SWIFT, AL (a Representative from Washington)
Analyses
H.R. 2370, Broadcasting Public Responsiblity and Deregulation Act, 7523
H.R. 3440, Universal Telephone Service and Ratepayer Protection Act, 17793
Appointments
Funeral committee for Henry M. Jackson, 23708 [12SE]
Articles and editorials
As We See It, TV Guide (publication), 26550
Notes and Comment, New Yorker (magazine), 27181
Sino-U.S. Relations—Promises and Challenges, Zhang Wenjin, New York (N.Y.) Times, 28490
Your Long-Distance Bill, Representative Dingell, Washington (D.C.) Post, 24253
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Communications Act: assure services are universally available on nationwide bases at affordable rates (see H.R. 3440), 17812 [28JN]
———preserve principles of FCC (see H.R. 4324), 31525 [8NO]
———provide national policy regarding cable television (see H.R. 4229), 29459 [26OC]
Federal Elections Campaign Act: establish a program of Federal financial assistance to States to encourage voter registration (see H.R. 4367), 32301 [11NO]
Federal Elections Commission: authorize appropriations (see H.R. 2621), 8961 [19AP]
INS and U.S. Customs Service: include inspectors with retirement provisions applicable to hazardous occupations (see H.R. 3748), 22327 [2AU]
Makah Indian Tribe, Washington: hold certain lands in trust (see H.R. 3376), 16673 [21JN]
Motor vehicles: enhance detection of theft and improve prosecution (see H.R. 3999), 25967 [27SE]
News media: sense of Congress to adverse impact of early projections of election results (see H. Con. Res. 227), 33190 [16NO]
Social security: eliminate waiting period for disability benefits for terminally ill individuals (see H.R. 507), 158 [6JA]
Television and radio broadcasters: quantify public responsibility requirements (see H.R. 2370), 7423 [24MR]
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee Act: enact (see H.R. 3746), 22327 [2AU]
Agriculture: improve productivity of farmers (see H.R. 2714), 9401 [21AP]
Air transportation: assure protection of traveling public (see H.R. 2053), 13620 [24MY]
Alcoholic beverages: restrict sales in interstate commerce (see H.R. 3870), 28039 [17OC]
American Businesswomen's Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 101), 16092 [16JN]
Animals: end use of steel-jaw leghold traps (see H.R. 1797), 7605 [5AP]
Armed Forces: chiropractic care (see H.R. 31), 23929 [13SE]
———medical benefits to certain former spouses of retirees (see H.R. 2715), 28211 [18OC]
Banks and banking: require depository institutions to disclose practices with check deposits and payments of interest bearing accounts (see H.R. 4187), 34223 [18NO]
Bonneville Power Administration: provide annual budget review (see H.R. 2098), 5249 [15MR]
Child support enforcement program: improve (see H.R. 2374), 19175 [14JY]
Chile: call for restoration of democracy (see H. Res. 310), 26536 [29SE]
China, People's Republic of: should negotiate creation of a U.S.-People's Republic of China Student Exchange for Understanding program (see H.J. Res. 429), 34224 [18NO]
Clark, Barney B.: Presidential Medal of Freedom (see H. Res. 151), 10820 [3MY]
Clergy Appreciation Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 149), 2591 [22FE]
Columbia River Gorge Commission: establish (see H.R. 3853), 23253 [4AU]
Commission on Capital Markets: establish (see H.R. 3397), 16898 [22JN]
Committee on Hunger (Select): establish (see H. Res. 15), 14609 [6JN]
Commodity distribution: appropriations (see H.R. 1300), 3619 [2MR]
———expand and improve program (see H.R. 1299), 3619 [2MR]
Communications Act: assure universal telephone service (see H.R. 3621, 4102), 20274 [21JY], 27722 [6OC]
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act: generate additional revenues for the Superfund (see H.R. 3129), 13619 [24MY]
Computer Contribution Act: enact (see H.R. 701), 2066 [10FE]
Constitution: amend with respect to fixing compensation of Members of Congress (see H.J. Res. 113), 1187 [31JA]
Dept. of Education: postpone reorganization of certain programs relative to GAO study (see H. Con. Res. 157), 28325 [19OC]
Dept. of HUD: administer demonstration program for communities and nonprofit organizations in providing emergency shelter (see H.R. 708), 2416 [17FE]
Drugs: penalties for robbery (see H.R. 1255), 17812 [28JN]
Education: authorize national program of improving the quality (see H.R. 881), 13619 [24MY]
———national policy that Federal Government contribute to support (see H. Con. Res. 118), 17813 [28JN], 20124 [20JY]
———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]
Educators: expressing thanks of House of Representatives to American (see H. Res. 349), 30571 [2NO]
Emergency Medicine Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 325), 24218 [14SE]
Employment: provide opportunities to long-term unemployed (see H.R. 3485), 18335 [30JN]
Employment Act: establish a National Economic Cooperation Council (see H.R. 3443), 18231 [29JN]
Energy Conservation in Existing Buildings Act: provide for weatherization (see H.R. 2615), 8960 [19AP]
Energy Policy and Conservation Act: eliminate preemption of State's authority to establish efficiency standards (see H.R. 3244), 23254 [4AU]
Energy Security Act: extend the financing authority of Synthetic Fuels Corp. (see H.R. 2489), 13392 [23MY]
Epidemiological and medical research: appropriate funds (see H.R. 2762, 2763), 14360 [2JN]
Equal rights for men and women: amend Constitution (see H.J. Res. 1), 73 [3JA], 259 [25JA]
ERISA: permit investment in residential mortgages (see H.R. 1418), 4234 [8MR]
FCC: sense of House on telephone rates and judicial decisions affecting (see H. Res. 231), 15723 [14JN]
Federal Boat Safety Act: amend (see H.R. 2163), 12448 [16MY]
Federal Credit Union Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 139), 15724 [14JN]
Federal educational assistance: delay effective date for denial to students who fail to comply with Military Selective Service Act (see H.R. 2145), 21517 [28JY]
Federal employees: increase Government contribution rate to health benefit plan (see H.R. 656), 8454 [13AP]
———insure integrity of retirement system (see H. Res. 135), 9403 [21AP]
Federal energy budget: restore balance (see H. Res. 139), 5832 [16MR]
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: authorize abbreviated new drug application for generic new drugs equivalent to approved (see H.R. 3605), 19808 [19JY]
Federal Managers Association: authorize the establishment of a competitive health insurance program (see H.R. 1517), 14608 [6JN]
Federal Mine Safety and Health Act: shall not apply to certain operations (see H.R. 2073), 12527 [17MY]
Federal Power Act: specify annual charges for projects with licenses (see H.R. 3660), 21015 [26JY]
Federal programs: encourage conservation and use of renewable energy (see H.R. 1599), 12527 [17MY]
Federal Supplemental Compensation Act: extend number of weeks (see H.R. 233), 1188 [31JA]
Federal training and economic development programs: create jobs and develop skills in renewable energy (see H.R. 1598), 20667 [25JY]
Firearms: protect manufacturers from certain litigation (see H.R. 3715), 34222 [18NO]
———protect owners from certain litigation (see H.R. 3716), 34222 [18NO]
———provide lawful possession (see H.R. 3714), 34222 [18NO]
Fish: sport fish restoration and management projects (see H.R. 1724), 10819 [3MY]
Florence Crittenton Mission Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 383), 30570 [2NO]
Food stamps: allow States to use retrospective accounting to set benefits (see H.R. 3557), 23930 [13SE]
Freedom of Information Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 434), 33585 [17NO]
Hospice care: sense of House of Representatives in support (see H. Res. 219), 14608 [6JN]
Immigration and Nationality Act: increase quota for colonies and dependent areas (see H.R. 2131), 12448 [16MY]
Indians: housing (see H.R. 1928), 3988 [3MR]
Interest and dividends: withholding of tax (see H.R. 500), 1944 [8FE]
International Claims Settlement Act: provide for determination of claims of U.S. citizens aboard South Korean airliner (see H.R. 3918), 26945 [3OC]
International Whaling Commission: nations that have filed objection to ban on commercial whaling (see H. Con. Res. 69), 2909 [24FE]
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), 23256 [4AU]
Killer whales: prohibit the taking and importation for public display (see H.R. 4457), 33584 [17NO]
King, Martin Luther, Jr.: designate birthday a legal public holiday (see H.R. 800), 3619 [2MR]
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]
Local governments: to provide for payments in lieu of taxes to be made by U.S. (see H.R. 430), 2066 [10FE]
Lupus erythematosus: NIH should give priority to finding cure (see H. Res. 191), 14883 [8JN]
Mays, Benjamin E.: award Presidential Medal of Freedom (see H. Res. 17), 9875 [27AP]
Medicaid: extend home care coverage (see H.R. 1978), 16091 [16JN]
Medicare: direct reimbursement option (see H.R. 2841), 16092 [16JN]
Medicare program: establish a bipartisan commission to study and make recommendations to assure solvency (see H.R. 2495), 23255 [4AU]
Merchant Marine: strengthen domestic commerce (see H.R. 1076), 1186 [31JA]
Mono Lake National Monument, Calif.: establish (see H.R. 1341), 11932 [11MY]
Mortgage revenue bonds: continue issuance (see H.R. 1176), 6530 [22MR]
Municipal Clerk's Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 176), 10820 [3MY]
NASA: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 284), 25188 [21SE]
National Alzheimer's Disease Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 179), 17194 [23JN]
National Animal Agriculture Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 228), 7741 [7AP]
National Commission on Down's Syndrome: establish (see H.R. 1584), 8454 [13AP]
National Commission on the Improvement of American Infrastructure: establish (see H.R. 1350), 1943 [8FE]
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), 18799 [12JY]
National Day of Peace (see H.J. Res. 74), 29459 [26OC]
National Diabetes Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 307), 21518 [28JY]
National Digestive Diseases Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 226), 11483 [9MY]
National Disabled Veterans Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 283), 15724 [14JN]
National Energy Education Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 336), 33191 [16NO]
National Eye Donor Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 62), 3251 [1MR]
National Fishing Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 410), 30964 [4NO]
National Home Health Care Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 268), 15724 [14JN]
National Housing Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 331), 23256 [4AU]
National Labor Relations Act: prohibit awarding of Federal contracts to violators of certain judicial orders (see H.R. 1743), 30336 [1NO]
National Mental Health Counselors Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 102), 5085 [14MR]
National Mental Health Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 186), 7899 [11AP]
National Organ Donation Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 229), 10481 [28AP]
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 Physical Fitness and Sports Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 140), 6394 [21MR]
National Port Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 173), 17194 [23JN]
National Respiratory Therapy Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 227), 14000 [25MY]
National Reye's Syndrome Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 49), 16673 [21JN]
National Scleroderma Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 225), 14609 [6JN]
National Sickle-Cell Anemia Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 155), 16092 [16JN]
National Surveyors Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 103), 381 [26JA]
National Theater Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 292), 28325 [19OC]
National Week of the Ocean: designate (see H.J. Res. 191), 4715 [10MR]
Native American Programs Act: impose limitations to the administration and authorize appropriations (see H.R. 4468), 33584 [17NO]
Natural Food Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 322), 26536 [29SE]
Natural gas: provide reform of Federal laws relating to pricing and marketing (see H.R. 2508), 14000 [25MY]
Northern Ireland: end conflict and achieve unity of Irish people (see H.J. Res. 207), 5888 [17MR]
Nuclear weapons: calling for mutual freeze and reduction (see H.J. Res. 2), 73 [3JA], 259 [25JA]
Nutrition: Federal Government should maintain current programs (see H. Con. Res. 40), 2417 [17FE]
Ocean and coastal resources management and development fund: establish (see H.R. 5), 12447 [16MY]
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act: determining hourly rates of pay for Federal employees (see H.R. 3871), 23928 [13SE]
Omnibus Reconciliation Act: repeal provisions which reduce pay of certain Federal employees who are retired members of uniformed services (see H.R. 1515), 14608 [6JN]
OPM: permit Federal employees to transfer health benefit plan enrollments (see H.R. 1025), 937 [27JA]
———prohibit implementation of certain regulations published in the Federal Register (see H.R. 2449), 14360 [2JN]
Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning and Conservation Act: protect the rights of parties to proceedings to establish rates (see H.R. 3177), 14067 [26MY]
Payments in Lieu of Taxes Act: amend (see H.R. 2071), 11932 [11MY]
Petroleum: amend Export Administration Act (see H.R. 1197), 13392 [23MY]
Post Office and Courthouse Building, Greensboro, N.C.: designate as L. Richardson Preyer Federal Building (see H.R. 4210), 29675 [27OC]
Public Health Service Act: sense of Congress respecting the administration (see H. Con. Res. 93), 12252 [12MY]
Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act: assure sufficient resources to pay benefits (see H.R. 459), 14360 [2JN]
REA: insure continued financial integrity (see H.R. 3050), 15154 [9JN]
Sea grant college program: appropriations (see H.R. 1643), 12251 [12MY]
Sec. of Agriculture and CCC: extend export authority (see H.R. 3255), 21517 [28JY]
Sec. of the Interior: sense of House that certain actions be taken (see H. Res. 385), 34221 [18NO]
Securities Exchange Act: increase sanctions against trading (see H.R. 559), 23929 [13SE]
Senior Environmental Employment Corps: establish (see H.R. 569), 1944 [8FE]
Silva class of aliens: Attorney General should grant extended voluntary departure status (see H. Res. 33), 9875 [27AP]
Small Business Act: provide special loan guarantees (see H.R. 1755), 3614 [2MR]
Social security: amend with respect to home health services (see H.R. 3616), 31845 [9NO]
———assure mandatory income withholding incentive payments to States (see H.R. 4325), 32202 [10NO]
———eliminate waiting period for disability benefits for terminally ill individuals (see H.R. 507), 12527 [17MY]
Social Security Act: liberalize the earnings test for postsecondary students (see H.R. 1357), 1943 [8FE]
———provide a monthly insurance benefit in which a recipient dies (see H.R. 951), 379 [26JA]
———provide procedures for crediting Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and Disability Insurance Trust Fund (see H.R. 1276), 2066 [10FE]
Solidarity Sunday: designate (see H. Res. 150), 12528 [17MY]
South Korean airliner: Soviet attack (see H.J. Res. 353), 23929 [13SE]
Soviet Union: establish U.S.-Soviet Communications Center (see H.R. 408), 8961 [19AP]
Space: immediate negotiations for ban on weapons (see H.J. Res. 120), 13393 [23MY]
Square dance: designate as national folk dance (see H.R. 1706), 25720 [26SE]
SSI disability program: reform with respect to mentally impaired (see H.R. 3074), 13006 [19MY]
States: establish ocean and coastal resources management and development fund (see H.R. 5), 12447 [16MY]
Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act: repeal withholding on interest and dividends (see H.R. 15), 381 [26JA]
Taxation: credit for expenses of household dependent care refundable (see H.R. 2093), 23255 [4AU]
———delay effective date of deductibility of certain expenses paid by ministers (see H.R. 2759), 14360 [2JN]
———remove certain limitations on charitable contributions (see H.R. 1285), 20667 [25JY]
———repeal highway use on heavy trucks and increase on diesel fuel (see H.R. 2124), 10481 [28AP]
———repeal hospital insurance tax (see H.R. 1026), 937 [27JA]
Telecommunications: investment credit for purchase of used property (see H.R. 2331), 7422 [24MR]
Thomas, Danny: award a special gold medal for outstanding work as an American (see H.J. Res. 93), 26536 [29SE]
Truman, Harry S.: award special congressional gold medal (see H.R. 3614), 33585 [17NO]
U.S. Academy of Peace and Conflict Resolution: establish (see H.R. 1249), 9874 [27AP]
U.S.-flag vessels: promote increased ocean transportation of bulk commodities and strengthen defense industrial base (see H.R. 1242), 7426 [24MR]
U.S.-Soviet Communications Center: establish (see H.R. 408), 8961 [19AP]
Under Secretary of State for Agricultural Affairs: establish in the Dept. of State (see H.R. 4221), 30018 [31OC]
Unemployment compensation: repeal certain changes in the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act to extend program (see H.R. 233), 1188 [31JA]
Veterans' Administration Advisory Committee on Women Veterans: establish (see H.R. 2903), 28856 [21OC]
Vietnam-era veterans: psychological readjustment counseling (see H.R. 2323), 12527 [17MY]
Water resources: authorize ongoing program for research (see H.R. 2911), 18799 [12JY]
———provide for conservation and development (see H.R. 3678), 24727 [19SE]
Wilkins, Roy: present medal to widow (see H.R. 3240), 30018 [31OC]
Wine: international trade barriers (see H.R. 3795), 23251 [4AU]
Yakima River Basin water enhancement project: provide credit to State of Washington for construction costs (see H.R. 653), 162 [6JA]
Election
Committee on Energy and Commerce, 132 [6JA]
Committee on House Administration, 132 [6JA]
Committee on Printing (Joint), 1877 [8FE]
Committee on the Library (Joint), 1877 [8FE]
Eulogies
Henry M. Jackson, by, 27363 [5OC]
Letters
Clinch River breeder reactor project funding: by, and 124 other Members of Congress, 25674 [23SE]
National Fire Academy training at Emmitsburg, Md.: Robert A. Neale, 31883
Relationship between television and federal elections, by, 26551
Universal Telephone Service Preservation Act (H.R. 4102)(sundry excerpts), 31867
Oaths administered
House of Representatives, 227 [25JA]
Polls of opinion
UN contributions cuts, Conservative Caucus, 27172 [4OC]
Remarks by, on
Agriculture: family dairy farmer legislation, 28513
Broadcasting Public Responsiblity and Deregulation Act: proposed (H.R. 2370), 7522
Budget Act: reform, 1221 [1FE]
Cable Telecommunications Act: enact (H.R. 4103), 29480
China, People's Republic of: technology exports, 28256 [19OC]
———U.S. relations, 28490
Committee on House Administration: filing reports, 9371 [21AP]
Congress: legislative agenda, 1221 [1FE]
Dairy Production Stabilization Act: enact (H.R. 4196), 31748, 31757, 31781
Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and certain independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3191), 14847 [8JN]
Elections: broadcasters and other news media members to refrain from projecting results before polls close (H. Con. Res. 227), 33272
Emmitsburg, Md.: National Emergency Training Center, 31883
ERA: amend Constitution (H.J. Res. 1), 32816
Export Administration Act: amend authorities (H.R. 3231), 25708, 25709 [26SE], 28256 [19OC]
FCC: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2755), 33357 [17NO]
———local phone rates, 24253
———telephone rate increases, 17669 [28JN]
FEC: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2621), 9658, 9659 [26AP]
Federal elections: poll closing times, 26550
———television involvement, 26550
Federal employees: early retirement for customs and immigration inspectors (H.R. 3748), 22367
Gas: tax increase, 1862 [8FE]
Health Research Extension Act: enact (H.R. 2350), 33453 [17NO]
Indians: incorporate certain islands into Makah Indian Reservation, Washington (H.R. 3376), 16693
Personal explanation, 28579 [20OC]
Rehabilitation Act: extend and improve (H.R. 3520), 23879 [13SE]
Taxation: heavy trucks, 1862 [8FE]
Telephone: rate increases, 17669 [28JN]
Telephones: preserve universal service (H.R. 4102), 31730 [9NO], 32157, 32158, 32161-32163 [10NO]
Universal Telephone Service and Ratepayer Protection Act: proposed (H.R. 3440), 17793
Universal Telephone Service Preservation Act: enact (H.R. 4102), 31730 [9NO], 31867
Votes: position on missed, 28579 [20OC]
Remarks in House relative to
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 1221 [1FE], 1862 [8FE], 3985 [3MR], 7420 [24MR], 9658 [26AP], 16671 [21JN], 17669, 17810 [28JN], 22325 [2AU], 25708 [26SE], 25965 [27SE], 26534 [29SE], 27144 [4OC], 28322 [19OC], 29458 [26OC], 31730, 31748, 31757 [9NO], 32764 [15NO], 33187 [16NO], 33453 [17NO]
Special order: granted, 17809 [28JN]
Reports
Committee on House Administration, 9619 [25AP]
Foreign Travel Expenditures, 23244 [4AU]
Statements
Conservative Caucus Poll, Neil Snider, 27172
St. Patrick's Day: by, and 78 other Members of Congress, 6029 [17MR]
Tributes
Jackson, Henry M., 27363 [5OC]
Post, Homer, 26004