SKEEN, JOE (a Representative from New Mexico)
Amendments offered by, to
Dairy Production Stabilization Act: enact (H.R. 4196), 30337 [1NO], 31750 [9NO]
Emergency Mathematics and Science Education Act: enact (H.R. 1310), 3597 [2MR]
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 3385, Dairy Production Stabilization Act, 31787 [9NO]
Articles and editorials
Clinch River, Tenn., Breeder Reactor—Why Clinch River? Alvin M. Weinberg, Public Utilities Fortnightly (publication), 21540
Clinch River—More Long-Term ``Strategy'' Needed for Reactor Development, Alvin M. Weinberg, Energy Insider (publication), 13635
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Dept. of the Army: compensate certain ranchers in New Mexico for land (see H.R. 4022), 26202 [28SE]
Dugan, C. J.: relief (see H.R. 3675), 21016 [26JY]
Harold L. Runnels Federal Building, Las Cruces, N. Mex.: designate (see H.R. 3308), 15722 [14JN]
Mining leases: provide procedure for determining eligibility of foreign citizens (see H.R. 617), 161 [6JA]
National Free Enterprise Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 217), 6843 [23MR]
Otero Mills, Inc.: relief (see H.R. 3675), 21016 [26JY]
Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act: repeal withholding on interest and dividends (see H.R. 1101), 1187 [31JA]
Taxation: exempt interest and dividend withholding for those age 65 and older (see H.R. 1100), 1187 [31JA]
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Acidic deposition: provide for accelerated study of causes and effects (see H.R. 1405), 4666 [9MR]
Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations: make certain changes in membership and operations (see H.R. 1617), 2851 [23FE]
Afghanistan, Republic of: declaring the support of the U.S. (see H. Con. Res. 237), 34221 [18NO]
Agency rulemaking: expand public participation, congressional review, and judicial (see H.R. 1776), 3615 [2MR]
Agriculture: adverse effects on U.S. exports of proposals to modify the European Community policy (see H. Res. 322), 26536 [29SE]
———expand and improve commodity distribution program (see H.R. 1407), 6530 [22MR]
———persons who fail to prevent erosion may not receive Federal assistance (see H.R. 1077), 7899 [11AP]
———prohibit payment to certain persons who produce commodities on highly erodible land (see H.R. 3906), 24347 [15SE]
———promote use of food irradiation as postharvest treatment for commodities (see H.R. 4544), 34219 [18NO]
Alaska: redesignate public land to allow hunting (see H.R. 1493), 2195 [15FE]
American Businesswomen's Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 101), 11933 [11MY]
Andrei Sakharov Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 178), 11623 [10MY]
Animals: restrict prohibitions on ownership of pets by elderly and handicapped in rental housing (see H.R. 1373), 11622 [10MY]
Armed Forces: Reserve commissioned officers promoted to higher grade while serving on active duty (see H.R. 679), 3250 [1MR]
Army Reserve Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 184), 8221 [12AP]
Automobile dealers: protect from unfair price discrimination by manufacturers (see H.R. 1415), 24217 [14SE]
Bankruptcy: amend laws regarding farm produce storage facilities (see H.R. 1031), 938 [27JA]
———with respect to consumer credit, agricultural produce, and other purposes (see H.R. 1800), 14882 [8JN]
Board of Governors of U.S. Postal Service: terminate (see H.R. 86), 2851 [23FE]
Broadcast stations: procedures for renewal and transfer of licenses (see H.R. 2382), 8556 [14AP]
Budget: amend Constitution relating to Federal procedures (see H.J. Res. 243), 9288 [20AP]
Cargo preference requirements: sense of Congress in opposition to further expansion (see H. Con. Res. 136), 17271 [27JN]
Catholic War Veterans of U.S.A., Inc.: recognition (see H.R. 1199), 11932 [11MY]
Central America: use of CIA funds (see H.R. 3694), 21752 [29JY]
Clean Air Act: provide for extensions of dates for attainment of national ambient standards (see H.R. 3046, 3057), 17812 [28JN], 18337 [30JN]
Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act: authorize additional measures to reduce salinity (see H.R. 2790), 21258 [27JY]
Commodity Credit Corp. Act: amend to promote exchange of material produced abroad and needed in U.S. for agricultural export (see H.R. 2428), 7740 [7AP]
Contadora Group: support for peace initiative of 4-nation (see H. Con. Res. 159), 23931 [13SE]
Copper: direct purchase for national defense stockpile (see H.R. 2412), 10481 [28AP]
Dairy products: stabilize supply and demand (see H.R. 2822), 10479 [28AP]
Dept. of Defense: require certain consolidations of functions (see H.R. 3950), 33585 [17NO]
Emergency Medicine Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 325), 24218 [14SE]
Enterprise Zone Employment and Development Act: enact (see H.R. 1955), 31526 [8NO]
Federal and State antitrust laws: modify certain joint research and development activities (see H.R. 4043), 34223 [18NO]
Federal contracts: amend Davis-Bacon Act to provide new job opportunities (see H.R. 3846), 23253 [4AU]
Federal courts: provide for a verdict of guilty but mentally ill (see H.R. 2942), 12528 [17MY]
Federal Credit Union Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 139), 3989 [3MR]
Federal Election Campaign Act: increase role of political parties in financing (see H.R. 3081), 17271 [27JN]
Federal employees: make regulations more cost effective (see H.R. 3939), 34223 [18NO]
Federal reclamation laws: establish a water project insurance fund (see H.R. 4480), 34217 [18NO]
Feltsman, Vladimir: Soviet Union should allow freedom to travel to U.S. (see H. Con. Res. 177), 30887 [3NO]
Fire Protection Week: should be observed with appropriate activities (see H. Con. Res. 188), 27724 [6OC]
Firearms: strengthen mandatory penalty for use in Federal felonies (see H.R. 2193), 6392 [21MR]
Foreign trade: disapproval of Congress on certain U.S. trade embargoes (see H. Con. Res. 174), 25524 [22SE]
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]
Interest and dividends: delay effective date of withholding (see H.R. 1084), 1186 [31JA]
———withholding of tax (see H.R. 500), 259 [25JA]
Johnson, Lady Bird: award gold medal (see H.J. Res. 394), 33586 [17NO]
Korean war: erect memorial in Washington, D.C., to honor members of Armed Forces (see H.J. Res. 236), 23256 [4AU]
Louisiana World Exposition: strike medals to commemorate (see H.R. 3321), 18337 [30JN]
Lupus Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 260), 26203 [28SE]
Ministers: tax treatment (see H.R. 1905), 26536 [29SE]
Mortgage revenue bonds: continue issuance (see H.R. 1176), 8454 [13AP]
Myasthenia Gravis Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 278), 25721 [26SE]
NASA: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 284), 24820 [20SE]
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), 9403 [21AP]
National Association of State Directors of Veterans' Affairs: recognize (see H.R. 1142), 7741 [7AP]
National Child Abuse Prevention Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 22), 2417 [17FE]
National Children's Liver Disease Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 234), 10481 [28AP]
National Congregate and Meals on Wheels Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 386), 30336 [1NO]
National Cystic Fibrosis Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 270), 23738 [12SE]
National Diabetes Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 307), 24218 [14SE]
National Digestive Diseases Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 226), 11483 [9MY]
National Disabled Veterans Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 283), 16092 [16JN]
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 Eye Donor Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 62), 3251 [1MR]
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 Home Health Care Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 268), 15724 [14JN]
National Mental Health Counselors Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 102), 4666 [9MR]
National Military Families Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 51), 10481 [28AP]
National Organ Donation Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 229), 9403 [21AP]
National Paralyzed Veterans Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 258), 14068 [26MY]
National Parkinson's Disease Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 160), 8772 [18AP]
National Recognition Week for Registered Nurses and Licensed Practical Nurses: designate (see H.J. Res. 220), 8221 [12AP]
National Respiratory Therapy Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 227), 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), 15724 [14JN]
National School Bus Safety Week: proclaim (see H.J. Res. 137), 8962 [19AP]
National Scleroderma Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 225), 14609 [6JN]
National Security Act: protect against disclosure of identities of former U.S. intelligence officers (see H.R. 3439), 21258 [27JY]
National Surveyors Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 103), 23738 [12SE]
National Theater Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 292), 23256 [4AU]
National Tourism Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 168), 10481 [28AP]
New Mexico: authorize selection of U.S. land for exchange (see H.R. 1578), 2590 [22FE]
Nuclear arsenals: mutual and verifiable reductions (see H.J. Res. 4), 5043 [11MR]
Nuclear weapons: strategic defensive systems (see H. Con. Res. 98), 7742 [7AP]
Older Americans Month: observance (see H. Con. Res. 101), 10482 [28AP]
Olympics: tax designation for contributions to U.S. Olympic Committee (see H.R. 1984), 4663 [9MR]
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act: financial assistance for construction of correctional facilities to States and local governments (see H.R. 2747), 12252 [12MY]
Payments in Lieu of Taxes Act: amend (see H.R. 2071), 11932 [11MY]
Peace through strength: national security policy should reflect national strategy (see H. Con. Res. 83), 4665 [9MR]
Postmaster General: direct the exercise of the power of the Postal Service (see H.R. 86), 2851 [23FE]
Public Health Service Act: authorize financial assistance for organ procurement organizations (see H.R. 4080, 4474), 27398 [5OC], 34217 [18NO]
Railroads: study methods of financing retirement and unemployment systems (see H. Con. Res. 46), 2417 [17FE]
Rocky Mountain low level radioactive waste compact: grant the consent of Congress (see H.R. 4388), 32765 [15NO]
Roswell, N. Mex.: convey desalting facility to (see H.R. 2031), 4664 [9MR]
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 the Interior: allow to invest funds collected by Indian irrigation and power projects (see H.R. 3389), 16897 [22JN]
Small Business Act: amend relative to economic dislocations (see H.R. 1929), 3988 [3MR]
———clarify eligibility of small agricultural cooperatives for assistance (see H.R. 2988), 11932 [11MY]
Social security: amend with respect to home health services (see H.R. 3616), 31845 [9NO]
———authorize payment for occupational therapy under medicare program (see H.R. 2116), 5830 [16MR]
Social Security Act: provide benefits for aliens after they have been admitted lawfully into U.S. (see H.R. 950), 1584 [3FE]
South Korean airliner: Soviet attack (see H. Con. Res. 160), 23931 [13SE]
Soviet Union: forced labor (see H. Con. Res. 100), 24727 [19SE]
———U.S. should enter into long-term grain sales agreement (see H. Res. 145), 6393 [21MR]
Space: encourage and regulate commercial development (see H.R. 1011), 937 [27JA]
Square dance: designate as national folk dance (see H.R. 1706), 25720 [26SE]
State and local governments: provide financial relief by eliminating certain requirements (see H.R. 625), 11622 [10MY]
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), 32766 [15NO]
States: authorize trade of lands with U.S. (see H.R. 1577), 2590 [22FE]
———exempt from statute of limitations to quiet title action against U.S. (see H.R. 3917), 34223 [18NO]
Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act: 50 percent of funds deposited in reclamation fund shall be paid to States (see H.R. 1621), 8454 [13AP]
Taxation: adjustment of income brackets to prevent inflation-caused increases (see H. Con. Res. 85), 5250 [15MR]
———credit for compensation paid to employees with precollege mathematics teaching certificates (see H.R. 836), 4665 [9MR]
———estate tax laws should not be modified by Economic Recovery Tax Act (see H. Res. 216), 14359 [2JN]
———implementation of reduction and indexing provisions of Economic Recovery Tax Act (see H. Con. Res. 115), 9691 [26AP]
———make permanent deductions for charitable contributions by nonitemizers (see H.R. 1315), 10481 [28AP]
———provide 2-year reduction in rates of certain aviation related (see H.R. 4054), 33586 [17NO]
———provide for establishment of deductions of contributions to education savings accounts (see H.R. 2263), 12793 [18MY]
———provide for individual housing accounts (see H.R. 2072), 6530 [22MR]
———reduce the holding period required for long-term capital gain or loss treatment (see H.R. 2225), 9288 [20AP]
———reduce the rates of certain aviation-related (see H.R. 4055), 33586 [17NO]
———remove certain limitations on charitable contributions (see H.R. 1285), 16673 [21JN]
———repeal highway use on heavy trucks and increase on diesel fuel (see H.R. 2124), 9288 [20AP]
———treatment of agricultural commodities under payment-in-kind program (see H.R. 1287), 2066 [10FE]
———withholding on interest and dividends (see H.R. 500), 259 [25JA]
Transportation: assure protection of the traveling public in air (see H.R. 2053), 9288 [20AP]
———repeal national speed limit of 55 miles per hour (see H.R. 785), 3989 [3MR]
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]
U.S. Code: amend (see H.R. 1415), 24217 [14SE]
UN Decade of Disabled Persons: implement objectives (see H. Con. Res. 39), 1231 [1FE]
Veterans: World War I pensions (see H.R. 1918), 3988 [3MR]
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Dignity Act: enact (see H.R. 4158), 32301 [11NO]
Vietnam-era veterans: coin and sell national medal honoring (see H.R. 1870), 12251 [12MY]
Water: authorize States to regulate interstate transfer (see H.R. 1207), 3250 [1MR]
Water resources: authorize ongoing program for research (see H.R. 2911), 14068 [26MY]
Wine: international trade barriers (see H.R. 3795), 23251 [4AU]
Wool: duty on imports from Argentina and Uruguay (see H.R. 1195), 1491 [2FE]
Wrightsville Beach, N.C.: convey desalting facility to (see H.R. 2031), 4664 [9MR]
Youth of America Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 266), 18474 [11JY]
Election
Committee on Agriculture, 134 [6JA]
Committee on Science and Technology, 134 [6JA]
Essays
Voice of Democracy, Kevin D. Shahan, 10863
Letters
CHAMPUS coverage for liver transplants, by, 18614 [12JY]
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]
Remarks by, on
Clinch River, Tenn., breeder reactor, 21540
Clinch River breeder reactor, Tennessee: alternative financing, 26235
Critical Agricultural Materials Act: enact (H.R. 2733), 12473 [17MY]
Dairy Production Stabilization Act: enact (H.R. 4196), 31750-31752 [9NO]
Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3329), 16851 [22JN]
———making appropriations (H.R. 3329), conference report, 22255
Education: science and mathematics teachers (H.R. 1310), 3595, 3597 [2MR]
Emergency Mathematics and Science Education Act: enact (H.R. 1310), 3595, 3597 [2MR]
FAA: closing flight service stations, 16851 [22JN]
Guayule rubber: extend and improve research, development, and demonstration in production and manufacture (H.R. 2733), 12473 [17MY]
Health: organ transplant, 27396
Interest and dividends: repeal withholding tax (H.R. 2973), conference report, 21402 [28JY]
Las Cruces, N. Mex.: designate Federal Building as the ``Harold L. Runnels Federal Building'', 15767
National Organ Transplant Act: proposed (H.R. 4080), 27396
Natural gas: price freeze, 2102
New Mexico: compensation to 150 ranching families for real estate taken for weapons testing (H.R. 4022), 26229
NSF: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2066), 12199, 12201 [12MY]
Roswell, N. Mex.: water desalinization research plant, 4880
Sports: Lovington High School participates in New Mexico State AAA Basketball Tournament, 10866
Taxation: repeal interest and dividend withholding, 1212
Water Resources Research Act: enact (H.R. 2911), 29972 [31OC]
Remarks in House relative to
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 1185 [31JA], 2062 [10FE], 4661 [9MR], 10817 [3MY], 12199 [12MY], 12472 [17MY], 13616 [24MY], 15721 [14JN], 21749 [29JY], 26201 [28SE], 29972 [31OC]
Statements
American Trucking Industry—An Expression of Concern, by, and 51 other Members of Congress, 5864 [16MR]