GOVERNMENT—U.S.

Addresses

American Housing—A Victory To Be Celebrated . . . or Still To Be Won?: David O. Maxwell, 33522 [17OC]

Elections and Political Action Committees: Senator Durenberger, 20456-20459 [11AU]

Federal Role in Undergraduate Science and Engineering Education: Erich Bloch, 3486-3488 [4MR]

Role and Responsibility of the Federal Government: Theodore Roosevelt, 19629 [6AU]

Agreements

Memorandum of intent on sale of Conrail: Dept. of Transportation and Norfolk Southern Corp. (excerpt), 548 [27JA], 740, 742 [29JA]

Amendments

Anti-Kickback Enforcement Act: enact (S. 2250), 23080, 23081, 23098 [12SE]

Budget: require balanced (S.J. Res. 225), 3899, 3972 [6MR], 4292, 4297, 4326, 4343, 4357 [11MR], 4394, 4421, 4434, 4435, 4438, 4443, 4450, 4461, 4491, 4492 [12MR], 4722, 4736, 4814 [13MR], 6113 [25MR]

Conrail: transfer to private sector (S. 638), 373-377, 407-411 [23JA], 576 [27JA], 619-628 [28JA], 747-751, 789, 802-960 [29JA], 1181, 1189, 1192, 1195, 1197, 1200, 1208 [30JA], 1516 [4FE]

Constitution Day: designate (S. 2216), 29551 [8OC]

Crime and criminals: civil penalties in cases of false claims and fraud (S. 1562), 17942-17946 [29JY], 20530-20535, 20561-20565 [11AU], 28533-28539, 28570-28580 [3OC], 29315-29320 [7OC]

Executive Exchange Program Voluntary Services Act: enact (H.R. 3002), 23434 [16SE]

Inspector General Act: amend (S. 2005), 33851 [18OC]

Lawyers: provisions for retention for debt collection services (S. 209), 5362 [19MR]

Prompt Payment Act: amend to pay interest on overdue payments (S. 2479), 31252, 31447 [15OC]

Volunteer workers: executive exchange program (H.R. 3002), 23434 [16SE]

Analyses

Administrative Conference of the U.S. Appropriations Authorization (S. 2178), 4319 [11MR]

Amendments to the Inspector General Act (S. 2005), 307 [22JA]

Balanced Budget Amendment (S.J. Res. 225), 3907-3909 [6MR]

Civil Service Retirement—Capital Accumulation Plans for Federal Employees: Library of Congress, 11304-11310 [20MY]

Contract Disputes Act Amendments (S. 2006), 308 [22JA]

Electronic Funds Transfer Federal Salary Act (S. 2009), 312 [22JA]

Federal Tort Claims Reform Act (S. 2440), 10365 [13MY]

Levin Amendments to the Anti-Kickback Enforcement Act (S. 2250), 23083 [12SE]

Paperwork and Regulatory Simplification Act (S. 2010), 316-318 [22JA]

Procurement Safeguard Act (S. 2030), 1693 [5FE]

Procurement Test Act (S. 2007), 309 [22JA]

Reform of Federalism Policies, 31245-31247 [15OC]

Sale of Conrail—Pressler Amendment to S. 638, 552 [27JA]

Articles and editorials

Answers to Common Questions About Mandate Relief Amendment, 28500 [3OC]

Antitrust Amendment Could Make NS Walk (excerpt), 1172 [30JA]

Aquino's In Charge, 14805 [20JN]

Aquino's Staying Power Much in Question, 14806 [20JN]

Behind a Pretty Face, 1531 [4FE]

But Conrail Ain't Broke, 1529 [4FE]

Charities, Lobbies and the CFC, 8066 [18AP]

Congress and Conrail—The Public-Offer Option, 1523 [4FE]

Congress Should Derail Conrail Sale, 1529 [4FE]

Conrail Give-Away, 1530 [4FE]

Conrail Is Capable of Standing Alone, 777 [29JA]

Conrail Sale a Bargain in the Making, 1531 [4FE]

Conrail Sale—No Bargains for Taxpayers?, 1524 [4FE]

Conrail Suitor Is Weakening, 1523 [4FE]

Conrail's Future—A Public Offering Still Looks Like the Way To Go, 1529 [4FE]

Continuing Popularity Aquino's Best Defense, 14807 [20JN]

Cutting PACs, 20434 [11AU]

Decision Is Straight Down the Line—Conrail, Don't Sell It?, 1530 [4FE]

Derail Conrail Sale, 1523 [4FE]

Enrile Nearly Handed Country ``on a Silver Platter'', 14805 [20JN]

Folly of Privatization, 3553 [4MR]

Get It Right for Once, 20448 [11AU]

Get Together on Conrail, 1523 [4FE]

Great Conrail War, 1525 [4FE]

Hold the Line on Conrail, 1522 [4FE]

Housing Shortage Creating a Labor One, 33522 [17OC]

Investors' Conrail Proposal Could Be Better Alternative, 1529 [4FE]

Item No. 1 for the Senate, 777 [29JA]

Let Conrail Be Conrail, 1522 [4FE]

Localities Hold States Accountable, 28500 [3OC]

Mandates Without Money, 28498-28500 [3OC]

Money Curve for Congress, 20434 [11AU]

Morgan Yes, Norfolk No, 778 [29JA]

Myth of Moral Equivalence, 4348-4350 [11MR]

New Offer To Buy Conrail Could Be Best Compromise, 1529 [4FE]

Next Steps in Rail Deregulation, 1539 [4FE]

No to Norfolk Southern, 1527 [4FE]

Norfolk Southern Study Disputed; ICC Staff Says Firm Underestimates Impact of Conrail Sale, 1529 [4FE]

PACs Filling Some Old Roles of Parties, Analyst Believes, 20447 [11AU]

Paperwork Reduction Act Rendered Useless by Ruling, 32546 [16OC]

Putting Some Limits on PAC's, 18435 [31JY]

Putting Some Limits on PACs, 20436 [11AU]

Rail Victory for Baltimore, 1526 [4FE]

Reagan Call to Marcos Upsets Filipino Leaders, 14807 [20JN]

Recent Examples of Regulatory Unreasonableness, 28502 [3OC]

Red Tape Revivers, 32546 [16OC]

Reminder of the Government's Bounty, 1304 [30JA]

Sale of Conrail, 558 [27JA], 1525 [4FE]

Saving Conrail, 1524 [4FE]

Sell Conrail to Conrail, 1525 [4FE]

Sending a Message to Washington, 28500 [3OC]

Shoes, Few Windows, 14806 [20JN]

Showdown on Conrail, 786 [29JA]

Sound Alternative Offer to Conrail Merger Plan, 1524 [4FE]

Steal of the Century, 1527 [4FE]

U.S. Worker Arrested in Student Loan Case After Long Search, 5365 [19MR]

Watching Me, Watching You, 11799 [21MY]

Weighing Sale of Conrail—A Public Offering Option, 1526 [4FE]

Who Regulates the Regulators?, 32546 [16OC]

Will Conrail Be Railroaded, 1522 [4FE]

Worse Than Gramm-Rudman, 4304 [11MR]

Wrong Time To Cut Government Spending, 19941 [8AU]

Bills and resolutions

Accounting: accrual method (see H.R. 5718)

———require Federal Government to prepare annual consolidated financial statements utilizing the accrual method (see H.R. 5003)

Administrative Conference of the U.S.: authorize appropriations (see S. 2178)

Advisory Panel for Coordination of Debt Collection and Delinquency Prevention Activities: establish (see H.R. 4203)

Budget: amend constitutional procedures (see H.J. Res. 637, 643)

———public disclosure of information by certain recipients of Federal funding (see H.R. 5002)

Computers: ensure privacy, integrity, and verification of data disclosed in matching programs (see S. 2756)

Constitution: amend budget procedures (see H.J. Res. 643)

Contracts: simplified small purchase procedures test program (see S. 2392)

Crime and criminals: constitutional amendment prohibiting certain convicted individuals from service in any Federal office (see H.J. Res. 658)

Dept. of the Treasury: orderly system for payment and/or replacement of checks (see H.R. 4131)

Disaster Relief Act: establish cost sharing formulas (see H.R. 4934)

District of Columbia: increase Federal payment (see H.R. 4479)

———preserve and protect historic and natural features (see H.R. 5030)

Ethics in Government Act: amend (see S. 2214)

———exclusive civil penalty (see H.R. 4810)

Executive departments: clarify provisions relative to furloughing workers on legal holidays (see H.R. 4896)

———establish Office of the Assistant Sec. for Financial Management and Office of the Comptroller (see H.R. 4495)

———extend permissible pro bono representation to Federal and District of Columbia government workers (see H.R. 4898)

———reduce energy-related, spending, and regulatory requirements (see H.R. 4906)

Executive reorganization: reform laws relative to former Presidents (see H.R. 4890)

Federal employees: alternative systems of compensation, pay comparability system, and minimum wages (see H.R. 4738)

———clarify provisions relative to furloughing workers on legal holidays (see H.R. 4896)

———extend permissible pro bono representation to Federal and District of Columbia government workers (see H.R. 4898)

Federal magistrates: recall to service and establish retirement system (see S. 2529)

Federal Management Reorganization and Cost Control Act: budget waiver for consideration of S. 2230 (see S. Res. 477)

Federal power agencies: Reagan administration proposal (see H. Res. 406)

Federal Tort Claims Act: amend (see H.R. 4770)

Federal Tort Claims Reform Act: enact (see S. 2440)

Federally-guaranteed loans: pilot program for sale of assets (see S. 2137)

Former Presidents: reform laws (see H.R. 4890)

FSLIC Recapitalization Act: enact (see S. 2491; H.R. 4907)

Government contractors: prohibit reprisal actions against employees for disclosing certain information to Federal agencies (see S. 2516)

Government experts and consultants: appointment and compensation (see H.R. 4400)

Government procurement: preference for nondevelopment items in nondefense matters (see H.R. 5691)

Government property: fraudulent use (see H.R. 4560)

Government regulation: reduce energy-related, spending, and regulatory requirements (see H.R. 4906)

Government regulations: establish uniform procedure for congressional review of agency rules (see H.R. 5005)

———lengthen time period between publication and effective date (see H.R. 5004)

Impoundment Control Act: reform deferral procedure (see H.R. 4888)

Information policy: coordination (see S. 2887)

Insurance: collection of data and availability to certain State and Federal officials (see H.R. 4877)

Local government: assistance for essential services (see H.R. 4703)

Medical care: decennial survey on impact of Federal expenditures (see S. 2167)

Minorities: set-aside programs (see S. Res. 402)

National strategy: Presidential report (see S. 2064; H.R. 4126)

Overdue payments: interest (see H.R. 5503)

Paperwork: eliminate or change statutory requirements preventing reduction (see S. 2010)

Procurement: authority to test innovative methods and procedures (see S. 2007)

Prompt Payment Act: require Federal Government to pay interest on overdue obligations (see S. 2479)

Radioactive waste disposal: liability and indemnification for incidents arising out of Federal storage or transportation (see H.R. 4394)

Regulations: eliminate or change statutory requirements preventing simplification (see S. 2010)

Shipping Act: increase competition among ocean common carriers relative to transportation of certain Government cargoes (see H.R. 4939)

Shipping industry: prepayment audits for selected transportation bills and collection of overpayments (see H.R. 5420)

Social Security Trust Funds Management Act: enact (see S. 2542)

State and local governments: relief from Federal mandates (see H.R. 5603)

Books

``Privatizing Federal Spending, a Strategy To Eliminate the Deficit,'' Stuart Butler (excerpt), 2122 [18FE]

Briefs

Memorandum on the constitutionality of a limitation on the total aggregate contributions a candidate may receive from political action committees: Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering (law firm), 20439-20441 [11AU]

Chart

Sale of Conrail, 753 [29JA]

Cloture motions

Conrail: transfer to private sector (S. 638), 61 [21JA], 369 [23JA]

———transfer to private sector (S. 638), Danforth amendment, 634 [28JA], 1199 [30JA]

Colloquies

Budget outlays: several Senators, 5922 [21MR]

Commentaries

Role of Government in regulating trade: Henry Cabot Lodge, 18666 [1AU]

Descriptions

Deferral of higher unemployment loan repayment tax for States with unusually high unemployment (S. 2111), 2865 [26FE]

Essays

Concerning Civil Government: John Locke (excerpt), 21885 [15AU]

Executive orders

Prohibition on assassination (excerpt), 8104 [21AP]

History

Antifraud Legislation (S. 1562), 29321 [7OC]

Letters

Balanced budgets: American Medical Association, 6076 [25MR]

———Mathis, Belew & Associates, 6091 [25MR]

———National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors, 6075 [25MR]

———National Taxpayers Union, 6076 [25MR]

———Tax Limitation/Balanced Budget Amendment Coalition, 6074 [25MR]

———U.S. Chamber of Commerce, 6074 [25MR]

Elections and political action committees: Honeywell Corp., 20445 [11AU]

Executive Exchange Program Voluntary Services Act: Dept. of Justice, 6608 [8AP]

Federal financial management systems: Charles A. Bowsher, Comptroller General, 27557-27559 [1OC]

———Senator Proxmire, 27557 [1OC]

Fraud, waste, and abuse in Federal programs: Dept. of Defense (excerpt), 24870 [19SE]

———Professor Bruff of the University of Texas, 24869 [19SE]

Government antifraud legislation: OMB, 24863 [19SE]

How to keep competition working on the railroads: Senator DeConcini, 1539 [4FE]

Loan assets sale: Senator Chiles (sundry), 33295 [17OC]

Norfolk Southern Corp. divestiture plan: Arnold & Porter, 136-141 [21JA], 758, 763 [29JA]

Paperwork Reduction Authorization Act: OMB, 32545 [16OC]

———Senator Chiles, 32543 [16OC]

Prompt Payment Act amendments: Coalition for Common Sense in Government Procurement, 31256 [15OC]

———Coalition for Prompt Pay, 31254, 31273-31276 [15OC]

———National Federation of Independent Business, 31264 [15OC]

———Samuel N. Hope III, 31265 [15OC]

———Small Business Legislative Council, 11717 [21MY], 31265 [15OC]

Sale of Conrail: CBO, 554 [27JA]

———Conagra, Inc., 770 [29JA]

———Dept. of Justice, 364, 367 [23JA], 754, 756, 765 [29JA], 1168, 1170, 1174 [30JA]

———Dept. of the Treasury, 377-380 [23JA], 741 [29JA]

———Dept. of Transportation, 754 [29JA], 1183, 1209 [30JA]

———Douglas H. Ginsburg, 142, 147-149, 154 [21JA], 1184 [30JA]

———Iowa Dept. of Transportation, 783, 786 [29JA], 1543-1546 [4FE]

———J. Paul McGrath, 62-64 [21JA], 556 [27JA]

———John Ashcroft, Governor of Missouri, 1550 [4FE]

———National Industrial Transportation League, 283 [22JA]

———Neil F. Hartigan, et al., 282 [22JA]

———Paul A. Mapes, 142, 144 [21JA]

———Port Authority of New York-New Jersey, 1191 [30JA]

———President Reagan, 288 [22JA], 771 [29JA]

———Representative Dingell, 147 [21JA]

———Senator Dixon, et al. (Dear Colleague), 553 [27JA]

———Senator Pressler, 153 [21JA], 553 [27JA], 1185 [30JA]

———Senator Specter, 146, 149 [21JA], 754, 763 [29JA], 1167 [30JA]

———Senators Hollings, Rudman, Danforth, and Gramm (Dear Colleague), 739 [29JA]

———several Members of Congress (excerpt), 274 [22JA]

———U.S. Railway Association, 266 [22JA], 364 [23JA], 757 [29JA]

———United Transportation Union, 365 [23JA]

———Vinson & Elkins, 764 [29JA]

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Regulation Compact: Senators Biden, Eagleton, Thurmond, and Roth, 32366 [16OC]

Lists

Committee on Federalism and National Purpose, 31243 [15OC]

Major problems with the Norfolk Southern Corp. divestiture plan: Dept. of Justice, 1174 [30JA]

Members and member companies of the Coalition for Common Sense in Government Procurement, 31256 [15OC]

Members of the Coalition for Prompt Pay, 31256, 31277 [15OC]

Members of the Small Business Legislative Council, 31265 [15OC]

Organizations opposed to the sale of Conrail, 771 [29JA]

Memorandums

Inconsistencies in the Positions of the U.S. Department of Justice With Respect to the Proposed Merger of the Southern Pacific and Santa Fe Railroads and the Proposal To Allow Norfolk Southern To Acquire Conrail: Arnold & Porter, 127-134 [21JA]

Sale of Conrail: Iowa Dept. of Transportation, 1546-1549 [4FE]

Memorials of legislature

Maine, 11713 [21MY]

Wyoming, 6638 [8AP], 7005 [9AP]

Motion

Crime and criminals: civil penalties in cases of false claims and fraud (H.R. 4827), 22345 [9SE]

Lawyers: provisions for retention for debt collection services (S. 209), insertion of text of H.R. 5541, 26995 [29SE]

Notices

Ammunition seizure: Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, 653 [28JA]

Petitions

Grace Commission findings: North Carolina Student Legislature, 11949 [22MY]

Poems

``Congress'', 32320 [16OC]

Proposals

Improvements to Federal acquisition, 310-311 [22JA]

Questions

Sale of Conrail: Senator Riegle to Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc., 779 [29JA]

Remarks in House

Accounting: require annual consolidated financial statements using accrual-basis system (H.R. 5718), 32694 [16OC]

Administrative Conference of the U.S.: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4588), 11127, 11128 [19MY]

Assets: privatization of certain, 5849 [20MR], 7224 [10AP]

Bork, Robert H.: judicial rulings relative to Government v. individual rights, 22361-22364 [9SE]

Budget: cost of shutdown, 32799, 32826 [17OC]

———moratorium on spending increases (H. Con. Res. 275), 1060 [30JA]

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms: abuses, 5780, 5781 [20MR]

———program spending, 653 [28JA]

Conrail: transfer to private sector (S. 638), returning to the Senate (H. Res. 562), 26202 [25SE]

Constitution: anniversary, 32995 [17OC]

Constitution Day: designate (S. 2216), 30744 [14OC]

Crime and criminals: civil penalties in cases of false claims and fraud (H.R. 4827), 22330 [9SE], 22340 [10SE]-22345 [9SE]

———civil penalties in cases of false claims and fraud (H.R. 4827), pass S. 1562 in lieu, 22345 [9SE]

———civil penalties in cases of false claims and fraud (S. 1562), 29315-29323 [7OC]

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

Espionage: strengthen penalties (H.R. 2697), 9956 [7MY]

Executive departments: making continuing appropriations, 32714 [17OC]

———require to publish annual financial statements (H.R. 5003), 13406 [11JN]

Executive Exchange Program Voluntary Services Act: enact (H.R. 3002), 6607 [8AP], 7574 [15AP], 23434 [16SE]

Expenditures: reduce, 1447, 1465-1472 [4FE], 1751 [5FE], 2261 [19FE], 7526, 7529 [15AP]

Federal employees: provide for compensation of furloughed employees (H.J. Res. 754), 32994 [17OC]

Federal Government: role and responsibility, 19629 [6AU]

Federal grants: require recipients to disclose information under terms (H.R. 5002), 13406 [11JN]

Freedom of Information Day: designate (H.J. Res. 745), 28822 [6OC]

Government Information Act: enact (H.R. 5412), 21449 [13AU]

Government regulations: establish a uniform procedure for congressional review (H.R. 5005), 13406 [11JN]

———extend time period between publishing and effective date (H.R. 5004), 13406 [11JN]

Grace Day: implement recommendations of the Grace Commission, 16278 [26JN]

Lawyers: provisions for retention for debt collection services (S. 209), 26995 [29SE]

———provisions for retention for debt collection services (S. 209), H.R. 5541 laid on the table, 26995 [29SE]

Leadership, 32995 [17OC]

Money: cost of borrowing, 5197 [18MR]

National strategy: Presidential report (H.R. 4126), 1979 [6FE]

NBS: research and development, 14217 [17JN]

Public relations and politics: foreign opinion of the U.S., 10442, 10443 [13MY]

Radioactive waste disposal: liability and indemnification for incidents arising out of Federal storage or transportation (H.R. 4394), 4579, 4592 [12MR]

Small business: procurement contracts, 18858 [4AU]

Traitors: strengthen penalties (H.R. 2697), 9956 [7MY]

U.S. Mint: revenue, 11110 [15MY]

UNESCO: membership, 29233 [7OC]

Volunteer workers: executive exchange program (H.R. 3002), 6607 [8AP], 7574 [15AP]

———executive exchange program (H.R. 3002), Senate amendments, 23434 [16SE]

Remarks in Senate

Administrative Conference of the U.S.: authorizing appropriations (S. 2178), 4318 [11MR]

Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations: release of report on Federalism, 33555 [17OC]

American Legion: Boys Nation and Girls Nation program, 17398 [23JY]

Anti-Kickback Enforcement Act: enact (S. 2250), 23080 [12SE]

Appropriations: provide that no reprogramming of funds shall occur in any Federal agency unless notification appears in the Congressional Record, 19508-19510 [6AU]

Assassination: prohibitions against, 8104 [21AP]

Budget: borrowing authority, 4450-4458 [12MR], 4720 [13MR]

———exempt Social Security benefits under requirement to achieve balanced, 4421-4432 [12MR]

———limit outlays, 4443-4449 [12MR]

———President's annual report on management of executive branch (S. 2004), 29935 [9OC]

———provide for enforcement and implementation of article to balance, 4434 [12MR]

———provide that total outlays shall not exceed total receipts, 4435, 4438 [12MR]

———reduce deficit, 4017 [7MR]

———require balanced (S.J. Res. 225), 3519, 3521, 3522, 3523 [4MR], 3898-3927, 3948-3951 [6MR], 4019-4040 [7MR], 4140, 4147 [10MR], 4289-4309, 4357 [11MR], 4393-4412, 4421, 4449, 4468, 4492 [12MR], 4710, 4720-4739, 4827 [13MR], 5132 [18MR], 5922 [21MR], 6073, 6074-6124, 6125 [25MR], 6943-6951 [9AP], 7897 [17AP]

———require balanced (S.J. Res. 225), unanimous-consent agreement, 5997 [24MR]

———require President to submit balanced, 4461 [12MR]

———waiver of requirement to balance during time of war, 4394-4411 [12MR]

Centers for Excellence in Civic Education Act: enact (S. 2296), 7400 [14AP]

Charities: Combined Federal Campaign effort, 9645 [6MY]

———regulation of the Combined Federal Campaign, 8066 [18AP]

Conrail: antitrust review relative to transfer to private sector, 789 [29JA], 1165-1180 [30JA]

———employee stock ownership plans, 1200 [30JA]

———provide for proceedings relative to injury to railroads caused by sale, 1181 [30JA]

———provide protection for regional carriers affected by sale, 1195 [30JA]

———provide protection for regions adversely affected by sale, 1189 [30JA]

———restrict definition of definitive agreements relative to sale, 1208-1209 [30JA]

———solicitation of new competitive bids for purchase, 1189, 1192 [30JA]

———transfer to private sector (S. 638), 61 [21JA], 295-297 [22JA], 369-380 [23JA], 547-560 [27JA], 734, 763-789 [29JA], 1165-1181-1215 [30JA]-1557 [4FE]

———transfer to private sector (S. 638), cloture motion on Danforth amendment, 634 [28JA], 1199 [30JA]

———transfer to private sector (S. 638), motion to proceed to consideration, 61, 95-156 [21JA], 265-292 [22JA], 364-368 [23JA]

Constitution Day: designate a yearly date of observance, 29428 [8OC]

———designate (S. 2216), 5681 [20MR], 29428 [8OC]

Contract Disputes Act: amend (S. 2006), 307 [22JA]

Contracts: establish uniform period for filing of claims under the Contract Disputes Act, 21376 [13AU]

———increase penalties for fraud, 21469 [14AU]

———simplified small purchase procedures test program (S. 2392), 9300 [1MY]

Credit: loan assets sale, 33295 [17OC]

Crime and criminals: civil penalties in cases of false claims and fraud (S. 1562), 17936 [29JY], 22856 [11SE], 28570 [3OC], 28580 [7OC]-28581 [3OC]

———civil penalties in cases of false claims and fraud (S. 1562), technical corrections, 20535 [11AU]

Drug abuse: testing, 26090 [25SE]

Elections: change certain contribution limits for congressional, 20430-20459 [11AU]

Electronic Funds Transfer Federal Salary Act: enact (S. 2009), 311 [22JA]

EPA: establish standards for asbestos abatement in public buildings (S. 2300), 7403-7408 [14AP]

Executive departments: agencies' exchange of computer records on individuals, 11799 [21MY]

———fraud, waste, and abuse in Federal programs, 24862-24871 [19SE]

Executive Exchange Program Voluntary Services Act: enact (H.R. 3002), 22859 [11SE]

Federal Contractors' Self-Governance Act: enact (S. 2738), 20770 [12AU]

Federal employees: establish greater productivity in operations (S.J. Res. 190), 21767 [15AU]

———expand class of individuals eligible for refunds from reserves in the Employee Health Benefits Fund (S. 2017), 405 [23JA]

———increase assistance to those who abusively use drugs or alcohol, 26709 [27SE]

———mandatory drug tests, 3565 [4MR]

———provide for compensation of furloughed employees (H.J. Res. 754), 33274 [17OC]

———reform retirement system (H.R. 2672), conference report, 11300-11310 [20MY], 11802, 11803, 11807 [21MY]

———reform retirement system (H.R. 2672), conference report, technical corrections (S. Con. Res. 142), 11310 [20MY]

———safeguard pay and retirement for new civil servants (S. Res. 403), 10092 [8MY]

Federal Employees Benefits Improvement Act: amend (S. 2020), 1741 [5FE]

———enact (S. 2020), 562 [27JA]

Federal Tort Claims Reform Act: enact (S. 2440), 10363-10368 [13MY]

Federal Unemployment Tax Act: amend (S. 2111), 2864, 2865 [26FE]

Federalism: reform of policies, 31243 [15OC]

Financial management systems: reform, 27556 [1OC]

Free enterprise: conveyance of certain public lands, 3553 [4MR]

———privatization, 3553 [4MR]

GAO: commend fraud hotline, 4086 [7MR]

———funding for the Federal Buildings Fund, 32436-32441, 32506, 32539 [16OC]

Government regulations: paperwork reductions, 32540 [16OC]

———reimbursement to State and local governments for cost of implementation, 28495 [3OC]

Granite City, IL: sale of St. Louis Area Support Center, 13531 [12JN]

Housing: national policy, 33522 [17OC]

Individual Responsibility for Fraud in Defense Procurement Act: enact (S. 2124), 3187-3188 [27FE]

Inspector General Act: amend (S. 2005), 305 [22JA], 33738 [18OC]

Land Between the Lakes: sale of Government assets, 3553 [4MR]

Lawyers: provisions for retention for debt collection services (S. 209), 5362 [19MR], 29472 [8OC]

Malpractice Dispute Resolution Act: enact (S. 2941), 33495 [17OC]

Motor vehicles: restrict use for transportation of officers and employees (H.R. 3614), 3540 [4MR]

Naimon, Alex: tribute, 1423 [3FE]

National strategy: Presidential report (S. 2064), 1910 [6FE], 7702 [16AP]

Norfolk, VA: release of certain residuary rights of use held by the U.S., 19843 [7AU]

Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs: funding, 33204 [17OC]

Paperwork and Regulatory Simplification Act: enact (S. 2010), 312 [22JA]

Philippines: transfer of political power, 14804 [20JN]

Political action committees: influence on Government policies, 18435 [31JY], 18675 [1AU], 19138 [5AU]

Presidential Management Improvement Award: recipients, 7001 [9AP]

Procurement Safeguard Act: enact (S. 2030), 1690-1695 [5FE]

Procurement Test Act: enact (S. 2007), 308 [22JA]

Program Fraud Civil Penalties Act: enact (S. 1134), 17936 [29JY]

Prompt Payment Act: amend to pay interest on overdue payments (S. 2479), 11715-11718 [21MY], 23578 [16SE], 31251-31280 [15OC]

Real property: relative to quiet title actions against the U.S. (H.R. 2428), 32655 [16OC]

Reed, Thayer: Girls Nation program representative, 17398 [23JY]

Rule Making Information Act: enact (S. 2023), 572-574 [27JA]

Simplified Competitive Acquisition Technique Act: enact (S. 2008), 309 [22JA]

Social conditions: application of moral values to public policy, 7508 [15AP]

States: legal enforcement of balanced budget, 4297 [11MR]

U.S.-U.S.S.R.: comparison of political systems, 4348 [11MR]

VA: authorize modification of structure of the Office of the Chief Medical Director (S. 2172), 4313 [11MR]

Vyvyan, James: Boys Nation program representative, 17398 [23JY]

Whistleblower Protection Act: enact (S. 2014), 318-321, 326 [22JA]

Wickman, Randall: Boys Nation program representative, 17398 [23JY]

Wilson, Angie: Girls Nation program representative, 17398 [23JY]

Reports

Balanced Budget: Committee on the Judiciary (excerpt), 6944 [9AP]

Balanced Budget Amendment (S.J. Res. 225): Senate Committee on the Judiciary (excerpt), 3911 [6MR]

Balanced Budgets: Committee on the Judiciary, 4456 [12MR], 4725 [13MR]

Elections and Political Action Committees: Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations (excerpt), 20455 [11AU]

Federal Government's Security Clearance Programs: Committee on Governmental Affairs (excerpt), 302-303 [22JA]

Fraud, Waste, and Abuse in Federal Programs: GAO (excerpt), 24864 [19SE]

Fraud Hotline—7-Year GAO Fraud Hotline Summary, 4087-4089 [7MR]

Impact of Energy Prices and Discount Rate Policies on Energy Conservation in Federal Buildings: NBS (excerpt), 33312 [17OC]

Paperwork Reduction Reauthorization Act: Senator Chiles, 32542 [16OC]

Prompt Payment Act Amendments: White House Conference on Small Business, 31270 [15OC]

Regulatory Federalism—Policy, Process, Impact, and Reform: Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations (excerpt), 28503 [3OC]

Retention of Private Counsel for Debt Collection Services: Senate (excerpts), 29474 [8OC]

Sale of Conrail: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (excerpt), 737 [29JA]

———R.L. Banks & Associates, 96-127 [21JA], 559 [27JA], 754 [29JA]

———several State attorneys-general, 284-286 [22JA]

———U.S. Railway Association, 267 [22JA], 548 [27JA], 753 [29JA]

Transformation in American Federalism—Implications for Federalism: Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations (excerpt), 33556-33558 [17OC]

Viability of Guilford Transportation Industries, Inc., and Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad Co. Before and After the Line Divestitures Suggested as a Condition to the Acquisition of Conrail by Norfolk Southern Corp.: ICC, 65-95 [21JA], 269 [22JA], 559 [27JA], 754 [29JA]

Reports filed

Anti-Kickback Enforcement Act: Committee on Government Affairs (S. 2250) (S. Rept. 99-435), 22448 [9SE]

Competitive Acquisition Technique for Federal Procurements: Committee on Governmental Affairs (S. 2433), 25611 [23SE]

Congressional Budget: Committee on Rules (H. Con. Res. 296; H. Res. 397) (H. Rept. 99-491), 4576 [12MR]

———Committee on the Budget (S. Con. Res. 120), 6129 [25MR]

Constitution Day: Committee on the Budget (S. 2216; S. Res. 425), 15104 [24JN]

Consultative Examinations Investigation: Committee on Government Operations (H. Rept. 99-981), 30116 [9OC]

Contracts Retaining Private Counsel To Furnish Collection Services in Cases of Indebtedness Owed U.S.: Committee on Governmental Affairs (S. 209) (S. Rept. 99-256), 4044 [7MR]

Contracts Retaining Private Counsel To Furnish Legal Services for Indebtedness Owed U.S.: Committee on the Judiciary (H.R. 5541) (H. Rept. 99-909), 27115 [29SE]

Designate Constitution Day: Committee on the Judiciary (S. 2216), 8683 [24AP]

———Committee on the Judiciary (S. 2216; S. Res. 425), 13128 [10JN]

Exemption of States from Statute of Limitations Applicable to Quiet Title Actions: Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (H.R. 2484) (H. Rept. 99-924), 27116 [29SE]

Experimental Program Relating to Acceptance of Voluntary Services From Executive Exchange Program: Committee on Governmental Affairs (H.R. 3002) (S. Rept. 99-409), 21917 [15AU]

Federal Managers' Financial Integrity Act: Committee on Government Operations (H. Rept. 99-744), 19116 [5AU]

Greater Productivity in Federal Government Operations as National Objective: Committee on Governmental Affairs (S.J. Res. 190), 20148 [8AU]

Improved Congressional Oversight Over Rules of Agencies: Committee on the Judiciary (S. 1145) (S. Rept. 99-492), 26535 [26SE]

Inspector General Act: Committee on Governmental Affairs (S. 2005) (S. Rept. 99-351), 18570 [31JY]

Lower Colorado Water Supply Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (H.R. 5028) (S. Rept. 99-496), 26838 [27SE]

Misuse of Government Equipment in Defense Production: Committee on Government Operations (H. Rept. 99-563), 8886 [29AP]

Prompt Payment Act Implementation Improvements Needed: Committee on Government Operations (H. Rept. 99-927), 27425 [30SE]

Require Federal Government Pay Interest on Overdue Payments: Committee on Governmental Affairs (S. 2479), 27994 [2OC]

Suits Against U.S. for Acts or Omissions of Contractors in Carrying Out Atomic Weapons Testing Program: Committee on the Judiciary (H.R. 1338) (H. Rept. 99-567), 8886 [29AP]

Voluntary Workers Executive Exchange Program: Committee on Post Office and Civil Service (H.R. 3002) (H. Rept. 99-505), 6055 [25MR]

Resolutions by organizations

Prompt Payment Act amendments: National Advisory Council to the Senate Committee on Small Business, 31264 [15OC]

———White House Conference on Small Business, 31264 [15OC]

Statements

Administration's Budget Proposals: Senator Moynihan, 4468 [12MR]

Admonition That Institutions of Government Must Evolve With the Times: Thomas Jefferson, 23332 [15SE]

Balanced Budgets: Allan Meltzer, 3903 [6MR]

———Arthur Burns, 3903, 3906 [6MR]

———Carl Becker, 6108 [25MR]

———Charles Baird, 3903 [6MR]

———Charles L. Schultze, 4467 [12MR]

———James Buchanan, 3904 [6MR]

———John M. Keynes, 4141 [10MR]

———Lowell Harris, 3906 [6MR]

———Martin Anderson, 4145 [10MR]

———Milton Friedman, 3906 [6MR]

———President Reagan, 3902 [6MR]

———Robert H. Bork, 4141 [10MR]

———Roger Freeman, 3904, 3906, 3921 [6MR]

———Roy L. Ash, 6111 [25MR]

———Senator Bumpers, 6117 [25MR]

———Senator Hatfield, 4873 [14MR], 6113 [25MR]

———several economists, 6086 [25MR]

———several lawyers and educators, 6088 [25MR]

Cost Estimates of Government Capital Projects: CBO, 8304 [22AP]

Documentation of Our National Strategy: Senator Warner, 1979 [6FE]

Elections and Political Action Committees: Eugene Eidenberg, 20455 [11AU]

———Frank Fahrenkopf, 20455 [11AU]

———Representative Leach, 20443 [11AU]

———Representative Obey, 20442 [11AU]

———Senator Boren, 20432 [11AU]

———Senator Dole, 20443 [11AU]

———Senator Goldwater, 20443 [11AU]

———Senator Hart, 20443 [11AU]

———Senator Hollings, 20442 [11AU]

———Senator Stennis, 20443 [11AU]

Federal Government's Billing Practices: Donald H. Redman, 31253 [15OC]

———GAO (excerpt), 31253 [15OC]

———Jack Greenhalgh, 31253 [15OC]

———William Meuhleib, 31253 [15OC]

Kickbacks in the Defense Industry: U.S. attorney for Los Angeles, CA, 23082 [12SE]

Prompt Payment Act Amendments: Coalition for Prompt Pay, 31277 [15OC]

———GAO, 31266 [15OC]

———sundry, 31266 [15OC]

Role of the Senate in Governing: George Washington, 33214 [17OC]

———Thomas Jefferson, 33214 [17OC]

Sale of Conrail: CSX Corp., 788 [29JA]

———J. Paul McGrath, 1537 [4FE]

———Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc., 288 [22JA]

———President Reagan, 549 [27JA], 752 [29JA]

———Representative Stark, 1517 [4FE]

———Senator Rudman, 739 [29JA]

———Senator Specter, 142 [21JA]

Struggle for Liberty: Patrick Henry, 7106, 7109 [10AP]

Waiver of Balanced Budget Requirement During Time of War: Donald T. Regan, 4396 [12MR]

———President Reagan, 4396 [12MR]

Summaries

Amend Prompt Payment Act To Pay Interest on Overdue Payments (S. 2479), 31258-31261 [15OC]

Anti-Kickback Enforcement Act (S. 2250), 23083 [12SE]

Centers for Excellence in Civic Education Act (S. 2296), 7402 [14AP]

Federal Building Asbestos Hazard Abatement Act (S. 2300), 7407 [14AP]

Government Information Act (H.R. 5412), 21450 [13AU]

Major Elements of the Conrail Acquisition Corporation's Offer To Purchase Conrail: Allen & Co., 1540 [4FE]

Paperwork Reduction Reauthorization Act, 32542 [16OC]

Reform of Federalism Policies, 31244 [15OC]

Rule Making Information Act (S. 2023), 573 [27JA]

Tables

Capital project priority list, 32440 [16OC]

Daily cost of shutting down government October 17, 1986, 32799 [17OC]

Debt owed the Government and collection activity, 5364 [19MR]

Fraud in Federal programs—statutes authorizing enforcement through administrative imposition of civil penalties, 24867-24869 [19SE]

Revenue ton-miles for major railroads, 1179 [30JA]

Value of Conrail sale, 1177 [30JA]

Testimonies

Balanced Budgets: Richard L. Thornburgh, Governor of Pennsylvania, 3925 [6MR]

Federal Government's Billing Practices: Douglas D. Guernsey, 31253 [15OC]

———T.L. Richards, 31253 [15OC]

Prompt Payment Act Amendments: Christopher R. Brewster, 31268 [15OC]

———William H. Taft IV, 31269 [15OC]

Retention of Private Counsel for Debt Collection Services: Paul McGrath, 29474 [8OC]

Sale of Conrail: Dept. of Justice, 1175 [30JA]

Texts of

H. Res. 562, returning S. 638, relative to transfer of Conrail, to the Senate, 26202 [25SE]

H.J. Res. 745, Freedom of Information Day, 28822 [6OC]

H.J. Res. 754, provide compensation for furloughed government employees, 32995 [17OC]

H.R. 3002, Executive Exchange Program Voluntary Services Act, 6607 [8AP], 22859 [11SE]

H.R. 4394, Federal Radioactive Waste Liability Act, 4592 [12MR]

H.R. 4588, authorizing appropriations for Administrative Conference of the U.S., 11127 [19MY]

H.R. 4827, civil penalties for fraudulent use of public property or money, 22330-22335 [9SE]

S. 209, Federal Debt Recovery Act, 26995 [29SE]

S. 209, provisions for retention of private counsel for debt collection services, 29472 [8OC]

S. 638, transfer of Conrail to private sector, 369-373 [23JA], 742 [29JA], 1552-1557 [4FE]

S. 1562, civil penalties for fraudulent use of public property or money, 22341-22345 [9SE]

S. 1562, civil penalties in cases of false claims and fraud, 20537-20542 [11AU]

S. 2005, amend the Inspector General Act, 306 [22JA]

S. 2005, Inspector General Act, 33739 [18OC]

S. 2006, Contract Disputes Act amendments, 307 [22JA]

S. 2007, Procurement Test Act, 309 [22JA]

S. 2008, Simplified Competitive Acquisition Technique Act, 309 [22JA]

S. 2009, Electronic Funds Transfer Federal Salary Act, 312 [22JA]

S. 2010, Paperwork and Regulatory Simplification Act, 313-315 [22JA]

S. 2014, Whistleblower Protection Act, 321-326 [22JA]

S. 2020, Federal Employees Benefits Improvement Act, 562-567 [27JA]

S. 2023, Rule Making Information Act, 574 [27JA]

S. 2030, Procurement Safeguard Act, 1692 [5FE]

S. 2124, Individual Responsibility for Fraud in Defense Procurement Act, 3187 [27FE]

S. 2172, authorize modification of structure of the VA Office of the Chief Medical Director, 4313 [11MR]

S. 2178, authorizing appropriations for the Administrative Conference of the U.S., 4318 [11MR]

S. 2216, Constitution Day, 5681 [20MR], 29428 [8OC], 30744 [14OC]

S. 2250, Anti-Kickback Enforcement Act, 23085 [12SE]

S. 2296, Centers for Excellence in Civic Education Act, 7401 [14AP]

S. 2300, Federal Building Asbestos Hazard Abatement Act, 7405-7407 [14AP]

S. 2440, Federal Tort Claims Reform Act, 10364 [13MY]

S. 2479, amend Prompt Payment Act, 31251-31252, 31279-31280 [15OC]

S. 2479, Prompt Payment Act amendments, 11716 [21MY]

S. 2738, Federal Contractors' Self-Governance Act, 20771 [12AU]

S. 2926, Federalism Act, 32635-32646 [16OC]

S. 2941, Malpractice Dispute Resolution Act, 33496-33497 [17OC]

S. Res. 403, safeguard pay and retirement for new Federal employees, 10092 [8MY]

S.J. Res. 190, establish greater productivity in Federal Government operations, 21768 [15AU]

S.J. Res. 225, require balanced budget, 3901 [6MR]