GOVERNMENT REGULATION
Addresses
Natural Gas Industry: Georgiana H. Sheldon, 11892 [14MY]
Amendments
Industry: adopt uniform product liability standards (S. 100), 5461 [19MR]
NRC: authorizing appropriations (S. 895), 15685, 15726 [13JN]
Public buildings: compliance with building codes and zoning laws (H.R. 2403), 36051 [11DE]
Analyses
Amendments to the Securities Investor Protection Act (S. 922), 7932 [16AP]
Federal Pesticide Reform Act (H.R. 2580), 13348 [22MY]
Product Manufacturers Responsibility Act (S. 100), 5467-5469 [19MR]
Regional Power Planning and Regulatory Coordination Act (H.R. 3074), 20410-20411 [24JY]
Securities Law Technical Amendments Act (S. 920), 7922-7931 [16AP]
Shareholder Communications Act (S. 918), 7917 [16AP]
Shareholder Fairness Act (S. 860), 7355 [3AP]
Articles and editorials
Alternative to an Arms Utility, 36339 [12DE]
Asbestos Cleanups Fail, 36343 [12DE]
Asbestos Fiasco, 36344 [12DE]
Asbestos Removal From Schools Carried Out Improperly, EPA Reports Say, 36335 [12DE]
Cancer Prevention Must Focus on Most Effective Methods, 29775 [30OC]
Collingswood Schools Fined on Asbestos Guide, 36772 [16DE]
Coping With the Economic Slowdown, 11890 [14MY]
Court OK's Suits for Asbestos Ills—Du Pont Faces Five Civil Cases, 38678 [19DE]
EPA's Life-Death Challenge, 34058 [3DE]
Guarantees of Safety for the Insurance Industry, 30352 [1NO]
Informing the Public, 23113 [9SE]
Law and Order on Indian Bingo, 17923 [27JN]
New Checks, Balances Affect FCC Policymaking, 9185-9187 [24AP]
New IRS Rules Asking Impossible, 1641 [31JA]
Nutty Business at the ICC, 22915 [4SE]
Pay Rule Not a Federal Issue, 23016 [9SE]
Product Liability Chaos!, 13317 [22MY]
Rail Crossing Safety Regulations (series), 4520-4525 [5MR]
Refocusing on Brokered Deposits, 3672 [26FE]
Save Virginia Lives, Too, 11187 [8MY]
Schools Get Poor EPA Advice on Asbestos, Audits Say, 34056 [3DE]
Seat Belt Psychology, 11188 [8MY]
Senate Bill Addresses Overtime Pay Problem, 23015 [9SE]
Timber Industry Not Out of the Woods, 15226 [11JN]
Unsparing Look at the Asbestos Tragedy, 37502 [17DE]
Upstate New York—Tough Markets for City Banks, 22020-22022 [31JY]
Who Needs the Legislative Veto?, 20760-20764 [26JY]
Bills and resolutions
Agriculture: protect food and fiber supplies from arbitrary or unsound decisions (see H.R. 1750)
Atomic energy: standardized plant design and improve licensing and regulatory process (see H.R. 1029)
Coal: offset competitive advantages of foreign producers (see H.R. 1905)
Congressional oversight: provide for improved (see H. Con. Res. 2)
Depressed areas: increase investments by State and local governments through reductions in regulatory burdens (see H.R. 1706)
Electric power: regulatory authorities of Federal and State agencies in certain transactions by public utility companies (see H.R. 931)
Executive departments: disapprove certain rules (see H.R. 340)
———discontinue or amend certain report requirements (see S. 992)
———economic impact statement and congressional approval of proposed rules (see H.R. 82)
———establish Office of Regulatory Policy and Coordination (see H.R. 19)
———improve mechanism for congressional oversight of rulemaking procedures (see S. 1145)
———reform and improve administrative procedures (see H.R. 2969)
Federal aid programs: reimbursement to State and local governments for costs of complying with rules and regulations (see S. 483)
Federal regions: improve oversight (see H.R. 537)
Firearms: eliminate certain ammunition recordkeeping requirements (see S. 634)
Gender-based distinctions: amend U.S. laws (see S. 86)
Government regulation: energy use and allocation reform (see H.R. 929)
Judicial proceedings: modify system for promulgation of certain rules (see H.R. 2633)
Laetrile: exemption from effectiveness requirements (see H.R. 1471)
Motor vehicles: prohibit EPA from adopting certain regulations on lead additives in gasoline (see H.R. 2325)
Nuclear powerplants: economic protection for people living near transportation routes (see S. 445)
Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act: eliminate unnecessary reporting requirements (see S. 1068)
Power resources: protect energy and fuel supplies from arbitrary or unsound decisions (see H.R. 1750)
Regulatory Negotiation Act: enact (see S. 451)
Regulatory process: congressional oversight and control (see H.R. 1339, 1351)
Small business: safeguard of interests in court proceedings (see S. 396)
Surface Freight Forwarder Deregulation Act: enact (see S. 1124)
Taxation: repeal certain recordkeeping requirements for business use of property and motor vehicles (see H.R. 954)
Trucking: regulation (see S. 1711)
U.S. Code: amend (see H.R. 478)
Court decisions
Miller v. California: Supreme Court (excerpt from obscenity case), 12932 [21MY]
Explanations
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act amendments (S. 309), 1232-1235 [29JA]
Letters
Asbestos removal industry and proposed EPA model contractor certification plan: C.B. Miller (excerpt), 36335 [12DE]
Control of TWA by Carl Icahn: Senator Eagleton, 13635 [23MY]
Effect of EPA stack height requirements on the Ohio River Valley, Ormet Corp., Hannibal, OH, 20691 [25JY]
FDA user fees on drug certification applications: Margaret M. Heckler, Sec. of HHS, 27661 [16OC]
———Senators Hatch and Kennedy, 27661 [16OC]
Foreign travel regulations: Ronald I. Spiers, 28897 [24OC]
FTC regulation of professionals: Eunice R. Cole, 20458 [25JY]
———Gerald P. Nagy, 20455 [25JY]
———Hal M. Christensen, 20455 [25JY]
———J.H. Kent, 20458 [25JY]
———James E. Ritchie, 20458 [25JY]
———John S. Zapp, 20458 [25JY]
———Robert D. Evans, 20458 [25JY]
———W. Ward Reynoldson, 20458 [25JY]
Government paperwork requirements: Representative Horton (1977 excerpt), 7162 [2AP]
Issues in domestic telecommunications: Senator Laxalt (excerpts), 36362 [12DE]
———Senator Riegle (excerpt), 36363 [12DE]
———William P. Clark (excerpt), 36363 [12DE]
Legislative veto authority: John Motley III (excerpt), 20451 [25JY]
Motor vehicle passive restraint system regulations: Elizabeth Dole, Sec. of Transportation, 2234 [7FE]
Regulation of natural gas pipelines after partial wellhead decontrol: several Members of Congress, 22145 [1AU]
Wage discrimination: several Members of Congress, 970 [24JA]
Lists
Cosponsors: H.R. 1339, Regulatory Oversight and Control Act, 4184 [28FE]
Organizations supporting the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act amendments (S. 309), 1235 [29JA]
Regulatory Oversight and Control Act (H.R. 1339): cosponsors, 9540 [25AP]
Memorandums
Regulations Implementing Uniform Infant Formula Quality Control Standards: FDA (excerpt), 917 [24JA]
Substance of the Supreme Court's Obscenity Test: Republican Policy Committee, 12933-12937 [21MY]
Memorials of legislature
Wyoming, 6688 [28MR]
Messages
Regulatory Program of the Government: President Reagan, 22821 [14AU]
Pamphlets
Legislative Veto, Unseparating the Powers: John R. Bolton (excerpt), 20463 [25JY]
Papers
Policy Position Regarding Oil Overcharge Refunds: Mark White, Governor of Texas, 31525 [12NO]
Regulatory Restraints on Natural Gas Use—Logic Is Lacking—Executive Summary: Ted R. Miller and Charles F. Stone, 29299 [28OC]
Petitions
EPA regulation of asbestos: AFL-CIO, 32876 [20NO]
Nuclear Decommissioning Tax Act (H.R. 2820): National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners, 5917 [20MR]
Poems
``IRS Recordkeeping Rules'', 1641 [31JA]
Press releases
Limited preemption of State and local zoning regulation of satellite receive-only Earth station antennas: FCC, 6817 [28MR]
Proceedings
Ameron, Inc., v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 14029 [4JN]
Regulations
Routing of travel: Dept. of State (excerpt), 28897 [24OC]
Remarks in House
Administrative Procedure Reform Act: enact (H.R. 2968), 18928 [11JY]
Asbestos: impact of New Jersey Supreme Court ruling on worker protection, 38678 [19DE]
———proposed standards, 34056 [3DE]
Asbestos removal industry: proposed EPA model contractor certification plan, 36334, 36343 [12DE], 36772 [16DE], 37502 [17DE], 38678 [19DE]
Banks and banking: State authority to regulate bad check fees (H.R. 2011), 23447 [11SE]
Broker Deposit Limitation Act: enact (H.R. 107), 3672 [26FE]
Business: reduce, 5949 [21MR]
Cable Television Copyright Deregulation Act: enact (H.R. 3339), 25250 [26SE]
Contracting: whistleblowing incentives for waste and abuse, 7702 [4AP]
Cyclamates: damages for growers, manufacturers, packers and distributers as result of FDA misrepresentations (H.R. 3637), 29559 [29OC]
Defense procurement: regulatory issues, 36339 [12DE]
Drinking age: allocation of Federal highway funds relative to States' minimum, 14052 [4JN]
EPA: proposed funding, 10179-10180 [1MY]
Executive departments: congressional oversight of regulatory process (H. Con. Res. 2), 871-879 [24JA]
FDA: require Senate confirmation of Commissioner (H.R. 3909), 36121 [11DE]
Federal Pesticide Reform Act: enact (H.R. 2580), 13347 [22MY]
FERC: clarify authority (H.R. 931), 1662 [4FE]
Firearms: require Federal regulation of the MAC-10 (H.R. 2024), 18396 [10JY]
———require Federal regulations of the MAC-10 (H.R. 2024), 12229 [16MY]
Government securities: authorize Federal Reserve Board to regulate activities of dealers (H.R. 1896), 7103 [2AP]
Government securities dealers: authorize Federal Reserve Board to regulate activities (H.R. 1896), 11241 [9MY]
Home Health Care Preservation Act: enact (H.R. 3202), 22743, 22745 [1AU]
ICC: regulatory reform policies, 22914 [4SE]
Indian Country Gambling Regulation Act: enact, 11166 [8MY]
———enact (H.R. 2404), 17923 [27JN]
Insurance: proposed dual Federal and State regulation against insolvancy, 30352 [1NO]
Interstate banking: authorize, by 1990 (H.R. 2707), 22020 [31JY]
License transfers: require FCC public hearings when waiver of ownership rules is involved (H.R. 3723), 31538 [12NO]
Low-power television: copyright law and FCC regulations, 22028 [31JY]
Mandatory Fish Inspection Act: enact (H.R. 1989), 7720 [4AP]
Motor vehicles: notice of hearings on regulations mandating passive restraint systems, 2234 [7FE]
National DES Awareness Week: designate (H.J. Res. 149), 2333 [7FE]
Natural gas: decontrol, 29299 [28OC]
———pipeline transport on a nondiscriminatory basis (H. Res. 315), 31254 [8NO]
NRC: access to meetings, 15149 [11JN]
Nuclear Decommissioning Tax Act: enact (H.R. 2820), 5916 [20MR]
Nuclear Powerplant Standardization Act: enact (H.R. 1029), 5895 [20MR]
Oil Country Tubular Goods Export Protection Act: enact (H.R. 1339), 36793 [16DE]
Oil Pipeline Regulatory Reform Act: enact (H.R. 2269), 9950, 9970 [30AP]
Petroleum: litigation against oil companies for Federal price and allocation controls violations, 31525 [12NO]
Powerplants: EPA stack height requirements, 20691 [25JY]
Presidential Task Force on Regulatory Relief: reforms, 32883 [20NO]
Public buildings: compliance with building codes and zoning laws (H.R. 2403), 36049 [11DE]
Public utilities: protection for electric utility customers in a disaster (H.R. 3568), 27748 [16OC]
Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act: amend (H.R. 3568), 27748 [16OC]
Red dyes: ban cancer causing food additives, 17544 [26JN]
Regional Power Planning and Regulatory Coordination Act: enact (H.R. 3074), 20409, 20411, 20412, 20413 [24JY]
Regulatory Oversight and Control Act: enact (H.R. 1339), 4184 [28FE], 9540 [25AP]
Risk Assessment Research and Demonstration Act: enact (H.R. 2749), 15541 [12JN]
Roads and highways: regulate transportation of certain chemical shipments, 22955 [5SE]
Savings and loan associations: direct investments, 36327 [12DE]
Seatbelts: requiring, 11187 [8MY]
Taxation: interest and dividend statement separate mailing requirement (H.R. 1652), 5949 [21MR]
Telecommunications equipment: regulation, 36362 [12DE]
10 regional unit plan: enforce, 2884 [21FE]
Remarks in Senate
Aeronautics: revocation of certain certificates for air transportation (S. 1218), 13633 [23MY]
Commission on Pornography: review of obscenity statutes, 12932 [21MY]
Corporations: amend regulatory control of stock takeovers (S. 860), 7352 [3AP]
———prohibit SEC rulemaking relative to hostile takeover attempt of Unocal Corp. (S. 1695), 24766 [24SE]
EPA: regulation of genetically engineered microorganisms (S. 1967), 36908 [17DE]
FCC: fairness doctrine, 27647 [16OC]
———regulatory policies, 9185 [24AP]
FDA: prohibit user fees on drug certification applications, 27661-27662 [16OC]
Federal aid programs: reimbursement to State and local governments for costs of complying with rules and regulations (S. 483), 2737-2741 [20FE]
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act: amend to increase environmental protection (S. 309), 1227, 1235 [29JA]
FERC: resource and geographic sorting relative to applications for hydroelectric licenses, 22155 [1AU]
Firearms: eliminate ammunition recordkeeping requirements for licensed dealers (S. 634), 4883 [7MR]
FTC: legislative veto authority, 20442-20453, 20460-20468 [25JY], 20726, 20751-20758 [26JY]
———provide for congressional review of rules, 20759-20765 [26JY]
———regulation of professionals, 20454-20460 [25JY]
Gender-based distinctions: amend U.S. laws (S. 86), 1069 [24JA], 33939, 33947 [3DE]
Government: question of responsibility for train crossing regulations, 4520 [5MR]
Industry: adopt uniform product liability standards (S. 100), 5465 [19MR]
Infant Formula Act: implement uniform quality control standards (S. 265), 915-917 [24JA]
IRS: penalty provisions, 36822 [17DE]
———status of regulation projects, 23078 [9SE]
Motor vehicles: ban importation of automobiles not in compliance with certain U.S. standards (S. 921), 7931 [16AP]
Natural gas: FERC rule relative to block billing and transportation, 31728-31730 [13NO]
NRC: authorizing appropriations (S. 895), 15679-15687 [13JN]
———eliminate duplicative Federal Register notices relative to agreement with State programs (S. 889), 7639 [4AP]
———require report on regulatory objectives, 15684 [13JN]
Nuclear powerplants: economic protection for people living near transportation routes (S. 445), 2188-2189 [7FE]
Nuclear Regulation Reorganization Act: enact (S. 1235), 14163 [4JN]
Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act: eliminate unnecessary reporting requirements (S. 1068), 18239 [9JY]
Pay Equity Act: enact (S. 5), 960-967 [24JA]
Pulitzer Prize recipient: Thomas K. McCraw, 10773 [7MY]
Radio: prohibit certain restrictions on antennas used by licensed amateur operators (S. Res. 36), 338 [3JA], 1999-2001 [6FE]
Regulatory Negotiation Act: enact (S. 451), 2197-2200 [7FE]
Rulemaking Procedures Reform Act: enact (S. 1145), 12155-12159 [15MY]
SEC: authority to impose certain requirements on banks (S. 918), 7917 [16AP]
———reform and clarify provisions of law (S. 920), 7918 [16AP]
Securities Investor Protection Act: amend (S. 922), 7931 [16AP]
Sex discrimination: prohibit (S. 86), 1069 [24JA], 33939, 33947 [3DE]
Small business: reduce Federal paperwork burden (S. 614), 4818 [7MR]
———reimbursement for legal expenses (S. 615), 4819 [7MR]
———reimbursement for legal expenses (S. 1138), 12144 [15MY]
———safeguard interests in court proceedings, 10880 [7MY]
———safeguard interests in court proceedings (S. 396), 1936 [6FE]
———safeguard interests in court proceedings (S. 518), 3758 [27FE]
Surface Freight Forwarder Deregulation Act: enact (S. 1124), 11832 [14MY], 30415-30419 [4NO]
Television: prohibit arbitrary zoning and licensing restrictions on home satellite dish antennas, 6817 [28MR]
———prohibit arbitrary zoning and licensing restrictions on home satellite dish antennas (S. Res. 35), 338 [3JA], 1999-2001 [6FE]
Trucking: deregulation (S. 1711), 25178 [26SE]
Reports
Employment and Earnings of Women—The Comparable Worth Debate: Raymond Marshall and Beth Paulin, 970-977 [24JA]
Federal Aid Programs: Commission on Intergovernmental Relations (excerpt), 2741 [20FE]
Findings of the Commission on Obscenity and Pornography (excerpt), 12932 [21MY]
Issues in Domestic Telecommunications: National Telecommunications and Information Administration (sundry excerpts), 36362 [12DE]
Nuclear Powerplants Economic Protection Incentives: Heritage Foundation (excerpt), 2188 [7FE]
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980: Committee on Government Affairs (excerpt), 24347 [19SE]
Prohibit Sex Discrimination: Committee on the Judiciary (S. 86) (S. Rept. 99-194), 33116 [21NO]
Regulatory Negotiation Projects: National Coal Policy Project, 2199 [7FE]
Revocation of Certain Certificates for Air Transportation: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (S. 1218) (S. Rept. 99-90), 16962 [24JN]
SEC Authority To Impose Certain Requirements on Banks: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (S. 918), 36417 [13DE]
Surface Freight Forwarder Deregulation Reduction: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (S. 1124) (S. Rept. 99-120), 21727 [31JY]
Women, Work, and Wages: National Academy of Sciences (excerpt), 965 [24JA]
Statements
Allocation of Federal Highway Funds Relative to States' Minimum Drinking Age: Representative Livingston, 14054 [4JN]
Asbestos Removal Industry and Proposed EPA Model Contractor Certification Plan: C.B. Miller (excerpt), 36334 [12DE]
Cable Television Copyright Deregulation Act (H.R. 3339): Mark S. Fowler (excerpt), 25251 [26SE]
Corporate Tender Offers: David Norr, 7353 [3AP]
———Paul Elicker, 7353 [3AP]
Issues in Domestic Telecommunications: Representative Dingell (excerpts), 36362 [12DE]
Legislative Veto Authority: Dept. of Justice (excerpt), 20465 [25JY], 20756 [26JY]
———Senator Ford, 20463 [25JY]
Modification of the Internal Revenue Code: Colorado Society of Certified Public Accountants, 23078 [9SE]
Regulation of Natural Gas Pipelines After Partial Wellhead Decontrol: Raymond O'Connor, 22146 [1AU]
Rulemaking Authority of Federal Agencies: Robert A. Taft, 20450 [25JY]
Science Policy Task Force: Robert Serafin, 32907 [20NO]
Summaries
Corporate Activities of Carl Icahn (excerpt), 13634 [23MY]
National Occupant Protection Program, 2235-2237 [7FE]
Regulatory Oversight and Control Act (H.R. 1339), 4184 [28FE], 9541 [25AP]
Rulemaking Procedures Reform Act (S. 1145), 12159 [15MY]
State and Local Pay Equity/Comparable Worth Initiatives: Nina Rothchild, 964 [24JA]
Tables
IRS regulations projects, 23078 [9SE]
Texts of
H.R. 1989, Mandatory Fish Inspection Act, 7720 [4AP]
H.R. 2403, compliance with nationally recognized model building codes and with local zoning laws, 36051 [11DE]
H.R. 3339, Cable Television Copyright Deregulation Act, 25251 [26SE]
H.R. 3568, Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act amendment to protect customers during a disaster, 27749 [16OC]
H.R. 3723, require FCC public hearings for license transfers when waiver of ownership rules is involved (H.R. 3723), 31538 [12NO]
S. 5, Pay Equity Act, 968-969 [24JA]
S. 86, Sex Discrimination in the U.S. Code Reform Act, 33939-33947 [3DE]
S. 265, Infant Formula Act uniform quality control standards, 916 [24JA]
S. 309, increase environmental protection under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, 1227-1232 [29JA]
S. 396, safeguard interests of small business in court proceedings, 1939-1942 [6FE]
S. 445, economic protection for people living near transportation routes of nuclear powerplants, 2189 [7FE]
S. 451, Regulatory Negotiation Act, 2200-2202 [7FE]
S. 483, Intergovernmental Regulatory Relief Act, 2737-2740 [20FE]
S. 614, Small Business Paperwork Reduction Act, 4819 [7MR]
S. 634, eliminate ammunition recordkeeping requirements for licensed firearms dealers, 4884 [7MR]
S. 860, Shareholder Fairness Act, 7354 [3AP]
S. 889, eliminate duplicative Federal Register notices relative to NRC agreement with State programs, 7639 [4AP]
S. 895, authorizing appropriations for the NRC, 15686 [13JN]
S. 918, Shareholder Communications Act, 7917 [16AP]
S. 920, Securities Law Technical Amendments Act, 7918-7922 [16AP]
S. 921, ban importation of automobiles not in compliance with certain U.S. standards, 7931 [16AP]
S. 922, Securities Investor Protection Act, 7932 [16AP]
S. 931, clarify authority of FERC, 1662 [4FE]
S. 1124, Surface Freight Forwarder Deregulation Act, 11832-11835 [14MY], 30416 [4NO]
S. 1138, reimbursement small businesses for legal expenses, 12145 [15MY]
S. 1145, Rulemaking Procedures Reform Act, 12156-12158 [15MY]
S. 1218, International Air Service Protection Act, 13633 [23MY]
S. 1235, Nuclear Regulation Reorganization Act, 14165 [4JN]
S. 1251, Natural Gas Utilization Act, 14743 [6JN]
S. 1695, prohibit SEC rulemaking relative to hostile takeover attempt of Unocal Corp., 24766 [24SE]
S. 1711, Trucking Deregulation Act, 25178-25185 [26SE]
S. 1967, EPA regulation of genetically engineered microorganisms, 36910 [17DE]
S. Res. 35, prohibit arbitrary zoning and licensing restrictions on home satellite dish television antennas, 338 [3JA]
S. Res. 36, prohibit certain restrictions on antennas used by licensed amateur radio operators, 338 [3JA]