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

    NICKLES, DON (a Senator from Oklahoma)
      Amendments
        Appropriations:  making emergency supplemental for disaster relief
            and overseas peacekeeping operations (S. 1768), S2485 [24MR],
            S2500 [24MR], S2538 [25MR], S2578 [25MR]
        Budget:  setting forth the Federal budget for 1999-2003 (S. Con.
            Res. 86), S2736 [30MR], S2774 [30MR], S2841 [31MR], S2868
            [31MR], S2871 [31MR], S2935 [1AP], S2999 [1AP], S3049 [2AP],
            S3161 [2AP]
        Credit unions:  clarify laws relative to field of membership of
            Federal credit unions (H.R. 1151), S9006 [27JY], S9018 [27JY],
            S9059 [27JY], S9060 [27JY]
        Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
            agencies:  authorizing appropriations (S. 2260), S8747 [22JY],
            S8822 [23JY], S8927 [23JY]
        Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
             making appropriations (S. 2168), S8340 [16JY], S8407 [16JY]
        IRS:  restructure and reform (H.R. 2676), S4546 [7MY]
        Office of Religious Persecution Monitoring:  establish (H.R. 2431),
            S11993 [8OC]
        Protocols to the North Atlantic Treaty on Accession of Poland,
            Hungary, and the Czech Republic:  ratification, S3867 [30AP],
            S4041 [1MY]
        Taxation:  treatment of education individual retirement accounts
            relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R.
            2646), S2331 [19MR], S3445 [22AP], S3453 [22AP]
        Tobacco products:  tobacco industry liability settlement relative to
            health risks and marketing and manufacturing practices (S.
            1415), S5721 [5JN]
        Transportation:  funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
            programs, and transit programs (S. 1173), S234 [29JA], S1592
            [9MR], S1688 [10MR], S1707 [10MR], S1785 [11MR]
      Analyses
        Software Trade Secrets Protection Act (S. 1692), S1158-S1160 [27FE]
      Appointments
        Committee To Escort Republic of Korea President Kim Dae-Jung Into
            the House Chamber, H4333 [10JN]
        Committee To Escort the President, H30 [27JA]
        Conferee:  H.R. 2400, Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency
            Act, S3181 [2AP]
        ------ H.R. 2472, Energy Policy and Conservation Act programs
            extension, S2415 [23MR]
        ------ H.R. 2676, IRS Restructuring and Reform Act, S4841 [13MY]
        ------ S. Con. Res. 86, setting forth the Federal budget for 1999-
            2003, S6349 [15JN]
      Articles and editorials
        Campaign Investigator Urges Reno To Name Independent Prosecutor,
            David Johnston, New York (NY) Times, S9538 [31JY]
        Charles La Bella Speaks, Washington (DC) Times, S9539 [31JY]
        FDA Partners With Oklahoma To Protect Children From Tobacco, FDA
            Talk Paper (publication), S12690 [20OC]
        Firestorm Cometh, New York (NY) Times, S9539 [31JY]
        Lawyers, States Tussle Over Tobacco-Suit Fees, Joyce Howard Price,
            Washington (DC) Times, S6172 [11JN]
        Pass the Salt Reform, Washington (DC) Times, S10305 [14SE]
        Reno Flunks Law School, New York (NY) Times, S9539 [31JY]
        Roussel Uclaf Donates U.S. Patent Rights for RU-486 to Population
            Council, Eagle Forum (publication), S12690 [20OC]
        Salt, Not Light, Oklahoma City (OK) Oklahoman, S10305 [14SE]
        Tobacco Bill Is Packed With Programs, Agencies, Nancy E. Roman,
            Washington (DC) Post, S6449 [17JN]
        U.S. To Push Peace Plan Israel Rejects--Split With Jerusalem Grows
            on West Bank Withdrawal, Barton Gellman, Washington (DC) Post,
            S2702 [27MR]
        Vote Building, Wall Street Journal, S8344 [16JY]
      Bills and resolutions cosponsored
        Armed Forces:  feasibility of using the Federal Employees Health
            Benefits Program for Medicare-eligible retirees under the
            military health care system, (see S. 1334), S9789 [1SE]
        Army Reserve:  anniversary, (see S. Res. 213), S3429 [22AP]
        Bosnia and Herzegovina:  use appropriated funds for the purpose of
            an orderly and honorable reduction of U.S. ground forces, (see
            S. 2036), S4835 [13MY]
        Capitol Building and Grounds:  tribute to John M. Gibson and Jacob
            J. Chestnut of the Capitol Police for acts of heroism, (see S.
            Con. Res. 110), S9044 [27JY]
        ------ use of the rotunda for a memorial service for John M. Gibson
            and Jacob J. Chestnut of the Capitol Police, (see S. Con. Res.
            111), S9044 [27JY]
        China, Republic of:  admission to multilateral economic
            institutions, (see S. Con. Res. 30), S668 [11FE]
        Crime:  prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State
            laws requiring parental notification of abortions, (see S.
            1645), S730 [12FE]
        Cuba:  increase support to democratic opposition and humanitarian
            assistance, (see S. 2080), S4906 [14MY]
        Dept. of HHS:  delay effective date of the final rule relative to
            the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network, (see S.
            2201), S10242 [11SE]
        ------ disapprove rule submitted on surety bond requirements for
            home health care providers under Medicare and Medicaid, (see
            S.J. Res. 50), S6424 [16JN]
        ------ revise and extend certain women's health research and
            prevention activities programs, (see S. 1722), S1508 [6MR]
        Drugs:  support existing Federal legal process for determining
            safety and efficacy of using marijuana and other drugs for
            medicinal purposes, (see S.J. Res. 56), S12348 [10OC]
        Education:  improve elementary and secondary education, (see S.
            1590), S226 [29JA]
        ------ provide incentives to States to establish and administer
            periodic teacher testing and merit pay programs for elementary
            and secondary school teachers, (see S. 2422), S9556 [31JY]
        ------ spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars on
            children's classrooms, (see S. Res. 168), S48 [27JA], (see S.
            1589), S226 [29JA]
        Employment:  protect employer rights, (see S. 1981), S3534 [23AP]
        ------ reform standard for classifying technical workers as
            independent contractors for employment tax purposes, (see S.
            1924), S6205 [11JN]
        Families and domestic relations:  provide equitable child care
            relief for stay at-home parents, (see S. Con. Res. 77), S1352
            [4MR]
        Flag--U.S.:  constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration, (see
            S.J. Res. 40), S770 [12FE]
        Foreign policy:  establish framework for consideration of unilateral
            economic sanctions, (see S. 1413), S2308 [19MR]
        Government:  limit Federal authority to impose regulations on State
            and local governments not provided under the Constitution, (see
            S. 2445), S9973 [8SE]
        Government regulations:  reform regulatory process, (see S. 981),
            S5023 [18MY]
        Insurance:  provide consumers choice of auto insurance, guarantee
            affordable premiums, and improve compensation for accident
            victims, (see S. 2454), S10118 [9SE]
        Iraq:  condemn threat to international peace and security, (see S.
            Con. Res. 71), S234 [29JA]
        ------ condemn threat to international peace and security,
            cosponsorship withdrawn, (see S. Con. Res. 71), S1569 [9MR]
        IRS:  provide uniform application of confidentiality privileges
            relative to taxpayer communications with authorized tax
            practitioners, (see S. 1737), S1697 [10MR]
        Israel:  independence anniversary, (see S.J. Res. 46), S3783 [29AP]
        Law enforcement officers:  tribute to individuals who lost their
            lives during service, (see S. Res. 201), S2764 [30MR]
        Library of Congress:  mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial,
            (see S. 2510), S10722 [22SE]
        McCain, Senator:  tribute, (see S. Res. 196), S2114 [17MR]
        Medicare:  reform payment system for home health services, (see S.
            2323), S9884 [2SE]
        Monuments and memorials:  prohibit the return of veterans memorial
            objects to foreign nations without congressional authorization,
            (see S. 1903), S5701 [5JN]
        Motor vehicles:  titling and registration requirements relative to
            salvage, nonrepairable, and rebuilt vehicles, (see S. 852),
            S5637 [4JN]
        National Breast Cancer Survivor's Day:  designate, (see S. Res.
            198), S2214 [18MR]
        National Character Counts Week:  designate, (see S. Res. 176), S1206
            [2MR]
        National Children's Memorial Day:  designate, (see S. Res. 193),
            S6296 [12JN]
        National Inhalant Abuse Awareness Day:  designate, (see S. Res.
            257), S11346 [2OC]
        New Mexico:  designate Onate Cuartocentenario to commemorate the
            anniversary of the first permanent Spanish settlement, (see S.
            Res. 148), S520 [9FE]
        OPM:  develop classification standards for physician assistants in
            Federal agencies, (see S. 2588), S11970 [8OC]
        Postal Service:  application of OSHA standards in the same manner as
            any other employer, (see S. 2112), S5433 [22MY]
        Power resources:  encourage production of domestic oil and gas
            resources from stripper wells on Federal lands, (see S. 1919),
            S3120 [2AP]
        ------ improve the administration of oil and gas leases on Federal
            lands, (see S. 1920), S3120 [2AP]
        Read Across America Day:  designate, (see S. Res. 181), S1082 [26FE]
        Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport:  designate, (see S.
            1575), S48 [27JA], (see S. 1297), S179 [28JA]
        Sanford, Terry:  tribute, (see S. Res. 211), S3356 [21AP]
        Science:  prohibit cloning of humans, (see S. 1599), S317 [3FE],
            (see S. 1601), S318 [3FE]
        Securities:  limit the conduct of securities class actions under
            State law, (see S. 1260), S234 [29JA]
        Taxation:  change basis for determination of refinery limitation on
            oil depletion deduction, (see S. 2322), S8382 [16JY]
        ------ ensure taxpayer confidence in the problem resolution process
            by providing a more independently operated Office of the
            Taxpayer Advocate, (see S. 1308), S273 [2FE]
        ------ provide a tax credit for marginal oil and natural gas well
            production, (see S. 1929), S3120 [2AP]
        ------ terminate Internal Revenue Code, (see S. 1673), S1003 [25FE]
        Thurmond, Senator:  tribute for Army Reserve service, (see S. Res.
            213), S3429 [22AP]
        Vietnamese Conflict:  tribute to POW and MIA's and disclosure of
            information concerning missing personnel, (see S. Res. 196),
            S2114 [17MR]
        Washington, George:  anniversary of death, (see S. Con. Res. 83),
            S11052 [28SE]
        Weapons:  antiballistic missile systems deployment policy, (see S.
            1873), S2719 [27MR]
      Bills and resolutions introduced
        Computers:  examination and disclosure of certain source codes,
            programs and software, (see S. 1692), S1155 [27FE]
        Credit:  furnishing and using consumer reports for employment
            purposes, (see S. 2561), S11582 [6OC]
        Death and dying:  clarify Federal laws relative to dispensing of
            drugs intended for use for assisted suicide or euthanasia, (see
            S. 2151), S5787 [9JN]
        Electric power:  provide for retail competition among suppliers,
            (see S. 2187), S6564 [18JN]
        Freedom of religion:  establish a process to ensure that the U.S.
            monitors international religious persecution, (see S. 1868),
            S2660 [26MR]
        Health:  protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's,
            (see S. 2330), S8482 [17JY]
        Kosovo:  human rights violations against ethnic Albanians by Serbian
            police relative to self-determination, (see S. Con. Res. 85),
            S2214 [18MR]
        Political campaigns:  prohibit the FCC from requiring radio and
            television broadcasters to provide free air time for political
            advertising, (see S. 1872), S2660 [26MR]
        Power resources:  management of royalties from Federal and Outer
            Continental Shelf oil and gas leases, (see S. 1930), S3120 [2AP]
      Cloture Motions
        Hazardous substances:  nuclear waste disposal (H.R. 1270), S5564
            [2JN]
      Cloture motions
        Courts:  product liability reform (S. 648), S7297 [26JN], S7565
            [7JY], S7717 [9JY]
        ------ product liability reform (S. 648), motion to proceed, S7525
            [7JY]
        ------ simplify and expedite access to Federal courts for injured
            parties whose rights and privileges have been deprived by final
            actions of State or Federal agencies (S. 2271), S7873 [9JY],
            S8048 [13JY]
        Crime:  prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State
            laws requiring parental notification of abortions (S. 1645),
            S10565 [18SE]
        Dept. of Defense:  authorizing appropriations for military
            activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military
            construction (S. 2057), S6666 [19JN]
        Dept. of the Interior and related agencies:  making appropriations
            (S. 2237), S9967 [8SE], S10176 [10SE]
        Employment:  protect employer rights (S. 1981), motion to proceed,
            S10221 [10SE], S10309 [14SE]
        Executive departments:  clarify requirements for filling vacancies
            and making temporary appointments subject to Senate confirmation
            (S. 2176), S10869 [24SE], S11038 [28SE]
        ----- clarify requirements for filling vacancies and making
            temporary appointments subject to Senate confirmation (S. 2176),
            motion to proceed, S10712 [22SE], S10866 [24SE]
        Legislative branch of the Government:  making appropriations (H.R.
            4112), S8471 [17JY], S8600 [21JY]
        Office of Religious Persecution Monitoring:  establish (H.R. 2431),
            motion to proceed, S11807 [7OC]
        Political campaigns:  protect individuals from having their money
            involuntarily collected and used for politics by a corporation
            or labor organization (S. 1663), S919 [24FE], S1045 [26FE]
        Science:  prohibit cloning of humans (S. 1601), motion to proceed,
            S446 [5FE], S607 [11FE]
        Taxation:  treatment of education individual retirement accounts
            relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R.
            2646), S1925 [13MR], S1988 [16MR], S2094 [17MR]
        Transportation:  funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
            programs, and transit programs (S. 1173), S1497 [6MR], S1762
            [11MR]
      Cloture motions
        Taxation:  treatment of education individual retirement accounts
            relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R.
            2646), S2636 [26MR]
      Explanations
        Freedom From Religious Persecution Act (H.R. 2431), S13000<bullet>
            [12NO]
      Factsheets
        Mifepristone (RU-486) Brief Overview:  Dept. of HHS, S12691 [20OC]
        National Tobacco Policy and Youth Smoking Reduction Act (S. 1415),
            S5259 [21MY]
      Letters
        Allocation of slots to United Airlines, Inc., at O'Hare
            International Airport:  by, S10947 [25SE]
        FDA approval of Mifepristone (RU-486):  Jane E. Henney, S12691
            [20OC]
        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]
        ------ Stephen Brobeck, Consumer Federation of America, S8343 [16JY]
            Stephen Moore, Cato Institute, S8342 [16JY]
        National Tobacco Policy and Youth Smoking Reduction Act:  National
            Governors' Association, S6448 [17JN]
        Patient Access to Responsible Care Act:  Boone Powell, Jr., Baylor
            Health Care System, S682 [12FE]
        ------ Dennis S. O'Leary, Margaret E. O'Kane, and Randolph D. Smoak,
            Jr., American Medical Accreditation Program, S681 [12FE]
        ------ Floyd D. Loop, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, S682 [12FE]
        Prohibit Federal funding of abortions except in cases of rape,
            incest, or life of the women:  Donna E. Shalala, Sec. of HHS,
            S12691 [20OC]
        ----- by, S12691 [20OC]
        Protection of enrollees in managed health care plans and HMO's:
            Angela M. Hunter, Council for Affordable Health Insurance, S3051
            [2AP]
        ------ Dan Danner, Health Benefits Coalition for Affordable Choice &
            Quality, S3051 [2AP]
        ------ Pamela G. Bailey, Healthcare Leadership Council, S3050 [2AP]
        ------ R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, S3051 [2AP]
        State Children's Health Insurance Program coverage of abortion
            services:  by, S12691 [20OC], S12692 [20OC]
        ------ Donna E. Shalala, Sec. of HHS, S12691 [20OC], S12692 [20OC],
            S12693 [20OC]
        Use of controlled substances for assisted suicide, euthanasia, or
            mercy killing:  Thomas A. Constantine, DEA, S12493 [14OC]
      Lists
        Countries involved in religious persecution, S11332 [2OC]
        Health Benefits Coalition for Affordable Choice & Quality, S3051
            [2AP]
      Memorandums
        Increase in Top Level of FHA Limits on Mortgage Insurance:  Ronald
            D. Utt, Heritage Foundation, S8342 [16JY]
      Messages
        Trademark Law Treaty:  President Clinton, S241 [29JA]
      Motions
        Appropriations:  making emergency supplemental for disaster relief
            and overseas peacekeeping operations (S. 1768), S2629 [26MR]
        Budget:  setting forth the Federal budget for 1999-2003 (S. Con.
            Res. 86), S3077 [2AP], S3084 [2AP]
      Remarks
        Abortion:  prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 1122), veto,
            S10560 [18SE], S10577 [18SE]
        Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
            making appropriations (S. 2159), S8119 [14JY], S8322 [16JY]
        ------ making appropriations (H.R. 4101), veto, S11951 [8OC]
        Appropriations:  making emergency supplemental for disaster relief
            and overseas peacekeeping operations (S. 1768), S2479 [24MR],
            S2514 [25MR], S2516 [25MR], S2517 [25MR], S2520 [25MR], S2527
            [25MR], S2537 [25MR], S2538 [25MR], S2540 [25MR], S2541 [25MR],
            S2542 [25MR], S2619 [26MR], S2620 [26MR], S2622 [26MR], S2628
            [26MR], S2629 [26MR]
        Bankruptcy:  consumer protection (S. 1301), S10567 [18SE], S10568
            [18SE], S10688 [22SE]
        Budget:  allocation of funds, S524 [9FE]
        ------ comparison between congressional and Clinton administration
            proposals, S12297-S12299 [10OC]
        ------ deficit, S524 [9FE]
        ------ setting forth the Federal budget for 1999-2003 (S. Con. Res.
            86), S2786 [31MR], S2919 [1AP], S2921 [1AP], S3048 [2AP], S3049
            [2AP], S3050 [2AP], S3054 [2AP], S3055 [2AP], S3076 [2AP], S3077
            [2AP], S3084 [2AP]
        Business and industry:  hiring of certain individuals whose sole
            purpose of seeking employment is union organization and
            representation, S10305 [14SE]
        Community Reinvestment Act:  credit requirements for small community
            banks, S9092 [28JY]
        Computers:  examination and disclosure of certain source codes,
            programs and software (S. 1692), S1156 [27FE]
        ----- examination and disclosure of certain source codes, programs,
            and software, S4491 [7MY]
        ------ prohibit gambling on the Internet, S8822 [23JY]
        Congress:  tribute to staff work on H.R. 2431, Freedom From
            Religious Persecution Act, S12984 [12NO]
        Courts:  limit court appointed attorneys' fees, S8823 [23JY], S8824
            [23JY]
        Credit:  furnishing and using consumer reports for employment
            purposes (S. 2561), S11638 [6OC]
        Credit unions:  clarify laws relative to field of membership of
            Federal credit unions (H.R. 1151), S9092 [28JY]
        Crime:  prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State
            laws requiring parental notification of abortions (S. 1645),
            S10565 [18SE]
        Death and dying:  clarify Federal laws relative to dispensing of
            drugs intended for use for assisted suicide or euthanasia (S.
            2151), S5797 [9JN]
        ------ prohibit Federal funding for assisted suicide, euthanasia, or
            mercy killing (S. 304), S12492 [14OC]
        Dept. of Agriculture:  Food Distribution Program for Indian
            Reservations regulations in Oklahoma, S8119 [14JY]
        Dept. of Defense:  making appropriations for military construction,
            family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 4059),
            conference report, S9719 [1SE]
        Dept. of HHS:  revise and extend certain women's health research and
            prevention activities programs (S. 1722), S1514 [6MR]
        Dept. of HUD:  increase in top level of FHA limits on mortgage
            insurance, S8340 [16JY], S8341 [16JY], S8344 [16JY], S8428
            [17JY]
        Dept. of State and related agencies:  authorizing appropriations and
            consolidating certain agencies (H.R. 1757), conference report,
            S3685 [28AP], S3686 [28AP]
        Dept. of the Interior and related agencies:  making appropriations
            (S. 2237), S10406 [16SE]
        Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
            agencies:  authorizing appropriations (S. 2260), S8822 [23JY],
            S8823 [23JY], S8824 [23JY]
        Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
             making appropriations (S. 2168), S8340 [16JY], S8341 [16JY],
            S8344 [16JY], S8370 [16JY], S8428 [17JY]
        Drunken driving:  national blood alcohol content standard relative
            to the operation of motor vehicles, S1299 [4MR], S1304 [4MR]
        Education:  reductions in school class size, S3394 [22AP], S3395
            [22AP]
        ------ vocational education funding (H.R. 1853), conference report--
            unanimous-consent agreement, S11907 [8OC]
        Electric power:  provide for retail competition among suppliers (S.
            2187), S6564 [18JN]
        Employment:  protect employer rights (S. 1981), motion to proceed,
            S10305 [14SE]
        FDA:  Youth Anti-Smoking Initiative Enforcement and Outreach Program
            funding, S8322 [16JY]
        FEMA:  ensure additional funding for disaster relief does not impact
            the budget surplus, S2538 [25MR], S2540 [25MR], S2541 [25MR],
            S2542 [25MR]
        Foreign aid:  international family planning programs restrictions
            relative to abortion, S3685 [28AP]
        Freedom of religion:  establish a process to ensure that the U.S.
            monitors international religious persecution (S. 1868), S2664
            [26MR]
        ------ establish a process to ensure that the U.S. monitors
            international religious persecution (S. 1868), S11330-S11333
            [2OC]
        Health:  national policy to provide health care and reform insurance
            procedures, S679-S682 [12FE]
        ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's,
            S3048 [2AP], S3049 [2AP], S3050 [2AP], S3054 [2AP], S3055 [2AP],
            S3077 [2AP], S7569 [7JY], S7702 [8JY]
        ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R.
            4250), unanimous-consent request, S9737 [1SE], S9738 [1SE],
            S9739 [1SE]
        ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S.
            1890), S12127 [9OC]
        ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S.
            2330), S8487 [17JY], S8886 [23JY]
        ------ standardize relationships between group health plans and
            health insurers relative to enrollees, health professionals, and
            providers (S. 644), S679-S682 [12FE]
        Health Care Financing Administration:  employee funding, S2514
            [25MR], S2516 [25MR], S2517 [25MR], S2520 [25MR], S2527 [25MR],
            S2619-S2620 [20OC]
        Intelligence services:  authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3694),
            conference report, S11902 [8OC]
        Iraq:  enforce the embargo on oil exports (S. Con. Res. 76), S1552
            [9MR]
        ------ U.S. policy, S1552 [9MR]
        IRS:  restructure and reform (H.R. 2676), S4491 [7MY], S4508 [7MY]
        Israel:  U.S. policy, S2701 [27MR]
        Kosovo:  human rights violations against ethnic Albanians by Serbian
            police relative to self-determination (S. Con. Res. 85), S2207
            [18MR], S2208 [18MR]
        ------ NATO military intervention relative to human rights
            violations against ethnic Albanians by Serbian police, S11329
            [2OC], S11330 [2OC]
        McKeown, M. Margaret:  nomination to be circuit judge, S2693 [27MR]
        Medicare:  allow beneficiaries to enter into private contracts for
            services (S. 1194), S11894 [8OC]
        Middle East:  Israeli/Palestinian peace initiatives, S2701 [27MR]
        Minimum wage:  level, S10688 [22SE]
        Morrow, Margaret M.:  nomination to be district judge, unanimous-
            consent agreement, S530 [9FE]
        NATO:  study cost of deployment of missile defense systems in all
            NATO countries, S3867 [30AP]
        Office of Religious Persecution Monitoring:  establish (H.R. 2431),
            S11907 [8OC], S11909 [8OC], S11942 [8OC], S11943 [8OC], S11949
            [8OC], S11950 [8OC], S11951 [8OC], S11952 [8OC], S11960 [8OC],
            S12092 [9OC], S12099 [9OC], S12984 [12NO], S12999<bullet> [12NO]
        ------ establish (H.R. 2431), unanimous-consent agreement, S11907
            [8OC]
        Oklahoma:  national veterans cemetery funding, S8370 [16JY]
        Oregon:  law relative to assisted suicide, euthanasia, or mercy
            killing, S12492 [14OC]
        Parliamentary inquiry, S3049 [2AP]
        Petroleum:  payment of U.S. royalty claims, S10406 [16SE]
        ------ reduce gasoline tax, S1750 [11MR], S1751 [11MR]
        Political campaigns:  appointment of independent counsel to
            investigate fundraising practices in Presidential election
            campaign, S9536 [31JY], S9537 [31JY], S9538 [31JY], S9540 [31JY]
        ------ ethics reform and contribution limits, S1036 [26FE]
        ------ prohibit the FCC from requiring radio and television
            broadcasters to provide free air time for political advertising
            (S. 1872), S2683 [26MR]
        ------ protect individuals from having their money involuntarily
            collected and used for politics by a corporation or labor
            organization (S. 1663), S1036 [26FE]
        Power resources:  management of royalties from Federal and Outer
            Continental Shelf oil and gas leases (S. 1930), S3148 [2AP]
        Protocols to the North Atlantic Treaty on Accession of Poland,
            Hungary, and the Czech Republic:  ratification, S3867 [30AP]
        Science:  prohibit cloning of humans (S. 1601), unanimous-consent
            agreement, S530 [9FE]
        Senate:  legislative priorities, S7569 [7JY]
        ------ legislative program, S241 [29JA], S530 [9FE], S679 [12FE],
            S1035 [26FE], S9536 [31JY], S10568 [18SE], S11911 [8OC]
        Senate Rules:  prohibit precatory language on budget resolutions,
            S3084 [2AP]
        Shea, Edward F.:  nomination to be district judge, S2693 [27MR]
        Social Security:  reduce payroll taxes (S. 1792), S2167 [18MR]
        ------ use budget surplus to establish personal retirement savings
            accounts, S2919 [1AP], S2921 [1AP]
        Starr, Kenneth W.:  allegations of partisanship relative to
            independent counsel investigations, S639 [11FE]
        States:  additional funding for disaster relief, S2537 [25MR], S2538
            [25MR], S2540 [25MR], S2541 [25MR], S2542 [25MR]
        Supreme Court:  decision on line-item veto, S8370 [16JY]
        Taxation:  disallow deductions for advertising, promotional, and
            marketing expenses relative to tobacco products unless certain
            requirements are met, S6322 [15JN]
        ------ treatment of education individual retirement accounts
            relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R.
            2646), S3394 [22AP], S3395 [22AP]
        Tobacco products:  granting of immunity or limiting liability for
            tobacco companies in lawsuits relative to health risks and
            marketing and manufacturing practices, S5252 [21MY], S5253
            [21MY], S5257 [21MY], S5258 [21MY], S5259 [21MY], S5260 [21MY],
            S5264 [21MY], S5265 [21MY]
        ------ impact of tobacco industry trust fund payments on cigarette
            prices, S5252 [21MY], S5253 [21MY], S5257 [21MY], S5259 [21MY],
            S5263 [21MY], S5264 [21MY], S5265 [21MY], S6445-S6448 [17JN]
        ------ limit access to minors, S5252 [21MY], S5258 [21MY], S5260
            [21MY], S6155 [11JN], S6170 [11JN]
        ------ limit tobacco settlement attorneys' fees, S5259 [21MY], S6172
            [11JN]
        ------ specify percentage of revenues from tobacco industry
            settlement to be used for Child Care and Development Block Grant
            Act activities, S6155 [11JN], S6170 [11JN]
        ------ tobacco industry liability settlement relative to health
            risks and marketing and manufacturing practices (S. 1415), S5114
            [19MY], S5115 [19MY], S5252 [21MY], S5253 [21MY], S5257 [21MY],
            S5258 [21MY], S5259 [21MY], S5260 [21MY], S5263 [21MY], S5264
            [21MY], S5265 [21MY], S5306 [21MY], S5307 [21MY], S5308 [21MY],
            S5310 [21MY], S5311 [21MY], S6155 [11JN], S6170 [11JN], S6172
            [11JN], S6322 [15JN], S6445 [17JN], S6475 [17JN], S6478 [17JN],
            S6479 [17JN], S6481 [17JN]
        Transportation:  funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
            programs, and transit programs (H.R. 2400), conference report,
            S5416 [22MY]
        ----- funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and
            transit programs (S. 1173), S1299 [4MR], S1304 [4MR], S1750
            [11MR], S1751 [11MR]
        Treaties and agreements:  removal of injunction of secrecy, S241
            [29JA]
        U.N.:  authorize payment of U.S. arrearages, S3685 [28AP]
        U.S. Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution:  establish
            (H.R. 3042), S241 [29JA]
        Votes:  correction, S12372 [12OC]
      Statements
        Appointment of Independent Counsel To Investigate Fundraising
            Practices in Presidential Election Campaign:  Janet Reno,
            Attorney General, S9536 [31JY]
        ----- Senator Thompson, S9537 [31JY]
        Freedom From Religious Persecution Act:  by, S12999<bullet> [12NO]
        Protection of Enrollees in Managed Care Plans and HMO's:  Mayo
            Clinic, S3054 [2AP]
        Protection of Enrollees in Managed Health Care Plans and HMO's:
            American Hospital Association, S3055 [2AP]
        ------ Baylor Health Care System, S3054 [2AP]
        ------ Cleveland Clinic, S3054 [2AP]
      Tables
        Budget deficits and Social Security, S2921 [1AP]
        Federal budget proposals, S526-S529 [9FE]
        National tobacco settlement tax on individual cigarette
            manufacturers, S6449 [17JN]
        National Tobacco Settlement Trust Fund, S5253 [21MY]
        National tobacco settlement trust fund, S6449 [17JN]
        Payroll taxes, S2921 [1AP]
        Reconciliation of general tobacco industry payments under S. 1415,
            National Tobacco Policy and Youth Smoking Reduction Act, and the
            net Federal revenue effect of payments relative to look-back
            provisions, S5264 [21MY], S5306 [21MY]
        Tobacco settlement attorneys' fees, S5259 [21MY]
        Tobacco use by 12th graders, S5253 [21MY]
      Texts of
        S. 1692, Software Trade Secrets Protection Act, S1157 [27FE]
        S. 1868, International Religious Freedom Act, S2664-S2671 [26MR]
        S. 1930, Royalty Enhancement Act, S3149-S3154 [2AP]
        S. 2151, Lethal Drug Abuse Prevention Act, S5798 [9JN]
        S. 2187, Electric Consumer Choice Act, S6565 [18JN]
        S. 2330, Patients' Bill of Rights Act, S8489-S8509 [17JY]
      Tributes
        Bumpers, Senator, S11966 [8OC], S12297 [10OC]
        Burr, David, S1035 [26FE]
        Coats, Senator, S11960 [8OC]
        Ford, Senator, S12299 [10OC]
        Kempthorne, Senator, S11959 [8OC]
        Lott, Senator, S12091 [9OC]
        Santorum, Senator, S10577 [18SE]
        Smith, Senator Bob, S10577 [18SE]