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

    FRIST, BILL (a Senator from Tennessee)
      Addresses
        American Red Cross Blood Services Anniversary:  Elizabeth Dole,
            S10856<bullet> [23SE]
        Dedication of World War II Memorial Honoring the POW/MIAs of White
            County, TN:  by, S11056<bullet> [28SE]
        Federal Support for University Based Scientific Research:  by,
            S6112<bullet>-S6114<bullet> [10JN]
      Amendments
        Appropriations:  making emergency supplemental for disaster relief
            and overseas peacekeeping operations (S. 1768), S2437 [23MR],
            S2469 [24MR], S2495 [24MR]
        Budget:  setting forth the Federal budget for 1999-2003 (S. Con.
            Res. 86), S2736 [30MR], S2774 [30MR], S2866 [31MR], S2936 [1AP],
            S3157 [2AP]
        Dept. of Commerce:  authorizing appropriations for the Technology
            Administration (S. 1325), S9605 [31JY], S9652 [31JY]
        Dept. of Defense:  authorizing appropriations for military
            activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military
            construction (S. 2057), S6773 [22JN], S6775 [22JN], S6787
            [22JN], S6900 [23JN], S6996 [24JN], S7005 [24JN], S7030 [24JN],
            S7206 [25JN]
        ------ making appropriations (S. 2132), S9393 [30JY], S9462 [30JY],
            S9474 [30JY]
        Dept. of HHS:  revise and extend certain women's health research and
            prevention activities programs (S. 1722), S12396 [12OC]
        Dept. of Transportation and related agencies:  making appropriations
            (S. 2307), S8909 [23JY]
        Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
            agencies:  authorizing appropriations (S. 2260), S8944 [23JY]
        Health:  improve the distribution of health care professionals to
            underserved areas and consolidate and reauthorize health
            education programs for minority and disadvantaged individuals
            (S. 1754), S9604 [31JY], S9646 [31JY]
        IRS:  restructure and reform (H.R. 2676), S4366 [5MY], S4447 [6MY],
            S4512 [7MY]
        Next Generation Internet Program:  authorizing appropriations (S.
            1609), S7289 [26JN], S7334 [26JN]
        ------ require report by advisory committee on development and
            implementation (S. 1609), S7289 [26JN], S7334 [26JN]
        NIST:  authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1274), S12210 [9OC]
        NSF:  authorizing appropriations (S. 1046), S4729 [12MY]
        Space policy:  encourage the development of a commercial space
            industry (H.R. 1702), S9479 [30JY], S9515 [30JY]
        Taxation:  treatment of education individual retirement accounts
            relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R.
            2646), S3445 [22AP], S3448 [22AP]
        ------ treatment of Internet and interactive computer service
            commerce (S. 442), S11601 [6OC]
      Appointments
        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]
        ------ S. Con. Res. 86, setting forth the Federal budget for 1999-
            2003, S6349 [15JN]
        National Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicare, S2 [27JA]
      Articles and editorials
        Our Hollow Military, by, S11187<bullet> [30SE]
        Sudan's Merciless War on Its Own People, by, Washington (DC) Post,
            S9667 [31JY]
        Unacceptable Risk to American Lives, by, S11187<bullet> [30SE]
      Bills and resolutions cosponsored
        Animals:  prohibit import, export, sale, or possession of bear
            viscera, (see S. 263), S2987 [1AP]
        Armed Forces:  feasibility of using the Federal Employees Health
            Benefits Program for Medicare-eligible retirees under the
            military health care system, (see S. 1334), S57 [27JA]
        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), S10211 [10SE]
        Colleges and universities:  allow the use of age-based incentives
            for the voluntary retirement of tenured faculty, (see S. 153),
            S1784 [11MR]
        Crime:  constitutional amendment on protection of victims' rights,
            (see S.J. Res. 44), S2968 [1AP]
        Day of Concern About Young People and Gun Violence:  designate, (see
            S. Res. 264), S9556 [31JY]
        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]
        Disabled:  support grant programs to address assistive technology
            needs of individuals with disabilities, (see S. 2432), S9877
            [2SE]
        Diseases:  payments to individuals with blood-clotting disorders who
            contracted HIV due to contaminated blood products, (see S. 358),
            S7018 [24JN]
        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]
        ------ 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]
        Employment:  protect employer rights, (see S. 1981), S3534 [23AP]
        ------ reform standard for classifying technical workers as
            independent contractors for employment tax purposes, (see S.
            1924), S3297 [20AP]
        FAA:  reform emergency revocation authority relative to certain
            certificate holders, (see S. 842), S10440 [16SE]
        Families and domestic relations:  provide equitable child care
            relief for stay at-home parents, (see S. Con. Res. 77), S1352
            [4MR]
        FCC:  preserve low-power television stations that provide community
            broadcasting, (see S. 1427), S2987 [1AP]
        Federal employees:  prevent discrimination against preference
            eligibles applying for certain Government positions, (see S.
            1021), S5237 [20MY]
        Firearms:  prohibit imposition of a fee for criminal background
            checks before the transfer of a handgun, (see S. 2128), S5799
            [9JN]
        Flag--U.S.:  constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration, (see
            S.J. Res. 40), S378 [4FE]
        Government regulations:  reform regulatory process, (see S. 981),
            S3544 [23AP]
        Health:  biomedical research funding, (see S. Res. 170), S226 [29JA]
        ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, (see
            S. 2330), S8482 [17JY]
        Health care professionals:  training of hospital staff relative to
            identification and referral of victims of domestic violence,
            (see S. 2395), S10441 [16SE]
        Immigration:  admittance of temporary and seasonal agricultural
            workers, (see S. 1563), S400 [4FE], (see S. 1563), S400 [4FE]
        IRS:  prohibit use of random audits in its examination process, (see
            S. 2008), S3783 [29AP]
        Israel:  independence anniversary, (see S.J. Res. 46), S3783 [29AP]
        Library of Congress:  mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial,
            (see S. 2510), S10722 [22SE]
        McCain, Senator:  tribute, (see S. Res. 196), S2114 [17MR]
        Medicare:  reform payment system for home health services, (see S.
            2354), S9452 [30JY]
        National Breast Cancer Survivor's Day:  designate, (see S. Res.
            198), S2214 [18MR]
        National Character Counts Week:  designate, (see S. Res. 176), S731
            [12FE]
        National Emergency Medical Services Memorial Service:  designate,
            (see S. Con. Res. 55), S273 [2FE]
        National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute:  anniversary, (see S.
            Con. Res. 108), S8482 [17JY]
        National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week:
            designate, (see S. Res. 259), S10726 [22SE]
        National Public Health Week:  observance, (see S. Res. 205), S2851
            [31MR]
        New Mexico:  designate Onate Cuartocentenario to commemorate the
            anniversary of the first permanent Spanish settlement, (see S.
            Res. 148), S520 [9FE]
        NOAA:  authorizing appropriations, (see S. 2360), S9044 [27JY]
        North American Wetlands Conservation Act:  reauthorizing, (see S.
            1677), S2575 [25MR]
        Partnerships for Wildlife Act:  reauthorizing, (see S. 1677), S2575
            [25MR]
        Postal Service:  application of OSHA standards in the same manner as
            any other employer, (see S. 2112), S8787 [22JY]
        Read Across America Day:  designate, (see S. Res. 181), S1082 [26FE]
        Real estate:  notification of property owners relative to exercise
            of eminent domain by private nongovernmental entities, (see S.
            1687), S3222 [3AP]
        Rehabilitation Act:  extend authorization, (see S. 1579), S113
            [28JA]
        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), S317 [3FE],
            (see S. 1601), S318 [3FE]
        Securities:  limit the conduct of securities class actions under
            State law, (see S. 1260), S2725 [27MR]
        Tariff:  reliquidation of certain entries of certain thermal
            transfer multifunction machines, (see S. 2424), S9556 [31JY]
        Taxation:  abatement of interest on underpayments by taxpayers in
            Presidentially declared disaster areas, (see S. 2004), S3783
            [29AP]
        ------ capital gains rates, (see S. 2214), S7013 [24JN]
        ------ constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority on
            the passage of legislation increasing taxes, (see S.J. Res. 9),
            S1352 [4MR]
        ------ extend research and development tax credit, (see S. 2072),
            S4823 [13MY]
        ------ treatment of excise tax on vaccines, (see S. 2118), S5434
            [22MY]
        Technology:  improve and expedite licensing of federally owned
            inventions, (see S. 2120), S5434 [22MY]
        Telephones:  strengthen and expand the procedures for preventing the
            slamming of interstate telephone service subscribers, (see S.
            1618), S516 [9FE]
        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),
            S11586 [6OC]
        Weapons:  antiballistic missile systems deployment policy, (see S.
            1873), S2719 [27MR]
      Bills and resolutions introduced
        Agency for Healthcare Policy and Research:  revise and extend, (see
            S. 2208), S6886 [23JN]
        AID:  improve famine relief efforts for Sudan, (see S. Res. 267),
            S9556 [31JY]
        American Red Cross:  anniversary of Blood Services, (see S. Con.
            Res. 119), S10722 [22SE]
        Commission To Promote a National Dialogue on Bioethics:  establish,
            (see S. 1595), S271 [2FE]
        Dept. of HHS:  revise and extend certain women's health research and
            prevention activities programs, (see S. 1722), S1508 [6MR]
        Education:  role in character development and teaching of moral
            values, (see S. Con. Res. 89), S3218 [3AP]
        Education Flexibility Partnership Demonstration Act:  allow State
            participation in activities, (see S. 2213), S7013 [24JN]
        FAA:  reevaluate medical equipment and make decision relative to
            automatic external defibrillators on aircraft, (see S. 1584),
            S226 [29JA]
        Health:  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), S1884 [12MR]
        ------ revise and extend bone marrow donation and transplantation
            program, (see S. 2150), S5787 [9JN]
        Labor unions:  Presidential actions relative to resolving the
            dispute between Northwest Airlines, Inc., and the Air Line
            Pilots Association, (see S. Res. 270), S9877 [2SE]
        National Commission for Science and Mathematics Leadership:
            establish, (see S. 1739), S1697 [10MR]
        Next Generation Internet Program:  authorizing appropriations, (see
            S. 1609), S378 [4FE]
        ------ require report by advisory committee on development and
            implementation, (see S. 1609), S378 [4FE]
        Research:  continuation of Federal research and development programs
            funding in a fiscally sustainable way, (see S. 2217), S7172
            [25JN]
        Taxation:  allow registered vendors to administer claims for refund
            of kerosene sold for home heating use, (see S. 2633), S12558
            [14OC]
        University of Tennessee:  tribute to women's basketball team, (see
            S. Res. 203), S2851 [31MR]
      Cloture motions
        Legislative branch of the Government:  making appropriations (H.R.
            4112), S8471 [17JY], S8600 [21JY]
        Office of Religious Persecution Monitoring:  establish (H.R. 2431),
            motion to proceed, S11807 [7OC]
        Science:  prohibit cloning of humans (S. 1601), motion to proceed,
            S446 [5FE], S607 [11FE]
        Taxation:  treatment of education individual retirement accounts
            relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R.
            2646), S2169 [18MR], S2289 [19MR]
      Cloture motions
        Taxation:  treatment of education individual retirement accounts
            relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R.
            2646), S2636 [26MR]
      Letters
        Health Professions Education Partnership Act:  several health and
            education organizations, S1891 [12MR]
        State participation in Education Flexibility Partnership
            Demonstration Act activities:  National Governors' Association
            and National Conference of State Legislatures, S7017<bullet>
            [24JN]
      Messages
        International Labor Organization Convention on Employment and
            Occupation Discrimination:  President Clinton, S5029 [18MY]
        Maritime Boundary Treaty With Niue:  President Clinton, S6915 [23JN]
        Return of Stolen Vehicles Treaty With Belize:  President Clinton,
            S6915 [23JN]
      Remarks
        Abortion:  prohibit partial-birth abortions, S534 [10FE]
        ------ prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 1122), veto, S10480
            [17SE]
        Agency for Healthcare Policy and Research:  revise and extend (S.
            2208), S6888 [23JN]
        ------ revise and extend (S. 2208), S12591 [14OC]
        AID:  improve famine relief efforts for Sudan (S. Res. 267), S9666
            [31JY]
        Alaska:  provide for a land transfer in order to facilitate surface
            transportation between the cities of Cold Bay and King Cove (S.
            1092), S11256 [1OC], S11257 [1OC]
        American Heart Association:  anniversary, S1126<bullet> [26FE]
        American Heart Month:  observance, S1126<bullet> [26FE]
        American Red Cross:  anniversary of Blood Services (S. Con. Res.
            119), S10727<bullet> [22SE], S10856<bullet> [23SE], S12268 [9OC]
        Appropriations:  making omnibus consolidated and emergency
            supplemental appropriations, S12828 [21OC]
        Budget:  setting forth the Federal budget for 1999-2003 (S. Con.
            Res. 86), S3053 [2AP]
        Capitol Building and Grounds:  tribute to John M. Gibson and Jacob
            J. Chestnut of the Capitol Police for acts of heroism, S9134
            [28JY]
        Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:  AIDS studies, S534
            [10FE]
        ------ needle exchange programs, S534 [10FE]
        Chet Atkins' Musician Days:  tribute, S5471<bullet> [22MY]
        Commission To Promote a National Dialogue on Bioethics:  establish
            (S. 1595), S272 [2FE]
        Computers:  establish a Senate special committee on the problem with
            differentiating years 2000 and 1900 (S. Res. 208), technical
            amendments (S. Res. 231), S5029 [18MY]
        Courts:  product liability reform, S3118 [2AP]
        Dept. of Defense:  Army and Marine Corps lightweight maintenance
            enclosures funding, S9393 [30JY]
        ------ making appropriations (S. 2132), S9393 [30JY]
        Dept. of Education:  establish monetary awards to schools designated
            Blue Ribbon Schools, S3415 [22AP]
        Dept. of HHS:  disapprove rule submitted on surety bond requirements
            for home health care providers under Medicare and Medicaid (S.J.
            Res. 50), S6261<bullet> [11JN]
        ------ revise and extend certain women's health research and
            prevention activities programs (S. 1722), S1510 [6MR]
        ------ revise and extend certain women's health research and
            prevention activities programs (S. 1722), S12024<bullet> [8OC],
            S12397 [12OC]
        Dept. of Transportation and related agencies:  making appropriations
            (H.R. 4328), conference report, S12828 [21OC]
        Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
             making appropriations (S. 2168), S7557 [7JY]
        East Tennessee State University:  tribute to College of Nursing for
            inclusion in U.S. News & World Report (publication) ``Best
            Graduate Schools'' list, S2448<bullet> [23MR]
        Education:  direct funding and control to local educational
            agencies, S3380 [22AP], S3381 [22AP]
        ------ role in character development and teaching of moral values
            (S. Con. Res. 89), S3223 [3AP]
        Education Flexibility Partnership Demonstration Act:  allow State
            participation in activities (S. 2213), S7017<bullet> [24JN]
        ------ allow State participation in activities (S. 2213), S12580
            [14OC]
        FAA:  reauthorizing programs (S. 2279), S10867 [24SE]
        ------ reevaluate medical equipment and make decision relative to
            automatic external defibrillators on aircraft (S. 1584), S226
            [29JA]
        ------ reform emergency revocation authority relative to certain
            certificate holders, S10867 [24SE]
        Gallatin, TN:  tribute to Gallatin American Legion Post 17 women's
            softball team, S67<bullet> [27JA]
        Health:  biomedical research funding (S. Res. 170), S236 [29JA]
        ------ improve the distribution of health care professionals to
            underserved areas and consolidate and reauthorize health
            education programs for minority and disadvantaged individuals
            (S. 1754), S1890 [12MR]
        ------ improve the distribution of health care professionals to
            underserved areas and consolidate and reauthorize health
            education programs for minority and disadvantaged individuals
            (S. 1754), S12024<bullet> [8OC], S12592 [14OC]
        ------ liability protection for suppliers of raw material and
            component parts to medical device manufacturers (S. 364), S3118
            [2AP]
        ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's,
            S3053 [2AP]
        ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R.
            4250), unanimous-consent request, S9739 [1SE]
        ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S.
            2330), S12024<bullet> [8OC]
        ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S.
            2330), S8509 [17JY], S8989-S8993 [24JY]
        ------ revise and extend bone marrow donation and transplantation
            program (S. 2150), S5794 [9JN]
        Health care professionals:  training of hospital staff relative to
            identification and referral of victims of domestic violence (S.
            2395), S12024<bullet> [8OC]
        Israel:  independence anniversary, S3955<bullet> [30AP]
        Ivey, William J.:  nomination to be Chairperson of the National
            Endowment for the Arts, S5355<bullet> [21MY]
        James Quillen College of Medicine:  tribute for inclusion in U.S.
            News & World Report (publication) ``Best Graduate Schools''
            list, S2448<bullet> [23MR]
        Labor unions:  Presidential actions relative to resolving the
            dispute between Northwest Airlines, Inc., and the Air Line
            Pilots Association (S. Res. 270), S9885<bullet> [2SE]
        Medicare:  reform payment system for home health services (S. 2354),
            S9609<bullet> [31JY]
        ------ withdrawl of managed care plans under Medicare+Choice
            organizations, S12273-S12275 [10OC]
        National Center for Injury Prevention Center:  study of gun-related
            injuries, S534 [10FE]
        National Commission for Science and Mathematics Leadership:
            establish (S. 1739), S1700 [10MR]
        National Domestic Violence Awareness Month:  observance,
            S12024<bullet> [8OC]
        National Donor Day:  observance, S778<bullet> [12FE]
        National security:  military readiness of U.S. forces,
            S11187<bullet> [30SE]
        Next Generation Internet Program:  authorizing appropriations (S.
            1609), S386 [4FE], S4744<bullet> [12MY]
        ------ require report by advisory committee on development and
            implementation (S. 1609), S386 [4FE], S4744<bullet> [12MY]
        NIH:  anniversary of National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute,
            S1126<bullet> [26FE]
        Presidential appointments:  nominations considered and confirmed en
            bloc, S6916 [23JN]
        Pryor, Guy:  Air Force Junior ROTC Cadet Gold Valor Award recipient,
            S593<bullet> [10FE]
        Public Health Service:  anniversary, S8416<bullet>-S8418<bullet>
            [16JY]
        Rehabilitation Act:  extend authorization (S. 1579), S170 [28JA]
        Research:  continuation of Federal research and development programs
            funding in a fiscally sustainable way (S. 2217),
            S7292<bullet>-S7294<bullet> [26JN]
        Romero, Edward L.:  nomination to be Ambassador to Spain and
            Andorra, S6915 [23JN]
        Satcher, David:  nomination to be Surgeon General and Assistant Sec.
            of HHS, S346 [4FE], S534 [10FE]
        Schools:  high school dropout prevention programs development, S3486
            [23AP]
        Science:  establish commission to promote national dialogue relative
            to bioethics, S440 [5FE]
        ------ prohibit cloning of humans (S. 1599), S320 [3FE]
        ------ prohibit cloning of humans (S. 1601), motion to proceed, S436
            [5FE], S440 [5FE], S603 [11FE]
        ------ spallation neutron source development, S5348<bullet> [21MY]
        ------ technology, research, and education funding,
            S5466<bullet>-S5468<bullet> [22MY]
        Senate:  legislative program, S5029 [18MY], S5030 [18MY], S6641
            [19JN], S6916 [23JN], S9000 [24JY], S9739 [1SE]
        Space Day:  observance, S5344<bullet> [21MY]
        Space policy:  space station program funding, S7557 [7JY]
        Taxation:  allow registered vendors to administer claims for refund
            of kerosene sold for home heating use (S. 2633), S12563<bullet>
            [14OC]
        ------ treatment of education individual retirement accounts
            relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R.
            2646), S3380 [22AP], S3381 [22AP], S3415 [22AP], S3486 [23AP]
            treatment of education individual retirement accounts relative
            to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R. 2646), motion
            to proceed, S2088 [17MR]
        Tobacco products:  impact of tobacco industry trust fund payments on
            cigarette prices, S5282 [21MY]
        ------ limit access to minors, S5282 [21MY], S5584 [4JN]
        ------ tobacco industry liability settlement relative to health
            risks and marketing and manufacturing practices (S. 1415), S5011
            [18MY], S5282 [21MY], S5584 [4JN]
        Treaties and agreements:  removal of injunction of secrecy, S5029
            [18MY], S6915 [23JN]
        University of Tennessee:  tribute to women's basketball team (S.
            Res. 203), S2826 [31MR], S2827 [31MR]
        WATO-Radio (Oak Ridge, TN):  anniversary, S68<bullet> [27JA]
      Remarks in Senate relative to
        Tribute, S9037 [27JY], S9041 [27JY]
      Texts of
        S. 1609, Next Generation Internet Research Act, S386 [4FE]
        S. 1722, revise and extend certain women's health research and
            prevention activities programs, S1511 [6MR]
        S. 2150, bone marrow donation and transplantation program revision
            and extension, S5795-S5797 [9JN]
      Tributes
        Cates, Clifton B., S4924<bullet> [14MY]
        Howard, Sam, S10670<bullet> [21SE]
        Smith, Daniel, S7212<bullet> [25JN]
        Van Hooser, Jack, S942<bullet> [24FE]
        Wynn, Ronald E., S4525 [7MY]