GRASSLEY, CHARLES E. (a Senator from Iowa)

Advertisements

Trade and Development Act supporters, S3859 [11MY]

Amendments

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005 (S. Con. Res. 101), S2122 [4AP], S2254 [5AP], S2319, S2364, S2369, S2370, S2372, S2374, S2375 [6AP], S2417 [7AP]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2549), S5081, S5127 [14JN], S5437, S5472 [20JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4576), S4811, S4907 [8JN], S4962 [12JN]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4578), S7086, S7167 [18JY]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4475), S5098, S5138 [14JN]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), S5698, S5706 [22JN], S5715 [23JN], S6197, S6200, S6267, S6269 [30JN]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 4733), S8117 [6SE], S8168 [7SE]

Taxation: phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), S6636, S6703 [13JY]

Appointments

Canada-U.S. Interparliamentary Group, S3927 [11MY]

Conferee: H. Con. Res. 290, setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005, S2481 [10AP]

NATO Parliamentary Assembly, S4334 [23MY], S10266 [11OC]

Articles and editorials

Bankruptcy Is for the Needy, Omaha (NE) World-Herald, S245 [2FE]

Bankruptcy Pace for Individuals Is Accelerating, Yochi J. Dreazen, Wall Street Journal, S11633 [6DE]

Bankruptcy Paradox, Des Moines (IA) Register, S244 [2FE]

Emily's Story—A Life of Strength and Courage, S338 [3FE]

New Dept. of Agriculture Inspection System, George Anthan, Des Moines (IA) Register, S3045 [1MY]

Tailhook May Soil Choice for Pentagon's Mr. Clean, George C. Wilson, National Journal, S131 [31JA]

What Real People Are Saying About Bankruptcy Reform, Time (publication), S5384 [20JN]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Aviation: mandatory pre-employment criminal background checks for airport baggage screeners (see S. 2440), S3031 [27AP]

Baltic States: recognize anniversary of U.S. nonrecognition policy of the Soviet takeover of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania and support democratic and economic reforms (see S. Con. Res. 122), S5467 [20JN]

CERCLA: promote cleanup and reuse of brownfields, provide financial assistance for brownfields revitalization, and enhance State response programs (see S. 2700), S6027 [28JN]

Children and youth: improve efficiency and effectiveness of abuse and neglect courts (see S. 2272), S8214 [7SE]

Children's Internet Safety Month: designate (see S. Res. 294), S5814 [26JN]

China, People's Republic of: apply certain measures in response to the illegal sale, transfer, or misuse of certain controlled goods, services, or technology (see S. 2645), S6259 [30JN]

Clark, Wesley K.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 2824), S6121 [29JN]

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

Coverdell, Paul: tribute (see S. Res. 338), S7160 [18JY]

CPSC: promulgate fire safety standards for cigarettes (see S. 730), S5272 [15JN]

Crime: combat international money laundering and protect the U.S. financial system (see S. 2972), S7839 [27JY]

———prevent identity fraud (see S. 2328), S1986 [30MR]

Curtis, Carl T.: tribute (see S. Res. 246), S86 [26JA]

DEA: funding to assist State and local efforts to clean up methamphetamine laboratories (see S. Res. 291), S2728 [13AP]

Death and dying: promote pain management and palliative care without permitting assisted suicide and euthanasia (see S. 1272), S635 [10FE]

Dept. of Agriculture: extend authority to provide grants for State agricultural mediation programs (see S. 2741), S5240 [15JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: make pay adjustments for nurses and certain other health-care professionals in the same manner as Federal employees and allow locality pay adjustments for those employees (see S. 1399), S8291 [8SE]

Disasters: authorize predisaster mitigation programs, streamline the administration of disaster relief, and control the costs of disaster assistance (see S. 1691), S2771 [13AP]

Diseases: extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see S. 2386), S2526 [11AP]

———reduce burden of diabetes among children and youth (see S. 2879), S7453 [21JY]

Drug abuse: combat ``Ecstasy'' production, abuse, and imports, and increase education and awareness on dangers (see S. 2612), S4297 [23MY]

FAA: relax maximum age requirements for certain pilots (see S. 1855), S1185 [6MR]

FCC: allow the operation of low-power FM radio stations that do not interfere with the transmissions of full-power stations (see S. 3020), S9271 [26SE]

FDA: uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see S. 1155), S3264 [2MY]

Federal employees: establish program under which current and former employees may obtain long-term care insurance (see S. 2218), S1315 [8MR]

Food: reform the State inspection of meat and poultry (see S. 1988), S2353 [6AP]

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

Foreign policy: make oil-producing and exporting cartels illegal (see S. 2778), S5663 [22JN]

Gambling: prohibit gambling on high school and college sports and the Olympic games (see S. 2021), S2465 [10AP]

Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: designate (see S. Res. 251), S285 [2FE]

Health Care Financing Administration: revise performance standards and certification process for organ procurement organizations (see S. 2235), S1997 [30MR]

Housing: encourage Senate participation in and support of activities to provide decent homes for U.S. citizens (see S. Res. 319), S4922 [9JN]

———preserve assisted housing for low-income elderly persons, disabled persons, and certain families (see S. 2733), S9395 [27SE]

INS: reduce backlog in processing of benefit applications and improve infrastructure necessary for effective provision of immigration services (see S. 2586), S5562 [21JN]

Insurance: increase access to long-term health care (see S. 2935), S7656 [26JY]

———require health plans to cover treatment of a minor child's congenital or developmental deformity or disorder due to trauma, infection, tumor, or disease (see S. 1822), S7921 [27JY]

Japan: access of U.S. business to telecommunications markets (see S. Res. 275), S1461 [20MR]

Law enforcement: 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]

Lithuania: independence anniversary (see S. Con. Res. 91), S1118 [2MR]

Lumber industry: promote open and competitive trade of softwood lumber between the U.S. and Canada (see S. Con. Res. 111), S3692 [9MY]

Medicare: clarify definition of homebound relative to home health services (see S. 3106), S10092 [6OC]

———expand medical residency training programs in geriatric medicine (see S. 2910), S7656 [26JY]

———improve access to Medicare+Choice plans through an increase in annual capitation rates (see S. 2937), S7656 [26JY]

———increase access to health care for beneficiaries through telemedicine (see S. 2505), S3513 [4MY]

———promote access to health care services in rural areas (see S. 2987), S7840 [27JY]

———protect right of beneficiaries enrolled in Medicare+Choice plans to receive services at any skilled nursing facility (see S. 1459), S6143 [29JN]

Mental health: provide equitable health insurance coverage for certain biologically-based mental illnesses and prohibit limits on hospital stays and outpatient visits (see S. 796), S2636 [12AP]

Mexico: elections (see S. Res. 335), S6678 [13JY]

———grant a temporary waiver of requirements relative to foreign aid certification of drug enforcement efforts (see S. Res. 366), S9861 [4OC]

Middle East: prohibit U.S. assistance to the Palestinian Authority if a Palestinian State is declared unilaterally (see S. 2938), S9478 [28SE] (see S. 3250), S11131 [26OC]

National Airborne Day: designate (see S. Res. 301), S7484 [24JY]

National Correctional Officers and Employees Week: designate (see S. Res. 248), S3545 [4MY]

National Eat-Dinner-With-Your-Children Day: designate (see S. Res. 323), S5106 [14JN]

National Fragile X Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 268), S5813 [26JN]

National Heart Failure Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 256), S613 [10FE]

National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week: designate (see S. Res. 342), S8215 [7SE]

National Peace Officers Memorial Day: designate (see S. Res. 247), S2872 [25AP]

National School Lunch Act: use of pilot projects to increase number of children participating in summer food service programs (see S. 3054), S8585 [14SE]

National Survivors of Suicide Day: designate (see S. Res. 339), S10425 [12OC]

National Veterans Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 304), S6846 [14JY]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: amend (see S. 385), S8214 [7SE]

Older Americans Act: extend authorization, establish National Family Caregiver Support Program, modernize aging programs and services, and address need to engage in life course planning (see S. 1536), S8505 [13SE]

Olympic games: mint commemorative coins to support the 2002 Salt Lake Olympic Winter Games and U.S. Olympic Committee programs (see S. 2266), S1596 [22MR]

———tribute to Sydney, Australia, and U.S. participants (see S. Res. 364), S9702 [3OC]

Petroleum: prohibit the use of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) in reformulated gasoline and provide research on remediation of contaminated groundwater (see S. 2233), S1392 [9MR]

———prohibit use of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE), provide flexibility within the EPA's oxygenate requirements, and promote the use of renewable ethanol (see S. 2546), S3916 [11MY]

———support increase in world crude oil supplies (see S. Res. 263), S867 [28FE]

Pope John Paul II: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 2453), S2728 [13AP]

Power resources: establish and implement competitive, environmentally sound, and job creating oil and gas leasing program for the Coastal Plain (see S. 2214), S1315 [8MR]

Reagan, Ronald and Nancy: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 2459), S2865 [25AP]

Riddick, Floyd M.: tribute (see S. Res. 245), S86 [26JA]

Rural areas: promote and improve access to health care services (see S. 2735), S5240 [15JN]

———provide funds for automatic external defibrillators and the training of individuals in advanced cardiac life support (see S. 2528), S6259 [30JN]

Safety Net Organizations and Patient Advisory Commission: establish (see S. 3035), S8413 [12SE]

Schulz, Charles M.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 2060), S2040 [3AP]

Senior citizens: ensure the opportunity to serve as mentors, tutors, and volunteers for certain programs (see S. 1851), S4577 [6JN]

———protect rights of members of HMO's to receive continuing care at facilities of their choice (see S. 1142), S6143 [29JN]

Smithsonian Institution: mint coins in commemoration of the National Museum of the American Indian (see S. 2217), S6690 [13JY]

Social Security: eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (see S. 2074), S680 [22FE]

———open KidSave accounts for every child at birth and invest such accounts to build retirement savings (see S. 3200), S10412 [12OC]

———provide retirement security through payroll deductions and extend solvency of Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Program (see S. 2774), S5663 [22JN]

———restore Social Services Block Grant funding and the ability of States to transfer Temporary Assistance for Needy Families funds to such block grant (see S. 2585), S4103 [17MY]

South America: grant trade benefits to certain Andean Trade Pact nations relative to textiles and apparel (see S. 2823), S6121 [29JN]

Taxation: clarify that certain small businesses that use merchandise or inventory are permitted to use the cash method of accounting (see S. 2246), S1392 [9MR]

———provide credits to investors in international carbon sequestration projects (see S. 2982), S7840 [27JY]

———provide incentives for renewal of distressed communities and empowerment zone development, increase the number of empowerment zones, and encourage investment in new markets (see S. 3152), S9701 [3OC]

———repeal modification of capital gains tax payments relative to small businesses sold on the installment sales method (see S. 2005), S551 [9FE]

———repeal motor fuel excise taxes which remain in the general fund of the Treasury on railroads and inland waterway transportation (see S. 820), S41 [24JA]

———require certain political organizations to report information to the IRS (see S. 2742), S5467 [20JN]

———restore deductions for expenses relative to services performed by military reservists (see S. 3101), S9864 [4OC]

———treat payments under the Conservation Reserve Program as rentals from real estate (see S. 2344), S2106 [4AP]

———treatment of charitable donation of food by businesses and farmers (see S. 2084), S1327 [8MR]

———treatment of contributions of computer technology and equipment to elementary or secondary schools (see S. 542), S1524 [21MR]

———treatment of distributions from publicly traded partnerships (see S. 2949), S7839 [27JY]

———treatment of income from land sold to a government agency or a nonprofit organization for conservation purposes (see S. 808), S4854 [8JN]

Television: authorize loan guarantees to facilitate access to local television broadcast signals in unserved and underserved areas (see S. 2097), S799 [24FE]

United Mine Workers of America: restore stability and equity to the financing of the Combined Benefit Fund (see S. 2729), S7399 [20JY]

Veterans: clarify and improve veterans' claims and appellate procedures (see S. 1810), S3948 [15MY]

———develop educational programs on veterans' contributions to the country (see S. Res. 304), S6846 [14JY]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: place a plaque to honor those veterans who died after their service, but as a direct result of that service (see S. 1921), S4207 [18MY]

Water pollution: exclude certain areas and activities from stormwater regulations, and limit liability of local governments relative to co-permittees and implementation of control measures (see S. 1706), S4487 [25MY]

Wisconsin (U.S.S.): issue commemorative postage stamp to honor ship and crew (see S. Con. Res. 60), S4025 [16MY]

World War II: support Day of Honor 2000 to honor and recognize the service of minority veterans (see S.J. Res. 44), S3851 [10MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

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

Dept. of Agriculture: implement GAO recommendations on improving the administration of the Packers and Stockyards Act (see S. 3091), S8941 [21SE]

———require review of agribusiness mergers and acquisitions and allow imposition of conditions relative to anticompetitive practices (see S. 2252), S1461 [20MR]

Drugs: substance abuse prevention and treatment programs funding (see S. 2527), S3692 [9MY]

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

Federal employees: establish program under which current and former employees may obtain long-term care insurance (see S. 2420), S2727 [13AP]

Foreign policy: authorize trade and investment policy relative to sub-Saharan Africa (H.R. 434), corrections in enrollment of conference report (see S. Con. Res. 112), S3916 [11MY]

———reduce, suspend, or terminate certain assistance to countries engaged in oil price fixing to the detriment of the U.S. economy (see S. 2182), S1173 [6MR]

Law enforcement officers: provide that Federal officers who are convicted of a felony should be terminated from employment (see S. 2404), S2616 [12AP]

Medicaid: provide families and disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see S. 2274), S1596 [22MR]

Medicare: provide appropriate transition from interim payment system to prospective payment system for home health services (see S. 2835), S6257 [30JN]

———require wage adjustment of actual, rather than estimated proportion of a hospital's costs that are attributable to wages and wage-related costs (see S. 2828), S6121 [29JN]

Medicare/Medicaid: establish minimum nursing staff levels for nursing facilities and improve quality of care provided by nursing facilities (see S. 3177), S10083 [6OC]

———improve patient safety by reducing medical errors (see S. 2378), S2347 [6AP]

National Community Antidrug Coalition Institute: establish (see S. 2473), S2940 [26AP]

Pinales, Jose Guadalupe Tellez: relief (see S. 2289), S1671 [23MR]

Social Security: provide additional safeguards for certain beneficiaries with representative payees (see S. 2477), S3023 [27AP]

Tariff: hand-woven fabrics (see S. 2245), S1392 [9MR]

Taxation: allow distributions to be made from certain pension plans before the participant is severed from employment (see S. 2853), S6574 [12JY]

———provide a credit for energy efficient appliances (see S. 2939), S7656 [26JY]

———treatment of certain expenses of rural letter carriers relative to the business use of a personal vehicle (see S. 2608), S4297 [23MY]

———treatment of contributions in aid of construction for water and sewage disposal property relative to service laterals (see S. 2290), S1671 [23MR]

———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]

———treatment of flexible spending arrangements relative to long-term care insurance (see S. 2225), S1391 [9MR]

Veterans: improve procedures for the determination of the inability of veterans to defray expenses of necessary medical care (see S. 3010), S8105 [6SE]

Cloture motions

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

China, People's Republic of: permanent normal trade relations upon accession to the World Trade Organization (H.R. 4444), motion to proceed, S7590 [26JY], S7768 [27JY]

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]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 4733), motion to proceed, S7522 [25JY], S7731 [27JY]

Foreign policy: authorize trade and investment policy relative to sub-Saharan Africa (H.R. 434), conference report, S3788 [10MY], S3860 [11MY]

Nuclear energy: storage of spent nuclear fuel pending completion of the nuclear waste repository (S. 1287), S463, S469 [8FE]

Taxation: eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate brackets and standard deduction amounts (H.R. 6), S2514 [11AP], S2673, S2674 [13AP]

———institute a Federal fuels tax holiday (S. 2285), S2432 [7AP], S2506 [11AP]

———institute a Federal fuels tax holiday (S. 2285), motion to proceed, S1831 [28MR], S1970 [30MR]

———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), S6296 [30JN]

Eulogies

Jordt, Emily Ann: Debra L. Jordt, William G. Jordt, and Betty V. Jordt, S339 [3FE]

Explanations

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

Letters

Agriculture Marketing Equity Capital Fund use by independent grain and livestock producers for business developments with packers and processors: by, S5100 [14JN]

Bankruptcy treatment of child support payments: Philip L. Strauss, San Francisco, CA, Family Support Bureau, S11437-S11439 [31OC]

Medicaid coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment services for certain women screened under federally funded programs: Barbara Morrow, S2325 [6AP]

National Family Caregiver Support Program: Barbara Boyd, S11055 [26OC]

Tax incentives for farm relief and economic development: Bob Stallman, American Farm Bureau Federation, S6639 [13JY]

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

Lists

American Meat Institute, S5100 [14JN]

Memorandums

Bankruptcy and Debts Incurred as a Result of Abortion Clinic Violence: Robin Jeweler, Congressional Research Service, S11695 [7DE]

Bankruptcy Reform Legislation Relative to Abortion Clinic Violence: Robin Jeweler, Congressional Research Service, S11414 [31OC]

Messages

Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Treaty With France: President Clinton, S165 [31JA]

Pledge of Allegiance

Senate, S7459 [24JY], S11383 [31OC], S11445 [1NO]

Privilege of the floor

Kovarik, Kurt, S3852 [10MY]

McClain, Cate, S11427 [31OC]

Remarks

Agriculture: Federal farm policies, S346-S348 [7FE]

———improve crop insurance coverage and assist producers in managing risk (S. 2251), S1585 [22MR]

———review agribusiness mergers, enhance competition, and protect family farms, ranches, and rural communities from unfair or deceptive agribusiness practices (S. 2744), S11385 [31OC]

———strengthen safety net for agricultural producers and improve efficiency and integrity of the Federal crop insurance program, S2064 [4AP]

———strengthen safety net for agricultural producers and improve efficiency and integrity of the Federal crop insurance program (H.R. 2559), conference report, S4437 [25MY], S5100 [14JN]

———use of Agriculture Marketing Equity Capital Fund by independent grain and livestock producers for business developments with packers and processors, S5100 [14JN]

Animals: provide for a system of sanctuaries for chimpanzees that are no longer needed in research conducted by the Public Health Service (H.R. 3514), S11654 [6DE]

Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 127), unanimous-consent agreement, S11729 [7DE]

Armed Forces: coverage of chiropractic health services, S7471 [24JY]

Bankruptcy: amend laws (H.R. 833), S255 [2FE], S5383, S5385 [20JN], S6249 [30JN]

———amend laws (H.R. 2415), conference report, S10775 [19OC], S11413, S11414, S11415, S11416, S11437, S11439 [31OC], S11450 [1NO], S11631, S11638, S11660 [6DE], S11690, S11694, S11698, S11730 [7DE]

———amend laws (S. 625), S72 [26JA], S143 [31JA], S174, S184, S190 [1FE], S225, S227, S228, S236, S244, S249 [2FE]

———disallow claims of certain insured depository institutions, S174 [1FE]

———ensure debts incurred as a result of abortion clinic violence are nondischargeable, S227, S228 [2FE], S11413, S11414 [31OC], S11694 [7DE]

———ensure debts incurred by firearms manufacturers or distributors as a result of firearms lawsuits are nondischargeable, S184 [1FE]

———extend reenactment period for chapter 12 of the bankruptcy code relative to family farmers, S6249 [30JN], S10775 [19OC], S11632 [6DE]

———prohibit coercive debt collection practices, S174, S190 [1FE]

———treatment of child support payments, S11437 [31OC]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and elimination of the marriage tax penalty (H.R. 4810), S7051 [17JY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005 (H. Con. Res. 290), conference report—unanimous-consent agreement, S2665 [13AP]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005 (S. Con. Res. 101), S2064 [4AP], S2324 [6AP]

China, People's Republic of: admission into World Trade Organization, S345 [7FE], S790 [24FE]

———apply certain measures in response to the illegal sale, transfer, or misuse of certain controlled goods, services, or technology, S8354 [12SE]

———normal trade relations status, S345 [7FE]

———permanent normal trade relations upon accession to the World Trade Organization, S1169 [6MR]

———permanent normal trade relations upon accession to the World Trade Organization (H.R. 4444), S8354 [12SE]

———permanent normal trade relations upon accession to the World Trade Organization (H.R. 4444), motion to proceed, S7981-S7983 [5SE]

Computers: require operators of Internet web sites to obtain a user's consent before sending health information to another entity, S5320 [19JN]

Congress: adjournment (H. Con. Res. 303), unanimous-consent agreement, S2665 [13AP]

Courts: appointment of additional bankruptcy judges, S249 [2FE]

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

———protect consumers from payday lenders demanding exorbitant interest rates and participating in other unfair practices, S174, S190 [1FE]

Crime: prevent identity fraud (S. 2924), S11427, S11428, S11431 [31OC]

———prevent the entry by false pretenses to certain restricted areas and prevent misuse of genuine and counterfeit police badges (H.R. 4827), S11655 [6DE]

DEA: funding to assist State and local efforts to clean up methamphetamine laboratories, S7459 [24JY]

———funding to assist State and local efforts to clean up methamphetamine laboratories (S. Res. 291), S2776 [13AP]

Dept. of Agriculture: implement GAO recommendations on improving the administration of the Packers and Stockyards Act (S. 3091), S8956 [21SE]

———require review of agribusiness mergers and acquisitions and allow imposition of conditions relative to anticompetitive practices (S. 2252), S1463 [20MR]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2549), S4806 [8JN], S7471 [24JY]

———making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 4425), conference report, S7459 [24JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4576), S4811 [8JN], S4915, S4920 [9JN]

———matching of disbursements to particular obligations, S4811 [8JN], S4915 [9JN]

Dept. of Energy: require report on readiness of heating oil and propane industries to respond to rises in prices due to anticompetitive activity, shortage, or extreme winter weather, S8171 [7SE]

Dept. of HHS: Medicare Integrity Program funding, S6205 [30JN]

Dept. of Justice: handling of investigation of missing nuclear missile technology from Los Alamos National Laboratory, addressing of agency security issues, and determination of accountability for security lapses, S8641 [18SE]

———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]

Dept. of State and related agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2415), conference report, S11437, S11439 [31OC]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), S5871 [27JN], S6205 [30JN]

Drug abuse: combat ``Ecstasy'' production, abuse, and imports, and increase education and awareness on dangers, S2893 [26AP]

———combat ``Ecstasy'' production, abuse, and imports, and increase education and awareness on dangers (S. 2612), S4317 [23MY]

———national drug control policy, S789 [24FE], S2893 [26AP], S9562, S9563 [2OC]

Drugs: Caribbean and South American nations drug interdiction assistance funding, S5514 [21JN]

———establish grants for drug treatment alternatives to prison programs administered by State or local prosecutors (H.R. 4493), S11655 [6DE]

———substance abuse prevention and treatment programs funding (S. 2527), S3735 [9MY]

Education: give gifted and talented students the opportunity to develop their capabilities, S3600 [8MY]

———national policy to improve system, S850 [28FE]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: extend programs and activities (S. 2), S2952 [27AP], S3600 [8MY]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 4733), S8086 [6SE], S8171 [7SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4733), conference report, S10037 [6OC]

FAA: reauthorizing programs (H.R. 1000), conference report, S1252 [8MR]

False Claims Act: objection to revisions, S8936 [21SE]

Federal courts: improve operation and administration (S. 2915), S7544 [25JY]

Food: inspection of meat and poultry products by meat processing company employees instead of Dept. of Agriculture inspectors, S3045 [1MY]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (S. 2522), S5514 [21JN]

Foreign policy: authorize trade and investment policy relative to sub-Saharan Africa (H.R. 434), conference report, S3788, S3818 [10MY], S3859, S3867, S3874, S3875 [11MY]

———prohibit any agent of the U.S. from pressuring African countries to change or revoke laws aimed at increasing access to HIV/AIDS drugs, S3818 [10MY]

———reduce, suspend, or terminate certain assistance to countries engaged in oil price fixing to the detriment of the U.S. economy (S. 2182), S1184 [6MR]

Foreign trade: promote safety of genetically engineered foods, S3178-S3180 [1MY]

———provide additional trade benefits to certain beneficiary countries in the Caribbean, S3788, S3818 [10MY], S3859, S3867 [11MY]

———strengthen provisions relative to transshipment of certain textile products, S3867 [11MY]

FTC: report on marketing of violence to children by entertainment industry, S8528 [13SE]

Fuentes, Julio M.: nomination to be circuit judge, unanimous-consent agreement, S1187 [6MR]

Health: protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, S4806 [8JN]

Iowa: anniversary of Allen Memorial Hospital and the Allen Health System nursing education program, S8655 [18SE]

Iowa State University: tribute to athletic program, S1974 [30MR]

Law enforcement officers: provide that Federal officers who are convicted of a felony should be terminated from employment (S. 2404), S2617 [12AP]

Lee, Wen Ho: Dept. of Justice investigation of espionage allegations relative to ethnic background, S8641 [18SE]

Lewis, Diane and Jim: Congressional Coalition on Adoption ``Angels in Adoption'' award recipients, S9258 [26SE]

Library of Congress: establish revolving funds for the operation of certain programs and activities (H.R. 5410), S11436 [31OC]

Mancuso, Donald: allegations of misconduct while serving as Defense Criminal Investigative Service Director, S130 [31JA], S6250 [30JN]

———nomination to be Dept. of Defense Inspector General, S6250 [30JN]

Medicaid: coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment for certain women and research on relationship between cervical cancer and human papillomavirus (H.R. 4386), S3858 [11MY]

———coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment services for certain women screened under federally funded programs, S2324 [6AP]

———provide families and disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (S. 2274), S1607 [22MR]

Medicare: improve access to Medicare+Choice plans through an increase in annual capitation rates (S. 2937), S7687 [26JY]

———provide appropriate transition from interim payment system to prospective payment system for home health services (S. 2835), S6257 [30JN]

Medicare/Medicaid: establish minimum nursing staff levels for nursing facilities and improve quality of care provided by nursing facilities (S. 3177), S10085 [6OC]

———improve patient safety by reducing medical errors (S. 2378), S2349 [6AP]

Missouri River: Corps of Engineers river management funding, S8086 [6SE], S10037 [6OC]

———improve environmental quality and public use, and expand the Corps of Engineers authority to protect, enhance, and restore the fish and wildlife habitat, S8086 [6SE]

National Community Antidrug Coalition Institute: establish (S. 2473), S2944 [26AP]

National Eat-Dinner-With-Your-Children Day: designate (S. Res. 323), S5160 [14JN]

National Osteoporosis Prevention Month: observance, S4294 [23MY]

NIST: establish a program to support research and training in methods of detecting the use of performance-enhancing substances by athletes (S. 2267), S1616 [22MR]

O'Connor, John Cardinal: tribute (H. Con. Res. 317), S3626 [8MY]

Older Americans Act: National Family Caregiver Support Program funding, S11055 [26OC]

———reauthorize, S5320 [19JN]

———reauthorize (H.R. 782), S11055 [26OC]

Older Americans Month: observance, S3941 [15MY]

OPEC: encourage stabilization of crude oil prices, S776 [24FE]

Petroleum: dependence on foreign sources, S846 [28FE]

———economic impact of increasing oil prices, S8189 [7SE], S9564 [2OC]

———phase-out use of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) in reformulated gasoline, S846 [28FE]

———prohibit the use of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) in reformulated gasoline and provide research on remediation of contaminated groundwater (S. 2233), S1404 [9MR]

———prohibit use of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE), provide flexibility within the EPA's oxygenate requirements, and promote the use of renewable ethanol (S. 2546), S3920 [11MY]

Pinales, Jose Guadalupe Tellez: relief (S. 2289), S1681 [23MR]

Power resources: national energy policy, S846 [28FE], S8189 [7SE], S9564 [2OC]

Presidential appointments: nominations considered and confirmed en bloc, S3199 [1MY], S3626 [8MY]

Product safety: promote new and revised toxicological tests that protect human, animal, and environmental health while reducing need for animal testing (H.R. 4281), S11649 [6DE]

SBA: improve the certified development company program (H.R. 2614), conference report, S11302 [28OC], S11320-S11322 [29OC], S11471, S11472 [1NO]

Schools: provide a safer educational environment by implementing policies to reduce violence and illegal drug use, S2952 [27AP]

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), S11651 [6DE]

Senate: legislative program, S165 [31JA], S225 [2FE], S1187, S1188 [6MR], S1617 [22MR], S3199 [1MY], S3626, S3627 [8MY], S3858 [11MY], S5383 [20JN], S7459 [24JY], S11384, S11436, S11437 [31OC], S11655 [6DE]

Senate Legal Counsel: authorize testimony and representation of Emmet Mahon in Thomas Dwyer v. City of Pittsburgh, et al. (S. Res. 249), S165 [31JA]

Senate Rules: amend to provide for certain committee appointments (S. Res. 354), S11660 [6DE]

Social Security: eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (H.R. 5), S1501 [21MR]

———eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (S. 2074), S682 [22FE]

———make corrections in Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program relative to the Balanced Budget Act, S11472 [1NO]

———provide additional safeguards for certain beneficiaries with representative payees (S. 2477), S3024 [27AP]

———provide retirement security through payroll deductions and extend solvency of Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Program (S. 2774), S5668 [22JN]

———restore Social Services Block Grant funding and the ability of States to transfer Temporary Assistance for Needy Families funds to such block grant (S. 2585), S4115 [17MY]

———Social Services Block Grant funding, S5871 [27JN]

South America: grant trade benefits to certain Andean Trade Pact nations relative to textiles and apparel (S. 2823), S6137 [29JN]

Taxation: allow distributions to be made from certain pension plans before the participant is severed from employment (S. 2853), S6575 [12JY]

———allow Farm and Ranch Risk Management Accounts, S11471 [1NO]

———eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate brackets and standard deduction amounts (H.R. 6), S2593, S2595, S2596 [12AP], S2661, S2668, S2673 [13AP]

———ensure that income averaging for farmers does not increase a farmer's liability for the alternative minimum tax, S11471 [1NO]

———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), S6636, S6639, S6643, S6665 [13JY]

———provide a credit for energy efficient appliances (S. 2939), S7687 [26JY]

———provide incentives for farm relief and economic development, S6636, S6639, S6643 [13JY]

———provide retirement security and pension reform, S11320-S11322 [29OC]

———relief, S11302 [28OC], S11320-S11322 [29OC]

———treatment of adoption expenses relative to special needs children, S11302 [28OC]

———treatment of certain expenses of rural letter carriers relative to the business use of a personal vehicle (S. 2608), S4313 [23MY]

———treatment of certain qualified personal service provider income, S3867 [11MY]

———treatment of contributions in aid of construction for water and sewage disposal property relative to service laterals (S. 2290), S1681 [23MR]

———treatment of damages and back pay received on account of, and expenses incurred in, asserting any claim of employment discrimination (S. 2887), S7163 [18JY]

———treatment of education individual retirement accounts relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (S. 1134), S850 [28FE]

———treatment of flexible spending arrangements relative to long-term care insurance (S. 2225), S1392 [9MR]

———treatment of higher education expenses and interest on student loans, S850 [28FE]

———treatment of individual retirement accounts, S11320-S11322 [29OC]

Telecommunications: State and local government regulation of citizens band radio equipment (H.R. 2346), S11427 [31OC]

Treaties and agreements: removal of injunction of secrecy, S165 [31JA]

Tunisia: independence anniversary, S1454 [20MR]

U.S. Fire Administration: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1550), S11433, S11436 [31OC]

Veterans: improve procedures for the determination of the inability of veterans to defray expenses of necessary medical care (S. 3010), S8111 [6SE]

World Trade Organization: recent decision on foreign sales corporations, S775 [24FE]

World War II: facilitate settlement of claims against Japanese companies by former U.S. prisoners of war used as slave labor (S. Con. Res. 158), S11432 [31OC]

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]

Reports filed

``Developments in Aging—1997 and 1998'': Committee on Aging (Senate, Special) (S. Rept. 106-229), S381 [7FE]

Statements

Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title I Funds for Educationally and Economically Disadvantaged Schools and Students: by, S3588-S3590 [8MY]

Summaries

Stop All Frequent Errors (SAFE) in Medicare and Medicaid Act (S. 2378), S2349 [6AP]

Tables

Committee on the Budget (Senate) scoring of S. 2593, Dept. of Defense appropriations, S4920 [9JN]

U.S. bankruptcy filings 1980-1998, S175 [1FE]

Texts of

S. 2245, tariff on hand-woven fabrics, S1419 [9MR]

S. 2420, Long-Term Care Security Act, S2734-S2736 [13AP]

S. 2774, Bipartisan Social Security Reform Act, S5669-S5676 [22JN]

S. 2853, allow distributions to be made from certain pension plans before the participant is severed from employment, S6575 [12JY]

S. 3010, improve procedures for the determination of the inability of veterans to defray expenses of necessary medical care, S8111 [6SE]

S. 3091, Packers and Stockyards Enforcement Improvement Act, S8957 [21SE]

Tributes

Chestnut, Jacob J., S7459 [24JY]

Coverdell, Paul, S7423 [21JY]

Davis, Tony, S3601 [8MY]

Gardner, John C., S4188 [18MY]

Gibson, John M., S7459 [24JY]

Jordt, Emily Ann, S338 [3FE]

Robinson, Edward M., S3857 [11MY]

Sullivan, Ken, S1387 [9MR]