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

    DeWINE, MIKE (a Senator from Ohio)
      Addresses
        Political Asylum Reform:  Mohamoud Farah, S3011<bullet> [1AP]
      Amendments
        Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
            making appropriations (S. 2159), S8142 [14JY], S8234 [15JY],
            S8259 [15JY]
        Appropriations:  making emergency supplemental for disaster relief
            and overseas peacekeeping operations (S. 1768), S2494 [24MR]
        Budget:  setting forth the Federal budget for 1999-2003 (S. Con.
            Res. 86), S2736 [30MR], S2774 [30MR], S2909 [1AP], S2992 [1AP],
            S3157 [2AP]
        Crime:  identity fraud (S. 512), S9476 [30JY]
        ------ improve automated interstate criminal identification systems
            (S. 2022), S8063 [13JY], S8074 [13JY]
        ------ penalties for certain sex offenses against children (H.R.
            3494), S12212 [9OC], S12262 [9OC]
        Dept. of Defense:  authorizing appropriations for military
            activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military
            construction (S. 2057), S5731 [5JN], S6680 [19JN], S6683 [19JN],
            S6711 [19JN], S6712 [19JN], S6779 [22JN], S6782 [22JN], S7004
            [24JN], S7136 [25JN], S7204 [25JN]
        ------ making appropriations (S. 2132), S9394 [30JY], S9474 [30JY]
        Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the
            President, and independent agencies:  making appropriations (S.
            2312), S9145 [28JY], S9179 [29JY], S9187 [29JY], S9256 [29JY]
        Dept. of Transportation and related agencies:  making appropriations
            (S. 2307), S8906 [23JY], S8944 [23JY]
        Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
            agencies:  authorizing appropriations (S. 2260), S8650 [21JY],
            S8683 [21JY], S8927 [23JY]
        Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
             making appropriations (S. 2168), S8340 [16JY], S8407 [16JY]
        Employment:  improve and consolidate Federal job training programs
            (S. 1186), S4041 [1MY], S4086 [1MY]
        FAA:  reauthorizing programs (S. 2279), S10853 [23SE], S10934 [24SE]
        Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs:  making
            appropriations (S. 2334), S9842 [2SE], S9867 [2SE], S9886 [2SE],
            S9887 [2SE]
        Foreign policy:  support broad-based agricultural and rural
            development in sub-Saharan Africa (H.R. 4283), S11603 [6OC],
            S12726 [20OC]
        Freedom of information:  require disclosure of information on
            certain individuals relative to Nazi war crimes during World War
            II (S. 1379), S6716 [19JN], S6725 [19JN]
        Higher Education Act:  reauthorize (S. 1882), S7816 [9JY], S7889
            [9JY]
        IRS:  restructure and reform (H.R. 2676), S4446 [6MY], S4514 [7MY],
            S4546 [7MY]
        National Center for Missing and Exploited Children:  authorizing
            appropriations (S. 2073), S7287 [26JN]
        Taxation:  treatment of Internet and interactive computer service
            commerce (S. 442), S11601 [6OC]
        Tobacco products:  tobacco industry liability settlement relative to
            health risks and marketing and manufacturing practices (S.
            1415), S5336 [21MY], S5338 [21MY], S5722 [5JN], S6057 [10JN]
        Transportation:  funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
            programs, and transit programs (S. 1173), S1237 [3MR], S1282
            [3MR], S1537 [6MR], S1556 [9MR], S1612 [9MR], S1823 [12MR],
            S1897 [12MR]
      Analyses
        Mandatory Minimum Sentencing Relative to Criminal Use of Guns (S.
            191), S12671-S12673 [16OC]
      Appointments
        Acting President pro tempore, S11831 [8OC]
        Conferee:  H.R. 6, Higher Education Act reauthorization, S8069
            [13JY]
        ------ H.R. 1385, Employment, Training, and Literacy Enhancement
            Act, S4349 [5MY]
        ------ H.R. 1853, vocational education funding, S6306 [12JN]
        ------ H.R. 3694, intelligence services appropriations, S7333 [26JN]
      Articles and editorials
        Medications From Mexico, Tim Friend, USA Today, S7261<bullet> [26JN]
      Bills and resolutions cosponsored
        Agriculture:  Farmland Protection Program funding, (see S. 2596),
            S12163 [9OC], (see S. 2597), S12163 [9OC]
        American Discovery Trail:  designate, (see S. 1069), S4208 [4MY]
        American GI Forum of the U.S. (nonprofit corporation):  grant
            Federal charter, (see S. 1759), S9451 [30JY]
        Armed Forces:  feasibility of using the Federal Employees Health
            Benefits Program for Medicare-eligible retirees under the
            military health care system, (see S. 1334), S5637 [4JN]
        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]
        Charities:  ensure that religious organizations are considered
            equally with other private groups to provide assistance under
            certain government programs, (see S. 2046), S11051 [28SE]
        Children and youth:  ensure parental access to educational
            information and curriculum, (see S. 1631), S665 [11FE], (see S.
            1631), S836 [23FE]
        China, Republic of:  status after reversion of Hong Kong to the
            People's Republic of China, (see S. Res. 114), S932 [24FE]
        Clinton, President:  reconsider decision to be formally received in
            Tiananmen Square during visit to the People's Republic of China,
            (see S. Con. Res. 101), S5634 [4JN]
        Colleges and universities:  allow the use of age-based incentives
            for the voluntary retirement of tenured faculty, (see S. 153),
            S769 [12FE]
        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]
        ------ facilitate exchange of criminal records for noncriminal
            justice purposes and allow qualified entities to request
            fingerprint background checks under the National Child
            Protection Act, (see S. 2294), S8056 [13JY]
        ------ prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws
            requiring parental notification of abortions, (see S. 1645),
            S730 [12FE]
        ------ protect children from sexual abuse and exploitation, (see S.
            2491), S10517 [17SE]
        Cuba:  increase support to democratic opposition and humanitarian
            assistance, (see S. 2080), S4906 [14MY]
        Death and dying:  clarify Federal laws relative to dispensing of
            drugs intended for use for assisted suicide or euthanasia, (see
            S. 2151), S6889 [23JN]
        Dept. of Defense:  repayment of student loans by students called to
            active duty, (see S. 1534), S4040 [1MY]
        Dept. of Energy:  ensure that U.S. Enrichment Corp. funding for
            disposition of depleted uranium hexafluoride be used to treat
            and recycle depleted uranium hexafluoride, (see S. 2316), S8241
            [15JY]
        Dept. of HHS:  revise and extend certain women's health research and
            prevention activities programs, (see S. 1722), S1996 [16MR]
        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), S9941
            [3SE]
        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), S11128 [29SE]
        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], (see S.
            1589), S226 [29JA]
        Education Flexibility Partnership Demonstration Act:  allow State
            participation in activities, (see S. 2213), S7013 [24JN]
        Employment:  minimum wage and overtime exemptions for certain
            employees, (see S. 2144), S6205 [11JN]
        ------ reform standard for classifying technical workers as
            independent contractors for employment tax purposes, (see S.
            1924), S4208 [4MY]
        English language:  encourage status as primary language and
            recognize importance of multilingualism, (see S. Res. 236),
            S5434 [22MY]
        Families and domestic relations:  promote the adoption of children
            in foster care, (see S. 2408), S9556 [31JY]
        ------ provide equitable child care relief for stay at-home parents,
            (see S. Con. Res. 77), S1352 [4MR]
        Federal employees:  prevent discrimination against preference
            eligibles applying for certain Government positions, (see S.
            1021), S9254 [29JY]
        Federal Home Loan Bank System:  reform and modernize, (see S. 1423),
            S6340 [15JN]
        Federal Water Pollution Control Act:  ensure compliance by Federal
            facilities, (see S. 1923), S3120 [2AP]
        Flag--U.S.:  constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration, (see
            S.J. Res. 40), S378 [4FE]
        Foreign policy:  authorize trade and investment policy relative to
            sub-Saharan Africa, (see S. 778), S1568 [9MR]
        Freedom of religion:  establish a process to ensure that the U.S.
            monitors international religious persecution, (see S. 1868),
            S2660 [26MR]
        Greek Independence Day--A National Day of Celebration of Greek and
            American Democracy:  designate, (see S. Res. 171), S520 [9FE]
        Health:  biomedical research funding, (see S. Res. 170), S226 [29JA]
        ------ establish a program for training in lifesaving first aid for
            individuals experiencing cardiac arrest, (see S. 2196), S9058
            [27JY]
        Higher Education Act:  reauthorize, (see S. 1882), S3792 [29AP]
        Immigration:  arrival and departure requirements for Canadian
            citizens relative to automated entry and exit control systems,
            (see S. 1360), S273 [2FE]
        ------ increase number of temporary visas for skilled workers and
            expand education and training opportunities for U.S. students
            and workers, (see S. 1723), S1508 [6MR]
        Iraq:  condemn threat to international peace and security, (see S.
            Con. Res. 71), S234 [29JA]
        Iron and steel industry:  respond to the surge of steel imports
            resulting from the financial crises in Asia, Russia, and other
            regions, (see S. Con. Res. 121), S11346 [2OC]
        IRS:  congressional review of regulations increasing Federal
            revenue, (see S. 831), S5022 [18MY]
        ------ provide uniform application of confidentiality privileges
            relative to taxpayer communications with authorized tax
            practitioners, (see S. 1737), S1697 [10MR]
        Israel:  independence anniversary, (see S.J. Res. 46), S3783 [29AP]
        ------ membership in a U.N. regional group, (see S. Res. 188), S1255
            [3MR]
        Joseph P. Kinneary U.S. Courthouse, Columbus, OH:  designate, (see
            S. 1800), S2296 [19MR]
        Law enforcement officers:  tribute to individuals who lost their
            lives during service, (see S. Res. 201), S2764 [30MR]
        ``Little Rock Nine'':  award Congressional Gold Medals, (see S.
            1283), S2135 [17MR]
        McCain, Senator:  tribute, (see S. Res. 196), S2114 [17MR]
        Medicare:  payments to children's hospitals that operate graduate
            medical education programs, (see S. 2049), S4528 [7MY]
        Monuments and memorials:  prohibit the return of veterans memorial
            objects to foreign nations without congressional authorization,
            (see S. 1903), S7359 [6JY]
        Motor vehicles:  improve Federal, State, and local child protection
            programs, (see S. 1312), S1702 [10MR]
        National Breast Cancer Survivor's Day:  designate, (see S. Res.
            198), S2214 [18MR]
        National Center for Missing and Exploited Children:  authorizing
            appropriations, (see S. 2073), S4823 [13MY]
        National Character Counts Week:  designate, (see S. Res. 176), S2309
            [19MR]
        National Children's Day:  designate, (see S. Res. 260), S9426 [30JY]
        National Children's Memorial Day:  designate, (see S. Res. 193),
            S3724 [28AP]
        National Correctional Officers and Employees Week:  designate, (see
            S. Res. 175), S1262 [3MR]
        National discovery trails:  establish, (see S. 1069), S4208 [4MY]
        National Erase the Hate and Eliminate Racism Day:  designate, (see
            S. Res. 221), S3919 [30AP]
        National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week:
            designate, (see S. Res. 259), S9790 [1SE]
        National Inhalant Abuse Awareness Day:  designate, (see S. Res.
            257), S10527 [17SE]
        National Sea Grant College Program Act:  treatment of Lake
            Champlain, (see S. 1823), S2488 [24MR]
        New Mexico:  designate Onate Cuartocentenario to commemorate the
            anniversary of the first permanent Spanish settlement, (see S.
            Res. 148), S520 [9FE]
        NLRB:  determine appropriateness of certain bargaining units in the
            absence of a stipulation or consent, (see S. 1686), S1070 [26FE]
        ------ recovery of attorneys' fees by small businesses and labor
            organizations who prevail in proceedings, (see S. 1684), S7580
            [7JY]
        North American Wetlands Conservation Act:  reauthorizing, (see S.
            1677), S1463 [5MR]
        Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act:  amend, (see S. 1985),
            S3585 [24AP]
        Partnerships for Wildlife Act:  reauthorizing, (see S. 1677), S1463
            [5MR]
        Pensions:  ensure accessibility, portability, and protection of
            retirement benefits, (see S. 2339), S10667 [21SE]
        Pesticides:  clarify circumstances in which a substance is
            considered to be a pesticide chemical, (see S. 2565), S11698
            [7OC]
        Postal Service:  application of OSHA standards in the same manner as
            any other employer, (see S. 2112), S5799 [9JN]
        Presidential Advisory Commission on Holocaust Assets in the U.S.:
            establish, (see S. 1900), S2967 [1AP]
        Presidents' Day:  redesignate Washington's Birthday in honor of
            George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and Franklin D. Roosevelt
            and the institution of the Presidency, (see S. 2353), S8996
            [24JY]
        Public welfare programs:  establish asset-based welfare policies,
            (see S. 1255), S273 [2FE]
        Public Works and Economic Development Act:  reauthorize and reform
            programs, (see S. 2364), S11452 [5OC]
        Railroads:  modify the guaranteed minimum benefit for widows and
            widowers relative to conversion from spouse to widow or widower
            annuity, (see S. Con. Res. 80), S8787 [22JY]
        Read Across America Day:  designate, (see S. Res. 181), S1082 [26FE]
        Religion:  support tolerance toward Muslims, (see S. Con. Res. 94),
            S11715 [7OC]
        Research:  continuation of Federal research and development programs
            funding in a fiscally sustainable way, (see S. 2217), S9254
            [29JY]
        Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport:  designate, (see S.
            1575), S48 [27JA], (see S. 1297), S179 [28JA]
        Sanford, Terry:  tribute, (see S. Res. 211), S3356 [21AP]
        Science:  prohibit cloning of humans, (see S. 1599), S668 [11FE],
            (see S. 1601), S668 [11FE]
        Securities:  limit the conduct of securities class actions under
            State law, (see S. 1260), S932 [24FE]
        Small business:  protection from litigation excesses, (see S. 836),
            S272 [2FE]
        Space policy:  encourage the development of a commercial space
            industry, (see S. 1473), S1784 [11MR]
        Taxation:  eliminate the temporary increase in unemployment tax,
            (see S. 2170), S6405 [16JN]
        ------ extend the placed-in-service date for biomass and coal
            facilities, (see S. 2233), S10120 [9SE]
        ------ increase State cap on private activity bonds, (see S. 1251),
            S8253 [15JY]
        ------ liability of spouses on joint Federal income returns, (see S.
            1682), S1463 [5MR]
        ------ reduce holding period for certain capital gains rates, (see
            S. 1748), S1883 [12MR]
        ------ 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]
        ------ terminate Internal Revenue Code, (see S. 1673), S1003 [25FE]
        ------ treatment of individual retirement accounts relative to
            charitable contributions, (see S. 1734), S7018 [24JN]
        Television:  enhance the ability of satellite television providers
            to compete with cable television systems, (see S. 2494), S10518
            [17SE]
        Turkey:  end restrictions on freedoms and human rights of the
            enclaved people of Cyprus, (see S. Con. Res. 65), S3656 [27AP]
        U.S. Navy Asiatic Fleet Memorial Day:  designate, (see S. 45), S3534
            [23AP]
        Ukraine:  remember treatment by the former Soviet Union on
            anniversary of Ukrainian Famine, (see S. Con. Res. 122), S11346
            [2OC]
        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]
        Weapons:  antiballistic missile systems deployment policy, (see S.
            1873), S3222 [3AP]
        Wei Jingsheng:  relief, (see S. 2476), S10383 [15SE]
        Wisconsin:  commemorate sesquicentennial of statehood, (see S. Con.
            Res. 75), S4442 [6MY]
        Women's Progress Commemoration Commission:  establish, (see S.
            2285), S7939 [10JY]
      Bills and resolutions introduced
        Chalmers P. Wylie Veterans Outpatient Clinic, Columbus, OH:
            designate, (see S. 2541), S11339 [2OC]
        Children and youth:  improve efficiency and effectiveness of abuse
            and neglect courts, (see S. 2607), S12164 [9OC]
        Crime:  establish a law enforcement block grant program, (see S.
            1893), S2851 [31MR]
        ------ improve automated interstate criminal identification systems,
            (see S. 2022), S3919 [30AP]
        ------ increase penalties and improve law enforcement activities
            involving the use of computers to commit sexual crimes against
            children, (see S. 1987), S3585 [24AP]
        ------ increase public awareness, collect data, and develop
            strategies to address the safety and justice needs of victims
            with developmental disabilities, (see S. 1976), S3534 [23AP]
        Drugs:  enhance interdiction efforts in major transit countries and
            support eradication and crop substitution programs in source
            countries, (see S. 2341), S8778 [22JY]
        ------ enhance interdiction efforts in major transit countries and
            support eradication and crop substitution programs in source
            countries, (see S. 2522), S11042 [28SE]
        ------ limit amount of controlled substances allowed to be brought
            into the U.S. from Mexico and Canada, (see S. 2242), S7255
            [26JN]
        Education:  encourage States to develop and implement alternative
            teacher certification and licensure programs, (see S. 1742),
            S1772 [11MR]
        ------ provide for teacher training facilities, (see S. 1741), S1772
            [11MR]
        FDA:  conduct assessments relative to the transition from the use of
            chloroflurocarbons in metered-dose inhalers, (see S. 2026),
            S4035 [1MY]
        Foreign policy:  support broad-based agricultural and rural
            development in sub-Saharan Africa, (see S. 2283), S7881 [9JY]
        Foreign trade:  eliminate disincentives to fair trade conditions,
            (see S. 2281), S7881 [9JY]
        Great Lakes Basin Compact:  repeal a condition imposed in
            congressional consent, (see S. 2554), S11582 [6OC]
        Hazardous substances:  increase funding for poison control centers
            and establish toll-free telephone number to improve access, (see
            S. 1862), S2570 [25MR]
        Health:  improve research on the quality and effectiveness of health
            care for children, (see S. 1866), S2660 [26MR]
        Rehabilitation Act:  extend authorization, (see S. 1579), S113
            [28JA]
        Underground Railroad Educational and Cultural Program:  establish,
            (see S. 2070), S4712 [12MY]
        Unemployment:  improve the collection of Federal unemployment taxes
            and the provision of such revenues for employment security
            administration, (see S. 2556), S11582 [6OC]
      Cloture motions
        Taxation:  treatment of education individual retirement accounts
            relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R.
            2646), S1925 [13MR], S1988 [16MR], S2094 [17MR], S2169 [18MR],
            S2289 [19MR]
        ------ treatment of Internet and interactive computer service
            commerce (S. 442), S11307 [2OC], S11649 [7OC]
        ------ treatment of Internet and interactive computer service
            commerce (S. 442), motion to proceed, S10969 [25SE], S11085
            [29SE]
        Tobacco products:  tobacco industry liability settlement relative to
            health risks and marketing and manufacturing practices (S.
            1415), S4883 [14MY], S6473 [17JN], S6479 [17JN]
        Transportation:  funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
            programs, and transit programs (S. 1173), S1497 [6MR], S1762
            [11MR]
      Cloture motions
        Taxation:  treatment of education individual retirement accounts
            relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R.
            2646), S2636 [26MR]
      Letters
        Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act:  several law professors, S10552
            [18SE]
        Repeal information reporting requirement imposed on educational
            institutions and certain other trades and businesses relative to
            the Hope Scholarship and Lifetime Learning Credits:  Clive C.
            Veri, Shawnee State University, S4516 [7MY]
        ----- Jerry S. Thornton, Cuyahoga Community College, S4516 [7MY]
        ----- John F. Clymer, Belmont Technical College, S4516 [7MY]
        ----- M. Valeriana Moeller, Columbus State Community College, S4517
            [7MY]
        ----- Ronald E. Abrams, North Central Technical College, S4517 [7MY]
        ----- Sidney A. Ribeau, Bowling Green State University, S4516 [7MY]
        ----- Terry M. Thomas, Ohio Association of Community Colleges, S4516
            [7MY]
        ----- Thomas A. Lynch, Cleveland State University, S4516 [7MY]
        Require military physicians to possess unrestricted licenses and to
            complete continuing medical education requirements:  James M.
            Mutter, National Military Family Association, S6681 [19JN]
        ----- William J. Carbone, American Association of Physician
            Specialists, Inc., S6681 [19JN]
        Tribute to Senator Glenn:  current and former staff members of
            Senator Glenn, S12451 [13OC]
        Workforce Investment Partnership Act:  Antonio Pagan, New York, NY,
            Dept. of Employment, S4012 [1MY]
        ------ Bret Lovejoy, American Vocational Association, S2293 [19MR]
        ------ Curtis E. Moll, Growth Association of Cleveland, S4013 [1MY]
        ------ Gordon M. Ambach, Council of Chief State School Officers,
            S4013 [1MY]
        ------ Judith B. Riley and Robert Knight, National Association of
            Private Industry Councils, S2292 [19MR]
        ------ Kimberly A. Green, National Association of State Directors of
            the Vocational Technical Education Consortium, S2293 [19MR]
        ------ Paul R. Huard, National Association of Manufacturers, S2292
            [19MR]
        ------ R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, S4012 [1MY]
        ------ Randy Johnson, National Association of Counties, S2293 [19MR]
        ------ Richard Finan and Linda Furney, National Conference of State
            Legislatures, S4012 [1MY]
        ------ Robert T. Jones, National Alliance of Business, S4012 [1MY]
        ------ Susan R. Meisinger, Society for Human Resources Management,
            S4013 [1MY]
      Messages
        Protocol to the Extradition Treaty With Mexico:  President Clinton,
            S5357<bullet> [21MY]
      Privilege of the floor
        O'Donnell, Terrence, S7230 [26JN]
        Small, Jason, S7713 [9JY]
      Remarks
        Abortion:  prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 1122), veto,
            S10511 [17SE], S10552 [18SE], S10553 [18SE]
        Agriculture:  prohibit and investigate the sale of subsidized barley
            from the European Union (S. Res. 232), S5356<bullet> [21MY]
        Air Force:  Financial Information Resources System funding, S9397
            [30JY], S9398 [30JY]
        Balderson, Stuart F.:  naming as Senate Parliamentarian Emeritus and
            Financial Clerk Emeritus (S. Res. 234), S5358 [21MY]
        Budget:  setting forth the Federal budget for 1999-2003 (S. Con.
            Res. 86), S3099 [2AP]
        Carrollton, KY:  anniversary of drunken driving accident involving a
            school bus with children from Radcliffe, KY, S4847 [14MY]
        Chalmers P. Wylie Veterans Outpatient Clinic, Columbus, OH:
            designate (S. 2541), S11358<bullet> [2OC]
        Child Survival and Disease Programs Fund:  funding, S9771 [1SE]
        Children and youth:  child abuse cases update, S3583 [24AP]
        ------ improve efficiency and effectiveness of abuse and neglect
            courts (S. 2607), S12452 [13OC]
        ------ modify certain adoption and foster care placement procedures,
            S10639 [21SE]
        China, Republic of:  affirm U.S. commitment to security and
            democracy (S. Con. Res. 107), unanimous-consent agreement, S7913
            [9JY]
        Clinton, President:  Committee on the Judiciary (House) inquiry into
            whether grounds exist to impeach (H. Res. 581), S12970-S12972
            [21OC]
        Coast Guard:  enhance drug interdiction efforts, S8906 [23JY], S8907
            [23JY]
        Commission To Assess the Organization of the Federal Government To
            Combat the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction:  extend
            deadline for submission of report (S. 1751), S2778 [30MR]
        Computers:  encourage disclosure and exchange of information
            relative to the year 2000 problem (S. 2392), S12643 [15OC]
        Congress:  accomplishments of the 105th Congress, S10638-S10640
            [21SE]
        ------ adjournment (H. Con. Res. 353), S12979 [21OC]
        Courts:  mandatory minimum sentencing relative to criminal use of
            guns (S. 191), S12670 [16OC]
        ------ product liability reform (S. 648), S7913 [9JY]
        ------ 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), S7913 [9JY]
        Crime:  establish a law enforcement block grant program (S. 1893),
            S2862 [31MR]
        ------ improve automated interstate criminal identification systems
            (S. 2022), S3940 [30AP]
        ------ improve automated interstate criminal identification systems
            (S. 2022), S12040 [8OC]
        ------ increase penalties and improve law enforcement activities
            involving the use of computers to commit sexual crimes against
            children (S. 1987), S3588 [24AP]
        ------ increase public awareness, collect data, and develop
            strategies to address the safety and justice needs of victims
            with developmental disabilities (S. 1976), S3537 [23AP], S8084
            [13JY]
        ------ prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws
            requiring parental notification of abortions (S. 1645), S752
            [12FE]
        ------ prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws
            requiring parental notification of abortions (S. 1645), S10701
            [22SE] prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State
            laws requiring parental notification of abortions (S. 1645),
            motion to proceed, S10228 [11SE]
        ------ strengthen prohibitions on international bribery and other
            corrupt practices (S. 2375), S12973 [21OC]
        Customs Service:  strengthen drug interdiction efforts, S9231
            [29JY], S9232 [29JY]
        Dept. of Defense:  authorizing appropriations for military
            activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military
            construction (S. 2057), S6680 [19JN], S7004 [24JN], S7082 [25JN]
        ------ conveyance of Lorain County (vessel) to Ohio War Memorial,
            Inc., S7004 [24JN]
        ------ making appropriations (S. 2132), S9397 [30JY], S9398 [30JY]
        Dept. of Energy:  ensure that U.S. Enrichment Corp. funding for
            disposition of depleted uranium hexafluoride be used to treat
            and recycle depleted uranium hexafluoride (S. 2316), S8253
            [15JY], S8268 [15JY]
        Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the
            President, and independent agencies:  making appropriations (S.
            2312), S9187 [29JY], S9231 [29JY], S9232 [29JY]
        Dept. of Transportation and related agencies:  making appropriations
            (S. 2307), S8905 [23JY], S8906 [23JY], S8907 [23JY]
        Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
             making appropriations (S. 2168), S8434 [17JY], S8435 [17JY]
        ------ making appropriations (H.R. 4194), conference report, S11846
            [8OC]
        Diseases:  national objectives relative to asthma, S12451 [13OC]
        ------ payments to individuals with blood-clotting disorders who
            contracted HIV due to contaminated blood products (H.R. 1023),
            S12912 [21OC], S12959 [21OC]
        Doby, Larry:  induction into the the Baseball Hall of Fame, S3583
            [24AP]
        Drug abuse:  national drug control policy, S7873-S7876 [9JY]
        ------ national policy to combat the distribution, sale, and use of
            illegal drugs by young people, S5690-S5692 [5JN]
        Drugs:  enhance interdiction efforts in major transit countries and
            support eradication and crop substitution programs in source
            countries (S. 2341), S8780<bullet> [22JY]
        ------ enhance interdiction efforts in major transit countries and
            support eradication and crop substitution programs in source
            countries (H.R. 4300), S12483 [14OC] enhance interdiction
            efforts in major transit countries and support eradication and
            crop substitution programs in source countries (S. 2341), S12960
            [21OC] enhance interdiction efforts in major transit countries
            and support eradication and crop substitution programs in source
            countries (S. 2522), S11043 [28SE]
        ------ establish matching grant program for local communities that
            first demonstrate a long-term commitment to reduce youth
            substance abuse (S. 536), S10639 [21SE]
        ------ limit amount of controlled substances allowed to be brought
            into the U.S. from Mexico and Canada (S. 2242), S7260 [26JN]
        Drunken driving:  national blood alcohol content standard relative
            to the operation of motor vehicles, S1242 [3MR], S1248 [3MR],
            S1301 [4MR], S1302 [4MR], S2760 [30MR], S2762 [30MR], S3582
            [24AP], S4847 [14MY]
        ------ prohibit open containers of alcohol in motor vehicles, S1376
            [5MR], S4847 [14MY]
        Education:  encourage States to develop and implement alternative
            teacher certification and licensure programs, S7848 [9JY]
        ----- encourage States to develop and implement alternative teacher
            certification and licensure programs (S. 1742), S1774 [11MR],
            S3099 [2AP]
        ------ provide for teacher training facilities (S. 1741),
            S1772-S1774 [11MR], S3099 [2AP]
        ------ provide loan forgiveness and cancellation for certain child
            care and education providers, S7848 [9JY]
        Employment:  allow certain cities to retain their designation as
            Service Delivery Areas for purposes of implementing job training
            programs, S4020 [1MY]
        ------ consolidate Federal job training programs (H.R. 1385), S4255
            [5MY] consolidate Federal job training programs (H.R. 1385),
            conference report, S9489 [30JY], S9616<bullet> [31JY]
        ------ improve and consolidate Federal job training programs (S.
            1186), S2290 [19MR], S4010 [1MY], S4014 [1MY], S4017 [1MY],
            S4020 [1MY], S4021 [1MY]
        ------ improve and consolidate Federal job training programs, S10639
            [21SE]
        ------ prohibit funds designated for the Workforce Investment
            Partnership Act to be used for the School-to-Work Opportunities
            Act, S4017 [1MY]
        European Union:  unfair restriction on the importation of U.S.
            agricultural products (S. Con. Res. 73), S5356<bullet> [21MY]
        Families and domestic relations:  establish felony violations for
            failure to pay legal child support obligations (H.R. 3811),
            S5734 [5JN]
        FDA:  conduct assessments relative to the transition from the use of
            chloroflurocarbons in metered-dose inhalers (S. 2026), S4036
            [1MY]
        Federal Employees Health Benefits Program:  coverage of abortion
            procedures, S9187 [29JY]
        Federal highway program:  replace affirmative action policies with
            emerging business enterprise programs, S1484 [6MR]
        Fletcher, William A.:  nomination to be circuit judge, S11878 [8OC]
        Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs:  making
            appropriations (S. 2334), S9771 [1SE], S9843 [2SE]
        Foreign policy:  authorize trade and investment policy relative to
            sub-Saharan Africa (S. 778), S7713 [9JY]
        ------ support broad-based agricultural and rural development in
            sub-Saharan Africa (S. 2283), S7882 [9JY]
        ------ support broad-based agricultural and rural development in
            sub-Saharan Africa (S. 2283), S12960 [21OC]
        Foreign trade:  eliminate disincentives to fair trade conditions (S.
            2281), S7883 [9JY]
        Freedom of information:  require disclosure of information on
            certain individuals relative to Nazi war crimes during World War
            II (S. 1379), S6726 [19JN]
        Glenn, Senator:  selection to crew of space shuttle mission, S202
            [29JA]
        Haiti:  presence of U.S. Armed Forces, S3207 [3AP]
        ------ suspend assistance unless certain conditions are met,
            S9843-S9845 [2SE]
        ------ U.S. policy, S3202 [3AP]
        Hazardous substances:  increase funding for poison control centers
            and establish toll-free telephone number to improve access (S.
            1862), S2573 [25MR]
        Health:  improve research on the quality and effectiveness of health
            care for children (S. 1866), S2661 [26MR], S8266 [15JY]
        ------ national policy to provide health care and reform insurance
            procedures, S8266 [15JY]
        Health care professionals:  require military physicians to possess
            unrestricted licenses and to complete continuing medical
            education requirements, S6680 [19JN]
        Higher Education Act:  reauthorize (S. 1882), S7848 [9JY]
        Hunting and trapping:  clarify prohibitions and provide for wildlife
            habitat under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (H.R. 2863), S12438
            [13OC]
        Immigration:  extend the visa processing period for diversity
            applicants whose processing was suspended due to embassy
            bombings (H.R. 4821), S12973 [21OC]
        ------ increase number of temporary visas for skilled workers and
            expand education and training opportunities for U.S. students
            and workers (S. 1723), S4974 [18MY]
        ------ political asylum reform, S3010<bullet> [1AP]
        IRS:  restructure and reform, S4027 [1MY], S4032 [1MY]
        ------ restructure and reform (H.R. 2676), S4499 [7MY], S4515 [7MY],
            S4517 [7MY], S10638 [21SE]
        Kosovo:  NATO military intervention relative to human rights
            violations against ethnic Albanians by Serbian police,
            S11529-S11531 [6OC]
        Lorain, OH:  conversion of St. Joseph's Hospital for non-hospital
            uses, S8435 [17JY]
        National Child Abuse Prevention Month:  observance, S3583 [24AP]
        National Emergency Medical Services Memorial Service:  designate (H.
            Con. Res. 171), S5356<bullet> [21MY]
        National Eye Donor Month:  observance, S1958<bullet> [13MR]
        National Guard:  expand drug interdiction and counterdrug
            activities, S7082 [25JN]
        National Organ Donor Awareness Week:  observance, S3581 [24AP]
        National POW/MIA Recognition Day:  observance, S10318 [14SE]
        New Mexico:  property transfers by the Dept. of Agriculture and the
            Dept. of the Interior, S12978 [21OC]
        North American Wetlands Conservation Act:  reauthorizing (S. 1677),
            S11806 [7OC]
        Nuclear weapons:  proliferation, S12970-S12972 [21OC]
        Ohio:  implement demonstration projects to develop new and
            specialized techniques that address community employment and
            training needs, S4021 [1MY]
        Partnerships for Wildlife Act:  reauthorizing (S. 1677), S11806
            [7OC]
        Perkins County, SD:  construction of rural water system (S. 2117),
            S12974 [21OC], S12978 [21OC]
        Presidential appointments:  nominations considered and confirmed en
            bloc, S5355 [21MY]
        ------ Senate process for confirmation of judicial nominees, S11878
            [8OC]
        Protocols to the North Atlantic Treaty on Accession of Poland,
            Hungary, and the Czech Republic:  ratification, S3893 [30AP]
        Rehabilitation Act:  extend authorization, S4014 [1MY]
        ------ extend authorization (S. 1579), S126 [28JA]
        Satcher, David:  nomination to be Surgeon General and Assistant Sec.
            of HHS, S485 [9FE]
        Secret Service:  issuance of subpoenas by independent counsel for
            agents to testify before grand jury investigating activities of
            the President, S3581 [24AP]
        Senate:  executive session, S12972 [21OC]
        ------ legislative program, S2779 [30MR], S5358 [21MY], S7913 [9JY],
            S8268 [15JY], S9901 [3SE], S11529 [6OC], S12437 [13OC], S12486
            [14OC], S12979 [21OC]
        Senate Legal Counsel:  authorizing representation for Kelly Gill in
            People v. James E. Arenas (S. Res. 233), S5357 [21MY]
        ------ authorizing representation for the Office of Senate Fair
            Employment Practices in cases involving William L. Singer and
            the Office of the Senate Sergeant at Arms (S. Res. 202), S2778
            [30MR], S2779 [30MR]
        Shepard, Matthew:  condemn murder in Laramie, WY, and address issue
            of hate crimes, S12961 [21OC]
        Taxation:  rates, S10638 [21SE]
        ------ repeal information reporting requirement imposed on
            educational institutions and certain other trades and businesses
            relative to the Hope Scholarship and Lifetime Learning Credits,
            S4515 [7MY], S4517 [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), S1522 [6MR]
        Tobacco products:  impact of tobacco industry trust fund payments on
            cigarette prices, S5507 [1JN]
        ------ limit access to minors, S4932-S4934 [15MY], S5507 [1JN]
        ------ tobacco industry liability settlement relative to health
            risks and marketing and manufacturing practices (S. 1415), S4932
            [15MY], S5302 [21MY], S5304 [21MY], S5313 [21MY], S5507 [1JN],
            S5690-S5692 [5JN]
        Transportation:  funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
            programs, and transit programs (H.R. 2400), S3582 [24AP], S4847
            [14MY]
        ----- funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and
            transit programs (S. 1173), S1242 [3MR], S1248 [3MR], S1301
            [4MR], S1302 [4MR], S1376 [5MR], S1484 [6MR], S1823 [12MR],
            S1842 [12MR]
        ------ school transportation safety study funding, S1823 [12MR]
        Treaties and agreements:  removal of injunction of secrecy,
            S5357<bullet> [21MY]
        Treaty Between the U.S. and Israel on Mutual Legal Assistance in
            Criminal Matters:  ratification, S12972 [21OC]
        Treaty Between the U.S. and Latvia on Mutual Legal Assistance in
            Criminal Matters:  ratification, S12972 [21OC]
        Truth in Lending Act:  require notice of cancellation rights
            relative to private mortgage insurance (S. 318), S8267 [15JY],
            S8268 [15JY]
        Underground Railroad Educational and Cultural Program:  establish,
            S7848 [9JY]
        ----- establish (S. 2070), S4726 [12MY]
        Unemployment:  improve the collection of Federal unemployment taxes
            and the provision of such revenues for employment security
            administration (S. 2556), S11583<bullet> [6OC]
        University of Cincinnati:  Medical Science Building rehabilitation
            funding under the Community Development Block Grant Program,
            S8434 [17JY], S8435 [17JY]
        Vietnamese Conflict:  tribute to C-141 aircraft informally called
            the ``Hanoi Taxi'' honoring the first group of POW returned to
            the U.S., S10318 [14SE]
        Wardlaw, Kim M.:  nomination to be circuit judge, S9527 [31JY]
        World Intellectual Property Organization Copyright Treaty:
            implementation (H.R. 2281), conference report, S11891 [8OC]
        ------ ratification, S12972 [21OC], S12973 [21OC]
        World Intellectual Property Organization Performances and Phonograms
            Treaty:  implementation (H.R. 2281), conference report, S11891
            [8OC]
        ------ ratification, S12972 [21OC], S12973 [21OC]
      Texts of
        S. 1579, Rehabilitation Act authorization extension, S127-S168
            [28JA]
        S. 1741, Teacher Quality Act, S1774 [11MR]
        S. 1742, Alternative Certification and Licensure of Teachers Act,
            S1775 [11MR]
        S. 1862, Poison Control Center Enhancement and Awareness Act, S2574
            [25MR]
        S. 1866, Child Health Care Quality Research Improvement Act, S2662
            [26MR]
        S. 1976, Crime Victims With Disabilities Awareness Act, S3538 [23AP]
        S. 2022, Crime Identification Technology Act, S3941 [30AP]
        S. 2070, Underground Railroad Educational and Cultural Act, S4726
            [12MY]
        S. 2522, Western Hemisphere Drug Elimination Act, S11045-S11049
            [28SE]
        S. Res. 202, Senate Legal Counsel representation for the Office of
            Senate Fair Employment Practices in cases involving William L.
            Singer and the Office of the Senate Sergeant at Arms, S2779
            [30MR]
      Tributes
        Glenn, Senator, S11846 [8OC], S12451 [13OC]
        Gradison, Willis D., Jr., S12898<bullet> [21OC]
        Sellers, Walter G., S12230<bullet> [9OC], S12450 [13OC]
        Stokes, Representative, S201 [29JA], S11846 [8OC]
        Yankovic, Frank, S12688 [20OC]