MITCHELL, GEORGE J. (a Senator from Maine)
Amendments offered by, to
Agriculture, Food, Trade, and Conservation Act: enact (S. 1714), 29189 [25OC], 33044 [20NO], 33089, 33127 [21NO]
Appropriations: continuing (H.J. Res. 465), 35105, 35107 [6DE]
———making supplemental (H.R. 2577), 16293 [19JN]
Budget: setting forth congressional for fiscal 1986-88, and revising for fiscal 1985 (S. Con. Res. 32), 7067 [2AP], 11032 [8MY], 11441, 11538, 11539, 11543, 11546, 11547 [9MY]
———setting forth congressional for fiscal 1986-88, and revising for fiscal 1985 (S. Con. Res. 32), provide for reconciliation (S. 1730), 28408, 28440 [22OC], 28586 [23OC], 29021-29025, 29029-29032 [24OC], 31333 [12NO], 31773 [13NO]
Clean Water Act: amend (S. 1128), 15627, 15724 [13JN]
Compact of Free Association: approve (S.J. Res. 77), 25635-25638, 25641-25645 [2OC]
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act: amend and extend (S. 51), 24632, 24664 [23SE]
Dept. of Agriculture, rural development, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3037), 27560 [15OC]
Dept. of HUD and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3038), 27970 [17OC]
Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3244), 28519, 28583 [23OC]
National Defense Authorization Act: enact (S. 1160), 13268 [22MY], 13821 [24MY]
Superfund Improvement Act: enact (S. 51), 24113 [18SE], 24632, 24664 [23SE]
Textile and Apparel Trade Enforcement Act: enact (H.R. 1562), 31765-31770 [13NO]
Analyses
Ground Water Protection Act (S. 1836), 31138 [7NO]
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 3128, Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act, 38750 [20DE]
———S. 1128, Water Quality Renewal Act, 20934 [29JY]
National Ground Water Commission, 38564 [19DE]
Articles and editorials
Chinese Effect New Import Taxes, P.T. Bangsberg, Journal of Commerce, 25614 [2OC]
Chinese President Li Will Meet Reagan as Nuclear Pact Nears, Trade Woes Loom, Eduardo Lachica and Amanda Bennett, 25614 [2OC]
Commissioner's Comments, Stewart N. Smith, Maine-ly Agriculture (publication), 31341
Japan to the Barricades—Tokyo Exerts Subtle Pressure To Slow Textiles Inflows, Bruce Roscoe, Far Eastern Economic Review (publication), 25615 [2OC]
Maine's ``Outstanding Young Farmer,'' Stewart N. Smith, Maine-ly Agriculture (publication), 16803
Radioactive Gas in Soil Raises Concern in Three-State Area, Philip Shabecoff, New York (NY) Times, 13583
Rip in the Trade Laws, Senator Danforth, Washington (DC) Post, 28945 [24OC]
Scouts' Training Saves Life of Scoutmaster, Ged Carbone and Joel Barrett, Biddleford-Saco (ME) Journal Tribune, 13270
Vietnam Vets Memorial, Lewiston (ME) Journal, 31341 [12NO]
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Acadia National Park, ME: establish permanent boundary (see S. 720), 5817 [20MR]
Acid Deposition Control Act: enact (see S. 283), 997 [24JA]
Dept. of the Treasury: notification to Congress relating to investment of assets of the Social Security trust funds (see S. 1909), 35093 [6DE]
Esquivel, Fernando, and family: relief (see S. 1708), 25171 [26SE]
Fair Foreign Trade Practices Act: enact (see S. 1476), 19814 [19JY]
Federal Unemployment Tax Act: unemployment tax exemption for services performed on certain fishing boats (see S. 439), 2110 [7FE]
Fishing: duty on fish netting (see S. 438), 2110 [7FE]
Foreign trade: establish joint commission to resolve economic disputes between U.S. and Canada (see S. 1576), 22266 [1AU]
———strengthen national competitive position and respond to unfair practices (see S. 1545), 21728 [31JY]
———strengthen U.S. competitive position and improve ability to respond to unfair practices (see S. 1476), 19814 [19JY]
Ground Water Protection Act: enact (see S. 1836), 31134 [7NO]
Hazardous Substance Response Trust Fund: funding (see S. 955), 8352 [18AP]
Indoor Air Quality Research Act: enact (see S. 1198), 13581 [23MY]
Regional Economic Development Act: enact (see S. 526), 3757 [27FE]
Samantha Smith Memorial Exchange Program: establish (see S. 1847), 31327 [12NO]
Social Security: provide that the pensions received by retired judges who are assigned to active duty shall not be treated as wages (see S. 869), 7341 [3AP]
Soviet Union: establish Samantha Smith Memorial Exchange Program to promote youth exchanges with U.S. (see S. 1847), 31327 [12NO]
State Comprehensive River Planning Act: enact (see S. 870), 7341 [3AP]
Superfund Revenue Act: enact (see S. 955), 8352 [18AP]
Tariff: amend U.S. schedules (see S. 1331), 16716 [20JN]
———increase duty on imported sheet vinyl flooring (see S. 745), 6171 [26MR]
Trade Act: amend relative to threat of foreign targeting practices (see S. 1864), 32763 [20NO]
VA: per diem payments to State veterans' homes (see S. 1536), 21728 [31JY]
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Acid Rain Control Act: enact (see S. 52), 39 [3JA]
AFDC Quality Control Improvements Act: enact (see S. 1362), 17333 [26JN]
Afghanistan: condemn Soviet Union for occupation (see S. Res. 34), 1798 [5FE]
Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration: research grants (see S.J. Res. 89), 6958 [1AP]
Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Treatment Act: enact (see S. 174), 33957 [3DE]
American Business Women's Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 196), 26778 [8OC]
American Conservation Corps Act: enact (see S. 27), 8374 [18AP]
Antisatellite weapons: moratorium on testing (see S. 885), 9677 [29AP]
Arab-Israeli conflict: assure Israel's security and oppose advanced arms sales to Jordan (see S. Res. 177), 14157 [4JN]
Asylum: establish special panel on (see S. Res. 267), 35093 [6DE]
Benign Essential Blepharospasm Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 210), 29183 [25OC]
Biomass Energy and Alcohol Fuels Act: clarification (see S. 654, 781), 4815 [7MR], 6690 [28MR]
Birth control: extend title X of Public Health Service Act (see S. 881), 11848 [14MY]
Business vehicles: abolish requirement that taxpayers maintain detailed log books (see S. 260), 737 [22JA]
Chemical weapons: prohibit use of appropriated funds for production (see S. 68), 1573 [31JA]
Civil Rights Restoration Act: enact (see S. 431), 2110 [7FE]
Clean Air Act: amend relative to tall stacks and dispersion techniques (see S. 1426), 18859 [11JY]
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act: amend and extend (see S. 51), 39 [3JA]
Comprehensive Trade Law Reform Act: enact (see S. 1493), 20477 [25JY]
Construction Grants Transition Act: enact (see S. 652), 4815 [7MR]
Corp. for Public Broadcasting: authorizing appropriations (see S. 1084), 25307 [30SE]
Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War 1861-65: recognize (see S. 987), 19123 [16JY]
Daylight Saving Extension Act: enact (see S. 1433), 19010 [15JY]
Distilled Spirits Tax Payment Act: enact (see S. 1405), 18242 [9JY]
Doubek, Robert W.: award special Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 865), 19026 [15JY]
Economic Development Administration: funding (see S. Res. 41), 654 [21JA]
Education for All Handicapped Children Act: commemorate anniversary of enactment (see S. Con. Res. 71), 25386 [1OC]
Education of the Deaf Act: enact (see S. 1874), 35101 [6DE]
Emergency Wetlands Resources Act: enact (see S. 740), 6171 [26MR]
Endangered Species Act: authorizing appropriations (see S. 725), 5817 [20MR]
Fair Housing Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 79), 5185 [14MR]
Federal employees: legal protection for whistleblowers (see S. 341), 4917 [7MR]
———limit employment of former Government contractors (see S. 490), 3622 [26FE]
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: amend relative to orphan drug provisions (see S. 1147), 12334 [16MY]
Federal Pesticide Reform Act: enact (see S. 1303), 23241 [10SE]
Flowers: designate rose as national floral emblem (see S.J. Res. 159), 21454 [30JY]
Foreign trade: authorizing new round of negotiations (see S. 1865), 32763 [20NO]
———eliminate barriers to, and distortions of (see S. 1862), 32763 [20NO]
Gambling: Federal standards for certain activities on Indian reservations (see S. 902), 27280 [10OC]
GATT: establish U.S. policy on exchange rates and developing country debt (see S. 1866), 32763 [20NO]
———withdrawal of trade benefits from certain developing countries (see S. 1867), 32763 [20NO]
Germany, Federal Republic of: reassess President Reagan's trip itinerary (see S. Res. 143), 9605 [26AP]
Goldwater, Margaret (Peggy): condolences on death (see S. Res. 273), 36271 [12DE]
Health: encourage promotion and disease prevention through implementation of national nutrition monitoring system (see S. 1387), 19820 [19JY]
———maternal and child preventive care (see S. 505), 17675 [27JN]
Helen Keller Deaf-Blind Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 125), 15129 [11JN]
High Technology Research and Scientific Education Act: enact (see S. 58), 39 [3JA]
Improved Public Health Through Nutrition Monitoring Act: enact (see S. 1387, 1569), 19820 [19JY], 24109 [18SE]
Improved Standards for Laboratory Animals Act: enact (see S. 1233), 24772 [24SE]
Industrial Revitalization Act: enact (see S. 1863), 32763 [20NO]
Interstate Highway Funding Act: enact (see S. 178), 42 [3JA]
Jacob K. Javits Senate Fellowship Program: cooperation (see S. Res. 197), 17634 [27JN]
Japan: reduce trade deficit with U.S. (see S. Con. Res. 15), 2722 [20FE]
Jennings Randolph Lake, Bloomington, MD and Keyser, WV: designate (see S. 1740), 26366 [7OC]
Jewish Heritage Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 17), 2211 [7FE]
Jordan: prohibit sales of certain advanced weapons (see S.J. Res. 223, 228), 28372 [23OC], 28417 [22OC], 29003 [24OC]
Korean War Veterans Memorial Act: enact (see S. 1223), 19908 [22JY]
Learning Disabilities Awareness Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 191), 23636 [12SE]
Learning Disabilitities Awareness Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 191), 23636 [12SE]
Made in America Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 206), 24758 [24SE]
Maine-New Hampshire Interstate Bridge Authority: transfer partial authority to Maine and New Hampshire (see S. 1701), 24758 [24SE]
Medicare: commend for success in protecting older persons against high cost of health care (see S. Con. Res. 9), 1769 [5FE]
———coverage of physician assistant services (see S. 1640), 36911 [17DE]
———occupational therapy services (see S. 723), 26777 [8OC]
———reimbursement levels (see S. 1450), 20328 [24JY]
Medicare/medicaid: coverage of respiratory care services for ventilator-dependent individuals (see S. 1249), 19123 [16JY]
Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 67), 7064 [2AP]
MIA's in Southeast Asia: sense of the Congress (see S. Con. Res. 46), 17676 [27JN]
Music in Our Schools Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 170), 36288 [12DE]
National Adult Day Care Center Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 117), 20504 [25JY]
National Alopecia Areata Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 208), 25171 [26SE]
National Assessment of Education Progress: amend to improve Assessment Policy Committee (see S. 1381), 22413 [1AU]
National Association of State Directors of Veterans' Affairs, Inc.: grant charter (see S. 945), 8352 [18AP]
National Atomic Veterans' Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 163), 19011 [15JY]
National Buy American Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 194), 24380 [19SE]
National Camp Fire Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 82), 5856 [20MR]
National Community College Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 158), 23242 [10SE]
National Correctional Officers Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 64), 7064 [2AP]
National Day of Peace: designate (see S.J. Res. 124), 9928 [30AP]
National Dental Hygiene Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 149), 23341 [11SE]
National Diffusion Network Act: enact (see S. 1064), 10337 [2MY]
National Disabled Veterans Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 160), 19605 [18JY]
National Donated Commodity Processing Program: establish (see S. 983), 9630 [26AP]
National Garden Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 136), 13902 [3JN]
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases Act: enact (see S. 425), 15961 [17JN]
National Needlework Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 201), 23991 [17SE]
National Osteopathic Medicine Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 88), 10154 [1MY]
National POW/MIA Recognition Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 220), 33406 [22NO]
National School Library Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 52), 4493 [5MR]
National Skin Cancer Prevention and Detection Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 4), 1052 [24JA]
Non-Smokers Rights Act: enact (see S. 1440), 20783 [26JY]
North American Treaty on Air Pollution: negotiate (see S. Con. Res. 97), 36860 [17DE]
Nuclear weapons: mutual and verifiable moratorium and reduction (see S.J. Res. 1), 3433 [25FE]
———resume negotiations with Soviet Union for a verifiable comprehensive test ban treaty (see S.J. Res. 179), 22414 [1AU]
Nutrition: reduce vitamin A deficiency (see S. 1451), 25634 [2OC]
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention: disapprove freeze on funds (see S. Res. 278), 38592 [19DE]
Oil Heat Centennial Year: designate (see S.J. Res. 115), 16722 [20JN]
101st Airborne Division: condolences for aircraft disaster in Gander, Newfoundland (see S. Res. 274), 36419 [13DE]
Pearl Harbor Survivors Association: incorporate (see S. 84), 9456 [25AP]
Postal Service: rural mail carriers' relief (see S. 855), 23241 [10SE]
Railroad Retirement Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 114), 8126 [17AP]
Rural electric cooperative plans: apply cash or deferred arrangement provisions (see S. 896), 7638 [4AP]
Sakharov, Andrei, and family: expressing solidarity with, in efforts to exercise rights of freedom of expression, of travel, and of communication (see S. Con. Res. 62), 23621 [12SE]
SBA: authorizing appropriations (see S. 408), 9927 [30AP]
School lunch program: extend (see S. 983), 9630 [26AP]
Scruggs, Jan: award special Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 865), 19026 [15JY]
Select Commission on National Opportunities Act: enact (see S. 536), 4918 [7MR]
Senate: recess appointments (see S. Res. 213), 22415 [1AU]
Shoe industry: import relief (see S.J. Res. 233), 30702 [6NO]
Small Business Tax Simplification and Taxpayer Protection Act: enact (see S. 1513), 20948 [29JY]
Social Security: modify terminology relative to certain disabled children (see S. 472), 2475 [19FE]
———pension plan tax treatment of certain fishermen (see S. 443), 2111 [7FE]
———treatment of certain rural osteopathic hospitals as rural referral centers (see S. 1317), 30583 [5NO]
Solidarity Sunday for Soviet Jewry: express Senate support (see S. Res. 152), 10092 [1MY]
Soviet Jews: appeal for release (see S.J. Res. 161), 19605 [18JY]
———provide special Radio Liberty program (see S. 141), 3807 [27FE]
Sport Fish Restoration Trust Fund: appropriation provisions (see S. Res. 130), 7820 [15AP]
Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation, Inc.: grant charter (see S. 487), 4493 [5MR]
Steel Import Stabilization Act: amend (see S. 11), 3207 [22FE]
Superfund: tax extension (see S. 1920), 35534 [10DE]
Superfund Improvement Act: enact (see S. 51), 39 [3JA]
Taxation: extend certain excise-tax rates (see S. 1712), 25171 [26SE]
———extend targeted jobs tax credit for 5 years (see S. 1250), 23635 [12SE]
———maintain graduated corporate income tax rates (see S. Con. Res. 41), 11849 [14MY]
———prospective effective date for reform (see S. Res. 281), 38580 [19DE]
———provide for 6-month extension of certain temporary provisions relative to Internal Revenue Code (see S. 1912), 35387 [9DE]
Telecommunications for the Disabled Act: amend (see S. 402), 31764 [13NO]
Telecommunications Trade Act: enact (see S. 942), 21751 [31JY]
Telephones: provide equipment for service to certain disabled persons (see S. 402), 31764 [13NO]
Textile and Apparel Trade Enforcement Act: enact (see S. 680), 5447 [19MR]
Trade Adjustment Assistance Reform and Extension Act: enact (see S. 1544), 21728 [31JY]
Trade Enhancement Act: enact (see S. 1860), 32763 [20NO]
Trade Policy Act: enact (see S. 1837), 31134 [7NO]
Truck and Bus Safety Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 235), 33957 [3DE]
Unemployment: extended benefits for those who testified before Congress or a Federal agency (see S. 1257), 14741 [6JN]
VA: permit benefits under All-Volunteer Force Educational Assistance Program to be used for pursuit of program of education by correspondence (see S. 1509), 25187 [26SE]
VA Adjudication Procedure and Judicial Review Act: enact (see S. 367), 1509 [31JA]
VA Health Care Programs Improvement Act: enact (see S. 876), 15961 [17JN]
Veterans: memorial to women (see S.J. Res. 156), 18350 [10JY]
———provide educational assistance for apprenticeship under the All-Volunteer Force Educational Assistance Program (see S. 962), 12951 [21MY]
———taxation of compensation (see S. Con. Res. 20), 3610 [26FE]
Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc.: grant charter (see S. 8), 5319 [18MR]
Wheeler, John P., III: award special Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 865), 19026 [15JY]
Women: amend Constitution relative to equal rights (see S.J. Res. 10), 8375 [18AP]
———memorial for veterans (see S.J. Res. 156), 18350 [10JY]
Wood Products Trade Act: enact (see S. 982), 8932 [23AP]
World War II U.S. veterans: tribute (see S. Res. 154), 10864 [7MY]
Year of the Teacher: designate (see S.J. Res. 48), 2111 [7FE]
Bills and resolutions relative to
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: appointment (see S. Res. 87), 4433 [5MR]
Booklets
Aging Veteran, Uncounted Costs, Unkept Promises? American Legion (excerpt), 2515
Cloture motions
Anti-Apartheid Act: enact (H.R. 1460), conference report, 23033 [9SE]
———enact (H.R. 1460), motion to proceed to consideration of conference report, 23226 [10SE], 23299 [11SE], 23581 [12SE]
Compact of Free Association: approve (S.J. Res. 77), 25625 [2OC]
Public debt: increase statutory limit (H.J. Res. 372), 26757 [8OC]
———increase statutory limit (H.J. Res. 372), motion to recommit, 26326 [6OC]
Court decisions
Natural Resources Defense Council v. Callaway (Clean Water Act jurisdiction over U.S. waters) (excerpt), 34096 [4DE]
Rylands v. Fletcher: strict liability law, 23951 [17SE]
Critiques
Comments of the Environmental Defense Fund on Health Aspects of the Disposal of Waste Chemicals study, 24641-24645 [23SE]
Descriptions
Acid Deposition Control Act (S. 283), 1026
Mandatory liability apportionment programs: EPA, 23952 [17SE]
Documents
Constitution (excerpt), 20288 [24JY]
Dept. of Defense Authorization Act Conference Report (1977 excerpt), 5402 [19MR]
Maine-New Hampshire Interstate Bridge Authority: Maine Legislature, 20945
Essays
Vietnam Veterans Memorial, New Yorker (magazine), 6831
Letters
Affirmative actions policy: by, 38568 [19DE]
Health effects associated with environmental exposure to hazardous waste from dumpsites: several environmentalists, 24645 [23SE]
Maine-New Hampshire Interstate Bridge Authority: Joseph E. Brennan, Governor of Maine, 20945
Petroleum tariff: by, and several Senators, 32094 [14NO]
Recommendation of Joseph H. Sherick that 3 General Dynamics Corp. executives be banned from military contracting: by, and Senator Proxmire, 15965
U.S.-U.S.S.R. arms control: Samantha Smith (excerpt), 31329 [12NO]
VA per diem payments to State veterans' homes: Eric Hanusher, 21729
Veterans' programs 1986 budget: by, 4749-4752 [7MR]
Questions and answers
EPA's determination of what constitutes a wetland: with Robert K. Dawson, 34097 [4DE]
Remarks by, on
Acadia National Park, ME: establish permanent boundary (S. 720), 5840
Acid Deposition Control Act: enact (S. 283), 1025
AFDC Quality Control Improvements Act: enact (S. 1362), 17345 [26JN]
Agriculture, Food, Trade, and Conservation Act: enact (S. 1714), 29725 [30OC], 33044, 33046, 33050 [20NO], 33100 [21NO]
Alaska: agreement as to handling of log transfer facilities, 15624 [13JN]
Alaska Lumber & Pulp Co., Sitka, AK: EPA funding, 27924 [17OC]
American Footwear Industry Recovery Act: enact (S. 848), 7277 [3AP]
Amtrak: eliminate subsidies, 28519 [23OC]
Armenian Martyrs' Day: commemoration, 9128 [24AP]
Aspartame: require quantity labeling in soft drinks, 10826 [7MY]
Bouchard, Donald J.: nomination, 34420 [5DE]
Budget: deficit, 1484 [31JA]
———impact of proposed on urban areas, 4927
———setting forth congressional for fiscal 1986-88, and revising for fiscal 1985 (S. Con. Res. 32), 11400 [9MY]
———setting forth congressional for fiscal 1986-88, and revising for fiscal 1985 (S. Con. Res. 32), provide for reconciliation (S. 1730), 28408, 28409, 28414-28416 [22OC], 28944, 28960 [24OC], 31205, 31207 [7NO], 31285, 31286, 31288, 31308
Burr, Peter: scoutmaster saved by Kennebunk Boy Scout troop, 13269
Business vehicles: abolish requirement that taxpayers maintain detailed log books (S. 260), 783 [22JA]
Chemical weapons: promote international ban on production and stockpiling, 13203 [22MY]
Chicago (IL) tunnel and reservoir project: lift 20% cap on use Governor may make of discretionary fund, 15619 [13JN]
Cigarettes: increase tax by 4 cents, 28409, 28414, 28415 [22OC]
Clean Water Act: amend (S. 1128), 15305, 15307, 15319 [12JN], 15619, 15620, 15624, 15626-15629, 15633, 15636-15639, 15649-15651, 15655-15658, 15659 [13JN]
Coal mines and mining: remining of abandoned sites with preexisting pollutional discharges, 15620 [13JN]
Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act: exempt pollution subject to, from the interstate dispute resolution provisions, 15656 [13JN]
Compact of Free Association with Micronesia: approve (S.J. Res. 77), 25612-25616 [2OC], 32093 [14NO]
Compact of Free Association with the Marshall Islands: approve (S.J. Res. 77), 25612-25616 [2OC], 32093 [14NO]
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act: amend and extend (S. 51), 23950-23952 [17SE], 24082 [18SE], 24440 [20SE], 24632, 24637-24640, 24649, 24653 [23SE], 24724, 24753 [24SE]
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act: amend and extend (S. 51), 133 [3JA]
Construction Grants Transition Act: enact (S. 652), 4898
Dawson, Robert K.: nomination, 34095-34098 [4DE]
Daylight Saving Extension Act: enact (S. 1433), 19016
Dept. of Defense: budget, 26864 [9OC]
Dept. of HUD and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3038), 27924, 27957 [17OC]
Dept. of the Treasury: notification to Congress relating to investment of assets of the Social Security trust funds (S. 1909), 35100 [6DE]
Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3244), 28519 [23OC]
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2965), 28907 [24OC], 30231 [1NO]
Dodd, Senator: constitutional convention to balance the budget, 8180
Ecology: notification of proposed consent degrees for citizen suits be provided to Attorney General, 15633 [13JN]
Economic Development Administration: funding, 30231 [1NO]
Education: proposed Reagan administration cuts in financial aid to college students, 5368 [19MR]
Emergency Wetlands Resources Act: enact (S. 740), 6185
Endangered Species Act: authorizing appropriations (S. 725), 5849
EPA: authority to use civil administrative penalties for violations, 15659 [13JN]
———funding for Indoor Air Research Program, 27957 [17OC]
———provide for indoor air quality research program, 24082 [18SE]
———refrain from pursuing an independent enforcement action where a State is taking appropriate enforcement action, 15636-15639 [13JN]
Esquivel, Fernando, and family: relief (S. 1708), 25175
Fair Foreign Trade Practices Act: enact (S. 1476), 19817
Farmers Home Administration: preserve rural housing programs, 11400 [9MY]
Federal Unemployment Tax Act: unemployment tax exemption for services performed on certain fishing boats (S. 439), 2177
Federal Water Pollution Control Act: ensure that funds for research are not used to put any facility at a competitive disadvantage, 27924 [17OC]
Fishing: duty on fish netting (S. 438), 2176
Food Marketing Institute Board: election of James L. Moody, Jr., as chairman, 11871
Foreign trade: deficit, 1484 [31JA]
———establish joint commission to resolve economic disputes between U.S. and Canada (S. 1576), 22339
———strengthen U.S. competitive position and improve ability to respond to unfair practices (S. 1476), 19817
———textile industry, 31205, 31207 [7NO], 31719 [13NO]
General Dynamics Corp.: recommendations of Joseph H. Sherick that 3 executives be banned from military contracting, 15965
Germany, Federal Republic of: reassess President Reagan's trip itinerary (S. Res. 143), 10029 [1MY]
Government: balance of power, 20287-20290 [24JY]
Great Lakes Research Office: provide, 15626 [13JN]
Ground Water Protection Act: enact (S. 1836), 31135 [7NO]
Hazardous Substance Response Trust Fund: funding (S. 955), 8362
Hazardous substances: limit benefits under Victim Assistance Demonstration Program, 24632, 24637-24640, 24649, 24653 [23SE], 24724 [24SE]
Indoor Air Quality Research Act: enact (S. 1198), 13581
Item veto: separate enrollment of appropriations bills (S. 43), motion to proceed to consideration, 20287-20290 [24JY]
Jews: Nazi persecution, 10029 [1MY]
———Soviet persecution, 3042
Lehman, John F., Sec. of the Navy: reaction to recommendations of Joseph H. Sherick that 3 General Dynamics Corp. executives be banned from military contracting, 15965
Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Act: amend (H.R. 1083), 38421 [19DE]
Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Amendment Act: enact (H.R. 1083), 6829
Maine: high-level nuclear waste repository, 32316-32319 [19NO]
———leadership of Judy Kany in meeting responsibilities of disposing of low-level waste, 6829
Maine Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Augusta: dedication, 31340
Maine-New Hampshire Interstate Bridge Authority: authorize partial transfer of authority to Maine and New Hampshire, 28519 [23OC]
———transfer partial authority to Maine and New Hampshire (S. 1515), 20944
Medicare: anniversary, 21361 [30JY]
———delay coverage of current State and local employees, 28409, 28414, 28415 [22OC]
Meese, Edwin, III: nomination, 2769 [20FE], 3300 [23FE]
Moody, James L., Jr.: newly elected chairman of the Food Marketing Institute Board, 11871
MX missiles: procurement funds (S.J. Res. 71), 5402-5404 [19MR]
National Advisory Commission on Rural America: establish, 33100 [21NO]
National Correctional Officers Week: designate (S.J. Res. 64), 7290 [3AP]
National Defense Authorization Act: enact (S. 1160), 13203 [22MY], 14459 [5JN]
National Estuary Program: further refine, 15629 [13JN]
Nicaragua: funding for Contras (S.J. Res. 106), 8877-8878 [23AP]
North American Treaty on Air Pollution: negotiate (S. Con. Res. 97), 36913 [17DE]
Oil and gas transmission pumping stations: permits not required, 15639 [13JN]
Petroleum: increase tariff, 32093 [14NO]
Public debt: increase statutory limit (H.J. Res. 372), 26270, 26274, 26275, 26278-26284 [5OC], 26864-26866 [9OC]
———increase statutory limit (H.J. Res. 372), conference report, 35907 [11DE]
Regional Economic Development Act: enact (S. 526), 3775 [27FE]
Saccharin Study and Labeling Act: extend (S. 484), 10826 [7MY]
Safe Drinking Water Act: amend (S. 124), 12388 [16MY]
SALT II Treaty: compliance, 14459 [5JN]
Samantha Smith Memorial Exchange Program: establish (S. 1847), 31329 [12NO]
Sec. of the Army: submit report to Congress, examining potential additional enforcement mechanisms, including an administrative civil penalty mechanism, 15659 [13JN]
Senate: legislative program, 31207 [7NO]
Sewer Grants Construction Program: allocation formula, 15649-15651, 15655 [13JN]
Sherick, Joseph H.: recommendations that 3 General Dynamics Corp. executives be banned from military contracting, 15965
Shoe industry: Reagan administration policy on ITC recommendation for import relief, 23156 [10SE]
———trade deficit, 31719 [13NO]
Social Security: make trust funds whole for interest losses due to disinvestment, 31308
———pension plan tax treatment of certain fishermen (S. 443), 2185
———provide that the pensions received by retired judges who are assigned to active duty shall not be treated as wages (S. 869), 7363
Social Security Act: anniversary of passage, 16194 [19JN]
Soviet Union: establish Samantha Smith Memorial Exchange Program to promote youth exchanges with U.S. (S. 1847), 31329 [12NO]
State Comprehensive River Planning Act: enact (S. 870), 7363 [3AP]
Strategic defense initiative: funding, 14067-14069 [4JN]
Superfund Improvement Act: enact (S. 51), 133 [3JA], 23950-23952 [17SE], 24082 [18SE], 24440 [20SE], 24632, 24637-24640, 24649, 24653 [23SE], 24724, 24753 [24SE]
Superfund Revenue Act: enact (S. 955), 8362
Tariff: increase duty on imported sheet vinyl flooring (S. 745), 6189
Taxation: vehicle mileage documentation (S. 245; H.R. 1869), 7317 [3AP]
Textile and Apparel Trade Enforcement Act: enact (H.R. 1562), 31205, 31207 [7NO], 31719 [13NO]
———enact (S. 680), 5360 [19MR]
Textile industry and fabrics: achieve objectives of Multi-Fiber Arrangement, 25612-25616 [2OC], 28945, 28961 [24OC]
Trade Act: amend relative to threat of foreign targeting practices (S. 1864)-32803
———amend to respond to threat of foreign targeting practices (S. 1864), 32801
Urban areas: impact of proposed budget, 4927
VA: per diem payments to State veterans' homes (S. 1536), 21728
———Reagan administration's proposed budget, 2514
Victim Assistance Demonstration Program: benefits, 24632, 24637-24640, 24649, 24653 [23SE], 24724 [24SE]
Vietnam Veterans Memorial: visitors to Washington, DC, from Maine, 6831
Voluntary School Prayer Act: enact (S. 47), 23208 [10SE]
Water pollution control: stormwater runoffs which do not contribute to degradation of water quality standards, 15657 [13JN]
Wilcox, James D.: named by housing assistance council to be recipient of Skip Jason Community Service Award, 7072
Remarks in Senate relative to
Tributes, 24617, 24646 [23SE]
Reports
Clean Water Act: Committee of Conference (1972 excerpt), 34096 [4DE]
Compensation for Toxic Substance Exposure Victims: sundry legal organizations, 23952 [17SE]
MX Missile: Committee on Armed Services, 5402 [19MR]
Strategic Defense Initiative: Center for International Security and Arms Control (excerpt), 14068 [4JN]
Statements
Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty: Brent Scowcroft, 14068 [4JN]
Constitutional Convention to Balance the Budget: Senator Dodd, 8180
Liability Law (excerpts), 23951 [17SE]
Military Defense Systems: Richard N. Perle, 14069 [4JN]
MX Missile: Caspar W. Weinberger, Sec. of Defense, 5403 [19MR]
———John Tower, 5402 [19MR]
———Lew Allen, 5403 [19MR]
———Russell Murray, 5404 [19MR]
———Senator Domenici, 5403 [19MR]
———Senator Warner, 5403 [19MR]
Strategic Defense Initiative: Robert S. Cooper, 14067 [4JN]
Studies
Health Aspects of the Disposal of Waste Chemicals: Universities Associated for Research and Education in Pathology (sundry excerpts), 24640 [23SE]
Legal Liability for Personal Injuries Due to Hazardous Waste (sundry excerpts), 24638, 24649 [23SE]
Superfund Study: EPA (sundry excerpts), 8362
Summaries
Victim Assistance Demonstration Program, 23952 [17SE]
Testimonies
Impact of Proposed Federal Budget on Urban Areas: Pamela P. Plum, 4927
Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Amendment Act (H.R. 1083), 6829
U.S. Trade Deficit: Paul A. Volcker, 1485 [31JA]
Texts of
S. 51, Superfund Improvement Act: Mitchell amendment, 24639 [23SE]
S. 283, Acid Deposition Control Act, 1026
S. 438, lower rate of duty for certain fish netting, 2177
S. 439, unemployment tax exemption for services performed on certain fishing boats, 2177
S. 870, State Comprehensive River Planning Act, 7364 [3AP]
S. 955, Superfund Revenue Act, 8363
S. 1128, amend Clean Water Act, Wallop amendment, 15638 [13JN]
S. 1536, VA per diem payments to State veterans' homes, 21729
S. 1576, establish U.S.-Canada joint commission to resolve economic disputes, 22340
S. 1836, Ground Water Protection Act, 31136-31138 [7NO]
S. 1864, amend Trade Act relative to threat of foreign targeting practices (S. 1864), 32803
S.J. Res. 106, funding for Contras in Nicaragua (excerpt), 8877 [23AP]
Tributes
Carter, Doug, 13269
Crimmins, Mike, 13269
Crotty, Liam, 13269
Eagleson, David, 13269
Eaton, Darell, 13269
Hunt, Rob, 13269
Johnston, Rob, 16803
Kendrick, Roger, 13269
Nadeau, Josh, 13269
Perry, Mike, 13269
Seegel, Bill, 13269
Smith, Stewart N., 31341
Zdunczyk, Rob, 13269