    [Congressional Record Index (1998)]
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    RUSSIA related term(s) Commonwealth of Independent States
      Addresses
        Assessment of Ballistic Missile Threat to the U.S.:  Donald H
            Rumsfeld, Commission To Assess the Ballistic Missile Threat to
            the U.S., S12568-S12570 [14OC]
        Could NATO Expansion Lead to Nuclear War?:  Senator Moynihan,
            S3611-S3613 [27AP]
        ------ Senator Moynihan (excerpts), S3608 [27AP]
        Protocols to the North Atlantic Treaty on Accession of Poland,
            Hungary, and the Czech Republic:  President Clinton, E975 [22MY]
        Tribute to Raoul Wallenberg:  Annette Lantos, E270 [3MR]
      Amendments
        Iran:  impose sanctions on foreign persons who transfer items
            contributing to efforts to acquire, develop, or produce
            ballistic missiles (H.R. 2709), S5385 [22MY], S5460 [22MY],
            H4285 [9JN]
        Protocols to the North Atlantic Treaty on Accession of Poland,
            Hungary, and the Czech Republic:  ratification, S3667 [28AP],
            S3688 [28AP], S3724 [28AP], S3725 [28AP], S3740 [29AP], S3756
            [29AP], S3765 [29AP], S3826 [30AP], S3867 [30AP], S3900 [30AP],
            S3902 [30AP], S4040 [1MY], S4041 [1MY]
      Articles and editorials
        Accidental Nuclear War--A Post-Cold War Assessment, S3818-S3820
            [30AP]
        Admit 3 More to NATO, S3872 [30AP]
        Annals of Warfare--The Bioweaponeers--In the Last Few Years, Russian
            Scientists Have Invented the World's Deadliest Plagues. Have We
            Learned About This Too Late To Stop It?, S1877-S1882 [12MR]
        Brave New NATO, S3614 [27AP]
        Can't Russia Join the Club, Too?--If the NATO Alliance Is About
            Strengthening Democracy, the Troubled Nation Should Get Its Own
            Invitation, S3614 [27AP]
        Cold War Doctrines Refuse To Die--False Alert After `95 Rocket
            Launch Shows Fragility of Aging Safeguards, S2100-S2102 [17MR]
        Congress Should OK Expansion of NATO, S3872 [30AP]
        Deciding NATO's Future Without Debate, S2189 [18MR]
        Downsizing a Mighty Arsenal--Moscow Rethinks Role as Its Weapons
            Rust, S2102-S2104 [17MR]
        Missile's Threat From Iran, S5374 [22MY]
        NATO Expansion and the Baltic Iceberg, S3741 [29AP]
        NATO Hopefuls Lag in Meeting Requirements, S2189 [18MR]
        New Approach for South Asia, S8685-S8687 [21JY]
        Russia's Disarray Brings Nuclear Risk to the U.S., S3818 [30AP]
        Senate Should Halt NATO Expansion, S3703 [28AP]
        Should NATO Grow? Enlargement of Alliance Will Truly Signal the End
            of the Cold War, S3872 [30AP]
        Steel Firms File Trade Complaint--Targets--Brazil, Japan, Russia,
            H10403 [10OC]
        Steel Imports Hit Area Hard, H10961 [15OC]
        Stop Coddling Yeltsin, H4873 [19JN]
        Subsidizing the Kleptocracy, E2228 [16OC]
        Unlikely Cast Gathers To Oppose NATO Growth, S3614 [27AP]
        What a Drag! Asia, Russia, Latin America--Trouble Abroad Threatens
            the U.S. Economy, S10707-S10710 [22SE]
        With Promises, Promises, NATO Moves the East, S3832 [30AP]
      Bills and resolutions
        Baltic States:  support people of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania,
            and condemn the Nazi-Soviet Pact of Non-Aggression, (see H. Con.
            Res. 320), H7290 [5AU]
        Dept. of Energy:  purchase of Russian uranium from dismantled
            nuclear warheads, (see H.R. 3941), H3743 [21MY]
        International relations:  restitution and compensation for certain
            confiscated properties in former Communist countries, (see H.
            Res. 562), H9274 [1OC]
        Iran:  impose sanctions on foreign persons who transfer items
            contributing to efforts to acquire, develop, or produce
            ballistic missiles (H.R. 2709), consideration of Senate
            amendments, (see H. Res. 457), H4164 [4JN]
        Iron and steel industry:  impose a temporary ban on importation of
            certain steel products from Japan, Russia, and Brazil, (see H.R.
            4762), H10352 [9OC]
        ------ respond to the surge of steel imports resulting from the
            financial crises in Asia, Russia, and other regions, (see H.
            Con. Res. 328, S. Con. Res. 121), S11122 [29SE], (see S. 2580),
            S11970 [8OC], H8083 [18SE], (see H. Con. Res. 350), H10667
            [12OC], (see H. Res. 598), H10917 [14OC]
        Rokhlin, Lev Y.:  express sympathy to family and colleagues and urge
            prompt investigation into death, (see H. Res. 571), H9345 [2OC]
        Space policy:  uphold accountability of certain parties responsible
            for space station development, (see H.R. 4820), H10832 [13OC]
        Ukraine:  remember treatment by the former Soviet Union on
            anniversary of Ukrainian Famine, (see H. Con. Res. 295), H5297
            [24JN]
        ------ remember treatment by the former Soviet Union on anniversary
            of Ukrainian Famine, (see S. Con. Res. 122), S11279 [1OC]
      Declarations
        NATO expansion:  several former military officers, S2199 [18MR]
      Excerpts
        International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights non-
            discrimination clause, H10726 [13OC]
        International property laws and agreements, H10726 [13OC]
        U.N. Human Rights Committee decisions concerning citizenship and
            residency requirements in property restitution laws, H10726
            [13OC]
      Letters
        Antiballistic Missile Treaty implementation:  President Clinton,
            H7276 [5AU], H7277 [5AU]
        ------ Representative Gilman, H7275 [5AU] Representative Gilman,
            Committee on International Relations (House), and Senator Helms,
            Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), H7276 [5AU]
        Cooperation of former communist countries relative to POW and MIA's:
             Ann Mills Griffiths, National League of Families of American
            Prisoners and Missing in Southeast Asia, S3689 [28AP]
        ----- Dolores Apodaca Alfond, National Alliance of Families, S3689
            [28AP]
        ----- Donna D. Knox, Korean/Cold War Family Association of the
            Missing, S3689 [28AP]
        ----- J. Thomas Burch, Jr., National Vietnam & Gulf War Veterans
            Coalition, S3689 [28AP]
        Return of certain confiscated properties in former Communist
            countries:  Representative Mica, H10728 [13OC]
        Russian disposal of weapons-grade plutonium:  several Senators,
            S8475 [17JY], S8476 [17JY]
        Russian proliferation of nuclear missile technology to Iran:
            Representative Weller, E317 [5MR]
        Tribute to Raoul Wallenberg:  Chelsea Swett, E271 [3MR]
        U.S. policy on NATO expansion:  Alexander R. Vershbow, North
            Atlantic Council, E600 [21AP]
        ------ George Bush, S3606 [27AP]
        ------ George F. Kennan, S3607 [27AP]
        ------ Jimmy Carter, S3606 [27AP]
        ------ Mark Danner, S3607 [27AP]
        ------ Paul H. Nitze, S3606 [27AP]
        ------ President Clinton, S3840 [30AP]
        ------ several former Senators, S3606 [27AP]
      Messages
        Protocols to the North Atlantic Treaty on Accession of Poland,
            Hungary, and the Czech Republic Relative to U.S. Subsidies and
            the Russian Role in NATO:  President Clinton, S5317 [21MY]
        Veto of H.R. 2709, Iran Missile Proliferation Sanctions Act:
            President Clinton, H5071 [24JN]
      Motions
        Iran:  impose sanctions on foreign persons who transfer items
            contributing to efforts to acquire, develop, or produce
            ballistic missiles (H.R. 2709), H4285 [9JN]
        Iron and steel industry:  respond to the surge of steel imports
            resulting from the financial crises in Asia, Russia, and other
            regions, H10404 [10OC]
      Opinion polls
        Citizens of Eastern European countries supporting increased national
            defense spending:  USIA, S3901 [30AP]
      Proposals
        Respond to the surge of steel imports resulting from the financial
            crises in Asia, Russia, and other regions, H10119 [8OC], H10294
            [9OC], H10328 [9OC], H10334 [9OC], H10400 [10OC], H10622 [12OC],
            H10848 [14OC], H10948 [15OC]
      Remarks in House
        AID:  Andrei Sakharov Museum and Public Center funding, E1859 [1OC]
        ------ Russian tax system reform funding, H5641 [16JY]
        Antiballistic Missile Treaty:  implementation, H7272-H7277 [5AU]
        Baltic States:  support people of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania,
            and condemn the Nazi-Soviet Pact of Non-Aggression (H. Con. Res.
            320), H10270-H10274 [9OC]
        Cyprus:  proposed sale of missiles to Greek Cypriots, E2347 [18DE]
        Democracy:  efforts, H5412 [14JY]
        Dept. of Energy:  establish International Centers for Environmental
            Safety, E1941 [8OC]
        ------ purchase of Russian uranium from dismantled nuclear warheads
            (H.R. 3941), E942 [22MY]
        Economy:  crisis, H7574-H7581 [10SE], H7614 [11SE], H7676 [14SE],
            H7786 [15SE], E2228 [16OC]
        Foreign aid:  arms sales to Iran, H4972 [23JN]
        Human rights:  violations, H4882 [22JN], E141 [11FE], E1225 [25JN]
        IMF:  funding, H9351 [5OC], H9664-H9669 [6OC]
        ------ loans, H5416 [14JY]
        International relations:  restitution and compensation for certain
            confiscated properties in former Communist countries (H. Res.
            562), H10724-H10728 [13OC], H10799 [13OC]
        Iran:  impose sanctions on foreign persons who transfer items
            contributing to efforts to acquire, develop, or produce
            ballistic missiles (H.R. 2709), H4949-H4951 [22JN]
        ----- impose sanctions on foreign persons who transfer items
            contributing to efforts to acquire, develop, or produce
            ballistic missiles (H.R. 2709), Senate amendments, H4285-H4293
            [9JN], H4300 [9JN]
        ----- impose sanctions on foreign persons who transfer items
            contributing to efforts to acquire, develop, or produce
            ballistic missiles (H.R. 2709), consideration of Senate
            amendments (H. Res. 457), H4283-H4285 [9JN]
        ----- impose sanctions on foreign persons who transfer items
            contributing to efforts to acquire, develop, or produce
            ballistic missiles (H.R. 2709), veto, H5072 [24JN], E1215 [24JN]
        ------ nuclear weapons proliferation, H6419 [24JY]
        ------ proliferation of nuclear missile technology, H1100 [11MR],
            E317 [5MR]
        Iron and steel industry:  impose a temporary ban on importation of
            certain steel products from Japan, Russia, and Brazil (H.R.
            4762), H10340 [9OC]
        ------ respond to the surge of steel imports resulting from the
            financial crises in Asia, Russia, and other regions, H10119
            [8OC], H10120 [8OC], H10294 [9OC], H10295 [9OC], H10328 [9OC],
            H10334 [9OC], H10400-H10405 [10OC], H10621 [12OC], H10670
            [13OC], H10676 [13OC], H10803 [13OC], H10804 [13OC], H10836
            [14OC], H10848 [14OC], H10948 [15OC] respond to the surge of
            steel imports resulting from the financial crises in Asia,
            Russia, and other regions (H. Con. Res. 328), H8080 [18SE],
            E2100 [12OC], E2251 [20OC] respond to the surge of steel imports
            resulting from the financial crises in Asia, Russia, and other
            regions (H. Con. Res. 350), H10632-H10639 [12OC], E2135 [13OC]
            respond to the surge of steel imports resulting from the
            financial crises in Asia, Russia, and other regions (H. Res.
            598), H10921 [15OC], H10949 [15OC], H10958-H10965 [15OC], E2237
            [19OC], E2311 [12NO]
        Kornukov, Anatoly:  appointment as Chief of Staff of the Russian Air
            Force, E125 [11FE]
        Nuclear weapons:  proliferation, H1856 [1AP], H9664-H9669 [6OC]
        ------ security of stockpile, H2786 [5MY]
        Protocols to the North Atlantic Treaty on Accession of Poland,
            Hungary, and the Czech Republic:  ratification, E707 [29AP],
            E975 [22MY]
        Space policy:  space station program funding, E1469 [30JY]
        ------ uphold accountability of certain parties responsible for
            space station development (H.R. 4820), E2131 [13OC]
        U.S. policy, H4873 [19JN], E2199 [15OC]
        Ukraine:  remember treatment by the former Soviet Union on
            anniversary of Ukrainian Famine (H. Con. Res. 295),
            H10453-H10456 [10OC], E2067 [11OC], E2135 [13OC], E2148 [13OC],
            E2217 [16OC], E2328 [12NO]
        Volunteer workers:  tribute to individuals for work performed on
            Moscow orphanage, E2016 [10OC]
        Yeltsin, Boris:  dismissal of cabinet, H1386 [24MR]
      Remarks in Senate
        Biological weapons:  inspection of program, S1876 [12MR]
        Dept. of Defense:  report on ``nuclear cities'' initiative to
            improve employment opportunities for former Soviet nuclear
            weapons personnel, S7146 [25JN]
        ------ require report on Russian tactical nuclear weapons, S6850
            [23JN]
        Dept. of Energy:  implementation of ``nuclear cities'' initiative to
            improve employment opportunities for former Soviet nuclear
            weapons personnel, S6531 [18JN]
        ------ Initiatives for Proliferation Prevention Program funding,
            S6531 [18JN], S7146 [25JN]
        Domenici, Senator:  tribute to efforts at Russian Summit, S9934
            [3SE]
        Economy:  crisis, S9744 [1SE], S9757 [1SE], S9826 [2SE],
            S10190-S10192 [10SE], S10222 [10SE]
        Foreign aid:  allocation, S12577 [14OC]
        ------ support democracy and free market system, S10222 [10SE]
        Georgia, Republic of:  conflict with Abkhazia region, S6503 [17JN]
        Iran:  impose sanctions on foreign persons who transfer items
            contributing to efforts to acquire, develop, or produce
            ballistic missiles (H.R. 2709), S3 [27JA], S5369-S5391 [22MY],
            S7609 [7JY]
        ----- impose sanctions on foreign persons who transfer items
            contributing to efforts to acquire, develop, or produce
            ballistic missiles (H.R. 2709), unanimous-consent agreement,
            S3236 [3AP]
        ------ U.S. policy, S237 [29JA]
        Iron and steel industry:  respond to the surge of steel imports
            resulting from the financial crises in Asia, Russia, and other
            regions (S. 2580), S11971-S11974 [8OC]
        ----- respond to the surge of steel imports resulting from the
            financial crises in Asia, Russia, and other regions (S. Con.
            Res. 121), S11128-S11130 [29SE]
        National security:  national missile defense system, S10653 [21SE]
        NATO:  financial costs of expansion, S3890 [30AP], S3900 [30AP]
        ------ make expansion contingent upon European Union membership,
            S3817-S3826 [30AP], S3843 [30AP], S3844 [30AP]
        ------ policy on Russia's non-strategic nuclear arsenal, S3800-S3804
            [29AP], S3850-S3854 [30AP]
        ------ require 3-year pause before further expansion, S3826-S3844
            [30AP]
        Nuclear weapons:  disposal of excess Russian weapons-derived
            plutonium, S12743 [21OC]
        ------ disposal of weapons-grade plutonium, S8473-S8477 [17JY],
            S10578 [18SE], S10579 [18SE], S11119 [29SE]
        ------ moratorium on testing, S8685 [21JY]
        ------ proliferation, S2699-S10653 [28AP], S3680 [28AP], S3686-S3708
            [28AP], S3739-S3749 [29AP], S3752 [29AP], S3756-S3782 [29AP],
            S3907-S4033 [9JY] ratification, corrections in engrossment,
            S4221 [4MY] ratification, unanimous-consent agreement, S3774
            [29AP]
        Senate:  legislative priorities, S9677 [31AU]
        ------ tribute to staff, S3913 [30AP]
        START II Treaty:  implementation, S2700 [27MR], S3617 [27AP], S3620
            [27AP], S3630 [27AP], S3632 [27AP], S3888 [30AP]
        ------ ratification, S4548 [7MY]
        Treaties and agreements:  treaty with Russia to reduce weapons-grade
            plutonium, S9934 [3SE]
        U.S. policy, S2099 [17MR], S8603 [21JY], S12577 [14OC]
        Ukraine:  remember treatment by the former Soviet Union on
            anniversary of Ukrainian Famine (S. Con. Res. 122), S11286
            [1OC], S12228 [9OC], S12946 [21OC]
      Reports
        Russian Federation National Security Blueprint, S2192-S2195 [18MR]
      Reports filed
        Consideration of Senate Amendments to H.R. 2709, Iran Missile
            Proliferation Sanctions Act:  Committee on Rules (House) (H.
            Res. 457) (H. Rept. 105-566), H4164 [4JN]
      Resolutions of ratification
        Protocols to the North Atlantic Treaty on Accession of Poland,
            Hungary, and the Czech Republic, S4217-S4220 [4MY]
      Rulings of the Chair
        Iron and steel industry:  respond to the surge of steel imports
            resulting from the financial crises in Asia, Russia, and other
            regions, H10404 [10OC]
      Statements
        Cooperation of Former Communist Countries Relative to POW and MIA's:
             Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc., S3689 [28AP]
        NATO Expansion:  several former national security officials, S2200
            [18MR]
        Response to Former Russian Intelligence Agent's Testimony Regarding
            Soviet Military Plans To Smuggle Portable Nuclear Devices Into
            the U.S.:  Jennie B. Smith, E1835 [28SE]
        Surge of Steel Imports Resulting From the Financial Crises in Asia,
            Russia, and Other Regions:  Keith Busse, Steel Dynamics, Inc.,
            H10964 [15OC]
        U.S. Policy on NATO Expansion:  John Radzilowski, Polish American
            Cultural Institute, S3621 [27AP]
        ------ Laszlo G. Fulop, Minnesota Hungarians (organization), S3622
            [27AP]
        ------ Paulette Will, Minnesota Czechoslovak Center, S3623 [27AP]
      Tables
        Transfers of nuclear weapons technology, H2967 [7MY]
      Texts of
        H. Con. Res. 295, remember treatment by the former Soviet Union on
            anniversary of Ukrainian Famine, H10453 [10OC]
        H. Con. Res. 320, support people of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania,
            and condemn the Nazi-Soviet Pact of Non-Aggression, H10270 [9OC]
        H. Con. Res. 350, respond to the surge of steel imports resulting
            from the financial crises in Asia, Russia, and other regions,
            H10632 [12OC]
        H. Res. 457, consideration of Senate amendments to H.R. 2709, Iran
            Missile Proliferation Sanctions Act, H4283 [9JN]
        H. Res. 562, restitution and compensation for certain confiscated
            properties in former Communist countries, H10724 [13OC]
        H. Res. 598, respond to the surge of steel imports resulting from
            the financial crises in Asia, Russia, and other regions, H10958
            [15OC]
        S. Con. Res. 121, respond to the surge of steel imports resulting
            from the financial crises in Asia, Russia, and other regions,
            S11128 [29SE]
        S. Con. Res. 122, remember treatment by the former Soviet Union on
            anniversary of Ukrainian Famine, S12946 [21OC]
        S. Con. Res. 122, remember treatment of Ukraine by the former Soviet
            Union on anniversary of Ukrainian Famine, S11286 [1OC]