BENNETT, CHARLES E. (a Representative from Florida)
Amendments offered by, to
Dept. of Defense: authorize appropriations (H.R. 2969), 12528 [17MY], 20050 [20JY]
———making appropriations (H.R. 4185), 29244 [25OC], 29434 [26OC]
Nuclear weapons: mutual and verifiable freeze (H.J. Res. 13), 6086 [18MR]
Appointments
Conferee: S. 675, Dept. of Defense authorizations, 21740 [29JY]
Articles and editorials
Central America—No Quick Fixes, J. D. Hittle, Navy Times (publication), 21769
Ethics Codes Becoming Standard for Business, Brian Sullam, Baltimore (Md.) Sun, 9633
Gregory Albin Named Graduate of the Year by Goodwill Industries, William E. Marden, Jacksonville (Fla.) Times-Union, 10662
Social Security's Representative Pepper, Time (magazine), 9292
Tiny Grenada Was a Big Threat, Jacksonville (Fla.) Journal, 30343
Values Panel, Born in Controversy, Reports in Harmony, Kathy Lally, Baltimore (Md.) Sun, 9623
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Aged: senior centers for handicapped or disabled (see H.R. 38), 67 [3JA]
Agriculture: modify dairy price support program (see H.R. 1875), 3986 [3MR]
Aircraft: dispensing of alcoholic beverages and tobacco (see H.R. 54), 68 [3JA]
Appropriations: allow an item veto (see H.J. Res. 10), 73 [3JA]
Arlington National Cemetery: set aside area for burial of cremated remains (see H.R. 56), 68 [3JA]
Armed Forces: establish high school graduate program with technical training in return for commitment for enlisted service (see H.R. 1937), 4157 [7MR]
———establish new procurement system (see H.R. 35), 67 [3JA]
———increase term of service (see H.R. 68), 68 [3JA]
———new educational assistance program for persons who enlist (see H.R. 64), 68 [3JA]
———reenlistment bonus (see H.R. 37), 67 [3JA]
———regulate discharge of members (see H.R. 32), 67 [3JA]
———retired pay and survivor benefits (see H.R. 1160), 1490 [2FE]
———widows under survivor benefit plan (see H.R. 36), 67 [3JA]
Arms Export Control Act: protect arms information (see H.R. 40), 68 [3JA]
Ballistic missiles: relating to the building of weapons to destroy enemy (see H. Res. 259), 18473 [11JY]
Business: deny certain tax benefits to those that do not expand employment (see H.R. 61), 68 [3JA]
Census Bureau: use current population data to determine State and local benefits (see H.R. 52), 68 [3JA]
Commission on More Effective Government: establish (see H.R. 42), 68 [3JA]
Consolidated Rail Corp.: insurance benefits for certain protected employees (see H.R. 39), 67 [3JA]
Contract Disputes Act: require claims by contractors be submitted within 3 years (see H.R. 2849), 10570 [2MY]
Corporations: 10 percent tax credit for investment in domestic (see H.R. 63), 68 [3JA]
———minimum tax (see H.R. 60), 68 [3JA]
Courts: change types of hearings magistrate may conduct (see H.R. 50), 68 [3JA]
———improve system dealing with mental defectives (see H.R. 51), 68 [3JA]
———limit jurisdiction of those established by Congress (see H.R. 46), 68 [3JA]
———modify insanity defense (see H.R. 47), 68 [3JA]
Crime: improve administration of justice with respect to organized (see H.R. 48), 68 [3JA]
Defense Production Act: amend (see H.R. 67), 68 [3JA]
Drug offenders: tighten conditions of release on bail (see H.R. 70), 68 [3JA]
Drug smuggling: additional criminal penalties for piloting aircraft (see H.R. 53), 68 [3JA]
Education: insure equal opportunities (see H.J. Res. 9), 73 [3JA]
Elections: direct of President and Vice President and procedures for nomination of candidates (see H.J. Res. 11), 73 [3JA]
———establish series of six regional Presidential primaries (see H.R. 43), 68 [3JA]
Federal Aviation Act: additional criminal penalties for drug smuggling (see H.R. 53), 68 [3JA]
Foreign countries: those receiving assistance from U.S. reduce flow of illicit drugs (see H.R. 41), 68 [3JA]
Frontier Rivers Conservation District, Fla: establish (see H.R. 2228), 6528 [22MR]
Government: expenditures may not exceed revenues (see H.J. Res. 8), 73 [3JA]
Habeas corpus: change jurisdiction for consideration of standards (see H.R. 50), 68 [3JA]
Handicapped: senior centers for aged (see H.R. 38), 67 [3JA]
Insanity defense: modify in Federal courts (see H.R. 47), 68 [3JA]
Jacksonville Harbor, Fla.: modify navigation project to improve (see H.R. 948), 378 [26JA]
Labor dispute: prohibit any act or threat of violence (see H.R. 49), 68 [3JA]
Lobbyists: provide for disclosures (see H.R. 44), 68 [3JA]
Mental defectives: improve system dealing with crimes (see H.R. 51), 68 [3JA]
Merchant marine: establish commission to study defense-related aspects (see H.R. 3289), 15722 [14JN]
Military justice system: protect constitutional rights of persons (see H.R. 34), 67 [3JA]
National defense stockpile: barter for acquisitions (see H.R. 3544), 18915 [13JY]
———transfer management to Sec. of Defense (see H.R. 33), 67 [3JA]
National Drug Abuse Education Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 215), 6843 [23MR]
National Security Act: procedures for classification and protection of sensitive information (see H.R. 66), 68 [3JA]
National Security Council: abolish (see H.R. 65), 68 [3JA]
Nationals or citizens of the U.S.: subject to jurisdiction of district courts (see H.R. 45), 68 [3JA]
Outer Continental Shelf: abandoned shipwrecks are property of U.S. (see H.R. 69), 68 [3JA]
President and Vice President: direct election and procedures for nomination of candidates (see H.J. Res. 11), 73 [3JA]
Schools: prohibit compelling attendance in those other than the one nearest the residence (see H.J. Res. 9), 73 [3JA]
Sec. of Army: set aside area for burial of cremated remains within Arlington National Cemetery (see H.R. 56), 68 [3JA]
Sec. of Defense: transfer management of national defense stockpile (see H.R. 33), 67 [3JA]
Taxation: 10 percent credit for investment in domestic corporations (see H.R. 63), 68 [3JA]
———deny benefits of accelerated cost recovery system to any business that does not expand employment (see H.R. 2001), 4663 [9MR]
———deny certain benefits to businesses that do not expand employment (see H.R. 61), 68 [3JA]
———minimum on corporations (see H.R. 60), 68 [3JA]
———pay at least 10 percent of income over $30,000 (see H.R. 62), 68 [3JA]
———unified credit against estate (see H.R. 59), 68 [3JA]
———unmarried individuals (see H.R. 1161), 1490 [2FE]
University of Florida College of Medicine, Jacksonville, Fla.: achieve cooperation (see H.R. 57), 68 [3JA]
VA: establish hospital at Jacksonville, Fla. (see H.R. 57), 68 [3JA]
Water resources projects and plans: insure equal consideration (see H.R. 55), 68 [3JA]
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Acidic deposition: provide for accelerated study of causes and effects (see H.R. 1405), 11932 [11MY]
Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act: subject imported tomatoes to same container restrictions as domestic (see H.R. 3171), 14067 [26MY]
American Businesswomen's Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 101), 11933 [11MY]
Animals: end use of steel-jaw leghold traps (see H.R. 1797), 3616 [2MR]
Appalachian Regional Development Act: amend (see H.R. 1046), 3250 [1MR]
Armed Forces: authorize an alternative of military family housing in U.S., Puerto Rico, and Guam (see H.R. 1408), 9288 [20AP]
———Reserve commissioned officers promoted to higher grade while serving on active duty (see H.R. 679), 8220 [12AP]
Attorney General: exchange criminal record information with State and local agencies (see H.R. 491), 5043 [11MR]
Bail Reform Act: setting pretrial release conditions to permit pretrial detention of certain offenders (see H.R. 1098), 19808 [19JY]
Baltic Freedom Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 201), 13620 [24MY]
Broadcast stations: procedures for renewal and transfer of licenses (see H.R. 2382), 14360 [2JN]
Burton, Phillip: Golden Gate National Recreation Area dedicate to (see H.R. 2600), 8960 [19AP]
Caribbean basin: protect possessions (see H.R. 3108), 13618 [24MY]
Catholic War Veterans of U.S.A., Inc.: recognition (see H.R. 1199), 21751 [29JY]
Children: amend code relating to sexual exploitation (see H.R. 2432), 8772 [18AP]
———prohibit the interstate restraint in violation of rights of custody and visitation (see H.R. 2162), 5832 [16MR]
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]
Commodity Credit Corp. Act: amend to promote exchange of material produced abroad and needed in U.S. for agricultural export (see H.R. 2428), 7740 [7AP]
Commodity Credit Corp. Charter Act: promote the exchange of surplus dairy stocks for other materials (see H.R. 3295), 15722 [14JN]
Consumer products: prohibit certain tampering (see H.R. 2174), 9691 [26AP]
Controlled substances: penalty for robbery from pharmacies (see H.R. 1661), 2909 [24FE]
Controlled Substances Act: place methaqualone in schedule I (see H.R. 1055), 3250 [1MR]
Crime: for fraudulent or illegal use of computers (see H.R. 1092), 2146 [14FE]
Crime and criminals: bail money and proceedings in drug-related cases (see H.R. 1053), 938 [27JA]
Cuba: return of certain nationals who arrived in the Mariel boatlift (see H. Con. Res. 215), 32202 [10NO]
Dept. of Defense: require certain consolidations of functions (see H.R. 3950), 33585 [17NO]
Elephants: control importing and exporting of products (see H.R. 3104), 13618 [24MY]
Emergency Medicine Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 325), 24218 [14SE]
EPA: reorganize (see H.R. 2362), 21751 [29JY]
ERISA: permit investment in residential mortgages (see H.R. 1418), 2852 [23FE]
Families of Americans missing in Southeast Asia: authorize bronze medal (see H.R. 3478), 23256 [4AU]
Federal annuitants: cost-of-living increases (see H.R. 493), 20667 [25JY]
Federal Aviation Act: transportation of controlled substances (see H.R. 1580), 2590 [22FE]
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act: deny registration (see H.R. 2961), 14430 [3JN]
Federal Managers Association: authorize the establishment of a competitive health insurance program (see H.R. 1517), 8220 [12AP]
Federal programs and tax expenditures: congressional review (see H.R. 58), 23255 [4AU]
Federal Reserve Act: amend (see H.R. 2546), 8453 [13AP]
Firearms: strengthen mandatory penalty for use in Federal felonies (see H.R. 2193), 6392 [21MR]
Florence Crittenton Mission Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 383), 30570 [2NO]
Florida: wilderness designation for certain lands (see H.R. 9), 9402 [21AP]
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]
Gladys Noon Spellman Parkway: designate (see H.R. 174), 1584 [3FE]
GSA: take action to improve management of Federal procurement programs (see H.R. 898), 13392 [23MY]
Handicapped: tax deduction for elimination of architectural and transportation barriers (see H.R. 1016), 14360 [2JN]
Historic shipwreck: provide for protection (see H.R. 3194), 14358 [2JN]
Home buyers: provide equitable access to national secondary mortgage market (see H.R. 3420), 24347 [15SE]
Insanity defense: reform (see H.R. 1257), 1583 [3FE]
Johnson, Lady Bird: award gold medal (see H.J. Res. 394), 32766 [15NO]
Joint Chiefs of Staff: strengthen position of Chairman (see H.R. 3718), 25525 [22SE]
Judges: provide additional for Southern District of Florida (see H.R. 3888), 24727 [19SE]
Kamehameha the Great National Monument, Hawaii: establish (see H.R. 3642), 21752 [29JY]
Kangaroos and products: prohibit imports (see H.R. 1903), 22327 [2AU]
Land use: provide for conservation, rehabilitation, and improvement of natural and cultural resources on private and Indian (see H.R. 999), 380 [26JA]
Louisiana World Exposition: strike medals to commemorate (see H.R. 3321), 21518 [28JY]
Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act: amend (see H.R. 2062), 11623 [10MY]
Maritime Redevelopment Bank of U.S.: establish (see H.R. 3399), 17193 [23JN]
Mortgage revenue bonds: continue issuance (see H.R. 1176), 6530 [22MR]
Municipal Clerk's Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 176), 18917 [13JY]
Myasthenia Gravis Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 278), 25721 [26SE]
National Adult Continuing Education Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 377), 28659 [20OC]
National Adult Day Care Center Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 132), 20275 [21JY]
National Animal Agriculture Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 228), 15724 [14JN]
National Beta Club Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 326), 29675 [27OC]
National cemetery: establish in Florida (see H.R. 1346), 1942 [8FE]
National Child Support Enforcement Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 273), 19175 [14JY]
National Children's Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 153), 24348 [15SE]
National Correctional Officers Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 295), 22081 [1AU]
National Cystic Fibrosis Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 270), 23738 [12SE]
National Digestive Diseases Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 226), 12252 [12MY]
National Disabled Veterans Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 283), 15724 [14JN]
National Drunk and Drugged Driving Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 345), 23254 [4AU]
National Enrolled Agents Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 277), 18917 [13JY]
National Eye Donor Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 62), 7899 [11AP]
National Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 324), 31845 [9NO]
National Free Enterprise Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 217), 12793 [18MY]
National Garden Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 196), 9875 [27AP]
National Guard: clarify status of members performing training or duty (see H.R. 1494), 5889 [17MR]
National Historical Publications and Records Commission: extend authorization of appropriations (see H.R. 2196), 12252 [12MY]
National Historically Black Colleges Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 105), 13620 [24MY]
National Housing Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 331), 23256 [4AU]
National Mental Health Counselors Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 102), 4666 [9MR]
National Paralyzed Veterans Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 258), 12252 [12MY]
National Parkinson's Disease Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 160), 8772 [18AP]
National Physical Fitness and Sports Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 140), 6394 [21MR]
National Port Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 173), 17194 [23JN]
National Rehabilitation Facilities Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 350), 25188 [21SE]
National Respiratory Therapy Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 227), 18473 [11JY]
National Retired Teachers Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 20), 19175 [14JY]
National Sewing Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 218), 13620 [24MY]
National Theater Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 292), 21752 [29JY]
National Week of the Ocean: designate (see H.J. Res. 191), 9620 [25AP]
Ocean and coastal resources management and development fund: establish (see H.R. 5), 12447 [16MY]
Office of the Director of National and International Drug Operations and Policy: establish (see H.R. 3326), 25525 [22SE]
Olympics: tax designation for contributions to U.S. Olympic Committee (see H.R. 1984), 4663 [9MR]
OPM: prohibit implementation of certain regulations published in the Federal Register (see H.R. 2449), 18233 [29JN]
Peace through strength: national security policy should reflect national strategy (see H. Con. Res. 83), 4665 [9MR]
Public Works and Economic Development Act: amend (see H.R. 10, 1046), 2066 [10FE], 3250 [1MR]
Railroads: States to assume all costs associated with operating jointly funded service (see H. Res. 149), 18474 [11JY]
Ryan, Leo J.: award special gold medal to family (see H.R. 3348), 18233 [29JN]
Sea grant college program: appropriations (see H.R. 1643), 12251 [12MY]
Social security: eliminate waiting period for disability benefits for terminally ill individuals (see H.R. 507), 23929 [13SE]
———provide increases in insurance amounts to account for depressed replacement rates (see H.R. 2454), 33190 [16NO]
South Korean airliner: Soviet attack (see H.J. Res. 353), 23929 [13SE]
Southeast interstate waste management compact: grant the consent of the Congress (see H.R. 3777), 22726 [3AU]
Soviet Union: should air to Soviet public movie The Day After (see H. Con. Res. 229), 33585 [17NO]
Square dance: designate as national folk dance (see H.R. 1706), 25720 [26SE]
States: establish ocean and coastal resources management and development fund (see H.R. 5), 12447 [16MY]
———provide compensation for costs incurred to confine certain Cuban nationals (see H.R. 3350), 18799 [12JY]
Tariff: establish equitable classification and duty rates for certain imported citrus products (see H.R. 4296), 30886 [3NO]
Tariff schedules: establish equal and equitable classification and duty rates for certain imported citrus products (see H.R. 3587), 19578 [18JY]
Taxation: allow credit to Federal employees covered under social security (see H.R. 3371), 23255 [4AU]
———exclude from gross income fare benefits received by employees and their families (see H.R. 943), 19808 [19JY]
———provide that self-employed health insurance premiums be allowed as business expense (see H.R. 3487), 28038 [17OC]
———reduce the holding period required for long-term capital gain or loss treatment (see H.R. 2225), 14360 [2JN]
———repeal highway use on heavy trucks and increase on diesel fuel (see H.R. 2124), 8220 [12AP]
———repeal hospital insurance tax (see H.R. 1026), 937 [27JA]
Thomas, Danny: award a special gold medal for outstanding work as an American (see H.J. Res. 93), 26536 [29SE]
Trade: authorize the establishment of transitional industries board (see H.R. 3681), 25525 [22SE]
Treaty of Paris: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 321), 19174 [14JY]
———day of national celebration of 200th anniversary of signing (see H. Con. Res. 127), 14068 [26MY]
Truman, Harry S.: award special congressional gold medal (see H.R. 3614), 30336 [1NO]
———commemorate anniversary of birth (see H. Con. Res. 126), 15534 [13JN]
U.S. Immigration Court: establish (see H.R. 2356), 7423 [24MR]
U.S. Soccer Federation: World Cup matches played in U.S. (see H.J. Res. 219), 8962 [19AP]
U.S.-flag vessels: provide increased ocean transportation of bulk commodities and strengthen defense industrial base (see H.R. 1242), 1582 [3FE]
VA: authorize a new hospital in Florida (see H.R. 1348), 1942 [8FE]
———implement study entitled, A Thirty Year Study of the Needs of Veterans in Florida (see H. Con. Res. 51), 1943 [8FE]
———require Administrator to consider the number of veterans residing in each State (see H.R. 1347), 1942 [8FE]
Vietnam-era veterans: coin and sell national medal honoring (see H.R. 1870), 13620 [24MY]
Water resources: authorize ongoing program for research (see H.R. 2911), 16673 [21JN]
Wetland resources: Sec. of Interior will classify and inventory (see H.R. 492), 5043 [11MR]
Year of the Bible: issue stamps commemorating (see H.R. 4021), 28211 [18OC]
Youth of America Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 266), 18474 [11JY]
Election
Committee on Armed Services, 132 [6JA]
Letters
Cross Florida Barge Canal, by, 12302
Navy shipbuilding and conversion funds, 29432 [26OC]
Lists
Values recommended, 9624
Questionnaires
Florida: 3d District, 19343
Remarks by, on
Albacore (submarine): transfer to Portsmouth Submarine Memorial Association, Inc. (S. 1944), 29408 [26OC]
Antisatellite weapons: funding, 20198 [21JY]
Appropriations: making supplemental (H.R. 3069), 13973 [25MY]
Armed Forces: technical training, 4635-4637 [9MR]
Capitol Building: restoration, 13532 [24MY]
Central America: deployment of troops, 20930 [26JY]
Chemical weapons: production, 24277 [15SE]
Children Protection Act: enact (H.R. 3635), 32464
Dairy Production Stabilization Act: enact (H.R. 4196), 31113 [7NO]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2969), 12747 [18MY], 15791, 15795, 15796 [15JN], 20050, 20053, 20055, 20062, 20066 [20JY], 20194, 20196, 20197, 20198 [21JY], 20930, 20965, 20966, 20972, 20977
———authorizing appropriations (S. 675), conference report, 24277 [15SE]
———making appropriations (H.R. 4185), 29431-29436, 29438 [26OC], 30313 [1NO], 30494 [2NO]
Florida: congressional delegation's Distinguished Service Award recipients, 2269
Florida Frontier Rivers Conservation District: establish (H.R. 2228), 6824 [23MR]
Grenada: War Powers Act application (H.J. Res. 402), 29998
Intelligence Authorization Act: prohibit support for military or paramilitary operations in Nicaragua (H.R. 2760), 21466
Lebanon: U.S. policy, 30508 [2NO]
———War Powers Act application (H.J. Res. 364), 26154 [28SE]
Multinational Force in Lebanon Resolution: enact (H.J. Res. 364), 26154 [28SE]
MX missile: funding, 20050, 20053-20055, 20062, 20066 [20JY], 30313 [1NO]
———obligation and expenditure of funds for procurement (H. Con. Res. 113), 13371 [23MY], 13583 [24MY], 19344
National Development Investment Act: enact (H.R. 10), 18728
National Drug Abuse Education Week: designate (S.J. Res. 57), 29450
Nicaragua: prohibit support for military or paramilitary operations (H.R. 2760), 21466
Nuclear weapons: mutual and verifiable freeze and reductions (H.J. Res. 13), 5782 [16MR]
Refugee Assistance Extension Act: enact (H.R. 3729), 32473
Skilled Enlisted Reserve Training Act: proposed (H.R. 1937), 4635-4637 [9MR]
South Korean airliner: Soviet attack (H.J. Res. 353), 24164 [14SE]
Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act: amend to barter for excess materials (H.R. 3544), 19336
T-46 aircraft: funding, 20194 [21JY]
Truman, Harry S.: commemoration of anniversary of birth (H. Con. Res. 126), 18294 [30JN]
Veterans Day: observance, 32289 [11NO]
Water Resources Research Act: enact (H.R. 2911), 29974
Remarks in House relative to
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 2193 [15FE], 3091 [28FE], 4635 [9MR], 6824 [23MR], 9286 [20AP], 10569 [2MY], 12249 [12MY], 12746 [18MY], 13371 [23MY], 13532, 13583 [24MY], 18230 [29JN], 19172 [14JY], 20050 [20JY], 20930 [26JY], 21749 [29JY], 24277 [15SE], 26154 [28SE], 30313, 30334 [1NO], 31113 [7NO], 32289 [11NO]
Reports
Committee on Armed Services, 25966 [27SE], 29458 [26OC]
Statements
U.S.S. Florida Commissioned at Groton, Conn.: Bob Graham, Governor of Florida, 19333
———Senator Hawkins, 18342
Texts of
H.R. 1937, Skilled Enlisted Reserve Training Act, 4637 [9MR]
Tributes
Albin, Gregory, 10662
Aspinall, Wayne N., 31520
Burton, Phillip, 8193
Dartigalongue, Henry, 10665
du Pont, Jessie Ball, 13425
Jackson, Henry M., 27367
McDonald, Larry, 24717
Pepper, Representative, 9292
St. George, Katharine, 11909
Steed, Tom, 15711