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




SNOWE, OLYMPIA J. (a Senator from Maine)
  Amendments 
    Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
        making appropriations (S. 2159), S8254 [15JY]
    Appropriations:  making emergency supplemental for disaster relief
        and overseas peacekeeping operations (S. 1768), S2479 [24MR],
        S2499 [24MR], S2524 [25MR], S2576 [25MR]
    Budget:  setting forth the Federal budget for 1999-2003 (S. Con.
        Res. 86), S2998 [1AP]
    Coast Guard:  authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2204), S12406 [12OC]
    Dept. of Defense:  authorizing appropriations for military
        activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military
        construction (S. 2057), S4919 [14MY], S4921 [14MY], S5731 [5JN],
        S6689 [19JN], S6714 [19JN], S6771 [22JN], S6791 [22JN], S6899
        [23JN], S6968 [24JN], S6982 [24JN], S7024 [24JN], S7025 [24JN],
        S7061 [25JN], S7112 [25JN], S7121 [25JN], S7204 [25JN]
    Dept. of the Interior and related agencies:  making appropriations
        (S. 2237), S9967 [8SE], S9985 [8SE]
    Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the
        President, and independent agencies:  making appropriations (S.
        2312), S9193 [29JY], S9268 [29JY]
    Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
        agencies:  authorizing appropriations (S. 2260), S8937 [23JY]
    Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
         making appropriations (S. 2168), S8367 [16JY], S8411 [16JY]
    FAA:  reauthorizing programs (S. 2279), S10831 [23SE], S10853
        [23SE], S10888 [24SE], S10893 [24SE], S10935 [24SE]
    Political campaigns:  protect individuals from having their money
        involuntarily collected and used for politics by a corporation
        or labor organization (S. 1663), S906 [24FE], S938 [24FE]
    Taxation:  treatment of education individual retirement accounts
        relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R.
        2646), S2225 [18MR], S2340 [19MR]
    Telephones:  strengthen and expand the procedures for preventing the
        slamming of interstate telephone service subscribers (S. 1618),
        S4702 [12MY]
    Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact:  consent (H.R.
        629), S3004 [1AP]
    Tobacco products:  tobacco industry liability settlement relative to
        health risks and marketing and manufacturing practices (S.
        1415), S5336 [21MY], S5338 [21MY], S5706 [5JN], S5708 [5JN],
        S5709 [5JN]
    Transportation:  funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
        programs, and transit programs (S. 1173), S1533 [6MR], S1538
        [6MR], S1581 [9MR], S1639 [9MR], S1765 [11MR], S1785 [11MR]
  Appointments
    Conferee:  H.R. 3616, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military
        activities and prescribing personnel strengths, S7160 [25JN]
    ------ S. Con. Res. 86, setting forth the Federal budget for 1999-
        2003, S6349 [15JN]
  Bills and resolutions cosponsored
    Abortion:  prohibit certain late-term abortions, (see S. 2497),
        S10588 [18SE]
    ------ protection of reproductive health services clinics, (see S.
        Res. 173), S451 [5FE]
    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]
    Animals:  conservation of Asian elephants, (see S. 1287), S586
        [10FE]
    Armed Forces:  feasibility of using the Federal Employees Health
        Benefits Program for Medicare-eligible retirees under the
        military health care system, (see S. 1334), S520 [9FE]
    Army Reserve:  anniversary, (see S. Res. 213), S3429 [22AP]
    Augusta, ME:  conveyance of land from Army Kennebec Arsenal, (see S.
        1988), S3585 [24AP]
    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), S11451 [5OC]
    Clinton, President:  reconsider decision to be formally received in
        Tiananmen Square during visit to the People's Republic of China,
        (see S. Con. Res. 101), S5701 [5JN]
    Computers:  establish a pilot loan guarantee program to address year
        2000 problems of small businesses, (see S. 2372), S9425 [30JY]
    Crime:  constitutional amendment on protection of victims' rights,
        (see S.J. Res. 44), S2968 [1AP]
    ------ prevent violence against women, (see S. 2110), S5322 [21MY]
    Dept. of Commerce:  authorizing appropriations for the Technology
        Administration, (see S. 1325), S2308 [19MR]
    Dept. of HHS:  disapprove rule submitted on surety bond requirements
        for home health care providers under Medicare and Medicaid, (see
        S.J. Res. 50), S9790 [1SE]
    ------ revise and extend certain women's health research and
        prevention activities programs, (see S. 1722), S1508 [6MR]
    Dept. of Veterans Affairs:  establish certain presumptions of
        service connection for Persian Gulf Conflict veterans, (see S.
        2358), S11990 [8OC]
    Employment:  reform standard for classifying technical workers as
        independent contractors for employment tax purposes, (see S.
        1924), S3120 [2AP]
    Families and domestic relations:  increase effectiveness and
        efficiency of child support enforcement programs, (see S. 1809),
        S2424 [23MR]
    Federal employees:  computation system for Social Security benefits
        relative to spouses' and surviving spouses' Government pensions,
        (see S. 1365), S1352 [4MR]
    ------ prevent discrimination against preference eligibles applying
        for certain Government positions, (see S. 1021), S10241 [11SE]
    Flag--U.S.:  constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration, (see
        S.J. Res. 40), S378 [4FE]
    Foreign policy:  support broad-based agricultural and rural
        development in sub-Saharan Africa, (see S. 2283), S7881 [9JY]
    Foreign trade:  eliminate disincentives to fair trade conditions,
        (see S. 2281), S9983 [8SE]
    Greek Independence Day--A National Day of Celebration of Greek and
        American Democracy:  designate, (see S. Res. 171), S520 [9FE]
    Hazardous substances:  require powerplants, industrial plants, and
        incinerators to reduce mercury emissions, (see S. 1915), S4366
        [5MY]
    Health:  biomedical research funding, (see S. Res. 170), S226 [29JA]
    ------ distinguish between health care claims fraud and unavoidable
        billing errors, (see S. 2007), S7682 [8JY]
    ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, (see
        S. 2330), S8482 [17JY]
    International Commission of Jurists:  report on the People's
        Republic of China and Tibet, (see S. Con. Res. 103), S8254
        [15JY]
    IRS:  congressional review of regulations increasing Federal
        revenue, (see S. 831), S5637 [4JN]
    ------ restructure and improve taxpayer rights, (see S. 1669), S919
        [24FE]
    ------ restructure and reform, (see S. 1096), S769 [12FE]
    Israel:  independence anniversary, (see S.J. Res. 46), S3783 [29AP]
    ------ membership in a U.N. regional group, (see S. Res. 188), S2136
        [17MR]
    Library of Congress:  mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial,
        (see S. 2510), S10722 [22SE]
    McCain, Senator:  tribute, (see S. Res. 196), S2114 [17MR]
    McGwire, Mark:  tribute, (see S. Res. 273), S10118 [9SE]
    Medicaid:  coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment services
        for certain women screened under federally funded programs, (see
        S. 2017), S3919 [30AP]
    Medicare:  adjust formula used to determine cost limits for home
        health agencies, (see S. 1993), S3709 [28AP]
    ------ payment of certain venipuncture services and prevention of
        potential fraud and abuse, (see S. 1580), S586 [10FE]
    ------ reimbursement for services provided to eligible veterans by
        certain Dept. of Veterans Affairs facilities, (see S. 2054),
        S5572 [2JN]
    Medicare/Medicaid:  expand and clarify requirements regarding
        advance directives to ensure that an individual's health care
        decisions are observed, (see S. 1345), S5637 [4JN]
    Milosevic, Slobodan:  culpability for war crimes, crimes against
        humanity, and genocide in the former Yugoslavia, (see S. Con.
        Res. 105), S8388 [16JY]
    National Breast Cancer Survivor's Day:  designate, (see S. Res.
        198), S2214 [18MR]
    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 Inhalant Abuse Awareness Day:  designate, (see S. Res.
        257), S11346 [2OC]
    National Mammography Day:  designate, (see S. Res. 271), S11285
        [1OC]
    National Tartan Day:  designate, (see S. Res. 155), S770 [12FE]
    National Women's History Month:  designate, (see S. Res. 189), S1255
        [3MR]
    New Mexico:  designate Onate Cuartocentenario to commemorate the
        anniversary of the first permanent Spanish settlement, (see S.
        Res. 148), S587 [10FE]
    NOAA:  authorize strength of Commissioned Corps, (see S. 2256),
        S7256 [26JN]
    North American Wetlands Conservation Act:  reauthorizing, (see S.
        1677), S3362 [21AP]
    Older Americans Act:  reauthorize, (see S. 2295), S9789 [1SE]
    OSHA:  recognize use of electronic forms for material safety data
        sheets, (see S. 1855), S12182 [9OC]
    Partnerships for Wildlife Act:  reauthorizing, (see S. 1677), S3362
        [21AP]
    Public Works and Economic Development Act:  reauthorize and reform
        programs, (see S. 1647), S730 [12FE], (see S. 2364), S9137
        [28JY]
    Read Across America Day:  designate, (see S. Res. 181), S1082 [26FE]
    Research:  continuation of Federal research and development programs
        funding in a fiscally sustainable way, (see S. 2217), S9254
        [29JY]
    Sanford, Terry:  tribute, (see S. Res. 211), S3356 [21AP]
    SBA:  improve programs, (see S. 2407), S9556 [31JY]
    ------ women's business centers funding, (see S. 2157), S6424 [16JN]
    Social Security:  provide enrollment period for Medicare and Medigap
        relative to certain military retirees and dependents, (see S.
        912), S5455 [22MY]
    Taxation:  applications for an exclusion of gain on certain sales of
        a principal residence by a surviving spouse, (see S. 1992),
        S4366 [5MY]
    ------ 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]
    ------ relief to families to increase the affordability of child
        care, (see S. 1577), S113 [28JA]
    ------ treatment of certain amounts received as scholarships by an
        individual under the National Health Corps Scholarship Program,
        (see S. 1286), S769 [12FE]
    ------ treatment of Native American housing assistance programs,
        (see S. 2366), S9137 [28JY]
    Telecommunications:  require accurate billing by carriers relative
        to costs and fees resulting from the Telecommunications Act,
        (see S. 1897), S2967 [1AP]
    Telephones:  strengthen and expand the procedures for preventing the
        slamming of interstate telephone service subscribers, (see S.
        1618), S516 [9FE]
    Television:  promote competition in the multichannel video
        marketplace, (see S. 1422), S668 [11FE]
    Thurmond, Senator:  tribute for Army Reserve service, (see S. Res.
        213), S3429 [22AP]
    Turkey:  end restrictions on freedoms and human rights of the
        enclaved people of Cyprus, (see S. Con. Res. 65), S2368 [20MR]
    U.N.:  promote full equality for Israel, (see S. 2092), S7019 [24JN]
    Unemployment:  reauthorize self-employment assistance programs, (see
        S. 897), S4560 [8MY]
    Veterans:  eligibility for hospital care and services relative to
        awarding of Purple Heart, (see S. 374), S5134 [19MY]
    Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc.:  anniversary, (see S. Res. 207),
        S6770 [22JN]
    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), S2719 [27MR]
    Women:  anniversary of women's rights movement, (see S. Res. 189),
        S1255 [3MR]
    Women's Progress Commemoration Commission:  establish, (see S.
        2285), S7939 [10JY]
  Bills and resolutions introduced
    Children and youth:  establish programs for early detection,
        diagnosis and intervention of hearing loss in newborns, (see S.
        2483), S10423 [16SE]
    Commission on the Advancement of Women in Science, Engineering, and
        Technology Development:  establish, (see S. 2479), S10422 [16SE]
    Falls Point (vessel):  certificate of documentation, (see S. 1731),
        S1568 [9MR]
    International Whaling Commission:  U.S. policy, (see S. Res. 226),
        S4558 [8MY]
    National Museum of Women's History Advisory Committee:  establish,
        (see S. 2576), S11698 [7OC]
    NOAA:  authorizing appropriations, (see S. 2360), S9044 [27JY]
    Petroleum:  authorize oilheat industry research and consumer
        education programs, (see S. 2539), S11279 [1OC]
    Public Health Service:  extend breast cancer research programs, (see
        S. 1757), S1948 [13MR]
    Veterans:  presumption of service connection for hepatitis C in
        certain veterans, (see S. 2599), S12164 [9OC]
  Cloture Motions 
    Hazardous substances:  nuclear waste disposal (H.R. 1270), S5564
        [2JN]
  Cloture motions
    Dept. of Defense:  authorizing appropriations for military
        activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military
        construction (S. 2057), S6666 [19JN]
    Satcher, David:  nomination to be Surgeon General and Assistant Sec.
        of HHS, S446 [5FE], S541 [10FE]
    Taxation:  treatment of Internet and interactive computer service
        commerce (S. 442), S11307 [2OC], S11649 [7OC]
  Excerpts
    Armed Forces gender-integrated training policies, S6973 [24JN]
  Letters
    Clarify that certain communications from citizen groups are exempt
        from express advocacy requirements:  Brennan Center for Justice
        at New York University School of Law, S10150-S10152 [10SE]
    Disclosure of funding sources for certain candidate advocacy
        advertising:  Frank Clemente, Public Citizen (organization),
        S998 [25FE]
    Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact Consent Act:
        Craig Peterson and Carol S. Petzold, National Conference of
        State Legislatures, S3017 [1AP]
    ------ Craig Peterson and Carol S. Petzold, National Conference of
        State Legislatures, S9813 [2SE]
    ------ David T. Flanagan, Maine Yankee (organization), S3016 [1AP]
    ------ George V. Voinovich, Governor of Ohio and Tom Carper,
        Governor of Delaware, National Governors' Association, S3016
        [1AP] George W. Bush, Governor of Texas, Howard Dean, Governor
        of Vermont, and Angus S. King, Jr., Governor of Maine, S3016
        [1AP]
    ------ George V. Voinovich and Tom Carper, National Governors'
        Association, S9813 [2SE]
    ------ George W. Bush, Governor of Texas, Howard Dean, Governor of
        Vermont, and Angus S. King, Jr., Governor of Maine, S9813 [2SE]
    ------ James A. Pease, S3016 [1AP]
    ------ James A. Peace, S9812 [2SE]
    ------ Representatives Jackson Lee and Eddie Bernice Johnson, S9814
        [2SE]
    ------ Robert F. Carretta, Organizations United for Responsible Low-
        Level Radioactive Waste Solutions, S9774 [1SE]
    ------ Shirley A. Jackson, NRC, S3017 [1AP]
    ------ several Texas Representatives, S9813 [2SE]
    ------ Shirley Ann Jackson, NRC, S9813 [2SE]
    ------ Sierra Blanca, TX, and Hudspeth County, TX, residents, S9812
        [2SE]
  Lists
    Organizations supporting H.R. 629, Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste
        Disposal Compact Consent Act, S9812 [2SE]
  Remarks
    Abortion:  performance at military medical facilities, S7061 [25JN],
        S7065 [25JN]
    ------ prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 1122), veto, S10556
        [18SE]
    Agriculture:  ensure that federally funded research and education
        programs address high-priority concerns with national multistate
        significance (S. 1150), conference report, S4676 [12MY]
    ------ Federal Crop Insurance Program funding, S4676 [12MY]
    Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
        making appropriations (S. 2159), S8109 [14JY]
    Appropriations:  making emergency supplemental appropriations and
        rescissions (H.R. 3579), conference report, S3911 [30AP]
    ------ making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and
        overseas peacekeeping operations (S. 1768), S2462 [24MR], S2533
        [25MR], S2630 [26MR]
    ------ making omnibus consolidated and emergency supplemental
        appropriations, S12764 [21OC]
    Armed Forces:  gender-integrated training policies, S6971 [24JN],
        S6973 [24JN], S7104-S7153 [25JN], S7153 [25JN]
    Dept. of Defense:  authorizing appropriations for military
        activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3616),
        conference report, S11175 [30SE]
    ------ disapproval of line-item vetoes in military construction
        appropriations legislation (H.R. 2631), veto--unanimous-consent
        agreement, S995 [25FE]
    ------ making appropriations for military construction, family
        housing, and base realignment and closure (S. 2160), S9805 [1SE]
    Dept. of State and related agencies:  authorizing appropriations and
        consolidating certain agencies (H.R. 1757), conference report,
        S3684 [28AP]
    Dept. of the Interior and related agencies:  making appropriations
        (S. 2237), S10148 [10SE], S10149 [10SE]
    Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the
        President, and independent agencies:  making appropriations (S.
        2312), S9193 [29JY], S9235 [29JY], S9236 [29JY]
    ------ making appropriations (H.R. 4104), conference report, S12135
        [9OC]
    Dept. of Transportation and related agencies:  making appropriations
        (H.R. 4328), conference report, S12764 [21OC]
    Dept. of Veterans Affairs:  improve veterans' access to health care
        facilities by minimizing distances to facilities, S8367 [16JY]
    Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
        agencies:  authorizing appropriations (S. 2260), S8868 [23JY],
        S8869 [23JY], S8874 [23JY]
    Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
         making appropriations (S. 2168), S8367 [16JY]
    ------ making appropriations (H.R. 4194), conference report--
        unanimous-consent agreement, S11642 [6OC]
    Eastport, ME:  anniversary, S1164<bullet> [27FE]
    Education:  support the participation of low-income parents in
        postsecondary education through the provision of campus-based
        child care, S7834 [9JY]
    Employment:  consolidate Federal job training programs (H.R. 1385),
        S4263 [5MY], S4264 [5MY]
    ------ establish a training voucher system, S4263 [5MY]
    Energy and water development:  making appropriations (S. 2138),
        S6538 [18JN]
    FAA:  reauthorizing programs (H.R. 4057), S10946 [25SE]
    ------ reauthorizing programs (S. 2279), S10831 [23SE]
    Families and domestic relations:  expand tax credits and grant
        programs to increase affordability, quality, and safety of child
        care (S. 1577), S122 [28JA]
    Federal employees:  treatment of travel expenses (H.R. 930), S9802
        [1SE]
    Federal Employees Health Benefits Program:  coverage of
        contraceptives under any plan providing prescription drug
        coverage, S9193 [29JY]
    ------ coverage of contraceptives under any plan providing
        prescription drug coverage, S12135 [9OC]
    Flag--U.S.:  constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (S.J.
        Res. 40), S458<bullet> [5FE]
    Foreign aid:  international family planning programs restrictions
        relative to abortion, S3684 [28AP]
    FTC:  relocation of Boston, MA, regional office, S8868 [23JY], S8869
        [23JY]
    Higher Education Act:  reauthorize (S. 1882), S7834 [9JY]
    Hunting and trapping:  use receipts from the sale of migratory bird
        hunting and conservation stamps to promote additional stamp
        purchases (H.R. 4248), S11639 [6OC]
    Ice storms:  disaster assistance to Northeast States, S609 [11FE],
        S3911 [30AP]
    Insurance:  coverage of minimum hospital stays and reconstructive
        surgery relative to breast cancer and of second opinions for any
        cancer diagnosis (S. 249), S4649 [12MY]
    International Whaling Commission:  U.S. policy (S. Res. 226), S4600
        [8MY]
    Iran:  impose sanctions on foreign persons who transfer items
        contributing to efforts to acquire, develop, or produce
        ballistic missiles (H.R. 2709), S5387 [22MY]
    IRS:  restructure and reform (H.R. 2676), S4503 [7MY]
    ------ restructure and reform (H.R. 2676), conference report, S7665
        [8JY]
    Library of Congress:  mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial
        (H.R. 3790), S11638<bullet> [6OC]
    Lipez, Kermit V.:  nomination to be circuit judge, S3181 [2AP]
    Maine:  deauthorize remainder of East Boothbay Harbor project (S.
        1532), S5997 [9JN]
    ------ decrease in Federal safety assistance due to State exemption
        from Federal motor carrier safety regulations for certain
        trucks, S1229 [3MR]
    Maine (U.S.S.):  anniversary of sinking, S782<bullet> [12FE]
    Morrow, Margaret M.:  nomination to be district judge, unanimous-
        consent agreement, S609 [11FE]
    National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act:
        reauthorize and amend (S. 2095), S11639 [6OC], S11641 [6OC]
    National Museum of Women's History Advisory Committee:  establish
        (S. 2576), S11712<bullet> [7OC]
    National Sea Grant College Program Act:  treatment of Lake
        Champlain, S2462 [24MR]
    National security:  military readiness of U.S. forces, S11175 [30SE]
    NOAA:  authorize strength of Commissioned Corps (S. 2256),
        S7285<bullet> [26JN]
    ------ authorizing appropriations (S. 2360), S9052<bullet> [27JY]
    ------ joint marine aquaculture education project funding, S8874
        [23JY]
    Northern Ireland Peace Agreement:  tribute (S. Con. Res. 90), S3498
        [23AP], S3579 [24AP]
    Old Orchard Beach, ME:  tribute to Old Orchard Beach High School for
        participation in We the People . . . The Citizen and the
        Constitution competition, S4374<bullet> [5MY]
    O'Leary, John:  nomination to be Ambassador to Chile, S7324 [26JN]
    Political campaigns:  ethics reform and contribution limits, S911
        [24FE], S972 [25FE], S973 [25FE], S976 [25FE], S977 [25FE], S979
        [25FE], S980 [25FE], S984 [25FE], S997 [25FE], S998 [25FE],
        S10148 [10SE], S10149 [10SE]
    ------ protect individuals from having their money involuntarily
        collected and used for politics by a corporation or labor
        organization (S. 1663), S911 [24FE], S972 [25FE], S973 [25FE],
        S976 [25FE], S977 [25FE], S979 [25FE], S980 [25FE], S984 [25FE],
        S997 [25FE], S998 [25FE]
    ------ require disclosure of funding sources for certain candidate
        advocacy advertising, S911 [24FE], S972 [25FE], S973 [25FE],
        S976 [25FE], S977 [25FE], S979 [25FE], S980 [25FE], S984 [25FE],
        S997 [25FE], S998 [25FE]
    ------ require worker approval for use of labor organization dues
        and fees for political activities, S10149 [10SE]
    ------ restrictions on issue advocacy by interest groups, S10149
        [10SE]
    Portland, ME:  harbor dredging funding, S6538 [18JN]
    Protocols to the North Atlantic Treaty on Accession of Poland,
        Hungary, and the Czech Republic:  ratification, S3705 [28AP]
    Public Health Service:  extend breast cancer research programs (S.
        1757), S1951 [13MR]
    Public welfare programs:  food stamp eligibility for certain aliens,
        S4676 [12MY]
    Public Works and Economic Development Act:  reauthorize and reform
        programs (S. 1647), S761 [12FE]
    Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport:  impact of changes to
        slot and perimeter rules on small and medium market airports,
        S10946 [25SE]
    Senate:  legislative program, S3579 [24AP], S3737 [28AP], S5364
        [22MY], S9805 [1SE], S11642 [6OC]
    Senate Legal Counsel:  authorize production of Senate documents and
        representation in Rose Larker, et al. v. Kevin A. Carias-Herrera
        et al. (S. Res. 269), S9805 [1SE]
    Shipping industry:  limits on State registration requirements for
        trailers transporting container chassis, S12764 [21OC]
    States:  additional funding for disaster relief, S2533 [25MR]
    Taxation:  collection of State and local taxes on mail-order
        transactions, S11317 [2OC]
    ------ treatment of Internet and interactive computer service
        commerce (S. 442), S11317 [2OC]
    Telecommunications:  require accurate billing by carriers relative
        to costs and fees resulting from the Telecommunications Act,
        S4702 [12MY]
    Telephones:  strengthen and expand the procedures for preventing the
        slamming of interstate telephone service subscribers (S. 1618),
        S4696 [12MY], S4698 [12MY], S4699 [12MY], S4702 [12MY]
    Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact:  consent (H.R.
        629), S3015 [1AP], S6346 [15JN]
    ------ grant congressional consent (H.R. 629), conference report,
        S9772 [1SE], S9773 [1SE], S9774 [1SE], S9780 [1SE], S9782 [1SE],
        S9811 [2SE], S9812 [2SE], S9814 [2SE], S9818 [2SE]
    Tobacco products:  tobacco industry liability settlement relative to
        health risks and marketing and manufacturing practices (S.
        1415), S5368 [22MY]
    Transportation:  funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
        programs, and transit programs (S. 1173), S1229 [3MR]
    Treaties and agreements:  removal of injunction of secrecy, S3737
        [28AP]
    U.N.:  authorize payment of U.S. arrearages, S3684 [28AP]
    UNUM Corp.:  anniversary, S8420<bullet> [16JY]
    Veterans:  presumption of service connection for hepatitis C in
        certain veterans (S. 2599), S12167<bullet> [9OC]
    West, Togo B., Jr.:  nomination to be Sec. of Veterans Affairs,
        S3736 [28AP]
  Tributes
    Mitchell, George J., S3579 [24AP]
    Sterner, George R., S3224<bullet> [3AP]