BROWN, HANK (a Representative from Colorado)
Amendments offered by, to
Dept. of Defense: authorize appropriations (H.R. 2969), 16093 [16JN], 16899 [22JN], 18339 [30JN]
Dept. of State: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2915), 15118, 15121, 15125 [9JN]
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3222), Senate amendments, 29964 [31OC]
Legislative branch: making appropriations (H.R. 3135), 14423 [3JN]
National Park System Protection and Resources Management Act: enact (H.R. 2379), 27104 [4OC]
Nuclear weapons: mutual and verifiable freeze and reductions (H.J. Res. 13), 8411 [13AP]
———mutual and verifiable freeze (H.J. Res. 13), 5834 [16MR]
Appointments
Funeral Committee of Jack Swigert, 54 [3JA]
Private Calendar: Republican official objector, 6433 [22MR]
Articles and editorials
Agriculture—Stop Subsidizing Sodbusting, Washington (D.C.) Post, 19380
Productivity and Reindustrialization—A Dissenting View, Gregory Schmid, Challenge (magazine), 33567
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Agriculture: persons who fail to prevent erosion may not receive Federal assistance (see H.R. 1077), 1186 [31JA]
Armed Forces: provide benefits under survivor benefit plan to spouses and children of Reserve component members (see H.R. 3242), 14695 [7JN]
Chen, Pin-Yuen and Lilly C.: relief (see H.R. 4001), 25967 [27SE]
National Mining Hall of Fame and Museum: recognize (see H.R. 2887), 11105 [4MY]
National Trails System Act: add Oregon-California Trail to study list (see H.R. 3787), 23251 [4AU]
Oregon-California Trail: add to National Trails System Act study list (see H.R. 3787), 23251 [4AU]
Taxation: permit certain scientific or educational organizations to issue exempt bonds (see H.R. 2118), 5830 [16MR]
———provide for refund of Federal, State, and local taxes (see H.R. 4298), 30886 [3NO]
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Agriculture: adverse effects on U.S. exports of proposals to modify the European Community policy (see H. Res. 322), 29782 [28OC]
———promote use of food irradiation as postharvest treatment for commodities (see H.R. 4544), 34219 [18NO]
Alaska: establish expiration date for waiver of laws for natural gas transportation system (see H.J. Res. 192), 5043 [11MR]
American Businesswomen's Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 101), 16092 [16JN]
Anti-Defamation League Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 408), 31527 [8NO], 31844 [9NO]
Apple and pear juice: \1/10\ of 1 duty (see H.R. 2711), 16673 [21JN]
Bankruptcy: with respect to consumer credit, agricultural produce, and other purposes (see H.R. 1800), 14882 [8JN]
Bonds: extend for 5 years the period which qualified tax-exempt mortgage may be issued (see H.R. 1533), 4666 [9MR]
Bretton Woods Agreements Act: encourage reduction of trade barriers (see H.R. 2271), 6842 [23MR]
Broadcast stations: procedures for renewal and transfer of licenses (see H.R. 2382), 8556 [14AP]
Budget: amend Constitution relating to Federal procedures (see H.J. Res. 243), 9288 [20AP]
———congressional resolutions (see H.J. Res. 147), 11106 [4MY]
———convene domestic economic summit to reduce deficit (see H.J. Res. 375), 27146 [4OC]
———require President and Congress to adopt pay-as-you-go process (see H.J. Res. 427), 33190 [16NO]
———sense of House to recognize need for attention to spending rate in Federal (see H. Res. 120), 5085 [14MR]
Budget Act: establish procedures for setting targets and ceilings under Federal credit programs (see H.R. 2076), 9619 [25AP]
Cargo preference requirements: sense of Congress in opposition to further expansion (see H. Con. Res. 136), 17271 [27JN]
Coins: mint gold eagle (see H.R. 1662, 1663), 2909 [24FE]
Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act: authorize additional measures to reduce salinity (see H.R. 2790), 18233 [29JN]
Committee on Budget: consider option of freeze on Federal spending (see H. Res. 25), 1188 [31JA]
Communications Act: provide national policy regarding cable television (see H.R. 4103), 34223 [18NO]
Computer Contribution Act: enact (see H.R. 701), 2066 [10FE]
Constitution: amend as to number of terms of Members of Congress (see H.J. Res. 32), 74 [3JA]
———amend to provide 4-year terms for Representatives and limit number of terms Senators and Representatives may serve (see H.J. Res. 33), 74 [3JA]
Criminals: improve collection of fines (see H.R. 4162), 32766 [15NO]
Drugs: penalties for robbery (see H.R. 1255), 10481 [28AP]
Economic crisis: accept seriousness and adopt a jobs-creating freeze budget (see H.J. Res. 138), 2065 [10FE]
Education: authorize national program of improving the quality (see H.R. 881), 8220 [12AP]
Emergency Medicine Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 325), 24218 [14SE]
Enterprise Zone Employment and Development Act: enact (see H.R. 1955), 31526 [8NO]
Equal rights for men and women: amend Constitution (see H.J. Res. 1), 73 [3JA]
FCC: sense of House on telephone rates and judicial decisions affecting (see H. Res. 231), 16898 [22JN]
Federal employees: make regulations more cost effective (see H.R. 3939), 29459 [26OC]
Federal Managers Association: authorize the establishment of a competitive health insurance program (see H.R. 1517), 19581 [18JY]
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), 30570 [2NO]
Foreign trade: disapproval of Congress on certain U.S. trade embargoes (see H. Con. Res. 174), 25524 [22SE]
General Accounting Office: authorize and direct audit of Federal Reserve Board, Federal Advisory Council, Federal Open Market Committee and Federal Reserve banks (see H.R. 877), 6530 [22MR]
GPO employees: rate of pay (see H.R. 3302), 15722 [14JN]
GSA: take action to improve management of Federal procurement programs (see H.R. 898), 7425 [24MR]
Holidays: limit number of public (see H.R. 3734), 28211 [18OC]
———provide legal public established in the future occur on a Saturday or Sunday (see H.R. 3584), 20275 [21JY]
House: amend certain rule (see H. Res. 53), 3620 [2MR]
Interest and dividends: delay effective date of withholding (see H.R. 1084), 3619 [2MR]
———withholding of tax (see H.R. 500), 259 [25JA]
Japan: dismantling of nontariff trade barriers to import beef (see H. Res. 381), 34221 [18NO]
Jewish Heritage Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 80), 4234 [8MR]
Louisiana World Exposition: strike medals to commemorate (see H.R. 3321), 18337 [30JN]
Members of Congress: compensation for service (see H.J. Res. 127), 4666 [9MR]
———pay adjustments (see H.R. 706), 2852 [23FE]
Mineral Lands Leasing Act: amend sec. 21 (see H.R. 1539), 2415 [17FE]
Minimum wage: provide special for youth employment (see H.R. 485), 939 [27JA]
Narcotics or controlled substances: penalties for obtaining by force and violence from pharmacies (see H.R. 113), 7425 [24MR]
National Agriculture Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 311), 18233 [29JN]
National Animal Agriculture Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 228), 10820 [3MY]
National Children's Liver Disease Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 234), 11180 [5MY]
National Disabled Veterans Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 283), 20667 [25JY]
National Drug Abuse Education Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 215), 28856 [21OC]
National Drunk and Drugged Driving Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 345), 23254 [4AU]
National Family Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 69), 27399 [5OC]
National Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 324), 31845 [9NO]
National Home Health Care Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 268), 21016 [26JY]
National Paralyzed Veterans Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 258), 14241 [1JN]
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 Safety in the Workplace Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 29), 6844 [23MR]
National Surveyors Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 103), 22328 [2AU]
National Theater Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 292), 21752 [29JY]
National Tourism Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 168), 14361 [2JN]
Older Americans Month: observance (see H. Con. Res. 101), 10482 [28AP]
Olympics: tax designation for contributions to U.S. Olympic Committee (see H.R. 1984), 4663 [9MR]
Patent law: restore term of grant which prevents the marketing of a product (see H.R. 3502), 34222 [18NO]
Payments in Lieu of Taxes Act: amend (see H.R. 2071), 8556 [14AP]
Peace through strength: national security policy should reflect national strategy (see H. Con. Res. 83), 4665 [9MR]
Postal Service: issue stamp commemorating U.S. POW's (see H. Res. 45), 939 [27JA]
Public Health Service Act: establish National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Diseases (see H.R. 1403), 14000 [25MY]
REA: insure continued financial integrity (see H.R. 3050), 12792 [18MY]
Reclamation Safety of Dams Act: amend (see H.R. 1652), 12448 [16MY]
Rocky Mountain low level radioactive waste compact: grant the consent of Congress (see H.R. 4388), 32765 [15NO]
Scharansky, Anatoly: Soviet Union should allow to emigrate (see H. Res. 67), 8221 [12AP]
Sec. of Interior: conduct study of potential for ground water recharge in the High Plains States (see H.R. 71), 68 [3JA]
Small business: provide long-term capital gain treatment to certain participating debentures (see H.R. 1136), 11932 [11MY]
Social security: mandatory coverage for Members of Congress (see H.R. 1658), 9288 [20AP]
Social Security Act: provide benefits for aliens after they have been admitted lawfully into the U.S. (see H.R. 950), 378 [26JA]
———provide procedures for crediting Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and Disability Insurance Trust Fund (see H.R. 1276), 1829 [7FE]
———remove limitations on amount of outside income (see H.R. 786), 2196 [15FE]
South Korean airliner: Soviet attack (see H.J. Res. 353), 24219 [14SE]
Soviet Union: establish U.S.-Soviet Communications Center (see H.R. 408), 22327 [2AU]
———forced labor (see H. Con. Res. 100), 14361 [2JN]
———sense of Congress concerning certain international agreements on human rights (see H. Con. Res. 63), 2591 [22FE]
Square dance: designate as national folk dance (see H.R. 1706), 16673 [21JN]
START: give first priority in negotiations to eliminating fear of nuclear strike (see H.J. Res. 61), 3619 [2MR]
State and local governments: provide financial relief by eliminating certain requirements (see H.R. 625), 6843 [23MR]
Synthetic Fuels Corp.: eliminate phase II, support research and development (see H.R. 1701), 3092 [28FE]
Tax Reform Act: amend relative to application of excess business holdings provisions to private foundations (see H.R. 3458), 18232 [29JN]
Taxation: adjustment of income brackets to prevent inflation-caused increases (see H. Con. Res. 85), 5250 [15MR]
———amounts received under educational assistance programs (see H.R. 2568), 11483 [9MY]
———cost-of-living adjustments (see H.R. 3790), 23251 [4AU]
———credit for compensation paid to employees with precollege mathematics teaching certificates (see H.R. 836), 13619 [24MY]
———disregard exempt interest in computing amount of social security benefits (see H.R. 3028), 15154 [9JN]
———establish system of imposition on gross income (see H.R. 2564), 8556 [14AP]
———establishment of reserves for mining reclamation (see H.R. 3342), 16090 [16JN]
———estate tax laws should not be modified by Economic Recovery Tax Act (see H. Res. 216), 14359 [2JN]
———exempt members of the Armed Forces who die of hostile action overseas (see H.R. 4206), 30018 [31OC]
———implementation of reduction and indexing provisions of Economic Recovery Tax Act (see H. Con. Res. 115), 9691 [26AP]
———incentives for small business (see H.R. 2543), 15841 [15JN]
———increase energy investment credit for solar, wind, geothermal, and ocean thermal property (see H.R. 1775), 15723 [14JN]
———increase maximum deductions to $2,500 for contributions to retirement savings (see H.R. 766), 5833 [16MR]
———increase maximum deductions to $2,500 for contributions to retirement savings allowing compensation for spouses (see H.R. 765), 5833 [16MR]
———make funds available to the small business community (see H.R. 1444), 12793 [18MY]
———make it clear that certain motor vehicle operating leases are leases (see H.R. 1607), 4234 [8MR]
———permit retirement trusts and educational organizations to invest in oil and gas properties (see H.R. 4167), 28658 [20OC]
———prevent individual's spouse serving on jury duty from losing eligibility for certain retirement savings provisions (see H.R. 2595), 12793 [18MY]
———provide for indexing of certain assets (see H.R. 3651), 29459 [26OC]
———provide for individual housing accounts (see H.R. 2072), 5042 [11MR]
———provide that a spouse having less than $250 of compensation shall not be disqualified from having a individual retirement account (see H.R. 2468), 13392 [23MY]
———reduce the holding period required for long-term capital gain or loss treatment (see H.R. 2225), 9288 [20AP]
———sense of Congress on withholding of interest and dividends (see H. Con. Res. 132), 14609 [6JN]
———treat certain prepayments of principal and interest as contributions to individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 2567), 10481 [28AP]
———treatment of agricultural commodities under payment-in-kind program (see H.R. 1287), 2910 [24FE]
———treatment of indebtedness incurred by educational organizations (see H.R. 676), 381 [26JA]
———treatment of individuals to compute deductions for retirement savings (see H.R. 2099), 8962 [19AP]
———withholding on interest and dividends (see H.R. 500), 259 [25JA]
Treaty of Paris: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 321), 19174 [14JY]
———day of national celebration for 200th anniversary of signing (see H. Con. Res. 127), 18917 [13JY]
U.S.-Soviet Communications Center: establish (see H.R. 408), 22327 [2AU]
Ukraine: commemorate 1933 famine (see H. Con. Res. 111), 23257 [4AU]
Veterans: chiropractic services coverage (see H.R. 3016), 21016 [26JY]
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Dignity Act: enact (see H.R. 4158), 28324 [19OC]
Vietnam-era veterans: coin and sell national medal honoring (see H.R. 1870), 14241 [1JN]
Walesa, Lech: tribute (see H. Res. 340), 28658 [20OC]
Water resources: authorize ongoing program for research (see H.R. 2911), 23738 [12SE]
Year of Water: designate (see H.J. Res. 424), 33189 [16NO]
Youth of America Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 266), 18474 [11JY]
Election
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, 134 [6JA]
Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, 134 [6JA]
History
Private Calendar, by, 10803 [3MY]
Letters
Clinch River breeder reactor project funding: by, and 124 other Members of Congress, 25674 [23SE]
Deny visas to Soviet delegation visit to Minnesota, by, and 76 other House Members, 12286 [12MY]
Remarks by, on
Agriculture: farming erodible lands (H.R. 1077), 19380
Appropriations: continuing (H.J. Res. 413), 32116 [10NO]
Budget: deficits, 13918 [25MY], 24211
———economic policy, 6436 [22MR]
Coal: mine leases in Montana and South Dakota, 23133 [4AU]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2969), 20954-20956 [26JY]
Dept. of HUD and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3133), 14032 [26MY]
Dept. of State: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2915), 15116, 15118-15121, 15125, 15127 [9JN]
———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2915), appointment of conferees, 29229 [25OC]
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3222), Senate amendments, 29963, 29964-29967 [31OC]
Economic conditions: impact of budget deficits, 25164 [21SE]
House: adjournment motion, 23244 [4AU]
Immigration Reform and Control Act: proposed, 33010 [16NO]
Industrial policy, 33567
International Recovery and Financial Stability Act: enact (H.R. 2957), 22674 [3AU]
Las Vegas Paiute Tribe: U.S. to hold certain lands in trust (H.R. 3765), 34147 [18NO]
Lebanon: War Powers Act application (H.J. Res. 364), 26126 [28SE]
Legislative branch: making appropriations (H.R. 3135), 14346, 14347 [2JN], 14404, 14411, 14415, 14420, 14423 [3JN]
Makah Indian Tribe, Washington: U.S. to hold certain lands in trust (H.R. 3376), 34147 [18NO]
Military: survivor benefit plan (H.R. 3242; S. 1149), 15075
Montana: coal leases, 23133 [4AU]
Multinational Force in Lebanon (H.J. Res. 364), 26126 [28SE]
National Park System Protection and Resources Management Act: enact (H.R. 2379), 27099, 27102, 27104 [4OC]
Nuclear weapons: mutual and verifiable freeze and reductions (H.J. Res. 13), 8373, 8412, 8413-8416, 8418, 8420 [13AP]
Quorum: call, 15120 [9JN]
Scientific Research Act: proposed, 6046
Sec. of the Interior: conduct study of potential for groundwater recharge in the High Plains States (see H.R. 71), 16386-16388 [20JN]
South Dakota: coal leases, 23133 [4AU]
Remarks in House relative to
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 5828 [16MR], 6436 [22MR], 8373 [13AP], 13918 [25MY], 14346 [2JN], 14404 [3JN], 14880 [8JN], 20954 [26JY], 23133 [4AU], 27099 [4OC], 28036 [17OC], 32116 [10NO], 33010 [16NO]
Special order: granted, 66 [3JA], 25186 [21SE]
Statements
High Technology and the Training Facilities Relationship, George G. Olson, 6047
Tables
Employment per capita, 1948-79, 33567
Productivity and GNP, 33568
Real investment, 1948-79, 33568
Total labor force, 33569
U.S. technology-intensive manufactured goods 1962-77 (selected data), 33568
Tributes
Aspinall, Wayne N., 28052
Burshears, James F. (Buck), 18367
Swigert, Representative-elect, 122 [6JA]