ACKERMAN, GARY L. (a Representative from New York)
Amendments offered by, to
Federal Employees Flexible and Compressed Work Schedules Act: amend (H.R. 3414), 24970 [26SE]
Higher Education Act: amend and extend (H.R. 3700), 33602 [2DE], 34219 [4DE]
Articles and editorials
Kim Dae Jung's Return, Washington (DC) Post, 1633
Let Us Now Praise Unfamous Men, Eugene R. Fidell, New York (NY) Times, 14789
Max Ackerman, 1915-1985, Michael Schenkler, Queens (NY) Tribune, 4538 [5MR]
Peter Kihss, Reporter for 49 Years, Is Dead at 72, Robert D. McFadden, New York (NY) Times, 503 [3JA]
Queens Village/Verdict Is In—Van Buren's Team Is Tops, Newsday, 16770
Treating Phobias in a Specialized Clinic, Journal of Hospital and Community Psychiatry, 7512
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Civil Rights Act: prevent violence and intimidation in tenant organizations (see H.R. 948), 1874 [6FE]
Federal Aviation Act: require carrier employees and ticket agents to provide details of scheduled stopovers (see H.R. 3991), 37855 [18DE]
Federal employees: allow for flexible work schedule (see H.R. 1534), 5581 [19MR]
———establish and administer flexible and compressed work schedules (see H.R. 3414, 3605), 24614 [23SE], 28701 [23OC]
———extend flexible and compressed work schedules (see H.R. 3425), 25048 [26SE]
Housing: prohibit conversion of residential rental units to units offered for sale (see H.R. 3546), 27162 [10OC]
Teenage suicide: make grants for prevention programs (see H.R. 1099), 2431 [19FE]
U.S. Post Office Building, Flushing, NY.: designate as Benjamin S. Rosenthal Post Office building (see H.R. 633), 899 [24JA]
VA: guarantee loans for purchase of residential cooperative housing projects (see H.R. 1700), 6086 [25MR]
Villanueva, Merceditas, and family: relief (see H.R. 2666), 14058 [4JN]
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]
Achille Lauro (vessel): seizure by Palestinian terrorists (see H. Con. Res. 217), 32643 [20NO]
Adolescent pregnancy: define Federal policy to assist in making available services (see H.R. 947), 9104 [23AP]
Afghanistan: President to discuss concerns over presence of Soviet Union (see H. Res. 300), 31516 [12NO]
———President to discuss concerns with leaders of Soviet Union (see H. Res. 304), 29898 [31OC]
Africa: appropriations for famine relief (see H.R. 1096), 2431 [19FE]
———funds for food assistance and agricultural development (see H.R. 2080), 27643 [16OC]
———supplemental assistance for famine relief (see H.R. 100), 447 [3JA]
AID: family planning service programs based on voluntarism and informed choice (see H.R. 3654), 29685 [30OC]
Alzheimer's disease: designation of 20 regional centers for treatment (see H.R. 524), 26691 [8OC]
America's Heritage Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 243), 13128 [22MY]
Ammunition: regulate manufacture, importation, and sale of armor-piercing (see H.R. 4), 1148 [28JA]
Angola: prohibit assistance for military or paramilitary operations (see H.R. 3690), 36106 [11DE]
Animal husbandry: use of antibiotics (see H.R. 616), 10695 [7MY]
Animals: end use of steel jaw leghold traps (see H.R. 1809), 6608 [28MR]
Anne Frank Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 293), 15216 [11JN]
Anti-Apartheid Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 311), 37488 [17DE]
Anti-Profit Padding Act: enact (see H.R. 778), 7239 [2AP]
Appalachian Regional Development Act: amend (see H.R. 10), 11761 [14MY]
Appropriations: extend general revenue sharing (see H.R. 1400), 15215 [11JN]
Armed Forces: allow members to sue U.S. for damages by improper medical care (see H.R. 1161), 3570 [26FE]
———allow members to sue U.S. for damages for certain injuries caused by improper medical care (see H.R. 3174), 22682 [1AU]
———assistance for economic stabilization and local community development affected by base closures (see H.R. 1066), 8762 [22AP]
———expand and improve benefits (see H.R. 1371), 5585 [19MR]
———spouses shall be entitled to pro rata share of retired or retainer pay (see H.R. 2365), 18515 [10JY]
Arms Export Control Act: require congressional votes of certain arms proposals be enacted into law (see H.R. 3875), 36766 [16DE]
Arms race: sense of Congress that escalation will threaten security (see H. Con. Res. 36), 7240 [2AP]
Assassinations: prohibit U.S. involvement (see H.R. 1348), 9828 [30AP]
Atomic tests: disability and death allowances to veterans and survivors who participated (see H.R. 1613), 6471 [27MR]
Baltic Freedom Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 263), 13438 [23MY]
Banks and banking: depository institutions to disclose terms, conditions, and charges which apply to services (see H.R. 290), 3570 [26FE]
———limit number of days institutions may restrict availability of funds on deposit (see H.R. 2443), 25759 [2OC]
Better Hearing and Speech Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 169), 12559 [20MY]
Beverage containers: require refund value (see H.R. 357), 2941 [21FE]
Black Revolutionary War Patriots Foundation: establish memorial (see H.J. Res. 142), 2291 [7FE]
Boy Scouts of America: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 159), 10521 [6MY]
Budget: require President to transmit and Committee on the Budget to report a balanced (see H.R. 3), 2292 [7FE]
Caribbean Trade Institute/International Trade Center: establish (see H.R. 950), 14059 [4JN]
Cemeteries, monuments, and historic buildings: commission to protect foreign heritage of U.S. citizens (see H.R. 1079), 2290 [7FE]
Centennial Year of Liberty in the United States: designate (see H.J. Res. 407), 26482 [7OC]
Central America: calling for peace (see H. Res. 67), 11293 [9MY]
———Contadora peace process (see H.R. 1335), 11147 [8MY]
Chapin, Harry: award special gold medal (see H.R. 1207), 4402 [5MR]
Chemical munitions: regulate transportation and destruction (see H.R. 1430), 29251 [28OC]
Chemical weapons: prohibit production (see H.R. 2124), 8472 [18AP]
Childhood diseases: universal access to immunization and accelerated efforts to eradicate (see H. Con. Res. 211), 30384 [4NO]
Children: education of gifted and talented children (see H.R. 2364), 10520 [6MY]
Chile: restoration of democracy (see H. Con. Res. 52), 1877 [6FE]
Cigarettes: continue taxes indefinitely (see H.R. 844), 5048 [7MR]
———increase tax and provide cost-of-living adjustment in amount of such tax (see H.R. 236), 7238 [2AP]
Civil Rights Restoration Act: enact (see H.R. 700), 901 [24JA]
Civil service: correct inequities in credit for retirement purposes (see H.R. 3006), 35787 [10DE]
Coins: minting of commemoration of centennial of the Statue of Liberty (see H.R. 47), 2292 [7FE]
Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians: implement recommendations (see H.R. 442), 456 [7JA]
Commission To Investigate Federal Involvement With the Immigration and Nazi Collaborators: establish (see H.R. 3814), 36766 [16DE]
Committee on Assassinations (Select): release for public use certain records (see H. Res. 173), 12010 [15MY]
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]
Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control (Select): establish (see H. Res. 22), 2942 [21FE]
Communications Act: clarify policies to view satellite-transmitted television programming (see H.R. 1840), 14059 [4JN]
Communities: facilitate economic adjustment (see H.R. 229), 2292 [7FE]
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act: amend (see H.R. 2022), 15593 [13JN]
———clarify certain responsibilities (see H.R. 1940), 11686 [13MY]
Congressional Budget Act: provide for 2-year budgeting cycle (see H.R. 382), 15215 [11JN]
Contracts: allow suits against U.S. resulting from atomic weapons testing program (see H.R. 1338), 6470 [27MR]
Controlled Substances Act: therapeutic use of marijuana (see H.R. 2232), 9422 [25AP]
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide: sense of Congress on ratification (see H. Res. 82), 4703 [6MR]
———sense of House to ratification (see H. Res. 166), 11763 [14MY]
Copland, Aaron: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3041), 27018 [9OC]
Cuba: permit certain nationals to adjust immigration status to that of permanent resident aliens (see H.R. 23), 11147 [8MY]
Defense Dept. Overseas Teachers Pay and Personnel Practices Act: amend (see H.R. 43), 2433 [19FE]
Dept. of Defense: increase competitive procedures in procurement of property and services (see H.R. 1552), 16942 [24JN]
Dept. of Education: establish restrictions on provision of financial assistance (see H.R. 3305), 30199 [1NO]
Discrimination: prohibit on basis of affectional or sexual orientation (see H.R. 230), 450 [3JA]
District of Columbia: designate Raoul Wallenberg Ave. (see H.R. 2119), 8471 [18AP]
———erect memorial to honor Korean War veterans (see H.R. 2205), 16884 [21JN]
Doubek, Robert W.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2591), 15593 [13JN]
Dr. Jonas E. Salk Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 258), 9296 [24AP]
Drugs: grants to States to increase enforcement relating to production, possession, and transfer (see H.R. 526), 611 [7JA]
Education: establish program to strengthen and improve State and local agencies (see H.R. 3263), 23442 [11SE]
———extend time limitation for completing a program (see H.R. 893), 5585 [19MR]
———grants to local agencies to improve skills of economically distressed secondary students (see H.R. 901), 9297 [24AP]
———promote effective schools and excellence (see H.R. 747), 3378 [25FE]
Education Day, U.S.A.: designate (see H.J. Res. 186), 6610 [28MR]
Egypt: urging to recall its Ambassador to Israel (see H. Con. Res. 72), 5049 [7MR]
El Salvador: Committee on Foreign Affairs to investigate murders of U.S. citizens (see H. Res. 36), 17913 [27JN]
Elementary and Secondary Education Act: grants for dropout prevention demonstration projects (see H.R. 3042), 23444 [11SE]
Employees: parental leave in cases involving birth, adoption, or serious illness (see H.R. 2020), 8473 [18AP]
Energy Policy and Conservation Act: improve consumer information and fuel efficiency of motor vehicles (see H.R. 1024), 22979 [5SE]
ERISA: additional and more effective controls on terminations of single-employer plans (see H.R. 2701), 20138 [23JY]
———allow participating employees benefit accrual to continue past retirement (see H.R. 2712), 17233 [25JN]
———amend reporting and disclosure requirements (see H.R. 925), 3570 [26FE]
———require coverage under group health for certain spouses, former spouses, and dependent children (see H.R. 21), 2292 [7FE]
Ernest Orlando Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA: change name to Livermore National Laboratory (see H.R. 1036), 25759 [2OC]
Ethnic American Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 331), 25497 [1OC]
Export Administration Act: impose controls on certain to South Africa (see H.R. 501), 611 [7JA]
Fair Credit Reporting Act: requirements and restrictions of information on renting residential property (see H.R. 2525), 27018 [9OC]
Fair Housing Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 188), 6368 [26MR]
Family Reunion Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 65), 9745 [29AP]
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 employees: establish new supplemental retirement plan for Members of Congress, and Postal Service (see H.R. 3660), 29898 [31OC]
———extend to excepted service same procedural appeal rights as afforded competitive service (see H.R. 917), 4402 [5MR]
———increase Government contribution rate to health benefit plan (see H.R. 156), 4402 [5MR]
———restore rights in political processes (see H.R. 68), 5047 [7MR]
Federal Energy Conservation Program: improve administration (see H.R. 2876), 22685 [1AU]
Federal facilities: establish requirements relative to hazardous substances released (see H.R. 1319), 6470 [27MR]
Firearms: mandatory registration (see H.R. 299), 15592 [13JN]
———penalize the possession of machineguns (see H.R. 2024), 7612 [4AP]
———regulate manufacture, importation, and sale of armor-piercing ammunition (see H.R. 3132), 23444 [11SE]
Food Stamp Act: allow use of benefits to obtain prepared meals (see H.R. 770), 2942 [21FE]
Food Stamp Plan: authorize Federal credit unions to redeem coupons issued (see H.R. 968), 5048 [7MR]
Food stamp plan: establish separate deductions allowable for dependent care (see H.R. 1844), 18515 [10JY]
Foreign Assistance Act: assistance to promote immunization and oral rehydration (see H.R. 3894), 35787 [10DE]
Freedom of Information Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 371), 22684 [1AU]
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]
Germany, Federal Republic of: cancel President's trip to Bitburg cemetery (see H. Con. Res. 125), 8472 [18AP]
———President's trip to Bitburg cemetery (see H. Res. 135), 8763 [22AP]
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]
Gibran, Kahlil: establish memorial in Washington, DC (see H.J. Res. 36), 9745 [29AP]
Gluzman, Semyon: Soviet Union should allow Semyon Gluzman and family to emigrate to Israel (see H.J. Res. 270), 11293 [9MY]
Grandparents: visitation rights to grandchildren (see H. Con. Res. 67), 4402 [5MR]
Great Britain: ban use of plastic and rubber bullets (see H. Con. Res. 101), 14060 [4JN]
Haiti: permit certain nationals to adjust immigration status to that of permanent resident aliens (see H.R. 23), 11147 [8MY]
Handicapped Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 285), 11292 [9MY]
Hands Across America Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 462), 34789 [5DE]
Hazardous Materials Transportation Act: amend (see H.R. 1146), 7612 [4AP]
———establish training centers to assist emergency response and enforcement capabilities (see H.R. 966), 16123 [18JN]
———restrict transportation of radioactive materials through large cities (see H.R. 1105), 7239 [2AP]
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: strengthen programs relative to institutional aid (see H.R. 2907), 25759 [2OC]
Higher Education Disclosure Act: enact (see H.R. 3190), 23913 [17SE]
Holocaust: public schools should encourage study in their history curriculums (see H. Con. Res. 121), 9746 [29AP]
Homeless: emergency shelter and related services (see H.R. 1526), 17233 [25JN]
Housing: administer program of construction and revitalization of public (see H.R. 2221), 15593 [13JN]
Housing Act: promote stable economic mix of families residing in public housing (see H.R. 153), 448 [3JA]
Humane Products Testing Act: enact (see H.R. 1877), 7236 [2AP]
Hunger: private sector involvement in worldwide to alleviate (see H. Con. Res. 57), 12560 [20MY]
Ignacy Jan Paderewski Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 413), 27163 [10OC]
IMF: vote against financial assistance to country which practices apartheid (see H.R. 820), 8473 [18AP]
Immigration: repeal provision of admission of aliens on ground of sexual deviation (see H.R. 2329), 10261 [2MY]
Immigration and Nationality Act: exemption of the Government knowledge requirement of persons over 50 years of age (see H.R. 63), 10024 [1MY]
———increase quota for colonies and dependent areas (see H.R. 1482), 8058 [16AP]
———relative to grounds for exclusion and deportation of aliens (see H.R. 2361), 11762 [14MY]
Indian lands: conservation, rehabilitation, and improvement of natural and cultural resources (see H.R. 99), 446 [3JA]
Industry: collection of statistics on domestic apparel and textile industries (see H.R. 2721), 36211 [12DE]
Insurance: prohibit discrimination on basis of blindness (see H.R. 2741), 15499 [12JN]
Interagency Committee on Arson Control: establish (see H.R. 771), 2942 [21FE]
Interest: uniform disclosure of rates payable on savings accounts (see H.R. 2282), 9827 [30AP]
International Terrorism Control Treaty: enact (see H. Res. 208), 17913 [27JN]
International trade: give Nation's performance greater importance in Government policy (see H.R. 1950), 16582 [20JN]
International Worker Solidarity Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 321), 23549 [12SE]
Interstate commerce: prevent employment denial by prohibiting lie detector use on employees (see H.R. 1524), 6367 [26MR]
Irish Peace, Justice, Freedom, and Unity Day: recognize and observe (see H. Con. Res. 45), 4402 [5MR]
Israel: Soviet Union should allow Semyon Gluzman and family to emigrate (see H.J. Res. 270), 11293 [9MY]
———tax treatment of loans (see H.R. 3258), 25496 [1OC]
———urging Egypt to recall its Ambassador (see H. Con. Res. 72), 5049 [7MR]
Japan: relative to trade (see H. Con. Res. 105), 10262 [2MY]
Jewish Heritage Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 104), 5728 [20MR]
Job Training Partnership Act: establish education component in summer youth employment programs (see H.R. 1090), 2291 [7FE]
Jordan: prohibit sales of advanced weapons (see H.J. Res. 428), 28865 [24OC]
———sense of House not to sell advanced arms (see H. Res. 194), 25497 [1OC]
Klinghoffer, Leon: killing by Palestinian terrorists (see H. Con. Res. 217), 32643 [20NO]
Korean War: erection of a memorial in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 2588), 16942 [24JN]
Library Services and Construction Act: make certain technical and conforming amendments (see H.R. 1997), 8473 [18AP]
Live Aid Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 325), 17520 [26JN]
Lupus Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 197), 16123 [18JN]
Made in America Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 430), 29374 [29OC]
Medicare: coverage for hospital-based comprehensive care programs (see H.R. 1401), 16413 [19JN]
———prohibit Sec. of HHS from changing reimbursement levels or methodologies for home health service programs (see H.R. 3202), 22899 [4SE]
———vision care (see H.R. 2342), 19526 [17JY]
———voluntary insurance option for beneficiaries (see H.R. 1402), 16413 [19JN]
Medicare and medicaid: do not restrict eligibility or increase cost on elderly or poor (see H. Con. Res. 39), 4231 [28FE]
Mengele, Josef: Congress should continue investigation into residence and activities (see H. Con. Res. 82), 6368 [26MR]
Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 178), 17520 [26JN]
Mexico: reaffirming solidarity following earthquake (see H.J. Res. 394), 24580 [20SE]
MIA's: secure full accounting (see H.J. Res. 105), 1314 [30JA]
———sense of Congress (see H. Con. Res. 37), 1878 [6FE]
Missing Children Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 281), 12822 [21MY]
Morocco: erection of gift monument in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 2887), 32628 [20NO]
Motor vehicles: rental companies to provide child restraint systems (see H.R. 588), 9297 [24AP]
Namibia: exploitation of natural resources without permission of U.N. Council (see H.R. 2589), 16942 [24JN]
———prohibit importation of coal and articles of uranium (see H.R. 1135), 13437 [23MY]
National Adult Day Care Center Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 229), 7496 [3AP]
National Alopecia Areata Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 282), 27420 [11OC]
National Arts in the Schools Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 470), 36766 [16DE]
National Atomic Veterans Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 295), 17520 [26JN]
National Autism Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 440), 31637 [13NO]
National Black History Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 21), 3951 [27FE]
National Buy American Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 334), 25497 [1OC]
National Child Abuse Prevention Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 121), 4231 [28FE]
National Children's Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 79), 8299 [17AP]
National Community College Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 125), 9745 [29AP]
National Day of Remembrance of Man's Inhumanity to Man: designate (see H.J. Res. 192), 5729 [20MR]
National DES Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 149), 8474 [18AP]
National Diabetes Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 314), 22686 [1AU]
National Diffusion Network: provide for continuation (see H.R. 147), 448 [3JA]
National Digestive Diseases Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 158), 9829 [30AP]
National Disability in Entertainment Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 206), 19526 [17JY]
National Down's Syndrome Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 135), 10024 [1MY]
National Drug Abuse Education Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 126), 27828 [17OC]
National Drunk and Drugged Driving Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 358), 20838 [26JY]
National Employ-the-Older-Worker Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 134), 2681 [20FE]
National Endowment for the Homeless: establish (see H.R. 1669), 28316 [22OC]
National Energy Education Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 160), 2940 [21FE]
National Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 375), 34885 [6DE]
National Food Bank Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 234), 7612 [4AP]
National Foster Grandparents Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 141), 27163 [10OC]
National Hemophilia Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 254), 33843 [3DE]
National High-Tech Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 128), 11147 [8MY]
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration: retain automobile fuel economy standards (see H. Res. 210), 17519 [26JN]
National Home Care Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 319), 32630 [20NO]
National Hospice Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 288), 21632 [30JY]
National Independent Free Papers Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 327, 365), 19527 [17JY], 22979 [5SE]
National infrastructure fund: establish (see H.R. 1776), 6470 [27MR]
National Labor Relations Act: increase stability of collective bargaining in building and construction industry (see H.R. 281), 11762 [14MY]
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 Osteopathic Medicine Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 175), 9105 [23AP]
National Osteoporosis Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 46), 9829 [30AP]
National POW/MIA Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 205), 8300 [17AP]
National School Library Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 154), 9105 [23AP]
National School-Age Child Care Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 60), 19702 [18JY]
National Skin Cancer Prevention and Detection Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 85), 2293 [7FE]
National Spina Bifida Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 179), 18139 [9JY]
National Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 322), 16581 [20JN]
National Theatre Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 464), 32978 [20NO]
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), 903 [24JA]
NIH: full funding for new and competing research grants (see H.J. Res. 136), 6610 [28MR]
Nuclear weapons: prohibit explosive testing (see H.J. Res. 3), 8299 [17AP]
———renounce first use (see H.J. Res. 47), 6367 [26MR]
Occupational Safety and Health Act: guarantee right to know risks associated with hazardous substances (see H.R. 963), 16123 [18JN]
Oil Heat Centennial Year: designate (see H.J. Res. 171), 15593 [13JN]
Older Americans Act: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 132), 9744 [29AP]
Older Americans Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 195), 5583 [19MR]
Orlov, Yuri: release (see H.J. Res. 357), 22687 [1AU]
Peace Corps: recognize 25th anniversary (see H.J. Res. 305), 17233 [25JN]
Peace Tax Fund: establish (see H.R. 3032), 19526 [17JY]
Pediculosis Prevention Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 223), 19230 [16JY]
Plant closing: require employers to notify and consult with employees (see H.R. 1616), 15216 [11JN]
Poland: civil liberties (see H. Con. Res. 24), 460 [3JA]
Polish American Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 106), 11763 [14MY]
Popieluszko, Jerzy: authorize President to present gold medal (see H.R. 2263), 10696 [7MY]
Postal Service: change of address forms may be furnished to State authority (see H.R. 1668), 23150 [10SE]
———establish Office of Inspector General (see H.R. 2909), 29375 [29OC]
———extend same procedural and appeal rights as are afforded to Federal employees (see H.R. 2854), 22899 [4SE]
———restore rights of employees to participate voluntarily in political processes (see H.R. 283), 5047 [7MR]
President: should not honor Nazi soldiers (see H. Con. Res. 124), 9423 [25AP]
Price-Anderson Act: remove liability limits for nuclear accidents (see H.R. 445), 2292 [7FE]
Public Health Service Act: establish National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Diseases (see H.R. 525), 15593 [13JN]
———provide services for pregnant adolescents and adolescent parents (see H.R. 927), 1695 [4FE]
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]
Rudolph, Arthur: NASA Distinguished Service Medal should be taken away from (see H. Res. 68), 4703 [6MR]
Safety belts: provide grants to States to adopt and enforce laws for school children (see H.R. 749), 1878 [6FE]
Salomon, Haym: placement of statue in Capitol (see H.R. 2601), 17520 [26JN]
Science: prevent duplication of experiments on live animals (see H.R. 1145), 4703 [6MR]
Scruggs, Jan C.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2591), 15593 [13JN]
Sec. of State: improve security at foreign international airports (see H.R. 2822), 16581 [20JN]
Sec. of the Army: require disclosure of information relating to petroleum products transported to State taxing agencies (see H.R. 1606), 7239 [2AP]
Senior Center Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 146), 8763 [22AP]
Shriver, Sargent: present a gold medal and authorize sale of bronze duplicates (see H.R. 3513), 28702 [23OC]
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), 20139 [23JY]
———develop recommendations for correcting benefit disparities (see H.R. 1916), 9745 [29AP]
———improve quality control standards under AFDC (see H.R. 1279), 3569 [26FE]
———increase activities of State medicaid fraud and abuse units (see H.R. 2829), 34789 [5DE]
———optional part C insurance to cover vision, hearing, and dental services (see H.R. 1403), 16413 [19JN]
———restore and protect benefit levels of workers reaching age 65 (see H.R. 1917), 7237 [2AP]
———treat certain sensory and communication aids as medical (see H.R. 1432), 25496 [1OC]
———waiting period for terminal illness shall not be applicable (see H.R. 580), 10520 [6MY]
Social Security Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 300), 22686 [1AU]
Solar Energy and Energy Conservation Bank Act: appropriations (see H.R. 1070), 2290 [7FE]
Solid Waste Disposal Act: prevent release of toxic and hazardous substances (see H.R. 965), 16123 [18JN]
South Africa: condemn violence of apartheid (see H.J. Res. 228), 14337 [5JN]
———honorary consulates in the U.S. (see H. Con. Res. 50), 7613 [4AP]
———opposition to system of apartheid (see H.R. 1460), 5044 [7MR]
———policy of separate development and forced relocation of blacks (see H. Con. Res. 64), 6368 [26MR]
———prohibit importation of coal and articles of uranium (see H.R. 1135), 13437 [23MY]
———prohibit Smithsonian Institution loans and investments (see H.R. 2567), 15880 [17JN]
———prohibit transportation of agricultural commodities on vessels (see H.R. 2746), 15499 [12JN]
———prohibit use of funds by employees from stock bonus, pension, or profit-sharing plans for investment (see H.R. 1357), 7239 [2AP]
———release Nelson Mandela from prison and lift restrictions imposed on Winnie Mandela (see H. Con. Res. 243), 36211 [12DE]
———require Sec. of Labor to analyze practices and propose changes in U.S. policies (see H.R. 926), 3570 [26FE]
Soviet Jewry: sense of House relative to Solidarity Sunday (see H. Res. 127), 8059 [16AP]
Soviet Union: allow Igor Ogurtsov to emigrate (see H. Res. 76), 23549 [12SE]
———allow Semyon Gluzman and family to emigrate to Israel (see H.J. Res. 270), 11293 [9MY]
———cease concentrated and systematic persecution of Hebrew teachers and cultural activists (see H. Res. 74, 352), 17233 [25JN], 38371 [19DE]
———condemn for military occupation of Afghanistan (see H. Res. 132), 14337 [5JN]
———direct President to begin talks to establish student exchange for peace programs (see H.J. Res. 336), 23444 [11SE]
———failure to comply with Helsinki accords (see H.J. Res. 363), 22899 [4SE]
———President should negotiate ban on production and stockpiling of chemical weapons (see H.R. 36), 4230 [28FE]
———President should pardon rabbis who peacefully demonstrated at Washington, DC, Embassy (see H. Res. 346), 37855 [18DE]
———President to discuss concerns of Afghanistan (see H. Res. 304), 29898 [31OC]
———President to discuss concerns over presence in Afghanistan (see H. Res. 300), 31516 [12NO]
———sense of Congress for initiative in constructive dialog via television (see H. Con. Res. 156), 16414 [19JN]
Space Exploration Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 318), 18730 [11JY]
Taxation: additional and more effective controls on terminations of single-employer plans (see H.R. 2701), 20138 [23JY]
———charitable contributions by nonitemizers (see H.R. 587), 6470 [27MR]
———compute deduction for retirement on basis of compensation of spouse (see H.R. 797), 4402 [5MR]
———disallow deduction for advertising or promotion of arms sales (see H.R. 1444), 7239 [2AP]
———disregard exempted interest in computing Social Security benefits included in income (see H.R. 980), 1875 [6FE]
———exclude educational assistance programs from gross income (see H.R. 1356), 32464 [19NO]
———exclude interest earned on savings accounts (see H.R. 3050), 19701 [18JY]
———extend energy credit to solar (see H.R. 1272), 11762 [14MY]
———full credit for contributions to candidates for Congress (see H.R. 3780), 35288 [9DE]
———increase rate for individuals and corporations (see H.R. 2424), 11145 [8MY]
———revise and extend targeted jobs credit (see H.R. 983), 25496 [1OC]
———sense of House to employer-paid and life support benefits (see H. Res. 268), 24581 [20SE]
———treatment of loans to Israel (see H.R. 3258), 25496 [1OC]
Tenant Tax Equity Act: proposed (see H.R. 346), 2681 [20FE]
Terrorism: condemn all acts and create international coordinating committee (see H. Con. Res. 228), 30913 [6NO]
Textile industry and fabrics: promote economic recovery (see H.R. 1562), 7613 [4AP]
Toxic Substances Control Act: prevent release of toxic and hazardous substances (see H.R. 965), 16123 [18JN]
Trade Adjustment Assistance Program: improve (see H.R. 1926), 23548 [12SE]
Trade Agreements Program: restore balance in international and improve operations (see H.R. 3035), 23912 [17SE]
Truth in Lending Act: limit rate of interest charged on credit cards (see H.R. 1197), 11762 [14MY]
U.S. Savings Bonds Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 421), 31002 [7NO]
VA: adjudication of claims for benefits (see H.R. 585), 826 [22JA]
———grant program to States for veterans' benefits (see H.R. 1967), 14336 [5JN]
Very Special Arts U.S.A. Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 204), 10262 [2MY]
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), 7613 [4AP]
———presumption of service connection of posttraumatic stress disorders during Vietnam era (see H.R. 362), 4299 [4MR]
———remarriage of surviving spouse after age 60 shall not result in termination of compensation (see H.R. 480), 2434 [19FE]
Walt Disney Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 377), 32631 [20NO]
War Powers Act: make rules governing uses of Armed Forces (see H.R. 1304), 3949 [27FE]
Wheeler, John P., III: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2591), 15593 [13JN]
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]
World Health Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 189), 5046 [7MR]
World Health Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 189), 5046 [7MR]
Year of the Flag: designate (see H.J. Res. 424), 30384 [4NO]
Year of the Teacher: designate (see H.J. Res. 151), 3379 [25FE]
Youth: establish part-time school year and full-time summer employment for disadvantaged (see H.R. 671), 19526 [17JY]
Youth Suicide Prevention Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 193), 9105 [23AP]
Decisions
Engel v. Vitale: Supreme Court, 14255
Government must pursue a course of complete neutrality toward religion: John Paul Stevens, 14254
Documents
Alabama Silent Prayer Statute, 14254
Elected to
Committee on Foreign Affairs, ***** [30JA], 1272 [4FE]
Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, ***** [30JA], 1693 [4FE]
Letters
Bitburg cemetery trip: Charles Feldman, to President Reagan, 11588
Poems
``Why Not Them Too?'' Cara Flynn, 14545
Remarks by, on
African Famine Relief and Recovery Act: enact (H.R. 1096), 3520
———enact (H.R. 1239), 4130
Aged: Forest Hills Community House, Living Independently With Friendship and Togetherness Program anniversary (Queens County, NY), 26517
Agriculture: eliminate requirement relating to decennial censuses of drainage (H.R. 2722), 31378 [12NO]
Animals: prohibit steel-jaw leghold trap (H.R. 1809), 6999
———Project Wild, 7735
Anti-Apartheid Act: enact (H.R. 1460), 14308
Bitburg cemetery, Federal Republic of Germany: President Reagan's trip (H. Con. Res. 130), 11588
Boy Scouts of America: anniversary, 13320
———expulsion of Paul Trout, 21497 [30JY]
Bureau of the Census: eliminate requirement relating to decennial censuses of drainage (H.R. 2722), 31378 [12NO]
Children for Children: African famine relief efforts, 16059 [18JN]
Committee on Hunger (Select): establish (H. Res. 20), 4969 [7MR]
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 11290 [9MY], 12529 [20MY], 19634 [18JY], 19837 [22JY], 24970 [26SE], 31378 [12NO]
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide: sense of House regarding ratification (H. Res. 166), 12734 [21MY]
Cosponsorship: removal from H.J. Res. 76, 4325 [5MR]
Cost-Savings Disclosure Awards Act: enact (H.R. 607), 3526
Education: Catholic Teachers Association New York City honorees, 30959
———reporting requirements for gifts received by colleges and universities, 34219, 34220 [4DE]
Employment: veterans' preference in Federal (H.R. 1802), 19836 [22JY]
Environment: Project Wild, 7735
Ethiopia: Children for Children African famine relief efforts, 16059 [18JN]
———famine, 14545
Executive departments: personnel actions, 18036
Federal employees: flexible and compressed work schedules (H.R. 3605), unanimous-consent agreement, 28855 [24OC]
———flexible and compressed work schedules (S. 1455), 19633 [18JY]
———permanent authority for flexible and compressed work schedules (H.R. 1534), 12529, 12532 [20MY]
Federal Employees Flexible and Compressed Work Schedules Act: amend (H.R. 3414), 24969 [26SE]
———enact (H.R. 1534), 5635
FEMA: Emergency Food and Shelter Program, 29069
Field Office Closing Justification Act: enact (H.R. 2401), 18036
Floral Park, NY: Temple Sholom Holocaust Memorial dedication, 27044
Flushing, NY: Harry Van Arsdale, Jr., tribute, 36807
Forest Hills, NY: Nursing Home anniversary, 15039
Germany, Federal Republic of: sense of Congress with respect to President's visit (H. Con. Res. 130), 9712 [29AP], 11588
H.J. Res. 76: removal from cosponsorship, 4325 [5MR]
Health: Forest Hills Community House, Living Independently With Friendship and Togetherness Program anniversary (Queens County, NY), 26517
———Hillside Manor Health Related Facility, New York, NY, anniversary, 24886
———Queens Hospital Center, New York, NY, anniversary, 28478
———teenage suicide prevention programs (H.R. 1099), 2815
Higher Education Act: amend and extend (H.R. 3700), 34219, 34220 [4DE]
Holocaust: anniversary of death camps liberation, 11588
Homeless: plight, 29069
House: prayer by Mordekai Shapiro, 20528 [25JY]
Housing: Community Services Block Grant Program, 29069
International Security and Development Cooperation Act: enact (H.R. 1555), 18577
Jews: free emigration of Soviet, 2912
———Sherwin Bieber, tribute, 32284
Korea, Republic of: return of Kim Dae Jung, 1633
Labor unions: Harry Van Arsdale, Jr., tribute, 36807
Law Day: observance, 14555
National Library Week: observance, 8250
New Hyde Park, NY: Jewish-Hillside Medical Center Phobia Clinic, tribute, 7511
New York, NY: Bellerose Commonwealth Civic Association anniversary (Queens), 22994
———Cypriot Emigrants Cultural Organization, tribute, 19270
———Eastern Queens Womens' Democratic Club, Honey Miller, tribute, 29786
———Forest Hills Community House and Cooperative anniversary (Queens County), 15749
———Forest Park Senior Citizens Center, Inc., anniversary, 4310
———Founders' Wall dedication at the Samuel and Lucille Lemberg Building of the Central Queens YM/YWHA, 8797
———Francis Lewis High School anniversary (Flushing), 14541
———Greek Orthodox Church of St. Demetrios anniversary (Queens), 25525
———Hillside Manor Health Related Facility (Queens) anniversary, 24886
———Hollis Avenue Congregational Church anniversary (Queens), 25528
———Martin Van Buren High School Mock Trial team, tribute (Queens Village), 16770
———National Heritage Folkloric Festival (Queens), 19270
———Public School 18 anniversary (Queens), 30959
———Queens Children's Psychiatric Center's Advisory Council, 15th anniversary, 500
———Queens Hospital Center anniversary, 28478
———Queens Speech and Hearing Service Center anniversary, 11941
———Seymour Katz, tribute (Queens), 29783
———Sonny Bliss, tribute (Queens), 30109
———special memorial service and parade for Vietnam era veterans (Queens), 19273
———tribute to VFW, American Legion, Jewish War Veterans, and Vietnam Veterans of America (Queens), 19273
———Tzivos Hashem, tribute, 14547
———Walter Kaner Children's Foundation, tribute, 24036
———Woodhaven-Richmond Hill Volunteer Ambulance Corps (Queens) anniversary, 24182
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act: enact (H.R. 3500), 29069
Philippines: military assistance, 18577
———U.S. relations, *****
Public School 163, Queens, NY: 50th anniversary, 13289
Queens County, NY: Forest Hills Community House, Living Independently With Friendship and Togetherness Program anniversary, 26517
———Jamaica High School, tribute, 36373
———Rocky Hill Civic Association anniversary, 24592
———Sherwin Bieber, tribute, 32284
———Solomon L. Silverman, tribute, 35146
———Tom Huang, tribute, 34047
———Young Israel of Hillcrest anniversary, 5090
Religion: expulsion of Paul Trout from Boy Scouts of America, 21497 [30JY]
Shapiro, Mordekai: House prayer, 20528 [25JY]
South Africa: economic sanctions, 14308
Soviet Union: free emigration of Jews, 2912
Supreme Court: decision regarding silent prayer in Alabama schools, 14254
Tenants' Protection Act: enact (H.R. 948), 2053
Trout, Paul: expulsion from Boy Scouts of America, 21497 [30JY]
U.S. Post Office Building, Flushing, NY.: designate as Benjamin S. Rosenthal Post Office Building (H.R. 633), 13875
Uniform Grandparents Visitation Act: adoption by all 50 States (H. Con. Res. 67), 10400
United Jewish Appeal-Federation: Seymour Katz, tribute, 29783
Veterans: 498th Bomb Group, 73d Bomb Wing Association, tribute, 10602
———reaffirm Veterans' Preference Act of 1944 (H.R. 1802), 19836 [22JY]
———special memorial service and parade for Vietnam era, 19273
Remarks in House relative to
Ackerman, Max: death of father, 4538 [5MR]
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 436 [3JA], 1384 [31JA], 1869 [6FE], 4297 [4MR], 4969, 5042 [7MR], 5575 [19MR], 6362 [26MR], 7234 [2AP], 7493 [3AP], 8050 [16AP], 8759 [22AP], 10260 [2MY], 10511 [6MY], 10692 [7MY], 11759 [14MY], 12819 [21MY], 13126 [22MY], 14056 [4JN], 14335 [5JN], 14653 [6JN], 15498 [12JN], 16059 [18JN], 16579 [20JN], 17230 [25JN], 19227 [16JY], 20528 [25JY], 21497 [30JY], 22679 [1AU], 22977 [5SE], 23911 [17SE], 24177 [18SE], 24579 [20SE], 24811 [24SE], 25494 [1OC], 26480 [7OC], 27017 [9OC], 30912 [6NO], 33840 [3DE], 34884 [6DE], 35786 [10DE], 36209 [12DE], 36762 [16DE]
Leave of absence: granted, 3376 [25FE], 4297 [4MR], 8050 [16AP], 8470 [18AP]
New York, NY: Queens Tribune (newspaper) anniversary, 5092 [7MR]
Reports
Committee on Foreign Affairs, 2413 [19FE], 10513 [6MY], 23433 [11SE]
Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, 11685 [13MY], 19228 [16JY]
Foreign Travel Expenditures, 2413 [19FE], 10513 [6MY], 23433 [11SE]
Testimonies
Nuclear Waste Shipments Through New York: by, 22736
Tributes
Amaro, Debbie, 10404
Bieber, Sherwin, 32284
Bliss, Sonny, 30109
Breen, Vincent, 30959
Bryer, Irvine A., Jr., 25528
Dicker, Judith, 24886
Dicker, Stanley, 24886
Efthymiou, Constantine, 25525
Flocatoulas, Nicholas, 25525
Frangas, Mannie, 25525
Giannakakis, Marina, 25525
Goldman, Lee, 9777
Gray, Walmar, 11168
Huang, Tom, 34047
Juvelier, Murray, 10602
Kaner, Walter, 24036
Kapetanakos, George, 25525
Katz, Seymour, 29783
Kihss, Peter, 503
Klinger, Ben and Bertha, 499
Labas, Robert, 24182
Levine, Vera, 24182
Liebenstein, Ruth and Erick, 8101
Linakis, John, 25525
Meehan, Thomas, 24182
Miller, Honey, 29786
Montello, Pete, 24182
Noccari, Don, 24182
Pratsinakis, Emmanuel, 25525
Riddell, Alice M., 30959
Rose, Richard, 14547
Rubin, Joseph, 5090
Schenkler, Max, 6905
Silverman, Solomon L., 35146
Siraj, Zeeshan, 7713
Slatky, Larry, 24886
Stein, Max and Bertha, 17269
Stewart, Harry, 6478
Sutton, Bob, 24182
Van Arsdale, Harry, Jr., 36807
Wehle, Kurt and Hannah, 27044
Wildes, Ruth and Leon, 5654
Wolf, Joe, 14547