EMERSON, BILL (a Representative from Missouri)

Addresses

Harry S. Truman Tribute: Donald S. Dawson, 30209-30211 [4OC]

Amendments offered by, to

Federal nutrition programs: alleviate hunger in U.S. (H.R. 5151), 17371 [20JN]

Hunger Relief Act: enact (H.R. 5151), 21934 [1AU]

Appointments

Committee on Hunger (Select), 5226 [13MR]

Conferee: S. 64, Irish Wilderness Act, 4950 [8MR]

Articles and editorials

Eviction of a Welfare Family—Who Was Really To Blame? Jodie T. Allen, Washington (DC) Post, 21934 [1AU]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Animal trapping: permit in certain units of national park system (see H.R. 4962), 3587 [28FE]

Taxation: allow mortgage revenue bonds to be issued (see H.R. 4710), 1237 [1FE]

VA Medical Center, Poplar Bluff, MO: redesignate as General Black Jack Pershing VA Medical Center (see H.R. 5252), 6649 [27MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Afghanistan: declaring U.S. support (see H. Con. Res. 237), 11014 [3MY]

Age Discrimination in Employment Act: remove age restrictions for hiring fire fighters and law enforcement officers (see H.R. 5310), 20703 [24JY]

Agriculture: promote use of food irradiation as postharvest treatment for commodities (see H.R. 4544), 2451 [9FE]

Agriculture and Food Act: establish commission to study and recommend trade and export policies (see H.J. Res. 600), 22281 [2AU]

Appropriation bills: amend House Rules to restrict consideration of supplemental (see H. Res. 441), 8523 [10AP]

Bankruptcy: exempt certain repurchase agreements from automatic stay provisions (see H.R. 2852), 121 [23JA]

———provide one additional judge for Central District of Illinois (see H.R. 6093), 25184 [12SE]

Banks and banking: authorize interstate banking (see H.R. 5446), 26902 [25SE]

Big Brothers and Big Sisters: recognize volunteers (see H.J. Res. 594), 20333 [29JN]

Bullets: penalties for use of armor-piercing (see H.R. 3796), 11912 [10MY]

Canada: relative to pork imports (see H. Res. 590), 26902 [25SE]

Commemorative stamp: issue honoring Roger B. Chaffee, Virgil I. Grissom, and Edward H. White (see H. Res. 537), 25185 [12SE]

Congressional Record: reduce gratuitous distribution (see H.R. 4049), 1238 [1FE]

Courts: amend U.S. Code with respect to bail, exclusionary rule, habeas corpus, and capital punishment (see H.R. 5594), 19172 [27JN]

Crime and criminals: eliminate parole and credit for good time in certain cases (see H.R. 4523), 29612 [3OC]

———improve collection and administration of fines (see H.R. 5846), 16445 [14JN]

———penalize obstruction of hunts (see H.R. 3713), 498 [26JA]

Cuba: involvement in drug trafficking (see H. Con. Res. 285), 10773 [2MY]

D-Day National Remembrance: designate (see H.J. Res. 487), 4825 [7MR]

Education Day, U.S.A.: designate (see H.J. Res. 520), 7258 [30MR]

Family Reunion Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 272), 6512 [26MR]

Federal Aviation Act: provide smoke detectors and fire extinguishers in lavatories and galley areas of commercial aircraft (see H.R. 3264), 1138 [31JA]

Federal Home Loan Bank Board: delay regulatory limitations on investment in real estate, service corporations, and equity securities (see H. Con. Res. 363), 32325 [11OC], 32342 [12OC]

Firearms: allow lawful owners to transport (see H.R. 3714), 498 [26JA]

———protect manufacturers from certain litigation (see H.R. 3715), 498 [26JA]

———protect owners from certain litigation (see H.R. 3716), 498 [26JA]

———regulate manufacture and importation of armor piercing ammunition (see H.R. 5845), 16445 [14JN]

———right of U.S. citizens to keep and bear (see H. Con. Res. 311), 29612 [3OC]

Food for Peace Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 572), 12840 [17MY]

Frozen Food Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 373), 2793 [21FE]

Golden Anniversary of Year of the Duck Stamp: designate (see H.J. Res. 418), 7586 [3AP]

Hawaii Statehood Silver Jubilee Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 546), 20703 [24JY]

Hire a Vet Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 570), 18549 [25JN]

Home buyers: provide equitable access to national secondary mortgage market (see H.R. 3420), 6918 [28MR]

Hospitals: provide equitable treatment in high-wage areas (see H.R. 4961), 8523 [10AP]

Human rights: concerning observance by Romania of the Hungarians in Transylvania (see H. Res. 147), 14345 [24MY]

Interest: earned on passbook savings accounts shall be excluded from gross income (see H.R. 5678), 12839 [17MY]

Japan: dismantling of nontariff trade barriers on beef imports (see H. Con. Res. 245), 4047 [1MR]

Jewish Heritage Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 480), 3940 [29FE]

Knutson, Chad: donor of life- and sight-saving organs (see H.J. Res. 420), 11013 [3MY]

Lupus Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 488), 3020 [22FE]

Members of Congress: eliminate certain Congressional Record binding (see H.R. 4050), 1238 [1FE]

MIA's: President to secure full accounting in Southeast Asia (see H.J. Res. 489), 19173 [27JN]

MIA's/POW's: Southeast Asia (see H. Con. Res. 322), 24535 [6SE]

Missing Children Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 532), 9984 [25AP]

Money: require public custodians to deposit funds within 3 days from date of receipt (see H.R. 4837), 17371 [20JN]

Myasthenia Gravis Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 578), 20703 [24JY]

National Activity Professionals Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 472), 9984 [25AP]

National Adult Day Care Center Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 505), 20333 [29JN]

National Alzheimer's Disease Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 451), 9541 [12AP]

National Amateur Wrestling Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 455), 10571 [1MY]

National Animal Health Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 526), 11013 [3MY]

National Arts With the Handicapped Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 484), 11013 [3MY]

National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 463), 7586 [3AP]

National Birds of Prey Conservation Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 485), 18979 [26JN]

National Blood Pressure Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 550), 23104 [8AU]

National Cerebral Palsy Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 507), 26171 [19SE]

National Child Abuse Prevention Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 445), 2052 [7FE]

National Christmas Seal Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 626), 26590 [24SE]

National Commission on Neurofibromatosis: establish (see H.R. 1676), 27386 [26SE]

National Community Leadership Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 574), 22474 [6AU]

National Diabetes Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 591), 19986 [28JN]

National Digestive Diseases Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 533), 12599 [16MY]

National Down's Syndrome Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 512), 17068 [19JN]

National Drug Abuse Education and Prevention Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 529), 20703 [24JY]

National Duck Stamp Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 418), 7586 [3AP]

National Employ the Older Worker Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 437), 5120 [12MR]

National Epidermolysis Bullosa Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 565), 27386 [26SE]

National Family Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 500), 11447 [8MY]

National forest receipts: increase percentage to States and expand purposes for which they may be expended (see H.R. 5315), 7258 [30MR]

National Head Injury Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 638), 25273 [13SE]

National High-Tech Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 453), 19985 [28JN]

National Historically Black Colleges Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 637), 26380 [20SE]

National Housing Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 606), 21718 [31JY]

National Ice Cream Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 542, 543), 12599 [16MY], 14690 [31MY]

National Inventors' Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 271), 1940 [6FE]

National Law Enforcement Heroes Memorial: establish (see H.J. Res. 482), 14690 [31MY]

National League of Families of American Prisoners and Missing in Southeast Asia: transportation to annual meetings (see H.R. 2996), 16446 [14JN]

National Medical Transcriptionist Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 332), 2793 [21FE]

National Nurses' Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 558), 11013 [3MY]

National Nursing Home Residents Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 457), 9984 [25AP]

National Patriotism Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 95), 121 [23JA]

National Physical Fitness and Sports Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 509), 6918 [28MR]

National POW/MIA Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 344), 7586 [3AP]

National Productivity Improvement Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 647), 30205 [4OC]

National Professional Security Month: proclaim (see H.J. Res. 281), 16446 [14JN]

National Quality Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 608), 25504 [14SE]

National Religious Liberty Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 522), 20703 [24JY]

National Reye's Syndrome Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 460), 29612 [3OC]

National Science Foundation Act: support research fundamental to the engineering processes (see H.R. 4822), 10243 [26AP]

National Scuba Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 508), 15974 [12JN]

National Security Act: regulate information held by CIA (see H.R. 4431), 2793 [21FE]

National Sewing Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 491), 15484 [7JN]

National Spina Bifida Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 595), 24085 [10AU]

National Student Leadership Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 458), 9028 [11AP]

National Tourism Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 629), 21057 [25JY]

National Tuberous Sclerosis Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 253), 7586 [3AP]

National Tumor Registrar Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 609), 24535 [6SE]

National Volunteer Firefighter Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 330), 4825 [7MR]

National Week of the Ocean: designate (see H.J. Res. 478), 2355 [8FE]

National Women Veterans Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 499), 14345 [24MY]

Nicaraguans: sense of Congress toward a process of national reconciliation (see H. Con. Res. 306), 26380 [20SE]

Nonrubber footwear: provide orderly trade (see H.R. 5791), 15484 [7JN]

Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Program: eliminate the 3-percent trigger for cost-of-living increases in benefits (see H.R. 6019), 25184 [12SE]

Older Americans Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 466), 1493 [2FE]

Ostomy Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 587), 21718 [31JY]

Patents: restore the term of grant in case of certain products (see H.R. 5529), 14826 [4JN]

Polish American Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 577), 14344 [24MY]

POW/MIA's: sense of Congress in support of President's leadership (see H. Con. Res. 312), 15196 [6JN]

Presidential campaign fund: prohibit use of amounts for foreign travel and limit receipt of gifts (see H.R. 6020), 24085 [10AU]

Printing and binding: eliminate certain (see H.R. 4051), 1238 [1FE]

Railroad retirement: estimated tax penalty shall not apply to underpayments attributable to gross income (see H.R. 5139), 14518 [30MY]

Railroad Retirement Act: eliminate reductions in cost-of-living increases (see H.R. 6053), 24534 [6SE]

Religion: provide equal access and opportunity to students in public schools on voluntary basis (see H.R. 2732), 498 [26JA]

Rules of House: make proceedings more open, representative, and accountable (see H. Res. 518), 15485 [7JN]

———printing of remarks in Congressional Record (see H. Res. 327), 1238 [1FE]

School Health Care Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 530), 13447 [22MY]

Sec. of Labor: provide incentives for worker training and study feasibility of national job bank (see H.R. 5159), 24534 [6SE]

Semiconductors: protect chips and masks against unauthorized duplication (see H.R. 1028), 316 [24JA]

Senior Citizens Tax Improvement Act: enact (see H.R. 5015), 15484 [7JN]

Smokey Bear Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 547), 11667 [9MY]

Social security: apply swing-bed provision to hospitals with 150 beds (see H.R. 5111), 10773 [2MY]

———delay for 2 years mandatory coverage of employees of religious organizations (see H.R. 4621), 1238 [1FE]

———payment levels for hospice care (see H.R. 5141), 13961 [23MY]

———provide monthly benefit for the month in which recipient dies (see H.R. 5110), 6999 [29MR]

Soviet Union: release one Jewish prisoner of conscience for each person who perished aboard Korean Air Lines flight 007 (see H. Res. 391), 8523 [10AP]

———sense of Congress disapproving systematic nondelivery of international mail (see H. Con. Res. 294), 15196 [6JN]

Space Exploration Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 555), 18023 [22JN]

Staniszewski, Wladyslaw: confer citizenship posthumously (see H.R. 960), 23103 [8AU]

Student Awareness of Drunk Driving Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 443), 2356 [8FE]

Tax Reform Act: repeal changes of debt instruments issued for property (see H.R. 6021), 24320 [5SE]

Taxation: adoption expenses (see H.R. 1657), 26590 [24SE]

———allow credit against income where farm real property is sold (see H.R. 5300), 24085 [10AU]

———exempt interest in computing amount of social security benefits (see H.R. 3028), 14689 [31MY]

———repeal limitation on aggregate amount of private activity bonds (see H.R. 6032), 23612 [9AU]

———repeal requirement for filing returns regarding payments or remuneration for services (see H.R. 5065), 15195 [6JN]

———treatment of expenses incurred by members of the uniformed services or ministers who receive housing or subsistence allowances (see H.R. 4548), 121 [23JA]

Teenage Alcohol Abuse Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 611), 24912 [11SE]

Terrorism: President to seek suppression of international (see H. Con. Res. 339), 30460 [5OC]

Textile fiber and wool products: improve labeling (see H.R. 4643), 6651 [27MR]

U.N.: eligibility for membership of Byelorussian and Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republics (see H. Res. 448), 16447 [14JN]

———question on Cuban Government involvement in drug trafficking (see H. Con. Res. 284), 10773 [2MY]

Veterans: amend charter of AMVETS by expanding eligibility for membership (see H.R. 4212), 317 [24JA]

———chiropractic services coverage (see H.R. 3016), 317 [24JA]

Veterans' Preference Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 497), 11912 [10MY]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial Dignity Act: enact (see H.R. 4158), 5861 [19MR]

Women: tax equity (see H.R. 4500), 6998 [29MR]

Women in Agriculture Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 554), 9983 [25AP]

World Food Day: proclaim (see H.J. Res. 556), 26171 [19SE]

Year of Excellence in Education: designate (see H.J. Res. 447), 8348 [9AP]

Year of the Secretary: designate (see H.J. Res. 476), 8007 [5AP]

Youth of America Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 597), 22474 [6AU]

Letters

Beirut Marines eternal happiness: Victoria Edmison, 32594 [14NO]

Industrial revenue bond program (H.R. 4170): by, and 102 other House Members, 16800 [15JN]

Lists

Food stamps, hunger, and nutrition issues—1983-84 hearings schedule, 2974 [22FE]

Remarks by, on

Agricultural Productivity Act: enact (H.R. 2714), 362 [25JA]

Agriculture: grain elevator bankruptcies, 2991 [22FE]

Agriculture, rural development, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5743), 15094 [6JN]

Bankruptcy: appointment of judges (H.R. 5174), 6217 [21MR]

———appointment of judges (H.R. 5174), conference report, 20232 [29JN]

Budget: requiring President to transmit balanced for each fiscal year (H.R. 6300), 28506 [2OC]

Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area, GA: amend act regarding (H.R. 2645), 29559 [3OC]

Committee on Hunger (Select): establish (H. Res. 15), 2970, 2973 [22FE]

———funding (H. Res. 443), 6967, 6968 [29MR]

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 4376 [5MR], 12319 [15MY]

———unanimous-consent request, 12285, 12293 [15MY]

Cosponsorship: removal from H.R. 3795, 3243 [23FE]

Crime and criminals: sentencing reform (H.R. 6012), 25819 [18SE]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, and the Judiciary: making appropriations (H.R. 5712), 14596 [31MY]

Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act and Federal Fire Prevention Control Act: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2465), 1197 [1FE]

Education: equal access to school facilities by religious groups for meetings, 20946 [25JY]

Emergency Mathematics and Science and Education Act: enact (H.R. 1310), Senate amendment, 20946 [25JY]

Food stamps: benefits, 21438-21441 [27JY]

———convert to block grant program, 21953, 21954 [1AU]

———eligibility, 21934-21939 [1AU]

Foreign trade: nonrubber footwear industry, 13947 [23MY]

———shoe industry, 15367 [7JN]

General Black Jack Pershing Regional VA Medical Center, Poplar Bluff, MO: redesignate (H.R. 5252), 29534 [3OC]

Grain elevators: bankruptcy, 4376 [5MR]

H.R. 3795: removal from cosponsorship, 3243 [23FE]

House: prayer by Bernard F. Law, 5954 [20MR]

Housing: mortgages revenue bond program, 1192 [1FE]

Hunger Relief Act: enact (H.R. 5151), 21438-21441 [27JY], 21934-21939, 21953, 21954 [1AU]

Illinois and Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor Act: establish (H.R. 2014), 3564 [28FE]

Irish Wilderness Act: enact (S. 64), conference report, 10737, 10739-10743 [2MY]

ITC: shoe industry regulations, 15367 [7JN]

Law, Bernard F.: House prayer, 5954 [20MR]

Mississippi National Forest Wilderness Act: enact (S. 2808), 29560 [3OC]

Mondale, Walter F.: proposed tax increase, 21648 [31JY]

Mortgages: Federal revenue bond program, 1192 [1FE]

National Endowment for Democracy: funding, 14596 [31MY]

National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Act: enact (H.R. 4684), 28498 [2OC]

Nonrubber footwear industry: foreign trade, 13947 [23MY]

Nutrition: Federal programs, 21438-21441 [27JY]

Ozark National Scenic Riverways Area: permit trapping (H.R. 2122), 30109 [4OC]

Pennsylvania Wilderness Act: enact (H.R. 5076), 29558 [3OC]

Poplar Bluff, MO: VA Center tribute to Lucille Clifton, 20410 [29JN]

Rules of House: make proceedings more open, representative, and accountable, 15476 [7JN]

School prayer: constitutional amendment, 4384, 4390 [5MR]

Shoe industry: foreign trade, 15367 [7JN]

Soviet Jews: Call to Conscience Vigil, 28160 [1OC]

Soviet Union: free emigration of Jews, 28160 [1OC]

Special order: requested, 2991 [22FE]

State mining and mineral resources research institute program: establish (H.R. 4214), 8338 [9AP]

Tax Reform Act: enact (H.R. 4170), 13896 [23MY]

Taxation: proposed increase, 21648 [31JY]

VA Medical Center, Poplar Bluff, MO: rename General John J. Pershing, 6577 [27MR]

Water Resources Conservation, Development, and Infrastructure Improvement and Rehabilitation Act: enact (H.R. 3678), 20297 [29JN]

Remarks in House relative to

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 362 [25JA], 1192, 1197 [1FE], 2973 [22FE], 5954 [20MR], 6217 [21MR], 6361 [22MR], 6577 [27MR], 8338 [9AP], 10737 [2MY], 13896 [23MY], 15094, 15192 [6JN], 15367, 15476, 15481 [7JN], 20232, 20297, 20329 [29JN], 20946 [25JY], 21438 [27JY], 21648 [31JY], 21934 [1AU], 25819 [18SE], 28142 [1OC], 28498 [2OC], 29610 [3OC], 30458 [5OC], 31085 [9OC]

Special order: granted, 2791 [21FE], 3016 [22FE], 3341 [27FE], 3937 [29FE]

Tributes

Clifton, Lucille, 20410 [29JN]

Edmison, Victoria (Vickie), 32594 [14NO]

Gilmore, Thomas R., 31106 [9OC]

Long, Beauton, 6492 [22MR]

Marriott, Representative, 32605 [14NO]

Robinson, Representative, 31069 [9OC]

Truman, Harry S., 30209 [4OC]

Winn, Representative, 30760 [5OC]