CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS

Addresses

Balanced Budget: Senator Dodd, 8180 [17AP]

Equal Rights Amendment: Elizabeth Chittick, 1063 [24JA]

Verification of a Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, Soviet Compliance With the Threshold Test Ban Treaty and Testing of Nuclear Weapons: Lynn R. Sykes, 25222 [26SE]

Amendments

Public school prayer, 21591 [30JY]

Articles and editorials

Balanced Budget Policy, 317 [3JA]

Balancing the Budget in a Conventional Way, 2970 [21FE]

Bilingual Education's Dilemmas Persist, 20309-20310 [24JY]

English Language Amendment (excerpt), 34419 [5DE]

Fairfax—``English and Only English'', 20314 [24JY]

For Teachers, 10 Years of Trial and Error—Bilingual Programs Dismay Advocates, Critics, 20310 [24JY]

``Immersion'' Success Fuels Debate, 20312-20314 [24JY]

Importance of Separating Church From State, 20521 [25JY]

Infant Doe (excerpt), 312 [3JA]

Need for a Common Tongue, 23169 [10SE]

Our Mixed-Up Political Calendar, 11886 [14MY]

Soft-Spoken Amendment, 28109 [18OC]

U.S. Constitution Was Never Colorblind, 36117 [11DE]

Why a Balanced Budget Amendment, 6628 [28MR]

Bills and resolutions

Abortion: conditions (see H.J. Res. 140)

———legislative authority of Congress and States (see S.J. Res. 5)

———prohibit (see S.J. Res. 19, 21)

———protection of unborn human beings (see H.J. Res. 165)

Amendments: procedures for State proposals (see H.J. Res. 29)

Appropriations: line-item veto authority (see H.J. Res. 130)

———not to exceed revenues (see H.J. Res. 83, 111)

———President's line-item veto authority (see S.J. Res. 11, 162; H.J. Res. 97, 139, 337)

Appropriations bills: item veto (see H.J. Res. 15, 18)

Balanced budget (see S.J. Res. 54, 225; H.J. Res. 267)

Budget: amend the Constitution to provide balanced, except in time of war or national emergency (see H.J. Res. 43)

———balanced (see S.J. Res. 7; H.J. Res. 31, 89, 99)

———balanced budget and tax limitation (see S.J. Res. 13)

———balanced expenditures with revenues (see H.J. Res. 466, 467, 477, 478)

———constitutional amendment to require balanced (see S.J. Res. 212; H.J. Res. 400, 415)

———expenditures not to exceed revenue (see H.J. Res. 117)

———limit annual increase in outlays (see H.J. Res. 82)

———limit expenditures to percentage of gross national product (see H.J. Res. 414)

———procedures (see S.J. Res. 9; H.J. Res. 166)

Budget procedures (see H.J. Res. 148)

Congress: disapproval of executive actions (see H.J. Res. 337)

Constitutional conventions: provide procedures for calling (see H.R. 351)

Courts: 10-year term of office for Federal judges (see S.J. Res. 30)

———continuance in office of judges of inferior courts (see H.J. Res. 103)

———exclusionary rule (see H.R. 1126)

———provide for congressional review of determinations that Federal or State law is invalid under the Constitution (see H.J. Res. 403)

Criminals: regulations relative to compelling of testimony, use of prior convictions, and right to be informed of evidence (see H.J. Res. 28)

Education: voluntary prayer in public schools (see S.J. Res. 2, 3; H.J. Res. 279, 307)

Elections: political contributions (see H.J. Res. 88)

Employment: equal rights (see H.J. Res. 95)

English: make official language of U.S. (see S.J. Res. 20; H.J. Res. 96)

Expenditures: limit to revenues (see H.J. Res. 16)

Federal budget: procedures (see H.J. Res. 113)

Federal budget procedures (see H.J. Res. 12, 107)

House: 4-year terms for Members in certain cases (see H.J. Res. 323)

———limit on terms of office for Members (see H.J. Res. 273)

Insular areas: appoint electors of the President and Vice President (see H.J. Res. 23)

Judges: limit terms of office (see H.J. Res. 30)

Members of Congress: income (see H.J. Res. 194)

———limit on terms of office (see S.J. Res. 172; H.J. Res. 367)

———prohibit convicted felons from continuing to serve (see H.J. Res. 81)

———provide for 4-year terms (see H.J. Res. 44)

———salary adjustment to take effect after Congress approving them (see H.J. Res. 84)

———terms of office (see S.J. Res. 99, 100; H.J. Res. 13, 30, 34, 35, 196)

New Columbia: admission of new State (see S. 293)

President: candidate nomination procedures (see H.J. Res. 19, 45)

———limit to 6-year term (see H.J. Res. 6, 26)

———provide for direct popular election (see H.J. Res. 5, 19)

———terms of office (see S.J. Res. 99; H.J. Res. 124)

President and Vice President: single 6-year term of office (see S.J. Res. 171)

Public buildings: permit prayer (see H.J. Res. 8)

Public finance: \3/5\ vote requirement for taxing and/or borrowing authority (see H.J. Res. 453, 454, 455)

Public Schools: equal access by voluntary student religious groups (see H.J. Res. 390)

Public schools: equal access by voluntary student religious groups (see H.J. Res. 390)

———voluntary moments of silence (see H.J. Res. 390)

———voluntary prayer (see H.J. Res. 4)

Religion: prayer in public schools (see H.J. Res. 264)

———voluntary prayer in public schools (see S.J. Res. 2, 3; H.J. Res. 201, 307)

Representatives and Senators: terms of office (see H.J. Res. 124)

Right to life (see H.J. Res. 91, 94, 138, 147)

———guarantee (see H.J. Res. 24)

Rules and regulations: provide for one-house vetoes (see H.J. Res. 32)

Schools: prohibit compelling attendance at other than one nearest residence (see H.J. Res. 14)

Senate: periodic reconfirmation of Federal judges (see H.J. Res. 184)

Tax increase: require \2/3\ vote of each House to implement (see H.J. Res. 80)

Taxation: \3/5\ vote requirement to raise revenue (see H.J. Res. 453, 454, 455)

25th amendment: repeal (see H.J. Res. 302)

Vice President: candidate nomination procedures (see H.J. Res. 19, 45)

———limit to 6-year term (see H.J. Res. 6, 26)

———provide for direct popular election (see H.J. Res. 19)

———terms of office (see H.J. Res. 124)

Women: constitutional amendment on equal rights (see H.J. Res. 2)

———equal rights (see S.J. Res. 10)

Documents

Constitution (excerpt), 38331 [19DE]

First amendment (excerpt), 23910 [17SE]

Letters

English language amendment: Lucy Tristam, 8565 [22AP]

———several Cambodian, Laotian, and Vietnamese immigrants (excerpt), 2697 [20FE]

Right to life: sundry, 311 [3JA]

Memorials of legislature

Arizona, 8057 [16AP], 9443 [25AP]

Arkansas, 18858 [11JY]

Colorado, 36505 [16DE]

Georgia, 5815 [20MR]

Louisiana, 20936 [29JY]

Massachusetts, 32762 [20NO]

Nevada, 10536 [6MY], 16253 [19JN]

New Hampshire, 6689 [28MR]

Oklahoma, 27963 [17OC]

South Dakota, 5814 [20MR]

Tennessee, 27963 [17OC]

Remarks in House

Abortion: study of voting records of Members of Congress, 19934 [22JY]

Appropriations: constitutional amendment allowing item veto (H.J. Res. 130), 2055 [6FE]

Appropriations bills: grant Presidential line-item veto authority (H.J. Res. 49), 7437 [3AP]

Balanced Budget Act: enact (H.R. 3), 527 [3JA]

Budget: amend Constitution to provide balanced, 465 [3JA]

———amend Constitution to provide balanced (H.J. Res. 27), 511 [3JA]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 113), 1353 [30JA]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 253), 9390 [24AP]

———provide for a constitutional amendment to balance, 22503 [1AU]

———provide for a constitutional amendment to balance (H.J. Res. 27), 22514, 22517 [1AU], 22746 [1AU]

———provide for balanced (H.J. Res. 117), 1276 [30JA]

———require balanced, 1377 [31JA], 3506 [26FE], 13968 [4JN], 21495 [30JY], 22953 [5SE], 23412-23419 [11SE], 25217-25219 [26SE], 25661 [2OC], 28665 [23OC]

Civil rights: constitutional protections, 36117 [11DE]

Congress: age eligibility to serve, 6910 [1AP]

Courts: constitutional amendment requiring reconfirmation of federal judges by the Senate every 10 years (H.J. Res. 184), 4709 [6MR]

English: designate official language of the U.S., 1101 [24JA], 2021 [6FE]

Equal rights: proposed constitutional amendment to ensure (H.J. Res. 2), 518 [3JA]

Firearms: protect constitutional right of citizens to keep and bear, 483 [3JA]

Freedom of Information Day: designate (H.J. Res. 371), 22819 [1AU]

Freedom of the press: anniversary of John Peter Zenger trial establishing, 18700 [15JY]

House of Representatives: proposed 4-year term, 12208 [15MY]

Members of Congress: limit terms (H.J. Res. 124), 1711 [4FE]

———proposed constitutional amendment to reform terms of office (H.J. Res. 44), 559 [3JA]

Period of silence: permit in public schools for prayer or meditation, 21591-21600 [30JY]

Prayer: permit voluntary school, 21496, 21591-21600 [30JY]

President: limit to 6-year term (H.J. Res. 6), 436 [3JA]

Presidential elections: abolish the electoral college, 434 [3JA]

Public schools: permit voluntary prayer, 21496, 21591-21600 [30JY]

25th amendment: repeal, 14051 [4JN]

Vice President: limit to 6-year term (H.J. Res. 6), 436 [3JA]

Voluntary prayer: amend Constitution to allow in public buildings, 471 [3JA]

Remarks in Senate

Abortion: prohibit (S.J. Res. 19), 784-785 [22JA]

———prohibit (S.J. Res. 21), 791 [22JA]

Appropriations: President's line-item veto authority (S.J. Res. 162), 19022 [15JY]

Balanced budget, 8180 [17AP]

Budget: balance (S.J. Res. 225), 34992 [6DE]

———balanced (S.J. Res. 7), 18 [3JA]

———balanced (S.J. Res. 13), 314-317 [3JA], 2969 [21FE]

———balanced (S.J. Res. 54), 2744 [20FE]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced (S.J. Res. 212), 25384 [1OC]

———require balanced (S.J. Res. 13), 6628 [28MR]

———require balanced (S.J. Res. 13), unanimous-consent agreement, 34405 [5DE]

———require balanced (S.J. Res. 225), 34072 [4DE]

———require balanced (S.J. Res. 225), unanimous-consent agreement, 34405 [5DE]

Convention II: tribute, 10159 [1MY]

English: make official language of the U.S., 1079 [24JA]

———make official language of U.S., 2696 [20FE], 23168 [10SE]

———make official language of U.S. (S.J. Res. 20), 786-790 [22JA], 4735 [7MR], 8565 [22AP], 20308 [24JY], 34418 [5DE]

Equal rights: ensure (S.J. Res. 10), 312 [3JA], 934 [24JA]

———proposed constitutional amendment to ensure (H.J. Res. 2), 1259 [29JA]

ERA: support, 16801 [21JN]

Federal judges: constitutional amendment proposing a 10-year term of office (S.J. Res. 30), 1051 [24JA]

Members of Congress: limit on terms of office (S.J. Res. 172), 20325 [24JY]

Prayer: allow voluntary (S.J. Res. 2, 3), 292, 293 [3JA]

Prayer in schools: allow voluntary (S.J. Res. 73), 28109 [18OC]

———voluntary, 20521 [25JY]

President and Vice President: single 6-year term of office (S.J. Res. 171), 20324 [24JY], 22258 [1AU]

Presidents of the U.S.: advancing the date of inaugural (S.J. Res. 99), 6806 [28MR], 11886 [14MY]

Right to life: ensure (S.J. Res. 5), 294-312 [3JA]

Women: amend Constitution relative to equal rights (S.J. Res. 10), 1063 [24JA]

Reports

Amendments to the Constitution—Findings of Convention II, 10159 [1MY]

Balanced Budget: Committee on the Judiciary (S.J. Res. 13) (S. Rept. 99-162), 28577 [23OC]

———Committee on the Judiciary (S.J. Res. 225) (S. Rept. 99-163), 28577 [23OC]

Voluntary Silent Prayer: Committee on the Judiciary (S.J. Res. 2) (S. Rept. 99-165), 29483 [29OC]

Statements

Bilingual Education: Esther Eisenhower (excerpt), 20308 [24JY]

Constitutional Convention for Balanced Budget (sundry excerpts), 25218-25219 [26SE]

Constitutional Convention on Balanced Budget Amendment: Senator Weicker, 6942 [1AP]

Presidential Terms of Office: Alexander Smyth (excerpt), 20324 [24JY]

———Jimmy Carter (excerpt), 20325 [24JY]

Procedures for Amending the Constitution: James Madison, 23205 [10SE]

Right to Life: sundry, 296, 297, 301, 302, 303, 309 [3JA]

21st amendment to the Constitution: participant in congressional debate (1933), 38331 [19DE]

Tables

Election years, calendar years, terms of service, 12208 [15MY]

Texts of

Allow voluntary silent prayer in schools, 23201 [10SE]

First amendment (excerpt), 23910 [17SE]

Proposed 4-year term for Members of the House of Representatives, 12209 [15MY]

S.J. Res. 3, allow voluntary prayer, 293 [3JA]

S.J. Res. 7, balance budget, 19 [3JA]

S.J. Res. 10, ensure equal rights, 313 [3JA]

S.J. Res. 13, balanced budget, 316 [3JA]

S.J. Res. 19, prohibit abortion, 785 [22JA]

S.J. Res. 20, make English the official language of U.S., 786 [22JA]

S.J. Res. 21, prohibit abortion, 792 [22JA]

S.J. Res. 30, constitutional amendment proposing a 10-year term of office for Federal judges, 1051 [24JA]

S.J. Res. 54, constitutional amendment on balancing budget, 2745 [20FE]

S.J. Res. 99, advancing date of Presidential inaugural, 6807 [28MR]

S.J. Res. 162, constitutional amendment on President's line-item veto authority, 19023 [15JY]

S.J. Res. 171, constitutional amendment relative to single 6-year presidential term, 20325 [24JY]

S.J. Res. 172, limiting terms of office of Members of Congress, 20326 [24JY]