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

    KOHL, HERB (a Senator from Wisconsin)
      Amendments
        Appropriations:  making emergency supplemental for disaster relief
            and overseas peacekeeping operations (S. 1768), S2494 [24MR]
        Bankruptcy:  consumer protection (S. 1301), S10602 [18SE], S10742
            [23SE]
        Budget:  setting forth the Federal budget for 1999-2003 (S. Con.
            Res. 86), S2754 [30MR], S2775 [30MR], S2826 [31MR], S2870
            [31MR], S2929 [1AP], S2931 [1AP], S2989 [1AP], S2994 [1AP]
        Dept. of Defense:  authorizing appropriations for military
            activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military
            construction (S. 2057), S6890 [23JN], S7097 [25JN], S7201 [25JN]
        ------ making appropriations (S. 2132), S9456 [30JY]
        Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the
            President, and independent agencies:  making appropriations (S.
            2312), S9101 [28JY], S9102 [28JY], S9103 [28JY], S9110 [28JY],
            S9142 [28JY], S9143 [28JY], S9145 [28JY], S9222 [29JY], S9231
            [29JY], S9257 [29JY], S9271 [29JY], S9272 [29JY]
        Dept. of Transportation and related agencies:  making appropriations
            (S. 2307), S8908 [23JY], S8945 [23JY]
        Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
            agencies:  authorizing appropriations (S. 2260), S8616 [21JY],
            S8679 [21JY], S8835 [23JY], S8856 [23JY], S8862 [23JY], S8931
            [23JY], S8936 [23JY], S8940 [23JY]
        Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
             making appropriations (S. 2168), S7538 [7JY], S7585 [7JY],
            S8340 [16JY], S8407 [16JY]
        IRS:  restructure and reform (H.R. 2676), S4428 [6MY], S4447 [6MY]
        Taxation:  treatment of education individual retirement accounts
            relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R.
            2646), S2333 [19MR], S3479 [23AP], S3546 [23AP]
        Tobacco products:  tobacco industry liability settlement relative to
            health risks and marketing and manufacturing practices (S.
            1415), S6054 [10JN], S6141 [11JN], S6170 [11JN], S6206 [11JN]
        Transportation:  funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
            programs, and transit programs (S. 1173), S1591 [9MR], S1607
            [9MR], S1613 [9MR]
      Appointments
        Conferee:  H.R. 3579, emergency supplemental appropriations and
            rescissions, S2826 [31MR]
        ------ H.R. 4060, energy and water development appropriations, S6548
            [18JN], S6861 [23JN]
        ------ H.R. 4101, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related
            agencies programs appropriations, S8329 [16JY]
        ------ H.R. 4104, Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive
            Office of the President, and independent agencies
            appropriations, S9916 [3SE]
        ------ H.R. 4328, Dept. of Transportation and related agencies
            appropriations, S8956 [24JY], S9389 [30JY]
      Articles and editorials
        Federal Court Watch--Appeals Panel Retracts Snitch Ruling, Robert
            Schmidt, Legal Times (publication), S8244<bullet> [15JY]
        Judicial Trouble, Washington (DC) Post, S8243<bullet> [15JY]
        Many Elders Receive Care at Criminals' Hands, Michael Moss, Wall
            Street Journal, S3092 [2AP]
      Bills and resolutions cosponsored
        Alaska:  prevent Federal takeover of management of fish and game
            resources, (see S. 2393), S9426 [30JY]
        Animals:  prohibit import, export, sale, or possession of bear
            viscera, (see S. 263), S6340 [15JN]
        ------ prohibit interstate commerce relative to exotic animals, (see
            S. 995), S6340 [15JN]
        Apostle Islands National Lakeshore:  study on protection as a
            wilderness area, (see S. 1966), S3428 [22AP]
        Army Reserve:  anniversary, (see S. Res. 213), S3429 [22AP]
        Bounty hunters:  establish civil and criminal liability for bounty
            hunters and their employers and encourage State regulation of
            industry, (see S. 1637), S730 [12FE]
        Business and industry:  provide assistance to microenterprises in
            developing countries, (see S. 2152), S6037 [10JN]
        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), S10986 [25SE]
        Computers:  encourage disclosure and exchange of information
            relative to the year 2000 problem, (see S. 2392), S9426 [30JY]
        Courts:  reform class action lawsuit process, (see S. 2083), S4906
            [14MY]
        Crime:  increase public awareness, collect data, and develop
            strategies to address the safety and justice needs of victims
            with developmental disabilities, (see S. 1976), S7359 [6JY]
        ------ strengthen penalties for international drug dealing and money
            laundering, and reduce drug use and trafficking in prisons, (see
            S. 2011), S3919 [30AP]
        Day of Concern About Young People and Gun Violence:  designate, (see
            S. Res. 264), S9556 [31JY]
        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), S6340 [15JN]
        Dept. of Veterans Affairs:  establish certain presumptions of
            service connection for Persian Gulf Conflict veterans, (see S.
            2358), S9044 [27JY]
        Drugs:  limit amount of controlled substances allowed to be brought
            into the U.S. from Mexico and Canada, (see S. 2242), S7255
            [26JN]
        FCC:  study systems for filtering or blocking matter on the Internet
            and install such a system on computers in schools and libraries,
            (see S. 1619), S668 [11FE]
        Foreign policy:  support broad-based agricultural and rural
            development in sub-Saharan Africa, (see S. 2283), S11345 [2OC]
        Greek Independence Day--A National Day of Celebration of Greek and
            American Democracy:  designate, (see S. Res. 171), S847 [23FE]
        Indonesia:  support for new Government and reforms in East Timor,
            (see S. Res. 237), S5434 [22MY]
        International Commission of Jurists:  report on the People's
            Republic of China and Tibet, (see S. Con. Res. 103), S7581 [7JY]
        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), S11586 [6OC]
        Israel:  independence anniversary, (see S.J. Res. 46), S3783 [29AP]
        ------ membership in a U.N. regional group, (see S. Res. 186), S1155
            [27FE], (see S. Res. 188), S1255 [3MR]
        Japan:  eliminate barriers to foreign trade and investment relative
            to resolution of the Asian financial crisis, (see S. Res. 216),
            S4442 [6MY]
        Law enforcement officers:  establish a matching grant program to
            assist local governments in purchasing armor vests, (see S.
            1605), S668 [11FE]
        ------ tribute to individuals who lost their lives during service,
            (see S. Res. 201), S2988 [1AP]
        McCain, Senator:  tribute, (see S. Res. 196), S2114 [17MR]
        Medicare:  adjust formula used to determine cost limits for home
            health agencies, (see S. 1993), S5799 [9JN]
        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 Day:  designate, (see S. Res. 260), S9426 [30JY]
        National Correctional Officers and Employees Week:  designate, (see
            S. Res. 175), S3443 [22AP]
        National Erase the Hate and Eliminate Racism Day:  designate, (see
            S. Res. 221), S3919 [30AP]
        National Sea Grant College Program Act:  clarify definition of the
            Great Lakes, (see S. 1760), S2221 [18MR]
        ------ treatment of Lake Champlain, (see S. 1823), S2488 [24MR]
        National Tartan Day:  designate, (see S. Res. 155), S1162 [27FE]
        National Women's History Month:  designate, (see S. Res. 189), S2309
            [19MR]
        New Mexico:  designate Onate Cuartocentenario to commemorate the
            anniversary of the first permanent Spanish settlement, (see S.
            Res. 148), S520 [9FE]
        Older Americans Act:  reauthorize, (see S. 2295), S10322 [14SE]
        Petroleum:  authorize oilheat industry research and consumer
            education programs, (see S. 2539), S11990 [8OC]
        Presidential Advisory Commission on Holocaust Assets in the U.S.:
            establish, (see S. 1900), S3296 [20AP]
        Read Across America Day:  designate, (see S. Res. 181), S1082 [26FE]
        Religion:  support tolerance toward Muslims, (see S. Con. Res. 94),
            S6053 [10JN]
        Sanford, Terry:  tribute, (see S. Res. 211), S3356 [21AP]
        SBA:  women's business centers funding, (see S. 2157), S6424 [16JN]
        Taxation:  extend energy production credit to electricity produced
            by wind and closed-loop biomass, (see S. 1459), S9982 [8SE]
        ------ increase amount of low-income housing credits allocated in
            each State and index amount for inflation, (see S. 1252), S6701
            [19JN]
        ------ increase State cap on private activity bonds, (see S. 1251),
            S6701 [19JN]
        Television:  enhance the ability of satellite television providers
            to compete with cable television systems, (see S. 2494), S10518
            [17SE]
        ------ reform laws relative to satellite retransmissions of
            broadcast signals, (see S. 1720), S1435 [5MR]
        Thurmond, Senator:  tribute for Army Reserve service, (see S. Res.
            213), S3429 [22AP]
        Tobacco products:  prevent use by minors, reduce secondhand smoke,
            require document disclosure and deny immunity relative to
            industry settlement, end promotion of exports, and provide
            transitional assistance to farmers, (see S. 1638), S730 [12FE]
        Turkey:  end restrictions on freedoms and human rights of the
            enclaved people of Cyprus, (see S. Con. Res. 65), S3363 [21AP]
        Vietnamese Conflict:  tribute to POW and MIA's and disclosure of
            information concerning missing personnel, (see S. Res. 196),
            S2114 [17MR]
        Washington, George:  anniversary of death, (see S. Con. Res. 83),
            S3723 [28AP]
        Wisconsin:  commemorate sesquicentennial of statehood, (see S. Con.
            Res. 75), S669 [11FE], (see S. Con. Res. 75), S837 [23FE]
        Women:  anniversary of women's rights movement, (see S. Res. 189),
            S2309 [19MR]
        ------ ensure that older women are protected from institutional,
            community, and domestic violence, and sexual assault, (see S.
            2114), S5433 [22MY]
      Bills and resolutions introduced
        Children's Development Commission:  establish, (see S. 2178), S6405
            [16JN]
        Courts:  clarify prosecutorial authority to offer sentencing
            leniency or plea bargains in exchange for testimony from
            accomplices or witnesses, (see S. 2311), S8240 [15JY]
        Dept. of HUD:  insure mortgages for the acquisition, construction,
            or rehabilitation of child care facilities, (see S. 2178), S6405
            [16JN]
        Health care facilities:  protection of nursing home residents
            through enhanced screening and reporting requirements relative
            to abusive employees, (see S. 2570), S11698 [7OC]
        Public welfare programs:  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]
      Cloture motions
        Satcher, David:  nomination to be Surgeon General and Assistant Sec.
            of HHS, S446 [5FE], S541 [10FE]
      Letters
        Federal Employees Health Benefits Program coverage of abortion
            procedures:  Kim Mathis, S9190 [29JY]
        ----- Susan Alexander and Christopher Durr, S9190 [29JY]
      Proclamations
        World Population Awareness Week:  Tommy G. Thompson, Governor of
            Wisconsin, S12908<bullet> [21OC]
      Remarks
        Agriculture:  ensure that federally funded research and education
            programs address high-priority concerns with national multistate
            significance (S. 1150), conference report, S4672 [12MY]
        ------ Federal Crop Insurance Program funding, S4672 [12MY]
        Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
            making appropriations (H.R. 4101), conference report, S11422
            [5OC]
        Appropriations:  making emergency supplemental appropriations and
            rescissions (H.R. 3579), conference report, S3909 [30AP]
        ------ making omnibus consolidated and emergency supplemental
            appropriations, S12773 [21OC]
        Bankruptcy:  consumer protection (S. 1301), S10742 [23SE], S10743
            [23SE], S10766 [23SE]
        ------ limit homestead property exemption, S10742 [23SE], S10743
            [23SE]
        ------ reform laws (H.R. 3150), conference report--motion to
            proceed, S12147 [9OC]
        Budget:  setting forth the Federal budget for 1999-2003 (S. Con.
            Res. 86), S3091 [2AP], S3096 [2AP], S3105 [2AP]
        Business and industry:  removal of secrecy orders relative to
            release of documents and settlement of court cases, S5766 [9JN]
        Capitol Building and Grounds:  tribute to John M. Gibson and Jacob
            J. Chestnut of the Capitol Police for acts of heroism, S9100
            [28JY]
        Children and youth:  improve child care provided through Federal
            facilities and programs, S9182 [29JY]
        ------ provide greater access to child care services for Federal
            employees, S9108 [28JY]
        Children's Development Commission:  establish (S. 2178),
            S6416<bullet> [16JN]
        Conservation of energy:  promote energy conservation investments in
            Federal facilities (S. 1375), S11187<bullet> [30SE]
        Contraceptives:  require equitable coverage of drugs, devices, and
            services under health insurance plans, S9197 [29JY]
        Contracts:  debar or suspend potential contractors using forced or
            indentured child labor from Federal contract eligibility, S9109
            [28JY], S9203 [29JY]
        Courts:  clarify prosecutorial authority to offer sentencing
            leniency or plea bargains in exchange for testimony from
            accomplices or witnesses (S. 2311), S8243<bullet> [15JY]
        ------ reform class action lawsuit process (S. 2083), S4912 [14MY],
            S12021 [8OC]
        Crime:  national policy to control juvenile crime and violence,
            S8703 [22JY], S12025<bullet> [8OC]
        ------ prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws
            requiring parental notification of abortions (S. 1645), S10702
            [22SE]
        Customs Service:  strengthen drug interdiction efforts, S9232
            [29JY], S9913 [3SE]
        Dept. of Agriculture:  reform basic formula price for milk marketing
            orders, S11422 [5OC]
        Dept. of Defense:  authorizing appropriations for military
            activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military
            construction (S. 2057), S7099 [25JN]
        Dept. of HUD:  increase in top level of FHA limits on mortgage
            insurance, S8346 [16JY], S8428 [17JY]
        ------ insure mortgages for the acquisition, construction, or
            rehabilitation of child care facilities (S. 2178), S6416<bullet>
            [16JN]
        Dept. of Justice:  Juvenile Accountability Incentive Block Grant
            funding, S8703 [22JY]
        Dept. of State and related agencies:  authorizing appropriations and
            consolidating certain agencies (H.R. 1757), conference report,
            S3684 [28AP]
        Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the
            President, and independent agencies:  making appropriations (S.
            2312), S9100 [28JY], S9103 [28JY], S9108 [28JY], S9109 [28JY],
            S9110 [28JY], S9122 [28JY], S9172 [29JY], S9181 [29JY], S9182
            [29JY], S9184 [29JY], S9190 [29JY], S9197 [29JY], S9203 [29JY],
            S9220 [29JY], S9223 [29JY], S9228 [29JY], S9232 [29JY], S9233
            [29JY]
        ------ making appropriations (H.R. 4104), S9916 [3SE] making
            appropriations (H.R. 4104), conference report, S12133 [9OC]
            making appropriations (S. 2312), S9913 [3SE], S9916 [3SE]
        Dept. of Transportation and related agencies:  making appropriations
            (S. 2307), S8905 [23JY]
        ------ making appropriations (H.R. 4328), conference report, S12773
            [21OC]
        Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
            agencies:  authorizing appropriations (S. 2260), S8622 [21JY],
            S8625 [21JY], S8627 [21JY], S8703 [22JY], S8856 [23JY], S8871
            [23JY]
        Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
             making appropriations (S. 2168), S8346 [16JY], S8369 [16JY],
            S8428 [17JY]
        Employment:  consolidate Federal job training programs (H.R. 1385),
            S4258 [5MY]
        EPA:  Clean Lakes Program funding, S8369 [16JY]
        Families and domestic relations:  establish felony violations for
            failure to pay legal child support obligations (H.R. 3811),
            S5734 [5JN]
        FEC:  funding to improve enforcement capabilities, S9223 [29JY]
        ------ require that the Commissioners vote to reappoint or replace
            the general counsel and staff director every four years, S9220
            [29JY]
        Federal Employees Health Benefits Program:  coverage of abortion
            procedures, S9190 [29JY]
        Firearms:  extend ban on manufacture, sale, and possession of
            undetectable firearms, S9110 [28JY]
        ------ prohibit imposition of a fee for criminal background checks
            before the transfer of a handgun and regulate retention of
            resulting information, S8627 [21JY]
        ------ require that handguns be equipped with child safety devices,
            S8622 [21JY], S8625 [21JY]
        Foreign aid:  international family planning programs restrictions
            relative to abortion, S3684 [28AP]
        Foreign policy:  support economic and political independence for the
            South Caucasus and Central Asia regions (S. 1344), S6503<bullet>
            [17JN]
        Georgia, Republic of:  conflict with Abkhazia region, S6503<bullet>
            [17JN]
        GSA:  conveyance of property in Miami, FL, to the Dept. of the Navy,
            S9181 [29JY]
        Hazardous substances:  designate Yucca Mountain, NV, as nuclear
            waste disposal site, S5563 [2JN]
        ------ nuclear waste disposal (H.R. 1270), S5563 [2JN]
        Health care facilities:  prevent abuse and mistreatment of elderly
            and disabled patients, S3091 [2AP]
        ------ protection of nursing home residents through enhanced
            screening and reporting requirements relative to abusive
            employees (S. 2570), S11707 [7OC]
        Health care professionals:  allow nursing facilities and home care
            agencies to conduct criminal background checks on job
            applicants, S8856 [23JY]
        Immigration:  adjust status of certain Haitian refugees, S12133
            [9OC]
        IRS:  increase whistleblower protections for employees, S4392 [6MY]
        ------ restructure and reform (H.R. 2676), S4392 [6MY]
        ------ restructure and reform (H.R. 2676), conference report, S7722
            [9JY]
        Israel:  independence anniversary, S3958<bullet> [30AP]
        Major League Baseball:  application of antitrust laws (S. 53),
            S9609<bullet> [31JY]
        Medicare:  adjust formula used to determine cost limits for home
            health agencies (S. 1993), S6342<bullet> [15JN]
        Members of Congress:  deny cost-of-living adjustments, S9101 [28JY]
        Navy:  terminate Extremely Low Frequency Communication System, S7099
            [25JN]
        Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact:  extend, S11422 [5OC]
        Point of order, S9129 [28JY]
        Political campaigns:  ethics reform and contribution limits, S898
            [24FE], S995 [25FE]
        ------ protect individuals from having their money involuntarily
            collected and used for politics by a corporation or labor
            organization (S. 1663), S898 [24FE], S995 [25FE]
        ------ require disclosure of funding sources for certain candidate
            advocacy advertising, S995 [25FE]
        Protocols to the North Atlantic Treaty on Accession of Poland,
            Hungary, and the Czech Republic:  ratification, S3880 [30AP]
        Public welfare programs:  food stamp eligibility for certain aliens,
            S4672 [12MY]
        ------ 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<bullet> [8OC]
        Railroads:  Midwest regional rail system planning studies, S8905
            [23JY]
        Sea Grant College Program:  ballast water discharge research
            funding, S8871 [23JY]
        Sheboygan, WI:  launch of National Sporting Goods Association
            Wannabe Cool, Gottabe Active Campaign, S3177<bullet> [2AP]
        Taxation:  eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax
            rate brackets and standard deduction amounts, S9172 [29JY],
            S9184 [29JY]
        ------ terminate Internal Revenue Code, S9122 [28JY]
        ------ treatment of certain health clubs, S9233 [29JY]
        ------ treatment of education individual retirement accounts
            relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R.
            2646), conference report, S6928 [24JN] treatment of education
            individual retirement accounts relative to elementary and
            secondary school expenses (H.R. 2646), motion to proceed, S2094
            [17MR]
        ------ treatment of individual retirement accounts, S7722 [9JY]
        Television:  enhance the ability of satellite television providers
            to compete with cable television systems (S. 2494),
            S10525<bullet> [17SE]
        ------ reform laws relative to satellite retransmissions of
            broadcast signals (S. 1720), S1460 [5MR]
        Tobacco products:  tobacco industry liability settlement relative to
            health risks and marketing and manufacturing practices (S.
            1415), S5563 [2JN], S5766 [9JN]
        Transportation:  funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
            programs, and transit programs (S. 1173), S1960<bullet> [13MR],
            S3096 [2AP]
        U.N.:  authorize payment of U.S. arrearages, S3684 [28AP]
        Votes:  correction, S4814 [13MY]
        Wahl, Bette:  Ameritech (business) Award of Excellence in Crime
            Prevention recipient, S11294<bullet> [1OC]
        Wisconsin:  commemorate sesquicentennial of statehood (S. Con. Res.
            75), S1720 [11MR]
        ------ transportation projects funding, S1960<bullet> [13MR]
        World Intellectual Property Organization Copyright Treaty:
            implementation (H.R. 2281), conference report, S11887 [8OC]
        ------ limitations on copyright liability relative to material
            online (S. 2037), S4440 [6MY], S4891 [14MY]
        World Intellectual Property Organization Performances and Phonograms
            Treaty:  limitations on copyright liability relative to material
            online (S. 2037), S4440 [6MY], S4891 [14MY]
        ------ implementation (H.R. 2281), conference report, S11887 [8OC]
        World Population Awareness Week:  observance, S12908<bullet> [21OC]
      Summaries
        National Policy To Control Juvenile Crime and Violence Proposal,
            S12026<bullet> [8OC]
      Texts of
        S. 2178, Children's Development Commission Act,
            S6417<bullet>-S6420<bullet> [16JN]
        S. 2586, Children First Child Support Reform Act, S11982<bullet>
            [8OC]
      Tributes
        Marbes, Richard C. (Dick), S5462<bullet> [22MY]
        McDonald, D.H., S5464<bullet> [22MY]
        Sheedy, Patrick T., S9889<bullet> [2SE]