FUSTER, JAIME B. (a Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico)

Articles and editorials

Bad Idea Worries Puerto Rico, New York (NY) Times, 11912 [14MY]

Boosting Puerto Rico, Representative Garcia, Washington (DC) Times, 15997 [17JN]

Gloomy Clarity, San Juan (PR) Star, 14255 [4JN]

Puerto Rico and Tax Reform Regarding Internal Revenue Code Sec. 936 (excerpts), 23668 [12SE]

Puerto Rico and Tax Reform Regarding IRS Sec. 936 (excerpts), 23668 [12SE]

Puerto Rico Sees Harm in Tax Plan—Reagan Would Drop Provision Credited for Thousands of Jobs in Commonwealth, New York (NY) Times, 23126 [9SE]

Shantytowns Termed Widespread in Puerto Rico, New York (NY) Times, 27740 [16OC]

Successful Tax Break at Risk, Georgie A. Geyer, Washington (DC) Times, 22023 [31JY]

Tax Reform's Sting in Puerto Rico, New York (NY) Times, 20150 [23JY]

Treasury Prepares a Caribbean Austerity Initiative, Norman B. Ture, Wall Street Journal, 8073 [16AP]

Worst Scenario Likely for Puerto Rico With the Elimination of Section 936, Robert Friedman, New York (NY) News, 15037 [10JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Laffite, Mireille: relief (see H.R. 2194), 9104 [23AP]

Puerto Rico: extend for VA authority to provide certain contract medical services (see H.R. 1654), 5986 [21MR]

———include within definition of State (see H.R. 1943), 7495 [3AP]

———repeal noncash benefit requirement for nutrition assistance program (see H.R. 1653), 5986 [21MR]

Virgin Islands: extend for VA authority to provide certain contract medical (see H.R. 1654), 5986 [21MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Achille Lauro (vessel): seizure by Palestinian terrorists (see H. Con. Res. 217), 32643 [20NO]

Agricultural employees: establish sanitation occupational health and safety standard (see H.R. 3295), 23547 [12SE]

Agriculture: establish occupational health and safety standards for sanitation (see H.R. 3748), 36766 [16DE]

Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration: receive full funding for new and competing research grants (see H.J. Res. 190), 14970 [10JN]

Alcoholic beverages: clarify circumstances for territorial licenses to distribute and sell trademarked (see H.R. 1108), 8058 [16AP]

Alzheimer's disease: designation of 20 regional centers for treatment (see H.R. 524), 34789 [5DE]

American Battle Monuments Commission: establish monument to Armed Forces (see H.R. 3765), 31887 [14NO]

American Business Women's Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 379), 31888 [14NO]

American Samoa: authorize statues of illustrious persons to be placed in National Statuary Hall in Capitol (see H.R. 3778), 32463 [19NO]

Ammunition: regulate manufacture, importation, and sale of armor-piercing (see H.R. 4), 1148 [28JA]

Animal Welfare Act: ensure proper treatment of laboratory animals (see H.R. 2653), 32464 [19NO]

Anne Frank Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 293), 15216 [11JN]

Appalachian Regional Development Act: amend (see H.R. 10), 11761 [14MY]

Ariel Rios Memorial Federal Building, Washington, DC: designate (see H.R. 2038), 14970 [10JN]

Armed Forces: allow members to sue U.S. for damages for certain injuries caused by improper medical care (see H.R. 3174), 22682 [1AU]

Arms control policy: support President's commitment (see H. Con. Res. 35), 1315 [30JA]

Assassinations: prohibit U.S. involvement (see H.R. 1348), 27018 [9OC]

Attorney General: require periodic reports to President and Congress (see H.R. 375), 4230 [28FE]

Banks and banking: capital assistance to agricultural (see H.R. 1559), 10262 [2MY]

———improve quality of examinations of depository institutions (see H.R. 3567), 27642 [16OC]

———limit number of days institutions may restrict availability of funds on deposit (see H.R. 2443), 11146 [8MY]

Berlin, Irving: designate day to honor (see H.J. Res. 352), 23150 [10SE]

Better Hearing and Speech Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 169), 7613 [4AP]

Boy Scouts of America: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 159), 10521 [6MY]

———commemorate anniversary by minting half dollar coins (see H.R. 870), 9104 [23AP]

Brazil: congratulate people on recent elections (see H. Res. 49), 1877 [6FE]

Camp Fire, Inc.: recognizing 75 years service (see H.J. Res. 298), 13436 [23MY]

Camp Fire Week: designate (see H. Res. 98), 5586 [19MR]

Cancer: require States to enact laws obligating physicians and surgeons to inform patients of alternative methods of treatment (see H.R. 1579), 7239 [2AP]

Caribbean region: betterment of faculty development and university administration (see H.R. 1158), 7613 [4AP]

———establish International Advisory Commission (see H.R. 746), 1147 [28JA]

Centennial Year of the Gasoline Powered Automobile: designate (see H.J. Res. 439), 36211 [12DE]

Central America: calling for peace (see H. Res. 67), 9746 [29AP]

———Contadora peace process (see H.R. 1335), 13128 [22MY]

Child Abuse Act: encourage States to enact protection reforms (see H.R. 1972), 7496 [3AP]

Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act: encourage States to enact protection reforms (see H.R. 2999), 20264 [24JY]

Child Nutrition Act: extend and improve (see H.R. 7), 11147 [8MY]

———limit participation in Special Supplemental Food Program (see H.R. 1906), 9828 [30AP]

Childhood diseases: universal access to immunization and accelerated efforts to eradicate (see H. Con. Res. 211), 33843 [3DE]

Children: improve and expand care and early education services (see H.R. 2867), 34789 [5DE]

———improve enforcement of abuse laws (see H.R. 2791), 18730 [11JY]

———provide State assistance to establish clearinghouse for missing (see H.R. 604), 3378 [25FE]

Civil Rights Act: sex discrimination in public accommodation and private clubs (see H.R. 875), 34266 [4DE]

Civil Rights Restoration Act: enact (see H.R. 700), 901 [24JA]

Civil service: promote equitable pay practices and eliminate discrimination (see H.R. 3008), 19867 [22JY]

Coins: minting of commemoration of centennial of the Statue of Liberty (see H.R. 47), 1387 [31JA]

Columbus, Christopher: posthumously proclaiming honorary citizen (see H.J. Res. 275), 24812 [24SE]

Committee on Children, Youth, and Families (Select): establish (see H. Res. 25), 1878 [6FE]

Committee on Hunger (Select): establish (see H. Res. 20), 2681 [20FE]

Comprehensive Substance Abuse Education Act: assist school districts in drug abuse programs (see H.R. 1242), 7239 [2AP]

Congressional child care center: establish (see H. Res. 21), 4231 [28FE]

Congressional Record: permitting printing of political cartoons (see H. Res. 206), 18139 [9JY]

Constitution Day: designate (see H.R. 3842), 37487 [17DE]

Controlled Substances Act: modify criminal penalties for drug offenses (see H.R. 2954), 23696 [13SE]

Controlled Substances Import and Export Act: modify criminal penalties for drug offenses (see H.R. 2954), 23696 [13SE]

Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide: sense of Congress on ratification (see H. Res. 82), 4703 [6MR]

Copland, Aaron: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3041), 23913 [17SE]

Credit: eliminate foreign predatory export practices (see H.R. 3515), 27018 [9OC]

Crime and criminals: mandatory life sentence for kidnappings of persons under 18 years of age (see H.R. 814), 2434 [19FE]

———modify penalties for kidnapping of children (see H.R. 1318), 5585 [19MR]

———relative to sexual assault (see H.R. 596), 37487 [17DE]

Defense Dept. Overseas Teachers Pay and Personnel Practices Act: amend (see H.R. 43), 6087 [25MR]

Distressed areas: establish long term employment for needed community facilities projects (see H.R. 670), 19526 [17JY]

District of Columbia: authorize statues of illustrious persons to be placed in National Statuary Hall in Capitol (see H.R. 3778), 32463 [19NO]

———designate Raoul Wallenberg Ave. (see H.R. 2119), 8471 [18AP]

Domestic Volunteer Service Act: foster grandparent services for mentally retarded (see H.R. 1063), 8299 [17AP]

Doubek, Robert W.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2591), 31516 [12NO]

Drugs: grants to States to increase enforcement relating to production, possession, and transfer (see H.R. 526), 2292 [7FE]

Education: grants to local agencies to improve skills of economically distressed secondary students (see H.R. 901), 4402 [5MR]

———promote effective schools and excellence (see H.R. 747), 11147 [8MY]

———strengthen technological literacy through demonstration programs (see H.R. 3102), 29375 [29OC]

Education for All Handicapped Children Act: commemorate accomplishments (see H. Con. Res. 201), 25050 [26SE]

Education of the Handicapped Act: award reasonable attorneys' fees and clarify effect on rights, procedures, and remedies (see H.R. 1523), 9297 [24AP]

EEOC: require periodic reports to President and Congress (see H.R. 375), 4230 [28FE]

Election agencies: free postage (see H.R. 2216), 10696 [7MY]

Elections: protect voting rights (see H.R. 1453), 6367 [26MR]

———protect voting rights by preventing inappropriate registration procedures (see H.R. 1454), 6367 [26MR]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: grants for dropout prevention demonstration projects (see H.R. 3042), 23444 [11SE]

Employees: parental leave in cases involving birth, adoption, or serious illness (see H.R. 2020), 22685 [1AU]

Equal Credit Opportunity Act: amend (see H.R. 1575), 17520 [26JN]

Eugene Ormandy Appreciation Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 347), 23913 [17SE]

Executive departments: accept volunteer services of individuals and nonprofit organizations (see H.R. 1993), 9423 [25AP]

———promote pay equity and eliminate certain discriminatory wage-setting practices (see H.R. 27), 4230 [28FE]

Eximbank Act: amend (see H.R. 1787), 6607 [28MR]

Fair Credit Reporting Act: requirements and restrictions of information on renting residential property (see H.R. 2525), 13128 [22MY]

Fair Housing Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 188), 6368 [26MR]

Family Reunion Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 64, 65), 6610 [28MR]

Federal agencies: reporting requirements in cases of reduction in grade of pay, closings, or changings of functions of field offices (see H.R. 2401), 10694 [7MY]

Federal employees: allow for flexible work schedule (see H.R. 1534), 11147 [8MY]

———make permanent authority to establish and administer flexible and compressed work schedules (see H.R. 1525), 6367 [26MR]

———remove maximum hiring ages and mandatory retirement (see H.R. 1710), 7240 [2AP]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: labeling of a food fat content (see H.R. 3751), 38734 [20DE]

Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology: establish (see H.R. 1572), 7239 [2AP]

Firearms: mandatory registration (see H.R. 299), 15592 [13JN]

———prohibit sale of handguns (see H.R. 3706), 31516 [12NO]

———regulate manufacture, importation, and sale of armor-piercing ammunition (see H.R. 3132), 23444 [11SE]

Fishery and Conservation Management Act: improve administration and enforcement (see H.R. 2003), 11147 [8MY]

Food stamp plan: modify deductions for medical expenses (see H.R. 2778), 27439 [15OC]

———reauthorize and improve Commodity Supplemental and Temporary Emergency programs (see H.R. 2422), 14336 [5JN]

Footwear: orderly trade in nonrubber to reduce unemployment (see H.R. 1973), 14655 [6JN]

Foreign Assistance Act: appropriations for child survival fund (see H.R. 1746), 8058 [16AP]

———protect biological diversity in developing countries (see H.R. 2958), 25759 [2OC]

———protect tropical forests in developing countries (see H.R. 2957), 25759 [2OC]

GAO: investigate conditions of displaced Salvadoran persons (see H.R. 822), 36765 [16DE]

Girl Scouts of America: commemorate anniversary by minting half dollar coins (see H.R. 870), 9104 [23AP]

Guam: authorize statues of illustrious persons to be placed in National Statuary Hall in Capitol (see H.R. 3778), 32463 [19NO]

Handicapped Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 285), 11292 [9MY]

Hands Across America Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 462), 33843 [3DE]

Head Start: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 95), 8059 [16AP]

Helsinki Human Rights Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 132), 1876 [6FE]

Higher Education Act: strengthen programs relative to institutional aid (see H.R. 2907), 23150 [10SE]

———20th anniversary and reaffirmation of purpose (see H. Con. Res. 207), 26482 [7OC]

Highways: increase Federal share for guardrail and safety appurtenances (see H.R. 2985), 29375 [29OC]

Historic Sites Act: recognizing accomplishments over past 50 years (see H.J. Res. 299), 16582 [20JN]

House of Representatives Foreign Student Intern Program: establish (see H. Res. 183), 34267 [4DE]

House of Representatives Minority Student Intern Program: establishing (see H. Res. 112), 8474 [18AP]

Housing: amend and extend certain laws (see H.R. 1), 17519 [26JN]

Ignacy Jan Paderewski Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 413), 26109 [3OC]

Immigration and Nationality Act: relative to grounds for exclusion and deportation of aliens (see H.R. 2361), 14059 [4JN]

Indian lands: conservation, rehabilitation, and improvement of natural and cultural resources (see H.R. 99), 2292 [7FE]

Interest: uniform disclosure of rates payable on savings accounts (see H.R. 2282), 9827 [30AP]

Intergenerational education volunteer network programs: establish (see H.R. 1587), 5582 [19MR]

International trade: give Nation's performance greater importance in Government policy (see H.R. 1950), 17912 [27JN]

Jewish Heritage Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 104), 5728 [20MR]

Job Corps Program: reaffirm commitment (see H. Res. 72), 5586 [19MR]

Job Training Partnership Act: establish education component in summer youth employment programs (see H.R. 1090), 5048 [7MR]

King, Martin Luther, Jr.: authorize Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity to establish monument (see H.R. 2457), 16123 [18JN]

Klinghoffer, Leon: killing by Palestinian terrorists (see H. Con. Res. 217), 32643 [20NO]

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]

LSC: opposition of House to efforts to reduce services (see H. Res. 55), 5049 [7MR]

Medicaid: optional program of pharmaceutical assistance to aged (see H.R. 1542), 7239 [2AP]

Medicare: prohibit Sec. of HHS from changing reimbursement levels or methodologies for home health service programs (see H.R. 3202), 22899 [4SE]

———sense of Congress that patients are entitled to accurate and timely information regarding benefits (see H. Con. Res. 221), 31516 [12NO]

Medicare and medicaid: do not restrict eligibility or increased cost on elderly or poor (see H. Con. Res. 39), 903 [24JA]

Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 178), 7240 [2AP]

Mexico: disaster assistance for victims of earthquake (see H. Con. Res. 196), 25279 [30SE]

Myasthenia Gravis Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 329), 24289 [19SE]

Nassau River valley marshlands, Florida: preserve ecology (see H.R. 2483), 32215 [18NO]

National Adult Day Care Center Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 229), 7496 [3AP]

National Advisory and Coordinating Council on Bilingual Education: recent appointments (see H. Res. 256), 22684 [1AU]

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 Arts in the Schools Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 470), 38372 [19DE]

National Association of State Directors of Veterans Affairs, Inc.: grant charter (see H.R. 3024), 31248 [8NO]

National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 170), 6368 [26MR]

National Buy American Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 334), 25497 [1OC]

National Center on Elder Abuse: establish (see H.R. 1674), 8762 [22AP]

National Child Abuse Prevention Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 121), 1386 [31JA]

National Child Safety Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 33), 828 [22JA]

National Children's Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 79), 2942 [21FE]

National Commission on Women's Business Ownership: establish (see H.R. 887), 2434 [19FE]

National Community College Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 125), 9745 [29AP]

National CPR Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 183), 6471 [27MR]

National Dental Hygiene Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 218), 23913 [17SE]

National Diffusion Network: provide for continuation (see H.R. 147), 5047 [7MR]

National Digestive Diseases Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 158), 9829 [30AP]

National Disability in Entertainment Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 206), 19867 [22JY]

National Drug Abuse Education Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 126), 25496 [1OC]

National Drunk and Drugged Driving Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 358), 20838 [26JY]

National Emergency Medical Air Transport Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 452), 36766 [16DE]

National Employ-the-Older-Worker Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 134), 1876 [6FE]

National Endowment for the Homeless: establish (see H.R. 1669), 28316 [22OC]

National Energy Education Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 160), 5049 [7MR]

National Eye Health Care Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 207), 10696 [7MY]

National Family Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 62), 6367 [26MR]

National Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 375), 32642 [20NO]

National Fire Fighters Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 479), 36210 [12DE]

National Foster Grandparents Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 141), 27163 [10OC]

National Guard: issue commemorative stamp (see H. Res. 245), 26110 [3OC]

———protection for technicians (see H.R. 3040), 22899 [4SE]

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 Legion of Valor Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 41), 7240 [2AP]

National Make-A-Wish Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 221), 23009 [9SE]

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), 31888 [14NO]

National Organ Donation Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 123), 1386 [31JA]

National Osteoporosis Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 46), 6367 [26MR]

National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 101), 34267 [4DE]

National Resource Office Relating to Crime Against Older Individuals: establish (see H.R. 3120), 34885 [6DE]

National Reye's Syndrome Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 122), 14337 [5JN]

National School Library Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 154), 4402 [5MR]

National School Lunch Act: extend and improve (see H.R. 7), 11147 [8MY]

National School-Age Child Care Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 60), 20838 [26JY]

National Scleroderma Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 144), 6087 [25MR]

National Self-Help Housing Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 174), 8474 [18AP]

National Spina Bifida Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 179), 6368 [26MR]

National Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 322), 25759 [2OC]

National System of Interstate and Defense Highways: apportion funds for construction (see H.R. 509), 1878 [6FE]

National Theater Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 25), 5048 [7MR]

National Theatre Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 464), 32978 [20NO]

National Tourism Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 296), 16942 [24JN]

National Veterans' Health Care Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 216), 9105 [23AP]

National Women Veterans Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 20), 903 [24JA]

National Young Writers' Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 368), 25051 [26SE]

Office of Ethnic and Minority Affairs: establish (see H.R. 1607), 7497 [3AP]

Older Americans Act: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 132), 9744 [29AP]

Older Americans Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 195), 5583 [19MR]

Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act: limit eligibility for block grants (see H.R. 2570), 19229 [16JY]

Peace Corps: recognize 25th anniversary (see H.J. Res. 305), 18139 [9JY]

Peace Corps Act: amend relative to number of volunteers (see H.R. 1121), 5585 [19MR]

Point Reyes National Seashore, CA: designate as Phillip Burton Wilderness (see H.R. 1373), 4229 [28FE]

Polish American Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 106), 5729 [20MR]

Postal Service: establish Office of Inspector General (see H.R. 2909), 29375 [29OC]

Printing: reduce paperwork burden (see H.R. 3508), 26109 [3OC]

Public Works and Economic Development Act: amend (see H.R. 10), 11761 [14MY]

Puerto Rico: humanitarian assistance for victims of tropical storm Isabel (see H. Res. 293), 27162 [10OC]

Pureto Rico: authorize statues of illustrious persons to be placed in National Statuary Hall in Capitol (see H.R. 3778), 32463 [19NO]

Scruggs, Jan C.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2591), 31516 [12NO]

Sec. of HUD: implementation of home credit emergency plan in each State (see H.R. 3306), 32464 [19NO]

Sec. of Labor: require periodic reports to President and Congress (see H.R. 375), 4230 [28FE]

Senior Center Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 146), 3951 [27FE]

Sex discrimination: eliminate gender-based distinctions (see H.R. 347), 2941 [21FE]

Shriver, Sargent: present a gold medal and authorize sale of bronze duplicates (see H.R. 3513), 28702 [23OC]

Social Security: closing and downgrading of local offices (see H. Res. 219), 20139 [23JY]

———freeze cost-of-living (see H. Res. 31), 9829 [30AP]

———limit increase in the inpatient hospital deductible and charge extended care co-insurance (see H.R. 3630), 31637 [13NO]

———modify terminology relative to handicapped children (see H.R. 359), 6087 [25MR]

———overpayments made to deceased shall be subject to provisions under the Act (see H.R. 2860), 20838 [26JY]

———provide for pilot and demonstration projects to test development of programs (see H.R. 880), 1878 [6FE]

Social Security Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 300), 22686 [1AU]

Society of the Third Infantry Division: erect memorial in District of Columbia (see H.R. 2440), 32628 [20NO]

Soviet Union: direct President to begin talks to establish student exchange for peace programs (see H.J. Res. 336), 23444 [11SE]

———support expanded cultural exchange (see H. Con. Res. 237), 36211 [12DE]

State and local educational agencies: assistance for drug, alcohol, and tobacco abuse prevention programs (see H.R. 380), 20680 [25JY]

State and local governments: grants for youth service projects (see H.R. 888), 2942 [21FE]

States: demonstration program to provide unemployment compensation to fund self-employment (see H.R. 1690), 9828 [30AP]

Statistics: improve collection on crimes involving racial, religious, or ethnic hatred (see H.R. 1171), 3378 [25FE]

Student loans: restrict legislation which would limit eligibility for, or access to, aid (see H. Res. 131), 10024 [1MY]

Tariff Act: apply countervailing duties to resource input subsidies (see H.R. 2451), 15500 [12JN]

Taxation: allow deduction for contributions to education savings accounts (see H.R. 1644), 5985 [21MR]

———allow individual to designate $2 of income tax payments for world hunger emergencies (see H.R. 1434), 8299 [17AP]

———charitable contributions by nonitemizers (see H.R. 587), 6470 [27MR]

———credit for dependent care expenses (see H.R. 2527), 17233 [25JN]

———deduction for contributions to education savings accounts (see H.R. 3379), 26691 [8OC]

———deductions for charitable contributions (see H. Res. 91), 6471 [27MR]

———exclude educational assistance programs from gross income (see H.R. 1356), 28316 [22OC]

———extend and phase out credit for investments in conservation and renewable energy property (see H.R. 2001), 18138 [9JY]

———Federal deduction for State and local taxes should not be repealed (see H. Res. 105), 15216 [11JN]

———full credit for contributions to candidates for Congress (see H.R. 3780), 35288 [9DE]

———impose on charitable organizations that refuse certain funds for legal services to poor (see H.R. 1273), 3569 [26FE]

———incentives to companies which operate in Puerto Rico be retained (see H. Con. Res. 180), 24812 [24SE]

———increase deduction for personal exemptions (see H.R. 1551), 38371 [19DE]

———increase on cigarettes and earmark to Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund (see H.R. 3630), 31637 [13NO]

———increase to $4,000 maximum deduction for retirement savings (see H.R. 1263), 5988 [21MR]

———remove limitations on charitable contributions of certain items (see H.R. 3087), 23150 [10SE]

Telecommunication: participation of minorities (see H.R. 308), 15592 [13JN]

Terrorism: designate Time of Remembrance for all victims throughout the world (see H.J. Res. 369), 27828 [17OC]

Textile industry and fabrics: promote economic recovery (see H.R. 1562), 5582 [19MR]

Time of Remembrance: designate, for all victims of terrorism throughout the world (see H.J. Res. 369), 27828 [17OC]

Truth in Lending Act: establish limitation on rates of interest imposed on credit cards (see H.R. 3408), 29686 [30OC]

———limit rate of interest charged on credit cards (see H.R. 1197), 31636 [13NO]

Unemployment: extend supplemental compensation (see H.R. 890), 6367 [26MR]

Unemployment Trust Fund: establish a system of individual training accounts (see H.R. 26), 27018 [9OC]

United Support of Artists for Africa: commend (see H. Con. Res. 99), 8059 [16AP]

Uruguay: congratulate people on recent elections (see H. Res. 48), 1877 [6FE]

VA: adjudication of claims for benefits (see H.R. 585), 2292 [7FE]

———mortgage assistance with loans guaranteed in order to avoid foreclosure (see H.R. 2135), 18060 [8JY]

Very Special Arts U.S.A. Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 204), 8058 [16AP]

Veterans: extend eligibility for GI bill for Vietnam era (see H.R. 1353), 6610 [28MR]

———monthly pension for World War I (see H.R. 1918), 26691 [8OC]

———presumption of service connection of posttraumatic stress disorders during Vietnam era (see H.R. 362), 7238 [2AP]

———provide mortgage protection life insurance to those with service-connected disabilities (see H.R. 1141), 9104 [23AP]

Virgin Islands: authorize statues of illustrious persons to be placed in National Statuary Hall in Capitol (see H.R. 3778), 32463 [19NO]

War Powers Act: make rules governing uses of Armed Forces (see H.R. 1304), 3949 [27FE]

Wheeler, John P., III: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2591), 31516 [12NO]

White House Conference on Library and Information Services: request President to call (see H.J. Res. 244), 23913 [17SE]

Women: economic equity (see H.R. 2472), 15216 [11JN]

Women's History Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 50), 2434 [19FE]

World Food Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 172), 25759 [2OC]

World Health Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 189), 5046 [7MR]

World Health Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 189), 5046 [7MR]

Year of Social Security: designate (see H.J. Res. 1), 21632 [30JY]

Year of the Teacher: designate (see H.J. Res. 151), 3379 [25FE]

Youth: establish part-time school year and full-time summer employment for disadvantaged (see H.R. 671), 19526 [17JY]

Youth Suicide Prevention Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 193), 6368 [26MR]

Elected to

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs, ***** [30JA], 1272 [4FE]

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, ***** [30JA], 1272 [4FE]

Letters

Future of Caribbean Basin Initiative: 11 heads of state from Caribbean nations, to President Reagan, 22906 [4SE]

Tax treatment of Puerto Rico: by, 8427 [18AP]

Oaths of office

House of Representatives, 587 [7JA]

Remarks by, on

Caribbean nations: future of Caribbean Basin Initiative, 22906 [4SE], 23126 [9SE], 23668 [12SE], 27740 [16OC]

Dept. of the Treasury: substitution of a wage credit for sec. 936 of IRS Code, 14255 [4JN]

———tax reform plan, 14255 [4JN]

Food Security Act: enact (H.R. 2100), 26434 [7OC]

Hunger: Federal assistance programs, 26434 [7OC]

Natural disasters: Puerto Rican landslides and flood, 27740 [16OC]

Puerto Rico: continue Nutrition Assistance Program (H.R. 1653), 6017 [21MR]

———economic development, 22906 [4SE], 23126 [9SE], 23668 [12SE], 27740 [16OC]

———elimination of IRS sec. 936, 15037 [10JN]

———humanitarian assistance for victims of tropical storm Isabel (H. Res. 293), 27146 [10OC]

———include in State definition to withhold State income taxes from Federal employees (H.R. 1943), 8096 [16AP]

———landslides and flood, 27740 [16OC]

———repeal of sec. 936 of IRS Code, 22023 [31JY]

———repeal of sec. 936 of the IRS Code regarding territorial exemption, 8073 [16AP]

———sec. 936 of the IRS Code regarding business, 11912 [14MY]

———tax reform regarding Internal Revenue Code sec. 936, 22906 [4SE], 23126 [9SE], 23668 [12SE], 27740 [16OC]

———tax reform regarding IRS sec. 936, 20150 [23JY], 23668 [12SE]

VA: medical services in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands (H.R. 1654), 6012 [21MR]

Remarks in House relative to

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 5984 [21MR], 7493 [3AP], 8050 [16AP], 11759 [14MY], 14056 [4JN], 15878 [17JN], 20136 [23JY], 21630 [30JY], 22893 [4SE], 23008 [9SE], 23546 [12SE], 26480 [7OC], 27641 [16OC]

Reports

Committee on Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs, 10512 [6MY]

Food Security Act (H.R. 2100): Committee on Agriculture (excerpt), 26434 [7OC]

Foreign Travel Expenditures, 10512 [6MY]

Statements

Tax Status of Puerto Rico: Representative Garcia, 7688 [4AP]

———Representative Harold Ford, 7688 [4AP]

———Representative Richardson, 7689 [4AP]

Summaries

Puerto Rico and the U.S.—Understanding the Foundations of a Strategic Relationship: Georges Fauriol, 11912 [14MY]

Tributes

Kaye, Sidney, 13950 [3JN]