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




GORTON, SLADE (a Senator from Washington)
  Addresses
    Hispanic College Fund Scholarship Awards:  Veronica Calvillo,
        S12222<bullet> [9OC]
  Amendments 
    Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
        making appropriations (S. 2159), S8184 [15JY], S8254 [15JY]
    Appropriations:  making emergency supplemental for disaster relief
        and overseas peacekeeping operations (S. 1768), S2470 [24MR],
        S2482 [24MR], S2494 [24MR], S2495 [24MR]
    Budget:  setting forth the Federal budget for 1999-2003 (S. Con.
        Res. 86), S2989 [1AP]
    Dept. of Defense:  authorizing appropriations for military
        activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military
        construction (S. 2057), S6683 [19JN], S6685 [19JN], S6712
        [19JN], S6775 [22JN], S6780 [22JN]
    Dept. of the Interior and related agencies:  making appropriations
        (S. 2237), S9965 [8SE], S9967 [8SE], S9968 [8SE], S9984 [8SE],
        S9985 [8SE], S9991 [8SE], S10315 [14SE], S10325 [14SE]
    Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
        agencies:  authorizing appropriations (S. 2260), S8793 [22JY],
        S8839 [23JY], S8857 [23JY], S8937 [23JY]
    Energy and water development:  making appropriations (S. 2138),
        S6541 [18JN], S6631 [18JN]
    Financial institutions:  increase competition in the financial
        services sector (H.R. 10), S11353 [2OC]
    Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs:  making
        appropriations (S. 2334), S9744 [1SE]
    Motor vehicles:  titling and registration requirements relative to
        salvage, nonrepairable, and rebuilt vehicles (S. 852), S11353
        [2OC]
    Oceans:  reduce regulations on international transportation and
        eliminate the Federal Maritime Commission (S. 414), S3199 [3AP],
        S3223 [3AP]
    Salton Sea:  feasibility study relative to reclamation project (H.R.
        3267), S12461 [13OC]
    Taxation:  treatment of education individual retirement accounts
        relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R.
        2646), S2435 [23MR], S3445 [22AP]
    Tobacco products:  tobacco industry liability settlement relative to
        health risks and marketing and manufacturing practices (S.
        1415), S5712 [5JN], S6324 [15JN], S6341 [15JN], S6373 [16JN]
    Transportation:  funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
        programs, and transit programs (S. 1173), S1395 [5MR], S1465
        [5MR], S1570 [9MR]
  Appointments
    Acting President pro tempore, S413 [5FE]
    Conferee:  H.R. 2646, Education Savings Act for Public and Private
        Schools, S3736 [28AP]
    ------ H.R. 3579, emergency supplemental appropriations and
        rescissions, S2826 [31MR]
    ------ H.R. 4057, National Air Transportation System Improvement
        Act, S10967 [25SE]
    ------ H.R. 4060, energy and water development appropriations, S6548
        [18JN], S6861 [23JN]
    ------ H.R. 4101, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related
        agencies programs appropriations, S8329 [16JY]
    ------ H.R. 4328, Dept. of Transportation and related agencies
        appropriations, S8956 [24JY], S9389 [30JY]
    ------ S. Con. Res. 86, setting forth the Federal budget for 1999-
        2003, S6349 [15JN]
    U.S. Capitol Preservation Commission, S4553 [7MY]
  Articles and editorials
    Close Land Trade or Everyone Loses, Seattle (WA) Post-Intelligencer,
        S5698<bullet> [5JN]
    Cut No Slack for Weapons Bearers, Seattle (WA) Post-Intelligencer,
        S3352 [21AP]
    IMF's $22.6 Billion Failure in Russia, Heritage Foundation Executive
        Memorandum (publication), S9744 [1SE]
    Ship Deregulation Promise, Journal of Commerce, S3309 [21AP]
    State's Roads Are the Safest Ever, Tom Brown, Seattle (WA) Times,
        S1248 [3MR]
    Tobacco Fees--The Rewards of Winning Could Be Stunning, Stuart
        Taylor, Jr., National Journal, S6366 [16JN]
  Bills and resolutions cosponsored
    Agriculture:  prohibit and investigate the sale of subsidized barley
        from the European Union, (see S. Res. 220), S3919 [30AP], (see
        S. Res. 232), S5129 [19MY]
    Anchorage, AK:  land conveyance of site of the old Alaska Native
        Health Center, (see S. 1696), S1200 [2MR]
    Arms Export Control Act:  exempt federally guaranteed agricultural
        commodities from the application of sanctions, (see S. 2158),
        S6181 [11JN], (see S. 2282), S7881 [9JY]
    Budget:  constitutional amendment to require balanced without
        counting Social Security surpluses, (see S.J. Res. 59), S11346
        [2OC]
    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]
    CERCLA:  clarify liability for certain recycling transactions, (see
        S. 2180), S9692 [31AU]
    China, Republic of:  admission to multilateral economic
        institutions, (see S. Con. Res. 30), S2684 [26MR]
    ------ affirm U.S. commitment to security and democracy, (see S.
        Con. Res. 107), S7574 [7JY]
    Computers:  use, sale, and export of encryption products for privacy
        and security, (see S. 2067), S4917 [14MY]
    Customs Service:  funding for personnel and technology to reduce
        delays at border crossings, (see S. 1787), S2114 [17MR]
    Day of Concern About Young People and Gun Violence:  designate, (see
        S. Res. 264), S9556 [31JY]
    Dept. of Education:  reform and reauthorize the State Student
        Incentive Grant Program, (see S. 1644), S1014 [25FE]
    Dept. of HHS:  delay effective date of the final rule relative to
        the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network, (see S.
        2201), S6766 [22JN]
    Diseases:  payments to individuals with blood-clotting disorders who
        contracted HIV due to contaminated blood products, (see S. 358),
        S7580 [7JY]
    Drugs:  enhance interdiction efforts in major transit countries and
        support eradication and crop substitution programs in source
        countries, (see S. 2522), S11990 [8OC]
    ------ support existing Federal legal process for determining safety
        and efficacy of using marijuana and other drugs for medicinal
        purposes, (see S.J. Res. 56), S11452 [5OC]
    Education:  improve the reading and literacy skills of children and
        families, (see S. 1596), S1262 [3MR]
    ------ provide incentives to States to establish and administer
        periodic teacher testing and merit pay programs for elementary
        and secondary school teachers, (see S. 2422), S9556 [31JY]
    Employment:  protect employer rights, (see S. 1981), S10321 [14SE]
    ------ reform standard for classifying technical workers as
        independent contractors for employment tax purposes, (see S.
        1924), S4916 [14MY]
    FAA:  reauthorizing programs, (see S. 2279), S7881 [9JY]
    Financial institutions:  increase competition in the financial
        services sector, (see S. 2590), S11970 [8OC]
    Fish and fishing:  extend and expand interim authority for States to
        manage dungeness crab fisheries, (see S. 1726), S1508 [6MR]
    Flag--U.S.:  constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration, (see
        S.J. Res. 40), S1015 [25FE]
    Foreign policy:  establish framework for consideration of unilateral
        economic sanctions, (see S. 1413), S5701 [5JN]
    Government regulations:  reform regulatory process, (see S. 981),
        S3792 [29AP]
    Health:  protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's,
        (see S. 2330), S8482 [17JY]
    Immigration:  increase number of temporary visas for skilled workers
        and expand education and training opportunities for U.S.
        students and workers, (see S. 1723), S4727 [12MY]
    ------ reform the temporary agricultural workers program, (see S.
        2337), S8658 [21JY]
    Insurance:  provide consumers choice of auto insurance, guarantee
        affordable premiums, and improve compensation for accident
        victims, (see S. 2454), S10211 [10SE]
    International Whaling Commission:  U.S. policy, (see S. Res. 226),
        S4558 [8MY]
    Iraq:  condemn threat to international peace and security, (see S.
        Con. Res. 71), S114 [28JA]
    ------ condemn threat to international peace and security,
        cosponsorship withdrawn, (see S. Con. Res. 71), S587 [10FE]
    Israel:  independence anniversary, (see S.J. Res. 46), S3783 [29AP]
    Law enforcement officers:  tribute to individuals who lost their
        lives during service, (see S. Res. 201), S2764 [30MR]
    Lewis and Clark expedition:  mint coins in commemoration of
        bicentennial, (see S. 2205), S11127 [29SE]
    Library of Congress:  mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial,
        (see S. 2510), S10722 [22SE]
    McCain, Senator:  tribute, (see S. Res. 196), S2114 [17MR]
    Medicare:  graduate medical education payments, (see S. 2259), S8677
        [21JY]
    ------ payments to hospitals that have graduate medical education
        programs in critical need specialty areas, (see S. 2216), S8787
        [22JY]
    National Breast Cancer Survivor's Day:  designate, (see S. Res.
        198), S2214 [18MR]
    National Children's Day:  designate, (see S. Res. 260), S11128
        [29SE]
    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 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]
    Petroleum:  authorize oilheat industry research and consumer
        education programs, (see S. 2539), S11279 [1OC]
    Read Across America Day:  designate, (see S. Res. 181), S1082 [26FE]
    Real property:  preserve Federal sovereignty of certain public lands
        and preserve certain State and private property rights, (see S.
        2098), S8563 [20JY]
    Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport:  designate, (see S.
        1297), S325 [3FE], (see S. 1575), S401 [4FE]
    Sanford, Terry:  tribute, (see S. Res. 211), S3356 [21AP]
    Securities:  limit the conduct of securities class actions under
        State law, (see S. 1260), S1352 [4MR]
    Taxation:  allow Farm and Ranch Risk Management Accounts, (see S.
        2078), S12182 [9OC]
    ------ allow married couples to file combined return under which
        each spouse is taxed using rates applicable to single filers,
        (see S. 1314), S179 [28JA]
    ------ terminate Internal Revenue Code, (see S. 1673), S1894 [12MR]
    Telephones:  strengthen and expand the procedures for preventing the
        slamming of interstate telephone service subscribers, (see S.
        1618), S4365 [5MY]
    Television:  promote competition in the multichannel video
        marketplace, (see S. 1422), S847 [23FE]
    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]
  Bills and resolutions introduced
    Alpine Lakes Wilderness Area:  land exchange between Forest Service
        and Plum Creek Timber Co., (see S. 2136), S5694 [5JN]
    Civil Rights Act:  enforcement of certain provisions relative to
        Native Americans, (see S. 2298), S8135 [14JY]
    Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area:  exclude certain lands
        owned by the Port of Camas-Washougal, (see S. 2457), S10206
        [10SE]
    Courts:  establish legal standards and procedures for product
        liability litigation, (see S. 2236), S7172 [25JN]
    Dept. of the Interior and related agencies:  making appropriations,
        (see S. 2237), S7255 [26JN]
    Elwha River:  provide for dam removal and acquisition, and
        restoration of ecosystems and fisheries, (see S. 1904), S2968
        [1AP]
    Forest Service:  convey certain land to FERC permit holders for
        hydroelectric projects in the Mount Baker/Snoqualmie National
        Forest, (see S. 2478), S10422 [16SE]
    Health:  establish a program for training in lifesaving first aid
        for individuals experiencing cardiac arrest, (see S. 2196),
        S6698 [19JN]
    Independent Scientific Review Panel:  expand scope, (see S. 2569),
        S11698 [7OC]
    Medicaid:  allow States to use State Children's Health Insurance
        Program allotment to cover additional low-income children, (see
        S. 2485), S10423 [16SE]
    National Park System:  distribution of certain publications with
        advertising in units, (see S. 2297), S8135 [14JY]
    Native Americans:  accountability by Indian tribes under certain
        Federal environmental laws, (see S. 2301), S8135 [14JY]
    ------ collection of certain State taxes from an individual who is
        not a member of an Indian tribe, (see S. 2300), S8135 [14JY]
    ------ enforcement of certain contracts made by Indian tribes, (see
        S. 2299), S8135 [14JY]
    ------ legal reform, (see S. 1691), S1155 [27FE]
    ------ tort liability insurance for Indian tribes, (see S. 2302),
        S8135 [14JY]
    NIH:  expansion, intensification, and coordination of autism
        research activities, (see S. 2263), S7357 [6JY]
    Taxation:  treatment of tax-exempt bond financing of certain
        electrical output facilities, (see S. 2182), S6487 [17JN]
    Vesterhaven (vessel):  certificate of documentation, (see S. 1732),
        S1568 [9MR]
    Wenatchee National Forest:  land exchange with Chelan County, WA,
        (see S. 1683), S1070 [26FE]
  Cloture Motions 
    Hazardous substances:  nuclear waste disposal (H.R. 1270), S5564
        [2JN]
  Cloture motions
    Courts:  product liability reform (S. 648), S7297 [26JN], S7565
        [7JY], S7717 [9JY]
    ------ product liability reform (S. 648), motion to proceed, S7525
        [7JY]
    Crime:  prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State
        laws requiring parental notification of abortions (S. 1645),
        S10565 [18SE], S10703 [22SE]
    ----- prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws
        requiring parental notification of abortions (S. 1645), motion
        to proceed, S10141 [9SE], S10231 [11SE]
    Political campaigns:  protect individuals from having their money
        involuntarily collected and used for politics by a corporation
        or labor organization (S. 1663), S919 [24FE], S1045 [26FE]
    Science:  prohibit cloning of humans (S. 1601), motion to proceed,
        S446 [5FE], S607 [11FE]
    Tobacco products:  tobacco industry liability settlement relative to
        health risks and marketing and manufacturing practices (S.
        1415), S4883 [14MY]
  Explanations
    Financial Services Act (H.R. 10):  Gorton Amendment on Grandfathered
        Thrift Holding Company Regulations, S11353 [2OC]
    Treatment of Tax-Exempt Bond Financing of Certain Electrical Output
        Facilities (S. 2182), S6490<bullet> [17JN]
  Letters
    Allow non-vessel-operating common carriers to offer service
        contracts to shippers:  Louis Policastro, New York/New Jersey
        Foreign Freight Forwarders and Brokers Association, Inc., S3310
        [21AP]
    Replace Federal highway program affirmative action policies with
        emerging business enterprise programs:  George M. Friez, Gilman
        Construction (business), S1416 [5MR]
    ----- Jack Zeigler, Associated Sand & Gravel Co., Inc., S1416 [5MR]
    ----- Lee T. Bernardi, Inland Asphalt Co., S1416 [5MR]
    ----- Mark Johnson, Westway Construction, Inc., S1416 [5MR]
    ----- Steven R. Goebel, Robert B. Goebel General Contractor, Inc.,
        S1416 [5MR]
    ----- Thomas C. Stewart, Frank Gurney, Inc., S1415 [5MR], S1416
        [5MR]
    ----- Wayne L. Van Zante, Steelman-Duff, Inc., S1416 [5MR]
  Press releases
    Allow Non-Vessel-Operating Common Carriers To Offer Service
        Contracts to Shippers:  Transportation Intermediaries
        Association, S3310 [21AP]
  Privilege of the floor 
    Berwick, Chuck, S9958 [8SE]
    Bumpus, Jeanne, S3306 [21AP]
    Committee on Appropriations (Senate) staff, S9958 [8SE]
    Dunn, Walter, S9966 [8SE]
    Sartucci, Jim, S3306 [21AP]
    Vander Stoep, Kari, S9958 [8SE]
  Remarks
    Agriculture:  impact of the market price of crops and disasters on
        family farms, S8275 [16JY]
    ------ provide crop insurance, marketing loan, and emergency
        operating loan relief for farmers in certain counties that have
        been designated as Federal disaster areas, S11551 [6OC]
    Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
        making appropriations (S. 2159), S8275 [16JY], S9328 [30JY]
    ------ making appropriations (H.R. 4101), conference report, S11551
        [6OC]
    AID:  improve famine relief efforts for Sudan (S. Res. 267), S9666
        [31JY]
    Alpine Lakes Wilderness Area:  land exchange between Forest Service
        and Plum Creek Timber Co. (S. 2136), S5697<bullet> [5JN],
        S9483<bullet> [30JY]
    American GI Forum of the U.S. (nonprofit corporation):  grant
        Federal charter (S. 1759), S9661 [31JY]
    Appropriations:  making continuing (H.J. Res. 135), unanimous-
        consent agreement, S12539 [14OC]
    ------ making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and
        overseas peacekeeping operations (S. 1768), S2470 [24MR], S2482
        [24MR]
    ------ making omnibus consolidated and emergency supplemental
        appropriations, S12705 [20OC], S12800 [21OC], S12829 [21OC]
    Arms Export Control Act:  exempt federally guaranteed agricultural
        commodities from the application of sanctions (S. 2158), S6135
        [11JN]
    ----- exempt federally guaranteed agricultural commodities from the
        application of sanctions (S. 2282), S7807 [9JY]
    Aviation:  allow families of international airline disaster victims
        a fair jury trial to receive just compensation for their loss,
        S10909 [24SE]
    Budget:  setting forth the Federal budget for 1999-2003 (S. Con.
        Res. 86), S2828 [31MR], S3096 [2AP], S3106 [2AP]
    Calvillo, Veronica:  Hispanic College Fund scholarship recipient,
        S12221<bullet> [9OC]
    Capitol Pages:  tribute, S6290 [12JN]
    Carl B. Stokes U.S. Courthouse, Cleveland, OH:  designate (H.R.
        643), S9662 [31JY]
    China, People's Republic of:  access of U.S. business to markets,
        S11039 [28SE]
    ------ most-favored-nation status, S6135 [11JN], S8275 [16JY]
    China, Republic of:  affirm U.S. commitment to security and
        democracy (S. Con. Res. 107), S7704 [8JY]
    Claude Harris National Aquacultural Research Center:  convey to
        Alabama (S. 1883), S9659 [31JY]
    Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area:  exclude certain lands
        owned by the Port of Camas-Washougal (S. 2457), S10207<bullet>
        [10SE]
    Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in
        International Business Transactions:  ratification, S9668 [31JY]
    Corp of Engineers:  request for action on John Day Dam reservoir
        report, land transfers and management, and Kennewick Man
        archaeological project, S947 [25FE]
    Corps of Engineers:  flood protection of communities along the
        Cowlitz River, S11186<bullet> [30SE]
    ------ payment of participants in a survey on the removal of dams on
        the Snake River in Washington, S2243 [19MR]
    Courts:  product liability reform (S. 648), S7568 [7JY], S7713 [9JY]
    ------ product liability reform (S. 648), motion to proceed, S7526
        [7JY]
    Crime:  prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State
        laws requiring parental notification of abortions (H.R. 3682),
        S10060 [9SE]
    ------ require States to address the problem of violent crimes
        committed by repeat offenders (H. Con. Res. 75), S6347 [15JN]
    ------ strengthen prohibitions on international bribery and other
        corrupt practices (S. 2375), S9647 [31JY]
    DePaul University:  anniversary (S. Res. 266), S9628 [31JY], S9629
        [31JY]
    Dept. of Agriculture:  Market Access Program funding, S3096 [2AP]
    Dept. of Commerce:  authorizing appropriations for the Technology
        Administration (S. 1325), S9649 [31JY], S9652 [31JY]
    Dept. of Defense:  anniversary of Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program
        and encourage continuation (S. Res. 265), S9627 [31JY], S9628
        [31JY]
    ------ authorizing appropriations for military activities,
        prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S.
        2057), S6664 [19JN], S6986 [24JN], S6991 [24JN]
    ------ disapproval of line-item vetoes in military construction
        appropriations legislation (H.R. 2631), veto--unanimous-consent
        agreement, S948 [25FE]
    ------ modify limitations on general authority relative to military
        base closures, S6986 [24JN]
    Dept. of Justice:  prohibit foreign travel or communications by the
        Antitrust Division to encourage antitrust actions against U.S.
        companies, S8857 [23JY]
    Dept. of the Interior and related agencies:  making appropriations
        (S. 2237), S9958 [8SE], S9961 [8SE], S9962 [8SE], S9964 [8SE],
        S9965 [8SE], S10060 [9SE], S10078 [9SE], S10079 [9SE], S10080
        [9SE], S10284 [14SE], S10317 [14SE], S10318 [14SE], S10356
        [15SE], S10370 [15SE], S10371 [15SE], S10374 [15SE], S10414
        [16SE]
    Dept. of Transportation and related agencies:  making appropriations
        (S. 2307), S8899 [23JY], S8906 [23JY]
    ------ making appropriations (H.R. 4328), conference report, S12705
        [20OC], S12800 [21OC], S12829 [21OC]
    Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
        agencies:  authorizing appropriations (S. 2260), S8850 [23JY],
        S8857 [23JY]
    District of Columbia:  allow Washington Convention Center Authority
        to finance revenue bonds to construct new convention center
        (H.R. 4237), S9661 [31JY]
    Drug abuse:  cleanup of methamphetamine laboratories, S6135 [11JN]
    Drunken driving:  national blood alcohol content standard relative
        to the operation of motor vehicles, S1247 [3MR]
    Education:  direct funding and control to local educational
        agencies, S3375 [22AP], S3377 [22AP], S3379 [22AP], S3382
        [22AP], S3383 [22AP], S3385 [22AP], S3418 [22AP], S3511 [23AP]
    ------ direct funding and control to local educational agencies,
        S12358 [12OC]
    ------ national policy to improve system, S12358 [12OC], S12539
        [14OC]
    Elwha River:  provide for dam removal and acquisition, and
        restoration of ecosystems and fisheries (S. 1904), S2986 [1AP],
        S3578 [24AP]
    Energy and water development:  making appropriations (H.R. 2203),
        conference report, S947 [25FE]
    ------ making appropriations (H.R. 4060), conference report, S11119
        [29SE]
    ------ making appropriations (S. 2138), S6508 [18JN], S6510 [18JN],
        S6534 [18JN]
    FAA:  facilitate air service to under-served communities and
        encourage airline competition, S10895 [24SE]
    ------ reauthorizing programs (S. 2279), S10895 [24SE], S10909
        [24SE]
    Fastener Quality Act:  coverage of certain aircraft fasteners (H.R.
        3824), S9655 [31JY]
    Federal highway program:  replace affirmative action policies with
        emerging business enterprise programs, S1414 [5MR], S1416 [5MR]
    Fish and fishing:  extend and expand interim authority for States to
        manage dungeness crab fisheries, S781<bullet> [12FE]
    Fletcher, William A.:  nomination to be circuit judge, S11874 [8OC]
    Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs:  making
        appropriations (S. 2334), S9744 [1SE], S9745 [1SE], S9861 [2SE]
    Forest Service:  convey certain land to FERC permit holders for
        hydroelectric projects in the Mount Baker/Snoqualmie National
        Forest (S. 2478), S10425<bullet> [16SE]
    Health:  establish a program for training in lifesaving first aid
        for individuals experiencing cardiac arrest (S. 2196), S6699
        [19JN]
    ------ improve the distribution of health care professionals to
        underserved areas and consolidate and reauthorize health
        education programs for minority and disadvantaged individuals
        (S. 1754), S9629 [31JY], S9646 [31JY]
    ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's,
        S7568 [7JY]
    IMF:  limit loans to Indonesia, S2470 [24MR], S2482 [24MR]
    Immigration:  increase number of temporary visas for skilled workers
        and expand education and training opportunities for U.S.
        students and workers (S. 1723), S4972 [18MY], S4973 [18MY],
        S4974 [18MY]
    ------ reform the temporary agricultural workers program, S8850
        [23JY]
    ------ reform the temporary agricultural workers program (S. 2337),
        S8669 [21JY]
    Individuals With Disabilities Education Act:  clarify requirements
        relative to reducing or withholding payments to States (H.R.
        3254), S2147-S2150 [18MR]
    ------ permit State and local educational agencies to establish
        uniform disciplinary policies, S3351 [21AP], S3352 [21AP]
    INS:  automated entry and exit control systems, S12705 [20OC]
    Iraq:  material and unacceptable breach of international obligations
        relative to weapons inspections (S.J. Res. 54), S9655 [31JY],
        S9657 [31JY]
    IRS:  restructure and reform (H.R. 2676), S4504 [7MY]
    Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts:  authorizing appropriations
        and further defining criteria for capital repair, operation, and
        maintenance (H.R. 3504), S9660 [31JY]
    Marion National Fish Hatchery:  convey to Alabama (S. 1883), S9659
        [31JY]
    McKeown, M. Margaret:  nomination to be circuit judge, S2695 [27MR]
    Medicaid:  allow States to use State Children's Health Insurance
        Program allotment to cover additional low-income children (S.
        2485), S10437<bullet> [16SE]
    Medicare:  allow beneficiaries to enter into private contracts for
        services (S. 1194), S11893 [8OC]
    Microsoft Corp.:  application of antitrust laws, S413-S418 [5FE],
        S1065 [26FE], S4250 [5MY], S6693 [19JN], S6991 [24JN], S7338
        [26JN], S8265 [15JY], S8776 [22JY], S9554 [31JY], S10530 [17SE]
    Motor vehicles:  titling and registration requirements relative to
        salvage, nonrepairable, and rebuilt vehicles (S. 852),
        S11805<bullet> [7OC]
    Mutual of Enumclaw Insurance Co.:  anniversary, S5523<bullet> [1JN]
    National Endowment for the Arts:  funding, S10371 [15SE], S10374
        [15SE]
    National Park System:  distribution of certain publications with
        advertising in units (S. 2297), S8136<bullet> [14JY]
    National parks and recreation areas:  preservation of Civil War
        battlefields, S9961 [8SE]
    Native Americans:  accountability by Indian tribes under certain
        Federal environmental laws (S. 2301), S11154 [30SE]
    ------ legal reform (S. 1691), S1155 [27FE]
    ------ limitations on the approval of new tribal-State gambling
        compacts, S10370 [15SE]
    NATO:  limit U.S. subsidy of national expenses of Poland, Hungary,
        and the Czech Republic, S3677 [28AP]
    Navy:  oil spill prevention efforts, S6664 [19JN]
    NIH:  expansion, intensification, and coordination of autism
        research activities (S. 2263), S7358<bullet> [6JY]
    Oceans:  reduce regulations on international transportation and
        eliminate the Federal Maritime Commission (S. 414), S3199 [3AP],
        S3201 [3AP], S3306 [21AP], S3309 [21AP]
    Othello, WA:  Rodeo Lake Project funding, S6534 [18JN]
    Pacific Northwest Emergency Management Arrangement:  grant
        congressional consent (S.J. Res. 35), S9659 [31JY]
    Petroleum:  payment of U.S. royalty claims, S10414 [16SE]
    Political campaigns:  ethics reform and contribution limits, S873
        [24FE], S874 [24FE], S973 [25FE], S975 [25FE], S976 [25FE],
        S10060 [9SE], S10078 [9SE], S10079 [9SE], S10080 [9SE]
    ------ ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2183), S10060
        [9SE]
    ------ protect individuals from having their money involuntarily
        collected and used for politics by a corporation or labor
        organization (S. 1663), S873 [24FE], S874 [24FE], S973 [25FE],
        S975 [25FE], S976 [25FE] protect individuals from having their
        money involuntarily collected and used for politics by a
        corporation or labor organization (S. 1663), unanimous-consent
        agreement, S948 [25FE]
    ------ require disclosure of funding sources for certain candidate
        advocacy advertising, S973 [25FE], S975 [25FE], S976 [25FE]
    Potomac Highlands Airport Authority Compact:  congressional consent
        (S.J. Res. 51), S9658 [31JY]
    Presidential appointments:  nominations considered and confirmed en
        bloc, S6347 [15JN], S9663 [31JY]
    ------ Senate process for confirmation of judicial nominees, S11874
        [8OC]
    Protocols to the North Atlantic Treaty on Accession of Poland,
        Hungary, and the Czech Republic:  ratification, S2278 [19MR],
        S3677 [28AP]
    Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport:  designate (S. 1575),
        S224 [29JA]
    Rural areas:  Federal policies affecting farmers and agricultural
        communities, S9328 [30JY]
    Russia:  economic crisis, S9744 [1SE]
    Salton Sea:  feasibility study relative to reclamation project (H.R.
        3267), S12461 [13OC], S12462 [13OC]
    Science:  prohibit cloning of humans (S. 1601), motion to proceed,
        S605 [11FE]
    ------ prohibit cloning of humans (S. 1611), S413 [5FE]
    Senate:  authority of officials during adjournment, S9670 [31JY]
    ------ legislative priorities, S7568 [7JY]
    ------ legislative program, S413 [5FE], S3375 [22AP], S6348 [15JN],
        S6507 [18JN], S9670 [31JY], S10284 [14SE], S10329 [14SE], S10356
        [15SE], S10391 [15SE], S11211 [1OC], S12462 [13OC]
    Shea, Edward F.:  nomination to be district judge, S2695 [27MR]
    Shipping industry:  allow non-vessel-operating common carriers to
        offer service contracts to shippers, S3199 [3AP], S3201 [3AP],
        S3306 [21AP], S3309 [21AP]
    Ships and vessels:  prevent foreign control of U.S. flag fishing
        vessels employed in the navigable waters and exclusive economic
        zone of the U.S., S12801 [21OC]
    Social Security:  budget treatment of trust funds, S11539 [6OC]
    Taxation:  disallow deductions for advertising, promotional, and
        marketing expenses relative to tobacco products unless certain
        requirements are met, S6320 [15JN], S6321 [15JN]
    ------ treatment of education individual retirement accounts
        relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R.
        2646), S3351 [21AP], S3352 [21AP], S3375 [22AP], S3377 [22AP],
        S3379 [22AP], S3382 [22AP], S3383 [22AP], S3385 [22AP], S3418
        [22AP], S3511 [23AP] treatment of education individual
        retirement accounts relative to elementary and secondary school
        expenses (H.R. 2646), conference report, S6934 [24JN] treatment
        of education individual retirement accounts relative to
        elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R. 2646), veto,
        S8993 [24JY]
    ------ treatment of tax-exempt bond financing of certain electrical
        output facilities (S. 2182), S6488<bullet> [17JN]
    Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact:  consent (H.R.
        629), S6347<bullet> [15JN]
    Tobacco products:  granting of immunity or limiting liability for
        tobacco companies in lawsuits relative to health risks and
        marketing and manufacturing practices, S5251 [21MY]
    ------ limit tobacco settlement attorneys' fees, S5111 [19MY], S6175
        [11JN], S6325 [15JN], S6365 [16JN], S6371 [16JN], S6374 [16JN],
        S6380 [16JN]
    ------ tobacco industry liability settlement relative to health
        risks and marketing and manufacturing practices, S6508 [18JN],
        S6510 [18JN] tobacco industry liability settlement relative to
        health risks and marketing and manufacturing practices (S.
        1415), S5111 [19MY], S5251 [21MY], S6175 [11JN], S6320 [15JN],
        S6321 [15JN], S6324 [15JN], S6325 [15JN], S6364 [16JN], S6371
        [16JN], S6374 [16JN], S6380 [16JN], S6478 [17JN]
    Transportation:  funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
        programs, and transit programs (H.R. 2400), conference report,
        S5412 [22MY]
    ----- funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and
        transit programs (S. 1173), S1247 [3MR], S1414 [5MR], S1416
        [5MR], S1842 [12MR]
    U.S. Capitol Police Memorial Fund:  establish on behalf of John M.
        Gibson and Jacob J. Chestnut (H.R. 4354), unanimous-consent
        agreement, S9663 [31JY]
    U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service:  Canadian Goose Agricultural
        Depredation Control Plan funding, S10318 [14SE]
    U.S. Olympic Committee:  exemption on the use of the word
        ``Olympic'' by Washington businesses, S12800 [21OC]
    Ullas, Yvonne:  Washington Teacher of the Year award recipient,
        S3426 [22AP]
    Vesterhaven (vessel):  certificate of documentation (S. 1732), S1568
        [9MR]
    Washington:  flood control projects funding, S8906 [23JY]
    Wenatchee National Forest:  land exchange with Chelan County, WA (S.
        1683), S1073 [26FE]
    World Concern Development Organization:  tribute, S9861 [2SE]
    World Vision Relief and Development (organization):  tribute, S9861
        [2SE]
  Remarks in Senate relative to
    Senate:  Golden Gavel Award recipient, S11847 [8OC]
  Reports filed
    Dept. of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations:
        Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 2237) (S.
        Rept. 105-227), S7255 [26JN]
  Texts of
    S. 1691, American Indian Equal Justice Act, S1155 [27FE]
    S. 1732, certificate of documentation for Vesterhaven (vessel),
        S1568 [9MR]
    S. 2182, treatment of tax-exempt bond financing of certain
        electrical output facilities, S6489<bullet> [17JN]
    S. 2196, Cardiac Arrest Survival Act, S6699 [19JN]
  Tributes
    Coats, Senator, S12452 [13OC]
    Hudson, Jenny L. Stiles, S373 [4FE]
    McNaughton, Stanley O., S854<bullet> [23FE]
    Nazemi, Sina, S6290 [12JN]