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

    DORGAN, BYRON L. (a Senator from North Dakota)
      Amendments
        Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
            making appropriations (S. 2159), S8125 [14JY], S8143 [14JY],
            S8214 [15JY], S8228 [15JY], S8234 [15JY], S8254 [15JY], S8258
            [15JY], S8259 [15JY], S8310 [16JY], S8312 [16JY], S8389 [16JY],
            S8401 [16JY], S8402 [16JY]
        Appropriations:  making emergency supplemental for disaster relief
            and overseas peacekeeping operations (S. 1768), S2384 [23MR],
            S2436 [23MR], S2484 [24MR], S2500 [24MR], S2596 [26MR], S2599
            [26MR], S2685 [26MR], S2686 [26MR], S2687 [26MR]
        Bankruptcy:  consumer protection (S. 1301), S10749 [23SE], S10844
            [23SE]
        Budget:  setting forth the Federal budget for 1999-2003 (S. Con.
            Res. 86), S2736 [30MR], S2774 [30MR], S2842 [31MR], S2871
            [31MR], S2896 [1AP], S2932 [1AP], S2940 [1AP], S2951 [1AP],
            S2990 [1AP], S2995 [1AP], S3033 [2AP], S3157 [2AP], S3161 [2AP]
        Dept. of Defense:  authorizing appropriations for military
            activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military
            construction (S. 2057), S4919 [14MY], S6982 [24JN], S7025
            [24JN], S7151 [25JN], S7208 [25JN]
        ------ making appropriations (S. 2132), S9384 [30JY], S9394 [30JY],
            S9472 [30JY], S9474 [30JY]
        Dept. of the Interior and related agencies:  making appropriations
            (S. 2237), S10313 [14SE], S10322 [14SE], S10325 [14SE]
        Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the
            President, and independent agencies:  making appropriations (S.
            2312), S9200 [29JY], S9215 [29JY], S9268 [29JY], S9270 [29JY]
        Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
            agencies:  authorizing appropriations (S. 2260), S8710 [22JY],
            S8792 [22JY], S8859 [23JY], S8860 [23JY], S8937 [23JY], S8938
            [23JY]
        Energy and water development:  making appropriations (S. 2138),
            S6541 [18JN], S6631 [18JN]
        FAA:  reauthorizing programs (S. 2279), S10893 [24SE], S10930
            [24SE], S10935 [24SE]
        Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs:  making
            appropriations (S. 2334), S9792 [1SE]
        Hussein, Saddam:  indictment and prosecution for war crimes and
            other crimes against humanity (S. Con. Res. 78), S1655 [9MR],
            S1871 [12MR], S1908 [13MR]
        IRS:  restructure and reform (H.R. 2676), S4405 [6MY], S4446 [6MY],
            S4544 [7MY]
        Legislative branch of the Government:  making appropriations (H.R.
            4112), S8554 [20JY], S8555 [20JY], S8567 [20JY], S8573 [20JY]
        North Dakota:  increase authorization for water supplies, meet water
            quantity and quality needs, and enhance natural resources and
            habitats (S. 1515), S7886 [9JY]
        Protocols to the North Atlantic Treaty on Accession of Poland,
            Hungary, and the Czech Republic:  ratification, S3724 [28AP],
            S3826 [30AP], S4040 [1MY]
        Taxation:  treatment of education individual retirement accounts
            relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R.
            2646), S3546 [23AP]
        ------ treatment of Internet and interactive computer service
            commerce (S. 442), S11490 [5OC], S11676 [7OC], S11793 [7OC]
        Telephones:  strengthen and expand the procedures for preventing the
            slamming of interstate telephone service subscribers (S. 1618),
            S4702 [12MY]
        Transportation:  funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
            programs, and transit programs (S. 1173), S1375 [5MR], S1464
            [5MR], S1537 [6MR], S1556 [9MR]
      Appointments
        Committee To Escort the President, H30 [27JA]
        Conferee:  H.R. 3579, emergency supplemental appropriations and
            rescissions, S2826 [31MR]
        ------ H.R. 4060, energy and water development appropriations, S6548
            [18JN], S6861 [23JN]
        ------ H.R. 4103, Dept. of Defense appropriations, S9417 [30JY]
        ------ H.R. 4112, legislative branch of the Government
            appropriations, S8687 [21JY]
        U.S. Capitol Preservation Commission, S12379 [12OC]
      Articles and editorials
        As the Nation Prospers, Farmers in the Northern Plains Flounder,
            Dale A. Thorenson, Grand Forks (ND) Herald, S4948 [18MY]
        Deciding NATO's Future Without Debate, David S. Broder, Washington
            (DC) Post, S2264 [19MR]
        Slapdash Proposal on Cloning, New York (NY) Times, S788<bullet>
            [12FE]
      Bills and resolutions cosponsored
        Agriculture:  labeling of imported meat and meat food products
            containing imported meat, (see S. 617), S6769 [22JN]
        Animals:  prohibit import, export, sale, or possession of bear
            viscera, (see S. 263), S3656 [27AP]
        Armed Forces:  feasibility of using the Federal Employees Health
            Benefits Program for Medicare-eligible retirees under the
            military health care system, (see S. 1334), S520 [9FE]
        Arms Export Control Act:  exempt federally guaranteed agricultural
            commodities from the application of sanctions, (see S. 2282),
            S7881 [9JY]
        Aviation:  implement a pilot program to improve air transportation
            service to small communities, (see S. 1968), S3428 [22AP]
        Business and industry:  provide assistance to microenterprises in
            developing countries, (see S. 2152), S8787 [22JY]
        Capitol Building and Grounds:  tribute to John M. Gibson and Jacob
            J. Chestnut of the Capitol Police for acts of heroism, (see S.
            Con. Res. 110), S9044 [27JY]
        ------ use of the rotunda for a memorial service for John M. Gibson
            and Jacob J. Chestnut of the Capitol Police, (see S. Con. Res.
            111), S9044 [27JY]
        Convention Against Torture and Other Forms of Cruel, Inhuman, and
            Degrading Treatment or Punishment:  implement and establish
            support program for victims of torture, (see S. 1606), S1352
            [4MR]
        Crime:  national policy to control crime and reform court
            procedures, (see S. 2484), S10423 [16SE]
        Cuba:  exception to trade embargo for food, medicines and medical
            supplies, instruments, or equipment, (see S. 1391), S9058 [27JY]
        Dept. of Veterans Affairs:  establish certain presumptions of
            service connection for Persian Gulf Conflict veterans, (see S.
            2358), S9789 [1SE]
        Dickinson, ND:  forgive certain debts, (see S. 2127), S5569 [2JN]
        Diseases:  payments to individuals with blood-clotting disorders who
            contracted HIV due to contaminated blood products, (see S. 358),
            S7580 [7JY]
        Ecology and environment:  facilitate protection of tropical forests
            through debt reduction with developing countries with tropical
            forests, (see S. 1758), S4834 [13MY]
        FAA:  foreign repair station rules, (see S. 1089), S4727 [12MY]
        ------ reevaluate medical equipment and make decision relative to
            automatic external defibrillators on aircraft, (see S. 1584),
            S226 [29JA]
        Families and domestic relations:  increase availability,
            affordability, and quality of child care, (see S. 1610), S378
            [4FE]
        ------ promote the adoption of children in foster care, (see S.
            2408), S9556 [31JY]
        FCC:  preserve low-power television stations that provide community
            broadcasting, (see S. 1427), S8388 [16JY]
        Foreign policy:  establish framework for consideration of unilateral
            economic sanctions, (see S. 1413), S6769 [22JN]
        ------ support broad-based agricultural and rural development in
            sub-Saharan Africa, (see S. 2283), S9789 [1SE]
        Foreign trade:  eliminate disincentives to fair trade conditions,
            (see S. 2281), S9983 [8SE]
        Grand Forks (ND) Herald:  recipient of Pulitzer Prize for Public
            Service news coverage, (see S. Res. 214), S3429 [22AP]
        Health:  biomedical research funding, (see S. Res. 170), S520 [9FE]
        ------ establish a program for training in lifesaving first aid for
            individuals experiencing cardiac arrest, (see S. 2196), S11051
            [28SE]
        ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, (see
            S. 1890), S5456 [22MY], (see S. 1891), S5456 [22MY]
        Human rights:  expedite the declassification of certain documents
            relating to human rights abuses in Guatemala and Honduras, (see
            S. 1220), S11127 [29SE]
        Hussein, Saddam:  indictment and prosecution for war crimes and
            other crimes against humanity, (see S. Res. 179), S1015 [25FE],
            (see S. Con. Res. 78), S1352 [4MR]
        Indonesia:  support for new Government and reforms in East Timor,
            (see S. Res. 237), S7683 [8JY]
        Iron and steel industry:  respond to the surge of steel imports
            resulting from the financial crises in Asia, Russia, and other
            regions, (see S. Con. Res. 121), S11452 [5OC]
        Israel:  independence anniversary, (see S.J. Res. 46), S3783 [29AP]
        ------ membership in a U.N. regional group, (see S. Res. 186), S1155
            [27FE], (see S. Res. 188), S1255 [3MR]
        Japan:  access of U.S. business to photographic film and paper
            markets, (see S. Con. Res. 88), S4208 [4MY]
        Law enforcement officers:  tribute to individuals who lost their
            lives during service, (see S. Res. 201), S2764 [30MR]
        ``Little Rock Nine'':  award Congressional Gold Medals, (see S.
            1283), S846 [23FE]
        McCain, Senator:  tribute, (see S. Res. 196), S2114 [17MR]
        Medicaid:  coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment services
            for certain women screened under federally funded programs, (see
            S. 2017), S10120 [9SE]
        ------ coverage of services provided by nurse practitioners and
            clinical nurse specialists, (see S. 1326), S11586 [6OC]
        Medicare:  adjust formula used to determine cost limits for home
            health agencies, (see S. 1993), S9692 [31AU]
        ------ eliminate time limitation on benefits for immunosuppressive
            drugs, (see S. 1481), S932 [24FE]
        ------ graduate medical education payments, (see S. 2259), S9983
            [8SE]
        ------ payments to hospitals that have graduate medical education
            programs in critical need specialty areas, (see S. 2216), S9983
            [8SE]
        ------ promote use of universal product numbers on claims forms used
            for reimbursement, (see S. 1362), S10321 [14SE]
        ------ repeal the financial limitation on rehabilitation services,
            (see S. 2222), S7884 [9JY]
        National Breast Cancer Survivor's Day:  designate, (see S. Res.
            198), S2214 [18MR]
        National Character Counts Week:  designate, (see S. Res. 176), S731
            [12FE]
        National Children's Day:  designate, (see S. Res. 260), S9426 [30JY]
        National Children's Memorial Day:  designate, (see S. Res. 193),
            S1702 [10MR]
        National Correctional Officers and Employees Week:  designate, (see
            S. Res. 175), S3443 [22AP]
        National Erase the Hate and Eliminate Racism Day:  designate, (see
            S. Res. 221), S3919 [30AP]
        National Mammography Day:  designate, (see S. Res. 271), S11285
            [1OC]
        National security:  increase use and improve readiness of National
            Guard and reserve components of the Armed Forces, (see S. 2077),
            S4823 [13MY]
        Older Americans Act:  reauthorize, (see S. 2295), S8056 [13JY]
        Postal Service:  guidelines for renovation, relocation, closing, or
            consolidation of post offices, (see S. 2035), S8677 [21JY]
        Public Works and Economic Development Act:  reauthorize and reform
            programs, (see S. 1647), S3296 [20AP]
        ------ reauthorize and reform programs, (see S. 2364), S9789 [1SE]
        Railroads:  modify the guaranteed minimum benefit for widows and
            widowers relative to conversion from spouse to widow or widower
            annuity, (see S. Con. Res. 80), S3723 [28AP]
        Read Across America Day:  designate, (see S. Res. 181), S1082 [26FE]
        Sanford, Terry:  tribute, (see S. Res. 211), S3356 [21AP]
        Small business:  provide grants to microenterprise organizations to
            assist disadvantaged entrepreneurs, (see S. 2190), S10667 [21SE]
        ------ provide regulatory assistance, (see S. 1957), S3218 [3AP]
        Social Security:  budget treatment of trust funds, (see S. Res.
            185), S1070 [26FE]
        Sports:  reform unfair and anticompetitive practices in professional
            boxing, (see S. 2238), S9058 [27JY]
        Taxation:  extend the placed-in-service date for biomass and coal
            facilities, (see S. 2233), S7287 [26JN]
        ------ permanently extend research credit, (see S. 1464), S5134
            [19MY]
        Telephones:  promote and enhance use of 911 emergency services and
            encourage construction and operation of cellular telephone
            networks, (see S. 2519), S11184 [30SE]
        ------ strengthen and expand the procedures for preventing the
            slamming of interstate telephone service subscribers, (see S.
            1618), S668 [11FE]
        Tobacco products:  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]
        U.S. Navy Asiatic Fleet Memorial Day:  designate, (see S. 45), S3534
            [23AP]
        Ukraine:  remember treatment by the former Soviet Union on
            anniversary of Ukrainian Famine, (see S. Con. Res. 122), S11346
            [2OC]
        Veterans:  furnishing of burial flags to certain deceased members of
            the Selected Reserve, (see S. 1406), S668 [11FE]
        Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc.:  anniversary, (see S. Res. 207),
            S5572 [2JN]
        Vietnamese Conflict:  tribute to POW and MIA's and disclosure of
            information concerning missing personnel, (see S. Res. 196),
            S2114 [17MR]
        Washington, George:  anniversary of death, (see S. Con. Res. 83),
            S3723 [28AP]
        Wisconsin:  commemorate sesquicentennial of statehood, (see S. Con.
            Res. 75), S3545 [23AP]
      Bills and resolutions introduced
        Agriculture:  permit States to purchase certain chemicals sold in
            Canada, (see S. 2592), S11970 [8OC]
        ------ prohibit and investigate the sale of subsidized barley from
            the European Union, (see S. Res. 220), S3919 [30AP], (see S.
            Res. 232), S5129 [19MY]
        Crime:  reform statutes relative to the forfeiture of criminals'
            profits attributable to their crimes, (see S. 2345), S8919
            [23JY]
        Dept. of Agriculture:  carry out trade compensation assistance
            program if the President or any provision of law causes exports
            to be suspended for national security reasons, (see S. 2234),
            S7172 [25JN]
        ------ establish a commodity loan program that provides a fair
            return to producers relative to the cost of production, (see S.
            1918), S3120 [2AP]
        Fort Berthold Reservation:  approval process for oil and gas leasing
            agreements for specific allotted lands, (see S. 2069), S4712
            [12MY]
        FRS:  prohibit surplus accounts, require audit of Federal reserve
            banks, apply Federal procurement regulations, and reform pricing
            practices for domestic banking services, (see S. 2153), S6037
            [10JN]
        Lewis and Clark expedition:  mint coins in commemoration of
            bicentennial, (see S. 2205), S6885 [23JN]
        Medicare:  exempt licensed pharmacists from surety bond requirements
            for suppliers of durable medical equipment, (see S. 1680), S1003
            [25FE]
        National Endowment for Democracy:  terminate funding, (see S. 2186),
            S6488 [17JN]
        National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute:  anniversary, (see S.
            Con. Res. 108), S8482 [17JY]
        Political campaigns:  television rate requirements for certain
            political advertising, (see S. 1688), S1070 [26FE]
        Taxation:  exclusion of gain from the sale of a principal residence
            and the sale of farmland, (see S. 2388), S9425 [30JY]
        ------ investment credits for regional jet purchases and airline
            ticket tax reduction for certain rural flights, (see S. 2629),
            S12558 [14OC]
      Cloture motions
        Political campaigns:  protect individuals from having their money
            involuntarily collected and used for politics by a corporation
            or labor organization (S. 1663), S909 [24FE], S909 [24FE], S1045
            [26FE]
      Letters
        Dept. of Agriculture commodity loan program that provides a fair
            return to producers relative to the cost of production:  George
            and Karen Saxowsky, S3134 [2AP]
        Impact of the market price of crops and disasters on family farms:
            Brian and Johnet Christianson, S10287 [14SE]
        ------ Wyatt Goettle, S10286 [14SE]
        Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act:  Richard Finan,
            National Conference of State Legislatures, S375 [4FE]
        Licensed pharmacists' exemption from surety bond requirements for
            suppliers of durable medical equipment under Medicare:  Galen
            Jordre, North Dakota Pharmaceutical Association, S1013 [25FE]
        ----- John A. Gans, American Pharmaceutical Association, S1013
            [25FE]
        ----- John M. Rector, National Community Pharmacists Association,
            S1013 [25FE]
        Prohibit open containers of alcohol in motor vehicles:  Rodney
            Slater, Sec. of Transportation, S1379 [5MR]
      Motions
        IRS:  restructure and reform (H.R. 2676), conference report, S7660
            [8JY]
      Poems
        ``Because I Could Not Stop for Death,'' Emily Dickinson, S9673
            [31AU]
        ``When the Farmers All Shut Down,'' Luella F. Hermanson,
            S9693<bullet> [31AU]
      Privilege of the floor
        Candee, Tyler, S11852 [8OC]
        Dimeling, Meg, S4869 [14MY]
        Pawluk, Adam, S4869 [14MY]
        Timpe, Chrissie, S4869 [14MY]
      Proclamations
        American Heart Month:  President Clinton, S858<bullet> [23FE]
      Remarks
        Advisory Commission on Electronic Commerce:  study effects of
            moratorium on taxation of Internet sales on retail businesses
            and State and local governments, S11666 [7OC]
        Agriculture:  ensure that federally funded research and education
            programs address high-priority concerns with national multistate
            significance (S. 1150), S2929 [1AP]
        ------ extension of marketing assistance loans, S2618 [26MR]
        ------ Federal Crop Insurance Program funding, S5493 [1JN]
        ------ impact of the market price of crops and disasters on family
            farms, S4236 [5MY], S4410 [6MY], S4411 [6MY], S4945 [18MY],
            S5493 [1JN], S6730-S6733 [19JN], S7521-S7524 [6JY], S8020-S8022
            [13JY], S8101 [14JY], S8104 [14JY], S8276 [16JY], S8279 [16JY]
        ------ impact of the market price of crops and disasters on family
            farms, S9693<bullet> [31AU], S9963 [8SE], S10248 [11SE], S10256
            [11SE], S10286 [14SE], S10289 [14SE], S10881-S11110 [2AP]
        Dept. of Agriculture:  marketing assistance loans funding, S8166
            [15JY], S8167 [15JY], S8168 [15JY], S8169 [15JY], S11416 [5OC]
        ------ Reserve Inventories Program funding, S8290 [16JY], S8291
            [16JY], S8292 [16JY]
        Dept. of Defense:  authorizing appropriations for military
            activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military
            construction (S. 2057), S7045 [25JN]
        ------ making appropriations (S. 2132), S9399 [30JY], S9402 [30JY]
        ------ modify limitations on general authority relative to military
            base closures, S7045 [25JN]
        ------ Supplemental Impact Aid Program funding, S9402 [30JY]
        Dept. of the Interior and related agencies:  making appropriations
            (S. 2237), S9962 [8SE], S10284 [14SE], S10286 [14SE], S10289
            [14SE], S10404 [16SE]
        Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the
            President, and independent agencies:  making appropriations (S.
            2312), S9125 [28JY], S9126 [28JY], S9177 [29JY], S9178 [29JY]
        Dept. of Transportation:  require study and report on certain
            practices by airlines which restrict consumer access to
            passenger service and fare information (S. 1977), S3555<bullet>
            [23AP]
        Dept. of Transportation and related agencies:  making appropriations
            (H.R. 4328), conference report, S12713 [20OC], S12742 [21OC],
            S12764 [21OC]
        Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
            agencies:  authorizing appropriations (S. 2260), S8720 [22JY],
            S8728 [22JY]
        Devils Lake, ND:  flood control outlet construction project funding,
            S6520 [18JN]
        Drunken driving:  national blood alcohol content standard relative
            to the operation of motor vehicles, S1061 [26FE], S1062 [26FE],
            S1063 [26FE], S1246 [3MR], S1305 [4MR]
        ------ national minimum penalty for individuals who operate motor
            vehicles under the influence of alcohol, S3246 [20AP]
        ------ prohibit open containers of alcohol in motor vehicles, S1061
            [26FE], S1062 [26FE], S1063 [26FE], S1376 [5MR], S1377 [5MR],
            S1379 [5MR]
        Economy:  national objectives priority assignments, S13-S15 [27JA]
        Education:  direct funding and control to local educational
            agencies, S3378 [22AP], S3380 [22AP], S3382 [22AP], S3385
            [22AP], S3512 [23AP]
        ------ national policy to improve system, S1688 [10MR], S12275
            [10OC], S12368 [12OC]
        ------ reductions in school class size, S12368 [12OC]
        ------ school construction and infrastructure improvements funding,
            S3512 [23AP]
        ------ school construction and infrastructure improvements funding,
            S11540 [6OC]
        ------ spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars on
            children's classrooms, S3392 [22AP], S3393 [22AP], S3394 [22AP]
        Energy and water development:  making appropriations (S. 2138),
            S6519 [18JN], S6520 [18JN]
        FAA:  facilitate air service to under-served communities and
            encourage airline competition, S10893 [24SE], S10896 [24SE]
        ------ reauthorizing programs (H.R. 4057), S10968 [25SE]
        ------ reauthorizing programs (S. 2279), S10879 [24SE], S10880
            [24SE], S10893 [24SE], S10896 [24SE]
        Families and domestic relations:  provide equitable child care
            relief for stay at-home parents, S2738 [30MR]
        Federal highway program:  replace affirmative action policies with
            emerging business enterprise programs, S1495 [6MR]
        Federal-State relations:  extend moratorium on State and local
            taxation of Internet access or transactions, S11676 [7OC],
            S11683 [7OC], S11690 [7OC]
        Financial institutions:  increase competition in the financial
            services sector (H.R. 10), S10971 [25SE], S11540 [6OC]
        ------ proposed merger of certain banks and financial services,
            S3246 [20AP]
        Foreign policy:  establish framework for consideration of unilateral
            economic sanctions, S8191 [15JY]
        Foreign trade:  access of U.S. business to markets, S4139 [1MY]
        ------ establish emergency commission to study trade deficit, S2385
            [23MR]
        ------ establish negotiating objectives and fast-track procedures
            for future trade agreements, S8276 [16JY]
        ------ establish negotiating objectives and fast-track procedures
            for future trade agreements, S10971 [25SE]
        ------ U.S. deficit, S3246 [20AP], S5364 [22MY]
        FRS:  impact of interest rates on economic conditions, S3665 [28AP],
            S10258 [11SE]
        ------ prohibit surplus accounts, require audit of Federal reserve
            banks, apply Federal procurement regulations, and reform pricing
            practices for domestic banking services (S. 2153), S6041 [10JN]
        ------ promote accountability and the public interest in operations,
            S10755 [23SE]
        ------ reduction of Federal funds rate by Federal Open Market
            Committee, S10746 [23SE]
        GAO:  selection of Comptroller General, S8458 [17JY]
        ------ staffing levels, S8458 [17JY]
        Grand Forks (ND) Herald:  recipient of Pulitzer Prize for Public
            Service news coverage (S. Res. 214), S3270 [20AP]
        Health:  national policy to provide health care and reform insurance
            procedures, S13-S15 [27JA]
        ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's,
            S1687 [10MR], S3666 [28AP], S4136 [1MY], S4236 [5MY], S4467
            [7MY], S7230 [26JN], S7610<bullet> [7JY], S7962<bullet> [10JY],
            S8019 [13JY], S10893 [24SE], S11161 [30SE], S11542 [6OC]
        ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R.
            4250), unanimous-consent request, S9734 [1SE]
        ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S.
            1890), S4641 [12MY], S5492 [1JN], S5767 [9JN] protection of
            enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S. 2330),
            S9147<bullet> [28JY]
        ------ require express consent for the recording or monitoring of
            communications between patients and health care insurers or
            providers, S4695 [12MY]
        Health Care Financing Administration:  defer to State laws relative
            to physician supervision of nurse anesthetists, S12742 [21OC],
            S12743 [21OC]
        Hussein, Saddam:  indictment and prosecution for war crimes and
            other crimes against humanity (S. Con. Res. 78), S1868 [12MR],
            S1869 [12MR]
        Immigration:  increase number of temporary visas for skilled workers
            and expand education and training opportunities for U.S.
            students and workers (S. 1723), unanimous-consent request, S4613
            [11MY]
        Indonesia:  human rights violations, S4611 [11MY]
        Insurance:  coverage of minimum hospital stays and reconstructive
            surgery relative to breast cancer and of second opinions for any
            cancer diagnosis (S. 249), S4645 [12MY]
        IRS:  prevent tax avoidance by foreign-based multinational companies
            using transfer pricing methods, S4203 [4MY]
        ------ remove Sec. of the Treasury from IRS Oversight Board, S4482
            [7MY]
        ------ restructure and reform, S3032 [2AP], S4137-S4139 [1MY]
        ------ restructure and reform (H.R. 2676), S4203 [4MY], S4389 [6MY],
            S4404 [6MY], S4405 [6MY], S4482 [7MY]
        ------ restructure and reform (H.R. 2676), conference report, S7521
            [6JY], S7659 [8JY], S7661 [8JY], S7662 [8JY]
        ------ study transfer pricing enforcement efforts, S4404 [6MY],
            S4405 [6MY]
        IRS Restructuring and Reform Act:  ensure compliance with Federal
            budget requirements, S4389 [6MY]
        Jacobs, Mike:  National Press Foundation Editor of the Year award
            recipient, S2231<bullet> [18MR], S2347<bullet> [19MR]
        Jonesboro, AR:  shooting of students and teacher outside Westside
            Middle School, S2614 [26MR]
        Law enforcement:  national penalty for inciting high-speed police
            pursuits, S1246 [3MR]
        Legislative branch of the Government:  making appropriations (H.R.
            4112), S8455 [17JY], S8458 [17JY], S8460 [17JY], S8461 [17JY]
        Medicare:  adjust formula used to determine cost limits for home
            health agencies (S. 1993), S12276 [10OC]
        ------ exempt licensed pharmacists from surety bond requirements for
            suppliers of durable medical equipment (S. 1680), S1012 [25FE]
        Missouri River:  Garrison Diversion Project funding, S6519-S6521
            [18JN]
        NAFTA:  impact on trade deficit, S8276 [16JY]
        National Character Counts Week:  designate (S. Res. 176),
            S853<bullet> [23FE]
        National Endowment for Democracy:  terminate funding (S. 2186),
            S6496<bullet> [17JN]
        National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute:  anniversary (S. Con.
            Res. 108), S8513 [17JY]
        National Weather Service:  prohibit the closure of certain weather
            stations until concerns about modernization effort are
            addressed, S12764 [21OC]
        Native Americans:  distribution of judgment funds to Mississippi
            Sioux Indian tribes (S. 391), S12267 [9OC]
        ------ increase equality in educational opportunities, S2911 [1AP],
            S2914 [1AP]
        NATO:  require 3-year pause before further expansion, S3836 [30AP]
        NIH:  anniversary of National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute,
            S858<bullet> [23FE]
        ------ funding, S262 [2FE]
        North Dakota:  designate Red River Trade Corridor, S1845 [12MR]
        North Dakota State University:  anti-corrosion technology research
            funding, S9399 [30JY]
        Northwest Airlines, Inc.:  impact of Air Line Pilots Association
            strike on air travel in North Dakota, S9853 [2SE]
        Odegard, John D.:  FAA Excellence in Aviation Award recipient,
            S8810<bullet> [22JY]
        Office of Religious Persecution Monitoring:  establish (H.R. 2431),
            S11909 [8OC]
        Parliamentary inquiry, S3034 [2AP], S8720 [22JY]
        Persian Gulf Conflict:  aviator continuation pay for military
            members killed (S. 2584), S11902 [8OC]
        Petroleum:  payment of U.S. royalty claims, S10404 [16SE]
        Point of order, S7660 [8JY]
        Political campaigns:  ethics reform and contribution limits, S13-S15
            [27JA], S805 [23FE], S880 [24FE], S881 [24FE], S909 [24FE], S910
            [24FE], S911 [24FE], S990 [25FE]
        ------ protect individuals from having their money involuntarily
            collected and used for politics by a corporation or labor
            organization (S. 1663), S805 [23FE], S880 [24FE], S881 [24FE],
            S909 [24FE], S910 [24FE], S911 [24FE], S990 [25FE]
        ------ require disclosure of funding sources for certain candidate
            advocacy advertising, S990 [25FE]
        ------ restrictions on issue advocacy by interest groups, S805
            [23FE]
        ------ television rate requirements for certain political
            advertising (S. 1688), S805 [23FE], S1076 [26FE]
        Protocols to the North Atlantic Treaty on Accession of Poland,
            Hungary, and the Czech Republic:  ratification, S2175 [18MR],
            S2263 [19MR], S2265 [19MR], S3836 [30AP]
        Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport:  designate (S. 1575),
            S859<bullet> [23FE]
        Rural areas:  Federal farm policies, S5493 [1JN]
        Schools:  limit use of exclusionary rule in school disciplinary
            proceedings relative to possession of a firearm (S. 989),
            S853<bullet> [23FE], S2614 [26MR]
        Science:  prohibit cloning of humans (S. 1601), S788<bullet> [12FE]
        Securities:  limit the conduct of securities class actions under
            State law (S. 1260), unanimous-consent request, S4613 [11MY]
        Senate:  legislative program, S4144 [4MY], S12277 [10OC]
        Senate Rules:  insertion of language in conference report that was
            not committed to them by either House, S7660 [8JY], S7661 [8JY],
            S7662 [8JY]
        Social Security:  budget treatment of trust funds, S4611 [11MY],
            S8720 [22JY], S8728 [22JY], S9178 [29JY], S10971 [25SE], S11017
            [28SE]
        ------ reform, S262 [2FE]
        Standing Rock Sioux Reservation, ND:  testing and remediation of
            polylchlorinated biphenyls (PCB's) in schools and facilities,
            S2599 [26MR]
        Sudan:  allocation of foreign aid, S7927-S7929 [10JY]
        Taxation:  adjust deduction amounts for certain married couples and
            allow full deduction of health insurance costs for self-employed
            individuals, S6020 [10JN]
        ------ capital gains rates, S7659 [8JY], S7661 [8JY], S7662 [8JY]
        ------ collection of State and local taxes on mail-order
            transactions, S11312 [2OC], S11318 [2OC]
        ------ define ``discriminatory tax'' relative to treatment of
            Internet and interactive computer purchases, S11851 [8OC]
        ------ disallow deductions for advertising, promotional, and
            marketing expenses relative to tobacco products unless certain
            requirements are met, S6314 [15JN]
        ------ eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate
            brackets and standard deduction amounts, S8455 [17JY], S8460
            [17JY], S8461 [17JY], S9178 [29JY]
        ------ exclusion of gain from the sale of a principal residence and
            the sale of farmland (S. 2388), S9447<bullet> [30JY]
        ------ implement return-free filing system, S4612 [11MY]
        ------ investment credits for regional jet purchases and airline
            ticket tax reduction for certain rural flights (S. 2629),
            S12558<bullet> [14OC]
        ------ provide relief for individuals, families, farmers, and small
            businesses, and establish incentives for education (H.R. 4579),
            S11017 [28SE]
        ------ rates, S8461 [17JY], S12713 [20OC]
        ------ tax credits relative to elementary and secondary school
            construction, S2914 [1AP]
        ------ terminate Internal Revenue Code, S3031 [2AP], S3032 [2AP],
            S9125 [28JY], S9126 [28JY]
        ------ treatment of education individual retirement accounts
            relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R.
            2646), S2173 [18MR], S2392 [23MR], S2393 [23MR], S2397 [23MR],
            S2753 [30MR], S3265 [20AP], S3267 [20AP], S3378 [22AP], S3380
            [22AP], S3382 [22AP], S3385 [22AP], S3392 [22AP], S3393 [22AP],
            S3394 [22AP], S3512-S3514 [23AP]
        ------ treatment of home mortgage interest and charitable donations,
            S2951 [1AP], S2952 [1AP], S2955 [1AP], S3033 [2AP], S3034 [2AP]
        ------ treatment of individual retirement accounts, S4389 [6MY]
        ------ treatment of Internet and interactive computer service
            commerce (S. 442), S4615 [11MY]
        ------ treatment of Internet and interactive computer service
            commerce (S. 442), S11308 [2OC], S11312 [2OC], S11318 [2OC],
            S11319 [2OC], S11321 [2OC], S11574 [6OC], S11655 [7OC], S11666
            [7OC], S11670 [7OC], S11676 [7OC], S11683 [7OC], S11690 [7OC],
            S11851 [8OC]
        ------ treatment of Internet and interactive computer service
            commerce (S. 442), unanimous-consent agreement, S11576 [6OC]
        Telephones:  strengthen and expand the procedures for preventing the
            slamming of interstate telephone service subscribers (S. 1618),
            S4683 [12MY], S4687 [12MY], S4695 [12MY]
        ----- strengthen and expand the procedures for preventing the
            slamming of interstate telephone service subscribers (S. 1618),
            unanimous-consent request, S4613 [11MY]
        Tobacco products:  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), S1479<bullet>
            [5MR], S4144 [4MY]
        ------ tobacco industry liability settlement relative to health
            risks and marketing and manufacturing practices (S. 1415), S3666
            [28AP], S4202 [4MY], S5683 [5JN], S6020 [10JN], S6314 [15JN],
            S6359 [16JN], S6361 [16JN], S6479 [17JN]
        Transportation:  funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
            programs, and transit programs (H.R. 2400), S3666 [28AP], S4144
            [4MY]
        ----- funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and
            transit programs (H.R. 2400), conference report, S5394 [22MY]
        ----- funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and
            transit programs (S. 1173), S262 [2FE], S375 [4FE], S622-S624
            [11FE], S805 [23FE], S1061 [26FE], S1062 [26FE], S1063 [26FE],
            S1246 [3MR], S1305 [4MR], S1376 [5MR], S1377 [5MR], S1379 [5MR],
            S1495 [6MR], S1845 [12MR]
        Water:  quality research funding, S11557 [6OC], S11558 [6OC]
        Weapons:  antiballistic missile systems deployment policy (S. 1873),
            motion to proceed, S4757 [13MY]
        ------ antiballistic missile systems deployment policy (S. 1873),
            motion to proceed, S10052 [9SE]
        World Intellectual Property Organization Copyright Treaty:
            limitations on copyright liability relative to material online
            (S. 2037), S4615 [11MY]
        ----- limitations on copyright liability relative to material online
            (S. 2037), unanimous-consent request, S4613 [11MY]
        World Intellectual Property Organization Performances and Phonograms
            Treaty:  limitations on copyright liability relative to material
            online (S. 2037), S4615 [11MY]
        ----- limitations on copyright liability relative to material online
            (S. 2037), unanimous-consent request, S4613 [11MY]
      Reports
        Crimes of Saddam Hussein and Iraqi Leaders:  Human Rights Watch
            (organization), S1869-S1871 [12MR]
      Texts of
        S. 1680, exempt licensed pharmacists from surety bond requirements
            for suppliers of durable medical equipment under Medicare, S1013
            [25FE]
        S. 2629, investment tax credits for regional jet purchases and
            airline ticket tax reduction for certain rural flights,
            S12559<bullet>-S12561<bullet> [14OC]
      Tributes
        Coats, Senator, S11655 [7OC]
        Ford, Senator, S10968 [25SE], S12365 [12OC]
        Hall, Kent S., S9673 [31AU]
        Sasserville, Kati, S3230<bullet> [3AP]