SMITH, VIRGINIA (a Representative from Nebraska)
Amendments offered by, to
Food Security Act: enact (H.R. 2100), 24870 [24SE], 25974 [3OC]
Appointments
Conferee: H.J. Res. 465, continuing appropriations, 36945 [17DE]
———H.J. Res. 465, making further continuing appropriations, 35944 [11DE]
———H.R. 1239, African Famine Relief and Recovery Act, 6405 [27MR]
———H.R. 2959, making energy and water development appropriations, 25418 [1OC]
———H.R. 3037, making Dept. of Agriculture, rural development, and related agencies appropriations, 35174 [9DE]
Articles and editorials
Cargo Preference Regulations (sundry excerpts), 25975 [3OC]
Meat Nutri-Facts Long Overdue, Merle Ellis, Omaha (NE) World-Herald, 18131 [9JY]
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Agriculture: assist export of commodities and improve farm income (see H.R. 1517), 5046 [7MR]
———emergency credit to financially stressed (see H.R. 1184), 2680 [20FE]
———local control by farmer- and rancher-borrowers in farm credit system (see H. Con. Res. 177), 19526 [17JY]
Chadron State Park, NE: Sec. of Agriculture to convey certain lands (see H.R. 3686), 30493 [5NO]
Developing Nations: provide additional market credit options (see H.R. 2465), 11291 [9MY]
Fair Labor Standards Act: exempt State and local public agencies from overtime requirements (see H.R. 3237), 22898 [4SE]
Farmers: assist distressed and protect land values (see H.R. 466), 457 [7JA]
North Loup Division, Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program, Nebraska: appropriations (see H.R. 2503), 11761 [14MY]
O'Neill unit, Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program, NE: modify construction, operation, and maintenance (see H.R. 1590), 5583 [19MR]
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Achille Lauro (vessel): seizure by terrorists (see H. Res. 294), 27420 [11OC]
Agricultural Industrial Development Bonds: extend use and expand eligibility (see H.R. 3615), 34885 [6DE]
Agriculture: capital assistance to lenders (see H.R. 2925, 2926), 17912 [27JN]
———study of use of unleaded fuel in machinery (see H.R. 2795), 17913 [27JN]
Ammunition: regulate manufacture, importation, and sale of armor-piercing (see H.R. 13), 8057 [16AP]
Budget: constitutional amendment relative to Federal procedures (see H.J. Res. 27), 458 [3JA]
———require graduated reduction of deficit and balance (see H.R. 3520), 27018 [9OC]
Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act: exclude ethyl alcohol used for fuel (see H.R. 1567), 26109 [3OC]
CCC Act: amend relative to exports of agriculture commodities (see H.R. 1760), 10521 [6MY]
CCC Charter Act: amend relative to export of agricultural commodities (see H.R. 1465, 1466, 1612), 5044 [7MR], 5726 [20MR]
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]
Chemicals: ensure payment of duties imposed on imported ethyl alcohol (see H.R. 1720), 23548 [12SE]
Cigarettes: continue taxes indefinitely (see H.R. 844), 26482 [7OC]
Civil Rights Act: amend (see H.R. 691), 34789 [5DE]
Civil Rights Restoration Act: enact (see H.R. 700), 2293 [7FE]
Committee on Intelligence (Joint): establish (see H.J. Res. 7), 34789 [5DE]
Communications Act: 2-year moratorium on encryption of satellite cable programming (see H.R. 1769), 25496 [1OC]
Constitution: establishing English as the official language (see H.J. Res. 96), 19230 [16JY]
———establishing procedures for calling convention (see H.R. 351), 5584 [19MR]
———relative to voluntary school prayer (see H.J. Res. 279), 10695 [7MY]
Deficit Reduction Act: make application of the revised wage index (see H.R. 2819), 16581 [20JN]
Education: increase research and encourage contribution of scientific equipment to institutions (see H.R. 1188), 24179 [18SE]
Employment: amend Davis-Bacon Act to provide new job opportunities (see H.R. 472), 13437 [23MY]
Ex-POW's: veterans' benefits (see H.R. 864), 37487 [17DE]
Fair Debt Collection Practices Act: attorneys collecting debts subject to provisions (see H.R. 237), 15500 [12JN]
Fair Housing Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 188), 5988 [21MR]
Fair Labor Standards Act: exempt State and local public agencies from overtime requirements (see H.R. 3230), 23444 [11SE]
Farmers Home Administration: clarify interest rates on housing, farm, water and waste disposal, and community facility loans (see H.R. 31), 444 [3JA]
Firearms: protect rights of owners (see H.R. 945), 1874 [6FE]
Foreign trade: extend certain nondiscriminatory treatment to products currently ineligible from nonmarket economy countries (see H.R. 2423), 25050 [26SE]
Gasohol: ensure additional duty imposed on ethyl alcohol used as fuel (see H.R. 1566), 26109 [3OC]
Highway funds: provide for administrative release (see H.R. 1059), 21937 [31JY]
Housing and Community Development Act: provide 50% grants under urban development (see H.R. 882), 1385 [31JA]
Indians: prevention, identification, and treatment of youth alcohol and drug abuse (see H.R. 1156), 15500 [12JN]
Joint Operating Commission for Food Irradiation: establish (see H.R. 696), 12010 [15MY]
Keogh plan: reporting requirements (see H.R. 3292), 28317 [22OC]
Medicare: coverage of services performed by a physician assistant (see H.R. 3260), 34266 [4DE]
———payment for therapeutic shoes for individuals with diabetic foot disease (see H.R. 2543), 18729 [11JY]
Mexico: appropriations for victims of earthquake (see H.R. 3392), 24580 [20SE]
MIA's: secure full accounting (see H.J. Res. 105), 1314 [30JA]
———sense of Congress (see H. Con. Res. 37), 1878 [6FE]
———support President's leadership (see H. Con. Res. 40), 2293 [7FE]
National Agriculture Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 137), 4402 [5MR]
National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 170), 10024 [1MY]
National Child Safety Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 33), 7240 [2AP]
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), 25497 [1OC]
National Employ-the-Older-Worker Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 134), 1876 [6FE]
National Energy Education Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 160), 2940 [21FE]
National Foster Grandparents Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 141), 27163 [10OC]
National Garden Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 266), 23913 [17SE]
National Independent Retail Grocer Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 74), 5048 [7MR]
National observances: establish commission to advise President (see H.R. 479), 5047 [7MR]
National Union for the Total Independence of Angola: authorize the furnishing of military assistance (see H.R. 3609), 33601 [2DE]
Nexrad: sense of Congress to continue on schedule (see H. Con. Res. 167), 15592 [13JN]
Nicaragua: condemning actions that hinder freedom of religion (see H. Con. Res. 122), 8472 [18AP]
———prohibit importation of beef, bananas, and sugar (see H.R. 2158), 8761 [22AP]
Older Americans Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 195), 5583 [19MR]
Peace Corps: recognize 25th anniversary (see H.J. Res. 305), 19527 [17JY]
Perot Commission on Americans Missing in Southeast Asia: establish (see H. Con. Res. 129), 23444 [11SE]
Preborn Children's Civil Rights Act: enact (see H.R. 555), 31636 [13NO]
Railroad Retirement Act: allow a worker to be employed in nonrailroad employment (see H.R. 1550), 18060 [8JY]
Right to life: constitutional amendment (see H.J. Res. 87), 2434 [19FE]
Rural Electrification Program: anniversary (see H. Res. 144), 15593 [13JN]
Rural mail carriers: computing deductions for use of their automobiles (see H.R. 1884), 14655 [6JN]
Senior Center Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 146), 10262 [2MY]
Small Business Investment Act: provide benefits to companies assisting farmers and agricultural-related businesses (see H.R. 55), 445 [3JA]
Small Reclamation Project Act: amend (see H.R. 2025), 10695 [7MY]
Social Security: insurance benefit paid for month in which recipient dies (see H.R. 12), 6087 [25MR]
Soil Conservation Service: commending (see H. Res. 188), 18139 [9JY]
Solid Waste Disposal Act: extend period for compliance with certain financial requirements to land disposal facilities (see H.R. 3917), 36209 [12DE]
———modify deadlines relative to hazardous waste disposal facilities (see H.R. 3692), 30913 [6NO]
Soviet Jewry: sense of House relative to Solidarity Sunday (see H. Res. 127), 9746 [29AP]
Tariff Act: amend (see H.R. 3328), 24177 [18SE]
Tax Reform Act: repeal changes to treatment of debt instruments issued for property (see H.R. 242), 828 [22JA]
Taxation: charitable contributions by nonitemizers (see H.R. 587), 6470 [27MR]
———deduction for contributions to education savings accounts (see H.R. 3379), 26691 [8OC]
———exemption from minimum for capital gains on sales of farm property (see H.R. 2277), 12822 [21MY]
———half of health insurance premiums by self-employed considered as business expense (see H.R. 11), 1877 [6FE]
———increase deduction for personal exemptions (see H.R. 1551), 32642 [20NO]
———relative to treatment of farming (see H.R. 2425), 11145 [8MY]
———repeal contemporaneous records requirement (see H.R. 600), 3951 [27FE]
———sense of House to employer-paid and life support benefits (see H. Res. 268), 27163 [10OC]
Trade Partnership Act: enact (see H.R. 3522), 27163 [10OC]
VA: adjudication of claims for benefits (see H.R. 585), 2292 [7FE]
———payments for service-connected disabilities shall be tax exempt (see H. Con. Res. 69), 4402 [5MR]
Veterans: monthly pension for World War I (see H.R. 1918), 7613 [4AP]
Women's History Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 50), 459 [7JA]
World Food Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 172), 25759 [2OC]
Youth Suicide Prevention Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 193), 10521 [6MY]
Documents
Agricultural Damage Claims, Public Law 96-494, Title II, sec. 406, 36792
Elected to
Committee on Appropriations, 1273 [30JA]
Letters
O'Neill water project, Nebraska: by, and several other Members of Congress, 19147 [16JY]
Programs and services to dislocated agricultural workers: by, and 15 House Members, 11182 [8MY]
Remarks by, on
Achille Lauro (vessel): commend President for apprehending the Palestinian terrorists (H. Res. 294), 27385 [11OC]
Africa: famine relief, 2649
African Famine Relief and Recovery Act: enact (H.R. 1239), conference report, 7132 [2AP]
———providing for agreeing to Senate famine relief/farm credit substitute (H. Res. 92), 4354 [5MR]
Agricultural Export Expansion Act: enact (H.R. 1517), 5506 [19MR], 5924
Agricultural Trade Enhancement Act: enact, 11701 [14MY]
Agriculture: 1980 grain embargo claims, 36792
———emergency farm credit, 4135, 4137 [28FE]
———exempt exports from cargo preference regulations, 24796 [24SE], 25974-25976, 25990 [3OC]
———family farms, 415 [3JA]
———farm credit system, 35579 [10DE]
———farm crisis, 2372 [19FE]
———farm debt crisis, 4354 [5MR]
———foreign trade, 6455
———merchant marine cargo preference, 11947 [15MY]
———price support system, 24546 [20SE]
———sense of Congress relative to erosion of local control in farm credit system (H. Con. Res. 177), 19988 [23JY]
———study trade policy coordination, 26008 [3OC]
———sugar production policy, 24989 [26SE]
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act: enact (H.R. 3520), 29565 [30OC]
Budget: Dept. of Agriculture funding, 20220 [24JY]
Business: self-insurance requirements relative to solid waste disposal, 31260
Chadron National Park, NE: convey certain land to expand (H.R. 3686), 30488 [5NO]
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act: amend (H.R. 2817), 34653 [5DE]
Corps of Engineers: straight line amortization for hydropower project debt principal, 30834 [6NO]
Daylight Saving Time Extension Act: enact (H.R. 2095), 27808 [17OC]
Defense procurement: reform, 20829 [26JY]
Dept. of Agriculture, rural development, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3037), 20220 [24JY]
Dept. of Defense: reform procurement practices (H.R. 472), 20829 [26JY]
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3424), 25679 [2OC]
Ecology: superfund reauthorization, 34653 [5DE]
Education: Federal assistance to institutions of higher education, 33748 [3DE]
Emergency Agricultural Credit Appropriations Act: enact (H.R. 1189), 4135, 4137 [28FE]
Emergency Farm Credit Act: enact (H.R. 1035), 3866 [27FE]
Employment: compensatory time for State and local government employees, 25679 [2OC]
———compensatory time for State and local government employees (H.R. 3530), 29223 [28OC]
———displaced workers, 31559 [13NO]
———treatment of State and local government employees, 22838 [4SE]
Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2959), 19162 [16JY]
———making appropriations (H.R. 2959), conference report, 27783 [17OC]
Ethanol: treatment of imports, 23424
Fair Labor Standards Act: amend (H.R. 3237), 22838 [4SE]
———amend (H.R. 3530), 29223 [28OC]
Family Farm and Ranch Opportunity Act: proposed, 416 [3JA]
Farm Credit System: reforms (H.R. 3792), 35579 [10DE]
Farm Credit System Restructuring and Regulatory Reform Act: enact (S. 1884), 37808
Food Security Act: enact (H.R. 2100), 24526, 24546 [20SE], 24796 [24SE], 24989 [26SE], 25974-25976, 25990, 26008 [3OC], 26452 [7OC], 26529 [8OC]
———enact (H.R. 2100), conference report, 37793 [18DE]
Foreign Air Travel Security Act: enact (H.R. 2796), 17098 [25JN]
Foreign trade: agricultural export promotion programs, 11701 [14MY]
———agriculture, 5506 [19MR]
———deficit, 6455
———ethanol imports, 23424
———textile industry, 5546
Government spending: public debt ceiling, 27388 [11OC]
———reduce, 29565 [30OC]
Health: Meat Nutri-Facts program, 18131 [9JY]
Higher Education Act: amend and extend (H.R. 3700), 33748 [3DE]
Hospitals: medicare reimbursement in rural areas, 5012 [7MR], 6407 [27MR]
House: legislative priorities, 33694 [3DE]
Labor-Management Notification and Consultation Act: enact (H.R. 1616), 31559 [13NO]
Meat: inspection procedures, 26452 [7OC]
———Nutri-Facts program, 18131 [9JY]
Meat industry: promotion and research programs, 26529 [8OC]
Merchant marine: cargo preference requirements, 11947 [15MY]
Nebraska: Platte River projects, 30842 [6NO]
Public debt: increase statutory limit (H.J. Res. 372), instructions to conferees, 27388 [11OC]
Public lands: convey certain land to Chadron National Park, NE (H.R. 3686), 30488 [5NO]
Public works: energy and water development projects, 19162 [16JY]
REA: anniversary, 10652 [7MY]
Rural areas: reimbursement to hospitals for services provided to medicare recipients, 5012 [7MR], 6407 [27MR]
Social Security: medicare reimbursement to rural hospitals, 5012 [7MR], 6407 [27MR]
Solid Waste Disposal Act: modify deadlines relative to hazardous waste disposal facilities (H.R. 3692), 31260
Terrorism: airline hijacking by Shiite Moslems, 17098 [25JN]
———commend President for apprehending the Achille Lauro terrorists (H. Res. 294), 27385 [11OC]
———efforts to prevent hijackings, 17098 [25JN]
Textile and Apparel Trade Enforcement Act: enact (H.R. 1562), 5546
Water Resources, Conservation, Development, and Infrastructure Improvement and Rehabilitation Act: enact (H.R. 6), 30480-30481 [5NO], 30834, 30842 [6NO]
Remarks in House relative to
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 415 [3JA], 4135 [28FE], 4354 [5MR], 5506 [19MR], 5722 [20MR], 6407 [27MR], 7111, 7132 [2AP], 11701 [14MY], 11947 [15MY], 17098 [25JN], 18131 [9JY], 19162 [16JY], 19988 [23JY], 20829 [26JY], 24526, 24545 [20SE], 24796 [24SE], 24989 [26SE], 26452 [7OC], 26529 [8OC], 27388 [11OC], 29223 [28OC], 29565 [30OC], 30480 [5NO], 31559 [13NO], 33694, 33731, 33748 [3DE], 36762 [16DE], 37793, 37808 [18DE]
Special order: granted, 436 [3JA]
Texts of
Family Farm and Ranch Opportunity Act, 415 [3JA]
H.R. 1517, Agricultural Export Expansion Act, 5924
H.R. 3237, amending Fair Labor Standards Act, 22838 [4SE]
H.R. 3686, conveyance of certain lands to Chadron National Park, NE, 30488 [5NO]
Tributes
Mainland, Keith F., 3531