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

    KERREY, J. ROBERT (a Senator from Nebraska)
      Amendments
        Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
            making appropriations (S. 2159), S8125 [14JY], S8143 [14JY],
            S8228 [15JY], S8258 [15JY], S8389 [16JY]
        Appropriations:  making emergency supplemental for disaster relief
            and overseas peacekeeping operations (S. 1768), S2443 [23MR]
        Bankruptcy:  consumer protection (S. 1301), S10749 [23SE], S10844
            [23SE]
        Budget:  setting forth the Federal budget for 1999-2003 (S. Con.
            Res. 86), S2890 [1AP], S2892 [1AP], S2931 [1AP], S2990 [1AP],
            S2994 [1AP]
        Dept. of Defense:  authorizing appropriations for military
            activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military
            construction (S. 2057), S6771 [22JN], S7019 [24JN], S7061
            [25JN], S7066 [25JN], S7202 [25JN]
        ------ making appropriations (S. 2132), S9403 [30JY], S9475 [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), S9232 [29JY], S9272 [29JY]
        Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
            agencies:  authorizing appropriations (S. 2260), S8788 [22JY],
            S8826 [23JY], S8830 [23JY], S8859 [23JY], S8929 [23JY], S8930
            [23JY], S8937 [23JY]
        Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
             making appropriations (S. 2168), S7683 [8JY], S8353 [16JY]
        Education:  improve and expand charter schools (H.R. 2616), S12003
            [8OC]
        Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs:  making
            appropriations (S. 2334), S9839 [2SE], S9868 [2SE], S9885 [2SE],
            S9887 [2SE]
        Intelligence services:  authorizing appropriations (S. 2052), S7289
            [26JN]
        IRS:  restructure and reform (H.R. 2676), S4390 [6MY], S4444 [6MY],
            S4455 [7MY], S4460 [7MY], S4468 [7MY], S4510 [7MY], S4543 [7MY],
            S4544 [7MY], S4545 [7MY]
        Legislative branch of the Government:  making appropriations (H.R.
            4112), S8558 [20JY], S8565 [20JY], S8567 [20JY], S8575 [20JY]
        Small Business Investment Act:  technical corrections (H.R. 3412),
            S11185 [30SE]
        Taxation:  treatment of education individual retirement accounts
            relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R.
            2646), S2312 [19MR], S3363 [21AP]
        ------ treatment of Internet and interactive computer service
            commerce (S. 442), S11716 [7OC]
        Telephones:  strengthen and expand the procedures for preventing the
            slamming of interstate telephone service subscribers (S. 1618),
            S4702 [12MY]
        Tobacco products:  tobacco industry liability settlement relative to
            health risks and marketing and manufacturing practices (S.
            1415), S5140 [19MY], S5341 [21MY], S5724 [5JN], S6253 [11JN],
            S6254 [11JN]
        Transportation:  funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
            programs, and transit programs (S. 1173), S1499 [6MR], S1499
            [6MR], S1612 [9MR], S1793 [11MR]
      Appointments
        Committee To Escort Republic of Korea President Kim Dae-Jung Into
            the House Chamber, H4333 [10JN]
        Committee To Escort the President, H30 [27JA]
        Conferee:  H.R. 2676, IRS Restructuring and Reform Act, S4841 [13MY]
        ------ H.R. 3694, intelligence services appropriations, S7333 [26JN]
        Global Climate Change Observer Group, S5401 [22MY]
      Articles and editorials
        Bereuter Path on Farm Aid Best Approach, Lincoln (NE) Journal Star,
            S11415 [5OC]
        Congress Must Unlock Roads Funds, Rose White, Omaha (NE) World-
            Herald, S1816 [12MR]
        Foreign Policy Held Hostage, New York (NY) Times, S2150 [18MR]
        Freed Inmate Tells of Mass Executions at Iraqi Prison, John
            Daniszewski, Los Angeles (CA) Times, S953 [25FE]
        Nebraska Is Number One in Classroom Internet Use, Omaha (NE) World-
            Herald, S11190<bullet> [30SE]
        Saddam Tested Anthrax on Human Guinea Pigs, Marie Colvin and Uzi
            Mahnaimi, London (England) Times, S954 [25FE]
      Bills and resolutions cosponsored
        Abortion:  protection of reproductive health services clinics, (see
            S. Res. 173), S451 [5FE]
        Agriculture:  labeling of imported meat and meat food products
            containing imported meat, (see S. 617), S6889 [23JN]
        American Discovery Trail:  designate, (see S. 1069), S2367 [20MR]
        American GI Forum of the U.S. (nonprofit corporation):  grant
            Federal charter, (see S. 1759), S8253 [15JY]
        Armed Forces:  feasibility of using the Federal Employees Health
            Benefits Program for Medicare-eligible retirees under the
            military health care system, (see S. 1334), S4442 [6MY]
        Arms Export Control Act:  exempt federally guaranteed agricultural
            commodities from the application of sanctions, (see S. 2158),
            S6181 [11JN], (see S. 2282), S7881 [9JY]
        Aviation:  implement a pilot program to improve air transportation
            service to small communities, (see S. 1968), S8388 [16JY]
        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]
        Congressional Research Service:  make certain information available
            to the public on the Internet, (see S. 1578), S4633 [11MY]
        Crime:  enhance Federal enforcement of hate crimes, (see S. 1529),
            S11451 [5OC]
        Cuba:  exception to trade embargo for food, medicines and medical
            supplies, instruments, or equipment, (see S. 1391), S667 [11FE]
        Day of Concern About Young People and Gun Violence:  designate, (see
            S. Res. 264), S9556 [31JY]
        Dept. of Education:  reform and reauthorize the State Student
            Incentive Grant Program, (see S. 1644), S730 [12FE]
        Disabled:  support grant programs to address assistive technology
            needs of individuals with disabilities, (see S. 2432), S9877
            [2SE]
        Diseases:  payments to individuals with blood-clotting disorders who
            contracted HIV due to contaminated blood products, (see S. 358),
            S9692 [31AU]
        Ecology and environment:  facilitate protection of tropical forests
            through debt reduction with developing countries with tropical
            forests, (see S. 1758), S1948 [13MR]
        Education Flexibility Partnership Demonstration Act:  allow State
            participation in activities, (see S. 2213), S7013 [24JN]
        Families and domestic relations:  increase availability,
            affordability, and quality of child care, (see S. 1610), S378
            [4FE]
        ------ promote the adoption of children in foster care, (see S.
            2408), S9556 [31JY]
        FDA:  uniform food safety warning notification requirements, (see S.
            2356), S9043 [27JY]
        Federal aid programs:  improve and expand empowerment and enterprise
            zone programs, (see S. 2418), S10726 [22SE]
        Federal employees:  prevent discrimination against preference
            eligibles applying for certain Government positions, (see S.
            1021), S57 [27JA]
        Health:  protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's,
            (see S. 1890), S2988 [1AP], (see S. 1891), S2988 [1AP]
        Hussein, Saddam:  indictment and prosecution for war crimes and
            other crimes against humanity, (see S. Con. Res. 78), S1533
            [6MR], (see S. Res. 179), S1533 [6MR]
        Iraq:  condemn threat to international peace and security, (see S.
            Con. Res. 71), S234 [29JA]
        ------ support transition to democracy, (see S. 2525), S11122 [29SE]
        IRS:  provide uniform application of confidentiality privileges
            relative to taxpayer communications with authorized tax
            practitioners, (see S. 1737), S1697 [10MR]
        ------ restructure and improve taxpayer rights, (see S. 1747), S1772
            [11MR]
        Israel:  independence anniversary, (see S.J. Res. 46), S3783 [29AP]
        Japan:  eliminate barriers to foreign trade and investment relative
            to resolution of the Asian financial crisis, (see S. Res. 216),
            S4560 [8MY]
        Kosovo:  human rights violations against ethnic Albanians by Serbian
            police relative to self-determination, (see S. Con. Res. 85),
            S2214 [18MR]
        Lewis and Clark expedition:  mint coins in commemoration of
            bicentennial, (see S. 2205), S11127 [29SE]
        ``Little Rock Nine'':  award Congressional Gold Medals, (see S.
            1283), S846 [23FE]
        McCain, Senator:  tribute, (see S. Res. 196), S2114 [17MR]
        McGwire, Mark:  tribute, (see S. Res. 273), S10118 [9SE]
        Medicare:  reform payment system for home health services, (see S.
            2323), S8382 [16JY]
        Motor vehicles:  titling and registration requirements relative to
            salvage, nonrepairable, and rebuilt vehicles, (see S. 852),
            S6205 [11JN]
        National Breast Cancer Survivor's Day:  designate, (see S. Res.
            198), S2214 [18MR]
        National Children's Day:  designate, (see S. Res. 260), S11346 [2OC]
        National Children's Memorial Day:  designate, (see S. Res. 193),
            S1702 [10MR]
        National discovery trails:  establish, (see S. 1069), S2367 [20MR]
        National Erase the Hate and Eliminate Racism Day:  designate, (see
            S. Res. 221), S3919 [30AP]
        National Mammography Day:  designate, (see S. Res. 271), S11285
            [1OC]
        National Museum of Women's History Advisory Committee:  establish,
            (see S. 2576), S11698 [7OC]
        National Youth Fitness Week:  designate, (see S. Res. 199), S12183
            [9OC]
        New Mexico:  designate Onate Cuartocentenario to commemorate the
            anniversary of the first permanent Spanish settlement, (see S.
            Res. 148), S520 [9FE]
        Northern Ireland Peace Agreement:  tribute, (see S. Con. Res. 90),
            S3535 [23AP]
        Older Americans Act:  reauthorize, (see S. 2295), S9789 [1SE]
        Public Works and Economic Development Act:  reauthorize and reform
            programs, (see S. 2364), S10726 [22SE]
        Read Across America Day:  designate, (see S. Res. 181), S1082 [26FE]
        Sanford, Terry:  tribute, (see S. Res. 211), S3356 [21AP]
        Small business:  provide regulatory assistance, (see S. 1957), S3218
            [3AP]
        Social Security:  reduce payroll taxes, (see S. 1792), S2214 [18MR]
        Taxation:  allow Farm and Ranch Risk Management Accounts, (see S.
            2078), S4823 [13MY]
        ------ extend certain expiring provisions, (see S. 2622), S12309
            [10OC]
        ------ impose excise tax on persons who acquire structured
            settlement payments in factoring transactions, (see S. 2543),
            S11339 [2OC]
        ------ increase amount of low-income housing credits allocated in
            each State and index amount for inflation, (see S. 1252), S5455
            [22MY]
        ------ increase State cap on private activity bonds, (see S. 1251),
            S234 [29JA]
        ------ treatment of tax-exempt bond financing of certain electrical
            output facilities, (see S. 2182), S6487 [17JN]
        Telecommunications:  require accurate billing by carriers relative
            to costs and fees resulting from the Telecommunications Act,
            (see S. 1897), S2967 [1AP]
        Television:  promote competition in the multichannel video
            marketplace, (see S. 1422), S1162 [27FE]
        ------ reform laws relative to satellite retransmissions of
            broadcast signals, (see S. 1720), S11451 [5OC]
        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]
        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]
        Wisconsin:  commemorate sesquicentennial of statehood, (see S. Con.
            Res. 75), S4442 [6MY]
      Bills and resolutions introduced
        Colleges and universities:  allow community colleges to offer
            student aid to certain students for vocational and technology
            education, (see S. 2591), S11970 [8OC]
        Gonzalez, Luis A. and Virginia Aguilla:  relief, (see S. 2486),
            S10423 [16SE]
        Irrigation:  transfer of project facilities and lands from the
            Bureau of Reclamation to the Middle Loup Division irrigation
            district in Nebraska, (see S. 2219), S7172 [25JN]
        Medicare:  payments to children's hospitals that operate graduate
            medical education programs, (see S. 2049), S4528 [7MY]
        National Park Service:  maintenance, security, and custodial and
            long-term care of the World War II Memorial, (see S. Res. 296),
            S12164 [9OC]
        Social Security:  open KidSave accounts for every child at birth and
            invest such accounts to build retirement savings, (see S. 2184),
            S6488 [17JN]
        Taxation:  increase deductions for health insurance costs by self-
            employed individuals through revenues from an estate tax
            technical correction, (see S. 2613), S12164 [9OC]
      Cloture motions
        Political campaigns:  protect individuals from having their money
            involuntarily collected and used for politics by a corporation
            or labor organization (S. 1663), S909 [24FE], S1045 [26FE]
        Tobacco products:  tobacco industry liability settlement relative to
            health risks and marketing and manufacturing practices (S.
            1415), S5605 [4JN], S5673 [5JN], S5740 [9JN], S5754 [9JN], S6001
            [10JN], S6145 [11JN]
      Letters
        IRS Restructuring and Reform Act:  Charles O. Rossotti, IRS,
            S4384-S4386 [6MY]
        ------ Representatives Etheridge and Shimkus, S2892 [1AP]
        Prohibit EPA implementation or enforcement of drinking water
            treatment requirements relative to copper levels until certain
            studies are completed:  Central Nebraska Mayor's Association,
            S8828 [23JY]
        ----- David R Seggerman, Fairmont Village, NE, Board of Trustees,
            S8829 [23JY]
        ----- E. Benjamin Nelson, Governor of Nebraska, and Marc Racicot,
            Governor of Montana, S8828 [23JY]
        ----- Gary Giebelhaus, Mayor of Columbus, NE, S8829 [23JY]
        ----- J. Phillip Odom, Mayor of Hastings, NE, S8829 [23JY]
        ----- Jim Van Marter, League of Nebraska Municipalities, S8829
            [23JY]
        ----- Joel D. Hunke, Snyder, NE, Board of Trustees, S8829 [23JY]
      Memorandums
        Education Savings Act for Public and Private Schools:  Lindy L.
            Paull, Committee on Taxation (Joint), S2288 [19MR]
        IRS Restructuring and Reform Act:  Lindy L. Paull, Committee on
            Taxation (Joint), S4389 [6MY]
        Tax Treatment of Individual Retirement Accounts:  Lindy L. Paull,
            Committee on Taxation (Joint), S4384 [6MY], S4388 [6MY]
      Proclamations
        World Population Awareness Week:  Ben Nelson, Governor of Nebraska,
            S12728<bullet> [20OC]
      Remarks
        Abortion:  prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 1122), veto,
            S10485 [17SE]
        Agriculture:  ensure that federally funded research and education
            programs address high-priority concerns with national multistate
            significance (S. 1150), conference report, S4674 [12MY]
        ------ Federal Crop Insurance Program funding, S4674 [12MY]
        ------ mandate price reporting requirements for live cattle and
            boxed beef, S8229 [15JY], S8231 [15JY]
        ------ mandate price reporting requirements for live cattle and
            boxed beef, S11416 [5OC]
        ------ relief for agricultural producers, small businesses, and
            rural communities adversely affected by low commodity prices,
            S11415 [5OC], S11416 [5OC] relief for agricultural producers,
            small businesses, and rural communities adversely affected by
            low commodity prices (H.R. 4560), S11162 [30SE], S11164 [30SE]
        Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
            making appropriations (S. 2159), S8229 [15JY], S8231 [15JY]
        ------ making appropriations (H.R. 4101), conference report, S11415
            [5OC], S11416 [5OC], S11560 [6OC]
        Appropriations:  making emergency supplemental for disaster relief
            and overseas peacekeeping operations (S. 1768), S2150 [18MR]
        ------ making omnibus consolidated and emergency supplemental
            appropriations, S12836 [21OC]
        Arms Export Control Act:  exempt federally guaranteed agricultural
            commodities from the application of sanctions (S. 2282), S7811
            [9JY]
        Bankruptcy:  reform laws (H.R. 3150), conference report--motion to
            proceed, S12147 [9OC]
        Budget:  allocation of funds, S441 [5FE]
        ------ balance, S441 [5FE]
        ------ reform entitlement programs, S2890 [1AP]
        ------ setting forth the Federal budget for 1999-2003 (S. Con. Res.
            86), S2890 [1AP], S2892 [1AP]
        Classified information:  declassification of information relative to
            human rights abuses in Guatemala and Honduras, S9856 [2SE]
        ------ encourage the disclosure to Congress of certain classified
            and related information (S. 1668), S1563 [9MR]
        Clinton, President:  congressional response to charges of perjury,
            obstruction of justice, and improper sexual conduct, S9925 [3SE]
        Colleges and universities:  allow community colleges to offer
            student aid to certain students for vocational and technology
            education (S. 2591), S11985<bullet> [8OC]
        Computers:  ensure businesses, financial markets, and the Federal
            Government are taking adequate steps to resolve the year 2000
            problem, S4386 [6MY]
        Congressional Record:  correction, S11560 [6OC]
        Dempsey, Joan A.:  nomination to be Deputy Director of Central
            Intelligence for Community Management, S5484 [22MY]
        Dept. of Defense:  authorizing appropriations for military
            activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military
            construction (S. 2057), S6662 [19JN], S7089 [25JN]
        ------ making appropriations (S. 2132), S9403 [30JY]
        Dept. of Education:  reform and reauthorize the State Student
            Incentive Grant Program (S. 1644), S751 [12FE]
        Dept. of Transportation and related agencies:  making appropriations
            (H.R. 4328), conference report, S12836 [21OC]
        Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
            agencies:  authorizing appropriations (S. 2260), S8826 [23JY]
        Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
             making appropriations (S. 2168), S8353 [16JY], S8356 [16JY],
            S8358 [16JY], S8359 [16JY], S8360 [16JY], S8361 [16JY], S8362
            [16JY], S8363 [16JY]
        Disabled Veterans' LIFE Memorial Foundation:  establish a memorial
            in the District of Columbia or its environs to honor veterans
            who became disabled while serving in the Armed Forces (S. 2646),
            S12722 [20OC]
        Employment:  consolidate Federal job training programs (H.R. 1385),
            S4253 [5MY]
        EPA:  prohibit implementation or enforcement of drinking water
            treatment requirements relative to copper levels until certain
            studies are completed, S8353 [16JY], S8356 [16JY], S8358 [16JY],
            S8359 [16JY], S8360 [16JY], S8361 [16JY], S8362 [16JY], S8363
            [16JY], S8826 [23JY], S8830 [23JY]
        Families and domestic relations:  increase availability,
            affordability, and quality of child care (S. 1610), S391 [4FE]
        Federal-State relations:  extend moratorium on State and local
            taxation of Internet access or transactions, S11682 [7OC]
        Flag--U.S.:  constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (S.J.
            Res. 40), unanimous-consent request, S11670 [7OC]
        Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs:  making
            appropriations (S. 2334), S9856 [2SE], S9866 [2SE], S9868 [2SE]
        Foreign policy:  national objectives priority assignments,
            S12637-S12639 [15OC]
        Higher Education Act:  reauthorize (H.R. 6), conference report,
            S11074 [29SE]
        ------ reauthorize (S. 1882), S7834 [9JY]
        Housing:  access to affordable housing and expansion of
            homeownership opportunities, S6501<bullet>-S6503<bullet> [17JN]
        IMF:  funding, S9866 [2SE]
        ------ making supplemental appropriations (S. 1769), S2150 [18MR]
        India:  nuclear weapons testing, S4774 [13MY]
        ------ U.S. intelligence community monitoring of nuclear testing,
            S4774 [13MY]
        Intelligence services:  authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3694),
            conference report, S11903 [8OC]
        ------ authorizing appropriations (S. 2052), S7327 [26JN]
        International Telecommunications Union:  development of standards
            for digital wireless communications, S9868 [2SE]
        Iran:  U.S. policy, S6663 [19JN]
        Iraq:  support transition to democracy (H.R. 4655), S11812 [7OC]
        ------ support transition to democracy (S. 2525), S11124 [29SE]
        ------ U.S. policy, S952 [25FE], S953 [25FE]
        Irrigation:  transfer of project facilities and lands from the
            Bureau of Reclamation to the Middle Loup Division irrigation
            district in Nebraska (S. 2219), S7179<bullet> [25JN]
        IRS:  congressional review of regulations that increase revenues,
            S4419 [6MY]
        ------ establish a full-time Board of Governors, S4395 [6MY], S4402
            [6MY]
        ------ extend burden of proof requirements to all tax liabilities,
            S4485 [7MY]
        ------ improve electronic filing of tax and information returns,
            S4484 [7MY]
        ------ limit disclosure and use of Federal tax return information to
            States for purposes of administering State income tax laws,
            S4487 [7MY]
        ------ prohibit request to taxpayers to give up rights to sue, S4485
            [7MY]
        ------ prohibit special waiver of the criminal conflict of interest
            laws for the employee representative on the Oversight Board,
            S4416 [6MY], S4422 [6MY], S4424 [6MY], S4426 [6MY], S4452 [7MY],
            S4453 [7MY], S4454 [7MY]
        ------ prohibit use of random audits in its examination process,
            S4513 [7MY], S4514 [7MY]
        ------ remove Sec. of the Treasury from IRS Oversight Board, S4483
            [7MY]
        ------ require report on violations of fair debt collection
            practices, S4455 [7MY]
        ------ require small business representation on Oversight Board,
            S4406 [6MY]
        ------ require study of willful noncompliance with tax laws by
            taxpayers, S4455 [7MY]
        ------ restructure and reform, S305 [3FE], S2285 [19MR], S2287
            [19MR], S2703 [27MR], S2892 [1AP]
        ------ restructure and reform (H.R. 2676), S4191 [4MY], S4193 [4MY],
            S4237 [5MY], S4240 [5MY], S4247 [5MY], S4352 [5MY], S4383 [6MY],
            S4384 [6MY], S4386 [6MY], S4388 [6MY], S4389 [6MY], S4390 [6MY],
            S4395 [6MY], S4399 [6MY], S4401 [6MY], S4402 [6MY], S4404 [6MY],
            S4405 [6MY], S4406 [6MY], S4416 [6MY], S4419 [6MY], S4422 [6MY],
            S4424 [6MY], S4426 [6MY], S4427 [6MY], S4428 [6MY], S4431 [6MY],
            S4452 [7MY], S4453 [7MY], S4454 [7MY], S4455 [7MY], S4460 [7MY],
            S4468 [7MY], S4470 [7MY], S4483 [7MY], S4484 [7MY], S4485 [7MY],
            S4486 [7MY], S4487 [7MY], S4491 [7MY], S4505 [7MY], S4506 [7MY],
            S4507 [7MY], S4509 [7MY], S4512 [7MY], S4513 [7MY], S4514 [7MY],
            S4520 [7MY]
        ------ restructure and reform (H.R. 2676), conference report, S7626
            [8JY], S7627 [8JY], S7630 [8JY], S7634 [8JY]
        ------ restructure and reform (H.R. 2676), unanimous-consent
            agreement, S4379 [6MY]
        ------ set effective date to implement changes to the tax code and
            ensure adequate steps are taken to resolve the year 2000
            computer problem, S4509 [7MY], S4512 [7MY]
        ------ study current procedures on detection of tax underpayments
            and fraud, S4399 [6MY], S4401 [6MY]
        ------ study transfer pricing enforcement efforts, S4404 [6MY]
        ------ termination of employees for willful failure to file income
            tax returns or threatening an audit for retaliatory purposes,
            S4486 [7MY]
        ------ treatment of electronic signature verification for taxpayers
            filing returns electronically, S4431 [6MY]
        IRS Restructuring and Reform Act:  ensure compliance with Federal
            budget requirements, S4383 [6MY], S4384 [6MY], S4386 [6MY],
            S4388 [6MY], S4389 [6MY], S4390 [6MY]
        Israel:  independence anniversary (H.J. Res. 102), S3799 [29AP]
        Medicare:  payments to children's hospitals that operate graduate
            medical education programs (S. 2049), S4535 [7MY]
        National Commission on Restructuring the IRS:  tribute to staff,
            S4521 [7MY]
        National Park Service:  maintenance, security, and custodial and
            long-term care of the World War II Memorial (S. Res. 296),
            S12250 [9OC]
        National security:  develop a system to classify and declassify
            information (S. 712), S1252 [3MR]
        ------ importance of and vulnerabilities associated with increased
            dependence on information technology systems, S12359-S12362
            [12OC]
        Nebraska:  tribute for frequency of Internet use in schools,
            S11190<bullet> [30SE]
        ------ tribute to Girl Scouts Gold Award recipients, S8262<bullet>
            [15JY]
        Nebraska Cultural Preservation Endowment:  establish, S3557<bullet>
            [23AP]
        Northern Ireland Peace Agreement:  tribute (S. Con. Res. 90), S3497
            [23AP]
        Point of order, S4514 [7MY]
        Political campaigns:  ethics reform and contribution limits, S899
            [24FE]
        ------ prohibit national committee funding for campaigns initiating
            personal attacks on opponents, S10573 [18SE]
        ------ protect individuals from having their money involuntarily
            collected and used for politics by a corporation or labor
            organization (S. 1663), S899 [24FE]
        Protocols to the North Atlantic Treaty on Accession of Poland,
            Hungary, and the Czech Republic:  ratification, S3876 [30AP]
        Public welfare programs:  food stamp eligibility for certain aliens,
            S4674 [12MY]
        Russia:  economic crisis, S10222 [10SE]
        ------ support democracy and free market system, S10222 [10SE]
        Senate:  legislative program, S4427 [6MY], S4432 [6MY]
        Social Security:  open KidSave accounts for every child at birth and
            invest such accounts to build retirement savings (S. 2184),
            S6491<bullet> [17JN]
        ------ reduce payroll taxes, S9403 [30JY]
        ------ reduce payroll taxes (S. 1792), S2157 [18MR], S2158 [18MR],
            S2159 [18MR], S2160 [18MR], S8447 [17JY]
        Taxation:  ensure taxpayer confidence in the problem resolution
            process by providing a more independently operated Office of the
            Taxpayer Advocate, S4237 [5MY], S4240 [5MY]
        ------ increase deductions for health insurance costs by self-
            employed individuals through revenues from an estate tax
            technical correction (S. 2613), S12187 [9OC], S12342 [10OC]
        ------ rates, S7626 [8JY]
        ------ State offsets relative to Federal tax refunds, S4468 [7MY]
        ------ treatment of education individual retirement accounts
            relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R.
            2646), S2285 [19MR], S2287 [19MR] treatment of education
            individual retirement accounts relative to elementary and
            secondary school expenses (H.R. 2646), conference report, S6929
            [24JN]
        ------ treatment of individual retirement accounts, S4383 [6MY],
            S4384 [6MY], S4388 [6MY], S4389 [6MY], S4390 [6MY]
        ------ treatment of Internet and interactive computer service
            commerce (S. 442), S11682 [7OC]
        ------ treatment of tax-exempt bond financing of certain electrical
            output facilities (S. 2182), S6490<bullet> [17JN]
        Telecommunications:  require accurate billing by carriers relative
            to costs and fees resulting from the Telecommunications Act,
            S4703 [12MY]
        Telephones:  strengthen and expand the procedures for preventing the
            slamming of interstate telephone service subscribers (S. 1618),
            S4703 [12MY]
        Tobacco products:  limit access to minors, S6149 [11JN]
        ------ 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), S745 [12FE]
        ------ specify percentage of revenues from tobacco industry
            settlement to be used for Child Care and Development Block Grant
            Act activities, S6149 [11JN]
        ------ tobacco industry liability settlement relative to health
            risks and marketing and manufacturing practices (S. 1415), S5270
            [21MY], S6149 [11JN], S6276 [12JN], S6473 [17JN]
        Transportation:  funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
            programs, and transit programs (H.R. 2400), conference report,
            S5406 [22MY]
        ----- funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and
            transit programs (S. 1173), S441 [5FE], S1815 [12MR]
        Votes:  position on missed, S2502<bullet> [24MR]
        World Population Awareness Week:  observance, S12728<bullet> [20OC]
      Remarks in Senate relative to
        Tribute, S9926 [3SE]
      Studies
        Copper Health Effects in Delaware:  Centers for Disease Control and
            Prevention, S8354 [16JY]
        Evaluating Gastrointestinal Irritation Among Humans From Copper in
            Lincoln, NE, Drinking Water:  Centers for Disease Control and
            Prevention, S8355 [16JY]
      Tables
        Democratic versus Republican estimates of State-by-State farm aid,
            S11416 [5OC]
      Texts of
        S. 2049, Children's Hospitals Education and Research Act, S4536
            [7MY]
        S. 2219, Missouri River Basin, Middle Loup Division Project
            Facilities Conveyance Act, S7180<bullet> [25JN]
      Tributes
        Byrd, Senator, S6662 [19JN]
        Cather, Willa, S5344<bullet> [21MY]
        Gibson, Bob, S12244<bullet> [9OC]
        Habiger, Eugene E., S7034<bullet> [24JN]
        Osborne, Tom, S191 [29JA]