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

    HUTCHISON, KAY BAILEY (a Senator from Texas)
      Amendments
        Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
            making appropriations (S. 2159), S8097 [14JY], S8140 [14JY]
        Appropriations:  making emergency supplemental for disaster relief
            and overseas peacekeeping operations (S. 1768), S2447 [23MR],
            S2507 [25MR], S2598 [26MR], S2686 [26MR]
        Budget:  setting forth the Federal budget for 1999-2003 (S. Con.
            Res. 86), S2844 [31MR], S2871 [31MR], S2934 [1AP], S2998 [1AP],
            S3156 [2AP]
        Dept. of Defense:  authorizing appropriations for military
            activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military
            construction (S. 2057), S6717 [19JN], S6718 [19JN], S6781
            [22JN], S6783 [22JN], S6811 [22JN], S6812 [22JN], S6851 [23JN],
            S6898 [23JN], S7025 [24JN], S7201 [25JN], S7209 [25JN]
        ------ making appropriations (S. 2132), S9341 [30JY], S9344 [30JY],
            S9383 [30JY], S9464 [30JY], S9466 [30JY], S9472 [30JY]
        Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the
            President, and independent agencies:  making appropriations (S.
            2312), S9163 [29JY], S9255 [29JY]
        Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
            agencies:  authorizing appropriations (S. 2260), S8860 [23JY],
            S8938 [23JY]
        Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
             making appropriations (S. 2168), S7585 [7JY]
        Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs:  making
            appropriations (S. 2334), S9825 [2SE], S9851 [2SE], S9885 [2SE]
        Higher Education Act:  reauthorize (S. 1882), S7885 [9JY]
        IRS:  restructure and reform (H.R. 2676), S4474 [7MY], S4544 [7MY]
        Oceans:  reduce regulations on international transportation and
            eliminate the Federal Maritime Commission (S. 414), S1357 [4MR]
        Political campaigns:  protect individuals from having their money
            involuntarily collected and used for politics by a corporation
            or labor organization (S. 1663), S940 [24FE]
        Protocols to the North Atlantic Treaty on Accession of Poland,
            Hungary, and the Czech Republic:  ratification, S2446 [23MR],
            S3688 [28AP], S3724 [28AP], S3756 [29AP], S3793 [29AP], S3826
            [30AP], S4040 [1MY]
        Taxation:  treatment of education individual retirement accounts
            relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R.
            2646), S2225 [18MR], S3269 [20AP], S3299 [20AP]
        Tobacco products:  tobacco industry liability settlement relative to
            health risks and marketing and manufacturing practices (S.
            1415), S5729 [5JN], S5730 [5JN]
        Transportation:  funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
            programs, and transit programs (S. 1173), S234 [29JA], S1392
            [5MR], S1465 [5MR], S1639 [9MR], S1735 [11MR], S1788 [11MR],
            S1828 [12MR], S1897 [12MR]
      Appointments
        Conferee:  H.R. 3579, emergency supplemental appropriations and
            rescissions, S2826 [31MR]
        ------ H.R. 4059, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military
            construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure,
            S7218 [25JN]
        ------ H.R. 4103, Dept. of Defense appropriations, S9417 [30JY]
        ------ H.R. 4276, Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the
            Judiciary, and related agencies appropriations, S8734 [22JY]
        U.S. Military Academy Board of Visitors, S3663 [27AP]
      Articles and editorials
        One Balkan Quagmire Is Enough, S2141 [17MR]
        Scholar and a Leader, Austin (TX) American-Statesman, S9944<bullet>
            [3SE]
      Bills and resolutions cosponsored
        Agriculture:  production flexibility contract payment options, (see
            S. 2344), S8779 [22JY]
        American GI Forum of the U.S. (nonprofit corporation):  grant
            Federal charter, (see S. 1759), S1948 [13MR]
        Bosnia and Herzegovina:  use appropriated funds for the purpose of
            an orderly and honorable reduction of U.S. ground forces, (see
            S. 2036), S4435 [6MY]
        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), S11715 [7OC]
        Commission To Promote a National Dialogue on Bioethics:  establish,
            (see S. 1595), S271 [2FE]
        Computers:  examination and disclosure of certain source codes,
            programs and software, (see S. 1692), S1155 [27FE]
        ------ use, sale, and export of encryption products for privacy and
            security, (see S. 2067), S4712 [12MY]
        Congressional Office of Regulatory Analysis:  establish, (see S.
            1675), S9254 [29JY]
        Costa Rica:  protection of lives and property rights from squatters,
            (see S. Con. Res. 84), S2114 [17MR]
        Crime:  constitutional amendment on protection of victims' rights,
            (see S.J. Res. 44), S2968 [1AP]
        ------ increase penalties and improve law enforcement activities
            involving the use of computers to commit sexual crimes against
            children, (see S. 1987), S3585 [24AP]
        Cuba:  increase support to democratic opposition and humanitarian
            assistance, (see S. 2080), S4906 [14MY]
        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 Defense:  repayment of student loans by students called to
            active duty, (see S. 1534), S2773 [30MR]
        Dept. of Education:  national testing standards, (see S. 1215), S57
            [27JA]
        Dept. of HHS:  disapprove rule submitted on surety bond requirements
            for home health care providers under Medicare and Medicaid, (see
            S.J. Res. 50), S7360 [6JY]
        ------ revise and extend certain women's health research and
            prevention activities programs, (see S. 1722), S2575 [25MR]
        Dia de los Ninos--Celebrating Young Americans:  designate, (see S.
            Res. 278), S10423 [16SE]
        Drought:  disaster assistance to Texas, (see S. Res. 253), S6886
            [23JN]
        Drugs:  enhance interdiction efforts in major transit countries and
            support eradication and crop substitution programs in source
            countries, (see S. 2341), S10595 [18SE], (see S. 2522), S11042
            [28SE]
        Education:  encourage States to develop and implement alternative
            teacher certification and licensure programs, (see S. 1742),
            S1772 [11MR]
        Education Flexibility Partnership Demonstration Act:  allow State
            participation in activities, (see S. 2213), S8253 [15JY]
        Employment:  reform standard for classifying technical workers as
            independent contractors for employment tax purposes, (see S.
            1924), S3944 [30AP]
        English language:  encourage status as primary language and
            recognize importance of multilingualism, (see S. Res. 236),
            S5434 [22MY]
        FCC:  study systems for filtering or blocking matter on the Internet
            and install such a system on computers in schools and libraries,
            (see S. 1619), S668 [11FE]
        Federal employees:  prevent discrimination against preference
            eligibles applying for certain Government positions, (see S.
            1021), S5517 [1JN]
        Federal Employees Health Benefits Program:  coverage of bone mass
            measurements, (see S. 1335), S1262 [3MR]
        Flag--U.S.:  constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration, (see
            S.J. Res. 40), S378 [4FE]
        Foreign policy:  establish framework for consideration of unilateral
            economic sanctions, (see S. 1413), S6889 [23JN]
        Freedom of religion:  establish a process to ensure that the U.S.
            monitors international religious persecution, (see S. 1868),
            S7580 [7JY]
        Government regulations:  accounting of costs and benefits, (see S.
            2161), S9451 [30JY]
        ------ analyze impact and improve congressional deliberation of
            proposed Federal private sector mandates, (see S. 389), S9058
            [27JY]
        Greek Independence Day--A National Day of Celebration of Greek and
            American Democracy:  designate, (see S. Res. 171), S1015 [25FE]
        Health:  protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's,
            (see S. 2330), S8482 [17JY]
        ------ require insurance coverage of bone mass measurements and
            expand Federal research programs on osteoporosis and related
            bone diseases, (see S. 1536), S1462 [5MR]
        Israel:  independence anniversary, (see S.J. Res. 46), S3783 [29AP]
        ------ membership in a U.N. regional group, (see S. Res. 188), S3297
            [20AP]
        J.J. ``Jake'' Pickle Federal Building, Austin, TX:  designate, (see
            S. 2523), S11042 [28SE]
        Kosovo:  presence of U.S. Armed Forces for peacekeeping purposes,
            (see S. Con. Res. 125), S11970 [8OC]
        Law enforcement officers:  tribute to individuals who lost their
            lives during service, (see S. Res. 201), S2764 [30MR]
        Library of Congress:  mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial,
            (see S. 2510), S10722 [22SE]
        McCain, Senator:  tribute, (see S. Res. 196), S2114 [17MR]
        Medicare:  payment of certain venipuncture services and prevention
            of potential fraud and abuse, (see S. 1580), S1262 [3MR]
        ------ reform payment system for home health services, (see S.
            2323), S8382 [16JY], (see S. 2354), S9254 [29JY]
        Motor vehicles:  titling and registration requirements relative to
            salvage, nonrepairable, and rebuilt vehicles, (see S. 852),
            S8924 [23JY]
        National Breast Cancer Survivor's Day:  designate, (see S. Res.
            198), S2214 [18MR]
        National Character Counts Week:  designate, (see S. Res. 176), S3156
            [2AP]
        National Correctional Officers and Employees Week:  designate, (see
            S. Res. 175), S1262 [3MR]
        National Erase the Hate and Eliminate Racism Day:  designate, (see
            S. Res. 221), S3919 [30AP]
        National Mammography Day:  designate, (see S. Res. 271), S11285
            [1OC]
        National Museum of Women's History Advisory Committee:  establish,
            (see S. 2576), S11698 [7OC]
        National Tartan Day:  designate, (see S. Res. 155), S1569 [9MR]
        National Women's History Month:  designate, (see S. Res. 189), S3443
            [22AP]
        NOAA:  authorizing appropriations relative to the eradication and
            control of harmful algal blooms and other aquatic toxins, (see
            S. 1480), S234 [29JA]
        Philippines:  commemorate independence anniversary and U.S.
            relations, (see S. Res. 235), S6053 [10JN]
        Power resources:  encourage production of domestic oil and gas
            resources from stripper wells on Federal lands, (see S. 1919),
            S3120 [2AP]
        ------ improve the administration of oil and gas leases on Federal
            lands, (see S. 1920), S3120 [2AP]
        ------ management of royalties from Federal and Outer Continental
            Shelf oil and gas leases, (see S. 1930), S3120 [2AP]
        Public Works and Economic Development Act:  reauthorize and reform
            programs, (see S. 1647), S8786 [22JY]
        ------ reauthorize and reform programs, (see S. 2364), S9789 [1SE]
        Read Across America Day:  designate, (see S. Res. 181), S1082 [26FE]
        Real property:  private property owner rights, (see S. 709), S11183
            [30SE]
        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]
        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), S1205
            [2MR]
        Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport:  designate, (see S.
            1575), S180 [28JA], (see S. 1297), S234 [29JA]
        Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site:  establish, (see S.
            1695), S1200 [2MR]
        Sanford, Terry:  tribute, (see S. Res. 211), S3356 [21AP]
        SBA:  women's business centers funding, (see S. 2157), S6424 [16JN]
        Science:  prohibit cloning of humans, (see S. 1599), S317 [3FE],
            (see S. 1601), S318 [3FE]
        Securities:  limit the conduct of securities class actions under
            State law, (see S. 1260), S4834 [13MY]
        Ships and vessels:  stimulate increased domestic cruise ship
            opportunities by temporarily reducing barriers for entry into
            the domestic cruise ship trade, (see S. 2507), S10722 [22SE]
        Small business:  protection from litigation excesses, (see S. 836),
            S57 [27JA]
        Social Security:  eliminate earnings test for retirement age
            individuals, (see S. 1571), S3362 [21AP]
        Surface Transportation Board:  authorizing appropriations, (see S.
            1802), S2296 [19MR]
        Taxation:  allow Farm and Ranch Risk Management Accounts, (see S.
            2078), S12182 [9OC]
        ------ capital gains rates, (see S. 2214), S7287 [26JN]
        ------ capital gains rates, tax incentives, and income averaging for
            farmers, (see S. 2371), S9884 [2SE]
        ------ change basis for determination of refinery limitation on oil
            depletion deduction, (see S. 2322), S9693 [31AU]
        ------ eliminate the temporary increase in unemployment tax, (see S.
            2170), S7682 [8JY]
        ------ 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]
        ------ repeal information reporting requirement imposed on
            educational institutions and certain other trades and businesses
            relative to the Hope Scholarship and Lifetime Learning Credits,
            (see S. 1724), S1508 [6MR]
        ------ 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]
        ------ terminate Internal Revenue Code, (see S. 1673), S1003 [25FE]
        ------ treatment of certain amounts received as scholarships by an
            individual under the National Health Corps Scholarship Program,
            (see S. 1286), S1462 [5MR]
        Telecommunications:  preserve State and local authority to regulate
            the placement, construction, and modification of certain
            facilities, (see S. 2514), S10921 [24SE]
        Vietnamese Conflict:  tribute to POW and MIA's and disclosure of
            information concerning missing personnel, (see S. Res. 196),
            S2114 [17MR]
        Weapons:  antiballistic missile systems deployment policy, (see S.
            1873), S2719 [27MR]
        Women:  anniversary of women's rights movement, (see S. Res. 189),
            S3443 [22AP]
        Women's Progress Commemoration Commission:  establish, (see S.
            2285), S8139 [14JY]
      Bills and resolutions introduced
        Byrd, James, Jr.:  condemn murder in Jasper, TX, and address issue
            of hate crimes, (see S. Res. 248), S6339 [15JN]
        Dept. of Transportation:  authorizing appropriations for certain
            maritime programs, (see S. 2124), S5434 [22MY]
        Families and domestic relations:  expand child support enforcement
            through means other than programs financed at Federal expense,
            (see S. 2411), S9556 [31JY]
        Foreign aid:  alternative certification procedures for major drug
            producing and transit countries, (see S. 1750), S1883 [12MR]
        Fort Davis National Historic Site:  authorize expansion, (see S.
            1990), S3653 [27AP]
        National Corrosion Prevention Week:  designate, (see S. Res. 195),
            S1697 [10MR]
        National Kick Drugs Out of America Week:  designate, (see S. Res.
            194), S1697 [10MR]
        Oceans:  reduce regulations on international transportation and
            eliminate the Federal Maritime Commission (S. 414), technical
            corrections, (see S. Res. 215), S3535 [23AP]
        Social Security:  modification of certain State agreements relative
            to certain students, (see S. 2325), S8482 [17JY]
        Surface Transportation Board:  expand authority over rail service
            transportation industry, (see S. 2164), S6181 [11JN]
        Tariff:  methyl tertiary-butyl ether, (see S. 1860), S2570 [25MR]
        Taxation:  applications for an exclusion of gain on certain sales of
            a principal residence by a surviving spouse, (see S. 1992),
            S3653 [27AP]
        ------ eliminate marriage tax penalty, increase income level for
            certain tax brackets, shorten holding period for long-term
            capital gains, index capital assets for inflation, and reduce
            estate taxes, (see S. 1711), S1435 [5MR]
        ------ eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate
            brackets and standard deduction amounts, (see S. 1999), S3709
            [28AP]
        ------ provide a tax credit for marginal oil and natural gas well
            production, (see S. 1929), S3120 [2AP]
        ------ treatment of individual retirement accounts relative to
            charitable contributions, (see S. 1734), S1697 [10MR]
        Texas:  authorize repayment of amounts due under a water reclamation
            project contract for the Canadian River Project, (see S. 2243),
            S7255 [26JN]
      Cloture motions
        Dept. of the Interior and related agencies:  making appropriations
            (S. 2237), S9967 [8SE], S10176 [10SE]
        Taxation:  treatment of education individual retirement accounts
            relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R.
            2646), S1925 [13MR], S1988 [16MR], S2094 [17MR]
      Cloture motions
        Taxation:  treatment of education individual retirement accounts
            relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R.
            2646), S2636 [26MR]
      Letters
        Oil royalty regulations:  Council Nedd II, Citizens Against
            Government Waste (organization), S10412 [16SE]
        ------ Harry C. Alford, National Black Chamber of Commerce, S10412
            [16SE]
        ------ Jeffrey P. Harris, People for the USA (organization), S10412
            [16SE]
        ------ Matt Kibbe, Citizens for a Sound Economy (organization),
            S10412 [16SE]
        Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact Consent Act:
            Charles A. LeHaistre, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer
            Center, S9817 [2SE]
        ------ Charles H. Williams, Texas Tech University, S9817 [2SE]
        ------ Craig Peterson and Carol S. Petzold, National Conference of
            State Legislatures, S9816 [2SE]
        ------ George V. Voinovich and Tom Carper, National Governors'
            Association, S9816 [2SE]
        ------ James A. Peace, S9817 [2SE]
        ------ James M. Souby, Western Governors' Association, S9816 [2SE]
        ------ John P. Howe III, University of Texas Health Science Center
            at San Antonio, S9817 [2SE]
        ------ Shirley Ann Jackson, NRC, S9816 [2SE]
        ------ Sierra Blanca, TX, and Hudspeth County, TX, residents, S9817
            [2SE]
      Messages
        Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Treaty With St. Vincent
            and the Grenadines:  President Clinton, S4841 [13MY]
      Privilege of the floor
        DiRita, Larry, S3192 [3AP]
        Fienga, Ed, S9329 [30JY]
      Remarks
        Agriculture:  production flexibility contract payment options (S.
            2344), S9415 [30JY]
        Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
            making appropriations (S. 2159), S8106 [14JY]
        Amtrak:  authorizing appropriations and management reform, S3915
            [30AP]
        Appropriations:  making emergency supplemental appropriations and
            rescissions (H.R. 3579), conference report, S4131<bullet> [1MY]
        ------ making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and
            overseas peacekeeping operations (S. 1768), S2508 [25MR], S2510
            [25MR], S2512 [25MR], S2514 [25MR]
        Bankruptcy:  reform laws (H.R. 3150), conference report, S12151
            [9OC]
        Bosnia and Herzegovina:  develop time frame for continued deployment
            and subsequent withdrawal of U.S. Armed Forces, S6941 [24JN],
            S6942 [24JN], S6944 [24JN], S6946 [24JN]
        ------ U.S. military intervention, S192-S194 [29JA]
        ------ use appropriated funds for the purpose of an orderly and
            honorable reduction of U.S. ground forces (S. 2036), S4436 [6MY]
        ------ withdrawal of U.S. Armed Forces, S2508 [25MR], S2510 [25MR],
            S2512 [25MR], S2514 [25MR]
        Bounty hunters:  establish civil and criminal liability for bounty
            hunters and their employers and encourage State regulation of
            industry (S. 1637), star print, S11297 [1OC]
        Budget:  allocation of funds, S290 [3FE]
        ------ constitutional amendment to require balanced without counting
            Social Security surpluses (S.J. Res. 59), S11303 [1OC]
        ------ setting forth the Federal budget for 1999-2003 (S. Con. Res.
            86), S2945 [1AP], S2950 [1AP], S3065 [2AP], S3066 [2AP], S3078
            [2AP]
        ------ use of surplus for tax relief, deficit reduction or Social
            Security reform, S3065 [2AP], S3066 [2AP], S3078 [2AP]
        Byrd, James, Jr.:  condemn murder in Jasper, TX, and address issue
            of hate crimes (S. Res. 248), S6323 [15JN]
        Capitol Building and Grounds:  authorizing use of Grounds for
            Greater Washington Soap Box Derby (H. Con. Res. 255), S4842
            [13MY]
        ------ authorizing use of Grounds for National Peace Officers'
            Memorial Service (H. Con. Res. 263), S4842 [13MY]
        ------ authorizing use of Grounds for Special Olympics torch relay
            (H. Con. Res. 262), S4842 [13MY]
        ------ tribute to John M. Gibson and Jacob J. Chestnut of the
            Capitol Police for acts of heroism (S. Con. Res. 110), S9005
            [27JY], S9038 [27JY]
        Cinco De Mayo:  observance, S4370<bullet> [5MY]
        Commission on the Advancement of Women in Science, Engineering, and
            Technology Development:  establish (H.R. 3007), S11303 [1OC]
        Committee on Intelligence (Senate, Select):  authorize production of
            records relative to the Dept. of Justice and FBI inquiry into
            foreign and counterintelligence activities (S. Res. 230), S4842
            [13MY]
        Computers:  examination and disclosure of certain source codes,
            programs, and software, S4491 [7MY]
        Courts:  simplify and expedite access to Federal courts for injured
            parties whose rights and privileges have been deprived by final
            actions of State or Federal agencies (S. 2271), S8046 [13JY]
        Credit unions:  business lending requirements, S9014 [27JY]
        ------ clarify laws relative to field of membership of Federal
            credit unions (H.R. 1151), S9014 [27JY]
        Crime:  increase penalties and improve law enforcement activities
            involving the use of computers to commit sexual crimes against
            children (S. 1987), S3588 [24AP]
        Dept. of Commerce:  Student Incentive Payments Program funding for
            students at State maritime schools, S8860 [23JY]
        Dept. of Defense:  authorizing appropriations for military
            activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military
            construction (S. 2057), S4881 [14MY], S6941 [24JN], S6942
            [24JN], S6944 [24JN], S6946 [24JN]
        ------ disapproval of line-item vetoes in military construction
            appropriations legislation (H.R. 2631), veto, S966 [25FE]
        ------ impact of budget cuts and expanded mission in Bosnia and
            Herzegovina on national security and military readiness, S9342
            [30JY]
        ------ making appropriations (S. 2132), S9342 [30JY], S9344 [30JY]
        Dept. of the Interior:  collection of royalties from oil companies
            for drilling on public lands, S4131<bullet> [1MY]
        Dept. of the Interior and related agencies:  making appropriations
            (S. 2237), S10410 [16SE], S10412 [16SE]
        Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the
            President, and independent agencies:  making appropriations (S.
            2312), S9173 [29JY]
        Dept. of Transportation:  mass transit systems funding, S1691 [10MR]
        Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
            agencies:  authorizing appropriations (S. 2260), S8860 [23JY],
            S8873 [23JY]
        Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
             making appropriations (S. 2168), S7559 [7JY], S7563 [7JY]
        Drought:  disaster assistance to Texas, S8106 [14JY]
        Eastern European countries:  cooperation of former communist
            countries relative to POW and MIA's, S3688 [28AP], S3690 [28AP],
            S3740 [29AP], S3752 [29AP]
        Employment:  consolidate Federal job training programs (H.R. 1385),
            conference report, S9616<bullet> [31JY]
        FAA:  reauthorizing programs (S. 2279), S10867 [24SE]
        ------ reform emergency revocation authority relative to certain
            certificate holders, S10867 [24SE]
        Federal employees:  recognition of the accomplishments of inspectors
            general in detecting waste, fraud, and abuse in Government (S.J.
            Res. 58), S11302 [1OC]
        Federal Facilities Redesignation Advisory Group:  establish, S334
            [4FE]
        Financial institutions:  increase competition in the financial
            services sector (H.R. 10), S11304 [1OC]
        Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs:  making
            appropriations (S. 2334), S9751 [1SE], S9825 [2SE], S9826 [2SE],
            S9852 [2SE]
        Immigration:  extend date by which an automated entry-exit control
            system must be developed by the INS (S. 2540), S11297 [1OC]
        India:  U.S. intelligence community monitoring of nuclear testing,
            S4752 [13MY]
        Iraq:  U.N. agreement relative to weapons inspections, S960 [25FE]
        ------ U.S. policy, S960 [25FE]
        IRS:  restructure and reform (H.R. 2676), S4491 [7MY]
        Korea, Democratic People's Republic of:  restrict foreign aid
            relative to compliance with nuclear weapons proliferation
            agreements, S9825 [2SE], S9826 [2SE], S9852 [2SE]
        Kosovo:  NATO military intervention relative to human rights
            violations against ethnic Albanians by Serbian police, S11645
            [7OC]
        Mexico:  disapprove foreign aid certification of drug enforcement
            efforts (S.J. Res. 42), S2652 [26MR]
        NASA:  anniversary, S11235 [1OC]
        ------ tribute to collaboration with the JASON Project
            (organization) relative to science and technology projects for
            children, S7559 [7JY]
        National Breast Cancer Survivor's Day:  observance, S3009<bullet>
            [1AP]
        National security:  military readiness of U.S. forces, S11645 [7OC]
        Native Americans:  technical corrections to certain laws (H.R.
            4068), S11303 [1OC]
        NATO:  dispute resolution process, S3756 [29AP], S3757 [29AP], S3758
            [29AP], S3760 [29AP], S3761 [29AP], S3762 [29AP], S3763 [29AP],
            S3764 [29AP], S3768 [29AP]
        ------ expansion, S9751 [1SE]
        ------ strategic concept of defensive alliance, S3696 [28AP]
        Oceans:  reduce regulations on international transportation and
            eliminate the Federal Maritime Commission (S. 414), S1068
            [26FE], S3192 [3AP], S3198 [3AP], S3201 [3AP], S3305 [21AP],
            S3319 [21AP]
        ------ reduce regulations on international transportation and
            eliminate the Federal Maritime Commission (S. 414), S11297
            [1OC], S11301 [1OC], S11302 [1OC]
        Older Americans Act:  reauthorize (S. 2295), S12349<bullet> [10OC]
        Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development:  funding,
            S8873 [23JY]
        Parliamentary inquiry, S2511 [25MR]
        Petroleum:  payment of U.S. royalty claims, S10410 [16SE], S10412
            [16SE]
        ------ use of gasoline tax revenues transferred to transportation
            trust funds, S1192 [2MR]
        Port Arthur, TX:  anniversary, S5469<bullet> [22MY]
        Presidential appointments:  nominations considered and confirmed en
            bloc, S4843 [13MY]
        Protocols to the North Atlantic Treaty on Accession of Poland,
            Hungary, and the Czech Republic:  ratification, S2351 [20MR],
            S3688 [28AP], S3690 [28AP], S3696 [28AP], S3740 [29AP], S3752
            [29AP], S3756 [29AP], S3757 [29AP], S3758 [29AP], S3760 [29AP],
            S3761 [29AP], S3762 [29AP], S3763 [29AP], S3764 [29AP], S3768
            [29AP]
        Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site:  establish (S. 1695),
            S1201 [2MR]
        Schools:  allow public schools to offer same-gender schools and
            classrooms as long as comparable education opportunities are
            offered for both sexes, S3516 [23AP], S3517 [23AP]
        ------ allow same-gender public schools and classrooms as long as
            comparable education opportunities are offered to both sexes,
            S3323 [21AP], S3324 [21AP], S3335 [21AP], S3353 [21AP]
        Senate:  legislative program, S2351 [20MR], S3371 [21AP], S3763
            [29AP], S4818 [13MY], S4842 [13MY], S4843 [13MY], S11304 [1OC]
        Shipping industry:  allow non-vessel-operating common carriers to
            offer service contracts to shippers, S3201 [3AP]
        Southwest Texas State University:  dedication of Gilbert M.
            Grosvenor Center of Geographic Education, S4547<bullet> [7MY]
        Space policy:  space station program funding, S7559 [7JY], S7563
            [7JY]
        Surface Transportation Board:  expand authority over rail service
            transportation industry (S. 2164), S6196<bullet> [11JN]
        Taxation:  adjust deduction amounts for certain married couples and
            allow full deduction of health insurance costs for self-employed
            individuals, S6010 [10JN]
        ------ allow married couples to file combined return under which
            each spouse is taxed using rates applicable to single filers,
            S2945 [1AP], S2950 [1AP] allow married couples to file combined
            return under which each spouse is taxed using rates applicable
            to single filers (H.R. 2456), S2096 [17MR]
        ------ eliminate marriage tax penalty, increase income level for
            certain tax brackets, shorten holding period for long-term
            capital gains, index capital assets for inflation, and reduce
            estate taxes (S. 1711), S1436 [5MR], S1437 [5MR]
        ------ eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate
            brackets and standard deduction amounts, S5296 [21MY], S9173
            [29JY]
        ------ establish medical innovation tax credits for clinical testing
            research expenses relative to academic medical centers and other
            qualified hospital research organizations (S. 1885),
            S2875<bullet> [31MR]
        ------ provide a tax credit for marginal oil and natural gas well
            production (S. 1929), S3145 [2AP]
        ------ provide relief for individuals, families, farmers, and small
            businesses, and establish incentives for education (H.R. 4579),
            S11017 [28SE]
        ------ treatment of education individual retirement accounts
            relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R.
            2646), S3323 [21AP], S3324 [21AP], S3335 [21AP], S3353 [21AP],
            S3516 [23AP], S3517 [23AP] treatment of education individual
            retirement accounts relative to elementary and secondary school
            expenses (H.R. 2646), conference report, S6923 [24JN]
        ------ treatment of individual retirement accounts relative to
            charitable contributions (S. 1734), S1797<bullet> [11MR]
        Telecommunications:  preserve State and local authority to regulate
            the placement, construction, and modification of certain
            facilities (S. 2514), S10923<bullet> [24SE]
        Texas:  observance of Texas Independence Day, S1193 [2MR]
        Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact:  grant
            congressional consent (H.R. 629), conference report, S9815
            [2SE], S9816 [2SE], S9818 [2SE]
        Thurmond, Senator:  tribute for casting 15,000th vote, S9850 [2SE]
        Tobacco products:  limit access to minors, S6010 [10JN]
        ------ tobacco industry liability settlement relative to health
            risks and marketing and manufacturing practices (S. 1415), S5296
            [21MY], S5298 [21MY], S6010 [10JN], S6477 [17JN]
        Transportation:  funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
            programs, and transit programs (H.R. 2400), conference report,
            S5414 [22MY]
        ----- funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and
            transit programs (S. 1173), S1192 [2MR], S1193 [2MR], S1392
            [5MR], S1691 [10MR]
        Treaties and agreements:  removal of injunction of secrecy, S4841
            [13MY]
        Vietnamese Conflict:  anniversary of ``Operation Homecoming'', S688
            [12FE]
        ------ tribute to POW and MIA's (S. Res. 177), S688 [12FE]
        Weapons:  antiballistic missile systems deployment policy (S. 1873),
            motion to proceed, S4752 [13MY]
        ------ antiballistic missile systems deployment policy (S. 1873),
            motion to proceed, S10058 [9SE]
        Women:  anniversary of women's rights movement (S. Res. 189),
            S8684<bullet> [21JY]
      Texts of
        S. 414, Ocean Shipping Reform Act, S11297-S11301 [1OC]
        S. 1929, U.S. Energy Economic Growth Act, S3146-S3148 [2AP]
        S. 2164, Surface Transportation Board authority over rail service
            transportation industry, S6197<bullet> [11JN]
        S. Res. 248, condemn murder of James Byrd, Jr., in Jasper, TX, and
            address issue of hate crimes, S6324 [15JN]
        S.J. Res. 58, recognition of the accomplishments of inspectors
            gerneral in detecting waste, fraud, and abuse in Government,
            S11303 [1OC]
      Tributes
        Coats, Senator, S12151 [9OC]
        Johnson, Representative Sam, S688 [12FE]
        Wright, Charles A., S9944<bullet> [3SE]