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




HOLLINGS, ERNEST F. (a Senator from South Carolina)
  Amendments 
    Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
        making appropriations (S. 2159), S8307 [16JY], S8389 [16JY],
        S8400 [16JY]
    Appropriations:  making emergency supplemental for disaster relief
        and overseas peacekeeping operations (S. 1768), S2443 [23MR],
        S2484 [24MR], S2500 [24MR], S2543 [25MR], S2578 [25MR], S2611
        [26MR], S2612 [26MR], S2687 [26MR], S2988 [1AP]
    Budget:  setting forth the Federal budget for 1999-2003 (S. Con.
        Res. 86), S2865 [31MR], S2866 [31MR], S2933 [1AP], S2940 [1AP]
    Courts:  product liability reform (S. 648), S7684 [8JY], S7686 [8JY]
    Dept. of Defense:  authorizing appropriations for military
        activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military
        construction (S. 2057), S6790 [22JN]
    ------ making appropriations (S. 2132), S9377 [30JY], S9469 [30JY]
    Dept. of the Interior and related agencies:  making appropriations
        (S. 2237), S10315 [14SE], S10325 [14SE]
    Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
        agencies:  authorizing appropriations (S. 2260), S8710 [22JY],
        S8792 [22JY], S8834 [23JY], S8838 [23JY], S8852 [23JY], S8930
        [23JY], S8931 [23JY], S8951 [23JY]
    FAA:  reauthorizing programs (S. 2279), S10933 [24SE]
    Higher Education Act:  reauthorize (S. 1882), S7849 [9JY], S7889
        [9JY]
    NSF:  authorizing appropriations (S. 1046), S4729 [12MY]
    Telephones:  strengthen and expand the procedures for preventing the
        slamming of interstate telephone service subscribers (S. 1618),
        S4733 [12MY]
    Tobacco products:  tobacco industry liability settlement relative to
        health risks and marketing and manufacturing practices (S.
        1415), S5706 [5JN], S5915 [9JN], S5925 [9JN], S5934 [9JN], S5943
        [9JN], S5953 [9JN], S5962 [9JN], S5971 [9JN], S5981 [9JN], S6059
        [10JN], S6061 [10JN], S6207 [11JN], S6216 [11JN], S6225 [11JN],
        S6234 [11JN], S6244 [11JN], S6425 [16JN]
    Transportation:  funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
        programs, and transit programs (S. 1173), S1264 [3MR], S1353
        [4MR], S1570 [9MR], S1571 [9MR], S1726 [11MR], S1786 [11MR],
        S1794 [11MR], S2575 [25MR]
  Appointments
    Conferee:  H.R. 2400, Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency
        Act, S3181 [2AP]
    ------ 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. 4103, Dept. of Defense appropriations, S9417 [30JY]
    ------ H.R. 4276, Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the
        Judiciary, and related agencies appropriations, S8734 [22JY]
    ------ S. Con. Res. 86, setting forth the Federal budget for 1999-
        2003, S6349 [15JN]
  Articles and editorials
    Garrett Threes Make History, Jeff Hartsell, Charleston (SC) Post and
        Courier, S3948<bullet> [30AP]
    Right Cuts, Wrong Time, Spartanburg (SC) Herald-Journal,
        S9888<bullet> [2SE]
    South Carolina's Factory Workers Lowest Paid in Southeast Economic
        Grade, Associated Press (news service), S7712 [9JY]
  Bills and resolutions cosponsored
    Army Reserve:  anniversary, (see S. Res. 213), S3429 [22AP]
    Aviation:  implement a pilot program to improve air transportation
        service to small communities, (see S. 1968), S3428 [22AP]
    Business and industry:  ensure economic equity for women, (see S.
        71), S6889 [23JN]
    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), S8677 [21JY]
    Children and youth:  improve academic and social outcomes for
        students by providing productive activities during after school
        hours, (see S. 882), S4916 [14MY]
    Coastal Barrier Resources System:  technical corrections to map
        system, (see S. 2464), S10320 [14SE], (see S. 2474), S10383
        [15SE]
    Consumers:  labeling system for apparel and sporting goods made
        without child labor, (see S. 554), S4560 [8MY]
    Courts:  provide witnesses with access to legal counsel during grand
        jury testimony, (see S. 2030), S6205 [11JN]
    Crime:  prevent violence against women, (see S. 2110), S6580 [18JN]
    Cuba:  increase support to democratic opposition and humanitarian
        assistance, (see S. 2080), S4906 [14MY]
    Dept. of Defense:  allow military health care system beneficiaries
        the option to enroll in Federal Employees Health Benefits
        Program, (see S. 1963), S3723 [28AP]
    ------ include certain beneficiaries in National Mail Order Pharmacy
        Program, (see S. 1273), S3544 [23AP]
    Dept. of Education:  reform and reauthorize the State Student
        Incentive Grant Program, (see S. 1644), S730 [12FE]
    Dept. of HHS:  delay effective date of the final rule relative to
        the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network, (see S.
        2201), S6766 [22JN]
    ------ disapprove rule submitted on surety bond requirements for
        home health care providers under Medicare and Medicaid, (see
        S.J. Res. 50), S6037 [10JN]
    Employment:  reform standard for classifying technical workers as
        independent contractors for employment tax purposes, (see S.
        1924), S3120 [2AP]
    FCC:  study systems for filtering or blocking matter on the Internet
        and install such a system on computers in schools and libraries,
        (see S. 1619), S516 [9FE]
    Federal employees:  computation system for Social Security benefits
        relative to spouses' and surviving spouses' Government pensions,
        (see S. 1365), S932 [24FE]
    Flag--U.S.:  constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration, (see
        S.J. Res. 40), S378 [4FE]
    Foreign trade:  eliminate disincentives to fair trade conditions,
        (see S. 2281), S7881 [9JY]
    ------ prohibit imports produced by child labor, (see S. 332), S3442
        [22AP]
    Greek Independence Day--A National Day of Celebration of Greek and
        American Democracy:  designate, (see S. Res. 171), S587 [10FE]
    Health:  distinguish between health care claims fraud and
        unavoidable billing errors, (see S. 2007), S3783 [29AP]
    ------ establish a program for training in lifesaving first aid for
        individuals experiencing cardiac arrest, (see S. 2196), S7019
        [24JN]
    ------ improve and expand clinical research programs, (see S. 1421),
        S3362 [21AP]
    ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, (see
        S. 1890), S8388 [16JY], (see S. 1891), S8388 [16JY]
    ------ standardize relationships between group health plans and
        health insurers relative to enrollees, health professionals, and
        providers, (see S. 644), S6205 [11JN]
    Insurance:  coverage of long-term care services, (see S. Con. Res.
        95), S5638 [4JN]
    ------ coverage of reconstructive surgery relative to breast cancer,
        (see S. 609), S11990 [8OC]
    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]
    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), S11122 [29SE], (see S. 2580),
        S11970 [8OC]
    IRS:  provide uniform application of confidentiality privileges
        relative to taxpayer communications with authorized tax
        practitioners, (see S. 1737), S4208 [4MY]
    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]
    Kimmel, Husband E.:  advance on the retired list of the Navy to the
        highest grade held as Commander in Chief, U.S. Fleet, during
        World War II, (see S.J. Res. 55), S9782 [1SE]
    Law enforcement officers:  establish a matching grant program to
        assist local governments in purchasing armor vests, (see S.
        1605), S378 [4FE]
    ------ tribute to individuals who lost their lives during service,
        (see S. Res. 201), S2764 [30MR]
    Library of Congress:  permanently authorize the American Folklife
        Center, (see S. 1971), S7018 [24JN]
    ``Little Rock Nine'':  award Congressional Gold Medals, (see S.
        1283), S1014 [25FE]
    Louisville, KY:  tribute to Louisville Festival of Faiths, (see S.
        Res. 274), S11052 [28SE]
    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), S3222 [3AP]
    ------ exempt disabled individuals from being required to enroll
        with a managed care entity, (see S. 1649), S3592 [24AP]
    ------ permit presumptive eligibility for low-income children, (see
        S. 2382), S9790 [1SE]
    ------ prohibit transfers or discharges of residents of nursing
        facilities, (see S. 2061), S5456 [22MY], (see S. 2308), S8240
        [15JY]
    Medicare:  adjust formula used to determine cost limits for home
        health agencies, (see S. 1993), S7287 [26JN]
    ------ combat waste, fraud, and abuse, (see S. 2335), S8658 [21JY]
    ------ delay implementation of interim payment system to home health
        agencies for home health services, (see S. 1643), S2726 [27MR]
    ------ eliminate time limitation on benefits for immunosuppressive
        drugs, (see S. 1481), S2575 [25MR]
    ------ exclude clinical social worker services from coverage under
        the skilled nursing facility prospective payment system, (see S.
        1864), S2988 [1AP]
    ------ payment of certain venipuncture services and prevention of
        potential fraud and abuse, (see S. 1580), S520 [9FE]
    ------ reform payment system for home health services, (see S.
        2323), S8382 [16JY], (see S. 2354), S8996 [24JY]
    ------ reimbursement for services provided to eligible veterans by
        certain Dept. of Veterans Affairs facilities, (see S. 2054),
        S4558 [8MY]
    ------ repeal the financial limitation on rehabilitation services,
        (see S. 2222), S7172 [25JN]
    ------ repeal the restriction on payment for certain hospital
        discharges relative to post-acute care, (see S. 1604), S668
        [11FE]
    Motor vehicles:  titling and registration requirements relative to
        salvage, nonrepairable, and rebuilt vehicles, (see S. 852),
        S9692 [31AU]
    National Children's Memorial Day:  designate, (see S. Res. 193),
        S8059 [13JY]
    National Emergency Medical Services Memorial Service:  designate,
        (see S. Con. Res. 55), S770 [12FE]
    National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute:  anniversary, (see S.
        Con. Res. 108), S9452 [30JY]
    National Highway Traffic Safety Administration:  authorizing
        appropriations for motor vehicle safety and information
        programs, (see S. 2581), S11970 [8OC]
    National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week:
        designate, (see S. Res. 259), S9790 [1SE]
    National Mammography Day:  designate, (see S. Res. 271), S11285
        [1OC]
    National Women's History Month:  designate, (see S. Res. 189), S6206
        [11JN]
    Next Generation Internet Program:  authorizing appropriations, (see
        S. 1609), S378 [4FE]
    ------ require report by advisory committee on development and
        implementation, (see S. 1609), S378 [4FE]
    NOAA:  authorize strength of Commissioned Corps, (see S. 2256),
        S7256 [26JN]
    ------ authorizing appropriations relative to the eradication and
        control of harmful algal blooms and other aquatic toxins, (see
        S. 1480), S7884 [9JY]
    North American Wetlands Conservation Act:  reauthorizing, (see S.
        1677), S1569 [9MR]
    Older Americans Act:  reauthorize, (see S. 2295), S8139 [14JY]
    Pacific Island nations:  importance of diplomatic relations, (see S.
        Res. 277), S10383 [15SE]
    Partnerships for Wildlife Act:  reauthorizing, (see S. 1677), S1569
        [9MR]
    Public Works and Economic Development Act:  reauthorize and reform
        programs, (see S. 1647), S5572 [2JN], (see S. 2364), S9137
        [28JY]
    Read Across America Day:  designate, (see S. Res. 181), S1082 [26FE]
    Sanford, Terry:  tribute, (see S. Res. 211), S3356 [21AP]
    SBA:  establish a disaster mitigation pilot program, (see S. 1869),
        S2660 [26MR]
    Senior citizens:  protect rights of members of HMO's to receive
        continuing care at facilities of their choice, (see S. 1997),
        S5134 [19MY]
    Short, Walter C.:  advance on the retired list of the Army to the
        highest grade held as Commanding General, Hawaiian Department,
        during World War II, (see S.J. Res. 55), S9782 [1SE]
    Social Security:  extend and clarify pay-as-you-go requirements
        relative to trust funds, (see S. 1678), S1003 [25FE]
    ------ provide certain disabled beneficiaries with opportunities to
        return to work by improving access to health care, (see S.
        1858), S8058 [13JY]
    ------ reduce payroll taxes, (see S. 1792), S6340 [15JN]
    Surface Transportation Board:  authorizing appropriations, (see S.
        1802), S2296 [19MR]
    Tariff:  textured rolled glass sheets, (see S. 2362), S9137 [28JY]
    Taxation:  increase amount of low-income housing credits allocated
        in each State and index amount for inflation, (see S. 1252),
        S2683 [26MR]
    ------ repeal limitation on the amount of receipts attributable to
        military property which may be treated as exempt foreign trade
        income, (see S. 2296), S10120 [9SE]
    ------ treatment of tax-exempt bond financing of certain electrical
        output facilities, (see S. 2182), S11184 [30SE]
    Technology:  international project to evaluate and facilitate the
        exchange of advanced nuclear waste technologies, (see S. Res.
        224), S4435 [6MY]
    Telecommunications:  require consent of all parties relative to
        interception of oral, wire, or electronic communications, (see
        S. 1973), S3534 [23AP]
    Telephones:  strengthen and expand the procedures for preventing the
        slamming of interstate telephone service subscribers, (see S.
        1618), S516 [9FE]
    Television:  promote competition in the multichannel video
        marketplace, (see S. 1422), S847 [23FE]
    Thurmond, Senator:  tribute for Army Reserve service, (see S. Res.
        213), S3429 [22AP]
    Tourist trade:  create employment opportunities and promote economic
        growth in the travel and tourism industry, (see S. 2412), S9556
        [31JY]
    Turkey:  end restrictions on freedoms and human rights of the
        enclaved people of Cyprus, (see S. Con. Res. 65), S2774 [30MR]
    U.S. Navy Asiatic Fleet Memorial Day:  designate, (see S.J. Res.
        30), S273 [2FE], (see S. 45), S3534 [23AP]
    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),
        S5572 [2JN]
    Weapons:  antiballistic missile systems deployment policy, (see S.
        1873), S2719 [27MR]
    Wisconsin:  commemorate sesquicentennial of statehood, (see S. Con.
        Res. 75), S3944 [30AP]
    Women:  anniversary of women's rights movement, (see S. Res. 189),
        S6206 [11JN]
    ------ promote research and disseminate information on the health
        effects of silicone breast implants, (see S. 2154), S9139 [28JY]
  Bills and resolutions introduced
    Armed Forces:  permit certain beneficiaries to enroll in the Federal
        Employees Health Program and improve health benefits under
        CHAMPUS and TRICARE standard, (see S. 2020), S3919 [30AP]
    Budget:  ensure continued enforcement of pay-as-you-go requirements
        relative to trust funds, (see S. 1587), S226 [29JA]
    ------ treatment of certain trust funds relative to the annual
        baseline, (see S. 1588), S226 [29JA]
    ERISA:  treatment of an individual account plan relative to
        investment in employer securities and the employee's ability to
        withdraw an equivalent amount, (see S. 2320), S8382 [16JY]
    Little Toot (vessel):  certificate of documentation, (see S. 2526),
        S11122 [29SE]
    Railroads:  authorize activities under Federal railroad safety laws,
        (see S. 2063), S4712 [12MY]
    Social Security:  budget treatment of trust funds, (see S. Res.
        185), S1070 [26FE]
    Tariff:  textile machinery, (see S. 1714), S1435 [5MR]
  Citations
    Awarding of a Doctor of Laws degree to Matthew J. Perry, Jr.:
        Princeton University, S6915<bullet> [23JN]
  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]
  Essays
    American Flag Protection Amendment--A Right of the People . . . The
        Right Thing To Do:  Kortney B. Sherbine, S4924<bullet> [14MY]
  Eulogies
    Sanford, Terry:  by Joel L. Fleishman, S5780 [9JN]
    ------ James B. Hunt, Jr., Governor of North Carolina, S3531 [23AP]
  Excerpts
    Budget Act relative to budget treatment of Social Security trust
        funds, S8716 [22JY]
    Budget status report:  CBO, S8710-S8715 [22JY]
    Budget treatment of Social Security trust funds:  Budget Act, S199
        [29JA]
  Letters
    Medicare Beneficiary Freedom To Contract Act:  by, S11893<bullet>
        [8OC]
    NIH biomedical research funding:  by, S3043 [2AP]
    Product Liability Reform Act:  Donna Sytek, National Conference of
        State Legislatures, S7531 [7JY], S7709 [9JY]
    ------ Richard Finan and Dan Blue, National Conference of State
        Legislatures, S7531 [7JY], S7709 [9JY]
    ------ Robert D. Evans, ABA, S7531 [7JY], S7709 [9JY]
    U.S.-Chinese maritime relations:  by, Committee on Commerce,
        Science, and Transportation (Senate), S6499<bullet> [17JN],
        S6500<bullet> [17JN]
  Motions 
    Budget:  setting forth the Federal budget for 1999-2003 (S. Con.
        Res. 86), S2944 [1AP]
    Tobacco products:  tobacco industry liability settlement relative to
        health risks and marketing and manufacturing practices (S.
        1415), S5114 [19MY]
  Privilege of the floor 
    Kodis, Martin, S8747 [22JY]
  Remarks
    Agriculture:  ensure that federally funded research and education
        programs address high-priority concerns with national multistate
        significance (S. 1150), S1146 [27FE], S1147 [27FE]
    Appropriations:  making emergency supplemental for disaster relief
        and overseas peacekeeping operations (S. 1768), S2581<bullet>
        [25MR], S2613 [26MR]
    ------ making omnibus consolidated and emergency supplemental
        appropriations, S12772 [21OC]
    Aquaculture:  establish a national development and research policy,
        S1146 [27FE], S1147 [27FE]
    Armed Forces:  permit certain beneficiaries to enroll in the Federal
        Employees Health Program and improve health benefits under
        CHAMPUS and TRICARE standard (S. 2020), S3937 [30AP]
    Budget:  balance, S258 [2FE], S260 [2FE], S261 [2FE], S9888<bullet>
        [2SE]
    ------ deficit, S258 [2FE], S260 [2FE], S261 [2FE], S3215 [3AP]
    ------ ensure continued enforcement of pay-as-you-go requirements
        relative to trust funds (S. 1587), S199 [29JA], S201 [29JA]
    ------ setting forth the Federal budget for 1999-2003 (S. Con. Res.
        86), S2939 [1AP], S2940 [1AP], S2941 [1AP], S2942 [1AP], S2943
        [1AP], S2944 [1AP], S2949 [1AP]
    ------ treatment of certain trust funds relative to the annual
        baseline (S. 1588), S199 [29JA], S201 [29JA]
    Buffalo, NY:  Shea's Performing Arts Center restoration funding,
        S8875 [23JY]
    Capitol Building and Grounds:  tribute to John M. Gibson and Jacob
        J. Chestnut of the Capitol Police for acts of heroism (S. Con.
        Res. 110), S9036 [27JY]
    Charleston County, SC:  tribute to Garrett Academy of Technology
        boys' basketball team, S3948<bullet> [30AP]
    China, People's Republic of:  establish reciprocity in maritime and
        shipping relationship with the U.S., S6499<bullet> [17JN]
    Coast Guard:  authorizing appropriations (S. 1259), S12392<bullet>
        [12OC]
    Coastal Barrier Resources System:  technical corrections to map
        system (S. 1104), S10316 [14SE]
    Committee on Appropriation (Senate):  tribute to majority and
        minority staffs, S8851 [23JY]
    Copps, Michael J.:  nomination to be Assistant Sec. of Commerce,
        S7323 [26JN]
    Courts:  limit court appointed attorneys' fees, S8823 [23JY]
    ------ product liability reform (S. 648), S7707 [9JY], S7708 [9JY],
        S7709 [9JY]
    ------ product liability reform (S. 648), motion to proceed, S7530
        [7JY]
    ------ State control of product liability reform, S7707 [9JY], S7708
        [9JY], S7709 [9JY]
    Credit unions:  clarify laws relative to field of membership of
        Federal credit unions (H.R. 1151), S9023 [27JY]
    Creel, Hal:  nomination to the Federal Maritime Commission,
        S12349<bullet> [10OC], S12967<bullet> [21OC]
    Dept. of Defense:  authorizing appropriations for military
        activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military
        construction (S. 2057), S7122 [25JN]
    ------ CH-47 Engine Upgrade Program funding, S9397 [30JY]
    ------ making appropriations (S. 2132), S9397 [30JY]
    Dept. of the Interior and related agencies:  making appropriations
        (S. 2237), S10316 [14SE]
    Dept. of Transportation:  ensure enforcement of air service
        agreement between the U.S. and the United Kingdom, S10887 [24SE]
    Dept. of Transportation and related agencies:  making appropriations
        (S. 2307), S8905 [23JY]
    ------ making appropriations (H.R. 4328), conference report, S12772
        [21OC]
    Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
        agencies:  authorizing appropriations (S. 2260), S8607 [21JY],
        S8614 [21JY], S8616 [21JY], S8634 [21JY], S8704 [22JY], S8710
        [22JY], S8715 [22JY], S8716 [22JY], S8717 [22JY], S8720 [22JY],
        S8723 [22JY], S8727 [22JY], S8728 [22JY], S8730 [22JY], S8731
        [22JY], S8732 [22JY], S8733 [22JY], S8748 [22JY], S8749 [22JY],
        S8755 [22JY], S8756 [22JY], S8823 [23JY], S8851 [23JY], S8868
        [23JY], S8870 [23JY], S8873 [23JY], S8874 [23JY], S8875 [23JY],
        S8876 [23JY]
    Dykema, Stephen R.:  Coast Guard Enlisted Person of the Year award
        recipient, S6260<bullet> [11JN]
    Energy and water development:  making appropriations (H.R. 4060),
        conference report, S11119 [29SE]
    FAA:  reauthorizing programs (S. 2279), S10887 [24SE], S10911 [24SE]
    FCC:  require report on cable television rates, S8755 [22JY], S8756
        [22JY]
    ------ require report on universal service support for public
        institutional telecommunications users, S2581<bullet> [25MR]
    ------ study systems for filtering or blocking matter on the
        Internet and install such a system on computers in schools and
        libraries, S8614 [21JY]
    Federal Maritime Commission:  preserve, S3311 [21AP]
    Firearms:  require that handgun dealers make storage safety devices
        available for purchase, S8634 [21JY]
    Foreign policy:  authorize trade and investment policy relative to
        sub-Saharan Africa (S. 778), S7711 [9JY]
    Georgia:  waterline extension project funding, S8873 [23JY]
    Government:  limit Federal authority to impose regulations on State
        and local governments not provided under the Constitution, S8748
        [22JY], S8749 [22JY]
    Health:  distinguish between health care claims fraud and
        unavoidable billing errors (S. 2007), S3790 [29AP]
    ------ establish research and grant programs for the eradication or
        control of pfiesteria piscicida and other aquatic toxins, S8870
        [23JY]
    ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R.
        4250), S12238<bullet> [9OC]
    Iowa Communications Network:  FCC E-Rate Program participation,
        S8868 [23JY]
    Jefferson Parish, LA:  law enforcement communications system
        funding, S8870 [23JY]
    Law enforcement officers:  establish a matching grant program to
        assist local governments in purchasing armor vests (S. 1605),
        S381 [4FE]
    Little Toot (vessel):  certificate of documentation (S. 2526),
        S11125<bullet> [29SE]
    Medical University of South Carolina:  project funding, S12772
        [21OC]
    Medicare:  allow beneficiaries to enter into private contracts for
        services (S. 1194), S11893<bullet> [8OC]
    ------ reimbursement for services provided to eligible veterans by
        certain Dept. of Veterans Affairs facilities (S. 2054),
        S4742<bullet> [12MY]
    ------ repeal the financial limitation on rehabilitation services
        (S. 2222), S7183<bullet> [25JN]
    Moran, John:  nomination to the Federal Maritime Commission,
        S12349<bullet> [10OC], S12967<bullet> [21OC]
    National Weather Service:  enhance South Dakota emergency warning
        system, S8874 [23JY]
    NOAA:  authorize strength of Commissioned Corps (S. 2256),
        S7285<bullet> [26JN]
    ------ National Marine Fisheries Service guidelines for essential
        fish habitat, S8875 [23JY]
    NSF:  authorizing appropriations (S. 1046), S4663 [12MY]
    ------ Experimental Program To Stimulate Competitive Research
        funding, S4663 [12MY]
    Oceans:  reduce regulations on international transportation and
        eliminate the Federal Maritime Commission (S. 414), S3311 [21AP]
    Railroads:  establish a national tracking system to monitor the
        direction, movement, and highway crossing control of freight
        trains, S8905 [23JY]
    SBA:  Office of Advocacy funding, S8876 [23JY]
    Schools:  school security training and technology programs funding,
        S2613 [26MR]
    Senate:  legislative program, S7707 [9JY]
    Sherbine, Kortney B.:  Citizens Flag Alliance Essay Contest winner,
        S4924<bullet> [14MY]
    Social Security:  budget treatment of trust funds, S199 [29JA], S201
        [29JA], S260 [2FE], S2940 [1AP], S2941 [1AP], S2942 [1AP], S2943
        [1AP], S2944 [1AP], S2949 [1AP], S3215 [3AP], S8710 [22JY],
        S8715 [22JY], S8716 [22JY], S8717 [22JY], S8720 [22JY], S8723
        [22JY], S8727 [22JY], S8728 [22JY], S8730 [22JY], S8731 [22JY],
        S8732 [22JY], S8733 [22JY]
    ------ budget treatment of trust funds (S. Res. 185), S1080 [26FE]
    South Carolina:  opening of tobacco marketing season, S9149<bullet>
        [28JY]
    ------ tribute to South Carolina Semester in Washington Program
        participants, S11801<bullet> [7OC]
    Surface Transportation Board:  approval of CSX Corp. and Norfolk
        Southern Corp. acquisition of Consolidated Rail Corp., S9550
        [31JY]
    ------ authorizing appropriations (S. 1802), S2302 [19MR]
    ------ authorizing appropriations (S. 1802), S12731<bullet> [20OC],
        S12910<bullet> [21OC]
    Tariff:  textile machinery (S. 1714), S1441 [5MR]
    ------ textured rolled glass sheets (S. 2362), S9138<bullet> [28JY]
    Taxation:  rates, S261 [2FE]
    Telephones:  strengthen and expand the procedures for preventing the
        slamming of interstate telephone service subscribers (S. 1618),
        S4689 [12MY]
    Television:  promote competition in the multichannel video
        marketplace, S8616 [21JY]
    Textile industry and fabrics:  impact of foreign trade policies and
        agreements on domestic businesses, S7711-S7713 [9JY]
    Thurmond, Senator:  tribute for casting 15,000th vote, S9850 [2SE]
    Tobacco products:  impact of tobacco industry trust fund payments on
        cigarette prices, S5093 [19MY]
    ------ limit tobacco settlement attorneys' fees, S5097 [19MY], S5101
        [19MY], S5113 [19MY], S5114 [19MY], S6165 [11JN], S6168 [11JN],
        S6169 [11JN]
    ------ provide market transition assistance for tobacco producers,
        industry workers, and their communities, S5094 [19MY], S6385
        [16JN]
    ------ tobacco industry liability settlement relative to health
        risks and marketing and manufacturing practices (S. 1415), S5001
        [18MY], S5004 [18MY], S5093 [19MY], S5097 [19MY], S5101 [19MY],
        S5113 [19MY], S5114 [19MY], S6165 [11JN], S6168 [11JN], S6169
        [11JN], S6385 [16JN]
    Tourist trade:  create employment opportunities and promote economic
        growth in the travel and tourism industry (S. 2412),
        S9572<bullet> [31JY]
    Transportation:  funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
        programs, and transit programs (H.R. 2400), conference report,
        S5407 [22MY]
    ----- funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and
        transit programs (S. 1173), S1226 [3MR], S1841 [12MR]
    USIA:  broadcasting activities funding, S8873 [23JY]
    Weather:  establish a national development and research policy,
        S1146 [27FE], S1147 [27FE]
  Reports
    Social Security and the Unified Budget:  Greenspan Commission, S8715
        [22JY]
  Resolutions by organizations
    Tribute to Hugh M. McIntosh:  Ford's Theatre Society, S6829<bullet>
        [22JN]
  Statements
    Surface Transportation Board Approval of CSX Corp. and Norfolk
        Southern Corp. Acquisition of Consolidated Rail Corp.:  Linda
        Morgan, Surface Transportation Board, S9551 [31JY]
  Tables
    Budget treatment of Social Security trust funds, S8727 [22JY]
    CBO budget projections (1997-2008), S8730 [22JY]
    ------, S200 [29JA]
    Federal budget deficits, surpluses, and trust funds (1945-1998),
        S259 [2FE], S8717 [22JY], S8731 [22JY]
    Federal budget trust fund borrowing, S260 [2FE], S8727 [22JY]
  Texts of
    S. 1587, Pay-As-You-Go Extension Act, S200 [29JA]
    S. 1588, Deficit Integrity Act, S200 [29JA]
  Tributes
    Brown, Jean, S4370<bullet> [5MY]
    Clyburn, Mignon, S5142<bullet> [19MY]
    Friday, Elbert W., Jr. (Joe), S7215<bullet> [25JN]
    Gudes, Scott, S8609 [21JY]
    James, Fred, S3170<bullet> [2AP]
    McIntosh, Hugh M., S6829<bullet> [22JN]
    Mickel, Buck, S8999<bullet> [24JY]
    Orr, Dereck, S12897<bullet> [21OC]
    Perry, Matthew J., Jr., S6914<bullet> [23JN]
    Rhea, Betty Jo, S64<bullet> [27JA]
    Ribicoff, Abraham A., S1188 [2MR]
    Robinson, Patricia Colbert, S2449<bullet> [23MR]
    Russell, Donald, S860<bullet> [23FE]
    Sanford, Terry, S3530 [23AP], S5779 [9JN]
    Thurmond, Senator, S7122 [25JN]
    Truscott, Carl, S12893<bullet> [21OC]
    Watson, Walter G. (Curly), S61<bullet> [27JA]
    Welch, Frankie, S6259<bullet> [11JN]