GORTON, SLADE (a Senator from Washington)
Amendments
Appropriations: making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (S. 672), S4120 [7MY], S4182, S4201, S4248 [8MY]
Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 949), S6695, S6774 [27JN]
———setting forth the Federal budget for 1998-2002 (S. Con. Res. 27), S4833, S4844, S4903, S4904 [21MY]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 936), S6046 [20JN], S6880, S6928, S6932 [7JY], S6961, S6981 [8JY], S7109 [9JY], S7310 [11JY]
Dept. of State and related agencies: authorizing appropriations and consolidating certain agencies (S. 903), S5669, S5686, S5704, S5705 [16JN]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2107), S9402, S9403, S9430 [16SE], S9590, S9601, S9662, S9688 [18SE]
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (S. 1061), S8736 [3SE], S8921, S8923, S8931 [8SE], S8946 [9SE], S9067, S9075, S9078 [10SE], S9509 [17SE]
Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (S. 1034), S7844, S7872 [22JY]
Employment: provide compensatory time opportunities, flexible workplaces, and clarify minimum wage and overtime requirements of private sector employees (S. 4), S4493 [14MY], S5221, S5247 [3JN]
FAA: authorize research, engineering, and development programs (H.R. 1271), S11566 [31OC]
Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (S. 955), S7518, S7522, S7579, S7610, S7611, S7613 [16JY]
Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: reauthorize (S. 717), S4355, S4368, S4396, S4397 [13MY]
Transportation: funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs (S. 1173), S11071 [23OC]
Analyses
Dept. of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations (H.R. 2107): Conference Report, S11254-S11256 [28OC]
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 1469, emergency supplemental appropriations for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations, S4645 [16MY]
———H.R. 2107, Dept. of the Interior and related agencies appropriations, S9626 [18SE]
———H.R. 2169, Dept. of Transportation and related agencies appropriations, S8312 [30JY]
———H.R. 2203, energy and water development appropriations, S8175 [28JY]
———S. 1061, Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies appropriations, S9510 [17SE]
Articles and editorials
Simple Justice, Washington (DC) Post, S9398 [16SE]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (see S. 6), S158 [21JA]
Armed Forces: procedures for determining status of certain missing members (see S. 755), S7869 [22JY]
Austrian-American Day: designate (see S. Res. 122), S9332 [15SE]
Aviation: require foreign air carriers to establish disaster assistance plans (see S. 1196), S9636 [18SE]
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see S.J. Res. 1), S163 [21JA]
Canada: blockade of U.S. vessels exercising right of innocent passage through the territorial sea of Canada (see S. Res. 109), S7950 [23JY]
Computers: facilitate use of strong encryption methods for privacy and security (see S. 377), S5369 [5JN]
———prohibit gambling on the Internet (see S. 474), S5369 [5JN]
Congress: limit consideration of nonemergency matters in emergency legislation (see S. 1182), S9800 [23SE]
Courts: adjust current salaries and provide procedures for future adjustments of salaries of Federal judges (see S. 394), S2931 [9AP]
———divide the ninth judicial circuit into two circuits (see S. 431), S2206 [12MR]
Crime: improve investigation and prosecution of individuals involved in cloning cellular telephones (see S. 493), S2646 [20MR]
———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (see S. 3), S158 [21JA]
———national policy to control juvenile crime and violence (see S. 10), S158 [21JA]
Diseases: research programs for Parkinson's disease (see S. 535), S3294 [16AP]
Ecology and environment: cleanup and redevelopment of brownfield sites (see S. 8), S158 [21JA]
Education: provide for safe and affordable schools (see S. 1), S158 [21JA]
Employment: protect employer rights (see S. 328), S1382 [13FE]
Foreign trade: identify countries that deny market access for value-added agricultural products (see S. 219), S10897 [21OC]
Government regulations: analyze impact and improve congressional deliberation of proposed Federal private sector mandates (see S. 389), S3560 [23AP]
Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument: management (see S. 357), S2285 [13MR]
Health: liability protection for suppliers of raw material and component parts to medical device manufacturers (see S. 364), S1659 [26FE]
Immigration: admittance of temporary and seasonal agricultural workers (see S. 1563), S12575 [13NO]
———arrival and departure requirements for Canadian citizens relative to automated entry and exit control systems (see S. 1205, 1360), S10233 [30SE], S11779 [5NO]
———reauthorize Visa Waiver Pilot Program (see S. 1178), S9332 [15SE]
———reform the temporary agricultural workers program (see S. 169), S2707 [20MR]
Insurance: provide consumers choice of auto insurance relative to compensation for economic and non-economic losses (see S. 625), S3419 [22AP]
Iran: impose sanctions on foreign persons who transfer items contributing to efforts to acquire, develop, or produce ballistic missiles (see S. 1311), S11550 [31OC]
IRS: accountability in tax collection practices and procedures (see S. 365), S3224 [15AP]
Israel: anniversary of reunification of Jerusalem (see S. Con. Res. 21), S4116 [7MY]
———condemn terrorist bombing in Jerusalem (see S. Con. Res. 50), S9020 [9SE]
Joint U.S.-Canada Commission on Cattle and Beef: establish (see S. 716), S4106 [7MY]
Labor: allow cooperative efforts between management and labor to improve economic competitiveness (see S. 295), S1191 [10FE]
Lewis and Clark expedition: bicentennial (see S. Res. 57), S1383 [13FE]
Medicare: allow beneficiaries to enter into private contracts for services (see S. 1194), S10433 [6OC]
National American Indian Heritage Month: designate (see S. Res. 145), S11863 [6NO]
National Concern About Young People and Gun Violence Day: designate (see S. Res. 141), S11550 [31OC]
National Correctional Officers and Employees Week: designate (see S. Res. 64), S3736 [25AP]
National Erase the Hate and Eliminate Racism Day: designate (see S. Res. 78), S3662 [24AP]
National Family Week: designate (see S. Res. 93), S11465 [30OC]
National Mammography Day: designate (see S. Res. 136), S10788 [9OC]
National Peace Officers Memorial Day: designate (see S. Res. 79), S3750 [28AP]
National Safe Place Week: designate (see S. Res. 96), S10433 [6OC]
National Sea Grant College Program: reauthorize (see S. 927), S6761 [27JN]
Northwest Wildland Fire Protection Agreement: congressional consent (see S. 1134), S8533 [31JY]
Oceans: reduce regulations on international transportation and eliminate the Federal Maritime Commission (see S. 414), S2078 [10MR]
Pacific Northwest Emergency Management Arrangement: congressional consent (see S.J. Res. 35), S7768 [21JY]
Political campaigns: prohibit use of labor organization dues and fees for political activities (see S. 9), S158 [21JA]
Sinatra, Francis A.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 305), S1300 [12FE]
Taxation: allow married couples to file combined return under which each spouse is taxed using rates applicable to single filers (see S. 1285), S10787 [9OC]
———application of tax laws to U.S. businesses operating abroad (see S. 843), S5875 [17JN]
———deductibility of health insurance costs for self-employed individuals and the business use of the home, and clarification of contractor/employee status (see S. 460), S5875 [17JN]
———provide credits for families (see S. 2), S158 [21JA]
———reinstate aviation excise taxes relative to Airport and Airway Trust Fund expenditures (see S. 243), S855 [30JA]
———treatment of certain agricultural installment sales as alternative minimum tax preference items (see S. 181), S633 [22JA]
———treatment of computer software exports (see S. 387), S1828 [3MR]
———treatment of education individual retirement accounts relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (see S. 1133), S8532 [31JY]
———treatment of employer-provided educational assistance (see S. 127), S4760 [20MY]
———treatment of foreign investments through U.S. regulated investment companies (see S. 815), S5109 [23MY]
———treatment of gifts of publicly-traded stock to certain private foundations (see S. 194), S3455 [22AP]
———treatment of self-employment tax relative to certain farm rental income (see S. 529), S5265 [3JN]
Transportation: promote the use of marine ferry and high-speed marine ferry services (see S. 941), S6000 [19JN]
Treaties and agreements: conditions for the U.S. becoming a signatory to any international agreement on greenhouse gas emissions (see S. Res. 98), S5596 [12JN]
Veterans: benefit eligibility for certain service in the military forces of the Philippines (see S. 623), S10332 [3OC]
Vietnam Veterans Memorial: commemorate anniversary of construction and dedication (see S. Res. 87), S4748 [20MY]
Women: comprehensive pension protection (see S. 620), S4247 [8MY]
World War II: burial and funeral benefits for merchant marine veterans (see S. 61), S6761 [27JN]
Wright, Orville and Wilbur: mint coins in commemoration of centennial anniversary of first manned flight (see S. 732), S4490 [14MY]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Bureau of Reclamation: settlement with Oroville-Tonasket Irrigation District (see S. 402), S1979 [5MR]
Courts: product liability reform (see S. 648), S3662 [24AP]
Dept. of Transportation: Aviation Insurance Program authorization (see S. 1193), S9636 [18SE]
Dusken IV (vessel): certificate of documentation (see S. 880), S5507 [11JN]
European Commission: handling of the Boeing/McDonnell Douglas merger (see S. Res. 108), S7603 [16JY]
FAA: authorize research, engineering, and development programs (see S. 1358), S11599 [3NO]
Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument: expeditious completion of acquisition of private mineral interests (see S. 638), S3550 [23AP]
NATO: recommend the integration of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania (see S. Con. Res. 29), S5109 [23MY]
Cloture motions
Foreign trade: establish negotiating objectives and fast-track procedures for future trade agreements (S. 1269), S11512 [31OC], S11632 [4NO]
Hazardous substances: nuclear waste disposal (S. 104), S2899 [9AP]
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (S. 25), S10466 [7OC], S10731 [9OC]
Transportation: funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs (S. 1173), S10947 [22OC], S11173 [24OC]
Volunteer workers: grant immunity from personal civil liability during work on behalf of governmental entities or nonprofit organizations (S. 543), S3748 [28AP], S3782, S3797 [29AP], S3818 [30AP]
Explanations
Dept. of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations (H.R. 2107): Gorton Amendment on Recreation and Wildlife Funding, S9601 [18SE]
Letters
Airport and Airway Trust Fund Tax Reinstatement Act: by, S1774 [27FE]
Bureau of Reclamation settlement with Oroville-Tonasket Irrigation District: Eluid L. Martinez, Bureau of Reclamation, S1988
Conservation Reserve Program: several Senators, S4105 [7MY]
Forest Service road construction funding: Randy Johnson, National Association of Counties, S9464 [17SE]
Native American tribal priority allocations funding: by, S9393 [16SE]
Lists
Amendments to H.R. 412, Bureau of Reclamation settlement with Oroville-Tonasket Irrigation District, S1988
Memorandums
Health Insurance for Uninsured Children: Jean P. Hearn, Congressional Research Service, S8990 [9SE]
Messages
Extradition Treaty With Cyprus: President Clinton, S8284 [29JY]
World Intellectual Property Organization Copyright Treaty: President Clinton, S8284 [29JY]
World Intellectual Property Organization Performances and Phonograms Treaty: President Clinton, S8284 [29JY]
Motions
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (S. 25), S10317 [3OC]
Press releases
Yakima Indian Nation Astonished by Gorton Floor Statement Wherein He Made Analogy of Tribal Police Officer Acting Within Her Scope of Duty and New York Cops Who Brutalized a Haitian Immigrant: Yakima Indian Nation, S9027
Remarks
Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 1122), S4704 [20MY]
Agriculture: national objectives priority assignments, S2619 [20MR]
Air Force: funding for passenger safety modifications, S7442 [15JY]
Alaska: authorize payments in lieu of taxes to certain unorganized boroughs, S9601 [18SE]
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act: conveyance of certain lands to village corporations within the Cook Inlet Region, S11267, S11268 [28OC]
American Heritage Rivers Initiative: terminate further development and implementation, S9406 [16SE], S9539 [18SE]
Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 94), S10204 [30SE]
———making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (S. 672), S4097 [7MY], S4197 [8MY]
Armed Forces: review of policies relative to gender relations, S4081 [7MY]
Aviation: enhance domestic competition through the auctioning of slots at slot-controlled airports (S. 1331), S11346 [29OC]
———require foreign air carriers to establish disaster assistance plans (H.R. 2476), S12705 [13NO]
———require foreign air carriers to establish disaster assistance plans (S. 1196), S9654 [18SE]
Bankruptcy: prohibit courts from reducing property tax liens earmarked for education and allow child support claimants to access exempt assets (S. 1149), S9092 [10SE]
Barshefsky, Charlene: nomination to be U.S. Trade Representative, S1973 [5MR]
Bataillon, Joseph F.: nomination to be district judge, S9162 [11SE]
BIA: allocation of emergency disaster assistance, S4097 [7MY]
———funding to combat gang violence through rescissions in Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars funding, S9567, S9571 [18SE]
———tribal fishing resources management funding, S9618 [18SE]
BLM: use of Forest Ecosystems Health and Recovery Revolving Fund receipts, S9402 [16SE]
———Wild Horse and Burro Management Program funding, S11270 [28OC]
Budget: balance, S4972 [22MY]
———constitutional amendment to require balanced (S.J. Res. 1), S1373, S1374 [13FE], S1787 [28FE], S1903 [4MR]
———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), S7295 [11JY], S8177 [28JY]
———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), conference report, S8438 [31JY]
———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2015), S8177 [28JY]
———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2015), conference report, S8404 [31JY]
———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 949), S6408 [26JN], S6701 [27JN]
———setting forth the Federal budget for 1998-2002 (H. Con. Res. 84), S5095 [23MY]
———setting forth the Federal budget for 1998-2002 (S. Con. Res. 17), S2717 [20MR]
———setting forth the Federal budget for 1998-2002 (S. Con. Res. 27), S4725 [20MY], S4802 [21MY], S4972 [22MY]
Bureau of Reclamation: settlement with Oroville-Tonasket Irrigation District (H.R. 412), S2862 [8AP]
———settlement with Oroville-Tonasket Irrigation District (S. 402), S1988
California: environmental restoration for the Salton Sea region, S9622 [18SE]
———public land exchange relative to Headwaters Forest project, S9367, S9368 [16SE], S11253 [28OC]
Capitol Building and Grounds: use of the rotunda for a ceremony honoring Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew (H. Con. Res. 134), S9529 [17SE]
Chemical Weapons Convention: ratification relative to stemming the proliferation of chemical weapons, S3642 [24AP]
———ratification (S. Res. 75), S3535 [23AP], S3642 [24AP]
Chickamauga-Chattanooga National Military Park: highway relocation funding, S9621 [18SE]
Children and youth: provide health insurance for uninsured children, S8923 [8SE], S8990, S8991, S8993 [9SE]
China, People's Republic of: most-favored-nation status, S7626 [17JY]
Commission on Structural Alternatives for the Federal Courts of Appeals: establish, S8044, S8058 [24JY]
Committee on Governmental Affairs (Senate): investigation of Federal election campaign fundraising and expenditure practices, S7039 [9JY]
Courts: clarification of jurisdiction over private property takings and land use disputes (H.R. 1534), S12481
———divide the ninth judicial circuit into two circuits, S8044, S8058 [24JY]
———product liability reform (S. 648), S3676
———tort reform, S9804 [23SE]
Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park: funding, S9316 [15SE]
Delgado, Martin: privilege of the floor, S9184 [11SE]
Dept. of Agriculture: extend contracts under the Conservation Reserve Program (H.R. 1342), S4105 [7MY]
Dept. of Defense: A-6 Intruder attack aircraft retirement, S1801
———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 936), S6961, S6981, S6983, S6984 [8JY], S7087, S7097 [9JY], S7252, S7281 [11JY]
———making appropriations (S. 1005), S7442 [15JY]
———uniformed services treatment facilities reform, S6961 [8JY]
Dept. of Education: national testing standards, S8944, S8945 [9SE]
Dept. of Energy: disposal of excess weapons usable plutonium, S7538 [16JY]
———environmental restoration projects funding, S7281 [11JY]
———Fast Flux Test Facility funding, S7097 [9JY]
———Hanford Tank Waste Remediation System Project privatization funding, S7252 [11JY]
Dept. of HUD: Native American Housing Block Grant Program oversight, S10735 [9OC]
———Native American Housing Block Grants Program oversight, S7844 [22JY]
Dept. of State and related agencies: authorizing appropriations and consolidating certain agencies (S. 903), S5669, S5670, S5687 [16JN]
Dept. of the Interior: Allegheny National Forest projects funding, S9619 [18SE]
———forest resources conservation and relief programs funding, S9499 [17SE]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2107), S9167, S9184, S9191, S9192 [11SE], S9303, S9307, S9309, S9313, S9316 [15SE], S9363, S9367, S9368, S9373, S9385, S9388, S9391, S9393, S9397, S9398, S9402, S9403, S9406 [16SE], S9441, S9448, S9449, S9453, S9464, S9465, S9481, S9483, S9488 [17SE], S9539, S9558, S9563, S9567, S9571, S9572, S9582, S9583, S9589, S9590, S9595, S9596, S9597, S9598, S9600, S9601, S9602, S9604, S9610, S9611, S9612, S9613, S9615, S9618, S9619, S9620, S9621, S9622, S9626 [18SE]
———making appropriations (H.R. 2107), conference report, S11253, S11264, S11265, S11267, S11268, S11270 [28OC]
———making appropriations (H.R. 2107), unanimous-consent agreement, S9441, S9479 [17SE]
Dept. of Transportation: Aviation Insurance Program authorization (S. 1193), S9801
Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (S. 1048), S8257 [29JY]
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: authorizing appropriations (S. 1022), S8044, S8058, S8080 [24JY]
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2264), S9781 [23SE], S10282 [1OC]
———making appropriations (H.R. 2264), conference report, S12086 [8NO]
———making appropriations (S. 1061), S8922, S8923 [8SE], S8944, S8945, S8946, S8948, S8949, S8989, S8990, S8991, S8993, S9000 [9SE], S9067, S9068, S9074, S9076, S9078 [10SE], S9105, S9116 [11SE], S9505, S9529 [17SE]
———making appropriations (S. 1061), unanimous-consent agreement, S9507 [17SE]
Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2158), conference report, S10735 [9OC]
———making appropriations (S. 1034), S7844 [22JY]
District of Columbia: scholarship vouchers to provide school choice, S9717 [19SE]
Ecology and environment: fish and wildlife habitat protection funding, S12439 [10NO]
Education: direct funding to local educational agencies, S8922, S8923 [8SE], S8946, S8948, S8949 [9SE], S9067, S9068, S9074, S9076, S9078 [10SE], S9105, S9116 [11SE], S9781 [23SE], S10282 [1OC], S12086 [8NO]
———provide for safe and affordable schools (S. 1), S9717 [19SE]
———special education funding limits, S4311, S4312, S4316, S4317 [12MY]
Elections: constitutional amendment to regulate campaign expenditures and contribution limits (S.J. Res. 18), S2252, S2253 [13MR], S2393 [18MR]
Electric power: provide for retail competition among suppliers (S. 1401), S12439 [10NO]
Elwha River, WA: acquisition and removal of dams, S9303-S9306 [15SE]
Employment: provide compensatory time opportunities, flexible workplaces, and clarify minimum wage and overtime requirements of private sector employees (S. 4), S5289 [4JN]
Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2203), conference report, S10181
European Commission: handling of the Boeing/McDonnell Douglas merger, S7579 [16JY]
———handling of the Boeing/McDonnell Douglas merger (H. Res. 191), S7873
Evans, Bruce: privilege of the floor, S9184 [11SE]
Everett, WA: funding for terminal automated radar display and information system for Paine Field Airport, S8257 [29JY]
FAA: authorize research, engineering, and development programs (H.R. 1271), S11567 [31OC]
FDA: modernize (S. 830), unanimous-consent agreement, S9600 [18SE]
Flinn, Kelly: criminal charges and court martial relative to allegations of adultery, S4081 [7MY]
Florida: clarification of certain rights of the Miccosukee Tribe, S11270 [28OC]
———settlement of certain Miccosukee Indian land claims, S9598 [18SE]
———stormwater treatment area land acquisition relative to Everglades restoration, S9402 [16SE]
Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (S. 955), S7522, S7538, S7579 [16JY], S7626 [17JY]
Foreign trade: establish negotiating objectives and fast-track procedures for future trade agreements (S. 1269), S11742 [5NO]
———identify countries that deny market access for value-added agricultural products (S. 219), S10901
Forest Service: Intermountain and Rocky Mountain Research Stations consolidation, S9620 [18SE]
———road construction funding, S9453, S9464, S9483 [17SE]
Forests: eliminate commercial logging on public lands and facilitate the economic recovery and diversification of communities dependent on the Federal logging program (H.R. 2789), S11758 [5NO]
Garvey, Jane: nomination to be FAA Administrator, S8518 [31JY]
Giuliani, David: National Small Business Person of the Year award recipient, S5378
Hazardous substances: designate Hanford Nuclear Reservation, WA, as nuclear waste disposal site, S3110 [14AP]
———nuclear waste disposal (S. 104), S3110 [14AP]
Headwaters Forest: Federal acquisition of lands, S11264 [28OC]
Housing: Low-Income Weatherization Assistance Program and State Energy Conservation Program funding, S9626 [18SE]
Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: permit State and local educational agencies to establish uniform disciplinary policies, S4355, S4360 [13MY], S4402, S4403 [14MY]
———reauthorize (H.R. 5), S4409 [14MY]
———reauthorize (S. 717), S4311, S4312, S4316, S4317 [12MY], S4355, S4360 [13MY], S4402, S4403, S4409 [14MY]
Insurance: provide consumers choice of auto insurance relative to compensation for economic and non-economic losses (S. 625), S3436 [22AP]
Israel: condemn terrorist bombing in Jerusalem (S. Con. Res. 50), S9239 [11SE]
Kashdan, Hank: privilege of the floor, S9184 [11SE]
Land and Water Conservation Fund: funding, S9613 [18SE], S11270 [28OC]
Logomasini, Angela: privilege of the floor, S9191 [11SE]
Mattawa, WA: tribute, S6556
McInerney, Anne: privilege of the floor, S9184 [11SE]
Medicine Creek Tribal College: funding, S11699
Mexico: excessive tariffs on U.S. apple growers, S8739
Michigan: Huron and Manistee National Forests land acquisition, S9621 [18SE]
Mining and mineral resources: coal mine methane program funding, S9612 [18SE]
———ensure receipt of a fair return for the extraction of locatable minerals on public domain lands, S9582, S9583 [18SE]
Missouri (U.S.S.): selection process for donation, S6981, S6983, S6984 [8JY], S7087 [9JY]
Montana: public land exchange relative to New World Mine project, S9367, S9368 [16SE], S11253, S11264 [28OC]
Montezuma Creek, UT: health clinic renovation funding, S9622 [18SE]
Mother Teresa: tribute (S. Res. 120), unanimous-consent agreement, S8945 [9SE]
National Endowment for the Arts: funding, S9303, S9307, S9309, S9313 [15SE], S9363, S9367, S9373, S9385 [16SE], S9465, S9481, S9488 [17SE], S11253 [28OC]
National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week: designate (S. Res. 111), S9091 [10SE]
National Parks and Environmental Improvement Fund: establish, S9595 [18SE]
National parks and recreation areas: preservation of Civil War battlefields, S9505 [17SE]
National Wildlife Refuge System: improve management (H.R. 1420), S9096 [10SE]
Native Americans: Indian Health Service facility construction funding, S9613 [18SE]
———limitations on the approval on new tribal-State gambling compacts, S9558, S9563 [18SE]
———preserve tribal Indian land as a cemetery and burial ground in Kansas City, KS, S9448 [17SE]
———repeal tribal sovereign immunity laws, S8721 [3SE]
———status of sovereign immunity of tribal governments relative to the receipt of Federal funding, S9397, S9398 [16SE]
———tribal colleges funding, S9191 [11SE]
———tribal priority allocations funding, S9388, S9391, S9393 [16SE]
———tribal priority allocations funding relative to replacement and repair of schools, S9403 [16SE]
———tribal priority allocations funding relative to tribal welfare programs, S9610, S9611 [18SE]
NATO: membership of Central and East European countries, S5687 [16JN], S7522 [16JY]
———recommend integration of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, S5669, S5670 [16JN]
———recommend the integration of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania (S. Con. Res. 29), S5138 [23MY]
New Orleans, LA: punitive damage award against CSX Transportation, S9804 [23SE]
North Carolina: Newfound Gap Road maintenance funding, S9620, S9621 [18SE]
Oceans: reduce regulations on international transportation and eliminate the Federal Maritime Commission (S. 414), S6493 [26JN]
Outlook, WA: tribute to Outlook Elementary School project, S3970
Pena, Federico: nomination to be Sec. of Energy, S2296
Point of order, S9582 [18SE]
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (S. 25), S10023, S10024, S10025, S10026 [26SE], S10400, S10403 [6OC]
———require worker approval for use of labor organization dues and fees for political activities, S10400 [6OC]
———restrictions on issue advocacy by interest groups, S10400, S10403 [6OC]
Power resources: gas utilization projects funding, S9610 [18SE]
Public lands: prepare list of land acquisitions and exchanges relative to agency funding increases, S9597 [18SE]
Public welfare programs: Welfare-To-Work Grant Program funding, S9078 [10SE]
Russell, George and Jane: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center E. Donnall Thomas Medal of Achievement Award recipients, S4914 [21MY]
Science: authorize U.S. Man and Biosphere Program, S9615 [18SE]
Seattle, WA: extension of dock at Port of Seattle, S10181
———Odyssey Maritime Discovery Center funding, S8080 [24JY]
Senate: legislative program, S8285 [29JY], S9096 [10SE], S9240 [11SE], S9243 [12SE], S9448, S9529 [17SE], S9537 [18SE]
Social Security: treatment under balanced budget constitutional amendment, S1373, S1374 [13FE]
Strategic Petroleum Reserve: provide alternative funding for facility development, operations, and program management activities, S9589 [18SE]
Taxation: aviation excise tax formula, S6701 [27JN]
———rates, S4287
———reinstate aviation excise taxes relative to Airport and Airway Trust Fund expenditures (H.R. 668), S1803
———reinstate aviation excise taxes relative to Airport and Airway Trust Fund expenditures (S. 243), S878 [30JA], S1036
———treatment of certain agricultural installment sales as alternative minimum tax preference items (S. 181), S638 [22JA]
———treatment of computer software exports (S. 387), S1837
———treatment of education savings accounts, S9717 [19SE]
Telecommunications: duopoly and newspaper-broadcast cross ownership rules, S8404 [31JY]
Terrorism: prohibit U.S. companies from dealing with countries known to support international terrorism, S697 [28JA]
Tobacco products: increase excise taxes to fund health insurance for uninsured children and deficit reduction, S4802 [21MY]
Treaties and agreements: removal of injunction of secrecy, S8284 [29JY]
University of Utah: technical corrections to miner's hospital land grants, S9622 [18SE]
Vietnam Veterans Memorial: commemorate anniversary of construction and dedication (S. Res. 87), S4910
Virgin Islands: allow issuance of parity bonds and short-term revenue bonds, S9402 [16SE]
Wasatch-Cache National Forest: road engineering and design funding, S9572 [18SE]
Washington: disaster assistance to communities affected by floods and landslides, S4197 [8MY]
Wenatchee National Forest: Forest Service Salvage Sale Showcase Award recipient, S4129
Reports
Dept. of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations (H.R. 2107): Committee on Appropriations (Senate), S9191 [11SE]
Reports filed
Dept. of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (H.R. 2107) (S. Rept. 105-56), S7862 [22JY]
Texts of
S. 648, Product Liability Reform Act, S3676
S. 880, Dusken IV (vessel) certificate of documentation, S5526 [11JN]
S. 1149, Investment in Education Act, S9092 [10SE]
Tributes
Heaston, Liz, S10911 [22OC]
Loomis, Robby, S8672
McAlister, John D., S1242