WISE, ROBERT E., JR. (a Representative from West Virginia)
Amendments offered by, to
Energy and water development: make appropriations (H.R. 3132), 14001 [25MY], 14585 [6JN]
Employment: providing for productive jobs (H.R. 1718), 3620 [2MR]
Appointments
Committee on Aging (Select), 1878 [8FE]
Articles and editorials
West Virginia's ``Almost Heaven'' Becomes a Nightmare, John M. Berry, Washington (D.C.) Post, 12663
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Black Lung Benefits Act: prohibit the recovery of overpayments (see H.R. 4577), 34220 [18NO]
———provide for resumption of benefits to remarried wife upon termination of marriage (see H.R. 4575), 34220 [18NO]
Dept. of Labor: increase the number of administrative law judges (see H.R. 4576), 34220 [18NO]
Employment and privacy: eliminate exemptions for Congress or U.S. from certain provisions of Federal law (see H.R. 3237), 14608 [6JN]
Nitro, W. Va.: recognize as a living memorial to World War I (see H. Res. 163), 8961 [19AP]
Postal rate: sense of Congress disapproving increase proposed (see H. Con. Res. 228), 33190 [16NO]
Social security: limit medicare reimbursement to hospitals and other providers of service for legal fees (see H.R. 4313), 30886 [3NO]
———reform the disability determination process (see H.R. 3541), 18798 [12JY]
Stonewall Jackson Reservoir project, W. Va.: deauthorize (see H.R. 3000), 12250 [12MY]
Synthetic Fuels Corporation Act: support research and development (see H.R. 4060), 26800 [30SE]
Vietnam-era veterans: psychological readjustment counseling (see H.R. 2323), 15154 [9JN]
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Acidic deposition: provide for accelerated study of causes and effects (see H.R. 1405), 4666 [9MR]
Afghanistan, Republic of: declaring the support of the U.S. (see H. Con. Res. 237), 34221 [18NO]
Alcoholic beverages: legal minimum age for drinking and purchasing (see H. Con. Res. 23), 1584 [3FE]
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]
Armed Forces: provide benefits under survivor plan to surviving spouses (see H.R. 3686), 24727 [19SE]
Automobile dealers: protect from unfair price discrimination by manufacturers (see H.R. 1415), 32766 [15NO]
Broadcast stations: procedures for renewal and transfer of licenses (see H.R. 2382), 29069 [24OC]
Budget: amend provisions relative to President's (see H.R. 1244), 11483 [9MY]
———require President and Congress to adopt pay-as-you-go process (see H.J. Res. 427), 33190 [16NO]
Burton, Phillip: Golden Gate National Recreation Area dedicate to (see H.R. 2600), 8960 [19AP]
Business: facilitate economic adjustment of communities and require concerns to give advance notice of plant closings (see H.R. 2847), 19175 [14JY]
Caribbean Basin: promote economic revitalization and facilitate expansion of opportunity (see H.R. 2819), 15154 [9JN]
Cigarettes or little cigars: performance standards by manufacturers (see H.R. 1880), 3986 [3MR]
Civil Rights Act: revise procedures for enforcement of fair housing (see H.R. 3482), 25967 [27SE]
Commissioner of Social Security: conduct study to correct the benefit disparity known as notch program (see H. Con. Res. 105), 34224 [18NO]
Committee on Children, Youth, and Families (Select): establish (see H. Res. 16), 1231 [1FE]
Committee on Hunger (Select): establish (see H. Res. 15), 18800 [12JY]
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. 4102), 27722 [6OC]
———limit areas subject to sports broadcasting blackouts of home games (see H.R. 4104), 27722 [6OC]
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act: generate additional revenues for the Superfund (see H.R. 3129), 13619 [24MY]
Constitution: provide for one-House vetoes of executive branch rules and regulations (see H.J. Res. 313), 19808 [19JY]
Copyright: amend with respect to royalty fees of cable systems (see H.R. 2902), 34222 [18NO]
Crime: provide assistance to victims (see H.R. 3498), 24727 [19SE]
Cuba: compensate States relative to certain nationals (see H.R. 3350), 24819 [20SE]
Dairy price support: modify and repeal assessment program (see H.R. 3292), 19808 [19JY]
Disabled: provide for compensation as a result of occupational exposure (see H.R. 3175), 34222 [18NO]
Disasters: loan program (see H.R. 1375), 5250 [15MR]
Domestic violence: prevention (see H.R. 1397), 18337 [30JN]
Education: authorize national program of improving the quality (see H.R. 881), 5833 [16MR]
———foreign languages (see H.R. 2708), 18428 [30JN]
———national policy that Federal Government contribute to support (see H. Con. Res. 118), 20124 [20JY]
Education of the Handicapped Act: regulations proposed by Sec. of Education should not be permitted to take effect (see H. Res. 52), 1493 [2FE]
Educational opportunity: sense of Congress to maintain guidelines to insure equal rights (see H. Res. 190), 15724 [14JN]
Elections: amend Constitution relative to expenditures intended to affect congressional, Presidential, and State (see H.J. Res. 77), 29243 [25OC]
Employment: authorize construction of short-term infrastructure repair projects (see H.R. 2544), 11623 [10MY]
———guarantee work opportunity for all Americans (see H.R. 777), 3250 [1MR]
———provide jobs repairing community facilities (see H.R. 1036), 6394 [21MR]
———sense of Congress for funding community service programs for senior citizens (see H. Con. Res. 43), 7426 [24MR]
Enterprise Zone Employment and Development Act: enact (see H.R. 1955), 25525 [22SE]
Equal rights for men and women: amend Constitution (see H.J. Res. 1), 73 [3JA]
ERISA: permit investment in residential mortgages (see H.R. 1418), 6844 [23MR]
FCC: provide a moratorium on changes to rules (see H.R. 2250), 19175 [14JY]
———sense of House on telephone rates and judicial decisions affecting (see H. Res. 231), 16898 [22JN]
Federal Aviation Act: provide smoke detectors and fire extinguishers in lavatories and galley areas of commercial aircraft (see H.R. 3264), 18917 [13JY]
Federal Election Campaign Act: provide financing for House of Representatives, and limit contributions (see H.R. 2490), 11483 [9MY]
———reduce the amount multicandidate committee may contribute to a candidate for Federal office (see H.R. 1799), 6530 [22MR]
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), 28659 [20OC]
———provide a former spouse who is married for 10 years a portion of such employee's annuity (see H.R. 2300), 24726 [19SE]
Federal Power Act: limit recovery costs of construction work in progress (see H.R. 555), 7741 [7AP]
Federal Reserve Act: amend (see H.R. 2546), 8453 [13AP]
Federal Reserve System: increase representation of small business interests and agricultural interests (see H.R. 2566), 30018 [31OC]
Federal Supplemental Compensation Act: extend (see H.R. 3573), 28659 [20OC]
———extend for additional 6 months (see H.R. 3433), 18234 [29JN]
Firearms: limit availability of handgun bullets capable of penetrating certain body armor (see H.R. 953), 23929 [13SE]
Former Presidential Enough Is Enough and Taxpayers Relief Act: enact (see H.R. 1452), 3619 [2MR]
Freedom of Information Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 434), 33585 [17NO]
Gallipolis locks and dam: authorize construction of modification (see H.R. 804, 1094), 1186 [31JA], 1944 [8FE]
Georgia: commemorative medals for 250th anniversary of founding (see H.R. 3828), 34222 [18NO]
Handicapped: tax deduction for elimination of architectural and transportation barriers (see H.R. 1016), 18337 [30JN]
Health care: permit group payers to provide alternative rates (see H.R. 2956), 25188 [21SE]
Home buyers: provide equitable access to national secondary mortgage market (see H.R. 3420), 26536 [29SE]
House: expressing the sense in support of jobs for peace (see H. Res. 46), 1187 [31JA]
House proceedings: record verbatim (see H. Res. 287), 23257 [4AU]
Immigration: prohibit issuance of visas to citizens of Soviet Union (see H.R. 3923), 25967 [27SE]
Interest and dividends: withholding of tax (see H.R. 500), 939 [27JA]
International Claims Settlement Act: provide for determination of claims of U.S. citizens aboard South Korean airliner (see H.R. 3918), 26945 [3OC]
Japan: urgency of extending the auto export restraints (see H. Con. Res. 178), 27146 [4OC]
King, Martin Luther, Jr.: designate birthday a legal public holiday (see H.R. 800, 3706), 11106 [4MY], 21750 [29JY]
Land use: provide for conservation, rehabilitation, and improvement of natural and cultural resources on private and Indian (see H.R. 999), 1830 [7FE]
Local governments: standards for general revenue sharing payments (see H.R. 1386), 5250 [15MR]
Mays, Benjamin E.: award Presidential Medal of Freedom (see H. Res. 17), 9875 [27AP]
Milk: repeal second-50 cent assessment (see H.R. 3643), 21518 [28JY]
Ministers: tax treatment (see H.R. 1905), 24819 [20SE]
Mono Lake National Monument, Calif.: establish (see H.R. 1341), 15723 [14JN]
Monongahela and Upper Ohio River Waterways: authorize critical inland navigation improvement projects (see H.R. 803), 1944 [8FE]
Mortgage revenue bonds: continue issuance (see H.R. 1176), 4666 [9MR]
Motor vehicles: establish domestic content requirements (see H.R. 1234), 6085 [18MR]
National Adult Day Care Center Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 132), 23930 [13SE]
National Alzheimer's Disease Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 179), 18799 [12JY]
National Atomic Veterans' Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 210), 14699 [7JN]
National Building Safety Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 163, 282), 9288 [20AP], 13999 [25MY]
National Child Abuse Prevention Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 22), 1830 [7FE]
National Commission on Federal Budget Deficit Reductions: establish (see H.J. Res. 382), 30570 [2NO]
National Commission on the Improvement of American Infrastructure: establish (see H.R. 1350), 1943 [8FE]
National Day of Peace: designate (see H.J. Res. 74), 16674 [21JN]
National Disabled Veterans Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 283), 15724 [14JN]
National Employ the Older Worker Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 126), 2417 [17FE]
National Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 324), 24727 [19SE]
National Historical Publications and Records Commission: extend authorization of appropriations (see H.R. 2196), 12252 [12MY]
National Historically Black Colleges Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 105), 13620 [24MY]
National Home Health Care Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 268), 21016 [26JY]
National Housing Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 331), 23930 [13SE]
National Parkinson's Disease Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 160), 8772 [18AP]
National Rehabilitation Facilities Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 350), 25188 [21SE]
National Retired Teachers Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 20), 14000 [25MY]
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 Sickle-Cell Anemia Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 155), 18474 [11JY]
National Surveyors Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 103), 23738 [12SE]
Natural gas: provide a temporary means to correct imbalances in prices (see H.R. 873), 256 [25JA]
Natural Gas Policy Act: limit prices and improve marketing practices (see H.R. 2154), 5831 [16MR]
Navigation projects: authorize critical inland improvement (see H.R. 1353), 1943 [8FE]
Nuclear nonproliferation: promote policies of the U.S. (see H.R. 1417), 22081 [1AU]
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]
Office of Housing for the Elderly: establish within Dept. of HUD (see H.R. 672), 9619 [25AP]
Olympics: tax designation for contributions to U.S. Olympic Committee (see H.R. 1984), 9288 [20AP]
OMB: should withdraw revision ``Cost Principles for Nonprofit Organizations`` (see H. Res. 119), 5834 [16MR]
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act: repeal certain provisions of Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act (see H.R. 3196, 3197), 28211 [18OC]
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act: death benefits for public safety officers (see H.R. 2276), 12252 [12MY]
OPM: prohibit implementation of certain regulations published in the Federal Register (see H.R. 2449), 18233 [29JN]
Patent law: restore term of grant which prevents the marketing of a product (see H.R. 3502), 34222 [18NO]
Petroleum companies: provide that overcharges shall be available for low income energy assistance (see H.R. 1531), 4666 [9MR]
Pledge of Allegiance: recognize the pause as part of National Flag Day (see H.J. Res. 206), 23256 [4AU]
Postal Service: issue stamp commemorating American POW's and MIA's (see H. Res. 45), 8962 [19AP]
Public Works and Economic Development Act: amend (see H.R. 10), 2066 [10FE]
Railroads: accounting principles (see H.R. 2584), 8771 [18AP]
Revitalization areas: establish in distressed areas (see H.R. 1735), 9402 [21AP]
Roads and highways: increase Federal share for bridge replacement and rehabilitation from 80 to 90 percent (see H.R. 1145), 7899 [11AP]
Ryan, Leo J.: award special gold medal to family (see H.R. 3348), 20123 [20JY]
Scharansky, Anatoly: Soviet Union should allow to emigrate (see H. Res. 67), 6844 [23MR]
Sec. of HHS: conduct study to correct the benefit disparity known as notch program (see H. Con. Res. 105), 34224 [18NO]
———study remedy disparities in computation of social security benefits (see H.J. Res. 385), 34224 [18NO]
Small Business Act: amend relative to disaster loan program (see H.R. 1375), 5250 [15MR]
Social security: eliminate waiting period for disability benefits for terminally ill individuals (see H.R. 507), 27146 [4OC]
———grants to States for health care benefits for unemployed (see H.R. 2552), 10481 [28AP]
———provide for reform in disability process (see H.R. 3755), 25188 [21SE]
———provide grants to States for health care benefits of unemployed (see H.R. 3021), 14068 [26MY]
———provide increases in insurance amounts to account for depressed replacement rates (see H.R. 2454), 34222 [18NO]
———reform disability determination process (see H.R. 2987), 17812 [28JN]
Social Security Act: provide benefits for aliens after they have been admitted lawfully into U.S. (see H.R. 950), 5833 [16MR]
South Africa, Republic of: cease ``blackspot'' policy (see H. Con. Res. 122), 34224 [18NO]
South Korean airliner: Soviet attack (see H.J. Res. 353), 23929 [13SE]
Soviet Union: establish U.S.-Soviet Communications Center (see H.R. 408), 18473 [11JY]
———sense of Congress concerning certain international agreements on human rights (see H. Con. Res. 63), 9289 [20AP]
Space: immediate negotiations for ban on weapons (see H.J. Res. 120), 4715 [10MR]
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]
States: standards for general revenue sharing payments (see H.R. 1386), 5250 [15MR]
Steel: British-U.S. proposed purchase agreement (see H.J. Res. 296), 26536 [29SE]
———sense of Congress on United States Steel Corp. and British Steel Corp. on importation (see H. Con. Res. 170), 33586 [17NO]
Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act: 50 percent of funds deposited in reclamation fund shall be paid to States (see H.R. 1621), 4666 [9MR]
Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act: repeal withholding on interest and dividends (see H.R. 15), 381 [26JA]
Taxation: establishment of reserves for mining reclamation (see H.R. 3342), 19175 [14JY]
———foreign earned income (see H.R. 1430), 25188 [21SE]
———make permanent deductions for charitable contributions by nonitemizers (see H.R. 1315), 8556 [14AP]
———provide for establishment of and deduction of contributions to individual housing accounts (see H.R. 2916), 14068 [26MY]
———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), 21751 [29JY]
Thomas, Danny: award a special gold medal for outstanding work as an American (see H.J. Res. 93), 26536 [29SE]
U.S.-Soviet Communications Center: establish (see H.R. 408), 18473 [11JY]
UN Decade of Disabled Persons: implement objectives (see H. Con. Res. 39), 1584 [3FE]
Unemployed: hire to repair and renovate educational facilities (see H.R. 1720), 7605 [5AP]
VA: adjudicate benefit claims (see H.R. 1959), 25967 [27SE]
Veterans: World War I pensions (see H.R. 1918), 27399 [5OC]
Vietnam-era veterans: exposure to herbicides or other environmental hazards or conditions (see H.R. 1961), 6530 [22MR]
———extend period of eligibility for GI bill (see H.R. 2204), 15723 [14JN]
Vocational Education Act: make grants available for older persons and establish model centers (see H.R. 1096), 1187 [31JA]
Water resources: provide for conservation and development (see H.R. 3678), 22328 [2AU]
White House Conference on the Homeless and the Hungry: establish (see H.R. 3815), 25967 [27SE]
Wine: international trade barriers (see H.R. 3795), 23251 [4AU]
Women's History Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 70), 2852 [23FE]
Election
Committee on Government Operations, 132 [6JA]
Committee on Public Works and Transportation, 132 [6JA]
Letters
Clinch River breeder reactor project funding: by, 25674 [23SE]
Lists
FMC Corp. labor and management representatives, 22712 [3AU]
Remarks by, on
Appropriations: emergency supplemental (H.R. 1718), 3901, 3948 [3MR]
AT&T: divestiture, 31092 [7NO]
———incorrect statistics, 31735 [9NO]
Automobiles: Japanese import limitations, 21168 [27JY]
Benavidez, Roy P.: social security disability benefits, 14404 [3JN]
Budget: deficits, 30866 [3NO]
Coal industry: West Virginia, 8368 [13AP]
Columbia Gas Co.: rates, 2577 [22FE]
Committee on Government Operations: meetings during sessions, 5663 [16MR]
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 17742 [28JN], 22704 [3AU]
Critical Waterways Improvement Act: proposed (H.R. 1353), 1929
Education: science and mathematics teachers (H.R. 1310), 3563
Emergency Housing Assistance Act: enact (H.R. 1983), 8945 [19AP]
Emergency Mathematics and Science Education Act: enact (H.R. 1310), 3563
Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 3132), 14585-14586, 14590, 14595, 14597 [6JN], 17155 [23JN], 18136 [29JN]
Fair Practices and Procedures in Automotive Products Act: enact (H.R. 1234), 18428
FCC: direct access fees, 31092 [7NO]
FMC Corp.: management/labor relations, 22710-22713 [3AU]
Foreign trade: Japanese automobile import limitations, 21168 [27JY]
House: legislative program, 1559 [3FE], 22724 [3AU]
Housing: mortgage assistance and emergency shelter (H.R. 1983), 8945 [19AP]
Iron snd steel industry: economic conditions, 14282 [2JN]
Japan: automobile exports, 21168 [27JY]
———end of voluntary restrictions on car exports to U.S., 18428
Locks and dams: replacement of certain, 1929
Medicare: legal service fee reimbursement (H.R. 4313), 30901
Members of Congress: salary increase, 7317 [24MR]
Motor vehicles: domestic content requirements, 29762 [28OC]
National Commission on Federal Budget Deficit Reductions: establish (H.J. Res. 382), 30485 [2NO], 30866 [3NO]
National Development Investment Act: enact (H.R. 10), 18443 [11JY]
Natural gas: prices, 1891 [8FE]
Nitro, W. Va.: living memorial to World War I, 9062
Personal explanation, 7079
Postal Service: rate increases, 33007 [16NO]
Revenue sharing: amend and extend provisions (H.R. 2780), 22288, 22303 [2AU]
Social security: benefits reform, 14404 [3JN]
———disability benefits, 14804 [8JN]
Social Security Act: amend (H.R. 1900), 4601 [9MR]
State and Local Fiscal Assistance Act: amend (H.R. 2780), 22288, 22303 [2AU]
Synthetic fuels: research, 26721 [30SE]
Telecommunications: direct access fees, 31092 [7NO]
Telephone: preserve universal service (H.R. 4102), 31427 [8NO], 31735 [9NO], 32172, 32177 [10NO]
———rate increases, 33007 [16NO]
U.S. Steel Corp.: economic conditions, 14282 [2JN]
Unemployment: Federal jobs program, 12464 [17MY]
———emergency supplemental appropriations (H.R. 1718), 3901, 3948 [3MR]
———home district, 17742-17743 [28JN]
———national policy, 8892 [19AP]
USIA: patronage jobs, 8892 [19AP]
Votes: position on missed, 7079
Water resource development: making appropriations (H.R. 3958), 27637 [6OC]
West Virginia: natural gas prices, 2577 [22FE]
———unemployment, 8368 [13AP], 8892 [19AP]
Remarks in House relative to
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 1891 [8FE], 2577 [22FE], 7317 [24MR], 8368 [13AP], 8892, 8945 [19AP], 12464, 12525 [17MY], 14282 [2JN], 14404 [3JN], 14804 [8JN], 18136 [29JN], 18443 [11JY], 21168, 21257 [27JY], 22288 [2AU], 23927 [13SE], 24725 [19SE], 26721 [30SE], 27636 [6OC], 30485 [2NO], 30879 [3NO], 31092 [7NO], 31427 [8NO], 31735 [9NO], 33007, 33187 [16NO]
Special order: granted, 16671 [21JN], 22079 [1AU], 22723 [3AU], 29241 [25OC]
Summaries
H.R. 4313, medicare legal service fee reimbursement, 30901