SWIFT, AL (a Representative from Washington)
Addresses
Competition in the Provision of International Communications Services: Representative Dingell, 18942
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 3128, changes in spending and revenue provisions in budget, 34512 [5DE]
———S. 883, Export Administration Extension Act, 16557 [20JN]
Articles and editorials
Intelsat Ain't Broke, Jerry Knight, Washington (DC) Post, 9381
Pride of Dorothy S. Bullitt, Channels (publication), 26490
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Elections: establish regional poll closing time in Presidential general (see H.R. 3525), 26690 [8OC]
FEC: appropriations (see H.R. 1532), 5581 [19MR]
Federal Election Campaign Act: establish program of assistance to States to encourage voter registration (see H.R. 3086), 20680 [25JY]
Federal employees: include inspectors of Immigration and Naturalization Service and U.S. Customs Service in hazardous occupations classification (see H.R. 1518), 5046 [7MR]
Fisheries: protection for steelhead trout (see H.R. 2136), 8472 [18AP]
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Africa: funds for food assistance and agricultural development (see H.R. 2080), 10696 [7MY]
———supplemental assistance for famine relief (see H.R. 100), 447 [3JA]
Agricultural industry: establish task force to address long-range concerns (see H. Con. Res. 131), 11687 [13MY]
Agriculture: actions to improve productivity (see H.R. 1383), 4230 [28FE]
AID: family planning service programs based on voluntarism and informed choice (see H.R. 3654), 29685 [30OC]
Ammunition: regulate manufacture, importation, and sale of armor-piercing (see H.R. 13), 2292 [7FE]
Animal Welfare Act: ensure proper treatment of laboratory animals (see H.R. 2653), 28865 [24OC]
Animals: end use of steel jaw leghold traps (see H.R. 1809), 6608 [28MR]
Bell telephone companies: provide information services and manufacture of telecommunications equipment (see H.R. 3800), 32642 [20NO]
Boy Scouts of America: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 159), 10521 [6MY]
Camp Fire, Inc.: recognizing 75 years service (see H.J. Res. 298), 23549 [12SE]
Canada: discontinue excise tax on tourism literature imported from U.S. (see H. Con. Res. 241), 36106 [11DE]
———impose quantitative limitations on softwood and investigate National Forest Systems (see H.R. 1088), 2291 [7FE]
Chapin, Harry: award special gold medal (see H.R. 1207), 11762 [14MY]
Child Nutrition Act: extend and improve (see H.R. 7), 9828 [30AP]
Childhood diseases: universal access to immunization and accelerated efforts to eradicate (see H. Con. Res. 211), 30384 [4NO]
Cigarettes: increase tax and provide cost-of-living adjustment in amount of such tax (see H.R. 236), 1315 [30JA]
Civil Rights Restoration Act: enact (see H.R. 700), 2293 [7FE]
Committee on Hunger (Select): establish (see H. Res. 20), 2293 [7FE]
Communications Act: encourage cable systems to carry local television signals (see H.R. 3807), 32619 [20NO]
———prohibit willful or malicious interference to radio (see H.R. 2479), 20138 [23JY]
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act: amend (see H.R. 2560), 12821 [21MY]
Corp. for Public Broadcasting: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 3217), 22684 [1AU]
Corporations: 50% nondeductible excise tax on certain profits from takeover attempts (see H.R. 1100), 9828 [30AP]
Crime and criminals: civil remedies for persons injured by racketeering activity (see H.R. 2943), 33842 [3DE]
Distressed areas: establish long term employment for needed community facilities projects (see H.R. 670), 19526 [17JY]
Drugs: grants to States to increase enforcement relating to production, possession, and transfer (see H.R. 526), 18060 [8JY]
Education: increase research and encourage contribution of scientific equipment to institutions (see H.R. 1188), 13437 [23MY]
———promote effective schools and excellence (see H.R. 747), 3378 [25FE]
Education for All Handicapped Children Act: commemorate accomplishments (see H. Con. Res. 201), 28317 [22OC]
Egypt: urging to recall its Ambassador to Israel (see H. Con. Res. 72), 5049 [7MR]
Fair Debt Collection Practices Act: attorneys collecting debts subject to provisions (see H.R. 237), 12822 [21MY]
Fair Housing Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 188), 6368 [26MR]
Fair Labor Standards Act: require wages based on individual productivity be paid to handicapped (see H.R. 2676), 19526 [17JY]
FCC: develop and implement telephone lifeline assistance program (see H. Res. 19), 461 [3JA]
Federal Election Campaign Act: repeal exception to use of funds for personal use by Members of Congress (see H.R. 988), 1875 [6FE]
Federal employees: apply for approval to offer organizational health benefits plan (see H.R. 873), 5728 [20MR]
Federal Energy Conservation Program: improve administration (see H.R. 2876), 22685 [1AU]
Federal Reserve Board: small business and agriculture representation (see H. Res. 264), 30199 [1NO]
Freedom of Information Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 371), 22684 [1AU]
GAO: investigate conditions of displaced Salvadoran persons (see H.R. 822), 9297 [24AP]
Hall, Marianne M.: remove from Copyright Royalty Tribunal (see H. Res. 155), 10262 [2MY]
Hands Across America Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 462), 34789 [5DE]
Hazardous Substances Right To Know: ensure for workers (see H.J. Res. 225), 13438 [23MY]
House of Representatives Foreign Student Intern Program: establish (see H. Res. 183), 27163 [10OC]
Housing and Community Development Act: provide 50% grants under urban development (see H.R. 882), 1385 [31JA]
Immigration and Nationality Act: preferential treatment of certain children of U.S. citizens (see H.R. 1684), 26482 [7OC]
Indian lands: conservation, rehabilitation, and improvement of natural and cultural resources (see H.R. 99), 1387 [31JA]
Indians: prevention, identification, and treatment of youth alcohol and drug abuse (see H.R. 1156), 15500 [12JN]
———prohibit granting of trust status to lands used for gaming activities (see H.R. 3130), 25496 [1OC]
Insurance: prohibit discrimination on basis of blindness (see H.R. 2741), 23150 [10SE]
International Whaling Commission: moratorium on commercial whaling (see H. Con. Res. 54), 19702 [18JY]
Interstate commerce: prevent employment denial by prohibiting lie detector tests on employees (see H.R. 1524), 14059 [4JN]
Israel: urging Egypt to recall its Ambassador (see H. Con. Res. 72), 5049 [7MR]
Job Corps Program: reaffirm commitment (see H. Res. 72), 5586 [19MR]
Job Training Partnership Act: establish education component in summer youth employment programs (see H.R. 1090), 9423 [25AP]
Jordan: prohibit sales of advanced weapons (see H.J. Res. 428), 28865 [24OC]
Medicare: payments for occupational therapy services (see H.R. 1985), 7610 [4AP]
Monopolies: prohibit hostile takeovers of domestic petroleum corporations (see H.R. 1182), 2680 [20FE]
Morocco: erection of gift monument in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 2887), 32642 [20NO]
National Child Abuse Prevention Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 121), 1386 [31JA]
National commission on the farm credit system: establish (see H. Con. Res. 190), 23548 [12SE]
National Digestive Diseases Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 158), 9829 [30AP]
National Head Injury Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 200), 20264 [24JY]
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration: appropriations (see H.R. 2248), 17913 [27JN]
National Labor Relations Act: clarify meaning of the term guard for purpose of certification (see H.R. 2489), 12276 [16MY]
———increase stability of collective bargaining in building and construction industry (see H.R. 281), 5584 [19MR]
National observances: establish commission to advise President (see H.R. 479), 1315 [30JA]
National Organ Donation Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 123), 7240 [2AP]
National School Lunch Act: extend and improve (see H.R. 7), 9828 [30AP]
National Skin Cancer Prevention and Detection Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 85), 828 [22JA]
NRC: adhere to certain procedures in conduct of its meetings (see H.R. 2743), 15499 [12JN]
Nuclear weapons: prohibit explosive testing (see H.J. Res. 3), 10696 [7MY]
Occupational Safety and Health Act: guarantee right to know risks associated with hazardous substances (see H.R. 963), 1874 [6FE]
People's Republic of China-U.S. Student Exchange for Understanding Program: establish (see H.J. Res. 153), 2433 [19FE]
Point Reyes National Seashore, CA: designate as Phillip Burton Wilderness (see H.R. 1373), 4229 [28FE]
Postal Service: provide reduced rates for nonprofit senior citizens' organizations (see H.J. Res. 397), 29251 [28OC]
Presidential primaries or caucuses: held second Tuesday in March and ending on second Tuesday in June (see H.R. 1380), 4230 [28FE]
Public Health Service Act: provide services for pregnant adolescents and adolescent parents (see H.R. 927), 1695 [4FE]
Railroad Retirement Act: allow a worker to be employed in nonrailroad employment (see H.R. 1550), 23150 [10SE]
Rural Electrification Program: anniversary (see H. Res. 144), 15593 [13JN]
Safe Drinking Water Act: protection of aquifers for public water systems (see H.R. 1038), 2289 [7FE]
Save for the U.S.A. Year: designate (see H.J. Res. 436), 32465 [19NO]
School lunch program: limited extension of alternative means of assistance (see H.R. 1887), 11147 [8MY]
Sec. of Energy: conduct epidemiological studies of effects of radiation (see H.R. 1287), 31516 [12NO]
Sec. of HHS: conduct epidemiological studies of effects of radiation (see H.R. 1287), 31516 [12NO]
Sec. of the Army: study feasibility of construction of canal connecting Lake Erie and Ohio River in Ohio and Pennsylvania (see H.R. 1519), 16582 [20JN]
Securities Exchange Act: prohibit trading of certain nonvoting shares and those carrying disproportionate voting rights (see H.R. 2783), 23444 [11SE]
———protection for investors in the Government market (see H.R. 2032), 7802 [15AP]
Social Security: improve quality control standards under AFDC (see H.R. 1279), 6367 [26MR]
———insurance benefit paid for month in which recipient dies (see H.R. 12), 4299 [4MR]
———waiting period for terminal illness shall not be applicable (see H.R. 580), 826 [22JA]
Social Security Administration: establish as independent agency (see H.R. 3470), 31637 [13NO]
Solid Waste Disposal Act: prevent release of toxic and hazardous substances (see H.R. 965), 1875 [6FE]
South Africa: opposition to system of apartheid (see H.R. 1460), 5044 [7MR]
Soviet Union: direct President to begin talks to establish student exchange for peace programs (see H.J. Res. 336), 32631 [20NO]
Synthetic Fuels Corp.: abolish (see H.R. 935), 6367 [26MR]
Tariff Act: apply countervailing duties to resource input subsidies (see H.R. 2451), 37487 [17DE]
Tax Reform Act: amend (see H.R. 528), 1696 [4FE]
Taxation: clarify treatment of travel expenses in cases of construction workers (see H.R. 2346), 10261 [2MY]
———disallow deduction for advertising or promotion of arms sales (see H.R. 1444), 7239 [2AP]
———extend and phase out credit for investments in conservation and renewable energy property (see H.R. 2001), 18138 [9JY]
———full credit for contributions to candidates for Congress (see H.R. 3780), 35288 [9DE]
———increase investment credit for purchase of used telecommunications property (see H.R. 152), 448 [3JA]
———make permanent rules to imputed interest and assumption of loans (see H.R. 2069), 9745 [29AP]
———sense of Congress relative to payments to Presidential Election Campaign Fund (see H. Con. Res. 169), 21938 [31JY]
———sense of House to employer-paid and life support benefits (see H. Res. 268), 25497 [1OC]
———treat use of law enforcement, fire protection, and emergency medical vehicles as nontaxable fringe benefit (see H.R. 773), 7239 [2AP]
———treatment of fishermen as self-employed (see H.R. 975), 4402 [5MR]
———treatment of self-employed fishermen (see H.R. 690), 2941 [21FE]
Toxic Substances Control Act: prevent release of toxic and hazardous substances (see H.R. 965), 1875 [6FE]
Trade: identify and reduce barriers affecting supplies of telecommunication equipment and services (see H.R. 3131), 21936 [31JY]
Trade Act: expansion of international trade in wood products (see H.R. 1648), 5986 [21MR]
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council: amend act establishing (see H.R. 3750), 31636 [13NO]
Unemployment: extend supplemental compensation (see H.R. 890), 5585 [19MR]
VA: adjudication of claims for benefits (see H.R. 585), 18138 [9JY]
———exempt payments for service-connected disabilities from taxation (see H. Con. Res. 69), 17520 [26JN]
Voting Rights Act: terminate effects that require bilingual ballots and election materials (see H.R. 767), 15500 [12JN]
Wallop-Breaux: trust fund be administered as required by law (see H. Res. 165), 12276 [16MY]
Water: conservation and development of Nation's resources infrastructure (see H.R. 6), 8057 [16AP]
Elected to
Committee on Energy and Commerce, ***** [30JA], 1272 [4FE]
Committee on House Administration, ***** [30JA], 1272 [4FE]
Letters
Abortion: sundry, 13112
Customs inspectors do not fit definition of a law enforcement officer: Donald J. Devine, 5110
Remarks by, on
Abortion: national policy, 13112
American Passbook Savings Act: enact (H.R. 3050), 34776, 34777 [5DE]
Appropriations: making supplemental (H.R. 2577), 15156 [11JN]
Budget: revising for fiscal year 1985 and setting forth for 1986-88 (H. Con. Res. 152), 13385 [23MY]
China, People's Republic of: nuclear capabilities, 35977 [11DE]
Committees of the House: funding (H. Res. 100), 6279 [26MR]
Communications: Intelsat, 9381
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act: amend (H.R. 2817), 34509, 34676 [5DE], 35654 [10DE]
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 16913 [24JN]
Corps of Engineers: straight line amortization for hydropower project debt principal, 30835, 30836 [6NO]
Cuba: Radio Marti funding, 19450, 19453 [17JY]
Daylight Saving Time Extension Act: enact (H.R. 2095), 28243, 28250 [22OC]
———enact (H.R. 2095), committee amendment, 28249 [22OC]
Dept. of the Treasury: Presidential dollar checkoff, 15743
———tax reform plan, 15743
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2965), 19450, 19453 [17JY]
Ecology: superfund reauthorization, 34676 [5DE]
Elections: establish regional poll closing time in Presidential general (H.R. 3525), 35983, 35987 [11DE]
———tax treatment of campaign contributions, 37378 [17DE]
———uniform poll closing time, 12709 [21MY]
EPA: emissions data requirements for certain hazardous substances, 35654 [10DE]
Fair Competition in Hydroelectric Licensing Act: enact, 9394
FEC: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1532), 6 [24JN], 17100 [25JN], 17400 [26JN]
———regulatory proposals, 17100 [25JN], 17400 [26JN]
Federal employees: include customs and immigration inspectors in early retirement provisions (H.R. 1518), 5109
FERC: supplemental appropriations, 15156 [11JN]
House: voting procedure on Tax Reform Act (H.R.3838), 37481 [17DE]
Indiana: declare congressional seat in 8th District vacant (H. Res. 148), 9809 [30AP]
Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Act: amend (H.R. 1083), 35207, 35208 [9DE]
Nuclear exports: approval and implementation of proposed agreement between the U.S. and People's Republic of China (S.J. Res. 238), 35977 [11DE]
Pacific Salmon Treaty Act: enact (H.R. 1093), 4345 [5MR]
Seattle, WA: Dorothy S. Bullitt, tribute, 26490
Stallings, Representative: dismiss election contest in 2d Congressional District of Idaho (H. Res. 272), 25667 [2OC]
Steelhead Trout Protection Act: enact (H.R. 2136), 8538
Subcommittee on Elections: notice of hearings, 12709 [21MY]
Tax Reform Act: enact (H.R. 3838), 37378, 37481 [17DE]
Taxation: exempt interest on savings accounts (H.R. 3050), 34776, 34777 [5DE]
Telecommunication: international markets and structure, 18942
Telecommunications industry: Modified Final Judgment relative to the Bell Companies, 33193
Television: CBS documentary—The Gift of Life, 6898
Water Resources, Conservation, Development, and Infrastructure Improvement and Rehabilitation Act: enact (H.R. 6), 30835, 30836 [6NO]
Remarks in House relative to
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 4345 [5MR], 6279 [26MR], 6602 [28MR], 8470 [18AP], 9809 [30AP], 12709 [21MY], 13385 [23MY], 16908 [24JN], 17100 [25JN], 17400 [26JN], 32616 [20NO], 34509, 34676 [5DE], 35207 [9DE], 35654 [10DE], 35977, 35983 [11DE], 37378 [17DE]
Tribute, 814 [22JA]
Reports
Committee on House Administration, 6365 [26MR], 29684 [30OC]
Tables
Projected 1986 committee funding, 6280 [26MR]
Testimonies
Professional Duties of Customs and Immigration Inspectors, 5110
Tributes
Bullitt, Dorothy S., 26490