SILJANDER, MARK D. (a Representative from Michigan)

Addresses

How Freedom Affects Progress: Rick Greene, 14352 [24MY]

Amendments offered by, to

Civil Rights Act: enact (H.R. 5490), 18856, 18865 [26JN]

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

Analyses

Democratic Party's Resolution on Lebanon, by, 1910-1913 [6FE]

Articles and editorials

Cyprus Turmoil Threatens Future of NATO, Allan C. Brownfeld, Human Events (publication), 30251 [4OC]

Life-and-Death Lottery in the Nursery, Nat Hentoff, Washington (DC) Post, 10008 [25AP]

Release of Virtue—Alternatives to Abortion 1984, Gary Bergel, 14365 [24MY]

Southern Africa, Capetown (South Africa) Times, 3032 [22FE]

When Abortion Becomes Birth—A Dilemma of Medical Ethics Shaken by New Advances, Dena Kleiman, New York (NY) Times, 3329 [23FE]

Women Form WEBA To Fight Abortions, Washington (DC) Times, 9993, 9994 [25AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Abortion: informed choice about the use of anesthetics and analgesics (see H.R. 4857), 2450 [9FE]

Agriculture: expand markets (see H.R. 5198), 6014 [20MR]

Commodity Credit Corporation: expand markets for agricultural products (see H.R. 4743), 1492 [2FE]

Great Lakes: coordinated management and rehabilitation (see H.R. 6325), 27386 [26SE]

Taxation: certain income at flat rate of 10 percent (see H.R. 5432), 9027 [11AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

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

Arms Export Control Act: congressional participation in certain arms transfer decisions (see H.R. 5759), 14689 [31MY]

Bankruptcy: one additional judge for Central District of Illinois (see H.R. 6093), 25504 [14SE]

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

Broadcasters: clarify obligations to legally qualified candidates for public office (see H.R. 5120), 5533 [14MR]

Budget: across-the-board freeze on Federal spending (see H. Res. 468), 6512 [26MR]

Canada: relating to tariff treatment of tourist literature (see H.R. 4074), 14689 [31MY]

Canadian swine products: authorize imposition of additional duties (see H.R. 5206), 20333 [29JN]

China, People's Republic of: sense of Congress urging release of religious prisoners (see H. Con. Res. 302), 17371 [20JN]

Clement J. Zablocki Memorial Outpatient Facility, American Childrens Hospital, Krakow, Poland: funding (see H.R. 4835), 2449 [9FE]

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

Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians: accept findings and implement recommendations (see H.R. 4110), 2793 [21FE]

Congress: eliminate unnecessary distribution of agency reports (see H.R. 5158), 19172 [27JN]

Constitution: assure first amendment rights (see H.R. 4828), 10773 [2MY]

Constitutional Convention: convening (see H.J. Res. 496), 21057 [25JY]

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

Crime and criminals: bail, the exclusionary rule, habeas corpus, and capital punishment (see H.R. 5594), 11012 [3MY]

———eliminate parole and credit for good time in certain cases (see H.R. 4523), 8006 [5AP]

———improve collection of fines (see H.R. 4162), 6650 [27MR]

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

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

Death penalty: establish procedures for imposition of sentence (see H.R. 4937), 16446 [14JN]

Ethiopian Jews: expressing the concern of Congress regarding the plight (see H. Con. Res. 107), 393 [25JA]

Fair Labor Standards Act: facilitate industrial homework (see H.R. 4602), 22280 [2AU]

Family Reunion Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 272), 12323 [15MY]

Federal deficit: authorize President to impound funds (see H.R. 5000), 5066 [8MR]

Firearms: right of U.S. citizens to keep and bear (see H. Con. Res. 311), 24086 [10AU]

Foreign Assistance Act and Related Programs Appropriations Act: basic health care in developing countries (see H.R. 6117), 24912 [11SE]

Foreign Claims Settlement Commission: direct President to liquidate assets of Vietnam or any national to pay certain awards (see H.R. 6074), 31087 [9OC]

Foreign governments: implementation of policy in opposition to practice of torture (see H.J. Res. 605), 18978 [26JN]

FRS: modernize and disclosure of decisions of Federal Open Market Committee (see H.R. 5459), 9538 [12AP]

———require development of price index used by Federal Open Market Committee (see H.R. 5460), 9538 [12AP]

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

Glomar Java Sea (vessel): U.N. cooperation in discovery of fate of crew (see H. Con. Res. 268), 4698 [6MR]

Helen Keller Deaf-Blind Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 309), 15195 [6JN]

High Technology Research and Scientific Education Act: enact (see H.R. 4475), 16886 [18JN]

International Olympic Committee: grant accreditation to Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty (see H. Con. Res. 270), 13962 [23MY]

Iran: condemn Iraq for use of chemical weapons (see H. Con. Res. 292), 9540 [12AP]

———prohibit U.S. import of crude petroleum (see H.R. 4764), 6366 [22MR]

Iraq: condemn for use of chemical weapons (see H. Con. Res. 292), 9540 [12AP]

Israel: relocate U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem (see H.R. 4877), 2792 [21FE]

———trade agreement for duty-free treatment and elimination of import restrictions (see H.R. 5377), 26902 [25SE]

Jordan: prohibit sale of Stinger air defense missile systems (see H.R. 5140), 5861 [19MR]

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

Knutson, Chad: donor of life- and sight-saving organs (see H.J. Res. 420), 19172 [27JN]

Labor: improve access to training opportunities for dislocated workers (see H.R. 6096), 31708 [10OC]

Lebanon: U.S. policy (see H. Con. Res. 252), 1493 [2FE]

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

Medicare: treatment of rural hospitals for payment for inpatient services (see H.R. 5006), 21057 [25JY]

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]

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), 25924 [18SE]

National Adoption Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 542), 15195 [6JN]

National Alzheimer's Disease Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 451), 10321 [30AP]

National Arbor Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 71), 1138 [31JA]

National Blood Pressure Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 550), 26902 [25SE]

National Buddy Holly Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 622), 22281 [2AU]

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 Committee of American Airmen Rescued by General Mihailovich: authorize to establish a monument in District of Columbia (see H.R. 5396), 25560 [17SE]

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

National Diabetes Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 591), 24535 [6SE]

National Down's Syndrome Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 512), 16300 [13JN]

National Employ the Older Worker Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 437), 1941 [6FE]

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

National Housing Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 606), 21980 [1AU]

National Jerome Kern Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 583), 21718 [31JY]

National Labor Relations Act: allow greater measure of freedom of choice with regard to labor organizations (see H.R. 4183), 20332 [29JN]

National Medical Assistants Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 450), 29612 [3OC]

National Mental Health Counselors Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 415), 5066 [8MR]

National POW/MIA Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 344), 2052 [7FE]

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

National Religious Liberty Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 522), 21980 [1AU]

National School-Age Child Care Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 544), 14826 [4JN]

National Scuba Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 508), 11912 [10MY]

National Sewing Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 491), 21717 [31JY]

National Single Parent Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 200), 5066 [8MR]

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

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

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

Older Americans Act: establish National Information Clearinghouse on Aging (see H.R. 4485), 3588 [28FE]

Olympic games: radio and television announcements urged to discourage drug and alcohol abuse during coverage (see H. Con. Res. 315), 16447 [14JN]

OSHA: approval requirements of State plans (see H.J. Res. 319), 13962 [23MY]

Poland: authorize reduced postal rates for food, clothing, and medicine (see H.R. 4639), 14826 [4JN]

Polish American Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 577), 18023 [22JN]

Presidential Unit Citation: award to 22d Marine Amphibious Unit (see H. Con. Res. 289), 10773 [2MY]

Public housing: homeownership and resident management opportunities for families residing (see H.R. 6317), 27386 [26SE]

Radio stations: equity to daytime broadcasters (see H.R. 2385), 25184 [12SE]

Rules of House: make proceedings more open, representative, and accountable (see H. Res. 518), 21980 [1AU]

Saudi Arabia: prohibit sale of Stinger air defense missile systems (see H.R. 5140), 5861 [19MR]

Sec. of the Treasury: ban on importation of goods produced by convict, forced, or indentured labor (see H. Con. Res. 277), 6293 [21MR]

Service Contract Act: repeal (see H.R. 5943), 21346 [26JY]

Social security: amend relative to purchases and rentals of durable medical equipment (see H.R. 3026), 29612 [3OC]

———conduct pilot and demonstration projects for education and vocational training for caretaker parents (see H.R. 6162), 31708 [10OC]

———delay for 2 years mandatory coverage of employees of religious organizations (see H.R. 4621), 6651 [27MR]

———coverage of advanced life-support services by qualified technicians (see H.R. 2125), 11447 [8MY]

Solidarity Sunday for Soviet Jewry: sense of House (see H. Res. 450), 4530 [5MR]

Soviet Union: establish commission to study famine in Ukraine (see H.R. 4459), 4698 [6MR]

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

Space: activities performed or articles produced shall be considered produced in U.S. (see H.R. 5975), 23612 [9AU]

Space Exploration Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 555), 18979 [26JN]

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

Synthetic Fuels Corp.: prohibit from making awards of financial assistance (see H.R. 4098), 1494 [2FE]

Tax Reform Act: repeal changes of debt instruments issued for property (see H.R. 6021), 24668 [10SE]

Taxation: adoption expenses (see H.R. 1657), 10773 [2MY]

———deny unemployment benefits to teachers during vacations (see H.R. 2448), 1940 [6FE]

———make permanent deductions for charitable contributions by nonitemizers (see H.R. 1315), 16770 [15JN]

———credit to employers who add new employees to positions in areas of substantial unemployment (see H.R. 897), 12322 [15MY]

———credit for persons who maintain households for elderly (see H.R. 965), 10571 [1MY]

———self-employed health insurance premiums be allowed as business expense (see H.R. 3487), 3939 [29FE]

———reduce rates and simplify laws (see H.R. 5533, 6165), 10242 [26AP], 24084 [10AU]

———repeal limitation on aggregate amount of private activity bonds (see H.R. 6032), 21345 [26JY]

———repeal provisions relating to social security and railroad retirement benefits to nonresident aliens (see H.R. 4988), 14518 [30MY]

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

Terrorism: combat international (see H.R. 6311), 28144 [1OC]

Treasury: shall not expend or transfer funds to less developed nations which are delinquent on interest payments to U.S. banks (see H. Res. 477), 9029 [11AP]

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

Unemployed: tax credit for retraining expenses for individuals (see H.R. 4738), 1492 [2FE]

VA: adjudicate benefit claims (see H.R. 1959), 2051 [7FE]

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

Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc.: grant Federal charter (see H.R. 4772), 11912 [10MY]

Women: tax equity (see H.R. 4500), 1940 [6FE]

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

Women's History Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 422), 3022 [22FE]

World Health Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 506), 4697 [6MR]

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

Year of the St. Lawrence Seaway: designate (see H.J. Res. 567), 11911 [10MY]

Youth employment: authorize employer to pay opportunity wage to a person under 20 years of age (see H.R. 5721), 13961 [23MY]

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

Youth-oriented organizations: insure that no individual with prior conviction shall be hired (see H.R. 5486), 14518 [30MY]

Letters

Grenada invasion, 15179 [6JN]

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

Kassebaum-Grassley-Biden budget plan: by, and sundry other Representatives, 10637 [2MY]

Lists

Horror stories—adverse consequences of court rulings, 4479 [5MR]

Memorandums

U.S.-Hungarian Relations and the Situation of the Hungarians in Transylvania: American Hungarian Federation, 3025 [22FE]

Prayerbooks

If I Can, 15180 [6JN]

Proclamations

Seabee Day: James J. Blanchard, Governor of Michigan, 20311 [29JN]

Remarks by, on

Agricultural Export and Trade Equity Act: proposed, 1481 [2FE]

American Agenda Forum: Republican Party special orders, 15174-15178 [6JN]

American Hungarian Federation: 78th anniversary, 3025 [22FE]

Americans: meaning of freedom, 15179-15180 [6JN]

Appropriations: allow line-item veto (H.J. Res. 404), 9384 [12AP]

Armed Forces: prohibit deployment in El Salvador or Nicaragua, 14273-14274 [24MY]

Budget: amend Constitution relating to Federal procedures (H.J. Res. 243), 9384 [12AP], 15182 [6JN]

———amend Constitution relating to Federal procedures (H.J. Res. 243), discharge petition, 21960, 21961 [1AU]

———balance, 17361, 17362-17368 [20JN]

———deficits, 2404 [9FE], 13425, 13426 [22MY]

Children: missing, 15781 [11JN], 21047 [25JY]

Civil Rights Act: enact (H.R. 5490), 18856, 18865, 18866, 18868 [26JN]

Comprehensive Crime Control Act: proposed (H.R. 2151), 14311 [24MY], 26881 [25SE]

Constitution: amend relative to school prayer (H.J. Res. 100), 2288 [8FE]

———balanced budget amendment, 17361 [20JN]

C-SPAN: coverage of House proceedings, 14324-14325 [24MY], 15174-15178 [6JN], 21048-21051 [25JY]

Cyprus: resolution of situation, 30251 [4OC]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 5167), 14266, 14267, 14270, 14273-14274 [24MY]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and certain independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5798), conference report, 19106, 19109 [27JN]

Education: equal access to school facilities by religious groups for meetings, 21048-21051 [25JY]

Educational institutions: extend antidiscrimination provisions of the Education Act, Rehabilitation Act, Age Discrimination Act, and Civil Rights Act, 18856, 18865, 18866, 18868 [26JN]

El Salvador: military assistance, 11827 [10MY]

Equal Access Act: enact (H.R. 5345), 21048-21051 [25JY]

Foreign relations: Nicaragua, 10561 [1MY]

Friends of Free China: tribute, 14352 [24MY]

Great Lakes Preservation Act: proposed (H.R. 6325), 27618 [27SE]

House: C-SPAN coverage of proceedings, 14324-14325 [24MY], 15174-15178 [6JN], 21048-21051 [25JY]

———legislative program, 2772-2775 [21FE], 12490 [16MY], 15174-15178 [6JN], 17370 [20JN], 21038, 21048-21052 [25JY], 21958 [1AU], 26879, 26900 [25SE]

Housing: mortgage revenue bonds, 3996 [1MR]

Interest rates: impact of rising, 14318-14320, 14322 [24MY]

International Security and Development Cooperation Act: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 5119), 11560, 11585, 11609-11610 [9MY], 11827 [10MY]

Jews: efforts to emigrate from Soviet Union, 26864 [25SE]

``Journey in North America'': book by Alexander Farkas de Bolon (Sandor Boloni Farkas), 150th anniversary, 27598 [27SE]

Lebanon: deployment of marines, 1902-1910 [6FE]

Marines: deployment in Lebanon, 1902-1910 [6FE]

Massachusetts: tax amnesty, 10732 [2MY]

Mondale, Walter F.: tax proposals, 24413 [6SE]

Monetary policy: impact on interest rates, 14318-14320, 14322 [24MY]

Mortgages: Federal revenue bonds, 3996 [1MR]

National Day of Remembrance of Man's Inhumanity to Man: designate (H.J. Res. 247), 8989 [11AP]

Nicaragua: mining of ports, 9001-9007 [11AP]

———prohibit appropriated funds to be used for mining of ports (H. Con. Res. 290), 9489 [12AP]

———U.S. policy, 10561 [1MY]

Relief of Pain in the Human Fetus During Abortion Act: enact (H.R. 4857), 3313 [23FE]

Religion and politics: policy, 24519 [6SE], 26883-26886 [25SE]

School prayer: amend Constitution relative to (H.J. Res. 100), 3864 [29FE], 9384 [12AP]

———constitutional amendment, 4446, 4473, 4479, 4480, 4481, 4486, 4487 [5MR], 24519 [6SE]

Soviet Union: free emigration of Jews, 26864 [25SE]

———SWAPO forces v. Namibia and South Africa, 3032 [22FE]

Tax Reform Act: enact (H.R. 4170), 8838 [11AP]

Taxation: flat rate, 10501 [1MY], 10732 [2MY], 12752 [17MY], 17362-17368 [20JN], 18738 [26JN]

———flat rate (H.R. 5432), 16195 [13JN], 25267-25270 [13SE]

———limit, 15182 [6JN], 24413 [6SE]

———reform, 10563-10565 [1MY]

U.S. Navy Seabees: tribute, 20310 [29JN]

Women Exploited by Abortion, 9992 [25AP]

World War II: D-Day anniversary, 15179-15180 [6JN]

Remarks in House relative to

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 1902 [6FE], 2288 [8FE], 2404 [9FE], 3017 [22FE], 3864 [29FE], 3996 [1MR], 4473 [5MR], 8838, 9001 [11AP], 9384, 9489 [12AP], 9979 [25AP], 10501, 10562 [1MY], 10732 [2MY], 11560 [9MY], 12490 [16MY], 12752 [17MY], 14338 [24MY], 15750 [11JN], 16195 [13JN], 17362 [20JN], 18738 [26JN], 24413 [6SE], 27384 [26SE], 30202 [4OC]

Leave of absence: granted, 110 [23JA]

Special order: granted, 1491 [2FE], 2447 [9FE], 4044 [1MR], 8520 [10AP], 9025 [11AP], 10570 [1MY], 11445 [8MY], 13445 [22MY], 14338 [24MY], 20329 [29JN], 21052 [25JY], 24531 [6SE], 25181 [12SE], 25922 [18SE], 26169 [19SE]

Reports

Committee on Foreign Affairs, 11659 [9MY]

Foreign Travel Expenditures, 11659 [9MY]

Statements

150th Anniversary of the First European Work on the American Democracy: Elemer Bako, 27598 [27SE]

Evidence for Fetal Pain: Thomas J. Marzen and Burke Balche, 3314 [23FE]

Religion and Politics: Dwight D. Eisenhower (excerpt), 26883 [25SE]

Testimonies

Location of U.S. Embassy in Israel: Thomas A. Dine, 12092 [14MY]

Texts of

Democratic Party's Resolution on Lebanon, 1914 [6FE]

H.R. 4857, Relief of Pain in the Human Fetus During Abortion Act, 3315 [23FE]

Tributes

Barnett, Ricky, 15781 [11JN]

Farkas de Bolon, Alexander, 27598 [27SE]

Mann, Nancyjo, 9992 [25AP]