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

    SHELBY, RICHARD C. (a Senator from Alabama)
      Amendments
        Appropriations:  making emergency supplemental for disaster relief
            and overseas peacekeeping operations (S. 1768), S2443 [23MR],
            S2484 [24MR], S2500 [24MR]
        Budget:  setting forth the Federal budget for 1999-2003 (S. Con.
            Res. 86), S2736 [30MR], S2774 [30MR], S2999 [1AP], S3000 [1AP]
        Credit unions:  clarify laws relative to field of membership of
            Federal credit unions (H.R. 1151), S9006 [27JY], S9018 [27JY],
            S9059 [27JY], S9060 [27JY]
        Dept. of Defense:  authorizing appropriations for military
            activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military
            construction (S. 2057), S4919 [14MY], S6691 [19JN], S6715
            [19JN], S6982 [24JN], S7025 [24JN], S7360 [6JY]
        ------ making appropriations (S. 2132), S9380 [30JY], S9470 [30JY],
            S9472 [30JY]
        Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the
            President, and independent agencies:  making appropriations (S.
            2312), S9224 [29JY], S9255 [29JY]
        Dept. of Transportation and related agencies:  making appropriations
            (S. 2307), S8890 [23JY], S8944 [23JY]
        Intelligence services:  authorizing appropriations (S. 2052), S7289
            [26JN], S7328 [26JN]
        IRS:  restructure and reform (H.R. 2676), S4447 [6MY]
        Taxation:  treatment of Internet and interactive computer service
            commerce (S. 442), S11453 [5OC], S11605 [6OC], S11609 [6OC],
            S11785 [7OC], S11789 [7OC]
        Tobacco products:  tobacco industry liability settlement relative to
            health risks and marketing and manufacturing practices (S.
            1415), S5727 [5JN]
      Appointments
        Conferee:  H.R. 2400, Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency
            Act, S3181 [2AP]
        ------ H.R. 3579, emergency supplemental appropriations and
            rescissions, S2826 [31MR]
        ------ H.R. 3694, intelligence services appropriations, S7333 [26JN]
        ------ H.R. 4103, Dept. of Defense appropriations, S9417 [30JY]
        ------ H.R. 4104, Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive
            Office of the President, and independent agencies
            appropriations, S9916 [3SE]
        ------ H.R. 4194, Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry
            independent agencies appropriations, S9389 [30JY]
        ------ H.R. 4328, Dept. of Transportation and related agencies
            appropriations, S8956 [24JY], S9389 [30JY]
        ------ S. 1260, Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act, S9320
            [29JY]
        ------ S. 2168, Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry
            independent agencies appropriations, S8374 [16JY]
      Articles and editorials
        Paper Tigers--Newshounds Goodloe and Jean Sutton Get the Goods on a
            Lawbreaking Sheriff, Peter A. Carlin and Grace Lim, People
            (publication), S10729<bullet> [22SE]
        Retrospective of the World War II Military Career of Hollywood's
            James M. (Jimmy) Stewart, Starr Smith (excerpts), S10732<bullet>
            [22SE]
      Bills and resolutions cosponsored
        Agriculture:  production flexibility contract payment options, (see
            S. 2344), S8779 [22JY]
        Capitol Building and Grounds:  tribute to John M. Gibson and Jacob
            J. Chestnut of the Capitol Police for acts of heroism, (see S.
            Con. Res. 110), S9044 [27JY]
        ------ use of the rotunda for a memorial service for John M. Gibson
            and Jacob J. Chestnut of the Capitol Police, (see S. Con. Res.
            111), S9044 [27JY]
        CERCLA:  clarify liability for certain recycling transactions, (see
            S. 2180), S11284 [1OC]
        Children and youth:  ensure parental access to educational
            information and curriculum, (see S. 1631), S932 [24FE], (see S.
            1631), S932 [24FE]
        Crime:  constitutional amendment on protection of victims' rights,
            (see S.J. Res. 44), S2968 [1AP]
        Cuba:  increase support to democratic opposition and humanitarian
            assistance, (see S. 2080), S11715 [7OC]
        Dept. of HHS:  delay effective date of the final rule relative to
            the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network, (see S.
            2201), S6766 [22JN]
        ------ disapprove rule submitted on surety bond requirements for
            home health care providers under Medicare and Medicaid, (see
            S.J. Res. 50), S6037 [10JN]
        Dept. of HUD:  establish consensus committee for development,
            revision, and interpretation of safety standards for
            manufactured home construction, (see S. 2145), S10211 [10SE]
        Dept. of Transportation:  rescind directive to establish peanut-free
            zones on domestic airline flights, (see S. Con. Res. 117),
            S10240 [11SE]
        Diseases:  expand research activities relative to lupus, (see S.
            2101), S5217 [20MY]
        Drugs:  enhance interdiction efforts in major transit countries and
            support eradication and crop substitution programs in source
            countries, (see S. 2522), S11452 [5OC]
        ------ support existing Federal legal process for determining safety
            and efficacy of using marijuana and other drugs for medicinal
            purposes, (see S.J. Res. 56), S12183 [9OC]
        Education:  spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars
            on children's classrooms, (see S. Res. 168), S48 [27JA]
        Employment:  reform standard for classifying technical workers as
            independent contractors for employment tax purposes, (see S.
            1924), S7286 [26JN]
        Families and domestic relations:  provide equitable child care
            relief for stay at-home parents, (see S. Con. Res. 77), S1262
            [3MR]
        Federal Home Loan Bank System:  transfer functions to Dept. of HUD
            Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight, (see S. 1986),
            S3585 [24AP]
        Firearms:  prohibit imposition of a fee for criminal background
            checks before the transfer of a handgun, (see S. 2128), S5701
            [5JN]
        Flag--U.S.:  constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration, (see
            S.J. Res. 40), S378 [4FE]
        Foreign policy:  establish framework for consideration of unilateral
            economic sanctions, (see S. 1413), S7200 [25JN]
        Government regulations:  analyze impact and improve congressional
            deliberation of proposed Federal private sector mandates, (see
            S. 389), S8387 [16JY]
        Greek Independence Day--A National Day of Celebration of Greek and
            American Democracy:  designate, (see S. Res. 171), S1015 [25FE]
        Health:  protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's,
            (see S. 2330), S8482 [17JY]
        Iraq:  condemn threat to international peace and security, (see S.
            Con. Res. 71), S234 [29JA]
        ------ material and unacceptable breach of international obligations
            relative to weapons inspections, (see S.J. Res. 54), S7172
            [25JN]
        ------ support transition to democracy, (see S. 2525), S11122 [29SE]
        Iron and steel industry:  respond to the surge of steel imports
            resulting from the financial crises in Asia, Russia, and other
            regions, (see S. Con. Res. 121), S11346 [2OC]
        IRS:  prohibit use of random audits in its examination process, (see
            S. 2008), S3783 [29AP]
        ------ restructure and improve taxpayer rights, (see S. 1669), S919
            [24FE]
        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]
        Mark McGwire Interstate Route 70:  designate, (see S. 2531), S11122
            [29SE]
        McCain, Senator:  tribute, (see S. Res. 196), S2114 [17MR]
        Medicare:  reform payment system for home health services, (see S.
            2354), S10322 [14SE]
        Prayer:  constitutional amendment on voluntary school prayer, (see
            S.J. Res. 3), S1894 [12MR]
        Presidential Advisory Commission on Holocaust Assets in the U.S.:
            establish, (see S. 1900), S2967 [1AP]
        Read Across America Day:  designate, (see S. Res. 181), S1082 [26FE]
        Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport:  designate, (see S.
            1297), S179 [28JA], (see S. 1575), S234 [29JA]
        Sanford, Terry:  tribute, (see S. Res. 211), S3356 [21AP]
        Science:  prohibit cloning of humans, (see S. 1599), S317 [3FE],
            (see S. 1601), S318 [3FE]
        Surgeon General:  terminate the Office of Surgeon General of the
            Public Health Service, (see S. 1725), S2684 [26MR]
        Taxation:  capital gains rates, tax incentives, and income averaging
            for farmers, (see S. 2371), S9425 [30JY]
        ------ expand S corporation eligibility for banks and small
            businesses, (see S. 2346), S8919 [23JY]
        ------ permanently extend income averaging for farmers, (see S.
            1879), S5638 [4JN]
        ------ terminate Internal Revenue Code, (see S. 1673), S1003 [25FE]
        ------ treatment of printed wiring boards and printed wiring
            assembly equipment, (see S. 2162), S8677 [21JY]
        ------ treatment of small business meal and entertainment expenses,
            (see S. 2473), S11346 [2OC]
        Telephones:  strengthen and expand the procedures for preventing the
            slamming of interstate telephone service subscribers, (see S.
            1618), S4365 [5MY]
        U.N.:  promote full equality for Israel, (see S. 2092), S7019 [24JN]
        U.S. Navy Asiatic Fleet Memorial Day:  designate, (see S.J. Res.
            30), S668 [11FE]
        Veterans:  accessibility to outdoor recreation programs on military
            installations for certain disabled individuals, (see S. 1351),
            S5333 [21MY]
        ------ permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with
            service-connected disability benefits, (see S. 657), S400 [4FE]
        Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc.:  anniversary, (see S. Res. 207),
            S5572 [2JN]
        Vietnamese Conflict:  tribute to POW and MIA's and disclosure of
            information concerning missing personnel, (see S. Res. 196),
            S2114 [17MR]
        Washington, George:  anniversary of death, (see S. Con. Res. 83),
            S3723 [28AP]
        Weapons:  antiballistic missile systems deployment policy, (see S.
            1873), S2719 [27MR]
      Bills and resolutions introduced
        Classified information:  encourage the disclosure to Congress of
            certain classified and related information, (see S. 1668), S837
            [23FE]
        Claude Harris National Aquacultural Research Center:  convey to
            Alabama, (see S. 1883), S2850 [31MR]
        Congressional Office of Regulatory Analysis:  establish, (see S.
            1675), S1003 [25FE]
        Dept. of HUD:  establish consensus committee for development,
            revision, and interpretation of safety standards for
            manufactured home construction, (see S. 2145), S5787 [9JN]
        Dept. of Transportation and related agencies:  making
            appropriations, (see S. 2307), S8240 [15JY]
        Intelligence services:  authorizing appropriations, (see S. 2052),
            S4528 [7MY]
        Marion National Fish Hatchery:  convey to Alabama, (see S. 1883),
            S2850 [31MR]
        Medicare:  payment of certain venipuncture services and prevention
            of potential fraud and abuse, (see S. 1580), S113 [28JA]
      Cloture motions
        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]
        Tobacco products:  tobacco industry liability settlement relative to
            health risks and marketing and manufacturing practices (S.
            1415), S4883 [14MY], S6473 [17JN], S6479 [17JN]
        Transportation:  funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
            programs, and transit programs (S. 1173), S1497 [6MR], S1762
            [11MR]
      Cost Estimates
        Encourage disclosure to Congress of certain classified and related
            information (S. 1668):  CBO, S1562 [9MR]
        Intelligence services appropriations (S. 2052):  CBO, S7326 [26JN]
      Remarks
        African Elephant Conservation Act:  reauthorize (H.R. 39), S8951
            [23JY]
        Agriculture:  provide crop insurance, marketing loan, and emergency
            operating loan relief for farmers in certain counties that have
            been designated as Federal disaster areas, S11556 [6OC]
        Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
            making appropriations (H.R. 4101), conference report, S11556
            [6OC]
        Appropriations:  making emergency supplemental appropriations and
            rescissions (H.R. 3579), conference report, S3909 [30AP], S3910
            [30AP]
        ------ making omnibus consolidated and emergency supplemental
            appropriations, S12768 [21OC], S12773 [21OC]
        Bridges:  national historic covered bridge preservation funding,
            S8899 [23JY]
        Classified information:  declassification of information relative to
            human rights abuses in Guatemala and Honduras, S9854 [2SE]
        ------ encourage the disclosure to Congress of certain classified
            and related information (S. 1668), S1561 [9MR]
        Coast Guard:  enhance drug interdiction efforts, S8907 [23JY]
        Community Reinvestment Act:  credit requirements for small community
            banks, S8969 [24JY], S9018 [27JY], S9090 [28JY]
        ------ expansion, S11180 [30SE], S11442 [5OC]
        ------ loan requirements for credit unions relative to non-members,
            S8969 [24JY]
        Computers:  use, sale, and export of encryption products for privacy
            and security (S. 2067), S8238 [15JY]
        Congressional Office of Regulatory Analysis:  establish (S. 1675),
            S1007 [25FE]
        Credit unions:  clarify laws relative to field of membership of
            Federal credit unions (H.R. 1151), S8969 [24JY], S9018 [27JY],
            S9090 [28JY]
        Dempsey, Joan A.:  nomination to be Deputy Director of Central
            Intelligence for Community Management, S5483 [22MY]
        Dept. of Defense:  authorizing appropriations for military
            activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military
            construction (S. 2057), S7130 [25JN]
        Dept. of Education:  teacher training partnership grants relative to
            nonprofit educational organizations, businesses, and teacher
            organizations, S11074 [29SE]
        Dept. of Energy:  selection of technology for tritium production,
            S7130 [25JN]
        Dept. of HUD:  establish consensus committee for development,
            revision, and interpretation of safety standards for
            manufactured home construction (S. 2145), S5787<bullet> [9JN]
        ------ establish consensus committee for development, revision, and
            interpretation of safety standards for manufactured home
            construction (S. 2145), S12639 [15OC]
        Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the
            President, and independent agencies:  making appropriations
            (H.R. 4104), conference report, S12134 [9OC]
        ----- making appropriations (S. 2312), S9914 [3SE]
        Dept. of Transportation:  research on fiber polymer additives to
            improve highway pavement, S12768 [21OC]
        Dept. of Transportation and related agencies:  making appropriations
            (S. 2307), S8887 [23JY], S8890 [23JY], S8894 [23JY], S8899
            [23JY], S8901 [23JY], S8902 [23JY], S8904 [23JY], S8905 [23JY],
            S8906 [23JY], S8907 [23JY], S8908 [23JY], S8909 [23JY], S8955
            [24JY]
        ------ making appropriations (H.R. 4328), conference report, S12768
            [21OC], S12773 [21OC]
        Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
            agencies:  authorizing appropriations (S. 2260), S8951 [23JY]
        Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
             making appropriations (S. 2168), S7551 [7JY]
        Disasters:  assistance to Alabama, S3909 [30AP], S3910 [30AP]
        Drexel University:  Intelligent Infrastructure Institute research
            funding, S12773 [21OC]
        FAA:  Contract Tower Cost-Sharing Program funding, S8901 [23JY]
        Financial institutions:  increase competition in the financial
            services sector (H.R. 10), S11180 [30SE]
        ----- increase competition in the financial services sector (H.R.
            10), motion to proceed, S11442 [5OC]
        Florida:  airport construction projects funding, S8902 [23JY]
        Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs:  making
            appropriations (S. 2334), S9854 [2SE]
        George H.W. Bush Center for Central Intelligence, Langley, VA:
            designate, S7328 [26JN]
        Higher Education Act:  reauthorize (H.R. 6), conference report,
            S11074 [29SE]
        Insurance:  provide consumers choice of auto insurance relative to
            compensation for economic and non-economic losses (S. 625),
            S12220<bullet> [9OC]
        Intelligence services:  authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3694),
            conference report, S11903 [8OC], S11904 [8OC]
        ------ authorizing appropriations (S. 2052), S7325 [26JN], S7328
            [26JN]
        ------ increase whistleblower protections for employees, S11904
            [8OC]
        Iran:  impose sanctions on foreign persons who transfer items
            contributing to efforts to acquire, develop, or produce
            ballistic missiles (H.R. 2709), S5385 [22MY]
        IRS:  congressional review of regulations that increase revenues,
            S4418 [6MY], S4419 [6MY]
        ------ establish a full-time Board of Governors, S4396 [6MY]
        ------ restructure and reform (H.R. 2676), S4396 [6MY], S4418 [6MY],
            S4419 [6MY]
        Medicare:  allow beneficiaries to enter into private contracts for
            services (S. 1194), S11896 [8OC]
        ------ payment of certain venipuncture services and prevention of
            potential fraud and abuse (S. 1580), S171 [28JA]
        Mexico:  disapprove foreign aid certification of drug enforcement
            efforts (S.J. Res. 42), S2726<bullet> [27MR]
        Montana:  Federal Lands Highway Program projects funding, S8955
            [24JY]
        National security:  develop a system to classify and declassify
            information (S. 712), S1251 [3MR]
        New Castle, DE:  airport construction projects funding, S8905 [23JY]
        New Mexico:  park and ride transit system project funding, S8904
            [23JY]
        OMB:  guidelines on public access of federally funded research data,
            S12134 [9OC]
        Protocols to the North Atlantic Treaty on Accession of Poland,
            Hungary, and the Czech Republic:  ratification, S3873 [30AP]
        Railroads:  Midwest regional rail system planning studies, S8905
            [23JY]
        Research:  ensure public access to federally funded research data,
            S9914 [3SE]
        Richard C. Lee U.S. Courthouse, New Haven, CT:  designate (S. 1355),
            S11196 [30SE]
        Senate:  legislative program, S8952 [23JY], S11209 [30SE]
        Space policy:  space station program funding, S7551 [7JY]
        Utah:  bridge structure research projects funding, S8901 [23JY]
        Veterans:  increase service-connected disability benefits for
            veterans and survivors (S. 2273), S11196 [30SE]
        Washington:  flood control projects funding, S8906 [23JY]
        Wildfires:  express condolences and support to victims and commend
            efforts of firefighters in Florida (H. Con. Res. 298), S8951
            [23JY], S8952 [23JY]
      Reports filed
        Dept. of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations:
            Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 2307) (S. Rept. 105-
            249), S8240 [15JY]
        Disclosure to Congress of Certain Classified and Related
            Information:  Committee on Intelligence (Senate, Select) (S.
            1668) (S. Rept. 105-165), S836 [23FE]
        Intelligence Services Appropriations:  Committee on Intelligence
            (Senate, Select) (S. 2052), S4527 [7MY]
        Nomination of Joan A. Dempsey To Be Deputy Director of Central
            Intelligence for Community Management:  Committee on
            Intelligence (Senate, Select), S5433 [22MY]
        Nomination of L. Britt Snyder To Be CIA Inspector General:
            Committee on Intelligence (Senate, Select), S8240 [15JY]
      Statements
        Tribute to George V. Irons, Sr.:  William L. Irons, S10669<bullet>
            [21SE]
      Texts of
        S. 1675, Congressional Office of Regulatory Analysis, S1008 [25FE]
      Tributes
        Crawford, James F., S11189<bullet> [30SE]
        Irons, George V., Sr., S10669<bullet> [21SE]
        Lake, Aubrey, S9993<bullet> [8SE]
        Parish, Bertie Sweeney Gammell, S10139<bullet> [9SE]
        Smith, Starr, S10731 [22SE]
        Stephens, Michael E., S7213<bullet> [25JN]
        Sutton, Goodloe and Jean, S10729 [22SE]
        Walker, James E., S7216<bullet> [25JN]
        Young, Ernest A., S9553 [31JY]