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




NICKLES, DON (a Senator from Oklahoma)
  Amendments 
    Appropriations:  making emergency supplemental for disaster relief
        and overseas peacekeeping operations (S. 1768), S2485 [24MR],
        S2500 [24MR], S2538 [25MR], S2578 [25MR]
    Budget:  setting forth the Federal budget for 1999-2003 (S. Con.
        Res. 86), S2736 [30MR], S2774 [30MR], S2841 [31MR], S2868
        [31MR], S2871 [31MR], S2935 [1AP], S2999 [1AP], S3049 [2AP],
        S3161 [2AP]
    Credit unions:  clarify laws relative to field of membership of
        Federal credit unions (H.R. 1151), S9006 [27JY], S9018 [27JY],
        S9059 [27JY], S9060 [27JY]
    Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
        agencies:  authorizing appropriations (S. 2260), S8747 [22JY],
        S8822 [23JY], S8927 [23JY]
    Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
         making appropriations (S. 2168), S8340 [16JY], S8407 [16JY]
    IRS:  restructure and reform (H.R. 2676), S4546 [7MY]
    Office of Religious Persecution Monitoring:  establish (H.R. 2431),
        S11993 [8OC]
    Protocols to the North Atlantic Treaty on Accession of Poland,
        Hungary, and the Czech Republic:  ratification, S3867 [30AP],
        S4041 [1MY]
    Taxation:  treatment of education individual retirement accounts
        relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R.
        2646), S2331 [19MR], S3445 [22AP], S3453 [22AP]
    Tobacco products:  tobacco industry liability settlement relative to
        health risks and marketing and manufacturing practices (S.
        1415), S5721 [5JN]
    Transportation:  funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
        programs, and transit programs (S. 1173), S234 [29JA], S1592
        [9MR], S1688 [10MR], S1707 [10MR], S1785 [11MR]
  Analyses
    Software Trade Secrets Protection Act (S. 1692), S1158-S1160 [27FE]
  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. 2400, Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency
        Act, S3181 [2AP]
    ------ H.R. 2472, Energy Policy and Conservation Act programs
        extension, S2415 [23MR]
    ------ H.R. 2676, IRS Restructuring and Reform Act, S4841 [13MY]
    ------ S. Con. Res. 86, setting forth the Federal budget for 1999-
        2003, S6349 [15JN]
  Articles and editorials
    Campaign Investigator Urges Reno To Name Independent Prosecutor,
        David Johnston, New York (NY) Times, S9538 [31JY]
    Charles La Bella Speaks, Washington (DC) Times, S9539 [31JY]
    FDA Partners With Oklahoma To Protect Children From Tobacco, FDA
        Talk Paper (publication), S12690 [20OC]
    Firestorm Cometh, New York (NY) Times, S9539 [31JY]
    Lawyers, States Tussle Over Tobacco-Suit Fees, Joyce Howard Price,
        Washington (DC) Times, S6172 [11JN]
    Pass the Salt Reform, Washington (DC) Times, S10305 [14SE]
    Reno Flunks Law School, New York (NY) Times, S9539 [31JY]
    Roussel Uclaf Donates U.S. Patent Rights for RU-486 to Population
        Council, Eagle Forum (publication), S12690 [20OC]
    Salt, Not Light, Oklahoma City (OK) Oklahoman, S10305 [14SE]
    Tobacco Bill Is Packed With Programs, Agencies, Nancy E. Roman,
        Washington (DC) Post, S6449 [17JN]
    U.S. To Push Peace Plan Israel Rejects--Split With Jerusalem Grows
        on West Bank Withdrawal, Barton Gellman, Washington (DC) Post,
        S2702 [27MR]
    Vote Building, Wall Street Journal, S8344 [16JY]
  Bills and resolutions cosponsored
    Armed Forces:  feasibility of using the Federal Employees Health
        Benefits Program for Medicare-eligible retirees under the
        military health care system, (see S. 1334), S9789 [1SE]
    Army Reserve:  anniversary, (see S. Res. 213), S3429 [22AP]
    Bosnia and Herzegovina:  use appropriated funds for the purpose of
        an orderly and honorable reduction of U.S. ground forces, (see
        S. 2036), S4835 [13MY]
    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]
    China, Republic of:  admission to multilateral economic
        institutions, (see S. Con. Res. 30), S668 [11FE]
    Crime:  prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State
        laws requiring parental notification of abortions, (see S.
        1645), S730 [12FE]
    Cuba:  increase support to democratic opposition and humanitarian
        assistance, (see S. 2080), S4906 [14MY]
    Dept. of HHS:  delay effective date of the final rule relative to
        the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network, (see S.
        2201), S10242 [11SE]
    ------ disapprove rule submitted on surety bond requirements for
        home health care providers under Medicare and Medicaid, (see
        S.J. Res. 50), S6424 [16JN]
    ------ revise and extend certain women's health research and
        prevention activities programs, (see S. 1722), S1508 [6MR]
    Drugs:  support existing Federal legal process for determining
        safety and efficacy of using marijuana and other drugs for
        medicinal purposes, (see S.J. Res. 56), S12348 [10OC]
    Education:  improve elementary and secondary education, (see S.
        1590), S226 [29JA]
    ------ provide incentives to States to establish and administer
        periodic teacher testing and merit pay programs for elementary
        and secondary school teachers, (see S. 2422), S9556 [31JY]
    ------ spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars on
        children's classrooms, (see S. Res. 168), S48 [27JA], (see S.
        1589), S226 [29JA]
    Employment:  protect employer rights, (see S. 1981), S3534 [23AP]
    ------ reform standard for classifying technical workers as
        independent contractors for employment tax purposes, (see S.
        1924), S6205 [11JN]
    Families and domestic relations:  provide equitable child care
        relief for stay at-home parents, (see S. Con. Res. 77), S1352
        [4MR]
    Flag--U.S.:  constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration, (see
        S.J. Res. 40), S770 [12FE]
    Foreign policy:  establish framework for consideration of unilateral
        economic sanctions, (see S. 1413), S2308 [19MR]
    Government:  limit Federal authority to impose regulations on State
        and local governments not provided under the Constitution, (see
        S. 2445), S9973 [8SE]
    Government regulations:  reform regulatory process, (see S. 981),
        S5023 [18MY]
    Insurance:  provide consumers choice of auto insurance, guarantee
        affordable premiums, and improve compensation for accident
        victims, (see S. 2454), S10118 [9SE]
    Iraq:  condemn threat to international peace and security, (see S.
        Con. Res. 71), S234 [29JA]
    ------ condemn threat to international peace and security,
        cosponsorship withdrawn, (see S. Con. Res. 71), S1569 [9MR]
    IRS:  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]
    Law enforcement officers:  tribute to individuals who lost their
        lives during service, (see S. Res. 201), S2764 [30MR]
    Library of Congress:  mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial,
        (see S. 2510), S10722 [22SE]
    McCain, Senator:  tribute, (see S. Res. 196), S2114 [17MR]
    Medicare:  reform payment system for home health services, (see S.
        2323), S9884 [2SE]
    Monuments and memorials:  prohibit the return of veterans memorial
        objects to foreign nations without congressional authorization,
        (see S. 1903), S5701 [5JN]
    Motor vehicles:  titling and registration requirements relative to
        salvage, nonrepairable, and rebuilt vehicles, (see S. 852),
        S5637 [4JN]
    National Breast Cancer Survivor's Day:  designate, (see S. Res.
        198), S2214 [18MR]
    National Character Counts Week:  designate, (see S. Res. 176), S1206
        [2MR]
    National Children's Memorial Day:  designate, (see S. Res. 193),
        S6296 [12JN]
    National Inhalant Abuse Awareness Day:  designate, (see S. Res.
        257), S11346 [2OC]
    New Mexico:  designate Onate Cuartocentenario to commemorate the
        anniversary of the first permanent Spanish settlement, (see S.
        Res. 148), S520 [9FE]
    OPM:  develop classification standards for physician assistants in
        Federal agencies, (see S. 2588), S11970 [8OC]
    Postal Service:  application of OSHA standards in the same manner as
        any other employer, (see S. 2112), S5433 [22MY]
    Power resources:  encourage production of domestic oil and gas
        resources from stripper wells on Federal lands, (see S. 1919),
        S3120 [2AP]
    ------ improve the administration of oil and gas leases on Federal
        lands, (see S. 1920), S3120 [2AP]
    Read Across America Day:  designate, (see S. Res. 181), S1082 [26FE]
    Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport:  designate, (see S.
        1575), S48 [27JA], (see S. 1297), S179 [28JA]
    Sanford, Terry:  tribute, (see S. Res. 211), S3356 [21AP]
    Science:  prohibit cloning of humans, (see S. 1599), S317 [3FE],
        (see S. 1601), S318 [3FE]
    Securities:  limit the conduct of securities class actions under
        State law, (see S. 1260), S234 [29JA]
    Taxation:  change basis for determination of refinery limitation on
        oil depletion deduction, (see S. 2322), S8382 [16JY]
    ------ ensure taxpayer confidence in the problem resolution process
        by providing a more independently operated Office of the
        Taxpayer Advocate, (see S. 1308), S273 [2FE]
    ------ provide a tax credit for marginal oil and natural gas well
        production, (see S. 1929), S3120 [2AP]
    ------ terminate Internal Revenue Code, (see S. 1673), S1003 [25FE]
    Thurmond, Senator:  tribute for Army Reserve service, (see S. Res.
        213), S3429 [22AP]
    Vietnamese Conflict:  tribute to POW and MIA's and disclosure of
        information concerning missing personnel, (see S. Res. 196),
        S2114 [17MR]
    Washington, George:  anniversary of death, (see S. Con. Res. 83),
        S11052 [28SE]
    Weapons:  antiballistic missile systems deployment policy, (see S.
        1873), S2719 [27MR]
  Bills and resolutions introduced
    Computers:  examination and disclosure of certain source codes,
        programs and software, (see S. 1692), S1155 [27FE]
    Credit:  furnishing and using consumer reports for employment
        purposes, (see S. 2561), S11582 [6OC]
    Death and dying:  clarify Federal laws relative to dispensing of
        drugs intended for use for assisted suicide or euthanasia, (see
        S. 2151), S5787 [9JN]
    Electric power:  provide for retail competition among suppliers,
        (see S. 2187), S6564 [18JN]
    Freedom of religion:  establish a process to ensure that the U.S.
        monitors international religious persecution, (see S. 1868),
        S2660 [26MR]
    Health:  protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's,
        (see S. 2330), S8482 [17JY]
    Kosovo:  human rights violations against ethnic Albanians by Serbian
        police relative to self-determination, (see S. Con. Res. 85),
        S2214 [18MR]
    Political campaigns:  prohibit the FCC from requiring radio and
        television broadcasters to provide free air time for political
        advertising, (see S. 1872), S2660 [26MR]
    Power resources:  management of royalties from Federal and Outer
        Continental Shelf oil and gas leases, (see S. 1930), S3120 [2AP]
  Cloture Motions 
    Hazardous substances:  nuclear waste disposal (H.R. 1270), S5564
        [2JN]
  Cloture motions
    Courts:  product liability reform (S. 648), S7297 [26JN], S7565
        [7JY], S7717 [9JY]
    ------ product liability reform (S. 648), motion to proceed, S7525
        [7JY]
    ------ 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), S7873 [9JY],
        S8048 [13JY]
    Crime:  prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State
        laws requiring parental notification of abortions (S. 1645),
        S10565 [18SE]
    Dept. of Defense:  authorizing appropriations for military
        activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military
        construction (S. 2057), S6666 [19JN]
    Dept. of the Interior and related agencies:  making appropriations
        (S. 2237), S9967 [8SE], S10176 [10SE]
    Employment:  protect employer rights (S. 1981), motion to proceed,
        S10221 [10SE], S10309 [14SE]
    Executive departments:  clarify requirements for filling vacancies
        and making temporary appointments subject to Senate confirmation
        (S. 2176), S10869 [24SE], S11038 [28SE]
    ----- clarify requirements for filling vacancies and making
        temporary appointments subject to Senate confirmation (S. 2176),
        motion to proceed, S10712 [22SE], S10866 [24SE]
    Legislative branch of the Government:  making appropriations (H.R.
        4112), S8471 [17JY], S8600 [21JY]
    Office of Religious Persecution Monitoring:  establish (H.R. 2431),
        motion to proceed, S11807 [7OC]
    Political campaigns:  protect individuals from having their money
        involuntarily collected and used for politics by a corporation
        or labor organization (S. 1663), S919 [24FE], S1045 [26FE]
    Science:  prohibit cloning of humans (S. 1601), motion to proceed,
        S446 [5FE], S607 [11FE]
    Taxation:  treatment of education individual retirement accounts
        relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R.
        2646), S1925 [13MR], S1988 [16MR], S2094 [17MR]
    Transportation:  funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
        programs, and transit programs (S. 1173), S1497 [6MR], S1762
        [11MR]
  Cloture motions 
    Taxation:  treatment of education individual retirement accounts
        relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R.
        2646), S2636 [26MR]
  Explanations
    Freedom From Religious Persecution Act (H.R. 2431), S13000<bullet>
        [12NO]
  Factsheets
    Mifepristone (RU-486) Brief Overview:  Dept. of HHS, S12691 [20OC]
    National Tobacco Policy and Youth Smoking Reduction Act (S. 1415),
        S5259 [21MY]
  Letters
    Allocation of slots to United Airlines, Inc., at O'Hare
        International Airport:  by, S10947 [25SE]
    FDA approval of Mifepristone (RU-486):  Jane E. Henney, S12691
        [20OC]
    Increase in top level of FHA limits on mortgage insurance:  Grover
        G. Norquist, Americans for Tax Reform (organization), S8342
        [16JY]
    ------ Jack Kemp, S8344 [16JY]
    ------ National Taxpayers Union, S8343 [16JY]
    ------ Stephen Brobeck, Consumer Federation of America, S8343 [16JY]
        Stephen Moore, Cato Institute, S8342 [16JY]
    National Tobacco Policy and Youth Smoking Reduction Act:  National
        Governors' Association, S6448 [17JN]
    Patient Access to Responsible Care Act:  Boone Powell, Jr., Baylor
        Health Care System, S682 [12FE]
    ------ Dennis S. O'Leary, Margaret E. O'Kane, and Randolph D. Smoak,
        Jr., American Medical Accreditation Program, S681 [12FE]
    ------ Floyd D. Loop, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, S682 [12FE]
    Prohibit Federal funding of abortions except in cases of rape,
        incest, or life of the women:  Donna E. Shalala, Sec. of HHS,
        S12691 [20OC]
    ----- by, S12691 [20OC]
    Protection of enrollees in managed health care plans and HMO's:
        Angela M. Hunter, Council for Affordable Health Insurance, S3051
        [2AP]
    ------ Dan Danner, Health Benefits Coalition for Affordable Choice &
        Quality, S3051 [2AP]
    ------ Pamela G. Bailey, Healthcare Leadership Council, S3050 [2AP]
    ------ R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, S3051 [2AP]
    State Children's Health Insurance Program coverage of abortion
        services:  by, S12691 [20OC], S12692 [20OC]
    ------ Donna E. Shalala, Sec. of HHS, S12691 [20OC], S12692 [20OC],
        S12693 [20OC]
    Use of controlled substances for assisted suicide, euthanasia, or
        mercy killing:  Thomas A. Constantine, DEA, S12493 [14OC]
  Lists
    Countries involved in religious persecution, S11332 [2OC]
    Health Benefits Coalition for Affordable Choice & Quality, S3051
        [2AP]
  Memorandums
    Increase in Top Level of FHA Limits on Mortgage Insurance:  Ronald
        D. Utt, Heritage Foundation, S8342 [16JY]
  Messages
    Trademark Law Treaty:  President Clinton, S241 [29JA]
  Motions 
    Appropriations:  making emergency supplemental for disaster relief
        and overseas peacekeeping operations (S. 1768), S2629 [26MR]
    Budget:  setting forth the Federal budget for 1999-2003 (S. Con.
        Res. 86), S3077 [2AP], S3084 [2AP]
  Remarks
    Abortion:  prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 1122), veto,
        S10560 [18SE], S10577 [18SE]
    Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
        making appropriations (S. 2159), S8119 [14JY], S8322 [16JY]
    ------ making appropriations (H.R. 4101), veto, S11951 [8OC]
    Appropriations:  making emergency supplemental for disaster relief
        and overseas peacekeeping operations (S. 1768), S2479 [24MR],
        S2514 [25MR], S2516 [25MR], S2517 [25MR], S2520 [25MR], S2527
        [25MR], S2537 [25MR], S2538 [25MR], S2540 [25MR], S2541 [25MR],
        S2542 [25MR], S2619 [26MR], S2620 [26MR], S2622 [26MR], S2628
        [26MR], S2629 [26MR]
    Bankruptcy:  consumer protection (S. 1301), S10567 [18SE], S10568
        [18SE], S10688 [22SE]
    Budget:  allocation of funds, S524 [9FE]
    ------ comparison between congressional and Clinton administration
        proposals, S12297-S12299 [10OC]
    ------ deficit, S524 [9FE]
    ------ setting forth the Federal budget for 1999-2003 (S. Con. Res.
        86), S2786 [31MR], S2919 [1AP], S2921 [1AP], S3048 [2AP], S3049
        [2AP], S3050 [2AP], S3054 [2AP], S3055 [2AP], S3076 [2AP], S3077
        [2AP], S3084 [2AP]
    Business and industry:  hiring of certain individuals whose sole
        purpose of seeking employment is union organization and
        representation, S10305 [14SE]
    Community Reinvestment Act:  credit requirements for small community
        banks, S9092 [28JY]
    Computers:  examination and disclosure of certain source codes,
        programs and software (S. 1692), S1156 [27FE]
    ----- examination and disclosure of certain source codes, programs,
        and software, S4491 [7MY]
    ------ prohibit gambling on the Internet, S8822 [23JY]
    Congress:  tribute to staff work on H.R. 2431, Freedom From
        Religious Persecution Act, S12984 [12NO]
    Courts:  limit court appointed attorneys' fees, S8823 [23JY], S8824
        [23JY]
    Credit:  furnishing and using consumer reports for employment
        purposes (S. 2561), S11638 [6OC]
    Credit unions:  clarify laws relative to field of membership of
        Federal credit unions (H.R. 1151), S9092 [28JY]
    Crime:  prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State
        laws requiring parental notification of abortions (S. 1645),
        S10565 [18SE]
    Death and dying:  clarify Federal laws relative to dispensing of
        drugs intended for use for assisted suicide or euthanasia (S.
        2151), S5797 [9JN]
    ------ prohibit Federal funding for assisted suicide, euthanasia, or
        mercy killing (S. 304), S12492 [14OC]
    Dept. of Agriculture:  Food Distribution Program for Indian
        Reservations regulations in Oklahoma, S8119 [14JY]
    Dept. of Defense:  making appropriations for military construction,
        family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 4059),
        conference report, S9719 [1SE]
    Dept. of HHS:  revise and extend certain women's health research and
        prevention activities programs (S. 1722), S1514 [6MR]
    Dept. of HUD:  increase in top level of FHA limits on mortgage
        insurance, S8340 [16JY], S8341 [16JY], S8344 [16JY], S8428
        [17JY]
    Dept. of State and related agencies:  authorizing appropriations and
        consolidating certain agencies (H.R. 1757), conference report,
        S3685 [28AP], S3686 [28AP]
    Dept. of the Interior and related agencies:  making appropriations
        (S. 2237), S10406 [16SE]
    Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
        agencies:  authorizing appropriations (S. 2260), S8822 [23JY],
        S8823 [23JY], S8824 [23JY]
    Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
         making appropriations (S. 2168), S8340 [16JY], S8341 [16JY],
        S8344 [16JY], S8370 [16JY], S8428 [17JY]
    Drunken driving:  national blood alcohol content standard relative
        to the operation of motor vehicles, S1299 [4MR], S1304 [4MR]
    Education:  reductions in school class size, S3394 [22AP], S3395
        [22AP]
    ------ vocational education funding (H.R. 1853), conference report--
        unanimous-consent agreement, S11907 [8OC]
    Electric power:  provide for retail competition among suppliers (S.
        2187), S6564 [18JN]
    Employment:  protect employer rights (S. 1981), motion to proceed,
        S10305 [14SE]
    FDA:  Youth Anti-Smoking Initiative Enforcement and Outreach Program
        funding, S8322 [16JY]
    FEMA:  ensure additional funding for disaster relief does not impact
        the budget surplus, S2538 [25MR], S2540 [25MR], S2541 [25MR],
        S2542 [25MR]
    Foreign aid:  international family planning programs restrictions
        relative to abortion, S3685 [28AP]
    Freedom of religion:  establish a process to ensure that the U.S.
        monitors international religious persecution (S. 1868), S2664
        [26MR]
    ------ establish a process to ensure that the U.S. monitors
        international religious persecution (S. 1868), S11330-S11333
        [2OC]
    Health:  national policy to provide health care and reform insurance
        procedures, S679-S682 [12FE]
    ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's,
        S3048 [2AP], S3049 [2AP], S3050 [2AP], S3054 [2AP], S3055 [2AP],
        S3077 [2AP], S7569 [7JY], S7702 [8JY]
    ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R.
        4250), unanimous-consent request, S9737 [1SE], S9738 [1SE],
        S9739 [1SE]
    ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S.
        1890), S12127 [9OC]
    ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S.
        2330), S8487 [17JY], S8886 [23JY]
    ------ standardize relationships between group health plans and
        health insurers relative to enrollees, health professionals, and
        providers (S. 644), S679-S682 [12FE]
    Health Care Financing Administration:  employee funding, S2514
        [25MR], S2516 [25MR], S2517 [25MR], S2520 [25MR], S2527 [25MR],
        S2619-S2620 [20OC]
    Intelligence services:  authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3694),
        conference report, S11902 [8OC]
    Iraq:  enforce the embargo on oil exports (S. Con. Res. 76), S1552
        [9MR]
    ------ U.S. policy, S1552 [9MR]
    IRS:  restructure and reform (H.R. 2676), S4491 [7MY], S4508 [7MY]
    Israel:  U.S. policy, S2701 [27MR]
    Kosovo:  human rights violations against ethnic Albanians by Serbian
        police relative to self-determination (S. Con. Res. 85), S2207
        [18MR], S2208 [18MR]
    ------ NATO military intervention relative to human rights
        violations against ethnic Albanians by Serbian police, S11329
        [2OC], S11330 [2OC]
    McKeown, M. Margaret:  nomination to be circuit judge, S2693 [27MR]
    Medicare:  allow beneficiaries to enter into private contracts for
        services (S. 1194), S11894 [8OC]
    Middle East:  Israeli/Palestinian peace initiatives, S2701 [27MR]
    Minimum wage:  level, S10688 [22SE]
    Morrow, Margaret M.:  nomination to be district judge, unanimous-
        consent agreement, S530 [9FE]
    NATO:  study cost of deployment of missile defense systems in all
        NATO countries, S3867 [30AP]
    Office of Religious Persecution Monitoring:  establish (H.R. 2431),
        S11907 [8OC], S11909 [8OC], S11942 [8OC], S11943 [8OC], S11949
        [8OC], S11950 [8OC], S11951 [8OC], S11952 [8OC], S11960 [8OC],
        S12092 [9OC], S12099 [9OC], S12984 [12NO], S12999<bullet> [12NO]
    ------ establish (H.R. 2431), unanimous-consent agreement, S11907
        [8OC]
    Oklahoma:  national veterans cemetery funding, S8370 [16JY]
    Oregon:  law relative to assisted suicide, euthanasia, or mercy
        killing, S12492 [14OC]
    Parliamentary inquiry, S3049 [2AP]
    Petroleum:  payment of U.S. royalty claims, S10406 [16SE]
    ------ reduce gasoline tax, S1750 [11MR], S1751 [11MR]
    Political campaigns:  appointment of independent counsel to
        investigate fundraising practices in Presidential election
        campaign, S9536 [31JY], S9537 [31JY], S9538 [31JY], S9540 [31JY]
    ------ ethics reform and contribution limits, S1036 [26FE]
    ------ prohibit the FCC from requiring radio and television
        broadcasters to provide free air time for political advertising
        (S. 1872), S2683 [26MR]
    ------ protect individuals from having their money involuntarily
        collected and used for politics by a corporation or labor
        organization (S. 1663), S1036 [26FE]
    Power resources:  management of royalties from Federal and Outer
        Continental Shelf oil and gas leases (S. 1930), S3148 [2AP]
    Protocols to the North Atlantic Treaty on Accession of Poland,
        Hungary, and the Czech Republic:  ratification, S3867 [30AP]
    Science:  prohibit cloning of humans (S. 1601), unanimous-consent
        agreement, S530 [9FE]
    Senate:  legislative priorities, S7569 [7JY]
    ------ legislative program, S241 [29JA], S530 [9FE], S679 [12FE],
        S1035 [26FE], S9536 [31JY], S10568 [18SE], S11911 [8OC]
    Senate Rules:  prohibit precatory language on budget resolutions,
        S3084 [2AP]
    Shea, Edward F.:  nomination to be district judge, S2693 [27MR]
    Social Security:  reduce payroll taxes (S. 1792), S2167 [18MR]
    ------ use budget surplus to establish personal retirement savings
        accounts, S2919 [1AP], S2921 [1AP]
    Starr, Kenneth W.:  allegations of partisanship relative to
        independent counsel investigations, S639 [11FE]
    States:  additional funding for disaster relief, S2537 [25MR], S2538
        [25MR], S2540 [25MR], S2541 [25MR], S2542 [25MR]
    Supreme Court:  decision on line-item veto, S8370 [16JY]
    Taxation:  disallow deductions for advertising, promotional, and
        marketing expenses relative to tobacco products unless certain
        requirements are met, S6322 [15JN]
    ------ treatment of education individual retirement accounts
        relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R.
        2646), S3394 [22AP], S3395 [22AP]
    Tobacco products:  granting of immunity or limiting liability for
        tobacco companies in lawsuits relative to health risks and
        marketing and manufacturing practices, S5252 [21MY], S5253
        [21MY], S5257 [21MY], S5258 [21MY], S5259 [21MY], S5260 [21MY],
        S5264 [21MY], S5265 [21MY]
    ------ impact of tobacco industry trust fund payments on cigarette
        prices, S5252 [21MY], S5253 [21MY], S5257 [21MY], S5259 [21MY],
        S5263 [21MY], S5264 [21MY], S5265 [21MY], S6445-S6448 [17JN]
    ------ limit access to minors, S5252 [21MY], S5258 [21MY], S5260
        [21MY], S6155 [11JN], S6170 [11JN]
    ------ limit tobacco settlement attorneys' fees, S5259 [21MY], S6172
        [11JN]
    ------ specify percentage of revenues from tobacco industry
        settlement to be used for Child Care and Development Block Grant
        Act activities, S6155 [11JN], S6170 [11JN]
    ------ tobacco industry liability settlement relative to health
        risks and marketing and manufacturing practices (S. 1415), S5114
        [19MY], S5115 [19MY], S5252 [21MY], S5253 [21MY], S5257 [21MY],
        S5258 [21MY], S5259 [21MY], S5260 [21MY], S5263 [21MY], S5264
        [21MY], S5265 [21MY], S5306 [21MY], S5307 [21MY], S5308 [21MY],
        S5310 [21MY], S5311 [21MY], S6155 [11JN], S6170 [11JN], S6172
        [11JN], S6322 [15JN], S6445 [17JN], S6475 [17JN], S6478 [17JN],
        S6479 [17JN], S6481 [17JN]
    Transportation:  funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
        programs, and transit programs (H.R. 2400), conference report,
        S5416 [22MY]
    ----- funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and
        transit programs (S. 1173), S1299 [4MR], S1304 [4MR], S1750
        [11MR], S1751 [11MR]
    Treaties and agreements:  removal of injunction of secrecy, S241
        [29JA]
    U.N.:  authorize payment of U.S. arrearages, S3685 [28AP]
    U.S. Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution:  establish
        (H.R. 3042), S241 [29JA]
    Votes:  correction, S12372 [12OC]
  Statements
    Appointment of Independent Counsel To Investigate Fundraising
        Practices in Presidential Election Campaign:  Janet Reno,
        Attorney General, S9536 [31JY]
    ----- Senator Thompson, S9537 [31JY]
    Freedom From Religious Persecution Act:  by, S12999<bullet> [12NO]
    Protection of Enrollees in Managed Care Plans and HMO's:  Mayo
        Clinic, S3054 [2AP]
    Protection of Enrollees in Managed Health Care Plans and HMO's:
        American Hospital Association, S3055 [2AP]
    ------ Baylor Health Care System, S3054 [2AP]
    ------ Cleveland Clinic, S3054 [2AP]
  Tables
    Budget deficits and Social Security, S2921 [1AP]
    Federal budget proposals, S526-S529 [9FE]
    National tobacco settlement tax on individual cigarette
        manufacturers, S6449 [17JN]
    National Tobacco Settlement Trust Fund, S5253 [21MY]
    National tobacco settlement trust fund, S6449 [17JN]
    Payroll taxes, S2921 [1AP]
    Reconciliation of general tobacco industry payments under S. 1415,
        National Tobacco Policy and Youth Smoking Reduction Act, and the
        net Federal revenue effect of payments relative to look-back
        provisions, S5264 [21MY], S5306 [21MY]
    Tobacco settlement attorneys' fees, S5259 [21MY]
    Tobacco use by 12th graders, S5253 [21MY]
  Texts of
    S. 1692, Software Trade Secrets Protection Act, S1157 [27FE]
    S. 1868, International Religious Freedom Act, S2664-S2671 [26MR]
    S. 1930, Royalty Enhancement Act, S3149-S3154 [2AP]
    S. 2151, Lethal Drug Abuse Prevention Act, S5798 [9JN]
    S. 2187, Electric Consumer Choice Act, S6565 [18JN]
    S. 2330, Patients' Bill of Rights Act, S8489-S8509 [17JY]
  Tributes
    Bumpers, Senator, S11966 [8OC], S12297 [10OC]
    Burr, David, S1035 [26FE]
    Coats, Senator, S11960 [8OC]
    Ford, Senator, S12299 [10OC]
    Kempthorne, Senator, S11959 [8OC]
    Lott, Senator, S12091 [9OC]
    Santorum, Senator, S10577 [18SE]
    Smith, Senator Bob, S10577 [18SE]