[Congressional Record Index (1998)]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
KEMPTHORNE, DIRK (a Senator from Idaho)
Agreements
Air Force flight training range expansion in Idaho, S6966 [24JN]
Enhanced Air Force flight training in Idaho, S6966 [24JN]
Amendments
Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
making appropriations (S. 2159), S8234 [15JY], S8259 [15JY]
Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 1999-2003 (S. Con.
Res. 86), S2868 [31MR], S2937 [1AP], S2998 [1AP], S3001 [1AP],
S3083 [2AP], S3163 [2AP]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military
activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military
construction (S. 2057), S4882 [14MY], S6672 [19JN], S6687
[19JN], S6708 [19JN], S6713 [19JN], S6814 [22JN], S6817 [22JN],
S6825 [22JN], S6850 [23JN], S6891 [23JN], S6894 [23JN], S6898
[23JN], S7112 [25JN], S7121 [25JN], S7204 [25JN]
------ making appropriations (S. 2132), S9456 [30JY]
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
agencies: authorizing appropriations (S. 2260), S8793 [22JY],
S8839 [23JY]
Executive departments: clarify requirements for filling vacancies
and making temporary appointments subject to Senate confirmation
(S. 2176), S10987 [25SE]
Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making
appropriations (S. 2334), S9729 [1SE], S9730 [1SE], S9792 [1SE],
S9842 [2SE], S9853 [2SE], S9886 [2SE]
Taxation: treatment of education individual retirement accounts
relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R.
2646), S2329 [19MR], S3454 [22AP], S3470 [23AP], S3472 [23AP]
Transportation: funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
programs, and transit programs (S. 1173), S1229 [3MR], S1282
[3MR], S1353 [4MR], S1572 [9MR], S1629 [9MR]
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 2400, Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency
Act, S3181 [2AP]
------ H.R. 3616, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military
activities and prescribing personnel strengths, S7160 [25JN]
U.S. Air Force Academy Board of Visitors, S3663 [27AP]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Agriculture: prohibit and investigate the sale of subsidized barley
from the European Union, (see S. Res. 220), S3919 [30AP], (see
S. Res. 232), S5129 [19MY]
American GI Forum of the U.S. (nonprofit corporation): grant
Federal charter, (see S. 1759), S9254 [29JY]
Animals: prohibit import, export, sale, or possession of bear
viscera, (see S. 263), S8786 [22JY]
Arms Export Control Act: exempt federally guaranteed agricultural
commodities from the application of sanctions, (see S. 2158),
S6181 [11JN], (see S. 2282), S8059 [13JY]
Army Reserve: anniversary, (see S. Res. 213), S3429 [22AP]
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), S8677 [21JY]
China, Republic of: affirm U.S. commitment to security and
democracy, (see S. Con. Res. 107), S7574 [7JY]
Computers: use, sale, and export of encryption products for privacy
and security, (see S. 2067), S4712 [12MY]
Contracts: prohibit discrimination in awarding Federal contracts on
the basis of labor policies, (see S. 606), S1996 [16MR]
Crime: redefine extortion relative to labor union violence, (see S.
230), S9254 [29JY]
Day of Concern About Young People and Gun Violence: designate, (see
S. Res. 264), S9556 [31JY]
Dept. of Energy: improve the ability of small businesses, Federal
agencies, industry, and universities to work with contractor-
operated facilities, (see S. 1874), S3223 [3AP]
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]
Dept. of the Interior: conduct a volunteer pilot project at one
national wildlife refuge in each U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
region, (see S. 2244), S7256 [26JN]
------ convey title for Tunnison Lab Hagerman Field Station to the
University of Idaho, (see S. 2505), S10657 [21SE]
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), S12183 [9OC]
Ecology and environment: facilitate protection of tropical forests
through debt reduction with developing countries with tropical
forests, (see S. 1758), S1948 [13MR]
Education: spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars
on children's classrooms, (see S. Res. 168), S48 [27JA]
Education Flexibility Partnership Demonstration Act: allow State
participation in activities, (see S. 2213), S7013 [24JN]
Employment: protect employer rights, (see S. 328), S1996 [16MR]
FDA: uniform food safety warning notification requirements, (see S.
2356), S11715 [7OC]
Federal Home Loan Bank System: reform and modernize, (see S. 1423),
S7580 [7JY]
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), S6769 [22JN]
Freedom of religion: establish a process to ensure that the U.S.
monitors international religious persecution, (see S. 1868),
S2660 [26MR]
Government: limit Federal authority to impose regulations on State
and local governments not provided under the Constitution, (see
S. 2445), S9973 [8SE]
Health: protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's,
(see S. 2330), S8482 [17JY]
Idaho Admission Act: amend relative to sale or lease of school
land, (see S. 2226), S7172 [25JN]
Immigration: admittance of temporary and seasonal agricultural
workers, (see S. 1563), S1894 [12MR]
------ arrival and departure requirements for Canadian citizens
relative to automated entry and exit control systems, (see S.
1360), S3443 [22AP]
------ reform the temporary agricultural workers program, (see S.
2337), S8787 [22JY]
Independent Scientific Review Panel: expand scope, (see S. 2569),
S11698 [7OC]
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]
Kimmel, Husband E.: advance on the retired list of the Navy to the
highest grade held as Commander in Chief, U.S. Fleet, during
World War II, (see S.J. Res. 55), S9884 [2SE]
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]
Motor vehicles: titling and registration requirements relative to
salvage, nonrepairable, and rebuilt vehicles, (see S. 852),
S5798 [9JN]
National Character Counts Week: designate, (see S. Res. 176), S731
[12FE]
National Children's Memorial Day: designate, (see S. Res. 193),
S6890 [23JN]
National Correctional Officers and Employees Week: designate, (see
S. Res. 175), S2684 [26MR]
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 Kick Drugs Out of America Week: designate, (see S. Res.
194), S2221 [18MR]
New Mexico: designate Onate Cuartocentenario to commemorate the
anniversary of the first permanent Spanish settlement, (see S.
Res. 148), S587 [10FE]
North American Wetlands Conservation Act: reauthorizing, (see S.
1677), S1003 [25FE]
Older Americans Act: reauthorize, (see S. 2295), S9789 [1SE]
Partnerships for Wildlife Act: reauthorizing, (see S. 1677), S1003
[25FE]
Philippines: commemorate independence anniversary and U.S.
relations, (see S. Res. 235), S6206 [11JN]
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]
Sanford, Terry: tribute, (see S. Res. 211), S3356 [21AP]
SBA: improve programs, (see S. 2407), S9556 [31JY]
Short, Walter C.: advance on the retired list of the Army to the
highest grade held as Commanding General, Hawaiian Department,
during World War II, (see S.J. Res. 55), S9884 [2SE]
Taxation: allow Farm and Ranch Risk Management Accounts, (see S.
2078), S5701 [5JN]
------ allow married couples to file combined return under which
each spouse is taxed using rates applicable to single filers,
(see S. 1314), S4633 [11MY]
------ capital gains rates, (see S. 2214), S7013 [24JN]
------ increase State cap on private activity bonds, (see S. 1251),
S234 [29JA]
------ permanently extend income averaging for farmers, (see S.
1879), S4208 [4MY]
------ terminate Internal Revenue Code, (see S. 1673), S1463 [5MR]
Thurmond, Senator: tribute for Army Reserve service, (see S. Res.
213), S3429 [22AP]
U.S. Navy Asiatic Fleet Memorial Day: designate, (see S. 45), S3534
[23AP]
Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc.: anniversary, (see S. Res. 207),
S5572 [2JN]
Vietnamese Conflict: tribute to POW and MIA's and disclosure of
information concerning missing personnel, (see S. Res. 196),
S2114 [17MR]
Washington, George: anniversary of death, (see S. Con. Res. 83),
S5572 [2JN]
Weapons: antiballistic missile systems deployment policy, (see S.
1873), S2719 [27MR]
Wisconsin: commemorate sesquicentennial of statehood, (see S. Con.
Res. 75), S3545 [23AP]
World War II: burial and funeral benefits for merchant marine
veterans, (see S. 61), S179 [28JA]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Costa Rica: protection of lives and property rights from squatters,
(see S. Con. Res. 84), S2114 [17MR]
Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory: establish
Natural Resources Institute, (see S. 2512), S10841 [23SE]
Law enforcement officers: tribute to individuals who lost their
lives during service, (see S. Res. 201), S2764 [30MR]
Cloture motions
Courts: simplify and expedite access to Federal courts for injured
parties whose rights and privileges have been deprived by final
actions of State or Federal agencies (S. 2271), S7873 [9JY],
S8048 [13JY]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military
activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military
construction (S. 2057), S6666 [19JN]
Taxation: treatment of Internet and interactive computer service
commerce (S. 442), motion to proceed, S10969 [25SE], S11085
[29SE]
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]
Letters
Disapproval of line-item vetoes in military construction
appropriations legislation: John J. Hamre, Dept. Of Defense,
S996 [25FE]
Mountain Home AFB, ID, Enhanced Training in Idaho initiative:
William S. Cohen, Sec. of Defense, S996 [25FE]
Transfer of BLM controlled land in Idaho to the Air Force for flight
training: Bruce Babbitt, Sec. of the Interior and F. Whitten
Peters, Dept. of the Air Force, S6966 [24JN]
----- Bruce Babbitt, Sec. of the Interior, and F. Whitten Peters,
Dept. of the Air Force, S7071 [25JN]
----- F. Whitten Peters, Dept. of the Air Force, S6966 [24JN]
----- William S. Cohen, Sec. of Defense, S6965 [24JN], S7071 [25JN]
Lists
Interns for Senator Kempthorne, 1993-1998, S12304 [10OC]
Memorandums
National Highway Transportation Safety Administration Authority Over
Air Bag Safety Tests Relative to Safety Belt Usage: Erika Z.
Jones, Mayer, Brown & Platt (law firm), S1230-S1232 [3MR]
----- Jancie E. Rubin, Library of Congress, S1232 [3MR]
Poems
``High Flight,'' John Gillispie Magee, Jr., S12900<bullet> [21OC]
Remarks
Abortion: performance at military medical facilities, S7064 [25JN]
Agriculture: prohibit and investigate the sale of subsidized barley
from the European Union (S. Res. 220), S3945 [30AP]
Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
making appropriations (S. 2159), S8210 [15JY], S8234 [15JY]
------ making appropriations (H.R. 4101), conference report, S11558
[6OC]
Agriculture Education Competitive Grants Program: funding, S8234
[15JY]
Appropriations: making emergency supplemental for disaster relief
and overseas peacekeeping operations (S. 1768), S2466 [24MR]
Armed Forces: gender-integrated training policies, S6978 [24JN],
S7153 [25JN]
------ require separate barracks and ensure privacy for male and
female recruits during basic training, S6978 [24JN], S7153
[25JN]
Arms Export Control Act: exempt federally guaranteed agricultural
commodities from the application of sanctions (S. 2282), S7811
[9JY]
Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 1999-2003 (S. Con.
Res. 86), S3083 [2AP], S3094 [2AP]
Capitol Building and Grounds: tribute to John M. Gibson and Jacob
J. Chestnut of the Capitol Police for acts of heroism (S. Con.
Res. 110), S9003 [27JY]
Costa Rica: protection of lives and property rights from squatters
(S. Con. Res. 84), S2137 [17MR]
Dept. of Agriculture: Market Access Program funding, S3094 [2AP],
S8210 [15JY]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military
activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military
construction (S. 2057), S6963 [24JN], S6965 [24JN], S6966
[24JN], S6978 [24JN], S7064 [25JN], S7069 [25JN], S7071 [25JN],
S7075 [25JN], S7153 [25JN]
------ authorizing appropriations for military activities and
prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3616), conference report,
S11174 [30SE], S11175 [30SE]
------ disapproval of line-item vetoes in military construction
appropriations legislation (H.R. 2631), veto, S995 [25FE]
------ making appropriations (S. 2132), S9398 [30JY], S9399 [30JY]
------ Supplemental Impact Aid Program funding, S9398 [30JY], S9399
[30JY]
------ tribute to National Training Center, Fort Irwin, CA,
S9613<bullet> [31JY]
Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the
President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (S.
2312), S9176 [29JY]
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
agencies: authorizing appropriations (S. 2260), S8648 [21JY],
S8649 [21JY], S8875 [23JY]
Education: use of Federal funds to provide for student improvement
incentive awards, S3417 [22AP], S3471 [23AP]
Endangered Species Recovery Act: landowner incentive program
financing relative to sale of public lands, S3083 [2AP]
Federal highway program: replace affirmative action policies with
emerging business enterprise programs, S1493 [6MR]
Flag--U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (S.J.
Res. 40), S523 [9FE]
Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making
appropriations (S. 2334), S9758 [1SE]
Foreign policy: require U.S. directors of international
institutions to encourage the purchase of U.S. products,
commodities and equipment, S9758 [1SE]
Hussein, Saddam: indictment and prosecution for war crimes and
other crimes against humanity (S. Con. Res. 78), S1909 [13MR]
Idaho: transfer of BLM controlled land to the Air Force for flight
training, S6963 [24JN], S6965 [24JN], S6966 [24JN], S7069
[25JN], S7071 [25JN], S7075 [25JN]
------ transfer of BLM controlled land to the Air Force for flight
training, S11174 [30SE], S11175 [30SE]
------ tribute to National Guard 116th Cavalry Brigade,
S9607<bullet> [31JY]
------ Very High Performance Backbone Network funding, S8648 [21JY],
S8649 [21JY]
Idaho Admission Act: amend relative to sale or lease of school land
(S. 2226), S7189<bullet> [25JN]
Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory: establish
Natural Resources Institute (S. 2512), S10841<bullet> [23SE]
IMF: funding, S2466 [24MR]
IRS: restructure and reform (H.R. 2676), S4492 [7MY]
Motor vehicles: improve air bag safety and affirm air bags as a
supplemental restraint system, S1229 [3MR], S1230 [3MR], S1232
[3MR]
National Character Counts Week: designate (S. Res. 176), S776
[12FE]
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act:
reauthorize and amend (S. 2095), S5220 [20MY]
National Guard: anniversary of the National Committee for Employer
Support of the Guard and Reserve, S7606<bullet> [7JY]
National Museum of Civil War Medicine: tribute, S6829<bullet>
[22JN]
National Peace Officers Memorial Day: observance, S4901 [14MY]
NOAA: National Marine Fisheries Service guidelines for essential
fish habitat, S8875 [23JY]
North American Wetlands Conservation Act: reauthorizing (S. 1677),
S11188<bullet> [30SE]
Partnerships for Wildlife Act: reauthorizing (S. 1677),
S11188<bullet> [30SE]
Presidential appointments: nominations considered and confirmed en
bloc, S4925 [14MY]
Protocols to the North Atlantic Treaty on Accession of Poland,
Hungary, and the Czech Republic: ratification, S3888 [30AP]
Senate: legislative program, S4925 [14MY]
START II Treaty: implementation, S3888 [30AP]
Street, Picabo: tribute for participation in Olympic games,
S675<bullet> [11FE]
Taxation: adjust deduction amounts for certain married couples and
allow full deduction of health insurance costs for self-employed
individuals, S6026 [10JN]
------ eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate
brackets and standard deduction amounts, S9176 [29JY]
------ treatment of education individual retirement accounts
relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R.
2646), S3417 [22AP], S3471 [23AP], S3519 [23AP]
Tobacco products: tobacco industry liability settlement relative to
health risks and marketing and manufacturing practices (S.
1415), S6026 [10JN]
Transportation: funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
programs, and transit programs (S. 1173), S1229 [3MR], S1230
[3MR], S1232 [3MR], S1493 [6MR]
Remarks in Senate relative to
Congressional Record: printing of compilations of tributes to
retiring Senators, S12608 [15OC]
Tribute, S4852 [14MY], S11959 [8OC], S12152 [9OC], S12157 [9OC],
S12302 [10OC], S12363 [12OC], S12378 [12OC], S12434 [12OC],
S12596 [14OC], S12597 [14OC], S12693 [20OC], S12839-S12841
[21OC], S12846 [21OC], S12867 [21OC]
Tributes
Bumpers, Senator, S12304 [10OC]
Coats, Senator, S12304 [10OC]
Ford, Senator, S12304 [10OC]
Glenn, Senator, S12304 [10OC]
Guedel, George, S3173<bullet> [2AP]
Habiger, Eugene E., S6259<bullet> [11JN]
Hagan, John, S2233<bullet> [18MR]
McCloud, Dave J., S12900<bullet> [21OC]
McGinty, Michael D., S11799<bullet> [7OC]
Mutter, Carol, S12674<bullet> [16OC]
Sullivan, Kirk, S7697<bullet> [8JY]
Vollrath, Frederick E., S9060<bullet> [27JY]