[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]