[Congressional Record Index (1998)]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
SPECIAL DAYS AND HOLIDAYS
Addresses
Americanism: Erich Almonte, E1923 [6OC]
George Washington's Farewell Address: read by Senator Landrieu,
S797-S801 [23FE]
Articles and editorials
Grandpa Sure Would Like This Earth Day, E628 [22AP]
Growing Up Black in Shepherdstown, E288 [4MR]
Taking Black History to the Streets, S672 [11FE]
Bills and resolutions
Day of Concern About Young People and Gun Violence: designate, (see
S. Res. 264), S9556 [31JY]
Dia de los Ninos--Celebrating Young Americans: designate, (see S.
Res. 278), S10423 [16SE]
Four Chaplains Day: designate, (see S. Res. 169), S48 [27JA]
Freedom and Democracy Day: designate to make election day a legal
public holiday, (see S. 1922), S3120 [2AP]
Greek Independence Day--A National Day of Celebration of Greek and
American Democracy: designate, (see S. Res. 171), S271 [2FE]
Martin Luther King, Jr., Day: add to the list of days on which the
flag should especially be displayed, (see H.R. 3216), H496
[12FE]
National Breast Cancer Survivor's Day: designate, (see S. Res.
198), S2214 [18MR]
National Child Cancer Awareness Month: designate, (see H. Res.
357), H446 [11FE]
National Children's Day: designate, (see S. Res. 260), S9426
[30JY], (see S. Res. 275), S10207 [10SE]
National Children's Memorial Day: designate, (see S. Res. 193),
S1568 [9MR]
National Correctional Officers and Employees Week: designate, (see
S. Res. 175), S516 [9FE]
National Eating Disorders Awareness Day: designate, (see S. Res.
197), S2114 [17MR]
National Erase the Hate and Eliminate Racism Day: designate, (see
S. Res. 221), S3919 [30AP]
National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week:
designate, (see S. Res. 259), S9243 [29JY]
National Inhalant Abuse Awareness Day: designate, (see S. Res.
257), S8779 [22JY]
National Mammography Day: designate, (see S. Res. 271), S9940 [3SE]
National Maritime Arbitration Day: designate, (see S. Res. 200),
S2660 [26MR]
National Public Health Week: observance, (see S. Res. 205), S2851
[31MR]
National Rivers Day: designate, (see S. Res. 250), S6488 [17JN]
National Women's History Month: designate, (see S. Res. 189), S1255
[3MR]
National Youth Fitness Week: designate, (see S. Res. 199), S2489
[24MR]
New Mexico: designate Onate Cuartocentenario to commemorate the
anniversary of the first permanent Spanish settlement, (see H.
Res. 389), H1299 [18MR]
New Year's Day: designate day of observance in year 2000, (see H.J.
Res. 130), H8931 [25SE]
Patriotic societies and observances: revise, codify, and enact
without substantive change certain general and permanent laws,
(see S. 2264), S7357 [6JY]
------ revise, codify, and enact without substantive change certain
general and permanent laws, (see H.R. 4529, S. 2524), S11042
[28SE], H7494 [9SE]
Pearl Harbor Day: treat December 7 in the same manner as Veterans
Day for all purposes relative to Federal employment, (see H.R.
4815), H10667 [12OC]
Presidents' Day: redesignate Washington's Birthday in honor of
George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and Franklin D. Roosevelt
and the institution of the Presidency, (see S. 2353), S8996
[24JY]
Read Across America Day: designate, (see S. Res. 181), S1003 [25FE]
U.S. Navy Asiatic Fleet Memorial Day: designate, (see S. 45), S3534
[23AP]
Virgin Islands: commemoration of emancipation of African slaves in
the former Danish West Indies in conjunction with U.S.
Independence Day, (see H. Res. 487), H5064 [23JN], (see H. Res.
495), H5404 [25JN]
Essays
Fulfilling Dr. King's Dream: Krystal Tribbet, E113 [5FE]
Martin Luther King, Jr.: Dave Forstrom, E113 [5FE]
Reflections on Easter and Spring: Peter T. Coleman, E546 [1AP]
Letters
Commemoration of anniversary of the first permanent Spanish
settlement in New Mexico: President Clinton, S1189 [2MR]
Poems
``I Heard My Father Pray,'' Grace V. Watkins, S6660 [19JN]
Proclamations
American Heart Month: President Clinton, S858 [23FE]
Greek Independence Day--A National Day of Celebration of Greek and
American Democracy: President Clinton, H1534 [25MR]
National POW/MIA Recognition Day: Jim Geringer, Governor of
Wyoming, S10729 [22SE], E1771 [22SE]
------ Mike Foster, Governor of Louisiana, E2023 [10OC]
------ Robert J. Miller, Governor of Nevada, S12217 [9OC], E1948
[8OC]
World Population Awareness Week: Parris N. Glendening, Governor of
Maryland, E2255 [20OC]
------ several Representatives, E2051 [11OC]
------ Tommy G. Thompson, Governor of Wisconsin, S12908 [21OC]
Remarks in House
Armed Forces' Day: observance, E892 [19MY]
Bayonne County, NJ: tribute to Columbus Day honorees, E2131 [13OC]
Black History Month: observance, H413 [11FE], H413 [11FE],
H414-H432 [11FE], H651 [26FE], H746-H753 [3MR], E65 [3FE], E68
[3FE], E167 [12FE], E174 [12FE], E182 [12FE], E196 [24FE], E210
[24FE], E214 [24FE], E221 [25FE], E226 [25FE], E259 [3MR], E267
[3MR], E288 [4MR]
Carter, Bernard: Marcher's Award recipient, E12 [27JA]
Chippewa Lake Village, OH: observance of St. Patrick's Day as a
legal holiday, E344 [10MR]
Earth Day: observance, H2125 [22AP], H2126 [22AP], H2169 [22AP],
H2239 [23AP], H2301 [23AP], E613 [22AP], E621 [22AP], E623
[22AP], E624 [22AP], E627 [22AP], E628 [22AP], E631 [22AP],
E635-E637 [22AP], E653 [23AP]
Father's Day: observance, H4841 [19JN], E1182 [19JN]
Flag Day: observance, H4484 [11JN], E1114 [11JN], E1174 [19JN]
Gadsden-Etowah Patriots Association: tribute, E967 [22MY]
Greek Independence Day--A National Day of Celebration of Greek and
American Democracy: observance, H1534-H1546 [25MR], E484
[26MR], E491 [26MR]
Hudson County, NJ: tribute to Columbus Day honorees, E2131 [13OC]
Hurley, John J., Jr.: tribute to Bayonne, NJ, St. Patrick's Day
Parade Grand Marshal, E321 [9MR]
Illinois: observance of Red Ribbon Week, E466 [25MR]
International Chronic Fatigue Immune Dysfunction Syndrome Awareness
Day: observance, E834 [12MY]
Juneteenth Independence Day: observance, E1116 [11JN]
Labor Day: observance, H7470 [9SE]
Martin Luther King, Jr., Day: add to the list of days on which the
flag should especially be displayed (H.R. 3216), H488 [12FE]
------ add to the list of days on which the flag should especially
be displayed (H.R. 3216), H11701 [21OC], E2314 [12NO]
------ observance, E12 [27JA], E113 [5FE]
Memorial Day: observance, H3026 [12MY], H3940 [22MY], E829 [12MY],
E848 [13MY], E967 [22MY]
National Agriculture Day: observance, H1304 [19MR]
National Arts Advocacy Day: observance, E350 [11MR]
National Breast Cancer Awareness Month: observance, E2267 [21OC]
National Child Abuse Prevention Month: observance, H2347 [28AP]
National Correctional Officers and Employees Week: observance, E793
[7MY]
National Day of Prayer: observance, H2775 [5MY], H2933 [7MY], H2934
[7MY], H2982 [7MY], E799 [7MY]
National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: observance, E1924 [6OC]
National Hispanic Heritage Month: observance, E1757 [18SE], E1781
[23SE], E1816 [25SE]
National Hunting and Fishing Day: observance, E1838 [28SE]
National Law Enforcement Officers' Memorial Week: observance, H3232
[13MY], H3262 [14MY], E871 [14MY]
National Men's Health Week: observance, H4245 [9JN]
National Missing Children's Day: observance, E977 [22MY], E978
[22MY]
National Peace Officers Memorial Day: observance, E863 [14MY], E864
[14MY], E893 [19MY]
National Physical Therapy Month: observance, E1916 [6OC]
National Poetry Month: observance, E791 [7MY]
National Police Week: observance, E852 [13MY], E863 [14MY], E864
[14MY], E868 [14MY], E905 [20MY]
National POW/MIA Recognition Day: observance, E1749 [17SE], E1757
[18SE], E1771 [22SE], E1948 [8OC]
National POW/MIA Recognition Week: observance, E1690 [10SE]
National Science and Technology Week: observance, E681 [28AP]
National Small Business Week: observance, E1053 [5JN]
National Sportsmanship Day: observance, E262 [3MR]
National Women's History Month: observance, H918 [10MR], H927-H929
[10MR], H931 [10MR], H932 [10MR], H934 [10MR], H1279 [18MR],
H1281 [18MR], H1412 [24MR], H1419-H1425 [24MR], H1836 [31MR],
E352 [11MR], E365 [12MR], E454 [24MR], E531 [31MR], E572 [2AP]
New Year's Day: designate day of observance in year 2000 (H.J. Res.
130), E2185 [15OC]
Older Americans Month: observance, E754 [5MY]
Patriotic societies and observances: revise, codify, and enact
without substantive change certain general and permanent laws
(H.R. 1085), H114-H190 [3FE]
------ revise, codify, and enact without substantive change certain
general and permanent laws (H.R. 4529), E1676 [9SE] revise,
codify, and enact without substantive change certain general and
permanent laws (S. 2524), H10575-H10577 [12OC]
Peace Corps Day: observance, H695 [3MR], H735 [3MR], E261 [3MR]
Polish-American Heritage Month: observance, E2134 [13OC]
POW/MIA Recognition Day: observance, E2023 [10OC]
Public Service Recognition Week: observance, E797 [7MY]
Space Day: observance, H3942 [22MY], E944 [22MY], E948 [22MY], E949
[22MY]
St. Patrick's Day: observance, E279 [4MR]
Texas: observance of Geography Awareness Week, E2132 [13OC]
Virgin Islands: commemoration of emancipation of African slaves in
the former Danish West Indies in conjunction with U.S.
Independence Day (H. Res. 495), H5387 [25JN], H5388 [25JN]
Women's History Month: observance, H881 [5MR], H891-H897 [5MR]
World Population Awareness Week: observance, E1958 [8OC], E2051
[11OC], E2255 [20OC], E2275 [21OC]
Remarks in Senate
Alcohol Awareness Month: observance, S3708 [28AP]
American Heart Month: observance, S858 [23FE], S1126 [26FE]
American Red Cross Month: observance, S1367 [4MR], S1478 [5MR]
Asian Pacific American Heritage Month: observance, S5417-S5419
[22MY]
Black History Month: observance, S252 [2FE], S672 [11FE], S1025
[25FE], S1029 [25FE], S1129 [26FE]
Columbus Day: observance, S12356 [12OC]
Day of Concern About Young People and Gun Violence: designate (S.
Res. 264), S9600 [31JY]
Day of National Concern About Young People and Gun Violence:
designate (S. Res. 264), S12400 [12OC]
------ designate (S. Res. 264), unanimous-consent request, S11562
[6OC]
Dia de los Ninos--Celebrating Young Americans: designate (S. Res.
278), S10441 [16SE], S12252 [9OC]
Earth Day: observance, S3407 [22AP], S3459 [22AP]
Father's Day: observance, S6659-S6661 [19JN]
Four Chaplains Day: designate (S. Res. 169), S69 [27JA]
Freedom and Democracy Day: designate to make election day a legal
public holiday (S. 1922), S3137 [2AP]
Friends of Ireland (organization): tribute, S2113 [17MR]
Grandparent's Day: observance, S10255 [11SE]
Greek Independence Day--A National Day of Celebration of Greek and
American Democracy: designate (S. Res. 171), S2233 [18MR],
S2582 [25MR]
Independence Day: observance, S7248 [26JN]
International Day in Support of Torture Victims and Survivors:
observance, S7292 [26JN]
International Women's Day: observance, S1478 [5MR]
Jewish Heritage Week: observance, S3947 [30AP]
Memorial Day: observance, S5317 [21MY], S5343 [21MY], S5464 [22MY],
S5468 [22MY]
Mother's Day: observance, S4460-S4462 [7MY], S4466 [7MY], S4524
[7MY]
National Agriculture Week: observance, S2363 [20MR]
National Breast Cancer Survivor's Day: designate (S. Res. 198),
S1803 [11MR], S2373 [20MR]
------ observance, S3008 [1AP], S3009 [1AP]
National Character Counts Week: designate (S. Res. 176), S7037
[24JN]
National Child Abuse Prevention Month: observance, S3583 [24AP]
National Children's Day: designate (S. Res. 260), S9453 [30JY],
S11986 [8OC], S12250 [9OC]
National Children's Memorial Day: designate (S. Res. 193), S1569
[9MR], S9958 [8SE]
National Correctional Officers and Employees Week: designate (S.
Res. 175), S521 [9FE], S4133 [1MY]
National Dairy Month: observance, S5657 [4JN]
National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: observance, S12024
[8OC], S12278 [10OC]
National Eating Disorders Awareness Day: designate (S. Res. 197),
S4375 [5MY], S4432 [6MY]
National Erase the Hate and Eliminate Racism Day: designate (S.
Res. 221), S3959 [30AP]
National Eye Donor Month: observance, S1958 [13MR]
National Fire Prevention Week: observance, S12215 [9OC]
National Hispanic Heritage Month: observance, S10177-S10181 [10SE],
S10380 [15SE], S10441 [16SE], S10446 [16SE], S10447 [16SE]
National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week:
designate (S. Res. 259), S9255 [29JY]
------ designate (S. Res. 259), S10733 [22SE]
------ observance, S10940 [24SE]
National Inhalant Abuse Awareness Day: designate (S. Res. 257),
S8787 [22JY]
------ designate (S. Res. 257), S12251 [9OC]
National Mammography Day: designate (S. Res. 271), S9941 [3SE],
S12251 [9OC]
National Maritime Arbitration Day: designate (S. Res. 200), S2690
[26MR]
National Organ Donor Awareness Week: observance, S3581 [24AP]
------ tribute, S3559 [23AP]
National Peace Officers Memorial Day: observance, S4635 [11MY],
S4901 [14MY]
National POW Recognition Day: observance, S3224 [3AP]
National POW/MIA Recognition Day: observance, S10318 [14SE], S10606
[18SE], S10728 [22SE], S10729 [22SE], S12217 [9OC]
National Public Health Week: observance (S. Res. 205), S2864 [31MR]
National Rivers Day: designate (S. Res. 250), S6497 [17JN]
National Safe Place Week: designate (S. Res. 96), S1032 [25FE],
S1199 [2MR], S2356 [20MR]
National Small Business Week: observance, S5656 [4JN], S5732 [5JN],
S6326 [15JN]
National Sportsmanship Day: observance, S1364 [4MR]
National Tartan Day: designate (S. Res. 155), S2373 [20MR], S2564
[25MR]
National Women's History Month: observance, S1711 [10MR], S2212
[18MR], S2847 [31MR]
National Youth Fitness Week: designate (S. Res. 199), S2491 [24MR]
New Mexico: designate Onate Cuartocentenario to commemorate the
anniversary of the first permanent Spanish settlement, S1189
[2MR]
----- designate Onate Cuartocentenario to commemorate the
anniversary of the first permanent Spanish settlement (S. Res.
148), S500-S502 [9FE], S1130 [26FE], S1131 [26FE]
------ designate Onate Cuartocentenario to commemorate the
anniversary of the first permanent Spanish settlement, S10380
[15SE]
Patriotic societies and observances: revise, codify, and enact
without substantive change certain general and permanent laws
(H.R. 1085), S9493 [30JY]
----- revise, codify, and enact without substantive change certain
general and permanent laws (S. 2264), S7359 [6JY]
------ revise, codify, and enact without substantive change certain
general and permanent laws (S. 2524), S11051 [28SE], S12062
[8OC]
Peace Corps Day: observance, S1286 [3MR], S1365 [4MR]
Public Service Recognition Week: observance, S4215 [4MY], S4552
[7MY]
Read Across America Day: designate (S. Res. 181), S1130 [26FE],
S1187 [2MR], S1212 [2MR]
Space Day: observance, S5344 [21MY], S5351 [21MY]
Take Our Daughters To Work Day: observance, S3473 [23AP]
U.N. International Day in Support of Victims of Torture:
observance, S3013 [1AP]
Veterans Day: observance, S12021 [8OC], S12893 [21OC]
World Day To Combat Desertification and Drought: observance, S6485
[17JN], S6637 [18JN]
World Population Awareness Week: observance, S12657 [15OC], S12908
[21OC]
Year of the Ocean: observance (H. Con. Res. 131), S6115 [10JN]
Reports filed
Designate Onate Cuartocentenario To Commemorate the Anniversary of
the First Permanent Spanish Settlement in New Mexico: Committee
on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. Res. 148), S730 [12FE]
Greek Independence Day--A National Day of Celebration of Greek and
American Democracy: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S.
Res. 171), S1435 [5MR]
National Breast Cancer Survivor's Day: Committee on the Judiciary
(Senate) (S. Res. 198), S2295 [19MR]
National Character Counts Week: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate)
(S. Res. 176), S6697 [19JN]
National Children's Day: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S.
Res. 260), S11969 [8OC]
National Children's Memorial Day: Committee on the Judiciary
(Senate) (S. Res. 193), S9425 [30JY]
National Correctional Officers and Employees Week: Committee on the
Judiciary (Senate) (S. Res. 175), S3918 [30AP]
National Inhalant Abuse Awareness Day: Committee the Judiciary on
(Senate) (S. Res. 257), S12163 [9OC]
National Mammography Day: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S.
Res. 271), S11969 [8OC]
National Tartan Day: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. Res.
155), S2295 [19MR]
Read Across America Day: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S.
Res. 181), S1068 [26FE]
Revise, Codify, and Enact Without Substantive Change Certain General
and Permanent Laws Relative to Patriotic Societies and
Observances: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (H.R. 1085),
S8381 [16JY]
------ Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 2524), S11278 [1OC]
Year of the Ocean: Committee on Commerce, Science, and
Transportation (Senate) (H. Con. Res. 131) (S. Rept. 105-209),
S6037 [10JN]
Reports to constituents
Hamilton, Representative: Earth Day 1998--The State of Our
Environment, E705 [29AP]
Sermons
Black History Month: Juanita Yates, S1029 [25FE]
------ Michael Bledsoe, S1025 [25FE]
Easter Is Outrageous: Pierce Klemmt, E1214 [24JN]
Statements
Business View of Earth Day: Thomas J. Donohue, U.S. Chamber of
Commerce, E635-E637 [22AP]
St. Patrick's Day Call for Peace in Northern Ireland: Friends of
Ireland (organization), S2113 [17MR]
Texts of
H. Con. Res. 131, Year of the Ocean, S6115 [10JN]
H. Res. 495, commemoration of emancipation of African slaves in the
former Danish West Indies by the Virgin Islands in conjunction
with U.S. Independence Day, H5388 [25JN]
H.R. 1085, revise, codify, and enact without substantive change
certain general and permanent laws relative to patriotic
societies and observances, H114-H190 [3FE]
H.R. 3216, add Martin Luther King, Jr., Day to the list of days on
which the flag should especially be displayed, H11701 [21OC]
S. 1922, designate Freedom and Democracy Day to make election day a
legal public holiday, S3138 [2AP]
S. 2524, revise, codify, and enact without substantive change
certain general and permanent laws relative to patriotic
societies and observances, H10575-H10577 [12OC]
S. 2524, revise, codify, and enact without substantive change
certain patriotic societies and observances general and
permanent laws, S12062-S12064 [8OC]
S. Res. 96, National Safe Place Week, S1032 [25FE]
S. Res. 148, Onate Cuartocentenario, commemorative anniversary of
the first permanent Spanish settlement in New Mexico, S1130
[26FE]
S. Res. 155, National Tartan Day, S2373 [20MR]
S. Res. 169, Four Chaplains Day, S60 [27JA], S70 [27JA]
S. Res. 171, Greek Independence Day--A National Day of Celebration
of Greek and American Democracy, S273 [2FE], S2234 [18MR]
S. Res. 175, National Correctional Officers and Employees Week, S521
[9FE], S4133 [1MY]
S. Res. 176, National Character Counts Week, S7037 [24JN]
S. Res. 181, Read Across America Day, S1015 [25FE], S1127 [26FE]
S. Res. 189, anniversary of women's rights movement and designation
of National Women's History Month, S1263 [3MR]
S. Res. 193, National Children's Memorial Day, S1569 [9MR], S9958
[8SE]
S. Res. 197, National Eating Disorders Awareness Day, S2138 [17MR],
S4375 [5MY]
S. Res. 198, National Breast Cancer Survivor's Day, S2222 [18MR],
S2373 [20MR]
S. Res. 199, National Youth Fitness Week, S2491 [24MR]
S. Res. 200, National Maritime Arbitration Day, S2684 [26MR], S2690
[26MR]
S. Res. 201, National Peace Officers Memorial Day, S4747 [12MY]
S. Res. 205, National Public Health Week, S2864 [31MR]
S. Res. 221, National Erase the Hate and Eliminate Racism Day, S3946
[30AP], S3959 [30AP]
S. Res. 250, National Rivers Day, S6497 [17JN]
S. Res. 257, National Inhalant Abuse Awareness Day, S8787 [22JY],
S12251 [9OC]
S. Res. 259, National Historically Black Colleges and Universities
Week, S9255 [29JY]
------, S10733 [22SE]
S. Res. 260, National Children's Day, S9453 [30JY], S11987 [8OC],
S12250 [9OC]
S. Res. 264, Day of Concern About Young People and Gun Violence,
S9600 [31JY]
S. Res. 264, Day of National Concern About Young People and Gun
Violence, S12401 [12OC]
S. Res. 271, National Mammography Day, S9941 [3SE], S12251 [9OC]
S. Res. 275, National Children's Day, S10213 [10SE]
S. Res. 278, Dia de los Ninos--Celebrating Young Americans, S10441
[16SE], S12252 [9OC]