COURTS related term(s) Crime; Law Enforcement; Lawyers and Attorneys

Addresses

Supreme Court History, Decisions, and Changes: Senator Biden, S3971-S3974 [16MY]

U.S. Courthouse Dedication in Islip, NY: Robert A. Peck, GSA, S11126 [26OC]

Witness to Life—Catholic Church and the Death Penalty: Roger Mahony, S7826-S7828 [27JY]

Affidavits

FBI knowledge and participation in illegal gambling and mob-related activities: Michael Terlecky, E2128-E2130 [5DE]

Amendments

Bankruptcy: amend laws (S. 625), S51, S56, S63 [26JA], S140 [31JA], S178, S190 [1FE], S226, S232, S234, S237, S238, S243 [2FE]

———amend laws (S. 3186), corrections in enrollment (H. Con. Res. 427), H9840 [12OC]

Business and industry: establish a statute of repose for durable goods (H.R. 2005), H166 [1FE], H181, H183 [2FE]

Children and youth: improve efficiency and effectiveness of abuse and neglect courts (S. 2272), S9293, S9326 [26SE]

Committee on Resources (House): report to U.S. Attorney on refusals to comply with subpoenas in investigation of the Project on Government Oversight (organization) relative to False Claims Act lawsuit against oil companies (H. Res. 657), H11385 [27OC]

Crime: enhance rights and protections of victims (S. 934), S2777 [13AP]

———prevent identity fraud (S. 2924), S11426, S11427, S11428 [31OC], S11941 [15DE], H12512 [15DE]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4690), H4784, H4785 [20JN], H4818, H4820, H4821 [21JN], H4978, H4979, H4985, H4989, H4993, H4994, H4996, H4997, H5007, H5010, H5011, H5012, H5015, H5016, H5019, H5021, H5037, H5038 [22JN], H5039, H5047, H5049, H5050, H5052, H5054, H5055, H5085 [23JN], H5104, H5106, H5108, H5111, H5114, H5123, H5126, H5129, H5132, H5136, H5138, H5139, H5140, H5147, H5149, H5151, H5153, H5154, H5155, H5156, H5159 [26JN]

Federal courts: improve operation and administration (S. 2915), S10831 [19OC], S11278 [27OC], H10871 [25OC]

Federal prosecutors: clarify standards of conduct (S. 855), S9480 [28SE]

Government: allow a judge to whom a case is transferred to retain jurisdiction over certain multidistrict litigation cases for trial (H.R. 5562), H12513 [15DE]

———improve procedures for Federal civil forfeitures (H.R. 1658), S1753 [27MR]

Insurance: make the same health insurance options afforded to executive and judicial branch employees available to Federal annuitants, legislative branch employees, and Armed Forces members and retirees (H.R. 4277), S9530 [28SE]

Law enforcement: improve the quality and credibility of forensic science services for criminal justice purposes (S. 3045), S11148, S11185 [26OC]

———reporting requirements for eavesdropping and surveillance activities of Federal and State law enforcement agencies (S. 1769), S2813 [13AP]

Native Americans: provide technical and legal assistance for tribal justice systems and members of Indian tribes (S. 1508), S11756 [11DE]

Public buildings: placement of automatic external defibrillators to assist individuals who experience cardiac arrest and protections from civil liability relative to emergency use of the devices (H.R. 2498), S11138 [26OC]

Real property: clarification of jurisdiction over private property takings and land use disputes (H.R. 2372), H1078 [15MR], H1097, H1098, H1101, H1102 [16MR]

Secret Service: clarify authority relative to former Presidents and families, events of national significance, threat assessment, subpoena issuance, and forfeiture of computers and other counterfeiting devices (H.R. 3048), S10546, S10593 [13OC], S11651 [6DE], H10872, H10873 [25OC]

Senate: return of certain treaties to the President (S. Res. 267), S10469, S10499 [12OC]

Small business: protect from litigation excesses and limit product liability of non-manufacturer product sellers (H.R. 2366), H474, H476, H478, H479 [16FE]

Terrorism: modify enforcement of certain anti-terrorism judgements (S. 1796), S7925 [27JY]

U.S. Marshals Service: fund task forces to locate and apprehend fugitives in felony criminal cases and provide administrative subpoena authority (S. 2516), S7703, S7715, S7716 [26JY]

Veterans: clarify and improve veterans' claims and appellate procedures (S. 1810), S9003 [21SE]

Analyses

Fugitive Apprehension Act (S. 2516), S3613 [8MY], S7717 [26JY]

Offender Reentry and Community Safety Act (H.R. 5563), E1959-E1961 [27OC]

Protection of Enrollees in Managed Health Care Plans and HMO's: Sara Rosenbaum, David M. Frankford, and Rand E. Rosenblatt, S7516 [25JY]

Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (S. 2869), E1563 [22SE]

Violent and Repeat Juvenile Offender Accountability and Rehabilitation Act (S. 254): Council of State Governments, H5751 [11JY]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 2415, Bankruptcy Reform Act, H9796 [11OC]

Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, S2131 [4AP], H10032 [17OC]

Federal Judicial Center Board of Directors, H236 [8FE]

Federal Judicial Center Foundation, S3951 [15MY], S5279 [15JN], H4168 [9JN]

Articles and editorials

Amendment To Aid Victims Could Cause More Damage, S3181 [1MY]

Arrogance of the Court, S7761 [27JY]

As Florida Goes, E2211 [15DE]

ATF Firearms Prosecution Referrals Drop—Study Says Criminal Cases Have Fallen Since 1992, but Picked Up Last Year, S351 [7FE]

Bankruptcy Bill Is Overloaded, E134 [14FE]

Bankruptcy Is for the Needy, S245 [2FE]

Bankruptcy Pace for Individuals Is Accelerating, S11633 [6DE]

Bankruptcy Paradox, S244 [2FE]

Biting the Ballot, E2174 [11DE]

Campbell Issue Aids Democrats' Politics, S9666 [3OC]

Constitutional Pandora's Box, S3253 [2MY]

Counsel Report on Whitewater Expected Soon, S8276 [8SE]

Criminal Act—The Folly of a Victims' Rights Amendment, S3180 [1MY]

Cubin Goes Astray With Attack on Whistleblowers, H11388 [27OC]

Davies, the Man—Who Was Judge Ronald N. Davies?, S8738 [19SE]

Death Edict for the Guilty Only, S4682 [7JN]

Differently Situated, S3251 [2MY]

Distorting Victims' Rights, S3180 [1MY]

Don't Democrats Believe in Democracy?, S350 [7FE]

Don't Victimize the Constitution, S2925 [26AP]

Elian's Journey, E260 [9MR]

Ending a Judicial Blockade, S1340 [9MR]

Federal Prosecutors Hostage to State Codes, S10791 [19OC]

Federally Speaking, a Fine Kettle of Fish, S10791 [19OC]

Firearms Makers Win Dismissal of Lawsuits in 2 States, S354 [7FE]

Fitting Tribute to Judge, S8738 [19SE]

For Clinton's Last Act, E2219 [15DE]

Ghosts in Florida, E2174 [11DE]

Giants of Law, E601 [2MY]

Gore, Bush, and the Big Lie, S7610 [26JY]

Government by Lawsuit, H1632 [3AP]

Government Wants Control of MS, S3554 [4MY]

Government's Flawed Pursuit of Microsoft, S4572 [6JN]

House Mulls Rare Contempt Citation, H11389 [27OC]

How the Courts Undermined School Discipline, S3579 [8MY]

I Did Not Have Leaks With That Newspaper—It's Not About Sex, E1250 [14JY]

Idea To Honor Judge Davies Is Appropriate, S8739 [19SE]

In China's Legal Evolution, the Lawyers Are Handcuffed, S89 [26JA]

Independent Counsel Overkill, S2789 [13AP]

Infamous Anniversary for Courts, S1340 [9MR]

Innocent on Death Row, S4681, S4682 [7JN]

Is The GOP Playing Politics With Judicial Appointments?, S9663 [3OC]

It's Conservatives Now Who Are Judicial Activists—Why Environmentalists Should Be Alarmed, S7762 [27JY]

Judge Deserves Rousing Approval, S1340 [9MR]

Judges on Hold—Senate Hurts Justice by Delaying Confirmations, S9663 [3OC]

Judging a Judge's Judgment, E142 [15FE]

Liberals Have Second Thoughts on the Second Amendment, S351 [7FE]

Misguided Bill, S3251 [2MY]

Nasty Work, S1674 [23MR]

National Rifle Association Takes Desperate New Tack, H1048 [15MR]

Nationally—Why Hate Crimes Are Different, S5335 [19JN]

New Looks at the Death Penalty, S4683 [7JN]

No Surprise, It's an Activist Court, E2221 [15DE]

No Victims in the Constitution, S3001 [27AP]

Not Again—Victim's Rights Don't Merit Constitutional Amendment, S3253 [2MY]

On Virginia's Death Row, S4683 [7JN]

Paez and Berzon Votes, S1340 [9MR]

Paper Federalists, S7761 [27JY]

Perverse Use of Antitrust Law, S8565 [14SE]

Politics of the Ninth Circuit—Senators Should Reject Judicial Nominees, S1338 [9MR]

Property Owners Due a Hearing, E374 [22MR]

Property Rights and Wrongs, H1085 [16MR]

Property Takings Bill Set for House Fight, H1086 [16MR]

Proposed Victims' Rights Amendment Is Misguided, S3252 [2MY]

Quality of Justice, S3251 [2MY]

Racial Division Charge Is Untrue, S8936 [21SE]

Raising the Stakes, E2173 [11DE]

Ralph the Leninist, H11833 [3NO]

Reining in Robert Ray, S2789 [13AP]

Repeal the McDade Law, S10791 [19OC]

Require Certainty Before Executing, S7820 [27JY]

Risky Policy on N. Korea, E564 [13AP]

Ruling Voids Use of Vouchers in Ohio Schools, E2205 [15DE]

Scholar Back in U.S. After China Detention, S134 [31JA]

See Don Jump, Jump, Don, Jump, H11389 [27OC]

Senate GOP Drags Feet on Justices, S1340 [9MR]

Show of Force Wasn't Necessary, H3291 [17MY]

Stop Stalling on Judicial Candidate, S9667 [3OC]

Tailhook May Soil Choice for Pentagon's Mr. Clean, S131 [31JA]

Thoughts on Executions, S4681 [7JN]

$3 Billion Later, Dalkon Trust Closes Shop—Mass Tort Clearinghouse Seen by Some as the Best-Run Outfit of Its Kind, S8100 [6SE]

Tinkering Again, S2851 [25AP], S2924 [26AP]

To Any Lengths, E2173 [11DE]

To Be Safe, Start With the Driver, S4053 [17MY]

U.S. Announces a New Royalty System for Oil From Federal Land, H11389 [27OC]

Uncluttered Constitution, S3000 [27AP]

Victim Amendment Undoes Prior Work, S3252 [2MY]

Victims and the Constitution, S2923 [26AP]

Victims' Bill Seriously Flawed, S3180 [1MY]

Victims of Crime Don't Need Congress' Constitutional Meddling, S3002 [27AP]

Victims' Rights, S3253 [2MY]

Victims' Rights Bill Violates Others' Rights, S3181 [1MY]

Victims' Rights Plan That Goes Much Too Far, S3001 [27AP]

Victims' Rights—Leave the Constitution Alone, S2924 [26AP]

We're Not Executing the Innocent, E1063 [20JN]

What Real People Are Saying About Bankruptcy Reform, S5384 [20JN]

Wrong Approach—Federal Lawsuit Ignores Rights of Gun Makers, S349 [7FE]

Wrong Set of Rights, S3252 [2MY]

Wrong Way on Victims' Rights, S3002 [27AP]

Young Forgets Whistleblowers' Value, Risk, H11389 [27OC]

Bills and resolutions

Abbas, Mohammed: extradition to the U.S. (see H. Con. Res. 329), H3474 [19MY]

Abortion: provide that the inferior courts do not have jurisdiction to hear partial-birth abortion-related cases (see H.R. 3691), H510 [16FE]

Administrative Law Judge Conference of the U.S.: establish (see H.R. 5177), H7651 [14SE]

Age Discrimination in Employment Act: restore rights of State employees by requiring States to waive immunity in order to receive Federal funding (see S. 3008), S8105 [6SE]

Americans With Disabilities Act: require that any civil action against a place of public accommodation or commercial facility allow an opportunity for alleged violations to be corrected (see H.R. 3590), H253 [8FE]

———require that before filing a civil action against a place of public accommodation or commercial facility, an opportunity is allowed for alleged violations to be corrected (see S. 3122), S9381 [27SE]

Arbitration: provide for greater fairness in the arbitration process for consumers and employers (see S. 3210), S10619 [17OC]

Argentina: resolution of Buenos Aires Yoga School investigation (see H. Res. 622), H9767 [11OC]

Armed Forces: allow members to sue the U.S. for damages for certain injuries caused by improper medical care (see H.R. 3799), H631 [1MR]

———liability for claims of military personnel for damages for certain injuries (see H.R. 5048), H7208 [27JY]

———provide that persons sentenced to life imprisonment by a court-martial may not be granted parole for at least 30 years (see H.R. 4231), H2121 [11AP]

Aviation: allow families of international airline disaster victims a fair jury trial to receive just compensation for their loss (see S. 2035), S381 [7FE]

———increase civil penalties and criminal fines for violation of regulations prohibiting the transportation of chemical oxygen generators on passenger-carrying aircraft in air commerce (see H.R. 5445), H9767 [11OC]

Bankruptcy: amend laws (see S. 3046), S8585 [14SE] (see S. 3186), S10252 [11OC]

———amend laws (H.R. 2415), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 624), H9766 [11OC]

———amend laws (S. 3186), corrections in enrollment (see H. Con. Res. 427), H9900 [12OC]

———extend reenactment period for chapter 12 of the bankruptcy code relative to family farmers and appoint additional bankruptcy judges (see H.R. 5530), H10808 [24OC]

———prohibit sale of customer databases containing personally identifiable information by companies in bankruptcy proceedings (see S. 2857), S6574 [12JY]

Business and industry: establish a statute of repose for durable goods (H.R. 2005), consideration (see H. Res. 412), H164 [1FE]

Capital punishment: ensure that defendants in capital cases have adequate counsel and allow those convicted to have a reasonable opportunity to present new evidence of innocence (see S. 2073), S613 [10FE] (see S. 2690), S4669 [7JN]

———prohibit the execution of pregnant women (see H.R. 4888), H6599 [19JY]

———reduce the risk that innocent persons may be executed (see H.R. 4078), H1405 [23MR] (see H.R. 4167), H1762 [4AP]

———temporary moratorium to ensure that defendants have adequate counsel and to allow those convicted to have a reasonable opportunity to present new evidence of innocence (see H.R. 3623), H340 [10FE] (see H.R. 4162), H1762 [4AP]

———temporary moratorium until a national commission reviews the justice, fairness, and due process of the administration of the death penalty (see S. 2463), S2940 [26AP] (see S. 3048), S8585 [14SE] (see H.R. 5236, 5237), H7990 [21SE]

CERCLA: exempt small businesses from certain liability (see S. 2634), S4460 [25MY] (see H.R. 5175), H7651 [14SE]

———promote cleanup and reuse of brownfields, provide financial assistance for brownfields revitalization, and enhance State response programs (see S. 2700), S4820 [8JN]

Children and youth: improve efficiency and effectiveness of abuse and neglect courts (see S. 2272), S1596 [22MR] (see H.R. 5369), H8735 [3OC]

———improve the quality and availability of training for judges, attorneys, and volunteers working in abuse and neglect courts (see S. 2271), S1596 [22MR]

———offer States incentives to improve decisions in contested adoption cases (see H.R. 5053), H7208 [27JY]

———provide a civil action for a minor injured by exposure to explicit sexual or violent material (see H.R. 5045), H7207 [27JY]

China, People's Republic of: release of Yongyi Song and legal system reform (see S. Con. Res. 78), S86 [26JA]

Circuit court: divide the ninth judicial circuit into two circuits (see S. 2184), S1232 [7MR]

Civil liberties: preclude the admissibility of certain confessions in criminal cases (see S. 2830), S6121 [29JN]

———restore first amendment protections of religion and speech (see H.R. 5078), H7209 [27JY]

Civil rights: restore the Federal civil rights remedy for victims of gender-motivated violence (see H.R. 5021), H7207 [27JY]

Class action lawsuits: reform process (see S. 3123), S9381 [27SE]

Committee on Resources (House): report to U.S. Attorney on refusals to comply with subpoenas in investigation of the Project on Government Oversight (organization) relative to False Claims Act lawsuit against oil companies (see H. Res. 657), H11445 [27OC]

Computers: allow issuance of single order to trace computer crime in multiple jurisdictions and modify damage requirements, sentencing guidelines, and treatment of juveniles in computer crimes (see S. 2092), S799 [24FE]

———increase penalties for computer crimes and establish a National Commission on Cybersecurity (see S. 2451), S2728 [13AP]

Congress: review of proposed construction of court facilities (see H.R. 5363), H8735 [3OC]

Contracts: end taxpayer support of Federal contractors against whom repeated civil judgments or criminal convictions have been entered (see S. 3185), S10252 [11OC] (see H.R. 5439), H9767 [11OC]

Correctional institutions: authorize funding for successful reentry of criminal offenders into local communities (see S. 2908), S7477 [24JY] (see H.R. 5563, 5567), H11206 [26OC]

———eliminate good time credits for prisoners serving violent crime sentences (see S. 2318), S1884 [29MR]

———substance abuse prevention and treatment programs in prisons funding (see S. 2619), S4378 [24MY]

Court of International Trade: review certain determinations of binational panels under NAFTA (see S. 3216), S10716 [18OC] (see H.R. 5469), H9900 [12OC]

CPSC: increase civil and criminal penalties imposed against companies that fail to report information on defective or dangerous products (see S. 2820), S6121 [29JN] (see H.R. 4586), H3924 [6JN]

Credit: prohibit unilateral imposition of mandatory binding arbitration in consumer credit transactions (see S. 2117), S929 [29FE]

Crime: abolish Federal statute of limitations for sex offenses and assist States in reducing backlog of cases awaiting DNA analysis (see S. 3168), S9944 [5OC]

———add certain firearms related crimes to the list of crimes giving rise to a presumption of dangerousness for purposes of hearings on the release of defendants before trial (see H.R. 4220), H2012 [10AP]

———allow use of DNA testing by Federal prisoners (see H.R. 4980), H7128 [26JY]

———assist States in reducing backlog of cases awaiting DNA analysis and make DNA testing available to certain convicted Federal and State offenders (see S. 2859), S6677 [13JY]

———create an offense of solicitation or recruitment of persons in criminal street gang activity (see H.R. 5298), H8199 [26SE]

———enhance penalties for crimes of violence against children (see H.R. 4045), H1163 [21MR]

———expand civil asset forfeiture provisions relative to alien smuggling (see H.R. 3547), H49 [27JA]

———expand prohibition on stalking (see S. 2011), S113 [27JA] (see S. 2991), S7840 [27JY]

———increase penalties for hate crimes (see S. Con. Res. 120), S4669 [7JN] (see H. Con. Res. 347), H4035 [7JN]

———increase penalties for possessing or using a firearm in the commission of a crime and require juveniles possessing or using a firearm to be tried as adults (see H.R. 3597), H254 [8FE]

———increase penalties on sexually violent offenders who fail to comply with registration and reporting requirements (see H.R. 4936), H6777 [24JY]

———inhibit the further intimidation of public officials within the U.S. (see S. 3094), S8941 [21SE] (see H.R. 4343), H2339 [13AP]

———life imprisonment for repeat offenders who commit sex offenses against children (see H.R. 4047), H1163 [21MR]

———mandatory minimum sentencing for online child molesters (see S. 2280), S1671 [23MR] (see H.R. 4076), H1405 [23MR]

———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (see S. 2783), S5790 [26JN]

———penalties for the placing of sexual explicit photographs on the Internet without the permission of the persons photographed (see H.R. 5462), H9900 [12OC]

———permit expungement of records of certain nonviolent criminal offenses (see H.R. 5433), H9634 [10OC]

———prevent identity fraud (see S. 2328), S1986 [30MR] (see S. 2924), S7656 [26JY] (see H.R. 5299), H8199 [26SE]

———prevent identity fraud in consumer credit transactions and credit reports (see H.R. 4311), H2338 [13AP]

———promote accountability for violent and repeat juvenile offenders (H.R. 1501), submit conference report and include Senate gun safety language (see S. Res. 276), S1512 [21MR]

———provide civil legal assistance for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault (see H.R. 4663), H4484 [14JN]

———provide criminal penalties for the harassment of victims of Federal offenses by the convicted offenders (see H.R. 4166), H1762 [4AP]

———provide incentives for States to enact mandatory minimum sentences for certain firearms offenses (see S. 2390), S2526 [11AP] (see H.R. 4051), H1283 [22MR]

———provide incentives for voluntary monitoring of electronic commerce sites (see H.R. 5673), H12531 [15DE]

———provide penalties for the unauthorized placement of a writing with a consumer product (see H.R. 5393), H9010 [5OC]

———provide standards for the enactment of Federal crimes and sunset those Federal crimes that do not meet such standards (see H.R. 4544), H3867 [25MY]

———strengthen system for notifying parents of violent sexual offenders in their communities (see S. 2911), S7542 [25JY]

———treatment of the interception of electronic communications (see H.R. 5018), H7206 [27JY]

———truth-in-sentencing requirements relative to violent offenders (see S. 2317), S1884 [29MR]

Daniel Patrick Moynihan U.S. Courthouse, New York, NY: designate (see S. 2370), S2347 [6AP]

Dept. of Justice: establish Bureau of Immigration Services and the Bureau of Immigration Enforcement (see H.R. 3918), H997 [14MR]

———establish or expand existing community prosecution programs for gun-related crimes (see H.R. 4456), H3049 [15MY]

———reform process by which the Office of the Pardon Attorney investigates and reviews potential exercises of executive clemency (see S. 2042), S538 [9FE] (see H.R. 3626), H340 [10FE]

Dept. of the Interior: provide compensation to individuals who are injured by an escaped prescribed fire and amend certain tort procedure provisions relating to claims for such fires (see H.R. 4768), H5240 [27JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: use portion of any national tobacco settlement for veterans health care (see H. Con. Res. 255), H510 [16FE]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (see H.R. 4690), H4674 [19JN] (see H.R. 5548), H11194 [25OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4690), consideration (see H. Res. 529), H4783 [20JN]

Drugs: combat manufacture, traffic, import, and export of methamphetamine (see H.R. 4248), H2238 [12AP]

———establish a Federal drug court program (see S. 3191), S10411 [12OC]

———establish alternative sentencing procedures for certain nonviolent drug offenses (see H.R. 5608), H11716 [31OC]

———facilitate environmental cleanup caused by the manufacture of methamphetamines and impose new monetary fines for the manufacture and trafficking of methamphetamines (see H.R. 5589), H11445 [27OC]

Ecology and environment: increase civil penalties on entities that have previously violated environmental laws or in cases of catastrophic events (see S. 2934), S7656 [26JY] (see H.R. 5077), H7209 [27JY]

Egypt: provide a timely and open judicial appeal for Shaiboub William Arsel and complete an independent investigation of police brutality in Al-Kosheh (see S. Res. 367), S9945 [5OC]

Fair Debt Collection Practices Act: clarify that judgments in certain actions are enforceable in any court of competent jurisdiction (see H.R. 5321), H8406 [27SE]

Fair Justice Agency: establish (see H.R. 4105), H1476 [28MR]

False Claims Act: eliminate minimum fines (see H.R. 4142), H1628 [30MR]

Families and domestic relations: give U.S. district courts jurisdiction over competing State custody determinations (see H.R. 5456), H9899 [12OC]

Family and Medical Leave Act: allow leave to address domestic violence and its effects (see H.R. 5262), H7991 [21SE]

FDA: compel compliance with court decision relative to disclosure of certain information on the labeling of dietary supplements (see H.R. 4604), H4120 [8JN]

Federal courts: improve operation and administration (see S. 2915), S7542 [25JY]

———protect budget (see H.R. 4852), H6051 [13JY]

Firearms: prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers and protect gun owner privacy and ownership rights (see S. 2270), S1596 [22MR]

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: modify procedures relative to warrants for surveillance and searches in foreign espionage investigations (see S. 2089), S799 [24FE]

Foreign policy: establish U.S. interests relative to antitrust lawsuits asserting the manipulation of energy supplies or prices (see H.R. 4731), H5083 [23JN]

Frank R. Lautenberg Post Office and Courthouse, Newark, NJ: designate (see H.R. 4975), H7128 [26JY]

Freedom of religion: protect religious liberty (see S. 2081), S680 [22FE] (see S. 2869), S6678 [13JY] (see H.R. 4862), H6052 [13JY] (see H. Con. Res. 379), H6777 [24JY]

George E. Brown, Jr., U.S. Courthouse, Riverside, CA: designate (see H.R. 5110), H7280 [6SE]

Gonzalez-Brotons, Elian: delay implementation of Dept. of Justice ruling until court hearing on asylum application (see H. Res. 480), H2340 [13AP]

———grant U.S. citizenship (see S. 1999), S37 [24JA] (see H.R. 3531, 3532), H48 [27JA]

———reunite with father (see S. Con. Res. 79), S86 [26JA] (see H. Con. Res. 240), H48 [27JA]

Government: allow a judge to whom a case is transferred to retain jurisdiction over certain multidistrict litigation cases for trial (see H.R. 5562), H11206 [26OC]

———eliminate automatic salary adjustments for Members of Congress, the Vice President, certain senior executive officers, and Federal judges (see S. 3075), S8822 [20SE]

Government regulations: awarding of attorneys' fees to private parties who prevail in litigation against the Federal Government (see S. 2907), S7448 [21JY]

Guam: clarify local judicial structure (see H.R. 4031), H1119 [16MR]

Health: legal definition of human life relative to presence of brain wave activity and spontaneous cardiac activity (see H. Con. Res. 305), H2239 [12AP]

———limit medical malpractice claims (see H.R. 5344), H8468 [28SE]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (see S. 3057, 3058), S8635 [15SE] (see H.R. 5628), H11842 [3NO]

———provide for health care liability reform (see H.R. 5092), H7209 [27JY] (see H.R. 5119), H7280 [6SE]

Immigration: appointment of a guardian ad litem to protect the interests under of certain alien minor children present in the U.S. without a parent or other legal guardian (see H.R. 5061), H7208 [27JY]

———defer removal and detention of certain aliens awaiting trial on Federal or State criminal charges (see H.R. 3664), H454 [15FE]

———establish special procedures for filing and consideration of asylum applications by alien children and for the detention of any unaccompanied alien children (see H.R. 4590), H3924 [6JN]

———establish the eligibility for cancellation of removal of certain aliens lawfully admitted for permanent residence (see H.R. 5062), H7208 [27JY]

———prohibit H-2A workers from bringing lawsuits against employers, except in the State in which the employer resides, or has its principal place of business (see H.R. 4344), H2339 [13AP]

———require paid immigration consultants to be licensed and otherwise provide services in a satisfactory manner (see H.R. 5035), H7207 [27JY]

———restore fairness to immigration law (see S. 3120), S9381 [27SE] (see H.R. 4966), H7127 [26JY]

Immigration and Nationality Act: clarify provisions applicable to arrest, detention, and release of criminal aliens pending removal decisions (see H.R. 5379), H8799 [4OC]

———clarify special rule on continuous residence or physical presence status for certain criminal aliens (see H.R. 5378), H8799 [4OC]

———extend limitation on certain waivers to aliens unlawfully present in the U.S. (see H.R. 5377), H8799 [4OC]

———treatment of aliens who have committed crimes (see H.R. 5293), H8199 [26SE]

Indiana: establish temporary Federal judgeship for the southern district (see S. 2794), S5884 [27JN]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorize school personnel to discipline children with disabilities who engage in certain dangerous behavior (see S. 2517), S3612 [8MY] (see H.R. 4127), H1588 [29MR]

Insurance: make the same health insurance options afforded to executive and judicial branch employees available to Federal annuitants, legislative branch employees, and Armed Forces members and retirees (see H.R. 4277), H2337 [13AP]

International law: protect U.S. military personnel and other U.S. officials from criminal prosecution by an international court to which the U.S. is not a party (see S. 2726), S5106 [14JN] (see H.R. 4654), H4484 [14JN]

Interstate commerce: waive Federal preemption of State laws in cases awarding punitive damages against moving companies engaging in unfair practices in processing of property claims (see S. 2369), S2347 [6AP] (see H.R. 5060), H7208 [27JY]

IRS: enforcement of child support obligations and repeal of provisions on State enforcement requirements (see S. 2288), S1671 [23MR]

James H. Quillen U.S. Courthouse, Greeneville, TN: designate (see H.R. 4608), H4120 [8JN]

Judicial Education Fund: establish for the payment of expenses of judges participating in seminars (see S. 2990), S7840 [27JY]

Judiciary: appointment of additional Federal district judges (see S. 2730), S5106 [14JN]

———appointment of Federal judges (see S. 3071), S8759 [19SE] (see H.R. 4704), H4816 [21JN]

———convert a Federal judgeship in Missouri to permanent status (see S. 2695), S4820 [8JN]

———expand authority of magistrate judges (see S. 2875), S6841 [14JY]

Korea, Democratic People's Republic of: prohibit the assumption of liability by the U.S. Government for nuclear accidents that may occur at U.S. provided nuclear reactors (see H.R. 4266), H2336 [13AP]

———require congressional approval of any nuclear cooperation agreement and prohibit assumption of liability by the U.S. for nuclear accidents that occur at U.S. provided nuclear reactors (see S. 2752), S5360 [19JN]

Law enforcement: allow post-conviction DNA tests, make grants to States to include samples in FBI Combined DNA Index System, and collect and analyze samples from certain offenders for FBI system (see H.R. 5000), H7206 [27JY]

———allow post-conviction DNA tests and facilitate the exchange by law enforcement agencies of DNA identification information on felony offenders (see S. 3130), S9466 [28SE]

———authorize appropriations for the prosecution of obscenity cases (see H.R. 4710), H4816 [21JN]

———ban the transfer and receipt of handguns or ammunition by persons subject to restraining orders (see H.R. 4778), H5435 [28JN]

———create national accreditation standards for law enforcement agencies relative to police misconduct and treatment of minorities (see H.R. 3981), H1076 [15MR]

———establish criminal penalties and civil remedies for certain violent or obstructive conduct that is intended to injure, intimidate, or interfere with persons seeking to operate animal enterprises (see H.R. 5429), H9634 [10OC]

———establish national prerelease warrant check system (see H.R. 4954), H7002 [25JY]

———improve the quality and credibility of forensic science services for criminal justice purposes (see S. 3045), S8585 [14SE]

Law enforcement officers: authority of probation officers and pretrial services officers to carry firearms (see H.R. 4423), H2966 [11MY]

———ensure accountability, guarantee due process, establish standards for internal investigations and hearings, and require enactment of relevant State laws (see S. 2256), S1512 [21MR] (see H.R. 3896), H921 [9MR]

———fund task forces to locate and apprehend fugitives in felony criminal cases and provide administrative subpoena authority (see S. 2761), S5555 [21JN]

———provide double damages for malicious, frivolous, or vexatious suits against Federal officers' surviving widows and widowers (see H.R. 4193), H1851 [5AP]

———provide grants to agencies to ensure due process in cases which could lead to dismissal, demotion, suspension, or transfer (see S. 3221), S10801 [19OC] (see H.R. 4550), H3867 [25MY]

Malaysia: human rights violations against Dato Seri Anwar Ibrahim (see H. Res. 658), H11445 [27OC]

McDonald, Alan: condemn district judge for bringing the appearance of improper racial, ethnic, and religious bias upon the Federal judiciary and protect against the perception of such bias within the judiciary (see H. Res. 416), H219 [7FE]

National Center for Rural Law Enforcement: funding (see S. 3009), S8105 [6SE]

National Paralegals Day: designate (see H. Res. 430), H632 [1MR]

National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program: amend (see H.R. 5327), H8406 [27SE] (see H.R. 5330), H8468 [28SE]

Native Americans: Santa Domingo Pueblo land claims settlement (see S. 2917), S7542 [25JY] (see H.R. 5374), H8735 [3OC]

New Jersey: divide into two judicial districts (see S. 2259), S1512 [21MR] (see H.R. 3835), H647 [6MR]

Nuclear energy: renew Dept. of Energy and NRC indemnity authority for damages from nuclear incidents and allow the Dept. of Energy to impose civil penalties on nonprofit contractors (see S. 2162), S1117 [2MR]

Ohio: constitutionality of State motto (see H. Res. 494), H2606 [4MY]

Oil Pollution Act: improve provisions on the recovery of damages for injuries resulting from oil spills (see S. 3268), S11494 [1NO] (see H.R. 5617), H11781 [1NO]

———reaffirm exclusive framework for criminal penalties in oil spill incidents by prohibiting prosecution under other strict liability statutes (see S. 2944), S7839 [27JY] (see H.R. 5100), H7209 [27JY]

Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act: provide additional protections to victims of rape (see S. 3206), S10590 [13OC]

Oregon: provide for additional place of holding district court (see S. 2024), S285 [2FE] (see H.R. 3567), H208 [2FE]

Patents: improve quality of patents on certain inventions (see H.R. 5364), H8735 [3OC]

Peltier, Leonard: deny clemency from life sentences being served for the murder of FBI agents (see H. Res. 680), H12532 [15DE]

Petroleum: impose a civil penalty on any energy-producing company that implements an unreasonable price increase for crude oil, residual fuel oil, or refined petroleum products (see H.R. 3902), H921 [9MR]

Philippines: relief of citizens collectively referred to as the ``Marcos Entourage'' (see H.R. 4370), H2511 [3MY]

Product safety: penalize the knowing and reckless introduction of a defective product into interstate commerce (see S. 3014), S8197 [7SE]

Real property: clarification of jurisdiction over private property takings and land use disputes (H.R. 2372), consideration (see H. Res. 441), H1075 [15MR]

Senate: return of certain treaties to the President (see S. Res. 267), S1392 [9MR]

Senate Legal Counsel: authorize representation in Harold A. Johnson v. Max Cleland, et al. (see S. Res. 313), S4297 [23MY]

———authorize testimony, document production, and representation in Indiana v. Amy Han (see S. Res. 312), S4297 [23MY]

———authorize testimony, document production, and representation in U.S. v. Ellen Rose Hart (see S. Res. 331), S6121 [29JN]

———authorize testimony, document production, and representation in U.S. v. George P. Calhoun (see S. Res. 284), S2438 [7AP]

———authorize testimony and representation of Emmet Mahon in Thomas Dwyer v. City of Pittsburgh, et al. (see S. Res. 249), S149 [31JA]

———authorize testimony and representation of Laura Cahill in Martin A. Lopow v. William J. Henderson (see S. Res. 297), S2940 [26AP]

———intervene in the name of the Committee on Appropriations (Senate) and the Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) in U.S. v. Northwest Airlines Corp., et al. (see S. Res. 283), S2438 [7AP]

Small business: protect from litigation excesses and limit product liability of non-manufacturer product sellers (H.R. 2366), consideration (see H. Res. 423), H454 [15FE]

South Carolina: extend the temporary office of bankruptcy judge (see H.R. 5525), H10534 [23OC]

States: increase flexibility in funding child protection programs (see H.R. 5292), H8199 [26SE]

Sudan: U.S. Court of Claims consideration of claims for compensation for injury and property damages as a result of the bombing in Khartoum (see H. Res. 668), H11928 [14NO]

Supreme Court: make permanent the authority of the Marshal of the Supreme Court and the Supreme Court Police to provide security beyond the Supreme Court building and grounds (see H.R. 5136), H7365 [7SE]

———permit the televising of proceedings (see S. 3086), S8941 [21SE]

Taxation: expand Federal tax refund intercept program for parents delinquent on child support to cover children who are not minors (see S. 2747), S5308 [16JN] (see H.R. 4071), H1404 [23MR]

———impose excise tax on persons who acquire structured settlement payments in factoring transactions (see H.R. 5421), H9504 [6OC]

———provide relief for payment of asbestos-related claims (see S. 2955), S7839 [27JY] (see H.R. 4543), H3867 [25MY]

———treatment of damages and back pay received on account of, and expenses incurred in asserting any claim of employment discrimination (see H.R. 4570), H3868 [25MY]

———treatment of damages and back pay received on account of, and expenses incurred in, asserting any claim of employment discrimination (see S. 2887), S7160 [18JY]

Texas: appointment of additional Federal district judges (see H.R. 4374), H2511 [3MY]

Theodore Roosevelt U.S. Courthouse, Islip, NY: designate (see H.R. 5267), H7996 [22SE]

Thomas, Daniel H.: tribute (see S. Res. 316), S4460 [25MY]

U.S. Court of Claims: consideration of a private relief bill (see H. Res. 593), H8061 [25SE]

U.S. Marshals Service: fund task forces to locate and apprehend fugitives in felony criminal cases and provide administrative subpoena authority (see S. 2516), S3612 [8MY]

U.S. Park Police: permit direct payment of medical expenses by National Park Service and allow for waiver and indemnification in certain mutual law enforcement agreements (see H.R. 4404), H2770 [9MY]

Volunteer firefighters: remove civil liability barriers surrounding donating fire equipment to volunteer fire companies (see S. 3006), S8104 [6SE] (see H.R. 4736), H5084 [23JN]

Water: Federal payment of fees and costs in proceedings relative to State water rights adjudications (see S. 2363), S2233 [5AP] (see H.R. 4196), H1851 [5AP]

William Kenzo Nakamura U.S. Courthouse, Seattle, WA: designate (see S. 3109), S9267 [26SE] (see H.R. 5302), H8200 [26SE]

Biographies

Franklin A. Polk Public Service Merit Award recipients, E104 [9FE]

Briefs

Medicare+Choice reimbursement system: Minnesota congressional delegation, E1173-E1176 [30JN]

Cloture motions

Bankruptcy: amend laws (H.R. 2415), conference report, S11378 [30OC], S11450 [1NO], S11553 [5DE]

Berzon, Marsha L.: nomination to be circuit judge, S1225 [7MR], S1301 [8MR]

Crime: constitutional amendment on protection of victims' rights (S.J. Res. 3), S2696 [13AP]

———constitutional amendment on protection of victims' rights (S.J. Res. 3), motion to proceed, S2835 [25AP]

Paez, Richard A.: nomination to be circuit judge, S1225 [7MR], S1301 [8MR]

Conference reports

Bankruptcy Reform Act (H.R. 2415), H9723-H9765 [11OC]

Cost Estimates

Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act (H.R. 1658): CBO, H2047-H2049 [11AP]

Court documents

Federation of American Scientists v. CIA: George J. Tenet, CIA, H3503-H3505 [22MY]

———Thomas F. Hogan, U.S. District Judge for the District of Columbia, H3505-H3507 [22MY]

Marlene Alejandre, et al., v. Cuba: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, S781 [24FE]

Random assignment of judges to criminal cases: Sherri R. Carter, U.S. District Court, Central District of California, S1343 [9MR]

Descriptions

Drug Dealer Liability Act (H.R. 1042), H9536 [10OC]

Innocent Child Protection Act (H.R. 4888), H6796 [25JY]

Essays

Rule of Law: Kate Brenan, E1494 [14SE]

Excerpts

Court depositions in Chetan Desai, et al. v. Jayaprakash K. Kamath, et al. relative to profits from the sale of chemotherapy drugs, E1578 [25SE]

Investigation of Payments Made to Two Federal Employees by the Project on Government Oversight (organization) Relative to False Claims Act Lawsuit Against Oil Companies: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate), S7490 [24JY]

Explanations

Bankruptcy Reform Act (H.R. 2415): Conference Report, S11698-S11724 [7DE]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations (H.R. 5548): Conference Report, H12446-H12482 [15DE]

Letters

Allow post-conviction DNA tests and facilitate the exchange by law enforcement agencies of DNA identification information on felony offenders: Gilbert G. Gallegos, Fraternal Order of Police, S9468 [28SE]

———Michael D. Robinson, International Association of Chiefs of Police, S9468 [28SE]

———Robert M.A. Johnson, National District Attorneys Association, S9468 [28SE]

Bankruptcy Reform Act: John D. Podesta, Executive Office of the President, S10346 [12OC], H9836 [12OC]

———several bankruptcy scholars, S10772 [19OC], S11448-S11450 [1NO]

———several law professors, S169 [1FE]

Bankruptcy treatment of child support and alimony payments: Howard G. Baldwin, Jr., Western Interstate Child Support Enforcement Council, S11641 [6DE]

———Kris Reiman, California Family Support Council, S11642 [6DE]

———Laura Kadwell, National Child Support Enforcement Association, S11641 [6DE]

———several law professors, S11625 [6DE]

Bankruptcy treatment of child support payments: Philip L. Strauss, San Francisco, CA, Family Support Bureau, S11437-S11439 [31OC], S11462 [1NO]

Civilian trial for Lori H. Berenson in Peru: Representative Carolyn Maloney, H7242 [6SE]

Committee on Resources (House) report to U.S. Attorney on refusals to comply with subpoenas in investigation relative to False Claims Act lawsuit against oil companies: Representative George Miller, H11728 [1NO]

———several Representatives, H11727 [1NO]

Conduct study of hate crimes and establish a grant program to assist State and local authorities in investigations and prosecutions: Stuart VanMeveren, National District Attorneys Association, S5426 [20JN]

Constitutional amendment on protection of victims' rights: Becky Hess and David R. Nelson, Minnehaha County, SD, Office of State's Attorney, S3008 [27AP]

———Bob Miller, S2973 [27AP]

———Brian M. Moskowitz, Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association, S2974 [27AP]

———Craig T. Steckler, California Police Chiefs Association, Inc., S2974 [27AP]

———Donna F. Edwards, National Network To End Domestic Violence, S2926 [26AP]

———Harriet Salarno, Justice for Murder Victims (organization), S2973 [27AP]

———Hilary O. Shelton, NAACP, S2985 [27AP]

———James J. Fotis, Law Enforcement Alliance of America, S2973 [27AP]

———Laurence H. Tribe, S2980 [27AP]

———Lawrence L. Piersol, U.S. District Court for South Dakota, S3007 [27AP]

———Lou Blanas, Sacramento County, CA, Sheriff, S2975 [27AP]

———Lyle W. Swenson, Dept. of Justice, S3009 [27AP]

———Marc Klaas, S2973 [27AP]

———Mary Struhs, Women Escaping a Violent Environment, Inc. (WEAVE), S2973 [27AP]

———McGregor W. Scott, Shasta County, CA, District Attorney, S2972 [27AP]

———Michael Hennessey, San Francisco, CA, Sheriff, S2974 [27AP]

———National Association of Attorneys General, S2969 [27AP]

———Patsy J. Gillis, Victims & Friends United (organization), S2973 [27AP]

———Richard M. Romley, Maricopa County, AZ, County Attorney, S2968 [27AP]

———Robert A. Miller, South Dakota Supreme Court, S3008 [27AP]

———Robert Raben, Dept. of Justice, S2997 [27AP]

———Ron Exley, California Police Activities League, S2974 [27AP]

———Senators Byrd and Leahy, S2909 [26AP]

———several law school professors, S2985-S2988 [27AP]

———Sue Osthoff, National Clearinghouse for the Defense of Battered Women (organization), S2926 [26AP]

———Teresa Klingensmith, National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, S2974 [27AP]

———Walter Allen, California Narcotic Officers' Association, S2974 [27AP]

———William B. Kolender, San Diego County, CA, Sheriff, S2975 [27AP]

———William Barr, Richard Thornburgh, and Edwin Meese III, S2968 [27AP]

———William W. Wilkins, Jr., Judicial Conference of the U.S., S2970 [27AP]

Constitutionality of legislation to enhance Federal enforcement of hate crimes: Robert Raben, Dept. of Justice, S5353-S5355 [19JN]

Counterintelligence Reform Act: Senator Specter, S1289 [8MR]

———Senators Shelby and Bryan, S1504 [21MR]

Criminal penalties for operating methamphetamine laboratories and increased funding to combat methamphetamine production, trafficking, and abuse: Donnie R. Marshall, DEA, H8256 [27SE]

———Robert Raben, Dept. of Justice, H8256 [27SE]

Dept of Justice Civil Rights Division funding: Laura W. Murphy, ACLU, Karen Narasaki, National Asian Pacific American Legal Consortium, and Hilary O. Shelton, NAACP, H4986 [22JN]

Economic impact of increasing oil prices: Senators Specter and Biden, S1943, S1944 [30MR]

Elian Gonzalez-Brotons custody and immigration status: Carmen Sabria, E1371 [27JY]

Ensure debts incurred by firearms manufacturers or distributors as a result of firearms lawsuits are nondischargeable: Clarence E. Anthony, National League of Cities, S179 [1FE]

———Sarah Brady, Handgun Control (organization), S180 [1FE]

———Wellington E. Webb, U.S. Conference of Mayors, S179 [1FE]

Federal enforcement of hate crimes: Robert Raben, Dept. of Justice, H7530 [13SE]

Independent counsel authority to release report on investigation into Whitewater and White House related activities: Senator Levin, S8275 [8SE]

INS operation to reunite Elian Gonzalez-Brotons with father: Senator Specter, S2818, S2819 [25AP]

Juvenile Justice Reform Act conference committee meeting: Representatives Hyde and Conyers, Committee on the Judiciary (House), S2706 [13AP], H2085 [11AP]

LSC funding: John Engler, Governor of Michigan, H4972 [22JN]

Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program corrections relative to the Balanced Budget Act: George N. Miller, Jr., Christus Jasper Memorial Hospital, H11550 [30OC]

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals judicial vacancies and nominations: Procter Hug, Jr., Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, S1359, S1363 [9MR]

Nomination of Richard A. Paez to be circuit judge: George Herrera, U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, S1345 [9MR]

———National Hispanic Leadership Agenda (organization), S1345 [9MR]

———R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, S1351 [9MR]

———R. Liliana Palacois, Hispanic National Bar Association, S1344 [9MR]

———Rick Dovalina, League of United Latin American Citizens, S1345 [9MR]

Nomination of Timothy B. Dyk to be circuit judge: Lonnie P. Taylor, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, S4280 [23MY]

OPEC oil production levels: Representative Gilman, E1586 [25SE]

Permit State and local educational agencies to establish uniform disciplinary policies under the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: Carter D. Ward, Missouri Education Roundtable (organization), S3312 [3MY]

Private Property Rights Implementation Act: William R. Toor, Mayor of Boulder, CO, H1096 [16MR]

Protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's: Representatives Dingell and Norwood, Committee on Commerce (House), S4788 [8JN]

———several individuals, H97 [1FE]

Protection of enrollees in managed health care plans and HMO's: Representative Ganske, S7516 [25JY]

Protection of victims' rights during Oklahoma City, OK, bombing trial: Paul G. Cassell, S2899 [26AP]

Reductions in youth gun violence and crimes involving firearms, and enforcement of existing gun laws: Representative Bilbray, H6648 [20JY]

Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act: Melissa Rogers, Coalition for the Free Exercise of Religion, S7776 [27JY]

———Robert Raben, Dept. of Justice, S7776 [27JY]

———Wade Henderson and Dorothy I. Height, Leadership Conference on Civil Rights (organization), S7777 [27JY]

Request for a conditional pardon and a new trial for Gary Graham in Texas capital case: Congressional Black Caucus, E1059 [20JN]

Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals judicial vacancies and nominations: Gilbert S. Merritt, Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, S9662 [3OC]

———several former and current Ohio State Bar presidents, S9663 [3OC]

Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals vacancies: Gilbert S. Merritt, S4368 [24MY]

Small Business Liability Reform Act: Barry B. Anderson, CBO, H472 [16FE]

———Nancy Stoner, Natural Resources Defense Council, H483 [16FE]

———Representative Bliley, Committee on Commerce (House), H472 [16FE]

———Representative Hyde, Committee on the Judiciary (House), H472 [16FE]

Small business Superfund litigation: Barbara A. Williams, H8126 [26SE]

Structured Settlement Protection Act: John E. Chapoton, John S. Stanton, and Nancy Granese, E1710 [6OC]

Tax treatment of court awards and expenses resulting from employment discrimination claims: Victoria L. Herring, S7163 [18JY]

Transfer of appropriations from other Federal departments and agencies to fund Dept. of Justice litigation against tobacco industry: several veterans organizations, H4496 [15JN]

Treatment of child support and alimony payments in bankruptcy: several women and children advocacy groups, H9838 [12OC]

Two Strikes and You're Out Child Protection Act: U.S. Sentencing Commission, H6941 [25JY]

Victims of Rape Health Protection Act: Deidre Raver, S10591 [13OC]

Lists

Floridians confirmed as U.S. District Court Judges, S8496 [13SE]

Opponents of S.J. Res. 3, constitutional amendment on protection of victims' rights, S2827 [25AP]

Organizations opposed to S. 625, Bankruptcy Reform Act, S171 [1FE]

President Bush's nominations returned by the Democrat-controlled Senate in 1992 at the close of the 102d Congress, S10190, S10236 [11OC]

Supporters of nomination of Marsha L. Berzon to be circuit judge, S1286 [8MR]

Supporters of nomination of Richard A. Paez to be circuit judge, S1288 [8MR]

Supporters of S.J. Res. 3, constitutional amendment on protection of victims' rights, S2821 [25AP], S2967 [27AP]

Supreme Court reversals of Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decisions, S1358 [9MR]

U.S. Trustee Program bankruptcy criminal cases, S5386-S5389 [20JN]

Memorandums

Address Backlog of Applications for Lawful Permanent Residency and Reunite Eligible Applicants With Their Families While Awaiting Visa Processing: Senators Abraham and Kennedy, S11851 [15DE]

Senate Oversight Authority on Open Dept. of Justice Investigations and Cases, S2068 [4AP]

Messages

District of Columbia Courts' Budget Request: President Clinton, H2631 [8MY]

Extradition Treaty With Belize: President Clinton, S7809 [27JY]

Extradition Treaty With South Africa: President Clinton, S4211 [18MY]

Investment Treaty With Azerbaijan: President Clinton, S8426 [12SE]

Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Treaty With Cyprus: President Clinton, S6764 [13JY]

Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Treaty With Greece: President Clinton, S222 [1FE]

Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Treaty With South Africa: President Clinton, S6764 [13JY]

Protocol Amending Investment Treaty With Panama: President Clinton, S8426 [12SE]

Motions

Bankruptcy: amend laws (H.R. 2415), H9788, H9791 [11OC]

———amend laws (H.R. 2415), conference report, S11205 [27OC], H9840 [12OC]

Crime: constitutional amendment on protection of victims' rights (S.J. Res. 3), S2696 [13AP]

———establish court-martial jurisdiction over civilians serving with Armed Forces and Federal jurisdiction over crimes committed outside the U.S. by civilians accompanying U.S. Armed Forces (S. 768), H6940 [25JY]

———promote accountability for violent and repeat juvenile offenders (H.R. 1501), H736 [8MR], H953 [14MR], H1040 [15MR], H1975 [10AP], H2080 [11AP]

Paez, Richard A.: nomination to be circuit judge, S1350 [9MR]

Real property: clarification of jurisdiction over private property takings and land use disputes (H.R. 2372), H1111 [16MR]

Petitions and memorials

California Family Support Council: bankruptcy treatment of child support and alimony payments, S11642 [6DE]

Poems

``Credo of the Executioner'', E1096 [23JN]

``Masonic Builders'', S2988 [27AP]

``Robbers in Robes,'' Representative Owens, E2238 [15DE]

Press releases

Protection of Enrollees in Managed Care Plans and HMO's: AMA, S4788 [8JN]

Support the Second Amendment—The National Rifle Association Urges You To Vote ``No'' on the Lofgren Motion To Instruct Today! NRA, H1048 [15MR]

Proclamations

Tribute to Joseph H. Rodriguez: Representative Andrews, E1211 [11JY]

Remarks in House

Abortion: provide that the inferior courts do not have jurisdiction to hear partial-birth abortion-related cases (H.R. 3691), E151 [16FE]

Administrative Law Judge Conference of the U.S.: establish (H.R. 5177), E1490 [14SE]

Adrian A. Spears Judicial Training Center, San Antonio, TX: designate (H.R. 1959), H5201, H5202 [27JN]

Alcoholic beverages: enforcement of State laws in Federal court relative to interstate transportation of liquor, H9042, H9045 [6OC]

Armed Forces: liability for claims of military personnel for damages for certain injuries (H.R. 5048), E1368 [27JY]

———suspend court martial clemency option on life sentences, H3288 [17MY]

Aviation: allow families of international airline disaster victims a fair jury trial to receive just compensation for their loss, H1009, H1022 [15MR]

Bakaly, Charles: allegations of releasing information to the media relative to independent counsel investigations, E1250 [14JY]

Balter, Bruce: Holocaust Education Award recipient, E78 [8FE]

Bankruptcy: amend laws, H8097 [26SE]

———amend laws (H.R. 2415), H9788-H9796 [11OC]

———amend laws (H.R. 2415), conference report, H9809 [11OC], H9832-H9840 [12OC]

———amend laws (H.R. 2415), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 624), H9826-H9832 [12OC]

———amend laws (H.R. 2415), corrections in enrollment (H. Con. Res. 427), H9840 [12OC]

———amend laws (H.R. 2415), motion to instruct conferees, H9791-H9796 [11OC]

———amend laws (S. 625), E134 [14FE]

———amend laws (S. 3186), corrections in enrollment (H. Con. Res. 427), H9840 [12OC]

———prohibition on conversion of non-exempt assets into exempt homestead property and preservation of States' rights to set homestead exemptions, H9830, H9835-H9837 [12OC]

———treatment of child support and alimony payments, H9830, H9834, H9838 [12OC]

Berenson, Lori H.: incarceration in Peru, H7241 [6SE]

Black History Month: observance, H149-H154 [1FE]

Boys and Girls Clubs of America: funding through reductions in truth-in-sentencing prison construction grants, H5011, H5012, H5014 [22JN]

Buffalo, NY: courthouse construction funding, H6652 [20JY]

Business and industry: clarify statute of repose for durable goods relative to existing State statutes of limitation and assertion of claims for remediation of environmental hazards, H182 [2FE]

———clarify statute of repose for durable goods relative to industry standards at the time of production, H183 [2FE]

———establish a statute of repose for durable goods (H.R. 2005), H173-H184 [2FE], E95 [8FE]

———establish a statute of repose for durable goods (H.R. 2005), amendment process, H7 [27JA]

———establish a statute of repose for durable goods (H.R. 2005), consideration (H. Res. 412), H171-H173 [2FE]

———establish a statute of repose for durable goods (H.R. 2005), corrections in engrossment, H184 [2FE]

———recovery of attorneys' fees by small businesses and labor organizations who prevail in proceedings brought by NLRB or OSHA (H.R. 1987), H331 [10FE]

Byrd, James, Jr.: anniversary of murder in Jasper, TX, E908 [7JN], E924 [9JN]

C.B. King U.S. Courthouse, Albany, GA: designate (S. 1567), H1644 [3AP], H2099 [11AP], E515 [6AP]

California: tribute to Peace by Peace campaign to increase awareness of domestic violence, E1647 [2OC]

Capers, Jean Murrell: Black Professionals Association Charitable Foundation Life Achievement Award recipient, E1246 [14JY]

Capital punishment: emergency national moratorium, H1944 [6AP]

———errors in sentencing, E1063 [20JN]

———prohibit the execution of pregnant women (H.R. 4888), H6792-H6797 [25JY]

———reduce the risk that innocent persons may be executed (H.R. 4167), H6797 [25JY]

CERCLA: exempt small businesses from certain liability (H.R. 5175), H8123-H8132, H8154 [26SE], E1488 [14SE], E1646 [2OC]

———provide liability relief for small parties, innocent landowners, and prospective purchasers (H.R. 2940), H8129 [26SE]

Children and youth: improve efficiency and effectiveness of abuse and neglect courts (S. 2272), H8690-H8694 [3OC]

Civil rights: affirmative action policies, H737 [8MR]

———establish commission to investigate alleged prosecutorial abuse in the Wen Ho Lee case and to protect all U.S. citizens from similar abuses, H7743 [19SE]

———restore the Federal civil rights remedy for victims of gender-motivated violence (H.R. 5021), H8094, H8095 [26SE], E1359 [27JY]

Cleveland, OH: Federal appeals court decision on vouchers to provide school choice, E2205 [15DE]

Clifford P. Hansen Federal Courthouse, Jackson, WY: designate (S. 1794), H8557 [2OC]

Clinton, President: continuation of independent counsel investigation, H2126 [12AP], H12528 [15DE]

Colorado: evaluation of defense used in murder trial, H962 [14MR]

———State Supreme Court decision on prison terms for certain sex offenders, H10813 [25OC]

Committee on Resources (House): report to U.S. Attorney on refusals to comply with subpoenas in investigation of the Project on Government Oversight (organization) relative to False Claims Act lawsuit against oil companies (H. Res. 657), H11368-H11398 [27OC], H11727, H11728 [1NO]

Computers: provide law enforcement officials with the authority and resources to combat the transmission of computer viruses, H2597 [4MY]

Congress: review of proposed construction of court facilities (H.R. 5363), E1667 [4OC]

Contracts: allow choice of arbitration as a means of settling disputes (H.R. 534), H8688-H8690 [3OC], E1718 [6OC]

———authority of administrative law judges to bar companies from receiving Federal contracts, H7379 [12SE]

Controlled Substances Act: civil liability for illegal manufacturers and distributors of controlled substances (H.R. 1042), H9535-H9537 [10OC]

Correctional institutions: authorize funding for successful reentry of criminal offenders into local communities (H.R. 5563), E1959 [27OC]

CPSC: increase civil and criminal penalties imposed against companies that fail to report information on defective or dangerous products (H.R. 4586), E900 [6JN]

Crime: allow use of DNA testing by Federal prisoners (H.R. 4980), E1336 [27JY]

———constitutional amendment on protection of victims' rights, H1481 [29MR]

———death penalty sentencing and imposition, H7064 [26JY]

———enhance Federal enforcement of hate crimes, H4681 [20JN], H7523-H7541 [13SE], H8000 [25SE], H9647, H9658, H9659, H9664, H9665 [11OC], H9820 [12OC], H10232 [18OC], H11239, H11289 [26OC], E1716 [6OC], E1760 [12OC]

———enhance Federal enforcement of hate crimes (H.R. 1082), H3932, H3933, H3934, H3935 [7JN], H7508 [13SE], E908 [7JN], E913 [8JN], E920, E924, E928, E946 [9JN], E1463 [13SE]

———establish court-martial jurisdiction over civilians serving with Armed Forces and Federal jurisdiction over crimes committed outside the U.S. by civilians accompanying U.S. Armed Forces (S. 768), H6938-H6940 [25JY]

———establish court-martial jurisdiction over civilians serving with Armed Forces and Federal jurisdiction over crimes committed outside the U.S. by civilians accompanying U.S. Armed Forces (S. 768), insert H.R. 3380 language in lieu, H6940 [25JY]

———establish Federal jurisdiction over crimes committed outside the U.S. by civilians employed by, or accompanying, the U.S. Armed Forces (H.R. 3380), H6928-H6932 [25JY]

———establish that certain sexual crimes against children are predicate crimes for the interception of communications (H.R. 3484), H8697-H8699 [3OC]

———expand civil asset forfeiture provisions relative to alien smuggling (H.R. 3547), E14 [27JA]

———expand prohibition on stalking, H9031 [6OC]

———increase penalties for bringing in and harboring certain aliens (H.R. 238), H8694-H8697 [3OC]

———life imprisonment for repeat offenders who commit sex offenses against children (H.R. 4047), H6940-H6942 [25JY]

———minimum mandatory sentencing, H150 [1FE]

———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures, E1097 [23JN]

———prevent identity fraud in consumer credit transactions and credit reports, E2015 [28OC]

———prevent identity fraud in consumer credit transactions and credit reports (H.R. 4311), E587 [13AP]

———prevent identity fraud (S. 2924), H12511-H12513 [15DE]

———promote accountability for violent and repeat juvenile offenders (H.R. 1501), H611 [1MR], H736 [8MR], H953 [14MR], H1115 [16MR], H1483, H1484 [29MR], H2378 [2MY], H2970, H2972, H2974 [15MY], H3051, H3057 [16MY], H4677 [20JN], H6779 [25JY], H8815 [5OC], H9909 [17OC], E1004 [14JN], E1472 [13SE]

———promote accountability for violent and repeat juvenile offenders (H.R. 1501), motion to instruct conferees, H1040-H1049 [15MR], H1290 [23MR], H2080-H2089 [11AP]

———provide civil legal assistance for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault, H8099 [26SE]

———provide incentives for States to enact mandatory minimum sentences for certain firearms offenses (H.R. 4051), H2018, H2019, H2026-H2036, H2097-H2099 [11AP], H2183 [12AP], E597 [2MY]

———provide incentives for voluntary monitoring of electronic commerce sites (H.R. 5673), E2233 [15DE]

———provide standards for the enactment of Federal crimes and sunset those Federal crimes that do not meet such standards (H.R. 4544), E869 [25MY]

———tribute to Project Exile and the prosecution of Federal firearms offenses, H963-H966 [14MR], H1159-H1161 [21MR]

Cuyahoga County, OH: tribute to Franklin A. Polk Public Service Merit Award recipients, E104 [9FE]

Daniel Patrick Moynihan U.S. Courthouse, New York, NY: designate (S. 2370), H2975-H2978 [15MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: efforts to combat food industry monopolistic pricing practices and antitrust activities, E1169 [30JN]

Dept. of Justice: Antitrust Division funding, H4989-H4992 [22JN]

———appointment of independent counsel to investigate certain internal criminal allegations, H1128 [21MR], H1288 [23MR]

———appointment of independent counsel to investigate certain internal criminal allegations (H.R. 2201), H351 [14FE]

———Civil Rights Division funding, H4985-H4989 [22JN]

———establish or expand existing community prosecution programs for gun-related crimes, H5016-H5019 [22JN], E1165 [30JN]

———Indian Country Law Enforcement Initiative funding, H4984, H4986-H4989 [22JN]

———investigation of activities in the Northern District of Ohio, H5090 [26JN], E2128 [5DE]

———prosecution for distribution of illegal pornography, H1769 [5AP]

———prosecution for distribution of pornography, H1288, H1289 [23MR]

———transfer of appropriations from other Federal departments and agencies to fund litigation against tobacco industry, H3966 [7JN], H4491-H4498 [15JN], H4619, H4632-H4651 [19JN], H4735, H4736 [20JN], H5039-H5046 [23JN], H11290 [26OC], E1062 [20JN], E1167, E1169 [30JN]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations, H11199, H11203, H11230-H11241, H11265-H11297 [26OC], H11362-H11368 [27OC], H11510 [29OC], H11798 [2NO], H12494 [15DE], E2024 [30OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4690), H4962-H5032 [22JN], H5039-H5072 [23JN], H5103-H5162 [26JN], E1121 [26JN], E1133, E1135, E1136, E1137, E1139 [28JN], E1142, E1145, E1149, E1152 [29JN], E1165, E1167 [30JN], E1244 [14JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4690), amendment process, H5072 [23JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4690), consideration (H. Res. 529), H4957-H4962 [22JN]

District of Columbia: provide the Delegate to Congress with a vote in the Committee of the Whole, H1946 [6AP], H7923 [20SE]

Drugs: combat manufacture, traffic, import, and export of methamphetamine (H.R. 4248), H2125, H2126, H2127 [12AP], E545 [12AP]

———drug court funding through reductions in truth-in-sentencing prison construction grants, H5011, H5012, H5014 [22JN]

———penalties for operating methamphetamine laboratories and increased funding to combat methamphetamine production, trafficking, and abuse, H8253, H8254, H8260, H8261 [27SE]

E. Ross Adair Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Fort Wayne, IN: designate (H.R. 2412), H1426-H1428 [28MR]

EPA: postpone implementation of air quality standards until issuance of Supreme Court decision, H4681, H4682 [20JN], H4882-H4886 [21JN], H10367, H10384 [19OC], E1081 [22JN], E1139 [28JN]

Fair Justice Agency: establish (H.R. 4105), H2349 [2MY], H2661 [9MY], H2974 [15MY], H3184 [17MY], H7873 [20SE], E955 [9JN], E2128 [5DE]

Fairfax, VA: tribute to Distributive Education Clubs of America Robinson Secondary School Chapter for Automatic External Defibrillators education initiatives, E572 [13AP]

Farrell, Michael: San Fernando Valley Bar Association Judge of the Year award recipient, E133 [14FE]

Federal courts: improve operation and administration (H.R. 1752), H3482-H3487 [22MY]

———improve operation and administration (S. 2915), H10867-H10871 [25OC]

Federal employees: enable the Government to enroll an employee's child in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program when the employee fails to provide coverage for the child under a State court order (H.R. 2842), H7760-H7762 [19SE]

Federal-State relations: clarification of jurisdiction over all constitutional rights disputes, H1098-H1101 [16MR]

Firearms: enhance enforcement and increase prosecutions relative to current laws and regulations, H1158-H1161 [21MR], H1681 [4AP]

———enhance enforcement of handgun safety laws and prevent children from obtaining access to firearms, H2080-H2089 [11AP], H6648 [20JY]

———lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, H467-H473 [16FE]

Florida: application of precedent set in Hawaii's appointment of electors in 1960 to resolve disputed Presidential election results, E2179 [13DE]

———constitutionality of State legislature's attempt to appoint Presidential electors, E2211 [15DE]

———disputed results in Presidential election, H11846, H11866-H11871, H11873-H11877 [13NO], H11917-H11922 [14NO], H11930, H11941 [4DE], H12082 [13DE], E2179 [13DE]

Foreign policy: establish U.S. interests relative to antitrust lawsuits asserting the manipulation of energy supplies or prices (H.R. 4731), E1107 [23JN], E1585 [25SE]

Frank J. Battisti and Nathaniel R. Jones Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Youngstown, OH: designate (H.R. 1359), H1642-H1644 [3AP]

Frank R. Lautenberg Post Office and Courthouse, Newark, NJ: designate (H.R. 4975), H7627 [14SE], H7755-H7757, H7829 [19SE], E1546 [20SE]

Freedom of religion: protect religious liberty (H.R. 4862), E1234 [14JY]

———protect religious liberty (S. 2869), H7190, H7191 [27JY], E1563, E1564 [22SE]

FTC: antitrust activities funding, H4989-H4992 [22JN]

Fuentes, Julio M.: nomination to be circuit judge, E737 [17MY]

George E. Brown, Jr., U.S. Courthouse, Riverside, CA: designate (H.R. 5110), H9997-H9999 [17OC], E1833 [19OC]

Gonzalez-Brotons, Elian: allow court hearing relative to custody and immigration status, H68 [31JA], H336 [10FE], H1723 [4AP]

———custody and immigration status, H1853 [6AP], H2127 [12AP], H2514, H2554 [4MY], E1371 [27JY]

———grant U.S. citizenship (H.R. 3531), H9, H14 [27JA], H168 [2FE]

———INS operation to reunite with father, H2414, H2416 [3MY], H2617 [8MY], H2956 [11MY], H3032 [15MY], H3290 [17MY]

———reunite with father, H10, H11, H14 [27JA]

———reunite with father (H. Con. Res. 240), H9, H23 [27JA]

———Secret Service actions relative to prayer service in the Capitol, H4123 [9JN]

Gore, Vice President: remarks on the execution of pregnant inmates, H6473 [19JY]

Government: allow a judge to whom a case is transferred to retain jurisdiction over certain multidistrict litigation cases for trial (H.R. 5562), H12513 [15DE]

———improve procedures for Federal civil forfeitures (H.R. 1658), H2040-H2054 [11AP]

———require prompt notification of property owners whose rights have been limited by actions of Federal agencies, H1101, H1102 [16MR]

Graham, Gary: execution in Texas capital case, E1096 [23JN]

———request for a conditional pardon and a new trial in Texas captial case, H4910, H4915 [21JN], H5032 [22JN], E1059 [20JN]

Harris, Leland B.: San Fernando Valley Bar Association Special Recognition Award recipient, E133 [14FE]

Hazardous substances: establish legal standards and procedures for the fair, prompt, inexpensive, and efficient resolution of asbestos exposure personal injury claims (H.R. 1283), E752 [17MY]

Health: prohibit implementation of a uniform medical identifier, H4285, H4286 [13JN], H4434 [14JN]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, H16-H19 [27JA], H77-H81 [31JA], H96, H97, H98, H129-H137, H139-H143, H157 [1FE], H170 [2FE], H248-H252 [8FE], H275-H277 [9FE], H367-H370 [14FE], H376, H426 [15FE], H1465-H1468 [28MR], H2488, H2504 [3MY], H2745-H2748, H2750 [9MY], H5831-H5836 [11JY], H7086-H7090 [26JY], H7572-H7575 [13SE], H7985-H7988 [21SE], H10224, H10240 [18OC], H10399 [19OC], H10892-H10905 [25OC], H11245, H11247, H11248, H11250, H11253, H11254 [26OC], H11435-H11442 [27OC], H11452, H11476-H11483 [28OC], H11512-H11520 [29OC], H11595-H11608, H11609 [30OC], H11754-H11761 [1NO], H11807, H11808 [2NO], H12012-H12016 [5DE], H12036-H12040 [7DE], E7 [27JA]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R. 2723), H739-H747 [8MR], H970-H974 [14MR], H6448-H6450 [18JY], H7986 [21SE]

Hong Kong: report on status after reversion to the People's Republic of China, E89 [8FE]

Houston, TX: anniversary of Children's Assessment Center, E2067 [2NO]

Hsia, Maria: conviction for abuses of campaign finance laws, H935 [14MR]

Illinois: decision by Governor Ryan to stay all executions until a State panel can review implementation of death sentences, H1944 [6AP]

Immigration: defer removal and detention of certain aliens awaiting trial on Federal or State criminal charges (H.R. 3664), E139 [15FE]

———establish the eligibility for cancellation of removal of certain aliens lawfully admitted for permanent residence, H12483, H12494, H12496, H12499 [15DE]

———establish the eligibility for cancellation of removal of certain aliens lawfully admitted for permanent residence (H.R. 5062), H7765-H7770 [19SE], H8432 [28SE]

———restore fairness to immigration law (H.R. 4966), E1350 [27JY]

Income: establish a new method for fixing rates of basic pay for administrative appeals judges, H6688 [20JY]

Insurance: make the same health insurance options afforded to executive and judicial branch employees available to Federal annuitants, legislative branch employees, and Armed Forces members and retirees (H.R. 4277), E581 [13AP]

International Criminal Court: encourage President Clinton to sign establishing treaty, E2219 [15DE]

International law: protect U.S. military personnel and other U.S. officials from criminal prosecution by an international court to which the U.S. is not a party (H.R. 4654), E1012 [14JN]

IRS: burden of proof relative to seizure of property, H226 [8FE]

James H. Quillen U.S. Courthouse, Greeneville, TN: designate (H.R. 4608), H5194-H5198 [27JN]

Jones, Nathaniel R.: National Conference for Community and Justice (organization) Distinguished Service Citation recipient, E783 [19MY]

Judge J. Smith Henley Federal Building, Harrison, AR: designate (H.R. 1605), H1637, H1638 [3AP]

Judiciary: status of Federal judges' salaries, H5146, H5147 [26JN]

Korea, Democratic People's Republic of: prohibit the assumption of liability by the U.S. Government for nuclear accidents that may occur at U.S. provided nuclear reactors, H3357-H3362 [18MY], H6004-H6006 [13JY]

———prohibit the assumption of liability by the U.S. Government for nuclear accidents that may occur at U.S. provided nuclear reactors (H.R. 4266), E563 [13AP]

Law enforcement: authorize appropriations for the prosecution of obscenity cases (H.R. 4710), H6942-H6945 [25JY]

———community policing crime identification technology program funding through reductions in truth-in-sentencing prison construction grants, H5012-H5015 [22JN]

———create national accreditation standards for law enforcement agencies relative to police misconduct and treatment of minorities (H.R. 3981), H624-H627 [1MR], H1266 [22MR], E321 [15MR]

———establish criminal penalties and civil remedies for certain violent or obstructive conduct that is intended to injure, intimidate, or interfere with persons seeking to operate animal enterprises (H.R. 5429), E1728 [10OC]

———establish national prerelease warrant check system (H.R. 4954), E1298 [21JY]

———improve the quality and credibility of forensic science services for criminal justice purposes (S. 3045), H12028-H12031 [7DE]

Lawsuit Abuse Awareness Week: observance, E1674 [4OC]

Lee, Bill L.: appointment to be Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights, E1398 [6SE]

Library of Congress: transfer of temporary employees to permanent Federal status, E1186 [10JY]

Lithuania: permit war crime trials in absentia if the accused is unable to be present due to medical conditions, H725 [8MR]

Local governments: clarification of jurisdiction over local zoning processes and land use disputes, H1102-H1111 [16MR]

Lockheed Martin Corp.: filing of discrimination claims against management, H169 [2FE]

LSC: funding, H4969-H4978 [22JN]

———payment of defendant's attorney fees in certain migrant worker cases against farmers, H5130, H5131 [26JN]

McDonald, Alan: condemn district judge for bringing the appearance of improper racial, ethnic, and religious bias upon the Federal judiciary and protect against the perception of such bias within the judiciary (H. Res. 416), E70 [7FE]

Mental health: establish demonstration courts (S. 1865), H10636-H10640, H10708 [24OC]

Microsoft Corp.: appeals court process relative to application of antitrust laws, H8747 [4OC]

———application of antitrust laws, H1660 [3AP], H2094 [11AP], E478 [3AP]

Moldova: treatment and prosecution of Christian Democratic Popular Front members, E751 [17MY]

Morvillo, Robert: New York Council of Defense Lawyers Norman S. Ostrow Award recipient, E409 [23MR]

Naples, FL: tribute to Community School of Naples mock trial team, E746 [17MY]

National College of Probate Judges: tribute, E469 [30MR]

National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: observance, E1647 [2OC], E1817 [17OC], E1909 [25OC]

National parks and recreation areas: prohibit funding to enforce the payment of fines for violation of entrance fees, H4575 [15JN]

National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program: amend (H.R. 5327), E1606 [27SE]

Native Americans: Federal district court decision on involvement of landowners in Oneida Indian land claim case, H8053 [25SE]

———provide technical and legal assistance for tribal justice systems and members of Indian tribes (S. 1508), H10506-H10508 [23OC]

———Santa Domingo Pueblo land claims settlement (S. 2917), H9963-H9966 [17OC]

New York, NY: reaction to verdict in Amadou Diallo police brutality case and call for Federal civil rights investigation, H518 [29FE], H578, H579, H580, H622-H627 [1MR], H644 [6MR], H1267 [22MR]

———statement by President Clinton on verdict in Amadou Diallo police brutality case, H644 [6MR]

Ohio: constitutionality of State motto, H2619 [8MY]

———constitutionality of State motto (H. Res. 494), H5182-H5185 [27JN]

Oil Pollution Act: reaffirm exclusive framework for criminal penalties in oil spill incidents by prohibiting prosecution under other strict liability statutes (H.R. 5100), E13671 [27JY]

Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act: provide additional protections to victims of rape (H.R. 3088), H8583-H8588 [2OC]

Patents: enhance protection for inventors, innovators, and patent terms, and reduce patent litigation (H.R. 2654), H2638 [8MY]

———improve quality of patents on certain inventions (H.R. 5364), E1651 [3OC], E1659 [4OC]

Peltier, Leonard: denial of parole for murder of FBI agents in South Dakota, E1147 [29JN]

Petroleum: impose a civil penalty on any energy-producing company that implements an unreasonable price increase for crude oil, residual fuel oil, or refined petroleum products, H1233-H1235 [22MR]

———impose a civil penalty on any energy-producing company that implements an unreasonable price increase for crude oil, residual fuel oil, or refined petroleum products (H.R. 3902), H4178 [12JN], H5090 [26JN]

Philippines: relief of citizens collectively referred to as the ``Marcos Entourage'' (H.R. 4370), E849 [25MY]

Pichler, Joseph and Susan: National Conference for Community and Justice (organization) Distinguished Service Citation recipients, E785 [19MY]

Poland: support judicial efforts to obtain compensation on behalf of Polish Jewish Holocaust victims, E1257 [18JY]

Politan, Nicholas H.: Columbian Foundation Humanitarian Award recipient, E313 [15MR]

Political campaigns: assessment of Presidential candidates, H11483 [28OC], H11835 [3NO]

Political ethics: investigation into the assignment of criminal cases involving friends of President Clinton to certain judges, H333 [10FE], E142 [15FE]

Porsdam, Helle: tribute to book ``Legally Speaking'' on the social impact of the law on U.S. culture, E283 [13MR]

Prayer: Supreme Court decision on school prayer at high school football games, H8896 [5OC]

Presidential appointments: Senate process for confirmation of judicial nominees, H150 [1FE]

Public buildings: placement of automatic external defibrillators to assist individuals who experience cardiac arrest and protections from civil liability relative to emergency use of the devices (H.R. 2498), H3584-H3588 [23MY], H11303-H11317 [26OC], H11399 [27OC], E572 [13AP], E2040 [31OC]

Public lands: restrict Federal acquisition of lands to certain designated areas, H2884-H2887 [10MY]

Real property: clarification of jurisdiction over private property takings and land use disputes (H.R. 2372), H1089-H1114 [16MR], E356 [21MR]

———clarification of jurisdiction over private property takings and land use disputes (H.R. 2372), amendment process, H902 [9MR]

———clarification of jurisdiction over private property takings and land use disputes (H.R. 2372), consideration (H. Res. 441), H1083-H1088 [16MR]

———clarification of jurisdiction over private property takings and land use disputes (H.R. 2372), motion to recommit, H1112 [16MR]

———private property owner rights, H2877-H2880 [10MY]

Secret Service: clarify authority relative to former Presidents and families, events of national significance, threat assessment, subpoena issuance, and forfeiture of computers and other counterfeiting devices (H.R. 3048), H5090-H5092 [26JN], H10872-H10874 [25OC]

Sex offenders: reform sentencing, H7741 [19SE]

Small business: allow Federal court jurisdiction over claims dealing with interference in interstate commerce and antitrust matters, H479 [16FE]

———limit punitive damages against small businesses except in cases where they are proven to have acted with specific intent to cause harm, H476, H477 [16FE]

———protect from litigation excesses and limit product liability of non-manufacturer product sellers (H.R. 2366), H463-H486 [16FE]

———protect from litigation excesses and limit product liability of non-manufacturer product sellers (H.R. 2366), amendment process, H280 [10FE]

———protect from litigation excesses and limit product liability of non-manufacturer product sellers (H.R. 2366), consideration (H. Res. 423), H461-H463 [16FE]

Small Business Liability Reform Act: define ``punitive damages'' as those awarded to punish or deter similar behavior and not including civil penalties, fines, or treble damages assessed by a State or Federal agency, H478, H479 [16FE]

———define ``small business'' relative to revenue and clarify provisions on product liability, hate crimes, and State punitive damages application and opt-out procedures, H480-H485 [16FE]

Smith & Wesson (business): agreement on enhanced safety of handguns and pistols, H1632 [3AP]

Snellgrove, Debbie: Liberty Bell Award recipient, E1055 [20JN]

Supreme Court: decision on contribution limits in campaign finance system, H541-H547 [29FE]

———decision on Florida's disputed Presidential election results, H12521 [15DE], E2195, E2220, E2238 [15DE]

———decision on partial-birth abortions, H5439 [29JN]

———importance of the Presidential election relative to future nominations, H10463 [19OC], H11768 [1NO]

———make permanent the authority of the Marshal of the Supreme Court and the Supreme Court Police to provide security beyond the Supreme Court building and grounds (H.R. 5136), H9540 [10OC], E1763 [12OC]

Taxation: expand Federal tax refund intercept program for parents delinquent on child support to cover children who are not minors, H7312 [7SE]

———expand Federal tax refund intercept program for parents delinquent on child support to cover children who are not minors (H.R. 4071), E397 [23MR]

———impose excise tax on persons who acquire structured settlement payments in factoring transactions (H.R. 5421), E1710 [6OC]

Terrorism: modify the enforcement of certain anti-terrorism judgments, E2014 [28OC]

———modify the enforcement of certain anti-terrorism judgments (H.R. 3485), H6936-H6938 [25JY], E1337, E1359 [27JY]

Texas: implementation of legislation to protect enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, H17-H19 [27JA], H426 [15FE], H970-H974 [14MR], H11202 [26OC]

———request for Governor Bush to stay all executions until a State panel can review implementation of death sentences, H4915 [21JN], H5032 [22JN]

Theodore Roosevelt U.S. Courthouse, Islip, NY: designate (H.R. 5267), H8558 [2OC]

U.N.: secure objective review of violations of minority human rights in the U.S., H1267 [22MR]

U.S. Park Police: permit direct payment of medical expenses by National Park Service and allow for waiver and indemnification in certain mutual law enforcement agreements (H.R. 4404), H9959 [17OC], E673 [9MY]

Washington: proposal to resume whale hunting by the Makah Indian Tribe, H240 [8FE], H2171 [12AP]

———resumption of whale hunting by the Makah Indian Tribe, H7067 [26JY]

Wilkes-Barre Law and Library Association: anniversary, E629 [3MY]

William Kenzo Nakamura U.S. Courthouse, Seattle, WA: designate (H.R. 5302), H10000-H10002 [17OC], E1600 [27SE], E1904 [25OC], E2036 [31OC]

Remarks in Senate

Abortion: pro choice versus right to life, S2832-S2835 [25AP]

Adrian A. Spears Judicial Training Center, San Antonio, TX: designate (H.R. 1959), S8527 [13SE]

Age Discrimination in Employment Act: restore rights of State employees by requiring States to waive immunity in order to receive Federal funding (S. 3008), S8109-S8111 [6SE]

AID: International Rule of Law Program in the People's Republic of China funding, S5621 [22JN]

Alcoholic beverages: enforcement of State laws in Federal court relative to interstate transportation of liquor, S10182, S10196-S10199, S10212-S10215 [11OC]

Ambro, Thomas L.: nomination to be circuit judge, S587 [10FE]

———nomination to be circuit judge, motion to proceed, S582 [10FE]

Arbitration: provide for greater fairness in the arbitration process for consumers and employers (S. 3210), S10624-S10626 [17OC]

Aviation: allow families of international airline disaster victims a fair jury trial to receive just compensation for their loss, S1265 [8MR]

Bankruptcy: amend laws (H.R. 833), S255-S257 [2FE], S3934-S3937 [15MY], S3965-S3970 [16MY], S4338 [24MY], S5383-S5389 [20JN], S6249 [30JN], S7383 [20JY]

———amend laws (H.R. 833), insert S. 625 language in lieu, S255 [2FE]

———amend laws (H.R. 2415), conference report, S10345 [12OC], S10770, S10771-S10775 [19OC], S11205, S11206 [27OC], S11342 [29OC], S11368, S11378-S11381 [30OC], S11385-S11401, S11404-S11413, S11436-S11442 [31OC], S11446-S11450, S11461-S11466, S11485 [1NO], S11506 [2NO], S11552-S11554 [5DE], S11622-S11642, S11656-S11658, S11660 [6DE], S11683-S11730 [7DE]

———amend laws (H.R. 2415), conference report—motion to proceed, S10769 [19OC]

———amend laws (H.R. 2415), conference report—unanimous-consent agreement, S11550, S11558 [5DE]

———amend laws (H.R. 2415), conference report—unanimous-consent request, S10769 [19OC]

———amend laws (S. 625), S11 [24JA], S49-S58-S63, S72-S74 [26JA], S135-S137, S140-S144 [31JA], S167-S188, S190-S197, S200-S202 [1FE], S225-S257 [2FE], S373 [7FE], S1553, S1554, S1555 [22MR]

———amend laws (S. 625), unanimous-consent agreement, S11, S44 [24JA]

———amend laws (S. 3046), S8611 [15SE]

———appointment of additional judges, S249 [2FE]

———automatic stays relative to tenant evictions after the filing of a bankruptcy petition, S136 [31JA], S237, S239, S243, S244, S248 [2FE], S11439 [31OC]

———disallow claims of certain insured depository institutions, S57 [26JA], S168-S178 [1FE]

———ensure debts incurred by firearms manufacturers or distributors as a result of firearms lawsuits are nondischargeable, S178-S188, S200 [1FE], S238-S242, S248, S249 [2FE]

———establish needs-based filing system relative to income levels, S135 [31JA]

———exclusion of pawned tangible personal property, S51, S53 [26JA]

———limit homestead property exemption, S136 [31JA], S11693, S11725, S11726, S11727 [7DE]

———prohibit sale of customer databases containing personally identifiable information by companies in bankruptcy proceedings (S. 2857), S6575 [12JY], S11778 [14DE]

———prohibition on conversion of non-exempt assets into exempt homestead property and preservation of States' rights to set homestead exemptions, S11439 [31OC], S11446-S11450, S11463 [1NO]

———regulation of tactics used to encourage reaffirmation agreements, S233-S236 [2FE]

———require debtors to seek help from credit counseling agencies prior to filing for bankruptcy protection, S137 [31JA], S11439 [31OC]

———treatment of child support and alimony payments, S136 [31JA], S11552 [5DE], S11624, S11639-S11642 [6DE], S11697, S11724, S11725, S11727, S11728 [7DE]

———treatment of child support payments, S11437-S11442 [31OC], S11462 [1NO]

Battani, Marianne O.: nomination to be district judge, S4368 [24MY]

Berzon, Marsha L.: nomination to be circuit judge, S1205, S1209-S1223, S1225 [7MR], S1254, S1286-S1288, S1291, S1296-S1300, S1302, S1330, S1331 [8MR], S1336-S1368 [9MR]

BIA: protection of Indian programs funding relative to payment of Ramah Navajo Chapter lawsuit settlement, S7088 [18JY]

Bye, Kermit: nomination to be circuit judge, S757, S759, S760 [24FE]

———nomination to be circuit judge, unanimous-consent agreement, S757 [24FE]

C.B. King U.S. Courthouse, Albany, GA: designate (S. 1567), House amendment, S2814, S2815 [13AP]

Callahan, John J.: St. Bonaventure University Gaudete Medal recipient, S1508 [21MR]

Campbell, Bonnie J.: nomination to be circuit judge, S8339 [11SE], S8881 [21SE], S9253, S9254 [26SE], S9333 [27SE], S9595 [2OC], S9664-S9667, S9677-S9679, S9680, S9681 [3OC], S9838, S9839 [4OC], S9927, S9928 [5OC], S10059, S10060 [6OC], S10173, S10174, S10188-S10190 [11OC], S10678 [18OC], S10885 [23OC], S10908, S10909 [24OC]

Capital punishment: ensure that defendants in capital cases have adequate counsel and allow those convicted to have a reasonable opportunity to present new evidence of innocence, S198-S200 [1FE]

———ensure that defendants in capital cases have adequate counsel and allow those convicted to have a reasonable opportunity to present new evidence of innocence (S. 2073), S4508-S4510 [6JN], S7819 [27JY], S10793-S10795 [19OC]

———ensure that defendants in capital cases have adequate counsel and allow those convicted to have a reasonable opportunity to present new evidence of innocence (S. 2690), S4673-S4676, S4683, S4684 [7JN], S10648-S10650 [18OC], S11810 [15DE]

———prohibit the execution of pregnant women (H.R. 4888), S7952 [27JY]

———Supreme Court reconsideration of execution of Johnny Paul Penry relative to mental retardation, S11810 [15DE]

———temporary moratorium to ensure that defendants have adequate counsel and to allow those convicted to have a reasonable opportunity to present new evidence of innocence, S5656, S5657 [22JN]

———temporary moratorium until a national commission reviews the justice, fairness, and due process of the administration of the death penalty, S7826 [27JY], S8408 [12SE], S11736 [7DE]

———temporary moratorium until a national commission reviews the justice, fairness, and due process of the administration of the death penalty (S. 2463), S2940 [26AP], S4177 [18MY], S4508-S4510 [6JN], S11323 [29OC]

———temporary moratorium until a national commission reviews the justice, fairness, and due process of the administration of the death penalty (S. 3048), S8587 [14SE], S11323 [29OC]

Carbon, Susan B.: Frank Rowe Kenison Award recipient for contributions to law and justice in New Hampshire, S7832 [27JY]

Cavanaugh, Dennis M.: nomination to be district judge, S7416 [21JY]

CERCLA: clarify liability for certain recycling transactions (S. 1528), S76 [26JA]

———exempt small businesses from certain liability (S. 2634), S4463 [25MY]

———promote cleanup and reuse of brownfields, provide financial assistance for brownfields revitalization, and enhance State response programs (S. 2700), S4835-S4843 [8JN], S10775 [19OC]

———provide liability relief for small parties, innocent landowners, and prospective purchasers (H.R. 2940), S7688 [26JY]

Children and youth: improve efficiency and effectiveness of abuse and neglect courts (S. 2272), S1602-S1606 [22MR], S9326-S9329 [26SE]

———improve the quality and availability of training for judges, attorneys, and volunteers working in abuse and neglect courts (S. 2271), S1602-S1606 [22MR]

China, People's Republic of: release of Yongyi Song and legal system reform, S694 [22FE]

———release of Yongyi Song and legal system reform (S. Con. Res. 78), S134 [31JA]

Circuit court: divide the ninth judicial circuit into two circuits, S1336, S1360, S1366 [9MR]

———divide the ninth judicial circuit into two circuits (S. 2184), S1193, S1194, S1233-S1235 [7MR], S1267 [8MR]

Civil liberties: preclude the admissibility of certain confessions in criminal cases (S. 2830), S6140 [29JN]

Class action lawsuits: reform process (S. 353), S7812 [27JY]

———reform process (S. 3123), S9389 [27SE]

Clifford P. Hansen Federal Courthouse, Jackson, WY: designate (S. 1794), S1155 [2MR]

Clinton, Hillary Rodham: independent counsel authority to release report on investigation into Whitewater and White House related activities, S8274 [8SE]

Clinton, President: anniversary of conditional clemency for prisoners convicted of crimes connected to activities of Puerto Rican nationalist group, S8538, S8539 [14SE], S8652 [18SE]

———continuation of independent counsel investigation, S2653-S2655, S2788, S2790 [13AP]

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate): investigation of payments made to two Federal employees by the Project on Government Oversight (organization) relative to False Claims Act lawsuit against oil companies, S7490 [24JY], S7993-S7995 [5SE]

Committee on Finance (Senate): discharge of committee and confirmation of nominations, S10884 [23OC]

Committee on the Judiciary (Senate): clarify oversight authority on open Dept. of Justice investigations and cases, S2066-S2069 [4AP]

———investigation of Dept. of Justice plea bargain agreement with Peter Lee relative to espionage charges, S2066-S2069 [4AP]

———oversight investigations on campaign finance abuses and certain ongoing Dept. of Justice investigations, S6105 [29JN]

———Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts proposed issuance of a subpoena to Sec. of Energy Richardson relative to the investigation and prosecution of Wen Ho Lee, S10921-S10923 [24OC]

Computers: allow issuance of single order to trace computer crime in multiple jurisdictions and modify damage requirements, sentencing guidelines, and treatment of juveniles in computer crimes (S. 2092), S804 [24FE]

Constitution—U.S.: distinction between the premise of ``separation of church and state'' and free exercise of religion, S6994-S6999 [17JY]

Contracts: end taxpayer support of Federal contractors against whom repeated civil judgments or criminal convictions have been entered (S. 3185), S10400 [12OC]

Correctional institutions: authorize funding for successful reentry of criminal offenders into local communities (S. 2908), S7477 [24JY]

———eliminate good time credits for prisoners serving violent crime sentences, S11658-S11660 [6DE]

———eliminate good time credits for prisoners serving violent crime sentences (S. 2318), S1897-S1899 [29MR]

———exclude prisoners from requirements of the Americans With Disabilities Act and the Rehabilitation Act (S. 33), S121 [31JA]

———substance abuse prevention and treatment programs in prisons funding (S. 2619), S4380 [24MY]

Court of International Trade: review certain determinations of binational panels under NAFTA (S. 3216), S10721 [18OC]

CPSC: increase civil and criminal penalties imposed against companies that fail to report information on defective or dangerous products (S. 2820), S6134 [29JN]

Credit: prohibit unilateral imposition of mandatory binding arbitration in consumer credit transactions, S140-S143 [31JA]

———prohibit unilateral imposition of mandatory binding arbitration in consumer credit transactions (S. 2117), S933-S935 [29FE]

Crime: abolish Federal statute of limitations for sex offenses and assist States in reducing backlog of cases awaiting DNA analysis (S. 3168), S9949 [5OC]

———allow victims to attend and observe the trials and sentencing hearings of those accused of the crime, S2827, S2828, S2831 [25AP], S2897-S2904, S2928 [26AP]

———conduct study of hate crimes and establish a grant program to assist State and local authorities in investigations and prosecutions, S5338-S5356 [19JN], S5421-S5428 [20JN]

———constitutional amendment on protection of victims' rights (S.J. Res. 3), S2696 [13AP], S3180 [1MY], S3249-S3251 [2MY]

———constitutional amendment on protection of victims' rights (S.J. Res. 3), motion to proceed, S2818, S2820-S2832, S2835-S2851 [25AP], S2897-S2930 [26AP], S2966-S3011 [27AP]

———constitutional amendment on protection of victims' rights (S.J. Res. 3), motion to proceed—withdrawn, S3037 [27AP]

———death penalty sentencing and imposition, S10648-S10650 [18OC]

———enhance Federal enforcement of hate crimes, S5300-S5304 [16JN], S5334-S5356 [19JN], S5421-S5434 [20JN], S5547, S5548 [21JN], S5649 [22JN], S5732 [23JN], S9245 [26SE], S10345-S10347, S10348, S10360, S10391 [12OC]

———enhance Federal enforcement of hate crimes (S. 622), S3602 [8MY], S5550 [21JN], S10072 [6OC]

———enhance rights and protections of victims (S. 934), S2782, S2783 [13AP], S3910 [11MY]

———establish court-martial jurisdiction over civilians serving with Armed Forces and Federal jurisdiction over crimes committed outside the U.S. by civilians accompanying U.S. Armed Forces (S. 768), S11181-S11184 [26OC]

———increase penalties for assaulting or threatening Federal judges, their family members, and other public servants (S. 113), S9554, S9555 [28SE]

———increase penalties for hate crimes (S. Con. Res. 120), S4694 [7JN]

———mandatory minimum sentencing for online child molesters (S. 2280), S1674 [23MR]

———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (S. 2783), S5790 [26JN]

———penalties for harming Federal law enforcement animals (H.R. 1791), S7298 [19JY]

———prevent identity fraud (S. 2328), S1987 [30MR]

———prevent identity fraud (S. 2924), S7663 [26JY], S11427-S11432 [31OC], S11491 [1NO], S11941 [15DE]

———promote accountability for violent and repeat juvenile offenders, S11530 [14NO]

———promote accountability for violent and repeat juvenile offenders (H.R. 1501), S1368, S1376-S1378 [9MR], S1447 [20MR], S1783 [28MR], S2450 [10AP], S2483-S2485 [11AP], S2679-S2681, S2683 [13AP], S2890, S2891 [26AP], S2955 [27AP], S3861 [11MY], S3953-S3955 [15MY], S4184 [18MY], S4510-S4514, S4521-S4523 [6JN], S4938 [12JN], S5020 [13JN], S5101 [14JN], S5231 [15JN], S5316 [19JN], S7757 [27JY], S8267-S8271, S8287 [8SE], S9336 [27SE]

———promote accountability for violent and repeat juvenile offenders (H.R. 1501), submit conference report and include Senate gun safety language, S2290-S2294, S2304-S2313, S2320, S2332, S2334 [6AP], S2486 [11AP], S2694, S2706 [13AP], S3963, S3981-S4003 [16MY], S4037-S4071, S4096 [17MY], S4455 [25MY]

———promote accountability for violent and repeat juvenile offenders (H.R. 1501), submit conference report and include Senate gun safety language (S. Res. 276), S1475-S1480, S1529-S1531 [21MR]

———provide incentives for States to enact mandatory minimum sentences for certain firearms offenses (H.R. 4051), S4396 [24MY], S4496 [25MY]

———provide incentives for States to enact mandatory minimum sentences for certain firearms offenses (S. 2390), S2532 [11AP], S2609, S2611 [12AP], S6570 [12JY]

———truth-in-sentencing requirements relative to violent offenders (S. 2317), S1897-S1899 [29MR]

Daniel Patrick Moynihan U.S. Courthouse, New York, NY: designate (S. 2370), S2348, S2349 [6AP], S3555-S3557 [4MY]

Daniels, George B.: nomination to be district judge, S758, S759 [24FE], S926 [29FE]

———nomination to be district judge, unanimous-consent agreement, S757 [24FE]

Dept. of Defense: ensure confidentiality of medical records and health care-related information, S4983, S4984 [13JN]

Dept. of Energy: authority to settle lawsuits based on defaults on contracts to accept nuclear waste, S531 [9FE], S564-S579 [10FE]

Dept. of Justice: decision on defense of the voluntary confessions law, S760 [24FE]

———establish standards for interstate transportation of prisoners by private companies (S. 1898), S1853 [29MR]

———Inspector General report on the misconduct by officials in the International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program and the Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development, Assistance and Training, S8370 [12SE]

———reform process by which the Office of the Pardon Attorney investigates and reviews potential exercises of executive clemency (S. 2042), S538 [9FE], S1380 [9MR]

Dept. of the Interior: dispute with New Mexico over diversion of water from San Acacia Dam in the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District to protect endangered silvery minnow, S6492 [12JY], S7744 [27JY], S8186 [7SE]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations, S11100 [26OC], S11223, S11225, S11230-S11241, S11244, S11279, S11283-S11286, S11293 [27OC], S11307 [28OC], S11329 [29OC], S11417 [31OC], S11865 [15DE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4690), S9257 [26SE], S10149 [10OC], S10217 [11OC], S10401 [12OC], S10652 [18OC]

Drugs: combat manufacture, traffic, import, and export of methamphetamine, S5625 [22JN]

———establish a Federal drug court program (S. 3191), S10415 [12OC]

———penalties for operating methamphetamine laboratories and increased funding to combat methamphetamine production, trafficking, and abuse, S9108 [22SE], S9187 [25SE]

———tribute to drug courts, S4294 [23MY]

Duffy, James: nomination to be circuit judge, S1307 [8MR]

Dyk, Timothy B.: nomination to be circuit judge, S1211, S1226 [7MR], S4272, S4276-S4281 [23MY], S4364, S4365 [24MY]

E. Ross Adair Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Fort Wayne, IN: designate (H.R. 2412), S3557 [4MY]

Ecology and environment: increase civil penalties on entities that have previously violated environmental laws or in cases of catastrophic events (S. 2934), S7674 [26JY]

Education: improve and strengthen recruitment and training of teachers and protect teachers from frivolous lawsuits, S3578-S3584, S3595, S3597 [8MY]

———permit State and local educational agencies to establish uniform disciplinary policies, S3475, S3476 [4MY]

Egypt: provide a timely and open judicial appeal for Shaiboub William Arsel and complete an independent investigation of police brutality in Al-Kosheh (S. Res. 367), S9965 [5OC]

EPA: postpone implementation of air quality standards until issuance of Supreme Court decision, S10311, S10312 [12OC]

———prohibit designation of nonattainment areas relative to air quality standards under the Clean Air Act, S10296-S10302, S10305, S10306, S10309, S10314 [12OC], S10585 [13OC]

False Claims Act: objection to revisions, S8936 [21SE]

Families and domestic relations: provide centers for supervised child visitations and exchanges relative to domestic violence, S10179 [11OC]

Federal courts: improve operation and administration (S. 2915), S7544 [25JY], S10844-S10848 [19OC], S11278 [27OC]

Federal employees: enable the Government to enroll an employee's child in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program when the employee fails to provide coverage for the child under a State court order (H.R. 2842), S10551, S10552 [13OC]

Federal prosecutors: clarify standards of conduct (S. 855), S9377 [27SE], S10790 [19OC]

Federal-State relations: investment of joint Federal and State funds from the civil settlement of damages from the Exxon Valdez (vessel) oil spill (S. 711), S2521 [11AP]

Firearms: ban possession by persons convicted of spousal abuse, S4052 [17MY]

———enhance enforcement and increase prosecutions relative to current laws and regulations, S3993, S3999 [16MY], S4037-S4041, S4043, S4044, S4047-S4051, S4057, S4060-S4062 [17MY]

———gun laws enforcement initiative funding, S2403-S2406 [7AP]

———lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, S349-S355 [7FE]

———prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers and protect gun owner privacy and ownership rights (S. 2270), S1598-S1601 [22MR]

———study marketing practices of the firearms industry relative to children, S1478 [21MR]

Flag—U.S.: protect, S1707-S1721 [27MR], S1793, S1794 [28MR], S1855, S1871 [29MR]

Florida: disputed results in Presidential election, S11512-S11518, S11521-S11523, S11544 [14NO]

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: modify procedures relative to warrants for surveillance and searches in foreign espionage investigations, S10333 [12OC]

———modify procedures relative to warrants for surveillance and searches in foreign espionage investigations (S. 2089), S800-S803 [24FE], S1226-S1228 [7MR], S1288 [8MR], S1504 [21MR], S9685-S9687 [3OC]

Foreign trade: court decision on appointment of environmental representatives to Industry Sector Advisory Committees relative to forest products, S220 [1FE]

Frank R. Lautenberg Post Office and Courthouse, Newark, NJ: designate (H.R. 4975), S10113 [6OC]

Freedom of religion: protect religious liberty, S6994-S6999 [17JY]

———protect religious liberty (S. 2081), S710 [23FE]

———protect religious liberty (S. 2869), S6687-S6690, S6762 [13JY], S6767 [14JY], S7774-S7781 [27JY], S7991-S7993 [5SE], S10992 [25OC]

Fuentes, Julio M.: nomination to be circuit judge, S1211, S1223-S1225 [7MR]

———nomination to be circuit judge, unanimous-consent agreement, S1187 [6MR]

Gallatin County, MT: tribute to Drug Treatment Court, S4007 [16MY]

Garaufis, Nicholas G.: nomination as district judge, S4450 [25MY]

Garza, Juan: postponement of execution relative to Dept. of Justice action on clemency guidelines, S6404 [11JY]

George E. Brown, Jr., U.S. Courthouse, Riverside, CA: designate (H.R. 5110), S11501 [1NO], S11507 [2NO]

Gonzalez-Brotons, Elian: allow court hearing relative to custody and immigration status, S221 [1FE], S1846, S1871 [29MR], S2020 [30MR], S2030 [3AP]

———custody and immigration status, S2708, S2710-S2713 [13AP]

———grant U.S. citizenship (S. 1999), S2, S3 [24JA], S202-S204 [1FE]

———INS operation to reunite with father, S2818-S2820 [25AP], S2931, S2932 [26AP], S3683 [9MY]

———reunite with father (S. Con. Res. 79), S99-S102, S105 [26JA]

Government: eliminate automatic salary adjustments for Members of Congress, the Vice President, certain senior executive officers, and Federal judges (S. 3075), S8823 [20SE]

———improve procedures for Federal civil forfeitures, S10919 [24OC]

———improve procedures for Federal civil forfeitures (H.R. 1658), S1753-S1762 [27MR]

Government regulations: awarding of attorneys' fees to private parties who prevail in litigation against the Federal Government (S. 2907), S7451-S7453 [21JY]

Gregory, Roger: nomination to be circuit judge, S9660, S9671 [3OC]

Hazardous substances: establish legal standards and procedures for the fair, prompt, inexpensive, and efficient resolution of asbestos exposure personal injury claims (S. 758), S2097 [4AP]

Health: ensure confidentiality of medical records and health care-related information (S. 573), S11779 [14DE]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, S1111-S1113 [2MR], S2339 [6AP], S2450 [10AP], S2891 [26AP], S4787-S4808 [8JN], S5729 [23JN], S6079-S6093 [29JN], S7516-S7519 [25JY], S7980 [5SE], S8630 [15SE], S9401 [27SE], S9427, S9428 [28SE], S9926, S9927 [5OC], S10127-S10129 [10OC], S10746, S10748 [19OC], S10886 [23OC], S10963, S10967-S10972 [25OC], S11064, S11082, S11111 [26OC], S11334, S11335, S11337 [29OC]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S. 3057), S8641 [18SE]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S. 3058), S8641 [18SE]

Illinois: decision by Governor Ryan to stay all executions until a State panel can review implementation of death sentences, S139 [31JA]

Immigration: address backlog of applications for lawful permanent residency and reunite eligible applicants with their families while awaiting visa processing, S11232, S11265-S11267, S11269, S11279 [27OC], S11329-S11331 [29OC], S11850 [15DE]

———restore fairness to immigration law (S. 3120), S9387-S9389 [27SE], S9647 [3OC]

Indiana: establish temporary Federal judgeship for the southern district (S. 2794), S5886 [27JN]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorize school personnel to discipline children with disabilities who engage in certain dangerous behavior, S3572-S3574 [8MY]

———permit State and local educational agencies to establish uniform disciplinary policies, S3311 [3MY], S3474 [4MY]

Insurance: legal accountability for actions by health insurance companies and HMO's, S4799, S4801, S4806 [8JN]

———make the same health insurance options afforded to executive and judicial branch employees available to Federal annuitants, legislative branch employees, and Armed Forces members and retirees (H.R. 4277), S10587 [13OC]

International Abolition Day: observance, S1022 [1MR]

International Criminal Court: encourage President Clinton to sign establishing treaty, S11899-S11901 [15DE]

International law: protect U.S. military personnel and other U.S. officials from criminal prosecution by an international court to which the U.S. is not a party (S. 2726), S5107 [14JN]

Interstate commerce: waive Federal preemption of State laws in cases awarding punitive damages against moving companies engaging in unfair practices in processing of property claims (S. 2369), S2347 [6AP]

IRS: enforcement of child support obligations and repeal of provisions on State enforcement requirements (S. 2288), S1680 [23MR]

Islip, NY: dedication of U.S. Couthouse, S11126 [26OC]

James H. Quillen U.S. Courthouse, Greeneville, TN: designate (H.R. 4608), S8527 [13SE], S8653 [18SE]

Judge J. Smith Henley Federal Building, Harrison, AR: designate (H.R. 1605), S9867 [4OC]

Judicial Education Fund: establish for the payment of expenses of judges participating in seminars (S. 2990), S7906, S7907 [27JY]

Judiciary: appointment of Federal judges (S. 3071), S8763, S8764 [19SE], S11490 [1NO]

———exempt Federal judges from ban on receiving cash honoraria, S8809 [20SE], S8871, S8872 [21SE], S9679 [3OC]

———expand authority of magistrate judges (S. 2875), S6844 [14JY]

———random assignment of judges to criminal cases, S1342, S1345 [9MR]

Law enforcement: allow post-conviction DNA tests and facilitate the exchange by law enforcement agencies of DNA identification information on felony offenders (S. 3130), S9466-S9469 [28SE]

———improve the quality and credibility of forensic science services for criminal justice purposes (S. 3045), S8585, S8586, S8605 [14SE], S11184-S11187 [26OC]

———reporting requirements for eavesdropping and surveillance activities of Federal and State law enforcement agencies (S. 1769), House amendment, S2813, S2814 [13AP]

———waive time limits for introduction of motions for forensic DNA testing in certain Federal trials (S. 1700), S4510 [6JN]

Law enforcement officers: ensure accountability, guarantee due process, establish standards for internal investigations and hearings, and require enactment of relevant State laws (S. 2256), S1517 [21MR]

———fund task forces to locate and apprehend fugitives in felony criminal cases and provide administrative subpoena authority (S. 2761), S5556 [21JN]

———provide grants to agencies to ensure due process in cases which could lead to dismissal, demotion, suspension, or transfer (S. 3221), S10802 [19OC]

Lawson, David M.: nomination to be district judge, S4368 [24MY]

Lee, Wen Ho: Dept. of Justice investigation of espionage allegations relative to ethnic background, S8641 [18SE]

Lynch, Gerard E.: nomination to be district judge, S4273-S4281 [23MY]

Mancuso, Donald: allegations of misconduct while serving as Defense Criminal Investigative Service Director, S130 [31JA], S6250 [30JN]

McLaughlin, Mary A.: nomination to be district judge, S4366 [24MY]

Mental health: establish demonstration courts (S. 1865), S9329 [26SE]

———expansion of the Southern Florida Medical Corrections Options Program to include a demonstration project in Hawaii, S11231 [27OC]

Microsoft Corp.: appeals court process relative to application of antitrust laws, S9255 [26SE]

———application of antitrust laws, S325 [3FE], S605 [10FE]

———impact of Dept. of Justice antitrust suit on consumers and the economy, S6247 [30JN], S8565 [14SE]

———proposed remedies submitted by the Dept. of Justice and several States relative to antitrust suit, S3553-S3555 [4MY]

Motor vehicles: require arbitration for franchise contract disputes be voluntary (S. 1020), S1810 [28MR]

Native Americans: provide technical and legal assistance for tribal justice systems and members of Indian tribes (S. 1508), S11756 [11DE]

———Santa Domingo Pueblo land claims settlement (S. 2917), S7545 [25JY], S9867 [4OC], S10268 [11OC]

New Hampshire: legislative action to abolish the death penalty, S4177 [18MY]

New Jersey: divide into two judicial districts (S. 2259), S1517 [21MR]

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals: reversals, S1359, S1363 [9MR]

Nuclear energy: circuit court ruling that power companies may seek damages against the Dept. of Energy relative to storage of spent nuclear fuel, S8648-S8650 [18SE]

———renew Dept. of Energy and NRC indemnity authority for damages from nuclear incidents and allow the Dept. of Energy to impose civil penalties on nonprofit contractors (S. 2162), S1115 [2MR]

Oil Pollution Act: improve provisions concerning the recovery of damages for injuries resulting from oil spills (S. 3268), S11494 [1NO]

———reaffirm exclusive framework for criminal penalties in oil spill incidents by prohibiting prosecution under other strict liability statutes (S. 2944), S7841-S7843 [27JY]

Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act: provide additional protections to victims of rape (S. 3206), S10590 [13OC]

Paez, Richard A.: nomination to be circuit judge, S1193, S1205, S1209-S1223, S1225 [7MR], S1254, S1283-S1288, S1291, S1295-S1300, S1302, S1330, S1331 [8MR], S1336-S1368 [9MR]

———nomination to be circuit judge, motion to indefinitely postpone, S1350-S1368 [9MR]

Petroleum: economic impact of increasing oil prices, S1942-S1944 [30MR]

Pipelines: civil penalties against owners or operators relative to the availability of certain information during an incident investigation, S8235 [7SE]

Pisano, Joel A.: nomination to be district judge, S589 [10FE]

Political campaigns: restrictions on issue advocacy by interest groups, S7610-S7612 [26JY]

Presidential appointments: consideration of nominees, unanimous-consent agreement, S4241, S4242 [23MY]

———impact of Presidential election on future judicial appointments, S11314 [28OC]

———nominations considered and confirmed en bloc, S4366-S4368 [24MY], S5290 [16JN], S5935 [27JN], S6292 [30JN], S7416 [21JY], S9657-S9683 [3OC], S10947 [24OC], S11191 [26OC]

———nominations considered and confirmed en bloc, unanimous-consent agreement, S9595 [2OC]

———nominations considered and confirmed en bloc, unanimous-consent request, S582 [10FE]

———Senate process for confirmation of judicial nominees, S582-S588 [10FE], S759, S760 [24FE], S1225 [7MR], S1254, S1330, S1331 [8MR], S1336, S1357, S1365, S1367 [9MR], S2451 [10AP], S3500 [4MY], S4210 [18MY], S4277 [23MY], S4369 [24MY], S6567 [12JY], S7436 [21JY], S7504, S7519, S7525, S7526, S7531-S7535 [25JY], S7587, S7624 [26JY], S7962 [5SE], S8339 [11SE], S8647 [18SE], S8881, S8934-S8936 [21SE], S9253, S9254 [26SE], S9333 [27SE], S9595 [2OC], S9657-S9683 [3OC], S9881-S9883, S9927, S9928 [5OC], S10059, S10060 [6OC], S10173, S10174, S10188-S10190, S10234-S10236 [11OC], S10678 [18OC], S10909 [24OC], S11315 [28OC], S11490 [1NO]

———Senate response to recess appointments, S582-S586 [10FE], S11833, S11834 [15DE]

Privacy: enhance protections for electronic information, ensure uniform protections for purchase or rental of certain media, and promote use of encryption technology while balancing law enforcement needs (S. 854), S11778 [14DE]

Product safety: penalize the knowing and reckless introduction of a defective product into interstate commerce (S. 3014), S8188 [7SE]

Public buildings: placement of automatic external defibrillators to assist individuals who experience cardiac arrest and protections from civil liability relative to emergency use of the devices (H.R. 2498), S11041 [26OC], S11307-S11314 [28OC]

Ronald N. Davies Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Grand Forks, ND: designate, S8738 [19SE], S8787 [20SE]

Russell, Dan M., Jr.: dedication of portrait at Hancock County, MS, Courthouse, S3180 [1MY]

Secret Service: clarify authority relative to former Presidents and families, events of national significance, threat assessment, subpoena issuance, and forfeiture of computers and other counterfeiting devices (H.R. 3048), S7952 [27JY], S10546-S10550 [13OC], S11651-S11654 [6DE]

Senate: return of certain treaties to the President (S. Res. 267), S10499 [12OC]

Senate Legal Counsel: authorize representation in Harold A. Johnson v. Max Cleland, et al. (S. Res. 313), S4334 [23MY]

———authorize testimony, document production, and representation in Indiana v. Amy Han (S. Res. 312), S4334 [23MY]

———authorize testimony, document production, and representation in U.S. v. Ellen Rose Hart (S. Res. 331), S6182 [29JN]

———authorize testimony, document production, and representation in U.S. v. George P. Calhoun (S. Res. 284), S2445 [7AP]

———authorize testimony and representation of Emmet Mahon in Thomas Dwyer v. City of Pittsburgh, et al. (S. Res. 249), S165 [31JA]

———authorize testimony and representation of Laura Cahill in Martin A. Lopow v. William J. Henderson (S. Res. 297), S2947, S2948 [26AP]

———intervene in the name of the Committee on Appropriations (Senate) and the Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) in U.S. v. Northwest Airlines Corp., et al. (S. Res. 283), S2444, S2445 [7AP]

Singal, George Z.: nomination to be district judge, S6292 [30JN]

Small business: impact of large corporate legal actions on small business operations, S520 [9FE]

———protect from litigation excesses and limit product liability of non-manufacturer product sellers (H.R. 2366), S1753 [27MR], S1765 [28MR]

Supreme Court: consideration of case on partial-birth abortions, S2714 [13AP]

———decision on application of the Americans With Disabilities Act to States, S121 [31JA]

———decision on contribution limits in campaign finance system, S6, S7, S44 [24JA], S102 [26JA]

———decision on Florida's disputed Presidential election results, S11781 [14DE]

———decision on Violence Against Women Act provision creating a Federal civil rights cause of action for women to sue sexual abuse offenders, S3970 [16MY], S7597 [26JY]

———judicial activism relative to decisions on Federal authority over States and extension of power to include deciding appropriateness of legislation in addition to constitutionality, S7597-S7603 [26JY], S7758-S7763 [27JY]

———permit the televising of proceedings (S. 3086), S8942-S8948 [21SE]

Tallman, Richard C.: nomination to be circuit judge, S4368 [24MY]

Taxation: expand Federal tax refund intercept program for parents delinquent on child support to cover children who are not minors (S. 2747), S5308 [16JN]

———provide relief for payment of asbestos-related claims, S11880, S11881 [15DE]

———provide relief for payment of asbestos-related claims (S. 2955), S7846, S7912 [27JY]

———treatment of damages and back pay received on account of, and expenses incurred in, asserting any claim of employment discrimination (S. 2887), S7163, S7164 [18JY]

Teilborg, James A.: nomination to be circuit judge, S9675 [3OC]

Terrorism: modify enforcement of certain anti-terrorism judgements, S10178, S10202, S10212, S10213, S10240, S10241 [11OC]

———modify enforcement of certain anti-terrorism judgements (S. 1796), unanimous-consent agreement, S7729 [27JY]

Thomas, Daniel H.: tribute (S. Res. 316), S4504 [25MY]

Treaties and agreements: removal of injunction of secrecy, S222 [1FE], S4210 [18MY], S6764 [13JY], S7809 [27JY], S8426 [12SE]

U.S. Marshals Service: fund task forces to locate and apprehend fugitives in felony criminal cases and provide administrative subpoena authority (S. 2516), S3612 [8MY], S7715-S7720 [26JY]

U.S. Park Police: permit direct payment of medical expenses by National Park Service and allow for waiver and indemnification in certain mutual law enforcement agreements (H.R. 4404), S11181 [26OC]

Veterans: clarify and improve veterans' claims and appellate procedures (S. 1810), S2434 [7AP], S9003-S9009 [21SE]

Volunteer firefighters: remove civil liability barriers surrounding donating fire equipment to volunteer fire companies (S. 3006), S8106 [6SE]

Water: Federal payment of fees and costs in proceedings relative to State water rights adjudications (S. 2363), S2238 [5AP]

William Kenzo Nakamura U.S. Courthouse, Seattle, WA: designate (H.R. 5302), S11500 [1NO]

———designate (S. 3109), S9259, S9268 [26SE]

Wisconsin: appointment of an additional Federal district judge, S11903 [15DE]

Wynn, James: nomination to be circuit judge, S9671, S9672 [3OC]

Reports

Dept. of Justice's International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program and the Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development, Assistance and Training: Dept. of Justice Inspector General, S8371-S8375 [12SE]

Investigation of Espionage Allegations Against Wen Ho Lee: Senator Specter, S1289 [8MR]

Refusals To Comply With Subpoenas in Investigation of the Project on Government Oversight (organization) Relative to False Claims Act Lawsuit Against Oil Companies: Committee on Resources (House), H11368-H11384 [27OC]

———Committee on Resources (House) (Minority Rebuttal), H11395-H11398 [27OC]

Reports filed

Adrian A. Spears Judicial Training Center, San Antonio, TX: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (H.R. 1959), S7655 [26JY]

———Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 1959) (H. Rept. 106-688), H5035 [22JN]

Armed Forces of National Liberation (FALN) and Macheteros Clemency—Misleading Explanations, a Reckless Decision, a Dangerous Message: Committee on Government Reform (House) (H. Rept. 106-488), H3 [24JA]

Bankruptcy Reform Act: Committee of Conference (H.R. 2415) (H. Rept. 106-970), H9766 [11OC]

C.B. King U.S. Courthouse, Albany, GA: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (S. 1567) (H. Rept. 106-552), H1587 [29MR]

Cardiac Arrest Survival Act: Committee on Commerce (House) (H.R. 2498) (H. Rept. 106-634), H3648 [23MY]

Child Sex Crimes Wiretapping Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 3484) (H. Rept. 106-920), H8616 [2OC]

Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (H.R. 1658), S1671 [23MR]

Class Action Fairness Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 353), S7838 [27JY]

———Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 353) (S. Rept. 106-420), S9267 [26SE]

Clifford P. Hansen Federal Courthouse, Jackson, WY: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 1794), S538 [9FE]

———Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (S. 1794) (H. Rept. 106-828), H7364 [7SE]

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 2415, Bankruptcy Reform Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 624) (H. Rept. 106-971), H9766 [11OC]

Consideration of H.R. 2005, Workplace Goods Job Growth and Competitiveness Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 412) (H. Rept. 106-491), H164 [1FE]

Consideration of H.R. 2366, Small Business Liability Reform Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 423) (H. Rept. 106-498), H454 [15FE]

Consideration of H.R. 2372, Private Property Rights Implementation Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 441) (H. Rept. 106-525), H1075 [15MR]

Consideration of H.R. 4690, Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 529) (H. Rept. 106-684), H4783 [20JN]

Constitutional Amendment on Protection of Victims' Rights: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S.J. Res. 3) (S. Rept. 106-254), S2106 [4AP]

Counterintelligence Reform Act: Committee on Intelligence (Senate, Select) (S. 2089) (S. Rept. 106-352), S7392 [20JY]

———Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 2089), S4296 [23MY]

Daniel Patrick Moynihan U.S. Courthouse, New York, NY: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 2370), S2726 [13AP]

Demonstration Mental Health Courts Establishment: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 1865), S7838 [27JY]

Dept. of Energy Termination of the Exemption of Nonprofit Institutions From Civil Penalties for Violations of Nuclear Safety Requirements: Committee on Armed Services (House) (H.R. 3383) (H. Rept. 106-695), H6776 [24JY]

———Committee on Commerce (House) (H.R. 3383) (H. Rept. 106-695), H5083 [23JN]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 4690) (H. Rept. 106-680), H4674 [19JN]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (H.R. 4690), S7447 [21JY]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (H.R. 4690) (S. Rept. 106-404), S8290 [8SE]

E. Ross Adair Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Fort Wayne, IN: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (H.R. 2412), S2726 [13AP]

———Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 2412) (H. Rept. 106-540), H1404 [23MR]

Electronic Communications Privacy Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 5018) (H. Rept. 106-932), H8799 [4OC]

Fairness in Asbestos Compensation Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 1283) (H. Rept. 106-782), H6776 [24JY]

Federal Agency Compliance Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 1924) (H. Rept. 106-976), H9899 [12OC]

Federal Courts Budget Protection Act: Committee on Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 1564) (S. Rept. 106-379), S8018 [5SE]

Federal Courts Improvement Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 2915), S9464 [28SE]

Federal Employees Health Benefits Children's Equity Act: Committee on Government Reform (House) (H.R. 2842) (H. Rept. 106-779), H6776 [24JY]

———Committee on Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 1688) (S. Rept. 106-492), S10082 [6OC]

Federal Judiciary Protection Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 113), S7838 [27JY]

Frank J. Battisti and Nathaniel R. Jones Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Youngstown, OH: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 1359) (H. Rept. 106-551), H1587 [29MR]

Fugitive Apprehension Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 2516), S7392 [20JY]

Increase Criminal Penalties for Bringing In and Harboring Certain Aliens: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 238) (H. Rept. 106-850), H7650 [14SE]

Indian Tribal Justice Technical and Legal Assistance Act: Committee on Resources (House) (S. 1508) (H. Rept. 106-819), H7279 [6SE]

Inter-American Convention Against Corruption: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (Exec. Rept. 106-15), S6256 [30JN]

Internet False Identification Prevention Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 2924), S9464 [28SE]

James H. Quillen U.S. Courthouse, Greeneville, TN: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (H.R. 4608), S7655 [26JY]

———Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 4608) (H. Rept. 106-689), H5036 [22JN]

Judge J. Smith Henley Federal Building, Harrison, AR: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (H.R. 1605), S9464 [28SE]

———Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 1605) (H. Rept. 106-536), H1404 [23MR]

Justice for Victims of Terrorism Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 3485) (H. Rept. 106-733), H6051 [13JY], H6469 [18JY]

———Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 1796), S1391 [9MR]

Marshal of the Supreme Court and the Supreme Court Police Authority To Provide Security Beyond the Supreme Court Building and Grounds: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 5136) (H. Rept. 106-931), H8799 [4OC]

Methamphetamine Anti-Proliferation Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 2987) (H. Rept. 106-878), H7990 [21SE]

Military Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 3380) (H. Rept. 106-778), H6776 [24JY]

Nomination of Anna Blackburne-Rigsby To Be District of Columbia Superior Court Associate Judge: Committee on Governmental Affairs (Senate), S5106 [14JN]

Nomination of Berle M. Schiller To Be District Judge: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S4190 [18MY]

Nomination of Beverly B. Martin To Be District Judge: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S5240 [15JN]

Nomination of David M. Lawson To Be District Judge: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S2616 [12AP]

Nomination of Dennis M. Cavanaugh To Be District Judge: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S7393 [20JY]

Nomination of George Z. Singal To Be District Judge: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S5884 [27JN]

Nomination of Gerald Fisher To Be District of Columbia Superior Court Judge: Committee on Governmental Affairs (Senate), S9466 [28SE]

Nomination of Gerard E. Lynch To Be District Judge: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S3915 [11MY]

Nomination of Gregory A. Presnell To Be District Judge: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S7393 [20JY]

Nomination of James A. Teilborg To Be District Judge: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S7839 [27JY]

Nomination of James D. Whittemore To Be District Judge: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S1117 [2MR]

Nomination of James E. Baker To Be Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces Judge: Committee on Armed Services (Senate), S7838 [27JY]

Nomination of James J. Brady To Be District Judge: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S4190 [18MY]

Nomination of James S. Moody, Jr., To Be District Judge: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S7393 [20JY]

Nomination of Janie L. Jeffers to the U.S. Parole Commission: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S7838 [27JY]

Nomination of Jay A. Garcia-Gregory To Be District Judge: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S5240 [15JN]

Nomination of Joan Humphrey Lefkow To Be District Judge: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S5884 [27JN]

Nomination of John A. Mott To Be District of Columbia Superior Court Associate Judge: Committee on Governmental Affairs (Senate), S5106 [14JN]

Nomination of John Antoon II To Be District Judge: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S2616 [12AP]

Nomination of John E. Steel To Be District Judge: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S7393 [20JY]

Nomination of John R. Johnson To Be District of Columbia Superior Court Judge: Committee on Governmental Affairs (Senate), S9465 [28SE]

Nomination of John W. Darrah To Be District Judge: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S5884 [27JN]

Nomination of Johnnie B. Rawlinson To Be Circuit Judge: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S7393 [20JY]

Nomination of Julio M. Fuentes To Be Circuit Judge: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S1117 [2MR]

Nomination of Kent J. Dawson To Be District Judge: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S3915 [11MY]

Nomination of Laura T. Swain To Be District Judge: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S5240 [15JN]

Nomination of Marianne O. Battani To Be District Judge: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S2616 [12AP]

Nomination of Marie F. Ragghianti to the U.S. Parole Commission: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S7839 [27JY]

Nomination of Mary A. McLaughlin To Be District Judge: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S4190 [18MY]

Nomination of Mary H. Murguia To Be District Judge: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S7839 [27JY]

Nomination of Michael J. Reagan To Be District Judge: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S7839 [27JY]

Nomination of Nicholas G. Garaufis To Be District Judge: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S3915 [11MY]

Nomination of Paul C. Huck To Be District Judge: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S5884 [27JN]

Nomination of Petrese B. Tucker To Be District Judge: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S4190 [18MY]

Nomination of Phyllis J. Hamilton To Be U.S. Attorney: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S3915 [11MY]

Nomination of Richard B. Surrick To Be District Judge: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S4190 [18MY]

Nomination of Richard C. Tallman To Be Circuit Judge: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S2616 [12AP]

Nomination of Roger L. Hunt To Be District Judge: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S3915 [11MY]

Nomination of Steven S. Reed To Be U.S. Attorney: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S3915 [11MY]

Nomination of Susan R. Bolton To Be District Judge: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S7839 [27JY]

Nomination of Thomas J. Motley To Be District of Columbia Superior Court Associate Judge: Committee on Governmental Affairs (Senate), S5106 [14JN]

Pardon Attorney Reform and Integrity Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 2042) (S. Rept. 106-231), S1390 [9MR]

Permit Direct Payment of Medical Expenses by the National Park Service and Allow for Waiver and Indemnification in Certain Mutual Law Enforcement Agreements: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 4404) (H. Rept. 106-854), H7650 [14SE]

Presidential Threat Protection Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 3048) (H. Rept. 106-669), H4219 [12JN]

Private Property Rights Implementation Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 2372) (H. Rept. 106-518), H930 [13MR]

Refusals To Comply With Subpoenas in Investigation of the Project on Government Oversight (organization) Relative to False Claims Act Lawsuit Against Oil Companies: Committee on Resources (House) (H. Rept. 106-801), H11205 [26OC]

Rental Fairness Act: Committee on Commerce (House) (H.R. 1954) (H. Rept. 106-774), H6717 [20JY]

Santo Domingo Pueblo Claims Settlement Act: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 2917) (S. Rept. 106-506), S10715 [18OC]

Senate Return of Certain Treaties to the President: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. Res. 267), S1391 [9MR]

Small Business Liability Reform Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 2366) (H. Rept. 106-494), H218 [7FE]

Strengthening Abuse and Neglect Courts Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 2272), S7838 [27JY]

Ted Weiss U.S. Courthouse, New York, NY: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 2163) (H. Rept. 106-827), H7364 [7SE]

Theodore Roosevelt U.S. Courthouse, Islip, NY: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 5267) (H. Rept. 106-921), H8616 [2OC]

Twenty-First Amendment Enforcement Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 577), S1117 [2MR]

Veterans Claims and Appeals Procedures Clarification and Improvement Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (Senate) (S. 1810) (S. Rept. 106-397), S8103 [6SE]

Resolutions by organizations

City lawsuits against firearm industry: National League of Cities, S180 [1FE]

GSA Capital Investment Program: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H11922-H11924 [14NO]

Resolutions of ratification

Inter-American Convention Against Corruption, S6256 [30JN], S7809 [27JY]

Rulings of the Chair

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4690), H5019, H5021 [22JN], H5049, H5051, H5055 [23JN], H5108, H5123, H5126, H5131, H5134, H5149, H5150, H5156 [26JN]

Statements

Buckley v. Valeo Reconsideration and Overturning: several law and political science professors, S1788-S1790 [28MR]

Constitutional Amendment on Protection of Victims' Rights: George W. Bush, Governor of Texas, S2968 [27AP]

———Laurence H. Tribe, S2823 [25AP], S2901, S2902 [26AP]

———Marsha A. Kight, Families and Survivors United (organization), S2969 [27AP]

———NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund (organization), S2927 [26AP]

———Racial Minorities for Victim Justice (organization), S2975 [27AP]

Denial of Parole for Leonard Peltier for Murder of FBI Agents in South Dakota: Louis J. Freeh, FBI, E1148 [29JN]

Don't Let Gun Manufacturers ``Take Advantage of the System'': Violence Policy Center, S180 [1FE]

Emancipated Minors: Matt Cyr, E1559 [21SE]

Ethics in the Judiciary: Abner J. Mikva, S7907 [27JY]

Law Enforcement Officers and Criminal Justice System Treatment of Minorities in New York, NY, Declaration and Plan: Representative Owens and Several Brooklyn African American Clergy and Elected Officials, H1268 [22MR]

Protection of Enrollees in Managed Care Plans and HMO's: National Conference of State Legislatures, S4797 [8JN]

Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act: Senators Hatch and Kennedy, S7774-S7776 [27JY]

Senate Record on Confirming Minority and Female Judicial Nominees: Senator Lott, S1359 [9MR]

Zoning Conflicts Between Churches and Cities: Christian Legal Society, E1564-E1567 [22SE]

Studies

Impact on Patients of Delays in Passing a Patients' Bill of Rights: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) Minority Staff, S2340 [6AP]

Subpoena Notices

Circuit Court for Escambia County, FL, H1987 [10AP]

Circuit Court for the 47th Judicial Circuit of Michigan, H7236 [6SE]

District Court for Brazoria County, TX, H11846 [13NO]

Municipal Court for the City of Wichita, KS, H11930 [4DE]

Superior Court for Los Angeles County, CA, H7237 [6SE]

Superior Court for San Diego County, CA, H9516 [10OC], H9905 [16OC]

Superior Court for Santa Barbara County, CA, H1402 [23MR]

Superior Court for the District of Columbia, H7237 [6SE]

Superior Court of Los Angeles County, CA, H8 [27JA]

Superior Court of Santa Barbara County, CA, H211 [3FE]

Superior Court of the District of Columbia, H8 [27JA], H711 [8MR], H1954 [6AP], H2319 [13AP]

Supreme Court of Onondaga County, NY, H11930 [4DE]

U.S. District Court for Iowa, H11593 [30OC]

U.S. District Court for New Jersey, H11930 [4DE]

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, H8 [27JA], H518 [29FE]

U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii, H226 [8FE]

U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire, H3871 [6JN]

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California, H3893 [6JN]

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, H236 [8FE]

U.S. District Court for the Northern District California, H2487 [3MY]

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi, H2487 [3MY]

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, H8 [27JA], H518 [29FE], H2374 [2MY], H4021 [7JN], H7236, H7237 [6SE], H9905 [16OC], H11846 [13NO]

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, H11929 [4DE]

Summaries

Brownfields Revitalization and Environmental Restoration Act (S. 2700), S4841 [8JN]

Innocence Protection Act (S. 2690), S4680 [7JN]

Internet False Identification Prevention Act (S. 2924), S11430 [31OC]

Professional Standards for Government Attorneys Act (S. 855), S9377 [27SE]

Public Health Improvement Act (H.R. 2498), S11308-S11310 [28OC]

Restoration of Fairness in Immigration Law Act (H.R. 4966), E1350-E1353 [27JY]

Tables

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies appropriations: conference report, H11272-H11281 [26OC]

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversal rate (1996-1999), S1363 [9MR]

U.S. bankruptcy filings 1980-1998, S175 [1FE]

Testimonies

Protection of Enrollees in Managed Care Plans and HMO's: Mary Munnings Lewandowski, S10128 [10OC]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 427, corrections in enrollment of S. 3186, Bankruptcy Reform Act, H9840 [12OC]

H. Res. 412, consideration of H.R. 2005, Workplace Goods Job Growth and Competitiveness Act, H171 [2FE]

H. Res. 423, consideration of H.R. 2366, Small Business Liability Reform Act, H461 [16FE]

H. Res. 441, consideration of H.R. 2372, Private Property Rights Implementation Act, H1083 [16MR]

H. Res. 494, constitutionality of Ohio State motto, H5182 [27JN]

H. Res. 529, consideration of H.R. 4690, Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies appropriations, H4957 [22JN]

H. Res. 624, consideration of conference report on H.R. 2415, Bankruptcy Reform Act, H9826 [12OC]

H. Res. 657, Committee on Resources (House) report to U.S. Attorney on refusals to comply with subpoenas in investigation of the Project on Government Oversight relative to False Claims Act lawsuit against oil companies, H11385 [27OC]

H.R. 238, increase criminal penalties for bringing in and harboring certain aliens, H8694 [3OC]

H.R. 534, Motor Vehicle Franchise Contract Arbitration Fairness Act, H8688 [3OC]

H.R. 833, Bankruptcy Reform Act, S393-S453 [7FE]

H.R. 1042, Drug Dealer Liability Act, H9535 [10OC]

H.R. 1359, Frank J. Battisti and Nathaniel R. Jones Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Youngstown, OH, H1642 [3AP]

H.R. 1605, Judge J. Smith Henley Federal Building, Harrison, AR, H1637 [3AP]

H.R. 1658, Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act, H2040-H2046 [11AP]

H.R. 1752, Federal Courts Improvement Act, H3482-H3487 [22MY]

H.R. 1959, Adrian A. Spears Judicial Training Center, San Antonio, TX, H5201 [27JN]

H.R. 2005, Workplace Goods Job Growth and Competitiveness Act, H181 [2FE]

H.R. 2366, Small Business Liability Reform Act, H474-H476 [16FE]

H.R. 2372, Private Property Rights Implementation Act, H1097 [16MR]

H.R. 2412, E. Ross Adair Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Fort Wayne, IN, H1426 [28MR]

H.R. 2498, Cardiac Arrest Survival Act, H3584 [23MY]

H.R. 2498, Public Health Improvement Act, H11303-H11313 [26OC]

H.R. 2842, Federal Employees Health Benefits Children's Equity Act, H7760 [19SE]

H.R. 3048, Presidential Threat Protection Act, H5090 [26JN]

H.R. 3088, Victims of Rape Health Protection Act, H8583 [2OC]

H.R. 3380, Military Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act, H6928 [25JY]

H.R. 3484, Child Sex Crimes Wiretapping Act, H8697 [3OC]

H.R. 3485, Justice for Victims of Terrorism Act, H6936 [25JY]

H.R. 4047, Two Strikes and You're Out Child Protection Act, H6940 [25JY]

H.R. 4051, Project Exile—The Safe Streets and Neighborhoods Act, H2026 [11AP]

H.R. 4404, permit direct payment of U.S. Park Police medical expenses by National Park Service and allow for waiver and indemnification in certain mutual law enforcement agreements, H9959 [17OC]

H.R. 4608, James H. Quillen U.S. Courthouse, Greeneville, TN, H5194 [27JN]

H.R. 4710, Illegal Pornography Prosecution Act, H6942 [25JY]

H.R. 4731, Foreign Trust Busting Act, E1107 [23JN]

H.R. 4888, Innocent Child Protection Act, H6792 [25JY]

H.R. 4975, Frank R. Lautenberg Post Office and Courthouse, Newark, NJ, H7755 [19SE]

H.R. 5062, establish the eligibility for cancellation of removal of certain aliens lawfully admitted for permanent residence, H7765 [19SE]

H.R. 5110, George E. Brown, Jr., U.S. Courthouse, Riverside, CA, H9997 [17OC]

H.R. 5136, Marshal of the Supreme Court and the Supreme Court Police authority to provide security beyond the Supreme Court building and grounds, H9540 [10OC]

H.R. 5175, Small Business Liability Relief Act, H8123-H8125 [26SE]

H.R. 5267, Theodore Roosevelt U.S. Courthouse, Islip, NY, H8558 [2OC]

H.R. 5302, William Kenzo Nakamura U.S. Courthouse, Seattle, WA, H10000 [17OC]

H.R. 5363, congressional review of proposed construction of court facilities, E1667 [4OC]

H.R. 5562, Multidistrict Litigation Act, H12513 [15DE]

S. 113, Federal Judiciary Protection Act, S9555 [28SE]

S. 768, Military and Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act, S11181 [26OC], H6939 [25JY]

S. 1508, Indian Tribal Justice Technical and Legal Assistance Act, S11756 [11DE], H10506 [23OC]

S. 1567, C.B. King U.S. Courthouse, Albany, GA, S2814 [13AP], H1644 [3AP]

S. 1769, reporting requirements for eavesdropping and surveillance activities of Federal and State law enforcement agencies, S2813 [13AP]

S. 1794, Clifford P. Hansen Federal Courthouse, Jackson, WY, S1155 [2MR], H8557 [2OC]

S. 1810, Veterans Programs Enhancement Act, S9003-S9009 [21SE]

S. 1865, America's Law Enforcement and Mental Health Project, H10636 [24OC]

S. 1865, mental health demonstration courts establishment, S9329 [26SE]

S. 2042, Pardon Attorney Reform and Integrity Act, S540 [9FE]

S. 2117, Consumer Credit Fair Dispute Resolution Act, S935 [29FE]

S. 2259, divide New Jersey into two judicial districts, S1518 [21MR]

S. 2270, Right To Bear Arms Protection and Privacy Act, S1600 [22MR]

S. 2271, Training and Knowledge Ensure Children a Risk-Free Environment (TAKE CARE) Act, S1602-S1604 [22MR]

S. 2272, Strengthening Abuse and Neglect Courts Act, S1604-S1606 [22MR], S9326-S9329 [26SE], H8690-H8692 [3OC]

S. 2363, Water Adjudication Fee Fairness Act, S2239 [5AP]

S. 2369, waive Federal preemption of State laws in court cases awarding punitive damages against moving companies engaging in unfair practices in processing of property claims, S2348 [6AP]

S. 2370, Daniel Patrick Moynihan U.S. Courthouse, New York, NY, S2349 [6AP], S3557 [4MY], H2975 [15MY]

S. 2516, Fugitive Apprehension Act, S3613 [8MY], S7718-S7720 [26JY]

S. 2517, School Safety Act, S3614 [8MY]

S. 2690, Innocence Protection Act, S4676-S4680 [7JN]

S. 2700, Brownfields Revitalization and Environmental Restoration Act, S4835-S4840 [8JN]

S. 2726, American Servicemembers' Protection Act, S5107-S5109 [14JN]

S. 2747, Child Support Fairness and Tax Refund Interception Act, S5308 [16JN]

S. 2761, Capturing Criminals Act, S5557 [21JN]

S. 2830, Miranda Reaffirmation Act, S6140 [29JN]

S. 2869, Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act, S7779-S7781 [27JY], H7191 [27JY]

S. 2875, Magistrate Judge Improvement Act, S6844 [14JY]

S. 2907, awarding of attorneys' fees to private parties who prevail in litigation against the Federal Government, S7452 [21JY]

S. 2908, Offender Reentry and Community Safety Act, S7478-S7482 [24JY]

S. 2915, Federal Courts Improvement Act, S10844-S10847 [19OC], H10868-H10871 [25OC]

S. 2917, Santo Domingo Pueblo Claims Settlement Act, S10268-S10270 [11OC], H9963-H9965 [17OC]

S. 2924, Internet False Identification Prevention Act, S11427, S11431 [31OC], S11941 [15DE], H12511 [15DE]

S. 2944, reaffirm exclusive framework for criminal penalties in oil spill incidents by prohibiting prosecution under other strict liability statutes, S7843 [27JY]

S. 2955, provide tax relief for payment of asbestos-related claims, S7846 [27JY]

S. 3008, Older Workers Rights Restoration Act, S8109 [6SE]

S. 3045, National Forensic Sciences Improvement Act, S11185-S11187 [26OC], H12029-H12031 [7DE]

S. 3075, eliminate automatic salary adjustments for Members of Congress, the Vice President, certain senior executive officers, and Federal judges, S8824 [20SE]

S. 3122, ADA Notification Act, S9389 [27SE]

S. 3168, Sexual Assault Prosecution Act, S9950 [5OC]

S. 3191, Drug Court Act, S10415 [12OC]

S. 3206, Victims of Rape Health Protection Act, S10590 [13OC]

S. 3210, Consumer and Employee Arbitration Bill of Rights, S10626 [17OC]

S. 3216, Integrity of the U.S. Courts Act, S10721 [18OC]

S. 3221, Law Enforcement Officers Due Process Act, S10802 [19OC]

S. 3268, Fishery and Aquaculture Oil Spill Assistance Act, S11494 [1NO]

S. Con. Res. 78, release of Yongyi Song and legal system reform by the People's Republic of China, S92 [26JA]

S. Con. Res. 79, reunite Elian Gonzalez-Brotons with father, S93, S100 [26JA]

S. Con. Res. 120, increase penalties for hate crimes, S4694 [7JN]

S. Res. 231, refer S. 1456, relief of Rocco A. Trecosta, to the Court of Federal Claims, S10938 [24OC]

S. Res. 249, authorize testimony and Senate Legal Counsel representation of Emmet Mahon in Thomas Dwyer v. City of Pittsburgh, et al., S161, S165 [31JA]

S. Res. 267, Senate return of certain treaties to the President, S1423 [9MR]

S. Res. 276, submit conference report and include Senate gun safety language in H.R. 1501, Violent and Repeat Juvenile Offender Accountability and Rehabilitation Act, S1526 [21MR]

S. Res. 283, Senate Legal Counsel intervention in the name of the Committee on Appropriations (Senate) and the Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) in U.S. v. Northwest Airlines Corp., et al., S2441, S2445 [7AP]

S. Res. 284, testimony, document production, and Senate Legal Counsel representation in U.S. v. George P. Calhoun, S2441, S2446 [7AP]

S. Res. 297, testimony and Senate Legal Counsel representation of Laura Cahill in Martin A. Lopow v. William J. Henderson, S2947, S2948 [26AP]

S. Res. 312, Senate Legal Counsel representation, testimony, and document production in Indiana v. Amy Han, S4326, S4334 [23MY]

S. Res. 313, Senate Legal Counsel representation in Harold A. Johnson v. Max Cleland, et al., S4326, S4334 [23MY]

S. Res. 316, tribute to Daniel H. Thomas, S4491, S4504 [25MY]

S. Res. 331, testimony, document production, and Senate Legal Counsel representation in U.S. v. Ellen Rose Hart, S6146, S6182 [29JN]

S. Res. 367, provide a timely and open judicial appeal for Shaiboub William Arsel and complete an independent investigation of police brutality in Al-Kosheh, Egypt, S9965 [5OC]

Tributes

King, C.B., H2099-H2104 [11AP]