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




DeWINE, MIKE (a Senator from Ohio)
  Addresses
    Political Asylum Reform:  Mohamoud Farah, S3011<bullet> [1AP]
  Amendments 
    Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
        making appropriations (S. 2159), S8142 [14JY], S8234 [15JY],
        S8259 [15JY]
    Appropriations:  making emergency supplemental for disaster relief
        and overseas peacekeeping operations (S. 1768), S2494 [24MR]
    Budget:  setting forth the Federal budget for 1999-2003 (S. Con.
        Res. 86), S2736 [30MR], S2774 [30MR], S2909 [1AP], S2992 [1AP],
        S3157 [2AP]
    Crime:  identity fraud (S. 512), S9476 [30JY]
    ------ improve automated interstate criminal identification systems
        (S. 2022), S8063 [13JY], S8074 [13JY]
    ------ penalties for certain sex offenses against children (H.R.
        3494), S12212 [9OC], S12262 [9OC]
    Dept. of Defense:  authorizing appropriations for military
        activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military
        construction (S. 2057), S5731 [5JN], S6680 [19JN], S6683 [19JN],
        S6711 [19JN], S6712 [19JN], S6779 [22JN], S6782 [22JN], S7004
        [24JN], S7136 [25JN], S7204 [25JN]
    ------ making appropriations (S. 2132), S9394 [30JY], S9474 [30JY]
    Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the
        President, and independent agencies:  making appropriations (S.
        2312), S9145 [28JY], S9179 [29JY], S9187 [29JY], S9256 [29JY]
    Dept. of Transportation and related agencies:  making appropriations
        (S. 2307), S8906 [23JY], S8944 [23JY]
    Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
        agencies:  authorizing appropriations (S. 2260), S8650 [21JY],
        S8683 [21JY], S8927 [23JY]
    Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
         making appropriations (S. 2168), S8340 [16JY], S8407 [16JY]
    Employment:  improve and consolidate Federal job training programs
        (S. 1186), S4041 [1MY], S4086 [1MY]
    FAA:  reauthorizing programs (S. 2279), S10853 [23SE], S10934 [24SE]
    Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs:  making
        appropriations (S. 2334), S9842 [2SE], S9867 [2SE], S9886 [2SE],
        S9887 [2SE]
    Foreign policy:  support broad-based agricultural and rural
        development in sub-Saharan Africa (H.R. 4283), S11603 [6OC],
        S12726 [20OC]
    Freedom of information:  require disclosure of information on
        certain individuals relative to Nazi war crimes during World War
        II (S. 1379), S6716 [19JN], S6725 [19JN]
    Higher Education Act:  reauthorize (S. 1882), S7816 [9JY], S7889
        [9JY]
    IRS:  restructure and reform (H.R. 2676), S4446 [6MY], S4514 [7MY],
        S4546 [7MY]
    National Center for Missing and Exploited Children:  authorizing
        appropriations (S. 2073), S7287 [26JN]
    Taxation:  treatment of Internet and interactive computer service
        commerce (S. 442), S11601 [6OC]
    Tobacco products:  tobacco industry liability settlement relative to
        health risks and marketing and manufacturing practices (S.
        1415), S5336 [21MY], S5338 [21MY], S5722 [5JN], S6057 [10JN]
    Transportation:  funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
        programs, and transit programs (S. 1173), S1237 [3MR], S1282
        [3MR], S1537 [6MR], S1556 [9MR], S1612 [9MR], S1823 [12MR],
        S1897 [12MR]
  Analyses
    Mandatory Minimum Sentencing Relative to Criminal Use of Guns (S.
        191), S12671-S12673 [16OC]
  Appointments
    Acting President pro tempore, S11831 [8OC]
    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]
    ------ H.R. 3694, intelligence services appropriations, S7333 [26JN]
  Articles and editorials
    Medications From Mexico, Tim Friend, USA Today, S7261<bullet> [26JN]
  Bills and resolutions cosponsored
    Agriculture:  Farmland Protection Program funding, (see S. 2596),
        S12163 [9OC], (see S. 2597), S12163 [9OC]
    American Discovery Trail:  designate, (see S. 1069), S4208 [4MY]
    American GI Forum of the U.S. (nonprofit corporation):  grant
        Federal charter, (see S. 1759), S9451 [30JY]
    Armed Forces:  feasibility of using the Federal Employees Health
        Benefits Program for Medicare-eligible retirees under the
        military health care system, (see S. 1334), S5637 [4JN]
    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]
    Charities:  ensure that religious organizations are considered
        equally with other private groups to provide assistance under
        certain government programs, (see S. 2046), S11051 [28SE]
    Children and youth:  ensure parental access to educational
        information and curriculum, (see S. 1631), S665 [11FE], (see S.
        1631), S836 [23FE]
    China, Republic of:  status after reversion of Hong Kong to the
        People's Republic of China, (see S. Res. 114), S932 [24FE]
    Clinton, President:  reconsider decision to be formally received in
        Tiananmen Square during visit to the People's Republic of China,
        (see S. Con. Res. 101), S5634 [4JN]
    Colleges and universities:  allow the use of age-based incentives
        for the voluntary retirement of tenured faculty, (see S. 153),
        S769 [12FE]
    Costa Rica:  protection of lives and property rights from squatters,
        (see S. Con. Res. 84), S2114 [17MR]
    Crime:  constitutional amendment on protection of victims' rights,
        (see S.J. Res. 44), S2968 [1AP]
    ------ facilitate exchange of criminal records for noncriminal
        justice purposes and allow qualified entities to request
        fingerprint background checks under the National Child
        Protection Act, (see S. 2294), S8056 [13JY]
    ------ prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws
        requiring parental notification of abortions, (see S. 1645),
        S730 [12FE]
    ------ protect children from sexual abuse and exploitation, (see S.
        2491), S10517 [17SE]
    Cuba:  increase support to democratic opposition and humanitarian
        assistance, (see S. 2080), S4906 [14MY]
    Death and dying:  clarify Federal laws relative to dispensing of
        drugs intended for use for assisted suicide or euthanasia, (see
        S. 2151), S6889 [23JN]
    Dept. of Defense:  repayment of student loans by students called to
        active duty, (see S. 1534), S4040 [1MY]
    Dept. of Energy:  ensure that U.S. Enrichment Corp. funding for
        disposition of depleted uranium hexafluoride be used to treat
        and recycle depleted uranium hexafluoride, (see S. 2316), S8241
        [15JY]
    Dept. of HHS:  revise and extend certain women's health research and
        prevention activities programs, (see S. 1722), S1996 [16MR]
    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), S9941
        [3SE]
    Drugs:  support existing Federal legal process for determining
        safety and efficacy of using marijuana and other drugs for
        medicinal purposes, (see S.J. Res. 56), S11128 [29SE]
    Ecology and environment:  facilitate protection of tropical forests
        through debt reduction with developing countries with tropical
        forests, (see S. 1758), S1948 [13MR]
    Education:  spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars
        on children's classrooms, (see S. Res. 168), S48 [27JA], (see S.
        1589), S226 [29JA]
    Education Flexibility Partnership Demonstration Act:  allow State
        participation in activities, (see S. 2213), S7013 [24JN]
    Employment:  minimum wage and overtime exemptions for certain
        employees, (see S. 2144), S6205 [11JN]
    ------ reform standard for classifying technical workers as
        independent contractors for employment tax purposes, (see S.
        1924), S4208 [4MY]
    English language:  encourage status as primary language and
        recognize importance of multilingualism, (see S. Res. 236),
        S5434 [22MY]
    Families and domestic relations:  promote the adoption of children
        in foster care, (see S. 2408), S9556 [31JY]
    ------ provide equitable child care relief for stay at-home parents,
        (see S. Con. Res. 77), S1352 [4MR]
    Federal employees:  prevent discrimination against preference
        eligibles applying for certain Government positions, (see S.
        1021), S9254 [29JY]
    Federal Home Loan Bank System:  reform and modernize, (see S. 1423),
        S6340 [15JN]
    Federal Water Pollution Control Act:  ensure compliance by Federal
        facilities, (see S. 1923), S3120 [2AP]
    Flag--U.S.:  constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration, (see
        S.J. Res. 40), S378 [4FE]
    Foreign policy:  authorize trade and investment policy relative to
        sub-Saharan Africa, (see S. 778), S1568 [9MR]
    Freedom of religion:  establish a process to ensure that the U.S.
        monitors international religious persecution, (see S. 1868),
        S2660 [26MR]
    Greek Independence Day--A National Day of Celebration of Greek and
        American Democracy:  designate, (see S. Res. 171), S520 [9FE]
    Health:  biomedical research funding, (see S. Res. 170), S226 [29JA]
    ------ establish a program for training in lifesaving first aid for
        individuals experiencing cardiac arrest, (see S. 2196), S9058
        [27JY]
    Higher Education Act:  reauthorize, (see S. 1882), S3792 [29AP]
    Immigration:  arrival and departure requirements for Canadian
        citizens relative to automated entry and exit control systems,
        (see S. 1360), S273 [2FE]
    ------ increase number of temporary visas for skilled workers and
        expand education and training opportunities for U.S. students
        and workers, (see S. 1723), S1508 [6MR]
    Iraq:  condemn threat to international peace and security, (see S.
        Con. Res. 71), S234 [29JA]
    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), S11346 [2OC]
    IRS:  congressional review of regulations increasing Federal
        revenue, (see S. 831), S5022 [18MY]
    ------ provide uniform application of confidentiality privileges
        relative to taxpayer communications with authorized tax
        practitioners, (see S. 1737), S1697 [10MR]
    Israel:  independence anniversary, (see S.J. Res. 46), S3783 [29AP]
    ------ membership in a U.N. regional group, (see S. Res. 188), S1255
        [3MR]
    Joseph P. Kinneary U.S. Courthouse, Columbus, OH:  designate, (see
        S. 1800), S2296 [19MR]
    Law enforcement officers:  tribute to individuals who lost their
        lives during service, (see S. Res. 201), S2764 [30MR]
    ``Little Rock Nine'':  award Congressional Gold Medals, (see S.
        1283), S2135 [17MR]
    McCain, Senator:  tribute, (see S. Res. 196), S2114 [17MR]
    Medicare:  payments to children's hospitals that operate graduate
        medical education programs, (see S. 2049), S4528 [7MY]
    Monuments and memorials:  prohibit the return of veterans memorial
        objects to foreign nations without congressional authorization,
        (see S. 1903), S7359 [6JY]
    Motor vehicles:  improve Federal, State, and local child protection
        programs, (see S. 1312), S1702 [10MR]
    National Breast Cancer Survivor's Day:  designate, (see S. Res.
        198), S2214 [18MR]
    National Center for Missing and Exploited Children:  authorizing
        appropriations, (see S. 2073), S4823 [13MY]
    National Character Counts Week:  designate, (see S. Res. 176), S2309
        [19MR]
    National Children's Day:  designate, (see S. Res. 260), S9426 [30JY]
    National Children's Memorial Day:  designate, (see S. Res. 193),
        S3724 [28AP]
    National Correctional Officers and Employees Week:  designate, (see
        S. Res. 175), S1262 [3MR]
    National discovery trails:  establish, (see S. 1069), S4208 [4MY]
    National Erase the Hate and Eliminate Racism Day:  designate, (see
        S. Res. 221), S3919 [30AP]
    National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week:
        designate, (see S. Res. 259), S9790 [1SE]
    National Inhalant Abuse Awareness Day:  designate, (see S. Res.
        257), S10527 [17SE]
    National Sea Grant College Program Act:  treatment of Lake
        Champlain, (see S. 1823), S2488 [24MR]
    New Mexico:  designate Onate Cuartocentenario to commemorate the
        anniversary of the first permanent Spanish settlement, (see S.
        Res. 148), S520 [9FE]
    NLRB:  determine appropriateness of certain bargaining units in the
        absence of a stipulation or consent, (see S. 1686), S1070 [26FE]
    ------ recovery of attorneys' fees by small businesses and labor
        organizations who prevail in proceedings, (see S. 1684), S7580
        [7JY]
    North American Wetlands Conservation Act:  reauthorizing, (see S.
        1677), S1463 [5MR]
    Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act:  amend, (see S. 1985),
        S3585 [24AP]
    Partnerships for Wildlife Act:  reauthorizing, (see S. 1677), S1463
        [5MR]
    Pensions:  ensure accessibility, portability, and protection of
        retirement benefits, (see S. 2339), S10667 [21SE]
    Pesticides:  clarify circumstances in which a substance is
        considered to be a pesticide chemical, (see S. 2565), S11698
        [7OC]
    Postal Service:  application of OSHA standards in the same manner as
        any other employer, (see S. 2112), S5799 [9JN]
    Presidential Advisory Commission on Holocaust Assets in the U.S.:
        establish, (see S. 1900), S2967 [1AP]
    Presidents' Day:  redesignate Washington's Birthday in honor of
        George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and Franklin D. Roosevelt
        and the institution of the Presidency, (see S. 2353), S8996
        [24JY]
    Public welfare programs:  establish asset-based welfare policies,
        (see S. 1255), S273 [2FE]
    Public Works and Economic Development Act:  reauthorize and reform
        programs, (see S. 2364), S11452 [5OC]
    Railroads:  modify the guaranteed minimum benefit for widows and
        widowers relative to conversion from spouse to widow or widower
        annuity, (see S. Con. Res. 80), S8787 [22JY]
    Read Across America Day:  designate, (see S. Res. 181), S1082 [26FE]
    Religion:  support tolerance toward Muslims, (see S. Con. Res. 94),
        S11715 [7OC]
    Research:  continuation of Federal research and development programs
        funding in a fiscally sustainable way, (see S. 2217), S9254
        [29JY]
    Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport:  designate, (see S.
        1575), S48 [27JA], (see S. 1297), S179 [28JA]
    Sanford, Terry:  tribute, (see S. Res. 211), S3356 [21AP]
    Science:  prohibit cloning of humans, (see S. 1599), S668 [11FE],
        (see S. 1601), S668 [11FE]
    Securities:  limit the conduct of securities class actions under
        State law, (see S. 1260), S932 [24FE]
    Small business:  protection from litigation excesses, (see S. 836),
        S272 [2FE]
    Space policy:  encourage the development of a commercial space
        industry, (see S. 1473), S1784 [11MR]
    Taxation:  eliminate the temporary increase in unemployment tax,
        (see S. 2170), S6405 [16JN]
    ------ extend the placed-in-service date for biomass and coal
        facilities, (see S. 2233), S10120 [9SE]
    ------ increase State cap on private activity bonds, (see S. 1251),
        S8253 [15JY]
    ------ liability of spouses on joint Federal income returns, (see S.
        1682), S1463 [5MR]
    ------ reduce holding period for certain capital gains rates, (see
        S. 1748), S1883 [12MR]
    ------ 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]
    ------ terminate Internal Revenue Code, (see S. 1673), S1003 [25FE]
    ------ treatment of individual retirement accounts relative to
        charitable contributions, (see S. 1734), S7018 [24JN]
    Television:  enhance the ability of satellite television providers
        to compete with cable television systems, (see S. 2494), S10518
        [17SE]
    Turkey:  end restrictions on freedoms and human rights of the
        enclaved people of Cyprus, (see S. Con. Res. 65), S3656 [27AP]
    U.S. Navy Asiatic Fleet Memorial Day:  designate, (see S. 45), S3534
        [23AP]
    Ukraine:  remember treatment by the former Soviet Union on
        anniversary of Ukrainian Famine, (see S. Con. Res. 122), S11346
        [2OC]
    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]
    Weapons:  antiballistic missile systems deployment policy, (see S.
        1873), S3222 [3AP]
    Wei Jingsheng:  relief, (see S. 2476), S10383 [15SE]
    Wisconsin:  commemorate sesquicentennial of statehood, (see S. Con.
        Res. 75), S4442 [6MY]
    Women's Progress Commemoration Commission:  establish, (see S.
        2285), S7939 [10JY]
  Bills and resolutions introduced
    Chalmers P. Wylie Veterans Outpatient Clinic, Columbus, OH:
        designate, (see S. 2541), S11339 [2OC]
    Children and youth:  improve efficiency and effectiveness of abuse
        and neglect courts, (see S. 2607), S12164 [9OC]
    Crime:  establish a law enforcement block grant program, (see S.
        1893), S2851 [31MR]
    ------ improve automated interstate criminal identification systems,
        (see S. 2022), S3919 [30AP]
    ------ increase penalties and improve law enforcement activities
        involving the use of computers to commit sexual crimes against
        children, (see S. 1987), S3585 [24AP]
    ------ increase public awareness, collect data, and develop
        strategies to address the safety and justice needs of victims
        with developmental disabilities, (see S. 1976), S3534 [23AP]
    Drugs:  enhance interdiction efforts in major transit countries and
        support eradication and crop substitution programs in source
        countries, (see S. 2341), S8778 [22JY]
    ------ enhance interdiction efforts in major transit countries and
        support eradication and crop substitution programs in source
        countries, (see S. 2522), S11042 [28SE]
    ------ limit amount of controlled substances allowed to be brought
        into the U.S. from Mexico and Canada, (see S. 2242), S7255
        [26JN]
    Education:  encourage States to develop and implement alternative
        teacher certification and licensure programs, (see S. 1742),
        S1772 [11MR]
    ------ provide for teacher training facilities, (see S. 1741), S1772
        [11MR]
    FDA:  conduct assessments relative to the transition from the use of
        chloroflurocarbons in metered-dose inhalers, (see S. 2026),
        S4035 [1MY]
    Foreign policy:  support broad-based agricultural and rural
        development in sub-Saharan Africa, (see S. 2283), S7881 [9JY]
    Foreign trade:  eliminate disincentives to fair trade conditions,
        (see S. 2281), S7881 [9JY]
    Great Lakes Basin Compact:  repeal a condition imposed in
        congressional consent, (see S. 2554), S11582 [6OC]
    Hazardous substances:  increase funding for poison control centers
        and establish toll-free telephone number to improve access, (see
        S. 1862), S2570 [25MR]
    Health:  improve research on the quality and effectiveness of health
        care for children, (see S. 1866), S2660 [26MR]
    Rehabilitation Act:  extend authorization, (see S. 1579), S113
        [28JA]
    Underground Railroad Educational and Cultural Program:  establish,
        (see S. 2070), S4712 [12MY]
    Unemployment:  improve the collection of Federal unemployment taxes
        and the provision of such revenues for employment security
        administration, (see S. 2556), S11582 [6OC]
  Cloture motions
    Taxation:  treatment of education individual retirement accounts
        relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R.
        2646), S1925 [13MR], S1988 [16MR], S2094 [17MR], S2169 [18MR],
        S2289 [19MR]
    ------ treatment of Internet and interactive computer service
        commerce (S. 442), S11307 [2OC], S11649 [7OC]
    ------ treatment of Internet and interactive computer service
        commerce (S. 442), motion to proceed, S10969 [25SE], S11085
        [29SE]
    Tobacco products:  tobacco industry liability settlement relative to
        health risks and marketing and manufacturing practices (S.
        1415), S4883 [14MY], S6473 [17JN], S6479 [17JN]
    Transportation:  funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
        programs, and transit programs (S. 1173), S1497 [6MR], S1762
        [11MR]
  Cloture motions 
    Taxation:  treatment of education individual retirement accounts
        relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R.
        2646), S2636 [26MR]
  Letters
    Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act:  several law professors, S10552
        [18SE]
    Repeal information reporting requirement imposed on educational
        institutions and certain other trades and businesses relative to
        the Hope Scholarship and Lifetime Learning Credits:  Clive C.
        Veri, Shawnee State University, S4516 [7MY]
    ----- Jerry S. Thornton, Cuyahoga Community College, S4516 [7MY]
    ----- John F. Clymer, Belmont Technical College, S4516 [7MY]
    ----- M. Valeriana Moeller, Columbus State Community College, S4517
        [7MY]
    ----- Ronald E. Abrams, North Central Technical College, S4517 [7MY]
    ----- Sidney A. Ribeau, Bowling Green State University, S4516 [7MY]
    ----- Terry M. Thomas, Ohio Association of Community Colleges, S4516
        [7MY]
    ----- Thomas A. Lynch, Cleveland State University, S4516 [7MY]
    Require military physicians to possess unrestricted licenses and to
        complete continuing medical education requirements:  James M.
        Mutter, National Military Family Association, S6681 [19JN]
    ----- William J. Carbone, American Association of Physician
        Specialists, Inc., S6681 [19JN]
    Tribute to Senator Glenn:  current and former staff members of
        Senator Glenn, S12451 [13OC]
    Workforce Investment Partnership Act:  Antonio Pagan, New York, NY,
        Dept. of Employment, S4012 [1MY]
    ------ Bret Lovejoy, American Vocational Association, S2293 [19MR]
    ------ Curtis E. Moll, Growth Association of Cleveland, S4013 [1MY]
    ------ Gordon M. Ambach, Council of Chief State School Officers,
        S4013 [1MY]
    ------ Judith B. Riley and Robert Knight, National Association of
        Private Industry Councils, S2292 [19MR]
    ------ Kimberly A. Green, National Association of State Directors of
        the Vocational Technical Education Consortium, S2293 [19MR]
    ------ Paul R. Huard, National Association of Manufacturers, S2292
        [19MR]
    ------ R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, S4012 [1MY]
    ------ Randy Johnson, National Association of Counties, S2293 [19MR]
    ------ Richard Finan and Linda Furney, National Conference of State
        Legislatures, S4012 [1MY]
    ------ Robert T. Jones, National Alliance of Business, S4012 [1MY]
    ------ Susan R. Meisinger, Society for Human Resources Management,
        S4013 [1MY]
  Messages
    Protocol to the Extradition Treaty With Mexico:  President Clinton,
        S5357<bullet> [21MY]
  Privilege of the floor 
    O'Donnell, Terrence, S7230 [26JN]
    Small, Jason, S7713 [9JY]
  Remarks
    Abortion:  prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 1122), veto,
        S10511 [17SE], S10552 [18SE], S10553 [18SE]
    Agriculture:  prohibit and investigate the sale of subsidized barley
        from the European Union (S. Res. 232), S5356<bullet> [21MY]
    Air Force:  Financial Information Resources System funding, S9397
        [30JY], S9398 [30JY]
    Balderson, Stuart F.:  naming as Senate Parliamentarian Emeritus and
        Financial Clerk Emeritus (S. Res. 234), S5358 [21MY]
    Budget:  setting forth the Federal budget for 1999-2003 (S. Con.
        Res. 86), S3099 [2AP]
    Carrollton, KY:  anniversary of drunken driving accident involving a
        school bus with children from Radcliffe, KY, S4847 [14MY]
    Chalmers P. Wylie Veterans Outpatient Clinic, Columbus, OH:
        designate (S. 2541), S11358<bullet> [2OC]
    Child Survival and Disease Programs Fund:  funding, S9771 [1SE]
    Children and youth:  child abuse cases update, S3583 [24AP]
    ------ improve efficiency and effectiveness of abuse and neglect
        courts (S. 2607), S12452 [13OC]
    ------ modify certain adoption and foster care placement procedures,
        S10639 [21SE]
    China, Republic of:  affirm U.S. commitment to security and
        democracy (S. Con. Res. 107), unanimous-consent agreement, S7913
        [9JY]
    Clinton, President:  Committee on the Judiciary (House) inquiry into
        whether grounds exist to impeach (H. Res. 581), S12970-S12972
        [21OC]
    Coast Guard:  enhance drug interdiction efforts, S8906 [23JY], S8907
        [23JY]
    Commission To Assess the Organization of the Federal Government To
        Combat the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction:  extend
        deadline for submission of report (S. 1751), S2778 [30MR]
    Computers:  encourage disclosure and exchange of information
        relative to the year 2000 problem (S. 2392), S12643 [15OC]
    Congress:  accomplishments of the 105th Congress, S10638-S10640
        [21SE]
    ------ adjournment (H. Con. Res. 353), S12979 [21OC]
    Courts:  mandatory minimum sentencing relative to criminal use of
        guns (S. 191), S12670 [16OC]
    ------ product liability reform (S. 648), S7913 [9JY]
    ------ simplify and expedite access to Federal courts for injured
        parties whose rights and privileges have been deprived by final
        actions of State or Federal agencies (S. 2271), S7913 [9JY]
    Crime:  establish a law enforcement block grant program (S. 1893),
        S2862 [31MR]
    ------ improve automated interstate criminal identification systems
        (S. 2022), S3940 [30AP]
    ------ improve automated interstate criminal identification systems
        (S. 2022), S12040 [8OC]
    ------ increase penalties and improve law enforcement activities
        involving the use of computers to commit sexual crimes against
        children (S. 1987), S3588 [24AP]
    ------ increase public awareness, collect data, and develop
        strategies to address the safety and justice needs of victims
        with developmental disabilities (S. 1976), S3537 [23AP], S8084
        [13JY]
    ------ prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws
        requiring parental notification of abortions (S. 1645), S752
        [12FE]
    ------ prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws
        requiring parental notification of abortions (S. 1645), S10701
        [22SE] prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State
        laws requiring parental notification of abortions (S. 1645),
        motion to proceed, S10228 [11SE]
    ------ strengthen prohibitions on international bribery and other
        corrupt practices (S. 2375), S12973 [21OC]
    Customs Service:  strengthen drug interdiction efforts, S9231
        [29JY], S9232 [29JY]
    Dept. of Defense:  authorizing appropriations for military
        activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military
        construction (S. 2057), S6680 [19JN], S7004 [24JN], S7082 [25JN]
    ------ conveyance of Lorain County (vessel) to Ohio War Memorial,
        Inc., S7004 [24JN]
    ------ making appropriations (S. 2132), S9397 [30JY], S9398 [30JY]
    Dept. of Energy:  ensure that U.S. Enrichment Corp. funding for
        disposition of depleted uranium hexafluoride be used to treat
        and recycle depleted uranium hexafluoride (S. 2316), S8253
        [15JY], S8268 [15JY]
    Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the
        President, and independent agencies:  making appropriations (S.
        2312), S9187 [29JY], S9231 [29JY], S9232 [29JY]
    Dept. of Transportation and related agencies:  making appropriations
        (S. 2307), S8905 [23JY], S8906 [23JY], S8907 [23JY]
    Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
         making appropriations (S. 2168), S8434 [17JY], S8435 [17JY]
    ------ making appropriations (H.R. 4194), conference report, S11846
        [8OC]
    Diseases:  national objectives relative to asthma, S12451 [13OC]
    ------ payments to individuals with blood-clotting disorders who
        contracted HIV due to contaminated blood products (H.R. 1023),
        S12912 [21OC], S12959 [21OC]
    Doby, Larry:  induction into the the Baseball Hall of Fame, S3583
        [24AP]
    Drug abuse:  national drug control policy, S7873-S7876 [9JY]
    ------ national policy to combat the distribution, sale, and use of
        illegal drugs by young people, S5690-S5692 [5JN]
    Drugs:  enhance interdiction efforts in major transit countries and
        support eradication and crop substitution programs in source
        countries (S. 2341), S8780<bullet> [22JY]
    ------ enhance interdiction efforts in major transit countries and
        support eradication and crop substitution programs in source
        countries (H.R. 4300), S12483 [14OC] enhance interdiction
        efforts in major transit countries and support eradication and
        crop substitution programs in source countries (S. 2341), S12960
        [21OC] enhance interdiction efforts in major transit countries
        and support eradication and crop substitution programs in source
        countries (S. 2522), S11043 [28SE]
    ------ establish matching grant program for local communities that
        first demonstrate a long-term commitment to reduce youth
        substance abuse (S. 536), S10639 [21SE]
    ------ limit amount of controlled substances allowed to be brought
        into the U.S. from Mexico and Canada (S. 2242), S7260 [26JN]
    Drunken driving:  national blood alcohol content standard relative
        to the operation of motor vehicles, S1242 [3MR], S1248 [3MR],
        S1301 [4MR], S1302 [4MR], S2760 [30MR], S2762 [30MR], S3582
        [24AP], S4847 [14MY]
    ------ prohibit open containers of alcohol in motor vehicles, S1376
        [5MR], S4847 [14MY]
    Education:  encourage States to develop and implement alternative
        teacher certification and licensure programs, S7848 [9JY]
    ----- encourage States to develop and implement alternative teacher
        certification and licensure programs (S. 1742), S1774 [11MR],
        S3099 [2AP]
    ------ provide for teacher training facilities (S. 1741),
        S1772-S1774 [11MR], S3099 [2AP]
    ------ provide loan forgiveness and cancellation for certain child
        care and education providers, S7848 [9JY]
    Employment:  allow certain cities to retain their designation as
        Service Delivery Areas for purposes of implementing job training
        programs, S4020 [1MY]
    ------ consolidate Federal job training programs (H.R. 1385), S4255
        [5MY] consolidate Federal job training programs (H.R. 1385),
        conference report, S9489 [30JY], S9616<bullet> [31JY]
    ------ improve and consolidate Federal job training programs (S.
        1186), S2290 [19MR], S4010 [1MY], S4014 [1MY], S4017 [1MY],
        S4020 [1MY], S4021 [1MY]
    ------ improve and consolidate Federal job training programs, S10639
        [21SE]
    ------ prohibit funds designated for the Workforce Investment
        Partnership Act to be used for the School-to-Work Opportunities
        Act, S4017 [1MY]
    European Union:  unfair restriction on the importation of U.S.
        agricultural products (S. Con. Res. 73), S5356<bullet> [21MY]
    Families and domestic relations:  establish felony violations for
        failure to pay legal child support obligations (H.R. 3811),
        S5734 [5JN]
    FDA:  conduct assessments relative to the transition from the use of
        chloroflurocarbons in metered-dose inhalers (S. 2026), S4036
        [1MY]
    Federal Employees Health Benefits Program:  coverage of abortion
        procedures, S9187 [29JY]
    Federal highway program:  replace affirmative action policies with
        emerging business enterprise programs, S1484 [6MR]
    Fletcher, William A.:  nomination to be circuit judge, S11878 [8OC]
    Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs:  making
        appropriations (S. 2334), S9771 [1SE], S9843 [2SE]
    Foreign policy:  authorize trade and investment policy relative to
        sub-Saharan Africa (S. 778), S7713 [9JY]
    ------ support broad-based agricultural and rural development in
        sub-Saharan Africa (S. 2283), S7882 [9JY]
    ------ support broad-based agricultural and rural development in
        sub-Saharan Africa (S. 2283), S12960 [21OC]
    Foreign trade:  eliminate disincentives to fair trade conditions (S.
        2281), S7883 [9JY]
    Freedom of information:  require disclosure of information on
        certain individuals relative to Nazi war crimes during World War
        II (S. 1379), S6726 [19JN]
    Glenn, Senator:  selection to crew of space shuttle mission, S202
        [29JA]
    Haiti:  presence of U.S. Armed Forces, S3207 [3AP]
    ------ suspend assistance unless certain conditions are met,
        S9843-S9845 [2SE]
    ------ U.S. policy, S3202 [3AP]
    Hazardous substances:  increase funding for poison control centers
        and establish toll-free telephone number to improve access (S.
        1862), S2573 [25MR]
    Health:  improve research on the quality and effectiveness of health
        care for children (S. 1866), S2661 [26MR], S8266 [15JY]
    ------ national policy to provide health care and reform insurance
        procedures, S8266 [15JY]
    Health care professionals:  require military physicians to possess
        unrestricted licenses and to complete continuing medical
        education requirements, S6680 [19JN]
    Higher Education Act:  reauthorize (S. 1882), S7848 [9JY]
    Hunting and trapping:  clarify prohibitions and provide for wildlife
        habitat under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (H.R. 2863), S12438
        [13OC]
    Immigration:  extend the visa processing period for diversity
        applicants whose processing was suspended due to embassy
        bombings (H.R. 4821), S12973 [21OC]
    ------ increase number of temporary visas for skilled workers and
        expand education and training opportunities for U.S. students
        and workers (S. 1723), S4974 [18MY]
    ------ political asylum reform, S3010<bullet> [1AP]
    IRS:  restructure and reform, S4027 [1MY], S4032 [1MY]
    ------ restructure and reform (H.R. 2676), S4499 [7MY], S4515 [7MY],
        S4517 [7MY], S10638 [21SE]
    Kosovo:  NATO military intervention relative to human rights
        violations against ethnic Albanians by Serbian police,
        S11529-S11531 [6OC]
    Lorain, OH:  conversion of St. Joseph's Hospital for non-hospital
        uses, S8435 [17JY]
    National Child Abuse Prevention Month:  observance, S3583 [24AP]
    National Emergency Medical Services Memorial Service:  designate (H.
        Con. Res. 171), S5356<bullet> [21MY]
    National Eye Donor Month:  observance, S1958<bullet> [13MR]
    National Guard:  expand drug interdiction and counterdrug
        activities, S7082 [25JN]
    National Organ Donor Awareness Week:  observance, S3581 [24AP]
    National POW/MIA Recognition Day:  observance, S10318 [14SE]
    New Mexico:  property transfers by the Dept. of Agriculture and the
        Dept. of the Interior, S12978 [21OC]
    North American Wetlands Conservation Act:  reauthorizing (S. 1677),
        S11806 [7OC]
    Nuclear weapons:  proliferation, S12970-S12972 [21OC]
    Ohio:  implement demonstration projects to develop new and
        specialized techniques that address community employment and
        training needs, S4021 [1MY]
    Partnerships for Wildlife Act:  reauthorizing (S. 1677), S11806
        [7OC]
    Perkins County, SD:  construction of rural water system (S. 2117),
        S12974 [21OC], S12978 [21OC]
    Presidential appointments:  nominations considered and confirmed en
        bloc, S5355 [21MY]
    ------ Senate process for confirmation of judicial nominees, S11878
        [8OC]
    Protocols to the North Atlantic Treaty on Accession of Poland,
        Hungary, and the Czech Republic:  ratification, S3893 [30AP]
    Rehabilitation Act:  extend authorization, S4014 [1MY]
    ------ extend authorization (S. 1579), S126 [28JA]
    Satcher, David:  nomination to be Surgeon General and Assistant Sec.
        of HHS, S485 [9FE]
    Secret Service:  issuance of subpoenas by independent counsel for
        agents to testify before grand jury investigating activities of
        the President, S3581 [24AP]
    Senate:  executive session, S12972 [21OC]
    ------ legislative program, S2779 [30MR], S5358 [21MY], S7913 [9JY],
        S8268 [15JY], S9901 [3SE], S11529 [6OC], S12437 [13OC], S12486
        [14OC], S12979 [21OC]
    Senate Legal Counsel:  authorizing representation for Kelly Gill in
        People v. James E. Arenas (S. Res. 233), S5357 [21MY]
    ------ authorizing representation for the Office of Senate Fair
        Employment Practices in cases involving William L. Singer and
        the Office of the Senate Sergeant at Arms (S. Res. 202), S2778
        [30MR], S2779 [30MR]
    Shepard, Matthew:  condemn murder in Laramie, WY, and address issue
        of hate crimes, S12961 [21OC]
    Taxation:  rates, S10638 [21SE]
    ------ repeal information reporting requirement imposed on
        educational institutions and certain other trades and businesses
        relative to the Hope Scholarship and Lifetime Learning Credits,
        S4515 [7MY], S4517 [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), S1522 [6MR]
    Tobacco products:  impact of tobacco industry trust fund payments on
        cigarette prices, S5507 [1JN]
    ------ limit access to minors, S4932-S4934 [15MY], S5507 [1JN]
    ------ tobacco industry liability settlement relative to health
        risks and marketing and manufacturing practices (S. 1415), S4932
        [15MY], S5302 [21MY], S5304 [21MY], S5313 [21MY], S5507 [1JN],
        S5690-S5692 [5JN]
    Transportation:  funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
        programs, and transit programs (H.R. 2400), S3582 [24AP], S4847
        [14MY]
    ----- funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and
        transit programs (S. 1173), S1242 [3MR], S1248 [3MR], S1301
        [4MR], S1302 [4MR], S1376 [5MR], S1484 [6MR], S1823 [12MR],
        S1842 [12MR]
    ------ school transportation safety study funding, S1823 [12MR]
    Treaties and agreements:  removal of injunction of secrecy,
        S5357<bullet> [21MY]
    Treaty Between the U.S. and Israel on Mutual Legal Assistance in
        Criminal Matters:  ratification, S12972 [21OC]
    Treaty Between the U.S. and Latvia on Mutual Legal Assistance in
        Criminal Matters:  ratification, S12972 [21OC]
    Truth in Lending Act:  require notice of cancellation rights
        relative to private mortgage insurance (S. 318), S8267 [15JY],
        S8268 [15JY]
    Underground Railroad Educational and Cultural Program:  establish,
        S7848 [9JY]
    ----- establish (S. 2070), S4726 [12MY]
    Unemployment:  improve the collection of Federal unemployment taxes
        and the provision of such revenues for employment security
        administration (S. 2556), S11583<bullet> [6OC]
    University of Cincinnati:  Medical Science Building rehabilitation
        funding under the Community Development Block Grant Program,
        S8434 [17JY], S8435 [17JY]
    Vietnamese Conflict:  tribute to C-141 aircraft informally called
        the ``Hanoi Taxi'' honoring the first group of POW returned to
        the U.S., S10318 [14SE]
    Wardlaw, Kim M.:  nomination to be circuit judge, S9527 [31JY]
    World Intellectual Property Organization Copyright Treaty:
        implementation (H.R. 2281), conference report, S11891 [8OC]
    ------ ratification, S12972 [21OC], S12973 [21OC]
    World Intellectual Property Organization Performances and Phonograms
        Treaty:  implementation (H.R. 2281), conference report, S11891
        [8OC]
    ------ ratification, S12972 [21OC], S12973 [21OC]
  Texts of
    S. 1579, Rehabilitation Act authorization extension, S127-S168
        [28JA]
    S. 1741, Teacher Quality Act, S1774 [11MR]
    S. 1742, Alternative Certification and Licensure of Teachers Act,
        S1775 [11MR]
    S. 1862, Poison Control Center Enhancement and Awareness Act, S2574
        [25MR]
    S. 1866, Child Health Care Quality Research Improvement Act, S2662
        [26MR]
    S. 1976, Crime Victims With Disabilities Awareness Act, S3538 [23AP]
    S. 2022, Crime Identification Technology Act, S3941 [30AP]
    S. 2070, Underground Railroad Educational and Cultural Act, S4726
        [12MY]
    S. 2522, Western Hemisphere Drug Elimination Act, S11045-S11049
        [28SE]
    S. Res. 202, Senate Legal Counsel representation for the Office of
        Senate Fair Employment Practices in cases involving William L.
        Singer and the Office of the Senate Sergeant at Arms, S2779
        [30MR]
  Tributes
    Glenn, Senator, S11846 [8OC], S12451 [13OC]
    Gradison, Willis D., Jr., S12898<bullet> [21OC]
    Sellers, Walter G., S12230<bullet> [9OC], S12450 [13OC]
    Stokes, Representative, S201 [29JA], S11846 [8OC]
    Yankovic, Frank, S12688 [20OC]