PUERTO RICO

Addresses

Statehood of Puerto Rico, Carlos Romero Barcelo, 8507 [13AP]

Amendments

Nutrition assistance program: repeal noncash benefit requirement (H.R. 4252), 33628 [17NO]

Appointments

Canada-U.S. Interparliamentary delegation, 34155 [18NO]

Articles and editorials

F.A.L.N. Puerto Rican Terrorist Suspected in New Year Bombing, 218 [6JA]

Nutrition Funds Are Put to Use, 13662 [24MY]

Puerto Rico and Section 936—A Case Study of the Effective Use of Private Sector Incentives, 26837 [30SE]

Rum War, 13599 [24MY]

Bills and resolutions

Agricultural commodities: transportation (see H.R. 1017)

Committee on Puerto Rico (Senate, Select): establish (see S. Res. 202)

Federal aid: provide (see H.R. 781)

Fifth World Veteran (Masters) Championship Games: condemn participation by Republic of South Africa (see H. Con. Res. 147)

Foreign-flag passenger vessels: permit (see H.R. 89)

Investment tax credit: provide (see H.R. 783)

Judicial proceedings: conduct in Spanish language (see H.R. 780)

Medicaid: benefits (see H.R. 779)

Medical care: provide contract services (see H.R. 1774)

Military family housing: alternative (see H.R. 1408)

Nutrition assistance program: repeal noncash benefit requirement (see H.R. 4252)

Petroleum and petrochemical products: transportation (see H.R. 1017)

Rum industry: protect (see H.R. 3108)

Self-determination (see H.J. Res. 232)

Supplemental security income benefits (see H.R. 782)

University of Puerto Rico: land-grant status for College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts (see H.R. 3758)

VA: contract medical services (see S. 1850)

———hospital care and medical services (see S. 664)

Declarations

Declaration of Loiza—Statehood for Puerto Rico, 8474 [13AP]

Letters

Noncash benefit requirement for nutrition assistance programs: Dept. of Agriculture, 33631 [17NO]

———sundry, 33634 [17NO]

Messages

Puerto Rico Nutrition Assistance Program Extension (H.R. 4252): House of Representatives, 34363 [18NO]

Petitions

Federal court in Puerto Rico: General Assembly of Puerto Rico Bar Association, 27725 [6OC]

Remarks in House

Caribbean Basin Initiative: proposal (H.R. 2819), 10543 [28AP]

———role, 18359 [30JN]

Dairy products: exempt from fees under certain conditions (H.R. 1683), 3073 [25FE]

Economy: private sector incentives, 24737 [19SE]

Federal assistance: equal treatment (H.R. 781), 308 [25JA]

Foreign-flag vessels: allow transportation on (H.R. 89), 112 [3JA]

Hogar Casa de Re-education de Adictos (CREA): anniversary of drug treatment organization, 21787 [29JY]

Investment tax credit: extend relative to certain property (H.R. 783), 311 [25JA]

Mass transportation system: funds, 16823 [22JN]

Medicaid program, 302 [25JA]

Minority Small Business Pilot Procurement Act: enact (S. 273), conference report, 18263 [29JN]

Nutrition assistance program: repeal noncash benefit requirement (H.R. 4252), 32713-32719 [15NO], 34206, 34207 [18NO]

———repeal the noncash benefit requirement (H.R. 4252), 30014 [31OC]

Political status, 13996 [25MY]

Puerto Ricans: impact of employment training cutbacks, 32830 [15NO]

Puerto Rico Transportation Equalization Act: introduction (H.R. 1017), 1079 [27JA]

Rum: impact of Caribbean Basin Initiative on domestic industry, 22343 [2AU]

Rum industry: protect (H.R. 3108), 13598 [24MY]

Shipping: financial assistance for transportation of certain commodities (H.R. 1017), 1079 [27JA]

Sociedad Espanola de Auxilio Mutuo y Beneficencia de Puerto Rico: 100th anniversary, 30762 [3NO]

SSI benefits program: coverage (H.R. 782), 305 [25JA]

U.S. Caribbean Possessions Act: introduction (H.R. 3108), 13598 [24MY]

U.S. District Court: Spanish language usage, 299 [25JA]

VA: contract medical services for Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands (S. 1850), 25442 [22SE]

Valle Ramos, Pedro J.: tribute to Marine killed while on peace keeping duty in Lebanon, 23705 [12SE]

Veterans: health care, 922 [27JA]

Remarks in Senate

Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act: introduction (S. 544), 2633 [22FE]

Committee on Puerto Rico (Select): establish (S. Res. 202), 22860 [4AU]

Laffitte, Hector M.: nomination confirmed, 20843 [26JY]

Puerto Rico: repeal noncash benefit requirement of nutrition assistance program (H.R. 4252), 33628-33636 [17NO], 34363-34364 [18NO]

VA: contract medical services (S. 1850), 24488 [15SE], 24832 [20SE]

———contract medical services to Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands (S. 1850), 24832 [20SE]

Reports

Puerto Rico and Section 936—A Case Study of the Effective Use of Private Sector Incentives (series), Institute for Research on the Economics of Taxation, 24737 [19SE]

Puerto Rico—Search for a National Policy, World Peace Foundation, 12678 [17MY]

Statements

U.S. Military Action in Grenada: Carlos Romero Barcelo, Governor of Puerto Rico, 29694 [27OC]

Summaries

H.R. 4252, Puerto Rico Nutrition Assistance Program Extension, 33635 [17NO], 34364 [18NO]

Study of Cutbacks in Employment Opportunities for Puerto Ricans: National Puerto Rican Coalition, 32830 [15NO]

Tables

Food stamp program participation October 1974-June 1982, 34698 [14DE]

Food stamp quality reviews—regressed error rates—October 1981-March 1982, 34699 [14DE]

Texts of

H.R. 1683, treatment of fees imposed on dairy products, 3073 [25FE]

H.R. 4252, extend nutrition assistance program for Puerto Rico, 32713 [15NO]

S. 544, Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act, 2634-2638 [22FE]

S. Res. 202, establish a Select Committee on Puerto Rico, 22860 [4AU]