ROBINSON, TOMMY (a Representative from Arkansas)
Addresses
Tribute to George Washington: by, 3528 [26FE]
Amendments offered by, to
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1872), 17454, 17523 [26JN], 17795 [27JN]
Military installations: authorize certain construction (H.R. 1409), 27594 [16OC]
Water Quality Renewal Act: enact (H.R. 8), 20052 [23JY]
Appointments
Committee on Aging (Select), 1850 [6FE]
George Washington birthday ceremonies: Representative, 2360 [19FE]
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Courts: may not order consolidation of school districts (see H.R. 527), 611 [7JA]
Fair Labor Standards Act: amend to promote fair trade based on a fair wage (see H.R. 3407), 24580 [20SE]
———promote fair trade based on a fair wage (see H.R. 3487), 25758 [2OC]
Federal and State agencies: clarify respective regulatory authorities relative to electric utility companies (see H.R. 931), 1695 [4FE]
Georgiadou, Eudokia: relief (see H.R. 3966), 36765 [16DE]
Members of Congress: clarify and codify procedures for approval of committee on foreign travel (see H.R. 3320), 23912 [17SE]
———clarify and codify procedures for committee approval of foreign travel (see H.R. 3320), 23912 [17SE]
Sec. of the Army: modify boundaries of Little Rock Division of the Corps of Engineers (see H.R. 3406), 24580 [20SE]
———review reports to water supply needs of Pulaski and Lonoke Counties, AR (see H.R. 3405), 24580 [20SE]
Tariff Act: amend to promote fair trade based on a fair wage (see H.R. 3407), 24580 [20SE]
———promote fair trade based on a fair wage (see H.R. 3487), 25758 [2OC]
Yancy, John: award Congressional Medal of Honor (see H.R. 2449), 11147 [8MY]
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry: improve ability to health-related authorities (see H.R. 3083), 25496 [1OC]
Agriculture: emergency credit and debt adjustment relief for farmers and ranchers (see H.R. 1035), 3378 [25FE]
Airlines: encourage rendering of inflight emergency care (see H.R. 386), 4703 [6MR]
Alcoholic beverages: clarify circumstances for territorial licenses to distribute and sell trademarked (see H.R. 1108), 8058 [16AP]
Alzheimer's disease: designation of 20 regional centers for treatment (see H.R. 524), 26691 [8OC]
Ammunition: regulate manufacture, importation, and sale of armor-piercing (see H.R. 13), 4299 [4MR]
Anne Frank Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 293), 15216 [11JN]
Anti-Profit Padding Act: enact (see H.R. 778), 7239 [2AP]
Appalachian Regional Development Act: amend (see H.R. 10), 17912 [27JN]
Armed Forces: death gratuity payable to survivors of those who die on active duty (see H.R. 3974), 37487 [17DE]
Bankruptcy: proceedings involving debtors who are family farmers (see H.R. 2211), 13128 [22MY]
Benign Essential Blepharospasm Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 308), 23009 [9SE]
Budget: constitutional amendment relative to Federal procedures (see H.J. Res. 27), 694 [21JA]
Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training: recognize (see H.J. Res. 163), 2940 [21FE]
Canada: impose quantitative limitations on softwood and investigate National Forest Systems (see H.R. 1088), 2291 [7FE]
Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act: exclude ethyl alcohol used for fuel (see H.R. 1567), 20681 [25JY]
CCC Charter Act: relative to export of agricultural commodities (see H.R. 1612), 6610 [28MR]
Census: modify application to family farmers (see H.R. 1399), 4400 [5MR]
Central interstate low-level radioactive waste compact: consent of Congress (see H.R. 1046), 2289 [7FE]
Chemical munitions: regulate transportation and destruction (see H.R. 1430), 8473 [18AP]
Chemicals: ensure payment of duties imposed on imported ethyl alcohol (see H.R. 1720), 23548 [12SE]
Children: provide State assistance to establish clearinghouse for missing (see H.R. 604), 827 [22JA]
Civil Rights Restoration Act: enact (see H.R. 700), 11147 [8MY]
Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians: implement recommendations (see H.R. 442), 21937 [31JY]
Commission To Investigate Federal Involvement With the Immigration and Nazi Collaborators: establish (see H.R. 3814), 36766 [16DE]
Committee on Children, Youth, and Families (Select): establish (see H. Res. 25), 1878 [6FE]
Communications Act: access charges on residential and single line business subscribers (see H.R. 280), 1878 [6FE]
———clarify policies to view satellite-transmitted television programming (see H.R. 1840), 23443 [11SE]
———promote fairness in telecommunications policy for lifeline telephone service (see H.R. 151), 1387 [31JA]
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act: high priority to hazardous substances in closing of drinking water wells (see H.R. 3082), 25496 [1OC]
Constitution: voluntary school prayer (see H.J. Res. 279), 36766 [16DE]
Corp. for Small Business Investment: establish (see H.R. 3484), 25758 [2OC]
Corporations: 50% nondeductible excise tax on certain profits from takeover attempts (see H.R. 1100), 5728 [20MR]
Crime and criminals: death penalty for certain acts committed by persons serving life sentences (see H.R. 1128), 2432 [19FE]
———interception of communications and other forms of surveillance (see H.R. 3378), 29898 [31OC]
———mandatory life sentence in cases of kidnapping of children under 18 (see H.R. 605), 2293 [7FE]
———penalties for espionage (see H.R. 2697), 17520 [26JN]
Death penalty: imposition of sentence for espionage and treason (see H.R. 704), 2293 [7FE]
Developing countries: set aside surplus vessels for health and humanitarian services (see H.R. 2161), 12010 [15MY]
Doubek, Robert W.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2591), 31887 [14NO]
Education: assistance to States for excellence and assuring access for underserved populations to benefit reforms (see H.R. 2840), 25496 [1OC]
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), 2292 [7FE]
Fair Debt Collection Practices Act: attorneys collecting debts subject to provisions (see H.R. 237), 8473 [18AP]
Family Reunion Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 64), 11686 [13MY]
Federal Aviation Act: aircraft piracy and method for combating terrorism (see H.R. 2781), 18139 [9JY]
Federal Home Loan Bank Board: effective date of limitations on certain investments (see H. Con. Res. 34), 4300 [4MR]
Federal Power Act: provide protection to consumers of electric power (see H.R. 44), 6366 [26MR]
Firearms: protect rights of owners (see H.R. 945), 19229 [16JY]
———protect rights of owners, to consider H.R. 945 (see H. Res. 290), 26109 [3OC]
Footwear: orderly trade in nonrubber to reduce unemployment (see H.R. 1973), 14655 [6JN]
GAO: investigate conditions of displaced Salvadoran persons (see H.R. 822), 12822 [21MY]
Gasohol: ensure additional duty imposed on ethyl alcohol used as fuel (see H.R. 1566), 20681 [25JY]
Guatemala: commending for leading toward democracy (see H. Con. Res. 200), 31888 [14NO]
Handicapped Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 285), 11686 [13MY]
Higher Education Act: reduce the default rate on student loans (see H.R. 2687), 18730 [11JY]
———strengthen programs relative to institutional aid (see H.R. 2907), 26110 [3OC]
Highway funds: prohibit obligation for construction of routes in landfill (see H.R. 2495), 21632 [30JY]
Hydrogen research and development program: establish (see H.R. 3899), 36105 [11DE]
Insurance: clarify application relative to rates, charges, or premiums filed with State insurance departments (see H.R. 2684), 31248 [8NO]
Interagency Committee on Arson Control: establish (see H.R. 771), 2942 [21FE]
Interstate commerce: prevent employment denial by prohibiting lie detector tests on employees (see H.R. 1524), 12559 [20MY]
Joint Chiefs of Staff: strengthen position of Chairman (see H.R. 3622), 28864 [24OC]
Jordan: prohibit sales of advanced weapons (see H.J. Res. 428), 28865 [24OC]
———sense of House not to sell advanced arms (see H. Res. 194), 25759 [2OC]
Learning Disabilities Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 287), 15216 [11JN]
Lessons of Grenada Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 313), 17233 [25JN]
Lithuanian Independence Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 409), 34267 [4DE]
Live Aid Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 325), 18516 [10JY]
Medicare: coverage of services performed by a physician assistant (see H.R. 3260), 27643 [16OC]
———sense of Congress that patients are entitled to accurate and timely information regarding benefits (see H. Con. Res. 221), 31516 [12NO]
Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 178), 22899 [4SE]
MIA's: secure a full accounting (see H.J. Res. 105), 2293 [7FE]
———sense of Congress (see H. Con. Res. 37), 1878 [6FE]
Morocco: erection of gift monument in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 2887), 37855 [18DE]
Mule Appreciation Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 76), 2942 [21FE]
Music in Our Schools Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 345), 38734 [20DE]
National Atomic Veterans Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 295), 18516 [10JY]
National Buy American Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 334), 25497 [1OC]
National Child Abuse Prevention Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 121), 2293 [7FE]
National Correctional Officers Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 100), 6610 [28MR]
National Dental Hygiene Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 218), 23913 [17SE]
National Diabetes Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 314), 29375 [29OC]
National Down's Syndrome Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 135), 13890 [3JN]
National Flowers-by-Wire Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 271), 20138 [23JY]
National Labor Relations Act: clarify meaning of the term guard for purpose of certification (see H.R. 2489), 24288 [19SE]
National Mark Twain Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 259), 26110 [3OC]
National Nuclear Medicine Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 297), 22899 [4SE]
National observances: establish commission to advise President (see H.R. 479), 2292 [7FE]
National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 450), 31515 [12NO]
National Organ Donation Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 123), 7240 [2AP]
National Osteoporosis Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 46), 9829 [30AP]
National Philanthropy Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 326), 20838 [26JY]
National Resource Office Relating to Crime Against Older Individuals: establish (see H.R. 3120), 34885 [6DE]
National Spina Bifida Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 179), 8058 [16AP]
National Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 322), 16581 [20JN]
National System of Interstate and Defense Highways: apportion funds for construction (see H.R. 509), 3570 [26FE]
National Temporary Help Services Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 401), 27829 [17OC]
National Tourism Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 296), 22899 [4SE]
National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act: regulation of nonconforming passenger motor vehicles (see H.R. 2598), 15593 [13JN]
National Union for the Total Independence of Angola: authorize the furnishing of military assistance (see H.R. 3609), 33601 [2DE]
National Veterans' Health Care Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 216), 15500 [12JN]
Nicaragua: promote internal reconciliation (see H.J. Res. 283), 11146 [8MY]
NIH: full funding for new and competing research grants (see H.J. Res. 136), 8763 [22AP]
Older Americans Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 195), 5583 [19MR]
Peace Corps: recognize 25th anniversary (see H.J. Res. 305), 19527 [17JY]
Postal Service: conduct public contests for selecting design of duck hunting stamps (see H.R. 3149), 21937 [31JY]
———provide reduced rates for nonprofit senior citizens' organizations (see H.J. Res. 397), 29251 [28OC]
President: should not honor Nazi soldiers (see H. Con. Res. 124), 9423 [25AP]
Prospective Payment Assessment Commission: provide 2 additional members (see H.R. 2709), 29375 [29OC]
Public Health Service Act: establish National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Diseases (see H.R. 525), 15593 [13JN]
Public Works and Economic Development Act: amend (see H.R. 10), 17912 [27JN]
Religion: greater balance among military chaplains in Armed Forces (see H.R. 1875), 30914 [6NO]
Roads and highways: speed limits on interstate routes (see H.R. 693), 2434 [19FE]
Romania: suspend most-favored-nation treatment (see H.R. 3599), 38372 [19DE]
Scruggs, Jan C.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2591), 31887 [14NO]
Sec. of the Army: study feasibility of construction of canal connecting Lake Erie and Ohio River in OH and PA (see H.R. 1519), 5046 [7MR]
Social Security: accelerate removal of trust funds from unified budget (see H.R. 2164), 23548 [12SE]
———closing and downgrading of local offices (see H. Res. 219), 26691 [8OC]
———improve quality control standards under AFDC (see H.R. 1279), 12822 [21MY]
———insurance benefit paid for month in which recipient dies (see H.R. 12), 1877 [6FE]
———off-budget treatment of trust funds (see H.R. 1457), 10024 [1MY]
Social Security Administration: establish as independent agency (see H.R. 825, 3470), 24581 [20SE], 31637 [13NO]
Social Security Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 300), 22686 [1AU]
Soil Conservation Service: commending (see H. Res. 188), 23444 [11SE]
Soviet Union: cease concentrated and systematic persecution of Hebrew teachers and cultural activists (see H. Res. 74, 352), 24812 [24SE], 38371 [19DE]
———ensure that Soviet personnel in U.S. are subject to same requirements as U.S. diplomats (see H.J. Res. 241), 29375 [29OC]
———support expanded cultural exchange (see H. Con. Res. 237), 36211 [12DE]
Special days: establish national commission to advise President (see H.R. 692), 31887 [14NO]
Sport Fish Restoration Fund: administer as required by law (see H. Res. 165), 18139 [9JY]
Student loans: restrict legislation which would limit eligibility for, or access to, aid (see H. Res. 131), 11763 [14MY]
Tax Reform Act: repeal changes to treatment of debt instruments issued for property (see H.R. 242), 2292 [7FE]
Taxation: broaden base of individual and corporate income (see H.R. 800), 1878 [6FE]
———business income of certain nonprofit charitable organizations (see H.R. 659), 9104 [23AP]
———charitable contributions by nonitemizers (see H.R. 587), 8762 [22AP]
———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), 25050 [26SE]
———impose minimum on individuals and corporations (see H.R. 18), 1877 [6FE]
———law enforcement, fire protection, and emergency medical vehicles be treated as nontaxable fringe benefit (see H.R. 773), 2293 [7FE]
———make permanent rules to imputed interest and assumption of loans (see H.R. 2069), 10695 [7MY]
———repeal certain substantiation and compliance provisions (see H.R. 531), 693 [21JA]
———repeal contemporaneous records requirement (see H.R. 600), 3951 [27FE]
———sense of House to employer-paid and life support benefits (see H. Res. 268), 24581 [20SE]
———transportation be excluded from gross income as no-additional-cost fringe benefit (see H.R. 1730), 8058 [16AP]
Terrorism: reduce the threat of international (see H. Con. Res. 213), 30199 [1NO]
Textile industry and fabrics: promote economic recovery (see H.R. 1562), 8473 [18AP]
Trade Act: expansion of international trade in wood products (see H.R. 1648), 5986 [21MR]
Trade Agreements Program: restore balance in international and improve operations (see H.R. 3035), 19701 [18JY]
VA: exempt payments for service-connected disabilities from taxation (see H. Con. Res. 69), 3569 [26FE]
———improve benefits for former POW's (see H.R. 864), 27643 [16OC]
———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), 10261 [2MY]
V-J Day Commemoration Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 340), 19229 [16JY]
Walt Disney Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 377), 32631 [20NO]
Wheeler, John P., III: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2591), 31887 [14NO]
World Food Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 172), 25496 [1OC]
Year of the Flag: designate (see H.J. Res. 424), 32465 [19NO]
Youth Suicide Prevention Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 193), 9105 [23AP]
Elected to
Committee on Armed Services, ***** [30JA], 1272 [4FE]
Committee on Small Business, 1845 [6FE]
Committee on Veterans' Affairs, ***** [30JA], 1693 [4FE]
Factsheets
Job Corps Program, 4363 [5MR]
Remarks by, on
Achille Lauro (vessel): seizure by terrorists, 27054 [10OC]
Appropriations: making supplemental (H.R. 2577), 15400 [12JN]
Arkansas: Andrew Beavers Day, 7546
Armed Forces: death gratuity payable to survivors of those who die on active duty (H.R. 3974), 37770 [18DE]
Black History Month: observance, 4208
Brailovsky, Victor: efforts to emigrate from Soviet Union, 5702
Budget: revising for fiscal year 1985 and setting forth for 1986-88 (H. Con. Res. 152), 13030 [22MY], 13361 [23MY]
Chemical weapons: funding, 16371 [19JN]
Constitution: voluntary school prayer, 21592 [30JY]
Corporations: minimum tax, 11704 [14MY]
Dept. of Defense: assistance to civilian drug interdiction efforts, 17454-17456 [26JN]
———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1872), 11982 [15MY], 16371 [19JN], 17454-17456 [26JN]
———John Yancey, Medal of Honor, 11178
Dept. of HUD and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3038), 20566 [25JY]
Dept. of State, USIA, and Board for International Broadcasting: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2068), 10234
Desegregation: school district consolidation, 591 [7JA]
Discrimination: equitable pay practices by Federal Government (H.R. 3008), 22596 [1AU], 26943, 26960 [9OC]
Emergency Farm Credit Act: enact (H.R. 1035), 3870 [27FE]
Employment: displaced workers, 31854
Federal employees: equitable pay practices (H.R. 3008), 22596 [1AU]
Federal Equitable Pay Practices Act: enact (H.R. 3008), 26943, 26960 [9OC]
Federal Water Pollution Control Act: amend (H.R. 8), 20052 [23JY]
FERC: clarify authority (H.R. 931), 1662 [4FE]
Firearms Owners' Protection Act: enact (H.R. 945), discharge petition, 28269, 28270 [22OC]
House: legislative program, 596 [7JA]
Jacksonville, AR: water contamination, 20052 [23JY]
Jews: efforts to emigrate from Soviet Union, 5702
Klinghoffer, Leon: killing by Palestinian terrorists, 27054 [10OC]
Labor-Management Notification and Consultation Act: enact (H.R. 1616), 31854
Little Rock, AR, Job Corps: tribute, 4363 [5MR]
Military installations: authorize certain construction (H.R. 1409), 27594 [16OC]
MX missile: authorizing release of funds for procurement (H.J. Res. 180), 6041 [25MR], 6315 [26MR]
Nicaragua: humanitarian assistance for Contras, 15400 [12JN]
Parliamentary inquiry, 6303 [26MR]
REA: anniversary, 10661
Religion: prayer in public schools, 21592 [30JY]
Santa Rosa Island, FL: building height restrictions, 27594 [16OC]
School District Consolidation Act: amend, 591 [7JA]
Small business: export potential, 12795
Social Security: cost-of-living adjustment, 11704 [14MY]
Soviet Union: free emigration of Jews, 5702
Tax Reform Act: enact (H.R. 3838), 35950 [11DE]
Taxation: minimum on corporations, 11704 [14MY]
Terrorism: seizure of Achille Lauro, 27054 [10OC]
———U.S. response to international, 27054 [10OC]
Transportation: railroad safety (H.R. 2372), 23280
VA: funding, 20566 [25JY]
Vietnam War: anniversary, 10678
Water Quality Renewal Act: enact (H.R. 8), 20052 [23JY]
Water Resources, Conservation, Development, and Infrastructure Improvement and Rehabilitation Act: enact (H.R. 6), 30797
Weapons: firearms regulation, 28269, 28270 [22OC]
World Trade Week: observance, 12795
Remarks in House relative to
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 3870 [27FE], 4227 [28FE], 4363 [5MR], 6041 [25MR], 6315 [26MR], 7234 [2AP], 11704 [14MY], 11982 [15MY], 13030 [22MY], 13361 [23MY], 15400 [12JN], 16371 [19JN], 22596 [1AU], 23149 [10SE], 26960 [9OC], 27054 [10OC], 31854 [14NO], 35950 [11DE], 37770 [18DE]
Special order: granted, 596 [7JA], 1693 [4FE], 12818 [21MY]
Reports
Delegation to Grenada, 2413 [19FE]
Foreign Travel Expenditures, 2413 [19FE]
Texts of
H.R. 931, clarify regulatory authority of FERC, 1662 [4FE]
School District Consolidation Act amendments, 591 [7JA]
Tributes
Beavers, Andrew, 7546
Caplinger, Kelsy J., III, 9387
Yancey, John, 11178