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

    BAUCUS, MAX (a Senator from Montana)
      Addresses
        Senate and Its Leadership--A Second Look:  Mike Mansfield,
            S2565-S2567 [25MR]
      Amendments
        Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
            making appropriations (S. 2159), S8125 [14JY], S8143 [14JY],
            S8144 [14JY], S8228 [15JY], S8234 [15JY], S8254 [15JY], S8258
            [15JY], S8259 [15JY], S8329 [16JY], S8389 [16JY], S8405 [16JY]
        Appropriations:  making emergency supplemental for disaster relief
            and overseas peacekeeping operations (S. 1768), S2492 [24MR],
            S2615 [26MR], S2687 [26MR]
        Budget:  setting forth the Federal budget for 1999-2003 (S. Con.
            Res. 86), S2866 [31MR], S2962 [1AP], S2989 [1AP], S3004 [1AP],
            S3156 [2AP]
        Corps of Engineers:  reauthorizing water resources development
            programs (S. 2131), S12007 [8OC]
        Dept. of Defense:  authorizing appropriations for military
            activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military
            construction (S. 2057), S6774 [22JN], S6826 [22JN]
        ------ making appropriations (S. 2132), S9383 [30JY], S9456 [30JY],
            S9472 [30JY]
        Dept. of the Interior and related agencies:  making appropriations
            (S. 2237), S10313 [14SE], S10322 [14SE], S10325 [14SE]
        Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the
            President, and independent agencies:  making appropriations (S.
            2312), S9115 [28JY], S9143 [28JY], S9144 [28JY], S9145 [28JY],
            S9215 [29JY], S9270 [29JY]
        Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
            agencies:  authorizing appropriations (S. 2260), S8680 [21JY]
        Families and domestic relations:  increase effectiveness and
            efficiency of child support enforcement and adoption programs
            (H.R. 3130), S3163 [2AP]
        Gallatin National Forest:  land exchange (S. 1719), S11351 [2OC],
            S11379 [2OC]
        Tobacco products:  tobacco industry liability settlement relative to
            health risks and marketing and manufacturing practices (S.
            1415), S6497 [17JN]
        Transportation:  funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
            programs, and transit programs (S. 1173), S1353 [4MR], S1556
            [9MR], S1569 [9MR], S1575 [9MR], S1629 [9MR], S1647 [9MR], S1656
            [9MR], S1788 [11MR], S1836 [12MR], S1895 [12MR]
        Water pollution:  estuary conservation and management programs
            funding (S. 1222), S12471 [14OC], S12565 [14OC]
      Analyses
        Economic Development Partnership Act (S. 1647), S760 [12FE]
      Appointments
        Conferee:  H.R. 2400, Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency
            Act, S3181 [2AP]
        ------ H.R. 2676, IRS Restructuring and Reform Act, S4841 [13MY]
        ------ H.R. 3130, Child Support Performance and Incentive Act, S5245
            [20MY]
        ------ H.R. 3694, intelligence services appropriations, S7333 [26JN]
      Bills and resolutions cosponsored
        Agriculture:  permit States to purchase certain chemicals sold in
            Canada, (see S. 2592), S11970 [8OC]
        ------ prohibit and investigate the sale of subsidized barley from
            the European Union, (see S. Res. 220), S3919 [30AP], (see S.
            Res. 232), S5129 [19MY]
        Arms Export Control Act:  exempt federally guaranteed agricultural
            commodities from the application of sanctions, (see S. 2158),
            S6181 [11JN], (see S. 2282), S7881 [9JY]
        Army:  close School of the Americas, (see S. 980), S5517 [1JN]
        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), S10667 [21SE]
        Colleges and universities:  discourage alcohol abuse on campus, (see
            S. Res. 192), S5334 [21MY]
        Computers:  examination and disclosure of certain source codes,
            programs and software, (see S. 1692), S1155 [27FE]
        Corps of Engineers:  reauthorizing water resources development
            programs, (see S. 2131), S5634 [4JN]
        Day of Concern About Young People and Gun Violence:  designate, (see
            S. Res. 264), S9556 [31JY]
        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]
        Dept. of the Interior:  conduct a volunteer pilot project at one
            national wildlife refuge in each U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
            region, (see S. 2244), S7256 [26JN]
        Diseases:  payments to individuals with blood-clotting disorders who
            contracted HIV due to contaminated blood products, (see S. 358),
            S4632 [11MY]
        Drugs:  enhance interdiction efforts in major transit countries and
            support eradication and crop substitution programs in source
            countries, (see S. 2522), S11042 [28SE]
        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), S5638 [4JN]
        Health:  protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's,
            (see S. 2416), S9556 [31JY]
        Immigration:  arrival and departure requirements for Canadian
            citizens relative to automated entry and exit control systems,
            (see S. 1360), S3296 [20AP]
        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), S11715 [7OC]
        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:  access of U.S. business to photographic film and paper
            markets, (see S. Con. Res. 88), S4560 [8MY]
        Kaczynski, David R. and Patrik, Linda E.:  exclude from taxation any
            portion of rewards donated to victims of the Unabomber or used
            for attorneys' fees, (see S. 2520), S10986 [25SE]
        Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts:  authorizing appropriations
            and further defining criteria for capital repair, operation, and
            maintenance, (see S. 2038), S4435 [6MY]
        Lewis and Clark expedition:  mint coins in commemoration of
            bicentennial, (see S. 2205), S11127 [29SE]
        McCain, Senator:  tribute, (see S. Res. 196), S2114 [17MR]
        Medicare:  graduate medical education payments, (see S. 2259), S8924
            [23JY]
        ------ reform payment system for home health services, (see S.
            2323), S8382 [16JY]
        National Breast Cancer Survivor's Day:  designate, (see S. Res.
            198), S2214 [18MR]
        National Character Counts Week:  designate, (see S. Res. 176), S1352
            [4MR]
        National Environmental Education Act:  extend programs, (see S.
            2359), S9044 [27JY]
        National Erase the Hate and Eliminate Racism Day:  designate, (see
            S. Res. 221), S3919 [30AP]
        National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act:
            reauthorize and amend, (see S. 2095), S5217 [20MY]
        National Inhalant Abuse Awareness Day:  designate, (see S. Res.
            257), S11052 [28SE]
        National Mammography Day:  designate, (see S. Res. 271), S11285
            [1OC]
        National Youth Fitness Week:  designate, (see S. Res. 199), S5456
            [22MY]
        Native Americans:  make permanent and expand the demonstration
            program that allows for direct billing of Medicare and Medicaid,
            (see S. 2001), S3783 [29AP]
        New Mexico:  designate Onate Cuartocentenario to commemorate the
            anniversary of the first permanent Spanish settlement, (see S.
            Res. 148), S770 [12FE]
        North American Wetlands Conservation Act:  reauthorizing, (see S.
            1677), S1003 [25FE]
        Older Americans Act:  reauthorize, (see S. 2295), S8564 [20JY]
        Partnerships for Wildlife Act:  reauthorizing, (see S. 1677), S1003
            [25FE]
        Pensions:  ensure accessibility, portability, and protection of
            retirement benefits, (see S. 2339), S8658 [21JY]
        Postage and stamps:  use receipts from the sale of migratory bird
            hunting and conservation stamps to promote additional stamp
            purchases, (see S. 2319), S8382 [16JY]
        Public lands:  right-of-way fees and liability standards affecting
            rural electric cooperatives and other lessees, (see S. 2472),
            S10383 [15SE]
        Public Works and Economic Development Act:  reauthorize and reform
            programs, (see S. 2364), S9137 [28JY]
        Railroads:  improve conspicuity of rail cars by requiring visible
            markers, (see S. 1991), S5638 [4JN]
        Read Across America Day:  designate, (see S. Res. 181), S1082 [26FE]
        Sanford, Terry:  tribute, (see S. Res. 211), S3356 [21AP]
        Space policy:  encourage the development of a cost effective
            commercial space launch industry, (see S. 2121), S12875 [21OC]
        Taxation:  allow Farm and Ranch Risk Management Accounts, (see S.
            2078), S4823 [13MY]
        ------ extend certain expiring provisions, (see S. 2622), S12309
            [10OC]
        ------ extend the work opportunity credit, (see S. 2230), S7172
            [25JN]
        ------ impose excise tax on persons who acquire structured
            settlement payments in factoring transactions, (see S. 2543),
            S11339 [2OC]
        ------ increase amount which may be contributed to defined
            contribution pension plans, (see S. 1856), S2569 [25MR]
        ------ permanently extend income averaging for farmers, (see S.
            1879), S4208 [4MY]
        ------ treatment of businesses operating abroad, (see S. 2231),
            S7172 [25JN]
        ------ treatment of Native American housing assistance programs,
            (see S. 2366), S9137 [28JY]
        Telephones:  strengthen and expand the procedures for preventing the
            slamming of interstate telephone service subscribers, (see S.
            1618), S1784 [11MR]
        Television:  promote competition in the multichannel video
            marketplace, (see S. 1422), S932 [24FE]
        Thailand:  U.S. support for economic recovery, (see S. Res. 174),
            S516 [9FE]
        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]
        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),
            S9452 [30JY]
        Wisconsin:  commemorate sesquicentennial of statehood, (see S. Con.
            Res. 75), S4442 [6MY]
        World War II:  burial and funeral benefits for merchant marine
            veterans, (see S. 61), S1533 [6MR], (see S. 61), S1533 [6MR]
      Bills and resolutions introduced
        Agricultural Market Transition Act:  extend the term of marketing
            assistance loans, (see S. 1762), S1990 [16MR]
        Bureau of Reclamation:  sell leaseholds at the Canyon Ferry
            Reservoir in Montana and establish trust fund for conservation
            of fish and wildlife and enhancement of public hunting and
            fishing, (see S. 1913), S3120 [2AP]
        Business and industry:  treatment of personal employment information
            reported to the National Directory of New Hires, (see S. 1865),
            S2660 [26MR]
        Chippewa Cree Tribe:  final settlement of water rights claims, (see
            S. 1899), S2967 [1AP]
        Gallatin National Forest:  land exchange, (see S. 1719), S1435 [5MR]
        Medicaid:  allow fraud control units to investigate and prosecute
            fraud in Medicare and other Federal programs and elder abuse in
            residential facilities, (see S. 2040), S4528 [7MY]
        ------ allow States to exempt trust funds for the disabled from
            estate recovery programs, (see S. 2462), S10240 [11SE]
        Montana:  exchange existing Federal oil and gas leases for credits
            in future lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico, (see S. 1616), S451
            [5FE]
        Postal Service:  guidelines for renovation, relocation, closing, or
            consolidation of post offices, (see S. 2035), S4357 [5MY]
        Public buildings:  improve construction, alteration, and acquisition
            process, (see S. 2481), S10422 [16SE]
        Public Works and Economic Development Act:  reauthorize and reform
            programs, (see S. 1647), S730 [12FE]
        Rural areas:  promote access to health care services, (see S. 2603),
            S12164 [9OC]
        Tariff:  2, (4-chlorophenol) -3ethyl-2, 5- dihydro-5-oxo-4-
            pyridazine carboxylic acid, potassium salt, (see S. 2534),
            S11182 [30SE]
      Cloture motions
        Tobacco products:  tobacco industry liability settlement relative to
            health risks and marketing and manufacturing practices (S.
            1415), S5605 [4JN], S5673 [5JN], S5754 [9JN], S6001 [10JN]
      Letters
        Construction of access road through wilderness areas in King Cove,
            AK:  Tara P. Fuller, S11098 [29SE]
        Establish conditions under which Federal and non-Federal entities
            may enter Columbia and Snake River Basin management agreements:
            D. Craig Bell, Western States Water Council and Richard Bechtel,
            Western Governors' Association, S11101 [29SE]
        ----- James J. Hoecker, FERC, S11102 [29SE]
        HEALTHY Kids Act:  John R. Garrison, American Lung Association, S743
            [12FE]
        ------ Randy Johnson, National Association of Counties, S743 [12FE]
        ------ Richard A. Levinson, American Public Health Association, S743
            [12FE]
        Replace Federal highway program affirmative action policies with
            emerging business enterprise programs:  Raymond C. Fisher, Dept.
            of Justice, S1413 [5MR]
        Sell leaseholds at the Canyon Ferry Reservoir in Montana and
            establish trust fund for conservation of fish and wildlife and
            enhancement of public hunting and fishing:  Jacob J. Lew, OMB,
            S12804 [21OC]
        Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century statewide planning
            provisions:  by, S5576<bullet> [2JN]
        World Trade Organization membership of the Republic of China
            relative to the People's Republic of China:  by, S1553 [9MR]
      Lists
        ENACT Coalition, S744 [12FE]
      Privilege of the floor
        Cole, Ed, S11101 [29SE]
        Marshall, Angela, S1966 [16MR]
      Remarks
        Agricultural Market Transition Act:  extend the term of marketing
            assistance loans (S. 1762), S1990 [16MR]
        Agriculture:  ensure that federally funded research and education
            programs address high-priority concerns with national multistate
            significance (S. 1150), conference report, S4676 [12MY]
        ------ extension of marketing assistance loans, S2615-S2618 [21OC]
        Business and industry:  treatment of personal employment information
            reported to the National Directory of New Hires (S. 1865), S2661
            [26MR]
        Capitol Building and Grounds:  tribute to John M. Gibson and Jacob
            J. Chestnut of the Capitol Police for acts of heroism, S9131
            [28JY]
        China, People's Republic of:  emphasize human rights situation
            during President Clinton's visit, S6146-S6149 [11JN]
        ------ most-favored-nation status, S6146-S6149 [11JN]
        ------ transfer of strategic nuclear missile technology, S6146-S6149
            [11JN]
        ------ U.S. policy, S6146-S6149 [11JN], S6861 [23JN]
        Chippewa Cree Tribe:  final settlement of water rights claims (S.
            1899), S2975 [1AP]
        Clean Water Act:  clarify liability of oil spill response industry,
            S12957 [21OC]
        Clinton, President:  reconsider decision to be formally received in
            Tiananmen Square during visit to the People's Republic of China,
            S6146-S6149 [11JN]
        Coast Guard:  authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2204), S12957 [21OC]
        Collins, Senator:  Senate Golden Gavel Award recipient, S1560 [9MR]
        Columbia and Snake River Basin:  establish conditions under which
            Federal and non-Federal entities may enter management
            agreements, S11101 [29SE]
        ----- establish conditions under which Federal and non-Federal
            entities may enter management agreements (S. 2111), S11102
            [29SE]
        Computers:  examination and disclosure of certain source codes,
            programs, and software, S4491 [7MY]
        Consumers:  limit the imposition of additional fees for use of
            certain automatic teller machines utilizing a national or
            regional network, S10463 [17SE]
        Corps of Engineers:  reauthorizing water resources development
            programs (S. 2131), S12083 [8OC]
        Courts:  product liability reform (S. 648), unanimous-consent
            request, S7643 [8JY]
        Dept. of Agriculture:  Food Animal Residue Avoidance Database
            Program funding, S2562 [25MR]
        Dept. of Defense:  authorizing appropriations for military
            activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military
            construction (S. 2057), S6861 [23JN]
        Dept. of HHS:  disapprove rule submitted on surety bond requirements
            for home health care providers under Medicare and Medicaid (S.J.
            Res. 50), S6050 [10JN]
        Dept. of the Interior:  conduct a volunteer pilot project at one
            national wildlife refuge in each U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
            region (S. 2244), S7262<bullet> [26JN]
        ------ construction of access road through wilderness areas in King
            Cove, AK, S11097 [29SE], S11098 [29SE]
        Dept. of the Interior and related agencies:  making appropriations
            (S. 2237), S10309 [14SE], S10310 [14SE], S11095 [29SE], S11097
            [29SE], S11098 [29SE], S11100 [29SE], S11101 [29SE], S11102
            [29SE]
        Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the
            President, and independent agencies:  making appropriations (S.
            2312), S9127 [28JY], S9216 [29JY], S9217 [29JY]
        ------ making appropriations (H.R. 4104), conference report, S12145
            [9OC]
        Dept. of Transportation:  clarify policy on grants to States who
            suspend certain disadvantaged business enterprise programs in
            compliance with court orders, S1758 [11MR], S1825 [12MR]
        ------ Congestion Mitigation Air Quality Improvement Program
            funding, S1753 [11MR]
        ------ environmental impact decision making process for surface
            transportation projects, S1391 [5MR], S1392 [5MR]
        Dept. of Transportation and related agencies:  making appropriations
            (H.R. 4328), conference report, S12763 [21OC], S12802 [21OC],
            S12837 [21OC]
        Detroit, MI:  Ambassador Bridge funding, S1393 [5MR]
        Drugs:  biotechnology research project to control narcotics plants
            funding, S8315 [16JY]
        Drunken driving:  allow States to determine repeat offender status
            relative to blood alcohol content standard, S1556 [9MR]
        Ecology and environment:  allocate revenues from Superfund tax to
            establish reserve fund for environmental initiatives, S3035
            [2AP]
        ------ reform hazardous waste management programs under the Resource
            Conservation and Recovery Act, S9994<bullet> [8SE]
        Endangered Species Act:  reauthorize (S. 1180), S10577 [18SE],
            S11102 [29SE]
        EPA:  funding for nationwide monitoring of particulate matter and
            State flexibility in implementing new ozone and particulate
            matter standards, S1324 [4MR]
        Federal Facilities Redesignation Advisory Group:  establish, S334
            [4FE]
        Federal highway program:  replace affirmative action policies with
            emerging business enterprise programs, S1396 [5MR], S1402 [5MR],
            S1403 [5MR], S1412 [5MR], S1414 [5MR], S1423 [5MR], S1492 [6MR],
            S1495 [6MR]
        Fletcher, William A.:  nomination to be circuit judge, S11883 [8OC]
        Foreign policy:  development of comprehensive U.S. policies on
            trade, economic sanctions, normal trade relations, and fast-
            track authority, S11409-S11411 [5OC]
        Forest Service:  closure of roads that threaten public safety or the
            environment, S11100 [29SE]
        FRS:  reduction of Federal funds rate by Federal Open Market
            Committee, S10937<bullet> [24SE]
        Gallatin National Forest:  land exchange (S. 1719), S1447 [5MR],
            S11383 [2OC]
        Glacier Bay National Park:  management of commercial fishing
            activity, S11095 [29SE]
        Health:  protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S.
            2416), S9591<bullet> [31JY]
        Hong Kong:  status after reversion to the People's Republic of
            China, S7032<bullet> [24JN]
        IMF:  funding, S1193 [2MR]
        Insurance:  coverage of minimum hospital stays and reconstructive
            surgery relative to breast cancer and of second opinions for any
            cancer diagnosis (S. 249), S4645 [12MY]
        IRS:  prohibit special waiver of the criminal conflict of interest
            laws for the employee representative on the Oversight Board,
            S4425 [6MY]
        ------ remove Sec. of the Treasury from IRS Oversight Board, S4480
            [7MY]
        ------ restructure and reform (H.R. 2676), S4387 [6MY], S4407 [6MY],
            S4413 [6MY], S4425 [6MY], S4480 [7MY], S4491 [7MY]
        ------ restructure and reform (H.R. 2676), conference report, S7643
            [8JY], S7720 [9JY]
        IRS Restructuring and Reform Act:  ensure compliance with Federal
            budget requirements, S4387 [6MY]
        Japan:  U.S. policy, S1964-S1966 [16MR]
        Medicaid:  allow fraud control units to investigate and prosecute
            fraud in Medicare and other Federal programs and elder abuse in
            residential facilities (S. 2040), S4528 [7MY]
        ------ allow States to exempt trust funds for the disabled from
            estate recovery programs (S. 2462), S10241<bullet> [11SE]
        Medicare:  reform payment system for home health services (S. 2323),
            S8384 [16JY]
        Michigan:  continuation of funding for International Bridge
            connecting Sault Ste. Marie, MI, and Canada, S1729 [11MR]
        Montana:  exchange existing Federal oil and gas leases for credits
            in future lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico (S. 1616), S455
            [5FE]
        National Erase the Hate and Eliminate Racism Day:  designate (S.
            Res. 221), S3959 [30AP]
        North Dakota:  designate Red River Trade Corridor, S1845 [12MR]
        Pakistan:  nuclear weapons testing, S6861 [23JN]
        Pensions:  ensure accessibility, portability, and protection of
            retirement benefits (S. 2339), S8675 [21JY]
        Petroleum:  reduce gasoline tax, S1745 [11MR], S1746 [11MR]
        Point of order, S4644 [12MY]
        Political campaigns:  ethics reform and contribution limits, S900
            [24FE], S1041 [26FE]
        ------ protect individuals from having their money involuntarily
            collected and used for politics by a corporation or labor
            organization (S. 1663), S900 [24FE], S1041 [26FE]
        ------ require disclosure of funding sources for certain candidate
            advocacy advertising, S1041 [26FE]
        Popovich, Erin:  tribute for participation in Paralympic World
            Swimming Championships, S12733<bullet> [20OC]
        Postal Service:  guidelines for renovation, relocation, closing, or
            consolidation of post offices, S9216 [29JY], S9217 [29JY]
        ----- guidelines for renovation, relocation, closing, or
            consolidation of post offices (S. 2035), S4363 [5MY]
        ------ guidelines for renovation, relocation, closing, or
            consolidation of post offices, S12145 [9OC]
        Power resources:  alternative fuel tax credits, S12763 [21OC]
        Presidential appointments:  Senate process for confirmation of
            judicial nominees, S11883 [8OC]
        Public buildings:  improve construction, alteration, and acquisition
            process (S. 2481), S10428<bullet> [16SE]
        Public welfare programs:  food stamp eligibility for certain aliens,
            S4676 [12MY]
        Public Works and Economic Development Act:  reauthorize and reform
            programs (S. 1647), S754 [12FE]
        ------ reauthorize and reform programs (S. 2364), S12669 [16OC]
        Railroads:  reform decision-making process for the conversion of
            abandoned rights-of-way to rail trails, S1731 [11MR], S1732
            [11MR]
        Roads and highways:  operation of double-trailer and triple-trailer
            trucks, S1726 [11MR]
        ------ use of mitigation banking for wetland or natural habitat
            relative to highway construction, S1150 [27FE]
        Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport:  designate (S. 1575),
            S334 [4FE], S341 [4FE]
        Rural areas:  promote access to health care services (S. 2603),
            S12170 [9OC]
        Sanford, Terry:  tribute (S. Res. 211), S3332 [21AP]
        Senate:  legislative program, S9212 [29JY], S10577 [18SE]
        ------ tribute to staff, S1833 [12MR]
        States:  allocation of Federal funding for certain transportation
            projects, S1554 [9MR]
        Taxation:  extend the work opportunity credit (S. 2230),
            S7193<bullet> [25JN]
        ------ impose excise tax on persons who acquire structured
            settlement payments in factoring transactions (S. 2543),
            S11499<bullet> [5OC]
        ------ reinstate Superfund excise taxes, S4387 [6MY]
        ------ simplify Tax Code and reduce compliance costs, S7643 [8JY]
        ------ terminate Internal Revenue Code, S9127 [28JY]
        ------ treatment of businesses operating abroad (S. 2231),
            S7194<bullet> [25JN]
        ------ treatment of education individual retirement accounts
            relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R.
            2646), S3518 [23AP]
        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 (S. 1638), S742 [12FE]
        Transportation:  allow States to use a portion of their surface
            transportation funding to halt fuel tax evasion, S1735 [11MR]
        ------ credit for acquired land for federally-funded projects, S1730
            [11MR]
        ------ Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program reauthorization,
            S5414 [22MY]
        ------ eliminate at-grade railway-highway crossings relative to the
            Innovative Research and Construction Program, S1499 [6MR]
        ------ eliminate redundant State major investment study requirement
            in overall transportation process, S1736 [11MR]
        ------ enhance safety of at-grade railway-highway crossings relative
            to the Intelligent Transportation System Program, S1499 [6MR],
            S1835 [12MR]
        ------ funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs,
            and transit programs (H.R. 2400), conference report, S5392
            [22MY], S5393 [22MY], S5404 [22MY], S5407 [22MY], S5414 [22MY]
            funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and
            transit programs (S. 1173), S249 [2FE], S704 [12FE], S1057
            [26FE], S1150 [27FE], S1191 [2MR], S1233 [3MR], S1237 [3MR],
            S1307 [4MR], S1308 [4MR], S1309 [4MR], S1311 [4MR], S1320 [4MR],
            S1321 [4MR], S1322 [4MR], S1324 [4MR], S1325 [4MR], S1332 [4MR],
            S1333 [4MR], S1389 [5MR], S1391 [5MR], S1392 [5MR], S1393 [5MR],
            S1396 [5MR], S1402 [5MR], S1403 [5MR], S1412 [5MR], S1414 [5MR],
            S1423 [5MR], S1492 [6MR], S1495 [6MR], S1499 [6MR], S1500 [6MR],
            S1502 [6MR], S1554 [9MR], S1555 [9MR], S1556 [9MR], S1558 [9MR],
            S1561 [9MR], S1723 [11MR], S1726 [11MR], S1729 [11MR], S1730
            [11MR], S1731 [11MR], S1732 [11MR], S1734 [11MR], S1735 [11MR],
            S1736 [11MR], S1738 [11MR], S1740 [11MR], S1745 [11MR], S1746
            [11MR], S1753 [11MR], S1757 [11MR], S1758 [11MR], S1822 [12MR],
            S1823 [12MR], S1824 [12MR], S1825 [12MR], S1831 [12MR], S1835
            [12MR], S1836 [12MR], S1845 [12MR], S1859 [12MR] funding for
            Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit
            programs (S. 1173), unanimous-consent agreement, S1236 [3MR]
        ------ magnetic levitation transportation technology program
            funding, S1736 [11MR]
        ------ public participation in certification of transportation
            planning processes in metropolitan areas, S1500 [6MR]
        ------ school transportation safety study funding, S1824 [12MR]
        U.N. Commission on Human Rights:  resolution relative to human
            rights in the People's Republic of China (S. Res. 187), S1866
            [12MR]
      Statements
        HEALTHY Kids Act:  C. Everett Koop and David A. Kessler, S743 [12FE]
        ------ Coalition for Workers' Health Care Funds, S744 [12FE]
        ------ ENACT Coalition, S744 [12FE]
        ------ Hubert H. Humphrey III, Attorney General of Minnesota, S743
            [12FE]
        King Cove Health and Safety Act:  Executive Office of the President,
            S11266 [1OC]
      Texts of
        S. 1616, exchange existing Federal oil and gas leases in Montana for
            credits in future lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico, S456 [5FE]
        S. 1647, Economic Development Partnership Act, S754-S759 [12FE]
        S. 1762, extend the term of marketing assistance loans under the
            Agricultural Market Transition Act, S1990 [16MR]
        S. 1899, Chippewa Cree Tribe of the Rocky Boy's Reservation Indian
            Reserved Water Rights Settlement Act, S2975-S2978 [1AP]
        S. 1913, Montana Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act, S3128 [2AP]
        S. 2035, Community and Postal Participation Act, S4363 [5MY]
        S. 2462, allow States to exempt Medicaid trust funds for the
            disabled from estate recovery programs, S10241<bullet> [11SE]
        S. 2481, Public Buildings Reform Act, S10428-S10430<bullet> [16SE]
      Tributes
        Agee, Shannon, S4711 [12MY]
        Gibson, Beverly, S5659<bullet> [4JN]
        Krings, Suzanne, S4711 [12MY]
        Mansfield, Mike, S1964-S1966 [16MR], S2564 [25MR]
        Ostrom, George, S8806<bullet> [22JY]
        Specter, Senator, S704 [12FE]
        Zeller, Nicole, S4711 [12MY]