PRICES see also Economic Conditions

Amendments

Agricultural Programs Adjustment Act: enact (H.R. 4072), 6114, 6136, 6145, 6146, 6148, 6149, 6151-6154 [21MR], 6384, 6388, 6391, 6397, 6407 [22MR]

Wheat program: improve (H.R. 4072), 6114, 6136, 6145, 6146, 6148, 6149, 6151-6154 [21MR], 6384, 6388, 6391, 6397, 6407 [22MR]

Analyses

Agricultural Programs Adjustment Act (H.R. 4072), 5327-5329 [13MR]

Electronic Computer Mail Postage Rate: Business Corp. of America, 4318 [5MR]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 4072, Agricultural Programs Adjustment Act, 7026 [29MR]

Articles and editorials

Bill Urges Shift on Fed News—Lawmakers Propose Immediate Release, 9525 [12AP]

Farm Economy Causes a Crop of Troubled Bank Loans, 6393 [22MR]

Gasoline Prices To Level Out, 25854 [18SE]

Heating Oil Prices Expected To Remain Low, 25855 [18SE]

Hiler Calls for Open and More Dependable Fed Policy, 9524 [12AP]

Natural Gas ``FLY-DOWN''?, 31445 [10OC]

Power Giveaway, 21395 [27JY]

Reagan's Pushing a Public Rip-Off on Price Fixing, 442 [25JA]

South v. North on Hoover Power, 21395 [27JY]

Stone Farm Sold After 284 Seasons To Pay Bank, 6394 [22MR]

Why Hoover Dam's ``Dirt Cheap'' Power May Stay in the Hands of a Few, 21396 [27JY]

Bills and resolutions

Agriculture: price support program for 1986-89 crops of feed grain and wheat (see H.R. 6395)

Antitrust actions: contribution of damages attributable to an agreement by two or more persons to fix, maintain, or stabilize prices (see S. 3060; H.R. 6424)

Competition: unlawful sale of goods below cost and compensation for private parties injured by such action (see H.R. 5237)

Crude oil and petroleum products: establish independent corporation to buy and sell (see H.R. 5385)

Dept. of Defense: implement certain recommendations of President's private sector survey on cost control (see H.R. 5996)

Domestic oil prices: stabilize (see H.R. 5385)

Manufacturers: protection of consumers and dealers from unfair price discrimination in sales to fleet purchasers (see S. 2770)

Natural gas: limit operation of indefinite escalator clauses and repeal certain Fuel Use Act restrictions and incremental provisions (see S. 2465)

Cloture motions

Agricultural Programs Adjustment Act: enact (H.R. 4072), 6141 [21MR]

Wheat program: improve (H.R. 4072), 6141 [21MR]

Court decisions

Monsanto v. Spray Rite (vertical price fixing): Supreme Court, 7005 [29MR]

Letters

Agricultural commodity programs: Senator Helms, 4079 [1MR]

Agricultural policy: First State Bank, LaMoure, ND, 6413 [22MR]

———Nebraska constituent, 6392 [22MR]

———North Dakota Dept. of Agriculture, 6414 [22MR]

Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act: FDA, 24978 [12SE]

Electronic computer mail postage rate: American Postal Workers, 4883 [8MR]

———Business Corp. of America, 4317 [5MR]

———Postmaster General Bolger, 15608 [11JN]

Natural gas policy: White House (excerpt), 3196 [23FE]

Prices and supply of home heating oil: New Jersey Department of Energy, 20616 [24JY]

———several Senators, 20616 [24JY]

Rationing new ideas in health care: Frank E., Samuel, Jr., 30906 [9OC]

Review of telephone rates: FCC, 29702 [4OC]

———William Freidman for Continental Telecom, Inc., 29702 [4OC]

Trade barrier laws relative to milk industry: H. P. Hood, Inc., 23288 [9AU]

———Milk Distributors Association of the Philadelphia Area, Inc., 23289 [9AU]

———New Jersey Dept. of Agriculture, 23288 [9AU]

———New Jersey Milk Industry Association, Inc., 23288 [9AU]

———Public Citizen, Congress Watch, 23289 [9AU]

Wheat program participation: Kansas Association of Wheat Growers, Sumner County chapter, 3674 [28FE]

Lists

Organizations opposing feed grain target price reduction, 23306 [9AU]

Organizations supporting Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act, 24979 [12SE]

Organizations supporting Boren amendment to Export Administration Act amendments (S. 979), 6103 [21MR]

Mailgrams

Electronic computer mail postage rate: National Association of Letter Carriers, 5891 [20MR]

Memorandums

Natural Gas Issues—Supply, Demand, and Price Effects by Region: Library of Congress (summary), 12387 [16MY]

Procurement of $436 Hammer, 23586 [10AU]

Memorials of legislature

Kansas, 18978 [26JN], 19642 [28JN]

Michigan, 16157 [13JN]

Virginia, 11119 [7MY]

Press releases

Block extends farm programs sign-up: Dept. of Agriculture, 4079 [1MR]

Remarks in House

Auto and oil industry mergers: investigate (H.R. 5153), 7579 [3AP]

Balanced Monetary Policy and Price Stability Act: introduction (H.R. 5460), 9522 [12AP], 15210-15211 [6JN]

Canadian natural gas: pricing, 21431 [27JY]

Coal: railroad transportation rates, 26308 [20SE]

Contraband, riots, and mutiny: strengthen laws imposing penalties (H.R. 5910), 21484 [30JY], 23171 [8AU]

Crude oil and petroleum products: establish an independent corporation to buy and sell (H.R. 5999), 20318 [29JN]

Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act: enact (S. 1538), House amendments, 31729 [10OC]

———enact (S. 1538), technical corrections (S. Con. Res. 141), 25446 [14SE]

Electric Consumers' Railroad Antimonopoly Act: enact (H.R. 4559), 31442 [10OC]

Food prices: impact of bad weather, 5491 [14MR]

Freight rates: protect shippers and consumers against monopolistic (H.R. 4559), 31442 [10OC]

Home heating oil: regional price differences, 3976 [29FE]

Interstate pipelines: report on sales and transportation tariffs (H.R. 5550), 10499 [1MY]

Misery index: status, 21832 [1AU]

Natural gas: effect of decontrol on prices, 31442 [10OC]

———implement comprehensive policy, 3196 [23FE]

———improve pricing and marketing practices (H.R. 2154), 1401 [1FE]

———independent producers projections of prices after decontrol, 31442 [10OC]

———regulation, 19016 [27JN]

Natural Gas Consumer Relief Act: enact (H.R. 2154), 1401 [1FE]

Oil and steel industry mergers: investigate impact

Oil company mergers: investigate impact, 5489 [14MR], 5639 [15MR], 6187 [21MR], 6338 [22MR]

Remarks in Senate

Agricultural commodities: price support program, 3673 [28FE], 4066-4070, 4078, 4113-4119, 4132 [1MR]

Agricultural Programs Adjustment Act: enact (H.R. 4072), 5322-5323 [13MR], 5923-5931 [20MR], 6102-6118, 6134-6141, 6145-6156 [21MR], 6375, 6384-6402, 6405-6416 [22MR]

———enact (H.R. 4072), conferees appointed, 7025 [29MR]

———enact (H.R. 4072), conference report, 7366-7372 [2AP]

———enact (H.R. 4072), debate procedure, 5838, 5840 [19MR]

Agriculture: comparing Carter/Reagan administrations, 31137 [10OC]

Antitrust policy: vertical price fixing agreements, 7005 [29MR]

Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act: enact (S. 1538), House amendments, 24970, 24978-24979 [12SE]

———enact (S. 1538), technical corrections (S. Con. Res. 141), 25089 [12SE]

Electronic computer mail: postage rate, 4316 [5MR], 4883 [8MR], 5891 [20MR], 15608 [11JN]

Health care: costly impact of technology, 30905 [9OC]

Home heating oil: prices and supply, 20616 [24JY]

Hoover Dam: Federal policies affecting price of electricity, 21394-21398 [27JY], 21524-21528 [30JY], 21575 [31JY]

Motor vehicles: protection of consumers and dealers from unfair price discrimination in manufacturer sales to fleet purchasers (S. 2770), 16577 [14JN]

Natural gas: facilitate competitive pricing (H.R. 4277), 22093 [2AU]

———impose certain restrictions on prices (S. 2465), 6423 [22MR]

———pipeline gas purchase costs, 3603 [28FE], 23637-23642 [10AU]

———purchase costs, 12387 [16MY]

Natural Gas Policy Act: amend (S. 1715), 23637-23642 [10AU]

``Natural Gas Price Increases in Kansas City, MO'': GAO report findings, 3603 [28FE]

Rice: acreage diversion limitation, 6402, 6405-6407 [22MR]

Technology: impact on health care costs, 30905 [9OC]

Telephones: FCC review of rates, 29702 [4OC]

———impact of rates, 29714 [4OC]

———regarding services and charges (S. Res. 353), 3176 [23FE]

Wheat and feed grains: target prices, 23303-23309 [9AU]

Wheat program: improve (H.R. 4072), 5923-5931 [20MR], 6102-6118, 6134-6141, 6145-6156 [21MR], 6375, 6384-6402, 6405-6416 [22MR]

———improve (H.R. 4072), conferees appointed, 7025 [29MR]

———improve (H.R. 4072), conference report, 7366-7372 [2AP]

———improve (H.R. 4072), debate procedure, 5838, 5840 [19MR]

———participation, 3673 [28FE]

Reports

Credit Cards in the U.S. Economy—Their Impact on Costs, Prices and Retail Sales: Federal Reserve Board (excerpt), 3192 [23FE]

Farm Policy: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (excerpts), 23307 [9AU]

Natural Gas Policy Act Amendment Providing Consumer Price Relief and Improving Natural Gas Industry Markets: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 4277) (H. Rept. 98-814), 14688 [31MY]

Take-or-Pay Renegotiations of Distressed Natural Gas Pipelines (sundry excerpts), 23639-23642 [10AU]

Statements

House Republicans Introduce Federal Reserve Legislation, 9524 [12AP]

Studies

Equitable Health Care Survey: Physicians' Attitudes Toward Cost Containment (summary), 17218 [19JN]

Market Wellhead Price of Natural Gas for Industrial Users Under the Trade Remedies Reform Act, H.R. 4784: Domestic Nitrogen Producers' Ad Hoc Committee, by Margo Thorning, 21307 [26JY]

Policy Analysis of Current and Future Natural Gas Prices Under the NGPA: I. M. Olson & Associates, 31442-31445 [10OC]

Summaries

Acreage Reduction and Diversion Programs, 4114 [1MR]

Agricultural Programs Adjustment Act (H.R. 4072), 5326 [13MR], 6109 [21MR]

Balanced Monetary Policy and Price Stability Act (H.R. 5460), 9523 [12AP]

Natural Gas Price Outlook (sundry excerpts), 23638 [10AU]

Tables

Agricultural Programs Adjustment Act (H.R. 4072): impact of commodity program provisions, 6108, 6109 [21MR]

Energy prices, 20318 [29JN]

Farm price support savings, 9397 [12AP]

Natural gas prices: Kansas City, MO, 3605 [28FE]

———(sundry), 23637, 23638 [10AU]

Rice facts, 6406 [22MR]

Supermarket milk price survey summary, 23288 [9AU]

Why business can advise Government, 7209 [30MR]

Texts of

H.R. 4072, Agricultural Programs Adjustment Act, 5324-5326 [13MR], 5929-5931 [20MR]

H.R. 5910, strengthen laws imposing penalties for contraband and riots in Federal prisons, 21484 [30JY]

S. 1538, Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act, 24970-24978 [12SE]

S. 2770, protection of consumers and dealers from unfair price discrimination in motor vehicle sales to fleet purchasers, 16578 [14JN]

S. Con. Res. 141, technical corrections in S. 1538, Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act, 25089 [12SE], 25446 [14SE]