THOMAS, WILLIAM M. (a Representative from California)

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 4325, Child Support Enforcement Act amendments, 15692 [11JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Defense petroleum reserve: establish (see H.R. 6369), 28781 [2OC]

Taxation: election for parallel income and deduction treatment (see H.R. 4859), 2450 [9FE]

———tip reporting requirements (see H.R. 4780), 2051 [7FE]

———windfall profit (see H.R. 4779), 2051 [7FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

African Refugees Relief Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 604), 18548 [25JN]

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

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]

Canada: relative to pork imports (see H. Res. 590), 26902 [25SE]

Congress: eliminate unnecessary distribution of agency reports (see H.R. 5158), 6999 [29MR]

Constitutional convention: convening (see H.J. Res. 496), 6651 [27MR]

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

———improve collection of fines (see H.R. 4162), 7585 [3AP]

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

Elections: sense of Congress to adverse impact of early news projections of election results (see H. Con. Res. 321), 16885 [18JN]

11th Airborne Division Association: establish memorial in District of Columbia (see H.R. 5611), 23612 [9AU]

Father Junipero Serra Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 603), 24321 [5SE]

Federal elections: improve access for handicapped and elderly individuals to registration and polling facilities (see H.R. 5762), 14689 [31MY]

Federal Managers Association: authorize the establishment of a competitive health insurance program (see H.R. 1517), 24320 [5SE]

Frozen Food Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 373), 2793 [21FE]

Glomar Java Sea (vessel): U.N. cooperation in discovery of fate of crew (see H. Con. Res. 268), 16300 [13JN]

Great Lakes: clarify logbook requirements for vessels to canadian ports (H.R. 6231), 25417 [13SE]

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

Home buyers: equitable access to national secondary mortgage market (see H.R. 3420), 6918 [28MR]

House rules: make proceedings more open, representative, and accountable (see H. Res. 518), 17068 [19JN]

Israel: relocate U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem (see H.R. 4877), 4047 [1MR]

Japan: dismantling of nontariff trade barriers on beef imports (see H. Con. Res. 245), 7586 [3AP]

Joint Operating Commission for Food Irradiation Treatment: establish in the Dept. of Agriculture (see H.R. 5605), 11119 [7MY]

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

National Alzheimer's Disease Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 451), 2794 [21FE]

National Animal Health Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 526), 12599 [16MY]

National Arbor Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 71), 13048 [21MY]

National Beta Club Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 326), 3290 [23FE]

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

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

National Day of Remembrance of Man's Inhumanity to Man: designate (see H.J. Res. 247), 8523 [10AP]

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

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

National Ice Cream Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 543), 14518 [30MY]

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

National Medical Transcriptionist Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 332), 12840 [17MY]

National School-Age Child Care Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 544), 15974 [12JN]

National Scuba Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 508), 10572 [1MY]

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

National Tuberous Sclerosis Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 253), 2451 [9FE]

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

Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance program: eliminate the 3-percent trigger for cost-of-living increases in benefits (see H.R. 6019), 26171 [19SE]

Older Americans Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 466), 1493 [2FE]

Olympic games: International Prayer Breakfast should be held in conjunction with games (see H. Con. Res. 256), 2355 [8FE]

Ostomy Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 587), 21980 [1AU]

Pony Express Trail: authorize study as a national historic trail (see H.R. 4134), 14344 [24MY]

Romania: hman rights of the Hungarian minority in Transylvania (see H. Res. 147), 14345 [24MY]

Small Business Act: increase participation in procurement process (see H.R. 4092), 4047 [1MR]

Social security: States establish, monitor, and enforce appropriate child care standards (see H.R. 6288), 26380 [20SE]

Space: activities performed or articles produced shall be considered produced in U.S. (see H.R. 5975), 27653 [28SE]

Stocks: tax treatment of transfers in a corporation to certain employee options (see H.R. 4114), 3939 [29FE]

Student Awareness of Drunk Driving Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 443), 2452 [9FE]

Taxation: charitable deductions allowable for motor vehicle will be $.12 per mile (see H.R. 5357), 7867 [4AP]

———extend residential solar energy credit (see H.R. 6416), 30460 [5OC]

———reduce motor fuels tax imposed on methanol (see H.R. 4975), 3938 [29FE]

———self-employed health insurance premiums allowed as business expense (see H.R. 3487), 12840 [17MY]

———transitional rule for treatment of air travel benefits provided to employees of airlines (see H.R. 6231), 25273 [13SE]

———urging conferees to extend renewable energy credits (see H. Res. 513), 16300 [13JN]

Women in Agriculture Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 554), 9983 [25AP]

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

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

Documents

California's Proposition 39 (excerpts), 27639 [28SE]

Factsheets

Generalized System of Preferences Renewal Act (H.R. 6023), 29390 [3OC]

Letters

Advisory Committee on Broadcasting: by, 17010 [19JN]

Generalized System of Preferences Renewal Act (H.R. 6023): U.S. Trade Representative Brock, 29390 [3OC]

Remarks by, on

Aliens: nonimmigrant seasonal agricultural program, 16390-16392, 16398 [14JN]

———numerical limitations, 16280 [13JN]

B-1 bomber: funding, 13574, 13578 [23MY]

Budget: reconciliation of first concurrent resolution for fiscal year 1985 (H.R. 5394), 9393 [12AP]

California: reapportionment, 27636-27640 [28SE]

Child abuse: extend and improve certain acts (H.R. 1904), 1430 [2FE]

Committee on Hunger (Select): funding (H. Res. 443), 6968-6970 [29MR]

Committees of the House: funding (H. Res. 446), 4000 [1MR]

Congress: U.S. foreign policy role, 12201, 12211 [15MY]

Congressional Record: colloquy on extension and verification of remarks, 12482 [16MY]

———unanimous-consent requests, 12481, 12482, 12492 [16MY], 12752 [17MY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 5167), 12274 [15MY], 13574, 13578 [23MY]

Education: equal access to school facilities by religious groups for meetings, 12217, 12240 [15MY]

Elections: sense of Congress relative to adverse impact of early news projections of results (H. Con. Res. 321), 18749, 18757 [26JN]

Elk Hills, CA, Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 2: providing for conveyance of certain lands by Sec. of Energy (H.R. 4968), 10498 [1MY]

Equal Access Act: enact (H.R. 5345), 12217, 12240 [15MY]

Federal Capital Investment Program Information Act: enact (H.R. 1244), 12249 [15MY]

Generalized System of Preferences Renewal Act: enact (H.R. 6023), 29389 [3OC]

Handicapped infants: health care, 1430 [2FE]

House: legislative program, 17007 [19JN]

———unanimous-consent requests, 12198 [15MY]

Immigration Reform and Control Act: enact (H.R. 1510), 16277, 16280 [13JN], 16352, 16360, 16362, 16390-16392, 16398 [14JN]

———proposed (H.R. 1510), 10922 [3MY]

INS: H-2 program, 16352, 16360, 16362 [14JN]

Irish Wilderness Act: enact (S. 64), conference report, 10741 [2MY]

Israel: trade agreement for duty-free treatment and elimination of import restrictions, 29341 [3OC]

Lancaster, CA: Desert Haven Training Center 30th anniversary, 16799 [15JN]

Legislative branch: making appropriations (H.R. 5753), 15159 [6JN]

McKittrick, CA: Westside Track Club AAU National Cross-Country participants place 3d, 2158 [7FE]

Mondale, Walter F.: immigration policy, 10922 [3MY]

———political action committee contributions, 10729 [2MY]

NBS: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 5172), 10219 [26AP]

Nicaragua: U.S. policy, 12201, 12211 [15MY]

NSF: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4974), 9939 [25AP]

Omnibus Tariff and Trade Act: enact (H.R. 3398), conference report, 31003 [9OC]

People-to-People program: study proposal to establish between Mexico and U.S., 16277 [13JN]

Sports: McKittrick, CA, Westside Track Club AAU National Cross-Country participants place 3d, 2158 [7FE]

Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act: enact (H.R. 5504), 15407 [7JN]

Tax Reform Act: enact (H.R. 4170), 8856 [11AP]

U.S.-Israel Free Trade Area Act: enact (H.R. 5377), 29341 [3OC]

Voting Accessibility for the Elderly and Handicapped: enact (H.R. 1250), 25159 [12SE]

Wine Equity and Export Expansion Act: enact (H.R. 3795), 29379, 29384 [3OC]

Remarks in House relative to

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 2041 [7FE], 4000 [1MR], 8856 [11AP], 9393 [12AP], 10570 [1MY], 10729 [2MY], 10922 [3MY], 12492 [16MY], 13574 [23MY], 15413 [7JN], 16390 [14JN], 17010 [19JN], 18749 [26JN], 29341, 29379 [3OC], 30202 [4OC]

Leave of absence: granted, 110 [23JA]

Reports

Committee on Ways and Means, 10237 [26AP]

Foreign Travel Expenditures, 10237 [26AP]

Tributes

Conable, Representative, 29572 [3OC]

Shannon, Representative, 30025 [4OC]

St. Amand, Pierre, 30282 [4OC]