[Congressional Record Index (1998)]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
COLLINS, SUSAN M. (a Senator from Maine)
Amendments
Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
making appropriations (S. 2159), S8098 [14JY], S8140 [14JY]
Appropriations: making emergency supplemental for disaster relief
and overseas peacekeeping operations (S. 1768), S2479 [24MR],
S2499 [24MR], S2524 [25MR], S2576 [25MR]
Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 1999-2003 (S. Con.
Res. 86), S2931 [1AP], S2989 [1AP], S2994 [1AP], S2998 [1AP]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military
activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military
construction (S. 2057), S4919 [14MY], S6982 [24JN], S7025 [24JN]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations
(S. 2237), S9967 [8SE], S9985 [8SE]
Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the
President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (S.
2312), S9140 [28JY]
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
agencies: authorizing appropriations (S. 2260), S8793 [22JY],
S8862 [23JY], S8940 [23JY]
Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
making appropriations (S. 2168), S8367 [16JY], S8411 [16JY]
FAA: reauthorizing programs (S. 2279), S10888 [24SE], S10934 [24SE]
Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making
appropriations (S. 2334), S9754 [1SE], S9796 [1SE]
Government: eliminate and modify reporting requirements by Federal
departments and agencies (S. 1364), S6121 [10JN]
IRS: restructure and reform (H.R. 2676), S4514 [7MY], S4546 [7MY]
NSF: authorizing appropriations (S. 1046), S4729 [12MY]
Political campaigns: protect individuals from having their money
involuntarily collected and used for politics by a corporation
or labor organization (S. 1663), S906 [24FE], S933 [24FE], S938
[24FE], S1019 [25FE]
Tobacco products: tobacco industry liability settlement relative to
health risks and marketing and manufacturing practices (S.
1415), S5336 [21MY], S5338 [21MY], S5575 [2JN]
Transportation: funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
programs, and transit programs (S. 1173), S1463 [5MR], S1533
[6MR], S1570 [9MR], S1765 [11MR], S1785 [11MR]
Appointments
Committee on the Year 2000 Technology Problem (Senate, Special),
S3736 [28AP]
Conferee: H.R. 6, Higher Education Act reauthorization, S8069
[13JY]
------ H.R. 1385, Employment, Training, and Literacy Enhancement
Act, S4349 [5MY]
------ H.R. 1853, vocational education funding, S6306 [12JN]
Articles and editorials
Abortion Vote, Bangor (ME) Daily News, S10590 [18SE]
Region's Home-Care Firms Face Being Punished for Their Efficiency,
Carol Gentry, Wall Street Journal, S3711 [28AP]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Abortion: prohibit certain late-term abortions, (see S. 2497),
S10588 [18SE]
------ protection of reproductive health services clinics, (see S.
Res. 173), S451 [5FE]
Agency for Healthcare Policy and Research: revise and extend, (see
S. 2208), S7200 [25JN]
Agriculture: ensure that federally funded research and education
programs address high-priority concerns with national multistate
significance (S. 1150), technical corrections, (see S. 2275),
S7678 [8JY]
American Red Cross: anniversary of Blood Services, (see S. Con.
Res. 119), S10722 [22SE]
Animals: conservation of Asian elephants, (see S. 1287), S586
[10FE]
------ conservation of Asian elephants, cosponsorship withdrawn,
(see S. 1287), S769 [12FE]
Business and industry: provide assistance to microenterprises in
developing countries, (see S. 2152), S6037 [10JN]
Capitol Building and Grounds: tribute to John M. Gibson and Jacob
J. Chestnut of the Capitol Police for acts of heroism, (see S.
Con. Res. 110), S9044 [27JY]
------ use of the rotunda for a memorial service for John M. Gibson
and Jacob J. Chestnut of the Capitol Police, (see S. Con. Res.
111), S9044 [27JY]
Children and youth: ensure parental access to educational
information and curriculum, (see S. 1631), S665 [11FE], (see S.
1631), S836 [23FE]
China, Republic of: admission to multilateral economic
institutions, (see S. Con. Res. 30), S847 [23FE]
Day of Concern About Young People and Gun Violence: designate, (see
S. Res. 264), S9556 [31JY]
Dept. of Commerce: authorizing appropriations for the Technology
Administration, (see S. 1325), S3155 [2AP]
Dept. of Education: reform and reauthorize the State Student
Incentive Grant Program, (see S. 1644), S730 [12FE]
Dept. of HHS: disapprove rule submitted on surety bond requirements
for home health care providers under Medicare and Medicaid, (see
S.J. Res. 50), S6037 [10JN]
------ revise and extend certain women's health research and
prevention activities programs, (see S. 1722), S1508 [6MR]
Dept. of HUD: establish consensus committee for development,
revision, and interpretation of safety standards for
manufactured home construction, (see S. 2145), S12564 [14OC],
(see S. 2145), S12639 [15OC]
Dept. of the Interior: conduct a volunteer pilot project at one
national wildlife refuge in each U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
region, (see S. 2244), S7256 [26JN]
Disabled: support grant programs to address assistive technology
needs of individuals with disabilities, (see S. 2432), S9877
[2SE]
Education: encourage States to develop and implement alternative
teacher certification and licensure programs, (see S. 1742),
S1772 [11MR]
------ provide loan forgiveness and cancellation for certain child
care and education providers, (see S. 1029), S2987 [1AP]
------ spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars on
children's classrooms, (see S. Res. 168), S48 [27JA], (see S.
1589), S1463 [5MR]
Education Flexibility Partnership Demonstration Act: allow State
participation in activities, (see S. 2213), S7013 [24JN]
Employment: protect employer rights, (see S. 1981), S6424 [16JN]
------ reform standard for classifying technical workers as
independent contractors for employment tax purposes, (see S.
1924), S9692 [31AU]
Endangered Species Act: reauthorize, (see S. 1180), S10440 [16SE]
Federal employees: recognition of the accomplishments of inspectors
general in detecting waste, fraud, and abuse in Government, (see
S.J. Res. 58), S11279 [1OC]
Firearms: prohibit imposition of a fee for criminal background
checks before the transfer of a handgun, (see S. 2128), S9058
[27JY]
Flag--U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration, (see
S.J. Res. 40), S378 [4FE]
Freedom of religion: establish a process to ensure that the U.S.
monitors international religious persecution, (see S. 1868),
S5701 [5JN]
Gambling: require certain notices in any mailing using a game of
chance for the promotion of a product or service, (see S. 2460),
S10386 [15SE]
Government: limit Federal authority to impose regulations on State
and local governments not provided under the Constitution, (see
S. 2445), S10322 [14SE]
Health: biomedical research funding, (see S. Res. 170), S587 [10FE]
------ improve the distribution of health care professionals to
underserved areas and consolidate and reauthorize health
education programs for minority and disadvantaged individuals,
(see S. 1754), S2988 [1AP]
------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, (see
S. 2330), S8482 [17JY]
Higher Education Act: reauthorize, (see S. 1882), S3156 [2AP]
Immigration: extend date by which an automated entry-exit control
system must be developed by the INS, (see S. 2540), S11279 [1OC]
Insurance: coverage and treatment of emergency services under
health plans, (see S. 356), S846 [23FE]
----- coverage and treatment of emergency services under health
plans, cosponsorship withdrawn, (see S. 356), S3295 [20AP]
------ coverage of long-term care services, (see S. Con. Res. 95),
S6701 [19JN]
Iran: impose sanctions on foreign persons who transfer items
contributing to efforts to acquire, develop, or produce
ballistic missiles, (see S. 1311), S57 [27JA]
Iraq: condemn threat to international peace and security, (see S.
Con. Res. 71), S114 [28JA]
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: eliminate barriers to foreign trade and investment relative
to resolution of the Asian financial crisis, (see S. Res. 216),
S4560 [8MY]
Law enforcement officers: tribute to individuals who lost their
lives during service, (see S. Res. 201), S2764 [30MR]
Library of Congress: mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial,
(see S. 2510), S10722 [22SE]
Maine: deauthorize certain portions of Bass Harbor navigation
project, (see S. 1531), S5799 [9JN]
------ deauthorize remainder of East Boothbay Harbor project, (see
S. 1532), S5799 [9JN]
McCain, Senator: tribute, (see S. Res. 196), S2114 [17MR]
McGwire, Mark: tribute, (see S. Res. 273), S10118 [9SE]
Medicare: eliminate time limitation on benefits for
immunosuppressive drugs, (see S. 1481), S5701 [5JN]
------ payment of certain venipuncture services and prevention of
potential fraud and abuse, (see S. 1580), S3296 [20AP]
Milosevic, Slobodan: culpability for war crimes, crimes against
humanity, and genocide in the former Yugoslavia, (see S. Con.
Res. 105), S8388 [16JY]
National Breast Cancer Survivor's Day: designate, (see S. Res.
198), S2214 [18MR]
National Character Counts Week: designate, (see S. Res. 176), S4835
[13MY]
National Correctional Officers and Employees Week: designate, (see
S. Res. 175), S1262 [3MR]
National Erase the Hate and Eliminate Racism Day: designate, (see
S. Res. 221), S3919 [30AP]
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act:
reauthorize and amend, (see S. 2095), S5217 [20MY]
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute: anniversary, (see S.
Con. Res. 108), S10726 [22SE]
National Inhalant Abuse Awareness Day: designate, (see S. Res.
257), S11346 [2OC]
National Kick Drugs Out of America Week: designate, (see S. Res.
194), S3443 [22AP]
National Museum of Women's History Advisory Committee: establish,
(see S. 2576), S11698 [7OC]
National security: develop a system to classify and declassify
information, (see S. 712), S10595 [18SE]
National Women's History Month: designate, (see S. Res. 189), S6769
[22JN]
New Mexico: designate Onate Cuartocentenario to commemorate the
anniversary of the first permanent Spanish settlement, (see S.
Res. 148), S520 [9FE]
North American Wetlands Conservation Act: reauthorizing, (see S.
1677), S1463 [5MR]
Older Americans Act: reauthorize, (see S. 2295), S10986 [25SE]
OSHA: recognize use of electronic forms for material safety data
sheets, (see S. 1855), S2489 [24MR]
Partnerships for Wildlife Act: reauthorizing, (see S. 1677), S1463
[5MR]
Postal Service: application of OSHA standards in the same manner as
any other employer, (see S. 2112), S7360 [6JY]
------ protect consumers from deceptive marketing practices which
use sweepstakes to entice the purchase of goods or services,
(see S. 2141), S10386 [15SE]
Public welfare programs: establish asset-based welfare policies,
(see S. 1255), S2684 [26MR]
Public Works and Economic Development Act: reauthorize and reform
programs, (see S. 1647), S730 [12FE], (see S. 2364), S9137
[28JY]
Read Across America Day: designate, (see S. Res. 181), S1082 [26FE]
Rehabilitation Act: extend authorization, (see S. 1579), S113
[28JA]
Research: increase the amount authorized for basic scientific,
medical, and pre-competitive engineering research, (see S.
1305), S2135 [17MR]
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport: designate, (see S.
1297), S179 [28JA], (see S. 1575), S234 [29JA]
Sanford, Terry: tribute, (see S. Res. 211), S3356 [21AP]
Taxation: applications for an exclusion of gain on certain sales of
a principal residence by a surviving spouse, (see S. 1992),
S3653 [27AP]
------ extend energy production credit to electricity produced by
wind and closed-loop biomass, (see S. 1459), S12182 [9OC]
------ increase amount of low-income housing credits allocated in
each State and index amount for inflation, (see S. 1252), S2433
[23MR]
------ relief to families to increase the affordability of child
care, (see S. 1577), S113 [28JA]
------ treatment of certain amounts received as scholarships by an
individual under the National Health Corps Scholarship Program,
(see S. 1286), S769 [12FE]
Television: promote competition in the multichannel video
marketplace, (see S. 1422), S179 [28JA]
Tobacco products: reduce youth smoking, increase tobacco-related
research, and develop safer tobacco products, (see S. 1648),
S731 [12FE]
Turkey: end restrictions on freedoms and human rights of the
enclaved people of Cyprus, (see S. Con. Res. 65), S234 [29JA]
U.N.: promote full equality for Israel, (see S. 2092), S7019 [24JN]
Underground Railroad Educational and Cultural Program: establish,
(see S. 2070), S5334 [21MY]
Veterans: eligibility for hospital care and services relative to
awarding of Purple Heart, (see S. 374), S9941 [3SE]
------ furnishing of burial flags to certain deceased members of the
Selected Reserve, (see S. 1406), S1996 [16MR]
Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc.: anniversary, (see S. Res. 207),
S8059 [13JY]
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),
S11052 [28SE]
Weapons: antiballistic missile systems deployment policy, (see S.
1873), S2863 [31MR]
Wei Jingsheng: relief, (see S. 2476), S11184 [30SE]
Women: anniversary of women's rights movement, (see S. Res. 189),
S6769 [22JN]
------ ensure that older women are protected from institutional,
community, and domestic violence, and sexual assault, (see S.
2114), S5433 [22MY]
Women's Progress Commemoration Commission: establish, (see S.
2285), S7939 [10JY]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Augusta, ME: conveyance of land from Army Kennebec Arsenal, (see S.
1988), S3585 [24AP]
Budget: modify certain allocations, (see S. Res. 209), S3120 [2AP]
China, People's Republic of: Tiananmen Square massacre anniversary,
(see S. Res. 244), S5694 [5JN]
Education: increase the dependent care allowance used to calculate
Pell Grant awards, (see S. 1701), S1255 [3MR]
Government: reform and improve Inspector General offices within
Federal agencies, (see S. 2167), S6181 [11JN]
Government regulations: reduce Federal paperwork burden relative to
small businesses, (see S. 1867), S2660 [26MR]
Medicare: adjust formula used to determine cost limits for home
health agencies, (see S. 1993), S3709 [28AP]
------ payment for insulin pumps, (see S. 2292), S8056 [13JY]
------ payments to hospitals that have graduate medical education
programs in critical need specialty areas, (see S. 2216), S7172
[25JN]
Taxation: repeal information reporting requirement imposed on
educational institutions and certain other trades and businesses
relative to the Hope Scholarship and Lifetime Learning Credits,
(see S. 1724), S1508 [6MR]
Telephones: strengthen and expand the procedures for preventing the
slamming of interstate telephone service subscribers, (see S.
1740), S1697 [10MR]
Cloture motions
Employment: protect employer rights (S. 1981), motion to proceed,
S10221 [10SE], S10309 [14SE]
Satcher, David: nomination to be Surgeon General and Assistant Sec.
of HHS, S446 [5FE], S541 [10FE]
Tobacco products: tobacco industry liability settlement relative to
health risks and marketing and manufacturing practices (S.
1415), S4883 [14MY]
Letters
Repeal information reporting requirement imposed on educational
institutions and certain other trades and businesses relative to
the Hope Scholarship and Lifetime Learning Credits: Stanley O.
Ikenberry, American Council on Education, S1522 [6MR]
----- Terry W. Hartle, American Council on Education, S4515 [7MY]
Lists
Committee on Governmental Affairs (Senate): Subcommittee on
Investigations chairmen, S183<bullet> [28JA]
----- Subcommittee on Investigations chief counsels, S183<bullet>
[28JA]
----- Subcommittee on Investigations ranking minority Members,
S183<bullet> [28JA]
Messages
Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Treaty With Israel:
President Clinton, S3180 [2AP]
Remarks
Abortion: prohibit certain late-term abortions (S. 2497), S10589
[18SE]
Agriculture: maple sugar producers assistance funding, S2405 [23MR]
Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
making appropriations (S. 2159), S8109 [14JY]
Appropriations: making emergency supplemental for disaster relief
and overseas peacekeeping operations (S. 1768), S2405 [23MR],
S2534 [25MR]
Augusta, ME: conveyance of land from Army Kennebec Arsenal (S.
1988), S3591 [24AP]
Bridges: wood composite research funding, S1757 [11MR]
Budget: modify certain allocations (S. Res. 209), S3107 [2AP]
------ setting forth the Federal budget for 1999-2003 (S. Con. Res.
86), S3053 [2AP] setting forth the Federal budget for 1999-2003
(S. Con. Res. 86), unanimous-consent agreement, S3107 [2AP]
Capitol Building and Grounds: authorizing use of Grounds for event
to announce the donation of vans to the Dept. of Veterans
Affairs by the DAV (S. Con. Res. 102), S5662 [4JN]
China, People's Republic of: Tiananmen Square massacre anniversary
(S. Res. 244), S5661 [4JN], S5681 [5JN]
Committee on Governmental Affairs (Senate): anniversary of
Subcommittee on Investigations, S182<bullet> [28JA]
Community Reinvestment Act: credit requirements for small community
banks, S9091 [28JY]
Computers: establish a Senate special committee on the problem with
differentiating years 2000 and 1900 (S. Res. 208), S3185 [2AP]
Credit unions: clarify laws relative to field of membership of
Federal credit unions (H.R. 1151), S9091 [28JY]
Crime: prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State
laws requiring parental notification of abortions (S. 1645),
S10701 [22SE]
Dept. of Agriculture: Agricultural Research Service's New England
Plant, Soil, and Water Research Laboratory funding, S8109 [14JY]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military
activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military
construction (S. 2057), S7100 [25JN]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations
(S. 2237), S10160 [10SE]
Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the
President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (S.
2312), S9128 [28JY]
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
agencies: authorizing appropriations (S. 2260), S8863 [23JY]
District of Columbia: tribute to Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer
Foundation Race for the Cure 5K walk/run, S5584 [4JN]
Employment: improve and consolidate Federal job training programs
(S. 1186), S4023 [1MY]
Families and domestic relations: increase effectiveness and
efficiency of child support enforcement and adoption programs
(H.R. 3130), S3183 [2AP]
Federal highway program: replace affirmative action policies with
emerging business enterprise programs, S1414 [5MR]
Fleming, Scott S.: nomination to be Assistant Sec. of Education for
Legislation and Congressional Affairs, unanimous-consent
agreement, S3599 [24AP]
Fort Berthold Reservation: approval process for oil and gas leasing
agreements for specific allotted lands (S. 2069), S6127 [10JN]
Government: eliminate and modify reporting requirements by Federal
departments and agencies (S. 1364), S6116 [10JN], S6122 [10JN]
------ reform and improve Inspector General offices within Federal
agencies (S. 2167), S6204 [11JN]
Government regulations: reduce Federal paperwork burden relative to
small businesses (S. 1867), S2663 [26MR]
Health: protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's,
S3053 [2AP]
Higher Education Act: expand educational opportunities for students
of low-income families, S7847 [9JY]
------ reauthorize (H.R. 6), conference report, S11087 [29SE]
------ reauthorize (S. 1882), S7847 [9JY]
------ TRIO Upward Bound Program funding, S7847 [9JY]
Ice storms: disaster assistance to Northeast States, S611 [11FE]
IRS: restructure and reform (H.R. 2676), S4514 [7MY], S4515 [7MY]
King, Garr: nomination to be district judge, unanimous-consent
agreement, S3599 [24AP]
Lipez, Kermit V.: nomination to be circuit judge, S3181 [2AP]
Medicare: adjust formula used to determine cost limits for home
health agencies (S. 1993), S3709 [28AP]
------ delay reduction and make revisions to the per beneficiary and
per visit payment limit (S. 2616), S12346 [10OC]
------ payment for insulin pumps (S. 2292), S8056 [13JY]
------ payments to hospitals that have graduate medical education
programs in critical need specialty areas (S. 2216), S7176
[25JN]
------ reform, S716 [12FE]
Northern Ireland Peace Agreement: tribute (S. Con. Res. 90), S3498
[23AP], S3580 [24AP]
Old Orchard Beach, ME: tribute to Old Orchard Beach High School for
participation in We the People . . . The Citizen and the
Constitution competition, S4237 [5MY]
OSHA: recognize use of electronic forms for material safety data
sheets (S. 1855), S2490 [24MR]
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits, S875
[24FE], S997 [25FE], S10160 [10SE]
------ protect individuals from having their money involuntarily
collected and used for politics by a corporation or labor
organization (S. 1663), S875 [24FE], S997 [25FE]
------ require disclosure of funding sources for certain candidate
advocacy advertising, S997 [25FE]
------ require worker approval for use of labor organization dues
and fees for political activities, S10160 [10SE]
------ restrictions on issue advocacy by interest groups, S10160
[10SE]
Presidential Advisory Commission on Holocaust Assets in the U.S.:
establish (S. 1900), S6127 [10JN]
Presidential appointments: nominations considered and confirmed en
bloc, S3181 [2AP]
Protocols to the North Atlantic Treaty on Accession of Poland,
Hungary, and the Czech Republic: ratification, S3629 [27AP]
----- ratification, corrections in engrossment, S4221 [4MY]
----- ratification, unanimous-consent agreement, S3599 [24AP]
Rawlinson, Johnnie B.: nomination to be district judge, S3182 [2AP]
Rehabilitation Act: extend authorization (S. 1579), S170 [28JA]
Roads and highways: modify minimum allocation formula for the
Federal-aid highway program, S1566 [9MR]
Schools: allow same-gender public schools and classrooms as long as
comparable education opportunities are offered to both sexes,
S3335 [21AP]
Securities: application of State statutes of limitations in certain
fraud cases removed to Federal court, S4806 [13MY]
------ limit the conduct of securities class actions under State law
(S. 1260), S4806 [13MY]
Senate: authorize the taking of an official photograph in the
Senate Chamber (S. Res. 246), S6115 [10JN]
------ legislative program, S3107 [2AP], S3186 [2AP], S3599 [24AP],
S3665 [28AP], S4221 [4MY], S5630 [4JN], S5663 [4JN], S6129
[10JN]
Sleet, Gregory: nomination to be district judge, unanimous-consent
agreement, S3599 [24AP]
States: additional funding for disaster relief, S2534 [25MR]
Taxation: repeal information reporting requirement imposed on
educational institutions and certain other trades and businesses
relative to the Hope Scholarship and Lifetime Learning Credits,
S4514 [7MY], S4515 [7MY]
----- repeal information reporting requirement imposed on
educational institutions and certain other trades and businesses
relative to the Hope Scholarship and Lifetime Learning Credits
(S. 1724), S1521 [6MR]
------ terminate Internal Revenue Code, S9128 [28JY]
------ treatment of education individual retirement accounts
relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R.
2646), S3335 [21AP] treatment of education individual retirement
accounts relative to elementary and secondary school expenses
(H.R. 2646), motion to proceed, S2092 [17MR], S2093 [17MR]
Telephones: strengthen and expand the procedures for preventing the
slamming of interstate telephone service subscribers (S. 1618),
S4690 [12MY]
----- strengthen and expand the procedures for preventing the
slamming of interstate telephone service subscribers (S. 1740),
S1701 [10MR]
Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact: consent (H.R.
629), S3017 [1AP]
------ grant congressional consent (H.R. 629), conference report,
S9809 [2SE]
Thomas, Cherryl: nomination to the Railroad Retirement Board,
unanimous-consent agreement, S3599 [24AP]
Tobacco products: impact of tobacco industry trust fund payments on
cigarette prices, S5208 [20MY]
------ reduce youth smoking, increase tobacco-related research, and
develop safer tobacco products (S. 1648), S764 [12FE], S5208
[20MY]
------ tobacco industry liability settlement relative to health
risks and marketing and manufacturing practices (S. 1415), S5208
[20MY]
Transportation: funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
programs, and transit programs (H.R. 2400), unanimous-consent
agreement, S3180 [2AP]
----- funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and
transit programs (S. 1173), S1414 [5MR], S1566 [9MR], S1757
[11MR]
Treaties and agreements: removal of injunction of secrecy, S3180
[2AP], S4220 [4MY]
University of Nevada-Las Vegas: tribute to men's golf team (S. Res.
243), S5662 [4JN]
UNUM Corp.: anniversary, S8515<bullet> [17JY]
Women: ensure that older women are protected from institutional,
community, and domestic violence, and sexual assault, S8863
[23JY]
----- ensure that older women are protected from institutional,
community, and domestic violence, and sexual assault (S. 2114),
S5440<bullet> [22MY]
Year of the Ocean: observance (H. Con. Res. 131), S6115 [10JN]
Remarks in Senate relative to
Golden Gavel Award: recipient, S1560 [9MR]
Statements
Medicare Fraud and Abuse: Home Care Alliance of Maine, S716 [12FE]
Summaries
Medicare Home Health Equity Act (S. 1993), S3711 [28AP]
Telephone Slamming Prevention Act (S. 1740), S1701 [10MR]
Texts of
S. 1993, Medicare Home Health Equity Act, S3710 [28AP]
S. 2216, Medicare payments to hospitals that have graduate medical
education programs in critical need specialty areas, S7177
[25JN]
S. 2292, Medicare Insulin Pump Coverage Act, S8057 [13JY]
S. Res. 209, modify certain budget allocations, S3107 [2AP]
S. Res. 244, Tiananmen Square massacre anniversary in the People's
Republic of China, S5661 [4JN]
Tributes
Mitchell, George J., S3580 [24AP]