[Congressional Record Index (1998)]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
KOHL, HERB (a Senator from Wisconsin)
Amendments
Appropriations: making emergency supplemental for disaster relief
and overseas peacekeeping operations (S. 1768), S2494 [24MR]
Bankruptcy: consumer protection (S. 1301), S10602 [18SE], S10742
[23SE]
Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 1999-2003 (S. Con.
Res. 86), S2754 [30MR], S2775 [30MR], S2826 [31MR], S2870
[31MR], S2929 [1AP], S2931 [1AP], S2989 [1AP], S2994 [1AP]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military
activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military
construction (S. 2057), S6890 [23JN], S7097 [25JN], S7201 [25JN]
------ making appropriations (S. 2132), S9456 [30JY]
Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the
President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (S.
2312), S9101 [28JY], S9102 [28JY], S9103 [28JY], S9110 [28JY],
S9142 [28JY], S9143 [28JY], S9145 [28JY], S9222 [29JY], S9231
[29JY], S9257 [29JY], S9271 [29JY], S9272 [29JY]
Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations
(S. 2307), S8908 [23JY], S8945 [23JY]
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
agencies: authorizing appropriations (S. 2260), S8616 [21JY],
S8679 [21JY], S8835 [23JY], S8856 [23JY], S8862 [23JY], S8931
[23JY], S8936 [23JY], S8940 [23JY]
Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
making appropriations (S. 2168), S7538 [7JY], S7585 [7JY],
S8340 [16JY], S8407 [16JY]
IRS: restructure and reform (H.R. 2676), S4428 [6MY], S4447 [6MY]
Taxation: treatment of education individual retirement accounts
relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R.
2646), S2333 [19MR], S3479 [23AP], S3546 [23AP]
Tobacco products: tobacco industry liability settlement relative to
health risks and marketing and manufacturing practices (S.
1415), S6054 [10JN], S6141 [11JN], S6170 [11JN], S6206 [11JN]
Transportation: funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
programs, and transit programs (S. 1173), S1591 [9MR], S1607
[9MR], S1613 [9MR]
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 3579, emergency supplemental appropriations and
rescissions, S2826 [31MR]
------ H.R. 4060, energy and water development appropriations, S6548
[18JN], S6861 [23JN]
------ H.R. 4101, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related
agencies programs appropriations, S8329 [16JY]
------ H.R. 4104, Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive
Office of the President, and independent agencies
appropriations, S9916 [3SE]
------ H.R. 4328, Dept. of Transportation and related agencies
appropriations, S8956 [24JY], S9389 [30JY]
Articles and editorials
Federal Court Watch--Appeals Panel Retracts Snitch Ruling, Robert
Schmidt, Legal Times (publication), S8244<bullet> [15JY]
Judicial Trouble, Washington (DC) Post, S8243<bullet> [15JY]
Many Elders Receive Care at Criminals' Hands, Michael Moss, Wall
Street Journal, S3092 [2AP]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Alaska: prevent Federal takeover of management of fish and game
resources, (see S. 2393), S9426 [30JY]
Animals: prohibit import, export, sale, or possession of bear
viscera, (see S. 263), S6340 [15JN]
------ prohibit interstate commerce relative to exotic animals, (see
S. 995), S6340 [15JN]
Apostle Islands National Lakeshore: study on protection as a
wilderness area, (see S. 1966), S3428 [22AP]
Army Reserve: anniversary, (see S. Res. 213), S3429 [22AP]
Bounty hunters: establish civil and criminal liability for bounty
hunters and their employers and encourage State regulation of
industry, (see S. 1637), S730 [12FE]
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), S10986 [25SE]
Computers: encourage disclosure and exchange of information
relative to the year 2000 problem, (see S. 2392), S9426 [30JY]
Courts: reform class action lawsuit process, (see S. 2083), S4906
[14MY]
Crime: increase public awareness, collect data, and develop
strategies to address the safety and justice needs of victims
with developmental disabilities, (see S. 1976), S7359 [6JY]
------ strengthen penalties for international drug dealing and money
laundering, and reduce drug use and trafficking in prisons, (see
S. 2011), S3919 [30AP]
Day of Concern About Young People and Gun Violence: designate, (see
S. Res. 264), S9556 [31JY]
Dept. of HHS: delay effective date of the final rule relative to
the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network, (see S.
2201), S6766 [22JN]
------ disapprove rule submitted on surety bond requirements for
home health care providers under Medicare and Medicaid, (see
S.J. Res. 50), S6340 [15JN]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish certain presumptions of
service connection for Persian Gulf Conflict veterans, (see S.
2358), S9044 [27JY]
Drugs: limit amount of controlled substances allowed to be brought
into the U.S. from Mexico and Canada, (see S. 2242), S7255
[26JN]
FCC: study systems for filtering or blocking matter on the Internet
and install such a system on computers in schools and libraries,
(see S. 1619), S668 [11FE]
Foreign policy: support broad-based agricultural and rural
development in sub-Saharan Africa, (see S. 2283), S11345 [2OC]
Greek Independence Day--A National Day of Celebration of Greek and
American Democracy: designate, (see S. Res. 171), S847 [23FE]
Indonesia: support for new Government and reforms in East Timor,
(see S. Res. 237), S5434 [22MY]
International Commission of Jurists: report on the People's
Republic of China and Tibet, (see S. Con. Res. 103), S7581 [7JY]
Iron and steel industry: respond to the surge of steel imports
resulting from the financial crises in Asia, Russia, and other
regions, (see S. Con. Res. 121), S11586 [6OC]
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]
Japan: eliminate barriers to foreign trade and investment relative
to resolution of the Asian financial crisis, (see S. Res. 216),
S4442 [6MY]
Law enforcement officers: establish a matching grant program to
assist local governments in purchasing armor vests, (see S.
1605), S668 [11FE]
------ tribute to individuals who lost their lives during service,
(see S. Res. 201), S2988 [1AP]
McCain, Senator: tribute, (see S. Res. 196), S2114 [17MR]
Medicare: adjust formula used to determine cost limits for home
health agencies, (see S. 1993), S5799 [9JN]
National Breast Cancer Survivor's Day: designate, (see S. Res.
198), S2214 [18MR]
National Character Counts Week: designate, (see S. Res. 176), S1206
[2MR]
National Children's Day: designate, (see S. Res. 260), S9426 [30JY]
National Correctional Officers and Employees Week: designate, (see
S. Res. 175), S3443 [22AP]
National Erase the Hate and Eliminate Racism Day: designate, (see
S. Res. 221), S3919 [30AP]
National Sea Grant College Program Act: clarify definition of the
Great Lakes, (see S. 1760), S2221 [18MR]
------ treatment of Lake Champlain, (see S. 1823), S2488 [24MR]
National Tartan Day: designate, (see S. Res. 155), S1162 [27FE]
National Women's History Month: designate, (see S. Res. 189), S2309
[19MR]
New Mexico: designate Onate Cuartocentenario to commemorate the
anniversary of the first permanent Spanish settlement, (see S.
Res. 148), S520 [9FE]
Older Americans Act: reauthorize, (see S. 2295), S10322 [14SE]
Petroleum: authorize oilheat industry research and consumer
education programs, (see S. 2539), S11990 [8OC]
Presidential Advisory Commission on Holocaust Assets in the U.S.:
establish, (see S. 1900), S3296 [20AP]
Read Across America Day: designate, (see S. Res. 181), S1082 [26FE]
Religion: support tolerance toward Muslims, (see S. Con. Res. 94),
S6053 [10JN]
Sanford, Terry: tribute, (see S. Res. 211), S3356 [21AP]
SBA: women's business centers funding, (see S. 2157), S6424 [16JN]
Taxation: extend energy production credit to electricity produced
by wind and closed-loop biomass, (see S. 1459), S9982 [8SE]
------ increase amount of low-income housing credits allocated in
each State and index amount for inflation, (see S. 1252), S6701
[19JN]
------ increase State cap on private activity bonds, (see S. 1251),
S6701 [19JN]
Television: enhance the ability of satellite television providers
to compete with cable television systems, (see S. 2494), S10518
[17SE]
------ reform laws relative to satellite retransmissions of
broadcast signals, (see S. 1720), S1435 [5MR]
Thurmond, Senator: tribute for Army Reserve service, (see S. Res.
213), S3429 [22AP]
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]
Turkey: end restrictions on freedoms and human rights of the
enclaved people of Cyprus, (see S. Con. Res. 65), S3363 [21AP]
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),
S3723 [28AP]
Wisconsin: commemorate sesquicentennial of statehood, (see S. Con.
Res. 75), S669 [11FE], (see S. Con. Res. 75), S837 [23FE]
Women: anniversary of women's rights movement, (see S. Res. 189),
S2309 [19MR]
------ ensure that older women are protected from institutional,
community, and domestic violence, and sexual assault, (see S.
2114), S5433 [22MY]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Children's Development Commission: establish, (see S. 2178), S6405
[16JN]
Courts: clarify prosecutorial authority to offer sentencing
leniency or plea bargains in exchange for testimony from
accomplices or witnesses, (see S. 2311), S8240 [15JY]
Dept. of HUD: insure mortgages for the acquisition, construction,
or rehabilitation of child care facilities, (see S. 2178), S6405
[16JN]
Health care facilities: protection of nursing home residents
through enhanced screening and reporting requirements relative
to abusive employees, (see S. 2570), S11698 [7OC]
Public welfare programs: require States to pass child support
directly through to families and disregard child support in
determining eligibility for the temporary assistance to needy
families program, (see S. 2586), S11970 [8OC]
Cloture motions
Satcher, David: nomination to be Surgeon General and Assistant Sec.
of HHS, S446 [5FE], S541 [10FE]
Letters
Federal Employees Health Benefits Program coverage of abortion
procedures: Kim Mathis, S9190 [29JY]
----- Susan Alexander and Christopher Durr, S9190 [29JY]
Proclamations
World Population Awareness Week: Tommy G. Thompson, Governor of
Wisconsin, S12908<bullet> [21OC]
Remarks
Agriculture: ensure that federally funded research and education
programs address high-priority concerns with national multistate
significance (S. 1150), conference report, S4672 [12MY]
------ Federal Crop Insurance Program funding, S4672 [12MY]
Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
making appropriations (H.R. 4101), conference report, S11422
[5OC]
Appropriations: making emergency supplemental appropriations and
rescissions (H.R. 3579), conference report, S3909 [30AP]
------ making omnibus consolidated and emergency supplemental
appropriations, S12773 [21OC]
Bankruptcy: consumer protection (S. 1301), S10742 [23SE], S10743
[23SE], S10766 [23SE]
------ limit homestead property exemption, S10742 [23SE], S10743
[23SE]
------ reform laws (H.R. 3150), conference report--motion to
proceed, S12147 [9OC]
Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 1999-2003 (S. Con.
Res. 86), S3091 [2AP], S3096 [2AP], S3105 [2AP]
Business and industry: removal of secrecy orders relative to
release of documents and settlement of court cases, S5766 [9JN]
Capitol Building and Grounds: tribute to John M. Gibson and Jacob
J. Chestnut of the Capitol Police for acts of heroism, S9100
[28JY]
Children and youth: improve child care provided through Federal
facilities and programs, S9182 [29JY]
------ provide greater access to child care services for Federal
employees, S9108 [28JY]
Children's Development Commission: establish (S. 2178),
S6416<bullet> [16JN]
Conservation of energy: promote energy conservation investments in
Federal facilities (S. 1375), S11187<bullet> [30SE]
Contraceptives: require equitable coverage of drugs, devices, and
services under health insurance plans, S9197 [29JY]
Contracts: debar or suspend potential contractors using forced or
indentured child labor from Federal contract eligibility, S9109
[28JY], S9203 [29JY]
Courts: clarify prosecutorial authority to offer sentencing
leniency or plea bargains in exchange for testimony from
accomplices or witnesses (S. 2311), S8243<bullet> [15JY]
------ reform class action lawsuit process (S. 2083), S4912 [14MY],
S12021 [8OC]
Crime: national policy to control juvenile crime and violence,
S8703 [22JY], S12025<bullet> [8OC]
------ prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws
requiring parental notification of abortions (S. 1645), S10702
[22SE]
Customs Service: strengthen drug interdiction efforts, S9232
[29JY], S9913 [3SE]
Dept. of Agriculture: reform basic formula price for milk marketing
orders, S11422 [5OC]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military
activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military
construction (S. 2057), S7099 [25JN]
Dept. of HUD: increase in top level of FHA limits on mortgage
insurance, S8346 [16JY], S8428 [17JY]
------ insure mortgages for the acquisition, construction, or
rehabilitation of child care facilities (S. 2178), S6416<bullet>
[16JN]
Dept. of Justice: Juvenile Accountability Incentive Block Grant
funding, S8703 [22JY]
Dept. of State and related agencies: authorizing appropriations and
consolidating certain agencies (H.R. 1757), conference report,
S3684 [28AP]
Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the
President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (S.
2312), S9100 [28JY], S9103 [28JY], S9108 [28JY], S9109 [28JY],
S9110 [28JY], S9122 [28JY], S9172 [29JY], S9181 [29JY], S9182
[29JY], S9184 [29JY], S9190 [29JY], S9197 [29JY], S9203 [29JY],
S9220 [29JY], S9223 [29JY], S9228 [29JY], S9232 [29JY], S9233
[29JY]
------ making appropriations (H.R. 4104), S9916 [3SE] making
appropriations (H.R. 4104), conference report, S12133 [9OC]
making appropriations (S. 2312), S9913 [3SE], S9916 [3SE]
Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations
(S. 2307), S8905 [23JY]
------ making appropriations (H.R. 4328), conference report, S12773
[21OC]
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
agencies: authorizing appropriations (S. 2260), S8622 [21JY],
S8625 [21JY], S8627 [21JY], S8703 [22JY], S8856 [23JY], S8871
[23JY]
Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
making appropriations (S. 2168), S8346 [16JY], S8369 [16JY],
S8428 [17JY]
Employment: consolidate Federal job training programs (H.R. 1385),
S4258 [5MY]
EPA: Clean Lakes Program funding, S8369 [16JY]
Families and domestic relations: establish felony violations for
failure to pay legal child support obligations (H.R. 3811),
S5734 [5JN]
FEC: funding to improve enforcement capabilities, S9223 [29JY]
------ require that the Commissioners vote to reappoint or replace
the general counsel and staff director every four years, S9220
[29JY]
Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: coverage of abortion
procedures, S9190 [29JY]
Firearms: extend ban on manufacture, sale, and possession of
undetectable firearms, S9110 [28JY]
------ prohibit imposition of a fee for criminal background checks
before the transfer of a handgun and regulate retention of
resulting information, S8627 [21JY]
------ require that handguns be equipped with child safety devices,
S8622 [21JY], S8625 [21JY]
Foreign aid: international family planning programs restrictions
relative to abortion, S3684 [28AP]
Foreign policy: support economic and political independence for the
South Caucasus and Central Asia regions (S. 1344), S6503<bullet>
[17JN]
Georgia, Republic of: conflict with Abkhazia region, S6503<bullet>
[17JN]
GSA: conveyance of property in Miami, FL, to the Dept. of the Navy,
S9181 [29JY]
Hazardous substances: designate Yucca Mountain, NV, as nuclear
waste disposal site, S5563 [2JN]
------ nuclear waste disposal (H.R. 1270), S5563 [2JN]
Health care facilities: prevent abuse and mistreatment of elderly
and disabled patients, S3091 [2AP]
------ protection of nursing home residents through enhanced
screening and reporting requirements relative to abusive
employees (S. 2570), S11707 [7OC]
Health care professionals: allow nursing facilities and home care
agencies to conduct criminal background checks on job
applicants, S8856 [23JY]
Immigration: adjust status of certain Haitian refugees, S12133
[9OC]
IRS: increase whistleblower protections for employees, S4392 [6MY]
------ restructure and reform (H.R. 2676), S4392 [6MY]
------ restructure and reform (H.R. 2676), conference report, S7722
[9JY]
Israel: independence anniversary, S3958<bullet> [30AP]
Major League Baseball: application of antitrust laws (S. 53),
S9609<bullet> [31JY]
Medicare: adjust formula used to determine cost limits for home
health agencies (S. 1993), S6342<bullet> [15JN]
Members of Congress: deny cost-of-living adjustments, S9101 [28JY]
Navy: terminate Extremely Low Frequency Communication System, S7099
[25JN]
Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact: extend, S11422 [5OC]
Point of order, S9129 [28JY]
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits, S898
[24FE], S995 [25FE]
------ protect individuals from having their money involuntarily
collected and used for politics by a corporation or labor
organization (S. 1663), S898 [24FE], S995 [25FE]
------ require disclosure of funding sources for certain candidate
advocacy advertising, S995 [25FE]
Protocols to the North Atlantic Treaty on Accession of Poland,
Hungary, and the Czech Republic: ratification, S3880 [30AP]
Public welfare programs: food stamp eligibility for certain aliens,
S4672 [12MY]
------ require States to pass child support directly through to
families and disregard child support in determining eligibility
for the temporary assistance to needy families program (S.
2586), S11981<bullet> [8OC]
Railroads: Midwest regional rail system planning studies, S8905
[23JY]
Sea Grant College Program: ballast water discharge research
funding, S8871 [23JY]
Sheboygan, WI: launch of National Sporting Goods Association
Wannabe Cool, Gottabe Active Campaign, S3177<bullet> [2AP]
Taxation: eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax
rate brackets and standard deduction amounts, S9172 [29JY],
S9184 [29JY]
------ terminate Internal Revenue Code, S9122 [28JY]
------ treatment of certain health clubs, S9233 [29JY]
------ treatment of education individual retirement accounts
relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R.
2646), conference report, S6928 [24JN] treatment of education
individual retirement accounts relative to elementary and
secondary school expenses (H.R. 2646), motion to proceed, S2094
[17MR]
------ treatment of individual retirement accounts, S7722 [9JY]
Television: enhance the ability of satellite television providers
to compete with cable television systems (S. 2494),
S10525<bullet> [17SE]
------ reform laws relative to satellite retransmissions of
broadcast signals (S. 1720), S1460 [5MR]
Tobacco products: tobacco industry liability settlement relative to
health risks and marketing and manufacturing practices (S.
1415), S5563 [2JN], S5766 [9JN]
Transportation: funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
programs, and transit programs (S. 1173), S1960<bullet> [13MR],
S3096 [2AP]
U.N.: authorize payment of U.S. arrearages, S3684 [28AP]
Votes: correction, S4814 [13MY]
Wahl, Bette: Ameritech (business) Award of Excellence in Crime
Prevention recipient, S11294<bullet> [1OC]
Wisconsin: commemorate sesquicentennial of statehood (S. Con. Res.
75), S1720 [11MR]
------ transportation projects funding, S1960<bullet> [13MR]
World Intellectual Property Organization Copyright Treaty:
implementation (H.R. 2281), conference report, S11887 [8OC]
------ limitations on copyright liability relative to material
online (S. 2037), S4440 [6MY], S4891 [14MY]
World Intellectual Property Organization Performances and Phonograms
Treaty: limitations on copyright liability relative to material
online (S. 2037), S4440 [6MY], S4891 [14MY]
------ implementation (H.R. 2281), conference report, S11887 [8OC]
World Population Awareness Week: observance, S12908<bullet> [21OC]
Summaries
National Policy To Control Juvenile Crime and Violence Proposal,
S12026<bullet> [8OC]
Texts of
S. 2178, Children's Development Commission Act,
S6417<bullet>-S6420<bullet> [16JN]
S. 2586, Children First Child Support Reform Act, S11982<bullet>
[8OC]
Tributes
Marbes, Richard C. (Dick), S5462<bullet> [22MY]
McDonald, D.H., S5464<bullet> [22MY]
Sheedy, Patrick T., S9889<bullet> [2SE]