OBERSTAR, JAMES L. (a Representative from Minnesota)
Amendments offered by, to
Dairy Production Stabilization Act: enact (H.R. 4196), 30337 [1NO], 31753 [9NO]
Housing and Urban-Rural Recovery Act: enact (H.R. 1), 18476 [11JY]
Appointments
Canada-U.S. Interparliamentary Group, 5876 [17MR], 34156 [18NO]
Private Calendar: Democratic official objector, 6432 [22MR]
Articles and editorials
Dr. William L. Medalie—A Tribute, Minneapolis (Minn.) Star and Tribune, 32759 [15NO]
El Salvador—Human Rights Sham, Duluth (Minn.) News-Tribune, 1504
Kim Dae Jung—South Korean Human Rights, Donald L. Ranard, Los Angeles (Calif.) Times, 1500
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Agriculture and Food Act: expand limitations applicable to payments made (see H.R. 4368), 32370 [12NO]
Civil service retirement: credit for military service (see H.R. 3532), 18798 [12JY]
Employment: authorize construction of short-term infrastructure repair projects (see H.R. 2544), 8453 [13AP]
Energy Security Act: extend the financing authority of Synthetic Fuels Corporation (see H.R. 2489), 8218 [12AP]
Federal Supplemental Compensation Act: extend number of weeks (see H.R. 233), 151 [6JA]
———provide extended unemployment benfits for railroad workers (see H.R. 1093), 1186 [31JA]
Federal Water Pollution Control Act: amend (see H.R. 4037), 26535 [29SE]
Federal Water Polution Control Act: extend certain compliance dates (see H.R. 2305), 6843 [23MR]
Friable asbestos products: establish a limitation on use (see H.R. 4546), 34219 [18NO]
Great Lakes States: require approval for any diversion of water (see H.R. 4545), 34219 [18NO]
Harper, Phillip: relief (see H.R. 1426), 2066 [10FE]
Milk program: stablize price and supply (see H.R. 2134), 5831 [16MR]
Mille Lacs Band of Chippewa Indians: declare the U.S. holds certain lands in trust (see H.R. 1811), 3616 [2MR]
Natural gas: provide a temporary means to correct imbalances in prices (see H.R. 873), 256 [25JA]
OMB: should withdraw revision ``Cost Principles for Nonprofit Organizations`` (see H. Res. 119), 3618 [2MR]
Pensions: offset provisions of Social Security Act amendments of 1983 (see H.R. 2700), 9401 [21AP]
Public Works and Economic Development Act: amend (see H.R. 10), 67 [3JA]
Railroad Retirement Act: assure surviving parents receive benefits (see H.R. 865), 256 [25JA]
———define the term spouse (see H.R. 872), 256 [25JA]
———eliminate deductions from annuities on military pensions, disability compensation, and other benefits (see H.R. 868), 256 [25JA]
———eliminate the limitation of military service (see H.R. 867), 256 [25JA]
———provide benefits for disabled spouses of railroad employees (see H.R. 869), 256 [25JA]
———remarried widows who elected a residual lump sum payment may rescind and receive annuity (see H.R. 870), 256 [25JA]
———require certain compensation in computation of benefits (see H.R. 866), 256 [25JA]
Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act: provide that benefits will not be reduced by reason of certain unrelated social insurance benefits (see H.R. 871), 256 [25JA]
REA: exempt entities receiving financial assistance from certain fees (see H.R. 2027), 4664 [9MR]
Right to life: amend Constitution (see H.J. Res. 73), 165 [6JA]
Social security: clarify exemption from public pension offset provisions (see H.R. 3027), 12527 [17MY]
———liberalize eligibility for disability benefits (see H.R. 3412), 17193 [23JN]
———provide benefits for disabled wives, husbands, widows, and widowers (see H.R. 3411), 17193 [23JN]
———provide individual may become entitled to widow's or widowers' insurance on basis of disability (see H.R. 3613), 20122 [20JY]
Swedish-American Friendship Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 211), 6393 [21MR]
Taxation: exclude from gross income grants paid by U.S. Forest Service (see H.R. 3436), 17812 [28JN]
———exempt certain police and firefighters (see H.R. 1203), 1492 [2FE]
———increase excise on cigarettes (see H.R. 4125), 27723 [6OC]
———provide incentives for investment in district heating and cooling systems (see H.R. 2105), 5249 [15MR]
Unemployment compensation: repeal certain changes in the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act to extend program (see H.R. 233), 151 [6JA]
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Agriculture: credit assistance to farmers (see H.R. 1190), 4234 [8MR]
———improve productivity of farmers (see H.R. 2714), 9401 [21AP]
———provide disaster assistance to producers and ranchers (see H.R. 4052), 28659 [20OC]
Agriculture incentives: prohibit payment to persons who produce commodities on highly erodible land (see H.R. 3457), 24218 [14SE]
Air transportation: assure protection of traveling public (see H.R. 2053), 21517 [28JY]
American Businesswomen's Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 101), 2852 [23FE]
Andrei Sakharov Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 178), 11623 [10MY]
Animals: end use of steel-jaw leghold traps (see H.R. 1797), 8962 [19AP]
Anti-Defamation League Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 408), 31527 [8NO]
Apartheid: U.S. to oppose assistance by the IMF to countries practicing (see H.R. 1083), 3619 [2MR]
Apparel: reduction of imports (see H. Res. 172), 17194 [23JN]
Aquino, Benigno, Jr.: call for conduct of impartial investigation of assassination (see H. Con. Res. 183), 26945 [3OC]
———call for impartial international tribunal to investigate assassination (see H. Con. Res. 165), 24217 [14SE]
Armed Forces: medical benefits to certain former spouses of retirees (see H.R. 2715), 11932 [11MY]
Army Reserve Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 184), 8454 [13AP]
Automobile dealers: protect from unfair price discrimination by manufacturers (see H.R. 1415), 24217 [14SE]
Brailovsky, Viktor: condemn Soviet Union for unjust trial and sentencing (see H. Res. 118), 3618 [2MR]
Budget: amend provisions relative to President's (see H.R. 1244), 1582 [3FE]
———to provide for a capital budget within, and create a National Commission on the Rebuilding of America (see H.R. 1144), 4666 [9MR]
Burton, Phillip: Golden Gate National Recreation Area dedicate to (see H.R. 2600), 8960 [19AP]
Business: allow to jointly perform research and development (see H.R. 1952), 16673 [21JN]
———correct inequities in relationship between sales representatives and their principals (see H.R. 3591), 27724 [6OC]
———facilitate economic adjustment of communities and require concerns to give advance notice of plant closings (see H.R. 2847), 10570 [2MY]
Caribbean Basin: promote economic revitalization and facilitate expansion of opportunity (see H.R. 2819), 15154 [9JN]
Caribbean basin: protect possessions (see H.R. 3108), 13618 [24MY]
Catholic War Veterans of U.S.A., Inc.: recognition (see H.R. 1199), 21517 [28JY]
Chemical weapons: prohibit production of lethal binary (see H.R. 822), 9874 [27AP]
Child abuse: extend and improve certain acts (see H.R. 1904), 7426 [24MR]
Child Nutrition Act: eliminate restrictions on eligibility of schools to participate in special milk programs (see H.R. 904), 7425 [24MR]
Children: amend code relating to sexual exploitation (see H.R. 2432), 17194 [23JN]
———establish grant program for centralized system of care information and referral (see H.R. 2242), 30964 [4NO]
———provide efficient and cost-effective program (see H.R. 1603), 7742 [7AP]
Chile: call for restoration of democracy (see H. Res. 310), 26536 [29SE]
China, Republic of: expressing sense of House concerning martial law (see H. Con. Res. 129), 13620 [24MY]
Cigarettes or little cigars: performance standards by manufacturers (see H.R. 1880), 3986 [3MR]
Civil meteorological satellite and associated system: not appropriate to transfer ownership of management to private sector (see H. Con. Res. 168), 28039 [17OC]
Civil Rights Act: revise procedures for enforcement of fair housing (see H.R. 3482), 25967 [27SE]
Civil service retirement: extend period during which deposits for military service may be made (see H.R. 3526), 22727 [3AU]
———take steps to insure integrity (see H. Res. 135), 7742 [7AP]
Clean Air Act: control acid precipitation (see H.R. 3251), 16898 [22JN]
———control sources of sulfur dioxides and nitrogen oxides to reduce acid deposition (see H.R. 3400), 23255 [4AU]
———protect against interstate transport of pollutants (see H.R. 132), 70 [3JA]
Coast Guard Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 342), 34224 [18NO]
Commission on Capital Markets: establish (see H.R. 3397), 16898 [22JN]
Commission on European Communities: enforcement by U.S. of imports of steel pipe and tube products (see H.R. 2299), 13620 [24MY]
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), 2417 [17FE]
———expand and improve program (see H.R. 1299), 2417 [17FE]
Communications Act: assure universal telephone service (see H.R. 3621, 4102), 23256 [4AU], 30887 [3NO]
Controlled Substances Act: provide for the therapeutic use of marihuana (see H.R. 2282), 6842 [23MR]
Copper: increase the duty on imported (see H.R. 2413), 10481 [28AP]
Crime: provide assistance to victims (see H.R. 3498), 24727 [19SE]
Crude oil: House opposition to imposition of import fee (see H. Res. 24), 165 [6JA]
Cyprus: declaration of independence by Turkish Cypriot community (see H. Con. Res. 220, 223), 33586 [17NO], 34224 [18NO]
Dept. of Agriculture: take steps to use discretionary power to release surplus food (see H. Con. Res. 141), 18798 [12JY]
Dept. of Agriculture and Rural Development: rename Dept. of Agriculture (see H.R. 2043), 4664 [9MR]
Dept. of Education: postpone reorganization of certain programs relative to GAO study (see H. Con. Res. 157), 23254 [4AU]
Dept. of HUD: administer demonstration program for communities and nonprofit organizations in providing emergency shelter (see H.R. 708), 164 [6JA]
Diethylstilbestrol: financial assistance to State programs (see H.R. 3141), 34222 [18NO]
Domestic violence: prevention (see H.R. 1397), 14360 [2JN]
Economic conditions: strengthen and expand economic base (see H.R. 4164), 28324 [19OC]
Economic Cooperation Council: establish (see H.R. 2991), 24218 [14SE]
Economic development assistance programs: disapprove budget deferral (see H. Res. 78), 2417 [17FE]
Economic development programs: disapprove the budget authority (see H. Res. 70), 3989 [3MR]
Economic opportunities: provide programs to assure equality for women and men (see H.R. 2090), 5084 [14MR]
Education: authorize financial assistance to secondary teachers of science and mathematics (see H.R. 1321), 1941 [8FE]
———authorize national program of improving the quality (see H.R. 881), 8220 [12AP]
———foreign languages (see H.R. 2708), 9401 [21AP]
———provide assistance in mathematics and science (see H.R. 30), 67 [3JA]
———provide for a national summit conference (see H.R. 3245), 18799 [12JY]
Education Consolidation and Improvement Act: technical amendments (see H.R. 1035), 6530 [22MR]
Education of the Handicapped Act: regulations proposed by Sec. of Education should not be permitted to take effect (see H. Res. 52), 1493 [2FE]
Educators: expressing thanks of House of Representatives to American (see H. Res. 349), 30571 [2NO]
El Salvador: declare President's certification null and void (see H.R. 1270), 1583 [3FE]
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), 1944 [8FE]
Energy and conservation programs: amend, extend and enhance (see H.R. 1595), 14068 [26MY]
Energy Policy and Conservation Act: eliminate preemption of State's authority to establish efficiency standards (see H.R. 3244), 23254 [4AU]
Equal rights for men and women: amend Constitution (see H.J. Res. 1), 73 [3JA]
ERISA: provide protection to women under private pension plans (see H.R. 2100), 9620 [25AP]
Eximbank: prohibit from financing the establishment of a foreign country to produce certain commodities in competition with U.S. (see H.R. 2945), 11482 [9MY]
Federal annuities: establish program to compensate participants in private plans (see H.R. 3218), 14359 [2JN]
Federal Credit Union Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 139), 2852 [23FE]
Federal educational assistance: delay effective date for denial to students who fail to comply with Military Selective Service Act (see H.R. 2145), 8220 [12AP]
Federal Election Campaign Act: limit contributions in congressional elections (see H.R. 4428), 33189 [16NO]
———provide financing for House of Representatives, and limit contributions (see H.R. 2490), 8218 [12AP]
Federal elections: provide that registration and polling places be accessible to handicapped and elderly (see H.R. 1250), 1582 [3FE]
Federal employees: increase Government contribution rate to health benefit plan (see H.R. 656), 8454 [13AP]
———provide a former spouse who is married for 10 years a portion of such employee's annuity (see H.R. 2300), 12527 [17MY]
Federal energy budget: restore balance (see H. Res. 139), 5832 [16MR]
Federal Power Act: limit recovery costs of construction work in progress (see H.R. 555), 159 [6JA]
Federal Water Pollution Control Act: provide for renewal of quality of Nation's waters (see H.R. 3282), 21016 [26JY]
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), 9874 [27AP]
Foreign Assistance Act: prohibit assistance to establish the capacity of a foreign country to produce certain commodities in competition with U.S. (see H.R. 2946), 11482 [9MY]
Foreign commerce: provide for jurisdiction over common carriers by water (see H.R. 1511), 2414 [17FE]
Foreign ships: establish and maintain financial responsibility for claims (see H.R. 1307), 14068 [26MY]
Foreign trade: prohibit U.S. investments in South Africa (see H.R. 1392), 2064 [10FE]
———relief from unfair competition (see H.R. 1384), 5085 [14MR]
Former Presidential Enough Is Enough and Taxpayers Relief Act: enact (see H.R. 1452), 13619 [24MY]
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]
Germany: tax credit for reparation payments received by individuals persecuted by Nazi regime (see H.R. 1181), 1491 [2FE]
Gluzman, Semyon, and family: allow to emigrate to Israel (see H.J. Res. 291), 14882 [8JN]
Great Lakes Fisheries Act: amend (see H.R. 4517), 34219 [18NO]
Great Lakes water: prohibit diversion (see H.R. 4366), 32201 [10NO]
Guatemala: prohibit sale of spare parts for helicopters (see H.J. Res. 65), 164 [6JA]
Handicapped: tax deduction for elimination of architectural and transportation barriers (see H.R. 1016), 1830 [7FE]
———tax exemption for certain attendant care services or medical devices (see H.R. 1015), 1830 [7FE]
Health: establish national program on smoking and amend Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act (see H.R. 1824), 3617 [2MR]
Health care: sense of House of affordable for elderly and all Americans (see H. Res. 281), 23257 [4AU]
Health plans: provide certification and Federal assistance to States to establish a program (see H.R. 3276), 18233 [29JN]
Health's escalating costs: provide for control (see H.R. 3261), 31845 [9NO]
High-level radioactive materials: U.S. position on sub-seabed emplacement (see H. Con. Res. 235), 34221 [18NO]
Honduras and Nicaragua: furnish certain information to House of Representatives regarding U.S. activities (see H. Res. 159), 8453 [13AP]
Hospice care: sense of House of Representatives in support (see H. Res. 219), 14608 [6JN]
House: expressing the sense in support of jobs for peace (see H. Res. 46), 1187 [31JA]
———expressing the sense on ratification of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (see H. Res. 50), 3093 [28FE]
India: nuclear reactor parts should not be exported from U.S. for Tarapur nuclear power station without stronger nonproliferation guarantees (see H. Con. Res. 156), 23254 [4AU]
Indians: housing (see H.R. 1928), 3988 [3MR]
Insurance: prohibit discrimination (see H.R. 100), 8961 [19AP]
Interest and dividends: withholding of tax (see H.R. 500), 259 [25JA]
International Whaling Commission: nations that have filed objection to ban on commercial whaling (see H. Con. Res. 69), 2909 [24FE]
Iran: persecution of Bahai religion (see H. Con. Res. 226), 33190 [16NO]
Ireland, Northern: appoint special envoy (see H. Con. Res. 191), 34224 [18NO]
Japan: pay annual security tax to United States (see H. Con. Res. 12), 3989 [3MR]
———urgency of extending the auto export restraints (see H. Con. Res. 178), 27146 [4OC]
Jewish Heritage Week: proclaim (see H.J. Res. 80), 4234 [8MR]
Jewish War Veterans of the United States of America, Inc.: recognize (see H.R. 3775), 27724 [6OC]
Kamehameha the Great National Monument, Hawaii: establish (see H.R. 3642), 22727 [3AU]
Kangaroos and products: prohibit imports (see H.R. 1903), 8220 [12AP]
Killer whales: prohibit the taking and importation for public display (see H.R. 4457), 34223 [18NO]
King, Martin Luther, Jr.: designate birthday a legal public holiday (see H.R. 800, 3345, 3706), 16091 [16JN], 21016 [26JY], 21750 [29JY]
Knutson, Chad: donor of life and sight-saving organs (see H.J. Res. 420), 32510 [14NO]
Korean war: erect memorial in Washington, D.C., to honor members of Armed Forces (see H.J. Res. 236), 23256 [4AU]
Land use: provide for conservation, rehabilitation, and improvement of natural and cultural resources on private and Indian (see H.R. 999), 380 [26JA]
Law enforcement officers: age limits for appointment and mandatory retirement (see H.R. 3428), 23930 [13SE]
Lebanon: provide for prompt and orderly withdrawal of U.S. troops (see H.J. Res. 395), 32511 [14NO]
Library programs: sense of Congress in cuts (see H. Con. Res. 121), 14699 [7JN]
Louisiana World Exposition: strike medals to commemorate (see H.R. 3321), 21518 [28JY]
Lupus Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 260), 26203 [28SE]
Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act: amend (see H.R. 1700, 2062), 10819 [3MY], 11623 [10MY]
Mays, Benjamin E.: award Presidential Medal of Freedom (see H. Res. 17), 6844 [23MR]
Medicare: direct reimbursement option (see H.R. 2841), 27724 [6OC]
Merchant marine: authorize appropriations for construction differential subsidy to promote a strong (see H.R. 2402), 7604 [5AP]
Military assistance: repeal President's special drawing authority (see H.R. 1874), 3986 [3MR]
Military Selective Service Act: prohibit Federal assistance for postsecondary education to certain persons (see H.R. 1286), 6843 [23MR]
Mortgage revenue bonds: continue issuance (see H.R. 1176), 1830 [7FE]
Motor vehicles: establish domestic content requirements (see H.R. 1234), 2417 [17FE]
Municipal Clerk's Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 176), 21752 [29JY]
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), 6844 [23MR]
National Animal Agriculture Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 228), 19175 [14JY]
National Architecture Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 187), 7899 [11AP]
National Atomic Veterans' Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 210), 6393 [21MR]
National Child Abuse Prevention Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 22), 1188 [31JA]
National Child Support Enforcement Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 273), 17813 [28JN]
National Children's Liver Disease Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 234), 10481 [28AP]
National Commission on Women's Business Ownership: establish (see H.R. 3832), 30336 [1NO]
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), 18338 [30JN]
National Day of Peace: designate (see H.J. Res. 74), 9403 [21AP]
National Diffusion Network: provide for continuation (see H.R. 2236), 6529 [22MR]
National Disabled Veterans Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 283), 16092 [16JN]
National Drunk and Drugged Driving Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 345), 23254 [4AU]
National Energy Education Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 336), 24820 [20SE]
National Eye Donor Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 62), 3251 [1MR]
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act: amend (see H.R. 2751), 11623 [10MY]
National Ground Water Commission: establish (see H.R. 565), 4234 [8MR]
National Home Health Care Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 268), 15724 [14JN]
National Housing Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 331), 23930 [13SE]
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), 4666 [9MR]
National Mental Health Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 186), 7742 [7AP]
National Nursing Home Residents Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 154), 8221 [12AP]
National Outdoor Recreation Resources Review Commission: establish (see H.R. 2837), 28038 [17OC]
National Paralyzed Veterans Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 258), 12252 [12MY]
National Parkinson's Disease Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 160), 8772 [18AP]
National Patriotism Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 95), 1830 [7FE]
National Physical Fitness and Sports Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 140), 6394 [21MR]
National Port Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 173), 3988 [3MR]
National Professional Security Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 281), 34223 [18NO]
National Recognition Week for Registered Nurses and Licensed Practical Nurses: designate (see H.J. Res. 220), 7605 [5AP]
National Rehabilitation Facilities Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 350), 25188 [21SE]
National Reye's Syndrome Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 49), 16673 [21JN]
National School Bus Safety Week: proclaim (see H.J. Res. 137), 8962 [19AP]
National Scleroderma Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 225), 10481 [28AP]
National Sewing Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 218), 14068 [26MY]
National Sickle-Cell Anemia Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 155), 19588 [18JY]
National Single Parent Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 200), 14699 [7JN]
National Surveyors Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 103), 1584 [3FE]
National Task Force on Organ Procurement and Transplant Reimbursement: establish (see H.R. 3977), 32510 [14NO]
National Tourism Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 168), 8454 [13AP]
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 Policy Act: amend relative to prices (see H.R. 2012), 4663 [9MR]
———limit prices and improve marketing practices (see H.R. 2154), 5831 [16MR]
Nicaragua: prohibit U.S. support for military or paramilitary operations (see H.R. 1873), 7899 [11AP]
Nuclear Nonproliferation Act: promote the policies of the U.S. (see H.R. 3058), 22726 [3AU]
Nuclear testing: prevent (see H.J. Res. 3), 73 [3JA]
Nuclear war: negotiate treaty for staged disarmament (see H. Con. Res. 20), 6394 [21MR]
———sense of Congress that security of all nations is threatened (see H. Con. Res. 123), 12252 [12MY]
Nuclear weapons: calling for mutual freeze and reduction (see H.J. Res. 2), 73 [3JA]
Nutrition: Federal Government maintain current programs (see H. Con. Res. 40), 939 [27JA]
Ocean and coastal resources management and development fund: establish (see H.R. 5), 12447 [16MY]
Ocean dumping program: establish user fee (see H.R. 4491), 34218 [18NO]
Office of Housing for the Elderly: establish within Dept. of HUD (see H.R. 672), 9619 [25AP]
Oil spill damage: provide a comprehensive system of liability and compensation (see H.R. 2222), 6393 [21MR]
Older Americans Month: observance (see H. Con. Res. 101), 7604 [5AP]
Olympics: tax designation for contributions to U.S. Olympic Committee (see H.R. 1984), 4663 [9MR]
OPM: prohibit implementation of certain regulations published in the Federal Register (see H.R. 2449), 9402 [21AP]
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]
Pipelines: minimize risk of injury and damage from leaks (see H.R. 3314), 18337 [30JN]
Powerplants: improve regulation of civilian nuclear and provide for safe operation (see H.R. 3277), 23738 [12SE]
Public Health Service Act: authorize financial assistance for organ procurement organizations (see H.R. 4080), 28324 [19OC]
———establish National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (see H.R. 1403), 2065 [10FE]
———sense of Congress respecting the administration (see H. Con. Res. 93), 12252 [12MY]
Radio stations: equity to daytime broadcasters (see H.R. 2385), 7424 [24MR]
Railroad Retirement Act: study alternative methods for financing annuities (see H. Con. Res. 28), 1494 [2FE]
Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act: assure sufficient resources to pay benefits (see H.R. 459), 1231 [1FE]
Railroads: accounting principles (see H.R. 2584), 19808 [19JY]
———States to assume all costs associated with operating jointly funded service (see H. Res. 149), 7425 [24MR]
REA: insure continued financial integrity (see H.R. 3050), 12792 [18MY]
———role should be enhanced to assure that Federal agencies consider needs of rural America (see H. Res. 102), 22328 [2AU]
Safe Drinking Water Act: authorize appropriations (see H.R. 3200), 18233 [29JN]
Scharansky, Anatoly: Soviet Union should allow to emigrate (see H. Res. 67), 2067 [10FE]
Schools: encourage use of before and after hours (see H.R. 4193), 30570 [2NO]
Sea grant college program: appropriations (see H.R. 1643), 7605 [5AP]
Sec. of HUD: provide financial assistance to homeowners whose mortgage payments are delinquent (see H.R. 1222), 3989 [3MR]
Sec. of the Interior: sense of House that certain actions be taken (see H. Res. 385), 34221 [18NO]
Selective Service System: rescind funds (see H.R. 1050), 938 [27JA]
Separated plutonium: halt production (see H.J. Res. 286), 14241 [1JN]
Sewage Sludge Dumping Amendments Act: enact (see H.R. 4492), 34218 [18NO]
Small business: aid in creation and expansion through tax reform (see H.R. 1600), 2850 [23FE]
———provide assistance in acquiring procurement information and contracts (see H.R. 2130), 5831 [16MR]
Small Business Act: improve assistance to victims of disaster (see H.R. 2583), 10820 [3MY]
———provide special loan guarantees (see H.R. 1755), 3614 [2MR]
Social security: amend with respect to home health services (see H.R. 3616), 23256 [4AU]
———assure that each spouse will have protection in his or her own right (see H.R. 2742), 9690 [26AP]
———authorize payment for occupational therapy under medicare program (see H.R. 2116), 8220 [12AP]
———benefits based on annuitant's employment (see H.R. 1376), 18799 [12JY]
———eliminate aid restrictions to families with dependent children in cases involving pregnant women (see H.R. 3574), 23256 [4AU]
———eliminate reduction in benefits in case of spouses and surviving spouses who receive certain Government pensions (see H.R. 2740), 9690 [26AP]
———individuals years of coverage in computing special minimum benefit include up to 10 additional years with a child under 6 (see H.R. 2741), 9690 [26AP]
———permit hospice programs to provide nursing care (see H.R. 3588), 32766 [15NO]
———provide for payment of a transition benefit to spouse (see H.R. 2745), 9690 [26AP]
———provide for reform in disability process (see H.R. 3755), 24819 [20SE]
———provide full benefits for disabled widows and widowers (see H.R. 2743), 9690 [26AP]
———provide that earned credit shall be inherited by surviving spouse or divorced spouse (see H.R. 2744), 9690 [26AP]
———provide that the combined earnings of husband and wife shall be divided equally for benefit purposes if they become divorced (see H.R. 2739), 9690 [26AP]
———reform disability determination process (see H.R. 2987), 17812 [28JN]
———remove trust fund from budget (see H.R. 1045), 938 [27JA]
———repeal provisions to computation of benefits of individuals receiving pensions from noncovered employment (see H.R. 2753), 12528 [17MY]
———restore minimum benefits for future beneficiaries (see H.R. 2738), 9690 [26AP]
———State and local employees' coverage (see H.R. 475), 1494 [2FE]
Social Security Act: establish emergency shelter for homeless individuals and families (see H.R. 927), 1494 [2FE]
———liberalize the earnings test for postsecondary students (see H.R. 1357), 1943 [8FE]
———provide procedures for crediting Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and Disability Insurance Trust Fund (see H.R. 1276), 1829 [7FE]
Social Security Administration: establish (see H.R. 1044), 938 [27JA]
Solar energy: tax credit for residences (see H.R. 1883), 9691 [26AP]
South Africa: prohibit U.S. investments (see H.R. 1392), 2064 [10FE]
Soviet Union: resolution on behalf of the independent peace movement (see H. Con. Res. 236), 34221 [18NO]
———sense of Congress concerning certain international agreements on human rights (see H. Con. Res. 63), 5834 [16MR]
Space: immediate negotiations for ban on weapons (see H.J. Res. 120), 1493 [2FE]
SSI disability program: reform with respect to mentally impaired (see H.R. 3074), 14068 [26MY]
START: give first priority in negotiations to eliminating fear of nuclear strike (see H.J. Res. 61), 3619 [2MR]
State and local governments: create State Justice Institute (see H.R. 4145), 28210 [18OC]
———strengthen and improve judicial systems (see H.R. 3403), 17193 [23JN]
State commissions on teacher excellence: establish (see H.J. Res. 203), 11623 [10MY]
State mining and mineral resources research institute program: establish (see H.R. 4214), 32511 [14NO]
State unemployment compensation fund: defer effective date to pay interest on loans (see H.R. 1404), 2065 [10FE]
States: establish ocean and coastal resources management and development fund (see H.R. 5), 12447 [16MY]
Steel: implement certain relief measures to remedy import injury (see H. Con. Res. 137), 18234 [29JN]
———provide orderly trade in carbon, alloy, and stainless products (see H.R. 3728), 22080 [1AU]
———sense of Congress on United States Steel Corp. and British Steel Corp. on importation (see H. Con. Res. 170), 33586 [17NO]
Student loan program: sense of Congress that no change be made (see H. Res. 137), 7426 [24MR]
Surplus vessels: set aside for use in health and humanitarian services in developing countries (see H.R. 2488), 22327 [2AU]
Taxation: allow to elect to treat income from crop received under Federal programs (see H.R. 1296), 2417 [17FE]
———amounts received under educational assistance programs (see H.R. 2568), 11483 [9MY]
———clarify the definition of geothermal energy (see H.R. 2927), 25967 [27SE]
———define travel and transportation expenses of construction workers in computing income (see H.R. 700), 20275 [21JY]
———exclude from gross income government pensions as they affect Social Security Act (see H.R. 2779), 12528 [17MY]
———make permanent deductions for charitable contributions by nonitemizers (see H.R. 1315), 27724 [6OC]
———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), 18799 [12JY]
———provide that museums and organizations which operate libraries be treated as public charities (see H.R. 2183), 9691 [26AP]
———repeal 15-percent reduction in depletion for iron ore and coal (see H.R. 3353), 28211 [18OC]
———repeal highway use on heavy trucks and increase on diesel fuel (see H.R. 2124), 8962 [19AP]
———revise incentives for certain alcohol fuels (see H.R. 4105), 30570 [2NO]
———standard mileage rate computation for charitable deduction (see H.R. 2697), 30964 [4NO]
———third-year cut from Economic Recovery Tax Act (see H.R. 1183), 2196 [15FE]
———treatment of individuals to compute deductions for retirement savings (see H.R. 2099), 9620 [25AP]
———withholding on interest and dividends (see H.R. 500), 259 [25JA]
Telecommunications: minority participation (see H.R. 1155), 3250 [1MR]
Thomas, Danny: award a special gold medal for outstanding work as an American (see H.J. Res. 93), 26536 [29SE]
Treaty of Paris: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 321), 19174 [14JY]
———proclaim day of national celebration of 200th anniversary of signing (see H. Con. Res. 127), 14068 [26MY]
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), 33585 [17NO]
———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. attorney: clarify duty to bring before the grand jury certain matters (see H.R. 3456), 23256 [4AU]
U.S. Code: amend (see H.R. 1415), 24217 [14SE]
U.S.-flag vessels: promote increased ocean transportation of bulk commodities and strengthen defense industrial base (see H.R. 1242), 8961 [19AP]
U.S.-Soviet student exchange for peace program: create (see H.J. Res. 254), 10480 [28AP]
UN: sense of Congress that Iran cease persecution of Bahais (see H. Con. Res. 173), 33191 [16NO]
UN Decade of Disabled Persons: implement objectives (see H. Con. Res. 39), 8962 [19AP]
Unemployed: provide for continuation of health insurance (see H.R. 1823), 7742 [7AP]
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), 7741 [7AP]
———establish procedures for adjudication of claims for benefits (see H.R. 3300), 15722 [14JN]
———provide that former prisoners of war are entitled to compensation (see H.R. 2791), 22726 [3AU]
Veterans: compensation for exposure to nuclear radiation or toxic chemicals (see H.R. 1914), 19175 [14JY]
———remarriage of surviving spouse after age 60 shall not result in termination of compensation (see H.R. 433), 16408 [20JN]
Vietnam-era veterans: coin and sell national medal honoring (see H.R. 1870), 13620 [24MY]
———exposure to herbicides or other environmental hazards or conditions (see H.R. 1961), 4233 [8MR]
———extend period of eligibility for GI bill (see H.R. 2204), 12527 [17MY]
Vocational Education Act: amend (see H.R. 2332), 7422 [24MR]
Water resources: provide for conservation and development (see H.R. 3678), 21258 [27JY]
Water supply systems: loans for rehabilitation (see H.R. 1644), 9875 [27AP]
Watt, Sec. of the Interior: President should request his resignation (see H. Res. 321), 27724 [6OC]
Wilkins, Roy: present medal to widow (see H.R. 3240), 26800 [30SE]
Wine: international trade barriers (see H.R. 3795), 23251 [4AU]
Women's History Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 70), 2196 [15FE]
World Food Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 263), 19175 [14JY]
World Peace Tax Fund Board of Trustees: establish (see H.R. 3224), 14430 [3JN]
Year of the Grand Canyon: designate (see H.J. Res. 440), 34221 [18NO]
Election
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, 132 [6JA]
Committee on Public Works and Transportation, 132 [6JA]
History
Private Calendar, by, 10803 [3MY]
Letters
Call for resignation of Charles M. Lichenstein, sundry Members of Congress, 25076 [21SE]
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]
El Salvador cease-fire, by, and 80 other Members of Congress, 4905 [10MR]
Emergency Housing Assistance Act (H.R. 1983), sundry, 8944 [19AP]
IMF implementation of section 33 of the Bretton Woods Agreement Act, by, and 26 other Members of Congress, 18575 [11JY]
Kenneth Adelman nomination to Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, by, and 59 other Members of Congress, 3210 [28FE]
Remarks by, on
Agriculture: payment-in-kind program, 32373
Appropriations: making supplemental (H.R. 3959), 34085
Asbestos: Federal regulation in workplace, 34208 [18NO]
Business: industrial development bonds reform, 34733
Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act: enact (H.R. 2769), 18879, 18882 [13JY]
Caribbean Basin Initiative: enact (H.R. 2769), 21405
Central America: U.S. policy, 19789 [19JY]
Cigarettes: excise tax increase (H.R. 4125), 27927
Civil Rights Commission Act: enact (H.R. 2230), 23145 [4AU]
Clean Water Compliance Date Extension Act: enact, 7503
Coal Pipeline Act: enact (H.R. 1010), 25922, 25925 [27SE]
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 18449 [11JY], 18734 [12JY]
Cosponsorship: removal from H.R. 1797, 24211 [14SE]
Cotton production: provide equity under payment-in-kind program (H.R. 3385), Senate amendment, 28198 [18OC]
Cyprus: declaration of independence by Turkish Cypriot community (H. Con. Res. 220), 33300 [17NO]
Dairy Production Stabilization Act: enact (H.R. 3385), conference report, 34138
———enact (H.R. 4196), 30928 [4NO], 31121
Dekhovich, Boris: efforts to emigrate from Soviet Union, 4679
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2969), 20085 [20JY]
———authorizing appropriations (S. 675), conference report, 24292
———making appropriations (H.R. 4185), conference report, 34032
Dept. of Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3363), 17712 [28JN]
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3222), 24627, 24637 [19SE]
———making appropriations (H.R. 3222), conference report, 31809 [9NO]
District Heating and Cooling Tax Incentives Act: enact, 6026
Economic Equity Act, 6052
EDA: funds, 31808 [9NO]
El Salvador: human rights, 14056 [26MY]
———military aid, 8687
———military assistance, 3537 [2MR]
———U.S. policy, 19789 [19JY]
Emergency Housing Assistance Act: enact (H.R. 1983), 8944, 8945 [19AP]
Emergency Public Works Employment Act: proposed (H.R. 2544), 8663
ERA: amend Constitution (H.J. Res. 1), 32807
Fair Practices and Procedures in Automotive Products Act: enact (H.R. 1234), 29763 [28OC]
Fair Trade in Steel Act: proposed, 22068
Federal Land Policy Management Act: exempt rural electric cooperatives from certain right-of way rental payments (H.R. 2211), 31439
Federal Supplemental Compensation Act: extend (H.R. 3929), 26428 [29SE]
Foreign relations: Central America, 19789 [19JY]
———El Salvador, 14056 [26MY]
Foreign trade: steel industry, 33574 [17NO]
Great Lakes Protection Act: proposed, 34208 [18NO]
H.R. 1797: removal from cosponsorship, 24211 [14SE]
Health Care for the Unemployed Act: proposed (H.R. 3021), 22637 [3AU]
House: legislative program, 4661 [9MR], 8890 [19AP]
Housing: mortgage assistance and emergency shelter (H.R. 1983), 8944, 8945 [19AP]
Housing and Urban-Rural Recovery Act: enact (H.R. 1), 18463 [11JY], 18756 [12JY]
Human rights: El Salvador, 14056 [26MY]
Intelligence Authorization Act: prohibit support for military or paramilitary operations in Nicaragua (H.R. 2760), 21453 [28JY]
Kampuchea: refugee crisis, 20699
Lane County, Oreg.: authorize Sec. of the Interior to convey certain lands (H.R. 1062), veto message, 29194 [25OC]
Lebanon: War Powers Act application (H.J. Res. 364), 26129, 26164 [28SE]
Local Government Caucus: support for National Development Investment Act (H.R. 10), 19084
Military assistance: El Salvador, 3537 [2MR]
Milk: suspend authority of Sec. of Agriculture under price support program (S.J. Res. 149), 23204 [4AU]
Minnesota: unemployment, 17780
Motor vehicles: domestic content requirements, 29763 [28OC]
Multinational Force in Lebanon Resolution: enact (H.J. Res. 364), 26129, 26164 [28SE]
MX missile: funding, 20085 [20JY]
———obligation and expenditure of funds for procurement (H. Con. Res. 113), 13578 [24MY]
National Development Investment Act: enact (H.R. 10), 18289 [30JN], 18446 [11JY], 18709, 18710, 18712-18717, 18721, 18723, 18726, 18728 [12JY], 19084
———proposed (H.R. 10), 61
Nicaragua: prohibit support for military or paramilitary operations (H.R. 2760), 21453 [28JY]
Nonpoint Source Control Act: proposed, 26806
Nuclear weapons: mutual and verifiable freeze and reductions (H.J. Res. 13), 9362 [21AP]
Pershing and cruise missiles: deployment in Europe, 29446
Personal explanation, 14338
Poland: Pope John Paul II visit, 17493
Quorum: call, 18885 [13JY]
Reagan, President: tax policy, 17124 [23JN]
Revenue sharing: amend and extend provisions (H.R. 2780), 22301 [2AU]
Social Security Act: amend (H.R. 1900), 4493, 4606 [9MR]
Soviet Jews: Call to Conscience Vigil, 4679
Soviet Union: free emigration of Jews, 4679
———U.S. policy, 24292
State and Local Fiscal Assistance Act: amend (H.R. 2780), 22301 [2AU]
Steel industry: economic conditions, 22068
———foreign trade, 33574 [17NO]
Swedish-American Friendship Day: designate (S.J. Res. 64), 7307
Tax Rate Equity Act: enact (H.R. 1183), 17124 [23JN]
Tax Reform Act: enact (H.R. 4170), 34733
Taxation: excise tax increase on cigarettes (H.R. 4125), 27927
———repeal interest and dividend withholding (H.R. 2973), 21405
Telephones: preserve universal service (H.R. 4102), 32176 [10NO]
Temporary Natural Gas Market Correction Act: enact, 340
Trade Act: worker and firm trade adjustment assistance program (H.R. 3391), 23196 [4AU], 23726 [12SE], 24149 [14SE], 24297 [15SE]
Unemployment: benefits extension, 26428 [29SE]
———health care benefits, 22637 [3AU]
———home district, 17780
Universal Telephone Service Preservation Act: enact (H.R. 4102), 32176 [10NO]
Votes: position on missed, 14338
Washington Redskins (football team): tribute, 1205
Women: equitable economic treatment, 6052
Remarks in House relative to
Citizens for Safe Drivers Legislative Award: recipient, 23405 [4AU]
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 377 [26JA], 1489 [2FE], 3537 [2MR], 4232 [8MR], 4606 [9MR], 5247 [15MR], 5828 [16MR], 7420 [24MR], 8451 [13AP], 8546, 8555 [14AP], 8944 [19AP], 13578 [24MY], 14056 [26MY], 17124 [23JN], 17712 [28JN], 18756 [12JY], 20085 [20JY], 20665 [25JY], 20986 [26JY], 21453 [28JY], 21749 [29JY], 22637 [3AU], 23195 [4AU], 23726 [12SE], 25925 [27SE], 26129, 26163 [28SE], 26428, 26534 [29SE], 27721 [6OC], 28198 [18OC], 29458 [26OC], 29763 [28OC], 30334 [1NO], 32176 [10NO], 32369 [12NO], 32759, 32764 [15NO], 33300, 33582 [17NO], 34208, 34214 [18NO]
Special order: granted, 66 [3JA], 14065 [26MY]
Reports
Canada-United States Interparliamentary Group, 4709 [10MR]
El Salvador, Representatives Jeffords and Richardson, 14057-14062 [26MY]
Foreign Travel Expenditures, 4709 [10MR]
Kampuchea Refugee Processing and Resettlement, Kampuchea Crisis Committee, 20699
State of the Region—1983, Northeast-Midwest Congressional Coalition, 1519 [2FE]
Statements
Citizens for Safe Drivers Legislative Award Presentation, 23405 [4AU]
El Salvador—Suspend Military Aid, U.S. Congressional Delegation to Mexico and El Salvador, 8688
Summaries
H.R. 10, National Development Investment Act, 62
H.R. 2544, Emergency Public Works Employment Act, 8663
Nonpoint Source Control Act, 26808
Tables
Unemployment rates in Minnesota counties, 17780
Tributes
Burton, Phillip, 8200
Medalie, William L., 32759 [15NO]
Runge, Carlisle, 25147 [21SE]
Vinovich, Ralph, 23197 [4AU]