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

    KEMPTHORNE, DIRK (a Senator from Idaho)
      Agreements
        Air Force flight training range expansion in Idaho, S6966 [24JN]
        Enhanced Air Force flight training in Idaho, S6966 [24JN]
      Amendments
        Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
            making appropriations (S. 2159), S8234 [15JY], S8259 [15JY]
        Budget:  setting forth the Federal budget for 1999-2003 (S. Con.
            Res. 86), S2868 [31MR], S2937 [1AP], S2998 [1AP], S3001 [1AP],
            S3083 [2AP], S3163 [2AP]
        Dept. of Defense:  authorizing appropriations for military
            activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military
            construction (S. 2057), S4882 [14MY], S6672 [19JN], S6687
            [19JN], S6708 [19JN], S6713 [19JN], S6814 [22JN], S6817 [22JN],
            S6825 [22JN], S6850 [23JN], S6891 [23JN], S6894 [23JN], S6898
            [23JN], S7112 [25JN], S7121 [25JN], S7204 [25JN]
        ------ making appropriations (S. 2132), S9456 [30JY]
        Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
            agencies:  authorizing appropriations (S. 2260), S8793 [22JY],
            S8839 [23JY]
        Executive departments:  clarify requirements for filling vacancies
            and making temporary appointments subject to Senate confirmation
            (S. 2176), S10987 [25SE]
        Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs:  making
            appropriations (S. 2334), S9729 [1SE], S9730 [1SE], S9792 [1SE],
            S9842 [2SE], S9853 [2SE], S9886 [2SE]
        Taxation:  treatment of education individual retirement accounts
            relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R.
            2646), S2329 [19MR], S3454 [22AP], S3470 [23AP], S3472 [23AP]
        Transportation:  funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
            programs, and transit programs (S. 1173), S1229 [3MR], S1282
            [3MR], S1353 [4MR], S1572 [9MR], S1629 [9MR]
      Appointments
        Conferee:  H.R. 2400, Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency
            Act, S3181 [2AP]
        ------ H.R. 3616, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military
            activities and prescribing personnel strengths, S7160 [25JN]
        U.S. Air Force Academy Board of Visitors, S3663 [27AP]
      Bills and resolutions cosponsored
        Agriculture:  prohibit and investigate the sale of subsidized barley
            from the European Union, (see S. Res. 220), S3919 [30AP], (see
            S. Res. 232), S5129 [19MY]
        American GI Forum of the U.S. (nonprofit corporation):  grant
            Federal charter, (see S. 1759), S9254 [29JY]
        Animals:  prohibit import, export, sale, or possession of bear
            viscera, (see S. 263), S8786 [22JY]
        Arms Export Control Act:  exempt federally guaranteed agricultural
            commodities from the application of sanctions, (see S. 2158),
            S6181 [11JN], (see S. 2282), S8059 [13JY]
        Army Reserve:  anniversary, (see S. Res. 213), S3429 [22AP]
        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), S8677 [21JY]
        China, Republic of:  affirm U.S. commitment to security and
            democracy, (see S. Con. Res. 107), S7574 [7JY]
        Computers:  use, sale, and export of encryption products for privacy
            and security, (see S. 2067), S4712 [12MY]
        Contracts:  prohibit discrimination in awarding Federal contracts on
            the basis of labor policies, (see S. 606), S1996 [16MR]
        Crime:  redefine extortion relative to labor union violence, (see S.
            230), S9254 [29JY]
        Day of Concern About Young People and Gun Violence:  designate, (see
            S. Res. 264), S9556 [31JY]
        Dept. of Energy:  improve the ability of small businesses, Federal
            agencies, industry, and universities to work with contractor-
            operated facilities, (see S. 1874), S3223 [3AP]
        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]
        Dept. of the Interior:  conduct a volunteer pilot project at one
            national wildlife refuge in each U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
            region, (see S. 2244), S7256 [26JN]
        ------ convey title for Tunnison Lab Hagerman Field Station to the
            University of Idaho, (see S. 2505), S10657 [21SE]
        Drugs:  support existing Federal legal process for determining
            safety and efficacy of using marijuana and other drugs for
            medicinal purposes, (see S.J. Res. 56), S12183 [9OC]
        Ecology and environment:  facilitate protection of tropical forests
            through debt reduction with developing countries with tropical
            forests, (see S. 1758), S1948 [13MR]
        Education:  spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars
            on children's classrooms, (see S. Res. 168), S48 [27JA]
        Education Flexibility Partnership Demonstration Act:  allow State
            participation in activities, (see S. 2213), S7013 [24JN]
        Employment:  protect employer rights, (see S. 328), S1996 [16MR]
        FDA:  uniform food safety warning notification requirements, (see S.
            2356), S11715 [7OC]
        Federal Home Loan Bank System:  reform and modernize, (see S. 1423),
            S7580 [7JY]
        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), S6769 [22JN]
        Freedom of religion:  establish a process to ensure that the U.S.
            monitors international religious persecution, (see S. 1868),
            S2660 [26MR]
        Government:  limit Federal authority to impose regulations on State
            and local governments not provided under the Constitution, (see
            S. 2445), S9973 [8SE]
        Health:  protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's,
            (see S. 2330), S8482 [17JY]
        Idaho Admission Act:  amend relative to sale or lease of school
            land, (see S. 2226), S7172 [25JN]
        Immigration:  admittance of temporary and seasonal agricultural
            workers, (see S. 1563), S1894 [12MR]
        ------ arrival and departure requirements for Canadian citizens
            relative to automated entry and exit control systems, (see S.
            1360), S3443 [22AP]
        ------ reform the temporary agricultural workers program, (see S.
            2337), S8787 [22JY]
        Independent Scientific Review Panel:  expand scope, (see S. 2569),
            S11698 [7OC]
        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]
        Kimmel, Husband E.:  advance on the retired list of the Navy to the
            highest grade held as Commander in Chief, U.S. Fleet, during
            World War II, (see S.J. Res. 55), S9884 [2SE]
        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]
        McCain, Senator:  tribute, (see S. Res. 196), S2114 [17MR]
        Motor vehicles:  titling and registration requirements relative to
            salvage, nonrepairable, and rebuilt vehicles, (see S. 852),
            S5798 [9JN]
        National Character Counts Week:  designate, (see S. Res. 176), S731
            [12FE]
        National Children's Memorial Day:  designate, (see S. Res. 193),
            S6890 [23JN]
        National Correctional Officers and Employees Week:  designate, (see
            S. Res. 175), S2684 [26MR]
        National Erase the Hate and Eliminate Racism Day:  designate, (see
            S. Res. 221), S3919 [30AP]
        National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act:
            reauthorize and amend, (see S. 2095), S5217 [20MY]
        National Inhalant Abuse Awareness Day:  designate, (see S. Res.
            257), S11346 [2OC]
        National Kick Drugs Out of America Week:  designate, (see S. Res.
            194), S2221 [18MR]
        New Mexico:  designate Onate Cuartocentenario to commemorate the
            anniversary of the first permanent Spanish settlement, (see S.
            Res. 148), S587 [10FE]
        North American Wetlands Conservation Act:  reauthorizing, (see S.
            1677), S1003 [25FE]
        Older Americans Act:  reauthorize, (see S. 2295), S9789 [1SE]
        Partnerships for Wildlife Act:  reauthorizing, (see S. 1677), S1003
            [25FE]
        Philippines:  commemorate independence anniversary and U.S.
            relations, (see S. Res. 235), S6206 [11JN]
        Public Works and Economic Development Act:  reauthorize and reform
            programs, (see S. 1647), S730 [12FE], (see S. 2364), S9137
            [28JY]
        Read Across America Day:  designate, (see S. Res. 181), S1082 [26FE]
        Sanford, Terry:  tribute, (see S. Res. 211), S3356 [21AP]
        SBA:  improve programs, (see S. 2407), S9556 [31JY]
        Short, Walter C.:  advance on the retired list of the Army to the
            highest grade held as Commanding General, Hawaiian Department,
            during World War II, (see S.J. Res. 55), S9884 [2SE]
        Taxation:  allow Farm and Ranch Risk Management Accounts, (see S.
            2078), S5701 [5JN]
        ------ allow married couples to file combined return under which
            each spouse is taxed using rates applicable to single filers,
            (see S. 1314), S4633 [11MY]
        ------ capital gains rates, (see S. 2214), S7013 [24JN]
        ------ increase State cap on private activity bonds, (see S. 1251),
            S234 [29JA]
        ------ permanently extend income averaging for farmers, (see S.
            1879), S4208 [4MY]
        ------ terminate Internal Revenue Code, (see S. 1673), S1463 [5MR]
        Thurmond, Senator:  tribute for Army Reserve service, (see S. Res.
            213), S3429 [22AP]
        U.S. Navy Asiatic Fleet Memorial Day:  designate, (see S. 45), S3534
            [23AP]
        Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc.:  anniversary, (see S. Res. 207),
            S5572 [2JN]
        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),
            S5572 [2JN]
        Weapons:  antiballistic missile systems deployment policy, (see S.
            1873), S2719 [27MR]
        Wisconsin:  commemorate sesquicentennial of statehood, (see S. Con.
            Res. 75), S3545 [23AP]
        World War II:  burial and funeral benefits for merchant marine
            veterans, (see S. 61), S179 [28JA]
      Bills and resolutions introduced
        Costa Rica:  protection of lives and property rights from squatters,
            (see S. Con. Res. 84), S2114 [17MR]
        Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory:  establish
            Natural Resources Institute, (see S. 2512), S10841 [23SE]
        Law enforcement officers:  tribute to individuals who lost their
            lives during service, (see S. Res. 201), S2764 [30MR]
      Cloture motions
        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), S7873 [9JY],
            S8048 [13JY]
        Dept. of Defense:  authorizing appropriations for military
            activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military
            construction (S. 2057), S6666 [19JN]
        Taxation:  treatment of Internet and interactive computer service
            commerce (S. 442), motion to proceed, S10969 [25SE], S11085
            [29SE]
        Weapons:  antiballistic missile systems deployment policy (S. 1873),
            motion to proceed, S4618 [11MY], S4768 [13MY]
        ------ antiballistic missile systems deployment policy (S. 1873),
            motion to proceed, S9916 [3SE], S10058 [9SE]
      Letters
        Disapproval of line-item vetoes in military construction
            appropriations legislation:  John J. Hamre, Dept. Of Defense,
            S996 [25FE]
        Mountain Home AFB, ID, Enhanced Training in Idaho initiative:
            William S. Cohen, Sec. of Defense, S996 [25FE]
        Transfer of BLM controlled land in Idaho to the Air Force for flight
            training:  Bruce Babbitt, Sec. of the Interior and F. Whitten
            Peters, Dept. of the Air Force, S6966 [24JN]
        ----- Bruce Babbitt, Sec. of the Interior, and F. Whitten Peters,
            Dept. of the Air Force, S7071 [25JN]
        ----- F. Whitten Peters, Dept. of the Air Force, S6966 [24JN]
        ----- William S. Cohen, Sec. of Defense, S6965 [24JN], S7071 [25JN]
      Lists
        Interns for Senator Kempthorne, 1993-1998, S12304 [10OC]
      Memorandums
        National Highway Transportation Safety Administration Authority Over
            Air Bag Safety Tests Relative to Safety Belt Usage:  Erika Z.
            Jones, Mayer, Brown & Platt (law firm), S1230-S1232 [3MR]
        ----- Jancie E. Rubin, Library of Congress, S1232 [3MR]
      Poems
        ``High Flight,'' John Gillispie Magee, Jr., S12900<bullet> [21OC]
      Remarks
        Abortion:  performance at military medical facilities, S7064 [25JN]
        Agriculture:  prohibit and investigate the sale of subsidized barley
            from the European Union (S. Res. 220), S3945 [30AP]
        Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
            making appropriations (S. 2159), S8210 [15JY], S8234 [15JY]
        ------ making appropriations (H.R. 4101), conference report, S11558
            [6OC]
        Agriculture Education Competitive Grants Program:  funding, S8234
            [15JY]
        Appropriations:  making emergency supplemental for disaster relief
            and overseas peacekeeping operations (S. 1768), S2466 [24MR]
        Armed Forces:  gender-integrated training policies, S6978 [24JN],
            S7153 [25JN]
        ------ require separate barracks and ensure privacy for male and
            female recruits during basic training, S6978 [24JN], S7153
            [25JN]
        Arms Export Control Act:  exempt federally guaranteed agricultural
            commodities from the application of sanctions (S. 2282), S7811
            [9JY]
        Budget:  setting forth the Federal budget for 1999-2003 (S. Con.
            Res. 86), S3083 [2AP], S3094 [2AP]
        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), S9003 [27JY]
        Costa Rica:  protection of lives and property rights from squatters
            (S. Con. Res. 84), S2137 [17MR]
        Dept. of Agriculture:  Market Access Program funding, S3094 [2AP],
            S8210 [15JY]
        Dept. of Defense:  authorizing appropriations for military
            activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military
            construction (S. 2057), S6963 [24JN], S6965 [24JN], S6966
            [24JN], S6978 [24JN], S7064 [25JN], S7069 [25JN], S7071 [25JN],
            S7075 [25JN], S7153 [25JN]
        ------ authorizing appropriations for military activities and
            prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3616), conference report,
            S11174 [30SE], S11175 [30SE]
        ------ disapproval of line-item vetoes in military construction
            appropriations legislation (H.R. 2631), veto, S995 [25FE]
        ------ making appropriations (S. 2132), S9398 [30JY], S9399 [30JY]
        ------ Supplemental Impact Aid Program funding, S9398 [30JY], S9399
            [30JY]
        ------ tribute to National Training Center, Fort Irwin, CA,
            S9613<bullet> [31JY]
        Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the
            President, and independent agencies:  making appropriations (S.
            2312), S9176 [29JY]
        Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
            agencies:  authorizing appropriations (S. 2260), S8648 [21JY],
            S8649 [21JY], S8875 [23JY]
        Education:  use of Federal funds to provide for student improvement
            incentive awards, S3417 [22AP], S3471 [23AP]
        Endangered Species Recovery Act:  landowner incentive program
            financing relative to sale of public lands, S3083 [2AP]
        Federal highway program:  replace affirmative action policies with
            emerging business enterprise programs, S1493 [6MR]
        Flag--U.S.:  constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (S.J.
            Res. 40), S523 [9FE]
        Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs:  making
            appropriations (S. 2334), S9758 [1SE]
        Foreign policy:  require U.S. directors of international
            institutions to encourage the purchase of U.S. products,
            commodities and equipment, S9758 [1SE]
        Hussein, Saddam:  indictment and prosecution for war crimes and
            other crimes against humanity (S. Con. Res. 78), S1909 [13MR]
        Idaho:  transfer of BLM controlled land to the Air Force for flight
            training, S6963 [24JN], S6965 [24JN], S6966 [24JN], S7069
            [25JN], S7071 [25JN], S7075 [25JN]
        ------ transfer of BLM controlled land to the Air Force for flight
            training, S11174 [30SE], S11175 [30SE]
        ------ tribute to National Guard 116th Cavalry Brigade,
            S9607<bullet> [31JY]
        ------ Very High Performance Backbone Network funding, S8648 [21JY],
            S8649 [21JY]
        Idaho Admission Act:  amend relative to sale or lease of school land
            (S. 2226), S7189<bullet> [25JN]
        Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory:  establish
            Natural Resources Institute (S. 2512), S10841<bullet> [23SE]
        IMF:  funding, S2466 [24MR]
        IRS:  restructure and reform (H.R. 2676), S4492 [7MY]
        Motor vehicles:  improve air bag safety and affirm air bags as a
            supplemental restraint system, S1229 [3MR], S1230 [3MR], S1232
            [3MR]
        National Character Counts Week:  designate (S. Res. 176), S776
            [12FE]
        National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act:
            reauthorize and amend (S. 2095), S5220 [20MY]
        National Guard:  anniversary of the National Committee for Employer
            Support of the Guard and Reserve, S7606<bullet> [7JY]
        National Museum of Civil War Medicine:  tribute, S6829<bullet>
            [22JN]
        National Peace Officers Memorial Day:  observance, S4901 [14MY]
        NOAA:  National Marine Fisheries Service guidelines for essential
            fish habitat, S8875 [23JY]
        North American Wetlands Conservation Act:  reauthorizing (S. 1677),
            S11188<bullet> [30SE]
        Partnerships for Wildlife Act:  reauthorizing (S. 1677),
            S11188<bullet> [30SE]
        Presidential appointments:  nominations considered and confirmed en
            bloc, S4925 [14MY]
        Protocols to the North Atlantic Treaty on Accession of Poland,
            Hungary, and the Czech Republic:  ratification, S3888 [30AP]
        Senate:  legislative program, S4925 [14MY]
        START II Treaty:  implementation, S3888 [30AP]
        Street, Picabo:  tribute for participation in Olympic games,
            S675<bullet> [11FE]
        Taxation:  adjust deduction amounts for certain married couples and
            allow full deduction of health insurance costs for self-employed
            individuals, S6026 [10JN]
        ------ eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate
            brackets and standard deduction amounts, S9176 [29JY]
        ------ treatment of education individual retirement accounts
            relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R.
            2646), S3417 [22AP], S3471 [23AP], S3519 [23AP]
        Tobacco products:  tobacco industry liability settlement relative to
            health risks and marketing and manufacturing practices (S.
            1415), S6026 [10JN]
        Transportation:  funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
            programs, and transit programs (S. 1173), S1229 [3MR], S1230
            [3MR], S1232 [3MR], S1493 [6MR]
      Remarks in Senate relative to
        Congressional Record:  printing of compilations of tributes to
            retiring Senators, S12608 [15OC]
        Tribute, S4852 [14MY], S11959 [8OC], S12152 [9OC], S12157 [9OC],
            S12302 [10OC], S12363 [12OC], S12378 [12OC], S12434 [12OC],
            S12596 [14OC], S12597 [14OC], S12693 [20OC], S12839-S12841
            [21OC], S12846 [21OC], S12867 [21OC]
      Tributes
        Bumpers, Senator, S12304 [10OC]
        Coats, Senator, S12304 [10OC]
        Ford, Senator, S12304 [10OC]
        Glenn, Senator, S12304 [10OC]
        Guedel, George, S3173<bullet> [2AP]
        Habiger, Eugene E., S6259<bullet> [11JN]
        Hagan, John, S2233<bullet> [18MR]
        McCloud, Dave J., S12900<bullet> [21OC]
        McGinty, Michael D., S11799<bullet> [7OC]
        Mutter, Carol, S12674<bullet> [16OC]
        Sullivan, Kirk, S7697<bullet> [8JY]
        Vollrath, Frederick E., S9060<bullet> [27JY]