ABDNOR, JAMES (a Senator from South Dakota)

Amendments offered by, to

Agriculture, rural development, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5743), 23874 [10AU]

Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 648), 27950 [1OC], 28429 [2OC], 28870, 29119, 29185, 29201-29218 [3OC], 29870-29900 [4OC]

———making further supplemental for fiscal 1984 (H.R. 6040), 22785, 22854, 22855 [8AU]

Child Support Enforcement Act: amend (H.R. 4325), 9853 [25AP]

Deficit Reduction Tax Act: enact (H.R. 2163), 8603 [10AP], 9147, 9316, 9322, 9331, 9332 [12AP]

Dept. of Agriculture: making urgent supplemental appropriations (H.J. Res. 492), 7035, 7119 [29MR], 8045, 8092 [5AP]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and certain independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5798), 20575, 20601, 20602 [24JY], 20797, 20906 [25JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: appropriations (H.R. 6028), 26476, 26502 [21SE]

Education for Economic Security Act: enact (S. 1285), 15008, 15053 [6JN]

Export Administration Act: amend (S. 979), 1878 [6FE], 3768, 3828 [29FE], 4133, 4192 [1MR]

Federal Boat Safety Act: amend (H.R. 2163), 8603 [10AP], 9147, 9316, 9322, 9331, 9332 [12AP]

Omnibus Defense Authorization Act: enact (S. 2723), 16141, 16182 [13JN], 16917, 16977 [18JN], 17190 [19JN]

Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act: impress a trust on sales proceeds (H.R. 3867), 2928 [22FE]

Solid Waste Disposal Act: funding (S. 757), 7120 [29MR], 20862, 20906, 20915 [25JY]

Tariff: change treatment relative to certain articles (H.R. 3398), 26286 [20SE]

Veterans' Dioxin and Radiation Exposure Compensation Standards Act: enact (S. 1651), 13166, 13284 [22MY]

Water Resources Development Act: enact (S. 1739), 14124 [24MY], 23344 [9AU], 25627 [17SE]

Appointments

Conferee: H.J. Res. 648, making continuing appropriations, 29730 [4OC]

———H.R. 5504, Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act, 30464 [5OC]

———H.R. 5653, energy and water development appropriations, 17798 [21JN]

———H.R. 5713, Dept. of HUD appropriations, 17841 [21JN]

———H.R. 5743, making appropriations for Dept. of Agriculture, rural development, and related agencies, 23715 [10AU]

———H.R. 5798, Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and certain independent agencies appropriations, 20800 [25JY]

———H.R. 6040, making further supplemental appropriations for fiscal 1984, 22820 [8AU]

Articles and editorials

Dredging Struggle, Journal of Commerce, 7138 [29MR]

Gladys Pyle—First Lady of GOP Politics (sundry), 12743, 12744 [17MY]

Huron Debaters Win National Championship by ``Earning It,'' Roger Kasa, 20493 [23JY]

Joe Bottum Wasn't Ashamed of Being Patriotic, Rapid City (SD) Journal, 20488 [23JY]

Joseph Bottum Dies Wednesday at Age 80, Gordon Hanson, Rapid City (SD) Journal, 20488 [23JY]

Joseph Bottum—From Ballroom to the Senate, Ron Bender, Rapid City (SD) Journal, 20488 [23JY]

Merwin Furthered Outdoor Cause, Mitchell (SD) Republic, 20494 [23JY]

Native American Press Association Formalized—Lakota Times Publisher Elected First President, Adrian C. Louis, Lakota (SD) Times, 24408 [6SE]

Realtors Launch Last Minute Drive Against Deficit-Reduction Proposal, Alvert B. Crenshaw and Martha M. Hamilton, Washington (DC) Post, 19707 [28JN]

Tax Law's Effect on Agriculture Under Scrutiny, Ward Sinclair and Martha M. Hamilton, Washington (DC) Post, 20018 [29JN]

There Is a Strong and Growing Case for Looking at Agricultural Tax Shelters, Aberdeen (SD) American News, 20018 [29JN]

Time To Coordinate Tax and Agricultural Policy, Rapid City (SD) Journal, 20018 [29JN]

VA Use of Upright Grave Markers in Cemeteries, Huron (SD) Plainsman, 23837 [10AU]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Deficit Reduction Act: enact (see S. 2516), 7375 [2AP]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and certain independent agencies: making appropriations (see S. 2853), 20480 [23JY]

Impact Aid Program Authorization Act: enact (see S. 2378), 3802 [29FE]

Imputed interest rates: family farms and small businesses (see S. 2822), 19644 [28JN]

Lake Traverse Indian Reservation: inheritance of trust or restricted land (see S. 2663), 11757 [10MY]

National Diabetes Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 299), 13082 [21MY]

Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin program: Hilltop and Gray Goose irrigation projects (see S. 2861), 20884 [25JY]

Secret Service: powers, authorities, and duties (see S. 2544), 8425 [9AP]

Taxation: limit amount of off-farm income which could be sheltered by farm losses (see S. 2833), 20118 [29JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Aberdeen, SD: railroad easement rights (see S. 2733), 15040 [6JN]

Africa: supplemental AID appropriation for famine-stricken countries (see S. 2307), 4919 [8MR]

Age Discrimination in Employment Act: amend (see S. 2540), 15050 [6JN]

Agriculture: loans (see S. Con. Res. 99), 6160 [21MR]

American Gold Star Mothers, Inc.: recognition (see S. 2413), 7222 [30MR]

Antitrust, patent, and copyright laws: promote research and development, encourage innovation, and stimulate trade (see S. 1841), 12446 [16MY]

Army: national museum (see S. Con. Res. 75), 2540 [9FE]

Balanced Budget Constitutional Convention Convening Resolution: enact (see S.J. Res. 251), 9309 [12AP]

Banks and banking: agricultural loans (see S. Con. Res. 99), 6160 [21MR]

Big Brothers and Big Sisters Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 351), 30874 [9OC]

Bulgaria: abuse of the Customs Convention (see S. Con. Res. 131), 22132 [2AU]

———U.S. policy review (see S. 2904), 22131 [2AU]

Canada: pork imports (see S. Res. 431), 23325 [9AU]

Children: protection and assistance during administrative and judicial proceedings for sexual assault victims (see S. Con. Res. 120), 24399 [6SE]

———providing assistance in locating missing (see S. 2014), 5847 [19MR]

Clean Water Act: amend (see S. 2006), 1694 [2FE]

Colombia: congratulations on cocaine seizure (see S. Res. 358), 9883 [25AP]

Columbia River Gorge, OR/WA: protection and development (see S. 627), 8595 [10AP]

Committee on Veterans' Affairs: recommendation of Study Group on Senate Practices and Procedures (see S. Res. 139), 412 [25JA]

Corp. for Public Broadcasting: authorizing appropriations (see S. 2436), 12733 [17MY]

Credit cards: prohibit surcharges (see S. 2673), 12158 [15MY]

Customs Service: suspend interim regulations for U.S. imports of textiles and apparel (see S. Res. 466), 29154 [3OC]

D-Day National Remembrance Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 268), 13529 [23MY]

Desjardins, Alphonse: honor founder of La Caisse Populaire de Ste-Marie, Manchester, NH (see S. Res. 312), 4601 [6MR]

Drug Money Seizure Act: enact (see S. 2579), 9253 [12AP]

Education: court jurisdiction over voluntary meetings for religious purposes in public institutions (see S. 1059), 11773 [10MY]

Employment: extend targeted jobs tax credit (see S. 2185), 3456 [27FE]

Energy Emergency Preparedness Act: enact (see S. 2484), 6713 [27MR]

Energy Security Reserve: rescind funds appropriated (see S. 2735), 15341 [7JN]

English language: amend Constitution to make official language (see S.J. Res. 167), 6856 [28MR]

Enterprise Zone Act: enact (see S. 2914), 22830 [8AU]

Ethnic American Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 253), 14951 [5JN]

Federal advisory committees: cost reduction (see S. 2127), 2133 [7FE]

Federal building, Augusta, ME: name for Edmund S. Muskie (see S. 2460), 7741 [4AP]

Federal building, Bangor, ME: name for Margaret Chase Smith (see S. 2461), 7741 [4AP]

Federal Land Policy and Management Act: amend (see S. 2692), 20600 [24JY]

Federal-State land disputes: adjudicate claims (see S. 2750), 16166 [13JN]

Firearms: regulate manufacture and importation of armor piercing ammunition (see S. 2766), 16560 [14JN]

Food for Peace Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 306), 15040 [6JN]

Foreign trade: Japanese barriers to imported beef (see S. Con. Res. 87), 888 [30JA]

Frozen Food Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 193), 2925 [22FE]

Harmon Killebrew Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 285), 10346 [30AP]

Hawaii Statehood Silver Jubilee Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 248), 6431 [22MR]

Iran: persecution of Bahais (see S. Con. Res. 86), 11543 [9MY]

Jennings Randolph Federal Center, Elkins, WV: designate (see S. 3021), 27845 [29SE]

Kahlil Gibran Centennial Foundation: authorizing memorial in Washington, DC (see S.J. Res. 301), 14113 [24MY]

Life insurance companies: tax treatment (see S. 1992), 3670 [28FE]

Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 322), 21630 [31JY]

Missing Children Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 252), 4161 [1MR]

Motor vehicles: protect consumer franchised automobile dealers from unfair price discrimination (see S. 2770), 16560 [14JN]

Myasthenia Gravis Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 295), 12158 [15MY]

Narcotics: currency reports (see S. 2579), 9253 [12AP]

National Adoption Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 238), 2479 [9FE]

National Amateur Wrestling Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 224), 4359 [5MR]

National Animal Health Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 292), 11536 [9MY]

National Birds of Prey Conservation Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 230), 9883 [25AP]

National Drug Abuse Education and Prevention Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 267), 9668 [24AP]

National Duck Stamp Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 270), 9883 [25AP]

National Epidermolysis Bullosa Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 201), 1043 [31JA]

National Family Week: designate (see S. 1657; S.J. Res. 211), 1794 [3FE], 2924 [22FE]

National Independent Free Paper Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 343), 25371 [13SE]

National Law Enforcement Heroes Memorial: authorize establishment by Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund, Inc. (see S.J. Res. 235), 9308 [12AP]

National Meat Week: designate (see S. Res. 396), 15040 [6JN]

National Nurse Recognition Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 274), 10708 [2MY]

National POW/MIA Recognition Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 171), 1794 [3FE]

National Quality Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 304), 24689 [10SE]

National Safety in the Workplace Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 258), 9668 [24AP]

National Tourism Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 335), 20884 [25JY]

National Week of the Ocean: designate (see S.J. Res. 265), 8435 [9AP]

National Women Veterans Recognition Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 227), 9883 [25AP]

Natural gas: equitable price adjustments in market and consumer relief (see S. 2065), 597 [26JA]

Nonpoint Source Pollution Management Act: enact (see S. 2006), 1694 [2FE]

Nuclear weapons: Soviet-U.S. risk reduction centers (see S. Res. 329), 14123 [24MY]

Older Americans Act: authorizing appropriations (see S. 2603), 14122 [24MY]

Older Americans Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 255), 6726 [27MR]

Postal Service: property protection (see S. 2393), 4764 [7MR]

Public safety officers: age requirements (see S. 2540), 15050 [6JN]

Senior Center Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 217), 674 [27JA]

Shebal, Leroy W.: relief (see S. 2543), 8425 [9AP]

Small business: combination of development loan funds with regular business loans (see S. 2069), 11986 [11MY]

———deposit tax relief (see S. 1898), 3670 [28FE]

Small Business Competition Enhancement Act: enact (see S. 2489), 7075 [29MR]

Smoking: public awareness of health effects (see S. 772), 1329 [1FE]

St. Lawrence Seaway Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 314), 18689 [26JN]

Strategic petroleum reserve: distribution (see S. 2484), 6713 [27MR]

Tax Reform Act: repeal changes to treatment of debt instruments issued for property (see S. 2930), 26698 [25SE]

Taxation: older persons (see S. 2257), 2925 [22FE]

———retirement savings deduction (see S. 2229), 1694 [2FE]

———social security benefits (see S. 1113), 1043 [31JA]

———treatment of airline fringe benefits (see S. 2995), 27946 [1OC]

Teenage Alcohol Abuse Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 305), 19397 [27JN]

Time of Remembrance: designate (see S.J. Res. 336), 23854 [10AU]

Trademarks: strengthen laws against counterfeiting (see S. 875), 15049 [6JN]

U.S. agricultural products: opposition to certain proposed import restrictions by European Community (see S. Res. 402), 15846 [12JN]

USA Philharmonic Society: congratulate and commend (see S. Res. 412, 414), 17576 [20JN], 18593 [25JN]

VA: allow use of upright grave markers in cemeteries (see S. 2953), 23825 [10AU]

———enhance management of medical treatment programs (see S. 2514), 22848 [8AU]

Veterans' Preference Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 297), 14834 [4JN]

Victims of Crime Assistance Act: enact (see S. 2423), 10477 [1MY]

Wheat Improvement Act: enact (see S. 2328), 2902 [22FE]

White House Conference on Small Business Authorization Act: enact (see S. 2487), 6852 [28MR]

World War I Aces and Aviators Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 333), 20902 [25JY]

World War II: anniversary of liberation of Rome (see S.J. Res. 240), 15050 [6JN]

Year of the Ocean: designate (see S.J. Res. 257), 7394 [2AP]

Year of the Secretary: designate (see S.J. Res. 213), 887 [30JA]

Year of the St. Lawrence Seaway: designate (see S.J. Res. 314), 18689 [26JN]

Youth Employment Opportunity Wage Act: enact (see S. 2687), 12717 [17MY]

Youth of America Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 327), 23339 [9AU]

Citations

Upper Missouri Water Users Association distinguished service award, 1364 [1FE]

Cloture motions

Agriculture, rural development, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5743), waiver of Budget Act, 22118 [2AU], 22510 [6AU]

Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 648), 27666 [28SE]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 648), Baker amendment, 27496 [27SE], 27764 [28SE]

Courts: constitutional procedures for imposition of death penalty (S. 1765), 2147 [7FE]

Federal Aid Highway Act: enact (S. 2527), 26273 [20SE], 26662 [25SE]

———enact (S. 2527), proceed to consideration, 26600 [24SE]

Hoover Power Plant Act: enact (S. 268), 21398 [27JY]

Senate: regulations for radio and television coverage of proceedings (S. Res. 66), 25361 [13SE], 25771 [18SE], 25973 [19SE], 26452 [21SE]

Wheat Improvement Act: enact (H.R. 4072), 6142 [21MR]

Wilkinson, J. Harvie, III: nomination, 21103 [26JY], 21600 [31JY]

Colloquies

Computing of educational districts' local contribution rates: by, and Harrison (Jack) Schmitt, 8046 [5AP]

Eulogies

Joseph H. Bottum: Ned E. Wick, 20489 [23JY]

Letters

Asbestos: David P. Rall, 17837 [21JN]

———J. P. Koplan and James O. Mason, 17838 [21JN]

———Richard A. Lemen, 17839 [21JN]

Education impact aid program: Gary L. Jones, 16917 [18JN]

FCC access charge orders: by, 35 [23JA]

Sod houses: John Knecht, 17606 [20JN]

Tribally controlled community colleges, Elden Lawrence, 613 [26JA]

Veto of S. 684, water resources research program: A. Kenneth Dunn, Interstate Conference on Water Problems, 5760 [15MR]

———by, with 19 other Senators, 4609 [6MR]

———by, with 20 other Senators, 5760 [15MR], 6120 [21MR]

Water project development: by, to President Reagan (1983), 621 [26JA]

———President Reagan, 621 [26JA]

———several Senators, to President Reagan (1983), 622 [26JA]

Water Resources Development Act: by, 5723 [15MR]

———Leon E. McKinney, Inland Rivers Ports and Terminals, Inc., 8612 [10AP]

———Lloyd Anderson and J. Ron Brinson, American Association of Port Authorities, 7138 [29MR]

———1984 Water Resources Action Coalition, 20026 [29JN]

———sundry, 10163, 10164, 10165 [26AP]

Water Resources Research Act (S. 684): sundry Senators, 11549 [9MY]

Lists

Budget expenses of H.R. 5798, Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and certain independent agencies appropriations, 20572 [24JY]

Water Resources Development Act supporters, 10163 [26AP]

Messages

Water Resources Research Act Veto (S. 684): President Reagan (excerpt), 6120 [21MR]

Motions offered by

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and certain independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5798), table Kennedy amendment, 20578 [24JY]

Obituaries

Joseph H. Bottum Dies, Rapid City (SD) Journal, 20488 [23JY]

Outlines

Title X deep draft navigation, 23921 [10AU]

Water Resources Development Act (S. 1739), 25644-25647 [17SE]

Proclamations

National Federation of the Blind of South Dakota, 10483 [1MY]

Remarks by, on

Agriculture: impact of tax policies, 17603 [20JN]

———interest rates and deficits, 19714 [28JN]

———Japanese trade barriers against U.S. beef imports, 2850 [22FE]

———tax treatment, 9147, 9148 [12AP]

Appropriations: line-item veto, 29796 [4OC]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 648), 28342 [2OC], 28869, 28870, 29028, 29029, 29033-29034, 29116-29120, 29129, 29130-29132, 29136 [3OC]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 648), point of order, 29136 [3OC]

———making further supplemental for fiscal 1984 (H.R. 6040), 22785, 22804 [8AU]

Asbestos: abatement program for schools, 7122 [29MR]

Balanced Budget Procedures Act: enact (S. 3039), 31866 [11OC]

Banks and banking: insurance powers, 25321-25323 [13SE]

BIA: increase limit on direct loans, 28342 [2OC]

Budget: balance, 31866 [11OC]

———reduce Federal spending, 10080, 10081 [26AP]

Child Support Enforcement Act: amend (H.R. 4325), 9847 [25AP]

Child support enforcement agencies: exempt from address verification charges by the Postal Service, 20595 [24JY]

Committee on Indian Affairs (Select): make permanent committee (S. Res. 127), 15026 [6JN]

Committees: meetings during sessions, 20915, 20916 [25JY]

Copper: purchase from domestic sources, 20594 [24JY]

Credit: use of ZIP code in determination, 20796, 20798 [25JY]

Customs Service: creation of a new customs district in Washington, 20596 [24JY]

———funding for aircraft to fight drug smuggling, 7036 [29MR]

———staffing levels in Washington, 20596 [24JY]

Deficit Reduction Act: enact (S. 2516), 7376 [2AP], 19714 [28JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: making urgent supplemental appropriations (H.J. Res. 492), 7036 [29MR], 8046 [5AP]

Dept. of HUD: making appropriations (H.R. 5713), 17837 [21JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 5713), conference report, 19332 [27JN]

Dept. of the Treasury: complete Board of Trustee appointments of several trust fund commissions, 20787, 20792 [25JY]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and certain independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5798), 20572-20575, 20591, 20594, 20595, 20596 [24JY], 20787, 20792, 20795, 20796, 20797, 20798, 20800 [25JY], 29028 [3OC]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: appropriations (H.R. 6028), 26476 [21SE]

Drug trafficking: improve forfeiture procedures for seized items, 20591 [24JY]

Education: assistance to tribally controlled community colleges, 613 [26JA]

———distribution of appropriations to school districts, 8046 [5AP]

———impact aid program, 16141-16146, 16148 [13JN], 16917, 16918, 16919 [18JN]

Education for Economic Security Act: enact (S. 1285), 15011, 15016 [6JN], 19321 [27JN]

Elections: voter registration, 29029 [3OC]

Energy and water development: appropriations (H.R. 5653), 17762, 17791 [21JN]

Energy Emergency Preparedness Act: enact (S. 2484), 6725 [27MR]

EPA: asbestos, 17837 [21JN]

———school abatement program dealing with asbestos, 15011, 15016 [6JN], 19321 [27JN]

Export Administration Act: amend (S. 979), 3421 [27FE]

Fair Practices in Automotive Products Act: enact (S. 707), 12376 [16MY]

Farmland: imputed interest rates, 20016 [29JN]

Federal Aid Highway Act: enact (S. 3024), 29796, 29813, 29831 [4OC]

Federal Boat Safety Act: amend (H.R. 2163), 9111, 9147, 9148 [12AP], 10080, 10081 [26AP]

Federal Labor Relations Authority: review Army and Air Force regulations governing technicians of the National Guard, 20575 [24JY]

Financial Services Competitive Equity Act: enact (S. 2851), 25321-25323 [13SE]

Firearms: regulate manufacture and importation of armor-piercing ammunition, 29034 [3OC]

Former Presidents: facilities and services reform, 20792 [25JY]

Garrison Diversion Unit, Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin program: establish commission, 17762 [21JN]

Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway: improve water transportation system, 29131 [3OC]

Harbors: deep draft navigation projects, 23921 [10AU]

Hazardous waste: educational institutions, 20862 [25JY]

Health: classification of rural hospitals, 9111 [12AP]

Health promotion: create national blue ribbon panel, 20596 [24JY]

Housing: imputed interest rates, 20016 [29JN]

———seller-financed homes, 20016 [29JN]

Impact Aid Program Authorization Act: enact (S. 2378), 3824 [29FE]

Imputed interest rates: family farms and small businesses (S. 2822), 19660 [28JN], 20016 [29JN]

———repeal formula, 19707 [28JN]

Indians: assistance to tribally controlled community colleges, 613 [26JA]

———Health Care Improvement Act appropriations (S. 2166), 25385 [13SE]

Interstate System: modify apportionment formula for resurfacing, restoring, rehabilitating, and reconstruction, 29813 [4OC]

Japan: trade barriers against U.S. beef imports, 2850 [22FE]

Lake Traverse Indian Reservation: inheritance of trust or restricted land (S. 2663), 11771 [10MY]

Military base schools: remove restriction on use of funds for construction, renovation, and repairs, 17163 [19JN]

Monroe Harbor: improvement project, 29132 [3OC]

Motor vehicles: domestic content requirements (S. 707), 12376 [16MY]

National Diabetes Month: designate (S.J. Res. 299), 13085 [21MY]

National Federation of the Blind of South Dakota: tribute, 10483 [1MY]

National Historic Preservation Week: observance, 10906 [3MY]

National Tourism Week: observance, 13302 [22MY]

Natural Gas Market Adjustment Act: enact (S. 2065), 617 [26JA]

Omnibus Defense Authorization Act: enact (S. 2723), 16141-16146, 16148 [13JN], 16917-16919 [18JN], 17163 [19JN]

Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin program: Hilltop and Gray Goose irrigation projects (S. 2861), 20888 [25JY], 28870 [3OC]

Postal Service: closing of small post offices, 29033 [3OC]

Presidents: archival depositories, 20795 [25JY]

Public debt: increasing statutory limit (H.J. Res. 654), 31866 [11OC]

Quorum: call, 802 [30JA]

Rural Electrification and Telephone Revolving Fund Self-Sufficiency Act: enact (S. 1300), 31314 [10OC]

Sault Ste. Marie, MI: construction of second large lock, 29132 [3OC]

School assistance: increase appropriations, 26476 [21SE]

Secret Service: powers, authorities, and duties (S. 2544), 8426 [9AP]

———transfer funds to Customs Service, 22785 [8AU]

Senior Center Week: designate (S.J. Res. 217), 904 [30JA]

Small Business and Federal Procurement Competition Enhancement Act: enact (S. 2489; H.R. 4209), 22588 [7AU]

Solid Waste Disposal Act: funding (S. 757), 7122 [29MR], 20862 [25JY]

South Dakota: water projects, 17791 [21JN]

Strategic petroleum reserve: distribution (S. 2484), 6725 [27MR]

Taxation: limit amount of off-farm income which could be sheltered by farm losses (S. 2833), 20017 [29JN]

Technology: export control, 3421 [27FE]

Transportation: mass transit, 29831 [4OC]

Universal Telephone Service Preservation Act: enact (S. 1660), 201-203 [24JA], 525-529, 534-535 [26JA]

Urban development action grants: funding, 22804 [8AU]

VA: allow use of upright grave markers in cemeteries (S. 2953), 23836 [10AU]

Washington: Customs Service staffing, 20596 [24JY]

Water projects: funding, 29116-29120, 29129, 29130-29132, 29136 [3OC]

———national policy, 620 [26JA]

Water resources: development, 29119 [3OC]

———legislation, 32081 [11OC]

———ongoing research program (S. 684), 4609 [6MR], 5760 [15MR]

Water Resources Conservation, Development, and Infrastructure Improvement and Rehabilitation Act: enact (H.R. 3678), 20026 [29JN]

Water Resources Development Act: enact (S. 1739), 7137 [29MR], 8612 [10AP], 10163 [26AP], 14126 [24MY], 20026 [29JN], 23346 [9AU], 23921 [10AU], 25644 [17SE]

———referral of S. 1739 to Committee on Finance, 12434 [16MY]

Water Resources Research Act: enact (S. 684), 11549 [9MY]

———enact (S. 684), veto message, 6119, 6120, 6131 [21MR]

Wheat Improvement Act: enact (H.R. 4072), 6375 [22MR]

Youth Employment Opportunity Wage Act: enact (S. 2687), 12731 [17MY]

Remarks in Senate relative to

Special order: granted, 2740 [21FE], 12196 [15MY]

Upper Missouri Water Users Association distinguished service award, 1364 [1FE]

Reports

Asbestos: House Report 98-803 (excerpt), 17837 [21JN]

Carcinogenic Risk of Chemicals to Humans: International Agency for Research of Cancer, Lyon, France, 17837 [21JN]

Committee on Appropriations, 20479 [23JY]

Expenditure of Foreign Currencies, 4349 [5MR]

Impact of Tax Policies on Agriculture: E. Gerald Corrigan (excerpts), 17604 [20JN]

Public Policy Considerations of Pricing Telephone Services in New Telecommunications Market Structure: Joint Economic Committee, 202 [24JA], 534, 535 [26JA]

Statements

Chrysotile Asbestos and Disease: Centers for Disease Control, 17838 [21JN]

Competition in Telephone Industry: Alfred Kahn (excerpt), 530 [26JA]

Deregulation of Telecommunications, Alfred Kahn (excerpt), 202 [24JA]

Impact of Tax Policies on Agriculture: D. Gale Johnston (excerpt), 17603 [20JN]

———E. Gerald Corrigan (excerpt), 17603 [20JN]

———Harold F. Breimyer (excerpt), 17603 [20JN]

———Larry Lindsey (excerpt), 17603 [20JN]

Studies

Toxicity of Chrysotile Asbestos: Centers for Disease Control, 17839 [21JN]

Tables

Abdnor-proposed high cost factor formula for qualifying small rural telephone companies, 525 [26JA]

High cost factor formula for qualifying small rural telephone companies, 525 [26JA]

Nonirrigated and irrigated cropland, in 17 Western States, 20889 [25JY]

Testimonies

Dept. of Commerce and Implementation of Export Control Policies: Lawrence E. Brady (excerpt), 3422 [27FE]

Texts of

H.J. Res. 648, making continuing appropriations, committee amendment, 29117, 29119 [3OC]

S. 2516, Deficit Reduction Act, 7377-7381 [2AP]

S. 2544, Secret Service powers, authorities, and duties, 8426 [9AP]

S. 2822, imputed interest rates for family farms and small businesses, 19661 [28JN]

S. 2833, limit amount of off-farm income which could be sheltered by farm losses, 20019 [29JN]

S. 2861, Hilltop and Gray Goose irrigation projects in Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin program, 20889 [25JY]

S.J. Res. 299, National Diabetes Month, 13085 [21MY]

Tributes

Bottum, Joseph H., 20487 [23JY]

Cole, Mike, 20493 [23JY]

Giago, Tim, 24408 [6SE]

Gianelli, William R., 10723 [2MY]

Hawkins, Senator, 802 [30JA]

Knecht, John, 17606 [20JN]

Merwin, Jack, 20493 [23JY]

O'Brien, Steve, 20493 [23JY]

Pyle, Gladys, 12743 [17MY]

Tributes to retiring Members

Baker, Howard H., Jr., 32000 [11OC]