LEATH, MARVIN (a Representative from Texas)

Amendments offered by, to

Budget: revising for fiscal year 1985 and setting forth for 1986-88 (H. Con. Res. 152), 13372 [23MY]

Water Resources, Conservation, Development, and Infrastructure Improvement and Rehabilitation Act: enact (H.R. 6), 30819 [6NO]

Appointments

Conferee: H. Con. Res. 152, revising budget for fiscal year 1985 and setting forth for 1986-88, 13421 [23MY]

———H.J. Res. 372, increase statutory public debt limit, 27379 [11OC]

———H.R. 1409, authorizing certain military construction, 27628 [16OC]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Armed Forces: equalize procedures for appointment of warrant officers (see H.R. 1277), 3569 [26FE]

Emergency Veterans' Job Training Act: relative to certain employment programs (see H.R. 1122), 2432 [19FE]

National Association of State Directors of Veterans Affairs, Inc.: recognize (see H.R. 3024), 19525 [17JY]

VA: require to maintain office in each State (see H.R. 1568), 5582 [19MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

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

———establish farm and crop acreage base and program yield system (see H.R. 1912), 7237 [2AP]

———establish task force to address long-range concerns (see H. Con. Res. 131), 9422 [25AP]

———price and income protection to farmers (see H.R. 2383), 19867 [22JY]

———sense of Congress in opposition to erosion of local control by farmer- and rancher-borrowers in farm credit system (see H. Con. Res. 177), 21938 [31JY]

———study use of unleaded fuel in machinery (see H.R. 2795), 20838 [26JY]

Agriculture and Food Act: protection for purchasers of farm products (see H.R. 1591), 7239 [2AP]

Air Force: appropriations for operation and maintenance of Special Operation Wing reserve (see H.R. 1307), 6367 [26MR]

Appalachian Regional Development Act: amend (see H.R. 10), 11761 [14MY]

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

Banks and banking: limit number of days institutions may restrict availability of funds on deposit (see H.R. 2443), 25759 [2OC]

Budget: constitutional amendment relative to Federal procedures (see H.J. Res. 27), 2681 [20FE]

———require President to transmit and Committee on the Budget to report a balanced (see H.R. 3), 4402 [5MR]

Cadet Nurse Corps: credit time during World War II for civil service retirement (see H.R. 2663), 22685 [1AU]

Coins: minting of commemoration of centennial of the Statue of Liberty (see H.R. 47), 2292 [7FE]

Committee on Intelligence (Joint): establish (see H.J. Res. 7), 32464 [19NO]

Copyrights: conveyance of right to perform publicly syndicated television programs without right to perform accompanying music (see H.R. 3521), 27643 [16OC]

Corporations: 50% nondeductible excise tax on certain profits from takeover attempts (see H.R. 1100), 5728 [20MR]

Emergency Veterans' Job Training Act: amend to extend certain employment programs (see H.R. 1408), 8762 [22AP]

Employment: amend Davis-Bacon Act to provide new job opportunities (see H.R. 472), 457 [7JA]

Fair Labor Standards Act: compensatory time in lieu of overtime for employees of State and political subdivisions (see H.R. 3530), 28317 [22OC]

Family Reunion Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 64), 10696 [7MY]

Federal Home Loan Bank Board: effective date of limitations on certain investments (see H. Con. Res. 34), 4231 [28FE]

Federal Power Act: provide protection to consumers of electric power (see H.R. 44), 24581 [20SE]

Firearms: protect rights of owners (see H.R. 945), 22685 [1AU]

Foreign Assistance Act: exception to ban on officers and employees in foreign arrest actions and interrogations (see H.R. 962), 6367 [26MR]

Freedom of Information Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 371), 22684 [1AU]

Hands Across America Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 462), 34789 [5DE]

Highway funds: provide for administrative release (see H.R. 1059), 2290 [7FE]

House galleries: enclose with transparent and substantial material (see H. Res. 18), 461 [3JA]

Insurance: clarify application relative to rates, charges, or premiums filed with State insurance departments (see H.R. 2684), 20681 [25JY]

International Terrorism Control Treaty: enact (see H. Res. 208), 17913 [27JN]

Job Training Partnership Act: establish education component in summer youth employment programs (see H.R. 1090), 14059 [4JN]

Joint Chiefs of Staff: strengthen position of Chairman (see H.R. 3622), 28864 [24OC]

Jordan: prohibit sales of advanced weapons (see H.J. Res. 428), 28865 [24OC]

Labor: extortion prohibition application of (see H.R. 1719), 12276 [16MY]

Legal Services Corp. Act: time limits for proceedings relative to denials of financial assistance (see H.R. 2326), 15216 [11JN]

Lessons of Grenada Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 313), 25279 [30SE]

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

MIA's: sense of Congress (see H. Con. Res. 37), 1878 [6FE]

Monuments and memorials: erect to American Armored Force, Arlington, VA (see H.J. Res. 167), 3378 [25FE]

National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 170), 10024 [1MY]

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

National Buy American Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 334), 27019 [9OC]

National Day of Fasting To Raise Funds To Combat Hunger: designate (see H.J. Res. 386), 26482 [7OC]

National Guard: issue commemorative stamp (see H. Res. 245), 27643 [16OC]

National observances: establish commission to advise President (see H.R. 479), 828 [22JA]

National Physical Fitness and Sports Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 182), 9829 [30AP]

National POW/MIA Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 205), 16123 [18JN]

National security: strengthen provisions of safeguards when imports threaten to impair (see H.R. 3438), 25759 [2OC]

Nexrad: sense of Congress to continue on schedule (see H. Con. Res. 167), 36211 [12DE]

Perot Commission on Americans Missing in Southeast Asia: establish (see H. Con. Res. 129), 25051 [26SE]

Public Works and Economic Development Act: amend (see H.R. 10), 11761 [14MY]

Romania: suspend most-favored-nation treatment (see H.R. 3599), 32629 [20NO]

Scott, Nathaniel: relief (see H.R. 528), 903 [24JA]

Sec. of Defense: furnish information on POW's/MIA's (see H. Res. 226), 25051 [26SE]

Social Security Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 300), 22686 [1AU]

Society of the Third Infantry Division: erect memorial in District of Columbia (see H.R. 2440), 32642 [20NO]

States: establish maximum speed limits not in excess of 70 miles per hour (see H.R. 1163), 2679 [20FE]

Tax Reform Act: repeal changes to treatment of debt instruments issued for property (see H.R. 242), 828 [22JA]

Taxation: deductions for expenses of members of uniformed services who receive housing allowances (see H.R. 481), 17519 [26JN]

———exclude educational assistance programs from gross income (see H.R. 1356), 36211 [12DE]

———extend energy credit to solar (see H.R. 1272), 10695 [7MY]

———half of health insurance premiums by self-employed considered as business expense (see H.R. 11), 3950 [27FE]

———repeal certain substantiation and compliance provisions (see H.R. 531), 693 [21JA]

———repeal maintenance of contemporaneous records (see H.R. 594, 600, 813), 826 [22JA], 1312 [30JA]

———treat use of law enforcement, fire protection, and emergency medical vehicles as nontaxable fringe benefit (see H.R. 773), 7803 [15AP]

Textile industry and fabrics: promote economic recovery (see H.R. 1562), 7613 [4AP]

U.N.: U.S. contributions (see H.R. 76), 6924 [1AP]

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

Young Astronaut Program: striking of medals to commemorate (see H.R. 2578), 32628 [20NO]

Elected to

Committee on Armed Services, ***** [30JA], 1272 [4FE]

Committee on the Budget, ***** [30JA], 1272 [4FE]

Letters

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

Reorganization of Dept. of Veterans Benefits: exchange between Representative Montgomery and Harry N. Walters, 5535 [19MR]

Memorandums

Reorganization of Dept. of Veterans Benefits: Robert E. Coy, 5535 [19MR]

Remarks by, on

Armenian Genocide: commemoration (H.J. Res. 192), 13986 [4JN]

Brownwood High School, TX: tribute to football coach Gordon Wood, 27057 [10OC]

Budget: deficit reduction proposals, 30156 [1NO], 30868 [6NO]

———revising for fiscal year 1985 and setting forth for 1986-88 (H. Con. Res. 152), 13372, 13386-13387 [23MY]

Chemical weapons: funding, 16388 [19JN]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1872), 16388 [19JN]

Employment: veterans' preference in Federal (H.R. 1802), 19838 [22JY]

Independent Commission on Respect for International Law: designate, 37868 [18DE]

National Day of Remembrance of Man's Inhumanity to Man: designate (H.J. Res. 192), 13986 [4JN]

Pecan Bayou Lake: flood control project funding, 30819 [6NO]

Public debt: increase statutory limit (H.J. Res. 372), conference report, 30156 [1NO], 30868 [6NO]

REA: anniversary, 10666 [7MY]

Reagan, President: budget proposal, 13331 [22MY]

VA: budget proposals, 13331 [22MY]

———reorganization of Dept. of Veterans Benefits, 5534 [19MR]

Veterans: reaffirm Veterans' Preference Act of 1944 (H.R. 1802), 19838 [22JY]

Veterans' Compensation Benefits Act: amend (H.R. 2343), 12537 [20MY]

Warrant Officer Equal Appointment Act: enact (H.R. 1277), 3679 [26FE]

Water Resources, Conservation, Development, and Infrastructure Improvement and Rehabilitation Act: enact (H.R. 6), 30819 [6NO]

Remarks in House relative to

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 16388 [19JN], 27057 [10OC], 30156 [1NO], 30868 [6NO]

Special order: granted, 5575 [19MR]

Reports

Committee on Armed Services, 597 [7JA], 23429 [11SE]

Foreign Travel Expenditures, 597 [7JA], 23429 [11SE]

Veterans' Health Care: J.H. Acker, 13331 [22MY]

Texts of

H.R. 1568, maintaining VA regional offices in each State, 5536 [19MR]

Tributes

Drinan, Robert F., 37868 [18DE]

Falk, Richard A., 37868 [18DE]

Hall, Representative Sam B., Jr., 13431 [23MY]

Weston, Burns, 37868 [18DE]

Wood, Gordon, 27057 [10OC]