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

    COVERDELL, PAUL (a Senator from Georgia)
      Addresses
        Surplus Politics--What Congress Should Do:  Senator Abraham,
            S1291<bullet>-S1293<bullet> [3MR]
      Amendments
        Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
            making appropriations (S. 2159), S8140 [14JY], S8141 [14JY],
            S8149 [14JY], S8233 [15JY], S8259 [15JY], S8307 [16JY], S8316
            [16JY], S8404 [16JY]
        Appropriations:  making emergency supplemental for disaster relief
            and overseas peacekeeping operations (S. 1768), S2483 [24MR],
            S2499 [24MR], S2611 [26MR], S2687 [26MR]
        Budget:  setting forth the Federal budget for 1999-2003 (S. Con.
            Res. 86), S2736 [30MR], S2774 [30MR], S2868 [31MR], S2870
            [31MR], S2871 [31MR], S2936 [1AP], S2938 [1AP], S2939 [1AP],
            S2999 [1AP], S3000 [1AP], S3002 [1AP], S3003 [1AP]
        Dept. of Defense:  authorizing appropriations for military
            activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military
            construction (S. 2057), S6684 [19JN], S6691 [19JN], S6712
            [19JN], S6715 [19JN], S6782 [22JN], S6783 [22JN]
        Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the
            President, and independent agencies:  making appropriations (S.
            2312), S9103 [28JY], S9124 [28JY], S9140 [28JY], S9143 [28JY],
            S9179 [29JY], S9226 [29JY], S9227 [29JY], S9256 [29JY], S9271
            [29JY]
        Dept. of Transportation and related agencies:  making appropriations
            (S. 2307), S8906 [23JY], S8944 [23JY]
        Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
            agencies:  authorizing appropriations (S. 2260), S8793 [22JY]
        Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
             making appropriations (S. 2168), S8405 [16JY]
        Energy Policy and Conservation Act:  extend certain programs (H.R.
            2472), S728 [12FE]
        Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs:  making
            appropriations (S. 2334), S9842 [2SE], S9886 [2SE]
        Higher Education Act:  reauthorize (S. 1882), S7816 [9JY], S7824
            [9JY], S7889 [9JY]
        IRS:  restructure and reform (H.R. 2676), S4447 [6MY], S4506 [7MY],
            S4512 [7MY], S4545 [7MY]
        Taxation:  treatment of education individual retirement accounts
            relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R.
            2646), S3445 [22AP], S3484 [23AP], S3549 [23AP]
        Tobacco products:  tobacco industry liability settlement relative to
            health risks and marketing and manufacturing practices (S.
            1415), S5544 [2JN], S5575 [2JN], S5626 [4JN], S5643 [4JN], S5800
            [9JN]
        Transportation:  funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
            programs, and transit programs (S. 1173), S1576 [9MR], S1785
            [11MR], S1788 [11MR]
        World War II:  Berlin Airlift anniversary (S. Con. Res. 81), S7288
            [26JN], S7305 [26JN]
      Appointments
        Committee To Escort Republic of Korea President Kim Dae-Jung Into
            the House Chamber, H4333 [10JN]
        Conferee:  H.R. 2646, Education Savings Act for Public and Private
            Schools, S3736 [28AP]
        ------ S. 1150, Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education
            Reform Act, S1147 [27FE]
      Articles and editorials
        Clinton To Bypass Congress in Blitz of Executive Orders, Elizabeth
            Shogren, Los Angeles (CA) Times, S8926 [23JY]
        Reagan National Airport, Wall Street Journal, S265 [2FE]
        Sanctity of the Ballot, Wall Street Journal, S1290<bullet> [3MR]
      Bills and resolutions cosponsored
        Agriculture:  increase penalties for misrepresentation of country of
            origin of imported perishable agricultural commodities, (see S.
            1119), S273 [2FE]
        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]
        CERCLA:  clarify liability for certain recycling transactions, (see
            S. 2180), S8059 [13JY]
        China, Republic of:  admission to multilateral economic
            institutions, (see S. Con. Res. 30), S2988 [1AP]
        ------ affirm U.S. commitment to security and democracy, (see S.
            Con. Res. 107), S7574 [7JY]
        Computers:  prohibit gambling on the Internet, (see S. 474), S7884
            [9JY]
        Costa Rica:  protection of lives and property rights from squatters,
            (see S. Con. Res. 84), S2114 [17MR]
        Courts:  moratorium on certain class action lawsuits relative to the
            mortgage lending process, (see S. 2223), S7884 [9JY]
        ------ treatment of penalties relative to powdered cocaine and crack
            cocaine, (see S. 2033), S4357 [5MY]
        Crime:  constitutional amendment on protection of victims' rights,
            (see S.J. Res. 44), S2968 [1AP]
        ------ improve automated interstate criminal identification systems,
            (see S. 2022), S7359 [6JY]
        ------ 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]
        Death and dying:  clarify Federal laws relative to dispensing of
            drugs intended for use for assisted suicide or euthanasia, (see
            S. 2151), S5787 [9JN]
        Dept. of Agriculture:  authorize guaranteed farm ownership loans and
            guaranteed farm operating loans, (see S. 1774), S3544 [23AP]
        Dept. of Defense:  allow military health care system beneficiaries
            the option to enroll in Federal Employees Health Benefits
            Program, (see S. 1963), S3356 [21AP], (see S. 2045), S5456
            [22MY]
        Dept. of Education:  national testing standards, (see S. 1215), S400
            [4FE]
        Dept. of HHS:  delay effective date of the final rule relative to
            the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network, (see S.
            2201), S9884 [2SE]
        ------ disapprove rule submitted on surety bond requirements for
            home health care providers under Medicare and Medicaid, (see
            S.J. Res. 50), S7019 [24JN]
        ------ revise and extend certain women's health research and
            prevention activities programs, (see S. 1722), S2575 [25MR]
        Dept. of the Interior:  study on establishing a national historic
            trail to commemorate the history of women's rights, (see S.
            1641), S5456 [22MY]
        Dept. of Veterans Affairs:  establish a national cemetery for
            veterans in the Atlanta, GA, metropolitan area, (see S. 2429),
            S9782 [1SE]
        ------ establish certain presumptions of service connection for
            Persian Gulf Conflict veterans, (see S. 2358), S11184 [30SE]
        Diseases:  issue special postage stamps to fund prostate cancer
            research, (see S. 1389), S1014 [25FE]
        Drug abuse:  combat heroin abuse, (see S. Res. 295), S12164 [9OC]
        Drugs:  enhance interdiction efforts in major transit countries and
            support eradication and crop substitution programs in source
            countries, (see S. 2341), S8778 [22JY]
        ------ enhance interdiction efforts in major transit countries and
            support eradication and crop substitution programs in source
            countries, (see S. 2522), S11042 [28SE]
        ------ limit amount of controlled substances allowed to be brought
            into the U.S. from Mexico and Canada, (see S. 2242), S7255
            [26JN]
        ------ support existing Federal legal process for determining safety
            and efficacy of using marijuana and other drugs for medicinal
            purposes, (see S.J. Res. 56), S10986 [25SE]
        Education:  provide flexibility to local agencies that develop
            voluntary public and private parental choice programs, (see S.
            1996), S3709 [28AP]
        ------ 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. 328), S1702 [10MR],
            (see S. 1981), S3534 [23AP]
        ------ reform standard for classifying technical workers as
            independent contractors for employment tax purposes, (see S.
            1924), S3120 [2AP]
        Evans, Dale:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see S. 1615), S451
            [5FE]
        Families and domestic relations:  provide equitable child care
            relief for stay at-home parents, (see S. Con. Res. 77), S1352
            [4MR]
        FCC:  preserve low-power television stations that provide community
            broadcasting, (see S. 1427), S234 [29JA]
        Federal Employees Health Benefits Program:  coverage of bone mass
            measurements, (see S. 1335), S325 [3FE]
        Flag--U.S.:  constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration, (see
            S.J. Res. 40), S378 [4FE]
        Freedom of religion:  establish a process to ensure that the U.S.
            monitors international religious persecution, (see S. 1868),
            S8999 [24JY]
        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),
            S5572 [2JN]
        Grand Forks (ND) Herald:  recipient of Pulitzer Prize for Public
            Service news coverage, (see S. Res. 214), S3429 [22AP]
        Hazardous substances:  increase funding for poison control centers
            and establish toll-free telephone number to improve access, (see
            S. 1862), S3296 [20AP]
        Health:  biomedical research funding, (see S. Res. 170), S2863
            [31MR]
        ------ ensure confidentiality of medical records and health care-
            related information, (see S. 2352), S9693 [31AU]
        ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, (see
            S. 2330), S8482 [17JY]
        ------ provide funding to faith-based substance abuse treatment
            centers and allow individuals to choose either private or
            religious oriented treatment, (see S. 1466), S11715 [7OC]
        Immigration:  increase number of temporary visas for skilled workers
            and expand education and training opportunities for U.S.
            students and workers, (see S. 1723), S3944 [30AP]
        Iraq:  condemn threat to international peace and security, (see S.
            Con. Res. 71), S114 [28JA]
        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]
        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]
        ------ membership in a U.N. regional group, (see S. Res. 186), S1155
            [27FE], (see S. Res. 188), S1255 [3MR]
        Kosovo:  human rights violations against ethnic Albanians by Serbian
            police relative to self-determination, (see S. Con. Res. 85),
            S2214 [18MR]
        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]
        Lieutenant Henry O. Flipper Station, Thomasville, GA:  designate,
            (see S. 2370), S9600 [31JY]
        McCain, Senator:  tribute, (see S. Res. 196), S2114 [17MR]
        Medicare:  documentation requirements for physicians who submit
            claims for office visits and for other evaluation and management
            services, (see S. Con. Res. 93), S4206 [4MY]
        ------ payment of certain venipuncture services and prevention of
            potential fraud and abuse, (see S. 1580), S2684 [26MR]
        Monuments and memorials:  prohibit the return of veterans memorial
            objects to foreign nations without congressional authorization,
            (see S. 1903), S3363 [21AP]
        Motor vehicles:  titling and registration requirements relative to
            salvage, nonrepairable, and rebuilt vehicles, (see S. 852),
            S6889 [23JN]
        National Breast Cancer Survivor's Day:  designate, (see S. Res.
            198), S2214 [18MR]
        National Character Counts Week:  designate, (see S. Res. 176), S4728
            [12MY]
        National Inhalant Abuse Awareness Day:  designate, (see S. Res.
            257), S11128 [29SE]
        National Kick Drugs Out of America Week:  designate, (see S. Res.
            194), S3156 [2AP]
        National Tartan Day:  designate, (see S. Res. 155), S1702 [10MR]
        National Youth Fitness Week:  designate, (see S. Res. 199), S3363
            [21AP]
        New Mexico:  designate Onate Cuartocentenario to commemorate the
            anniversary of the first permanent Spanish settlement, (see S.
            Res. 148), S520 [9FE]
        North American Wetlands Conservation Act:  reauthorizing, (see S.
            1677), S3723 [28AP]
        Older Americans Act:  reauthorize, (see S. 2295), S11184 [30SE]
        Partnerships for Wildlife Act:  reauthorizing, (see S. 1677), S3723
            [28AP]
        Philippines:  commemorate independence anniversary and U.S.
            relations, (see S. Res. 235), S5434 [22MY]
        Presidential Advisory Commission on Holocaust Assets in the U.S.:
            establish, (see S. 1900), S3296 [20AP]
        Public safety officers:  provide educational assistance to the
            surviving spouse and dependent children of officers killed or
            totally disabled in the line of duty, (see S. 1525), S3544
            [23AP]
        Read Across America Day:  designate, (see S. Res. 181), S1082 [26FE]
        Research:  continuation of Federal research and development programs
            funding in a fiscally sustainable way, (see S. 2217), S11345
            [2OC]
        Rogers, Roy:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see S. 1615), S451
            [5FE]
        Sanford, Terry:  tribute, (see S. Res. 211), S3356 [21AP]
        SBA:  establish a disaster mitigation pilot program, (see S. 1869),
            S2660 [26MR]
        ------ improve programs, (see S. 2407), S9556 [31JY]
        Securities:  limit the conduct of securities class actions under
            State law, (see S. 1260), S1205 [2MR]
        States:  provide tax credits for contributions to charitable
            organizations relative to delivery of welfare services, (see S.
            1994), S3709 [28AP]
        Taxation:  abatement of interest on underpayments by taxpayers in
            Presidentially declared disaster areas, (see S. 2004), S3783
            [29AP]
        ------ allow Farm and Ranch Risk Management Accounts, (see S. 2078),
            S7682 [8JY]
        ------ applications for an exclusion of gain on certain sales of a
            principal residence by a surviving spouse, (see S. 1992), S5456
            [22MY]
        ------ capital gains rates, (see S. 2214), S7013 [24JN]
        ------ capital gains rates, tax incentives, and income averaging for
            farmers, (see S. 2371), S9425 [30JY]
        ------ designate renewal communities, (see S. 1995), S3709 [28AP]
        ------ increase amount of low-income housing credits allocated in
            each State and index amount for inflation, (see S. 1252), S7580
            [7JY]
        ------ increase State cap on private activity bonds, (see S. 1251),
            S7960 [10JY]
        ------ issuance of tax-exempt private activity bonds to assist
            States in the construction and rehabilitation of public schools,
            (see S. 2397), S9555 [31JY]
        ------ liability of spouses on joint Federal income returns, (see S.
            1682), S2136 [17MR]
        ------ permanently extend income averaging for farmers, (see S.
            1879), S3792 [29AP]
        ------ repeal limitation on the amount of receipts attributable to
            military property which may be treated as exempt foreign trade
            income, (see S. 2296), S10440 [16SE]
        ------ terminate Internal Revenue Code, (see S. 1673), S1003 [25FE]
        ------ treatment of State and private education savings plans and
            allow private colleges to offer prepaid tuition plans, (see S.
            2425), S9556 [31JY]
        Television:  promote competition in the multichannel video
            marketplace, (see S. 1422), S179 [28JA]
        U.S. Sentencing Commission:  appointment of certain members relative
            to victims of violent crime, (see S. 1983), S4366 [5MY]
        Veterans:  exclude certain educational benefits from being
            considered a resource in the computation of financial aid, (see
            S. 2278), S7678 [8JY]
        ------ furnishing of burial flags to certain deceased members of the
            Selected Reserve, (see S. 1406), S1996 [16MR]
        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]
        Wisconsin:  commemorate sesquicentennial of statehood, (see S. Con.
            Res. 75), S2863 [31MR]
        Women:  issue commemorative postage stamp to commemorate the
            anniversary of the First Women's Rights Convention, (see S. Con.
            Res. 35), S5456 [22MY]
      Bills and resolutions introduced
        Agriculture:  production flexibility contract payment options, (see
            S. 2344), S8779 [22JY]
        Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area:  modify boundaries and
            protect lands, waters, and natural resources, (see S. 2451),
            S10118 [9SE]
        Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act:  expand eligibility for
            emergency loans, (see S. 1975), S3534 [23AP]
        Courts:  limit Federal authority to impose regulations on State and
            local governments not provided under the Constitution, (see S.
            2250), S7256 [26JN]
        Dept. of Transportation:  rescind directive to establish peanut-free
            zones on domestic airline flights, (see S. Con. Res. 117),
            S10240 [11SE]
        Drug abuse:  national drug control policy, (see S. 2446), S9973
            [8SE]
        ------ prohibit use of Federal funds for needle exchange programs,
            (see S. 1959), S3356 [21AP]
        Drugs:  promote drug-free workplace programs, (see S. 2203), S6885
            [23JN]
        Education:  improve elementary and secondary education, (see S.
            1590), S226 [29JA]
        ------ improve the reading and literacy skills of children and
            families, (see S. 1596), S271 [2FE]
        Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act:  subject Federal
            facilities discharging hazardous substances to the same
            standards as private facilities, (see S. 1639), S730 [12FE]
        Employment:  minimum wage and overtime exemptions for certain
            employees, (see S. 2144), S5787 [9JN]
        Federal Water Pollution Control Act:  ensure compliance by Federal
            facilities, (see S. 1923), S3120 [2AP]
        Food:  promote research and education on safety, (see S. 2025),
            S4035 [1MY]
        Government:  limit Federal authority to impose regulations on State
            and local governments not provided under the Constitution, (see
            S. Con. Res. 109), S8919 [23JY]
        Immigration:  create a new nonimmigrant category for temporary
            agricultural workers admitted pursuant to a labor condition
            attestation, (see S. 1698), S1255 [3MR]
        IRS:  prohibit use of random audits in its examination process, (see
            S. 2008), S3783 [29AP]
        Mexico:  disapprove foreign aid certification of drug enforcement
            efforts, (see S.J. Res. 42), S1255 [3MR]
        ----- disapprove foreign aid certification of drug enforcement
            efforts, but grant national interest waiver, (see S.J. Res. 43),
            S1255 [3MR]
        Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport:  designate, (see S.
            1575), S48 [27JA]
        Tariff:  textile machinery, (see S. 1694), S1200 [2MR]
        Taxation:  adjust tax brackets for individuals with middle class
            income, (see S. 1569), S48 [27JA]
        ------ extend due date for filing a tax return for any member of a
            uniformed service on a tour of duty outside the U.S., (see S.
            2426), S9689 [31AU]
        ------ partial exclusion from gross income for dividends and
            interest received by individuals, (see S. 2471), S10383 [15SE]
        Vietnamese Conflict:  tribute to POW and MIA's, (see S. Res. 177),
            S731 [12FE]
        World War II:  Berlin Airlift anniversary, (see S. Con. Res. 81),
            S1568 [9MR]
      Cloture motions
        Crime:  prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State
            laws requiring parental notification of abortions (S. 1645),
            S10565 [18SE], S10703 [22SE]
        ----- prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws
            requiring parental notification of abortions (S. 1645), motion
            to proceed, S10141 [9SE], S10231 [11SE]
        Employment:  protect employer rights (S. 1981), motion to proceed,
            S10221 [10SE], S10309 [14SE]
        Legislative branch of the Government:  making appropriations (H.R.
            4112), S8471 [17JY], S8600 [21JY]
        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]
        Taxation:  treatment of education individual retirement accounts
            relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R.
            2646), S1925 [13MR], S1988 [16MR], S2094 [17MR], S2169 [18MR],
            S2289 [19MR]
        ------ treatment of Internet and interactive computer service
            commerce (S. 442), S11307 [2OC], S11649 [7OC]
        ------ treatment of Internet and interactive computer service
            commerce (S. 442), motion to proceed, S10969 [25SE], S11085
            [29SE]
      Cloture motions
        Taxation:  treatment of education individual retirement accounts
            relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R.
            2646), S2636 [26MR]
      Letters
        Alzheimer's Disease:  Ronald Reagan, S216 [29JA], S266 [2FE]
        Education Savings Act for Public and Private Schools:  Louise R.
            Watley, City Wide Advisory Council on Public Housing, Inc.,
            S2287 [19MR]
        ------ Mary E. Teasley, National Education Association, S2287 [19MR]
        Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport:  Gerald R. Ford, S267
            [2FE]
      Messages
        Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Treaty With Lithuania:
            President Clinton, S3302 [20AP]
      Motions
        IRS:  restructure and reform (H.R. 2676), S4514 [7MY]
        Taxation:  treatment of education individual retirement accounts
            relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R.
            2646), S3346 [21AP]
      Papers
        Unshackle Leaders of America's Education:  Donald Bedell,
            S6910<bullet> [23JN]
      Remarks
        Agriculture:  production flexibility contract payment options (S.
            2344), S8786<bullet> [22JY], S9416 [30JY]
        ------ provide crop insurance, marketing loan, and emergency
            operating loan relief for farmers in certain counties that have
            been designated as Federal disaster areas, S11427 [5OC]
        Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
            making appropriations (H.R. 4101), conference report, S11427
            [5OC]
        Albany, GA:  Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital American Hospital
            Association NOVA Award recipient, S277<bullet> [2FE]
        Appropriations:  making emergency supplemental for disaster relief
            and overseas peacekeeping operations (S. 1768), S2483 [24MR]
        Army Reserve:  anniversary (S. Res. 213), S3465 [22AP]
        Arthritis Foundation:  anniversary, S4922<bullet> [14MY]
        Atlanta, GA:  tribute to National Parents' Resource Institute for
            Drug Education, S1287<bullet> [3MR]
        Aviation:  treatment of ``order to land'' requirements relative to
            drug smuggling investigations, S6175 [11JN]
        Budget:  allocation of funds, S287 [3FE]
        ------ setting forth the Federal budget for 1999-2003 (S. Con. Res.
            86), S2880 [1AP], S2906 [1AP], S2907 [1AP], S3081 [2AP], S3466
            [22AP]
        ------ treatment of any future budget surpluses, S1291<bullet> [3MR]
        Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area:  modify boundaries and
            protect lands, waters, and natural resources (S. 2451),
            S10119<bullet> [9SE]
        Children's Scholarship Fund:  establish, S7031<bullet> [24JN]
        Clinton, President:  State of the Union Message, S90 [28JA], S92
            [28JA], S94 [28JA], S95 [28JA]
        Colombia:  provide UH-60L Black Hawk helicopters to assist in drug
            enforcement efforts, S3081 [2AP]
        Corps of Engineers:  reauthorizing water resources development
            programs (S. 2131), S12086 [8OC], S12087 [8OC]
        Courts:  limit Federal authority to impose regulations on State and
            local governments not provided under the Constitution (S. 2250),
            S7280 [26JN]
        ------ 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), S8040 [13JY]
        Crime:  prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State
            laws requiring parental notification of abortions (S. 1645),
            S10419 [16SE]
        Darton College:  tribute, S12 [27JA]
        Dept. of Defense:  additional military construction and military
            family housing projects funding, S7120 [25JN]
        ------ allow military health care system beneficiaries the option to
            enroll in Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (S. 1963),
            S3360 [21AP]
        ------ authorizing appropriations for military activities,
            prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S.
            2057), S6684 [19JN], S7109 [25JN], S7120 [25JN], S7130 [25JN]
        ------ disapproval of line-item vetoes in military construction
            appropriations legislation (H.R. 2631), veto, S727 [12FE]
        ------ F-22 fighter funding, S7109 [25JN]
        ------ treatment of home school diploma recipients for enlistment
            purposes, S6684 [19JN]
        Dept. of Education:  establish monetary awards to schools designated
            Blue Ribbon Schools, S3417 [22AP], S3473 [23AP]
        ------ prohibit funding of national testing proposals without
            explicit and specific legislation, S3405 [22AP], S3407 [22AP]
        Dept. of Energy:  selection of technology for tritium production,
            S7130 [25JN]
        Dept. of the Interior and related agencies:  making appropriations
            (S. 2237), S10172 [10SE]
        Dept. of the Treasury:  Federal Law Enforcement Training Center
            funding, S9227 [29JY]
        Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the
            President, and independent agencies:  making appropriations (S.
            2312), S9227 [29JY], S9235 [29JY]
        Dept. of Veterans Affairs:  establish a national cemetery for
            veterans in the Atlanta, GA, metropolitan area (S. 2429), S9783
            [1SE]
        Diseases:  prostate cancer research programs funding, S11965 [8OC]
        Drug abuse:  combat heroin abuse (S. Res. 295), S12186 [9OC]
        ------ national drug control policy, S5362 [22MY]
        ------ national policy to combat the distribution, sale, and use of
            illegal drugs by young people, S5624 [4JN], S5670 [5JN], S5673
            [5JN], S5680 [5JN], S5738 [9JN], S5756 [9JN], S5760 [9JN], S5774
            [9JN], S5775 [9JN], S6175 [11JN]
        ------ prohibit use of Federal funds for needle exchange programs
            (S. 1959), S3356 [21AP]
        Drugs:  enhance interdiction efforts in major transit countries and
            support eradication and crop substitution programs in source
            countries (S. 2522), S11049 [28SE]
        Dunwoody, GA:  tribute to Dunwoody High School for participation in
            We the People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution
            competition, S3597<bullet> [24AP]
        Education:  encourage States to develop and implement alternative
            teacher certification and licensure programs, S3268 [20AP],
            S6870 [23JN]
        ------ improve the reading and literacy skills of children and
            families, S3488 [23AP], S3490 [23AP], S3494 [23AP] improve the
            reading and literacy skills of children and families (S. 1596),
            S1293<bullet> [3MR]
        ------ improve the reading and literacy skills of children and
            families (H.R. 2614), S11539 [6OC]
        ------ increase the number of qualified teachers through a student
            loan forgiveness program, S3321 [21AP]
        ------ national policy to improve system, S90 [28JA], S92 [28JA],
            S94 [28JA], S95 [28JA], S6910<bullet> [23JN]
        ------ reductions in school class size, S3388 [22AP]
        ------ school construction and infrastructure improvements funding,
            S3516 [23AP]
        ------ special education programs funding, S3477 [23AP], S3479
            [23AP]
        ------ spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars on
            children's classrooms, S3393 [22AP], S3394 [22AP]
        ------ treatment of education individual retirement accounts
            relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R.
            2646), S3260 [20AP]
        Elections:  protection from abuse, S1290 [3MR]
        Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act:  subject Federal
            facilities discharging hazardous substances to the same
            standards as private facilities (S. 1639), S746 [12FE]
        Energy and water development:  making appropriations (H.R. 4060),
            conference report, S11119 [29SE]
        Energy Policy and Conservation Act:  extend certain programs (H.R.
            2472), S728 [12FE], S728 [12FE]
        Federal Facilities Redesignation Advisory Group:  establish, S334
            [4FE]
        Federal Water Pollution Control Act:  ensure compliance by Federal
            facilities (S. 1923), S3138 [2AP]
        Flag--U.S.:  constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (S.J.
            Res. 40), S398 [4FE]
        Food:  promote research and education on safety (S. 2025), S4036
            [1MY]
        Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs:  making
            appropriations (S. 2334), S9863 [2SE]
        Georgia:  Emergency Watershed and Flood Prevention Program funding
            relative to natural disasters, S2483 [24MR]
        Government:  limit Federal authority to impose regulations on State
            and local governments not provided under the Constitution (S.
            Con. Res. 109), S8925 [23JY]
        Grand Forks (ND) Herald:  recipient of Pulitzer Prize for Public
            Service news coverage (S. Res. 214), S3271 [20AP], S3466 [22AP]
        Higher Education Act:  reauthorize (S. 1882), S7792 [9JY]
        IRS:  prohibit use of random audits in examination process, S9235
            [29JY]
        ------ prohibit use of random audits in its examination process,
            S4512 [7MY], S4514 [7MY]
        ------ prohibit use of random audits in its examination process (S.
            2008), S3791 [29AP], S4032 [1MY]
        ------ restructure and reform, S263 [2FE], S4027 [1MY], S4029 [1MY],
            S4032 [1MY]
        ------ restructure and reform (H.R. 2676), S4512 [7MY], S4514 [7MY]
        J. Edgar Hoover FBI Building, Washington, DC:  redesignate as FBI
            Building, S308 [3FE], S334 [4FE], S335 [4FE]
        Massiah-Jackson, Frederica A.:  nomination to be district judge,
            unanimous-consent agreement, S1961 [13MR]
        Mexico:  disapprove foreign aid certification of drug enforcement
            efforts (S.J. Res. 42), S1258 [3MR], S1259 [3MR], S2637 [26MR]
        ----- disapprove foreign aid certification of drug enforcement
            efforts, but grant national interest waiver (S.J. Res. 43),
            S1258 [3MR], S1259 [3MR]
        National Sea Grant College Program:  reauthorization (S. 927), S726
            [12FE]
        Newnan, GA:  relocation of post office, S12696 [20OC]
        North Georgia College and State University:  tribute to the Blue
            Ridge Rifles Precision Drill Team, S11292<bullet> [1OC]
        Parliamentary inquiry, S3259 [20AP], S3492 [23AP]
        Peace Corps:  funding, S9863 [2SE]
        Peace Corps Day:  observance, S1286<bullet> [3MR]
        Point of order, S3479 [23AP]
        Political campaigns:  ethics reform and contribution limits, S10172
            [10SE]
        ------ ethics reform and contribution limits (S. 25), unanimous-
            consent agreement, S791 [12FE]
        Presidential appointments:  nominations considered and confirmed en
            bloc, S725 [12FE], S1961 [13MR]
        Public buildings:  process for renaming or redesignating Federal
            facilities, S316 [3FE], S332 [4FE]
        Republican Party:  national agenda, S95 [28JA], S98 [28JA]
        Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport:  approval of renaming by
            Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, S314 [3FE]
        ------ designate (S. 1575), S214 [29JA], S215 [29JA], S216 [29JA],
            S217 [29JA], S219 [29JA], S221 [29JA], S223 [29JA], S279 [2FE],
            S306 [3FE], S308 [3FE], S309 [3FE], S312 [3FE], S314 [3FE], S316
            [3FE], S332 [4FE], S334 [4FE], S335 [4FE], S342 [4FE] designate
            (S. 1575), unanimous-consent request, S263 [2FE], S266 [2FE]
        Schools:  after-school programs and safety funding, S3482 [23AP],
            S3483 [23AP]
        ------ allow same-gender public schools and classrooms as long as
            comparable education opportunities are offered to both sexes,
            S3324 [21AP], S3325 [21AP]
        ------ high school dropout prevention programs development, S3494
            [23AP]
        Science:  prohibit cloning of humans (S. 1601), S330 [3FE]
        Senate:  legislative program, S279 [2FE], S279 [2FE], S330 [3FE],
            S727 [12FE], S791 [12FE], S1215 [3MR], S1961 [13MR], S2237
            [19MR], S3303 [20AP], S3467 [22AP], S3469 [23AP], S5359 [22MY],
            S6001 [10JN]
        Senate Legal Counsel:  authorize production of Senate documents and
            representation in U.S. f.u.b.o. Kimberly Industries, Inc., et
            al. v. Trafalgar House Construction, Inc., et al. (S. Res. 178),
            S790 [12FE], S791 [12FE]
        Springfield, OR:  observance of a moment of silence for shooting
            victims at Thurston High School, S5360 [22MY]
        Taxation:  adjust tax brackets for individuals with middle class
            income, S2906 [1AP], S2907 [1AP]
        ----- adjust tax brackets for individuals with middle class income
            (S. 1569), S48 [27JA]
        ------ creation of a new class of bonds for new school construction
            and renovation, S3337 [21AP], S3340 [21AP], S3343 [21AP]
        ------ disallow elementary and secondary education expenses as an
            authorized deduction from education individual retirement
            accounts, S3260 [20AP]
        ------ increase lifetime learning credit for teachers returning to
            school for technology training, S3401 [22AP], S3403 [22AP],
            S3475 [23AP], S3476 [23AP]
        ------ rates, S287 [3FE], S2880 [1AP]
        ------ tax credits relative to elementary and secondary school
            construction, S2169 [18MR], S2170 [18MR]
        ------ treatment of distributions from State prepaid tuition
            programs used to pay higher education expenses relative to
            private colleges and universities, S3516 [23AP]
        ------ treatment of education individual retirement accounts
            relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R.
            2646), S2169 [18MR], S2170 [18MR], S2173 [18MR], S2237-S2239
            [19MR], S2268 [19MR], S2286 [19MR], S2287 [19MR], S2290 [19MR],
            S2395 [23MR], S2396 [23MR], S2399 [23MR], S2631 [26MR], S2632
            [26MR], S2635 [26MR], S2753 [30MR], S3262 [20AP], S3265 [20AP],
            S3268 [20AP], S3269 [20AP], S3273 [20AP], S3274 [20AP], S3321
            [21AP], S3323 [21AP], S3324 [21AP], S3325 [21AP], S3326 [21AP],
            S3337 [21AP], S3340 [21AP], S3343 [21AP], S3347 [21AP], S3388
            [22AP], S3393 [22AP], S3394 [22AP], S3398 [22AP], S3401 [22AP],
            S3403 [22AP], S3405 [22AP], S3407 [22AP], S3412 [22AP], S3413
            [22AP], S3414 [22AP], S3417 [22AP], S3426 [22AP], S3473 [23AP],
            S3475 [23AP], S3476 [23AP], S3477 [23AP], S3479 [23AP], S3482
            [23AP], S3483 [23AP], S3484 [23AP], S3488 [23AP], S3490 [23AP],
            S3494 [23AP], S3509 [23AP], S3510 [23AP], S3511 [23AP], S3516
            [23AP], S3527 [23AP] treatment of education individual
            retirement accounts relative to elementary and secondary school
            expenses (H.R. 2646), conference report, S6867 [23JN], S6868
            [23JN], S6869 [23JN], S6870 [23JN], S6871 [23JN], S6872 [23JN],
            S6919 [24JN], S6926 [24JN], S6933 [24JN], S7216<bullet> [25JN]
            treatment of education individual retirement accounts relative
            to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R. 2646), motion
            to proceed, S1925 [13MR], S1928 [13MR], S1929 [13MR], S2088
            [17MR], S2090 [17MR], S2092 [17MR], S2093 [17MR] treatment of
            education individual retirement accounts relative to elementary
            and secondary school expenses (H.R. 2646), unanimous-consent
            agreement, S3484 [23AP] treatment of education individual
            retirement accounts relative to elementary and secondary school
            expenses (S. 1133), S2401 [23MR]
        Thurmond, Senator:  tribute for Army Reserve service (S. Res. 213),
            S3465 [22AP]
        Tobacco products:  tobacco industry liability settlement relative to
            health risks and marketing and manufacturing practices (S.
            1415), S5362 [22MY], S5624 [4JN], S5670 [5JN], S5673 [5JN],
            S5680 [5JN], S5738 [9JN], S5756 [9JN], S5760 [9JN], S5774 [9JN],
            S5775 [9JN], S6175 [11JN]
        Tornadoes:  disaster assistance to Spencer, SD, S5670 [5JN]
        Transportation:  funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
            programs, and transit programs (H.R. 2400), conference report,
            S5403 [22MY], S5404 [22MY]
        ----- funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and
            transit programs (H.R. 2400), conference report--unanimous-
            consent request, S5403 [22MY]
        Treaties and agreements:  removal of injunction of secrecy, S3302
            [20AP]
        Veterans:  treatment of education benefits, S7792 [9JY]
        Vietnamese Conflict:  tribute to POW and MIA's (S. Res. 177), S716
            [12FE], S718 [12FE]
        Votes:  correction, S8838 [23JY]
        World War II:  Berlin Airlift anniversary (S. Con. Res. 81), S7305
            [26JN]
      Statements
        Tribute to Ronald Reagan:  Margaret Thatcher, S266 [2FE]
      Texts of
        S. 1959, prohibit use of Federal funds for needle exchange programs,
            S3357 [21AP]
      Tributes
        Ford, Senator, S1951 [13MR]
        LaRose, Shirley, S3176<bullet> [2AP]
        Leftwich, Bob, S8262<bullet> [15JY], S9061<bullet> [27JY]
        McSlarrow, Alison, S12859 [21OC]
        McSlarrow, Kyle, S12859 [21OC]