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

    COLLINS, SUSAN M. (a Senator from Maine)
      Amendments
        Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
            making appropriations (S. 2159), S8098 [14JY], S8140 [14JY]
        Appropriations:  making emergency supplemental for disaster relief
            and overseas peacekeeping operations (S. 1768), S2479 [24MR],
            S2499 [24MR], S2524 [25MR], S2576 [25MR]
        Budget:  setting forth the Federal budget for 1999-2003 (S. Con.
            Res. 86), S2931 [1AP], S2989 [1AP], S2994 [1AP], S2998 [1AP]
        Dept. of Defense:  authorizing appropriations for military
            activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military
            construction (S. 2057), S4919 [14MY], S6982 [24JN], S7025 [24JN]
        Dept. of the Interior and related agencies:  making appropriations
            (S. 2237), S9967 [8SE], S9985 [8SE]
        Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the
            President, and independent agencies:  making appropriations (S.
            2312), S9140 [28JY]
        Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
            agencies:  authorizing appropriations (S. 2260), S8793 [22JY],
            S8862 [23JY], S8940 [23JY]
        Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
             making appropriations (S. 2168), S8367 [16JY], S8411 [16JY]
        FAA:  reauthorizing programs (S. 2279), S10888 [24SE], S10934 [24SE]
        Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs:  making
            appropriations (S. 2334), S9754 [1SE], S9796 [1SE]
        Government:  eliminate and modify reporting requirements by Federal
            departments and agencies (S. 1364), S6121 [10JN]
        IRS:  restructure and reform (H.R. 2676), S4514 [7MY], S4546 [7MY]
        NSF:  authorizing appropriations (S. 1046), S4729 [12MY]
        Political campaigns:  protect individuals from having their money
            involuntarily collected and used for politics by a corporation
            or labor organization (S. 1663), S906 [24FE], S933 [24FE], S938
            [24FE], S1019 [25FE]
        Tobacco products:  tobacco industry liability settlement relative to
            health risks and marketing and manufacturing practices (S.
            1415), S5336 [21MY], S5338 [21MY], S5575 [2JN]
        Transportation:  funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
            programs, and transit programs (S. 1173), S1463 [5MR], S1533
            [6MR], S1570 [9MR], S1765 [11MR], S1785 [11MR]
      Appointments
        Committee on the Year 2000 Technology Problem (Senate, Special),
            S3736 [28AP]
        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]
      Articles and editorials
        Abortion Vote, Bangor (ME) Daily News, S10590 [18SE]
        Region's Home-Care Firms Face Being Punished for Their Efficiency,
            Carol Gentry, Wall Street Journal, S3711 [28AP]
      Bills and resolutions cosponsored
        Abortion:  prohibit certain late-term abortions, (see S. 2497),
            S10588 [18SE]
        ------ protection of reproductive health services clinics, (see S.
            Res. 173), S451 [5FE]
        Agency for Healthcare Policy and Research:  revise and extend, (see
            S. 2208), S7200 [25JN]
        Agriculture:  ensure that federally funded research and education
            programs address high-priority concerns with national multistate
            significance (S. 1150), technical corrections, (see S. 2275),
            S7678 [8JY]
        American Red Cross:  anniversary of Blood Services, (see S. Con.
            Res. 119), S10722 [22SE]
        Animals:  conservation of Asian elephants, (see S. 1287), S586
            [10FE]
        ------ conservation of Asian elephants, cosponsorship withdrawn,
            (see S. 1287), S769 [12FE]
        Business and industry:  provide assistance to microenterprises in
            developing countries, (see S. 2152), S6037 [10JN]
        Capitol Building and Grounds:  tribute to John M. Gibson and Jacob
            J. Chestnut of the Capitol Police for acts of heroism, (see S.
            Con. Res. 110), S9044 [27JY]
        ------ use of the rotunda for a memorial service for John M. Gibson
            and Jacob J. Chestnut of the Capitol Police, (see S. Con. Res.
            111), S9044 [27JY]
        Children and youth:  ensure parental access to educational
            information and curriculum, (see S. 1631), S665 [11FE], (see S.
            1631), S836 [23FE]
        China, Republic of:  admission to multilateral economic
            institutions, (see S. Con. Res. 30), S847 [23FE]
        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), S3155 [2AP]
        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 HUD:  establish consensus committee for development,
            revision, and interpretation of safety standards for
            manufactured home construction, (see S. 2145), S12564 [14OC],
            (see S. 2145), S12639 [15OC]
        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]
        Disabled:  support grant programs to address assistive technology
            needs of individuals with disabilities, (see S. 2432), S9877
            [2SE]
        Education:  encourage States to develop and implement alternative
            teacher certification and licensure programs, (see S. 1742),
            S1772 [11MR]
        ------ provide loan forgiveness and cancellation for certain child
            care and education providers, (see S. 1029), S2987 [1AP]
        ------ spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars on
            children's classrooms, (see S. Res. 168), S48 [27JA], (see S.
            1589), S1463 [5MR]
        Education Flexibility Partnership Demonstration Act:  allow State
            participation in activities, (see S. 2213), S7013 [24JN]
        Employment:  protect employer rights, (see S. 1981), S6424 [16JN]
        ------ reform standard for classifying technical workers as
            independent contractors for employment tax purposes, (see S.
            1924), S9692 [31AU]
        Endangered Species Act:  reauthorize, (see S. 1180), S10440 [16SE]
        Federal employees:  recognition of the accomplishments of inspectors
            general in detecting waste, fraud, and abuse in Government, (see
            S.J. Res. 58), S11279 [1OC]
        Firearms:  prohibit imposition of a fee for criminal background
            checks before the transfer of a handgun, (see S. 2128), S9058
            [27JY]
        Flag--U.S.:  constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration, (see
            S.J. Res. 40), S378 [4FE]
        Freedom of religion:  establish a process to ensure that the U.S.
            monitors international religious persecution, (see S. 1868),
            S5701 [5JN]
        Gambling:  require certain notices in any mailing using a game of
            chance for the promotion of a product or service, (see S. 2460),
            S10386 [15SE]
        Government:  limit Federal authority to impose regulations on State
            and local governments not provided under the Constitution, (see
            S. 2445), S10322 [14SE]
        Health:  biomedical research funding, (see S. Res. 170), S587 [10FE]
        ------ improve the distribution of health care professionals to
            underserved areas and consolidate and reauthorize health
            education programs for minority and disadvantaged individuals,
            (see S. 1754), S2988 [1AP]
        ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, (see
            S. 2330), S8482 [17JY]
        Higher Education Act:  reauthorize, (see S. 1882), S3156 [2AP]
        Immigration:  extend date by which an automated entry-exit control
            system must be developed by the INS, (see S. 2540), S11279 [1OC]
        Insurance:  coverage and treatment of emergency services under
            health plans, (see S. 356), S846 [23FE]
        ----- coverage and treatment of emergency services under health
            plans, cosponsorship withdrawn, (see S. 356), S3295 [20AP]
        ------ coverage of long-term care services, (see S. Con. Res. 95),
            S6701 [19JN]
        Iran:  impose sanctions on foreign persons who transfer items
            contributing to efforts to acquire, develop, or produce
            ballistic missiles, (see S. 1311), S57 [27JA]
        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]
        Japan:  eliminate barriers to foreign trade and investment relative
            to resolution of the Asian financial crisis, (see S. Res. 216),
            S4560 [8MY]
        Law enforcement officers:  tribute to individuals who lost their
            lives during service, (see S. Res. 201), S2764 [30MR]
        Library of Congress:  mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial,
            (see S. 2510), S10722 [22SE]
        Maine:  deauthorize certain portions of Bass Harbor navigation
            project, (see S. 1531), S5799 [9JN]
        ------ deauthorize remainder of East Boothbay Harbor project, (see
            S. 1532), S5799 [9JN]
        McCain, Senator:  tribute, (see S. Res. 196), S2114 [17MR]
        McGwire, Mark:  tribute, (see S. Res. 273), S10118 [9SE]
        Medicare:  eliminate time limitation on benefits for
            immunosuppressive drugs, (see S. 1481), S5701 [5JN]
        ------ payment of certain venipuncture services and prevention of
            potential fraud and abuse, (see S. 1580), S3296 [20AP]
        Milosevic, Slobodan:  culpability for war crimes, crimes against
            humanity, and genocide in the former Yugoslavia, (see S. Con.
            Res. 105), S8388 [16JY]
        National Breast Cancer Survivor's Day:  designate, (see S. Res.
            198), S2214 [18MR]
        National Character Counts Week:  designate, (see S. Res. 176), S4835
            [13MY]
        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 Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act:
            reauthorize and amend, (see S. 2095), S5217 [20MY]
        National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute:  anniversary, (see S.
            Con. Res. 108), S10726 [22SE]
        National Inhalant Abuse Awareness Day:  designate, (see S. Res.
            257), S11346 [2OC]
        National Kick Drugs Out of America Week:  designate, (see S. Res.
            194), S3443 [22AP]
        National Museum of Women's History Advisory Committee:  establish,
            (see S. 2576), S11698 [7OC]
        National security:  develop a system to classify and declassify
            information, (see S. 712), S10595 [18SE]
        National Women's History Month:  designate, (see S. Res. 189), S6769
            [22JN]
        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), S1463 [5MR]
        Older Americans Act:  reauthorize, (see S. 2295), S10986 [25SE]
        OSHA:  recognize use of electronic forms for material safety data
            sheets, (see S. 1855), S2489 [24MR]
        Partnerships for Wildlife Act:  reauthorizing, (see S. 1677), S1463
            [5MR]
        Postal Service:  application of OSHA standards in the same manner as
            any other employer, (see S. 2112), S7360 [6JY]
        ------ protect consumers from deceptive marketing practices which
            use sweepstakes to entice the purchase of goods or services,
            (see S. 2141), S10386 [15SE]
        Public welfare programs:  establish asset-based welfare policies,
            (see S. 1255), S2684 [26MR]
        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]
        Rehabilitation Act:  extend authorization, (see S. 1579), S113
            [28JA]
        Research:  increase the amount authorized for basic scientific,
            medical, and pre-competitive engineering research, (see S.
            1305), S2135 [17MR]
        Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport:  designate, (see S.
            1297), S179 [28JA], (see S. 1575), S234 [29JA]
        Sanford, Terry:  tribute, (see S. Res. 211), S3356 [21AP]
        Taxation:  applications for an exclusion of gain on certain sales of
            a principal residence by a surviving spouse, (see S. 1992),
            S3653 [27AP]
        ------ extend energy production credit to electricity produced by
            wind and closed-loop biomass, (see S. 1459), S12182 [9OC]
        ------ increase amount of low-income housing credits allocated in
            each State and index amount for inflation, (see S. 1252), S2433
            [23MR]
        ------ relief to families to increase the affordability of child
            care, (see S. 1577), S113 [28JA]
        ------ treatment of certain amounts received as scholarships by an
            individual under the National Health Corps Scholarship Program,
            (see S. 1286), S769 [12FE]
        Television:  promote competition in the multichannel video
            marketplace, (see S. 1422), S179 [28JA]
        Tobacco products:  reduce youth smoking, increase tobacco-related
            research, and develop safer tobacco products, (see S. 1648),
            S731 [12FE]
        Turkey:  end restrictions on freedoms and human rights of the
            enclaved people of Cyprus, (see S. Con. Res. 65), S234 [29JA]
        U.N.:  promote full equality for Israel, (see S. 2092), S7019 [24JN]
        Underground Railroad Educational and Cultural Program:  establish,
            (see S. 2070), S5334 [21MY]
        Veterans:  eligibility for hospital care and services relative to
            awarding of Purple Heart, (see S. 374), S9941 [3SE]
        ------ furnishing of burial flags to certain deceased members of the
            Selected Reserve, (see S. 1406), S1996 [16MR]
        Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc.:  anniversary, (see S. Res. 207),
            S8059 [13JY]
        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),
            S11052 [28SE]
        Weapons:  antiballistic missile systems deployment policy, (see S.
            1873), S2863 [31MR]
        Wei Jingsheng:  relief, (see S. 2476), S11184 [30SE]
        Women:  anniversary of women's rights movement, (see S. Res. 189),
            S6769 [22JN]
        ------ ensure that older women are protected from institutional,
            community, and domestic violence, and sexual assault, (see S.
            2114), S5433 [22MY]
        Women's Progress Commemoration Commission:  establish, (see S.
            2285), S7939 [10JY]
      Bills and resolutions introduced
        Augusta, ME:  conveyance of land from Army Kennebec Arsenal, (see S.
            1988), S3585 [24AP]
        Budget:  modify certain allocations, (see S. Res. 209), S3120 [2AP]
        China, People's Republic of:  Tiananmen Square massacre anniversary,
            (see S. Res. 244), S5694 [5JN]
        Education:  increase the dependent care allowance used to calculate
            Pell Grant awards, (see S. 1701), S1255 [3MR]
        Government:  reform and improve Inspector General offices within
            Federal agencies, (see S. 2167), S6181 [11JN]
        Government regulations:  reduce Federal paperwork burden relative to
            small businesses, (see S. 1867), S2660 [26MR]
        Medicare:  adjust formula used to determine cost limits for home
            health agencies, (see S. 1993), S3709 [28AP]
        ------ payment for insulin pumps, (see S. 2292), S8056 [13JY]
        ------ payments to hospitals that have graduate medical education
            programs in critical need specialty areas, (see S. 2216), S7172
            [25JN]
        Taxation:  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]
        Telephones:  strengthen and expand the procedures for preventing the
            slamming of interstate telephone service subscribers, (see S.
            1740), S1697 [10MR]
      Cloture motions
        Employment:  protect employer rights (S. 1981), motion to proceed,
            S10221 [10SE], S10309 [14SE]
        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]
      Letters
        Repeal information reporting requirement imposed on educational
            institutions and certain other trades and businesses relative to
            the Hope Scholarship and Lifetime Learning Credits:  Stanley O.
            Ikenberry, American Council on Education, S1522 [6MR]
        ----- Terry W. Hartle, American Council on Education, S4515 [7MY]
      Lists
        Committee on Governmental Affairs (Senate):  Subcommittee on
            Investigations chairmen, S183<bullet> [28JA]
        ----- Subcommittee on Investigations chief counsels, S183<bullet>
            [28JA]
        ----- Subcommittee on Investigations ranking minority Members,
            S183<bullet> [28JA]
      Messages
        Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Treaty With Israel:
            President Clinton, S3180 [2AP]
      Remarks
        Abortion:  prohibit certain late-term abortions (S. 2497), S10589
            [18SE]
        Agriculture:  maple sugar producers assistance funding, S2405 [23MR]
        Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
            making appropriations (S. 2159), S8109 [14JY]
        Appropriations:  making emergency supplemental for disaster relief
            and overseas peacekeeping operations (S. 1768), S2405 [23MR],
            S2534 [25MR]
        Augusta, ME:  conveyance of land from Army Kennebec Arsenal (S.
            1988), S3591 [24AP]
        Bridges:  wood composite research funding, S1757 [11MR]
        Budget:  modify certain allocations (S. Res. 209), S3107 [2AP]
        ------ setting forth the Federal budget for 1999-2003 (S. Con. Res.
            86), S3053 [2AP] setting forth the Federal budget for 1999-2003
            (S. Con. Res. 86), unanimous-consent agreement, S3107 [2AP]
        Capitol Building and Grounds:  authorizing use of Grounds for event
            to announce the donation of vans to the Dept. of Veterans
            Affairs by the DAV (S. Con. Res. 102), S5662 [4JN]
        China, People's Republic of:  Tiananmen Square massacre anniversary
            (S. Res. 244), S5661 [4JN], S5681 [5JN]
        Committee on Governmental Affairs (Senate):  anniversary of
            Subcommittee on Investigations, S182<bullet> [28JA]
        Community Reinvestment Act:  credit requirements for small community
            banks, S9091 [28JY]
        Computers:  establish a Senate special committee on the problem with
            differentiating years 2000 and 1900 (S. Res. 208), S3185 [2AP]
        Credit unions:  clarify laws relative to field of membership of
            Federal credit unions (H.R. 1151), S9091 [28JY]
        Crime:  prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State
            laws requiring parental notification of abortions (S. 1645),
            S10701 [22SE]
        Dept. of Agriculture:  Agricultural Research Service's New England
            Plant, Soil, and Water Research Laboratory funding, S8109 [14JY]
        Dept. of Defense:  authorizing appropriations for military
            activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military
            construction (S. 2057), S7100 [25JN]
        Dept. of the Interior and related agencies:  making appropriations
            (S. 2237), S10160 [10SE]
        Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the
            President, and independent agencies:  making appropriations (S.
            2312), S9128 [28JY]
        Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
            agencies:  authorizing appropriations (S. 2260), S8863 [23JY]
        District of Columbia:  tribute to Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer
            Foundation Race for the Cure 5K walk/run, S5584 [4JN]
        Employment:  improve and consolidate Federal job training programs
            (S. 1186), S4023 [1MY]
        Families and domestic relations:  increase effectiveness and
            efficiency of child support enforcement and adoption programs
            (H.R. 3130), S3183 [2AP]
        Federal highway program:  replace affirmative action policies with
            emerging business enterprise programs, S1414 [5MR]
        Fleming, Scott S.:  nomination to be Assistant Sec. of Education for
            Legislation and Congressional Affairs, unanimous-consent
            agreement, S3599 [24AP]
        Fort Berthold Reservation:  approval process for oil and gas leasing
            agreements for specific allotted lands (S. 2069), S6127 [10JN]
        Government:  eliminate and modify reporting requirements by Federal
            departments and agencies (S. 1364), S6116 [10JN], S6122 [10JN]
        ------ reform and improve Inspector General offices within Federal
            agencies (S. 2167), S6204 [11JN]
        Government regulations:  reduce Federal paperwork burden relative to
            small businesses (S. 1867), S2663 [26MR]
        Health:  protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's,
            S3053 [2AP]
        Higher Education Act:  expand educational opportunities for students
            of low-income families, S7847 [9JY]
        ------ reauthorize (H.R. 6), conference report, S11087 [29SE]
        ------ reauthorize (S. 1882), S7847 [9JY]
        ------ TRIO Upward Bound Program funding, S7847 [9JY]
        Ice storms:  disaster assistance to Northeast States, S611 [11FE]
        IRS:  restructure and reform (H.R. 2676), S4514 [7MY], S4515 [7MY]
        King, Garr:  nomination to be district judge, unanimous-consent
            agreement, S3599 [24AP]
        Lipez, Kermit V.:  nomination to be circuit judge, S3181 [2AP]
        Medicare:  adjust formula used to determine cost limits for home
            health agencies (S. 1993), S3709 [28AP]
        ------ delay reduction and make revisions to the per beneficiary and
            per visit payment limit (S. 2616), S12346 [10OC]
        ------ payment for insulin pumps (S. 2292), S8056 [13JY]
        ------ payments to hospitals that have graduate medical education
            programs in critical need specialty areas (S. 2216), S7176
            [25JN]
        ------ reform, S716 [12FE]
        Northern Ireland Peace Agreement:  tribute (S. Con. Res. 90), S3498
            [23AP], S3580 [24AP]
        Old Orchard Beach, ME:  tribute to Old Orchard Beach High School for
            participation in We the People . . . The Citizen and the
            Constitution competition, S4237 [5MY]
        OSHA:  recognize use of electronic forms for material safety data
            sheets (S. 1855), S2490 [24MR]
        Political campaigns:  ethics reform and contribution limits, S875
            [24FE], S997 [25FE], S10160 [10SE]
        ------ protect individuals from having their money involuntarily
            collected and used for politics by a corporation or labor
            organization (S. 1663), S875 [24FE], S997 [25FE]
        ------ require disclosure of funding sources for certain candidate
            advocacy advertising, S997 [25FE]
        ------ require worker approval for use of labor organization dues
            and fees for political activities, S10160 [10SE]
        ------ restrictions on issue advocacy by interest groups, S10160
            [10SE]
        Presidential Advisory Commission on Holocaust Assets in the U.S.:
            establish (S. 1900), S6127 [10JN]
        Presidential appointments:  nominations considered and confirmed en
            bloc, S3181 [2AP]
        Protocols to the North Atlantic Treaty on Accession of Poland,
            Hungary, and the Czech Republic:  ratification, S3629 [27AP]
        ----- ratification, corrections in engrossment, S4221 [4MY]
        ----- ratification, unanimous-consent agreement, S3599 [24AP]
        Rawlinson, Johnnie B.:  nomination to be district judge, S3182 [2AP]
        Rehabilitation Act:  extend authorization (S. 1579), S170 [28JA]
        Roads and highways:  modify minimum allocation formula for the
            Federal-aid highway program, S1566 [9MR]
        Schools:  allow same-gender public schools and classrooms as long as
            comparable education opportunities are offered to both sexes,
            S3335 [21AP]
        Securities:  application of State statutes of limitations in certain
            fraud cases removed to Federal court, S4806 [13MY]
        ------ limit the conduct of securities class actions under State law
            (S. 1260), S4806 [13MY]
        Senate:  authorize the taking of an official photograph in the
            Senate Chamber (S. Res. 246), S6115 [10JN]
        ------ legislative program, S3107 [2AP], S3186 [2AP], S3599 [24AP],
            S3665 [28AP], S4221 [4MY], S5630 [4JN], S5663 [4JN], S6129
            [10JN]
        Sleet, Gregory:  nomination to be district judge, unanimous-consent
            agreement, S3599 [24AP]
        States:  additional funding for disaster relief, S2534 [25MR]
        Taxation:  repeal information reporting requirement imposed on
            educational institutions and certain other trades and businesses
            relative to the Hope Scholarship and Lifetime Learning Credits,
            S4514 [7MY], S4515 [7MY]
        ----- repeal information reporting requirement imposed on
            educational institutions and certain other trades and businesses
            relative to the Hope Scholarship and Lifetime Learning Credits
            (S. 1724), S1521 [6MR]
        ------ terminate Internal Revenue Code, S9128 [28JY]
        ------ treatment of education individual retirement accounts
            relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R.
            2646), S3335 [21AP] treatment of education individual retirement
            accounts relative to elementary and secondary school expenses
            (H.R. 2646), motion to proceed, S2092 [17MR], S2093 [17MR]
        Telephones:  strengthen and expand the procedures for preventing the
            slamming of interstate telephone service subscribers (S. 1618),
            S4690 [12MY]
        ----- strengthen and expand the procedures for preventing the
            slamming of interstate telephone service subscribers (S. 1740),
            S1701 [10MR]
        Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact:  consent (H.R.
            629), S3017 [1AP]
        ------ grant congressional consent (H.R. 629), conference report,
            S9809 [2SE]
        Thomas, Cherryl:  nomination to the Railroad Retirement Board,
            unanimous-consent agreement, S3599 [24AP]
        Tobacco products:  impact of tobacco industry trust fund payments on
            cigarette prices, S5208 [20MY]
        ------ reduce youth smoking, increase tobacco-related research, and
            develop safer tobacco products (S. 1648), S764 [12FE], S5208
            [20MY]
        ------ tobacco industry liability settlement relative to health
            risks and marketing and manufacturing practices (S. 1415), S5208
            [20MY]
        Transportation:  funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
            programs, and transit programs (H.R. 2400), unanimous-consent
            agreement, S3180 [2AP]
        ----- funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and
            transit programs (S. 1173), S1414 [5MR], S1566 [9MR], S1757
            [11MR]
        Treaties and agreements:  removal of injunction of secrecy, S3180
            [2AP], S4220 [4MY]
        University of Nevada-Las Vegas:  tribute to men's golf team (S. Res.
            243), S5662 [4JN]
        UNUM Corp.:  anniversary, S8515<bullet> [17JY]
        Women:  ensure that older women are protected from institutional,
            community, and domestic violence, and sexual assault, S8863
            [23JY]
        ----- ensure that older women are protected from institutional,
            community, and domestic violence, and sexual assault (S. 2114),
            S5440<bullet> [22MY]
        Year of the Ocean:  observance (H. Con. Res. 131), S6115 [10JN]
      Remarks in Senate relative to
        Golden Gavel Award:  recipient, S1560 [9MR]
      Statements
        Medicare Fraud and Abuse:  Home Care Alliance of Maine, S716 [12FE]
      Summaries
        Medicare Home Health Equity Act (S. 1993), S3711 [28AP]
        Telephone Slamming Prevention Act (S. 1740), S1701 [10MR]
      Texts of
        S. 1993, Medicare Home Health Equity Act, S3710 [28AP]
        S. 2216, Medicare payments to hospitals that have graduate medical
            education programs in critical need specialty areas, S7177
            [25JN]
        S. 2292, Medicare Insulin Pump Coverage Act, S8057 [13JY]
        S. Res. 209, modify certain budget allocations, S3107 [2AP]
        S. Res. 244, Tiananmen Square massacre anniversary in the People's
            Republic of China, S5661 [4JN]
      Tributes
        Mitchell, George J., S3580 [24AP]