COATS, DAN (a Representative from Indiana)

Appointments

Delegation to attend memorial service for space shuttle Challenger crew members, 1058 [30JA]

Articles and editorials

Drumbeat for the Family, David S. Broder, Washington (DC) Post, 536 [27JA]

Vanishing Black Family, William Raspberry, Washington (DC) Post, 536 [27JA]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Communications Act: promote increased availability of television programming (see H.R. 5058), 14741 [19JN]

Dept. of Trade: establish (see H.R. 4383), 4577 [12MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Age Discrimination in Employment Act: remove maximum age limitation (see H.R. 4154), 6931 [9AP]

Agriculture: eligibility of noncitizens for price support programs (see H.R. 4519, 4520), 14078 [17JN]

———loan restructuring (see H. Con. Res. 310), 10282 [12MY]

Angola Loan Restriction Act: enact (see H.R. 4145), 9553 [6MY]

Appropriations: provide separate for all congressional foreign travel (see H.R. 3268), 7689 [16AP]

Auto parts: importance of inclusion in market-oriented negotiations (see H. Con. Res. 328), 9776 [7MY]

Bilingual Education Act: make Federal financial assistance available for children of limited English proficiency (see H.R. 4538), 10990 [15MY]

Budget: constitutional amendment relative to procedures (see H.J. Res. 643), 24803 [19SE]

Challenger (space shuttle): award members of crew Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously (see H. Res. 369), 1074 [30JA]

Clean Air Act: amend (see H.R. 2157), 236 [22JA]

Communications Act: restrict obscene and indecent communications by phone (see H.R. 4439), 5307 [18MR]

Community food and nutrition programs: authorize appropriations (see H.R. 4421), 6931 [9AP]

Congressional pay adjustments: defer until March 1 (see H.R. 1395), 2594 [24FE]

Copyright: conveyance of right to perform publicly syndicated television programs without right to perform accompanying music (see H.R. 3521), 3388 [3MR]

Crime and criminals: civil remedies for persons injured by racketeering activity (see H.R. 2943), 3388 [3MR]

———driving under influence of drugs or alcohol in maritime and territorial jurisdiction (see H.R. 5060), 16747 [16JY]

Critical Care Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 526), 6932 [9AP]

Dependent care programs: authorize appropriations (see H.R. 4421), 6931 [9AP]

Dept. of Defense: strengthen requirements for operational testing and evaluation of major acquisition programs (see H.R. 4682), 19117 [5AU]

Developing countries: set aside surplus vessels for health and humanitarian services (see H.R. 4046), 7127 [10AP]

Elections: improve law relative to absentee registration and voting for uniformed services and persons who reside overseas (see H.R. 4393), 10215 [8MY]

———time limits for completion of recounts for House of Representatives (see H.R. 4953), 12624 [5JN]

Energy Policy and Conservation Act: conservation standards for gas and electric appliances (see H.R. 5465), 23473 [16SE]

Ethiopia: famine and resettlement policy (see H. Con. Res. 285), 8412 [22AP]

Fair Housing Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 561), 7556 [15AP]

Fair Labor Standards Act: facilitate industrial homework, including sewing, knitting, and craftmaking (see H.R. 2815), 15605 [25JN]

Farm Credit Act: competitive interest rates for farmers, ranchers, and cooperative borrowers (see H.R. 5497), 24687 [18SE]

Federal aid programs: provide States incentive to encourage health care professional liability reform (see H.R. 3865), 5566 [19MR]

Federal Aviation Act: prohibit alcoholic beverages on flights to persons under 21 years of age (see H.R. 4558), 19461 [6AU]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: establish conditions for export of drugs (see H.R. 3995), 2978 [26FE]

Follow Through Program: authorize appropriations (see H.R. 4421), 6931 [9AP]

Foreign Assistance Act: assistance to promote immunization and oral rehydration (see H.R. 3894), 15287 [24JN]

Franco-American War Veterans, Inc.: grant charter (see H.R. 1666), 10215 [8MY]

Grain: improve quality (see H.R. 4714), 9145 [30AP]

Great Britain: express gratitude for operations carried out against Libya (see H. Res. 424), 8477 [23AP]

Greek Independence Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 381), 5898 [21MR]

Head Start Program: authorize appropriations (see H.R. 4421), 6931 [9AP]

House rules: require quarterly statement of size and postage costs of mass mailing by a Member (see H. Res. 377), 8412 [22AP]

Housing and community development: temporary extension of certain programs (see H.J. Res. 656), 14297 [18JN]

Indian Economic Development Act: enact (see H.R. 3597), 11948 [22MY]

Inland waterways trust fund: shall not be included in budget (see H.R. 4344), 16504 [15JY]

IRS: regulations on substantiation of deductions for use of business vehicles, 8888 [29AP]

Jewish Heritage Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 553), 3853 [6MR]

Just Say No to Drugs Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 629), 10216 [8MY]

Let Freedom Ring Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 664), 15288 [24JN]

Libya: express gratitude to Great Britain for operations carried out against (see H. Res. 424), 8477 [23AP]

Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act: authorize appropriations (see H.R. 4422), 7892 [17AP]

Lupus Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 531), 15772 [26JN]

Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 552), 12364 [4JN]

Narcotic traffic: assistance from entertainment industry (see H.J. Res. 712), 21735 [14AU]

National Adoption Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 651), 25457 [23SE]

National Adult Day Care Center Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 617), 22367 [9SE]

National Adult Immunization Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 700), 33159 [17OC]

National Alopecia Areata Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 550), 24803 [19SE]

National Alzheimer's Disease Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 514), 21131 [12AU]

National Aplastic Anemia Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 611), 20744 [11AU]

National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 427), 7690 [16AP]

National Back to School—Back Off Drugs Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 698), 22147 [15AU]

National Barrier Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 544), 7892 [17AP]

National Birds of Prey Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 546), 9553 [6MY]

National Child Safety Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 562), 7893 [17AP]

National Children's Television Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 710), 21735 [14AU]

National Civil Rights Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 686), 19117 [5AU]

National Down's Syndrome Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 568), 11449 [20MY]

National Drug Abuse Education and Prevention Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 619), 13074 [10JN]

National Drug Abuse Education Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 701), 20743 [11AU]

National Drunk and Drugged Driving Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 694), 19117 [5AU]

National Energy Education Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 543), 3107 [27FE]

National Family Caregivers Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 555), 26370 [25SE]

National Family Reunion Weekend: designate (see H.J. Res. 577), 8412 [22AP]

National Hospice Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 586), 18012 [29JY]

National Housing Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 692), 18670 [1AU]

National Independent Retail Grocer Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 511), 2294 [19FE]

National Infection Control Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 623), 9465 [5MY]

National Literacy Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 429), 10524 [13MY]

National methanol energy policy: develop and coordinate efforts to implement (see H.R. 3355), 1779 [5FE]

National Neighborhood Crime Watch Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 512), 19461 [6AU]

National Nursing Home Residents Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 533), 8763 [28AP]

National Osteoporosis Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 510), 8888 [29AP]

National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 524), 27552 [1OC]

National Physical Fitness and Sports Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 548), 6932 [9AP]

National POW/MIA Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 451), 11949 [22MY]

National Reye's Syndrome Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 638), 32329 [16OC]

National Science Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 484), 9146 [30AP]

National Spina Bifida Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 655), 18671 [1AU]

National Teacher Appreciation Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 483, 635), 1357 [3FE], 10703 [14MY]

National Year of Friendship With Finland: designate (see H.J. Res. 645), 33159 [17OC]

National Year of the Americas: designate (see H.J. Res. 640), 11448 [20MY]

National Year of the Teacher: designate (see H.J. Res. 635), 10703 [14MY]

Naval Aviation Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 569), 9146 [30AP]

NIH Centennial Year: designate (see H.J. Res. 709), 23670 [17SE]

Older Americans Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 542), 3107 [27FE]

Petroleum: imposition of import fee (see H. Res. 12), 8412 [22AP]

Polish American Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 547), 16504 [15JY]

Product Liability Risk Act: include coverage lines of insurance (see H.R. 5225), 17506 [23JY]

Public buildings: restrict smoking to designated areas (see H.R. 4546), 12624 [5JN]

Public housing: additional homeownership and resident management opportunities (see H.R. 4628), 7891 [17AP]

Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act: assure resources to pay and increase maximum daily benefit (see H.R. 5501), 23015 [11SE]

Romania: suspend most favored nation treatment (see H.R. 3599), 5566 [19MR]

Saudi Arabia: prohibiting proposed sales of missiles (see H.J. Res. 589), 8412 [22AP]

Sec. of HHS: publish statistical data relative to incidence of adoptions (see H.R. 5029), 13525 [12JN]

Senior Center Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 538), 7690 [16AP]

Skelton, Richard (Red): award congressional gold medal (see H.R. 5510), 32329 [16OC]

Social Security: develop recommendations for correcting benefit disparities (see H.R. 1916), 4268 [11MR]

———permit States to provide prenatal, delivery, and postpartum care to low-income women (see H.R. 4630), 7891 [17AP]

Social Security Administration: establish as independent agency (see H.R. 5050), 14297 [18JN]

Soviet Union: atomic power plant accident (see H. Res. 439), 8887 [29AP]

———limit number of nationals serving mission to U.N. (see H.R. 3600), 5829 [20MR]

———sense of Congress concerning nuclear disaster at Chernobyl (see H. Con. Res. 333), 15773 [26JN]

States: encourage to enact legislation to grant personal civil liability (see H.R. 5196), 26428 [26SE]

Taxation: affirming intent of Congress to oppose increase (see H. Res. 573), 29835 [8OC]

———deny deduction for child who lives temporarily after abortion (see H.R. 4041), 3649 [5MR]

———deny tax-exempt status to organizations which perform or finance abortions (see H.R. 2897), 5308 [18MR]

———Executive order to deny foreign income exclusion (see H.R. 4056), 2978 [26FE]

———interest on State or local bond shall not be included in gross income (see H.R. 4807), 12130 [3JN]

———requirement to substantiate deduction for business use of vehicle (see H.R. 4299), 5566 [19MR]

———restrict credit for dependent care services (see H.R. 4787), 10214 [8MY]

United Way: recognition of anniversary (see H.J. Res. 684), 18908 [4AU]

VA: improve benefits for ex-POWs (see H.R. 4333), 14078 [17JN]

Veterans: allow totally disabled to travel on military aircraft (see H.R. 3732), 17506 [23JY]

———monthly pension for World War I (see H.R. 1918), 2978 [26FE]

White House Conference on Narcotics Abuse and Control: provide for (see H.J. Res. 631), 15288 [24JN]

Year of Thanksgiving: designate (see H.J. Res. 398), 704 [29JA]

Letters

Corporate average fuel economy standards: Brian O'Neill, Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, 32672 [16OC]

Press releases

Captain Midnight unmasked: FCC, 17327 [22JY]

Remarks by, on

Amtrak: funding, 18182, 18183 [30JY]

Anti-Apartheid Act: enact (H.R. 4868), Senate amendments, 23144 [12SE]

Blacks: deterioration of family units, 536 [27JA], 659 [29JA], 1035 [30JA]

Child Care Act: enact (H.R. 4787), 10246 [9MY]

Child pornography: ban production, use of advertisments, or solicitations (H.R. 5560), 27019 [29SE]

Communications Act: promote increased availability of television programming, 14866 [20JN], 17327 [22JY]

Community food and nutrition programs: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4421), 8866 [29AP]

Congressional Student Program: tribute, 5578 [19MR]

Crime and criminals: capture of John R. (Captain Midnight) MacDougall, 17327 [22JY]

Day care: assistance to low and moderate-income families (H.R. 4787), 10246 [9MY]

Dependent care programs: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4421), 8866 [29AP]

Dept. of Trade: establish (H.R. 4383), 4510 [12MR], 4603 [12MR], 11479 [20MY]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5205), 18182, 18183 [30JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5233), 18300 [31JY]

FCC: capture of John R. (Captain Midnight) MacDougall, 17327 [22JY]

Follow Through Program: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4421), 8866 [29AP]

Foreign trade: telecommunications equipment and services, 11479 [20MY]

———textile industry, 19365 [6AU]

———U.S. policy, 11430 [20MY], 11479 [20MY]

Government spending: reduce, 18300 [31JY]

Graham, Billy: House prayer, 5451 [19MR]

Head Start Program: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4421), 8866 [29AP]

House: legislative program, 27475 [1OC]

———prayer by Billy Graham, 5451 [19MR]

Indiana: 4th Congressional District Student Program, District of Columbia visit, 5578 [19MR]

Industry: enhance competitiveness (H.R. 4800), 11430 [20MY], 11479 [20MY]

International trade: reform laws (H.R. 4830), 11479 [20MY]

Libya: U.S. military response to terrorist acts, 7530 [15AP]

Narcotics: national abuse and trafficking prevention policy, 22653 [10SE]

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration: corporate average fuel economy standards, 32671 [16OC]

Older Americans Month: observance, 11114 [15MY]

Omnibus Drug Enforcement, Education, and Control Act: enact (H.R. 5484), 22653 [10SE]

Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act: repeal and amend certain sections, 22351 [9SE]

Railroad Unemployment Insurance Insolvency and Benefit Act: enact (H.R. 5501), 23005 [11SE]

SALT II Treaty: adherence to numerical sublimits (H. Con. Res. 350), 14666 [19JN]

Satellite Television Programming Access Act: enact (H.R. 5058), 17327 [22JY]

Social Security Minor and Technical Changes Act: enact (H.R. 2005), conference report, 29758 [8OC]

South Africa: economic sanctions, 23144 [12SE]

Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act: enact (H.R. 2005), conference report, 29758 [8OC]

Tax Reform Act: enact (H.R. 3838), conference report, 26245 [25SE]

Telecommunications Trade Act: enact (H.R. 3131), 11479 [20MY]

Textile and Apparel Trade Enforcement Act: enact (H.R. 1562), veto, 19365 [6AU]

Trade Law Modernization Act: enact (H.R. 3777), 11479 [20MY]

Wallace, Caroline: comments relative to deterioration of black family units, 659 [29JA]

Remarks in House relative to

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 536 [27JA], 659 [29JA], 1035 [30JA], 4510 [12MR], 5451 [19MR], 7530 [15AP], 8866 [29AP], 10213 [8MY], 10988 [15MY], 11430, 11446 [20MY], 14740 [19JN], 17315 [22JY], 18182 [30JY], 18300 [31JY], 19365 [6AU], 22351 [9SE], 22653 [10SE], 23144 [12SE], 29757 [8OC], 32154 [15OC]

Special order: granted, 23014 [11SE]

Tributes

Hillis, Representative, 27518 [1OC]