[Congressional Record Index (1998)]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
MOSELEY-BRAUN, CAROL (a Senator from Illinois)
Amendments
Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
making appropriations (S. 2159), S8307 [16JY], S8400 [16JY]
Bankruptcy: consumer protection (S. 1301), S10460 [17SE], S10602
[18SE]
Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 1999-2003 (S. Con.
Res. 86), S2755 [30MR], S2776 [30MR], S2863 [31MR], S2932 [1AP],
S2994 [1AP], S2995 [1AP], S3156 [2AP], S3157 [2AP]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military
activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military
construction (S. 2057), S6771 [22JN], S7061 [25JN]
------ making appropriations (S. 2132), S9473 [30JY]
Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the
President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (S.
2312), S9267 [29JY], S9268 [29JY]
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
agencies: authorizing appropriations (S. 2260), S8682 [21JY],
S8740 [22JY], S8799 [22JY], S8852 [23JY], S8859 [23JY], S8932
[23JY], S8938 [23JY]
Families and domestic relations: increase effectiveness and
efficiency of child support enforcement and adoption programs
(H.R. 3130), S3163 [2AP]
Higher Education Act: reauthorize (S. 1882), S7795 [9JY], S7885
[9JY]
IRS: restructure and reform (H.R. 2676), S4483 [7MY], S4544 [7MY],
S4545 [7MY], S4546 [7MY]
Taxation: treatment of education individual retirement accounts
relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R.
2646), S3363 [21AP], S3479 [23AP], S3545 [23AP], S3546 [23AP]
Tobacco products: tobacco industry liability settlement relative to
health risks and marketing and manufacturing practices (S.
1415), S5342 [21MY]
Transportation: funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
programs, and transit programs (S. 1173), S1237 [3MR], S1282
[3MR], S1332 [4MR], S1353 [4MR], S1362 [4MR], S1575 [9MR], S1604
[9MR], S1610 [9MR], S1647 [9MR], S1682 [10MR], S1706 [10MR],
S1737 [11MR], S1788 [11MR], S1794 [11MR], S1834 [12MR], S1896
[12MR], S1899 [12MR]
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 2646, Education Savings Act for Public and Private
Schools, S3736 [28AP]
Articles and editorials
Bank Measure Bad for Farms, Margaret Krome, Madison (WI) Capital
Times, S8973 [24JY]
CBOT Looks Back and Forward at 150, Chicago (IL) Tribune, S4746
[12MY]
150 Years of Success, Chicago (IL) Sun-Times, S4746 [12MY]
Should We Wire Schools? Washington (DC) Post, S6258<bullet> [11JN]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Abortion: protection of reproductive health services clinics, (see
S. Res. 173), S451 [5FE]
American GI Forum of the U.S. (nonprofit corporation): grant
Federal charter, (see S. 1759), S5456 [22MY]
Animals: ensure that all dogs and cats used by research facilities
are obtained legally, (see S. 2202), S6885 [23JN]
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: designate certain lands as
wilderness, (see S. 531), S846 [23FE]
Armed Forces: feasibility of using the Federal Employees Health
Benefits Program for Medicare-eligible retirees under the
military health care system, (see S. 1334), S4834 [13MY]
Business and industry: provide assistance to microenterprises in
developing countries, (see S. 2152), S9692 [31AU]
Byrd, James, Jr.: condemn murder in Jasper, TX, and address issue
of hate crimes, (see S. Res. 248), S6339 [15JN]
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]
Coast Guard: authorizing appropriations, (see S. 1259), S2433
[23MR]
Colleges and universities: allow the use of age-based incentives
for the voluntary retirement of tenured faculty, (see S. 153),
S325 [3FE]
Computers: examination and disclosure of certain source codes,
programs and software, (see S. 1692), S3296 [20AP]
Courts: prevent Federal agencies from pursuing policies of
unjustifiable nonacquiescence and relitigation of precedents
established in the Federal judicial circuits, (see S. 1166),
S5455 [22MY]
Crime: enhance Federal enforcement of hate crimes, (see S. 1529),
S3296 [20AP]
------ national policy to control crime and reform court procedures,
(see S. 2484), S10423 [16SE]
------ prevent violence against women, (see S. 2110), S5322 [21MY]
------ reauthorize public safety and community policing programs and
encourage use of school resource officers, (see S. 2443), S9973
[8SE]
Cuba: exception to trade embargo for food, medicines and medical
supplies, instruments, or equipment, (see S. 1391), S1957 [13MR]
Daniel J. Doffyn Post Office Building, Chicago, IL: designate, (see
S. 1886), S2850 [31MR]
Day of Concern About Young People and Gun Violence: designate, (see
S. Res. 264), S9556 [31JY]
Dept. of Agriculture: continuation of the Food Animal Residue
Avoidance Database Program to promote food safety, (see S.
1153), S1533 [6MR]
Dept. of Education: reform and reauthorize the State Student
Incentive Grant Program, (see S. 1644), S1014 [25FE]
Dept. of HHS: disapprove rule submitted on surety bond requirements
for home health care providers under Medicare and Medicaid, (see
S.J. Res. 50), S6424 [16JN]
Dept. of HUD: establish consensus committee for development,
revision, and interpretation of safety standards for
manufactured home construction, (see S. 2145), S5787 [9JN]
Developing countries: denial of benefits under the Generalized
System of Preferences to countries that violate intellectual
property rights, (see S. Con. Res. 124), S12183 [9OC]
Dia de los Ninos--Celebrating Young Americans: designate, (see S.
Res. 278), S10423 [16SE]
Diseases: expand research activities relative to lupus, (see S.
2101), S5217 [20MY]
Ecology and environment: expand the public's right to know about
toxic chemical use and release in their communities, (see S.
769), S57 [27JA]
Education: encourage use of school resource officers, (see S.
2235), S11128 [29SE]
------ national policy to improve system, (see S. 1708), S1336 [4MR]
------ reduce class size in the early grades and improve teacher
quality, (see S. 2209), S7012 [24JN]
Employment: reform standard for classifying technical workers as
independent contractors for employment tax purposes, (see S.
1924), S3120 [2AP]
Evans, Dale: award Congressional Gold Medal, (see S. 1615), S520
[9FE]
Fair Labor Standards Act: reform provisions relative to child
labor, (see S. 2383), S9425 [30JY]
Families and domestic relations: increase availability,
affordability, and quality of child care, (see S. 1610), S378
[4FE]
Family and Medical Leave Act: allow leave to address domestic
violence and its effects, (see S. 367), S325 [3FE]
Federal aid programs: improve and expand empowerment and enterprise
zone programs, (see S. 2418), S11452 [5OC]
Financial institutions: address year 2000 computer problems and
extend examination parity to the OTS Director and the National
Credit Union Administration, (see S. 1671), S1352 [4MR]
Firearms: ensure child safety, (see S. 1917), S3723 [28AP]
------ prohibit carrying of handguns with exceptions for certain
individuals, (see S. 707), S2987 [1AP]
------ protect children from violence, (see S. 2185), S7200 [25JN]
------ reduce gun trafficking by prohibiting bulk purchases of
handguns, (see S. 466), S9692 [31AU]
------ regulation of transfers at gun shows, (see S. 2527), S11122
[29SE]
Foreign policy: establish framework for consideration of unilateral
economic sanctions, (see S. 1413), S3544 [23AP]
Greek Independence Day--A National Day of Celebration of Greek and
American Democracy: designate, (see S. Res. 171), S847 [23FE]
Hazardous substances: increase funding for poison control centers
and establish toll-free telephone number to improve access, (see
S. 1862), S9692 [31AU]
Health: prevention of fetal alcohol syndrome, (see S. 1875), S9789
[1SE]
------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, (see
S. 1890), S2851 [31MR], (see S. 1891), S2851 [31MR]
Human rights: prevent trafficking of women and girls for forced
prostitution, (see S. Con. Res. 82), S2988 [1AP]
Immigration: strengthen naturalization process, (see S. 1717),
S5517 [1JN]
Insurance: prevent discrimination against victims of domestic
violence, (see S. 467), S846 [23FE]
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), S11715 [7OC]
IRS: provide electronic access to certain information on the
Internet, (see S. 1901), S3297 [20AP]
------ provide uniform application of confidentiality privileges
relative to taxpayer communications with authorized tax
practitioners, (see S. 1737), S1697 [10MR]
Israel: independence anniversary, (see S.J. Res. 46), S3783 [29AP]
------ membership in a U.N. regional group, (see S. Res. 188), S2684
[26MR]
Kaczynski, David R. and Patrik, Linda E.: exclude from taxation any
portion of rewards donated to victims of the Unabomber or used
for attorneys' fees, (see S. 2520), S11586 [6OC]
Law enforcement officers: establish a matching grant program to
assist local governments in purchasing armor vests, (see S.
1605), S1162 [27FE]
------ provide standards and protection for the conduct of internal
police investigations, (see S. 348), S1205 [2MR]
------ tribute to individuals who lost their lives during service,
(see S. Res. 201), S2764 [30MR]
Lewis and Clark expedition: mint coins in commemoration of
bicentennial, (see S. 2205), S11127 [29SE]
Library of Congress: mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial,
(see S. 2510), S10722 [22SE]
McCain, Senator: tribute, (see S. Res. 196), S2114 [17MR]
Medicaid: coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment services
for certain women screened under federally funded programs, (see
S. 2017), S3919 [30AP]
Medicare: coverage of medical nutrition therapy services, (see S.
597), S2308 [19MR]
------ improve access to health insurance by offering certain
individuals a Medicare buy-in option, (see S. 1789), S2114
[17MR]
------ payment for insulin pumps, (see S. 2292), S12183 [9OC]
------ payments to children's hospitals that operate graduate
medical education programs, (see S. 2049), S8786 [22JY]
------ reform payment system for home health services, (see S.
2323), S8924 [23JY]
Milosevic, Slobodan: culpability for war crimes, crimes against
humanity, and genocide in the former Yugoslavia, (see S. Con.
Res. 105), S8388 [16JY]
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 Children's Day: designate, (see S. Res. 260), S9426 [30JY]
National Children's Memorial Day: designate, (see S. Res. 193),
S5517 [1JN]
National Correctional Officers and Employees Week: designate, (see
S. Res. 175), S3443 [22AP]
National Eating Disorders Awareness Day: designate, (see S. Res.
197), S3944 [30AP]
National Erase the Hate and Eliminate Racism Day: designate, (see
S. Res. 221), S3919 [30AP]
National Inhalant Abuse Awareness Day: designate, (see S. Res.
257), S11285 [1OC]
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 Tartan Day: designate, (see S. Res. 155), S273 [2FE]
National Women's History Month: designate, (see S. Res. 189), S1569
[9MR]
New Mexico: designate Onate Cuartocentenario to commemorate the
anniversary of the first permanent Spanish settlement, (see S.
Res. 148), S520 [9FE]
Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act: allow
certain nationals an opportunity to apply for adjustment of
status, (see S. 2441), S11990 [8OC]
NIH: establish National Center for Complementary and Alternative
Medicine, (see S. 2420), S9556 [31JY]
Older Americans Act: reauthorize, (see S. 2295), S8924 [23JY]
Pensions: ensure accessibility, portability, and protection of
retirement benefits, (see S. 2249), S7256 [26JN]
------ waive limit on benefits from multiemployer plans, (see S.
1600), S6423 [16JN]
Philippines: commemorate independence anniversary and U.S.
relations, (see S. Res. 235), S5701 [5JN]
Presidential Advisory Commission on Holocaust Assets in the U.S.:
establish, (see S. 1900), S2967 [1AP]
Public Health Service: extend breast cancer research programs, (see
S. 1757), S7580 [7JY]
Public welfare programs: establish asset-based welfare policies,
(see S. 1255), S4040 [1MY]
Public Works and Economic Development Act: reauthorize and reform
programs, (see S. 2364), S11184 [30SE]
Read Across America Day: designate, (see S. Res. 181), S1082 [26FE]
Religion: support tolerance toward Muslims, (see S. Con. Res. 94),
S5638 [4JN]
Research: continuation of Federal research and development programs
funding in a fiscally sustainable way, (see S. 2217), S8787
[22JY]
------ increase the amount authorized for basic scientific, medical,
and pre-competitive engineering research, (see S. 1305), S1957
[13MR]
Robert C. Weaver Federal Building, Washington, D.C.: designate,
(see S. 1700), S1255 [3MR]
Rogers, Roy: award Congressional Gold Medal, (see S. 1615), S520
[9FE]
Sanford, Terry: tribute, (see S. Res. 211), S3356 [21AP]
Science: prohibit cloning of humans, (see S. 1602), S668 [11FE],
(see S. 1611), S668 [11FE], (see S. 1611), S668 [11FE]
Small business: provide grants to microenterprise organizations to
assist disadvantaged entrepreneurs, (see S. 2190), S9884 [2SE]
Taxation: allow Farm and Ranch Risk Management Accounts, (see S.
2078), S4823 [13MY]
------ clarify treatment of agricultural cooperatives and allow
declaratory judgment relief for such cooperatives, (see S.
2498), S10588 [18SE]
------ establish medical innovation tax credits for clinical testing
research expenses relative to academic medical centers and other
qualified hospital research organizations, (see S. 1885), S6340
[15JN]
------ extend certain expiring provisions, (see S. 2622), S12309
[10OC]
------ extend energy production credit to electricity produced by
wind and closed-loop biomass, (see S. 1459), S10440 [16SE]
------ extend the placed-in-service date for biomass and coal
facilities, (see S. 2233), S7287 [26JN]
------ impose excise tax on persons who acquire structured
settlement payments in factoring transactions, (see S. 2543),
S11339 [2OC]
------ increase State cap on private activity bonds, (see S. 1251),
S2433 [23MR]
------ liability of spouses on joint Federal income returns, (see S.
1682), S1262 [3MR]
------ permanently extend income averaging for farmers, (see S.
1879), S3792 [29AP]
------ permanently extend research credit, (see S. 1464), S586
[10FE]
------ treatment of certain amounts received as scholarships by an
individual under the National Health Corps Scholarship Program,
(see S. 1286), S1784 [11MR]
------ treatment of cooperative housing corporations and their
shareholders, (see S. 2125), S10726 [22SE]
------ treatment of excise tax on vaccines, (see S. 2118), S8787
[22JY]
------ treatment of gross income for amounts received under
qualified group legal services plans, (see S. 2200), S11990
[8OC]
Telecommunications: preserve State and local authority to regulate
the placement, construction, and modification of certain
facilities, (see S. 1350), S5023 [18MY]
------ preserve State and local authority to regulate the placement,
construction, and modification of certain facilities, (see S.
2514), S10921 [24SE]
------ require accurate billing by carriers relative to costs and
fees resulting from the Telecommunications Act, (see S. 1897),
S5638 [4JN]
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), S1205 [2MR]
U.N.: promote full equality for Israel, (see S. 2092), S7019 [24JN]
U.N. Commission on Human Rights: resolution relative to human
rights in the People's Republic of China, (see S. Res. 187),
S1894 [12MR]
U.S. Navy Asiatic Fleet Memorial Day: designate, (see S. 45), S3534
[23AP]
Veterans: benefit eligibility for certain service in the military
forces of the Philippines, (see S. 623), S7359 [6JY]
Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc.: anniversary, (see S. Res. 207),
S5572 [2JN]
Vietnamese Conflict: tribute to POW and MIA's, (see S. Res. 177),
S731 [12FE]
------ tribute to POW and MIA's and disclosure of information
concerning missing personnel, (see S. Res. 196), S2114 [17MR]
Washington, George: anniversary of death, (see S. Con. Res. 83),
S3723 [28AP]
Wisconsin: commemorate sesquicentennial of statehood, (see S. Con.
Res. 75), S4542 [7MY]
Women: anniversary of women's rights movement, (see S. Res. 189),
S1569 [9MR]
------ 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), S8512 [17JY]
Women's Progress Commemoration Commission: establish, (see S.
2285), S7939 [10JY]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Armed Forces: anniversary of integration, (see S. Con. Res. 104),
S6698 [19JN]
Caray, Harry: tribute, (see S. Res. 182), S1003 [25FE]
Chicago Board of Trade: anniversary, (see S. Res. 229), S4713
[12MY]
Chicago Bulls (basketball team): tribute, (see S. Res. 249), S6405
[16JN]
Community development: provide grant funding for additional
empowerment zones, (see S. 1927), S3120 [2AP]
Computers: prohibit the publication of identifying information
about minors on the Internet for criminal sexual purposes, (see
S. 1965), S3428 [22AP]
DePaul University: anniversary, (see S. Res. 266), S9556 [31JY]
Foreign trade: clarify the conditions under which export controls
may be imposed on agricultural products, (see S. 2179), S6405
[16JN]
Historic buildings and sites: authorizing appropriations for
preservation and restoration at historically black colleges and
universities, (see S. 1676), S1003 [25FE]
Money: use of tactile currency for the blind and visually impaired,
(see S. Res. 292), S11970 [8OC]
Railroads: modify the guaranteed minimum benefit for widows and
widowers relative to conversion from spouse to widow or widower
annuity, (see S. Con. Res. 80), S1436 [5MR]
Tariff: HIV antiviral drug production, (see S. 2399), S9556 [31JY]
Taxation: exempt small issue bonds for agriculture from the State
volume cap, (see S. 2501), S10588 [18SE]
------ tax credits relative to elementary and secondary school
construction, (see S. 1705), S1336 [4MR]
Cloture motions
Political campaigns: protect individuals from having their money
involuntarily collected and used for politics by a corporation
or labor organization (S. 1663), S909 [24FE], S909 [24FE], S1045
[26FE]
Letters
Community Reinvestment Act requirements for credit unions and small
community banks: Save the CRA Coalition, S8975 [24JY]
----- several organizations, S8974 [24JY]
Creation of a new class of bonds for new school construction:
several Senators, S10530 [17SE]
Creation of a new class of bonds for new school construction and
renovation: Alan Reuther, International Union, United
Automobile, Aerospace & Agricultural Implement Workers of
America, S3345 [21AP]
----- Andrew Rotherham, American Association of School
Administrators, S3344 [21AP]
----- Dorothy Strickler, S3343 [21AP]
----- Gerald D. Morris, American Federation of Teachers, S3345
[21AP]
----- Gerald W. McEntee, American Federation of State, County and
Municipal Employees, S3345 [21AP]
----- Mary Elizabeth Teasley, National Education Association, S3343
[21AP]
----- Patricia Loera and Raul Gonza�1lez, Hispanic Education
Coalition, S3345 [21AP]
----- Peggy Taylor, AFL-CIO, S3344 [21AP]
----- President Clinton, S3337 [21AP]
----- Robert Canavan, Rebuild America's Schools (organization),
S3344 [21AP]
----- Shirley Igo, National PTA, S3344 [21AP]
Prostate cancer research programs funding: several organizations,
S8811<bullet> [22JY]
Lists
Groups supporting nomination of David Satcher to be Surgeon General
and Assistant Sec. of HHS, S535 [10FE]
Organizations supporting the Moseley-Braun amendment to H.R. 2646,
Education Savings Act for Public and Private Schools, creation
of a new class of bonds for new school construction and
renovation, S3343 [21AP]
Remarks
Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 1122), veto,
S10494 [17SE], S10496 [17SE]
Agriculture: impact of the market price of crops and disasters on
family farms, S8293 [16JY]
Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
making appropriations (S. 2159), S8293 [16JY], S8304 [16JY]
American Association on Mental Retardation: tribute to Illinois
recipients of Direct Service Professional Award, S10855<bullet>
[23SE]
Armed Forces: anniversary of integration (S. Con. Res. 104), S6723
[19JN]
Bankruptcy: consumer protection (S. 1301), S10462 [17SE], S10694
[22SE]
Brown, Jamie Foster: Midwest Radio and Music Association Career
Achievement Award recipient, S8418<bullet> [16JY]
Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 1999-2003 (S. Con.
Res. 86), S2793 [31MR], S2794 [31MR], S2802 [31MR], S2898 [1AP],
S2902 [1AP], S2904 [1AP], S2905 [1AP], S2915 [1AP], S2916 [1AP],
S2917 [1AP], S2948 [1AP], S3090 [2AP], S3092 [2AP], S3100 [2AP]
Byrd, James, Jr.: condemn murder in Jasper, TX, and address issue
of hate crimes, S6500<bullet> [17JN]
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), S9038 [27JY]
Caray, Harry: tribute (S. Res. 182), S1029 [25FE], S1031 [25FE]
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: AIDS studies, S536
[10FE]
Chicago, IL: flood control projects funding, S8436 [17JY]
------ tribute to the Chicago Football Classic, S10216<bullet>
[10SE]
Chicago Board of Trade: anniversary (S. Res. 229), S4745 [12MY]
Chicago Bulls (basketball team): tribute (S. Res. 249), S6429
[16JN]
Colleges and universities: make information regarding men's and
women's athletic programs available to prospective students,
S7843 [9JY]
Community development: provide grant funding for additional
empowerment zones (S. 1927), S3141 [2AP]
Community Reinvestment Act: credit requirements for small community
banks, S8971 [24JY], S8974 [24JY], S8975 [24JY]
------ loan requirements for credit unions relative to non-members,
S8971 [24JY], S8974 [24JY], S8975 [24JY]
Computers: prohibit the publication of identifying information
about minors on the Internet for criminal sexual purposes (S.
1965), S3429 [22AP]
Consumers: limit the imposition of additional fees for use of
certain automatic teller machines utilizing a national or
regional network, S10462 [17SE]
Credit unions: clarify laws relative to field of membership of
Federal credit unions (H.R. 1151), S8971 [24JY], S8974 [24JY],
S8975 [24JY]
Crime: enhance Federal enforcement of hate crimes (S. 1529),
S6500<bullet> [17JN]
------ national policy to control crime and reform court procedures
(S. 2484), S10435<bullet> [16SE]
------ reauthorize public safety and community policing programs and
encourage use of school resource officers (S. 2443),
S9975<bullet> [8SE]
DePaul University: anniversary (S. Res. 266), S9628 [31JY]
Dept. of Defense: Advanced Materials Intelligent Processing Center
funding, S9399 [30JY]
------ making appropriations (H.R. 4103), conference report, S11083
[29SE]
------ making appropriations (S. 2132), S9399 [30JY]
Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the
President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (S.
2312), S9233 [29JY]
------ making appropriations (H.R. 4104), conference report,
S12134<bullet> [9OC]
Dept. of Transportation: access-to-jobs and reverse commute
programs funding, S1683 [10MR], S1684 [10MR]
------ judicial review of constitutional claims against
Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program, S8897 [23JY], S8899
[23JY]
------ mass transit systems funding, S1684 [10MR]
Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations
(S. 2307), S8897 [23JY], S8899 [23JY], S8955 [24JY]
Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
making appropriations (S. 2168), S8436 [17JY]
d'Escoto, Rodrigo: Dept. of Commerce Minority Development Agency
National Minority Male Entrepreneur of the Year award recipient,
S11631<bullet> [6OC]
Diseases: prostate cancer research programs funding, S8811<bullet>
[22JY], S8812<bullet> [22JY]
Drunken driving: national blood alcohol content standard relative
to the operation of motor vehicles, S1243 [3MR]
Education: establish funding for local communities to repair school
infrastructure, S18 [27JA]
------ national policy to improve system (S. 1708), S1347 [4MR]
------ reductions in school class size, S2793 [31MR], S2794 [31MR]
Evanston, IL: Advanced Materials Intelligent Processing Center
funding, S11083 [29SE]
FAA: reauthorizing programs (S. 2279), S10903 [24SE]
Families and domestic relations: increase availability,
affordability, and quality of child care, S2802 [31MR]
FCC: E-Rate Program implementation, S6257<bullet> [11JN]
Federal highway program: replace affirmative action policies with
emerging business enterprise programs, S1419 [5MR]
Food: promote research and education on safety, S8304 [16JY]
Foreign trade: clarify the conditions under which export controls
may be imposed on agricultural products (S. 2179), S6420 [16JN]
Girl Scouts: anniversary, S1900<bullet> [12MR]
Herndon, David: nomination to be district judge, S592 [10FE]
Higher Education Act: reauthorize (S. 1882), S7843 [9JY]
Historic buildings and sites: authorizing appropriations for
preservation and restoration at historically black colleges and
universities (S. 1676), S1009 [25FE]
Illinois: transportation projects funding, S8955 [24JY]
------ tribute to Countryside Fire Protection District,
S9618<bullet> [31JY]
Immigration: adjust status of certain Haitian refugees,
S12134<bullet> [9OC]
IRS: restructure and reform (H.R. 2676), S4251 [5MY]
------ restructure and reform (H.R. 2676), conference report, S7647
[8JY]
Israel: independence anniversary, S3957<bullet> [30AP]
Jonesboro, AR: shooting of students and teacher outside Westside
Middle School, S2551 [25MR]
McCuskey, Michael P.: nomination to be district judge, S3029 [2AP]
Mexico: disapprove foreign aid certification of drug enforcement
efforts (S.J. Res. 42), S2644 [26MR], S2649 [26MR]
Minimum wage: level, S10694 [22SE]
Money: use of tactile currency for the blind and visually impaired
(S. Res. 292), S11991 [8OC]
Mulloy, Patrick A.: nomination to be Assistant Sec. of Commerce for
Market Access and Compliance, S5483 [22MY]
Murphy, G. Patrick: nomination to be district judge, S3029 [2AP]
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration: limit certain
lobbying activities, S1737 [11MR]
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits, S893
[24FE]
------ protect individuals from having their money involuntarily
collected and used for politics by a corporation or labor
organization (S. 1663), S893 [24FE]
Presidential Advisory Commission on Holocaust Assets in the U.S.:
establish (S. 1900), S2980 [1AP]
Protocols to the North Atlantic Treaty on Accession of Poland,
Hungary, and the Czech Republic: ratification, S3879 [30AP]
Railroads: modify the guaranteed minimum benefit for widows and
widowers relative to conversion from spouse to widow or widower
annuity (S. Con. Res. 80), S1461 [5MR]
Satcher, David: nomination to be Surgeon General and Assistant Sec.
of HHS, S535 [10FE], S536 [10FE]
Schools: allow same-gender public schools and classrooms as long as
comparable education opportunities are offered to both sexes,
S3335 [21AP]
Science: prohibit cloning of humans (S. 1601), S661 [11FE]
Scott, Jeanne: nomination to be district judge, S592 [10FE]
Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, S6028 [10JN]
------ ensure solvency, S3092 [2AP]
Springfield, OR: shooting of students at Thurston High School,
S5423 [22MY]
Tariff: HIV antiviral drug production (S. 2399), S9560<bullet>
[31JY]
Taxation: adjust deduction amounts for certain married couples and
allow full deduction of health insurance costs for self-employed
individuals, S6028 [10JN]
------ allow Farm and Ranch Risk Management Accounts, S8293 [16JY]
------ clarify treatment of agricultural cooperatives and allow
declaratory judgment relief for such cooperatives (S. 2498),
S10591<bullet> [18SE]
------ creation of a new class of bonds for new school construction
and renovation, S3335 [21AP], S3337 [21AP], S3339 [21AP], S3342
[21AP], S3343 [21AP], S3346 [21AP]
------ creation of a new class of bonds for new school construction,
S10529 [17SE]
------ exempt small issue bonds for agriculture from the State
volume cap (S. 2501), S10591<bullet> [18SE]
------ simplify Tax Code and reduce compliance costs, S3090 [2AP]
------ tax credits relative to elementary and secondary school
construction, S2898 [1AP], S2902 [1AP], S2905 [1AP], S2915
[1AP], S2916 [1AP], S2917 [1AP], S2948 [1AP] tax credits
relative to elementary and secondary school construction (S.
1705), S1336 [4MR]
------ treatment of certain health clubs, S9233 [29JY]
------ treatment of education individual retirement accounts
relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R.
2646), S2634 [26MR], S3335 [21AP], S3337 [21AP], S3339 [21AP],
S3342 [21AP], S3343 [21AP], S3346 [21AP] treatment of education
individual retirement accounts relative to elementary and
secondary school expenses (H.R. 2646), conference report, S6931
[24JN] treatment of education individual retirement accounts
relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (S. 1133),
S2097-S2099 [17MR]
------ treatment of ethanol fuel, S1754 [11MR]
Tobacco products: granting of immunity or limiting liability for
tobacco companies in lawsuits relative to health risks and
marketing and manufacturing practices, S5276 [21MY]
------ impact of tobacco industry trust fund payments on cigarette
prices, S5278 [21MY]
------ tobacco industry liability settlement relative to health
risks and marketing and manufacturing practices (S. 1415), S5276
[21MY], S6028 [10JN], S6468 [17JN]
Transportation: enhance safety of at-grade railway-highway
crossings relative to the Intelligent Transportation System
Program, S1835 [12MR]
------ funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs,
and transit programs (S. 1173), S1243 [3MR], S1244 [3MR], S1419
[5MR], S1683 [10MR], S1684 [10MR], S1737 [11MR], S1754 [11MR],
S1835 [12MR]
Truth in Lending Act: require notice of cancellation rights
relative to private mortgage insurance (S. 318), S8267 [15JY]
Women's Business Development Center: tribute to Entrepreneurial
Woman's Conference, S5463 [22MY]
Summaries
Public School Modernization Act (S. 1705), S1341 [4MR]
Texts of
S. 1676, preservation and restoration of historic buildings at
historically black colleges and universities appropriations,
S1010 [25FE]
S. 1705, Public School Modernization Act, S1338-S1341 [4MR]
S. 1927, Empowerment Zone Enhancement Act, S3142 [2AP]
S. 1965, Internet Predator Prevention Act, S3429 [22AP]
S. 2179, Selective Agriculture Embargo Prohibition Act, S6421 [16JN]
S. 2399, tariff on HIV antiviral drug production, S9560<bullet>
[31JY]
S. 2443, Safe Communities and Schools Act, S9975<bullet> [8SE]
Tributes
Barrow, Clyde R., S9484<bullet> [30JY]
Burrus, Clark, S8948<bullet> [23JY]
Erickson, A. Gerald, S6912<bullet> [23JN]
Mahan, H. James, S4923<bullet> [14MY]
Severns, Penny, S1032 [25FE]
Smith, John L., S62 [27JA]
Tripp, Mary, S6114<bullet> [10JN]
Wheeler, Barbara M., S2370<bullet> [20MR]