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




MIKULSKI, BARBARA A. (a Senator from Maryland)
  Amendments 
    Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
        making appropriations (S. 2159), S8297 [16JY], S8400 [16JY]
    Appropriations:  making emergency supplemental for disaster relief
        and overseas peacekeeping operations (S. 1768), S2524 [25MR],
        S2576 [25MR], S2577 [25MR]
    Budget:  setting forth the Federal budget for 1999-2003 (S. Con.
        Res. 86), S2887 [1AP], S2989 [1AP], S3156 [2AP]
    Dept. of Defense:  authorizing appropriations for military
        activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military
        construction (S. 2057), S6771 [22JN], S7061 [25JN], S7122
        [25JN], S7201 [25JN]
    ------ making appropriations (S. 2132), S9380 [30JY], S9470 [30JY]
    Dept. of the Interior and related agencies:  making appropriations
        (S. 2237), S10316 [14SE], S10325 [14SE]
    Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the
        President, and independent agencies:  making appropriations (S.
        2312), S9268 [29JY]
    Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
        agencies:  authorizing appropriations (S. 2260), S8679 [21JY],
        S8862 [23JY], S8940 [23JY]
    Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
         making appropriations (S. 2168), S7351 [6JY], S7352 [6JY],
        S7360 [6JY], S8331 [16JY], S8333 [16JY], S8334 [16JY], S8405
        [16JY], S8407 [16JY], S8411 [16JY]
    FAA:  reauthorizing programs (S. 2279), S10897 [24SE], S10898
        [24SE], S10901 [24SE], S10935 [24SE], S10936 [24SE]
    Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs:  making
        appropriations (S. 2334), S9839 [2SE], S9885 [2SE]
    Higher Education Act:  reauthorize (S. 1882), S7795 [9JY], S7885
        [9JY]
    Taxation:  treatment of education individual retirement accounts
        relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R.
        2646), S3363 [21AP], S3546 [23AP]
    Tobacco products:  tobacco industry liability settlement relative to
        health risks and marketing and manufacturing practices (S.
        1415), S5575 [2JN]
  Appointments
    Committee To Escort Republic of Korea President Kim Dae-Jung Into
        the House Chamber, H4333 [10JN]
    Committee To Escort the President, H30 [27JA]
    Conferee:  H.R. 6, Higher Education Act reauthorization, S8069
        [13JY]
    ------ H.R. 1385, Employment, Training, and Literacy Enhancement
        Act, S4349 [5MY]
    ------ H.R. 1853, vocational education funding, S6306 [12JN]
    ------ H.R. 3579, emergency supplemental appropriations and
        rescissions, S2826 [31MR]
    ------ H.R. 4104, Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive
        Office of the President, and independent agencies
        appropriations, S9916 [3SE]
    ------ H.R. 4194, Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry
        independent agencies appropriations, S9389 [30JY]
    ------ H.R. 4276, Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the
        Judiciary, and related agencies appropriations, S8734 [22JY]
    ------ H.R. 4328, Dept. of Transportation and related agencies
        appropriations, S8956 [24JY], S9389 [30JY]
    ------ S. 2168, Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry
        independent agencies appropriations, S8374 [16JY]
    North Atlantic Assembly, S12249 [9OC]
  Articles and editorials
    Dianna Ortiz Joins Vigil for Torture Victims, Arthur Jones, National
        Catholic Reporter (publication), S9857 [2SE]
    Louis L. Goldstein, 1913-1998, Baltimore (MD) Sun, S7343 [6JY]
    Sister Dianna Is Inspirational, Paul Ferris, National Catholic
        Reporter (publication), S9856 [2SE]
    There Will Be No One Like Him, William F. Zori, Jr., Baltimore (MD)
        Sun, S7343 [6JY]
  Bills and resolutions cosponsored
    Abortion:  prohibit certain late-term abortions, (see S. 2497),
        S10588 [18SE]
    ------ protection of reproductive health services clinics, (see S.
        Res. 173), S451 [5FE]
    American Red Cross:  anniversary of Blood Services, (see S. Con.
        Res. 119), S10722 [22SE]
    Armed Forces:  feasibility of using the Federal Employees Health
        Benefits Program for Medicare-eligible retirees under the
        military health care system, (see S. 1334), S3296 [20AP]
    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]
    Census:  include ancestry data on decennial census, (see S. Con.
        Res. 12), S234 [29JA]
    CERCLA:  clarify liability for certain recycling transactions, (see
        S. 2180), S11184 [30SE]
    Coastal zones:  use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund State
        and local conservation programs of coastal States, (see S.
        2566), S11698 [7OC]
    Corps of Engineers:  develop and implement a plan for Atlantic
        coastal States to address problems with toxic microorganisms in
        wetlands and waters, (see S. 2218), S7172 [25JN]
    Crime:  enhance Federal enforcement of hate crimes, (see S. 1529),
        S5333 [21MY]
    ------ national policy to control crime and reform court procedures,
        (see S. 2484), S10423 [16SE]
    ------ prevent violence against women, (see S. 2110), S5322 [21MY]
    Cuba:  exception to trade embargo for food, medicines and medical
        supplies, instruments, or equipment, (see S. 1391), S3944 [30AP]
    Day of Concern About Young People and Gun Violence:  designate, (see
        S. Res. 264), S9556 [31JY]
    Dept. of Defense:  assure a minimum size for honor guard details at
        funerals of veterans, (see S. 1825), S3363 [21AP]
    Dept. of Education:  reform and reauthorize the State Student
        Incentive Grant Program, (see S. 1644), S730 [12FE]
    Dept. of HHS:  revise and extend certain women's health research and
        prevention activities programs, (see S. 1722), S1508 [6MR]
    Dept. of the Interior:  study on establishing a national historic
        trail to commemorate the War of 1812, (see S. 2465), S10320
        [14SE]
    Dept. of Veterans Affairs:  establish certain presumptions of
        service connection for Persian Gulf Conflict veterans, (see S.
        2358), S9044 [27JY]
    ------ establish educational assistance programs to facilitate
        employment of health care professionals, (see S. 2115), S5433
        [22MY]
    Dia de los Ninos--Celebrating Young Americans:  designate, (see S.
        Res. 278), S10423 [16SE]
    Disabled:  support grant programs to address assistive technology
        needs of individuals with disabilities, (see S. 2432), S10527
        [17SE]
    Education:  establish Thurgood Marshall Legal Educational
        Opportunity Program, (see S. 1395), S1462 [5MR]
    ------ increase the dependent care allowance used to calculate Pell
        Grant Awards, (see S. 1701), S1533 [6MR]
    ------ national policy to improve system, (see S. 1708), S1463 [5MR]
    ------ reduce class size in the early grades and improve teacher
        quality, (see S. 2209), S7012 [24JN]
    Eney, Chestnut, Gibson Memorial Building, Washington, DC:
        designate, (see S. Con. Res. 120), S10722 [22SE]
    Families and domestic relations:  increase availability,
        affordability, and quality of child care, (see S. 1610), S378
        [4FE]
    Federal employees:  modify the conditions that must be met before
        certain alternative pay authorities may be exercised by the
        President, (see S. 1679), S1003 [25FE]
    ------ provide for the rectification of certain retirement coverage
        errors, (see S. 1710), S1336 [4MR]
    Federal Employees Health Benefits Program:  coverage of
        acupuncturist services, (see S. 2340), S8778 [22JY]
    Firearms:  improve safety of handguns, (see S. 428), S3295 [20AP]
    ------ protect children from violence, (see S. 2185), S9884 [2SE]
    ------ reduce gun trafficking by prohibiting bulk purchases of
        handguns, (see S. 466), S9883 [2SE]
    Food:  establish independent agency responsible for safety,
        labeling, and inspection, (see S. 1465), S1533 [6MR]
    ------ improve public health and food safety through enhanced
        enforcement, (see S. 1264), S325 [3FE]
    Foreign policy:  support broad-based agricultural and rural
        development in sub-Saharan Africa, (see S. 2283), S9789 [1SE]
    Greek Independence Day--A National Day of Celebration of Greek and
        American Democracy:  designate, (see S. Res. 171), S520 [9FE]
    Health:  biomedical research funding, (see S. Res. 170), S401 [4FE]
    ------ establish standards to improve children's health quality in
        managed care plans and other health plans, (see S. 1808), S2988
        [1AP]
    ------ improve the distribution of health care professionals to
        underserved areas and consolidate and reauthorize health
        education programs for minority and disadvantaged individuals,
        (see S. 1754), S2136 [17MR]
    ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, (see
        S. 1890), S2851 [31MR], (see S. 1891), S2851 [31MR]
    ------ require insurance coverage of bone mass measurements and
        expand Federal research programs on osteoporosis and related
        bone diseases, (see S. 1536), S2773 [30MR]
    ------ revise and extend bone marrow donation and transplantation
        program, (see S. 2150), S5787 [9JN]
    Human rights:  expedite the declassification of certain documents
        relating to human rights abuses in Guatemala and Honduras, (see
        S. 1220), S3943 [30AP]
    ------ prevent trafficking of women and girls for forced
        prostitution, (see S. Con. Res. 82), S4040 [1MY]
    Insurance:  coverage of minimum hospital stays and reconstructive
        surgery relative to breast cancer and of second opinions for any
        cancer diagnosis, (see S. 249), S5455 [22MY]
    ------ make Federal Employees Health Benefits Program available to
        general public, (see S. 1384), S234 [29JA]
    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]
    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]
    Library of Congress:  mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial,
        (see S. 2510), S10722 [22SE]
    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]
    ------ prohibit transfers or discharges of residents of nursing
        facilities, (see S. 2308), S10120 [9SE]
    Medicare:  coverage of acupuncturist services, (see S. 2340), S8778
        [22JY]
    ------ coverage of medical nutrition therapy services, (see S. 597),
        S6052 [10JN]
    ------ repeal the financial limitation on rehabilitation services,
        (see S. 2222), S9884 [2SE]
    Mexico:  adopt measures to support a peaceful resolution of the
        conflict and to protect human rights in Chiapas, (see S. Con.
        Res. 128), S12164 [9OC]
    Minimum wage:  level, (see S. 1573), S48 [27JA], (see S. 1805),
        S2296 [19MR]
    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 Children's Day:  designate, (see S. Res. 260), S9426 [30JY]
    National Correctional Officers and Employees Week:  designate, (see
        S. Res. 175), S3443 [22AP]
    National Eating Disorders Awareness Day:  designate, (see S. Res.
        197), S3656 [27AP]
    National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute:  anniversary, (see S.
        Con. Res. 108), S10322 [14SE]
    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), S1894
        [12MR]
    New Mexico:  designate Onate Cuartocentenario to commemorate the
        anniversary of the first permanent Spanish settlement, (see S.
        Res. 148), S520 [9FE]
    NIH:  establish National Center for Complementary and Alternative
        Medicine, (see S. 2420), S9556 [31JY]
    ------ expansion, intensification, and coordination of autism
        research activities, (see S. 2263), S9599 [31JY]
    NOAA:  authorizing appropriations relative to the eradication and
        control of harmful algal blooms and other aquatic toxins, (see
        S. 1480), S5456 [22MY]
    Older Americans Act:  reauthorize, (see S. 2295), S8056 [13JY]
    Pensions:  ensure accessibility, portability, and protection of
        retirement benefits, (see S. 2249), S7256 [26JN]
    Pesticides:  clarify circumstances in which a substance is
        considered to be a pesticide chemical, (see S. 2565), S11698
        [7OC]
    Potomac Highlands Airport Authority Compact:  congressional consent,
        (see S.J. Res. 51), S6037 [10JN]
    Public Works and Economic Development Act:  reauthorize and reform
        programs, (see S. 1647), S2136 [17MR], (see S. 2364), S9137
        [28JY]
    Read Across America Day:  designate, (see S. Res. 181), S1082 [26FE]
    Religion:  support tolerance toward Muslims, (see S. Con. Res. 94),
        S5701 [5JN]
    Sanford, Terry:  tribute, (see S. Res. 211), S3356 [21AP]
    SBA:  women's business centers funding, (see S. 2157), S6424 [16JN]
    Taxation:  extend the work opportunity credit, (see S. 2230), S7172
        [25JN]
    ------ increase amount of low-income housing credits allocated in
        each State and index amount for inflation, (see S. 1252), S5134
        [19MY]
    ------ increase State cap on private activity bonds, (see S. 1251),
        S5637 [4JN]
    ------ permanently extend research credit, (see S. 1464), S1996
        [16MR]
    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), S1463 [5MR]
    Ukraine:  remember treatment by the former Soviet Union on
        anniversary of Ukrainian Famine, (see S. Con. Res. 122), S11346
        [2OC]
    Veterans:  benefit eligibility for certain service in the military
        forces of the Philippines, (see S. 623), S7359 [6JY]
    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), S4727 [12MY]
    Women:  anniversary of women's rights movement, (see S. Res. 189),
        S1894 [12MR]
    ------ ensure that older women are protected from institutional,
        community, and domestic violence, and sexual assault, (see S.
        2114), S5433 [22MY]
    ------ promote research and disseminate information on the health
        effects of silicone breast implants, (see S. 2154), S6296 [12JN]
    Women's Progress Commemoration Commission:  establish, (see S.
        2285), S7939 [10JY]
  Bills and resolutions introduced
    Food:  improve safety of imported foods, (see S. 1707), S1336 [4MR]
    Medicare:  exclude clinical social worker services from coverage
        under the skilled nursing facility prospective payment system,
        (see S. 1864), S2660 [26MR]
    Senior citizens:  protect rights of members of HMO's to receive
        continuing care at facilities of their choice, (see S. 1997),
        S3709 [28AP]
    Ships and vessels:  reform process for dismantling and disposing of
        ships no longer in use, (see S. 2064), S4712 [12MY]
  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]
  Obituaries
    Baker, Virginia S., S9611<bullet> [31JY]
  Privilege of the floor 
    Lopez, Bertha, S7346 [6JY], S11833 [8OC]
  Remarks
    Abortion:  performance at military medical facilities, S7065 [25JN]
    ------ prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 1122), veto, S10557
        [18SE]
    Agriculture:  provide crop insurance, marketing loan, and emergency
        operating loan relief for farmers in certain counties that have
        been designated as Federal disaster areas, S11558 [6OC]
    Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
        making appropriations (H.R. 4101), conference report, S11558
        [6OC]
    Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act:  allow certain Alaskan veterans
        to apply for alloted lands, S8339 [16JY], S8432 [17JY]
    Appropriations:  making emergency supplemental for disaster relief
        and overseas peacekeeping operations (S. 1768), S2536 [25MR],
        S2539 [25MR], S2540 [25MR], S2541 [25MR]
    ------ making omnibus consolidated and emergency supplemental
        appropriations, S12772 [21OC]
    Assateague Island National Seashore:  restoration funding, S6536
        [18JN]
    Bankruptcy:  consumer protection (S. 1301), S10693 [22SE]
    Budget:  setting forth the Federal budget for 1999-2003 (S. Con.
        Res. 86), S2889 [1AP], S2963 [1AP], S3099 [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), S9033 [27JY]
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:  hepatitis C research
        funding, S12772 [21OC]
    Classified information:  declassification of information relative to
        human rights abuses in Guatemala and Honduras, S9856 [2SE]
    Contraceptives:  require equitable coverage of drugs, devices, and
        services under health insurance plans, S9194 [29JY]
    Corp. for National and Community Service:  funding, S8365 [16JY],
        S8430 [17JY]
    Credit unions:  clarify laws relative to field of membership of
        Federal credit unions (H.R. 1151), S9094 [28JY]
    Crime:  increase penalties and improve law enforcement activities
        involving the use of computers to commit sexual crimes against
        children, S8721 [22JY]
    ------ prevent violence against women (S. 2110), S5330<bullet>
        [21MY]
    Cyprus:  anniversary of Turkish occupation, S8577<bullet> [20JY]
    Dept. of Defense:  authorizing appropriations for military
        activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military
        construction (S. 2057), S7065 [25JN], S7123 [25JN]
    ------ making appropriations (S. 2132), S9398 [30JY], S9401 [30JY]
    ------ Navy Ship Disposal Pilot Program funding, S9398 [30JY]
    Dept. of HUD:  Elderly Housing Program funding, S2889 [1AP]
    ------ increase in top level of FHA limits on mortgage insurance,
        S8349 [16JY], S8429 [17JY]
    ------ Office of Lead Hazard funding, S8353 [16JY]
    Dept. of the Interior and related agencies:  making appropriations
        (S. 2237), S10163 [10SE]
    Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the
        President, and independent agencies:  making appropriations (S.
        2312), S9189 [29JY], S9194 [29JY], S9199 [29JY]
    Dept. of Transportation and related agencies:  making appropriations
        (H.R. 4328), conference report, S12772 [21OC]
    Dept. of Veterans Affairs:  establish educational assistance
        programs to facilitate employment of health care professionals,
        S8333 [16JY]
    ----- establish educational assistance programs to facilitate
        employment of health care professionals (S. 2115), S5444<bullet>
        [22MY]
    ------ Homeless Providers Grant and Per Diem Program funding, S8332
        [16JY]
    ------ improve veterans' access to health care facilities by
        minimizing distances to facilities, S8367 [16JY]
    ------ payment of benefits for smoking-related illnesses caused by
        nicotine dependence developed during service, S8336 [16JY]
    ------ payment of benefits relative to nicotine dependence, S2963
        [1AP]
    ------ provide cost-of-living or locality pay increase to certain VA
        hospital nurses, S8444 [17JY]
    ------ require federally funded homeless shelters to provide
        information on availability of veterans benefits, S8333 [16JY]
    Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
        agencies:  authorizing appropriations (S. 2260), S8721 [22JY],
        S8733 [22JY]
    Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
         making appropriations (S. 2168), S7346 [6JY], S7348 [6JY],
        S7352 [6JY], S7353 [6JY], S7547 [7JY], S7548 [7JY], S7549 [7JY],
        S8332 [16JY], S8333 [16JY], S8334 [16JY], S8336 [16JY], S8339
        [16JY], S8349 [16JY], S8353 [16JY], S8359 [16JY], S8360 [16JY],
        S8361 [16JY], S8362 [16JY], S8365 [16JY], S8366 [16JY], S8367
        [16JY], S8369 [16JY], S8370 [16JY], S8374 [16JY], S8429 [17JY],
        S8430 [17JY], S8431 [17JY], S8432 [17JY], S8437 [17JY], S8444
        [17JY], S8445 [17JY]
    ------ making appropriations (H.R. 4194), conference report, S11835
        [8OC], S11844 [8OC]
    Diseases:  prostate cancer research programs funding, S9401 [30JY]
    Employment:  consolidate Federal job training programs (H.R. 1385),
        S4261 [5MY]
    Energy and water development:  making appropriations (S. 2138),
        S6536 [18JN]
    EPA:  Clean Lakes Program funding, S8369 [16JY]
    ------ prohibit implementation or enforcement of drinking water
        treatment requirements relative to copper levels until certain
        studies are completed, S8359 [16JY], S8360 [16JY], S8361 [16JY],
        S8362 [16JY]
    FAA:  reauthorizing programs (S. 2279), S10897 [24SE]
    Federal Employees Health Benefits Program:  coverage of abortion
        procedures, S9189 [29JY], S9199 [29JY]
    ------ coverage of acupuncturist services (S. 2340), S8780<bullet>
        [22JY]
    FEMA:  antiterrorism activities funding, S7352 [6JY]
    ------ ensure additional funding for disaster relief does not impact
        the budget surplus, S2539 [25MR], S2540 [25MR], S2541 [25MR]
    ------ establish Tornado Preparedness Pilot Program, S8369 [16JY]
    Financial institutions:  increase competition in the financial
        services sector (H.R. 10), motion to proceed, S11647 [7OC]
    Food:  improve safety of imported foods (S. 1707), S1343 [4MR]
    Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs:  making
        appropriations (S. 2334), S9856 [2SE]
    Health:  protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S.
        1890), S4642 [12MY]
    ------ revise and extend mammography quality standards programs
        (H.R. 4382), S11057<bullet> [28SE]
    Higher Education Act:  reauthorize (S. 1882), S7817 [9JY], S7845
        [9JY]
    Housing:  allocate savings from FHA property disposition reform to
        Federal housing assistance programs, S8369 [16JY]
    ------ prohibit individuals convicted of manufacturing or producing
        methamphetamine from receiving public housing assistance, S8366
        [16JY]
    Insurance:  coverage of minimum hospital stays and reconstructive
        surgery relative to breast cancer and of second opinions for any
        cancer diagnosis (S. 249), S4642 [12MY]
    Iran:  impose sanctions on foreign persons who transfer items
        contributing to efforts to acquire, develop, or produce
        ballistic missiles (H.R. 2709), S5387 [22MY]
    IRS:  restructure and reform (H.R. 2676), S4468 [7MY]
    ------ restructure and reform (H.R. 2676), conference report, S7720
        [9JY]
    Israel:  independence anniversary, S3856 [30AP], S3955<bullet>
        [30AP]
    Medicaid:  allow fraud control units to investigate and prosecute
        fraud in Medicare and other Federal programs and elder abuse in
        residential facilities (S. 2040), S4529 [7MY]
    ------ coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment services for
        certain women screened under federally funded programs (S.
        2017), S3935 [30AP]
    ------ prohibit transfers or discharges of residents of nursing
        facilities (S. 2308), S9993<bullet> [8SE]
    Medicare:  coverage of acupuncturist services (S. 2340),
        S8780<bullet> [22JY]
    ------ exclude clinical social worker services from coverage under
        the skilled nursing facility prospective payment system (S.
        1864), S2660 [26MR]
    ------ repeal the financial limitation on rehabilitation services
        (S. 2222), S10719 [22SE]
    Minimum wage:  level, S10693 [22SE]
    NASA:  funding, S8365 [16JY], S8430 [17JY]
    ------ provide insurance and indemnification relative to development
        of certain experimental aerospace vehicles, S8431 [17JY]
    National Character Counts Week:  designate (S. Res. 176), S776
        [12FE]
    National Fallen Firefighters Foundation:  funding, S8334 [16JY]
    NATO:  require 3-year pause before further expansion, S3833 [30AP]
    Political campaigns:  ethics reform and contribution limits, S10163
        [10SE]
    Protocols to the North Atlantic Treaty on Accession of Poland,
        Hungary, and the Czech Republic:  ratification, S2196 [18MR],
        S3687 [28AP], S3833 [30AP], S3856 [30AP]
    Public welfare programs:  make postsecondary or vocational education
        training a permissible work activity, S7817 [9JY]
    Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport:  addition of slots and
        lifting of perimeter rule on flight distances, S10897 [24SE]
    ------ designate (S. 1575), S374 [4FE]
    ------ noise mitigation programs funding and implementation, S10897
        [24SE]
    Satcher, David:  nomination to be Surgeon General and Assistant Sec.
        of HHS, S352 [4FE]
    Securities:  limit the conduct of securities class actions under
        State law (S. 1260), S4801 [13MY]
    Senate:  legislative program, S2481 [24MR], S7521 [6JY]
    Senior citizens:  protect rights of members of HMO's to receive
        continuing care at facilities of their choice (S. 1997), S3720
        [28AP]
    Shiprock, NM:  Navajo Indian Reservation multi-purpose youth center
        funding, S8370 [16JY]
    Ships and vessels:  reform process for dismantling and disposing of
        ships no longer in use, S7123 [25JN], S8437 [17JY]
    ----- reform process for dismantling and disposing of ships no
        longer in use (S. 2064), S4713 [12MY]
    Social Security:  budget treatment of trust funds, S8733 [22JY]
    Space policy:  space station program funding, S7547 [7JY], S7548
        [7JY], S7549 [7JY]
    States:  additional funding for disaster relief, S2536 [25MR], S2539
        [25MR], S2540 [25MR], S2541 [25MR]
    Taxation:  treatment of education individual retirement accounts
        relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R.
        2646), S3519 [23AP]
    Transportation:  funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
        programs, and transit programs (H.R. 2400), conference report,
        S5406 [22MY]
    ----- funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and
        transit programs (H.R. 2400), technical corrections, S8336
        [16JY]
    ----- funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and
        transit programs (S. 1173), S1847 [12MR]
    Turkey:  end restrictions on freedoms and human rights of enclaved
        people of Cyprus, S8577<bullet> [20JY]
    University of Maryland:  tribute to women's lacrosse team,
        S5991<bullet> [9JN]
    Women:  release of study on abuse of alcohol, cigarettes, and
        psychoactive prescription drugs by older women, S5658<bullet>
        [4JN]
    Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge:  funding for reconstruction, S1847
        [12MR]
  Remarks in Senate relative to
    Tribute, S2889 [1AP], S12132 [9OC]
  Statements
    Space Station Program Funding Relative to Health and Disease
        Research:  Several Doctors and Scientists, S7548 [7JY]
  Tributes
    Abzug, Bella S., S2965 [1AP]
    Baker, Virginia S., S9611<bullet> [31JY]
    Chapman, Mark and Cauley, S9994<bullet> [8SE]
    Chuasiriporn, Jenny, S7605<bullet> [7JY]
    Goldstein, Louis L., S7343 [6JY]
    Jews, Mabel V., S5656<bullet> [4JN]
    Larson, Charles R., S5577<bullet> [2JN]
    Mann, Jonathan, S9994<bullet> [8SE]
    Mann, Mary Lou Clement, S9994<bullet> [8SE]
    Ripken, Cal, Jr., S10716 [22SE]