EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

Amendments

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4871), S7694 [26JY], H6471 [18JY], H6600, H6601 [19JY], H6635, H6642, H6645, H6652, H6653, H6658, H6664, H6670, H6671, H6672, H6684, H6685, H6688, H6689, H6692, H6694, H6698, H6699, H6703, H6705, H6720 [20JY]

Articles and editorials

Guiding the Pen, E35 [31JA]

Need for Care as Well as Profit, E1462 [13SE]

No One There To Pay, E197 [29FE]

No Workers' Paradise, S8489 [13SE]

Racial Division Charge Is Untrue, S8936 [21SE]

South America Has Suffered From White House Neglect, E1795 [13OC]

Bills and resolutions

Children and youth: establish national policy on youth development (see S. 3085), S8823 [20SE] (see H.R. 5250), H7990 [21SE]

Council on Environmental Quality: abolish (see H.R. 5366), H8735 [3OC]

Dept. of Justice: 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 Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (see S. 2900), S7393 [20JY] (see H.R. 4871), H6469 [18JY] (see H.R. 4985), H7128 [26JY] (see H.R. 5658), H12094 [14DE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4871), consideration (see H. Res. 560), H6598 [19JY]

Federal Chief Information Officer: establish (see H.R. 5024), H7207 [27JY]

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

———express disapproval regarding Presidential circumvention of congressional legislative authority to set public policy (see H. Res. 463), H1852 [5AP]

Motor vehicles: require the President to negotiate an international agreement governing the recall of motor vehicles and motor vehicle equipment with safety-related defects (see S. 3061), S8635 [15SE]

Office of Information Policy: establish (see H.R. 5024), H7207 [27JY]

Office of Information Technology: establish (see H.R. 4670), H4590 [15JN]

OMB: establish an Office of Management and redesignate OMB as the Office of the Budget (see H.R. 5600), H11526 [29OC]

Presidential appointments: provide training of individuals a President-elect intends to nominate as department heads or appoint to key executive positions and improve financial disclosure process (see S. 2705), S4820 [8JN] (see H.R. 4931), H6777 [24JY]

President's Commission on Veterans and Smoking: establish (see H.R. 3696), H510 [16FE]

Senior citizens: recognize need for a White House Conference to discuss and develop national recommendations concerning quality of care in assisted living facilities (see H.J. Res. 107), H7502 [12SE]

White House Conference on U.S. Energy Policy: convene (see H.R. 5191), H7651 [14SE]

Cloture motions

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4871), motion to proceed, S7469 [24JY], S7590 [26JY]

Conference reports

Legislative Branch of the Government Appropriations (H.R. 4516), H7095-H7126 [26JY]

Executive orders

Increasing opportunities for women-owned small businesses: President Clinton, S4332 [23MY]

Factsheets

Downing of Civilian Aircraft by Cuban Fighter Jets, S781 [24FE]

Letters

Bankruptcy Reform Act, S10346 [12OC], H9836 [12OC]

Prohibit implementation of proposed contractor responsibility amendments to Federal acquisition regulations: Bruce N. Hahn, Computing Technology Industry Association, H6675 [20JY]

———Charles H. Cantus, Professional Services Council, H6676 [20JY]

———Dan Danner, National Federation of Independent Business, H6673 [20JY]

———Deidre A. Lee, OMB, H6683 [20JY]

———Electronic Industries Alliance, H6675 [20JY]

———Gary Engebretson, Contract Services Association of America, H6676 [20JY]

———John W. Douglass, Aerospace Industries Association of America, H6676 [20JY]

———Kevin M. Burke, Food Distributors International, H6678 [20JY]

———Lawrence F. Skibbie, National Defense Industrial Association, H6677 [20JY]

———Loren E. Sweatt, Associated General Contractors of America, H6679 [20JY]

———Lyn M. Withey, International Paper (business), H6679 [20JY]

———Michael E. Baroody, National Association of Manufacturers, H6677 [20JY]

———Michael J. Eastman, Legal Policy Association, Inc., H6678 [20JY]

———R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, H6678 [20JY]

———Representative Goodling, Committee on Education and the Workforce (House), H6683 [20JY]

———Representative Talent, Committee on Small Business (House), H6673 [20JY]

———Representatives Thomas M. Davis and James P. Moran, H6679 [20JY]

———Rhett B. Dawson, Information Technology Industry Council, H6674 [20JY]

———Richard W. Carroll, Small Business Technology Coalition, H6673 [20JY]

———Stanley O. Ikenberry, American Council on Education, H6674, H6683 [20JY]

———Susan R. Meisinger, Society for Human Resource Management, H6679 [20JY]

———Technology Coalition for Responsible Procurement, H6675 [20JY]

———Todd McCracken, National Small Business United, H6673 [20JY]

———William B. Spencer, Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc., H6678 [20JY]

———William T. Archey, American Electronics Association, H6675 [20JY]

Trade and investment policy relative to sub-Saharan Africa and certain beneficiary countries in the Caribbean, H2581 [4MY]

Treatment of any budget surpluses, S7415 [21JY]

Valles Caldera Preservation Act: George T. Frampton, Jr., Council on Environmental Quality, H5804 [11JY]

Lists

Contract Services Association of America, H6676 [20JY]

Items incorrectly labeled as objectionable in conference report on H.R. 4516, legislative branch of the Government, Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies appropriations, S10240 [11OC]

Objectionable provisions in conference report on H.R. 4516, legislative branch of the Government, Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies appropriations, S8742 [19SE]

Messages

Federal Advisory Committees Report: President Clinton, S1389 [9MR], H906 [9MR]

Proposals

Office of Management Establishment within the Executive Office of the President and Redesignate OMB as the Office of Management, H7371 [11SE]

Remarks in House

American Heritage Rivers Initiative: funding, H5577-H5580, H5586 [29JN]

BATF: proposal to hire new agents relative to gun laws, H363 [14FE]

Buy American Act: compliance, H6689 [20JY]

Children and youth: establish national policy on youth development (H.R. 5250), E1556 [21SE]

Clinton, Hillary Rodham: receipt of gifts from the Moroccan Government, H6782 [25JY]

———use of Government aircraft for political campaign, H2018 [11AP], H8630 [3OC]

Clinton, President: travel expenses, H7221 [6SE]

Committee on Appropriations (House): appropriations allocation revisions to H.R. 4871, Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies appropriations, H6712 [20JY]

Congressional-Executive Commission on the People's Republic of China: funding, H11289 [26OC]

Council on Environmental Quality: abolish (H.R. 5366), E1654 [3OC]

Dept. of Justice: release of memos relative to fundraising activities during the 1996 Presidential election campaign, H3478 [22MY], H3533 [23MY]

———release of report on abuse of campaign finance laws in 1996 Presidential election campaign, H935, H936 [14MR]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations, H7143-H7150 [27JY], H7608-H7627 [14SE], H7742 [19SE], H11785, H11787 [2NO]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4871), H6622-H6710 [20JY], E1295, E1298 [21JY], E1374, E1385 [27JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4871), consideration (H. Res. 560), H6618-H6622 [20JY]

Education: geographical error on official school reform tour website, H4681 [20JN]

Federal Chief Information Officer: establish (H.R. 5024), E1355-E1357 [27JY]

Federal contracts: prohibit implementation of proposed contractor responsibility amendments to Federal acquisition regulations, H6672-H6684 [20JY], E1298 [21JY]

Federal employees: limit the number of individuals who may travel on Presidential trips, H6705 [20JY]

Government: separation of powers between Congress and the President (H.R. 2655), H5142 [26JN]

Office of Information Policy: establish (H.R. 5024), E1355-E1357 [27JY]

Office of National Drug Control Policy: High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas funding, H762 [9MR], H962 [14MR], H6624, H6625 [20JY]

———High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas funding through reductions in IRS administrative account, H6642-H6645 [20JY]

Office of the U.S. Trade Representative: trade agreement compliance staff funding, H5050-H5053 [23JN]

OMB: establish an Office of Management and redesignate OMB as the Office of the Budget, H7368-H7371 [11SE]

Political campaigns: appointment of independent counsel to investigate fundraising practices in Presidential election campaign, H1403 [23MR]

———use of White House accommodations for fundraising, H8205 [27SE]

Presidential appointments: provide training of individuals a President-elect intends to nominate as department heads or appoint to key executive positions and improve financial disclosure process (H.R. 4931), H7542 [13SE]

Presidential Task Force on Employment of Adults With Disabilities: tribute, H6757 [24JY]

Presidential transition: expenses, H11785 [2NO]

Presidents of the U.S.: order of succession, H12524 [15DE]

———use of executive orders and other unilateral decision-making processes, H185 [2FE], H363 [14FE], H1821 [5AP]

Puerto Rico Elections Commission: funding to assist with plebiscite on self-determination, E1785 [13OC], E1807 [17OC], E1989 [28OC]

Senior citizens: recognize need for a White House Conference to discuss and develop national recommendations concerning quality of care in assisted living facilities (H.J. Res. 107), E1461 [13SE], E2185 [14DE]

Treaties and agreements: prohibit executive branch compliance with the Antiballistic Missile Treaty and the multilateral Memorandum of Understanding related to that treaty, H5153, H5154 [26JN]

White House: discovery of e-mail messages relative to congressional and Federal criminal investigations, H1001 [15MR], E651 [4MY]

Remarks in Senate

American Heritage Rivers Initiative: funding, S7095, S7096 [18JY], S10680 [18OC]

Children and youth: establish national policy on youth development (S. 3085), S8862-S8864 [20SE]

China, People's Republic of: certification of certain human rights conditions prior to granting permanent normal trade relations, S8375-S8382 [12SE]

———require certification on the status and release of certain detained or imprisoned labor activists prior to granting permanent normal trade relations, S8487-S8490, S8492 [13SE]

Clinton, President: evaluation of administration, S11343, S11344 [29OC]

Committee on Appropriations (Senate): tribute to Subcommittee on Interior and Related Agencies staff, S7102 [18JY]

Congressional-Executive Commission on the People's Republic of China: funding, S11244 [27OC]

———monitoring of POW/MIA cooperation, commercial activities between U.S. companies and Chinese Army, space capabilities, the environment, orphans, and organ harvesting, S8161, S8162 [7SE], S8445-S8449, S8493 [13SE], S8544-S8547 [14SE]

———technical changes relative to report recommendations, S8484-S8487, S8491, S8492 [13SE]

Dept. of Justice: 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 Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations, S8731-S8748 [19SE], S8788-S8800 [20SE], S10705 [18OC], S11868 [15DE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4871), S7484 [24JY], S7591-S7619, S7629 [26JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4871), motion to proceed, S7468 [24JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4871), unanimous-consent agreement, S7626 [26JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4871), unanimous-consent request, S7468 [24JY]

Dept. of Transportation: Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program funding, S10150 [10OC]

Education: establish program for increasing U.S. scientific, technology, and mathematical resources (S. 1804), S9645 [3OC]

Foreign trade: court decision on appointment of environmental representatives to Industry Sector Advisory Committees relative to forest products, S220 [1FE]

Government: eliminate automatic salary adjustments for Members of Congress, the Vice President, certain senior executive officers, and Federal judges (S. 3075), S8823 [20SE]

Motor vehicles: require the President to negotiate an international agreement governing the recall of motor vehicles and motor vehicle equipment with safety-related defects (S. 3061), S8636 [15SE]

Office of National Drug Control Policy: High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas funding, S8746 [19SE]

Presidential appointments: nominations considered and confirmed en bloc, S4366-S4368 [24MY]

———provide training of individuals a President-elect intends to nominate as department heads or appoint to key executive positions and improve financial disclosure process (H.R. 4931), S9543 [28SE]

———provide training of individuals a President-elect intends to nominate as department heads or appoint to key executive positions and improve financial disclosure process (S. 2705), S4847-S4849 [8JN]

Presidential Energy Commission: establish, S7989, S7990 [5SE]

Presidents of the U.S.: use of executive orders and other unilateral decision-making processes, S841 [28FE]

Public lands: require multilateral assessment of land management issues, S130 [31JA]

Puerto Rico Elections Commission: funding to assist with plebiscite on self-determination, S10485 [12OC]

Reports

Human Immunodeficiency Virus Epidemic, H6970 [25JY]

Reports filed

Consideration of H.R. 4871, Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and Independent Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 560) (H. Rept. 106-767), H6598 [19JY]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and Independent Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 4871) (H. Rept. 106-756), H6469 [18JY]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 2900), S7392 [20JY]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 2900) (S. Rept. 106-500), S10411 [12OC]

Failure To Produce White House E-Mails—Threats, Obstructions, and Unanswered Questions: Committee on Government Reform (House) (H. Rept. 106-1023), H11954 [4DE]

Nomination of Kathryn Shaw to the Council of Economic Advisers: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate), S1315 [8MR]

Pardon Attorney Reform and Integrity Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 2042) (S. Rept. 106-231), S1390 [9MR]

Presidential Transition Act: Committee on Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 2705) (S. Rept. 106-348), S7160 [18JY]

Public Forests Emergency Act: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 1524) (H. Rept. 106-1021), H11716 [31OC]

Statements

Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA, and Related Agencies Programs Appropriations: OMB, S7363 [20JY]

Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA, and Related Agencies Programs Appropriations Conference Report (H.R. 4461): OMB, H9695 [11OC]

Animas-La Plata Federal Reclamation Project Authorization, S10784 [19OC]

Commodity Futures Modernization Act, H10441 [19OC], E1939 [25OC]

Downing of Civilian Aircraft by Cuban Fighter Jets: President Clinton, S780 [24FE]

Federal Contract Opportunities for Small Businesses in Economically Distressed Communities, S8733 [19SE]

Limit EPA Fines for Environmental Compliance Violations at Military Facilities, S6543 [12JY]

National Call to Action To Close the Digital Divide, H1844 [5AP]

Organ Procurement and Transplantation Programs Revision and Extension, H1688 [4AP]

World Bank AIDS Marshall Plan Trust Fund Act, H3020 [15MY]

Summaries

Younger Americans Act (S. 3085), S8863 [20SE]

Tables

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies appropriations (H.R. 4871), H6628-H6630 [20JY]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies appropriations (H.R. 4985), H7609-H7611 [14SE]

Texts of

H. Res. 560, consideration of H.R. 4871, Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies appropriations, H6618 [20JY]

H.R. 4931, Presidential Transition Act, H7543 [13SE]

S. 2042, Pardon Attorney Reform and Integrity Act, S540 [9FE]

S. 3075, eliminate automatic salary adjustments for Members of Congress, the Vice President, certain senior executive officers, and Federal judges, S8824 [20SE]