DIXON, ALAN J. (a Senator from Illinois)

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Amendments offered by, to

Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 648), 28311, 28427 [2OC], 29185 [3OC], 29870-29900 [4OC]

———making further supplemental for fiscal 1984 (H.R. 6040), 22752, 22851 [8AU]

Child Passenger Safety Act: enact (H.R. 4616), 18639 [26JN]

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

Credit cards: price policy (S. 2336), 3647, 3654, 3673 [28FE]

Crime: comprehensive control (S. 1762), 1276, 1331 [1FE]

Deficit Reduction Tax Act: enact (H.R. 2163), 8699, 8783 [11AP], 9316, 9331, 9337 [12AP], 10904 [3MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: making urgent supplemental appropriations (H.J. Res. 492), 7187, 7225 [30MR], 7486, 7495 [3AP], 7741 [4AP], 8045, 8047, 8092 [5AP]

Education for Economic Security Act: enact (S. 1285), 19400 [27JN]

Export Administration Act: amend (S. 979), 3395, 3398, 3461, 3462 [27FE], 3768, 3828 [29FE], 4107, 4190 [1MR]

Federal Boat Safety Act: amend (H.R. 2163), 8699, 8783 [11AP], 9316, 9331, 9337 [12AP], 10853, 10904 [3MY]

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], 15842 [12JN], 15797, 15811, 15858, 15859 [12JN], 16915 [18JN], 17600 [20JN], 18594 [25JN]

School prayer: constitutional amendment (S.J. Res. 73), 4920 [8MR], 5421 [14MR]

Tariff: change treatment relative to certain articles (H.R. 3398), 25627 [17SE], 26246, 26286 [20SE]

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

Truth-in-Lending Act: amend (S. 2336), 3647, 3654, 3673 [28FE]

Wheat Improvement Act: enact (H.R. 4072), 6148, 6175 [21MR]

Analyses

State Minimum Return Act (S. 2982), 24774 [11SE]

Appointments

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

Conferee: H.R. 4209, amend the Small Business Act, 22952 [8AU]

———H.R. 5167, authorizing appropriations for the Dept. of Defense, 17571 [20JN]

Articles and editorials

Bloody Shirt of School Prayer, Smith Hempstone, Washington (DC) Times, 5916 [20MR]

Budget Hostages, Washington (DC) Post, 17379 [20JN]

Congress—Best Little Soap Opera on Cable, T. R. Reid, Washington (DC) Post, 11502 [9MY]

Contras in Nicaragua, Joanne Omang, Washington (DC) Post (excerpt), 18577 [25JN]

Defense Spending (sundry), 16482-16484 [14JN]

Lawmaker Leaves New Deal Legacy—Randolph Last Link to an Era, James Worsham, Chicago (IL) Tribune, 27662 [28SE]

Permit Prayer, but Do Not Force It, Chicago (IL) Sun-Times, 5726 [15MR]

Probe Finds FmHA Abuses, Jim Ludwick, Decatur (IL) Herald and Review, 4152 [1MR]

Soviets Sped Rate of Military Spending in `83, Pentagon Says, Fred Hiatt, Washington (DC) Post, 16471 [14JN]

Star Wars Proposals Beginning To Take Shape, Business & National Security Trendline (publication), 16481 [14JN]

Telephone Access Charges—Pro and Con, Lee L. Selwyn, Boston (MA) Globe, 199 [24JA]

Two Blows for Fiscal Sanity, Chicago (IL) Sun-Times, 17748 [21JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

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

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

National Spina Bifida Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 275), 9253 [12AP]

State Minimum Return Act: enact (see S. 2982), 24767 [11SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

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

———strengthen operation of stabilization and conservation committee system (see S. 1643), 2132 [7FE]

———task force on credit problems confronting farmers and agribusiness (see S. Res. 287), 1044 [31JA]

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), 5131 [12MR]

Antitrust, patent, and copyright laws: promote research and development, encourage innovation, and stimulate trade (see S. 1841), 16581 [14JN]

Armenians: 1914 genocide by Turks (see S. Res. 241), 7118 [29MR]

Baltic Freedom Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 296), 14122 [24MY]

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

———reciprocity among other factors in acting on application by foreign institution to establish branch or agency (see S. 2193), 7117 [29MR]

Big Brothers and Big Sisters Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 351), 25779 [18SE]

Blacks: honor contribution in American Revolution (see S.J. Res. 221), 3828 [29FE]

Brokered Deposits Act: enact (see S. 2679), 16581 [14JN]

Brown v. Board of Education: commemorating anniversary (see S. Con. Res. 110), 11543 [9MY]

Budget: reduce deficit (see S. Con. Res. 96), 2902 [22FE]

Chemical weapons: multilateral ban negotiations (see S. Res. 283), 7494 [3AP]

Children: protection and assistance during administrative and judicial proceedings for sexual assault victims (see S. Con. Res. 120), 18594 [25JN]

———providing assistance in locating missing (see S. 2014), 11285 [8MY]

Circle K International Week: designate (see S. Res. 336), 3176 [23FE]

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

Coal: 5-year program to accelerate development of advanced technologies for expanded use, in environmentally acceptable manner (see S. 1925), 8434 [9AP]

Columbia River Gorge, OR/WA: protection and development (see S. 627), 8090 [5AP]

Communications: electronic interception (see S. 2205), 5938 [20MR]

Computer programming: promotion of technological innovation and protection (see S. Con. Res. 117), 20601 [24JY]

Constitutional amendment: voluntary silent prayer or meditation (see S.J. Res. 212), 6171 [21MR]

Corp. for Public Broadcasting: authorizing appropriations (see S. 2436), 16671 [15JN]

Courts: additional bankruptcy judges for Central District of Illinois (see S. 2939), 27845 [29SE]

———collection of criminal fines (see S. 1976), 1694 [2FE]

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

Cuba: protest to OAS involvement in drug traffic (see S. Con. Res. 88), 412 [25JA]

———protest to U.N. involvement in drug traffic (see S. Con. Res. 89), 412 [25JA]

Day of remembrance for victims of genocide: designate (see S.J. Res. 87), 6430 [22MR]

Deposit Insurance Flexibility Act: amend (see S. 2555), 8753 [11AP]

Dept. of Defense: funds to relieve economic dislocations (see S. 2203), 2717 [21FE]

Dept. of Transportation: Consolidated Rail Corp. (see S. Res. 362), 7076 [29MR]

Desjardins, Alphonse: honor founder of La Caisse Populaire de Ste-Marie, Manchester, NH (see S. Res. 312), 5370 [13MR]

Diesel locomotives: extension of energy conservation investment tax credits (see S. 3057), 32035 [11OC]

Education: meetings of students in public secondary schools (see S. 815), 9308 [12AP]

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

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

Emergency Medicine Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 288), 11256 [8MY]

Employee Educational Assistance Extension Act: enact (see S. 249), 11285 [8MY]

Employment: extend targeted jobs tax credit (see S. 2185), 4186 [1MR]

Ethnic American Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 253), 6856 [28MR]

Fair Trade in Steel Act: enact (see S. 2380), 10144 [26AP]

Federal employees: grant Special Counsel authority to protect whistleblowers (see S. 2927), 23324 [9AU]

Firearms: limit manufacture and importation of armor piercing ammunition (see S. 2766), 16975 [18JN]

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

Food stamps: preserve food assistance programs (see S. Res. 306), 2269 [8FE]

Frozen Food Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 193), 2133 [7FE]

Golden Anniversary Year of the Duck Stamp: designate (see S.J. Res. 270), 11987 [11MY]

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

Hazardous substances: release by Federal facilities (see S. 2407), 25779 [18SE]

Hazardous wastes: additional revenues for Superfund for incentives for recycling (see S. 1779), 20134 [29JN]

Health insurance: self-employed persons (see S. 2353), 16974 [18JN]

Helen Keller Deaf-Blind Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 261), 10478 [1MY]

Helsinki Human Rights Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 317), 17860 [21JN]

Honey Research, Promotion, and Consumer Information Act: enact (see S. 2857), 20480 [23JY]

Housing and Community Development Act: amend (see S. 2359), 9667 [24AP]

Human Services Reauthorization Act: enact (see S. 2374), 9882 [25AP]

Imputed interest rates: repeal formula (see S. 2815), 19643 [28JN]

Intellectual Property Rights Protection and Fair Trade Act: enact (see S. 2549), 8585 [10AP]

Iran: persecution of Bahais (see S. Con. Res. 86), 681 [27JA]

Israel: residence of U.S. Ambassador (see S. 2031), 411 [25JA]

Jewish Heritage Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 241), 4920 [8MR]

Jewish War Veterans of U.S.A., Inc.: Federal charter (see S. 1806), 9667 [24AP]

Johnson, Lady Bird: gold medal award (see S.J. Res. 181), 887 [30JA]

Kahlil Gibran Centennial Foundation: authorizing memorial in DC (see S.J. Res. 301), 21812 [1AU]

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

Lupus Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 239), 3671 [28FE]

Mandela Freedom Resolution: enact (see S. Res. 386), 27946 [1OC]

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

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

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

National Adult Day Care Center Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 269), 10478 [1MY]

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 Arson Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 283), 10122 [26AP]

National Arts with the Handicapped Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 220), 3175 [23FE]

National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 244), 4920 [8MR]

National Beta Club Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 184), 53 [23JA]

National Blood Pressure Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 260), 10478 [1MY]

National Cerebral Palsy Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 309), 20135 [29JN]

National Children's Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 325), 23854 [10AU]

National Christmas Seal Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 324), 21533 [30JY]

National Commission on Agricultural Trade and Export Policy: establish (see S.J. Res. 319), 17852 [21JN]

National Community Leadership Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 308), 19671 [28JN]

National Day of Peace: designate (see S.J. Res. 206), 3671 [28FE]

National Developmental Disabilities Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 318), 17576 [20JN], 17852 [21JN]

National Diabetes Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 299), 23853 [10AU]

National Digestive Diseases Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 228), 3175 [23FE]

National Down's Syndrome Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 254), 6431 [22MR]

National Drug Abuse Education and Prevention Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 267), 10144 [26AP]

National Duck Stamp Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 270), 11987 [11MY]

National Employ the Older Worker Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 205), 1330 [1FE]

National Eye Donor Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 225), 3457 [27FE]

National Family Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 211), 4766 [7MR]

National Garden Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 143), 3175 [23FE]

National Head Injury Awareness Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 352), 25779 [18SE]

National Hearing Impaired Awareness Week: Designate (see S.J. Res. 266), 7395 [2AP]

National Hemophilia Awareness Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 264), 26277 [20SE]

National High-Tech Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 316), 17180 [19JN]

National Hospice Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 334), 20597 [24JY]

National Housing Act: acquisitions of thrift institutions (see S. 2555), 8753 [11AP]

National Housing Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 321), 18684 [26JN]

National Ice Cream Day and Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 298), 12717 [17MY]

National Independent Laboratory Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 311), 19397 [27JN]

National Jerome Kern Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 287), 14951 [5JN]

National Law Enforcement Heroes Memorial: authorize establishment by Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund, Inc. (see S.J. Res. 235), 4920 [8MR]

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

National Mental Health Counselors Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 203), 7117 [29MR]

National Mental Retardation Awareness Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 339), 26494 [21SE]

National Productivity Improvement Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 354), 28404 [2OC]

National Quality Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 304), 20902 [25JY]

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

National Safety in the Workplace Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 258), 7117 [29MR]

National School-Age Child Care Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 284), 12178 [15MY]

National Single Parent Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 256), 5847 [19MR]

National Society, Daughters of the American Colonists: Federal charter (see S. 2774, 3034), 21205 [26JY], 27681 [28SE]

National Softball Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 294), 15050 [6JN]

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

National Women Veterans Recognition Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 227), 7222 [30MR]

Naval War College, Newport, RI: commemorate 100th anniversary (see S. Res. 436), 25371 [13SE]

New Ireland Forum: commend (see S.J. Res. 300), 13257 [22MY]

Nuclear weapons: mutual and verifiable ban on use in space (see S.J. Res. 129), 12024 [14MY]

Ogurtsov, Igor V.: release and free emigration from Soviet Union (see S. Res. 294), 888 [30JA]

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

Older Americans Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 255), 7494 [3AP]

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

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

Poland: U.S. agricultural assistance (see S. 3000), 27946 [1OC]

Polish American Heritage Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 323), 20902 [25JY]

Postal Service: procuring and distributing neighborhood boxes and parcel lockers (see S. 2794), 26619 [24SE]

Public Participation in Procurement Policymaking Act: enact (see S. 2675), 12440 [16MY]

Public Transit Improvement Act: enact, 8753 [11AP]

Public Works and Economic Development Act: authorizing appropriations (see S. 2958), 27946 [1OC]

Religious vandalism: strengthen Federal penalties (see S. 2816), 22643 [7AU]

Save the Lakes Act: enact (see S. 2751), 25779 [18SE]

SBA: loans (see S. 2375), 3802 [29FE]

Semiconductor chips and masks: protect against duplication (see S. 1201), 7740 [4AP]

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

———regulations for radio and television coverage of proceedings (see S. Res. 66), 12178 [15MY]

Senior Center Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 217), 2925 [22FE]

Senior Companion program: commend on 10th anniversary (see S. Con. Res. 124), 19397 [27JN]

Shoe industry: orderly trade of nonrubber footwear (see S. 2731), 17591 [20JN]

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

Solidarity Sunday for Soviet Jewry: support (see S. Res. 367), 8753 [11AP]

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

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

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

———hazardous wastes (see S. 1779), 20134 [29JN]

———mortgage-backed bonds (see S. Con. Res. 91), 2134 [7FE]

———publisher inventories (see S. 2086), 2268 [8FE]

———self-employed persons (see S. 2353), 16974 [18JN]

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

Textile fiber and wool products: improve labeling (see S. 1816), 887 [30JA]

369th Veterans' Association: grant Federal charter (see S. 2258), 9667 [24AP]

Time of Remembrance: designate (see S.J. Res. 336), 22643 [7AU]

Torture: U.S. Government opposition (see S.J. Res. 320), 23854 [10AU]

Toy Safety Act: enact (see S. 2650), 19670 [28JN]

Transportation: commending 20 years of Federal support (see S. Res. 415), 18684 [26JN]

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

Ukraine: commemoration of famine (see S. Con. Res. 101), 9668 [24AP]

Uniform Minimum Drinking Age Act: enact (see S. 2719), 15855 [12JN]

Urban Mass Transportation Act: amend, 8753 [11AP]

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

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

Veterans: burial benefits for former POW's (see S. 2247), 8434 [9AP]

Victims of Crime Assistance Act: enact (see S. 2423), 10899 [3MY]

Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc.: Federal charter (see S. 2266), 9882 [25AP]

Warsaw Pact countries: religious freedom (see S. Con. Res. 119), 19397 [27JN]

Warsaw uprising and Polish resistance during World War II: recognizing anniversaries (see S.J. Res. 272), 14951 [5JN]

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

Wiesel, Elie: gold medal (see S.J. Res. 231), 5455 [14MR]

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

Women's History Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 204), 3457 [27FE]

World Food Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 332), 20118 [29JN]

World War II: anniversary of liberation of Rome (see S.J. Res. 240), 6856 [28MR]

Year of Excellence in Education: designate (see S.J. Res. 210), 2925 [22FE]

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 of America Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 327), 20902 [25JY]

Bills and resolutions relative to

Committee on Armed Services: assignment (see S. Res. 341), 2479 [9FE]

Cloture motions

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

———enact (H.R. 4072), committee substitute, 6142 [21MR]

Documents

Food for Peace Program Act (1954 excerpt), 15049 [6JN]

Illinois Statute (sundry 1969 excerpts), 5421 [14MR]

Line-Item Veto: J. R. Shampansky for Library of Congress (excerpt), 10868 [3MY]

School Prayer: Massachusetts legislature, 5439 [14MR]

Guidelines

State Minimum Return Act (S. 2982), 24775 [11SE]

Letters

Farmers Home Administration farm loan programs: by, 22786 [8AU]

Farmers Home Administration taking possession of farms: by, and sundry Senators, 10686 [2MY]

Illinois Conference on Small Business: George H. Ryan, Lt. Governor of Illinois, 20768 [25JY]

Impact of Federal Aid Highway Act on Illinois: by, 26262 [20SE]

Local Government Antitrust Act (S. 1578): by, 29086 [3OC]

Medicaid funding: by, 19304 [27JN]

Navy sole-source contract award to Zeiss Avionics, Frank C. Conahan, 3357 [27FE]

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

Summer youth employment program funding: Harold Washington, 8048 [5AP]

———Lourdes Valentine, 8048 [5AP]

Telephone access charge: Alfred E. Kahn, 551 [26JA]

———by (excerpt), 35 [23JA], 197 [24JA], 201 [24JA]

———Kenneth J. Arrow (excerpt), 201 [24JA]

———Lee L. Selwyn, 198-199 [24JA]

———Leland L. Johnson, 548 [26JA]

———William B. Garrison, Jr., 549 [26JA]

U.S. Bankruptcy Court appointment: Edward B. Toles, 223, 224 [24JA], 904 [30JA]

Lists

Businessmen supporting Business and National Security Trendline (publication) views on defense spending, 16484 [14JN]

Federation of Independent Illinois Colleges and Universities, 25650 [17SE]

U.S. cities where summer youth employment funding has been cut, 8048 [5AP]

Motions offered by

Omnibus Defense Authorization Act: enact (S. 2723), recommit bill to Committee on Armed Services, 16469 [14JN]

Questions and answers

Economic rationale for telephone end-user access plan, 549 [26JA]

Navy sole-source contract award to Zeiss Avionics, 3358-3359 [27FE]

Remarks by, on

Africa: emergency food relief, 18576 [25JN]

Agriculture: embargoes of commodities, 3769, 3770, 3773, 3775, 3778 [29FE]

———EEC proposed import restrictions (S. Res. 402), 15857 [12JN]

Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 648), 27483 [27SE], 28311, 28344, 28371 [2OC], 28875, 29084-29086, 29130 [3OC]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 648), conference report, 31795 [11OC]

———making further supplemental for fiscal 1984 (H.R. 6040), 22752-22757 [8AU]

Appropriations bills: line-item veto, 10851-10853, 10860-10863, 10868 [3MY]

———line-item veto endorsed by U.S. Conference of Mayors, 17077 [19JN]

Armed Forces: benefits for former spouses of certain members, 17143-17145, 17148 [19JN]

———enhance certain special pays for enlisted members, 16139 [13JN]

———establish Office of the Competition Advocate General, 22585 [7AU]

———5.5% across-the-board pay increase, 16543 [14JN]

Award of the Purple Heart: enhance status, 16135 [13JN]

Budget: reduce Federal spending, 12710 [17MY]

Byelorussia: independence day, 6761 [27MR]

Canada: pork imports (S. Res. 431), 23341 [9AU]

———pursue discussions regarding pork imports, 26246 [20SE]

CCC: revolving fund to finance export of U.S. agricultural products, 18576 [25JN]

Christopher Columbus Quincentenary Jubilee Act: enact (S. 500), 1301 [1FE]

Civil Rights Act: clarify applications of certain titles (S. 2568; H.R. 5490), 27483 [27SE]

Courts: constitutional procedures for imposition of death penalty (S. 1765), 2455 [9FE]

Credit cards: price policy (S. 2336), 3649, 3650 [28FE]

Deficit Reduction Tax Act: enact (H.R. 2163), 9184 [12AP], 10853 [3MY]

———enact (H.R. 4170), conference report, 19280, 19281, 19301 [27JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: employee acquisition of land (S. 2406), 5128 [12MR]

———failure to implement Farmland Protection Policy Act, 17746 [21JN]

———making urgent supplemental appropriations (H.J. Res. 492), 8048 [5AP], 17069 [19JN], 17374, 17379 [20JN]

———making urgent supplemental appropriations (H.J. Res. 492), conference report, 18573, 18574, 18576 [25JN]

Dept. of Defense: contracting out of certain core logistics and readiness functions, 17548 [20JN]

———improve computer capability regarding spare parts procurement data, 22578 [7AU]

———improve procedures for procuring spare parts and other supplies, 22581 [7AU]

Dept. of the Navy: sole-source contract award to Zeiss Avionics, 3357, 3359 [27FE]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, and the Judiciary: making appropriations (H.R. 5712), 19621 [28JN]

Des Plaines River, IL: reengineer 2\1/2\ miles into wetlands demonstration project, 28344 [2OC]

Education: equal access for religious purposes in public secondary schools, 19218 [27JN]

Education for Economic Security Act: enact (S. 1285), 19218 [27JN]

Emergency food and shelter program: appropriations, 22752-22757 [8AU]

Estonia: independence day, 3465 [27FE]

Export Administration Act: amend (H.R. 4230), 31225, 31226 [10OC]

———amend (S. 979), 3396-3401 [27FE], 3768-3770, 3773, 3775, 3778-3781 [29FE], 4126, 4128, 4129 [1MR]

———temporary denial order to prevent imminent violations, 3396-3398 [27FE]

Export licenses: accountability for delays in processing applications, 3401 [27FE]

Farm lands: conduct study on mining subsidence and its impact, 28311 [2OC]

———purchase by employees of Farmers Home Administration, 4152 [1MR]

Farm property: preservation, 8699, 8701 [11AP]

Farmers Home Administration: homeownership loans for low-income families, 18576 [25JN]

———prohibit employees from engaging in practices that are conflicts of interest, 6148 [21MR]

Farmland Protection Policy Act: Dept. of Agriculture's failure to implement, 17746 [21JN]

Federal Aid Highway Act: enact (S. 2527), 26601, 26603 [24SE]

———enact (S. 2527), motion to proceed to consideration, 26255-26256, 26259-26262, 26264-26266, 26269-26272 [20SE]

———enact (S. 3024), 29816, 29826 [4OC]

Federal Boat Safety Act: amend (H.R. 2163), 8699, 8701 [11AP], 9110, 9160, 9184, 9200, 9203 [12AP], 10851-10853, 10860-10863, 10868 [3MY], 12710 [17MY]

Federation of Independent Illinois Colleges and Universities: 80th anniversary, 25650 [17SE]

Food for Peace Day: designate (S.J. Res. 306), 15049 [6JN]

GI bill: educational assistance program, 16083-16084 [13JN]

Golf: tournaments, 26259 [20SE]

Health care: classification of rural hospitals, 9110 [12AP]

Housing: extend depreciation recovery period, 9160 [12AP]

———seller-financed homes, 19280, 19281 [27JN]

Illinois: interstate substitute highway discretionary fund, 29826 [4OC]

———medicare cost reimbursement rates, 5157 [12MR]

Illinois and Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor: establish (S. 746), 3491 [27FE], 19761 [28JN]

Illinois Conference on Small Business, 20768 [25JY]

Israel: create free trade area, 26245 [20SE]

Keyfax Interactive Information Service: tribute, 8659 [11AP]

Lebanon: U.S. peacekeeping forces, 188 [24JA]

———U.S. policy, 961 [31JA], 17747 [21JN]

Lithuania: independence day, 2942 [22FE]

Local Government Antitrust Act: enact (H.R. 6027), 32437 [12OC]

Medicare: cost reimbursement rates in Illinois, 5157 [12MR]

Methanol: use by Dept. of the Army, 17547 [20JN]

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

Military assistance program: funding, 28875 [3OC]

Military construction: making appropriations (H.R. 5898), 28371 [2OC]

Motor Vehicle Theft Law Enforcement Act: enact (H.R. 6257), 29939 [4OC]

Municipalities: antitrust liability, 29084-29086 [3OC]

MX missile: funding, 16513 [14JN]

National Commission on Agricultural Trade and Export Policy: establish (S.J. Res. 319), 17859 [21JN]

National Spina Bifida Month: designate (S.J. Res. 275), 9307 [12AP]

National System of Interstate and Defense Highways: apportion certain funds (H.R. 4957), 4280 [2MR]

Nicaragua: aid to the Contras, 18576 [25JN]

NOAA: location of regional service center for the Great Lakes, 19621 [28JN]

Omnibus Defense Authorization Act: enact (S. 2723), 15310 [7JN], 15842, 15843 [12JN], 16083-16084, 16134, 16135, 16139 [13JN], 16513, 16543 [14JN], 17143-17145, 17148 [19JN], 17547, 17548 [20JN]

———enact (S. 2723), 15317 [7JN], motion to recommit, 16469-16471, 16478, 16481, 16485 [14JN]

Railroads: local rail freight service assistance, 31795 [11OC]

Real estate: imputed interest rate rules, 26652, 26653 [25SE]

Real property: change the period for depreciating, 9200, 9203 [12AP]

Reconnaissance camera: clarify provisions relating to procurement by the Navy, 15843 [12JN]

Roads and highways: 85-percent minimum allocation to States, 29816 [4OC]

Rovner, Ilana D.: nomination, 24981 [12SE]

School prayer: constitutional amendment (S.J. Res. 73), 5420, 5421-5425, 5433, 5437-5440 [14MR], 5724-5726, 5731, 5732 [15MR], 5915 [20MR]

Senate: legislative program, 26274 [20SE]

———regulations for radio and television coverage of proceedings (S. Res. 66), 11501, 11502 [9MY]

Severance Tax Equity Act: enact (S. 463), 20563 [24JY]

Small business: fair chance to compete for Federal procurement dollars, 22577 [7AU]

Small Business and Federal Procurement Competition Enhancement Act: enact (S. 2489; H.R. 4209), 22574, 22577, 22578, 22581, 22583, 22585, 22587, 22590 [7AU]

Small Business and Federal Procurement Reform Competition Act: enact (H.R. 4209), 29978 [4OC]

Small Business Competition Enhancement Act: enact (S. 2489), 7081 [29MR]

Small Business Unemployment Tax Act: enact (H.R. 6112), 32129 [11OC]

St. Lawrence Seaway: funding, 30779 [9OC]

State Minimum Return Act: enact (S. 2982), 24767-24769 [11SE]

States: severance taxes on oil, natural gas, and coal (S. 463), 20563 [24JY]

Strategic defense initiative: require report to certain Committees of Congress, 16134 [13JN]

Stuart, Robert D.: nomination, 25664 [17SE]

Summer youth employment program: authorizing appropriations, 18574, 18576 [25JN]

Tariff: change treatment relative to certain articles (H.R. 3398), 26245, 26246 [20SE]

Tax Reform Act: enact (H.R. 4170), 12710 [17MY]

Terrorism: no export of goods to countries supporting, 3398-3400 [27FE], 4126, 4128, 4129 [1MR]

Truth-in-Lending Act: amend (S. 2336), 3649, 3650 [28FE]

U.S. Conference of Mayors: endorsement of line-item veto, 17077 [19JN]

Underwriters Laboratories, Inc.: anniversary, 7497 [3AP]

Universal Telephone Service Preservation Act: enact (S. 1660), 196, 197, 200, 201 [24JA], 548 [26JA]

Water projects: funding, 29130 [3OC]

WGN-Radio, Chicago, IL: tribute, 20566 [24JY]

Wheat Improvement Act: enact (H.R. 4072), 6148 [21MR]

WIC food program: authorizing appropriations, 17069 [19JN], 18576 [25JN]

Youth: funding for summer employment program, 8047, 8048 [5AP], 17069 [19JN]

Remarks in Senate relative to

Committees of the Senate: assignment (S. Res. 339), 2454, 2455 [9FE]

Reports

Illinois and the Drain of Federal Funds: by, 24770-24774 [11SE]

Illinois Conference on Small Business, 20768-20772 [25JY]

Nomination of Martha Seger to the Federal Reserve Board, by (minority views) 22778-22780 [8AU]

Spare Parts Expenditures: Dept. of Defense (excerpt), 22575 [7AU]

Taxation of Inherited Land: Committee on Ways and Means (1976 excerpt), 8700 [11AP]

Resolutions by organizations

Rural Electrification and Telephone Revolving Fund (S. 1300): American Farm Bureau, 4156 [1MR]

School prayer: National Council on Educational Research, 5732 [15MR]

Statements

Defense Spending: individual from Jacksonville, IL, Chamber of Commerce (excerpt), 16481 [14JN]

Food for Peace Program: Hubert H. Humphrey (excerpt), 15049 [6JN]

Severance Tax Equity Act (S. 463): by, 20564 [24JY]

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

Vote on Amendment to S.J. Res. 73, Constitutional Amendment on School Prayer: by, 5438 [14MR]

Tables

Impact of national reimbursement rate for medicare for hospitals in selected States, 5154 [12MR]

Testimonies

Death Penalty: D. Lowell Jensen, Dept. of Justice (excerpt), 2455 [9FE]

Texts of

S. 2406, Dept. of Agriculture employee acquisition of land, 5128 [12MR]

S. 2982, State Minimum Return Act, 24769 [11SE]

S. Res. 431, Canadian pork imports, 23341 [9AU]

S.J. Res. 275, National Spina Bifida Month, 9307 [12AP]

Tributes

Barth, William D., 2546 [9FE]

Bucar, Albert A., 2548 [9FE]

Cook, Robert E., 27663 [28SE]

Eagleton, Senator, 17404 [20JN]

Hamilton, Diana H., 10825, 10910 [3MY]

Henson, Lou, 7335 [2AP]

Proctor, Barbara, 3842 [29FE]

Randolph, Jay, 26259 [20SE]

Randolph, Senator, 26259 [20SE], 27662 [28SE]

White, Mike, 2940 [22FE]