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

    FEINSTEIN, DIANNE (a Senator from California)
      Addresses
        Engaging China--Direction of the Future:  by,
            S3461<bullet>-S3465<bullet> [22AP]
      Agreements
        Reduce Federal penalties relative to implementation of child support
            enforcement system by States:  several California State
            officials, S2299 [19MR]
      Amendments
        Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
            making appropriations (S. 2159), S8254 [15JY]
        Bankruptcy:  consumer protection (S. 1301), S10243 [11SE], S10244
            [11SE], S10743 [23SE], S10843 [23SE]
        Budget:  setting forth the Federal budget for 1999-2003 (S. Con.
            Res. 86), S2930 [1AP], S2931 [1AP], S2993 [1AP], S2994 [1AP],
            S3157 [2AP]
        Courts:  product liability reform (S. 648), S7683 [8JY], S7884 [9JY]
        Crime:  identity fraud (S. 512), S9476 [30JY]
        ------ prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws
            requiring parental notification of abortions (S. 1645), S10669
            [21SE], S10728 [22SE]
        Dept. of Defense:  authorizing appropriations for military
            activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military
            construction (S. 2057), S4877 [14MY], S4920 [14MY], S6672
            [19JN], S6708 [19JN], S6775 [22JN], S6890 [23JN], S7006 [24JN],
            S7030 [24JN]
        Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the
            President, and independent agencies:  making appropriations (S.
            2312), S9107 [28JY], S9145 [28JY], S9255 [29JY], S9267 [29JY]
        Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
            agencies:  authorizing appropriations (S. 2260), S8740 [22JY],
            S8799 [22JY], S8849 [23JY], S8931 [23JY]
        Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs:  making
            appropriations (S. 2334), S9739 [1SE], S9740 [1SE], S9750 [1SE],
            S9792 [1SE], S9793 [1SE], S9796 [1SE]
        Higher Education Act:  reauthorize (S. 1882), S7788 [9JY], S7885
            [9JY]
        IRS:  restructure and reform (H.R. 2676), S4473 [7MY], S4544 [7MY]
        Motor vehicles:  titling and registration requirements relative to
            salvage, nonrepairable, and rebuilt vehicles (S. 852), S11356
            [2OC], S11393 [2OC]
        Political campaigns:  protect individuals from having their money
            involuntarily collected and used for politics by a corporation
            or labor organization (S. 1663), S1023 [25FE], S1024 [25FE]
        Taxation:  treatment of education individual retirement accounts
            relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R.
            2646), S2225 [18MR], S2340 [19MR], S3363 [21AP], S3546 [23AP]
        Telephones:  strengthen and expand the procedures for preventing the
            slamming of interstate telephone service subscribers (S. 1618),
            S4694 [12MY], S4737 [12MY]
        Tobacco products:  tobacco industry liability settlement relative to
            health risks and marketing and manufacturing practices (S.
            1415), S5342 [21MY], S5703 [5JN], S6176 [11JN], S6256 [11JN]
        Transportation:  funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
            programs, and transit programs (S. 1173), S1237 [3MR], S1282
            [3MR], S1326 [4MR], S1357 [4MR], S1572 [9MR], S1830 [12MR],
            S1898 [12MR]
      Articles and editorials
        Activists' Demands Jeopardize Deal for Headquarters, H6041 [21JY]
        Bugle Boys of Company B Died To Keep America Free, Patty Andrews,
            Los Angeles (CA) Times, S12021<bullet> [8OC]
        Drop in Drug Seizures Worries U.S. Customs, H.G. Reza, Los Angeles
            (CA) Times, S420 [5FE]
        Game's Not Over for Hormel, Los Angeles (CA) Times, S12586 [14OC]
        Grass-Roots Seeds of Compromise, Charles C. Mann and Mark L.
            Plummer, Washington (DC) Post, S12786<bullet> [21OC],
            S12998<bullet> [12NO]
        Hold That Homophobia, Philadelphia (PA) Inquirer, S12587 [14OC]
        Let Them Vote on Mr. Hormel, New York (NY) Times, S12587 [14OC]
        Outpatient Mastectomy Surgery, Victoria Berck, Los Angeles (CA)
            Times, S4648 [12MY]
        Qualified To Serve, Washington (DC) Post, S12587 [14OC]
        Senate Discriminates Against Gays, Atlanta (GA) Constitution, S12587
            [14OC]
        Strange Diplomacy--Senator Hutchinson, Meet Mr. Hormel, Little Rock
            (AR) Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, S12587 [14OC]
        Vote for Hormel, James K. Glassman, Washington (DC) Post, S12588
            [14OC]
      Bills and resolutions cosponsored
        Agriculture:  require labeling of country of origin of imported
            perishable agricultural commodities, (see S. 1042), S846 [23FE]
        American Discovery Trail:  designate, (see S. 1069), S3544 [23AP]
        American GI Forum of the U.S. (nonprofit corporation):  grant
            Federal charter, (see S. 1759), S3362 [21AP]
        Beaches:  improve quality of coastal recreation waters, (see S.
            971), S234 [29JA]
        Business and industry:  ensure economic equity for women, (see S.
            71), S2862 [31MR]
        ------ provide assistance to microenterprises in developing
            countries, (see S. 2152), S6037 [10JN]
        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), S9941 [3SE]
        Computers:  encourage disclosure and exchange of information
            relative to the year 2000 problem, (see S. 2392), S10843 [23SE]
        Contraceptives:  require equitable coverage of drugs, devices, and
            services under health insurance plans, (see S. 766), S1568 [9MR]
        Costa Rica:  protection of lives and property rights from squatters,
            (see S. Con. Res. 84), S2114 [17MR]
        Courts:  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]
        ------ equalize penalties for trafficking in methamphetamine with
            those for trafficking in crack cocaine, (see S. 2024), S11586
            [6OC]
        ------ increase public awareness, collect data, and develop
            strategies to address the safety and justice needs of victims
            with developmental disabilities, (see S. 1976), S6889 [23JN]
        ------ strengthen penalties for international drug dealing and money
            laundering, and reduce drug use and trafficking in prisons, (see
            S. 2011), S3919 [30AP]
        Cuba:  exception to trade embargo for food, medicines and medical
            supplies, instruments, or equipment, (see S. 1391), S667 [11FE]
        Customs Service:  funding for personnel and technology to reduce
            delays at border crossings, (see S. 1787), S2114 [17MR]
        Day of Concern About Young People and Gun Violence:  designate, (see
            S. Res. 264), S9556 [31JY]
        Dept. of HHS:  revise and extend certain women's health research and
            prevention activities programs, (see S. 1722), S1508 [6MR]
        Dept. of the Interior:  conduct a volunteer pilot project at one
            national wildlife refuge in each U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
            region, (see S. 2244), S7256 [26JN]
        ------ moratorium on oil and gas development on certain portions of
            the Outer Continental Shelf, (see S. 2084), S5134 [19MY]
        Dept. of Veterans Affairs:  establish certain presumptions of
            service connection for Persian Gulf Conflict veterans, (see S.
            2358), S11346 [2OC]
        Dia de los Ninos--Celebrating Young Americans:  designate, (see S.
            Res. 278), S10668 [21SE]
        Drugs:  enhance interdiction efforts in major transit countries and
            support eradication and crop substitution programs in source
            countries, (see S. 2522), S11042 [28SE]
        Education:  national policy to improve system, (see S. 1708), S1336
            [4MR]
        ------ reduce class size in the early grades and improve teacher
            quality, (see S. 2209), S9139 [28JY]
        ------ reductions in class size, (see S. Res. 190), S1255 [3MR]
        Employment:  reform standard for classifying technical workers as
            independent contractors for employment tax purposes, (see S.
            1924), S3120 [2AP]
        FAA:  foreign repair station rules, (see S. 1089), S3792 [29AP]
        Families and domestic relations:  increase availability,
            affordability, and quality of child care, (see S. 1610), S378
            [4FE]
        Federal aid programs:  improve and expand empowerment and enterprise
            zone programs, (see S. 2418), S11346 [2OC]
        Firearms:  ensure child safety, (see S. 1917), S5638 [4JN]
        Flag--U.S.:  constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration, (see
            S.J. Res. 40), S378 [4FE]
        Greek Independence Day--A National Day of Celebration of Greek and
            American Democracy:  designate, (see S. Res. 171), S770 [12FE]
        Hazardous substances:  increase funding for poison control centers
            and establish toll-free telephone number to improve access, (see
            S. 1862), S8677 [21JY]
        Health:  biomedical research funding, (see S. Res. 170), S2774
            [30MR]
        ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, (see
            S. 1890), S2851 [31MR], (see S. 1891), S2851 [31MR]
        Health care facilities:  protection of nursing home residents
            through enhanced screening and reporting requirements relative
            to abusive employees, (see S. 2570), S11698 [7OC]
        Human rights:  expedite the declassification of certain documents
            relating to human rights abuses in Guatemala and Honduras, (see
            S. 1220), S4208 [4MY]
        ------ prevent trafficking of women and girls for forced
            prostitution, (see S. Con. Res. 82), S1697 [10MR]
        Immigration:  adjust status of certain Haitian refugees, (see S.
            1504), S1894 [12MR]
        ------ increase number of temporary visas for skilled workers and
            expand education and training opportunities for U.S. students
            and workers, (see S. 1878), S2719 [27MR]
        Israel:  independence anniversary, (see S.J. Res. 46), S3783 [29AP]
        ------ membership in a U.N. regional group, (see S. Res. 188), S1255
            [3MR]
        Japan:  eliminate barriers to foreign trade and investment relative
            to resolution of the Asian financial crisis, (see S. Res. 216),
            S4560 [8MY]
        Law enforcement officers:  tribute to individuals who lost their
            lives during service, (see S. Res. 201), S2764 [30MR]
        ``Little Rock Nine'':  award Congressional Gold Medals, (see S.
            1283), S846 [23FE]
        McCain, Senator:  tribute, (see S. Res. 196), S2114 [17MR]
        Medicaid:  coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment services
            for certain women screened under federally funded programs, (see
            S. 2017), S3919 [30AP]
        Medicare:  demonstration project to provide coverage for cancer
            patients enrolled in certain clinical trials, (see S. 381),
            S8058 [13JY]
        ------ payments to children's hospitals that operate graduate
            medical education programs, (see S. 2049), S9599 [31JY]
        Medicare/Medicaid:  expand and clarify requirements regarding
            advance directives to ensure that an individual's health care
            decisions are observed, (see S. 1345), S5637 [4JN]
        Mexico:  adopt measures to support a peaceful resolution of the
            conflict and to protect human rights in Chiapas, (see S. Con.
            Res. 128), S12164 [9OC]
        ------ 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]
        Milosevic, Slobodan:  culpability for war crimes, crimes against
            humanity, and genocide in the former Yugoslavia, (see S. Con.
            Res. 105), S8388 [16JY]
        Minimum wage:  level, (see S. 1805), S2296 [19MR]
        National Airborne Day:  designate, (see S. Res. 95), S10387 [15SE]
        National Breast Cancer Survivor's Day:  designate, (see S. Res.
            198), S2214 [18MR]
        National Character Counts Week:  designate, (see S. Res. 176), S1206
            [2MR]
        National Children's Day:  designate, (see S. Res. 260), S11452 [5OC]
        National Children's Memorial Day:  designate, (see S. Res. 193),
            S5517 [1JN]
        National Correctional Officers and Employees Week:  designate, (see
            S. Res. 175), S1262 [3MR]
        National discovery trails:  establish, (see S. 1069), S3544 [23AP]
        National Erase the Hate and Eliminate Racism Day:  designate, (see
            S. Res. 221), S3919 [30AP]
        National Inhalant Abuse Awareness Day:  designate, (see S. Res.
            257), S8779 [22JY]
        National Kick Drugs Out of America Week:  designate, (see S. Res.
            194), S2221 [18MR]
        National Mammography Day:  designate, (see S. Res. 271), S11285
            [1OC]
        National Women's History Month:  designate, (see S. Res. 189), S1569
            [9MR]
        New Mexico:  designate Onate Cuartocentenario to commemorate the
            anniversary of the first permanent Spanish settlement, (see S.
            Res. 148), S520 [9FE]
        Nigeria:  promote democracy and good governance, (see S. 2102),
            S6769 [22JN]
        NIH:  expansion, intensification, and coordination of autism
            research activities, (see S. 2263), S11715 [7OC]
        North American Wetlands Conservation Act:  reauthorizing, (see S.
            1677), S3656 [27AP]
        Older Americans Act:  reauthorize, (see S. 2295), S10211 [10SE]
        Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act:  amend, (see S. 1985),
            S4442 [6MY]
        Partnerships for Wildlife Act:  reauthorizing, (see S. 1677), S3656
            [27AP]
        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 Works and Economic Development Act:  reauthorize and reform
            programs, (see S. 1647), S6889 [23JN]
        ------ reauthorize and reform programs, (see S. 2364), S11346 [2OC]
        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), S9254
            [29JY]
        ------ increase the amount authorized for basic scientific, medical,
            and pre-competitive engineering research, (see S. 1305), S1262
            [3MR]
        Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building, Oakland, CA:  designate, (see S.
            1898), S2967 [1AP]
        Salton Sea:  feasibility study relative to reclamation project, (see
            S. 1716), S1435 [5MR]
        Sanford, Terry:  tribute, (see S. Res. 211), S3356 [21AP]
        SBA:  women's business centers funding, (see S. 2157), S6424 [16JN]
        Ships and vessels:  stimulate increased domestic cruise ship
            opportunities by temporarily reducing barriers for entry into
            the domestic cruise ship trade, (see S. 2507), S11452 [5OC]
        Space policy:  encourage the development of a commercial space
            industry, (see S. 1473), S2987 [1AP]
        Stanislaus County, CA:  conveyance of certain lands, (see S. 1703),
            S1255 [3MR]
        Syria:  return of Nadia Dabbagh to U.S., (see S. Res. 293), S11970
            [8OC]
        Tariff:  HIV antiviral drug production, (see S. 1947), S3218 [3AP],
            (see S. 1948), S3218 [3AP], (see S. 1949), S3218 [3AP], (see S.
            1950), S3218 [3AP], (see S. 1951), S3218 [3AP], (see S. 1952),
            S3218 [3AP], (see S. 1953), S3218 [3AP], (see S. 1954), S3218
            [3AP], (see S. 1955), S3218 [3AP], (see S. 1956), S3218 [3AP]
        Taxation:  allow Farm and Ranch Risk Management Accounts, (see S.
            2078), S5238 [20MY]
        ------ applications for an exclusion of gain on certain sales of a
            principal residence by a surviving spouse, (see S. 1992), S3792
            [29AP]
        ------ establish a charitable deduction for the breast cancer
            research postage stamp relative to costs that exceed the price
            of a regular first-class postage stamp, (see S. 2386), S9425
            [30JY]
        ------ establish medical innovation tax credits for clinical testing
            research expenses relative to academic medical centers and other
            qualified hospital research organizations, (see S. 1885), S2850
            [31MR]
        ------ increase amount of low-income housing credits allocated in
            each State and index amount for inflation, (see S. 1252), S325
            [3FE]
        ------ increase State cap on private activity bonds, (see S. 1251),
            S4365 [5MY]
        ------ 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), S1070 [26FE], (see S. 1682), S1894 [12MR]
        ------ permanently extend income averaging for farmers, (see S.
            1879), S3792 [29AP]
        ------ treatment of individual retirement accounts relative to
            charitable contributions, (see S. 1734), S7884 [9JY]
        ------ treatment of information technology job training expenses,
            (see S. 2089), S5019 [18MY]
        Telecommunications:  require consent of all parties relative to
            interception of oral, wire, or electronic communications, (see
            S. 1973), S4835 [13MY]
        Turkey:  end restrictions on freedoms and human rights of the
            enclaved people of Cyprus, (see S. Con. Res. 65), S3363 [21AP]
        Ukraine:  remember treatment by the former Soviet Union on
            anniversary of Ukrainian Famine, (see S. Con. Res. 122), S11346
            [2OC]
        Vietnamese Conflict:  tribute to POW and MIA's and disclosure of
            information concerning missing personnel, (see S. Res. 196),
            S2114 [17MR]
        Washington, George:  anniversary of death, (see S. Con. Res. 83),
            S9452 [30JY]
        Water pollution:  estuary conservation and management programs
            funding, (see S. 1321), S8677 [21JY]
        Wisconsin:  commemorate sesquicentennial of statehood, (see S. Con.
            Res. 75), S2433 [23MR]
        Women:  anniversary of women's rights movement, (see S. Res. 189),
            S1569 [9MR]
        Women's Progress Commemoration Commission:  establish, (see S.
            2285), S7939 [10JY]
      Bills and resolutions introduced
        Afghanistan:  human rights violations against women, (see S. Con.
            Res. 97), S5019 [18MY]
        Air pollution:  application of California State regulations relative
            to reformulated gasoline in certain areas, (see S. 1576), S113
            [28JA]
        Armed Forces:  prohibit members from entering correctional
            institutions to present decorations to persons who commit
            certain crimes, (see S. 2050), S4528 [7MY]
        California:  develop and implement drainage, storm, and flood
            control projects as part of water-related projects in the Colusa
            Basin Watershed, (see S. 2578), S11970 [8OC]
        Civil liberties:  protection from personal intrusion, (see S. 2103),
            S5217 [20MY]
        Firearms:  ban importation and transfer of large capacity ammunition
            feeding devices, (see S. 1887), S2850 [31MR]
        Hairston, Ruth:  relief, (see S. 1773), S2113 [17MR]
        India:  condemn nuclear tests, (see S. Res. 227), S4713 [12MY]
        Insurance:  establish hospital lengths of stay based on a
            determination by an appropriate physician in consultation with
            the patient, (see S. 2315), S8241 [15JY]
        Kwong, Suchada:  relief, (see S. 1961), S3356 [21AP]
        Medicaid:  allow children covered under a State health plan to
            continue receiving benefits under the Vaccines for Children
            Program, (see S. 2013), S3919 [30AP]
        Remy, France:  tribute to citizens for burial of Houston Braly, (see
            S. Con. Res. 79), S1336 [4MR]
        ------ tribute to fundraising efforts of 364th Fighter Group for
            restoration of stained glass windows, (see S. Con. Res. 79),
            S1336 [4MR]
        Science:  prohibit cloning of humans, (see S. 1602), S318 [3FE],
            (see S. 1611), S378 [4FE]
        States:  reduce Federal penalties relative to implementation of
            child support enforcement system, (see S. 1791), S2213 [18MR],
            (see S. 1798), S2296 [19MR]
        Tariff:  anti-cancer drugs, (see S. 1936), S3217 [3AP], (see S.
            1937), S3218 [3AP], (see S. 1938), S3218 [3AP], (see S. 1939),
            S3218 [3AP], (see S. 1940), S3218 [3AP], (see S. 1941), S3218
            [3AP], (see S. 1944), S3218 [3AP], (see S. 1945), S3218 [3AP]
        ------ HIV antiviral drug production, (see S. 1946), S3218 [3AP]
        ------ HIV protease inhibitor production, (see S. 1942), S3218
            [3AP], (see S. 1943), S3218 [3AP]
        ------ permit duty-free sales enterprises to be located in certain
            areas, (see S. 1861), S2570 [25MR]
        Taxation:  creation of a new class of bonds for new school
            construction, (see S. 1753), S1883 [12MR]
      Excerpts
        45 Code of Federal Regulations Part 307:  reduce Federal penalties
            relative to implementation of child support enforcement system
            by States, S2300 [19MR]
      Letters
        GAO report on Customs Service drug interdiction and enforcement
            programs along the Southwest border:  by, S10334 [15SE]
        Hospital Length of Stay Act:  Lynn E. Jensen, AMA, S8250 [15JY]
        ------ Marilyn S. Richmond, American Psychological Association,
            S8251 [15JY]
        ------ Paul A. Ebert, American College of Surgeons, S8250 [15JY]
        ------ Steven P. Ringel, American Academy of Neurology, S8251 [15JY]
        Human Cloning Prohibition Act:  Alan F. Holmer, Pharmaceutical
            Research and Manufacturers of America, S578 [10FE]
        ------ American Society for Cell Biology, S575 [10FE]
        ------ Art Levinson, Genentech, Inc., S578 [10FE]
        ------ Arthur Beaudet, American Society of Human Genetics, S575
            [10FE]
        ------ Bente E. Cooney, Fred Singer, Stephen Cummings, and Joe
            Antolini, National Coalition for Osteoporosis and Related Bone
            Diseases, S569 [10FE]
        ------ Cornelius L. Hopper and Robert N. Shelton, University of
            California, S577 [10FE]
        ------ Daniel Perry, Alliance for Aging Research, S569 [10FE]
        ------ David S. Rosenthal, American Cancer Society, S567 [10FE]
        ------ Diane D. Aronson, Resolve (organization), S569 [10FE]
        ------ Donald S. Coffey, American Association for Cancer Research,
            Inc., S427 [5FE], S568 [10FE]
        ------ Frankie L. Trull, National Association for Biomedical
            Research, S576 [10FE]
        ------ Gerald R. Fink, Whitehead Institute, S576 [10FE]
        ------ I. Robert Lehman, American Society for Biochemistry and
            Molecular Biology, S574 [10FE]
        ------ J. Benjamin Younger, American Society for Reproductive
            Medicine, S427 [5FE]
        ------ J. Michael Bishop, S577 [10FE]
        ------ Lawrence S.B. Goldstein, S576 [10FE]
        ------ Martha N. Hill, American Heart Association, S567 [10FE]
        ------ Michael Gough, CATO Institute, S573 [10FE]
        ------ Myrl Weinberg, National Health Council, S569 [10FE]
        ------ Nancy Bradish and Charles E. Ludlam, Biotechnology Industry
            Organization, S577 [10FE]
        ------ Nancy Davenport-Ennis, National Patient Advocate Foundation,
            S570 [10FE]
        ------ Norman Abeles, American Psychological Association, S428 [5FE]
        ------ Paul Berg, American Society for Cell Biology, S575 [10FE]
        ------ R. Michael Roberts, S428 [5FE]
        ------ Ralph G. Yount, Federation of American Societies for
            Experimental Biology, S576 [10FE]
        ------ Richard S. Nicholson, American Association for the
            Advancement of Science, S428 [5FE]
        ------ Robert J. Beall, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, S568 [10FE]
        ------ Robert Levine and James E. Mulvihill, Juvenile Diabetes
            Foundation International, S568 [10FE]
        ------ Roger A. Pedersen, S428 [5FE], S573 [10FE], S577 [10FE]
        ------ several health organizations, S324 [3FE], S570 [10FE]
        ------ Suzanne Ness, California Biomedical Research Association,
            S570 [10FE], S579 [10FE]
        ------ William L. Respess, Ligand Pharmaceuticals (company), S579
            [10FE], S580 [10FE]
        Israeli/Palestinian peace initiatives:  by, S4477 [7MY]
        ------ several California Jewish leaders, S11019 [28SE]
        Nomination of Carlos R. Moreno to be district judge:  George
            Deukmejian, S295 [3FE]
        ------ Gil Garcetti, Los Angeles County, CA, District Attorney, S295
            [3FE]
        ------ Sherman Block, Los Angeles County, CA, Sheriff, S295 [3FE]
        Nomination of James C. Hormel to be Ambassador to Luxembourg:
            Charlotte M. and George P. Shultz, S12588 [14OC]
        ------ Frank C. Hudson, Catholic Charities (organization), S12589
            [14OC]
        ------ Senator D'Amato, S12588 [14OC]
        Nomination of William A. Fletcher to be circuit judge:  William A.
            Fletcher, S11875-S11877 [8OC]
        Olympic Education Scholarship Program funding:  by, S7841 [9JY]
        Pell Grant aid to certain students enrolled in State required
            teacher certification courses:  Charles B. Reed, California
            State University, S7789 [9JY]
        Personal Privacy Protection Act:  Cass R. Sunstein, S5235 [20MY],
            S5237 [20MY]
        ------ Erwin Chemerinsky, S5236 [20MY]
        ------ Lawrence Lessig, S5235 [20MY]
        Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act:  Nancy Couchot, S4648 [12MY]
      Lists
        California Biomedical Research Association, S570 [10FE], S579 [10FE]
      Privilege of the floor
        Shipshock, Sandra, S4954 [18MY]
      Remarks
        Abortion:  prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 1122), veto,
            S10559 [18SE]
        Afghanistan:  human rights violations against women, S1659 [9MR]
        ------ human rights violations against women (S. Con. Res. 97),
            S5024 [18MY]
        Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
            making appropriations (S. 2159), S8184 [15JY]
        Air pollution:  application of California State regulations relative
            to reformulated gasoline in certain areas (S. 1576), S114 [28JA]
        Appropriations:  making omnibus consolidated and emergency
            supplemental appropriations, S12785 [21OC], S12786 [21OC],
            S12787 [21OC], S12833 [21OC], S12997 [12NO]
        Armed Forces:  prohibit members from entering correctional
            institutions to present decorations to persons who commit
            certain crimes (S. 2050), S4538 [7MY]
        Armenia:  anniversary of genocide, S3596<bullet> [24AP]
        Arms Export Control Act:  exempt federally guaranteed agricultural
            commodities from the application of sanctions, S8184 [15JY]
        Bankruptcy:  consumer protection (S. 1301), S10744 [23SE], S10753
            [23SE]
        Budget:  setting forth the Federal budget for 1999-2003 (S. Con.
            Res. 86), S2792 [31MR], S2800 [31MR], S2901 [1AP], S3062 [2AP]
        California:  education initiatives, S7835 [9JY]
        ------ establish pilot project in the Plumas, Lassen, and Tahoe
            National Forests to demonstrate resource management activity
            effectiveness, S12997 [12NO]
        ------ pilot project in the Plumas, Lassen, and Tahoe National
            Forests to demonstrate resource management activity
            effectiveness, S12785 [21OC], S12786 [21OC], S12787 [21OC]
        Capitol Building and Grounds:  tribute to John M. Gibson and Jacob
            J. Chestnut of the Capitol Police for acts of heroism, S9133
            [28JY]
        Census:  use of sampling to improve the accuracy of the decennial
            census, S8773 [22JY]
        China, People's Republic of:  condemn officials involved in
            enforcement of forced abortions and prevent officials from
            entering or remaining in the U.S., S6844 [23JN]
        ----- condemn officials involved in enforcement of forced abortions
            or religious persecution and prevent officials from entering or
            remaining in the U.S., S9345 [30JY], S9346 [30JY]
        ------ U.S. policy, S6844 [23JN]
        Civil liberties:  protection from personal intrusion (S. 2103),
            S5232 [20MY]
        Computers:  prohibit gambling on the Internet, S8766 [22JY]
        Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against
            Women:  ratification, S1660 [9MR]
        Crime:  constitutional amendment on protection of victims' rights,
            S11011 [28SE], S11012 [28SE], S11013 [28SE]
        ------ identity fraud (S. 512), S9504 [30JY]
        Customs Service:  drug seizures at Mexican border, S10332-S10335
            [15SE]
        ------ drug seizures at the Mexican border, S419 [5FE]
        Dept. of Defense:  authorizing appropriations for military
            activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military
            construction (S. 2057), S4877 [14MY], S4879 [14MY], S6844
            [23JN], S6864 [23JN], S6865 [23JN]
        ------ making appropriations (S. 2132), S9345 [30JY], S9346 [30JY]
        Dept. of Education:  extend Pell Grant aid to certain students
            enrolled in State required teacher certification courses, S7788
            [9JY]
        ------ reauthorize (S. 1882), S7788 [9JY]
        Dept. of Energy:  biomass energy systems funding, S6536 [18JN]
        Dept. of State:  tribute to Diplomatic Security Service,
            S4634<bullet> [11MY]
        Dept. of State and related agencies:  authorizing appropriations and
            consolidating certain agencies (H.R. 1757), conference report,
            S3651 [27AP]
        Dept. of the Interior and related agencies:  making appropriations
            (S. 2237), S10137<bullet> [9SE]
        Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the
            President, and independent agencies:  making appropriations (S.
            2312), S9105 [28JY]
        Dept. of Transportation and related agencies:  making appropriations
            (H.R. 4328), conference report, S12785 [21OC], S12786 [21OC],
            S12787 [21OC], S12833 [21OC], S12997 [12NO]
        Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
            agencies:  authorizing appropriations (S. 2260), S8745 [22JY],
            S8766 [22JY], S8773 [22JY], S8849 [23JY]
        ----- authorizing appropriations (S. 2260), unanimous-consent
            request, S8771 [22JY]
        Drunken driving:  national blood alcohol content standard relative
            to the operation of motor vehicles, S1302 [4MR]
        Education:  national policy to improve system, S3062 [2AP]
        ------ reductions in school class size, S2792 [31MR]
        ------ require academic majors for secondary school teacher
            candidates, S7833 [9JY]
        Energy and water development:  making appropriations (S. 2138),
            S6536 [18JN]
        FAA:  reauthorizing programs (H.R. 4057), S10946<bullet> [25SE]
        Fair Labor Standards Act:  anniversary, S7211<bullet> [25JN]
        Families and domestic relations:  increase availability,
            affordability, and quality of child care, S2800 [31MR]
        Financial institutions:  study credit industry practices on the
            solicitation of credit cards, S10744 [23SE]
        Firearms:  ban importation and transfer of large capacity ammunition
            feeding devices, S9105 [28JY]
        ------ requirements for owners relative to storage or gun safety
            devices to prevent access by children, S8745 [22JY]
        Fletcher, William A.:  nomination to be circuit judge, S11875 [8OC],
            S11877 [8OC]
        Fogel, Jeremy D.:  nomination to be district judge, S1987 [16MR]
        Foreign aid:  international family planning programs, S1660 [9MR]
        ------ international family planning programs restrictions relative
            to abortion, S3651 [27AP]
        Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs:  making
            appropriations (S. 2334), S9740 [1SE]
        FRS:  reduction of Federal funds rate by Federal Open Market
            Committee, S10753 [23SE]
        GAO:  report on Customs Service drug interdiction and enforcement
            programs along the Southwest border, S10332-S10335 [15SE]
        Hairston, Ruth:  relief (S. 1773), S2122 [17MR]
        Health:  require express consent for the recording or monitoring of
            communications between patients and health care insurers or
            providers, S4695 [12MY]
        Higher Education Act:  reauthorize (H.R. 6), conference report,
            S11074 [29SE]
        ------ reauthorize (S. 1882), S7833 [9JY], S7835 [9JY]
        Hormel, James C.:  nomination to be Ambassador to Luxembourg,
            S1680-S1682 [10MR], S12586 [14OC]
        Human rights:  prevent trafficking of women and girls for forced
            prostitution (S. Con. Res. 82), S1660 [9MR]
        Immigration:  arrival and departure requirements for Canadian
            citizens relative to automated entry and exit control systems
            (S. 1360), S9509 [30JY]
        ------ increase number of temporary visas for skilled workers and
            expand education and training opportunities for U.S. students
            and workers (S. 1723), S4958 [18MY], S4960 [18MY]
        ------ reform the temporary agricultural workers program, S8849
            [23JY]
        India:  condemn nuclear tests, S4877 [14MY]
        ------ condemn nuclear tests (S. Res. 227), S4729 [12MY]
        ------ nuclear weapons testing, S6844 [23JN], S6864 [23JN], S6865
            [23JN]
        Indonesia:  condemn rape of ethnic Chinese women, S9741 [1SE]
        ------ democracy efforts, S9741 [1SE]
        Insurance:  coverage of minimum hospital stays and reconstructive
            surgery relative to breast cancer and of second opinions for any
            cancer diagnosis (S. 249), S4644 [12MY], S4646 [12MY], S4650
            [12MY], S4651 [12MY], S4876 [14MY]
        ------ establish hospital lengths of stay based on a determination
            by an appropriate physician in consultation with the patient (S.
            2315), S8248 [15JY]
        International law:  provide criminal penalties under the Geneva
            Conventions for war crimes involving rape, S1659 [9MR]
        International Women's Day:  observance, S1659-S1661 [9MR]
        IRS:  restructure and reform (H.R. 2676), S4476 [7MY], S4500 [7MY]
        Israel:  independence anniversary, S3954<bullet> [30AP]
        Italy:  military aircraft accident at Aviano ski resort,
            S522<bullet> [9FE]
        Kosovo:  civil liberties violations against ethnic Albanians, S10819
            [23SE]
        Kwong, Suchada:  relief (S. 1961), S3358 [21AP]
        Lake Tahoe:  land acquisition funding, S10137<bullet> [9SE]
        Law enforcement:  tribute to undercover operation relative to
            Mexican and Colombian drug traffickers and money laundering,
            S5463<bullet> [22MY]
        Medicaid:  allow children covered under a State health plan to
            continue receiving benefits under the Vaccines for Children
            Program (S. 2013), S3930 [30AP]
        Mexico:  disapprove foreign aid certification of drug enforcement
            efforts (S.J. Res. 42), S1259 [3MR], S2637 [26MR]
        ----- disapprove foreign aid certification of drug enforcement
            efforts, but grant national interest waiver (S.J. Res. 43),
            S1259 [3MR]
        Middle East:  Israeli/Palestinian peace initiatives, S11018 [28SE]
        ------ U.S. summit proposal relative to Israeli occupation of
            certain West Bank territory, S4477 [7MY]
        Moreno, Carlos R.:  nomination to be district judge, S294 [3FE],
            S295 [3FE]
        Morrow, Margaret M.:  nomination to be district judge, S651 [11FE]
        Motor vehicles:  titling and registration requirements relative to
            salvage, nonrepairable, and rebuilt vehicles (S. 852),
            S11498<bullet> [5OC]
        NASA:  anniversary, S11240 [1OC]
        National Endowment for the Arts:  funding, S10444<bullet> [16SE]
        National Women's History Month:  observance, S1711 [10MR]
        Office of Religious Persecution Monitoring:  establish (H.R. 2431),
            S11951 [8OC]
        Pakistan:  nuclear weapons testing, S6844 [23JN], S6865 [23JN]
        ------ repeal restriction on certain assistance, S4879 [14MY]
        Political campaigns:  ethics reform and contribution limits, S885
            [24FE]
        ------ protect individuals from having their money involuntarily
            collected and used for politics by a corporation or labor
            organization (S. 1663), S885 [24FE]
        Presidential appointments:  Senate process for confirmation of
            judicial nominees, S294 [3FE], S295 [3FE]
        ------ Senate process for confirmation of judicial nominees, S11875
            [8OC], S11877 [8OC]
        Protocols to the North Atlantic Treaty on Accession of Poland,
            Hungary, and the Czech Republic:  ratification, S2255 [19MR]
        Remy, France:  tribute to citizens for burial of Houston Braly (S.
            Con. Res. 79), S1353 [4MR]
        ------ tribute to fundraising efforts of 364th Fighter Group for
            restoration of stained glass windows (S. Con. Res. 79), S1353
            [4MR]
        Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport:  impact of changes to
            slot and perimeter rules on small and medium market airports,
            S10946<bullet> [25SE]
        Russia:  U.S. policy, S8603 [21JY]
        Salton Sea:  feasibility study relative to reclamation project (S.
            1716), S1443 [5MR]
        Schools:  high school dropout prevention programs development, S3487
            [23AP]
        ------ limit use of exclusionary rule in school disciplinary
            proceedings relative to possession of a firearm, S6920 [24JN]
        Science:  prohibit cloning of humans (S. 1601), motion to proceed,
            S425 [5FE], S427 [5FE], S428 [5FE], S430 [5FE], S431 [5FE], S433
            [5FE], S566 [10FE], S567 [10FE], S568 [10FE], S569 [10FE], S570
            [10FE], S571 [10FE], S573 [10FE], S574 [10FE], S576 [10FE], S577
            [10FE], S578 [10FE], S580 [10FE], S599 [11FE], S600 [11FE], S602
            [11FE]
        ------ prohibit cloning of humans (S. 1602), S322 [3FE]
        Securities:  limit the conduct of securities class actions under
            State law (S. 1260), S4796 [13MY]
        States:  reduce Federal penalties relative to implementation of
            child support enforcement system (S. 1791), S2214 [18MR]
        ----- reduce Federal penalties relative to implementation of child
            support enforcement system (S. 1798), S2298 [19MR]
        Tariff:  anti-cancer drugs (S. 1936), S3219 [3AP]
        ------ anti-cancer drugs (S. 1937), S3219 [3AP]
        ------ anti-cancer drugs (S. 1938), S3219 [3AP]
        ------ anti-cancer drugs (S. 1939), S3219 [3AP]
        ------ anti-cancer drugs (S. 1940), S3219 [3AP]
        ------ anti-cancer drugs (S. 1941), S3219 [3AP]
        ------ anti-cancer drugs (S. 1944), S3219 [3AP]
        ------ anti-cancer drugs (S. 1945), S3219 [3AP]
        ------ HIV antiviral drug production (S. 1946), S3219 [3AP]
        ------ HIV protease inhibitor production (S. 1942), S3219 [3AP]
        ------ HIV protease inhibitor production (S. 1943), S3219 [3AP]
        ------ permit duty-free sales enterprises to be located in certain
            areas (S. 1861), S2573 [25MR]
        Taxation:  creation of a new class of bonds for new school
            construction (S. 1753), S1887 [12MR]
        ----- creation of a new class of bonds for new school construction
            and renovation, S3341 [21AP]
        ------ establish medical innovation tax credits for clinical testing
            research expenses relative to academic medical centers and other
            qualified hospital research organizations (S. 1885), S2853
            [31MR]
        ------ tax credits relative to elementary and secondary school
            construction, S2901 [1AP]
        ------ treatment of breast cancer research funding postage stamps,
            S7694<bullet> [8JY]
        ------ treatment of education individual retirement accounts
            relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R.
            2646), S3341 [21AP], S3487 [23AP], S3499 [23AP], S3501 [23AP]
            treatment of education individual retirement accounts relative
            to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R. 2646),
            conference report, S6920 [24JN]
        Telephones:  strengthen and expand the procedures for preventing the
            slamming of interstate telephone service subscribers (S. 1618),
            S4695 [12MY]
        Television:  anniversary of Emmy Awards, S10247<bullet> [11SE]
        Tobacco products:  impact of tobacco industry trust fund payments on
            cigarette prices, S5202 [20MY], S5204 [20MY], S5205 [20MY],
            S5206 [20MY], S5207 [20MY], S5208 [20MY]
        ------ tobacco industry liability settlement relative to health
            risks and marketing and manufacturing practices (S. 1415), S5202
            [20MY], S5204 [20MY], S5205 [20MY], S5206 [20MY], S5207 [20MY],
            S5208 [20MY], S6474 [17JN], S6475 [17JN], S6858 [23JN], S6859
            [23JN], S6861 [23JN]
        Transportation:  funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
            programs, and transit programs (S. 1173), S1302 [4MR]
        Veterans Day:  observance, S12021<bullet> [8OC]
        World Intellectual Property Organization Copyright Treaty:
            limitations on copyright liability relative to material online
            (S. 2037), S4892 [14MY]
        World Intellectual Property Organization Performances and Phonograms
            Treaty:  limitations on copyright liability relative to material
            online (S. 2037), S4892 [14MY]
      Statements
        Hospital Length of Stay Act:  Edward R. Laws, Jr., American College
            of Surgeons, S8250 [15JY]
        Human Cloning Prohibition Act:  American Society for Cell Biology,
            S575 [10FE]
        ------ Biotechnology Industry Organization, S425-S427 [5FE],
            S571-S573 [10FE]
      Summaries
        Expand and Rebuild America's Schools Act (S. 1753), S1889 [12MR]
        Hospital Length of Stay Act (S. 2315), S8250 [15JY]
      Texts of
        S. 1576, application of California State regulations relative to
            reformulated gasoline in certain areas, S115 [28JA]
        S. 1753, Expand and Rebuild America's Schools Act, S1888 [12MR]
        S. 1773, relief of Ruth Hairston, S2122 [17MR]
        S. 1791, Child Support Performance Act, S2214 [18MR]
        S. 1798, reduce Federal penalties relative to implementation of
            child support enforcement system by States, S2299 [19MR]
        S. 1861, permit duty-free sales enterprises to be located in certain
            areas, S2573 [25MR]
        S. 1936, tariff on anti-cancer drugs, S3220 [3AP]
        S. 1937, tariff on anti-cancer drugs, S3220 [3AP]
        S. 1938, tariff on anti-cancer drugs, S3220 [3AP]
        S. 1939, tariff on anti-cancer drugs, S3220 [3AP]
        S. 1940, tariff on anti-cancer drugs, S3221 [3AP]
        S. 1941, tariff on anti-cancer drugs, S3221 [3AP]
        S. 1942, tariff on HIV protease inhibitor production, S3221 [3AP]
        S. 1943, tariff on HIV protease inhibitor production, S3221 [3AP]
        S. 1944, tariff on anti-cancer drugs, S3221 [3AP]
        S. 1945, tariff on anti-cancer drugs, S3221 [3AP]
        S. 1946, tariff on HIV antiviral drug production, S3221 [3AP]
        S. 1961, relief of Suchada Kwong, S3359 [21AP]
        S. 2013, allow children covered under a State Medicaid health plan
            to continue receiving benefits under the Vaccines for Children
            Program, S3931 [30AP]
        S. 2050, prohibit members of the Armed Forces from entering
            correctional institutions to present decorations to persons who
            commit certain crimes, S4539 [7MY]
        S. 2103, Personal Privacy Protection Act, S5233-S5235 [20MY]
      Tributes
        Barker, Bob, S3180 [2AP]
        Bersin, Alan D., S5993<bullet> [9JN]
        Bradley, Tom, S11103 [29SE], S11502<bullet> [5OC]
        Fries, Rick, S3173 [2AP]
        Levin, Senator, S2255 [19MR]
        Reid, Robert, S672<bullet> [11FE]
        Smith, Susy, S12903<bullet> [21OC]
        Snyder, Elizabeth, S10141<bullet> [9SE]