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

    COCHRAN, THAD (a Senator from Mississippi)
      Amendments
        Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
            making appropriations (S. 2159), S8094 [14JY], S8095 [14JY],
            S8124 [14JY], S8139 [14JY], S8142 [14JY], S8234 [15JY], S8259
            [15JY], S8329 [16JY]
        Appropriations:  making emergency supplemental for disaster relief
            and overseas peacekeeping operations (S. 1768), S2407 [23MR],
            S2408 [23MR], S2443 [23MR], S2483 [24MR], S2492 [24MR], S2499
            [24MR], S2596 [26MR], S2614 [26MR], S2685 [26MR], S2687 [26MR]
        Budget:  setting forth the Federal budget for 1999-2003 (S. Con.
            Res. 86), S3157 [2AP]
        Dept. of Defense:  authorizing appropriations for military
            activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military
            construction (S. 2057), S7022 [24JN]
        ------ making appropriations (S. 2132), S9376 [30JY], S9468 [30JY],
            S9470 [30JY]
        Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the
            President, and independent agencies:  making appropriations (S.
            2312), S9103 [28JY], S9143 [28JY]
        Government regulations:  reform regulatory process (S. 981), S402
            [4FE]
        Higher Education Act:  reauthorize (S. 1882), S7849 [9JY], S7889
            [9JY]
        IRS:  restructure and reform (H.R. 2676), S4447 [6MY], S4512 [7MY]
      Analyses
        Postal Financing Reform Act (S. 1972), S3535 [23AP]
        Retirement Coverage Error Correction Act (S. 1710), S1351 [4MR]
      Appointments
        Conferee:  H.R. 2676, IRS Restructuring and Reform Act, S4841 [13MY]
        ------ H.R. 3579, emergency supplemental appropriations and
            rescissions, S2826 [31MR]
        ------ H.R. 3874, WIC special supplemental nutrition programs
            improvement, S10544 [17SE]
        ------ 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. 4103, Dept. of Defense appropriations, S9417 [30JY]
        ------ H.R. 4112, legislative branch of the Government
            appropriations, S8687 [21JY]
        ------ H.R. 4276, Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the
            Judiciary, and related agencies appropriations, S8734 [22JY]
        ------ S. 1150, Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education
            Reform Act, S1147 [27FE]
        U.S. Naval Academy Board of Visitors, S3663 [27AP]
      Articles and editorials
        ``Andy'' Reese--A Quiet Man With a Powerful Voice, Jackson (MS)
            Clarion-Ledger, S376 [4FE]
        Appropriations Game, Washington (DC) Post, S11546 [6OC]
        Early Warning, S10048 [9SE]
        Iran Tests Medium-Range Missile, Bill Gertz, Washington (DC) Times,
            S10047 [9SE]
        N. Korea Fires Missile Over Japan, Rowan Scarborough and Bill Gertz,
            Washington (DC) Times, S10048 [9SE]
        Panel Says U.S. Faces Risk of a Surprise Missile Attack, Eric
            Schmitt, New York (NY) Times, S10047 [9SE]
        Pentagon Confirms Details on Iranian Missiles, Bill Gertz,
            Washington (DC) Times, S2759 [30MR]
      Bills and resolutions cosponsored
        Agriculture:  production flexibility contract payment options, (see
            S. 2344), S8779 [22JY]
        Capitol Building and Grounds:  tribute to John M. Gibson and Jacob
            J. Chestnut of the Capitol Police for acts of heroism, (see S.
            Con. Res. 110), S9044 [27JY]
        ------ use of the rotunda for a memorial service for John M. Gibson
            and Jacob J. Chestnut of the Capitol Police, (see S. Con. Res.
            111), S9044 [27JY]
        CERCLA:  clarify liability for certain recycling transactions, (see
            S. 2180), S7581 [7JY]
        Children and youth:  access of disadvantaged children to dental
            services, (see S. 2583), S11970 [8OC]
        Coastal zones:  use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund State
            and local conservation programs of coastal States, (see S.
            2566), S11698 [7OC]
        Copyrights:  prevent the misappropriation of collections of
            information, (see S. 2291), S8787 [22JY]
        Correctional institutions:  exempt State and local agencies from
            requirements relative to providing certain public services to
            prisoners, (see S. 2266), S9941 [3SE]
        Costa Rica:  protection of lives and property rights from squatters,
            (see S. Con. Res. 84), S2491 [24MR]
        Day of Concern About Young People and Gun Violence:  designate, (see
            S. Res. 264), S9556 [31JY]
        Dept. of Agriculture:  authorize guaranteed farm ownership loans and
            guaranteed farm operating loans, (see S. 1774), S2113 [17MR]
        Dept. of HHS:  disapprove rule submitted on surety bond requirements
            for home health care providers under Medicare and Medicaid, (see
            S.J. Res. 50), S7019 [24JN]
        Dept. of Justice:  clarify method for filling vacancies, (see S.
            1764), S2221 [18MR]
        Disabled:  support grant programs to address assistive technology
            needs of individuals with disabilities, (see S. 2432), S11128
            [29SE]
        Diseases:  Medicare coverage and research funding for amyotrophic
            lateral sclerosis, (see S. 2265), S9884 [2SE]
        Drugs:  enhance interdiction efforts in major transit countries and
            support eradication and crop substitution programs in source
            countries, (see S. 2522), S11042 [28SE]
        ------ support existing Federal legal process for determining safety
            and efficacy of using marijuana and other drugs for medicinal
            purposes, (see S.J. Res. 56), S12183 [9OC]
        Ecology and environment:  facilitate protection of tropical forests
            through debt reduction with developing countries with tropical
            forests, (see S. 1758), S1948 [13MR]
        Electronic commerce:  recognize digital and other forms of
            authentication as an alternative to existing paperbased methods
            and establish uniform national framework for electronic
            authentication, (see S. 2107), S5638 [4JN]
        Employment:  protect employer rights, (see S. 1981), S6769 [22JN]
        Executive departments:  clarify requirements for filling vacancies
            and making temporary appointments subject to Senate
            confirmation, (see S. 2176), S6497 [17JN]
        Families and domestic relations:  expand tax credits and grant
            programs to increase affordability, quality, and safety of child
            care, (see S. 1577), S668 [11FE]
        ------ provide equitable child care relief for stay at-home parents,
            (see S. Con. Res. 77), S3156 [2AP]
        Federal Advisory Committee Act:  modify termination and
            reauthorization requirements for advisory committees, (see S.
            2228), S7172 [25JN]
        Financial institutions:  improve monetary policy, regulatory
            reforms, and consumer credit disclosure, (see S. 1405), S2135
            [17MR]
        Fish and fishing:  allowable catch quota for red snapper in the Gulf
            of Mexico, (see S. 2417), S10929 [24SE]
        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), S273 [2FE]
        George Washington Birthplace National Monument:  revise boundaries,
            (see S. 2086), S9451 [30JY]
        Government:  limit Federal authority to impose regulations on State
            and local governments not provided under the Constitution, (see
            S. Con. Res. 109), S8999 [24JY]
        ------ procure from the private sector the goods and services
            necessary to operate and manage certain agencies, (see S. 314),
            S2491 [24MR]
        Greek Independence Day--A National Day of Celebration of Greek and
            American Democracy:  designate, (see S. Res. 171), S770 [12FE]
        Health:  biomedical research funding, (see S. Res. 170), S2774
            [30MR]
        ------ ensure confidentiality of medical records and health care-
            related information, (see S. 2352), S9941 [3SE]
        ------ improve the distribution of health care professionals to
            underserved areas and consolidate and reauthorize health
            education programs for minority and disadvantaged individuals,
            (see S. 1754), S1884 [12MR]
        ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, (see
            S. 2330), S8482 [17JY]
        Health care professionals:  training of hospital staff relative to
            identification and referral of victims of domestic violence,
            (see S. 2395), S11285 [1OC]
        Hunting and trapping:  authorize electronic issuance of migratory
            bird hunting and conservation stamps, (see S. 2560), S11582
            [6OC]
        Immigration:  admittance of temporary and seasonal agricultural
            workers, (see S. 1563), S668 [11FE]
        ------ arrival and departure requirements for Canadian citizens
            relative to automated entry and exit control systems, (see S.
            1360), S400 [4FE]
        IRS:  congressional review of regulations increasing Federal
            revenue, (see S. 831), S5333 [21MY]
        ------ prohibit use of random audits in its examination process,
            (see S. 2008), S3783 [29AP]
        ------ restructure and improve taxpayer rights, (see S. 1669), S919
            [24FE]
        Israel:  independence anniversary, (see S.J. Res. 46), S5023 [18MY]
        ------ membership in a U.N. regional group, (see S. Res. 186), S1155
            [27FE], (see S. Res. 188), S1255 [3MR]
        Kimmel, Husband E.:  advance on the retired list of the Navy to the
            highest grade held as Commander in Chief, U.S. Fleet, during
            World War II, (see S.J. Res. 55), S9782 [1SE]
        Law enforcement officers:  tribute to individuals who lost their
            lives during service, (see S. Res. 201), S2764 [30MR]
        Lewis and Clark expedition:  mint coins in commemoration of
            bicentennial, (see S. 2205), S11127 [29SE]
        Library of Congress:  mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial,
            (see S. 2510), S10722 [22SE]
        McCain, Senator:  tribute, (see S. Res. 196), S2114 [17MR]
        Medicare:  eliminate time limitation on benefits for
            immunosuppressive drugs, (see S. 1481), S932 [24FE]
        ------ graduate medical education payments, (see S. 2259), S9693
            [31AU]
        ------ reform payment system for home health services, (see S.
            2354), S8996 [24JY]
        ------ repeal the restriction on payment for certain hospital
            discharges relative to post-acute care, (see S. 1604), S668
            [11FE]
        National Breast Cancer Survivor's Day:  designate, (see S. Res.
            198), S2214 [18MR]
        National Character Counts Week:  designate, (see S. Res. 176), S731
            [12FE]
        National Children's Day:  designate, (see S. Res. 260), S9426 [30JY]
        National Children's Memorial Day:  designate, (see S. Res. 193),
            S6890 [23JN]
        National Correctional Officers and Employees Week:  designate, (see
            S. Res. 175), S2684 [26MR]
        National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute:  anniversary, (see S.
            Con. Res. 108), S9790 [1SE]
        National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week:
            designate, (see S. Res. 259), S10322 [14SE]
        National Inhalant Abuse Awareness Day:  designate, (see S. Res.
            257), S9693 [31AU]
        National Kick Drugs Out of America Week:  designate, (see S. Res.
            194), S2433 [23MR]
        National Mammography Day:  designate, (see S. Res. 271), S11285
            [1OC]
        National Park Service:  acquire certain land for addition to the
            Wilderness Battlefield, (see S. 1960), S9451 [30JY]
        National Tartan Day:  designate, (see S. Res. 155), S1569 [9MR]
        National Women's History Month:  designate, (see S. Res. 189), S2575
            [25MR]
        Native Americans:  make permanent and expand the demonstration
            program that allows for direct billing of Medicare and Medicaid,
            (see S. 2001), S8253 [15JY]
        New Mexico:  designate Onate Cuartocentenario to commemorate the
            anniversary of the first permanent Spanish settlement, (see S.
            Res. 148), S520 [9FE]
        NIH:  expansion, intensification, and coordination of autism
            research activities, (see S. 2263), S10440 [16SE]
        NLRB:  treatment of businesses, labor organizations, and employees,
            (see S. 2085), S5799 [9JN]
        NOAA:  authorize strength of Commissioned Corps, (see S. 2256),
            S8254 [15JY]
        North American Wetlands Conservation Act:  reauthorizing, (see S.
            1677), S1003 [25FE]
        OSHA:  recognize use of electronic forms for material safety data
            sheets, (see S. 1855), S8058 [13JY]
        Partnerships for Wildlife Act:  reauthorizing, (see S. 1677), S1003
            [25FE]
        Philippines:  commemorate independence anniversary and U.S.
            relations, (see S. Res. 235), S5434 [22MY]
        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:  make certain Federal property available to States
            before being made available to other entities, (see S. 1621),
            S2308 [19MR]
        Public Works and Economic Development Act:  reauthorize and reform
            programs, (see S. 1647), S8058 [13JY]
        ------ reauthorize and reform programs, (see S. 2364), S10843 [23SE]
        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), S9983
            [8SE]
        ------ increase the amount authorized for basic scientific, medical,
            and pre-competitive engineering research, (see S. 1305), S667
            [11FE]
        Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport:  designate, (see S.
            1297), S179 [28JA], (see S. 1575), S180 [28JA]
        Sanford, Terry:  tribute, (see S. Res. 211), S3356 [21AP]
        SBA:  women's business centers funding, (see S. 2157), S8564 [20JY]
        Securities:  limit the conduct of securities class actions under
            State law, (see S. 1260), S234 [29JA]
        Short, Walter C.:  advance on the retired list of the Army to the
            highest grade held as Commanding General, Hawaiian Department,
            during World War II, (see S.J. Res. 55), S9782 [1SE]
        Small business:  provide regulatory assistance, (see S. 1957), S3363
            [21AP]
        Tariff:  purified terephthalic acid, (see S. 1702), S1996 [16MR]
        Taxation:  allow Farm and Ranch Risk Management Accounts, (see S.
            2078), S6340 [15JN]
        ------ applications for an exclusion of gain on certain sales of a
            principal residence by a surviving spouse, (see S. 1992), S4835
            [13MY]
        ------ capital gains rates, (see S. 2214), S7013 [24JN]
        ------ capital gains rates, tax incentives, and income averaging for
            farmers, (see S. 2371), S9425 [30JY]
        ------ elimination of estate and gift taxes, (see S. 2318), S9884
            [2SE]
        ------ expand S corporation eligibility for banks and small
            businesses, (see S. 2346), S9884 [2SE]
        ------ permanently extend income averaging for farmers, (see S.
            1879), S5638 [4JN]
        ------ permanently extend research credit, (see S. 1464), S1894
            [12MR]
        ------ provide a tax credit for marginal oil and natural gas well
            production, (see S. 1929), S7018 [24JN]
        ------ provide additional retirement savings opportunities for small
            employers and self-employed individuals, (see S. 2130), S7019
            [24JN]
        ------ reduce holding period for certain capital gains rates, (see
            S. 1748), S1883 [12MR]
        ------ repeal information reporting requirement imposed on
            educational institutions and certain other trades and businesses
            relative to the Hope Scholarship and Lifetime Learning Credits,
            (see S. 1724), S1569 [9MR]
        ------ repeal limitation on the amount of receipts attributable to
            military property which may be treated as exempt foreign trade
            income, (see S. 2296), S8135 [14JY]
        ------ treatment of beer, (see S. 2415), S9983 [8SE]
        ------ treatment of excise tax on vaccines, (see S. 2118), S5434
            [22MY]
        ------ treatment of individual retirement accounts relative to
            charitable contributions, (see S. 1734), S7018 [24JN]
        ------ treatment of State and private education savings plans and
            allow private colleges to offer prepaid tuition plans, (see S.
            2425), S9884 [2SE]
        Technology:  international project to evaluate and facilitate the
            exchange of advanced nuclear waste technologies, (see S. Res.
            224), S4435 [6MY]
        Television:  enhance the ability of satellite television providers
            to compete with cable television systems, (see S. 2494), S10929
            [24SE]
        Ukraine:  remember treatment by the former Soviet Union on
            anniversary of Ukrainian Famine, (see S. Con. Res. 122), S11346
            [2OC]
        Veterans:  furnishing of burial flags to certain deceased members of
            the Selected Reserve, (see S. 1406), S1996 [16MR]
        ------ make permanent the eligibility of former members of the
            Selected Reserve for veterans housing loans, (see S. 2181),
            S8787 [22JY]
        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),
            S11285 [1OC]
        Women:  anniversary of women's rights movement, (see S. Res. 189),
            S2575 [25MR]
      Bills and resolutions introduced
        Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
            making appropriations, (see S. 2159), S6181 [11JN]
        Biloxi, MS:  mint coins in commemoration of anniversary, (see S.
            2466), S10320 [14SE]
        Dept. of Agriculture:  sell or exchange Gulfport Research Laboratory
            and other Forest Service property and provide for new research
            facility in Mississippi, (see S. 2195), S6698 [19JN]
        Federal employees:  provide for the rectification of certain
            retirement coverage errors, (see S. 1710), S1336 [4MR]
        Health:  distinguish between health care claims fraud and
            unavoidable billing errors, (see S. 2007), S3783 [29AP]
        Library of Congress:  permanently authorize the American Folklife
            Center, (see S. 1971), S3534 [23AP]
        Medicare:  impose conditions on the implementation of interim
            payment system to home health agencies for home health services,
            (see S. 2508), S10722 [22SE]
        Postal Service:  authority to establish international rates and
            classes of postal services, (see S. 2082), S4906 [14MY]
        ------ provide authority to deposit funds in private sector
            institutions, invest in the open market, and borrow from private
            credit markets, (see S. 1972), S3534 [23AP]
        Taxation:  designate certain entities organized to participate in
            States workmen's compensation assigned risk insurance plans as
            tax-exempt entities, (see S. 2482), S10423 [16SE]
        Weapons:  antiballistic missile systems deployment policy, (see S.
            1806), S2296 [19MR], (see S. 1873), S2719 [27MR]
      Cloture Motions
        Hazardous substances:  nuclear waste disposal (H.R. 1270), S5564
            [2JN]
      Cloture motions
        Bankruptcy:  consumer protection (S. 1301), S10109 [9SE]
        ------ consumer protection (S. 1301), motion to proceed, S9917
            [3SE], S10093 [9SE]
        Dept. of the Interior and related agencies:  making appropriations
            (S. 2237), S9967 [8SE], S10176 [10SE]
        Executive departments:  clarify requirements for filling vacancies
            and making temporary appointments subject to Senate confirmation
            (S. 2176), S10869 [24SE], S11038 [28SE]
        ----- clarify requirements for filling vacancies and making
            temporary appointments subject to Senate confirmation (S. 2176),
            motion to proceed, S10712 [22SE], S10866 [24SE]
        Office of Religious Persecution Monitoring:  establish (H.R. 2431),
            motion to proceed, S11807 [7OC]
        Weapons:  antiballistic missile systems deployment policy (S. 1873),
            motion to proceed, S4618 [11MY], S4768 [13MY]
        ------ antiballistic missile systems deployment policy (S. 1873),
            motion to proceed, S9916 [3SE], S10058 [9SE]
      Letters
        Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act:  several
            agricultural organizations, S4657 [12MY]
        Dept. of Agriculture Market Access Program funding:  Coalition To
            Promote U.S. Agricultural Exports, S8208 [15JY]
        Mandate price reporting requirements for live cattle and boxed beef:
             G. Chandler Keys III, National Cattlemen's Beef Association,
            S8230 [15JY]
        ----- J. Patrick Boyle, American Meat Institute, S8231<bullet>
            [15JY]
        Resolution of discrimination claims by African-American farmers
            against the Dept. of Agriculture:  Dan Glickman, Sec. of
            Agriculture, S8309 [16JY]
      Lists
        Amendments to S. 2159, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and
            related agencies programs appropriations, S8183 [15JY]
      Motions
        Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
            making appropriations (S. 2159), S8212 [15JY]
        Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the
            President, and independent agencies:  making appropriations (S.
            2312), S9218 [29JY]
      Privilege of the floor
        Davies, Rebecca, S6549 [18JN], S11415 [5OC]
        Graves, Rachelle, S6549 [18JN], S11415 [5OC]
        Hamilton, Haywood, S6549 [18JN]
        Nielson, James, S4753 [13MY]
        Poindexter, Martha Scott, S6549 [18JN], S11415 [5OC]
        Tietka, Cornelia, S6549 [18JN]
        Vopatek, Anne, S4749 [13MY]
      Remarks
        African Americans:  provide a mechanism for resolution of
            discrimination claims by farmers against the Dept. of
            Agriculture, S8308 [16JY], S8309 [16JY]
        Agriculture:  ensure that federally funded research and education
            programs address high-priority concerns with national multistate
            significance (S. 1150), conference report, S4617 [11MY], S4657
            [12MY], S4658 [12MY]
        ------ impact of the market price of crops and disasters on family
            farms, S8093 [14JY], S8109 [14JY], S8118 [14JY], S8128 [14JY],
            S8272 [16JY], S8285 [16JY]
        ------ mandate price reporting requirements for live cattle and
            boxed beef, S8230 [15JY], S8231 [15JY]
        ------ provide crop insurance, marketing loan, and emergency
            operating loan relief for farmers in certain counties that have
            been designated as Federal disaster areas, S11546 [6OC]
        Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
            making appropriations (H.R. 4101), S8329 [16JY], S8330 [16JY]
        ----- making appropriations (H.R. 4101), insert language of S. 2159
            in lieu, S8329 [16JY]
        ----- making appropriations (S. 2159), S6548 [18JN], S6549 [18JN],
            S6555 [18JN], S8049 [13JY], S8091 [14JY], S8093 [14JY], S8094
            [14JY], S8095 [14JY], S8097 [14JY], S8098 [14JY], S8099 [14JY],
            S8100 [14JY], S8106 [14JY], S8109 [14JY], S8118 [14JY], S8119
            [14JY], S8123 [14JY], S8124 [14JY], S8125 [14JY], S8127 [14JY],
            S8128 [14JY], S8129 [14JY], S8164 [15JY], S8169 [15JY], S8174
            [15JY], S8177 [15JY], S8183 [15JY], S8185 [15JY], S8201 [15JY],
            S8207 [15JY], S8209 [15JY], S8211 [15JY], S8212 [15JY], S8225
            [15JY], S8230 [15JY], S8231 [15JY], S8233 [15JY], S8236 [15JY],
            S8272 [16JY], S8285 [16JY], S8289 [16JY], S8290 [16JY], S8291
            [16JY], S8292 [16JY], S8297 [16JY], S8305 [16JY], S8306 [16JY],
            S8308 [16JY], S8309 [16JY], S8314 [16JY], S8315 [16JY], S8316
            [16JY], S8328 [16JY], S8329 [16JY]
        ------ making appropriations (H.R. 4101), conference report, S11411
            [5OC], S11423 [5OC], S11436 [5OC], S11546 [6OC], S11565 [6OC],
            S11566 [6OC]
        Alderson, WV:  Alderson Plant Materials Center construction funding,
            S8125 [14JY]
        Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service:  review of Wildlife
            Services aerial operations program safety, S8315 [16JY]
        Appropriations:  making continuing (H.J. Res. 136), unanimous-
            consent agreement, S12660 [16OC]
        ------ making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and
            overseas peacekeeping operations (S. 1768), S2407 [23MR], S2408
            [23MR], S2483 [24MR], S2614 [26MR]
        ------ making omnibus consolidated and emergency supplemental
            appropriations, S12771 [21OC]
        Arms Export Control Act:  exempt federally guaranteed agricultural
            commodities from the application of sanctions, S8185 [15JY]
        Budget:  setting forth the Federal budget for 1999-2003 (S. Con.
            Res. 86), S3095 [2AP]
        Coastal Barrier Resources System:  technical corrections to map
            system (S. 1104), S6638 [18JN]
        Committee on Appropriations (Senate):  budget request submissions
            relative to assumed revenues of unauthorized user fees, S8124
            [14JY]
        Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate):  authorize printing of
            background information as a Senate document (S. Res. 310),
            S12660 [16OC]
        Constitution:  anniversary, S8297 [16JY]
        Daggett County, UT:  Long Park Dam repair funding, S11423 [5OC]
        Dale Bumpers National Rice Research Center, Stuttgart, AR:
            designate, S6555 [18JN]
        Day of National Concern About Young People and Gun Violence:
            designate (S. Res. 264), unanimous-consent request, S11562 [6OC]
        Dept. of Agriculture:  Agricultural Research Service's New England
            Plant, Soil, and Water Research Laboratory funding, S8109 [14JY]
        ------ Chino Dairy Preserve funding relative to flooding, S2483
            [24MR]
        ------ eligibility of State agricultural experiment stations for
            certain research programs, S8129 [14JY]
        ------ establish a pilot program to permit haying and grazing on
            conservation reserve land, S8124 [14JY]
        ------ extend certain rural housing assistance programs, S8097
            [14JY]
        ------ Food Distribution Program for Indian Reservations regulations
            in Oklahoma, S8119 [14JY]
        ------ Forest Service and Agricultural Research Service hiring
            system, S8096 [14JY]
        ------ increase research funding, eliminate crop insurance
            surcharge, and lower wetlands acreage limitation, S8094 [14JY]
        ------ Market Access Program funding, S3095 [2AP], S8207 [15JY],
            S8209 [15JY], S8211 [15JY], S8212 [15JY]
        ------ marketing assistance loans funding, S8127 [14JY], S8169
            [15JY], S8174 [15JY], S8177 [15JY], S8183 [15JY]
        ------ Nutrition Program for the Elderly funding, S8328 [16JY]
        ------ prohibit repackaging of eggs under voluntary grading program,
            S8125 [14JY]
        ------ Reserve Inventories Program funding, S8289 [16JY], S8290
            [16JY], S8291 [16JY], S8292 [16JY]
        ------ Rural Community Advancement Program funding, S8095 [14JY]
        ------ tomato spotted wilt virus research funding, S8100 [14JY]
        ------ transfer funding for credit sales of acquired property to
            subsidize the cost of additional farm ownership loans, S8095
            [14JY]
        ------ Wetland Reserve Program effectiveness improvement, S8098
            [14JY]
        Dept. of Defense:  authorizing appropriations for military
            activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military
            construction (S. 2057), S4881 [14MY], S4882 [14MY], S6637 [18JN]
        ------ National Foreign Intelligence Program funding through
            rescissions in missile defense systems funding, S4881 [14MY]
        Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the
            President, and independent agencies:  making appropriations (S.
            2312), S9217 [29JY]
        Dept. of Transportation and related agencies:  making appropriations
            (H.R. 4328), conference report, S12771 [21OC]
        Diseases:  research programs for Parkinson's disease, S12771 [21OC]
        Drought:  disaster assistance to Texas, S8097 [14JY], S8106 [14JY]
        Education:  require academic majors for secondary school teacher
            candidates, S7851 [9JY]
        FDA:  Cosmetics Regulatory Program funding, S8119 [14JY]
        ------ modify pre-market notification system for food packaging,
            S8315 [16JY]
        ------ notification of recalls of drugs and medical devices, S8309
            [16JY]
        ------ orphan products research funding, S8099 [14JY]
        ------ review and approval of indirect food additives, S8236 [15JY]
        Federal employees:  provide for the rectification of certain
            retirement coverage errors (S. 1710), S1348 [4MR]
        Federal Employees Health Benefits Program:  improve sanctions
            against providers and provide coverage for the FDIC and Federal
            Reserve Board (H.R. 1836), S11196 [30SE]
        Financial institutions:  require certain multilateral development
            banks and other lending institutions to implement independent
            third-party procurement monitoring, S12636 [15OC]
        Floods:  disaster assistance to Vermont, S8314 [16JY]
        Fontaine, Douglas:  tribute for Mississippi Hotel and Motel
            Association scholarship named in his honor, S11637<bullet> [6OC]
        Food:  promote research and education on safety, S8305 [16JY],
            S11436 [5OC]
        Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs:  making
            appropriations (H.R. 4569), S12636 [15OC]
        Foreign policy:  exempt agricultural products, medicines, and
            medical equipment from unilateral economic sanctions, S8225
            [15JY]
        Georgia:  Emergency Watershed and Flood Prevention Program funding
            relative to natural disasters, S2483 [24MR]
        Health:  distinguish between health care claims fraud and
            unavoidable billing errors (S. 2007), S3789 [29AP]
        Higher Education Act:  reauthorize (S. 1882), S7851 [9JY]
        Housing:  provide Federal housing assistance to Native Hawaiians (S.
            109), S12660 [16OC], S12668 [16OC]
        Insects:  Boll Weevil Eradication Program funding, S2408 [23MR]
        Insurance:  order of precedence to be applied in the payment of life
            insurance benefits (H.R. 1316), S6638 [18JN]
        IRS:  prohibit use of random audits in its examination process,
            S4513 [7MY]
        ------ restructure and reform (H.R. 2676), S4512 [7MY], S4513 [7MY]
        Library of Congress:  permanently authorize the American Folklife
            Center (S. 1971), S3535 [23AP]
        Medicare:  delay reduction and make revisions to the per beneficiary
            and per visit payment limit (S. 2616), S12347 [10OC]
        ------ impose conditions on the implementation of interim payment
            system to home health agencies for home health services (S.
            2508), S10725 [22SE]
        National Character Counts Week:  designate (S. Res. 176), S775
            [12FE]
        Native Americans:  transfer services and personnel from the BIA to
            the Office of Self-Governance and emphasize the need for job
            creation on Indian reservations (S. 1279), S6638 [18JN], S6639
            [18JN]
        Postal Service:  authority to establish international rates and
            classes of postal services (S. 2082), S4911 [14MY]
        ------ guidelines for renovation, relocation, closing, or
            consolidation of post offices, S9217 [29JY]
        ------ provide authority to deposit funds in private sector
            institutions, invest in the open market, and borrow from private
            credit markets (S. 1972), S3535 [23AP]
        Presidential appointments:  nominations considered and confirmed en
            bloc, S2348 [19MR], S6637 [18JN]
        Public welfare programs:  food stamp eligibility for certain aliens,
            S4657 [12MY]
        Roads and highways:  modify minimum allocation formula for the
            Federal-aid highway program, S1559 [9MR]
        SBA:  women's business centers funding (S. 2157), S6638 [18JN]
        Schools:  school security training and technology programs funding,
            S2614 [26MR]
        Senate:  legislative program, S2348 [19MR], S4749 [13MY], S6639
            [18JN], S8269 [16JY], S10045 [9SE], S12675 [16OC]
        Tobacco products:  tobacco industry liability settlement relative to
            health risks and marketing and manufacturing practices, S8091
            [14JY]
        Transportation:  funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
            programs, and transit programs (S. 1173), S1559 [9MR]
        Weapons:  antiballistic missile systems deployment policy (S. 1806),
            S2306 [19MR]
        ----- antiballistic missile systems deployment policy (S. 1873),
            S2759 [30MR], S4640 [12MY]
        ----- antiballistic missile systems deployment policy (S. 1873),
            motion to proceed, S4618 [11MY], S4624 [11MY], S4749 [13MY],
            S4768 [13MY]
        ------ antiballistic missile systems deployment policy (S. 1873),
            motion to proceed, S10045 [9SE], S10058 [9SE]
        WIC:  funding, S8316 [16JY]
        Wildfires:  disaster assistance to Florida, S8233 [15JY]
        World Food Day:  observance, S12222<bullet> [9OC]
      Reports filed
        Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA, and Related Agencies Programs
            Appropriations:  Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 2159)
            (S. Rept. 105-212), S6181 [11JN]
      Statements
        Federal Employees Health Care Protection Act:  by, H9353 [5OC]
      Tables
        Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs
            appropriations (S. 2159):  comparison of 1998 budget
            obligational authority and 1999 budget estimates, S6551-S6555
            [18JN]
      Texts of
        S. 1710, Retirement Coverage Error Correction Act, S1348-S1351 [4MR]
        S. 1806, American Missile Protection Act, S2307 [19MR]
        S. 2007, Health Care Claims Guidance Act, S3790 [29AP]
      Tributes
        Abernethy, Thomas G., S4845 [14MY], S6289 [12JN]
        Bumpers, Senator, S6555 [18JN], S8330 [16JY]
        Byrd, Senator, S8297 [16JY]
        Lewis, Judy, S12222<bullet> [9OC]
        McGwire, Mark, S10045 [9SE]
        Perkins, John, S2760 [30MR]
        Reese, Andrew, S376 [4FE]