A resolution expressing the condolences of the Senate on the death of the Honorable Terry Sanford, former United States Senator from North Carolina.
1998-04-21: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S3331-3333)
Fair Minimum Wage Act of 1998
1998-01-27: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.
A bill to amend the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to allow institutions of higher education to offer faculty members who are serving under an arrangement providing for unlimited tenure, benefits on voluntary retirement that are reduced or eliminated on the basis of age, and for other purposes.
1997-01-21: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.
A resolution recognizing, and calling on all Americans to recognize, the courage and sacrifice of the members of the Armed Forces held as prisoners of war during the Vietnam conflict and stating that the American people will not forget that more that 2,000 members of the Armed Forces remain unaccounted for from the Vietnam conflict and will continue to press for the fullest possible accounting for all such members whose whereabouts are unknown.
1998-02-12: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S716-719)
Family Farm Alternative Minimum Tax Relief Act of 1997
1997-01-22: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Retirement Accessibility, Security, and Portability Act of 1998
1998-06-26: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 1998
1998-07-08: Committee on Judiciary. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 105-904.
Women's Progress Commemoration Act
1998-10-31: Became Public Law No: 105-341.
Higher Education Bond Parity Act
1997-01-21: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Paycheck Fairness Act
1998-06-10: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6033)
A resolution designating the month of November 1997 as "National American Indian Heritage Month".
1997-11-09: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.
A bill to authorize the President to award a gold medal on behalf of the Congress to Mother Teresa of Calcutta in recognition of her outstanding and enduring contributions through humanitarian and charitable activities, and for other purposes.
1997-05-01: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking.
A resolution to commemorate the 1997 National Peace Officers Memorial Day.
1997-05-05: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S3949)
A bill to amend title 46, United States Code, to extend eligibility for veterans' burial benefits, funeral benefits, and related benefits for veterans of certain service in the United States merchant marine during World War II.
1997-01-21: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans.
A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate with respect to the protection of reproductive health services clinics.
1998-02-05: Referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Genetic Information Nondiscrimination in Health Insurance Act of 1997
1998-05-21: Committee on Labor and Human Resources. Hearings held.
Thurgood Marshall Commemorative Coin Act of 1997
1997-11-08: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking.
A consurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that the museum entitled "The Women's Museum: An Institute for the Future"' in Dallas, Texas, be designated as millennium project for the United States.
1997-12-10: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families.