BETHUNE, ED (a Representative from Arkansas)

Amendments offered by, to

Construction Work in Progress Policy Act: enact (H.R. 555), 2311 [8FE]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 5167), 12756 [17MY]

Rural Electrification and Telephone Revolving Fund Self-Sufficiency Act: enact (H.R. 3050), 3351 [27FE], 4015, 4018 [1MR]

Analyses

Rural Electrification and Telephone Revolving Fund Self-Sufficiency Act (H.R. 3050), 3692 [28FE]

Appointments

Conferee: H. Con. Res. 280, first concurrent budget resolution for 1984-87, 15370 [7JN]

———S. 1852, Defense Production Act, 5985 [20MR]

Articles and editorials

Deindustrialization Is Disinformation, Robert J. Samuelson, Washington (DC) Post, 15493 [7JN]

Power Play on the Potomac, Eugene H. Methvin, Reader's Digest (magazine), 25422 [13SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

American Indian Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 471), 2051 [7FE]

Arkansas Wilderness Act: enact (see H.R. 4893), 3020 [22FE]

Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act and Walsh-Healey Act: permit any combination of hours in 40-hour workweek (see H.R. 2766), 14689 [31MY]

Federal Election Campaign Act: reporting by labor organizations (see H.R. 6114), 23610 [9AU]

Federal Power Act: certain electric utility rate increases may not take effect for 1 year (see H.R. 4766), 2050 [7FE]

Housing and Community Development Act: prohibit consideration of age of housing under urban development action grant program (see H.R. 5848), 16445 [14JN]

Iran: condemn Iraq for use of chemical weapons (see H. Con. Res. 292), 9540 [12AP]

Iraq: condemn for use of chemical weapons (see H. Con. Res. 292), 9540 [12AP]

National forests: increase revenues to counties from receipts (see H.R. 5671), 12839 [17MY]

Public schools: civil rights (see H.R. 5909), 17729 [21JN]

REA: insure continued financial integrity (see H.R. 4943), 3342 [27FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Antitrust laws: clarify territorial provisions in licenses of trademarked malt beverages (see H.R. 2262), 1237 [1FE]

Big Brothers and Big Sisters: recognize volunteers (see H.J. Res. 594), 18023 [22JN]

Big Brothers and Big Sisters Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 356), 498 [26JA]

Blacks: honoring contribution to American independence (see H.J. Res. 454), 1494 [2FE]

Coins: half dollar coins to commemorate anniversary of Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts of U.S. (see H.R. 4791), 12089 [14MY]

D-Day National Remembrance: designate (see H.J. Res. 487), 3589 [28FE]

Dept. of Defense: cost effective and efficient purchases of spare parts (see H.R. 5064), 8523 [10AP]

Emergency Medicine Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 545), 23104 [8AU]

FRS: modernize and provide disclosure of decisions of Federal Open Market Committee (see H.R. 5459), 9538 [12AP]

———require development of price index used by Federal Open Market Committee (see H.R. 5460), 9538 [12AP]

House Rules: make proceedings more open, representative, and accountable (see H. Res. 518), 27386 [26SE]

Human rights: concerning observance by Romania of the Hungarians in Transylvania (see H. Res. 147), 14345 [24MY]

IRS: improve procedures of investigations and audits of churches (see H.R. 2977), 5066 [8MR]

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

Missing Children Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 532), 12323 [15MY]

National Amateur Wrestling Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 455), 10571 [1MY]

National Animal Health Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 526), 10572 [1MY]

National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 463), 8523 [10AP]

National Beta Club Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 326), 121 [23JA]

National Building Safety Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 282), 2052 [7FE]

National Child Abuse Prevention Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 445), 3343 [27FE]

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

National Diabetes Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 591), 28782 [2OC]

National Down's Syndrome Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 512), 24085 [10AU]

National Drug Abuse Education and Prevention Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 529), 20703 [24JY]

National Drunk and Drugged Driving Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 590), 15973 [12JN]

National Duck Stamp Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 418), 15751 [11JN]

National Eye Health Care Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 473), 8007 [5AP]

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

National Historically Black Colleges Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 637), 24912 [11SE]

National Home Care Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 525), 12841 [17MY]

National Hospice Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 621), 21346 [26JY]

National Housing Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 606), 21980 [1AU]

National Ice Cream Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 542, 543), 14345 [24MY], 14690 [31MY]

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

National Law Enforcement Heroes Memorial: establish (see H.J. Res. 482), 13447 [22MY]

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

National Neighborhood Housing Services Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 566), 11911 [10MY]

National Nursing Home Residents Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 457), 9984 [25AP]

National Patriotism Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 95), 121 [23JA]

National Physical Fitness and Sports Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 509), 9758 [24AP]

National POW/MIA Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 344), 3588 [28FE]

National Professional Security Month: proclaim (see H.J. Res. 281), 12840 [17MY]

National School-Age Child Care Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 544), 15484 [7JN]

National Sewing Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 491), 20550 [23JY]

National Social Work Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 337), 2451 [9FE]

National Tumor Registrar Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 609), 28782 [2OC]

National Weights and Measures Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 442), 3343 [27FE]

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

Olympic games: radio and television announcements urged to discourage drug and alcohol abuse during coverage (see H. Con. Res. 315), 17068 [19JN]

Parkinson's Disease Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 432), 3940 [29FE]

Presidents: reform laws relating to former (see H.R. 4786), 27386 [26SE]

Religion: equal access and opportunity to public school students (see H.R. 2732), 15195 [6JN]

School Health Care Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 530), 13447 [22MY]

Soviet Union: provide signatories of the Helsinki Final Act with information on Andrei Sakharov and Elena Bonner (see H. Con. Res. 332), 19985 [28JN]

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

Synthetic Fuels Corp.: impose certain limitations (see H.R. 5893), 17067 [19JN]

Tax Reform Act: repeal changes of debt instruments issued for property (see H.R. 6021), 22281 [2AU]

Taxation: make permanent deductions for charitable contributions by nonitemizers (see H.R. 1315), 16770 [15JN]

———reduce rates and simplify laws (see H.R. 5533, 6165), 10242 [26AP], 24084 [10AU]

———repeal requirement for filing returns regarding payments or remuneration for services (see H.R. 5065), 15195 [6JN]

———self-employed health insurance premiums allowed as business expense (see H.R. 3487), 15484 [7JN]

———spouse having less than $250 of compensation shall not be disqualified from having an individual retirement account (see H.R. 2468), 1494 [2FE]

———unrelated business income of private corporations (see H.R. 4287), 2051 [7FE]

Veterans' Preference Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 497), 14690 [31MY]

Wiesel, Elie: award gold medal (see H.J. Res. 501), 10244 [26AP]

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

Youth of America Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 597), 22474 [6AU]

Books

``Origins of Totalitarianism,'' Hannah Arendt, 11043, 11044 [3MY]

Motions offered by

Rural Electrification and Telephone Revolving Fund Self-Sufficiency Act: enact (H.R. 3050), 4033 [1MR]

Poems

``Ode to the IRS'': Russell Baker, New York (NY) Times, 30750 [5OC]

Remarks by, on

Arkansas: electricity rates, 1978 [7FE]

———protection of wilderness areas (S. 2125), 28529 [2OC]

———tribute, 27182 [26SE]

Budget: deficits, 3864 [29FE], 3995 [1MR]

———requiring President to transmit balanced for each fiscal year (H.R. 6300), 28510 [2OC]

———setting forth for 1985-87 (H. Con. Res. 280), 7788, 7796 [4AP]

Chemical weapons: ban, 8296 [5AP]

———funding, 12756, 12757, 12759-12761, 12765, 12767, 12771, 12772, 12782 [17MY]

Construction Work in Progress Policy Act: enact (H.R. 555), 2311, 2312 [8FE]

County Revenue Enhancement Act: enact (H.R. 5671), 12965 [18MY]

Defense Production Act: extend expiration date (S. 1852), conference report, 8506 [10AP]

Deficit Reduction Act: conference report (H.R. 4170), 19062 [29JN]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 5167), 12756, 12757, 12759-12761, 12765, 12767, 12771, 12772, 12782 [17MY]

Education: equal access to school facilities by religious groups for meetings, 12068 [14MY]

———school consolidation in Arkansas, 14036 [23MY]

Equal Access Act: proposed (H.R. 5345), 12068 [14MY]

ERISA: improve delivery of retirement benefits and provide greater equity under private pension plans (H.R. 4280), 13345 [23MY]

FBI: tribute, 30313 [5OC]

FERC: electricity rates, 1978 [7FE]

Foreign relations: U.S. policies, 10920 [3MY]

Fort Smith, AR: KFSM television poll regarding world as a safer place with the President Reagan defense buildup, 1171 [31JA]

Illegal aliens: amnesty, 19433 [27JN]

Immigration Reform and Control Act: enact (H.R. 1510), 19433 [27JN]

Iran: condem Iraq for use of chemical weapons (H. Con. Res. 292), 9635 [12AP]

Iraq: condem for use of chemical weapons (H. Con. Res. 292), 9635 [12AP]

May Day: observance, 11043 [3MY]

Organ Transplant Act: enact (H.R. 5580; S. 2048), 19458 [27JN]

Parliamentary inquiry, 4007 [1MR], 12782 [17MY]

Pawtucket, RI: Supreme Court ruling relative to display of nativity scene, 5492 [14MR]

Power resources: FERC activities, 1978 [7FE]

REA: bailout, 25422 [13SE], 28451 [2OC]

———funding, 25218 [13SE]

Retirement Equity Act: enact (H.R. 4280), 13345 [23MY]

Rural Electrification and Telephone Revolving Fund Self-Sufficiency Act: enact (H.R. 3050), 3864, 3887-3890 [29FE], 3995, 4007-4011, 4015-4021, 4033 [1MR]

School prayer: constitutional amendment, 4403, 4478, 4479, 4480 [5MR], 5492 [14MR], 5562 [14MR]

Soviet Union: foreign policies, 10920 [3MY]

Tax Reform Act: enact (H.R. 4170), 19062 [29JN]

Wilderness areas: Arkansas, 27182 [26SE]

Women's Pension Equity Act: enact (H.R. 4280), 13345 [23MY]

World War II: D-Day anniversary, 15080 [6JN]

Remarks in House relative to

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 1136 [31JA], 1978 [7FE], 3864 [29FE], 3995 [1MR], 5492, 5532 [14MR], 8004 [5AP], 8506, 8520 [10AP], 9536 [12AP], 10920 [3MY], 12838 [17MY], 13445 [22MY], 13959 [23MY], 15080 [6JN], 15481 [7JN], 19170 [27JN], 25218 [13SE], 27182 [26SE], 28451, 28529 [2OC], 30313, 30458 [5OC]

Special order: granted, 5532 [14MR]

Reports

Rural Electrification and Telephone Revolving Fund Self-Sufficiency Act (H.R. 3050), Congressional Research Service, 4021-4022 [1MR]

Tributes

Zablocki, Clement J., 1115 [31JA]