacco Market Transition Act (S. 1582), S178 [28JA]
      Tables
        Analysis of veterans' student aid requests, S7792 [9JY]
        Democratic versus Republican estimates of State-by-State farm aid,
            S11416 [5OC]
        State unemployment compensation system reserves, S6406 [16JN], S6407
            [16JN]
      Testimonies
        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]
      Texts of
        H. Con. Res. 208, access to affordable housing and expansion of
            homeownership opportunities, H5874 [20JY]
        H. Res. 409, consideration of H.R. 3717, prohibit use of Federal
            funds for needle exchange programs, H2445 [29AP]
        H. Res. 410, consideration of H.R. 3546, National Dialogue on Social
            Security Act, H2478 [29AP]
        H. Res. 411, consideration of H.R. 6, Higher Education Act
            reauthorization, H2510 [29AP]
        H. Res. 450, consideration of H.R. 3433, Ticket to Work and Self-
            Sufficiency Act, H4006 [3JN]
        H.R. 6, Higher Education Act reauthorization, S7963-S8015 [10JY]
        H.R. 217, Homeless Housing Programs Consolidation and Flexibility
            Act, H703-H712 [3MR]
        H.R. 1385, Employment, Training, and Literacy Enhancement Act,
            S4266-S4349 [5MY]
        H.R. 2202, bone marrow donation and transplantation program revision
            and extension, H3425-H3427 [19MY]
        H.R. 3035, National Drought Policy Act, H4597 [16JN]
        H.R. 3046, Police, Fire, and Emergency Officers Educational
            Assistance Act, H10459 [10OC]
        H.R. 3096, correct law relative to termination of benefits for
            convicted persons, H1402 [24MR]
        H.R. 3412, Small Business Investment Act technical corrections,
            H1399 [24MR]
        ------, S11203 [30SE]
        H.R. 3412, Year 2000 Readiness and Small Business Programs
            Restructuring and Reform Act, S11197 [30SE]
        H.R. 3433, Ticket to Work and Self-Sufficiency Act, H4007-H4018
            [3JN]
        H.R. 3546, National Dialogue on Social Security Act, H2487-H2490
            [29AP]
        H.R. 3717, prohibit use of Federal funds for needle exchange
            programs, H2453 [29AP]
        H.R. 3874, WIC special supplemental nutrition programs improvement,
            H5865-H5870 [20JY]
        ------, S10538-S10544 [17SE]
        H.R. 3899, American Homeownership Act, H10691-H10701 [13OC]
        H.R. 4243, Government Waste, Fraud, and Error Reduction Act,
            H10850-H10854 [14OC]
        H.R. 4558, Noncitizen Benefit Clarification and Other Technical
            Amendments Act, H8498 [23SE]
        H.R. 4857, Government Waste, Fraud, and Error Reduction Act,
            H11673-H11676 [20OC]
        S. 109, Native Hawaiian Housing Assistance Act, S12661-S12668 [16OC]
        S. 459, authorizing appropriations for certain Native American
            programs, S12465 [14OC]
        S. 459, Native Americans programs appropriations, H10286 [9OC]
        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. 1525, Police, Fire, and Emergency Officers Educational Assistance
            Act, S12611 [15OC], H10461 [10OC]
        S. 1525, Public Safety Officers Educational Assistance Act, S4931
            [15MY]
        S. 1579, Rehabilitation Act authorization extension, S127-S168
            [28JA]
        S. 1581, child nutrition programs reauthorization, S172 [28JA]
        S. 1582, Tobacco Market Transition Act, S174-S178 [28JA]
        S. 1642, Federal Financial Assistance Management Improvement Act,
            S748 [12FE]
        ------, S12460 [13OC]
        S. 1644, Leveraging Educational Assistance Partnership Act, S750
            [12FE]
        S. 1697, America After School Act, S1203-S1205 [2MR]
        S. 1742, Alternative Certification and Licensure of Teachers Act,
            S1775 [11MR]
        S. 1762, extend the term of marketing assistance loans under the
            Agricultural Market Transition Act, S1990 [16MR]
        S. 1763, Food Stamp Benefits for Aliens Restoration Act, S1992
            [16MR]
        S. 1803, Agricultural Credit Restoration Act, S2303 [19MR]
        S. 1875, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Fetal Alcohol Effect Prevention
            and Services Act, S2721 [27MR]
        S. 1882, Higher Education Act reauthorization, S7723-S7759 [9JY]
        S. 1927, Empowerment Zone Enhancement Act, S3142 [2AP]
        S. 1959, prohibit use of Federal funds for needle exchange programs,
            S3357 [21AP]
        S. 2013, allow children covered under a State Medicaid health plan
            to continue receiving benefits under the Vaccines for Children
            Program, S3931 [30AP]
        S. 2017, Breast and Cervical Cancer Treatment Act, S3934 [30AP]
        S. 2044, assist urban and rural local education agencies in raising
            the academic achievement of all students, S4531-S4534 [7MY]
        S. 2049, Children's Hospitals Education and Research Act, S4536
            [7MY]
        S. 2068, clarify application of Unfunded Mandates Reform Act, S4726
            [12MY]
        S. 2115, Dept. of Veterans Affairs Primary Care Providers Incentive
            Act, S5442-S5444 [22MY]
        S. 2150, bone marrow donation and transplantation program revision
            and extension, S5795-S5797 [9JN]
        S. 2166, child nutrition programs improvement and extension,
            S6199-S6204 [11JN]
        S. 2170, eliminate the temporary increase in unemployment tax, S6406
            [16JN]
        S. 2190, Program for Investment in Microentrepreneurs Act, S6568
            [18JN]
        S. 2206, Community Opportunities, Accountability, and Training and
            Educational Services Act, S9067-S9082 [27JY]
        ------, S10617-S10633 [18SE], H7620-H7638 [14SE]
        S. 2216, Medicare payments to hospitals that have graduate medical
            education programs in critical need specialty areas, S7177
            [25JN]
        S. 2255, Dept. of Agriculture treatment of commodity producers
            relative to storage charges in the calculation of loan
            deficiency payments, S7284 [26JN]
        S. 2278, Veterans' Educational Benefits Protection Act, S7682 [8JY]
        S. 2327, National Youth Crime Prevention Demonstration Act, S8484
            [17JY]
        S. 2344, Emergency Farm Financial Relief Act, S9416 [30JY], H6925
            [3AU]
        S. 2361, Disaster Mitigation Act, S9053-S9057 [27JY]
        S. 2366, tax treatment of Native American housing assistance
            programs, S9139 [28JY]
        S. 2447, Dept. of Agriculture study of options for the design,
            development, implementation, and operation of a national
            database to track participation in Federal means-tested public
            assistance programs, S9977 [8SE]
        S. 2571, Federal Benefit Verification and Integrity Act,
            S11709-S11711 [7OC]
        S. 2583, Children's Dental Health Improvement Act, S11977-S11980
            [8OC]
        S. 2586, Children First Child Support Reform Act, S11982 [8OC]
        S. 2595, Rural Recovery Act, S11988 [8OC]
        S. 2598, Children's Lead Prevention and Inclusive Treatment Act,
            S12165-S12167 [9OC]
        S. 2638, grants for public policy programs at certain institutes and
            schools, S12633-S12636 [15OC]
        S. Res. 253, disaster assistance to Texas for drought, S6890 [23JN]