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




CONTRACTS
  Amendments
    Government:  authorize alternative dispute resolution systems (H.R.
        3528), S11796 [7OC], S11810 [7OC], H10457 [10OC]
    ------ procure from the private sector the goods and services
        necessary to operate and manage certain agencies (S. 314), S9505
        [30JY]
    Stanislaus National Forest, CA:  establish a demonstration project
        relative to private contractors performing multiple resource
        management activities (H.R. 2886), H10428 [10OC]
    Texas:  authorize prepayment of amounts due under a water
        reclamation project contract for the Canadian River Project
        (H.R. 3687), H7401 [6AU]
  Analyses
    Native Americans Self-Governance Relative to Direct Operation,
        Control, and Redesign of Indian Health Service Activities (H.R.
        1833), E1982-E1988 [9OC]
  Articles and editorials
    AARP Answers ``Scare Campaign'' on Medicare Private Contracting,
        E134 [11FE]
    Deregulation or Plain Old Theft?, H2841 [6MY]
    Q&A--Making Uncle Sam Your Customer, E1396 [23JY]
    Ship Deregulation Promise, S3309 [21AP]
    Statewide Regionalization of Pancreaticoduodenectomy and Its Effect
        on In-Hospital Mortality, E1664 [9SE]
  Bills and resolutions
    Agricultural Market Transition Act:  ensure that certain rice farms
        continue production pursuant to flexibility contracts, (see H.R.
        3339), H902 [5MR]
    ------ provide supplemental payments to farm owners and producers
        who have entered into production flexibility contracts, (see
        H.R. 4580), H7914 [16SE]
    Agriculture:  production flexibility contract payment options, (see
        H.R. 4265, S. 2344), S8779 [22JY], H5858 [17JY], (see H.R.
        4272), H5859 [17JY]
    Bankruptcy:  revise banking and bankruptcy insolvency laws relative
        to termination and netting of financial contracts, (see H.R.
        4239), H5736 [16JY], (see H.R. 4393), H7177 [4AU]
    Computers:  provide that actions, including ones to recover damages,
        resulting from a computer date failure shall be deemed to be
        based solely in contract when certain conditions have been met,
        (see H.R. 4240), H5736 [16JY]
    Copyrights:  prevent the misappropriation of collections of
        information, (see S. 2291), S7940 [10JY]
    Davis-Bacon Act:  create additional category of construction workers
        called ``helpers'', (see H.R. 4546), H7584 [10SE]
    ------ require cancellation of contracts with repeat violators, (see
        H.R. 3826), H3024 [11MY]
    ------ require disclosure of certain payroll information, (see H.R.
        3827), H3024 [11MY]
    Dept. of Agriculture:  establish a pilot program for milk producers
        and cooperatives to enter into forward price contracts with milk
        handlers, (see S. 2396), S9555 [31JY], (see H.R. 4360), H6819
        [30JY]
    Dept. of Defense:  procurement of domestic goods and services, (see
        H. Con. Res. 266), H2605 [29AP]
    ------ require consideration of percentage of work to be performed
        in the U.S. in the evaluation of contracts, (see H.R. 3838),
        H3104 [12MY]
    Dept. of Energy:  improve the ability of small businesses, Federal
        agencies, industry, and universities to work with contractor-
        operated facilities, (see S. 1874), S2719 [27MR], (see H.R.
        3593), H1776 [30MR]
    Electric power:  provide that no electric utility shall be required
        to enter into a new contract or obligation to purchase or to
        sell electricity or capacity, (see S. 2381), S9425 [30JY]
    Employment:  reform standard for classifying technical workers as
        independent contractors for employment tax purposes, (see S.
        1924), S3120 [2AP], (see H.R. 3819), H3013 [7MY]
    Federal contracts:  require employers to provide health care
        benefits, (see H.R. 4278), H5956 [20JY]
    Government:  authorize alternative dispute resolution systems, (see
        H.R. 3528, S. 2373), S9425 [30JY], H1378 [23MR]
    ------ measure performance of Federal procurement system and enhance
        training of the acquisition workforce, (see H.R. 4244), H5736
        [16JY]
    ------ require the provision of a written prompt payment policy to
        each subcontractor under a Federal contract, (see H.R. 3700),
        H2119 [21AP]
    Medicare:  clarify that any restrictions on private contracts for
        beneficiaries do not apply to non-covered services, (see H.R.
        3259), H630 [25FE]
    ------ extend the contracts of certain managed care organizations,
        (see S. 2562), S11582 [6OC], (see H.R. 4720), H10011 [7OC]
    ------ provide flexibility in contracting for claims processing,
        (see H.R. 4186), H5404 [25JN]
    ------ restore the non-applicability of private contracts for the
        provision of benefits, (see H.R. 3126), H99 [28JA]
    Mining and mineral resources:  protection of contracts and leases
        entered into by surface patent holders relative to coalbed
        methane gas, (see S. 2500), S10588 [18SE], (see H.R. 4598),
        H8083 [18SE]
    Motor vehicles:  require arbitration for franchise contract disputes
        be voluntary, (see S. 2434), S9877 [2SE]
    National Park Service:  reform concessions policies, (see H.R.
        3934), H3743 [21MY]
    National Park System:  distribution of certain publications with
        advertising in units, (see S. 2297), S8135 [14JY]
    Native Americans:  enforcement of certain contracts made by Indian
        tribes, (see S. 2299), S8135 [14JY]
    Public welfare programs:  guarantee loans and provide State grants
        to finance transportation services for welfare recipients, and
        establish preferences for Federal contractors that hire welfare
        recipients, (see H.R. 3638), H2052 [1AP]
    SBA:  review and adjust size standards used to determine whether
        certain enterprises are small businesses relative to competing
        for Federal contracts, (see H.R. 3681), H2054 [1AP]
    Small business:  provide a penalty for the failure by a Federal
        contractor to subcontract with small businesses as described in
        its subcontracting plan, (see H.R. 3701), H2119 [21AP]
    Taxation:  allow farmers option to declare taxable year in which
        production flexibility contract payments and crop insurance
        payments are included in gross income, (see H.R. 4644), H8931
        [25SE]
    ------ prevent increase on variable annuities and other variable
        contracts, (see H. Con. Res. 211), H446 [11FE]
    Texas:  authorize prepayment of amounts due under a water
        reclamation project contract for the Canadian River Project,
        (see H.R. 3687), H2054 [1AP]
    ------ authorize repayment of amounts due under a water reclamation
        project contract for the Canadian River Project, (see S. 2243),
        S7255 [26JN]
  Cost Estimates
    Canadian River Project Repayment Act (H.R. 3687):  CBO, S12645
        [15OC]
    Protection of contracts and leases entered into by surface patent
        holders relative to coalbed methane gas (S. 2500):  CBO, S12902
        [21OC]
  Factsheets
    Patent and Trademark Office Consolidation and Relocation, S9482
        [30JY]
  Letters
    Allow Medicare beneficiaries to enter into private contracts for
        services:  Charles R. Jackson, National Association of Retired
        Federal Employees, S2820 [31MR]
    ----- Steve Protulis, National Council of Senior Citizens, S2820
        [31MR]
    Allow non-vessel-operating common carriers to offer service
        contracts to shippers:  Louis Policastro, New York/New Jersey
        Foreign Freight Forwarders and Brokers Association, Inc., S3310
        [21AP]
    ----- several shipping industry organizations, S3310 [21AP]
    Banking and bankruptcy insolvency laws relative to termination and
        netting of financial contracts:  Robert E. Rubin, Sec. of the
        Treasury, H10235 [9OC]
    Collections of Information Antipiracy Act:  Representative Bliley,
        Committee on Commerce (House), E1053 [5JN]
    ------ Representative Hyde, Committee on the Judiciary (House),
        E1052 [5JN]
    Communications Satellite Competition and Privatization Act:  Daniel
        J. Popeo, Washington Legal Foundation, H2840 [6MY], H2842 [6MY]
    Davis-Bacon Act improvements:  Mechanical Electrical Sheet Metal
        Alliance, H2105 [21AP]
    Dept. of Transportation use of racial preference quotas:  John F.
        Emilius, GEOD Corp., H2005 [1AP]
    ------ Ward Connerly, American Civil Rights Coalition, H2005 [1AP]
    Eligibility of small businesses in Dept. of Defense Indian
        Subcontracting Incentive Program:  Robert L. Neal, Jr., Dept. of
        Defense, S9384 [30JY]
    ----- William S. Cohen, Sec. of Defense, S9384 [30JY]
    Medicare Beneficiary Freedom To Contract Act:  Senator Hollings,
        S11893 [8OC]
    Patent and Trademark Office consolidation and relocation:  Bruce A.
        Lehman, Dept. of Commerce, S9483 [30JY]
    Prevent use of Federal funds to require city contractors in San
        Francisco, CA, to provide domestic partner benefits:  J. Thomas
        Cochran, U.S. Conference of Mayors, H6580 [29JY]
    ----- Laura W. Murphy and Christopher E. Anders, ACLU, H6580 [29JY]
    ----- Wade Henderson, Leadership Conference on Civil Rights
        (organization), H6580 [29JY]
    Replace Federal highway program affirmative action policies with
        emerging business enterprise programs:  George M. Friez, Gilman
        Construction (business), S1416 [5MR]
    ----- George R. La Noue, S1487 [6MR]
    ----- Jack Zeigler, Associated Sand & Gravel Co., Inc., S1416 [5MR]
    ----- Janet Reno, Attorney General, and Rodney E. Slater, Sec. of
        Transportation, S1427 [5MR]
    ----- Lee T. Bernardi, Inland Asphalt Co., S1416 [5MR]
    ----- Mark Johnson, Westway Construction, Inc., S1416 [5MR]
    ----- Raymond C. Fisher, Dept. of Justice, S1413 [5MR]
    ----- Steven R. Goebel, Robert B. Goebel General Contractor, Inc.,
        S1416 [5MR]
    ----- Thomas C. Stewart, Frank Gurney, Inc., S1415 [5MR], S1416
        [5MR]
    ----- Wayne L. Van Zante, Steelman-Duff, Inc., S1416 [5MR]
  Memorandums
    Medicare Beneficiary Freedom To Contract Act (H.R. 2497), E368
        [12MR]
  Papers
    Reforming Medicare--Strategies for Higher Quality, Lower Cost Care:
        David Nash, AARP, E2 [27JA]
  Press releases
    Allow Medicare Beneficiaries To Enter Into Private Contracts for
        Services:  Medicare Rights Center (organization), S2820 [31MR]
    ----- Older Women's League, S2821 [31MR]
    Allow Non-Vessel-Operating Common Carriers To Offer Service
        Contracts to Shippers:  Transportation Intermediaries
        Association, S3310 [21AP]
  Quotations
    Kyl amendment to S. Con. Res. 86, setting forth the Federal budget
        for 1999-2003, relative to allowing Medicare beneficiaries to
        enter into private contracts for services, S2819 [31MR]
  Remarks in House
    Agricultural Market Transition Act:  ensure that certain rice farms
        continue production pursuant to flexibility contracts (H.R.
        3339), E317 [5MR]
    Agriculture:  production flexibility contract payment options (H.R.
        4272), H5850 [17JY]
    ------ production flexibility contract payment options (S. 2344),
        H6925-H6930 [3AU], E1532 [4AU]
    Arbitration:  allow choice as a means of settling disputes (H.R.
        2882), unanimous-consent agreement, H6418 [24JY]
    Bankruptcy:  revise banking and bankruptcy insolvency laws relative
        to termination and netting of financial contracts, H10235 [9OC]
    ------ treatment of recording artists' contracts with recording
        studios, H4406 [10JN], H4407 [10JN]
    Buy American Act:  compliance, H2130 [22AP], H2132 [22AP], H2849
        [6MY], H2850 [6MY]
    Civil rights:  prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color,
        national origin, or sex in Federal actions (H.R. 1909), E363
        [12MR]
    Computers:  provide that actions, including ones to recover damages,
        resulting from a computer date failure shall be deemed to be
        based solely in contract when certain conditions have been met
        (H.R. 4240), H5849 [17JY]
    Copyrights:  clarify ownership of termination interests and
        contractual obligations relative to motion picture residual
        payments, H1466 [25MR], E753 [5MY]
    ------ prevent the misappropriation of collections of information
        (H.R. 2652), H3398-H3404 [19MY]
    ------ prevent the misappropriation of collections of information,
        H10620 [12OC]
    Davis-Bacon Act:  create additional category of construction workers
        called ``helpers'' (H.R. 4546), E1692 [10SE]
    ------ repeal, H2101 [21AP], H2104 [21AP]
    Dept. of Defense:  assess the impact of the Micropurchase Program
        and the advisability of increasing the purchase threshold, H3708
        [21MY]
    ------ procurement of domestic goods and services (H. Con. Res.
        266), H2821 [6MY]
    ------ prohibit sale of Medal of Honor by contracting firms, H5213
        [24JN], H5216 [24JN]
    Dept. of Transportation:  clarify policy on grants to States who
        suspend certain disadvantaged business enterprise programs in
        compliance with court orders, H1913 [1AP], H2001 [1AP]
    Employment:  reform standard for classifying technical workers as
        independent contractors for employment tax purposes (H.R. 3819),
        E790 [7MY]
    EPA:  support contracts for the Superfund reportable quantities on
        oil spills programs, H6257 [23JY], H6258 [23JY]
    Federal highway program:  replace affirmative action policies with
        emerging business enterprise programs, H2000-H2012 [1AP],
        H3957-H3960 [22MY], E605 [21AP]
    Government:  authorize alternative dispute resolution systems (H.R.
        3528), H10457-H10459 [10OC], E2207 [15OC]
    ------ authorize alternative dispute resolution systems (H.R. 3528),
        H2066-H2069 [21AP]
    ------ procure from the private sector the goods and services
        necessary to operate and manage certain agencies (H.R. 716),
        E966 [22MY]
    ------ procure from the private sector the goods and services
        necessary to operate and manage certain agencies (S. 314),
        H9446-H9452 [5OC], E1975 [9OC]
    ------ procurement of Federal contracts, E1396 [23JY]
    GSA:  oversight authority relative to the selling of commissary
        scanner data, E2177 [15OC]
    Housing:  prenotification of tenants in assisted housing of
        termination of federally-subsidized mortgage contracts, H5772
        [17JY], H5773 [17JY], E1343 [17JY]
    Medicare:  allow beneficiaries to enter into private contracts for
        services (H.R. 2497), E133 [11FE], E368 [12MR]
    ------ clarify that any restrictions on private contracts for
        beneficiaries do not apply to non-covered services (H.R. 3259),
        E219 [25FE]
    ------ contracting with certain hospitals to provide certain
        surgical procedures and related services (H.R. 2726), E2 [27JA],
        E3 [27JA]
    ------ contracting with certain hospitals to provide certain
        surgical procedures and related services (H.R. 2726), E1664
        [9SE]
    ------ provide flexibility in contracting for claims processing
        (H.R. 4186), E1232 [25JN]
    ------ restore the non-applicability of private contracts for the
        provision of benefits (H.R. 3126), H67 [28JA]
    Mining and mineral resources:  protection of contracts and leases
        entered into by surface patent holders relative to coalbed
        methane gas (H.R. 4598), E1763 [18SE]
    ----- protection of contracts and leases entered into by surface
        patent holders relative to coalbed methane gas (S. 2500),
        H10937-H10939 [15OC]
    National Labor Relations Act:  legislative review, E699 [29AP]
    National Park Service:  reform concessions policies (H.R. 3934),
        E934 [21MY]
    Native Americans:  enhance self-governance relative to direct
        operation, control, and redesign of Indian Health Service
        activities (H.R. 1833), H9465-H9471 [5OC], E1982 [9OC]
    Republican Party:  attempts to influence trade associations, law
        firms, and lobbying groups from hiring people affiliated with
        the Democratic Party, E2265 [21OC]
    San Francisco, CA:  prevent use of Federal funds to require city
        contractors to provide domestic partner benefits, H6578-H6588
        [29JY]
    Stanislaus National Forest, CA:  establish a demonstration project
        relative to private contractors performing multiple resource
        management activities (H.R. 2886), H3032 [12MY], H3033 [12MY]
    ------ establish a demonstration project relative to private
        contractors performing multiple resource management activities
        (H.R. 2886), H10428 [10OC]
    Telecommunications:  clarify under the fifth amendment the
        constitutionality of uncompensated takings of real property from
        COMSAT, H2840-H2849 [6MY]
    ------ permit users or providers of telecommunications services to
        renegotiate or terminate contracts with COMSAT, H2850-H2859
        [6MY]
    Texas:  authorize prepayment of amounts due under a water
        reclamation project contract for the Canadian River Project
        (H.R. 3687), H7401 [6AU]
    Walt Disney Co.:  National Association of Minority Contractors
        Maynard Jackson Award recipient, E1211 [24JN]
  Remarks in Senate
    Agriculture:  production flexibility contract payment options (S.
        2344), S8786 [22JY], S9413-S9419 [30JY]
    ----- production flexibility contract payment options (S. 2344),
        unanimous-consent request, S9417 [30JY]
    CERCLA:  liability of sureties who issue performance bonds to
        Superfund cleanup contractors, S11358 [2OC]
    Computers:  provide that actions, including ones to recover damages,
        resulting from a computer date failure shall be deemed to be
        based solely in contract when certain conditions have been met,
        S8576 [20JY]
    Copyrights:  prevent the misappropriation of collections of
        information (S. 2291), S7959 [10JY]
    ------ prevent the misappropriation of collections of information
        (S. 2291), S12378 [12OC]
    Dept. of Agriculture:  establish a pilot program for milk producers
        and cooperatives to enter into forward price contracts with milk
        handlers (S. 2396), S9558 [31JY]
    ------ report on Fluid Milk Promotion Program mismanagement,
        S12886-S12891 [21OC]
    Dept. of Defense:  compensation limits for certain defense
        contractor personnel, S6679 [19JN]
    ------ eligibility of small businesses in Indian Subcontracting
        Incentive Program, S9384 [30JY]
    ------ reform procurement practices, S3223 [3AP]
    ------ require submission of certain data on property or services
        provided by contractors, S6847 [23JN]
    Dept. of Energy:  improve the ability of small businesses, Federal
        agencies, industry, and universities to work with contractor-
        operated facilities, S6823 [22JN], S7137 [25JN], S7138 [25JN]
    ----- improve the ability of small businesses, Federal agencies,
        industry, and universities to work with contractor-operated
        facilities (S. 1874), S2719 [27MR]
    Dept. of HUD:  contractual arrangements with New York City Housing
        Authority, S11840 [8OC], S11841 [8OC]
    Dept. of Transportation:  clarify policy on grants to States who
        suspend certain disadvantaged business enterprise programs in
        compliance with court orders, S1758 [11MR], S1825 [12MR]
    Employment:  reform standard for classifying technical workers as
        independent contractors for employment tax purposes (S. 1924),
        S3139 [2AP]
    Federal contracts:  application for exceptional waiver of
        requirements for subcontractors relative to submission of
        certain cost or pricing data, S6679 [19JN], S6680 [19JN]
    Federal highway program:  replace affirmative action policies with
        emerging business enterprise programs, S1396-S1433 [5MR],
        S1481-S1498 [6MR]
    Gambling:  clarify Federal jurisdiction relative to Indian gaming
        regulations, S8764-S8768 [22JY], S8774 [22JY], S8775 [22JY],
        S8815-S8817 [23JY]
    Government:  authorize alternative dispute resolution systems (H.R.
        3528), S11808 [7OC], S11810 [7OC]
    ------ authorize alternative dispute resolution systems (S. 2373),
        S9433 [30JY]
    ------ procure from the private sector the goods and services
        necessary to operate and manage certain agencies (S. 314), S9065
        [27JY], S9104 [28JY], S9504-S9506 [30JY], S9615 [31JY]
    Government regulations:  debar or suspend potential contractors
        using forced or indentured child labor from Federal contract
        eligibility, S9108 [28JY], S9109 [28JY], S9200-S9207 [29JY]
    Housing:  prenotification of tenants in assisted housing of
        termination of federally-subsidized mortgage contracts,
        S7559-S7561 [7JY], S8372-S8374 [16JY]
    ------ prenotification of tenants in assisted housing of termination
        of federally-subsidized mortgage contracts, S11838 [8OC]
    Legislative branch of the Government:  submit lists identifying
        commercial activities that are performed in-house, S8557 [20JY]
    Medicare:  allow beneficiaries to enter into private contracts for
        services, S2747 [30MR], S2813-S2825 [31MR], S2893 [1AP], S2894
        [1AP]
    ----- allow beneficiaries to enter into private contracts for
        services (S. 1194), S89 [28JA], S247 [2FE]
    ------ allow beneficiaries to enter into private contracts for
        services, S12826-S12828 [21OC]
    ------ allow beneficiaries to enter into private contracts for
        services (S. 1194), S11892-S11896 [8OC]
    ------ extend the contracts of certain managed care organizations
        (S. 2562), S12137 [9OC]
    Mining and mineral resources:  protection of contracts and leases
        entered into by surface patent holders relative to coalbed
        methane gas (S. 2500), S10594 [18SE], S10595 [18SE], S12102
        [9OC], S12283 [10OC]
    Motor vehicles:  require arbitration for franchise contract disputes
        be voluntary (S. 2434), S9881-S9883 [2SE]
    National Park System:  distribution of certain publications with
        advertising in units (S. 2297), S8136 [14JY]
    New Orleans, LA:  Avondale Shipyard labor dispute resolution, S11233
        [1OC]
    Shipping industry:  allow non-vessel-operating common carriers to
        offer service contracts to shippers, S3199-S3201 [3AP],
        S3306-S3311 [21AP]
    Stanislaus National Forest, CA:  establish a demonstration project
        relative to private contractors performing multiple resource
        management activities (H.R. 2886), S11373 [2OC]
    Texas:  authorize prepayment of amounts due under a water
        reclamation project contract for the Canadian River Project
        (H.R. 3687), S12530 [14OC], S12645 [15OC]
  Reports
    New DOT Regulations--How Are They Narrowly Tailored? Senator
        Specter, S1485 [6MR]
  Reports filed
    Alternative Dispute Resolution Act:  Committee on the Judiciary
        (House) (H.R. 3528) (H. Rept. 105-487), H2119 [21AP]
    ------ Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (H.R. 3528), S9425 [30JY]
    Canadian River Project Repayment Act:  Committee on Energy and
        Natural Resources (Senate) (H.R. 3687), S10985 [25SE]
    ----- Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (H.R. 3687)
        (S. Rept. 105-410), S12402 [12OC]
    Collections of Information Antipiracy Act:  Committee on the
        Judiciary (House) (H.R. 2652) (H. Rept. 105-525), H3104 [12MY]
    Financial Contract Netting Improvement Act:  Committee on Banking
        and Financial Services (House) (H.R. 4393) (H. Rept. 105-688),
        H7493 [9SE]
    Freedom From Government Competition Act:  Committee on Governmental
        Affairs (Senate) (S. 314) (S. Rept. 105-269), S9135 [28JY]
    Granite Watershed Enhancement and Protection Act:  Committee on
        Energy and Resources (Senate) (H.R. 2886) (S. Rept. 105-292),
        S9688 [31AU]
    ------ Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 2886) (H. Rept. 105-
        527), H3104 [12MY]
    National Park System Distribution of Certain Publications With
        Advertising in Units:  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
        (Senate) (S. 2297), S10985 [25SE]
    Native American Self-Governance Relative to Direct Operation,
        Control, and Redesign of Indian Health Service Activities:
        Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 1833) (H. Rept. 105-765),
        H9344 [2OC]
    Protection of Contracts and Leases Entered Into by Surface Mining
        Patent Holders Relative to Coalbed Methane Gas:  Committee on
        Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 2500), S10986 [25SE]
    ----- Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 2500)
        (S. Rept. 105-408), S12307 [10OC]
  Resolutions by organizations
    Prevent use of Federal funds to require city contractors in San
        Francisco, CA, to provide domestic partner benefits:  Los
        Angeles, CA, City Council, H6580 [29JY]
  Statements
    Allow Medicare Beneficiaries To Enter Into Private Contracts for
        Services:  Howard Bedlin, National Council on the Aging, S2821
        [31MR]
    ----- Judy Waxman, Families USA Foundation, S2821 [31MR]
    ----- Patricia A. Ford, Service Employees International Union, S2820
        [31MR]
    Emergency Farm Financial Relief Act:  OMB, H6926 [3AU]
    Federal Activities Inventory Reform Act (S. 314):  Executive Office
        of the President, E1976 [9OC]
    Prevent Use of Federal Funds To Require City Contractors in San
        Francisco, CA, To Provide Domestic Partner Benefits:  Human
        Rights Campaign Fund (organization), H6579 [29JY]
  Summaries
    National Labor Relations Act Legislative Review:  Independent
        Electrical Contractors (organization), E699 [29AP]
  Tables
    Highway contracting dollars in Virginia, S1402 [5MR]
    Medicare payments for certain benefits and procedures, E369 [12MR]
  Testimonies
    Replace Federal Highway Program Affirmative Action Policies With
        Emerging Business Enterprise Programs:  Eugene Volokh, S1407
        [5MR]
    ----- George R. La Noue, S1407 [5MR]
  Texts of
    H.R. 1833, enhance self-governance of Native Americans relative to
        direct operation, control, and redesign of Indian Health Service
        activities, H9465-H9471 [5OC]
    H.R. 2652, Collections of Information Antipiracy Act, H3398-H3400
        [19MY]
    H.R. 2886, Granite Watershed Enhancement and Protection Act, H3032
        [12MY]
    H.R. 3528, Alternative Dispute Resolution Act, S11808-S11810 [7OC],
        H2066-H2068 [21AP]
    H.R. 3687, Canadian River Project Repayment Act, S12530 [14OC],
        H7401 [6AU]
    S. 314, Federal Activities Inventory Reform Act, H9447 [5OC]
    S. 314, Freedom From Government Competition Act, S9505 [30JY]
    S. 1874, Dept. of Energy Small Business and Industry Partnership
        Enhancement Act, S2720 [27MR]
    S. 1924, Technical Workers Fairness Act, S3139 [2AP]
    S. 2344, Emergency Farm Financial Relief Act, S9416 [30JY], H6925
        [3AU]
    S. 2396, establish a pilot program for milk producers and
        cooperatives to enter into forward price contracts with milk
        handlers, S9558 [31JY]
    S. 2500, protection of contracts and leases entered into by surface
        patent holders relative to coalbed methane gas, S12102 [9OC]
    S. 2500, protection of mining contracts and leases entered into by
        surface patent holders relative to coalbed methane gas, H10937
        [15OC]