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




JOHNSON, TIM (a Senator from South Dakota)
  Addresses
    Challenge of Public Service:  William O. Farber,
        S3725<bullet>-S3727<bullet> [28AP]
  Amendments 
    Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
        making appropriations (S. 2159), S8228 [15JY], S8234 [15JY],
        S8235 [15JY], S8258 [15JY], S8259 [15JY], S8260 [15JY], S8312
        [16JY], S8317 [16JY], S8389 [16JY], S8402 [16JY], S8404 [16JY]
    Appropriations:  making emergency supplemental for disaster relief
        and overseas peacekeeping operations (S. 1768), S2687 [26MR]
    Budget:  setting forth the Federal budget for 1999-2003 (S. Con.
        Res. 86), S2842 [31MR], S2871 [31MR], S2909 [1AP], S2931 [1AP],
        S2988 [1AP], S2989 [1AP], S2993 [1AP], S3156 [2AP], S3157 [2AP],
        S7360 [6JY]
    ------ setting forth the Federal budget for 1999-2003 (S. Con. Res.
        86), S9884 [2SE]
    Credit unions:  clarify laws relative to field of membership of
        Federal credit unions (H.R. 1151), S9452 [30JY]
    Dept. of Defense:  authorizing appropriations for military
        activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military
        construction (S. 2057), S6775 [22JN], S6814 [22JN]
    ------ making appropriations (S. 2132), S9452 [30JY]
    Dept. of the Interior and related agencies:  making appropriations
        (S. 2237), S10313 [14SE], S10322 [14SE], S10325 [14SE]
    Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the
        President, and independent agencies:  making appropriations (S.
        2312), S9257 [29JY]
    Dept. of Transportation and related agencies:  making appropriations
        (S. 2307), S8908 [23JY], S8945 [23JY]
    Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
        agencies:  authorizing appropriations (S. 2260), S8792 [22JY]
    Fall River County, SD:  construction of rural water system (S. 744),
        S11796 [7OC]
    Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs:  making
        appropriations (S. 2334), S9755 [1SE], S9796 [1SE]
    Higher Education Act:  reauthorize (S. 1882), S7795 [9JY], S7885
        [9JY]
    Immigration:  increase number of temporary visas for skilled workers
        and expand education and training opportunities for U.S.
        students and workers (S. 1723), S5026 [18MY]
    IRS:  restructure and reform (H.R. 2676), S4544 [7MY]
    Perkins County, SD:  construction of rural water system (S. 2117),
        S11796 [7OC]
    Political campaigns:  protect individuals from having their money
        involuntarily collected and used for politics by a corporation
        or labor organization (S. 1663), S1016 [25FE]
    Securities:  limit the conduct of securities class actions under
        State law (S. 1260), S4803 [13MY], S4808 [13MY], S4811 [13MY],
        S4836 [13MY]
    Taxation:  treatment of education individual retirement accounts
        relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R.
        2646), S2333 [19MR], S3479 [23AP], S3546 [23AP]
    Tobacco products:  tobacco industry liability settlement relative to
        health risks and marketing and manufacturing practices (S.
        1415), S5728 [5JN], S5799 [9JN], S6141 [11JN], S6170 [11JN],
        S6206 [11JN]
    Transportation:  funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
        programs, and transit programs (S. 1173), S1572 [9MR], S1576
        [9MR], S1686 [10MR], S1707 [10MR]
  Appointments
    Conferee:  S. Con. Res. 86, setting forth the Federal budget for
        1999-2003, S6349 [15JN]
  Articles and editorials
    Consumers Have Right To Know Origin of Meat, Sioux Falls (SD) Argus
        Leader, S8326 [16JY]
    Reasons To Ratify, Not To Stall, Sidney D. Drell, New York (NY)
        Times, S5654 [4JN]
    Your Mother Was Right (Again)--Free Breakfasts May Be a Good Way To
        Help Poor Kids Do Better at School, Economist (publication),
        S10644 [21SE]
  Bills and resolutions cosponsored
    Agriculture:  permit States to purchase certain chemicals sold in
        Canada, (see S. 2592), S11970 [8OC]
    ------ prohibit and investigate the sale of subsidized barley from
        the European Union, (see S. Res. 220), S3919 [30AP], (see S.
        Res. 232), S5129 [19MY]
    ------ removal of tobacco from crop disaster assistance programs,
        (see S. 643), S7286 [26JN]
    Animals:  prohibit import, export, sale, or possession of bear
        viscera, (see S. 263), S769 [12FE]
    Arms Export Control Act:  exempt federally guaranteed agricultural
        commodities from the application of sanctions, (see S. 2158),
        S7581 [7JY], (see S. 2282), S7881 [9JY]
    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), S9254 [29JY]
    Children and youth:  improve and extend child nutrition programs,
        (see S. 2166), S6181 [11JN]
    Coastal zones:  use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund State
        and local conservation programs of coastal States, (see S.
        2566), S11698 [7OC]
    Colleges and universities:  discourage alcohol abuse on campus, (see
        S. Res. 192), S7884 [9JY]
    Contraceptives:  require equitable coverage of drugs, devices, and
        services under health insurance plans, (see S. 766), S5333
        [21MY]
    Credit:  prohibit distribution of negotiable checks or instruments
        relative to consumer solicitations, (see S. 1163), S932 [24FE]
    Crime:  enhance Federal enforcement of hate crimes, (see S. 1529),
        S2987 [1AP]
    ------ improve automated interstate criminal identification systems,
        (see S. 2022), S5334 [21MY]
    ------ national policy to control crime and reform court procedures,
        (see S. 2484), S11285 [1OC]
    ------ prevent violence against women, (see S. 2110), S6340 [15JN]
    Day of Concern About Young People and Gun Violence:  designate, (see
        S. Res. 264), S9556 [31JY]
    Dept. of Agriculture:  carry out trade compensation assistance
        program if the President or any provision of law causes exports
        to be suspended for national security reasons, (see S. 2234),
        S7581 [7JY]
    ------ establish a commodity loan program that provides a fair
        return to producers relative to the cost of production, (see S.
        1918), S3120 [2AP]
    Dept. of Defense:  assure a minimum size for honor guard details at
        funerals of veterans, (see S. 1825), S7018 [24JN]
    ------ terminate F/A-18E/F aircraft program, (see S. 520), S7286
        [26JN]
    Dept. of Education:  reform and reauthorize the State Student
        Incentive Grant Program, (see S. 1644), S730 [12FE]
    Dept. of the Interior:  conduct a volunteer pilot project at one
        national wildlife refuge in each U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
        region, (see S. 2244), S9941 [3SE]
    Disabled:  support grant programs to address assistive technology
        needs of individuals with disabilities, (see S. 2432), S11184
        [30SE]
    Ecology and environment:  facilitate protection of tropical forests
        through debt reduction with developing countries with tropical
        forests, (see S. 1758), S1948 [13MR]
    Education:  support the participation of low-income parents in
        postsecondary education through the provision of campus-based
        child care, (see S. 1151), S520 [9FE]
    ERISA:  amend relative to rules governing litigation contesting
        termination or reduction of retiree health benefits, (see S.
        1307), S57 [27JA]
    Family and Medical Leave Act:  allow leave to address domestic
        violence and its effects, (see S. 367), S6496 [17JN]
    FCC:  preserve low-power television stations that provide community
        broadcasting, (see S. 1427), S5638 [4JN]
    FDA:  uniform food safety warning notification requirements, (see S.
        2356), S9043 [27JY]
    Federal employees:  computation system for Social Security benefits
        relative to spouses' and surviving spouses' Government pensions,
        (see S. 1365), S932 [24FE]
    ------ reduce number of political appointees, (see S. 38), S7286
        [26JN]
    Flag--U.S.:  constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration, (see
        S.J. Res. 40), S378 [4FE]
    Foreign policy:  establish framework for consideration of unilateral
        economic sanctions, (see S. 1413), S6497 [17JN]
    ------ support broad-based agricultural and rural development in
        sub-Saharan Africa, (see S. 2283), S7881 [9JY]
    Health:  alternative medical treatments relative to individual
        access, (see S. 578), S57 [27JA]
    ------ biomedical research funding, (see S. Res. 170), S3656 [27AP]
    ------ prevention of fetal alcohol syndrome, (see S. 1875), S4542
        [7MY]
    ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, (see
        S. 1890), S2988 [1AP], (see S. 1891), S2988 [1AP]
    Health care professionals:  ensure Medicare reimbursement for
        certain ambulance services and improve the efficiency of the
        emergency medical system, (see S. 238), S1702 [10MR]
    Insurance:  coverage and treatment of emergency services under
        health plans, (see S. 356), S1462 [5MR]
    Israel:  independence anniversary, (see S.J. Res. 46), S3783 [29AP]
    Japan:  access of U.S. business to photographic film and paper
        markets, (see S. Con. Res. 88), S4208 [4MY]
    ----- access of U.S. business to photographic film and paper
        markets, cosponsorship withdrawn, (see S. Con. Res. 88), S4835
        [13MY]
    Law enforcement officers:  establish a matching grant program to
        assist local governments in purchasing armor vests, (see S.
        1605), S378 [4FE]
    ------ tribute to individuals who lost their lives during service,
        (see S. Res. 201), S2764 [30MR]
    Lewis and Clark expedition:  mint coins in commemoration of
        bicentennial, (see S. 2205), S10321 [14SE]
    ``Little Rock Nine'':  award Congressional Gold Medals, (see S.
        1283), S846 [23FE]
    McCain, Senator:  tribute, (see S. Res. 196), S2114 [17MR]
    Medicaid:  allow fraud control units to investigate and prosecute
        fraud in Medicare and other Federal programs and elder abuse in
        residential facilities, (see S. 2040), S4528 [7MY]
    ------ coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment services for
        certain women screened under federally funded programs, (see S.
        2017), S3919 [30AP]
    ------ coverage of services provided by nurse practitioners and
        clinical nurse specialists, (see S. 1326), S57 [27JA]
    ------ prohibit transfers or discharges of residents of nursing
        facilities, (see S. 2061), S4630 [11MY], (see S. 2308), S8240
        [15JY]
    Medicare:  adjust formula used to determine cost limits for home
        health agencies, (see S. 1993), S7580 [7JY]
    ------ exclude clinical social worker services from coverage under
        the skilled nursing facility prospective payment system, (see S.
        1864), S5238 [20MY]
    ------ exempt licensed pharmacists from surety bond requirements for
        suppliers of durable medical equipment, (see S. 1680), S1003
        [25FE]
    ------ reimbursement for services provided to eligible veterans by
        certain Dept. of Veterans Affairs facilities, (see S. 2054),
        S12564 [14OC]
    ------ repeal the financial limitation on rehabilitation services,
        (see S. 2222), S10843 [23SE]
    Missouri River:  Corps of Engineers study on sediment build-up
        associated with certain dams and the Niobrara River confluence,
        (see S. 2105), S5322 [21MY]
    ------ expand Corps of Engineers authority to control erosion, (see
        S. 1672), S920 [24FE]
    National Breast Cancer Survivor's Day:  designate, (see S. Res.
        198), S2214 [18MR]
    National Character Counts Week:  designate, (see S. Res. 176), S3156
        [2AP]
    National Children's Day:  designate, (see S. Res. 260), S11346 [2OC]
    National Children's Memorial Day:  designate, (see S. Res. 193),
        S7581 [7JY]
    National Eating Disorders Awareness Day:  designate, (see S. Res.
        197), S3363 [21AP]
    National Emergency Medical Services Memorial Service:  designate,
        (see S. Con. Res. 55), S520 [9FE]
    National Erase the Hate and Eliminate Racism Day:  designate, (see
        S. Res. 221), S3919 [30AP]
    National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute:  anniversary, (see S.
        Con. Res. 108), S9452 [30JY]
    National Inhalant Abuse Awareness Day:  designate, (see S. Res.
        257), S10986 [25SE]
    National Mammography Day:  designate, (see S. Res. 271), S11285
        [1OC]
    National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program:  eliminate threshold
        requirement relative to compensation for unreimbursable
        expenses, (see S. 2585), S11970 [8OC]
    National Women's History Month:  designate, (see S. Res. 189), S3443
        [22AP]
    National Youth Fitness Week:  designate, (see S. Res. 199), S5456
        [22MY]
    Native Americans:  provide for equitable compensation of the
        Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, (see S. 1905), S9451 [30JY]
    Navy:  eliminate the Extremely Low Frequency Communication System,
        (see S. 59), S7286 [26JN]
    North American Wetlands Conservation Act:  reauthorizing, (see S.
        1677), S3362 [21AP]
    Older Americans Act:  reauthorize, (see S. 2295), S8677 [21JY]
    Partnerships for Wildlife Act:  reauthorizing, (see S. 1677), S3362
        [21AP]
    Presidents' Day:  redesignate Washington's Birthday in honor of
        George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and Franklin D. Roosevelt
        and the institution of the Presidency, (see S. 2353), S12725
        [20OC]
    Public lands:  make certain Federal property available to States
        before being made available to other entities, (see S. 1621),
        S1996 [16MR]
    ------ right-of-way fees and liability standards affecting rural
        electric cooperatives and other lessees, (see S. 2472), S10383
        [15SE]
    Public welfare programs:  establish asset-based welfare policies,
        (see S. 1255), S11990 [8OC]
    Public Works and Economic Development Act:  reauthorize and reform
        programs, (see S. 1647), S730 [12FE]
    ------ reauthorize and reform programs, (see S. 2364), S9983 [8SE]
    Read Across America Day:  designate, (see S. Res. 181), S1082 [26FE]
    Rural areas:  promote access to health care services, (see S. 2603),
        S12164 [9OC]
    Sanford, Terry:  tribute, (see S. Res. 211), S3356 [21AP]
    Small business:  provide grants to microenterprise organizations to
        assist disadvantaged entrepreneurs, (see S. 2190), S10667 [21SE]
    Social Security:  budget treatment of trust funds, (see S. Res.
        185), S1070 [26FE]
    ------ provide certain disabled beneficiaries with opportunities to
        return to work by improving access to health care, (see S.
        1858), S9883 [2SE]
    South Dakota:  anniversary of initial blasting for the Crazy Horse
        Memorial, (see S. Res. 206), S3120 [2AP]
    Taxation:  adjust deduction amounts for certain married couples and
        allow full deduction of health insurance costs for self-employed
        individuals, (see S. 2147), S5787 [9JN]
    ------ allow a refundable credit for wetland restoration and
        conservation expenses, (see S. 1907), S3545 [23AP]
    ------ allow Farm and Ranch Risk Management Accounts, (see S. 2078),
        S6296 [12JN]
    ------ enhance the portability of retirement benefits, (see S.
        2329), S11990 [8OC]
    ------ increase allowable rebate for farmers to offset current
        operating losses, (see S. 2467), S10320 [14SE]
    ------ treatment of individual retirement accounts relative to
        charitable contributions, (see S. 1734), S6769 [22JN]
    ------ treatment of printed wiring boards and printed wiring
        assembly equipment, (see S. 2162), S10726 [22SE]
    Telephones:  strengthen and expand the procedures for preventing the
        slamming of interstate telephone service subscribers, (see S.
        1618), S769 [12FE]
    Television:  promote competition in the multichannel video
        marketplace, (see S. 1422), S932 [24FE]
    Tobacco products:  prevent use by minors, reduce secondhand smoke,
        require document disclosure and deny immunity relative to
        industry settlement, end promotion of exports, and provide
        transitional assistance to farmers, (see S. 1638), S730 [12FE]
    Veterans:  eligibility for hospital care and services relative to
        awarding of Purple Heart, (see S. 374), S10241 [11SE]
    ------ make permanent the eligibility of former members of the
        Selected Reserve for veterans housing loans, (see S. 2181),
        S9983 [8SE]
    Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc.:  anniversary, (see S. Res. 207),
        S5572 [2JN]
    Vietnamese Conflict:  tribute to POW and MIA's and disclosure of
        information concerning missing personnel, (see S. Res. 196),
        S2114 [17MR]
    Washington, George:  anniversary of death, (see S. Con. Res. 83),
        S5572 [2JN]
    Wisconsin:  commemorate sesquicentennial of statehood, (see S. Con.
        Res. 75), S3545 [23AP]
    Women:  anniversary of women's rights movement, (see S. Res. 189),
        S3443 [22AP]
    ------ ensure that older women are protected from institutional,
        community, and domestic violence, and sexual assault, (see S.
        2114), S5433 [22MY]
  Bills and resolutions introduced
    Appropriations:  line-item veto, (see S. 2220), S7172 [25JN]
    Consumers:  establish a toll-free telephone number in the Dept. of
        Commerce to assist consumers in identifying domestically-
        produced merchandise, (see S. 2631), S12558 [14OC]
    Federal aid programs:  coordinate response to communities adversely
        affected by the closure or significant downsizing of a plant or
        industry, (see S. 1715), S1435 [5MR]
    James River:  increase funding for flood control project and direct
        Corps of Engineers to enter into programmatic agreement with
        non-Federal sponsor, (see S. 2293), S8056 [13JY]
    Minuteman Missle National Historic Site:  establish, (see S. 2284),
        S7881 [9JY]
    Perkins County, SD:  construction of rural water system, (see S.
        2117), S5434 [22MY]
    Railroads:  improve conspicuity of rail cars by requiring visible
        markers, (see S. 1991), S3653 [27AP]
    Schochenmaier, Frances:  relief, (see S. 2574), S11698 [7OC]
    Social Security:  budget treatment of trust funds, extension of pay-
        as-you-go requirements, and reservation of all surpluses, (see
        S. Res. 282), S10921 [24SE]
    Taxation:  extend work opportunity tax credit relative to dislocated
        workers in areas suffering extensive job losses, (see S. 2018),
        S3919 [30AP]
    ------ treatment of Native American housing assistance programs,
        (see S. 2366), S9137 [28JY]
  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], S1045 [26FE]
    Satcher, David:  nomination to be Surgeon General and Assistant Sec.
        of HHS, S446 [5FE], S541 [10FE]
    Tobacco products:  tobacco industry liability settlement relative to
        health risks and marketing and manufacturing practices (S.
        1415), S5740 [9JN], S6145 [11JN]
  Letters
    Credit Union Membership Access Act:  Glenn English, National Rural
        Electric Cooperative Association, S8969 [24JY]
    ------ Leland Swenson, National Farmers Union, S8969 [24JY]
    Labeling of imported meat and meat food products:  Brett Kay,
        National Consumers League, S8326 [16JY]
    ------ several agricultural organizations, S8326 [16JY]
  Privilege of the floor 
    Hansen, Susan, S11150 [30SE]
    Swanjord, Scott, S8969 [24JY]
  Remarks
    Agriculture:  corporatization of family farms, S12230<bullet> [9OC]
    ------ ensure that federally funded research and education programs
        address high-priority concerns with national multistate
        significance (S. 1150), conference report, S4672 [12MY]
    ------ Federal Crop Insurance Program funding, S4672 [12MY]
    ------ impact of the market price of crops and disasters on family
        farms, S8102 [14JY], S8103 [14JY]
    ------ impact of the market price of crops and disasters on family
        farms, S10294 [14SE], S10645 [21SE]
    ------ labeling of imported meat and meat food products, S8325
        [16JY]
    ------ provide crop insurance, marketing loan, and emergency
        operating loan relief for farmers in certain counties that have
        been designated as Federal disaster areas, S11427 [5OC]
    ------ provide monetary disaster assistance to agricultural
        producers, S10645 [21SE]
    ------ relief for agricultural producers, small businesses, and
        rural communities adversely affected by low commodity prices
        (H.R. 4560), S11164 [30SE], S11165 [30SE]
    Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
        making appropriations (S. 2159), S8102 [14JY], S8103 [14JY],
        S8120 [14JY], S8168 [15JY], S8189 [15JY], S8314 [16JY], S8315
        [16JY], S8325 [16JY]
    ------ making appropriations (H.R. 4101), conference report, S11427
        [5OC]
    Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service:  establish Wildlife
        Services district supervisor position in South Dakota, S8120
        [14JY]
    Appropriations:  line-item veto (S. 2220), S7181 [25JN]
    ------ making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and
        overseas peacekeeping operations (S. 1768), S2590 [26MR]
    ------ making omnibus consolidated and emergency supplemental
        appropriations, S12822 [21OC]
    Arms Export Control Act:  exempt federally guaranteed agricultural
        commodities from the application of sanctions (S. 2282), S7804
        [9JY]
    Budget:  setting forth the Federal budget for 1999-2003 (S. Con.
        Res. 86), S2711-S2713 [27MR], S2909 [1AP], S2911 [1AP]
    ------ treatment of any future budget surpluses, S11150 [30SE]
    Capitol Building and Grounds:  tribute to John M. Gibson and Jacob
        J. Chestnut of the Capitol Police for acts of heroism, S9134
        [28JY]
    Children and youth:  improve and extend child nutrition programs (S.
        2286), S10644 [21SE], S10645 [21SE]
    Clinton, President:  independent counsel investigation of charges of
        perjury and obstruction of justice relative to alleged improper
        sexual conduct, S11189<bullet> [30SE]
    Community Reinvestment Act:  loan requirements for credit unions
        relative to non-members, S8968 [24JY], S8969 [24JY]
    Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty:  ratification, S5653<bullet> [4JN]
    Computers:  develop a national strategy to resolve the year 2000
        problem and ensure that critical public and private services are
        not disrupted, S9797<bullet> [1SE]
    ------ prohibit gambling on the Internet, S8821 [23JY]
    Consumers:  establish a toll-free telephone number in the Dept. of
        Commerce to assist consumers in identifying domestically-
        produced merchandise (S. 2631), S12561<bullet> [14OC]
    Credit unions:  clarify laws relative to field of membership of
        Federal credit unions (H.R. 1151), S8968 [24JY], S8969 [24JY]
    Crime:  prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State
        laws requiring parental notification of abortions (S. 1645),
        S10703 [22SE]
    Dept. of Agriculture:  marketing assistance loans funding, S8168
        [15JY]
    ------ school breakfast research project funding, S10606<bullet>
        [18SE]
    Dept. of Defense:  making appropriations (S. 2132), S9400 [30JY]
    Dept. of the Interior:  prohibit certain Indian gaming regulations,
        S2590 [26MR]
    Dept. of the Interior and related agencies:  making appropriations
        (S. 2237), S10294 [14SE]
    Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the
        President, and independent agencies:  making appropriations (S.
        2312), S9129 [28JY], S9356 [30JY]
    Dept. of Transportation:  mass transit systems funding, S1546 [9MR],
        S1684 [10MR]
    Dept. of Transportation and related agencies:  making appropriations
        (H.R. 4328), conference report, S12822 [21OC]
    Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
        agencies:  authorizing appropriations (S. 2260), S8821 [23JY],
        S8867 [23JY], S8874 [23JY], S8875 [23JY]
    Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
         making appropriations (S. 2168), S8368 [16JY], S8369 [16JY]
    DesRon 61 (U.S.S.):  tribute for heroic actions in World War II,
        S1129<bullet> [26FE]
    Drug abuse:  methamphetamine reduction programs funding, S9356
        [30JY]
    Ellsworth AFB, SD:  military housing project dispute resolution,
        S9400 [30JY]
    Employment:  consolidate Federal job training programs (H.R. 1385),
        S4258 [5MY]
    Estelline, SD:  tribute to Little Hearts Day Care, Inc.,
        S1658<bullet> [9MR]
    FEMA:  establish Tornado Preparedness Pilot Program, S8368 [16JY],
        S8369 [16JY]
    Food:  labeling of meat relative to preparation and serving by
        restaurants, S8315 [16JY]
    Foreign policy:  establish framework for consideration of unilateral
        economic sanctions, S8189 [15JY]
    Hazardous substances:  nuclear waste disposal (H.R. 1270), S5562
        [2JN]
    Higher Education Act:  reauthorize (H.R. 6), S7961<bullet> [10JY]
    ------ reauthorize (H.R. 6), conference report, S11290<bullet> [1OC]
    Hot Springs, SD:  dedication of Michael J. Fitzmaurice State
        Veterans Home, S12891<bullet> [21OC]
    India:  nuclear weapons testing, S4922<bullet> [14MY], S5653<bullet>
        [4JN]
    Insurance:  coverage of minimum hospital stays and reconstructive
        surgery relative to breast cancer and of second opinions for any
        cancer diagnosis (S. 249), S4645 [12MY]
    IRS:  restructure and reform (H.R. 2676), S4186 [4MY]
    Law enforcement officers:  establish a matching grant program to
        assist local governments in purchasing armor vests (S. 1605),
        S382 [4FE]
    Massachusetts:  tribute to YMCA's for donations of exercise
        equipment to Cheyenne River Reservation community,
        S12894<bullet> [21OC]
    McGovern, George:  nomination to be U.S. Representative to the U.N.
        Food and Agriculture Organization, S1710<bullet> [10MR]
    Medicare:  exempt licensed pharmacists from surety bond requirements
        for suppliers of durable medical equipment (S. 1680), S1013
        [25FE]
    National Weather Service:  enhance NOAA weather radio coverage in
        South Dakota, S8867 [23JY], S8874 [23JY]
    ------ enhance South Dakota emergency warning system, S8875 [23JY]
    Native Americans:  increase equality in educational opportunities,
        S2909 [1AP], S2911 [1AP]
    ------ provide for equitable compensation of the Cheyenne River
        Sioux Tribe (S. 1905), S9481<bullet> [30JY]
    Northern State University:  tribute to men's basketball team,
        S2502<bullet> [24MR]
    Odeen, Philip and Marge:  Northern Virginia Community Founder's
        Award recipients, S12246<bullet> [9OC]
    Pakistan:  nuclear weapons testing, S5653<bullet> [4JN]
    Perkins County, SD:  construction of rural water system (S. 2117),
        S5445<bullet> [22MY]
    Power resources:  designate biodiesel fuel blends as alternative
        fuel and equalize alternative fuel vehicle incentives for fleet
        owners and operators, S8314 [16JY]
    Protocols to the North Atlantic Treaty on Accession of Poland,
        Hungary, and the Czech Republic:  ratification, S3886 [30AP]
    Public welfare programs:  food stamp eligibility for certain aliens,
        S4672 [12MY]
    Railroads:  improve conspicuity of rail cars by requiring visible
        markers (S. 1991), S3655 [27AP]
    Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport:  designate (S. 1575),
        S214 [29JA], S215 [29JA]
    Satcher, David:  nomination to be Surgeon General and Assistant Sec.
        of HHS, S490 [9FE]
    Schools:  after-school programs and safety funding, S3481 [23AP]
    Securities:  limit the conduct of securities class actions under
        State law (S. 1260), S4797 [13MY]
    Social Security:  budget treatment of trust funds, S11150 [30SE]
    South Dakota:  anniversary of initial blasting for the Crazy Horse
        Memorial (S. Res. 206), S3173<bullet> [2AP]
    ------ tribute to troops deployed to Persian Gulf, S779<bullet>
        [12FE]
    Spencer, SD:  tribute to tornado victims and relief efforts, S5668
        [5JN]
    Surface Transportation Board:  authorizing appropriations (S. 1802),
        S12738<bullet> [20OC]
    Taxation:  disallow deductions for advertising, promotional, and
        marketing expenses relative to tobacco products unless certain
        requirements are met, S6317 [15JN]
    ------ extend work opportunity tax credit relative to dislocated
        workers in areas suffering extensive job losses (S. 2018), S3936
        [30AP]
    ------ provide relief for individuals, families, farmers, and small
        businesses, and establish incentives for education (H.R. 4579),
        S11150 [30SE]
    ------ terminate Internal Revenue Code, S9129 [28JY]
    ------ treatment of education individual retirement accounts
        relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R.
        2646), S3481 [23AP]
    ------ treatment of Native American housing assistance programs (S.
        2366), S9138 [28JY]
    Tobacco products:  limit access to minors, S6151 [11JN]
    ------ specify percentage of revenues from tobacco industry
        settlement to be used for Child Care and Development Block Grant
        Act activities, S6151 [11JN]
    ------ tobacco industry liability settlement relative to health
        risks and marketing and manufacturing practices (S. 1415), S5562
        [2JN], S6151 [11JN], S6317 [15JN]
    Tornadoes:  disaster assistance to Spencer, SD, S5668 [5JN]
    Transportation:  funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
        programs, and transit programs (S. 1173), S1546 [9MR], S1684
        [10MR]
    Tulare, SD:  tribute to Tulare High School band, S5346<bullet>
        [21MY]
    University of South Dakota:  advancement of public service
        education, S3725<bullet> [28AP]
    ------ tribute to men's cross country team, S238<bullet> [29JA]
    Watertown, SD:  tribute to flood recovery efforts, S3178<bullet>
        [2AP]
    WIC:  improve special supplemental nutrition programs (H.R. 3874),
        S10606<bullet> [18SE]
  Statements
    Public Service Testament:  William O. Farber, S3727<bullet> [28AP]
  Texts of
    S. 1991, improve conspicuity of rail cars by requiring visible
        markers, S3655 [27AP]
    S. 2117, Perkins County Rural Water System Act, S5446<bullet> [22MY]
    S. 2366, tax treatment of Native American housing assistance
        programs, S9139 [28JY]
  Tributes
    Farber, William O., S3725<bullet> [28AP]
    Fitzmaurice, Michael J., S12891<bullet> [21OC]
    Glenn, Senator, S12161 [9OC]
    Martin, Robert, S12245<bullet> [9OC]
    Mooney-Keith, Mary, S5576<bullet> [2JN]