BIDEN, JOSEPH R., JR. (a Senator from Delaware)
Addresses
Role of Advice and Consent in Constitution Interpretation: by, 36919-36922 [17DE]
Amendments offered by, to
Agriculture, Food, Trade, and Conservation Act: enact (S. 1714), 29504-29508 [29OC], 33136 [21NO]
Appropriations: continuing (H.J. Res. 465), 35105 [6DE], 35508, 35546, 35548 [10DE]
Budget: setting forth congressional for fiscal 1986-88, and revising for fiscal 1985 (S. Con. Res. 32), 11441, 11546 [9MY]
Commercial and Apartment Conservation Service: repeal (S. 410), 20966 [29JY]
Conservation Service Reform Act: enact (S. 410), 20966 [29JY]
Dept. of HUD and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3038), 28042, 28043, 28097 [18OC]
Dept. of State, USIA, Board for International Broadcasting, and National Endowment for Democracy: authorizing appropriations (S. 1003), 14702, 14757 [6JN], 14857 [7JN], 15026 [10JN]
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2965), 29020 [24OC]
International Security and Development Cooperation Act: authorizing appropriations (S. 960), 11858, 11859 [14MY]
National Defense Authorization Act: enact (S. 1160), 13753, 13821 [24MY]
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention: disapprove freeze on funds (S. Res. 278), 38631 [19DE]
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 2068, authorizing appropriations for Dept. of State, USIA, and Board for International Broadcasting, 15113 [11JN]
———S. 960, authorizing appropriations under International Security and Development Cooperation Act, 20369 [24JY]
North Atlantic Assembly: Senate delegation, 2697 [20FE]
Senate Caucus on International Narcotics, 38769 [20DE]
Articles and editorials
Aid to Amtrak Small and Shrinking, Tom Wicker, Wilmington (DE) News Journal, 3716 [27FE]
Amtrak Has No Dog Trains—Why Kill It? Tom Wicker, Wilmington (DE) News Journal, 3715 [27FE]
Budget Balancing Legislation Would Put Defense Spending on the Chopping Block, David C. Morrison, National Journal, 34460
Budget-Process Measure Sets Up Choice of 2 Evils—Raise Taxes or Cut Defense, Robert W. Merry and Tim Carrington, Wall Street Journal, 34460
Chemist Charged in Drug Scheme, Laurie Hays, Wilmington (DE) News, 37525 [18DE]
Dancing With a Genie, Rowland Evans and Robert Novak, Washington (DC) Post, 34463
Jackson Visits Sugar Ditch Residents, Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, MS), 19588 [18JY]
Making Potent Drug Seems a Simple Task, Merritt Wallick, Wilmington (DE) News, 37526 [18DE]
Outlook—The Cruel Arithmetic Awaiting Reagan, Wall Street Journal, 34463
Regan Fears Antideficit Plan Will Affect Defense, Helen Dewar and David Hoffman, Washington (DC), 34459
Rural Southern Towns Find Manufacturing Boom Fading, William E. Schmidt, New York (NY) Times, 19589 [18JY]
Synthetic Heroin Seized, Laurie Hays, Wilmington (DE) News, 37526 [18DE]
Weinberger Warns on Balanced-Budget Plan, David Hoffman, Washington (DC) Post, 34459
Who Needs the Legislative Veto? by, Syracuse Law Review (publication), 20760-20763 [26JY]
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Law Enforcement and Intelligence Officer's Tort Liability Protection Act: enact (see S. 492), 3025 [21FE]
National Safety in the Workplace Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 134), 11500 [9MY]
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Agricultural Patent Reform Act: enact (see S. 1093), 10833 [7MY]
Anti-Apartheid Act: enact (see S. 635), 5320 [18MR]
Anti-Fraud Criminal Enforcement Act: enact (see S. 1677), 24467 [20SE]
Antinuclear Terrorism Act: enact (see S. 274), 23775 [13SE]
Arab-Israeli conflict: assure Israel's security and oppose advanced arms sales to Jordan (see S. Res. 177), 14157 [4JN]
Bipartisan Commission on Congressional Campaign Financing Act: enact (see S. 528), 20782 [26JY]
Blindness: prohibit discrimination in insurance (see S. 1290), 15329 [12JN]
Bribes and Gratuities Act: enact (see S. 1675), 24467 [20SE]
Budget: Federal spending freeze (see S. 32), 39 [3JA]
———revise Federal budget for fiscal years 1985-87 (see S. Con. Res. 8), 998 [24JA]
Chemical weapons: bilateral discussions with Soviet Union to ban (see S. Res. 112), 6691 [28MR]
Civil Rights Restoration Act: enact (see S. 431), 2110 [7FE]
Comprehensive Crime Control Act: amend relative to minor technical changes (see S. 1236), 14157 [4JN]
Confederate Memorial Association: grant charter (see S. 1660), 24660 [23SE]
Controlled Substances Act: amend (see S. 1437), 19111 [16JY]
Corp. for Public Broadcasting: authorizing appropriations (see S. 1084), 23060 [9SE]
Courts: clarify conditions for grand jury disclosures (see S. 1676), 24467 [20SE]
———transfer cases of Federal contract disputes exclusively to U.S. Claims Court (see S. 1674), 24467 [20SE]
Crime Victims Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 109), 7815 [15AP]
Dept. of Justice: authorizing appropriations (see S. 1065), 10337 [2MY]
Designer Drug Enforcement Act: enact (see S. 1437), 19111 [16JY]
El Salvador: condemn kidnapping of daughter of Jose Napoleon Duarte (see S. Res. 219), 23327 [11SE]
Employment: provide job opportunities to workers displaced by imports (see S. 1459), 21751 [31JY]
Equal Access to Justice Act: enact (see S. 1487), 20316 [24JY]
Ethiopia: condemn government actions (see S. Res. 155), 10448 [3MY]
Executive departments: awards of fees for certain court proceedings (see S. 1487), 20316 [24JY]
Fair Insurance Coverage Act: enact (see S. 1290), 15329 [12JN]
Fair Tax Act: enact (see S. 409), 1932 [6FE]
False Claims Act: strengthen Federal enforcement (see S. 1673), 24467 [20SE]
Faurer, Lincoln D.: commend (see S. Res. 106), 5818 [20MR]
Federal Computer Systems Protection Act: enact (see S. 1678), 24467 [20SE]
Firearms: limit manufacture and importation of armor-piercing ammunition (see S. 104), 41 [3JA]
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]
Great Britain: ban use of plastic and rubber bullets (see S. Con. Res. 26), 9631 [26AP]
Health: joint U.S.-U.S.S.R. effort to achieve worldwide disease immunization (see S. Res. 227), 30584 [5NO]
Health facilities: violence against (see S. Res. 212), 22415 [1AU]
Helsinki Human Rights Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 15), 43 [3JA]
International Narcotics Control Act: enact (see S. 766), 6690 [28MR]
Ireland, Northern: appoint Special Envoy (see S. Con. Res. 4), 5243 [14MR]
Item veto: separate enrollment of appropriation bills (see S. 43), 39 [3JA]
Jacob K. Javits Senate Fellowship Program: cooperation (see S. Res. 197), 17634 [27JN]
Japan: reduce trade deficit with U.S. (see S. Con. Res. 15), 2722 [20FE]
Jewish Heritage Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 17), 1251 [29JA]
Job Security Bank Act: enact (see S. 1459), 21751 [31JY]
Jordan: prohibit sales of certain advanced weapons (see S.J. Res. 223), 28372 [23OC], 28417 [22OC]
Korean War Veterans Memorial Act: enact (see S. 1223), 23060 [9SE]
Malt Beverage Interbrand Competition Act: enact (see S. 412), 13817 [24MY]
Marine pollution: terminate ocean dumping of sewage sludge (see S. 1659), 24103 [18SE]
Mengele, Josef: extradition of Nazi doctor (see S. Con. Res. 14), 9170 [24AP]
Missing Children Location Act: enact (see S. 1195), 13233 [22MY]
National Academies of Practice: grant charter (see S. 89), 24380 [19SE]
National Black (Afro-American) History Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 74), 30311 [1NO]
National Child Safety Awareness Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 110), 7902 [16AP]
National Child Safety Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 45), 7819 [15AP]
National Commission on Neurofibromatosis: establish (see S. 231), 4619 [6MR]
National Commission To Prevent Infant Mortality: establish (see S. 1209), 36287 [12DE]
National Day of Fasting To Raise Funds To Combat Hunger: designate (see S.J. Res. 218), 27704 [16OC]
National Historically Black Colleges Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 186), 22267 [1AU]
National Intelligence Community Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 138), 15025 [10JN]
National Neighborhood Crime Watch Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 168), 19970 [23JY]
National Year of Thanksgiving: designate (see S.J. Res. 254), 38579 [19DE]
New Zealand: policy prohibiting port calls by nuclear-powered or nuclear-armed ships (see S. Res. 66), 3602 [26FE], 4619 [6MR]
Ocean Dumping Permit Program: establish user fees (see S. 1659), 24103 [18SE]
Ocean Incineration Research Act: enact (see S. 1039), 15961 [17JN]
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention: disapprove freeze on funds (see S. Res. 278), 38592 [19DE]
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]
Renewable Energy and Conservation Transition Act: enact (see S. 1220), 36911 [17DE]
Senate: recess appointments (see S. Res. 213), 22415 [1AU]
Soviet Jews: appeal for release (see S.J. Res. 161), 19358 [17JY]
Soviet Union: bilateral discussions to ban chemical weapons (see S. Res. 112), 6691 [28MR]
Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation, Inc.: grant charter (see S. 487), 3025 [21FE]
Steel Import Stabilization Act: amend (see S. 11), 2747 [20FE]
Supreme Court: preserve authority (see S. 1916), 35534 [10DE]
Taxation: deduction for half of expenses paid by self-employed taxpayer for individual health insurance premiums (see S. 419), 4917 [7MR]
———make permanent the rules relative to imputed interest and assumption of loans (see S. 729), 9169 [24AP]
Time of Remembrance Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 104), 7342 [3AP]
Trade Policy Act: enact (see S. 1837), 31134 [7NO]
VA Adjudication Procedure and Judicial Review Act: enact (see S. 367), 1509 [31JA]
Veterans: tribute to World War II (see S. Res. 154), 10448 [3MY]
Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc.: grant charter (see S. 8), 1051 [24JA]
Certificates of election
Senate: Pierre S. du Pont IV, Governor of Delaware, 2 [3JA]
Cloture motions
Agriculture, Food, Trade, and Conservation Act: enact (S. 1714), debate on Dole motion to recommit, 33370 [22NO]
Item veto: separate enrollment of appropriations bills (S. 43), motion to proceed to consideration, 19081 [16JY], 19565 [18JY]
Letters
Coastal Zone Management Act: Michael N. Castle, Governor of Delaware, 38490 [19DE]
Illegal drug law enforcement capability: sundry Senators, 11809 [14MY]
Memorandums
International Narcotics Control Act, 11809 [14MY]
Oaths of office
Senate, 4 [3JA]
Poems
``Ulysses'': Alfred Tennyson (excerpt), 9576 [26AP]
Remarks by, on
African Famine Relief and Recovery Act: enact (S. 457), 3734
Agriculture: freeze crop year 1986 target price levels for wheat, feed grains, cotton, and rice, 33369 [22NO]
Agriculture, Food, Trade, and Conservation Act: enact (S. 1714), 33112 [21NO], 33369 [22NO]
Amtrak: funding, 11325-11327, 11338 [9MY]
Anti-Fraud Criminal Enforcement Act: enact (S. 1677), 24481-24483 [20SE]
Appropriations: continuing (H.J. Res. 465), 35463, 35480, 35508 [10DE]
———making supplemental (H.R. 2577), 16682, 16685, 16686 [20JN]
Bribes and Gratuities Act: enact (S. 1675), 24481-24483 [20SE]
Budget: deficit, 1487 [31JA], 34458
———freeze, 3578 [26FE], 11382-11384, 11387 [9MY]
———prohibit executive branch from taking any action on the farm credit issue that would increase the deficit, 3734
———setting forth congressional for fiscal 1986-88, and revising for fiscal 1985 (S. Con. Res. 32), 11006 [8MY], 11325-11327, 11338, 11382-11384, 11387 [9MY]
Burt, Richard R.: nomination, 19073 [16JY]
Chemical weapons: bilateral discussions with Soviet Union to ban (S. Res. 112), 6813 [28MR]
———comprehensive, verifiable ban, 14982
Coast Guard: miscellaneous changes in relative laws (H.R. 2466), 38489 [19DE]
Coast Zone Management Act: reauthorizing, 38489 [19DE]
Controlled Substances Act: amend (S. 1437), 37525 [18DE]
Courts: clarify conditions for grand jury disclosures (S. 1676), 24481-24483 [20SE]
———transfer cases of Federal contract disputes exclusively to U.S. Claims Court (S. 1674), 24481-24483 [20SE]
Cyprus: congratulating on anniversary of independence (S. Res. 68), 25410 [1OC]
———Turkish invasion, 20785
Dept. of Defense: budget cuts, 34458
Dept. of HUD and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3038), 28042, 28044-28045 [18OC]
Dept. of State, USIA, Board for International Broadcasting, and National Endowment for Democracy: authorizing appropriations (S. 1003), 14703-14705, 14708, 14709, 14712 [6JN], 14878 [7JN], 14982
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2965), 28914 [24OC]
Designer Drug Enforcement Act: enact (S. 1437), 37525 [18DE]
Economic conditions: Sun Belt region, 19587 [18JY]
EPA: ocean incineration permits, 28044-28045 [18OC]
False Claims Act: strengthen Federal enforcement (S. 1673), 24481-24483 [20SE]
Farm Credit System Restructuring and Regulatory Reform Act: enact (S. 1884), 34458
Federal Computer Systems Protection Act: enact (S. 1678), 24481-24483 [20SE]
Firearms: protect owners' rights (S. 49), 18229 [9JY]
Food Security Act: enact (H.R. 2100), proceed to consideration, 33369 [22NO]
Foreign trade: deficit, 1487 [31JA]
General Dynamics Corp.: funding for contracts entered into with military departments, 35480 [10DE]
Germany, Federal Republic of: reassess President Reagan's trip itinerary (S. Res. 143), 9586 [26AP], 11586
Gun Control Act: amend (S. 49), 18229 [9JY]
Health: child nutrition programs, 33491 [23NO]
Hunger: national problem, 33112 [21NO]
Immigration Reform and Control Act: enact (S. 1200), 23958
International Court of Justice: U.S. policy, 27307
International Narcotics Control Act: enact, 11808 [14MY]
———enact (S. 766), 6699 [28MR]
International Narcotics Control Commission: establish, 15061 [11JN]
International Security and Development Cooperation Act: authorizing appropriations (S. 960), 11808 [14MY]
Jordan: economic assistance, 16682, 16685, 16686 [20JN]
Kozinski, Alex: nomination, 31068 [7NO]
Law Enforcement and Intelligence Officer's Tort Liability Protection Act: enact (S. 492), 3036 [21FE]
Law Enforcement and Intelligence Officers Tort Liability Protection Act: enact (S. 492), 4648
Lead-based paint policy: reduce hazards, 28042 [18OC]
Marine pollution: terminate ocean dumping of sewage sludge (S. 1659), 24106
Meese, Edwin, III: nomination, 3295, 3300, 3302 [23FE]
Mexico: issue travel advisory, 14878 [7JN]
MX missiles: procurement funds (S.J. Res. 71), 5397 [19MR]
Narcotics: issue travel advisory for Mexico, 14878 [7JN]
National Defense Authorization Act: enact (S. 1160), 13214 [22MY], 14427 [5JN]
National Safety in the Workplace Week: designate (S.J. Res. 134), 11535 [9MY]
Nicaragua: funding for Contras (S.J. Res. 106), 8904 [23AP]
———U.S. policy, 14703-14705, 14708, 14709, 14712 [6JN]
NRC: authorizing appropriations (S. 895), 15685 [13JN]
———study feasibility of establishing an independent safety organization to investigate accidents in nuclear powerplants, 15685 [13JN]
Ocean Dumping Permit Program: establish user fees (S. 1659), 24106
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention: disapprove freeze on funds (S. Res. 278), 38501 [19DE]
Public debt: increase statutory limit (H.J. Res. 372), 26194, 26195 [4OC], 27254 [10OC]
Railroads: Reagan administration policy on funding for Amtrak, 3715 [27FE]
Revenue sharing: proposal to terminate, 11382 [9MY]
Ridgway, Rozanne L.: nomination, 19073 [16JY]
Rodriguez, Joseph H.: nomination, 10446 [3MY]
SBA: funding, 11382 [9MY]
School Lunch and Child Nutrition Act: enact (H.R. 7), 33491 [23NO]
Senate: legislative program, 28042 [18OC]
Social Security: cost-of-living adjustments, 11382 [9MY]
Soviet Union: bilateral discussions to ban chemical weapons (S. Res. 112), 6813 [28MR]
Stapleton, Walter K.: nomination, 7428 [3AP]
Strategic Defense Advisory Panel: establish, 14427 [5JN]
Strategic defense initiative: funding, 14427 [5JN]
Sub-Saharan Africa: international disaster assistance (S. 457), 3734
Sugar Ditch, MS: living conditions of blacks, 19587 [18JY]
Textile and Apparel Trade Enforcement Act: enact (H.R. 1562), 31670 [13NO]
Turkey: invasion of Cyprus, 20785
U.S. Parole Commission: suspend rule relative to insider trading, 35463 [10DE]
Urban Development Action Grant Program: freeze, 11382 [9MY]
Yalta agreement: anniversary, 5488
Remarks in Senate relative to
Birthday: tribute, 32663 [20NO]
Special order: granted, 1269 [29JA], 3471 [25FE]
Reports
Designer Drug Enforcement Act (S. 1437): Committee on the Judiciary (excerpt), 37525 [18DE]
False Claims Act (1943 excerpt), 24482 [20SE]
Foreign Currency Expenditures, 36509 [16DE]
Genocide Convention: by, 20876-20877 [29JY]
Statements
Anti-Narcotics Efforts in Mexico: House Committee on Foreign Affairs, 14879 [7JN]
Lead-Based Paint Policy (excerpt), 28043 [18OC]
Studies
Criminal Fraud Cases: GAO (1981 excerpt), 24483 [20SE]
White Collar Crime: ABA (excerpts), 24483 [20SE]
Texts of
S.J. Res. 134, National Safety in the Workplace Week, 11535 [9MY]
Transcripts
Interstate Sales of Handguns: Committee on the Judiciary, 18198 [9JY]
Tributes
Ervin, Sam J., Jr., 9576 [26AP]
Sparkman, John J., 32655 [20NO]