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

    STATES related term(s) Federal Aid Programs; National Guard
      Addresses
        American Heritage Rivers Program--A Threat to Private Property
            Rights:  Carol LaGrasse, Property Rights Foundation of America,
            E2001-E2004 [9OC]
        Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act:  A. Marc Metayer, Vermont
            State Police, S6501 [17JN]
        Challenge of Public Service:  William O. Farber, S3725-S3727 [28AP]
        Inaugural Address of James S. Gilmore, III:  James S. Gilmore, III,
            Governor of Virginia, S1998-S2000 [16MR]
        Waiting Period Before the Purchase of a Handgun:  Gerry Flynn, E1636
            [7AU]
        Workforce Development:  Edward Rendell, Mayor of Philadelphia, PA,
            E457 [24MR]
      Agreements
        Reduce Federal penalties relative to implementation of child support
            enforcement system by States:  several California State
            officials, S2299 [19MR]
      Amendments
        Agriculture:  ensure that federally funded research and education
            programs address high-priority concerns with national multistate
            significance (S. 1150), S1135 [27FE]
        ----- ensure that federally funded research and education programs
            address high-priority concerns with national multistate
            significance (S. 1150), consideration of conference report (H.
            Res. 446), H3764 [22MY], H3766 [22MY]
        Community Services Block Grant Program:  reauthorize and amend (S.
            2206), S9067 [27JY]
        ------ reauthorize and amend (S. 2206), H7620 [14SE]
        Crime:  improve automated interstate criminal identification systems
            (S. 2022), S8063 [13JY], S8074 [13JY]
        ------ improve automated interstate criminal identification systems
            (S. 2022), S12036 [8OC]
        ------ notification of interstate relocation of witnesses by State
            engaging in that relocation (H.R. 2181), H604 [25FE], H607
            [25FE]
        ------ prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws
            requiring parental notification of abortions (H.R. 3682), H5519
            [15JY] prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State
            laws requiring parental notification of abortions (H.R. 3682),
            consideration (H. Res. 499), H5518 [15JY]
        ------ prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws
            requiring parental notification of abortions (S. 1645), S10564
            [18SE], S10668 [21SE], S10669 [21SE], S10728 [22SE]
        Disabled:  support grant programs to address assistive technology
            needs of individuals with disabilities (S. 2432), S12502 [14OC]
        Education:  spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars
            on children's classrooms (H.R. 3248), H8057 [18SE]
        ------ vocational education funding (H.R. 1853), S6296 [12JN], S6328
            [15JN]
        Families and domestic relations:  increase effectiveness and
            efficiency of child support enforcement and adoption programs
            (H.R. 3130), S3163 [2AP], S7306 [26JN], H682 [26FE], H851 [4MR],
            H852 [4MR], H876 [5MR], H5370 [25JN]
        Food stamps:  prevention of issuance to deceased individuals (S.
            1733), S12464 [14OC], S12565 [14OC]
        Government regulations:  reduce Federal paperwork burden relative to
            small businesses (H.R. 3310), H1552 [25MR], H1572 [26MR], H1578
            [26MR]
        Law enforcement officers:  establish a matching grant program to
            assist local governments in purchasing armor vests (S. 1605),
            S1804 [11MR]
        ------ establish a matching grant program to assist local
            governments in purchasing bullet resistant equipment (S. 2253),
            S12565 [14OC], S12598 [14OC]
        Motor vehicles:  titling and registration requirements relative to
            salvage, nonrepairable, and rebuilt vehicles (S. 852), S11353
            [2OC], S11356 [2OC], S11389 [2OC], S11393 [2OC]
        ------ treatment of foreign vehicles relative to State emission
            standards (H.R. 8), S11497 [5OC], S11512 [5OC]
        North Dakota:  increase authorization for water supplies, meet water
            quantity and quality needs, and enhance natural resources and
            habitats (H.R. 3012), H7290 [5AU]
        ----- increase authorization for water supplies, meet water quantity
            and quality needs, and enhance natural resources and habitats
            (S. 1515), S7886 [9JY]
        Roads and highways:  designate U.S. Route 66 as ``America's Main
            Street'' (S. 2133), S11185 [30SE], S12104 [9OC], S12188 [9OC]
        Securities:  limit the conduct of securities class actions under
            State law (S. 1260), S4792 [13MY], S4803 [13MY], S4808 [13MY],
            S4811 [13MY], S4835 [13MY], S4836 [13MY], S9318 [29JY]
        Sports:  reform unfair and anticompetitive practices in professional
            boxing (S. 2238), S12054 [8OC]
        Taxation:  treatment of Internet and interactive computer service
            commerce (S. 442), S11052 [28SE], S11130 [29SE], S11324 [2OC],
            S11347 [2OC], S11348 [2OC], S11349 [2OC], S11453 [5OC], S11454
            [5OC], S11458 [5OC], S11462 [5OC], S11466 [5OC], S11470 [5OC],
            S11474 [5OC], S11478 [5OC], S11482 [5OC], S11486 [5OC], S11490
            [5OC], S11491 [5OC], S11492 [5OC], S11496 [5OC], S11497 [5OC],
            S11572 [6OC], S11575 [6OC], S11600 [6OC], S11601 [6OC], S11605
            [6OC], S11609 [6OC], S11628 [6OC], S11651 [7OC], S11652 [7OC],
            S11656 [7OC], S11657 [7OC], S11659 [7OC], S11660 [7OC], S11670
            [7OC], S11675 [7OC], S11676 [7OC], S11677 [7OC], S11679 [7OC],
            S11687 [7OC], S11688 [7OC], S11716 [7OC], S11717 [7OC], S11721
            [7OC], S11725 [7OC], S11729 [7OC], S11737 [7OC], S11745 [7OC],
            S11753 [7OC], S11761 [7OC], S11768 [7OC], S11770 [7OC], S11776
            [7OC], S11784 [7OC], S11785 [7OC], S11789 [7OC], S11793 [7OC],
            S11794 [7OC], S11796 [7OC], S11802 [7OC], S11847 [8OC], S11848
            [8OC], S11851 [8OC], S11853 [8OC]
        Tobacco products:  tobacco industry liability settlement relative to
            health risks and marketing and manufacturing practices (S.
            1415), S5027 [18MY], S5034 [19MY], S5095 [19MY], S5116 [19MY],
            S5121 [19MY], S5135 [19MY], S5136 [19MY], S5140 [19MY], S5168
            [20MY], S5192 [20MY], S5194 [20MY], S5238 [20MY], S5239 [20MY],
            S5335 [21MY], S5336 [21MY], S5338 [21MY], S5341 [21MY], S5342
            [21MY], S5544 [2JN], S5551 [2JN], S5575 [2JN], S5626 [4JN],
            S5643 [4JN], S5652 [4JN], S5702 [5JN], S5703 [5JN], S5704 [5JN],
            S5705 [5JN], S5706 [5JN], S5708 [5JN], S5709 [5JN], S5710 [5JN],
            S5711 [5JN], S5712 [5JN], S5713 [5JN], S5717 [5JN], S5718 [5JN],
            S5719 [5JN], S5720 [5JN], S5721 [5JN], S5722 [5JN], S5724 [5JN],
            S5727 [5JN], S5728 [5JN], S5729 [5JN], S5730 [5JN], S5731 [5JN],
            S5800 [9JN], S5801 [9JN], S5802 [9JN], S5810 [9JN], S5818 [9JN],
            S5862 [9JN], S5906 [9JN], S5915 [9JN], S5925 [9JN], S5934 [9JN],
            S5943 [9JN], S5953 [9JN], S5962 [9JN], S5971 [9JN], S5981 [9JN],
            S6012 [10JN], S6030 [10JN], S6031 [10JN], S6054 [10JN], S6057
            [10JN], S6058 [10JN], S6059 [10JN], S6061 [10JN], S6064 [10JN],
            S6109 [10JN], S6110 [10JN], S6141 [11JN], S6170 [11JN], S6176
            [11JN], S6206 [11JN], S6207 [11JN], S6216 [11JN], S6225 [11JN],
            S6234 [11JN], S6244 [11JN], S6253 [11JN], S6254 [11JN], S6256
            [11JN], S6271 [11JN], S6324 [15JN], S6341 [15JN], S6373 [16JN],
            S6383 [16JN], S6425 [16JN], S6441 [17JN], S6472 [17JN], S6498
            [17JN]
        Water pollution:  estuary conservation and management programs
            funding (S. 1222), S12467 [14OC], S12471 [14OC], S12565 [14OC]
      Analyses
        Comprehensive Electricity Competition Act (S. 2287), S7951 [10JY]
        Dept. of Defense Appropriations for Military Activities, Prescribing
            Personnel Strengths, and Military Construction (S. 2057):  Ford
            Amendment on National Guard Drug Interdiction and Counterdrug
            Activities, S6671 [19JN]
        Exclude Certain National Guard Officers From the Limitation on the
            Number Who May Serve on Active Duty (S. 1912), S3127 [2AP]
        Federal Employees Health Benefits Children's Equity Act (S. 2262),
            S7358 [6JY]
        Housing Preservation Matching Grant Act (H.R. 4838), E2283 [21OC]
        Internet Tax Freedom Act (H.R. 4105), E1288-E1290 [14JY]
        Limit Approval of New State Gambling Compacts With Native American
            Tribes:  Pueblo of Laguna Tribe of New Mexico, S10362 [15SE]
        National Park Service Allowance for Waiver and Indemnification in
            Mutual Law Enforcement Agreements With States or Political
            Subdivisions (S. 2248), S7264 [26JN]
      Appendices
        Effects of Supermajority Requirements on State Economic Performance,
            H2149 [22AP]
      Appointments
        Conferees:  H.R. 1853, vocational education funding, S6306 [12JN],
            H5850 [17JY]
        ------ H.R. 3130, Child Support Performance and Incentive Act, S5245
            [20MY], H2296 [23AP]
        ------ S. 1150, Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education
            Reform Act, S1147 [27FE], H535 [24FE]
        ------ S. 1260, Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act, S9320
            [29JY]
        ------ S. 1260, Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act, H7888
            [16SE]
        ------ S. 2206, Community Opportunities, Accountability, and
            Training and Educational Services Act, S10633 [18SE], H8602
            [24SE]
      Articles and editorials
        After-School Crime Busting, S6142 [11JN]
        At 18, It's Sink or Swim--For Ex-Foster Children Transition Is
            Difficult, E1477 [30JY]
        Bilbray, Bliley Prep Smog Bill for Quick Floor Vote, H5897 [20JY]
        Bilbray Pushes for Law on Border Emission Standards, H5896 [20JY]
        Bilbray Urges Crackdown on Transborder Polluters--Bill Would Stop
            Vehicles at Border To Protect Air, H5895 [20JY]
        Bill Oban Will Be Missed, E1298 [14JY]
        Billion-Dollar Blunders Hide Tobacco Deal's Flaws, S2858 [31MR]
        Border Smog Bill Wins Bipartisan Backing in House Commerce Markup,
            H5897 [20JY]
        Border Tour Boosts Bill To Compel Registration of Mexican Cars Here,
            H5895 [20JY]
        Clinton To Bypass Congress in Blitz of Executive Orders, S8926
            [23JY]
        Congress v. HCFA--Bureaucracy Bashing 101, E779 [6MY]
        Consumer Groups--Let Market Set Milk Prices, S813 [23FE]
        Cut No Slack for Weapons Bearers, S3352 [21AP]
        Drunk in One State, Not the Other?, S1238 [3MR]
        End Welfare's Catch-22, S7819 [9JY]
        Executive Order Urged Consulting, But Didn't--State, Local Officials
            Want Federalism Say, S8748 [22JY]
        Fair Taxation in Cyberspace, S11315 [2OC]
        Florida Gets Federal Aid a Record Six Times, S12351 [10OC]
        Floridians Tend to Firefighters--From Haircuts to Boots, It's All
            `on the House', S7783 [9JY]
        Group Concerned About Raising Milk Prices, S813 [23FE]
        Harnessing American Ideals, S9480 [30JY]
        House Panel OKs Bill To Bar U.S. Entry of Cars Into Ozone
            Nonattainment Areas, H5897 [20JY]
        Imported Smog--Vehicles From Mexico Add to Problem, H5895 [20JY]
        Improving Student Achievement--Is Reducing Class Size the Answer?
            Eric A. Hanushek, S12482 [14OC]
        Investors, Beware--Last Door To Fight Fraud Could Close, S4783
            [13MY]
        Lawyers, States Tussle Over Tobacco-Suit Fees, S6172 [11JN]
        Levitt Targets Profit Distortions, H10783 [13OC]
        Lower Threshold for Drunken Driving, S1238 [3MR]
        Mail-Order Taxes, Ghost of Christmas Future, S11317 [2OC]
        Memory Lane, E1206 [23JN]
        Micromanagement by Legislators Is Mockery of Real School Reform,
            S12482 [14OC]
        Mob on Wall Street, S4811 [13MY]
        Most Dropped From Welfare Don't Get Jobs--Critics of Work Rules Cite
            New York Study, S2379 [23MR]
        N.E. Milk Tax Hits Needy Hard, S813 [23FE]
        National Guard in a Brave New World--Anything Useful To Do, Besides
            Fighting the Army?, E854 [13MY]
        New Transatlantic Agenda, E1274 [26JN]
        Not the Retiring Type, S12241 [9OC]
        Old Man River Doesn't Need the Feds, E455 [24MR]
        One Nation, Drunk or Sober, S1238 [3MR]
        Panel OKs Bill To Curb Border's Smog-Belchers, H5896 [20JY]
        Parental Guidance Needed, S8263 [15JY]
        Permanent Fund--Record Dividend on Our Riches, H6598 [29JY]
        Pessimism Retains Grip on Appalachian Poor, S503 [9FE]
        Potawatomi Tribe Buys Lands Near Indiana Town--A Reservation Would
            Be OK Resident Says, but Many Fear a Casino Would Eventually
            Follow, S10367 [15SE]
        Profits at a Juvenile Prison Come With a Chilling Cost, S8705-S8707
            [22JY]
        Revive the Conservation Fund, S11701 [7OC]
        Sanctions--A Force Behind Falling Welfare Rolls--States Are Cutting
            Off Tens of Thousands Who Won't Seek Work or Follow Rules, S2378
            [23MR]
        Sanctity of the Ballot, S1290 [3MR], S1290 [3MR]
        SEC Dings Tech Firms, H10783 [13OC]
        Senate Should Pass a Better Tobacco Deal, S2859 [31MR]
        Smog Intervention--Bill Would Aim at Nabbing Mexican Polluters,
            H5898 [20JY], H5899 [20JY]
        Sondheim To Head Maryland School Board, S12242 [9OC]
        South Carolina's Factory Workers Lowest Paid in Southeast Economic
            Grade, S7712 [9JY]
        State of African-American Education, H1231-H1234 [17MR]
        States Must Ask the Right Questions, S502 [9FE]
        State's Roads Are the Safest Ever, S1248 [3MR]
        Student Taxi Rides Imperil School Choice in Cleveland--Half of
            Programs Deficit Comes From Lack of Buses, S3257 [20AP]
        Taking Exception, S8032 [13JY]
        Tobacco Bill Is Packed With Programs, Agencies, S6449 [17JN]
        ``Trick'' Accounting Draws Levitt Criticism, H10783 [13OC]
        23 Percent Solution?, E80 [3FE]
        What's the Rush?, S4785 [13MY]
      Bills and resolutions
        Abortion:  provide grants for State programs to provide pregnant
            women with alternatives to abortion, (see H.R. 4670), H9274
            [1OC]
        Agriculture:  ensure that federally funded research and education
            programs address high-priority concerns with national multistate
            significance (S. 1150), consideration of conference report, (see
            H. Res. 446), H3742 [21MY]
        ----- ensure that federally funded research and education programs
            address high-priority concerns with national multistate
            significance (S. 1150), insert language of H.R. 2534 in lieu,
            (see H. Res. 365), H578 [24FE]
        ----- 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]
        ------ establish a pilot program in certain States to provide
            improved crop insurance options for producers, (see S. 2517),
            S10921 [24SE]
        ------ permit States to purchase certain chemicals sold in Canada,
            (see S. 2592), S11970 [8OC]
        ------ reform the conservation reserve program relative to treatment
            of nonprofit organizations renting land from a State or
            political subdivision, (see H.R. 3451), H1158 [12MR]
        Air pollution:  application of California State regulations relative
            to reformulated gasoline in certain areas, (see S. 1576), S113
            [28JA]
        Alcoholic beverages:  prohibit the direct shipment of alcohol to
            minors, (see H.R. 3537), H1444 [24MR]
        Appalachian Development Highway System:  provide for local
            participation in State decisions to dedesignate segments, (see
            H.R. 3408), H909 [9MR]
        Augusta, ME:  conveyance of land from Army Kennebec Arsenal, (see S.
            1988), S3585 [24AP]
        Bankruptcy:  limit the value of real and personal property that
            debtors may exempt under State and local law, (see H.R. 3693),
            H2119 [21AP]
        Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor:  funding for
            historic, recreational, and environmental education projects,
            (see H.R. 3522), H1336 [19MR]
        Bounty hunters:  establish civil and criminal liability for bounty
            hunters and their employers and encourage State regulation of
            industry, (see S. 1637), S730 [12FE], (see H.R. 3168), H385
            [5FE]
        Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:  surveillance and
            research of autism and related developmental diseases to
            implement effective treatment and prevention strategies, (see
            H.R. 4725), H10011 [7OC]
        Charities:  ensure that religious organizations are considered
            equally with other private groups to provide assistance under
            certain government programs, (see S. 2046), S4528 [7MY]
        Children and youth:  parental notification and State criminal
            reporting requirements for minors who seek family planning
            services from federally-funded clinics, (see H.R. 3230), H496
            [12FE]
        ------ provide medical assistance to certain legal immigrant
            children and increase allotments to territories under the State
            Children's Health Insurance Program, (see S. 2410), S9556
            [31JY], (see H.R. 4323), H6281 [23JY]
        ------ require proof of screening for lead poisoning and follow-up
            services for those testing positive, (see S. 2598), S12163
            [9OC], (see H.R. 4825), H10832 [13OC]
        ------ State criminal reporting requirements for minors who seek
            family planning services from federally-funded clinics, (see
            H.R. 3229), H496 [12FE]
        Chippewa Cree Tribe:  final settlement of water rights claims, (see
            S. 1899), S2967 [1AP], (see H.R. 3658), H2053 [1AP]
        Coastal zones:  require that States having an approved management
            program be provided a copy of an environmental impact statement
            to help assess plans for exploration, development, or
            production, (see H.R. 4797), H10513 [10OC]
        ------ use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund State and local
            conservation programs of coastal States, (see S. 2566), S11698
            [7OC], (see H.R. 4717), H10010 [7OC]
        Columbia and Snake River Basin:  establish conditions under which
            Federal and non-Federal entities may enter management
            agreements, (see S. 2111), S5322 [21MY]
        Commission To Assess Weapons of Mass Destruction Domestic Response
            Capabilities:  establish, (see H.R. 3764), H2705 [30AP]
        Community development:  use of block grants for nonentitlement areas
            to offset charity tax credits, (see H.R. 3241), H497 [12FE]
        Community Services Block Grant Program:  establish demonstration
            projects to determine the effects of asset-based welfare
            policies, (see H.R. 4254), H5736 [16JY]
        ------ reauthorize, (see H.R. 4271), H5859 [17JY]
        ------ reauthorize and amend, (see H.R. 3880, S. 2206), S6886
            [23JN], H3311 [14MY]
        Computers:  prohibit interference with interstate commerce on the
            Internet or interactive computer services, (see S. 1888), S2850
            [31MR], (see H.R. 3529), H1378 [23MR], (see H.R. 3849), H3105
            [12MY], (see H.R. 4105), H4961 [22JN]
        Corps of Engineers:  develop and implement a plan for Atlantic
            coastal States to address problems with toxic microorganisms in
            wetlands and waters, (see S. 2218), S7172 [25JN]
        Correctional institutions:  exempt State and local agencies from
            requirements relative to providing certain public services to
            prisoners, (see S. 2266), S7574 [7JY]
        ------ funding for substance abuse prevention and treatment programs
            in prisons, (see S. 1876), S2719 [27MR], (see H.R. 4039), H4548
            [11JN]
        Courts:  limit authority of Federal judges relative to Federal,
            State, and local laws and prisoner litigation procedures, (see
            S. 2163), S6181 [11JN]
        ------ limit Federal authority to force State and local governments
            to assess, levy, or collect taxes, (see H.R. 3182), H445 [11FE]
        ------ limit Federal authority to impose regulations on State and
            local governments not provided under the Constitution, (see S.
            2250), S7256 [26JN]
        ------ limit jurisdiction of Federal courts relative to prison
            release orders, (see H.R. 3718), H2317 [23AP]
        ------ reform class action lawsuit process, (see S. 2083), S4906
            [14MY]
        ------ require Federal and State courts to recognize a notarization
            from another State when it affects interstate commerce, (see
            H.R. 4764), H10352 [9OC]
        ------ 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, (see S. 2271), S7574 [7JY]
        Crime:  establish a law enforcement block grant program, (see S.
            1893), S2851 [31MR]
        ------ establish Federal penalties for use of a law enforcement
            officer's weapon against the officer, (see H.R. 4776), H10352
            [9OC]
        ------ 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]
        ------ improve automated interstate criminal identification systems,
            (see S. 2022), S3919 [30AP]
        ------ notification of interstate relocation of witnesses by State
            engaging in that relocation (H.R. 2181), consideration, (see H.
            Res. 366), H577 [24FE]
        ------ penalties for releasing individuals convicted of violent
            crimes involving children, (see H.R. 4258), H5737 [16JY]
        ------ prohibit convicted felons from collecting damages for
            injuries suffered during the commission of a crime, (see H.R.
            4446), H7411 [6AU]
        ------ prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws
            requiring parental notification of abortions, (see S. 1645),
            S730 [12FE], (see H.R. 3682), H2054 [1AP] prohibit taking minors
            across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental
            notification of abortions (H.R. 3682), consideration, (see H.
            Res. 499), H5491 [14JY]
        ------ provide State grants for sex offender registration programs,
            (see H.R. 4026), H4478 [10JN]
        ------ require States to pass laws requiring witnesses of child
            sexual abuse to report such crimes to the police, (see S. 2452),
            S10118 [9SE], (see H.R. 4531), H7494 [9SE], (see H.R. 4576),
            H7802 [15SE]
        Dept. of Education:  reform and reauthorize the State Student
            Incentive Grant Program, (see S. 1644), S730 [12FE]
        Dept. of HHS:  delay effective date of the final rule relative to
            the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network, (see S.
            2201), S6766 [22JN]
        ------ make grants to States and businesses to improve the quality
            of child care services, (see H.R. 3686), H2054 [1AP]
        Dept. of HUD:  grants to States to supplement assistance for the
            preservation of affordable housing for low-income families, (see
            H.R. 4838), H10917 [14OC]
        Dept. of Justice:  provide State and local authorities access to
            information relative to criminal background checks on port
            employees and prospective employees, (see H.R. 3975), H3971
            [22MY]
        ------ State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Programs funding,
            (see H.R. 4440), H7411 [6AU]
        Dept. of Labor:  State assistance for pre-vocational training
            programs to improve the transition of welfare recipients to
            employment, (see S. 1709), S1336 [4MR]
        Dept. of the Interior:  construct and operate a visitor center for
            the Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River in New York,
            (see H.R. 3928), H3743 [21MY]
        ------ construct and operate a visitor center for the Upper Delaware
            Scenic and Recreational River in New York, (see S. 2461), S10240
            [11SE]
        ------ moratorium on oil and gas development on certain portions of
            the Outer Continental Shelf, (see S. 2084), S4906 [14MY], (see
            H.R. 3875), H3311 [14MY]
        ------ prohibit charging of fees for certain uses of sand, gravel,
            and shell resources of the Outer Continental Shelf, (see H.R.
            3972), H3971 [22MY]
        Dept. of the Treasury:  allow greater discretion relative to the
            placement of the required inscriptions on quarter dollars issued
            under the 50 States Commemorative Coin Program, (see H.R. 3301),
            H691 [2MR]
        Dept. of Veterans Affairs:  conduct Stand Down events and establish
            a pilot program that will provide for an annual Stand Down event
            in each State, (see H.R. 4362), H6819 [30JY]
        Disabled:  support grant programs to address assistive technology
            needs of individuals with disabilities, (see S. 2432), S9877
            [2SE]
        Disasters:  return primary responsibility for disaster relief to
            States, establish a private corporation to insure against risks
            and costs of disasters, and provide for Federal assistance for
            disaster response activities, (see H.R. 3728), H2318 [23AP]
        Diseases:  State partner notification programs relative to HIV, (see
            H.R. 4431), H7411 [6AU]
        Drought:  disaster assistance to Texas, (see S. Res. 253), S6886
            [23JN], (see H. Res. 493), H5297 [24JN]
        Drugs:  clarify application of Federal controlled substances laws in
            States that authorize medical use of marijuana and other drugs,
            (see H.R. 3184), H445 [11FE]
        Drunken driving:  prohibit sale of alcohol through drive-up sales
            windows, (see S. 1706), S1336 [4MR]
        Ecology and environment:  cleanup and redevelopment of brownfield
            sites, (see H.R. 4094), H4879 [19JN]
        Education:  dedicate day of learning to study and understanding of
            the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the
            Federalist Papers, (see H. Con. Res. 316), H7178 [4AU]
        ------ encourage States to develop and implement alternative teacher
            certification and licensure programs, (see S. 1742), S1772
            [11MR], (see H.R. 3440), H1111 [11MR]
        ------ ensure that the Government adheres to its commitment to State
            and local governments to share the expense of educating disabled
            children, (see H.R. 3930), H3743 [21MY]
        ------ establish professional development partnerships, (see H.R.
            3115), H63 [27JA]
        ------ grants to local educational agencies for additional teachers
            and facilities to accommodate disruptive students, (see H.R.
            4833), H10916 [14OC]
        ------ provide incentives to States to establish and administer
            periodic teacher testing and merit pay programs for elementary
            and secondary school teachers, (see S. 2422), S9556 [31JY]
        ------ provide incentives to States to establish and administer
            periodic teacher testing and merit pay programs for elementary
            and secondary school teachers, (see H.R. 4594), H8035 [17SE]
        ------ provide States with options relative to receipt of Federal
            block grant funds, (see S. 2601), S12164 [9OC], (see H.R. 4779),
            H10352 [9OC]
        ------ reductions in school class size, (see S. 2093), S5129 [19MY]
        ------ spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars on
            children's classrooms, (see S. Res. 168), S48 [27JA], (see S.
            1589), S226 [29JA], (see H.R. 3248), H577 [24FE]
        ------ spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars on
            children's classrooms (H.R. 3248), consideration, (see H. Res.
            543), H7914 [16SE]
        Education Flexibility Partnership Demonstration Act:  allow State
            participation in activities, (see S. 2213), S7013 [24JN]
        ------ allow State participation in activities, (see H.R. 4590),
            H8035 [17SE]
        Elections:  constitutional amendment to regulate campaign
            expenditures and contribution limits, (see H.J. Res. 108), H240
            [3FE]
        ------ establish uniform poll closing time for Presidential
            elections, (see H.R. 3153), H329 [4FE]
        Electric power:  provide for retail competition among suppliers,
            (see S. 2187), S6564 [18JN], (see H.R. 4715), H10010 [7OC]
        Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act:  subject Federal
            facilities discharging hazardous substances to the same
            standards as private facilities, (see S. 1639), S730 [12FE]
        Employment:  establish a pilot program for mediation of private
            rights of action under the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural
            Worker Protection Act, (see H.R. 3317), H850 [4MR]
        ------ limited overtime exemption for emergency medical services
            personnel, (see H.R. 3958), H3970 [22MY]
        ------ provide State authority to permit certain employers of
            domestic workers to make annual wage reports, (see S. 1880),
            S2764 [30MR]
        ------ use of individuals other than merit-staffed or civil service
            employees in providing certain employment services, (see H.R.
            3994, S. 2174), S6405 [16JN], H4164 [4JN]
        EPA:  implementation of revised ozone and particulate matter
            standards, (see H.R. 3505), H1335 [19MR]
        Executive Office of the President:  implementation of Executive
            Orders relative to Federal authority to impose regulations on
            State and local governments not provided under the Constitution,
            (see H.R. 4422), H7411 [6AU]
        Families and domestic relations:  increase effectiveness and
            efficiency of child support enforcement and adoption programs,
            (see H.R. 3130), H99 [28JA]
        ----- increase effectiveness and efficiency of child support
            enforcement and adoption programs (H.R. 3130), consideration,
            (see H. Res. 378), H850 [4MR]
        ------ reduce Federal penalties relative to implementation of child
            support enforcement system, (see S. 1791), S2213 [18MR], (see S.
            1798), S2296 [19MR]
        ------ State grants to encourage fathers to become better parents,
            (see H.R. 3314), H755 [3MR]
        ------ tax relief to increase affordability of child care, (see H.R.
            3144), H240 [3FE]
        Federal aid programs:  coordinate response to communities adversely
            affected by the closure or significant downsizing of a plant or
            industry, (see S. 1715), S1435 [5MR]
        ------ correct law relative to termination of benefits for convicted
            persons, (see H.R. 3096), H62 [27JA]
        ------ prohibit States from imposing restrictions on additional
            children relative to the temporary assistance to needy families
            program, (see H.R. 4066), H4628 [16JN]
        ------ State eligibility for bonuses under the temporary assistance
            to needy families block grants relative to child poverty rates,
            (see H.R. 4692), H9345 [2OC]
        Federal employees:  enable the Government to enroll an employee's
            child in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program when the
            employee fails to provide coverage for the child under a State
            court order, (see H.R. 3221, S. 2262), S7357 [6JY], H496 [12FE]
        50 States Commemorative Coin Program Act:  include District of
            Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin
            Islands, (see H.R. 3673), H2054 [1AP]
        Fire prevention:  authorize a Federal grant program to assist local
            governments in improving public safety against fire and fire-
            related hazards, (see H.R. 4229), H5593 [15JY]
        Firearms:  assist State and local governments in conducting
            community gun buy back programs, (see H.R. 4290), H6070 [21JY]
        ------ encourage States to require a holding period for students
            expelled for bringing a gun to school, (see S. 2169), S6295
            [12JN], (see H.R. 4146), H5402 [25JN]
        ------ require reporting of buyer's residence to law enforcement
            officials and a waiting period before purchase of a handgun,
            (see S. 2324), S8382 [16JY]
        Fish and fishing:  extend and expand interim authority for States to
            manage dungeness crab fisheries, (see S. 1726), S1508 [6MR],
            (see H.R. 3498), H1298 [18MR]
        Floods:  damage reduction and recreation project at Grand Forks, ND,
            and East Grand Forks, MN, (see H.R. 4806), H10560 [11OC]
        ------ ensure that States and localities can quickly and safely
            remove flood debris, (see H.R. 4128), H5296 [24JN]
        Food stamps:  prevention of issuance to deceased individuals, (see
            S. 1733), S1697 [10MR], (see H.R. 4366), H6879 [31JY]
        ------ State prevention of receipt by prisoners or fugitives, (see
            H.R. 3670), H2054 [1AP]
        Forest Service:  replace regional offices with State offices, (see
            H.R. 3922), H3624 [20MY]
        Four Corners Monument Tribal Park:  authorize an interpretive center
            and related visitor facilities, (see S. 1998), S3709 [28AP],
            (see H.R. 4263), H5858 [17JY]
        Government:  limit Federal authority to impose regulations on State
            and local governments not provided under the Constitution, (see
            H.R. 4196, S. Con. Res. 109), S8919 [23JY], H5491 [14JY], (see
            H.R. 4232), H5593 [15JY], (see H. Con. Res. 299), H5737 [16JY]
        ------ limit Federal authority to impose regulations on State and
            local governments not provided under the Constitution, (see S.
            2445), S9973 [8SE]
        ------ streamline and improve Federal grant application,
            administrative, and reporting requirements, (see H.R. 3921),
            H3624 [20MY]
        Government regulations:  reduce Federal paperwork burden relative to
            small businesses, (see H.R. 3310, S. 1867), S2660 [26MR], H754
            [3MR]
        ----- reduce Federal paperwork burden relative to small businesses
            (H.R. 3310), consideration, (see H. Res. 396), H1549 [25MR]
        Hawaii:  increase the Federal medical assistance percentage, (see
            H.R. 3118), H99 [28JA]
        ------ relief, (see S. 2550), S11450 [5OC], (see H.R. 4809), H10667
            [12OC]
        Hazardous substances:  nuclear waste disposal (S. 104), return to
            Senate, (see H. Res. 379), H904 [5MR]
        Health:  establish a national registry of information on traumatic
            brain and spinal cord injuries, (see S. 2605), S12164 [9OC],
            (see H.R. 4800), H10513 [10OC]
        ------ establish health insurance assistance programs to inform
            consumers of their rights, choices, and responsibilities, (see
            S. 2254), S7256 [26JN]
        ------ limit medical malpractice claims, (see H.R. 3535), H1444
            [24MR]
        ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, (see
            H.R. 3998), H4240 [5JN]
        Health care facilities:  require nursing facilities filing for
            relief to provide written notice of such filing to appropriate
            State agencies, (see H.R. 4843), H11023 [15OC]
        Hunting and trapping:  authorize electronic issuance of migratory
            bird hunting and conservation stamps, (see S. 2560), S11582
            [6OC], (see H.R. 4803), H10513 [10OC]
        Immigration:  permit local educational agencies to waive
            reimbursement for aliens granted nonimmigrant status to attend
            public secondary schools, (see S. 2331), S8482 [17JY], (see H.R.
            4416), H7410 [6AU]
        Indian Gaming Regulatory Act:  amend, (see S. 1870), S2660 [26MR]
        Individuals With Disabilities Education Act:  clarify requirements
            relative to reducing or withholding payments to States, (see
            H.R. 3254), H578 [24FE]
        ------ permit State and local educational agencies to establish
            uniform disciplinary policies, (see H.R. 4491), H7413 [6AU]
        Insurance:  allow children covered under private health insurance
            under a State health plan to continue receiving benefits under
            the Vaccines for Children Program, (see H.R. 3794), H2813 [5MY]
        ------ prevent conflicts of interest in the use of administrative
            vendors in the administration of State children's health
            insurance plans, (see H.R. 3713), H2236 [22AP]
        Job Training Partnership Act:  establish regional private industry
            councils for labor market areas that are located in more than
            one State, (see H.R. 3271), H630 [25FE]
        Kankakee, IL:  conveyance of vacant Army Reserve Center, (see H.R.
            3856), H3246 [13MY]
        Kentucky:  prohibit taxation of compensation of Tennessee residents
            for services as Federal employees at Fort Campbell, KY, (see S.
            2612), S12164 [9OC]
        Land and Water Conservation Fund Act:  Federal land acquisitions
            funding and provide matching grants for State, local, and urban
            conservation and recreation programs, (see H.R. 4467), H7412
            [6AU]
        Law enforcement officers:  ensure that States provide due process in
            cases which could lead to dismissal, demotion, suspension, or
            transfer, (see H.R. 4681), H9344 [2OC]
        ------ establish a matching grant program to assist local
            governments in purchasing armor vests, (see S. 1591), S226
            [29JA], (see S. 1605), S378 [4FE] establish a matching grant
            program to assist local governments in purchasing bullet
            resistant equipment, (see S. 2253), S7256 [26JN], (see H.R.
            4226), H5593 [15JY]
        ------ reduce local matching amount to ensure more local communities
            qualify for grants to hire additional police officers, (see H.R.
            4734), H10075 [8OC]
        Maryland:  provide for a pilot program to eradicate or control
            nutria and restore marshland damaged by nutria, (see H.R. 4337),
            H6487 [27JY]
        Medicaid:  allow children covered under a State health plan to
            continue receiving benefits under the Vaccines for Children
            Program, (see S. 2013), S3919 [30AP]
        ------ allow fraud control units to investigate and prosecute fraud
            in Medicare and other Federal programs and elder abuse in
            residential facilities, (see S. 2040), S4528 [7MY], (see H.R.
            4155), H5403 [25JN]
        ------ allow fraud control units to investigate and prosecute fraud
            in Medicare and other Federal programs and elder abuse in
            residential facilities, (see H.R. 4650), H9178 [28SE]
        ------ allow States to exempt trust funds for the disabled from
            estate recovery programs, (see S. 2462), S10240 [11SE]
        ------ allow States to use State Children's Health Insurance Program
            allotment to cover additional low-income children, (see S.
            2485), S10423 [16SE], (see H.R. 4583), H7914 [16SE]
        ------ deduct a children's contribution from the income amount
            applied monthly to payment for the cost of care in an
            institution for an individual receiving medical assistance, (see
            H.R. 4723), H10011 [7OC]
        ------ provide States with a children's enrollment performance
            bonus, (see S. 2626), S12402 [12OC]
        Medicare:  clarify non-preemption of State prescription drug benefit
            laws relative to Medicare+Choice plans, (see H.R. 4648), H9084
            [26SE]
        Minnesota:  constitutional amendment to permit Congress to
            relinquish claims of the U.S. to certain portions of Minnesota,
            (see H.J. Res. 115), H1299 [18MR]
        National Child Protection Act:  allow for interstate background
            checks on elementary and secondary school employees, (see H.R.
            4659), H9273 [1OC]
        National Guard:  exclude certain officers from the limitation on the
            number who may serve on active duty, (see S. 1912), S3120 [2AP]
        National Park Service:  allow for waiver and indemnification in
            mutual law enforcement agreements with States or political
            subdivisions, (see S. 2248), S7256 [26JN]
        Native Americans:  collection of certain State taxes from an
            individual who is not a member of an Indian tribe, (see S.
            2300), S8135 [14JY]
        ------ encourage and facilitate the resolution of conflicts between
            tribes, (see S. 2097), S5217 [20MY]
        ------ prohibit certain Dept. of the Interior Indian gaming
            regulations, (see S. 1572), S48 [27JA], (see H.R. 3094), H62
            [27JA]
        Occupational Safety and Health Act:  amend to protect State and
            local law enforcement agencies, (see H.R. 3169), H385 [5FE]
        Pensions:  ensure uniformity of Federal and State pension plans
            relative to State income taxes, (see H.R. 4572), H7802 [15SE]
        Privacy:  prohibit Federal, State, and local agencies and private
            entities from transfering, selling, or disclosing personal data
            without consent and make such information available to the
            individual, (see H.R. 4470), H7412 [6AU]
        ------ repeal law creating a national identification card by
            establishing Federal standards for birth certificates and
            drivers' licenses, (see H.R. 4197), H5491 [14JY], (see H.R.
            4217), H5592 [15JY]
        Public lands:  make certain Federal property available to States
            before being made available to other entities, (see S. 1621),
            S585 [10FE]
        ------ make certain Federal property is made available to States
            before other entities, (see H.R. 3842), H3105 [12MY], (see H.R.
            4010), H4241 [5JN]
        Public safety officers:  eligibility of certain emergency management
            and civil defense personnel for public safety officer death
            benefits, (see H.R. 3608), H1854 [31MR]
        Public utilities:  provide for competition in electric power
            industry, (see S. 2287), S7939 [10JY]
        ------ provide for the restructuring of the electric power industry,
            (see H.R. 4798), H10513 [10OC]
        ------ revision of the regulatory policies governing public utility
            holding companies, (see H.R. 3976), H3971 [22MY]
        Public welfare programs:  disregard payment of earned income tax
            credits in determining eligibility for the temporary assistance
            for needy families program, SSI, Medicaid, and public housing
            programs, (see H.R. 4818), H10667 [12OC]
        ------ guarantee loans and provide State grants to finance
            transportation services for welfare recipients, and establish
            preferences for Federal contractors that hire welfare
            recipients, (see H.R. 3638), H2052 [1AP]
        ------ require States to pass child support directly through to
            families and disregard child support in determining eligibility
            for the temporary assistance to needy families program, (see S.
            2586), S11970 [8OC]
        Railroads:  permit State and local governments to adopt or enforce
            certain speed limits for trains, (see H.R. 3812), H3013 [7MY]
        Real property:  preserve Federal sovereignty of certain public lands
            and preserve certain State and private property rights, (see S.
            2098), S5217 [20MY]
        Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief Act:  amend to provide a
            loan to the Madera-Chowchilla Power Authority, (see H.R. 3302),
            H691 [2MR]
        Refuse disposal:  State control of municipal solid waste
            transportation and disposal, (see H.R. 4635), H8931 [25SE]
        Religion:  eliminate the effect on the expression of religion by
            State and local officials that results from the threat that
            potential litigants may seek damages and attorney's fees, (see
            H.R. 3288), H676 [26FE]
        Roads and highways:  designate U.S. Route 66 as ``America's Main
            Street'', (see S. 2133), S5634 [4JN], (see H.R. 4513), H7414
            [6AU]
        Rural areas:  pilot program to facilitate the protection and
            preservation of remaining open space and farmland in the mid-
            Atlantic States, (see H.R. 3566), H1642 [26MR]
        ------ promote access to health care services, (see S. 2603), S12164
            [9OC]
        Social Security:  improve coverage of low-income children under
            State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid, (see
            H.R. 4767), H10352 [9OC]
        ------ modification of certain State agreements relative to certain
            students, (see S. 2325), S8482 [17JY]
        ------ provide prisoner information obtained by States to Federal
            benefit programs to prevent erroneous provision of benefits,
            (see H.R. 4172), H5403 [25JN]
        ------ State requirements for financial recovery from an individuals
            estate relative to any medical assistance under a State health
            plan, (see H.R. 4249), H5736 [16JY]
        Sports:  clarification of antitrust laws relative to relocation of
            professional teams, (see H.R. 3817), H3013 [7MY]
        ------ reform unfair and anticompetitive practices in professional
            boxing, (see S. 2238), S7255 [26JN]
        Taxation:  allow certain senior citizens a deduction for State and
            local real property taxes and provide for the establishment of
            senior citizen real property tax accounts, (see H.R. 4713),
            H10010 [7OC]
        ------ allow rollover contributions to individual retirement plans
            from deferred compensation plans maintained by States and local
            governments and allow State and local governments to maintain
            401(k) plans, (see H.R. 3554), H1549 [25MR]
        ------ collection and payment of State taxes imposed on motor fuel
            sold on Indian lands, (see H.R. 3966), H3971 [22MY]
        ------ designate certain entities organized to participate in States
            workmen's compensation assigned risk insurance plans as tax-
            exempt entities, (see S. 2482), S10423 [16SE]
        ------ designate renewal communities, (see S. 1995), S3709 [28AP],
            (see H.R. 3865), H3311 [14MY]
        ------ exempt small issue bonds for agriculture from the State
            volume cap, (see S. 2501), S10588 [18SE]
        ------ grant States the authority to require out-of-State sellers to
            collect sales or use taxes on goods shipped into the State, (see
            S. 1586), S226 [29JA]
        ------ issuance of tax-exempt private activity bonds to assist
            States in the construction and rehabilitation of public schools,
            (see S. 2397), S9555 [31JY]
        ------ permit private educational institutions to maintain certain
            qualified tuition programs, (see H.R. 3309), H754 [3MR]
        ------ provide a source of interest-free capital for school
            construction and renovation in States experiencing increased
            enrollment, (see H.R. 3652), H2053 [1AP]
        ------ provide tax credits for contributions to charitable
            organizations relative to delivery of welfare services, (see S.
            1994), S3709 [28AP], (see H.R. 4255), H5737 [16JY]
        ------ provide tax-exempt status for organizations created by a
            State to provide property and casualty insurance coverage for
            property, (see H.R. 4361), H6819 [30JY]
        ------ tax credits relative to elementary and secondary school
            construction, (see S. 1705), S1336 [4MR], (see H.R. 3320), H850
            [4MR]
        ------ treatment of amounts received under State programs providing
            compensation for birth-related injuries, (see H.R. 4139), H5402
            [25JN]
        ------ treatment of distributions from State prepaid tuition
            programs used to pay higher education expenses for the
            designated beneficiary, (see H.R. 4298), H6185 [22JY]
        ------ treatment of real property tax reduction vouchers received by
            senior citizens in exchange for volunteer work, (see H.R. 3841),
            H3105 [12MY]
        ------ treatment of State and private education savings plans and
            allow private colleges to offer prepaid tuition plans, (see S.
            2425), S9556 [31JY]
        Telecommunications:  ensure the restoration and preservation of
            State authority over intrastate telecommunications, (see H.R.
            4801), H10513 [10OC]
        ------ permit Bell Operating Cos., to provide interstate and
            intrastate telecommunications services, (see S. 1766), S1990
            [16MR]
        ------ preserve State and local authority to regulate the placement,
            construction, and modification of certain facilities, (see S.
            2514), S10921 [24SE]
        Tobacco products:  limit tobacco settlement attorneys' fees, (see S.
            1570), S48 [27JA], (see H.R. 3907), H3624 [20MY]
        ------ prevent use by minors, reduce secondhand smoke, require
            document disclosure and deny immunity relative to industry
            settlement, end promotion of exports, and provide transitional
            assistance to farmers, (see S. 1638), S730 [12FE]
        ------ reduce use through cost increases, marketing limitations,
            industry oversight, and implementation of a public health
            prevention and education strategy, (see S. 1889), S2851 [31MR]
        ------ settlement of class action lawsuits against tobacco industry
            and arbitration of attorneys' fees, (see H.R. 4375), H6879
            [31JY]
        ------ specify uses of revenues from tobacco industry settlement,
            (see H.J. Res. 109), H446 [11FE]
        ------ strengthen State efforts to limit access to minors, (see S.
            1713), S1435 [5MR], (see H.R. 3655), H2053 [1AP]
        ------ waive certain sanctions against States that penalize minors'
            drivers licenses for purchasing or possessing tobacco products,
            (see H.R. 4159), H5403 [25JN]
        Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century:  repeal the
            Interstate System Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Pilot
            Program, (see H.R. 4466), H7412 [6AU]
        Unemployment:  expand eligibility for, and strengthen administrative
            financing of, the unemployment compensation program and improve
            the solvency of State accounts in the Unemployment Trust Fund,
            (see H.R. 3697), H2119 [21AP]
        ------ improve the collection of Federal unemployment taxes and the
            provision of such revenues for employment security
            administration, (see H.R. 3684), H2054 [1AP]
        ------ improve the collection of Federal unemployment taxes and the
            provision of such revenues for employment security
            administration, (see S. 2556), S11582 [6OC]
        ------ make permanent self-employment assistance programs, (see H.R.
            3773), H2705 [30AP]
        Unfunded Mandates Reform Act:  clarify application, (see S. 2068),
            S4712 [12MY]
        Veterans:  enforcement of reemployment rights relative to States,
            private employers, and servicemen employed by U.S. companies
            abroad, (see H.R. 3213), H495 [12FE]
        Washington:  land exchange, (see H.R. 4021), H4324 [9JN]
        Water:  authorize EPA grants to States to maximize the available
            water supply and develop alternative water sources, (see H.R.
            3243), H497 [12FE]
        ------ Federal payment of fees and costs in proceedings relative to
            State water rights adjudications, (see H.R. 3557), H1549 [25MR]
        ------ use of State revolving loan funds for water conservation and
            quality improvement programs, (see S. 2189), S6564 [18JN]
        Water pollution:  restore estuary habitats through more efficient
            financing of projects and the enhanced coordination of Federal
            and non-Federal programs, (see H.R. 4634), H8931 [25SE]
        Wisconsin:  commemorate sesquicentennial of statehood, (see S. Con.
            Res. 75), S669 [11FE], (see S. Con. Res. 75), S837 [23FE], (see
            H. Con. Res. 223), H578 [24FE]
        Women:  permit use of funds under the State Children's Health
            Insurance Program for coverage of uninsured pregnant women, (see
            H.R. 3837), H3104 [12MY]
        World Trade Organization:  establish negotiating objectives relative
            to the agreement on agriculture and criteria for the accession
            of State trading regimes, (see S. 2328), S8482 [17JY], (see H.R.
            4288), H6070 [21JY]
      Briefings
        Improving Student Achievement--Is Reducing Class Size the Answer?
            Eric A. Hanushek, S12479 [14OC]
      Brochures
        Mining Reclamation--You'd Be Surprised:  BLM, S10342 [15SE]
      Cloture motions
        Courts:  simplify and expedite access to Federal courts for injured
            parties whose rights and privileges have been deprived by final
            actions of State or Federal agencies (S. 2271), S7873 [9JY],
            S8048 [13JY]
        Crime:  prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State
            laws requiring parental notification of abortions (S. 1645),
            S10565 [18SE], S10703 [22SE]
        ----- prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws
            requiring parental notification of abortions (S. 1645), motion
            to proceed, S10141 [9SE], S10231 [11SE]
        Hazardous substances:  nuclear waste disposal (H.R. 1270), S5400
            [22MY], S5564 [2JN]
        Taxation:  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], S10975
            [25SE], S11085 [29SE]
        Tobacco products:  tobacco industry liability settlement relative to
            health risks and marketing and manufacturing practices (S.
            1415), S4883 [14MY], S5605 [4JN], S5673 [5JN], S5740 [9JN],
            S5754 [9JN], S6001 [10JN], S6145 [11JN], S6473 [17JN], S6479
            [17JN]
      Conference reports
        Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act (S.
            1150), H2171-H2205 [22AP]
        Community Opportunities, Accountability, and Training and
            Educational Services Act (S. 2206), H9697-H9719 [6OC]
        Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act (S. 1260), H10266-H10270
            [9OC], H10771-H10776 [13OC]
        ------ Correction, S12590 [14OC], H11020 [15OC]
        Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act (H.R. 1853),
            H10032-H10048 [8OC]
      Cost Estimates
        Surface Transportation Extension Act (S. 1519):  CBO, S61 [27JA]
      Descriptions
        Indicative Inventory of Potential Future U.S. Nominations to the
            World Heritage List--Natural Properties, E2194-E2196 [15OC]
        Tax Credits Relative to Elementary and Secondary School Construction
            (H.R. 3320), E278 [4MR]
      Documents
        Land and Water Conservation Fund Act, H6170 [22JY]
      Excerpts
        45 Code of Federal Regulations Part 307:  reduce Federal penalties
            relative to implementation of child support enforcement system
            by States, S2300 [19MR]
      Explanations
        Financial Services Act (H.R. 10):  Bliley Amendment on Strengthening
            Investor and Consumer Protections, H3178 [13MY]
        National Tobacco Policy and Youth Smoking Reduction Act (S. 1415):
            Committee on Finance (Senate) Amendments, S5005-S5007 [18MY]
      Factsheets
        National Tobacco Policy and Youth Smoking Reduction Act (S. 1415),
            S5259 [21MY]
        Oklahoma transportation projects funding request, H1554 [26MR],
            H1555 [26MR]
      Histories
        Legislative History of Senate and House Amendments to H.R. 3130,
            Child Support Performance and Incentive Act, S7314-S7321 [26JN],
            H5378-H5384 [25JN]
      Letters
        Advisory Commission on Electronic Commerce study on effects of
            moratorium on taxation of Internet sales on retail businesses
            and State and local governments:  John F. Sturm, Newspaper
            Association of America, S11663 [7OC]
        ----- National Home Furnishings Association, S11663 [7OC]
        Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act:  several
            agricultural organizations, S4657 [12MY]
        Alaska Denali Commission funding:  Ralph DeGennaro, Taxpayers for
            Common Sense (organization), H6598 [29JY]
        Appalachian Regional Commission inclusion of additional counties:
            Jesse L. White, Jr., Appalachian Regional Commission, S1763
            [11MR]
        Border Smog Reduction Act:  Larry Bowden, Mojave Desert Air Quality
            Management District, H5894 [20JY]
        ------ R. Michael Magee, American Federation of Government
            Employees, H5893 [20JY]
        ------ Robert Clark, National Treasury Employees Union, H5893 [20JY]
        ------ Roger F. Honberger, Riverside County, CA, Board of
            Supervisors, H5895 [20JY]
        Building Efficient Surface Transportation and Equity Act:  Frank
            Keating, Governor of Oklahoma, Neal A. McCaler, and Herschal
            Crow, H1555 [26MR]
        ------ Representative Coburn, H1555 [26MR] Representative Largent,
            H1554 [26MR] Representatives Myrick and Watt, H1555 [26MR],
            H1556 [26MR]
        ------ several Representatives, H1556 [26MR]
        Bulletproof Vest Partnership Act:  Arthur J. Reddy, International
            Union of Police Associations, S1806 [11MR]
        ------ Chuck Wexler, Police Executive Research Forum, S1806 [11MR]
        ------ Gilbert G. Gallegos, Fraternal Order of Police, S1806 [11MR]
        ------ Kenneth T. Lyons, International Brotherhood of Police
            Officers, S1806 [11MR]
        ------ Robert Scully, National Association of Police Organizations,
            Inc., S1806 [11MR]
        ------ several State attorneys general, S1807 [11MR]
        Child Custody Protection Act:  Bernard N. Nathanson, H5524 [15JY]
        Children's Health Equity Act:  Washington congressional delegation,
            E1736 [16SE]
        Chippewa Cree Tribe of the Rocky Boy's Reservation Indian Reserved
            Water Rights Settlement Act:  Marc Racicot, Governor of Montana,
            S2978 [1AP]
        Comprehensive Electricity Competition Act:  Federico Pen�6a, Dept.
            of Energy, S7952 [10JY]
        Creation of a new class of bonds for new school construction and
            renovation:  Alan Reuther, International Union, United
            Automobile, Aerospace & Agricultural Implement Workers of
            America, S3345 [21AP]
        ----- Andrew Rotherham, American Association of School
            Administrators, S3344 [21AP]
        ----- Dorothy Strickler, S3343 [21AP]
        ----- Gerald D. Morris, American Federation of Teachers, S3345
            [21AP]
        ----- Gerald W. McEntee, American Federation of State, County and
            Municipal Employees, S3345 [21AP]
        ----- Mary Elizabeth Teasley, National Education Association, S3343
            [21AP]
        ----- Patricia Loera and Raul Gonza�1lez, Hispanic Education
            Coalition, S3345 [21AP]
        ----- Peggy Taylor, AFL-CIO, S3344 [21AP]
        ----- President Clinton, S3337 [21AP]
        ----- Robert Canavan, Rebuild America's Schools (organization),
            S3344 [21AP]
        ----- Shirley Igo, National PTA, S3344 [21AP]
        Dept. of Transportation use of racial preference quotas:  John F.
            Emilius, GEOD Corp., H2005 [1AP]
        ------ Ward Connerly, American Civil Rights Coalition, H2005 [1AP]
        District of Columbia school construction and infrastructure
            improvements funding:  Andrew F. Brimmer, District of Columbia
            Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority,
            S3348 [21AP]
        Dollars to the Classroom Act:  Association of American Educators,
            H8066 [18SE]
        ------ Jim Hawkins, Professional Educators of Iowa (organization),
            H8065 [18SE]
        ------ Kent King, Missouri State Teachers Association, H8065 [18SE]
        ------ Marcia Koopman, Associated Professional Educators of
            Louisiana, H8065 [18SE]
        ------ Ruth Green, Kentucky Association of Professional Educators,
            H8064 [18SE]
        ------ Walter Jewell, Professional Educators of Tennessee
            (organization), H8064 [18SE]
        Education and human resources development reform:  Marc Tucker,
            National Center on Education and the Economy, E1819-E1825 [25SE]
        EPA funding for nationwide monitoring of particulate matter and
            State flexibility in implementing new ozone and particulate
            matter standards:  Dan Danner, National Federation of
            Independent Business, S1329 [4MR]
        ----- Dean Kleckner, American Farm Bureau Federation, S1503 [6MR]
        ----- Duane Parde, American Legislative Exchange Council, S1330
            [4MR]
        ----- George V. Voinovich and Thomas R. Carper, National Governors'
            Association, S1329 [4MR]
        ----- R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, S1329 [4MR]
        ----- Timothy J. Method and Bruce S. Anderson, S1503 [6MR]
        Equal consideration for religious organizations with other private
            groups to provide assistance under certain government programs:
            L. Anthony Sutin, Dept. of Justice, H10204 [8OC]
        Establish conditions under which Federal and non-Federal entities
            may enter Columbia and Snake River Basin management agreements:
            D. Craig Bell, Western States Water Council and Richard Bechtel,
            Western Governors' Association, S11101 [29SE]
        ----- James J. Hoecker, FERC, S11102 [29SE]
        Farm Service Agency operating and emergency loans funding:  Dept. of
            Agriculture, S2597 [26MR]
        Federal paperwork burden reduction relative to small businesses:
            Dan Danner, National Federation of Independent Business, H1573
            [26MR]
        ----- Representative Kasich, Committee on the Budget (House), H1560
            [26MR]
        Fishery management jurisdiction of Louisiana, Mississippi, and
            Alabama in the Gulf of Mexico:  Bobbi M. Walker, Orange Beach
            Fishing Association, H7222 [5AU]
        ----- Ed Schroeder, Galveston Party Boats, Inc., H7223 [5AU]
        ----- Mike Eller, Destin Charter Boat Association, H7222 [5AU]
        ----- Phil Horn, Clark Seafood Co., Inc., H7222 [5AU]
        ----- R.F. Zales II, Panama City Boatman Association, H7223 [5AU]
        Governors' authority to negotiate gaming compacts with Indian
            tribes:  Tony Knowles, Governor of Alaska, S50 [27JA]
        Granting of immunity or limiting liability for tobacco companies in
            lawsuits relative to health risks and marketing and
            manufacturing practices:  C. Everett Koop and David A. Kessler,
            Advisory Committee on Tobacco Policy and Public Health, S5265
            [21MY]
        Hard rock mining regulations:  Gary E. Johnson, Governor of New
            Mexico, S10344 [15SE]
        ------ Jane Dee Hull, Governor of Arizona, S10343 [15SE]
        ------ Jim Geringer, Governor of Wyoming, S10344 [15SE]
        ------ Michael O. Leavitt, Governor of Utah, S10343 [15SE]
        ------ Philip E. Batt, Governor of Idaho, S10344 [15SE]
        ------ Western Governors' Association, S10345 [15SE]
        Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act implementation:
            Consortium for Citizens With Disabilities, S2584 [25MR], S2626
            [26MR]
        ----- Fran Visco, National Breast Cancer Coalition, S2626 [26MR]
        ----- Gail Shearer and Adrienne Mitchem, Consumers Union, S2584
            [25MR], S2627 [26MR]
        ----- Laurie M. Flynn, National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, S2584
            [25MR], S2626 [26MR]
        ----- Nancy-Ann Min DeParle, Health Care Financing Administration,
            S2584 [25MR]
        ----- Patrisha Wright, Disability Rights and Education Defense Fund,
            Inc., S2584 [25MR], S2627 [26MR]
        ----- Ron Pollack, Families USA Foundation, S2584 [25MR], S2627
            [26MR]
        ----- several mental health organizations, S2627 [26MR]
        HEALTHY Kids Act:  John R. Garrison, American Lung Association, S743
            [12FE]
        ------ Randy Johnson, National Association of Counties, S743 [12FE]
        ------ Richard A. Levinson, American Public Health Association, S743
            [12FE]
        Impact of the market price of crops and disasters on family farms:
            President Clinton, S8285 [16JY]
        ------ Brian and Johnet Christianson, S10287 [14SE]
        ------ Dan Glickman, Sec. of Agriculture, S10296 [14SE]
        ------ several agricultural organizations, S10303 [14SE]
        ------ Wally Sparby, Farm Service Agency, S10289 [14SE]
        ------ Wyatt Goettle, S10286 [14SE]
        Internet Tax Freedom Act:  Internet Tax Fairness Coalition, E1231
            [25JN]
        ------ James S. Gilmore III, Governor of Virginia, S11678 [7OC]
        ------ Lawrence H. Summers, Dept. of the Treasury, E1230 [25JN]
        ------ R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, E1230 [25JN]
        ------ Representative Solomon, Committee on Rules (House), H5031
            [23JN]
        ------ several organizations, S11306 [2OC], E1231 [25JN]
        Kids Deserve Freedom From Tobacco Act (KIDS Act):  C. Everett Koop
            and David A. Kessler, S2858 [31MR]
        Limit approval of new State gambling compacts with Native American
            tribes:  Bill Pryor, Alabama Attorney General, S10369 [15SE]
        ------ Brian J. O'Neill, National League of Cities, S10358 [15SE]
        ------ Carla J. Stovall, Kansas Attorney General, S10369 [15SE]
        ------ Don Stenberg, Nebraska Attorney General, S10370 [15SE]
        ------ Frank J. Kelley, Michigan Attorney General, S10370 [15SE]
        ------ Gale A. Norton, Colorado Attorney General, S10369 [15SE]
        ------ Jeffrey K. Taylor, Christian Coalition, S10358 [15SE]
        ------ Kay C. James, National Gambling Impact Study Commission,
            S10357 [15SE]
        ------ Mark Barnett, South Dakota Attorney General, S10369 [15SE]
        ------ National Governors' Association, S10357 [15SE]
        ------ Nelson Kempsky and Christine Milliken, National Association
            of Attorneys General, S10358 [15SE]
        ------ Robert A. Butterworth, Florida Attorney General, S10369
            [15SE]
        ------ William U. Hill, Wyoming Attorney General, S10368 [15SE]
        Limit Federal authority to impose regulations on State and local
            governments not provided under the Constitution:  George V.
            Voinovich, Governor of Ohio, S8748 [22JY]
        ----- several State and local government organizations, S8748 [22JY]
        Limit Federal court authority to force State and local governments
            to assess, levy, or collect taxes:  Adam Lamarre, H2259 [23AP]
        ----- Carol A. Angelico, H2259 [23AP]
        ----- Earl and Ann Young, H2259 [23AP]
        ----- Roger T. Nelson, H2259 [23AP]
        Make certain Federal property available to States before being made
            available to other entities:  David J. Allen, Minnesota Dept. of
            Public Safety, S580 [10FE]
        ----- David R. Charvet, Grandview, WA, Police Dept., S582 [10FE]
        ----- Dennis J. Blakley, McCandless Township, PA, Sanitary
            Authority, S581 [10FE]
        ----- Hollie Cannon, Talent, OR, Irrigation District, S582 [10FE]
        ----- John D. Horner, S582 [10FE]
        ----- Paul Enderlin, Birch Tree Communities, Inc., S582 [10FE]
        ----- Wayne Barfield, S581 [10FE]
        Make postsecondary or vocational education training a permissible
            work activity under public welfare programs:  Deborah L. Floyd,
            S7819 [9JY]
        ----- Milton J. Little, Jr., National Urban League, S7823 [9JY]
        ----- Sherri Barker and Daisy Johnson, Kentuckians for the
            Commonwealth (organization), S7818 [9JY]
        ----- Tom Burch, S7818 [9JY]
        ----- Viola P. Miller, Kentucky Dept. of Families and Children,
            S7818 [9JY]
        ----- several organizations, S7822 [9JY]
        Marketing of tobacco products to children:  Representative Ford,
            E1032 [4JN]
        National blood alcohol content standard relative to the operation of
            motor vehicles:  Andrew H. Card, Jr., American Automobile
            Manufacturers Association, S1239 [3MR]
        ----- Gerard F. Scannell, National Safety Council, S1239 [3MR]
        ----- Howard R. Champion, Coalition for American Trauma Care, S1239
            [3MR]
        ----- Larry A. Bedard, American College of Emergency Physicians
            (organization), S1239 [3MR]
        ----- Michael F. Dineen, Kemper Insurance Cos., S1239 [3MR]
        National Park Service allowance for waiver and indemnification in
            mutual law enforcement agreements with States or political
            subdivisions:  Donald J. Barry, Dept. of the Interior, S7263
            [26JN]
        National policy to control juvenile crime and violence:  George
            Krupanski, Boys and Girls Clubs of Delaware, S8698 [22JY]
        National Salvage Motor Vehicle Consumer Protection Act:  Kenneth M.
            Beam, American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators,
            S12842 [21OC]
        National Tobacco Policy and Youth Smoking Reduction Act:  ENACT
            Coalition, S5285 [21MY]
        ------ Floyd Abrams, S5287 [21MY]
        ------ Grover G. Norquist, Americans for Tax Reform (organization),
            S6320 [15JN]
        ------ Jeannette Noltenius, Latino Council on Alcohol and Tobacco,
            S5285 [21MY]
        ------ John R. Garrison, American Lung Association, S5285 [21MY]
        ------ Lindy L. Paull, Committee on Taxation (Joint), S5262 [21MY]
        ------ Marc Katz, National Association of Convenience Stores, S5180
            [20MY]
        ------ National Governors' Association, S6447 [17JN]
        ------ President Clinton, S5199 [20MY]
        ------ several State Governors, S5621 [4JN] several State attorneys
            general, S4228-S4230 [5MY]
        Nomination of Bill L. Lee to be Assistant Attorney General for Civil
            Rights:  Zell Miller, Governor of Georgia, S8132 [14JY]
        Operation of double-trailer and triple-trailer trucks:  Walter B.
            McCormick, Jr., American Trucking Association, S1725 [11MR]
        Pell Grant aid to certain students enrolled in State required
            teacher certification courses:  Charles B. Reed, California
            State University, S7789 [9JY]
        Preemption of State and local laws relative to GATT and NAFTA:
            Abraham Cooper, Simon Wiesenthal Center, E1635 [7AU]
        ----- American Lands (organization), E1631 [7AU]
        ------ Carl Pope, Sierra Club, E1634 [7AU] Citizens Trade Campaign,
            E1632 [7AU] Constance Hall, Independent Voters of Illinois--
            Independent Precinct Organization, E1633 [7AU]
        ------ Diana Ayton-Shenker, PEN American Center, E1633 [7AU]
        ------ Edith T. Mirante, Project Maje (organization), E1634 [7AU]
            Elizabeth Elliott McGeveran, Co-op America (organization), E1632
            [7AU]
        ------ Heidi McLean, Sacramentans for International Labor Rights
            (organization), E1634 [7AU]
        ------ Jeff Siefert, Unitarian Universalist Service Committee, E1635
            [7AU]
        ------ Kevin L. Kearns, U.S. Business and Industry Council, E1635
            [7AU]
        ------ Larry Dohrs, Seattle Burma Roundtable, E1634 [7AU] Laurie
            Wainberg and Andleeb Dawood, Citizens for Participation in
            Political Action (organization), E1632 [7AU] Lori Wallach,
            Public Citizen (organization), E1634 [7AU]
        ------ Maureen Aung-Thwin, Research and Policy Reform Center, Inc.,
            E1634 [7AU]
        ------ Pamela Wellner, Free Burma (organization), E1633 [7AU]
            Patrick J. Buchanan and Bay Buchanan, American Cause
            (organization), E1631 [7AU] Paul George, Peninsula Peace and
            Justice Center, E1633 [7AU] Phil Baum, American Jewish Congress,
            E1631 [7AU]
        ------ Ralph Nader, E1633 [7AU] Randall Robinson, Transafrica
            (organization), E1635 [7AU] Robert Naiman, Preamble Center for
            Public Policy, E1633 [7AU] Ron Rowe, Citizens' Alliance of Santa
            Barbara, E1632 [7AU] Ruth Caplan, Alliance for Democracy, E1631
            [7AU]
        ------ Sachin Chheda, Free Burma Coalition, E1632 [7AU] Seamus P.
            Finn, Oblate Conference (organization), E1633 [7AU] Sidney M.
            Clearfield, B'nai B'rith, E1632 [7AU]
        Prevent issuance of food stamps to deceased individuals:
            Representative Archer, H10936 [15OC]
        ------ Representative Robert F. Smith, H10936 [15OC]
        Prevent use of tobacco products by minors and reduce use among
            adults:  A. Stuart Hanson, Smoke Free 2000 Coalition, S2841
            [31MR]
        ----- ENACT Coalition, S2840 [31MR]
        ----- Fran Du Melle, American Lung Association, S2840 [31MR]
        ----- Joan Claybrook, Public Citizen (organization), S2841 [31MR]
        Product Liability Reform Act:  Donna Sytek, National Conference of
            State Legislatures, S7531 [7JY], S7709 [9JY]
        ------ Richard Finan and Dan Blue, National Conference of State
            Legislatures, S7531 [7JY], S7709 [9JY]
        ------ Robert D. Evans, ABA, S7531 [7JY], S7709 [9JY]
        Prohibit certain Dept. of the Interior Indian gaming regulations:
            Raymond C. Scheppach, National Governors' Association, S2557
            [25MR]
        ----- Tony Knowles, Governor of Alaska, S2557 [25MR]
        ----- several State attorneys general, S2558 [25MR]
        Prohibit charging of fees for certain uses of sand, gravel, and
            shell resources of the Outer Continental Shelf:  Cynthia
            Quarterman, Dept. of the Interior, H10941 [15OC]
        Prohibit open containers of alcohol in motor vehicles:  Rodney
            Slater, Sec. of Transportation, S1379 [5MR]
        Property Rights Implementation Act:  John H. Dressendorfer, American
            Forest and Paper Association, S8036 [13JY]
        ------ Loren E. Sweatt, Associated General Contractors of America,
            S8036 [13JY]
        ------ several organizations, S8030 [13JY]
        ------ Vermont League of Cities and Counties, S8047 [13JY]
        Replace Federal highway program affirmative action policies with
            emerging business enterprise programs:  George M. Friez, Gilman
            Construction (business), S1416 [5MR]
        ----- George R. La Noue, S1487 [6MR]
        ----- Jack Zeigler, Associated Sand & Gravel Co., Inc., S1416 [5MR]
        ----- Janet Reno, Attorney General, and Rodney E. Slater, Sec. of
            Transportation, S1427 [5MR]
        ----- Lee T. Bernardi, Inland Asphalt Co., S1416 [5MR]
        ----- Mark Johnson, Westway Construction, Inc., S1416 [5MR]
        ----- Raymond C. Fisher, Dept. of Justice, S1413 [5MR]
        ----- Steven R. Goebel, Robert B. Goebel General Contractor, Inc.,
            S1416 [5MR]
        ----- Thomas C. Stewart, Frank Gurney, Inc., S1415 [5MR], S1416
            [5MR]
        ----- Wayne L. Van Zante, Steelman-Duff, Inc., S1416 [5MR]
        Rockingham County, NC, disaster assistance:  James L. Witt, FEMA,
            S2581 [25MR]
        Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act:  Arthur Levitt, Isaac
            C. Hunt, Jr., and Laura S. Unger, SEC, S4780 [13MY]
        ------ Arthur Levitt, Issac C. Hunt, Jr., and Laura S. Unger, SEC,
            H6062 [21JY]
        ------ Barbara L.N. Roper, Consumer Federation of America, H6056
            [21JY]
        ------ Barbara Roper, Consumer Federation of America, S4785 [13MY]
        ------ Bruce Lindsey and Gene Sperling, Executive Office of the
            President, S4781 [13MY], H6061 [21JY]
        ------ Bruce Lindsey and Gene Sperling, Executive Office of the
            President, H10784 [13OC]
        ------ Norman S. Johnson, SEC, S4786 [13MY], H6062 [21JY]
        ------ Peggy Taylor, AFL-CIO, S4785 [13MY]
        ------ Richard H. Walker, SEC, S4801 [13MY]
        ------ SEC, S12445 [13OC], S12450 [13OC], H10784 [13OC], H10785
            [13OC]
        ------ Senator Reed, S12906 [21OC], H10777 [13OC]
        ------ Senators D'Amato, Gramm, and Dodd, H6062 [21JY]
        ------ Senators D'Amato, Gramm, and Dodd, S12449 [13OC], H10784
            [13OC]
        ------ several governmental organizations, S4783 [13MY]
        ------ several law professors, S4784 [13MY]
        ------ several State and local government organizations, H6056
            [21JY], H6058 [21JY]
        State authority to tax compensation paid to certain employees:  Alex
            W. Rose, Kentucky Office of General Counsel, S7116 [25JN]
        ------ Alex W. Rose, Kentucky Revenue Cabinet, S11220 [1OC]
        ------ Elizabeth Harchenko, Oregon Dept. of Revenue, S11223 [1OC]
        ------ Harley T. Duncan, Federation of Tax Administrators, S7113
            [25JN]
        ------ Harley T. Duncan, Federation of Tax Administrators, S11217
            [1OC]
        ------ Paul E. Patton, Governor of Kentucky, S7113 [25JN]
        ------ Paul E. Patton, Governor of Kentucky, S11216 [1OC]
        ------ Tom Johnson, National Conference of State Legislatures,
            S11218 [1OC]
        State participation in Education Flexibility Partnership
            Demonstration Act activities:  National Governors' Association
            and National Conference of State Legislatures, S7017 [24JN]
        Support of grant programs to address assistive technology needs of
            individuals with disabilities:  Peter Keiser, United Cerebral
            Palsy Association, S9879 [2SE]
        Tax treatment of State mandated consolidation of mutual savings bank
            life insurance departments:  Representative Neal, H10630 [12OC]
        Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact Consent Act:
            George W. Bush, Governor of Texas, Howard Dean, Governor of
            Vermont, and Angus S. King, Jr., Governor of Maine, S9813 [2SE]
        Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century statewide planning
            provisions:  several Senators, S5576 [2JN]
        U.S. Route 66 Designation as ``America's Main Street'':  Route 66
            Elementary School, Edgewood, NM, H11557 [20OC]
        Use of controlled substances for assisted suicide, euthanasia, or
            mercy killing:  Thomas A. Constantine, DEA, S12493 [14OC]
        Voter registration laws:  Walter D. Burnham, E1540 [4AU]
        Workforce Investment Partnership Act:  Richard Finan and Linda
            Furney, National Conference of State Legislatures, S4012 [1MY]
      Lists
        Amendments to 1872 mining law, S10340-S10342 [15SE]
        American Ambulance Association Stars of Life honorees, S5131 [19MY]
        Dept. of the Interior potential future cultural property nominations
            to be World Heritage Sites, E2213-E2215 [16OC]
        ENACT Coalition, S744 [12FE]
        Federal facilities adversely affected by proposed legislation
            relative to State authority to tax compensation paid to certain
            employees from border States, S7114 [25JN]
        Federal facilities potentially affected by the preempting of State
            authority to tax compensation paid to certain employees, S11215
            [1OC]
        Groups supporting S. 2215, establish the Strategic Transitional
            Employment Program for the long-term unemployed living in
            poverty in certain identified communities, S7175 [25JN]
        Local uses of funds under H.R. 3248, Dollars to the Classroom Act,
            H8061 [18SE]
        Objectionable spending provisions in conference report on S. 1150,
            Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act,
            S4679 [12MY]
        Organizations and individuals administering the American Heritage
            Rivers Initiative, E2352 [19DE]
        Organizations supporting Bryan amendment to S. 442, Internet Tax
            Freedom Act on FTC regulations to protect the privacy of
            personal information collected from and about children on the
            Internet, S11659 [7OC]
        Organizations supporting collection of State and local taxes on
            mail-order transactions, S11015 [28SE]
        Organizations supporting the Moseley-Braun amendment to H.R. 2646,
            Education Savings Act for Public and Private Schools, creation
            of a new class of bonds for new school construction and
            renovation, S3343 [21AP]
        Organizations supporting Wellstone amendment on making postsecondary
            or vocational education training a permissible work activity
            under public welfare programs to S. 1882, Higher Education Act
            reauthorization, S7823 [9JY]
        States adversely affected by proposed legislation relative to State
            authority to tax compensation paid to certain employees from
            border States, S7114 [25JN]
        States and territories with approved coastal nonpoint pollution
            plans, S8864 [23JY]
        States which have a nonresident income tax, S3351 [21AP]
        Students from Tennessee's 9th Congressional District supporting
            tobacco legislation, E1032-E1035 [4JN]
        Supporters of S. 1586, Consumer and Main Street Protection Act, S230
            [29JA]
        World Heritage Sites shopping list for U.S. by State, E2193 [15OC]
      Memorandums
        National Tobacco Policy and Youth Smoking Reduction Act:  Jennifer
            Baxendell, National Governors' Association, S5772 [9JN]
        State Authority To Tax Compensation Paid to Certain Employees:
            Jason Moseley, Kentucky Office of the Attorney General, S7115
            [25JN]
      Messages
        Alaska's Mineral Resources:  President Clinton, S1696 [10MR], H1014
            [10MR]
      Motions
        Agriculture:  ensure that federally funded research and education
            programs address high-priority concerns with national multistate
            significance (S. 1150), conference report, S4665 [12MY]
        Crime:  prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State
            laws requiring parental notification of abortions (H.R. 3682),
            H5538 [15JY]
        Law enforcement officers:  establish a matching grant program to
            assist local governments in purchasing armor vests (S. 1605),
            H3068 [12MY]
        Securities:  limit the conduct of securities class actions under
            State law (S. 1260), S4810 [13MY], H6121 [22JY]
        Taxation:  treatment of Internet and interactive computer service
            commerce (S. 442), S11575 [6OC], S11576 [6OC], S11690 [7OC],
            S11848 [8OC]
        Tobacco products:  tobacco industry liability settlement relative to
            health risks and marketing and manufacturing practices (S.
            1415), S5114 [19MY], S5188 [20MY], S5189 [20MY], S5290 [21MY],
            S5291 [21MY], S5622 [4JN], S6031 [10JN], S6033 [10JN], S6480
            [17JN]
      Newsletters
        National blood alcohol content standard relative to the operation of
            motor vehicles:  Conneaut Cellars Winery (business), E622 [22AP]
      Outlines
        Consumer and Main Street Protection Act (S. 1586), S232 [29JA]
      Papers
        Good Politics, Bad Policy--Clinton's American Heritage Rivers
            Initiative:  Alex Annett, Heritage Foundation, E2182-E2185
            [15OC]
        Modernize Schools for the 21st Century, H955 [10MR]
      Petitions and memorials
        Colorado:  timber harvesting relative to forest health, E293 [4MR]
        Massachusetts:  food stamp eligibility for legal aliens, S3113 [2AP]
        Riverside County, CA, Board of Supervisors:  Border Smog Reduction
            Act, H5895 [20JY]
      Poems
        ``Ambulance Down in the Valley,'' Joseph Malins, S1373 [5MR]
      Press releases
        North Carolina Unions Stand Up for Tobacco Jobs--Urge Political and
            Business Leaders To Save State's Economy by Joining Fight for
            Fair Settlement:  North Carolina AFL-CIO, S6509 [18JN]
        Supervisors Endorse Bill Requiring Vehicles Crossing U.S. Border To
            Be Smog-Certified:  San Diego County, CA, Board of Supervisors,
            H5894 [20JY]
      Regulations
        Committee on Rules and Administration (Senate):  display of flags
            and State Senate seals in Senate office building hallways,
            S11365 [2OC]
      Remarks in House
        Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act:
            transfer of special grants to implement research provisions,
            H5017 [23JN], H5018 [23JN]
        Agriculture:  ensure that federally funded research and education
            programs address high-priority concerns with national multistate
            significance (S. 1150), conference report, H3759 [22MY], H3760
            [22MY], H3761 [22MY], H4027 [3JN], H4123-H4134 [4JN], H5393
            [25JN]
        ----- ensure that federally funded research and education programs
            address high-priority concerns with national multistate
            significance (S. 1150), consideration of conference report (H.
            Res. 446), H3761-H3773 [22MY]
        ----- ensure that federally funded research and education programs
            address high-priority concerns with national multistate
            significance (S. 1150), insert language of H.R. 2534 in lieu (H.
            Res. 365), H516-H521 [24FE]
        ------ impact of the market price of crops and disasters on family
            farms, H4949 [22JN], H4951 [22JN], H5288 [24JN], H6419 [24JY],
            H6422 [24JY], H6870 [31JY]
        ------ impact of the market price of crops and disasters on family
            farms, H7556 [10SE], H7558 [10SE], H7559 [10SE], H7560 [10SE],
            H7694 [15SE], H7928 [17SE], H8539 [24SE]
        ------ reform the conservation reserve program relative to treatment
            of nonprofit organizations renting land from a State or
            political subdivision (H.R. 3451), H1115 [12MR]
        ------ regulation of local transportation of agricultural materials,
            H1896 [1AP]
        Alabama:  completion of U.S. Highway 72, E1624 [7AU]
        Alaska:  Denali Commission funding, H6598-H6599 [29JY], E1514 [3AU]
        Alcoholic beverages:  prohibit the direct shipment of alcohol to
            minors (H.R. 3537), E455 [24MR]
        American Heritage Rivers Initiative:  implementation, E2182 [15OC]
        ------ terminate further development and implementation, E455 [24MR]
        ------ terminate further development and implementation, E2352
            [19DE]
        ------ terminate further development and implementation (H.R. 1842),
            E2001 [9OC], E2148 [13OC]
        Babbitt, Sec. of the Interior:  legitimacy of certain Indian gaming
            regulations, H7182 [5AU]
        Baker, James:  anniversary of first African-American to run for
            public office in Michigan, E1206 [23JN]
        Bankruptcy:  prohibit conversion of non-exempt assets into exempt
            homestead property within a year of declaring bankruptcy and
            preserve States' rights to set homestead exemptions, H4404-H4406
            [10JN]
        ------ reorder debt repayment priorities relative to Federal, State,
            and local governmental units, H4403 [10JN], H4404 [10JN], E1137
            [16JN]
        Baroda, MI:  unveiling of postage stamp highlighting organ donation
            awareness, E1559 [5AU]
        Bounty hunters:  establish civil and criminal liability for bounty
            hunters and their employers and encourage State regulation of
            industry (H.R. 3168), H702 [3MR], H1024 [11MR], E105 [5FE]
        California:  tribute to League of California Cities, E1749 [17SE]
        Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:  surveillance and
            research of autism and related developmental diseases to
            implement effective treatment and prevention strategies (H.R.
            4725), E1942 [8OC]
        Charities:  ensure that religious organizations are considered
            equally with other private groups to provide assistance under
            certain government programs, H10204 [8OC], H10206 [8OC]
        Children and youth:  parental notification and State criminal
            reporting requirements for minors who seek family planning
            services from federally-funded clinics (H.R. 3230), E179 [12FE]
        ------ State criminal reporting requirements for minors who seek
            family planning services from federally-funded clinics (H.R.
            3229), E179 [12FE]
        Coastal zones:  use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund State
            and local conservation programs of coastal States (H.R. 4717),
            E1944 [8OC], E1954-E1956 [8OC]
        Colorado:  timber harvesting relative to forest health, E293 [4MR]
        ------ tribute to small business owners, E1121 [11JN]
        Community Development Block Grant Program:  funding, H6277 [23JY]
        Community Services Block Grant Program:  reauthorize and amend (H.R.
            3880), E860 [14MY], E967 [22MY]
        ------ reauthorize and amend (S. 2206), H7620-H7643 [14SE], H8602
            [24SE], E1725 [15SE], E1740 [16SE]
        ------ reauthorize and amend (S. 2206), conference report,
            H10201-H10207 [8OC], E2078 [11OC]
        ------ reauthorize and amend (S. 2206), permission to file
            conference report, H9647 [6OC]
        ------ reauthorize (H.R. 4271), E1338 [17JY]
        Computers:  prohibit interference with interstate commerce on the
            Internet or interactive computer services (H.R. 4105),
            H5028-H5037 [23JN], E1230 [25JN], E1262 [26JN], E1288 [14JY]
        ------ prohibit interference with interstate commerce on the
            Internet or interactive computer services, H11667 [20OC]
        Connecticut:  anniversary of Air National Guard ``Flying Yankees'',
            E1764 [18SE]
        Constitution--U.S.:  interpretation, H7927 [17SE]
        Council on Environmental Quality:  prohibit funding to American
            Heritage Rivers Initiative, H6260 [23JY], H6261 [23JY]
        Courts:  clarification of jurisdiction over private property takings
            and land use disputes (H.R. 1534), H1136 [12MR]
        ------ limit Federal authority to force State and local governments
            to assess, levy, or collect taxes, H2257-H2262 [23AP], H2281
            [23AP], E673 [27AP]
        ------ limit jurisdiction of Federal courts relative to prison
            release orders, H2273-H2278 [23AP] limit jurisdiction of Federal
            courts relative to prison release orders (H.R. 3718),
            H3404-H3407 [19MY], H3461 [19MY], E960 [22MY]
        Crime:  establish community notification system relative to release
            of convicted sex offenders, H4513 [11JN], H4514 [11JN]
        ------ establish registration, tracking, and community notification
            procedures relative to convicted sex offenders, H2347 [28AP]
        ------ improve automated interstate criminal identification systems
            (S. 2022), H9987-H9993 [7OC], E1968 [8OC]
        ------ notification of interstate relocation of witnesses by State
            engaging in that relocation (H.R. 2181), H599-H609 [25FE], E240
            [26FE] notification of interstate relocation of witnesses by
            State engaging in that relocation (H.R. 2181), consideration (H.
            Res. 366), H598 [25FE], H599 [25FE]
        ------ penalties for releasing individuals convicted of violent
            crimes involving children (H.R. 4258), E1336 [17JY]
        ------ penalties for releasing individuals convicted of violent
            crimes involving children (H.R. 4258), H8019 [17SE]
        ------ prohibit convicted felons from collecting damages for
            injuries suffered during the commission of a crime (H.R. 4446),
            E1572 [7AU]
        ------ prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws
            requiring parental notification of abortions (H.R. 3682), H3263
            [14MY], H4638 [17JN], H4724 [18JN], H4726 [18JN], H4825 [18JN],
            H5300 [25JN], H5389 [25JN], H5390 [25JN], H5416 [14JY], H5417
            [14JY], H5505 [15JY], H5521-H5540 [15JY], E1381 [22JY] prohibit
            taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring
            parental notification of abortions (H.R. 3682), consideration
            (H. Res. 499), H5511-H5521 [15JY] prohibit taking minors across
            State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification
            of abortions (H.R. 3682), motion to recommit, H5538 [15JY],
            H5539 [15JY] prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid
            State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (S.
            1645), H3978 [3JN]
        ------ provide State grants for sex offender registration programs,
            H4494 [11JN], H4500 [11JN], H4509 [11JN], H4510 [11JN]
        ------ provide State grants to combat violence against women and
            limit the effects of violence and sexual assaults against women
            and children, H4524-H4528 [11JN]
        Dept. of Agriculture:  Conservation Reserve Program contract
            adjustment relative to timber prices in Southeastern States,
            H9330 [2OC]
        ------ extend time period for rulemaking on milk marketing orders
            system, H4988 [23JN], H5002-H5015 [23JN], E1256 [26JN]
        ------ Rural Community Advancement Program funding to promote
            agritourism, H4999 [23JN], H5000 [23JN]
        Dept. of Defense:  development of Southwest Defense Complex, E1791
            [24SE]
        Dept. of HUD:  grants to States to supplement assistance for the
            preservation of affordable housing for low-income families (H.R.
            4838), E2283 [21OC]
        Dept. of Justice:  provide State and local authorities access to
            information relative to criminal background checks on port
            employees and prospective employees (H.R. 3975), E959 [22MY]
        ------ provide State and local authorities access to information
            relative to criminal background checks on port employees and
            prospective employees, H7845-H7848 [16SE] provide State and
            local authorities access to information relative to criminal
            background checks on port employees and prospective employees
            (H.R. 3975), E1744 [17SE]
        ------ State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Programs funding
            through rescissions in Advanced Technology Program, H7127-H7134
            [4AU], E1563 [5AU], E1594 [7AU]
        Dept. of the Interior:  construct and operate a visitor center for
            the Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River in New York
            (H.R. 3928), E951 [22MY]
        ------ Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem Management Project funding,
            H6151-H6159 [22JY]
        ------ prohibit charging of fees for certain uses of sand, gravel,
            and shell resources of the Outer Continental Shelf (H.R. 3972),
            H10940-H10942 [15OC], E2220 [16OC]
        Dept. of the Treasury:  allow greater discretion relative to the
            placement of the required inscriptions on quarter dollars issued
            under the 50 States Commemorative Coin Program (H.R. 3301),
            H1685 [27MR]
        Dept. of Transportation:  clarify policy on grants to States who
            suspend certain disadvantaged business enterprise programs in
            compliance with court orders, H1913 [1AP], H2001 [1AP]
        ------ Congestion Mitigation Air Quality Improvement Program
            funding, H1912 [1AP], H1916 [1AP], H3963 [22MY]
        Dept. of Veterans Affairs:  conduct Stand Down events and establish
            a pilot program that will provide for an annual Stand Down event
            in each State (H.R. 4362), E1480 [30JY]
        ------ veterans extended care facilities construction funding
            through offsets in the Dept. of HUD Housing Opportunities for
            Persons With AIDS Program, H6563-H6568 [29JY], E1491 [31JY]
        Disabled:  support grant programs to address assistive technology
            needs of individuals with disabilities (S. 2432), H10276-H10286
            [9OC], E2075 [11OC], E2098 [12OC]
        Diseases:  efforts to prevent transmission of HIV (H.R. 1219), E241
            [26FE]
        ------ State partner notification programs relative to HIV (H.R.
            4431), E1585 [7AU]
        Drought:  disaster assistance to Texas, H6927 [3AU], H6928 [3AU],
            H6930 [3AU]
        Drug abuse:  determine standard of quality of drug prevention
            programs, H7876 [16SE], H7877 [16SE]
        Drunken driving:  national blood alcohol content standard relative
            to the operation of motor vehicles, H1856 [1AP], H1863 [1AP],
            H3953 [22MY], H3954 [22MY], E622 [22AP]
        Ecology and environment:  cleanup and redevelopment of brownfield
            sites, H5756 [17JY], H5757 [17JY], E1489 [31JY], E1497 [31JY]
        Education:  allocation of funds, H10519 [11OC]
        ------ dedicate day of learning to study and understanding of the
            Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the
            Federalist Papers (H. Con. Res. 316), E1529 [4AU]
        ------ encourage States to develop and implement alternative teacher
            certification and licensure programs (H.R. 3440), E362 [12MR]
        ------ ensure that the Government adheres to its commitment to State
            and local governments to share the expense of educating disabled
            children, H10838 [14OC]
        ------ establish State infrastructure banks for education (H.R.
            1822), H1433 [24MR]
        ------ establish State infrastructure banks for education (H.R.
            1822), H9208 [1OC]
        ------ Federal funding to local school districts relative to
            compliance with State laws on bilingual education, H7543-H7547
            [10SE]
        ------ improve knowledge of teachers in various core subjects, H2541
            [29AP]
        ------ improve teacher quality, H2532 [29AP], E1884 [2OC]
        ------ improve teacher quality (H.R. 2228), H697 [3MR]
        ------ national policy to improve system, H412 [11FE]
        ------ provide States with options relative to receipt of Federal
            block grant funds (H.R. 4779), E2235 [19OC]
        ------ reduce class size in the early grades and improve teacher
            quality, H8058-H8071 [18SE]
        ------ requirements for standardized English testing, H7547 [10SE],
            H7548 [10SE]
        ------ school construction and infrastructure improvements funding,
            H93-H98 [28JA], H317 [4FE], H322 [4FE], H412 [11FE], H582
            [25FE], H949-H956 [10MR], H1024 [11MR], H1224-H1234 [17MR],
            H1240 [18MR], H1431-H1439 [24MR], H1455 [25MR], H2063 [21AP],
            H3616 [20MY], H3618 [20MY], H4319-H4322 [9JN], H5300 [25JN],
            E452 [24MR]
        ------ school construction and infrastructure improvements funding,
            H9208 [1OC], H10649 [12OC], H10650-H10652 [12OC], H10674 [13OC],
            H10676 [13OC], H10677 [13OC], H10839 [14OC], H10840 [14OC],
            H10876 [14OC], H10880 [14OC], H10910-H10916 [14OC], H10920
            [15OC], H10922 [15OC], H10923 [15OC], H10986 [15OC],
            H11000-H11007 [15OC]
        ------ spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars on
            children's classrooms (H.R. 3248), H582 [25FE], H668 [26FE],
            H669 [26FE], H846 [4MR], H941-H949 [10MR], H1026 [11MR], H1857
            [1AP], H2346 [28AP], H4338 [10JN], H4576 [16JN], H5068 [24JN],
            H5289 [24JN], H5504 [15JY], H6754 [30JY], H7006 [4AU]
        ------ spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars on
            children's classrooms, H10813 [13OC], H10992 [15OC], H11013
            [15OC] spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars
            on children's classrooms (H.R. 3248), H7435 [9SE], H7608 [11SE],
            H7812 [16SE], H7813 [16SE], H7929 [17SE], H8025-H8032 [17SE],
            H8037-H8072 [18SE], H8620 [24SE], H9595 [6OC], H9728 [7OC],
            H10563 [12OC], H10650-H10652 [12OC], H10895 [14OC], E1780
            [23SE], E1783 [23SE] spending of a greater percentage of Federal
            tax dollars on children's classrooms (H.R. 3248), consideration
            (H. Res. 543), H8013-H8017 [17SE] spending of a greater
            percentage of Federal tax dollars on children's classrooms (H.R.
            3248), corrections in engrossment, H8072 [18SE]
        ------ terminate funding for Native Hawaiian Education Act programs,
            H8056 [18SE]
        ------ vocational education funding (H.R. 1853), H5843 [17JY]
        ------ vocational education funding (H.R. 1853), conference report,
            H10200 [8OC], H10201 [8OC]
        EPA:  allow State and local governments to recommend alternative
            water filtration methods, H6258 [23JY], H6259 [23JY]
        ------ distribution of funds to States for cooperative agreements
            relative to underground storage tanks (H.R. 688), H2169 [22AP]
        ------ impact of regulatory requirements on small communities
            relative to disinfection and treatment of groundwater, H6568
            [29JY]
        ------ remove restrictions on use of brownfield funds, H5825 [17JY],
            H5826 [17JY]
        Executive Office of the President:  implementation of Executive
            Orders relative to Federal authority to impose regulations on
            State and local governments not provided under the Constitution
            (H.R. 4422), H7418 [7AU], E1613 [7AU]
        Families and domestic relations:  increase effectiveness and
            efficiency of child support enforcement and adoption programs
            (H.R. 3130), H647 [26FE], H865-H877 [5MR], H5370 [25JN], H5377
            [25JN], H5378 [25JN], H5385 [25JN]
        ----- increase effectiveness and efficiency of child support
            enforcement and adoption programs (H.R. 3130), consideration (H.
            Res. 378), H864 [5MR], H865 [5MR]
        ----- increase effectiveness and efficiency of child support
            enforcement and adoption programs (H.R. 3130), corrections in
            engrossment, H878 [5MR]
        Federal aid programs:  correct law relative to termination of
            benefits for convicted persons (H.R. 3096), H1402 [24MR], H1403
            [24MR]
        ------ prohibit States from imposing restrictions on additional
            children relative to the temporary assistance to needy families
            program (H.R. 4066), E1142 [16JN]
        ------ State eligibility for bonuses under the temporary assistance
            to needy families block grants relative to child poverty rates
            (H.R. 4692), E1880 [2OC]
        Federal highway program:  replace affirmative action policies with
            emerging business enterprise programs, H2000-H2012 [1AP],
            H3957-H3960 [22MY], E605 [21AP]
        Federal-State relations:  reduce State and local costs due to
            unfunded Federal mandates relative to bankruptcy reform,
            H4339-H4343 [10JN]
        ----- reduce State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates
            relative to the Food Stamp Program, H4123-H4129 [4JN], H4133
            [4JN]
        ------ reduce State and local costs due to unfunded Federal
            mandates, H10532 [11OC]
        ------ require funds designated for specific infrastructure
            improvements be used for such improvements, H11652 [20OC]
        50 States Commemorative Coin Program Act:  include District of
            Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin
            Islands (H.R. 3673), E543 [1AP], E551 [1AP], E569 [2AP]
        Financial institutions:  strengthen investor and consumer
            protections, H3176-H3182 [13MY]
        Firearms:  encourage States to require a holding period for students
            expelled for bringing a gun to school, H7265 [5AU]
        Fish and fishing:  extend and expand interim authority for States to
            manage dungeness crab fisheries (H.R. 3498), E410 [18MR]
        ------ fishery management jurisdiction of Louisiana, Mississippi,
            and Alabama in the Gulf of Mexico, H7219-H7226 [5AU]
        Floods:  disaster assistance to Lawrence County, TN, E1307 [15JY]
        ------ ensure that States and localities can quickly and safely
            remove flood debris (H.R. 4128), E1229 [25JN]
        Food stamps:  prevention of issuance to deceased individuals (S.
            1733), H10935-H10937 [15OC]
        Forest Service:  replace regional offices with State offices (H.R.
            3922), E905 [20MY]
        Government:  limit Federal authority to impose regulations on State
            and local governments not provided under the Constitution,
            H6571-H6573 [29JY], H7247-H7255 [5AU]
        ----- limit Federal authority to impose regulations on State and
            local governments not provided under the Constitution (H. Con.
            Res. 299), H6870 [31JY]
        ----- limit Federal authority to impose regulations on State and
            local governments not provided under the Constitution (H.R.
            4196), H6178-H6181 [22JY]
        ------ streamline and improve Federal grant application,
            administrative, and reporting requirements (H.R. 3921), E913
            [20MY], E922 [20MY]
        Government regulations:  reduce Federal paperwork burden relative to
            small businesses (H.R. 3310), H1387 [24MR], H1563-H1581 [26MR],
            E471 [25MR], E513 [30MR]
        ----- reduce Federal paperwork burden relative to small businesses
            (H.R. 3310), consideration (H. Res. 396), H1559-H1562 [26MR]
        ------ treatment of fines for first-time violations of paperwork
            requirements by small businesses, H1572-H1581 [26MR]
        Hawaii:  increase the Federal medical assistance percentage (H.R.
            3118), E42 [28JA]
        Hazardous substances:  designate Yucca Mountain, NV, as nuclear
            waste disposal site, H1705 [30MR], H1706 [30MR], H1769 [30MR]
        ------ nuclear waste disposal, E92 [4FE]
        ------ nuclear waste disposal (S. 104), return to Senate (H. Res.
            379), H878 [5MR], H879 [5MR]
        ------ oversight of tests to determine suitability of Yucca
            Mountain, NV, as nuclear waste disposal site, H4934 [22JN]
        Health:  implement a national public awareness campaign on sexually
            transmitted diseases, H8022-H8025 [17SE]
        ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's,
            H4842 [19JN]
        ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R.
            3998), E1037 [5JN]
        Health Care Financing Administration:  employee funding, E779 [6MY]
        House of Representatives:  authorize participation in State and
            local government transit programs, H5325 [25JN], H5341 [25JN]
        ----- authorize participation in State and local government transit
            programs (H. Res. 37), H2060 [21AP], H3374 [19MY], H7418 [7AU]
        Hurricanes:  disaster assistance to Florida, H8464 [23SE], E1827
            [26SE]
        ------ disaster assistance to Virgin Islands, H9175 [28SE]
        Ice storms:  disaster assistance to Northeast States, H78 [28JA],
            H657-H662 [26FE], H662 [26FE], H1804 [31MR], H1814 [31MR],
            H1820-H1822 [31MR], E534 [31MR]
        Immigration:  moratorium on aliens except for relatives of U.S.
            citizens, certain highly skilled workers, and refugees (H.R.
            347), E441 [23MR]
        ------ permit local educational agencies to waive reimbursement for
            aliens granted nonimmigrant status to attend public secondary
            schools (H.R. 4416), E1561 [5AU]
        Individuals With Disabilities Education Act:  permit State and local
            educational agencies to establish uniform disciplinary policies,
            H11664 [20OC]
        Insurance:  prevent conflicts of interest in the use of
            administrative vendors in the administration of State children's
            health insurance plans (H.R. 3713), E626 [22AP]
        Job Training Partnership Act:  establish regional private industry
            councils for labor market areas that are located in more than
            one State (H.R. 3271), H507 [24FE]
        Law enforcement officers:  establish a matching grant program to
            assist local governments in purchasing armor vests, H6963 [3AU]
        ----- establish a matching grant program to assist local governments
            in purchasing armor vests (H.R. 2829), H853 [5MR], H3031 [12MY],
            H3046-H3054 [12MY], H3068 [12MY], E862 [14MY], E867 [14MY], E891
            [19MY], E893 [19MY]
        ----- establish a matching grant program to assist local governments
            in purchasing armor vests (S. 1605), H3067 [12MY], H5044 [23JN]
        ----- establish a matching grant program to assist local governments
            in purchasing armor vests (S. 1605), insert language of H.R.
            2829 in lieu, H3068 [12MY]
        ------ funding for the hiring of personnel who perform
            nonadministrative services (H.R. 804), H9999-H10001 [7OC]
        Maryland:  provide for a pilot program to eradicate or control
            nutria and restore marshland damaged by nutria (H.R. 4337),
            H9092-H9094 [28SE]
        Medicaid:  allow fraud control units to investigate and prosecute
            fraud in Medicare and other Federal programs and elder abuse in
            residential facilities (H.R. 4155), E1271 [26JN]
        ------ allow fraud control units to investigate and prosecute fraud
            in Medicare and other Federal programs and elder abuse in
            residential facilities (H.R. 4155), E1847 [29SE]
        ------ allow States to use State Children's Health Insurance Program
            allotment to cover additional low-income children (H.R. 4583),
            E1736 [16SE]
        ------ application of certain Federal intergovernmental mandates,
            H3229-H3231 [13MY]
        Mental health:  encourage States to adopt outpatient commitment laws
            to protect both the community and the affected individual, E1793
            [24SE]
        Motion pictures:  discourage placement of tobacco products in films,
            H2064 [21AP]
        Motor vehicles:  titling and registration requirements relative to
            salvage, nonrepairable, and rebuilt vehicles (S. 852),
            H10295-H10302 [9OC], E2097 [12OC]
        ------ treatment of foreign vehicles relative to State emission
            standards (H.R. 8), H5891-H5901 [20JY]
        ------ treatment of foreign vehicles relative to State emission
            standards (H.R. 8), H9900-H9902 [7OC]
        National Child Protection Act:  allow for interstate background
            checks on elementary and secondary school employees (H.R. 4659),
            E1872 [1OC]
        National Highway Traffic Safety Administration:  prohibit use of
            Federal funds to lobby State or local governments, H3981 [3JN],
            E688 [28AP]
        National Park Service:  Land and Water Conservation Fund stateside
            program funding, H6026-H6029 [21JY], H6170-H6172 [22JY]
        Native Americans:  health care status of native Hawaiians, H3297
            [14MY]
        ------ prohibit certain Dept. of the Interior Indian gaming
            regulations (H.R. 3094), H918 [10MR]
        New York State Association of Black and Puerto Rican Legislators,
            Inc.:  tribute, E152 [11FE]
        New York State Black and Puerto Rican Legislative Caucus:  tribute,
            E152 [11FE]
        NOAA:  nonpoint pollution control plans funding under the Coastal
            Zone Management Program, H7165-H7167 [4AU]
        Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact:  extend, H9316 [2OC], H9331
            [2OC]
        ------ repeal, H4988 [23JN], H5002-H5016 [23JN]
        Northwest Wildland Fire Protection Agreement:  grant congressional
            consent (S. 1134), H10927 [15OC], H10928 [15OC]
        Oregon:  use of State funds for assisted suicide, euthanasia, or
            mercy killing, E363 [12MR]
        OSHA:  consultation with State officials by employers relative to
            compliance with safety and health requirements (H.R. 2864),
            H1176 [17MR], H1178 [17MR], E405 [18MR], E406 [18MR]
        Pacific Northwest Emergency Management Arrangement:  grant
            congressional consent (S.J. Res. 35), H10925-H10926 [15OC]
        Pennsylvania:  anniversary of Western Pennsylvania Hospital, E688
            [28AP]
        Pensions:  ensure uniformity of Federal and State pension plans
            relative to State income taxes (H.R. 4572), H10949 [15OC]
        Political campaigns:  establish minimum ballot petition signature
            limits and restrict the imposition of signature requirements by
            States, H6795 [30JY], H6796 [30JY]
        ------ ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 767), H1739
            [30MR]
        Privacy:  repeal law creating a national identification card by
            establishing Federal standards for birth certificates and
            drivers' licenses, H6735 [29JY], H6736 [29JY], H6737 [29JY]
        ----- repeal law creating a national identification card by
            establishing Federal standards for birth certificates and
            drivers' licenses (H.R. 4217), H5503 [15JY], E1309 [15JY]
        Public utilities:  provide for the restructuring of the electric
            power industry, H9652 [6OC]
        ------ revision of the regulatory policies governing public utility
            holding companies (H.R. 3976), E971 [22MY]
        Public welfare programs:  disregard payment of earned income tax
            credits in determining eligibility for the temporary assistance
            for needy families program, SSI, Medicaid, and public housing
            programs (H.R. 4818), E2097 [12OC]
        ------ food stamp eligibility for legal aliens, H4066 [4JN]
        Puerto Rico:  approval of statehood option by a supermajority of
            valid votes cast, H825-H828 [4MR]
        Real property:  preserve Federal sovereignty of certain public lands
            and preserve certain State and private property rights (H.R.
            901), E74 [3FE]
        ------ preserve Federal sovereignty of certain public lands and
            preserve certain State and private property rights (H.R. 901),
            E2193 [15OC], E2213 [16OC]
        Roads and highways:  designate U.S. Route 66 as ``America's Main
            Street'' (S. 2133), H10945-H10948 [15OC]
        ------ designate U.S. Route 66 as ``America's Main Street'' (S.
            2133), consideration (H. Res. 604), H11553-H11558 [20OC]
        ------ highway demonstration projects funding, H3719-H3722 [21MY]
        ------ increase number of State participants in the infrastructure
            bank pilot program (H.R. 710), H426 [11FE]
        ------ minimum allocation formula for Federal-aid highway program
            projects, H1885-H1894 [1AP], H1896-H1901 [1AP], H1904 [1AP],
            H1911 [1AP], H1912 [1AP]
        Rural areas:  pilot program to facilitate the protection and
            preservation of remaining open space and farmland in the mid-
            Atlantic States, H6027 [21JY]
        Securities:  limit the conduct of securities class actions under
            State law (H.R. 1689), H6052-H6064 [21JY], E1383 [22JY], E1385
            [22JY], E1390 [22JY], E1402 [23JY], E1424 [24JY], E1440 [24JY]
        ----- limit the conduct of securities class actions under State law
            (S. 1260), H6120 [22JY]
        ----- limit the conduct of securities class actions under State law
            (S. 1260), insert H.R. 1689 language in lieu, H6121 [22JY]
        ------ limit the conduct of securities class actions under State law
            (S. 1260), conference report, H10771-H10787 [13OC],
            H11019-H11022 [15OC], E2246 [20OC], E2296 [21OC]
        Social Security:  provide prisoner information obtained by States to
            Federal benefit programs to prevent erroneous provision of
            benefits (H.R. 4172), E1275 [26JN]
        South Dakota:  transportation projects funding, E605 [21AP]
        Spencer, SD:  tribute to tornado victims and relief efforts, H4540
            [11JN]
        Sports:  regulations relative to relocation of professional teams
            (H.R. 2699), H1453 [25MR]
        Taxation:  collection and payment of State taxes imposed on motor
            fuel sold on Indian lands (H.R. 3966), E956 [22MY]
        ------ increase State cap on private activity bonds (H.R. 979), E652
            [23AP]
        ------ provide a source of interest-free capital for school
            construction and renovation in States experiencing increased
            enrollment (H.R. 3652), H4336 [10JN], H4726 [18JN], H4733
            [18JN], H6076 [22JY], E583 [2AP]
        ------ provide tax credits for contributions to charitable
            organizations relative to delivery of welfare services, H7639
            [14SE]
        ------ repeal income tax, abolish the IRS, and institute a national
            retail sales tax (H.R. 2001), E161 [12FE]
        ------ repeal income tax and institute a national sales tax,
            H1626-H1631 [26MR], H2106-H2111 [21AP], E80 [3FE]
        ------ repeal income tax and institute a national sales tax (H. Res.
            111), E735 [1MY]
        ------ tax credits relative to elementary and secondary school
            construction, H2938-H4724 [28AP], H2444 [29AP], H2595 [29AP],
            H2613 [30AP], H3733 [21MY], H3736 [21MY], H4724 [18JN], H4725
            [18JN], H4726 [18JN], H4727 [18JN], H4777 [18JN], H4809 [18JN],
            H4825 [18JN], H4842 [19JN], H4843 [19JN], H4972 [23JN], H4973
            [23JN], H5069 [24JN], H5301 [25JN], E1030 [4JN], E1032 [4JN]
            tobacco industry liability settlement relative to health risks
            and marketing and manufacturing practices (S. 1415), H2088-H2094
            [21AP]
        Tobacco products:  treatment of tobacco farmers relative to tobacco
            industry liability settlement, H6868 [31JY]
        Tornadoes:  disaster assistance to Spencer, SD, H4540 [11JN]
        Treaties and agreements:  preemption of State and local laws
            relative to GATT and NAFTA, H6189 [23JY], H6514 [29JY],
            H7277-H7286 [5AU], E1589 [7AU], E1631 [7AU]
        ------ preemption of State and local laws relative to GATT and
            NAFTA, E1673 [9SE]
        Utah:  anniversary of Mormon settlement, H6419 [24JY]
        Veterans:  enforcement of reemployment rights relative to States,
            private employers, and servicemen employed by U.S. companies
            abroad (H.R. 3213), H1396-H1399 [24MR]
        ------ State Cemetery Grants Program expansion, H10395 [10OC]
        Voting:  permit States to require photographic identification to
            vote in a Federal election, H5941 [20JY], H5942 [20JY], H6754
            [30JY], H6851 [30JY]
        ------ require proof of citizenship and Social Security number to
            register and repeal mandate that States provide mail voter
            registration, H5936-H5941 [20JY], E1540 [4AU]
        Washington:  proposed removal or breaching of dams on the Columbia
            and Snake Rivers relative to salmon recovery plans, H7611 [11SE]
        Western States:  issues on water, Federal lands, and population
            expansion, H9518-H9522 [5OC]
        ------ management of Federal lands relative to doctrine of multiple
            use, wilderness areas designation, and water storage,
            H2803-H2806 [5MY]
        Wisconsin:  unveiling of postage stamp highlighting organ donation
            awareness, E1637 [7AU]
        World Trade Organization:  establish negotiating objectives relative
            to the agreement on agriculture and criteria for the accession
            of State trading regimes (H.R. 4288), H5969 [21JY], E1361 [21JY]
        World War II:  provide redress for inadequate restitution of assets
            seized by the U.S. Government which belonged to victims of the
            Holocaust, H7277 [5AU], H7279 [5AU], H7281 [5AU], H7284 [5AU]
      Remarks in Senate
        Advisory Commission on Electronic Commerce:  examine State model
            legislation relative to tax treatment of Internet and
            interactive computer service commerce, S11659 [7OC]
        ------ study effects of moratorium on taxation of Internet sales on
            retail businesses and State and local governments, S11660-S11669
            [7OC], S12220 [9OC]
        Agriculture:  ensure that federally funded research and education
            programs address high-priority concerns with national multistate
            significance (S. 1150), S1135-S1147 [27FE], S2928 [1AP], S2929
            [1AP], S3011 [1AP]
        ----- ensure that federally funded research and education programs
            address high-priority concerns with national multistate
            significance (S. 1150), conference report, S4615-S4618 [11MY],
            S4651-S4659 [12MY], S4711 [12MY], S4837 [13MY]
        ----- ensure that federally funded research and education programs
            address high-priority concerns with national multistate
            significance (S. 1150), conference report--unanimous-consent
            agreement, S4616 [11MY]
        ----- ensure that federally funded research and education programs
            address high-priority concerns with national multistate
            significance (S. 1150), conference report--unanimous-consent
            request, S4615 [11MY]
        ----- ensure that federally funded research and education programs
            address high-priority concerns with national multistate
            significance (S. 1150), motion to recommit conference report,
            S4665-S4672 [12MY]
        ----- ensure that federally funded research and education programs
            address high-priority concerns with national multistate
            significance (S. 1150), technical corrections (S. 2275), S7699
            [8JY]
        ------ establish a pilot program in certain States to provide
            improved crop insurance options for producers (S. 2517), S10926
            [24SE]
        ------ impact of the market price of crops and disasters on family
            farms, S4145-S4147 [4MY], S4234 [5MY], S4236 [5MY], S4409-S4413
            [6MY], S4945-S4950 [18MY], S5493 [1JN], S6730-S6733 [19JN],
            S7521-S7524 [6JY], S7706 [9JY], S8020-S8022 [13JY], S8092
            [14JY], S8093 [14JY], S8100-S8118 [14JY], S8128 [14JY], S8169
            [15JY], S8270-S8273 [16JY], S8275-S8281 [16JY], S8283-S8285
            [16JY], S8293 [16JY]
        ------ impact of the market price of crops and disasters on family
            farms, S9677 [31AU], S9693 [31AU], S9834-S9837 [2SE], S9956
            [8SE], S9963 [8SE], S9966 [8SE], S10194 [10SE], S10248 [11SE],
            S10256-S10258 [11SE], S10264 [11SE], S10284-S10304 [14SE],
            S10309-S10313 [14SE], S10581 [18SE], S10645 [21SE],
            S10881-S10883 [24SE], S11110-S11116 [29SE], S12714 [20OC]
        ------ permit States to purchase certain chemicals sold in Canada
            (S. 2592), S11985 [8OC]
        Air pollution:  application of California State regulations relative
            to reformulated gasoline in certain areas (S. 1576), S114 [28JA]
        ------ clean air standards, S5414 [22MY], S5415 [22MY]
        Appalachian Regional Commission:  include additional counties as
            part of Appalachian region, S1763 [11MR], S1839 [12MR]
        Arizona:  open competition for electric power markets, S7163 [25JN]
        Augusta, ME:  conveyance of land from Army Kennebec Arsenal (S.
            1988), S3591 [24AP]
        Bankruptcy:  conversion of non-exempt assets into exempt homestead
            property, S10186 [10SE]
        ------ limit homestead property exemption, S10742 [23SE], S10743
            [23SE], S10746 [23SE]
        BATF:  expand Youth Crime Gun Interdiction Initiative and increase
            prosecution of offenses involving the unlawful possession,
            transfer, and use of firearms, S8741-S8747 [22JY], S8769 [22JY],
            S8878 [23JY]
        Bounty hunters:  establish civil and criminal liability for bounty
            hunters and their employers and encourage State regulation of
            industry (S. 1637), S737 [12FE]
        ------ establish civil and criminal liability for bounty hunters and
            their employers and encourage State regulation of industry (S.
            1637), S11812 [7OC] establish civil and criminal liability for
            bounty hunters and their employers and encourage State
            regulation of industry (S. 1637), star print, S11297 [1OC]
        Budget:  use of Federal share of receipts from any tobacco industry
            liability settlement or legislation, S2755-S2757 [30MR],
            S2831-S2841 [31MR], S2905-S2909 [1AP], S3089 [2AP]
        Business and industry:  removal of secrecy orders relative to
            release of documents and settlement of court cases, S5766 [9JN]
        CERCLA:  enhanced community participation and liability exemptions
            and limitations (S. 1497), S12909 [21OC]
        Charities:  ensure that religious organizations are considered
            equally with other private groups to provide assistance under
            certain government programs (S. 2046), S4534 [7MY]
        Chicago, IL:  tribute to AmeriCorps workers, S9480 [30JY]
        Children and youth:  modify certain adoption and foster care
            placement procedures, S10639 [21SE]
        ------ provide health insurance for uninsured children, S2746 [30MR]
        ------ provide medical assistance to certain legal immigrant
            children and increase allotments to territories under the State
            Children's Health Insurance Program (S. 2410), S9571 [31JY]
        ------ require proof of screening for lead poisoning and follow-up
            services for those testing positive (S. 2598), S12165 [9OC]
        Chippewa Cree Tribe:  final settlement of water rights claims (S.
            1899), S2975-S2978 [1AP], S2978 [1AP]
        Civil liberties:  protection from personal intrusion and prevent
            sharing of personal data by Federal, State, and local agencies
            without consent, S12907 [21OC]
        Coastal zones:  use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund State
            and local conservation programs of coastal States (S. 2566),
            S11700-S11704 [7OC], S12019 [8OC]
        Colleges and universities:  accountability standards for
            institutions that provide teacher certification and licensure
            assessments, S7849 [9JY]
        Colorado:  public welfare programs reform legislation, S10641-S10643
            [21SE]
        Columbia and Snake River Basin:  establish conditions under which
            Federal and non-Federal entities may enter management agreements
            (S. 2111), S5332 [21MY]
        ------ establish conditions under which Federal and non-Federal
            entities may enter management agreements, S11101-S11103 [29SE]
        Committee on Rules and Administration (Senate):  amendments to
            regulations, S11360 [2OC]
        Community Services Block Grant Program:  reauthorize and amend (S.
            2206), S7009 [24JN], S9067-S9087 [27JY], S9421 [30JY]
        ------ reauthorize and amend (S. 2206), S10617 [18SE], S10633 [18SE]
        ------ reauthorize and amend (S. 2206), conference report,
            S11865-S11872 [8OC], S12686-S12688 [20OC] reauthorize and amend
            (S. 2206), conference report--unanimous-consent agreement,
            S11808 [7OC], S11865 [8OC]
        Computers:  exempt from moratorium on Internet taxation providers
            who do not restrict access by minors to harmful material or
            offer screening software, S11653-S11656 [7OC]
        ------ prohibit interference with interstate commerce on the
            Internet or interactive computer services (H.R. 4105), S10795
            [23SE], S10796 [23SE]
        Congress:  require supermajority to extend moratorium on State and
            local taxation of Internet access or transactions, S11572-S11575
            [6OC]
        Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame:  tribute to inductees, S4741
            [12MY]
        Corps of Engineers:  develop and implement a plan for Atlantic
            coastal States to address problems with toxic microorganisms in
            wetlands and waters (S. 2218), S7178 [25JN]
        Correctional institutions:  exempt State and local agencies from
            requirements relative to providing certain public services to
            prisoners (S. 2266), S7575-S7577 [7JY]
        ------ funding for substance abuse prevention and treatment programs
            in prisons (S. 1876), S2723 [27MR]
        ------ use of Federal funds for mental health screening and
            treatment for prisoners, S8705-S8709 [22JY]
        Courts:  clarification of jurisdiction over private property takings
            and land use disputes (H.R. 1534), S8034-S8037 [13JY]
        ------ creation of additional Federal district judge positions,
            S10759-S10762 [23SE]
        ------ limit authority of Federal judges relative to Federal, State,
            and local laws and prisoner litigation procedures (S. 2163),
            S6186-S6196 [11JN]
        ------ limit Federal authority to impose regulations on State and
            local governments not provided under the Constitution (S. 2250),
            S7280 [26JN]
        ------ reform class action lawsuit process (S. 2083), S4911-S4914
            [14MY], S12021 [8OC]
        ------ 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), S7610 [7JY],
            S7700 [8JY], S7913 [9JY], S7929 [10JY], S8022-S8049 [13JY]
        ------ State control of product liability reform, S7707-S7710 [9JY],
            S7714 [9JY]
        ------ treatment of private property owners relative to Government
            seizure (S. 1204), S8040 [13JY]
        Crime:  establish a law enforcement block grant program (S. 1893),
            S2862 [31MR]
        ------ facilitate exchange of criminal records for noncriminal
            justice purposes and allow qualified entities to request
            fingerprint background checks under the National Child
            Protection Act, S8077 [13JY] facilitate exchange of criminal
            records for noncriminal justice purposes and allow qualified
            entities to request fingerprint background checks under the
            National Child Protection Act (S. 2294), S8069 [13JY], S8130
            [14JY]
        ------ facilitate exchange of criminal records for noncriminal
            justice purposes and allow qualified entities to request
            fingerprint background checks under the National Child
            Protection Act (S. 2294), S12855 [21OC]
        ------ improve automated interstate criminal identification systems
            (S. 2022), S3940-S3943 [30AP], S5577 [2JN], S8053 [13JY],
            S8073-S8082 [13JY], S8129 [14JY]
        ------ improve automated interstate criminal identification systems
            (S. 2022), S12036-S12043 [8OC], S12854 [21OC]
        ------ prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws
            requiring parental notification of abortions (S. 1645), S751
            [12FE], S752 [12FE], S3735 [28AP], S8263 [15JY]
        ------ prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws
            requiring parental notification of abortions (H.R. 3682), S10043
            [8SE], S10060 [9SE] prohibit taking minors across State lines to
            avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions
            (S. 1645), S10419 [16SE], S10564-S10567 [18SE], S10656 [21SE],
            S10701-S10704 [22SE] prohibit taking minors across State lines
            to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions
            (S. 1645), motion to proceed, S10141 [9SE], S10196-S10198
            [10SE], S10201 [10SE], S10227-S10231 [11SE], S10235 [11SE],
            S10416 [16SE] prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid
            State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (S.
            1645), unanimous-consent agreement, S10533 [17SE] prohibit
            taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring
            parental notification of abortions (S. 1645), unanimous-consent
            request, S10701 [22SE]
        ------ require States to address the problem of violent crimes
            committed by repeat offenders (H. Con. Res. 75), S6347 [15JN]
        ------ require States to pass laws requiring witnesses of child
            sexual abuse to report such crimes to the police (S. 2452),
            S10119 [9SE]
        Dept. of Agriculture:  eligibility of State agricultural experiment
            stations for certain research programs, S8128 [14JY], S8129
            [14JY]
        ------ extend time period for rulemaking on milk marketing orders
            system, S11168 [30SE], S11545 [6OC]
        ------ Nutrition Education and Training Program funding, S8327
            [16JY]
        Dept. of Education:  Education Stabilization Fund funding, S2471
            [24MR], S2527-S2532 [25MR]
        ------ extend Pell Grant aid to certain students enrolled in State
            required teacher certification courses, S7788 [9JY], S7789 [9JY]
        ------ reform and reauthorize the State Student Incentive Grant
            Program, S4979 [18MY], S4980 [18MY] reform and reauthorize the
            State Student Incentive Grant Program (S. 1644), S750 [12FE],
            S751 [12FE]
        Dept. of Energy:  involve Oregon in decisions relative to cleanup of
            Hanford Nuclear Reservation, S6995 [24JN], S6996 [24JN]
        Dept. of HHS:  delay effective date of the final rule relative to
            the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (S. 2201),
            S6767-S6769 [22JN]
        ------ delay effective date of the final rule relative to the Organ
            Procurement and Transplantation Network, S12693 [20OC]
        ------ report on the number of former welfare recipients that are
            now economically self-sufficient, S1218-S1224 [3MR], S1234-S1236
            [3MR], S2377-S2381 [23MR]
        Dept. of Justice:  Juvenile Accountability Incentive Block Grant
            funding, S8691-S8704 [22JY]
        ------ publication of guidelines for bounty hunters, S8876 [23JY],
            S8877 [23JY]
        Dept. of Labor:  State assistance for pre-vocational training
            programs to improve the transition of welfare recipients to
            employment, S4257 [5MY]
        ----- State assistance for pre-vocational training programs to
            improve the transition of welfare recipients to employment (S.
            1709), S1347 [4MR]
        Dept. of the Interior:  construct and operate a visitor center for
            the Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River in New York (S.
            2461), S10240 [11SE]
        ------ moratorium on oil and gas development on certain portions of
            the Outer Continental Shelf (S. 2084), S4914 [14MY]
        ------ prohibit certain Indian gaming regulations, S2556-S2560
            [25MR], S2588-S2594 [26MR]
        Dept. of the Treasury:  allow greater discretion relative to the
            placement of the required inscriptions on quarter dollars issued
            under the 50 States Commemorative Coin Program (H.R. 3301),
            S5128 [19MY]
        Dept. of Transportation:  clarify policy on grants to States who
            suspend certain disadvantaged business enterprise programs in
            compliance with court orders, S1758 [11MR], S1825 [12MR]
        ------ Congestion Mitigation Air Quality Improvement Program
            funding, S1752 [11MR]
        ------ study implementation of permit program for high risk
            hazardous material and hazardous waste carriers, S1796 [11MR]
        Disabled:  provide accessible and affordable health care for
            disabled persons, S2746 [30MR]
        ------ support grant programs to address assistive technology needs
            of individuals with disabilities (S. 2432), S9877-S9879 [2SE],
            S11513 [5OC], S11634 [6OC], S12502-S12511 [14OC]
        Disasters:  additional funding for disaster relief, S2526 [25MR],
            S2532-S2543 [25MR], S2629 [26MR]
        ------ assistance to Alabama, S3909 [30AP], S3910 [30AP]
        District of Columbia:  school construction and infrastructure
            improvements funding, S3348-S3351 [21AP]
        Drought:  disaster assistance to Louisiana, S8293 [16JY]
        ------ disaster assistance to Texas, S8097 [14JY], S8098 [14JY],
            S8106 [14JY]
        Drunken driving:  allow States to determine repeat offender status
            relative to blood alcohol content standard, S1556-S1558 [9MR]
        ------ national blood alcohol content standard relative to the
            operation of motor vehicles, S1061-S1064 [26FE], S1233 [3MR],
            S1237-S1249 [3MR], S1297-S1305 [4MR], S1502 [6MR], S1997 [16MR],
            S2760-S2763 [30MR], S3582 [24AP], S4847-S4849 [14MY]
        ------ prohibit open containers of alcohol in motor vehicles,
            S1061-S1064 [26FE], S1376-S1381 [5MR], S4847-S4849 [14MY]
        ------ prohibit sale of alcohol through drive-up sales windows,
            S1372-S1375 [5MR] prohibit sale of alcohol through drive-up
            sales windows (S. 1706), S1224 [3MR], S1341 [4MR]
        Ecology and environment:  cleanup and redevelopment of brownfield
            sites, S7083 [25JN]
        ------ cleanup and redevelopment of brownfield sites (S. 8), S12909
            [21OC]
        ------ cleanup and redevelopment of brownfield sites (S. 18), S12909
            [21OC]
        Education:  encourage States to develop and implement alternative
            teacher certification and licensure programs, S3252-S3255
            [20AP], S3268 [20AP], S3334 [21AP], S3523 [23AP], S6870 [23JN],
            S7848 [9JY]
        ----- encourage States to develop and implement alternative teacher
            certification and licensure programs (S. 1742), S1774 [11MR],
            S3099 [2AP]
        ------ establish funding for local communities to repair school
            infrastructure, S18 [27JA]
        ------ national policy to improve system, S12233 [9OC]
        ------ provide for safe and affordable schools (S. 1), S12538 [14OC]
        ------ provide incentives to States to establish and administer
            periodic teacher testing and merit pay programs for elementary
            and secondary school teachers (S. 2422), S9594-S9596 [31JY]
        ------ reductions in school class size, S12291 [10OC]
        ------ reductions in school class size (S. 2093), S5132 [19MY]
        ------ require academic majors for secondary school teacher
            candidates, S7833 [9JY], S7849-S7855 [9JY], S7869 [9JY]
        ------ school construction and infrastructure improvements funding,
            S3271 [20AP], S3412 [22AP], S3413 [22AP], S3512 [23AP], S3515
            [23AP]
        ------ school construction and infrastructure improvements funding,
            S11540 [6OC]
        ------ special education programs funding, S2527-S2532 [25MR],
            S3476-S3479 [23AP]
        ------ spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars on
            children's classrooms, S3391-S3396 [22AP], S3419 [22AP] spending
            of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars on children's
            classrooms (S. 1589), S275 [2FE]
        ------ use of Federal funds to provide for student improvement
            incentive awards, S3417 [22AP], S3471 [23AP]
        ------ vocational education funding (H.R. 1853), S6306 [12JN]
        ------ vocational education funding (H.R. 1853), conference report,
            S12034 [8OC], S12035 [8OC]
        ------ vocational education funding (H.R. 1853), conference report--
            unanimous-consent agreement, S11907 [8OC]
        Education Flexibility Partnership Demonstration Act:  allow State
            participation in activities (S. 2213), S7017 [24JN]
        ------ allow State participation in activities (S. 2213), S12580
            [14OC]
        Elections:  protection from fraud and abuse, S1290 [3MR], S1290
            [3MR]
        Electric power:  provide for retail competition among suppliers (S.
            2187), S6564 [18JN]
        Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act:  subject Federal
            facilities discharging hazardous substances to the same
            standards as private facilities (S. 1639), S746 [12FE]
        Employment:  allow certain cities to retain their designation as
            Service Delivery Areas for purposes of implementing job training
            programs, S4019 [1MY], S4020 [1MY]
        ------ provide State authority to permit certain employers of
            domestic workers to make annual wage reports (S. 1880), S2765
            [30MR]
        EPA:  authority to withdraw Colorado's delegated environmental
            programs relative to State environmental self-evaluation laws,
            S7562 [7JY]
        ------ Clean Lakes Program funding, S8369 [16JY]
        ------ Clean Water State Revolving Loan Fund administrative fees,
            S7561 [7JY]
        ------ ensure timely opening of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant,
            S8368 [16JY]
        ------ funding for nationwide monitoring of particulate matter and
            State flexibility in implementing new ozone and particulate
            matter standards, S1323-S1325 [4MR], S1329 [4MR], S1434 [5MR],
            S1502 [6MR]
        Families and domestic relations:  expand tax credits and grant
            programs to increase affordability, quality, and safety of child
            care (S. 1577), S115-S123 [28JA]
        ------ increase effectiveness and efficiency of child support
            enforcement and adoption programs (H.R. 3130), S3183-S3185
            [2AP], S5245 [20MY], S7306-S7323 [26JN]
        ------ reduce Federal penalties relative to implementation of child
            support enforcement system (S. 1791), S2214 [18MR] reduce
            Federal penalties relative to implementation of child support
            enforcement system (S. 1798), S2298 [19MR]
        Family Federal Education Loan Program:  eligible lender status in
            State multiple secondary markets, S7839 [9JY]
        FDA:  Youth Anti-Smoking Initiative Enforcement and Outreach Program
            funding, S8317-S8323 [16JY]
        Federal aid programs:  correct law relative to termination of
            benefits for convicted persons (H.R. 3096), S11068 [28SE]
        Federal employees:  enable the Government to enroll an employee's
            child in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program when the
            employee fails to provide coverage for the child under a State
            court order (S. 2262), S7358 [6JY]
        Federal highway program:  replace affirmative action policies with
            emerging business enterprise programs, S1396-S1433 [5MR],
            S1481-S1498 [6MR]
        Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service:  modify membership,
            S8863 [23JY]
        Federal-State relations:  extend moratorium on State and local
            taxation of Internet access or transactions, S11676-S11679
            [7OC], S11682-S11691 [7OC], S11847 [8OC], S12220 [9OC]
        FEMA:  ensure additional funding for disaster relief does not impact
            the budget surplus, S2538-S2543 [25MR]
        ------ establish Tornado Preparedness Pilot Program, S8368 [16JY],
            S8369 [16JY]
        ------ funding, S7562 [7JY]
        ------ tribute, S8548 [20JY]
        Firearms:  encourage States to require a holding period for students
            expelled for bringing a gun to school, S8757 [22JY], S8758
            [22JY]
        ----- encourage States to require a holding period for students
            expelled for bringing a gun to school (S. 2169), S6295 [12JN],
            S6342 [15JN], S7342 [6JY]
        ------ require reporting of buyer's residence to law enforcement
            officials and a waiting period before purchase of a handgun (S.
            2324), S8386 [16JY], S8387 [16JY]
        Fish and fishing:  extend and expand interim authority for States to
            manage dungeness crab fisheries, S781 [12FE], S785 [12FE]
        ----- extend and expand interim authority for States to manage
            dungeness crab fisheries (S. 1726), S1523 [6MR]
        ------ extend and expand interim authority for States to manage
            dungeness crab fisheries (S. 1726), S12905 [21OC]
        Floods:  disaster assistance to Georgia, S2562 [25MR]
        ------ disaster assistance to Vermont, S8314 [16JY], S8435 [17JY]
        Food:  inspection requirements relative to interstate distribution
            of State-inspected meat and poultry, S8324 [16JY]
        Food stamps:  prevention of issuance to deceased individuals (S.
            1733), S1697 [10MR]
        ------ prevention of issuance to deceased individuals (S. 1733),
            S12464 [14OC], S12465 [14OC]
        Four Corners Monument Tribal Park:  authorize an interpretive center
            and related visitor facilities (S. 1998), S3721-S3723 [28AP]
        ------ authorize an interpretive center and related visitor
            facilities (S. 1998), S10534 [17SE]
        Gambling:  clarify Federal jurisdiction relative to Indian gaming
            regulations, S8764-S8768 [22JY], S8774 [22JY], S8775 [22JY],
            S8815-S8817 [23JY]
        Georgia:  Emergency Watershed and Flood Prevention Program funding
            relative to natural disasters, S2483 [24MR]
        Government:  limit Federal authority to impose regulations on State
            and local governments not provided under the Constitution,
            S8747-S8749 [22JY]
        ----- limit Federal authority to impose regulations on State and
            local governments not provided under the Constitution (S. Con.
            Res. 109), S8925 [23JY]
        ------ limit Federal authority to impose regulations on State and
            local governments not provided under the Constitution (S. 2445),
            S9976 [8SE]
        Government regulations:  reduce Federal paperwork burden relative to
            small businesses (S. 1867), S2663 [26MR]
        Hazardous substances:  designate Yucca Mountain, NV, as nuclear
            waste disposal site, S2248 [19MR], S2250 [19MR], S5554-S5564
            [2JN]
        ------ improve management of remediation waste (S. 1286), S9935
            [3SE]
        ------ nuclear waste disposal, S635 [11FE], S2248 [19MR], S2250
            [19MR]
        ------ nuclear waste disposal (H.R. 1270), S5400 [22MY], S5551-S5564
            [2JN]
        ------ nuclear waste disposal (H.R. 1270), unanimous-consent
            agreement, S5526 [1JN]
        ------ nuclear waste disposal (S. 104), S83-S85 [28JA], S202 [29JA],
            S219-S221 [29JA]
        Health:  establish a national registry of information on traumatic
            brain and spinal cord injuries (S. 2605), S12172 [9OC]
        ------ establish health insurance assistance programs to inform
            consumers of their rights, choices, and responsibilities (S.
            2254), S7282 [26JN]
        ------ establish research and grant programs for the eradication or
            control of pfiesteria piscicida and other aquatic toxins, S8869
            [23JY], S8870 [23JY]
        Health Care Financing Administration:  defer to State laws relative
            to physician supervision of nurse anesthetists, S12742 [21OC],
            S12743 [21OC]
        ------ employee funding, S2514-S2524 [25MR], S2526 [25MR], S2527
            [25MR], S2529 [25MR], S2583-S2585 [25MR], S2619-S2629 [26MR]
        Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act:
            implementation, S2514-S2524 [25MR], S2526 [25MR], S2527 [25MR],
            S2529 [25MR], S2583-S2585 [25MR], S2619-S2629 [26MR]
        Hunting and trapping:  authorize electronic issuance of migratory
            bird hunting and conservation stamps (S. 2560), S11585 [6OC]
        Hurricanes:  disaster assistance to Florida, S12351-S12353 [10OC]
        Ice storms:  disaster assistance to Northeast States, S6 [27JA],
            S192 [29JA], S609-S612 [11FE], S3910 [30AP], S3911 [30AP]
        Idaho:  tribute to National Guard 116th Cavalry Brigade, S9607
            [31JY]
        Immigration:  permit local educational agencies to waive
            reimbursement for aliens granted nonimmigrant status to attend
            public secondary schools (S. 2331), S8511 [17JY]
        Indian Gaming Regulatory Act:  amend (S. 1870), S2672 [26MR]
        Individuals With Disabilities Education Act:  clarify requirements
            relative to reducing or withholding payments to States (H.R.
            3254), S2147-S2150 [18MR]
        ------ permit State and local educational agencies to establish
            uniform disciplinary policies, S3346 [21AP], S3351-S3353 [21AP]
        ------ permit State and local educational agencies to establish
            uniform disciplinary policies, S12782 [21OC]
        Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act:  extend (S. 1519),
            S60 [27JA]
        Iowa Northland Regional Council of Governments:  anniversary, S12020
            [8OC]
        IRS:  limit disclosure and use of Federal tax return information to
            States, S4464 [7MY]
        ----- limit disclosure and use of Federal tax return information to
            States for purposes of administering State income tax laws,
            S4487 [7MY]
        ------ require advance notification before disclosure of income tax
            return information to State and local governments, S4464 [7MY]
        Kentucky:  prohibit taxation of compensation of Tennessee residents
            for services as Federal employees at Fort Campbell, KY (S.
            2612), S12179 [9OC]
        Law enforcement:  national penalty for inciting high-speed police
            pursuits, S1246 [3MR]
        Law enforcement officers:  establish a matching grant program to
            assist local governments in purchasing armor vests (S. 1591),
            S232 [29JA]
        ----- establish a matching grant program to assist local governments
            in purchasing armor vests (S. 1605), S380-S383 [4FE],
            S1803-S1807 [11MR], S1819 [12MR], S4927-S4931 [15MY], S6398
            [16JN], S6501 [17JN]
        ----- establish a matching grant program to assist local governments
            in purchasing bullet resistant equipment (S. 2253), S7280 [26JN]
        ------ establish a matching grant program to assist local
            governments in purchasing bullet resistant equipment, S12852
            [21OC] establish a matching grant program to assist local
            governments in purchasing bullet resistant equipment (S. 2253),
            S12598 [14OC]
        Lawyers and attorneys:  application of State professional conduct
            laws and rules to Federal prosecutors, S12996 [12NO]
        Maine:  decrease in Federal safety assistance due to State exemption
            from Federal motor carrier safety regulations for certain
            trucks, S1229 [3MR]
        Maryland:  provide for a pilot program to eradicate or control
            nutria and restore marshland damaged by nutria (H.R. 4337),
            S12253 [9OC]
        Medicaid:  allow children covered under a State health plan to
            continue receiving benefits under the Vaccines for Children
            Program (S. 2013), S3930 [30AP]
        ------ allow fraud control units to investigate and prosecute fraud
            in Medicare and other Federal programs and elder abuse in
            residential facilities (S. 2040), S4528-S4530 [7MY]
        ------ allow States to exempt trust funds for the disabled from
            estate recovery programs (S. 2462), S10241 [11SE]
        ------ allow States to use State Children's Health Insurance Program
            allotment to cover additional low-income children (S. 2485),
            S10437 [16SE]
        ------ provide States with a children's enrollment performance bonus
            (S. 2626), S12402 [12OC]
        Medicare:  use of tobacco revenues to restore solvency, S2882 [1AP],
            S3212-S3214 [3AP]
        Minnesota:  statehood anniversary, S4627 [11MY]
        Montana:  observance of Teen Day, S330 [3FE]
        Motor vehicles:  improve Federal, State, and local child protection
            programs, S1733 [11MR], S1734 [11MR], S1740 [11MR]
        ------ titling and registration requirements relative to salvage,
            nonrepairable, and rebuilt vehicles (S. 852), S9678-S9680
            [31AU], S11389-S11399 [2OC], S11498 [5OC], S11805 [7OC], S12284
            [10OC], S12842 [21OC], S12843 [21OC]
        ------ treatment of foreign vehicles relative to State emission
            standards (H.R. 8), S11512 [5OC]
        National Academy of Sciences:  repeal requirement to study Federal
            and State environmental regulations relative to exploration and
            mining on Federal lands, S10335-S10356 [15SE]
        National Drug Courts Program Week:  observance, S5692 [5JN]
        National Environmental Policy Act:  reform environmental review
            process for transportation projects, S1759 [11MR]
        National Guard:  exclude certain officers from the limitation on the
            number who may serve on active duty (S. 1912), S3126 [2AP]
        National Highway Traffic Safety Administration:  limit certain
            lobbying activities, S1737 [11MR], S1738 [11MR]
        National Order of Women Legislators:  anniversary, S3735 [28AP]
        National Park Service:  allow for waiver and indemnification in
            mutual law enforcement agreements with States or political
            subdivisions (S. 2248), S7263 [26JN]
        ------ allow for waiver and indemnification in mutual law
            enforcement agreements with States or political subdivisions (S.
            2248), S11820 [7OC]
        National Rural Water Association:  funding, S7559 [7JY]
        Native Americans:  encourage and facilitate the resolution of
            conflicts between tribes (S. 2097), S5221 [20MY]
        ------ limitations on the approval of new tribal-State gambling
            compacts, S10356-S10371 [15SE]
        ------ prohibit certain Dept. of the Interior Indian gaming
            regulations (S. 1572), S49-S51 [27JA]
        ------ prohibit from trademark the flag, coat of arms, or other
            insignia of any federally recognized Indian tribes, S8824 [23JY]
        Nebraska Cultural Preservation Endowment:  establish, S3557 [23AP]
        NOAA:  nonpoint pollution control plans funding under the Coastal
            Zone Management Program, S8864 [23JY]
        North Dakota:  designate Red River Trade Corridor, S1845 [12MR]
        ------ increase authorization for water supplies, meet water
            quantity and quality needs, and enhance natural resources and
            habitats (S. 1515), S2368 [20MR]
        Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact:  extend, S11422 [5OC], S11545
            [6OC], S11550-S11556 [6OC], S12806 [21OC], S12889-S12891 [21OC]
        ------ release of OMB study on economic impact, S812-S814 [23FE]
        ------ repeal, S11168 [30SE]
        ------ repeal (S. 322), S6760 [22JN]
        Northwest Wildland Fire Protection Agreement:  grant congressional
            consent (S. 1134), S9498 [30JY]
        Office of National Drug Control Policy:  High Intensity Drug
            Trafficking Areas funding, S12706 [20OC]
        Ohio:  implement demonstration projects to develop new and
            specialized techniques that address community employment and
            training needs, S4021 [1MY]
        Oregon:  law relative to assisted suicide, euthanasia, or mercy
            killing, S12491-S12494 [14OC]
        OSHA:  consultation with State officials by employers relative to
            compliance with safety and health requirements (H.R. 2864),
            S7035 [24JN], S7036 [24JN]
        Pacific Northwest Emergency Management Arrangement:  grant
            congressional consent (S.J. Res. 35), S9659 [31JY]
        Patent and Trademark Office:  develop and implement computer
            networks to ensure enhanced electronic access to information,
            S12630 [15OC]
        Public lands:  Federal policies relative to Western States,
            S10636-S10637 [21SE]
        ------ make certain Federal property available to States before
            being made available to other entities (S. 1621), S580-S583
            [10FE]
        Public utilities:  provide for competition in electric power
            industry (S. 2287), S7942 [10JY]
        ------ revision of the regulatory policies governing public utility
            holding companies (S. 621), S5472 [22MY]
        Public welfare programs:  food stamp eligibility for legal aliens,
            S3113 [2AP]
        ------ make postsecondary or vocational education training a
            permissible work activity, S7795-S7797 [9JY], S7816-S7824 [9JY]
        ------ require States to pass child support directly through to
            families and disregard child support in determining eligibility
            for the temporary assistance to needy families program (S.
            2586), S11981 [8OC]
        Railroads:  Midwest regional rail system planning studies, S8905
            [23JY]
        ------ reform decision-making process for the conversion of
            abandoned rights-of-way to rail trails, S1730-S1732 [11MR]
        Real property:  preserve Federal sovereignty of certain public lands
            and preserve certain State and private property rights (S.
            2098), S5225 [20MY]
        Refuse disposal:  State control of municipal solid waste
            transportation and disposal, S6524-S6528 [18JN], S6530 [18JN],
            S6531 [18JN]
        Roads and highways:  designate U.S. Route 66 as ``America's Main
            Street'' (S. 2133), S5635 [4JN], S5636 [4JN]
        ------ designate U.S. Route 66 as ``America's Main Street'' (S.
            2133), S12104 [9OC], S12105 [9OC]
        ------ modify minimum allocation formula for the Federal-aid highway
            program, S1559 [9MR], S1566 [9MR]
        ------ operation of double-trailer and triple-trailer trucks,
            S1724-S1726 [11MR]
        ------ require entities collecting highway excise taxes to deposit
            such revenues with the Federal Government in the same fiscal
            year of collection, S1743 [11MR]
        ------ require future highway trust fund demonstration projects be
            funded from a State's regular highway funding allocation, S1727
            [11MR], S1728 [11MR], S1740 [11MR], S1816 [12MR], S1821 [12MR]
        Rural areas:  Federal policies affecting farmers and agricultural
            communities, S9328 [30JY]
        ------ promote access to health care services (S. 2603),
            S12170-S12172 [9OC]
        Schools:  development of high school dropout prevention programs,
            S6921 [24JN]
        ------ high school dropout prevention programs development,
            S3485-S3488 [23AP], S3494 [23AP]
        Securities:  application of State statutes of limitations in certain
            fraud cases removed to Federal court, S4803-S4807 [13MY]
        ------ clarify definition of the term ``class action'', S4808-S4810
            [13MY]
        ------ limit the conduct of securities class actions under State law
            (S. 1260), S4778-S4816 [29JY] limit the conduct of securities
            class actions under State law (S. 1260), unanimous-consent
            agreement, S4710 [12MY], S4772 [13MY] limit the conduct of
            securities class actions under State law (S. 1260), unanimous-
            consent request, S4612 [11MY], S4613 [11MY]
        ------ limit the conduct of securities class actions under State law
            (S. 1260), S12444-S12450 [13OC]
        ------ limit the conduct of securities class actions under State law
            (S. 1260), conference report, S12579 [14OC], S12589 [14OC],
            S12737 [20OC], S12738 [20OC], S12906 [21OC]
        ------ preserve right of State and local governments and their
            pension programs to bring securities fraud suits under State
            law, S4811 [13MY]
        Shipping industry:  limits on State registration requirements for
            trailers transporting container chassis, S12764 [21OC]
        Spencer, SD:  tribute to tornado victims and relief efforts, S5668
            [5JN]
        Sports:  reform unfair and anticompetitive practices in professional
            boxing (S. 2238), S7256 [26JN]
        ------ reform unfair and anticompetitive practices in professional
            boxing (S. 2238), S12054-S12056 [8OC]
        Suzuki, Sherrie M.:  U.S. Institute of Peace National Peace Essay
            Contest award recipient, S7606 [7JY]
        Taxation:  collection of State and local taxes on mail-order and
            catalog transactions, S11686 [7OC]
        ------ collection of State and local taxes on mail-order
            transactions, S11014-S11017 [28SE], S11308-S11319 [2OC]
        ------ creation of a new class of bonds for new school construction
            and renovation, S3326 [21AP], S3335-S3346 [21AP]
        ------ define ``discriminatory tax'' relative to treatment of
            Internet and interactive computer purchases, S11848-S11853 [8OC]
        ------ designate renewal communities (S. 1995), S3715-S3720 [28AP]
        ------ exempt small issue bonds for agriculture from the State
            volume cap (S. 2501), S10591 [18SE]
        ------ grant States the authority to require out-of-State sellers to
            collect sales or use taxes on goods shipped into the State (S.
            1586), S229-S231 [29JA], S4214 [4MY]
        ------ increase amount of low-income housing credits allocated in
            each State and index amounts for inflation (S. 1252),
            S6501-S6503 [17JN]
        ------ increase amount of low-income housing credits allocated in
            each State and index amounts for inflation (S. 1252), S12577
            [14OC]
        ------ increase State cap on private activity bonds (S. 1251),
            S6501-S6503 [17JN]
        ------ issuance of tax-exempt private activity bonds to assist
            States in the construction and rehabilitation of public schools
            (S. 2397), S9559 [31JY]
        ------ provide tax credits for contributions to charitable
            organizations relative to delivery of welfare services (S.
            1994), S3715-S3720 [28AP]
        ------ require merchants to notify purchasers of merchandise via the
            Internet that such merchandise may be subject to State, local,
            and use taxes, S11575 [6OC], S11576 [6OC]
        ------ State authority to tax compensation paid to certain
            employees, S7112-S7117 [25JN]
        ------ State authority to tax compensation paid to certain
            employees, S11215-S11225 [1OC], S11232 [1OC]
        ------ State offsets relative to Federal tax refunds, S4468 [7MY]
        ------ tax credits relative to elementary and secondary school
            construction, S2169-S2171 [18MR], S2898-S2905 [1AP], S2914-S2917
            [1AP], S2948 [1AP] tax credits relative to elementary and
            secondary school construction (S. 1705), S1336-S1341 [4MR]
        ------ treatment of distributions from State prepaid tuition
            programs used to pay higher education expenses relative to
            private colleges and universities, S3516 [23AP]
        ------ treatment of Internet and interactive computer service
            commerce, S1060 [26FE] treatment of Internet and interactive
            computer service commerce (S. 442), S589 [10FE], S4615 [11MY],
            S4625 [11MY] treatment of Internet and interactive computer
            service commerce (S. 442), unanimous-consent agreement, S8687
            [21JY] treatment of Internet and interactive computer service
            commerce (S. 442), unanimous-consent request, S8471 [17JY]
        ------ treatment of Internet and interactive computer service
            commerce, S12791 [21OC]
        ------ treatment of Internet and interactive computer service
            commerce (S. 442), S11269-S11272 [1OC], S11305-S11307 [2OC],
            S11324 [2OC], S11325 [2OC], S11503 [5OC], S11572-S11577 [6OC],
            S11651-S11670 [7OC], S11675-S11680 [7OC], S11682-S11691 [7OC],
            S11802 [7OC], S11847-S12220 [25SE], S11085-S11087 [29SE], S11103
            [29SE], S11154 [30SE], S11239 [1OC] treatment of Internet and
            interactive computer service commerce (S. 442), motion to
            suspend the rules, S11848-S11851 [8OC]
        ------ treatment of Internet and interactive computer service
            commerce (S. 442), unanimous-consent agreement, S11177 [30SE],
            S11442 [5OC], S11576 [6OC] treatment of Internet and interactive
            computer service commerce (S. 442), unanimous-consent request,
            S10789 [23SE], S10790 [23SE], S10913 [24SE], S10969 [25SE]
        ------ treatment of State and private education savings plans and
            allow private colleges to offer prepaid tuition plans (S. 2425),
            S9598 [31JY]
        Telecommunications:  permit Bell Operating Cos., to provide
            interstate and intrastate telecommunications services (S. 1766),
            S1994 [16MR]
        ------ preserve State and local authority to regulate the placement,
            construction, and modification of certain facilities (S. 2514),
            S10921-S10923 [24SE]
        ------ State regulation of citizens band radio frequency
            interference with residential electronic or telephone equipment,
            S4691-S4693 [12MY]
        Texas:  observance of Texas Independence Day, S1193 [2MR]
        Thunderstorms:  disaster assistance to Michigan, S5528 [2JN]
        Tobacco products:  develop system to compensate individuals harmed
            by tobacco use, S5770 [9JN]
        ------ granting of immunity or limiting liability for tobacco
            companies in lawsuits relative to health risks and marketing and
            manufacturing practices, S5193-S5202 [20MY], S5248-S5269 [21MY],
            S5269 [21MY], S5275 [21MY], S5276 [21MY], S5280 [21MY], S5281
            [21MY], S5284 [21MY], S5287-S5293 [21MY]
        ------ limit tobacco settlement attorneys' fees, S5088 [19MY],
            S5096-S5114 [19MY], S5259 [21MY], S5264 [21MY], S6156-S6175
            [11JN], S6325 [15JN]
        ------ prevent use by minors, reduce addiction levels, compensate
            Federal and State Governments for health costs, and enhance
            investments in biomedical and basic scientific research, S1814
            [12MR]
        ------ prevent use by minors, reduce secondhand smoke, require
            document disclosure and deny immunity relative to industry
            settlement, end promotion of exports, and provide transitional
            assistance to farmers, S1720-S1722 [11MR], S1902 [12MR] prevent
            use by minors, reduce secondhand smoke, require document
            disclosure and deny immunity relative to industry settlement,
            end promotion of exports, and provide transitional assistance to
            farmers (S. 1638), S690 [12FE], S738-S746 [12FE], S1479 [5MR],
            S1715-S1718 [11MR], S1801 [11MR], S4021 [1MY], S4144 [4MY]
            prevent use by minors, reduce secondhand smoke, require document
            disclosure and deny immunity relative to industry settlement,
            end promotion of exports, and provide transitional assistance to
            farmers (S. 1638), star print, S2585 [25MR]
        ------ prohibit immunity in tobacco industry liability settlement
            relative to health risks and marketing and manufacturing
            practices, S2741 [30MR], S2742 [30MR], S2744 [30MR], S2748
            [30MR], S2809-S2811 [31MR], S3212-S3214 [3AP]
        ------ reduce use through cost increases, marketing limitations,
            industry oversight, and implementation of a public health
            prevention and education strategy (S. 1889), S2854-S2860 [31MR],
            S2878 [31MR], S3021 [1AP]
        ------ require States to implement a graduated system of sanctions
            relative to illegal purchases or possession by minors, S6309
            [15JN]
        ------ specify percentage of revenues from tobacco industry
            settlement to be used for Child Care and Development Block Grant
            Act activities, S6141-S6146 [11JN], S6149-S6170 [15MY]
        ------ tobacco industry liability settlement relative to health
            risks and marketing and manufacturing practices, S440 [5FE],
            S638 [11FE], S702 [12FE], S703 [12FE], S6508-S6512 [18JN], S8085
            [13JY], S8090 [14JY], S8091 [14JY], S8119 [14JY] tobacco
            industry liability settlement relative to health risks and
            marketing and manufacturing practices (S. 1415), S3666 [28AP],
            S3678-S3680 [28AP], S4202 [4MY], S4226-S4231 [5MY], S4883
            [14MY], S4932-S4936 [15MY], S4952-S4954 [18MY], S4961 [18MY],
            S4975 [18MY], S5001-S5012 [18MY], S5031-S5128 [19MY],
            S5145-S5148 [19MY], S5149-S5215 [20MY], S5245 [20MY],
            S5247-S5314 [21MY], S5362-S5364 [22MY], S5368 [22MY], S5419
            [22MY], S5494-S5511 [1JN], S5529-S5554 [2JN], S5556-S5565 [2JN],
            S5584-S5601 [4JN], S5604-S5630 [4JN], S5670-S5681 [5JN], S5683
            [5JN], S5686-S5688 [5JN], S5690-S5692 [5JN], S5737-S5762 [9JN],
            S5764-S5776 [9JN], S6001-S6003 [10JN], S6007 [10JN], S6010-S6033
            [10JN], S6135-S6137 [11JN], S6139-S6146 [11JN], S6149-S6177
            [11JN], S6274-S6289 [12JN], S6309-S6311 [15JN], S6314-S6326
            [15JN], S6359-S6398 [16JN], S6433-S6436 [17JN], S6440-S6462
            [17JN], S6465-S6481 [17JN], S6485 [17JN], S6718 [19JN],
            S6857-S6861 [23JN], S7241 [26JN], S7242 [26JN], S7693 [8JY]
            tobacco industry liability settlement relative to health risks
            and marketing and manufacturing practices (S. 1415), motion to
            recommit, S5293-S5296 [21MY] tobacco industry liability
            settlement relative to health risks and marketing and
            manufacturing practices (S. 1415), unanimous-consent agreement,
            S4817 [13MY], S5544 [2JN], S6470 [17JN] tobacco industry
            liability settlement relative to health risks and marketing and
            manufacturing practices (S. 1415), unanimous-consent request,
            S4817 [13MY], S4883 [14MY]
        ------ tobacco industry liability settlement relative to health
            risks and marketing and manufacturing practices, S9736 [1SE]
        Tornadoes:  disaster assistance to Minnesota, S2876 [31MR]
        ------ disaster assistance to Rockingham County, NC, S2581 [25MR]
        ------ disaster assistance to Spencer, SD, S5668 [5JN], S5670 [5JN]
        Transportation:  allocation of Federal funding for certain
            transportation projects, S1554 [9MR]
        ------ eliminate redundant State major investment study requirement
            in overall transportation process, S1735 [11MR], S1736 [11MR]
        ------ Fixed Guideway Modernization Program funding, S1679 [10MR]
        U.S. Olympic Committee:  exemption on the use of the word
            ``Olympic'' by Washington businesses, S12800 [21OC]
        Unemployment:  improve the collection of Federal unemployment taxes
            and the provision of such revenues for employment security
            administration (S. 2556), S11583 [6OC]
        Unfunded Mandates Reform Act:  clarify application (S. 2068), S4726
            [12MY]
        University of South Dakota:  advancement of public service
            education, S3725 [28AP]
        Vermont State Housing Authority:  anniversary, S3178 [2AP]
        Water:  use of State revolving loan funds for water conservation and
            quality improvement programs, S8371 [16JY], S8439 [17JY]
        ----- use of State revolving loan funds for water conservation and
            quality improvement programs (S. 2189), S6566 [18JN], S6567
            [18JN]
        Water pollution:  estuary conservation and management programs
            funding (S. 1222), S12467-S12473 [14OC]
        Watertown, SD:  tribute to flood recovery efforts, S3178 [2AP]
        West Virginia:  anniversary, S6658 [19JN], S6661 [19JN], S6720
            [19JN]
        Wildfires:  disaster assistance to Florida, S7782 [9JY], S7961
            [10JY], S8232 [15JY], S8233 [15JY], S8314 [16JY]
        ------ tribute to firefighters in Florida, S7784 [9JY], S7961 [10JY]
        Wisconsin:  commemorate sesquicentennial of statehood (S. Con. Res.
            75), S1718-S1720 [11MR], S4747 [12MY]
      Reports
        Crop Damage Estimate for Louisiana:  Louisiana State University
            Agricultural Center, S10582 [18SE]
        New DOT Regulations--How Are They Narrowly Tailored? Senator
            Specter, S1485 [6MR]
        Options for Dungeness Crab Fishery Management:  Tri-State Dungeness
            Crab Committee, S785 [12FE], S1524 [6MR]
      Reports filed
        Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act:
            Committee of Conference (S. 1150) (H. Rept. 105-492), H2236
            [22AP]
        American Heritage Rivers Initiative Implementation Termination:
            Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 1842) (H. Rept. 105-781),
            H9722 [6OC]
        Border Smog Reduction Act:  Committee on Commerce (House) (H.R. 8)
            (H. Rept. 105-634), H5956 [20JY]
        ------ Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (H.R. 8)
            (S. Rept. 105-355), S11042 [28SE]
        Bounty Hunter Accountability and Quality Assistance Act:  Committee
            on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 1637), S10517 [17SE]
        Boxing Reform Act:  Committee on Commerce, Science, and
            Transportation (Senate) (S. 2238), S11581 [6OC]
        Bullet Resistant Police Protective Equipment Act:  Committee on the
            Judiciary (Senate) (S. 2253), S10919 [24SE]
        Bulletproof Vest Partnership Act:  Committee on the Judiciary
            (Senate) (S. 1605), S1069 [26FE]
        Child Custody Protection Act:  Committee on the Judiciary (House)
            (H.R. 3682) (H. Rept. 105-605), H5402 [25JN]
        ------ Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 1645), S8381 [16JY]
            Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 1645) (S. Rept. 105-
            269), S9043 [27JY]
        Child Support Performance and Incentive Act:  Committee on Ways and
            Means (House) (H.R. 3130) (H. Rept. 105-422), H691 [2MR]
        Community Opportunities, Accountability, and Training and
            Educational Services Act:  Committee of Conference (S. 2206) (H.
            Rept. 105-788), H9722 [6OC]
        Community Services Block Grant Program Reauthorization:  Committee
            on Education and the Workforce (House) (H.R. 4271) (H. Rept.
            105-686), H7428 [7AU]
        Community Services Block Grant Program Reauthorization and
            Amendments:  Committee on Labor and Human Resources (Senate) (S.
            2206) (S. Rept. 105-256), S8657 [21JY]
        Consideration of Conference Report on S. 1150, Agricultural
            Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act:  Committee on
            Rules (House) (H. Res. 446) (H. Rept. 105-548), H3742 [21MY]
        Consideration of H.R. 2181, Witness Protection and Interstate
            Relocation Act:  Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 366) (H.
            Rept. 105-419), H577 [24FE]
        Consideration of H.R. 3130, Child Support Performance and Incentive
            Act:  Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 378) (H. Rept. 105-
            428), H850 [4MR]
        Consideration of H.R. 3248, Dollars to the Classroom Act:  Committee
            on Rules (House) (H. Res. 543) (H. Rept. 105-726), H7914 [16SE]
        Consideration of H.R. 3310, Federal Paperwork Burden Reduction
            Relative to Small Businesses:  Committee on Rules (House) (H.
            Res. 396) (H. Rept. 105-466), H1549 [25MR]
        Consideration of H.R. 3682, Child Custody Protection Act:  Committee
            on Rules (House) (H. Res. 499) (H. Rept. 105-623), H5491 [14JY]
        Conveyance of Various Reclamation Project Facilities to Local Water
            Authorities:  Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 4389) (H.
            Rept. 105-785), H9722 [6OC]
        Correct Laws Relative to Termination of Benefits for Convicted
            Persons:  Committee on Governmental Affairs (Senate) (H.R. 3096)
            (S. Rept. 105-296), S9688 [31AU]
        Crime Identification Technology Act:  Committee on the Judiciary
            (Senate) (S. 2022), S5321 [21MY]
        Dept. of the Interior Prohibition on Charging of Fees for Certain
            Uses of Sand, Gravel, and Shell Resources of the Outer
            Continental Shelf:  Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 3972)
            (H. Rept. 105-766), H9344 [2OC]
        Dollars to the Classroom Act:  Committee on Education and the
            Workforce (House) (H.R. 3248) (H. Rept. 105-710), H7690 [14SE]
        Dungeness Crab Conservation and Management Act:  Committee on
            Resources (House) (H.R. 3498) (H. Rept. 105-674), H7177 [4AU]
        Education Flexibility Partnership Demonstration Act State
            Participation in Activities:  Committee on Labor and Human
            Resources (Senate) (S. 2213) (S. Rept. 105-327), S10320 [14SE]
        EPA Distribution of Funds to States for Underground Storage Tanks
            Cooperative Agreements:  Committee on Environment and Public
            Works (Senate) (S. 555) (S. Rept. 105-360), S11278 [1OC]
        Estuary Habitat Restoration Partnership Act:  Committee on
            Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 1222) (S. Rept. 105-
            273), S9243 [29JY]
        Exempt Law Enforcement Officers From State Laws Prohibiting Carrying
            of Concealed Handguns:  Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R.
            218) (H. Rept. 105-819), H10916 [14OC]
        Federal Paperwork Burden Reduction Relative to Small Businesses:
            Committee on Government Reform and Oversight (House) (H.R. 3310)
            (H. Rept. 105-462), H1444 [24MR]
        Four Corners Interpretive Center Act:  Committee on Indian Affairs
            (Senate) (S. 1998) (S. Rept. 105-322), S10118 [9SE]
        Homeowners' Insurance Availability Act:  Committee on Banking and
            Financial Services (House) (H.R. 219) (H. Rept. 105-687), H7493
            [9SE]
        Individuals With Disabilities Education Act Requirements Relative to
            Reducing or Withholding Payments to States:  Committee on
            Education and the Workforce (House) (H.R. 3254) (H. Rept. 105-
            649), H6453 [24JY]
        Internet Tax Freedom Act:  Committee on Commerce, Science, and
            Transportation (Senate) (S. 442) (S. Rept. 105-184), S4357 [5MY]
        ------ Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 442) (S. Rept. 105-276),
            S9424 [30JY]
        ------ Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 3529) (H. Rept. 105-
            808), H10512 [10OC]
        National Motor Vehicle Safety, Antitheft, Title Reform, and Consumer
            Protection Act:  Committee on Commerce, Science, and
            Transportation (Senate) (S. 852) (S. Rept. 105-265), S9043
            [27JY]
        National Park Service Waiver and Indemnification Allowances in
            Mutual Law Enforcement Agreements With States or Political
            Subdivisions:  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
            (Senate) (S. 2248), S10985 [25SE]
        ----- Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 2248)
            (S. Rept. 105-402), S12163 [9OC]
        National Tobacco Policy and Youth Smoking Reduction Act:  Committee
            on Finance (Senate) (S. 1415), S4906 [14MY]
        Northwest Wildland Fire Protection Agreement Congressional Consent:
            Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 1134), S8381 [16JY]
        OSHA Compliance Assistance Authorization Act:  Committee on
            Education and the Workforce (House) (H.R. 2864) (H. Rept. 105-
            444), H1235 [17MR]
        Pacific Northwest Emergency Management Arrangement Congressional
            Consent:  Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S.J. Res. 35),
            S8381 [16JY]
        Private Property Rights Implementation Act:  Committee on the
            Judiciary (Senate) (H.R. 1534), S1068 [26FE]
        ----- Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (H.R. 1534) (S. Rept. 105-
            242), S7678 [8JY]
        Prohibit Interference With Interstate Commerce on the Internet or
            Interactive Computer Services:  Committee on Commerce (House)
            (H.R. 3849) (H. Rept. 105-570), H4240 [5JN]
        ----- Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 3849) (H. Rept. 105-
            570), H4878 [19JN]
        Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act:  Committee of
            Conference (House) (S. 1260) (H. Rept. 105-803), H10351 [9OC]
        ------ Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate) (S.
            1260) (S. Rept. 105-182), S4206 [4MY]
        ------ Committee on Commerce (House) (H.R. 1689) (H. Rept. 105-640),
            H6069 [21JY]
        Superfund Cleanup Acceleration Act:  Committee on Environment and
            Public Works (Senate) (S. 8) (S. Rept. 105-192), S5129 [19MY]
        Support Grant Programs To Address Assistive Technology Needs of
            Individuals With Disabilities:  Committee on Labor and Human
            Resources (Senate) (S. 2432) (S. Rept. 105-334), S10383 [15SE]
        Termination of Federal Aid Program Benefits for Convicted Persons:
            Committee on Education and the Workforce (House) (H.R. 3096) (H.
            Rept. 105-446), H1235 [17MR]
        U.S. Route 66 Designation as ``America's Main Street'':  Committee
            on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 2133), S10985
            [25SE]
        ----- Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 2133)
            (S. Rept. 105-399), S12163 [9OC]
        Universal Tobacco Settlement Act:  Committee on Commerce, Science,
            and Transportation (Senate) (S. 1415) (S. Rept. 105-180), S4035
            [1MY]
        Veterans' Reemployment Rights Relative to States, Private Employers,
            and Servicemen Employed by U.S. Companies Abroad:  Committee on
            Veterans Affairs (House) (H.R. 3213) (H. Rept. 105-448), H1235
            [17MR]
        Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act:  Committee of
            Conference (H.R. 1853) (H. Rept. 105-800), H10075 [8OC]
        Water-Related Technical Corrections Act:  Committee on Energy and
            Natural Resources (Senate) (H.R. 2402), S10984 [25SE]
        ----- Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (H.R. 2402)
            (S. Rept. 105-377), S11697 [7OC]
        Wisconsin Statehood Sesquicentennial:  Committee on the Judiciary
            (Senate) (S. Con. Res. 75), S4528 [7MY]
      Resolutions by organizations
        Dollars to the Classroom Act:  Associated Professional Educators of
            Louisiana, H8065 [18SE]
        Hard rock mining regulations:  Western Governors' Association,
            S10343 [15SE]
        Prohibit certain Dept. of the Interior Indian gaming regulations:
            National Association of Attorneys General, S2557 [25MR]
        Puerto Rican Statehood:  DAR, E873 [14MY]
        Treatment of Internet and interactive computer service commerce:
            Virginia General Assembly, S11857 [8OC]
      Rulings of the Chair
        Agriculture:  ensure that federally funded research and education
            programs address high-priority concerns with national multistate
            significance (S. 1150), conference report, H4123 [4JN]
        Crime:  prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State
            laws requiring parental notification of abortions (H.R. 3682),
            motion to recommit, H5539 [15JY]
        Taxation:  treatment of Internet and interactive computer service
            commerce (S. 442), S11848 [8OC]
      Statements
        American Heritage Rivers Initiative Implementation:  Several
            Representatives, E2148 [13OC]
        Becky Bell Abortion Case:  National Right to Life Committee, Inc.,
            H5524 [15JY], H5525 [15JY]
        Dungeness Crab Conservation and Management Act:  Senator Murray,
            S1524 [6MR]
        HEALTHY Kids Act:  C. Everett Koop and David A. Kessler, S743 [12FE]
        ------ Coalition for Workers' Health Care Funds, S744 [12FE]
        ------ ENACT Coalition, S744 [12FE]
        ------ Hubert H. Humphrey III, Attorney General of Minnesota, S743
            [12FE]
        Internet Tax Freedom Act:  Citizens Against Government Waste
            (organization), E1231 [25JN]
        ------ several State officials, E1230 [25JN]
        Kids Deserve Freedom From Tobacco Act (KIDS Act):  ENACT Coalition,
            S2858 [31MR]
        National Tobacco Policy and Youth Smoking Reduction Act:  Gilbert G.
            Gallegos, Fraternal Order of Police, S5772 [9JN]
        Nuclear Policy Issues:  Senator Domenici, S636 [11FE]
        Nuclear Waste Policy Act:  Speaker Gingrich, S5564 [2JN]
        Prohibit Certain Dept. of the Interior Indian Gaming Regulations:
            BIA, S2588 [26MR], S2593 [26MR]
        Prohibit Charging of Fees for Certain Uses of Sand, Gravel, and
            Shell Resources of the Outer Continental Shelf:  Executive
            Office of the President, H10941 [15OC]
        Property Rights Implementation Act:  Executive Office of the
            President, S8030 [13JY]
        Public Service Testament:  William O. Farber, S3727 [28AP]
        School Overcrowding:  Several Vermont High School Students, E1487
            [31JY]
        Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act:  Representative Klink,
            H10779 [13OC]
        ------ several Representatives, H10778 [13OC]
        Understanding Free Association as a Form of Separate Sovereignty and
            Political Independence in the Case of Decolonization of Puerto
            Rico:  Fred M. Zeder II, H783 [4MR]
      Studies
        U.S. Farm Programs:  Farm Journal, Inc., S10297 [14SE]
      Summaries
        Are States Improving the Lives of Poor Families?--A Scale Measure of
            State Welfare Policies:  Tufts University Center on Hunger and
            Poverty, S1220 [3MR]
        Boxing Reform Act (S. 2238), S7259 [26JN]
        Child Support Performance and Incentive Act (H.R. 3130), S3184 [2AP]
        Comprehensive Education Reform Proposal:  Senator Kerry,
            S12234-S12236 [9OC]
        Ensure the Restoration and Preservation of State Authority Over
            Intrastate Telecommunications (H.R. 4801), E2082 [11OC]
        Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem Management Project:  OMB, H6152
            [22JY]
        Kids Deserve Freedom From Tobacco Act (KIDS Act) (S. 1889),
            S2855-S2858 [31MR]
        Prohibition Against Alcohol Traffic to Minors Act (H.R. 3537), E455
            [24MR]
        Public School Modernization Act (S. 1705), S1341 [4MR]
        States' Consumer Protection Laws for Health Insurance, E287 [4MR]
        Taxpayer Repayment Act (H.J. Res. 109), E149 [11FE]
      Surveys
        National Tobacco Policy:  Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, S6368
            [16JN]
      Tables
        Amtrak ridership by State, H6715 [29JY]
        Dollars to the Classroom Act State allocations, H8047 [18SE], H8048
            [18SE], H8060 [18SE], H8069 [18SE]
        Federal agency paperwork performance standards:  OMB, H1573 [26MR]
        Highway contracting dollars in Virginia, S1402 [5MR]
        Kids Deserve Freedom From Tobacco Act (KIDS Act) allocation of
            industry payments, S2858 [31MR]
        National Tobacco Policy and Youth Smoking Reduction Act revenue and
            volume adjustments, S5262 [21MY]
        National tobacco settlement tax on individual cigarette
            manufacturers, S6449 [17JN]
        National tobacco settlement trust fund, S6449 [17JN]
        Reconciliation of general tobacco industry payments under S. 1415,
            National Tobacco Policy and Youth Smoking Reduction Act, and the
            net Federal revenue effect of payments relative to look-back
            provisions, S5264 [21MY], S5306 [21MY]
        State comparison of statute of limitations and aiding and abetting
            liability, H10778 [13OC]
        State comparisons of statute of limitations and aiding and abetting
            liability, H6059 [21JY]
        State unemployment compensation system reserves, S6406 [16JN], S6407
            [16JN]
        States' consumer protection laws for health insurance, E287 [4MR]
        Tobacco settlement attorneys' fees, S5259 [21MY]
        Uncollected sales tax on mail order goods (1994), S232 [29JA]
        Women owned businesses--percent of growth, 1987-96, S1402 [5MR]
      Testimonies
        District of Columbia School Construction and Infrastructure
            Improvements Funding:  Jamin B. Raskin, S3350 [21AP]
        Efforts To Prevent Transmission of HIV:  Representative Lantos, E241
            [26FE]
        Hard Rock Mining Regulations:  Robert Miller, Governor of Nevada,
            S10344 [15SE]
        Replace Federal Highway Program Affirmative Action Policies With
            Emerging Business Enterprise Programs:  Eugene Volokh, S1407
            [5MR]
        ----- George R. La Noue, S1407 [5MR]
        Tenth Amendment to the Constitution:  Alice W. Gatsis, S4 [27JA]
      Texts of
        H. Res. 365, insert language of H.R. 2534 in lieu of S. 1150,
            Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act, H516
            [24FE]
        H. Res. 366, consideration of H.R. 2181, Witness Protection and
            Interstate Relocation Act, H598 [25FE]
        H. Res. 378, consideration of H.R. 3130, Child Support Performance
            and Incentive Act, H864 [5MR]
        H. Res. 379, return to Senate S. 104, nuclear waste disposal, H878
            [5MR]
        H. Res. 396, consideration of H.R. 3310, Federal paperwork burden
            reduction relative to small businesses, H1559 [26MR]
        H. Res. 446, consideration of conference report on S. 1150,
            Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act,
            H3761 [22MY]
        H. Res. 499, consideration of H.R. 3682, Child Custody Protection
            Act, H5511 [15JY]
        H. Res. 543, consideration of H.R. 3248, Dollars to the Classroom
            Act, H8014 [17SE]
        H. Res. 604, consideration of S. 1132, Bandelier National Monument
            Administrative Improvement and Watershed Protection Act and S.
            2133, U.S. Route 66 designation as ``America's Main Street'',
            H11553 [20OC]
        H.R. 8, Border Smog Reduction Act, H5891 [20JY], H9900 [7OC]
        H.R. 804, funding for the hiring of law enforcement personnel who
            perform nonadministrative services, H9999 [7OC]
        H.R. 1689, Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act, H6052-H6055
            [21JY]
        H.R. 2829, Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act, H3046 [12MY]
        H.R. 2864, OSHA Compliance Assistance Authorization Act, H1176
            [17MR]
        H.R. 3096, correct law relative to termination of benefits for
            convicted persons, H1402 [24MR]
        H.R. 3130, Child Support Performance and Incentive Act, H872-H876
            [5MR], H5370-H5377 [25JN]
        H.R. 3213, enforcement of veterans reemployment rights relative to
            States, private employers, and servicemen employed by U.S.
            companies abroad, H1396 [24MR]
        H.R. 3301, allow greater discretion relative to the placement of the
            required inscriptions on quarter dollars issued under the 50
            States Commemorative Coin Program, H1685 [27MR]
        H.R. 3310, Federal paperwork burden reduction relative to small
            businesses, H1571 [26MR]
        H.R. 3682, Child Custody Protection Act, H5521 [15JY]
        H.R. 3718, limit jurisdiction of Federal courts relative to prison
            release orders, H3404 [19MY]
        H.R. 3972, prohibit charging of fees for certain uses of sand,
            gravel, and shell resources of the Outer Continental Shelf,
            H10940 [15OC]
        H.R. 4105, Internet Tax Freedom Act, H5029-H5031 [23JN]
        H.R. 4337, provide for a pilot program in Maryland to eradicate or
            control nutria and restore marshland damaged by nutria, H9092
            [28SE]
        H.R. 4572, ensure uniformity of Federal and State pension plans
            relative to State income taxes, H10949 [15OC]
        S. 439, State hydroelectric project management, S7224 [25JN]
        S. 442, Internet Tax Freedom Act, S11269-S11271 [1OC], S11858-S11865
            [8OC]
        S. 846, jurisdiction of FERC over licensing of hydroelectric
            projects in Hawaii, S7226 [25JN]
        S. 852, National Salvage Motor Vehicle Consumer Protection Act,
            S11394-S11398 [2OC], H10295-H10298 [9OC]
        S. 1134, congressional consent to Northwest Wildland Fire Protection
            Agreement, S9498 [30JY]
        ------, H10927 [15OC]
        S. 1222, Estuary Habitat Restoration Partnership Act, S12473-S12477
            [14OC]
        S. 1260, Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act, S4778 [13MY],
            S4815 [13MY], S9318-S9320 [29JY], H6120 [22JY]
        S. 1576, application of California State regulations relative to
            reformulated gasoline in certain areas, S115 [28JA]
        S. 1577, Caring for Children Act, S116-S119 [28JA]
        S. 1586, Consumer and Main Street Protection Act, S231 [29JA]
        S. 1591, Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act, S233 [29JA]
        S. 1605, Bulletproof Vest Partnership Act, S380 [4FE], S1804 [11MR]
        S. 1605, Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act, S4927 [15MY], H3067
            [12MY]
        S. 1637, Bounty Hunter Accountability and Quality Assistance Act,
            S738 [12FE]
        ------, S11812 [7OC]
        S. 1644, Leveraging Educational Assistance Partnership Act, S750
            [12FE]
        S. 1705, Public School Modernization Act, S1338-S1341 [4MR]
        S. 1706, prohibit sale of alcohol through drive-up sales windows,
            S1342 [4MR]
        S. 1726, Dungeness Crab Conservation and Management Act, S1523 [6MR]
        S. 1733, prevent issuance of food stamps to deceased individuals,
            H10935 [15OC]
        S. 1733, prevention of issuance of food stamps to deceased
            individuals, S1698 [10MR]
        S. 1742, Alternative Certification and Licensure of Teachers Act,
            S1775 [11MR]
        S. 1766, Telecommunications Competition Act, S1995 [16MR]
        S. 1791, Child Support Performance Act, S2214 [18MR]
        S. 1798, reduce Federal penalties relative to implementation of
            child support enforcement system by States, S2299 [19MR]
        S. 1870, Indian Gaming Regulatory Improvement Act, S2673-S2680
            [26MR]
        S. 1876, funding for substance abuse prevention and treatment
            programs in prisons, S2723 [27MR]
        S. 1880, State authority to permit certain employers of domestic
            workers to make annual wage reports, S2766 [30MR]
        S. 1899, Chippewa Cree Tribe of the Rocky Boy's Reservation Indian
            Reserved Water Rights Settlement Act, S2975-S2978 [1AP]
        S. 1912, exclude certain National Guard officers from the limitation
            on the number who may serve on active duty, S3127 [2AP]
        S. 1998, Four Corners Interpretive Center Act, S3721 [28AP], S10534
            [17SE]
        S. 2013, allow children covered under a State Medicaid health plan
            to continue receiving benefits under the Vaccines for Children
            Program, S3931 [30AP]
        S. 2022, Crime Identification Technology Act, S3941 [30AP], S8073
            [13JY], S8078-S8082 [13JY], S12036-S12040 [8OC], H9987-H9991
            [7OC]
        S. 2068, clarify application of Unfunded Mandates Reform Act, S4726
            [12MY]
        S. 2084, Coastal States Protection Act, S4914 [14MY]
        S. 2093, reductions in school class size, S5133 [19MY]
        S. 2097, Indian Tribal Conflict Resolution and Tort Claims and Risk
            Management Act, S5222-S5224 [20MY]
        S. 2098, American Land Sovereignty Protection Act, S5225 [20MY]
        S. 2111, establish conditions under which Federal and non-Federal
            entities may enter management agreements for the Columbia and
            Snake River Basin, S5332 [21MY]
        S. 2133, designate U.S. Route 66 as ``America's Main Street'',
            S12105 [9OC], H10945 [15OC]
        S. 2163, Judicial Improvement Act, S6188-S6194 [11JN]
        S. 2169, encourage States to require a holding period for students
            expelled for bringing a gun to school, S6295 [12JN]
        S. 2187, Electric Consumer Choice Act, S6565 [18JN]
        S. 2201, delay effective date of the Dept. of HHS final rule
            relative to the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network,
            S6768 [22JN]
        S. 2206, Community Opportunities, Accountability, and Training and
            Educational Services Act, S9067-S9082 [27JY]
        ------, S10617-S10633 [18SE], H7620-H7638 [14SE]
        S. 2218, Atlantic Coast Toxic Microorganism Environmental
            Remediation Act, S7179 [25JN]
        S. 2238, Boxing Reform Act, S7257-S7259 [26JN], S12054-S12056 [8OC]
        S. 2248, National Park Service waiver and indemnification in mutual
            law enforcement agreements with States or political
            subdivisions, S11820 [7OC]
        S. 2253, Bullet Resistant Police Protective Equipment Act, S7281
            [26JN], S12599 [14OC]
        S. 2254, Health Care Consumer Assistance Act, S7282 [26JN]
        S. 2266, State and Local Prison Relief Act, S7577 [7JY]
        S. 2275, technical corrections to S. 1150, Agricultural Research,
            Extension, and Education Reform Act, S7699 [8JY]
        S. 2287, Comprehensive Electricity Competition Act, S7943-S7951
            [10JY]
        S. 2294, National Criminal History Access and Child Protection Act,
            S8070-S8073 [13JY]
        S. 2324, Brady Waiting Period Extension Act, S8387 [16JY]
        S. 2397, Public School Construction Partnership Act, S9559 [31JY]
        S. 2410, provide medical assistance to certain legal immigrant
            children and increase allotments to territories under the State
            Children's Health Insurance Program, S9571 [31JY]
        S. 2422, Measures To Encourage Results in Teaching Act, S9595 [31JY]
        S. 2432, Assistive Technology Act, S11513-S11526 [5OC],
            S12502-S12511 [14OC], H10276-H10286 [9OC]
        S. 2452, require States to pass laws requiring witnesses of child
            sexual abuse to report such crimes to the police, S10119 [9SE]
        S. 2461, construct and operate a visitor center for the Upper
            Delaware Scenic and Recreational River in New York, S10241
            [11SE]
        S. 2462, allow States to exempt Medicaid trust funds for the
            disabled from estate recovery programs, S10241 [11SE]
        S. 2514, preserve State and local authority to regulate the
            placement, construction, and modification of certain
            telecommunications facilities, S10922 [24SE]
        S. 2560, Electronic Duck Stamp Act, S11585 [6OC]
        S. 2566, Reinvestment and Environmental Restoration Act,
            S12027-S12032 [8OC]
        S. 2586, Children First Child Support Reform Act, S11982 [8OC]
        S. 2598, Children's Lead Prevention and Inclusive Treatment Act,
            S12165-S12167 [9OC]
        S. 2605, Traumatic Brain Injury and Spinal Cord Injury Registry Act,
            S12172 [9OC]
        S. 2626, Health Care for America's Children Act, S12402 [12OC]
        S. 3248, Dollars to the Classroom Act, H8052-H8055 [18SE]
        S. Con. Res. 75, commemorate sesquicentennial of Wisconsin's
            statehood, S669 [11FE]
        S. Con. Res. 75, Wisconsin statehood sesquicentennial, S4747 [12MY]
        S. Con. Res. 109, limit Federal authority to impose regulations on
            State and local governments not provided under the Constitution,
            S8925 [23JY]
        S. Res. 168, spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars
            on children's classrooms, S59 [27JA]
        S. Res. 253, disaster assistance to Texas for drought, S6890 [23JN]
        S.J. Res. 35, congressional consent to Pacific Northwest Emergency
            Management Arrangement, S9659 [31JY]
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        What a Deal:  ``20/20'' (ABC television program), S5103 [19MY]