NICKLES, DON (a Senator from Oklahoma)
Amendments offered by, to
African Famine Relief and Recovery Act: enact (S. 457), 3815 [27FE]
Agriculture, Food, Trade, and Conservation Act: enact (S. 1714), 29187, 29190 [25OC], 29464, 29511 [29OC], 33426 [22NO]
Appropriations: making supplemental (H.R. 2577), 16293 [19JN]
Budget: setting forth congressional for fiscal 1986-88, and revising for fiscal 1985 (S. Con. Res. 32), 10460, 10461 [3MY], 10550, 10574 [6MY]
———setting forth congressional for fiscal 1986-88, and revising for fiscal 1985 (S. Con. Res. 32), provide for reconciliation (S. 1730), 31333 [12NO], 32142 [14NO]
Commercial and Apartment Conservation Service: repeal (S. 410), 20898, 20899, 20966, 20967 [29JY]
Conservation Service Reform Act: enact (S. 410), 20898, 20899, 20966, 20967 [29JY]
Dept. of HUD and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3038), 27970 [17OC]
Dept. of State, USIA, Board for International Broadcasting, and National Endowment for Democracy: authorizing appropriations (S. 1003), 14758 [6JN], 14857, 14860 [7JN]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3011), 30056 [31OC]
Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and certain independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3036), 25189 [26SE]
Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3244), 28583 [23OC]
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2965), 30312 [1NO]
Fair Labor Standards Act: amend relative to State and local governments (S. 1570), 28982, 29034-29035 [24OC]
Farm Credit System Restructuring and Regulatory Reform Act: enact (S. 1884), 33978-33984, 34004 [3DE]
FTC: authorizing appropriations (S. 1078), 20783 [26JY]
National Defense Authorization Act: enact (S. 1160), 12960 [21MY]
Public debt: increase statutory limit (H.J. Res. 372), 25859-25864 [3OC]
Residential Conservation Service: GAO assessment of extent of unfair competition by utilities and adequacy of current protections (S. 410), 20898, 20899 [29JY]
SBA: authorizing appropriations (S. 408), 19126 [16JY]
Sub-Saharan Africa: international disaster assistance (S. 457), 3815 [27FE]
Superfund Improvement Act: enact (S. 51), 24781 [24SE]
Taxation: simplify imputed interest rules (H.R. 2475), 17308, 17375 [26JN]
Textile and Apparel Trade Enforcement Act: enact (H.R. 1562), 31770 [13NO]
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 2409, Health Research Extension Act, 25160 [26SE]
———S. 415, Handicapped Children's Protection Act, 34134 [4DE]
———S. 1570, amend Fair Labor Standards Act relative to State and local governments, 30050 [31OC]
National Ground Water Commission, 37626 [18DE]
Articles and editorials
American CAFE, Washington (DC) Times, 20912 [29JY]
Axing Farm Exports, Wall Street Journal, 8131 [17AP]
Back to the Sad CAFE, Wall Street Journal, 20912 [29JY]
D.C. Police Take Detectives Off Slaying Probe To Avoid Overtime, John W. Anderson, Washington (DC) Post, 22333 [1AU]
For Easing Mileage, Tulsa (OK) Tribune, 20911 [29JY]
How Many Miles Per Gallon? Washington (DC) Post, 20911 [29JY]
It Is Time To Take Another Look at the Fuel-Economy Law, Louis R. Ross, New York (NY) Times, 20912 [29JY]
Junk Fuel Standard, Let Marketplace Rule, USA Today, 20913 [29JY]
Message From Garcia, Wall Street Journal, 22334 [1AU]
Overtime Ruling Costly to Localities, Lee Hockstader, Washington (DC) Post, 22333 [1AU]
U.S. Should Scrap Law on Car Fuel Economy, Murray L. Weidenbaum, Christian Science Monitor, 20913 [29JY]
We Need an Oil Import Fee, Senator Boren, Washington (DC) Post, 21308 [30JY]
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Agriculture: facilitate competitiveness of exports (see S. 664), 5185 [14MR]
Barter Promotion Act: enact (see S. 42), 39 [3JA]
CCC: exempt all agricultural exports from cargo preference requirements (see S. 930), 8126 [17AP]
Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma: authorize to lease certain lands held in trust for up to 99 years (see S. 1728), 25631 [2OC]
Congressional Foreign Travel Accountability Act: enact (see S. 1519), 20948 [29JY]
Davis-Bacon Act: modify minimum wage laws (see S. 1005), 9444 [25AP]
Dept. of Agriculture: study alternatives to credit relief (see S. 1565), 22265 [1AU]
Education: create standards for students to maintain Federal financial assistance (see S. 1537), 21728 [31JY]
Fair Labor Standards Act: exempt State and local governments from overtime provisions (see S. 1570), 22265 [1AU]
Fairness in Corporate Takeovers Act: enact (see S. 414), 1932 [6FE]
FERC: make needed changes to voluntary natural gas transportation program (see S. Res. 255), 31135 [7NO]
Grasing, Winfried H.W., and Family: relief (see S. 513), 3610 [26FE]
Higher Education Satisfactory Progress Act: enact (see S. 1537), 21728 [31JY]
Indian claims: Chilocco Indian School lands (see S. 1684), 24467 [20SE]
Multiemployer Pension Plan Reform Act: enact (see S. 1984), 37638 [18DE]
National Energy Education Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 76), 4816 [7MR]
Natural Gas Regulatory Reform Act: enact (see S. 1302), 15714 [13JN]
Petroleum corporations: temporarily prohibit hostile corporate takeovers (see S. 473), 2475 [19FE]
Taxation: deny deduction for interest paid or incurred on loans in connection with takeovers of corporations (see S. 414), 1932 [6FE]
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Abortion: amend Constitution to establish legislative authority in Congress and the States (see S.J. Res. 5), 43 [3JA]
AFDC Quality Control Improvements Act: enact (see S. 1362), 23060 [9SE]
Afghanistan: condemn Soviet Union for occupation (see S. Res. 34), 1251 [29JA]
———deny most-favored-nation trading status (see S. 925), 25857 [3OC]
Afghanistan Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 91), 11849 [14MY]
Agricultural Trade Amendment Act: enact (see S. 721), 5817 [20MR]
Agriculture: provide protection relative to liens for purchasers of farm products (see S. 744), 7064 [2AP]
———study use of unleaded fuel in machinery (see S. 1393), 17633 [27JN]
———treatment of certain products for purposes of antidumping and countervailing duty investigations (see S. 1629), 27559 [15OC]
American Armored Force Memorial, Arlington, VA: erect (see S.J. Res. 43), 10863 [7MY]
American Business Women's Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 196), 26778 [8OC]
American Liver Foundation National Liver Awareness Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 202), 25858 [3OC]
Antinuclear Terrorism Act: enact (see S. 274), 3808 [27FE]
Arab-Israeli conflict: assure Israel's security and oppose advanced arms sales to Jordan (see S. Res. 177), 14157 [4JN]
Arms control: relative to U.S./U.S.S.R. Geneva summit (see S. Res. 257), 31757 [13NO]
Asylum: establish special panel on (see S. Res. 267), 35093 [6DE]
Baltic Freedom Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 66), 6809 [28MR]
Bank Liquidation Reform Act: enact (see S. 1199), 17066 [25JN]
Black Revolutionary War Patriots Foundation: establish memorial (see S.J. Res. 143), 18875 [11JY]
Bolivia: termination of U.S. aid (see S. 790), 8595 [22AP]
Budget: constitutional amendment to balance (see S.J. Res. 13), 43 [3JA]
Business: amend U.S. Code relative to interference with commerce by threats or violence (see S. 1774), 28070 [18OC]
Business vehicles: abolish requirement that taxpayers maintain detailed log books (see S. 245, 260), 737 [22JA], 7385 [3AP]
Centennial Year of the Gasoline Powered Automobile: designate (see S.J. Res. 231), 36912 [17DE]
Central interstate low-level radioactive waste compact: grant consent (see S. 655), 4815 [7MR]
Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma: authorize to design and construct hydroelectric power facilities at W.D. Mayo Lock and Dam, Sallisaw, OK (see S. 1724), 25364 [1OC]
Child abuse: prevent sexual molestation of Indian children (see S. 1818), 35101 [6DE]
Child Sexual Abuse and Pornography Act: enact (see S. 554), 23059 [9SE]
Commercial and Apartment Conservation Service: repeal (see S. 410), 11848 [14MY]
Confederate Memorial Association: grant charter (see S. 1660), 24103 [18SE]
Constitutional Convention Implementation Act: enact (see S. 40), 33675 [2DE]
Crime and criminals: increase penalties for espionage (see S. 1301), 28436 [22OC]
———provide death sentence or life imprisonment for kidnapping offenses involving the murder of a minor (see S. 1011), 23241 [10SE]
Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War 1861-65: recognize (see S. 987), 13638 [23MY]
District of Columbia: designate Raoul Wallenberg Avenue (see S. 1371), 18874 [11JY]
Doubek, Robert W.: award special Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 865), 15129 [11JN]
Electric Consumers Protection Act: enact (see S. 426), 16036 [18JN]
Energy Independence Act: enact (see S. 1507), 23060 [9SE]
Espionage: create new Federal criminal offense of treasonous (see S. 1280), 26244 [4OC]
———increase penalties (see S. 1301), 28436 [22OC]
———provide for criminal forfeiture of proceeds derived from activities and rewards for informants providing information leading to arrests (see S. 1654), 26244 [4OC]
Ethnic American Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 32), 10458 [3MY]
Family Reunion Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 33), 1510 [31JA]
Farm credit: adequate funding for Farmers Home Administration loan program (see S. Res. 79), 3246 [23FE]
Farm Credit Partnership Act: enact (see S. 1854, 1906), 32127 [14NO], 34438 [5DE]
Federal Campaign Act: use of compulsory union dues for political purposes (see S. 1563), 22265 [1AU]
Federal Contractor Employees Flextime Act: enact (see S. 1105), 11008 [8MY]
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: amend relative to orphan drug provisions (see S. 1147), 12135 [15MY]
Federal Incentives for State Health Care Professional Liability Reform Act: enact (see S. 1804), 33406 [22NO]
Federal Meat and Poultry Products Inspection Act: enact (see S. 192), 43 [3JA]
Firearms: limit manufacture and importation of armor-piercing ammunition (see S. 104), 41 [3JA]
———protect owners' rights (see S. 49), 1249 [29JA]
Flowers: designate rose as national floral emblem (see S.J. Res. 159), 21454 [30JY]
Foreign Agricultural Investment Reform Act: enact (see S. 1810), 29747 [30OC]
Foreign Surveillance Prevention Act: enact (see S. 12), 33956 [3DE]
Former Presidents Facilities and Services Reform Act: enact (see S. 1047), 10092 [1MY]
Freedom of the Workplace Act: enact (see S. 665), 5185 [14MR]
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]
Gun Control Act: amend (see S. 49), 1249 [29JA]
Health: smokeless tobacco products (see S. 1574), 33957 [3DE]
Helsinki Human Rights Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 15), 43 [3JA]
Highly Erodible Land Conservation Act: enact (see S. 523), 3757 [27FE]
Highway Speed Modification Act: enact (see S. 329), 1509 [31JA]
Hobbs Act: amend (see S. 300), 1213 [29JA]
Indian Juvenile Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention Act: enact (see S. 1298), 23060 [9SE]
Internal Revenue Code: reform (see S. Res. 53), 5460 [19MR]
Interstate and interstate substitute cost estimates: approve (see S.J. Res. 8), 1574 [31JA]
Item veto: separate enrollment of appropriations bills (see S. 43), 1796 [5FE]
Jacob K. Javits Senate Fellowship Program: cooperation (see S. Res. 197), 17634 [27JN]
Jewish Heritage Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 17), 1251 [29JA]
Jews: condemn passage of anti-Zionism resolution by U.N. (see S.J. Res. 98), 8595 [22AP]
Jordan: prohibit sales of certain advanced weapons (see S.J. Res. 223), 28372 [23OC], 28417 [22OC]
Korean War Memorial: erect in District of Columbia or environs (see S.J. Res. 184), 23776 [13SE]
Korean War Veterans Memorial Act: enact (see S. 1223), 19908 [22JY]
Labor unions: strike coercion (see S. 300), 1213 [29JA]
Land Remote-Sensing Commercialization Act: authorizing appropriations (see S. 1279), 18874 [11JY]
Lessons of Grenada Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 193), 25858 [3OC]
Life insurance: reject any tax reform which would impose tax on annual increase in value of permanent (see S. Res. 199), 19011 [15JY]
Medicare/medicaid: coverage of respiratory care services for ventilator-dependent individuals (see S. 1249), 19605 [18JY]
Missing Children's Assistance Act: financial assistance for missing children clearinghouses (see S. 1174), 32814 [20NO]
National Adoption Clearinghouse Act: enact (see S. 1470), 23850 [16SE]
National Adoption Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 51), 8595 [22AP]
National Adult Day Care Center Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 117), 20504 [25JY]
National Agriculture Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 70), 4030 [28FE]
National Arbor Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 122), 14186 [4JN]
National Association of State Directors of Veterans' Affairs, Inc.: grant charter (see S. 945), 8352 [18AP]
National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 83), 7937 [16AP]
National Autism Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 230), 32815 [20NO]
National Burn Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 234), 35406 [9DE]
National Correctional Officers Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 64), 5459 [19MR]
National Day of Fasting To Raise Funds To Combat Hunger: designate (see S.J. Res. 218), 27264 [10OC]
National Dental Hygiene Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 149), 20504 [25JY]
National Disabled Veterans Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 160), 18859 [11JY]
National Down's Syndrome Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 40), 8375 [18AP]
National Drunk and Drugged Driving Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 137), 12308 [16MY]
National Elks Veterans Remembrance Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 199), 24773 [24SE]
National Emergency Medical Air Transport Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 217), 33957 [3DE]
National Energy Education Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 205), 24468 [20SE]
National Farm Crisis Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 26), 1798 [5FE]
National Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 189), 23061 [9SE]
National Foster Grandparents Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 92), 9457 [25AP]
National Garden Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 136), 13902 [3JN]
National Historically Black Colleges Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 186), 22267 [1AU]
National Independent Retail Grocer Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 28), 1798 [5FE]
National Intelligence Community Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 138), 14416 [5JN]
National Jaycee Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 213), 26374 [7OC]
National Needlework Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 201), 23991 [17SE]
National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 236), 32360 [19NO]
National Organ Donation Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 35), 3208 [22FE]
National Osteopathic Medicine Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 88), 8943 [23AP]
National POW/MIA Recognition Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 87, 220), 7064 [2AP], 33406 [22NO]
National Safety in the Workplace Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 134), 29753 [30OC]
National Science Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 59), 7819 [15AP]
National Skin Cancer Prevention and Detection Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 4), 795 [22JA]
National Spina Bifida Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 111), 8943 [23AP]
National Temporary Services Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 195), 27281 [10OC]
National Women Veterans Recognition Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 47), 5320 [18MR]
New Zealand: policy prohibiting port calls by nuclear-powered or nuclear-armed ships (see S. Res. 66), 3602 [26FE], 4619 [6MR]
Nicaragua: condemn Government (see S. Res. 149), 9675 [29AP]
———condemning actions that hinder freedom of religion (see S. Con. Res. 45), 9605 [26AP]
Oil Heat Centennial Year: designate (see S.J. Res. 115), 11849 [14MY]
101st Airborne Division: condolences for aircraft disaster in Gander, Newfoundland (see S. Res. 274), 36419 [13DE]
Orlov, Yuri: appeal for release from Soviet prison (see S.J. Res. 166), 20504 [25JY]
Patents: restore term in case of certain products prevented from marketing during regulatory review period (see S. 1093), 28581 [23OC]
Petroleum: increase tariff on that used for motor fuel (see S. 1507), 23060 [9SE]
Poland: Soviet human rights violations (see S. Con. Res. 76), 27282 [10OC]
POW's: improve veterans' benefits (see S. 1446), 25857 [3OC]
Public safety employees: tax treatment of use of business vehicles (see S. 281), 4492 [5MR]
Railroad Antimonopoly Act: enact (see S. 447), 6958 [1AP]
REA: anniversary (see S. Res. 148), 11536 [9MY]
———support (see S.J. Res. 16), 795 [22JA]
Right to life: amend Constitution (see S.J. Res. 21), 16037 [18JN]
Saccharin Study and Labeling Act: extend (see S. 484), 5242 [14MR]
School prayer: amend Constitution (see S.J. Res. 3), 43 [3JA]
Scruggs, Jan: award special Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 865), 15129 [11JN]
Scruggs, Jan C.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 768), 10549 [6MY]
Securities Safety and Soundness Act: enact (see S. 975), 11535 [9MY]
Selective Service System: prohibit civil service employment of persons who have not registered for the draft (see S. 235), 12658 [20MY]
Sexual abuse: mandatory minimum sentence involving children (see S. 1012), 23241 [10SE]
Small Business Act: clarify eligibility of small business concerns owned by Indian tribes (see S. 1159), 12308 [16MY]
Social Security: accurate and timely information on medicare benefits (see S. Con. Res. 58), 28097 [18OC]
———modify terminology relative to certain disabled children (see S. 472), 2475 [19FE]
———protect beneficiaries under medicare and medicaid (see S. 837), 7030 [2AP]
———strengthen medicare and medicaid programs relative to fraud and abuse (see S. 1323), 19358 [17JY]
Soil Conservation Service: commending (see S. Res. 65), 2506 [19FE]
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]
Soviet Union: relative to Geneva arms control summit (see S. Res. 257), 31757 [13NO]
Space Exploration Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 154), 18875 [11JY]
Sport Fish Restoration Trust Fund: appropriations allocation (see S. Res. 130), 9457 [25AP]
Student financial assistance: improve collection system (see S. 491), 14416 [5JN]
Tariff: treatment of certain agricultural products for purposes of antidumping and countervailing duty investigations (see S. 1629), 27559 [15OC]
Tax Fairness for Families Act: enact (see S. 1112), 33675 [2DE]
Taxation: deduction for charitable contributions by nonitemizers (see S. 361), 11848 [14MY]
———deduction for one-half of expenses paid by self-employed taxpayer for individual health insurance premiums (see S. 419), 1932 [6FE]
———effective date of reform legislation (see S. Con. Res. 83), 33957 [3DE]
———excise tax on profits realized in connection with corporate takeover attempts (see S. 420), 1932 [6FE]
———50% percent tax on profits realized in connection with corporate takeover attempts (see S. 476), 2721 [20FE]
———make permanent the rules relative to imputed interest and assumption of loans (see S. 729), 6171 [26MR]
———net earnings and losses among farmer-owned cooperatives (see S. 1585), 26374 [7OC]
———preserve deduction for charitable contributions (see S. Res. 101), 8596 [22AP]
———prevent implementation of Revenue Ruling 83-3 affecting housing allowances of military and clergy (see S. 1595), 37668 [18DE]
———prospective effective date for reform (see S. Res. 281), 38580 [19DE]
———treatment of fringe benefits to parents of employees (see S. 1101), 15722 [13JN]
Trade Enhancement Act: enact (see S. 1860), 32763 [20NO]
Trucking: establish a motor carrier administration within Dept. of Transportation (see S. 1710), 31180 [7NO]
U.N.: condemn passage of anti-Zionism resolution (see S.J. Res. 98), 8595 [22AP]
———reduce size of Soviet mission (see S. 1773), 30421 [4NO]
U.S.-Soviet direct communication link: provide equipment and services necessary to the Soviet Union for improvement (see S.J. Res. 108), 8596 [22AP]
Unborn children: amend Constitution to protect (see S.J. Res. 19), 737 [22JA]
VA Health Care Programs Improvement Act: enact (see S. 876), 17675 [27JN]
Veterans: memorial to women (see S.J. Res. 156), 18350 [10JY]
———taxation of compensation (see S. Con. Res. 20), 10864 [7MY]
———tribute to World War II (see S. Res. 154), 10448 [3MY]
Vietnam Veterans Recognition Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 128), 10363 [2MY]
W.D. Mayo Lock and Dam, Sallisaw, OK: authorize Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma to design and construct hydroelectric power facilities (see S. 1724), 25364 [1OC]
Wheeler, John P., III: award special Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 865), 15129 [11JN]
Women: memorial for veterans (see S.J. Res. 156), 18350 [10JY]
Year of the Teacher: designate (see S.J. Res. 48), 2111 [7FE]
Youth Suicide Prevention Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 53), 3433 [25FE]
Bills and resolutions relative to
Committee on Aging (Special): appointment (see S. Res. 89), 4437 [5MR]
Committee on Small Business: appointment (see S. Res. 89), 4437 [5MR]
Senate Observer Group for Arms Reduction or Control Negotiations: appointment (see S. Res. 283), 38580 [19DE]
Cloture motions
Item veto: separate enrollment of appropriations bills (S. 43), motion to proceed to consideration, 19081 [16JY], 19565 [18JY]
Public debt: increase statutory limit (H.J. Res. 372), 26222 [4OC], 26326 [6OC], 26762, 26764 [8OC]
Taxation: simplify imputed interest rules (H.R. 2475), motion to proceed to consideration, 17090 [25JN]
Letters
Amend Fair Labor Standards Act relative to State and local governments: Ray Denison, 28983 [24OC]
———several organizations, 28983 [24OC]
Amend Fair Labor Standards Act to exclude employees of States from provisions relative to maximum hours: several association spokesmen, 22334 [1AU]
Corporate average fuel economy standard: Elizabeth Dole, Sec. of Transportation, 20910 [29JY]
———Richard H. Shay, 20911 [29JY]
Corporate average fuel economy standards: Elizabeth Dole, Sec. of Transportation, 28525 [23OC]
Farm Credit Partnership Act (S. 1854): Jack Kelsey, 32138
———James P. McKeown, 32138
Nomination of Andrew L. Frey: by, 21663 [31JY]
Pension Benefit Guarantee Corp.: William E. Brock III, Sec. of Labor, 31971 [14NO]
Wheat program: by, 21699 [31JY]
Lists
Construction collective bargaining agreements containing provisions for four 10-hour-day workweeks, 10573 [6MY]
Remarks by, on
Abortion: anniversary of Supreme Court ruling, 722
Agriculture: amount of nonfarm income that can be offset by tax losses from farming should be limited, and revenues derived should be used to reduce individual tax rates, 10778 [7MY]
———facilitate competitiveness of exports (S. 664), 5206
———farm crisis, 2717 [20FE]
———farm legislation, 20305 [24JY], 20742 [26JY]
———price support system, 37606 [18DE]
———problems of wheat farmers, 20928 [29JY]
———removal of cargo preference from exports, 8610 [22AP]
———set-aside program for wheat, 21698-21700 [31JY]
———study effects of leaded fuel phase-down, 32736 [20NO]
———study use of unleaded fuel in machinery (S. 1393), 17655 [27JN]
———target prices, 21698-21700 [31JY]
———winter wheat farmers, 20742 [26JY]
Agriculture, Food, Trade, and Conservation Act: enact (S. 1714), 29430, 29433-29436, 29452, 29455, 29461, 29464-29467 [29OC], 32736 [20NO], 33353 [22NO]
———enact (S. 616), 20880, 20885, 20926, 20928 [29JY], 21308-21309 [30JY]
Alley, Wayne E.: nomination, 18386 [10JY]
Anti-Apartheid Action Act: enact (S. 995), 18838 [11JY]
Aspartame: require quantity labeling in soft drinks, 10828 [7MY]
Automobiles: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration should retain corporate average fuel economy standard, 20905, 20906, 20909-20914, 20923-20925 [29JY]
Barter Promotion Act: enact (S. 42), 107 [3JA]
Budget: changes in spending and revenue provisions (H.R. 3128), conference report, 38510, 38511 [19DE]
———constitutional amendment to balance (S.J. Res. 13), 318 [3JA]
———deficit, 21308-21309 [30JY]
———reduce discretionary funds and accounts for Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and certain independent agencies by 2%, 25137 [26SE]
———setting forth congressional for fiscal 1986-88, and revising for fiscal 1985 (S. Con. Res. 32), 10573-10575 [6MY], 10778 [7MY], 11410, 11418 [9MY], 20880, 20928 [29JY]
———setting forth congressional for fiscal 1986-88, and revising for fiscal 1985 (S. Con. Res. 32), conference report, 20926 [29JY]
———setting forth congressional for fiscal 1986-88, and revising for fiscal 1985 (S. Con. Res. 32), provide for reconciliation (S. 1730), 31971 [14NO]
Business: corporate mergers, 2713 [20FE]
Business vehicles: abolish requirement that taxpayers maintain detailed log books, 805
CCC: exempt all agricultural exports from cargo preference requirements (S. 930), 8131 [17AP]
Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma: authorize to design and construct hydroelectric power facilities at W.D. Mayo Lock and Dam, Sallisaw, OK (S. 1724), 25382 [1OC]
———authorize to lease certain lands held in trust for up to 99 years (S. 1728), 25631
CIA: alleged activities against Libya, 30397 [4NO]
Commercial and Apartment Conservation Service: extend statute for Michigan, 20899 [29JY]
———repeal (S. 410), 20885-20888, 20897-20899, 20901, 20905, 20906, 20909-20914, 20923-20926, 20928, 20929 [29JY]
Committee on Indian Affairs (Select): notices of hearings, 9474 [25AP]
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act: amend and extend (S. 51), 24462 [20SE]
Congressional Foreign Travel Accountability Act: enact (S. 1519), 20958
Conservation Service Reform Act: enact (S. 410), 20885-20888, 20897-20899, 20901, 20905, 20906, 20909-20914, 20923-20926, 20928, 20929 [29JY]
Davis-Bacon Act: modify minimum wage laws (S. 1005), 9451
Dept. of Agriculture: study alternatives to credit relief (S. 1565), 22327 [1AU]
Dept. of Defense: making appropriations for military construction (H.R. 3327), 31030, 31035 [7NO]
Dept. of HUD and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3038), 27932, 27958 [17OC]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3011), 30034 [31OC]
Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and certain independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3036), 25137 [26SE]
Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3244), 28525, 28526, 28554 [23OC]
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2965), 30236 [1NO]
Economic Development Administration: funding, 30236 [1NO]
Education: create standards for students to maintain Federal financial assistance (S. 1537), 21730 [31JY]
Emergency Agricultural Marketing and Sales Act: enact (S. 1040), 21698-21700 [31JY]
Energy Security Reserve: rescind funds, 30034 [31OC]
ERISA: Pension Benefit Guarantee Corp., 31971 [14NO]
Executive departments: study of ways to simplify small purchase procurement procedures, 37737
Fair Labor Standards Act: amend relative to State and local government application (S. 1570), 22331 [1AU]
———amend relative to State and local governments (S. 1570), 28980-28983, 28986, 28988-28991 [24OC]
Fairness in Corporate Takeovers Act: enact (S. 414), 1979
Farm Credit Partnership Act: enact (S. 1854), 32137
Fayetteville, AR: completion of waste water treatment facility, 27958 [17OC]
Federal contractors: overtime pay, 10573-10575 [6MY]
Federal deficit: monthly statement, 8609 [22AP]
Federal impact aid: additional funding, 11410 [9MY]
Federal Incentives for State Health Care Professional Liability Reform Act: enact (S. 1804), 35294 [9DE]
FERC: nondiscriminatory access to pipelines for transportation of petroleum products, 33353 [22NO]
Food Security Act: enact (H.R. 2100), conference report, 37606 [18DE]
Germany, Federal Republic of: reassess President Reagan's trip itinerary (S. Res. 143), 9587 [26AP]
Government: balance of power, 20290 [24JY]
Higher Education Satisfactory Progress Act: enact (S. 1537), 21730 [31JY]
Illinois River: study of basin to measure extent of nutrient loading and degradation problems, 27958 [17OC]
Indian claims: Chilocco Indian School lands (S. 1684), 24487
Item veto: separate enrollment of appropriations bills (S. 43), motion to proceed to consideration, 20290 [24JY]
Jews: anniversary of liberation of Nazi concentration camps, 8822 [23AP]
———Soviet persecution, 3837
Library Services and Construction Act: technical amendments (H.R. 1997), 25197
Military construction operations: amend Davis-Bacon Act, 14083, 14084 [4JN]
Motor vehicles: fuel economy standards, 28525, 28526 [23OC]
Multiemployer Pension Plan Reform Act: enact (S. 1984), 37660
National Defense Authorization Act: enact (S. 1160), 14083, 14084 [4JN]
National defense stockpile: promote barter in managing agricultural commodities and stocks (S. 42), 107 [3JA]
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration: retain current automobile fuel economy standard (S. Res. 178), 20906, 20909-20914, 20923-20925 [29JY]
Natural Gas Regulatory Reform Act: enact (S. 1302), 15720
Nazi concentration camps: anniversary of liberation, 8822 [23AP]
Nicaragua: funding for Contras (S.J. Res. 106), 8880 [23AP]
Nuclear weapons: resume negotiations with Soviet Union for a verifiable comprehensive test ban treaty (S.J. Res. 179), 20929 [29JY]
Organ Transplantation and Procurement Act: information program implementation, 27710
Petroleum: nondiscriminatory access to pipelines for transportation, 33353 [22NO]
Petroleum corporations: temporarily prohibit hostile corporate takeovers (S. 473), 2495
Potomac, MD: Connelly High School's poster campaign on organ donors, 27711
Public debt: increase statutory limit (H.J. Res. 372), 26861 [9OC]
Residential Conservation Service: allow Dept. of Energy to grant any utility under the program a waiver from any requirement of statute, 20897 [29JY]
———clarify rights of persons to take actions relative to anticompetitive acts, 20901 [29JY]
———GAO assessment of extent of unfair competition by utilities and adequacy of current protections (S. 410), 20885-20888, 20897-20899, 20901, 20905, 20906, 20909-20914, 20923-20926, 20928, 20929 [29JY]
Revenue sharing program: funding, 11418 [9MY]
Saccharin Study and Labeling Act: extend (S. 484), 10828 [7MY]
SBA: authorizing appropriations (S. 408), 19105 [16JY]
Senate: legislative program, 25140 [26SE], 36234 [12DE]
———postponement of August recess, pending approval of budget and farm legislation, 20926, 20928 [29JY]
Shipping industry: specify criteria for determination of fair rates to be charged by U.S. flag vessels, 29455 [29OC]
———transfer from Dept. of Agriculture to Dept. of Defense certain costs incurred in shipment of certain agriculture commodities in U.S. flag vessels, 29461, 29464-29467 [29OC]
Small business: study of ways to simplify Federal small purchase procurement procedures, 37737
South Africa: U.S. opposition to apartheid policies (S. 995), 18838 [11JY]
Subcommittee on Energy Regulation and Conservation: notices of hearings, 8598 [22AP], 9474 [25AP], 16977 [24JN], 22438 [1AU], 24500 [20SE], 25386 [1OC], 28589 [23OC], 32150 [14NO]
Subcommittee on Labor: notices of hearings, 1990 [6FE], 11555 [9MY], 12964 [21MY], 23065 [9SE]
Superfund Improvement Act: enact (S. 51), 24462 [20SE]
Synthetic Fuels Corp.: suspension of authority, 30034 [31OC]
Taxation: deny deduction for interest paid or incurred on loans in connection with takeovers of corporations (S. 414), 1979
———oil import fee, 21308-21309 [30JY]
———vehicle mileage documentation (H.R. 1869), conference report, 12359
———vehicle mileage documentation (S. 245; H.R. 1869), 7314 [3AP]
Textile and Apparel Trade Enforcement Act: enact (H.R. 1562), 31678 [13NO]
Urban Development Action Grant Program: implement proposed termination with budget savings, 27932 [17OC]
Voluntary School Prayer Act: enact (S. 47), 23207 [10SE]
W.D. Mayo Lock and Dam, Sallisaw, OK: authorize Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma to design and construct hydroelectric power facilities (S. 1724), 25382 [1OC]
Remarks in Senate relative to
Delegation to Arms Control Negotiations: recommended to attend, 1505 [31JA]
Special order: granted, 20973 [29JY]
Reports
Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards: Dept. of Transportation (excerpt), 20911 [29JY]
Foreign Currency Expenditures, 27557 [15OC]
General Motors Corp. and Ford Corp. Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards: Dept. of Commerce (excerpt), 20924 [29JY]
Students Receiving Federal Aid Are Not Making Satisfactory Academic Progress—Tougher Standards Are Needed: GAO, 21731 [31JY]
Statements
Agricultural Exports: by, 8610 [22AP]
Amend Fair Labor Standards Act Relative to State and Local Governments: Richard A. Boyd, 28984 [24OC]
Higher Education Satisfactory Progress Act (sundry excerpts), 21731 [31JY]
Medical Malpractice Reform (excerpts), 35294 [9DE]
Public Employee Overtime Compensation: by, 28987 [24OC]
Summaries
Farm Bill Proposal: by, 8610 [22AP]
Tables
Davis-Bacon Reform Savings, 9452
Dept. of Defense authorization—Davis-Bacon savings (CBO numbers), 14083 [4JN]
Medical malpractice awards and attorney's fee, 35295 [9DE]
Testimonies
Agricultural Credit: John Harling, 22328 [1AU]
Texts of
H.R. 3011, making appropriations for the Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: Evans amendment (excerpt), 30034 [31OC]
S. 930, exempt all agricultural exports from cargo preference requirements, 8131 [17AP]
S. 1565, agricultural credit relief analysis, 22328 [1AU]
S. 1570, amend Fair Labor Standards Act relative to State and local governments, 22332 [1AU]
S. Res. 255, FERC should make needed changes to voluntary natural gas transportation program, 31181 [7NO]