DASCHLE, THOMAS A. (a Representative from South Dakota)
Articles and editorials
Agent Orange—Final Battle for Veterans, Mark Bowden, Philadelphia (Pa.) Inquirer, 2147
Apocalype Later? ``Orange-Hot'' Controversy, Tony Gordon, Robinson (Ill.) News, 13655
Brookings Couple Meet Jimmy Carter While Vacationing, Lead (S. Dak.) Call, 23370
Budget Progress, Washington (D.C.) Post, 17100
Central America—Vietnam Consequence—Quiet From the Military, Richard Halloran, New York (N.Y.) Times, 13428
Conservation Districts Bulk Rate Mailing Privileges (H.R. 3337), Milton E. (Bud) Mekelburg, Tuesday Letter (publication), 21290
Despite the Criticism, the United States Needs the United Nations, Huron (S. Dak.) Plainsman, 27898
Dioxin's First Victims Wait in Pain, by, Los Angeles (Calif.) Times, 10843 [3MY]
Dying Vietnam Vet Videotapes Testimony, Linda Herskowitz, Philadelphia (Pa.) Inquirer, 2148
Experts Denounce AMA Stand on Dioxin, Casey Burkro, 17262 [27JN]
Health—Evidence Called Strong—Dioxin Tied to Chemical Workers' Cancer, Washington (D.C.) Post, 21535
Ike on Man Against War, David S. Broder, Washington (D.C.) Post, 24255
Lost Our Free Press on Grenada, La Mars (Iowa) Sentinel, 34775
Odessa Ferguson's Religious Faith, Guideposts (publication), 34785
Senate Leaders View Vets' Art, Stars and Stripes (publication), 18330 [30JN]
Sky Has Not Fallen, Wall Street Journal, 23363
Taxation—``In Search of Excellence and Fairness,'' Representative Dorgan, People & Taxes (publication), 1845
Toxic Chemicals—1965 Memo's Show Dow's Anxiety on Dioxin, David Burnham, New York (N.Y.) Times, 9072
Vietnam Vet Artists Bask in Praise, Dan McCurry, Stars and Stripes (publication), 18329 [30JN]
Weather Service Biz, Judy Mann, Washington (D.C.) Post, 6017
Weather Service Sell-Off Is Taxpayer Ripoff, Hobart Rowen, Washington (D.C.) Post, 6017
Weather Service—U.S. Considers Selling Parts To Private Side, Philip J. Hilts, Washington (D.C.) Post, 6016
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Agricultural Act: repeal authority of Sec. of Agriculture to make deductions from proceeds of milk (see H.R. 2264), 6841 [23MR]
Agriculture: establish wheat incentive program (see H.R. 4082), 27398 [5OC]
Belle Fourche irrigation project: authorize rehabilitation (see H.R. 1282), 1829 [7FE]
Families of Americans missing in Southeast Asia: authorize bronze medal (see H.R. 3478), 18335 [30JN]
Farmers Home Administration: forgo disclosure and defer repayment on certain loans (see H.R. 1024), 937 [27JA]
Lake Andes-Wagner Unit, S. Dak.: authorize Sec. of the Interior to construct, operate, and maintain (see H.R. 4497), 34218 [18NO]
Military Selective Service Act: provide members of Armed Forces may serve on local boards (see H.R. 4282), 30569 [2NO]
———provide retired members of the Armed Forces may serve on Selective Service System (see H.R. 3079), 13391 [23MY]
Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin program, S. Dak.: authorize Sec. of the Interior to construct, operate, and maintain water supply system (see H.R. 4496), 34218 [18NO]
Postal Service: reduce postage rates of soil and water conservation districts (see H.R. 3337), 16090 [16JN]
Social security: reform in old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program (see H.R. 1429), 2146 [14FE]
Sports: establish arbitration system to reduce the number and costs of injuries (see H.R. 4495), 34218 [18NO]
Taxation: revise incentives for certain alcohol fuels (see H.R. 4105), 27722 [6OC]
———withholding on interest and dividends (see H.R. 1023), 937 [27JA]
VA: review practice of providing upright memorial markers for graves (see H. Res. 382), 34221 [18NO]
Veterans: allow service connected disabilities to receive compensation (see H.R. 3080), 13391 [23MY]
Vietnam-era veterans: exposure to herbicides or other environmental hazards or conditions (see H.R. 1961, 2017), 4233 [8MR], 4664 [9MR]
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Agency rulemaking: expand public participation, congressional review, and judicial (see H.R. 1776), 3615 [2MR]
Agricultural Act: guarantee in kind contracts by producers to manufactures of liquid fuels (see H.R. 3101), 13617 [24MY]
Agriculture: credit assistance to farmers (see H.R. 1190), 2066 [10FE]
———earlier announcement of 1984 crop feed grain program (see H.R. 3564), 19173 [14JY]
———improve productivity of farmers (see H.R. 2714), 9401 [21AP]
———persons who fail to prevent erosion may not receive Federal assistance (see H.R. 1077), 7899 [11AP]
———price supports for soybeans, and corn and to terminate program payment limitations (see H.R. 1592), 8962 [19AP]
———provide disaster assistance to producers and ranchers (see H.R. 4052), 27724 [6OC]
———provide financial assistance for commodities produced on erodible land (see H.R. 2928), 18233 [29JN]
———provide for expedited determinations of interests in grain held by debtors who own and operate storage facilities (see H.R. 4286), 30570 [2NO]
Agriculture incentives: prohibit payment to persons who produce commodities on highly erodible land (see H.R. 3457), 21016 [26JY]
American Businesswomen's Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 101), 16092 [16JN]
Antitrust laws: clarify territorial provisions in licenses of trademarked malt beverages (see H.R. 2262), 23255 [4AU]
Apparel: reduction of imports (see H. Res. 172), 17194 [23JN]
Armed Forces: chiropractic care (see H.R. 31), 67 [3JA]
———establish educational assistance program (see H.R. 1400), 12251 [12MY]
Automobile dealers: protect from unfair price discrimination by manufacturers (see H.R. 1415), 24217 [14SE]
Baltic Freedom Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 201), 11623 [10MY]
Bankruptcy: amend laws regarding farm produce storage facilities (see H.R. 1031), 938 [27JA]
———with respect to consumer credit, agricultural produce, and other purposes (see H.R. 1800), 14882 [8JN]
Banks and banking: provide for nonrecourse loans on commodities (see H.R. 922), 1584 [3FE]
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), 15841 [15JN]
Budget: amend Constitution relating to Federal procedures (see H.J. Res. 243), 9288 [20AP]
———convene domestic economic summit to reduce deficit (see H.J. Res. 375), 26536 [29SE]
———establish effective and durable process in House (see H. Res. 213), 13999 [25MY]
———require President and Congress to adopt pay-as-you-go process (see H.J. Res. 427), 33190 [16NO]
Caribbean basin: protect possessions (see H.R. 3108), 13618 [24MY]
Central America: require congressional consent before introduction of combat forces (see H.R. 3778), 24727 [19SE]
Chemical weapons: prohibit production of lethal binary (see H.R. 822), 12527 [17MY]
Chile: call for restoration of democracy (see H. Res. 310), 26536 [29SE]
Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians: accept findings and implement recommendations (see H.R. 4110), 27722 [6OC]
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 distribution: appropriations (see H.R. 1300), 5833 [16MR]
———expand and improve program (see H.R. 1299), 5833 [16MR]
Communications Act: preserve principles of FCC (see H.R. 4324), 33586 [17NO]
Congressional Budget Act: amend to require tax expenditures and Federal revenues levels involved (see H.R. 1879), 9288 [20AP]
Dairy products: stabilize supply and demand (see H.R. 2822), 10479 [28AP]
Dept. of Defense: increase use of formal advertising in procurement of property and services (see H.R. 4005), 28659 [20OC]
———promote use of energy-conserving equipment and biofuels (see H.R. 1597), 12251 [12MY]
Economic Cooperation Council: establish (see H.R. 2991), 16092 [16JN]
Economic opportunities: provide programs to assure equality for women and men (see H.R. 2090), 7426 [24MR]
Education: authorize national program of improving the quality (see H.R. 881), 13619 [24MY]
———foreign languages (see H.R. 2708), 9401 [21AP]
———provide for a national summit conference (see H.R. 3245), 16092 [16JN]
Educational opportunity: sense of Congress to maintain guidelines to insure equal rights (see H. Res. 190), 15724 [14JN]
El Salvador: declare President's certification null and void (see H.R. 1270), 2196 [15FE]
Elections: provide for inclusion of voter registration applications to be submitted to Federal agencies (see H.R. 2746), 15154 [9JN]
Elephants: control importing and exporting of products (see H.R. 3104), 13618 [24MY]
Employment: sense of Congress for funding community service programs for senior citizens (see H. Con. Res. 43), 3989 [3MR]
Energy and conservation programs: amend, extend and enhance (see H.R. 1595), 11622 [10MY]
Energy Conservation in Existing Buildings Act: provide for weatherization (see H.R. 2615), 10820 [3MY]
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), 2852 [23FE]
Families of Americans missing in Southeast Asia: authorize bronze medal (see H.R. 3478), 23256 [4AU]
Federal Credit Union Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 139), 2852 [23FE]
Federal Crop Insurance Act: insure producers against losses (see H.R. 4284), 30569 [2NO]
Federal Election Campaign Act: limit contributions in congressional elections (see H.R. 4428), 33189 [16NO]
Federal energy budget: restore balance (see H. Res. 139), 5832 [16MR]
Federal inspections services: urge improvements in implementation (see H. Res. 175), 14883 [8JN]
Federal Reserve Act: amend (see H.R. 2546), 8453 [13AP]
Federal Reserve System: increase representation of small business interests and agricultural interests (see H.R. 2566), 15723 [14JN]
Federal training and economic development programs: create jobs and develop skills in renewable energy (see H.R. 1598), 8556 [14AP]
First Annual President Calvin Coolidge Week: designate (see H. Res. 269), 20124 [20JY]
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]
Gandhi, Mohandas K.: designate national day of recognition (see H.J. Res. 239), 20275 [21JY]
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]
GSA: take action to improve management of Federal procurement programs (see H.R. 898), 13392 [23MY]
Guatemala: prohibit sale of spare parts for helicopters (see H.J. Res. 65), 164 [6JA]
Highway Revenue Act: repeal increase in heavy truck use tax and increase on diesel fuel (see H.R. 1436), 2193 [15FE]
Home buyers: provide equitable access to national secondary mortgage market (see H.R. 3420), 18799 [12JY]
Honduras and Nicaragua: furnish certain information to House of Representatives regarding U.S. activities (see H. Res. 159), 8453 [13AP]
House: expressing the sense in support of jobs for peace (see H. Res. 46), 7605 [5AP]
Human rights: concerning observance by Romania of the Hungarians in Transylvania (see H. Res. 147), 34224 [18NO]
Indian Health Care and Improvement Act: reauthorize and amend (see H.R. 4567), 34220 [18NO]
Indians: housing (see H.R. 1928), 3988 [3MR]
Interest and dividends: delay effective date of withholding (see H.R. 1084), 3619 [2MR]
———withholding of tax (see H.R. 500), 2196 [15FE]
International currency exchange rates: consideration at Williamsburg Summit (see H. Res. 194), 12528 [17MY]
Japan: give priority attention to yen-dollar relationship in forthcoming discussions (see H. Res. 334), 29243 [25OC]
Johnson, Lady Bird: award gold medal (see H.J. Res. 394), 33586 [17NO]
Kamehameha the Great National Monument, Hawaii: establish (see H.R. 3642), 24727 [19SE]
Korean war: erect memorial in Washington, D.C. to honor members of Armed Forces (see H.J. Res. 236), 15841 [15JN]
Land use: provide for conservation, rehabilitation, and improvement of natural and cultural resources on private and Indian (see H.R. 999), 2417 [17FE]
Library programs: sense of Congress in cuts (see H. Con. Res. 121), 14699 [7JN]
Local governments: standards for general revenue sharing payments (see H.R. 1386), 5250 [15MR]
Mays, Benjamin E.: Presidential Medal of Freedom (see H. Res. 17), 9403 [21AP]
Members of Congress: repeal salary adjustments and provide legislation for increasing compensation (see H.R. 1491), 4158 [7MR]
Metropolitan Opera Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 317), 22727 [3AU]
Milk: assure the production of an adequate supply (see H.R. 2253), 6529 [22MR]
———repeal second-50 cent assessment (see H.R. 3643), 21518 [28JY]
Mortgage revenue bonds: continue issuance (see H.R. 1176), 3092 [28FE]
Myasthenia Gravis Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 278), 18917 [13JY]
NASA: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 284), 24820 [20SE]
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), 13393 [23MY]
National Agriculture Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 311), 18233 [29JN]
National Animal Agriculture Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 228), 8221 [12AP]
National Atomic Veterans' Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 210), 6393 [21MR]
National Child Abuse Prevention Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 22), 381 [26JA]
National Children's Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 153), 27399 [5OC]
National Commission on Federal Budget Deficit Reductions: establish (see H.J. Res. 382), 29782 [28OC]
National Congregate and Meals on Wheels Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 386), 28038 [17OC]
National Deaf Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 329), 22727 [3AU]
National Disabled Veterans Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 283), 23930 [13SE]
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 Energy Education Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 155, 336), 2591 [22FE], 24820 [20SE]
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 Garden Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 196), 9875 [27AP]
National Ground Water Commission: establish (see H.R. 565), 4234 [8MR]
National Hearing Impaired Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 407), 34224 [18NO]
National Home Health Care Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 268), 29675 [27OC]
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), 10819 [3MY]
National Mental Health Counselors Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 102), 5085 [14MR]
National Outdoor Recreation Resources Review Commission: establish (see H.R. 2837), 21517 [28JY]
National Paralyzed Veterans Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 258), 14241 [1JN]
National Parkinson's Disease Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 160), 8772 [18AP]
National Patriotism Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 95), 33586 [17NO]
National Physical Fitness and Sports Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 140), 2852 [23FE]
National Poetry Day: designation (see H.J. Res. 209), 23930 [13SE]
National Residence Hall Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 119), 9403 [21AP]
National Respiratory Therapy Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 227), 18473 [11JY]
National Retired Teachers Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 20), 14000 [25MY]
National Reye's Syndrome Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 49), 16673 [21JN]
National School Bus Safety Week: proclaim (see H.J. Res. 137), 20275 [21JY]
National Scleroderma Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 225), 14883 [8JN]
National Sewing Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 218), 7424 [24MR]
National Surveyors Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 103), 20275 [21JY]
National Theater Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 292), 21752 [29JY]
National Tourism Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 168), 5833 [16MR]
National Volunteer Firefighters Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 330), 21258 [27JY]
Native American Programs Act: impose limitations to the administration and authorize appropriations (see H.R. 4468), 33584 [17NO]
Natural gas: provide a temporary means to correct imbalances in prices (see H.R. 873), 1231 [1FE]
Natural Gas Policy Act: limit prices and improve marketing practices (see H.R. 2154), 7742 [7AP]
New York County, N.Y.: tricentennial (see H.J. Res. 333), 24820 [20SE]
News media: sense of Congress on adverse impact of early projections of election results (see H. Con. Res. 227), 33586 [17NO]
Nuclear testing: prevent (see H.J. Res. 3), 73 [3JA]
Nuclear weapons: calling for mutual freeze and reduction (see H.J. Res. 2), 73 [3JA]
———mutual and verifiable freeze (see H.J. Res. 13), 5043 [11MR]
Nutrition: Federal Government maintain current programs (see H. Con. Res. 40), 939 [27JA]
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act: determining hourly rates of pay for Federal employees (see H.R. 3871), 23928 [13SE]
OPM: permit Federal employees to transfer health benefit plan enrollments (see H.R. 1025), 937 [27JA]
———prohibit implementation of certain regulations published in the Federal Register (see H.R. 2449), 11932 [11MY]
Packers and Stockyards Act: amend to protect good faith purchases of livestock (see H.R. 3297), 27724 [6OC]
Patent law: restore term of grant which prevents the marketing of a product (see H.R. 3502), 18336 [30JN]
Payments in Lieu of Taxes Act: amend (see H.R. 2071), 11932 [11MY]
Pershing II and cruise missile: delay deployment for 6 months (see H.J. Res. 384), 28856 [21OC]
Petroleum: amend Export Administration Act (see H.R. 1197), 5085 [14MR]
Public Works and Economic Development Act: amend (see H.R. 10), 2066 [10FE]
Radio stations: equity to daytime broadcasters (see H.R. 2385), 7424 [24MR]
REA: exempt entities receiving financial assistance from certain fees (see H.R. 2027), 8220 [12AP]
———insure continued financial integrity (see H.R. 3050), 12792 [18MY]
Rules of House: amend (see H. Res. 287), 25968 [27SE]
Ryan, Leo J.: award special gold medal to family (see H.R. 3348), 19175 [14JY]
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]
———require certain financial information with respect to non-Federal facilities approved for storage of grains (see H.R. 4285), 30570 [2NO]
Second Morrill Act: amend to repeal statutory language purporting to permit racial segregation in colleges (see H.R. 1689), 18233 [29JN]
Separated plutonium: halt production (see H.J. Res. 286), 14241 [1JN]
Small business: provide long-term capital gain treatment to certain participating debentures (see H.R. 1136), 1230 [1FE]
Small Business Act: clarify eligibility of small agricultural cooperatives for assistance (see H.R. 2988), 11932 [11MY]
———increase participation in procurement process (see H.R. 4092), 28659 [20OC]
Social security: protect benefit levels of individuals eligible for benefits after 1979 (see H.R. 4093), 34223 [18NO]
Solar energy: tax credit for residences (see H.R. 1883), 3987 [3MR]
South Korean airliner: Soviet attack (see H.J. Res. 353), 24219 [14SE]
Soviet Union: enter into negotiations to establish a new long-term sales agreement (see H. Con. Res. 89), 9289 [20AP]
———forced labor (see H. Con. Res. 100), 13393 [23MY]
———U.S. should enter into long-term grain sales agreement (see H. Res. 145), 6393 [21MR]
Square dance: designate as national folk dance (see H.R. 1706), 25720 [26SE]
State mining and mineral resources research institute program: establish (see H.R. 4214), 29242 [25OC]
States: standards for general revenue sharing payments (see H.R. 1386), 5250 [15MR]
Steel: sense of Congress on United States Steel Corp. and British Steel Corp. on importation (see H. Con. Res. 170), 33586 [17NO]
Tariff: require President to take certain action on trade barriers imposed by foreign countries (see H.R. 1240), 1582 [3FE]
Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act: repeal deductions which are illegal under Federal law to foreign officials or employees (see H.R. 2599), 8960 [19AP]
———repeal provisions relating to withholding on interest and dividends (see H.R. 2373), 8220 [12AP]
———repeal provisions requiring employer to report on tips (see H.R. 1587, 1601), 6530 [22MR], 8220 [12AP]
Taxation: allow credit to Federal employees covered under social security (see H.R. 3371), 16672 [21JN]
———allow to elect to treat income from crop received under Federal programs (see H.R. 1297), 1829 [7FE]
———cost-of-living adjustments (see H.R. 3790), 25188 [21SE]
———estate tax laws should not be modified by Economic Recovery Tax Act (see H. Res. 216), 14359 [2JN]
———exclude tips from gross income (see H.R. 550), 2416 [17FE]
———extend energy credit for investments in certain classes of property (see H.R. 3072), 16673 [21JN]
———loan interest treatment relative to corporate takeovers (see H.R. 3137), 18799 [12JY]
———provide full credit for contributions to candidates for Congress (see H.R. 3737), 28211 [18OC]
———provide that a spouse having less than $250 of compensation shall not be disqualified from having an individual retirement account (see H.R. 2468), 17194 [23JN]
———reduce the holding period required for long-term capital gain or loss treatment (see H.R. 2225), 6528 [22MR]
———remove certain limitations on charitable contributions (see H.R. 1285), 3092 [28FE]
———repeal highway use on heavy trucks and increase on diesel fuel (see H.R. 2124), 8220 [12AP]
———sense of Congress on withholding of interest and dividends (see H. Con. Res. 132), 14431 [3JN]
———standard mileage rate computation for charitable deduction (see H.R. 2697), 30964 [4NO]
———unrelated income of certain nonprofit charitable organizations (see H.R. 1773), 25525 [22SE]
———with respect to unrelated business income of private corporations under Federal law (see H.R. 4287), 32511 [14NO]
Thomas, Danny: award a special gold medal for outstanding work as an American (see H.J. Res. 93), 21016 [26JY]
Treaty of Paris: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 321), 19174 [14JY]
———proclaim day of national celebration for 200th anniversary of signing (see H. Con. Res. 127), 18917 [13JY]
Tribally Controlled Community College Assistance Act: amend (see H.R. 2307), 6843 [23MR]
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. Academy of Peace and Conflict Resolution: establish (see H.R. 1249), 1582 [3FE]
U.S. Code: amend (see H.R. 1415), 24217 [14SE]
Under Secretary of State for Agricultural Affairs: establish in the Dept. of State (see H.R. 4221), 30018 [31OC]
Uniform State Act: provide grandparents with rights to visit their grandchildren (see H. Con. Res. 45), 1830 [7FE]
VA: adjudicate benefit claims (see H.R. 1959), 4233 [8MR]
———establish Advisory Committee on Women Veterans (see H.R. 1137), 9402 [21AP]
———establish procedures for adjudication of claims for benefits (see H.R. 3300), 15722 [14JN]
———increase compensation for disabled, spouses, and children (see H.R. 2937), 11482 [9MY]
———increase the authorized number of members of the Board of Veterans' Appeals (see H.R. 2936), 11482 [9MY]
———per diem rate paid to States providing domiciliary, nursing home, and hospital care (see H.R. 1645), 2908 [24FE]
———provide mortgage assistance to veterans with guaranteed loans to avoid foreclosure (see H.R. 2948), 11482 [9MY]
———revise and extend certain health-care programs (see H.R. 2920), 11180 [5MY]
———sense of Congress with respect to role of Administrator (see H. Con. Res. 47), 2910 [24FE]
VA Medical Center, Altoona, Pa.: name James E. Van Zandt VA Medical Center (see H.R. 4294), 30885 [3NO]
VA Medical Center, Dublin, Ga.: name as Carl Vinson VA Medical Center (see H.R. 4294), 30885 [3NO]
Veterans: compensation for exposure to nuclear radiation or toxic chemicals (see H.R. 1914), 17193 [23JN]
———emergency job training assistance program for disabled (see H.R. 2355), 11932 [11MY]
———establish educational assistance programs (see H.R. 1400), 12251 [12MY]
———extend for l year requests for psychological readjustment and study post-traumatic stress disorder (see H.R. 1443), 5833 [16MR]
———increase compensation to certain blind suffering from hearing disabilities (see H.R. 2187), 5888 [17MR]
———World War I pensions (see H.R. 1918), 3988 [3MR]
Vietnam-era veterans: coin and sell national medal honoring (see H.R. 1870), 9691 [26AP]
———extend period of eligibility for GI bill (see H.R. 2204), 14000 [25MY]
———psychological readjustment counseling (see H.R. 2323), 8454 [13AP]
Voluntary workers: establish select commission to study (see H.R. 1264), 1583 [3FE]
Water resources: authorize ongoing program for research (see H.R. 2911), 18917 [13JY]
Watt, Sec. of the Interior: President should request his resignation (see H. Res. 321), 27724 [6OC]
Wine: international trade barriers (see H.R. 3795), 23251 [4AU]
Women's History Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 70), 2196 [15FE]
Biographies
Vietnam veterans on space shuttle Challenger, and in NASA program, 23434
Election
Committee on Agriculture, 132 [6JA]
Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, 132 [6JA]
Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 132 [6JA]
Essays
Voice of Democracy, Erik Brendtro, 6019
Factsheets
Tip Income Reporting Rules, Ways and Means Committee, 6030
Letters
Agent orange special treatment at McDonagh Medical Center, Kansas City, Mo., Marilyn Morris, 6022
Clinch River breeder reactor project funding: by, and 124 other Members of Congress, 25674 [23SE]
Conservation districts bulk rate mailing privileges (H.R. 3337): Milton E. (Bud) Mekelburg, 21289
———William F. Bolger, 21289
Decline of black farming in America, by, and 4 other House Members with Clarence M. Pendleton, 10860 [3MY]
Emergency Food Assistance and Commodity Distribution Act (H.R. 1590), Richard E. Lyng, Dept. of Agriculture, 15518 [13JN]
ETSI pipeline project and H.R. 1749, Paul G. Doran, 23973
Postal Service bulk rates for soil and water conservation districts (H.R. 3337): John R. Block, 16294
———Milton E. (Bud) Mekelburg, 16295
Universal Service Preservation Act (H.R. 3621) and access charge for telephone service, Kenneth Stofferahn, Jeff Solem, and Dennis Eisnach, 27422
Lists
Vietnam Veterans Art Group, Park Ridge, Ill., 18331 [30JN]
Poems
Gold Star Mother, Margaret M. Barrow, 33976
Press releases
Agent orange victim shows improvement with ``chelation'' therapy, 6022
Remarks by, on
Agriculture: long-term grain trade agreement, 25950, 25951 [27SE]
———payment-in-kind program, 22315
———payment-in-kind program (H.R. 1296), 4194 [8MR]
———repeal 50-cent assessment on dairy producers, 7431
———wheat incentive program (H.R. 4082), 27437
Alcohol Fuel Tax Incentive Uniformity Act: proposed (H.R. 4105), 27925
American Indian Day, 13175
Appropriations: emergency supplemental (H.R. 1718), 3950 [3MR]
———making supplemental (H.R. 3069), conference report, 21722
Baltic Freedom Day: designate (H.J. Res. 201), 16299
Belle Fourche irrigation project, South Dakota: authorize rehabilitation (S. 448), 29978, 29979 [31OC]
Budget: constitutional amendment to balance, 9594
———first concurrent resolution for fiscal year 1984 (H. Con. Res. 91), 6764-6766 [23MR]
———first concurrent resolution for fiscal year 1984 (H. Con. Res. 91), conference report, 17100
Civil service: retirement system, 6014
Coal Pipeline Act: enact (H.R. 1010), 25921 [27SE]
———enact (H.R. 3849), 23973
Conservation districts: bulk rate mailing privileges (H.R. 3337), 21289
Dairy Production Stabilization Act: enact (H.R. 4196), 31746, 31749 [9NO]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2969), 20989
Dept. of Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3363), 17707 [28JN]
Dorgan, Representative: Committee on Ways and Means appointment, 220
Dow Chemical Co.: track record on dioxin, 9072
Emergency Agricultural Credit Act: enact (H.R. 1190), 9842, 9843 [27AP], 10785
Emergency Food Assistance and Commodity Distribution Act: enact (H.R. 1590), 15517, 15518 [13JN], 16025, 16026 [16JN]
Emergency Housing Assistance Act: enact (H.R. 1983), 8942 [19AP]
Emergency Vietnam Veterans' Jobs Training Act: enact (H.R. 2355), 14544 [6JN]
Energy: alcohol fuel plants (H.R. 3101), 13658
Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 3132), 17155 [23JN]
Energy Conservation Daylight Saving Act: enact (H.R. 1398), 17258 [27JN], 19146, 19147, 19152 [14JY]
ERA: amend Constitution (H.J. Res. 1), 32819
Ethiopia: diversion and misuse of food aid, 29893
———starvation, 17673 [28JN]
Farmers Home Administration Deferral Act: proposed (H.R. 1024), 1077
FCC: telephone access charge decision, 27421
Flood Control Act: 50th anniversary, 34904
Foreign trade: grain embargo against Soviet Union, 25950, 25951 [27SE]
Grenada: press exclusion, 34775
Health: agent orange compensation legislation, 4183, 4223
———agent orange (dioxin), 21534
———dioxin exposure, 17262 [27JN]
Housing: mortgage assistance and emergency shelter (H.R. 1983), 8942 [19AP]
Hunger: politicization of American food aid, 29893
IMF: additional lending authority, 23362
———U.S. contributions, 23362
Indians: reauthorization of Tribally Controlled Community Colleges Act, 8477
Jobs: emergency supplemental appropriations (H.R. 1718), 3950 [3MR]
Military construction: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2972), 16609
Missouri River Basin, S. Dak.: Belle Fourche reclamation project reauthorization (H.R. 1282), 1851
National Weather Service: turn over to private sector, 6016
Natural gas: decontrol, 6059
Nuclear weapons: mutual and verifiable freeze and reductions (H.J. Res. 13), 5702 [16MR]
Payment-in-Kind Tax Treatment Act: enact (H.R. 1296), 4194 [8MR]
Personal explanation, 6015
Postal Service: bulk rates for soil and water conservation districts (H.R. 3337), 16294
Public debt limit: increase (H.R. 2990), 12738
Railroad Retirement Solvency Act: enact (H.R. 1646), 22391
Revenue sharing: amend and extend provisions (H.R. 2780), 22267
Rural Electrification and Telephone Revolving Fund Self-Sufficiency Act: proposed (H.R. 3050), 12974
Satellites: civil weather and land natural resource transfer to private sector (H. Con. Res. 168), 32778
SBA: loans to Vietnam and disabled veterans, 6058
Social Security Act: amend (H.R. 1900), 4595 [9MR]
Social Security Loophole Reform Act: proposed (H.R. 1429), 2150
South Dakota: construct, operate, and maintain central water supply system, the CENDAK Unit of the Pick-Sloan Missouri basin program (H.R. 4496), 34904
———construct, operate, and maintain Lake Andes-Wagner Unit, Pumping Division, Pick-Sloan Missouri basin program (H.R. 4497), 34904
South Korean airliner: Soviet attack, 24254
Soviet Union: grain embargo, 25950, 25951 [27SE]
Sports Violence Arbitration Act: proposed (H.R. 4495), 34766
State and Local Fiscal Assistance Act: amend (H.R. 2780), 22267
Tax Rate Equity Act: enact (H.R. 1183), 17133
Tax Reform Act: enact (H.R. 4170), 34759
Taxation: repeal interest and dividend withholding, 1085
Telephones: preserve universal service (H.R. 4102), 32142
Toxic substances: dioxin, 17262 [27JN]
Trade Act: worker and firm trade adjustment assistance program (H.R. 3391), 24300
Tribally Controlled Community College Assistance Act: amend (S. 726), conference report, 33307 [17NO]
Tribally Controlled Community Colleges Act: reauthorization, 8477
Universal Telephone Service Preservation Act: enact (H.R. 4102), 32142
VA: loans to Vietnam and disabled veterans, 6058
———renew the practice of providing upright gravemarkers for veterans buried in national cemeteries (H. Res. 382), 34771
VA Health Programs Act: amend (H.R. 2920), 13343
Veterans: exhibit of art by Vietnam-era, 18329 [30JN]
Veterans' Health Care and Programs Improvement Act: enact (H.R. 2920), conference report, 30482 [2NO]
Vietnam Veterans Agent Orange Relief Act: proposed (H.R. 1961), 4183, 4223
Vietnam Veterans National Medal Act: enact (H.R. 1870), 27992 [17OC]
Votes: position on missed, 6015
Wheat Improvement Act: enact (H.R. 4072), 33115 [16NO]
Wolsey, S. Dak.: U.S. Post Office 100th anniversary, 8478
Remarks in House relative to
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 1823 [7FE], 2145 [14FE], 3950, 3985 [3MR], 4183, 4194 [8MR], 4595 [9MR], 5702, 5828 [16MR], 6764 [23MR], 8216 [12AP], 8942 [19AP], 16025, 16084, 16089 [16JN], 17155 [23JN], 17259, 17262 [27JN], 17673, 17707 [28JN], 25950 [27SE], 27397 [5OC], 29781 [28OC], 29978 [31OC], 30482 [2NO], 31749, 31843 [9NO], 33115 [16NO], 33307, 33582 [17NO]
Special order: granted, 4231 [8MR], 16089 [16JN], 18334 [30JN]
Statements
American Trucking Industry—An Expression of Concern, by, and 51 other Members of Congress, 5864 [16MR]
Budget Resolution (excerpt), 17133 [23JN]
Civil Service Retirement System: administration proposals, 6014
———Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, 6014
Decline of Black Farming in America, by, and 4 other House Members, 10859 [3MY]
Tables
Agent orange claims, 4224 [8MR]
Testimonies
Telephone Service, by, 27421
Texts of
H. Res. 382, VA providing upright gravemarkers for veterans buried in national cemeteries, 34772
H.R. 1024, Farmers Home Administration Deferral Act, 1077
H.R. 1282, Belle Fourche reclamation project, Missouri River Basin, S. Dak., 1851
H.R. 1961, Vietnam Veterans Agent Orange Relief Act, 4224 [8MR]
H.R. 4495, Sports Violence Arbitration Act, 34766
Tributes
Fabian, John M., 23434
Ferguson, Odessa, 34785
Hartz, Charlie, 2147
Hauck, Frederick H., 23434
Roebuck, Raymond H., 22043
Thagard, Norman E., 23434