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




KERREY, J. ROBERT (a Senator from Nebraska)
  Amendments 
    Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
        making appropriations (S. 2159), S8125 [14JY], S8143 [14JY],
        S8228 [15JY], S8258 [15JY], S8389 [16JY]
    Appropriations:  making emergency supplemental for disaster relief
        and overseas peacekeeping operations (S. 1768), S2443 [23MR]
    Bankruptcy:  consumer protection (S. 1301), S10749 [23SE], S10844
        [23SE]
    Budget:  setting forth the Federal budget for 1999-2003 (S. Con.
        Res. 86), S2890 [1AP], S2892 [1AP], S2931 [1AP], S2990 [1AP],
        S2994 [1AP]
    Dept. of Defense:  authorizing appropriations for military
        activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military
        construction (S. 2057), S6771 [22JN], S7019 [24JN], S7061
        [25JN], S7066 [25JN], S7202 [25JN]
    ------ making appropriations (S. 2132), S9403 [30JY], S9475 [30JY]
    Dept. of the Interior and related agencies:  making appropriations
        (S. 2237), S10313 [14SE], S10322 [14SE], S10325 [14SE]
    Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the
        President, and independent agencies:  making appropriations (S.
        2312), S9232 [29JY], S9272 [29JY]
    Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
        agencies:  authorizing appropriations (S. 2260), S8788 [22JY],
        S8826 [23JY], S8830 [23JY], S8859 [23JY], S8929 [23JY], S8930
        [23JY], S8937 [23JY]
    Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
         making appropriations (S. 2168), S7683 [8JY], S8353 [16JY]
    Education:  improve and expand charter schools (H.R. 2616), S12003
        [8OC]
    Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs:  making
        appropriations (S. 2334), S9839 [2SE], S9868 [2SE], S9885 [2SE],
        S9887 [2SE]
    Intelligence services:  authorizing appropriations (S. 2052), S7289
        [26JN]
    IRS:  restructure and reform (H.R. 2676), S4390 [6MY], S4444 [6MY],
        S4455 [7MY], S4460 [7MY], S4468 [7MY], S4510 [7MY], S4543 [7MY],
        S4544 [7MY], S4545 [7MY]
    Legislative branch of the Government:  making appropriations (H.R.
        4112), S8558 [20JY], S8565 [20JY], S8567 [20JY], S8575 [20JY]
    Small Business Investment Act:  technical corrections (H.R. 3412),
        S11185 [30SE]
    Taxation:  treatment of education individual retirement accounts
        relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R.
        2646), S2312 [19MR], S3363 [21AP]
    ------ treatment of Internet and interactive computer service
        commerce (S. 442), S11716 [7OC]
    Telephones:  strengthen and expand the procedures for preventing the
        slamming of interstate telephone service subscribers (S. 1618),
        S4702 [12MY]
    Tobacco products:  tobacco industry liability settlement relative to
        health risks and marketing and manufacturing practices (S.
        1415), S5140 [19MY], S5341 [21MY], S5724 [5JN], S6253 [11JN],
        S6254 [11JN]
    Transportation:  funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
        programs, and transit programs (S. 1173), S1499 [6MR], S1499
        [6MR], S1612 [9MR], S1793 [11MR]
  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. 2676, IRS Restructuring and Reform Act, S4841 [13MY]
    ------ H.R. 3694, intelligence services appropriations, S7333 [26JN]
    Global Climate Change Observer Group, S5401 [22MY]
  Articles and editorials
    Bereuter Path on Farm Aid Best Approach, Lincoln (NE) Journal Star,
        S11415 [5OC]
    Congress Must Unlock Roads Funds, Rose White, Omaha (NE) World-
        Herald, S1816 [12MR]
    Foreign Policy Held Hostage, New York (NY) Times, S2150 [18MR]
    Freed Inmate Tells of Mass Executions at Iraqi Prison, John
        Daniszewski, Los Angeles (CA) Times, S953 [25FE]
    Nebraska Is Number One in Classroom Internet Use, Omaha (NE) World-
        Herald, S11190<bullet> [30SE]
    Saddam Tested Anthrax on Human Guinea Pigs, Marie Colvin and Uzi
        Mahnaimi, London (England) Times, S954 [25FE]
  Bills and resolutions cosponsored
    Abortion:  protection of reproductive health services clinics, (see
        S. Res. 173), S451 [5FE]
    Agriculture:  labeling of imported meat and meat food products
        containing imported meat, (see S. 617), S6889 [23JN]
    American Discovery Trail:  designate, (see S. 1069), S2367 [20MR]
    American GI Forum of the U.S. (nonprofit corporation):  grant
        Federal charter, (see S. 1759), S8253 [15JY]
    Armed Forces:  feasibility of using the Federal Employees Health
        Benefits Program for Medicare-eligible retirees under the
        military health care system, (see S. 1334), S4442 [6MY]
    Arms Export Control Act:  exempt federally guaranteed agricultural
        commodities from the application of sanctions, (see S. 2158),
        S6181 [11JN], (see S. 2282), S7881 [9JY]
    Aviation:  implement a pilot program to improve air transportation
        service to small communities, (see S. 1968), S8388 [16JY]
    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]
    Congressional Research Service:  make certain information available
        to the public on the Internet, (see S. 1578), S4633 [11MY]
    Crime:  enhance Federal enforcement of hate crimes, (see S. 1529),
        S11451 [5OC]
    Cuba:  exception to trade embargo for food, medicines and medical
        supplies, instruments, or equipment, (see S. 1391), S667 [11FE]
    Day of Concern About Young People and Gun Violence:  designate, (see
        S. Res. 264), S9556 [31JY]
    Dept. of Education:  reform and reauthorize the State Student
        Incentive Grant Program, (see S. 1644), S730 [12FE]
    Disabled:  support grant programs to address assistive technology
        needs of individuals with disabilities, (see S. 2432), S9877
        [2SE]
    Diseases:  payments to individuals with blood-clotting disorders who
        contracted HIV due to contaminated blood products, (see S. 358),
        S9692 [31AU]
    Ecology and environment:  facilitate protection of tropical forests
        through debt reduction with developing countries with tropical
        forests, (see S. 1758), S1948 [13MR]
    Education Flexibility Partnership Demonstration Act:  allow State
        participation in activities, (see S. 2213), S7013 [24JN]
    Families and domestic relations:  increase availability,
        affordability, and quality of child care, (see S. 1610), S378
        [4FE]
    ------ promote the adoption of children in foster care, (see S.
        2408), S9556 [31JY]
    FDA:  uniform food safety warning notification requirements, (see S.
        2356), S9043 [27JY]
    Federal aid programs:  improve and expand empowerment and enterprise
        zone programs, (see S. 2418), S10726 [22SE]
    Federal employees:  prevent discrimination against preference
        eligibles applying for certain Government positions, (see S.
        1021), S57 [27JA]
    Health:  protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's,
        (see S. 1890), S2988 [1AP], (see S. 1891), S2988 [1AP]
    Hussein, Saddam:  indictment and prosecution for war crimes and
        other crimes against humanity, (see S. Con. Res. 78), S1533
        [6MR], (see S. Res. 179), S1533 [6MR]
    Iraq:  condemn threat to international peace and security, (see S.
        Con. Res. 71), S234 [29JA]
    ------ support transition to democracy, (see S. 2525), S11122 [29SE]
    IRS:  provide uniform application of confidentiality privileges
        relative to taxpayer communications with authorized tax
        practitioners, (see S. 1737), S1697 [10MR]
    ------ restructure and improve taxpayer rights, (see S. 1747), S1772
        [11MR]
    Israel:  independence anniversary, (see S.J. Res. 46), S3783 [29AP]
    Japan:  eliminate barriers to foreign trade and investment relative
        to resolution of the Asian financial crisis, (see S. Res. 216),
        S4560 [8MY]
    Kosovo:  human rights violations against ethnic Albanians by Serbian
        police relative to self-determination, (see S. Con. Res. 85),
        S2214 [18MR]
    Lewis and Clark expedition:  mint coins in commemoration of
        bicentennial, (see S. 2205), S11127 [29SE]
    ``Little Rock Nine'':  award Congressional Gold Medals, (see S.
        1283), S846 [23FE]
    McCain, Senator:  tribute, (see S. Res. 196), S2114 [17MR]
    McGwire, Mark:  tribute, (see S. Res. 273), S10118 [9SE]
    Medicare:  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),
        S6205 [11JN]
    National Breast Cancer Survivor's Day:  designate, (see S. Res.
        198), S2214 [18MR]
    National Children's Day:  designate, (see S. Res. 260), S11346 [2OC]
    National Children's Memorial Day:  designate, (see S. Res. 193),
        S1702 [10MR]
    National discovery trails:  establish, (see S. 1069), S2367 [20MR]
    National Erase the Hate and Eliminate Racism Day:  designate, (see
        S. Res. 221), S3919 [30AP]
    National Mammography Day:  designate, (see S. Res. 271), S11285
        [1OC]
    National Museum of Women's History Advisory Committee:  establish,
        (see S. 2576), S11698 [7OC]
    National Youth Fitness Week:  designate, (see S. Res. 199), S12183
        [9OC]
    New Mexico:  designate Onate Cuartocentenario to commemorate the
        anniversary of the first permanent Spanish settlement, (see S.
        Res. 148), S520 [9FE]
    Northern Ireland Peace Agreement:  tribute, (see S. Con. Res. 90),
        S3535 [23AP]
    Older Americans Act:  reauthorize, (see S. 2295), S9789 [1SE]
    Public Works and Economic Development Act:  reauthorize and reform
        programs, (see S. 2364), S10726 [22SE]
    Read Across America Day:  designate, (see S. Res. 181), S1082 [26FE]
    Sanford, Terry:  tribute, (see S. Res. 211), S3356 [21AP]
    Small business:  provide regulatory assistance, (see S. 1957), S3218
        [3AP]
    Social Security:  reduce payroll taxes, (see S. 1792), S2214 [18MR]
    Taxation:  allow Farm and Ranch Risk Management Accounts, (see S.
        2078), S4823 [13MY]
    ------ extend certain expiring provisions, (see S. 2622), S12309
        [10OC]
    ------ impose excise tax on persons who acquire structured
        settlement payments in factoring transactions, (see S. 2543),
        S11339 [2OC]
    ------ increase amount of low-income housing credits allocated in
        each State and index amount for inflation, (see S. 1252), S5455
        [22MY]
    ------ increase State cap on private activity bonds, (see S. 1251),
        S234 [29JA]
    ------ treatment of tax-exempt bond financing of certain electrical
        output facilities, (see S. 2182), S6487 [17JN]
    Telecommunications:  require accurate billing by carriers relative
        to costs and fees resulting from the Telecommunications Act,
        (see S. 1897), S2967 [1AP]
    Television:  promote competition in the multichannel video
        marketplace, (see S. 1422), S1162 [27FE]
    ------ reform laws relative to satellite retransmissions of
        broadcast signals, (see S. 1720), S11451 [5OC]
    Tobacco products:  prevent use by minors, reduce secondhand smoke,
        require document disclosure and deny immunity relative to
        industry settlement, end promotion of exports, and provide
        transitional assistance to farmers, (see S. 1638), S730 [12FE]
    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]
    Wisconsin:  commemorate sesquicentennial of statehood, (see S. Con.
        Res. 75), S4442 [6MY]
  Bills and resolutions introduced
    Colleges and universities:  allow community colleges to offer
        student aid to certain students for vocational and technology
        education, (see S. 2591), S11970 [8OC]
    Gonzalez, Luis A. and Virginia Aguilla:  relief, (see S. 2486),
        S10423 [16SE]
    Irrigation:  transfer of project facilities and lands from the
        Bureau of Reclamation to the Middle Loup Division irrigation
        district in Nebraska, (see S. 2219), S7172 [25JN]
    Medicare:  payments to children's hospitals that operate graduate
        medical education programs, (see S. 2049), S4528 [7MY]
    National Park Service:  maintenance, security, and custodial and
        long-term care of the World War II Memorial, (see S. Res. 296),
        S12164 [9OC]
    Social Security:  open KidSave accounts for every child at birth and
        invest such accounts to build retirement savings, (see S. 2184),
        S6488 [17JN]
    Taxation:  increase deductions for health insurance costs by self-
        employed individuals through revenues from an estate tax
        technical correction, (see S. 2613), S12164 [9OC]
  Cloture motions
    Political campaigns:  protect individuals from having their money
        involuntarily collected and used for politics by a corporation
        or labor organization (S. 1663), S909 [24FE], S1045 [26FE]
    Tobacco products:  tobacco industry liability settlement relative to
        health risks and marketing and manufacturing practices (S.
        1415), S5605 [4JN], S5673 [5JN], S5740 [9JN], S5754 [9JN], S6001
        [10JN], S6145 [11JN]
  Letters
    IRS Restructuring and Reform Act:  Charles O. Rossotti, IRS,
        S4384-S4386 [6MY]
    ------ Representatives Etheridge and Shimkus, S2892 [1AP]
    Prohibit EPA implementation or enforcement of drinking water
        treatment requirements relative to copper levels until certain
        studies are completed:  Central Nebraska Mayor's Association,
        S8828 [23JY]
    ----- David R Seggerman, Fairmont Village, NE, Board of Trustees,
        S8829 [23JY]
    ----- E. Benjamin Nelson, Governor of Nebraska, and Marc Racicot,
        Governor of Montana, S8828 [23JY]
    ----- Gary Giebelhaus, Mayor of Columbus, NE, S8829 [23JY]
    ----- J. Phillip Odom, Mayor of Hastings, NE, S8829 [23JY]
    ----- Jim Van Marter, League of Nebraska Municipalities, S8829
        [23JY]
    ----- Joel D. Hunke, Snyder, NE, Board of Trustees, S8829 [23JY]
  Memorandums
    Education Savings Act for Public and Private Schools:  Lindy L.
        Paull, Committee on Taxation (Joint), S2288 [19MR]
    IRS Restructuring and Reform Act:  Lindy L. Paull, Committee on
        Taxation (Joint), S4389 [6MY]
    Tax Treatment of Individual Retirement Accounts:  Lindy L. Paull,
        Committee on Taxation (Joint), S4384 [6MY], S4388 [6MY]
  Proclamations
    World Population Awareness Week:  Ben Nelson, Governor of Nebraska,
        S12728<bullet> [20OC]
  Remarks
    Abortion:  prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 1122), veto,
        S10485 [17SE]
    Agriculture:  ensure that federally funded research and education
        programs address high-priority concerns with national multistate
        significance (S. 1150), conference report, S4674 [12MY]
    ------ Federal Crop Insurance Program funding, S4674 [12MY]
    ------ mandate price reporting requirements for live cattle and
        boxed beef, S8229 [15JY], S8231 [15JY]
    ------ mandate price reporting requirements for live cattle and
        boxed beef, S11416 [5OC]
    ------ relief for agricultural producers, small businesses, and
        rural communities adversely affected by low commodity prices,
        S11415 [5OC], S11416 [5OC] relief for agricultural producers,
        small businesses, and rural communities adversely affected by
        low commodity prices (H.R. 4560), S11162 [30SE], S11164 [30SE]
    Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
        making appropriations (S. 2159), S8229 [15JY], S8231 [15JY]
    ------ making appropriations (H.R. 4101), conference report, S11415
        [5OC], S11416 [5OC], S11560 [6OC]
    Appropriations:  making emergency supplemental for disaster relief
        and overseas peacekeeping operations (S. 1768), S2150 [18MR]
    ------ making omnibus consolidated and emergency supplemental
        appropriations, S12836 [21OC]
    Arms Export Control Act:  exempt federally guaranteed agricultural
        commodities from the application of sanctions (S. 2282), S7811
        [9JY]
    Bankruptcy:  reform laws (H.R. 3150), conference report--motion to
        proceed, S12147 [9OC]
    Budget:  allocation of funds, S441 [5FE]
    ------ balance, S441 [5FE]
    ------ reform entitlement programs, S2890 [1AP]
    ------ setting forth the Federal budget for 1999-2003 (S. Con. Res.
        86), S2890 [1AP], S2892 [1AP]
    Classified information:  declassification of information relative to
        human rights abuses in Guatemala and Honduras, S9856 [2SE]
    ------ encourage the disclosure to Congress of certain classified
        and related information (S. 1668), S1563 [9MR]
    Clinton, President:  congressional response to charges of perjury,
        obstruction of justice, and improper sexual conduct, S9925 [3SE]
    Colleges and universities:  allow community colleges to offer
        student aid to certain students for vocational and technology
        education (S. 2591), S11985<bullet> [8OC]
    Computers:  ensure businesses, financial markets, and the Federal
        Government are taking adequate steps to resolve the year 2000
        problem, S4386 [6MY]
    Congressional Record:  correction, S11560 [6OC]
    Dempsey, Joan A.:  nomination to be Deputy Director of Central
        Intelligence for Community Management, S5484 [22MY]
    Dept. of Defense:  authorizing appropriations for military
        activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military
        construction (S. 2057), S6662 [19JN], S7089 [25JN]
    ------ making appropriations (S. 2132), S9403 [30JY]
    Dept. of Education:  reform and reauthorize the State Student
        Incentive Grant Program (S. 1644), S751 [12FE]
    Dept. of Transportation and related agencies:  making appropriations
        (H.R. 4328), conference report, S12836 [21OC]
    Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
        agencies:  authorizing appropriations (S. 2260), S8826 [23JY]
    Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
         making appropriations (S. 2168), S8353 [16JY], S8356 [16JY],
        S8358 [16JY], S8359 [16JY], S8360 [16JY], S8361 [16JY], S8362
        [16JY], S8363 [16JY]
    Disabled Veterans' LIFE Memorial Foundation:  establish a memorial
        in the District of Columbia or its environs to honor veterans
        who became disabled while serving in the Armed Forces (S. 2646),
        S12722 [20OC]
    Employment:  consolidate Federal job training programs (H.R. 1385),
        S4253 [5MY]
    EPA:  prohibit implementation or enforcement of drinking water
        treatment requirements relative to copper levels until certain
        studies are completed, S8353 [16JY], S8356 [16JY], S8358 [16JY],
        S8359 [16JY], S8360 [16JY], S8361 [16JY], S8362 [16JY], S8363
        [16JY], S8826 [23JY], S8830 [23JY]
    Families and domestic relations:  increase availability,
        affordability, and quality of child care (S. 1610), S391 [4FE]
    Federal-State relations:  extend moratorium on State and local
        taxation of Internet access or transactions, S11682 [7OC]
    Flag--U.S.:  constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (S.J.
        Res. 40), unanimous-consent request, S11670 [7OC]
    Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs:  making
        appropriations (S. 2334), S9856 [2SE], S9866 [2SE], S9868 [2SE]
    Foreign policy:  national objectives priority assignments,
        S12637-S12639 [15OC]
    Higher Education Act:  reauthorize (H.R. 6), conference report,
        S11074 [29SE]
    ------ reauthorize (S. 1882), S7834 [9JY]
    Housing:  access to affordable housing and expansion of
        homeownership opportunities, S6501<bullet>-S6503<bullet> [17JN]
    IMF:  funding, S9866 [2SE]
    ------ making supplemental appropriations (S. 1769), S2150 [18MR]
    India:  nuclear weapons testing, S4774 [13MY]
    ------ U.S. intelligence community monitoring of nuclear testing,
        S4774 [13MY]
    Intelligence services:  authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3694),
        conference report, S11903 [8OC]
    ------ authorizing appropriations (S. 2052), S7327 [26JN]
    International Telecommunications Union:  development of standards
        for digital wireless communications, S9868 [2SE]
    Iran:  U.S. policy, S6663 [19JN]
    Iraq:  support transition to democracy (H.R. 4655), S11812 [7OC]
    ------ support transition to democracy (S. 2525), S11124 [29SE]
    ------ U.S. policy, S952 [25FE], S953 [25FE]
    Irrigation:  transfer of project facilities and lands from the
        Bureau of Reclamation to the Middle Loup Division irrigation
        district in Nebraska (S. 2219), S7179<bullet> [25JN]
    IRS:  congressional review of regulations that increase revenues,
        S4419 [6MY]
    ------ establish a full-time Board of Governors, S4395 [6MY], S4402
        [6MY]
    ------ extend burden of proof requirements to all tax liabilities,
        S4485 [7MY]
    ------ improve electronic filing of tax and information returns,
        S4484 [7MY]
    ------ limit disclosure and use of Federal tax return information to
        States for purposes of administering State income tax laws,
        S4487 [7MY]
    ------ prohibit request to taxpayers to give up rights to sue, S4485
        [7MY]
    ------ prohibit special waiver of the criminal conflict of interest
        laws for the employee representative on the Oversight Board,
        S4416 [6MY], S4422 [6MY], S4424 [6MY], S4426 [6MY], S4452 [7MY],
        S4453 [7MY], S4454 [7MY]
    ------ prohibit use of random audits in its examination process,
        S4513 [7MY], S4514 [7MY]
    ------ remove Sec. of the Treasury from IRS Oversight Board, S4483
        [7MY]
    ------ require report on violations of fair debt collection
        practices, S4455 [7MY]
    ------ require small business representation on Oversight Board,
        S4406 [6MY]
    ------ require study of willful noncompliance with tax laws by
        taxpayers, S4455 [7MY]
    ------ restructure and reform, S305 [3FE], S2285 [19MR], S2287
        [19MR], S2703 [27MR], S2892 [1AP]
    ------ restructure and reform (H.R. 2676), S4191 [4MY], S4193 [4MY],
        S4237 [5MY], S4240 [5MY], S4247 [5MY], S4352 [5MY], S4383 [6MY],
        S4384 [6MY], S4386 [6MY], S4388 [6MY], S4389 [6MY], S4390 [6MY],
        S4395 [6MY], S4399 [6MY], S4401 [6MY], S4402 [6MY], S4404 [6MY],
        S4405 [6MY], S4406 [6MY], S4416 [6MY], S4419 [6MY], S4422 [6MY],
        S4424 [6MY], S4426 [6MY], S4427 [6MY], S4428 [6MY], S4431 [6MY],
        S4452 [7MY], S4453 [7MY], S4454 [7MY], S4455 [7MY], S4460 [7MY],
        S4468 [7MY], S4470 [7MY], S4483 [7MY], S4484 [7MY], S4485 [7MY],
        S4486 [7MY], S4487 [7MY], S4491 [7MY], S4505 [7MY], S4506 [7MY],
        S4507 [7MY], S4509 [7MY], S4512 [7MY], S4513 [7MY], S4514 [7MY],
        S4520 [7MY]
    ------ restructure and reform (H.R. 2676), conference report, S7626
        [8JY], S7627 [8JY], S7630 [8JY], S7634 [8JY]
    ------ restructure and reform (H.R. 2676), unanimous-consent
        agreement, S4379 [6MY]
    ------ set effective date to implement changes to the tax code and
        ensure adequate steps are taken to resolve the year 2000
        computer problem, S4509 [7MY], S4512 [7MY]
    ------ study current procedures on detection of tax underpayments
        and fraud, S4399 [6MY], S4401 [6MY]
    ------ study transfer pricing enforcement efforts, S4404 [6MY]
    ------ termination of employees for willful failure to file income
        tax returns or threatening an audit for retaliatory purposes,
        S4486 [7MY]
    ------ treatment of electronic signature verification for taxpayers
        filing returns electronically, S4431 [6MY]
    IRS Restructuring and Reform Act:  ensure compliance with Federal
        budget requirements, S4383 [6MY], S4384 [6MY], S4386 [6MY],
        S4388 [6MY], S4389 [6MY], S4390 [6MY]
    Israel:  independence anniversary (H.J. Res. 102), S3799 [29AP]
    Medicare:  payments to children's hospitals that operate graduate
        medical education programs (S. 2049), S4535 [7MY]
    National Commission on Restructuring the IRS:  tribute to staff,
        S4521 [7MY]
    National Park Service:  maintenance, security, and custodial and
        long-term care of the World War II Memorial (S. Res. 296),
        S12250 [9OC]
    National security:  develop a system to classify and declassify
        information (S. 712), S1252 [3MR]
    ------ importance of and vulnerabilities associated with increased
        dependence on information technology systems, S12359-S12362
        [12OC]
    Nebraska:  tribute for frequency of Internet use in schools,
        S11190<bullet> [30SE]
    ------ tribute to Girl Scouts Gold Award recipients, S8262<bullet>
        [15JY]
    Nebraska Cultural Preservation Endowment:  establish, S3557<bullet>
        [23AP]
    Northern Ireland Peace Agreement:  tribute (S. Con. Res. 90), S3497
        [23AP]
    Point of order, S4514 [7MY]
    Political campaigns:  ethics reform and contribution limits, S899
        [24FE]
    ------ prohibit national committee funding for campaigns initiating
        personal attacks on opponents, S10573 [18SE]
    ------ protect individuals from having their money involuntarily
        collected and used for politics by a corporation or labor
        organization (S. 1663), S899 [24FE]
    Protocols to the North Atlantic Treaty on Accession of Poland,
        Hungary, and the Czech Republic:  ratification, S3876 [30AP]
    Public welfare programs:  food stamp eligibility for certain aliens,
        S4674 [12MY]
    Russia:  economic crisis, S10222 [10SE]
    ------ support democracy and free market system, S10222 [10SE]
    Senate:  legislative program, S4427 [6MY], S4432 [6MY]
    Social Security:  open KidSave accounts for every child at birth and
        invest such accounts to build retirement savings (S. 2184),
        S6491<bullet> [17JN]
    ------ reduce payroll taxes, S9403 [30JY]
    ------ reduce payroll taxes (S. 1792), S2157 [18MR], S2158 [18MR],
        S2159 [18MR], S2160 [18MR], S8447 [17JY]
    Taxation:  ensure taxpayer confidence in the problem resolution
        process by providing a more independently operated Office of the
        Taxpayer Advocate, S4237 [5MY], S4240 [5MY]
    ------ increase deductions for health insurance costs by self-
        employed individuals through revenues from an estate tax
        technical correction (S. 2613), S12187 [9OC], S12342 [10OC]
    ------ rates, S7626 [8JY]
    ------ State offsets relative to Federal tax refunds, S4468 [7MY]
    ------ treatment of education individual retirement accounts
        relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R.
        2646), S2285 [19MR], S2287 [19MR] treatment of education
        individual retirement accounts relative to elementary and
        secondary school expenses (H.R. 2646), conference report, S6929
        [24JN]
    ------ treatment of individual retirement accounts, S4383 [6MY],
        S4384 [6MY], S4388 [6MY], S4389 [6MY], S4390 [6MY]
    ------ treatment of Internet and interactive computer service
        commerce (S. 442), S11682 [7OC]
    ------ treatment of tax-exempt bond financing of certain electrical
        output facilities (S. 2182), S6490<bullet> [17JN]
    Telecommunications:  require accurate billing by carriers relative
        to costs and fees resulting from the Telecommunications Act,
        S4703 [12MY]
    Telephones:  strengthen and expand the procedures for preventing the
        slamming of interstate telephone service subscribers (S. 1618),
        S4703 [12MY]
    Tobacco products:  limit access to minors, S6149 [11JN]
    ------ prevent use by minors, reduce secondhand smoke, require
        document disclosure and deny immunity relative to industry
        settlement, end promotion of exports, and provide transitional
        assistance to farmers (S. 1638), S745 [12FE]
    ------ specify percentage of revenues from tobacco industry
        settlement to be used for Child Care and Development Block Grant
        Act activities, S6149 [11JN]
    ------ tobacco industry liability settlement relative to health
        risks and marketing and manufacturing practices (S. 1415), S5270
        [21MY], S6149 [11JN], S6276 [12JN], S6473 [17JN]
    Transportation:  funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
        programs, and transit programs (H.R. 2400), conference report,
        S5406 [22MY]
    ----- funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and
        transit programs (S. 1173), S441 [5FE], S1815 [12MR]
    Votes:  position on missed, S2502<bullet> [24MR]
    World Population Awareness Week:  observance, S12728<bullet> [20OC]
  Remarks in Senate relative to
    Tribute, S9926 [3SE]
  Studies
    Copper Health Effects in Delaware:  Centers for Disease Control and
        Prevention, S8354 [16JY]
    Evaluating Gastrointestinal Irritation Among Humans From Copper in
        Lincoln, NE, Drinking Water:  Centers for Disease Control and
        Prevention, S8355 [16JY]
  Tables
    Democratic versus Republican estimates of State-by-State farm aid,
        S11416 [5OC]
  Texts of
    S. 2049, Children's Hospitals Education and Research Act, S4536
        [7MY]
    S. 2219, Missouri River Basin, Middle Loup Division Project
        Facilities Conveyance Act, S7180<bullet> [25JN]
  Tributes
    Byrd, Senator, S6662 [19JN]
    Cather, Willa, S5344<bullet> [21MY]
    Gibson, Bob, S12244<bullet> [9OC]
    Habiger, Eugene E., S7034<bullet> [24JN]
    Osborne, Tom, S191 [29JA]