HARTNETT, THOMAS F. (a Representative from South Carolina)
Amendments offered by, to
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2969), 15790 [15JN], 20954 [26JY]
———making appropriations (H.R. 4185), 29245 [25OC], 29437 [26OC]
Legislative branch: making appropriations (H.R. 3135), 14361 [2JN], 14418 [3JN]
Articles and editorials
Natural Gas Deregulation—Government Rules Raise Natural Gas Cost, Exxon Official Says, Terry Bresnihan, Charleston (S.C.) Post, 22351
Natural Gas Deregulation—Time Has Come To Decontrol, Charleston (S.C.) News & Courier, 22351
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Constitution: amend to provide that the total amount of money expended during fiscal year not exceed the amount of revenues (see H.J. Res. 108), 1187 [31JA]
Menthol feedstocks: suspend temporarily the duty (see H.R. 1086), 1186 [31JA]
Policeman and fireman: exclude from gross income amounts received from public retirement system (see H.R. 1087), 1186 [31JA]
Sec. of Agriculture: establish special program of payment in kind for acreage diversion (see H.R. 1541), 2415 [17FE]
Siu Kee Tong: relief (see H.R. 1934), 3989 [3MR]
Social security: postpone for 10 years provisions terminating mother's and father's benefits (see H.R. 3711), 21751 [29JY]
Yuan Kiang Chou: relief (see H.R. 1934), 3989 [3MR]
Zorba (vessel): make eligible for coastwise license (see H.R. 4205), 29069 [24OC]
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations: make certain changes in membership and operations (see H.R. 1617), 4666 [9MR]
Agricultural Act: modify dairy price support program (see H.R. 696), 163 [6JA]
Agriculture: credit assistance to farmers (see H.R. 1190), 2066 [10FE]
———establish export payment-in-kind program (see H.R. 1659), 2909 [24FE]
———exclude commodities from requirements that such be transported on U.S.-flag commercial vessels (see H.R. 2949), 18337 [30JN]
———expand export of commodities (see H. Con. Res. 81), 4157 [7MR]
Alcoholic beverages: legal minimum age for drinking and purchasing (see H. Con. Res. 23), 165 [6JA]
American Unity Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 242), 9691 [26AP]
Antitrust laws: clarify territorial provisions in licenses of trademarked malt beverages (see H.R. 2262), 14360 [2JN]
———limit the application with respect to certain research and development programs (see H.R. 3975), 25524 [22SE]
Armed Forces: extend certain expiring enlistment and reenlistment bonuses (see H.R. 1936), 4234 [8MR]
———Reserve commissioned officers promoted to higher grade while serving on active duty (see H.R. 679), 8220 [12AP]
Army Reserve Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 184), 8221 [12AP]
Baltic Freedom Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 201), 14361 [2JN]
Bankruptcy: with respect to consumer credit, agricultural produce, and other purposes (see H.R. 1800), 14882 [8JN]
Broadcast stations: procedures for renewal and transfer of licenses (see H.R. 2382), 12527 [17MY]
Budget: amend Constitution relating to Federal procedures (see H.J. Res. 243), 9288 [20AP]
Bullets: penalties for use of armor-piercing (see H.R. 3796), 31526 [8NO]
Cargo preference requirements: sense of Congress in opposition to further expansion (see H. Con. Res. 136), 17271 [27JN]
Children: protect against sexual exploitation (see H.R. 3635), 25721 [26SE]
Commission on Centennial Review of Civil Service: establish (see H.R. 2097), 21517 [28JY]
Committee on Budget: consider option of freeze on Federal spending (see H. Res. 25), 165 [6JA]
Committee on Children, Youth, and Families (Select): establish (see H. Res. 16), 1231 [1FE]
Comprehensive Crime Control Act: enact (see H.R. 2151), 17812 [28JN]
Computer Contribution Act: enact (see H.R. 701), 5085 [14MR]
Constitution: allow an item veto in appropriations bills (see H.J. Res. 404), 30887 [3NO]
———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]
———amend with respect to prayer or other religious activity in public schools (see H.J. Res. 133), 10820 [3MY]
Copyright Royalty Tribunal: grant cable companies exemption from recent rate increases (see H.R. 3419), 18917 [13JY]
Crime: penalties for violent felonies against older persons (see H.R. 1920), 32510 [14NO]
Crime and criminals: establish procedures for death penalty for Presidential assassination (see H.R. 2240), 6529 [22MR]
Crimes and criminal procedure: penalize obstruction of hunts (see H.R. 3713), 34222 [18NO]
Cuba: return of certain nationals who arrived in the Mariel boatlift (see H. Con. Res. 215), 32202 [10NO]
Dairy price support program: amend (see H.R. 1604), 4158 [7MR]
Davis-Bacon Act: repeal (see H.R. 2734), 12252 [12MY]
Dept. of Education: terminate (see H.R. 714), 11106 [4MY]
Dept. of Energy: terminate (see H.R. 713), 11106 [4MY]
Economic crisis: accept seriousness and adopt a jobs-creating freeze budget (see H.J. Res. 138), 2065 [10FE]
Education: Federal assistance for improved student opportunities in mathematics, science, technology, and foreign languages (see H.R. 659), 1584 [3FE]
Elections: establish day and times for Federal (see H.R. 84), 2416 [17FE]
Enterprise Zone Employment and Development Act: enact (see H.R. 1955), 7426 [24MR]
ERISA: investment of employee plans in residential mortgages (see H.R. 1179), 4666 [9MR]
Farmers Home Administration: permit farmers to transfer, encumber, or lease property securing certain loans (see H.R. 136), 9691 [26AP]
Federal Aviation Act: transportation of controlled substances (see H.R. 1580), 28325 [19OC]
Federal contracts: amend Davis-Bacon Act to provide new job opportunities (see H.R. 3846), 23253 [4AU]
Federal courts: reorganize system for cases and proceedings under bankruptcy laws (see H.R. 3257), 22727 [3AU]
Federal disaster assistance: provide to producers of peaches and apples (see H.R. 3335), 16090 [16JN]
Federal Elections Campaign Act: amend with respect to contributions and expenditures by banks, corporations, and labor unions (see H.R. 3024), 14068 [26MY]
Federal employees: make regulations more cost effective (see H.R. 3939), 33191 [16NO]
Federal Power Act: provide protection to electric consumers (see H.R. 4402), 33188 [16NO]
Federal Property and Administrative Services Act: amend section 305 pertaining to contract progress payments by agencies (see H.R. 858), 9402 [21AP]
Feltsman, Vladimir: Soviet Union should allow freedom to travel to U.S. (see H. Con. Res. 177), 30887 [3NO]
Firearms: limit availability of handgun bullets capable of penetrating certain body armor (see H.R. 953), 4665 [9MR]
———protect manufacturers from certain litigation (see H.R. 3715), 34222 [18NO]
———protect owners from certain litigation (see H.R. 3716), 34222 [18NO]
———protect the rights of owners (see H.R. 2420), 11106 [4MY]
———provide lawful possession (see H.R. 3714), 34222 [18NO]
Florence Crittenton Mission Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 383), 30570 [2NO]
Georgia: commemorative medals for 250th anniversary of founding (see H.R. 3828), 34222 [18NO]
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]
Handicapped: tax deduction for elimination of architectural and transportation barriers (see H.R. 1016), 18916 [13JY]
Hobbs Act: amend relative to labor union violence (see H.R. 287), 9874 [27AP]
Humans: establish U.S. governmental policy with regard to respect for life (see H.R. 618), 5833 [16MR]
Hydraulic cement: impose duties on subsidized clinker, concrete block, and brick (see H.R. 3658), 25188 [21SE]
Implement national strategy: call of the President to protect people from nuclear war and to render nuclear weapons obsolete (see H.R. 3073), 13006 [19MY]
International Claims Settlement Act: provide for determination of claims of U.S. citizens aboard South Korean airliner (see H.R. 3918), 26945 [3OC]
IRS: regulate and limit collection procedures (see H.R. 171), 166 [6JA]
Israel: support of the House of Representatives on agreeing to withdrawal of forces from Lebanon (see H. Res. 203), 14000 [25MY]
Jewish Heritage Week: proclaim (see H.J. Res. 80), 4234 [8MR]
Judicial annuities: provide for surviving spouses (see H.R. 2789), 27724 [6OC]
Korean war: erect memorial in Washington, D.C., to honor members of Armed Forces (see H.J. Res. 236), 23256 [4AU]
Labor: amend Hobbs Act relative to union violence (see H.R. 287), 9874 [27AP]
Lebanon: support of the House of Representatives on agreeing to withdrawal of Israeli forces (see H. Res. 203), 14000 [25MY]
Lupus Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 260), 26203 [28SE]
Metric Conversion Act: repeal (see H.R. 674), 4234 [8MR]
Metropolitan Opera Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 317), 26945 [3OC]
Military installations: contracting out firefighting and base security functions (see H.R. 2324), 9288 [20AP]
Minimum wage: provide special for youth employment (see H.R. 485), 158 [6JA]
Ministers: tax treatment (see H.R. 1905), 31844 [9NO]
Mortgage revenue bonds: continue issuance (see H.R. 1176), 12527 [17MY]
Myasthenia Gravis Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 278), 26203 [28SE]
National Agriculture Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 311), 20275 [21JY]
National Beta Club Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 326), 29675 [27OC]
National Children's Liver Disease Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 234), 11180 [5MY]
National Cystic Fibrosis Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 270), 23738 [12SE]
National defense stockpile: barter for acquisitions (see H.R. 3544), 18915 [13JY]
National Diabetes Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 307), 29243 [25OC]
National Digestive Diseases Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 226), 11483 [9MY]
National Drug Abuse Education Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 215), 28324 [19OC]
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), 32766 [15NO]
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 Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 186), 7742 [7AP]
National Patriotism Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 95), 33586 [17NO]
National Physical Fitness and Sports Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 140), 6394 [21MR]
National School Bus Safety Week: proclaim (see H.J. Res. 137), 20275 [21JY]
National Surveyors Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 103), 1944 [8FE]
National Tourism Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 168), 12528 [17MY]
National Volunteer Firefighter Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 330), 31527 [8NO]
Nuclear arsenals: mutual and verifiable reductions (see H.J. Res. 4), 5043 [11MR]
Ocean and coastal resources management and development fund: establish (see H.R. 5), 12447 [16MY]
Older Americans Month: observance (see H. Con. Res. 101), 11106 [4MY]
Olympics: tax designation for contributions to U.S. Olympic Committee (see H.R. 1984), 4663 [9MR]
Omnibus Reconciliation Act: repeal sec. 301 (see H.R. 316), 11106 [4MY]
———repeal section 301 (see H.R. 237), 7899 [11AP]
Passenger vessels: admit certain to coastwise trade (see H.R. 2883), 30018 [31OC]
Patent law: restore term of grant which prevents the marketing of a product (see H.R. 3502), 34222 [18NO]
Peace through strength: national security policy should reflect national strategy (see H. Con. Res. 83), 4665 [9MR]
Petroleum: amend Export Administration Act (see H.R. 1197), 7425 [24MR]
Postal Service: issue stamp commemorating U.S. POW's and MIA's (see H. Res. 45), 2197 [15FE]
Radio stations: equity to daytime broadcasters (see H.R. 2385), 19175 [14JY]
REA: insure continued financial integrity (see H.R. 3050), 12792 [18MY]
Retirement savings: compute deduction for payments on basis of spouse compensation (see H.R. 271), 25967 [27SE]
Rules of House: amend (see H. Res. 287), 31527 [8NO]
Sea grant college program: appropriations (see H.R. 1643), 12251 [12MY]
Sec. of Agriculture: permit farmers to transfer, encumber, or lease property securing certain loans (see H.R. 136), 9691 [26AP]
———should barter commodities for materials produced in foreign countries (see H. Con. Res. 56), 9620 [25AP]
Severe Storms Advisory Committee: establish (see H.R. 3207), 24218 [14SE]
Social security: child support enforcement by States (see H.R. 3546), 25525 [22SE]
———disability insurance benefits and medicare shall be financed from general revenues (see H.R. 3417), 30336 [1NO]
———limit benefits for individuals residing abroad (see H.R. 1272), 1583 [3FE]
———require each State to enforce mandatory wage withholding for child support payments (see H.R. 3354), 24819 [20SE]
Social Security Act: provide benefits for aliens after they have been admitted lawfully into the U.S. (see H.R. 950), 378 [26JA]
———remove limitations on amount of outside income (see H.R. 786), 5043 [11MR]
South Korean airliner: Soviet attack (see H.J. Res. 353), 24219 [14SE]
Southeast interstate waste management compact: grant the consent of the Congress (see H.R. 3777), 22726 [3AU]
Soviet Union: forced labor (see H. Con. Res. 100), 14361 [2JN]
———sense of Congress with respect to jamming broadcasts of Voice of America and RFE/RL Inc. (see H. Con. Res. 145), 19579 [18JY]
———U.S. should enter into long-term grain sales agreement (see H. Res. 145), 6393 [21MR]
State and local governments: provide financial relief by eliminating certain requirements (see H.R. 625), 11622 [10MY]
States: establish a welfare program as a condition to receive Federal funds (see H.R. 695), 11180 [5MY]
———establish ocean and coastal resources management and development fund (see H.R. 5), 12447 [16MY]
Taxation: adjustment of income brackets to prevent inflation-caused increases (see H. Con. Res. 85), 21259 [27JY]
———certain married individuals shall be eligible for deductions for retirement savings (see H.R. 3266), 26800 [30SE]
———cost-of-living adjustments (see H.R. 3790), 25188 [21SE]
———deduction for payments into retirement savings (see H.R. 271), 25967 [27SE]
———dependent care services (see H.R. 1991), 25525 [22SE]
———establish a nationally uniform deep-draft commercial channels and harbors fund (see H.R. 2406), 14000 [25MY]
———establish system of imposition on gross income (see H.R. 2564), 31526 [8NO]
———estate tax laws should not be modified by Economic Recovery Tax Act (see H. Res. 216), 14359 [2JN]
———exclude from gross income fare benefits received by employees and their families (see H.R. 943), 19808 [19JY]
———exempt holdings in independent local newspapers from excess business of private foundations (see H.R. 2589), 8960 [19AP]
———implementation of reduction and indexing provisions of Economic Recovery Tax Act (see H. Con. Res. 115), 15154 [9JN]
———increase maximum deduction for contributions to retirement savings (see H.R. 2553), 24347 [15SE]
———increase maximum deductions to $2,500 for contributions to retirement savings allowing compensation for spouses (see H.R. 765), 24217 [14SE]
———make credit refundable for dependent care expenses and additional investment credit for center property (see H.R. 983), 28325 [19OC]
———make permanent deductions for charitable contributions by nonitemizers (see H.R. 1315), 19175 [14JY]
———married individuals are eligible for deductions of retirement savings on earnings of spouses (see H.R. 2984), 24347 [15SE]
———married individuals' deductions for retirement savings on earnings of their spouse (see H.R. 3309), 26536 [29SE]
———provide for establishment of and deduction of contributions to individual housing accounts (see H.R. 2916), 14360 [2JN]
———provide for individual housing accounts (see H.R. 2072), 5042 [11MR]
———provide permanent rules for treatment of fringe benefits (see H.R. 3525), 27399 [5OC]
———provide that a spouse having less than $250 of compensation shall not be disqualified from having a individual retirement account (see H.R. 2468), 24347 [15SE]
———reduce the holding period required for long-term capital gain or loss treatment (see H.R. 2225), 9402 [21AP]
———repeal certain increases for highways (see H.R. 1067), 3989 [3MR]
———repeal highway use on heavy trucks and increase on diesel fuel (see H.R. 2124), 7605 [5AP]
———retirement savings deductions (see H.R. 1225), 24217 [14SE]
———treatment of agricultural commodities under payment-in-kind program (see H.R. 1287), 2910 [24FE]
———unrelated income of certain nonprofit charitable organizations (see H.R. 1773), 34222 [18NO]
Trade Act: disapproving President's recommendation to extend waiver authority to Romania (see H. Res. 256), 18337 [30JN]
Treaty of Paris: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 321), 19174 [14JY]
Truman, Harry S.: award special congressional gold medal (see H.R. 3614), 32510 [14NO]
U.S.-flag vessels: provide increased ocean transportation of bulk commodities and strengthen defense industrial base (see H.R. 1242), 1582 [3FE]
Uniform product liability law: provide for (see H.R. 2729), 21016 [26JY]
Veterans: World War I pensions (see H.R. 1918), 3988 [3MR]
Video recorders: copyrighted works (see H.R. 175), 11106 [4MY]
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Dignity Act: enact (see H.R. 4158), 28324 [19OC]
Williams, Arland D.: sense of the House regarding heroism after airplane crash (see H. Res. 37), 6530 [22MR]
Wine: international trade barriers (see H.R. 3795), 23251 [4AU]
Election
Committee on Armed Services, 134 [6JA]
Essays
Religious Freedom, Kristin Wohlleben, 15982
Letters
Cooper River dams, by, 15277 [9JN]
Deny visas to Soviet delegation visit to Minnesota, by, and 76 other House Members, 12286 [12MY]
El Salvador and Central America—support for the President's stand, by, and 53 other House Members, to President Reagan, 7476 [24MR]
Papers
Economic Prosperity in the Lowcountry of South Carolina, Hilton Head Island, S.C., Board of Realtors, 3691
Remarks by, on
Agriculture: payment-in-kind program, 2405
Appropriations: continuing (H.J. Res. 413), conference report, 32338 [12NO]
———making supplemental (H.R. 3959), 34062 [18NO]
Budget: constitutional amendment to balance, 1192
———economic policy, 6434 [22MR], 14652 [7JN]
Central America: U.S. policy, 22348
Community Renewal Employment Act: enact (H.R. 1036), 25098 [21SE]
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 18193 [29JN]
Cosponsorship: removal from H.R. 953, 15781 [15JN]
Dairy Production Stabilization Act: enact (H.R. 4196), 31747, 31752, 31761, 31785, 31786 [9NO]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2969), 14043, 14044, 14048, 14049 [26MY], 15790-15793 [15JN], 20047 [20JY], 20954 [26JY]
———budget, 6434 [22MR]
———making appropriations (H.R. 4185), 29437, 29438 [26OC]
Dept. of HUD and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3133), 14319 [2JN]
Depts. of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3913), 25415, 25424 [22SE]
Education programs: funding, 25415 [22SE]
El Salvador: military aid, 22353
———political and economic situation, 18194, 18196, 18197, 18200 [29JN]
Energy Conservation Daylight Saving Act: enact (H.R. 1398), 19153-19154 [14JY]
Flag Day: observance, 15656 [14JN]
Foreign relations: Latin America, 10414 [28AP]
Grenada: U.S. military action, 29600 [27OC]
H.R. 953: removal from cosponsorship, 15781 [15JN]
House: establish select committee to investigate alterations of and omissions in transcripts of hearings (H. Res. 245), 18106 [29JN]
———prayer by Phil Jones, 24270 [15SE]
Housing and Urban-Rural Recovery Act: enact (H.R. 1), 18856, 18857 [13JY]
Immigration Reform and Control Act: proposed, 33016 [16NO]
Intelligence Authorization Act: prohibit support for military or paramilitary operations in Nicaragua (H.R. 2760), 21451 [28JY]
Jones, Phil: House prayer, 24270 [15SE]
Journal: question of approval, 11036 [4MY], 30463 [2NO]
Latin America: U.S. foreign relations, 10414 [28AP]
Legislative branch: making appropriations (H.R. 3135), 14418 [3JN]
Natural gas: deregulation, 22351
Nicaragua: prohibit support for military or paramilitary operations (H.R. 2760), 21451 [28JY]
Nuclear weapons: mutual and verifiable freeze and reductions (H.J. Res. 13), 5665, 5795, 5796, 5803 [16MR], 8372 [13AP], 11042, 11045 [4MY]
Parliamentary inquiry, 10414 [28AP]
Personal explanation, 14051 [26MY]
Quorum: call, 11036, 11044 [4MY], 25424 [22SE], 28612 [20OC], 30463 [2NO]
Rehabilitation Act: extend and improve (H.R. 3520), 23871 [13SE]
Social security: financing and benefits reform, 4185 [8MR]
South Carolina: Dept. of Agriculture payment-in-kind program, 2405
Statue of Liberty: repair, 26780
Taxation: economic recovery program, 14652 [7JN]
———exempt police and firemen (H.R. 1087), 1195
Unemployment: Federal employment and training program (H.R. 1036), 25098 [21SE]
Remarks in House relative to
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 1185 [31JA], 4185 [8MR], 5665 [16MR], 6434 [22MR], 8372 [13AP], 10414 [28AP], 14043, 14051 [26MY], 14652 [7JN], 15656 [14JN], 15839 [15JN], 18106 [29JN], 20047 [20JY], 22325 [2AU], 24270 [15SE], 29600 [27OC], 33016 [16NO]
Leave of absence: granted, 30879 [3NO]
Special order: granted, 2413 [17FE], 17192 [23JN], 17809 [28JN], 26798 [30SE]
Reports
Committee on Armed Services, 25518 [22SE]
Foreign Travel Expenditures, 25518 [22SE]
Texts of
H.R. 1541, Dept. of Agriculture payment-in-kind program, 2405
Tributes
Alexander, Quincy, 26780