GRAMM, PHIL (a Senator from Texas)
Amendments
Public debt: increase statutory limit (H.J. Res. 372), 27223 [10OC]
Amendments offered by, to
African Famine Relief and Recovery Act: enact (S. 457), 3730, 3815 [27FE]
Agriculture, Food, Trade, and Conservation Act: enact (S. 1714), 32255 [18NO], 33314, 33422, 33426 [22NO]
Budget: setting forth congressional for fiscal 1986-88, and revising for fiscal 1985 (S. Con. Res. 32), 9679-9684 [29AP], 9929-9934 [30AP], 10424, 10460 [3MY], 11547-11553 [9MY]
———setting forth congressional for fiscal 1986-88, and revising for fiscal 1985 (S. Con. Res. 32), provide for reconciliation (S. 1730), 31284, 31331 [12NO]
Compact of Free Association with Micronesia: approve (S.J. Res. 77), 24664 [23SE]
Compact of Free Association with the Marshall Islands: approve (S.J. Res. 77), 24664 [23SE]
Dept. of State, USIA, Board for International Broadcasting, and National Endowment for Democracy: authorizing appropriations (S. 1003), 14857, 14878 [7JN]
Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and certain independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3036), 25189 [26SE]
Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3244), 28583 [23OC]
Farm Credit System Restructuring and Regulatory Reform Act: enact (S. 1884), 33968-33978, 33984 [3DE], 35102 [6DE]
Immigration Reform and Control Act: enact (S. 1200), 23782 [13SE]
National Defense Authorization Act: enact (S. 1160), 12960 [21MY], 13525, 13646 [23MY]
Public debt: increase statutory limit (H.J. Res. 372), 25859-25864 [3OC], 26188-26192 [4OC], 26909, 26911 [9OC], 27285 [10OC]
Sub-Saharan Africa: international disaster assistance (S. 457), 3730, 3815 [27FE]
Taxation: simplify imputed interest rules (H.R. 2475), 17308 [26JN]
Textile and Apparel Trade Enforcement Act: enact (H.R. 1562), 31682, 31684, 31770 [13NO]
Textile and Trade Enforcement Act: enact (S. 680), 24664 [23SE]
Analyses
Effect of Gramm-Rudman Budget Amendment on Defense, 27191 [10OC]
Farm Credit Assistance Amendments to S. 457, African Famine Relief and Recovery Act, 3994 [28FE]
Gramm-Rudman Emergency Deficit Control Act: Democratic Study Group of the House of Representatives, 26868 [9OC]
Appointments
Acting President pro tempore, 2352 [18FE]
Board of Visitors of the U.S. Military Academy, 32734 [20NO]
Conferee: H.J. Res. 372, increase statutory limit on public debt, 31073 [7NO]
———S. 1160, National Defense Authorization Act, 18769 [11JY]
Mexico-U.S. interparliamentary group: Senate delegation, 2697 [20FE]
Articles and editorials
Gramm-Rudman Is a Fraud, Philadelphia (PA) Inquirer, 30671 [6NO]
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Budget: amend Constitution relating to Federal procedures (see S.J. Res. 9), 43 [3JA]
Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act: amend to require graduated reduction of Federal budget deficit (see S. 1702), 24939 [25SE]
Crime and criminals: increase penalties for espionage (see S. 1301), 15714 [13JN]
Dept. of Defense Efficiency and Economy Act: enact (see S. 868), 7341 [3AP]
Espionage: increase penalties (see S. 1301), 15714 [13JN]
Foreign trade: preferential quota treatment for certain imported products (see S. 1693), 24659 [23SE]
Lake Wichita, Holliday Creek, TX: construct flood control project (see S. 463), 2475 [19FE]
Motor Carrier Safety Act: clarify and augment certain provisions relative to certificate of registration procedures for foreign carriers (see S. 1252), 14740 [6JN]
U.S. Savings Bonds Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 237), 31757 [13NO]
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Abandoned Shipwreck Act: enact (see S. 676), 20503 [25JY]
Afghanistan: condemn Soviet Union for occupation (see S. Res. 34), 2506 [19FE]
———deny most-favored-nation trading status (see S. 925), 8126 [17AP]
Afghanistan Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 91), 5817 [20MR]
Agriculture: provide protection relative to liens for purchasers of farm products (see S. 744), 21751 [31JY]
———study use of unleaded fuel in machinery (see S. 1393), 19123 [16JY]
Anne Frank Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 142), 14752 [6JN]
Antinuclear Terrorism Act: enact (see S. 274), 20503 [25JY]
Arab-Israeli conflict: assure Israel's security and oppose advanced arms sales to Jordan (see S. Res. 177), 14157 [4JN]
Audubon, John J.: give special recognition to achievements (see S. Res. 144), 9605 [26AP]
Bolivia: termination of U.S. aid (see S. 790), 8595 [22AP]
Budget: constitutional amendment to balance (see S.J. Res. 13), 1052 [24JA]
Business: amend U.S. Code relative to interference with commerce by threats or violence (see S. 1774), 28070 [18OC]
Business vehicles: abolish requirement that taxpayers maintain detailed log books (see S. 245), 7063 [2AP]
Centennial Year of Liberty in the U.S.: designate (see S.J. Res. 209), 28436 [22OC]
Child Abuse Victims Rights Act: enact (see S. 985), 25186 [26SE]
Child Sexual Abuse and Pornography Act: enact (see S. 554), 24940 [25SE]
Children: civil suits for victims of pornography and prostitution (see S. 625), 24940 [25SE]
Coins and coinage: mint gold (see S. 636), 6229 [26MR]
Colombia: emergency humanitarian assistance (see S. Con. Res. 89), 33116 [21NO]
Confederate Memorial Association: grant charter (see S. 1660), 24103 [18SE]
Cunxin, Li: relief (see S. 198), 3040 [21FE]
Davis-Bacon Act: modify minimum wage laws (see S. 1005), 9444 [25AP]
Doubek, Robert W.: award special Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 865), 15129 [11JN]
Education: improve achievement of educationally deprived children (see S. 1876), 33116 [21NO]
Equity and Choice Act: enact (see S. 1876), 33116 [21NO]
Fair Labor Standards Act: amend relative to youth employment sub-minimum wage (see S. 797), 16721 [20JN]
———exempt State and local governments from overtime provisions (see S. 1434, 1570), 19123 [16JY]
Farm credit: adequate funding for Farmers Home Administration loan program (see S. Res. 79), 3246 [23FE]
Farm Programs Predictability Act: enact (S. 1886) (see S. 1886), 33493 [23NO]
Federal Contractor Employees Flextime Act: enact (see S. 1105), 11008 [8MY]
FERC: make needed changes to voluntary natural gas transportation program (see S. Res. 255), 31135 [7NO]
Firearms: protect owners' rights (see S. 49), 4064 [28FE]
Future Problem Solving Program Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 131), 10864 [7MY]
Goldwater, Margaret (Peggy): condolences on death (see S. Res. 273), 36271 [12DE]
Highway Speed Modification Act: enact (see S. 329), 5855 [20MR]
Housing and Community Development Act: continue community development block grants (see S. 980), 8932 [23AP]
Item veto: separate enrollment of appropriations bills (see S. 43), 1796 [5FE]
Jacob K. Javits Senate Fellowship Program: cooperation (see S. Res. 197), 17634 [27JN]
Korean War Veterans Memorial Act: enact (see S. 1223), 19908 [22JY]
Labor unions: strike coercion (see S. 300), 5319 [18MR]
Liberty Double-Eagle Bullion Coin Act: enact (see S. 636), 6229 [26MR]
Malt Beverage Interbrand Competition Act: enact (see S. 412), 4917 [7MR]
MIA's in Southeast Asia: sense of the Congress (see S. Con. Res. 46), 14417 [5JN]
National Child Safety Awareness Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 110), 7902 [16AP]
National Child Safety Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 45), 7819 [15AP]
National Commission on Illiteracy: establish (see S.J. Res. 102), 7342 [3AP]
National Correctional Officers Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 64), 10549 [6MY]
National Disabled Veterans Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 160), 18859 [11JY]
National Historically Black Colleges Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 186), 22267 [1AU]
National Housing Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 197), 23621 [12SE]
National Independent Free Papers Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 73), 11031 [8MY]
National Intelligence Community Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 138), 14752 [6JN]
National Mark Twain Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 224), 29753 [30OC]
National Osteopathic Medicine Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 88), 13263 [22MY]
National Skin Cancer Prevention and Detection Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 4), 3433 [25FE]
Natural Gas Utilization Act: enact (see S. 1251), 24940 [25SE]
Nicaragua: condemn Government (see S. Res. 149), 9675 [29AP]
101st Airborne Division: condolences for aircraft disaster in Gander, Newfoundland (see S. Res. 274), 36419 [13DE]
Orlov, Yuri: appeal for release from Soviet prison (see S.J. Res. 166), 19821 [19JY]
Peace Corps: anniversary (see S.J. Res. 152), 23994 [17SE]
POW's: award medals in certain cases (see S. 467), 3041 [21FE]
School prayer: amend Constitution (see S.J. Res. 3), 15722 [13JN]
Scruggs, Jan: award special Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 865), 15129 [11JN]
Senate: improve procedures (see S. Res. 29), 3041 [21FE]
Social Security: modify terminology relative to certain disabled children (see S. 472), 3207 [22FE]
Soviet Jews: appeal for release (see S.J. Res. 161), 19605 [18JY]
Space Exploration Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 154), 18875 [11JY]
Time of Remembrance Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 104), 7342 [3AP]
Unborn children: amend Constitution to protect (see S.J. Res. 19), 2748 [20FE]
Unborn Children's Civil Rights Act: enact (see S. 46), 1249 [29JA]
University of Arizona: relative to centennial observance (see S. Res. 96), 25386 [1OC]
Urban Mass Transportation Act: require construction management oversight on major capital projects (see S. 1931), 36271 [12DE]
Veterans: memorial to women (see S.J. Res. 156), 18350 [10JY]
———taxation of compensation (see S. Con. Res. 20), 11849 [14MY]
Wheeler, John P., III: award special Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 865), 15129 [11JN]
Women: memorial for veterans (see S.J. Res. 156), 18350 [10JY]
Youth Employment Opportunity Wage Act: enact (see S. 797), 16721 [20JN]
Certificates of election
Senate: Mark White, Governor of Texas, 4 [3JA]
Cloture motions
Item veto: separate enrollment of appropriations bills (S. 43), motion to proceed to consideration, 19081 [16JY], 19565 [18JY], 19914 [22JY], 20296 [24JY]
Public debt: increase statutory limit (H.J. Res. 372), 26222 [4OC], 26298 [5OC], 26326, 26332 [6OC], 26739, 26762, 26764 [8OC]
Taxation: simplify imputed interest rules (H.R. 2475), motion to proceed to consideration, 17090 [25JN]
Letters
Effects of Gramm-Rudman budget proposal on education: Senator Domenici, 30668 [6NO]
———William J. Bennett, Sec. of Education, 30668 [6NO]
Military construction costs: William H. Taft IV (excerpt), 14082 [4JN]
Nomination of Andrew L. Frey: by, 21663 [31JY]
Litanies
Politics and jurisprudence—illegalities at the LSC, 10429-10440 [3MY]
Oaths of office
Senate, 5 [3JA]
Remarks by, on
Achille Lauro (vessel): seizure by Palestinian terrorists, 27221 [10OC]
African Famine Relief and Recovery Act: enact (S. 457), 3730-3734 [27FE]
Agriculture: amend wheat, feed grains, cotton, and rice provisions, 33308 [22NO]
———assistance to farmers to handle problems relative to aquifers, 33314 [22NO]
———budget, 26892 [9OC]
———clarify extent to which assessments may be made upon Farm Credit institutions, 33902 [3DE]
———require that amounts made available to carry out price support programs be reduced, 27210 [10OC]
Agriculture, Food, Trade, and Conservation Act: enact (S. 1714), 33308, 33314 [22NO]
Air Force Research and Development Program: restore funding, 13776 [24MY]
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act: enact (S. 1702), 24896 [25SE], 25839 [3OC]
Budget: changes in spending and revenue provisions (H.R. 3128), conference report, 38508 [19DE]
———deficit, 26182 [4OC], 30524, 30525 [5NO], 30663, 30676 [6NO]
———preserve balance of power between President and Congress, 26838 [9OC]
———Presidential sequestering of overage, 26886, 26889, 26890, 26892 [9OC]
———prohibit executive branch from taking any action on the farm credit issue that would increase the deficit, 3730-3734 [27FE]
———proposal to reduce deficit, 30215 [1NO]
———require graduated reduction of Federal deficit, 26846 [9OC]
———require reports by Directors three times each year and to revise definition of statistical significance, 26842 [9OC]
———setting forth congressional for fiscal 1986-88, and revising for fiscal 1985 (S. Con. Res. 32), 10085 [1MY], 10424-10426, 10429, 10440 [3MY], 11429, 11464 [9MY]
———setting forth congressional for fiscal 1986-88, and revising for fiscal 1985 (S. Con. Res. 32), provide for reconciliation (S. 1730), 28957, 28958 [24OC], 31284-31287 [12NO]
Busiek, Miley: design of a family of eagles on gold bullion coin, 23080
CCC: budget, 26886, 26892 [9OC], 27210 [10OC]
Central interstate low-level radioactive waste compact: grant consent (S. 655), 33869, 33870 [3DE]
Coins and coinage: design of family of eagles on gold bullion coin by Miley Busiek, 23080
Compact of Free Association with Micronesia: approve (S.J. Res. 77), 25592 [2OC]
Compact of Free Association with the Marshall Islands: approve (S.J. Res. 77), 25592 [2OC]
Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act: amend to require graduated reduction of Federal budget deficit (S. 1702), 24896 [25SE]
Congressional Call to Conscience for Soviet Jewry: observance, 19824
Dawson, Robert K.: nomination, 34116 [4DE]
Dept. of Defense: budget, 26392 [7OC]
———closing of military bases, 13528, 13532, 13540 [23MY]
———eliminate funds for the battleship reactivation program and increase funds for naval munitions, 13163 [22MY]
———limit growth in fiscal 1986 budget authority to an inflation adjustment, 10085 [1MY]
———military contracting, 26886 [9OC]
———penalty for contractors if they submit costs for reimbursements where there is clear evidence that they are unallowable, 13779, 13780 [24MY]
———require quarterly reports to Congress on any funds in excess of those required to carry out programs, 13180 [22MY]
Dept. of Defense Efficiency and Economy Act: enact (S. 868), 7361 [3AP]
Dept. of State, USIA, Board for International Broadcasting, and National Endowment for Democracy: authorizing appropriations (S. 1003), 14878, 14879, 14899 [7JN]
Farm Credit System Restructuring and Regulatory Reform Act: enact (S. 1884), 33902 [3DE]
Federal Election Campaign Act: political action committee contribution limits, 33869, 33870 [3DE]
Foreign trade: reduce bilateral deficits, 31719 [13NO]
———textile industry, 31719 [13NO]
Hospitals: phase out double adjustment for teaching, 11429 [9MY]
Immigration Reform and Control Act: enact (S. 1200), 23592 [12SE]
Jews: Soviet persecution, 36928
LSC: transfer funds to agricultural programs, 10424-10426, 10429, 10440 [3MY]
Medicare: consider as automatic spending increase program, 30510-30512, 30518 [5NO]
———funding, 11429 [9MY]
Mexico: issue travel advisory, 14879 [7JN]
Military construction operations: amend Davis-Bacon Act, 14082, 14083, 14085, 14090 [4JN]
MX missile: deployment, 13466, 13467, 13469 [23MY]
MX missiles: procurement funds (S.J. Res. 71), 5372-5374, 5377 [19MR]
Narcotics: issue travel advisory for Mexico, 14879 [7JN]
National Defense Authorization Act: enact (S. 1160), 13163, 13180 [22MY], 13466, 13467, 13469, 13525, 13528, 13532, 13540 [23MY], 13776, 13777, 13779, 13780 [24MY], 14080, 14082, 14083, 14085, 14090, 14146, 14147 [4JN], 14426 [5JN]
———enact (S. 1160), conference report, 21328 [30JY]
———enact (S. 1160), unanimous-consent agreement, 13788 [24MY]
Nicaragua: military assistance for Contras, 14899 [7JN]
Public debt: increase statutory limit (H.J. Res. 372), 25839, 25845 [3OC], 26193, 26198-26201, 26205-26208, 26212, 26223-26225, 26240 [4OC], 26318, 26319 [6OC], 26390-26393 [7OC], 26722-26724, 26733, 26734, 26750, 26756, 26790 [8OC], 26838, 26842-26846, 26850, 26852, 26854, 26855, 26886, 26889, 26890, 26892-26895 [9OC], 27197, 27210, 27215-27217, 27219, 27221, 27223, 27235 [10OC], 30275-30280, 30282 [1NO]
———increase statutory limit (H.J. Res. 372), conference report, 30287 [1NO], 30510-30512, 30518, 30524, 30525, 30532, 30542 [5NO], 30663, 30676 [6NO], 35859-35860, 35862, 35863, 35864 [11DE]
Sec. of Defense: submit report to Congress adjusting 5-year defense plan to two levels of growth, 13777 [24MY]
Senate: legislative program, 14080 [4JN]
Shoe industry: trade deficit, 31719 [13NO]
Social Security: cost-of-living adjustments, 11464 [9MY], 26846, 26852, 26886, 26892 [9OC], 27197 [10OC]
Soviet Jews: persecution, 19824
Strategic Defense Advisory Panel: establish, 14426 [5JN]
Strategic defense initiative: funding, 14146 [4JN], 14426 [5JN]
Sub-Saharan Africa: international disaster assistance (S. 457), 3730-3734 [27FE]
Textile and Apparel Trade Enforcement Act: enact (H.R. 1562), 31682, 31684-31686, 31719 [13NO]
Textile and Trade Enforcement Act: enact (S. 680), 25592 [2OC]
Textile industry and fabrics: achieve objectives of Multi-Fiber Arrangement, 28957, 28958 [24OC]
VA: exempt service-connected compensation from emergency orders reducing cost-of-living increases and protect outlay for medical care, 30532 [5NO]
Wainer, Alexander (Sasha), and family: Soviet persecution, 36928
Zelichonok, Roald and Galina: Soviet persecution, 19824
Remarks in Senate relative to
Dept. of Defense: impact of Gramm-Rudman budget proposal, 30543, 30545, 30547 [5NO]
Tribute, 27659 [16OC]
Statements
Budget Cuts: by, 26200 [4OC]
Debt Ceiling: by (excerpts), 25840 [3OC]
Labor Wage Reform: National Federation of Independent Business, 14082 [4JN]
Miley Busiek's Gold Bullion Coin Design: Tom Landry, 23080
Trade Deficit: by, 28958 [24OC]
Veterans' Health Care: by (sundry excerpts), 30529 [5NO]
Texts of
H.J. Res. 372, increase statutory limit for public debt: Gramm amendment (sundry excerpts), 26889 [9OC]
S. 868, Dept. of Defense Efficiency and Economy Act, 7361-7363 [3AP]