PENNY, TIMOTHY J. (a Representative from Minnesota)
Addresses
Tribute to George Washington: Representative Robinson, 3528 [26FE]
———Representative Slaughter, 3528 [26FE]
Amendments offered by, to
Food Security Act: enact (H.R. 2100), 24582 [20SE]
International Security and Development Cooperation Act: enact (H.R. 1555), 18581 [11JY]
Military installations: authorize certain construction (H.R. 1409), 27611 [16OC]
Articles and editorials
Deficit We Can't Outgrow, Representative William H. Gray III, 8454 [18AP]
Freeze Is Just What the Pentagon Needs, Senator Grassley, Wall Street Journal, 8456 [18AP]
REA, Patrick Dahl, Midwest News (excerpt), 10652 [7MY]
Remembering, Washington (DC) Post, 26983 [9OC]
Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Myra MacPherson, Washington (DC) Post (excerpt), 10673 [7MY]
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Budget authority: across-the-board freeze (see H. Con. Res. 147), 11761 [14MY]
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Africa: assistance for famine prevention (see H.R. 2782), 23444 [11SE]
———funds for food assistance and agricultural development (see H.R. 2080), 10696 [7MY]
———supplemental assistance for famine relief (see H.R. 100), 903 [24JA]
Agricultural Act: establish limitations on milk products (see H.R. 1629), 5727 [20MR]
———price support program for milk (see H.R. 2850), 17231 [25JN]
———provide for producer-approved wheat and feed grain referenda (see H.R. 3805), 32619 [20NO]
Agriculture: emergency credit and debt adjustment relief for farmers and ranchers (see H.R. 1035), 2289 [7FE]
———extend time for national marketing quota for wheat (see H.R. 1614), 5726 [20MR]
———restructure of loans from commercial lenders and farm credit institutions (see H.R. 3868), 34788 [5DE]
Alcoholic beverages: study advertising and promotion (see H.R. 1901), 16123 [18JN]
Armed Forces: consolidate medical health care system (see H.R. 1136), 5048 [7MR]
Bipartisan Commission on the Budget Deficit: establish (see H. Res. 259), 25051 [26SE]
Budget: require President to transmit and Committee on the Budget to report a balanced (see H.R. 3), 2292 [7FE]
CCC Charter Act: amend relative to export of agricultural commodities (see H.R. 1612), 5726 [20MR]
Chapin, Harry: award special gold medal (see H.R. 1207), 18060 [8JY]
Chemical weapons: prohibit production (see H.R. 2124), 11292 [9MY]
Chemicals: ethyl alcohol ensure payment of duties imposed on imported (see H.R. 1720), 9828 [30AP]
Child Nutrition Act: extend and improve (see H.R. 7), 11761 [14MY]
Childhood diseases: universal access to immunization and accelerated efforts to eradicate (see H. Con. Res. 211), 30384 [4NO]
Chile: restoration of democracy (see H. Con. Res. 52), 1877 [6FE]
China, Republic of: resubmit Proposed Agreement for Cooperation with exemptions from two requirements of Atomic Energy Act (see H. Res. 269), 24581 [20SE]
Civil Rights Act: amend (see H.R. 691), 34789 [5DE]
Civil Rights Restoration Act: enact (see H.R. 700), 14655 [6JN]
Civil service: correct inequities in credit for retirement purposes (see H.R. 3006), 21278 [29JY]
Committee on Hunger (Select): establish (see H. Res. 20), 1315 [30JA]
Communications Act: establish procedures for renewal, assignment, and transfer of broadcast licenses (see H.R. 1977), 7496 [3AP]
Congressional Budget Act: 2-year biennial cycle (see H.R. 748), 2941 [21FE]
———amend to improve process (see H.R. 1195), 2938 [21FE]
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act: family farm requirement for emergency disaster loan program (see H.R. 874), 9745 [29AP]
Constitution: 4-year terms for Representatives (see H.J. Res. 323), 17232 [25JN]
Controlled Substances Act: modify criminal penalties for drug offenses (see H.R. 2954), 23696 [13SE]
Controlled Substances Import and Export Act: modify criminal penalties for drug offenses (see H.R. 2954), 23696 [13SE]
Copyright Royalty Tribunal: terminate and transfer to Register of Copyrights (see H.R. 2752), 37855 [18DE]
District of Columbia: erect memorial to honor Korean War veterans (see H.R. 2205), 17912 [27JN]
Doubek, Robert W.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2591), 29898 [31OC]
Drugs: mandatory penalties for importation or exportation of controlled substances (see H.R. 1946), 34266 [4DE]
Education: eligibility requirements of the educational assistance program to National Guard and Reserves (see H.R. 3393), 28865 [24OC]
———establish adult literacy programs (see H.R. 2535), 31636 [13NO]
———establish program to strengthen and improve State and local agencies (see H.R. 3263), 23442 [11SE]
———increase research and encourage contribution of scientific equipment to institutions (see H.R. 1188), 11292 [9MY]
El Salvador: Committee on Foreign Affairs to investigate murders of U.S. citizens (see H. Res. 36), 2942 [21FE]
Emergency Veterans' Job Training Act: amend relative to extend certain employment programs (see H.R. 1408), 11762 [14MY]
ERISA: require coverage under group health for certain spouses, former spouses, and dependent children (see H.R. 21), 1696 [4FE]
Fair Debt Collection Practices Act: attorneys collecting debts subject to provisions (see H.R. 237), 15500 [12JN]
Fair Labor Standards Act: compensatory time in lieu of overtime for employees of State and political subdivisions (see H.R. 3530), 28317 [22OC]
Federal deficit: sense of Congress relative to reduction (see H. Con. Res. 46), 2434 [19FE]
Federal employees: establish new supplemental retirement plan for Members of Congress and Postal Service (see H.R. 3660), 38372 [19DE]
Foreign Assistance Act: assistance to promote immunization and oral rehydration (see H.R. 3894), 35787 [10DE]
GAO: investigate conditions of displaced Salvadoran persons (see H.R. 822), 7497 [3AP]
General Education Provisions Act: improve and expand Assessment Policy Committee (see H.R. 2210), 23548 [12SE]
Geneva summit meeting: display lights (see H. Con. Res. 227), 31248 [8NO]
Gibran, Kahlil: establish memorial in Washington, DC (see H.J. Res. 36), 13437 [23MY]
Government programs: require reauthorization of budget authority at least every 10 years (see H.R. 2), 18138 [9JY]
Guatemala: sense of House to extending voluntary departure status to nationals (see H. Res. 107), 5729 [20MR]
Hazardous Substances Right To Know: ensure for workers (see H.J. Res. 225), 7238 [2AP]
Higher Education Act: increase grants (see H.R. 1473), 5044 [7MR]
———make access to student assistancce programs more equitable (see H.R. 3446), 25049 [26SE]
———reauthorize (see H.R. 3700), 30913 [6NO]
———reduce the default rate on student loans (see H.R. 2687), 18730 [11JY]
———treatment for treating family contributions in college assistance (see H.R. 2481), 14336 [5JN]
House rules: legislation providing for designation of commemorative days or periods (see H. Res. 111), 7613 [4AP]
Housing and Community Development Act: provide 50% grants under urban development (see H.R. 882), 1385 [31JA]
Hunger: private sector involvement in worldwide to alleviate (see H. Con. Res. 57), 36766 [16DE]
IMF: call for multilateral conference to seek a new monetary regime (see H.R. 3813), 32620 [20NO]
Insurance: prohibit discrimination on basis of blindness (see H.R. 2741), 15499 [12JN]
Interstate commerce: prevent employment denial by prohibiting lie detector tests on employees (see H.R. 1524), 17912 [27JN]
Joint Operating Commission for Food Irradiation: establish (see H.R. 696), 17912 [27JN]
Jordan: prohibit sales of advanced weapons (see H.J. Res. 428), 28865 [24OC]
Labor: permit employees to work combination of 40-hour workweek (see H.R. 1893), 7236 [2AP]
Medicare: relative to vision care (see H.R. 2342), 16582 [20JN]
MIA's: secure full accounting (see H.J. Res. 105), 6610 [28MR]
———sense of Congress (see H. Con. Res. 37), 1878 [6FE]
———support President's leadership (see H. Con. Res. 40), 1315 [30JA]
Milk diversion program: extension (see H.R. 111), 828 [22JA]
Modified Agricultural Debt Recovery Act: enact (see H.R. 2064), 14059 [4JN]
National Agriculture Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 137), 4402 [5MR]
National Association of State Directors of Veterans Affairs, Inc.: recognize (see H.R. 3024), 28701 [23OC]
National commission on the farm credit system: establish (see H. Con. Res. 190), 23548 [12SE]
National Day of Fasting To Raise Funds To Combat Hunger: designate (see H.J. Res. 386), 26482 [7OC]
National Labor Relations Act: increase stability of collective bargaining in building and construction industry (see H.R. 281), 10695 [7MY]
National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Program: establish (see H.R. 2436), 11146 [8MY]
National School Lunch Act: extend and improve (see H.R. 7), 11761 [14MY]
NIH: full funding for new and competing research grants (see H.J. Res. 136), 3378 [25FE]
Nuclear weapons: mutual, simultaneous, verifiable cessation of testing (see H.R. 1834), 14059 [4JN]
———prohibit explosive testing (see H.J. Res. 3), 7240 [2AP]
Peace Corps: recognize 25th anniversary (see H.J. Res. 305), 19230 [16JY]
———remove limitation of 5 years service (see H.R. 1683), 8058 [16AP]
Peace Corps Act: amend relative to number of volunteers (see H.R. 1121), 5585 [19MR]
Petroleum Marketing Practices Act: fair competition in distribution of motor fuel (see H.R. 2406), 18138 [9JY]
Plant closings: require employers to notify and consult with employees (see H.R. 1616), 19526 [17JY]
Poland: civil liberties (see H. Con. Res. 24), 460 [3JA]
Public Health Service Act: provide services for pregnant adolescents and adolescent parents (see H.R. 927), 1695 [4FE]
Right to life: constitutional amendment (see H.J. Res. 87), 34789 [5DE]
Rural Electrification Program: anniversary (see H. Res. 144), 15593 [13JN]
Scruggs, Jan C.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2591), 29898 [31OC]
Sec. of Agriculture: utilize means to reduce costs to Government of commodity programs (see H.R. 2821), 16581 [20JN]
Social Security: cost-of-living increases based on Consumer Product Index (see H.R. 846), 8058 [16AP]
———coverage of ambulette service for wheelchair individuals (see H.R. 598), 16942 [24JN]
———permit a hospital to exempt prolonged respiratory care unit (see H.R. 2572), 12821 [21MY]
———permit terminally ill patients to continue medicare coverage (see H.R. 3474), 28865 [24OC]
———protect beneficiaries under health care programs (see H.R. 1868), 8473 [18AP]
Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act: extend certain benefits to former employees of county committees (see H.R. 3509), 33842 [3DE]
South Africa: ban new investments (see H.R. 632), 1878 [6FE]
———opposition to system of apartheid (see H.R. 1460), 5044 [7MR]
———policy of separate development and forced relocation of blacks (see H. Con. Res. 64), 6368 [26MR]
Soviet Union: President should negotiate ban on production and stockpiling of chemical weapons (see H.R. 36), 4230 [28FE]
———support expanded cultural exchange (see H. Con. Res. 237), 36211 [12DE]
Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants, and Children: release the remaining money appropriated (see H. Con. Res. 146), 11292 [9MY]
Sport Fish Restoration Fund: administration as required by law (see H. Res. 165), 11147 [8MY]
Synthetic Fuels Corp.: abolish (see H.R. 935), 9297 [24AP]
Tariff Act: amend (see H.R. 3328), 24177 [18SE]
Taxation: charitable contributions by nonitemizers (see H.R. 587), 10695 [7MY]
———deduction for the amount of life insurance premiums for benefit of disabled individual (see H.R. 2420), 18515 [10JY]
———exclude educational assistance programs from gross income (see H.R. 1356), 27828 [17OC]
———exempt student loan bonds and pollution control bonds (see H.R. 1624), 5727 [20MR]
———full credit for contributions to candidates for Congress (see H.R. 3780), 35288 [9DE]
———half of health insurance premiums by self-employed considered as business expense (see H.R. 11), 1877 [6FE]
———limit amount of farming losses which offset other income (see H.R. 2134), 8472 [18AP]
———obligations to certain State student loan programs within definition of qualification loan bonds (see H.R. 3366), 24287 [19SE]
———repeal maintenance of contemporaneous records (see H.R. 600), 1878 [6FE]
———sense of House to employer-paid and life support benefits (see H. Res. 268), 24581 [20SE]
———treat use of law enforcement, fire protection, and emergency medical vehicles as nontaxable fringe benefit (see H.R. 773), 7239 [2AP]
U.S. Commission on Improving the Effectiveness of the United Nations: establish (see H.J. Res. 417), 31516 [12NO]
Unemployment Trust Fund: establish a system of individual training accounts (see H.R. 26), 444 [3JA]
Uniform Code of Military Justice: establish offense of espionage during peacetime (see H.R. 3026), 20838 [26JY]
VA: adjudication of claims for benefits (see H.R. 585), 826 [22JA]
———epidemiological study of gender-specific effect of exposure to agent orange on female veterans (see H.R. 3297), 23548 [12SE]
———exempt payments for service-connected disabilities from taxation (see H. Con. Res. 69), 3569 [26FE]
———expansion of National Cemetery System (see H.R. 757), 1878 [6FE]
———improve delivery of health care services (see H.R. 505), 11762 [14MY]
———improvements in National Cemetery System and assistance to disabled (see H.R. 2344), 11762 [14MY]
Veterans: improvements in compensation programs (see H.R. 2343), 11762 [14MY]
———presumption of service connection of posttraumatic stress disorders during Vietnam era (see H.R. 362), 7238 [2AP]
Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc.: grant charter (see H.R. 512), 32215 [18NO]
Water: conservation and development of Nation's resources infrastructure (see H.R. 6), 11761 [14MY]
Wheeler, John P., III: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2591), 29898 [31OC]
White House Conference on Library and Information Services: request President to call (see H.J. Res. 244), 36766 [16DE]
World Court: deploring the intention of the U.S. to withdraw (see H. Con. Res. 208), 29686 [30OC]
Year of the Flag: designate (see H.J. Res. 424), 30384 [4NO]
Elected to
Committee on Agriculture, ***** [30JA], 1272 [4FE]
Committee on Education and Labor, 1845 [6FE]
Committee on Veterans' Affairs, ***** [30JA], 1693 [4FE]
Essays
Voice of Democracy: Maria D. Haack, 6990
Letters
Farm debt crisis (sundry excerpts), 3356-3360 [25FE]
Programs
George Washington's birthday wreath-laying ceremony, 3528 [26FE]
Remarks by, on
African Famine Relief and Recovery Act: enact (H.R. 1096), 3519 [26FE]
———enact (H.R. 1096), veto, 4954, 5010, 5039, 5041 [7MR]
Agriculture: dairy price supports, 25013 [26SE]
———economic condition of farmers, 2922 [21FE]
———farm credit system, 35577 [10DE]
———farm debt crisis, 3356-3360 [25FE], 4954, 5039, 5041 [7MR], 15149 [11JN], 24545 [20SE]
———price support system, 26656 [8OC]
———producer referenda on national policy, 25465 [1OC], 25889 [3OC]
American Conservation Corps Act: enact (H.R. 99), 18682 [11JY]
Budget: deficit, 8450-8456 [18AP], 15149 [11JN], 30119 [1NO]
———Dept. of HUD funding, 20533 [25JY]
———military construction funding levels, 27611, 27613 [16OC]
———water quality renewal projects funding, 20053, 20063 [23JY]
Childhood diseases: universal access to immunization and accelerated efforts to eradicate (H. Con. Res. 211), 36760
Children: efforts to locate missing, 12805 [21MY]
Chilstrom, Herbert W.: House prayer, 27767 [17OC]
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act: amend (H.R. 2817), 35654 [10DE]
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 24168 [18SE], 38357 [19DE]
Dairy products: regional price differentials, 25026 [26SE]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1872), 17785 [27JN]
———funding levels, 17785 [27JN]
Dept. of HUD and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3038), 20533, 20553 [25JY]
Education: budget reduction proposals, 3542 [26FE]
———national policy, 33747 [3DE]
Emergency Farm Credit Act: enact, 3356-3360 [25FE]
———enact (H.R. 1035), 3868, 3882 [27FE]
Employment: American Conservation Corps, 18682 [11JY]
Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2959), 19145 [16JY]
EPA: emissions data requirements for certain hazardous substances, 35654 [10DE]
Ethanol: treatment of imports, 23425
Farm Credit System: reforms (H.R. 3792), 35577 [10DE]
Federal aid programs: eligibility for certain relative to receipt of student assistance, 34179 [4DE]
Federal Water Pollution Control Act: amend (H.R. 8), 20053, 20063 [23JY]
Food Security Act: enact (H.R. 2100), 24545 [20SE], 25013, 25026 [26SE], 25433, 25465 [1OC], 25889 [3OC], 26656 [8OC]
———enact (H.R. 2100), conference report, 37785 [18DE]
Foreign trade: ethanol imports, 23425
Government spending: reduce, 30119 [1NO]
Health: child nutrition programs, 24163
———rural hospitals, 6997
Higher Education Act: amend and extend (H.R. 3700), 33747 [3DE], 34179 [4DE]
Hospitals: medicare reimbursement in rural areas, 5017 [7MR]
House: legislative program, 2880 [21FE], 5042 [7MR]
———prayer by Herbert W. Chilstrom, 27767 [17OC]
Immigration: refugee assistance, 15580 [13JN]
Military installations: authorize certain construction (H.R. 1409), 27611, 27613 [16OC]
National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs: eligibility, 24155 [18SE]
Peters, Cheryl: efforts to locate, 12805 [21MY]
Private sector: role in alleviating hunger (H. Con. Res. 57), 36760
Public housing: funding, 20553 [25JY]
REA: anniversary, 10652 [7MY]
Reagan, President: budget proposal, 3542 [26FE]
———policy toward agriculture, 2922 [21FE]
Refugee Assistance Extension Act: enact (H.R. 1452), 15580 [13JN]
Rural areas: reimbursement to hospitals for services provided to medicare recipients, 5017 [7MR]
School Lunch and Child Nutrition Act: amend (H.R. 7), 24155, 24163
Social Security: medicare reimbursement to rural hospitals, 5017 [7MR]
VA: health care system, 12214
Veterans: tribute, 33832 [3DE]
Vietnam War: anniversary, 10673 [7MY]
Water Quality Renewal Act: enact (H.R. 8), 20053, 20063 [23JY]
Wheat: price supports, 25433 [1OC]
Winona, MN: Schultz Transit, Inc., grand prize award for safety, 6019
Remarks in House relative to
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 2922 [21FE], 3567 [26FE], 3868, 3882 [27FE], 4954 [7MR], 5575 [19MR], 5984 [21MR], 6921 [1AP], 10652 [7MY], 12007 [15MY], 12805 [21MY], 15149 [11JN], 17785 [27JN], 18682 [11JY], 19145 [16JY], 24545 [20SE], 25433 [1OC], 25889 [3OC], 26983 [9OC], 30119 [1NO], 33747 [3DE], 35654 [10DE], 37785 [18DE]
Special order: granted, 3376 [25FE], 5042 [7MR], 6602 [28MR], 8470 [18AP], 9102 [23AP], 33840 [3DE], 36762 [16DE]
Reports
Veterans Health Care at VA Medical Center, St. Cloud, MN: G.F. Keller, Jr., 12215
Statements
Food-For-Peace Program: Hubert H. Humphrey (excerpt), 3519 [26FE]
Tributes
Humphrey, Hubert H., 26983 [9OC]
Schultz, Gene A., 6019