MELCHER, JOHN (a Senator from Montana)

Addresses

El Salvador: President Reagan (excerpt), 7342 [2AP]

Joint Session of Congress: Miguel de la Madrid (sundry excerpts), 12389 [16MY]

Amendments offered by, to

Agriculture, rural development, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5743), 23295, 23343, 23352 [9AU]

Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 648), 27460, 27530 [27SE], 28329, 28337, 28338, 28339, 28346, 28372, 28382, 28427, 28428, 28429, 28432, 28433 [2OC], 29185 [3OC], 30612 [5OC]

Comprehensive Crime Control Act: enact (S. 1762), 1276, 1331 [1FE]

Deficit Reduction Act: correct technical errors in enrollment of H.R. 4170 (H. Con. Res. 328), 20076 [29JN]

———enact (H.R. 2163), 8605 [10AP], 9215, 9331, 9336, 9337 [12AP], 10633, 10708 [2MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: making urgent supplemental appropriations (H.J. Res. 492), 7180, 7224, 7226 [30MR], 7340, 7395 [2AP], 8023, 8043, 8045, 8059, 8092, 8093 [5AP]

Dept. of HUD: making appropriations (H.R. 5713), 17863 [21JN]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, and the Judiciary: making appropriations (H.R. 5712), 19535, 19596, 19674 [28JN]

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

Energy and water development: appropriations (H.R. 5653), 17766, 17862 [21JN]

Export Administration Act: amend (S. 979), 3768, 3828 [29FE], 4068, 4069, 4107, 4113, 4133, 4188, 4190, 4191, 4192 [1MR]

Federal Boat Safety Act: amend (H.R. 2163), 8605 [10AP], 9215, 9331, 9336, 9337 [12AP], 10633, 10708 [2MY]

Financial Services Competitive Equity Act: enact (S. 2851), 25023 [12SE], 25285 [13SE]

Foreign assistance and related programs: making appropriations (S. 2793), 25381 [13SE], 26619 [24SE]

Imputed interest rates: family farms and small businesses (S. 2894), 23874 [10AU], 25780 [18SE]

Legal services: extension of tax exclusion for group plans (H.R. 5361), 31893, 32046 [11OC]

National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act: amend (H.R. 2751), 4921 [8MR], 8093 [5AP]

North Carolina Wilderness Act: enact (H.R. 3960), 14131 [24MY]

Nuclear weapons: mutual and verifiable ban on use in space (S.J. Res. 129), 13531 [23MY]

Nutrition: improve school lunch program (S. 1913), 10378-10380 [30AP]

Omnibus Defense Authorization Act: enact (S. 2723), 15058 [6JN], 15797 [12JN], 16135, 16182 [13JN], 17187 [19JN], 17433, 17559, 17560, 17593, 17596, 17600, 17603 [20JN]

Public debt: increasing statutory limit (H.J. Res. 654), 30612, 30614 [5OC], 30797, 30874 [9OC]

Solid Waste Disposal Act: funding (S. 757), 8596 [10AP]

Tariff: change treatment relative to certain articles (H.R. 3398), 25783 [18SE]

Taxation: correct technical errors (H. Con. Res. 328), 20146 [29JN]

Vermont Wilderness Act: enact (H.R. 4198), 14129 [24MY]

Wheat Improvement Act: enact (H.R. 4072), 6145, 6148, 6175 [21MR], 6397, 6398, 6434 [22MR]

Wisconsin Wilderness Act: enact (H.R. 3578), 14130 [24MY]

Analyses

Increasing Statutory Limit on the Public Debt (H.J. Res. 654), Melcher amendment, 30492 [5OC]

Meat and Poultry Inspection Improvement Act (S. 2860), 20887-20888 [25JY]

Appointments

Committee to Study the Senate Committee System (Temporary Select), 16153 [13JN]

Conferee: S. 663, Soil Conservation Act, 17945 [21JN]

———S. 2166, Indian Health Care Improvement Act appropriations, 26716 [25SE]

Articles and editorials

Imputed Interest Rules Hit Investor Loan Assumptions, Kenneth R. Harney, Washington (DC) Post, 25781 [18SE]

Marcos a Winner Without a Doubt, Edward Neilan, Washington (DC) Times, 11712 [10MY]

Senators Get Some Praise and Criticism, Jack Anderson, 9913 [25AP]

U.S. participation in multinational peacekeeping force in Lebanon: Robert G. Kaiser, Washington (DC) Post (excerpt), 3674 [28FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Arts: promote development of native American culture (see S. 2726), 14947 [5JN]

Imputed interest rates: family farms and small businesses (see S. 2894), 21616 [31JY]

Indian Coal Mining Regulatory Act: enact (see S. 2879), 21389 [27JY]

Indian Reservation Special Magistrate and Law Enforcement Act: enact (see S. 3092), 32026 [11OC]

Lewis and Clark National Historic Site, MT: establish (see S. 3055), 29154 [3OC]

Meat and Poultry Inspection Improvement Act: enact (see S. 2860), 20884 [25JY]

Montana: designate certain national forest system lands (see S. 2850), 20118 [29JN]

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

Pang, David and Cecilia: relief (see S. 2541), 8084 [5AP]

Shryock, Deola: relief (see S. 2901), 22131 [2AU]

Surplus Food Commodities Trade and Donation Act: enact (see S. 2477), 6541 [26MR]

Veterans: educational assistance program interest (see S. 2245), 1316 [1FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Africa: supplemental AID appropriation for famine-stricken countries (see S. 2307), 2925 [22FE]

Age Discrimination in Employment Act: amend (see S. 2540), 12446 [16MY]

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

———task force on credit problems confronting farmers and agribusiness (see S. Res. 287), 888 [30JA]

Alzheimer's disease: assistance under Older Americans Act (see S. 2221), 3456 [27FE]

———tax deduction for household of victim (see S. 2222), 3456 [27FE]

———treatment by VA (see S. 2220), 3456 [27FE]

Alzheimer's Disease Research Coordination Act: enact (see S. 2946), 25779 [18SE]

American Gold Star Mothers, Inc.: recognize (see S. 2413), 5847 [19MR]

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

Big Brothers and Big Sisters: recognition week (see S.J. Res. 182), 219 [24JA]

Children: increase authorization for care services and activities (see S. 2142), 53 [23JA]

———mandatory deductions from wages for collection of support (see S. 1777), 53 [23JA]

China, People's Republic of: release Catholic priests, Protestant pastors, and layworkers (see S. Con. Res. 116), 12717 [17MY]

Circle K International Week: designate (see S. Res. 336), 1789 [3FE]

Civil rights: women (see S. 2568), 9252 [12AP]

Communications: electronic interception (see S. 2205), 205 [24JA]

D-Day National Remembrance Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 268), 12024 [14MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: employee acquisition of land (see S. 2406), 5130 [12MR]

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

Education: women's rights (see S. 2568), 9252 [12AP]

El Salvador: requirements for military assistance (see S. 2218), 579 [26JA]

———temporary suspension of deportation of certain aliens (see S. 2131), 2924 [22FE]

Elections: obligation of broadcasters to legally qualified candidates (see S. 2168), 53 [23JA]

———obligation of broadcasters to legally qualified candidates (see S. 2241), 1316 [1FE]

Fair Trade in Steel Act: enact (see S. 2380), 5455 [14MR]

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

Federal employees: grant special counsel authority to protect whistleblowers (see S. 2927), 27096 [26SE]

Federal Interagency Arson Prevention and Control Task Force Act: enact (see S. 2844), 20118 [29JN]

Federal Power Act: amend (see S. 3006), 27096 [26SE]

Federal Railroad Safety Act: authorizing appropriations (S. 2537), 14123 [24MY]

Federal Reserve Bank Directors Act: enact (see S. 3015), 26698 [25SE]

Federal-State land disputes: adjudicate claims (see S. 2750), 21812 [1AU]

Firearms: regulate manufacture and importation of armor-piercing ammunition (see S. 2766), 16672 [15JN]

Food Stamp Act: amend (see S. 2637), 10879 [3MY]

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

Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: designate (see S.J. Res. 247), 4920 [8MR]

Gypsy Moth Control Act: enact (see S. 2638), 11256 [8MY]

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

Hawaii Statehood Silver Jubilee Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 248), 5847 [19MR]

Hazardous substances: asbestos in schools (see S. 2237), 3456 [27FE]

Human Services Reauthorization Act: enact (see S. 2374), 8771 [11AP]

Impact Aid Program Authorization Act: enact (see S. 2378), 3824 [29FE], 4187 [1MR]

Imputed interest rates: property settlement costs (see S. 3032), 27498 [27SE]

Lebanon: withdrawal of U.S. Armed Forces (see S. Con. Res. 92), 1677 [2FE]

Lincoln, Abraham: commission to commemorate 175th anniversary of birth (see S.J. Res. 118), 1043 [31JA]

MIA's: full accounting from Southeast Asia (see S.J. Res. 246), 5455 [14MR]

Military assistance: El Salvador (see S. 2218), 579 [26JA]

Montana: official gateway to 1988 winter Olympics (see S. Con. Res. 126), 19349 [27JN]

National Alzheimer's Disease Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 290), 11257 [8MY]

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 Building Safety Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 70), 887 [30JA]

National Child Passenger Safety Awareness Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 289), 11256 [8MY]

National Christmas Seal Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 324), 22643 [7AU]

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

National Employ the Older Worker Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 205), 887 [30JA]

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

National Guard: civil service retirement credit for certain veterans (see S. 2313), 22331 [3AU]

National Law Enforcement Heroes Memorial: authorize establishment by Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund, Inc. (see S.J. Res. 235), 3671 [28FE]

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

National Nursing Home Residents Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 198), 5455 [14MR]

National Osteopathic Medicine Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 310), 20601 [24JY]

National Photo Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 250), 5370 [13MR]

National POW/MIA Recognition Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 171), 2268 [8FE]

National Reye's Syndrome Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 259), 5737 [15MR]

National Society, Daughters of the American Colonists: Federal charter (see S. 2774, 3034), 26277 [20SE], 27681 [28SE]

National Student Leadership Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 215), 1878 [6FE]

National Women Veterans Recognition Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 227), 5938 [20MR]

Nuclear weapons: mutual and verifiable ban on use in space (see S.J. Res. 129), 13284 [22MY]

Older Americans Act: assistance in treatment of Alzheimer's disease (see S. 2221), 3456 [27FE]

———authorizing appropriations (see S. 2603), 10121 [26AP]

Olympic games: congratulate participants (see S. Res. 433), 24255 [5SE]

Ostomy Awareness Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 329), 19644 [28JN]

Ostomy Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 330), 19644 [28JN]

Patents: Term Restoration Act (see S. 1306), 2539 [9FE]

Public safety officers: age requirements (see S. 2540), 12446 [16MY]

Railroads: standards for rates and determinations of carrier market dominance (see S. 1082), 3174 [23FE]

Senate: recess appointments (see S. Res. 430), 23325 [9AU]

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

Sex Discrimination in Education Reform Act: enact (see S. 2363), 4359 [5MR]

Small business: tax reporting requirements (see S. 2219), 5938 [20MR]

Smokey Bear Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 273), 10144 [26AP]

Social security: child support enforcement program (see S. 2207), 205 [24JA]

———delay mandatory coverage of religious organization employees (see S. 2099), 7116 [29MR]

State Mining and Mineral Resources Research Institutes: reauthorization (see S. 2186), 1330 [1FE]

Tariff: impose duties on hydraulic cement, cement clinker, and concrete block and brick (see S. 2003), 1330 [1FE]

Tax Reform Act: amend (see S. 3032), 27498 [27SE]

———repeal changes to treatment of debt instruments issued for property (see S. 2930), 26039 [19SE]

Taxation: deduction for household with Alzheimer's disease victim (see S. 2222), 3456 [27FE]

———mortgage-backed bonds (see S. Con. Res. 91), 2925 [22FE]

———publisher inventories (see S. 2086), 1330 [1FE]

———reporting requirements (see S. 2219), 5938 [20MR]

Torture: U.S. Government opposition (see S.J. Res. 320), 26619 [24SE]

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

VA: treatment of Alzheimer's disease (see S. 2220), 3456 [27FE]

Veterans: presumption of service connection for diseases caused by exposure to dioxin or radiation (see S. 1651), 9882 [25AP]

———World War I pensions (see S. 2274), 3456 [27FE]

Vocational-Technical Education Quality and Equity Act: enact (see S. 2360), 7117 [29MR]

Welfare: modify dependent care and shelter expense deductions (see S. 2637), 10879 [3MY]

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

Women: equal rights in sports (see S. Res. 433), 24255 [5SE]

Women in Agriculture Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 279), 9872 [25AP]

Women's History Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 204), 2268 [8FE]

World War II: anniversary of liberation of Rome (see S.J. Res. 240), 12733 [17MY]

Year of the Secretary: designate (see S.J. Res. 213), 2540 [9FE]

Year of the Teacher: designate (see S.J. Res. 346), 25019 [12SE]

Cloture motions

Hoover Power Plant Act: enact (S. 268), 21138 [26JY], 21523 [30JY]

Documents

Federal Traveltime: Senate Report 90-801 (excerpt), 28330 [2OC]

Yellowtail Afterbay Powerplant Permit: FERC, 19328 [27JN]

Examples

Application of imputed interest rates effect on home sale in H. Con. Res. 328, 20014 [29JN]

Factsheets

Senator Dole's Amendment on Seller Financing to H.J. Res. 654, Increasing Statutory Limit on the Public Debt, 30492 [5OC]

Letters

Elections in the Philippines: Querube C. Makalintal, 4598 [6MR]

Funding for libraries under Older Americans Act: Lennie-Marie P. Tolliver, 14210 [24MY]

Imputed interest rates effect on sales of farms and principal residences: by, 20014 [29JN]

Private telephone line service for libraries: by, 15845 [12JN]

U.S. policy toward the Philippines: by, 4597 [6MR]

———President Marcos, 4598 [6MR]

Lists

Organizations not supporting imputed interest rate rule changes, 30493 [5OC]

Organizations supporting imputed interest rate rule changes, 30492 [5OC]

Remarks by, on

Agriculture: allow troubled financial lenders to participate in Net Worth Assistance Program, 25285 [13SE]

———extend capital assistance to troubled lenders, 25285 [13SE]

———improve wheat program, 4066, 4067-4071 [1MR]

———prohibit payment to persons who produce certain commodities on highly erodible land, 23294, 23296, 23298, 23299 [9AU]

———set-aside program, 3405 [27FE]

———surplus food commodities trade and donations, 6398 [22MR]

———U.S. trade policy, 31137 [10OC]

Agriculture, rural development, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5743), 23294, 23296, 23298, 23299 [9AU]

AID: health care funding, 28382 [2OC]

Air Force: report on air refueling fleet, 17559 [20JN]

Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 648), 27459, 27461 [27SE], 28280, 28293, 28329, 28337, 28338, 28339, 28346, 28372, 28382 [2OC], 28869 [3OC]

———making further supplemental for fiscal 1984 (H.R. 6040), 22769 [8AU]

Appropriations bills: line-item veto, 10861, 10863 [3MY]

Arts: promote development of native American culture (S. 2726), 14948 [5JN]

Banks and banking: make commercial eligible for capital assistance, 25285 [13SE]

BIA: contracts with tribes relative to the education of children, 27461 [27SE]

Budget: reconciliation of first concurrent resolution for fiscal year 1984 (H.R. 4169), 8077 [5AP]

———reduce Federal spending, 10663 [2MY], 11724, 11725 [10MY], 12137, 12143 [15MY], 12399, 12403 [16MY], 12698 [17MY]

———setting forth for 1985-87, and revision of 1984 (S. Con. Res. 106), 12902-12904 [18MY]

Canadian First Special Service Force: hospital, nursing, and medical care (S. 1742), 14223 [24MY]

Central America: military assistance, 7340-7352, 7356, 7357, 7365 [2AP], 7706 [4AP], 12903 [18MY]

———Reagan administration policy, 11711 [10MY]

Clark Air Base, Philippines: Air Force report on security arrangements, 17560-17562 [20JN]

Committee on Finance: legislative priorities, 31320 [10OC]

Committee on Indian Affairs (Select): make permanent committee (S. Res. 127), 14962, 14963 [5JN], 14980, 15025 [6JN]

Conrad, MT: military housing, 17561, 17562 [20JN]

Construction workers: tax treatment, 9178, 9215 [12AP]

Copper industry: require the President to initiate negotiations for voluntary restraint agreements relative to production, 25730 [18SE]

Deficit Reduction Tax Act: correct technical errors in enrollment of H.R. 4170 (H. Con. Res. 328), 20014, 20015, 20061, 20070, 20073, 20075, 20076 [29JN]

———enact (H.R. 2163), 9087, 9215, 9216 [12AP]

———enact (H.R. 4170), conference report, 19263, 19264, 19274, 19277-19278, 19296 [27JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: making urgent supplemental appropriations (H.J. Res. 492), 6143 [21MR], 6455 [22MR], 7069, 7070 [29MR], 7180, 7190 [30MR], 7340-7352, 7356, 7357, 7365, 7396 [2AP], 7706 [4AP], 8045, 8046, 8052, 8059 [5AP], 28293 [2OC]

———making urgent supplemental appropriations (H.J. Res. 492), conference report, 18571-18573, 18575, 18576, 18584-18586 [25JN]

———meat inspection law, 27657 [28SE]

Dept. of Defense: budget authority, 12903 [18MY]

Dept. of the Interior: making appropriations (H.R. 5973), 27048 [26SE], 27459 [27SE], 28280 [2OC]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and certain independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5798), 20574 [24JY]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, and the Judiciary: making appropriations (H.R. 5712), 19535 [28JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 5712), conference report, 23266 [9AU]

Deputy Commissioner on Indian Programs: establish, 14216 [24MY]

Domestic programs: budget authority, 12904 [18MY]

Education: distribution of appropriations to school districts, 8045, 8046 [5AP]

———impact aid program, 16144, 16145 [13JN]

El Salvador: emergency aid, 6455 [22MR], 7340-7352, 7356, 7357, 7365 [2AP]

Energy and water development: appropriations (H.R. 5653), 17766 [21JN]

———appropriations (H.R. 5653), conference report, 19327 [27JN]

Export Administration Act: amend (S. 979), 3405 [27FE], 4066-4071, 4082 [1MR]

Farmland: imputed interest rates, 20014, 20015, 20061, 20070, 20076 [29JN]

Federal Boat Safety Act: amend (H.R. 2163), 8417, 8418 [9AP], 8543 [10AP], 9087, 9168, 9178, 9215, 9216 [12AP], 10663 [2MY], 10861, 10863 [3MY], 11724, 11725 [10MY], 12137, 12143 [15MY], 12399, 12403 [16MY], 12698 [17MY]

Federal employees: travel status away from official duty station, 28329 [2OC]

Federal Labor Relations Authority: review Army and Air Force regulations governing technicians of the National Guard, 20574 [24JY]

Federal Timber Contract Payment Modification Act: enact (H.R. 2838), 26982 [26SE]

Financial Services Competitive Equity Act: enact (S. 2851), 25285 [13SE]

Food for Peace: budget authority, 12903, 12904 [18MY]

Foreign aid programs: budget authority, 12902-12904 [18MY]

———making appropriations (S. 2793), 25381 [13SE]

Forest Service: making appropriations for weed control, 27460 [27SE]

Guatemala: U.S. food for refugees in Mexico, 8059 [5AP]

Health care services: increase funding for developing countries, 28383 [2OC], 28869 [3OC]

Housing: imputed interest rates, 20014, 20015, 20061, 20070, 20073, 20075, 20076 [29JN]

———seller-financed homes, 19263, 19264, 19277-19278, 19296 [27JN], 20014, 20015, 20061, 20070, 20073, 20076 [29JN]

IMF: budget authority, 12902, 12903 [18MY]

Imputed interest rates: clarify application relative to sales of residences, farms, and real property used in trade or business, 30777, 30797, 30801, 30830-30834, 30841, 30846 [9OC]

———fair treatment of sellers who sell or exchange real property, 31893 [11OC]

———family farms and small businesses (S. 2894), 21623 [31JY], 23874 [10AU], 25781 [18SE]

———repeal, 31175-31176 [10OC]

Indian Coal Mining Regulatory Act: enact (S. 2879), 21389 [27JY]

Indian Reservation Special Magistrate and Law Enforcement Act: enact (S. 3092), 32032 [11OC]

Industry: Reagan administration policy, 26416 [21SE]

IRS: imputed interest, 27657 [28SE]

Lebanon: deployment of marines, 968 [31JA]

———Reagan administration policy, 8361 [9AP]

———U.S. participation in multinational peacekeeping force, 397 [25JA], 3674 [28FE]

Legal services: extension of tax exclusion for group plans (H.R. 5361), 31893, 32126, 32127 [11OC]

Libraries: access to funds under Older Americans Act, 14210 [24MY]

Little Bighorn River Basin, MT: study for development, 28372 [2OC]

Marines: deployment in Lebanon, 968 [31JA]

Meat and Poultry Inspection Improvement Act: enact (S. 2860), 20885 [25JY]

Members of Congress: pay raises, 8077 [5AP]

Mexico: food relief for Guatemalan refugees, 18572, 18573, 18575, 18576 [25JN]

———U.S. food assistance to feed Guatemalan refugees, 19535 [28JN]

Milk River irrigation project, Montana: funding, 28346 [2OC]

Motor vehicles: fleet car purchases, 27657 [28SE]

———protect consumer franchised automobile dealers from unfair price discrimination (S. 2770), 16577 [14JN]

National forest lands: weed control, 28337 [2OC]

NATO: improvements in conventional defense capabilities, 17489, 17498 [20JN]

Nicaragua: aid to the Contras, 18584-18586 [25JN]

———emergency aid, 7706 [4AP]

———harbor mining, 8417, 8418 [9AP], 8543 [10AP]

NOAA: authorizing appropriations for certain fisheries programs (S. 2463), conference report, 30797 [9OC]

North Carolina: Forest Service review of lands for suitability as wilderness, 14171 [24MY]

North Carolina Wilderness Act: enact (H.R. 3960), 14171 [24MY]

Nutrition programs: prevent increases in domestic hunger (S. Con. Res. 6), 20070, 20073 [29JN]

Ocean and Coastal Resources Management and Development Block Grant Act: enact (S. 2463), conference report, 30797 [9OC]

Oil companies: limit mergers, 6144 [21MR]

Older Americans Act: authorizing appropriations (S. 2603), 14210, 14216 [24MY]

Omnibus Defense Authorization Act: enact (S. 2723), 16144, 16145 [13JN], 17489, 17498, 17556, 17559-17562 [20JN]

Philippines: emergency food assistance, 7180 [30MR]

———Reagan administration policy, 4596 [6MR], 8361 [9AP]

———U.S. stake in election, 11712 [10MY]

Public debt: increasing statutory limit (H.J. Res. 654), 30485, 30486, 30487, 30488, 30492-30494 [5OC], 30797, 30801, 30830-30834, 30841, 30846 [9OC], 31175-31176 [10OC]

———temporary increase in the limit (H.R. 5692), 14074 [24MY]

Reagan, President: Central American policy, 11711 [10MY]

School prayer: constitutional amendment (S.J. Res. 73), 4592 [6MR], 5902 [20MR]

Sec. of Agriculture: develop plan to discourage speculative bidding in timber contracts, 26982 [26SE]

Sec. of the Interior: develop plan to discourage speculative bidding in timber contracts, 26982 [26SE]

Seger, Martha: recess nomination to Federal Reserve Board, 22769 [8AU]

Senate: executive session, 31182 [10OC]

———legislative program, 14963 [5JN], 14980 [6JN], 19588 [28JN], 30464 [5OC], 30485 [5OC], 30801 [9OC], 31783 [11OC]

Shryock, Deola: relief (S. 2901), 22132 [2AU]

Small business: imputed interest rates, 20061, 20070, 20075, 20076 [29JN]

Surplus Food Commodities Trade and Donation Act: enact (S. 2477), 6541 [26MR]

Synthetic Fuels Corp.: funding, 12399, 12403 [16MY]

Tariff: change treatment relative to certain articles (H.R. 3398), 25730 [18SE]

Taxation: extension of exclusion for group legal services plans, 31893 [11OC]

U.S.-Canadian Special Service Force: tribute, 14223 [24MY]

Universal Telephone Service Preservation Act: enact (S. 1660), 200 [24JA]

Veterans: educational assistance program interest (S. 2245), 1324 [1FE]

Wheat Improvement Act: enact (H.R. 4072), 5783, 5786 [15MR], 5923-5926 [20MR], 6139-6141, 6144, 6145, 6153 [21MR], 6395-6399 [22MR]

———enact (H.R. 4072), unanimous-consent request, 6113 [21MR]

Yellowstone National Park: ban nearby geothermal drilling, 27657 [28SE], 28338, 28339 [2OC]

Yellowtail Afterbay Dam: hydroelectric project, 17766 [21JN]

Remarks in Senate relative to

Bronze Star, 1366 [1FE]

Special order: granted, 27592 [27SE]

Reports

Expenditure of Foreign Currencies, 12924 [18MY], 23817 [10AU]

Indian Education—A National Tragedy and a National Challenge: Senate Special Subcommittee on Indian Education (1969 excerpt), 14949 [5JN]

Statements

El Salvador: Alexander Haig (excerpt), 7342 [2AP]

———President Reagan (excerpt), 7342 [2AP]

———(sundry excerpts), 7342 [2AP]

Federal Firefighters' Travel Regulations: Comptroller General, 28330 [2OC]

Presidential Requests for Foreign Assistance: Senator Domenici (sundry excerpts), 12403 [16MY]

Real Estate and Taxes: Mitchell Hochberg, 20076 [29JN]

St. Patrick's Day: by, 5416 [14MR]

U.S.-Canadian Special Service Force: Mark Clark (excerpt), 14223 [24MY]

Texts of

H.J. Res. 492, appropriations for the Dept. of Agriculture (amendment providing for food for Guatemalan refugees in Mexico), 18572 [25JN]

H.J. Res. 654, increasing statutory limit on the public debt: Dole amendment, 30493 [5OC]

S. 2726, promote development of native American culture and art, 14949-14951 [5JN]

S. 2770, protect consumer franchised automobile dealers from unfair price discrimination, 16578-16580 [14JN]

S. 2860, Meat and Poultry Inspection Improvement Act, 20886 [25JY]

S. 2894, imputed interest rates in sale of family farms and small businesses, 21624 [31JY]

S. 3092, Indian Reservation Special Magistrate and Law Enforcement Act, 32033 [11OC]

Tributes

de la Madrid, Miguel, 12389 [16MY]

Fickes, Clyde, 32472 [14NO]

Rowe, James H., Jr., 17748 [21JN]

Tributes to retiring Members

Baker, Howard H., Jr., 31829 [11OC]

Randolph, Jennings, 31829 [11OC]

Tower, John, 31829 [11OC]