WEAVER, JAMES (a Representative from Oregon)
Amendments offered by, to
American Conservation Corps Act: enact (H.R. 99), 18690 [11JY]
Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2959), 18986 [15JY], 19170 [16JY]
Food Security Act: enact (H.R. 2100), 24876 [24SE]
Water Resources, Conservation, Development, and Infrastructure Improvement and Rehabilitation Act: enact (H.R. 6), 30390 [4NO], 30814, 30831 [6NO], 31599 [13NO]
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 3128, changes in spending and revenue provisions in budget, 34512 [5DE]
Articles and editorials
Elk Creek Dam Project, Dana Bottorff, Medford (OR) Mail Tribune (excerpts), 31599 [13NO]
Elk Creek Dam Project, Portland (OR) Oregonian (excerpt), 30364 [4NO]
Populism, Spotlight (publication), 17501 [26JN]
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Agriculture: actions to improve productivity (see H.R. 1383), 4230 [28FE]
———protection and preservation of seeds and animal germplasm (see H.R. 3973), 37487 [17DE]
Animal husbandry: use of antibiotics (see H.R. 616), 827 [22JA]
BLM: manage lands within Prineville District, Oregon for hunting, fishing, and recreation (see H.R. 3681), 30384 [4NO]
Bretton Woods Agreements Act: amend to use of compensatory financing facility of IMF (see H.R. 936), 1695 [4FE]
Canada: impose quantitative limitations on softwood and investigate National Forest Systems (see H.R. 1088), 2291 [7FE]
Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Indians: distribution of funds (see H.R. 3214), 22683 [1AU]
Farm Aid Concert, Champaign, IL: bring crisis in agriculture to attention of people (see H. Con. Res. 185), 23150 [10SE]
Farm Credit Act: amend to provide producer-approved wheat and feed grain referenda (see H.R. 3823), 32622 [20NO]
Nuclear waste: enable States to participate in site selection of repositories (see H.R. 1843), 6609 [28MR]
Pacific Northwest Power Authority Act: enact (see H.R. 3215), 22684 [1AU]
Sec. of Agriculture: engage in research program to monitor, evaluate, and identify causes of atmospheric pollution (see H.R. 2963), 18515 [10JY]
Taxation: impose $10 on imported petroleum (see H.R. 1396), 4299 [4MR]
Van Engers, Andre C.: relief (see H.R. 1758), 6366 [26MR]
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Abortion: ensure services in same manner as pregnancy-related under Federal programs (see H.R. 2691), 14654 [6JN]
Africa: funds for food assistance and agricultural development (see H.R. 2080), 18729 [11JY]
———supplemental assistance for famine relief (see H.R. 100), 1387 [31JA]
Agricultural Act: provide for producer-approved wheat and feed grain referenda (see H.R. 3805), 32619 [20NO]
Agricultural employees: establish sanitation occupational health and safety standard (see H.R. 3295), 29251 [28OC]
Agriculture: establish occupational health and safety standards for sanitation (see H.R. 3748), 36766 [16DE]
———price and income protection to farmers (see H.R. 2383), 10693 [7MY]
AID: family planning service programs based on voluntarism and informed choice (see H.R. 3654), 29685 [30OC]
Alzheimer's disease: assistance for education, research, and related disorders (see H.R. 2280), 22685 [1AU]
———designation of 20 regional centers for treatment (see H.R. 524), 26691 [8OC]
American Battle Monuments Commission: establish monument to Armed Forces (see H.R. 3764), 31887 [14NO]
Ammunition: regulate manufacture, importation, and sale of armor-piercing (see H.R. 13), 2292 [7FE]
Amtrak: appropriations and establish Commission to study financial status (see H.R. 2266), 13128 [22MY]
———continuation of Federal assistance (see H. Con. Res. 68), 6368 [26MR]
Angola: prohibit assistance for military or paramilitary operations (see H.R. 3690), 36106 [11DE]
Animal Welfare Act: ensure proper treatment of laboratory animals (see H.R. 2653), 21937 [31JY]
Anti-Profit Padding Act: enact (see H.R. 778), 7239 [2AP]
Antitrust policy: determination of impact of acquisitions of share capital and stock on competition (see H.R. 1515), 6610 [28MR]
Appalachian Regional Development Act: amend (see H.R. 10), 11761 [14MY]
Armed Forces: spouses shall be entitled to pro rata share of retired or retainer pay (see H.R. 2365), 14059 [4JN]
Assassinations: prohibit U.S. involvement (see H.R. 1348), 27420 [11OC]
Atomic tests: disability and death allowances to veterans and survivors who participated (see H.R. 1613), 9104 [23AP]
Attorney General: require periodic reports to President and Congress (see H.R. 375), 4230 [28FE]
Bankruptcy: proceedings involving debtors who are family farmers (see H.R. 2211), 15880 [17JN]
Banks and banking: limit number of days institutions may restrict availability of funds on deposit (see H.R. 2443), 16413 [19JN]
Benzidine: prohibit importation of salts and based products (see H.R. 1256), 25496 [1OC]
Bipartisan Commission on Congressional Campaign Financing: establish (see H.R. 1284), 18138 [9JY]
Bipartisan Commission on the Budget Deficit: establish (see H. Res. 259), 25051 [26SE]
Black Revolutionary War Patriots Foundation: establish memorial (see H.J. Res. 142), 3570 [26FE]
Budget: freeze spending (see H.J. Res. 78), 2681 [20FE]
———require President to transmit and Committee on the Budget to report a balanced (see H.R. 3), 2292 [7FE]
———require President's to separately set forth annual budget of FRS (see H.R. 1659), 6610 [28MR]
Cadet Nurse Corps: credit time during World War II for civil service retirement (see H.R. 2663), 23443 [11SE]
Canada: expansion of furniture trade (see H.R. 3644), 29684 [30OC]
Census: modify application to family farmers (see H.R. 1399), 4400 [5MR]
Central America: calling for peace (see H. Res. 67), 6368 [26MR]
Chapin, Harry: award special gold medal (see H.R. 1207), 11762 [14MY]
Children: improve and expand care and early education services (see H.R. 2867), 34789 [5DE]
———improve enforcement of abuse laws (see H.R. 2791), 18730 [11JY]
———provide State assistance to establish clearinghouse for missing (see H.R. 604), 3378 [25FE]
Chile: restoration of democracy (see H. Con. Res. 52), 1877 [6FE]
China, People's Republic of: ensure verification of peaceful uses of nuclear exports (see H.R. 3537), 30493 [5NO]
Cigarettes: increase excise tax (see H.R. 1594), 7497 [3AP]
———increase tax and provide cost-of-living adjustment in amount of such tax (see H.R. 236), 903 [24JA]
Civil rights: protect individuals guaranteed by Constitution and prevent unwarranted invasion (see H.R. 1924), 28317 [22OC]
Civil Rights Act: amend (see H.R. 691), 1315 [30JA]
Civil Rights Restoration Act: enact (see H.R. 700), 2293 [7FE]
Civil service: promote equitable pay practices and eliminate discrimination (see H.R. 3008), 19229 [16JY]
Clean Air Act: control of hazardous air pollutants from stationary and mobile sources (see H.R. 967), 5728 [20MR]
Coal: adjustment of duties on imported (see H.R. 422), 1387 [31JA]
———offset competitive advantage of foreign producers (see H.R. 1905), 7237 [2AP]
Committee on Children, Youth, and Families (Select): establish (see H. Res. 25), 461 [7JA]
Committee on Hunger (Select): establish (see H. Res. 20), 1315 [30JA]
Commodity Exchange Act: prohibit insider trading (see H.R. 456), 5988 [21MR]
Communications Act: 2-year moratorium on encryption of satellite cable programming (see H.R. 1769), 34266 [4DE]
———business and other entities pay a reasonable access charge (see H.R. 1633), 14059 [4JN]
———clarify policies to view satellite-transmitted television programming (see H.R. 1840), 32627 [20NO]
———expand availability of hearing-aid compatible telephones (see H.R. 3099), 36106 [11DE]
———promote fairness in telecommunications policy for lifeline telephone service (see H.R. 151), 1387 [31JA]
Communities: facilitate economic adjustment (see H.R. 229), 2292 [7FE]
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act: amend (see H.R. 2022), 15593 [13JN]
Congressional Record: permitting printing of political cartoons (see H. Res. 206), 18139 [9JY]
Consumers: promote interests in securing financial services (see H.R. 2661), 22979 [5SE]
Contracts: allow suits against U.S. resulting from atomic weapons testing program (see H.R. 1338), 13437 [23MY]
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide: sense of Congress on ratification (see H. Res. 82), 6368 [26MR]
Copper industry: promote and expand (see H.R. 1520), 7497 [3AP]
Corporations: discourage domestic from establishing foreign manufacturing subsidiaries (see H.R. 1914), 22898 [4SE]
Crime and criminals: civil remedies for persons injured by racketeering activity (see H.R. 2943), 36765 [16DE]
Dept. of Defense: Inspector General to take extraordinary actions relative to contracts (see H.R. 2262), 13890 [3JN]
Dept. of Labor: reduce cases under Black Lung Benefits Act (see H.R. 2833), 27162 [10OC]
Discrimination: prohibit on basis of affectional or sexual orientation (see H.R. 230), 450 [3JA]
Distressed areas: establish long term employment for needed community facilities projects (see H.R. 670), 19526 [17JY]
Doubek, Robert W.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2591), 17913 [27JN]
Education: establish program to strengthen and improve State and local agencies (see H.R. 3263), 31516 [12NO]
———extend time limitation for completing a program (see H.R. 893), 7239 [2AP]
———grants to local agencies to improve skills of economically distressed secondary students (see H.R. 901), 4402 [5MR]
———promote effective schools and excellence (see H.R. 747), 3378 [25FE]
Education Day, U.S.A.: designate (see H.J. Res. 186), 6610 [28MR]
EEOC: require periodic reports to President and Congress (see H.R. 375), 4230 [28FE]
El Salvador: Committee on Foreign Affairs to investigate murders of U.S. citizens (see H. Res. 36), 2942 [21FE]
Elections: day and times for cngressional and Presidential (see H.R. 639), 5048 [7MR]
ERISA: additional and more effective controls on terminations of single-employer plans (see H.R. 2701), 20138 [23JY]
———require coverage under group health for certain spouses, former spouses, and dependent children (see H.R. 21), 3950 [27FE]
Executive departments: promote pay equity and eliminate certain discriminatory wage-setting practices (see H.R. 27), 4230 [28FE]
Eximbank: prohibit extensions of credit to Communist countries (see H.R. 97), 23009 [9SE]
Export Administration Act: impose controls on certain exports to South Africa (see H.R. 501), 5047 [7MR]
Fair Housing Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 188), 6471 [27MR]
Federal agencies: reporting requirements in cases of reduction in grade of pay, closings, or changing of functions of field offices (see H.R. 2401), 12559 [20MY]
Federal employees: time restrictions for private-sector employment of certain contracting officials (see H.R. 1201), 7239 [2AP]
Federal Energy Conservation Program: improve administration (see H.R. 2876), 22685 [1AU]
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act: protect public from hazards of pesticides (see H.R. 2580), 23443 [11SE]
———provide that pesticides do not endanger human health (see H.R. 1910), 7237 [2AP]
Firearms: protect rights of owners (see H.R. 945), 1874 [6FE]
Fisheries: relative to conservation and management (see H.R. 1876), 7236 [2AP]
Food Stamp Act: allow use of benefits to obtain prepared meals (see H.R. 770), 7239 [2AP]
———improve quality control standards and procedures (see H.R. 2621), 15593 [13JN]
Food stamp plan: reauthorize and improve Commodity Supplemental and Temporary Emergency programs (see H.R. 2422), 14336 [5JN]
Foreign Assistance Act: protect biological diversity in developing countries (see H.R. 2958), 22686 [1AU]
———protect tropical forests in developing countries (see H.R. 2957), 22686 [1AU]
Foreign investments: require persons to register and provide reciprocity in international policy (see H.R. 2582), 17913 [27JN]
Freedom of Information Act: amend (see H.R. 3319), 27018 [9OC]
Freedom of the Press Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 164), 2940 [21FE]
GAO: investigate conditions of displaced Salvadoran persons (see H.R. 822), 7497 [3AP]
Geological Survey: assessment of quality of Nation's ground and surface water resources (see H.R. 3906), 36105 [11DE]
Germany, Federal Republic of: President's trip to Bitburg cemetery (see H. Con. Res. 125; H. Res. 135), 8763 [22AP], 9105 [23AP]
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 programs: require reauthorization of budget authority at least every 10 years (see H.R. 2), 21632 [30JY]
Handicapped Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 285), 11292 [9MY]
Hazardous Materials Transportation Act: establish training centers to assist emergency response and enforcement capabilities (see H.R. 966), 5728 [20MR]
Helen Keller Deaf-Blind Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 227), 14655 [6JN]
Helsinki Human Rights Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 132), 1876 [6FE]
Higher Education Act: 20th anniversary and reaffirmation of purpose (see H. Con. Res. 207), 26482 [7OC]
Homeless: emergency shelter and related services (see H.R. 1526), 17233 [25JN]
Humane Products Testing Act: enact (see H.R. 1877), 27162 [10OC]
Idaho: designate certain public lands as wilderness (see H.R. 1068), 2290 [7FE]
IMF: vote against financial assistance to country which practices apartheid (see H.R. 820), 8473 [18AP]
Immigration and Nationality Act: grounds for exclusion and deportation of aliens (see H.R. 2361), 17233 [25JN]
Indian Health Care Improvement Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 1426), 4401 [5MR]
Indian lands: conservation, rehabilitation, and improvement of natural and cultural resources (see H.R. 99), 446 [3JA]
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), 15499 [12JN]
Interstate commerce: prevent employment denial by prohibiting lie detector tests on employees (see H.R. 1524), 16123 [18JN]
Japan: Presidential action to reduce growing merchandise trade deficit (see H. Con. Res. 107), 10263 [2MY]
Jewish Heritage Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 104), 5728 [20MR]
Job Corps Program: reaffirm commitment (see H. Res. 72), 7498 [3AP]
Job Training Partnership Act: establish education component in summer youth employment programs (see H.R. 1090), 3570 [26FE]
LSC: opposition of House to efforts to reduce services (see H. Res. 55), 5049 [7MR]
Made in America Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 430), 31637 [13NO]
Medicaid: coverage of acupuncturists' services (see H.R. 1031), 20838 [26JY]
Medicare: coverage for personal emergency response systems (see H.R. 1223), 16582 [20JN]
———extend hospice benefits for 2 years (see H.R. 1316), 6610 [28MR]
———provide coverage of acupuncturists' treatment in States which license or certify (see H.R. 1032), 20838 [26JY]
———provide solvency and reform financing system (see H.R. 1801), 6607 [28MR]
———vision care (see H.R. 2342), 19526 [17JY]
Medicare and medicaid: do not restrict eligibility or increased cost on elderly or poor (see H. Con. Res. 39), 903 [24JA]
Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 178), 17520 [26JN]
Metric Conversion Act: repeal (see H.R. 436), 1878 [6FE]
MIA's: sense of Congress (see H. Con. Res. 37), 5586 [19MR]
Mihailovich, Draza: establish monument in honor by National Committee of American Airmen Rescued by General Mihailovich (see H.R. 77), 2292 [7FE]
Monopolies: prohibit hostile takeovers of domestic petroleum corporations (see H.R. 1182), 2680 [20FE]
———prohibit rail carriers from denying access to shippers of certain commodities (see H.R. 1140), 5585 [19MR]
Motor vehicles: restrict temporarily quantity of imported (see H.R. 1050), 4231 [28FE]
Mule Appreciation Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 76), 1387 [31JA]
National Agriculture Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 137), 2291 [7FE]
National Alzheimer's Disease Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 77, 112), 7497 [3AP], 8762 [22AP]
National Atomic Veterans Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 295), 18516 [10JY]
National Buy American Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 334), 18138 [9JY]
National Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 173), 18516 [10JY]
National Child Abuse Prevention Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 121), 2293 [7FE]
National Child Safety Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 33), 2293 [7FE]
National Children's Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 79), 827 [22JA]
National Community College Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 125), 9745 [29AP]
National Correctional Officers Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 100), 6610 [28MR]
National Day of Fasting To Raise Funds To Combat Hunger: designate (see H.J. Res. 386), 26691 [8OC]
National Day of Remembrance of Man's Inhumanity to Man: designate (see H.J. Res. 192), 5729 [20MR]
National Dental Hygiene Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 218), 22686 [1AU]
National DES Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 149), 8474 [18AP]
National Employ-the-Older-Worker Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 134), 2681 [20FE]
National Forest System lands: firewood exemption for senior citizens and handicapped (see H.R. 3445), 35288 [9DE]
National Foster Grandparents Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 141), 27163 [10OC]
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration: retain automobile fuel economy standards (see H. Res. 210), 17519 [26JN]
National Independent Retail Grocer Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 74), 1878 [6FE]
National Labor Relations Act: increase stability of collective bargaining in building and construction industry (see H.R. 281), 14655 [6JN]
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 Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Program: establish (see H.R. 2436), 11146 [8MY]
National observances: establish commission to advise President (see H.R. 479), 30914 [6NO]
National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 101), 5586 [19MR]
National Physical Fitness and Sports Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 182), 5586 [19MR]
National School Library Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 154), 4402 [5MR]
National School-Age Child Care Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 60), 20681 [25JY]
National Skin Cancer Prevention and Detection Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 85), 2293 [7FE]
National Temporary Help Services Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 401), 27829 [17OC]
National Theater Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 25), 10262 [2MY]
National Theatre Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 464), 32978 [20NO]
National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act: procedures for petition of certification and compliance by manufacturers (see H.R. 1004), 6367 [26MR]
National Veterans' Health Care Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 216), 15500 [12JN]
Navada: designate certain forest lands in the National Wilderness Preservation System (see H.R. 3302), 24179 [18SE]
Nevada: designate certain forest lands in the National Wilderness Preservation System (see H.R. 3302), 24179 [18SE]
Nevada Wilderness Act: enact (see H.R. 3304), 23548 [12SE]
Nexrad: sense of Congress to continue on schedule (see H. Con. Res. 167), 36211 [12DE]
NIH: full funding for new and competing research grants (see H.J. Res. 136), 3378 [25FE]
Nuclear powerplants: remove liability limits for nuclear accidents (see H.R. 445), 1387 [31JA]
Nuclear test ban challenge: enact (see H.J. Res. 119), 7240 [2AP]
Nuclear weapons: mutual, simultaneous, verifiable cessation of testing (see H.R. 1834, 3442), 14059 [4JN], 25049 [26SE]
———prohibit explosive testing (see H.J. Res. 3), 7240 [2AP]
———renounce first use (see H.J. Res. 47), 6367 [26MR]
Occupational Safety and Health Act: right to know risks associated with hazardous substances (see H.R. 963), 5728 [20MR]
Oil Heat Centennial Year: designate (see H.J. Res. 171), 19702 [18JY]
Older Americans Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 195), 5583 [19MR]
Olmsted, Frederick Law: identify, commemorate, and preserve the legacy of historic landscapes (see H.R. 37), 1386 [31JA]
Orlov, Yuri: release (see H.J. Res. 357), 22687 [1AU]
Outer Continental Shelf: imposing limitations and restrictions on leasing lands off California (see H.R. 3373), 31637 [13NO]
Peace Tax Fund: establish (see H.R. 3032), 19526 [17JY]
People's Republic of China-U.S. Student Exchange for Understanding Program: establish (see H.J. Res. 153), 2433 [19FE]
Pesticides: protect public from consuming residues on imported foodstuffs (see H.R. 1416), 18138 [9JY]
Plant closings: require employers to notify and consult with employees (see H.R. 1616), 16123 [18JN]
Point Reyes National Seashore, CA: designate as Phillip Burton Wilderness (see H.R. 1373), 4229 [28FE]
Poland: civil liberties (see H. Con. Res. 24), 460 [3JA]
Polish American Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 106), 5729 [20MR]
Presidential elections: uniform voting hours (see H.R. 622), 4231 [28FE]
Presidential primaries or caucuses: hold beginning second Tuesday in March and ending on second Tuesday in June (see H.R. 1380), 7497 [3AP]
Presidents: constitutional amendment providing for appointment of electors from insular areas (see H.J. Res. 23), 24288 [19SE]
Public lands: conservation, rehabilitation, and improvement of natural and cultural resources (see H.R. 99), 446 [3JA]
Public Works and Economic Development Act: amend (see H.R. 10), 11761 [14MY]
Railroad retirement: opposition to benefit cuts (see H. Res. 122), 12823 [21MY]
Revolving Door Reform Act: enact (see H.R. 1201), 7239 [2AP]
Robert A. Taft Institute: extend authorization (see H.R. 1047), 14655 [6JN]
Rose: designate as national floral emblem (see H.J. Res. 385), 36766 [16DE]
Roses: rates of duty on imported (see H.R. 1701), 24288 [19SE]
Rural Electrification Program: anniversary (see H. Res. 144), 15593 [13JN]
Rural mail carriers: computing deductions for use of automobiles (see H.R. 1884), 20838 [26JY]
Science: prevent duplication of experiments on live animals (see H.R. 1145), 25279 [30SE]
Scruggs, Jan C.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 849, 2591), 2681 [20FE], 17913 [27JN]
Sec. of Energy: conduct epidemiological studies of effects of radiation (see H.R. 1287), 3569 [26FE]
Sec. of HHS: conduct epidemiological studies of effects of radiation (see H.R. 1287), 3569 [26FE]
Sec. of Labor: require periodic reports to President and Congress (see H.R. 375), 4230 [28FE]
Sec. of the Treasury: deposit in trust funds amount equal to interest lost through disinvestment during fiscal year (see H.R. 3634), 30493 [5NO]
Smithsonian Institution: plan and construct facilities for science activities (see H.R. 1483), 5585 [19MR]
Social Security: accelerate removal of trust funds from unified budget (see H.R. 2164), 22899 [4SE]
———benefits to disabled widows and widowers without regard to age (see H.R. 159), 13127 [22MY]
———closing and downgrading of local offices (see H. Res. 219), 27643 [16OC]
———combined earnings of husband and wife shall be divided equally and shared for benefit purposes (see H.R. 158), 13127 [22MY]
———coverage of ambulette service for wheelchair individuals (see H.R. 598), 7803 [15AP]
———direct medicare payment for services of nurse anesthetist (see H.R. 2504), 20264 [24JY]
———eliminate reductions in benefits in case of spouses and surviving spouses (see H.R. 155), 13127 [22MY]
———limit increase in the inpatient hospital deductible and charge extended care coinsurance (see H.R. 3630), 36766 [16DE]
———moratorium on cost-of-living adjustments (see H. Res. 31), 903 [24JA]
———overpayments made to deceased shall be subject to provisions under the Act (see H.R. 2860), 17232 [25JN]
———payment of a transition benefit to spouse upon such individual's death (see H.R. 160), 13127 [22MY]
———provide individual's years of coverage for purposes of computing minimum benefit (see H.R. 157), 13127 [22MY]
———restore minimum benefits for future beneficiaries (see H.R. 154), 13127 [22MY]
———waiting period for terminal illness shall not be applicable (see H.R. 580), 7238 [2AP]
Social Security Administration: establish as independent agency (see H.R. 3470), 29686 [30OC]
Social Security Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 300), 22686 [1AU]
Soil Conservation Service: commending (see H. Res. 188), 18139 [9JY]
Solid Waste Disposal Act: prevent release of toxic and hazardous substances (see H.R. 965), 5728 [20MR]
South Africa: ban new investments (see H.R. 632), 1878 [6FE]
———opposition to system of apartheid (see H.R. 1460), 7239 [2AP]
———prohibit any person from functions of an honorary consular officer (see H.R. 1812), 6608 [28MR]
———prohibit importation of krugerrands or other coins (see H.R. 821), 8473 [18AP]
Soviet Union: agreement for strict mutual and verifiable limitations on space weapons (see H.J. Res. 252), 19867 [22JY]
———direct President to begin talks to establish student exchange for peace programs (see H.J. Res. 336), 23444 [11SE]
———President should negotiate ban on production and stockpiling of chemical weapons (see H.R. 36), 4230 [28FE]
———sense of House relative to exchange of travel by leaders of U.S. (see H. Res. 116), 6470 [27MR]
———support expanded cultural exchange (see H. Con. Res. 237), 36211 [12DE]
Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants, and Children: release the remaining money appropriated (see H. Con. Res. 146), 14337 [5JN]
State and local government: reporting, disclosure, and fiduciary standards for employee retirement systems (see H.R. 3126), 23444 [11SE]
State and local governments: reporting, disclosure, and fiduciary standards for employee retirement systems (see H.R. 3127), 23913 [17SE]
States: Federal grants for programs to identify and aid for exposure to the drug diethylstilbestrol (see H.R. 508), 2941 [21FE]
Steel: limit importation of products (see H.R. 539), 903 [24JA]
Synthetic Fuels Corp.: abolish (see H.R. 935), 5048 [7MR]
Tariff Act: apply countervailing duties to resource input subsidies (see H.R. 2451), 12822 [21MY]
Tax Reform Act: repeal changes to treatment of debt instruments issued for property (see H.R. 242), 903 [24JA]
Taxation: additional and more effective controls on terminations of single-employer plans (see H.R. 2701), 20138 [23JY]
———allow a defined contribution plan of a rural electric cooperative (see H.R. 1615), 6610 [28MR]
———Alzheimer's disease deduction from gross income for care expenses (see H.R. 468), 1148 [28JA]
———charitable contributions by nonitemizers (see H.R. 587), 6470 [27MR]
———clarify conditions under which scholarship and fellowship grants will be excluded from gross income (see H.R. 1994), 13437 [23MY]
———deny deduction for group health plan unless it includes pediatric preventive care (see H.R. 3469), 31002 [7NO]
———deny deduction for interest on loans in takeovers or attempted (see H.R. 1553), 16413 [19JN]
———disallow deduction for advertising or promotion of arms sales (see H.R. 1444), 7239 [2AP]
———establish rules regulating certain tax credits and deductions of electric utilities (see H.R. 3018), 29251 [28OC]
———exclude educational assistance programs from gross income (see H.R. 1356), 27828 [17OC]
———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), 5048 [7MR]
———full credit for contributions to candidates for Congress (see H.R. 3780), 35288 [9DE]
———impose minimum on individuals and corporations (see H.R. 18), 444 [3JA]
———increase on cigarettes and earmark to Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund (see H.R. 3630), 36766 [16DE]
———increase rate for individuals and corporations (see H.R. 2424), 11145 [8MY]
———law enforcement, fire protection, and emergency medical vehicles be treated as nontaxable fringe benefit (see H.R. 773), 2293 [7FE]
———limit role of Federal Government in regulation of contributions, benefits, and exempt from State and local government retirement plans (see H.R. 3127), 23913 [17SE]
———repeal maintenance of contemporaneous records (see H.R. 600), 1315 [30JA]
———sense of Congress relative to payments to Presidential Election Campaign Fund (see H. Con. Res. 169), 19527 [17JY]
———sense of House to employer-paid and life support benefits (see H. Res. 268), 24581 [20SE]
Territories (U.S.): accepting, ratifying, and confirming the cessions of islands of Samoan group (see H.R. 3555), 30384 [4NO]
Textile industry and fabrics: promote economic recovery (see H.R. 1562), 5582 [19MR]
Trade Act: expansion of international trade in wood products (see H.R. 1648), 5986 [21MR]
Trade Agreements Program: restore balance in international and improve operations (see H.R. 3035), 19701 [18JY]
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council: amend act establishing (see H.R. 3750), 31636 [13NO]
U.S.-U.S.S.R. relations: display lights during summit talks (see H. Con. Res. 227), 30493 [5NO]
Unemployment: consolidated program of extended compensation (see H.R. 1072), 3570 [26FE]
———extend supplemental compensation (see H.R. 890), 3570 [26FE]
———use total rate in determining extended supplemental benefits (see H. Con. Res. 60), 3570 [26FE]
Unemployment Trust Fund: establish a system of individual training accounts (see H.R. 26), 444 [3JA]
Uniform Code of Military Justice: establish offense of espionage during peacetime (see H.R. 3026), 21938 [31JY]
VA: adjudication of claims for benefits (see H.R. 585), 903 [24JA]
———establish, maintain, and utilize central data bank for information to law enforcement personnel (see H.R. 1817), 14059 [4JN]
———exempt payments for service-connected disabilities from taxation (see H. Con. Res. 69), 18060 [8JY]
———grant program to States for veterans' benefits (see H.R. 1967), 14336 [5JN]
———improve benefits for former POW's (see H.R. 864), 5584 [19MR]
Veterans: allow totally disabled to travel on military aircraft (see H.R. 3732), 33602 [2DE]
———monthly pension for World War I (see H.R. 1918), 10024 [1MY]
———presumption of service connection of posttraumatic stress disorders during Vietnam era (see H.R. 362), 7238 [2AP]
———provide toll free telephone access to VA (see H.R. 1816), 14059 [4JN]
War Powers Act: make rules governing uses of Armed Forces (see H.R. 1304), 3949 [27FE]
Westway landfill, New York, NY: Sec. of Transportation not to expand or obligate funds (see H.R. 1888), 7236 [2AP]
Wheeler, John P., III: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2591), 17913 [27JN]
Women: economic equity (see H.R. 2472), 11686 [13MY]
Women's History Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 50), 459 [7JA]
World Court: deploring the intention of the U.S. to withdraw (see H. Con. Res. 208), 27829 [17OC]
World Food Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 172), 14059 [4JN]
Elected to
Committee on Agriculture, ***** [30JA], 1272 [4FE]
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, ***** [30JA], 1272 [4FE]
Letters
Continuing appropriations (H.J. Res. 465): by, and 3 other House Members, 37496 [17DE]
Elk Creek Dam project: William R. Gianelli (excerpt), 30816 [6NO]
———William R. Gianelli (excerpts), 19170 [16JY]
Salmonella outbreak in The Dalles, OR: Ma Shanti Bhadra (excerpts), 23909 [17SE]
Remarks by, on
Agricultural Productivity Act: enact (H.R. 1383), 4242
Agriculture: Farm Aid concert, 23880 [17SE]
———farm credit system, 35577, 35580 [10DE]
———farm debt crisis, 32593
———Farmaid concert, 23880 [17SE]
———price support system, 26580 [8OC]
———producer referenda on national policy, 25465, 25466 [1OC], 25733 [2OC], 25951 [3OC]
———Reagan administration policy, 6028 [25MR], 6909 [1AP]
American Conservation Corps Act: enact (H.R. 99), 18690-18691 [11JY]
Antibiotics Protection Act: enact, 813 [22JA]
Appropriations: making supplemental (H.R. 2577), 15465 [12JN]
Arms control: negotiations, 5511 [19MR]
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act: enact (H.R. 3520), 29883, 29884 [31OC]
BLM: management of certain lands within Prineville District, OR (H.R. 3681), 30381-30383 [4NO]
Bonneville Power Administration: authority relative to Corps of Engineers water projects, 30831 [6NO]
Budget: deficit, 22647 [1AU]
———deficit reduction proposals, 30122 [1NO]
———deficits, 1362 [31JA]
———revising for fiscal year 1985 and setting forth for 1986-88 (H. Con. Res. 152), 13026 [22MY]
———setting forth congressional for fiscal 1986-88, and revising for fiscal 1985 (S. Con. Res. 32), conference report, 22647 [1AU]
Canada: lumber imports, 889-892 [24JA]
———lumber trade, 5969 [21MR]
———U.S lumber imports, 35175 [9DE]
Canadian Softwood Import Control Act: enact (H.R. 1088), 2242
CCC: Reagan administration policy toward, 6909 [1AP]
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 23881 [17SE]
Corps of Engineers: funding, 19161 [16JY]
Deaf Smith County, TX: nuclear waste disposal site, 6576
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1872), 16352, 16353 [19JN], 17764, 17784 [27JN]
———authorizing appropriations (S. 1160), conference report, 29336, 29342 [29OC]
———funding levels, 17784 [27JN]
———restructure Joint Chiefs of Staff (H.R. 3622), 32598 [20NO]
Economic conditions: impact of Reagan administration policy, 1362 [31JA]
Elk Creek Dam, OR: funding, 30364 [4NO], 30467 [5NO], 30814-30816, 30818 [6NO], 31599-31604 [13NO]
Elk Creek Dam, OR, project: funding, 19170 [16JY]
Employment: American Conservation Corps, 18690-18691 [11JY]
Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2959), 19161, 19170 [16JY]
Environmental and Energy Study Conference: anniversary, 14035
Farm Aid Concert, Champaign, IL: commend organizers and participants (H. Con. Res. 185), 23880 [17SE]
Farm Credit Act Amendments and Producer Referendum Act: enact (H.R. 3823), 32593
Farm Credit System: reforms (H.R. 3792), 35577, 35580 [10DE]
Farmaid Concert, Champaign, IL: commend organizers and participants (H. Con. Res. 185), 23880 [17SE]
Food: national germoplasm system, 37479
Food Security Act: enact (H.R. 2100), 25465, 25466 [1OC], 25733 [2OC], 25951 [3OC], 26580 [8OC]
———enact (H.R. 2100), conference report, 37797
Foreign relations: Nicaragua, 13877 [3JN]
Foreign trade: lumber industry, 2242
———oil import tax, 4292
———textile industry, 27099 [10OC]
Forests and forestry: condition, 889-892 [24JA]
Government Securities Act: enact (H.R. 2032), 23879 [17SE]
Government spending: reduce, 29883, 29884 [31OC]
Hanford Reservation, WA: nuclear waste disposal site, 6576
Health: antibiotics in animal feed, 813 [22JA]
House: legislative program, 23911 [17SE], 30384 [4NO]
———point of order, 4166 [28FE]
Job Corps: funding, 4384 [5MR]
Joint Chiefs of Staff: reorganization (H.R. 3622), 32598 [20NO]
Lumber trade: Canada, 5965, 5966, 5969 [21MR]
———economic conditions, 889-892 [24JA]
Meese, Edwin, III: nomination as Attorney General, 1362 [31JA]
MX missile: authorizing release of funds for procurement (H.J. Res. 180), 6058 [25MR]
———funding, 5511 [19MR]
National Seed Protection Act: enact (H.R. 3973), 37479
Nicaragua: humanitarian assistance for Contras, 15465 [12JN]
———introduction of combat forces, 17764 [27JN]
———U.S. policy, 13877 [3JN]
Nuclear waste disposal: site selection, 6576
Oregon: management of certain lands within Prineville District of Oregon Division of BLM (H.R. 3681), 30381-30383 [4NO]
Petroleum: tax on imports, 4292
Political philosophy: populist movement, 17501 [26JN]
Public debt: increase statutory limit (H.J. Res. 372), conference report, 30122 [1NO]
Public health: salmonella outbreak in Oregon, 4185-4188 [28FE]
Public Securities Act: enact (H.R. 2032), 23879 [17SE]
Rajneeshpuram, OR: activities relative to salmonella poisoning, 23907-23910 [17SE]
———activities relative to salmonella poisoning in Oregon, 4185-4188 [28FE], 23907-23910 [17SE]
Reagan, President: impact of economic policy, 1362 [31JA]
———policy toward agriculture, 6028 [25MR]
Research: study agricultural productivity, 18694 [11JY]
Salmonella outbreak in The Dalles, OR: Ma Shanti Bhadra (excerpts), 23909 [17SE]
Securities: protection of investments in Government, 23879 [17SE]
Soviet Union: arms control negotiations, 5511 [19MR]
Taxation: impose on petroleum imports (H.R. 1396), 4292
Textile and Apparel Trade Enforcement Act: enact (H.R. 1562), 27099 [10OC], 35175 [9DE]
The Dalles, OR: salmonella poisoning, 4185-4188 [28FE], 23907-23910 [17SE]
Trident II missile: funding, 16352, 16353 [19JN]
Water Resources, Conservation, Development, and Infrastructure Improvement and Rehabilitation Act: enact (H.R. 6), 30364 [4NO], 30467 [5NO], 30814-30816, 30818, 30831 [6NO], 31599-31604 [13NO]
Water resources development: infrastructure improvement (H.R. 6), 30364 [4NO]
Wood Products Trade Act: enact (H.R. 1648), 5965, 5969 [21MR]
Yucca Mountain, NV: nuclear waste disposal site, 6576
Remarks in House relative to
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 813 [22JA], 1362 [31JA], 4227 [28FE], 4297 [4MR], 5511 [19MR], 6028 [25MR], 6909 [1AP], 13877 [3JN], 15465 [12JN], 17501 [26JN], 17764 [27JN], 18690, 18694 [11JY], 22647 [1AU], 30122 [1NO], 32510 [20NO], 35175 [9DE], 37797 [18DE]
Leave of absence: granted, 10021 [1MY], 10692 [7MY], 11143 [8MY], 11289 [9MY], 27641 [16OC]
Special order: granted, 898 [24JA], 1384 [31JA], 2287 [7FE], 2413 [19FE], 2937 [21FE], 5984 [21MR], 6602 [28MR], 23911 [17SE], 30384 [4NO], 32616 [20NO], 34265 [4DE], 37485 [17DE]
Reports
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, 10516 [6MY], 28863 [24OC]
Foreign Travel Expenditures, 10516 [6MY], 28863 [24OC]
Investigation of Salmonella Outbreak in The Dalles, OR, Centers for Disease Control, 4188 [28FE]
Tributes
Mahon, George H., 32510 [20NO]