HILLIS, ELWOOD (a Representative from Indiana)

Amendments offered by, to

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1872), 15597 [13JN], 16331, 16332 [19JN]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 3128, changes in spending and revenue provisions in budget, 34512 [5DE]

———S. 1160, National Defense Authorization Act, 18552 [11JY]

U.S. Military Academy Board of Visitors, 5001 [7MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

House: establish commission to study precedents relative to election contests (see H. Res. 178), 13127 [22MY]

Japan: impose surcharge on imported products (see H.R. 1944), 7495 [3AP]

Porter County Plumbing, Heating Electric Co.: relief (see H.R. 909), 1386 [31JA]

VA Outpatient Clinic, Crown Point, IN: designate as Adam Benjamin, Jr., VA Outpatient Clinic (see H.R. 1361), 4229 [28FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Afghanistan: President to discuss concerns over presence of Soviet Union (see H. Res. 300), 31516 [12NO]

———President to discuss concerns with leaders of Soviet Union (see H. Res. 304), 30493 [5NO]

Agriculture: assist export of commodities and improve farm income (see H.R. 1517), 7239 [2AP]

———market expansion and income protection for farmers (see H.R. 1965), 9829 [30AP]

Armed Forces: death gratuity payable to survivors of those who die on active duty (see H.R. 3974), 37487 [17DE]

———establish procedures for adjudication by court-martial sentences of capital punishment (see H.R. 3652), 29685 [30OC]

Arms control: support President's commitment (see H. Con. Res. 35), 2293 [7FE]

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]

———require graduated reduction of deficit and balance (see H.R. 3520), 27018 [9OC]

CCC Charter Act: relative to export of agricultural commodities (see H.R. 1612), 6610 [28MR]

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

Committee on Hunger (Select): establish (see H. Res. 20), 1315 [30JA]

Communications Act: establish procedures for renewal assignment, and transfer of broadcast licenses (see H.R. 1977), 15500 [12JN]

Conrail: transfer of ownership to private sector (see H.R. 2873), 36211 [12DE]

Constitution: item veto in appropriation bills (see H.J. Res. 49), 1387 [31JA]

———voluntary school prayer (see H.J. Res. 279), 18516 [10JY]

Crime and criminals: modify penalties for kidnappings of children (see H.R. 1318), 17233 [25JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: strengthen human nutrition research (see H.R. 2137), 11762 [14MY]

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

Education: increase research and encourage contribution of scientific equipment to institutions (see H.R. 1188), 21632 [30JY]

Emergency Veterans' Job Training Act: amend relative to extend certain employment programs (see H.R. 1408), 11762 [14MY]

Employment: amend Davis-Bacon Act to provide new job opportunities (see H.R. 472), 8299 [17AP]

Enterprise Zone Employment and Development Act: enact (see H.R. 38), 12822 [21MY]

Fair Debt Collection Practices Act: attorneys collecting debts subject to provisions (see H.R. 237), 14655 [6JN]

Fair Housing Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 188), 5988 [21MR]

Fair Labor Standards Act: exempt State and local public agencies from overtime requirements (see H.R. 3237), 26110 [3OC]

Federal Power Act: provide protection to consumers of electric power (see H.R. 44), 3950 [27FE]

Fleet Reserve Association: recognize (see H.R. 2098), 13437 [23MY]

Intelligence services: improve effectiveness (see H.R. 1082), 17912 [27JN]

Joint Chiefs of Staff: strengthen position of Chairman (see H.R. 3622), 31888 [14NO]

Joint Operating Commission for Food Irradiation: establish (see H.R. 696), 901 [24JA]

Language and languages: sense of Congress that English is the official for U.S. (see H. Con. Res. 127), 14656 [6JN]

Lessons of Grenada Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 313), 22979 [5SE]

Lithuanian Independence Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 409), 34267 [4DE]

Made in America Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 430), 29374 [29OC]

Merchant marine: authorize awards, decorations, insignia, and other (see H.R. 679), 31516 [12NO]

Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act: strengthen disclosure of mileage when vehicles are transferred (see H.R. 780), 1696 [4FE]

National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 170), 8763 [22AP]

National Atomic Veterans Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 295), 18516 [10JY]

National Child Abuse Prevention Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 121), 5048 [7MR]

National commission on the farm credit system: establish (see H. Con. Res. 190), 23548 [12SE]

National Day of Fasting To Raise Funds To Combat Hunger: designate (see H.J. Res. 386), 26691 [8OC]

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

National Eye Health Care Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 207), 20264 [24JY]

National Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 375), 37487 [17DE]

National Independent Retail Grocer Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 74), 3378 [25FE]

National job bank: study feasibility and provide incentives for worker training and employer initiative (see H.R. 1219), 11762 [14MY]

National Mark Twain Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 259), 26110 [3OC]

National observances: establish commission to advise President (see H.R. 479), 7238 [2AP]

National Theater Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 25), 10262 [2MY]

National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act: amend passenger safety requirements (see H.R. 1006), 4703 [6MR]

National Women Veterans Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 20), 30914 [6NO]

Oil Heat Centennial Year: designate (see H.J. Res. 171), 22686 [1AU]

Pan American Games: free entry of personal effects, equipment, and related articles (see H.R. 2723), 15215 [11JN]

Rural Electrification Program: anniversary (see H. Res. 144), 15593 [13JN]

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

Social Security: adopted child of an individual shall be treated the same as natural (see H.R. 367), 9104 [23AP]

Soviet Jewry: sense of House relative to Solidarity Sunday (see H. Res. 127), 10024 [1MY]

Soviet Union: President to discuss concerns of Afghanistan (see H. Res. 304), 30493 [5NO]

———President to discuss concerns over presence in Afghanistan (see H. Res. 300), 31516 [12NO]

Steel: limit importation of products (see H.R. 539), 903 [24JA]

Tariff: relative to classification of television apparatus and parts (see H.R. 2349), 23150 [10SE]

Taxation: charitable contributions by nonitemizers (see H.R. 587), 12010 [15MY]

———half of health insurance premiums by self-employed considered as business expense (see H.R. 11), 1877 [6FE]

———repeal certain substantiation and compliance provisions (see H.R. 531), 2292 [7FE]

———repeal contemporaneous record requirement (see H.R. 813), 1878 [6FE]

———revise and extend targeted jobs credit (see H.R. 983), 22685 [1AU]

———treat use of law enforcement, fire protection, and emergency medical vehicles as nontaxable fringe benefit (see H.R. 773), 7239 [2AP]

Textile industry and fabrics: promote economic recovery (see H.R. 1562), 13128 [22MY]

Trade Partnership Act: enact (see H.R. 3522), 26690 [8OC]

VA: exempt payments for service-connected disabilities from taxation (see H. Con. Res. 69), 3569 [26FE]

———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]

Very Special Arts U.S.A. Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 204), 10024 [1MY]

Veterans: delete word war in provisions relating to charitable contributions (see H.R. 1511), 11762 [14MY]

———improvements in compensation programs (see H.R. 2343), 11762 [14MY]

V-J Day Commemoration Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 340), 19229 [16JY]

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

Year of the Flag: designate (see H.J. Res. 424), 29686 [30OC]

Elected to

Committee on Armed Services, 1274 [30JA]

Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 1274 [30JA]

Letters

Defense, foreign policy, and arms control: by, and 19 other House Members, 26130 [3OC]

Military assistance in civilian drug interdiction efforts: Caspar W. Weinberger, Sec. of Defense (excerpt), 17459 [26JN]

Oaths of office

House of Representatives, 689 [21JA]

Remarks by, on

Adam Benjamin, Jr., VA Outpatient Clinic: designate (H.R. 1361), 4102 [28FE]

Adam Benjamin, Jr., VA Outpatient Clinic, Crown Point, IN: designate (H.R. 1361), 32401 [19NO]

Agriculture: price support system, 24564 [20SE]

Antisatellite weapons: testing, 17429 [26JN]

Armed Forces: educational benefits eligibility, 6033 [25MR]

Armenian Genocide: commemoration (H.J. Res. 192), 13987, 13992 [4JN]

Armenian genocide: commemoration (H.J. Res. 192), 36158, 36163 [12DE]

Chemical weapons: funding, 16365 [19JN]

Chicago Cubs (baseball team): tribute, 17957 [27JN]

Combat vehicles: funding, 16331, 16332 [19JN]

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 32402, 32451 [19NO], 36065 [11DE]

Dept. of Defense: assistance to civilian drug interdiction efforts, 17459 [26JN]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1872), 11977 [15MY], 16071, 16076 [18JN], 16331, 16332, 16365 [19JN], 16474, 16475, 16478-16480 [20JN], 16841, 16842, 16843, 16844, 16845, 16847, 16848, 16849, 16857, 16860 [21JN], 17429, 17459, 17491 [26JN], 17788, 17807 [27JN]

———authorizing appropriations (S. 1160), conference report, 29345 [29OC]

———establish Advisory Panel on Medical Aspects of Casualty Resolution, 16844 [21JN]

———Task Force on Drug Enforcement, 16847 [21JN]

EPA: vehicle emission inspection compliance standard, 30455 [5NO]

Espionage: counterintelligence polygraph program, 17491 [26JN]

Fair Trade Act: enact (H.R. 1944), 7565 [3AP]

Food Security Act: enact (H.R. 2100), 24564 [20SE]

Freedom From Famine Drive: tribute, 11704 [14MY]

GI Bill Act: amend (H.R. 752), 6033 [25MR]

Health: CHAMPUS coverage of organ transplant, 16843 [21JN]

House: establish commission to study precedents relative to election contests (H. Res. 178), 13314 [22MY]

Indiana: EPA vehicle emission inspection compliance standard, 30455 [5NO]

———recount procedure in 8th Congressional District, 9408 [25AP], 9701 [29AP], 10002 [1MY]

Inter-continental ballistic missiles: funding, 16475 [20JN]

Japan: correct U.S. trade imbalance (H. Con. Res. 107), 7168 [2AP]

———motor vehicle exports, 6905 [28MR]

Kokomo, IN: high school wins golf and baseball State championships, 17267 [25JN]

———We Care charity drive, 1280 [30JA]

McIntyre, Richard D.: seat as Member of House, 9408 [25AP], 9701 [29AP], 10002 [1MY]

Military aircraft: use for drug interdiction, 16845 [21JN]

Military Family Act: enact (H.R. 1681), 16860 [21JN]

Military hospitals: computer demonstration project, 16857 [21JN]

Military medicine: licensure requirements, 16849 [21JN]

Military personnel: pay adjustment, 17807 [27JN]

———retention, 16841 [21JN]

———retirement program funding, 17788 [27JN]

———Survivor Benefit Program, 16841 [21JN]

Military science: advanced clothing technology, 16478 [20JN]

Motor vehicles: Japanese imports, 6905 [28MR]

MX missile: funding, 16076 [18JN]

National Day of Remembrance of Man's Inhumanity to Man: designate (H.J. Res. 192), 13987, 13992 [4JN], 36158, 36163 [12DE]

National Defense Authorization Act: enact (S. 1160), appointment of conferees, 18552 [11JY]

Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act: enact (H.R. 3500), 28627 [23OC]

POW's: award medals, 16842 [21JN]

ROTC: eligibility, 16848 [21JN]

Sec. of HHS: Otis Bowen, nomination, 31226 [7NO]

Sports: Kokomo, IN, High School wins golf and baseball State championships, 17267 [25JN]

Strategic defense initiative: research and development, 16474, 16478, 16480 [20JN]

Veterans: third-party health care cost recovery, 28627 [23OC]

Remarks in House relative to

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 1280 [30JA], 4102 [28FE], 6468 [27MR], 7168 [2AP], 7493 [3AP], 9408 [25AP], 9701 [29AP], 10002 [1MY], 11704 [14MY], 11977 [15MY], 13126 [22MY], 13987 [4JN], 16076 [18JN], 16331, 16332 [19JN], 17230 [25JN], 17429 [26JN], 17788, 17807, 17909 [27JN], 28627 [23OC], 30455 [5NO], 30993 [7NO], 36163 [12DE]

Special order: granted, 29896 [31OC], 32213 [18NO], 34265 [4DE]

Reports

Committee on Armed Services, 23429 [11SE]

Delegation to Grenada, 2413 [19FE]

Foreign Travel Expenditures, 2413 [19FE], 23429 [11SE]

Inter-Continental Ballistic Missiles: Scowcroft Commission (excerpt), 16076 [18JN]

Texts of

H.R. 1944, Fair Trade Act, 7565 [3AP]

Tributes

Arcari, Paul W., 6504 [27MR]

Benjamin, Adam, Jr., 32448, 32450 [19NO]

Bowen, Otis, 31226 [7NO]

Winebrenner, Tommy L., 36056, 36058 [11DE]