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

    DODD, CHRISTOPHER J. (a Senator from Connecticut)
      Addresses
        Inaugural Speech:  Andres Pastrana Arango, President of Colombia,
            S10714-S10716 [22SE]
        U.S. Policy on Cuba:  Bernard Cardinal Law, S2282 [19MR]
      Amendments
        Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
            making appropriations (S. 2159), S8128 [14JY], S8143 [14JY],
            S8214 [15JY], S8254 [15JY], S8258 [15JY], S8306 [16JY], S8317
            [16JY], S8328 [16JY], S8400 [16JY], S8404 [16JY]
        Arms Export Control Act:  exempt federally guaranteed agricultural
            commodities from the application of sanctions (S. 2282), S7813
            [9JY]
        Bankruptcy:  consumer protection (S. 1301), S10244 [11SE], S10460
            [17SE], S10466 [17SE], S10602 [18SE], S10740 [23SE], S10843
            [23SE]
        Budget:  setting forth the Federal budget for 1999-2003 (S. Con.
            Res. 86), S2736 [30MR], S2754 [30MR], S2774 [30MR], S2775
            [30MR], S2863 [31MR], S2939 [1AP], S3003 [1AP], S3156 [2AP]
        Dept. of Defense:  authorizing appropriations for military
            activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military
            construction (S. 2057), S6789 [22JN], S6827 [22JN], S6900
            [23JN], S6907 [23JN], S7057 [25JN], S7136 [25JN], S7201 [25JN],
            S7204 [25JN]
        ------ making appropriations (S. 2132), S9381 [30JY], S9393 [30JY],
            S9467 [30JY], S9471 [30JY], S9474 [30JY]
        Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the
            President, and independent agencies:  making appropriations (S.
            2312), S9214 [29JY], S9222 [29JY], S9257 [29JY], S9269 [29JY],
            S9271 [29JY]
        Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
            agencies:  authorizing appropriations (S. 2260), S8852 [23JY],
            S8932 [23JY]
        Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs:  making
            appropriations (S. 2334), S9747 [1SE], S9748 [1SE], S9754 [1SE],
            S9794 [1SE], S9795 [1SE], S9796 [1SE], S9839 [2SE], S9885 [2SE]
        Higher Education Act:  reauthorize (S. 1882), S7889 [9JY]
        IRS:  restructure and reform (H.R. 2676), S4510 [7MY], S4545 [7MY]
        Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport:  designate (S. 1575),
            S311 [3FE], S326 [3FE], S333 [4FE]
        Taxation:  treatment of education individual retirement accounts
            relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R.
            2646), S2332 [19MR], S2434 [23MR], S2578 [25MR], S3363 [21AP],
            S3476 [23AP], S3479 [23AP], S3546 [23AP]
        ------ treatment of Internet and interactive computer service
            commerce (S. 442), S11652 [7OC], S11793 [7OC], S11794 [7OC]
        Tobacco products:  tobacco industry liability settlement relative to
            health risks and marketing and manufacturing practices (S.
            1415), S5728 [5JN], S6141 [11JN], S6170 [11JN], S6206 [11JN]
        Transportation:  funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
            programs, and transit programs (S. 1173), S770 [12FE], S1237
            [3MR], S1282 [3MR], S1638 [9MR], S1732 [11MR], S1785 [11MR]
      Appointments
        Committee on the Year 2000 Technology Problem (Senate, Special),
            S3559 [23AP]
        Conferee:  H.R. 6, Higher Education Act reauthorization, S8069
            [13JY]
        ------ H.R. 1385, Employment, Training, and Literacy Enhancement
            Act, S4349 [5MY]
        ------ H.R. 1853, vocational education funding, S6306 [12JN]
        ------ H.R. 2400, Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act,
            S3181 [2AP]
        ------ S. 1260, Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act, S9320
            [29JY]
        ------ S. 2206, Community Opportunities, Accountability, and
            Training and Educational Services Act, S10633 [18SE]
        Presidential Advisory Commission on Holocaust Assets in the U.S.,
            S7298 [26JN]
      Articles and editorials
        Abe Ribicoff, NB Native, Dead at 87, New Britain (CT) Herald, S811
            [23FE]
        Abraham Ribicoff Dies at 87--Was Congressman, Governor, Cabinet
            Member and U.S. Senator in 4 Decades of Public Service, Charles
            F.J. Morse and David Lightman, Hartford (CT) Courant, S810
            [23FE]
        Terry Sanford, Sower and Builder, Keith C. Burris, Manchester (CT)
            Journal Inquirer, S12885<bullet> [21OC]
      Bills and resolutions cosponsored
        Afghanistan:  human rights violations against women, (see S. Con.
            Res. 97), S5019 [18MY]
        Alaska:  prevent Federal takeover of management of fish and game
            resources, (see S. 2393), S9426 [30JY]
        American GI Forum of the U.S. (nonprofit corporation):  grant
            Federal charter, (see S. 1759), S9599 [31JY]
        Animals:  prohibit import, export, sale, or possession of bear
            viscera, (see S. 263), 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), S3296 [20AP]
        Aviation:  installation of emergency locator transmitters on
            aircraft, (see S. 1881), S11586 [6OC]
        Beaches:  improve quality of coastal recreation waters, (see S.
            971), S9789 [1SE]
        Business and industry:  ensure economic equity for women, (see S.
            71), S2862 [31MR]
        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), S9692 [31AU]
        Clean Air Act:  compliance with environmental standards by certain
            electric utility units, (see S. 2610), S12164 [9OC]
        ------ reduce acid deposition, (see S. 1097), S9883 [2SE]
        Colleges and universities:  increase public awareness of crime on
            campuses, (see S. 2100), S6769 [22JN]
        Community Services Block Grant Program:  reauthorize and amend, (see
            S. 2206), S6886 [23JN]
        Computers:  encourage disclosure and exchange of information
            relative to the year 2000 problem, (see S. 2392), S9426 [30JY]
        Convention Against Torture and Other Forms of Cruel, Inhuman, and
            Degrading Treatment or Punishment:  implement and establish
            support program for victims of torture, (see S. 1606), S6205
            [11JN]
        Courts:  establish legal standards and procedures for product
            liability litigation, (see S. 2236), S7682 [8JY]
        ------ establish legal standards and procedures for the fair,
            prompt, inexpensive, and efficient resolution of asbestos
            exposure personal injury claims, (see S. 2546), S11339 [2OC]
        Crime:  enhance Federal enforcement of hate crimes, (see S. 1529),
            S9789 [1SE]
        ------ national policy to control crime and reform court procedures,
            (see S. 2484), S11184 [30SE]
        ------ prevent violence against women, (see S. 2110), S5322 [21MY]
        Day of Concern About Young People and Gun Violence:  designate, (see
            S. Res. 264), S9556 [31JY]
        Dept. of Commerce:  authorizing appropriations for the Technology
            Administration, (see S. 1325), S3362 [21AP]
        Dept. of Education:  reform and reauthorize the State Student
            Incentive Grant Program, (see S. 1644), S730 [12FE]
        Dept. of HHS:  disapprove rule submitted on surety bond requirements
            for home health care providers under Medicare and Medicaid, (see
            S.J. Res. 50), S6037 [10JN]
        ------ revise and extend certain women's health research and
            prevention activities programs, (see S. 1722), S1508 [6MR]
        Dept. of Transportation:  require study and report on certain
            practices by airlines which restrict consumer access to
            passenger service and fare information, (see S. 1977), S10242
            [11SE]
        Dept. of Veterans Affairs:  establish certain presumptions of
            service connection for Persian Gulf Conflict veterans, (see S.
            2358), S9044 [27JY]
        Dia de los Ninos--Celebrating Young Americans:  designate, (see S.
            Res. 278), S10423 [16SE]
        Disabled:  support grant programs to address assistive technology
            needs of individuals with disabilities, (see S. 2432), S10211
            [10SE]
        Ecology and environment:  facilitate protection of tropical forests
            through debt reduction with developing countries with tropical
            forests, (see S. 1758), S6296 [12JN]
        Education:  assist urban and rural local education agencies in
            raising the academic achievement of all students, (see S. 2044),
            S4528 [7MY]
        ------ national policy to improve system, (see S. 1708), S1336 [4MR]
        ------ reduce class size in the early grades and improve teacher
            quality, (see S. 2209), S7012 [24JN]
        Employment:  reform standard for classifying technical workers as
            independent contractors for employment tax purposes, (see S.
            1924), S3120 [2AP]
        Families and domestic relations:  increase effectiveness and
            efficiency of child support enforcement programs, (see S. 1809),
            S2424 [23MR]
        ------ provide equitable child care relief for stay at-home parents,
            (see S. Con. Res. 77), S2774 [30MR]
        Federal employees:  computation system for Social Security benefits
            relative to spouses' and surviving spouses' Government pensions,
            (see S. 1365), S6423 [16JN]
        Financial institutions:  address year 2000 computer problems and
            extend examination parity to the OTS Director and the National
            Credit Union Administration, (see S. 1671), S920 [24FE]
        Firearms:  protect children from violence, (see S. 2185), S6488
            [17JN]
        ------ regulation of transfers at gun shows, (see S. 2527), S11122
            [29SE]
        ------ require reporting of buyer's residence to law enforcement
            officials and a waiting period before purchase of a handgun,
            (see S. 2324), S12564 [14OC]
        Food:  improve public health and food safety through enhanced
            enforcement, (see S. 1264), S4208 [4MY]
        Foreign policy:  establish framework for consideration of unilateral
            economic sanctions, (see S. 1413), S5638 [4JN]
        Foreign trade:  eliminate disincentives to fair trade conditions,
            (see S. 2281), S7881 [9JY]
        ------ require that imported jewelry be indelibly marked with the
            country of origin, (see S. 2436), S9939 [3SE]
        Greek Independence Day--A National Day of Celebration of Greek and
            American Democracy:  designate, (see S. Res. 171), S847 [23FE]
        Hazardous substances:  increase funding for poison control centers
            and establish toll-free telephone number to improve access, (see
            S. 1862), S3792 [29AP]
        Head Start Program:  reauthorize and amend, (see S. 2206), S6886
            [23JN]
        Health:  ensure confidentiality of medical records and health care-
            related information, (see S. 1921), S3120 [2AP]
        ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, (see
            S. 1890), S2851 [31MR], (see S. 1891), S2851 [31MR]
        Higher Education Act:  reauthorize, (see S. 1882), S2764 [30MR]
        Human rights:  prevent trafficking of women and girls for forced
            prostitution, (see S. Con. Res. 82), S2988 [1AP]
        Hussein, Saddam:  indictment and prosecution for war crimes and
            other crimes against humanity, (see S. Con. Res. 78), S1785
            [11MR]
        Indonesia:  support for new Government and reforms in East Timor,
            (see S. Res. 237), S6890 [23JN]
        Insurance:  prohibit use of genetic information in determining
            coverage or premiums, (see S. 89), S9788 [1SE]
        International Commission of Jurists:  report on the People's
            Republic of China and Tibet, (see S. Con. Res. 103), S8924
            [23JY]
        Iraq:  condemn threat to international peace and security, (see S.
            Con. Res. 71), S114 [28JA]
        Israel:  independence anniversary, (see S.J. Res. 46), S3783 [29AP]
        ------ membership in a U.N. regional group, (see S. Res. 186), S1155
            [27FE], (see S. Res. 188), S1255 [3MR]
        Kaczynski, David R. and Patrik, Linda E.:  exclude from taxation any
            portion of rewards donated to victims of the Unabomber or used
            for attorneys' fees, (see S. 2520), S11285 [1OC]
        Kosovo:  human rights violations against ethnic Albanians by Serbian
            police relative to self-determination, (see S. Con. Res. 85),
            S2214 [18MR]
        Law enforcement officers:  establish a matching grant program to
            assist local governments in purchasing armor vests, (see S.
            1605), S378 [4FE]
        ------ tribute to individuals who lost their lives during service,
            (see S. Res. 201), S2764 [30MR]
        Lewis and Clark expedition:  mint coins in commemoration of
            bicentennial, (see S. 2205), S11127 [29SE]
        Library of Congress:  mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial,
            (see S. 2510), S10722 [22SE]
        LIHEAP:  reauthorize and amend, (see S. 2206), S6886 [23JN]
        ``Little Rock Nine'':  award Congressional Gold Medals, (see S.
            1283), S846 [23FE]
        Malofienko, Alexandre:  relief, (see S. 1460), S847 [23FE]
        Malofienko, Vladimir:  relief, (see S. 1460), S847 [23FE]
        Matsko, Olga:  relief, (see S. 1460), S847 [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:  coverage of medical nutrition therapy services, (see S.
            597), S12725 [20OC]
        ------ improve access to health insurance by offering certain
            individuals a Medicare buy-in option, (see S. 1789), S2114
            [17MR]
        ------ payments to children's hospitals that operate graduate
            medical education programs, (see S. 2049), S6769 [22JN]
        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]
        Minimum wage:  level, (see S. 1805), S2296 [19MR]
        Motor vehicles:  improve Federal, State, and local child protection
            programs, (see S. 1312), S1702 [10MR]
        National Airborne Day:  designate, (see S. Res. 95), S9255 [29JY]
        National Breast Cancer Survivor's Day:  designate, (see S. Res.
            198), S2214 [18MR]
        National Character Counts Week:  designate, (see S. Res. 176), S731
            [12FE]
        National Children's Day:  designate, (see S. Res. 260), S9426 [30JY]
        National Children's Memorial Day:  designate, (see S. Res. 193),
            S6497 [17JN]
        National Correctional Officers and Employees Week:  designate, (see
            S. Res. 175), S3443 [22AP]
        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), S9693 [31AU]
        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 Women's History Month:  designate, (see S. Res. 189), S4917
            [14MY]
        New Mexico:  designate Onate Cuartocentenario to commemorate the
            anniversary of the first permanent Spanish settlement, (see S.
            Res. 148), S520 [9FE]
        North American Wetlands Conservation Act:  reauthorizing, (see S.
            1677), S2863 [31MR]
        Older Americans Act:  reauthorize, (see S. 2295), S8139 [14JY]
        OSHA:  require employers to notify local emergency officials of
            workplace emergencies, (see S. 2245), S7581 [7JY]
        Partnerships for Wildlife Act:  reauthorizing, (see S. 1677), S2863
            [31MR]
        Philippines:  commemorate independence anniversary and U.S.
            relations, (see S. Res. 235), S6053 [10JN]
        Postal Service:  application of OSHA standards in the same manner as
            any other employer, (see S. 2112), S6701 [19JN]
        Presidential Advisory Commission on Holocaust Assets in the U.S.:
            establish, (see S. 1900), S2967 [1AP]
        Public safety officers:  provide educational assistance to the
            surviving spouse and dependent children of officers killed or
            totally disabled in the line of duty, (see S. 1525), S3296
            [20AP]
        Public Works and Economic Development Act:  reauthorize and reform
            programs, (see S. 1647), S730 [12FE]
        ------ reauthorize and reform programs, (see S. 2364), S9983 [8SE]
        Read Across America Day:  designate, (see S. Res. 181), S1082 [26FE]
        Rehabilitation Act:  extend authorization, (see S. 1579), S113
            [28JA]
        Research:  continuation of Federal research and development programs
            funding in a fiscally sustainable way, (see S. 2217), S9599
            [31JY]
        ------ increase the amount authorized for basic scientific, medical,
            and pre-competitive engineering research, (see S. 1305), S4365
            [5MY]
        Sanford, Terry:  tribute, (see S. Res. 211), S3356 [21AP]
        SBA:  women's business centers funding, (see S. 2157), S6424 [16JN]
        Taxation:  credit for rehabilitating historic homes or purchasing
            newly rehabilitated historic homes for use as principal
            residence, (see S. 496), S9982 [8SE]
        ------ exclusion from gross income for foster care payments relative
            to certain nongovernmental placement agencies, (see S. 2568),
            S11698 [7OC]
        ------ increase amount of low-income housing credits allocated in
            each State and index amount for inflation, (see S. 1252), S4442
            [6MY]
        ------ increase State cap on private activity bonds, (see S. 1251),
            S9692 [31AU]
        ------ permanently extend income averaging for farmers, (see S.
            1879), S3223 [3AP]
        ------ permanently extend research credit, (see S. 1464), S4727
            [12MY]
        ------ provide flexibility in the use of unused volume cap for tax-
            exempt and increase limit on small issue bonds, (see S. 614),
            S2220 [18MR]
        ------ repeal limitation on the amount of receipts attributable to
            military property which may be treated as exempt foreign trade
            income, (see S. 2296), S8135 [14JY]
        ------ treatment of printed wiring boards and printed wiring
            assembly equipment, (see S. 2162), S10843 [23SE]
        Telecommunications:  preserve State and local authority to regulate
            the placement, construction, and modification of certain
            facilities, (see S. 2514), S10921 [24SE]
        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]
        Turkey:  end restrictions on freedoms and human rights of the
            enclaved people of Cyprus, (see S. Con. Res. 65), S3363 [21AP]
        U.N.:  promote full equality for Israel, (see S. 2092), S7019 [24JN]
        U.S. Navy Asiatic Fleet Memorial Day:  designate, (see S. 45), S3534
            [23AP]
        Veterans:  eligibility for hospital care and services relative to
            awarding of Purple Heart, (see S. 374), S9941 [3SE]
        Vietnamese Conflict:  tribute to POW and MIA's and disclosure of
            information concerning missing personnel, (see S. Res. 196),
            S2114 [17MR]
        Washington, George:  anniversary of death, (see S. Con. Res. 83),
            S3723 [28AP]
        ------ issue commemorative postage stamp, (see S. Con. Res. 91),
            S9884 [2SE]
        Weir Farm National Historic Site:  authorize acquisition of
            additional land for the development of visitor and
            administrative facilities, (see S. 1718), S1435 [5MR]
        Women:  anniversary of women's rights movement, (see S. Res. 189),
            S4917 [14MY]
        ------ ensure that older women are protected from institutional,
            community, and domestic violence, and sexual assault, (see S.
            2114), S5433 [22MY]
        ------ increase research and education on the drug DES, (see S.
            834), S5701 [5JN]
      Bills and resolutions introduced
        Amici (vessel):  certificate of documentation, (see S. 2367), S9137
            [28JY]
        Crime:  increase penalties and improve law enforcement activities
            involving the use of computers to commit sexual crimes against
            children, (see S. 2648), S12871 [21OC]
        Diseases:  increase research, treatment, and public education of
            Lyme disease, (see S. 2034), S4357 [5MY]
        Families and domestic relations:  increase availability,
            affordability, and quality of child care, (see S. 1610), S378
            [4FE]
        FDA:  require notification of recalls of drugs and devices, (see S.
            1767), S1990 [16MR]
        Foreign policy:  Presidential authority to delay, suspend, or
            terminate economic sanctions that are not in the U.S. national
            interest, (see S. 2224), S7172 [25JN]
        Insurance:  coverage of long-term care services, (see S. Con. Res.
            95), S4713 [12MY]
        Medicare:  extend the contracts of certain managed care
            organizations, (see S. 2562), S11582 [6OC]
        ------ prevent sudden disruption of beneficiary enrollment in
            Medicare+Choice plans, (see S. 2545), S11339 [2OC]
        Northern Ireland Peace Agreement:  tribute, (see S. Con. Res. 90),
            S3535 [23AP]
        Taxation:  treatment of information technology job training
            expenses, (see S. 2409), S9556 [31JY]
        Women's Progress Commemoration Commission:  establish, (see S.
            2285), S7939 [10JY]
        World War II:  tribute to DesRon 61 Navy destroyer group for actions
            in Tokyo Bay, Japan, (see S. Res. 308), S12648 [15OC]
      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]
        Satcher, David:  nomination to be Surgeon General and Assistant Sec.
            of HHS, S446 [5FE], S541 [10FE]
        Tobacco products:  tobacco industry liability settlement relative to
            health risks and marketing and manufacturing practices (S.
            1415), S4883 [14MY]
      Eulogies
        McAdams, Michael E. (Goose):  by, S3111 [2AP]
        Ribicoff, Abraham A.:  by, S3109 [2AP]
      Excerpts
        ``Holy Bible'' (Proverbs), S808 [23FE]
      Letters
        Declassification of information relative to human rights abuses in
            Guatemala and Honduras:  Dianna Ortiz, S9840 [2SE]
        Judicial emergency in the second circuit relative to unconfirmed
            nominations:  several Senators, S5568 [2JN]
        Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act:  by, S12449 [13OC],
            H6062 [21JY], H10784 [13OC]
      Lists
        Medical device manufacturers not responding to FDA request for year
            2000 computer compliance, S10791-S10795 [23SE]
        Senate staff who worked on H.R. 6, Higher Education Act
            reauthorization, S11072 [29SE]
      Motions
        Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
            making appropriations (S. 2159), S8227 [15JY]
        Budget:  setting forth the Federal budget for 1999-2003 (S. Con.
            Res. 86), S2810 [31MR]
        Taxation:  treatment of education individual retirement accounts
            relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R.
            2646), S3479 [23AP]
      Obituaries
        Johnson, Jane, S783<bullet> [12FE]
      Privilege of the floor
        Blitz, Caryn, S2800 [31MR]
      Quotations
        ``Successful Life,'' Ralph Waldo Emerson, S12897<bullet> [21OC]
      Remarks
        Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
            making appropriations (S. 2159), S8049 [13JY], S8128 [14JY],
            S8129 [14JY], S8190 [15JY], S8214 [15JY], S8216 [15JY], S8218
            [15JY], S8219 [15JY], S8221 [15JY], S8222 [15JY], S8224 [15JY],
            S8225 [15JY], S8226 [15JY], S8227 [15JY], S8306 [16JY], S8307
            [16JY], S8309 [16JY], S8329 [16JY]
        Amici (vessel):  certificate of documentation (S. 2367), S9139
            [28JY]
        Arms Export Control Act:  exempt federally guaranteed agricultural
            commodities from the application of sanctions (S. 2282), S7812
            [9JY], S7813 [9JY]
        ------ exempt medicines and medical equipment from the application
            of sanctions, S7813 [9JY]
        Army:  eliminate backlog of unpaid retirement pay, S7057 [25JN]
        Bankruptcy:  consumer protection (S. 1301), S10461 [17SE], S10466
            [17SE], S10469 [17SE], S10471 [17SE], S10472 [17SE], S10740
            [23SE], S10741 [23SE], S10763 [23SE]
        ------ reform laws (H.R. 3150), S10938<bullet> [24SE]
        ------ treatment of college savings accounts, S10740 [23SE], S10741
            [23SE]
        Budget:  deficit, S3104 [2AP]
        ------ setting forth the Federal budget for 1999-2003 (S. Con. Res.
            86), S2784 [31MR], S2800 [31MR], S2801 [31MR], S2802 [31MR],
            S2804 [31MR], S2805 [31MR], S2806 [31MR], S2808 [31MR], S2894
            [1AP], S3104 [2AP], S3231<bullet> [3AP]
        Capitol Building and Grounds:  tribute to John M. Gibson and Jacob
            J. Chestnut of the Capitol Police for acts of heroism (S. Con.
            Res. 110), S9005 [27JY]
        Children and youth:  improve child care provided through Federal
            facilities and programs, S9182 [29JY]
        Civilian Conservation Corps:  anniversary, S4132<bullet> [1MY]
        Classified information:  declassification of information relative to
            human rights abuses in Guatemala and Honduras, S9839 [2SE],
            S9841 [2SE], S9855 [2SE], S9858 [2SE], S9859 [2SE]
        Community Reinvestment Act:  credit requirements for small community
            banks, S8976 [24JY], S9020 [27JY]
        Community Services Block Grant Program:  reauthorize and amend (S.
            2206), S9085 [27JY]
        ------ reauthorize and amend (S. 2206), conference report, S11870
            [8OC]
        Computers:  encourage disclosure and exchange of information
            relative to the year 2000 problem (S. 2392), S9450<bullet>
            [30JY]
        ------ ensure medical device manufacturers are taking adequate steps
            to address the year 2000 problem, S10790 [23SE]
        ------ exempt from moratorium on Internet taxation providers who do
            not restrict access by minors to harmful material or offer
            screening software, S11654 [7OC]
        ------ require Internet access providers to make screening software
            available to protect children from pornography and sexual
            predators, S8852 [23JY]
        Connecticut Education Association:  anniversary, S5343<bullet>
            [21MY]
        Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame:  tribute to inductees,
            S4741<bullet> [12MY]
        Consumers:  limit the imposition of additional fees for use of
            certain automatic teller machines utilizing a national or
            regional network, S10461 [17SE]
        ------ require proof of independent income or parental consent
            before issuance of a credit card to individuals under 21 years
            of age, S10466 [17SE], S10469 [17SE], S10471 [17SE], S10472
            [17SE]
        Copyrights:  duration of protection (S. 505), unanimous-consent
            request, S11670 [7OC]
        Courts:  establish legal standards and procedures for the fair,
            prompt, inexpensive, and efficient resolution of asbestos
            exposure personal injury claims (S. 2546), S11343 [2OC]
        ------ product liability reform (S. 648), S7567 [7JY]
        Credit unions:  business lending requirements, S9020 [27JY]
        ------ clarify laws relative to field of membership of Federal
            credit unions (H.R. 1151), S8976 [24JY], S9020 [27JY]
        Crime:  increase penalties and improve law enforcement activities
            involving the use of computers to commit sexual crimes against
            children (S. 2648), S12871<bullet> [21OC]
        Cuba:  U.S. policy, S2281 [19MR], S2283 [19MR]
        Democratic Party:  national agenda, S103 [28JA], S702 [12FE]
        Dept. of Agriculture:  eligibility of State agricultural experiment
            stations for certain research programs, S8128 [14JY], S8129
            [14JY]
        Dept. of Defense:  authorizing appropriations for military
            activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military
            construction (S. 2057), S7057 [25JN], S7136 [25JN],
            S7363<bullet> [6JY]
        ------ funding for projects in Connecticut, S9718 [1SE]
        ------ Lyme disease research funding, S7136 [25JN]
        ------ making appropriations for military construction, family
            housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 4059),
            conference report, S9718 [1SE]
        ------ making appropriations (H.R. 4103), S9606<bullet> [31JY]
        ------ require report on training of foreign military personnel in
            the U.S., S9748 [1SE]
        Dept. of Education:  pilot program on use of competition to set
            interest rates on student loans, S7868 [9JY]
        Dept. of HHS:  revise and extend certain women's health research and
            prevention activities programs (S. 1722), S1957<bullet> [13MR]
        Dept. of State:  require report on training of foreign military
            personnel in the U.S., S9748 [1SE]
        Dept. of State and related agencies:  authorizing appropriations and
            consolidating certain agencies (H.R. 1757), conference report,
            S3682 [28AP]
        Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the
            President, and independent agencies:  making appropriations (S.
            2312), S9182 [29JY], S9236 [29JY]
        ------ making appropriations (H.R. 4104), conference report, S12136
            [9OC]
        Dept. of Veterans Affairs:  health care system financial constraints
            in New England region, S11837 [8OC]
        ------ payment of benefits for smoking-related illnesses caused by
            nicotine dependence developed during service, S8442 [17JY]
        ------ provide cost-of-living or locality pay increase to certain VA
            hospital nurses, S8444 [17JY], S8445 [17JY]
        Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
            agencies:  authorizing appropriations (S. 2260), S8852 [23JY]
        Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
             making appropriations (S. 2168), S8442 [17JY], S8444 [17JY],
            S8445 [17JY]
        ------ making appropriations (H.R. 4194), conference report, S11837
            [8OC]
        Diseases:  increase research, treatment, and public education of
            Lyme disease (S. 2034), S4361 [5MY]
        Education:  improve the reading and literacy skills of children and
            families (H.R. 2614), S11538 [6OC]
        ------ require academic majors for secondary school teacher
            candidates, S7852 [9JY], S7853 [9JY]
        ------ special education programs funding, S3476 [23AP], S3478
            [23AP]
        Employment:  consolidate Federal job training programs (H.R. 1385),
            conference report, S9492 [30JY]
        ------ improve and consolidate Federal job training programs (S.
            1186), S4022 [1MY]
        FAA:  reauthorizing programs (S. 2279), unanimous-consent agreement,
            S10790 [23SE]
        Families and domestic relations:  increase availability,
            affordability, and quality of child care, S103 [28JA], S2800
            [31MR], S2801 [31MR], S2802 [31MR], S2804 [31MR], S2805 [31MR],
            S2806 [31MR], S2808 [31MR]
        ----- increase availability, affordability, and quality of child
            care (S. 1610), S388 [4FE], S2784 [31MR]
        ------ provide equitable child care relief for stay at-home parents,
            S2784 [31MR]
        FDA:  notification of recalls of drugs and medical devices, S8306
            [16JY], S8307 [16JY], S8309 [16JY]
        ------ require notification of recalls of drugs and devices (S.
            1767), S1995 [16MR]
        Federal Employees Health Benefits Program:  coverage of
            contraceptives under any plan providing prescription drug
            coverage, S12136 [9OC]
        Federal Facilities Redesignation Advisory Group:  establish, S333
            [4FE]
        Financial institutions:  address year 2000 computer problems and
            extend examination parity to the OTS Director and the National
            Credit Union Administration (H.R. 3116), S1540 [6MR]
        ----- address year 2000 computer problems and extend examination
            parity to the OTS Director and the National Credit Union
            Administration (S. 1671), S931 [24FE]
        Foreign aid:  international family planning programs restrictions
            relative to abortion, S3682 [28AP]
        Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs:  making
            appropriations (S. 2334), S9748 [1SE], S9838 [2SE], S9839 [2SE],
            S9841 [2SE], S9855 [2SE], S9858 [2SE], S9859 [2SE], S9863 [2SE]
        Foreign policy:  establish framework for consideration of unilateral
            economic sanctions, S8190 [15JY]
        ----- establish framework for consideration of unilateral economic
            sanctions (S. 1413), S7183 [25JN]
        ------ exempt agricultural products, medicines, and medical
            equipment from unilateral economic sanctions, S8214 [15JY],
            S8216 [15JY], S8218 [15JY], S8219 [15JY], S8221 [15JY], S8222
            [15JY], S8224 [15JY], S8225 [15JY], S8226 [15JY] exempt
            agricultural products, medicines, and medical equipment from
            unilateral economic sanctions except to countries sponsoring
            international terrorism, S8227 [15JY]
        ------ Presidential authority to delay, suspend, or terminate
            economic sanctions that are not in the U.S. national interest
            (S. 2224), S7183 [25JN]
        FTC:  establish definition of household goods in bankruptcy cases,
            S10763 [23SE]
        Greenwich School Age Child Care Inc.:  anniversary, S6427<bullet>
            [16JN]
        Head Start Program:  reauthorize and amend (S. 2206), S9085 [27JY]
        ------ reauthorize and amend (S. 2206), conference report, S11870
            [8OC]
        Health:  ensure confidentiality of medical records and health care-
            related information (S. 1921), S3136 [2AP]
        ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's,
            S11531 [6OC]
        ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S.
            1890), S12137 [9OC]
        Henney, Jane:  nomination to be FDA Commissioner, S7031<bullet>
            [24JN]
        Higher Education Act:  reauthorize (H.R. 6), conference report,
            S11071 [29SE]
        ------ reauthorize (S. 1882), S2772 [30MR], S7782 [9JY], S7784
            [9JY], S7816 [9JY], S7852 [9JY], S7853 [9JY], S7868 [9JY], S7873
            [9JY]
        Insurance:  coverage of long-term care services (S. Con. Res. 95),
            S4728 [12MY]
        IRS:  restructure and reform (H.R. 2676), S4509 [7MY], S4510 [7MY],
            S4512 [7MY]
        ------ restructure and reform (H.R. 2676), conference report, S7722
            [9JY]
        ------ 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], S4510 [7MY], S4512 [7MY]
        Israel:  independence anniversary, S4552<bullet> [7MY]
        Korea, Democratic People's Republic of:  restrict foreign aid
            relative to compliance with nuclear weapons proliferation
            agreements, S9838 [2SE]
        Kosovo:  human rights violations against ethnic Albanians by Serbian
            police relative to self-determination (S. Con. Res. 85), S2203
            [18MR]
        ------ NATO military intervention relative to human rights
            violations against ethnic Albanians by Serbian police,
            S12243<bullet> [9OC]
        LIHEAP:  reauthorize and amend (S. 2206), S9085 [27JY]
        ------ reauthorize and amend (S. 2206), conference report, S11870
            [8OC]
        Medicare:  allow beneficiaries to enter into private contracts for
            services, S2894 [1AP]
        ------ extend the contracts of certain managed care organizations
            (S. 2562), S12137 [9OC]
        ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's,
            S11531 [6OC]
        Mexico:  disapprove foreign aid certification of drug enforcement
            efforts (S.J. Res. 42), S2645 [26MR]
        Middletown, CT:  anniversary of Cross Street African Methodist
            Episcopal Zion Church, S6633<bullet> [18JN]
        Motor vehicles:  improve Federal, State, and local child protection
            programs, S1734 [11MR]
        National Character Counts Week:  designate (S. Res. 176), S775
            [12FE]
        Northern Ireland:  condemn firebombing of house by Protestant
            extremists killing three Catholic boys, S8050 [13JY]
        Northern Ireland Peace Agreement:  tribute (S. Con. Res. 90), S3495
            [23AP], S3496 [23AP]
        Office of Religious Persecution Monitoring:  establish (H.R. 2431),
            S11942 [8OC], S12093 [9OC]
        Peace Corps:  funding, S9863 [2SE]
        Peace Corps Day:  observance, S1365<bullet> [4MR]
        Protocols to the North Atlantic Treaty on Accession of Poland,
            Hungary, and the Czech Republic:  ratification, S2281 [19MR],
            S3890 [30AP]
        Public buildings:  process for renaming or redesignating Federal
            facilities, S311 [3FE]
        Public welfare programs:  make postsecondary or vocational education
            training a permissible work activity, S7816 [9JY]
        Robinson, Stephen C.:  nomination to be U.S. Attorney, S3658<bullet>
            [27AP]
        Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport:  designate (S. 1575),
            S311 [3FE], S312 [3FE], S333 [4FE]
        Satcher, David:  nomination to be Surgeon General and Assistant Sec.
            of HHS, S368 [4FE]
        Securities:  application of State statutes of limitations in certain
            fraud cases removed to Federal court, S4805 [13MY]
        ------ clarify definition of the term ``class action'', S4809
            [13MY], S4810 [13MY]
        ------ limit the conduct of securities class actions under State law
            (S. 1260), S4788 [13MY], S4791 [13MY], S4798 [13MY], S4799
            [13MY], S4805 [13MY], S4809 [13MY], S4810 [13MY], S4814 [13MY],
            S4923<bullet> [14MY]
        ------ limit the conduct of securities class actions under State law
            (S. 1260), S12445 [13OC], S12448 [13OC], S12449 [13OC]
        Senate:  legislative program, S9358 [30JY]
        ------ tribute to staff for work on H.R. 6, Higher Education Act
            reauthorization, S11071 [29SE]
        Stamford, CT:  anniversary of United Jewish Federation of Stamford,
            S4552<bullet> [7MY]
        Supreme Court:  decision on line-item veto, S7055 [25JN]
        Taxation:  eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax
            rate brackets and standard deduction amounts, S9236 [29JY]
        ------ exclusion from gross income for foster care payments relative
            to certain nongovernmental placement agencies (S. 2568), S11706
            [7OC]
        ------ increase lifetime learning credit for teachers returning to
            school for technology training, S3475 [23AP]
        ------ treatment of education individual retirement accounts
            relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R.
            2646), S2359 [20MR], S2360 [20MR], S2391 [23MR], S2392 [23MR],
            S2393 [23MR], S2397 [23MR], S2399 [23MR], S2635 [26MR], S3475
            [23AP], S3476 [23AP], S3478 [23AP] treatment of education
            individual retirement accounts relative to elementary and
            secondary school expenses (H.R. 2646), conference report, S6929
            [24JN], S7937 [10JY]
        ------ treatment of information technology job training expenses (S.
            2409), S9569<bullet> [31JY]
        ------ treatment of Internet and interactive computer service
            commerce (S. 442), S11652 [7OC], S11654 [7OC]
        Thurmond, Senator:  tribute for casting 15,000th vote, S9890<bullet>
            [2SE]
        Tobacco products:  limit access to minors, S6145 [11JN]
        ------ specify percentage of revenues from tobacco industry
            settlement to be used for Child Care and Development Block Grant
            Act activities, S6145 [11JN]
        ------ tobacco industry liability settlement relative to health
            risks and marketing and manufacturing practices, S702 [12FE]
            tobacco industry liability settlement relative to health risks
            and marketing and manufacturing practices (S. 1415), S6145
            [11JN], S6718<bullet> [19JN]
        Transportation:  funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
            programs, and transit programs (H.R. 2400), conference report,
            S5404 [22MY]
        ----- funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and
            transit programs (S. 1173), S1734 [11MR]
        U.N.:  authorize payment of U.S. arrearages, S3682 [28AP]
        U.S. National Commission on Libraries and Information Science:
            tribute for working to eliminate youth violence, S10444<bullet>
            [16SE]
        University of Connecticut:  tribute to men's basketball team, S2362
            [20MR]
        Weapons:  antiballistic missile systems deployment policy (S. 1873),
            S10855<bullet> [23SE]
        Weir Farm National Historic Site:  authorize acquisition of
            additional land for the development of visitor and
            administrative facilities (S. 1718), S1447 [5MR]
        Women's Progress Commemoration Commission:  establish (S. 2285),
            S7940 [10JY], S7942 [10JY]
        World War II:  tribute to DesRon 61 Navy destroyer group for actions
            in Tokyo Bay, Japan (S. Res. 308), S12620 [15OC]
      Resolutions by organizations
        Role of libraries in lives of children:  U.S. National Commission on
            Libraries and Information Science, S10444<bullet> [16SE]
      Summaries
        Child Care A.C.C.E.S.S. Act (S. 1610), S391 [4FE]
      Tables
        Arrested Mexican drug traffickers legal status, S2647 [26MR]
      Testimonies
        Declassifiction of Information Relative to Human Rights Abuses in
            Guatemala:  Dianna Ortiz, S9840 [2SE]
      Texts of
        S. 1767, Drug and Device Recall Reporting Act, S1995 [16MR]
        S. 2034, Lyme Disease Initiative Act, S4362 [5MY]
        S. 2285, Women's Progress Commemoration Act, S7940 [10JY]
        S. 2367, Amici (vessel) certificate of documentation, S9139 [28JY]
        S. 2409, Businesses Educating Students in Technology (BEST) Act,
            S9570<bullet> [31JY]
        S. 2648, Keeping the Internet Decent and Safe Act,
            S12872<bullet>-S12874<bullet> [21OC]
      Tributes
        Abzug, Bella S., S3229<bullet> [3AP]
        Amodeo, Grace M., S12573 [14OC]
        Arango, Andres Pastrana (President, Colombia), S10713 [22SE]
        Bumpers, Senator, S12849 [21OC]
        Clarie, T. Emmet, S2368<bullet> [20MR]
        Corrigan, John E., S5355<bullet> [21MY]
        Deasy, Robert F., S12571<bullet> [14OC]
        Dziadosz, Henry J., S10218<bullet> [10SE]
        Everett, Willene, S3236<bullet> [3AP]
        Flaherty, Leo B., Jr., S9610<bullet> [31JY]
        Gerety, Pierce J., Jr., S12892<bullet> [21OC]
        Glenn, Senator, S12850 [21OC]
        Goodman, June K., S2372<bullet> [20MR]
        Grube, Kenneth E., S2370<bullet> [20MR]
        Johnson, Jane, S783<bullet> [12FE]
        Kennedy, Catherine, S9617<bullet> [31JY]
        Kennedy, Representative Joseph P., II, S3224<bullet> [3AP]
        Kral, Fred, S11531 [6OC]
        Majchier, Vincent R., S2690<bullet> [26MR]
        Mayko, Michael, S8309 [16JY]
        McGarry, Karen, S8309 [16JY]
        Mondani, Thomas P., S5345<bullet> [21MY]
        O'Donnell, Kirk, S12896<bullet> [21OC]
        O'Dwyer, Paul, S9621<bullet> [31JY]
        Patterson, Betty, S8309 [16JY]
        Ribicoff, Abraham A., S807 [23FE], S810 [23FE]
        Russo, Patricia, S5657<bullet> [4JN]
        Sanford, Terry, S12885<bullet> [21OC]
        Schmitt, Raymond, S2371<bullet> [20MR]
        Selig, Alan H. (Bud), S7876 [9JY]