DICKS, NORMAN D. (a Representative from Washington)
Amendments offered by, to
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2969), 15534 [13JN], 15841 [15JN], 16063 [16JN]
———making appropriations (H.R. 4185), 30303 [1NO]
M-1 tank: funding, 16063 [16JN]
Nuclear weapons: mutual and verifiable freeze and reductions (H.J. Res. 13), 9359 [21AP], 11074, 11078 [4MY]
Appointments
Air Force Academy Board of Visitors, 1878 [8FE]
Conferee: H.R. 3263, military construction appropriations, 24275 [15SE]
———H.R. 3363, Dept. of the Interior and related agencies appropriations, 25450 [22SE]
———H.R. 4185, Dept. of Defense appropriations, 32694 [15NO]
Funeral committee for Phillip Burton, 8096 [12AP]
Funeral committee for Henry M. Jackson, 23708 [12SE]
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Dakour, Joseph: relief (see H.R. 2165), 5832 [16MR]
Federal Managers Association: authorize the establishment of a competitive health insurance program (see H.R. 1517), 2414 [17FE]
Omnibus Reconciliation Act: repeal provisions which reduce pay of certain Federal employees who are retired members of uniformed services (see H.R. 1515), 2414 [17FE]
OPM: permit Federal employees to transfer health benefit plan enrollments (see H.R. 1025), 937 [27JA]
Social security: certain hospice programs may provide nursing care (see H.R. 3696), 21517 [28JY]
Tacoma Harbor, Wash.: modify city waterway navigation channel and redefine the boundaries (see H.R. 1516), 2414 [17FE]
Taxation: repeal hospital insurance tax (see H.R. 1026), 937 [27JA]
Theroux, Diana: relief (see H.R. 2166), 5832 [16MR]
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Affectional or sexual orientation: prohibit discrimination (see H.R. 2624), 8961 [19AP]
Alcoholic beverages: legal minimum age for drinking and purchasing (see H. Con. Res. 23), 5834 [16MR]
Anti-Defamation League Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 408), 31844 [9NO]
Armed Forces: establish high school graduate program with technical training in return for commitment for enlisted service (see H.R. 1937), 7899 [11AP]
Bankruptcy: amend U.S. Code with respect to consumer credit, agricultural produce, and other purposes (see H.R. 1800), 23255 [4AU]
Bonneville lock and dam project: construct new lock (see H.R. 435), 157 [6JA]
Bryant, Paul W.: award a special gold medal to widow (see H.R. 1219), 29782 [28OC]
Budget: convene domestic economic summit to reduce deficit (see H.J. Res. 375), 28039 [17OC]
Burton, Phillip: Golden Gate National Recreation Area dedicated to (see H.R. 2600), 9402 [21AP]
Civil service retirement: take steps to insure integrity (see H. Res. 135), 5250 [15MR]
Clark, Barney B.: Presidential Medal of Freedom (see H. Res. 151), 10820 [3MY]
Columbia River Gorge Commission: establish (see H.R. 3853), 23253 [4AU]
Commissioner of Social Security and Sec. of Health and Human Services: correct benefits disparity known as notch problem (see H. Con. Res. 185), 33586 [17NO]
Committee on Children, Youth, and Families (Select): establish (see H. Res. 16), 1231 [1FE]
Committee on Hunger (Select): establish (see H. Res. 15), 16898 [22JN]
Commodity distribution: appropriations (see H.R. 1300), 3619 [2MR]
———expand and improve program (see H.R. 1299), 3619 [2MR]
Communications Act: assure services are universally available on nationwide basis at affordable rates (see H.R. 3440), 23738 [12SE]
———assure universal telephone service (see H.R. 3621, 4102), 25967 [27SE], 28211 [18OC]
Customs Service: include inspectors with retirement provisions applicable to hazardous occupations (see H.R. 3748), 29243 [25OC]
Dept. of Defense: establish position of Director of Operational Testing and Evaluation (see H.R. 3106), 14699 [7JN]
Dept. of Trade and Commerce: designate (see H.R. 1202), 2591 [22FE]
Eastern European countries: insure independent factual knowledge (see H.R. 601), 21517 [28JY]
Economic conditions: strengthen and expand economic base (see H.R. 4164), 28324 [19OC]
Education: authorize national program of improving the quality (see H.R. 881), 13619 [24MY]
———national policy that Federal Government contribute to support (see H. Con. Res. 118), 17813 [28JN], 20124 [20JY]
Educational opportunity: sense of Congress to maintain guidelines to insure equal rights (see H. Res. 190), 17194 [23JN]
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]
Export-Import Bank Act: amend (see H.R. 2561), 11180 [5MY]
Families of Americans missing in Southeast Asia: authorize bronze medal (see H.R. 3478), 23256 [4AU]
FCC: provide a moratorium on changes to rules (see H.R. 2250), 16898 [22JN]
———sense of House on telephone rates and judicial decisions affecting (see H. Res. 231), 16898 [22JN]
Federal Credit Union Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 139), 16092 [16JN]
Federal elections: provide that registration and polling places be accessible to handicapped and elderly (see H.R. 1250), 32202 [10NO]
Federal employees: increase Government contribution rate to health benefit plan (see H.R. 656), 8454 [13AP]
Federal Employees Health Benefits Information Center: establish (see H.R. 4261), 30335 [1NO]
Florence Crittenton Mission Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 383), 30570 [2NO]
Freedom of Information Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 434), 33585 [17NO]
House: amend certain rules (see H. Res. 56), 1493 [2FE]
INS: include inspectors with retirement provisions applicable to hazardous occupations (see H.R. 3748), 29243 [25OC]
Jewish Heritage Week: proclaim (see H.J. Res. 80), 7426 [24MR]
Johnson, Lady Bird: award gold medal (see H.J. Res. 394), 33586 [17NO]
Joint Chiefs of Staff: abolish and establish Chief of Staff for National Command Authorities and National Military Council (see H.R. 2560), 12252 [12MY]
Kamehameha the Great National Monument, Hawaii: establish (see H.R. 3642), 24727 [19SE]
Killer whales: prohibit the taking and importation for public display (see H.R. 4457), 33584 [17NO]
Labor: sense of Congress on U.S. workers taxed on their employer-paid health insurance benefits (see H. Res. 186), 16092 [16JN]
Land use: provide for conservation, rehabilitation, and improvement of natural and cultural resources on private and Indian (see H.R. 999), 380 [26JA]
Local governments: payments in lieu of taxes relative to Federal property (see H.R. 3843), 31526 [8NO]
Merchant Marine: strengthen domestic commerce (see H.R. 1076), 1186 [31JA]
Mortgage revenue bonds: continue issuance (see H.R. 1176), 6394 [21MR]
Municipal Clerk's Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 176), 23930 [13SE]
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), 20275 [21JY]
National Animal Agriculture Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 228), 8221 [12AP]
National Commission on Federal Budget Deficit Reductions: establish (see H.J. Res. 382), 29069 [24OC]
National Congregate and Meals on Wheels Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 386), 28660 [20OC]
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 Diabetes Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 307), 29243 [25OC]
National Diffusion Network: provide for continuation (see H.R. 2236), 23738 [12SE]
National Disabled Veterans Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 283), 15724 [14JN]
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), 30336 [1NO]
National Physical Fitness and Sports Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 140), 6394 [21MR]
National Port Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 173), 12793 [18MY]
National POW/MIA Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 388), 32202 [10NO]
National Respiratory Therapy Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 227), 18473 [11JY]
National Retired Teachers Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 20), 23256 [4AU]
National Scleroderma Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 225), 14609 [6JN]
National Sickle-Cell Anemia Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 155), 18474 [11JY]
National Theater Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 292), 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), 26800 [30SE]
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 should maintain current programs (see H. Con. Res. 40), 7426 [24MR]
Ocean and coastal resources management and development fund: establish (see H.R. 5), 12447 [16MY]
Olympics: tax designation for contributions to U.S. Olympic Committee (see H.R. 1984), 7605 [5AP]
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act: determining hourly rates of pay for Federal employees (see H.R. 3871), 23928 [13SE]
OPM: prohibit implementation of certain regulations published in the Federal Register (see H.R. 2449), 9402 [21AP]
Petroleum: amend Export Administration Act (see H.R. 1197), 5085 [14MR]
Public Health Service Act: sense of Congress respecting the administration (see H. Con. Res. 93), 24727 [19SE]
Public lands: payments in lieu of taxes to local governments (see H.R. 430), 12251 [12MY]
Public Works and Economic Development Act: amend (see H.R. 10), 2066 [10FE]
Social security: eliminate waiting period for disability benefits for terminally ill individuals (see H.R. 507), 17812 [28JN]
———permit hospice programs to provide nursing care (see H.R. 3588), 19579 [18JY]
Soviet Union: establish U.S.-Soviet Communications Center (see H.R. 408), 4715 [10MR]
———insure independent factual knowledge (see H.R. 601), 21517 [28JY]
———resolution on behalf of the independent peace movement (see H. Con. Res. 236), 34221 [18NO]
———should air to Soviet public movie The Day After (see H. Con. Res. 229), 33585 [17NO]
START: give first priority in negotiations to eliminating fear of nuclear strike (see H.J. Res. 61), 3619 [2MR]
States: establish ocean and coastal resources management and development fund (see H.R. 5), 12447 [16MY]
Taxation: allow credit to Federal employees covered under social security (see H.R. 3371), 18338 [30JN]
———credit for expenses incurred in care of elderly family members (see H.R. 3797), 29069 [24OC]
———define travel and transportation expenses of construction workers in computing income (see H.R. 700), 25188 [21SE]
———establish trust fund for taxpayer contributions for reduction of national debt (see H.R. 4070), 32766 [15NO]
———exempt members of the Armed Forces who die of hostile action overseas (see H.R. 4206), 30570 [2NO]
———provide for establishment of and deduction of contributions to individual housing accounts (see H.R. 2916), 17812 [28JN]
———reduce the holding period required for long-term capital gain or loss treatment (see H.R. 2225), 9288 [20AP]
———repeal highway use on heavy trucks and increase on diesel fuel (see H.R. 2124), 15154 [9JN]
———sense of Congress to administration's proposal of health benefits (see H. Res. 54), 28660 [20OC]
Thomas, Danny: award a special gold medal for outstanding work as an American (see H.J. Res. 93), 25188 [21SE]
Transportation: assure protection of the traveling public in air (see H.R. 2053), 4715 [10MR]
Truman, Harry S.: commemorate anniversary of birth (see H. Con. Res. 126), 15534 [13JN]
U.S. Academy of Peace and Conflict Resolution: establish (see H.R. 1249), 3250 [1MR]
U.S. and Soviet Union: should adhere to principle of builddown of nuclear forces (see H. Res. 133), 8454 [13AP]
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Foundation: establish (see H.R. 2809), 10479 [28AP]
U.S.-flag vessels: provide increased ocean transportation of bulk commodities and strengthen defense industrial base (see H.R. 1242), 1582 [3FE]
U.S.-Soviet Communications Center: establish (see H.R. 408), 4715 [10MR]
VA: establish procedures for adjudication of claims for benefits (see H.R. 3300), 19808 [19JY]
Veterans: chiropractic services coverage (see H.R. 3016), 21016 [26JY]
———World War I pensions (see H.R. 1918), 3988 [3MR]
Video recorders: copyrighted works (see H.R. 175), 11106 [4MY]
Vietnam-era veterans: coin and sell national medal honoring (see H.R. 1870), 27146 [4OC]
Water resources: authorize ongoing program for research (see H.R. 2911), 19583 [18JY]
Wine: international trade barriers (see H.R. 3795), 23251 [4AU]
World Food Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 263), 24218 [14SE]
Yakima River Basin water enhancement project: provide credit to State of Washington for construction costs (see H.R. 653), 162 [6JA]
Election
Committee on Appropriations, 132 [6JA]
Letters
Arms control and strategic modernization: by, and 9 other House Members, to President Reagan, 12254
———President Reagan, 12254
Clinch River breeder reactor project funding: by, and 124 other Members of Congress, 25674 [23SE]
Covert CIA activity in Nicaragua, by, and 36 other House Members, to President Reagan, 8459 [13AP]
MX missile—obligation and expenditure of funds for procurement (H. Con. Res. 113), by, and 13 other Members of Congress, to President Reagan, 16905 [22JN]
Nuclear weapons—Scowcroft Commission Report on MX missile, by, and 8 other House Members, 10876 [3MY]
Year end Dept. of Defense spending, James D. Watkins, 30301 [1NO]
Remarks by, on
American Conservation Corps Act: enact (H.R. 999), 3236 [1MR]
Appropriations: continuing (H.J. Res. 403), 31465 [8NO]
———making supplemental (H.R. 3069), 13944, 13946, 13948, 13949 [25MY]
———making supplemental (H.R. 3069), conference report, 21702 [29JY]
———making supplemental (H.R. 3959), 34069, 34083
Armed Forces: preparedness, 10557 [2MY]
Arms control: national policy, 10557 [2MY]
———START negotiations, 27292 [5OC]
B-1B bomber: funding, 30294 [1NO]
Budget: deficits, 26505 [29SE], 30868
Cosponsorship: removal from H.R. 2250, 22208 [2AU]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2969), 16063-16065, 16067, 16068 [16JN], 20039-20043, 20047 [20JY], 20077
———making appropriations (H.R. 4185), 29418, 29419-29422, 29427-29430, 29439 [26OC], 30294, 30301, 30303, 30304, 30312 [1NO], 30491, 30501 [2NO]
———making appropriations (H.R. 4185), conference report, 34028 [18NO]
Dept. of Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3363), 17711 [28JN]
Emergency Food Assistance and Commodity Distribution Act: enact (H.R. 1590), 15520 [13JN]
Employment: youth jobs program (H.R. 999), 3236 [1MR]
EPA: congressional investigation, 3084 [28FE]
Federal employees: whistle blowers, 3084 [28FE]
Grenada: U.S. military action, 30269 [1NO]
H.R. 2250: removal from cosponsorship, 22208 [2AU]
House: legislative program, 7895 [11AP]
IMF: U.S. contribution, 21702 [29JY]
Intelligence Authorization Act: prohibit support for military or paramilitary operations in Nicaragua (H.R. 2760), 21193
Medicare: reimbursment of hospice care (S. 1511), 21548
Merchant Marine Act: amend to strengthen domestic waterborne commerce (H.R. 1076), 15505
MX missile: development, 10557 [2MY]
———funding, 20082 [20JY], 20185, 20186, 20188 [21JY], 30312 [1NO]
———obligation and expenditure of funds for procurement (H. Con. Res. 113), 13379 [23MY], 13564-13566 [24MY]
National Commission on Federal Budget Deficit Reductions: establish (H.J. Res. 382), 30868
Nuclear weapons: arms control negotiations, 27292 [5OC]
———mutual and verifiable freeze and reductions (H.J. Res. 13), 8388, 8404, 8406, 8407, 8409, 8414, 8418, 8424, 8427 [13AP], 9235-9237, 9244, 9248, 9259, 9265 [20AP], 9355, 9356, 9359, 9360, 9363-9366 [21AP], 10416, 10428, 10431 [28AP], 11065, 11067, 11069, 11071, 11074-11075, 11079-11081 [4MY]
Parliamentary inquiry, 9365 [21AP], 11074, 11080, 11081 [4MY]
Pershing II missile: funding, 29418, 29419-29422, 29427 [26OC]
Quorum: call, 9366 [21AP], 20047 [20JY]
Reagan, President: economic policy, 26505 [29SE]
School Lunch and Child Nutrition Act: amend (H.R. 4091), 29052
Social Security Act: amend (H.R. 1900), conference report, 7399
Space: laser and particle beam satellites, 7328
Tacoma Harbor, Wash.: Federal navigation project, 2386 [17FE]
Unemployment: health insurance (H.R. 3021), 22631
Weapons systems: laser and particle beam satellites, 7328
Remarks in House relative to
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 2386 [17FE], 3084 [28FE], 7420 [24MR], 8409, 8426 [13AP], 10416 [28AP], 10557 [2MY], 11074, 11077 [4MY], 13564 [24MY], 15520 [13JN], 16063 [16JN], 20185 [21JY], 23841 [13SE], 27292 [5OC], 30269, 30303, 30312 [1NO], 34028, 34069 [18NO]
Special order: granted, 7419 [24MR], 11930 [11MY]
Reports
Committee on Appropriations, 25518 [22SE]
Delegation to the Soviet Union, United Kingdom, and Italy, 30880 [3NO]
Foreign Travel Expenditures, 25518 [22SE], 30880 [3NO]
M-1 Tank, House Appropriations Committee, 16063 [16JN]
Testimonies
M-1 Tank: Duard Ball, 16064, 16068 [16JN]
———James R. Ambrose, 16064 [16JN]
Tributes
Jackson, Henry M., 23841 [13SE], 27368
U.S. Army Rangers, 30269 [1NO]