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




DORGAN, BYRON L. (a Senator from North Dakota)
  Amendments 
    Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
        making appropriations (S. 2159), S8125 [14JY], S8143 [14JY],
        S8214 [15JY], S8228 [15JY], S8234 [15JY], S8254 [15JY], S8258
        [15JY], S8259 [15JY], S8310 [16JY], S8312 [16JY], S8389 [16JY],
        S8401 [16JY], S8402 [16JY]
    Appropriations:  making emergency supplemental for disaster relief
        and overseas peacekeeping operations (S. 1768), S2384 [23MR],
        S2436 [23MR], S2484 [24MR], S2500 [24MR], S2596 [26MR], S2599
        [26MR], S2685 [26MR], S2686 [26MR], S2687 [26MR]
    Bankruptcy:  consumer protection (S. 1301), S10749 [23SE], S10844
        [23SE]
    Budget:  setting forth the Federal budget for 1999-2003 (S. Con.
        Res. 86), S2736 [30MR], S2774 [30MR], S2842 [31MR], S2871
        [31MR], S2896 [1AP], S2932 [1AP], S2940 [1AP], S2951 [1AP],
        S2990 [1AP], S2995 [1AP], S3033 [2AP], S3157 [2AP], S3161 [2AP]
    Dept. of Defense:  authorizing appropriations for military
        activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military
        construction (S. 2057), S4919 [14MY], S6982 [24JN], S7025
        [24JN], S7151 [25JN], S7208 [25JN]
    ------ making appropriations (S. 2132), S9384 [30JY], S9394 [30JY],
        S9472 [30JY], S9474 [30JY]
    Dept. of the Interior and related agencies:  making appropriations
        (S. 2237), S10313 [14SE], S10322 [14SE], S10325 [14SE]
    Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the
        President, and independent agencies:  making appropriations (S.
        2312), S9200 [29JY], S9215 [29JY], S9268 [29JY], S9270 [29JY]
    Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
        agencies:  authorizing appropriations (S. 2260), S8710 [22JY],
        S8792 [22JY], S8859 [23JY], S8860 [23JY], S8937 [23JY], S8938
        [23JY]
    Energy and water development:  making appropriations (S. 2138),
        S6541 [18JN], S6631 [18JN]
    FAA:  reauthorizing programs (S. 2279), S10893 [24SE], S10930
        [24SE], S10935 [24SE]
    Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs:  making
        appropriations (S. 2334), S9792 [1SE]
    Hussein, Saddam:  indictment and prosecution for war crimes and
        other crimes against humanity (S. Con. Res. 78), S1655 [9MR],
        S1871 [12MR], S1908 [13MR]
    IRS:  restructure and reform (H.R. 2676), S4405 [6MY], S4446 [6MY],
        S4544 [7MY]
    Legislative branch of the Government:  making appropriations (H.R.
        4112), S8554 [20JY], S8555 [20JY], S8567 [20JY], S8573 [20JY]
    North Dakota:  increase authorization for water supplies, meet water
        quantity and quality needs, and enhance natural resources and
        habitats (S. 1515), S7886 [9JY]
    Protocols to the North Atlantic Treaty on Accession of Poland,
        Hungary, and the Czech Republic:  ratification, S3724 [28AP],
        S3826 [30AP], S4040 [1MY]
    Taxation:  treatment of education individual retirement accounts
        relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R.
        2646), S3546 [23AP]
    ------ treatment of Internet and interactive computer service
        commerce (S. 442), S11490 [5OC], S11676 [7OC], S11793 [7OC]
    Telephones:  strengthen and expand the procedures for preventing the
        slamming of interstate telephone service subscribers (S. 1618),
        S4702 [12MY]
    Transportation:  funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
        programs, and transit programs (S. 1173), S1375 [5MR], S1464
        [5MR], S1537 [6MR], S1556 [9MR]
  Appointments
    Committee To Escort the President, H30 [27JA]
    Conferee:  H.R. 3579, emergency supplemental appropriations and
        rescissions, S2826 [31MR]
    ------ H.R. 4060, energy and water development appropriations, S6548
        [18JN], S6861 [23JN]
    ------ H.R. 4103, Dept. of Defense appropriations, S9417 [30JY]
    ------ H.R. 4112, legislative branch of the Government
        appropriations, S8687 [21JY]
    U.S. Capitol Preservation Commission, S12379 [12OC]
  Articles and editorials
    As the Nation Prospers, Farmers in the Northern Plains Flounder,
        Dale A. Thorenson, Grand Forks (ND) Herald, S4948 [18MY]
    Deciding NATO's Future Without Debate, David S. Broder, Washington
        (DC) Post, S2264 [19MR]
    Slapdash Proposal on Cloning, New York (NY) Times, S788<bullet>
        [12FE]
  Bills and resolutions cosponsored
    Agriculture:  labeling of imported meat and meat food products
        containing imported meat, (see S. 617), S6769 [22JN]
    Animals:  prohibit import, export, sale, or possession of bear
        viscera, (see S. 263), S3656 [27AP]
    Armed Forces:  feasibility of using the Federal Employees Health
        Benefits Program for Medicare-eligible retirees under the
        military health care system, (see S. 1334), S520 [9FE]
    Arms Export Control Act:  exempt federally guaranteed agricultural
        commodities from the application of sanctions, (see S. 2282),
        S7881 [9JY]
    Aviation:  implement a pilot program to improve air transportation
        service to small communities, (see S. 1968), S3428 [22AP]
    Business and industry:  provide assistance to microenterprises in
        developing countries, (see S. 2152), S8787 [22JY]
    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]
    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), S1352
        [4MR]
    Crime:  national policy to control crime and reform court
        procedures, (see S. 2484), S10423 [16SE]
    Cuba:  exception to trade embargo for food, medicines and medical
        supplies, instruments, or equipment, (see S. 1391), S9058 [27JY]
    Dept. of Veterans Affairs:  establish certain presumptions of
        service connection for Persian Gulf Conflict veterans, (see S.
        2358), S9789 [1SE]
    Dickinson, ND:  forgive certain debts, (see S. 2127), S5569 [2JN]
    Diseases:  payments to individuals with blood-clotting disorders who
        contracted HIV due to contaminated blood products, (see S. 358),
        S7580 [7JY]
    Ecology and environment:  facilitate protection of tropical forests
        through debt reduction with developing countries with tropical
        forests, (see S. 1758), S4834 [13MY]
    FAA:  foreign repair station rules, (see S. 1089), S4727 [12MY]
    ------ reevaluate medical equipment and make decision relative to
        automatic external defibrillators on aircraft, (see S. 1584),
        S226 [29JA]
    Families and domestic relations:  increase availability,
        affordability, and quality of child care, (see S. 1610), S378
        [4FE]
    ------ promote the adoption of children in foster care, (see S.
        2408), S9556 [31JY]
    FCC:  preserve low-power television stations that provide community
        broadcasting, (see S. 1427), S8388 [16JY]
    Foreign policy:  establish framework for consideration of unilateral
        economic sanctions, (see S. 1413), S6769 [22JN]
    ------ support broad-based agricultural and rural development in
        sub-Saharan Africa, (see S. 2283), S9789 [1SE]
    Foreign trade:  eliminate disincentives to fair trade conditions,
        (see S. 2281), S9983 [8SE]
    Grand Forks (ND) Herald:  recipient of Pulitzer Prize for Public
        Service news coverage, (see S. Res. 214), S3429 [22AP]
    Health:  biomedical research funding, (see S. Res. 170), S520 [9FE]
    ------ establish a program for training in lifesaving first aid for
        individuals experiencing cardiac arrest, (see S. 2196), S11051
        [28SE]
    ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, (see
        S. 1890), S5456 [22MY], (see S. 1891), S5456 [22MY]
    Human rights:  expedite the declassification of certain documents
        relating to human rights abuses in Guatemala and Honduras, (see
        S. 1220), S11127 [29SE]
    Hussein, Saddam:  indictment and prosecution for war crimes and
        other crimes against humanity, (see S. Res. 179), S1015 [25FE],
        (see S. Con. Res. 78), S1352 [4MR]
    Indonesia:  support for new Government and reforms in East Timor,
        (see S. Res. 237), S7683 [8JY]
    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), S11452 [5OC]
    Israel:  independence anniversary, (see S.J. Res. 46), S3783 [29AP]
    ------ membership in a U.N. regional group, (see S. Res. 186), S1155
        [27FE], (see S. Res. 188), S1255 [3MR]
    Japan:  access of U.S. business to photographic film and paper
        markets, (see S. Con. Res. 88), S4208 [4MY]
    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), S846 [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), S10120 [9SE]
    ------ coverage of services provided by nurse practitioners and
        clinical nurse specialists, (see S. 1326), S11586 [6OC]
    Medicare:  adjust formula used to determine cost limits for home
        health agencies, (see S. 1993), S9692 [31AU]
    ------ eliminate time limitation on benefits for immunosuppressive
        drugs, (see S. 1481), S932 [24FE]
    ------ graduate medical education payments, (see S. 2259), S9983
        [8SE]
    ------ payments to hospitals that have graduate medical education
        programs in critical need specialty areas, (see S. 2216), S9983
        [8SE]
    ------ promote use of universal product numbers on claims forms used
        for reimbursement, (see S. 1362), S10321 [14SE]
    ------ repeal the financial limitation on rehabilitation services,
        (see S. 2222), S7884 [9JY]
    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),
        S1702 [10MR]
    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 Mammography Day:  designate, (see S. Res. 271), S11285
        [1OC]
    National security:  increase use and improve readiness of National
        Guard and reserve components of the Armed Forces, (see S. 2077),
        S4823 [13MY]
    Older Americans Act:  reauthorize, (see S. 2295), S8056 [13JY]
    Postal Service:  guidelines for renovation, relocation, closing, or
        consolidation of post offices, (see S. 2035), S8677 [21JY]
    Public Works and Economic Development Act:  reauthorize and reform
        programs, (see S. 1647), S3296 [20AP]
    ------ reauthorize and reform programs, (see S. 2364), S9789 [1SE]
    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), S3723 [28AP]
    Read Across America Day:  designate, (see S. Res. 181), S1082 [26FE]
    Sanford, Terry:  tribute, (see S. Res. 211), S3356 [21AP]
    Small business:  provide grants to microenterprise organizations to
        assist disadvantaged entrepreneurs, (see S. 2190), S10667 [21SE]
    ------ provide regulatory assistance, (see S. 1957), S3218 [3AP]
    Social Security:  budget treatment of trust funds, (see S. Res.
        185), S1070 [26FE]
    Sports:  reform unfair and anticompetitive practices in professional
        boxing, (see S. 2238), S9058 [27JY]
    Taxation:  extend the placed-in-service date for biomass and coal
        facilities, (see S. 2233), S7287 [26JN]
    ------ permanently extend research credit, (see S. 1464), S5134
        [19MY]
    Telephones:  promote and enhance use of 911 emergency services and
        encourage construction and operation of cellular telephone
        networks, (see S. 2519), S11184 [30SE]
    ------ strengthen and expand the procedures for preventing the
        slamming of interstate telephone service subscribers, (see S.
        1618), S668 [11FE]
    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]
    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]
    Veterans:  furnishing of burial flags to certain deceased members of
        the Selected Reserve, (see S. 1406), S668 [11FE]
    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]
    Wisconsin:  commemorate sesquicentennial of statehood, (see S. Con.
        Res. 75), S3545 [23AP]
  Bills and resolutions introduced
    Agriculture:  permit States to purchase certain chemicals sold in
        Canada, (see S. 2592), S11970 [8OC]
    ------ prohibit and investigate the sale of subsidized barley from
        the European Union, (see S. Res. 220), S3919 [30AP], (see S.
        Res. 232), S5129 [19MY]
    Crime:  reform statutes relative to the forfeiture of criminals'
        profits attributable to their crimes, (see S. 2345), S8919
        [23JY]
    Dept. of Agriculture:  carry out trade compensation assistance
        program if the President or any provision of law causes exports
        to be suspended for national security reasons, (see S. 2234),
        S7172 [25JN]
    ------ establish a commodity loan program that provides a fair
        return to producers relative to the cost of production, (see S.
        1918), S3120 [2AP]
    Fort Berthold Reservation:  approval process for oil and gas leasing
        agreements for specific allotted lands, (see S. 2069), S4712
        [12MY]
    FRS:  prohibit surplus accounts, require audit of Federal reserve
        banks, apply Federal procurement regulations, and reform pricing
        practices for domestic banking services, (see S. 2153), S6037
        [10JN]
    Lewis and Clark expedition:  mint coins in commemoration of
        bicentennial, (see S. 2205), S6885 [23JN]
    Medicare:  exempt licensed pharmacists from surety bond requirements
        for suppliers of durable medical equipment, (see S. 1680), S1003
        [25FE]
    National Endowment for Democracy:  terminate funding, (see S. 2186),
        S6488 [17JN]
    National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute:  anniversary, (see S.
        Con. Res. 108), S8482 [17JY]
    Political campaigns:  television rate requirements for certain
        political advertising, (see S. 1688), S1070 [26FE]
    Taxation:  exclusion of gain from the sale of a principal residence
        and the sale of farmland, (see S. 2388), S9425 [30JY]
    ------ investment credits for regional jet purchases and airline
        ticket tax reduction for certain rural flights, (see S. 2629),
        S12558 [14OC]
  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], S909 [24FE], S1045
        [26FE]
  Letters
    Dept. of Agriculture commodity loan program that provides a fair
        return to producers relative to the cost of production:  George
        and Karen Saxowsky, S3134 [2AP]
    Impact of the market price of crops and disasters on family farms:
        Brian and Johnet Christianson, S10287 [14SE]
    ------ Wyatt Goettle, S10286 [14SE]
    Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act:  Richard Finan,
        National Conference of State Legislatures, S375 [4FE]
    Licensed pharmacists' exemption from surety bond requirements for
        suppliers of durable medical equipment under Medicare:  Galen
        Jordre, North Dakota Pharmaceutical Association, S1013 [25FE]
    ----- John A. Gans, American Pharmaceutical Association, S1013
        [25FE]
    ----- John M. Rector, National Community Pharmacists Association,
        S1013 [25FE]
    Prohibit open containers of alcohol in motor vehicles:  Rodney
        Slater, Sec. of Transportation, S1379 [5MR]
  Motions 
    IRS:  restructure and reform (H.R. 2676), conference report, S7660
        [8JY]
  Poems
    ``Because I Could Not Stop for Death,'' Emily Dickinson, S9673
        [31AU]
    ``When the Farmers All Shut Down,'' Luella F. Hermanson,
        S9693<bullet> [31AU]
  Privilege of the floor 
    Candee, Tyler, S11852 [8OC]
    Dimeling, Meg, S4869 [14MY]
    Pawluk, Adam, S4869 [14MY]
    Timpe, Chrissie, S4869 [14MY]
  Proclamations
    American Heart Month:  President Clinton, S858<bullet> [23FE]
  Remarks
    Advisory Commission on Electronic Commerce:  study effects of
        moratorium on taxation of Internet sales on retail businesses
        and State and local governments, S11666 [7OC]
    Agriculture:  ensure that federally funded research and education
        programs address high-priority concerns with national multistate
        significance (S. 1150), S2929 [1AP]
    ------ extension of marketing assistance loans, S2618 [26MR]
    ------ Federal Crop Insurance Program funding, S5493 [1JN]
    ------ impact of the market price of crops and disasters on family
        farms, S4236 [5MY], S4410 [6MY], S4411 [6MY], S4945 [18MY],
        S5493 [1JN], S6730-S6733 [19JN], S7521-S7524 [6JY], S8020-S8022
        [13JY], S8101 [14JY], S8104 [14JY], S8276 [16JY], S8279 [16JY]
    ------ impact of the market price of crops and disasters on family
        farms, S9693<bullet> [31AU], S9963 [8SE], S10248 [11SE], S10256
        [11SE], S10286 [14SE], S10289 [14SE], S10881-S11110 [2AP]
    Dept. of Agriculture:  marketing assistance loans funding, S8166
        [15JY], S8167 [15JY], S8168 [15JY], S8169 [15JY], S11416 [5OC]
    ------ Reserve Inventories Program funding, S8290 [16JY], S8291
        [16JY], S8292 [16JY]
    Dept. of Defense:  authorizing appropriations for military
        activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military
        construction (S. 2057), S7045 [25JN]
    ------ making appropriations (S. 2132), S9399 [30JY], S9402 [30JY]
    ------ modify limitations on general authority relative to military
        base closures, S7045 [25JN]
    ------ Supplemental Impact Aid Program funding, S9402 [30JY]
    Dept. of the Interior and related agencies:  making appropriations
        (S. 2237), S9962 [8SE], S10284 [14SE], S10286 [14SE], S10289
        [14SE], S10404 [16SE]
    Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the
        President, and independent agencies:  making appropriations (S.
        2312), S9125 [28JY], S9126 [28JY], S9177 [29JY], S9178 [29JY]
    Dept. of Transportation:  require study and report on certain
        practices by airlines which restrict consumer access to
        passenger service and fare information (S. 1977), S3555<bullet>
        [23AP]
    Dept. of Transportation and related agencies:  making appropriations
        (H.R. 4328), conference report, S12713 [20OC], S12742 [21OC],
        S12764 [21OC]
    Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
        agencies:  authorizing appropriations (S. 2260), S8720 [22JY],
        S8728 [22JY]
    Devils Lake, ND:  flood control outlet construction project funding,
        S6520 [18JN]
    Drunken driving:  national blood alcohol content standard relative
        to the operation of motor vehicles, S1061 [26FE], S1062 [26FE],
        S1063 [26FE], S1246 [3MR], S1305 [4MR]
    ------ national minimum penalty for individuals who operate motor
        vehicles under the influence of alcohol, S3246 [20AP]
    ------ prohibit open containers of alcohol in motor vehicles, S1061
        [26FE], S1062 [26FE], S1063 [26FE], S1376 [5MR], S1377 [5MR],
        S1379 [5MR]
    Economy:  national objectives priority assignments, S13-S15 [27JA]
    Education:  direct funding and control to local educational
        agencies, S3378 [22AP], S3380 [22AP], S3382 [22AP], S3385
        [22AP], S3512 [23AP]
    ------ national policy to improve system, S1688 [10MR], S12275
        [10OC], S12368 [12OC]
    ------ reductions in school class size, S12368 [12OC]
    ------ school construction and infrastructure improvements funding,
        S3512 [23AP]
    ------ school construction and infrastructure improvements funding,
        S11540 [6OC]
    ------ spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars on
        children's classrooms, S3392 [22AP], S3393 [22AP], S3394 [22AP]
    Energy and water development:  making appropriations (S. 2138),
        S6519 [18JN], S6520 [18JN]
    FAA:  facilitate air service to under-served communities and
        encourage airline competition, S10893 [24SE], S10896 [24SE]
    ------ reauthorizing programs (H.R. 4057), S10968 [25SE]
    ------ reauthorizing programs (S. 2279), S10879 [24SE], S10880
        [24SE], S10893 [24SE], S10896 [24SE]
    Families and domestic relations:  provide equitable child care
        relief for stay at-home parents, S2738 [30MR]
    Federal highway program:  replace affirmative action policies with
        emerging business enterprise programs, S1495 [6MR]
    Federal-State relations:  extend moratorium on State and local
        taxation of Internet access or transactions, S11676 [7OC],
        S11683 [7OC], S11690 [7OC]
    Financial institutions:  increase competition in the financial
        services sector (H.R. 10), S10971 [25SE], S11540 [6OC]
    ------ proposed merger of certain banks and financial services,
        S3246 [20AP]
    Foreign policy:  establish framework for consideration of unilateral
        economic sanctions, S8191 [15JY]
    Foreign trade:  access of U.S. business to markets, S4139 [1MY]
    ------ establish emergency commission to study trade deficit, S2385
        [23MR]
    ------ establish negotiating objectives and fast-track procedures
        for future trade agreements, S8276 [16JY]
    ------ establish negotiating objectives and fast-track procedures
        for future trade agreements, S10971 [25SE]
    ------ U.S. deficit, S3246 [20AP], S5364 [22MY]
    FRS:  impact of interest rates on economic conditions, S3665 [28AP],
        S10258 [11SE]
    ------ prohibit surplus accounts, require audit of Federal reserve
        banks, apply Federal procurement regulations, and reform pricing
        practices for domestic banking services (S. 2153), S6041 [10JN]
    ------ promote accountability and the public interest in operations,
        S10755 [23SE]
    ------ reduction of Federal funds rate by Federal Open Market
        Committee, S10746 [23SE]
    GAO:  selection of Comptroller General, S8458 [17JY]
    ------ staffing levels, S8458 [17JY]
    Grand Forks (ND) Herald:  recipient of Pulitzer Prize for Public
        Service news coverage (S. Res. 214), S3270 [20AP]
    Health:  national policy to provide health care and reform insurance
        procedures, S13-S15 [27JA]
    ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's,
        S1687 [10MR], S3666 [28AP], S4136 [1MY], S4236 [5MY], S4467
        [7MY], S7230 [26JN], S7610<bullet> [7JY], S7962<bullet> [10JY],
        S8019 [13JY], S10893 [24SE], S11161 [30SE], S11542 [6OC]
    ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R.
        4250), unanimous-consent request, S9734 [1SE]
    ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S.
        1890), S4641 [12MY], S5492 [1JN], S5767 [9JN] protection of
        enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S. 2330),
        S9147<bullet> [28JY]
    ------ require express consent for the recording or monitoring of
        communications between patients and health care insurers or
        providers, S4695 [12MY]
    Health Care Financing Administration:  defer to State laws relative
        to physician supervision of nurse anesthetists, S12742 [21OC],
        S12743 [21OC]
    Hussein, Saddam:  indictment and prosecution for war crimes and
        other crimes against humanity (S. Con. Res. 78), S1868 [12MR],
        S1869 [12MR]
    Immigration:  increase number of temporary visas for skilled workers
        and expand education and training opportunities for U.S.
        students and workers (S. 1723), unanimous-consent request, S4613
        [11MY]
    Indonesia:  human rights violations, S4611 [11MY]
    Insurance:  coverage of minimum hospital stays and reconstructive
        surgery relative to breast cancer and of second opinions for any
        cancer diagnosis (S. 249), S4645 [12MY]
    IRS:  prevent tax avoidance by foreign-based multinational companies
        using transfer pricing methods, S4203 [4MY]
    ------ remove Sec. of the Treasury from IRS Oversight Board, S4482
        [7MY]
    ------ restructure and reform, S3032 [2AP], S4137-S4139 [1MY]
    ------ restructure and reform (H.R. 2676), S4203 [4MY], S4389 [6MY],
        S4404 [6MY], S4405 [6MY], S4482 [7MY]
    ------ restructure and reform (H.R. 2676), conference report, S7521
        [6JY], S7659 [8JY], S7661 [8JY], S7662 [8JY]
    ------ study transfer pricing enforcement efforts, S4404 [6MY],
        S4405 [6MY]
    IRS Restructuring and Reform Act:  ensure compliance with Federal
        budget requirements, S4389 [6MY]
    Jacobs, Mike:  National Press Foundation Editor of the Year award
        recipient, S2231<bullet> [18MR], S2347<bullet> [19MR]
    Jonesboro, AR:  shooting of students and teacher outside Westside
        Middle School, S2614 [26MR]
    Law enforcement:  national penalty for inciting high-speed police
        pursuits, S1246 [3MR]
    Legislative branch of the Government:  making appropriations (H.R.
        4112), S8455 [17JY], S8458 [17JY], S8460 [17JY], S8461 [17JY]
    Medicare:  adjust formula used to determine cost limits for home
        health agencies (S. 1993), S12276 [10OC]
    ------ exempt licensed pharmacists from surety bond requirements for
        suppliers of durable medical equipment (S. 1680), S1012 [25FE]
    Missouri River:  Garrison Diversion Project funding, S6519-S6521
        [18JN]
    NAFTA:  impact on trade deficit, S8276 [16JY]
    National Character Counts Week:  designate (S. Res. 176),
        S853<bullet> [23FE]
    National Endowment for Democracy:  terminate funding (S. 2186),
        S6496<bullet> [17JN]
    National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute:  anniversary (S. Con.
        Res. 108), S8513 [17JY]
    National Weather Service:  prohibit the closure of certain weather
        stations until concerns about modernization effort are
        addressed, S12764 [21OC]
    Native Americans:  distribution of judgment funds to Mississippi
        Sioux Indian tribes (S. 391), S12267 [9OC]
    ------ increase equality in educational opportunities, S2911 [1AP],
        S2914 [1AP]
    NATO:  require 3-year pause before further expansion, S3836 [30AP]
    NIH:  anniversary of National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute,
        S858<bullet> [23FE]
    ------ funding, S262 [2FE]
    North Dakota:  designate Red River Trade Corridor, S1845 [12MR]
    North Dakota State University:  anti-corrosion technology research
        funding, S9399 [30JY]
    Northwest Airlines, Inc.:  impact of Air Line Pilots Association
        strike on air travel in North Dakota, S9853 [2SE]
    Odegard, John D.:  FAA Excellence in Aviation Award recipient,
        S8810<bullet> [22JY]
    Office of Religious Persecution Monitoring:  establish (H.R. 2431),
        S11909 [8OC]
    Parliamentary inquiry, S3034 [2AP], S8720 [22JY]
    Persian Gulf Conflict:  aviator continuation pay for military
        members killed (S. 2584), S11902 [8OC]
    Petroleum:  payment of U.S. royalty claims, S10404 [16SE]
    Point of order, S7660 [8JY]
    Political campaigns:  ethics reform and contribution limits, S13-S15
        [27JA], S805 [23FE], S880 [24FE], S881 [24FE], S909 [24FE], S910
        [24FE], S911 [24FE], S990 [25FE]
    ------ protect individuals from having their money involuntarily
        collected and used for politics by a corporation or labor
        organization (S. 1663), S805 [23FE], S880 [24FE], S881 [24FE],
        S909 [24FE], S910 [24FE], S911 [24FE], S990 [25FE]
    ------ require disclosure of funding sources for certain candidate
        advocacy advertising, S990 [25FE]
    ------ restrictions on issue advocacy by interest groups, S805
        [23FE]
    ------ television rate requirements for certain political
        advertising (S. 1688), S805 [23FE], S1076 [26FE]
    Protocols to the North Atlantic Treaty on Accession of Poland,
        Hungary, and the Czech Republic:  ratification, S2175 [18MR],
        S2263 [19MR], S2265 [19MR], S3836 [30AP]
    Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport:  designate (S. 1575),
        S859<bullet> [23FE]
    Rural areas:  Federal farm policies, S5493 [1JN]
    Schools:  limit use of exclusionary rule in school disciplinary
        proceedings relative to possession of a firearm (S. 989),
        S853<bullet> [23FE], S2614 [26MR]
    Science:  prohibit cloning of humans (S. 1601), S788<bullet> [12FE]
    Securities:  limit the conduct of securities class actions under
        State law (S. 1260), unanimous-consent request, S4613 [11MY]
    Senate:  legislative program, S4144 [4MY], S12277 [10OC]
    Senate Rules:  insertion of language in conference report that was
        not committed to them by either House, S7660 [8JY], S7661 [8JY],
        S7662 [8JY]
    Social Security:  budget treatment of trust funds, S4611 [11MY],
        S8720 [22JY], S8728 [22JY], S9178 [29JY], S10971 [25SE], S11017
        [28SE]
    ------ reform, S262 [2FE]
    Standing Rock Sioux Reservation, ND:  testing and remediation of
        polylchlorinated biphenyls (PCB's) in schools and facilities,
        S2599 [26MR]
    Sudan:  allocation of foreign aid, S7927-S7929 [10JY]
    Taxation:  adjust deduction amounts for certain married couples and
        allow full deduction of health insurance costs for self-employed
        individuals, S6020 [10JN]
    ------ capital gains rates, S7659 [8JY], S7661 [8JY], S7662 [8JY]
    ------ collection of State and local taxes on mail-order
        transactions, S11312 [2OC], S11318 [2OC]
    ------ define ``discriminatory tax'' relative to treatment of
        Internet and interactive computer purchases, S11851 [8OC]
    ------ disallow deductions for advertising, promotional, and
        marketing expenses relative to tobacco products unless certain
        requirements are met, S6314 [15JN]
    ------ eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate
        brackets and standard deduction amounts, S8455 [17JY], S8460
        [17JY], S8461 [17JY], S9178 [29JY]
    ------ exclusion of gain from the sale of a principal residence and
        the sale of farmland (S. 2388), S9447<bullet> [30JY]
    ------ implement return-free filing system, S4612 [11MY]
    ------ investment credits for regional jet purchases and airline
        ticket tax reduction for certain rural flights (S. 2629),
        S12558<bullet> [14OC]
    ------ provide relief for individuals, families, farmers, and small
        businesses, and establish incentives for education (H.R. 4579),
        S11017 [28SE]
    ------ rates, S8461 [17JY], S12713 [20OC]
    ------ tax credits relative to elementary and secondary school
        construction, S2914 [1AP]
    ------ terminate Internal Revenue Code, S3031 [2AP], S3032 [2AP],
        S9125 [28JY], S9126 [28JY]
    ------ treatment of education individual retirement accounts
        relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R.
        2646), S2173 [18MR], S2392 [23MR], S2393 [23MR], S2397 [23MR],
        S2753 [30MR], S3265 [20AP], S3267 [20AP], S3378 [22AP], S3380
        [22AP], S3382 [22AP], S3385 [22AP], S3392 [22AP], S3393 [22AP],
        S3394 [22AP], S3512-S3514 [23AP]
    ------ treatment of home mortgage interest and charitable donations,
        S2951 [1AP], S2952 [1AP], S2955 [1AP], S3033 [2AP], S3034 [2AP]
    ------ treatment of individual retirement accounts, S4389 [6MY]
    ------ treatment of Internet and interactive computer service
        commerce (S. 442), S4615 [11MY]
    ------ treatment of Internet and interactive computer service
        commerce (S. 442), S11308 [2OC], S11312 [2OC], S11318 [2OC],
        S11319 [2OC], S11321 [2OC], S11574 [6OC], S11655 [7OC], S11666
        [7OC], S11670 [7OC], S11676 [7OC], S11683 [7OC], S11690 [7OC],
        S11851 [8OC]
    ------ treatment of Internet and interactive computer service
        commerce (S. 442), unanimous-consent agreement, S11576 [6OC]
    Telephones:  strengthen and expand the procedures for preventing the
        slamming of interstate telephone service subscribers (S. 1618),
        S4683 [12MY], S4687 [12MY], S4695 [12MY]
    ----- strengthen and expand the procedures for preventing the
        slamming of interstate telephone service subscribers (S. 1618),
        unanimous-consent request, S4613 [11MY]
    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 (S. 1638), S1479<bullet>
        [5MR], S4144 [4MY]
    ------ tobacco industry liability settlement relative to health
        risks and marketing and manufacturing practices (S. 1415), S3666
        [28AP], S4202 [4MY], S5683 [5JN], S6020 [10JN], S6314 [15JN],
        S6359 [16JN], S6361 [16JN], S6479 [17JN]
    Transportation:  funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
        programs, and transit programs (H.R. 2400), S3666 [28AP], S4144
        [4MY]
    ----- funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and
        transit programs (H.R. 2400), conference report, S5394 [22MY]
    ----- funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and
        transit programs (S. 1173), S262 [2FE], S375 [4FE], S622-S624
        [11FE], S805 [23FE], S1061 [26FE], S1062 [26FE], S1063 [26FE],
        S1246 [3MR], S1305 [4MR], S1376 [5MR], S1377 [5MR], S1379 [5MR],
        S1495 [6MR], S1845 [12MR]
    Water:  quality research funding, S11557 [6OC], S11558 [6OC]
    Weapons:  antiballistic missile systems deployment policy (S. 1873),
        motion to proceed, S4757 [13MY]
    ------ antiballistic missile systems deployment policy (S. 1873),
        motion to proceed, S10052 [9SE]
    World Intellectual Property Organization Copyright Treaty:
        limitations on copyright liability relative to material online
        (S. 2037), S4615 [11MY]
    ----- limitations on copyright liability relative to material online
        (S. 2037), unanimous-consent request, S4613 [11MY]
    World Intellectual Property Organization Performances and Phonograms
        Treaty:  limitations on copyright liability relative to material
        online (S. 2037), S4615 [11MY]
    ----- limitations on copyright liability relative to material online
        (S. 2037), unanimous-consent request, S4613 [11MY]
  Reports
    Crimes of Saddam Hussein and Iraqi Leaders:  Human Rights Watch
        (organization), S1869-S1871 [12MR]
  Texts of
    S. 1680, exempt licensed pharmacists from surety bond requirements
        for suppliers of durable medical equipment under Medicare, S1013
        [25FE]
    S. 2629, investment tax credits for regional jet purchases and
        airline ticket tax reduction for certain rural flights,
        S12559<bullet>-S12561<bullet> [14OC]
  Tributes
    Coats, Senator, S11655 [7OC]
    Ford, Senator, S10968 [25SE], S12365 [12OC]
    Hall, Kent S., S9673 [31AU]
    Sasserville, Kati, S3230<bullet> [3AP]