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

    CLAIMS
      Amendments
        Alaska:  conveyance of certain lands to the Huna Totem Corp. (S.
            1158), S7210 [25JN], S7222 [25JN]
        ------ conveyance of certain lands to the Kake Tribal Corp. (S.
            1159), S7210 [25JN], S7223 [25JN]
        Diseases:  payments to individuals with blood-clotting disorders who
            contracted HIV due to contaminated blood products (H.R. 1023),
            S9602 [31JY]
        NLRB:  treatment of businesses, labor organizations, and employees
            (H.R. 3246), H1619 [26MR]
      Articles and editorials
        Animas Lite Looks Good, S2120 [17MR]
        Build A-LP Lite--Romer-Schoettler Process Did Its Job--Including
            Producing A-LP Lite--Now It's Time To Build It, S2121 [17MR]
        It's High Time, S2121 [17MR]
        Price Is Lite, S2120 [17MR]
        State Leadership, at Long Last, on A-LP, S2121 [17MR]
      Bills and resolutions
        African Americans:  provide a mechanism for resolution of
            discrimination claims by farmers against the Dept. of
            Agriculture, (see H.R. 4051), H4549 [11JN]
        Chippewa Cree Tribe:  final settlement of water rights claims, (see
            S. 1899), S2967 [1AP], (see H.R. 3658), H2053 [1AP]
        Colorado Ute Indian Tribes:  final settlement of water rights
            claims, (see S. 1771), S2113 [17MR], (see H.R. 3478), H1236
            [17MR]
        Court of Veterans Appeals:  provide for a staggered judicial
            retirement option to avoid large case backlogs and rename to the
            Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, (see H.R. 3212), H495
            [12FE]
        Courts:  establish legal standards and procedures for the fair,
            prompt, inexpensive, and efficient resolution of asbestos
            exposure personal injury claims, (see S. 2546), S11339 [2OC]
        ------ prevent Federal agencies from pursuing policies of
            unjustifiable nonacquiescence and relitigation of precedents
            established in the Federal judicial circuits, (see S. 2641),
            S12720 [20OC]
        ------ rules for payment of damage awards for future losses in
            certain health care liability actions, (see H.R. 4791), H10513
            [10OC]
        Diseases:  payments to individuals with blood-clotting disorders who
            contracted HIV due to contaminated blood products, (see S.
            2564), S11698 [7OC]
        Gila River Indian Community:  settlement of water rights claims,
            (see S. 2608), S12164 [9OC]
        Health:  distinguish between health care claims fraud and
            unavoidable billing errors, (see S. 2007), S3783 [29AP]
        Health care facilities:  establish limits for imposition of fines
            relative to false health care claims, (see H.R. 3523), H1337
            [19MR]
        Iraq:  adjudication and payment of certain claims against Iraq and
            priority for veterans filing such claims, (see S. 1794), S2214
            [18MR], (see H.R. 3484), H1298 [18MR]
        National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program:  eliminate threshold
            requirement relative to compensation for unreimbursable
            expenses, (see S. 2585), S11970 [8OC]
        ------ revise filing deadline for certain claims, (see H.R. 3778),
            H2705 [30AP]
        Native Americans:  establish temporary court to hear claims against
            the U.S. relative to tribal trust fund accounts, (see H.R.
            4485), H7413 [6AU]
        NLRB:  recovery of attorneys' fees by small businesses and labor
            organizations who prevail in proceedings, (see S. 1684), S1070
            [26FE]
        ------ treatment of businesses, labor organizations, and employees,
            (see H.R. 3246, S. 2085), S4906 [14MY], H577 [24FE] treatment of
            businesses, labor organizations, and employees (H.R. 3246),
            consideration, (see H. Res. 393), H1548 [25MR]
        Water:  Federal payment of fees and costs in proceedings relative to
            State water rights adjudications, (see H.R. 3557), H1549 [25MR]
        ------ settlement of the reserved water rights of the Shivwits and
            construction of certain water projects, (see H.R. 4746), H10075
            [8OC]
      Letters
        Chippewa Cree Tribe of the Rocky Boy's Reservation Indian Reserved
            Water Rights Settlement Act:  Marc Racicot, Governor of Montana,
            S2978 [1AP]
        Discrimination claims by African-American farmers against the Dept.
            of Agriculture:  Gary R. Grant, H546 [24FE]
        ----- Representative Waters, Congressional Black Caucus, H546
            [24FE], H547 [24FE]
        Gulf War Veterans' Iraqi Claims Protection Act:  John E. Moon, VFW,
            S2216 [18MR]
        Resolution of discrimination claims by African-American farmers
            against the Dept. of Agriculture:  Dan Glickman, Sec. of
            Agriculture, S8309 [16JY]
      Remarks in House
        African Americans:  discrimination claims by farmers against the
            Dept. of Agriculture, H543-H550 [24FE], H1096 [11MR], E217
            [24FE]
        ------ discrimination claims by farmers against the Dept. of
            Agriculture, H9597 [6OC]
        ------ provide a mechanism for resolution of discrimination claims
            by farmers against the Dept. of Agriculture, H4981 [23JN], H4986
            [23JN], H4987 [23JN], H4998 [23JN], H5848 [17JY]
        ------ provide a mechanism for resolution of discrimination claims
            by farmers against the Dept. of Agriculture, H9331 [2OC]
        Colorado Ute Indian Tribes:  final settlement of water rights claims
            (H.R. 3478), H4935 [22JN]
        Courts:  clarification of jurisdiction over private property takings
            and land use disputes (H.R. 1534), H1136 [12MR]
        Dept. of Defense:  authorize settlement and payment of claims
            against the U.S. for death or injury of certain employees
            relative to incidents in which claims are settled for foreign
            nationals (H.R. 3022), E2272 [21OC], E2279 [21OC]
        Diseases:  payments to individuals with blood-clotting disorders who
            contracted HIV due to contaminated blood products (H.R. 1023),
            H3377-H3392 [19MY]
        Health care facilities:  establish limits for imposition of fines
            relative to false health care claims (H.R. 3523), E434 [19MR],
            E760 [5MY]
        Native Americans:  establish temporary court to hear claims against
            the U.S. relative to tribal trust fund accounts (H.R. 4485),
            E1581 [7AU]
        NLRB:  treatment of businesses, labor organizations, and employees
            (H.R. 3246), H1210 [17MR], H1455 [25MR], H1556 [26MR], H1558
            [26MR], H1599 [26MR], H1609-H1623 [26MR], E195 [24FE], E504
            [27MR], E510 [30MR], E518 [30MR], E544 [1AP]
        ----- treatment of businesses, labor organizations, and employees
            (H.R. 3246), consideration (H. Res. 393), H1609 [26MR]
      Remarks in Senate
        African Americans:  provide a mechanism for resolution of
            discrimination claims by farmers against the Dept. of
            Agriculture, S6548 [18JN], S8307-S8309 [16JY]
        ------ provide a mechanism for resolution of discrimination claims
            by farmers against the Dept. of Agriculture, S11433 [5OC]
        Alaska:  conveyance of certain lands to the Aleut Corp., S9402
            [30JY]
        ------ conveyance of certain lands to the Huna Totem Corp. (S.
            1158), S7224 [25JN]
        ------ conveyance of certain lands to the Kake Tribal Corp. (S.
            1159), S7224 [25JN]
        Chippewa Cree Tribe:  final settlement of water rights claims (S.
            1899), S2975-S2978 [1AP], S2978 [1AP]
        Colorado Ute Indian Tribes:  final settlement of water rights claims
            (S. 1771), S2115-S2122 [17MR]
        Courts:  clarification of jurisdiction over private property takings
            and land use disputes (H.R. 1534), S8034-S8037 [13JY]
        ------ establish legal standards and procedures for the fair,
            prompt, inexpensive, and efficient resolution of asbestos
            exposure personal injury claims (S. 2546), S11343-S11345 [2OC]
        ------ prevent Federal agencies from pursuing policies of
            unjustifiable nonacquiescence and relitigation of precedents
            established in the Federal judicial circuits (S. 2641), S12720
            [20OC]
        Diseases:  payments to individuals with blood-clotting disorders who
            contracted HIV due to contaminated blood products (H.R. 1023),
            S9603 [31JY]
        ----- payments to individuals with blood-clotting disorders who
            contracted HIV due to contaminated blood products (S. 358),
            S1026 [25FE]
        ------ payments to individuals with blood-clotting disorders who
            contracted HIV due to contaminated blood products (H.R. 1023),
            S12912-S12915 [21OC], S12959 [21OC]
        Gila River Indian Community:  settlement of water rights claims (S.
            2608), S12173 [9OC]
        Health:  distinguish between health care claims fraud and
            unavoidable billing errors (S. 2007), S3789-S3791 [29AP],
            S7675-S7677 [8JY]
        Health care facilities:  establish limits for imposition of fines
            relative to false health care claims (H.R. 3523), S3648 [27AP],
            S7675-S7677 [8JY]
        Iraq:  adjudication and payment of certain claims against Iraq and
            priority for veterans filing such claims (S. 1794), S2215 [18MR]
        National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program:  eliminate threshold
            requirement relative to compensation for unreimbursable expenses
            (S. 2585), S11980 [8OC]
        NLRB:  recovery of attorneys' fees by small businesses and labor
            organizations who prevail in proceedings (S. 1684), S1073 [26FE]
        ------ treatment of businesses, labor organizations, and employees
            (S. 2085), S4915 [14MY]
        Tobacco products:  national policy to reduce tobacco use, S2235
            [18MR]
        ------ resolve litigation against tobacco industry, reform civil
            justice system responsible for adjudicating claims, and
            establish a national policy to reduce youth tobacco use (S.
            1530), S3 [27JA]
      Reports
        Blood and Blood Products--Federal Regulations and Tort Liability:
            Diane T. Duffy and Henry Cohen, Congressional Research Service,
            H3380-H3385 [19MY]
        HIV and the Blood Supply--An Analysis of Crisis Decisionmaking:
            Lauren B. Leveton, Harold C. Sox, Jr., and Michael A. Stoto,
            Institute of Medicine, H3385-H3389 [19MY]
        Resolution of Discrimination Claims by Farmers Against the Dept. of
            Agriculture:  Roger C. Viadero, Dept. of Agriculture,
            S11434-S11436 [5OC]
      Reports filed
        Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act Recognition of Certain Native
            American Communities:  Committee on Resources (House) (H.R.
            2812) (H. Rept. 105-716), H7802 [15SE]
        Colorado Ute Indian Tribes Final Settlement of Water Rights Claims:
            Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 1771), S12163 [9OC]
        Consideration of H.R. 3246, Fairness for Small Business and
            Employees Act:  Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 393) (H.
            Rept. 105-463), H1548 [25MR]
        Forest Service Easement Grant to the Chugach Alaska Corp.:
            Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 3087) (H. Rept. 105-782),
            H9722 [6OC]
        Huna Totem Corp. Conveyance of Certain Lands in Alaska:  Committee
            on Resources (House) (H.R. 3088) (H. Rept. 105-784), H9722 [6OC]
        Kake Tribal Corp. Land Exchange Act:  Committee on Resources (House)
            (H.R. 2756) (H. Rept. 105-783), H9722 [6OC]
        Narragansett Justice Act:  Committee on Resources (House) (H.R.
            1983) (H. Rept. 105-692), H7493 [9SE]
        NLRB Treatment of Businesses, Labor Organizations, and Employees:
            Committee on Education and the Workforce (House) (H.R. 3246) (H.
            Rept. 105-453), H1298 [18MR]
        Payments to Individuals With Blood-Clotting Disorders Who Contracted
            HIV Due to Contaminated Blood Products:  Committee on Ways and
            Means (House) (H.R. 1023) (H. Rept. 105-465), H3012 [7MY]
        ----- Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 1023) (H. Rept. 105-
            465), H1549 [25MR]
        Private Property Rights Implementation Act:  Committee on the
            Judiciary (Senate) (H.R. 1534), S1068 [26FE]
        ----- Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (H.R. 1534) (S. Rept. 105-
            242), S7678 [8JY]
        Ricky Ray Hemophilia Relief Fund Act:  Committee on Labor and Human
            Resources (Senate) (H.R. 1023), S11697 [7OC]
        ------ Committee on Labor and Human Resources (Senate) (S. 2564),
            S11698 [7OC]
      Resolutions by organizations
        Colorado Ute Indian Tribes' final settlement of water rights claims:
             Colorado Water Conservation Board, S2118 [17MR]
        ----- Colorado Water Resources and Power Development Authority,
            S2119 [17MR]
        ----- Southern Ute Indian Tribal Council, S2118 [17MR]
        ----- Ute Mountain Tribal Council, S2119 [17MR]
      Statements
        Colorado Ute Indian Tribes' Final Settlement of Water Rights Claims:
             Roy Romer, Governor of Colorado, and Gail Schoettler,
            Lieutenant Governor of Colorado, S2120 [17MR]
      Texts of
        H. Res. 393, consideration of H.R. 3246, Fairness for Small Business
            and Employees Act, H1600 [26MR]
        H.R. 1023, Ricky Ray Hemophilia Relief Fund Act, H3377 [19MY]
        H.R. 3246, Fairness for Small Business and Employees Act, H1618
            [26MR]
        S. 1158, Huna Totem Corporation Land Exchange Act, S7223 [25JN]
        S. 1159, Kake Tribal Corporation Land Exchange Act, S7224 [25JN]
        S. 1684, Fair Access to Indemnity and Reimbursement Act, S1074
            [26FE]
        S. 1771, Colorado Ute Indian Tribes' final settlement of water
            rights claims, S2117 [17MR]
        S. 1794, Gulf War Veterans' Iraqi Claims Protection Act, S2216
            [18MR]
        S. 1899, Chippewa Cree Tribe of the Rocky Boy's Reservation Indian
            Reserved Water Rights Settlement Act, S2975-S2978 [1AP]
        S. 2007, Health Care Claims Guidance Act, S3790 [29AP]
        S. 2085, Fairness for Small Business and Employees Act, S4915 [14MY]
        S. 2585, Vaccine Injury Compensation Program Modification Act,
            S11981 [8OC]
        S. 2641, Federal Agency Compliance Act, S12721 [20OC]