DURBIN, RICHARD J. (a Representative from Illinois)
Amendments offered by, to
Coal: movement over public lands (H.R. 1010), 23931 [13SE]
Community Renewal Employment Act: enact (H.R. 1036), 25084, 25085 [21SE]
Employment: provide jobs repairing community facilities (H.R. 1036), 24727 [19SE]
Articles and editorials
Coal, Hays T. Watkins, Financier (publication), 21761
Pana Pioneer Heritage Guild Restores Historic Log Cabins, Gordon McKerral, Decatur (Ill.) Herald & Review, 8510
Union Council's Interests Expand, Ron Ingram, Decatur (Ill.) Herald & Review, 8514
Write-In-Law Spelled Out, Decatur (Ill.) Herald & Review, 8522
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Agriculture: adverse effects on U.S. exports of proposals to modify the European Community policy (see H. Res. 322), 26535 [29SE]
Fork Branch Creek: authorize a study to prevent flooding (see H.J. Res. 216), 6843 [23MR]
Interest and dividends: repeal withholding tax (see H.R. 564), 160 [6JA]
Rules of House: amend (see H. Res. 287), 21258 [27JY]
Soviet Union: enter into negotiations to establish a new long-term sales agreement (see H. Con. Res. 89), 5832 [16MR]
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Acidic deposition: provide for accelerated study of causes and effects (see H.R. 1405), 8962 [19AP]
Agricultural Act: guarantee, in kind, contracts by producers to manufacturers of liquid fuels (see H.R. 3101), 34222 [18NO]
Agriculture: credit assistance to farmers (see H.R. 1190), 2910 [24FE]
———earlier announcement of 1984 crop feed grain program (see H.R. 3564), 19173 [14JY]
———improve productivity of farmers (see H.R. 2714), 26536 [29SE]
———prohibit payment to persons who produce commodities on highly erodible land (see H.R. 3457), 25967 [27SE]
American Gold Star Mothers, Inc.: recognize (see H.R. 3811), 34222 [18NO]
American History Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 121), 7742 [7AP]
Andrei Sakharov Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 178), 11623 [10MY]
Anti-Defamation League Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 408), 31527 [8NO]
Apparel: reduction of imports (see H. Res. 172), 12252 [12MY]
Aquino, Benigno, Jr.: call for impartial international tribunal to investigate assassination (see H. Con. Res. 165), 24217 [14SE]
Baltic Freedom Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 201), 13620 [24MY]
Big Brothers and Big Sisters Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 356), 27399 [5OC]
Big Brothers/Big Sisters Appreciation Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 97), 2197 [15FE]
Blind Rehabilitation Center in the Haines Veterans' Administration Medical Center, Chicago, Ill.: designate as John Malamazian Blind Rehabilitation Center (see H.R. 4081), 31527 [8NO]
Broadcast stations: procedures for renewal and transfer of licenses (see H.R. 2382), 25525 [22SE]
Budget: convene domestic economic summit to reduce deficit (see H.J. Res. 375), 26945 [3OC]
Business: allow to jointly perform research and development (see H.R. 1952), 16673 [21JN]
Catholic War Veterans of U.S.A., Inc.: recognition (see H.R. 1199), 14698 [7JN]
Central America: sense of House to convene bi-partisan commission to address long-term security and economic development (see H. Res. 240), 19588 [18JY]
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]
Communications Act: assure universal telephone service (see H.R. 4102), 28211 [18OC]
Congressional pay adjustments: defer until March 1, following beginning of Congress (see H.R. 4203), 33191 [16NO]
Congressional Record: reduce gratuitous distribution (see H.R. 4049), 26799 [30SE]
Coordinated interagency research and demonstration projects: establish (see H.R. 4192), 28856 [21OC]
Criminals: improve collection of fines (see H.R. 4162), 30336 [1NO]
Dept. of Defense: increase use of formal advertising in procurement of property and services (see H.R. 4005), 26201 [28SE]
Education: authorize national program of improving the quality (see H.R. 881), 13619 [24MY]
———foreign languages (see H.R. 2708), 18428 [30JN]
———provide assistance to improve in mathematics and sciences (see H.R. 1699), 3092 [28FE]
———provide for a national summit conference (see H.R. 3245), 18799 [12JY]
Employment: guarantee work opportunity for all Americans (see H.R. 777), 253 [25JA]
Employment Act: establish a National Economic Cooperation Council (see H.R. 3443), 18231 [29JN]
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), 4234 [8MR]
Ethiopian Jews: expressing the concern of Congress regarding the plight (see H. Con. Res. 107), 19808 [19JY]
FCC: sense of House on telephone rates and judicial decisions affecting (see H. Res. 231), 16898 [22JN]
Federal and State antitrust laws: modify certain joint research and development activities (see H.R. 4043), 34223 [18NO]
Federal Credit Union Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 139), 16092 [16JN]
Federal Meat Inspection Act: amend (see H.R. 1795), 18799 [12JY]
Federal Reserve System: increase representation of small business interests and agricultural interests (see H.R. 2566), 33585 [17NO]
Federal Supplemental Compensation Act: extend for additional 6 months (see H.R. 3433), 18917 [13JY]
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), 29782 [28OC]
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]
Georgia: commemorative medals for 250th anniversary of founding (see H.R. 3828), 34222 [18NO]
GSA: take action to improve management of Federal procurement programs (see H.R. 898), 7425 [24MR]
Highway Revenue Act: repeal increase in heavy truck use tax and increase on diesel fuel (see H.R. 1436), 7742 [7AP]
Honduras and Nicaragua: furnish certain information to House of Representatives regarding U.S. activities (see H. Res. 159), 8453 [13AP]
Human rights: concerning observance by Romania of the Hungarians in Transylvania (see H. Res. 147), 34224 [18NO]
Illinois: alter composition of northern U.S. court district (see H.R. 1579), 24218 [14SE]
Illinois and Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor: establish (see H.R. 2014), 4663 [9MR]
International currency exchange rates: consideration at Williamsburg Summit (see H. Res. 194), 13621 [24MY]
Iran: persecution of Bahai religion (see H. Con. Res. 226), 33190 [16NO]
IRS: improve procedures of investigations and audits of churches (see H.R. 2977), 23930 [13SE]
Israel: support of the House of Representatives on agreeing to withdrawal of forces from Lebanon (see H. Res. 203), 14000 [25MY]
Japan: urgency of extending the auto export restraints (see H. Con. Res. 178), 29675 [27OC]
Jewish War Veterans of the United States of America, Inc.: recognize (see H.R. 3775), 26203 [28SE]
Johnson, Lady Bird: award gold medal (see H.J. Res. 394), 33586 [17NO]
Kamehameha the Great National Monument, Hawaii: establish (see H.R. 3642), 31845 [9NO]
King, Martin Luther, Jr.: designate birthday a legal public holiday (see H.R. 800), 3619 [2MR]
Lebanon: require President to submit report of U.S. Armed Forces (see H.J. Res. 348), 24219 [14SE]
———support of the House of Representatives on agreeing to withdrawal of Israeli forces (see H. Res. 203), 14000 [25MY]
Lithuanian Independence Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 60), 164 [6JA]
Local government: exempt units from the operation of antitrust laws (see H.R. 2981), 11931 [11MY]
———require emergency personnel to be notified of shipments of nuclear waste (see H.R. 4297), 30886 [3NO]
Louisiana World Exposition: strike medals to commemorate (see H.R. 3321), 18337 [30JN]
Low-income and unemployed: provide emergency food assistance and improve commodity distribution program (see H.R. 1590), 7426 [24MR]
Members of Congress: eliminate certain binding (see H.R. 4050), 26799 [30SE]
———pay adjustments (see H.R. 706), 2852 [23FE]
Mississippi River: restrict authority of Chief of Engineers to terminate certain leases (see H.R. 2951), 11482 [9MY]
Mortgage revenue bonds: continue issuance (see H.R. 1176), 3092 [28FE]
Motor vehicles: establish domestic content requirements (see H.R. 1234), 5085 [14MR]
Municipal Clerk's Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 176), 7742 [7AP]
NASA: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 284), 24820 [20SE]
National Adult Day Care Center Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 132), 20275 [21JY]
National Agriculture Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 311), 18233 [29JN]
National Alzheimer's Disease Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 179), 6844 [23MR]
National Animal Agriculture Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 228), 15841 [15JN]
National Atomic Veterans' Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 210), 8221 [12AP]
National Building Safety Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 163, 282), 9288 [20AP], 13999 [25MY]
National Child Support Enforcement Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 273), 16674 [21JN]
National Children's Liver Disease Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 234), 10481 [28AP]
National Commission on Federal Budget Deficit Reductions: establish (see H.J. Res. 382), 33586 [17NO]
National Diabetes Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 307), 24218 [14SE]
National Disabled Veterans Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 283), 20123 [20JY]
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 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), 14000 [25MY]
National Medical Transcriptionist Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 235), 12794 [18MY]
National Mental Health Counselors Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 102), 5085 [14MR]
National Parkinson's Disease Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 160), 8772 [18AP]
National Poetry Day: designation (see H.J. Res. 209), 23930 [13SE]
National Recognition Week for Registered Nurses and Licensed Practical Nurses: designate (see H.J. Res. 220), 9691 [26AP]
National Retired Teachers Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 20), 23256 [4AU]
National Reye's Syndrome Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 49), 16673 [21JN]
National Safety in the Workplace Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 29), 14360 [2JN]
National School Bus Safety Week: proclaim (see H.J. Res. 137), 12252 [12MY]
National Scleroderma Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 225), 14883 [8JN]
National Tourism Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 168), 5833 [16MR]
National Volunteer Firefighter Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 330), 28211 [18OC]
Natural gas: establish pipelines as common carriers (see H.R. 2565), 8556 [14AP]
———provide a temporary means to correct imbalances in prices (see H.R. 873), 2196 [15FE]
Natural Gas Act: establish new import prices (see H.R. 1441), 7605 [5AP]
Natural Gas Policy Act: limit prices and improve marketing practices (see H.R. 2154), 5831 [16MR]
Nuclear weapons: calling for mutual freeze and reduction (see H.J. Res. 2), 259 [25JA]
———mutual and verifiable freeze (see H.J. Res. 13), 5043 [11MR]
Nutrition: Federal Government maintain current programs (see H. Con. Res. 40), 939 [27JA]
Olympics: tax designation for contributions to U.S. Olympic Committee (see H.R. 1984), 18337 [30JN]
Patent law: restore term of grant which prevents the marketing of a product (see H.R. 3502), 34222 [18NO]
Petroleum: amend Export Administration Act (see H.R. 1197), 7425 [24MR]
Polish Legion of American Veterans, U.S.A.: recognize (see H.R. 29), 26536 [29SE]
Post Office and Court House Building, Greensboro, N.C.: designate as L. Richardson Preyer Federal Building (see H.R. 4210), 30887 [3NO]
Printing and binding: eliminate certain (see H.R. 4051), 26799 [30SE]
Public Health Service Act: authorize financial assistance for organ procurement organizations (see H.R. 4080), 29069 [24OC]
———establish National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Diseases (see H.R. 1403), 14000 [25MY]
Railroad Retirement Act: study alternative methods for financing annuities (see H. Con. Res. 28), 2591 [22FE]
Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act: assure sufficient resources to pay benefits (see H.R. 459), 5043 [11MR]
REA: insure continued financial integrity (see H.R. 3050), 12792 [18MY]
Rules: amend regarding printing of remarks in Congressional Record (see H. Res. 327), 26800 [30SE]
Ryan, Leo J.: award special gold medal to family (see H.R. 3348), 20667 [25JY]
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]
Small business: provide long-term capital gain treatment to certain participating debentures (see H.R. 1136), 11932 [11MY]
Social security: limit benefits for individuals residing abroad (see H.R. 1272), 1583 [3FE]
———provide for reform in disability process (see H.R. 3755), 28211 [18OC]
South Korean airliner: Soviet attack (see H.J. Res. 353), 23929 [13SE]
Soviet Union: sense of Congress concerning certain international agreements on human rights (see H. Con. Res. 63), 9289 [20AP]
Square dance: designate as national folk dance (see H.R. 1706), 25720 [26SE]
Steel: sense of Congress on United States Steel Corp. and British Steel Corp. on importation (see H. Con. Res. 170), 33586 [17NO]
Tariff: provide for rates of duty on imported roses consistent with those maintained by EEC (see H.R. 1146), 14068 [26MY]
Taxation: allow credit to Federal employees covered under social security (see H.R. 3371), 23738 [12SE]
———allow to elect to treat income from crop received under Federal programs (see H.R. 1297), 1829 [7FE]
———credit for compensation paid to employees with precollege mathematics teaching certificates (see H.R. 836), 3092 [28FE]
———exempt farm trucks from the heavy truck use (see H.R. 964), 16898 [22JN]
———exempt members of the Armed Forces who die of hostile action overseas (see H.R. 4206), 33191 [16NO]
———provide that a spouse may elect an individual retirement account (see H.R. 2772), 18799 [12JY]
———third-year cut from Economic Recovery Tax Act (see H.R. 1183), 14882 [8JN]
———unrelated income of certain nonprofit charitable organizations (see H.R. 1773), 25525 [22SE]
Thomas, Danny: award a special gold medal for outstanding work as an American (see H.J. Res. 93), 22727 [3AU]
Truman, Harry S.: award special congressional gold medal (see H.R. 3614), 30336 [1NO]
UN: sense of Congress that Iran cease persecution of Bahais (see H. Con. Res. 173), 30571 [2NO]
VA: increase per diem rate to States (see H.R. 103), 5084 [14MR]
———per diem rate paid to States providing domiciliary, nursing home, and hospital care (see H.R. 1645), 5085 [14MR]
Valley City and Florence, Ill.: make eligible for assistance construction of certain bridge in vicinity (see H.R. 3126), 13618 [24MY]
Veterans: extend period of eligibility for GI bill for certain Vietnam-era (see H.R. 2204), 25967 [27SE]
Vietnam-era veterans: coin and sell national medal honoring (see H.R. 1870), 22726 [3AU]
———exposure to herbicides or other environmental hazards or conditions (see H.R. 1961), 4233 [8MR]
William L. Springer Lake: deauthorize portion of the flood control project for Illinois River and tributaries (see H.R. 857), 2416 [17FE]
Wine: international trade barriers (see H.R. 3795), 23251 [4AU]
Women's History Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 70), 2852 [23FE]
Year of the Bible: issue stamps commemorating (see H.R. 4021), 30018 [31OC]
Broadcasts
National economic health, Barrett H. Geoghegan, WAND-TV, Decatur, Ill., 8517
Election
Committee on Agriculture, 132 [6JA]
Committee on Science and Technology, 132 [6JA]
Letters
International competition—when free-trader Reagan winks at Congress, by, New York (N.Y.) Times, 18561 [11JY]
Remarks by, on
Agriculture: long-term grain agreement with Soviet Union, 5875 [17MR]
———payment-in-kind program (H.R. 1296), 4198 [8MR]
———sense of House on proposal to modify the policy of European Economic Community (H. Res. 322), 33493 [17NO]
Appropriations: continuing (H.J. Res. 413), 32109 [10NO]
———emergency supplemental (H.R. 1718), 3956 [3MR]
Committee on Science and Technology: alteration of hearings record, 17678 [28JN]
Community Renewal Employment Act: enact (H.R. 1036), 25084-25089, 25120 [21SE]
Congressional Record: amend rules relative to record of proceedings, 21168 [27JY]
Cosponsorship: removal from H.R. 100, 11178 [5MY]
Decatur, Ill.: anniversary of WAND-TV, 23454
———Central Illinois Vocational Assessment Center, 34927
———labor-management relations climate, 8514
———tribute to St. Mary's Hospital, 23365
Decatur and Macon Counties, Ill.: Helping Education through Arts Resources for Teachers, 6059
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2969), 14035 [26MY]
Emergency Agricultural Credit Act: enact (H.R. 1190), 9829 [27AP], 10771, 10779 [3MY]
Emergency Food Assistance and Commodity Distribution Act: enact (H.R. 1590), 15520 [13JN]
Emergency Housing Assistance Act: enact (H.R. 1983), 11896 [11MY]
Emergency Mathematics and Science Education Act: enact (H.R. 1310), 6059
Employment: Central Illinois Vocational Assessment Center, 34927
Foreign trade: long-term grain agreement with Soviet Union, 5875 [17MR]
Groberman, Yankel A.: efforts to emigrate from Soviet Union, 3463
H.R. 100: removal from cosponsorship, 11178 [5MY]
Health Care for the Unemployed Act: proposed (H.R. 3021), 23131 [4AU]
Highway Trust Fund: increasing authorization for emergency relief (H.R. 3103), 15494 [13JN], 30279 [1NO]
House: legislative program, 13998 [25MY]
Housing: mortgage assistance and shelter, 11896 [11MY]
Housing and Urban-Rural Recovery Act: enact (H.R. 1), 18746 [12JY]
Illinois: unemployment, 17760 [28JN]
Jobs: emergency supplemental appropriations (H.R. 1718), 3956 [3MR]
Lebanon: terrorist bombing of U.S. Marines barracks, 29400 [26OC], 29740 [28OC]
Lebanon Emergency Assistance Act: enact (S. 639), 14220 [1JN]
Lithuania: Terrible June Days, 16006
Lithuanian Independence Day, 2398
Marines: deployment in Lebanon, 29400 [26OC], 29740 [28OC]
MX missile: obligation and expenditure of funds for procurement (H. Con. Res. 113), 13587
Natural gas: prices, 1893 [8FE]
Oregon Wilderness Act: enact (H.R. 1149), 7430
Pana, Ill.: Pioneer Heritage Guild, 8509
Payment-in-Kind Tax Treatment Act: enact (H.R. 1296), 4198 [8MR]
Personal explanation, 12788
Quorum: call, 25090 [21SE]
Social Security Act: amend (H.R. 1900), 4623 [9MR]
Soviet Jews: Call to Conscience Vigil, 3463
Soviet Union: long-term grain agreement, 5875 [17MR]
Sports: football's George S. Halas dies, 31074
Springfield, Ill.: Cathedral Boys High School 50th anniversary, 27184
———Griffin High 25th anniversary, 27184
St. Mary's Hospital, Decatur, Ill.: tribute, 23365
Ukrainian Independence Day: commemorate, 364
Unemployment: Federal employment and training program (H.R. 1036), 25084-25089, 25120 [21SE]
———home district, 17760 [28JN]
Votes: position on missed, 12788
WAND-TV (Decatur, Ill.): anniversary, 23454
Wilsonville, Ill.: hazardous chemical waste dump closing, 27192
Remarks in House relative to
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 3956 [3MR], 5828 [16MR], 5875 [17MR], 9829 [27AP], 15520 [13JN], 15839 [15JN], 18746 [12JY], 21168 [27JY], 29210 [25OC], 29400 [26OC], 29740 [28OC], 33493 [17NO]
Special order: granted, 12790 [18MY]
Statements
St. Patrick's Day: by, and 78 other Members of Congress, 6029 [17MR]
Tributes
Halas, George S., 31074
Tangney, William, 8522