[Congressional Record Index (1998)]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




ASHCROFT, JOHN (a Senator from Missouri)
  Agenda
    Atlanta Harm Reduction Coalition Conference, S494 [9FE]
  Amendments 
    Appropriations:  making emergency supplemental for disaster relief
        and overseas peacekeeping operations (S. 1768), S2444 [23MR],
        S2484 [24MR], S2493 [24MR], S2500 [24MR], S2578 [25MR]
    Budget:  setting forth the Federal budget for 1999-2003 (S. Con.
        Res. 86), S2736 [30MR], S2774 [30MR], S2999 [1AP], S3000 [1AP]
    Dept. of Defense:  authorizing appropriations for military
        activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military
        construction (S. 2057), S4920 [14MY], S5238 [20MY], S5731 [5JN],
        S6790 [22JN]
    ------ making appropriations (S. 2132), S9452 [30JY]
    Dept. of the Interior and related agencies:  making appropriations
        (S. 2237), S10356 [15SE], S10371 [15SE], S10389 [15SE]
    Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the
        President, and independent agencies:  making appropriations (S.
        2312), S9163 [29JY], S9179 [29JY], S9255 [29JY], S9256 [29JY]
    Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
         making appropriations (S. 2168), S8366 [16JY]
    Employment:  improve and consolidate Federal job training programs
        (S. 1186), S4016 [1MY], S4017 [1MY], S4128 [1MY]
    Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs:  making
        appropriations (S. 2334), S9746 [1SE], S9794 [1SE]
    IRS:  restructure and reform (H.R. 2676), S4401 [6MY], S4429 [6MY],
        S4446 [6MY], S4447 [6MY]
    Legislative branch of the Government:  making appropriations (H.R.
        4112), S8558 [20JY], S8564 [20JY], S8565 [20JY], S8575 [20JY]
    Next Generation Internet Program:  authorizing appropriations (S.
        1609), S7289 [26JN], S7334 [26JN]
    ------ require report by advisory committee on development and
        implementation (S. 1609), S7289 [26JN], S7334 [26JN]
    Protocols to the North Atlantic Treaty on Accession of Poland,
        Hungary, and the Czech Republic:  ratification, S3765 [29AP],
        S3793 [29AP]
    Taxation:  treatment of education individual retirement accounts
        relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R.
        2646), S3403 [22AP], S3445 [22AP], S3453 [22AP]
    Tobacco products:  tobacco industry liability settlement relative to
        health risks and marketing and manufacturing practices (S.
        1415), S5121 [19MY], S5140 [19MY], S5168 [20MY], S5728 [5JN]
    Transportation:  funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
        programs, and transit programs (S. 1173), S1395 [5MR], S1465
        [5MR]
  Analyses
    National Guard and Reserve Components Equity Act (S. 2077), S4832
        [13MY]
  Articles and editorials
    Deal That's Worse Than Worthless--Peace in Our Time--Again, Charles
        Krauthammer, Washington (DC) Post, S1134 [27FE]
  Bills and resolutions cosponsored
    Abortion:  constitutional amendment on right to life, (see S.J. Res.
        49), S5694 [5JN]
    ------ protect human life, (see S. 2135), S5694 [5JN]
    Animals:  prohibit import, export, sale, or possession of bear
        viscera, (see S. 263), S4442 [6MY]
    Army Reserve:  anniversary, (see S. Res. 213), S3429 [22AP]
    Budget:  provide for offsetting tax cuts whenever there is an
        elimination of a discretionary spending program, (see S. 1392),
        S3362 [21AP]
    Capitol Building and Grounds:  tribute to John M. Gibson and Jacob
        J. Chestnut of the Capitol Police for acts of heroism, (see S.
        Con. Res. 110), S9044 [27JY]
    ------ use of the rotunda for a memorial service for John M. Gibson
        and Jacob J. Chestnut of the Capitol Police, (see S. Con. Res.
        111), S9044 [27JY]
    China, People's Republic of:  demand release of political and
        religious prisoners at upcoming summit between Presidents
        Clinton and Jiang Zemin, (see S. Res. 212), S3428 [22AP]
    China, Republic of:  affirm U.S. commitment to security and
        democracy, (see S. Con. Res. 107), S7884 [9JY]
    Clinton, President:  reconsider decision to be formally received in
        Tiananmen Square during visit to the People's Republic of China,
        (see S. Con. Res. 101), S5634 [4JN]
    Computers:  prohibit the publication of identifying information
        about minors on the Internet for criminal sexual purposes, (see
        S. 1965), S7884 [9JY]
    Congressional Research Service:  make certain information available
        to the public on the Internet, (see S. 1578), S113 [28JA]
    Courts:  establish legal standards and procedures for the fair,
        prompt, inexpensive, and efficient resolution of asbestos
        exposure personal injury claims, (see S. 2546), S11339 [2OC]
    ------ limit authority of Federal judges relative to Federal, State,
        and local laws and prisoner litigation procedures, (see S.
        2163), S6181 [11JN]
    ------ moratorium on certain class action lawsuits relative to the
        mortgage lending process, (see S. 2223), S7172 [25JN]
    Cuba:  increase support to democratic opposition and humanitarian
        assistance, (see S. 2080), S4906 [14MY]
    Dept. of HHS:  disapprove rule submitted on surety bond requirements
        for home health care providers under Medicare and Medicaid, (see
        S.J. Res. 50), S6037 [10JN]
    Developing countries:  denial of benefits under the Generalized
        System of Preferences to countries that violate intellectual
        property rights, (see S. Con. Res. 124), S12183 [9OC]
    Drug abuse:  prohibit use of Federal funds for needle exchange
        programs, (see S. 1959), S3356 [21AP]
    Drugs:  enhance interdiction efforts in major transit countries and
        support eradication and crop substitution programs in source
        countries, (see S. 2522), S11042 [28SE]
    Education:  spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars
        on children's classrooms, (see S. Res. 168), S48 [27JA]
    Employment:  protect employer rights, (see S. 1981), S4442 [6MY]
    ------ reform standard for classifying technical workers as
        independent contractors for employment tax purposes, (see S.
        1924), S3944 [30AP]
    Families and domestic relations:  provide equitable child care
        relief for stay at-home parents, (see S. Con. Res. 77), S1352
        [4MR]
    FCC:  preserve low-power television stations that provide community
        broadcasting, (see S. 1427), S3222 [3AP]
    Firearms:  prohibit imposition of a fee for criminal background
        checks before the transfer of a handgun, (see S. 2128), S5701
        [5JN]
    Flag--U.S.:  constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration, (see
        S.J. Res. 40), S378 [4FE]
    Freedom of religion:  establish a process to ensure that the U.S.
        monitors international religious persecution, (see S. 1868),
        S9692 [31AU]
    Government:  require budget deficit reduction, a balanced Federal
        budget, and repayment of the national debt, (see S. 1608), S3362
        [21AP]
    Government regulations:  reform regulatory process, (see S. 981),
        S10929 [24SE]
    Health:  ensure confidentiality of medical records and health care-
        related information, (see S. 2352), S8996 [24JY]
    ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, (see
        S. 2330), S8482 [17JY]
    Immigration:  increase number of temporary visas for skilled workers
        and expand education and training opportunities for U.S.
        students and workers, (see S. 1723), S2684 [26MR]
    Internet:  study the effects of adding new generic top-level domains
        on trademark and intellectual property rights holders and
        related dispute resolution procedures, (see S. 1727), S5333
        [21MY]
    Iraq:  support transition to democracy, (see S. 2525), S11715 [7OC]
    IRS:  congressional review of regulations increasing Federal
        revenue, (see S. 831), S5455 [22MY]
    ------ prohibit use of random audits in its examination process,
        (see S. 2008), S3783 [29AP]
    ------ provide electronic access to certain information on the
        Internet, (see S. 1901), S2968 [1AP]
    ------ provide uniform application of confidentiality privileges
        relative to taxpayer communications with authorized tax
        practitioners, (see S. 1737), S1697 [10MR]
    Israel:  independence anniversary, (see S.J. Res. 46), S3783 [29AP]
    ------ membership in a U.N. regional group, (see S. Res. 188), S3443
        [22AP]
    Japan:  access of U.S. business to photographic film and paper
        markets, (see S. Con. Res. 88), S3120 [2AP]
    Mark McGwire Interstate Route 70:  designate, (see S. 2531), S11122
        [29SE]
    McCain, Senator:  tribute, (see S. Res. 196), S2114 [17MR]
    McGwire, Mark:  tribute, (see S. Res. 273), S10118 [9SE]
    Medicare:  reform payment system for home health services, (see S.
        2354), S10322 [14SE]
    National Inhalant Abuse Awareness Day:  designate, (see S. Res.
        257), S11052 [28SE]
    National Kick Drugs Out of America Week:  designate, (see S. Res.
        194), S3443 [22AP]
    National Mammography Day:  designate, (see S. Res. 271), S11285
        [1OC]
    New Mexico:  designate Onate Cuartocentenario to commemorate the
        anniversary of the first permanent Spanish settlement, (see S.
        Res. 148), S520 [9FE]
    Read Across America Day:  designate, (see S. Res. 181), S1082 [26FE]
    Religion:  protect certain charitable contributions, (see S. 1244),
        S4727 [12MY]
    Research:  continuation of Federal research and development programs
        funding in a fiscally sustainable way, (see S. 2217), S9983
        [8SE]
    Sanford, Terry:  tribute, (see S. Res. 211), S3356 [21AP]
    Social Security:  earnings test for blind individuals, (see S. 375),
        S11284 [1OC]
    Surface Transportation Board:  authorizing appropriations, (see S.
        1802), S3544 [23AP]
    Taxation:  capital gains rates, (see S. 2214), S7013 [24JN]
    ------ constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority on
        the passage of legislation increasing taxes, (see S.J. Res. 9),
        S1352 [4MR]
    ------ eliminate marriage tax penalty, increase income level for
        certain tax brackets, shorten holding period for long-term
        capital gains, index capital assets for inflation, and reduce
        estate taxes, (see S. 1711), S1435 [5MR]
    ------ eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate
        brackets and standard deduction amounts, (see S. 1999), S3709
        [28AP]
    ------ provide additional retirement savings opportunities for small
        employers and self-employed individuals, (see S. 2130), S7019
        [24JN]
    ------ reduce holding period for certain capital gains rates, (see
        S. 1748), S1883 [12MR]
    ------ terminate Internal Revenue Code, (see S. 1673), S1003 [25FE]
    Thurmond, Senator:  tribute for Army Reserve service, (see S. Res.
        213), S3429 [22AP]
    U.N. Commission on Human Rights:  resolution relative to human
        rights in the People's Republic of China, (see S. Res. 187),
        S1200 [2MR]
    Vietnamese Conflict:  tribute to POW and MIA's and disclosure of
        information concerning missing personnel, (see S. Res. 196),
        S2114 [17MR]
    Washington, George:  anniversary of death, (see S. Con. Res. 83),
        S11184 [30SE]
    Weapons:  antiballistic missile systems deployment policy, (see S.
        1873), S2719 [27MR]
    World War II:  burial and funeral benefits for merchant marine
        veterans, (see S. 61), S3295 [20AP]
  Bills and resolutions introduced
    Charities:  ensure that religious organizations are considered
        equally with other private groups to provide assistance under
        certain government programs, (see S. 2046), S4528 [7MY]
    Clinton, President:  postpone visit to the People's Republic of
        China relative to the clarification of certain national security
        and human rights issues, (see S. Res. 242), S5634 [4JN]
    Computers:  provide an exemption to antitrust law for companies
        engaged in cooperative conduct to help alleviate the year 2000
        problem, (see S. 2384), S9425 [30JY]
    ------ use, sale, and export of encryption products for privacy and
        security, (see S. 2067), S4712 [12MY]
    Crime:  equalize penalties for trafficking in methamphetamine with
        those for trafficking in crack cocaine, (see S. 2024), S4035
        [1MY]
    ------ provide increased penalties for drug offenses involving
        minors, (see S. 2023), S4035 [1MY]
    Families and domestic relations:  require written parental consent
        to provide contraceptives or abortion services to minors under
        federally-funded programs, (see S. 2380), S9425 [30JY]
    Foreign trade:  require the President to report to Congress on any
        selective embargo on agricultural commodities, (see S. 2606),
        S12164 [9OC]
    Government:  require reports on travel of executive branch officers
        and employees to international conferences, (see S. 2634),
        S12558 [14OC]
    Office of National Drug Control Policy:  expand responsibilities and
        extend authorization, (see S. 2028), S4035 [1MY]
    Office of the U.S. Trade Representative:  establish a Chief
        Agricultural Negotiator, (see S. 2642), S12720 [20OC]
    Presidents of the U.S.:  expedited judicial review of executive
        privilege claims, (see S. 2075), S4823 [13MY]
    ------ reporting requirements for executive privilege claims, (see
        S. 2076), S4823 [13MY]
    Schools:  ensure equal access for elementary and secondary school
        groups and community groups to facilities and materials, (see S.
        2487), S10423 [16SE]
    Taxation:  require CBO and the Committee on Taxation (Joint) to use
        dynamic in addition to static economic modeling in the
        preparation of budgetary estimates of proposed changes in
        Federal revenue law, (see S. 2357), S9043 [27JY]
    ------ require congressional review of Federal agency rules that
        establish or raise taxes, (see S. 2198), S6698 [19JN], (see S.
        2211), S7012 [24JN]
    Treaties and agreements:  conditions for the U.S. becoming a
        signatory to any international agreement relative to Kyoto
        Protocol, (see S. 2019), S3919 [30AP]
  Cloture motions
    Courts:  simplify and expedite access to Federal courts for injured
        parties whose rights and privileges have been deprived by final
        actions of State or Federal agencies (S. 2271), S7873 [9JY],
        S8048 [13JY]
    Employment:  protect employer rights (S. 1981), motion to proceed,
        S10221 [10SE], S10309 [14SE]
    Office of Religious Persecution Monitoring:  establish (H.R. 2431),
        motion to proceed, S11807 [7OC]
    Taxation:  treatment of education individual retirement accounts
        relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R.
        2646), S1925 [13MR], S1988 [16MR], S2094 [17MR]
    Transportation:  funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
        programs, and transit programs (S. 1173), S1497 [6MR], S1762
        [11MR]
  Cloture motions 
    Taxation:  treatment of education individual retirement accounts
        relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R.
        2646), S2636 [26MR]
  Letters
    Executive Accountability Act:  by, S4828 [13MY]
    Nomination of Margaret M. Morrow to be district judge:  several
        organizations, S647 [11FE]
    Prohibit Dept. of Education funding of national testing proposals
        without explicit and specific legislation:  Senator Lott and
        Speaker Gingrich, S6933 [24JN]
  Lists
    People's Republic of China's non-proliferation words vs. nuclear
        proliferation deeds, S1921 [13MR]
  Motions 
    Dept. of Defense:  authorizing appropriations for military
        activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military
        construction (S. 2057), S6843 [23JN]
  Privilege of the floor 
    Ayres, David, S344 [4FE]
    Billings, Annie, S344 [4FE]
    Kulkarni, Neil, S1549 [9MR]
    McElroy, Sarah, S344 [4FE]
    Oellermann, Heather, S9170 [29JY]
    Ring, Kevin, S4016 [1MY]
    Sharpe, Lori, S344 [4FE]
    Trigg, Don, S344 [4FE]
  Programs
    ``Getting the Point''--A Conference About Clean Needle Programs,
        S494 [9FE]
  Remarks
    Abortion:  constitutional amendment on right to life (S.J. Res. 49),
        S5696 [5JN]
    ------ prohibit partial-birth abortions, S474 [9FE], S532 [10FE],
        S540 [10FE]
    ------ prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 1122), veto, S10491
        [17SE]
    ------ protect human life (S. 2135), S5696 [5JN]
    Agriculture:  ensure that federally funded research and education
        programs address high-priority concerns with national multistate
        significance (S. 1150), S1135 [27FE], S1147 [27FE]
    Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
        making appropriations (S. 1033), S411 [4FE]
    Aiken, Ann L.:  nomination to be district judge, S80 [28JA]
    Appropriations:  making emergency supplemental for disaster relief
        and overseas peacekeeping operations (S. 1768), S2410 [23MR],
        S2452 [24MR]
    ------ making omnibus consolidated and emergency supplemental
        appropriations, S12814 [21OC]
    Aquaculture:  establish a national development and research policy,
        S1147 [27FE]
    Battle of Midway National Memorial:  establish (S. 940), S411 [4FE]
    Bolivar, MO:  tribute to Leadership Training Institute,
        S6327<bullet> [15JN]
    Budget:  setting forth the Federal budget for 1999-2003 (S. Con.
        Res. 86), S2749 [30MR]
    ------ treatment of any future budget surpluses, S11401 [5OC],
        S12372 [12OC]
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:  AIDS studies, S532
        [10FE], S540 [10FE]
    ------ needle exchange programs, S532 [10FE], S540 [10FE]
    Charities:  ensure that religious organizations are considered
        equally with other private groups to provide assistance under
        certain government programs (S. 2046), S4534 [7MY]
    Children's Mental Health Week:  observance, S3532 [23AP]
    Children's Scholarship Fund:  establish, S6327 [15JN]
    China, People's Republic of:  condemn officials involved in
        enforcement of forced abortions and prevent officials from
        entering or remaining in the U.S., S6841 [23JN], S6842 [23JN],
        S6843 [23JN]
    ------ human rights violations, S12093 [9OC]
    ------ nuclear weapons proliferation, S1920-S1922 [13MR]
    ------ proliferation of nuclear missile technology to Iran,
        S7896<bullet> [9JY]
    ------ U.S. policy, S6853 [23JN]
    China, Republic of:  affirm U.S. commitment to security and
        democracy (S. Con. Res. 107), S7918 [10JY]
    Clinton, President:  allegations of sexual misconduct as Governor of
        Arkansas, S1976 [16MR]
    ------ independent counsel investigation of charges of perjury and
        obstruction of justice relative to alleged improper sexual
        conduct, S9542-S95440 [31JY]
    ------ postpone visit to the People's Republic of China relative to
        the clarification of certain national security and human rights
        issues (S. Res. 242), S5641<bullet> [4JN]
    ------ reconsider decision to be formally received in Tiananmen
        Square during visit to the People's Republic of China, S6853
        [23JN]
    Colleges and universities:  allow use of age-based incentives for
        the voluntary retirement of tenured faculty, S7841 [9JY]
    Community Services Block Grant Program:  reauthorize and amend (S.
        2206), S9421 [30JY]
    ------ reauthorize and amend (S. 2206), conference report, S11871
        [8OC], S12686-S12688 [20OC]
    Computers:  provide an exemption to antitrust law for companies
        engaged in cooperative conduct to help alleviate the year 2000
        problem (S. 2384), S9442 [30JY]
    ------ use, sale, and export of encryption products for privacy and
        security (S. 2067), S4715 [12MY], S6438 [17JN], S6439 [17JN],
        S8237 [15JY], S8238 [15JY] use, sale, and export of encryption
        products for privacy and security (S. 376), S3115 [2AP], S3116
        [2AP]
    ------ use, sale, and export of encryption products for privacy and
        security, S12851 [21OC]
    Congress:  prohibit inclusion of legislative provisions and
        nonemergency spending in emergency appropriations legislation,
        S11401 [5OC]
    Copyrights:  limitations on liability relative to on-line material
        (S. 1146), S1770 [11MR]
    Courts:  establish legal standards and procedures for the fair,
        prompt, inexpensive, and efficient resolution of asbestos
        exposure personal injury claims (S. 2546), S11344 [2OC]
    ------ limit authority of Federal judges relative to Federal, State,
        and local laws and prisoner litigation procedures (S. 2163),
        S6194 [11JN]
    Crime:  equalize penalties for trafficking in methamphetamine with
        those for trafficking in crack cocaine (S. 2024), S4035 [1MY]
    ------ provide increased penalties for drug offenses involving
        minors (S. 2023), S4035 [1MY]
    Dept. of Defense:  authorizing appropriations for military
        activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military
        construction (S. 2057), S6841 [23JN], S6842 [23JN], S6843 [23JN]
    Dept. of Education:  prohibit funding of national testing proposals
        without explicit and specific legislation, S3403 [22AP], S3404
        [22AP], S3405 [22AP], S3407 [22AP], S6932 [24JN], S6933 [24JN]
    Dept. of the Interior and related agencies:  making appropriations
        (S. 2237), S10371 [15SE], S10377 [15SE]
    Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the
        President, and independent agencies:  making appropriations (S.
        2312), S9165 [29JY], S9168 [29JY], S9169 [29JY], S9170 [29JY],
        S9177 [29JY], S9179 [29JY]
    Dept. of Transportation and related agencies:  making appropriations
        (H.R. 4328), conference report, S12814 [21OC]
    Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
         making appropriations (S. 2168), S8366 [16JY]
    Drug abuse:  national policy to combat the distribution, sale, and
        use of illegal drugs by young people, S5746 [9JN]
    ------ prohibit use of Federal funds for needle exchange programs
        (S. 1959), S3357 [21AP]
    Education:  direct funding and control to local educational
        agencies, S3380 [22AP]
    Employment:  improve and consolidate Federal job training programs
        (S. 1186), S4016 [1MY], S4018 [1MY], S4021 [1MY]
    ------ prohibit funds designated for the Workforce Investment
        Partnership Act to be used for the School-to-Work Opportunities
        Act, S4016 [1MY]
    ------ provide compensatory time opportunities and certain work
        programs for private sector employees, S2410-S2415 [23MR],
        S2452-S2456 [24MR]
    ------ require random drug testing for job training program
        applicants, S4018 [1MY]
    Ethiopia:  tribute to charitable organizations delivering medical
        assistance, S474 [9FE], S814 [23FE]
    Families and domestic relations:  require written parental consent
        to provide contraceptives or abortion services to minors under
        federally-funded programs (S. 2380), S9438 [30JY]
    Federal highway program:  replace affirmative action policies with
        emerging business enterprise programs, S1404 [5MR], S1408 [5MR]
    Flag--U.S.:  constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (S.J.
        Res. 40), S398 [4FE]
    Fletcher, William A.:  nomination to be circuit judge, S11878 [8OC]
    Harley-Davidson Motor Co.:  anniversary, S6260<bullet> [11JN]
    Head Start Program:  reauthorize and amend (S. 2206), conference
        report, S11871 [8OC], S12686-S12688 [20OC]
    Higher Education Act:  application of the First Amendment to the
        Constitution to students attending private colleges and
        universities, S7833 [9JY]
    ------ reauthorize (S. 1882), S7833 [9JY], S7841 [9JY]
    Housing:  prohibit individuals convicted of manufacturing or
        producing methamphetamine from receiving public housing
        assistance, S8366 [16JY]
    IMF:  making supplemental appropriations (S. 1769), S2499 [24MR]
    Immigration:  increase number of temporary visas for skilled workers
        and expand education and training opportunities for U.S.
        students and workers (S. 1723), S4960 [18MY]
    International relations:  U.S. vote against final passage of the
        International Criminal Court, S8554 [20JY]
    Iraq:  U.N. agreement relative to weapons inspections, S1549 [9MR]
    ------ U.S. policy, S1134 [27FE], S1549 [9MR]
    IRS:  provide electronic access to certain information on the
        Internet, S4428 [6MY]
    ----- provide electronic access to certain information on the
        Internet (S. 1901), S2981 [1AP]
    ------ restructure and reform (H.R. 2676), S4428 [6MY], S4429 [6MY]
    ------ treatment of electronic signature verification for taxpayers
        filing returns electronically, S4429 [6MY]
    Japan:  access of U.S. business to photographic film and paper
        markets (S. Con. Res. 88), S3158 [2AP]
    Kansas City, MO:  mortgage burning celebration of Zion Grove
        Missionary Baptist Church, S2567 [25MR]
    Legislative branch of the Government:  making appropriations (H.R.
        4112), S8454 [17JY]
    LIHEAP:  reauthorize and amend (S. 2206), conference report, S11871
        [8OC], S12686-S12688 [20OC]
    Massiah-Jackson, Frederica A.:  nomination to be district judge,
        S554 [10FE], S556 [10FE], S564 [10FE], S628 [11FE], S631 [11FE]
    ------ withdrawal of nomination to be district judge, S1977 [16MR]
    McGwire, Mark:  tribute (S. Res. 273), S10083 [9SE]
    Mexico:  disapprove foreign aid certification of drug enforcement
        efforts (S.J. Res. 42), S2652 [26MR]
    Missouri:  tribute to home schoolers, S2763 [30MR]
    Morrow, Margaret M.:  nomination to be district judge, S646 [11FE],
        S647 [11FE], S648 [11FE], S657 [11FE]
    National Endowment for the Arts:  funding, S10371 [15SE], S10377
        [15SE]
    NATO:  Presidential certification that NATO will remain a defensive
        military alliance, S3765 [29AP], S7893-S7898 [9JY]
    Office of National Drug Control Policy:  expand responsibilities and
        extend authorization (S. 2028), S4038 [1MY]
    Office of Religious Persecution Monitoring:  establish (H.R. 2431),
        S12093 [9OC]
    Operation Graduation Weekend:  tribute, S5424 [22MY]
    Pacific Link International Exchange Students (organization):
        tribute to Sino-American Youth Conference, S5528 [2JN]
    Political campaigns:  investigate campaign fundraising practices
        relative to transfer of strategic nuclear missile technology to
        the People's Republic of China, S7896<bullet> [9JY]
    Presidential appointments:  Senate process for confirmation of
        judicial nominees, S11878 [8OC]
    Presidents of the U.S.:  expedited judicial review of executive
        privilege claims (S. 2075), S4827 [13MY]
    ------ reporting requirements for executive privilege claims (S.
        2076), S4827 [13MY]
    Protocols to the North Atlantic Treaty on Accession of Poland,
        Hungary, and the Czech Republic:  ratification, S2284 [19MR],
        S3627 [27AP], S3765 [29AP], S3895 [30AP],
        S7893<bullet>-S7898<bullet> [9JY]
    Satcher, David:  nomination to be Surgeon General and Assistant Sec.
        of HHS, S343 [4FE], S344 [4FE], S356 [4FE], S369 [4FE], S474
        [9FE], S482 [9FE], S483 [9FE], S490 [9FE], S491 [9FE], S494
        [9FE], S495 [9FE], S510 [9FE], S532 [10FE], S540 [10FE]
    Schools:  ensure equal access for elementary and secondary school
        groups and community groups to facilities and materials (S.
        2487), S10437<bullet> [16SE]
    Science:  prohibit cloning of humans (S. 1611), S411 [4FE]
    Senate:  legislative program, S411 [4FE], S2450 [23MR], S6433
        [17JN], S10865 [24SE], S11401 [5OC]
    Social Security:  budget treatment of trust funds, S11401 [5OC],
        S12372 [12OC]
    Taxation:  eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax
        rate brackets and standard deduction amounts, S5589 [4JN], S5615
        [4JN], S8454 [17JY], S8597 [21JY], S8598 [21JY], S8599 [21JY],
        S9165 [29JY], S9168 [29JY], S9169 [29JY], S9170 [29JY], S9177
        [29JY], S9179 [29JY]
    ------ eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate
        brackets and standard deduction amounts, S11401 [5OC]
    ------ provide relief for individuals, families, farmers, and small
        businesses, and establish incentives for education, S11401 [5OC]
    ------ rates, S2749 [30MR]
    ------ require congressional review of Federal agency rules that
        establish or raise taxes (S. 2198), S6700 [19JN] require
        congressional review of Federal agency rules that establish or
        raise taxes (S. 2211), S7016<bullet> [24JN]
    ------ treatment of education individual retirement accounts
        relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R.
        2646), S3380 [22AP], S3403 [22AP], S3404 [22AP], S3405 [22AP],
        S3407 [22AP], S3420 [22AP] treatment of education individual
        retirement accounts relative to elementary and secondary school
        expenses (H.R. 2646), conference report, S6932 [24JN], S6933
        [24JN] treatment of education individual retirement accounts
        relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R.
        2646), conference report--unanimous-consent agreement, S6852
        [23JN]
    Television:  benefits of open competition in the cable industry,
        S6428<bullet> [16JN]
    Tobacco products:  impact of tobacco industry trust fund payments on
        cigarette prices, S5119 [19MY], S5120 [19MY], S5151 [20MY],
        S5152 [20MY], S5153 [20MY], S5154 [20MY], S5155 [20MY], S5156
        [20MY], S5157 [20MY], S5158 [20MY], S5159 [20MY], S5160 [20MY],
        S5161 [20MY], S5162 [20MY], S5163 [20MY], S5164 [20MY], S5165
        [20MY], S5166 [20MY], S5168 [20MY], S5169 [20MY], S5170 [20MY],
        S5171 [20MY], S5172 [20MY], S5173 [20MY], S5174 [20MY], S5176
        [20MY], S5177 [20MY], S5178 [20MY], S5588 [4JN], S5590 [4JN],
        S6433 [17JN]
    ------ limit access to minors, S5588 [4JN], S5590 [4JN]
    ------ specify uses of revenues from tobacco industry settlement,
        S4934 [15MY]
    ------ tobacco industry liability settlement relative to health
        risks and marketing and manufacturing practices (S. 1415), S4934
        [15MY], S4961 [18MY], S5119 [19MY], S5120 [19MY], S5151 [20MY],
        S5152 [20MY], S5153 [20MY], S5154 [20MY], S5155 [20MY], S5156
        [20MY], S5157 [20MY], S5158 [20MY], S5159 [20MY], S5160 [20MY],
        S5161 [20MY], S5162 [20MY], S5163 [20MY], S5164 [20MY], S5165
        [20MY], S5166 [20MY], S5168 [20MY], S5169 [20MY], S5170 [20MY],
        S5171 [20MY], S5172 [20MY], S5173 [20MY], S5174 [20MY], S5176
        [20MY], S5177 [20MY], S5178 [20MY], S5179 [20MY], S5588 [4JN],
        S5590 [4JN], S5611 [4JN], S5615 [4JN], S5746 [9JN], S6433
        [17JN], S6477 [17JN]
    Transportation:  funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
        programs, and transit programs (S. 1173), S1404 [5MR], S1408
        [5MR], S1695 [10MR]
    Treaties and agreements:  conditions for the U.S. becoming a
        signatory to any international agreement relative to Kyoto
        Protocol (S. 2019), S3936 [30AP]
    Weather:  establish a national development and research policy,
        S1147 [27FE]
    World Intellectual Property Organization Copyright Treaty:
        implementation (H.R. 2281), S9935-S9937 [3SE]
    ------ implementation (H.R. 2281), conference report, S11887 [8OC]
    ------ limitations on copyright liability relative to material
        online (S. 2037), S4887 [14MY]
    World Intellectual Property Organization Performances and Phonograms
        Treaty:  limitations on copyright liability relative to material
        online (S. 2037), S4887 [14MY]
    ------ implementation (H.R. 2281), S9935-S9937 [3SE] implementation
        (H.R. 2281), conference report, S11887 [8OC]
  Summaries
    Role of Competition and Regulation in Today's Cable TV Market:
        Hudson Institute, S6428<bullet> [16JN]
  Testimonies
    Replace Federal Highway Program Affirmative Action Policies With
        Emerging Business Enterprise Programs:  Eugene Volokh, S1407
        [5MR]
    ----- George R. La Noue, S1407 [5MR]
  Texts of
    S. 2023, Protect Our Children Act, S4035 [1MY]
    S. 2024, Methamphetamine Trafficking Penalty Enhancement Act, S4035
        [1MY]
    S. 2067, Encryption Protects the Rights of Individuals From
        Violation and Abuse in Cyberspace Act, S4716-S4721 [12MY]
    S. 2075, expedited judicial review of executive privilege claims,
        S4827 [13MY]
    S. 2076, Executive Accountability Act, S4827 [13MY]
    S. 2487, Equal Access Improvement Act, S10438 [16SE]
  Tributes
    Absheer, Bruce, S8655 [21JY]
    Banks, Alison S., S9972 [8SE]
    Banks, Parker J., S9972 [8SE]
    Beem, Millie, S9273<bullet> [29JY]
    Behm, Jenny, S3954<bullet> [30AP]
    Borger, Scott, S3953<bullet> [30AP]
    Cooper, Bethany, S3953<bullet> [30AP]
    Cooper, Bonnie S., S3532 [23AP]
    Cox, Helen, S2567 [25MR]
    Drake, David and Elsie, S8604 [21JY]
    Emberson, Glen and Vera, S9134 [28JY]
    Feygina, Anne, S3953<bullet> [30AP]
    Floyd, Tom and Margaret, S5013 [18MY]
    Gillming, Norma and Ken, S3277 [20AP]
    Gilmore, Gavin, S3953<bullet> [30AP]
    Henson, David B., S2763 [30MR]
    Iftikhar, Arsalan, S9421 [30JY]
    Kulkarni, Neil, S3953<bullet> [30AP]
    Oellermann, Heather, S9421 [30JY]
    Patel, Nikhil, S3953<bullet> [30AP]
    Pelfrey, Lloyd, S3652 [27AP]
    Phillips, John and Kathy, S7253 [26JN]
    Piper, Mandy, S3953<bullet> [30AP]
    Redding, Pat and Don, S4353 [5MY]
    Schnakenberg, Rosella, S5425 [22MY]
    Summers, Joshua, S3954<bullet> [30AP]
    Swon, Larry and Alma, S7253 [26JN]
    Wright, Lonnie and Regina, S9420 [30JY]
    Yount, Mike and Kathy, S7253 [26JN]