POVERTY

Addresses

Fact of Poverty Today—A Challenge for the Church: Joseph Bernardin, 3211-3214 [22FE]

How Great Was the Great Society: Joseph A. Califano, Jr., 9574-9576 [26AP]

One World, Rich and Poor: Bradford Morse, 9770-9772 [29AP]

Poverty and Welfare—Are We Losing Ground? Charles Murray, 803 [22JA]

Amendments

Child Nutrition Act: amend (H.R. 7), 23445 [11SE], 23527 [12SE], 24132, 24147, 24152, 24163 [18SE], 33316-33319 [22NO]

Food Security Act: enact (H.R. 2100), 24179 [18SE], 24289 [19SE], 24582 [20SE], 24615 [23SE], 24812-24876 [24SE], 24886 [24SE], 24973, 24975, 24998, 25000, 25021, 25023, 25024, 25025, 25027, 25033, 25051 [26SE], 25418, 25420, 25421, 25424, 25431, 25439, 25444, 25450, 25453, 25454, 25462, 25463, 25464 [1OC], 25951, 25967, 25969, 25970, 25971, 25972, 25973, 25974, 25983, 26002, 26004, 26006, 26007, 26008, 26009, 26010, 26011, 26013, 26022, 26024, 26029, 26030, 26031, 26032, 26033, 26034 [3OC], 26435, 26436, 26437, 26438, 26439, 26442, 26443, 26444, 26449, 26450, 26452, 26454, 26460 [7OC], 26529, 26533, 26547, 26548, 26559, 26561-26574, 26581-26655, 26661 [8OC], 33495-33572 [23NO]

Food stamp plan: extend certain provisions (S. 1851), 31750, 31774 [13NO]

Housing: renovation and conversion of facilities to be used as temporary shelters for homeless (S. 394), 19975 [23JY]

National School Lunch Act: amend (H.R. 7), 23445 [11SE], 23527 [12SE], 24132, 24147, 24152, 24163 [18SE], 33316-33319 [22NO]

National School Lunch Act and Child Nutrition Act: amend (H.R. 7), 23445 [11SE], 23527 [12SE]

Analyses

Amending the National School Lunch Act and Child Nutrition Act (H.R. 7), 33319 [22NO]

Domestic Food Assistance Act (S. 1142), 12153-12155 [15MY]

Income and Jobs Action Act (H.R. 1398), 4676 [6MR]

Institutional Aid Act (S. 1328), 16278-16280 [19JN]

Legal Services to Individuals Financially Unable To Obtain Representation (S. 1581), 22370-22372 [1AU]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 7, National School Lunch Act and Child Nutrition Act amendments, 33822 [3DE]

———H.R. 2100, to extend and revise certain agriculture programs, 34511 [5DE]

Conferees, H.R. 7, amend the National School Lunch Act and Child Nutrition Act, 33332 [22NO]

Articles and editorials

Ailing Uninsured and Turned Away—Americans Without Health Coverage Finding Hospital Doors Closed, 28197 [21OC]

Alleged Use of Ethiopian Famine Aid as Payment for Purchase of Soviet Military Arms (exerpt), 18984 [15JY]

Appalachia Without the ARC, 14760 [6JN]

Assisting the Community, 26129 [3OC]

Black Colleges, 34077 [4DE]

Churches Report Numbers of Hungry on Increase, 28705 [23OC]

Citizens for Citizens Going Strong After 20 Years, 30613 [5NO]

Creating Jobs, 24296 [19SE]

D.C.'s Homeless Schizophrenics Get Little Help, Report Finds, 9547 [25AP]

Dad Leaves Son—Has No Regrets, 30490 [5NO]

Dirty Decision by OSHA on Agricultural Workers, 10587 [6MY]

Excessive Population Growth a Security Threat to the United States, 3473 [25FE]

Ex-Official Raps Loan Standards on Farm Credit, 25782 [2OC]

Exploding Myths, 23646 [12SE]

Farm Crisis Is Taking Subtle Toll on Children in Distressed Families, 30991 [7NO]

Farmers' Market Contributes Over 1,000 Pounds of Produce to Needy, 25240 [26SE]

Faulty Food and Shelter Programs Draw Charge That Nobody's Home to Homeless, 6146-6147 [26MR]

Fed Governor Worried About Effect on Poor of Recent Bank Moves, 11617 [9MY]

First Quarter of 1985—Hospitals Score Record Profits Under DRG's, 28196 [21OC]

Food Aid to Africa Slackens but Need Expected To Double Next Year, 2654 [20FE]

Food Stamp Allotment Inadequate Group Charges—Survey Finds Costs for ``Thrifty'' Plan Much Higher Than Estimated by USDA, 28705 [23OC]

Government Needs to Listen, 19375 [17JY]

Grotberg Analyzes House Version of New Farm Bill, 24564 [20SE]

Harkin Plan—``Fascist'' Farm Policy?, 25323 [30SE]

Harvard's Hunger Hyperbole, 8553 [22AP]

Health Insurance Shortfalls Found—1 in 4 Under 65 Have Inadequate or No Coverage, HHS Says, 28198 [21OC]

Helping African Countries To Feed Themselves, 15965 [17JN]

Helping the Poor, 11505 [9MY]

Hospitals Refusing To Admit Poor—Patient's Transferred to D.C. General, 28199 [21OC]

How Uncle Sam Robbed America's Poor, 13333 [22MY]

Hunger in America Is Real, 19264 [16JY]

Hunger in America—Safety Net Has Shrunk But It's Still in Place, 16429 [19JN]

Hunger Is Growing, But Relief Isn't, 23680 [12SE]

Hunger Is Growing, but Relief Isn't, 23680 [12SE]

Hunger Report—Very Thin Gruel, 8552 [22AP]

Hunger Rising Despite Drop in Poverty Rate, Group Says, 38818 [20DE]

Hunger—Continuing Problem (series), 1610-1615 [31JA]

Inquiry—Topic—Poor Children, 15223 [11JN]

Is This Anyway To Run an Aid Program?, 7378 [3AP]

Jackson Visits Sugar Ditch Residents, 19588 [18JY]

Journey to Nowhere, 6818-6821 [28MR]

Leland and the War on Hunger, 26496-26498 [7OC]

Malnutrition in Elderly—Widespread Health Threat, 24505 [20SE]

Many Not Insured for Maternity Costs—Study Says 1 in 4 Women of Prime Childbearing Age Lack Coverage, 28198 [21OC]

National Service for Jobless Youth, 20334 [24JY]

Nation's Poverty Increasingly Wears a Child's Face, 18062 [8JY]

Plan for a Republican War on Poverty, 22984 [5SE], 24018 [17SE]

Politics of Sugar, 25230 [26SE]

Poor Luxuriate on Welfare? Nonsense, 9946 [30AP]

Right Way To Help Low-Income Families, 17323 [26JN]

Rural Southern Towns Find Manufacturing Boom Fading, 19589 [18JY]

Save the Jobs Tax Credit, 23049 [9SE]

Self-Help Foundation, 1333 [30JA]

17% Rise in Demand for Food From Private Groups Found, 38819 [20DE]

Taxes and the Poor, 24400 [19SE]

Taxing the Poor, 11506 [9MY]

There Really Is a Welfare Dilemma, 17256 [25JN]

There's Almost No End to the Range of CFC Programs and Activities, 30613 [5NO]

U.S. Needs To Return to New Deal Principles To End Economic Injustice, 5480 [19MR]

Undisciplined Social Science, 16742 [20JN]

When Homeless Need a Friend, the Doctor Is Always In, 36306 [12DE]

Willful Shortsightedness on Poverty, 23259 [10SE]

Bills and resolutions

AFDC: demonstration programs for securing long-term employment at sufficient earnings levels (see H.R. 880)

———improving quality control standards and procedures (see H.R. 1279)

———moratorium on imposition of penalties for erroneous payments (see S. 1362)

———study of quality control standards and procedures (see S. 1362)

Africa: humanitarian assistance (see H.R. 606)

Aged: increase appropriations for commodity distribution (see H.R. 2453)

Banks and banking: access accounts which provide minimum services to low-income individuals (see H.R. 2011)

Children: authorize appropriations for survival fund (see H.R. 1746)

Commission on Poverty Definition Reform: establish (see H.J. Res. 242)

Commodity Supplemental Food Program: authorize appropriations (see S. 1142)

———reauthorize and improve operation (see H.R. 2422)

Developing countries: enhance effectiveness of food assistance programs (see H.R. 1889)

District of Columbia: renovation of homeless shelter on Second St., NW. (see H.R. 3072; H. Res. 218)

Domestic food programs: extend and improve (see H.R. 1856)

Ethiopia: condemnation of genocide by Communist regime (see H.J. Res. 324)

Famine: contribution from income tax payments for world emergencies (see H.R. 1434)

Food: assistance for low-income families (see S. 1714)

———assistance to low-income individuals (see H.R. 2000, 2100, 2112)

Food Stamp and Commodity Distribution Act: amend (see H.R. 2559)

Food Stamp Plan: establish separate deductions allowable for dependent care and excess shelter expenses (see H.R. 1844)

Food stamp plan: authorize appropriations (see S. 969, 1142)

———extend certain provisions (see S. 1851; H.R. 3919)

———obtaining prepared meals (see H.R. 770)

———prohibit redemption charges by financial institutions (see S. 280)

———reauthorize and improve operation (see H.R. 2422)

———redeem coupons through institutions insured by National Credit Union Administrative Board (see H.R. 2442)

———redemption of coupons through uninsured financial institutions (see H.R. 774)

———reduce administering cost (see S. 835)

———State workfare program for recipients (see H.R. 2714)

Homelessness: sense of Congress (see H. Con. Res. 113)

Housing: loans to low-income individuals for purchase of houses owned by Dept. of HUD (see H.R. 2106)

Immigrant Repatriation Study Act: enact (see S. 1074)

Legal services: assistance to certain individuals (see H.R. 3004)

LSC: authorize appropriations (see H.R. 2008, 2468)

———funding (see H. Res. 55)

———time limits for certain proceedings relative to denials of financial assistance (see H.R. 2326)

Meals on Wheels of the Monterey Peninsula, Inc.: relief (see H.R. 1095)

Medical care: prohibit hospitals from refusing appropriate treatment to stabilize patients in emergencies (see S. 1615)

———system of cost sharing for individual financially unable to obtain public or private coverage (see S. 1781)

Medicare: additional payment for hospitals which serve a disproportionate share of low-income patients (see S. 1606)

Medicare/medicaid: eligibility (see H. Con. Res. 39)

National Council on Access to Health Care: establish (see S. 1620; H.R. 3253)

National Day of Fasting To Raise Funds To Combat Hunger: designate (see S.J. Res. 218)

National Endowment for the Homeless: establish (see S. 739; H.R. 1669)

National Food Bank Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 234)

National School Lunch Act and Child Nutrition Act: amend (see H.R. 7)

Public housing: maximum monthly rents based on debt service and operating expenses (see H.R. 163)

Social conditions: reverse upward trend in rate (see H.R. 2585)

Social Security: reverse economic trend toward children and elderly (see S. 1194)

Social services: block grants (see H.R. 798)

SSI: treatment of benefits for disabled working in sheltered workshops (see H.R. 793)

Tax-exempt organizations: tax penalty for failure to provide funds for legal services to the poor (see H.R. 1273)

Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Program: authorize appropriations (see S. 1142)

———reauthorize and improve operation (see H.R. 2422)

———supplemental appropriations (see H.R. 2669)

Vagrancy: emergency shelter and related services for homeless (see H.R. 1526)

———renovation and conversion of facilities for use as shelters for homeless (see H.R. 3070)

———renovation and conversion of facilities to be used as temporary shelters (see S. 394)

WIC: release of appropriated funds under Supplemental Food Program (see H. Con. Res. 146)

Book reviews

Undisciplined Social Science, 16742 [20JN]

Comparisons

Food Security Act: Bedell and Harkin/Alexander amendments, H.R. 2100, 25894 [3OC]

Interviews

Christian obligations: Roger Mahony with Robert Sheer and Tim Rutten, 32884 [20NO]

Letters

Administration policy relative to poverty: Geneva Warley, 27737 [16OC]

AFDC: Marguerite W. Sallee, 17346 [26JN]

Agricultural assistance programs (H.R. 2100): Kenneth R. Rennison, 27045 [9OC]

Aid to foreign students studying in U.S.: Ray Parrott, 4040 [28FE]

Aid to the aged, 17015 [24JN]

Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act: Children's Defense Fund, 28856 [24OC]

Budget deficit reduction: Margaret M. Heckler, Sec. of HHS, 29810 [31OC]

Cost estimate on S. 7, medicaid coverage for low-income, pregnant women: James Blum, 19966 [23JY]

Establishment of LSC: Richard M. Nixon (excerpt), 15296 [12JN]

Food stamp plan error rates: John R. Block, Sec. of Agriculture, 29166 [25OC]

———Senator Domenici, 29166 [25OC]

Food stamp plan low-income nutrition assistance program: National Governors' Association, 32683 [20NO]

———Senator Durenberger, 32684 [20NO]

———sundry Governors, 32679, 32686 [20NO]

Food stamp plan reauthorization (S. 969): John R. Block, Sec. of Agriculture, 8589 [22AP]

Funding for housing for elderly and handicapped: Agnes Doherty, 7426 [3AP]

Funding for minority education: sundry, 16282, 16283 [19JN]

Hunger in America: medical and religious leaders, 10381 [2MY]

Lake County, IL, Community Action Project anniversary: Representative Porter, 5592 [19MR]

Medicaid coverage for low-income, pregnant women (S. 7): Senator Cranston, 19966 [23JY]

Medicare assistance for disabled: Paul S. Kendall, 30490 [5NO]

National School Lunch Program funding (excerpt), 24149 [18SE]

Nomination of Michael B. Wallace to LSC: Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (excerpt), 15298 [12JN]

Nutrition programs: Lorraine Escobar, 23524 [12SE]

Public welfare funding: Bolivar County, MS, County Welfare Dept. employees, 13333 [22MY]

Workfare program: participant from California, 8582 [22AP]

Letters of transmittal

Criminal Justice Act Revision, 22369 [1AU]

Lists

Low-income and handicapped assistance programs funds, 13402 [23MY]

National Low-Income Housing Coalition's policy statement: national organizations endorsement, 13665 [23MY]

———State and local organizations endorsement, 13665-13672 [23MY]

Reports on malnutrition and hunger in America, 24878 [24SE]

Memorandums

Impact of Gramm/Rudman Balanced Budget Amendment on the Poor, 28284 [22OC]

Memorials of legislature

California, 16123 [18JN], 17629 [27JN], 27962 [17OC]

Iowa, 15710 [13JN]

Massachusetts, 20680 [25JY], 23754 [13SE]

New Mexico, 7814 [15AP]

Rental assistance to poor and elderly: Massachusetts, 23754 [13SE]

Petitions

Social services programs: Dutchess County, NY, Legislature, 11293 [9MY]

Press releases

Presentation of award to State of Wisconsin: Dept. of HHS, 14393 [5JN]

Remarks in House

Agricultural workers: OSHA health standards, 10586 [6MY]

Alabama Gas Corp. (Alagasco): weatherization program for low-income families, 26129 [3OC]

Budget: defense v. social funding, 8788 [22AP]

Butter: allocation of surplus, 33697 [3DE]

———distribution of surplus, 31561 [13NO], 31828 [14NO], 36541 [16DE]

Child Nutrition Act: amend (H.R. 7), 23479 [11SE], 23495, 23498, 23517-23530 [12SE], 23681 [12SE], 24131, 24147, 24150 [18SE], 24152, 24166 [19SE], 24167 [30SE]-24168 [18SE], 24400 [19SE]

———amend (H.R. 7), appointment of conferees, 33822 [3DE]

———amend (H.R. 7), techncial corrections, 24168 [18SE]

———amend (H.R. 7), technical corrections, 24168 [18SE]

Children: effects of poverty, 30906 [6NO]

———impact, 28240 [22OC]

———improve quality of life for low-income, 22032 [31JY]

———proposals to aid homeless, 19541 [17JY]

———statistics, 16103 [18JN]

———status, 9702 [29AP]

Children in Poverty: Committee on Ways and Means study conclusions, 16456 [19JN]

Commodity Supplemental Food Program: reauthorize and improve operation (H.R. 2422), 11130 [8MY], 16429 [19JN]

Comprehensive Nutrition Assistance Act: enact (H.R. 1856), 8497 [18AP], 24878 [24SE]

Employment: provide opportunities, 13014 [22MY]

Ethiopia: alleged use of famine aid as payment for purchase of Soviet military arms, 18983-18985 [15JY]

———famine relief funds, 20713 [25JY]

Fall River, MA: tribute to Citizens for Citizens antipoverty program, 30613 [5NO]

Farm Policy Reform Act: enact, 25323 [30SE]

Flint, MI: Hamady Operation Christmas, 36797 [16DE]

Food: assistance to low-income individuals (H.R. 2000), 8214 [17AP]

Food Security Act: enact (H.R. 2100), 24227, 24273-24279 [19SE], 24521-24530, 24532-24564 [20SE], 24597 [20SE], 24796 [24SE], 24877, 24886 [24SE], 24970-25038 [26SE], 25230 [26SE], 25323 [30SE], 25418-25467 [1OC], 25726-25736 [2OC], 25782 [2OC], 25889 [3OC], 25965 [7OC], 26028 [8OC], 26030 [7OC], 26035 [4OC]-26096 [3OC], 26143 [3OC], 26425-26465 [7OC], 26529 [8OC], 26532, 26546 [9OC]-26581, 26655 [8OC], 26665 [10OC]-26668 [8OC], 27032, 27038, 27045 [9OC], 27340 [10OC], 35821 [10DE], 38725 [19DE]

———enact (H.R. 2100), appointment of conferees, 34511 [5DE]

———enact (H.R. 2100), conference report, 37773-37803 [18DE]

———enact (H.R. 2100), consideration of conference report, 36754 [16DE]

———enact (H.R. 2100), correcting enrollment (H. Con. Res. 264), 38107 [19DE]

———enact (H.R. 2100), technical corrections, 26668 [8OC]

Food Stamp and Commodity Distribution Improvement Act: enact (H.R. 2422), 11130 [8MY], 16429 [19JN]

Food Stamp Plan: benefits eligibility (H.R. 1844), 6870 [28MR]

Food stamp plan: accountability, 26032 [3OC]

———determination of eligibility and benefit level, 26426-26434 [7OC]

———extend certain provisions (H.R. 3919), 36196 [12DE]

———extend certain provisions (S. 1851), 31881 [14NO]

———funding, 14602 [6JN]

———impact of Energy Assistance Program on benefits, 26436 [7OC]

———implementation of employment training and job search programs, 26435 [7OC]

———improve quality control standards and procedures (H.R. 2621), 13699 [23MY]

———reauthorize and improve operation (H.R. 2422), 11130 [8MY], 16429 [19JN]

Full Employment and Balanced Growth Act: support, 13015 [22MY]

Gleaning: collection of unharvested crops and distribution to needy, 22024 [31JY]

Hispanic: aged, 8539 [18AP]

Hispanics: housing needs, 24205 [18SE]

Homeless: economic crisis, 29069 [24OC]

Homeless Emergency Relief Act: enact (H.R. 1526), 4958 [7MR], 5103 [7MR]

Homeless Persons Housing and Supportive Services Act: enact, 5107 [7MR]

Homelessness: proposals to reduce, 6011, 6014 [21MR]

Hospitals: emergency medical services (H. Con. Res. 178), 26411 [7OC]

———proposed open door policy for prospective patients (H. Con. Res. 178), 23690 [12SE]

Housing: assistance programs, 28737-28743, 28813-28826 [24OC]

———Federal assistance programs reductions, 2347 [7FE]

———funding projects for the homeless, 37813 [18DE]

Hunger: private sector role in alleviating (H. Con. Res. 57), 2328 [7FE], 36563, 36760 [16DE], 37489 [17DE]

———relief proposals for U.S., 23680 [12SE]

———surveys on rate, 28705 [23OC]

Hunger in America: proposals to reduce, 19264 [16JY]

———protest of medical and religious leaders, 10381 [2MY]

Income and Jobs Action Act: enact (H.R. 1398), 4670-4680 [6MR], 22707 [1AU], 24679 [23SE]

Indian Economic Development Act: enact (H.R. 3597), 28235 [22OC]

Infant mortality rates: halt in improvement, and racial gap, 19540 [17JY]

Job Corps Program, 10503 [6MY]

———funding, 3850 [27FE]

Job Training Partnership Act: treatment of earned income relative to the food stamp plan, 26437 [7OC]

Legal services: improve delivery to individuals who cannot afford representation (H.R. 3004), 35186 [9DE]

Legal Services Incentives Act: enact (H.R. 1273), 3686 [26FE]

LSC: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2008), 7583 [4AP]

Margarine industry: lobbying efforts relative to distribution of surplus butter, 31828 [14NO]

———objections to distribution of butter to the poor, 33697 [3DE]

Meals on Wheels of the Monterey (CA) Peninsula, Inc.: relief (H.R. 1095), 2318 [7FE]

Mexico: effects of immigration, 10187 [1MY]

Michigan: low-income energy assistance housing program, 4719 [6MR]

Minority Opportunity Restoration Act: enact (H.R. 1932), 18081 [9JY]

National Endowment for the Homeless: establish (H.R. 1669), 6000 [21MR]

National Homeless Awareness Action Day: observance, 5678 [20MR], 6016, 6019, 6020, 6023 [21MR]

National indigent women's abortion trust fund: establish (H.R. 608), 815 [22JA]

National School Lunch Act: amend (H.R. 7), 23479 [11SE], 23495, 23498, 23517-23530 [12SE], 23681 [12SE], 24131, 24147, 24150 [18SE], 24152, 24166 [19SE], 24167 [30SE]-24168 [18SE], 24400 [19SE]

———amend (H.R. 7), appointment of conferees, 33822 [3DE]

———amend (H.R. 7), technical corrections, 24168 [18SE]

National School Lunch Act and Child Nutrition Act: amend (H.R. 7), 23479 [11SE], 23495, 23498, 23517-23530 [12SE], 23681 [12SE]

New York, NY: tribute to St. Francis Residence, 5600 [19MR]

Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Act: enact, 11231 [8MY]

Nutrition programs: funding, 24132 [18SE]

Reagan, President: budget proposal, 3508 [26FE]

———economic policy, 27736 [16OC]

———policies, 23360 [11SE]

School lunch programs: funding, 24132 [18SE]

School Voucher Program: feasibility, 32512 [20NO]

Social Security COLA Trigger Reduction Act: enact (H.R. 1089), 2327 [7FE]

Surplus commodities: butter allotment, 30125 [1NO]

———distribution to the needy, 25968 [3OC]

Surplus food: tax credit for contributing to charitable organizations for the poor (H.R. 3059), 20149 [23JY]

Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Program: funding, 14600 [6JN]

———improve, 25968 [3OC]

———reauthorize and improve operation (H.R. 2422), 11130 [8MY], 16429 [19JN]

Unemployment: figures not indicative of true situation, 13018 [22MY]

Urban enterprise zones: establish in economically depressed areas (H.R. 1932), 18081 [9JY]

VISTA: anniversary, 19553 [17JY], 22798 [1AU]

Westchester County, NY: tribute to Operation Care and Share, 32502 [19NO]

WIC: appropriations, 14570 [6JN]

WIC Program: release appropriated funding (H. Con. Res. 146), 11240 [9MY]

Young families: statistics, 7967 [16AP]

Remarks in Senate

AFDC: moratorium on imposition of penalties for erroneous payments (S. 1362), 19910 [22JY]

———study of quality control standards and procedures (S. 1362), 17342-17345 [26JN], 19910 [22JY]

Aged: impact of malnutrition, 24504 [20SE]

American Samoans: funding for agencies assisting (S. 157), 257 [3JA]

Appalachian Development Act: anniversary of enactment, 14759 [6JN]

Appalachian Regional Commission: proposed funding reductions, 9184 [24AP], 10925 [8MY]

Child Nutrition Act: amend (H.R. 7), 33319-33332 [22NO]

———amend (H.R. 7), appointment of conferees, 33332 [22NO]

———amend (H.R. 7), unanimous-consent agreement, 33314-33316 [22NO]

Children: nutrition programs reauthorization (H.R. 7), 33491 [23NO]

———reauthorize nutrition program, 33082-33085, 33109 [21NO], 33217-33222 [22NO]

Cohen, Joseph: commend efforts to aid homeless, 36306 [12DE]

College-Based Child Care Act: enact (S. 809), 6765-6767 [28MR]

Colorado Uplift: commend organization's efforts to aid unemployed youth, 36307 [12DE]

Community Economic Development Act: repeal (S. 1246), 14415 [5JN]

Community Services Block Grant Act: repeal (S. 1246), 14415 [5JN]

Courts: legal services to individuals financially unable to obtain representation (S. 1581), 22367, 22372 [1AU]

Credit unions: study feasibility of allowing redemption of food stamps (S. 144), 233 [3JA]

Denver, CO: success of Warren Village housing project, 14864 [7JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: funding to States for nutrition programs, 32759 [20NO]

Dept. of HUD: funding for the Emergency Food and Shelter Program, 28048, 28057-28059 [18OC]

———transfer authority for the Emergency Food and Shelter Program, 27949-27953 [17OC]

———waive cap on increases in local prototype cost limitations on new public housing, 27882 [17OC]

Domestic Food Assistance Act: enact (S. 1142), 12149-12155 [15MY]

Economic Development Administration Sunset Act: enact (S. 880), 7377 [3AP]

Education: commend TRIO Program, 25060 [26SE]

———funding for institutions with minority enrollments (S. 1328), 16272-16283 [19JN], 18252 [9JY], 34076 [4DE]

———funding for magnet schools, 25149 [26SE]

———grant U.S. scholarships to certain students from developing countries (S. 542), 4039-4043 [28FE]

———set conditions for repayment of loans by foreign students, 14909 [7JN]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: anniversary of title I, 9149 [24AP]

Employment: extend targeted jobs credit (S. 1612), 23048 [9SE]

———extend targeted jobs tax credit (S. 1250), 14741 [6JN]

Families: comprehensive care program (S. 1237), 14184 [4JN]

Famine: food assistance programs for developing countries, 12524 [17MY]

Federal aid programs: percentage of budget, 26837 [9OC]

———relationship between aid for dependent children benefits and illegitimacy rates, 35445 [10DE]

FEMA: funding for emergency food and shelter, 16620-16624 [20JN]

———funding for the Emergency Food and Shelter Program, 27946-27948 [17OC]

Food Security Act: enact (H.R. 2100), conference report, 33611 [2DE]

———enact (H.R. 2100), engrossment of Senate amendment (S. 1714), 33478 [23NO]

———enact (H.R. 2100), proceed to consideration, 33362-33374 [22NO]

Food Stamp Plan: reauthorize, 4832-4834 [7MR]

———reduce administration costs (S. 835), 7043 [2AP]

Food stamp plan: amend and extend authorization (S. 969), 8579 [22AP]

———deductibility of energy expenses, 29164 [25OC], 31293, 31300 [12NO]

———error rates, 29164 [25OC], 31952 [14NO]

———extend certain provisions (S. 1851), 31749-31751 [13NO]

———improve use of data processing systems, 33240 [22NO]

———low-income nutrition assistance program, 32678, 32708 [20NO]

———prohibit redemption charges by financial institutions (S. 280), 1020 [24JA]

Food Stamp Redemption Act: enact (S. 280), 1020 [24JA]

Government: distribution of income, 34389 [5DE]

Head Start Program: anniversary, 7811 [15AP]

Health Care for the Uninsured Act: enact (S. 1781), 28189-28191 [21OC]

Housing: funding of projects for elderly and disabled, 7426 [3AP]

———implement moratorium on publicly assisted units, 27866, 27884 [17OC]

———national policy, 13664 [23MY]

———pet ownership in public projects, 30497 [5NO]

———relief for homeless, 31743 [13NO]

———renovation and conversion of facilities to be used as temporary shelters for homeless (S. 394), 1934-1936 [6FE]

Hunger: extent of problem, 8551 [22AP]

Immigrant Repatriation Study Act: enact (S. 1074), 10542 [6MY]

Income: inequality of distribution, 5480 [19MR]

Johnson, Lyndon B.: success of social programs, 9574 [26AP]

LSC: Board of Directors, 29283 [28OC]

———funding, 30250, 30254 [1NO]

Medicaid: coverage for low-income, pregnant women (S. 7), 987-990 [24JA], 19964-19966 [23JY]

Medicare: require participating hospitals to provide emergency services regardless of ability to pay, 28567-28571 [23OC]

———revise payment methodology for medical education and for hospitals that care for disproportional numbers of low-income individuals (S. 1606), 22403-22407 [1AU]

Mother Teresa: tribute, 24665 [23SE]

National Endowment for the Homeless: establish (S. 739), 6142-6148 [26MR]

National Homeless Awareness Day: observance, 6234 [26MR], 6817 [28MR]

National School Lunch Act: amend (H.R. 7), 33319-33332 [22NO]

———amend (H.R. 7), appointment of conferees, 33332 [22NO]

———amend (H.R. 7), unanimous-consent agreement, 33314-33316 [22NO]

Opportunities Industrial Center: minority job development, 24296 [19SE]

Parsons, KS: energy savings for public housing residents, 26360 [7OC]

Petroleum: emergency assistance, 15905-15912 [17JN]

Philippines: food assistance, 3111 [22FE]

Public Housing Child Care Act: enact (S. 805), 6762 [28MR]

Public welfare: success of workfare programs, 27837 [17OC]

———work requirement for benefit recipients (S. 924), 8119 [17AP]

Reagan, President: impact of economic policies, 26317 [6OC]

———impact of fiscal policies on disadvantaged children, 9941 [30AP]

Rural areas: conditions in South, 19587 [18JY]

Save the Children Day: Senate Children's Caucus policy forum, 13831 [24MY]

Social Security: improve Aid to Families With Dependent Children Program (S. 1081), 10833 [7MY]

———protect cost-of-living adjustments for low-income recipients, 26852 [9OC]

———reverse economic trend toward children and elderly (S. 1194), 13246 [22MY]

Taxation: increase earned income tax credit for low-income individuals (S. 1118), 11503 [9MY]

———reform system, 17322 [26JN]

Telephones: provide service to low-income individuals (S. 950), 8357-8359 [18AP], 27187 [10OC]

Urban areas: continue community block grant entitlement status for certain cities (S. 980), 8934 [23AP], 9691 [29AP]

Wisconsin: award for implementation of management system for AFDC program, 14392 [5JN]

Youth Conservation Corps: establish, 20334 [24JY]

Reports

Bitter Harvest II—Status Report on the Need for Emergency Food Assistance in America—Executive Summary: Food Research and Action Center, 38818 [20DE]

Children in Poverty, Children's Defense Fund (excerpt), 16103 [18JN]

Children in Poverty—Summary and Highlights (series): Library of Congress and the Congressional Budget Office, 14809-14810 [6JN]

Community block grant funds: GAO (excerpt), 14415 [5JN]

Economic Status of the Elderly—A Response to the Report of the Council of Economic Advisers: National Council of Senior Citizens, 6891 [28MR]

Expand Export Markets for Agricultural Commodities, Provide Price and Income Protection for Farmers, and Continue Food Assistance: Committee on the Budget (S. 1714; S. Res. 235), 27263 [10OC]

Federal Response to the Homeless Crisis: Committee on Government Operations (H. Rept. 99-47), 8471 [18AP]

Food Stamp Plan Low-Income Nutrition Assistance Program: President's Task Force on Food Assistance (excerpt), 32678, 32679 [20NO]

Hunger Teleconference Report—Executive Summary, 15524-15526 [12JN]

Older Americans and Poverty: Bureau of the Census (excerpt), 10060 [1MY]

Older Hispanics Twice as Likely To Be Poor as Aged Anglos, Census Reports, 8539 [18AP]

Optional Block Grant Concept for the Food Stamp Program: Task Force on Food Assistance (excerpt), 8581 [22AP]

OSHA Health Standards for Agricultural Workers (excerpts): Eugene Gangarosa, 10586 [6MY]

Preventing Low Birthweight: National Academy of Science (excerpt), 19965 [23JY]

Sense of Congress in Support of Farm Aid Concert, Champaign, IL: Committee on Agriculture (H. Con. Res. 185) (H. Rept. 99-273), 23912 [17SE]

Shore Up!, Inc., Special Achievements For 20th Anniversary, 32904 [20NO]

Supplemental Appropriations—Food Stamp Allotments (excerpt), 14602 [6JN]

WIC Program: GAO (excerpt), 33326, 33330 [22NO]

Reports to constituents

Simon, Senator: U.S. Rates ``F'' in Literacy, 14206 [4JN]

Resolutions by organizations

Nomination of Michael B. Wallace to LSC: NAACP, 15298 [12JN]

Poor and the national budget: Lutheran bishops, 6965 [1AP]

Rulings of the Chair

Food Security Act: enact (H.R. 2100), 25025 [26SE], 25419, 25455 [1OC], 25971, 26021 [3OC], 26549 [8OC]

Statements

Access to Arts and Humanities for All People: Francis S.M. Hodsoll, 27129 [10OC]

Betterment of the Poor: Martin Luther King, Jr., 4973 [7MR]

Child Nutrition in the Schools: John F. Kennedy (excerpt), 24167 [30SE]

Confirmation Hearings on Nomination to LSC: Michael B. Wallace (excerpt), 15287 [12JN]

Disease and Malnutrition in the Underdeveloped Countries: Lewis Thomas (excerpt), 2645 [20FE]

Extent of Hunger in U.S.: J. Larry Brown, 8551 [22AP]

Food Stamp Plan Low-Income Nutrition Assistance Program: Theo M. Murdock, 32679 [20NO]

Food Stamp-related Bank Fees: National Grocers Association, 1021 [24JA]

Housing Policy: National Low-Income Housing Coalition, 13664 [23MY]

Hunger and Homelessness: Lulu Walker (excerpt), 16621 [20JN]

Improvements on Test Scores of Disadvantaged School Children: Roy Forbes, 9149 [24AP]

Income and Jobs: Abba Lerner, 4673 [6MR]

———Harry S. Truman, 4671 [6MR]

———sundry, 4671 [6MR]

Institutional Aid Act (S. 1328): Senator Simon, 16280 [19JN]

Low Income Working Families: Children's Defense Fund (excerpt), 37204 [17DE]

Poor and Our National Budget: Lutheran Bishops of America, 5607 [19MR]

TRIO Program: Senator Simon, 25062 [26SE]

WIC Program: Alice Lenihna, 33326 [22NO]

———Ann Rhode, 33326 [22NO]

———Audrey Koehn, 33326 [22NO]

———Brian Crowley, 33326 [22NO]

———sundry, 33326 [22NO]

Studies

Legal Services Funding: New Mexico State Bar Association (excerpt), 15295 [12JN]

Poverty in South Africa: Carnegie Foundation (excerpt), 18759 [11JY]

Relationship Between Aid for Dependent Children Benefits and Illegitimacy Rates: Mary Jo Bane and David Ellwood, 35445 [10DE]

Summaries

Improve Food Stamp Program Quality Control Standards and Procedures (H.R. 2621), 13699 [23MY]

Income and Jobs Action Act (H.R. 1398), 4676 [6MR]

Increase Earned Income Tax Credit (S. 1118), 11505 [9MY]

Major Provisions of H.R. 3128 That Would Increase Health and Social Services Spending, 29810 [31OC]

Objectives of Special Programs for Disadvantaged Students (TRIO), 25062 [26SE]

TV programs

Billfold Biopsy, 60 Minutes, CBS, 28194-28196 [21OC]

Tables

Distribution of emergency food and shelter funds, 16621 [20JN], 27947 [17OC]

Error rates of Food Stamp Plan, 4832 [7MR]

Food stamp administrative costs—fiscal year 1984, 8581 [22AP]

Food Stamp fees, 1022 [24JA]

Funding and number of students served by TRIO Progam, 20562 [26SE]

Funding levels for primary food programs, 38432 [19DE]

One Hundred 99th Congress Districts with the lowest median family income, 15528 [12JN]

Percentage of WIC Program caseloads by priority risk categories served, 33329 [22NO]

Savings under the Domestic Food Assistance Act (S. 1142), 12150 [15MY]

Unspent WIC funds, 33324 [22NO]

Value of food stamp benefits issued, 8580 [22AP], 32678 [20NO]

Testimonies

Housing Needs and Conditions of Hispanics: Hector Pinero, 24206 [18SE]

———Luis A. Miranda, 24205 [18SE]

Income and Jobs Action Act (H.R. 1398): James W. Compton, 22707 [1AU]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 57, private sector role in alleviating hunger, 2329 [7FE], 36563 [16DE]

H. Con. Res. 178, proposed open door policy for prospective hospitals patients, 23690 [12SE]

H.R. 1089, Social Security COLA Trigger Reduction Act, 2328 [7FE]

H.R. 1095, Relief of Meals on Wheels of the Monterey (CA) Peninsula, Inc., 2319 [7FE]

H.R. 1398, Income and Jobs Action Act, 4677 [6MR]

H.R. 1526, Homeless Emergency Relief Act, 5104-5105 [7MR]

H.R. 2100, Food Security Act, 24278 [19SE], 26035-26095 [4OC]

H.R. 2422, Food Stamp and Commodity Distribution Improvement Act, 11133-11143 [8MY]

H.R. 3004, improve delivery of legal services to individuals who cannot afford representation, 35186 [9DE]

H.R. 3919, extend certain provisions of the food stamp plan, 36196 [12DE]

S. 7, medicaid coverage for low-income, pregnant women, 990 [24JA]

S. 144, study feasibility of allowing redemption of food stamps by credit unions, 233 [3JA]

S. 157, funding for agencies assisting American Samoans, 257 [3JA]

S. 280, Food Stamp Redemption Act, 1021 [24JA]

S. 542, U.S. Scholarship Program for Developing Countries Act, 4041 [28FE]

S. 739, establish National Endowment for the Homeless, 6143-6145 [26MR]

S. 805, Public Housing Child Care Act, 6762 [28MR]

S. 809, College-Based Child Care Act, 6768 [28MR]

S. 835, Food Stamp Reform Act, 7044-7047 [2AP]

S. 880, Economic Development Administration Sunset Act, 7377 [3AP]

S. 924, work requirements for welfare recipients, 8120 [17AP]

S. 950, Lifeline Telephone Service Act, 8358 [18AP]

S. 969, amending and extending the authorization for the food stamp plan, 8582-8589 [22AP]

S. 1074, Immigrant Repatriation Study Act, 10543 [6MY]

S. 1118, increase earned income tax credit for low-income individuals, 11505 [9MY]

S. 1142, Domestic Food Assistance Act, 12150-12153 [15MY]

S. 1246, repeal Community Services Block Grant Act and Community Economic Development Act, 14416 [5JN]

S. 1250, extend targeted jobs tax credit, 14741 [6JN]

S. 1328, Institutional Aid Act, 16273-16278 [19JN]

S. 1362, AFDC Quality Control Improvements Act, 17344 [26JN]

S. 1581, legal services to individuals financially unable to obtain representation, 22368 [1AU]

S. 1606, revise medicare payment methodology for medical education and for hospitals that care for disproportional numbers of low-income individuals, ***** [9SE]

S. 1606, revise payment methodology for medical education and for hospitals that care for disproportional numbers of low-income individuals, 22404 [1AU]

S. 1612, extend targeted jobs credit, 23049 [9SE]

S. 1781, Health Care for the Uninsured Act, 28192-28194 [21OC]

S. 1851, food stamp and dairy products price support programs extension, 31750 [13NO], 31881 [14NO]

Support gleaning to collect unharvested crops and distribute to needy, 22024 [31JY]

Transcripts

Save the Children Day Policy Forum, 13831-13837 [24MY]