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




MURRAY, PATTY (a Senator from Washington)
  Amendments 
    Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
        making appropriations (S. 2159), S8123 [14JY], S8125 [14JY],
        S8139 [14JY], S8143 [14JY], S8297 [16JY], S8400 [16JY], S8404
        [16JY]
    Budget:  setting forth the Federal budget for 1999-2003 (S. Con.
        Res. 86), S2705 [27MR], S2726 [27MR], S2754 [30MR], S2775
        [30MR], S2894 [1AP], S2895 [1AP], S2988 [1AP], S2989 [1AP],
        S2990 [1AP], S3156 [2AP], S3157 [2AP]
    Dept. of Defense:  authorizing appropriations for military
        activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military
        construction (S. 2057), S4920 [14MY], S4921 [14MY], S6631
        [18JN], S6683 [19JN], S6687 [19JN], S6712 [19JN], S6713 [19JN],
        S6771 [22JN], S6775 [22JN], S7019 [24JN], S7058 [25JN], S7061
        [25JN], S7066 [25JN], S7117 [25JN], S7201 [25JN], S7202 [25JN]
    Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the
        President, and independent agencies:  making appropriations (S.
        2312), S9230 [29JY], S9272 [29JY]
    Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
        agencies:  authorizing appropriations (S. 2260), S8610 [21JY],
        S8678 [21JY], S8710 [22JY], S8792 [22JY], S8857 [23JY], S8937
        [23JY]
    Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
         making appropriations (S. 2168), S8334 [16JY], S8405 [16JY]
    Energy and water development:  making appropriations (S. 2138),
        S6541 [18JN], S6631 [18JN]
    Higher Education Act:  reauthorize (S. 1882), S7885 [9JY]
    Political campaigns:  protect individuals from having their money
        involuntarily collected and used for politics by a corporation
        or labor organization (S. 1663), S1016 [25FE]
    Taxation:  treatment of education individual retirement accounts
        relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R.
        2646), S2224 [18MR], S3363 [21AP], S3385 [22AP], S3451 [22AP],
        S3479 [23AP], S3545 [23AP], S3546 [23AP]
    Tobacco products:  tobacco industry liability settlement relative to
        health risks and marketing and manufacturing practices (S.
        1415), S5575 [2JN], S5724 [5JN]
    Transportation:  funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
        programs, and transit programs (S. 1173), S1537 [6MR], S1556
        [9MR], S1581 [9MR], S1646 [9MR], S1707 [10MR], S1785 [11MR]
  Appointments
    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. 2400, Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act,
        S3181 [2AP]
    ------ H.R. 3579, emergency supplemental appropriations and
        rescissions, S2826 [31MR]
    ------ H.R. 4059, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military
        construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure,
        S7218 [25JN]
    ------ H.R. 4060, energy and water development appropriations, S6548
        [18JN], S6861 [23JN]
    ------ H.R. 4328, Dept. of Transportation and related agencies
        appropriations, S8956 [24JY], S9389 [30JY]
    ------ S. Con. Res. 86, setting forth the Federal budget for 1999-
        2003, S6349 [15JN]
  Articles and editorials
    Why Is Class Size Reduction So Important?, S2798 [31MR]
  Bills and resolutions cosponsored
    Abortion:  protection of reproductive health services clinics, (see
        S. Res. 173), S451 [5FE]
    Afghanistan:  human rights violations against women, (see S. Con.
        Res. 97), S5334 [21MY]
    Agriculture:  prohibit and investigate the sale of subsidized barley
        from the European Union, (see S. Res. 220), S3919 [30AP], (see
        S. Res. 232), S5129 [19MY]
    American GI Forum of the U.S. (nonprofit corporation):  grant
        Federal charter, (see S. 1759), S5333 [21MY]
    American Red Cross:  anniversary of Blood Services, (see S. Con.
        Res. 119), S10722 [22SE]
    Anchorage, AK:  land conveyance of site of the old Alaska Native
        Health Center, (see S. 1696), S1200 [2MR]
    Animals:  prohibit import, export, sale, or possession of bear
        viscera, (see S. 263), S7200 [25JN]
    Arms Export Control Act:  exempt federally guaranteed agricultural
        commodities from the application of sanctions, (see S. 2158),
        S6181 [11JN], (see S. 2282), S7881 [9JY]
    Business and industry:  provide assistance to microenterprises in
        developing countries, (see S. 2152), S6037 [10JN]
    Capitol Building and Grounds:  tribute to John M. Gibson and Jacob
        J. Chestnut of the Capitol Police for acts of heroism, (see S.
        Con. Res. 110), S9044 [27JY]
    ------ use of the rotunda for a memorial service for John M. Gibson
        and Jacob J. Chestnut of the Capitol Police, (see S. Con. Res.
        111), S9044 [27JY]
    CERCLA:  clarify liability for certain recycling transactions, (see
        S. 2180), S7581 [7JY]
    Civil liberties:  religious accommodations in the workplace, (see S.
        1124), S4365 [5MY]
    Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area:  exclude certain lands
        owned by the Port of Camas-Washougal, (see S. 2457), S10206
        [10SE]
    Computers:  use, sale, and export of encryption products for privacy
        and security, (see S. 2067), S4712 [12MY]
    Costa Rica:  protection of lives and property rights from squatters,
        (see S. Con. Res. 84), S11128 [29SE]
    Crime:  enhance Federal enforcement of hate crimes, (see S. 1529),
        S3296 [20AP]
    ------ improve automated interstate criminal identification systems,
        (see S. 2022), S8380 [16JY], (see S. 2022), S8388 [16JY]
    ------ 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), S1957 [13MR]
    Customs Service:  funding for personnel and technology to reduce
        delays at border crossings, (see S. 1787), S2114 [17MR]
    Dept. of Agriculture:  establish a commodity loan program that
        provides a fair return to producers relative to the cost of
        production, (see S. 1918), S7200 [25JN]
    Dept. of Education:  reform and reauthorize the State Student
        Incentive Grant Program, (see S. 1644), S730 [12FE]
    Dept. of HHS:  disapprove rule submitted on surety bond requirements
        for home health care providers under Medicare and Medicaid, (see
        S.J. Res. 50), S6037 [10JN]
    ------ revise and extend certain women's health research and
        prevention activities programs, (see S. 1722), S1508 [6MR]
    Dept. of the Interior:  moratorium on oil and gas development on
        certain portions of the Outer Continental Shelf, (see S. 2084),
        S4906 [14MY]
    Dept. of Veterans Affairs:  establish certain presumptions of
        service connection for Persian Gulf Conflict veterans, (see S.
        2358), S9044 [27JY]
    Dia de los Ninos--Celebrating Young Americans:  designate, (see S.
        Res. 278), S10668 [21SE]
    Diseases:  payments to individuals with blood-clotting disorders who
        contracted HIV due to contaminated blood products, (see S. 358),
        S7884 [9JY]
    Ecology and environment:  facilitate protection of tropical forests
        through debt reduction with developing countries with tropical
        forests, (see S. 1758), S3362 [21AP]
    Education:  assist urban and rural local education agencies in
        raising the academic achievement of all students, (see S. 2044),
        S4528 [7MY]
    ------ increase postsecondary opportunities for Hispanic and other
        under-represented student populations, (see S. 1796), S2214
        [18MR]
    ------ national policy to improve system, (see S. 1708), S1336 [4MR]
    ------ support the participation of low-income parents in
        postsecondary education through the provision of campus-based
        child care, (see S. 1151), S7286 [26JN]
    Families and domestic relations:  increase availability,
        affordability, and quality of child care, (see S. 1610), S378
        [4FE]
    FCC:  study systems for filtering or blocking matter on the Internet
        and install such a system on computers in schools and libraries,
        (see S. 1619), S516 [9FE]
    Federal employees:  prevent discrimination against preference
        eligibles applying for certain Government positions, (see S.
        1021), S3723 [28AP]
    Firearms:  allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be
        valid in all States, (see S. 837), S272 [2FE]
    Foreign policy:  establish framework for consideration of unilateral
        economic sanctions, (see S. 1413), S8253 [15JY]
    ------ support broad-based agricultural and rural development in
        sub-Saharan Africa, (see S. 2283), S7881 [9JY]
    Gandhi, Mohandas K. (Mahatma):  authorize India to establish a
        memorial in the District of Columbia, cosponsorship withdrawn,
        (see S. 863), S4834 [13MY]
    Greek Independence Day--A National Day of Celebration of Greek and
        American Democracy:  designate, (see S. Res. 171), S770 [12FE]
    Hazardous substances:  increase funding for poison control centers
        and establish toll-free telephone number to improve access, (see
        S. 1862), S7018 [24JN]
    Health:  establish a program for training in lifesaving first aid
        for individuals experiencing cardiac arrest, (see S. 2196),
        S6698 [19JN]
    ------ establish standards to improve children's health quality in
        managed care plans and other health plans, (see S. 1808), S2363
        [20MR]
    ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, (see
        S. 1890), S2851 [31MR], (see S. 1891), S2851 [31MR]
    ------ revise and extend bone marrow donation and transplantation
        program, (see S. 2150), S6205 [11JN]
    Human rights:  prevent trafficking of women and girls for forced
        prostitution, (see S. Con. Res. 82), S5334 [21MY]
    Indonesia:  support for new Government and reforms in East Timor,
        (see S. Res. 237), S8139 [14JY]
    Insurance:  coverage and treatment of emergency services under
        health plans, (see S. 356), S10211 [10SE]
    ------ 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]
    International Whaling Commission:  U.S. policy, (see S. Res. 226),
        S4558 [8MY]
    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]
    Law enforcement officers:  establish a matching grant program to
        assist local governments in purchasing armor vests, (see S.
        1605), S456 [5FE]
    ------ exemption from State laws prohibiting carrying of concealed
        handguns, (see S. 837), S272 [2FE]
    ------ provide standards and protection for the conduct of internal
        police investigations, (see S. 348), S272 [2FE]
    ------ 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]
    ``Little Rock Nine'':  award Congressional Gold Medals, (see S.
        1283), S846 [23FE]
    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), S9058 [27JY]
    Medicare:  exclude clinical social worker services from coverage
        under the skilled nursing facility prospective payment system,
        (see S. 1864), S2660 [26MR]
    ------ increase payment for pap smear laboratory tests, (see S.
        2378), S12564 [14OC]
    ------ payments to children's hospitals that operate graduate
        medical education programs, (see S. 2049), S7287 [26JN]
    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]
    Military assistance:  prohibit to governments that are undemocratic,
        engaged in armed aggression, or in violation of human rights or
        arms control standards, (see S. 1067), S9789 [1SE]
    National Breast Cancer Survivor's Day:  designate, (see S. Res.
        198), S2214 [18MR]
    National Character Counts Week:  designate, (see S. Res. 176), S1015
        [25FE]
    National Children's Day:  designate, (see S. Res. 260), S9426 [30JY]
    National Children's Memorial Day:  designate, (see S. Res. 193),
        S3443 [22AP]
    National Correctional Officers and Employees Week:  designate, (see
        S. Res. 175), S933 [24FE]
    National Eating Disorders Awareness Day:  designate, (see S. Res.
        197), S3363 [21AP]
    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), S5217 [20MY]
    National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute:  anniversary, (see S.
        Con. Res. 108), S11586 [6OC]
    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 Park Service:  acquire certain land for addition to the
        Wilderness Battlefield, (see S. 1960), S9451 [30JY]
    National Tartan Day:  designate, (see S. Res. 155), S1352 [4MR]
    National Women's History Month:  designate, (see S. Res. 189), S1255
        [3MR]
    North American Wetlands Conservation Act:  reauthorizing, (see S.
        1677), S3296 [20AP]
    Older Americans Act:  reauthorize, (see S. 2295), S8056 [13JY]
    Partnerships for Wildlife Act:  reauthorizing, (see S. 1677), S3296
        [20AP]
    Philippines:  commemorate independence anniversary and U.S.
        relations, (see S. Res. 235), S5434 [22MY]
    Public Works and Economic Development Act:  reauthorize and reform
        programs, (see S. 1647), S2308 [19MR]
    ------ reauthorize and reform programs, (see S. 2364), S9983 [8SE]
    Read Across America Day:  designate, (see S. Res. 181), S1082 [26FE]
    Sanford, Terry:  tribute, (see S. Res. 211), S3356 [21AP]
    Small business:  provide grants to microenterprise organizations to
        assist disadvantaged entrepreneurs, (see S. 2190), S12183 [9OC]
    Social Security:  budget treatment of trust funds, (see S. Res.
        185), S1070 [26FE]
    ------ earnings test for blind individuals, (see S. 375), S4365
        [5MY]
    ------ provide certain disabled beneficiaries with opportunities to
        return to work by improving access to health care, (see S.
        1858), S3545 [23AP]
    Taxation:  allow Farm and Ranch Risk Management Accounts, (see S.
        2078), S7019 [24JN]
    ------ extend energy production credit to electricity produced by
        wind and closed-loop biomass, (see S. 1459), S5237 [20MY]
    ------ increase amount of low-income housing credits allocated in
        each State and index amount for inflation, (see S. 1252), S2433
        [23MR]
    ------ increase State cap on private activity bonds, (see S. 1251),
        S2433 [23MR]
    ------ permanently extend income averaging for farmers, (see S.
        1879), S7884 [9JY]
    ------ tax credits relative to elementary and secondary school
        construction, (see S. 1705), S1336 [4MR]
    ------ treatment of tax-exempt bond financing of certain electrical
        output facilities, (see S. 2182), S6487 [17JN]
    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), S1702 [10MR]
    U.N.:  promote full equality for Israel, (see S. 2092), S6580 [18JN]
    U.S. Navy Asiatic Fleet Memorial Day:  designate, (see S.J. Res.
        30), S668 [11FE]
    Veterans:  expand list of diseases presumed to be service connected
        with respect to radiation-exposed veterans, (see S. 1385), S8138
        [14JY]
    ------ extend priority health care to those who received
        nasopharyngeal radium irradiation treatments while in the Armed
        Forces, (see S. 1822), S2424 [23MR]
    ------ furnishing of burial flags to certain deceased members of the
        Selected Reserve, (see S. 1406), S3155 [2AP]
    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), S667 [11FE]
    Wisconsin:  commemorate sesquicentennial of statehood, (see S. Con.
        Res. 75), S3944 [30AP]
    Women:  anniversary of women's rights movement, (see S. Res. 189),
        S1255 [3MR]
    ------ ensure that older women are protected from institutional,
        community, and domestic violence, and sexual assault, (see S.
        2114), S5433 [22MY]
    Women's Progress Commemoration Commission:  establish, (see S.
        2285), S7939 [10JY]
  Bills and resolutions introduced
    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), S2489 [24MR]
    Education:  reduce class size in the early grades and improve
        teacher quality, (see S. 2209), S7012 [24JN]
    Fish and fishing:  extend and expand interim authority for States to
        manage dungeness crab fisheries, (see S. 1726), S1508 [6MR]
    Northwest Straits Advisory Commission:  establish, (see S. 2488),
        S10423 [16SE]
    Tariff:  polyethylene base materials, (see S. 1863), S2570 [25MR]
    Women:  address economic obstacles of domestic violence victims,
        (see S. 2558), S11582 [6OC]
  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]
    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
    Agriculture Export Relief Act:  Bill Flory, National Association of
        Wheat Growers, S7799 [9JY]
    ------ Richard W. Kirchhoff, National Association of State Depts. of
        Agriculture, S7799 [9JY]
    ------ Samuel R. Berger, Executive Office of the President, S7798
        [9JY]
    Individuals With Disabilities Education Act funding:  Gerald D.
        Morris, American Federation of Teachers, S3086 [2AP]
    ------ Kenneth G. McInerney, Committee for Education Funding, S3087
        [2AP]
    ------ Sherry L. Kolbe, National Association of Private Schools for
        Exceptional Children, S3086 [2AP]
    ------ Shirley Igo, National PTA, S3087 [2AP]
    ------ William B. Ingram, National School Boards Association, S3086
        [2AP]
    Labor union treatment under Employment, Training, and Literacy
        Enhancement Act:  Rick S. Bender, AFL-CIO, S4257 [5MY]
    Northwest Straits Advisory Commission:  Gary Locke, Governor of
        Washington, S10440 [16SE]
    Reductions in school class size:  Al Bauer, Washington State Senate,
        S3387 [22AP]
    Study and installation of systems for filtering or blocking matter
        on the Internet, S8612 [21JY]
    Study and installation of systems for filtering or blocking matter
        on the Internet and installing such systems on computers in
        schools and libraries:  Margaret Tweet, S8611 [21JY]
    Study and installation of systems for filtering or blocking matter
        on the Internet:  Dock Brown, S8612 [21JY]
    ----- Jeffrey K. Meyers, S8612 [21JY]
    ----- Margaret Tweet, S8611 [21JY]
    ----- Trudy J. Sundberg, S8612 [21JY]
    ----- Vincent T. Saulin, S8612 [21JY]
    Veterans benefit payments for smoking-related illnesses caused by
        nicotine dependence developed during service:  Steve A.
        Robertson, American Legion, S7672 [8JY]
  Lists
    Northwest Straits Advisory Commission, S10440<bullet> [16SE]
  Memorandums
    Funeral Support for Veterans:  Charles C. Krulak, Marine Corps,
        S7059 [25JN]
  Motions 
    Budget:  setting forth the Federal budget for 1999-2003 (S. Con.
        Res. 86), S2799 [31MR]
  Remarks
    Abortion:  performance at military medical facilities, S7061 [25JN],
        S7075 [25JN]
    ------ prohibit partial-birth abortions, S537 [10FE]
    ------ prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 1122), veto, S10557
        [18SE]
    Appropriations:  making omnibus consolidated and emergency
        supplemental appropriations, S12707 [20OC], S12830 [21OC]
    Arms Export Control Act:  exempt federally guaranteed agricultural
        commodities from the application of sanctions (S. 2282), S7798
        [9JY], S7799 [9JY]
    Bankruptcy:  consumer protection (S. 1301), S10693 [22SE]
    Budget:  setting forth the Federal budget for 1999-2003 (S. Con.
        Res. 86), S2705 [27MR], S2787 [31MR], S2788 [31MR], S2789
        [31MR], S2794 [31MR], S2795 [31MR], S2797 [31MR], S2801 [31MR],
        S2802 [31MR], S2901 [1AP], S3085 [2AP], S3094 [2AP], S3097 [2AP]
    Capitol Building and Grounds:  tribute to John M. Gibson and Jacob
        J. Chestnut of the Capitol Police for acts of heroism, S9133
        [28JY]
    Computers:  use, sale, and export of encryption products for privacy
        and security (S. 2067), S6439 [17JN]
    Congressional Record:  correction, S8380 [16JY]
    Contraceptives:  require equitable coverage of drugs, devices, and
        services under health insurance plans, S9195 [29JY]
    Corps of Engineers:  flood protection of communities along the
        Cowlitz River, S11186<bullet> [30SE]
    Courts:  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), S8038 [13JY]
    Credit unions:  clarify laws relative to field of membership of
        Federal credit unions (H.R. 1151), S9094 [28JY]
    Crime:  enhance Federal enforcement of hate crimes (S. 1529),
        S12729<bullet> [20OC]
    ------ improve automated interstate criminal identification systems
        (S. 2022), S8053 [13JY]
    ------ national policy to control crime and reform court procedures
        (S. 2484), S10609<bullet> [18SE]
    ------ prevent violence against women (S. 2110), S5329<bullet>
        [21MY]
    Day of Concern About Young People and Gun Violence:  designate (S.
        Res. 264), S9600<bullet> [31JY]
    Day of National Concern About Young People and Gun Violence:
        designate (S. Res. 264), unanimous-consent request, S11562 [6OC]
    Dept. of Agriculture:  Market Access Program funding, S3094 [2AP]
    Dept. of Defense:  additional military construction and military
        family housing projects funding, S7118 [25JN], S7158 [25JN]
    ------ assure a minimum size for honor guard details at funerals of
        veterans, S7058 [25JN], S7059 [25JN] assure a minimum size for
        honor guard details at funerals of veterans (S. 1825),
        S2688<bullet> [26MR]
    ------ authorizing appropriations for military activities,
        prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S.
        2057), S7058 [25JN], S7059 [25JN], S7061 [25JN], S7075 [25JN],
        S7118 [25JN], S7158 [25JN]
    ------ disapproval of line-item vetoes in military construction
        appropriations legislation (H.R. 2631), veto, S959 [25FE]
    ------ making appropriations for military construction, family
        housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 4059), S7218
        [25JN]
    ------ making appropriations for military construction, family
        housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 4059),
        conference report, S9716 [1SE]
    Dept. of State and related agencies:  authorizing appropriations and
        consolidating certain agencies (H.R. 1757), conference report,
        S3682 [28AP]
    Dept. of the Interior and related agencies:  making appropriations
        (S. 2237), S10167 [10SE]
    Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the
        President, and independent agencies:  making appropriations (S.
        2312), S9188 [29JY], S9195 [29JY]
    Dept. of Transportation and related agencies:  making appropriations
        (S. 2307), S8955 [24JY]
    ------ making appropriations (H.R. 4328), conference report, S12707
        [20OC], S12830 [21OC]
    Dept. of Veterans Affairs:  payment of benefits for smoking-related
        illnesses caused by nicotine dependence developed during
        service, S7672 [8JY], S7673 [8JY], S7674 [8JY], S8426 [17JY]
    Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
        agencies:  authorizing appropriations (S. 2260), S8611 [21JY],
        S8612 [21JY], S8866 [23JY]
    Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
         making appropriations (S. 2168), S8426 [17JY], S8446 [17JY]
    Diseases:  prostate cancer research funding, S10220<bullet> [10SE]
    Education:  increase number of teachers, S12830 [21OC]
    ------ national policy to improve system, S8052 [13JY], S12830
        [21OC]
    ------ provide for teacher technology training, S7844 [9JY], S11088
        [29SE]
    ------ reduce class size in the early grades and improve teacher
        quality (S. 2209), S7013 [24JN]
    ------ reductions in school class size, S2705 [27MR], S2787 [31MR],
        S2788 [31MR], S2789 [31MR], S2794 [31MR], S2795 [31MR], S2797
        [31MR], S3386 [22AP], S3387 [22AP], S3388 [22AP], S3390 [22AP],
        S3394 [22AP], S3395 [22AP], S3419 [22AP], S12830 [21OC]
    ------ spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars on
        children's classrooms, S3391 [22AP]
    Employment:  consolidate Federal job training programs (H.R. 1385),
        S4257 [5MY]
    EPA:  mediate clean up of the Coeur d'Alene Lake and Basin, S8446
        [17JY]
    Families and domestic relations:  increase availability,
        affordability, and quality of child care, S2801 [31MR], S2802
        [31MR]
    FCC:  study systems for filtering or blocking matter on the Internet
        and install such a system on computers in schools and libraries,
        S8611 [21JY], S8612 [21JY]
    ----- study systems for filtering or blocking matter on the Internet
        and install such a system on computers in schools and libraries
        (S. 1619), S8162 [15JY]
    Federal Employees Health Benefits Program:  coverage of abortion
        procedures, S9188 [29JY]
    Federal highway program:  replace affirmative action policies with
        emerging business enterprise programs, S1495 [6MR]
    Fish and fishing:  extend and expand interim authority for States to
        manage dungeness crab fisheries, S785<bullet> [12FE]
    ----- extend and expand interim authority for States to manage
        dungeness crab fisheries (S. 1726), S1523 [6MR]
    Foreign aid:  international family planning programs restrictions
        relative to abortion, S3682 [28AP]
    Head Start Program:  reauthorize and amend (S. 2206), S9061<bullet>
        [27JY]
    Higher Education Act:  reauthorize (H.R. 6), conference report,
        S11088 [29SE]
    ------ reauthorize (S. 1882), S7844 [9JY], S8052 [13JY]
    Immigration:  arrival and departure requirements for Canadian
        citizens relative to automated entry and exit control systems,
        S8866 [23JY]
    Individuals With Disabilities Education Act:  funding, S3085 [2AP]
    IRS:  restructure and reform (H.R. 2676), S4400 [6MY]
    ------ restructure and reform (H.R. 2676), conference report, S7663
        [8JY], S7672 [8JY], S7673 [8JY], S7674 [8JY]
    McKeown, M. Margaret:  nomination to be circuit judge, S2694 [27MR]
    Medicaid:  allow States to use State Children's Health Insurance
        Program allotment to cover additional low-income children (S.
        2485), S10437<bullet> [16SE]
    Microsoft Corp.:  application of antitrust laws, S4522 [7MY]
    Minimum wage:  level, S10693 [22SE]
    National Hispanic Heritage Month:  observance, S10181 [10SE]
    Northwest Straits Advisory Commission:  establish (S. 2488),
        S10439<bullet> [16SE]
    Point of order, S7673 [8JY]
    Political campaigns:  ethics reform and contribution limits, S894
        [24FE], S10167 [10SE]
    ------ protect individuals from having their money involuntarily
        collected and used for politics by a corporation or labor
        organization (S. 1663), S894 [24FE]
    Protocols to the North Atlantic Treaty on Accession of Poland,
        Hungary, and the Czech Republic:  ratification, S3886 [30AP]
    Puerto Rico:  self-determination (S. 472), S10181 [10SE]
    Satcher, David:  nomination to be Surgeon General and Assistant Sec.
        of HHS, S537 [10FE]
    Senate Rules:  insertion of language in conference report that was
        not committed to them by either House, S7672 [8JY], S7673 [8JY],
        S7674 [8JY]
    Shea, Edward F.:  nomination to be district judge, S2694 [27MR]
    Shepard, Matthew:  condemn murder in Laramie, WY, and address issue
        of hate crimes, S12574<bullet> [14OC], S12729<bullet> [20OC]
    Ships and vessels:  prevent foreign control of U.S. flag fishing
        vessels employed in the navigable waters and exclusive economic
        zone of the U.S., S12707 [20OC]
    Taxation:  tax credits relative to elementary and secondary school
        construction, S2901 [1AP]
    ------ treatment of education individual retirement accounts
        relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R.
        2646), S2634 [26MR], S3386 [22AP], S3387 [22AP], S3388 [22AP],
        S3390 [22AP], S3391 [22AP], S3393 [22AP], S3394 [22AP], S3395
        [22AP], S3419 [22AP] treatment of education individual
        retirement accounts relative to elementary and secondary school
        expenses (H.R. 2646), conference report, S6922 [24JN]
    Tobacco products:  granting of immunity or limiting liability for
        tobacco companies in lawsuits relative to health risks and
        marketing and manufacturing practices, S5284 [21MY]
    ------ tobacco industry liability settlement relative to health
        risks and marketing and manufacturing practices (S. 1415), S5284
        [21MY], S6485 [17JN]
    Transportation:  funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
        programs, and transit programs (H.R. 2400), conference report,
        S5404 [22MY]
    ----- funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and
        transit programs (S. 1173), S1495 [6MR]
    U.N.:  authorize payment of U.S. arrearages, S3682 [28AP]
    Unemployment:  training and assistance programs for dislocated
        workers funding, S4257 [5MY]
    Washington:  transportation projects funding, S8955 [24JY]
    Women:  address economic obstacles of domestic violence victims (S.
        2558), S11584<bullet> [6OC]
    World Population Awareness Week:  observance, S12657<bullet> [15OC]
  Reports
    Options for Dungeness Crab Fishery Management:  Tri-State Dungeness
        Crab Committee, S785<bullet> [12FE], S1524 [6MR]
  Statements
    Agriculture Export Relief Act:  Dan Glickman, Sec. of Agriculture,
        S7799 [9JY]
    ------ President Clinton, S7799 [9JY]
    Dungeness Crab Conservation and Management Act:  by, S1524 [6MR]
    Reductions in School Class Size:  Association of Washington School
        Principals, S2798 [31MR], S3388 [22AP]
    ------ Lee Ann Prielipp, Washington Education Association, S3388
        [22AP]
    ------ Sandra Feldman, American Federation of Teachers, S2798
        [31MR], S3388 [22AP]
    ------ Several High School Students, S3388 [22AP]
    ------ Washington State School Directors' Association, S2798 [31MR],
        S3387 [22AP]
  Texts of
    S. 1726, Dungeness Crab Conservation and Management Act, S1523 [6MR]
  Tributes
    Alm, Al, S67<bullet> [27JA]
    McKinney, Samuel B., S1028<bullet> [25FE]
    Shepard, Matthew, S12574<bullet> [14OC]