DASCHLE, THOMAS A. (a Representative from South Dakota)
Amendments offered by, to
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1872), 17235 [25JN]
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3424), 25700 [2OC]
Emergency Farm Credit Act: enact (H.R. 1035), 3878 [27FE]
Federal Equitable Pay Practices Act: enact (H.R. 3008), 26955 [9OC]
Food Security Act: enact (H.R. 2100), 24834 [24SE], 26006 [3OC], 26452 [7OC]
Water Resources, Conservation, Development, and Infrastructure Improvement and Rehabilitation Act: enact (H.R. 6), 30841 [6NO]
Appointments
Committee on Hunger (Select): member, 5673 [20MR]
Articles and editorials
All-Womens' Group Tours Nicaragua, Brenda Winter, Collegian (publication), 15521
As Farms Grow Few, Towns Go to Seed, Christopher Drew, Chicago (IL) Tribune, 36115
Banks Give Farmers Loans and Pray for Bailout, Charles F. McCoy and Marj Charlier, Wall Street Journal, 15200 [11JN]
Complex Problems and Simple Solutions, Little Rock (AR) Arkansas Gazette, 29061
Fair Warning to Agriculture, Little Rock (AR) Arkansas Gazette, 29062
Growers ``Goose-Up'' Their Market, Ralph Watkins, Farm Journal, 34034
Helluva Salesman—KELO's Joe Floyd—From Usher to Head of Entertainment Empire, Frederic J. Hron, Sioux Falls (SD) Argus-Leader, 26811
1985 Farm Bill—Less of the Same, Representative Dorgan, 32882
Threats Cause Alarm, Brenda Winter, Collegian (publication), 15522
Threats Not Present, Brenda Winter, Collegian (publication), 15521
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Agricultural Act: price support for wheat and feed grains (see H.R. 2715), 15214 [11JN]
Agriculture: emergency credit and debt adjustment relief for farmers and ranchers (see H.R. 1035), 2289 [7FE]
———make producers who convert wetland to production ineligible for financial benefits (see H.R. 2872), 17518 [26JN]
All-Volunteer Force Educational Assistance Program: assistance for apprenticeship or onjob training (see H.R. 3747), 31636 [13NO]
Canada: discontinue Federal excise tax on tourism literature imported from U.S. (see H. Con. Res. 241), 34789 [5DE]
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act: limit maximum interest rate (see H.R. 2328), 10261 [2MY]
Education: eligibility requirements of the educational assistance program to National Guard and Reserves (see H.R. 3393), 24580 [20SE]
Emergency Veterans' Job Training Act: amend relative to certain employment programs (see H.R. 1408), 4401 [5MR]
Federal Meat Inspection Act: prohibit importation of live animal or meat food produced using agricultural chemicals or drugs (see H.R. 2937), 18138 [9JY]
———subject imported products to examinations, inspections, and labeling provisions (see H.R. 2896), 17911 [27JN]
Indians: exempt dormitories operated by BIA from space and privacy requirements (see H.R. 3809), 32619 [20NO]
Lyman-Jones and West River Rural Water Development Projects: authorize (see H.R. 3079), 20680 [25JY]
Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program: integrate Hilltop and Gray Goose Irrigation Districts, SD (see H.R. 2547), 12559 [20MY]
Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program, South Dakota: construct, operate, and maintain Lake Andes-Wagner Unit (see H.R. 584), 826 [22JA]
———construct, operate, and maintain central water supply system (see H.R. 583), 826 [22JA]
Professional sports: establishment of an arbitration system to reduce number and cost of injuries (see H.R. 2151), 8761 [22AP]
Small Business Act: limit maximum interest rate (see H.R. 2328), 10261 [2MY]
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Africa: funds for food assistance and agricultural development (see H.R. 2080), 16123 [18JN]
———supplemental assistance for famine relief (see H.R. 100), 1877 [6FE]
Agricultural Act: establish limitations on milk products (see H.R. 1629), 14336 [5JN]
———modify producer reserve program to ensure appropriate levels of orderly marketing of wheat and feed grains (see H.R. 2581), 18730 [11JY]
———price support program for milk (see H.R. 2850), 17231 [25JN]
———provide for producer-approved wheat and feed grain referenda (see H.R. 3805), 32619 [20NO]
Agriculture: actions to improve productivity (see H.R. 1383), 4230 [28FE]
———price and income protection to farmers (see H.R. 2383), 10693 [7MY]
———relative to family farms in rural America (see H. Con. Res. 84), 5586 [19MR]
———study use of unleaded fuel in machinery (see H.R. 2795), 16122 [18JN]
Agriculture and Food Act: protection for purchasers of farm products (see H.R. 1591), 5583 [19MR]
Alcohol and youth: authorize State to allow purchase and consumption on premises of certain establishments (see H.R. 1665), 9828 [30AP]
Alcoholic beverages: clarify circumstances for territorial licenses to distribute and sell trademarked (see H.R. 1108), 8058 [16AP]
American Battle Monuments Commission: establish monument to Armed Forces (see H.R. 3764), 31887 [14NO]
American Liver Foundation National Liver Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 127), 29375 [29OC]
Ammunition: regulate manufacture, importation, and sale of armor-piercing (see H.R. 13), 2292 [7FE]
Animals: end use of steel jaw leghold traps (see H.R. 1809), 9297 [24AP]
Anne Frank Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 293), 13127 [22MY]
Appalachian Regional Development Act: amend (see H.R. 10), 11761 [14MY]
Armed Forces: assistance for economic stabilization and local community development affected by base closures (see H.R. 1066), 8762 [22AP]
———assistance for program of education (see H.R. 3115), 22686 [1AU]
———retain on active status until age 60 (see H.R. 1164), 8762 [22AP]
Baltic Freedom Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 263), 12276 [16MY]
Beekeeper Preservation Act: enact (see H.R. 2382), 10693 [7MY]
Benign Essential Blepharospasm Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 308), 25051 [26SE]
Benzidine: prohibit importation of salts and based products (see H.R. 1256), 25496 [1OC]
Bipartisan Commission on Congressional Campaign Financing: establish (see H.R. 1284), 17519 [26JN]
Boy Scouts of America: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 159), 10521 [6MY]
Budget: constitutional amendment relative to Federal procedures (see H.J. Res. 27), 22686 [1AU]
Cadet Nurse Corps: credit time during World War II for civil service retirement (see H.R. 2663), 23443 [11SE]
Canada: discontinue taxes on travel literature imported from U.S. (see H. Con. Res. 48), 3570 [26FE]
Census: modify application to family farmers (see H.R. 1399), 4400 [5MR]
Centennial Year of the Gasoline Powered Automobile: designate (see H.J. Res. 439), 34267 [4DE]
Chapin, Harry: award special gold medal (see H.R. 1207), 15215 [11JN]
Chemicals: ethyl alcohol ensure payment of duties imposed on imported (see H.R. 1720), 6365 [26MR]
Civil Rights Act: sex discrimination in public accommodation and private clubs (see H.R. 875), 18515 [10JY]
Civil Rights Restoration Act: enact (see H.R. 700), 3570 [26FE]
Civil service: correct inequities in credit for retirement purposes (see H.R. 3006), 22899 [4SE]
Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians: implement recommendations (see H.R. 442), 456 [7JA]
Committee on Children, Youth, and Families (Select): establish (see H. Res. 25), 461 [7JA]
Committee on Hunger (Select): establish (see H. Res. 20), 461 [3JA]
Commodity Exchange Act: uniform regulation of leverage and futures transactions (see H.R. 3434), 25049 [26SE]
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act: clarify certain responsibilities (see H.R. 1940), 11686 [13MY]
Congressional Budget Act: amend to improve process (see H.R. 1195), 10024 [1MY]
———provide for 2-year budgeting cycle (see H.R. 382), 15215 [11JN]
Congressional pay adjustments: defer until March 1 (see H.R. 1395), 7497 [3AP]
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act: family farm requirement for emergency disaster loan program (see H.R. 874), 6367 [26MR]
Contracts: establish requirements for procurement in the competitive service (see H.R. 1802), 6607 [28MR]
Copland, Aaron: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3041), 23444 [11SE]
Corporations: discourage domestic from establishing foreign manufacturing subsidiaries (see H.R. 1914), 22898 [4SE]
Crime and criminals: civil remedies for persons injured by racketeering activity (see H.R. 2943), 32464 [19NO]
Defense Dept. Overseas Teachers Pay and Personnel Practices Act: amend (see H.R. 43), 14970 [10JN]
Dept. of Defense: Inspector General to take extraordinary actions relative to contracts (see H.R. 2262), 11762 [14MY]
———limit contract progress payments (see H.R. 2007), 12822 [21MY]
District of Columbia: designate Raoul Wallenberg Ave. (see H.R. 2119), 11292 [9MY]
———erect memorial to honor Korean War veterans (see H.R. 2205), 12822 [21MY]
Doubek, Robert W.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2591), 13127 [22MY]
Drugs: modify criminal penalties for certain offenses (see H.R. 994), 8762 [22AP]
Education: assist in revitalizing academic research programs (see H.R. 2823), 29251 [28OC]
———assistance for certain students of limited financial means from developing countries (see H.R. 1340), 6924 [1AP]
———assistance to States for excellence and assuring access for underserved populations to benefit reforms (see H.R. 2840), 25496 [1OC]
———grants to local agencies to improve skills of economically distressed secondary students (see H.R. 901), 4402 [5MR]
———increase research and encourage contribution of scientific equipment to institutions (see H.R. 1188), 32464 [19NO]
———Indian programs (see H.R. 2908), 17911 [27JN]
———promote effective schools and excellence (see H.R. 747), 19526 [17JY]
Education Day, U.S.A.: designate (see H.J. Res. 186), 6610 [28MR]
Education of the Handicapped Act: award reasonable attorneys' fees and clarify effect on rights, procedures, and remedies (see H.R. 1523), 9297 [24AP]
Egypt: urging to recall its Ambassador to Israel (see H. Con. Res. 72), 5049 [7MR]
El Salvador: Committee on Foreign Affairs to investigate murders of U.S. citizens (see H. Res. 36), 10521 [6MY]
Election agencies: free postage (see H.R. 2216), 12822 [21MY]
ERISA: permit options in provisions of certain health benefits (see H.R. 1375), 20138 [23JY]
———require coverage under group health for certain spouses, former spouses, and dependent children (see H.R. 21), 3950 [27FE]
Ethnic American Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 331), 25497 [1OC]
Eugene Ormandy Appreciation Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 347), 31637 [13NO]
Fair Debt Collection Practices Act: attorneys collecting debts subject to provisions (see H.R. 237), 16582 [20JN]
Fair Housing Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 188), 5988 [21MR]
Fair Labor Standards Act: compensatory time in lieu of overtime for employees of State and political subdivisions (see H.R. 3530), 28317 [22OC]
———require wages based on individual productivity be paid to handicapped (see H.R. 2676), 17233 [25JN]
Family Reunion Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 64), 11762 [14MY]
FCC: review acquisitions to ensure they are in public interest (see H.R. 2904), 19702 [18JY]
Federal Aviation Act: combat aircraft piracy and terrorism (see H.R. 2781), 22899 [4SE]
———prohibit acquisition of an air carrier which is operating under protection of bankruptcy (see H.R. 2870), 22685 [1AU]
Federal employees: establish new supplemental retirement plan for Members of Congress, and Postal Service (see H.R. 3660), 31637 [13NO]
———extend procedural appeal rights to excepted service (see H.R. 917), 8299 [17AP]
———restore rights in political processes (see H.R. 68), 7497 [3AP]
Federal Home Loan Bank Board: effective date of limitations on certain investments (see H. Con. Res. 34), 7240 [2AP]
Firearms: protect rights of owners (see H.R. 945), 1874 [6FE]
Freedom of Information Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 371), 22684 [1AU]
GAO: directed to audit Federal Reserve Board, Federal Advisory Council, Federal Open Market Committee, and banks and their branches (see H.R. 70), 10024 [1MY]
———investigate conditions of displaced Salvadoran persons (see H.R. 822), 7497 [3AP]
Geneva summit meeting: display lights (see H. Con. Res. 227), 31248 [8NO]
Germany, Federal Republic of: President's trip to Bitburg cemetery (see H. Con. Res. 125; H. Res. 135), 8763 [22AP], 9105 [23AP]
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 programs: require reauthorization of budget authority at least every 10 years (see H.R. 2), 22898 [4SE]
Hands Across America Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 462), 35288 [9DE]
Helen Keller Deaf-Blind Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 227), 14655 [6JN]
Higher Education Act: 20th anniversary and reaffirmation of purpose (see H. Con. Res. 207), 26482 [7OC]
Historic Sites Act: recognizing accomplishments over past 50 years (see H.J. Res. 299), 16582 [20JN]
Home audio recording and devices: regulate (see H.R. 2911), 29686 [30OC]
House rules: require standing committees to review and study President's Private Sector Survey on Cost Control (see H. Res. 60), 33843 [3DE]
Hungarians in Transylvania: observance of human rights by Romania (see H. Res. 56), 9125 [23AP]
Idaho: designate certain public lands as wilderness (see H.R. 1068), 18729 [11JY]
Ignacy Jan Paderewski Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 413), 26109 [3OC]
Immigration and Nationality Act: waiver of visa requirement for nonimmigrant tourists (see H.R. 1021), 13437 [23MY]
Indian Health Care Improvement Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 1426), 4401 [5MR]
Indian lands: conservation, rehabilitation, and improvement of natural and cultural resources (see H.R. 99), 1387 [31JA]
Indians: prevention, identification, and treatment of youth alcohol and drug abuse (see H.R. 1156), 2679 [20FE]
Insurance: clarify application relative to rates, charges, or premiums filed with State insurance departments (see H.R. 2684), 32464 [19NO]
———prohibit discrimination on basis of blindness (see H.R. 2741), 15499 [12JN]
International monetary system: U.S. representatives should oppose assistance for production of competitive agricultural products (see H.R. 3643), 36106 [11DE]
International trade: give Nation's performance greater importance in Government policy (see H.R. 1950), 23443 [11SE]
Interstate commerce: prevent employment denial by prohibiting lie detector tests on employees (see H.R. 1524), 9423 [25AP]
Israel: tax treatment of loans (see H.R. 3258), 30493 [5NO]
———urging Egypt to recall its Ambassador (see H. Con. Res. 72), 5049 [7MR]
Job Corps Program: reaffirm commitment (see H. Res. 72), 5586 [19MR]
Joint Chiefs of Staff: strengthen position of Chairman (see H.R. 3622), 28864 [24OC]
Jordan: prohibit sales of advanced weapons (see H.J. Res. 428), 28865 [24OC]
———sense of House not to sell advanced arms (see H. Res. 194), 25051 [26SE]
King, Martin Luther, Jr.: authorize Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity to establish monument (see H.R. 2457), 32464 [19NO]
Learning Disabilities Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 287), 16124 [18JN]
Live Aid Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 325), 18516 [10JY]
Lupus Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 197), 16123 [18JN]
Mandatory Fish Inspection Act: enact (see H.R. 1989), 7610 [4AP]
Medicare: coverage of services performed by a physician assistant (see H.R. 3260), 24581 [20SE]
———payments for occupational therapy services (see H.R. 1985), 7610 [4AP]
Mengele, Josef: sense of Congress that Nazi doctor should be brought to justice (see H. Con. Res. 77), 9105 [23AP]
Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 178), 9297 [24AP]
MIA's: secure a full accounting (see H.J. Res. 105), 2293 [7FE]
———sense of Congress (see H. Con. Res. 37), 1878 [6FE]
———support President's leadership (see H. Con. Res. 40), 2293 [7FE]
Mihailovich, Draza: establish monument in honor by National Committee of American Airmen Rescued by General Mihailovich (see H.R. 77), 5584 [19MR]
Missing Children Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 281), 12822 [21MY]
Modified Agricultural Debt Recovery Act: enact (see H.R. 2064), 23548 [12SE]
Monuments and memorials: erect to American Armored Force, Arlington, VA (see H.J. Res. 167), 16414 [19JN]
Motor vehicles: protect consumers and dealers from unfair price discrimination (see H.R. 3739), 38372 [19DE]
Mule Appreciation Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 76), 2942 [21FE]
Music in Our Schools Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 345), 31516 [12NO]
Myasthenia Gravis Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 329), 21633 [30JY]
Namibia: prohibit importation of coal and articles of uranium (see H.R. 1135), 13437 [23MY]
National Adoption Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 320), 18060 [8JY]
National Adult Day Care Center Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 229), 20681 [25JY]
National Agriculture Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 137), 4402 [5MR]
National Alopecia Areata Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 282), 27420 [11OC]
National Alzheimer's Disease Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 77, 112), 5585 [19MR], 8762 [22AP]
National Arbor Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 133), 25496 [1OC]
National Association of State Directors of Veterans Affairs, Inc.: recognize (see H.R. 3024), 28701 [23OC]
National Atomic Veterans Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 295), 17520 [26JN]
National Autism Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 440), 30199 [1NO]
National Black History Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 21), 3951 [27FE]
National Blood Pressure Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 333), 23444 [11SE]
National Bowling Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 359), 35288 [9DE]
National Buy American Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 334), 24581 [20SE]
National Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 173), 18516 [10JY]
National Child Abuse Prevention Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 121), 1386 [31JA]
National Child Safety Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 33), 2293 [7FE]
National Children's Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 79), 14336 [5JN]
National Commission on Federal Deficit Reduction: establish (see H.J. Res. 284), 23444 [11SE]
National commission on the farm credit system: establish (see H. Con. Res. 190), 23548 [12SE]
National Community College Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 125), 9745 [29AP]
National Conference on Cities and Towns: authorize (see H.R. 3833), 33601 [2DE]
National Correctional Officers Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 100), 9297 [24AP]
National CPR Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 183), 24581 [20SE]
National Day of Remembrance of Man's Inhumanity to Man: designate (see H.J. Res. 192), 8300 [17AP]
National Dental Hygiene Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 218), 22686 [1AU]
National Diabetes Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 314), 22686 [1AU]
National Digestive Diseases Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 158), 9829 [30AP]
National Down's Syndrome Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 135), 11686 [13MY]
National Drug Abuse Education Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 126), 24179 [18SE]
National Drunk and Drugged Driving Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 358), 20838 [26JY]
National Employ-the-Older-Worker Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 134), 2681 [20FE]
National Energy Education Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 160), 2940 [21FE]
National Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 375), 25497 [1OC]
National Fishing Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 433), 37488 [17DE]
National Flowers-by-Wire Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 271), 23444 [11SE]
National Food Bank Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 234), 8058 [16AP]
National Foster Grandparents Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 141), 27163 [10OC]
National Garden Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 266), 31637 [13NO]
National Guard: issue commemorative stamp (see H. Res. 245), 28317 [22OC]
———protection for technicians (see H.R. 3040), 22899 [4SE]
National Hemophilia Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 254), 33843 [3DE]
National Holstein Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 278), 10694 [7MY]
National Home Care Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 319), 32630 [20NO]
National Hospice Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 288), 12010 [15MY]
National Housing Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 350), 23549 [12SE]
National Jaycee Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 447), 35788 [10DE]
National Make-A-Wish Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 221), 8300 [17AP]
National Mark Twain Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 259), 20264 [24JY]
National Mental Retardation Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 108), 5586 [19MR]
National Neighborhood Crime Watch Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 312), 21938 [31JY]
National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 450), 31637 [13NO]
National Osteoporosis Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 46), 6367 [26MR]
National Pedestrian Safety Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 156), 15216 [11JN]
National Philanthropy Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 326), 19702 [18JY]
National Physical Fitness and Sports Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 182), 7613 [4AP]
National Poetry Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 311), 15215 [11JN]
National POW/MIA Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 451), 32643 [20NO]
National Reye's Syndrome Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 122), 14337 [5JN]
National School Library Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 154), 7498 [3AP]
National Science Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 161), 9423 [25AP]
National Scleroderma Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 144), 17233 [25JN]
National Sewing Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 222), 17233 [25JN]
National Skin Cancer Prevention and Detection Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 85), 3951 [27FE]
National Spina Bifida Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 179), 8058 [16AP]
National Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 322), 16581 [20JN]
National Theater Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 25), 8299 [17AP]
National Theatre Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 464), 32978 [20NO]
National Tourism Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 296), 16942 [24JN]
National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act: amend passenger safety requirements (see H.R. 1006), 15500 [12JN]
National Veterans' Health Care Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 216), 14060 [4JN]
National Women Veterans Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 20), 4231 [28FE]
Nexrad: sense of Congress to continue on schedule (see H. Con. Res. 167), 36211 [12DE]
Nicaragua: prohibit importation of beef, bananas, and sugar (see H.R. 2158), 8761 [22AP]
NIH: full funding for new and competing research grants (see H.J. Res. 136), 6610 [28MR]
Nuclear weapons: prohibit explosive testing (see H.J. Res. 3), 7240 [2AP]
———renounce first use (see H.J. Res. 47), 28865 [24OC]
Occupational disease: establish system for identifying, notifying, and preventing illness and death (see H.R. 1309), 9104 [23AP]
Older Americans Act: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 132), 11148 [8MY]
Older Americans Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 195), 5583 [19MR]
Peace Corps: recognize 25th anniversary (see H.J. Res. 305), 18139 [9JY]
Perot Commission on Americans Missing in Southeast Asia: establish (see H. Con. Res. 129), 32632 [20NO]
Plant closings: require employers to notify and consult with employees (see H.R. 1616), 28701 [23OC]
Polish American Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 106), 15880 [17JN]
Postal Service: change of address forms may be furnished to State authority (see H.R. 1668), 10520 [6MY]
———conduct public contests for selecting design of duck hunting stamps (see H.R. 3149), 21937 [31JY]
———extend same procedural and appeal rights as are afforded to Federal employees (see H.R. 2854), 25050 [26SE]
———issue stamps honoring Airborne Divisions of World War II (see H. Res. 213), 20139 [23JY]
———restore rights of employees to participate voluntarily in political processes (see H.R. 283), 7497 [3AP]
Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act: repeal incremental pricing requirements of the Natural Gas Policy Act (see H.R. 2185), 30914 [6NO]
Presidential elections: uniform voting hours (see H.R. 622), 4231 [28FE]
Presidents: constitutional amendment providing for appointment of electors from insular areas (see H.J. Res. 23), 24288 [19SE]
President's Private Sector Survey on Cost Control: submit to Congress recommendations on report (see H. Con. Res. 114), 11148 [8MY]
Public Health Service Act: provide services for pregnant adolescents and adolescent parents (see H.R. 927), 5585 [19MR]
Public Works and Economic Development Act: amend (see H.R. 10), 11761 [14MY]
Religion: greater balance among military chaplains in Armed Forces (see H.R. 1875), 32627 [20NO]
Retired Enlisted Association, Inc.: recognize (see H.R. 1436), 33842 [3DE]
Retirement savings plans: preserve for all organizations (see H. Con. Res. 197), 30199 [1NO]
Roads and highways: speed limits on interstate routes (see H.R. 693), 5584 [19MR]
Romania: human rights of Hungarians in Transylvania (see H. Res. 56), 9125 [23AP]
Rural Electrification Program: anniversary (see H. Res. 144), 15593 [13JN]
Rural mail carriers: computing deductions for use of their automobiles (see H.R. 1884), 10024 [1MY]
School lunch program: limited extension of alternative means of assistance (see H.R. 1887), 11147 [8MY]
Scruggs, Jan C.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2591), 13127 [22MY]
Sec. of Agriculture: utilize means to reduce costs to Government of commodity programs (see H.R. 2821), 16581 [20JN]
Senior Center Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 146), 6471 [27MR]
Small Reclamation Project Act: amend (see H.R. 2025), 7612 [4AP]
Social Security: assist severely disabled to attain or maintain maximum potential (see H.R. 2523), 22685 [1AU]
———direct medicare payment for services of nurse anesthetist (see H.R. 2504), 20264 [24JY]
———improve quality control standards under AFDC (see H.R. 1279), 12822 [21MY]
———increase activities of State medicaid fraud and abuse units (see H.R. 2829), 34789 [5DE]
———insurance benefit paid for month in which recipient dies (see H.R. 12), 2941 [21FE]
———protect trust funds and other retirement (see H.R. 3738), 35788 [10DE]
———restore, protect benefit levels of workers reaching age 65 (see H.R. 1917), 9829 [30AP]
Social Security Administration: establish as independent agency (see H.R. 825), 9104 [23AP]
Social Security Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 300), 22686 [1AU]
Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act: authorize acquisition of easements (see H.R. 3557), 36766 [16DE]
South Africa: deny foreign tax credit (see H.R. 1134), 13437 [23MY]
———policy of separate development and forced relocation of blacks (see H. Con. Res. 64), 9105 [23AP]
———prohibit any person from functions of an honorary consular officer (see H.R. 1812), 6608 [28MR]
———prohibit importation of coal and articles of uranium (see H.R. 1135), 13437 [23MY]
Soviet Union: cease concentrated and systematic persecution of Hebrew teachers and cultural activists (see H. Res. 74, 352), 15500 [12JN], 38371 [19DE]
———direct President to begin talks to establish student exchange for peace programs (see H.J. Res. 336), 32631 [20NO]
———expansion of nuclear forces (see H. Con. Res. 176), 26482 [7OC]
———sense of House to exchange of travel by leaders of U.S. (see H. Res. 116), 16943 [24JN]
———support expanded cultural exchange (see H. Con. Res. 237), 36211 [12DE]
Space Exploration Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 318), 18730 [11JY]
Sport Fish Restoration Fund: administration as required by law (see H. Res. 165), 11147 [8MY]
Square dance: designate as the national folk dance (see H.J. Res. 316), 15879 [17JN]
State and local governments: eliminate duplicative mailings for income tax refunds (see H.R. 1805), 12822 [21MY]
———increase investment in distressed areas (see H.R. 1706), 8473 [18AP]
Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Commemorative Coin Act: enact (see H.R. 47), 4299 [4MR]
Student loans: restrict legislation which would limit eligibility for, or access to, aid (see H. Res. 131), 10024 [1MY]
Tariff Act: amend (see H.R. 3328), 24177 [18SE]
Taxation: allow a defined contribution plan of a rural electric cooperative (see H.R. 1615), 10262 [2MY]
———broaden base of individual and corporate income (see H.R. 800), 1878 [6FE]
———business income of certain nonprofit charitable organizations (see H.R. 659), 17912 [27JN]
———charitable contributions by nonitemizers (see H.R. 587), 8762 [22AP]
———clarify conditions under which scholarship and fellowship grants will be excluded from gross income (see H.R. 1994), 8762 [22AP]
———compute deduction for retirement on basis of compensation of spouse (see H.R. 797), 7239 [2AP]
———disallow deduction for advertising or promotion of arms sales (see H.R. 1444), 7239 [2AP]
———establish rules regulating certain tax credits and deductions of electric utilities (see H.R. 3018), 29251 [28OC]
———exclude educational assistance programs from gross income (see H.R. 1356), 34266 [4DE]
———extend and phase out credit for investments in conservation and renewable energy property (see H.R. 2001), 7611 [4AP]
———extend deductions for expenses of architectural transportation barriers for handicapped and elderly (see H.R. 1458), 6610 [28MR]
———full credit for contributions to candidates for Congress (see H.R. 3780), 35288 [9DE]
———half of health insurance premiums by self-employed considered as business expense (see H.R. 11), 9297 [24AP]
———increase rate for individuals and corporations (see H.R. 2424), 11145 [8MY]
———make permanent rules to imputed interest and assumption of loans (see H.R. 2069), 10695 [7MY]
———remove limitations on charitable contributions of certain items (see H.R. 3087), 27643 [16OC]
———repayment of increased fuel charges tax on diesel-powered automobiles or light trucks (see H.R. 837), 5584 [19MR]
———repeal certain substantiation and compliance provisions (see H.R. 531), 693 [21JA]
———repeal limitation on private activity bonds (see H.R. 845), 1313 [30JA]
———sense of Congress relative to payments to Presidential Election Campaign Fund (see H. Con. Res. 169), 18516 [10JY]
———sense of House to employer-paid and life support benefits (see H. Res. 268), 25497 [1OC]
———simplify imputed interest rules (see H.R. 2475), 11760 [14MY]
———transportation be excluded from gross income as no-additional-cost fringe benefit (see H.R. 1730), 6365 [26MR]
———transportation by airline of parents of its employees shall be tax free (see H.R. 1017), 7239 [2AP]
———treat use of law enforcement, fire protection, and emergency medical vehicles as nontaxable fringe benefit (see H.R. 773), 7239 [2AP]
———treatment of fringe benefits provided to parents of employees (see H.R. 847), 15215 [11JN]
———treatment of loans to Israel (see H.R. 3258), 30493 [5NO]
Trade: identify and reduce barriers affecting supplies of telecommunication equipment and services (see H.R. 3131), 21936 [31JY]
Trade Agreements Program: restore balance in international and improve operations (see H.R. 3035), 19701 [18JY]
Truck and Bus Safety Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 445), 36766 [16DE]
U.N.: restrictions on activities of employees (see H.R. 3043), 23913 [17SE]
Uniform Code of Military Justice: establish offense of espionage during peacetime (see H.R. 3026), 23444 [11SE]
United Support of Artists for Africa: commend (see H. Con. Res. 99), 13128 [22MY]
VA: adjudication of claims for benefits (see H.R. 585), 826 [22JA]
———epidemiological study of gender-specific effect of exposure to agent orange on female veterans (see H.R. 3297), 23548 [12SE]
———exempt payments for service-connected disabilities from taxation (see H. Con. Res. 69), 3569 [26FE]
———expansion of National Cemetery System (see H.R. 757), 9297 [24AP]
———improve benefits for former POW's (see H.R. 864), 21632 [30JY]
———improve delivery of health care services (see H.R. 505), 11762 [14MY]
———improvements in National Cemetery System and assistance to disabled (see H.R. 2344), 11762 [14MY]
———increase from $35,000 to $50,000 amount of life insurance coverage (see H.R. 1709), 7613 [4AP]
Very Special Arts U.S.A. Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 204), 11148 [8MY]
Veterans: allow totally disabled to travel on military aircraft (see H.R. 3732), 36766 [16DE]
———improvements in compensation programs (see H.R. 2343), 11762 [14MY]
———presumption of service connection of posttraumatic stress disorders during Vietnam era (see H.R. 362), 22898 [4SE]
———revision of formula for payment of dependency and indemnity compensation to surviving spouses (see H.R. 85), 28865 [24OC]
Vietnam: regulate transfer of funds for humanitarian purposes (see H.R. 816), 8762 [22AP]
V-J Day Commemoration Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 340), 19229 [16JY]
War Powers Act: make rules governing uses of Armed Forces (see H.R. 1304), 8762 [22AP]
Wheeler, John P., III: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2591), 13127 [22MY]
Women's History Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 50), 2434 [19FE]
World Food Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 172), 3950 [27FE]
World Health Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 189), 7240 [2AP]
Books
``Rumor of War,'' Phillip Caputo (excerpt), 10671 [7MY]
Elected to
Committee on Agriculture, ***** [30JA], 1272 [4FE]
Committee on Veterans' Affairs, ***** [30JA], 1693 [4FE]
Essays
Voice of Democracy: Ann M. Schneller, 7738
Film
``Cease Fire,'' George Fernandez, 22055
Letters
Advance recourse loans for producers of various crops: Charles L. Frazier, 3750 [27FE]
Can a farmer survive on the House farm bill? Nancy Ekroth, 37509
Canada to discontinue excise tax on tourism literature imported from U.S.: William E. Brock III, 34809
Farm Debt Crisis: Alden Flakoll, to President Reagan, 15470 [12JN]
Farm debt crisis: to President Reagan (sundry), 29053
Farming: South Dakota dairy farmer (excerpt), 2391 [19FE]
Poems
Gold Star Mother: Margaret Barron, 13697
Remarks by, on
African Famine Relief and Recovery Act: enact (H.R. 1096), veto, 4958 [7MR]
———providing for agreeing to Senate famine relief/farm credit substitute (H. Res. 92), 4348-4349 [5MR]
Agricultural Conservation Easement Act: enact (H.R. 3557), 32902
Agriculture: casein import requirements, 25023 [26SE]
———dairy price supports, 25007 [26SE]
———Farm Aid Concert, 24182
———farm credit system, 35577
———farm crisis, 2379, 2390, 2391 [19FE]
———farm debt crisis, 4348-4349 [5MR], 4958 [7MR], 5718 [20MR], 15199 [11JN], 15470 [12JN], 19249
———free market system, 29061
———grazing fee formula for livestock industry on Federal lands, 38840
———honey price supports, 26463, 26464 [7OC]
———international fair deal for farmers, 21646
———price support system, 26658
———producer referenda on national policy, 25460, 25465 [1OC], 25729 [2OC]
———soil conservation policy, 26020 [3OC]
———study foreign trade practices, 26007 [3OC]
All-Volunteer Force Educational Assistance Program: assistance for apprenticeship or on-the-job training (H.R. 3747), 31815
Amtrak: funding, 28838
Animals: trapping in South Dakota, 24190
Anne Frank Day: designate (H.J. Res. 293), 12707 [21MY]
Armed Forces: educational benefits eligibility, 6485
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act: enact (H.R. 3520), 27389 [11OC]
Bonner, Yelena: efforts to emigrate from Soviet Union, 25208
Budget: changes in spending and revenue provisions (H.R. 3128), conference report, 38339
———deficit, 27038
———deficit reduction proposals, 32207
———impact on veterans, 6355
Canada: discontinue excise tax on tourism literature imported from U.S. (H. Con. Res. 241), 34808
China, Republic of: independence movement, 34036
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: meetings during sessions, 31884 [14NO]
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act: amend (H.R. 2817), 34677
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 2379 [19FE], 5721 [20MR], 10670 [7MY]
Corps of Engineers: funding, 19164
———straight line amortization for hydropower project debt principal, 30839
Cosponsorship: withdrawal from H.R. 1809, 19140 [16JY]
Daylight Saving Time Extension Act: enact (H.R. 2095), 28243
Dept. of Agriculture, rural development, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3037), 22048
Dept. of Defense: eligibility requirements of the educational assistance program to National Guard and Reserves (H.R. 3393), 24597
Dept. of the Treasury: conversion of trust fund reserves into cash, 32207
———restriction on the use of proceeds from bonds to finance housing, 25217
———tax reform plan, 25217
———taxation of Federal deductions for State and local taxes, 26816
Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and certain independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3036), 20804
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3424), 25700 [2OC]
Discrimination: equitable pay practices by Federal Government (H.R. 3008), 26955
Ecology: superfund reauthorization, 34677
Economic conditions: impact of foreign trade deficit, 34030
Education: eligibility requirements of the educational assistance program to National Guard and Reserves (H.R. 3393), 24597
———national policy, 33752
Emergency Farm Credit Act: enact (H.R. 1035), 3862, 3877, 3881, 3882, 3885, 3886 [27FE]
Emergency Veterans' Job Training Act: amend (S. 1671), 24968
Employment: compensatory time for State and local government employees (H.R. 3530), 29226
———veterans' preference in Federal (H.R. 1802), 19840
Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2959), 19164
Ethanol: treatment of imports, 23420 [11SE]
Fair Labor Standards Act: amend (H.R. 3530), 29226
Farm Credit System: reforms (H.R. 3792), 35577
Federal Equitable Pay Practices Act: enact (H.R. 3008), 26955
Firearms Owners Protection Act: enact, 27431
Food Security Act: enact (H.R. 2100), 24552
———enact (H.R. 2100), conference report, 37782 [18DE]
Foreign trade: deficit, 34030
———ethanol imports, 23420 [11SE]
———textile industry, 27111
Germany, Federal Republic of: visit by President Reagan, 9732
Government spending: reduce, 27038
Gregory, SD: agricultural credit crisis, 36115
H.R. 1809: withdrawal from cosponsorship, 19140 [16JY]
Higher Education Act: amend and extend (H.R. 3700), 33752
House: legislative program, 5722 [20MR], 31886 [14NO]
Housing: South Dakota Housing Development Authority's selling of tax-exempt bonds to finance low-interest loans, 25217
Imports: cement and clinker, 34030
Indian Juvenile Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention Act: enact (H.R. 1156), 31819
Indiana: recount procedure in 8th Congressional District, 5716, 5717 [20MR]
Indians: Flandreau School to remain open (H.R. 3809), 32875
International trade: deficit, 24187
———free trade, 21646
———U.S. and Japanese, 24187
Japan: U.S. trade deficit, 24187
Jews: efforts to emigrate from Soviet Union, 12815
———free emigration of Soviet, 2897 [21FE]
Livestock industry: grazing fee formula on Federal lands, 38840
Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Act: amend (H.R. 1083), 38671
McIntyre, Representative: seat as Member of House, 5716, 5717 [20MR]
Meat: inspection procedures, 26452 [7OC]
MX missile: authorizing release of funds for procurement (H.J. Res. 180), 6305 [26MR]
National Agriculture Day: observance, 5718 [20MR]
National Tourism Week: observance, 13864
New GI Bill Act: amend (H.R. 752), 6485
Nicaragua: humanitarian assistance for Contras, 15521
Nonprofit organizations: Postal Service appropriation for revenue forgone, 21649
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act: enact (H.R. 3500), 28838
Paralyzed Veterans of America: North Central Chapter tribute to Darrell E. Jepson, 32203
Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program, SD: construct, operate, and maintain Lake Andes-Wagner Unit (H.R. 584), 32900
Postal Service: appropriation for revenue forgone, 21649
———funding, 20804
Professional sports: establishment of an arbitration system to reduce number and cost of injuries (H.R. 2151), 32892
REA: anniversary, 10646 [7MY], 15227
———tribute to engineering standards, 7515
Reagan, President: visit to Bitburg cemetery, Federal Republic of Germany, 9732
Reservoirs: fee for use of Federal, 30756
Sakharov, Andrei: efforts to emigrate from Soviet Union, 25208
Sakharov, Andrei, and family: expressing solidarity with, in efforts to exercise rights of freedom of expression, of travel, and of communication (S. Con. Res. 62), 25208
Seattle, WA: Paralyzed Veterans of America, convention, 32203
Social Security: conversion of trust fund reserves into cash, 32207
———reductions for rural elderly and handicapped, 7548
Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act: authorize acquisition of easements (H.R. 3557), 32902
South Dakota: farm debt crisis, 29052
———Firearms Owners Protection Act, 27431
———Flandreau Indian School to remain open (H.R. 3809), 32875
———Goose Association, tribute, 34034
———Housing Development Authority's selling of tax-exempt bonds to finance low-interest housing loans, 25217
———importance of trapping, 24190
———Joe L. Floyd, tribute, 26811
———provision of power to Hilltop and Gray Goose Irrigation Districts, 30841 [6NO]
———tourist trade, 13864
Soviet Union: efforts of Andrei Sakharov and Yelena Bonner to emigrate, 25208
———free emigration of Jews, 2897 [21FE], 12815
Sports Violence Arbitration Act: enact (H.R. 2151), 32892
Taxation: vehicle mileage documentation (H.R. 1869), conference report, 11081
Textile and Apparel Trade Enforcement Act: enact (H.R. 1562), 27111
Trade Emergency Act: enact, 21646
Trade Emergency and Export Promotion Act: enact, 24187
VA: operate regional office in Philippines (S. 1671), 24968
Veterans: assistance for apprenticeship or on-the-job training under the All-Volunteer Force Educational Assistance Program (H.R. 3747), 31815
———benefits, 6355
———funding for certain programs, 25700 [2OC]
———increase rates of certain compensation (H.R. 1538), 38827
———reaffirm Veterans' Preference Act of 1944 (H.R. 1802), 19840
Veterans' Employment Act: amend (H.R. 1408), 12544-12546 [20MY], 25206
Vietnam War: anniversary, 10670-10674, 10676 [7MY]
Water: construct, operate, and maintain Lake Andes-Wagner Unit, Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program, SD (H.R. 584), 32900
Water Resources, Conservation, Development, and Infrastructure Improvement and Rehabilitation Act: enact (H.R. 6), 30756
———enact (H.R. 6), unanimous-consent agreement, 30754, 30755 [6NO]
Wheat: price supports, 25429, 25431, 25432, 25433 [1OC]
Remarks in House relative to
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 4348 [5MR], 4958 [7MR], 6305 [26MR], 12707 [21MY], 15199, 15213 [11JN], 15470 [12JN], 21935 [31JY], 25023, 25047 [26SE], 25460 [1OC], 25700 [2OC], 26452 [7OC], 26658 [8OC], 26955 [9OC], 27389 [11OC], 28243 [22OC], 30841 [6NO], 32616, 32640 [20NO], 35577 [10DE], 36104 [11DE], 38369 [19DE]
Special order: granted, 824 [22JA], 2287 [7FE], 2413 [19FE], 5575 [19MR], 6921 [1AP], 10021 [1MY], 33599 [2DE]
Statements
Moral Test of Government: Hubert H. Humphrey (excerpts), 38339
REA Anniversary: Leo Flynn, 15227
Veterans' Preference in Federal Employment: Franklin D. Roosevelt, 19840
Summaries
Fair Labor Standards Act (H.R. 3530), 29226
Farm Emergency Credit Act (H.R. 1035), 2391 [19FE]
Senate-Passed Legislation on Credit, 4348 [5MR]
Taiwan Independence Movement—The Failure of Political Persuasion: A. James Gregor and Maria H. Chang, 34036
Testimonies
Impact of water development on agriculture: by, before Committee on Appropriations, 13305 [22MY]
Texts of
H. Con. Res. 241, Canada to discontinue excise tax on tourism literature imported from U.S., 34808
H.R. 3809, Flandreau Indian School to remain open, 32875
Tributes
Barron, Margaret, 13697
Dylan, Bob, 24182
Fernandez, George, 22055
Floyd, Joe L., 26811
Jepson, Darrell E., 32203
Nelson, Willie, 24182