[Congressional Record Index (1998)]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
BUDGET--U.S.
Addresses
National Policy Objectives: Speaker Gingrich, E272-E275 [3MR]
Social Security Saved! Senator Moynihan, S2155-S2157 [18MR]
Amendments
Appropriations: making emergency supplemental appropriations and
rescissions (H.R. 3579), H1777 [30MR], H1820 [31MR]
------ making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and
overseas peacekeeping operations (S. 1768), S2384 [23MR], S2401
[23MR], S2407 [23MR], S2408 [23MR], S2409 [23MR], S2410 [23MR],
S2436 [23MR], S2437 [23MR], S2438 [23MR], S2442 [23MR], S2443
[23MR], S2444 [23MR], S2447 [23MR], S2458 [24MR], S2459 [24MR],
S2460 [24MR], S2463 [24MR], S2469 [24MR], S2470 [24MR], S2471
[24MR], S2479 [24MR], S2482 [24MR], S2483 [24MR], S2484 [24MR],
S2485 [24MR], S2492 [24MR], S2493 [24MR], S2494 [24MR], S2495
[24MR], S2496 [24MR], S2498 [24MR], S2499 [24MR], S2500 [24MR],
S2507 [25MR], S2514 [25MR], S2524 [25MR], S2525 [25MR], S2526
[25MR], S2527 [25MR], S2538 [25MR], S2543 [25MR], S2554 [25MR],
S2561 [25MR], S2576 [25MR], S2577 [25MR], S2578 [25MR], S2579
[25MR], S2594 [26MR], S2595 [26MR], S2596 [26MR], S2598 [26MR],
S2599 [26MR], S2607 [26MR], S2608 [26MR], S2610 [26MR], S2611
[26MR], S2612 [26MR], S2614 [26MR], S2615 [26MR], S2625 [26MR],
S2627 [26MR], S2684 [26MR], S2685 [26MR], S2686 [26MR], S2687
[26MR], S2688 [26MR]
Community Services Block Grant Program: reauthorize and amend (S.
2206), S9067 [27JY]
------ reauthorize and amend (S. 2206), H7620 [14SE]
Federal budget: setting forth for 1999-2003 (H. Con. Res. 284),
H4188 [5JN], H4205 [5JN]
------ setting forth for 1999-2003 (S. Con. Res. 86), S2705 [27MR],
S2726 [27MR], S2736 [30MR], S2742 [30MR], S2747 [30MR], S2754
[30MR], S2755 [30MR], S2757 [30MR], S2758 [30MR], S2774 [30MR],
S2775 [30MR], S2776 [30MR], S2785 [31MR], S2786 [31MR], S2787
[31MR], S2799 [31MR], S2811 [31MR], S2812 [31MR], S2813 [31MR],
S2826 [31MR], S2828 [31MR], S2841 [31MR], S2842 [31MR], S2844
[31MR], S2864 [31MR], S2865 [31MR], S2866 [31MR], S2867 [31MR],
S2868 [31MR], S2869 [31MR], S2870 [31MR], S2871 [31MR], S2887
[1AP], S2890 [1AP], S2892 [1AP], S2894 [1AP], S2895 [1AP], S2896
[1AP], S2897 [1AP], S2900 [1AP], S2909 [1AP], S2929 [1AP], S2930
[1AP], S2931 [1AP], S2932 [1AP], S2933 [1AP], S2934 [1AP], S2935
[1AP], S2936 [1AP], S2937 [1AP], S2938 [1AP], S2939 [1AP], S2940
[1AP], S2951 [1AP], S2961 [1AP], S2962 [1AP], S2989 [1AP], S2990
[1AP], S2991 [1AP], S2992 [1AP], S2993 [1AP], S2994 [1AP], S2995
[1AP], S2996 [1AP], S2998 [1AP], S2999 [1AP], S3000 [1AP], S3001
[1AP], S3002 [1AP], S3003 [1AP], S3004 [1AP], S3032 [2AP], S3033
[2AP], S3042 [2AP], S3049 [2AP], S3059 [2AP], S3070 [2AP], S3072
[2AP], S3083 [2AP], S3161 [2AP], S3162 [2AP], S3163 [2AP], S3466
[22AP]
Government: reduce waste, fraud, and error by making improvements
in Federal management and debt collection practices, payment
systems, and benefit programs (H.R. 4857), H11676 [20OC]
LIHEAP: reauthorize and amend (S. 2206), S9067 [27JY], H7620 [14SE]
Social Security: establish Protect Social Security Account into
which budget surpluses will be deposited until long-term reform
is enacted (H.R. 4578), H8627 [24SE], H8746 [25SE]
Appointments
Conferees: H.R. 3579, emergency supplemental appropriations and
rescissions, S2826 [31MR], H2296 [23AP]
------ S. 2206, Community Opportunities, Accountability, and
Training and Educational Services Act, S10633 [18SE], H8602
[24SE]
------ S. Con. Res. 86, setting forth the Federal budget for 1999-
2003, S6349 [15JN]
Articles and editorials
Can Peacekeepers Make War?, S8-S10 [27JA]
Case for Tax Supermajority Requirement--A Look at the States, S3074
[2AP]
CBO's Fractured Crystal Ball, E1068 [9JN]
Cohen Takes Aim at Readiness--Leaders Fear Return to Hollow Force
Days, H2783 [5MY]
Dear Uncle Sam--Use Cash Surplus To Pay Off Debt, S2843 [31MR]
Expanding Medicare Means Bigger Problems in Long Term, E507 [27MR]
Let's Really Save Social Security, S1767 [11MR]
Making a Taxing Decision--Why Congress Should Pass the Tax
Limitation Amendment, S3073 [2AP]
Medicare's Assault Against the Elderly, S89 [28JA]
Our Hollow Military, S11187 [30SE]
President on Clean Water, S2960 [1AP]
Promising Clean Water Strategy, S2960 [1AP]
Public Trust Busting, S2154 [18MR], S2927 [1AP]
Revenue Pitch Low and Inside, S9597 [31JY]
Right Cuts, Wrong Time, S9888 [2SE]
Social Security Needs Repair, but Poor Shouldn't Pay for It--
Moynihan's Plan Isn't Perfect, but at Least He's Got People
Talking, S2926 [1AP]
SOS for SS, S2927 [1AP]
Tinkering Won't Do the Job--The Only Sensible Solution Allows
Private Investment, S2926 [1AP]
Tracking the Funds for AIDS, H2929 [6MY]
Unacceptable Risk to American Lives, S11187 [30SE]
Way Out of Europe's Pension Crisis, E1577 [7AU]
Why Is Class Size Reduction So Important?, S2798 [31MR]
Wrong Way on Social Security, S2927 [1AP]
Bills and resolutions
Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund: exclude receipts and disbursements
from the budget, (see H.R. 3564), H1642 [26MR]
Appropriations: constitutional amendment on line-item veto, (see
H.J. Res. 118), H3024 [11MY], (see H.J. Res. 124), H5404 [25JN]
------ line-item veto, (see S. 2220), S7172 [25JN]
------ making continuing, (see H.J. Res. 128), H7914 [16SE], (see
H.J. Res. 133), H10352 [9OC], (see H.J. Res. 134), H10667
[12OC], (see H.J. Res. 135), H10917 [14OC], (see H.J. Res. 136),
H11042 [16OC], (see H.J. Res. 137), H11549 [19OC]
------ making continuing (H.J. Res. 128), consideration, (see H.
Res. 541), H7914 [16SE]
------ making emergency supplemental appropriations and rescissions,
(see H.R. 3579), H1699 [27MR] making emergency supplemental
appropriations and rescissions (H.R. 3579), consideration, (see
H. Res. 402), H1776 [30MR] making emergency supplemental
appropriations and rescissions (H.R. 3579), consideration of
conference report, (see H. Res. 416), H2705 [30AP]
------ making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and
overseas peacekeeping operations, (see S. 1768), S2113 [17MR]
------ making supplemental appropriations and rescissions, (see H.R.
3580), H1699 [27MR] making supplemental appropriations and
rescissions (H.R. 3580), consideration, (see H. Res. 473), H4628
[16JN]
CBO: improve accuracy through creation of an independent CBO
Economic Council and require full disclosures of methodology and
assumptions used in producing budget estimates, (see S. 2423),
S9556 [31JY]
Commission on Government Restructuring and Reform: establish, (see
S. 2623), S12309 [10OC]
Community Services Block Grant Program: reauthorize, (see H.R.
4271), H5859 [17JY]
------ reauthorize and amend, (see H.R. 3880, S. 2206), S6886
[23JN], H3311 [14MY]
Congress: require a two-thirds vote on passage of legislation that
allows outlays to exceed revenues, (see H.R. 3091), H62 [27JA]
------ require two-thirds vote for legislation changing
discretionary spending limits or pay-as-you-go requirements if
the budget for the current or immediately preceding year was not
in surplus, (see H.R. 3832), H3104 [12MY]
------ waive enrollment requirements for certain legislation, (see
H.J. Res. 131), H10011 [7OC]
Congressional Budget Act: application of points of order to
unreported measures in the House of Representatives, (see H.R.
4343), H6696 [29JY]
Constitutional amendments: balance without counting Social Security
surpluses, (see S.J. Res. 59), S11279 [1OC], (see S.J. Res. 60),
S11279 [1OC]
Dept. of Defense: limit amount of expenditures for the national
defense budget, (see S. 2655), S12871 [21OC]
------ provide that appropriations for national defense functions
for fiscal year 1999 may not exceed the amount authorized for
fiscal year 1998, (see H.R. 3685), H2054 [1AP]
District of Columbia: provide budget autonomy, (see H.R. 4054),
H4549 [11JN]
Education: reductions in school class size, (see S. 2093), S5129
[19MY], (see H.R. 3876), H3311 [14MY]
Federal budget: guarantee honesty, (see H.R. 4012), H4241 [5JN]
------ proposed user fees in Presidential budget, (see H.R. 3989),
H4055 [3JN]
------ provide for expedited consideration of certain proposed
rescissions of budget authority, (see H.R. 4174), H5403 [25JN]
------ setting forth for 1999-2003, (see H. Con. Res. 284), H4054
[3JN]
------ setting forth for 1999-2003 (H. Con. Res. 284),
consideration, (see H. Res. 455), H4054 [3JN]
------ setting forth for 1999-2003, (see S. Con. Res. 86), S2364
[20MR]
------ treatment of any future budget surpluses, (see H. Con. Res.
216), H446 [11FE]
Government: modify certain allocations, (see S. Res. 209), S3120
[2AP]
------ modify certain allocations in the Senate for fiscal year 1999
and include appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2000-
2003, (see S. Res. 312), S12871 [21OC]
------ provide for a Presidential budget in fiscal year 2000 that
will offset the emergency spending for fiscal year 1999, (see S.
2651), S12871 [21OC]
------ reduce Federal spending in several programs, (see H.R. 3556),
H1549 [25MR]
------ reduce waste, fraud, and error by making improvements in
Federal management and debt collection practices, payment
systems, and benefit programs, (see H.R. 4243), H5736 [16JY]
------ reduce waste, fraud, and error by making improvements in
Federal management and debt collection practices, payment
systems, and benefit programs, (see S. 2571), S11698 [7OC], (see
H.R. 4857), H11694 [20OC]
------ require a balanced Federal budget, repayment of the national
debt, and Social Security system solvency, (see H. Con. Res.
228), H678 [26FE]
------ require budget deficit reduction, a balanced Federal budget,
and repayment of the national debt, (see S. 1608), S378 [4FE]
------ require periodic review and reauthorization of all programs,
(see S. 1730), S1508 [6MR]
------ treatment of Inspector General offices as independent
agencies during budget preparations, (see S. 2521), S11042
[28SE]
LIHEAP: reauthorize and amend, (see H.R. 3880, S. 2206), S6886
[23JN], H3311 [14MY]
Line Item Veto Act: direct savings toward reducing the public debt
when used during Federal budget surplus years, (see H.R. 3228),
H496 [12FE]
Medicare: allocate savings from waste, fraud, and abuse enforcement
programs to the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund, (see H.
Con. Res. 321), H7290 [5AU]
------ combat waste, fraud and abuse, (see S. 1788), S2114 [17MR]
Presidents of the U.S.: power to reduce budget authority, (see S.
2221), S7172 [25JN]
Process: reform relative to use of joint resolutions, emergency
spending, spending accountability, Federal insurance programs,
pay-go requirements, decision enforcement, and mitigation of
bias, (see H.R. 4837), H10917 [14OC]
Save Social Security First Reserve Fund: establish, (see H.R.
3207), H495 [12FE]
Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, (see S. 1634),
S836 [23FE], (see S. Res. 185), S1070 [26FE]
------ budget treatment of trust funds, extension of pay-as-you-go
requirements, and reservation of all surpluses, (see S. Res.
282), S10921 [24SE]
------ establish Protect Social Security Account into which budget
surpluses will be deposited until long-term reform is enacted,
(see H.R. 4578), H7914 [16SE] establish Protect Social Security
Account into which budget surpluses will be deposited until
long-term reform is enacted (H.R. 4578), consideration, (see H.
Res. 552), H8626 [24SE]
------ establish the Protect Social Security Account into which
budget surpluses will be deposited, (see H.R. 3351), H902 [5MR]
------ exclude old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program
outlay and revenue totals from OMB and CBO budget
pronouncements, (see H.R. 4503), H7413 [6AU]
------ extend and clarify pay-as-you-go requirements relative to
trust funds, (see S. 1678), S1003 [25FE]
------ investment of certain Federal budgetary surpluses into
program, (see H. Res. 340), H63 [27JA]
------ investment of surplus from trust funds and protection from
public debt limit, (see S. 1790), S2213 [18MR]
------ prohibit privatization, (see H. Res. 483), H5064 [23JN]
------ reduce payroll taxes, (see S. 1792), S2214 [18MR]
Surplus: use for payroll tax rebates and increased discretionary
nondefense spending, (see H.R. 4379), H6879 [31JY]
Taxation: allow reductions in the discretionary spending limits to
be used to offset tax cuts, (see H.R. 3707), H2236 [22AP]
------ require CBO and the Committee on Taxation (Joint) to use
dynamic in addition to static economic modeling in the
preparation of budgetary estimates of proposed changes in
Federal revenue law, (see S. 2357), S9043 [27JY], (see H.R.
4452), H7412 [6AU]
Tobacco products: specify uses of revenues from tobacco industry
settlement, (see H.J. Res. 109), H446 [11FE]
Trust funds: ensure continued enforcement of pay-as-you-go
requirements, (see S. 1587), S226 [29JA]
------ treatment relative to the annual baseline, (see S. 1588),
S226 [29JA]
Bulletins
Emergency supplemental appropriations: Committee on the Budget
(Senate), S11020 [28SE]
Conference reports
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations and Rescissions (H.R. 3579),
H2629-H2651 [30AP]
Court decisions
Line-Item Veto Constitutionality: Thomas F. Hogan, U.S. District
Court for District of Columbia, S694-S698 [12FE]
Descriptions
IRS Restructuring and Reform Act (H.R. 2676): Roth Amendment on
Compliance With Federal Budget Requirements, S4381 [6MY]
Social Security Solvency Act (S. 1792), S2166 [18MR]
Excerpts
Budget Act relative to budget treatment of Social Security trust
funds, S8716 [22JY]
Budget status report: CBO, S8710-S8715 [22JY]
Budget treatment of Social Security trust funds: Budget Act, S199
[29JA]
Decision on line-item veto: Supreme Court, S7050 [25JN], S7055
[25JN], S7057 [25JN]
Senate floor speeches advocating ``two track'' system to consider
legislation, S10203 [10SE]
Letters
Allocate revenues from Superfund tax to establish reserve fund for
environmental initiatives: Deb Callahan, League of Conservation
Voters, S2959 [1AP]
----- Kathleen A. McGinty, Executive Office of the President, S2959
[1AP]
----- several environmental organizations, S2959 [1AP]
CBO calculation of appropriations relative to changes in inflation:
June E. O'Neill, CBO, S2962 [1AP]
Dept. of Defense budget outlay estimates: Senator Domenici,
Committee on the Budget (Senate), S9404 [30JY]
Dept. of Defense funding: Senators Thurmond and Levin, S12696
[20OC]
Dept. of HUD Elderly Housing Program funding: Horace B. Deets,
AARP, S2888 [1AP]
Disapproval of line-item vetoes in military construction
appropriations legislation: John J. Hamre, Dept. Of Defense,
S996 [25FE]
IRS Restructuring and Reform Act: Representatives Etheridge and
Shimkus, S2892 [1AP]
Medicaid/Medicare insurance and benefits cost estimates: Sol
Mussey, Health Care Financing Administration, E978 [22MY]
Military readiness of U.S. forces: President Clinton, S11213 [1OC]
Mountain Home AFB, ID, Enhanced Training in Idaho initiative:
William S. Cohen, Sec. of Defense, S996 [25FE]
NIH biomedical research funding: George E. Palade, H2389 [28AP]
------ Janet Kintner, H2390 [28AP]
------ Julie Schwartz, Arthritis Foundation, H2389 [28AP]
------ Lawrence S.B. Goldstein, H2389 [28AP]
------ Representatives Gekas and Eshoo, H2387 [28AP]
------ Ron Hendrix, H2390 [28AP]
------ Scott D. Emr, H2389 [28AP]
------ Senators Harkin, Specter, Hollings, and Boxer, S3043 [2AP]
------ several Representatives, H2386 [28AP]
------ Susan S. Taylor, H2390 [28AP]
------ Tracey J. Flourie, H2390 [28AP]
OMB estimates of total annual costs and benefits of Federal
regulatory programs: Lewis I. Dale, Alliance USA, S9226 [29JY]
----- Senators Thompson and Stevens, S9225 [29JY]
Omnibus consolidated and emergency supplemental appropriations:
David Begley, S12703 [20OC]
------ Lee Hamann, S12702 [20OC]
------ Michael J. Snyder, S12702 [20OC]
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]
Reductions in school class size: Al Bauer, Washington State Senate,
S3387 [22AP]
Require a three-fifths majority of the Congress on the passage of
legislation increasing revenue: John E. Berthoud, National
Taxpayers Union, S3074 [2AP]
Social Security trust funds: Andrew J. Mair, E1017 [4JN]
U.S. payment of arrearages to the U.N.: several organizations, E437
[23MR]
User Fee Act: Jacob J. Lew, OMB, H4180 [5JN]
Lists
Cosponsors of Byrd/Gramm/Baucus/Warner amendment to Intermodal
Surface Transportation Efficiency Act on gasoline tax revenues,
S1854 [12MR]
Cosponsors of H. Res. 363, NIH biomedical research funding, H2387
[28AP]
Supporters of Byrd/Gramm/Baucus/Warner amendment to Intermodal
Surface Transportation Efficiency Act on gasoline tax revenues,
S1854 [12MR]
Supporters of the Kyl tax limitation amendment to S. Con. Res. 86,
Federal budget for 1999-2003, S3073 [2AP]
Tentative Senate schedule prior to Easter recess, S2 [27JA]
Top ten fiscal accomplishments, H10322 [9OC]
Unfunded Dept. of Defense program priorities, S7086 [25JN]
Memorandums
Military Readiness Funding: David A. Bramlett, Dept. of Defense,
S10199 [10SE]
Messages
Budget of the U.S. Government for Fiscal Year 1999: President
Clinton, S268-S271 [2FE], H111-H114 [3FE]
Budget Rescissions: President Clinton, S9042 [27JY], H6485 [27JY]
Deferrals of Budgetary Resources: President Clinton, S316 [3FE],
H195 [3FE]
District of Columbia Budget Request: President Clinton, S9240
[29JY], H6705 [29JY]
District of Columbia Courts Budget Request: President Clinton,
S1990 [16MR], H1165 [16MR]
Federal Advisory Committees Report: President Clinton, S8133
[14JY], H5451 [14JY]
Reductions in School Class Size: President Clinton, S4628 [11MY],
H3017 [11MY]
Veto of H.R. 2631, Disapproval of Line-Item Vetoes in Military
Construction Appropriations Legislation: President Clinton,
S958 [25FE]
Motions
Appropriations: making emergency supplemental appropriations and
rescissions (H.R. 3579), H1822 [31MR], H2286 [23AP]
------ making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and
overseas peacekeeping operations (S. 1768), S2542 [25MR], S2629
[26MR]
Federal budget: proposed user fees in Presidential budget (H.R.
3989), H4185 [5JN]
------ setting forth for 1999-2003 (S. Con. Res. 86), S2799 [31MR],
S2810 [31MR], S2908 [1AP], S2944 [1AP], S2948 [1AP], S2958
[1AP], S2961 [1AP], S3034 [2AP], S3075 [2AP], S3077 [2AP], S3084
[2AP], S3088 [2AP], S3089 [2AP]
Poems
``Building a Bridge for the Future'', S1319 [4MR]
``Do the Budget Deal Now,'' Representative Owens, H4225 [5JN]
Press releases
President's Budget Supports Ending TVA Appropriations: TVA, S11116
[29SE]
Remarks in House
Agriculture: grain prices and production, H702 [3MR]
Appropriations: legislative process, H10894 [14OC]
------ making continuing (H.J. Res. 128), H7931-H7937 [17SE]
------ making continuing (H.J. Res. 128), consideration (H. Res.
541), H7930 [17SE], H7931 [17SE]
------ making continuing (H.J. Res. 133), H10315-H10324 [9OC]
------ making continuing (H.J. Res. 134), H10577-H10585 [12OC]
------ making continuing (H.J. Res. 135), H10861-H10868 [14OC],
H10868 [14OC]
------ making continuing (H.J. Res. 136), H11026 [16OC]
------ making continuing (H.J. Res. 137), H11545 [19OC]
------ making emergency supplemental appropriations and rescissions
(H.R. 3579), H1780 [31MR], H1785 [31MR], H1797-H1824 [31MR],
E534 [31MR], E539 [1AP], E604 [21AP] making emergency
supplemental appropriations and rescissions (H.R. 3579),
conference report, H2629 [30AP], H2675-H2691 [30AP] making
emergency supplemental appropriations and rescissions (H.R.
3579), consideration (H. Res. 402), H1786-H1797 [31MR] making
emergency supplemental appropriations and rescissions (H.R.
3579), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 416),
H2673-H2675 [30AP] making emergency supplemental appropriations
and rescissions (H.R. 3579), motion to instruct conferees,
H2286-H2296 [23AP]
------ making omnibus consolidated and emergency supplemental
appropriations, H11551 [20OC], H11552 [20OC], H11583-H11669
[20OC], H11690 [20OC], E2275 [21OC], E2277 [21OC], E2301 [21OC],
E2305 [21OC], E2307 [12NO], E2309 [12NO], E2312 [12NO], E2314
[12NO], E2315 [12NO], E2316 [12NO], E2317 [12NO]
------ making supplemental appropriations and rescissions (H.R.
3580), H1779 [31MR] making supplemental appropriations and
rescissions (H.R. 3580), consideration (H. Res. 473), H5300
[25JN]
------ status of legislation for unfunded agencies, H10517 [11OC],
H10518 [11OC], H10524 [11OC], H10526 [11OC], H10578-H10585
[12OC], H10648 [12OC], H10659-H10664 [12OC], H10894 [14OC],
H10920 [15OC]
Balance, H21 [27JA], H85 [28JA], H617 [25FE], H724-H730 [3MR], H856
[5MR], H941-H949 [10MR], H1149 [12MR], H1243 [18MR], H1521
[25MR], H1522 [25MR], H2080-H2086 [21AP], H2298 [23AP], H7699
[15SE], H8840 [25SE], H9510 [5OC], H10522 [11OC], H10923 [15OC],
H11027 [16OC], E277 [4MR], E314 [5MR]
California: implementation of State initiative to ban bilingual
education, E1525 [3AU]
CBO: use of estimates in congressional budget proposals, H4571
[16JN]
Clinton, President: threat to veto certain appropriations
legislation relative to environmental concerns, H9727 [7OC]
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]
Congress: accomplishments of the 105th Congress, H10564 [12OC],
H10565 [12OC], H10805 [13OC], H10809 [13OC], H10991 [15OC],
H10992 [15OC], H11019 [15OC], H11688 [20OC]
------ legislative accomplishments, H9652 [6OC]
------ legislative priorities, H7812 [16SE], H7903-H7905 [16SE],
H8619-H8625 [24SE]
------ waive enrollment requirements for certain legislation (H.J.
Res. 131), H10121 [8OC]
Deficit, H617 [25FE], H634 [26FE], H840 [4MR], H841 [4MR], H919
[10MR], H1425-H1431 [24MR], H2083 [21AP], H2086 [21AP], H2225
[22AP], H5865 [20JY], H10802 [13OC]
Democratic Party: national agenda, H20 [27JA], H21 [27JA], H854
[5MR], H4067 [4JN], H7695 [15SE], H9595 [6OC], H10357 [10OC],
H10359 [10OC], H10360 [10OC], H10362 [10OC], H10365 [10OC],
H10516 [11OC], H10527 [11OC]
Dept. of Defense: disapproval of line-item vetoes in military
construction appropriations legislation (H.R. 2631), veto,
H358-H362 [5FE], E245 [26FE]
------ funding, H944 [10MR], H1455 [25MR], H4197 [5JN], H4199 [5JN],
H4200 [5JN], H4202 [5JN], H4297 [9JN]
------ impact of defense spending cuts, H2378 [28AP], H2382 [28AP]
------ use of funds to offset supplemental appropriations
legislation, H1785 [31MR]
Dept. of HUD: funding, H2674 [30AP], H2689 [30AP]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: health care funding, E1483 [30JY]
------ veterans extended care facilities construction funding
through offsets in NASA's space station program, H6564 [29JY],
H6565 [29JY]
District of Columbia: budget surplus, H389 [11FE]
Domestic policy: establish a living wage, develop job
opportunities, convert military programs to social programs,
produce a capital budget, reduce poverty and violence, and
redistribute wealth and power (H.R. 1050), H5915 [20JY]
Education: bilingual education programs funding, H1789 [31MR],
H1806 [31MR]
------ reductions in school class size, H2225 [22AP], E2163 [14OC]
------ reductions in school class size (H.R. 3876), H10645 [12OC]
EEOC: funding, H7266 [5AU], E1670 [9SE]
Employment: jobs availability, H1650 [27MR]
------ summer youth jobs programs funding, E1330 [17JY]
FAA: budget treatment of Aviation Trust Fund, H6728 [29JY]
Federal budget: allocation of funds, H109 [3FE], H110 [3FE], H111
[3FE], H222-H226 [3FE], H244 [4FE], H246 [4FE], H247 [4FE], H337
[5FE], H338 [5FE], H388 [11FE], H394 [11FE], H508 [24FE], H581
[25FE], H582 [25FE], H583 [25FE], H584 [25FE], H585 [25FE], H636
[26FE], H652 [26FE], H684 [2MR], H702 [3MR], H847 [4MR], H848
[4MR], H856 [5MR], H897 [5MR], H1026 [11MR], H1115 [12MR], H1174
[17MR], H1303 [19MR], H1323 [19MR], H1453 [25MR], H3299-H3302
[14MY], H5044-H5052 [23JN], H10534 [11OC], H10535 [11OC], H10563
[12OC], H10648 [12OC], H10802 [13OC], H10908-H10910 [14OC],
H10920 [15OC], H10922 [15OC], H10989 [15OC], H10991 [15OC],
H10992 [15OC], H10993 [15OC], H10995 [15OC], H10996 [15OC],
H10997 [15OC], H10999 [15OC], H11000 [15OC], H11015 [15OC],
H11026 [16OC], H11031 [16OC], H11033 [16OC], H11034-H11041
[16OC], E107 [5FE], E189 [12FE], E333 [10MR]
------ comparison between congressional and Clinton administration
proposals, H10518 [11OC], H10563 [12OC]
------ proposed user fees in Presidential budget (H.R. 3989), H4047
[3JN], H4134 [4JN], H4167-H4188 [5JN] proposed user fees in
Presidential budget (H.R. 3989), motion to recommit, H4185 [5JN]
------ reconciliation process, H7555 [10SE], H10877 [14OC], H10878
[14OC]
------ reform resolution procedure and direct repayment of the
public debt (H.R. 2191), H229 [3FE], H667 [26FE], H670 [26FE],
H724-H730 [3MR], H844 [4MR], H1290 [18MR], E82 [3FE], E1017
[4JN]
------ reform resolution procedure and direct repayment of the
public debt (H.R. 2191), H8513-H8516 [23SE]
------ setting forth for 1998-2002, submission of amendments, H3634
[21MY]
------ setting forth for 1998-2002 (H. Con. Res. 84), conference
report, H76 [28JA]
------ setting forth for 1999-2003 (H. Con. Res. 284), H8508 [23SE]
------ setting forth for 1999-2003 (H. Con. Res. 284), H4066 [4JN],
H4067 [4JN], H4068 [4JN], H4144-H4163 [4JN], H4188-H4226 [5JN],
H4234 [5JN], E1046 [5JN], E1112 [11JN] setting forth for 1999-
2003 (H. Con. Res. 284), consideration (H. Res. 455),
H4135-H4144 [4JN]
------ setting forth for 1999-2003 (S. Con. Res. 86), H1856 [1AP]
------ treatment of any future budget surpluses, H22 [27JA], H652
[26FE], E189 [12FE]
Federal employees: prohibit funding for sex technique training
courses, E1136 [16JN]
------ treatment of health and retirement benefits, H4213 [5JN]
Foreign policy: allocation of economic assistance, H10923 [15OC]
Government: reduce waste, fraud, and error by making improvements
in Federal management and debt collection practices, payment
systems, and benefit programs (H.R. 4243), H10850-H10855 [14OC]
----- reduce waste, fraud, and error by making improvements in
Federal management and debt collection practices, payment
systems, and benefit programs (H.R. 4857), H11672-H11679 [20OC]
------ require a balanced Federal budget, repayment of the national
debt, and Social Security system solvency (H. Con. Res. 228),
E237 [26FE]
------ shutdown relative to budget process, H7699 [15SE], H9625
[6OC], H9626 [6OC], H9727 [7OC], H9728 [7OC], H9729 [7OC],
H10222 [9OC], H10547 [11OC], H10564 [12OC], H10565 [12OC],
H10566 [12OC], H10676 [13OC], H10677 [13OC], H10678 [13OC],
H11689 [20OC], E1989 [9OC]
------ spending practices, H4967 [23JN]
Hawaii: economic recession, H4695 [17JN]
IRS: proposed pay raise for employees, H2820 [6MY]
LIHEAP: funding, H5850-H5857 [17JY], H10127 [8OC], H10128 [8OC],
E1338 [17JY]
------ 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]
Line Item Veto Act: direct savings toward reducing the public debt
when used during Federal budget surplus years (H.R. 3228), E177
[12FE]
Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program: reauthorize and amend
(S. 2206), conference report, E2149 [13OC]
Medicaid: reform, H4223 [5JN]
Medicare: budget treatment of trust funds, E978 [22MY], E1387
[22JY]
------ funding, H4215 [5JN]
------ reform, H80-H84 [28JA], H368 [5FE], H840 [4MR], H1174 [17MR],
H1282 [18MR], H2922 [6MY], E507 [27MR], E1655 [9SE], E1697
[11SE]
Nagorno-Karabagh: allocation of economic assistance, H2392 [28AP],
H5273 [24JN]
National Endowment for the Arts: funding, H5989-H6008 [21JY]
National objectives: assessment of Federal spending priorities,
H7901 [16SE], H7902 [16SE]
------ comparison between congressional and Clinton administration
proposals, H10517 [11OC]
National parks and recreation areas: require the President to
submit a separate appropriations request to ensure priority
funding, H6037 [21JY]
National security: military readiness of U.S. forces, H1014-H1018
[10MR], H1098-H1103 [11MR], H1632-H1636 [26MR], H2302 [23AP],
H2303 [23AP], H2304 [23AP], H2782-H2791 [5MY], H2791 [5MY],
H4883 [22JN], H7620 [14SE], H8606-H8612 [24SE], H10999 [15OC],
H11016 [15OC], H11017 [15OC], H11038-H11041 [16OC], H11583
[20OC], H11587 [20OC], H11646 [20OC], H11657 [20OC], E1513 [3AU]
NIH: biomedical research funding, H2383-H2389 [28AP], E698 [29AP]
Petroleum: use of gasoline tax revenues transferred to
transportation trust funds, H1885-H1902 [1AP], H1907 [1AP],
H1910 [1AP], H1916 [1AP], E605 [21AP]
Public debt: treatment of any future budget surpluses, H634 [26FE],
H760 [4MR], H762 [4MR], H763 [4MR], H841-H845 [4MR], H897 [5MR],
H911 [10MR], H919 [10MR], H1026 [11MR], H2124 [22AP], H3618
[20MY], H5968 [21JY], H7567-H7571 [10SE], H7890-H7903 [16SE],
H8079 [18SE], H8509-H8516 [23SE], H8612-H8617 [24SE], H9190
[1OC], H9191 [1OC], H9201 [1OC], H9339 [2OC], H10223 [9OC],
H10643 [12OC], H10670 [13OC], H10675 [13OC], H10905 [14OC],
H10993 [15OC], H11014 [15OC], H11015 [15OC], H11642 [20OC],
H11647 [20OC], H11655 [20OC], E776 [6MY]
Republican Party: national agenda, H613 [25FE], H762 [4MR], H843
[4MR], H848 [4MR], H1151-H1156 [12MR], H1221 [17MR], H1239
[18MR], H1284-H1291 [18MR], H1425-H1431 [24MR], H1857 [1AP],
H2044-H2049 [1AP], H2100-H2106 [21AP], H2305-H2312 [23AP],
H3302-H3306 [14MY], H5070 [24JN], H6869 [31JY], H9088 [28SE],
H9352 [5OC], H9596 [6OC], H9597 [6OC], H9726 [7OC], H10360
[10OC], H10363 [10OC], H10364 [10OC], H10511 [10OC], H10516
[11OC], H10517 [11OC], H10518 [11OC], H10519 [11OC], H10520
[11OC], H10527 [11OC], H10531-H10546 [11OC], H10553 [11OC],
H10559-H10643 [12OC], H10670 [13OC], H10894 [14OC], H10921
[15OC], H10922 [15OC], H10923 [15OC]
Save Social Security First Reserve Fund: establish (H.R. 3207),
H7891 [16SE], E176 [12FE]
Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, H107 [3FE], H111
[3FE], H227-H231 [3FE], H506 [24FE], H508 [24FE], H541 [24FE],
H556-H558 [24FE], H584 [25FE], H585 [25FE], H636 [26FE], H684
[2MR], H744-H746 [3MR], H840 [4MR], H841-H845 [4MR], H848 [4MR],
H890 [5MR], H1302 [19MR], H1412 [24MR], H1452 [25MR], H1706
[30MR], H1785 [31MR], H2082 [21AP], H2083 [21AP], H2303 [23AP],
H2822 [6MY], H3029 [12MY], H4197 [5JN], H4198 [5JN], H4204
[5JN], H4219 [5JN], H5044 [23JN], H5047 [23JN], H5049 [23JN],
H5050 [23JN], H5051 [23JN], H6515 [29JY], H7571-H7574 [10SE],
H7694 [15SE], H7695 [15SE], H7696 [15SE], H7698 [15SE],
H7793-H7796 [15SE], H9263-H9270 [1OC], H9282 [2OC], H9728 [7OC],
H10363 [10OC], H10547 [11OC], H10551 [11OC], H10552 [11OC],
H10557 [11OC], H10559 [11OC], H10817 [13OC], H10819 [13OC],
H11642 [20OC], H11644 [20OC], H11646 [20OC], H11647 [20OC],
H11655 [20OC], E1017 [4JN], E1087 [10JN], E2289 [21OC], E2301
[21OC]
------ ensure integrity of trust funds, H2348 [28AP]
------ ensure integrity of trust funds (H.R. 857), H23-H28 [27JA],
H227 [3FE], H556-H558 [24FE], H652 [26FE], H662-H670 [26FE],
H724-H730 [3MR], H839 [4MR], H941-H949 [10MR], H1286-H1288
[18MR], H2080-H2082 [21AP], H3300 [14MY], H5044 [23JN],
H8511-H8516 [23SE]
------ ensure solvency, H2139 [22AP], H2378 [28AP], H2780 [5MY],
H3029 [12MY], E683 [28AP]
------ establish Protect Social Security Account into which budget
surpluses will be deposited until long-term reform is enacted
(H.R. 4578), H7812 [16SE], H7813 [16SE], H7814 [16SE],
H7890-H7903 [16SE], H7926 [17SE], H7927 [17SE], H7928 [17SE],
H7929 [17SE], H7930 [17SE], H8019 [17SE], H8021 [17SE], H8079
[18SE], H8080 [18SE], H8463 [23SE], H8464 [23SE], H8465 [23SE],
H8536 [24SE], H8537 [24SE], H8538 [24SE], H8539 [24SE], H8605
[24SE], H8612-H8619 [24SE], H8619 [24SE], H8719 [25SE], H8720
[25SE], H8721 [25SE], H8722 [25SE], H8732-H8756 [25SE], H8839
[25SE], H8841 [25SE], H8842 [25SE], H8940 [26SE], H8943 [26SE],
H8974 [26SE], H9085 [28SE], H9090 [28SE], H9091 [28SE], H9092
[28SE], H9165 [28SE], H9191 [1OC], H9201 [1OC], H9210 [1OC],
H9263-H9270 [1OC], H9339 [2OC], H9349 [5OC], H9593 [6OC], H9728
[7OC], E1834 [28SE], E1846 [29SE], E1856 [1OC], E1887 [2OC]
establish Protect Social Security Account into which budget
surpluses will be deposited until long-term reform is enacted
(H.R. 4578), consideration (H. Res. 552), H8722-H8732 [25SE]
------ establish the Protect Social Security Account into which
budget surpluses will be deposited (H.R. 3351), E315 [5MR]
------ payroll taxes, H1384 [24MR]
------ privatization, H4842 [19JN], E1577 [7AU]
------ prohibit privatization (H. Res. 483), H5039 [23JN], E1201
[23JN]
------ use budget surplus to establish personal retirement savings
accounts, H2085 [21AP], H2086 [21AP]
------ use of surplus relative to system solvency, H2507 [29AP]
Space policy: space station program funding, H2673 [30AP], H5756
[17JY], H5760 [17JY], H6264-H6275 [23JY], E1353 [20JY], E1466
[30JY], E1469 [30JY], E1496 [31JY]
Status: report, H2596 [29AP], H8976 [26SE]
Taxation: allow reductions in the discretionary spending limits to
be used to offset tax cuts (H.R. 3707), H2241 [23AP]
------ child tax credit, H10518 [11OC]
------ rates, H4215 [5JN]
------ treatment of tobacco products, H2141 [22AP], H2142 [22AP],
H2144 [22AP], H2148 [22AP], H2150 [22AP]
Taxpayer Relief Act: anniversary, H7183 [5AU]
Tobacco products: specify uses of revenues from tobacco industry
settlement (H.J. Res. 109), E149 [11FE]
------ tobacco industry liability settlement relative to health
risks and marketing and manufacturing practices, H844 [4MR]
Transportation: budget treatment of trust funds, H1650 [27MR],
H1893 [1AP], H1898 [1AP], H3946 [22MY], H3961 [22MY]
------ payment for highways and transit programs by using CBO
estimates, H3715-H3720 [21MY]
Turkey: allocation of economic assistance (H.R. 1361), H6995 [3AU]
TVA: non-power programs funding, H4222 [5JN], E1271 [26JN]
Remarks in Senate
Air Force: Financial Information Resources System funding, S9397
[30JY], S9398 [30JY]
Appropriations: district court decision on constitutionality of
line-item veto, S692-S699 [12FE], S787 [12FE]
------ establish automatic system for continuing appropriations,
S8988 [24JY]
------ establish automatic system for continuing appropriations,
S11169 [30SE]
------ line-item veto, S6661 [19JN], S7247 [26JN]
------ line-item veto (S. 2220), S7181 [25JN]
------ making continuing (H.J. Res. 128), S10499-S10501 [17SE]
------ making continuing (H.J. Res. 133), unanimous-consent request,
S12249 [9OC]
------ making continuing (H.J. Res. 134), S12375 [12OC]
------ making continuing (H.J. Res. 134), unanimous-consent
agreement, S12362 [12OC], S12363 [12OC]
------ making continuing (H.J. Res. 134), unanimous-consent request,
S12536 [14OC]
------ making continuing (H.J. Res. 135), unanimous-consent
agreement, S12539 [14OC]
------ making continuing (H.J. Res. 136), unanimous-consent
agreement, S12660 [16OC]
------ making continuing (H.J. Res. 137), unanimous-consent
agreement, S12680 [20OC]
------ making emergency supplemental appropriations and rescissions
(H.R. 3579), conference report, S3907-S4131 [23MR], S2393
[23MR], S2401-S2415 [23MR], S2452-S2486 [24MR], S2505-S2563
[25MR], S2581 [25MR], S2583-S2585 [25MR], S2587-S2631 [26MR]
making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas
peacekeeping operations (S. 1768), unanimous-consent agreement,
S2600 [26MR], S2607 [26MR], S2631 [26MR]
------ making omnibus consolidated and emergency supplemental
appropriations, S12696-S12716 [20OC], S12741-S12839 [21OC],
S12969 [21OC], S12997 [12NO]
------ making omnibus consolidated and emergency supplemental
appropriations benefitting California, S12790 [21OC]
------ status of legislation for unfunded agencies, S11152-S11154
[30SE], S11961 [8OC], S12365-S12372 [12OC]
Army: treatment of certain civilian personnel reduction programs,
S2401 [23MR]
Balance, S253 [2FE], S258-S263 [2FE], S441 [5FE], S1182 [2MR], S3098
[2AP], S4353 [5MY], S4671 [12MY], S9888 [2SE], S11304 [1OC]
California: funding for repairs to military installations due to
natural disasters, S2486 [24MR]
CBO: budget analysis, S8273 [16JY], S8458 [17JY]
------ calculation of appropriations relative to changes in
inflation, S2962 [1AP], S2963 [1AP]
------ improve accuracy through creation of an independent CBO
Economic Council and require full disclosures of methodology and
assumptions used in producing budget estimates (S. 2423), S9596
[31JY]
Children and youth: provide health insurance for uninsured
children, S2746 [30MR]
Commission on Government Restructuring and Reform: establish (S.
2623), S12337-S12341 [10OC]
Committee on Appropriations (Senate): budget request submissions
relative to assumed revenues of unauthorized user fees, S8124
[14JY]
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]
Congress: accomplishments of the 105th Congress, S12373-S12375
[12OC], S12379 [12OC]
------ establish 2-year cycle, S3602 [27AP], S7235 [26JN], S8635
[21JY]
------ establish 2-year cycle and reform oversight process (S. 261),
S9674 [31AU]
------ legislative priorities, S10582-S10585 [18SE]
------ modify pay-as-you-go requirements to require that direct
spending increases be offset with direct spending decreases,
S2844-S2847 [31MR], S2946-S2951 [1AP], S3038-S3040 [2AP]
------ require a three-fifths majority on the passage of legislation
increasing revenue, S3072-S3074 [2AP], S3076 [2AP]
------ waive enrollment requirements for certain legislation (H.J.
Res. 131), S12253 [9OC]
Constitutional amendments: balance (H.J. Res. 1), S12859 [21OC]
------ balance without counting Social Security surpluses (S.J. Res.
59), S11284 [1OC], S11303 [1OC]
Deficit, S13 [27JA], S88 [28JA], S203 [29JA], S204 [29JA], S255
[2FE], S258-S263 [2FE], S302 [3FE], S376 [4FE], S450 [5FE], S515
[9FE], S524 [9FE], S584 [10FE], S661 [11FE], S725 [12FE], S814
[23FE], S867 [24FE], S1002 [25FE], S1054 [26FE], S1155 [27FE],
S1188 [2MR], S1254 [3MR], S1334 [4MR], S1434 [5MR], S1505 [6MR],
S1550 [9MR], S1696 [10MR], S1770 [11MR], S1820 [12MR], S1930
[13MR], S2112 [17MR], S2211 [18MR], S2293 [19MR], S2363 [20MR],
S2415 [23MR], S2486 [24MR], S2567 [25MR], S2657 [26MR], S2715
[27MR], S2763 [30MR], S2848 [31MR], S3104 [2AP], S3114 [2AP],
S3215 [3AP], S3236 [3AP], S3276 [20AP], S3353 [21AP], S3457
[22AP], S3531 [23AP], S3584 [24AP], S3603 [27AP], S3708 [28AP],
S3782 [29AP], S3916 [30AP], S4131 [1MY], S4204 [4MY], S4433
[6MY], S4525 [7MY], S4611 [11MY], S4627 [11MY], S4711 [12MY],
S4777 [13MY], S4901 [14MY], S4939 [15MY], S5013 [18MY], S5128
[19MY], S5215 [20MY], S5315 [21MY], S5420 [22MY], S5511 [1JN],
S5529 [2JN], S5631 [4JN], S5693 [5JN], S5779 [9JN], S6034
[10JN], S6178 [11JN], S6292 [12JN], S6327 [15JN], S6485 [17JN],
S6523 [18JN], S6763 [22JN], S6876 [23JN], S7162 [25JN], S7253
[26JN], S7354 [6JY], S7573 [7JY], S7677 [8JY], S7877 [9JY],
S7937 [10JY], S8054 [13JY], S8129 [14JY], S8239 [15JY], S8379
[16JY], S8477 [17JY], S8553 [20JY], S8655 [21JY], S8775 [22JY],
S8913 [23JY], S8994 [24JY], S9799 [1SE], S9890 [2SE], S9943
[3SE], S9972 [8SE], S10112 [9SE], S10202 [10SE], S10259 [11SE],
S10318 [14SE], S10379 [15SE], S10419 [16SE], S10513 [17SE],
S10585 [18SE], S10654 [21SE], S10716 [22SE], S10834 [23SE],
S10913 [24SE], S10982 [25SE], S11041 [28SE], S11120 [29SE],
S11180 [30SE], S11275 [1OC], S11448 [5OC], S11450 [5OC], S11580
[6OC], S11694 [7OC], S11964 [8OC], S12155 [9OC], S12374 [12OC],
S12379 [12OC], S12570 [14OC], S12658 [15OC], S12731 [20OC],
S12884 [21OC]
Democratic Party: national agenda, S3 [27JA], S99-S109 [28JA],
S700-S704 [12FE], S707 [12FE], S4139-S4141 [1MY], S4606 [11MY]
Dept. of Defense: accuracy of budget outlay estimates, S9404-S9406
[30JY]
------ develop a budget outlay estimate, S3059 [2AP], S3060 [2AP]
------ disapproval of line-item vetoes in military construction
appropriations legislation (H.R. 2631), veto, S465 [9FE], S727
[12FE], S958-S972 [25FE], S995-S997 [25FE] disapproval of line-
item vetoes in military construction appropriations legislation
(H.R. 2631), veto--unanimous-consent agreement, S948 [25FE],
S995 [25FE]
------ ensure that any defense spending increases will be offset by
defense funds relative to emergency supplemental appropriations,
S2600 [26MR]
------ funding, S7 [27JA]
------ funding for unrequested or special interest projects, S11176
[30SE], S12805 [21OC]
------ impact of budget cuts and expanded mission in Bosnia and
Herzegovina on national security and military readiness, S9342
[30JY], S9343 [30JY], S9396 [30JY]
------ unfunded priorities lists of the military services, S7086
[25JN]
Dept. of HHS: Pediatric Emergency Medical Services Program funding,
S2872 [31MR]
Dept. of HUD: Elderly Housing Program funding, S2886-S2890 [1AP],
S2961 [1AP], S3037 [2AP], S8368 [16JY]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: health care funding, S3082 [2AP], S5468
[22MY]
Disabled: establish reserve fund to provide certain disabled
beneficiaries with opportunities to return to work, S3088 [2AP]
------ provide accessible and affordable health care for disabled
persons, S2746 [30MR]
Ecology and environment: allocate revenues from Superfund tax to
establish reserve fund for environmental initiatives,
S2958-S2961 [1AP], S3035-S3037 [2AP]
Economy: importance of accurate economic statistics, S8948 [23JY]
Education: national policy to improve system, S3062-S3064 [2AP]
------ Olympic Education Scholarship Program funding, S7840 [9JY]
------ reductions in school class size, S2705-S2707 [27MR], S2709
[27MR], S2742 [30MR], S2787-S2799 [31MR], S3326 [21AP],
S3386-S3390 [22AP], S3394-S3396 [22AP], S3419 [22AP], S8340
[16JY], S11386 [2OC], S12291 [10OC], S12366 [12OC], S12367
[12OC], S12368 [12OC], S12830-S12832 [21OC]
------ reductions in school class size (S. 2093), S5132 [19MY]
EEOC: funding, S2709 [27MR], S3081 [2AP], S3082 [2AP]
Families and domestic relations: increase availability,
affordability, and quality of child care, S2709 [27MR],
S2800-S2809 [31MR]
------ provide equitable child care relief for stay at-home parents,
S2736-S2738 [30MR], S2757 [30MR], S2782-S2785 [31MR]
Federal aid programs: reform entitlement programs, S2890 [1AP]
Federal budget: allocation of funds, S250 [2FE], S253 [2FE],
S282-S286 [3FE], S287-S292 [3FE], S441 [5FE], S522 [9FE], S524
[9FE], S608 [11FE], S620-S622 [11FE], S852 [23FE], S1333 [4MR],
S1381-S1386 [5MR], S2245 [19MR], S2247-S2731 [30MR], S12216
[9OC], S12379-S12382 [12OC], S12608 [15OC], S12622-S12624 [15OC]
------ comparison between congressional and Clinton administration
proposals, S12297-S12299 [10OC], S12302 [10OC]
------ comparison between Senate and Clinton administration
proposals, S2963 [1AP], S3075 [2AP]
------ reconciliation process, S12373 [12OC], S12536 [14OC]
------ setting forth for 1998-2002 (H. Con. Res. 84), conference
report, S11504 [5OC]
------ setting forth for 1998-2002 (H. Con. Res. 84), conference
report, S5992 [9JN], S8579 [20JY], S9148 [28JY]
------ setting forth for 1999-2003 (S. Con. Res. 86), S2701 [27MR],
S2704-S2709 [27MR], S2711-S2713 [27MR], S2733-S2759 [30MR],
S2781-S2826 [31MR], S2828-S2847 [31MR], S2867 [31MR],
S2879-S2964 [1AP], S3023-S3028 [2AP], S3031-S3107 [2AP], S3191
[3AP], S3223 [3AP], S3231 [3AP], S3466 [22AP], S3597 [24AP]
setting forth for 1999-2003 (S. Con. Res. 86), unanimous-consent
agreement, S2906 [1AP], S3055 [2AP], S3107 [2AP]
------ treatment of any future budget surpluses, S5 [27JA], S7
[27JA], S10-S12 [27JA], S109 [28JA], S590-S592 [10FE], S10815
[23SE], S10870 [24SE], S11401-S11405 [5OC]
------ use of surplus for tax relief, deficit reduction or Social
Security reform, S3065-S3067 [2AP], S3078 [2AP]
Federal employees: reduce number of political appointees, S9234
[29JY]
FEMA: ensure additional funding for disaster relief does not impact
the budget surplus, S2538-S2543 [25MR]
Government: ensure compliance with congressional spending
guidelines and outlays, S2471-S2479 [24MR]
------ making omnibus consolidated and emergency supplemental
appropriations, S12696 [20OC]
------ modify certain allocations in the Senate for fiscal year 1999
and include appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2000-
2003 (S. Res. 312), S12915 [21OC]
------ modify certain allocations (S. Res. 209), S3107 [2AP], S8016
[10JY]
------ reduce waste, fraud, and error by making improvements in
Federal management and debt collection practices, payment
systems, and benefit programs (S. 2571), S11708 [7OC]
------ require budget deficit reduction, a balanced Federal budget,
and repayment of the national debt, S2842-S2844 [31MR],
S2955-S2958 [1AP], S3035 [2AP] require budget deficit reduction,
a balanced Federal budget, and repayment of the national debt
(S. 1608), S393 [4FE], S394 [4FE]
------ require periodic review and reauthorization of all programs
(S. 1730), S1529 [6MR]
------ treatment of Inspector General offices as independent
agencies during budget preparations (S. 2521), S11042 [28SE]
Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: funding, S3025-S3028
[2AP], S3037 [2AP], S3085-S3088 [2AP]
Insects: Boll Weevil Eradication Program funding, S2408 [23MR]
IRS Restructuring and Reform Act: ensure compliance with Federal
budget requirements, S4380-S4392 [6MY]
LIHEAP: reauthorize and amend (S. 2206), S7009 [24JN], S9067-S9087
[27JY], 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]
Medicare: reform, S716 [12FE]
------ use of tobacco revenues to restore solvency, S2882 [1AP],
S3212-S3214 [3AP]
National Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicare: field
hearing in Minneapolis, MN, S7921 [10JY]
------ meeting, S1875 [12MR]
National security: extend National Defense Panel, S2483 [24MR]
------ military readiness of U.S. forces, S4868 [14MY],
S10198-S10201 [10SE], S11139-S11142 [30SE], S11165-S11168
[30SE], S11173 [30SE], S11174 [30SE], S11175 [30SE], S11187
[30SE], S11212 [1OC], S11644 [7OC], S11645 [7OC], S12594 [14OC],
S12695 [20OC], S12818 [21OC], S12849 [21OC]
NIH: biomedical research funding, S3042-S3045 [2AP], S3075 [2AP],
S3076 [2AP]
------ funding, S262 [2FE], S3090 [2AP], S3095 [2AP], S3096 [2AP]
OMB: estimates of total annual costs and benefits of Federal
regulatory programs, S9225 [29JY]
Petroleum: use of gasoline tax revenues transferred to
transportation trust funds, S100 [28JA], S303 [3FE], S421-S425
[5FE], S433 [5FE], S471 [9FE], S956-S958 [25FE], S1189-S1193
[2MR], S1222 [3MR], S1227 [3MR], S1233 [3MR], S1317-S1320 [4MR],
S1329 [4MR], S1825-S1827 [12MR], S1853-S1855 [12MR], S7657 [8JY]
Public debt: treatment of any future budget surpluses, S1291 [3MR],
S1381-S1386 [5MR], S2209 [18MR], S3100 [2AP], S10454 [17SE],
S11020 [28SE], S11148-S11152 [30SE], S11154-S11321 [2OC], S11692
[7OC], S12372 [12OC], S12373 [12OC]
Republican Party: national agenda, S94-S98 [28JA], S4606 [11MY],
S5426 [22MY]
Rural areas: Federal farm policies, S5493 [1JN]
------ Federal policies affecting farmers and agricultural
communities, S9328 [30JY]
Schools: after-school programs and safety funding, S3040-S3042
[2AP], S3480-S3484 [23AP], S3493 [23AP]
Science: research and development programs funding, S3061 [2AP],
S3062 [2AP]
SEC: payment of certain transaction fees, S3096 [2AP]
Senate: legislative priorities, S9677 [31AU], S9966 [8SE], S10183
[10SE], S10185 [10SE], S10203 [10SE], S11152-S11154 [30SE]
Senate Rules: prohibit precatory language on budget resolutions,
S3084 [2AP], S3085 [2AP]
Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, S109 [28JA],
S199-S201 [29JA], S260 [2FE], S1766-S1768 [11MR], S2150-S2154
[18MR], S2757 [30MR], S2940-S2944 [1AP], S2949 [1AP], S3215
[3AP], S3755 [29AP], S4611 [11MY], S6028 [10JN], S7243-S7247
[26JN], S8710-S8734 [22JY], S9178 [29JY], S10234 [11SE], S10331
[15SE], S10454 [17SE], S10971 [25SE], S11013 [28SE], S11017
[28SE], S11148-S11152 [30SE], S11169 [30SE], S11170 [30SE],
S11321-S11324 [2OC], S11401-S11405 [5OC], S11407-S11409 [5OC],
S11539 [6OC], S12216 [9OC], S12366 [12OC], S12372 [12OC], S12374
[12OC], S12477 [14OC]
------ budget treatment of trust funds (S. Res. 185), S1080 [26FE]
------ ensure integrity of trust funds, S8273 [16JY]
------ ensure solvency, S3092 [2AP], S8464-S8466 [17JY]
------ ensure solvency of trust funds, S9545-S9547 [31JY]
------ extend and clarify pay-as-you-go requirements relative to
trust funds (S. 1678), S1011 [25FE]
------ privatization, S6004 [10JN]
------ reduce payroll taxes, S9403 [30JY], S9404 [30JY]
------ reduce payroll taxes (S. 1792), S2154-S2168 [18MR], S8447
[17JY]
------ reform, S262 [2FE]
------ use budget surplus to establish personal retirement savings
accounts, S2917-S2929 [1AP]
------ use of budget surplus to reduce payroll tax and establish
personal retirement accounts, S3080 [2AP]
Space policy: space station program funding, S7538-S7538 [7JY],
S7564 [7JY]
Status: report, S9693 [31AU], S9995 [8SE], S10448 [16SE], S10857
[23SE]
Supreme Court: decision on line-item veto, S7043 [25JN],
S7050-S7057 [25JN], S7162 [25JN], S8370 [16JY]
Taxation: rates, S2880-S2886 [1AP]
Tobacco products: specify uses of revenues from tobacco industry
settlement, S4934-S4936 [15MY]
------ tobacco industry liability settlement relative to Medicare
funding, S6023 [10JN]
------ 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]
Trust funds: ensure continued enforcement of pay-as-you-go
requirements (S. 1587), S199-S201 [29JA]
------ treatment relative to the annual baseline (S. 1588),
S199-S201 [29JA]
U.N.: U.S. role in peacekeeping operations, S2543 [25MR]
Reports
Analysis of the President's Budgetary Proposals for Fiscal Year
1999: CBO, S1382-S1385 [5MR]
Budget Scorekeeping: CBO, S9694 [31AU], S9995 [8SE], S10857 [23SE]
Social Security and the Unified Budget: Greenspan Commission, S8715
[22JY]
Status of the Budget: Committee on the Budget (House), H2596-H2598
[29AP], H8976-H8978 [26SE]
Reports filed
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 H.R. 3579, Emergency
Supplemental Appropriations and Rescissions: Committee on Rules
(House) (H. Res. 416) (H. Rept. 105-505), H2705 [30AP]
Consideration of H. Con. Res. 284, Setting Forth the Federal Budget
for 1999-2003: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 455) (H.
Rept. 105-565), H4054 [3JN]
Consideration of H.J. Res. 128, Continuing Appropriations:
Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 541) (H. Rept. 105-724),
H7914 [16SE]
Consideration of H.R. 3579, Emergency Supplemental Appropriations
and Rescissions: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 402) (H.
Rept. 105-473), H1776 [30MR]
Consideration of H.R. 4578, Establish Protect Social Security
Account Into Which Budget Surpluses Will Be Deposited Until
Long-Term Reform Is Enacted: Committee on Rules (House) (H.
Res. 552) (H. Rept. 105-744), H8626 [24SE]
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations and Rescissions: Committee of
Conference (H.R. 3579) (H. Rept. 105-504), H2705 [30AP]
----- Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 3579) (H. Rept. 105-
469), H1699 [27MR]
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief and
Overseas Peacekeeping Operations: Committee on Appropriations
(Senate) (S. 1768) (S. Rept. 105-168), S2113 [17MR]
Establish Protect Social Security Account Into Which Budget
Surpluses Will Be Deposited Until Long-Term Reform Is Enacted:
Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 4578) (H. Rept. 105-
738), H8527 [23SE]
LIHEAP Reauthorization and Amendments: Committee on Labor and Human
Resources (Senate) (S. 2206) (S. Rept. 105-256), S8657 [21JY]
Making the Federal Government Accountable--Enforcing the Mandate for
Effective Financial Management: Committee on Government Reform
and Oversight (House) (H. Rept. 105-664), H6879 [31JY]
1998 Economic Report of the President: Committee on Economics
(Joint) (H. Rept. 105-807), H10512 [10OC]
Revised Suballocation of Budget Totals for Fiscal Year 1999:
Committee on Appropriations (House) (H. Rept. 105-600), H5296
[24JN]
----- Committee on Appropriations (House) (H. Rept. 105-642), H6281
[23JY]
----- Committee on Appropriations (House) (H. Rept. 105-662), H6878
[31JY]
------ Committee on Appropriations (House) (H. Rept. 105-722), H7914
[16SE]
Revised Subdivision of Budget Totals for Fiscal Year 1998:
Committee on Appropriations (House) (H. Rept. 105-475), H1853
[31MR]
Setting Forth the Federal Budget for 1999-2003: Committee on the
Budget (House) (H. Con. Res. 284) (H. Rept. 105-555), H4054
[3JN]
------ Committee on the Budget (Senate) (S. Con. Res. 86), S2363
[20MR]
Suballocation of Budget Totals for Fiscal Year 1999: Committee on
Appropriations (House) (H. Rept. 105-590), H4961 [22JN]
Supplemental Appropriations and Rescissions: Committee on
Appropriations (House) (H.R. 3580) (H. Rept. 105-470), H1699
[27MR]
Reports to constituents
Hamilton, Representative: Budget Surplus, E1083 [10JN]
------ Celebrating Fiscal Restraint, E37 [28JA]
------ New Choices in Medicare, E39 [28JA]
------ President's 1999 Budget, E182 [12FE]
------ Social Security Reform, E1303 [15JY]
------ State of the Economy, E220 [25FE]
Rulings of the Chair
Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 135), H10868 [14OC]
Statements
Are CBO Budget Projections Still Understated? Michael A. Schuyler,
Institute for Research on the Economics of Taxation, S9597
[31JY]
Medicare Fraud and Abuse: Home Care Alliance of Maine, S716 [12FE]
National Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicare: Senator
Breaux, S1876 [12MR]
Reductions in School Class Size: Association of Washington School
Principals, S2798 [31MR], S3388 [22AP]
------ Lee Ann Prielipp, Washington Education Association, S3388
[22AP]
------ Sandra Feldman, American Federation of Teachers, S2798
[31MR], S3388 [22AP]
------ Several High School Students, S3388 [22AP]
------ Washington State School Directors' Association, S2798 [31MR],
S3387 [22AP]
Space Station Program Funding Relative to Health and Disease
Research: Several Doctors and Scientists, S7548 [7JY]
Use of Gasoline Tax Revenues Transferred to Transportation Trust
Funds: Robert L. Darbelnet, American Automobile Association,
S1854 [12MR]
Studies
European Health Care Reform: WHO, E1655 [9SE]
Summaries
Condition of BIA Schools Report: GAO, S2912 [1AP]
Government for the 21st Century Act (S. 2623), S12340 [10OC]
Surveys
Social Security Trust Fund Surpluses, H839 [4MR]
Tables
Adjustments to S. Res. 209, budget allocation modifications, S8016
[10JY]
Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs
appropriations (S. 2159): comparison of 1998 budget
obligational authority and 1999 budget estimates, S6551-S6555
[18JN]
Analysis of Federal agency budget requests under Representative
McIntosh's oversight, E189 [12FE]
BIA school construction priority list, S2912 [1AP]
Budget aggregates--Federal outlays, receipts, and deficit summary,
1994-2000, H10802 [13OC]
Budget deficits and Social Security, S2921 [1AP]
Budget treatment of Social Security trust funds, S8727 [22JY]
CBO budget projections (1997-2008), S8730 [22JY]
------, S200 [29JA]
Emergency supplemental appropriations and rescissions (H.R. 3570),
H1800-H1802 [31MR]
Emergency supplemental appropriations and rescissions (H.R. 3579),
H2677-H2686 [30AP]
Federal budget deficits, surpluses, and trust funds (1945-1998),
S259 [2FE], S8717 [22JY], S8731 [22JY]
Federal budget proposals, S526-S529 [9FE]
Federal budget trust fund borrowing, S260 [2FE], S8727 [22JY]
Inflation adjustments for national defense appropriations, S2962
[1AP]
Omnibus consolidated and emergency supplemental appropriations,
H11635-H11641 [20OC]
Payroll taxes, S2921 [1AP]
Proposed user fees in presidential budget, H4047 [3JN]
Revisions to Committee on Appropriations (Senate) 1999 budget
allocations, S10448 [16SE], S12915 [21OC]
Revisions to Committee on Appropriations (Senate) 1999-2003 budget
allocations, S12915 [21OC]
Revisions to Federal budget for 1998-2002, S5992 [9JN], S8579
[20JY], S9148 [28JY], S11504 [5OC]
Revisions to Federal budget for 1998-2002 relative to S. 1768,
emergency supplemental appropriations for disaster relief and
overseas peacekeeping operations, S2463 [24MR]
Setting forth the Federal budget for 1998-2002 (H. Con. Res. 84),
H76 [28JA]
Status of appropriation measures, 105th Congress, 2nd sess., S12715
[20OC]
Testimonies
Dept. of Defense Appropriations for Military Construction Line-Item
Veto: Several Military Officials, S971 [25FE]
Military Readiness--Observations on Personnel Readiness in Later
Deploying Army Divisions: Mark E. Gebicke, GAO, H2788-H2791
[5MY]
National Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicare:
Representative Pelosi, E1809-E1810 [25SE]
Texts of
H. Res. 402, consideration of H.R. 3579, emergency supplemental
appropriations and recissions, H1786 [31MR]
H. Res. 416, consideration of conference report on H.R. 3579,
emergency supplemental appropriations and rescissions, H2673
[30AP]
H. Res. 455, consideration of H. Con. Res. 284, setting forth the
Federal budget for 1999-2003, H4135 [4JN]
H. Res. 541, consideration of H.J. Res. 128, continuing
appropriations, H7930 [17SE]
H. Res. 552, consideration of H.R. 4578, establish Protect Social
Security Account into which budget surpluses will be deposited
until long-term reform is enacted, and H.R. 4579, Taxpayer
Relief Act, H8722 [25SE]
H.J. Res. 128, continuing appropriations, S10500 [17SE], H7931
[17SE]
H.J. Res. 131, waive Congressional enrollment requirements for
certain legislation, H10121 [8OC]
H.J. Res. 133, continuing appropriations, H10315 [9OC]
H.J. Res. 134, continuing appropriations, H10578 [12OC]
H.J. Res. 135, continuing appropriations, H10861 [14OC]
H.J. Res. 136, continuing appropriations, H11026 [16OC]
H.J. Res. 137, continuing appropriations, H11545 [19OC]
H.R. 3579, emergency supplemental appropriations and rescissions,
H1816-H1820 [31MR]
H.R. 3989, User Fee Act, H4167-H4178 [5JN]
H.R. 4243, Government Waste, Fraud, and Error Reduction Act,
H10850-H10854 [14OC]
H.R. 4578, establish Protect Social Security Account into which
budget surpluses will be deposited until long-term reform is
enacted, H8732 [25SE]
H.R. 4857, Government Waste, Fraud, and Error Reduction Act,
H11673-H11676 [20OC]
S. 1587, Pay-As-You-Go Extension Act, S200 [29JA]
S. 1588, Deficit Integrity Act, S200 [29JA]
S. 1678, Social Security Trust Fund Protection Act, S1012 [25FE]
S. 1730, Federal Program Sunset Review Act, S1530-S1533 [6MR]
S. 1788, Medicare Fraud and Overpayment Act, S2125-S2127 [17MR]
S. 1792, Social Security Solvency Act, S2160-S2166 [18MR]
S. 2093, reductions in school class size, S5133 [19MY]
S. 2206, Community Opportunities, Accountability, and Training and
Educational Services Act, S9067-S9082 [27JY]
------, S10617-S10633 [18SE], H7620-H7638 [14SE]
S. 2571, Federal Benefit Verification and Integrity Act,
S11709-S11711 [7OC]
S. 2623, Government for the 21st Century Act, S12337-S12340 [10OC]
S. Con. Res. 86, setting forth the Federal budget for 1999-2003,
S3277-S3292 [20AP]
S. Res. 185, budget treatment of Social Security trust funds, S1080
[26FE]
S. Res. 209, modify certain budget allocations, S3107 [2AP], S3160
[2AP]
S. Res. 282, budget treatment of trust funds, extension of pay-as-
you-go requirements, and reservation of all surpluses relative
to Social Security, S10929 [24SE]
S. Res. 312, modify certain allocations in the Senate for fiscal
year 1999 and include appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal
years 2000-2003, S12875 [21OC]
S. Res. 312, modify certain budget allocations in the Senate for
fiscal year 1999 and include appropriate budgetary levels for
fiscal years 2000-2003, S12916 [21OC]