KOSTMAYER, PETER H. (a Representative from Pennsylvania)
Amendments offered by, to
Dept. of State, USIA, and Board for International Broadcasting: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2068), 11269 [9MY]
Appointments
Committee on Hunger (Select): member, 5673 [20MR]
Conferee: H.R. 2100, Food Security Act, 34511 [5DE]
———H.R. 2672, redesignating New York Bulk and Foreign Mail Center as the New Jersey International and Bulk Mail Center, 32429 [19NO]
Articles and editorials
Aid May Depend on Past Ties, Edward Cody, Washington (DC) Post, 8532
Artificial Birth Control, Washington (DC) Post, 22780
Calculated Confusion—Giving Family Planning an Undeserved Bad Name, Werner Fornos, Baltimore (MD) Sun, 18406 [10JY]
Conrail Deal Off Track, Levittown (PA) Bucks County Courier Times, 22792
Family Planning Frenzy, Washington (DC) Post, 15474 [12JN]
Fight To Save Amtrak Puts Small, Big Cities on Same Track, Neal R. Peirce, 12206
Foreign Affairs—The Survival Question, Flora Lewis, New York (NY) Times, 37856 [18DE]
Ill-Received Ideology Now Exported, Ellen Goodman, Philadelphia (PA) Inquirer, 24211
``Minimum Tax'' Has Lived Up to Its Name, Data Shows, Anne Swardon, Washington (DC) Post, 13396
Officers of the Old National Guard Remain a Factor in the Rebel Forces, James LeMoyne, New York (NY) Times, 8531
Road to Industrial Rebirth, Lynn R. Williams, New York (NY) Times, 29785
Roosevelt Is Dead, Charles Shaw, New Hope (PA) Gazette, 10907
Seatbelts in School Buses, 1161
Shadow of Somoza Haunts Rebels' Image, Washington (DC) Post, 8532
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Benjamin Franklin National Memorial: authorize appropriations (see H.J. Res. 93), 902 [24JA]
Delaware River: designate segment as National and Scenic Rivers System (see H.R. 686), 900 [24JA]
Federal Power Act: competition and efficiency in transmission of electric energy (see H.R. 2231), 9422 [25AP]
Gnamrik, Rungrak: relief (see H.R. 2317), 10024 [1MY]
Inton, Marcelo E. and Encernacion C.: relief (see H.R. 857), 1314 [30JA]
Japan: Presidential response to unfair trade practices (see H. Con. Res. 108), 7238 [2AP]
National Alopecia Areata Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 59, 282), 459 [7JA], 11146 [8MY]
Safety belts: provide grants to States to adopt and enforce laws for school children (see H.R. 749), 1147 [28JA]
Tedla, Negussie D., and family: relief (see H.R. 494), 462 [7JA]
Thompson, James H.: relief (see H.R. 2929), 17912 [27JN]
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Abortion: ensure services in same manner as pregnancy-related under Federal programs (see H.R. 2691), 14654 [6JN]
Achille Lauro (vessel): seizure by Palestinian terrorists (see H. Con. Res. 217), 32643 [20NO]
Africa: appropriations for famine relief (see H.R. 1096), 2431 [19FE]
———authorize additional appropriations for Peace Corps programs (see H.R. 1364), 4229 [28FE]
———funds for food assistance and agricultural development (see H.R. 2080), 9745 [29AP]
———supplemental assistance for famine relief (see H.R. 100), 447 [3JA]
Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act: enhance effectiveness of food programs (see H.R. 2390), 10694 [7MY]
Agriculture: actions to improve productivity (see H.R. 1383), 4230 [28FE]
———extend and improve domestic food programs (see H.R. 1856), 8058 [16AP]
AID: family planning service programs based on voluntarism and informed choice (see H.R. 3654), 29685 [30OC]
Alzheimer's disease: establishment of family support groups for families of victims (see H.R. 66), 1387 [31JA]
American Business Women's Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 379), 31888 [14NO]
American Liver Foundation National Liver Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 127), 29251 [28OC]
Animal Welfare Act: ensure proper treatment of laboratory animals (see H.R. 2653), 28865 [24OC]
Anniversary Year of Connecticut: designate (see H.J. Res. 102), 19230 [16JY]
Armed Forces: elect to retire for physical disability or length of service (see H.R. 1365), 31516 [12NO]
———provide savings for military personnel and closing or realignment of installations (see H.R. 1824), 6608 [28MR]
Arms race: sense of Congress that escalation will threaten security (see H. Con. Res. 36), 37855 [18DE]
Asbestos: prompt, exclusive, and equitable compensation for inadequate tort remedies (see H.R. 1626), 5727 [20MR]
Baltic Freedom Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 263), 10696 [7MY]
Banks and banking: limit number of days institutions may restrict availability of funds on deposit (see H.R. 2443), 13128 [22MY]
Benign Essential Blepharospasm Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 308), 23009 [9SE]
Better Hearing and Speech Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 169), 12822 [21MY]
Bipartisan Commission on Congressional Campaign Financing: establish (see H.R. 1284), 14336 [5JN]
Bonds: sense of Congress relative to builders (see H. Con. Res. 90), 5727 [20MR]
Boy Scouts of America: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 159), 10521 [6MY]
Budget: require President to transmit and Committee on the Budget to report a balanced (see H.R. 3), 2292 [7FE]
Camp Fire, Inc.: recognizing 75 years of service (see H.J. Res. 298), 30199 [1NO]
Caribbean region: betterment of faculty development and university administration (see H.R. 1158), 2679 [20FE]
Centennial Year of the Gasoline Powered Automobile: designate (see H.J. Res. 439), 36211 [12DE]
Chapin, Harry: award special gold medal (see H.R. 1207), 11762 [14MY]
Chemical weapons: prohibit production (see H.R. 2124), 8472 [18AP]
Child Abuse Act: encourage States to enact protection reforms (see H.R. 1972), 15593 [13JN]
Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act: encourage States to enact protection reforms (see H.R. 2999), 20264 [24JY]
Childhood diseases: universal access to immunization and accelerated efforts to eradicate (see H. Con. Res. 211), 31637 [13NO]
Children: provide State assistance to establish clearinghouse for missing (see H.R. 604), 15593 [13JN]
Chile: restoration of democracy (see H. Con. Res. 52), 1877 [6FE]
Civil Rights Restoration Act: enact (see H.R. 700), 3951 [27FE]
Civil service: correct inequities in credit for retirement purposes (see H.R. 3006), 22899 [4SE]
Coins: minting of commemoration of centennial of the Statue of Liberty (see H.R. 47), 2292 [7FE]
Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians: implement recommendations (see H.R. 442), 456 [7JA]
Commission To Investigate Federal Involvement With the Immigration and Nazi Collaborators: establish (see H.R. 3814), 36766 [16DE]
Committee on Children, Youth, and Families (Select): establish (see H. Res. 25), 461 [7JA]
Committee on Hunger (Select): establish (see H. Res. 20), 461 [3JA]
Congress: grant States to enter into compacts for developing conservation and electric power plans (see H.R. 3074), 20263 [24JY]
Congressional child care center: establish (see H. Res. 21), 4231 [28FE]
Conrail: transfer of ownership to private sector (see H.R. 2873), 22685 [1AU]
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), 32642 [20NO]
Copyright: make permanent requirements of manufacturing clause (see H.R. 3465), 33842 [3DE]
Defense Dept. Overseas Teachers Pay and Personnel Practices Act: amend (see H.R. 43), 22685 [1AU]
Dept. of Defense: clarify statutory limitation on amount it may spend during fiscal year 1985 (see H.R. 918), 2942 [21FE]
———limit payment of costs to contractors (see H.R. 2397), 13128 [22MY]
Dept. of State: appropriations (see H.R. 2068), 8298 [17AP]
Dept. of State, USIA, and Board for International Broadcasting: appropriations (see H.R. 1931), 7494 [3AP]
Discrimination: prohibit on basis of affectional or sexual orientation (see H.R. 230), 4299 [4MR]
District of Columbia: erect memorial to honor Korean War veterans (see H.R. 2205), 15593 [13JN]
Doubek, Robert W.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2591), 22685 [1AU]
Drugs: deny most-favored-nation treatment to source countries that refuse to cooperate in efforts to eliminate production and distribution (see H.R. 3404), 27828 [17OC]
———grants to States to increase enforcement relating to production, possession, and transfer (see H.R. 526), 2292 [7FE]
Duarte, Jose Napoleon: commend (see H. Res. 145), 10696 [7MY]
Education: increase research and encourage contribution of scientific equipment to institutions (see H.R. 1188), 5048 [7MR]
———promote effective schools and excellence (see H.R. 747), 16582 [20JN]
Egypt: urging to recall its Ambassador to Israel (see H. Con. Res. 72), 5049 [7MR]
Ethnic American Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 331), 25497 [1OC]
Eugene Ormandy Appreciation Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 347), 20138 [23JY]
Fair Housing Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 188), 5988 [21MR]
Family Reunion Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 64), 11686 [13MY]
Federal agencies: reporting requirements in cases of reduction in grade of pay, closings, or changings of functions of field offices (see H.R. 2401), 10694 [7MY]
Federal Aviation Act: prohibit acquisition of an air carrier which is operating under protection of bankruptcy (see H.R. 2870), 25496 [1OC]
Federal Coal Export Commission: establish (see H.R. 1005), 1876 [6FE]
Federal employees: establish new supplemental retirement plan for Members of Congress, and Postal Service (see H.R. 3660), 31516 [12NO]
———increase Government contribution rate to health benefit plan (see H.R. 156), 19229 [16JY]
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: prohibit use of sulfiting agents in foods (see H.R. 1427), 9297 [24AP]
Federal Home Loan Bank Board: effective date of limitations on certain investments (see H. Con. Res. 34), 5049 [7MR]
Federal Power Act: limit recovery of cost of construction by public utilities (see H.R. 1229), 2940 [21FE]
Foreign Assistance Act: appropriations for child survival fund (see H.R. 1746), 8058 [16AP]
———protect biological diversity in developing countries (see H.R. 2958), 18515 [10JY]
———protect tropical forests in developing countries (see H.R. 2957), 18515 [10JY]
Foreign investments: require persons to register and provide reciprocity in international policy (see H.R. 2582), 34885 [6DE]
Freedom of Information Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 371), 22684 [1AU]
Freedom of the Press Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 164), 5586 [19MR]
GAO: investigate conditions of displaced Salvadoran persons (see H.R. 822), 7497 [3AP]
Germany, Federal Republic of: President's trip to Bitburg cemetery (see H. Con. Res. 125; H. Res. 135), 8763 [22AP], 9297 [24AP]
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]
Gluzman, Semyon: Soviet Union should allow Semyon Gluzman and family to emigrate to Israel (see H.J. Res. 270), 11293 [9MY]
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]
Handicapped Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 285), 11292 [9MY]
Hands Across America Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 462), 34789 [5DE]
Helen Keller Deaf-Blind Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 227), 14655 [6JN]
Helsinki Human Rights Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 132), 1876 [6FE]
Higher Education Act: 20th anniversary and reaffirmation of purpose (see H. Con. Res. 207), 29251 [28OC]
Higher Education Disclosure Act: enact (see H.R. 3190), 33842 [3DE]
Humane Products Testing Act: enact (see H.R. 1877), 12559 [20MY]
Idaho: designate certain public lands as wilderness (see H.R. 1068), 2290 [7FE]
Immigration and Nationality Act: relative to grounds for exclusion and deportation of aliens (see H.R. 2361), 11762 [14MY]
Indian lands: conservation, rehabilitation, and improvement of natural and cultural resources (see H.R. 99), 446 [3JA]
Insurance: prohibit discrimination on basis of blindness (see H.R. 2741), 15499 [12JN]
Interest: uniform disclosure of rates payable on savings accounts (see H.R. 2282), 9827 [30AP]
International Narcotics Control Act: enact (see H.R. 1768), 11762 [14MY]
International trade: give Nation's performance greater importance in Government policy (see H.R. 1950), 17912 [27JN]
———strengthen competitive position (see H.R. 2607), 15593 [13JN]
International Whaling Commission: moratorium on commercial whaling (see H. Con. Res. 54), 4402 [5MR]
International Worker Solidarity Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 321), 28317 [22OC]
Interstate commerce: prevent employment denial by prohibiting lie detector tests on employees (see H.R. 1524), 9423 [25AP]
IRS: enforcement of laws and repeal grace period for payment of tobacco-related excise taxes (see H.R. 1826), 6608 [28MR]
Israel: Soviet Union should allow Semyon Gluzman and family to emigrate (see H.J. Res. 270), 11293 [9MY]
———tax treatment of loans (see H.R. 3258), 27420 [11OC]
———urging Egypt to recall its Ambassador (see H. Con. Res. 72), 5049 [7MR]
Jewish Heritage Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 104), 5728 [20MR]
Jordan: prohibit sales of advanced weapons (see H.J. Res. 428), 28865 [24OC]
———sense of House not to sell advanced arms (see H. Res. 194), 16414 [19JN]
Judges: prohibit attorney's fees against action growing out of injunctive relief (see H.R. 877), 31516 [12NO]
Keogh plan: reporting requirements (see H.R. 3292), 32642 [20NO]
Klinghoffer, Leon: killing by Palestinian terrorists (see H. Con. Res. 217), 32643 [20NO]
Labor: permit employees to work combination of 40-hour workweek (see H.R. 1893), 12010 [15MY]
Learning Disabilities Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 287), 16124 [18JN]
Lithuanian Independence Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 409), 30493 [5NO]
Live Aid Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 325), 17232 [25JN]
Lupus Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 197), 16123 [18JN]
Medicare: demonstration projects for Alzheimer's disease (see H.R. 67), 1387 [31JA]
———extend hospice benefits for 2 years (see H.R. 1316), 8058 [16AP]
———vision care (see H.R. 2342), 21937 [31JY]
Mengele, Josef: Congress should continue investigation into residence and activities (see H. Con. Res. 82), 5046 [7MR]
Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 178), 22899 [4SE]
Merchant marine: include service during World War II for civil service credit (see H.R. 1169), 2680 [20FE]
Mexico: reaffirming solidarity following earthquake (see H.J. Res. 394), 24580 [20SE]
MIA's: secure full accounting (see H.J. Res. 105), 1314 [30JA]
Missing Children Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 281), 12010 [15MY]
Morocco: erection of gift monument in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 2887), 32642 [20NO]
Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act: disclosure of mileage when vehicles are transferred (see H.R. 780), 1387 [31JA]
Motor vehicles: rental companies to provide child restraint systems (see H.R. 588), 2292 [7FE]
Mule Appreciation Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 76), 1387 [31JA]
Myasthenia Gravis Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 329), 24289 [19SE]
National Adoption Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 320), 30914 [6NO]
National Adult Day Care Center Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 229), 7496 [3AP]
National Agriculture Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 137), 4402 [5MR]
National Alzheimer's Disease Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 112), 9829 [30AP]
National Arbor Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 133), 14059 [4JN]
National Arson Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 61, 434), 5585 [19MR], 35788 [10DE]
National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 170, 427), 6368 [26MR], 28701 [23OC]
National Atomic Veterans Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 295), 18516 [10JY]
National Autism Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 440), 32465 [19NO]
National Black History Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 21), 3951 [27FE]
National Blood Pressure Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 333), 30914 [6NO]
National Buy American Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 334), 18138 [9JY]
National Child Abuse Prevention Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 121), 1386 [31JA]
National Children's Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 79), 12822 [21MY]
National Commission To Prevent Infant Mortality: establish (see H.R. 3349), 30914 [6NO]
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 Remembrance of Man's Inhumanity to Man: designate (see H.J. Res. 192), 9105 [23AP]
National DECA Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 86), 828 [22JA]
National Dental Hygiene Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 218), 14060 [4JN]
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 Down's Syndrome Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 135), 11686 [13MY]
National Drug Abuse Education Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 126), 28702 [23OC]
National Drunk and Drugged Driving Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 358), 20838 [26JY]
National Energy Education Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 160), 2940 [21FE]
National Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 375), 32642 [20NO]
National Flowers-by-Wire Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 271), 20138 [23JY]
National Food Bank Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 234), 27828 [17OC]
National Guard: issue commemorative stamp (see H. Res. 245), 35788 [10DE]
National Head Injury Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 200), 20264 [24JY]
National Hemophilia Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 254), 28702 [23OC]
National High-Tech Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 128), 9746 [29AP]
National Home Care Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 319), 27828 [17OC]
National Hospice Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 288), 21632 [30JY]
National Housing Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 350), 24615 [23SE]
National Independent Retail Grocer Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 74), 2681 [20FE]
National Jaycee Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 447), 35788 [10DE]
National Labor Relations Act: increase stability of collective bargaining in building and construction industry (see H.R. 281), 6470 [27MR]
———protections for employers and performers in the arts (see H.R. 2761), 26109 [3OC]
National Literacy Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 429), 36106 [11DE]
National Make-A-Wish Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 221), 23009 [9SE]
National Needlework Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 376), 25051 [26SE]
National Neighborhood Crime Watch Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 312), 21938 [31JY]
National Nuclear Medicine Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 297), 28702 [23OC]
National observances: establish commission to advise President (see H.R. 479), 828 [22JA]
National Osteopathic Medicine Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 175), 19702 [18JY]
National Osteoporosis Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 46), 6367 [26MR]
National Parliamentary Law Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 226), 16884 [21JN]
National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 101), 11293 [9MY]
National Philanthropy Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 326), 27828 [17OC]
National POW/MIA Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 205, 451), 8058 [16AP], 32643 [20NO]
National Safety in the Workplace Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 131), 27420 [11OC]
National School Library Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 154), 9105 [23AP]
National School-Age Child Care Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 60), 20838 [26JY]
National Science Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 161), 9423 [25AP]
National Sewing Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 222), 19230 [16JY]
National Skin Cancer Prevention and Detection Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 85), 828 [22JA]
National Spina Bifida Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 179), 20838 [26JY]
National Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 322), 23444 [11SE]
National Temporary Help Services Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 401), 27829 [17OC]
National Theater Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 25), 3570 [26FE]
National Theatre Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 464), 32978 [20NO]
National Tourism Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 296), 18060 [8JY]
National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act: amend passenger safety requirements (see H.R. 1006), 2681 [20FE]
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), 21278 [29JY]
Natural gas: pipeline companies' nondiscriminatory transportation policy (see H. Res. 315), 33843 [3DE]
Nevada Wilderness Act: enact (see H.R. 3304), 23548 [12SE]
NIH: full funding for new and competing research grants (see H.J. Res. 136), 5048 [7MR]
NRC: adhere to certain procedures in conduct of its meetings (see H.R. 2743), 15499 [12JN]
Nuclear Nonproliferation Act: promote policies (see H.R. 903), 19526 [17JY]
Nuclear powerplants: remove liability limits for nuclear accidents (see H.R. 445), 1387 [31JA]
Nuclear weapons: mutual, simultaneous, verifiable cessation of testing (see H.R. 3442), 35787 [10DE]
———prohibit explosive testing (see H.J. Res. 3), 7240 [2AP]
Occupational disease: establish system for identifying, notifying, and preventing illness and death (see H.R. 1309), 21937 [31JY]
Oil Heat Centennial Year: designate (see H.J. Res. 171), 15593 [13JN]
Older Americans Act: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 132), 9744 [29AP]
Olmsted, Frederick Law: identify, commemorate, and preserve the legacy of historic landscapes (see H.R. 37), 1386 [31JA]
Peace Corps: recognize 25th anniversary (see H.J. Res. 305), 18139 [9JY]
Peace Corps Act: amend relative to number of volunteers (see H.R. 1121), 5585 [19MR]
Peace Tax Fund: establish (see H.R. 3032), 19526 [17JY]
Plant closings: require employers to notify and consult with employees (see H.R. 1616), 17233 [25JN]
Point Reyes National Seashore, CA: designate as Phillip Burton Wilderness (see H.R. 1373), 4229 [28FE]
Poland: civil liberties (see H. Con. Res. 24), 17913 [27JN]
———sense of Congress on human rights (see H. Con. Res. 210), 27643 [16OC]
Polish American Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 106), 1314 [30JA]
Popieluszko, Jerzy: authorize President to present gold medal (see H.R. 2263), 19229 [16JY]
Presidents: constitutional amendment providing for appointment of electors from insular areas (see H.J. Res. 23), 24288 [19SE]
Public Health Service Act: provide services for pregnant adolescents and adolescent parents (see H.R. 927), 1695 [4FE]
Public lands: conservation, rehabilitation, and improvement of natural and cultural resources (see H.R. 99), 446 [3JA]
Religion: greater balance among military chaplains in Armed Forces (see H.R. 1875), 17912 [27JN]
Rural Electrification Program: anniversary (see H. Res. 144), 15593 [13JN]
Save for the U.S.A. Year: designate (see H.J. Res. 436), 30384 [4NO]
Scruggs, Jan C.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2591), 22685 [1AU]
Sec. of State: improve security at foreign international airports (see H.R. 2822), 16581 [20JN]
Sec. of the Interior: establish program to ensure stockpiling and replacement of topsoil (see H.R. 463), 33602 [2DE]
Senior Center Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 146), 8763 [22AP]
Sesquicentennial Year of the National Library of Medicine: designate (see H.J. Res. 332), 36766 [16DE]
Social Security: benefits to disabled widows and widowers without regard to age (see H.R. 159), 6366 [26MR]
———combined earnings of husband and wife shall be divided equally and shared for benefit purposes (see H.R. 158), 6366 [26MR]
———eliminate reductions in benefits in case of spouses and surviving spouses (see H.R. 155), 6366 [26MR]
———modify terminology relative to handicapped children (see H.R. 359), 6087 [25MR]
———payment of a transition benefit to spouse upon such individual's death (see H.R. 160), 6366 [26MR]
———provide exemption for members of faiths opposed to participation (see H.R. 1138), 10695 [7MY]
———provide individual's years of coverage for purposes of computing minimum benefit (see H.R. 157), 6366 [26MR]
———remove operations of trust funds from unified budget (see H.R. 161), 23443 [11SE]
———restore and protect benefit levels of workers reaching age 65 (see H.R. 1917), 7237 [2AP]
———restore minimum benefits for future beneficiaries (see H.R. 154), 6366 [26MR]
Social Security Administration: establish as independent agency (see H.R. 3470), 29686 [30OC]
Social Security Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 300), 16582 [20JN]
South Africa: commending financial institutions for recognizing economic instability inherent in system of apartheid (see H. Res. 270), 27643 [16OC]
———opposition to system of apartheid (see H.R. 1460), 5044 [7MR]
———prohibit Smithsonian Institution loans and investments (see H.R. 2567), 16123 [18JN]
———release Nelson Mandela from prison and lift restrictions imposed on Winnie Mandela (see H. Con. Res. 243), 36106 [11DE]
Soviet Jewry: sense of House relative to Solidarity Sunday (see H. Res. 127), 8059 [16AP]
Soviet Union: agreement for strict mutual and verifiable limitations on space weapons (see H.J. Res. 252), 19867 [22JY]
———allow Igor Ogurtsov to emigrate (see H. Res. 76), 25497 [1OC]
———allow Semyon Gluzman and family to emigrate to Israel (see H.J. Res. 270), 11293 [9MY]
———cease concentrated and systematic persecution of Hebrew teachers and cultural activists (see H. Res. 74, 352), 24812 [24SE], 38371 [19DE]
———direct President to begin talks to establish student exchange for peace programs (see H.J. Res. 336), 20264 [24JY]
———President should pardon rabbis who peacefully demonstrated at Washington, DC, Embassy (see H. Res. 346), 37855 [18DE]
———support expanded cultural exchange (see H. Con. Res. 237), 36211 [12DE]
Space Exploration Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 318), 18730 [11JY]
Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants, and Children: release the remaining money appropriated (see H. Con. Res. 146), 13128 [22MY]
Square dance: designate as the national folk dance (see H.J. Res. 316), 15879 [17JN]
Steel: limit importation of products (see H.R. 539), 693 [21JA]
Summer youth educational enhancement program: appropriation of additional funds (see H.R. 1722), 6365 [26MR]
Taxation: broaden base of individual and corporate income (see H.R. 800), 1878 [6FE]
———credit for expenditures of reducing radon levels in principal residence (see H.R. 2773), 15592 [13JN]
———extend and phase out credit for investments in conservation and renewable energy property (see H.R. 2001), 13437 [23MY]
———extend energy credit to solar (see H.R. 1272), 3951 [27FE]
———full credit for contributions to candidates for Congress (see H.R. 3780), 35288 [9DE]
———make funds available to small business community (see H.R. 1941), 7495 [3AP]
———make permanent rules to imputed interest and assumption of loans (see H.R. 2069), 10695 [7MY]
———provide exemption for members of faiths opposed to participation under Social Security (see H.R. 1138), 10695 [7MY]
———provide for safeguarding of taxpayers' rights (see H.R. 831), 6367 [26MR]
———repeal certain substantiation and compliance provisions (see H.R. 531), 1315 [30JA]
———sense of House to employer-paid and life support benefits (see H. Res. 268), 24581 [20SE]
———treatment of loans to Israel (see H.R. 3258), 27420 [11OC]
Terrorism: condemn all acts and create international coordinating committee (see H. Con. Res. 228), 30913 [6NO]
———designate Time of Remembrance for all victims throughout the world (see H.J. Res. 369), 27828 [17OC]
Textile industry and fabrics: promote economic recovery (see H.R. 1562), 5582 [19MR]
Time of Remembrance: designate, for all victims of terrorism throughout the world (see H.J. Res. 369), 27828 [17OC]
Truck and Bus Safety Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 445), 36766 [16DE]
Turkish Brigade Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 260), 14337 [5JN]
U.S. Commission on Improving the Effectiveness of the U.N.: establish (see H.J. Res. 417), 28866 [24OC]
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council: amend act establishing (see H.R. 3750), 31636 [13NO]
U.S. Post Office Building, Flushing, NY.: designate as Benjamin S. Rosenthal Post Office building (see H.R. 633), 899 [24JA]
U.S.-U.S.S.R. relations: display lights during summit talks (see H. Con. Res. 227), 31888 [14NO]
Unemployment: consolidated program of extended compensation (see H.R. 1072), 5585 [19MR]
———improve access to training for dislocated workers (see H.R. 1611), 5726 [20MR]
———use total unemployment rate in determining extended supplemental benefits (see H. Con. Res. 60), 2942 [21FE]
Unemployment compensation: extend Federal supplemental (see H.R. 890), 2293 [7FE]
Unemployment Trust Fund: establish a system of individual training accounts (see H.R. 26), 444 [3JA]
Urban Mass Transportation Act: allow grants to be used for overhaul of rolling stock, reconstruction of equipment (see H.R. 2522), 17913 [27JN]
VA: adjudication of claims for benefits (see H.R. 585), 826 [22JA]
———designate Adam Benjamin, Jr., Outpatient Clinic, Crown Point, IN (see H.R. 1361), 5048 [7MR]
———exempt payments for service-connected disabilities from taxation (see H. Con. Res. 69), 17913 [27JN]
———improve benefits for former POW's (see H.R. 864), 5048 [7MR]
Veterans of the Vietnam War, Inc.: recognize (see H.R. 2093), 8298 [17AP]
Wallop-Breaux: trust fund be administered as required by law (see H. Res. 165), 12276 [16MY]
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), 12276 [16MY]
Wheeler, John P., III: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2591), 22685 [1AU]
Women's History Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 50), 459 [7JA]
World Court: deploring the intention of the U.S. to withdraw (see H. Con. Res. 208), 27829 [17OC]
World Food Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 172), 14059 [4JN]
World Health Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 189), 6611 [28MR]
Year of the Teacher: designate (see H.J. Res. 151), 33843 [3DE]
Young Astronaut Program: striking of medals to commemorate (see H.R. 2578), 35787 [10DE]
Youth Camp Safety Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 487), 36765 [16DE]
Youth camps: require Center for Environmental Health to evaluate State laws and regulations (see H.R. 3940), 36764 [16DE]
Documents
General Staff of the Nicaraguan Democratic Force, 8530
Sterilization Funds: Committee on Appropriations, 22780
Elected to
Committee on Foreign Affairs, ***** [30JA], 1272 [4FE]
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, ***** [30JA], 1272 [4FE]
Letters
Abortion has to be a personal decision, Philadelphia (PA) News, 33191
ITC decision on shoe industry imports: by, and 23 other Members of Congress, 5632 [19MR]
Medical malpractice insurance costs, 35838
Memorandums
Johnson Co.'s Cash or Deferred Arrangement Pension Plans: Trisha Brambley, 27730
Remarks by, on
Abortion: funding, 24211
———international family planning programs, 15474 [12JN]
———personal decision, 33191
Agriculture: soil conservation policy, 26664
AID: abortion funding, 22779
Amtrak: funding, 12206
Appropriations: making supplemental (H.R. 2577), 15454 [12JN]
Birth control: international family planning programs, 15474 [12JN], 16470 [20JN], 16813 [21JN], 17099 [25JN]
Bristol, PA: Ferag, Inc., cash or deferred arrangement pension plans, 27730
Bristol Borough, PA: historic rehabilitation, 22807
Budget: revising for fiscal year 1985 and setting forth for 1986-88 (H. Con. Res. 152), 13396
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act: amend (H.R. 2817), 35651
Crime and criminals: due process, 27056 [10OC]
Dept. of Defense: budget proposals, 13344
Dept. of Justice: due process, 27056 [10OC]
Dept. of State, USIA, and Board for International Broadcasting: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2068), 11269 [9MY]
Dept. of the Treasury: tax reform plan, 27730
Dept. of Transportation: Conrail sale, 22792
Economic assistance: family planning programs, 15151 [11JN]
Education: reading, 22828
———Reading Is Fundamental, Inc., tribute, 22828
Employment: job losses in the steel industry, 29785
Federal employees: pay and benefit proposals, 4181
Food Security Act: enact (H.R. 2100), 26664
Foreign relations: assistance to family planning programs, 15151 [11JN]
———Spain, 11071 [8MY]
Hazardous waste disposal: superfund tax, 35651
Health: care costs, 35837
———malpractice insurance premiums, 35837
Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credit Act: enact, 22807
Housing: IRS treatment of certain property transactions, 22523 [1AU]
Hulmerville, PA: tribute to John-David Bartoe, 21651
India: anniversary of killing of Sikhs, 14640
———international family planning programs, 16470 [20JN]
International Planned Parenthood Federation: funding, 22779
International Security and Development Cooperation Act: enact (H.R. 1555), 12236 [16MY], 18406, 18414, 18419, 18423 [10JY]
IRS: treatment of certain property transactions, 22523 [1AU]
Jews: efforts to emigrate from Soviet Union, 5710
Military installations: authorize certain construction (H.R. 1409), 27592
Motor vehicles: seatbelts in new school buses (H.R. 749), 1161
MX missile: making appropriations (H.J. Res. 181), 6523 [28MR]
National Alopecia Areata Awareness Week: designate (H.J. Res. 282), 29654 [30OC]
———designate (H.J. Res. 59), 562
Naval Air Development Center, Warminster, PA: navigation equipment construction, 27592
Newtown, PA: Johnson Co.'s cash or deferred arrangement pension plans, 27730
Nicaragua: Contra leadership, 8530
———funding for Contras, 8530
———humanitarian assistance for Contras, 15454 [12JN]
———making appropriations for military and paramilitary operations (H.J. Res. 239), 9059 [23AP]
———U.S. policy, 3851 [27FE]
Paraguay: drug processing chemicals returned to Federal Republic of Germany, 36374
Personal explanation, 26672
Philadelphia, PA: Inaugural Assembly of the American Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Survivors, 8329
———Shuji Maruyama, tribute, 36802
Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, PA: Bernie Moran, tribute, 30357
Population: international family planning programs, 16470 [20JN], 16813 [21JN], 17099 [25JN], 18406, 18414, 18419, 18423 [10JY]
Public debt: increase statutory limit (H.J. Res. 372), conference report, 36099
Quakertown, PA: Dirk A. Miller, tribute, 36806
Railroads: Conrail sale, 22792
REA: anniversary, 11934
Reagan, President: policy toward Nicaragua, 3851 [27FE]
Social Security Act: anniversary, 22832
Soviet Union: free emigration of Jews, 5710
Spain: U.S. policy, 11071 [8MY]
Steel industry: job losses, 29785
Tax Reform Act: enact (H.R. 3838), 37217
Taxation: cash or deferred arrangement pension plans, 27730
U.N.: effectiveness on international issues, 34368
———Fund for Population Activities, 22779
———international family planning programs, 16813 [21JN], 17099 [25JN]
Votes: position on missed, 26672
Yudborovsky, Alexander and Eugenia: efforts to emigrate from Soviet Union, 5710
Remarks in House relative to
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 436 [3JA], 596 [7JA], 1146 [28JA], 3851 [27FE], 5722 [20MR], 6523 [28MR], 8297 [17AP], 8470 [18AP], 9059 [23AP], 10692 [7MY], 11071 [8MY], 11759 [14MY], 12007 [15MY], 12236 [16MY], 13126 [22MY], 13434 [23MY], 15151 [11JN], 15474 [12JN], 16470 [20JN], 16813 [21JN], 17099 [25JN], 18406 [10JY], 21278 [29JY], 21630 [30JY], 22522, 22679 [1AU], 27056 [10OC], 27641 [16OC], 29654, 29684 [30OC], 30384 [4NO], 32616 [20NO], 34265 [4DE], 35786 [10DE], 36209 [12DE], 36762 [16DE]
Special order: granted, 26689 [8OC]
Reports
Committee on Foreign Affairs, 10513 [6MY]
Delegation to Italy and Ethiopia, 2413 [19FE]
Foreign Travel Expenditures, 2413 [19FE], 10513 [6MY]
Statements
Medical Malpractice Insurance Costs, 35838
Proposals for U.N. Human Rights Reforms: Jerome J. Shestack, 34368
Real Cost of Defense: Paul Zimmerman, 13344
Testimonies
Adult Literacy: Mrs. Elliot Richardson, 22828
Tributes
Bartoe, John-David, 21651
James, Wynne, Jr., 21282
Maruyama, Shuji, 36802
Miller, Dirk A., 36806
Monahan, John, 16562 [20JN]
Moran, Bernie, 30357
Schatz, Ronald B., 12200