[Congressional Record Index (1998)]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
DODD, CHRISTOPHER J. (a Senator from Connecticut)
Addresses
Inaugural Speech: Andres Pastrana Arango, President of Colombia,
S10714-S10716 [22SE]
U.S. Policy on Cuba: Bernard Cardinal Law, S2282 [19MR]
Amendments
Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
making appropriations (S. 2159), S8128 [14JY], S8143 [14JY],
S8214 [15JY], S8254 [15JY], S8258 [15JY], S8306 [16JY], S8317
[16JY], S8328 [16JY], S8400 [16JY], S8404 [16JY]
Arms Export Control Act: exempt federally guaranteed agricultural
commodities from the application of sanctions (S. 2282), S7813
[9JY]
Bankruptcy: consumer protection (S. 1301), S10244 [11SE], S10460
[17SE], S10466 [17SE], S10602 [18SE], S10740 [23SE], S10843
[23SE]
Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 1999-2003 (S. Con.
Res. 86), S2736 [30MR], S2754 [30MR], S2774 [30MR], S2775
[30MR], S2863 [31MR], S2939 [1AP], S3003 [1AP], S3156 [2AP]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military
activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military
construction (S. 2057), S6789 [22JN], S6827 [22JN], S6900
[23JN], S6907 [23JN], S7057 [25JN], S7136 [25JN], S7201 [25JN],
S7204 [25JN]
------ making appropriations (S. 2132), S9381 [30JY], S9393 [30JY],
S9467 [30JY], S9471 [30JY], S9474 [30JY]
Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the
President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (S.
2312), S9214 [29JY], S9222 [29JY], S9257 [29JY], S9269 [29JY],
S9271 [29JY]
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
agencies: authorizing appropriations (S. 2260), S8852 [23JY],
S8932 [23JY]
Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making
appropriations (S. 2334), S9747 [1SE], S9748 [1SE], S9754 [1SE],
S9794 [1SE], S9795 [1SE], S9796 [1SE], S9839 [2SE], S9885 [2SE]
Higher Education Act: reauthorize (S. 1882), S7889 [9JY]
IRS: restructure and reform (H.R. 2676), S4510 [7MY], S4545 [7MY]
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport: designate (S. 1575),
S311 [3FE], S326 [3FE], S333 [4FE]
Taxation: treatment of education individual retirement accounts
relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R.
2646), S2332 [19MR], S2434 [23MR], S2578 [25MR], S3363 [21AP],
S3476 [23AP], S3479 [23AP], S3546 [23AP]
------ treatment of Internet and interactive computer service
commerce (S. 442), S11652 [7OC], S11793 [7OC], S11794 [7OC]
Tobacco products: tobacco industry liability settlement relative to
health risks and marketing and manufacturing practices (S.
1415), S5728 [5JN], S6141 [11JN], S6170 [11JN], S6206 [11JN]
Transportation: funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
programs, and transit programs (S. 1173), S770 [12FE], S1237
[3MR], S1282 [3MR], S1638 [9MR], S1732 [11MR], S1785 [11MR]
Appointments
Committee on the Year 2000 Technology Problem (Senate, Special),
S3559 [23AP]
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. 2400, Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act,
S3181 [2AP]
------ S. 1260, Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act, S9320
[29JY]
------ S. 2206, Community Opportunities, Accountability, and
Training and Educational Services Act, S10633 [18SE]
Presidential Advisory Commission on Holocaust Assets in the U.S.,
S7298 [26JN]
Articles and editorials
Abe Ribicoff, NB Native, Dead at 87, New Britain (CT) Herald, S811
[23FE]
Abraham Ribicoff Dies at 87--Was Congressman, Governor, Cabinet
Member and U.S. Senator in 4 Decades of Public Service, Charles
F.J. Morse and David Lightman, Hartford (CT) Courant, S810
[23FE]
Terry Sanford, Sower and Builder, Keith C. Burris, Manchester (CT)
Journal Inquirer, S12885<bullet> [21OC]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Afghanistan: human rights violations against women, (see S. Con.
Res. 97), S5019 [18MY]
Alaska: prevent Federal takeover of management of fish and game
resources, (see S. 2393), S9426 [30JY]
American GI Forum of the U.S. (nonprofit corporation): grant
Federal charter, (see S. 1759), S9599 [31JY]
Animals: prohibit import, export, sale, or possession of bear
viscera, (see S. 263), S8253 [15JY]
Armed Forces: feasibility of using the Federal Employees Health
Benefits Program for Medicare-eligible retirees under the
military health care system, (see S. 1334), S3296 [20AP]
Aviation: installation of emergency locator transmitters on
aircraft, (see S. 1881), S11586 [6OC]
Beaches: improve quality of coastal recreation waters, (see S.
971), S9789 [1SE]
Business and industry: ensure economic equity for women, (see S.
71), S2862 [31MR]
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]
CERCLA: clarify liability for certain recycling transactions, (see
S. 2180), S9692 [31AU]
Clean Air Act: compliance with environmental standards by certain
electric utility units, (see S. 2610), S12164 [9OC]
------ reduce acid deposition, (see S. 1097), S9883 [2SE]
Colleges and universities: increase public awareness of crime on
campuses, (see S. 2100), S6769 [22JN]
Community Services Block Grant Program: reauthorize and amend, (see
S. 2206), S6886 [23JN]
Computers: encourage disclosure and exchange of information
relative to the year 2000 problem, (see S. 2392), S9426 [30JY]
Convention Against Torture and Other Forms of Cruel, Inhuman, and
Degrading Treatment or Punishment: implement and establish
support program for victims of torture, (see S. 1606), S6205
[11JN]
Courts: establish legal standards and procedures for product
liability litigation, (see S. 2236), S7682 [8JY]
------ establish legal standards and procedures for the fair,
prompt, inexpensive, and efficient resolution of asbestos
exposure personal injury claims, (see S. 2546), S11339 [2OC]
Crime: enhance Federal enforcement of hate crimes, (see S. 1529),
S9789 [1SE]
------ national policy to control crime and reform court procedures,
(see S. 2484), S11184 [30SE]
------ prevent violence against women, (see S. 2110), S5322 [21MY]
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), S3362 [21AP]
Dept. of Education: reform and reauthorize the State Student
Incentive Grant Program, (see S. 1644), S730 [12FE]
Dept. of HHS: disapprove rule submitted on surety bond requirements
for home health care providers under Medicare and Medicaid, (see
S.J. Res. 50), S6037 [10JN]
------ revise and extend certain women's health research and
prevention activities programs, (see S. 1722), S1508 [6MR]
Dept. of Transportation: require study and report on certain
practices by airlines which restrict consumer access to
passenger service and fare information, (see S. 1977), S10242
[11SE]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish certain presumptions of
service connection for Persian Gulf Conflict veterans, (see S.
2358), S9044 [27JY]
Dia de los Ninos--Celebrating Young Americans: designate, (see S.
Res. 278), S10423 [16SE]
Disabled: support grant programs to address assistive technology
needs of individuals with disabilities, (see S. 2432), S10211
[10SE]
Ecology and environment: facilitate protection of tropical forests
through debt reduction with developing countries with tropical
forests, (see S. 1758), S6296 [12JN]
Education: assist urban and rural local education agencies in
raising the academic achievement of all students, (see S. 2044),
S4528 [7MY]
------ national policy to improve system, (see S. 1708), S1336 [4MR]
------ reduce class size in the early grades and improve teacher
quality, (see S. 2209), S7012 [24JN]
Employment: reform standard for classifying technical workers as
independent contractors for employment tax purposes, (see S.
1924), S3120 [2AP]
Families and domestic relations: increase effectiveness and
efficiency of child support enforcement programs, (see S. 1809),
S2424 [23MR]
------ provide equitable child care relief for stay at-home parents,
(see S. Con. Res. 77), S2774 [30MR]
Federal employees: computation system for Social Security benefits
relative to spouses' and surviving spouses' Government pensions,
(see S. 1365), S6423 [16JN]
Financial institutions: address year 2000 computer problems and
extend examination parity to the OTS Director and the National
Credit Union Administration, (see S. 1671), S920 [24FE]
Firearms: protect children from violence, (see S. 2185), S6488
[17JN]
------ regulation of transfers at gun shows, (see S. 2527), S11122
[29SE]
------ require reporting of buyer's residence to law enforcement
officials and a waiting period before purchase of a handgun,
(see S. 2324), S12564 [14OC]
Food: improve public health and food safety through enhanced
enforcement, (see S. 1264), S4208 [4MY]
Foreign policy: establish framework for consideration of unilateral
economic sanctions, (see S. 1413), S5638 [4JN]
Foreign trade: eliminate disincentives to fair trade conditions,
(see S. 2281), S7881 [9JY]
------ require that imported jewelry be indelibly marked with the
country of origin, (see S. 2436), S9939 [3SE]
Greek Independence Day--A National Day of Celebration of Greek and
American Democracy: designate, (see S. Res. 171), S847 [23FE]
Hazardous substances: increase funding for poison control centers
and establish toll-free telephone number to improve access, (see
S. 1862), S3792 [29AP]
Head Start Program: reauthorize and amend, (see S. 2206), S6886
[23JN]
Health: ensure confidentiality of medical records and health care-
related information, (see S. 1921), S3120 [2AP]
------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, (see
S. 1890), S2851 [31MR], (see S. 1891), S2851 [31MR]
Higher Education Act: reauthorize, (see S. 1882), S2764 [30MR]
Human rights: prevent trafficking of women and girls for forced
prostitution, (see S. Con. Res. 82), S2988 [1AP]
Hussein, Saddam: indictment and prosecution for war crimes and
other crimes against humanity, (see S. Con. Res. 78), S1785
[11MR]
Indonesia: support for new Government and reforms in East Timor,
(see S. Res. 237), S6890 [23JN]
Insurance: prohibit use of genetic information in determining
coverage or premiums, (see S. 89), S9788 [1SE]
International Commission of Jurists: report on the People's
Republic of China and Tibet, (see S. Con. Res. 103), S8924
[23JY]
Iraq: condemn threat to international peace and security, (see S.
Con. Res. 71), S114 [28JA]
Israel: independence anniversary, (see S.J. Res. 46), S3783 [29AP]
------ membership in a U.N. regional group, (see S. Res. 186), S1155
[27FE], (see S. Res. 188), S1255 [3MR]
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), S11285 [1OC]
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]
LIHEAP: reauthorize and amend, (see S. 2206), S6886 [23JN]
``Little Rock Nine'': award Congressional Gold Medals, (see S.
1283), S846 [23FE]
Malofienko, Alexandre: relief, (see S. 1460), S847 [23FE]
Malofienko, Vladimir: relief, (see S. 1460), S847 [23FE]
Matsko, Olga: relief, (see S. 1460), S847 [23FE]
McCain, Senator: tribute, (see S. Res. 196), S2114 [17MR]
Medicaid: coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment services
for certain women screened under federally funded programs, (see
S. 2017), S3919 [30AP]
Medicare: coverage of medical nutrition therapy services, (see S.
597), S12725 [20OC]
------ improve access to health insurance by offering certain
individuals a Medicare buy-in option, (see S. 1789), S2114
[17MR]
------ payments to children's hospitals that operate graduate
medical education programs, (see S. 2049), S6769 [22JN]
Mexico: adopt measures to support a peaceful resolution of the
conflict and to protect human rights in Chiapas, (see S. Con.
Res. 128), S12164 [9OC]
Minimum wage: level, (see S. 1805), S2296 [19MR]
Motor vehicles: improve Federal, State, and local child protection
programs, (see S. 1312), S1702 [10MR]
National Airborne Day: designate, (see S. Res. 95), S9255 [29JY]
National Breast Cancer Survivor's Day: designate, (see S. Res.
198), S2214 [18MR]
National Character Counts Week: designate, (see S. Res. 176), S731
[12FE]
National Children's Day: designate, (see S. Res. 260), S9426 [30JY]
National Children's Memorial Day: designate, (see S. Res. 193),
S6497 [17JN]
National Correctional Officers and Employees Week: designate, (see
S. Res. 175), S3443 [22AP]
National Erase the Hate and Eliminate Racism Day: designate, (see
S. Res. 221), S3919 [30AP]
National Inhalant Abuse Awareness Day: designate, (see S. Res.
257), S9693 [31AU]
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), S4917
[14MY]
New Mexico: designate Onate Cuartocentenario to commemorate the
anniversary of the first permanent Spanish settlement, (see S.
Res. 148), S520 [9FE]
North American Wetlands Conservation Act: reauthorizing, (see S.
1677), S2863 [31MR]
Older Americans Act: reauthorize, (see S. 2295), S8139 [14JY]
OSHA: require employers to notify local emergency officials of
workplace emergencies, (see S. 2245), S7581 [7JY]
Partnerships for Wildlife Act: reauthorizing, (see S. 1677), S2863
[31MR]
Philippines: commemorate independence anniversary and U.S.
relations, (see S. Res. 235), S6053 [10JN]
Postal Service: application of OSHA standards in the same manner as
any other employer, (see S. 2112), S6701 [19JN]
Presidential Advisory Commission on Holocaust Assets in the U.S.:
establish, (see S. 1900), S2967 [1AP]
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), S3296
[20AP]
Public Works and Economic Development Act: reauthorize and reform
programs, (see S. 1647), S730 [12FE]
------ reauthorize and reform programs, (see S. 2364), S9983 [8SE]
Read Across America Day: designate, (see S. Res. 181), S1082 [26FE]
Rehabilitation Act: extend authorization, (see S. 1579), S113
[28JA]
Research: continuation of Federal research and development programs
funding in a fiscally sustainable way, (see S. 2217), S9599
[31JY]
------ increase the amount authorized for basic scientific, medical,
and pre-competitive engineering research, (see S. 1305), S4365
[5MY]
Sanford, Terry: tribute, (see S. Res. 211), S3356 [21AP]
SBA: women's business centers funding, (see S. 2157), S6424 [16JN]
Taxation: credit for rehabilitating historic homes or purchasing
newly rehabilitated historic homes for use as principal
residence, (see S. 496), S9982 [8SE]
------ exclusion from gross income for foster care payments relative
to certain nongovernmental placement agencies, (see S. 2568),
S11698 [7OC]
------ increase amount of low-income housing credits allocated in
each State and index amount for inflation, (see S. 1252), S4442
[6MY]
------ increase State cap on private activity bonds, (see S. 1251),
S9692 [31AU]
------ permanently extend income averaging for farmers, (see S.
1879), S3223 [3AP]
------ permanently extend research credit, (see S. 1464), S4727
[12MY]
------ provide flexibility in the use of unused volume cap for tax-
exempt and increase limit on small issue bonds, (see S. 614),
S2220 [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 printed wiring boards and printed wiring
assembly equipment, (see S. 2162), S10843 [23SE]
Telecommunications: preserve State and local authority to regulate
the placement, construction, and modification of certain
facilities, (see S. 2514), S10921 [24SE]
Tobacco products: prevent use by minors, reduce secondhand smoke,
require document disclosure and deny immunity relative to
industry settlement, end promotion of exports, and provide
transitional assistance to farmers, (see S. 1638), S730 [12FE]
Turkey: end restrictions on freedoms and human rights of the
enclaved people of Cyprus, (see S. Con. Res. 65), S3363 [21AP]
U.N.: promote full equality for Israel, (see S. 2092), S7019 [24JN]
U.S. Navy Asiatic Fleet Memorial Day: designate, (see S. 45), S3534
[23AP]
Veterans: eligibility for hospital care and services relative to
awarding of Purple Heart, (see S. 374), S9941 [3SE]
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]
------ issue commemorative postage stamp, (see S. Con. Res. 91),
S9884 [2SE]
Weir Farm National Historic Site: authorize acquisition of
additional land for the development of visitor and
administrative facilities, (see S. 1718), S1435 [5MR]
Women: anniversary of women's rights movement, (see S. Res. 189),
S4917 [14MY]
------ ensure that older women are protected from institutional,
community, and domestic violence, and sexual assault, (see S.
2114), S5433 [22MY]
------ increase research and education on the drug DES, (see S.
834), S5701 [5JN]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Amici (vessel): certificate of documentation, (see S. 2367), S9137
[28JY]
Crime: increase penalties and improve law enforcement activities
involving the use of computers to commit sexual crimes against
children, (see S. 2648), S12871 [21OC]
Diseases: increase research, treatment, and public education of
Lyme disease, (see S. 2034), S4357 [5MY]
Families and domestic relations: increase availability,
affordability, and quality of child care, (see S. 1610), S378
[4FE]
FDA: require notification of recalls of drugs and devices, (see S.
1767), S1990 [16MR]
Foreign policy: Presidential authority to delay, suspend, or
terminate economic sanctions that are not in the U.S. national
interest, (see S. 2224), S7172 [25JN]
Insurance: coverage of long-term care services, (see S. Con. Res.
95), S4713 [12MY]
Medicare: extend the contracts of certain managed care
organizations, (see S. 2562), S11582 [6OC]
------ prevent sudden disruption of beneficiary enrollment in
Medicare+Choice plans, (see S. 2545), S11339 [2OC]
Northern Ireland Peace Agreement: tribute, (see S. Con. Res. 90),
S3535 [23AP]
Taxation: treatment of information technology job training
expenses, (see S. 2409), S9556 [31JY]
Women's Progress Commemoration Commission: establish, (see S.
2285), S7939 [10JY]
World War II: tribute to DesRon 61 Navy destroyer group for actions
in Tokyo Bay, Japan, (see S. Res. 308), S12648 [15OC]
Cloture motions
Political campaigns: protect individuals from having their money
involuntarily collected and used for politics by a corporation
or labor organization (S. 1663), S909 [24FE]
Satcher, David: nomination to be Surgeon General and Assistant Sec.
of HHS, S446 [5FE], S541 [10FE]
Tobacco products: tobacco industry liability settlement relative to
health risks and marketing and manufacturing practices (S.
1415), S4883 [14MY]
Eulogies
McAdams, Michael E. (Goose): by, S3111 [2AP]
Ribicoff, Abraham A.: by, S3109 [2AP]
Excerpts
``Holy Bible'' (Proverbs), S808 [23FE]
Letters
Declassification of information relative to human rights abuses in
Guatemala and Honduras: Dianna Ortiz, S9840 [2SE]
Judicial emergency in the second circuit relative to unconfirmed
nominations: several Senators, S5568 [2JN]
Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act: by, S12449 [13OC],
H6062 [21JY], H10784 [13OC]
Lists
Medical device manufacturers not responding to FDA request for year
2000 computer compliance, S10791-S10795 [23SE]
Senate staff who worked on H.R. 6, Higher Education Act
reauthorization, S11072 [29SE]
Motions
Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
making appropriations (S. 2159), S8227 [15JY]
Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 1999-2003 (S. Con.
Res. 86), S2810 [31MR]
Taxation: treatment of education individual retirement accounts
relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R.
2646), S3479 [23AP]
Obituaries
Johnson, Jane, S783<bullet> [12FE]
Privilege of the floor
Blitz, Caryn, S2800 [31MR]
Quotations
``Successful Life,'' Ralph Waldo Emerson, S12897<bullet> [21OC]
Remarks
Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
making appropriations (S. 2159), S8049 [13JY], S8128 [14JY],
S8129 [14JY], S8190 [15JY], S8214 [15JY], S8216 [15JY], S8218
[15JY], S8219 [15JY], S8221 [15JY], S8222 [15JY], S8224 [15JY],
S8225 [15JY], S8226 [15JY], S8227 [15JY], S8306 [16JY], S8307
[16JY], S8309 [16JY], S8329 [16JY]
Amici (vessel): certificate of documentation (S. 2367), S9139
[28JY]
Arms Export Control Act: exempt federally guaranteed agricultural
commodities from the application of sanctions (S. 2282), S7812
[9JY], S7813 [9JY]
------ exempt medicines and medical equipment from the application
of sanctions, S7813 [9JY]
Army: eliminate backlog of unpaid retirement pay, S7057 [25JN]
Bankruptcy: consumer protection (S. 1301), S10461 [17SE], S10466
[17SE], S10469 [17SE], S10471 [17SE], S10472 [17SE], S10740
[23SE], S10741 [23SE], S10763 [23SE]
------ reform laws (H.R. 3150), S10938<bullet> [24SE]
------ treatment of college savings accounts, S10740 [23SE], S10741
[23SE]
Budget: deficit, S3104 [2AP]
------ setting forth the Federal budget for 1999-2003 (S. Con. Res.
86), S2784 [31MR], S2800 [31MR], S2801 [31MR], S2802 [31MR],
S2804 [31MR], S2805 [31MR], S2806 [31MR], S2808 [31MR], S2894
[1AP], S3104 [2AP], S3231<bullet> [3AP]
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), S9005 [27JY]
Children and youth: improve child care provided through Federal
facilities and programs, S9182 [29JY]
Civilian Conservation Corps: anniversary, S4132<bullet> [1MY]
Classified information: declassification of information relative to
human rights abuses in Guatemala and Honduras, S9839 [2SE],
S9841 [2SE], S9855 [2SE], S9858 [2SE], S9859 [2SE]
Community Reinvestment Act: credit requirements for small community
banks, S8976 [24JY], S9020 [27JY]
Community Services Block Grant Program: reauthorize and amend (S.
2206), S9085 [27JY]
------ reauthorize and amend (S. 2206), conference report, S11870
[8OC]
Computers: encourage disclosure and exchange of information
relative to the year 2000 problem (S. 2392), S9450<bullet>
[30JY]
------ ensure medical device manufacturers are taking adequate steps
to address the year 2000 problem, S10790 [23SE]
------ exempt from moratorium on Internet taxation providers who do
not restrict access by minors to harmful material or offer
screening software, S11654 [7OC]
------ require Internet access providers to make screening software
available to protect children from pornography and sexual
predators, S8852 [23JY]
Connecticut Education Association: anniversary, S5343<bullet>
[21MY]
Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame: tribute to inductees,
S4741<bullet> [12MY]
Consumers: limit the imposition of additional fees for use of
certain automatic teller machines utilizing a national or
regional network, S10461 [17SE]
------ require proof of independent income or parental consent
before issuance of a credit card to individuals under 21 years
of age, S10466 [17SE], S10469 [17SE], S10471 [17SE], S10472
[17SE]
Copyrights: duration of protection (S. 505), unanimous-consent
request, S11670 [7OC]
Courts: establish legal standards and procedures for the fair,
prompt, inexpensive, and efficient resolution of asbestos
exposure personal injury claims (S. 2546), S11343 [2OC]
------ product liability reform (S. 648), S7567 [7JY]
Credit unions: business lending requirements, S9020 [27JY]
------ clarify laws relative to field of membership of Federal
credit unions (H.R. 1151), S8976 [24JY], S9020 [27JY]
Crime: increase penalties and improve law enforcement activities
involving the use of computers to commit sexual crimes against
children (S. 2648), S12871<bullet> [21OC]
Cuba: U.S. policy, S2281 [19MR], S2283 [19MR]
Democratic Party: national agenda, S103 [28JA], S702 [12FE]
Dept. of Agriculture: eligibility of State agricultural experiment
stations for certain research programs, S8128 [14JY], S8129
[14JY]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military
activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military
construction (S. 2057), S7057 [25JN], S7136 [25JN],
S7363<bullet> [6JY]
------ funding for projects in Connecticut, S9718 [1SE]
------ Lyme disease research funding, S7136 [25JN]
------ making appropriations for military construction, family
housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 4059),
conference report, S9718 [1SE]
------ making appropriations (H.R. 4103), S9606<bullet> [31JY]
------ require report on training of foreign military personnel in
the U.S., S9748 [1SE]
Dept. of Education: pilot program on use of competition to set
interest rates on student loans, S7868 [9JY]
Dept. of HHS: revise and extend certain women's health research and
prevention activities programs (S. 1722), S1957<bullet> [13MR]
Dept. of State: require report on training of foreign military
personnel in the U.S., S9748 [1SE]
Dept. of State and related agencies: authorizing appropriations and
consolidating certain agencies (H.R. 1757), conference report,
S3682 [28AP]
Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the
President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (S.
2312), S9182 [29JY], S9236 [29JY]
------ making appropriations (H.R. 4104), conference report, S12136
[9OC]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: health care system financial constraints
in New England region, S11837 [8OC]
------ payment of benefits for smoking-related illnesses caused by
nicotine dependence developed during service, S8442 [17JY]
------ provide cost-of-living or locality pay increase to certain VA
hospital nurses, S8444 [17JY], S8445 [17JY]
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
agencies: authorizing appropriations (S. 2260), S8852 [23JY]
Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
making appropriations (S. 2168), S8442 [17JY], S8444 [17JY],
S8445 [17JY]
------ making appropriations (H.R. 4194), conference report, S11837
[8OC]
Diseases: increase research, treatment, and public education of
Lyme disease (S. 2034), S4361 [5MY]
Education: improve the reading and literacy skills of children and
families (H.R. 2614), S11538 [6OC]
------ require academic majors for secondary school teacher
candidates, S7852 [9JY], S7853 [9JY]
------ special education programs funding, S3476 [23AP], S3478
[23AP]
Employment: consolidate Federal job training programs (H.R. 1385),
conference report, S9492 [30JY]
------ improve and consolidate Federal job training programs (S.
1186), S4022 [1MY]
FAA: reauthorizing programs (S. 2279), unanimous-consent agreement,
S10790 [23SE]
Families and domestic relations: increase availability,
affordability, and quality of child care, S103 [28JA], S2800
[31MR], S2801 [31MR], S2802 [31MR], S2804 [31MR], S2805 [31MR],
S2806 [31MR], S2808 [31MR]
----- increase availability, affordability, and quality of child
care (S. 1610), S388 [4FE], S2784 [31MR]
------ provide equitable child care relief for stay at-home parents,
S2784 [31MR]
FDA: notification of recalls of drugs and medical devices, S8306
[16JY], S8307 [16JY], S8309 [16JY]
------ require notification of recalls of drugs and devices (S.
1767), S1995 [16MR]
Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: coverage of
contraceptives under any plan providing prescription drug
coverage, S12136 [9OC]
Federal Facilities Redesignation Advisory Group: establish, S333
[4FE]
Financial institutions: address year 2000 computer problems and
extend examination parity to the OTS Director and the National
Credit Union Administration (H.R. 3116), S1540 [6MR]
----- address year 2000 computer problems and extend examination
parity to the OTS Director and the National Credit Union
Administration (S. 1671), S931 [24FE]
Foreign aid: international family planning programs restrictions
relative to abortion, S3682 [28AP]
Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making
appropriations (S. 2334), S9748 [1SE], S9838 [2SE], S9839 [2SE],
S9841 [2SE], S9855 [2SE], S9858 [2SE], S9859 [2SE], S9863 [2SE]
Foreign policy: establish framework for consideration of unilateral
economic sanctions, S8190 [15JY]
----- establish framework for consideration of unilateral economic
sanctions (S. 1413), S7183 [25JN]
------ exempt agricultural products, medicines, and medical
equipment from unilateral economic sanctions, S8214 [15JY],
S8216 [15JY], S8218 [15JY], S8219 [15JY], S8221 [15JY], S8222
[15JY], S8224 [15JY], S8225 [15JY], S8226 [15JY] exempt
agricultural products, medicines, and medical equipment from
unilateral economic sanctions except to countries sponsoring
international terrorism, S8227 [15JY]
------ Presidential authority to delay, suspend, or terminate
economic sanctions that are not in the U.S. national interest
(S. 2224), S7183 [25JN]
FTC: establish definition of household goods in bankruptcy cases,
S10763 [23SE]
Greenwich School Age Child Care Inc.: anniversary, S6427<bullet>
[16JN]
Head Start Program: reauthorize and amend (S. 2206), S9085 [27JY]
------ reauthorize and amend (S. 2206), conference report, S11870
[8OC]
Health: ensure confidentiality of medical records and health care-
related information (S. 1921), S3136 [2AP]
------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's,
S11531 [6OC]
------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S.
1890), S12137 [9OC]
Henney, Jane: nomination to be FDA Commissioner, S7031<bullet>
[24JN]
Higher Education Act: reauthorize (H.R. 6), conference report,
S11071 [29SE]
------ reauthorize (S. 1882), S2772 [30MR], S7782 [9JY], S7784
[9JY], S7816 [9JY], S7852 [9JY], S7853 [9JY], S7868 [9JY], S7873
[9JY]
Insurance: coverage of long-term care services (S. Con. Res. 95),
S4728 [12MY]
IRS: restructure and reform (H.R. 2676), S4509 [7MY], S4510 [7MY],
S4512 [7MY]
------ restructure and reform (H.R. 2676), conference report, S7722
[9JY]
------ set effective date to implement changes to the tax code and
ensure adequate steps are taken to resolve the year 2000
computer problem, S4509 [7MY], S4510 [7MY], S4512 [7MY]
Israel: independence anniversary, S4552<bullet> [7MY]
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of: restrict foreign aid
relative to compliance with nuclear weapons proliferation
agreements, S9838 [2SE]
Kosovo: human rights violations against ethnic Albanians by Serbian
police relative to self-determination (S. Con. Res. 85), S2203
[18MR]
------ NATO military intervention relative to human rights
violations against ethnic Albanians by Serbian police,
S12243<bullet> [9OC]
LIHEAP: reauthorize and amend (S. 2206), S9085 [27JY]
------ reauthorize and amend (S. 2206), conference report, S11870
[8OC]
Medicare: allow beneficiaries to enter into private contracts for
services, S2894 [1AP]
------ extend the contracts of certain managed care organizations
(S. 2562), S12137 [9OC]
------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's,
S11531 [6OC]
Mexico: disapprove foreign aid certification of drug enforcement
efforts (S.J. Res. 42), S2645 [26MR]
Middletown, CT: anniversary of Cross Street African Methodist
Episcopal Zion Church, S6633<bullet> [18JN]
Motor vehicles: improve Federal, State, and local child protection
programs, S1734 [11MR]
National Character Counts Week: designate (S. Res. 176), S775
[12FE]
Northern Ireland: condemn firebombing of house by Protestant
extremists killing three Catholic boys, S8050 [13JY]
Northern Ireland Peace Agreement: tribute (S. Con. Res. 90), S3495
[23AP], S3496 [23AP]
Office of Religious Persecution Monitoring: establish (H.R. 2431),
S11942 [8OC], S12093 [9OC]
Peace Corps: funding, S9863 [2SE]
Peace Corps Day: observance, S1365<bullet> [4MR]
Protocols to the North Atlantic Treaty on Accession of Poland,
Hungary, and the Czech Republic: ratification, S2281 [19MR],
S3890 [30AP]
Public buildings: process for renaming or redesignating Federal
facilities, S311 [3FE]
Public welfare programs: make postsecondary or vocational education
training a permissible work activity, S7816 [9JY]
Robinson, Stephen C.: nomination to be U.S. Attorney, S3658<bullet>
[27AP]
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport: designate (S. 1575),
S311 [3FE], S312 [3FE], S333 [4FE]
Satcher, David: nomination to be Surgeon General and Assistant Sec.
of HHS, S368 [4FE]
Securities: application of State statutes of limitations in certain
fraud cases removed to Federal court, S4805 [13MY]
------ clarify definition of the term ``class action'', S4809
[13MY], S4810 [13MY]
------ limit the conduct of securities class actions under State law
(S. 1260), S4788 [13MY], S4791 [13MY], S4798 [13MY], S4799
[13MY], S4805 [13MY], S4809 [13MY], S4810 [13MY], S4814 [13MY],
S4923<bullet> [14MY]
------ limit the conduct of securities class actions under State law
(S. 1260), S12445 [13OC], S12448 [13OC], S12449 [13OC]
Senate: legislative program, S9358 [30JY]
------ tribute to staff for work on H.R. 6, Higher Education Act
reauthorization, S11071 [29SE]
Stamford, CT: anniversary of United Jewish Federation of Stamford,
S4552<bullet> [7MY]
Supreme Court: decision on line-item veto, S7055 [25JN]
Taxation: eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax
rate brackets and standard deduction amounts, S9236 [29JY]
------ exclusion from gross income for foster care payments relative
to certain nongovernmental placement agencies (S. 2568), S11706
[7OC]
------ increase lifetime learning credit for teachers returning to
school for technology training, S3475 [23AP]
------ treatment of education individual retirement accounts
relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R.
2646), S2359 [20MR], S2360 [20MR], S2391 [23MR], S2392 [23MR],
S2393 [23MR], S2397 [23MR], S2399 [23MR], S2635 [26MR], S3475
[23AP], S3476 [23AP], S3478 [23AP] treatment of education
individual retirement accounts relative to elementary and
secondary school expenses (H.R. 2646), conference report, S6929
[24JN], S7937 [10JY]
------ treatment of information technology job training expenses (S.
2409), S9569<bullet> [31JY]
------ treatment of Internet and interactive computer service
commerce (S. 442), S11652 [7OC], S11654 [7OC]
Thurmond, Senator: tribute for casting 15,000th vote, S9890<bullet>
[2SE]
Tobacco products: limit access to minors, S6145 [11JN]
------ specify percentage of revenues from tobacco industry
settlement to be used for Child Care and Development Block Grant
Act activities, S6145 [11JN]
------ tobacco industry liability settlement relative to health
risks and marketing and manufacturing practices, S702 [12FE]
tobacco industry liability settlement relative to health risks
and marketing and manufacturing practices (S. 1415), S6145
[11JN], S6718<bullet> [19JN]
Transportation: funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
programs, and transit programs (H.R. 2400), conference report,
S5404 [22MY]
----- funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and
transit programs (S. 1173), S1734 [11MR]
U.N.: authorize payment of U.S. arrearages, S3682 [28AP]
U.S. National Commission on Libraries and Information Science:
tribute for working to eliminate youth violence, S10444<bullet>
[16SE]
University of Connecticut: tribute to men's basketball team, S2362
[20MR]
Weapons: antiballistic missile systems deployment policy (S. 1873),
S10855<bullet> [23SE]
Weir Farm National Historic Site: authorize acquisition of
additional land for the development of visitor and
administrative facilities (S. 1718), S1447 [5MR]
Women's Progress Commemoration Commission: establish (S. 2285),
S7940 [10JY], S7942 [10JY]
World War II: tribute to DesRon 61 Navy destroyer group for actions
in Tokyo Bay, Japan (S. Res. 308), S12620 [15OC]
Resolutions by organizations
Role of libraries in lives of children: U.S. National Commission on
Libraries and Information Science, S10444<bullet> [16SE]
Summaries
Child Care A.C.C.E.S.S. Act (S. 1610), S391 [4FE]
Tables
Arrested Mexican drug traffickers legal status, S2647 [26MR]
Testimonies
Declassifiction of Information Relative to Human Rights Abuses in
Guatemala: Dianna Ortiz, S9840 [2SE]
Texts of
S. 1767, Drug and Device Recall Reporting Act, S1995 [16MR]
S. 2034, Lyme Disease Initiative Act, S4362 [5MY]
S. 2285, Women's Progress Commemoration Act, S7940 [10JY]
S. 2367, Amici (vessel) certificate of documentation, S9139 [28JY]
S. 2409, Businesses Educating Students in Technology (BEST) Act,
S9570<bullet> [31JY]
S. 2648, Keeping the Internet Decent and Safe Act,
S12872<bullet>-S12874<bullet> [21OC]
Tributes
Abzug, Bella S., S3229<bullet> [3AP]
Amodeo, Grace M., S12573 [14OC]
Arango, Andres Pastrana (President, Colombia), S10713 [22SE]
Bumpers, Senator, S12849 [21OC]
Clarie, T. Emmet, S2368<bullet> [20MR]
Corrigan, John E., S5355<bullet> [21MY]
Deasy, Robert F., S12571<bullet> [14OC]
Dziadosz, Henry J., S10218<bullet> [10SE]
Everett, Willene, S3236<bullet> [3AP]
Flaherty, Leo B., Jr., S9610<bullet> [31JY]
Gerety, Pierce J., Jr., S12892<bullet> [21OC]
Glenn, Senator, S12850 [21OC]
Goodman, June K., S2372<bullet> [20MR]
Grube, Kenneth E., S2370<bullet> [20MR]
Johnson, Jane, S783<bullet> [12FE]
Kennedy, Catherine, S9617<bullet> [31JY]
Kennedy, Representative Joseph P., II, S3224<bullet> [3AP]
Kral, Fred, S11531 [6OC]
Majchier, Vincent R., S2690<bullet> [26MR]
Mayko, Michael, S8309 [16JY]
McGarry, Karen, S8309 [16JY]
Mondani, Thomas P., S5345<bullet> [21MY]
O'Donnell, Kirk, S12896<bullet> [21OC]
O'Dwyer, Paul, S9621<bullet> [31JY]
Patterson, Betty, S8309 [16JY]
Ribicoff, Abraham A., S807 [23FE], S810 [23FE]
Russo, Patricia, S5657<bullet> [4JN]
Sanford, Terry, S12885<bullet> [21OC]
Schmitt, Raymond, S2371<bullet> [20MR]
Selig, Alan H. (Bud), S7876 [9JY]