FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

Addresses

New Imperialism—The Attack on World Tax Havens: Robert E. Bauman, E1868 [19OC]

Technology and the New Economy: Alan Greenspan, FRS, S272-S275 [2FE]

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: provide assistance to microenterprises in developing countries (H.R. 1143), S9761 [3OC], H8886 [5OC]

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

Housing: expand homeownership (H.R. 1776), H1630 [30MR], H1764, H1765 [4AP], H1868, H1889, H1902, H1905, H1907, H1908, H1909, H1911, H1916, H1917, H1919, H1922, H1936 [6AP]

SBA: improve the certified development company program (H.R. 2614), S5138, S5154, S5156 [14JN]

———improve the certified development company program (H.R. 2614), adoption of concurrent resolution making corrections in enrollment (H. Res. 663), H11552 [30OC]

———improve the certified development company program (H.R. 2614), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 652), H11217 [26OC]

Analyses

American Homeownership and Economic Opportunity Act (H.R. 5640), H11986-H11991 [5DE]

Financial Information Privacy Protection Act (S. 2513), S3535 [4MY]

Housing-Related Government-Sponsored Enterprises Regulation Consolidation and Improvement (H.R. 3703), E198 [29FE]

Appointments

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

———H.R. 2614, Certified Development Company Program Improvements Act, S7575 [25JY], H9796 [11OC]

International Financial Institution Advisory Commission, S11 [24JA]

Articles and editorials

Austria Escapes Censure by Ending Secret Accounts, H4612 [19JN]

Bankers Assail Mint for Deal With Wal-Mart, S599 [10FE]

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]

Bankruptcy Reform Bill Is a Bust—Let Credit Card Issuers Protect Themselves With Sound Lending Practices, Not by Rigging Bankruptcy Law in Their Favor, S11635 [6DE]

Budget Surplus Induces Frenzy, S7496 [25JY]

Fed Is Mistaken, E349 [20MR]

Los Alamos Bank Wins Prestigious National Award, E2152 [7DE]

Politics of Aid, E355 [21MR]

$200,000 of FDIC Insurance? The Battle Has Just Begun, S11897 [15DE]

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

Bills and resolutions

Agriculture: establish a flexible fallow program under which farmers can devote a portion of acreage to conservation use and receive a higher loan rate on their remaining crop production (see S. 2818), S6121 [29JN] (see H.R. 5205), H7870 [19SE]

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 (see H.R. 4065), H1284 [22MR] (see H.R. 4718), H5036 [22JN] (see H.R. 5409), H9504 [6OC] (see H.R. 5475), H10036 [17OC] (see H.R. 5539, 5540), H11193 [25OC]

———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]

Business and industry: increase interaccount transfers from business accounts and require the FRS to pay interest on certain reserves (see H.R. 3611), H339 [10FE]

College Scholarship Fraud Prevention Act: technical corrections (see S. 3276), S11762 [11DE]

Colleges and universities: enhance protections against fraud in the offering of financial assistance for a college education (S. 1455), corrections in enrollment (see H. Con. Res. 407), H8061 [25SE]

Community development: enhance availability of capital and credit for citizens and communities and ensure that community reinvestment keeps pace as financial service providers become affiliated (see H.R. 4893), H6599 [19JY]

———increase capital available to communities for economic and community development projects (see H.R. 4822), H5842 [11JY]

Computers: prevent the use of certain bank instruments for Internet gambling (see H.R. 4419), H2905 [10MY]

Consumers: give customers notice and choice about how institutions share or sell personally identifiable sensitive financial information (see S. 2360), S2233 [5AP]

———prevent credit card issuers from advertising and offering one type of credit card and then issuing another type (see H.R. 3914), H996 [14MR]

———prohibit federally insured institutions from engaging in high-cost payday loans and expand protections for consumers in connection with the making of such loans by uninsured entities (see H.R. 3823), H641 [2MR]

———prohibit operators of automatic teller machines that display paid advertising from imposing any fee (see H.R. 4812), H5736 [10JY]

———protect from exorbitant fees for basic financial services (see H.R. 4332), H2339 [13AP]

———protect from predatory mortgage lending practices (see S. 2405, 2415), S2616 [12AP] (see H.R. 3901), H921 [9MR] (see H.R. 4250), H2238 [12AP]

———protect from the adverse consequences of incomplete and inaccurate consumer credit reports (see H.R. 4644), H4336 [13JN]

———require insured depository institutions make affordable transaction accounts available to their customers (see H.R. 4584), H3924 [6JN]

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

Credit unions: clarify definition of a member business loan relative to religious organization based credit unions (see H.R. 4701), H4783 [20JN]

Crime: combat international money laundering (see H.R. 3886), H920 [9MR]

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

———combat money laundering (see H.R. 4695), H4783 [20JN]

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

Deposit insurance: require studies on the impact of increasing the maximum amount of deposit insurance per depositor (see H.R. 4603), H4120 [8JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: extend authority to provide grants for State agricultural mediation programs (see S. 2741), S5240 [15JN] (see H.R. 4688), H4591 [15JN]

Dept. of HHS: make grants to hospitals, with National Housing Act insured mortgages, for conversion and re-utilization of excess capacity (see H.R. 5255), H7991 [21SE]

Dept. of HUD: conduct a study of developing residential mortgage programs that provide low-cost health insurance in connection with low-cost mortgages (see H.R. 4348), H2410 [2MY]

Ecology and environment: encourage acceptance of environmentally sound processes for dry and wet cleaning as safe investments (see H. Con. Res. 383), H7210 [27JY]

Economy: global sustainable development (see H. Res. 479), H2340 [13AP]

Education: establish a direct loan program for certain part-time students to improve job skills (see H.R. 4287), H2337 [13AP]

———establish programs to recruit, retain, and retrain teachers and provide loan forgiveness to entice students into teaching (see S. 2276), S1596 [22MR] (see H.R. 4058), H1284 [22MR]

———expand the teacher loan forgiveness programs under the guaranteed and direct student loan programs (see H.R. 5319), H8405 [27SE]

———improve program for the forgiveness of student loans to teachers (see H.R. 4258), H2238 [12AP] (see H.R. 4538), H3813 [24MY]

———increase amount of loan forgiveness for teachers (see H.R. 3880), H920 [9MR] (see H.R. 5034), H7207 [27JY]

———increase student loan forgiveness to teachers who work in schools with a high concentration of low-income students (see H.R. 4956), H7002 [25JY]

———provide student loan forgiveness to teachers who work in tribal colleges or universities (see S. 2978), S7840 [27JY]

———qualify Armed Forces members for student loan forgiveness under the Federal Perkins Loan Program (see H.R. 4304), H2338 [13AP] (see H.R. 4350), H2410 [2MY]

———qualify public defenders for student loan forgiveness under the Federal Perkins Loan Program (see S. 2423), S2727 [13AP] (see H.R. 4290), H2337 [13AP]

Fair Credit Reporting Act: provide for disclosure of credit-scoring information by creditors and consumer reporting agencies (see S. 3063), S8657 [18SE]

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]

———reduce the cost of credit (see S. 2837), S6257 [30JN]

FDIC: allow payment of Financing Corporation interest obligations from excess deposit insurance fund reserves (see S. 2293), S1747 [27MR] (see H.R. 4082), H1405 [23MR]

———make certain temporary Federal service performed creditable for retirement purposes (see S. 2821), S6121 [29JN]

———merge deposit insurance funds (see H.R. 3899), H921 [9MR]

———provide coverage for municipal deposits (see S. 3018), S8197 [7SE]

Federal Deposit Insurance Act: require periodic cost-of-living adjustments to the maximum amount of deposit insurance available (see S. 2589), S4190 [18MY] (see S. 2798), S5884 [27JN] (see H.R. 4467), H3172 [16MY]

———require periodic cost-of-living adjustments to the maximum amount of deposit insurance available contingent on steady reserve ratios (see H.R. 4674), H4590 [15JN]

FHA: clarify authority to terminate mortgagee origination approval for poorly performing mortgagees (see S. 2806), S6015 [28JN]

———prevent the premature shutdown of certain mortgage insurance programs (see H.R. 5256), H7991 [21SE]

———provide for the cancellation of mortgage insurance for mortgages on single family homes (see H.R. 5338), H8468 [28SE]

———require partial rebates of mortgage insurance premiums to certain mortgagors upon payment of their FHA-insured mortgages (see S. 2914), S7542 [25JY] (see H.R. 4795), H5654 [29JN]

Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering: support for the task force and the public identification of noncooperative jurisdictions in combating international money laundering (see H. Res. 495), H2606 [4MY]

Financial services: establish a program to promote access to financial services for low- and moderate-income individuals (see S. 2592), S4190 [18MY] (see H.R. 4490), H3412 [18MY]

Foreign aid: increase availability of credit to microenterprises lacking full access to credit and establish a Microfinance Loan Facility (see S. 2844), S6473 [11JY]

Foreign investments: authorize transaction taxes on short-term cross-border foreign exchange transactions to deter speculation (see H. Con. Res. 301), H2122 [11AP]

Foreign policy: provide for international debt relief and strengthen anticorruption measures and accountability at international financial institutions (see S. 3129), S9466 [28SE]

FRS: coverage of Federal Reserve Banks and the Board of Governors by certain labor-management relation regulations (see H.R. 4036), H1123 [20MR]

———preserve requirement for the annual bank fee report by the Board of Governors (see H.R. 5341), H8468 [28SE]

———prohibit implementation of regulations allowing race, color, religion, national origin, or sex of applicants for nonmortgage credit to be noted on the application with the applicant's consent (see H.R. 4164), H1762 [4AP]

———reduce interest rates (see H. Res. 536), H5240 [27JN]

———require payment of interest on reserves maintained at Federal reserve banks by insured depository institutions (see H.R. 4209), H1957 [6AP] (see H.R. 4427), H2966 [11MY]

Government: report on progress in developing infrastructure assurance strategies and Dept. of Defense role in implementing such strategies and detecting information warfare programs (see S. 2702), S4820 [8JN]

Government regulations: repeal authority of the FDIC and the FRS Board of Governors to impose examination fees on State depository institutions (see H.R. 3900), H921 [9MR]

Homeowners Protection Act: technical corrections (see H.R. 3637), H340 [10FE]

Housing: consolidate and improve the regulation of the housing-related Government-sponsored enterprises (see H.R. 3703), H572 [29FE]

———expand homeownership (see S. 3274), S11575 [5DE] (see H.R. 5640), H12017 [5DE]

———expand homeownership (H.R. 1776), consideration (see H. Res. 460), H1851 [5AP]

———expand protections for especially vulnerable consumers against abusive mortgage lending practices and streamline the framework regulating mortgage originations (see H.R. 4213), H1957 [6AP]

———provide for one percent FHA mortgage loan downpayments for teachers and public safety officers to purchase homes within employing jurisdictions (see H.R. 3884), H920 [9MR]

Housing Act: amend the rural housing loan guarantee program to provide loan guarantees for loans made to refinance existing guaranteed mortgage loans (see H.R. 3834), H646 [6MR]

IMF: reduce long-term lending activities and role in developing countries (see H.R. 5085), H7209 [27JY]

———reform (see H.R. 3750), H573 [29FE]

International economic relations: development and expansion of international economic assistance programs that utilize cooperatives and credit unions (see S. 3072), S8759 [19SE] (see H.R. 4673), H4590 [15JN]

Investments: establish Individual Development Accounts for certain individuals and families (see S. 2740), S5240 [15JN]

———establish regulatory framework for over-the-counter derivative instruments operating under Federal banking agencies and clarify legality of certain transactions involving such derivatives (see H.R. 4203), H1956 [6AP]

———repeal the prohibition on the payment of interest on demand deposits (see H.R. 4067), H1404 [23MR]

Money: convert to a circulating currency system that does not involve debt or interest (see H.R. 5510), H10472 [19OC]

Motor vehicles: enhance advertising of terms and costs of car leases and permit consumer comparison of advertised lease offerings (see H.R. 4540), H3867 [25MY]

National Housing Act: prevent fraud under FHA rehabilitation loan program (see H.R. 3617), H340 [10FE]

Pensions: increase the availability of employer-sponsored retirement plan services to participants, beneficiaries, and plan fiduciaries (see H.R. 4748), H5168 [26JN]

———provide retirement investment advice to workers managing their retirement income assets (see S. 2969), S7839 [27JY] (see H.R. 4747), H5168 [26JN]

Privacy: prohibit the sale and purchase of Social Security numbers by financial institutions and define such numbers as nonpublic personal information (see S. 2871), S6841 [14JY]

———prohibit use or sharing of medical health records or information (see S. 2863), S6677 [13JY]

———strengthen consumer control over use and disclosure of personal financial and health information (see S. 2513), S3514 [4MY] (see H.R. 4380), H2605 [4MY] (see H.R. 4585), H3924 [6JN]

Real estate: authorize a homeowner to recover treble damages from the homeowner's mortgage escrow servicer for failure to make timely payments for homeowners insurance, taxes, or other charges (see H.R. 4905), H6717 [20JY]

SBA: improve the certified development company program (H.R. 2614), adoption of concurrent resolution making corrections in enrollment (see H. Res. 663), H11526 [29OC]

———improve the certified development company program (H.R. 2614), concur with Senate amendment (see H. Res. 533), H5240 [27JN]

———improve the certified development company program (H.R. 2614), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 652), H11194 [25OC]

———reauthorize loan programs (see S. 3236), S10999 [25OC] (see H.R. 5545), H11194 [25OC] (see H.R. 5652), H12080 [11DE] (see H.R. 5654), H12085 [13DE] (see H.R. 5667), H12531 [15DE]

Schools: guarantee payment of loans made by lending institutions for public charter school capital projects (see H.R. 4032), H1119 [16MR]

Small business: facilitate transfers between interest-bearing accounts and transaction accounts (see H.R. 3647), H373 [14FE]

———permit the sale of guaranteed loans made for export purposes before the loans have been fully disbursed to borrowers (see H.R. 4944), H7002 [25JY]

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

Taxation: allow exclusion of tax-exempt bonds issued for health care or educational purposes in determination of interest expenses of financial institutions (see H.R. 4666), H4484 [14JN]

———encourage a strong community-based banking system (see S. 2596), S4190 [18MY]

———exclude from gross income discharges of indebtedness attributable to certain forgiven residential mortgage obligations (see S. 2555), S3946 [15MY]

———make Hope Scholarship and Lifetime Learning Credits refundable and allow taxpayers to obtain short-term student loans by using the future refund of such credits as collateral for the loans (see H.R. 5541), H11193 [25OC]

———provide a higher purchase price limitation applicable to mortgage subsidy bonds based on median family income (see H.R. 4552), H3867 [25MY]

———treatment of policyholder dividends of mutual life insurance companies and policyholder surplus accounts (see S. 2874), S6841 [14JY] (see H.R. 3905), H931 [13MR]

———use of median family income to determine purchase price limitation for mortgage subsidy bonds (see S. 2714), S5027 [13JN]

Truth in Lending Act: require stores offering credit or charge accounts to prominently display certain information (see H.R. 4093), H1412 [27MR]

Veterans: increase maximum amount of home loan guarantees available to veterans (see H.R. 5502), H10472 [19OC]

———provide housing loan benefits for the purchase of residential cooperative apartment units (see H.R. 3571), H209 [2FE]

Cloture motions

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

Conference reports

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

Minimum Wage Increase, Taxpayer Relief, Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program Corrections, Pain Management Promotion, and Small Business Programs Improvement (H.R. 2614), H10909-H11087 [25OC]

Cost Estimates

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

Explanations

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

Factsheets

Individual Development Accounts—Federal Policy, S5267 [15JN]

Letters

American Homeownership and Economic Opportunity Act: Frank O'Bannon, Governor of Indiana, H1900 [6AP]

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]

Deposit Insurance Increase Feasibility Act: Daniel A. Mica, Credit Union National Association, Inc., E1178 [30JN]

———Robert R. Davis, America's Community Bankers (organization), E1178 [30JN]

Distribution of $1 coins to Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.: Senator Murkowski, S599 [10FE]

Dry Cleaning Environmental Tax Credit Act: Joseph C. Bonner, Bank of America Corp., E1370 [27JY]

Financial Contract Netting Improvement Act: Representative Bliley, Committee on Commerce (House), H10697 [24OC]

———Representative Hyde, Committee on the Judiciary (House), H10697 [24OC]

———Representative Leach, Committee on Banking and Financial Services (House), H10697 [24OC]

Flexible fallow program establishment under which farmers can devote a portion of acreage to conservation use and receive a higher loan rate on their remaining crop production: Neil E. Harl, Iowa State University, S6130 [29JN]

Homeowners Financing Protection Act: Moises Loza, Housing Assistance Council, H7745 [19SE]

Lists

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

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

Messages

National Money Laundering Strategy: President Clinton, S1314 [8MR], H753 [8MR]

Motions

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

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

SBA: improve the certified development company program (H.R. 2614), conference report, S11416 [31OC]

Papers

Fed's Unnecessary Assault on Wages: Jeff Faux, Economic Policy Institute, E340-E342 [16MR]

Petitions and memorials

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

Press releases

NAFCU Joins Fundraising Campaign for National WW II Memorial: National Association of Federal Credit Unions, E1282 [19JY]

Remarks in House

African Development Bank: funding, H5967, H5968 [13JY]

Alpine Bank: Grand Junction, CO, Chamber of Commerce Business of the Year award recipient, E145 [15FE]

American Commercial Bank: tribute, E1850 [19OC]

Armed Forces: access to credit unions on military installations, H3201 [17MY]

Asian Development Bank: encourage Japanese officials to improve management, institute banking reforms, and accept the U.S. nominee for a vice president's position, E826 [24MY]

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]

———extend reenactment period for chapter 12 of the bankruptcy code relative to family farmers (H.R. 4718), H5101-H5103 [26JN]

———extend reenactment period for chapter 12 of the bankruptcy code relative to family farmers (H.R. 5540), H11701-H11704 [31OC]

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

———revise banking and bankruptcy insolvency laws relative to termination and netting of financial contracts (H.R. 1161), H10690-H10698 [24OC], E1528 [19SE]

Banks of Promise (organization): tribute for involvement in America's Promise (organization), E1321 [26JY]

Business and industry: provide assistance to microenterprises in developing countries, H5899, H5943-H5945 [12JY], E1231 [13JY]

———provide assistance to microenterprises in developing countries (H.R. 1143), H8886-H8893 [5OC]

Colleges and universities: enhance protections against fraud in the offering of financial assistance for a college education (S. 1455), H8005, H8006 [25SE]

———enhance protections against fraud in the offering of financial assistance for a college education (S. 1455), corrections in enrollment (H. Con. Res. 407), H8006 [25SE]

Community development: enhance availability of capital and credit for citizens and communities and ensure that community reinvestment keeps pace as financial service providers become affiliated (H.R. 4893), E1277 [19JY]

Consumer League of New Jersey: anniversary, E886 [6JN]

Consumers: ensure personal financial privacy and give customers notice and choice about how institutions share or sell personally identifiable sensitive financial information (S. 1924), H2661 [9MY]

———give customers notice and choice about how institutions share or sell personally identifiable sensitive financial information (H.R. 1929), E616 [2MY]

———prohibit federally insured institutions from engaging in high-cost payday loans and expand protections for consumers in connection with the making of such loans by uninsured entities (H.R. 3823), E222 [2MR]

———protect from predatory mortgage lending practices (H.R. 4250), E541 [12AP]

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

Credit unions: clarify definition of a member business loan relative to religious organization based credit unions (H.R. 4701), E1060 [20JN]

Crime: combat international money laundering (H.R. 3886), H4612, H4613 [19JN]

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

Danville, PA: anniversary of Service 1st Federal Credit Union, E1273 [19JY]

Defense Production Act: extend expiration date (H.R. 1715), H7677 [18SE]

Deposit insurance: require studies on the impact of increasing the maximum amount of deposit insurance per depositor (H.R. 4603), E1178 [30JN]

Dept. of HUD: allow use of Section 8 funds to provide cash assistance for purchase of homes, H1902 [6AP]

———HOME Loan Guarantee Program funding, H1867 [6AP]

———include builders and building inspectors on consensus committee for development, revision, and interpretation of safety standards for manufactured home construction, H1902 [6AP]

———offer discounts on foreclosed homes to teachers and public safety officers, H1861, H1901, H1904 [6AP]

———Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight funding, H4767-H4770 [20JN]

Dept. of the Treasury: combat money laundering and other financial crimes, H6634, H6635 [20JY]

———require report to Congress on the IMF and World Bank advocacy of privatization, deregulation, and trade liberalization, H6635, H6636 [20JY]

Direct Deposit and Direct Payment Week: observance, E574 [13AP]

Ecology and environment: encourage acceptance of environmentally sound processes for dry and wet cleaning as safe investments (H. Con. Res. 383), E1369 [27JY]

Economy: impact of foreign policy on domestic economic conditions, H9866 [12OC]

Education: establish programs to recruit, retain, and retrain teachers and provide loan forgiveness to entice students into teaching, E567 [13AP]

———expand the teacher loan forgiveness programs under the guaranteed and direct student loan programs (H.R. 5319), E1606 [27SE]

———increase amount of loan forgiveness for teachers (H.R. 3880), E313 [15MR]

———increase amount of loan forgiveness for teachers (H.R. 5034), H8180-H8184 [26SE]

———student loan default rates, H10226 [18OC]

———student loan programs funding, H9806 [11OC]

FDIC: merge deposit insurance funds (H.R. 3899), E266 [9MR]

FHA: prevent the premature shutdown of certain mortgage insurance programs (H.R. 5256), E1572 [22SE]

———provide for the cancellation of mortgage insurance for mortgages on single family homes (H.R. 5338), E1619 [28SE]

Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering: support for the task force and the public identification of noncooperative jurisdictions in combating international money laundering (H. Res. 495), H4610-H4613 [19JN]

Financial services: ensure consumer privacy when establishing a framework for the affiliation of banks, securities firms, and other financial service providers (H.R. 3320), E1652 [3OC]

———establish a program to promote access to financial services for low- and moderate-income individuals (H.R. 4490), E763 [18MY]

FRS: impact of government spending on interest rates, H13 [27JA]

———impact of interest rates on economic conditions, H1335 [23MR], H3034 [15MY], H3057 [16MY], H6770-H6772 [24JY], H11939-H11941 [4DE], E340 [16MR], E349 [20MR]

———monetary policy, H9806 [11OC]

———preserve requirement for the annual bank fee report by the Board of Governors (H.R. 5341), E1628 [28SE]

———promote accountability, H6450 [18JY]

———reduce interest rates (H. Res. 536), E1130 [28JN]

———require payment of interest on reserves maintained at Federal reserve banks by insured depository institutions (H.R. 4427), E713 [11MY]

Homeowners Protection Act: technical corrections, E2182 [14DE]

———technical corrections (H.R. 3637), H3578-H3581 [23MY]

Housing: consolidate and improve the regulation of the housing-related Government-sponsored enterprises (H.R. 3703), E197 [29FE], E737 [17MY], E1384 [27JY]

———expand homeownership, E1910 [25OC], E1974 [28OC]

———expand homeownership (H.R. 1776), H1801 [5AP], H1857-H1941 [6AP], H7744 [19SE], E520 [10AP], E527 [11AP], E775 [19MY], E1921 [25OC]

———expand homeownership (H.R. 1776), amendment process, H1623 [30MR]

———expand homeownership (H.R. 1776), consideration (H. Res. 460), H1855-H1857 [6AP]

———expand homeownership (H.R. 1776), corrections in engrossment, H1941 [6AP]

———expand homeownership (H.R. 5640), H11960-H11996 [5DE], E2149 [7DE], E2173 [11DE], E2182 [14DE]

———increase home improvement loan limit, H1909, H1910 [6AP]

———private mortgage insurance requirements, H1863 [6AP]

———provide for one percent FHA mortgage loan downpayments for teachers and public safety officers to purchase homes within employing jurisdictions (H.R. 3884), E274 [9MR]

———provide for one percent FHA mortgage loan downpayments for teachers and public safety officers to purchase homes within employing jurisdictions and allow adjustable-rate mortgages, H4754-H4759 [20JN]

———provide for one percent FHA mortgage loan downpayments to purchase homes within employing jurisdictions, H1862, H1865, H1902-H1908 [6AP]

Housing Act: amend the rural housing loan guarantee program to provide loan guarantees for loans made to refinance existing guaranteed mortgage loans (H.R. 3834), H7745-H7747 [19SE]

IMF: reform (H.R. 3750), E196 [29FE]

Inflation: impact of wage levels on interest rates, H7347 [7SE]

International economic relations: development and expansion of international economic assistance programs that utilize cooperatives and credit unions (H.R. 4673), H7753-H7755 [19SE]

International Finance Corp.: tribute to staff of Legal Dept., E1193 [10JY]

International Financial Institution Advisory Commission: release of report on IMF and World Bank reform, E355 [21MR]

Investments: repeal the prohibition on the payment of interest on demand deposits (H.R. 4067), H2076-H2079 [11AP], E543 [12AP], E581 [13AP], E621 [3MY]

Los Alamos National Bank: Dept. of Commerce Malcom Baldridge National Quality Award recipient, E2152 [7DE]

Motor vehicles: enhance advertising of terms and costs of car leases and permit consumer comparison of advertised lease offerings (H.R. 4540), E847-E849 [25MY]

National Association of Federal Credit Unions: tribute to fundraising efforts for the World War II Memorial in the District of Columbia, E1282 [19JY]

Passaic, NJ: anniversary of Self Reliance Federal Credit Union, E1685 [5OC]

Pensions: provide retirement investment advice to workers managing their retirement income assets (H.R. 4747), E1110 [26JN]

Privacy: strengthen consumer control over use and disclosure of personal financial and health information (H.R. 4380), E652, E653 [4MY]

———strengthen consumer control over use and disclosure of personal financial and health information (H.R. 4585), H6606 [20JY]

Public debt: reduce by declaring Federal Reserve notes to be official currency enabling return of Treasury bonds and reduction of interest payments, H6360 [18JY], H8040 [25SE], H8894 [5OC]

SBA: improve the certified development company program (H.R. 2614), H9796 [11OC]

———improve the certified development company program (H.R. 2614), adoption of concurrent resolution making corrections in enrollment (H. Res. 663), H11546-H11555 [30OC]

———improve the certified development company program (H.R. 2614), concur with Senate amendment (H. Res. 533), H5190-H5194 [27JN]

———improve the certified development company program (H.R. 2614), conference report, H11243-H11264 [26OC], H11362-H11368, H11414 [27OC], H11497, H11499, H11500, H11504, H11505, H11506 [29OC], H11532 [30OC], H11793 [2NO], E1997, E1999, E2004 [28OC], E2039, E2041 [31OC], E2052 [1NO]

———improve the certified development company program (H.R. 2614), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 652), H11209-H11230 [26OC]

———reauthorize loan programs, H12484, H12492 [15DE], E2240 [2JA]

———treatment of nonprofit organizations relative to loans, H8672 [3OC]

Sharp, Larry: San Bernardino County (CA) Sun Business Leader of the Year award recipient, E974 [12JN]

Small business: permit the sale of guaranteed loans made for export purposes before the loans have been fully disbursed to borrowers (H.R. 4944), H8084-H8086 [26SE], E1313 [25JY]

Taxation: treatment of interest on student loans (H.R. 1196), H2731 [9MY]

———treatment of policyholder dividends of mutual life insurance companies and policyholder surplus accounts (H.R. 3905), E287 [13MR]

Thousand Oaks, CA: tribute to Los Robles Bank, E115 [10FE]

Union Bank of California: Dept. of Labor Opportunity 2000 Award recipient, E1468 [13SE]

Remarks in Senate

Agriculture: establish a flexible fallow program under which farmers can devote a portion of acreage to conservation use and receive a higher loan rate on their remaining crop production (S. 2818), S6130 [29JN]

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]

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

———discourage predatory lending practices, S53-S55 [26JA], S10771-S10775 [19OC], S11446-S11450 [1NO], S11626-S11629 [6DE], S11686 [7DE]

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

———extend reenactment period for chapter 12 of the bankruptcy code relative to family farmers, S6249 [30JN], S10775 [19OC], S11632 [6DE], S11688, S11727 [7DE]

———prohibit coercive debt collection practices, S57 [26JA], S168-S178, S190 [1FE]

———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, S11552 [5DE], S11624-S11642 [6DE], S11697, S11724, S11725, S11727, S11728 [7DE]

Business and industry: provide assistance to microenterprises in developing countries (H.R. 1143), S9681, S9682 [3OC]

College Scholarship Fraud Prevention Act: technical corrections (S. 3276), S11890 [15DE]

Community Bank, N.A.: anniversary, S11785 [14DE]

Consumers: ensure personal financial privacy and give customers notice and choice about how institutions share or sell personally identifiable sensitive financial information (S. 1924), S11778 [14DE]

———give customers notice and choice about how institutions share or sell personally identifiable sensitive financial information (S. 2360), S2235 [5AP]

———protect from predatory mortgage lending practices (S. 2415), S2632 [12AP]

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

———improve procedures for Federal civil forfeitures, S10919 [24OC]

———improve procedures for Federal civil forfeitures (H.R. 1658), S1753-S1762 [27MR]

Credit: prohibit distribution of negotiable checks or instruments in consumer solicitations (H.R. 2351), S2115 [4AP]

———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]

———protect consumers from payday lenders demanding exorbitant interest rates and participating in other unfair practices, S53-S55 [26JA], S168-S178, S190 [1FE]

———require credit card companies to disclose information on balance payment terms and conditions, S143 [31JA]

Credit cards: consumer protections, S253 [2FE], S10771, S10773, S10774 [19OC], S11446-S11450 [1NO], S11626-S11629, S11634 [6DE], S11726-S11730 [7DE]

Crime: combat international money laundering and protect the U.S. financial system (S. 2972), S7886-S7888 [27JY]

Defense Production Act: extend expiration date (H.R. 1715), S10488 [12OC]

Democratic Privacy Task Force (Senate): status of legislative proposals on consumer privacy issues, S11777-S11779 [14DE]

Dept. of Agriculture: extend authority to provide grants for State agricultural mediation programs (S. 2741), S5267 [15JN], S11122 [26OC]

Dept. of the Treasury: distribution of $1 coins to Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., S599 [10FE]

Education: establish programs to recruit, retain, and retrain teachers and provide loan forgiveness to entice students into teaching (S. 2276), S1609 [22MR]

———increase number of qualified early child care professionals through student loan forgiveness program funding, S5958-S5960 [28JN]

———Perkins Loan Cancellation Program funding, S6102 [29JN]

———promote student loan repayment programs to encourage employment with the Federal Government, S11488 [1NO]

———provide student loan forgiveness to teachers who work in tribal colleges or universities (S. 2978), S7892 [27JY]

———qualify public defenders for student loan forgiveness under the Federal Perkins Loan Program (S. 2423), S2737 [13AP]

Egypt: transfer Foreign Military Financing Program funds into the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, S5510 [21JN]

FDIC: allow payment of Financing Corporation interest obligations from excess deposit insurance fund reserves (S. 2293), S1810 [28MR], S1875 [29MR]

———provide coverage for municipal deposits (S. 3018), S8209 [7SE]

Federal Credit Union Act: anniversary, S5787 [26JN]

Federal Deposit Insurance Act: require periodic cost-of-living adjustments to the maximum amount of deposit insurance available (S. 2589), S11897 [15DE]

———require periodic cost-of-living adjustments to the maximum amount of deposit insurance available (S. 2798), S5905 [27JN]

FHA: clarify authority to terminate mortgagee origination approval for poorly performing mortgagees (S. 2806), S6020 [28JN]

———require partial rebates of mortgage insurance premiums to certain mortgagors upon payment of their FHA-insured mortgages (S. 2914), S7543 [25JY]

Financial services: establish a program to promote access to financial services for low- and moderate-income individuals (S. 2592), S4201 [18MY]

Fleet Bank: Business New Hampshire Magazine Businesses of the Decade designee, S4235 [22MY]

Foreign policy: withhold U.S. contributions to international financial institutions until certain reforms are implemented and certified, S5485 [21JN]

FRS: impact of interest rates on economic conditions, S1194 [7MR], S1442, S1445 [20MR], S1531 [21MR], S3955 [15MY], S3964, S3965 [16MY], S11660 [6DE], S11769-S11771 [14DE]

Government: report on progress in developing infrastructure assurance strategies and Dept. of Defense role in implementing such strategies and detecting information warfare programs (S. 2702), S4845 [8JN]

Greenspan, Alan: nomination to be FRS Board of Governors Chairman, S258-S279 [2FE], S305-S308 [3FE]

———nomination to be FRS Board of Governors Chairman, unanimous-consent agreement, S223 [1FE]

Housing: expand homeownership (H.R. 1776), unanimous-consent request, S8293 [8SE]

———expand homeownership (H.R. 5640), S11680, S11681 [7DE], S11904 [15DE]

———expand homeownership (S. 3274), S11576 [5DE]

Investments: establish Individual Development Accounts for certain individuals and families (S. 2740), S5264-S5267 [15JN]

Olde Port Bank: New Hampshire Business in the Arts Award recipient, S7832 [27JY]

Privacy: strengthen consumer control over use and disclosure of personal financial and health information (S. 2513), S3532-S3537 [4MY], S11779 [14DE]

SBA: general business loan program funding, S6234 [30JN]

———improve the certified development company program (H.R. 2614), S5154-S5159 [14JN], S7574 [25JY]

———improve the certified development company program (H.R. 2614), conference report, S11104-S11111 [26OC], S11194-S11205, S11207-S11230, S11286-S11290 [27OC], S11300-S11303, S11305 [28OC], S11320-S11322, S11324-S11329 [29OC], S11455-S11457, S11469, S11471-S11473, S11489 [1NO]

———improve the certified development company program (H.R. 2614), conference report—motion to proceed, S11097 [26OC], S11416 [31OC]

———reauthorize loan programs, S11107, S11108 [26OC], S11863-S11865 [15DE]

Taxation: exclude from gross income discharges of indebtedness attributable to certain forgiven residential mortgage obligations (S. 2555), S3947 [15MY]

———treatment of higher education expenses and interest on student loans, S724 [23FE], S850 [28FE], S6614-S6617 [13JY]

———treatment of policyholder dividends of mutual life insurance companies and policyholder surplus accounts (S. 2874), S6843 [14JY]

———use of median family income to determine purchase price limitation for mortgage subsidy bonds (S. 2714), S5027 [13JN]

Television: authorize loan guarantees to cooperative lending entities to facilitate access to local television broadcast signals in unserved and underserved areas, S1934-S1939, S1965 [30MR]

Reports

Conditioning Debt Relief on Adjustment—Creating the Conditions for More Indebtedness: Development Group for Alternative Policies (organization), H6640 [20JY]

Environmental Consequences of the IMF's Lending Policies: Friends of the Earth (organization), H6641 [20JY]

On the Wrong Track—A Summary Assessment of IMF Interventions in Selected Countries: Preamble Center (organization), H6639 [20JY]

Reports filed

Adoption of Concurrent Resolution Making Corrections in Enrollment of H.R. 2614, Certified Development Company Program Improvements Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 663) (H. Rept. 106-1016), H11526 [29OC]

American Homeownership and Economic Opportunity Act: Committee on Banking and Financial Services (House) (H.R. 1776) (H. Rept. 106-553), H1587 [29MR], H1851 [5AP]

Bank Reserves Modernization Act: Committee on Banking and Financial Services (House) (H.R. 4209) (H. Rept. 106-983), H10035 [17OC]

Bankruptcy Reform Act: Committee of Conference (H.R. 2415) (H. Rept. 106-970), H9766 [11OC]

Business Checking Modernization Act: Committee on Banking and Financial Services (House) (H.R. 4067) (H. Rept. 106-568), H2121 [11AP]

Certified Development Company Program Improvements Act: Committee of Conference (H.R. 2614) (H. Rept. 106-1004), H11193 [25OC]

———Committee on Small Business (Senate) (H.R. 2614) (S. Rept. 106-280), S3691 [9MY]

Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (H.R. 1658), S1671 [23MR]

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 Conference Report on H.R. 2614, Certified Development Company Program Improvements Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 652) (H. Rept. 106-1007), H11193 [25OC]

Consideration of H.R. 1776, American Homeownership and Economic Opportunity Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 460) (H. Rept. 106-562), H1851 [5AP]

Day Trading—Case Studies and Conclusions: Committee on Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. Rept. 106-364), S7837 [27JY]

Export Working Capital Loan Improvement Act: Committee on Small Business (House) (H.R. 4944) (H. Rept. 106-880), H7990 [21SE]

Financial Contract Netting Improvement Act: Committee on Banking and Financial Services (House) (H.R. 1161) (H. Rept. 106-834), H7364 [7SE]

International Counter-Money Laundering Act: Committee on Banking and Financial Services (House) (H.R. 3886) (H. Rept. 106-728), H5954 [12JY]

International Debt Relief and Strengthening of Anticorruption Measures and Accountability at International Financial Institutions: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. 3129) (S. Rept. 106-425), S9464 [28SE]

Internet Gambling Funding Prohibition Act: Committee on Banking and Financial Services (House) (H.R. 4419) (H. Rept. 106-771), H6717 [20JY]

Medical Financial Privacy Protection Act: Committee on Banking and Financial Services (House) (H.R. 4585) (H. Rept. 106-773), H6717 [20JY]

Microenterprise for Self-Reliance Act: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. 2844) (S. Rept. 106-335), S6473 [11JY]

Nomination of Alan Greenspan To Be FRS Board of Governors Chairman: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate), S213 [1FE]

Nomination of Margrethe Lundsager To Be IMF U.S. Alternate Executive Director: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S9465 [28SE]

Support for Overseas Cooperative Development Act: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. 3072), S9464 [28SE]

Rulings of the Chair

SBA: improve the certified development company program (H.R. 2614), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 652), H11215 [26OC]

Statements

College Financing: Nathan Loizeaux, E1517 [18SE]

Summaries

American Homeownership and Economic Opportunity Act (S. 3274), S11602-S11607 [5DE]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations (H.R. 4577): SBA Loan Programs Reauthorization, E2240-E2245 [2JA]

Predatory Lending Consumer Protection Act (S. 2415), S2635 [12AP]

Surveys

Impacts of IMF Structural Adjustment in Africa—Growth, Social Spending, and Debt Relief: Robert Naiman and Neil Watkins, H6636-H6639 [20JY]

Tables

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

Testimonies

Housing-Related Government-Sponsored Enterprises: Franklin D. Raines, Fannie Mae, E738-E740 [17MY], E769-E771 [19MY]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 407, corrections in enrollment of S. 1455, College Scholarship Fraud Prevention Act, H8006 [25SE]

H. Con. Res. 427, corrections in enrollment of S. 3186, Bankruptcy Reform Act, H9840 [12OC]

H. Con. Res. 439, corrections in enrollment of H.R. 2614, Certified Development Company Program Improvements Act, H11555 [30OC]

H. Res. 460, consideration of H.R. 1776, American Homeownership and Economic Opportunity Act, H1855 [6AP]

H. Res. 495, support the Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering and the public identification of noncooperative jurisdictions in combating international money laundering, H4610 [19JN]

H. Res. 533, concur with Senate amendment to H.R. 2614, Certified Development Company Program Improvements Act, H5190-H5192 [27JN]

H. Res. 624, consideration of conference report on H.R. 2415, Bankruptcy Reform Act, H9826 [12OC]

H. Res. 652, consideration of conference report on H.R. 2614, Certified Development Company Program Improvements Act, H11209 [26OC]

H. Res. 663, adoption of concurrent resolution making corrections in enrollment of H.R. 2614, Certified Development Company Program Improvements Act, H11546 [30OC]

H.R. 833, Bankruptcy Reform Act, S393-S453 [7FE]

H.R. 1143, Microenterprise for Self-Reliance and International Anti-Corruption Act, H8886-H8892 [5OC]

H.R. 1161, Financial Contract Netting Improvement Act, H10690-H10696 [24OC]

H.R. 1658, Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act, H2040-H2046 [11AP]

H.R. 1715, Defense Production Act expiration date extension, H7677 [18SE]

H.R. 1776, American Homeownership and Economic Opportunity Act, H1868-H1889 [6AP]

H.R. 2614, Certified Development Company Program Improvements Act, S5154 [14JN], S7574 [25JY]

H.R. 3637, Homeowners Protection Act technical corrections, H3578 [23MY]

H.R. 3834, Homeowners Financing Protection Act, H7745 [19SE]

H.R. 4067, Business Checking Modernization Act, H2076 [11AP]

H.R. 4673, Support for Overseas Cooperative Development Act, H7753 [19SE]

H.R. 4718, extend reenactment period for chapter 12 of the bankruptcy code relative to family farmers, H5101 [26JN]

H.R. 4944, Export Working Capital Loan Improvement Act, H8084 [26SE]

H.R. 5034, Quality Teacher Recruitment and Retention Act, H8180 [26SE]

H.R. 5256, FHA Shutdown Prevention Act, E1572 [22SE]

H.R. 5540, Chapter 12 Extension and Bankruptcy Judgeship Act, H11701 [31OC]

H.R. 5640, American Homeownership and Economic Opportunity Act, H11960-H11985 [5DE]

S. 1455, College Scholarship Fraud Prevention Act, H8005 [25SE]

S. 2117, Consumer Credit Fair Dispute Resolution Act, S935 [29FE]

S. 2415, Predatory Lending Consumer Protection Act, S2633-S2635 [12AP]

S. 2423, qualify public defenders for student loan forgiveness under the Federal Perkins Loan Program, S2737 [13AP]

S. 2513, Financial Information Privacy Protection Act, S3532-S3535 [4MY]

S. 2702, report on progress in developing infrastructure assurance strategies and Dept. of Defense role in implementing such strategies and detecting information warfare programs, S4846 [8JN]

S. 2714, use of median family income to determine purchase price limitation for mortgage subsidy bonds, S5028 [13JN]

S. 2798, Deposit and Share Insurance Adjustment Act, S5905 [27JN]

S. 2874, Life Insurance Tax Simplification Act, S6843 [14JY]

S. 2914, Homeowners Rebate Act, S7543 [25JY]

S. 2978, Tribal College or University Teacher Loan Forgiveness Act, S7893 [27JY]

S. 3072, Support for Overseas Cooperative Development Act, S8765 [19SE]

S. 3274, American Homeownership and Economic Opportunity Act, S11577-S11602 [5DE]

S. 3276, College Scholarship Fraud Prevention Act technical corrections, S11891 [15DE]

Tributes

Bauman, Robert E., E1868 [19OC]