STAGGERS, HARLEY O., JR. (a Representative from West Virginia)

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Dept. of Labor: reduce cases under Black Lung Benefits Act (see H.R. 2833), 16581 [20JN]

Education: educational assistance for apprenticeship or job training under GI bill (see H.R. 3282), 23443 [11SE]

Reed, Ray M.: relief (see H.R. 1600), 5584 [19MR]

Social Security: services by clinical psychologist need not be provided under supervision of a physician (see H.R. 3281), 23443 [11SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Age Discrimination in Employment Act: exclude matters relating to age for employment as firefighters and law enforcement officers (see H.R. 1435), 17519 [26JN]

Agricultural Act: establish limitations on milk products (see H.R. 1629), 14059 [4JN]

Agriculture: study of use of unleaded fuel in machinery (see H.R. 2795), 17913 [27JN]

Alcoholic beverages: study advertising and promotion (see H.R. 1901), 16123 [18JN]

Animal Welfare Act: ensure proper treatment of laboratory animals (see H.R. 2653), 37487 [17DE]

Anne Frank Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 293), 15216 [11JN]

Appalachian Regional Development Act: amend (see H.R. 10), 11761 [14MY]

Armed Forces: allow members to sue U.S. for damages for certain improper medical care (see H.R. 1161), 5988 [21MR]

———allow members to sue U.S. for damages for certain injuries caused by improper medical care (see H.R. 3174), 22682 [1AU]

———spouses shall be entitled to pro rata share of retired or retainer pay (see H.R. 2365), 18515 [10JY]

Bankruptcy: appointment of U.S. trustees to serve in judicial districts (see H.R. 2660), 19702 [18JY]

Boy Scouts of America: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 159), 10521 [6MY]

Budget: require President to transmit and Budget Committee to report a balanced (see H.R. 3), 2681 [20FE]

Chapin, Harry: award special gold medal (see H.R. 1207), 28865 [24OC]

Childhood diseases: universal access to immunization and accelerated efforts to eradicate (see H. Con. Res. 211), 33843 [3DE]

Children: education of gifted and talented children (see H.R. 2364), 10520 [6MY]

Civil Rights Act: prohibit employment discrimination on basis of cancer history (see H.R. 1294), 28316 [22OC]

Coal: offset competitive advantage of foreign producers (see H.R. 1905), 8473 [18AP]

Committee on Children, Youth, and Families (Select): establish (see H. Res. 25), 1878 [6FE]

Communications Act: access charges on residential and single-line business subscriber telephone service (see H.R. 1632), 14059 [4JN]

———business and other entities pay a reasonable access charge (see H.R. 1633), 14059 [4JN]

———imposition of access charges on residential and single line business subscribers of telephone (see H.R. 1634), 14059 [4JN]

———promote fairness in telecommunications policy for lifeline telephone service (see H.R. 151), 9745 [29AP]

Congressional pay adjustments: defer until March 1 (see H.R. 1395), 4299 [4MR]

Contracts: establish requirements for procurement in the competitive service (see H.R. 1802), 14336 [5JN]

Courts: selection of court of appeals to decide multiple appeals filed with same agency order (see H.R. 439), 7238 [2AP]

Crime and criminals: civil remedies for persons injured by racketeering activity (see H.R. 2943), 26691 [8OC]

Dept. of Defense: limit payment of costs to contractors (see H.R. 2397), 14059 [4JN]

District of Columbia: erect memorial to honor Korean War veterans (see H.R. 2205), 16884 [21JN]

Doubek, Robert W.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2591), 30914 [6NO]

Drugs: deny most-favored-nation treatment to source countries that refuse to cooperate in efforts to eliminate production and distribution (see H.R. 3404), 32464 [19NO]

Education: assistance to States for excellence and assuring access for underserved populations to benefit reforms (see H.R. 2840), 29898 [31OC]

———establish program to strengthen and improve State and local agencies (see H.R. 3263), 30914 [6NO]

———grants to local agencies to improve skills of economically distressed secondary students (see H.R. 901), 4402 [5MR]

———increase research and encourage contribution of scientific equipment to institutions (see H.R. 1188), 32464 [19NO]

Education for All Handicapped Children Act: commemorate accomplishments (see H. Con. Res. 201), 26482 [7OC]

Emergency Veterans' Job Training Act: amend to certain employment programs (see H.R. 1408), 5585 [19MR]

Executive departments: requirements for procurement by contract of services in competitive service (see H.R. 1132), 2432 [19FE]

Fair Labor Standards Act: require wages based on individual productivity be paid to handicapped (see H.R. 2676), 17233 [25JN]

Federal agencies: reporting requirements in cases of reduction in grade of pay, closings, or changings of functions of field offices (see H.R. 2401), 10694 [7MY]

Federal claims: equitable waiver in compromise and collection (see H.R. 1890), 7236 [2AP]

Federal employees: establish new supplemental retirement plan for Members of Congress, and Postal Service (see H.R. 3660), 31516 [12NO]

Ferroalloy industry: provide for preservation (see H.R. 976), 1875 [6FE]

Food stamp plan: reauthorize and improve Commodity Supplemental and Temporary Emergency Programs (see H.R. 2422), 11145 [8MY]

Footwear: orderly trade in nonrubber to reduce unemployment (see H.R. 1973), 7496 [3AP]

GAO: investigate conditions of displaced Salvadoran persons (see H.R. 822), 17519 [26JN]

Handicapped Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 285), 11686 [13MY]

Helen Keller Deaf-Blind Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 227), 16414 [19JN]

Hospital and medical care: provide for recovery by U.S. (see H.R. 441), 7238 [2AP]

House rules: amend and implement clauses relative to employment practices (see H. Res. 187), 19230 [16JY]

Indian lands: conservation, rehabilitation, and improvement of natural and cultural resources (see H.R. 99), 5047 [7MR]

Industrial policy: conversion of defense-related industries to nonmilitary needs in event of major international arms reductions (see H.R. 3220), 36211 [12DE]

Insurance: prohibit discrimination on basis of blindness (see H.R. 2741), 17913 [27JN]

Interstate commerce: prevent employment denial by prohibiting lie detector tests on employees (see H.R. 1524), 17912 [27JN]

Job Corps Program: reaffirm commitment (see H. Res. 72), 7498 [3AP]

Joint Chiefs of Staff: strengthen position of Chairman (see H.R. 3622), 31888 [14NO]

Jordan: prohibit sales of advanced weapons (see H.J. Res. 428), 28865 [24OC]

Lithuanian Independence Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 409), 34267 [4DE]

Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act: increase number of members of Benefits Review Board (see H.R. 3502), 31637 [13NO]

Medicare: coverage for hospital-based comprehensive care programs (see H.R. 1401), 27162 [10OC]

———prohibit Sec. of HHS from changing reimbursement levels or methodologies for home health service programs (see H.R. 3202), 28317 [22OC]

———voluntary insurance option for beneficiaries (see H.R. 1402), 27162 [10OC]

MIA's: secure full accounting (see H.J. Res. 105), 5048 [7MR]

———sense of Congress (see H. Con. Res. 37), 5586 [19MR]

Milk handlers: make prompt payment to producers (see H.R. 366), 10024 [1MY]

Mule Appreciation Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 76), 18730 [11JY]

Music in Our Schools Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 345), 38372 [19DE]

National Agriculture Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 137), 4402 [5MR]

National Buy American Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 334), 18138 [9JY]

National Dental Hygiene Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 218), 23913 [17SE]

National Diabetes Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 314), 26691 [8OC]

National Drunk and Drugged Driving Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 358), 20838 [26JY]

National Garden Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 266), 19867 [22JY]

National Guard: issue commemorative stamp (see H. Res. 245), 32465 [19NO]

National High-Tech Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 128), 11147 [8MY]

National Labor Relations Act: give employers and performers in the arts same protection as in similarly situated industries (see H.R. 2761), 16942 [24JN]

———increase stability of collective bargaining in building and construction industry (see H.R. 281), 8057 [16AP]

National Legion of Valor Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 41), 4299 [4MR]

National Literacy Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 429), 36106 [11DE]

National Nuclear Medicine Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 297), 23444 [11SE]

National Osteopathic Medicine Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 175), 19702 [18JY]

National Osteoporosis Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 46), 9829 [30AP]

National POW/MIA Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 205, 451), 13890 [3JN], 37855 [18DE]

National School-Age Child Care Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 60), 20838 [26JY]

National Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 322), 20838 [26JY]

National Tourism Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 296), 20139 [23JY]

National Veterans' Health Care Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 216), 15500 [12JN]

National Women Veterans Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 20), 30914 [6NO]

NIH: full funding for new and competing research grants (see H.J. Res. 136), 15880 [17JN]

Nuclear weapons: prohibit explosive testing (see H.J. Res. 3), 12822 [21MY]

Older Americans Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 195), 5583 [19MR]

Plant closings: require employers to notify and consult with employees (see H.R. 1616), 26109 [3OC]

Public Health Service Act: establish program for home- and community-based services to elderly (see H.R. 2951), 22979 [5SE]

Public Works and Economic Development Act: amend (see H.R. 10), 11761 [14MY]

Railroad retirement: opposition to benefit cuts (see H. Res. 122), 8059 [16AP]

Railroad Retirement Act: allow a worker to be employed in nonrailroad employment (see H.R. 1550), 8058 [16AP]

———benefits to disabled spouses and employees (see H.R. 2514), 12009 [15MY]

———modify years of credit for military service (see H.R. 2515), 12009 [15MY]

———survivor's annuities (see H.R. 2508), 12009 [15MY]

———unemployment benefits will not be reduced by reason of unrelated social insurance (see H.R. 2516), 12009 [15MY]

———worker with 25 years or more shall not have certain connection (see H.R. 2511), 12009 [15MY]

Religion: greater balance among military chaplains in Armed Forces (see H.R. 1875), 32627 [20NO]

Rural Electrification Program: anniversary (see H. Res. 144), 15593 [13JN]

Save for the U.S.A. Year: designate (see H.J. Res. 436), 33602 [2DE]

Scruggs, Jan C.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2591), 30914 [6NO]

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]

Senior Center Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 146), 10262 [2MY]

Social Security: assure security of patients' funds maintained by skilled nursing facilities (see H.R. 2832), 34789 [5DE]

———closing and downgrading of local offices (see H. Res. 219), 28317 [22OC]

———increase activities of State medicaid fraud and abuse units (see H.R. 2829), 34789 [5DE]

———insurance benefit paid for month in which recipient dies (see H.R. 12), 4299 [4MR]

———protect benefit levels of workers reaching age 65 (see H.R. 1917), 34789 [5DE]

Sport Fish Restoration Fund: administration as required by law (see H. Res. 165), 11147 [8MY]

Square dance: designate as the national folk dance (see H.J. Res. 316), 24289 [19SE]

Taxation: compute deduction for retirement on basis of compensation of spouse (see H.R. 797), 4402 [5MR]

———credit for purchase of television subtitle equipment by hearing-impaired (see H.R. 2853), 17232 [25JN]

———establishment and deduction of contributions to education savings accounts (see H.R. 1739), 12559 [20MY]

———free distribution of low cost articles by nonprofit organizations (see H.R. 2492), 17913 [27JN]

———full credit for contributions to candidates for Congress (see H.R. 3780), 35288 [9DE]

———increase energy investment credit for coal-fired facilities (see H.R. 2762), 17913 [27JN]

———repeal contemporaneous records requirement (see H.R. 600), 5047 [7MR]

———revise withholding rules to certain parimutuel wagering payouts (see H.R. 932), 4231 [28FE]

———sense of House to employer-paid and life support benefits (see H. Res. 268), 24581 [20SE]

———treat use of law enforcement, fire protection, and emergency medical vehicles as nontaxable fringe benefit (see H.R. 773), 5048 [7MR]

———waive requirements to veterans' mortgage obligations (see H.R. 902), 1386 [31JA]

Textile industry and fabrics: promote economic recovery (see H.R. 1562), 13128 [22MY]

Unemployment: extend supplemental compensation (see H.R. 890), 6367 [26MR]

VA: adjudication of claims for benefits (see H.R. 585), 2434 [19FE]

———establish as executive department (see H.R. 513), 5728 [20MR]

———exempt payments for service-connected disabilities from taxation (see H. Con. Res. 69), 3569 [26FE]

———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: extend eligibility for GI bill for Vietnam era (see H.R. 1353), 6610 [28MR]

———improvements in compensation programs (see H.R. 2343), 11762 [14MY]

———monthly pension for World War I (see H.R. 1918), 7613 [4AP]

V-J Day Commemoration Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 340), 19229 [16JY]

Wheeler, John P., III: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2591), 30914 [6NO]

World Food Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 172), 25759 [2OC]

Elected to

Committee on Agriculture, ***** [30JA], 1272 [4FE]

Committee on the Judiciary, ***** [30JA], 1272 [4FE]

Committee on Veterans' Affairs, ***** [30JA], 1693 [4FE]

Remarks by, on

Agriculture: farm crisis, 3507 [26FE]

Appalachian Regional Development Act: amend (H.R. 10), 22859 [4SE]

Committee on the Judiciary: meetings during sessions, 23491 [12SE]

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act: amend (H.R. 2817), 34652 [5DE]

Dept. of Labor: black lung cases backlog, 26117 [3OC]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3424), 26117 [3OC]

Ecology: superfund reauthorization, 34652 [5DE]

Employment: veterans' educational assistance for apprenticeship or job training (H.R. 3282), 23534 [12SE]

———veterans' educational assistance for apprenticeship or on job training (H.R. 3282), 23534 [12SE]

Foreign relations: Nicaragua, 9410 [25AP]

Medicare: coverage of certain mental health services in rural areas (H.R. 3281), 23534 [12SE]

National Development Investment Act: enact (H.R. 10), 22859 [4SE]

National Historic Preservation Week: observance, 12230 [16MY]

Nicaragua: covert aid for military and paramilitary operations, 9410 [25AP]

Reagan, President: tax reform, 19499 [17JY]

Rural areas: medicare coverage of certain mental health services (H.R. 3281), 23534 [12SE]

Taxation: reform, 19499 [17JY]

V-E Day: anniversary, 11071 [8MY]

Veterans: educational assistance for apprenticeship or job training (H.R. 3282), 23534 [12SE]

———educational assistance for apprenticeship or on job training (H.R. 3282), 23534 [12SE]

Vietnam War: anniversary, 10673 [7MY]

West Virginia: historic preservation activities, 12230 [16MY]

Remarks in House relative to

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 3507 [26FE], 9410 [25AP], 10673 [7MY], 11071 [8MY], 12230 [16MY], 19499 [17JY], 23534 [12SE], 25700 [2OC], 34652 [5DE]

Texts of

H.R. 3281, medicare coverage of certain mental health services in rural areas, 23534 [12SE]

H.R. 3282, veterans' educational assistance for apprenticeship or job training, 23535 [12SE]

H.R. 3282, veterans' educational assistance for apprenticeship or on job training, 23535 [12SE]