SMITH, NEAL (a Representative from Iowa)
Appointments
Conferee: H.J. Res. 372, increase statutory public debt limit, 27379 [11OC]
———H.J. Res. 465, continuing appropriations, 36945 [17DE]
———H.J. Res. 465, making further continuing appropriations, 35944 [11DE]
———H.R. 2965, making Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies appropriations, 33691 [3DE]
———H.R. 3037, making Dept. of Agriculture, rural development, and related agencies appropriations, 35174 [9DE]
———H.R. 3128, changes in spending and revenue provisions in budget, 34512 [5DE]
———H.R. 3424, making Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies appropriations, 30454 [5NO]
Articles and editorials
Deceptive Veto Message, Des Moines (IA) Register, 5540 [19MR]
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Clayton Act: allow sellers of agricultural products to bring antitrust actions (see H.R. 29), 444 [3JA]
Commodity Exchange Act: producer referendum as a condition of designation of contract markets (see H.R. 453), 457 [7JA]
———prohibit insider trading (see H.R. 456), 457 [7JA]
———public disclosure of information of sales (see H.R. 454), 457 [7JA]
Constitution: nomination of individuals for election as President and Vice President (see H.J. Res. 45), 459 [3JA]
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary and related agencies: appropriations (see H.R. 2965), 18728 [11JY]
Des Moines River, IA: carry out water resources development project along (see H.R. 458), 457 [7JA]
Education: loans for study at nonprofit institutions of higher (see H.R. 457), 457 [7JA]
Fairbanks, Neil R.: relief (see H.R. 500), 462 [7JA]
Farmers Home Administration: clarify interest rates on housing, farm, water and waste disposal, and community facility loans (see H.R. 31), 444 [3JA]
Federal courts: better access for small business (see H.R. 464), 457 [7JA]
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: require foods for human consumption be labeled to show amount of sodium and potassium (see H.R. 465), 457 [7JA]
Grain Standards Act: expanding foreign trade by improving quality of grain (see H.R. 455), 457 [7JA]
Hartmann, Jerome J. and Rita J.: relief (see H.R. 499), 462 [7JA]
House Administration Committee: investigate, recount, and report all contested elections for the House of Representatives (see H. Res. 118), 6924 [1AP]
Natural resources: develop to provide meaningful employment opportunities (see H.R. 462), 457 [7JA]
Sec. of the Interior: establish program to insure stockpiling and replacement of topsoil (see H.R. 463), 457 [7JA]
Small Business Act: assist and protect against unreasonable use of economic power by meatpacking companies (see H.R. 460), 457 [7JA]
———clarify loan eligibility (see H.R. 461), 457 [7JA]
———purchase equity securities of qualified concerns (see H.R. 459), 457 [7JA]
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Agriculture: sense of Congress in opposition to erosion of local control by farmer- and rancher-borrowers in farm credit system (see H. Con. Res. 177), 21938 [31JY]
Ammunition: regulate manufacture, importation, and sale of armor-piercing (see H.R. 13), 1315 [30JA]
Anne Frank Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 293), 15216 [11JN]
Banks and banking: limit number of days institutions may restrict availability of funds on deposit (see H.R. 2443), 13128 [22MY]
Better Hearing and Speech Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 169), 12559 [20MY]
Camp Fire, Inc.: recognizing 75 years of service (see H.J. Res. 298), 32642 [20NO]
Civil Rights Restoration Act: enact (see H.R. 700), 14655 [6JN]
Committee on Children, Youth, and Families (Select): establish (see H. Res. 25), 461 [7JA]
Education: increase research and encourage contribution of scientific equipment to institutions (see H.R. 1188), 11292 [9MY]
———promote effective schools and excellence (see H.R. 747), 5728 [20MR]
Election agencies: free postage (see H.R. 2216), 10696 [7MY]
Fair Housing Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 188), 6471 [27MR]
Farm Credit Act: achieve efficiency and fiscal responsibility (see H.R. 1217), 5048 [7MR]
Federal Home Loan Bank Board: effective date of limitations on certain investments (see H. Con. Res. 34), 3570 [26FE]
Freedom of Information Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 371), 22684 [1AU]
Gershwin, George: special gold medal honoring (see H.J. Res. 251), 13128 [22MY]
Gershwin, Ira: special gold medal honoring (see H.J. Res. 251), 13128 [22MY]
Hands Across America Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 462), 34789 [5DE]
Indian lands: conservation, rehabilitation, and improvement of natural and cultural resources (see H.R. 99), 1387 [31JA]
Interstate commerce: prevent employment denial by prohibiting lie detector tests on employees (see H.R. 1524), 12559 [20MY]
Jewish Heritage Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 104), 7240 [2AP]
Job Corps Program: reaffirm commitment (see H. Res. 72), 7498 [3AP]
Joint Operating Commission for Food Irradiation: establish (see H.R. 696), 901 [24JA]
Lithuanian Independence Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 409), 34267 [4DE]
Live Aid Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 325), 18516 [10JY]
Lupus Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 197), 16123 [18JN]
Monopolies: prohibit rail carriers from denying access to shippers of certain commodities (see H.R. 1140), 5585 [19MR]
Myasthenia Gravis Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 329), 25497 [1OC]
National Adult Day Care Center Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 229), 7496 [3AP]
National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 170), 8763 [22AP]
National Child Abuse Prevention Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 121), 1386 [31JA]
National Community College Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 125), 9745 [29AP]
National Correctional Officers Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 100), 9297 [24AP]
National Dental Hygiene Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 218), 22686 [1AU]
National Diabetes Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 314), 28702 [23OC]
National Digestive Diseases Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 158), 9829 [30AP]
National Drunk and Drugged Driving Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 358), 20838 [26JY]
National Mark Twain Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 259), 26110 [3OC]
National Neighborhood Crime Watch Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 312), 21938 [31JY]
National Nuclear Medicine Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 297), 27019 [9OC]
National Osteopathic Medicine Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 175), 5988 [21MR]
National Reye's Syndrome Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 122), 14337 [5JN]
National Skin Cancer Prevention and Detection Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 85), 903 [24JA]
National Spina Bifida Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 179), 5586 [19MR]
National Veterans' Health Care Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 216), 15500 [12JN]
Nuclear weapons: prohibit explosive testing (see H.J. Res. 3), 7240 [2AP]
Presidents: constitutional amendment providing for appointment of electors from insular areas (see H.J. Res. 23), 24288 [19SE]
Rural mail carriers: computing deductions for use of their automobiles (see H.R. 1884), 16582 [20JN]
Save for the U.S.A. Year: designate (see H.J. Res. 436), 35288 [9DE]
Social Security: waiting period for terminal illness shall not be applicable (see H.R. 580), 5584 [19MR]
Soviet Union: comprehensive bilateral and verifiable freeze (see H.R. 3100), 23150 [10SE]
———direct President to begin talks to establish student exchange for peace programs (see H.J. Res. 336), 23444 [11SE]
Taxation: exemption from minimum for capital gains on sales of farm property (see H.R. 2277), 11292 [9MY]
VA: adjudication of claims for benefits (see H.R. 585), 903 [24JA]
Very Special Arts U.S.A. Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 204), 10262 [2MY]
Veterans: extend eligibility for GI bill for Vietnam era (see H.R. 1353), 6610 [28MR]
———monthly pension for World War I (see H.R. 1918), 24179 [18SE]
Women's History Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 50), 2434 [19FE]
Year of Social Security: designate (see H.J. Res. 1), 21632 [30JY]
Book reviews
At Dawn We Slept: John Heilman, 24412
Elected to
Committee on Appropriations, 1272 [4FE]
Committee on Small Business, ***** [30JA], 1693 [4FE]
Letters
Small Business Innovation Development Program: by, and 16 other House Members, 5101 [7MR]
Motions offered by
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2965), 19462 [17JY]
———making appropriations (H.R. 2965), concur with Senate amendments, 34622, 34624, 34629, 34630 [5DE]
Remarks by, on
African Famine Relief and Recovery Act: enact (H.R. 1239), 4118 [28FE]
———providing for agreeing to Senate famine relief/farm credit substitute (H. Res. 92), 4354 [5MR]
Agriculture: egg-separating devices, 26458 [7OC]
———emergency farm credit, 4139 [28FE]
———exempt exports from cargo preference regulations, 25982 [3OC]
———farm debt crisis, 4354 [5MR], 5539 [19MR]
———soil conservation policy, 26015, 26016 [3OC]
Appropriations: continuing (H.J. Res. 388), 24130
———continuing (H.J. Res. 465), conference report, 36724, 36725 [16DE], 38028, 38060 [19DE]
———making supplemental (H.R. 2577), 14584, 14608, 14612, 14614 [6JN], 15193 [11JN]
———making supplemental (H.R. 2577), conference report, 21796, 21823 [31JY]
Budget: deficit, 22639, 22647 [1AU]
———deficit reduction proposals, 30865 [6NO]
———Dept. of Agriculture funding, 20228 [24JY]
———setting forth congressional for fiscal 1986-88, and revising for fiscal 1985 (S. Con. Res. 32), 22620 [1AU]
———setting forth congressional for fiscal 1986-88, and revising for fiscal 1985 (S. Con. Res. 32), conference report, 22639, 22647 [1AU]
———setting forth congressional for fiscal 1986-88, and revising for fiscal 1985 (S. Con. Res. 32), unanimous-consent, 22512, 22513 [1AU]
Center for Utilization of Federal Technology: establish training and education programs, 19442 [17JY]
Children: location of missing, 7224 [2AP]
Committee of conference: filing reports, 34163 [4DE]
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 19403 [17JY]
Corps of Engineers: expenditure of appropriated funds, 30851 [6NO]
———supplemental appropriations, 21823 [31JY]
Dept. of Agriculture, rural development, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3037), 20228 [24JY]
Dept. of State, USIA, and Board for International Broadcasting: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2068), 11110 [8MY]
Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3244), 23394 [11SE]
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2965), 19403, 19409, 19422, 19426, 19433, 19437, 19439, 19440, 19442, 19445, 19446, 19457, 19460, 19461 [17JY], 24130
———making appropriations (H.R. 2965), Senate action, 29217 [28OC]
———making appropriations (H.R. 2965), appointment of conferees, 33691 [3DE]
———making appropriations (H.R. 2965), concur with Senate amendments, 34626, 34628 [5DE]
———making appropriations (H.R. 2965), conference report, 34610, 34621 [5DE]
———making appropriations (H.R. 2965), filing conference report, 34163 [4DE]
———making appropriations (H.R. 2965), unanimous-consent agreement, 34163 [4DE]
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3424), 25671 [2OC]
Disasters: reaffirming U.S. solidarity with Mexico following earthquake (H.J. Res. 394), 24518 [20SE]
Economic Development Administration: funding, 19422 [17JY]
Emergency Agricultural Credit Appropriations Act: enact (H.R. 1189), 4139 [28FE]
Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2959), 19147 [16JY]
———making appropriations (H.R. 2959), conference report, 27778 [17OC]
FBI: counterterrorism programs funding, 19433 [17JY]
———supplemental appropriations, 14614 [6JN]
FCC: international telecommunications satellites, 21796 [31JY]
———relocation of Fort Lauderdale, FL, monitoring station, 14608 [6JN]
Food Security Act: enact (H.R. 2100), 25424, 25426 [1OC], 25982, 26015, 26016 [3OC], 26458 [7OC]
———enact (H.R. 2100), conference report, 37800
Government spending: reduce, 15193 [11JN]
Hospitals: medicare reimbursement in rural areas, 5012 [7MR]
House: legislative program, 38358 [19DE]
Indians: funding for legal services, 19426 [17JY]
Legal Services Corp.: funding, 24130
LSC: establish Gillis W. Long Poverty Law Center, 14612 [6JN]
———use of funds for abortion related cases, 19461 [17JY]
Maritime Administration: supplemental appropriations, 14584 [6JN]
Mexico: reaffirming U.S. solidarity following earthquake (H.J. Res. 394), 24518 [20SE]
National Topsoil Preservation Act: enact (H.R. 463), 28126, 28127 [21OC]
Parliamentary inquiry, 14610 [6JN], 19463 [17JY]
Point of order, 19435, 19436, 19444, 19463 [17JY]
Public debt: increase statutory limit (H.J. Res. 372), conference report, 30865 [6NO]
Railroads: Amtrak funding, 23394 [11SE]
Republican Party: tax reform proposal, 37456 [17DE]
Rural areas: reimbursement to hospitals for services provided to medicare recipients, 5012 [7MR]
SBA: direct loan programs, 19445, 19446, 19457 [17JY]
Social Security: medicare reimbursement to rural hospitals, 5012 [7MR]
Soil conservation: preservation and stockpiling of topsoil (H.R. 463), 28126, 28127 [21OC]
Tax Reform Act: enact (H.R. 3838), 37456 [17DE]
U.N.: U.S. contribution, 19437, 19439, 19440 [17JY]
Water Resources, Conservation, Development, and Infrastructure Improvement and Rehabilitation Act: enact (H.R. 6), 30464 [5NO], 30851 [6NO]
Wheat: price supports, 25424, 25426 [1OC]
Remarks in House relative to
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 9102 [23AP], 19403 [17JY], 20228 [24JY], 21796 [31JY], 29217 [28OC]
Special order: granted, 5575 [19MR], 23426 [11SE]
Reports
Committee of conference, 34251, 34266 [4DE]
Committee on Appropriations, 5722 [20MR], 14967 [10JN], 18626, 18728 [11JY], 32616 [20NO]
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies: Appropriations (H.R. 2965), committee of conference, 34251-34265 [4DE]
Foreign Travel Expenditures, 5722 [20MR], 6603 [28MR], 14967 [10JN], 32616 [20NO]
North Atlantic Assembly, 6603 [28MR]
Statements
Depts. of Commerce, Justice and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriation Bill Fiscal Year 1986 (H.R. 2965): by, 19403-19405 [17JY]
Gordon W. Prange: Harry L. Tennant, 24412
———William C. Hansen, 24412
Tables
Comparative statement of new budget authority, 34610-34621 [5DE]
Testimonies
International Satellite Telecommunications: William Schneider, before Committee on Energy and Commerce (excerpt), 21797 [31JY]
Tributes
Mahon, George H., 32508 [20NO]
Mainland, Keith F., 3503 [26FE]
Patton, John W., 9356
Prange, Gordon W., 24411
Renaud, Dale L., 23410