[Congressional Record Index (1998)]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
SANTORUM, RICK (a Senator from Pennsylvania)
Amendments
Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
making appropriations (S. 2159), S8098 [14JY], S8140 [14JY],
S8254 [15JY]
Appropriations: making emergency supplemental for disaster relief
and overseas peacekeeping operations (S. 1768), S2492 [24MR],
S2494 [24MR], S2496 [24MR]
Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 1999-2003 (S. Con.
Res. 86), S2736 [30MR], S2774 [30MR], S2841 [31MR], S2871
[31MR], S2937 [1AP], S3001 [1AP], S3156 [2AP]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military
activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military
construction (S. 2057), S6675 [19JN], S6678 [19JN], S6679
[19JN], S6683 [19JN], S6689 [19JN], S6709 [19JN], S6710 [19JN],
S6711 [19JN], S6712 [19JN], S6714 [19JN], S6773 [22JN], S6785
[22JN], S6787 [22JN], S6826 [22JN], S7005 [24JN], S7030 [24JN],
S7112 [25JN], S7121 [25JN], S7146 [25JN], S7151 [25JN], S7204
[25JN], S7208 [25JN]
------ making appropriations (S. 2132), S9397 [30JY], S9455 [30JY]
Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the
President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (S.
2312), S9145 [28JY]
Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations
(S. 2307), S8908 [23JY], S8945 [23JY]
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
agencies: authorizing appropriations (S. 2260), S8793 [22JY],
S8839 [23JY], S8853 [23JY], S8932 [23JY]
FAA: reauthorizing programs (S. 2279), S10907 [24SE], S10936 [24SE]
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), S7816 [9JY], S7885
[9JY], S7889 [9JY]
Transportation: funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
programs, and transit programs (S. 1173), S1533 [6MR], S1604
[9MR], S1682 [10MR], S1706 [10MR], S1736 [11MR], S1765 [11MR],
S1785 [11MR]
Truth in Lending Act: require notice of cancellation rights
relative to private mortgage insurance (S. 318), S8261 [15JY],
S8268 [15JY]
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 3616, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military
activities and prescribing personnel strengths, S7160 [25JN]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Agriculture: ensure that federally funded research and education
programs address high-priority concerns with national multistate
significance (S. 1150), technical corrections, (see S. 2275),
S7678 [8JY]
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), S10929 [24SE]
Computers: prohibit commercial distribution of obscene or indecent
material to minors by computer, (see S. 1482), S9883 [2SE]
Crime: prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State
laws requiring parental notification of abortions, (see S.
1645), S730 [12FE]
Death and dying: clarify Federal laws relative to dispensing of
drugs intended for use for assisted suicide or euthanasia, (see
S. 2151), S6701 [19JN]
Delaware and Lehigh Navigation Canal National Heritage Corridor Act:
reauthorize, (see S. 1665), S837 [23FE]
Delaware River Port Authority: clarify application of toll
restrictions, (see S. 2350), S8919 [23JY]
Dept. of Commerce: authorizing appropriations for the Technology
Administration, (see S. 1325), S1893 [12MR]
Dept. of Defense: Defense Science and Technology Program funding,
(see S. 2081), S4906 [14MY]
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]
Diseases: payments to individuals with blood-clotting disorders who
contracted HIV due to contaminated blood products, (see S. 358),
S4940 [15MY]
Drugs: enhance interdiction efforts in major transit countries and
support eradication and crop substitution programs in source
countries, (see S. 2522), S11990 [8OC]
------ support existing Federal legal process for determining safety
and efficacy of using marijuana and other drugs for medicinal
purposes, (see S.J. Res. 56), S12564 [14OC]
Employment: reform standard for classifying technical workers as
independent contractors for employment tax purposes, (see S.
1924), S3120 [2AP]
Families and domestic relations: provide equitable child care
relief for stay at-home parents, (see S. Con. Res. 77), S1702
[10MR]
Flag--U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration, (see
S.J. Res. 40), S378 [4FE]
Foreign policy: establish framework for consideration of unilateral
economic sanctions, (see S. 1413), S4633 [11MY]
Foreign trade: eliminate disincentives to fair trade conditions,
(see S. 2281), S10726 [22SE]
Freedom of religion: establish a process to ensure that the U.S.
monitors international religious persecution, (see S. 1868),
S9941 [3SE]
Health: biomedical research funding, (see S. Res. 170), S456 [5FE]
------ ensure confidentiality of medical records and health care-
related information, (see S. 2352), S10386 [15SE]
------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, (see
S. 2330), S8482 [17JY]
Immigration: admittance of temporary and seasonal agricultural
workers, (see S. 1563), S1533 [6MR]
------ arrival and departure requirements for Canadian citizens
relative to automated entry and exit control systems, (see S.
1360), S3592 [24AP]
------ increase number of temporary visas for skilled workers and
expand education and training opportunities for U.S. students
and workers, (see S. 1723), S2575 [25MR]
------ reform the temporary agricultural workers program, (see S.
2337), S8787 [22JY]
Independence National Historical Park: authorize the Gateway
Visitor Center, (see S. 2309), S8240 [15JY]
Iron and steel industry: respond to the surge of steel imports
resulting from the financial crises in Asia, Russia, and other
regions, (see S. Con. Res. 121), S11122 [29SE], (see S. 2580),
S11970 [8OC]
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]
Italy: U.N. Security Council membership, (see S. Res. 184), S1533
[6MR]
Kosovo: presence of U.S. Armed Forces for peacekeeping purposes,
(see S. Con. Res. 125), S12183 [9OC]
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]
Medicare: adjust formula used to determine cost limits for home
health agencies, (see S. 1993), S3709 [28AP]
------ delay reduction and make revisions to the per beneficiary and
per visit payment limit, (see S. 2616), S12875 [21OC]
------ reform payment system for home health services, (see S.
2323), S8382 [16JY]
Motor vehicles: titling and registration requirements relative to
salvage, nonrepairable, and rebuilt vehicles, (see S. 852),
S8924 [23JY]
National Park Service: establish the National Underground Railroad
Network to Freedom Program, (see S. 887), S3544 [23AP]
National Sea Grant College Program Act: treatment of Lake
Champlain, (see S. 1823), S2488 [24MR]
North American Wetlands Conservation Act: reauthorizing, (see S.
1677), S2308 [19MR]
Older Americans Act: reauthorize, (see S. 2295), S8056 [13JY]
Partnerships for Wildlife Act: reauthorizing, (see S. 1677), S2308
[19MR]
Persian Gulf Conflict: aviator continuation pay for military
members killed, (see S. 2584), S11970 [8OC]
Presidential Advisory Commission on Holocaust Assets in the U.S.:
establish, (see S. 1900), S3296 [20AP]
Public lands: make certain Federal property available to States
before being made available to other entities, (see S. 1621),
S847 [23FE]
Public safety officers: provide educational assistance to the
surviving spouse and dependent children of officers killed or
totally disabled in the line of duty, (see S. 1525), S12725
[20OC]
Public Works and Economic Development Act: reauthorize and reform
programs, (see S. 1647), S2136 [17MR]
------ reauthorize and reform programs, (see S. 2364), S9789 [1SE]
Remy, France: tribute to citizens for burial of Houston Braly, (see
S. Con. Res. 79), S1336 [4MR]
------ tribute to fundraising efforts of 364th Fighter Group for
restoration of stained glass windows, (see S. Con. Res. 79),
S1336 [4MR]
Research: continuation of Federal research and development programs
funding in a fiscally sustainable way, (see S. 2217), S11051
[28SE]
Sanford, Terry: tribute, (see S. Res. 211), S3356 [21AP]
Social Security: modification of certain State agreements relative
to certain students, (see S. 2325), S11285 [1OC]
States: provide tax credits for contributions to charitable
organizations relative to delivery of welfare services, (see S.
1994), S3709 [28AP]
Tariff: wool fabrics, (see S. 2338), S10843 [23SE]
Taxation: allow credit for construction and renovation of
commercial buildings in distressed areas, (see S. 411), S7580
[7JY]
------ designate renewal communities, (see S. 1995), S3709 [28AP]
------ extend the placed-in-service date for biomass and coal
facilities, (see S. 2233), S11051 [28SE]
------ increase amount of low-income housing credits allocated in
each State and index amount for inflation, (see S. 1252), S8924
[23JY]
------ increase State cap on private activity bonds, (see S. 1251),
S8924 [23JY]
------ repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes,
(see S. 75), S8058 [13JY]
------ terminate Internal Revenue Code, (see S. 1673), S1003 [25FE]
------ treatment of excise tax on vaccines, (see S. 2118), S5434
[22MY]
Valley Forge National Historical Park: authorize construction and
operation of the Valley Forge Museum of the American Revolution,
(see S. 2557), S11582 [6OC]
Vietnamese Conflict: tribute to POW and MIA's and disclosure of
information concerning missing personnel, (see S. Res. 196),
S2114 [17MR]
Weapons: antiballistic missile systems deployment policy, (see S.
1873), S3296 [20AP]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Education: provide flexibility to local agencies that develop
voluntary public and private parental choice programs, (see S.
1996), S3709 [28AP]
Higher Education Act: improve accountability and reform certain
programs, (see S. 2123), S5434 [22MY]
Lackawanna Valley Heritage Area: establish, (see S. 2251), S7256
[26JN]
Medicare: election of Medicare+Choice organizations to exclude
payment for abortion services, (see S. 2403), S9556 [31JY]
Schuylkill County, PA: transfer from the Eastern Judicial District
to the Middle Judicial District, (see S. 2336), S8658 [21JY]
Tariff: ferroniobium, (see S. 1958), S3295 [20AP]
------ ziram, (see S. 2048), S4528 [7MY]
Taxation: election of deduction in lieu of a basis increase for
debt secured by property with an original issue discount and
held by a cash method taxpayer, (see S. 2197), S6698 [19JN]
------ treatment of beer, (see S. 2415), S9556 [31JY]
Cloture motions
Bankruptcy: consumer protection (S. 1301), S10109 [9SE]
------ consumer protection (S. 1301), motion to proceed, S9917
[3SE], S10093 [9SE]
Crime: prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State
laws requiring parental notification of abortions (S. 1645),
S10565 [18SE], S10703 [22SE]
----- prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws
requiring parental notification of abortions (S. 1645), motion
to proceed, S10141 [9SE], S10231 [11SE]
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]
Financial institutions: increase competition in the financial
services sector (H.R. 10), motion to proceed, S11239 [1OC],
S11437 [5OC], S11648 [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 Internet and interactive computer service
commerce (S. 442), S11307 [2OC], S11649 [7OC]
Weapons: antiballistic missile systems deployment policy (S. 1873),
motion to proceed, S4618 [11MY], S4768 [13MY]
------ antiballistic missile systems deployment policy (S. 1873),
motion to proceed, S9916 [3SE], S10058 [9SE]
Proclamations
Chronic Fatigue and Immune Dysfunction Syndrome Awareness Day:
Senate, S4743<bullet> [12MY]
Remarks
Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 1122), veto, S9911
[3SE], S10474 [17SE], S10475 [17SE], S10480 [17SE], S10481
[17SE], S10482 [17SE], S10491 [17SE], S10494 [17SE], S10496
[17SE], S10497 [17SE], S10499 [17SE], S10510 [17SE], S10513
[17SE], S10545-S10549 [17SE], S10563 [18SE]
Allison Park, PA: tribute to Hampton High School for participation
in We the People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution
competition, S5991<bullet> [9JN]
American Ambulance Association: tribute to Stars of Life honorees,
S5144<bullet> [19MY]
Animals: tribute to guide dogs and working dogs, S10731<bullet>
[22SE]
Appropriations: making emergency supplemental appropriations and
rescissions (H.R. 3579), conference report, S3912 [30AP]
------ making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and
overseas peacekeeping operations (S. 1768), S2472 [24MR], S2476
[24MR], S2477 [24MR]
Armed Forces: establish demonstration project relative to
enrollment of Medicare-eligible military retirees in the Federal
Employees Health Benefits Program, S7082 [25JN]
Bankruptcy: consumer protection (S. 1301), S10509 [17SE]
Budget: ensure compliance with congressional spending guidelines
and outlays, S2472 [24MR], S2476 [24MR], S2477 [24MR]
------ setting forth the Federal budget for 1999-2003 (S. Con. Res.
86), S2918 [1AP], S3047 [2AP]
Capitol Building and Grounds: tribute to John M. Gibson and Jacob
J. Chestnut of the Capitol Police for acts of heroism, S9133
[28JY]
Centre County, PA: tribute to victims of cabin fire, S3172<bullet>
[2AP]
Children and youth: improve and extend child nutrition programs (S.
2286), S10537 [17SE], S10585 [18SE]
Chronic Fatigue and Immune Dysfunction Syndrome Awareness Day:
observance, S4742<bullet> [12MY]
Cloudersport, PA: anniversary, S4374<bullet> [5MY]
Crime: prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State
laws requiring parental notification of abortions (S. 1645),
motion to proceed, S10229 [11SE]
----- prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws
requiring parental notification of abortions (S. 1645),
unanimous-consent agreement, S10533 [17SE]
Daly, Jennifer: Citizens Flag Alliance Essay Contest winner,
S5472<bullet> [22MY]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military
activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military
construction (S. 2057), S6683 [19JN], S7082 [25JN], S7146 [25JN]
------ making appropriations (S. 2132), S9455<bullet> [30JY]
Dept. of HHS: delay implementation of organ donation policy, S3912
[30AP]
Dept. of Transportation: mass transit systems funding, S1679 [10MR]
Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations
(S. 2307), S8905 [23JY]
Dorchester (U.S.A.T.): tribute to efforts of chaplains during
sinking off the coast of Greenland, S6500<bullet> [17JN]
Education: provide flexibility to local agencies that develop
voluntary public and private parental choice programs (S. 1996),
S3718 [28AP]
EPA: funding for nationwide monitoring of particulate matter and
State flexibility in implementing new ozone and particulate
matter standards, S1325 [4MR]
Federal highway program: replace affirmative action policies with
emerging business enterprise programs, S1491 [6MR]
Four Corners Monument Tribal Park: authorize an interpretive center
and related visitor facilities (S. 1998), S10534 [17SE]
Frackville, PA: anniversary of Schuylkill Training & Technology
Center's Licensed Practical Nursing Program, S12242<bullet>
[9OC]
Germantown, PA: tribute to Boy Scout Troop 358, S1365<bullet> [4MR]
Harrisburg, PA: tribute to Devonshire Memorial Church youth group
for assisting in the rebuilding of a burned-down church in
Manning, SC, S8950<bullet> [23JY], S9147<bullet> [28JY]
Health: protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's,
S3047 [2AP]
Higher Education Act: improve accountability and reform certain
programs, S7816 [9JY]
------ reauthorize (S. 1882), S7815 [9JY], S7816 [9JY], S7860 [9JY]
``History of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition,
and Forestry'': authorize printing (S. Res. 280), S10536 [17SE]
Holocaust: remembrance, S3554<bullet> [23AP]
Indian Health Service: elevate position of Director to Assistant
Sec. of HHS and provide organizational independence (S. 1770),
S10533 [17SE]
International Commission of Jurists: report on the People's
Republic of China and Tibet (S. Con. Res. 103), S10536 [17SE]
Israel: independence anniversary, S5351<bullet> [21MY]
Jewish Community Relations Council: tribute to Holocaust Memorial
Ceremony, S3554<bullet> [23AP]
Marine Corps: high-explosive munitions funding, S7146 [25JN]
------ procurement of M888, 60-millimeter, high-explosive munitions,
S9455<bullet> [30JY]
Massiah-Jackson, Frederica A.: nomination to be district judge,
S553 [10FE], S561 [10FE], S628 [11FE], S632 [11FE]
------ withdrawal of nomination to be district judge, S1983 [16MR]
Medicare: election of Medicare+Choice organizations to exclude
payment for abortion services (S. 2403), S9561<bullet> [31JY]
National Association of Letter Carriers: tribute to food drive
efforts, S5142<bullet> [19MY]
National Nurses Week: observance, S5469<bullet> [22MY]
National Payroll Week: observance, S10328<bullet> [14SE]
Navy: Advanced Technology Avionics Subsystems projects funding,
S12160 [9OC]
------ establish barter agreements with commercial entities to
exchange vehicles for the repair and remanufacture of ribbon
bridges for the Marine Corps, S6683 [19JN]
Piszek, Edward J.: ``Commander's Cross With a White Star'' medal
recipient, S2875<bullet> [31MR]
Pittsburgh, PA: anniversary of First Presbyterian Church,
S11292<bullet> [1OC]
------ tribute to Bethel Church of God in Christ, S3659<bullet>
[27AP]
------ tribute to Invention/New Product Exposition, S4634<bullet>
[11MY]
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits, S991
[25FE]
------ protect individuals from having their money involuntarily
collected and used for politics by a corporation or labor
organization (S. 1663), S991 [25FE]
------ require disclosure of funding sources for certain candidate
advocacy advertising, S991 [25FE]
Railroads: establish a national tracking system to monitor the
direction, movement, and highway crossing control of freight
trains, S8905 [23JY]
Rutherford, PA: closing of Rutherford Elementary School,
S6427<bullet> [16JN]
Schuylkill County, PA: transfer from the Eastern Judicial District
to the Middle Judicial District (S. 2336), S8660<bullet> [21JY]
Senate: appreciation for tributes, S10510 [17SE]
------ legislative program, S10544 [17SE]
Social Security: use budget surplus to establish personal
retirement savings accounts, S2918 [1AP]
Somerset County, PA: observance of Red Ribbon Week, S11290<bullet>
[1OC]
States: provide tax credits for contributions to charitable
organizations relative to delivery of welfare services (S.
1994), S3718 [28AP]
Taxation: designate renewal communities (S. 1995), S3718 [28AP]
------ disallow elementary and secondary education expenses as an
authorized deduction from education individual retirement
accounts, S3330 [21AP]
------ treatment of beer (S. 2415), S9573 [31JY]
------ treatment of education individual retirement accounts
relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R.
2646), S3330 [21AP]
------ treatment of student loan program fees, S7860 [9JY]
Trademark Law Treaty: implementation (S. 2193), S10535 [17SE],
S10536 [17SE]
Transportation: funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
programs, and transit programs (S. 1173), S1325 [4MR], S1491
[6MR], S1679 [10MR]
WIC: improve special supplemental nutrition programs (H.R. 3874),
insert S. 2286 language in lieu, S10538 [17SE]
World Intellectual Property Organization Copyright Treaty:
implementation (H.R. 2281), S10537 [17SE]
World Intellectual Property Organization Performances and Phonograms
Treaty: implementation (H.R. 2281), S10537 [17SE]
Remarks in Senate relative to
Tribute, S4522 [7MY], S10509 [17SE], S10510 [17SE], S10577 [18SE]
Texts of
S. 2336, transfer Schuylkill County, PA, from the Eastern Judicial
District to the Middle Judicial District, S8660<bullet> [21JY]
Tributes
Brown, Charles C., Jr., S4372<bullet> [5MY]
Chase, Louise, S3662<bullet> [27AP]
Cleary-Myers, Colleen, S2966 [1AP]
Cuffeld, Charles H., S236<bullet> [29JA]
Golson, Benny, S10328<bullet> [14SE]
Hauk, Walter M., Jr., S3558<bullet> [23AP]
Jones, Earl V., Sr., S9061<bullet> [27JY]
Knowlton, Rosemarie Pecillo, S6504<bullet> [17JN]
Moore, John H., Jr., S5243<bullet> [20MY]
Wrice, Herman C., S6428<bullet> [16JN]