CREDIT

Amendments

Credit and Debit Card Counterfeiting and Fraud Act: enact (S. 1870), 9862, 9863 [25AP], 9891 [26AP]

Credit cards: treatment of sales transactions (S. 2336), 3647, 3654, 3673 [28FE]

Secondary Mortgage Market Enhancement Act: enact (S. 2040), 2544 [9FE]

———enact (S. 2040), reconsideration, 2596 [9FE]

Analyses

Treatment of Credit Card Sales Transactions (S. 2336), 3151, 3193 [23FE]

Articles and editorials

Agree With Sasser on FmHA Loans, 2142 [7FE]

Argentina's Creditors Profits (excerpt), 7996 [5AP]

Big Borrowers Found To Pay Lower Rates, 10173 [26AP]

Credit Cards—Who Pays?, 3652 [28FE]

Debt Crisis on Farm Should Command Reaganites' Interest, 20137 [29JN]

Debt—The Dirty Secret Gets Out, 20136 [29JN]

Delinquent Mortgage Payments Rose 8 Percent in Fourth Period but Analysts Call It a ``Blip'', 6508 [26MR]

Farmer Not Budget Buster, 2142 [7FE]

Plastic Credit for Uncle, 3652 [28FE]

Trade With Developing Nations (excerpts), 26372 [20SE]

U.S. Deficit, Argentine Debt Squeeze Farmers in Dilemma, 20137 [29JN]

VA Raises Ceiling on Mortgages to 13 Percent, 6508 [26MR]

When Debt Explodes, 26359 [20SE]

Bills and resolutions

Agricultural Credit Assistance Act: loan assistance (see S. 2967)

Agriculture: assistance to certain borrowers for meeting increases in real estate mortgage loan payments (see H.R. 5837)

———Federal guarantee of certain outstanding loans modified by private lenders (see S. 2765; H.R. 5854)

Bonneville Power Administration: annual debt payments for projects on an amortized basis (see S. 2788)

Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act: credit assistance (see S. 2967)

Consumer Credit Protection Act: leases and rental purchase agreements (see H.R. 6123)

Credit guarantors: disallow avoidance of transfers in payment of debts evidenced by certain notes (see H.R. 5148)

Debts: collection by attorney on behalf of client (see H.R. 4617)

Deficit Reduction Act: mortgages (see S. 2930)

Executive departments: budgetary treatment of credit transactions (see S. 2500; H.R. 5288)

Farm Credit Act: improve management of production credit associations (see H.R. 6033)

Federal intermediate credit banks: annual reports (see H.R. 6033)

Housing: requirements and restrictions regarding retention and furnishing of information by consumer reporting agencies on individuals renting residential property (see H.R. 5942)

Individual retirement accounts: extend credit holding account as security (see H.R. 5375)

Mortgages: tax treatment (see S. 2930)

State usury ceilings: business, agriculture, and consumer loan transactions (see H.R. 5679)

Tax Reform Act: mortgages (see S. 2930)

Essays

Wise Use of Consumer Credit: Katherine Ravenscraft, 13111 [21MY]

Letters

Adequate farm credit: several Members of Congress, 25656 [17SE]

Credit card sales transactions: sundry, 3648 [28FE]

Credit card surcharges: American Express Co., 9226 [12AP]

———Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, 9227 [12AP]

———Comptroller of the Currency Conover, 9229 [12AP]

———Consumer Federation of America, 9231 [12AP]

———FTC, 9230 [12AP]

———National Retail Merchants Association, 9227, 9232 [12AP]

———sundry, 9229 [12AP]

Economic emergency loan program: Senator Sasser, 2141 [7FE]

Farmers Home Administration assistance funds allocation: by, 7175 [30MR]

———Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies, 7174 [30MR]

Foreclosure on agricultural loans: sundry Senators, 10686 [2MY]

Recapitalization of Credit Unions: Navy Memphis Federal Credit Union, 23370 [9AU]

Regulation of guaranteed student loan agencies: sundry college presidents, 15289 [7JN]

———sundry Senators, 15289 [7JN]

Memorials of legislature

California, 23323 [9AU]

Colorado, 12598 [16MY], 13080 [21MY]

Pennsylvania, 16157 [13JN]

Papers

Rebuttal of Criticism of GAO Report—Borrowers Pay Lower Effective Interest Rates on Large Conventional Mortgage Loans: GAO, 10174 [26AP]

Poems

If You Are a Banker, 7996 [5AP]

Press releases

Improving loan making capabilities: Dept. of Agriculture, 23704 [10AU]

Remarks in House

Agriculture industry: economic status, 22235 [2AU]

Attorney debt collectors: regulate (H.R. 4617), 246 [24JA]

Consumer credit agreement: terms, 17368 [20JN]

Credit cards: economic impact of fraudulent use, 9021 [11AP]

———extension of surcharge prohibition (S. 2335), 3872 [29FE]

Credit costs: disclosure, 17368 [20JN]

Credit practices trade regulation rule: FTC approval, 4816 [7MR]

Debts: regulate attorney collection practices (H.R. 4617), 246 [24JA]

Emergency Home Mortgage Assistance Loan Act: enact, 6505-6508 [26MR]

Exchange Stabilization Fund: financing of overdue interest payments owed by Argentina, 7996 [5AP]

Fair Debt Collection Practices Act: application of provisions relative to attorney debt collectors (H.R. 4617), 246 [24JA]

Farmers: credit programs, 26063 [19SE]

Farmers Home Administration loans: interest rates, 26309 [20SE]

Housing Act: amend (H.R. 5267), 6869 [28MR]

Mondale, Walter F.: economic policy, 26360 [20SE]

Mortgages: increase in delinquent payments, 6506-6508 [26MR]

Political and economic crisis: philosophical errors, 26360 [20SE]

Secondary Mortgage Market Enhancement Act: enact (S. 2040), 24849-24857 [11SE]

Tax Reform Act: repeal changes of debt instruments issued for property (H.R. 6021), 24184 [10AU]

U.S. credit extensions to foreign countries: impact on U.S. taxpayers, 8002 [5AP]

Remarks in Senate

Agricultural credit: assure adequate, 25655 [17SE]

———assure adequate (S. Con. Res. 130), 21222 [26JY], 21518 [30JY]

Agricultural Credit Assistance Act: introduction (S. 2967), 24392 [6SE]

Agricultural Debt Restructuring Act: enact (S. 2765), 16562 [14JN]

Agriculture: assure adequate credit, 22611-22614 [7AU]

———assure adequate credit (S. Con. Res. 130), 22810 [8AU], 25001 [12SE]

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: progress on banking reform, 4204 [1MR]

Consumer credit: program to educate youth on wise use, 13111 [21MY]

Credit Accounting Reform Act: introduction (S. 2500), 7104 [29MR]

Credit and Debit Card Counterfeiting and Fraud Act: enact (S. 1870), 9861-9865 [25AP]

Credit cards: extension of surcharge prohibition, 8656 [11AP]

———extension of surcharge prohibition (S. 2335), 3655 [28FE]

———permanent ban on surcharges (S. 2673), 12175 [15MY]

———treatment of sales transactions (S. 2336), 3150, 3192 [23FE], 3643-3654 [28FE], 9226-9232 [12AP]

———treatment of sales transactions (S. 2336), pass H.R. 4278 in lieu, 3654 [28FE]

———treatment of sales transactions (S. 2336), unanimous-consent agreement, 3643 [28FE]

Credit unions: eliminate fees for payroll deductions, 7393 [2AP]

———improve operations (S. 2522), 7393 [2AP], 23369 [9AU]

———tax exemption for Central Liquidity Facility, 7393 [2AP]

Disaster loans: agricultural eligibility, 8072-8074 [5AP]

Economic emergency loan program: funding obligations (S. Res. 333), 1785-1787 [3FE], 2141 [7FE]

Executive departments: budgetary treatment of credit transactions (S. 2500), 7104 [29MR]

Farm policies: assessment, 4153-4156 [1MR]

Farmers: credit equity (S. Con. Res. 130), 20135 [29JN]

Farmers Home Administration: allocation of assistance funds, 7173-7176 [30MR], 23701-23705 [10AU]

———farmland loan policy conflict of interest regulations (S. 2406), 5127 [12MR]

Guaranteed student loan agencies: Dept. of Education regulations, 15289 [7JN]

Presidential Task Force on Agricultural Credit: establish, 184-185 [24JA]

Property: tax treatment of seller-financed (S. 2930), 23326 [9AU], 27912 [29SE]

Secondary Mortgage Market Enhancement Act: enact (S. 2040), 10169 [26AP]

———enact (S. 2040), House amendments, 26964, 26967-26969 [26SE]

———enact (S. 2040), reconsideration, 2596-2601 [9FE]

Student Loan Consolidation and Technical Amendments Act: implementation procedures, 2855 [22FE]

Task Force on Agricultural Credit: establish (S. Res. 287), 10683-10687 [2MY]

ZIP code: prohibit use in determining credit worthiness, 20796 [25JY]

Reports

Borrowers Pay Lower Effective Interest Rates on Large Conventional Mortgage Loans: GAO, 10170-10173 [26AP]

Contract Disputes Act Amendment To Eliminate Requirement That Claims Be Certified: Committee on the Judiciary (H.R. 3668) (H. Rept. 98-872), 19171 [27JN]

Credit Cards in the U.S. Economy—Their Impact on Costs, Prices and Retail Sales: Federal Reserve Board (excerpt), 3192 [23FE]

Interim Loans: Committee on Governmental Affairs (H.R. 3547) (S. Rept. 98-447), 12158 [15MY]

Small Business Act Amendment To Improve Secondary Market for Loans Guaranteed by SBA: Committee on Small Business (S. 2375), 17575 [20JN]

Resolutions by organizations

Farm policies for 1984: Farm Bureau, 4156 [1MR]

Statements

Credit Card Surcharges: Alfred E. Kahn, 9229 [12AP]

Unemployed, Forgotten Man: William G. Sumner, 6508 [26MR]

Studies

Credit Card Surcharges: Federal Reserve Board, 9229 [12AP]

Summaries

Market Plan—Federal Loan Guarantees and Loan Insurance, 7107 [29MR]

Trible-Gradison Market Plan (S. 2500), 7107 [29MR]

Tables

Agricultural credit assistance, 24392 [6SE]

Farmers Home Administration staffing levels comparison, 23705 [10AU]

Texts of

H.R. 4278, credit card sales transaction price differential, 3654 [28FE]

S. 1870, Credit and Debit Card Counterfeiting and Fraud Act, 9864 [25AP]

S. 2040, Secondary Mortgage Market Enhancement Act, 2598-2600 [9FE], 24849 [11SE], 26964-26967 [26SE]

S. 2335, provide a temporary extension of the credit card surcharge prohibition, 3872 [29FE]

S. 2336, treatment of credit card sales transactions, 3151 [23FE]

S. 2406, Farmers Home Administration loan policy conflict of interest regulations, 5128 [12MR]

S. 2500, Credit Accounting Reform Act, 7105 [29MR]

S. 2522, improve operations of credit unions, 7393 [2AP]

S. 2967, Agricultural Credit Assistance Act, 24393 [6SE]

S. Con. Res. 130, credit equity for farmers, 20135 [29JN]

S. Res. 287, establish Task Force on Agricultural Credit, 10687 [2MY]

S. Res. 333, economic emergency loan program funding obligations, 1786 [3FE]