BROOKS, JACK (a Representative from Texas)
Amendments offered by, to
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1872), 17487 [26JN]
Military installations: authorize certain construction (H.R. 1409), 27595, 27596 [16OC]
Appointments
Conferee: H.J. Res. 372, increase statutory public debt limit, 27379 [11OC]
———H.R. 3128, changes in spending and revenue provisions in budget, 34512 [5DE]
Funeral Committee of the late Gillis W. Long, 868 [24JA]
Group of the North Atlantic Assembly: member, 10020 [1MY]
Articles and editorials
Accounting Office May Review U.S. Contracts, Judge Rules, David Burnham, New York (NY) Times, 7604
America—the Land of Liberty . . . the Home of Patriotism, by, New Age (publication), 6010 [21MR]
As Laws Are Flouted, Congress Seethes, Martin Tolchin, New York (NY) Times, 31618 [13NO]
Checking Out the Defense, Art Buchwald, 18136
Civic Lesson for Mr. Meese, New York (NY) Times, 11759
Court Rules Army Corps of Engineers Broke Law, Washington (DC) Post, 7605
Deficit Magic—Worse Than Nothing, New York (NY) Times, 30124 [1NO]
Fill the Petroleum Reserve, Business Week (magazine), 8074
Keep Filling the Oil Buffer, New York (NY) Times, 8074
Mr. Reagan Has Imposed a Tax, Washington (DC) Post, 22068
Time To Back Off, Rome (GA) News-Tribune, 15747
25 Years Ago—June 14, 1960, Memphis (TN) Commercial Appeal, 22759
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Alcoholic beverages: clarify antitrust laws relative to agreements imposing territorial limitations on trademarked malt for resale (see H.R. 3793), 32641 [20NO]
———clarify circumstances for territorial licenses to distribute and sell trademarked (see H.R. 1108), 2431 [19FE]
Ammunition: regulate manufacture and importation of armor-piercing (see H.R. 13), 444 [3JA]
Antitrust laws: modify to protect public interest in relationships between communities and professional sports (see H.R. 956), 1874 [6FE]
Benign Essential Blepharospasm Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 308), 14654 [6JN]
Committee on Government Operations: amounts from contingent fund for expenses of investigations and studies (see H. Res. 62), 2680 [20FE]
Congress: discontinue or amend requirements for agency reports (see H.R. 2518, 2519), 12009 [15MY]
Constitution: direct popular election of Presidents (see H.J. Res. 5), 458 [3JA]
———single 6-year term for Presidents (see H.J. Res. 6), 458 [3JA]
Director of the Office of Management and Budget: recognize Cabinet status (see H.R. 234), 451 [7JA]
ERISA: apply to welfare plans restrictions which apply to pension plans (see H.R. 503), 611 [7JA]
Federal agencies: administration of polygraph examinations and prepublication review requirements (see H.R. 39), 445 [3JA]
Federal employees: restrict use of Government vehicles (see H.R. 3614), 28864 [24OC]
Federal telephone communications system: prohibit recording (see H.R. 502), 611 [7JA]
Federel employees: subsistence allowances while performing offical travel (see H.R. 3291), 23547 [12SE]
Government employees: subsistence allowances while performing offical travel (see H.R. 3291), 23547 [12SE]
House: adjournment (see H. Con. Res. 155), 13436 [23MY]
Inspector General Act: establish offices in certain departments (see H.R. 3077), 20680 [25JY]
Judges: increase number of bankruptcy to be appointed for southern district of Texas (see H.R. 3952), 36765 [16DE]
OMB: prepare annual report consolidating available data on geographic distribution of Federal funds (see H.R. 3168), 22682 [1AU]
Presidents: constitutional amendment providing for direct popular election (see H.J. Res. 5), 458 [3JA]
———constitutional amendment providing for single six-year term (see H.J. Res. 6), 458 [3JA]
Scott, Nathaniel: relief (see H.R. 529), 612 [7JA]
Senate: adjournment (see H. Con. Res. 155), 13436 [23MY]
Social Security: require workers be informed of contributions and potential benefits annually (see H.R. 3103), 21631 [30JY]
Taxation: repeal substantiation requirements for deductions for use of passenger automobiles and personal property (see H.R. 779), 1311 [30JA]
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Abandoned Shipwreck Act: enact (see H.R. 25), 21937 [31JY]
Alzheimer's disease: designation of 20 regional centers for treatment (see H.R. 524), 2681 [20FE]
American Business Women's Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 379), 36106 [11DE]
Appalachian Regional Development Act: amend (see H.R. 10), 11761 [14MY]
Bankruptcy: proceedings involving debtors who are family farmers (see H.R. 2211), 10696 [7MY]
Better Hearing and Speech Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 169), 12559 [20MY]
Black Revolutionary War Patriots Foundation: establish memorial (see H.J. Res. 142), 3570 [26FE]
Boy Scouts of America: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 159), 10521 [6MY]
Cajun Music Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 315), 19230 [16JY]
Camp Fire, Inc.: recognizing 75 years service (see H.J. Res. 298), 13436 [23MY]
Camp Fire Week: designate (see H. Res. 98), 5586 [19MR]
Census: modify application to family farmers (see H.R. 1399), 4400 [5MR]
Civil Rights Restoration Act: enact (see H.R. 700), 7238 [2AP]
Committee on Children, Youth, and Families (Select): establish (see H. Res. 25), 1878 [6FE]
Copland, Aaron: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3041), 31637 [13NO]
Corporations: antitrust application to certain acquisitions (see H.R. 1075), 2290 [7FE]
———mergers and tender offers (see H.R. 1074), 2290 [7FE]
Crime and criminals: improve delivery of legal services (see H.R. 3004), 33842 [3DE]
Dept. of Justice: sense of House on antitrust enforcement guidelines (see H. Res. 303), 29375 [29OC]
District of Columbia: erect memorial to honor Korean War veterans (see H.R. 2205), 18060 [8JY]
Education Day, U.S.A.: designate (see H.J. Res. 186), 6610 [28MR]
Ernest Orlando Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA: change name to Livermore National Laboratory (see H.R. 1036), 27828 [17OC]
Executive departments: reporting requirements in cases of reduction in grade of pay, closings, or changing of functions of field offices (see H.R. 2401), 17520 [26JN]
Fair Housing Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 188), 6368 [26MR]
Family Reunion Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 64), 11686 [13MY]
FCC: review acquisitions to ensure they are in public interest (see H.R. 2904), 19702 [18JY]
Freedom of Information Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 371), 22684 [1AU]
Freedom of the Press Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 164), 5586 [19MR]
Gershwin, George: special gold medal honoring (see H.J. Res. 251), 13128 [22MY]
Gershwin, Ira: special gold medal honoring (see H.J. Res. 251), 13128 [22MY]
Government agencies: awards of expenses of court proceedings (see H.R. 2378), 10693 [7MY]
Hall, Marianne M.: remove from Copyright Royalty Tribunal (see H. Res. 155), 10262 [2MY]
Handicapped Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 285), 11763 [14MY]
Housing and Community Development Act: provide 50% grants under urban development (see H.R. 882), 12559 [20MY]
Indian lands: conservation, rehabilitation, and improvement of natural and cultural resources (see H.R. 99), 446 [3JA]
Interstate commerce: prevent employment denial by prohibiting lie detector tests on employees (see H.R. 1524), 22898 [4SE]
Job Corps Program: reaffirm commitment (see H. Res. 72), 7498 [3AP]
Jordan: prohibit sales of advanced weapons (see H.J. Res. 428), 28865 [24OC]
Judiciary: improve Federal justices and judges survivors' annuities program (see H.R. 3570), 29898 [31OC]
Lithuanian Independence Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 409), 34267 [4DE]
Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 178), 7240 [2AP]
Mergers and tender offers: modify notification requirements under Clayton Act (see H.R. 2735), 15215 [11JN]
MIA's: sense of Congress (see H. Con. Res. 37), 5586 [19MR]
National Adoption Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 320), 18060 [8JY]
National Adult Day Care Center Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 229), 19702 [18JY]
National Agriculture Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 137), 2291 [7FE]
National Alzheimer's Disease Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 112), 8762 [22AP]
National Association of State Directors of Veterans Affairs, Inc.: grant charter (see H.R. 3024), 34789 [5DE]
National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 170), 6368 [26MR]
National Autism Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 440), 33843 [3DE]
National Black History Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 21), 3951 [27FE]
National Blood Pressure Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 333), 30914 [6NO]
National Child Safety Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 33), 828 [22JA]
National Community College Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 125), 9745 [29AP]
National Correctional Officers Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 100), 9297 [24AP]
National Digestive Diseases Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 158), 9829 [30AP]
National Energy Education Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 160), 2940 [21FE]
National Foster Grandparents Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 141), 27163 [10OC]
National Head Injury Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 200), 23913 [17SE]
National Hemophilia Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 254), 28702 [23OC]
National High-Tech Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 128), 5586 [19MR]
National Historically Black Colleges Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 362), 25051 [26SE]
National Home Care Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 319), 27828 [17OC]
National Hospice Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 288), 21632 [30JY]
National Housing Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 350), 25051 [26SE]
National Independent Retail Grocer Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 74), 3378 [25FE]
National Labor Relations Act: increase stability of collective bargaining in building and construction industry (see H.R. 281), 8057 [16AP]
National Make-A-Wish Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 221), 24179 [18SE]
National Nuclear Medicine Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 297), 27019 [9OC]
National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 450), 31515 [12NO]
National Organ Donation Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 123), 7240 [2AP]
National Osteopathic Medicine Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 175), 21938 [31JY]
National Osteoporosis Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 46), 9105 [23AP]
National Philanthropy Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 326), 27019 [9OC]
National Physical Fitness and Sports Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 182), 6368 [26MR]
National Skin Cancer Prevention and Detection Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 85), 828 [22JA]
National Spina Bifida Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 179), 8058 [16AP]
National Theater Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 25), 5988 [21MR]
National Veterans' Health Care Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 216), 15500 [12JN]
NBS: computer security research program (see H.R. 2889), 17910 [27JN]
Nexrad: sense of Congress to continue on schedule (see H. Con. Res. 167), 15592 [13JN]
NIH: full funding for new and competing research grants (see H.J. Res. 136), 3378 [25FE]
Older Americans Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 195), 5583 [19MR]
Patent and Trademark Office: appropriations (see H.R. 2434), 11145 [8MY]
Plant closings: require employers to notify and consult with employees (see H.R. 1616), 28701 [23OC]
Point Reyes National Seashore, CA: designate as Phillip Burton Wilderness (see H.R. 1373), 4229 [28FE]
Postal Service: provide reduced rates for nonprofit senior citizens' organizations (see H.J. Res. 397), 29251 [28OC]
Presidential libraries: reduce cost of operating (see H.R. 1349), 10695 [7MY]
Public lands: conservation, rehabilitation, and improvement of natural and cultural resources (see H.R. 99), 446 [3JA]
Public Works and Economic Development Act: amend (see H.R. 10), 11761 [14MY]
Rose: designate as national floral emblem (see H.J. Res. 385), 36766 [16DE]
Save for the U.S.A. Year: designate (see H.J. Res. 436), 31516 [12NO]
Sec. of the Army: study feasibility of construction of canal connecting Lake Erie and Ohio River in OH and PA (see H.R. 1519), 5046 [7MR]
Space Exploration Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 318), 18730 [11JY]
Square dance: designate as the national folk dance (see H.J. Res. 316), 15879 [17JN]
Steel: limit importation of products (see H.R. 539), 693 [21JA]
Steel Import Stabilization Act: support President's policy (see H.R. 3459), 29375 [29OC]
Tariff Act: apply countervailing duties to resource input subsidies (see H.R. 2451), 12822 [21MY]
Tax Reform Act: amend (see H.R. 528), 3570 [26FE]
Taxation: compute deduction for retirement on basis of compensation of spouse (see H.R. 797), 7239 [2AP]
———full credit for contributions to candidates for Congress (see H.R. 3780), 35288 [9DE]
———repeal maintenance of contemporaneous records (see H.R. 600), 1315 [30JA]
———revise and extend targeted jobs credit (see H.R. 983), 14059 [4JN]
———sense of House to employer-paid and life support benefits (see H. Res. 268), 24581 [20SE]
Trade Act: expansion of international trade in wood products (see H.R. 1648), 11292 [9MY]
Trade Agreements Program: restore balance in international and improve operations (see H.R. 3035), 22686 [1AU]
U.S. weather satellites: commemorate anniversary (see H.J. Res. 129), 1876 [6FE]
VA: direct use by health-care system of enrollment for use of tracking coordination of community-based care (see H.R. 1104), 6367 [26MR]
———improve treatment of Alzheimer's disease (see H.R. 1101), 6367 [26MR]
———report to Congress on those suffering from Alzheimer's disease and related brain disorders (see H.R. 1103), 6367 [26MR]
———set aside 10% of beds for Alzheimer's disease and related organic brain disorders (see H.R. 1102), 6367 [26MR]
Veterans: monthly pension for World War I (see H.R. 1918), 7613 [4AP]
———revision of formula for payment of dependency and indemnity compensation to surviving spouses (see H.R. 85), 5728 [20MR]
Women's History Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 50), 2434 [19FE]
World Health Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 189), 6611 [28MR]
Young Astronaut Program: striking of medals to commemorate (see H.R. 2578), 34789 [5DE]
Elected to
Committee on the Judiciary, ***** [30JA], 1272 [4FE]
Remarks by, on
Anti-Apartheid Act: enact (H.R. 1460), conference report, 22557
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act: enact (H.R. 3520), 30124 [1NO]
Benign Essential Blepharospasm Awareness Week: designate (H.J. Res. 308), 17994
Bethesda Naval Hospital: tribute, 36940 [17DE]
Budget: deficit, 22068
———deficit reduction proposals, 30149 [1NO], 30883 [6NO]
Chapman, Representative: welcome to House, 22836 [4SE]
Committee on Government Operations: filing reports, 13422 [23MY], 19669 [18JY], 38084 [19DE]
Competition in Contracting Act: administration's suspension, 15747
———enact, 22759
———enforcement, 11759
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act: amend (H.R. 2817), 34654 [5DE]
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 13427 [23MY], 33837 [3DE]
Constitution: executive powers, 14029
Courts: increase number of bankruptcy judges to be appointed for southern district of Texas (H.R. 3952), 36760
Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Tucson, AZ: transfer of certain lands, 27596 [16OC]
Defense procurement: reform, 17174 [25JN], 17798 [27JN]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1872), 17174 [25JN], 17488, 17490, 17492 [26JN], 17798 [27JN]
———competition in procurement, 22759
———transfer of certain property, 27595 [16OC]
Dept. of HUD and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3038), 20577, 20590 [25JY]
Dept. of Justice: enforcement of Competition in Contracting Act, 11759
———enforcement of competitive contracting laws, 14029
———law enforcement policies, 31617
District of Columbia: Horizon District, National Capitol Area Council of Boy Scouts, tribute, 10599
Ecology: superfund reauthorization, 34654 [5DE]
Elections: abolition of electoral college, 435
ERISA: amend, 591
Espionage: counterintelligence polygraph program, 17488, 17490, 17492 [26JN]
Executive departments: establish offices of inspector general (H.R. 3077), 20670 [25JY]
———Government contracts, 11759
Federal Civilian Employee and Contractor Travel Expenses Act: enact (S. 1840), 38347 [19DE]
Federal employees: restrict use of Government vehicles (H.R. 3614), 38086
Federal Polygraph Limitation and Anti-Censorship Act: proposed, 435
Federal Telecommunications Privacy Act: enact, 626
Firearms: ban armor-piercing bullets, 435
———regulation of armor-piercing ammunition, 36949 [17DE]
GAO: procurement procedure, 7604
General Revenue Sharing Program: funding, 20590 [25JY]
Germany, Federal Republic of: U.S. military installations, 27598 [16OC]
House: authority of officials during adjournment, 13422 [23MY]
———legislative program, 13422, 13425 [23MY], 17489 [26JN]
House adjournment: Memorial Day recess (H. Con. Res. 155), 13424 [23MY]
Inspector General Act: amend (H.R. 3077), 20670 [25JY]
Law Enforcement Officers Protection Act: enact, 435
———enact (H.R. 3132), 36949 [17DE]
Mahon, George H.: funeral arrangements, 32620 [20NO]
Major League Sports Community Protection Act: enact, 1854
Malt Beverage Interbrand Competition Act: enact, 2330
Memorial Day recess: adjournment (H. Con. Res. 155), 13424 [23MY]
Military installations: authorize certain construction (H.R. 1409), 27595, 27596, 27598 [16OC]
Motor vehicles: recordkeeping provisions for tax purposes, 1283
NASA: funding, 20577 [25JY]
NBS: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1617), 8414 [18AP]
OMB: raise Director to Cabinet status, 434
Presidential libraries: operating cost reduction (H.R. 1349), 13974 [4JN]
Presidents: direct election, 435
———term of office, 436
Public debt: increase statutory limit (H.J. Res. 372), conference report, 30149 [1NO], 30883 [6NO]
South Africa: economic sanctions, 22557
Speaker: authority during adjournment, 13422 [23MY]
Sports: application of antitrust laws to professional leagues, 1854
Taxation: automobile recordkeeping provisions, 1283
Telephones: prohibit certain privacy violations by Federal officials, 626
Remarks in House relative to
Committee on Government Operations: designating membership (H. Res. 27), 587 [7JA]
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 434, 436 [3JA], 596 [7JA], 2677 [20FE], 8050 [16AP], 8414 [18AP], 13974 [4JN], 15498 [12JN], 17909 [27JN], 20677 [25JY], 21935 [31JY], 22679 [1AU], 30124 [1NO], 32508, 32640 [20NO], 36940 [17DE], 38347 [19DE]
Leave of absence: granted, 35785 [10DE]
Special order: granted, 596 [7JA], 1869 [6FE], 7609 [4AP], 11759 [14MY], 12557 [20MY], 14056 [4JN], 18137 [9JY], 20677 [25JY], 31635 [13NO], 32640 [20NO], 36762 [16DE], 38368 [19DE]
Reports
Committee on, 23440 [11SE]
Committee on Government Operations, 2413 [19FE], 6086 [25MR], 8297 [17AP], 8471 [18AP], 8761 [22AP], 12008 [15MY], 12274 [16MY], 12820 [21MY], 13889 [3JN], 17231 [25JN], 19525 [17JY], 19866 [22JY], 23433 [11SE], 25758 [2OC], 26481 [7OC], 30198 [1NO], 30492 [5NO], 31514 [12NO], 32616 [20NO], 38370 [19DE]
Delegation to North Atlantic Assembly, 23440 [11SE]
Delegation to Portugal, 23437 [11SE]
Foreign Travel Expenditures, 2413 [19FE], 6603 [28MR], 12274 [16MY], 17231 [25JN], 23433, 23437, 23440 [11SE], 32616 [20NO]
North Atlantic Assembly, 6603 [28MR]
Rules
Committee on Government Operations, 2677
Texts of
Malt Beverage Interbrand Competition Act, 2330
Transcripts
Proceedings of Ameron, Inc. v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, 14029
Tributes
Cary, Freeman, 36940 [17DE]
Gregory, Frederick D., 10599
Hall, Representative Sam B., Jr., 13426 [23MY]
Lipe, Roy, 10604
Long, Gillis W., 1298
Mahon, George H., 32508 [20NO], 33832, 33837
Mainland, Keith F., 3528 [26FE]
Swanner, Joseph B., 6461