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




LIEBERMAN, JOSEPH I. (a Senator from Connecticut)
  Amendments 
    Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
        making appropriations (S. 2159), S8128 [14JY], S8143 [14JY]
    Appropriations:  making emergency supplemental for disaster relief
        and overseas peacekeeping operations (S. 1768), S2443 [23MR],
        S2483 [24MR], S2500 [24MR]
    Budget:  setting forth the Federal budget for 1999-2003 (S. Con.
        Res. 86), S2736 [30MR], S2774 [30MR], S2900 [1AP], S2931 [1AP],
        S2989 [1AP], S2991 [1AP], S2994 [1AP], S3156 [2AP]
    Dept. of Defense:  authorizing appropriations for military
        activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military
        construction (S. 2057), S6675 [19JN], S6677 [19JN], S6678
        [19JN], S6679 [19JN], S6709 [19JN], S6710 [19JN], S6711 [19JN],
        S6773 [22JN], S6787 [22JN], S7001 [24JN], S7005 [24JN], S7029
        [24JN], S7030 [24JN], S7121 [25JN], S7136 [25JN], S7204 [25JN],
        S8254 [15JY]
    ------ making appropriations (S. 2132), S9371 [30JY], S9462 [30JY],
        S9465 [30JY], S9467 [30JY]
    Dept. of the Interior and related agencies:  making appropriations
        (S. 2237), S10120 [9SE]
    Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
        agencies:  authorizing appropriations (S. 2260), S8835 [23JY],
        S8931 [23JY]
    Education:  improve and expand charter schools (H.R. 2616), S12003
        [8OC]
    Political campaigns:  protect individuals from having their money
        involuntarily collected and used for politics by a corporation
        or labor organization (S. 1663), S906 [24FE], S938 [24FE], S1017
        [25FE]
    Taxation:  treatment of education individual retirement accounts
        relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R.
        2646), S3479 [23AP], S3546 [23AP]
    ------ treatment of Internet and interactive computer service
        commerce (S. 442), S11659 [7OC]
    Tobacco products:  tobacco industry liability settlement relative to
        health risks and marketing and manufacturing practices (S.
        1415), S5719 [5JN]
    Transportation:  funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
        programs, and transit programs (S. 1173), S1237 [3MR], S1282
        [3MR], S1353 [4MR], S1537 [6MR], S1556 [9MR], S1629 [9MR], S1785
        [11MR], S1795 [11MR]
  Analyses
    Requirements for Presidential Candidates Accepting Public Funding
        and Limits on Campaign Activities by Tax-Exempt Organizations
        (S. 1666), S843 [23FE]
  Appointments
    Conferee:  H.R. 2400, Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency
        Act, S3181 [2AP]
    ------ H.R. 3616, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military
        activities and prescribing personnel strengths, S7160 [25JN]
  Articles and editorials
    At 50, Al Gore Looks Forward to Year 2000, Trude B. Feldman, S3216
        [3AP]
    Borough Park Mourns Jewish Luminary, Gary Pierre-Pierre, New York
        (NY) Times, S5242<bullet> [20MY]
    Man From Salem Emerges as a Hero of the Holocaust--Hiram Bingham IV,
        William S. Bingham, New London (CT) Day, S671<bullet> [11FE]
    Missile's Threat From Iran, Kenneth R. Timmerman, Reader's Digest,
        S5374 [22MY]
    Rabbi Moshe Sherer, 76, Who Contributed to Rise of Orthodoxy's Right
        Wing in U.S., Gustav Niebuhr, New York (NY) Times, S5242<bullet>
        [20MY]
    With Promises, Promises, NATO Moves the East, Jane Perlez, New York
        (NY) Times, S3832 [30AP]
  Bills and resolutions cosponsored
    Abortion:  prohibit certain late-term abortions, (see S. 2497),
        S10588 [18SE]
    Afghanistan:  human rights violations against women, (see S. Con.
        Res. 97), S8059 [13JY]
    Agency for Healthcare Policy and Research:  revise and extend, (see
        S. 2208), S10595 [18SE]
    Air pollution:  authorize the President to enter into agreements to
        provide regulatory credit for voluntary early action to mitigate
        greenhouse gas emissions, (see S. 2617), S12309 [10OC]
    American GI Forum of the U.S. (nonprofit corporation):  grant
        Federal charter, (see S. 1759), S9599 [31JY]
    Army Reserve:  anniversary, (see S. Res. 213), S3429 [22AP]
    Beaches:  improve quality of coastal recreation waters, (see S.
        971), S8563 [20JY]
    Birds:  establish a conservation program for neotropical migratory
        birds, (see S. 1970), S7359 [6JY]
    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), S7581 [7JY]
    Clean Air Act:  reduce acid deposition, (see S. 1097), S9789 [1SE]
    Commission on Government Restructuring and Reform:  establish, (see
        S. 2623), S12309 [10OC]
    Computers:  prohibit interference with interstate commerce on the
        Internet or interactive computer services, (see S. 1888), S2850
        [31MR]
    Courts:  establish legal standards and procedures for product
        liability litigation, (see S. 2236), S7172 [25JN]
    ------ establish legal standards and procedures for the fair,
        prompt, inexpensive, and efficient resolution of asbestos
        exposure personal injury claims, (see S. 2546), S11339 [2OC]
    Crime:  constitutional amendment on protection of victims' rights,
        (see S.J. Res. 44), S2968 [1AP]
    Cuba:  increase support to democratic opposition and humanitarian
        assistance, (see S. 2080), S4906 [14MY]
    Day of Concern About Young People and Gun Violence:  designate, (see
        S. Res. 264), S9556 [31JY]
    Death and dying:  clarify Federal laws relative to dispensing of
        drugs intended for use for assisted suicide or euthanasia, (see
        S. 2151), S6205 [11JN]
    Dept. of Commerce:  authorizing appropriations for the Technology
        Administration, (see S. 1325), S1957 [13MR]
    Dept. of Defense:  Defense Science and Technology Program funding,
        (see S. 2081), S4906 [14MY]
    Dept. of Energy:  improve the ability of small businesses, Federal
        agencies, industry, and universities to work with contractor-
        operated facilities, (see S. 1874), S2719 [27MR]
    Dept. of HHS:  disapprove rule submitted on surety bond requirements
        for home health care providers under Medicare and Medicaid, (see
        S.J. Res. 50), S7360 [6JY]
    Diseases:  increase research, treatment, and public education of
        Lyme disease, (see S. 2034), S7884 [9JY]
    ------ payments to individuals with blood-clotting disorders who
        contracted HIV due to contaminated blood products, (see S. 358),
        S8387 [16JY]
    Drugs:  support existing Federal legal process for determining
        safety and efficacy of using marijuana and other drugs for
        medicinal purposes, (see S.J. Res. 56), S12183 [9OC]
    Ecology and environment:  facilitate protection of tropical forests
        through debt reduction with developing countries with tropical
        forests, (see S. 1758), S4366 [5MY]
    Education:  reduce class size in the early grades and improve
        teacher quality, (see S. 2209), S7012 [24JN]
    Employment:  establish regional partnerships to train workers in the
        area of information technology, (see S. 2021), S3919 [30AP]
    ------ reform standard for classifying technical workers as
        independent contractors for employment tax purposes, (see S.
        1924), S7286 [26JN]
    Families and domestic relations:  increase availability,
        affordability, and quality of child care, (see S. 1610), S2433
        [23MR]
    ------ provide equitable child care relief for stay at-home parents,
        (see S. Con. Res. 77), S2433 [23MR]
    Federal Advisory Committee Act:  modify termination and
        reauthorization requirements for advisory committees, (see S.
        2228), S7172 [25JN]
    Federal employees:  recognition of the accomplishments of inspectors
        general in detecting waste, fraud, and abuse in Government, (see
        S.J. Res. 58), S11279 [1OC]
    Four Chaplains Day:  designate, (see S. Res. 169), S48 [27JA]
    Freedom of religion:  establish a process to ensure that the U.S.
        monitors international religious persecution, (see S. 1868),
        S2660 [26MR]
    ------ protect religious liberty, (see S. 2148), S11990 [8OC]
    Government:  coordinate Federal financial assistance programs to
        streamline Government operations, (see S. 1642), S730 [12FE]
    Greek Independence Day--A National Day of Celebration of Greek and
        American Democracy:  designate, (see S. Res. 171), S587 [10FE]
    Health:  protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's,
        (see S. 1712), S1435 [5MR], (see S. 2416), S9556 [31JY]
    Hussein, Saddam:  indictment and prosecution for war crimes and
        other crimes against humanity, (see S. Res. 179), S1533 [6MR],
        (see S. Con. Res. 78), S1785 [11MR]
    Immigration:  increase number of temporary visas for skilled workers
        and expand education and training opportunities for U.S.
        students and workers, (see S. 1723), S4365 [5MY]
    Indonesia:  support for new Government and reforms in East Timor,
        (see S. Res. 237), S7683 [8JY]
    Insurance:  provide consumers choice of auto insurance, guarantee
        affordable premiums, and improve compensation for accident
        victims, (see S. 2454), S10118 [9SE]
    Iraq:  condemn threat to international peace and security, (see S.
        Con. Res. 71), S401 [4FE]
    ------ material and unacceptable breach of international obligations
        relative to weapons inspections, (see S.J. Res. 54), S7172
        [25JN]
    ------ support transition to democracy, (see S. 2525), S11122 [29SE]
    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]
    Kosovo:  human rights violations against ethnic Albanians by Serbian
        police relative to self-determination, (see S. Con. Res. 85),
        S2214 [18MR]
    Law enforcement officers:  tribute to individuals who lost their
        lives during service, (see S. Res. 201), S2764 [30MR]
    ``Little Rock Nine'':  award Congressional Gold Medals, (see S.
        1283), S846 [23FE]
    Louisville, KY:  tribute to Louisville Festival of Faiths, (see S.
        Res. 274), S10596 [18SE]
    Malaysia:  civil liberties violations and arrest of Dato Seri Anwar
        Ibrahim, (see S. Res. 294), S12164 [9OC]
    McCain, Senator:  tribute, (see S. Res. 196), S2114 [17MR]
    McGwire, Mark:  tribute, (see S. Res. 273), S10118 [9SE]
    Medicaid:  coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment services
        for certain women screened under federally funded programs, (see
        S. 2017), S6052 [10JN]
    Medicare:  allow beneficiaries to remain enrolled in their chosen
        health plan, (see S. 2611), S12164 [9OC]
    ------ reimbursement for services provided to eligible veterans by
        certain Dept. of Veterans Affairs facilities, (see S. 2054),
        S9884 [2SE]
    Milosevic, Slobodan:  culpability for war crimes, crimes against
        humanity, and genocide in the former Yugoslavia, (see S. Con.
        Res. 105), S8388 [16JY]
    National Breast Cancer Survivor's Day:  designate, (see S. Res.
        198), S2214 [18MR]
    National Character Counts Week:  designate, (see S. Res. 176), S731
        [12FE]
    National Correctional Officers and Employees Week:  designate, (see
        S. Res. 175), S2684 [26MR]
    National Erase the Hate and Eliminate Racism Day:  designate, (see
        S. Res. 221), S3919 [30AP]
    National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act:
        reauthorize and amend, (see S. 2095), S5517 [1JN]
    National Inhalant Abuse Awareness Day:  designate, (see S. Res.
        257), S11052 [28SE]
    National Mammography Day:  designate, (see S. Res. 271), S11285
        [1OC]
    National Museum of Women's History Advisory Committee:  establish,
        (see S. 2576), S11698 [7OC]
    National Women's History Month:  designate, (see S. Res. 189), S2575
        [25MR]
    NIH:  expansion, intensification, and coordination of autism
        research activities, (see S. 2263), S7357 [6JY]
    North American Wetlands Conservation Act:  reauthorizing, (see S.
        1677), S1003 [25FE]
    Older Americans Act:  reauthorize, (see S. 2295), S9789 [1SE]
    Partnerships for Wildlife Act:  reauthorizing, (see S. 1677), S1003
        [25FE]
    Patent and Trademark Office:  convert to Government corporation,
        improve application process, and protect U.S. inventors, (see S.
        507), S5517 [1JN]
    Philippines:  commemorate independence anniversary and U.S.
        relations, (see S. Res. 235), S5701 [5JN]
    Public Works and Economic Development Act:  reauthorize and reform
        programs, (see S. 1647), S730 [12FE], (see S. 2364), S9137
        [28JY]
    Puerto Rico:  self-determination, (see S. 472), S5237 [20MY], (see
        S. Res. 279), S10518 [17SE]
    Read Across America Day:  designate, (see S. Res. 181), S1082 [26FE]
    Religion:  support tolerance toward Muslims, (see S. Con. Res. 94),
        S4435 [6MY]
    Research:  continuation of Federal research and development programs
        funding in a fiscally sustainable way, (see S. 2217), S7172
        [25JN]
    Sanford, Terry:  tribute, (see S. Res. 211), S3356 [21AP]
    SBA:  improve loan programs, (see S. 2448), S10120 [9SE]
    ------ women's business centers funding, (see S. 2157), S6181 [11JN]
    Ships and vessels:  reform process for dismantling and disposing of
        ships no longer in use, (see S. 2064), S5134 [19MY]
    Social Security:  open KidSave accounts for every child at birth and
        invest such accounts to build retirement savings, (see S. 2184),
        S6488 [17JN]
    Taxation:  designate renewal communities, (see S. 1995), S3792
        [29AP]
    ------ improve and permanently extend the research and
        experimentation tax credit, (see S. 2268), S11715 [7OC]
    ------ increase amount of low-income housing credits allocated in
        each State and index amount for inflation, (see S. 1252), S5701
        [5JN]
    ------ repeal limitation on the amount of receipts attributable to
        military property which may be treated as exempt foreign trade
        income, (see S. 2296), S8135 [14JY]
    ------ treatment of printed wiring boards and printed wiring
        assembly equipment, (see S. 2162), S7682 [8JY]
    Thurmond, Senator:  tribute for Army Reserve service, (see S. Res.
        213), S3429 [22AP]
    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]
    Turkey:  end restrictions on freedoms and human rights of the
        enclaved people of Cyprus, (see S. Con. Res. 65), S234 [29JA]
    U.N.:  promote full equality for Israel, (see S. 2092), S7019 [24JN]
    Urban areas:  provide grants to organizations to develop youth
        intervention models, (see S. 2327), S8482 [17JY]
    Veterans:  extend priority health care to those who received
        nasopharyngeal radium irradiation treatments while in the Armed
        Forces, (see S. 1822), S2424 [23MR]
    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]
    Water pollution:  estuary conservation and management programs
        funding, (see S. 1321), S3943 [30AP]
    Wisconsin:  commemorate sesquicentennial of statehood, (see S. Con.
        Res. 75), S3944 [30AP]
    Women:  anniversary of women's rights movement, (see S. Res. 189),
        S2575 [25MR]
    ------ ensure that older women are protected from institutional,
        community, and domestic violence, and sexual assault, (see S.
        2114), S6769 [22JN]
    Women's Progress Commemoration Commission:  establish, (see S.
        2285), S7939 [10JY]
  Bills and resolutions introduced
    Aviation:  installation of emergency locator transmitters on
        aircraft, (see S. 1881), S2764 [30MR]
    Clean Air Act:  compliance with environmental standards by certain
        electric utility units, (see S. 2610), S12164 [9OC]
    Government:  reduce waste, fraud, and error by making improvements
        in Federal management and debt collection practices, payment
        systems, and benefit programs, (see S. 2571), S11698 [7OC]
    Japan:  eliminate barriers to foreign trade and investment relative
        to resolution of the Asian financial crisis, (see S. Res. 216),
        S3585 [24AP]
    Political campaigns:  requirements for Presidential candidates
        accepting public funding and limits on campaign activities by
        tax-exempt organizations, (see S. 1666), S837 [23FE]
    Weir Farm National Historic Site:  authorize acquisition of
        additional land for the development of visitor and
        administrative facilities, (see S. 1718), S1435 [5MR]
  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]
    Tobacco products:  tobacco industry liability settlement relative to
        health risks and marketing and manufacturing practices (S.
        1415), S5605 [4JN], S5673 [5JN], S5754 [9JN], S6001 [10JN]
  Letters
    Judicial emergency in the second circuit relative to unconfirmed
        nominations:  several Senators, S5568 [2JN]
  Lists
    Organizations supporting S. 2217, continuation of Federal research
        and development programs funding in a fiscally sustainable way,
        S7178<bullet> [25JN]
  Privilege of the floor 
    Daly, Laureen, S11038 [28SE]
  Remarks
    Advisory Commission on Electronic Commerce:  study effects of
        moratorium on taxation of Internet sales on retail businesses
        and State and local governments, S11667 [7OC], S11668 [7OC]
    Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
        making appropriations (S. 2159), S8128 [14JY], S8195 [15JY]
    Air pollution:  authorize the President to enter into agreements to
        provide regulatory credit for voluntary early action to mitigate
        greenhouse gas emissions (S. 2617), S12311<bullet> [10OC]
    Alcohol and Drug Recovery Centers, Inc.:  anniversary,
        S10941<bullet> [24SE]
    Appropriations:  making emergency supplemental for disaster relief
        and overseas peacekeeping operations (S. 1768), S2513 [25MR]
    ------ making omnibus consolidated and emergency supplemental
        appropriations, S12758 [21OC]
    Aviation:  installation of emergency locator transmitters on
        aircraft (S. 1881), S2766 [30MR]
    Bosnia and Herzegovina:  require congressional vote relative to
        continued deployment and subsequent withdrawal of U.S. Armed
        Forces, S6958 [24JN], S6959 [24JN], S6960 [24JN]
    ------ withdrawal of U.S. Armed Forces, S2513 [25MR]
    Budget:  setting forth the Federal budget for 1999-2003 (S. Con.
        Res. 86), S3062 [2AP]
    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), S9003 [27JY]
    China, People's Republic of:  most-favored-nation status, S6742
        [22JN]
    ------ U.S. policy, S6742 [22JN], S6750 [22JN]
    Clean Air Act:  compliance with environmental standards by certain
        electric utility units (S. 2610), S12177 [9OC]
    Climate:  global warming, S8515<bullet> [17JY]
    Clinton, President:  congressional response to charges of perjury,
        obstruction of justice, and improper sexual conduct, S9923 [3SE]
    Congress:  exchange program with German Bundestag staff members,
        S67<bullet> [27JA]
    Courts:  establish legal standards and procedures for product
        liability litigation (S. 2236), S7252 [26JN]
    ------ establish legal standards and procedures for the fair,
        prompt, inexpensive, and efficient resolution of asbestos
        exposure personal injury claims (S. 2546), S11344 [2OC]
    ------ limitations on punitive damage awards, S7716 [9JY]
    ------ product liability reform (S. 648), S7715 [9JY]
    ------ simplify and expedite access to Federal courts for injured
        parties whose rights and privileges have been deprived by final
        actions of State or Federal agencies (S. 2271), S8039 [13JY]
    Crime:  national policy to control juvenile crime and violence (S.
        10), unanimous-consent request, S9927 [3SE]
    Darien, CT:  anniversary of Junior League of Stamford-Norwalk,
        S859<bullet> [23FE]
    Dept. of Agriculture:  eligibility of State agricultural experiment
        stations for certain research programs, S8128 [14JY]
    Dept. of Defense:  authorizing appropriations for military
        activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military
        construction (S. 2057), S4860 [14MY], S6742 [22JN], S6750
        [22JN], S6958 [24JN], S6959 [24JN], S6960 [24JN]
    ------ Defense Science and Technology Program funding (S. 2081),
        S4911 [14MY]
    Dept. of the Interior and related agencies:  making appropriations
        (S. 2237), S10084 [9SE]
    Dept. of Transportation and related agencies:  making appropriations
        (H.R. 4328), conference report, S12758 [21OC]
    Dept. of Veterans Affairs:  health care system financial constraints
        in New England region, S11837 [8OC]
    Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
        agencies:  authorizing appropriations (S. 2260), S8773 [22JY],
        S8836 [23JY], S8837 [23JY], S8838 [23JY]
    Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
         making appropriations (S. 2168), S8515<bullet> [17JY]
    ------ making appropriations (H.R. 4194), conference report, S11837
        [8OC], S11838 [8OC]
    Drunken driving:  allow States to determine repeat offender status
        relative to blood alcohol content standard, S1556 [9MR]
    ------ national blood alcohol content standard relative to the
        operation of motor vehicles, S1302 [4MR]
    Education:  improve and expand charter schools (H.R. 2616),
        S12248<bullet> [9OC]
    Employment:  consolidate Federal job training programs (H.R. 1385),
        S4260 [5MY]
    ------ establish regional partnerships to train workers in the area
        of information technology, S4260 [5MY] establish regional
        partnerships to train workers in the area of information
        technology (S. 2021), S3939 [30AP]
    Energy and water development:  making appropriations (S. 2138),
        S6533 [18JN]
    Executive departments:  clarify requirements for filling vacancies
        and making temporary appointments subject to Senate confirmation
        (S. 2176), S11037 [28SE], S11038 [28SE], S12861 [21OC]
    Families and domestic relations:  role in character development and
        teaching of moral values, S7930-S7934 [10JY]
    FCC:  study systems for filtering or blocking matter on the Internet
        and install such a system on computers in schools and libraries
        (S. 1619), S8163 [15JY]
    Federal highway program:  replace affirmative action policies with
        emerging business enterprise programs, S1492 [6MR]
    Foreign policy:  establish framework for consideration of unilateral
        economic sanctions, S8195 [15JY]
    Freedom of religion:  establish a process to ensure that the U.S.
        monitors international religious persecution (S. 1868), S2671
        [26MR]
    Government:  reduce waste, fraud, and error by making improvements
        in Federal management and debt collection practices, payment
        systems, and benefit programs (S. 2571), S11708 [7OC]
    Health:  liability protection for suppliers of raw material and
        component parts to medical device manufacturers, S7716 [9JY]
    ----- liability protection for suppliers of raw material and
        component parts to medical device manufacturers (H.R. 872),
        S9500 [30JY]
    ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S.
        1712), S1538<bullet> [6MR] protection of enrollees in managed
        care plans and HMO's (S. 2416), S9589<bullet> [31JY]
    Higher Education Act:  reauthorize (S. 1882), S7836 [9JY]
    Immigration:  increase number of temporary visas for skilled workers
        and expand education and training opportunities for U.S.
        students and workers (S. 1723), S4993 [18MY]
    ------ increase number of temporary visas for skilled workers and
        protect similarly qualified U.S. workers, S12758 [21OC]
    Iran:  impose sanctions on foreign persons who transfer items
        contributing to efforts to acquire, develop, or produce
        ballistic missiles (H.R. 2709), S5372 [22MY]
    Iraq:  condemn threat to international peace and security, S713
        [12FE]
    ------ U.S. policy, S713 [12FE]
    Israel:  independence anniversary, S4552<bullet> [7MY]
    Japan:  eliminate barriers to foreign trade and investment relative
        to resolution of the Asian financial crisis, S8836 [23JY], S8837
        [23JY], S8838 [23JY]
    ----- eliminate barriers to foreign trade and investment relative to
        resolution of the Asian financial crisis (S. Res. 216), S3594
        [24AP]
    Kosovo:  human rights violations against ethnic Albanians by Serbian
        police relative to self-determination (S. Con. Res. 85), S2205
        [18MR]
    McGwire, Mark:  tribute (S. Res. 273), S10083 [9SE], S10084 [9SE]
    National Center for Youth Enterprise:  funding, S8684<bullet> [21JY]
    NATO:  limit U.S. subsidy of national expenses of Poland, Hungary,
        and the Czech Republic, S3673 [28AP], S3674 [28AP], S3675
        [28AP], S3677 [28AP]
    ------ require 3-year pause before further expansion, S3831 [30AP],
        S3832 [30AP]
    NRC:  funding, S6533 [18JN]
    Office of Religious Persecution Monitoring:  establish (H.R. 2431),
        S12092 [9OC]
    Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development:  funding,
        S8773 [22JY]
    Pitney Bowes Inc.:  anniversary, S12573<bullet> [14OC]
    Political campaigns:  ethics reform and contribution limits, S877
        [24FE], S878 [24FE], S993 [25FE], S10084 [9SE]
    ------ ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2183), unanimous-
        consent request, S9823 [2SE]
    ------ protect individuals from having their money involuntarily
        collected and used for politics by a corporation or labor
        organization (S. 1663), S877 [24FE], S878 [24FE], S993 [25FE]
    ------ require disclosure of funding sources for certain candidate
        advocacy advertising, S993 [25FE]
    ------ requirements for Presidential candidates accepting public
        funding and limits on campaign activities by tax-exempt
        organizations (S. 1666), S839-S840 [23FE]
    Protocols to the North Atlantic Treaty on Accession of Poland,
        Hungary, and the Czech Republic:  ratification, S3624 [27AP],
        S3673 [28AP], S3674 [28AP], S3675 [28AP], S3677 [28AP], S3831
        [30AP], S3832 [30AP], S3903 [30AP]
    Puerto Rico:  self-determination (S. Res. 279), S10507 [17SE]
    Religion:  support tolerance toward Muslims (S. Con. Res. 94), S4443
        [6MY]
    Research:  continuation of Federal research and development programs
        funding in a fiscally sustainable way (S. 2217), S7178<bullet>
        [25JN]
    Roads and highways:  operation of double-trailer and triple-trailer
        trucks, S1725 [11MR]
    Sales, Nykesha:  public response relative to actions enabling the
        breaking of the University of Connecticut women's basketball
        scoring record, S1175 [27FE]
    Science:  NSF, NASA, and Dept. of Energy research and developement
        programs funding, S3062 [2AP]
    Securities:  limit the conduct of securities class actions under
        State law (S. 1260), S4799 [13MY]
    Taxation:  treatment of education individual retirement accounts
        relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R.
        2646), S3502-S3505 [23AP]
    ----- treatment of education individual retirement accounts relative
        to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R. 2646),
        conference report, S6920 [24JN]
    ------ treatment of Internet and interactive computer service
        commerce (S. 442), S11667 [7OC], S11668 [7OC], S11856 [8OC]
    Transportation:  funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
        programs, and transit programs (H.R. 2400), conference report,
        S5414 [22MY]
    ----- funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and
        transit programs (S. 1173), S1302 [4MR], S1492 [6MR], S1556
        [9MR], S1725 [11MR]
    U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change:  ratification, S3903
        [30AP]
    Veterans:  extend priority health care to those who received
        nasopharyngeal radium irradiation treatments while in the Armed
        Forces (S. 1822), S2432 [23MR]
    Weir Farm National Historic Site:  authorize acquisition of
        additional land for the development of visitor and
        administrative facilities (S. 1718), S1445 [5MR]
  Remarks in Senate relative to
    Tribute, S4863 [14MY], S9926 [3SE]
  Texts of
    S. 1666, requirements for Presidential candidates accepting public
        funding and limits on campaign activities by tax-exempt
        organizations, S841-S843 [23FE]
    S. 1881, Airplane Emergency Locator Act, S2766 [30MR]
    S. 2571, Federal Benefit Verification and Integrity Act,
        S11709-S11711 [7OC]
    S. 2610, compliance with Clean Air Act environmental standards by
        certain electric utility units, S12178 [9OC]
  Tributes
    Barlow, Joel, S6913<bullet> [23JN]
    Bingham, Hiram, IV, S670<bullet> [11FE]
    Coats, Senator, S4860 [14MY]
    Cohen, Marilyn, S4561<bullet> [8MY]
    Gore, Vice President, S3216 [3AP]
    Hechler, Jack, S12730<bullet> [20OC]
    Lakin, Leo, S3301<bullet> [20AP]
    Ribicoff, Abraham A., S808 [23FE]
    Sales, Nykesha, S1175 [27FE]
    Sherer, Moshe, S5241<bullet> [20MY]
    Thurmond, Senator, S4860 [14MY]