BONKER, DON (a Representative from Washington)
Addresses
America's Wood Products Industry at the Crossroads: by, 16741 [20JN]
Democrats on Trade—A Time for Self-Appraisal: by, 26687 [8OC]
Amendments offered by, to
Dept. of State, USIA, and Board for International Broadcasting: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2068), 11243 [9MY]
Analyses
Dept. of Commerce and Trade (H.R. 3265), 23485
H.R. 3265, establish a Dept. of Commerce and Trade, 23485
Appointments
Committee on Aging (Select), 1850 [6FE]
Conferee: H.R. 1460, Anti-Apartheid Act, 19402 [17JY]
———H.R. 2068, Dept. of State, USIA, and Board for International Broadcasting Authorization Act, 19624 [18JY]
———H.R. 2100, Food Security Act, 34511 [5DE]
———S. 883, Export Administration Extension Act, 16557 [20JN]
———S. 947, amending OPIC Act, 33701 [3DE]
Articles and editorials
Department of Trade a Top Priority, Senator Roth, Journal of Commerce, 2064
Ex-Diplomat Aubrey N. Morgan Dies, Portland (OR) Oregonian, 24217
If the Economic Outlook Is That Good, Why Am I Still Feeling So Depressed? Vicki Williams, Seattle (WA) Post-Intelligencer, 9755
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Budget: remove all Federal trust funds (see H.R. 2599), 13435 [23MY]
Dept. of Commerce and Trade: establish (see H.R. 3265), 23442 [11SE]
Dept. of State: authorizing appropriations for expanding facilities of Coordinating Committee on Export Controls, and providing for appointments to U.S. Permanent Delegation to Coordinating Committee (see H.R. 3165), 22682 [1AU]
Export Administration Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 1786), 6607 [28MR]
Foreign Assistance Act: relative to activities of OPIC (see H.R. 1988), 7610 [4AP]
Foreign trade: balance of payments to deficit (see H. Res. 147), 9745 [29AP]
International Whaling Commission: moratorium on commercial whaling (see H. Con. Res. 54), 2291 [7FE]
OPIC: amend Foreign Assistance Act relative to activities (see H.R. 3166), 22682 [1AU]
———reauthorize (see H.R. 1703), 6086 [25MR]
Tariff: clarify duty treatment on plywood (see H.R. 2324), 10261 [2MY]
Trade Act: expansion of international trade in wood products (see H.R. 1648), 5986 [21MR]
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Africa: appropriations for famine relief (see H.R. 1096), 2431 [19FE]
———assistance for famine prevention (see H.R. 2782), 18986 [15JY]
———supplemental assistance for famine relief (see H.R. 100), 447 [3JA]
Agriculture: extend and improve domestic food programs (see H.R. 1856), 22898 [4SE]
Alzheimer's disease: assistance for education, research, and related disorders (see H.R. 2280), 11762 [14MY]
———designation of 20 regional centers for treatment (see H.R. 524), 26691 [8OC]
Appalachian Regional Development Act: amend (see H.R. 10), 11761 [14MY]
Bipartisan Commission on Congressional Campaign Financing: establish (see H.R. 1284), 17519 [26JN]
Bonneville lock and dam project: construct a new lock (see H.R. 233), 450 [3JA]
Canada: give effect to treaty concerning Pacific salmon (see H.R. 1093), 2291 [7FE]
Chapin, Harry: award special gold medal (see H.R. 1207), 22898 [4SE]
Chemical weapons: prohibit production (see H.R. 2124), 8472 [18AP]
Civil Rights Restoration Act: enact (see H.R. 700), 7238 [2AP]
Coastal Zone Management Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 2121), 12010 [15MY]
Communications Act: promote fairness in telecommunications policy for lifeline telephone service (see H.R. 151), 1387 [31JA]
Congressional Budget Act: 2-year biennial cycle (see H.R. 748), 5584 [19MR]
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide: sense of House to ratification (see H. Res. 166), 12560 [20MY]
Corporations: 50% nondeductible excise tax on certain profits from takeover attempts (see H.R. 1100), 9828 [30AP]
Dept. of Defense: limit payment of costs to contractors (see H.R. 2397), 14059 [4JN]
Duty: suspend on p-Hydroxybenzoic acid (see H.R. 2313), 10023 [1MY]
Education: increase research and encourage contribution of scientific equipment to institutions (see H.R. 1188), 2938 [21FE]
Fair Debt Collection Practices Act: attorneys collecting debts subject to provisions (see H.R. 237), 12822 [21MY]
Food Stamp Act: establish separate deductions allowable for dependent care (see H.R. 1844), 9828 [30AP]
Foreign Assistance Act: protect biological diversity in developing countries (see H.R. 2958), 18515 [10JY]
———protect tropical forests in developing countries (see H.R. 2957), 18515 [10JY]
Freedom of Information Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 371), 22684 [1AU]
Germany, Federal Republic of: President's trip to Bitburg cemetery (see H. Res. 135), 8763 [22AP]
Housing and Community Development Act: provide 50% grants under urban development (see H.R. 882), 1385 [31JA]
Indian lands: conservation, rehabilitation, and improvement of natural and cultural resources (see H.R. 99), 2292 [7FE]
Indians: disposition of funds appropriated to pay judgment of Cowlitz Tribe (see H.R. 3534), 27018 [9OC]
Insurance: prohibit discrimination on basis of blindness (see H.R. 2741), 23150 [10SE]
Lithuanian Independence Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 409), 34267 [4DE]
Medicare: prohibit Sec. of HHS from changing reimbursement levels or methodologies for home health service programs (see H.R. 3202), 22683 [1AU]
———provide solvency and reform financing system (see H.R. 1801), 6607 [28MR]
Mexico: reaffirming solidarity following earthquake (see H.J. Res. 394), 24580 [20SE]
Money: achieve stable and reasonable exchange rates for international currencies (see H.R. 3573), 27642 [16OC]
National Employ-the-Older-Worker Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 134), 2681 [20FE]
National High-Tech Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 128), 11147 [8MY]
National Home Care Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 319), 32464 [19NO]
National observances: establish commission to advise President (see H.R. 479), 5584 [19MR]
NIH: full funding for new and competing research grants (see H.J. Res. 136), 7498 [3AP]
Northwest interstate compact on low-level radioactive waste management: grant consent of Congress (see H.R. 862), 5048 [7MR]
Nuclear weapons: prohibit explosive testing (see H.J. Res. 3), 7240 [2AP]
Older Americans Act: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 132), 11148 [8MY]
Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act: make certain vessels points in U.S. (see H.R. 3699), 30913 [6NO]
Peace Corps Act: amend relative to number of volunteers (see H.R. 1121), 9745 [29AP]
Peace Tax Fund: establish (see H.R. 3032), 19526 [17JY]
Plant closings: require employers to notify and consult with employees (see H.R. 1616), 29251 [28OC]
Presidential elections: uniform voting hours (see H.R. 622), 13127 [22MY]
Presidential primaries or caucuses: hold beginning second Tuesday in March and ending on second Tuesday in June (see H.R. 1380), 7497 [3AP]
Public Works and Economic Development Act: amend (see H.R. 10), 11761 [14MY]
Save for the U.S.A. Year: designate (see H.J. Res. 436), 35288 [9DE]
Sec. of State: improve security at foreign international airports (see H.R. 2822), 16581 [20JN]
Social Security: closing and downgrading of local offices (see H. Res. 219), 26691 [8OC]
———opposition to reduction in benefits (see H. Res. 152), 12560 [20MY]
———waiting period for terminal illness shall not be applicable (see H.R. 580), 10520 [6MY]
Social Security Administration: establish as independent agency (see H.R. 3470), 25496 [1OC]
South Africa: opposition to system of apartheid (see H.R. 1460), 7239 [2AP]
Soviet Jewry: sense of House relative to Solidarity Sunday (see H. Res. 127), 10024 [1MY]
Soviet Union: comprehensive bilateral and verifiable freeze (see H.R. 3100), 28317 [22OC]
———President should negotiate ban on production and stockpiling of chemical weapons (see H.R. 36), 5584 [19MR]
Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants, and Children: release the remaining money appropriated (see H. Con. Res. 146), 11292 [9MY]
Sport Fish Restoration Fund: administration as required by law (see H. Res. 165), 11147 [8MY]
Tariff Act: apply countervailing duties to resource input subsidies (see H.R. 2451), 11291 [9MY]
Taxation: clarify treatment of travel expenses in cases of construction workers (see H.R. 2346), 10261 [2MY]
———full credit for contributions to candidates for Congress (see H.R. 3780), 35288 [9DE]
Terrorism: condemn all acts and create international coordinating committee (see H. Con. Res. 228), 30913 [6NO]
Trade and Development Enhancemant Act: better coordination between tied aid credit programs (see H.R. 3296), 23547 [12SE]
U.N. Environment Program: support (see H. Con. Res. 158), 19702 [18JY]
Unemployment: extend supplemental compensation (see H.R. 890), 5585 [19MR]
Women: economic equity (see H.R. 2472), 11686 [13MY]
Women's History Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 50), 2434 [19FE]
World Court: deploring the intention of the U.S. to withdraw (see H. Con. Res. 208), 27829 [17OC]
Year of Social Security: designate (see H.J. Res. 1), 22979 [5SE]
Decisions
Mervin case: District of Columbia Circuit Court, *****
Merwin case: Distict of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals, 30953
Documents
Claims for Aversion Therapy, 31546
Elected to
Committee on Foreign Affairs, ***** [30JA], 1272 [4FE]
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, ***** [30JA], 1693 [4FE]
Letters
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide: Senator Lugar, 12736 [21MY]
Establish an Ad Hoc Committee on Trade: by, 31213
Export Administration Act: U.S. Customs Service (excerpt), 17739 [27JN]
Reagan administration's I-Match substitute for Eximbank: Alexander B. Trowbridge, 12987
State financing of COCOM and a U.S. Delegation to COCOM staffed by State personnel: William A. Root, 11256 [9MY]
Textile and Apparel Trade Enforcement Act (H.R. 1562): W. Booth Gardner, Governor of Washington, 27096 [10OC]
Motions offered by
Export Administration Act: amend (H.R. 1786), 8012 [16AP]
OPIC: revision of statutory authority (H.R. 3166), pass S. 947 in lieu, 33699 [3DE]
Remarks by, on
Agriculture: exempt exports from cargo preference regulations, 25992
Anti-Apartheid Act: enact (H.R. 1460), 12748 [21MY]
Appropriations: making supplemental (H.R. 2577), 15154 [11JN]
Argentina: Marcelo Mottesi, tribute, 32283
Arms race: Reagan administration policy, 1848 [6FE]
Bourguiba, Habib: welcome President of Tunisia (S. Con. Res. 50), 15817 [17JN]
Budget: 1986 resolution, 12990
———Dept. of HUD funding, 20595
———revising for fiscal year 1985 and setting forth for 1986-88 (H. Con. Res. 152), 13405
———status Federal trust funds (H.R. 2599), 13685
Business: environmental soundness of future foreign investments (H.R. 1703), 6111
Canada: lumber trade, 5966 [21MR], 10395
China, People's Republic of: advanced technology trade, 37866
———nuclear capabilities, 35976, 35978 [11DE]
———nuclear cooperation, 19618 [18JY]
Committee on Foreign Affairs: meetings during sessions, 17738 [27JN]
Committee on Trade (Ad Hoc): establish, 31213
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 8012 [16AP], 12737 [21MY], 15818 [17JN], 17742 [27JN], 35981, 35983 [11DE]
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide: sense of House regarding ratification (H. Res. 166), 12730, 12735 [21MY]
Corps of Engineers: supplemental appropriations, 15154 [11JN]
Cyprus: Turkish occupation, 25480
Democratic Trade Task Force: proposals relative to foreign trade deifcit, 27770 [17OC]
Dept. of Commerce: advanced technology trade with the People's Republic of China, 37866
Dept. of Commerce and Trade: establish, 23141 [10SE]
———establish (H.R. 3265), 23484
Dept. of Defense: appointment of personnel to permanent delegation at Cocom, 22538 [1AU]
———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1872), 17819
———CHAMPUS policy on chemical aversion therapy for alcohol, 31546
———funding levels, 17819
———restructure Joint Chiefs of Staff (H.R. 3622), 32600
Dept. of HUD and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3038), 20595
Dept. of State, USIA, and Board for International Broadcasting: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2068), 11243, 11245, 11246, 11247, 11249 [9MY], 11256 [9MY], 11258 [9MY]
———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2068), appointment as conferee, 19624 [18JY]
———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2068), conference report, 22538 [1AU]
Diplomacy: death of Aubrey N. Morgan, 24217
Economic conditions: impact of foreign trade deficit, 31213
Economic Equity Act: enact (H.R. 2472), 12200
Education: national policy, 33753
Electric Consumers Protection Act: enact (H.R. 44), *****
Employment: compensatory time for State and local government employees (H.R. 3530), 29225
———displaced workers, 31411
Environmental and Energy Study Conference: anniversary, 14040 [4JN]
Eximbank: administration's I-Match substitute, 12987
Export Administration Act: amend (H.R. 1786), 7986, 8000-8005, 8006-8009 [16AP]
———extend (S. 883), conference report, 17738, 17740 [27JN]
Fair Labor Standards Act: amend (H.R. 3530), 29225
Food Security Act: enact (H.R. 2100), 25992
Foreign investments: OPIC statutory authority revision (H.R. 3166), 24607
Foreign relations: Cyprus, 25480
———Nicaragua, 9985 [1MY]
———nuclear cooperation agreement with China, 19618 [18JY]
Foreign trade: deficit, 4290 [4MR], 6451 [27MR], 13877 [3JN], 16058 [18JN], 21497 [30JY], 31213
———Democratic Trade Task Force proposals, 27770 [17OC]
———Japan, 3849 [27FE]
———sense of Congress relative to Federal Republic of Germany (H. Con. Res. 147), 9722 [29AP]
———textile industry, 27095 [10OC], 33724 [3DE]
———U.S. policy, 30121 [1NO]
Harbors: port user fees, 31612
Head Start: anniversary, 11666
Health: Dept. of Defense CHAMPUS policy on chemical aversion therapy for alcohol, 31546
Higher Education Act: amend and extend (H.R. 3700), 33753
Indians: disposition of funds appropriated to pay judgment of Cowlitz Tribe (H.R. 3534), 27034
Interjurisdictional Fisheries Research Act: enact (H.R. 1028), 5521
International Security and Development Cooperation Act: enact (H.R. 1555), 18569 [11JY]
International trade: deficit, 2064
Japan: tariff on wood, 3849 [27FE]
Joint Chiefs of Staff: reorganization (H.R. 3622), 32600
Labor-Management Notification and Consultation Act: enact (H.R. 1616), 31411
Llandaff, Wales: death of Aubrey N. Morgan, 24217
Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Act: amend (H.R. 1083), concur with Senate amendments, 38115
Lumber trade: Canada, 5966 [21MR], 10395
Mount St. Helens, WA: anniversary of eruption, 12425
MX missile: authorizing release of funds for procurement (H.J. Res. 180), 6324
Nelson, Representative: flight aboard space shuttle Columbia, 37809 [18DE], 38824
Nicaragua: trade embargo, 9985 [1MY]
Nuclear exports: approval and implementation of proposed agreement between the U.S. and People's Republic of China (S.J. Res. 238), 35959-35960, 35963, 35976, 35978 [11DE]
OPIC: revision of statutory authority (H.R. 3166), 24607
OPIC Act: amend (S. 947), 33698 [3DE]
———amend (S. 947), appointment of conferees, 33701 [3DE]
———amend (S. 947), conference report, 35981, 35983 [11DE]
Pacific Salmon Treaty Act: enact (H.R. 1093), 4342-4343 [5MR]
Personal explanation, 7221
Peru: foreign trade, 16058 [18JN]
Power resources: hydroelectric relicensing issue (Merwin case), 30953
———relicensing hydroelectric sites, *****
Reagan, President: arms control policy, 1848 [6FE]
———policy toward foreign trade, 13877 [3JN], 21497 [30JY], 30121 [1NO]
———trade deficit, 4290 [4MR]
Social Security: budgetary status of trust fund (H.R. 2599), 13685
South Africa: economic assistance, 18569 [11JY]
———economic sanctions, 12748 [21MY]
Tariff schedules: clarify duty treatment of plywood (H.R. 2324), 10395
Tax Reform Act: enact (H.R. 3838), 37215
Textile and Apparel Trade Enforcement Act: enact (H.R. 1562), 27095 [10OC], 33724 [3DE]
Turkey: occupation of Cyprus, 25480
Unemployment: nonexistent economic recovery in Washington, 9755
Votes: position on missed, 7221
Washington: disposition of funds appropriated to pay judgment of Cowlitz Indian Tribe (H.R. 3534), 27034
———Marcelo Mottesi, tribute, 32283
Water Resources, Conservation, Development, and Infrastructure Improvement and Rehabilitation Act: enact (H.R. 6), 31612
Whaling: commercial moratorium (H. Con. Res. 54), 2342
Women: economic equity, 12200
Wood Products Trade Act: enact (H.R. 1648), 5966 [21MR], 10395
World Environment Day: observance, 14040 [4JN]
World Trade Week: observance, 13319
Remarks in House relative to
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 1848 [6FE], 2287 [7FE], 3849 [27FE], 4290 [4MR], 4342-4343 [5MR], 5966 [21MR], 6451 [27MR], 7493 [3AP], 8000 [16AP], 9722, 9743 [29AP], 9985 [1MY], 12731, 12735, 12748, 12819 [21MY], 13877 [3JN], 15817 [17JN], 16058 [18JN], 17739 [27JN], 19618 [18JY], 21497 [30JY], 22538 [1AU], 23141 [10SE], 23426 [11SE], 25992 [3OC], 27095 [10OC], 27770 [17OC], 30121 [1NO], 31513 [12NO], 31635 [13NO], 35963 [11DE], 37486 [17DE]
Special order: granted, 6361 [26MR], 7234 [2AP], 31635 [13NO]
Reports
Committee of conference, 17202, 17231 [25JN], 35738-35741, 35787 [10DE]
Committee on Foreign Affairs, 2413 [19FE], 17231 [25JN], 23433 [11SE], 24614 [23SE], 30997 [7NO]
Delegation to Grenada, 2413 [19FE]
Export Administration Act Extension (S. 883), committee of conference, 17202 [25JN]
Foreign Travel Expenditures, 2413 [19FE], 17231 [25JN], 23433 [11SE], 30997 [7NO]
OPIC Act Amendments (S. 947), committee of conference, 35738-35741 [10DE]
Statements
Customs Service Budget: Democratic Trade Task Force, 12991
Export Financing Budget: Democratic Trade Task Force, 12991
Summaries
Wood Products Trade Act (H.R. 1648), 5967 [21MR]
Tables
Reagan administration budget proposal for fiscal year 1986, 13686
Texts of
H. Con. Res. 147, sense of Congress relative to trade with Federal Republic of Germany, 9722 [29AP]
H.R. 1648, Wood Products Trade Act, 5968 [21MR]
H.R. 2324, clarify duty treatment of plywood, 10396
H.R. 2599, budgetary status of Federal trust funds, 13686
Tributes
Baker, John W., 5116
Frenzel, Representative, 13319
Morgan, Aubrey N., 24217
Mottesi, Marcelo, 32283
Nelson, Representative, 38824