VANDER JAGT, GUY (a Representative from Michigan)
Appointments
Conferee: H.J. Res. 372, increase statutory public debt limit, 27379 [11OC]
———H.R. 1869, repeal of contemporaneous recordkeeping requirements, 9257 [24AP]
———H.R. 2475, simplify imputed interest taxation rules, 22640 [1AU]
Articles and editorials
Childs Wins Michigan Public Servant Award, Matt Roush, Grand Traverse (MI) City-Record-Eagle, 31806
Community Faith, Courage, Rescue a Local Foundry, Muskegon (MI) Chronicle, 27318
Dr. Irwin J. Lubbers, Holland (MI) Sentinel, 25207
Ed Farhat—The Man Behind the Legend, Dave Alexander, Muskegon (MI) Chronicle, 5078
Holland High Band Heading for Florida, Patti Eddington, Holland (MI) Sentinel, 11690
House Dems Conspire in Theft of an Election, by, Detroit (MI) News, 2401 [19FE]
Is TV Unpatriotic or Simply Unmindful? John Corry, New York (NY) Times, 12689
Just a Few Thoughts Enroute, Kristen Lidke, Holland (MI) Sentinel, 11690
Old Factory Gains New Life With New Firm, Muskegon (MI) Chronicle, 26814
Taming the Deficit Monster, Vice President Bush, Washington (DC) Times, 30933
Thompson Encourages Business Revolution, Jameson Cook, Holland (MI) Sentinel, 31811
Traverse City—Unsullied Shores and Tantalizing Tales, C.N.C. Fishman, Washington (DC) Post, 31801
Villages Make a Point, Ron Koehler, Detroit (MI) News, 1327
Well Done, Bob Morin, Year's Top Businessman, Muskegon (MI) Chronicle, 34035
Youth Who Lied To Join Up at 15 Is AF Secretary-Designate at 53, Jeremiah O'Leary, Washington (DC) Times, 29298
Bills and resolutions introduced by
GSA: convey real property to Muskegon County, MI, Soil Conservation District (see H.R. 1329), 3950 [27FE]
Harrison, Clive F.: relief (see H.R. 943), 1696 [4FE]
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore: modify boundary (see H.R. 3584), 27827 [17OC]
Small Issue Limit in Case of Certain Urban Development Action Grants: enact (see H.R. 2779), 15879 [17JN]
Social Security: treat rural osteopathic hospitals as rural referral centers (see H.R. 2680), 14336 [5JN]
Tariff: classifications of silicone resins and materials (see H.R. 2186), 9104 [23AP]
Taxation: changes relative to real estate investment trusts (see H.R. 2571), 12821 [21MY]
———excise tax on television and radio broadcast rights to fund Olympic events (see H.R. 3770), 32214 [18NO]
———meals furnished by employer to employee on business premises (see H.R. 731), 902 [24JA]
U.S. Olympic Committee: provide funding by imposing excise tax on television and radio broadcast rights (see H.R. 3770), 32214 [18NO]
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), 7497 [3AP]
Agriculture: equitable tax treatment for certain fresh vegetables (see H.R. 110), 903 [24JA]
———market expansion and income protection for farmers (see H.R. 1965), 9829 [30AP]
American Liver Foundation National Liver Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 127), 34267 [4DE]
Anne Frank Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 293), 15216 [11JN]
Appropriations: amend House rules to require rollcall vote (see H. Res. 347), 37855 [18DE]
———supplemental for famine and recovery in Africa (see H.R. 606), 2293 [7FE]
Asbestos: prompt, exclusive, and equitable compensation for inadequate tort remedies (see H.R. 1626), 5727 [20MR]
Baltic Freedom Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 263), 12276 [16MY]
Benign Essential Blepharospasm Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 308), 25051 [26SE]
Better Hearing and Speech Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 169), 7613 [4AP]
Bipartisan Commission on Congressional Campaign Financing: establish (see H.R. 1284), 14059 [4JN]
Boy Scouts of America: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 159), 10521 [6MY]
Budget: constitutional amendment relative to Federal procedures (see H.J. Res. 27), 2681 [20FE]
———require graduated reduction of deficit and balance (see H.R. 3520), 26482 [7OC]
Camp Fire, Inc.: recognizing 75 years service (see H.J. Res. 298), 23549 [12SE]
Canada: expansion of furniture trade (see H.R. 3644), 32642 [20NO]
———President should augment efforts to resolve trade differences (see H. Con. Res. 136), 17233 [25JN]
Caribbean Trade Institute/International Trade Center: establish (see H.R. 950), 14059 [4JN]
Centennial Year of Liberty in the United States: designate (see H.J. Res. 407), 26482 [7OC]
Chapin, Harry: award special gold medal (see H.R. 1207), 19867 [22JY]
Chemicals: lower duty on l-ephedrine hydrochloride (see H.R. 1716), 9297 [24AP]
Coins and coinage: minting of commemoration of centennial of the Statue of Liberty (see H.R. 47), 2433 [19FE]
———provide for minting of gold (see H.R. 1123), 12276 [16MY]
Committee on Hunger (Select): establish (see H. Res. 20), 2293 [7FE]
Committee on Intelligence (Joint): establish (see H.J. Res. 7), 34789 [5DE]
Communications Act: establish procedures for renewal, assignment, and transfer of broadcast licenses (see H.R. 1977), 7496 [3AP]
———2-year moratorium on encryption of satellite cable programming (see H.R. 1769), 27643 [16OC]
Constitution: balanced budget (see H.J. Res. 400), 25049 [26SE]
———item veto in appropriation bills (see H.J. Res. 49), 828 [22JA]
Copper industry: promote and expand (see H.R. 1520), 7497 [3AP]
Copyright: conveyance of right to perform publicly syndicated television programs without right to perform accompanying music (see H.R. 3521), 33842 [3DE]
Credit: eliminate foreign predatory export practices (see H.R. 3515), 26481 [7OC]
District of Columbia: erect memorial to honor Korean War veterans (see H.R. 2205), 17912 [27JN]
Doubek, Robert W.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2591), 23443 [11SE]
Duarte, Jose Napoleon: commend (see H. Res. 145), 9423 [25AP]
Duty: impose on uranium hexafluoride (see H.R. 2336), 10261 [2MY]
Education: establish program to strengthen and improve State and local agencies (see H.R. 3263), 27018 [9OC]
———increase research and encourage contribution of scientific equipment to institutions (see H.R. 1188), 2938 [21FE]
Education Day, U.S.A.: designate (see H.J. Res. 186), 6610 [28MR]
Employment: amend Davis-Bacon Act to provide new job opportunities (see H.R. 472), 2941 [21FE]
Enterprise Zone Jobs Creation Act: enact (see H.R. 3232), 27018 [9OC]
Eugene Ormandy Appreciation Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 347), 31888 [14NO]
Fair Debt Collection Practices Act: attorneys collecting debts subject to provisions (see H.R. 237), 16582 [20JN]
Fair Housing Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 188), 5988 [21MR]
Fair Labor Standards Act: employer to pay youth employment opportunity wage to persons under 20 years of age (see H.R. 1811), 21937 [31JY]
———exempt State and local public agencies from overtime requirements (see H.R. 3237), 26110 [3OC]
Fallen Firefighter Statue and Plaza, Colorado Springs, CO: designate as National Fallen Firefighters Memorial (see H.R. 3436), 33842 [3DE]
Family Reunion Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 64), 10696 [7MY]
Farm Credit Act: achieve efficiency and fiscal responsibility (see H.R. 1217), 9828 [30AP]
FCC: review acquisitions to ensure they are in public interest (see H.R. 2904), 19526 [17JY]
Federal Election Campaign Act: increase role of political parties in financing campaigns (see H.R. 3863), 34788 [5DE]
Federal Home Loan Bank Board: effective date of limitations on certain investments (see H. Con. Res. 34), 1387 [31JA]
Federal Power Act: provide protection to consumers of electric power (see H.R. 44), 2292 [7FE]
Federal retirement funds: restore losses (see H.R. 3688), 31637 [13NO]
Ferroalloy industry: provide for preservation (see H.R. 976), 18060 [8JY]
Footwear: orderly trade in nonrubber to reduce unemployment (see H.R. 1973), 17520 [26JN]
Freedom of the Press Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 164), 2940 [21FE]
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]
Government regulation: make more cost effective and ensure review of rules (see H.R. 1339), 4228 [28FE]
Handicapped Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 285), 11686 [13MY]
Helen Keller Deaf-Blind Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 227), 14655 [6JN]
House: amend rules to prohibit solicitation of political contributions (see H. Res. 341), 36211 [12DE]
House rules: make legislative process more open (see H. Res. 164), 11146 [8MY]
Housing and Community Development Act: assistance under development block grant program (see H.R. 1271), 3568 [26FE]
Humane Products Testing Act: enact (see H.R. 1877), 27162 [10OC]
Hungarians in Transylvania: observance of human rights by Romania (see H. Res. 56), 9125 [23AP]
International Copper Action Commission: establish (see H.R. 3410), 33842 [3DE]
Jewish Heritage Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 104), 5728 [20MR]
Lessons of Grenada Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 313), 17233 [25JN]
Lithuanian Independence Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 409), 34267 [4DE]
Lupus Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 197), 16123 [18JN]
Medicare: extend hospice benefits (see H.R. 2070), 17912 [27JN]
———payments for occupational therapy services (see H.R. 1985), 24179 [18SE]
Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 178), 20138 [23JY]
MIA's: sense of Congress (see H. Con. Res. 37), 6368 [26MR]
Missing Children Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 281), 12822 [21MY]
Monuments and memorials: erect to American Armored Force, Arlington, VA (see H.J. Res. 167), 34885 [6DE]
Myasthenia Gravis Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 329), 21633 [30JY]
National Adoption Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 320), 22686 [1AU]
National Agriculture Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 137), 3379 [25FE]
National Alopecia Areata Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 282), 18139 [9JY]
National Alzheimer's Disease Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 112), 2434 [19FE]
National Arson Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 61), 8762 [22AP]
National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 170), 10696 [7MY]
National Atomic Veterans Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 295), 18516 [10JY]
National Blood Pressure Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 333), 20264 [24JY]
National Bowling Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 359), 35288 [9DE]
National Children's Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 79), 2293 [7FE]
National Community College Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 125), 9745 [29AP]
National Correctional Officers Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 100), 5048 [7MR]
National CPR Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 183), 19526 [17JY]
National Day of Fasting To Raise Funds To Combat Hunger: designate (see H.J. Res. 386), 23548 [12SE]
National Day of Fasting to Rise Funds to Combat Hunger: designate (see H.J. Res. 386), 23548 [12SE]
National Dental Hygiene Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 218), 16123 [18JN]
National Diabetes Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 314), 22686 [1AU]
National Disability in Entertainment Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 206), 19526 [17JY]
National Down's Syndrome Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 135), 12559 [20MY]
National Drug Abuse Education Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 126), 8763 [22AP]
National Eye Health Care Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 207), 37487 [17DE]
National Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 375), 32642 [20NO]
National Fishing Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 433), 37488 [17DE]
National Friendship Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 143), 8473 [18AP]
National Guard: issue commemorative stamp (see H. Res. 245), 27019 [9OC]
National Home Care Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 319), 32630 [20NO]
National Hospice Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 288), 12010 [15MY]
National Housing Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 350), 20263 [24JY]
National Independent Retail Grocer Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 74), 827 [22JA]
National Make-A-Wish Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 221), 14337 [5JN]
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), 4231 [28FE]
National Osteopathic Medicine Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 175), 18060 [8JY]
National Osteoporosis Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 46), 7613 [4AP]
National parks: construction, reconstruction, and improvement of roads (see H.R. 3116), 21631 [30JY]
National POW/MIA Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 205), 13438 [23MY]
National Reye's Syndrome Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 122), 14337 [5JN]
National Safety in the Workplace Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 131), 11148 [8MY]
National School Library Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 154), 8300 [17AP]
National security: strengthen provisions of safeguards when imports threaten to impair (see H.R. 3438), 28865 [24OC]
National security policy: reflect strategy of peace through strength (see H. Con. Res. 150), 12276 [16MY]
National Sewing Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 222), 19867 [22JY]
National Spina Bifida Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 179), 6368 [26MR]
National Theater Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 25), 10262 [2MY]
National Theatre Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 464), 32978 [20NO]
National Tourism Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 296), 18060 [8JY]
National Union for the Total Independence of Angola: authorize the furnishing of military assistance (see H.R. 3609), 33601 [2DE]
Needlecraft display models: extend existing duty-free treatment (see H.R. 2972), 18728 [11JY]
Oil Heat Centennial Year: designate (see H.J. Res. 171), 18730 [11JY]
Older Americans Act: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 132), 11148 [8MY]
Older Americans Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 195), 5583 [19MR]
Peace Corps: recognize 25th anniversary (see H.J. Res. 305), 17233 [25JN]
Pigskin footwear: create separate tariff classification for imports (see H.R. 2303), 19526 [17JY]
Polish American Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 106), 1314 [30JA]
Postal Service: provide reduced rates for nonprofit senior citizens' organizations (see H.J. Res. 397), 29251 [28OC]
Presidents: constitutional amendment providing for appointment of electors from insular areas (see H.J. Res. 23), 24288 [19SE]
Public Health Service Act: establish National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Diseases (see H.R. 525), 34789 [5DE]
Religion: greater balance among military chaplains in Armed Forces (see H.R. 1875), 36211 [12DE]
Romania: human rights of Hungarians in Transylvania (see H. Res. 56), 9125 [23AP]
Rural Electrification Program: anniversary (see H. Res. 144), 15593 [13JN]
Rural mail carriers: computing deductions for use of their automobiles (see H.R. 1884), 16582 [20JN]
Saginaw Chippewa Tribe, Michigan: use and distribution of funds in judgments awarded (see H.R. 2983), 23444 [11SE]
Save for the U.S.A. Year: designate (see H.J. Res. 436), 35288 [9DE]
Scruggs, Jan C.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2591), 23443 [11SE]
Senior Center Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 146), 8763 [22AP]
Sesquicentennial Year of the National Library of Medicine: designate (see H.J. Res. 332), 38372 [19DE]
Social Security: provide exemption for members of faiths opposed to participation (see H.R. 1138), 19701 [18JY]
———restore trust fund losses (see H.R. 3688), 31637 [13NO]
Soviet Jewry: sense of House relative to Solidarity Sunday (see H. Res. 127), 8059 [16AP]
Square dance: designate as the national folk dance (see H.J. Res. 316), 15879 [17JN]
Steel: limit importation of products (see H.R. 539), 1696 [4FE]
Supplemental compensation program: phase out (see H.R. 1866), 7235 [2AP]
Tariff Act: amend (see H.R. 3328), 24177 [18SE]
Tax Fairness and Reform Act: enact (see H.R. 3879), 35288 [9DE]
Tax Reform Act: amend (see H.R. 528), 1696 [4FE]
Taxation: allocate corporate revenues for payments to registered voters (see H.R. 56), 3570 [26FE]
———allow a defined contribution plan of a rural electric cooperative (see H.R. 1615), 5726 [20MR]
———allow credit against income for expenses paid or incurred for preparation of returns (see H.R. 1608), 12822 [21MY]
———allow deduction for additions to reserves for decommissioning costs of nuclear powerplants (see H.R. 1619), 12822 [21MY]
———charitable contributions by nonitemizers (see H.R. 587), 20680 [25JY]
———deductions for elimination of architectural transportation barriers for handicapped and elderly (see H.R. 1458), 5044 [7MR]
———eliminate on dividends (see H.R. 56), 3570 [26FE]
———exclude educational assistance programs from gross income (see H.R. 1356), 4229 [28FE]
———extend and phase out credit for investments in conservation and renewable energy property (see H.R. 2001), 11686 [13MY]
———extend energy credit to solar (see H.R. 1272), 3568 [26FE]
———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), 19229 [16JY]
———make permanent allocation of research and experimental expenditures (see H.R. 1359), 4229 [28FE]
———method of payment on distilled spirits (see H.R. 2274), 27162 [10OC]
———repeal capital gains on disposition of investments in real property by foreign citizens (see H.R. 2763), 15592 [13JN]
———simplify imputed interest rules (see H.R. 2475), 11760 [14MY]
———treatment of commercial airline pilots (see H.R. 2399), 10694 [7MY]
Textile industry and fabrics: promote economic recovery (see H.R. 1562), 5582 [19MR]
Trade Partnership Act: enact (see H.R. 3522), 26690 [8OC]
Unemployment: exempt wages paid to full-time students employed by summer camps from tax (see H.R. 3180), 22682 [1AU]
VA: improve benefits for former POW's (see H.R. 864), 25050 [26SE]
Veterans: monthly pension for World War I (see H.R. 1918), 7613 [4AP]
Vietnam Veterans' of America, Inc.: grant charter (see H.R. 512), 5728 [20MR]
Walt Disney Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 377), 32643 [20NO]
Wheeler, John P., III: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2591), 23443 [11SE]
World Food Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 172), 3950 [27FE]
Year of the Flag: designate (see H.J. Res. 424), 31637 [13NO]
Year of the Teacher: designate (see H.J. Res. 151), 3379 [25FE]
Youth Suicide Prevention Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 193), 9829 [30AP]
Books
``David Copperfield,'' Charles Dickens (excerpt), 30933
Elected to
Committee on Ways and Means, 1274 [30JA]
Eulogies
H.M. Daughtry, Jr., 25204
Letters
Chiropractic care anniversary: Nikolas K. Dreliozis, Muskegon (MI) Chronicle, 30333
Contested election in 8th Congressional District of Indiana: by, 4286 [4MR], 4371 [5MR]
Defense, foreign policy, and arms control: by, and 19 other House Members, 26130 [3OC]
Yuli Edelshtein's efforts to emigrate from Soviet Union: by, to President Reagan, 28719
Remarks by, on
Budget: deficit, 30933
Davenport, IA: Daniel D. Palmer, tribute, 30333
Dept. of Defense: Russell A. Rourke, Sec. of Air the Force designate, tribute, 29298
Dept. of HHS: Urban and Rural Economic Development Program, Muskegon Heights, MI, 26814
Economic conditions: GNP gap, 30933
Edelshtein, Yuli: efforts to emigrate from Soviet Union, 28718
Education: death of Irwin J. Lubbers, 25207
GNP: budget gap, 30933
Government spending: reduce, 30933
Grand Traverse County, MI: K. Ross Childs, tribute, 31806
Health: chiropractic care anniversary, 30333
———enable certain osteopathic rural hospitals to qualify for status as rural referral centers under medicare (H.R. 2680), 14537
Holland, MI: high school marching band to restage inaugural parade, Disney World, Orlando, FL, 11690
———Patrick Thompson, tribute, 31811
Indiana: declare congressional seat in 8th District vacant (H. Res. 148), 9814 [30AP]
———referring election of Member from 8th Congressional District to Committee on House Administration (H. Res. 1), 385 [3JA]
Jews: efforts to emigrate from Soviet Union, 28718
McIntyre, Representative: seat as Member of House (H. Res. 52), 2226 [7FE]
Montague, MI: weather vane center of the world, 1327
Muskegon, MI: Bob Morin, tribute, 34035
———St. Michael the Archangel Parish anniversary, 23474
———West Michigan Steel Foundary, Inc., tribute, 27318
Muskegon Heights, MI: economic development, 26814
Real estate: tax treatment, 12796
REIT Tax Provisions Act: enact (H.R. 2571), 12796
Republican Party: tax reform proposal, 37470 [17DE]
Soviet Union: free emigration of Jews, 28718
Tax Reform Act: enact (H.R. 3838), 37470 [17DE]
Taxation: treatment of real estate investment trusts, 12796
Traverse City, MI: tribute, 31801
U.S. Olympic Committee: funding (H.R. 3770), 32278
Whitehall, MI: weather vane center of the world, 1327
———Whitehall Metal Studios, Inc., tribute, 1327
Remarks in House relative to
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 385 [3JA], 1310 [30JA], 2226 [7FE], 5042 [7MR], 8759 [22AP], 9814 [30AP], 11684 [13MY], 12558 [20MY], 14335 [5JN], 23426 [11SE], 25047 [26SE], 26689 [8OC], 27161 [10OC], 28700 [23OC], 29250 [28OC], 30197 [1NO], 30912 [6NO], 31635 [13NO], 32213 [18NO], 33840 [3DE], 37470 [17DE]
Special order: granted, 12818 [21MY]
Reports
Committee on Ways and Means, 2413 [19FE], 5725 [20MR], 20679 [25JY], 37851 [18DE]
Foreign Travel Expenditures, 2413 [19FE], 5725 [20MR], 20679 [25JY], 37851 [18DE]
Statements
Republican Alternative—Tax Reform, December 1985: by, and 12 other House Members, 35151 [6DE]
Summaries
REIT Tax Provisions Act (H.R. 2571), 12797
Tributes
Childs, K. Ross, 31806
Counselor, Gary, 27318
Daughtry, H.M., Jr., 25204
Farhat, Ed, 5077
Lubbers, Irwin J., 25207
McLaughlin, J. Scott, 27318
Morin, Bob, 34035
Palmer, Daniel D., 30333
Pennington, Reginald, 27318
Read, Richard, 1327
Rourke, Russell A., 29298
Thompson, Patrick, 31811
Walborn, David, 27318