HIGHTOWER, JACK (a Representative from Texas)

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 3223, agriculture, rural development, and related agencies appropriations, 29407 [26OC]

———H.R. 4185, Dept. of Defense appropriations, 32694 [15NO]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Lake Wichita and Holliday Creek, Tex.: construct project for flood protection (see H.R. 3598), 19807 [19JY]

Stas, Louis C.: relief (see H.R. 4315), 30886 [3NO]

Williams, Dorothy N.: relief (see H.R. 4369), 32370 [12NO]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Agency rulemaking: expand public participation, congressional review, and judicial (see H.R. 1776), 3615 [2MR]

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]

———exclude commodities from requirements that such be transported on U.S.-flag commercial vessels (see H.R. 2949), 14360 [2JN]

———improve programs for stabilization of prices and production (see H.R. 1360), 1943 [8FE]

Alamo: provide minting of half dollars with design emblematic of 150th anniversary (see H.R. 4510), 34218 [18NO]

Alaska: redesignate public land to allow hunting (see H.R. 1493), 2195 [15FE]

Apparel: reduction of imports (see H. Res. 172), 18917 [13JY]

Bankruptcy: amend laws regarding farm produce storage facilities (see H.R. 1031), 4158 [7MR]

———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), 257 [25JA]

Cargo preference requirements: sense of Congress in opposition to further expansion (see H. Con. Res. 136), 17271 [27JN]

Civil service retirement: extend period during which deposits for military service may be made (see H.R. 3526), 22727 [3AU]

Clark, Barney B.: Presidential Medal of Freedom (see H. Res. 151), 10820 [3MY]

Commission on European Communities: enforcement by U.S. of imports of steel pipe and tube products (see H.R. 2299), 6843 [23MR]

Commissioner of Social Security: conduct study to correct the benefit disparity known as notch problem (see H. Con. Res. 105), 33586 [17NO]

Committee on Hunger (Select): establish (see H. Res. 15), 14609 [6JN]

Computer Contribution Act: enact (see H.R. 701), 2066 [10FE]

Controlled Substances Act: place methaqualone in schedule I (see H.R. 1097), 3989 [3MR]

Emergency Medicine Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 325), 24218 [14SE]

Employment: sense of Congress for funding community service programs for senior citizens (see H. Con. Res. 43), 2067 [10FE]

ERISA: investment of employee plans in residential mortgages (see H.R. 1179), 4666 [9MR]

Federal programs and tax expenditures: congressional review (see H.R. 58), 23255 [4AU]

Federal Property and Administrative Services Act: allow fire departments and rescue squads to receive surplus property (see H.R. 1419), 5889 [17MR]

Federal Reserve System: increase representation of small business interests and agricultural interests (see H.R. 2566), 18916 [13JY]

Firearms: strengthen mandatory penalty for use in Federal felonies (see H.R. 2193), 6392 [21MR]

Foreign trade: injurious imports (see H.R. 3801), 23252 [4AU]

Gladys Noon Spellman Parkway: designate (see H.R. 174), 1584 [3FE]

GPO employees: rate of pay (see H.R. 3302), 15722 [14JN]

Interest and dividends: withholding of tax (see H.R. 500), 2416 [17FE]

Israel: support of the House of Representatives on agreeing to withdrawal of forces from Lebanon (see H. Res. 203), 14000 [25MY]

Johnson, Lady Bird: award gold medal (see H.J. Res. 394), 28856 [21OC]

Kamehameha the Great National Monument, Hawaii: establish (see H.R. 3642), 24727 [19SE]

King, Martin Luther, Jr.: designate birthday a legal public holiday (see H.R. 3345), 21016 [26JY]

Lebanon: support of the House of Representatives on agreeing to withdrawal of Israeli forces (see H. Res. 203), 14000 [25MY]

Louisiana World Exposition: strike medals to commemorate (see H.R. 3321), 18337 [30JN]

Municipal Clerk's Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 176), 18917 [13JY]

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 Agriculture Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 311), 20275 [21JY]

National Alzheimer's Disease Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 179), 18799 [12JY]

National Animal Agriculture Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 228), 9875 [27AP]

National Children's Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 153), 20123 [20JY]

National Commission on Federal Budget Deficit Reductions: establish (see H.J. Res. 382), 33586 [17NO]

National Commission on Neurofibromatosis: establish (see H.R. 1390, 2926), 5833 [16MR], 11180 [5MY]

National Congregate and Meals on Wheels Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 386), 30336 [1NO]

National Correctional Officers Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 295), 22081 [1AU]

National Cystic Fibrosis Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 270), 18799 [12JY]

National Diabetes Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 307), 21518 [28JY]

National Drunk and Drugged Driving Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 345), 23254 [4AU]

National Employ the Older Worker Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 437), 34221 [18NO]

National Energy Education Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 155, 336), 2591 [22FE], 24820 [20SE]

National Historical Publications and Records Commission: extend authorization of appropriations (see H.R. 2196), 12252 [12MY]

National Home Health Care Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 268), 15724 [14JN]

National Mental Health Counselors Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 102), 5833 [16MR]

National Mental Health Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 186), 7742 [7AP]

National Physical Fitness and Sports Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 140), 6394 [21MR]

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), 18234 [29JN]

National Scleroderma Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 225), 14883 [8JN]

Olympics: tax designation for contributions to U.S. Olympic Committee (see H.R. 1984), 4663 [9MR]

Peace through strength: national security policy should reflect national strategy (see H. Con. Res. 83), 4665 [9MR]

Railroads: study methods of financing retirement and unemployment systems (see H. Con. Res. 46), 2067 [10FE]

REA: insure continued financial integrity (see H.R. 3050), 12792 [18MY]

Ryan, Leo J.: award special gold medal to family (see H.R. 3348), 18233 [29JN]

Sec. of Agriculture: develop a Federal policy appropriate for the remainder of the century (see H.R. 4023), 26202 [28SE]

———make announcement of 1984 crop feed grain program and 1985 crop wheat and feed grain program (see H.R. 3914), 24726 [19SE]

Sec. of HHS: conduct study to correct the benefit disparity known as notch problem (see H. Con. Res. 105), 33586 [17NO]

Sec. of Interior: conduct study of potential for ground water recharge in the High Plains States (see H.R. 71), 381 [26JA]

Senior Center Week during Senior Citizens Month: recognize (see H.J. Res. 156), 2851 [23FE]

Small Business Act: clarify eligibility of small agricultural cooperatives for assistance (see H.R. 2988), 11932 [11MY]

Social security: protect benefit levels of individuals eligible for benefits after 1979 (see H.R. 4093), 30887 [3NO]

South Korean airliner: Soviet attack (see H.J. Res. 353; H. Con. Res. 160), 23931 [13SE], 24219 [14SE]

Soviet Union: begin negotiations on long-term agreement on agricultural trade (see H. Res. 161), 12794 [18MY]

———enter into negotiations to establish a new long-term sales agreement (see H. Con. Res. 89), 10820 [3MY]

Square dance: designate as national folk dance (see H.R. 1706), 25720 [26SE]

Taxation: allow to elect to treat income from crop received under Federal programs (see H.R. 1296), 2417 [17FE]

———estate tax laws should not be modified by Economic Recovery Tax Act (see H. Res. 216), 14883 [8JN]

———exempt holdings in independent local newspapers from excess business of private foundations (see H.R. 2589), 8960 [19AP]

———exempt members of the Armed Forces who die of hostile action overseas (see H.R. 4206), 30018 [31OC]

———make permanent deductions for charitable contributions by nonitemizers (see H.R. 1315), 19175 [14JY]

———reduce the holding period required for long-term capital gain or loss treatment (see H.R. 2225), 6528 [22MR]

Truman, Harry S.: award special congressional gold medal (see H.R. 3614), 33585 [17NO]

UN Decade of Disabled Persons: implement objectives (see H. Con. Res. 39), 1944 [8FE]

Upper White Oak Bayou, Texas: authorize Sec. of Army to construct flood control and recreation project (see H.R. 1138), 1230 [1FE]

Veterans: World War I pensions (see H.R. 1918), 10481 [28AP]

Windfall profit tax: repeal crude oil (see H.R. 3253), 15153 [9JN]

Wool: duty on imports from Argentina and Uruguay (see H.R. 1195), 1491 [2FE]

Youth of America Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 266), 18474 [11JY]

Election

Committee on Appropriations, 132 [6JA]

Remarks by, on

Agriculture: equitable treatment to cotton producers under payment-in-kind program (H.R. 3385), 19557 [19JY]

———long-term grain trade agreement, 25948 [27SE]

Appropriations: making supplemental (H.R. 3069), 13973 [25MY]

China, People's Republic of: textile exports, 21251 [27JY]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 4185), 30496, 30497, 30500, 30501 [2NO]

Emergency Agricultural Credit Act: enact (H.R. 1190), 9838-9840, 9844 [27AP]

Family: birth of granddaughter, 8097 [12AP]

Foreign trade: grain embargo against Soviet Union, 25948 [27SE]

———textile imports from People's Republic of China, 21251 [27JY]

Leave of absence: granted, 28036 [17OC], 28657 [20OC]

Nuclear waste disposal: policy, 18227 [29JN]

South Korean airliner: Soviet attack, 25948 [27SE]

Soviet Union: grain embargo, 25948 [27SE]

Textiles: imports from People's Republic of China, 21251 [27JY]

Water resource development: making appropriations (H.R. 3958), 27357 [5OC], 27621, 27627 [6OC]

Remarks in House relative to

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 8097 [12AP], 9838 [27AP]

Special order: granted, 14880 [8JN], 18229 [29JN], 21257 [27JY]

Reports

Committee on Appropriations, 14237 [1JN], 25518 [22SE]

Foreign Travel Expenditures, 14237 [1JN], 25518 [22SE]

Tributes

Gonzalez, Representative, 10793 [3MY]

Roebuck, Raymond H., 22041 [1AU]