[Congressional Record Index (1998)]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
D'AMATO, ALFONSE (a Senator from New York)
Addresses
German Compensation for Holocaust Survivors: Benjamin Meed,
American Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Survivors, S1366<bullet>
[4MR]
Amendments
Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
making appropriations (S. 2159), S8096 [14JY], S8139 [14JY]
Appropriations: making emergency supplemental for disaster relief
and overseas peacekeeping operations (S. 1768), S2443 [23MR],
S2479 [24MR], S2499 [24MR], S2524 [25MR], S2576 [25MR], S2625
[26MR], S2688 [26MR]
Bankruptcy: consumer protection (S. 1301), S10213 [10SE], S10460
[17SE], S10602 [18SE]
Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 1999-2003 (S. Con.
Res. 86), S2989 [1AP], S3156 [2AP]
Credit unions: clarify laws relative to field of membership of
Federal credit unions (H.R. 1151), S9093 [28JY], S9141 [28JY]
Crime: identity fraud (S. 512), S9476 [30JY]
------ strengthen prohibitions on international bribery and other
corrupt practices (S. 2375), S12566 [14OC], S12604 [14OC]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military
activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military
construction (S. 2057), S6687 [19JN], S6713 [19JN], S6786
[22JN], S6826 [22JN], S7003 [24JN], S7029 [24JN]
------ making appropriations (S. 2132), S9391 [30JY], S9393 [30JY],
S9473 [30JY]
Dept. of the Treasury: develop and implement a strategy to combat
money laundering and other financial crimes (H.R. 1756), S12625
[15OC], S12655 [15OC]
Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the
President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (S.
2312), S9146 [28JY], S9228 [29JY], S9272 [29JY]
------ making appropriations (S. 2312), S9790 [1SE]
Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations
(S. 2307), S8909 [23JY], S8945 [23JY]
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
agencies: authorizing appropriations (S. 2260), S8858 [23JY],
S8937 [23JY]
Education: improve and expand charter schools (H.R. 2616), S12003
[8OC]
FAA: reauthorizing programs (S. 2279), S10930 [24SE], S10934 [24SE]
Ford, Gerald R. and Betty: award Congressional Gold Medal (H.R.
3506), S10936 [24SE], S10941 [24SE]
Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making
appropriations (S. 2334), S9748 [1SE], S9754 [1SE], S9755 [1SE],
S9795 [1SE], S9796 [1SE]
IRS: restructure and reform (H.R. 2676), S4473 [7MY], S4474 [7MY],
S4544 [7MY]
Japan: access of U.S. business to photographic film and paper
markets (S. Con. Res. 88), S8412 [16JY], S8421 [16JY]
Lewis and Clark expedition: mint coins in commemoration of
bicentennial (H.R. 1560), S12636 [15OC], S12656 [15OC]
Milosevic, Slobodan: culpability for war crimes, crimes against
humanity, and genocide in the former Yugoslavia (S. Con. Res.
105), S8457 [17JY], S8513 [17JY]
Presidential Advisory Commission on Holocaust Assets in the U.S.:
establish (S. 1900), S4129 [1MY], S4134 [1MY]
Taxation: treatment of education individual retirement accounts
relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R.
2646), S2225 [18MR], S2340 [19MR], S2435 [23MR], S3254 [20AP],
S3268 [20AP], S3297 [20AP], S3298 [20AP]
Tobacco products: tobacco industry liability settlement relative to
health risks and marketing and manufacturing practices (S.
1415), S5342 [21MY], S5800 [9JN]
Transportation: funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
programs, and transit programs (S. 1173), S1647 [9MR], S1691
[10MR], S1706 [10MR], S1765 [11MR], S1822 [12MR], S1896 [12MR]
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 2400, Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency
Act, S3181 [2AP]
------ S. 1260, Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act, S9320
[29JY]
Presidential Advisory Commission on Holocaust Assets in the U.S.,
S7298 [26JN]
Articles and editorials
Darkness Over Serbia, Slobodan Pavlovic, Washington (DC) Post,
S12901<bullet> [21OC]
Milosevic Told He Hasn't Met NATO Demands, Tom Cohen, Associated
Press (news service), S12901<bullet> [21OC]
NATO Candidates Urge Senators To Back Expansion, Edward Walsh,
Washington (DC) Post, S852<bullet> [23FE]
Opening NATO's Door, Washington (DC) Post, S852<bullet> [23FE]
Serb Forces Said To Abduct and Kill Civilians in Kosovo, Chris
Hedges, New York (NY) Times, S8448 [17JY]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Afghanistan: human rights violations against women, (see S. Con.
Res. 97), S5456 [22MY]
Agriculture: Farmland Protection Program funding, (see S. 2597),
S12564 [14OC]
Animals: ensure that all dogs and cats used by research facilities
are obtained legally, (see S. 2202), S10440 [16SE]
Armed Forces: feasibility of using the Federal Employees Health
Benefits Program for Medicare-eligible retirees under the
military health care system, (see S. 1334), S1352 [4MR]
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]
Census: collection of demographic, social, and economic data for
2000 decennial census, (see S. Con. Res. 92), S3784 [29AP]
CERCLA: clarify liability for certain recycling transactions, (see
S. 2180), S9599 [31JY]
Children's Development Commission: establish, (see S. 2178), S6405
[16JN]
Clean Air Act: compliance with environmental standards by certain
electric utility units, (see S. 2610), S12455 [13OC]
Coastal zones: use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund State
and local conservation programs of coastal States, (see S.
2566), S11698 [7OC]
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements: report to
Congress on the availability of certain wool fabric, (see S.
2653), S12871 [21OC]
Crime: constitutional amendment on protection of victims' rights,
(see S.J. Res. 44), S2968 [1AP]
------ enhance Federal enforcement of hate crimes, (see S. 1529),
S9983 [8SE]
------ enhance Federal sentencing guidelines for counterfeiting,
(see S. 2099), S6296 [12JN]
Cuba: increase support to democratic opposition and humanitarian
assistance, (see S. 2080), S4906 [14MY]
Customs Service: funding for personnel and technology to reduce
delays at border crossings, (see S. 1787), S2114 [17MR]
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), S3792 [29AP]
Dept. of Defense: repayment of student loans by students called to
active duty, (see S. 1534), S5572 [2JN]
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: insure mortgages for the acquisition, construction,
or rehabilitation of child care facilities, (see S. 2178), S6405
[16JN]
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]
------ construct and operate a visitor center for the Upper Delaware
Scenic and Recreational River in New York, (see S. 2461), S10240
[11SE]
------ study on establishing a national historic trail to
commemorate the history of women's rights, (see S. 1641), S730
[12FE]
Disabled: support grant programs to address assistive technology
needs of individuals with disabilities, (see S. 2432), S10986
[25SE]
Diseases: payments to individuals with blood-clotting disorders who
contracted HIV due to contaminated blood products, (see S. 358),
S2574 [25MR]
Drugs: enhance interdiction efforts in major transit countries and
support eradication and crop substitution programs in source
countries, (see S. 2341), S10595 [18SE], (see S. 2522), S11042
[28SE]
Education: provide incentives to States to establish and administer
periodic teacher testing and merit pay programs for elementary
and secondary school teachers, (see S. 2422), S9556 [31JY]
------ spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars on
children's classrooms, (see S. Res. 168), S234 [29JA]
Employment: reform standard for classifying technical workers as
independent contractors for employment tax purposes, (see S.
1924), S3120 [2AP]
Endangered Species Act: prohibit sale of products containing
endangered species, (see S. 361), S3656 [27AP]
FAA: foreign repair station rules, (see S. 1089), S12654 [15OC]
FCC: E-Rate Program implementation, (see S. 2348), S8999 [24JY]
Federal aid programs: improve and expand empowerment and enterprise
zone programs, (see S. 2418), S11715 [7OC]
Federal employees: computation system for Social Security benefits
relative to spouses' and surviving spouses' Government pensions,
(see S. 1365), S1262 [3MR]
Flag--U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration, (see
S.J. Res. 40), S378 [4FE]
Foreign trade: eliminate disincentives to fair trade conditions,
(see S. 2281), S12564 [14OC]
------ require that imported jewelry be indelibly marked with the
country of origin, (see S. 2436), S9939 [3SE]
Four Chaplains Day: designate, (see S. Res. 169), S48 [27JA]
Greek Independence Day--A National Day of Celebration of Greek and
American Democracy: designate, (see S. Res. 171), S847 [23FE]
Health: biomedical research funding, (see S. Res. 170), S226 [29JA]
------ improve and expand clinical research programs, (see S. 1421),
S1893 [12MR]
------ revise and extend mammography quality standards programs,
(see S. 537), S10843 [23SE]
Hussein, Saddam: indictment and prosecution for war crimes and
other crimes against humanity, (see S. Con. Res. 78), S1702
[10MR]
Immigration: adjust status of certain Haitian refugees, (see S.
1504), S2308 [19MR]
------ extend date by which an automated entry-exit control system
must be developed by the INS, (see S. 2540), S11279 [1OC]
Insurance: establish hospital lengths of stay based on a
determination by an appropriate physician in consultation with
the patient, (see S. 2315), S8241 [15JY]
International Whaling Commission: U.S. policy, (see S. Res. 226),
S4558 [8MY]
Iraq: condemn threat to international peace and security, (see S.
Con. Res. 71), S587 [10FE]
Iron and steel industry: respond to the surge of steel imports
resulting from the financial crises in Asia, Russia, and other
regions, (see S. Con. Res. 121), S11122 [29SE]
IRS: provide uniform application of confidentiality privileges
relative to taxpayer communications with authorized tax
practitioners, (see S. 1737), S2136 [17MR]
------ restructure and improve taxpayer rights, (see S. 1747), S2308
[19MR]
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]
Jerome Anthony Ambro, Jr., Post Office Building, East Northport, NY:
designate, (see S. 2310), S8240 [15JY]
Kaczynski, David R. and Patrik, Linda E.: exclude from taxation any
portion of rewards donated to victims of the Unabomber or used
for attorneys' fees, (see S. 2520), S10986 [25SE]
Kate Mullany National Historic Site: establish, (see S. 2495),
S10518 [17SE]
Kimmel, Husband E.: advance on the retired list of the Navy to the
highest grade held as Commander in Chief, U.S. Fleet, during
World War II, (see S.J. Res. 55), S10726 [22SE]
Kosovo: human rights violations against ethnic Albanians by Serbian
police relative to self-determination, (see S. Con. Res. 85),
S2214 [18MR]
Law enforcement officers: establish a matching grant program to
assist local governments in purchasing armor vests, (see S.
1605), S378 [4FE]
------ tribute to individuals who lost their lives during service,
(see S. Res. 201), S2764 [30MR]
Lewis and Clark expedition: mint coins in commemoration of
bicentennial, (see S. 2205), S11127 [29SE]
Library of Congress: mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial,
(see S. 2510), S10722 [22SE]
McCain, Senator: tribute, (see S. Res. 196), S2114 [17MR]
Medicare: allow beneficiaries to enter into private contracts for
services, cosponsorship withdrawn, (see S. 1194), S5237 [20MY]
------ demonstration project to provide coverage for cancer patients
enrolled in certain clinical trials, (see S. 381), S2135 [17MR]
------ payments to Medicare+Choice organizations amounts
attributable to disproportionate share hospital payments, (see
S. 1908), S3119 [2AP]
------ repeal the financial limitation on rehabilitation services,
(see S. 2222), S7172 [25JN]
Monuments and memorials: prohibit the return of veterans memorial
objects to foreign nations without congressional authorization,
(see S. 1903), S4208 [4MY]
Motor vehicles: titling and registration requirements relative to
salvage, nonrepairable, and rebuilt vehicles, (see S. 852),
S9254 [29JY]
National Breast Cancer Survivor's Day: designate, (see S. Res.
198), S2214 [18MR]
National Character Counts Week: designate, (see S. Res. 176), S1206
[2MR]
National Children's Day: designate, (see S. Res. 260), S10668
[21SE]
National Correctional Officers and Employees Week: designate, (see
S. Res. 175), S933 [24FE]
National Corrosion Prevention Week: designate, (see S. Res. 195),
S2221 [18MR]
National Council on the Arts: abolish, (see S. 195), S2135 [17MR]
------ abolish, cosponsorship withdrawn, (see S. 195), S2220 [18MR]
National Endowment for the Arts: abolish, (see S. 195), S2135
[17MR]
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute: anniversary, (see S.
Con. Res. 108), S10726 [22SE]
National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week:
designate, (see S. Res. 259), S9790 [1SE]
National Inhalant Abuse Awareness Day: designate, (see S. Res.
257), S8779 [22JY]
National Mammography Day: designate, (see S. Res. 271), S11285
[1OC]
National Museum of Women's History Advisory Committee: establish,
(see S. 2576), S11698 [7OC]
National Women's History Month: designate, (see S. Res. 189), S1569
[9MR]
New Mexico: designate Onate Cuartocentenario to commemorate the
anniversary of the first permanent Spanish settlement, (see S.
Res. 148), S520 [9FE]
NIH: establish National Center for Complementary and Alternative
Medicine, (see S. 2420), S9556 [31JY]
------ expansion, intensification, and coordination of autism
research activities, (see S. 2263), S10211 [10SE]
North American Wetlands Conservation Act: reauthorizing, (see S.
1677), S1205 [2MR]
Northern Ireland Peace Agreement: tribute, (see S. Con. Res. 90),
S3535 [23AP]
Older Americans Act: reauthorize, (see S. 2295), S12564 [14OC]
Partnerships for Wildlife Act: reauthorizing, (see S. 1677), S1205
[2MR]
Pensions: waive limit on benefits from multiemployer plans, (see S.
1600), S1352 [4MR]
Petroleum: limit sulfur concentrations in gasoline, (see S. 2377),
S9425 [30JY]
Public Health Service: extend breast cancer research programs, (see
S. 1757), S1948 [13MR]
Public safety officers: provide educational assistance to the
surviving spouse and dependent children of officers killed or
totally disabled in the line of duty, (see S. 1525), S4442 [6MY]
Public Works and Economic Development Act: reauthorize and reform
programs, (see S. 1647), S1014 [25FE], (see S. 2364), S9599
[31JY]
Puerto Rico: self-determination, (see S. Res. 279), S10518 [17SE]
Read Across America Day: designate, (see S. Res. 181), S1082 [26FE]
Research: continuation of Federal research and development programs
funding in a fiscally sustainable way, (see S. 2217), S8059
[13JY]
------ increase the amount authorized for basic scientific, medical,
and pre-competitive engineering research, (see S. 1305), S1205
[2MR]
Sanford, Terry: tribute, (see S. Res. 211), S3356 [21AP]
SBA: women's business centers funding, (see S. 2157), S6424 [16JN]
Schindler, Oskar: issue commemorative postage stamp, (see S. Con.
Res. 96), S5023 [18MY]
Short, Walter C.: advance on the retired list of the Army to the
highest grade held as Commanding General, Hawaiian Department,
during World War II, (see S.J. Res. 55), S10726 [22SE]
Small business: provide regulatory assistance, (see S. 1957), S3218
[3AP]
States: provide medical assistance to certain legal immigrant
children and increase allotments to territories under the State
Children's Health Insurance Program, (see S. 2410), S9556 [31JY]
Tariff: personal effects of participants in the 1999 Women's World
Cup, (see S. 1826), S2489 [24MR]
------ wool fabrics, (see S. 2338), S8658 [21JY]
Taxation: abatement of interest on underpayments by taxpayers in
Presidentially declared disaster areas, (see S. 2004), S3783
[29AP]
------ capital gains rates, (see S. 2214), S7013 [24JN]
------ expand S corporation eligibility for banks and small
businesses, (see S. 2346), S8919 [23JY]
------ extend certain expiring provisions, (see S. 2622), S12309
[10OC]
------ extend the placed-in-service date for biomass and coal
facilities, (see S. 2233), S9451 [30JY]
------ extend the work opportunity credit, (see S. 2230), S7172
[25JN]
------ increase amount of low-income housing credits allocated in
each State and index amount for inflation, (see S. 1252), S2135
[17MR], (see S. 1252), S9254 [29JY]
------ increase State cap on private activity bonds, (see S. 1251),
S2135 [17MR]
------ permanently extend research credit, (see S. 1464), S4633
[11MY]
------ reduce holding period for certain capital gains rates, (see
S. 1748), S2221 [18MR]
------ repeal limitation on the amount of receipts attributable to
military property which may be treated as exempt foreign trade
income, (see S. 2296), S8135 [14JY]
------ treatment of excise tax on vaccines, (see S. 2118), S6205
[11JN]
------ treatment of Social Security benefits, (see S. 244), S12564
[14OC], (see S. 859), S12564 [14OC]
Turkey: end restrictions on freedoms and human rights of the
enclaved people of Cyprus, (see S. Con. Res. 65), S1569 [9MR]
U.N.: promote full equality for Israel, (see S. 2092), S5456 [22MY]
Ukraine: remember treatment by the former Soviet Union on
anniversary of Ukrainian Famine, (see S. Con. Res. 122), S11346
[2OC]
Upper Delaware Citizens Advisory Council: extend authorization,
(see S. 2461), S10240 [11SE]
Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc.: anniversary, (see S. Res. 207),
S5572 [2JN]
Vietnamese Conflict: tribute to POW and MIA's and disclosure of
information concerning missing personnel, (see S. Res. 196),
S2114 [17MR]
Washington, George: anniversary of death, (see S. Con. Res. 83),
S3723 [28AP]
Water pollution: estuary conservation and management programs
funding, (see S. 1321), S2308 [19MR]
Weapons: antiballistic missile systems deployment policy, (see S.
1873), S2719 [27MR]
Wisconsin: commemorate sesquicentennial of statehood, (see S. Con.
Res. 75), S4542 [7MY]
Women: anniversary of women's rights movement, (see S. Res. 189),
S1569 [9MR]
Women's Progress Commemoration Commission: establish, (see S.
2285), S7939 [10JY]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Capitol Building and Grounds: use of the rotunda for the
presentation of the Congressional Gold Medal to Nelson R.
Mandela, (see S. Con. Res. 118), S10423 [16SE]
Clinton, President: reassert traditional U.S. opposition to
unilateral declaration of a Palestinian State, (see S. Con. Res.
126), S11971 [8OC]
Crime: strengthen prohibitions on international bribery and other
corrupt practices, (see S. 2375), S9425 [30JY]
Dept. of Transportation: require study and report on certain
practices by airlines which restrict consumer access to
passenger service and fare information, (see S. 1977), S3534
[23AP]
Electric power: ensure that rates charged by certain small power
producers and cogenerators do not exceed the incremental cost to
the purchasing utility of alternative electric energy at the
time of delivery, (see S. 2419), S9556 [31JY]
ERISA: protect the rights of participants and beneficiaries of
terminated pension plans, (see S. 2475), S10383 [15SE]
Federal Home Loan Bank System: transfer functions to Dept. of HUD
Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight, (see S. 1986),
S3585 [24AP]
Financial institutions: ensure consumer privacy protection, (see S.
2433), S9877 [2SE]
Ireland: establish a cultural and training program for
disadvantaged individuals from Northern Ireland and the Republic
of Ireland, (see S. 2269), S7574 [7JY]
Italy: U.N. Security Council membership, (see S. Res. 184), S1070
[26FE]
Japan: access of U.S. business to photographic film and paper
markets, (see S. Con. Res. 88), S3120 [2AP]
Medicaid: coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment services
for certain women screened under federally funded programs, (see
S. 2017), S3919 [30AP]
Medicare: permit the replacement of health insurance policies for
certain disabled beneficiaries even if the replacement policies
duplicate Medicare benefits, (see S. 2551), S11450 [5OC]
------ repeal the restriction on payment for certain hospital
discharges relative to post-acute care, (see S. 1604), S378
[4FE]
Milosevic, Slobodan: culpability for war crimes, crimes against
humanity, and genocide in the former Yugoslavia, (see S. Con.
Res. 105), S7013 [24JN]
Paine, Thomas: establish a memorial in Constitution Gardens in the
District of Columbia and include the structure known as ``Canal
House'' in the memorial, (see S. Res. 311), S12720 [20OC]
Pensions: waive limit on benefits from multiemployer plans, (see S.
2267), S7574 [7JY]
Presidential Advisory Commission on Holocaust Assets in the U.S.:
establish, (see S. 1900), S2967 [1AP]
Sansone, Thomas, Jr.: relief, (see S. 2632), S12558 [14OC]
Tariff: shadow mask steel, (see S. 2016), S3919 [30AP]
Taxation: establish medical innovation tax credits for clinical
testing research expenses relative to academic medical centers
and other qualified hospital research organizations, (see S.
1885), S2850 [31MR]
------ liability of spouses on joint Federal income returns, (see S.
1682), S1070 [26FE]
------ provide a checkoff on Federal income tax returns for a breast
and prostate cancer research fund, (see S. 1598), S317 [3FE]
------ provide a nonrefundable credit to individuals for the payment
of real estate taxes, (see S. 1911), S3119 [2AP]
------ repeal limitation on the use of foreign tax credits under the
alternative minimum tax, (see S. 2442), S9973 [8SE]
------ treatment of cooperative housing corporations and their
shareholders, (see S. 2125), S5434 [22MY]
------ treatment of gross income for amounts received under
qualified group legal services plans, (see S. 2200), S6766
[22JN]
------ treatment of reparations received by Holocaust survivors,
(see S. 2549), S11450 [5OC]
Upper Delaware Citizens Advisory Council: extend authorization,
(see S. 2640), S12673 [16OC]
Cloture motions
Financial institutions: increase competition in the financial
services sector (H.R. 10), motion to proceed, S11239 [1OC],
S11437 [5OC], S11648 [7OC]
Conference reports
Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act (S. 1260): Correction,
S12590 [14OC]
Cost Estimates
Award Congressional Gold Medals to the ``Little Rock Nine'' (S.
1283): CBO, S9481<bullet> [30JY]
Credit Union Membership Access Act (H.R. 1151): CBO,
S9275<bullet>-S9278<bullet> [29JY]
International Anti-Bribery Act (S. 2375): CBO, S10140<bullet> [9SE]
Excerpts
War Crimes and the Issue of Responsibility--The Case of Slobodan
Milosevic: Norman Cigar and Paul Williams, S8450 [17JY]
Letters
Azerbaijan elections: Commission on Security and Cooperation in
Europe congressional delegation, E1713 [14SE]
Credit Union Membership Access Act: Blair Childs, American Small
Business Association, S9015 [27JY]
------ Karen Kerrigan, Small Business Survival Committee, S9015
[27JY]
------ Robert E. Loftus, National Credit Union Administration, S9026
[27JY]
------ Robert E. Rubin, Sec. of the Treasury, S8963 [24JY], S9010
[27JY]
Judicial emergency in the second circuit relative to unconfirmed
nominations: several Senators, S5568 [2JN]
Mass transit systems funding: several Senators, S1565 [9MR]
Money Laundering and Financial Crimes Strategy Act: James E.
Johnson, Dept. of the Treasury, S12626 [15OC]
Nomination of James C. Hormel to be Ambassador to Luxembourg: by,
S12588 [14OC]
Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act: Arthur Levitt, Isaac
C. Hunt, Jr., and Laura S. Unger, SEC, S4780 [13MY]
------ Bruce Lindsey and Gene Sperling, Executive Office of the
President, S4781 [13MY]
------ by, S12449 [13OC], H6062 [21JY], H10784 [13OC]
------ SEC, S12445 [13OC]
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century statewide planning
provisions: by, S5576<bullet> [2JN]
Motions
Credit unions: clarify laws relative to field of membership of
Federal credit unions (H.R. 1151), S9031 [27JY]
Securities: limit the conduct of securities class actions under
State law (S. 1260), S4810 [13MY]
Privilege of the floor
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate) staff,
S8962 [24JY]
Remarks
Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 1122), veto,
S10509 [17SE]
Agriculture: compensate dairy producers for losses due to natural
disasters, S2480 [24MR]
Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
making appropriations (S. 2159), S8096 [14JY]
Appropriations: making emergency supplemental for disaster relief
and overseas peacekeeping operations (S. 1768), S2477 [24MR],
S2479 [24MR], S2480 [24MR], S2532 [25MR], S2625 [26MR]
------ making omnibus consolidated and emergency supplemental
appropriations, S12789 [21OC], S12825 [21OC]
Armenia: anniversary of genocide, S3596<bullet> [24AP]
Bankruptcy: consumer protection (S. 1301), S10460 [17SE], S10466
[17SE], S10472 [17SE], S10473 [17SE]
Budget: ensure compliance with congressional spending guidelines
and outlays, S2477 [24MR]
Buffalo, NY: anniversary of St. Stanislaus Roman Catholic Church,
S4561<bullet> [8MY]
------ Shea's Performing Arts Center restoration funding, S8875
[23JY]
Capitol Building and Grounds: tribute to John M. Gibson and Jacob
J. Chestnut of the Capitol Police for acts of heroism (S. Con.
Res. 110), S9038 [27JY]
Children's Development Commission: establish (S. 2178),
S6420<bullet> [16JN]
Clinton, President: reassert traditional U.S. opposition to
unilateral declaration of a Palestinian State (S. Con. Res.
126), S11992 [8OC]
------ State of the Union Message, S95 [28JA]
Columbia University: anniversary of School of Social Work,
S4563<bullet> [8MY]
Community Reinvestment Act: credit requirements for small community
banks, S8979 [24JY], S8980 [24JY], S9022 [27JY], S9026 [27JY],
S9090 [28JY], S9091 [28JY]
------ loan requirements for credit unions relative to non-members,
S8979 [24JY], S8980 [24JY], S9026 [27JY]
Consumers: limit the imposition of additional fees for use of
certain automatic teller machines utilizing a national or
regional network, S2965 [1AP]
------ limit the imposition of additional fees for use of certain
automatic teller machines utilizing a national or regional
network, S10460 [17SE], S10466 [17SE], S10472 [17SE], S10473
[17SE]
Credit unions: business lending requirements, S9009 [27JY], S9010
[27JY], S9012 [27JY], S9014 [27JY], S9018 [27JY], S9031 [27JY]
------ clarify laws relative to field of membership of Federal
credit unions (H.R. 1151), S8962 [24JY], S8964 [24JY], S8979
[24JY], S8980 [24JY], S8981 [24JY], S9009 [27JY], S9010 [27JY],
S9012 [27JY], S9014 [27JY], S9018 [27JY], S9022 [27JY], S9023
[27JY], S9026 [27JY], S9031 [27JY], S9090 [28JY], S9091 [28JY],
S9096 [28JY], S9097 [28JY] clarify laws relative to field of
membership of Federal credit unions (H.R. 1151), unanimous-
consent agreement, S9023 [27JY]
Crime: strengthen prohibitions on international bribery and other
corrupt practices (S. 2375), S12973 [21OC]
Dept. of Agriculture: extend certain rural housing assistance
programs, S8096 [14JY]
Dept. of HUD: contractual arrangements with New York City Housing
Authority, S11840 [8OC], S11841 [8OC]
------ Elderly Housing Program funding, S8368 [16JY]
------ expedited public review and comment periods for new
regulations, S8433 [17JY], S8434 [17JY]
------ increase in top level of FHA limits on mortgage insurance,
S8428 [17JY], S8446 [17JY]
------ insure mortgages for the acquisition, construction, or
rehabilitation of child care facilities (S. 2178), S6420<bullet>
[16JN]
------ Public Housing Drug Elimination Program funding, S11842 [8OC]
Dept. of the Interior: study on establishing a national historic
trail to commemorate the history of women's rights (S. 1641),
S779<bullet> [12FE]
Dept. of the Treasury: develop and implement a strategy to combat
money laundering and other financial crimes (H.R. 1756), S12626
[15OC]
Dept. of Transportation: access-to-jobs and reverse commute
programs funding, S1683 [10MR]
------ increase mass transit systems funding to certain rural
communities, S1686 [10MR]
------ mass transit systems funding, S1565 [9MR], S1665 [10MR],
S1669 [10MR], S1670 [10MR], S1673 [10MR], S1675 [10MR], S1678
[10MR], S1679 [10MR], S1684 [10MR], S1686 [10MR], S1689 [10MR],
S1690 [10MR], S1691 [10MR]
------ require study and report on certain practices by airlines
which restrict consumer access to passenger service and fare
information (S. 1977), S3540 [23AP]
------ require study and report on certain practices by airlines
which restrict consumer access to passenger service and fare
information (S. 1977), S10911 [24SE]
Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations
(H.R. 4328), conference report, S12789 [21OC], S12825 [21OC]
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
agencies: authorizing appropriations (S. 2260), S8875 [23JY]
Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
making appropriations (S. 2168), S8368 [16JY], S8428 [17JY],
S8433 [17JY], S8434 [17JY], S8446 [17JY]
------ making appropriations (H.R. 4194), conference report, S11840
[8OC], S11841 [8OC], S11842 [8OC]
Dover, NY: tribute to Dover High School football team, S410 [4FE]
Drugs: enhance interdiction efforts in major transit countries and
support eradication and crop substitution programs in source
countries (S. 2522), S11050 [28SE]
Education: encourage States to develop and implement alternative
teacher certification and licensure programs, S3252 [20AP],
S3255 [20AP], S3334 [21AP]
------ national policy to improve system, S95 [28JA]
------ provide incentives to States to establish and administer
periodic teacher testing and merit pay programs for elementary
and secondary school teachers (S. 2422), S9596 [31JY]
Electric power: ensure that rates charged by certain small power
producers and cogenerators do not exceed the incremental cost to
the purchasing utility of alternative electric energy at the
time of delivery (S. 2419), S9592 [31JY]
Employment: submission of employee discrimination claims to
mandatory and binding arbitration, S4793 [13MY], S4794 [13MY]
Energy and water development: making appropriations (S. 2138),
S6525 [18JN], S6526 [18JN], S6527 [18JN], S6528 [18JN]
ERISA: protect the rights of participants and beneficiaries of
terminated pension plans (S. 2475), S10384<bullet> [15SE]
Eximbank: negotiate environmental agreements with foreign export
financing agencies and allow U.S. companies to compete equally
for international projects until such agreements are reached (S.
2537), S12639 [15OC]
FAA: facilitate air service to under-served communities and
encourage airline competition, S10896 [24SE]
------ reauthorizing programs (S. 2279), S10896 [24SE], S10911
[24SE]
Federal Home Loan Bank System: transfer functions to Dept. of HUD
Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (S. 1986), S3589
[24AP]
Financial Accounting Standards Board: setting accounting standards
for financial derivatives, S1363<bullet> [4MR]
Financial institutions: address year 2000 computer problems and
extend examination parity to the OTS Director and the National
Credit Union Administration (H.R. 3116), S1539 [6MR]
------ ensure consumer privacy protection (S. 2433), S9880 [2SE]
------ increase competition in the financial services sector (H.R.
10), S5344<bullet> [21MY]
------ increase competition in the financial services sector (H.R.
10), motion to proceed, S11437 [5OC]
Ford, Gerald R. and Betty: award Congressional Gold Medal (H.R.
3506), S9611<bullet> [31JY]
Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making
appropriations (S. 2334), S9751 [1SE]
Foreign trade: miscellaneous and technical changes to various trade
laws (H.R. 4342), S13003<bullet> [12NO]
------ require that imported jewelry be indelibly marked with the
country of origin (S. 2436), S9940<bullet> [3SE]
Freedom of religion: establish a process to ensure that the U.S.
monitors international religious persecution, S5240<bullet>
[20MY]
Germany: expand reparations criteria for Holocaust survivors,
S1366<bullet> [4MR]
Health: importance of mammograms and biopsies in the prevention of
breast cancer (H. Res. 565), S12825 [21OC]
------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S.
1890), unanimous-consent request, S4642 [12MY]
Housing: deregulate public housing and rental assistance programs
and increase community control over such programs, S11842 [8OC]
Hussein, Saddam: indictment and prosecution for war crimes and
other crimes against humanity (S. Con. Res. 78), S1662 [9MR]
Immigration: arrival and departure requirements for Canadian
citizens relative to automated entry and exit control systems,
S12789 [21OC]
Insurance: coverage of minimum hospital stays and reconstructive
surgery relative to breast cancer and of second opinions for any
cancer diagnosis (S. 249), S4644 [12MY], S4645 [12MY], S4650
[12MY], S4651 [12MY], S4875 [14MY], S4877 [14MY]
----- coverage of minimum hospital stays and reconstructive surgery
relative to breast cancer and of second opinions for any cancer
diagnosis (S. 249), unanimous-consent request, S4642 [12MY],
S4643 [12MY]
International Fund for Ireland: funding, S9751 [1SE]
IRS: restructure and reform (H.R. 2676), S4351 [5MY], S4353 [5MY],
S4474 [7MY]
------ restructure and reform (H.R. 2676), conference report, S7668
[8JY]
Italy: U.N. Security Council membership (S. Res. 184), S1081 [26FE]
Japan: access of U.S. business to photographic film and paper
markets (S. Con. Res. 88), S3157 [2AP]
Jerome Anthony Ambro, Jr., Post Office Building, East Northport, NY:
designate (S. 2310), S8243 [15JY]
Kelly, Raymond W.: nomination to be Commissioner of Customs, S9663
[31JY]
Kosovo: human rights violations against ethnic Albanians by Serbian
police relative to self-determination (S. Con. Res. 85), S2206
[18MR]
Law enforcement officers: establish a matching grant program to
assist local governments in purchasing armor vests (S. 1605),
S381 [4FE]
Logan-Young, Wende: New York Innovation in Breast Cancer Early
Detection and Research Award recipient, S12728<bullet> [20OC]
Mandela, Nelson R.: award Congressional Gold Medal (H.R. 3156),
S8159 [14JY], S8262<bullet> [15JY]
Medicaid: coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment services
for certain women screened under federally funded programs (S.
2017), S3933 [30AP]
Medicare: permit the replacement of health insurance policies for
certain disabled beneficiaries even if the replacement policies
duplicate Medicare benefits (S. 2551), S11451 [5OC]
------ repeal the restriction on payment for certain hospital
discharges relative to post-acute care (S. 1604), S379 [4FE]
Middle East: U.S. summit proposal relative to Israeli occupation of
certain West Bank territory, S4432 [6MY]
Milosevic, Slobodan: culpability for war crimes, crimes against
humanity, and genocide in the former Yugoslavia (S. Con. Res.
105), S7020<bullet> [24JN], S8448-S8450 [17JY], S8456 [17JY],
S8458 [17JY]
----- culpability for war crimes, crimes against humanity, and
genocide in the former Yugoslavia (S. Con. Res. 105), unanimous-
consent agreement, S8456 [17JY]
National POW/MIA Recognition Day: observance, S10606<bullet> [18SE]
NATO: membership of Central and East European countries,
S850<bullet>-S852 [23FE]
------ U.S. policy on expansion, S850<bullet>-S852 [23FE]
New Jersey: Urban Core Project funding, S5412 [22MY]
New York, NY: anniversary of La Salle Academy, S10732<bullet>
[22SE]
------ use of Floyd Bennett Field by Police Dept. for air and sea
rescue operations, S2625 [26MR]
Office of Religious Persecution Monitoring: establish (H.R. 2431),
S5240<bullet> [20MY]
------ establish (H.R. 2431), S12098 [9OC]
Pace, Lorraine: New York Innovation in Breast Cancer Early
Detection and Research Award recipient, S12728<bullet> [20OC]
Pensions: waive limit on benefits from multiemployer plans (S.
2267), S7577 [7JY]
Presidential Advisory Commission on Holocaust Assets in the U.S.:
establish (S. 1900), S2978 [1AP]
Protocols to the North Atlantic Treaty on Accession of Poland,
Hungary, and the Czech Republic: ratification, S3880 [30AP]
Puerto Rico: self-determination (S. Res. 279), S10503 [17SE]
Refuse disposal: State control of municipal solid waste
transportation and disposal, S6525 [18JN], S6526 [18JN], S6527
[18JN], S6528 [18JN]
RID-Remove Intoxicated Drivers (organization): anniversary,
S12246<bullet> [9OC]
Sansone, Thomas, Jr: relief (S. 2632), S12562<bullet> [14OC]
Securities: application of State statutes of limitations in certain
fraud cases removed to Federal court, S4804 [13MY], S4805
[13MY], S4807 [13MY]
------ clarify definition of the term ``class action'', S4808
[13MY], S4809 [13MY], S4810 [13MY]
------ limit the conduct of securities class actions under State law
(S. 1260), S4779 [13MY], S4780 [13MY], S4781 [13MY], S4788
[13MY], S4791 [13MY], S4793 [13MY], S4794 [13MY], S4798 [13MY],
S4799 [13MY], S4802 [13MY], S4804 [13MY], S4805 [13MY], S4807
[13MY], S4808 [13MY], S4809 [13MY], S4810 [13MY], S4811 [13MY],
S4812 [13MY], S4814 [13MY], S4815 [13MY]
------ limit the conduct of securities class actions under State law
(S. 1260), S12444 [13OC], S12445 [13OC], S12448 [13OC], S12449
[13OC]
------ limit the conduct of securities class actions under State law
(S. 1260), conference report, S12589 [14OC], S12738<bullet>
[20OC]
------ preserve right of State and local governments and their
pension programs to bring securities fraud suits under State
law, S4811 [13MY]
Senate: legislative program, S1663 [9MR], S1665 [10MR], S4427
[6MY], S8982 [24JY], S11437 [5OC]
Serbia: restrictions on independent media outlets, S12900<bullet>
[21OC]
States: additional funding for disaster relief, S2532 [25MR]
Tariff: wool fabrics (S. 2338), S8671<bullet> [21JY]
Taxation: establish medical innovation tax credits for clinical
testing research expenses relative to academic medical centers
and other qualified hospital research organizations (S. 1885),
S2852 [31MR]
------ expand S corporation eligibility for banks and small
businesses (S. 2346), S8981 [24JY]
------ increase amount of low-income housing credits allocated in
each State and index amounts for inflation (S. 1252), S12577
[14OC]
------ liability of spouses on joint Federal income returns (S.
1682), S1071 [26FE], S1072 [26FE]
------ liability of spouses on joint Federal income tax returns,
S4474 [7MY]
------ provide a nonrefundable credit to individuals for the payment
of real estate taxes (S. 1911), S3126 [2AP]
------ repeal limitation on the use of foreign tax credits under the
alternative minimum tax (S. 2442), S9974<bullet> [8SE]
------ treatment of cooperative housing corporations and their
shareholders (S. 2125), S5454<bullet> [22MY]
------ treatment of education individual retirement accounts
relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R.
2646), S3252 [20AP], S3255 [20AP], S3334 [21AP] treatment of
education individual retirement accounts relative to elementary
and secondary school expenses (H.R. 2646), conference report,
S6926 [24JN]
------ treatment of gross income for amounts received under
qualified group legal services plans (S. 2200), S6767 [22JN]
------ treatment of reparations received by Holocaust survivors (S.
2549), S11450<bullet> [5OC]
Transportation: Fixed Guideway Modernization Program funding, S1679
[10MR]
------ funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs,
and transit programs (H.R. 2400), conference report, S5408
[22MY], S5412 [22MY], S5414 [22MY], S5576<bullet> [2JN] funding
for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit
programs (S. 1173), S1565 [9MR], S1665 [10MR], S1669 [10MR],
S1670 [10MR], S1673 [10MR], S1675 [10MR], S1678 [10MR], S1679
[10MR], S1682 [10MR], S1683 [10MR], S1684 [10MR], S1686 [10MR],
S1688 [10MR], S1689 [10MR], S1690 [10MR], S1691 [10MR]
------ Philadelphia-Pittsburgh High Speed Rail Project funding,
S5408 [22MY]
Truth in Lending Act: require notice of cancellation rights
relative to private mortgage insurance (S. 318), S8514<bullet>
[17JY]
Ukraine: remember treatment by the former Soviet Union on
anniversary of Ukrainian Famine (S. Con. Res. 122),
S12228<bullet> [9OC]
Women's Motorcyclist Foundation, Inc.: tribute to efforts relative
to breast cancer research, S9066<bullet> [27JY]
World War II: provide redress for inadequate restitution of assets
seized by the U.S. Government which belonged to victims of the
Holocaust (S. 1564), S63<bullet> [27JA]
Reports filed
Congressional Gold Medals to the ``Little Rock Nine'': Committee on
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate) (S. 1283) (S. Rept.
105-245), S7939 [10JY]
Credit Union Membership Access Act: Committee on Banking, Housing,
and Urban Affairs (Senate) (H.R. 1151) (S. Rept. 105-193), S5321
[21MY]
Financial Regulatory Relief and Economic Efficiency Act: Committee
on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate) (S. 1405) (S.
Rept. 105-346), S10919 [24SE]
Financial Services Act: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban
Affairs (Senate) (H.R. 10) (S. Rept. 105-336), S10588 [18SE]
Nomination of Arthur Levitt, Jr., to the SEC: Committee on Banking,
Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate), S3119 [2AP]
Nomination of Awilda R. Marquez To Be Assistant Sec. of Commerce:
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate), S7170
[25JN]
Nomination of Cardell Cooper To Be Assistant Sec. of HUD: Committee
on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate), S11970 [8OC]
Nomination of Donna Tanoue To Be Chairperson of the FDIC Board of
Directors: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
(Senate), S3783 [29AP]
Nomination of Harold Lucas To Be Assistant Sec. of HUD: Committee
on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate), S11970 [8OC]
Nomination of Ira G. Peppercorn To Be Dept. of HUD Director of the
Office of Multifamily Housing Assistance Restructuring:
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate),
S11970 [8OC]
Nomination of Michael J. Copps To Be Assistant Sec. of Commerce:
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate), S7170
[25JN]
Nomination of Rebecca M. Blank to the Council of Economic Advisers:
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate), S9425
[30JY]
Nomination of Saul N. Ramirez To Be Deputy Sec. of HUD: Committee
on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate), S11970 [8OC]
Nomination of William C. Apgar, Jr., To Be Assistant Sec. of HUD:
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate),
S11970 [8OC]
Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act: Committee on Banking,
Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate) (S. 1260) (S. Rept. 105-
182), S4206 [4MY]
Strengthen Prohibitions on International Bribery and Other Corrupt
Practices: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
(Senate) (S. 2375) (S. Rept. 105-277), S9424 [30JY]
U.S. Holocaust Assets Commission Act: Committee on Banking,
Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate) (S. 1900), S3918 [30AP]
Statements
Credit Union Membership Access Act: Executive Office of the
President, S8963 [24JY]
Summaries
Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (S. 1173): D'Amato
Amendment on Mass Transit Systems Funding, S1566 [9MR]
Texts of
S. 1604, repeal the Medicare restriction on payment for certain
hospital discharges relative to post-acute care, S380 [4FE]
S. 1682, liability of spouses on joint Federal income tax returns,
S1072 [26FE]
S. 1900, U.S. Holocaust Assets Commission Act, S2979 [1AP]
S. 1911, Working Middle Class Tax Relief Act, S3126 [2AP]
S. 1977, Consumer Access to Travel Information Act, S3540 [23AP]
S. 1986, Federal Home Loan Bank System Regulatory Restructuring Act,
S3589-S3591 [24AP]
S. 2017, Breast and Cervical Cancer Treatment Act, S3934 [30AP]
S. 2125, tax treatment of cooperative housing corporations and their
shareholders, S5454<bullet> [22MY]
S. 2200, tax treatment of gross income for amounts received under
qualified group legal services plans, S6767 [22JN]
S. 2267, waive limit on benefits from multiemployer pension plans,
S7578 [7JY]
S. 2419, Electric Power Consumer Rate Relief Act, S9592 [31JY]
S. 2433, Financial Information Privacy Act, S9880 [2SE]
S. 2442, repeal limitation on the use of foreign tax credits under
the alternative minimum tax, S9975<bullet> [8SE]
S. 2475, Pension Plan Participant Protection Act, S10385<bullet>
[15SE]
S. 2549, tax treatment of reparations received by Holocaust
survivors, S11451<bullet> [5OC]
S. 2632, relief of Thomas Sansone, Jr., S12563<bullet> [14OC]
Tributes
Cipriani, Frank A., S4743<bullet> [12MY]
Finkelstein, Harvey, S9994<bullet> [8SE]
Gabalski, John R., S4561<bullet> [8MY]
Kirkner, Florence, S3300<bullet> [20AP]
Koeppel, Adolph, S3230<bullet> [3AP]
Landers, Michael J., S6111<bullet> [10JN]
Possner, Ilana G., S10730<bullet> [22SE]
Ramirez, Lilia L., S11292<bullet> [1OC], S11498<bullet> [5OC]
Santorum, Senator, S10509 [17SE]
Schlehr, Alexander C., S12217<bullet> [9OC]