EVANS, COOPER (a Representative from Iowa)
Amendments offered by, to
Food Security Act: enact (H.R. 2100), 24842 [24SE]
Tax Reform Act: enact (H.R. 3838), 34891 [6DE]
Appointments
Committee on Hunger (Select): member, 5673 [20MR]
Technology Assessment Board, 7575 [4AP]
Articles and editorials
Death on the Farm, Des Moines (IA) Register, 15789
Hands of Anger, Frustration, Humiliation, New York (NY) Times, 37857
Harvest of Harm—The Farm-Health Crisis, James P. Gannon, Des Moines (IA) Register, 15779
Harvest of Harm—The Farm-Health Crisis, Tom Knudson, Des Moines (IA) Register (series), 15780
Lone Tree Legion Donates Equipment Aimed Against Child Abuse Crimes, Bill Crawford, Lone Tree (IA) Post, 18064
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Agriculture: establish export reserve and define its functions (see H.R. 2359), 10520 [6MY]
———shipment of imported products on U.S. vessels (see H.R. 1939), 7494 [3AP]
CCC Charter Act: amend relative to export of agricultural commodities (see H.R. 1464, 1465, 1466), 5044 [7MR]
Duty: suspend on 3.5 dinitro-o-toluamide (see H.R. 2333), 10261 [2MY]
———suspend on P-sulfobenzoic acid, potassium salt (see H.R. 2332), 10261 [2MY]
ERISA: relative to minimum requiremants as of date of termination, early retirement, and guaranteed by Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. (see H.R. 3674), 30198 [1NO]
Farm Credit Act: additional resources (see H.R. 1463), 5044 [7MR]
———allow Governor to reduce capital requirements of a bank or association (see H.R. 2899), 17911 [27JN]
———authorize system to repurchase certain obligations and to pay certain costs (see H.R. 3561), 27420 [11OC]
———encourage institutions to renegotiate problem loans (see H.R. 3620), 28864 [24OC]
———Governor to provide capital worth certificates for purchases of foreclosed farmland mortgages (see H.R. 2901), 17911 [27JN]
———guarantees for certain obligations (see H.R. 3231), 22897 [4SE]
———limit separate sale of mineral rights in certain land (see H.R. 3812), 32620 [20NO]
———obligations of the system (see H.R. 3618), 28864 [24OC]
———provide additional resources (see H.R. 2609), 13436 [23MY]
———provide certain protections for borrowers (see H.R. 3811), 32620 [20NO]
———purchases of foreclosed farmland (see H.R. 3619), 28864 [24OC]
Farm credit system: establish commission to study structure (see H.R. 2961), 18515 [10JY]
Grain Standards Act: provide quality variation statement on official grade certificates (see H.R. 3944), 36764 [16DE]
Patent numbered 3,408,747: extend (see H.R. 3719), 31248 [8NO]
Sec. of Agriculture: pay a bonus in form of commodities for grain destined for export (see H.R. 3955), 36765 [16DE]
———utilize means to reduce costs to Government of commodity programs (see H.R. 2821), 16581 [20JN]
Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act: authorize acquisition of easements (see H.R. 3557), 27162 [10OC]
Sulfapyridine: extend duty (see H.R. 2228), 9422 [25AP]
Taxation: alternative minimum relief for insolvent taxpayers (see H.R. 506), 611 [7JA]
———clarify conditions under which scholarship and fellowship grants will be excluded from gross income (see H.R. 1994), 7610 [4AP]
Unemployment: extend supplemental benefits (see H.R. 1160), 2679 [20FE]
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Agricultural Industrial Development Bonds: extend use and expand eligibility (see H.R. 3615), 32629 [20NO]
Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act: enhance effectiveness of food programs (see H.R. 2390), 10694 [7MY]
Agriculture: assist distressed and protect land values (see H.R. 466), 21937 [31JY]
———assist export of commodities and improve farm income (see H.R. 1517), 5046 [7MR]
———capital assistance to lenders (see H.R. 2925, 2926), 17912 [27JN]
———expand markets through increased targeting of CCC export funds (see H.R. 201), 10695 [7MY]
———improve procedures for selection of Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service committees (see H.R. 542), 3951 [27FE]
———market expansion and income protection for farmers (see H.R. 1965), 7495 [3AP]
———restructure of loans from commercial lenders and farm credit institutions (see H.R. 3868), 34788 [5DE]
———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), 12010 [15MY]
Animal Welfare Act: ensure proper treatment of laboratory animals (see H.R. 2653), 37487 [17DE]
Animals: end use of steel jaw leghold traps (see H.R. 1809), 8473 [18AP]
Appropriations: extend general revenue sharing for 3 years (see H.R. 796), 9104 [23AP]
———supplemental for famine and recovery in Africa (see H.R. 606), 2293 [7FE]
Baltic Freedom Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 263), 13438 [23MY]
Benign Essential Blepharospasm Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 308), 23009 [9SE]
Better Hearing and Speech Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 169), 9105 [23AP]
Boy Scouts: commemorate anniversary by minting half dollar coins (see H.R. 870), 1385 [31JA]
Boy Scouts of America: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 159), 10521 [6MY]
Budget: constitutional amendment relative to Federal procedures (see H.J. Res. 27), 2681 [20FE]
———freeze for fiscal 1986 (see H. Con. Res. 32), 2434 [19FE]
Camp Fire, Inc.: recognizing 75 years of service (see H.J. Res. 298), 32642 [20NO]
Canada: exports of beef and veal (see H. Con. Res. 55), 2291 [7FE]
Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act: exclude ethyl alcohol used for fuel (see H.R. 1567), 6610 [28MR]
Caribbean region: betterment of faculty development and university administration (see H.R. 1158), 2679 [20FE]
CCC Act: amend relative to exports of agriculture commodities (see H.R. 1760), 10262 [2MY]
Census: modify application to family farmers (see H.R. 1399), 4400 [5MR]
Chapin, Harry: award special gold medal (see H.R. 1207), 23009 [9SE]
Child Nutrition Act: limit participation in Special Supplemental Food Program (see H.R. 1906), 14336 [5JN]
Civil Rights Restoration Act: enact (see H.R. 700), 3570 [26FE]
Clayton Act: allow sellers of agricultural products to bring antitrust actions (see H.R. 29), 444 [3JA]
Coins and coinage: provide for minting of gold (see H.R. 1123), 13127 [22MY]
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]
Communications Act: establish procedures for renewal assignment, and transfer of broadcast licenses (see H.R. 1977), 8299 [17AP]
Congressional pay adjustments: defer until March 1 (see H.R. 1395), 4299 [4MR]
Corporations: 50% nondeductible excise tax on certain profits from takeover attempts (see H.R. 1100), 5728 [20MR]
Education: increase research and encourage contribution of scientific equipment to institutions (see H.R. 1188), 21632 [30JY]
Education for All Handicapped Children Act: commemorate accomplishments (see H. Con. Res. 201), 25050 [26SE]
Ethiopia: sense of Congress to forced evacuation of Ibnet feeding camp (see H. Con. Res. 140), 10696 [7MY]
———sense of Congress with respect to Ibnet feeding camp (see H. Con. Res. 137, 138), 10262 [2MY]
Fair Debt Collection Practices Act: attorneys collecting debts subject to provisions (see H.R. 237), 8473 [18AP]
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]
Farm Emergency Credit Act: enact (see H.R. 1814), 6608 [28MR]
Farmers Home Administration: acquire easements for conservation, recreation, and wildlife (see H.R. 1000), 6470 [27MR]
Federal Home Loan Bank Board: effective date of limitations on certain investments (see H. Con. Res. 34), 5049 [7MR]
Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act: revise trigger provisions (see H.R. 646), 2941 [21FE]
Firearms: protect rights of owners (see H.R. 945), 7497 [3AP]
Gasohol: ensure additional duty imposed on ethyl alcohol used as fuel (see H.R. 1566), 6610 [28MR]
Girl Scouts: commemorate anniversary by minting half dollar coins (see H.R. 870), 1385 [31JA]
Government regulation: make more cost effective and ensure review of rules (see H.R. 1339), 4228 [28FE]
Guatemala: commending for leading toward democracy (see H. Con. Res. 200), 29375 [29OC]
Hands Across America Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 462), 34789 [5DE]
Head Start: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 95), 8059 [16AP]
Highway funds: provide for administrative release (see H.R. 1059), 6367 [26MR]
House of Representatives: constitutional amendment providing for 4-year terms (see H.J. Res. 34), 459 [3JA]
House rules: legislation providing for designation of commemorative days or periods (see H. Res. 111), 11293 [9MY]
Insurance: prohibit discrimination on basis of blindness (see H.R. 2741), 17913 [27JN]
Joint Operating Commission for Food Irradiation: establish (see H.R. 696), 901 [24JA]
Jordan: prohibit sales of advanced weapons (see H.J. Res. 428), 34267 [4DE]
Judges: increase bankruptcy for the northern district of Iowa (see H.R. 2736), 15215 [11JN]
Korean War: erection of a memorial in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 2588), 18138 [9JY]
Learning Disabilities Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 287), 15216 [11JN]
Lessons of Grenada Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 313), 22979 [5SE]
Live Aid Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 325), 18516 [10JY]
Lupus Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 197), 16123 [18JN]
Medicare: coverage of services performed by a physician assistant (see H.R. 3260), 32628 [20NO]
———increase in payment for inpatient hospital services (see H.R. 3767), 31887 [14NO]
———vision care (see H.R. 2342), 21937 [31JY]
Members of Congress: constitutional amendment regarding number of terms of office (see H.J. Res. 35), 459 [3JA]
Members salaries: require recorded vote (see H. Res. 109), 5727 [20MR]
Mexico: appropriations for victims of earthquake (see H.R. 3392), 24580 [20SE]
Morocco: erection of gift monument in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 2887), 32642 [20NO]
Music in Our Schools Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 345), 31516 [12NO]
National Adult Day Care Center Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 229), 15593 [13JN]
National Agriculture Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 137), 2291 [7FE]
National Alopecia Areata Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 59, 282), 7613 [4AP], 11146 [8MY]
National Arson Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 434), 29685 [30OC]
National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 170), 8763 [22AP]
National Child Safety Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 33), 7240 [2AP]
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 CPR Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 183), 27018 [9OC]
National Day of Remembrance of Man's Inhumanity to Man: designate (see H.J. Res. 192), 9297 [24AP]
National Diabetes Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 314), 28702 [23OC]
National Digestive Diseases Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 158), 9829 [30AP]
National Drug Abuse Education Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 126), 15593 [13JN]
National Drunk and Drugged Driving Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 358), 20838 [26JY]
National Energy Education Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 160), 2940 [21FE]
National Eye Health Care Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 207), 20264 [24JY]
National Food Bank Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 234), 7612 [4AP]
National Foster Grandparents Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 141), 27163 [10OC]
National Head Injury Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 200), 20264 [24JY]
National Historically Black Colleges Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 362), 25051 [26SE]
National Independent Retail Grocer Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 74), 1878 [6FE]
National Mark Twain Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 259), 20264 [24JY]
National Nuclear Medicine Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 297), 24179 [18SE]
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), 5048 [7MR]
National Osteopathic Medicine Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 175), 21938 [31JY]
National Osteoporosis Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 46), 6367 [26MR]
National Parliamentary Law Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 226), 16884 [21JN]
National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 101), 34267 [4DE]
National Philanthropy Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 326), 23444 [11SE]
National Physical Fitness and Sports Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 182), 9829 [30AP]
National Safety in the Workplace Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 131), 9746 [29AP]
National School Library Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 154), 8300 [17AP]
National School-Age Child Care Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 60), 20838 [26JY]
National Science Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 161), 8058 [16AP]
National Skin Cancer Prevention and Detection Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 85), 828 [22JA]
National System of Interstate and Defense Highways: apportion funds for construction (see H.R. 429), 1878 [6FE]
National Temporary Help Services Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 401), 30493 [5NO]
National Tourism Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 296), 20139 [23JY]
Natural gas: pipeline companies' nondiscriminatory transport policy (see H. Res. 315), 32633 [20NO]
NIH: full funding for new and competing research grants (see H.J. Res. 136), 4299 [4MR]
Older Americans Act: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 132), 9744 [29AP]
Older Americans Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 195), 5583 [19MR]
Peace Corps: recognize 25th anniversary (see H.J. Res. 305), 19230 [16JY]
Pearl Harbor Survivors Association: grant charter (see H.R. 1042), 8473 [18AP]
Postal Service: provide reduced rates for nonprofit senior citizens' organizations (see H.J. Res. 397), 29251 [28OC]
Railroad Retirement Act: allow a worker to be employed in nonrailroad employment (see H.R. 1550), 12010 [15MY]
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]
Save for the U.S.A. Year: designate (see H.J. Res. 436), 35288 [9DE]
Sec. of Transportation: withhold apportionment of Federal-aid highway funds to any State that does not establish parking privileges for handicapped (see H.R. 3845), 37487 [17DE]
Senior Center Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 146), 2291 [7FE]
Social Security: establish advisory council to study and make recommendations to medical and vocational aspects of disability (see H.R. 3359), 32628 [20NO]
Soviet Union: cease concentrated and systematic persecution of Hebrew teachers and cultural activists (see H. Res. 74, 352), 15500 [12JN], 38371 [19DE]
Space Exploration Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 318), 19230 [16JY]
Square dance: designate as the national folk dance (see H.J. Res. 316), 24289 [19SE]
Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Commemorative Coin Act: enact (see H.R. 47), 4402 [5MR]
Tariff Act: amend (see H.R. 3328), 24177 [18SE]
Tax Reform Act: repeal changes to treatment of debt instruments issued for property (see H.R. 242), 1387 [31JA]
Taxation: charitable contributions by nonitemizers (see H.R. 587), 16413 [19JN]
———credit against contributions of certain agricultural products to exempt organizations (see H.R. 3059), 20137 [23JY]
———credit for purchase of television subtitle equipment by hearing-impaired (see H.R. 2853), 17232 [25JN]
———exclude from gross income interest paid to sellers of agricultural land (see H.R. 544), 3951 [27FE]
———exemption from minimum for capital gains on sales of farm property (see H.R. 2277), 11292 [9MY]
———half of health insurance premiums by self-employed considered as business expense (see H.R. 11), 9297 [24AP]
———increase to $2,500 maximum deduction for contribution to retirement savings (see H.R. 22), 828 [22JA]
———limit family median income of farm loss deducted against non-farm (see H.R. 1631), 5727 [20MR]
———repeal contemporaneous records requirement (see H.R. 600), 3951 [27FE]
Trade Partnership Act: enact (see H.R. 3522), 26690 [8OC]
Unemployment: improve access to training for dislocated workers (see H.R. 1611), 5726 [20MR]
———use total rate in determining extended supplemental benefits (see H. Con. Res. 60), 9105 [23AP]
VA: adjudication of claims for benefits (see H.R. 585), 27828 [17OC]
Very Special Arts U.S.A. Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 204), 11293 [9MY]
Veterans: monthly pension for World War I (see H.R. 1918), 25050 [26SE]
Wallop-Breaux: trust fund be administered as required by law (see H. Res. 165), 12276 [16MY]
Walt Disney Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 377), 32631 [20NO]
Women's History Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 50), 2434 [19FE]
World Food Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 172), 14059 [4JN]
Youth Suicide Prevention Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 193), 10521 [6MY]
Documents
Indiana State Code (excerpt), 5548 [19MR]
Elected to
Committee on Agriculture, 1273 [30JA]
Explanations
Codex Alimentarius System, 27761
History
St. Anthony's Chapel, Festina, IA, 16444
Letters
Dept. of Agriculture's blended credit export program: several farm and export organizations, to President Reagan, 5099
Donation of video equipment for Identi-Kid Program: Terry Kruse, 18064
Harvest of harm—the farm-health crisis: James P. Gannon, 15779
Programs and services to dislocated agricultural workers: by, and 15 House Members, 11182 [8MY]
Proclamations
James A. Van Allen Day: Terry E. Branstad, Governor of Iowa, 18072
Remarks by, on
Africa: Continental Chamber of Commerce, tribute, 27325
———strategic materials, 27325
Agriculture: cargo preference, 5099
———Codex Alimentarius System, 27761
———export displacement, 26009 [3OC]
———exports, 27761
———farm crisis, 5099
———farm debt crisis, 37857
———pilot barter program, 26007 [3OC]
Cosponsorship: withdrawal from H.R. 1809, 15588 [13JN]
Festina, IA: St. Anthony's Chapel anniversary, 16444
Food Security Act: enact (H.R. 2100), 26007, 26009 [3OC]
H.R. 1809: withdrawal from cosponsorship, 15588 [13JN]
Indiana: recount procedure in 8th Congressional District, 5547, 5548 [19MR]
Iowa: farm debt crisis, 37857
Lone Tree, IA: John L. Mumm American Legion Post No. 457 donation of video equipment for Identi-Kid Program, 18064
McIntyre, Representative: seat as Member of House, 5547, 5548 [19MR]
Strategic materials: Africa, 27325
U.N.: Food and Agriculture Organization, tribute, 27761
University of Iowa: 2d place in National Debate Tournament, 8798
World Food Day: observance, 27761
Remarks in House relative to
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 5042 [7MR], 8759 [22AP], 15591 [13JN], 16412 [19JN], 26689 [8OC], 27161 [10OC], 27641 [16OC]
Reports
Committee on Agriculture, 2413 [19FE]
Foreign Travel Expenditures, 2413 [19FE]
Summaries
Continental Africa Chamber of Commerce's Purpose and Scope: Asa T. Spaulding, 27325
Tributes
Darko, Ohene, 27325
Lewis, James, 27325
Spaulding, Asa T., 27325
Van Allen, James A., 18072