DURBIN, RICHARD J. (a Representative from Illinois)

Amendments offered by, to

Coal: movement over public lands (H.R. 1010), 23931 [13SE]

Community Renewal Employment Act: enact (H.R. 1036), 25084, 25085 [21SE]

Employment: provide jobs repairing community facilities (H.R. 1036), 24727 [19SE]

Articles and editorials

Coal, Hays T. Watkins, Financier (publication), 21761 [29JY]

Pana Pioneer Heritage Guild Restores Historic Log Cabins, Gordon McKerral, Decatur (Ill.) Herald & Review, 8510 [13AP]

Union Council's Interests Expand, Ron Ingram, Decatur (Ill.) Herald & Review, 8514 [13AP]

Write-In-Law Spelled Out, Decatur (Ill.) Herald & Review, 8522 [13AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Agriculture: adverse effects on U.S. exports of proposals to modify the European Community policy (see H. Res. 322), 26535 [29SE]

Fork Branch Creek: authorize a study to prevent flooding (see H.J. Res. 216), 6843 [23MR]

Interest and dividends: repeal withholding tax (see H.R. 564), 160 [6JA]

Rules of House: amend (see H. Res. 287), 21258 [27JY]

Soviet Union: enter into negotiations to establish a new long-term sales agreement (see H. Con. Res. 89), 5832 [16MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Acidic deposition: provide for accelerated study of causes and effects (see H.R. 1405), 8962 [19AP]

Agricultural Act: guarantee, in kind, contracts by producers to manufacturers of liquid fuels (see H.R. 3101), 34222 [18NO]

Agriculture: credit assistance to farmers (see H.R. 1190), 2910 [24FE]

———earlier announcement of 1984 crop feed grain program (see H.R. 3564), 19173 [14JY]

———improve productivity of farmers (see H.R. 2714), 26536 [29SE]

———prohibit payment to persons who produce commodities on highly erodible land (see H.R. 3457), 25967 [27SE]

American Gold Star Mothers, Inc.: recognize (see H.R. 3811), 34222 [18NO]

American History Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 121), 7742 [7AP]

Andrei Sakharov Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 178), 11623 [10MY]

Anti-Defamation League Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 408), 31527 [8NO]

Apparel: reduction of imports (see H. Res. 172), 12252 [12MY]

Aquino, Benigno, Jr.: call for impartial international tribunal to investigate assassination (see H. Con. Res. 165), 24217 [14SE]

Baltic Freedom Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 201), 13620 [24MY]

Big Brothers and Big Sisters Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 356), 27399 [5OC]

Big Brothers/Big Sisters Appreciation Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 97), 2197 [15FE]

Blind Rehabilitation Center in the Haines Veterans' Administration Medical Center, Chicago, Ill.: designate as John Malamazian Blind Rehabilitation Center (see H.R. 4081), 31527 [8NO]

Broadcast stations: procedures for renewal and transfer of licenses (see H.R. 2382), 25525 [22SE]

Budget: convene domestic economic summit to reduce deficit (see H.J. Res. 375), 26945 [3OC]

Business: allow to jointly perform research and development (see H.R. 1952), 16673 [21JN]

Catholic War Veterans of U.S.A., Inc.: recognition (see H.R. 1199), 14698 [7JN]

Central America: sense of House to convene bi-partisan commission to address long-term security and economic development (see H. Res. 240), 19588 [18JY]

Civil meteorological satellite and associated system: not appropriate to transfer ownership of management to private sector (see H. Con. Res. 168), 28039 [17OC]

Committee on Children, Youth, and Families (Select): establish (see H. Res. 16), 1231 [1FE]

Committee on Hunger (Select): establish (see H. Res. 15), 4666 [9MR]

Communications Act: assure universal telephone service (see H.R. 4102), 28211 [18OC]

Congressional pay adjustments: defer until March 1, following beginning of Congress (see H.R. 4203), 33191 [16NO]

Congressional Record: reduce gratuitous distribution (see H.R. 4049), 26799 [30SE]

Coordinated interagency research and demonstration projects: establish (see H.R. 4192), 28856 [21OC]

Criminals: improve collection of fines (see H.R. 4162), 30336 [1NO]

Dept. of Defense: increase use of formal advertising in procurement of property and services (see H.R. 4005), 26201 [28SE]

Education: authorize national program of improving the quality (see H.R. 881), 13619 [24MY]

———foreign languages (see H.R. 2708), 18428 [30JN]

———provide assistance to improve in mathematics and sciences (see H.R. 1699), 3092 [28FE]

———provide for a national summit conference (see H.R. 3245), 18799 [12JY]

Employment: guarantee work opportunity for all Americans (see H.R. 777), 253 [25JA]

Employment Act: establish a National Economic Cooperation Council (see H.R. 3443), 18231 [29JN]

Equal rights for men and women: amend Constitution (see H.J. Res. 1), 73 [3JA]

ERISA: permit investment in residential mortgages (see H.R. 1418), 4234 [8MR]

Ethiopian Jews: expressing the concern of Congress regarding the plight (see H. Con. Res. 107), 19808 [19JY]

FCC: sense of House on telephone rates and judicial decisions affecting (see H. Res. 231), 16898 [22JN]

Federal and State antitrust laws: modify certain joint research and development activities (see H.R. 4043), 34223 [18NO]

Federal Credit Union Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 139), 16092 [16JN]

Federal Meat Inspection Act: amend (see H.R. 1795), 18799 [12JY]

Federal Reserve System: increase representation of small business interests and agricultural interests (see H.R. 2566), 33585 [17NO]

Federal Supplemental Compensation Act: extend for additional 6 months (see H.R. 3433), 18917 [13JY]

Feltsman, Vladimir: Soviet Union should allow freedom to travel to U.S. (see H. Con. Res. 177), 30887 [3NO]

Florence Crittenton Mission Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 383), 29782 [28OC]

Foreign trade: disapproval of Congress on certain U.S. trade embargoes (see H. Con. Res. 174), 25524 [22SE]

Freedom of Information Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 434), 33585 [17NO]

Georgia: commemorative medals for 250th anniversary of founding (see H.R. 3828), 34222 [18NO]

GSA: take action to improve management of Federal procurement programs (see H.R. 898), 7425 [24MR]

Highway Revenue Act: repeal increase in heavy truck use tax and increase on diesel fuel (see H.R. 1436), 7742 [7AP]

Honduras and Nicaragua: furnish certain information to House of Representatives regarding U.S. activities (see H. Res. 159), 8453 [13AP]

Human rights: concerning observance by Romania of the Hungarians in Transylvania (see H. Res. 147), 34224 [18NO]

Illinois: alter composition of northern U.S. court district (see H.R. 1579), 24218 [14SE]

Illinois and Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor: establish (see H.R. 2014), 4663 [9MR]

International currency exchange rates: consideration at Williamsburg Summit (see H. Res. 194), 13621 [24MY]

Iran: persecution of Bahai religion (see H. Con. Res. 226), 33190 [16NO]

IRS: improve procedures of investigations and audits of churches (see H.R. 2977), 23930 [13SE]

Israel: support of the House of Representatives on agreeing to withdrawal of forces from Lebanon (see H. Res. 203), 14000 [25MY]

Japan: urgency of extending the auto export restraints (see H. Con. Res. 178), 29675 [27OC]

Jewish War Veterans of the United States of America, Inc.: recognize (see H.R. 3775), 26203 [28SE]

Johnson, Lady Bird: award gold medal (see H.J. Res. 394), 33586 [17NO]

Kamehameha the Great National Monument, Hawaii: establish (see H.R. 3642), 31845 [9NO]

King, Martin Luther, Jr.: designate birthday a legal public holiday (see H.R. 800), 3619 [2MR]

Lebanon: require President to submit report of U.S. Armed Forces (see H.J. Res. 348), 24219 [14SE]

———support of the House of Representatives on agreeing to withdrawal of Israeli forces (see H. Res. 203), 14000 [25MY]

Lithuanian Independence Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 60), 164 [6JA]

Local government: exempt units from the operation of antitrust laws (see H.R. 2981), 11931 [11MY]

———require emergency personnel to be notified of shipments of nuclear waste (see H.R. 4297), 30886 [3NO]

Louisiana World Exposition: strike medals to commemorate (see H.R. 3321), 18337 [30JN]

Low-income and unemployed: provide emergency food assistance and improve commodity distribution program (see H.R. 1590), 7426 [24MR]

Members of Congress: eliminate certain binding (see H.R. 4050), 26799 [30SE]

———pay adjustments (see H.R. 706), 2852 [23FE]

Mississippi River: restrict authority of Chief of Engineers to terminate certain leases (see H.R. 2951), 11482 [9MY]

Mortgage revenue bonds: continue issuance (see H.R. 1176), 3092 [28FE]

Motor vehicles: establish domestic content requirements (see H.R. 1234), 5085 [14MR]

Municipal Clerk's Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 176), 7742 [7AP]

NASA: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 284), 24820 [20SE]

National Adult Day Care Center Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 132), 20275 [21JY]

National Agriculture Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 311), 18233 [29JN]

National Alzheimer's Disease Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 179), 6844 [23MR]

National Animal Agriculture Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 228), 15841 [15JN]

National Atomic Veterans' Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 210), 8221 [12AP]

National Building Safety Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 163, 282), 9288 [20AP], 13999 [25MY]

National Child Support Enforcement Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 273), 16674 [21JN]

National Children's Liver Disease Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 234), 10481 [28AP]

National Commission on Federal Budget Deficit Reductions: establish (see H.J. Res. 382), 33586 [17NO]

National Diabetes Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 307), 24218 [14SE]

National Disabled Veterans Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 283), 20123 [20JY]

National Eye Donor Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 62), 3251 [1MR]

National Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 324), 32766 [15NO]

National Housing Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 331), 23256 [4AU]

National Labor Relations Act: prohibit awarding of Federal contracts to violators of certain judicial orders (see H.R. 1743), 14000 [25MY]

National Medical Transcriptionist Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 235), 12794 [18MY]

National Mental Health Counselors Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 102), 5085 [14MR]

National Parkinson's Disease Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 160), 8772 [18AP]

National Poetry Day: designation (see H.J. Res. 209), 23930 [13SE]

National Recognition Week for Registered Nurses and Licensed Practical Nurses: designate (see H.J. Res. 220), 9691 [26AP]

National Retired Teachers Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 20), 23256 [4AU]

National Reye's Syndrome Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 49), 16673 [21JN]

National Safety in the Workplace Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 29), 14360 [2JN]

National School Bus Safety Week: proclaim (see H.J. Res. 137), 12252 [12MY]

National Scleroderma Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 225), 14883 [8JN]

National Tourism Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 168), 5833 [16MR]

National Volunteer Firefighter Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 330), 28211 [18OC]

Natural gas: establish pipelines as common carriers (see H.R. 2565), 8556 [14AP]

———provide a temporary means to correct imbalances in prices (see H.R. 873), 2196 [15FE]

Natural Gas Act: establish new import prices (see H.R. 1441), 7605 [5AP]

Natural Gas Policy Act: limit prices and improve marketing practices (see H.R. 2154), 5831 [16MR]

Nuclear weapons: calling for mutual freeze and reduction (see H.J. Res. 2), 259 [25JA]

———mutual and verifiable freeze (see H.J. Res. 13), 5043 [11MR]

Nutrition: Federal Government maintain current programs (see H. Con. Res. 40), 939 [27JA]

Olympics: tax designation for contributions to U.S. Olympic Committee (see H.R. 1984), 18337 [30JN]

Patent law: restore term of grant which prevents the marketing of a product (see H.R. 3502), 34222 [18NO]

Petroleum: amend Export Administration Act (see H.R. 1197), 7425 [24MR]

Polish Legion of American Veterans, U.S.A.: recognize (see H.R. 29), 26536 [29SE]

Post Office and Court House Building, Greensboro, N.C.: designate as L. Richardson Preyer Federal Building (see H.R. 4210), 30887 [3NO]

Printing and binding: eliminate certain (see H.R. 4051), 26799 [30SE]

Public Health Service Act: authorize financial assistance for organ procurement organizations (see H.R. 4080), 29069 [24OC]

———establish National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Diseases (see H.R. 1403), 14000 [25MY]

Railroad Retirement Act: study alternative methods for financing annuities (see H. Con. Res. 28), 2591 [22FE]

Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act: assure sufficient resources to pay benefits (see H.R. 459), 5043 [11MR]

REA: insure continued financial integrity (see H.R. 3050), 12792 [18MY]

Rules: amend regarding printing of remarks in Congressional Record (see H. Res. 327), 26800 [30SE]

Ryan, Leo J.: award special gold medal to family (see H.R. 3348), 20667 [25JY]

Scharansky, Anatoly: Soviet Union should allow to emigrate (see H. Res. 67), 2197 [15FE]

Sec. of Agriculture: make announcement of 1984 crop feed grain program and 1985 crop wheat and feed grain program (see H.R. 3914), 24726 [19SE]

Small business: provide long-term capital gain treatment to certain participating debentures (see H.R. 1136), 11932 [11MY]

Social security: limit benefits for individuals residing abroad (see H.R. 1272), 1583 [3FE]

———provide for reform in disability process (see H.R. 3755), 28211 [18OC]

South Korean airliner: Soviet attack (see H.J. Res. 353), 23929 [13SE]

Soviet Union: sense of Congress concerning certain international agreements on human rights (see H. Con. Res. 63), 9289 [20AP]

Square dance: designate as national folk dance (see H.R. 1706), 25720 [26SE]

Steel: sense of Congress on United States Steel Corp. and British Steel Corp. on importation (see H. Con. Res. 170), 33586 [17NO]

Tariff: provide for rates of duty on imported roses consistent with those maintained by EEC (see H.R. 1146), 14068 [26MY]

Taxation: allow credit to Federal employees covered under social security (see H.R. 3371), 23738 [12SE]

———allow to elect to treat income from crop received under Federal programs (see H.R. 1297), 1829 [7FE]

———credit for compensation paid to employees with precollege mathematics teaching certificates (see H.R. 836), 3092 [28FE]

———exempt farm trucks from the heavy truck use (see H.R. 964), 16898 [22JN]

———exempt members of the Armed Forces who die of hostile action overseas (see H.R. 4206), 33191 [16NO]

———provide that a spouse may elect an individual retirement account (see H.R. 2772), 18799 [12JY]

———third-year cut from Economic Recovery Tax Act (see H.R. 1183), 14882 [8JN]

———unrelated income of certain nonprofit charitable organizations (see H.R. 1773), 25525 [22SE]

Thomas, Danny: award a special gold medal for outstanding work as an American (see H.J. Res. 93), 22727 [3AU]

Truman, Harry S.: award special congressional gold medal (see H.R. 3614), 30336 [1NO]

UN: sense of Congress that Iran cease persecution of Bahais (see H. Con. Res. 173), 30571 [2NO]

VA: increase per diem rate to States (see H.R. 103), 5084 [14MR]

———per diem rate paid to States providing domiciliary, nursing home, and hospital care (see H.R. 1645), 5085 [14MR]

Valley City and Florence, Ill.: make eligible for assistance construction of certain bridge in vicinity (see H.R. 3126), 13618 [24MY]

Veterans: extend period of eligibility for GI bill for certain Vietnam-era (see H.R. 2204), 25967 [27SE]

Vietnam-era veterans: coin and sell national medal honoring (see H.R. 1870), 22726 [3AU]

———exposure to herbicides or other environmental hazards or conditions (see H.R. 1961), 4233 [8MR]

William L. Springer Lake: deauthorize portion of the flood control project for Illinois River and tributaries (see H.R. 857), 2416 [17FE]

Wine: international trade barriers (see H.R. 3795), 23251 [4AU]

Women's History Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 70), 2852 [23FE]

Year of the Bible: issue stamps commemorating (see H.R. 4021), 30018 [31OC]

Broadcasts

National economic health, Barrett H. Geoghegan, WAND-TV, Decatur, Ill., 8517 [13AP]

Election

Committee on Agriculture, 132 [6JA]

Committee on Science and Technology, 132 [6JA]

Letters

International competition—when free-trader Reagan winks at Congress, by, New York (N.Y.) Times, 18561 [11JY]

Remarks by, on

Agriculture: long-term grain agreement with Soviet Union, 5875 [17MR]

———payment-in-kind program (H.R. 1296), 4198 [8MR]

———sense of House on proposal to modify the policy of European Economic Community (H. Res. 322), 33493 [17NO]

Appropriations: continuing (H.J. Res. 413), 32109 [10NO]

———emergency supplemental (H.R. 1718), 3956 [3MR]

Committee on Science and Technology: alteration of hearings record, 17678 [28JN]

Community Renewal Employment Act: enact (H.R. 1036), 25084-25089, 25120 [21SE]

Congressional Record: amend rules relative to record of proceedings, 21168 [27JY]

Cosponsorship: removal from H.R. 100, 11178 [5MY]

Decatur, Ill.: anniversary of WAND-TV, 23454 [4AU]

———Central Illinois Vocational Assessment Center, 34927 [18NO]

———labor-management relations climate, 8514 [13AP]

———tribute to St. Mary's Hospital, 23365 [4AU]

Decatur and Macon Counties, Ill.: Helping Education through Arts Resources for Teachers, 6059 [17MR]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2969), 14035 [26MY]

Emergency Agricultural Credit Act: enact (H.R. 1190), 9829 [27AP], 10771, 10779 [3MY]

Emergency Food Assistance and Commodity Distribution Act: enact (H.R. 1590), 15520 [13JN]

Emergency Housing Assistance Act: enact (H.R. 1983), 11896 [11MY]

Emergency Mathematics and Science Education Act: enact (H.R. 1310), 6059 [17MR]

Employment: Central Illinois Vocational Assessment Center, 34927 [18NO]

Foreign trade: long-term grain agreement with Soviet Union, 5875 [17MR]

Groberman, Yankel A.: efforts to emigrate from Soviet Union, 3463 [1MR]

H.R. 100: removal from cosponsorship, 11178 [5MY]

Health Care for the Unemployed Act: proposed (H.R. 3021), 23131 [4AU]

Highway Trust Fund: increasing authorization for emergency relief (H.R. 3103), 15494 [13JN], 30279 [1NO]

House: legislative program, 13998 [25MY]

Housing: mortgage assistance and shelter, 11896 [11MY]

Housing and Urban-Rural Recovery Act: enact (H.R. 1), 18746 [12JY]

Illinois: unemployment, 17760 [28JN]

Jobs: emergency supplemental appropriations (H.R. 1718), 3956 [3MR]

Lebanon: terrorist bombing of U.S. Marines barracks, 29400 [26OC], 29740 [28OC]

Lebanon Emergency Assistance Act: enact (S. 639), 14220 [1JN]

Lithuania: Terrible June Days, 16006 [15JN]

Lithuanian Independence Day, 2398 [17FE]

Marines: deployment in Lebanon, 29400 [26OC], 29740 [28OC]

MX missile: obligation and expenditure of funds for procurement (H. Con. Res. 113), 13587 [24MY]

Natural gas: prices, 1893 [8FE]

Oregon Wilderness Act: enact (H.R. 1149), 7430 [24MR]

Pana, Ill.: Pioneer Heritage Guild, 8509 [13AP]

Payment-in-Kind Tax Treatment Act: enact (H.R. 1296), 4198 [8MR]

Personal explanation, 12788 [18MY], 33258 [16NO]

Quorum: call, 25090 [21SE]

Social Security Act: amend (H.R. 1900), 4623 [9MR]

Soviet Jews: Call to Conscience Vigil, 3463 [1MR]

Soviet Union: long-term grain agreement, 5875 [17MR]

Sports: football's George S. Halas dies, 31074 [4NO]

Springfield, Ill.: Cathedral Boys High School 50th anniversary, 27184 [4OC]

———Griffin High 25th anniversary, 27184 [4OC]

St. Mary's Hospital, Decatur, Ill.: tribute, 23365 [4AU]

Ukrainian Independence Day: commemorate, 364 [26JA]

Unemployment: Federal employment and training program (H.R. 1036), 25084-25089, 25120 [21SE]

———home district, 17760 [28JN]

Votes: position on missed, 12788 [18MY], 33258 [16NO]

WAND-TV (Decatur, Ill.): anniversary, 23454 [4AU]

Wilsonville, Ill.: hazardous chemical waste dump closing, 27192 [4OC]

Remarks in House relative to

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 3956 [3MR], 5828 [16MR], 5875 [17MR], 9829 [27AP], 15520 [13JN], 15839 [15JN], 18746 [12JY], 21168 [27JY], 29210 [25OC], 29400 [26OC], 29740 [28OC], 33493 [17NO]

Special order: granted, 12790 [18MY]

Statements

St. Patrick's Day: by, and 78 other Members of Congress, 6029 [17MR]

Tributes

Halas, George S., 31074 [4NO]

Tangney, William, 8522 [13AP]