RAHALL, NICK JOE, II (a Representative from West Virginia)

Addresses

Civil Air Patrol, Senator Randolph, 6647 [27MR]

Legislation for the Blind and Handicapped Americans: Senator Randolph, 16299 [13JN]

Peace Efforts—Principles Versus Practices, Noor Al Hussein, before the Arab-American Affairs Conference, 6645-6647 [27MR]

Amendments offered by, to

Amtrak Improvement Act: enact (H.R. 3648), 4669 [6MR]

International Security and Development Cooperation Act: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 5119), 11119 [7MY], 11585 [9MY]

Jack D. Maltester Channel: designate (H.R. 6440), 32244 [11OC]

Appointments

Funeral committee for Carl D. Perkins, 22456 [6AU]

Articles and editorials

Acid Rain—Plain Talk, Greenlands (publication), 6951 [28MR]

Adventuresome McBride To Get Biggest Thrill Yet, James W. Fisher, Charleston (WV) Gazette, 30722 [5OC]

Carl Perkins Never Stopped Working for Folks Back Home, Huntington (WV) Herald-Dispatch, 24900 [11SE]

Fantasy Becomes Reality—Beckley Native Takes to Skies in Shuttle, 30721 [5OC]

Huck's Herd—Huntington—At Last—Has Its Winner, Don Hatfield, Huntington (WV) Herald-Dispatch, 5573 [14MR]

Japanese Coke Exports to U.S., Iron Age (publication), 28154 [1OC]

Snubbing Syria Didn't Work, Jonathan C. Randal, Washington (DC) Post, 4237 [1MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Appalachian Regional Development Act: transitional assistance (see H.R. 6366), 28781 [2OC]

Coke: require 3-year supply for national defense stockpile (see H.R. 5516), 9982 [25AP]

Elkins, WV: Jennings Randolph Federal Center (see H.R. 6324), 27386 [26SE]

Federal Coal Export Commission: establish (see H.R. 4635), 316 [24JA]

National School Guidance and Counseling Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 630), 21457 [27JY]

Raleigh County, WV: authorize GSA to transfer certain property interests (see H.R. 5941), 19172 [27JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Age Discrimination in Employment Act: remove age restrictions for hiring fire fighters and law enforcement officers (see H.R. 5310), 12598 [16MY]

Airline Deregulation Act: amend section 43 (see H.R. 4540), 1494 [2FE]

Arts: recognizing important contributions to a complete education (see H.J. Res. 452), 3940 [29FE]

Asbestos: prompt exclusive and equitable compensation (see H.R. 5966), 19984 [28JN]

Automobile dealers: protect from unfair price discrimination by manufacturers (see H.R. 1415), 5691 [15MR]

Bail Reform Act: permit consideration of danger to community in setting pretrial release conditions (see H.R. 5865), 16446 [14JN]

Bankruptcy: clarify circumstances under which collective bargaining agreements may be rejected (see H.R. 4908), 4698 [6MR]

Big Brothers and Big Sisters: recognize volunteers (see H.J. Res. 594), 18023 [22JN]

Big Brothers and Big Sisters Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 356), 2793 [21FE]

Blacks: honoring contribution to American independence (see H.J. Res. 454), 3588 [28FE]

Budget: require President to submit to Congress a balanced (see H.R. 6066), 22280 [2AU]

Canada: discontinue taxes on travel literature imported from U.S. (see H. Con. Res. 271), 18979 [26JN]

Carbon alloy and stainless steel: reduce unfair practices for orderly trade (see H.R. 5081), 5064 [8MR]

Chapin, Harry: award a special gold medal (see H.R. 5937), 19172 [27JN]

Chemical and biological weapons: sense of Congress on use and supplying (see H. Con. Res. 283), 9541 [12AP]

Children's Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 205), 2451 [9FE]

Civil Rights Act: prohibit discrimination on basis of cancer history (see H.R. 5849), 24534 [6SE]

Coal: authorize program for reducing air pollution from powerplants (see H.R. 5593), 11012 [3MY]

Coast Guard Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 342), 18979 [26JN]

Coins: half dollar coins to commemorate anniversary of Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts of U.S. (see H.R. 4791), 14518 [30MY]

Commission on Missing Children: establish (see H.R. 4740), 8523 [10AP]

Conrail: proceeds from sale shall be used for rail-related infrastructure capital improvements (see H.R. 6082), 22474 [6AU]

Contadora Group: support for initiatives (see H. Con. Res. 261), 6512 [26MR]

Copyright: relative to Copyright Royalty Tribunal and cable transmissions (see H.R. 6164), 24912 [11SE]

Courts: mandatory life sentence for kidnapings of persons under 18 years old (see H.R. 5842), 20333 [29JN]

Crime and criminals: increase penalties for those who sell drugs, devices, or medical treatment known to be unsafe (see H.R. 6050), 30205 [4OC]

———mandatory life sentence for kidnapings of persons under 18 years old (see H.R. 5842), 20333 [29JN]

Daughters of the American Colonists: grant Federal charter (see H.R. 1881), 316 [24JA]

D-Day National Remembrance Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 521), 8007 [5AP]

Dept. of HHS: redesignate Secretaries (see H.R. 5438), 14826 [4JN]

Education: establish program for part-time school year and full-time summer employment (see H.R. 5017), 21057 [25JY]

———grants to assist local agencies to improve skills of disadvantaged secondary school students (see H.R. 5749), 24085 [10AU]

Education Day, U.S.A.: designate (see H.J. Res. 520), 7586 [3AP]

Education of the Handicapped Act: authorize award of attorney fees and clarify effect of rights, procedures, and remedies (see H.R. 6014), 21980 [1AU]

Emergency Medicine Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 545), 24085 [10AU]

Employment and Training Administration: establish requirements to insure performance (see H.R. 4747), 2451 [9FE]

Ethnic American Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 535), 9984 [25AP]

Fair Labor Standards Act: blind persons may not be employed at less than applicable minimum wage (see H.R. 991), 2451 [9FE]

Federal Power Act: protection to electric consumers (see H.R. 4402), 3021 [22FE]

Federal Supplemental Compensation Act: additional 6 weeks (see H.R. 4676), 2793 [21FE]

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

Food for Peace Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 572), 14518 [30MY]

FRS: increase representation of small business and agricultural interests (see H.R. 2566), 16446 [14JN]

Gay, George: award the Congressional Medal of Honor (see H.R. 4478), 21057 [25JY]

Greek Independence Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 468, 502), 3588 [28FE], 4698 [6MR]

Hazardous substances: public right to information (see H.J. Res. 514), 10572 [1MY]

Head Start, Follow Through, and Native American programs: authorize appropriations (see H.R. 5885), 18979 [26JN]

Health: promote basic human needs and world security (see H.R. 4440), 317 [24JA]

Helsinki Human Rights Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 599), 19173 [27JN]

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

Honduras: prohibit Armed Forces from participating in military exercises (see H.R. 4745), 3021 [22FE]

Industrial competitiveness: improve (see H.R. 4360), 8006 [5AP]

Insurance: prohibit discrimination (see H.R. 4642), 2356 [8FE]

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

Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act: assistance in locating missing children (see H.R. 4300), 8006 [5AP]

Kahlil Gibran Centennial Foundation, Washington, D.C.: authorize to erect memorial (see H.J. Res. 580), 14517 [30MY]

King, Martin Luther, Jr.: establish commission for first observance of Federal legal holiday honoring (see H.R. 5890), 17067 [19JN]

Lebanon: withdrawal of Armed Forces (see H. Con. Res. 248), 1493 [2FE]

Lupus Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 488), 5534 [14MR]

Mandela, Nelson and Winnie: release from South African prison (see H. Res. 430), 17068 [19JN]

Marketing Practices Act: promote competition in distribution of motor fuel (see H.R. 5023), 10571 [1MY]

Medicare: define the term physician (see H.R. 5641), 14345 [24MY]

Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 631), 24912 [11SE]

Methanol: develop national policy (see H.R. 4855), 8523 [10AP]

MIA's: President to secure full accounting in Southeast Asia (see H.J. Res. 489), 3289 [23FE]

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

Myasthenia Gravis Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 578), 25924 [18SE]

National Adult Day Care Center Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 505), 5251 [13MR]

National Arts With the Handicapped Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 484), 8523 [10AP]

National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 463), 3290 [23FE]

National Beta Club Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 326), 121 [23JA]

National Birds of Prey Conservation Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 485), 18548 [25JN]

National Cerebral Palsy Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 507), 8007 [5AP]

National Child Abuse Prevention Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 445), 2452 [9FE]

National Child Passenger Safety Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 563), 11446 [8MY]

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

National coal science, technology, and engineering development program: establish (see H.R. 5044), 4825 [7MR]

National Coin Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 481), 6366 [22MR]

National Commission on Federal Budget Deficit Reductions: establish (see H.J. Res. 616), 19984 [28JN]

National Community Leadership Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 574), 20333 [29JN]

National Dance Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 446), 3022 [22FE]

National Diabetes Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 591), 17068 [19JN]

National Digestive Diseases Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 533), 12323 [15MY]

National Drug Abuse Education Prevention Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 529), 8348 [9AP]

National Drunk and Drugged Driving Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 590), 15973 [12JN]

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

National Friendship Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 456), 3022 [22FE]

National Head Injury Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 638), 27653 [28SE]

National High-Tech Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 453), 18548 [25JN]

National Historic Preservation Act: amend (see H.R. 2889), 10243 [26AP]

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

National Home Care Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 525), 28782 [2OC]

National Housing Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 606), 19986 [28JN]

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

National Labor Relations Act: give employees and performers in the performing arts certain rights (see H.R. 5107), 7868 [4AP]

National Law Enforcement Heroes Memorial: establish (see H.J. Res. 482), 9541 [12AP]

National League of Families of American Prisoners and Missing in Southeast Asia: transportation to annual meetings (see H.R. 2996), 9540 [12AP]

National Medical Transcriptionist Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 332), 6293 [21MR]

National Mental Health Counselors Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 415), 6015 [20MR]

National mining extension service pilot program: establish (see H.R. 5238), 7586 [3AP]

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

National Osteopathic Medicine Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 589), 17371 [20JN]

National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 392), 24320 [5SE]

National Photo Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 510), 6366 [22MR]

National Physical Fitness and Sports Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 509), 9758 [24AP]

National Port Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 636), 28145 [1OC]

National POW-MIA Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 344), 2451 [9FE]

———designate (see H.J. Res. 388), 317 [24JA]

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

National Safety in the Workplace Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 528), 9541 [12AP]

National Scuba Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 508), 24534 [6SE]

National Social Work Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 337), 2451 [9FE]

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

National Tap Dance Appreciation Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 433), 6015 [20MR]

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

National Weights and Measures Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 623), 24912 [11SE]

National Women Veterans Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 499), 23612 [9AU]

Nicaragua: expressing opposition to mining of ports (see H.J. Res. 539), 9541 [12AP]

Nuclear weapons: freeze between U.S. and Soviet Union (see H.R. 6210), 24668 [10SE]

———mutual and verifiable moratorium (see H.R. 5571), 10772 [2MY]

Ostomy Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 587), 19986 [28JN]

Parkinson's Disease Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 432), 3022 [22FE]

Penn, William and Hanna C.: grant full rights of citizenship posthumously (see H.J. Res. 233), 21717 [31JY]

Poland: authorize reduced postal rates for food, clothing, and medicine (see H.R. 4639), 17067 [19JN]

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

POW's: sense of Congress in support of President's leadership (see H. Con. Res. 312), 14518 [30MY]

Public Health Service Act: authorize financial assistance for organ procurement organizations (see H.R. 4080), 14930 [5JN]

Railroad Retirement Act: eliminate reductions in cost-of-living increases (see H.R. 6053), 23612 [9AU]

———remove last employer limitation of certain annuities (see H.R. 4789), 2451 [9FE]

Safe Drinking Water Act: authorize appropriations (see H.R. 3200), 20332 [29JN]

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

Sec. of HHS: conduct clinical trial for personnel emergency response systems (see H.R. 6124), 30205 [4OC]

Shoe industry: orderly trade of nonrubber footwear (see H.R. 5791), 22281 [2AU]

Smokey Bear Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 547), 25504 [14SE]

Social security: protect benefit levels of individuals eligible for benefits after 1979 (see H.R. 4093), 317 [24JA]

State and local governments: establish infrastructure fund for interest free loans (see H.R. 5948), 23612 [9AU]

———assistance for conservation of certain rivers (see H.R. 5166), 14518 [30MY]

States: establish programs to promote education for gifted and talented children (see H.R. 5596), 11012 [3MY]

Strike Force on Health Quackery: establish (see H.R. 6051), 30205 [4OC]

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

Surface Transportation Assistance Act: require States to use 8 percent of safety apportionments for child restraint systems (see H.R. 4616), 5250 [13MR]

Taxation: exempt certain sales of fuel for use in taxicabs (see H.R. 4375), 1494 [2FE]

———make permanent deductions for charitable contributions by nonitemizers (see H.R. 1315), 9983 [25AP]

———rollover on stock of an employer sold to certain employees (see H.R. 5095), 5065 [8MR]

———waive requirements to certain veterans' mortgage obligations (see H.R. 6183), 24084 [10AU]

Textile fiber and wool products: improve labeling (see H.R. 4643), 4530 [5MR]

Textile Fiber Products Identification Act and Wool Products Labeling Act: improve the labeling of textile fiber and wool products (see H.R. 5638), 20333 [29JN]

Trade Act: amend readjustment program (see H.R. 4878), 5066 [8MR]

Trade laws: improve operation of countervailing, antidumping duty, and import relief (see H.R. 4124), 2451 [9FE]

Transportation: abandonment of interstate bus and State regulation of practices (see H.R. 4067), 2793 [21FE]

Tuolumne River, CA: designate segment under Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (see H.R. 5083), 23611 [9AU]

U.S.-Soviet student exchange for peace program: establish (see H.J. Res. 254), 1138 [31JA]

Veterans: extend period of GI bill eligibility for certain Vietnam-era (see H.R. 2204), 2793 [21FE]

———protect preference by prohibiting procurement by contract under sec. 3310, title 5, U.S. Code (see H.R. 5799), 15484 [7JN]

Veterans' Preference Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 497), 8007 [5AP]

Vetter, David P.: award Presidential Medal of Freedom (see H. Res. 451), 6015 [20MR]

Women in Agriculture Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 554), 19986 [28JN]

World Food Day: proclaim (see H.J. Res. 556), 28782 [2OC]

Year of the Secretary: designate (see H.J. Res. 495), 18979 [26JN]

Year of the Teacher: designate (see H.J. Res. 613), 23104 [8AU]

Youth Art Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 477), 5250 [13MR]

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

Letters

Anti-hunger manifesto: Don Mega, Huntington (WV) Herald-Dispatch, 20750 [24JY]

Thanks to Charles T. Manatt for repudiating President Reagan's star wars space plan: by, and 44 other House Members, 20449 [29JN]

Remarks by, on

Acid Rain Deposition and Control Act: enact (H.R. 3400), 19437 [27JN]

Acidic Deposition Study and Ecosystem Mitigation Act: enact (H.R. 1405), 19437 [27JN]

Affiliated Leadership of and for the Blind: tribute to Senator Randolph, 16299 [13JN]

Amtrak Improvement Act: enact (H.R. 3648), 4670 [6MR]

Arab-American Affairs Conference: report, 6645 [27MR]

Budget: deficits, 1193 [1FE]

———requiring President to transmit balanced for each fiscal year (H.R. 6300), 28524 [2OC]

Central America: administration policy on energy research, 6802 [27MR]

———Americas Center for Technology, 6802 [27MR]

Challenger (space shuttle): tribute to Jon McBride, 29995 [4OC]

Civil Air Patrol: annual report, 6647 [27MR]

Coal: exports, 158 [23JA]

———rail transport, 25952 [18SE]

———trade with Japan, 11904 [10MY], 14523 [30MY]

Coal Export Enhancement Act: proposed, 306 [24JA]

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 20307 [29JN], 32244, 32245 [11OC]

Construction Work in Progress Policy Act: enact (H.R. 555), 2314 [8FE]

Cosponsorship: removal from H.R. 3870, 6622 [27MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: making urgent supplemental appropriations (H.J. Res. 492), 14242 [24MY]

Dept. of the Interior: making appropriations (H.R. 5973), 21693 [31JY]

Elkins, WV: Jennings Randolph Federal Center (H.R. 6324), 27613 [27SE]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 5653), 13397 [22MY]

Environment: acid rain, 1387 [1FE], 6951 [28MR]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: renewal of quality of Nation's water (H.R. 3282), 15499 [7JN]

H.R. 3870: removal from cosponsorship, 6622 [27MR]

Hansen, Representative George: financial disclosure form reprimand (H. Res. 558), 21659, 21660 [31JY]

House: legislative program, 16299 [13JN], 20330 [29JN]

International Security and Development Cooperation Act: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 5119), 11585, 11588, 11589 [9MY]

Iron and steel industry: coke production, 9977 [25AP]

———imports, 28153 [1OC]

Israel: relocate U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem (H.R. 4877), 9994 [25AP]

———trade agreement for duty-free treatment and elimination of import restrictions, 29345 [3OC]

Jack D. Maltester Channel: designate (H.R. 6440), 32244 [11OC]

Japan: coal talks, 14523 [30MY]

———coke exports to U.S., 28153 [1OC]

Jennings Randolph Federal Center, Elkins, WV: designate (H.R. 6324), 32243 [11OC]

———designate (S. 3021), 32244 [11OC]

Jerusalem: prayer breakfast issue, 21565 [30JY]

Kahlil Gibran Centennial Foundation, Washington, DC: authorize to erect memorial (H.J. Res. 580), 26566 [24SE]

Lebanon: cease-fire, 15987 [12JN]

Marshall University basketball team: tribute, 5573 [14MR]

National Library Week, 9633 [12AP]

National System of Interstate and Defense Highways: apportion certain funds (H.R. 4957), 3871 [1MR]

Natural Gas Market Policy Act: enact (H.R. 4277), 25210 [12SE]

New York, NY: Bank Audi, U.S.A. anniversary, 27617 [27SE]

Olympic games: tribute to Ed Etzel, 23192 [8AU]

Personal explanation, 14530 [30MY], 19005 [26JN]

Railroad Accounting Principles Board: extending authorizations (H.R. 4439), 2002 [7FE]

Railroad Safety Improvement Act: enact (H.R. 5585), 26357 [20SE]

Railroads: accounting principles (H.R. 2584), 4558 [5MR]

Social Security Disability Benefits Reform Act: enact (H.R. 3755), 6597 [27MR]

Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act: enact (H.R. 5504), 15379 [7JN]

Tax Reform Act: enact (H.R. 4170), 8858 [11AP]

Trade Remedies Reform Act: enact (H.R. 4784), 21318 [26JY]

U.S.-Israel Free Trade Area Act: enact (H.R. 5377), 29345 [3OC]

Vocational-Technical Education Act: amend (H.R. 4164), 5022 [8MR]

Votes: position on missed, 14530 [30MY], 19005 [26JN]

Water Quality Renewal Act: enact (H.R. 3282), 15499 [7JN], 16863 [18JN], 18813-18814 [26JN], 19437 [27JN]

Water Resources Conservation, Development, and Infrastructure Improvement and Rehabilitation Act: enact (H.R. 3678), 16879 [18JN], 19938 [28JN], 20278, 20283 [29JN]

West Virginia: metallurgical coal industry, 28153 [1OC]

Remarks in House relative to

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 1193 [1FE], 2002 [7FE], 4044 [1MR], 4670 [6MR], 6596, 6647, 6648 [27MR], 6916 [28MR], 9536 [12AP], 9979 [25AP], 10770 [2MY], 11010 [3MY], 11585 [9MY], 14516 [30MY], 15379, 15481 [7JN], 15972 [12JN], 18813, 18976 [26JN], 19170 [27JN], 19982 [28JN], 20283 [29JN], 20701 [24JY], 21509 [30JY], 21659 [31JY], 23101 [8AU], 25922 [18SE], 27384 [26SE], 28142 [1OC], 29995 [4OC]

Special order: granted, 314 [24JA], 6648 [27MR], 9979 [25AP], 11909 [10MY]

Reports

Coal Exports: Depts. of Commerce and State (excerpt), 158 [23JA]

Statements

ICC/Railroad Abuses: several governors, mayors, and consumers (joint release), 4558 [5MR]

Japan-U.S. Coal Mission, 14524 [30MY]

Vacate and Remand Coal Exemption Decision: U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, 25953 [18SE]

Testimonies

Israeli Embassy in Jerusalem (H.R. 4877): Pete McCloskey, 9994 [25AP]

Texts of

H.R. 4635, Coal Export Enhancement Act, 307 [24JA]

Tributes

Etzel, Ed, 23192 [8AU]

Kazen, Representative, 31757 [10OC]

McBride, Jon, 29995 [4OC], 30721 [5OC]

Perkins, Carl D., 24900 [11SE]

Randolph, Senator, 16299 [13JN]