CHEMICALS

Amendments

Hazardous Materials Transportation Act: authorizing appropriations (S. 2706), 32273 [11OC]

Veterans: compensation for exposure to dioxins and radiation (H.R. 1961), 29941 [4OC]

Yttrium-bearing ores and materials: temporary suspension of duty (S. 2642), 12939 [18MY]

Analyses

Compensation for Veterans Exposed to Dioxins and Radiation (H.R. 1961), 29946-29949 [4OC]

Articles and editorials

Building Up Nerve Gas Is No Way To Build It Down, 2628 [9FE]

Chemical and Biological Warfare (excerpt), 5493 [14MR]

Chemical Warfare Expert Who Doubts the Soviets Used Yellow Rain, 4230 [1MR]

Chemical Warfare (sundry), 8774, 8776, 8778 [11AP]

Engineer of Derailed Chemical Train Indicted, 2938 [22FE]

EPA Refuses To Issue Permits for Gulf Ships To Burn Waste, 14154 [24MY]

Hidden Arms Race, 15477-15480 [7JN]

Mirocha—Quotes From the Government's Analyst, 7409 [2AP]

Science and Windmills, 2863 [22FE]

Science of Yellow Rain, 7397-7408 [2AP]

Trichothecenes—Mycotoxins Produced by Fusarium Fungi, 7408 [2AP]

Troubled Water—Ground-Water Crisis (series), 16187-16190 [13JN]

U.S. Orders Toxic Pesticide Dumped in Gulf of Mexico, 23579 [9AU]

Bills and resolutions

Acetylsulfaguanidine: temporary suspension of duty (see S. 2863)

Acrylic plastic materials: tariff on film, strips, and sheets (see S. 2474)

———treatment of film, strips, and sheets (see H.R. 5337), 7585 [3AP]

Allyl resins: suspension of duty on uncompounded (see S. 2739; H.R. 5751)

Amiodarone: duty suspension (see H.R. 5368)

Fish and fisheries: EPA study on extent of PCB contamination (see S. 2633)

Food: emergency action relative to pesticide residues which present an imminent hazard to public health (see S. 3076)

Hazardous Materials Transportation Act: authorizing appropriations (see S. 2706)

Hazardous substances: requirements for Federal disposal sites (see S. 2407)

———Sec. of Transportation regulations pertaining to routing (see H.R. 5591)

Housing: corrective measures with respect to urea formaldehyde foam insulation (see S. 2548)

Insulation: corrective measures with respect to urea formaldehyde foam (see S. 2548)

Iraq: condemnation for use of chemical weapons (see H. Con. Res. 292)

Naphtha: duty classification (see S. 2479)

o-Benzyl-p-Chlorophenol: temporary suspension of duty (see S. 2787; H.R. 5662)

Pesticides: emergency action relative to chemical residues on food which present an imminent hazard to public health (see S. 3076)

Polychlorinated biphenyls: EPA study on extent of fish contamination (see S. 2633)

Silicone resins and materials: tariff classifications (see H.R. 5422)

Tariff: film, strips, and sheets of acrylic plastic materials (see S. 2474; H.R. 5337), 7585 [3AP]

———suspension of duty (see H.R. 5338, 5339), 7585 [3AP]

———suspension of duty on certain (see S. 2426, 2427, 2439, 2440, 2441)

———tartaric acid (see S. 2493)

Tartaric acid: temporary suspension of duty (see S. 2493)

Taxation: credit for recycling agricultural chemical containers (see H.R. 6138)

Tetra amino biphenyl: duty (see S. 2200)

———suspend duty (see H.R. 5389)

Tobacco industry: prohibit import of products which have been treated with domestically prohibited pesticides (see H.R. 6418)

Toxic Substances Control Act: amend (see S. 3075)

Uncompounded allyl resins: suspension of duty (see S. 2739; H.R. 5751)

Urea formaldehyde foam: assistance for corrective measures (see S. 2548)

Yttrium-bearing ores and materials: temporary suspension of duty (see S. 2642)

Documents

EDB Controversy, 2338-2347 [8FE]

Letters

Duty status on metatoluic acid: Gary F. Taft, Morflex Chemical Co., Inc., 25600 [17SE]

Emergency dumping permit to release toxic waste into the Gulf of Mexico: Representative Kleczka, 23579 [9AU]

Exposure of veterans to dioxins and radiation: Senator Cranston, 29956 [4OC]

———(sundry), 29956, 29960 [4OC]

PCB contamination in Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge, IL: Senator Percy, 29709 [4OC]

Memorandums

Statutory Preclusion of Veterans' Claims From Judicial Review Under 38 U.S.C. 211(a): Library of Congress, 29952 [4OC]

Memorials of legislature

Pennsylvania, 6998 [29MR]

Papers

Afghanistan—Four Years of Occupation: Dept. of State, 2569-2573 [9FE]

Remarks in House

Chemical and biological warfare, 5493 [14MR]

Chemical feedstocks: tax treatment, 23526 [9AU]

Chemical weapons, 15476 [7JN]

———development, 8299 [9AP]

———proposed ban, 8291, 8296 [5AP]

———testing, production and use, 9710 [24AP]

EDB: guidelines for tolerance limits, 1891 [6FE], 2337 [8FE]

Hazardous Materials Transportation Act: authorizing appropriations (S. 2706), 32272-32273 [11OC]

Hazardous substances: health effects of toxic wastes, 23552 [9AU]

Iraqi-Iranian war: chemical weapons use, 6871 [28MR]

Naphtha: classification, 25823 [18SE]

o-Benzyl-p-Chlorphenol: suspend duty (H.R. 5662), 12355 [15MY]

Petrochemical feedstocks: tax treatment, 23513 [9AU]

Petroleum and chemical substances: excise taxes, 23526 [9AU]

Yellow rain: resulting from Iranian-Iraqi war, 5493 [14MR]

Remarks in Senate

Chemical warfare: condemn (S. Res. 368), 8772-8778 [11AP]

Chemical warfare agents: possible use by terrorists, 6739 [27MR]

———production, 2942 [22FE]

———production ban, 7437-7441 [3AP], 11550 [9MY]

———Soviet use (S. Res. 201), 2569, 2574 [9FE], 2862 [22FE]

———use by Soviet Union, 7397 [2AP]

Food: emergency action relative to pesticide residues which present an imminent hazard to public health (S. 3076), 30589 [5OC]

Hazardous Materials Transportation Act: authorizing appropriations (S. 2706), 16643 [15JN]

———authorizing appropriations (S. 2706), House amendments, 31975 [11OC]

Hazardous waste sites: ground-water contamination, 16186 [13JN]

Pesticides: emergency action relative to chemical residues which present an imminent hazard to public health (S. 3076), 30589 [5OC]

Polychlorinated biphenyls: EPA study on extent of contamination of certain fish (S. 2633), 10886 [3MY]

Superfund: reauthorize, 29707 [4OC]

Tartaric acid: temporary suspension of duty (S. 2493), 7097 [29MR]

Tetra amino biphenyl: suspend duty (S. 2200), 47 [23JA]

Toxic chemicals: incineration at sea, 14154 [24MY]

Toxic Substances Control Act: amend (S. 3075), 30581 [5OC]

Urea Formaldehyde Foam Insulation Corrective Measures Act: introduction (S. 2548), 8585 [10AP]

Veterans: compensation for exposure to dioxins and radiation (H.R. 1961), 29941-29965 [4OC]

Yttrium-bearing ores and materials: temporary suspension of duty (S. 2642), 11260 [8MY]

Reports

Agricultural Patent Reform Act Restoring Patent Grant Term for Certain Products: Committee on the Judiciary (H.R. 6034) (H. Rept. 98-1122), 28143 [1OC]

Statements

Chemical and Toxin Weapons Use in Afghanistan and Southeast Asia, Jeane J. Kirkpatrick, 2864 [22FE]

Exposure of Veterans to Dioxins and Radiation: Hellen Gelband, 29960 [4OC]

———Michael Gough, 29960 [4OC]

Response to Joint Tax Committee Report on the Waste-End Tax, 23530 [9AU]

Veteran's Dioxin and Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (S.1691, H.R. 1961): House-Senate Joint Explanatory Statement, 29946

Studies

Binary Weapons—Implications of Proposed U.S. Chemical Weapons Stockpile Modernization Program: Library of Congress, 11550 [9MY]

Summaries

CBW—The Poor Man's Atomic Bomb: Neil C. Livingstone and Joseph D. Douglass, Jr., 6740 [27MR]

Tables

U.N. voting record: 38th General Assembly, 8355 [9AP]

Texts of

S. 2493, temporary suspension of duty on Tartaric acid, 7097 [29MR]

S. 2548, Urea Formaldehyde Foam Insulation Corrective Measures Act, 8586 [10AP]

S. 2633, EPA study on extent of polychlorinated biphenyls contamination of certain fish, 10886 [3MY]

S. 2642, temporary suspension of duty on yttrium-bearing ores and materials, 11260 [8MY]

S. 2706, authorizing appropriations for the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, 16643 [15JN], 32272 [11OC]

S. 3075, Toxic Substances Control Act amendment, 30582-30589 [5OC]

S. 3076, emergency action relative to chemical residues on food which present an imminent hazard to public health, 30590-30593 [5OC]

S. Res. 201, Soviet use of chemical warfare agents, 2574 [9FE], 2863 [22FE]

S. Res. 368, condemn chemical warfare, 8772 [11AP]