BIDEN, JOSEPH R., JR. (a Senator from Delaware)
Addresses
Bosnia and American Foreign Policy—Finishing the Job: by, S10994 [22OC]
Amendments
Appropriations: making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (S. 672), S4024, S4031 [6MY], S4079, S4124 [7MY]
Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 949), S6440, S6472, S6541, S6542, S6552 [26JN]
———setting forth the Federal budget for 1998-2002 (S. Con. Res. 27), S4874, S4909 [21MY]
Chemical Weapons Convention: ratification (S. Res. 75), S3584, S3604, S3618, S3621, S3624, S3689 [24AP]
Courts: reauthorize arbitration programs (S. 996), S8528, S8614 [31JY]
Crime: interpret the term ``kidnapping'' in extradition treaties to which the U.S. is a party (S. 1266), S11161, S11168 [23OC]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 936), S5989, S6006 [19JN], S6880, S6932 [7JY], S7220 [10JY]
Dept. of State and related agencies: authorizing appropriations and consolidating certain agencies (S. 903), S5686, S5705 [16JN], S5879 [17JN]
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: authorizing appropriations (S. 1022), S8072, S8085, S8086, S8101, S8102, S8104, S8105 [24JY], S8215, S8279 [29JY]
Energy and water development: making appropriations (S. 1004), S7465, S7506 [15JY]
FDA: modernize (S. 830), S9342, S9343 [15SE]
Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (S. 955), S7516, S7610, S7615 [16JY]
Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe: ratification of Flank Document Agreement, S4496 [14MY]
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 1757, Dept. of State and related agencies appropriations and consolidation of certain agencies, S8222 [29JY]
North Atlantic Assembly, S5021 [22MY]
Senate Arms Control Observer Group, S574 [21JA]
Articles and editorials
Just Skin and Bones, Tom Masland and Jeffrey Bartholet, Newsweek (publication), S8487 [31JY]
Needless Risk for U.S. Troops, E.R. Zumwalt, Jr., Washington (DC) Post, S1585
Our Best Defense, James A. Baker III, S1587
Triumph of the Heart, Kevin, Tresolina, Wilmington (DE) News Journal, S5665 [16JN]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Appropriations: line-item veto (see S. 592), S3269 [16AP]
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: designate certain lands as wilderness (see S. 531), S2900 [9AP]
Argentina: investigation of terrorist attack on Israeli Embassy in Buenos Aires (see S. Con. Res. 20), S3011 [10AP]
Austrian-American Day: designate (see S. Res. 122), S9332 [15SE]
Blix, Hans: tribute (see S. Con. Res. 45), S8367 [30JY]
Boys and Girls Clubs of America: funding (see S. 476), S2552 [19MR]
Chemical Weapons Convention: implementation (see S. 610), S3348 [17AP]
Choephel, Ngawang: arrest and treatment in the People's Republic of China (see S. Res. 19), S2089 [10MR]
Christopher, Warren: tribute (see S. Con. Res. 4), S634 [22JA]
Computers: establish a commission on the problem with differentiating years 2000 and 1900 (see S. 22), S7732 [17JY]
Crime: national policy to control juvenile crime, violence, and drug abuse (see S. 15, 362), S159 [21JA], S1659 [26FE]
Death and dying: prohibit Federal funding for assisted suicide, euthanasia, or mercy killing (see S. 304), S1299 [12FE]
Dept. of State: waive nonimmigrant visa fees for aliens engaging in certain charitable activities (see S. 1184), S9515 [17SE]
Diseases: accurate guidelines for breast cancer screening for certain women (see S. Res. 47), S945 [4FE]
———issue special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see S. 726), S7118 [9JY]
———research programs for Parkinson's disease (see S. 535), S3456 [22AP]
Drugs: establish matching grant program for local communities that first demonstrate a long-term commitment to reduce youth substance abuse (see S. 536), S2901 [9AP]
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 1062), S8607 [31JY]
Elections: constitutional amendment to regulate campaign expenditures and contribution limits (see S.J. Res. 18), S1734 [27FE]
Families and domestic relations: reauthorize abstinence education and adolescent family life programs (see S. 934), S5927 [18JN]
Federal employees: prevent discrimination against preference eligibles applying for certain Government positions (see S. 1021), S9660 [18SE]
Firearms: voluntary equipment of handguns with child safety devices by manufacturers (see S. Res. 133), S10787 [9OC]
Germany: expand reparations criteria and set up a comprehensive medical fund for Holocaust survivors (see S. Con. Res. 39), S8277 [29JY]
Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: designate (see S. Res. 56), S1382 [13FE]
Health: revise and extend mammography quality standards programs (see S. 537), S2901 [9AP]
Immigration: make Religious Worker Visa Program permanent (see S. 1198), S9637 [18SE]
Insurance: coverage of minimum hospital stays and reconstructive surgery relative to breast cancer and of second opinions for any cancer diagnosis (see S. 249), S856 [30JA]
Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act: reauthorize (see S. 586), S3199 [15AP]
Irish-American Heritage Month: designate (see S. Res. 59), S2216 [12MR]
Israel: anniversary of reunification of Jerusalem (see S. Con. Res. 21), S4116 [7MY]
Latin America: prohibit sale or transfer of highly advanced weapons (see S. 983), S6727 [27JN]
Law enforcement officers: provide standards and protection for the conduct of internal police investigations (see S. 348), S1553 [25FE]
Meili, Davide: relief (see S. 768), S4748 [20MY]
Meili, Giuseppina: relief (see S. 768), S4748 [20MY]
Meili, Michel Christopher: relief (see S. 768), S4748 [20MY]
Meili, Mirjam N.: relief (see S. 768), S4748 [20MY]
Memorial Day: proclaim a nationwide moment of remembrance (see S. Res. 76), S4683 [19MY]
Mexico: cooperation between the U.S. and Mexico on drug enforcement efforts (see S. Con. Res. 9), S2274 [13MR]
Mother Teresa: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 689), S3901 [1MY]
———tribute (see S. Res. 120), S9018 [9SE]
National Character Counts Week: designate (see S. Res. 63), S4396 [13MY]
National Correctional Officers and Employees Week: designate (see S. Res. 64), S3456 [22AP]
National Day of Recognition for the Humanitarian Efforts of Diana, Princess of Wales: designate (see S. Res. 118), S8723 [3SE]
National Literacy Day: designate (see S. Res. 92), S5265 [3JN]
National Park Service: establish the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Program (see S. 887), S10898 [21OC]
National Peace Officers Memorial Day: designate (see S. Res. 79), S3750 [28AP]
Oceans: develop and implement national ocean and coastal activities policy (see S. 1213), S9886 [24SE]
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (see S. 918), S5790 [17JN]
Public safety officers: provide educational assistance to the surviving spouse and dependent children of officers killed or totally disabled in the line of duty (see S. 1525), S12506 [12NO]
Sam Nunn Federal Center, Atlanta, GA: designate (see S. 347), S3736 [25AP]
Sinatra, Francis A.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 305), S1300 [12FE]
Small business: increase deductions for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see S. 575), S3199 [15AP]
Social Security: earnings test for blind individuals (see S. 375), S3126 [14AP]
Taxation: establish intercity passenger rail service trust fund (see S. 436), S2274 [13MR]
Vietnam Veterans Memorial: commemorate anniversary of construction and dedication (see S. Res. 87), S4748 [20MY]
Weapons: eliminate use of antipersonnel landmines (see S. 896), S5596 [12JN]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Crime: enhanced penalties for follow-on bombings (see S. 352), S1553 [25FE]
Drugs: rescheduling of flunitrazepam into schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act (see S. 1568), S12576 [13NO]
Education: authorize awarding of Presidential Honors Scholarships to certain graduating secondary school students (see S. 688), S3901 [1MY]
Financial institutions: authorizing appropriations to pay for U.S. contributions to certain international financial institutions (see S. 1082), S8262 [29JY]
Law enforcement officers: recruitment, hiring, or retention of certain former officers of the Royal Hong Kong Police by Federal law enforcement agencies (see S. 558), S3011 [10AP]
Medicare: coverage of screening mammography (see S. 540), S2901 [9AP]
National Mammography Day: designate (see S. Res. 136), S10788 [9OC]
Office of National Drug Control Policy: reauthorize (see S. 1053), S7863 [22JY]
Taxation: treatment of higher education costs and savings accounts for college expenses (see S. 218), S726 [28JA]
Veterans: payments to States for certain veterans buried in State cemeteries (see S. 217), S726 [28JA]
Biographies
Albright, Madeleine Korbel, S593 [22JA]
Richardson, Representative, S1214 [11FE]
Certificates of election
Senate, S1 [7JA]
Cloture motions
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (S. 25), S10378 [6OC], S10466 [7OC], S10522 [8OC], S10731 [9OC]
Letters
Chemical Weapons Convention: Abram Chayes, Harvard University, S1587
———Chemical Manufacturers Association, S3511 [23AP]
———Frederick L. Webber, Chemical Manufacturers Association, S3510 [23AP]
———Louis Henkin, Columbia University, S1587
Chemical Weapons Convention ratification relative to stemming the proliferation of chemical weapons: Samuel R. Berger, Executive Office of the President, S3632 [24AP]
———several legal scholars, S3633 [24AP]
Transfer of USIA international broadcasting services: David W. Burke, U.S. Broadcasting Board of Governors, S5746 [17JN]
Lists
Distinguished individuals and organizations supporting the Chemical Weapons Convention, S2549 [19MR]
Poems
``Dulce et Decorum Est,'' Wilfred Owen, S3471 [23AP]
``Hugs, Not Drugs,'' James B. Coker, S2001
Press releases
Chemical Weapons Convention: Australia Group, S3635 [24AP]
Veterans Military Groups Endorse Chemical Weapons Convention: Chemical Weapons Convention News Alert, S1586
Remarks
Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 1122), S4571 [15MY]
Agreement Between the U.S. and Hong Kong for the Surrender of Fugitive Offenders: ratification, S11166 [23OC]
Agriculture: prohibit coverage of tobacco by Federal crop insurance and disaster assistance programs, S7925 [23JY]
Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (S. 1033), S7925 [23JY]
Albright, Madeleine Korbel: nomination to be Sec. of State, S592, S594, S598 [22JA]
American Foreign Service Association: participation of certain management officials in collective bargaining negotiations, S5672 [16JN]
Appropriations: making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (S. 672), S4084 [7MY]
Bosnia and Herzegovina: elections, S9407 [16SE], S9440 [17SE]
———encourage European or NATO-led follow-on force following withdrawal of U.S. Armed Forces, S7240, S7248 [11JY]
———prohibit use of appropriated Federal funds for the deployment of Armed Forces after a certain date, S4084 [7MY]
———U.N. helicopter crash, S9501 [17SE]
———U.S. military intervention, S8682-S8685 [3SE]
———U.S. policy, S8682-S8685 [3SE]
Boys and Girls Clubs of America: funding (S. 476), S4577 [15MY]
Brain Tumor Awareness Week: observance, S11163
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (S.J. Res. 1), S1698 [27FE]
———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 947), S6330 [25JN]
———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 949), S6441 [26JN], S6673, S6703 [27JN]
———requirements to increase debt limit in balanced budget constitutional amendment, S1698 [27FE]
———setting forth the Federal budget for 1998-2002 (S. Con. Res. 27), S4911
Cambodia: condemn violence and restore democracy, S7205 [10JY]
Canada: blockade of U.S. vessels exercising right of innocent passage through the territorial sea of Canada (S. Res. 109), S7948 [23JY]
Chemical Weapons Convention: impact on domestic chemical industry, S3595 [24AP]
———implementation (S. 610), S5078 [23MY]
———ratification, S1583
———ratification relative to effective verification of significant violations, S3618, S3621 [24AP]
———ratification relative to ratification by countries with offensive chemical weapons programs, S3584, S3595 [24AP]
———ratification relative to Russian compliance with chemical weapons destruction agreements, S3604, S3616 [24AP]
———ratification relative to stemming the proliferation of chemical weapons, S3624, S3631, S3632, S3633, S3634, S3635 [24AP]
———ratification relative to the exclusion of inspectors who are representatives of terrorist States, S3621, S3622, S3623 [24AP]
———ratification (S. Res. 75), S3470, S3475, S3500, S3506, S3507, S3510, S3511, S3533, S3534, S3541 [23AP], S3568, S3569, S3584, S3595, S3604, S3605, S3606, S3616, S3618, S3621, S3622, S3623, S3624, S3631, S3632, S3633, S3634, S3635, S3638, S3657 [24AP]
———tribute to efforts of Senate staff and other outside advisers, S3605, S3606 [24AP]
China, People's Republic of: most-favored-nation status, S7632 [17JY]
———request for release of political prisoner Wei Jingsheng, S4381 [13MY]
———U.S. policy, S9437-S9440 [17SE]
Cohen, William S.: nomination to be Sec. of Defense, S626 [22JA]
Colombia: foreign aid certification of drug enforcement efforts, S1483
Commission on Structural Alternatives for the Federal Courts of Appeals: establish, S8058 [24JY]
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty: ratification, S9059-S9062 [10SE]
Congo, Democratic Republic of: status of Rwandan refugees, S6383
Courts: divide the ninth judicial circuit into two circuits, S8058 [24JY]
———reauthorize arbitration programs (S. 996), S8528 [31JY]
Crime: enhanced penalties for follow-on bombings (S. 352), S1558
———interpret the term ``kidnapping'' in extradition treaties to which the U.S. is a party (S. 1266), S11168 [23OC]
———national policy to control juvenile crime, violence, and drug abuse (S. 15), S323 [21JA]
———national policy to control juvenile crime, violence, and drug abuse (S. 362), S1669 [26FE]
———national policy to control juvenile crime and violence, S12663 [13NO]
———national policy to control juvenile crime and violence (S. 10), S5664 [16JN]
———provide penalties for the acquisition or use of chemical or biological weapons and reduce acts of terrorism using such weapons (S. 495), S3342, S3343 [17AP]
Croatia: allocation of foreign aid, S6492 [26JN]
Cyprus: dispute resolution (S. Con. Res. 41), S7985 [23JY]
Death and dying: prohibit Federal funding for assisted suicide, euthanasia, or mercy killing (H.R. 1003), S3262 [16AP]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 936), S5996 [19JN], S6884
———authorizing military activities appropriations and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1119), conference report, S11812 [6NO]
———Cooperative Threat Reduction Program funding, S6884
Dept. of State: establish position of Coordinator of Taiwan Affairs, S5756 [17JN]
———funding, S4911-S4913 [21MY]
Dept. of State and related agencies: authorizing appropriations and consolidating certain agencies (S. 903), S5657, S5667, S5668, S5669, S5672, S5676 [16JN], S5723, S5724, S5725, S5727, S5733, S5745, S5746, S5747, S5748, S5754, S5756, S5757 [17JN]
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: authorizing appropriations (S. 1022), S8030, S8058, S8062 [24JY], S8215 [29JY]
———making appropriations (H.R. 2267), conference report, S12663 [13NO]
District of Columbia: making appropriations (S. 1156), S10192 [30SE]
———scholarship vouchers to provide school choice, S10192 [30SE]
Drug abuse: national drug control policy, S2001
Drugs: establish matching grant program for local communities that first demonstrate a long-term commitment to reduce youth substance abuse (S. 536), S2923 [9AP]
Education: authorize awarding of Presidential Honors Scholarships to certain graduating secondary school students (S. 688), S3912
Elections: constitutional amendment to regulate campaign expenditures and contribution limits (S.J. Res. 18), S2264, S2265, S2266, S2267 [13MR]
European Union: expansion, S7619
FDA: modernize (S. 830), S9821 [24SE]
Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (S. 955), S7516, S7585 [16JY], S7632 [17JY]
Foreign policy: withhold foreign aid to countries harboring Rwandan war criminals, S7516 [16JY]
Garland, Merrick B.: nomination to be circuit judge, S2528 [19MR]
International Dolphin Conservation Program: implement (S. 39), S792 [29JA], S8305 [30JY]
International relations: withdrawal from certain international organizations relative to assessment levels, S8062 [24JY]
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of: famine relief, S8487 [31JY]
Latin America: prohibit sale or transfer of highly advanced weapons (S. 983), S6754 [27JN]
Law enforcement officers: provide standards and protection for the conduct of internal police investigations (S. 348), S1555
———recruitment, hiring, or retention of certain former officers of the Royal Hong Kong Police by Federal law enforcement agencies (S. 558), S3033 [10AP]
Medicare: age eligibility requirements, S6330 [25JN]
———coverage of screening mammography (S. 540), S2926
Mexico: disapprove foreign aid certification of drug enforcement efforts (H.J. Res. 58), S2592 [20MR]
———foreign aid certification of drug enforcement efforts, S1483
Middle East: Palestinian criticism of U.S. diplomats based on religious affiliation, S4745 [20MY]
National Endowment for Democracy: funding, S8030 [24JY]
NATO: assist integration of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Romania, S5668, S5669 [16JN]
———establish dispute resolution process, S5754 [17JN]
———membership of Central and East European countries, S1975 [5MR], S5590-S5594 [12JN], S8488-S8491 [31JY], S10782 [9OC]
———proportional cost-sharing arrangement relative to expansion, S8489-S8491 [31JY]
Office of National Drug Control Policy: reauthorize (S. 1053), S7868 [22JY]
Parliamentary inquiry, S3607, S3618 [24AP]
Peru: prisoner rights, S5667 [16JN]
Peterson, Douglas ``Pete'': nomination to be Ambassador to Vietnam, S3009 [10AP]
Political campaigns: appointment of independent counsel to investigate fundraising practices in Presidential election campaign (S.J. Res. 22), S2495 [19MR]
———appointment of independent counsel to investigate fundraising practices in election campaigns (S.J. Res. 23), S2495 [19MR]
———ethics reform and contribution limits (S. 918), S5806 [17JN]
Presidential appointments: Senate process for confirmation of judicial nominees, S2528, S2538, S2539, S2540 [19MR]
Public safety officers: provide educational assistance to the surviving spouse and dependent children of officers killed or totally disabled in the line of duty (S. 1525), S12509 [12NO]
Richardson, Representative: nomination to be Ambassador to the U.N., S1214, S1216 [11FE]
Senate: legislative program, S3467 [23AP], S9437 [17SE]
Sierra Leone: democracy efforts, S9196 [11SE]
Smith, Wilson K.: tribute to for efforts relative to African-American Medal of Honor monument, S1999
Suchan, Greg: privilege of the floor, S3492 [23AP]
Taxation: exclude from gross income pension benefits received by the survivors of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty, S6703 [27JN]
———treatment of higher education costs and savings accounts for college expenses (S. 218), S747
Terrorism: prohibit distribution of information relative to explosive materials, S5996 [19JN]
Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe: multilateralization of the Antiballistic Missile Treaty relative to former Soviet Republics, S4451 [14MY]
———ratification of Flank Document Agreement, S4451, S4470, S4471, S4472, S4473, S4474 [14MY]
U.N.: authorize payment of U.S. arrearages, S5660, S5676 [16JN], S5723, S5724, S5725, S5727, S5733 [17JN]
USIA: transfer of international broadcasting services, S5745, S5746, S5747, S5748 [17JN]
Veterans: payments to States for certain veterans buried in State cemeteries (S. 217), S747
Violent Crime Control Trust Fund: funding, S4990 [22MY]
Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund: funding, S6441 [26JN], S6673 [27JN], S8215 [29JY]
Votes: position on missed, S1698 [27FE], S9959
Weapons: eliminate use of antipersonnel landmines (S. 896), S5689 [16JN]
Zaire: peace negotiations, S3858
Statements
Chemical Weapons Convention: Fred Webber, Chemical Manufacturers Association, S1586
———George Bush, S1587
Foreign Policy Objectives and Issues: Madeleine Korbel Albright, S594-S598 [22JA]
NATO Membership Expansion to Central and East European Countries: Madeleine Korbel Albright, Sec. of State, S10783-S10786 [9OC]
Testimonies
Nomination To Be Ambassador to the U.N.: Representative Richardson, S1214-S1216 [11FE]
Texts of
S. 15, Youth Violence, Crime, and Drug Abuse Control Act, S324-S338 [21JA]
S. 218, tax treatment of higher education costs and savings accounts for college expenses, S747
S. 558, Royal Hong Kong Police Anticrime Strategy Act, S3034 [10AP]
Tributes
Coker, James B., S2001
Kenney, Robert D., S2092
Kimmel, Mort and Marcia, S5664, S5666 [16JN]
Kraus, David H., S11495
McLaughlin, Joseph P., S6013
Roth, Senator, S8481 [31JY]
Spiller, Larry, S5664, S5666 [16JN]
Thurmond, Senator, S5208