JEFFORDS, JAMES M. (a Representative from Vermont)
Amendments offered by, to
Food Security Act: enact (H.R. 2100), 24852 [24SE], 25024 [26SE], 26435, 26436, 26437, 26438, 26439, 26449 [7OC]
Higher Education Act: amend and extend (H.R. 3700), 34169, 34170, 34173, 34175 [4DE]
Labor-Management Notification and Consultation Act: enact (H.R. 1616), 30914 [6NO], 31517 [12NO], 32516 [20NO]
Appointments
Committee on Aging (Select), 2882 [21FE]
Conferee: H.R. 7, School Lunch and Child Nutrition Act, 33822 [3DE]
———H.R. 2100, Food Security Act, 34511 [5DE]
———H.R. 3128, changes in spending and revenue provisions in budget, 34512 [5DE]
———H.R. 3248, National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act authorization, 27144 [10OC]
———S. 415, Handicapped Children's Protection Act, 31377 [12NO]
———S. 1160, National Defense Authorization Act, 18552 [11JY]
———S. 1570, amend Fair Labor Standards Act relative to State and local governments, 30118 [1NO]
Articles and editorials
Musical Odyssey in the Green Mountain State, Chester Lane, Symphony (publication), 32487
When the Horrors of History are Forgotten, Susan Morse, Washington (DC) Post, 13293
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Agricultural Act: price support program for milk (see H.R. 2850), 17231 [25JN]
Alcohol and youth: allow purchase and consumption on premises of certain establishments (see H.R. 1664), 5986 [21MR]
———authorize States to allow purchase and consumption on premises of certain establishments (see H.R. 1665), 5986 [21MR]
———repeal minimum age and authorize education programs for traffic safety grants (see H.R. 1663), 5986 [21MR]
Beverage containers: require a refund value (see H.R. 357), 454 [7JA]
Congress: grant States to enter into compacts for developing conservation and electric power plans (see H.R. 3074), 20263 [24JY]
Dairy Production Price Support Adjustment Act: enact (see H.R. 358), 454 [7JA]
Dairy products: price supports (see H.R. 3160), 22681 [1AU]
Education for Economic Security Act: clarify provisions and improve operation of programs (see H.R. 3023), 19525 [17JY]
ERISA: improve efficiency and adequacy of retirement income system (see H.R. 3098), 21630 [30JY]
———permit loans from employee benefit plans to owner-employees and shareholder-employees (see H.R. 2692), 14654 [6JN]
Federal Council on Aging: require that all members be appointed by the President (see H.R. 3177), 22682 [1AU]
Federal highway funds: apportion from State for failure to effect minimum drinking age (see H.R. 2537), 12275 [16MY]
Federal Power Act: authority to States regarding permits and licenses for small hydroelectric power projects (see H.R. 1314), 3949 [27FE]
Food Stamp Act: improve quality control standards and procedures (see H.R. 2621), 13436 [23MY]
Fuel: establish program to replace gasoline with alternative energy sources (see H.R. 356), 454 [7JA]
Impact Aid Program: remove provisions of statute which authorize payments on behalf of children (see H.R. 2859), 17232 [25JN]
Internal Revenue Code: relative to educational considerations (see H. Res. 258), 22684 [1AU]
Japan: should assume fair share of defense costs and allow free access to markets (see H. Res. 247), 21937 [31JY]
National Dairy Research Endowment Institute: establish (see H.R. 3160), 22681 [1AU]
National Dairy Research Endowment Institute Act: proposed (see H.R. 355), 454 [7JA]
National Foster Grandparents Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 141), 2291 [7FE]
Nuclear Waste Policy Act: require Sec. of Energy to consider additional factors in selecting sites for repositories (see H.R. 3564), 27420 [11OC]
Taxation: allow limited credit for contributions to education savings accounts (see H.R. 3728), 31514 [12NO]
———permit loans from employee benefit plans to owner-employees and shareholder (see H.R. 2692), 14654 [6JN]
Very Special Arts U.S.A. Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 204), 6087 [25MR]
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Aeronautics: Federal support for airline service to small communities shall not be eliminated (see H. Con. Res. 71), 6368 [26MR]
Africa: funds for food assistance and agricultural development (see H.R. 2080), 8298 [17AP]
Age Discrimination in Employment Act: remove maximum age limitation (see H.R. 522), 34789 [5DE]
Agricultural Act: establish limitations on milk products (see H.R. 1629), 5727 [20MR]
Agriculture: actions to improve productivity (see H.R. 1383), 4230 [28FE]
———study use of unleaded fuel in machinery (see H.R. 2795), 20138 [23JY]
Agriculture and Food Act: protection for purchasers of farm products (see H.R. 1591), 7239 [2AP]
AID: family planning service programs based on voluntarism and informed choice (see H.R. 3654), 29685 [30OC]
Alzheimer's disease: designation of 20 regional centers for treatment (see H.R. 524), 26691 [8OC]
Amherst College: reconsider decision to cease operations of the Folger Theatre (see H. Con. Res. 58), 4300 [4MR]
Ammunition: regulate manufacture, importation, and sale of armor-piercing (see H.R. 4), 19229 [16JY]
Amtrak: continuation of Federal assistance (see H. Con. Res. 68), 6368 [26MR]
Animal Welfare Act: ensure proper treatment of laboratory animals (see H.R. 2653), 17233 [25JN]
Anne Frank Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 293), 15216 [11JN]
Anniversary Year of Connecticut: designate (see H.J. Res. 102), 19230 [16JY]
Appalachian Regional Development Act: amend (see H.R. 10), 11761 [14MY]
Appropriations: amend House rules to require rollcall vote (see H. Res. 347), 38372 [19DE]
Armed Forces: assistance for economic stabilization and local community development affected by base closures (see H.R. 1066), 17519 [26JN]
———provide savings for military personnel and closing or realignment of installations (see H.R. 1824), 6608 [28MR]
Atomic Energy Act: encourage development and use of standardized plant designs (see H.R. 1029), 14970 [10JN]
Atomic tests: disability and death allowances to veterans and survivors who participated (see H.R. 1613), 12822 [21MY]
Benign Essential Blepharospasm Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 308), 27019 [9OC]
Better Hearing and Speech Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 169), 10521 [6MY]
Bipartisan Commission on Congressional Campaign Financing: establish (see H.R. 1284), 14336 [5JN]
Blue Angels: authorize Postmaster General to issue commemorative stamp to honor (see H.J. Res. 245), 11148 [8MY]
Boy Scouts of America: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 159), 10521 [6MY]
Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training: recognize (see H.J. Res. 163), 2940 [21FE]
Cajun Music Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 315), 19230 [16JY]
Camp Fire, Inc.: recognizing 75 years service (see H.J. Res. 298), 23549 [12SE]
Canada: sense of Congress that U.S. enter into bilateral free trade agreement (see H.J. Res. 458), 36211 [12DE]
Chapin, Harry: award special gold medal (see H.R. 1207), 2939 [21FE]
Child Nutrition Act: limit participation in Special Supplemental Food Program (see H.R. 1906), 7237 [2AP]
Childhood diseases: universal access to immunization and accelerated efforts to eradicate (see H. Con. Res. 211), 27162 [10OC]
Children: offenses relating to sexual exploitation (see H.R. 1704), 8762 [22AP]
———provide State assistance to establish clearinghouse for missing (see H.R. 604), 13437 [23MY]
Chile: restoration of democracy (see H. Con. Res. 52), 1877 [6FE]
Civil Rights Act: amend (see H.R. 691), 901 [24JA]
———prevent violence and intimidation in tenant organizations (see H.R. 948), 1874 [6FE]
Civil Rights Restoration Act: enact (see H.R. 700), 901 [24JA]
Civil service: correct inequities in credit for retirement purposes (see H.R. 3006), 22899 [4SE]
Clean Air Act: application relative to tall stacks and dispersion techniques (see H.R. 2900), 17911 [27JN]
———control sources of sulfur dioxides and nitrogen oxides (see H.R. 1030), 2289 [7FE]
Clean Coal Technology Reserve: demonstration and development of technologies for commercial application (see H.R. 2754), 17913 [27JN]
Coins and coinage: minting of commemoration of centennial of the Statue of Liberty (see H.R. 47), 3378 [25FE]
———provide for minting of gold (see H.R. 1123), 19867 [22JY]
Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians: implement recommendations (see H.R. 442), 456 [7JA]
Committee on Children, Youth, and Families (Select): establish (see H. Res. 25), 1878 [6FE]
Committee on Education and Labor: amounts from contingent fund for expenses of investigations and studies (see H. Res. 64), 2680 [20FE]
Committee on Hunger (Select): establish (see H. Res. 20), 1315 [30JA]
Communications Act: 2-year moratorium on encryption of satellite cable programming (see H.R. 1769), 10024 [1MY]
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act: amend (see H.R. 2022, 2560), 12821 [21MY], 15593 [13JN]
———apply to petroleum and establish account for leaking tanks (see H.R. 2255), 14336 [5JN]
———small business innovation research program for use of superfund sites (see H.R. 3416), 28865 [24OC]
Congressional pay adjustments: defer until March 1 (see H.R. 1395), 5048 [7MR]
Consolidated Rail Corp.: provide for sale of common stock (see H.R. 787), 3951 [27FE]
Consumer Credit Protection Act: relative to lease and lease purchase agreements (see H.R. 2322), 14059 [4JN]
Consumer Product Safety Act: strengthen CPSC authority over amusement parks (see H.R. 667), 2941 [21FE]
Contracts: allow suits against U.S. resulting from atomic weapons testing program (see H.R. 1338), 6470 [27MR]
———establish requirements for procurement in the competitive service (see H.R. 1802), 16413 [19JN]
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide: sense of Congress on ratification (see H. Res. 104), 5047 [7MR]
———sense of House to ratification (see H. Res. 166), 11292 [9MY]
Copland, Aaron: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3041), 20838 [26JY]
Crime and criminals: civil remedies for persons injured by racketeering activity (see H.R. 2943), 30914 [6NO]
District of Columbia: designate Raoul Wallenberg Ave. (see H.R. 2119), 15216 [11JN]
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), 18060 [8JY]
Education: establish adult literacy programs (see H.R. 2535), 31636 [13NO]
———establish program to strengthen and improve State and local agencies (see H.R. 3263), 31637 [13NO]
———establish supplemental higher loan program (see H.R. 2733), 15215 [11JN]
———increase research and encourage contribution of scientific equipment to institutions (see H.R. 1188), 11292 [9MY]
Education and Handicapped Act: award reasonable attorneys' fees and clarify effect on rights, procedures, and remedies (see H.R. 1523), 5046 [7MR]
Education for All Handicapped Children Act: commemorate accomplishments (see H. Con. Res. 201), 26482 [7OC]
El Salvador: limit introduction of U.S. Armed Forces (see H.R. 1865), 7235 [2AP]
Emergency Veterans' Job Training Act: amend relative to certain employment programs (see H.R. 1408), 7613 [4AP]
ERISA: improve Single-Employer Pension Plan Termination Insurance Program (see H.R. 2995), 18986 [15JY]
———require coverage under group health for certain spouses, former spouses, and dependent children (see H.R. 21), 8299 [17AP]
Ethnic American Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 331), 25497 [1OC]
Eugene Ormandy Appreciation Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 347), 23913 [17SE]
Executive departments: requirements for procurement by contract of services in competitive service (see H.R. 1132), 10520 [6MY]
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), 27017 [9OC]
———facilitate industrial homework, including sewing, knitting, and craftmaking (see H.R. 2815), 16580 [20JN]
Fallen Firefighter Statue and Plaza, Colorado Springs, CO: designate as National Fallen Firefighters Memorial (see H.R. 3436), 37487 [17DE]
Family Reunion Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 64, 65), 6610 [28MR]
Farm Emergency Credit Act: enact (see H.R. 1814), 6608 [28MR]
FCC: proceedings regarding assignment of channel for use by neighborhood watch programs (see H.R. 1327), 14655 [6JN]
Federal agencies: reporting requirements in cases of reduction in grade of pay, closings, or changing of functions of field offices (see H.R. 2401), 12276 [16MY]
Federal Election Campaign Act: public financing of general election campaigns for House (see H.R. 3806), 32619 [20NO]
Federal Energy Conservation Program: improve administration (see H.R. 2876), 22685 [1AU]
Federal facilities: establish requirements relative to hazardous substances released (see H.R. 1319), 3950 [27FE]
Federal Power Act: limit recovery of cost of construction by public utilities (see H.R. 1229), 2940 [21FE]
Federal Reserve Board: small business and agriculture representation (see H. Res. 264), 26691 [8OC]
Filipino war veterans: permit naturalization of certain (see H.R. 1302), 3949 [27FE]
Firearms: regulate manufacture, importation, and sale of armor-piercing ammunition (see H.R. 3132), 29375 [29OC]
Food stamp plan: reauthorize and improve Commodity Supplemental and Temporary Emergency Programs (see H.R. 2422), 11145 [8MY]
Foreign Assistance Act: protect biological diversity in developing countries (see H.R. 2958), 20138 [23JY]
———protect tropical forests in developing countries (see H.R. 2957), 20138 [23JY]
Forest productivity: study and research decline (see H.R. 2631), 22979 [5SE]
Franco-American War Veterans, Inc.: grant charter (see H.R. 1666), 22898 [4SE]
Freedom of the Press Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 164), 2940 [21FE]
GAO: investigate conditions of displaced Salvadoran persons (see H.R. 822), 1312 [30JA]
Germany, Federal Republic of: prohibit Social Security payment of benefits to individuals deported because of association with Nazi government (see H.R. 933), 7497 [3AP]
Gershwin, George: special gold medal honoring (see H.J. Res. 251), 13128 [22MY]
Gershwin, Ira: special gold medal honoring (see H.J. Res. 251), 13128 [22MY]
Government: reduce costs of motor vehicle expenses (see H.R. 1825), 6608 [28MR]
Grace Commission: implement Federal health care recommendations (see H.R. 1828), 6609 [28MR]
———implement user fee recommendations (see H.R. 1827), 6609 [28MR]
Guatemala: sense of House to extending voluntary departure status to nationals (see H. Res. 107), 5047 [7MR]
Handicapped Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 285), 11292 [9MY]
Hands Across America Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 462), 34789 [5DE]
Hazardous Materials Transportation Act: amend (see H.R. 1146), 8473 [18AP]
Helen Keller Deaf-Blind Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 227), 7496 [3AP]
Higher Education Act: create midcareer teacher training programs in mathematics and science (see H.R. 2805), 16413 [19JN]
———increase grants (see H.R. 1473), 5044 [7MR]
———reauthorize (see H.R. 3700), 30913 [6NO]
House of Representatives Foreign Student Intern Program: establish (see H. Res. 183), 20839 [26JY]
House rules: amend and implement clauses relative to employment practices (see H. Res. 187), 14336 [5JN]
———make legislative process more open (see H. Res. 164), 11146 [8MY]
———require standing committees to review and study President's Private Sector Survey on Cost Control (see H. Res. 60), 34885 [6DE]
Humane Products Testing Act: enact (see H.R. 1877), 12559 [20MY]
Ignacy Jan Paderewski Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 413), 29899 [31OC]
Indian lands: conservation, rehabilitation, and improvement of natural and cultural resources (see H.R. 99), 446 [3JA]
International Whaling Commission: moratorium on commercial whaling (see H. Con. Res. 54), 4402 [5MR]
IRS: enforcement of laws and repeal grace period for payment of tobacco-related excise taxes (see H.R. 1826), 6608 [28MR]
Jewish Heritage Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 104), 5728 [20MR]
Judiciary: reform and improve annuities for survivors of justices and judges (see H.R. 3081), 20680 [25JY]
Kangaroos: prohibit importation of products (see H.R. 2952), 37855 [18DE]
Learning Disabilities Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 287), 19527 [17JY]
Legislative branch: study compensation, and personnel policies and practices (see H. Con. Res. 139), 10262 [2MY]
Lessons of Grenada Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 313), 19230 [16JY]
Live Aid Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 325), 18516 [10JY]
Lupus Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 197), 11763 [14MY]
Meals on Wheels of the Monterey Peninsula, Inc.: relief (see H.R. 1095), 21632 [30JY]
Medicare: payments for occupational therapy services (see H.R. 1985), 7610 [4AP]
———prohibit Sec. of HHS from changing reimbursement levels or methodologies for home health service programs (see H.R. 3202), 22683 [1AU]
Medicare and medicaid: do not restrict eligibility or increase cost on elderly or poor (see H. Con. Res. 39), 4231 [28FE]
Members salaries: require recorded vote (see H. Res. 109), 5727 [20MR]
MIA's: secure full accounting (see H.J. Res. 105), 1314 [30JA]
———sense of Congress (see H. Con. Res. 37), 1878 [6FE]
———support President's leadership (see H. Con. Res. 40), 2293 [7FE]
Micronesia: establish medical fellowships (see H.R. 1462), 7613 [4AP]
Military assistance: prohibit private for operations in foreign countries (see H.R. 1569), 9828 [30AP]
Milk: impose limitations on amount of imported protein products (see H.R. 431), 903 [24JA]
Minority Institutions Science Improvement Program: extend authorization (see H.R. 32), 5728 [20MR]
Monopolies: prohibit hostile takeovers of domestic petroleum corporations (see H.R. 998), 2942 [21FE]
Mule Appreciation Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 76), 7240 [2AP]
Music in Our Schools Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 345), 20138 [23JY]
Myasthenia Gravis Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 329), 24289 [19SE]
National Adult Day Care Center Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 229), 13890 [3JN]
National Agriculture Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 137), 2291 [7FE]
National Alopecia Areata Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 282), 28317 [22OC]
National Alzheimer's Disease Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 112), 8762 [22AP]
National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 170), 6368 [26MR]
National Autism Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 440), 33843 [3DE]
National Blood Pressure Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 333), 30914 [6NO]
National Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 173), 10696 [7MY]
National Child Safety Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 33), 7240 [2AP]
National Children's Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 79), 24289 [19SE]
National commission on the farm credit system: establish (see H. Con. Res. 190), 23548 [12SE]
National Commission on Women's Business Ownership: establish (see H.R. 887), 11762 [14MY]
National Community College Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 125), 9745 [29AP]
National Correctional Officers Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 100), 5988 [21MR]
National Day of Fasting To Raise Funds To Combat Hunger: designate (see H.J. Res. 386), 23548 [12SE]
National Day of Fasting to Rise Funds to Combat Hunger: designate (see H.J. Res. 386), 23548 [12SE]
National Day of Remembrance of Man's Inhumanity to Man: designate (see H.J. Res. 192), 6368 [26MR]
National Dental Hygiene Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 218), 23913 [17SE]
National DES Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 149), 8474 [18AP]
National Diabetes Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 314), 22686 [1AU]
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 Down's Syndrome Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 135), 11686 [13MY]
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 Employ-the-Older-Worker Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 134), 1876 [6FE]
National Energy Education Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 160), 2940 [21FE]
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 Guard: issue commemorative stamp (see H. Res. 245), 27019 [9OC]
National Head Injury Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 200), 20264 [24JY]
National High-Tech Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 128), 11147 [8MY]
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration: retain automobile fuel economy standards (see H. Res. 210), 17519 [26JN]
National Holstein Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 278), 10694 [7MY]
National Hospice Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 288), 23913 [17SE]
National Housing Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 350), 26482 [7OC]
National Independent Retail Grocer Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 74), 827 [22JA]
National Labor Relations Act: prohibit awarding Federal contracts to persons who have violated judicial orders (see H.R. 782), 2942 [21FE]
National Make-A-Wish Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 221), 27018 [9OC]
National Mark Twain Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 259), 20264 [24JY]
National Nuclear Medicine Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 297), 32464 [19NO]
National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Program: establish (see H.R. 2436), 30493 [5NO]
National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 450), 31637 [13NO]
National Organ Donation Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 123), 1386 [31JA]
National Osteopathic Medicine Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 175), 14337 [5JN]
National Osteoporosis Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 46), 7613 [4AP]
National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 101), 30199 [1NO]
National Pedestrian Safety Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 156), 11148 [8MY]
National Physical Fitness and Sports Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 182), 5586 [19MR]
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), 26482 [7OC]
National Safety in the Workplace Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 131), 12276 [16MY]
National School Library Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 154), 5586 [19MR]
National School-Age Child Care Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 60), 20838 [26JY]
National Science Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 161), 10262 [2MY]
National security: strengthen provisions of safeguards when imports threaten to impair (see H.R. 3438), 27828 [17OC]
National Sewing Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 222), 12010 [15MY]
National Shut-In Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 145), 11293 [9MY]
National Skin Cancer Prevention and Detection Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 85), 2293 [7FE]
National Spina Bifida Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 179), 10521 [6MY]
National System of Interstate and Defense Highways: apportion funds for construction (see H.R. 429), 1878 [6FE]
National Teacher Appreciation Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 483), 36210 [12DE]
National Theater Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 25), 5988 [21MR]
National Theatre Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 464), 32978 [20NO]
National Tourism Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 296), 18139 [9JY]
National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act: amend passenger safety requirements (see H.R. 1006), 4703 [6MR]
National Veterans' Health Care Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 216), 15500 [12JN]
National Women Veterans Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 20), 30914 [6NO]
National Young Writers' Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 368), 25051 [26SE]
Nicaragua: limit introduction of U.S. Armed Forces (see H.R. 1865), 7235 [2AP]
NIH: full funding for new and competing research grants (see H.J. Res. 136), 5048 [7MR]
Nuclear powerplants: remove liability limits for nuclear accidents (see H.R. 445), 1387 [31JA]
Nuclear weapons: prohibit explosive testing (see H.J. Res. 3), 7240 [2AP]
Ocean Incineration Research Act: enact (see H.R. 1295), 14655 [6JN]
Oil Heat Centennial Year: designate (see H.J. Res. 171), 8763 [22AP]
Older Americans Act: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 132), 11148 [8MY]
Older Americans Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 195), 5583 [19MR]
Olmsted, Frederick Law: identify, commemorate, and preserve the legacy of historic landscapes (see H.R. 37), 1386 [31JA]
Orlov, Yuri: release (see H.J. Res. 357), 20837 [26JY]
Peace Corps: recognize 25th anniversary (see H.J. Res. 305), 19230 [16JY]
Peace Corps Act: amend relative to number of volunteers (see H.R. 1121), 5585 [19MR]
People's Republic of China-U.S. Student Exchange for Understanding Program: establish (see H.J. Res. 153), 2433 [19FE]
Perot Commission on Americans Missing in Southeast Asia: establish (see H. Con. Res. 129), 14656 [6JN]
Petroleum: imposition of import fee (see H. Res. 12), 6087 [25MR]
Petroleum Marketing Practices Act: fair competition in distribution of motor fuel (see H.R. 2406), 18138 [9JY]
Point Reyes National Seashore, CA: designate as Phillip Burton Wilderness (see H.R. 1373), 4229 [28FE]
Postal Service: change of address forms may be furnished to State authority (see H.R. 1668), 10520 [6MY]
———provide reduced rates for nonprofit senior citizens' organizations (see H.J. Res. 397), 29251 [28OC]
Presidents: constitutional amendment providing for appointment of electors from insular areas (see H.J. Res. 23), 24288 [19SE]
Printing: reduce paperwork burden (see H.R. 3508), 26109 [3OC]
Public Health Service Act: establish National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Diseases (see H.R. 525), 611 [7JA]
———provide services for pregnant adolescents and adolescent parents (see H.R. 927), 11762 [14MY]
Public lands: conservation, rehabilitation, and improvement of natural and cultural resources (see H.R. 99), 446 [3JA]
Public Works and Economic Development Act: amend (see H.R. 10), 11761 [14MY]
Railroad Retirement Act: allow a worker to be employed in nonrailroad employment (see H.R. 1550), 6367 [26MR]
Religion: greater balance among military chaplains in Armed Forces (see H.R. 1875), 21632 [30JY]
Safe Drinking Water Act: amend (see H.R. 1650), 9828 [30AP]
School lunch program: limited extension of alternative means of assistance (see H.R. 1887), 7236 [2AP]
Science: prevent duplication of experiments on live animals (see H.R. 1145), 12822 [21MY]
Scruggs, Jan C.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2591), 31516 [12NO]
Senior Center Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 146), 8763 [22AP]
Sex discrimination: eliminate gender-based distinctions (see H.R. 347), 6610 [28MR]
Shays' Rebellion Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 10), 6087 [25MR]
Social Security: assist severely disabled to attain or maintain maximum potential (see H.R. 2902), 22899 [4SE]
———benefits to individuals who work despite severe medical impairment (see H.R. 2030), 7802 [15AP]
———improve quality control standards under AFDC (see H.R. 1279), 20681 [25JY]
———insurance benefit paid for month in which recipient dies (see H.R. 12, 871), 1385 [31JA], 1877 [6FE]
———limit increase in inpatient hospital deductible and extend services coinsurance (see H.R. 3631), 34885 [6DE]
———limit increase in the inpatient hospital deductible and charge extended care coinsurance (see H.R. 3630), 36766 [16DE]
———payment of benefits to individuals deported because of association with Nazi government of Germany (see H.R. 933), 7497 [3AP]
———waiting period for terminal illness shall not be applicable (see H.R. 580), 5584 [19MR]
Social Security Administration: establish as independent agency (see H.R. 3470), 29686 [30OC]
Soil Conservation Act: enact (see H.R. 2108), 8471 [18AP]
Soil Conservation Service: commending (see H. Res. 188), 19702 [18JY]
Solar Energy and Energy Conservation Bank Act: appropriations (see H.R. 1070), 2290 [7FE]
South Africa: condemn violence of apartheid (see H.J. Res. 228), 7496 [3AP]
———opposition to system of apartheid (see H.R. 1460), 5044 [7MR]
Soviet Jewry: sense of House relative to Solidarity Sunday (see H. Res. 127), 10024 [1MY]
Soviet Union: agreement for strict mutual and verifiable limitations on space weapons (see H.J. Res. 252), 19867 [22JY]
———comprehensive bilateral and verifiable freeze (see H.R. 3100), 22686 [1AU]
———direct President to begin talks to establish student exchange for peace programs (see H.J. Res. 336), 23444 [11SE]
———ensure that Soviet personnel in U.S. are subject to same requirements as U.S. diplomats (see H.J. Res. 241), 29375 [29OC]
———failure to comply with Helsinki accords (see H.J. Res. 363), 22899 [4SE]
———opposition to forced labor policies (see H. Con. Res. 74), 8059 [16AP]
———sense of Congress for initiative in constructive dialog via television (see H. Con. Res. 156), 16414 [19JN]
———sense of House relative to exchange of travel by leaders of U.S. (see H. Res. 116), 6470 [27MR]
———support expanded cultural exchange (see H. Con. Res. 237), 32978 [20NO]
Space Exploration Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 318), 18730 [11JY]
Sport Fish Restoration Fund: administration as required by law (see H. Res. 165), 11147 [8MY]
Square dance: designate as the national folk dance (see H.J. Res. 316), 15879 [17JN]
State and local government: reporting, disclosure, and fiduciary standards for employee retirement systems (see H.R. 3126, 3127), 21936 [31JY]
State and local governments: grants for youth service projects (see H.R. 888), 1385 [31JA]
Subcommittee on Labor Management Relations: amounts from contingent fund for expenses of investigations and studies (see H. Res. 65), 2680 [20FE]
Synthetic Fuels Corp.: abolish (see H.R. 935), 6367 [26MR]
Taxation: allow a defined contribution plan of a rural electric cooperative (see H.R. 1615), 14336 [5JN]
———deny deduction for interest on loans in takeovers or attempted (see H.R. 1553), 9104 [23AP]
———disallow deduction for advertising or promotion of arms sales (see H.R. 1444), 7239 [2AP]
———encourage graduation of student athletes (see H.R. 2620), 21632 [30JY]
———establish on disposal of hazardous waste (see H.R. 2018), 7611 [4AP]
———exclude educational assistance programs from gross income (see H.R. 1356), 27828 [17OC]
———extend and phase out credit for investments in conservation and renewable energy property (see H.R. 2001), 7611 [4AP]
———extend targeted job credit to December 31, l986 (see H.R. 1512), 5045 [7MR]
———Federal deduction for State and local taxes should not be repealed (see H. Res. 105), 15216 [11JN]
———half of health insurance premiums by self-employed considered as business expense (see H.R. 11), 1877 [6FE]
———increase on cigarettes and earmark to Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund (see H.R. 3630), 36766 [16DE]
———increase to $2,500 maximum deduction for contribution to retirement savings (see H.R. 22), 828 [22JA]
———limit role of Federal Government in regulation of contributions, benefits, and exempt from State and local government retirement plans (see H.R. 3127), 21936 [31JY]
———remove limitations on charitable contributions of certain items (see H.R. 3087), 23150 [10SE]
———sense of Congress relative to payments to Presidential Election Campaign Fund (see H. Con. Res. 169), 22687 [1AU]
———sense of House for fair and equitable treatment for energy resources (see H. Res. 237), 20680 [25JY]
Trade Adjustment Assistance Program: improve (see H.R. 1926), 13128 [22MY]
Trade Partnership Act: enact (see H.R. 3522), 29898 [31OC]
Truth in Lending Act: limit rate of interest charged on credit cards (see H.R. 1197), 28316 [22OC]
Tuna: country-of-origin marking requirements for canned (see H.R. 3400), 30914 [6NO]
U.S. Post Office Building, Flushing, NY.: designate as Benjamin S. Rosenthal Post Office Building (see H.R. 633), 1387 [31JA]
Unemployment Trust Fund: establish a system of individual training accounts (see H.R. 26), 444 [3JA]
United Support of Artists for Africa: commend (see H. Con. Res. 99), 14656 [6JN]
VA: adjudication of claims for benefits (see H.R. 585), 1315 [30JA]
———direct use by health-care system of enrollment for use of tracking coordination of community-based care (see H.R. 1104), 6367 [26MR]
———exempt payments for service-connected disabilities from taxation (see H. Con. Res. 69), 12823 [21MY]
———improve benefits for POW's (see H.R. 864), 11292 [9MY]
Veterans: monthly pension for World War I (see H.R. 1918), 7613 [4AP]
Vetter, David Phillip: award Presidential Medal of Freedom (see H. Res. 71), 26110 [3OC]
Walt Disney Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 377), 32631 [20NO]
Westway landfill, New York, NY: Sec. of Transportation not to expand or obligate funds (see H.R. 1888), 17233 [25JN]
Wheeler, John P., III: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2591), 31516 [12NO]
Women's History Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 50), 2434 [19FE]
World Food Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 172), 3950 [27FE]
World Health Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 189), 5046 [7MR]
World Health Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 189), 5046 [7MR]
Youth Suicide Prevention Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 193), 10521 [6MY]
Documents
Constitution (excerpts), 38331 [19DE]
Elected to
Committee on Agriculture, 1273 [30JA]
Committee on Education and Labor, 1274 [30JA]
Letters
Compensatory time for State and local government employees (H.R. 3530): Francis X. Lilly, 29223 [28OC]
Programs and services to dislocated agricultural workers: by, and 15 House Members, 11182 [8MY]
Memorials of legislature
National Minimum Drinking Age: Vermont, 36761
Platform plank
Massacres in Armenia: Republican Party (1896), 25239
Questionnaires
Vermont, 5658
Remarks by, on
Acid rain: national policy, 6347 [26MR]
Agriculture: conservation policies, 27032
———dairy price supports, 24537-24539 [20SE], 25004, 25008, 25017, 25018, 25027 [26SE]
———farm credit system, 35563, 35581 [10DE]
———farm debt crisis, 27032
———Federal farm land protection, 26449 [7OC]
———safety and sanitation standards, 26553, 26554 [8OC]
———soil conservation policy, 26017
Alcoholic beverages: minimum drinking age, 5976-5977 [21MR]
———provision of Federal highway aid relative to State drinking age, 36761
American Conservation Corps Act: enact (H.R. 99), 18677 [11JY]
Amtrak: authorizing appropriations and establishing Commission to study financial status (H.R. 2266), 24243
———authorizing appropriations and establishing commission to study financial status (H.R. 2266), 24243
Antisatellite weapons: testing, 17436 [26JN]
Appropriations: continuing (H.J. Res. 465), conference report, 36745
———continuing (H.J. Res. 490), unanimous-consent agreement, 36756 [16DE]
Bitburg cemetery, Federal Republic of Germany: President Reagan's trip (H. Con. Res. 130), 10404
Blueprint for Balance: House 92 Group budget proposal, 11751 [14MY]
Budget: Amtrak funding, 24243
———changes in spending and revenue provisions (H.R. 3128), 29811, 29826 [31OC], 38081 [19DE]
———changes in spending and revenue provisions (H.R. 3128), conference report, 38330-38332 [19DE]
———deficit, 11751 [14MY]
———National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities funding, 24808
———National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities funding, 27126, 27134
———revising for fiscal year 1985 and setting forth for 1986-88 (H. Con. Res. 152), 13039
Cambodia: humanitarian assistance, 18125
Child nutrition program: funding, 11751 [14MY]
Chile: restore democracy (H. Con. Res. 52), 8638 [22AP]
Civil Rights Restoration Act: enact, 870 [24JA]
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act: amend (H.R. 2817), 35648
Congress: Environmental and Energy Study Conference anniversary, 15041
Congressional Award Act: amend (H.R. 3447), 29233 [28OC], 31847 [14NO]
Courts: rights of handicapped children, 31375 [12NO]
Dairy industry: diversion program assessment, 25000 [26SE]
Dairy products: labeling requirements, 25024 [26SE]
Dept. of Agriculture: extend dairy price support and food stamp programs (S. 1851), 31882 [14NO]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1872), 17436 [26JN], 17762 [27JN]
Dept. of the Treasury: tax reform plan, 22818
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3424), 25703
Discrimination: Federal enforcement, 870 [24JA]
Ecology: acid rain, 6347 [26MR]
———acid rain deposition, 20047 [23JY]
———superfund program funding, 35648
Education: financial aid eligibility requirements, 34173, 34174 [4DE]
———impact of tax reform proposals, 30176-30179 [1NO]
———institutional responsibilities relative to provision of aid, 34169, 34175 [4DE]
———savings accounts (H.R. 3728), 31252
———student aid, 33748-33750 [3DE]
———student financial aid program funding, 28640 [23OC]
———student loan defaults, 34170 [4DE]
———student loan repayment deferrals for teachers, 34171 [4DE]
———tax reform (H. Res. 258), 22818
Education for All Handicapped Children Act: commemorate accomplishments (H. Con. Res. 201), 29236 [28OC]
Education for Economic Security Act: amend (H.R. 3023), 19710
Employment: American Conservation Corps, 18677 [11JY]
———compensatory time for State and local government employees, 25703
———compensatory time for State and local government employees (H.R. 3530), 29219, 29223 [28OC]
———displaced workers, 31399 [12NO], 31851, 31855, 31857, 31861 [14NO], 32517-32520, 32569, 32571, 32572, 32573, 32581 [20NO]
———Federal assistance programs, 26435 [7OC]
Fair Labor Standards Act: amend (H.R. 3530), 29219, 29223 [28OC]
———amend relative to State and local governments (S. 1570), conference report, 30987, 30988 [7NO]
Farm Credit System: reforms (H.R. 3792), 35563, 35581 [10DE]
Farm Credit System Restructuring and Regulatory Reform Act: enact (S. 1884), 37805, 37806 [18DE]
Farmland Protection Policy Act: amend, 27032
Federal aid programs: cost-of-living adjustments in child nutrition programs, 24142 [18SE]
———Food Stamp quality control measures (H.R. 2621), 13699
———treatment of low-income energy assistance relative to eligibility, 26436, 26437 [7OC]
———treatment of participation in Federal job training programs as income, 26437 [7OC]
Federal Council on Aging: amend authority (H.R. 3177), 22794
Federal Water Pollution Control Act: amend (H.R. 8), 19853
FERC: licensing of hydroelectric plants, 4396
Food Security Act: enact (H.R. 2100), 24537-24539 [20SE], 25000, 25004, 25008, 25017, 25018, 25024, 25027, 25033 [26SE], 26017
———enact (H.R. 2100), conference report, 37784
Food Stamp Quality Control Act: enact (H.R. 2621), 13699
Genocide: commemoration of incidents, 13293
Germany, Federal Republic of: sense of Congress with respect to President's visit (H. Con. Res. 130), 10404
Guaranteed student loan program: funding, 11751 [14MY]
Handicapped Children's Protection Act: enact (H.R. 1523), 31375 [12NO]
Health: child nutrition programs, 23520 [12SE]
Higher Education Act: amend and extend (H.R. 3700), 33748-33750 [3DE], 34169-34176 [4DE]
Holocaust: anniversary of death camps liberation, 10404
Holstein-Friesian Association of America: centennial anniversary (H. Res. 172), 12718
House: legislative program, 5958 [21MR], 28845 [24OC], 31879, 31880 [14NO]
Hunger: Federal assistance programs, 26432, 26436 [7OC]
———relief, 27637
Hydroelectric plants: licensing, 4396
Impact Aid Program: amend (H.R. 2859), 17268
Indiana: recount procedure in 8th Congressional District, 8752 [22AP]
International Security and Development Cooperation Act: enact (H.R. 1555), 18103
International trade: deficit with Japan, 22693
Japan: U.S. international trade deficit, 22693
Labor-Management Notification and Consultation Act: enact (H.R. 1616), 31399 [12NO], 31851, 31855, 31857, 31861 [14NO], 32517-32520, 32569, 32571, 32572, 32573, 32581 [20NO]
Library Services and Construction Act: technical amendments (H.R. 1997), 12725
Livestock industry: Dept. of Agriculture purchases, 25033 [26SE]
McIntyre, Richard D.: seat as Member of House, 8752 [22AP]
National Day of Remembrance of Man's Inhumanity to Man: designate (H.J. Res. 192), 25239
National Defense Authorization Act: enact (S. 1160), appointment of conferees, 18552 [11JY]
National Foster Grandparents Month: designate (H.J. Res. 141), 2241
———designate (S.J. Res. 92), 27774 [17OC]
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act: amend (H.R. 3248), 24808
National Minimum Drinking Age Act: amend (H.R. 2537), 17993
National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs: eligibility, 24149 [18SE]
Nicaragua: introduction of combat forces, 17762 [27JN]
———U.S. policy, 9777
NSF: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1210), 28854 [24OC]
Nuclear Waste Policy Act: amend (H.R. 3564), 27428
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act: enact (H.R. 3500), 28640 [23OC]
101st Air Assault Division: sentiment of Congress relative to deaths of members in airplane crash (H. Res. 345), 37763 [18DE]
Parliamentary inquiry, 36716 [16DE]
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.: reform, 28619, 28640 [23OC], 29826 [31OC]
Philippines: economic assistance, 18103
———military assistance, 18103
Point of order, 20051 [23JY], 25025 [26SE]
Reagan, President: tax reform proposal, 26106 [3OC]
Regional Power Planning and Regulatory Coordination Act (H.R. 3074), 20411
Retirement: eliminate distinctions regarding self-employed and their employees (H.R. 2692), 14825
———pension plan loans (H.R. 2692), 14789
Retirement Universal Security Arrangement Act: enact (H.R. 3098), 22036
Roads and highways: provision of Federal aid relative to State drinking age, 36761
School Lunch and Child Nutrition Act: amend (H.R. 7), 23520 [12SE], 24142, 24149 [18SE]
Single Employer Pension Plan Act (H.R. 2811): by, and several other representatives, 29813 [31OC]
States: minimum drinking age, 5976-5977 [21MR]
Tax Reform Act: enact (H.R. 3838), 37209
Taxation: deductions for State and local taxes, 26106 [3OC], 37209
———reform, 30176-30179 [1NO]
Turkey: Armenian genocide, 25239
Vermont: acid rain problem, 6347 [26MR]
———State questionnaire, 5658
———Symphony Orchestra's 251 Project, 32487
Very Special Arts U.S.A. Month: designate (S.J. Res. 103), 11957
VISTA: anniversary, 19200
Water Quality Renewal Act: enact (H.R. 8), 19853
World Food Day: observance, 27637
Youth: Congressional Award Program extension (H.R. 3447), 29233 [28OC], 31847 [14NO]
———minimum drinking age, 5976-5977 [21MR]
Remarks in House relative to
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 436 [3JA], 5575 [19MR], 6347 [26MR], 7234 [2AP], 10021 [1MY], 10260 [2MY], 12819 [21MY], 13434 [23MY], 14653 [6JN], 17230 [25JN], 17436 [26JN], 17762, 17909 [27JN], 18677 [11JY], 19227 [16JY], 19524 [17JY], 20047 [23JY], 20262 [24JY], 21630 [30JY], 21935 [31JY], 22679 [1AU], 23520 [12SE], 24142, 24149 [18SE], 24537 [20SE], 24811 [24SE], 24999, 25005, 25047 [26SE], 26017 [3OC], 26432, 26436, 26438, 26449 [7OC], 26553 [8OC], 27126, 27134 [10OC], 27419 [11OC], 27774 [17OC], 28619, 28639, 28640 [23OC], 28854 [24OC], 29219, 29233, 29236 [28OC], 29373 [29OC], 29811, 29826 [31OC], 31248 [8NO], 31375 [12NO], 31882 [14NO], 32462 [19NO], 32571, 32581 [20NO], 33748 [3DE], 34169, 34170, 34173, 34265 [4DE], 34787 [5DE], 35563, 35581, 35786 [10DE], 36745 [16DE], 37763, 37784 [18DE], 38015, 38330 [19DE]
Special order: granted, 2287 [7FE], 3948 [27FE], 4399 [5MR], 5575 [19MR], 26107 [3OC], 29896 [31OC], 36762 [16DE], 38368 [19DE]
Reports
Committee on Agriculture, 12272 [16MY]
Committee on Education and Labor, 23430 [11SE]
Farm Credit System Reforms (H.R. 3792): Committee on Agriculture (excerpt), 35582 [10DE]
Federal Student Aid: Library of Congress (excerpt), 34174 [4DE]
Foreign Travel Expenditures, 12272 [16MY], 23430 [11SE]
Resolutions by organizations
Acid rain: Town of Brookfield, VT, 6348 [26MR]
Statements
Federal Council on Aging: President Reagan (1984), 22794
Federal Role in Determining Prohibitions on Consumption of Alcoholic Beverages: (sundry excerpts), 38331 [19DE]
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.: William E. Brock III, Sec. of Labor (excerpt), 28641 [23OC]
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. Reforms: William E. Brock III, Sec. of Labor (excerpts), 29826 [31OC]
Voluntarism: George W. Romney (excerpt), 19200 [16JY]
Summaries
Food Stamp Quality Control Act (H.R. 2621), 13699
Tables
Increase in the number of State and local farmland protection programs since 1980, 27032
Soil transportation within Mississippi River basin, 26018
Tax expenditures for education, 30179 [1NO]
Texts of
H.R. 1314, State licensing of hydroelectric plants, 4397
H.R. 2692, retirement pension plan loans, 14790
Tributes
Aiken, George D., 552
Giuliani, Peter, 7534
White, Emery S. III, 37763 [18DE]