PUERTO RICO

Amendments

Dept. of Agriculture: suspend certain benefit requirements of the nutrition assistance program (S. 1691), 25292, 25308 [30SE]

Articles and editorials

Bad Idea Worries Puerto Rico, 11912 [14MY]

Boosting Puerto Rico, 15997 [17JN], 18281 [9JY]

Handful of Survivors Recall First Moments, 27148 [10OC]

Puerto Rico Sees Harm in Tax Plan—Reagan Would Drop Provision Credited for Thousands of Jobs in Commonwealth (excerpts), 23126 [9SE]

Puerto Rico Supports Tax Credit, 10388 [2MY]

Shantytowns Termed Widespread in Puerto Rico, 27740 [16OC]

Southern Governors, Mainland Unions, and Hispanic Attorneys Support Retention of Section 936, 23668 [12SE]

Southern Governors, Mainland Unions and Hispanic Attorneys Support Retention of Section 936, 23668 [12SE]

Successful Tax Break at Risk, 22023 [31JY]

Tax Reform's Sting in Puerto Rico, 20150 [23JY]

Treasury Prepares a Caribbean Austerity Initiative, 8427 [18AP]

Treating Puerto Rico Equally: Senator Simon, 17071 [25JN]

Worst Scenario Likely for Puerto Rico With the Elimination of Section 936, 15037 [10JN]

Bills and resolutions

Capitol: authorize statues of illustrious persons to be placed in the National Statuary Hall (see H.R. 3778)

Disasters: humanitarian assistance for tropical storm victims (see H. Res. 293)

Food: temporary extension of assistance program (see H.R. 3454)

Nutrition assistance program: repeal noncash benefit requirement and adjust (see H.R. 1653)

———suspend (see S. 1691)

Self-determination (see H.J. Res. 120)

Taxation: retain incentives for companies (see H. Con. Res. 180)

———State income tax withheld from Federal employees (see H.R. 1943)

VA: contract for hospital care and outpatient services (see S. 1671)

———extension of authority for contract medical services (see H.R. 1654)

Biographies

Jan D'Esopo, 5996 [21MR]

Ruth Fernandez, 13866 [24MY]

Letters

Disaster relief for damage caused by tropical storm Isabel: Representative de Lugo, 27146 [10OC]

Santurce (PR) Caribbean Business anniversary: Representative Garcia, 28454 [22OC]

Tax treatment of Puerto Rico: Resident Commissioner Fuster, 8427 [18AP]

Memorials of legislature

Cerro Maravilla incidents, 462 [3JA]

———civil liberties and rights, 1507 [31JA]

Federal Internal Revenue Act, 8057 [16AP]

———grant federal tax exemptions to corporations, 9441 [25AP]

Petitions

Internal Revenue Code: Jeronimo Esteve-Abril, 26110 [3OC]

Press releases

Disaster relief to aid victims of floods and mud slides: Ad Hoc Washington Committee To Support Puerto Rico Relief Effort, 28017 [17OC]

Remarks in House

Business: tax credit for income earned, 27026 [9OC]

Economic assistance: disaster relief (H. Res. 293), 27145, 27148 [10OC]

Food: temporary extension of assistance program (H.R. 3454), 25270 [30SE]

Fuster, Jaime B.: election as Resident Commissioner, 378 [3JA]

Gettler, Alexander O.: tribute, 13950 [3JN]

Labor unions: proposed repeal of U.S. industrial tax exemption, 23668 [12SE]

Landslide: disaster relief, 27740 [16OC]

———disaster relief (H. Res. 293), 28016, 28024 [17OC]

Medical services: extend VA authority for contract (H.R. 1654), 6012 [21MR]

New Haven, CT: tribute to Puerto Rican singing group, 20714 [25JY]

Nutrition Assistance Program: continue (H.R. 1653), 6017 [21MR]

Nutritional Assistance Program: funding, 26434 [7OC]

Santurce (PR) Caribbean Business: anniversary, 28454 [22OC]

Self-determination: provide (H.J. Res. 120), 1647 [31JA]

Taxation: exemption, 8427 [18AP]

———withhold State income taxes from Federal employee income (H.R. 1943), 8096 [16AP]

U.S. corporations: establish a limited wage-credit, 19715 [18JY]

———repeal tax incentives, 11912 [14MY]

U.S. territories: law regarding tax credit for income earned in, 7719 [4AP]

Remarks in Senate

Corps of Engineers: endangered species salvage operation, 35359 [9DE]

Dept. of Agriculture: suspend certain benefit requirements of the nutrition assistance program (S. 1691), 25292-25301 [30SE]

———suspend certain benefit requirements of the nutrititon assistance program (H.R. 3454), S. 1691 indefinitely postponed, 25301 [30SE]

New Jersey: annual Puerto Rican Day parade, 19612 [18JY]

Nutrition: assistance, 33448 [23NO]

Reports

Extend Dairy Price Support Program and Suspend Noncash Benefit Requirement for Puerto Rico Nutrition Assistance: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (S. 1691), 24659 [23SE]

Nutritional Assistance Program of Puerto Rico: Committee on Agriculture (excerpt), 26434 [7OC]

Statements

Puerto Rican Taxation Issues: Representative Garcia, 7688 [4AP]

———Representative Harold Ford, 7688 [4AP]

———Representative Richardson, 7688 [4AP]

Puerto Rico and the Caribbean Basin Initiative: Rafael Hernandez-Colon, Governor of Puerto Rico, 34364-34365 [4DE]

Tax Credit for Income Earned in Puerto Rico—Importance of Section 9l36 to the South and the Nation: Southern Governors' Association, 27026 [9OC]

Studies

Evaluation of the Nutrition Assistance Program: Dept. of Agriculture (excerpt), 25293 [30SE]

Texts of

H. Res. 293, disaster relief for damage caused by tropical storm Isabel (H. Res. 293), 27147 [10OC]