DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE related term(s) Secretary of Commerce

Amendments

Appropriations: making (H.R. 5161), 16747 [16JY], 16897, 16912, 16917, 16923, 16924, 16925, 16927, 16932, 16935, 16936, 16939, 16942, 16945, 16952, 16954, 16958 [17JY], 23341 [15SE], 23575 [16SE], 23917 [18SE]

Export Administration Act: amend (S. 2245), 33692 [18OC], 33772, 33860 [18OC]

NBS: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4354), 28539-28541 [3OC], 30168 [10OC]

Patent and Trademark Office: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2434), 12926, 12927, 12955 [6JN], 28120 [2OC], 33810 [18OC]

Analyses

High Technology Antidumping Act (H.R. 4466), 5844-5846 [20MR]

Appointments

U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Board of Visitors: members, 6125 [25MR]

Articles and editorials

Broken Promises, Rusted Dreams—America's Vanishing Industrial Jobs, 17172-17176 [22JY]

Buck (Pound, Franc) Stops Here, 420 [23JA]

Business Investment Spending Drops, 23095 [12SE]

Drive To Tame Currencies, 419 [23JA]

Everybody Plays in Trade (sundry excerpts), 18662 [1AU]

Fair Trade for the Film Trade, 2984 [26FE]

GAO Cites Possible Lenahan Conflicts, Agency Says It Will Refer Case to Justice Department for Potential Criminal Prosecution (sundry excerpts), 18663 [1AU]

Is Washington Being Railroaded on Conrail?, 3245 [27FE]

Kachajian's Rebellion, 26186-26188 [25SE], 30740-30742 [14OC]

Kemp's Monetary Powwow, Not Bad for Starters, 421 [23JA]

Lenahan's Key Hong Kong Speech (excerpt), 18659 [1AU]

New Money Game?, 419 [23JA]

On to the House, 3245 [27FE]

Perpetual Notion, 5980 [21MR]

Reagan/Republican Recovery—The ``Best'' or the ``Worst''?, 17171 [22JY]

Reforming the Exchange Rates, 421 [23JA]

Technology—Steel's Salvation?, 22181 [15AU]

U.S. Officials Assail Customs Chief for Charges, 11470 [20MY]

Welcome to the ``No-Care Zone''—After Reform, Concern About New Kinds of Medicare Abuse, 5581 [19MR]

Bills and resolutions

Appropriations: authorize (see H.R. 5161)

———waiving points of order against consideration of H.R. 5161 (see H. Res. 493)

Associate Administrator for Minority Small Business and Capital Ownership Development: clarify and expand functions (see H.R. 4632)

Bureau of the Census: level IV position for Director (see S. 2893)

Economic Development Administration: rescission of budget authority (see S. 2150)

Federal Maritime Commission: reform process for filling vacancies (see H.R. 4308)

Foreign trade: establish export promotion organization (see S. 2555)

National Bureau of Standards and Industrial Competitiveness: establish (see H.R. 5739)

NBS: authorize appropriations (see S. 2664; H.R. 4354)

———consideration of H.R. 2889, computer security research program (see H. Res. 537)

Newman, Joseph W.: reexamination of patent application (see S. 2832)

NOAA: designate Administrator as Assistant Sec. of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere (see S. 2583)

Patent and trademark laws: amend (see H.R. 4747)

Patent and Trademark Office: equity in administrative fees (see H.R. 4112)

SBA: transfer certain functions (see S. 2419; H.R. 4621)

Subcommittee on Investigations: production of documents on illegal transfers of technology to Vietnam (see S. Res. 316)

U.S. Travel and Tourism Administration: authorize appropriations (see S. 2307)

Court decisions

Canadian lumber subsidies: Court of International Trade (excerpt), 2795 [26FE]

Letters

Alien job discrimination protections: Albert D. Bourland, 30050 [9OC]

Buy American provisions of Federal highway legislation: Douglas A. Riggs, 25748, 25750 [24SE]

Dept. of the Interior appropriations: Malcolm Baldrige, Sec. of Commerce, 32125 [15OC]

International communications: Alfred C. Sikes, William Schneider, Jr., and Mark S. Fowler, 32537 [16OC]

National Bureau of Standards Authorization Act: Carol T. Crawford, 30170 [10OC]

———OMB, 28614 [3OC]

———several Representatives, 30170, 30171 [10OC]

Patent protection: Clarence J. Brown, 32189 [16OC]

Potash industry: Malcolm Baldrige, Sec. of Commerce, 14787 [20JN]

Product Liability Risk Retention Act: Douglas A. Riggs, 16774 [17JY]

Program funding levels: OMB, 28478 [3OC]

Satellite Television Security and Fair Market Act: Douglas A. Riggs, 27867 [2OC]

Shared broadcast transmissions: Flora MacDonald (sundry), 28351 [3OC]

———Malcolm Baldrige, Sec. of Commerce (sundry), 28350 [3OC]

Small Business Act reform: Pomona Air, Inc., 10554 [13MY]

Trade Adjustment Program: Louise Woerner, 20177 [8AU]

Memorials of legislature

California, 17236 [22JY], 17819 [28JY]

Mississippi, 12480 [4JN], 12982 [9JN]

Messages

Executive Impoundment of Appropriated Funds: President Reagan, 5663 [20MR]

Questions and answers

High Technology Antidumping Act (H.R. 4466), 5844 [20MR]

Remarks in House

Alaska: statutory restrictions limiting export of North Slope crude oil, 28699 [3OC]

Appropriations: making (H.R. 5161), 16879, 16888-16959 [17JY], 17699 [24JY]

Canada: foreign labor subsidies for which relief may be sought under duty laws (H.R. 4590), 7604 [15AP]

Conrail: proposed sale, 3245 [27FE]

Domestic Offshore Commerce Regulatory Reform Act: enact (H.R. 4973), 13408 [11JN]

Drift Net Impact Monitoring, Assessment, and Control Act: enact (H.R. 5208), 17156 [21JY]

Economic Development Administration: funding, 16897-16916 [17JY]

Export Administration Act: amend (S. 2245), 30739-30743 [14OC], 33692 [18OC]

Federal laboratory consortium: technology transfer promotion, 29334 [7OC]

Foreign Trade Zone Fee Structure Act: enact (H.R. 4729), 9356 [1MY]

High Technology Antidumping Act: enact (H.R. 4466), 5843, 5850 [20MR]

High Technology Trade Promotion Act: enact (H.R. 4491), 6158-6160 [25MR]

India: Oil and Natural Gas Commission procurement procedures, 33660 [17OC]

Iron and steel industry: import restrictions, 5580 [19MR]

Kaplan, David: tribute, 16399 [14JY]

Machine tool industry: import quotas, 3027 [27FE]

Mexico: Expo Maquila to encourage U.S. investments, 29231 [7OC], 29605 [8OC], 30158, 30159 [10OC]

———trade show to encourage U.S. business investments, 28041 [2OC]

———U.S. policy, 11470 [20MY]

Motion picture industry: U.S. exports, 2984 [26FE]

National Quality Improvement Award: establish (H.R. 5321), 18849 [1AU]

NBS: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4354), 21013-21018 [12AU], 30172 [17OC]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4354), Senate amendment, 30168 [10OC]

———computer security research program (H.R. 2889), 21018-21025 [12AU]

Newman, Joseph: energy machine, 8593 [24AP]

Patent and Trademark Office: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2434), 30151 [9OC], 30428 [10OC]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2434), Senate amendments, 28120 [2OC]

Small Business Act: reform (H.R. 4621), 10554 [13MY]

Telecommunications Trade Act: enact (H.R. 3131), 7431 [14AP]

Timber industry: Canadian subsidies, 23278 [12SE]

U.S. Travel and Tourism Administration: anniversary, 2258 [19FE]

Unfair Foreign Competition Act: enact (H.R. 4665), 8434 [22AP]

Western regional export licensing office: require establishment and operation (H.R. 5443), 22198 [15AU]

Remarks in Senate

Appropriations: funding, 28478 [3OC]

———making (H.R. 5161), 23486 [16SE], 23918 [18SE]

Budget: deferral of authority (S. 2150), 3967 [6MR]

Bureau of the Census: level IV position for Director (S. 2893), 27275 [30SE]

Congressional Summit on Exchange Rates and the Dollar: convene, 418 [23JA]

Drainage: eliminate decennial census (H.R. 2722), 26903 [29SE]

Economic conditions: activity in second quarter of year, 23875 [18SE]

———growth rate, 17170, 17171 [22JY]

Economic Development Administration: funding, 32423 [16OC]

Export Administration Act: amend (S. 2245), 17076-17078 [21JY], 33771 [18OC]

Federal Open Market Committee: meeting, 25459 [23SE]

Fish and fisheries: reinstate certain authority to foreclose on mortgages of debtor shipowners filing for bankruptcy (S. 1992), 4311 [11MR]

Funding, 27941 [2OC]

Industry: forecast for capital spending, 23094 [12SE]

International Trade Administration: funding, 27941 [2OC]

King County, WA: authorize sale or lease of Fairley Building, 12756 [5JN]

NBS: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4354), 28612-28614-28615 [3OC]

———authorizing appropriations (S. 2664), 17121 [21JY], 28615 [3OC]

Newman, Joseph W.: reexamination of patent application (S. 2832), 23899 [18SE]

NOAA: designate Administrator as Assistant Sec. of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere (S. 2583), 14955 [23JN]

NOAA Atmospheric and Satellite Program Authorization Act: enact (S. 2708), 18773 [1AU]

Ortner, Robert: nomination confirmed, 17101 [21JY]

Patent and Trademark Office: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2434), 12926-12928 [6JN], 33810-33811 [18OC]

Sikes, Alfred C.: qualifications of nominee, 5016 [14MR]

Silicon Technology Corp.: efforts to obtain export license, 26185 [25SE]

Small Business Act: enact (S. 2419), 9901 [7MY]

Subcommittee on Investigations: production of documents relative to illegal transfers of technology to Vietnam (S. Res. 316), 1298 [30JA]

Trademarks: concurrent registrations (S. 1002), 1709 [5FE]

Travel and Tourism Administration: funding, 159 [21JA]

U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Board of Visitors: appointment of members, 6125 [25MR]

U.S. Travel and Tourism Administration: authorizing appropriations (S. 2307), 7495 [15AP], 7999 [17AP], 17778 [25JY]

Young Commission Act: enact (S. 2555), 13777 [16JN]

Reports

Competitive Assessment of the U.S. Pharmaceutical Industry (excerpt), 10329 [12MY]

Economic Stability: Heritage Foundation (excerpt), 1065 [30JA]

Evaluation of the Adjustment of Firms Assisted by the Trade Adjustment Assistance Program, 20169-20176 [8AU]

Export Licensing System (1979 excerpt), 11564 [21MY]

Foreign Policy Control on Exports to the Soviet Union of Oil and Gas Equipment and Technology, 10298 [12MY]

U.S. Lumber Imports: ITC (excerpt), 2795 [26FE]

Reports filed

Adequacy of Federal Efforts To Identify and Remove Contaminated Imported Wines: Committee on Government Operations (H. Rept. 99-965), 28331 [3OC]

Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (H.R. 5161) (H. Rept. 99-669), 16503 [15JY]

———Committee on Appropriations (H.R. 5161) (S. Rept. 99-425), 22264 [8SE]

———Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries (H.R. 4208) (H. Rept. 99-547), 8061 [18AP]

———Committee on Rules (H.R. 5161; H. Res. 494) (H. Rept. 99-683), 16745 [16JY]

———Committee on Science and Technology (H.R. 4354) (H. Rept. 99-617), 12363 [4JN]

Appropriations for NBS: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (S. 2664) (S. Rept. 99-399), 21378 [13AU]

———Committee on Post Office and Civil Service (H.R. 4354) (H. Rept. 99-617), 17819 [28JY]

Army: nomination, 10065 [8MY]

Coast Guard: nomination, 11314 [20MY], 12240 [3JN], 14595 [19JN], 17389 [23JY]

Coast Guard Appropriations: Committee on Rules (H.R. 4208; H. Res. 437) (H. Rept. 99-566), 8886 [29AP]

Extension of Term of Patents for Agricultural and Chemical Products for Period of Regulatory Review: Committee on the Judiciary (H.R. 5536) (H. Rept. 99-895), 26369 [25SE]

Federal Enforcement of Steel Import Program (H. Rept. 99-937), 27550 [1OC]

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act: Committee on the Judiciary (H.R. 5536) (H. Rept. 99-895), 28178 [2OC]

NBS Computer Security Research Program: Committee on Government Operations (H.R. 2889) (H. Rept. 99-753), 19460 [6AU]

———Committee on Science and Technology (H.R. 2889) (H. Rept. 99-753), 19460 [6AU], 22143 [15AU]

NOAA Atmospheric and Satellite Program Authorization Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (S. 2708) (S. Rept. 99-518), 27994 [2OC]

Nomination: Alfred C. Sikes, 4786 [13MR]

———Donald W. Peterson, 7185 [10AP]

———Louis F. Laun, 23898 [18SE]

———Robert Ortner, 6130 [25MR]

Patent and Trademark Office Appropriations: Committee on the Judiciary (H.R. 2434) (S. Rept. 99-305), 11314 [20MY]

Reduction of Barriers to Telecommunications Equipment and Services in Interstate and Foreign Commerce: Committee on Ways and Means (H.R. 3131) (H. Rept. 99-471), 7554 [15AP]

Tariff on Chocolate: Committee on Ways and Means (H. Res. 567) (H. Rept. 99-925), 27116 [29SE]

Travel and Tourism Administration Appropriations: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (S. 2307) (S. Rept. 99-334), 16376 [14JY]

Resolutions by organizations

Agricultural census data: Census Advisory Committee on Agricultural Statistics, 15390 [25JN]

Rulings of the Chair

Appropriations: making (H.R. 5161), 16918 [17JY]

Statements

Canadian Lumber Subsidies: Gary Hufbauer, 2795 [26FE]

Newman Machine, 3574 [4MR]

Tables

NBS appropriations, 17121 [21JY]

Program funding levels, 28478 [3OC]

Testimonies

Iron and Steel Industry Import Restrictions: Malcolm Baldrige, Sec. of Commerce, 5580 [19MR]

Texts of

H.R. 2722, eliminate decennial census of drainage, 26903 [29SE]

H.R. 2889, Computer Security Act, 21018 [12AU]

H.R. 4354, authorizing NBS appropriations, 21013 [12AU]

H.R. 4729, Foreign Trade Zone Fee Structure Act, 9357 [1MY]

H.R. 5161, making appropriations, 16896 [17JY]

H.R. 5443, require establishment and operation of a western regional export licensing office, 22198 [15AU]

S. 1002, concurrent registrations, 1709 [5FE]

S. 2150, deferral of certain budget authority, 3967 [6MR]

S. 2245, Export Administration Act amendments, 30739 [14OC], 33771 [18OC]

S. 2307, authorizing appropriations for U.S. Travel and Tourism Administration, 7999 [17AP]

S. 2419, Small Business Act, 9901-9905 [7MY]

S. 2555, Young Commission Act, 13777-13779 [16JN]

S. 2583, designate NOAA Administrator as Assistant Sec. of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, 14955 [23JN]

S. 2664, authorizing NBS appropriations, 17122 [21JY]

S. 2708, NOAA Atmospheric and Satellite Program Authorization Act, 18774 [1AU]

S. 2832, Patent and Trademark Office reexamination of Joseph W. Newman's patent application, 23899 [18SE]

S. Res. 316, production of documents by Subcommittee on Investigations relative to illegal transfers of technology to Vietnam, 1244, 1298 [30JA]