BENTSEN, LLOYD (a Senator from Texas)
Amendments
Public debt: increase statutory limit (H.J. Res. 372), 27227 [10OC]
Amendments offered by, to
African Famine Relief and Recovery Act: enact (S. 457), 3816 [27FE]
Agriculture, Food, Trade, and Conservation Act: enact (S. 1714), 29261, 29280 [28OC], 29504-29508 [29OC], 32255 [18NO], 33137-33140 [21NO], 33350, 33409, 33411, 33413, 33426 [22NO]
Appropriations: making supplemental (H.R. 2577), 16292, 16293 [19JN], 16724 [20JN]
Budget: setting forth congressional for fiscal 1986-88, and revising for fiscal 1985 (S. Con. Res. 32), 11032-11038 [8MY], 11546 [9MY]
———setting forth congressional for fiscal 1986-88, and revising for fiscal 1985 (S. Con. Res. 32), provide for reconciliation (S. 1730), 31304, 31333 [12NO], 32142 [14NO]
Clean Water Act: amend (S. 1128), 15639, 15724 [13JN]
Commercial and Apartment Conservation Service: repeal (S. 410), 20966 [29JY]
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act: amend and extend (S. 51), 13647 [23MY], 23997, 23998 [17SE], 24625, 24662 [23SE]
Conservation Service Reform Act: enact (S. 410), 20966 [29JY]
Dept. of State, USIA, Board for International Broadcasting, and National Endowment for Democracy: authorizing appropriations (S. 1003), 14758 [6JN], 14858 [7JN], 15130 [11JN]
Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3244), 28583 [23OC]
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2965), 29020 [24OC]
Fair Labor Standards Act: amend relative to State and local governments (S. 1570), 29034-29035 [24OC]
Farm Credit System Restructuring and Regulatory Reform Act: enact (S. 1884), 33968-33978, 33984, 34005 [3DE], 35102 [6DE]
Immigration Reform and Control Act: enact (S. 1200), 23852 [16SE], 23997 [17SE]
Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations for fiscal 1986 (S. 1271), 25166, 25196 [26SE]
International Security and Development Cooperation Act: authorizing appropriations (S. 960), 12165 [15MY]
Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Act: amend (H.R. 1083), 38599-38626 [19DE]
National Defense Authorization Act: enact (S. 1160), 12952 [21MY], 13649 [23MY]
Public debt: increase statutory limit (H.J. Res. 372), 25859-25864 [3OC], 26779, 26780-26782 [8OC], 27285 [10OC]
SBA: authorizing appropriations (S. 408), 19126 [16JY]
Sub-Saharan Africa: international disaster assistance (S. 457), 3816 [27FE]
Superfund Improvement Act: enact (S. 51), 13647 [23MY], 23997, 23998 [17SE], 24113 [18SE], 24382, 24383 [19SE], 24430, 24454, 24456, 24495, 24496, 24499 [20SE], 24625, 24662 [23SE]
Appointments
Committee on Intelligence (Select), 30 [3JA]
Conferee: H.J. Res. 372, increase statutory limit for public debt, 27549 [15OC]
———H.J. Res. 372, increase statutory limit on public debt, 27256 [10OC], 31073 [7NO]
———H.R. 1869, repeal of vehicle mileage documentation, 7319 [3AP]
———H.R. 2419, authorizing appropriations for intelligence services, 25169 [26SE]
———H.R. 2475, simplification of imputed interest rules, 17390 [26JN]
———H.R. 3128, Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act, 38750 [20DE]
———S. 124, amend Safe Drinking Water Act, 18348 [10JY]
———S. 1128, Water Quality Renewal Act, 20934 [29JY]
President's Export Commission, 38769 [20DE]
Articles and editorials
Cleansed, Frank Ford, Acres (publication), 23645
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Agriculture Efficiency and Equity Act: enact (see S. 1802), 29483 [29OC]
Antiterrorism Trade Preference Act: enact (see S. 1778), 28185 [21OC]
Benign Essential Blepharospasm Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 210), 25365 [1OC]
Committee on Economics (Joint): appointment (see S. Res. 87), 4433 [5MR]
Farm Programs Predictability Act: enact (S. 1886) (see S. 1886), 33493 [23NO]
FBI: provide additional funding in order to improve counterterrorist capabilities (see S. 1414), 18350 [10JY]
Hallien, Christy C.: relief (see S. 897), 7638 [4AP]
Health Care Catastrophic Loss Prevention Act: enact (see S. 569), 4455 [5MR]
Madariaga, Oscar R., and family: relief (see S. 773), 6690 [28MR]
Mexico: assistance to earthquake victims (see S. 1682), 24467 [20SE]
National Wildflower Landscaping Act: enact (see S. 1238), 14408 [5JN]
Nicaragua: trade boycott (see S. Res. 140), 8571 [22AP]
Private foundations: permit retention of business holdings in certain circumstances (see S. 685), 5447 [19MR]
River Publishers, Inc., Wharton, TX: relief (see S. 1485), 19970 [23JY]
Superfund Excise Tax Act: enact (see S. 957), 8352 [18AP]
Taxation: alternative minimum tax on corporations (see S. 973), 8570 [22AP]
Terrorism: provide additional funding in order to improve capabilities against (see S. 1414), 18350 [10JY]
Trade Emergency and Export Promotion Act: enact (see S. 1449), 19322 [17JY]
Trade Policy Act: enact (see S. 1837), 31134 [7NO]
Veterans: qualified mortgage bonds (see S. 1270), 15021 [10JN]
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Abandoned Shipwreck Act: enact (see S. 676), 5309 [18MR]
Aeronautics: tax treatment of employees' air travel benefits (see S. 120), 41 [3JA]
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee Act: enact (see S. 355), 1509 [31JA]
Agriculture: emergency credit for farmers (see S. Res. 67), 2506 [19FE]
———provide protection relative to liens for purchasers of farm products (see S. 744), 7064 [2AP]
Anti-Fraudulent Adoption Reform Act: enact (see S. 1048), 10092 [1MY]
Arab-Israeli conflict: assure Israel's security and oppose advanced arms sales to Jordan (see S. Res. 177), 14157 [4JN]
Birth control: extend title X of Public Health Service Act (see S. 881), 23059 [9SE]
Bolivia: termination of U.S. aid (see S. 790), 6690 [28MR]
Bonn economic summit: sense of the Senate (see S. Res. 151), 9917 [30AP]
Budget: constitutional amendment to balance (see S.J. Res. 13), 4065 [28FE]
Business vehicles: abolish requirement that taxpayers maintain detailed log books (see S. 260), 737 [22JA]
Centennial Year of the Gasoline Powered Automobile: designate (see S.J. Res. 231), 35544 [10DE]
Civil Rights Restoration Act: enact (see S. 431), 2110 [7FE]
Comprehensive Crime Control Act: clarify crime of bank bribery (see S. 1214), 31331 [12NO]
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act: amend and extend (see S. 51), 3207 [22FE]
Computer Pornography and Child Exploitation Prevention Act: enact (see S. 1305), 18381 [10JY]
Computers: tax exclusion for software royalties (see S. 1799), 29483 [29OC]
Construction Grants Transition Act: enact (see S. 652), 4815 [7MR]
Consumer Rail Equity Act: enact (see S. 477), 2721 [20FE]
Controlled Substances Act: amend (see S. 1437), 37667 [18DE]
Corp. for Public Broadcasting: authorizing appropriations (see S. 1084), 25633 [2OC]
Cultural Property Repose Act: enact (see S. 1523), 20948 [29JY]
Cunxin, Li: relief (see S. 198), 653 [21JA]
Dept. of Defense: temporary free of charge military quarters for dependents of deceased members of Armed Forces (see S. 1956), 36860 [17DE]
Designer Drug Enforcement Act: enact (see S. 1437), 37667 [18DE]
Drugs: require National Drug Enforcement Policy Board to provide assessment of designer drug problem (see S. 746), 7064 [2AP]
Economic Development Administration: funding (see S. Res. 41), 1985 [6FE]
Education for All Handicapped Children Act: commemorate anniversary of enactment (see S. Con. Res. 71), 25386 [1OC]
Emergency Wetlands Resources Act: enact (see S. 740), 6171 [26MR]
Employee Educational Assistance Act: enact (see S. 558), 29752 [30OC]
Endangered Species Act: authorizing appropriations (see S. 725), 5817 [20MR]
Energy Independence Act: enact (see S. 1507), 20778 [26JY]
Equal Access to Justice Act: enact (see S. 1487), 20316 [24JY]
Executive departments: awards of fees for certain court proceedings (see S. 1487), 20316 [24JY]
Fair Housing Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 79), 5460 [19MR]
Farm credit: adequate funding for Farmers Home Administration loan program (see S. Res. 79), 3246 [23FE]
Faurer, Lincoln D.: commend (see S. Res. 106), 5818 [20MR]
Federal Unemployment Tax Act: unemployment tax exemption for services performed on certain fishing boats (see S. 439), 2110 [7FE]
Firearms: protect owners' rights (see S. 49), 8942 [23AP]
Flowers: designate rose as national floral emblem (see S.J. Res. 159), 20328 [24JY]
Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act: repeal (see S. 758), 6172 [26MR]
Germany, Federal Republic of: reassess President Reagan's trip itinerary (see S. Res. 143), 9605 [26AP]
Goldwater, Margaret (Peggy): condolences on death (see S. Res. 273), 36271 [12DE]
Ground Water Protection Act: enact (see S. 1836), 31134 [7NO]
Gun Control Act: amend (see S. 49), 8942 [23AP]
Hazardous Substance Response Act: enact (see S. 14), 38 [3JA]
Head Start Program: anniversary (see S. Con. Res. 28), 4816 [7MR]
Health: maternal and child preventive care (see S. 505), 3428 [25FE]
Health facilities: violence against (see S. Res. 212), 22415 [1AU]
High Technology Research and Scientific Education Act: enact (see S. 58), 39 [3JA]
Homemaker's Equity Act: enact (see S. 200), 653 [21JA]
Housing: temporary free of charge military quarters for dependents of deceased members of Armed Forces (see S. 1956), 36860 [17DE]
Housing and Community Development Act: continue community development block grants (see S. 980), 23059 [9SE]
International Air Transportation Protection Act: enact (see S. 1218), 16037 [18JN]
Interstate Highway Funding Act: enact (see S. 178), 42 [3JA]
Jacob K. Javits Senate Fellowship Program: cooperation (see S. Res. 197), 17634 [27JN]
Jennings Randolph Lake, Bloomington, MD and Keyser, WV: designate (see S. 1740), 26366 [7OC]
Jewish Heritage Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 17), 2211 [7FE]
Jews: condemn passage of anti-Zionism resolution by U.N. (see S.J. Res. 98), 8595 [22AP]
Jordan: prohibit sales of certain advanced weapons (see S.J. Res. 223), 28372 [23OC], 28417 [22OC]
Life insurance: reject any tax reform which would impose tax on annual increase in value of permanent (see S. Res. 199), 19011 [15JY]
Malt Beverage Interbrand Competition Act: enact (see S. 412), 4492 [5MR]
Medicaid: provide coverage for hospice care (see S. 867), 7341 [3AP]
Medicare: commend for success in protecting older persons against high cost of health care (see S. Con. Res. 9), 1769 [5FE]
Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 67), 7064 [2AP]
Missing Children's Assistance Act: financial assistance for missing children clearinghouses (see S. 1174), 17373 [26JN]
Motor Carrier Safety Act: clarify and augment certain provisions relative to certificate of registration procedures for foreign carriers (see S. 1252), 18380 [10JY]
Narvaez-Guajardo, Pedro, and family: relief (see S. 199), 653 [21JA]
National Adoption Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 51), 7386 [3AP]
National Agriculture Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 70), 4030 [28FE]
National Association of State Directors of Veterans' Affairs, Inc.: grant charter (see S. 945), 29279 [28OC]
National Black (Afro-American) History Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 74), 30311 [1NO]
National Commission to Prevent Infant Mortality: establish (see S. 1209), 13581 [23MY]
National Correctional Officers Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 64), 9630 [26AP]
National CPR Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 175), 20478 [25JY]
National DECA Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 36), 1510 [31JA]
National Dental Hygiene Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 149), 23341 [11SE]
National Down's Syndrome Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 40), 1769 [5FE]
National Energy Education Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 76, 205), 4816 [7MR], 24468 [20SE]
National Head Injury Awareness Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 132), 20504 [25JY]
National Hemophilia Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 150), 23636 [12SE]
National Historically Black Colleges Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 186), 22267 [1AU]
National Home Care Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 139), 17066 [25JN]
National Housing Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 197), 23621 [12SE]
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases Act: enact (see S. 425), 2110 [7FE]
National Intelligence Community Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 138), 14416 [5JN]
National Maternal and Child Health Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 239), 32355 [19NO]
National Mental Retardation Awareness Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 22), 5856 [20MR]
National Neighborhood Crime Watch Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 168), 19970 [23JY]
National Ocean and Underwater Exploration Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 84), 5309 [18MR]
National Osteopathic Medicine Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 88), 14416 [5JN]
National Productivity Improvement Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 229), 29748 [30OC]
National Skin Cancer Prevention and Detection Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 4), 43 [3JA]
National Temporary Services Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 195), 26778 [8OC]
National Theatre Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 140), 13233 [22MY]
National Year of Thanksgiving: designate (see S.J. Res. 254), 38579 [19DE]
Nicaragua: promote internal reconciliation based on democratic principles (see S.J. Res. 129), 9917 [30AP]
North American Treaty on Air Pollution: negotiate (see S. Con. Res. 97), 36860 [17DE]
Nutrition: reduce vitamin A deficiency (see S. 1451), 22413 [1AU]
Older Americans Act: anniversary (see S. Con. Res. 47), 10833 [7MY]
Older Americans Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 107), 8173 [17AP]
101st Airborne Division: condolences for aircraft disaster in Gander, Newfoundland (see S. Res. 274), 36419 [13DE]
Peace Corps: anniversary (see S.J. Res. 152), 23994 [17SE]
Pearl Harbor Survivors Association: incorporate (see S. 84), 7936 [16AP]
Performing Arts Labor Relations Amendments: enact (see S. 670), 35406 [9DE]
Petroleum: increase tariff on that used for motor fuel (see S. 1507), 20778 [26JY]
———taxation (see S. 1997), 38579 [19DE]
Physicians Education Loan Collection Act: enact (see S. 1202), 13581 [23MY]
Prospective Payment Assessment Commission: provide two additional members (see S. 984), 9150 [24AP]
Public safety employees: tax treatment of use of business vehicles (see S. 281), 2505 [19FE]
Railroads: enhance competition and ensure reasonable rates (see S. 477), 2721 [20FE]
Readiness Enhancement of Air Force Reserve Special Operations Act: enact (see S. 531), 12160 [15MY]
Rural Transportation Equity Act: enact (see S. 1601), 24941 [25SE]
SBA: cabinet status for administrator (see S. 1575), 30421 [4NO]
Senate: recess appointments (see S. Res. 213), 22415 [1AU]
Senior Center Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 60), 3622 [26FE]
Small Business Tax Simplification and Taxpayer Protection Act: enact (see S. 1513), 23851 [16SE]
Social Security: allow medicare coverage for home health services provided on a daily basis (see S. 778), 6690 [28MR]
———medicare payments for direct costs of approved educational activities (see S. 1158), 12308 [16MY]
———modify terminology relative to certain disabled children (see S. 472), 2475 [19FE]
———provide that the pensions received by retired judges who are assigned to active duty shall not be treated as wages (see S. 869), 7341 [3AP]
Soil Conservation Service: commending (see S. Res. 65), 1932 [6FE]
Solidarity Sunday for Soviet Jewry: express Senate support (see S. Res. 152), 10092 [1MY]
Soviet Jews: appeal for release (see S.J. Res. 161), 19605 [18JY]
Sport Fish Restoration Trust Fund: appropriation provisions (see S. Res. 130), 7820 [15AP]
State and local governments: exemption from Fair Labor Standards Act's overtime provisions (see S. 1570), 28581 [23OC]
State and Local Narcotics Control Assistance Act: enact (see S. 15), 18873 [11JY]
Steel Import Stabilization Act: amend (see S. 11), 2211 [7FE]
Stern, Michael: commending for faithful and outstanding service to the Senate and the U.S. (see S. Res. 285), 38580 [19DE]
Taxation: deduction for half of expenses paid by self-employed taxpayer for individual health insurance premiums (see S. 419), 10154 [1MY]
———exempt Israel bonds from imputed interest rules (see S. 1619), 23636 [12SE]
———exempt Israeli bonds from imputed interest rules (see S. 1619), 23636 [12SE]
———provide for 6-month extension of certain temporary provisions relative to Internal Revenue Code (see S. 1912), 35387 [9DE]
———treat deductions for research expenses for activities conducted in the U.S. as allocable to income from sources within the U.S. (see S. 861), 7341 [3AP]
Telecommunications Trade Act: enact (see S. 942), 8126 [17AP]
Texas: study establishment of veterans' hospital (see S. 261), 997 [24JA]
Truck and Bus Safety Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 235), 33675 [2DE]
U.N.: condemn passage of anti-Zionism resolution (see S.J. Res. 98), 8595 [22AP]
U.S.-Soviet direct communication link: provide equipment and services necessary to the Soviet Union for improvement (see S.J. Res. 108), 8596 [22AP]
University of Arizona: centennial observance (see S. Res. 96), 26374 [7OC]
USIA: distribution of film ``Hal David—Expressing a Feeling'' (see S. 1153), 19605 [18JY]
Water Resources Development Act: enact (see S. 366), 1509 [31JA]
Women: amend Constitution relative to equal rights (see S.J. Res. 10), 4065 [28FE]
World War II U.S. veterans: tribute (see S. Res. 154), 10864 [7MY]
Year of Social Security: designate (see S.J. Res. 23), 1574 [31JA]
Cloture motions
Taxation: simplify imputed interest rules (H.R. 2475), motion to proceed to consideration, 17090 [25JN]
Colloquies
Interstate 49 in Louisiana: by, 3310 [23FE]
Descriptions
Trade Emergency and Export Promotion Act (S. 1449), 19328-19330 [17JY]
Trade Policy Act (S. 1837), 31147-31148 [7NO]
Documents
Foreign Trade Policy: by, 6649 [28MR]
Letters
Cargo preference: agricultural coalition, 29441 [29OC]
Farm Credit System Restructuring and Regulatory Reform Act (S. 1884): Representatives de la Garza and Stenholm, 36856 [17DE]
Soil Conservation Service projects: by and Senator Stafford, 28441
Trade information request: Senate Democratic Working Group on Trade Policy, 18884
Lists
Industries Subject to toxic chemical inventory, 24344 [19SE]
Industries subject to toxic chemical inventory, 24344 [19SE]
Remarks by, on
Abandoned Shipwreck Act: enact (S. 676), 5315
Aeronautics: tax treatment of employees' air travel benefits (S. 120), 204 [3JA]
African Famine Relief and Recovery Act: enact (S. 457), 3728 [27FE]
Agriculture: amount of nonfarm income that can be offset by tax losses from farming should be limited, and revenues derived should be used to reduce individual tax rates, 10776, 10779, 10780 [7MY]
———budget cuts, 10978 [8MY]
———clarify extent to which assessments may be made upon Farm Credit institutions, 33901-33903 [3DE]
———crisis, 1735-1737 [5FE]
———emergency farm credit, 3728 [27FE]
———emergency farm credit (S. Res. 79), 3335 [23FE]
———fair and equitable treatment for cottonseed industry, 33350 [22NO]
———farm crisis, 2998 [21FE], 3293 [23FE], 23645
———include fertilizer, animal feed, and raw materials used to produce them in category of unprocessed products, 24737 [24SE]
———minimize damage done to farmers by late program announcements, 33351 [22NO]
———price support system, 33483-33485 [23NO], 37605 [18DE]
———provide for separate boards of directors for different farm credit system institutions at district level, 33891 [3DE]
Agriculture, Food, Trade, and Conservation Act: enact (S. 1714), 29261-29263 [28OC], 29441 [29OC], 33350-33352 [22NO]
———enact (S. 1714), unanimous-consent agreement, 33483-33485 [23NO]
Agriculture Efficiency and Equity Act: enact (S. 1802), 29489
Aliens: discrimination in employment, 23746 [13SE]
———illegal, 23746 [13SE]
Anti-Fraudulent Adoption Reform Act: enact (S. 1048), 10368
Antiterrorism Trade Preference Act: enact (S. 1778), 28185
Appropriations: continuing (H.J. Res. 465), 35374 [9DE]
———making supplemental (H.R. 2577), 16240-16241 [19JN]
Automobiles: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration should retain corporate average fuel economy standard, 20914 [29JY]
Baker, James A., III: nomination, 1201 [29JA]
Benign Essential Blepharospasm Awareness Week: designate (S.J. Res. 210), 25383
Budget: changes in spending and revenue provisions (H.R. 3128), conference report, 38509 [19DE], 38736, 38748, 38752 [20DE]
———deficit, 1472-1473 [31JA]
———freeze, 10978 [8MY]
———setting forth congressional for fiscal 1986-88, and revising for fiscal 1985 (S. Con. Res. 32), 10330 [2MY], 10776, 10779, 10780 [7MY], 10978 [8MY], 11482 [9MY]
———setting forth congressional for fiscal 1986-88, and revising for fiscal 1985 (S. Con. Res. 32), provide for reconciliation (S. 1730), 28975 [24OC], 31301 [12NO], 31914-31916 [14NO]
Clean Water Act: amend (S. 1128), 15320 [12JN], 15639, 15653 [13JN]
———funding for sewage treatment construction grant program, 35374 [9DE]
Commercial and Apartment Conservation Service: repeal (S. 410), 20914 [29JY]
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act: amend and extend (S. 51), 13647
Computers: tax exclusion for software royalties (S. 1799), 29486
Conservation Service Reform Act: enact (S. 410), 20914 [29JY]
Cultural Property Repose Act: enact (S. 1523), 20964
Cunxin, Li: relief (S. 198), 655
Customs Service: limit fees charged for arrivals of private vessels and aircraft, and limit fee for arrival of trucks, 31301 [12NO]
Dept. of Agriculture: making urgent supplemental appropriations (H.J. Res. 342), 19778 [19JY]
Dept. of Defense: agreement with EPA which allows hazardous waste cleanups without direct concurrence of EPA, 24732 [24SE]
———eliminate funds for the battleship reactivation program and increase funds for naval munitions, 13166 [22MY]
———making appropriations for military construction (H.R. 3327), 31026 [7NO]
———spending cuts, 10978 [8MY]
———study toxic waste on military bases, 24735, 24742 [24SE]
Dept. of State, USIA, Board for International Broadcasting, and National Endowment for Democracy: authorizing appropriations (S. 1003), 14717 [6JN]
Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3244), 28515, 28552
Domestic programs: spending cuts, 10978 [8MY]
Ecology: create risk retention programs for environmental impairment liability, 13647
Economy: state of U.S., 1816
EEC: pipe and tube arrangement, 24007
Emergency Wetlands Resources Act: enact (S. 740), 6184
Endangered Species Act: authorizing appropriations (S. 725), 5848
EPA: indemnify response action contractors for all third party claims, 13647
Farm Credit Capital Corp.: curb powers, 33906 [3DE]
Farm Credit System Restructuring and Regulatory Reform Act: enact (S. 1884), 33891, 33901-33903, 33906 [3DE], 36856, 36857 [17DE]
Farm Programs Predictability Act: enact (S. 1886), 33484, 33485 [23NO]
Farmers Home Administration: reduction of principal and interest on restructured farm loans, 3728 [27FE]
FBI: improve counterterrorist capabilities, 25166 [26SE]
———provide additional funding in order to improve counterterrorist capabilities (S. 1414), 18357
Federal facilities: radioactive materials, 24750 [24SE]
Federal Supplemental Compensation Program: phase out (H.R. 1866), 7328 [3AP]
Food Security Act: enact (H.R. 2100), conference report, 37605 [18DE]
———enact (H.R. 2100), unanimous-consent agreement, 33483-33485 [23NO]
Foreign exchange: intervention, 12040 [15MY]
Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act: repeal (S. 758), 6201
Foreign Trade: respond to unfair trade practices of Japan (S. 1404), 20421, 20423 [25JY]
Foreign trade: deficit, 1472-1473 [31JA], 1816
———pipe and tube arrangement with EEC, 24007
Golden, Terence C.: nomination, 17389 [26JN]
Hall, Representative Sam B., Jr.: nomination, 10446 [3MY]
Hazardous substances: exempt any owner or operator from liability for a release which occurred prior to his becoming such owner or operator, 24746 [24SE]
———facilities at which equipment for recovery or processing of methane has been installed, 24348 [19SE]
———negotiations on liability for cleanup, 24728, 24731, 24756 [24SE]
———report reliable funding mechanism that does not include value-added tax, 24745 [24SE]
———require manufacturing facilities to report annual quantities of toxic chemicals which cause adverse environmental effects, 24344, 24347 [19SE]
Hazardous wastes: agreement between EPA and other agencies to allow other agencies to conduct cleanups without direct concurrence of EPA, 24732 [24SE]
———financing of superfund, 11877
———no delay in cleaning up sites presently listed on National Priorities List, 24079 [18SE]
———provide health and safety protection to workers involved in emergency operations, 24717 [24SE]
———study postclosure liability programs, 24718 [24SE]
Health: child immunization programs, 11482 [9MY]
———maternal and child preventive care (S. 505), 3432
Health Care Catastrophic Loss Prevention Act: enact (S. 569), 4459
Health facilities: violence against (S. Res. 212), 22417
Homemaker's Equity Act: enact (S. 200), 656
Immigration Reform and Control Act: enact (S. 1200), 23744, 23746-23747 [13SE]
Integrated Safety Assessment Program: funding, 15684 [13JN]
Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations for fiscal 1986 (S. 1271), 25166 [26SE]
International Security and Development Cooperation Act: authorizing appropriations (S. 960), 12040 [15MY]
International trade: deficit, 15271-15274 [12JN]
Interstate and defense highways: funding (H.R. 1251), 4444 [5MR]
Interstate Cost Estimate: approve (S. 1514), 21394 [30JY]
Interstate Highway Funding Act: enact (S. 391), 3308, 3312, 3314 [23FE]
Interstate Substitute Cost Estimate: approve (S. 1514), 21394 [30JY]
Japan: reduce trade deficit with U.S. (S. Con. Res. 15), 6649-6651 [28MR]
———respond to unfair trade practices (S. 1404), 20421, 20423 [25JY]
Lead poisoning: study and report on sources and extent in children from environmental sources, 24057 [18SE]
Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Act: amend (H.R. 1083), 38407 [19DE]
Madariaga, Oscar R., and family: relief (S. 773), 6704 [28MR]
Medicaid: provide coverage for hospice care (S. 867), 7361
Meese, Edwin, III: nomination, 2998 [21FE], 3293 [23FE]
Mexico: assistance to earthquake victims (S. 1682), 24486 [20SE]
MX missile: deployment, 13471 [23MY]
Naeve, Clifford M.: nomination, 30272 [1NO]
Narvaez-Guajardo, Pedro, and family: relief (S. 199), 656
National Defense Authorization Act: enact (S. 1160), 13166 [22MY], 13471 [23MY]
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration: retain current automobile fuel economy standard (S. Res. 178), 20914 [29JY]
National Wildflower Landscaping Act: enact (S. 1238), 14409
Nicaragua: abridgement of civil liberties, 29514
———civil liberties, 28442
———funding for Contras (S.J. Res. 106), 8
———humanitarian assistance for Contras, 14717 [6JN]
———promote internal reconciliation based on democratic principles (S.J. Res. 129), 9927
———trade boycott (S. Res. 140), 8597
NRC: authorizing appropriations (S. 895), 15684, 15685 [13JN]
———proposed agency decrease in funding for high-level waste program, 15684 [13JN]
———submit annual report on regulatory and licensing objectives, 15685 [13JN]
Oil and gas transmission pumping stations: permits not required, 15639 [13JN]
Paperwork Reduction Act: exemption for hazardous substances inventory, 24347 [19SE]
Petroleum: taxation (S. 1997), 38590
Physicians Education Loan Collection Act: enact (S. 1202), 13605
Pollution: liability insurance, 24055, 24056 [18SE]
———owners and operators of vessels liability for releases from incineration, 24625, 24626 [23SE]
Private foundations: permit retention of business holdings in certain circumstances (S. 685), 5450
Prospective Payment Assessment Commission: provide two additional members (S. 984), 9153 [24AP]
Public debt: increase statutory limit (H.J. Res. 372), 26851, 26884 [9OC], 27227 [10OC]
———U.S. as debtor nation, 24690-24693 [24SE]
Residential Conservation Service: GAO assessment of extent of unfair competition by utilities and adequacy of current protections (S. 410), 20914 [29JY]
Roads and highways: interstate cost estimate, 4444 [5MR]
———trust fund obligation ceiling, 28552
Safe Drinking Water Act: amend (S. 124), 12386 [16MY]
Senate: legislative program, 37621 [18DE]
Senate Democratic Working Group on Trade Policy: report on trade strategy, 9487
———trade information request, 18883
Sewer Grants Construction Program: allocation formula, 15653 [13JN]
Social Security: allow medicare coverage for home health services provided on a daily basis (S. 778), 6711 [28MR]
———allow States to implement long term care programs for eligible individuals (S. 780), 6711 [28MR]
———cost-of-living adjustments, 10978 [8MY]
———investigate ways to reduce counterfeiting of account number cards, 23744, 23746 [13SE]
———medicare payments for direct costs of approved educational activities (S. 1158), 12329 [16MY]
Social Security Act: anniversary of passage, 16196 [19JN]
Sub-Saharan Africa: international disaster assistance (S. 457), 3728 [27FE]
Superfund: financing, 11877
———report reliable funding mechanism that does not include value-added tax, 24745 [24SE]
———tax title, 28975 [24OC]
Superfund Excise Tax Act: enact (S. 957), 8369
Superfund Improvement Act: collection of taxes, 24718 [24SE]
———enact (S. 51), 13647
Taxation: allow tax credit for expenses incurred in care of elderly family members (S. 779), 6711 [28MR]
———alternative 20% corporate minimum tax, 26851 [9OC]
———alternative minimum tax on corporations (S. 973), 8590
———exempt raw agricultural commodities, 24737 [24SE]
———minimum taxes should be imposed on corporations and individuals to be used for individual income tax rate reduction, 10330 [2MY]
———provide for 6-month extension of certain temporary provisions relative to Internal Revenue Code (S. 1912), 35389 [9DE]
Telecommunications Trade Act: enact (S. 942), 8170 [17AP]
Terrorism: airline hijacking by Shiite Moslems, 16240 [19JN]
———efforts to prevent hijackings, 16240, 16241 [19JN]
———provide additional funding in order to improve capabilities against (S. 1414), 18357
Texas: study establishment of veterans' hospital (S. 261), 998
Thomas, Lee M.: nomination, 2080 [7FE]
Tower, John: nomination, 4435 [5MR]
Trade Emergency and Export Promotion Act: enact (S. 1449), 19323 [17JY]
Trade Policy Act: enact (S. 1837), 31142 [7NO]
U.S.-Israel Free Trade Area Implementation Act: enact (H.R. 2268), 13576 [23MY]
Veterans: qualified mortgage bonds (S. 1270), 15024
Water Resources Development Act: enact (S. 366), 1556
Remarks in Senate relative to
Special order: granted, 1269 [29JA], 4649 [6MR], 14954 [7JN], 15142 [11JN], 24668 [23SE]
Tribute, 24887 [25SE]
Tributes, 15272 [12JN]
Reports
Advisory Council on Social Security: Bowen Commission (excerpt), 4459
Foreign Currency Expenditures, 27552 [15OC]
International Trade Policies and Practices: Clayton Yeutter, U.S. Trade Representative, 18884
International Trade System: by (excerpt), 10925 [8MY]
New Global Economy—First Steps in a U.S. Trade Strategy—Preliminary Report of the Senate Democratic Working Group on Trade Policy, 9488
Proposed Superfund Tax Increases and the U.S. Petrochemical Industry—An Economic Analysis: Library of Congress, 11878
Resolutions
Flood prevention and watershed protection appropriations: Committee on Environment and Public Works, 28442
Statements
Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act: Govert van Tets, 6201
Foreign Trade: Democratic Working Group on Trade Policy, 9487
Foreign Trade Deficit: Edward Jefferson, 24691 [24SE]
Mercantilism: Richard E. Heckert, 15272 [12JN]
Summaries
Alternative Minimum Tax on Corporations (S. 973), 8593
Early Program Announcement Amendment to S. 1714, Agriculture, Food, Trade, and Conservation Act, 33352 [22NO]
Tables
Individual retirement account tax deferral limits, 656
International productivity growth (1981-84), 15601 [13JN]
U.S. industries losing international trade advantage, 20423 [25JY]
U.S. productivity (1949-82), 1817
Texts of
S. 569, Health Care Catastrophic Loss Prevention Act, 4462
S. 676, Abandoned Shipwreck Act, 5315
S. 685, permit private foundations to retain business holdings in certain circumstances, 5450
S. 957, Superfund Excise Tax Act, 8370
S. 973, alternative minimum tax on corporations, 8591
S. 1449, Trade Emergency and Export Promotion Act, 19324-19328 [17JY]
S. 1837, Trade Policy Act, 31144-31147 [7NO]
S. Res. 140, trade boycott with Nicaragua, 8597 [22AP]
Tributes
Swanner, Joseph B., 6833
Washington, Joe, 16739